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While I was taking Number One Son to the emergency room, I felt like the worst parent in the world…
In what activities should we push our children? How hard? Why do we push them? These are all questions that came to mind after reading this article.
Ms. Liu wanted Chris to take violin lessons and two months ago started him on the Suzuki method, pioneered in Japan for young children. She thought it might be another opportunity to meet Asian-American children, but that has not happened. "The other Asian kids, they're more advanced — I think they started younger," she said.
In this spirit, she's also started Chris on karate and tennis lessons. "I know it sounds ridiculous," she said, "but golf, too — he starts tomorrow."
One of the 8asians bloggers pointed out how some Asian American parents seem to push their kid's activities as a way to earn bragging points. What ever happened to teaching music as a way to teach a love of culture and art? What happened to sports as a way to teach a love of physical activity and exercise? From my perspective, parents often have multiple motivations, some good and some bad. There are definitely some Asian-American parents who push force these activities as a way to brag about their children or to live vicariously through their children.
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Did you see the first Presidential debate where John McCain throws out a random statistic, while talking about the North Korean's regime, he mentions how they are also 3 inches shorter than the average South Korean? A brief Youtube clip here (warning: clip also comes with editorial flourishes).
New York Times' Tara Parker-Pope also delves into the random statistic in her recent health blog entry, where the 2004 study published in Economics and Human Biology showed that North Koreans were 2 inches shorter than their South Korean counterparts. (Fact check alert, Senator McCain!)
I'm surprised to see that there was actually a study done comparing the heights of the two populations, with an interesting and thought-provoking study result. And whenever my mom returns to Korea she is thrilled that people have grown taller, thereby making her less of a "tall freak" as a woman of 172 cm. I once rode the subway with the Yonsei basketball team, and needless to say, they were very tall. My sister used to say that Stanford (her school) guys were somewhat shorter than the average, which she claimed very unscientifically to "stress-related dwarfism". Of course there will always be anomalies; when I read the article, it made me think why I was not as tall as both my parents, who were both born in South Korea. Being born in the U.S. and growing up on In-N-Out hamburgers and lots of great nutrition and exercise, I'm wondering why I'm not 5'8″ like my mother.
I think McCain's statistic is thought-provoking, but definitely "needs more research", and probably not scientifically supported enough to throw out in a Presidential debate (my humble opinion, of course). On a non-Asian note, if you want to read more about how Americans are shorter than Western Europeans, the New Yorker has a fascinating article about that as well. I guess a richer country = not always a taller population? Interesting theories, definitely!
This past Friday, I went to a Presidential Debate party (you watched the debate, right?) / fundraiser for David Chiu, who is running for San Francisco Supervisor, District 3. (District 3 consists of Chinatown, Nob Hill, North Beach and Telegraph Hill). Given my experience and blogs rants on pathetic involvement of Asian Americans in politics, I was pleasantly shocked and surprised to see a TON of Asian Americans at the debate party/fundraiser.
I guess I shouldn't have been totally surprised, since David Chiu is an Asian American and over 30% of San Francisco is Asian American (but given the Democratic fundraiser in SF I had attended which I blogged about without many Asian Americans… ). But still, like I said, Asian Americans are SHAMEFULLY the least active of all demographic groups in the United States, despite our above average education and income backgrounds.
As I like to follow Asian Americans who are running for public office, I didn't realize that David Chiu was running for San Francisco City Supervisor. I had recently blogged about the top 3 candidates running for San Francisco District 1 (Richmond District) are Asian American – which should be the case given that the Richmond is 50% Asian American.
As for David Chiu's candidacy, from his "resume," I hate to use the analogy or term, but he seems like a "model minority politician" – his qualifications are just ridiculously good:
"David and his siblings all attended Harvard University, where David received a degree in government from Harvard College, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, and a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government… Chair of Lower Polk Neighbors and a founding member of the leadership team of the Middle Polk Neighborhood Association… former staff attorney with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights … a former Assistant District Attorney with the San Francisco District Attorney's Office… founded Grassroots Enterprise, a leading online communications technology company… David currently sits on San Francisco's Small Business Commission."
I could go on-and-on. Read for yourself how qualified Chiu is. The only problem is that Chiu's competitors are being supported by big business and he is being outspent by a crazy amount. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, District 3 is the hottest race in town. Chiu is endorsed by current District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin. So if you live in San Francisco, I implore you to consider David Chiu for District 3 Supervisor!
Earlier this week, I attended the opening of the Obama campaign office in San Jose. No, there isn't really a chance that California is going to the Republicans. This office is for phone banking into swing states.
Now you probably know where I am going. San Jose is the 10th largest city in the nation (believe it or not, with almost 1 million residents – larger than San Francisco) and is approximately 30% Asian American. With a packed campaign office, was there 30% Asian American representation? Of course not.
There was plenty of diversity in the office, with white, Latinos, African Americans, and some Asian Americans – maybe a handful – that were there. Asian Americans will never get the support and interest in government if we're not involved! Get active. Donate (for Obama hopefully). Don't be a silent minority… as this recent local TV news story in the swing state of Nevada in Las Vegas discusses.
Saturday, October 11, 2008 – 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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San Francisco, CA 94108
Join us to celebrate Asian American women in leadership, service and community.
Please note: Tickets are not refundable. Park across the street at Portsmouth Square garage on Kearny between Clay and Washington (entrance of left side of Kearny) or at the hotel.
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I am a fan of Saturday Night Live, especially with last week's impression of Governor Sarah Palin by Tina Fey. However, this past Saturday, I was offended – perhaps you were too. James Franco was the host, and he is currently a student at Columbia University in New York City, apparently to get his Master's in Writing. Franco's roommate is supposedly a "Ken Wo":
"I got a great roommate named Ken Wo. He's a bio-chem major. He's here tonight… (camera on "Ken Wo" – audience laughter) You know, we have our arguments… He prints out his homework when I'm trying to sleep and I threw away his bed so my publicist could have a desk…"
Like Franco would actually be living in a Columbia University dorm room? Later, Franco's "RA (Residence Advisor)" Craig shows up during the opening monologue and says:
"Come on man. Until you moved into Livingston Hall, I was top dog. It was just me and a bunch of dorks like Ken Wo. (camera on Ken Wo – audience laughter) – My bad, KWo, my bad."
