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Deng scores 33; Bulls knock off Knicks again
New York Knicks' J.R. Smith attempts to drive to the basket between Chicago Bulls' Taj Gibson, left, and Marco Belinelli, right, of Italy, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) |
NEW YORK — Luol Deng scored a season-high 33 points in the Chicago Bulls' third victory over New York this season, a 108-101 win Friday that sent the Knicks to their season-high third straight loss.
Topping the 29 points he scored here last month, Deng shot 13 of 18 from the field and also led the defensive effort that contained Carmelo Anthony in the decisive first half of his return from a one-game suspension.
Carlos Boozer added 17 points for the Bulls, whose offense won't be at full strength until Derrick Rose is back from knee surgery, yet they still shot 57 percent.
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Report: Commission will outline above-ground nuclear waste strategy
A commission established by the Energy Department to find a path forward for dealing with the country's nuclear waste will recommend storing it in above-ground containers, The New York Times reports.
The commission will outline a draft recommendation at a meeting Friday calling for "establishing one or more sites where used reactor fuel could be stored in steel and concrete structures on the earth's surface for decades," the Times says.
The Times says the commission will also outline steps toward determining a more permanent waste storage solution in the aftermath of the Obama administration's decision to abandon a proposed permanent waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
More from the Times:
"The commission will also recommend opening a new effort to find a burial site, members said, and suggest that it be led by an organization that is independent of the Department of Energy, which has been working on the waste disposal effort for decades.
"Commission members say they will suggest securing the assent of local and state governments before a burial site is chosen. With a selection process that is based more on science than politics and the promise of local economic benefit, a host site could potentially be found, some of them said."
The recommendations come as Republicans have set their sights on the administration's involvement in shutting down Yucca Mountain, pointing to a recent report that says the decision will result in a search for a new repository that could take two decades and costs billions of dollars.

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Reporter: Claudia Rupcich
Independence Day is here, and at least for these events you don't need any electricity.
In Lynchburg, you can celebrate with the Hillcats! The stadium will have its largest fireworks show after the game Wednesday. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and they'll be playing the Wilmington Blue Rocks.
At Peaks of Otter, you can watch fireworks from the top of Sharp Top Mountain. A leader will be taking groups up a 3-mile hike that starts at 5 p.m. The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford will be launching some fireworks. You can also watch them from Centertown Bedford or Liberty Lake Park.
At Smith Mountain Lake, the Saunders Volunteer Fire Company has fireworks at Parkway Marina. The gates open at 3 p.m. The Worx will be performing at 5:30 p.m. and there will also be activities for kids and tons of vendors. There's a $10 minimum donation for parking that will go to the Saunders Volunteer Fire Company. Bring your blankets and chairs and enjoy the fireworks show by the water starting at 10 p.m.
Red Hill Patrick Henry Memorial is having a fourth of July celebration starting at 3 p.m. in Brookneal. Watch the fireworks show at around 9:15 p.m. and enjoy live music, kid games and arts and crafts. The gate closes at 9 p.m.
In downtown Buchanan, come out to the Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department Fourth of July Carnival. The carnival will be going on until July 7, but there will be a special fireworks show July 4 at 10 p.m. There are games, rides, food and great music. The Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department will also have a 4th of July Parade on Main Street. It will start at 6 p.m.
Here are some other events going on July 4:
There will be a 4th of July parade in Nelson County. It will be on Front Street & Main Street in Lovingston starting at 11 a.m.
In Danville, Carrington pavilion will have activities starting at 4 p.m.
Christiansburg High School will have fireworks at 9:45 p.m.
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We still have Cottages 10 & 11 available for the entire week of Laconia Motorcycle Week. They can each sleep 4. We also have openings for the first half of the week - check our "Make a Reservation" page for details.
Ironman Timberman Triathlon - if you are planning on doing the race - we've got prime units available - all the comforts of home and just 6 miles from the start of the race and 10 minutes to Gunstock!
NASCAR - we've got availability for both the July and September races!
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LUMBERTON — Onlookers put their hands over their heart as up-and-coming country music singer Joanna Smith sang the national anthem Friday during the Robeson Regional Agriculture Fair opening ceremony.
"Doesn't that song just give you chills?" fair President Allen Faircloth said afterward.
But chills or no chills, everyone in attendance was warmed by the electric anticipation on the fairgrounds at 3788 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Gates open at 11 a.m. today and again at 1 p.m. Sunday. General admission is $6.
Daily events include an antique tractor display, pony rides, horticultural and art exhibits, antiques, carnival rides, and a petting zoo.
With new rides such as the Inverter, which flips 24 riders seated in rows upside down and swings them back and forth, and the Enterprise, where riders sit in gondolas that spin around, there is something for everyone.
North Carolina Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry said the rides measure up.
"We have been out here all week inspecting the rides for you to enjoy," Berry said. "There will be nothing but fun here."
Giving people a fair chance to experience that fun, on Sunday rides will be free for the military until 8 p.m., which is when the fair closes, and for the public from 1 to 2 p.m.
Also on Sunday, a wine judging will take place at noon and radio station Rock 103 will broadcast from 2 to 4 p.m. A monster truck show will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. and roar to life again at 7:30 p.m., and a goat show will begin at 6 p.m. The Jr. and Little Miss Robeson County Fair pageants will begin at 6:30 p.m. and Bobby Hill will take the stage at 7 p.m.
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Department of Parks General Butler Offering "Game Day" Buffet March 31
CARROLLTON, Ky. – General Butler State Resort Park in Carrollton will host a "Game Day" buffet on March 31 from 4-8 p.m.
The buffet will include carved buffalo, buffalo ribs, frog legs, fried catfish, Cornish game hens and alligator gumbo, as well as soup, salad and desserts. The cost for adults is $19.95 plus tax, and the cost for children 12 and under is $7.95 plus tax. Drinks are included in the price.
General Butler is offering a special spring rate through April 30. Lodge rooms Sunday through Thursday are $44.95 per night and Friday and Saturday lodge rooms are $69.95 per night. Cottages are available at 15 percent off the regular rate. When you purchase the special Game Day buffet, you're eligible for the special lodge room rate.
