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LITTLE ROCK — Flat out, Arkansas' football team will be better in 2014. Using the W-L record to document that improvement is a precarious proposition because of what is happening at the eight SEC schools on the Razorbacks' schedule.
For now, any accurate assessment of where the program is headed is impossible. All I know is that Bret Bielema and his staff come with impressive resumes and a documented ability to recruit. So-called "coaching up" players only goes so far — the Razorbacks must beat LSU, Georgia, Texas A&M, and others for some top high school athletes. Other than maybe Alabama, no school has cornered the market on the four- and five-stars.
The prediction of surefire improvement begins with the freshmen who contributed in 2013, banks on another solid season by proven playmakers, and includes immediate contributions from new faces.
A bump in fans' positive outlook is understandable after the LSU game, but one competitive showing does not mean the coaches have solved the shortage of talent exposed previously. Arkansas was outmanned against at least five SEC opponents. Ole Miss had a slight edge and the Razorbacks were even with Mississippi State. LSU? Go figure.
Although Arkansas' opponents are only seen in person once a year, I know that virtually every conference team on Arkansas' schedule returns a quarterback who has won a big game. That is not a dig at Arkansas' Brandon Allen who was injured much of the season, didn't get needed help from his receivers, and was playing catch-up too often.
Chronologically, a reminder about the abilities and accomplishments of the SEC quarterbacks and some of their helpers supports the reasoning that conference wins will be hard to come by:
• Aug. 30, Auburn: Nick Marshall ran for 922 yards, more than any quarterback in the SEC, and his shot put pass for the tying touchdown against Alabama was not the first made easy by the threat of a Marshall keeper. After the coaches loosened the reins, Marshall had 774 rushing in the last eight games. Oh, and Tre Mason, the SEC's leading rusher, is only a junior.
• Sept. 27, Texas A&M: Johnny Manziel. If he opts for the NFL draft the Aggies are one of the few Arkansas opponents who could regress next year. A&M has recruited better than Arkansas, but losing a Heisman Trophy winner has to hurt.
• Oct. 11, Alabama: A.J. McCarron, 36-3 as a starter, is gone, but a step back at Alabama means 10 wins instead of 11 or 12. McCarron's departure only results in a heavier workload for T.J. Yeldon and Kenyan Drake.
• Oct. 18, Georgia: Aaron Murray will be missed. Next up is Hutson Mason who had thrown 35 passes all year before completing 22-of-36 for 299 yards as the Bulldogs rallied from 20-0 to beat Georgia Tech. Also, sophomore Todd Gurley, who missed three games and played sparingly in two others, rushed for 903 yards.
• Nov. 1, Mississippi State: Dak Prescott, who sat out against Arkansas, entered the Ole Miss game with 11 minutes to play and the Bulldogs trailing 10-7. He threw for 115 yards and ran for 29 more, including the winning touchdown. When healthy, he is the Bulldogs' best.
• Nov. 15, LSU: Anthony Jennings. His 49-yard TD pass beat Arkansas, but his 21-yard scramble to midfield was also big. Zach Mettenberger could not do that. Besides, Jeremy Hill, who ran for 145 on 20 carries against Arkansas, is a sophomore.
• Nov. 22, Ole Miss: Bo Wallace threw for 3,000 yards, including 27-of-34 for 416 vs. Arkansas and 30-of-39 for 346 in a victory over LSU.
• Nov. 29. Missouri: James Franklin is a senior, but freshman Maty Mauk was 3-1 as a starter and helped the Tigers to a 17-point lead against South Carolina before Connor Shaw led a dramatic comeback.
Harry King is sports columnist for Stephens Media's Arkansas News Bureau.

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Herndon After watching almost 6,000 pounds of food go to waste last year, the students and faculty of Dranesville Elementary School decided to do something about it. On Monday, March 12 the school cut the ribbon on their food recovery program, which will support LINK, a local nonprofit that provides food assistance to residents of Herndon, Sterling and Ashburn.
"Teachers Judi Ballenger and Aimee Conrad decided that there were a lot of students that expressed interest in helping people around them, so we got in touch with LINK," said Principal Kathy Manoatl. "And this has been a full effort from the students, every child at this school is involved 100 percent."
Students began tracking the amount of uneaten food that was thrown away, taking it out of the trash can and weighing it, while also keeping track of days of the week. They came to the conclusion that the school wasted 5,760 pounds of food last year, and as Manoatl said "they also decided it would be the last year that much went to waste."
Assistant Principal Willye Nance said once the students started keeping track of the wasted food, it really opened their eyes.
"They tracked the food, they graphed it and once they saw the numbers, it was very eye-opening," she said. "I think they saw that there was enough food that was thrown away here to really make a difference for hungry people in this area."
THE PROGRAM got a big break last November, when Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) helped include language in the Department of Agriculture funding bill that would protect schools that donated food under the Good Samaritan Act. Prior to that, many schools threw away food, not wanting to expose themselves to liability should they donate it.
Wolf called it "a commonsense change that was long overdue" when the legislation was passed.
"The decision was really a catalyst for this program, because now we could be protected when we donated food," Manoatl said.
LINK donated a refrigerator to hold perishable items, and there are bins for unused Capri Sun juice pouches, unopened snacks, foil wrapped packages, unopened juice drinks and fresh fruit.
"Most of what we typically provide are nonperishable items, so we're glad to be able to get fresh items in, and within 48 hours, they'll be delivered to homes in need," said Lisa Lombardozzi, president of LINK. "Now we'll start picking up food from Dranesville this week. The school has also done a lot of the leg work, the research, the guidelines for other schools to follow if they choose."
LINK serves 80 families a week, and Lombardozzi says the increased donations coming from Dranesville will allow them to stretch their budget even further.
Marty Smith, Cluster One assistant superintendent, said this program fulfilled a challenge facing every school, which is to become more involved in the community around them.
"What this school is doing is helping their students get an understanding of their place in the community," Smith said. "We know that if children start community service early, they won't view it as just a fad, but as a part of who they are."
Nance said the students have already started forming an efficient "assembly line" to sort their unused food and beverages on their way out of the cafeteria.
"We're doing this to ensure that the hungry people in this area are fed," said sixth-grader Anthony Rivera. "And we also want to show that we as children can make a difference."
More information on LINK can be found at www.linkagainsthunger.org.


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Director Darren Aronofsky shot his upcoming biblical epic Noah in 2D and that's exactly how the film will be coming to theaters Stateside next month - but the same can't be said for the movie's international release. The Hollywood Reporter has learned from sources that Paramount Pictures plans to shake up their global release of the blockbuster by creating a special 3D version that will only be playing in cinemas outside of the U.S.
According to the trade's sources, the United States, the U.K., Australia and France will be "exclusively" receiving only 2D prints of the film, the studio believing that audiences in those regions will respond to ""the combination of the pedigree of the director and the cast and the dramatic elements of the story." Apparently they don't believe that to be the case in the 65 other countries - including Russia, all of South America and most of continental Europe - where they will be highlighting the film's spectacle angle by releasing a special post-converted 3D version of Noah that Paramount spent an extra $10 million to make after already spending an estimated $125 million on the production.