Come on Saturday Night Live (and the U.S. media)! Give us Asian American men a break. We *are not* all geeks and nerds who are pre-Med or engineering, etc. I had just previously written about Long Duk Dong in Sixteen Candles, and now I see this? Am I overreacting? As Angry Asian Man would say, "That's racist." (Hmm.. I wonder if Angry Asian Man will ever link to 8Asians…). Take a look for yourself and you decide here. (update: video taken down…)
The short answer: No, but it won't be for a lack of trying.
The long answer: Anyone who has a basic knowledge of J-Pop or K-Pop music knows who BoA is. If you don't, here's a brief synopsis: A 12 year old Korean girl auditions and gets drafted into the Korean music scene. She becomes huge in South Korean, then promptly goes to Japan and records a bunch of #1 Japanese records, making her the first Korean to do so. She promptly becomes a superstar all over Asia. Now BoA is 20 and there are dreams for her to make it big in the United States. Don't they all, really? But this will be easier said than done, because — and let's be brutally honest here, because I'm actually a really big fan of BoA since her Kimochi Wa Tsutamaru days — the girl can't pronounce her Rs.
No, seriously. Take this song, performed by teen fashion dolls turned bad pop band Bratz, for example: I played this for a friend once and when BoA butchered the line "All the Girls" as "ARR DE GURRS," I instantly lost what little credibility I had.
So now BoA is giving another go at it with her new single "Eat You Up," and the big guns have been called: the song is produced by Bloodshy & Avant, who produced another song you may have heard of called "Toxic," by Britney Spears. Her video producer is Diane Martel. And Flo Rida is rapping on one of the remixes.
If I was the agent of a pop star, those are the names I would want to be using, really. But at the end of the day, the great American music machine is more than that — it's promotion, it's going to radio stations, it's going to TRL and having 15 year olds from New Jersey being able to love you through an accent and a lot of peace signs. And it's a shame, because she has the image skills, she definitely has the dancing skills and watching an exhausted-looking BoA learning hip hop moves and auditioning dancers and dealing with Americans that speak 100-words-a-minute, she most definitely has the drive and the work ethic. And it's for those reasons that I really want her to do well when her single comes out in digital format on October 7th.
But given the track record of Asian in the American music industry? I'm not holding my breath. At all. Here's to vocoders and chest pops taking you to the top, girl. Vocoders and chest pops.
Update: The full song is available via a YouTube link here.
Did you know that this is a presidential election year? That Senator John McCain and Senator Barack Obama are running for president? If you've been tuned out to the election so far this year, here is a chance for you to learn more. The [San Francisco] South Bay First Thursdays, Asian Pacific Islander Justice Coalition, and Generation Engage are sponsoring a "Know Before You Go! Asian American Voter Education Night":
United Way Building
1922 The Alameda, Room 107
San Jose CA 95126
Event schedule:
"Donations support refreshments, room rental, misc costs, and fee waivers. Recommended donation for program and food: $10 – $20 No one will be turned away for lack of funds." RSVP here.
"Why don't you hang around those other Filipinos?" asked my Mom to my brother and sister.
"Because they are in gangs and like to smoke in the school bathrooms," replied my brother.
The mother in this New York Times story wanted to expose her kids to other Asian American kids, but her husband has mixed feelings about that. The husband grew up in a blue collar mostly white town and felt that experience motivated him to excel in track and football to prove he was as good or better than other children. His main concern is that once his son realizes that he is different in some way from most of the other kids (their area is mostly white), the father hopes that his son won't be ashamed of that. I can't speak about that from direct experience, having grown up in where I did in California, but I can say that trying to force the issue, like my mother tried, is likely to be unproductive. I have to say, though, that when I went to college, some of the other West Coast and Hawaiian Asian-Americans and I thought that the East Coast Asian-Americans from mostly white neighborhoods were kind of strange – didn't know how to "hang" in the same way as back home.
With my own kids, living where I do, exposure to other Asian-Americans is not an issue. In some ways, the opposite is a concern. They don't go to school with Asian gang members, something my siblings and I had to deal with, although Number One Son mentioned to me today that so Asian gangster types were mocking his friend this morning. What ended up being hard for The Daughter to deal with was interacting with lots of white people in high school. The school is about 40% white and 40% Asian, which was a big change from her other previous schools (where Number One Son and Number Two Son currently go). I'm glad that she can experience a more diverse school. She can now say, "some of my best friends are white!" I have heard some Asian-American parents say that they don't want their kids going to a 90% Asian-American school, and I can understand where they are coming from.
The Daughter was really shocked when she went to dances at majority white schools. They were really different to her. As I see it, the culture that most kids in Asian-American neighborhoods (at least here in the Bay Area) assimilate into is urban. More hip-hop than rock and roll. Even the style of dress can be different. I can recall the Daughter saying that this person dressed "Filipino" while that person dressed so "white." I asked her to describe what makes a person dress "white" or "Filipino," which she did. It was like that when I was younger – different ethnic groups would deliberately dress distinctly from one another. If some of this might seem strange to some of you, consider seeing the movie "The Debut", which is based on life in my neighborhood. Aspects of associating with other Asian Americans are also dealt with in this movie.
I was originally going to title this post "Perez Hilton likes Underage Korean Girls." BAM! How is that for yellow journalism?
But contrary to that headline, Perez Hilton, the hardest working person in gossip business, recently posted about "How The Koreans Do it", the "Koreans" referencing the girl-group Wonder Girls and their newest video called "Nobody But You". (Side note: the comment section of this particular Perez Hilton post has some interesting views, if you know what I mean…)
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In the far far away land that is Korea, the Wonder Girls are probably the most popular music act in the country. They were responsible for the "Tell Me Craze" in which they took the whole southern peninsula of Korea by storm. The whole country was doing the "Tell me Dance" — think of it as the Soulja Boy dance, except in Korea EVERYBODY was doing it: police officers, teachers, flight attendants, students, body builders, infants.
Now this is where I was going digress into the plethora of Korean artists that are trying to enter the American music market, including the recent announcement of BoA's decision to adventure into the USA, and dissect and analyze each artists' chances… but since no one in the United States care, including me, I wont do that. Instead, this post is just an excuse to post pics of Yoobin from the Wonder Girls. Who by the way is smoking hot.
