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Arguments – they're part of life. We're all competitive beasts, never wanting to admit fault or defeat, and will go to great lengths when defending our honor when challenged or threatened. Arguments have started wars, shattered relationships, broken families, declared victors, but have also awarded respect. A win will always be a win, but longstanding respect and admitted defeat are far greater trophies than another tally mark on a record sheet somewhere. That's where our story begins for this group of alcohol swigging, loud mouthed master-debaters (had to make that joke once, c'mon!), connected by our love of whiskey, which is only overpowered by our love for all things pop culture – cinema, music, television, gaming, you name it. Inebriation and verbal assaulting, how could this go wrong?!
Needless to say, all we do now is argue about pop culture and hot topics of the day. Despite sounding like the grunts and groans of a pack of psychopaths, we decided to translate our debates into a readable affair. This means that every few weeks or so, we will be posting our thoughts on upcoming releases and pop culture in general. Since agreeing is for peace-loving hippies, our arguments will be broken up into two sides, and the winner is decided by the readers. Yes, our fates are in your hands!
Before we begin though, allow us to introduce ourselves.
Christian: A nearly retired cop with nothing left to lose, Christian turned to bath salts and cat urine to deal with losing three wives and up to seven stepchildren (they were gingers though, does that even count?). Although it is true that he is extremely opinionated, Christian only pushes his opinions on those he loves most (especially you, dear reader). Famous for his last stand at the Alamo and ability to produce children with a single look, this is a man who should by no means be considered harmless. Aside from devilish good looks and cologne that doesn't come in an aluminum can, his knowledge of everything pop-culture will leave wives crying for divorce and daughters breaking the locks their fathers rightfully installed on their chastity belts. Debating isn't exactly his strong suit, but he did once defeat a whole debate team using only the power of a flamethrower, so maybe that counts.
Gem: Gem has lived the secluded life of an academic, dedicated to a better understanding of critical analysis. Emerging from five years struggling to insert page numbers into Word, Gem indulged in the world of film to satiate her creative side – from which burst the need to obliterate those who do not agree with her inane, profane ranting. Her most critically acclaimed debate was executed at this year's Comic Con when she swayed a crowd of riotous nerds into agreeing that yes, a coat rack could defeat Wolverine. The opposition doesn't stand a chance.
Nato: Traveling back in time from a dystopian universe where pop culture debates are a game of life and death, Nato (formerly Natobombious Kick-Assious) continues to extend his unbeaten streak against the competition he now sees in three (barely) functioning alcoholics who devour useless entertainment factoids like the bottles of Jack taped to their hands. Matt can make a case for anything, but enjoys the new challenge of debate through writing, disabling his hypnotically enchanting "hair-flip" closing visual, typically bringing competition to their knees with one swiftly punctuated "swoosh." Who needs a closing argument when you have great hair? You're about to witness the great lengths he's willing to go and mighty stretches he's willing to make, abandoning all notions of self-respect just to deliver the most convincing arguments conceivable. A pop-culture chameleon, Nato can do it all. We promise we'll do our best to contain him, but it might be too late already…
Alex: Formed from the recovered DNA of Stephen A. Douglas, Ben Franklin, and Socrates, Alex is an unstoppable force in an argument. Basically every epic speech in every courtroom movie/TV show ever was copied verbatim from arguments Alex has made. If the world listened to his points on abortion, gay marriage, or America's healthcare system, all people would finally be in agreement. But why waste his talents on such minutia? It's the world of the media that sparks the fiercest debates, and thus his fiercest opinions. But just because he's such an eloquent debater in person doesn't mean that doesn't translate into his writing. Some argue the pen is mightier than the sword. Well Alex doesn't write with a pen, he uses a sword to slice paper into the words that crush those who disagree. Whoever opposes him ought to fear for not only their dignity, but their safety as well.
Today's Argument: Which Is The Most Memorable Phone Call In Film?