What's a bit unclear is exactly how Aronofsky feels about this latest development. THR notes that the director and Paramount butted heads over the final cut of the movie, reaching an agreement only after extensive testing and creating multiple different edits. The report doesn't mention Aronofsky's opinion on the matter or whether or not he was part of the decision process to make it happen. It's worth noting that the filmmaker has expressed some positivity about 3D filmmaking, telling MTV back in 2010:
"With the right project, I'm totally into 3D,. Scorsese's working in 3-D [on Hugo]. I am very curious what that's going to be. Like everyone, I thought Avatar was an incredible experience. I'm also interested in what someone like John Waters would do in 3D. That's when it starts to become interesting, when you start to see it used in very interesting, different ways. There is a backlash at this point, and I think that's just because it's been overexposed, but that's just because people are rushing to bank in on it. There's no doubt that interesting things are going to be done in 3D."
Noah is definitely the kind of film that we normally see Hollywood make in 3D, but if Aronofsky didn't intend his film to be converted it means the the 3D could suffer as a result. It will be interesting to see not only how international audiences react to the quality of the conversion, but also how it will end up affecting the international box office.


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Fairfield, Trumbull officials blast UI over Sandy response
Fairfield, Trumbull officials blast United Illuminating over superstorm response
After more than six full days without power, some area officials are growing frustrated with The United Illuminating Co.'s response after Superstorm Sandy.
UI officials say 93 percent of customers now have power, and they're on pace to meet their goal of 95 percent by Monday night.
And the percentage of customers without electricity in Fairfield -- one of the hardest-hit areas in the region -- had dropped below 22 percent during the day Sunday. But First Selectman Michael Tetreau is convinced that number could have been zero by now if UI officials had been more responsive.
"I appreciate that UI is doing its best to get our numbers down, but we lost the first two or three days because they took so long to get in here," Tetreau said. "Power could have been restored by now if they responded quicker."
And while the town has been toured and visited by a bevy of state and federal officials, Tetreau said they haven't heard anything from UI officials.
"I'm just so disgusted and frustrated," he said. "Where's the caring from UI for the people who are without power and cold in their homes? Because we initially didn't have the numbers of some of the other communities, they only sent us one crew in the beginning; it's all about the number of outages and not what the community needs."
Schools in Fairfield will remain closed Monday, but polls will be open Tuesday.
Trumbull First Selectman Timothy Herbst said he shares both Tetreau's sentiments and frustrations with UI.
Trumbull was down to 10 percent of customers without power during the day Sunday, or 1,464 out of 13,841.
Despite that, Herbst said "It has taken a lot of persuasion and a lot of repeat requests for UI to give us additional manpower. The individual crews have been outstanding. My issue goes to the communication aspect."
In one instance, Herbst requested UI send additional crews to Stern Village, the town's senior housing complex, because those residents heat their home exclusively with electricity. But, Herbst said, UI refused to send additional crews, and they were forced to evacuate all the Stern Village residents.
When members of the state's legislative delegation visited the town's emergency storm center, Herbst said, he found they had more information of power restoration for Trumbull than he was getting from UI.
And on Sunday, Herbst said, he was touring the Nichols area of town, where residents complained to him they have been getting conflicting information from UI about when their power will be restored.
"I saw, first hand, 400 to 500 homes that were without power, but UI officials told me they only had information it was about 200 homes. We have to get to a place where UI and (Connecticut Light & Power) understand they are not only providing a public service but a public health and safety service. Electric power directly impacts the health and safety of our residents."
UI spokesman Michael West Jr. said the utility is meeting all the challenges, including its vow to have 95 percent of its customers restored with power by 11:59 p.m. Monday. In fact, he said, 93 percent of their customers already have their power back.
West said he sympathizes with those who are still in the dark and complain that UI did not act swiftly enough to restore power, but it took two days for UI to assess the extent of the damage.
"It's similar to when someone goes to the emergency room," West said. "You are in pain and you want that pain to go away, but the doctor can't provide the proper treatment until they determine what is wrong with you."
Just three days after Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch criticized UI officials for under-serving the city, UI crews converged on the Park City to bring its outage percentage Sunday to 2.5, or 1,412 customers out of 56,703.
Elaine Ficarra, the mayor's spokeswoman, said all schools will be open Monday and all polling places, with the exception of one, will operate normally Tuesday. Instead of the Longfellow School, residents of the West Side in Bridgeport will use the nearby Aquaculture School for their polling place.
Easton still had the highest outage percentage Sunday, with 28.2 percent, or 809 out of 2,861 customers, still without power.
But First Selectman Thomas Hermann said schools will be open Monday, "and parents couldn't be happier." He said the town's sole polling place at Samuel Staples School will be ready.
"I can't say the process is going well because there are still many people without power. This was a real disaster, and we've been severely impacted and we are digging ourselves out," Hermann said.
The massive power outages in New York and New Jersey were sending residents to this area for gasoline for their cars.
Bridgeport police stopped two New York drivers that were filling water jugs and paint cans with gasoline at a local gas station. And on the highway, the long lines of out-of-state residents at the pumps at the northbound service station in Fairfield reminded many of the 1970s.
Steven Ortiz, an employee of the Fairfield station, said he counted as many as 60 cars in the lines waiting at the pumps at one time.
"They are all from New York and New Jersey, and they all say the same thing: they have no gas near their homes, so they had to drive here," he said.


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ROCHESTER — The following items are based on 1,066 entries on the Rochester Police Log from Feb. 4 to Feb. 11:
Monday, Feb. 4
4:37 a.m. — A neighbor has just left a letter on a porch at Salmon Falls Estates. It is looked upon with suspicion.
9:09 a.m. — Kenesa Rivers, 40, of 7 Nutter St., is charged with habitual offender and disobeying an officer, and is arrested on a bench warrant, after a Salmon Falls Road traffic stop.
9:27 a.m. — Plumbing has been stolen from a Summer Street cellar.
10:03 a.m. — A toter has been taken from Park Street.
11:27 a.m. — Paul Hartford, 33, of 4 Mavis Ave., is charged with theft by deception and driving after suspension, and is arrested on a bench warrant.
3:19 p.m. — A 17-year-old shoplifter is bagged at Market Basket.
3:23 p.m. — At the district court someone is given an involuntary emergency admission exam.
3:24 p.m. — Benji, the friendly Shih Tzu, from Jonathan Ave., has gone ... but, wait, he's just come home again, so give that dog a bone.
5:17 p.m. — Drug paraphernalia is found at the Homeless Center during a room check.
5:46 p.m. — Michael Cullen, 44, of 18 Main St., Farmington, is charged with armed robbery.
9:35 p.m. — Two vehicles are broken into at the Knights of Columbus.
Tuesday, Feb. 5
8:59 a.m. — Another report arrives of a car broken into at the K. of C. last night.
10:27 a.m. — Rose M. Farina, 56, of 17A River St., is charged with suspended registration and driving after suspension.
10:47 a.m. — At the station a theft is reported. It concerns auto parts worth $400.
11:55 a.m. — Police are asked to make a check on a preteen skipping school, she hasn't gone for 16 days, which breaks a new strict rule. She's given mom a hard time, tells cops she's bored in class. When consequences are explained — she'll study, no more sass.
1:21 p.m. — Nathan Robert Patterson, 23, of 168 County Road, Gorham, Maine, is charged with simple assault.
5:00 p.m. — A Northeast Credit Union customer thinks she is a debit card fraud victim.
