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After falling behind early in the third quarter, Missouri scored 27 of the final 30 points to knock off Arkansas State, 41-19.
James Franklin led the Tigers (4-0) to four straight touchdown drives, completing 20-of-29 passes for 255 yards and three scores and rushing for another touchdown.
Dorial Green-Beckham had four catches for 95 yards and two touchdown catches, and�L'Damian Washington added a score and 67 yards on six catches.
Missouri also ran for 239 yards on only 28 carries, with�Russell Hansbrough (eight for 96) leading the way.
The Tigers racked up 495 yards of total offense.
Adam Kennedy�completed 37-of-46 passes for 308 yards, a touchdown and an interception for Arkansas State (2-3), with�J.D. McKissic�catching 15 for 117 yards and�Julian Jones putting up 136 yards and a score on 10 catches.
Andrew Wilson�had a career-high 17 tackles for Missouri and the Tigers recorded five sacks after coming into the game with only three over the first three contests.
E.J. Gaines also picked off his third pass of the year.
Fourth Quarter
2:56 to go -- MU 41, ASU 19:�Four straight touchdown drives and this thing's in the deep freeze.
An�E.J. Gaines�interception -- his third on the year, the team's 10th, with an assist from a�Harold Brantley deflection -- set up the Tigers at the Red Wolves' 21-yard line, and�James Franklin made it count with a 5-yard TD to�Dorial Green-Beckham�three plays later.
Done city, y'all.
5:06 to go -- MU 34, ASU 19:�This is looking eerily Toledo-esque.
James Franklin�is straight putting this team on his back.
He just finished off another Tiger touchdown drive with a 9-yard run in which he ran right, looked like he was bottled up, stopped on a dime, reversed field and ran it in.
Franklin's got 283 yards of total offense on the night, and 159 of those have come on the Tigers' past three scoring drives.
This dude is the offense. He is the key in the ignition.
7:31 to go -- MU 27, ASU 19:�Brian Davis knocks in a 33-yard field goal to move Arkansas State closer -- his fourth on the night -- but it comes at the end of a 6-minute drive when the Red Wolves don't really have the luxury of bleeding clock.
And it was a field goal.
Arkansas State is up to 426 yards and doing a lot of movement between the 20s, but Missouri has been up to the challenge in the red zone.
Part of that has to do with some curious play-calling. Like, going away from what's been working all night to try inside handoffs and stuff.
Still, puts a little pressure on Missouri.
13:25 to go -- MU 27, ASU 16:�Another long drive and more great stuff from�James Franklin.
Oh, and�Henry Josey.
Josey got the drive going with a 45-yard run off right tackle. He finished it with a 1-yard touchdown run on a speed option from Franklin.
Franklin coming up big when it matters again, going 8-of-11 for 85 yards passing and running twice for 22 on the past two Missouri drives, which covered 181 total yards.
That's doing work.
Third Quarter
3:39 to go -- MU 20, ASU 16:�Well, Missouri had an answer.
The Tigers went 94 yards on nine plays for a score, ending on a 5-yard touchdown pass from�James Franklin to�L'Damian Washington.
Washington was also on the other end of the Tigers' first third-down conversion of the game, hauling in a 13-yard gain on a third-and-4 and keeping the drive alive.
Franklin also scrambled for 18 yards on the play, and leveled some blows along the way.�
Missouri's defense is tightening up, too. Two straight punts for the Red Wolves.
10:14 to go -- ASU 16, MU 14:�Another field goal from�Brian Davis, this time from 44, puts the Red Wolves back ahead.
Arkansas State is moving the ball bit by bit. Lots of little dinks and dunks that are still working underneath against the Tigers' soft zone.
Missouri just went three-and-out again -- ending on a�James Franklin sack -- and is being outpossessed 24:17-10:29.
All signs pointing the wrong way for the Tigers.
So...that could have ended a whole lot worse for Missouri.
Arkansas State started at its own 3-yard line and proceeded to obliterate the Missouri defense down the field.�
The Red Wolves had a first-and-Goal at the 2, and tried two straight runs up the middle...where they had had absolutely no success the whole game.
Those didn't work. Then they tried a pass on third down -- sans timeouts -- and�Markus Golden blew it up coming in basically unblocked.�Adam Kennedy�got it out to�David Oku, but for a huge loss and the clock ran out.
So Missouri still has the lead, but could very easily be down right now.
The defense gave up 285 yards on 52 plays to a team that had 255 yards against Memphis last week.
Let's reiterate. 255 yards. Memphis.
Missouri has been ghastly tackling on the edges. Arkansas State's speedy, dreadlocked duo of receivers�Julian Jones and�J.D. McKissic has combined for 230 yards on 20 touches.
Kennedy is 21-of-24 for 190 yards.
Missouri's offense has looked good...but it's barely had the ball.
The Tigers possessed it for only 9:12 in the first half -- leaving 20:48 for Arkansas State -- and ran only 25 plays for 231 yards.
James Franklin is 9-of-13 for 127 yards, with a couple of overthrows like last week.
The Tigers have run 11 times for 103 yards.
So, if Missouri can keep the ball, it looks like it can score some points.
That has been problematic, however.
And Arkansas State gets it to start the second half.
Second Quarter
5:20 to go -- MU 14, ASU 13: E.J. Gaines�might want to forget about that drive.
Because�Julian Jones�did some pretty mean things to him.
First, Jones hauled in a 20-yard deep out from�Adam Kennedy�on a 3rd-and-12.
Then, Jones hauled in a 17-yard touchdown on a fade route right over Gaines' back.
Gaines never looked back for it. Jones made a great catch. Arkansas State is getting everything in the pass and outside the tackles running.
Nothing happening in the middle.
11:57 to go -- MU 14, ASU 6:�That play-action bomb from�James Franklin to�Dorial Green-Beckham appears to be working pretty well this year.
They've hit on a long on in three of four games now.
This version was a 68-yard post in which Green-Beckham left two defenders behind and basically strolled to the end zone.
Arkansas State's defense is...less than airtight.
First Quarter
2:00 to go -- MU 7, ASU 6:�Well, that escalated quickly.
Missouri ran three times on its first two drives, then decided to run five straight times on this one.
Russell Hansbrough started with a 42-yard gain down the visitor sideline.�Marcus Murphy�ended it with an 8-yard touchdown run on a speed option.
5 plays, 75 yards, way easy. An answer when Missouri needed one.
3:35 to go -- ASU 6, MU 0:�Two home games in a row, and a Missouri player has been ejected for targeting.
It's�Randy Ponder this time, going high on a defenseless�J.D. McKissic. Or so the call was.
I don't know, guys.
Anyway, Ponder's gone the rest of the game and�true freshman�Aarion Penton is in.
McKissic has been tough to corral for Missouri so far, slipping tackles like it's nothing.
He actually punked Ponder for a big gain on a screen before Ponder delivered the big blow.
And got kicked out.
Drive ended on a 21-yard field goal from�Brian Davis.
10:41 to go -- ASU 3, MU 0:�The Red Wolves strike first on a 41-yard field goal from�Brian Davis.
The big play came on an end-around to wideout�J.D. McKissic, in which he got outside, got good blocking and made like four guys miss.