We all make 'em. Whether it's to Domino's for another large with extra funghi, or to our Mothers to ask if our laundry's ready. Dialing up and making a phone call is an social activity which, as a method for communication has remained steadfast, despite advances in technology. If anything, we make more calls now we can *gasp* take our phones with us everywhere! (except the vets, they won't let you.) Needless to say, cinema has relayed many a chunk of exposition and set up plenty of heists via the ole dog and bone.
With this week's release of the Halle Berry flick, The Call, in which a 911 operator gets an unforgettable call from a person in distress, we saw it fit to debate which phone calls in cinema we deem the most memorable. Read on!Next
Gem: Ghostface calls Drew Barrymore in Scream
It's not often you answer the phone in an evening to discover a black-hearted sadist with a penchant for movie trivia and disembowelling on the other end (unless you've got a bastard cinephile fishmonger for a boyfriend.) Fortunately for the gasping slasher genre yet unfortunately for Drew Barrymore, that is precisely the call she receives during the opening sequence of Scream.
What makes this phone call any better than the chilling opening to When A Stranger Calls (and its stellar sequel, When A Stranger Calls Back)? As Scream re-launched the genre, fans cried out that its homages were mere copies of superior original efforts. Scream decimates such obvious reactions by subverting traditional horror tropes. As the film fades in on a counter top phone and a hand grabs it, bringing it up to the cheek of Ms. Barrymore the audience immediately sighs with relief. With full knowledge that they're about to embark on a trip down terror lane, every spectator knows there's no way Drew Barrymore is going to die. She's a star.
As she engages with her mystery caller, you find yourself screaming at the screen, "Hang up, you daft cow!" or as Jada Pinkett's character in Scream 2 puts it: "Bitch, hang up the phone and Star 69 his ass!" (That would be "Do be a dear and hang up then dial 1471" in the U.K.) We do as we are bid, we indulge in suspending our disbelief and listen in as Casey and Ghostface banter back and forth. Sure, it's tantamount to idiocy to carry on a conversation with a total stranger, but we continue to eavesdrop on the dialogue to her demise. We ourselves become the voyeurs; peeping through the glass doors, hearing every exhalation of breath and urging her to outsmart him. The experience might push us to the limits of our disbelief, but we're on her side.
What makes the phone call so damn memorable is its merging of boundaries between the film and the audience. Marking one of the first occasions in cinema where the diegetic film world is self-aware. It knows the horror genre. With every dropped reference to Freddy and Jason it smiles cocksure and calm that it will outwit even you, dear cinemagoer. Usual exploits in film have demolished the fourth wall in making a statement that the film and its characters know they are in a film (Ferris Bueller?) Scream's phone call announces that yes, it is aware, but it still has the capacity to utterly terrify you.
The turning point emerges as the caller pushes for Casey to tell him her name. Still playing along, she refuses while still flirting. As she finally asks him, "Why do you want to know my name?" his response, "'Cause I wanna know who I'm looking at" cuts through any of the good-natured banter which came before. The score lurches as her eyes swim with panic. It is here that the phone call escalates from a simple wrong number to a cat-and-mouse trap. Casey, mere moments from finally hanging up from him for good is stopped as he rasps out, razor-tongued and full of malice; "Listen to me you little bitch! You hang up on me again and I'll gut you like a fish!"
And why are we so afraid as the call turns into a life or death film trivia quiz? Because we're fighting in Casey's corner, and when her boyfriend is centre stage, tied up and bloody under the porch lights, we too, are equally as stunned. We like this girl. For a scene which for the most part features Barrymore and a phone, the nuances and exposition-through-dialogue reveal her personality to superb effect. That is what pummels this scene as the most memorable phone call in cinema. In a short 12 minutes we're in essence delivered a short film. An introduction, a middle and a sad tragic ending complete with humour, thrills and sadness. Barrymore's skill in embodying a fully-fleshed out character with only a phone for company in such a short space of time possibly cements this as her best performance. And one which will lead to our hearts being broken.
