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GREG MACKELLAN (Artistic Director, Writer, Director)
Greg MacKellan's career in musical theatre extends back more than 30 years. His producing credits in New York and Los Angeles include The Baker's Wife, a musical on which he worked extensively with Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein.
A graduate of the Musical Theatre Program at UCLA, he is also a musical theatre historian of note who has worked as a consultant to performers like Andrea Marcovicci and Paige O'Hara. Greg was responsible for the acclaimed six-CD Shadowland series of recordings devoted to lesser-known songs by classic American musical theatre songwriters; performers he directed on these CDs include Judy Kaye, Rebecca Luker, Jason Graae, Patricia Morison, Susan Watson, Diana Canova and Sheldon Harnick.
Greg was hired by the Yip Harburg Foundation in 1994 to provide a revised script for the forgotten Harburg/Styne musical Darling of the Day, and performed similar duties for 42nd Street Moon's 2004 NEA-sponsored restoration of the Harburg/Arlen Hooray for What! Also in 2004, Greg's award-winning revision of the Cole Porter musical Out of This World was presented to critical acclaimed at the Chichester Festival in England, and has since been produced in Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. During his 17 years as Artistic Director of 42nd Street Moon, Greg has directed more than 50 musicals, adapting the scripts for many of them.
He has written and directed more than 15 revues for various Bay Area groups, including I'd Like to Hide It, which explored gay subtext in the lyrics of Cole Porter and Lorenz Hart. He has produced three CDs for Moon: original cast albums of Porter's Something for the Boys and Leave It to Me!, and a Jerome Kern anthology, The First Rose of Summer. The 2004 TheatreMania Guide to Musical Theatre recordings lists Leave It To Me! as one of the top show CDs of 2002, and singles out the work of MacKellan and Dave Dobrusky on this CD for special acclaim.
STEPHANIE RHOADS (Artistic Director)
Stephanie Rhoads plays roles on and off stage for 42nd Street Moon. Offstage she works with Greg MacKellan to shape each of Moon's Seasons. Onstage, Stephanie most recently graced our stage as Madame La Comtesse Diane De Vobrillac in Ben Franklin in Paris. She also includes among her favorite Moon roles: Helen Vance in our smash production of Out of This World, Adriana in Boys From Syracuse, Ninotchka in Silk Stockings, Venus in One Touch of…, Elvira in High Spirits, Thea in Fiorello!, and Adeline in Sweet Adeline.
She is the recipient of the Dean Goodman Choice Awards for Hello Dolly! with Mountain Play and Out of This World (2000) with 42nd Street Moon, as well as Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards. She has appeared with many regional companies including American Musical Theatre of San Jose, TheatreWorks, Broadway By the Bay, Beach Blanket Babylon, Woodminster Musicals, and more.
JOE MADER (Managing Director)
Joe Mader first became acquainted with 42nd Street Moon when he saw their 1999 production of Sitting Pretty, which he was covering as a theatre critic for the San Francisco Weekly. Joe wrote on theater and film for a variety of publications, in addition to working as product manager and program manager for several Silicon Valley companies. Following his journalism career, he served as the managing director of a summer Shakespeare Festival in Worcester, MA, where he was also a producer and department administrator for the theater department of the College of the Holy Cross. At Holy Cross, he originated a visiting artist series which brought Christopher Durang, Bartlett Sher, Rinde Eckart, and other notable performers and creators to the campus. Upon returning to California, Joe worked as a contract program manager for Cisco Systems, but made time to become involved in the production side of Moon shows, serving as a stage manager, writer, and volunteer. He is a graduate of Stanford University.
DYAN McBRIDE (Director of Education)
Dyan McBride is an actor, director, singer, and teacher. As an actress and director she has worked with such companies as 42nd Street Moon, Ray of Light, Marin Theatre Company, Solano College Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, Golden State Productions, New Conservatory Theatre Center, Pacific Alliance Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Sonoma, Broadway By the Bay, Willows, Napa Rep, Mondavi Center, Utah Musical Theatre and Performance Riverside to name a few. As a live performer, she has had the opportunity to perform all over the United States and in Europe.
She currently serves on the acting/musical theatre faculty at NCTC, Solano College and 42nd Street Moon, where she has been a company member for 15 years. She has also taught at Live Oak School, U.C. Davis, The Academy of Art and coaches privately as well.
In the world of TV/Film she has done work for Comcast Sports Net, Yahoo! Progressive Auto Insurance, Nintendo and many short films and web based projects. Her recent film The Sheep and the Ranch Hand has played in film festivals all over the world. Her current web project Lien on Me launched in May of 2010. She is represented by Boom Models and Talent in San Francisco. Dyan has her BA from California State University at Fullerton (musical theatre) and her MFA from U.C. Davis (acting). She is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, Actors Equity Association and The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
ANNETTE M. LAI (Office Manager)
Annette Lai keeps things flowing smoothly in 42nd Street Moon's front office. Prior to landing in San Francisco's own corner of Broadway, she was the Adult Contemporary/Hot AC Editor for the well-known radio trade publication, Gavin, where she interviewed pop music celebrities such as Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, and Donny Osmond. Some of her favorite Moon shows include Lady, Be Good! (2010), Call Me Madam (2009), High Spirits (2009), One Touch of Venus, and Mack & Mabel. She also previously served as Operations Manager at Mariedi Anders Artists Management in San Francisco. Ms. Lai is a graduate of San Francisco State University and a proud, third-generation native San Franciscan.
Hector Zavala (Production Manager)
Hector Zavala is an artist and director who takes pleasure in heightening theatrical pieces by making a magical experience through set, sound, and lighting design. He comes to 42nd Street Moon from Custom Made Theatre's successful production of Steve Martin's Underpants for which he stage managed and set designed. Hector's artistry is both empowered by and respectful of his combined heritage of Mexico and California. He encourages emerging artists and students to envision their personal passions in the arts as a volunteer teacher. In addition to his creative work in theatre, Mr. Zavala is an award-winning float designer for Latin Dance Grooves, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Gay Pride and the San Francisco Chinese New Year's Parade.


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When people think of Bangkok often it conjures up images of traffic jams that last from sunrise to sunset and the thought on riding a bike is the last thing people would contemplate. This half day adventure provides us with an interesting insight into an area of Bangkok that few people know about. The biking tour explores the heart and soul of Bangkok - Bangkok Noi.