6:34 p.m. — Justin Gibb, 25, of 67 Town Farm Road, Barrington, is charged with uttering false/forged prescription and penalties, drug possession.
8:11 p.m. — A driver is given a litter warning at the Common.
8:15 p.m. — Robert Michaud, 44, of 77 Muchado Hill Road, Center Barnstead, is charged with driving under the influence.
8:18 p.m. — A 17-year-old is charged with drug possession and criminal trespass; a 17-year-old is charged with drug possession.
Wednesday, Feb. 6
2:17 a.m. — An inebriated citizen is scooped up on Pickering Road.
10:41 a.m. — A driver on the turnpike "bent down to get water and hit the guardrail."
10:52 a.m. — Breanne Lynn Hassen, 18, of 21A Academy St., is charged with criminal liability for the conduct of another.
11:16 a.m. — Katie L. Trepanier, 34, of 113 Franklin St., is charged with simple assault, resisting arrest and two counts of criminal mischief.
11:56 a.m. — On Academy Street, police help resolve an issue over the placement of trash cans and the punching out of lights.
12:13 p.m. — Walgreens reports a fraudulent prescription has been called in.
12:41 p.m. — A Silver Bell MHP man reports the theft of a laptop.
1:35 p.m. — A green bird sits in bushes out in front of Ledgeview Drive, a milk crate is its next home 'til the animal cop arrives, she takes it home just for the night to keep it safe (that's nice). What kind of bird? The answer's plain — the Bird-of-paradis.
1:38 p.m. — Kristina McIlveen, 34, of 140 Green St., Somersworth, is charged with driving after suspension, following an auto accident on Rochester Hill Road.
1:58 p.m. — On Congress Street, a tattooed woman is reportedly going door to door asking if anyone has kittens for sale.
2:48 p.m. — A trash can has been set on fire at the high school.
6:03 p.m. — Beverly Hazel Shannon, 60, of 28 Periwinkle Drive, is charged with conduct after an accident.
5:01 p.m. — An unnamed female is charged with driving under the influence on Whitehouse Road.
6:00 p.m. — An Isabelle Lane resident is the victim of Facebook hacking. Lewd pictures have been posted.
8:05 p.m. — Brianne Mone, 26, of 1 Mone's Folly Drive, Dover, is charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass.
8:15 p.m. — A wallet and a bag of clothing have been found in the high school parking lot.
10:05 p.m. — Harry E. Libby, 50, of 18A Academy St., is charged with simple assault.
Thursday, Feb. 7
9:36 a.m. — An iPhone is found near a tree on Roberts Road. The owner picks it up at the station.
10:42 a.m. — A Pharoah hound has taken off after a deer on Sawyer Avenue.
12:07 p.m. — Sara Stevens, 33, of 182 Milton Road, is charged with willful concealment at Walmart and also arrested on a bench warrant.
12:19 p.m. — One car sideswipes another and takes off from Care Pharmacy.
12:30 p.m. — An Amazon Park resident says someone has been using her social security number since 2008.
12:48 p.m. — A car is keyed on Charles Street.
1:37 p.m. — A Blake Street resident is harassed with texts and annoying calls.
3:15 p.m. — Someone who lost their credit card last night on North Main Street, says a $150 purchase has been made on Amazon.com, and an attempt made to buy something worth $1,600.
3:34 p.m. — Sunde Sorjanen, 30, of 51 Wildflower Drive, Pittsfield, is charged with willful concealment at Kohl's.
3:47 p.m. — Items are missing from a trailer on North Cranberry Lane.
5:09 p.m. — Illegal dumping occurs on Charles Street.
5:36 p.m. — A pre-teen is given an involuntary emergency hospital admission.
6:27 p.m. — An iPhone has been taken from an unlocked car on Madison Avenue.
10:12 p.m. — Meds and money have been taken from a car parked outside Walgreens or the PD.
10:40 p.m. — Yelling creates a disturbance on North Main Street.
Friday, Feb. 8
12:33 a.m. — At Frisbie, a nurse is injured by an unruly patient, who has now "been secured in leathers."
1:24 a.m. — Jonathan Royce Hodgdon, 35, of 79 Spring St., Farmington is arrested on a bench warrant after a traffic stop on Route 11.
5:46 a.m. — A vehicle has been vandalized on North Main Street.
9:16 a.m. — A woman does well to stay on the road, trying to avoid a loose dog on Westview Drive.
11:28 a.m. — Larry Dale Feehley, 39, of 11 Clow Court, is charged with violation of a protective order.
11:53 a.m. — A Wyandotte Falls woman reports her debit card was stolen and $900 has been charged to it.
12:52 p.m. — Michelle Belmer, 36, of 372C Portland St., is charged with fugitive from justice.
1:32 p.m. — On Route 125, a green pickup does donuts and fishtails, which is hard to swallow on a busy road.
4:01 p.m. — Music blares at Sunset Arms.
Saturday, Feb. 9
9:12 a.m. — Police check on the welfare of a Riverview Drive resident, who has no money and no heating oil. They give that person information about where to go for the day.
2:05 p.m. — There's a snow plowing dispute on Roy Street.
2:53 p.m. — On Lafayette Street two men fist fight. One has the advantage of a shovel. Somehow a lady is hit in the face.
3:27 p.m. — On Franklin Street, a resident takes issue with the way the DPW has plowed. He has pictures.
4:58 p.m. — Annoying calls are reported by a Beaudoin Court resident.
6:12 p.m. — A parking spot quarrel leads to yelling on Gonic Main Street.
6:53 p.m. — Two people are advised by police not to contact each other after they irk each other with text messages, including the phrase, "I love you."
7:51 p.m. — On Crockett Street a man with a shovel (not the Lafayette Street guy) offers to clear a driveway, but waxes loud and angry when turned down. Police warn him not to hassle people who don't wish his services.
10:57 p.m. — The day of the blizzard closes with a plowing dispute on Autumn Street.
Sunday, Feb. 10
1:57 a.m. — On Whitehall Road, a drunk reportedly tries to break into a dentist's office.
2:57 a.m. — Keys found near the Lilac City Grill are handed in.
8:21 a.m. — Cavalier snow-plowing is said to be "ruining" someone's fence on River Street.
11:04 a.m. — Tamara Smith, 23, of 30 Jug Hill Road, Milton Mills, is charged with willful concealment.
2:32 p.m. — Richard Tanksley, 45, of 9D Madison Ave., is charged with criminal mischief.
4:47 p.m. — Four teens take a walk on the wild side, by shoving each other into traffic near Wild Willy's.
5:48 p.m. — Lisa Holmes, 45, of 727 Salmon Falls Road, is charged with criminal trespass.
5:54 p.m. — There is a hit-and-run on North Main Street near the Globe Plaza.
7:46 p.m. — Pirate the Shih Tzu is returned to its owner in the Silver Street area.
7:55 p.m. — Brandon Gay, 18, of 1660 Lovell Lake Road, Wakefield, is charged with six counts of simple assault.
9:33 p.m. — Music is cranked on Lafayette Street.
10:22 p.m. — Mary L. Polchies, 44, of 71 Indigo Hill Road, Somersworth, is charged with willful concealment.
10:24 p.m. — Dana Bourque, 39, of 5 Hemlock Circle, Dover, is charged with driving after suspension on South Main Street.