I just really wanted to share this project that I worked on with my very good friend Dino Ignacio.
When it comes to independent films on Asian American identity, all I can say is that I'm very proud of this piece of work.
"Dad, what are they saying?" said Number One Son.
"Yeah, what are they talking about?" said Number Two Son.
My sons were referring to the animated conversation that was going on in Tagalog between, their Aunts, their Uncles, and the Wife at the dinner table. I tried to translate as fast as I could, but I didn't catch everything.
I was reminded of this time when John forwarded a link to this article to the 8asians blogger mailing list. The Asian American couple (he of Korean descent and she of Chinese) sent their busy, highly scheduled three year old son to Chinese school even though neither of them spoke Chinese. The family lives in a mostly white area, and one of the goals of sending him there was to expose him to other Asian American kids. To their surprise, the vast majority of students were white. The son didn't seem to take to the classes, and so the parents let him quit.
The article generated a lot of discussion on the 8asians list. Some bloggers objected to the claim in the article that Asian-American families concentrate 100% on assimilating their children. Others pointed out the folly overloading kids so young, while others pointed out that many Asian Americans parents seem to be intent on "earning points" by having their kids do many activities while ignoring the real purpose of those activities. Shouldn't be sports be about learning sportsmanship, discipline, and appreciating and learning exercise? Shouldn't music be about learning culture and appreciating the splendid works of the past? Shouldn't learning languages be about learnin g different perspectives and cultures?
All great questions and comments. My own particular thoughts came in three areas: teaching the kids languages, exposing your kids to other Asian Americans, and loading and on how much to push on kids. I had a lot of thoughts on this, so I am dividing them into three parts. This first part is about teaching kids the languages of the ancestral homeland. I wish I had learned as Tagalog as a kid, but most Filipino immigrant parents at the time when I was a kid didn't bother and generally didn't seem to care. Most spoke English fairly well. I have heard that some Filipino parents during that time were told that if they didn't talk speak only English to their kids that the kids would fall behind in school.
The colonial mentality of Filipinos and Philippine geography (lots of islands and different languages) does not help either. The Wife tells me that some richer families in the Philippines would speak only English to their kids, and that the kids would only learn Tagalog from their maids and nannies. Also, in some regions of the Philippines, I am told that the people would prefer to speak English rather than Tagalog. My mother only learned Tagalog in the US. In some places, like Hawaii and Guam, the common language of Filipinos is Ilocano. My brother's Chinese wife was really shocked to learn that Filipinos generally don't make an effort to pass on language skills of Filipinos languages. Where I live, there are Japanese language schools, Chinese language schools, and Vietnamese language schools, but no Filipino language schools. Ironically, my brother never learned Tagalog, but he learned Japanese and Mandarin, although that didn't do him much good communicating with his father-in-law who only speaks Cantonese.
I ended up learning Tagalog on my own from some books. Having The Wife yell in Tagalog when she gets mad also helped! I generally can understand conversations and the action on TFC (The Filipino Channel), but I take a while to compose sentences when I have to talk. Filipinos, I find, are generally not particularly amused by my accented slow Tagalog, although they think that it is SO cute when a white guy like Travis Kraft speaks it. My kids ended up not learning Tagalog, something I regret. It would have helped the Daughter greatly in her Spanish language classes. For one, it would have helped her think mo re flexibly. The Daughter's friend, who is fluent in Mandarin, also takes Spanish, and I remember her helping the Daughter with Spanish, saying "don't try to make sentences the same way as in English." My daughter, knowing only one language, had trouble thinking flexibly in different grammatical patterns. Also, Tagalog has many words from Spanish. If she had known Tagalog, she already would have had a substantial vocabulary.
In the article, there are non-Chinese parents who send their young kids to Chinese school. I have a friend who did this. My guess is that his motivation is give his child an advantage knowing what he, who worked as an expat in Asia for a long time, perceives as a dominant language of the future. So I think that the benefits of teaching the ancestral language are three potentially threefold: the ability to think in more flexible ways, picking up an economically useful skill, and the ability to better connect with other generations of family. Some stories, like the one that Number One Son and Number Two Son asked about, are just better told in Tagalog, and my hurried translations just don't do them justice.


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The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's 53rd Season opens with The Royal Family, the Tony Award-winning American classic by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Performances begin Wednesday, May 27th and continue through Sunday, June 21st at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Avenue (at Lancaster Road) in Madison. Individual tickets and subscriptions can be purchased by calling the Box Office at 973-408-5600 or by visiting ShakespeareNJ.org.
Inspired by the Barrymore theatrical dynasty, three generations take center stage in this lavish, outrageously funny, and touching portrayal of the Cavendish family as they struggle to balance the demands of family life with the bonds of their artistic calling. Artistic Director Bonnie J. Monte– celebrating her 25th Season at the Theatre– will direct the season opener. "All of our selections this season present extraordinary tales of kith and kin," said Monte. "This Theatre is home to a diverse, lively family of artists and audience members, who make working at the Theatre feel like a family adventure."
First performed in 1927, this Kaufman-Ferber comedy ran for 343 performances at the Selwyn Theatre in New York City. Before its West End debut, the play's title was changed to "Theatre Royal," to avoid any confusion with the actual royal family. The Royal Family was Kaufman and Ferber's second collaboration, and they became obsessed with the idea of a household of eccentrics. They settled on portraying a dynasty of acting giants, featuring the family matriarch, the reigning Broadway star, the swashbuckling son, and the young ingénue. The 1975 revival of The Royal Family, which ran at the Helen Hayes Theatre for 233 performances, was the first winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play. The 2009 Manhattan Theatre Club revival– touted as "a splendid spread of old-fashioned Broadway pleasures" by the editors of Time Out New York and lauded by Ben Brantley of The New York Times for its "radiance of the pure, inexhaustible love of an ancient craft"– was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play.
The Cast:
In her sixth season with the Theatre, Elizabeth Shepherd returns to portray Fanny Cavendish, Grand Dame of the Cavendish clan. Previous company credits include Trelawney of the Wells, Pygmalion, Les Liasons Dangereuses, Pride and Prejudice, and Measure for Measure. Shepherd's distinguished theatre career has also taken her from London's West End to Broadway, as well as to regional theatres throughout North America including Arena Stage, The Old Globe, and The Stratford Festival.