Just across Chao Praya River to the Thonburi side of Bangkok, this area has its own unique style of waterways and small roads. The historical records point to the old Bangkok Noi community being established since King Chai Raja of Ayutthaya Period (AD 1532 - 1546). Bangkok Noi Canal which was once a part of the majestic Chao Phraya River flows in a horseshoe shape through the old Bangkok Noi community.
We start our Bangkok tour near Khao San Road in Banglamphu. After a quick bike fitting and briefing we head out. We wind our way through the back streets of Suburban Bangkok and small lane ways along the riverside. We cross the famous Rama VIII Bridge then ride through a local community who are well known for their addictive mixture of betel nut, lime and a mulberry leaf. Passing the King's Royal Barges we follow a well worn path along The Bangkok Noi Canal which eventually leads us to the spectacular Wat Arun. Wat Arun is well known for its intricate architectural design and also has historical significance. This area is also well known for a basket of multicultural religions which are home to Buddhist temples, Mosques and Portuguese built Churches.
From Wat Arun, we head back across the Chao Praya River to Pranakorn via the Memorial Bridge. This bridge was built in 1929 to mark city of Bangkok's 150th anniversary. We then pay a visit to another temple called Wat Suthat which is home to the largest sitting Buddha image in Thailand. Our final stop on this ultimate Bangkok bike tour is opposite Wat Shuthat to see the giant swing Sao Ching Cha which represents the movement of the God Shiva which was reserved for performances at grand ceremonies. From there we head back to our start point destination to complete the journey.
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Is it worth it?
Paying off debt is exhilarating! Getting free of the bondage of debt gets me excited! How you go about doing that may not be quite as exciting though if taxes get involved. Read on if you settled debt in 2011. Tax Day is coming April 16th and you need to be sure you are ready.
Typically if you have old debt that hasn't been paid on for more than 6 months I recommend you settle them. But you must know that there can be consequences to doing that. I believe the freedom of being debt-free is worth it though. Let me explain…
Let's say you have a $1000 debt that hasn't been paid on for a year. When you have the cash on hand you could settle that debt for $200 which means the creditor took a loss and you only paid $200. You never have to deal with them again! However, you may be responsible for reporting the $800 savings on your taxes as debt forgiven. Which means your income for that year just went up by $800 and you now have to pay taxes on it. If your tax bracket is 25% then you now owe the government $200 additional. Therefore, in total for that debt you have paid $400.
It sounds unfair and some may wonder if the process is worth it. I believe it is still worth it to pay off the debt. You must protect your online reputation, pay the debts you owe, and make good on your commitments. This is just a different way of going about it. The finish line is still there. You just took a different route. Knowing how the process works helps you develop your strategy for getting free. Don't allow the tax implication to stop you from your freedom. Now go pay off that debt!


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I own three... Does that qualify as a club? Haha! Let me know where we're meeting. I'll be gone next Friday.
The wife will be out of town so I might make it . Where on Buffalo rd is that ..... never been there ?
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I'm quite passionate about the process of friend-to-friend fundraising, it's true. I feel pretty strongly that this is a fundraising approach accessible to all organizations, not just the property of health fundraising organizations or groups with traditional walk-athons.Friend-to-friend fundraising is so exciting because it has an amazing ability to turn a lower level donor into a fundraising powerhouse. While every one of us may not be blessed with boatloads of money, most of us know a good number of people. And a small few of us are social in such a way that a simple ask of support will generate large amounts of money. These are the key individuals to search out. Find one (or preferably a collection of) highly social friend-to-friend fundraisers and get them to raise money on your behalf and you'll be golden…once. However, one of the biggest challenges in the friend-to-friend fundraising process is getting those people to continue to come back as lead fundraisers year after year.There are a number of reasons why friend-to-friend programs struggle to keep their high dollar raisers engaged and returning on a consistent basis- burnout, loss of connection to the cause, fear of asking again are all potential factors. But I believe the biggest reason why many friend-to-friend fundraising programs lose their fundraising powerhouses is because the nonprofit never shifts to see those fundraisers for the money they raise instead of the money they personally donate.Let's agree that in some cases the amount of money that our friend-to-friend fundraisers bring into our organization can be highly substantial. A single fundraiser can bring in thousands and thousands of dollars during a single campaign. Yet many of us continue to place them in giving circles based on their direct personal financial contribution instead of the overall financial contribution that they have made to our organization. If we allow our mindset to shift to the total contribution, then many of these friend-to-friend fundraisers at the top of their game knock themselves into our major donor categories quite easily. Treating our strongest friend-to-friend fundraisers the same way we might treat a $10,000 donor is, in my opinion, a key to retaining powerhouse fundraisers from year-to-year.
So my recommendation: court your friend-to-friend fundraisers like you would a major donor. Buy their lunch, send newspaper clippings, invite them to big-ticket events on your dollar, and recognize their contribution as a truly substantial one. And if we start treating our friend-to-friend fundraisers as if they themselves had the big bucks, we will find that they feel more appreciated, they feel more connected to our organization and its mission, and they return year after year.