Monday, Feb. 11
2:02 a.m. — Alfred Joseph Anthony Lopresti, 40, of 17 Winter St., Apt. 4, is charged with driving after suspension.
7:03 a.m. — Personal items are strewn around the trestle on Haven Hill Road. Public Works is asked to "pick up blankets."
8:21 a.m. — Paul Lupo, 43, of 360B Portland St., is charged with criminal trespass and criminal contempt.
9:18 a.m. — James Scott Meattey, 46, of 11 Bay View Road, Dover, is charged with driving after suspension.
10:20 a.m. — The lock on a Cedarbrook Village car has been vandalized.
6:59 p.m. — Criminal mischief to a Nutter Street home is reported.
8:04 p.m. — The plow guy at Signal Auto Supply spooks two men snuffing around delivery trucks. They take off in an old Dodge Dakota pickup.
10:16 p.m. — On River Street there is a row and someone calls the station, it builds and builds until it's now "A Verbal Escalation."
10:27 p.m. — A woman on Lafayette Street is strongly advised by police to turn the noise down.


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posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 1:57 pm
I know entropy has been discussed numerous times here but just want to check my interpretation. I have a 5-class GMM of depression scores over 4 times points. The entropy is around 0.5 and the on-diagonal average probabilities of membership range from 0.6 to 0.8. To me this means that the classes do not "separate" the population into distinct subgroups of patients very well. I take it to mean that there are 5 fundamental patterns or archetypes of depression course, and a given individual's trajectory can be viewed as a weighted combination of these archetypes. Is that an accurate interpretation?
A corollary to this question is that my clients (physician health services researchers) have an exceedingly hard time getting their heads around this issue. They (perhaps naively) expected a categorization of patients into distinct subgroups that could then be targeted/monitored/followed up appropriately. We're not sure how best to utilize these results that identify "patterns" that aren't necessarily tangibly and specifically associated with a single group of patients. The best I've been able to offer so far is that the population is pretty heterogeneous and is not easily classifiable into distinct groups. Any thoughts?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, January 23, 2009 - 5:45 pm
You really want an entropy of 0.8 or higher for a model to be able to clearly identify individuals following different trajectory types (although lower entropies can still produce good parameter estimates). So in your case the GMM isn't very useful for classifying individuals. Although, the average diagonal values you give suggest that maybe 1 class (the one with 0.8) can be distinguished from the rest.
You may get higher entropy by adding key covariates to the model. Or, key distal outcomes.
I assume that getting 5 classes was based on BIC. If not, perhaps too many classes are extracted, which can result in a lower entropy.
But for some data, a possible outcome is that a clear distinction of trajectory types is not evidenced in the data.
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Posted by Kieran James on 13/08/2012
Soggy Arts Theatre Company was formed by final year students at LAMDA earlier this year, and over the next week they will be performing their debut piece Little Triggers (A Myth About Photography) at the Old Peanut Factory in Hackney. The play documents the adventures, inventions and rivalry of two spearheads of the motion picture industry. … To help provide a little more information about the play … we caught up with Writer/Director Alex Vlahov and one of the stars Sean Rigby to ask them a few questions.
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Tell us about Little Triggers.
ALEX: I guess it's a historical black comedy. About two real photographers, Eadweard Muybridge and Etienne Jules-Marey, swashbucklers of early motion picture. They are dropped into a provincial English village in the 1880s for a Midsummer Festival competition.
Who do you play?
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SEAN: Great. Alex has imbued the entire process with a sense of play and freedom. No one is precious with their work in the slightest.
How did this production get started?
ALEX: I took a history of film class at UCLA in 2009 and we learned about Marey and Muybridge before they screened the silent films. They were both pioneers in the new art form of motion-picture, but I was struck by Muybridge's violently wild life, his murder in California, and I got to thinking about cinema's bloody origins. There's a culture of death and film, you only have to look at Sal Mineo or Natalie Wood or John Belushi. Following this idea after a couple of revisions, plus living in England for three years, I thought it might work better as a lie-fable. Is lie-fable a word?
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Has it helped being so familiar with the rest of the company?
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SEAN: Yes, but there are a few people in the cast whom I haven't worked with before so that has been a real treat too.
How can people see the show and where can they find more information?
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Any plans for Soggy Arts following this?
SEAN: Hopefully producing more new writing. Having found such a unique and wonderful space in deepest darkest Hackney, Soggy Arts will continue to produce exciting new work all over London. I know they are releasing a short film at the start of Autumn, so watch this space.
ALEX: Rumour through the grapevine has it that Soggy Arts is dedicated to producing original work and providing a unique twist on overlooked texts. For specifics on the company, talk to Barney Mcelholm and Laurie Jamieson.
Will Do! Who is your favourite actor?
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SEAN: Brendan Gleeson. Frances McDormand.
If you could have any part at any theatre what would it be and where?
ALEX: Edmund in a Wooster Group production of King Lear.
SEAN: I'd play Caliban at the Chorley Little Theatre.
The Good Review would like to thank Alex and Sean for their time, and wish them and the production all the very best. For more information about Little Triggers or to book tickets to see the show please click here."
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Monday, December 31, 2012
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
environmental news stories sunday
(reminder to the whiny congresscritters - you can't have a healthy economy if you don't have a healthy populace and healthy environment.)
threats to clean water today. the clean water act has had considerable success over 40 years, but now it faces challenges such as crumbling infrastructure, stormwater overflows, agricultural runoff and lack of enforcement. - living on earth
epa faces legal battles, might take easy confirmation road. regardless of who takes the reins, the u.s. environmental protection agency will likely face continued legal battles in president barack obama's second term as it tries to finalize pollution rules for power plants, analysts said -reuters
as biodiversity declines, tropical diseases thrive. a new paper is a reminder that ecology has a pretty big say in whether pathogens thrive or die off. using a statistical model, researchers predicted that countries that lose biodiversity will have a heavier burden of vector-borne and parasitic diseases - npr
why climate change matters in delaware. a no-name rainstorm that blew through delaware on thursday flooded 40 homes behind an 8-foot high seawall at bayview beach along the delaware river south of wilmington – causing more damage to the little hamlet than did superstorm sandy - wilmington news journal
greens confront own need for diversity. the republican party isn't the only political force that has a diversity problem. environmental activists say their own movement needs to step up its game if it wants to play much bigger in washington - politico
wood-burning fireplaces may be causing significant health problems for central valley residents. there aren't many scenes filled with more comfort or nostalgia than curling up on the sofa in front of a warm, crackling flame burning merrily away in a fireplace, especially if the weather is stormy. but that open wood-burning fire could be killing you - lodi news sentinel
extreme weather 101: climate change and precipitation. when it rains, it pours. that's how we may want to think about the effects of climate change on precipitation - climate central
extreme weather 101: drought & our changing climate. drought has left huge swaths of the united states parched this year. are these dry conditions simply a fluke, or something we many need to get used to in a warming world? - climate central
officials worry that agriculture community will bear burden of water shortages. global warming and increased demand for water by urban and municipal users make shortages of the colorado river inevitable, according to a recently-released study by the bureau of reclamation and the seven colorado river basin states - imperial valley press
mississippi river water levels lowest in decades, threaten shipping. the drought that devastated crops throughout the midwest this summer has made the mighty mississippi dangerously narrow and shallow, threatening to choke off a vital transportation artery that carries billions of dollars of raw materials and commodities through the heart of the country - chicago tribune
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Jared Bernstein, Ph.D., Social Welfare:
I support the change [from CPI-W to Chained CPI]—it's a more accurate measure of price growth (though a chained index for the elderly would be better)
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
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long-time readers of this space know that jon, aka al weisel, was our partner and co-founder of our yearly salute to the children of the lesser blogs, aka blogroll amnesty day.
but now we must needs give kudos, including a laurel and hearty handshake, to batocchio, who revived and has been continuing jon/al's other salute to the denizens of blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase, the annual blog round-up; best of the blogs from this year, as chosen by the bloggers themselves.