Each of the lodge's 53 rooms features a private balcony or patio overlooking the pool or hillside. This hilltop resort is the essence of river town charm, featuring the warm glow of polished brass and rich woodwork. Enjoy our tennis courts, basketball courts, hiking trails and free Wi-Fi.
General Butler State Resort Park also has Two Rivers Restaurant, cottages, campground, gift shop, and a golf course and hiking trails. Call 1-866-462-8853 for information.
General Butler State Resort Park is located 44 miles northeast of Louisville. From Louisville, take Interstate 71 to Carrollton. If you are coming from the Huntington, W.Va., area traveling west on I-64, take exit 172. Drive north on Highway 1, to the AA Highway (KY 9) north. Take the AA Highway North to I-275 West. Drive West on I-275 to I 71/75 South, then I-71 South to Exit 44. Turn right on Hwy 227 to the Park.


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Creating a Courses Home Page
IT Connect > Web > Publishing > Getting Started > Creating a Courses Home Page
The UW Courses Web Server ( courses.washington.edu) hosts Web pages for UW courses and courses sections. If you want to create a course Web page, follow these guidelines and instructions.
Follow these four steps to create a home page for your Web site.
- Get a Shared UW NetID
- Activate Web Publishing
- Compose a Home Page
- Move Your Home Page to Your Web Directory
- Open Your Home Page
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Get a Shared UW
NetID Account
Using the UW Courses Web Server requires a Shared UW NetID account. Any UW faculty or staff member can request a Shared UW NetID. If you already have a Shared UW NetID (supplemental) account, proceeed to "Activate Web Publishing" below.
- Go to the Request other services area of the Manage your UW NetID Resource page.
- Click the "Shared UW NetID" link.
- Fill out the Shared UW NetID Account Request Form and select Course as type of Shared UW NetID account.
- Submit the form.
You will receive an email from email@example.com within a few days confirming your Shared UW NetID Account request.
Note: although the official owner assigned to a Shared UW NetID account must be UW faculty or staff, students can be added as account administrators and therefore help develop the Web pages.
Activate Web
Web publishing is a service tied to your UW NetID and Homer account.
To activate Web publishing:
- Activate necessary services.
There are two services that you must activate.
You can manage which services you have active on the Add or change services area of the Manage your UW NetID Resources page.
- The
Web Publishing service:
On the "manage services" page, you should see "Web Publishing" under the list of services that are turned on. If the service " Web Publishing" is not turned on, then you must activate it:
- Find it in the list of services that are inactive
- Check the checkbox beside it
- Click the Subscribe button and follow the remaining instructions
- The Homer
Account service:
Your Homer account will let you manage the files on your Web site.
On the "manage services" page, you should see "Homer Account" in the list of services turned on. If the service "Homer Account" is not turned on, then you must activate it:
- Find it in the list of services that are inactive
- Check the checkbox beside it
- Click the Subscribe button and follow the remaining instructions
Activating Web Publishing and the Homer services creates your Web directory called public_html on your Homer account. Files placed into public_html will be immediately viewable on your Web site.
- The
Web Publishing service:
Compose a Home
You have some options for composing a home page:
Use an HTML authoring tool to compose your home page. Most will write HTML for you while you control the look of your Web pages. Many will help you upload finished pages to your Web directory on Dante.
Note: if you compose your home page by hand or with an HTML authoring tool, save the file as index.html (or index.htm). This is the filename associated with your home page.
Move Your Home Page to
Your Web Directory
If you need to manually upload your home page to your Web directory, use a secure file transfer program, such as Win SCP for Microsoft Windows or Fugu for Apple Macintosh. These programs are available for free on the Tools for Safe and Secure Computing page.
You will find your Web directory (public_html) by connecting your file transfer program to homer.u.washington.edu.
You can read more about moving files to your Web directory.
Open Your Home
Once your home page is in your Web directory, you and others can view it by opening your home page address in a Web browser. The URL depends on your UW NetID:
Substitute your UW NetID for your_uwnetid.
Refer to the UW Web Server URL page for a complete reference of these URLs.


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A Preservation Houston/University of Houston Hobby Center for Public Policy study affirms the value of historic districsts. Learn more.
Explore local modernistic architecture with Houston Deco, Preservation Houston's website devoted to Art Deco buildings in and around the city.
In recognition of Preservation Houston's ongoing efforts to create a preservation ethic for the city, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has designated Preservation Houston as the National Trust Local Partner for Houston.
History in Print focuses on 'Mr. Houston' Author Steven Fenberg will discuss legendary Houston businessman and philanthropist Jesse Jones as part of History in Print, Preservation Houston's free public author series, the evening of June 11. Read more
Meet the winners of the 2013 Good Brick Awards The winners range from a restored Sixth Ward firehouse to a grocery store-turned-bar in Midtown. Read more
Spend some time with Houston's historymakers Reserve your spot on one of Preservation Houston's quarterly walking tours of historic Glenwood Cemetery today. Read more
A new name, a new home Greater Houston Preservation Alliance has changed its name to Preservation Houston and has moved its offices to the historic Lamar-River Oaks Building. Read more
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Love Dr. Ivan on the cover…you aren't surprised by that are you
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Thanks to Dr. Ivan, Everly, and Micha at Omnific Publishing for including us. <3
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Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1978. Sold for US$1.3 million on July 20, 2011 on artnet Auctions© 2012 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
If you havent noticed already, now is a good time to take a look at the world of online art sales. In the last year we've seen the launch of the cyberspace VIP Art Fair (whose second iteration opens next week), and Christies New York hosted its first exclusively online auction during its Elizabeth Taylor blitz in early December.
The past year saw some big prices on artnet Auctions, too. Below are highlights of the 2011 sales on artnet Auctions in the categories of unique works of art, prints and multiples, and photography.