When thinking about your online donation landing page it is essential to consider the giving levels that you suggest to your potential donors. These little numbers end up conveying a lot about your organization and your fundraising priorities and can directly influence the giving amount that a donor chooses. Ask too little and you will likely receive less than a donor had planned to give, ask too much and you may deter lower level donors from giving at all. There are a number of different approaches you can take to crafting your online giving levels. Take a look at the ASPCA, Nature Conservancy and American Red Cross as examples. The ASPCA lists dollar amounts from $20 to $100 working to elicit lower level gifts while the Nature Conservancy lists amounts from $50 to $10,000 implying an expected donation of much larger sums. The ASPCA is clearly speaking to first time or lower level donors while the Nature Conservancy has made a choice to address higher level donors with less attention to small gifts. Interestingly, and worth considering, the Red Cross chooses not to list suggested giving amounts at all. Okay, so assuming you do want to suggest levels, how do you choose what the right giving levels are for your organization? (For the purpose of this post let's narrow the field to one-time donations as opposed to monthly gifts. I'll address that thought process at a later time.) For one-time donations, most often I see levels at $25, $50, $100, $250 and $500. These numbers reflect a generic progression of gift size for small- or medium-sized organizations. Let's start here and ask some questions to see if we can make an argument to change any numbers in the progression.First, take a look at your donation history overall. What is your lowest gift? If you get a substantial number of gifts smaller than $25, consider lowering the low point to $15 or $20 to include those donors in the online process. Plan on using the low number to try and push those low-level donations higher, so if you see a large number of $10 donations, consider making the lowest level donation $15 to encourage a slightly larger gift. (It is true that typing a 3 instead of a 2 is a lot easier than writing thirty instead of twenty on a check! So if you are seeing $15 via check, assume you can push at least a little online.) On the flip side, if you only get a few gifts lower than, say $35, consider that as your low level gift and work up from there. Don't give your donors an easy option to give lower than their standard, make them type in $25 instead of $35 rather than providing a simple radio button for a lower gift. Next, consider your highest gift amount listed. What is a realistically high gift amount for your organization? If you rarely see gifts larger than $1000 then don't list $5000 as a top number! As with the lower level, you want to try and use these suggested amounts as ways to push your donors to stretch their gift. So if most larger gifts register at $250, consider a high level of $300 or $350 to push that gift higher but not alienate your donors. At the high level, you also need to consider how much you are willing to give up in donation administration fees. If you are working with a 4% fee for credit card processing, at $25 you pay a $1 fee- not much to think about, but at $1000 that fee is $40, which is a substantial amount to loose from the donation. Make sure to calculate in your admin fees in the determination of the high value you want to encourage via online donation tools. And once you have you high and low value, use your common sense to determine price points in between. Try to list somewhere between four and six values in total, with the increments being closer together at the low end and then farther apart as the amounts get higher. Always make sure to add an "Other" option, and do list that after the high end donation level to imply that this is for gifts larger than the top amount listed.As a best practice, consider annotating (if your online donation too will allow) what each donation amount will "buy". Take a look at the ASPCA's donation page for a fantastic example of this concept. Remember, the numbers you choose to suggest to your potential donors are pushing them to give at certain dollar amounts. Try to push your donors to give a little more, but make sure to provide them with options that meet their giving level. If you can't find a reason to change the $25, $50, $100, $250 and $500 progression then go with it. No matter what you choose, run the giving levels for a test period, then stop and evaluate the response and adjust accordingly.
I'm a pretty passionate advocate of nonprofits trying Friend-to-Friend or Social Fundraising techniques for their organizations. Having come out of the health fundraising world, I've seen the power of having supporters fundraising on your behalf. Mobilizing an army of passionate advocates for your organization can tap into thousands of dollars in unseen funds and link your organization to hundreds--if not thousands--of new supporters.
So why does this technique seem to be the domain of heath organizations alone?
Is it the fear of the work of putting on a massive event like a Walk-a-thon or Dance-off? With the entry into the online marketplace of social fundraising tools like FirstGiving, Causes, Razoo and Blackbaud's Friends Asking Friends, you don't even need to associate your campaign with the a-thon event to see major success. So that's not an excuse.
Is it lack of confidence in your supporters? Do you think it would be a lot of effort for little excitement? I promise you, if Idealware can do a Friend-to-Friend Campaign, so can your organization. Really--do you think your cause is less sexy than helping other nonprofits improve their technology capacity?
Is it lack of knowledge about how to motivate your supporters? Remember, this is a fundraising technique. I know you all tell your boards "you can all raise money for our organization," so why are your most fervent supporters less qualified or less motivated? In fact, throwing in a little bit of fun--like contests for the person or team who raises the most money or contacts the most people, raffles for anyone fundraising, a kick-off party for training, or an e-mail leader board--can go a long way. If I can make this fun, so can you.
We used to offer a seminar on "Getting Started with Distributed Fundraising," but no one ever took the class. Thinking it was due to a terrible name, we changed the title and tried again. Enter "Turning Your Supporters Into Fundraisers," but still no takers. Feeling very strongly that nonprofits should know about this approach, we decided to offer the session for free, and it had the lowest registration rate for any of the 11 free seminars we've offered in 2011.
So what is going on? Why don't you care? Because honestly, you should. This method works. I promise.
What do your Facebook and Twitter posts say about your organization? In this video, Andrea Berry talks through how to define and control your brand on social media.
Want to learn more about how social media can help your organization's brand? Check out our recorded seminar, Branding Through Social Media.
The flurry of automatic "I'm away on vacation" responses should have been our first hint that sales for our CMS consultant directory might be slow during July. Message received loud and clear: the beach, hot dogs, summer vacation and the Olympics all have slightly more draw than our report update process. Who knew? We initially closed the Idealware CMS Consultant Directory on July 31 with about 15 listings, but to best serve our nonprofit readers, we want to give them as many options as we can to choose from. So—cue the drum roll, please—we're pleased to announce the re-opening of the Idealware Content Management Systems Consultant Directory for a limited time only. We will accept directory listings and ads until September 7, the Friday after Labor Day, to give people time to submit their listings when they get back from their August vacations. Listings start as low as $45, with the hope that we will have a strong representation from independent consultants as well as larger firms. Thousands of individuals considering their CMS options will thumb through the directory—will you be represented? We hope so. So while you're building castles at the beach, or during the seventh-inning stretch, take out your smartphone, tablet or laptop and purchase a directory listing. You'll be advertising your great services and supporting Idealware—plus you can count it as "work" time, and we won't tell anyone that it only took two minutes.
As fundraisers we dream about the new frontier of online giving as a potential golden ticket for reaching younger or more tech savvy donors. Driving everyone to give online, in monthly installments, is all the rage. But what happens when a donor wants to give $1000 or more? Is there potential negative organizational impact in accepting large gifts online?
Negatives to Large Online Gifts
There are fees associated with online giving that can add up quickly if you are not paying attention. Paypal has the smallest fee in the field, coming in at 2.4% of each donation, and the percentage cut taken by online giving tools can go up from there to as high as 7.5% (or more). These fees may seem small when donations are a few hundred dollars or less, but when we start looking at donations in the $500 to $1000 range the bite that fees take out of a donation can become substantial. So at what threshold do you start considering counseling people away from online giving and towards check, stock or cash donations?
Consider what your average small gift donation amount would be- that could be $25, $35, $50- and use that number to determine the maximum amount that you are happy to pay in fees per donation. A good rule of thumb would be to aim for a payout to the online donation company that is equivalent or less than your average small donation. So if your average small gift is $25 and you are paying a 2.5% fee per donation, you might consider setting your maximum online gift threshold at $1000 ($1000 x 2.5% = $25).
