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East Texas Historical Association to present Lale Lecture Sept. 26
Sept. 13, 2013
NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The East Texas Historical Association will present the 17th Georgiana and Max S. Lale Lecture in September at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Dr. Quintard Taylor of the University of Washington will speak at 7:30 p.m., Thursday Sept. 26, in the Grand Ballroom of the Baker Pattillo Student Center.
Taylor is the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History at the University of Washington, which is the oldest endowed chair at the university. He is the author of "The Forging of A Black Community: Seattle's Central District from 1870 through the Civil Rights Era" and the award-winning "In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West, 1528-1990." The later work is considered a standard in the discipline.
He is also the editor and co-editor of three anthologies, including the two-volume collection of primary documents titled "From Timbuktu to Katrina: Readings in African American History." His most recent publication is "Dr. Sam: Soldier, Educator, Advocate, Friend: An Autobiography," which he co-authored with Samuel E. Kelley, the late university administrator and career army officer. It was released in 2010 by the University of Washington Press.
In addition to his faculty and publishing accomplishments, Taylor served as the 50th President of the Western History Association, and he and a group of volunteer associates created an online website resource center for African American history, BlackPast.org, in 2007.
The lecture series is named for Max and Georgiana Lale in honor of their support and beneficence. Max Simms Lale served as the publisher of the Marshall Herald-Banner and was a tireless advocate of print journalism. He also wrote extensively on East Texas history and served as the president of the Texas State Historical Association and the East Texas Historical Association. Max Lale passed away in 2006. Max married Georgiana in 1938. Georgiana Lale volunteered and supported historic preservation efforts throughout Marshall and East Texas. She died in 1982.
The East Texas Historical Association cordially invites the public to attend this unique opportunity to hear one of the nation's most recognized professional historians. There is no charge for the event. For more information, contact the association at (936) 468-2407 or email@example.com.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A UK football coach in trouble – in his third season, under fire, losing damaged players each week, watching potential victories slip away… We've seen this movie before. And it wasn't that long ago. But the final act played out in a way not many would have predicted.
Rain, falling temperatures, injured players, opening weekend at Keeneland – all of it will conspire Saturday to create what likely will be one of the smallest UK football crowds at Commonwealth Stadium since the building was expanded. And the Wildcats will be double-digit underdogs as well.
A loss to Mississippi State would fan the flames that already have Joker Phillips' coaching seat wicked hot. His firing, according to the national pundits, is a mere formality looming less than two months away. Closer to home, it's a conclusion not quite so foregone, but it's already getting late as we reach the midway point of the season. Something good has to happen for the Wildcats.
It's eerie how much the 2012 season has paralleled 2005, when Phillips was a part of Rich Brooks' staff.
In his first full year as Brooks' offensive coordinator, Phillips had been promoted in the final week of the 2004 season, taking over when the embattled Ron Hudson resigned. Kentucky's offensive showing in a heartbreaking 37-31 loss at Tennessee made Phillips the talk of the town for months – until the '05 season began.
That year started with a seven-point loss to Louisville in the closing minutes at Commonwealth Stadium, one of five setbacks in Kentucky's first six games. And as the year unfolded, UK players limped to the sideline at an alarming rate. Injuries decimated the Kentucky depth chart so dramatically that when the season was over, team doctors performed 35 surgeries on Kentucky football players (some needed multiple operations).
Just as he is now, the head coach came under intense fire from the fan base. Brooks was not a popular hire to begin with and his teams struggled to losing records in his first two seasons. It didn't help that between years 1 and 2 of the Brooks Era, the administration announced a dramatic hike in ticket prices.
So it seemed inevitable, with the Big Blue Nation raging and the losses mounting, that the head coach would be shown the door, plied with a fat severance check. Only, something unusual happened.
The athletics director didn't cave to the pressure. He kept his coach. And it paid off.
Mitch Barnhart studied the situation. He took note of the injuries, spent time at football practice, watched the interaction between players and coaches. And then he overheard a quiet moment between sophomore linebacker Wesley Woodyard and Brooks, following yet another disappointing loss: "Don't worry, coach," Woodyard said. "We'll get this turned around."
Barnhart was sold. He met with the media during the week of the open date and announced his support of Brooks, although he did it in terms not quite strong enough to suit the head coach, damaging their relationship. Still, he kept him, and Kentucky football was the better for it.
Now Barnhart is facing a similar decision, and the ever-shrinking crowds have to be weighing on him. Barnhart has made no secret of his warm feelings for Phillips, a Kentucky native and UK alum who likely would retire here, even if the wins began to pile up and other jobs beckoned.
Just as Brooks did in '05, Phillips is dealing with dramatic injury problems. He lost starting quarterback Maxwell Smith four games into the season, after completely reconstructing the offense to suit Smith's passing ability. Among the other wounded are his top two running backs, a veteran defensive tackle and a linebacker who led his team in tackles last week.
And yet, just as they were seven years ago, the Wildcats have been competitive in each game, and they've played hard for their coaches.
Brooks did have to deal with something Phillips encountered only as one of his assistants: Digging out from under NCAA sanctions. The third and final year of the penalties was 2005. The scholarship reductions shackled Brooks and his recruiters, basically reducing UK to the same number of scholarships available to then 1-AA teams.
Phillips has the full count of scholarships available, but unusually high levels of attrition in Brooks' final two recruiting classes, which we've already examined in this space, have left the current Kentucky squad dependent upon first and second-year players, much like a program digging out from probation.
Rich Brooks also had an advantage that Joker Phillips does not: He had Joker Phillips on his staff. As an assistant, Phillips was a talented recruiter, spending much of his time on the road in the deep south, pursuing talent. As the head coach he has an impact on recruiting, of course, signing off on every player UK offers. But because of the duties that come with being the head man, he doesn't spend nearly as much time in the living rooms of prospective recruits.
Phillips did hire a recruiter with similar talents, but Tee Martin bolted for a better football landscape (and nearly twice the money) when Southern Cal beckoned.
Phillips also is working with a disadvantage Brooks didn't have: He's not Rich Brooks.
While Phillips has a long resume', which includes stops at Cincinnati, South Carolina, Notre Dame and previous experience at UK, he doesn't have the coaching pedigree (yet) that Brooks brought to the Bluegrass.
Brooks arrived after 38 years of coaching in high school, college and pro football, including 18 years as the head coach at Oregon, which he took from the bottom of the Pac 10 all the way to the Rose Bowl. That's why he had supreme confidence in the way he conducted himself, and the way he built his program here. He had seen it in action for a lot of years. And it worked.
Phillips likewise believes in himself, his own philosophy and the way he does business. It comes from years working under men such as Brooks, Jerry Claiborne, Lou Holtz. But he's working in the age of the microwave and social media, when everything is expected to be immediate, and then it's immediately analyzed – something that didn't happen to Brooks until the latter stages of his career.
You wonder what it might have been like for Brooks out in Eugene following his second season, if 24-hour news and social media had been prevalent.
The Ducks went 2-9 in each of his first two years. It's doubtful anyone much cared; Oregon had registered just one winning season since 1965.
His next two teams won six games each (no bowl bids) but then it was back-to-back years again with just two victories each; in fact, five of the next six seasons saw losing records for Oregon. But Brooks got the time he needed and eventually led the Ducks, previously the Pac-10 football equivalent of Vanderbilt, all the way to the Rose Bowl.
Phillips' every move is scrutinized and dissected. Such is the life of a highly-paid Division I coach these days. And he's trying to transform a perennial have-not into a consistently relevant program, in a league that happens to be enjoying its strongest run in the history of the conference. The Southeastern Conference has won six straight national championships, with little signs of slowing down.