Unique Works
As in conventional auctions, postwar material drew some of the highest prices. Never far from the top in any art sale, Andy Warhol snagged first place (not just for unique works, but for all works) with the sale of Flowers, for US$1.3 million, which was the second highest price for a Warhol flower painting at auction last year. The canvas has flowers in a deep, bright shade of blue and is one of four in the Flowers series dated 1978; the vast majority of these works date to 19641965.
In a different mode entirely are two pictures by Thomas Hart Benton (American, 18891975) that fetched US$198,559 and US$143,750. The Regionalist painter and one-time mentor to Jackson Pollock (American, 19121956) depicted his family enjoying a palm-tree dotted beach in Eleuthera (1955), named for an island in the Bahamas where the Bentons vacationed. The bigger price was paid for the mythical Ten Pound Hammer (1965), which shows three black men working on railroad tracks with a train steaming in the background. Benton must have liked the imagehe released it as a lithograph in 1967 in an edition of 300.
A conceptual video sculpture by Nam June Paik (American/Korean 19322006) sold for US$92,000, proving that mixed media works can do well online, too. Polaris (1990) is composed of four televisions arranged like petals around a globe and backlit by concentric neon florescent tubes. It was exhibited in a 2000 survey of the artists work at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Another conceptual work, the checkerboard abstraction Check #9 by Sherrie Levine (American, b.1947), sold for US$115,000. Levine gained notoriety in the 80s when she exhibited her "photographs of photographs" by Walker Evans (American, 19031975) of desolate farmers during the Great Depression, unaltered and indistinguishable from the originals. Her solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art is just closing now, and her oeuvre seems particularly resonant today with the renewed debates concerning appropriation and copyright infringement in art.
Prints and Multiples
A portfolio of 37 prints by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, otherwise known as Le Corbusier (Swiss, 18871965), was the highest-earning work on artnet in the prints and multiples category. If the architects buildings lead you to believe he dreamt only in black-and-white, the Unité series (1953, printed in 1963) is evidence to the contrary. The set has 17 prints in color and 17 of the same prints, sans color, along with three additional black-and-white prints.
This particular folio belonged to the architect Mohindra N. Kawlra, who worked closely with Le Corbusier in the 1950s. It established the record for prints by the artist at auction when it sold for US$57,500 at the inaugural design auction on artnet in May 2011.
Three of the top 10 prints were by Warhol, but second place was taken by an artist with whom he collaborated. Jean-Michel Basquiats (American, 19601988) set of four, large-format screenprints titled Portfolio II was originally printed around 1982. The present set, which sold for US$47,727, was a posthumous edition printed in 20042005. A portfolio of five prints called Flowers (1990) by Basquiats friend and fellow street artist Keith Haring (American, 19581990) brought US$32,775.
In a year when Zhang Daqian (Chinese, 18991983) overtook Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 18811973) as the years top auction earner, it comes as no surprise that a set of 10 prints by five leading Chinese artists also makes our list. The Giants of Contemporary Chinese Art (2005) contains two prints each by Fang Lijun (Chinese, b.1963), Yue Minjun (Chinese, b.1962), Wang Guangyi (Chinese, b.1956), Zhang Xiaogang (Chinese, b.1958), and Zeng Fanzhi (Chinese, b.1964). It is the last of an edition of 99 and sold for US$34,150.
Warhols portraits of Chairman Mao, Mick Jagger, and the Marx Brothers brought US$37,00054,500, and a Warhol-esque screenprint of a crying Marilyn Monroe (complete with diamond dust) by neo-pop artist Russell Young (British, b.1960) realized US$27,780.
Warholmania gripped the photographs category as well. One set of 12 photos that features some of the artists most beloved subjects, among them Salvador Dalì (Spanish, 19041989), Liza Minnelli, Jackie Onassis, and Pope. The portfolio sold in May for US$140,300, over its high estimate of US$120,000. Earlier in the year, another suite of the same photographs brought US$126,500 against a high estimate of US$90,000.
A relatively tame picture by famed homoeroticist Robert Mapplethorpe (American, 19461989) showing two men in profile sold for US$83,636, and a large-format Thomas Struth (German, b.1954) photograph of a cemetery in Tokyo, dated 1996 and donated by the artist, raised $80,500 for the victims of last years devastating earthquakes in Japan during the Arts for Japan charity auction, produced in collaboration with Berenberg Art Advice.
Early photography brought strong prices as well. An 1893 winter landscape by Alfred Stieglitz (American, 18641946) brought in US$40,250, and a portrait of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin (French, 19401917) from 1905 by Gertrude Kasebier (American, 18521934) fetched US$51,750. And a pair of Paul Strand (America, 18901976) prints mounted back to back in one frame was taken for US$57,500.
Article originally published in artnet Magazine by Jessica Mizrachi, Decorative Arts specialist.