There are certainly additional factors that can have a potential negative effect on your organization when accepting large online gifts. The timeframe in which the money actually becomes available to you is an important thing to consider. Many organizations set up accounts in which donations are delivered via a short term direct deposit, in which case the transfer time probably is not critical, however organizations who use online donation tools that pay in a monthly or a twice monthly lump check will see substantial delay in receiving large funds when an online major gift is made.
Strategies to Counseling Away From Large Online Gifts
It's tricky to direct donors to give via a specific avenue when it comes to major gifts, but there are some techniques that you can implore to help direct your large dollar donors away from online giving. The first to consider is your online giving menu. These are the dollar amount suggestions that you offer to potential donors via the online donation tool. You can suggest that larger donations are not made online by a setting the dollar amount progression to max out at your maximum online gift threshold.
Additionally, acknowledging to online donors that there is an opportunity to give off-line might provide enough of a hint for major donors to deliver their donation through a different avenue. Straight up asking that gifts larger than a certain threshold not be given online, with added explanation as to why that request is being made, feels like a somewhat risky endeavor and the etiquette around that is a little unclear.
There is also the potential to direct large dollar donors to give under a different online tool than your standard giving channel. Google Checkout is an interesting option in this area, as Google Grant recipients get access to this payment technique without any fees. The user experience is not ideal as it may be a little wonky, but for a donor who is determined to give a large amount through an online channel it may be a nice compromise tool to allow you to retain the entire value of the gift. Be cautious when going this route though, you don't want this process to seem overly complicated or to come off ungrateful. Save this strategy for people whom you can be sure will understand the situation.
Overall, remember, you don't want to scare away your donors due to an obsession with saving the fee, but a gentle nudge in the direction you want to move them can certainly help.
What are the basic guidelines for online sponsorship? Andrea Berry explains in this AskIdealware video.
I just got Dragon NaturallySpeaking dictation software, and it's changed my life. Now, I'm not going to talk about how much I love the ability to speak and have my words recorded, which I do, by the way (if you want to know more about the tool see Steve Backman's thoughts). Instead, I'm telling you about my new software love to empower you to find your life-changing tool. Productivity is essential for those of us who work at nonprofits, everyone really. Finding something that will help you do your job better and more effectively is absolutely amazing and potentially job-altering. We talk about this at the organizational level all the time, so why don't we allow ourselves to spend that time personally, especially when it would improve the way we work? My advice, from someone who has avoided spending this time for years: give yourself a little bit of time to look around and see if there are ways that technology can help you improve the way you do what you do.
What did I do to come to this revelation? I asked myself, where do I struggle? What are the things I do during the day that I know if I had a little bit of help I could do better? For me it was writing. I write perfectly well, but slowly. I speak quickly and in full sentences however, and my thoughts come out of my mouth much faster, and often more eloquently, than when I type. That made the power of dictation software a no brainer. I wrote this post in about half the time it usually takes me, all thanks to my new best friend.
Now it's your turn. What do you that you could do better, faster, more efficiently? Do you struggle with tasks? Is there a tool out there that can help you manage your to do list? What about with time management? Can you find something that will help you stick to your timeline? There are tools out there that can help you in probably any area that you need support. Imagine the impact it could have on your day-to-day work. You'd do it for your organization, why not yourself?
It's okay, you have permission now. Give yourself a little bit of time to explore and see if there is a solution out there for you. Spending some time upfront to find something that would really make a difference can be hugely worth it. It can change your life, I promise. And when it improves how you work personally, it will improve your organization's capacity at the same time!
Yesterday I received a seemingly simple question about Twitter handles from a member of our community--should an organization have a handle that directly represents the organization, or should staff tweet as themselves? As I thought about my response, it dawned on me how tricky an issue this can be. Really, it all comes down to your goals...Carol's Question:I have a question about social media, especially Twitter. Is it better to have key company executives tweet on behalf of the organization? One of our execs wants their own Twitter handle to do her own tweeting, so it more easily shows her as the author, but she'd be talking all about things she does on our company's behalf. What's the best way to do that? My Answer:Unfortunately, I think there is no single right answer to this issue. A number of big marketing blogs suggest that having a person represent the organization on Twitter is the best way to go, that it humanizes the organization in an important way (see: http://www.businessesgrow.com/2011/01/17/your-companys-single-biggest-mistake-on-twitter/). However, many of these experts are speaking to businesses that need to put an emphasis on humanization and personality, like GE, and that may or may not be necessary for your organization. The right path for your organization is going to depend on your branding goals with Twitter.
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Figure 2. Deglaciation chronology for the State of Maine (in thousands of years, modified from Borns and others, 2004). Location of the Bangor quadrangle and radiocarbon ages constraining time of deglaciation are plotted. A reservoir correction of -600 years has been applied to ages from marine samples. Areas in dark blue were isostatically depressed and later flooded by sea water after glacial retreat.
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worst uhhh...."thing" ever to happen to music
― rizzx, Monday, 14 December 2009 22:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
The only hit from 2009 I can think of that is obviously influenced by Lady Gaga is is "Evacuate The Dancefloor" by Cascada
heard this song every day when i was home over thanksgiving, god this is a piece of shit
― k3vin k., Monday, 14 December 2009 22:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
i was thinking of that alexandra burke song maybe?
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
fucking HELL the synth madness going on under the first round of ra-ma-la-las on "bad romance"
basically playing "paparazzi", "bad romance", "telephone" and "teeth" incessantly now :/
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 December 2009 10:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
"he needs to stop using the word "art" so much and dropping references to warhol and shit."
Her interviews are the sole reason that it took me about six months to come around to her records. She reminded me of Placebo's Brian Molko acting if he was the first person in the world to have read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. "Yeah, there's this guy Andy Warhol. You won't have heard of him. He said this really interesting thing about celebrity…" (not a verbatim quote btw)
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 17 December 2009 12:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
Would that I had been blissfully unaware, I could have enjoyed the music 10x more.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 17 December 2009 18:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's like, part of the reason why pop music is so fun is that the artistry in it doesn't have to be so serious. it can be, and should be taken as such at times, but to brand genuinely fun work with a label as generic as "art" or "warhol" seems dumb
― Do you love me now? (surm), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
to brand genuinely fun work with a label as generic as "art" or "warhol" seems dumb
Or ... smart? I'm curious where she goes with all this. Frankly, the thing that bugs me the most about huge pop stars like Madonna or Beyonce or Rihanna or Mariah or whomever is their total inability - or refusal - to wrestle with the precepts of postmodernism. When any of them do try, it just seems so ... managed. Or mannered. Or maybe in the case of Gaga, dumb. Don't know if she'll do it, but if Gaga ultimately delivers on her nascent subversion (dormroom variety or no), I'd be very happy, because I can't think of the last pop star (US pop star, at least) that pulled that off and had so much apparent fun in the process.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
i guess there's a happy medium. she just seems so pleased with herself.