E.J. Gaines�made a big stop for a 7-yard loss of first down. And�Michael Sam followed with a 7-yard sack on third, but the McKissic run did enough.
If Missouri is not tackling well, Arkansas State has the playmakers to make it hurt.
Missouri looks to run its record to 4-0 on the cusp of SEC play against Sun Belt foe Arkansas State (2-2) at a soggy Faurot Field tonight.
Stay tuned to this post for updates before�and during the game.
Defensive tackle�Matt Hoch is dressed out but not going through pre-game drills. If you'll remember, he was in full red and had a boot on his left foot at Tuesday's practice.�Lucas Vincent and�Harold Brantley are going with the ones in pre-game drills. Max Copeland, still coming back from his high-ankle sprain, is with the twos behind�Anthony Gatti in pre-game drills. Gatti started for him last week. Henry Josey and�Kony Ealy -- both of whom were in red pullovers Tuesday -- look full-go.
Until then, catch up on our preview coverage from the week:
Esteemed colleague�Ross Dellenger clues you in as to what you should expect from these Arkansas Red Wolves. Highlights from Coach Gary Pinkel's�weekly press conference. Pinkel and�Kony Ealy express support for former Tiger�Aldon Smith, and other notes.
Looking back at the snap counts from the Indiana game, and how it fits into the complete season picture. Tigers' left guard picture in a little bit of flux with Copeland's status uncertain.
Dellenger back, with a story on how James Franklin�has learned to roll with the punches. Along with a blog post of facts and figures to back up that assertion. And a Q and A with Missouri plant sciences professor�Brad Fresenburg about the Faurot Field turf, and how hot it can get in early season games.
Franklin looks to his�main three receiving options (Dorial Green-Beckham,�Marcus Lucas and�L'Damian Washington) equally on first downs, but skews more toward Green-Beckham on second and Lucas on third.
Dave Steckel�pulled out some wrinkles in the win over Indiana. Could it be a sign of things to come for the Tiger defense? Relive our weekly live chat.�Ralph Waldo Emerson makes an appearance this week.
Ealy keeps his father, his sister and his upbringing close to him every time he takes the field. Bryan Harsin is the Red Wolves' fourth coach in as many years. Dellenger examines what that's meant for the program. Esteemed colleague and boss�Joe Walljasper weighs in with his SEC picks. And check out our pre-game rundown of pertinent information that may -- or very possibly may not -- have something to do with what goes down tonight.


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|All About Eve (1950)
|Monday, 07 February 2011
Magnificent. That is the one word I can finally use to sum up at film. It is not because I have been watching meaningless drivel lately. It is because "All About Eve" is a truly wonderful film. It is classic that makes today's films seem like garbage.
I'm not padding my liking of the film. It did garner 14 Oscar nominations in 1950, and it won six, including Best Picture, Director and Screenplay. Unfortunately, the women of the film got robbed, neither of the leading women winning the Best Actress category. Still, "All About Eve" has everything that a film needs, something that really doesn't come along very often.
"All About Eve" is a deep and engaging story about the aging of women in theater (a stand in for Hollywood) and the trend for younger actresses to take their place in contrast to actors in Hollywood. More and more roles are written for women in the twenties. As a woman approaches the forties they begin to be left out of the scene. Taking the film another level deeper is the examination of what a woman is once she is done in entertainment. What becomes of an actress when she is no longer an actress?
Margo Channing (Bette Davis) is that aging woman of the theater. She is uptight and always twisting the words and intentions of friends in order to reinforce her belief that she is no longer wanted in entertainment. She has a terrific boyfriend and great friends. She is the lead in a New York Broadway play. Her show is sold out night after night. Still, she feels as if her time is about up.
Throwing gasoline on the fire is the appearance of Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). She is a woman in her twenties. She is modest, soft-spoken and very beautiful. After showing her interest in theater she is invited backstage to meet Miss Channing. Her story of woe tugs at the heartstrings of Margo and her friends. Margo takes in this homeless stranger and makes her an assistant. Eve is diligent, to say the least. Eventually her attentiveness to Margo makes Margo uncomfortable. She begins to read into Eve's actions, and probably with good reason, but Margo chooses the wrong reasons.
The most famous quote from the film, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night," arrives in the pinnacle of the film. As Margo hosts a birthday party for Bill, her boyfriend, she becomes jealous of the time Bill is spending with Eve, furthering her belief in that her time is over in entertainment.
Eve progresses in her work, eventually finding herself Margo's understudy and impressing the writers and directors of the theater. Again, this continues to push Margo over the cliff. Eve's behavior drives a wedge between Margo and Bill and her friends. It becomes clear of Eve's intentions. I won't unravel all the twists for you. However, I highly recommend you see this film.
The writing and directing of the film is impeccable. It is nothing short of genius. Joseph L. Mankiewicz had quite a distinguished career, but none were so bold as "All About Eve," with perhaps the exception of "Cleopatra." But no matter how wonderful his screenplay was from the start, nothing can best the performances given by Bette Davis and Anne Baxter. They both deserved Oscar wins for their performances. Alas, they must settle with simply knowing that fans were enthralled. Also, let's not forget, "All About Eve" is one of Marilyn Monroe's earlier films. While it is a small part, it is differently one that garnered her much attention.
I have always been an Anne Baxter fan. Growing up I would stay awake as long as I could on Easter Sunday to watch her in "The Ten Commandments." While I loved that performance, Baxter's best truly shows in "All About Eve." She alone is worth the price of this disc. So, when you add all the elements together, it is a no brainer that this is a must own film.
"All About Eve" comes with a flawless video transfer. There may be a minor issue her or there, but the restoration of this classic is as good as it gets. As a black and white film it is important for the contrast and black levels to be impeccable. Thankfully, they are. The contrast levels lead to a prominent and nicely delineated gray scale. The whites are vibrant but not overblown, and the blacks are deep and rich, without crushing. The details are spectacular, leading to the discoveries about the set that you have never seen before. During the production there was a lot of diffuse lighting used so close ups are not as detailed as they are today. Marilyn Monroe shows this soft glow feature extremely well. This is not a heavily dramatic visual piece, however, the original production is conveyed with spot on accuracy. And lastly, the noise reduction is not excessive and never rears its ugly head. This is a marvelous transfer.
In 1950 the film won for Best Sound Recording. By today's standards the film doesn't sound all that terrific. However, when you consider the technology of the late 1940s and early 1950s, this is a terrific transfer. There is plenty of background noise in the track, however, this is much preferred to the drop outs and birdies that are caused by excessive noise reduction. Of course the original audio was in mono. The Blu-ray comes with a DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio track. However, do not fear the expanded audio track. The rear channels only serve to expand the music score slightly. You will be hard pressed to really tell there are any surround channels. The stereo separation in the front channels is limited. Most of the sound is anchored to the center channel, which should make purists happy. The dialogue is crisp and clear. The frequency is better than I expected. It doesn't take on the comb filtered or tinny quality that you find in most restored classic films. This lossless audio mix is superior to any of the previous releases of the film.