For all his accomplishments at Kentucky, Brooks fell short when it came to the SEC and he'll be the first to tell you that. In fact, as he was stepping down and reflecting on everything he'd done at UK, he often mentioned his regret that the Wildcats didn't win more conference games. Brooks' teams never did manage to beat Florida, Tennessee or Steve Spurrier.
Phillips snapped the skids against the Vols and The Visor but has yet to beat the Gators. If he's around next season to try again, it will mean history has repeated itself. The embattled UK coach, in his third season, gets another chance.
It could happen. We've seen it before. And it just might work again.
(Dick Gabriel is in his 24th year with the UK TV and Radio network, and can be heard each Monday-Friday at 6 p.m. on The Big Blue Insider, on 630 WLAP-AM.)


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The Wedding Singer This Weekend
Looking for a good show this weekend? Look no further than our own backyard. The Westmoreland High School Drama will present the musical comedy "The Wedding Singer" on Thursday, Friday and Saturday March 31st, April 1st and 2nd at 7:30pm in the High School auditorium.


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Robert Heaney, M.D., an internationally recognized calcium and bone health expert and professor of medicine at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., says that you can take steps to prevent osteoporosis. Although the disease is most prevalent among postmenopausal women, following these actions throughout life can help prevent it:
Get an adequate amount of calcium and vitamin D.
Lead a vigorous lifestyle.
Maintain an recommended weight.
Avoid smoking and excessive alcohol.
Osteoporosis progress can be slowed. The disease thins and weakens a person's bones, making them more porous (less dense) and fragile, and thus more likely to break. Although a fracture is often the first outward sign of the disease, a bone mineral density test can help diagnose it before that happens.
In the United States today, 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, and nearly 34 million more have low bone mass, placing them at increased risk for this disease and fractures. Of the 10 million who have osteoporosis, 8 million are women, 2 million are men.
One out of every two women and one in four men over age 50 will have an osteoporosis-related fracture in their lifetime. The rate of hip fractures is two to three times higher in women than men, but the one-year mortality following a hip fracture is nearly twice as high for men as for women.
Osteoporosis can strike at any age.
Gender. Your chances of developing osteoporosis are greater if you are a woman. Women have less bone tissue and lose bone more rapidly than men because of the changes involved in menopause. Women can lose up to 20 percent of their bone mass in the five to seven years following menopause.
Age. The older you are, the greater your risk of osteoporosis. Your bones become less dense and weaker as you age.
Body size. Small, thin-boned women are at greater risk.
Ethnicity. Caucasian and Asian women are at highest risk. African American and Latino women have a lower but significant risk.
Family history. Your likelihood of fracturing a bone may be, in part, hereditary. People whose parents have a history of fractures also seem to have reduced bone mass and may also be at risk for fractures.
"If your mother broke her hip, it doubles your risk, regardless of your own bone density," says Dr. Heaney, a member of the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Risk factors you can change:
Lack of exercise. Weight bearing exercises that put tension on muscles and bones help maintain and build bone density. This means getting 30 to 60 minutes of brisk walking, gentle weight training, or exercises to strengthen back muscles on most days of the week.
Abnormal absence of menstrual periods (amenorrhea), low estrogen level (menopause) and low testosterone level in men. Hormone therapy (HT) may relieve menopausal symptoms and may have benefit in the prevention of osteoporosis, but this therapy increases other health risks. Discuss the issue carefully with your health care provider to decide what is best for you.
Anorexia. Eating disorders can lead to nutritional deficits. They can be treated. Talk to your doctor about the right treatment for you.
A lifetime diet low in calcium and vitamin D. Change your diet to include more of these essential nutrients.
Use of certain medications such as glucocorticoids and some anticonvulsants. Discuss these medications with your doctor.
Cigarette smoking. Smoking limits calcium absorption. Get help to quit this habit.
Excessive use of alcohol. Talk to your doctor about how to cut down on your drinking.
Bones are basically made of collagen and calcium, which make bones strong, hard and slightly flexible. Calcium is also needed for a number of bodily functions. Calcium is not produced by the body and must be absorbed from the diet to maintain healthy levels. "You lose calcium every day, and if you don't replace it, the body pulls calcium from your skeleton to get it," Dr. Heaney explains.
The best way to get enough calcium and other important nutrients is through a healthy diet. The NOF recommends that adults get 1,000 to 1,200 mg of calcium and 2 cups of fruits and 2 cups of vegetables a day. Dr. Heaney observes that although that's not difficult – for example, three daily servings of vitamin D fortified dairy products will provide sufficient calcium and vitamin D -- most Americans fall far short of that goal.
The body's demand for calcium is greater during childhood and adolescence, when the skeleton is growing rapidly, and during pregnancy and breast-feeding. By about age 20, the average woman has built nearly all (98 percent) of the bone mass she will have in her lifetime.
Postmenopausal women and older men also need to consume more calcium. This may be because of inadequate amounts of vitamin D, which is necessary for the body to absorb calcium. Also, as you age, your body becomes less efficient at absorbing calcium and other nutrients. Older adults also are more likely to have chronic medical problems and to use medications that may impair calcium absorption.
Vitamin D plays an important role in calcium absorption, metabolism and therefore in bone health. It is synthesized in the skin through exposure to sunlight. Although many people are able to obtain enough vitamin D naturally, studies show that vitamin D production decreases in the elderly, in people who are housebound and during the winter. These people may require vitamin D supplements. Daily intake of vitamin D should be between 400 and 800 IU. Massive doses of this vitamin are not recommended.
Foods that can help boost your calcium intake and get other important nutrients include dark green, leafy vegetables, sardines and salmon with bones, calcium-set tofu, almonds and foods fortified with calcium, such as orange juice, cereals and soy milk. "Milk is not just for children," Dr. Heaney says.
Your bones are like your muscles -- if you don't use them, you lose them. But not just any activity will do. For bone strength, it's important to do weight-bearing exercise, such as walking, dancing, jogging, stair climbing, racquet sports and hiking. Weight lifting can provide the "impact" or flexion stress required to maintain strength of bone in the arms and upper body.
Although no one recommends getting fat to protect your bones, Dr. Heaney notes that being overweight can reduce your risk of an osteoporotic fracture by perhaps 70 to 80 percent. "We don't have to be obese to protect our skeletons, but we shouldn't be too thin, either," he says. "Despite the old saying, you can be too thin."
Smoking is bad for your bones, as well as your heart and lungs. Women who smoke have lower levels of estrogen compared with nonsmokers, and they frequently go through menopause earlier. Postmenopausal women who smoke may require higher doses of HT and may have more side effects. Smokers also may absorb less calcium from their diets.
Many people find it difficult to get enough calcium through their diet, so they turn to calcium supplements. The NOF offers the following tips for choosing one:
The body absorbs calcium more efficiently in small amounts, so it is better to take several small dosages each day rather than one large one.
The body needs Vitamin D to absorb calcium. Experts recommend a daily intake of between 400 and 800 IU per day. If you don't get that through your diet or from direct sunlight, take a multi-vitamin or other supplement.
Look for calcium products that are "purified" or that display the U.S. Pharmacopeia symbol.
If you are taking any over-the-counter or prescription medications, check with your doctor or pharmacist about possible interactions. The long-term use of glucocorticoids (medications prescribed for a wide range of diseases, including arthritis, asthma, Crohn's disease, lupus and conditions of the lungs, kidneys and liver) can lead to a loss of bone density and fractures. Other forms of drug therapy that can cause bone loss include long-term treatment with certain antiseizure drugs such as phenytoin; barbiturates; gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs used to treat endometriosis; excessive use of aluminum-containing antacids; certain cancer treatments; and excessive thyroid hormone. It is important to discuss the use of these drugs with your doctor and not to stop or alter your medication dose on your own.