Roxanna Hope plays reigning Broadway star Julie Cavendish in her fourth season with the Theatre. Company credits include Pericles, Richard III, Julius Caesar, and Les Liasions Dangereuses. Hope has appeared in several Broadway shows, including Frost/Nixon, Boeing Boeing, After the Fall, and The Women, as well as on stage at regional theatres from Hartford Stage to the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Select television credits include appearances on Elementary, The Good Wife, Blue Bloods, and Law and Order: SVU.
Benjamin Sterling returns to the Theatre for his fifth season, taking on the role of the dashing Tony Cavendish. Previous company credits include As You Like It, Measure for Measure and To Kill a Mockingbird, as well as two tours with the Theatre's educational touring company Shakespeare LIVE
In her Shakespeare Theatre debut, Samantha Bruce joins the cast to play Gwen Cavendish. Most recently, Bruce appeared as Luisa in The Fantasticks Off-Broadway. Favorite regional credits include Joan Fletcher in Strike Up the Band, Gretchen in Boeing-Boeing, Julie in Carousel, and Louise in Gypsy.
Last seen at the Theatre in Shakespeare's Henry VIII, Matt Sullivan plays Herbert Dean, Fanny's decidedly less talented brother. In his eighth season with the Theatre, Sullivan's previous company credits include The Devil's Disciple, Tovarich, The Playboy of the Western World, The Comedy of Errors, Othello, Twelfth Night, and King Lear. Recently, he appeared Off-Broadway in a production of Standing On Ceremony at The Minetta Lane and Hay Fever at the Guthrie Theatre.
As Herbert's wife Kittie Dean, Allison Mackie returns for her third season at the Theatre. Previous company credits include Fallen Angels and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Broadway credits include Cyrano De Bergerac at Roundabout and Candida at Circle in the Square. Currently, Ms. Mackie can be seen on screen in Those People, screening at a number of locations this summer, including the Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, and Provincetown festivals. Other film credits include Almost Perfect, Our Very Own with Allison Janney, Pretty Ugly People, and The Gymnast, as well as Original Sin and Gia, both with Angelina Jolie.
Company veteran Edmond Genest returns to the Theatre for his twentieth season to play Oscar Wolfe, longtime agent of the Cavendish Family. Shakespeare Theatre credits include The Devil's Disciple, The Playboy of the Western World, Trelawney of the Wells, and Accidental Death of an Anarchist among many others. Genest has appeared in a number of Broadway productions, including The Elephant Man, A Few Good Men, The Real Thing, and Whose Life Is It Anyway?. Off-Broadway, Genest has taken to the stage at Playwrights Horizon, Naked Angels, Hudson Guild, and Roundabout Theatre Company.
Patrick Boll returns to the Theatre in his third season playing Gil Marshall, a successful international businessman and eventual paramour of Julie Cavendish. Boll's previous company credits include Man of La Mancha and Richard II. Broadway credits include Mamma Mia, Faith Healer, Twentieth Century, Hedda Gabler, Death of a Salesman, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Off-Broadway credits include Bill W. and Dr. Bob, All the Way Home, The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, The Underpants, Two Rooms, and Henry and Mudge.
Emma O'Donnell returns for her second season with the Theatre as Della. O'Donnell's company credit includes The Playboy of the Western World. Regionally, she has appeared at The Guthrie, Children's Theatre Co., Walnut Street Theater, Act II Playhouse, Mountain Playhouse, and the Florida Studio Theatre, as well as Theater Works USA's first national tour of Ramona Quimby.
In his ninth season with the Theatre, Patrick Toon returns to play Jo. Company credits include The Tempest, The Playboy of the Western World, Henry IV, Part One, Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Galileo, Julius Caesar, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Amadeus.
Jordan Buhat, Louise Heller, Ryan McCarthy, and Tug Rice round out the cast.
The Director:
2015 marks director Bonnie J. Monte's landmark 25th season as Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. Since 1990, Monte has directed more than 50 productions for the company, including last season's critically acclaimed productions of The Alchemist and The Tempest, as well as Tovarich, As You Like It on the Outdoor Stage, Trelawny of the Wells, Man of La Mancha, Measure for Measure, A Christmas Carol, The Misanthrope and Othello, No Man's Land, The Taming of the Shrew, and Hamlet. Her many adaptations of classic works, including Enrico IV, The Cherry Orchard and Pride and Prejudice have earned her critical acclaim. Her adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's The Servant of Two Masters is published by Playscripts, Inc.
The Artistic Staff:
The world of the Cavendish family comes to life with the help of scenic designer Charles Murdock Lucas, costume designer Maggie Dick, lighting designer Anthony Galaska, sound designer Karin Graybash, and fight director Rick Sordelet. Denise Cardarelli serves as production stage manager.
Single tickets for The Royal Family start at $25 for preview performances and $32 for regular performances. Student Rush tickets are available a half-hour before curtain for $15 with a valid Student ID. For tickets, call the Box Office at 973-408-5600, visit www.ShakespeareNJ.org, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Special Performances:
Discount preview performances for The Royal Family take place on Wednesday, May 27th at 7:30 PM, Thursday, May 28th and Friday May 29th at 8:00 PM, and Saturday, May 30th at 2:00 PM. Preview performances offer opportunities for reduced-priced tickets while enjoying the excitement of the very first performances in front of an audience. As always, the first Preview performance is Pay What You Can Night. Visit The Shakespeare Theatre Box Office between Noon and curtain on Wednesday, May 27th to purchase a ticket for that evening's 7:30 PM performance, for what you are able to pay. Offer subject to availability.
For no more than the cost of a regular ticket, three Symposium Series performances are offered for each show, and include a post-play discussion with the cast and artistic staff. Symposium performances for The Royal Family will be Tuesday, June 2nd at 7:30 PM and Saturday, June 6th and Saturday, June 13th at 2:00 PM.
For each production, The Shakespeare Theatre presents the popular education program Know the Show. From 7:00 to 7:30 PM, an artist from The Shakespeare Theatre will present a pre-performance talk that provides background information and an insider's perspective on the production. The Know the Show performance will be held on Thursday, June 4th at 7:00 PM, and is free of charge.