"All About Eve" comes in a digibook edition, with a hardback book type case. There are 24 pages in the book with quite interesting biographies. The disc is housed in the rear of the book much in the way that the "Alien Anthology" holds the discs.
The film comes to Blu-ray with the same bonus materials present on past releases of the film. While there is nothing new, this is a great amount of information contained within. There are two audio commentary tracks. One track is with Sam Staggs, the author of the definitive book on "All About Eve." The second track is with actor Celeste Holm, Mankiewicz's son, and Ken Geist (Joseph L. Mankiewicz's biographer). Both tracks are informative and worth a listen.
"Directed By Joseph L. Mankiewicz" is a discussion on the filmmaker's career. "The Real Eve" is a discussion on the real story that inspired this screenplay. "Joseph L. Mankiewicz: A Personal Journey" is another biography on the filmmaker. "The Secret Of Sarah Siddons" examines the real Siddons Society. "AMC Backstory: All About Eve" is a making-of the film AMC style. "Fox Movietone News" is a collection of vintage newsreels. "Vintage Bette Davis Promotion" and "Vintage Anne Baxter Promotion" are like trailers of sorts. Lastly, there is an isolated score track in 5.1.
It goes without saying that "All About Eve" is a must own. The film is a classic, the performances are terrific and the audio/video restoration on this Blu-ray is unparalleled.


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However much you love your mutt, it's not nice having to clean up after it. With a little plastic bag keeping you mere microns from fully coming into contact with its rear-end waste, you've still got to come to terms with that squishy, smelly mess between your fingers.
Getting away with leaving your doggy's doo-doo behind is about to get significantly more difficult for dog owners in East London however, as DNA testing is being introduced to identify which poop belongs to which animal and, by extension, helping to track down the owners responsible.
Fittingly kicking off in Barking and Dagenham, the system requires a specific parameter to be met before it can be effective. Firstly, the offending dog has to be DNA registered, which few pooches are. It's simple bio-data to capture, simply needing a swab from inside the dog's mouth to be collected. Council chiefs are hoping that DNA records will be rolled in as part of the legal requirement to have all dogs microchipped by 2016 however, which is when the pilot scheme is expected to start.
If it all sounds a bit extreme, a quick look at the numbers soon explains the council's reasoning. The town hall currently has to put aside £2.3 million a year to clean up dog mess, while offending owners that are caught are worth £80 in fines. Considering comparable efforts in the US have seen dog mess reduced by as much as 90 per cent, it's not as outlandish as it seems. You'll be able to walk with your head held high, safe in the knowledge that your fresh white trainers will remain unsoiled. [Standard]
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Signing up with a drug rehab is potentially the best thing you'll do. Live right and register, therefore leaving behind the deepest darkest times of your entire life. Drugs aren't worth the effort. You can improve with a treatment and care, which you'll get after joining a drug rehab center. Don't put it off – select the proper way, today.
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The treatment you get will be various based upon the drug you are addicted to. But no matter what your drug is, you have to make certain you are working hard to keep away from it. Often it is required to move far in order to beat the dependency that you are experiencing. When they move, many have found that treatment is up to three hundred times more effective.
If for some reason, you had to take a long break, attempt to start all over. So, if you were utilized to walking for 45 minutes a day, thrice a week and you needed to break off from this routine, don't attempt to stroll for 45 minutes when you restart. Begin with a 20 minutes walk then gradually construct it up. This once again, is something that works from my own experience.
Inpatient Drug Rehab Dual Diagnosis
Drug or Alcohol Rehabilitation: In a lot of cases it has actually been seen that the culprit is addicted to drug or alcohol. , if the offense is a result of this addiction prison time will probably do no good to you.. Because case you may be sent out to the drug or alcohol inpatient rehabilitation centers instead of prison.
Then you'll discover how to enhance your lifestyle through behavioral adjustments. All the discomfort and suffering you sustained will be highlighted and dealt with. This procedure will set you up for exactly what's being available in your future and will assist you grow while in drug rehab.
Take an active role in learning all the costs included, whether or not you have insurance coverage for teenager inpatient drug rehab or not. Understanding all the costs helps you make informed contrasts between one center and another. Also, it will assist you much better comprehend what is most likely to be covered by insurance coverage and/or Medicaid. Likewise, know that some programs facilitate your getting aid that will cover the distinction in between what is covered by insurance coverage and exactly what is not. So ask about exactly what is offered in the method of financial assistance.
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July Sixth this year there was a hearing and the judge declared that Lohan did breach her parole and she needed to serve 90 days in prison. The judge also bought her to do 90 days in an inpatient rehab program. Lindsay Lohan served just 2 Week in prison in late July and she was right away required to a UCLA program where she invested just 23 days. She was bought to submit to random drug screening – once again.
Nevertheless, when alcohol and drug abuse has already taken its toll on your kid, it's time you take action to remedy things. You can start by knowing the cause of the matter. You have to understand why the kid turned to alcohol and drugs. Understanding their factors can help you talk them into taking the best steps for them to recover from their addiction.
In Conclusion
Everyone has his/her own personal all-time low, and, sadly, sometimes that bottom IS the intense pits of hell. Hope they decide to connect and touch faith by discovering their own individual Jesus before they hit that everlasting bottom. He will offer them peace, tranquility, hope and strength to sustain lasting healing. You can count of it!


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Episode 20 | Skepticism... sort of
00:00:00 - Just in case you don't remember who the Paleopals are they introduce themselves and introduce their drinks too! Patrick claims to have found a hard to find beer, Ryan has over-thought things again, Ben (who now has a bio!) represents the non-alcoholics and Charlie's drink is a surprise!
00:05:28 - Dr. Steve Novella of the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe stops by for a chat. A long chat. But it's all golden as Steve walks the Paleopals down the short road between SCIENCE and skepticism.
- In the interview we mention Episode 51 of the SGU (even though Ryan thought it was 53) and this online debate. Check them both out at the embedded links, totally worth your time.
00:54:13 - Terribly Happy is a movie not many will likely be able to see or even want to see but it ties in to a later segment of the show and it's all done in foreign talk. Has anyone even been to Dane-land? What's so Great about Danes anyway? Why would you name both a dog and a pastry after them?
01:03:00 - To be prepared for the future you'll need to know how to battle in space and Joseph Shoer is there to tell you how, the Paleopals break down the basics and help you decide what to watch to best give you the specifics. Physics ensues.
01:25:48 - The Odd-Man Out segment makes it's glorious return wherein Ben hasn't done his homework, nor was he supposed to. Charlie and Ryan talk lovingly about the trade paperback of Fell, and Ben does his part playing catch-up. Charlie uses the PaleoWOW: occidental, it may not be scientific, but it's a good one to know.
01:39:41 - The Paleoposse represents in this installment of the PaleoPOW! Reviews are read, questions are answered, goodbyes are said.
Music this week provided by:
Mr. Jones (live) - Counting Crow
Science is Real - They Might Be Giant
Battlestar Scralatchtica - Incubu
The Fallen Interlude - blink-182
Whiskey and Lemonade - Sourgrass <- This is a local band we're friends with, you can't buy the mp3 of this particular song online but you can get their new album, Mint Condition, from Amazon and you should! It's energetic neo-funk and you'll want to say you were into them from back in the day. Do yourself this favor.