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February 4, 2012
Largest show ever of Claes Oldenburgs path-breaking and emblematic early work opens
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Exhibition at the National Gallery of Denmark adds a new chapter to the story of Vilhelm Hammershøi
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Corcoran presents photographs of the Civil War from the Collection of Julia J. Norrell
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Humphrey Bogart's son opens film festival at Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Most detailed sightings of uncontacted Indians ever recorded on camera announced
A&S in Waco to auction extraordinary 65-year Roy Gay collection of railroad antiques
Cheryl McClenney-Brooker, Director of External Affairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to retire after 29 years
First U.K solo exhibition of art works by great Syrian poet opens at the Mosaic Rooms
Tragic composer Peter Warlock's hand written score for masterwork for sale at Bonhams
Large photographs of London 2012 hopefuls to be shown in open-air city centres
Cooper-Hewitt announces new Board President, Secretary and appointment of new Trustee
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February 3, 2012
Städel Museum in Frankfurt opens exhibition of Claude Lorrain's enchanted landscapes
From shipwreck in Italy: Thousands of art objects including 300-year-old woodblock prints
Ships, sea monsters, seashores, shells, sirens and sea maidens are all to be discovered in vibrant exhibition
Sotheby's to hold a single owner sale of property from The Collection of Giovanni & Gabriella Barilla
Judge rules against Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. in treasure dispute
Works made from motifs in everyday life by Wilhelm Sasnal on view at Haus der Kunst
Bill & Melinda Gates visitor center in Seattle is more than a philanthropy museum
Winfred Rembert: Amazing Grace Images on Leather at the Hudson River Museum
Walker Art Center's Sarah Schultz appointed Director of Education and Curator of Public Practice
Lee Adler, former president of the Historic Savannah Foundation, dies at 88
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says World Trade Center design flaw could cost millions
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts appoints Jennifer Jankauskas as Curator of Art
Inscribed copy of Ernest Hemingway's first book tops Heritage Auctions' February rare books event
High Museum to feature folk artist Bill Traylor
First major solo show by British video-maker Elizabeth Price at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Exhibition featuring works by post-war and contemporary Russian artists at Erarta Galleries Zurich
World-class Contemporary artists donate works to 2012 Tribeca Film Festival
Gold nuggets stolen from $3M courthouse collection
Actor John Travolta to donate jet to Ga. museum
February 2, 2012
Earliest known copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa found at Spain's Prado Museum
Cy Twombly: Photographs 1951-2010 opens at the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels
Artist Mike Kelley found dead in Los Angeles home; appears he committed suicide
German architect Mies van der Rohe's Modernist masterpiece Tugendhat to reopen again
Restored Rubens masterpiece goes back on public view at The Courtauld Gallery
Christie's 2011 sales total US$5.7 billion; significant increase in private sales and via online
Ashmolean opens the year with Visions of Mughal India: The Collection of Sir Howard Hodgkin
Sweden's Nationalmuseum acquires Tradgardsinterior by artist Johan Krouthén
Exhibition of treasures from London's Society of Antiquaries highlights milestones in British history
Bank of America Merrill Lynch art conservation project helps restore 20 works of art across globe
Israel Museum jointly acquires Marclay's The Clock with Tate and Pompidou
Exceedingly rare Calvin and Hobbes original artwork offered by Heritage Auctions in February
Hayward Gallery presents first major United Kingdom survey of works by David Shrigley
The first Pointillist painting enters the Portland Art Museum's collection
Tono Stano's first solo show in the United States opens at Pace/MacGill Gallery
Smithsonian honors Clint Eastwood, opens theater on mall
Portrait of Fred Korematsu to be Presented at the National Portrait Gallery
What grows in Brooklyn? A tree and a new theater
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Ten fantasy portraits by Tiepolo shown publicly for the first time at Fundación Juan March
National Gallery of Victoria corrects details of missing Bonington painting investigation
Extensive survey show of works by the Cuban painter Carmen Herrera at Lisson Gallery
New exhibition sheds new light on the rarely shown collection of the Fondation de l'Hermitage
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Turner watercolour, lost from public view for 100 years, brought home to Brighton
Andy Warhol Museum announces Andy Warhol exhibition traveling throughout Asia
Special contributions allow Knoxville Museum of Art to acquire masterpiece by Catherine Wiley
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Heather Gaudio Fine Art announces exhibition of select works by Robert Kushner & Cornelia Kubler Kavanagh
Inaugural Metro Show ended its 5-day run with dealer optimism and solid sales
New book Francesca Woodman, The Roman Years: Between Flesh and Film to be published
Amon Carter Museum of American Art Announces New Interpretation Manager
"A Portrait of a Young Lady in Pink" leads January Period Art & Design auction at Bonhams
The Valencian Institute for Modern Art opens exhibition: Contemporary Indigenous Art in Australia
Hard Press Editions announces the publication of first ever collection of writings by art critic Amy Goldin
Exhibition invites nternational artists to dialogue with Giorgio de Chirico's House-museum
Linda Jackson's Bush Couture opens at the National Gallery of Victoria
January 31, 2012
Art from the Collections of "la Caixa" Foundation and MACBA on view at the Guggenheim
Asia Week NY rolls out an 8-day extravaganza of gallery open houses and museum exhibitions
Archives of American Art exhibition celebrates Jackson Pollock's enduring legacy
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I.M. Chait to host March 21 auction of Important Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art during Asia Week
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Regarding Marisa Merz: The latest presentation of the MAXXI Arte collection
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31 dog paintings by Royal artist from Bolton to sell at Bonhams
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Exhibition at FRAC Lorraine invites the audience to discern, decipher, construct . . . and imagine
Obamas wrap up weekend with visit to museum
January 30, 2012
Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition explores van Gogh's deep immersion into nature
Newly renovated and freshly installed 19th-Century French galleries reopen at National Gallery of Art
Weegee: Murder Is My Business at the International Center of Photography in New York
The Clark explores the art of copying - "Copycat: Reproducing Works of Art" opens
Indian tribes join forces to save petroglyph site dating as far back as A.D. 1200
Aargauer Kunsthaus opens monographic exhibition featuring Swiss artist Roman Signer
Rachel Kneebone presents new artwork alongside sculptures by Rodin at the Brooklyn Museum
George Custer dealer Christopher Kortlander seeks return of seized artifacts
Amalia Pica and Karsten Födinger open exhibition at Kunst Halle St. Gallen
Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda presents exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof
Kunsthalle Zurich announces opening date in new permanent home in the Lowenbrau art complex
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
A Techie's Vacation
My husband and I are taking a 3+ week vacation to the east coast of Canada this August, and because we're both computer geeks, there's no doubt we'll be lugging a bunch of techie stuff with us. How much is too much?
First there's the cell phones. We'll bring both, even though mine's the only smart phone. His can act as an emergency backup or it can be used to call each other if needed. Sadly, while we are in Newfoundland, neither will work because they have an incompatible network there.
But not to worry - we will bring at least one of our laptops, and can use the call-a-phone feature in GMail if we need to. Should we bring both laptops? I'm thinking we should because I'll be using mine to process and upload photos (I'll want a mouse for that!) as well as check up on school / professional happenings. I'm sure he'll appreciate the ability to check his own email and browse Reddit after a long day of sightseeing while I do that.