Although there is no cure for osteoporosis, the Food and Drug Administration has approved medications to prevent and/or treat osteoporosis. A health care provider may recommend any of the following classes of medications:
Parathyroid hormone
Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs)
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
Roger Ebert kills Brillante Mendoza's 'Kinatay' (which wins Best Director in Cannes anyway); Coraline; Rear Window; Le Plaisir
If they move, kill em
Roger Ebert, the gray eminence of Chicago film criticism, has weighed in on Kinatay (The Execution of P, 2009), Brillante Mendoza's latest work, presently in the Competition section of Cannes, and his verdict is not kind: Here is a film that forces me to apologize to Vincent Gallo for calling "The Brown Bunny" the worst film in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.
Ah, but the episode with The Brown Bunny ended happily, didn't it? I remember Ebert calling that "the worst film in the history of Cannes" (Ebert shares this curious ability with George W. Bush of moving goalposts and standards upwards, downwards or sideways as it suits them) and of Vincent Gallo responding by putting a hex on his colon. Ebert (in a curious lapse of good taste) compared the experience of viewing Gallo's film to viewing his own colonoscopy (he favors the latter). Some judicious pruning of the running time (about twenty-six minutes' worth) and a few diplomatic exchanges later, the two kissed and made up.
Haven't seen Kinatay; plan to, definitely; can't comment otherwise on the merits of Ebert's argument against the film. I think I can comment, however, on the merits of Ebert as a film critic--that he's the great champion of middle-of-the-road taste, with a finger very much on the pulse of what mainstream America likes or dislikes. Far as I can see he's got the best track record of any celebrity film critic when it comes to predicting box-office hits; either that, or he's liked so many movies that a boxoffice hit would actually have to work very hard to escape his approval...
And it isn't the conventionality of his taste that galls me as much as the sheer cluelessness he sometimes displays. His review of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004), for example, makes much of the physical violence visited upon Christ but makes no mention of the theological violence visited on the biblical text the movie is supposedly based on (the movie, incidentally, is more closely based on the writings of the anti-Semitic Anne Catherine Emmerich).
He writes of Gibson's picture: "if it grosses millions, that will not be because anyone was entertained," ignoring the possiblity that people will watch it 1) to see what all the fuss is about, and 2) to confirm their extremist view of Christianity. He adds: "The filmmaker has put his artistry and fortune at the service of his conviction and belief, and that doesn't happen often." No it doesn't, but money and attention (I can't quite say 'artistry,' not in Gibson's case) poured into a project isn't an ironclad guarantee that a movie will be good, as I've tried to say not just once but twice.
So; Kinatay is attracting more than its share of controversy--all the more reason for me to want to see it (aside from the fact that I've been following Mendoza's career with considerable interest). As for Ebert--haven't much use for the man, or his writings, or anything he has to say on Filipino films, or any film in general. Far as I'm concerned he's The Great White Middlebrow of American Cinema, and I can't afford to be too bothered by the fuss he's spouting through his blowhole.
And the latest--Kinatay wins Brillante Mendoza a Best Director award at Cannes.
Terry Gilliam handed Mendoza his award. Given the microphone, he had this to say: "First of all I would like to thank the selection committee, who are responsible for bringing my films here for the past three years. And now with an award for Best Director, I would like to thank the Jury. And of course I'd like to thank my producer; thank you for the trust and faith in my films. I'd like to thank also a very committed staff and crew. I'd like to share this award with my daughter, Angelica, who has always been my number one critic and to an actor I really respect, Coco Martin. Thank you all for embracing my kind of cinema."
Anyone who's read anything I've written or followed this blog knows what I think of awards, Oscar, Cannes, whatever--that they're mostly political gestures, subject to compromise, and that they have nothing to do whatsoever with the winning film's (or losing films') artistic merits.
That said, I do recognize the fact that winning an award grants a filmmaker (and the country he represents) certain advantages, even bragging rights. Mendoza has every right to enjoy the moment, at least momentarily; he's done every Filipino filmmaker who has ever dreamed of winning a major award (or deserved to win a major award but failed to snag one) proud.
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On to (relatively) lighter fare--have not yet seen Pixar's new movie, but so far I'm thinking Henry Selick's Coraline is the best animated American feature this year. It possibly has the best opening of the year, of a pair of hands cutting up and sewing together a stuffed doll--shot in such a way that you can't help but be reminded of a serial killer cutting up and sewing together a human body (shades of Kinatay!). Forget the Saw or Hostel franchise, this is horror conveyed metaphorically, with a real sense of lyricism.
I'd always felt some kind of respect for Selick--A Nightmare Before Christmas was a thing of beauty to look at, whether one is watching it on 2-D or 3 (even the way the 3-D effects are handled--sparingly, with a nice understatement--puts it head and shoulders above similar productions). Watching it for the first time or fifth, there are always details to discover or cherish, every time (Is that a cat's tale the mayor is twisting to sound the alarm? Is it just me or is Santa in this picture a self-righteous, malevolent jerk?).
It's a cold piece of work, however, with no real sense of drama, or pain, or suffering, set in a fantasy neverland where holidays aren't just holidays, but discrete worlds (cute idea but, at least in my opinion, barely exploited). Whereas Gaiman's story provides Selick with what he badly needs, a solid narrative with a genuinely affecting emotional core---basically Coraline, feeling neglected by her parents (they're busy finishing an important project), faces the possiblity of losing them once and for all. Combine this with Selick's impossible attention to detail (the final shot for example, a breathtaking glide from back yard to the front that takes in Coraline's entire world, which basically looks like a massive tabletop model of a house and garden) and vivid imagery (the most memorable of which is the simplest: a pair of black buttons sitting on a woman's palm--and everything those two buttons imply). The very best children's literature (or cinema) is based on very real childhood traumas, as Maurice Sendak, the Brothers Grimm, or Hayao Miyazaki will tell you. Coraline is a not unworthy new addition to that short, exclusive shelf.
Been trying to teach the art of storytelling--well, am doing my best, it's my first time. After introducing such wondrous concepts as conflict, characterization, structure, point of view, tone and mood, I ended the mini-course with two examples of the art (Warning: plot of both Le Plaisir and Rear Window discussed in close detail).
The first is "Le Modele," the final segment of Max Ophuls' Le Plaisir (1952). The young men and women (men more than women) protested at having to watch a black-and-white film, protested further upon learning they had to watch a black-and-white French film, with English subtitles ("if you don't want black-and-white and subtitles, stay out of places like this, then" I replied).
The film is roughly fifteen minutes long, I pointed out; more reason for Ophuls to be as economical as possible with the time allotted. The way, for example, he shoots the two lovers' first meeting as a single wordless shot--the camera follows Jean the artist (Daniel Gelin) as he runs up some stairs after a woman (Josephine, played by Simone Simon), pans left to a different set of stairs, catches Jean and Josephine coming down said stairs, arms entwined ("We don't need to know what Jean said to Josephine," I said. "This is a story not about how they met, but how they broke up"). Or later when Jean and Josephine walk down a riverside and Jean insults Josephine for the very first time--we hear her shrill response, then the soundtrack drops their dialogue, taking up the narrator's voice as he moves onwards ("We learn that they're unhappy; we don't need to hear the actual argument," I said).