After losing in Ghostface's tricky movie quiz, Casey is chased through her house by a masked killer in a black gown. Charging up the garden, still clutching the phone, Casey can see her parents walking to the front door, mere meters away and barely croaks "Mom!" (During which many audiences shouted "Throw the phone!") Too slow for Ghostface, he tackles her to the ground and plunges the knife in while her Mom picks up the extension, listening to the final sounds of her daughter's brutal murder. A final, grim goodbye….across the telephone.
So, the next time someone calls you asking something trivial and bizarre ("What's your favourite Olympia Dukakis movie?"), it's probably best to head into the doomsday bunker you've been prepping for the zombie apocalypse. No friggin' reception down there.Previous Next
Alex: Sam calls Donna Reed and James Stewart in It's A Wonderful Life
When I'm asked to think of the most iconic anything in cinema, my go to film is It's A Wonderful Life. After all, if I can't pick something iconic from one of the most iconic films of all time, where am I going to find anything good? So when it came to picking the best phone call in the history of cinema, it wasn't even a question that the call from It's A Wonderful Life was my choice.
For those who haven't watched the film in the last couple years (shame on you), I'm referring to the scene where George has just stormed out of Mary's house but is forced to return since he forgot his hat. Mary happens to be on the phone with their friend Sam at this point and Sam wants to talk to George. Sam plays the expert matchmaker without even knowing it. His desire to have both of them on the phone brings the two close together and that's when it's game over for Mary and George. It doesn't even matter what Sam's talking about. They're done listening to him the moment they catch the sweet scent of the other and feel the warmth radiating between them. Thank god speakerphone hadn't been invented yet, or we would've been deprived of this immaculate scene.
The way that the lovely Donna Reed stares longingly toward James Stewart is one of the most magical looks ever given in a movie. Ever. It's phenomenal. The whole scene is acted better than perhaps any I've ever seen. It's nearly flawless. From intense anger to completely and utterly falling for the other, both actors fly through an array of emotions in an unrivaled way. The way the scene lingers and the tension builds to such a peak of passion shows the master direction that Frank Capra provided for the film better than any other moment.
An incredibly romantic film, this call may be the most romantic moment of all. Get this, Stewart was nervous about the scene since it was his first romantic one since he returned to acting from the war. He was worried that he would be out of practice. His worry was completely unwarranted as he did the scene so perfectly that they used the first, unrehearsed take. In fact, it even had to be cut since part of the embrace was too passionate to pass the censors. You go Jimmy!
So take your horror dials and anger on a phone, I want two people on one end of the line, passionately kissing by the end of my calls.Previous Next
Matt: Jon Favreau calls Nikki in Swingers
Phone calls - there's a reason no one makes them anymore in a generation where texting and instant messaging are proving much better methods of conveying information. Who wants to play back some long-winded message left by someone you probably ignored anyway, listening to every insignificant detail instead of skimming through a chunk of text for the important details. I know, we're becoming robots who are losing all methods of healthy social interaction, but even when we had the opportunity, were we still participating in healthy social interactions?
People are awkward, silly entities who don't know what to do or say on the phone when put on the spot, and no one exemplifies that more than Jon Favreau playing Mike in the 1996 comedy Swingers.
In the extremely uncomfortable "conversation" Mike has while trying to contact a girl he just met named Nikki, Favreau gets caught in a one-sided game of phone tag, being taunted by an evil answering machine with a traumatizing knack for cutting Favreau off in the most importunate times. Becoming more and more flustered by the situation, Favreau makes one bad decision after the next, as we literally end up screaming "JUST PUT THE F*CKING PHONE DOWN" at the screen.
Over the entirety of the scene, Favreau makes about 6 different calls, mentally goes through the entirety of a relationship, makes a complete and total ass of himself, and expertly obliterates any chances he has with this Nikki character. How do we know? He goes against every dating rule, calls too damn soon, freaks her out, talks about his past relationship, and literally breaks up with her all without ever actually talking directly to her – then she picks up. Her simple response? "Don't ever call me again." Then she probably went out, put a restraining order on Mike, and feared for her life (or she at least should have) after this crazy lunatic completes one of the most admirably bad self-conversations in movie history.