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This is such a pretty Wedding! Nicole & Andrew were married on the 4th August at Tocal Homestead, Paterson.
It was a sublime afternoon filled with love and country charm, which means it was a perfect Popcorn Photography Wedding. We love everything cute, quirky and vintage, so we were in heaven.
This is such a gorgeous venue and you really should consider it for an old school wedding. So many great locations for photos and as everything is on site, once there you never have to leave your guests!
I adore these photos and a big thanks to Eric for helping us out once more.
Get ready to "ohh and ahh"
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Theme: Strategies to improve efforts for all students and address disproportionality of Native American students in special education
Topics of discussion:
Defining disproportionality and the identification of Native American Students in special education
History, culture and language and the impact on student achievement
School climate and its effect on student, family and community engagement
Overarching view of American Indian student achievement in Wisconsin and the use of data to improve results for students
"Continuing the work" - useful and helpful resources
Intended Audience: We strongly encourage districts to send teams of 4-5; Teams may include: Equity Leadership Team members, District/building administrators, Special education directors and teachers, Title VII/Johnson O'Malley/Home-School Coordinators, and Classroom teachers
Presented by: David O'Connor, Dept. of Public Instruction (DPI) American Indian Studies Consultant
8:30-9:00 Registration and continental breakfast
9:00-3:00 Meeting (lunch is provided)
*Each participant will receive a copy of "Everything You Wanted to Know About American Indians But Were Afraid to Ask" by Dr. Anton Treuer
Location: Flat Creek Inn, Hayward, WI; 715-634-4100
These networking meetings specifically address WI State Performance Plan (SPP), Indicators 4B, 9 & 10
Online Registration: http://goo.gl/799MFQ
To view the event flyer click here: http://goo.gl/hRleqK
Regional events will be followed-up with 2-3 opportunities for discussions using the text "Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask" by Anton Truer
SAVE THE DATE! Day-long event with Anton Truer, March 19th, 2015 - Wausau, WI


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On 14 December 2018, an exhibition of Michelangelo's Crouching Boy from the collection of the State Hermitage opened at the exhibition centre of the Fondazione Alda Fendi in Rome. The sculpture, which is one of the prides of the Hermitage, will be on show in the Palazzo Velabro until 10 March 2019. The display is supplemented by some of Michelangelo's graphic works.
Catherine II acquired The Crouching Boy in 1784 and it is the only work by the great sculptor to be kept in Russia.
"This work is a little forgotten because it is far from Italy," noted Sergei Olegovich Androsov, head of the State Hermitage's Department of Western European Fine Art and curator of the exhibition, "but it is very important for an understanding of Michelangelo's expressive and tragic power."
Alda Fendi, the president of the foundation, said: "I am pleased to be next to the Michelangelo statue that has come from Russia, a land of great knowledge. We are grateful to the Hermitage for the decision to bring this sculpture to Rome. I have always striven to disseminate culture and I am proud that we have managed to organize this exhibition in Rome."
The exhibition-dedication to the genius of Michelangelo has been organized by the State Hermitage and the Fondazione Alda Fendi with the support of the Hermitage–Italy Foundation.


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Easy exercises and some weight loss tips [especially for the festive season! JJ ]
Forget grueling diets and punishing exercise regimes!! These simple lifestyle changes will get you trim and toned for the party season and the Ney Year ahead J
Personally, I try to go to the gym at least 3-4 times a week and diet-wise, I'm vegetarian , so I try to cut back on white bread and sweets!
Here are 5 simple exercises that easily slot into your daily routine (a couple of them can also be done on your office chair during lunch break!!)
- Bedside tummy trimmer
Lie on your back with your knees bent. Place your hands behind your head. Lift head, neck and the top of the shoulder blades off the ground, with your chest curling in towards the stomach. Hold the lift for a count of 50, while you breathe deeply.
Once you get to 50, slowly release back down. Repeat the exercise 2 more times. As you get stronger, squeeze the abdominals even harder during the 50 count hold.
- At-your-desk-toner
Sit on a chair with your back straight. Squeeze your glutes as hard as you can – imagine you want to press yourself up to the ceiling by squeezing hard. Hehe sounds funny! Anyways, hold the squeeze for a count of 3and release.Repeat the exercise 20-30 times. As the muscles start getting firmer, you'll feel more of a lifty in the muscle when squeezing and that's a very good sign, no? Haha!
- Lunch-break thigh presses
Stand behind a chair, hands resting on the back of the chair for support. Lift your heels high of the ground In front of you, then turn feet out (by the side), bringing the heels together whilst maintaining the lift (they should look like a small V).Now bend your knees so that you lower yourself down 3-5 inches and then lift yourself back to starting position. You'll feel the exercise in the thighs. Repeat the move 25-50 times. Bring it on!
- Night, Night bingo wings!!
Stand up, awing your arms behind your back as high as you can. Hold them in that lift. Now straighten the arms (still behind you) and turn the palm upwards facing each other. Start pulsing the arms in and out – as if you want the thumbs to touch each other) in a 1 inch motion 150 times.
- Telly-time arm toner
Extend both arms out to the side at shoulder level. Turn palms towards the back wall and then move the arms further back so they're slightly behind shoulder level. Start pulsing the arms back and forth in a 1 inch motion 100-150 times. The exercise works the upper arms and shoulders and you'll start to see results in just a week apparently. . Awesome!!
When I'm at the gym, I start by doing 10 minutes on the bike and 20 minutes on the treadmill. Then, I go on the mats and do this awesome Tracey Anderson (trains Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakira, Kim Kardashian and others) abs workout … I only do till 4:53. I've learnt them by heart! I highly suggest trying out her videos… they're so good. .
Now off to the 10 ways to weight loss:
- Avoid white carbs and processed food. Eat food in it's natural form; brown rice, brown pasta and brown bread and loads of veggies!!
- Get more sleep. When the body is sleep deprived , it produces a hormone called ghrelin, which stimulates appetite . . not good!! It also produces less of a hormone called leptin, which suppresses appetite! That's why we snack more when we are tired. So get some proper shut-eye girls!
- Have fun with your friends. Sounds unrealistic? As not all body fat is equal – some actually helps you burn calories rather than store them. It's believed that being sociable, triggers the release of a brain chemical that can increase the body's level of energy-burning fat. Hmm .. good to know!
- Drink up! Drink at least 1.5-2 litres of water a day (more if you exercise). Green Tea is good as well – full of anti-oxidants.
- Eat more sugar . GOOD sugar, that is! When our blood sugar drops, we lose our ability to control desire and go for the wrong foods. Try low GI snacks like blueberries and nuts. I love baby carrots dipped in hommous!! I also love pumpkin seeds.
- Read food labels. I always read the labels and choose products with less salt and fat plus to see if there are any animal products.
- Switch hands. I've just read about this last week. If you struggle to resist snacking, eat with your non-dominant hand (for me, the left hand). If we have a habit of eating food in a certain way, we will persist regardless of our appetite or how good it tastes. Consciously switching hands disrupts your behaviour and brings your attention to what you're eating.Interesting . . .