I pointed out the use of irony. "I'll kill myself," Josephine says playfully at least twice, which may be why when she says it a third time, Jean can't take her seriously. "I can't live without you" Jean declares early on, something no one thinks to remind him of having said, some three months later.
Also pointed out Ophul's use of point of view, spectacularly demonstrated by the shot that takes up Josephine's eyes as she climbs a flight of stairs (her shadow, already ghostlike, flashing on this landing and that), walks to the window, shoves it open, and steps out (the sequence obviously inspiring Stanley Kubrick (an ardent Ophuls admirer) to stage a similar POV shot of Alex swanning out a window in A Clockwork Orange (1971)).
I next showed Rear Window (1954), Alfred Hitchcock's supreme exercise in point of view. I pointed out Hitchcock's method of characterization--we know thanks to a tracking shot that Jefferies (James Stewart) is a photographer laid up with a broken leg (this without a word of spoken dialogue, just the picking out of specific details). We know all about Stella (Thelma Ritter), her job as insurance company nurse, her husband, her comically cynical view of life from her own words (characterization through monologue). We know about Lisa (Grace Kelly) long before we see her, thanks to Stella and Jefferies' discussion of her faults and virtues (characterization through dialogue, or secondhand sources).
I pointed out that almost everything we see and hear are almost exclusively confined to what Jefferies can see and hear; that we see his neighbors in long shot when Jefferies looks out his window with naked eyes; that we see them in medium shot when he uses his binoculars, and that we see them almost in closeup when he uses his long telephoto lenses.
I pointed out the use of contrast, particularly the lyrical music played over the soundtrack while Lisa is being assaulted (possibly my favorite thriller setpiece in all of Hitchcock); I also pointed out the most disturbing detail in the whole film, the look of adoration Jefferies throws Lisa when she comes back from a particularly dangerous mission. "Throughout the entire movie, he's ignored her, insulted her, taken her completely for granted," I said (a student told me he couldn't keep watching because "the guy's crazy--beautiful girl like that, smart, and rich too, and he don't appreciate her").
"And now, look at him! That's the look of a man in love, folks. She's risked her life for him and this excites him, arouses him.
"He's what we call an adrenaline junkie. Danger turns him on. Worse, he's dragged Lisa and Stella into his way of thinking (that Thorwald (Raymond Burr) is guilty), shown them what a thrill it can be to take risks, court danger, even bend a law or two.
"This is all going to come back to him in a big way, of course, and soon. Only next time he won't be enjoying it as much."
And he didn't. But they did, and in a big way, of course.
36 comments:
- dayuhangkayumanggi said...
Btw...any idea if "Coraline" will ever be shown in these shores?
Please don't tempt us into buying pirated copies....
- 7:47 AM, May 25, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
I don't know. How should I know? I ain't my brother's DVD keeper.
Way I see it, if you buy pirated copies of big-time Hollywood studios, I'm not saying a thing; they're rich, they'll live. But if you buy pirated copies of independent Filipino films, brother, you're stealing from the poor, shame on you.
Well, that's how I look at it.
- 12:44 PM, May 25, 2009
- Bob Westal said...
Noel, I'm condensing a very long post I wrote and just discarded to one thought: Have you actually met Roger Ebert? We obviously strongly disagree about his writing (along with numerous other things), and maybe you also dislike his (now probably forever gone) TV persona, which is all fair game -- and I certainly understand why this particular pan would get your dander up. But, well, to quote a phrase, you kind of went into "this time, it's personal" mode there.
- 7:14 PM, May 25, 2009
How could you already say Ebert had a lapse in "good taste" regarding Kinatay if YOU haven't seen it yourself? Brillante Mendoza won a best director award which doesn't necessary mean that all the aspects of the film is good, ONLY THE DIRECTING IS BEING REWARDED. You are biased and hypocritical. In your case, if Ebert only knows "middlebrow America's" taste, you only know how to play the race card. Filipino film = good, according to your simplistic logic.
- 8:44 PM, May 25, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
Long time reader, and for some four years followed his TV show till I finally realized I was wasting my time. Is it personal? I guess--I was personally affronted by the perceived quality (or lack of) of his work.
It's not really about what he wrote on Kinatay (that was just the occasion); this I've been feeling and wanting to write about for a very long time.
"How could you already say Ebert had a lapse in "good taste" regarding Kinatay if YOU haven't seen it yourself?"
1) I didn't say he had a lapse in good taste.
2) I made it clear I can't say whether I agree or disagree with Ebert's assesment of Kinatay; I concentrated instead on another piece he did on another film where we did disagree.
"Brillante Mendoza won a best director award which doesn't necessary mean that all the aspects of the film is good, ONLY THE DIRECTING IS BEING REWARDED."
I agree with this. So?
"You are biased and hypocritical."
I like to say we're all biased and hypocritical; anyone who says he isn't is lying.
"you only know how to play the race card. Filipino film = good, according to your simplistic logic."
Pfft. Read my stuff. Read my blog intro, where I note that a huge proportion of Filipino films is manure. I've condemned more than my share of Filipino films. Let's not be too simplistic here.
- 12:51 AM, May 26, 2009
- john marzan said...
Way I see it, if you buy pirated copies of big-time Hollywood studios, I'm not saying a thing; they're rich, they'll live. But if you buy pirated copies of independent Filipino films, brother, you're stealing from the poor, shame on you.
Well, that's how I look at it.yeah, but i hope it comes out on legit rental video soon sa videocity, because i have no interest in watching this in the theaters.
- 1:24 AM, May 26, 2009
- Bob Westal said...
Noel, I was mainly reacting to two words, "the man." That's quite a judgment to be laying down based on reviews you don't like. I don't know if you heard the same "gossip" I have about Ebert, but people who've met him that I've heard about have only nice things to say. You can dislike someone's work without disliking the person.
But here's a question I often pose to people who see a movie a few times and say something to the effect of "I loved it the first time I saw it, but now that I see it again I noticed _____ and I realize it's crap."
Does the fact that you eventually tired of Ebert invalidate the fact that you apparently got something out of him for a long time before that? Are you so much smarter now than you were before that something utterly worthless seemed worthwhile to you.
Of course, it's also possible that Ebert's work changed in some ways. I haven't detected it with Ebert, not at all, but I could be missing it, I suppose. Lots of newspaper columnists and even great cartoonists like Charles Schulz loose their edge over the years and start repeating themselves. (Woody Allen would be a cinematic example of this same phenom, IMO.)
This, to me, is not a great sin (except perhaps on the part of editors and others who maybe don't push them a bit to try something new) and doesn't invalidate their earlier work, it's just life.
- 11:44 AM, May 26, 2009
- Bob Westal said...
After looking at my first comment, I think I need to clarify my point about seeing a movie multiple times (which perhaps is slightly off the mark in any case for what I'm talking about).
Basically, what I mean is that while of course it's entirely possible to see something after multiple viewings/readings, or upon reflection, that lessens (or increases) the quality of a given piece of work -- if it was able to sway you so much the first time, it should get some credit for being able to do so. So much we see or read is obviously rotten the first time we see or read it!
- 11:49 AM, May 26, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
It was entertaining--lord knows I was starved for entertainment in those days, and Siskel and Ebert featured two grown men in an ongoing sitcom disagreeing about movies. I actually switched to another channel when they agreed on something.
If I keep reading his writings for so long--since 1994, I think--it's basically to find out how wrong an opinion cna be.
I'm aware of testimony that he's a nice guy, even from people I respect. POssibly if I meet him I'll like him. When I meet him, however, I'd have to make it clear to him, have not been a fan, have not been a fan for a long time.