What we have here is the equivalent of a trainwreck though, so ugly and catastrophic you try your damnedest to look away, but even with all your might, your eye's cant help but stay glued to the skin-crawling, socially unsettling horrors unfolding before you. It's one of those moments that makes you yourself feel all weird inside even though it's just two characters acting on the screen. I don't know, maybe we picture ourselves in the situation and react accordingly?
Favreau's scripting of this scene is all but perfect, and his acting really draws out the horrid nature of dating and early phone conversations. In fact, this specific scene is honestly what sold me on Favreau as a filmmaker, because of the absurd reality of the scenario and the human nature Favreau is able to exploit through grounded scripting. The "conversation" is really a thing of beauty when you think about it, but then you start to remember how hideous the ordeal actually is, and you don't know whether to pity or scold Mike.
The thing is, I'm sure Mike would have still found a way to mess that exchange up even if he were texting.Previous Next
Christian: The Caller calls Colin Farrell in Phone Booth
Phone calls are a sad part of life, making everybody involved sound and look like an idiot. Talking into a hunk of plastic and glass like its a person is just goofy, but without it we would still be sending paper around the world like a bunch of dingbats. But the necessity to talk to those who aren't in your immediate vicinity is just too overpowering. Hollywood has portrayed these calls in just about every film ever released, so it's a bit tricky to pick the best one.
However, this is just a trick question, since everybody knows that Joel Schumacher's Phone Booth is the way to go. Let's be honest: the whole film itself is just a phone call. There's maybe five minutes total of action that's not connected to the phone, and the rest is watching Jack Bauer train a rifle on Colin Farrell in a phone booth.
The call itself is a chance for redemption for Farrell's character, who has lied and cheated his way to the top at the expense of everybody around him. It's a common morality tale, with someone getting the chance to better their life or die trying. But the fact that The Caller feels the need to hold Farrell hostage in the last phone booth available in New York is pretty ingenious.
Perhaps even more interesting than the phone call itself are the distractions that occur during the call. Prostitutes try to break into the booth, because prostitutes are a chatty bunch. Then their pimp shows up and starts wailing on Farrell. To make things worse, The Caller kills the pimp in front of Farrell before getting him back on the line.
Despite Schumacher ruining Batman for a whole generation, he makes up for it in Phone Booth simply by making a phone conversation actually interesting. How many movies have successfully made phone calls actually interesting or captivating? Actually, how many have kept someone in exactly one spot at the threat of death? It's such a static film, but nobody can deny how riveting it is.
My colleagues here will try to convince you that classics such as Scream and It's A Wonderful Life have better calls because they're great movies. But friends, don't be fooled! Could either of those movies contain an hour long phone call and still hold your interest? All it took was a little bit of murder to make this mundanity interesting again.
The arguments have been made! Now it's your turn, head to the comments section and weigh-in on which phone call you think is the most memorable in film.
And if you liked this Throwdown, maybe you'd like to check out one of our past arguments, such as Which Cinematic Witch Casts The Most Enchanting Spell?Previous


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Carpenter, Mann Visit IMS Kids Club Christmas Event
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
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INDIANAPOLIS, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011 – IZOD IndyCar Series drivers Ed Carpenter and Pippa Mann enjoyed an afternoon of holiday fun Saturday, Dec. 3 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during a special Christmas event with the IMS Kids Club.
The Kids Club is an exclusive group in which members get their very own "Kid-ential" and access to fun activities during IMS race weekends and throughout the year. Club members receive access to exclusive events, fun contests, cool prizes and special discounts. For more information on the IMS Kids Club, including how to become a member, visit IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com/KidsClub
Carpenter, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Indy 300 and an eight-time Indianapolis 500 starter, announced recently he will drive for his new IndyCar team in 2012, sponsored by Fuzzy's Ultra-Premium Vodka. Carpenter and his daughter, Makenna, had fun at the Kids Club event with Santa Claus and everyone on hand.