― Do you love me now? (surm), Thursday, 17 December 2009 20:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
who the fuck wants postmodernism from their pop stars?
― gynecologic pop (The Reverend), Friday, 18 December 2009 00:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
in theory i kinda do but in practice i want it to happen by accident
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 18 December 2009 00:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
maybe I missed her earlier, annoying interviews, but big interviews namechecking Cindy Sherman and coming out with lines like this actually make me feel better about being such a sucker for "Bad Romance"
"Celebrity life and media culture are probably the most overbearing pop-cultural conditions that we as young people have to deal with, because it forces us to judge ourselves," she said. "I guess what I am trying to do is take the monster and turn the monster into a fairy tale."
"If you're on an island, stranded, and all you have is sticks and leaves and pineapples, you're gonna make a boat out of sticks and leaves and pineapples," she said. "I view glamour and celebrity life and these plastic assumptions as the pineapples. And I spend my career harvesting pineapples, and making pies and outfits and lipsticks that will free my fans from their stranded islands."
― Milton Parker, Friday, 18 December 2009 00:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
i'd probably make pina coladas and chill first but each to his own
― plaxico (I know, right?), Friday, 18 December 2009 00:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
or this (this story, great example of an interview trying to come off knowing and snide and just utterly humiliating themselves)
Gaga insists on explaining the concept of her show, which is on the wildly original theme of evolution... So far so predictable, but then she goes on: "My evolution is from the beginning of time, so I start as a cell [she shows me a costume like a geodesic dome], and then I become a vertebrate, and then I become a full animal, and there's the birth of the economy, and trade and war, and then it's the Apocalypse. Because we as a society are taught politically and religiously that the Apocalypse is coming, it's on its way. But what I'm saying with my show is, 'We're there right now: this is the Apocalypse.' The fact that we're surrounded by cement and we've already killed everything means the Apocalypse has happened.
"So the idea for me is to give a sense of repose and solace to my fans, that we're here, we did it already, and now it's about accepting where we are and looking more joyfully into the future."
― Milton Parker, Friday, 18 December 2009 00:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
i kind of like those ideas. i like the idea that she's taking ugly things and making them beautiful, to be honest. and it helps the case that she's kind of ugly, herself. but i guess she is repping for a kind of uber-creativity, when it comes to human error and potential. that's pretty cool.
― Do you love me now? (surm), Friday, 18 December 2009 01:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
i have never read any interviews w/ her and i think both of those quoted passages are wonderful. brilliant, fun and subversive and a very good way - an inspirational, forward-thinking & creatively engaged way. and that's exactly what i got from her songs and videos without reading the interviews anyway, so i think she does do the "show don't tell" thing pretty well.
i like the idea that she's taking ugly things and making them beautiful, to be honest. and it helps the case that she's kind of ugly, herself. but i guess she is repping for a kind of uber-creativity, when it comes to human error and potential. that's pretty cool.
― Do you love me now? (surm), Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:22 PM (26 minutes ago) Bookmark
this is what i love most about her, and why i mentioned marilyn manson upthread.
― a dimension that can only be accessed through self-immolation (contenderizer), Friday, 18 December 2009 01:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
OK, so I've got a chance to see the traveling performance art installation that's called Lady Gaga at the Nokia Theater tonight. Will report back on Illuminati agents, theosophical rituals, and orbiting mind control lasers.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 20:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm kind of over Gaga talking about 'art' and am now more annoyed with the lip service she pays to her fans. MTV asked her who her favorite artist of the year was and she said "my fans," come the fuck on.
― forkslovecraftcthulhu (some dude), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 20:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
an early xmas gift: fred phelps has discovered lady gaga!
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 23 December 2009 20:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
She does do the fan service thing a lot, but it hasn't started to grate on me yet. It's kind of cute. She's playing up the "I am like you" card, which seems well-intentioned if slightly manipulative.
― Do you love me now? (surm), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 21:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
Crazy but highly entertaining symbolic exegesis of 'Bad Romance' video.
― Enfonce bien tes ongles et tes doigts délicats dans la jungle de (Michael White), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 21:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
i always wonder who these videos harm if all the bad stuff is hidden, answer me that crazy christian watchdogs
― plaxico (I know, right?), Wednesday, 23 December 2009 23:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Do you love me now? (surm), Wednesday, December 23, 2009 4:11 PM (5 hours ago)
it's just played, it'd be nice if she'd just answer the damn question
― k3vin k., Thursday, 24 December 2009 02:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
:( damn i'm really loving the fame monster, that throaty scream at the end of "speechless" is really something, reminds me of like, courtney love or something
― k3vin k., Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
ok phew "dance in the dark" and "telephone" both kinda suck but the first three tracks are pretty awesome
― k3vin k., Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
"MONSTER" is still kicking my ass
i had it on at a party the other night, and it sounded so fresh, cutting and inspired.
― Do you love me now? (surm), Thursday, 24 December 2009 04:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wasn't recruited by Illuminati, but the show was tremendously great
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 24 December 2009 11:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
"speechless" is beautiful, fuck
― k3vin k., Friday, 25 December 2009 03:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
teeth has been kinda in my head
― Do you love me now? (surm), Friday, 25 December 2009 04:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^^my process of appreciation of the fame monster. "speechless is a pretty decent george harrison guitar rip, isn't it --> wow, speechless is really something --> speechless is stuck in my head. always."
― Alex in Montreal, Friday, 25 December 2009 05:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
The exegesis blog post is amazing. Makes you wonder if Matthew Barney + Bjork = Gaga, but the dates don't quite work.
― Soukesian, Friday, 25 December 2009 12:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
This is really the heart of the appeal of Gaga for me, aside from the songs being great - - I recognize this thing she's doing, taking all the hugeness of celebrity glamour/pantomime as a toybox that's open to everybody, including big-nosed weirdos who presumably spent their teenage years listening to "Radio Ga Ga" and/or "Lady Stardust" as discussed upthread. This is why the "my fans are my favorite artist" thing works for me - it would undermine the whole fucking point of the show if it weren't a mirror pointed back at the fans encouraging them to fashion their own celebrity out of whole cloth and/or pineapples.