One of the leading Shakespeare theatres in the nation, serving 100,000 adults and children annually, The Shakespeare Theatre is New Jersey's largest professional theatre company dedicated solely to Shakespeare's canon and other world classics. Through its distinguished productions and education programs, the company strives to illuminate the universal and lasting relevance of the classics for contemporary audiences.


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Attorney Hillary Rinehardt graduated from Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1988. She then attended the Ohio State University College of Law and earned her Juris Doctor in 1991. While in law school, Hillary was a competitor on the National Moot Court team and a member of the Ohio State Law Review. She graduated in the top 25% of her class and became a member of the Ohio bar in June 1991. Hillary returned to the active practice of law in 2007 after pursuing a rewarding career in business and raising a family.
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William began experiencing symptoms of diabetic neuropathy at age 61. Recently retired, he had been looking forward to having more time to do the things he enjoys, but the severe pain, numbness, tingling, and weakness in his ankles and feet made walking difficult and golf impossible. When he lost the ability to sense pressure on the soles of his feet, his balance suffered and he was forced to use a cane.
William had a stent placed in the main artery in his left leg in order to improve his circulation and prevent him from losing the leg. But even with the improved blood flow, he was still in pain, which worsened at night and robbed him of sleep. He consulted several physicians in his hometown, but they had nothing to offer beyond powerful narcotics. When the side effects of the prescription drugs proved intolerable, William stopped taking them.
Shortly thereafter, William and his wife traveled to Southern California to visit family in the area. His niece, who works at Whitaker Wellness, was at one of the family get-togethers. When she realized the extent of her uncle's suffering, she urged him to schedule an appointment at the clinic. William took her advice and began a course of infrared light therapy.
Used by Navy Seals and Army Rangers
Infrared light therapy delivers pulses of special wavelengths of light through the skin directly to injured tissues. Though the light itself is invisible, its effects are readily apparent: enhanced blood flow, improved sensation, tissue regeneration, and pain relief.
Infrared light therapy was originally developed by NASA to stimulate plant growth in outer space. It has been used by the US military to speed recovery from soft-tissue injuries in elite soldiers in the Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, and Special Forces. Some hospitals and nursing homes use it to hasten the healing of pressure sores. And at several clinics, infrared light therapy is used to ease the pain of diabetic neuropathy, help restore sensation to patients with nerve impairment, speed up the healing of diabetic ulcers and other wounds, and relieve most any kind of chronic pain.
The Power of Nitric Oxide
Treatment with infrared light therapy is simple and painless. Flexible pads containing multiple small lights are affixed over the feet, ankles, or other affected areas. The photon energy that pulses from the lights penetrates beneath the skin and is absorbed by deep tissues. After just 30 minutes of treatment, blood flow is enhanced by 400 percent, and this boost in local circulation persists for several hours after the pads are removed. The key to this dramatic improvement in blood flow is a short-lived molecule called nitric oxide (NO).
Nitric oxide is a cellular signaling molecule that is crucial to the health of the cardiovascular system, and by extension, to every part of the body that depends on an adequate blood supply for normal functioning. Though NO exists for only seconds after being released, this powerful vasodilator relaxes the blood vessels, which helps regulate blood pressure and prevents arterial spasms. It also discourages platelets from clumping together in the blood, protects the artery walls, and boosts circulation.
Help for Diabetic Neuropathy and Other Complications
Unfortunately, people with diabetes produce less nitric oxide than healthy individuals. It's not surprising then that they often suffer with problems related to poor circulation, including cardiovascular disease, kidney dysfunction, retinal damage, peripheral neuropathy, and impaired wound healing. This is where infrared light therapy comes in. As blood cells pass beneath the light unit, they absorb photons of energy, causing them to release nitric oxide. This localized release enhances blood flow in the immediate vicinity, bringing oxygen and nutrients to injured tissues and stimulating healing.
Infrared light therapy has been the subject of several clinical trials in patients with diabetic neuropathy and "loss of protective sensation," an objective measure of nerve impairment and a significant risk factor for amputation. These studies found that treatment with infrared light therapy restored sensation in 93 percent of affected limbs, greatly reducing risk of amputation. Restored sensation has an added benefit: It improves balance. In one study, the number of falls reported by patients declined by 96 percent following infrared light therapy treatment.
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While numbers like these are impressive, no statistic can top the look on a patient's face when he tosses aside his cane. Within two weeks of his first infrared light therapy treatment, William noticed less pain in his feet and ankles. A week later, he was able to get around the house and go up and down the stairs without relying on his cane. And at the end of his five-week stay in California, he was virtually pain-free.
William also underwent a standard test of sensation called the Semmes-Weinstein Monofilament. A slender filament (similar to a bristle on a hairbrush) was pressed against the skin at 16 different sites on the bottoms of his feet and toes until it bent. Before treatment, William had no sensation at 11 of these sites. When he was retested after his infrared light therapy treatment course, he was able to feel the sensation on all but two of the sites.
Some credit must also be given to hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which William also received. For this patient, the combination of the two treatments was nothing short of a miracle.
Not Only for People With Diabetes
As I mentioned earlier, infrared light therapy isn't just for diabetic neuropathy and other complications. It is an effective, tested treatment for any "itis"—arthritis, tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, bursitis, and other conditions that cause inflammation and pain. Infrared light therapy has also proven effective in the treatment of fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, strains and sprains, and wounds of any nature.
Infrared light therapy is gaining popularity as its multiple benefits are becoming better known. This therapy, as William and countless others will attest, is the real deal.
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The word eczema comes from a Greek word that means to effervesce or bubble or boil over. Eczema is the most common inflammatory disease of the skin and affects many millions of adults and children worldwide.
Eczema can't be cured, but it can be managed.
Currently we do not have statistics for Ireland, but it is estimated that possibly one in five children under the age of 6 and one in twelve adults have eczema.
Eczema affects people of all ages but is primarily seen in children. Those who "grow out" of their eczema during early childhood may see it recure again in later life.
Other names for eczema
- atopic dermatitis
- atopic eczema.
The term 'atopic' pertains to a hereditary tendency to experience immediate allergic reactions such as eczema, asthma or allergic rhinitis because of the presence of an antibody in the skin and sometimes the bloodstream.