"It's just me and Makenna here today, but it's a really good event," he said. "It's great to see a good turnout and a lot of race fans getting together, and our cousins are here, so it's a good, fun holiday atmosphere."
As an IZOD IndyCar Series team owner for the first time in 2012, Carpenter has been busy and is anticipating the 2012 season.
"Things are moving along very well," he said. "We're coming up on a month since we started the team and made the announcement, so we've made a lot of progress from what we've done this past month. We're about on pace with where we wanted to be. There's a lot more to happen in the next month, and we should be getting our new car and there's a lot of work to be done, but I'm really happy with the team we're building."
Mann became the first British woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500 when she placed 20th at the 100th Anniversary edition of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" last May.
A kid at heart, Mann enjoyed herself at the afternoon's Kids Club event, signing autographs and meeting families.
"Like most racing drivers, I have a mental age of about 5, so I've had a fantastic time," Mann said. "This is right on my wavelength."
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Universities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to publicity scandals caused by the increasing number of students turning to Twitter to broadcast their thoughts.
According to a study released in May by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 18 percent of all 18- to 24-year olds who are on the Internet also use Twitter. In fact, there is a higher percentage of college-aged Americans on Twitter than all but one other age group. And these tweeters have recently made news for reflecting poorly on their colleges. From UNC-Chapel Hill to Florida State University, several universities have been forced to face serious consequences for their student's tweets.
"When these kinds of situations come up we've got to be able to say, 'no, it's not us'," said Paul Cousins, director of the office of student conduct at North Carolina State University.
Cousins said it is hard for universities to separate themselves from the actions of an individual student because the public often perceives the student as a representative of the institution.
North Carolina State University faced a controversy in May when varsity basketball player C.J. Leslie tweeted that he'd rather not have a gay player in the locker room. Though the tweet made news, Leslie did not face disciplinary action from his school, as Cousins said the tweet was not threatening and did not violate the student code of conduct.
"It might be in poor taste," Cousins said. "But that doesn't make it a violation of the code."
A similar situation occurred in June at the University of Texas at El Paso, when varsity basketball player John Bohannon tweeted that it wasn't cool to be gay and later issued an apology. The university did not respond to calls for comment.
At the University of Kentucky, current Green Bay Packers wide receiver and former University of Kentucky football player, Randall Cobb, tweeted that he was disappointed with fans after winning a game in 2010. But DeWayne Peevy, senior associate athletic director for communications at the university, said Cobb did not say anything inappropriate.
Peevy also spoke of University of Kentucky basketball player Josh Harrellson, who tweeted a complaint about his coach in 2010 and was later suspended from Twitter. Peevy said the situation made Harrellson a better player.
"Social media is a big issue and I think the power of social media is something these kids haven't had a chance to yield before college," he said.
The University of Kentucky's athletic department has a social media policy student athletes have to sign every year. It states that they are held accountable for their actions online and must befriend someone from the compliance office who can monitor their activity, he said. But Peevy said the policy was a teaching tool rather than a system of punishment and that there had been no issues with it to date.
Though often times these issues are handled internally, some tweets have required public relations efforts from the university.
Last Wednesday, Florida State University officials sent an apology letter to the University of Oklahoma in regards to "offensive" tweets sent by a Florida State student to a University of Oklahoma football player. The tweets wished harm on the player and his family. In the letter Vice President of Student Affairs Mary Coburn, Student Body President Aviram Assidon and Athletics Director Randy Spetman said the messages were deplorable and that the student did not represent the university.
"As soon as we received notice about these very inappropriate messages, we contacted the student and his account and messages were deleted and appropriate action was taken," read the letter.
At UNC-Chapel Hill, former varsity football player Marvin Austin's tweet about a party he attended initiated an investigation by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Steve Kirschner, associate athletic director for communications at UNC-CH, said the university had already been working on the existing social media policy before the controversy. The policy, which must be followed by all student athletes, was formally adopted in Aug. 2010. It requires students to befriend someone in the athletic department and refrain from defamatory language, among others.