Whether that's a viable dream or not, it makes sense to me. An acquaintance of mine has been doing these choreographed zombie/glitter dress-up shows for ages on a $20 budget with a bunch of keyboards and bearded weirdos. I'm sure you all have come into contact with similar things. Now there might be pitfalls there and the strength of the music as music is going to vary from performer to performer, but the idea that freaks and oddballs who never fit in can by force of will re-create the unobtainable fantasy world they've been fed since birth is groovy. IMO. Of course all this might be just me retreading Camp 101, I dunno, but I think it's neat.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 December 2009 14:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
I guess what I'm sort of getting at is that somehow Gaga represents a DIY spirit, applied to pop music, even though nothing about her entire aesthetic is DIY in the slightest - not the music, certainly not the production values (although there is some idea about all the costumes etc. coming out of a stable of her close friends or something)... more that the attitude/posture/relationship to pop is that of an outsider making the scene they want out of what's available to them. If that makes any sense.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 December 2009 14:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
(final addendum, all of the above is written from the perspective of a big-nosed weirdo who spent his teenage years listening to Smashing Pumpkins and Billy Joel and would very much like to be famous and surrounded by sexy people in glittered rubber costumes. so i'm a bit biased.)
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 December 2009 14:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah "speechless" is as much a billy joel bite as anything, at least melodically
― k3vin k., Monday, 28 December 2009 23:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
Anyone else notice "Bad Romance" nods to/cops from ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down?"
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 December 2009 23:31 (3 years ago) Permalink
well now i do
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 28 December 2009 23:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
i have a half-baked theory going on that gaga's early bog-standard generic stuff was a trojan horse for what she really wanted to foist on the world, and "speechless" and "teeth" bear this out rather
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 00:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
Of course, that's sort of how Eminem started out, too, and for all the subsequent highs, we all know how that turned out.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 00:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
Eminem started out with bog-standard stuff?
― autogoon collective (The Reverend), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 13:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 14:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
well ok, but that wasn't exactly his public first impression. that's pretty much equivalent to gaga's bar band gigs upthread
― autogoon collective (The Reverend), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 14:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah "Bad Romance" has always reminded me of "Don't Bring Me Down"
― De Suggestivistban (some dude), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 15:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
Apparently this is Megan Phelps' (of Westboro Baptist Church infamy) version of "Poker Face":
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 8 January 2010 02:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
I thought those were the lyrics on screen for a moment
― musically, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
i heard Monster coming out of someone's earbuds on a train today. it was exciting. i tried to give him the "oh, i know" look but i'm not sure if he caught on
― Do you love me now? (surm), Friday, 8 January 2010 06:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
What's the "Oh, I know" look, surm?
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 8 January 2010 11:09 (3 years ago) Permalink


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The UCPN (Maoist) Monday ruled out further extension of the Constituent Assembly's term and decided to expedite talks with other parties to promulgate the new constitution within May 27.
A meeting of the party's standing committee held in the evening took the decision. According to party spokesperson Dina Nath Sharma, the party has reiterated its stance for 11-province federal model and that the party will continue negotiations with other parties for consensus on the proposal.
He said the standing committee concluded that the constitution must be issued within 27 May.
"In worst case scenario in which issuing a full-fledged constitution is not possible, the constitution should be issued within May 27 by clearly outlining procedures to settle the remaining issues," Sharma said.
The Maoist standing committee's decision comes amid news reports that Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai has started political lobbying through his aides for another extension of the CA's term.
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A Los Angeles city panel on Friday asked for a report from the city Harbor Department on plans to deal with any debris from last year's tsunami in Japan.
"We have received reports some of the debris has landed in Oregon and Washington and we should be prepared for it hitting beaches in Los Angeles," said Councilwoman Jan Perry at the Public Safety Committee meeting.
Perry said there is an estimated 1.5 million tons of debris, some of it radioactive, that could be hitting California shores.
Also, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is distributing guidelines from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about handling of debris. (marinedebris.noaa.gov/tsunamidebris/debris_handling.html)
Among the tips are if an item appears hazardous, do not touch it but do report it to authorities. If it appears to be common litter, such as a plastic bottle, the public is encouraged to remove and safely dispose of it. If an item appears to be a personal memento that could be traced back to its original owner, it can be reported to email@example.com. The agency will work with Japanese authorities to try to track down the original owner.


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One of today's popular apocalyptic fantasies is to imagine the world without human beings. This premise has been the subject of a bestselling book and now is a series (!) on the History Channel.
Tonight's episode will show what things would be like without humanity in London, Atlanta and Chicago. Paige Wiser, the Sun-Times' TV critic writes:
The Chicago portion of the 9 p.m. show is eerily realistic, maybe because producers had such a conveniently close case study. They looked to a once-thriving, now-abandoned section of Gary as what could happen to another lakeside city in a short amount of time. The narrator sternly calls Gary "the Pompeii of the Midwest."
Written and compiled by staff writers and editors, GOVERNING View is an on-the-ground, and sometimes behind-the-scenes, look at the topics we're covering in print and online. From notes on what's up in statehouses, county courthouses and city halls, to encounters with people, places and things, GOVERNING View is a window into the side of state and local government you don't always see.


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Preview: The Most Expensive Food in the World
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European white truffles can sell for as much as $3,600 a pound. But harvests are down and a black market has emerged that has allowed an influx of inferior and cheap Chinese truffles. Lesley Stahl reports on Sunday, July 1 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
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Earlier research has shown that this protein, called MC4R, is a receptor on neurons in the hypothalamus region of the brain and receives signals through at least two pathways about the status of the body's fat reserves. If fat stores are increasing, theses signals stimulate MC4R, triggering physiological responses that decrease appetite. If fat reserves are decreasing, these signals turn off, deactivating MC4R and increasing appetite.
Pioneering genetic studies of extremely obese people carried out since 1998 by Christian Vaisse, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at UCSF, have revealed that mutations that impair MC4R's response to the signals are the most common genetic cause of severe obesity. The protein has become a prime target in efforts to develop drugs to combat obesity.