- 7:22 PM, May 26, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
"yeah, but i hope it comes out on legit rental video soon sa videocity, because i have no interest in watching this in the theaters."
Fair enough. It's already aroused interest in his works, so I'm hoping the DVDs follow to back up the interest.
- 7:23 PM, May 26, 2009
Wow, I didn't know people would go out of their way to defend Roger Ebert.
I have to agree with Noel with regards to Ebert: although he may be the most popular film critic alive, I don't think he's made a tremendous contribution to film criticism in general. I've never found anything particularly insightful nor anything very galvanizing about his criticism. Why? It has to be that middlebrow taste Noel pointed out. Much of his writing seems designed not to offend the opinion of his readership, so it's really inert, borderline ad writing which relies too heavily on the trademarked thumb...Should he belong up there with Manny Farber or James Agee or Andre Bazin? Not at all. He's not even there with Pauline Kael (and I don't care for Kael either).
With regards to The Brown Bunny (which I haven't seen), it's interesting to note that Jean-Luc Godard finds the film interesting, and if I'm going to trust someone's opinion, I'm certainly going to side with Godard.
Ebert's review for The Passion of the Christ is a middling affair, but what really floors me is the endnote: "I said the film is the most violent I have ever seen. It will probably be the most violent you have ever seen. This is not a criticism but an observation; the film is unsuitable for younger viewers, but works powerfully for those who can endure it."How does he know that it will probably be the most violent film I have ever seen? What is troubling about this quote is that he expects his middlebrow values to speak as mine. In fact, his indignation towards The Brown Bunny and Kinatay is more the sounding of a middlebrow bullhorn than rigorous film criticism.
I don't think Noel is attacking Ebert "the man," yet one can't disregard that good film criticism is also highly personal. What is troubling about Ebert is that he enjoys films any respectable film critic should like, and when he really hates a film he seems to be in the consensus too. He seems to lack an individual aesthetic system; so if attacking the film criticism is attacking the man, then it can't be helped.
- 2:55 AM, May 27, 2009
- Jesue V // FILM MUSIC ART blog said...
I do agree on Noel Vera's opinion on Roger Ebert as a critic. I've never really understood why people think he's so great. I could be wrong but I find his reviews very bland. It's hard for me to find a 'personality' or a distinct voice in his writing, which I think is a crucial element in film criticism.
- 12:19 PM, May 27, 2009
- ronald said...
Ebert reminds me of Nestor Torre.
- 1:21 PM, May 27, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
Bland is right Ithanks Dante, Jesue, ronald); and you can't help but feel a lot of what 'theory' he's got is aimed at selling more books. Like his 'Ebert's Law'--what is that? If it's an attempt at serious criticism, I can't take it seriously; if it's an attempt at humor, give me Joe Bob Briggs or Libby Gelman Waxner anytime.
Actually, Agee was funnier when he wanted to be.
- 11:28 PM, May 27, 2009
noel vera, you have no pulitzer prize.. period...
i thought you're not attacking ebert in your article even if its too obvious when you read between the lines.. but your comment responses shows the real you. uh huh
ebert is accessible that is why he is admired by the american audiences or even foreign audiences. its not even wrong to be a populist critic. mostly, i also don't agree with his criticisms.. but he's better than you, that's it. you're not the appointed cardinal of all critics and easily lambast ebert for what he had said. you're not that great. i am also a follower of your reviews and at first i was impressed, but in the long run, just the same with what you said about ebert.
and by the way noel, you're style of criticism is too retrospective. you don't even watch all filipino films not just like ebert's democratic criticism. you're too selective, sometimes praising a flimsy art feature filipino film..
next time, dont attack the critic, attack the criticism... even if you don't mention it, it stinks..
you're also a good writer. but your film criticisms are stuck in the 80's era. duh.
- 1:17 PM, May 28, 2009
@ dante acuna, then who made a tremendous contribution to film criticism in general? if not ebert. or anybody? can you please support your statements.. you're comments are also bland. obviously, last temptation of the christ is violent merely seeing jesus fully naked, nailed, had implied relationship with a woman, and what else..
maybe noel vera is the one who made tremendous contributions to cinema.
@ jesue, common sense, when you read ebert's reviews, its his voice, so distinct, its him. i don't think he has a ghost writer. duh! all writers are distinct. you're not that great to say that..
why can't you people just feel bad knowing ebert did not like kinatay? is it wrong? he did not hate serbis, fyi..
- 1:25 PM, May 28, 2009
- cinelamour said...
that anonymous person who said "noel vera has no pulitzer prize... period... so and so...duh" is a ROGER EBERT FANTARD! Instead of ebert, read david bordwell blogs. You will learn a lot from him.
- 2:26 PM, May 28, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
"that anonymous person who said "noel vera has no pulitzer prize... period... so and so...duh" is a ROGER EBERT FANTARD!"
Naw, he's probably watched Ebert's colonoscopy one time too many. :)
Sorry. Childish. Actually, I enjoy the attention. Haven't had a stalker in a long time.
- 5:04 PM, May 28, 2009
only dante mendoza can generate this kind of funfare hehe
- 9:24 PM, May 28, 2009
- dodo dayao said...
Anonymous posters flinging arrows are lame.
That Pulitzer Prize of Ebert's has been flung at me - - - first line of defense? - - -when I made an offhand comment about him on some message board or blog comments space. And I've always wondered what that has to do with my not thinking his opinions on film are worth the trouble.
I think you'll disagree with me on this, Noel,but I actually like Ebert's prose style , find it a bit more engaging than . . .say, Rosenbaum's (not Kael, of course) . . . but I tend to pay attention to Rosenbaum more. Does that make sense?
- 11:20 PM, May 28, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
Shh, dodo, you'll scare him away.
I suppose. Ebert's prose is like tapioca, easy to gum. Rosenbaum's is like steak, requires chewing, but much more nourishing.
- 11:26 PM, May 28, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
Come to think of it, isn't the Pulitzer Prize granted to an American publication?
I should be aiming for the Nobel Prize, then!
- 11:36 PM, May 28, 2009
@cinelamour, sorry to disgust you. but i just don't like the idea of a critic lambasting another critic without even seeing the film in question. i'm not an ebert fanatic! duh!
i'm not a stalker noel. i'm a reader.
- 11:49 PM, May 28, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
For the record the film isn't even in question because I haven't seen it. I made that pretty clear. I'm lambasting him for a film we both saw.
Oh, you're prefectly welcome to stalk like you're doing now, not just read. Like I said before, it's been a long time.
- 11:51 PM, May 29, 2009
hi noel, fiona here (think mcofi film fest - kurosawa et al. if that fails, try mr b perhaps?:)). was surfing around the net for a review on insiang when i stumbled upon your blog. really enjoyed your take on ebert and star trek. still waiting for kinatay to be shown somewhere around makati and hopefully (crossing my fingers)not in some artsy filmfest at shangri-la mall.
- 4:55 AM, June 04, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
Hi fiona, nice to hear from you. How's Mr. B? Is the MCO still around? And have you seen Insiang? What do you think?
- 10:46 PM, June 04, 2009
wow, this thread has stretched like taffy since i last checked in. kumusta, noel? bert write here. if i may answer dayuhangkayumanggi's question: good news and bad news about 'coraline'. the good news is it will be shown in metro manila theaters, in 3-d even. the bad news is: it won't be 'til september; presumably, the big summer flicks have to get out of the way first. still, better than never, and i was pleased to see the trailer earlier at an sm theater, where i watched 'drag me to hell.'