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the racist origins of the second amendment
fbi monitored occupy wall street, records show
5 cartoons about the fiscal cliff
Friday, December 28, 2012
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friday at five
rassmussen: alcohol perceived more dangerous than pot
banks want to roll back a nevada law that forces them to prove they own a property before they can foreclose on it
it sounds like a tv show: fbi: art theft division
Thursday, December 27, 2012
thursday afternoon
workers' rights must be strengthened nationwide
chritian college president really cranky about queer bloggers on campus
some choice quotes from the late robert bork
deal or no deal
Labels: fiscal bluff
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
2012 video of the year nominee
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wednesday jam
the nra has more blood on its hands than al qaeda
is this the most racist restaurant in america?
joe gandelman, over at the moderate voic, on the petition to deport piers morgan
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
never let it be said we are not keeping pace with the kids and their rock and their roll.
just to shake things up, we present
florence & the machine and billy bragg - fairy tale of new york
this one's for you, kristy, where ever you are on this christmas night...
blazing django
gung hay fat chanukkah
good king wencenslas
when even santa claus can't get a job
we could end homelessness for what americans spend on christmas decorations
the first christmas in tweets
ppp poll finds 42% of americans think that santa is a democrat
and sad news for christmas: rip oscar madison and quincy, m.e., jack klugman
addemdum: even more sad news, veteran character actor (and veteran of wwii, where he won 3 purple hearts) charles during has also died
happy xmas
Monday, December 24, 2012
The Only Modern Xmas Story
I arrived, headed for my favorite barbecue stand and, en route, noticed that Mel Tormé was seated at one of the tables.
Mel Tormé. My favorite singer. Just sitting there, sipping a cup of coffee, munching on an English Muffin, reading The New York Times. Mel Tormé.
I had never met Mel Tormé. Alas, I still haven't and now I never will. He looked like he was engrossed in the paper that day so I didn't stop and say, "Excuse me, I just wanted to tell you how much I've enjoyed all your records." I wish I had....
I waved the leader of the chorale over and directed his attention to Mr. Tormé, seated about twenty yards from me.
"That's Mel Tormé down there. Do you know who he is?"
The singer was about 25 so it didn't horrify me that he said, "No."
I asked, "Do you know 'The Christmas Song?'"
Again, a "No."
I said, "That's the one that starts, 'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...'"
"Oh, yes," the caroler chirped. "Is that what it's called? 'The Christmas Song?'
"That's the name," I explained. "And that man wrote it." The singer thanked me, returned to his group for a brief huddle...and then they strolled down towards Mel Tormé. I ditched the rest of my sandwich and followed, a few steps behind. As they reached their quarry, they began singing, "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire..." directly to him.
A big smile formed on Mel Tormé's face — and it wasn't the only one around. Most of those sitting at nearby tables knew who he was and many seemed aware of the significance of singing that song to him. For those who didn't, there was a sudden flurry of whispers: "That's Mel Tormé...he wrote that..."
As the choir reached the last chorus or two of the song, Mel got to his feet and made a little gesture that meant, "Let me sing one chorus solo." The carolers — all still apparently unaware they were in the presence of one of the world's great singers — looked a bit uncomfortable. I'd bet at least a couple were thinking, "Oh, no...the little fat guy wants to sing."
But they stopped and the little fat guy started to sing...and, of course, out came this beautiful, melodic, perfectly-on-pitch voice. The look on the face of the singer I'd briefed was amazed at first...then properly impressed.
On Mr. Tormé's signal, they all joined in on the final lines: "Although it's been said, many times, many ways...Merry Christmas to you..." Big smiles all around.
And not just from them. I looked and at all the tables surrounding the impromptu performance, I saw huge grins of delight...which segued, as the song ended, into a huge burst of applause. The whole tune only lasted about two minutes but I doubt anyone who was there will ever forget it.
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menorah carey
this is borderline offensive...and we are not exactly sure which side of the border it comes down on...but we lofao'd
hot box comedy - all i want for christmas is jews
i am confused by this
Sunday, December 23, 2012
the true meaning of christmas
this was written in 1959, so...nothing's changed
a christmas carol - tom lehrer
actors on actoring
from snl - you're a rat bastard, charlie brown
merry christmas
i'm dreaming of a white christmas - clyde mcphatter & the drifters
sugar on sunday
1 in 3 americans believe extreme weather is a sign of biblical end times
and, atheists suffer discrimination and persecution around the world
and be sure to bookmark the new address for avedon carol's the sideshow
Saturday, December 22, 2012
happy holidays
now the usual angry rant. this evening i saw a segment on cnn in which they asked someone at a shooting range what he thought of NRA spokesperson wayne lapierre's moronic remarks that america's school should be populated with people with guns so that, in case of an attack, there will be more bullets flying from multiple directions. the gun nuts response was that he agreed because "the only way to fight fire is with fire." that gun nut is unfamiliar with the more accepted methods of fighting fire with water or chemical extinguishers.
and, again, happy holidays.
tea bagging trou dropping dana loesch
conservative talk radio host and commentator dana loesch sued the owner of the conservative website breitbart.com friday, claiming that although her relationship with the news and opinion aggregating website had gone "tragically awry," breibart.cοm llc refused to let her work for the company or anyone else, forcing her into "indentured servitude in limbo." - st. louis dispatchoh, but wait....doesn't she work for cnn now? and, doesn't she have a radio show?
seems to me that she is working for other people. maybe she needs money after her three month disappearing act from cnn after her "drop trou" remarks.
Labels: breitbart, cnn, gop, tea baggers
saturday night fever
follow the money behind the newtown massacre
do armed civilians stop mass shootings? actually, no
wal-mart vs. the huffington post
romney - price gouger in chief
it is standard procedure for presidential campaigns to arrange and prepay for meals, bus travel, and charter flights, then bill the news outlets afterward for their share of the cost. in order to travel with the candidate, reporters and their editors must agree upfront to pay for the cost of the trips, as determined by the campaign. but many of the bills from the romney campaign — which have continued to trickle in since election day — are much higher than during other campaigns.
for example, on oct. 11, each reporter was charged $812 for a meal and a rented "holding" space, where the press waited before moving to the next event. on oct. 18, the bill for a similar set of expenses was $461. and on the night of the vice presidential debate, the campaign planned a "viewing party" for the reporters with romney, complete with a large rented room with a patio, massage tables, fresh cut flowers, and lots of food and booze. one campaign aide told buzzfeed that campaign officials' orders were to "go big" — a nice gesture, perhaps, but one that wasn't discussed with every media outlet.
the tab for the party: $745 per reporter. - buzzfeed
Labels: 2012 elections, multi-millionaire media, romney
Friday, December 21, 2012
skippy's friday night music club
Labels: christmas, music, skippy's music club
for shame, nra. for shame.