But the new research at UCSF and the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease shows that MC4R also affects appetite in a way unrelated to the signaling loop that has been the focus of most appetite-suppression research. Scientists found a new group of mutations in this receptor that cause obesity not by interrupting the MC4R receptor's response to the appetite signals, but by affecting its intrinsic, or baseline, level of activity.
"The notion that the subtle basal activity of the receptor is also crucial to maintain normal body weight is unveiling new ways to think about how energy homeostasis is maintained," said Supriya Srinivasan, a postdoctoral fellow at the Gladstone Institute and co-lead author of the study.
The discovery suggests a promising new strategy to combat obesity, the scientists report. Rather than developing drugs that significantly boost MC4R's response to the ap
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will make a three-state swing next week to call on Congress to prevent interest rates on student loans from doubling.
The White House says Obama will speak at universities in North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa. All three are key general election battleground states.
College-aged voters are also a critical constituency for the Obama campaign.
The interest rate on a popular federally subsidized student loan will double in July unless Congress acts. The rate hike affects new subsidized Stafford loans, which are issued to low and middle income undergraduates.
While in North Carolina, Obama will also make his first appearance on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" show. NBC says the show will tape a special broadcast Tuesday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Ah yes, the religion of peace..../NOT ....these people are nothing more than savages and should be treated as such. Oh, and zippy, you can't reason with someone who hates....oh wait, I forgot you know all about musslimes....
I've wondered for some time if the change in the Middle East won't come from the young women who are tired of their second class status and how their children are used as pawns.Oh, and if the US would begin drilling for oil, we might bring a bit of peace to the Middle East as well. Just a thought.
Teenage girls are the most dangerous people around to the cult called islam. This is why they have to cover woman so that the men can control themselves after all they are just pigs.
A perfect example of why Islam is the religion of death! We are making a mortal mistake in letting these cockroaches immigrate here!!!
And the jackass in the White House just got through saying this during his UN speech, "The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam".Our "President" siding with Islam instead of the US!He has no moral direction, so his views are skewed toward making peace at any cost but a narcissistic idiot can't make peace with people who are not willing to question their beliefs.More blood on his hands.
Obama is whining because he has had trouble bowing to the Taliban.
What a bunch of slimey, cowardly punks. Shooting a 14 year old girl who just wants the ability to go to school. Hey Zippy, why don't you lecture us again on how there is moral equivilence between Islamic culture and our own. Oh and the future does belong to those who slander the prophet. After all, he is the one who wrote the rules that these savages were obeying when they shot Malala Yousufzai!
Bold "warriors," aren't they?
This is what we are fighting and the leftists in the US and the world deny. Ever hear any of them talking about the true Muslim war against women?


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This add-on "Gotthard Route 1" contains a section of the route from Zurich / Luzern to Göschenen. This interesting route with its famous helical tunnels, galleries, bridges and the fascinating mountainous landscape will turn into an exciting experience for every train driverThe package includes authentic rolling stock like the Re 460, Re 4/4", Re 6/6, Am 841 and last but not least, the legendary Ae 6/6 as well as the modern FLIRT.
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A pet adoption scam.
Sick dogs being sold right here in Northeast Ohio, but who's ripping off animal lovers?
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Chapter Abstract: This is clip 1 of 7 for this video. The textile industry in America is dealing with more competition from foreign businesses that ever before. This program will show you ways to boost productivity and increase your competitive edge by modernizing your approach to pollution prevention. In the past, focus has been placed on the treatment of by-products and waste. This is costly and inefficient. This has prompted businesses to look for ways to meet regulatory requirements while maintaining their bottom line.
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Brad's Beat: Lost Cat from Joplin Tornado is Reunited with Owner
By: Brad Douglas
Updated: August 17, 2012
"Every time I look at him I just about break down in tears. I can't believe it."
Baby the cat went missing on May 22nd when Misty's home was destroyed.
"When I looked at him, he was being pulled out by the wind. The walls were down at this time."
Misty never gave up hope. She kept looking for more than a year after the tornado. She say's she'll never forget the night after the storm had passed.
"Looked around the houses, sat there in the middle of the sidewalk crying, screaming Baby. The lady across the road though it was a real baby."
April Brill helped reunite the couple. She's with the Joplin Tornado Pet Rescue. She spends her free time trying to find lost animals and she says the reunions make it worth the effort.
"Watching Baby react to Misty and watching Misty react to her little fur child. This was just something special. It was as if they had never been apart," states April.
"He immediately started putting his paws on my face. Loving me," states Misty.
April says that the group has been able to reunite several dozen animals and their owners after the tornado.
"They don't forget, they have been through trauma. They may be a little bit different than you remember. But they're animals and they still love you," states April.
Misty says even though a lot of time has passed, you still shouldn't give up hope.
"No mater how bad you think things can be, keep your hope and faith. Keep looking, they're out there."
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Chillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
The reputation of Stephen A. Wise, the most distinguished American Jewish leader of that time and a devout FDR loyalist, has suffered greatly in recent decades as later generations carefully examined his refusal to speak out during the Holocaust. But say what you will about Wise, and many serious historians have been harshly critical of him, it is impossible to imagine him joking with Roosevelt about what was going on in Hitler's Europe or musing airily about their catastrophic fate as Kissinger did about the Jews in Soviet Russia.
Whatever Kissinger's motivation in making his remarks about "gas chambers" might have been, even the most sympathetic interpretation that can be imagined reveals him as a toady seeking Nixon's approval and looking to establish himself as a Jew who wouldn't speak up for other Jews, even if their lives were at stake.
The foreign-policy attitudes illustrated by Kissinger's remarks should be held up to scorn whenever they are trotted out by apologists for American support for tyrannical regimes, be they Arab despotisms or the Communists who rule China.
And Kissinger's dishonorable indifference to the suffering of fellow Jews should stand forever as an example to be avoided at all costs by those Jews who seek or attain power in our democracy.
Jonathan Tobin is executive editor of Commentary magazine. This column originally appeared on Commentary's "Contentions" blog.
About the Author: Jonathan S. Tobin is senior online editor of Commentary magazine with responsibility for managing the editorial content of its Contentions website – as well as serving as chief politics blogger.
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France 2 and Enderlin must have their press accreditation revoked and be thrown out of Israel.
Slaughter is a routine, widespread practice among many Moslem families.
parently an affront to J Street's worldview, the focus of which appears to be the creation of a Palestinian State, whether or not that will bring peace.