Yet it isn't just students that are using Twitter. A 2010 study by UniversititesAndColleges.org found that all of the top 100 schools from the US News and World Report's 2010 College Rankings had an official Twitter account. In fact, many schools had additional accounts devoted to academic departments, student services, or school athletics. The average number of accounts per school was 8.4.
According to the study, in 2010 George Washington University was the most active tweeter, with nearly 50 tweets a day. The University of Florida had the most accounts with 24. While Harvard University, which as of Sunday morning, had the most followers with 67,821.
Yet just because colleges have professionals on staff doesn't mean they are immune to mishaps.
The University of Iowa recently issued an apology to Michele Bachmann after one of its accounts tweeted that the Republican presidential candidate hopeful was a "cougar." The university did not respond to calls for comment.
As for students, many schools do not have a specific policy in place for non-athletes.
"We're not engaged in censorship of student's access to social media," Cousins said of North Carolina State University's lack of policy. Cousins said students were held accountable for actions that could constitute harassment, threats or illegal activity.
Florida State University and the University of Kentucky do not have a specific policy for non-athletic students either, officials said.
And without university guidelines, it's up to college students to decide how to use Twitter.
Adam Britten, author of the electronic book "Twitter 101: An Introductory Guide for College Students," said Twitter is incredibly public and that users should realize tweets are permanent and can be shared in other forms.
"While Twitter can be incredibly valuable, it can also be very destructive," he said.


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A recent TED talk given by city planner Toni Griffin offers an outline of hope for a Detroit comeback. Play the video to hear some interesting ideas. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading based on three words: Technology, Entertainment, Design.
Once the powerhouse of America's industrial might, Detroit is more recently known in the popular imagination as a fabulous ruin, crumbling and bankrupt. But city planner Toni Griffin asks us to look again -- and to imagine an entrepreneurial future for the city's 700,000 residents.
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U.Va.'s Curry School of Education Foundation chose David M. Foster of Arlington as the recipient of its 2013 Distinguished Service to the Commonwealth Award.
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For Dolly Mazza, her jewelry making hits home.Reporter Joe Carroll: So this is kind of cozy isn't? Dolly Mazza: It's very cozy, yeah.In fact it's the living room of her house. Some days she works six to seven hours -- her take home pay? Nothing. But as you will find out, she has been paid back. "I like the fact that I can help other people -- that's the best part of it," she said. She got the idea of making jewelry from her young granddaughter. Dolly saw her making inexpensive bracelets for the Relay for Life, then selling them to raise money for the cause. Dolly took it to another level and Dolly Mazza Jewelry was born. All profits go to organizations mostly dealing with cancer.Reporter Joe Carroll: Are you surprised how much money you've raised? Dolly Mazza: I'm shocked, I'm totally shocked. She's given away over $54,000 in nine years -- an impressive amount of money considering that her most expensive product is around $20. Not bad for a couch career. But she and her granddaughter had a very personal reason to make jewelry. "You would think after all this time it would be easier, but it's not," Mazza said.Her daughter-in-law, Lynn, was diagnosed with breast cancer. Only 37 at the time with no family history, she had done everything right -- didn't smoke, ate right and exercised. Her sickness though, has made the family stronger."She really found her place doing this -- it's been wonderful," Lynn Mazza said.Dolly is married to Dick. They got married in 1965. "There was 300 hundred people at the wedding and I was painfully shy back then," Mazza said."The first few years of being married, she never wanted to ah...first few? for thirty! Yeah she never wanted to come in the store," Dick Mazza said.Dick Mazza is a longtime Vermont State Senator. They they also own a store in Colchester. Dolly did the books, but in the comfort of her home. "We were married for 30 years and people didn't know I was his wife... cause I was never in the store," she said.Reporter Joe Carroll: Is the husband at the register a lot? Dolly Mazza: Not too much. He usually opens up in the morning and he's there then. For Dolly making the jewelry has done two things -- raising money for a good cause and getting her out of her shell. Reporter Joe Carroll: At 70 you are still working on that? Dolly Mazza: Yeah, I think I pretty much conquered it.She's now a regular in the store along with her jewelry. "She has prime location as you can see in the store," Dick Mazza said."Yeah, and I don't have to pay rent," Dolly added."I think the fact it started with me is touching, but she has to take all the credit for it though," Lynn Mazza said. Lynn shows a visual collage of her struggles she keeps. "It reminds us that... you can go from there to here and it's going to be OK," she saidA family learning to take on fear, thanks to a health scare.Lynn has been clear of cancer for almost ten years. If you want more information on Dolly's Jewelry, click here.