Labels: nra
milk prices are going to go up, up, up
lost in the political standoff between the obama administration and congressional republicans over the budget is a virtually forgotten impasse over a farm bill that covers billions of dollars in agriculture programs. without last-minute congressional action, the government would have to follow an antiquated 1949 farm law that would force washington to buy milk at wildly inflated prices, creating higher prices in the dairy case. milk now costs an average of $3.65 a gallon.i have come to believe the gop enjoys watching people, not in d.c. or employed by major lobbyists, to suffer. they need to get over the fact that our president is black. the need to come to grips with the fact that their lousy candidate lost. and they need to do that before they take this country completely over the cliff - financially, socially or whatever way.
...the senate passed a farm bill in july. a house version of the bill made it out of committee, but house leaders have yet to bring its version to the floor.- nytimes
why do they hate america?
friday after next
want to boycott the koch brothers while shopping? there's an app for that
5 wars more important than the war on christmas
the year's best media errors and corrections
cat blogging friday
Labels: cat blogging friday
Thursday, December 20, 2012
skippy's thursday night music club
Labels: christmas, music, skippy's music club, youtube
thursday 11
great lakes levels low enough to reveal old shipwrecks
the mayans did not predict the apocalypse
pictures of snowflakes, right before they melt
wsj lies about education: in which i name names
i commented in the wall street journal's comments section for that article at the time. my comment is no longer on the site. not only are the wall street journal and stephanie banchero not to be trusted, but they apparently remove comments that contradict their false hoods. i have tried to locate an email or other address for the wall street journal's ombudsperson, but i haven't been able to find one.
update: found the wsj corrections address, so i wrote to that address.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
skippy's wednesday night music club
Labels: christmas, elvis, music, skippy's music club
michael jock, a 52-year-old resident of st. petersburg, was standing in line behind 49-year-old randall white at a local little caesars on sunday when jock grew angry over white's complaints about the speed of service. the two got began to shove one another, prompting jock to pull out a .38 taurus ultralight special revolver that had been concealed on his person and fire twice, hitting white both times in the lower torso. - think progress
sorry bryan, but the state that you live in is truly whackadoodle.
tweet of the day
— @jesseltaylor via Twitter
Labels: tweet of the day, twitter
wednesday girl
how the war on drugs became a real war
right to work leads to poverty
did the right-wing film obama's america miss out on an oscar nomination because of liberal bias or because it was a really bad flick?
and tho we hated all 3 original films, we're digging the old navy "natlamp's vacation" commercials w/chevy chase, a very lovely beverly d'angelo, and lots of the actors who played the kids (including juliette lewis & anthony michael hall)!
time's 2012 person of the year
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
why aren't these guys in jail
ubs, the swiss banking giant, announced a record settlement with global authorities on wednesday, agreeing to a combined $1.5 billion in fines for its role in a multiyear scheme to manipulate interest rates.
in a sign that officials are increasingly taking a hard line against financial wrongdoing, the justice department also secured a guilty plea from the bank's japanese subsidiary, sending a warning shot to other big banks suspected of rate rigging. the ubs subsidiary, which agreed to plead to a single count of wire fraud, is the first unit of a big bank to agree to criminal charges in more than a decade. - nytimes
Labels: banksters, criminal, economy, liars, wall street
skippy's tuesday night music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
call now! operators are standing by
Labels: obama, republicans, social security
barely out of tuesday
80% of antibiotics in this country are given to meat animals
worried republicans are stocking up on gold coins
and rip hawaiian senator daniel inouye
Monday, December 17, 2012
we should all cry for our country...our society
they were slaughtered.
do we want to live in a country that allows continued slaughter of our citizens?
i don't have children. i can't pretend that i know the grief the parents are going through. i just want to make sure that no more parents have to grieve.
i also can't believe the level of racist hate exists in this country shown when monday night football was pre-empted.
this stirring up the hate pot has got to stop. this telling of blatant lies has got to stop.
the killing has got to stop.
Labels: connecticut, mass murder
skippy's monday night music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
pro-murder dead-enders
the debate is over. it ended the moment twenty 6 and 7 year old children died in a classroom in newton, connecticut. the next time someone tries to argue for their "gun rights", let them to go to the graves of those twenty children and tell it to those kids. if those children climb out of the ground to march on washington in support of "gun rights", the "gun rights" argument has merit. if those children remain in the ground, the "gun rights" argument is dead too.
moody monday
of the 61 shootings since 1980 not one gunman was stopped by a civilian with a gun
36 reasons you should thank a union
wall st journal: fiscal cliff not so steep
Sunday, December 16, 2012
springtime on sunday
water found on mercury
the war on women rages on
10 characters whose genders were swapped in production
Saturday, December 15, 2012
saturday night divas
there have been 15 mass shooting w/84 dead in the us in 2012
and here's a list of the deadliest shootings in u.s. history
does the nra represenrt gun owners or gun manufacturers?
artist satirizes nypd, gets arrested
Friday, December 14, 2012
demand a plan
if 4 or 5 nuclear reactors melted down in the period of 3 months, killing dozens of people, would they say "now is not the time to discuss nuclear regulation"?
if a brand of automobiles began exploding for no reason, killing several families in a space of a few weeks, would they say "now is not the time to examine this brand of automobile"?
if 20 children died from tainted peanut butter, would they say "now is not the time to regulate peanut butter"?
now is the time.
sign the petition
Making It Personal
We're not the only ones. Before the first time Lance Mannion and I met in person, we had both been there on the same day.
The Blue Colony is in Newtown, CT. We've probably met or sat near the parents and grandparents who have had their day interrupted for All the Wrong Reasons today.
May Bryan Fischer burn in Hell.
kangaroo blogging friday
maryjane--will the feds lighten up now?
the hubbub has not been politics, i believe, but simply that the united states is a signatory to the single convention on narcotic drugs of 1961, an international treaty. the feds can't legally support marijuana legalization without withdrawing from that treaty, which isn't a simple thing at all. still, you can have laws that you don't enforce. that would be the simplest way to get around the treaty.
this morning i was pleased to read that president obama says prosecution of 420-friendly citizens in colorado and washington will not be a priority. finally some sense is coming to the federal position on marijuana. the fact is, prosecution of marijuana user has been more frequent under the obama administration than under the bush administration. i still blame bush, of course, because a)he was the worst president ever and b) the federal prosecutors who have been busting dispensaries in california, for instance, were bush appointees. here's hoping they pay attention to the president's priorities.
best bond movie ever
javier bardem was phenomenal as the bad guy in skyfall.
this was the first time i saw a movie in an imax theater. i was deeply unimpressed. also, this may have been the last movie i watched in a theater. although i remembered to bring my ear plugs, it is still annoying to have to wear them. noise induced hearing loss is one of the most common causes of hearing loss, and if you have been in a movie theater in the past x years, you know that the noise level is damaging. i've experienced the same problem in sports arenas where the crowd noise is fine, but the sound system is absurdly loud.