- 10:35 AM, June 07, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
Hi Bert, hanging in there, you?
This is nothing. I've seen blogs that get two-three hundred comments a week. Good ones, too.
Waiting for Coraline to come out so I can write on it. Probably be out on DVD by then, too. How'd you like Drag Me to Hell?
- 9:47 PM, June 07, 2009
been living the family man life over here. rarely get to watch movies but i made sure to drag my butt to 'drag me to hell'. (i'll pretty much watch any promising horror movie.) i proudly enjoyed it the way i proudly enjoyed 'harold and kumar escape from guantanamo bay'. that is, on both occasions, i seemed to be the only one laughing in the theater (we were just 15 people scattered throughout the place, but still). in 'drag', one classic moment was during the climax, when alison lohman was pointing out to the demon that it was her manager who's to blame (a dicey aspect of the storyline which raimi toys with for the most part, true); in 'kumar', it's during the jail segment, when one of the non-american prisoners dissed the titular characters to the effect of "you americans with your donuts, your government is fooling you," to which kumar retorts, "fuck you, donuts are awesome!" ... rambled there, sorry. hey, i have a technical/encyclopedic question been meaning to ask you. pardon the lack of a non-hollywood reference, but i recall two movies with sort of similar endings: 'a bug's life' and 'men in black II'. in 'bug's', the "camera" zooms out to show that the entire movie had taken place in a wee small place under the sun, in some patch of greenery around a pond. in 'black', the "camera" zooms out all the way to outer space, to show that our very galaxy is a mere plaything for some alien life form. my question is: which earlier films (or books of fiction, for that matter) had put forth this (scientifically proven) we-are-but-a-minuscule-part-of-the big-picture observation? thanks, noel. > bert write
- 8:44 AM, June 13, 2009
- Noel Vera said...
Far as I recall, she only blamed her manager when the daughter was at the door, whereupon the daughter replied "you dare lie to me standing on my porch?" Near the climax, she admitted to having the responsiblity, not her manager.
A god's POV ending? The tech to do that is very recent. Can't think of any offhand, but I remember an early Simpsons opening credit that suggested as much.
- 11:58 PM, June 14, 2009
- Mark said...
Noel Vera, I just love your way of thinking about the stealing thing. Though I will never endorse stealing from either as I wouldnt like it done to me. :-)
- 7:06 AM, March 07, 2010
- Noel Vera said...
Not sure what you mean by 'the stealing thing.'
- 4:30 PM, March 07, 2010
- Noel Vera said...
Oh, you mean about pirated DVDs. If you buy 'em, you should be ashamed of yourself. Unless you're doing it to prove a political point, in which case you should at the very least feel morally ambivalent.
- 4:31 PM, March 07, 2010
- john marzan said...
when will your kinatay review come out?
- 5:00 AM, August 06, 2012
- Noel Vera said...
Huh? It's around here somewhere.
- 3:48 PM, August 06, 2012
- Noel Vera said...
Here. Just do a search, and you'll find it.
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baja power steering help
Posted 22 December 2012 - 03:20 PM
I ask because i can find a powersteering pump for a non turbo but I need one for my turbo baja. is there any other car that would take the same pump I have called all around trying to find a pump the only place that has one is the dealer and they want 500 bucks ouch! napa has one for a non turbo and its 120 but i dont know if it would fit does any one know thnx
Posted 22 December 2012 - 04:41 PM
you can find all subarus that use your pump
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Posted 23 December 2012 - 01:22 PM
Why do you need a steering pump? If its just leaking these pumps are very easy to rebuild and seal kits are only about $40 from Subaru last time I checked. A new front bearing you can get at Napa for under $10. Rebuilding only requires basic hand tools a block of wood and a vice.
good question
tell us the symptoms you had as there are a coupla other fixes for noisy PS pump. (o-rings, TSB for relief valve)
Posted 26 December 2012 - 12:52 PM
but Im down to try do you have to press any thing off or is it pretty easy to take apart thanks for the info guys
Posted 26 December 2012 - 12:59 PM
now that its in the teens the pump wines all the time and barely works
im going to call the dealer for seals today
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Posted 26 December 2012 - 03:19 PM
if it wasnt snowing i would tare it apart but i dont wanna in the snow ill just drive the wife's car till the weekend
Posted 26 December 2012 - 04:47 PM
since then, I have had no problems. You should be aware there is also a TSB concerning the pressure relief valve in the side of the pump (maybe H6 engines ??? not sure) that can cause groaning but it seems the symptom is groaning at full lock.
bubbles/foam is no good.
anyway, fix the o-ring, put screw-type hose clamps on both ends of the suction hose after inspecting it for cracks. repalce as much old ps fluid as possible with Dex III compatible fluid.
Posted 27 December 2012 - 02:58 AM
thanks for the help im going to tare into it this weekend
Posted 27 December 2012 - 11:44 AM
wow sounds like you had a fun time figuring that out
thanks for the help im going to tare into it this weekend
not too bad, I was my own worst enemy starting thinking I could just smear some grease around it instead of fixing it correctly the first time.
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are the silicon intercooler hoses better than the stock rubber ones or do they just look cool just wondering mine are starting to get little cracks on them so they will need replacing soon trying to decide witch to buy
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- "Justin is glad to get this matter resolved and behind him," his rep says
- Bieber must serve two years probation, pay $80,900 to his neighbor
- Bieber still faces drunk driving charge in Miami
- Investigators called for a more serious felony charge against the singer
Justin Bieber must pay $80,900 restitution for damage caused to his former neighbor's mansion by eggs he threw.
The pop star accepted a plea deal to settle a vandalism charge that puts him on probation for two years. The probation will be supervised until he completes 12 weekly anger management sessions, works five days of community labor and pays the restitution.
The sentence also requires Bieber to stay at least 100 yards way from the victim's family.
Bieber must let the probation officer know if he is deported or otherwise leaves the country, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Leland Harris said.
"Justin is glad to get this matter resolved and behind him," his representative said in a written statement. "He will continue to move forward focusing on his career and his music."
The misdemeanor charge was filed Wednesday morning by the Los Angeles County District attorney five months after a sheriff's investigator recommended it be prosecuted as a felony.
Assistant District Attorney Alan Yochelson told the judge that while the damage to Jeffrey Schwartz's "dream house" was "incredible" he did not think it warranted a felony charge.
Yochelson called it "an extremely immature and silly act" that caused "incredible amount of damage" to what the neighbors considered their "dream house."
Bieber's lawyer previously called it a "silly prank."
Bieber, 20, was not required to be in court. Attorney Shawn Holley, known for her frequent appearances defending Lindsay Lohan, entered the "no contest" plea on his behalf in a Van Nuys, California, court Wednesday afternoon.
The vandalism case is what lawyers call a "wobbler," meaning the district attorney could have prosecuted it as a felony -- which would have much more serious consequences for the singer -- or as a misdemeanor.
Bieber has since moved from the neighborhood, selling the mansion to Khloe Kardashian.
Bieber's drunken driving charge in Miami is also still pending, although a source close to that case said talks are under way to reach a plea deal to avoid a trial.
Los Angeles prosecutors decided in June not to pursue charges against Bieber for an incident in which a Los Angeles woman accused him of trying to take her cell phone.
The egging case began when the singer's neighbor called 911 to report that someone was throwing eggs over a fence from Bieber's home. Residents of the exclusive community had previously reported several incidents allegedly involving Bieber, including speeding on the residential streets.
Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department searched Bieber's home on January 14 for video from Bieber's security cameras they hoped would show what happened. They later presented prosecutors of video they said supports a vandalism charge against Bieber, an investigator said.