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Fernando Rodriguez
"If you're thinking about the future too much, then you're not able to give yourself completely. You can't exert your energy into something that doesn't already exist. Let yourself be in the moment 100 percent."
A wise philosophy from a 23-year-old man who has lived in Columbia only a short while and is doing his personal best to live in the moment from day to day. But this particular man is not only a philosopher by trade — he's also a dancer. And he can effectively argue that the two professions are one and the same.
Fernando Rodriguez, a member of the luminous Missouri Contemporary Ballet, described how he compressed the symbolic elements of his "be in the moment" philosophy into scrupulous dance choreography, which he created last fall for the ballet company's choreography installation.
"It started as a group piece but went into a duet toward the end," Rodriguez elaborated. "I also used a core of dancers as representation of past and future struggles."
To him, dance is not only the technique of particular movements — pirouettes and pliés, arabesques and fouettés — but also a highly conscientious expression of the raw emotion flourishing inside an individual. Dance is a wholly unique way of telling a story: "You don't use words, and it's all physical. Maybe the music says something, but you're able to just release anything that is on your mind or express an idea that you've had to a broad audience," Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez grew up in Michigan but, amazingly for a professional dancer, had no formal training until he was 18. He participated in sports and musical theater in his community and in school, snapping up roles in the musicals "West Side Story" and "Chicago."
"I was always more connected to the dancing than all the other parts," Rodriguez remembered.
Others began to notice: During Rodriguez's senior year, theater professional Gerry Schultz contacted him about joining Port Huron's Nutcracker Ballet Theatre Company. Schultz had heard from many of her female ballet students that he was an apt dancer in musical productions, and she hoped to recruit him for the next production of the Nutcracker Ballet. Schultz offered Rodriguez a free ballet class through the company to see whether he would be ripe for the challenge. As it turns out, he was.
"I went down and had my first ballet class, and I loved it," he said. "I had never done it before, but it was a lot of discipline and control. I loved being able to express yourself while dancing." Perceiving this as an opportunity to express himself in an entirely new form and language, he reveled in how the art form drew upon his physicality and his emotions.
Rodriguez soon decided he wanted to pursue dance as a career. But colleges had already conducted auditions for fall dance programs. So he waited a year and obtained a massage therapy degree in the interim, which turned out to be a wonderful boon.
"I know a lot about the body and the kinesiology of it," Rodriguez said. "I was aware of my body and what it needed to do, what it could do — which I think helped me grow so quickly as a dancer."
He attended several dance intensives in Michigan and New York before and during college, well aware that he had much catching up to do in comparison to colleagues who had studied dance for their whole lives.
During Rodriguez's term at Grand Valley State University two years ago, Karen Mareck Grundy, the director of MCB, came through to audition students. She offered a contract to Rodriguez, and he accepted without even taking a jaunt down to Missouri.
"I just went on Craigslist and found a place to live," he remembered, laughing. "That's what I was going to school for, so I took it. A dancer's career doesn't last their whole lives. It's the one art form that's very short-lived."
Rodriguez relishes the style that infuses MCB, the particular combination of structured classical ballet and the more free-flowing, expressive feel of modern dance.
"You get the best of both worlds," he said. "You can only do a pirouette one way, and it's universal. That's something you work toward. But with modern, it's more loosely interpreted." Regardless of the style, he noted, "You're giving a story to the audience."
He loves being able to draw upon his own life experiences and emotions and infuse those into the dance expression he is moving through at that time.