UPDATE: the same day i wrote and posted this, 20 six and seven year old children and six adults were murdered by automatic weapons fire in newton, ct. i have thought a lot about this movie review the past few days. i felt awful because i enjoyed a movie that was so steeped in violence, much it via automatic weapons. i have asked myself if violent films somehow contributed to the lack of empathy that mass murderers feel or perhaps, at least, to the insensitivity and cruelty of the pro-murder crowd that so loves its automatic weapons. i don't know the answer to anything, but i do think i need to warn people, unnecessary as it may be, that skyfall is a very violent movie and people are shot and killed casually and graphically. i don't know if i can watch that movie again and, while i am certainly a non-violent person, i don't know when i will be able to watch another violent program. this last mass murder feels different than the others. 20 six and seven year old children. that should mean something to everyone.
freaky friday baby one more time
are social networks good for your health?
wall street bank cuts 11,000 jobs after paying millions to ousted execs
meditation changes the way your brain proceses emotions
Thursday, December 13, 2012
this thursday
what's really driving our interest in celebrity pregnancies?
10 outrageous tactics the cops can get away with
first ladies-in-waiting
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
skippy's wednesday night music club
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
wednesday evenin' blues
how the middle class wealth collapsed to a 40 year low
anti-obama food chains pay big price for nasty attitude
real life snakes on the plane
and rip sitar maestro ravi shankar
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
skippy's tuesday night music club
Labels: football, michigan, music, skippy's music club
united states of alec
amidst massive pro-labor protests, michigan gov. rick snyder has signed sweeping legislation attacking private and public sector unions, just hours after passing the lame-duck legislature. the operative language in the bills is nearly identical to the american legislative exchange council's "model" right to work act. - pr watch
Labels: alec, gop, governor, lobbyists, michigan, union, workers
when you're a tuesday girl
why powerball is a terrible way for states to raise money
the latest victims in mortgage modification diffulties: widows
today's gop is incapable of beating hillary clinton for prez in 2016, sez newt gingrich
Monday, December 10, 2012
monday's rain
corporate profits hit record high while worker wages hit record low
the slimy world of james o'keefe
workers unpacking frozen meat discover a gun and ammo inside the box of ribs
Sunday, December 09, 2012
big medias power play
in 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of american media. now that number is six. and big media may get even bigger, thanks to the fccs consideration of ending a rule preventing companies from owning a newspaper and radio and tv stations in the same city. such a move — which they've tried in 2003 and 2007 as well –would give these massive media companies free rein to devour more of the competition, control the public message, and also limit diversity across the media landscape. bernie sanders, one of several senators who have written fcc chairman julius genachowski asking him to suspend the plan, discusses with bill why big media is a threat to democracy, and what citizens can do to fight back. - bill moyers
Labels: fcc, multi-millionaire media, radio, senate, tv
some sunday morning
livestock falling ill near fracking regions
open enrollment at work: which health insurance plan is right for you?
one quarter of republicans want to secede
Saturday, December 08, 2012
skippy's saturday night music club
Dear Brad, Don't Be an Idiot; or Never Trust an Economist to Believe Democracy is a Good Idea
Phrases such as "just war," "proportionate response," and "Mutually-Assured Destruction," in the best of times, make people feel better about killing people. Apparently Walter Russell Mead really is not one of those. He discusses at length:
Theoreticians of "just war" say that in order for war to be justifiable, two tests must be met. You have to have a legitimate cause for war (self defense, for example, rather than grabbing land from a weaker neighbor) and you must fight the war in the right way. You must fight fair (that is, fight a just war), and you must fight nice.Mead then goes on to discuss that Americans aren't even that sensible, even noting that the preferred "Jacksoninan" American response "is the same logic by which...Osama bin Laden...could justify his attacks on civilians at the World Trade Center [or] indiscriminate attacks on Israeli civilian targets." (Mead perpetually confuses Hamas with Islamic Jihad; instead of correct him, I omit his errors.)
One of the criteria for jus in bello (fighting nice as opposed to jus ad bellum which is about whether it is just ) is proportionality....
[lengthy bucketing of shades of 'just war' omitted]
[M]ore moderate critics of Israel (including many Israelis) focus on jus in bello, and in particular they look at the question of proportionality. When the Palestinians flick a handful of fairly crude rockets at random across Israel, these critics say, Israel has a right to a kind of pinprick response: tit for tat. But it isn't entitled to bring the full power of its industrial grade air force and its mighty ground forces into an operation designed to crush Hamas at the cost of hundreds of civilian casualties. You can't fight slingshots with tanks.
For many people around the world, this seems patently obvious: Israel has a right to respond to attacks from Hamas but it doesn't have an unlimited right to respond to limited attacks with unlimited force. Israeli blindness to this obvious moral principle strikes many observers as evidence of hardheartedness and national moral decline, and colors their perceptions of many other Israeli policies.
What happens to this when it gets into the hands of Someone Who (Especially Since He's an Economic Historian) Should Know Better:
Ariel Sharon withdrew from Gaza as a dry-run for withdrawal from the West Bank…There are not more errors than words in those two sentences, but that's only because there are a lot of words. But let's just look at the framing: Gaza was run by a party that attempted to work with the Israeli government that was "withdrawing" for years. During that time, life got noticeably worse for the people.
And Gaza was taken over by crazies who want to destroy Israel and launch rockets over the border to try to kill civilians whenever they can.
So they voted the bastards out, and they voted Hamas in.
And everyone pretended to be surprised that collaborators who gained nothing for their constituents were replaced by an electorate whose life was getting worse. And they said, "Go abuse them," so the Israel "security forces" have killed 213 people just at the border fence between Gaza and Israel itself.
But those aren't casualties of a declared war, even if "154 who were not taking part in hostilities, 17 of them children." so Brad pretends that Sharon "withdrew" and that Gaza was "taken over."
Of the "crazies" comment, I can't say it better than This is Not Jewish:
Don't demand that Jews publicly repudiate the actions of settlers and extremists. People who make this demand are assuming that Jews are terrible people or undeserving of being heard out unless they "prove" themselves acceptable by non-Jews' standards. (It's not okay to demand Palestinians publicly repudiate the actions of Hamas in order to be accepted/trusted, either.)But that is what Brad would have us do, even as ronan in comments points out the truth of Sharon's "withdrawal":
Yeah, Sharon was gonna bulldoze all the settlements and hundreds of thousands of Israelis were gonna walk hand in hand singing kumbaya to their new lives in small, overpriced Tel Aviv flats.Moving your soldiers from pointing guns in their territory at people to pointing guns at people who try to move from one part of your state to another isn't withdrawal; it's ghettoization at best, or, more likely, apartheid. Under no condition is it a sign of democracy.