The words eczema and dermatitis mean the same thing, and thus atopic eczema is the same as atopic dermatitis.
Is atopic eczema hereditary?
It is now widely accepted that hereditary factors play a role in the onset of childhood atopic eczema. There is often a family history of "atopic" conditions such as asthma, eczema and hay fever.
If both parents have eczema, there is an 80% chance that their children will too. In addition, there is a tendency for these conditions to run true to type within each family; in other words, in some families most of the affected members will have eczema, and, in others, asthma or hay fever.
In some families, though, only one person has eczema. Approximately one third of children with eczema will also develop asthma and/or hay fever.
What are the symptoms of atopic eczema?
Atopic eczema usually starts in the first months of life but it may also develop for the first time in adulthood. The main symptom is itch. Scratching in response to itch may cause many of the changes seen on the skin.
The itch can be severe enough to interfere with sleep, causing tiredness and irritability. This can have an enormous impact on the whole family. Typically it goes through phases of being severe, then less severe, and then worse again.
What does atopic eczema look like?
Atopic eczema can affect any part of the skin, including the face, but the area's that are most commonly affected are the joints at the elbows and knees, as well as the wrists and neck. Affected skin is usually red and dry, and scratch marks (often bleeding) are common.
When a flare up is severe, the skin may be moist and blistery.
Different types of eczema
- Atopic eczema, currently the most common form of eczema.
- Allergic contact eczema, for example, due to nickel allergy.
- Irritant contact eczema, contact eczema that is not allergic, for example, caused by long-term exposure to detergents.
- Seborrhoeic dermatitis, often caused by a fungal infection in the skin.
- Stasis dermatitis, caused by swelling in the lower legs.
- Photosensitive eczema, caused by the sun's rays.
- Nappy rash, occurs when skin/nappy is in contact with skin, known as intertriginous eczema.
- Neurodermatitis, slight wound or mosquito bite that you scratch, causing an eczema patch.
Treatment of eczema
The treatment of eczema is both simple and complicated. Simple, since there are almost always only two types of treatment. Complicated as it is often a time-consuming process to apply cream to yourself or your child. The treatment consists of:
- Softening cream for areas with dry eczema.
- Cortisone cream for areas with eczema.
If the treatment does not work, local immune-dampening preparations known as calcineurin inhibitors can be used instead. The treatment is often used restrictively as the long-term side effects are not sufficiently known.
In the case of allergic eczema, it is obviously important to eliminate the cause of the allergy. Eczema can sometimes be subjected to bacterial infections, in which case it is treated with antibiotics.
Seborrhoeic dermatitis is treated with antifungal shampoos. Intertriginous eczema can be subjected to fungal infections and is treated with cortisone cream with antifungal agents.
More severe cases of atopic eczema can also be treated with UV radiation.
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Congrats to Kris Ryan for being the Rulon Racing Fearless Athlete of the Month!
Kris and I connected as he reached out to me in March. He told me he CrossFit but really was looking to make a change and try a new goal, Ironman 70.3 Triathlon. "Sweet," I say to him. He tells me, "I can't really swim. It is not my strength." Alright, hold tight, Kris, I truly believe you can do this but it is going to take some work! And he DID!!!
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Here are the reasons why the Rulon Racing teammates nominated Kris for November Athlete of the Month:
Kris completed his first ever Ironman 70.3!
Struggled with his first triathlon ever but learned from it and took the bull by the horns!
It was his first half after a DNF last year and a flat tire on the course. He came in with a smile!
Congrats, Kris and well deserved!
What do you get as a Rulon Racer of the Month?
- Bragging rights for November (BUT you have to share with Jill!
- A photo from Finisher Pix
- Parking spot at the Rulon Racing home :)
- A TON of love from us on FaceBook and Instagram!!


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Sinitta has claimed that Simon Cowell will not walk away from the UK version of The X Factor.
There has been speculation that the show boss could depart from the British reality talent show to focus on the US reboot in 2011.
Former popstar Sinitta, who again helped Cowell in the Judges' Houses phase of this year's competition, told Metro: "The guy is a workaholic.
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Of the decisions the pair made on this year's show, she added of Cowell: "He might have cried. He's 50 now. He's softening in his old age.
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Shot as a pilot, only to be rejected by the network. Reshot and reedited to be a feature, only to be rejected by distributors. Submitted to Cannes, only to be rewarded with a Best Director Award. Finally, someone grabbed their balls and picked up David Lynch's latest oddball effort, Mullholland Drive.
Today's Daily Variety reports that Universal Focus, the art house side of Universal Studios (who keep creating or buying art house arms, chucking them away and starting new ones almost immediately… see Gramercy or October Films) had acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Lynch's film from Canal Plus.


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Tiene la narración ese tono propio de la mirada británica que insiste en ser demoledoramente fiel a la desnudez de los hechos (¿la objetividad?) al tiempo que quedan irremediablemente valorados en una especie de nirvana de la verdad. El comunismo se moría y Köhl estaba de parranda:
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Haldane Martin showroom
Local furniture designer Haldane Martin has opened his first retail showroom. Aptly located in the centre of Woodstock, aka Cape Town's design district, the beautiful yellow and grey space was inspired by the name of the building in which it stands – Fairweather House. A selection of Haldane Martin designs, both established and never-seen-before, are on display in the showroom, and the space is also a creative work studio, as both his interior design practice and furniture workshop are on site. 'It is good for me to work in our showroom space, as I can see how potential clients react to our work, and I am here to answer questions,' Haldane told HL. The showroom, which comes across as something of a gallery, also displays work from other leading South African designers and prominent local artists. 'We will always display the good work of other local artists and designers as long as it complements our work,' Haldane explained. 'We have a mix of very established designers and artists such as Ronel Jordaan and Brett Murray and also hot up-and-coming talents like Susan Duncan and Laurie Wiid.' The new showroom is at Shop 4, Ground Floor, Fairweather House, 176 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock. You can contact the store on 021-461-1785 or visit their website for more info. Text: Roberta Coci, Images: Micky Hoyle


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There was plenty to keep bored shoppers busy in Newcastle city centre on Saturday afternoon.
With protests and campaigners rife around Grey's Monument, there was a lot of hustle and bustle.