Then there's the camera gear. We have a Nikon D90 that we just love, and four lenses to go with it. Add to that the charger, extra battery, remote, memory cards, battery grip, flashes, and tripod and this stuff might just need its own suitcase! Plus, I just got a new underwater point-and-shoot camera for activities that aren't so DSLR friendly (particularly backpack hiking/camping).
But we can't stop there. No no, I also have on my list my Nintendo DS for lazy day anywhere gaming opportunities, and an FM transmitter for the iPhone (stupid car stereo that doesn't have even an auxiliary jack...argh!). Oh yes, and a car GPS since my data plan is useless in Newfoundland and possibly other more remote areas and an orienteering GPS for the backpacking excursion.
You know how some people use their vacation as a way to get away from technology? Yeah, I guess that's not us. Just don't tip off any would-be thieves about the whereabouts of our car, if you don't mind.
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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Women and Going Beyond the Game
While it seems to me that many more women are playing traditionally "male" video games these days, there is also a group of women who go beyond the game in ways that, according to James Paul Gee and Elisabeth Hayes, are important to 21st century learning. An in depth look at this phenomenon and what we can learn from it is described in Women and Gaming: The Sims and 21st Century Learning.
Although not Gee's strongest work in my opinion (I'm not familiar with Hayes), this book does provoke some interesting thought on the state of education today. I must admit, I rather enjoy reading about what's wrong with how education is done today and potential ways to improve it. Here are some of the problems with "too many schools" as quoted directly from the summary chapter:
Too many of our schools:The women discussed in the book are said to go beyond the game. They start out as players, but then find a passion that leads them to become producers and mentors.
- focus on information and facts in an age when these are all cheaply available on the Internet
- focus on standardized skills in an age where people with only standardized will be competing against lower-cost competition in China and India
- focus on what students know in an age where skills, information, and technologies quickly go out of date
- focus on preparing students for jobs in an age where most jobs are service jobs and do not pay well or bring people much status
- focus on individual achievement in an age where almost all real problems, and most high-tech workplaces, demand skills in team work and collaboration
- underutilize technology and are, indeed, frightened by it as authorities ban Internet sites, mobile devices, and games in an age where almost all deep learning recruits technology
- treat students as consumers, and often passive ones at that, in an age when young people produce, design, modify, and make choices in their popular culture
For example, one case study described a shut-in grandmother whose only portal to the outside world was the Internet. When her granddaughter wanted a purple potty in the Sims game they played together, she had to learn how to make one — there weren't any ready-made purple potties available. From there she became a renowned Sims designer and valuable community member as she helped others hone their skills.
While what these women do may sound simple to technologists, it really does demonstrate the kind of learning that we wish students would do in the classroom. If only students could find a passion that would drive their desire to gain all the tools needed to solve the problems that mattered to them.
One of the most interesting takeaways from this book was, for me, the idea that not everyone will have a high prestige job in the knowledge market. That's just not the way the world works - we need service workers just as much as need engineers. But despite the fact that many jobs available may not be considered prestigious, members of society can gain prestige in other ways (even as a world renowned designer in the Sims creation communities). I love that technology can give meaning to the life of anyone who wants to take advantage of it.
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to think about different models of education and gain insight into how people use games beyond a form of entertainment. The stories of the women they studied are also interesting in themselves.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Story in Board Games: Betrayal at House on the Hill
Imagine finding yourself in the front foyer of what is probably a haunted mansion with a few of your closest friends. There's no way out, since the front door is locked (naturally). You begin to explore the house, discovering one new room at a time. You might run into some unexpected circumstances, halting your exploration temporarily, or find some items that might be useful to you later.
Suddenly, something strange begins to happen. Whatever was haunting the house makes itself known, and even worse, you find that one of your friends has betrayed you and is on its side! (Or, perhaps it is you who does the betraying!) Now it's an us-against-them game of survival where only one side can win.
This is the narrative behind the board game Betrayal at House on the Hill. I played it earlier this week with a group of three others based on hearing that it did a decent job of setting up a non-linear narrative. I wanted to observe how well the game mechanics and events contributed to a unique story, and to see whether I thought the game represented anything close to true interactive storytelling.
The game was amusing enough. I liked the fact that the layout of the house would always be different based on how the room tiles were 'discovered.' The haunt phase of the game started at a random point, and there were about 50 haunt scenarios that you could end up playing. Which haunt was chosen depended on certain state in the game, such as the last Omen card that was played. Two books - one for the traitor, one for the heroes - gave background narrative to the haunt as well as the rules of how it would work.
Despite these nice narrative additions, the game mechanics still felt fairly disconnected from the story. Cards in the game had their own little story bits that were completely independent from the overall story (for example, the Event cards contained isolated 'horror genre tropes' as one fellow player described it). Maybe we were unlucky, but the connection between the current state of the game and the haunt we played was extremely minimal and almost immediately forgotten. Game play could not affect the haunt's story in any way more complex than having a win scenario and a lose scenario (and even those weren't all that deep or interesting).
Basically, the whole story thing ended up being underwhelming.
This really makes me wonder: are there any board games that allow players to make non-obvious choices that meaningfully affect the game's narrative, giving an interactive storytelling experience? The only example I can think of is the Dungeons and Dragons genre of role playing games, where the dungeon master acts as a storytelling engine, crafting unique narratives within the rules of the current game.
It makes me wonder whether the only way to achieve interactive storytelling with a board game is to have a storytelling engine, either human or computer. Although computer-based engines aren't nearly as good as human storytellers, I think it could be interesting to craft a game that used a mobile device to mediate a truly interactive story experience. Otherwise, without a human mediator, I'm not sure how easy it would be to take the idea of story in board games a step further.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Featured in 'Women In Tech You Need To Follow On Twitter '
On Friday evening, I was surprised to open my email after only a few hours and find that I had over 100 unread messages. For someone who almost always has inbox zero this was quite the anomaly! When I looked at my Twitter mentions, I figured out why.