Bieber house guest Lil Za, a rapper whose real name is Xavier Smith, was arrested on a felony drug charge during the raid. Deputies added a vandalism charge when he damaged a jail phone. He later accepted a plea deal for probation.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Miranda Lambert recently got a much-needed 10-day vacation with Blake Shelton. It capped the couple's crazy first year of marriage, during which country music's hottest romantic duo experienced every emotion imaginable, from deep loss to pure exhilaration.
Quickly rejuvenated, Lambert admitted she was getting a little bored at their Oklahoma home toward the end.
"After that long, I was ready to do something," Lambert said with a little extra Texas twang in that last word.
They have lots on their plate this week at the CMA Music Festival. Both are top draws for the fan-driven event and expected to perform. Each has been experiencing career overdrive since their marriage, with Lambert launching her first arena tour and Shelton's popular run on "The Voice." Each has also scored No. 1 hits.
But each has experienced loss - Shelton's father passed away, as did a close friend of Lambert's.
The success of the couple's "Over You" - about the untimely death of Shelton's brother - coincided closely with both events. That made for a series of both difficult and powerful performances over the last few months.
"Miranda had a tough time for a couple of weeks there performing that song," Shelton said at a party celebrating their success at the top of the country charts. "She said she couldn't sing it and the crowd ended up singing it back to her. And once the dust started settling there, she lost one of her childhood friends and had to go through the same thing again. And that's the tough part about a song like that. That's also how important it is, that it does bring some closure and it helps you get those emotions out of your body, out of your mind, out of your heart, and you can do it through a song."
"Over You," which gave Lambert her third straight CMT female video of the year award Wednesday night, is believed to be the first country chart-topper co-written by spouses, then performed by a member of that couple. In a way, it will always be intertwined in the fabric of their marriage.
"It's just all around," Lambert said. "It's like this song is surrounded by magic, you know, it's serendipity. It's just really a once-in-a-lifetime thing."
Though they are newlyweds, as a celebrity couple, they haven't had the most traditional first year of matrimony. They spend very little time together with two bustling careers that sometimes have them on the other side of the country from each other.
This week's CMA Fest is one of those fleeting moments when both are in the same town at the same time. The four-day event is the ultimate opportunity to interact with fans. Lambert was scheduled to perform a set that included "Over You" and a song with her Pistol Annies trio on Thursday and Shelton is part of Friday's lineup. From autograph sessions to the nightly concerts at LP Field, which feature 65,000 fans at the home of the Tennessee Titans and country music's biggest stars, there's no better way to get closer to your favorite artist.
Lambert ended up in the emergency room due to dehydration and exhaustion during her first festival experience. She's learned how to handle the heat these days, but it remains a pretty intense experience.
"When you walk out onto the stage at LP Field it's very overwhelming, the amount of people and the energy," Lambert said. "Everybody in there is there because they love country music. And it's a (lot) of people that love country music. And it's cool to see them all at one time."
It's another celebration Lambert and Shelton, who despite seeing very little of each other over the last year feel even more strongly about their marriage.
"Man, you know what? I think Miranda is a keeper," he said, then joked: "At first I married her just because of her looks, but since then I've realized how rich she is. You know, that equals out to many years of happy marriage."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan would see his authority greatly cut and governors would have final say over their schools under legislation introduced Thursday by Senate Republicans.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, a former education secretary who is the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, rolled out his party's version of No Child Left Behind renewal days after Democrats offered theirs.
While both versions would let states write school improvement plans and scrap one-size-fits-all national requirements, only the Republican measure explicitly says Washington has no role in what students learn.
"We would stop Washington, D.C., from deciding whether schools and teachers are failing, and restore those decisions back to state and local governments," Alexander, R-Tenn., said in an interview with The Associated Press.
The state-by-state approach to education standards is already largely in place in the 37 states that received permission from Duncan to ignore the No Child Left Behind requirements in exchange for customized school improvement plans. The other states faces the threat of being deemed failing schools if they cannot demonstrate their students perform at grade level in reading and math — a designation that could cost them federal education dollars.
The Democratic plan, introduced Tuesday, would require the remaining states to develop their own reform efforts, which would require Duncan's approval.
Alexander's proposal would require states to prepare students for college or careers, but would ban the U.S. Department of Education from prescribing standards.
The Education Department already is prohibited from imposing curriculum for schools. But critics, including Alexander, call the department a "national school board" and say it is too involved in day-to-day instruction of students.
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, now more commonly known as No Child Left Behind, governs all schools that receive federal dollars for poor, minority, disabled and students whose primary language is not English. In exchange for those federal dollars, schools must meet standards, previously set by Washington but increasingly dictated by state capitols even before the competing No Child Left Behind renewals are debated.
Congress has failed to renew the law since it expired in 2007. The Republican-led House is reluctant to take steps that could be seen as telling local schools how to best teach their students.
The Democrats' version of the law would eliminate 20 programs while encouraging states to expand art, physical education and pre-kindergarten programs.
The Republicans' plan would consolidate 62 programs into two grant programs and states could decide how to spend the money.
Alexander, who served as President George H.W. Bush's education secretary, said he approached the legislation as a governor and not as a former Cabinet official.
"I think the responsibility for improving schools is squarely on parents and teachers and governors. They're in a better position to do that because they're closer to the child and closer to the school," Alexander said.
A Senate committee is scheduled to take up the Democratic bill next week. A vote by the full Democratic-controlled Senate has not been scheduled and Democratic aides suggested it could be autumn before one occurs.
House Republicans were set to introduce their own version of No Child Left Behind but no timeline has been announced.
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Right, I thought this forum needed it's own celeb fakes thread, with that other one being riddled with twinks and rarely(if ever) any hot bears/daddies. And because the James Gandolfini thread sparked alot of interest and some sexy fakes, I hope this thread will turn out great.
For starters I'm posting the best(imo) pics from the Gandolfini thread here.


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The Dalles WEDNESDAY,
Hospital Admissions
August 13 — Michael D. Matteson, Wishram; Darlene A. Deen, Arlington.
Hospital Dismissals
August 13 — Lawrence Jittu, Bingen.
The Dalles City
August 13, 3:09 p.m. – Single vehicle versus parked car, non-injury accident, 800 block of East 16th Place. Mackenzie Urness, 16, 5623 Emerson Loop Rd. was the involved driver. Urness struck a parked vehicle. Law enforcement was unable to contact the registered owner of the vehicle. A report was taken but no citations were issued.
Wasco County
August 13, 10:46 a.m. – Single all-terrain vehicle, injury accident, Eight mile road. No driver information was made available. Female victim crashed her four wheeler into a tree. She was taken to the hospital and a report was taken.
August 13, 8:43 p.m. – Single vehicle versus deer, non-injury accident, Highway 197 near milepost 6. Driver information was not made available. Driver struck a deer while passing a vehicle and the vehicle caught fire. Fire units responded and extinguished the fire. A report was taken.
Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue
Information was not made available at press time.
Police Reports
The Dalles City
Theodore Marcellin Stratton, 61, 2429 East 18th St. was arrested Tuesday evening during a traffic stop at West 6th and Mt. Hood streets and is accused of driving under the influence of intoxicants.
Police responded to the 700 block of West 11th Street Tuesday evening on a report of shots fired. Caller reported hearing a female screaming for someone to call the police. Contact was made with the female who advised a male subject was attempting to get into the home after being released from jail and he had a no contact order with the female. A report was taken an the incident is under investigation.