But no one attracted quite as much attention as this Monument Mover who proved quite the draw.
Suited and booted in his finest, this sharp mover proved you are never too old to enjoy a bit of a dance.
And passers by lapped it up, with many getting their phones out to capture some of his impressive footwork.
We captured him shaking his stuff to a cover of the Eurythmic's Sweet Dreams which came courtesy of band Soznak, who were playing outside the Blackett Street entrance to Eldon Square on Saturday afternoon.
Paul Smith, 32, of Gateshead , said: "He was pretty impressive, I wish I could move like that and he's twice my age.
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Name: Emily
Role: Work Experience at Sky Media
Sky Media is all about advertising. And it's fascinating.
Basically, we are the advertising side of the business, so we decide what adverts go where. If you're booking the football adverts, you'll be booking in men's campaigns rather than adverts for mascara targeted at women. It's a bit stereotypical, yes, but we get fed loads of information from the IDS - Insight and Decision Science - department who tell us the gender split of who is watching what, so it's all based on fact.
It's open to a range of different people
There were about four of us, and we were all in different places in our lives. There was someone had just left school and wasn't sure what they wanted to do, someone on their gap year, a girl who was about to go to uni, and I had just finished uni. I'd studied Classics, which wasn't particularly relevant to marketing!
The work experience tasks are really interesting and very creative
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It can also lead to a job!
I was looking for work at the time, and a lady from HR talked to us about Sky Media and the roles and different things you can do. I handed in my CV and got an interview two weeks later. The next day I found out I'd got the job - it was a similar thing to the work experience I'd done, but focussing on TV advertising. I started as an assistant for that in March and got promoted in November, so now I handle my own account.
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I'm in charge of Zenith, a media agency who will tell me if one of the brands they work with are interested in advertising, and where they're thinking of going. Then I manage the account to make sure that everything is booked into what it should be, and I speak to the agencies every day on the phone. I show them where their products are. If you see Toyota adverts in the football ad breaks on Sky - that's me! IDS send us emails every day with all the ratings, how many people have seen the adverts, and what the gender split is. I really love working out the best place and time for a brand to slot into, it's really satisfying!


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Textbook Scholarship: Deadline Approaching
The Friends of the Luria Library will be awarding 21 scholarships for textbooks in the Spring 2011 semester.
Thanks to the Friends, there are two $250 scholarships (for students taking 6-11 units) and nineteen $500 scholarships for students taking 12+ units).
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Our group focuses mainly on the development of MR techniques for observing the way the brain works at ultra high field. For this aim, we investigate the characteristics and advantages of ultra high magnetic fields for brain research, develop new techniques to improve the information that can be gained with MRI, and implement novel, multimodal approaches to better understand the BOLD effect.
With a 9.4 T MR scanner for humans and a 14.1 T instrument for small animals, our institute has a unique instrumentation that makes it a pioneer in the investigation of ultrahigh field imaging for brain research. The main goals of our group are to develop techniques to make it possible to fully take advantage of the high magnetic field.
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Evaluation of the potential advantages and limitations imposed by using high magnetic fields,
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Ultra-high resolution anatomical and functional imaging in the human brain at 9.4 T
In neuroscientific studies on humans, new analysis techniques in combination with modern ultra-high field MRI data allow for novel insights into brain function and connectivity [3]. This requires anatomical and functional imaging data with high spatial and temporal resolution. However, motion, SNR limitations and distortions can affect the quality of high resolution images. By implementing a camera-based real-time motion correction system in our sequences, using an SNR-optimized, k-space weighted acquisition scheme for the anatomical, and a zoomed and distortion-corrected technique for functional images, combined with an SNR-optimized reconstruction scheme, we try to optimize the quality of images with very high resolutions.
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Functional Imaging
In functional imaging, isotropic spatial resolutions of 1 mm for humans and 150 μm in rats were reached with high signal variations due to brain activation. Using a special EPI sequence with correction of image distortions due to field inhomogeneities, it was possible to accurately overlay phase information, which distinctly shows the positions of veins, and functional activation maps with the aim of comparing the main BOLD-signal contributions with the venous architecture. For fMRI based on gradient-echo EPI, it could be shown that the major signal contributions arise from the draining veins as expected from theoretical predictions. It will have to be shown whether the expectation of improved weighting of the small vasculature in comparison to larger veins for spin-echo based imaging realizes the promises for improved spatial specificity at high field strengths.
In addition to the high sensitivity, in vivo MR spectroscopy profits from the increased spectral dispersion, causing the expectation of an especially high gain at ultra high field. Thus, proton spectroscopy in the rat brain at 16.4 T was implemented and optimized acquisition and quantification techniques were developed. A localized STEAM sequence with short echo times and improved water suppression was established and a novel, improved algorithm to take the signals of macromolecules into account was developed. With these techniques, the high sensitivity and spectral dispersion made it possible to quantify up to 20 metabolites, including glycine and acetate (Fig. 3). Additional studies verified the high precision and accuracy of these measurements even in short experiments or from difficult deep brain regions, like the medulla oblongata or the cerebellum [3]. Applications in different rat strains or brain regions showed the capability of detecting even small variations in the concentration of single metabolites [4].
Perfusion measurements
Quantifying the perfusion in the brain or other organs without the need to use contrast agent is challenging due to the low amplitude of the signal obtained with Arterial Spin Labeling techniques. We concentrate on increasing the sensitivity of ASL measurements by developing and applying highly sensitive techniques like continuous ASL or a specially developed technique for quantifying low perfusion, as in muscle or in white matter brain tissue. In addition, using ultra-high field ASL will yield improved perfusion images due to the high intrinsic sensitivity at high field and the increased longitudinal relaxation time.
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I'm starting to work on my holiday themed flappers now, waayyy in advance :) This one I just couldn't resist doing the minute I thought of it! I have a lot of Halloween themed ideas in my head, I hope you'll enjoy them!
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Sister Street Fighter (6:30p — Central Library, Rm 302)
Bad Cinema presents this spin-off of Sonny Chiba martial arts pulp. Sue Shiomi stars as the the titular "sister" who goes undercover when her brother disappears. "Bad Cinema" or not, this has got to be better than Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. FREE.