What a pleasant surprise! I was featured in The Huffington Post's Women In Tech You Need To Follow On Twitter article.
I am listed as number twelve, but as I looked through the set of tweeters featured, I was surprised to see that I recognized very few. I couldn't help but wonder how many were actual women in tech rather than women near tech. Indeed, my fear was confirmed when the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology Twitter account pointed out that "@Huffposttech list seems short on practicing technologists (tho @gailcarmichael rocks!)."
The good news is that not only do we have an awesome list of technical women on Twitter (tech-women2follow), but I also noticed that you can submit new suggestions of women to include on the original article's list! You just click "Add a Slide" and then sign in using Facebook, Twitter, or one of several other options. (I didn't try it myself, so I'm not sure what's involved after that.) If you know some awesome women in tech who deserve to be on the list, please do go and suggest them. Or perhaps you can even add yourself!
In the meantime, I have to go think of some interesting things to tweet about. I feel like I have a larger audience to please now and don't want to disappoint. ;)
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
How Important is Interactive Storytelling in Educational Games?
Story in games. Something we seem to be trying for, but continue to struggle with. Perhaps it's even worse for educational games: we are told that narrative engages learners and helps to situate content, but it's not clear whether we need a full fledged story instead of just a little bit of fiction to accomplish our goals. Worse, get it wrong, and your audience could see through it and dismiss the whole idea since they know you have an educational agenda.
I've been thinking lately about interactive storytelling. The way that I understand it, interactive storytelling involves a story world instead of a fixed plot. In this world are non-obvious choices that players can make to affect the overall story in a meaningful way. There are many different story lines or plots that could emerge from a single story world. While many games have story pieces with interactive game elements thrown in between them, I'm not convinced I can think of a game whose overall story could be truly and meaningfully affected by game play. (See, for example, my discussion on L.A. Noire.)
Could educational games benefit from true interactive storytelling? Perhaps not all subjects need large, elaborate story worlds that focus on theme, character, and so on, but maybe the ability to affect the story would help learners make sense of a few interconnected topics.
Chris Crawford says in his book on interactive storytelling that "stories are complete patterns that communicate a special kind of knowledge to our pattern-recognizing mental modules" and that "storytelling's value arises in an attempt to convey a complex mesh containing many linkages." I figure giving users control over what nodes in the mesh they want to see next or letting them discover the linkages through meaningful choice must be a powerful way to learn new concepts.
It's more obvious how some subjects, like history, might benefit from the use of interactive storytelling, but it's not so clear for something like computer science. From my extensive experience using CS Unplugged activities, I can say the use of fiction in the activities helps kids and young adults grasp what are otherwise abstract concepts much more quickly than without it. How might a more complex game or storytelling experience enhance this understanding?
One example I have been thinking about is the activity for finite state automata. I never tell students exactly what we're going to be learning about while describing how the activity is going to work; I just promise I'll make it clear later. Once I start talking about pirates, nobody seems to mind. After all the students make their way from Pirate Island to Treasure Island, recording their routes along the way, we build up a complete map on the chalk board and compare how long each of them took for their routes.
Because the pirates are only allowed to ask to use shipping lane A or B at each island (at which point the island tells them where they will end up next), the routes are actually a series of A's and B's. With these written out, I tell the students we just made our own language, and each valid route to Treasure Island is a word in that language. The "Pirate Code," if you will. Then we can start talking more and more abstractly and even work through some other puzzles involving state machines that reveal interesting characteristics of the languages they represent.
I know the students understand the concept at a basic level because they are able to solve the puzzles without too much help. But what if we wanted them to understand on a deeper level? Maybe we're working with second year university students who need to go quite a bit further with the concept, for instance.
Would designing a more elaborate pirate world that had characters with goals and motivations help? Perhaps the player would somehow have the ability to choose what map to apply to a particular situation and see the consequences of that choice reflected in the story. It might make them think about why that happened in the context of the properties of the map they chose, and then figure out how to choose a map that would result in an outcome more to their liking the next time. (Naturally, these maps could grow to be more complex than simply representing shipping lanes.) Even if the story (and the player's ability to control it) only serves to focus the player's attention on important pedagogical details, it seems like it could be hugely beneficial.
Yet the question still remains: can this win come from a simpler fictional layer or a non-interactive story? I don't know the answer, but I'm starting to think that running a few experiments to find out could be very worthwhile. (Assuming, of course, that we can figure out this whole interactive storytelling thing in games in a more reasonable way!)
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Monday, July 11, 2011
So I Found this Great Learning Games Company...
Persistence pays off. Through a long chain of events — from entering Imagine Cup to getting in touch with its head guy, to connecting with the Games for Learning Institute and attending the Games for Change festival, and finally discovering Filament Games — I am closer than ever to seeing my vision for my Gram's House project realized.
Gram's House is a game designed to change the image of computing among middle school girls and to instill confidence by teaching real computer science concepts through the game's puzzles. The game will have a story that provides an emotional hook that shows that you can do social good with computer science.
Our Imagine Cup submission can only be called a minimal demo of the game, but one that doesn't capture even a fraction of what I envision for the final product. I have wanted to find someone to collaborate with to see the game developed without any luck until now. While at the Games for Change Festival, I saw a talk by the CEO of Filament Games and immediately wondered if they'd be interested in such a project. I sent an email with hope but no expectations, but was delighted to hear back from one of the higher-ups almost right away!
I've been speaking with the company's research director and it turns out they have had their eye on a particular grant that appears to be a great fit for this project. We are currently looking for other collaborators in the US before pursuing the grant. We've found a few so far, but if you're a faculty member in computer science or learning science and think this project sounds interesting, let me know!
So far I'm really impressed with Filament Games. Their philosophy is impressive and I love the research-based approach they seem to take with their games. You can play their games online, and everything I've played so far has been high quality. Whether this project works out or not, I hope I have the privilege of working with Filament Games at some point in the future!