The importance of the caucus on organ harvesting in China, sponsored recently by the Liberal Lobby in the Knesset, cannot be exaggerated.
My mother, the eldest daughter of Reb Yaakov Kamenetsky, zt"l, was niftar last month at the age of 92. She took her last breath in her home in Efrat, Israel, next door to the shul that was my father's for 24 years before his passing in 2007.
It comes down to his being famous.
Following the Boston Marathon bombing, one crucial point will likely remain overlooked. The most loathsome aspect of this or any other terror bombing attack on civilians will always lie in the inexpressibility of physical pain. While all decent people will abhor the idea of bombs expressly directed at the innocent, whether here or in other countries, none will ever be able to process the very deepest horrors of what has been inflicted.
It's only natural to see increasing evidence of Jerusalem's glorious Jewish past being unearthed, quite literally, under modern Israeli sovereignty. The new archaeological finds are also very timely – as the Arab onslaught attempting to detach Jerusalem from its Jewish roots gains steam, the facts on the ground, or "under" the ground, show quite otherwise.
The Talmud (Berachot 26b) says, "tefillot avot tiknum" – "prayer was established by the avot." The Talmud then uses the following verse (Bereshit 19:27) to prove how Avraham established prayer: "Vayaskem Avraham baboker el hamakom asher amad sham et pnei Hashem" – "And Avraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before God."
Nearly 13 years ago, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak journeyed to Camp David to end the conflict with the Palestinians. With the approval of President Clinton, he offered Yasir Arafat an independent Palestinian state in almost all of the West Bank, Gaza and in part of Jerusalem. Arafat said no.
The news that the Internal Revenue Service unfairly targeted conservative groups has brought renewed spotlight on a 2010 lawsuit filed by the pro-Israel group Z Street, which alleges it was also singled out by the IRS when applying for tax-exempt status.
In an editorial last week ("Circling the Wagons") we noted the efforts by the administration and its supporters to dismiss allegations that the government's spin on the Benghazi attack was designed to shield the president and that the IRS was improperly used to stifle opposition to Mr. Obama's reelection.
As the controversies besetting the Obama administration continue to grow in number and intensity, the prospect that President Obama would seriously consider military action against Iran, should that country continue its drive to become a nuclear power, becomes more and more remote. So we welcome the current enhancement of sanctions against Iran on the federal and New York State levels.
To his parents' friends, he was "Mrs. Greenberg's disgrace," but to sports fans he is one of the greatest – if not the greatest – Jewish baseball players of all time. Long before Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg excited Jewish sports fans with his prowess on the baseball diamond.
Nearly 13 years ago, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak journeyed to Camp David to end the conflict with the Palestinians. With the approval of President Clinton, he offered Yasir Arafat an independent Palestinian state in almost all of the West Bank, Gaza and in part of Jerusalem. Arafat said no.
Freedom House recently released its annual report on press freedom throughout the world at an event sponsored by the Newseum in Washington. But along with the usual and appropriate condemnations of dictatorships and totalitarian states, the group decided to slam the one democracy in the Middle East as well as one of the few states in the region where press freedom actually exists: Israel.
We don't normally pay much attention to what is published in Tikkun magazine, let alone what its editor Michael Lerner disseminates through his e-mail list. But occasionally Lerner's tirades shine a light on the positions of the far left that illustrate exactly where some of Israel's critics stand in a way that makes clear how they have made common cause with those who seek the Jewish state's destruction.
The Al Jazeera television network has become a dominant force in Middle East communications as well as an expanding influence elsewhere, but up until now it has had trouble breaking through in the United States with a little watched English channel that is not widely available.
Israelis know that neither Fatah in the West Bank nor Hamas in Gaza will ever recognize Israel's legitimacy no matter where its borders are drawn
The conventional wisdom about the Israeli government's decision to allow new building projects in Jerusalem in the E1 area between the city and the Ma'ale Adumim suburb is that it was a blunder.
For most of the past two years, if not the past four, many conservatives and Republicans assumed that Barack Obama could not be reelected. A poor economy, an unpopular liberal agenda shoved down the throat of the country, and a largely uninspiring presidential leadership style combined to create a widespread belief on the right that the 2012 election would be a lay-up for them.
The morning after last week's vice presidential debate, Democrats were delighted. Vice President Joe Biden's obnoxious display was exactly what was needed to cheer them up after a week of morose speculation about why President Obama was so passive and uninspired during the first presidential debate with Mitt Romney.
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We're getting so close to the #1 spot on our countdown, we can almost smell it! Mmm... But for now we're still counting down more of the country's best places to chow down. Numbers 40-21 are chock full of ...
Go to Episode21. Eagle's Deli
Eagle's Deli boasts the tallest burger challenges. Their Eagle's Challenge Burger is a 5-lb. skyscraper made up of 10 burger patties 20 slices of cheese and 20 bacon strips.
1918 Beacon St., Brighton, MA 02135
22. Lafayette Coney Island & American Coney Island
We settle an age-old debate in the Motor City over who has the best Detroit-style chilidog -- Lafayette or American. It's the clash of the Coney dogs!
118 & 114 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit, MI 48226
23. El Tepeyac Cafe
We head to El Tepeyac for an authentic taste of Mexico in the form of a giant 4-lb. burrito called the Manuel Special, a 2-tortilla burrito overflowing with their famous, chunky chili verde.
812 N Evergreen Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
24. Charles Vergo's Rendezvous
In a town famous for ribs, Rendezvous is a legend. Their ribs are covered in a unique Greek-inspired dry rub slow-cooked over charcoal until they are tender and succulent.
52 S. Second St., Memphis, TN 38103
25. Acme Oyster House
Whether they're raw, char-grilled, fried, put in a soup or piled high on a po'boy, Acme Oyster House is the best place for oysters in The Big Easy.
724 Iberville St., New Orleans, LA 70130
26. Beth's Cafe
We travel to Beth's Cafe in Seattle to take on the infamous 12-egg omelet challenge.
7311 Aurora Ave. N, Seattle, WA 98103-5356
27. Heart Attack Grill
We find a completely unique experience in Tucson -- a hospital-clinic-themed restaurant where the prescription to happiness is a big, greasy burger and all-you-can-eat fries cooked in lard!
6185 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler, AZ 85226
28. Ben's Chili Bowl
We check out DC's favorite, meaty chilidog at Ben's Chili Bowl.
1213 U St. NW, Washington, DC 20009