Close-Up (7:00p — Chazen Art Museum)
A "docufictional" recreation of that very real time a man impersonated an Iranian director and convinced an unsuspecting family to take him in. Abbas Kiarostami's insightful, reflexive masterwork isn't just one of the greatest films of the last 25 years; it's among the most important pieces of cinema ever. If you see one film at the Chazen this summer, make it Close-Up on 35mm. FREE.
"Hey, Pull Up Your Shorts" (7:30p — Stoughton Village Players Theater)
The Stoughton Village Players continue their summer film series with a presentation of comedy shorts. Selections include films from the Found Footage Fest as well as offerings from Blame Society Productions, the Wisconsin-based crew responsible for the likes of Chad Vader. Folks from Blame Society will also be on hand for a live Q&A afterward. $5 admission.
Transformers: Age of Extinction + 22 Jump Street (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
(All times listed are for box office openings.)
All freakin' weekend
The Grand Seduction (Sundance)
Taylor Kitsch's doctor pays a visit to Brendon Gleeson and a Newfoundland town, both of which require Kitsch to stay for an elaborate scheme to secure a petroleum factory for the harbor community. Though given that this is a Canadian dramedy, I suppose it's "harbour community."
Velai Illa Pattathari (Eastgate)
The Purge: Anarchy (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)
Whether you wanted one or not (and ticket sales from last year say you did), The Purge got a sequel. This time a couple's car breaks down in the middle of the carnage.
Sex Tape (Sundance, AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)
Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel try to spice up their stale love life by making a sex tape before promptly losing it in the cloud. In other news, "sex tape" has graduated from its analogue roots to 21st century vernacular!
Planes: Fire and Rescue (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate, Stoughton Cinema Cafe)
Disney's only animated feature this summer hasn't been earning great marks as Dane Cook's Dusty Cropper joins a wildfire rescue team.
Persecuted (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)
This Christian drama finds an evangelist (James Remar) on the run after he's accused of a crime he didn't commit. But hey, Bruce Davison gets to play another slimy senator; here's hoping it's the same one from those X-Men movies.
Wheels and Reels presents: The Princess Bride (6:00p — Gunflint Trail Park in Fitchburg)
*Sigh* Despite my best efforts to steer Fitchburg's "bike-in" series clear of Rob Reiner's meh-sterpiece, the people have spoken. The people also apparently hate me. Refreshments (including beer) will be available for purchase. Grounds open at 6:00p. The show starts at sundown.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (6:30p — Sequoya Branch Library)
The Sequoya Branch's "You've Read the Book, Now See the Movie" program is FREE.
Planes: Fire and Rescue + Maleficent (6:30p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 7:40p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (6:45p — Alicia Ashman Branch Library)
If not Wes Anderson's best film, this is certainly his most personal since Bottle Rocket — and far better at that. FREE.
American Movie (7:00p — Union South Marquee)
Cinematheque's Mike King doesn't just call this documentary on the making of a low-budget horror movie the "Most Wisconsin Film Ever Made." It's "required viewing for anyone who calls our state home." Good news for you. FREE.
Planes: Fire and Rescue + Maleficent + 41 Twin Outdoor Theater: Starry Skies & Silver Screen Memories (6:30p — Highway 18 Drive-In)
Highway 18 Drive-In's Saturday program features a third film: a documentary on the now-demolished 41 Twin Drive-In in Milwaukee. It really is getting dusty in here.
Planes: Fire and Rescue + Maleficent (7:40p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
Planes: Fire and Rescue + Maleficent (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (10:00a — Point, Eastgate)
Despicable Me 2 (4:00p — The Duck Pond at Warner Park)
Gates open at 3:30p. FREE.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (10:00a — Point, Eastgate)
Consider the Conversation: A Documentary on a Taboo Subject (2:00p — Alicia Ashman Branch Library)
Planes: Fire and Rescue + Maleficent (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (9:00p — Union Terrace)
300: Rise of an Empire (9:30p — AMC Star)
An Encounter with Simone Weil (6:30p — Central Library, Rm 302)
Central Cinema scores the Madison premiere of Julia Haslett's documentary on the little-known French philosopher and outspoken World War II activist. FREE.
Planes: Fire and Rescue + Maleficent (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
300: Rise of an Empire (9:30p — AMC Star)
Glenn Beck's We Will Not Conform Live (AMC Star, Point, Eastgate)
Beck crosses his arms and raises both eyebrows at the Common Core standards of the American education system. I feel like there should be an exclamation point on the end of that title.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (10:00a — Point, Eastgate)
The Breakfast Club (1:30p, 6:50p — Sundance)
The Loving Story (6:30p — Goodman South Branch Library)
Goodman South Branch continues its presentation of the Created Equal docu-series. UW-Madison's Emily Auerbach and her former student and author Sherry Lucille present clips from this entry that focuses on the 1958 persecution of a mixed race couple in Virginia. FREE.
Planes: Fire and Rescue + Maleficent (8:00p — Highway 18 Drive-In; 8:20p — Sky-Vu Drive-In)
300: Rise of an Empire (9:30p — AMC Star)


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I've found myself complaining a lot lately about the shoddy quality of various products I've purchased — or been given, in the case of my work laptop. In every instance, I've found myself receiving those blank, incredulous stares from people who seem unable to believe that I might possibly want to have a product that isn't broken or error-prone. But the more I think about it, the more I realize that there has been a shift in mentality for our general populace.
Years ago, we used to simply expect that things were going to be well-made and resistant to abuse. My favourite example is my old PowerMac G3 that earned my loyalty so completely; it went for a decade without a single major crash — the odd program quitting unexpectedly, but nothing that forced a restart — after running for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. For ten years. I only retired it because it was caught in the wreckage when my house flooded and started to collapse, but I harbor suspicions that if I had pulled it free and dried it out properly, it would have fired right back up again with its annoying diesel-engine burble.
I have nothing that even comes close to that quality anymore. My Hackintosh is powerful, but hardly that robust. My work computer reminds me of a tight-rope walker with Parkinson's — it'll probably be fine, but you're always apprehensive. And when I talk to anyone about the issues, I get the response, "Well, what do you expect?"
I expect a product that bloody does what I ask it to! Is that unreasonable?
So I ask you, esteemed commentariat: Where does your preference lie? Cheap and disposable, or more expensive and well-made?