- Choose your lunch companion wisely. Now I've read about this many times. . . When we dine with men, we eat fewer calories than when we eat with women. What's more, scientists say that eating with skinny friends who have big appetites is worse of all because it encourages us to think we can ea more too. . . L
- Change your shoes. Now this is a good one!! Always go shopping in comfortable shoes! That way you can spend longer on your feet without your legs and back getting tired. All that extra high street traipsing should help you shift the pounds without you even noticing. Yayy JJ
That's all for now! Hope this information helps! Please leave any questions or comments down below
Denise o.b.o The Fabulous Team


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26 May 2006
In the Trenches of the Teaching Seminar
This past week has been busy. Funny, but when I think of summer, I picture lolling about, late hot mornings with Venezuelan coffee and reading for pleasure and preparing bouquets of flowers and taking walks in the forest, waiting on Mr. Gordo to come home from work. At least, that was my summer vision when I lived in the country back at Sadistic College, playing a rather threadbare version of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, except without a floppy hat. Here on my own until the end of June in Cold City, the end of the year and commencement of summer so far has been about work, not so intense as during the academic year but pressing enough to feel strange, a bit dislocating as the temperatures rise and the sultry humid air settles over our fair city. Wool gives way to linen, shoes to sandals, "moisturising" to "refreshing" body washes. The very space of experience is different as well: gone are the forests that surrounded our cottage with its babbling brook in the distance (literally), the wasp's nest hanging in the tree, the deer in the backyard, the cardinal aloft from the branch.
Now in my little garret I see the side of the next apartment building over, which on some occasions offers interesting views, but only very rarely. More often than not all one can really see are the ragged urban squirrels click-clacking up and down the side of a very sad looking oak, with the urban soundtrack of distant sirens, and the roar of planes above, perhaps the rattle of bottles and cans falling into the recycling bin out back.
The one sensual pleasure that figures prominently is getting out of class at night and driving home along the interstate, the window down and radio loud, the lush air rolling over my face as I negotiate the freeway like a woman from a Cars album cover, all lascivious desire at the power of the engine, lighting a cigarette, changing lanes, sipping a Tab, and adjusting the volume on the IPod simultaneously. The immediate recovery of my pastoral bucolia is nigh impossible, for at the end of the session I shall be joining Mr. Gordo in hot, humid, ugly Big Eastern City (which, natch, he adores: his American dream) for a shared seven-week stint in a mid-size studio apartment on a loud boulevard, with pot smokers in the foyer and a pathetic air conditioner too small to adequately chill the space to my desired temperature of Nunavut. Let's hope in this instance that Love indeed can conquer all. I guess another way to put it would be that some men are brave.
I am currently teaching a summer course with a lovely group of bright students who are invested in the topic and interested and talkative (!), in a beautiful modern classroom with a view of the skyline, which every session features the most amazing sunset to compliment our conversations. For the last few weeks I have also been participating in a faculty seminar on teaching, specifically concerning the question of difference in the classroom. When I went into this I was figuring, perhaps somewhat naively, that I would have little to learn. Very shortly I was disabused of this quaint notion, which perhaps even in its origin was too simplistic. In other words, I really should have known better, but sometimes I think the motto "Hope Springs Eternal" is tattooed on my forehead.
By this I mean that I always go into these things thinking the best of people, that my colleagues will be open and participatory and interested and invested in creating a learning community. Why I should persist in this thinking after my sentimental education at Sadistic College gives me pause: is this freshness of the ingénue tantalising in its possibilities or hopelessly pathetic? In any event, this optimistic approach is the millstone around my neck that I just cannot seem to shake, and it can at times be a real drag.
Now, any milieu that features discussions on the holy trinity of difference (race, gender, class) as well as a host of other conditions (sexuality, disability, religion) is sure to spark, um, strong feelings. Not the least of which is because these sorts of seminars have a somewhat bad reputation for being doctrinaire and simplistic, even among (or perhaps especially) the liberal faculty who take them. Our sessions are not mandatory, but participants do receive a small stipend for their participation, so there is a consensual element to the proceedings.
In any event, an incident in the seminar upset me greatly, and seemed to detail a number of problems not only with thinking through difference in our teaching but also difference among the professoriate. In short, the apex (or perhaps nadir) of our seminar sessions was a heated discussion of a recent racial controversy on campus. Many of the students involved in this controversy were actually enrolled in various classes of mine, and a number of them approached me: What should we do? How should we respond? How should we deal with our feelings of anger? (Although this wasn't usually stated so eloquently, for more often my students wanted to literally go find the offending party and whup their ass: "We're trying to find out where [offending party] lives.")
As a faculty of colour, this is obviously not my first time in proximity to a campus racial controversy, nor the strong emotions that tend to accompany them, and I urged my students to craft, along with their feelings of anger and rage, an intellectual response to this conundrum. The reasons as to why I would respond thusly are manifold, and both personal and professional. One clearly is that physical violence has no place in a learning environment, which dovetails with my own experience with physical violence in my family, as well as the constant threat of heteronormative violence on the street and in public places. Violence, in my experience, comes looking for you, so why bother going out and finding it. Another is that emotional and rash reactions of this sort, as well as the pure emotive hair-pulling performed in invariably endless meetings, conforms to the vicious stereotypes of people of colour as incapable of intellectual and reasoned response. And this was a controversial moment that could support a pointed intellectual deconstruction (the campus controversy in question was grounded in a discursive racist moment, and was not physical, e.g. recent incidents at Duke).
Even as I say this, I realise from experience that while racist discursive moments may be dismissed as purely emotive ("Students of colour are upset"), they are also often simultaneously physical as well, in terms of students feeling threatened, or vulnerable, or feeling sick, or feeling angry. The point of my advice to my students (advice being key; they were of course free to follow or disregard my thoughts on the matter. Clever, yes, but Svengali I'm not) was to connect my students with their budding intellectual training at Cold City U: if white supremacy is a discursive system that manifests itself in both material and metaphysical ways and is moreover invisible as a system, how do we differentiate the level of risk in confronting it, as well as the level and intensity of response. In other words, how do we craft an intellectual response to the problem of white supremacy as ideology as well as through material action (literal resistance, struggle, protest, self-protection)?
The fact that this incident encapsulates many of the principles of the teaching seminar itself, principally how do we handle and accommodate different stakeholders in the classroom, would purportedly make this a perfect "teachable moment." However, that was not they way it played out. Several white faculty were disturbed by my intellectual response to the campus controversy, and quickly moved to critique it (which of course was not the point of sharing it in the first place; I was not asking for their opinion). One of my immediate colleagues offered a professional critique that was well worded, immediately followed by an older white woman from another division who said, "Yeah, if I was your student and you said that to me [the need to develop an intellectual response], I would want to punch you in the face!"
Boom! All the conversation at this point was moving rapidly towards a false equivocation of my position as "mind" and others as "body/emotion" (which was not what I was saying), with many people chiming in and voices raised and the facilitator looking pained and trying to regain control, but after this last comment about a fist and my face, time stood still a bit for me. I was deeply shocked that a colleague would enunciate an advocacy of violence against another faculty member, much less one complicated by race and sexuality, solely on the basis of cultivating intellectualism in students of colour. Respecting difference, indeed!