Police responded to the 3300 block of West 7th Street Tuesday evening on a report of a dispute. Mother reported her juvenile daughter was out of control in the home. Everything was calm upon arrival and the dispute was over doing the dishes. Subjects were counseled. During the investigation a runaway was located hiding in the backyard and returned to the custody of her father.
Police responded to the 500 block of Lone Pine Drive early Wednesday morning after a female caller reported that she was looking to harm herself. She was contacted and voluntarily taken to the hospital for an evaluation.
Wasco County
A criminal trespass report was taken Tuesday morning from the 3700 block of Pleasant Ridge Road after a female reported a male subject attempted to assault her and wanted him removed from the property. Subject was escorted off the premises.
A theft report was taken Tuesday afternoon in Dufur after a victim reported her cell phone was stolen over the weekend.
Regional Jail
Dustin Cody Hardin, 22, 1400 East 15th St., was jailed Tuesday on a circuit court commitment for contempt of court.
Jeana Marie Green, 41, 3303 Old Dufur Rd., was jailed Tuesday on a municipal court commitment for probation violation.
Gary Leroy Ross, 36, 2009 West 9th Pl. was transported and jailed Tuesday after being arrested on a circuit court warrant for probation violation.
Abraham James Hunt, 46, Warm Springs, was transported and jailed Tuesday after being arrested on a Gilliam County warrant for probation violation.
Tuesday, August 13
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Skip to comments.Anti-Semitic Democrat James Moran Meant It
Posted on 03/12/2003 2:24:32 PM PST by jmstein7
Anti-Semitic Democrat James Moran Meant It March 11, 2003
My friends, how about the Democrat congressman, Virginia's Jim Moran, having a Trent Lott moment out there? Jewish organizations have condemned him. They did so for his delivery of anti-Semitic remarks at an anti-war forum in Reston, Virginia, where he suggested that American Jews are responsible for pushing the country to war with Iraq and that Jewish leaders could prevent war if they wanted to do so.
Moran said, "If it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this." Moran ought to call Tom Daschle and these other Democrats, because he's off message. I thought Democrats and some others think it's all about oil. Now Ariel Sharon and the Jews in America are responsible for this?
Moran apologized in a statement, saying, "I made some insensitive remarks that I deeply regret. I should not have singled out the Jewish community and regret giving any impression that its members are somehow responsible for the course of action being pursued by the Administration, or are somehow behind an impending war."
What do you mean you regret it? Insensitive remarks? There's nothing insensitive about this. You said it, congressman, and you meant to say it. Apologize for saying it, maybe, but don't tell us you didn't mean to say it. We're among the most informed citizens of the world, congressman. We will not fall for this kind of escape hatch.
(Excerpt) Read more at rushlimbaugh.com ...
Also, you might want to email a newspaper or too and complain about the double-standard. This would be frontpage news if a Republican made the same remarks. Here are a few email addresses:
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Where are the liberals that hung Lott. Why are they all hiding..?
Right and if Bush did nothing and the Iraqis sprayed us all with smallpox hed be crying why didnt Bush do something to protect us. Another transparent asshole.
Maybe we could move to another country. This one is looking very ANTIAMERICAN to me.
It'd also be front page news if the JOOOOOOOOOOZ REALLY DID RUN THE MEDIA LIKE THE ANTI-SEMITES INSIST.
Make that "Dem Jim Moran (VA)". He represents the northern district around Alexandria (I think the 4th Congressional District, but not positive). This is one of the real slimeballs in Congress -- but when you consider all the Dems (the Baghdad 3, the defenders of Clinton, the CBC, etc. etc.) they mostly all fall under that descriptor...
I guess you've never heard of AOLTimeWarner?
A good friend of mine had a wonderful grandfather. He was a young man in Germany in the late 30s. He told me stories that made me physically sick to my stomach. He was a woodcarver by trade and the things that they did to that man were beyond cruel, they were barbaric. His grandson, my friend, could recite each and every horror story as if he had lived it himself. My mother used to get very upset about this telling of the stories to young children until one day my dad took issue with her thinking. My dad was in the 101st Airbourne in WWII, after the Bulge he fought his way across the Rhein and liberated a Nazi death camp named Ubergammargau. It turns out that Abe, my friend's grandfather, was one of the ones he liberated. He then sat me down and told me the story of the liberation of the camp, I was 13 years old at the time, and I'll never forget it. My mother sat and cried as my father gave his account. When it was over my mother said, "Bud, you never told me this before". My dad replied, "Now it's time you know. It could have been us in there, it could have been our families in there. Everyone should know what the Krauts did, and they should shame them for the rest of time"! The old man was serious, he didn't much like Germans. Can you blame him?
This is not a working email address. Just had an email sent back to me.
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Daryl Impey made Tour de France history on Thursday by becoming the first African to take possession of the Tour de France maillot jaune.
Germany's Andre Greipel of Lotto Belisol dominated the stage six bunch sprint after a wind-hit and chaotic 176.5km ride between Aix-en-Provence and Montpellier, France, ahead of Slovakia's Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) and Germany's Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano).
Britain's Mark Cavendish, who claimed his maiden win of the 100th edition and the 24th of his career on Wednesday, finished fourth having crashed with 34km to race and having to battle to rejoin the peloton.
As Cavendish vented his frustration in angry fashion inside his team bus after the finish, Greipel handed his Lotto Belisol team a huge morale boost following the loss of their general classification contender Jurgen van den Broeck.
The Belgian, who has twice finished fourth overall, did not start Thursday's stage due to a knee injury sustained in a crash on stage five.
"Sometimes happiness and sadness can be so close together, but [team manager] Marc Sergeant did a really good job in the bus to make us forget that setback and get us focused on the stage," Greipel said. "We had to set this goal today to win the stage, and I think that shows the character in this team."
Greipel, who could only finish fourth on stage five as Cavendish roared to victory, added: "Yesterday, we made just a small mistake and sometimes you pay for that in the biggest bike race in the world. Today, we wanted to make amends. The team supported me and carried out a textbook lead-out."
Impey, a South African who rides for Orica-GreenEdge, had been sitting in second position overall behind teammate Simon Gerrans after Orica-GreenEdge's victory in the team time trial on stage four and the 28-year-old made good on expectations that he could make history by carrying out his team's stage six instructions to the letter.
Team manager Shayne Bannan later admitted it had been Orica-GreenEdge's plan all along to hand the race lead to Impey, after the South African had helped lead their main sprinter Matt Goss out for the finish line.
The plan in "the last 3k [3km] was for Daryl to be around Matt Goss, and then for Simon and the other guys to do a lead-out, but basically for Daryl to put as much space between him and Simon as possible to get the jersey," Bannan said.
Impey, who said compatriot Robbie Hunter was one of the "most influential people" in his career, positively glowed as he embraced his spell in the race's fabled jersey.
"I'm really proud to be the first South African and the first African to wear the yellow jersey," Impey said. "Sometimes all the stars line up for you and this is definitely one of those moments. To wear the yellow jersey at the 100th edition of the Tour de France is just a dream come true. History has been made... To be able to say I wore the yellow jersey for just one day is something I will treasure forever."
Impey now leads Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen of Sky Pro Cycling by 3 seconds, with Gerrans third overall, 5 seconds back. Another Orica rider, Switzerland's Michael Albasini, is fourth on the same time, while Poland's Michal Kwiatkowski, who is wearing the white jersey for the race's best-placed rider aged 25 or under, is fifth, 6 seconds back.
Having dug deep to help protect Gerrans' race lead, Impey would be expecting the same from his teammates in yesterday's seventh stage, an undulating 205.5km ride from Montpellier to Albi, France.