But democracy, apparently, is not something Sensible Economists believe in.
saturday night bop
obama "voter fraud" examined in detail
20 reasons to support unions
the deficit did not cause the recession; the recession caused the deficit
to kill the educational mockingbird
american literature classics are to be replaced by insulation manuals and plant inventories in us classrooms by 2014
a new school curriculum which will affect 46 out of 50 states will make it compulsory for at least 70 per cent of books studied to be non-fiction, in an effort to ready pupils for the workplace - the telegraph
Labels: books, education, literature
Friday, December 07, 2012
skippy's friday night music club
Labels: michigan, music, skippy's music club, youtube
go lions!
george atallah, the association's assistant executive director for external affairs, told thinkprogress in a phone interview. "our leadership and players are always proud to stand with workers in michigan and everywhere else. we don't think voters chose this, and we don't think workers deserve this." - think progress
less than zero dark thirty
"kathryn bigelow would be considered a mildly interesting filmmaker if she was a man but since she's a very hot woman she's really overrated," posts the writer of lindsay lohan's "the canyons."
december 7, 1941
a nation remembers
freaky friday
how iceland recovered from the recession so quickly
the cost of tax cuts for the wealthiest americans since 2001
lost, anyone? island shown on maps and on google earth does not exist
Thursday, December 06, 2012
psy vs. ray parker, jr - gangnam busters
ghostbusters gangnam style...perfect synchronicity
this ordinary thursday
the internal polls that made romney think he'd win
the u.s. is no longer one of the best countries to be born in
readers of 1936 predict which authors will endure
and rip jazz great dave brubeck
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
skippy's wednesday night music club
Labels: jazz, music, passings, skippy's music club, youtube
happy zappadan!
as zappadan lasts for 18 days (starting yesterday), we symbolically present billy the mountain in its entirety, which seems like it lasts 19 days.
wanna get some clams?
wednesday car
dick armey resigns from freedom works
wal-mart, sears and a mass grave in bangladesh
how the obama whitehouse won the hashtag wars
don't listen to wall street - taxing the rich would be good for the economy
Tuesday, December 04, 2012
happy national cookie day
Labels: cookie monster, cookies, holiday, youtube
disabled gop commentator charles krauthammer
originally signed by then-president george w. bush in 2006 and re-signed by president barack obama in 2009 shortly after he took office, the treaty has been championed by former sen. bob dole (r-ks), the one-time gop presidential nominee who suffered a disability while serving in the army in world war II. dole was on the senate floor tuesday ahead of the ratification vote, in a wheelchair, accompanied by his wife, former sen. elizabeth dole (r-nc). - talking points memo
Labels: disabled, gop, right hypocrisy
december 4. national cookie day
now...this is a holiday i can really sink my teeth into.
tuesday's waiting
jim crow's drug war
did the republicans deliberately crash the us economy?
phones at dinner? try the phone stack game
Monday, December 03, 2012
skippy's monday night music club
obama is an awful socialist pinko commie
corporations are currently making more as a percentage of the economy than they ever have since such records were kept. but at the same time, wages as a percentage of the economy are at an all-time low - think progressbut you probably won't hear that on the faux newsbubble.
Labels: corporations, economy, obama, two americas, workers
monday sweetheart
with the death of larry hagman, the solar industryloses one of tis biggest advocates
losing republican senatorial candidate areested for domestic assault
20% of all military deaths last year were suicides
Sunday, December 02, 2012
environmental news stories sunday
sad, really.
fern lake fire doubles in size overnight to more than 3,500 acres. the fern lake fire, burning in rocky mountain national park since oct. 9, more than doubled in size overnight friday, forcing the evacuation of 583 homes early saturday - denver post
renewable energy laws in cross-hairs of conservative groups. renewable energy advocates made an unsuccessful push last year to expand missouri's green power law and help lessen the state's dependence on fossil fuels - st. louis post dispatch
sweden: the land of the rising coastline. in contrast to worries from the maldives to manhattan of storm surges and higher ocean levels caused by climate change, the entire northern part of the nordic region is rising and, as a result, the baltic sea is receding. - reuters
anti-fracking activists drill home message with parliament protests. anti-fracking activists plan to erect a mock drilling rig outside the houses of parliament as part of a series of protests on saturday against the controversial technique to extract shale gas. - the guardian
dept. of justice mysteriously quits monsanto antritrust investigation. the doj ended the investigation into possible anticompetitive practices by monsanto in the u.s. seed market without taking any action—and did so with a near-complete lack of public information. the doj didn't even see fit to mark the investigation's end with a press release - mother jones
megastorms could drown massive portions of california. portions of california's central valley have dropped 30 feet in elevation because of extensive groundwater pumping, making those areas even more prone to flooding. huge flows of vapor in the atmosphere, dubbed "atmospheric rivers," have unleashed massive floods every 200 years, and climate change could bring more of them - scientific american
uk may give frackers tax breaks. days after refusing to commit to a target for reduction of carbon emissions, chancellor of the exchequer for the united kingdom, george osborne, is expected to announce tax breaks for shale gas companies - wired
clean-up chemical made bp deepwater horizon oil spill 52 times more toxic - treehugger
medications, pesticides still seep into river. medications, pesticides and hormones are emptying into the st. lawrence river from montreal's water-treatment plant, but a new disinfection system that would remove significant amounts of those substances won't be up and running until 2015 - montreal gazette
epa tells judge it will impose stricter water pollution standards on florida. fourteen years after the federal government acknowledged that florida had a serious water pollution problem, the u.s. environmental protection agency on friday agreed to impose new pollution rules to clean up the state's algae-choked waterways — but it may have created a new mess - tampa bay times
pharmaceuticals difficult to treat in drinking water. the emerging threat of pharmaceuticals, everyday chemicals and personal care products in drinking water may be the most difficult that water treatment plants have faced - great lake echo
bottled water on thanksgiving menu in tainted california region. jessica sanchez couldn't use the tap water for cooking Thanksgiving dinner because east orosi, calif., is one of many central valley farm communities where the supply is tainted – by nitrates, arsenic or bacteria traced to decades of agricultural runoff. - latimes
did you save some turkey fat? other oils? some people are aware that our thanksgiving effluent has potential as biofuel. and as it turns out, several cities across the united states are running public or privately run fat, oil, and grease recycling drives. - latimes
fracked beef: it's what's for dinner? while many communities investigate what we drink and breathe for answers, one new report from the nation and the food & environment reporting network highlights a key yet overlooked complication – fracking chemicals could affect our food - mother jones
Labels: brush fires, climate change, drugs, energy, epa, fire, florida, food, fracking, global warming, missouri, ocean, pollution, solar, sweden, thanksgiving, water
it's the holiday season
six ways to sunday
out of every 100 rapes only 3 rapists will spend a day in jail
unbrealable wwii code found on a long-dead pigeon
all we are saying is give pot a chance
Saturday, December 01, 2012
saturday night beneath the plastic palm trees
raising retail wages would boost the economy
in some british asian communities its more acceptable to be possesed than have a mental illness
7 reasons climate change is even worse than we thought it was
if the one percent pays their fair share
Labels: infrastructure, new jersey


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Teaching Strategies
Daniels, Harvey and Marilyn Bizar. "Representing to Learn." In Methods That Matter: Six Structures for Best Practice Classrooms. York, ME: Stenhouse, 1998.
This essay provides tips and strategies for teachers in reader-response classrooms.
Harvey, Karen, Lisa D. Harjo, and Lynda Welborn. How to Teach About American Indians: A Guide for the School Library Media Specialist. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995.
This book offers a Native American perspective on teaching Native American issues across the curriculum.
Keene, Ellin Oliver and Susan Zimmermann. Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1997.
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Livdahl, Barbara Smith, et al. Stories From Response-Centered Classrooms: Speaking, Questioning, and Theorizing From the Center of the Action. New York: Teachers College Press, 1995.
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Witalec, Janet. Native North American Literary Companion. Detroit:
Visible Ink Press, 1995.
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