Was it a poor choice on her part? Needless to say, yes, however, no apology has been forthcoming, and in fact, several other white faculty voiced their agreement with this woman's statement at the moment ("Yeah!", "Exactly!"), in essence, saying that they believed in fact the correct response of students of colour to this campus controversy was violence, unbridled emotion, reaction, hysteria. Intellectualism was not, for these good white people, the appropriate response to this controversy. However, if the university is not the place for an intellectual response, then indeed where is that place?
We stopped for a break, before which one faculty member of colour astutely observed, "This is why it is hard to discuss race in the classroom." I fled outside to smoke furiously and dial Mr. Gordo on the mobile. I returned, after a somewhat calming conversation, to fume for the rest of the session, and then spend the weekend processing this moment with my closest friends and professional interlocutors. I was unable to articulate my issues with this woman's statement at the moment, to in effect "stop the process," as Prancilla would later observe.
In fact, through the many conversations we had regarding this incident, the one thing that stood out for me is that Miss Prancilla is one of the smartest people I know, as well as how lucky I am to have such interlocutors in my life. We dissected and analysed the moment, attempting to explain as to why, in a seminar devoted to teaching approaches to diversity, a moment like this might happen. Prancilla and I discussed and debated the symbolic value of the incident, which aside from the professional discourtesy of such a statement, had a lot happening that had little to do with me, personally, and much to do with the placement of faculty of colour in the academy (indeed, the violent rhetorical policing of the boundaries for faculty of colour), the debate over race and difference in an institutional context, and intra-institutional and disciplinary differences and struggles over institutional mission and direction, as well as a profound self-loathing contained in the anti-intellectualism of the response. In other words, what is it we are meant to be doing in the classroom for our students? Are we training thinkers or tending to issues of self-esteem? They are of course linked concepts but tend to be placed at opposite ends of the pedagogical spectrum. How do some faculty get construed as caregivers, why, and what happens when they fail to live up to this expectation?
Prancilla trenchantly observed that had I actually said to my students, "Yeah, go kick that white bitch's ass," that would have hardly been the subject of general approbation in the seminar. In fact, then one would have been molding themselves to fit into another stereotype, that of the violent person of colour. But in fact, this is what my white colleagues were implicitly advocating, including that I have my own face punched for daring to challenge students to think, not simply respond viscerally. It was the question of the punition of the professor I found most disturbing, and most compelling. What was at stake in this punishment? Was I being too smart for my own good? Was I being punished for being a professional? Was I being punished for being a bad "mentor"? As my old colleague La Antropóloga put it in an email to me regarding the seminar, "Did she think that by directing the students to think of an intellectual response you were undermining their anger/ passion? That they should be able to express their anger more clearly and directly (like by punching their professor in the face!! -- sounds all too familiar […]), and that an 'intellectual response' was not an effective form of response?" If indeed my white critics in the seminar believe that intellectualism is not an effective response, then what exactly are they doing in their classrooms? They didn't feel the need to share.
Prancilla advocated an intervention in the seminar to address this incident and my own feelings of anger regarding it, to demonstrate some of the profound problems that exist around questions of difference in the institution. I am personally not very receptive to open confrontation in person, but in the end the point was moot. Many in the seminar found the conversational moment awkward or tense, but could not remember the moment enough to articulate a critical position. One co-facilitator heard something different, another was aware of the moment, although was herself engaged in the conversation and unable to properly situate the moment. A Prancilla aphorism, a Prancillaism: "Either there's something to what I'm saying, or I'm crazy. So if you don't think I'm crazy, then there must be something to what I'm saying." And this was the sense I had trying to measure the moment with other seminar participants. This happened, but seemingly was largely invisible to other witnesses, which itself was profoundly disturbing in that no one thought it odd or improper to advocate violence against another faculty member.
In any event, the possibility of a direct confrontation in the context of the seminar was lost when the woman faculty in question dropped out, due to "personal conflicts." Ironic, and perhaps intentional, although I have no desire to pursue her with my rage, which at this point has largely dissipated to reflection and exhaustion. But maybe that is essential to the moment: faculty of colour have to deal with these situations every day (for example, my white critics did not serve as mentors to concerned and angry students of colour), and we are sensitive to the slights and instantaneous verbal productions that other faculty can walk away from, with the primary differential being one of labour: quite simply, we are responsible for a wide variety of work that our white colleagues do not have to do, both on the level of the symbolic as well as the literal. And frankly, that work is exhausting, never ending, and depressing in its regularity, in the expectation that such work will be present in our professional lives forever.
I have written about some of these questions before, but this incident drove me, in true egghead form, back to reading, to ideas, to the page. In particular, to an excellent analytical piece by Patricia Hill Collins called "Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection." Collins' work has been broadly influential in Ethnic Studies, American Studies, Cultural Studies, as well as other disciplinary areas in the humanities that concern themselves most clearly with race in the classroom, both as a topic and as a factor in classroom and institutional dynamics. She writes:
Whether we benefit from it or not, we all live within institutions that reproduce race, class, and gender oppression. Even if we never have any contact with members of other race, class, and gender groups, we all encounter images of these groups and are exposed to the symbolic meanings attached to those images. On this dimension of oppression, our individual biographies vary tremendously. As a result of our institutional and symbolic statuses, all of our choices become political acts (648).
Collins details the three levels of this politics of oppression: the Institutional, the Symbolic, and the Individual. The incident in the teaching seminar encapsulated the weight of this trinity in a nutshell, and the politics associated with the range of meanings therein. Debates within the profession between different disciplinary centres regarding the function of the classroom, especially around vulnerable populations (race, gender in certain fields, sexuality, etc), can be intensely symbolic, but also function on the level of the institution itself (in terms of mission) and the individual (in terms of the duties of individual faculty to these populations or discourses). The false dichotomy between body/emotion and mind is not only sustained by neo-conservative critics of the academy (with their call for standards, i.e. "mind"), but also ironically supported by liberal and radical teaching pedagogies that seek to teach the "whole" student (i.e. "body/emotion"), with the practical application of emotion in the classroom seeming, in the instance of my white faculty critic, to also contain problematic and troubling associations of emotion and race that favour the emotive over the intellectual in the name of empowering the student. In other words, as professors, are we responsible to/for our students' emotive needs, as well as their intellectual ones? Is the classroom about self-esteem? How do we nurture "whole" people? Is that even our job?
We do not live in the jungle gym or the kindergarten (contrary to news from the hallowed halls of Congress). We are constrained in our quotidian lives by a number of rules that by both consensus and coercion we follow. I am a trained humanist with a doctorate, but I am not a psychotherapist. I see my role as guiding my students towards fundamentally intellectual patterns of thought and critique. I, for one, am not ashamed to call myself an intellectual, a thinker, someone who uses their brain, who by choice and training privileges, to a large extent, reason over emotion, even within the realm of the emotional (Mr. Gordo's oft cited critique: "You're intellectualising!"). At the end of our class time together, my students leave the room and walk back into the gloom of a deeply irrational and emotive society that loathes thinking and intellectualism and intellectuals. That mocks us and denigrates our contribution to society, that questions are credentials and our value. Our students arguably are up to their eyeballs in anti-intellectual sentiment. They certainly don't need, in my opinion, that standpoint reified in the context of the classroom. Here, they might be able to achieve a state they cannot easily achieve elsewhere. If we don't believe in the life of the mind, however defined, why are we here then at the university? To change society radically? A decidedly poor choice of venue, in my book, considering how rabidly conservative the Shop is.