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Proof You Don't Need to Stick to Just MS Office for Arts and Social Science Students
My arts and social science students expected a relatively easy class that mostly taught them the ins and outs of Microsoft Office software. They were probably pretty surprised when I told them I was going to teach them some computer science instead. I definitely pushed them intellectually, but they rose to the challenge, and many walked away with a new found interest in computing they never expected to have.
Now that the collection of my course feedback for these arts and social science students has slowed down (and maybe stopped), I figured I could now share some of the interesting results. Between the comments made in my informal survey and the grades the students have so far on what was by no means an "easy" exam, one can only conclude that there is absolutely no reason to stick to MS Office for a course like this. Their grades don't plummet, and I'd be willing to bet that many of the profs who have taught this course before would be surprised to see what kinds of questions the students were able to answer.
One of the biggest wins for me, though, was actually sparking some interest in creating technology. A few of the female students told me how excited they were about using Scratch and were going to be teaching their kids, grandkids, or siblings how to use it. Many also said they wanted to take more programming classes. One male student told me he was considering switching altogether to computer science, and I managed to hook him up with a research assistant position with one of our HCI profs.
On the survey, I asked: Are you more likely to consider taking other programming classes (including outside of school, like the Girl Develop It program) or switching to computer science after taking this class?
Here are the results for the 21 people that completed the survey:
- No, I am not likely to take any other programming or computer science classes: 10
- Yes, I am now more likely to take other programming or computer science classes: 9
- I want to. But there is no free elective for the first year: 1
- Maybe/unsure: 1
I asked: By the end of the course, I feel my confidence in using computers has increased.
The responses:
- Strongly agree: 7
- Agree: 8
- Neutral / don't know: 5
- Disagree: 1
- Strongly disagree: 0
I got a lot of insight into some of the topics I chose for the course and other aspects of how the course was run, but I'll save that analysis for another day. I still consider the course a work in progress, and my next step is to get all profs to teach some of the topics I cover, and if possible, to update the course calendar description.
I'll close this post with some of my favourite comments left in the free-text areas:
- "It was not exactly what I was expecting but it was a challenge for me because Im terrible with any science, formulas or computers and this course helped me confront that. Im happy I took this class."
- "I liked that this class gave a 'human' approach to computers and that we covered multiple topics."
- "HCI was beyond what I thought computer sciences was. It gave such a meaningful and human approach to computer I never thought I would see."
- "The videos were also a lot of fun to watch and an added bonus to learning in a more interactive way. Guest speakers were also cool."
- "I liked how we learned a bit of everything ie. programming, word etc."
- "I like our instructor both she and the last speaker helped me think about computer science as a more attainable area to understand and be a part of. I enjoyed playing around in scratch."
- "I loved all the guest speakers! Thank you for having such a great possitive attitude. I never though I would gain any computer skills and I now have a new passion for it.By far this is the best elective I took at Carleton. It was extremely valuable and helpful. Thank you for all the help! I'm looking forward to taking more computer classes or workshops. Not only has this class helped me with computer skills but it has inspired me in many other aspects. Thanks a bunch!"
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Evertony wrote: Also, I've been using (LOTS OF) chilli powder for my Madras, but I am going to use fresh chillies in my next one, do you use fresh chillies? Do you recommend de-seeding or leaving a few seeds?
Yes I use fresh green finger chillis, from Tesco (a good friend posts them over). However yesterday I noticed our local asian shop had some in the fridge, so I will give those a try at some point. You probably know that the hottest part if the fibre that holds the seeds in. I don't usually de-seed, just slice into small rings, use some for cooking with and also like to garnish with a few too. Avoid pre-packed dutch chillis in Finnish supermarkets, they are far too variable heat-wise, making it impossible to cook with unless you pre-taste each chilli.
Evertony wrote: With regards to naans, alot of people use baking powder but I find this ruins them slightly, I much prefer yeast (either the yeast squares out of the fridge or dried yeast - infact I prefer the dried yeast), but you can't rush it (which I found to my detriment) you have to leave the dough for a good hour (so it more than doubles in size) for the perfect light fluffy perfect Naan
I get good results with baking powder, but if you want to freeze dough portions then yeast is the better option. I find that by far the single most important factor in "naan success" is temperature and maintaining it:
1. heat your oven to it's absolute maximum, pre-heating the baking tray on the top shelf. If your oven only goes to 250°C, then you'll struggle to make decent naan
2. when it is time to put your naan in, open oven, remove tray, close oven, slap naan on tray, return tray to top shelf of oven. This process should be completed in about 7 seconds.
3. don't open the door until you take it out.
This is just my experience, after eating hundreds of not-so-good naans.
When rolling out the dough, I usually make it double sized, then sprinkle some dried coconut on one half, moisten the rim ( ), fold oven and roll into shape. Once the naan comes out of the oven, I drizzle a little light syrup on the top. I call it "Peshwari", but it's probably technically not as there are no nuts in it.
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To help you find what you need faster, we have collected links to all the information sheets available on the Great Glen Way website on this one page. They have been organised by topic and we have also provided a brief description, as well as file type and file size information for you.