This intellectual and pedagogical mission goes double for students of colour, who imbibe almost from birth their implicit unworthiness of intellectual endeavour in a white supremacist society, either through social and economic neglect or being read exclusively as a token if indeed they manage to climb the ladder into institutions of higher education. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. If this incident in the teaching seminar was meant to chastise me for my method, it in fact reasserted the belief that what we need is more intellectualism, more thinking, more methodology, in approaching these complicated situations of the new academy filled with race, difference, tension. A simple retreat into the emotive is simply not enough, for we need to find a way to broach this divide between emotion and intellectualism in ways that honour the ability of students of colour to think critically and empathetically, within and beyond themselves, and have the confidence that they can do it. This goes for the symbolism of faculty of colour as well.
We are creatures of mimesis, we scholars of colour. We have learned the rules of the game, and play them brilliantly. As Collins remarks, "Our ability to survive in hostile settings has hinged on our ability to learn intricate details about the behavior and world view of the powerful and adjust our behavior accordingly" (651). Yet, as Prancilla noted in one of our late night conversations, perhaps sometimes we have learned these lessons too well. Do scholars and faculty of colour hide their anger, disappointment, and terror behind intellectualism? Do we use intellectualism to avoid hard political choices, even as Collins implies that all choices we make are political? Is this why so many faculty of colour feel deeply ambivalent over our talents, our success, our roles in the profession? How do we find our voice in this funhouse of distorted images? Is the "real me" the person who can (or cannot) confront this woman with my rage, my anger? Or is it rather the one who uses the written word, here, to respond? Are there other ways to resist? Or as Mr. Gordo put it to me, "Choose your battles. Is this a battle you wish to fight?" There are, there need to be, myriad ways to fight.
As I have said before, the work of difference within the academy and our society is hard, tendentious, difficult, arduous. It is not easy. There are no "safe spaces," for anybody. We are all implicated, and must all work, on some level, to address these conundrums of difference, for they aren't going away anytime soon. There will be no magical return to the days of Cordovans and twin sets in the university.
One of the reasons I admire the work of Patricia Hill Collins is that she is in fact a pointed critic who manages to rise above simple polemics. She recognises, on fundamental levels, the nature of the struggle we have set before us. She ends her article with a call for us to examine our positions (655). Like most good teachers, this is something I do all the time, as a matter of survival, both as the professor at the head of diverse classrooms as well as a professional academic. But this incident and the teaching seminar as a whole was a moment to reconsider, to craft my own intellectual responses grounded, ironically enough, in the emotive, in the shock of the profound differences between us in form, style, substance, and politics. In essence, to examine once again my own position(s). Academics of colour are constantly examining their positions, however I would only wish that some of our white colleagues, whether conservative or liberal or indeed radical, would do so with the frequency and urgency with which we approach this challenge.
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- App Crit said...
Working at Mediocre U. is like living inside a loaf of Wonder Bread ("I wonder how anything can be so white"). So while our campus lacks the confrontation you describe, there are often "moments of discomfort," when faculty, which is fairly diverse or at least worldly, try to challenge students to reflect critically or to intellectualize their attitudes and reactions to such things. A lot of students look at us as if they want to punch us in our face.
"Whiteness," though is something a lot of (white) people seem unwilling to explore. I don't fully understand it. I myself was never "white" until I moved to this country. I was just X minority with all the exceptional status and dubious attention that came with that. Now here, I'm lumped in with the sort of people who, back home, wouldn't have given me the time of day. And so, while I understand the history of American whiteness, I don't understand the present. But I'm quite sure, as I think you are as well, that as long as no one from within their community asks the questions or begins examining his position, no one will.
A long post gets a long comment ;)
Cheers, Oso.
- Fri May 26, 11:14:00 AM
- GayProf said...
Hail, Amazon Sister!
Wow – Another tough and provocative post. What strikes me the most is the great divide between you and your white woman colleague (for my purposes, let's call her "Tía-Skank").
In the classroom, you have thoughtfully considered and dealt with incidents involving racism (and sexism and homophobia and classism and...). In your own mind, you considered what type of advice would most aide the students' desires for addressing the incident. You did not come to these conclusions lightly. Rather, they are the products of your own experiences, observations, and education. This advice has been considered and reconsidered in your mind more times than the Zapruder film.
Your advice was good, smart, and what makes the most sense. You acted as a true mentor. After all, our Amazon code teaches us that violence should only be resorted to if our life, or the lives of others, is in immediate danger. We should always attempt to use reason and love over physical coercion.
In contrast, Tía-Skank responded with little thought or reflection. She does not seem to speak with either experience or education (and let's be honest, probably students of color never ask her advice (if they even take her classes)).
Instead, she redirected attention away from the real perpetrator of this incident (the racist(s) the students wanted to address) and put it on you (a queer person of color). Tía-Skank stated flat out that you deserved physical punishment. Would she have been so quick to advocated the flogging of a white male colleague? Or a white woman colleague? I think not.
Rather, in her unconscious mind, your body allowed the projection of physical violence. Indeed, she even envisioned herself as administering that violence (What Would Dr. Freud Think?).
Once again, discussions about institutional racism found redirection back to people of color.
Plus, I can't help but wonder if Tía-Skank imagined the visceral, physical response of a student of color was somehow more "authentic." People of color are constantly being told that "keeping it real" involves a repudiation of reason in favor of violence and consumerism. Tía-Skank's reenforced these assumptions that people of color should only operate off of their base emotions.
All I can say is that if we lived closer, I would replace your TaB with a festive cocktail. Or maybe some Xanax.
- Fri May 26, 08:41:00 PM
- bitchphd said...
Actually, I disagree with GayProf. I think that your critic was redirecting attention away from the incident *and* from your thinking about it/advice to the students, onto herself. Specifically, onto *her* emotive reaction to the incident. I don't think it's a question of discussions about institutional racism finding redirection to people of color; I think it's discussions about institutional racism finding redirection back to reassuring white people about their own self-image. In this case (as so often with liberal whites), her self-image as one who sympathizes with--feels for--the "plight" of the students of color. Because, of course, for a lot of white liberals, the problem with racism is how it makes them feel.
That's my reading.
- Sat May 27, 01:39:00 AM
- MJMatos said...
An hello from Coimbra, Portugal.
I have been following you for a while, enjoying thoroughly your reflections as a teacher (and your writing style, a source of aesthetical pleasure in itself). Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience.
- Sat May 27, 07:32:00 AM
- Hilaire said...
I too have been silently loving your thoughtful reflections for a while now. Thank you for sharing your questioning.
And, I wonder if it mightn't be that both bitchphd and GayProf are right. It certainly is a redirection of the question onto the white professor's emotional investments. But I think that occurs *through* the attendant constructions of people of colour, who end up silenced but still profoundly visible, reified.