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GGW Forms
The Great Glen Canoe Trail (pdf, 1.58mb)
Advice and information from British Waterways
Route Distances (pdf, 1mb)
New distances for the GGW by route section
Route Stages (pdf, 1.6mb)
Examples of how to break the GGW into stages
The Great Glen Way on Horseback (pdf, 103kb)
Outside agency report on riding the Great Glen Way on horseback
What to see on the Ways (pdf, 2.53mb)
Illustrated guide to features along the route
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Camping along the Caledonian Canal (pdf, 635kb)
Advice for camping along the Canal
Are You Riding Responsibly? (pdf, 253kb)
British Horse Society advice for responsible behaviour on shared access routes
Horse Riding and Carriage Driving on Scotland's Towpaths (pdf, 701kb)
British Horse Society advice for responsible behaviour on towpaths
Dog Fouling (pdf, 103kb)
Advice for your dog on the route
Off Road Cycling - Good Practice (pdf, 1.52mb)
Tips and practical advice
Information on wild, commercial and informal camping
Where to Go in the Great Outdoors (pdf, 366kb)
Advice on toileting outdoors
Wild Camping (pdf, 168kb)
Advice on wild camping
Multi-User Report (pdf, 104kb)
Practical information for all users by route section
Multi-User Report - Map 1 (pdf, 531kb): Fort William to Laggan
Multi-User Report - Map 2 (pdf, 518kb): Laggan to Altsigh
Multi-User Report - Map 3 (pdf, 503kb): Altsigh to Abriachan
Multi-User Report - Map 4 (pdf, 296kb): Abriachan to Inverness
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Cloudspotting Guide (pdf, 2.14mb)
Illustrated guide to basic cloud formations
Midge and Tick Advice Sheet (pdf, 432kb)
Advice on preventing and dealing with midges and ticks
Plants and Flowers Spotters Sheet (pdf, 2.10mb)
Illustrated guide to plants and flowers along the route
Trees and Shrubs Spotters Sheet (pdf, 2.26mb)
Illustrated guide to native trees and shrubs along the route
Wild Boar Report (pdf, 61.21kb)
Advice on dealing with wild boar
Wildlife Card (pdf, 413kb)
Card for recording sightings of wildlife along the route
Wildlife Spotters Sheet (pdf, 4.39mb)
Illustrated guide to birds, mammals, insects and waterlife along the route
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Accommodation & Services Guide 2013 - Initial Letter (pdf, 95.1kb)
Introductory letter about advertising with the GGW, GGCT and Scottish Canals
Accommodation & Services Guide 2013 - GGW and GGCT info (pdf, 775kb)
Information about why you should advertise with the GGW and GGCT, and examples of advertising options
Accommodation & Services Guide 2013 - Application Form (pdf, 371kb)
Application form available to download, print and post
Great Glen Ways Video
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Photo Competition 2012 (pdf, 523kb)
Entry form for photo competition
Guidance on GGW design style
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Local trails around Abriachan
Cannich (pdf, 113kb)
Local trails around Cannich
Drumnadrochit (pdf, 665kb)
Local trails around Drumnadrochit
Fort Augustus (pdf, 615kb)
Local trails around Fort Augustus
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Historic walk around Fort Augustus village
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Trails around Glen Nevis
Invermoriston (pdf, 796kb)
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Inverness (pdf, 267kb)
Local trails around Inverness
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Colour-coded timetable of all events along route in 2012
Event Guidelines (pdf, 281kb)
Instructions and applying to run events along the route
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Ranger events across Highland in 2012
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Annual Report 2009 Part 1 (pdf, 9.05mb)
Overview of GGW in 2009-10
Annual Report 2009 Part 2 (pdf, 7.96mb)
Overview of GGW in 2009-10
Departmental Management Plan (pdf, 246kb)
Report on response to changes and improvements/alterations planned
3yr Marketing Plan (pdf, 45kb)
Planned marketing actions for 2009-12 seasons
Business Workshop 2012 (pdf, 696kb)
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(mis)Understanding Mammy: The Hattie McDaniel Story
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February 10, 2007
Seconds after Capathia Jenkins delivered her last line as Hattie McDaniel in Joan Ross Sorkin's (Mis)Understanding Mammy, people were rising to their feet to applaud her dedicated, honest, compassionate, respectful, and lovable portrayal of a woman whose greatest success also led to her greatest difficulty.
The premise of this play is Hattie McDaniel talking to an unseen, unheard Walter White, executive director of the NAACP, as she is in her hospital room in the 1950s, suffering from breast cancer. The show focuses on her defense of her Mammy role, but we also learn about her various failed marriages and burning desire to have a child.
Hattie McDaniel, like many black actresses in the first half of the last century, spent much of her career playing maids and cooks. She was the first black woman to win an Academy Award, for one of those roles, strong-willed Mammy in Gone with the Wind. Although Mammy was a character played with much dignity, McDaniel suffered at the hands of White, who staged protests outside theaters showing Gone with the Wind, his criticism reaching wide enough to result in a letter from a black soldier that McDaniel (in this show) claims hurt her more than any other public response.
This is a play with songs, and my one regret is that there aren't more of them, as Jenkins has the kind of rich, earnest, bluesy, life-affirming voice that makes a person want more. She sings a few partial songs and a few full ones, and each time those sounds fill the room, the audience is getting a treat.
Sorkin's script accomplishes the remarkable feat of conveying history without being didactic. From the start it's an unrealistic premise, where a person gets to finally tell off someone who has hounded them throughout life, so the whole thing could have come off like a lesson. And the beauty is it's anything but. The story remains interesting throughout, and Sorkin peppers the reminiscences with little jokes here and there to keep things from getting too heavy, in what is of course a serious situation.
We learn in this show how the actions of the NAACP in some ways had a negative effect on the careers of such actresses as McDaniel, in that toward the later 1940s, roles for black actors were on the decline as studios were less likely to write any roles that might draw criticism. (Of course, they could have just written regular-folk non-servant roles...but nobody asked me.)
Jenkins's performance conveys a wonderful humility and strength—she really is a one-woman show. She's blessed with a natural cuteness and playfulness, making her endearing as well as admirably strong. She is powerful and sincere and instantly likable. Something tells me more standing ovations are in store for this performer in this show and others.


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This year's international trade fair for distribution and the flow of information and material took place between February 8th and 10th 2011. It was again the benchmark event for decision-makers from service providers, industry, and commercial enterprises. With more than 22.200 visitors the exhibition could register record attendance in this year. Altogether 770 exhibitors from 18 countries were presenting their products and services at the trade fair.
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Just how bad must a man be for us to no longer care about him? That's the question at the heart of Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull, widely regarded as the best American film of the 1980s.
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When Daniel Craig made his debut as James Bond with Casino Royale, it was about more than just a new actor taking over an iconic role. It was a significant reboot of a franchise that for too long had been running on fumes.
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During a recent viewing of Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebarker's wonderful 1993 documentary The War Room I was reminded of a particular era in American politics, of my father, and of a truck.
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