- Sun May 28, 10:53:00 AM
This is the kind of frustrating incident that simmers in you long after the idiot has forgotten what she has said and done.
I had a similar incident with a student at my university. I showed Anna Deavere Smith's "Twilight, Los Angeles 1992" to a class of first-year students. Near the end of lecture, Sally (not her real name) from a small, mostly white town was visibily upset by what she had seen. She raised her hand and basically wanted to be reassured that police brutality was a thing of the "past." (She was born in 1988.) I lectured on the history of police violence against Latinas and Latinos and provided a few examples of recent cases of police brutality in our state.
After class, I had an email from an angry white woman, Liz, who said that I had intellectualized the entire issue. I should have screamed at this student, blasting her for her ignorance and blindness to issues of racial justice. She implied that I, a Latino professor, was a sellout.
I simply replied that I did not believe screaming at a student and mocking her lack of knowledge was good pedagogy.
I realized that Liz, a campus activist, wanted to use anger to politicize the classroom; she wanted me as the only nonwhite person there to embody the anger of the oppressed and make this poor student feel the brunt of it. This is what rankled. I felt that I was not being asked to teach but to put on a show. What also rankled me was how Liz felt perfectly entitled to tell a professor of color how to act as a person of color. Liz the white activist had declared that Sally was the enemy and she wanted me to be a good attack dog and get her.
I realize that anger can galvanize a community to political action and that anger in classroom discussion can sometimes lead to an honest dialogue between students. However, as teachers, it is a disservice to students not to give them the analytical and research skills needed for political critique.
As usual Oso, great post.
- Mon May 29, 09:22:00 AM
- ellenweber said...
You make a great case for the reflective practice that can carry a person into the next day ... even when others might forget to do the same:-) It's fun to read the reflections of another optimist who believe that opportunities still exist and most people are somewhat open to leap for them.... Have you ever encouraged students to reflect using intelligences other than written, thought or spoken language? That too can be fun and the human brain is wired for so much more than we once thought -- so we have even new tools for the reflections you detail so well. Thanks!
- Tue May 30, 09:19:00 PM
- Kalvin said...
Your writing truly is a pleasure to read. I almost feel invasive reading and commenting considering my distance from academia these days. However, I'll take the risk of being importunate and continue to comment anyway.
I was most surprised how no one seemed to remember the incident at the next meeting. To me that seems to solidify that there were quotidian operations of power at work because they didn't even make an impression on other faculty members.
I always struggle with thoughts of resistance myself. Opposition is so easy, expected, and obviously ineffectual. I don't think there is an easy answer, but I think you're on the right track.
- Wed May 31, 11:20:00 AM
- Frank said...
I'm waaaaaaaay out of my depth here, as a stupid gringo and a non-academic, but what your colleague said strikes me as saying much more about her (ie, "Some anger issues, perhaps, Frau Doktor Professor?") than about you or larger racial issues. Or perhaps it has more to do with her opinion of students in general.
- Sat Jun 03, 09:37:00 PM


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Twenty-two years since it roared onto cinema screens, Jurassic Park is well and truly part of pop culture consciousness. Odds are, if you're a millennial, you're likely to slip the odd "clever girl" or judicious "nature finds a way" into conversation when the topic allows, and the sound of that bombastic John Williams score will send a pleasing thrill down your spine.
It's this shared, innate nostalgia that Lecoq troupe Superbolt Theatre excavate and utilise in their utterly delightful new show … Jurassic Park, the tale of a warring Dorset family's attempts to re-stage – yep, you guess it – Jurassic Park.
Its a bold conceit, trying to bring to life a re-enactment of the biggest CGI spectacular of its day using just some household items, a remote control helicopter and a few strategically placed ferns. But the company – Simon Maeder, Frode Gjerløw and Maria Askew, pull it all off with aplomb, thanks to a winning mixture of inventiveness, humour and warm-heartedness. They spoke to Katrina Conaglen about how they brought a slice of big screen magic to the stage.
So, we know the film, but what's the play all about?
Simon: "Jurassic Park is the story about a family in Lyme Regis. They're having a memorial screening of the film for their mother who passed away last year. She was a palaeontologist. Something goes wrong, and they end up having to recreate the film themselves. It's very fun, it's very silly and it's also quite touching."
Maria: "You have your favourite cinematic moments from Jurassic Park, but also a completely original family story."
Frode: "I play the dad in the family, who had a really troubled relationship with the mum before they divorced and now has a troubled relationship with his children, especially the daughter Jade. He doesn't seem to know how really to deal with loss and with his kids, so in the show you see him sort of struggle to communicate with them and for them to communicate with him as well."
Maria Askew takes the wheel in Superbolt Theatre's production of Jurassic Park
When devising the play, why did you choose Jurassic Park? Were any other films in the potential mix?
Maria: "We made a list of all sorts of blockbusters. We had Titanic on there, Independence Day, we had all kinds of genres and some new ones, some older ones and we even went to the cinema to see the new Godzilla . But actually the newer blockbusters didn't hold up as well as Jurassic Park, which is actually a very good movie. Entertaining, very charming and not full of superheroes and just full of real quirky people. And that was very appealing to us."
Simon: "We thought 'what's the most unstage-able film?' We wanted to tackle the un-doable."
Frode: "Out of all the blockbusters we discussed, Jurassic Park was the one that most took us back to childhood. The most nostalgic. It lent itself to the family theme most, also because in the film there's a storyline of children and grown ups: what family is and how they tackle challenges together. It's also unique in the way that it has that thing of being a big massive film, but also having a cult following. Like Maria said, it's an astonishing film, we watched it a hundred times and we're still not sick of it. It just doesn't grow old."
Simon: "Even comparing the use of CGI and monsters and dinosaurs it's still a classic for that. It's aged fantastically."
So do you have to have seen Jurassic Park to enjoy the play?
Simon: When we started this project, we were a little worried about that but it turned out to really not be a problem as you get this other story of the family and because the moments we pick up from the film are so iconic. People have come out saying 'I must admit I haven't seen the film but i loved it'. And we've had that response over and over again.
Frode: "That was one of the reasons we wanted to spend so much time on the family life in this show, because we really didn't want it to be an exclusive 'member of a club' type show."
Maria: "We've even had a reviewer say I'm now going to watch the film and I'm not sure it will hold up as well as Superbolt's, so she was obviously all for it even though she'd not seen the films!"
Everyday items become dinosaurs in an utterly transformative way during the show. How did you devise the dinosaur bits?
Maria: "We have to be as ingenious as we can – we're on a very shoestring budget and that's where we can offer something that the film doesn't offer. Obviously they have incredible CGI but we have to be much more inventive and work a lot harder with what we've got. Is it enough to use a backpack as a T-rex or is it enough to use an umbrella as a velicoraptor? Actually, that's part of the charm of the piece. The conviction that carries it through makes it believable – and pleasurable – to the audience."
Family, heart, humour and ingenuity – Steven Spielberg himself would love it.
Jurassic Park, Assembly Roxy, 6.50pm, until 30 Aug / listings
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