"Everything we do has to have an expression," Rodriguez said. "Otherwise it doesn't really mean anything."
His own calculated, arching movement in a recent daily rehearsal clearly conveys that sense of focus and expressive storytelling. Within the team at MCB, Rodriguez is a pivot point for the emotional energy that courses through the other ballet members. And he knows that the experience doesn't cease once he stops moving in the studio.
"If you work in an office job, you might be able to leave it behind and go home," Rodriguez said. But dancers "have to take it on as a lifestyle. You're always living and breathing dance. A lot of self-growth happens." But Rodriguez ultimately believes it is worth the sacrifice.
"I believe in the art form that's being created. That's why I'm here," he said. Both his voice and his body, lost in the moment, will speak that truth.
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Brent Benefield was officially sentenced Wednesday morning by 30th District Court Judge Bob Brotherton. The sentence was recommended by 11 jury members late Tuesday afternoon, after deliberating for over two and a half hours.
Benefield was sentenced to spend 10 years on count one of abusing a child the death of his four month old son Lucas and five years for the second count of continuous violence against his wife Sarah Price while she was pregnant with Lucas. Both sentences will be served by Benefield at the same time. Benefield will serve a maximum of 10 years behind bars and a minimum of five years, eligible for parole with good behavior.
Brotherton said that Benefield will be give credit for time served on both sentences. Benefield will receive653 days credited for count one and 133 days for count 2.
Brotherton said the case boiled down to competing testimony from expert witnesses."Each side had physicians with pretty much completely opposing theories on how the death occurred," said Brotherton. Prosecutor John Gillespie said that justice was served."If your talking about who inflicted the fatal injury that killed Lucas, that defendant was the one that inflicted it. The medical evidence was overwhelming and the jury found him guilty because he was guilty," said Gillespie.While Brennon Brady said he respects the jury's decision, he believes that Benefield was not guilty."We respect the time they put into this case. However, we felt there was doubt throughout the case, the pathologist couldn't agree, a lot of the medical providers couldn't agree," said Brady.Brady said that he plans to appeal the decision."We're gonna keep working on his behalf we put a lot of time into this were the public defenders office. We're not doing it for extra money were doing it cause we believe in him," said Brady.
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Elton John
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In the five decades since he began his career, Elton Hercules John has lived up to his mythical middle name. He's had 56 Top 40 singles, holds the record for the biggest selling single of all time ("Candle In The Wind"), sold more than 250 million records worldwide, played more than 3,500 concerts, achieved 25 platinum albums, and won a multitude of awards and honors including knighthood in 1998 and a Kennedy Center Honor in 2004. The piano protégé played by ear when he was 3 and attended the Royal Academy Of Music on scholarship from 1959-64. He gigged with bands, The Corvettes and Bluesology, before being united with writing partner Bernie Taupin by a 1967 classified. They correspond by mail and have never written a song in the same room. He became an overnight sensation in 1970 with the release of his self-titled debut and his first LA concert and is known for perennial favorites "Your Song," "Bennie And The Jets," "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road," "Rocket Man" and "I'm Still Standing." When he isn't busy winning an Oscar for "The Lion King" (1995), a Tony for "Aida" (2000), five Grammys, or being inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame (1994), he heads the Elton John AIDS Foundation, co-produces films like "Gnomeo & Juliet" with partner David Furnish (union legalized in 2005), and raises his sons Zachary (2010) and Elijah (2013), both born through surrogacy.
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I've been mulling over Moonrise Kingdom for some time, trying to work through how I really feel about it. When friends and coworkers gush over their reactions to the film and Anderson's "brilliant new direction" I just keep quiet because I honestly don't know if I can agree with them. Let me explain.
Opening night I went to see Andersons magnum opus. To say I was excited is a vast understatement. I was filled to overflowing with that kind of crazed fan eagerness that admittedly grows exponentially with every new release. As I sat through the film smiling ear to ear I waited patiently for that "impact", you know the one I mean, the big dark moment in all of his movies that counterbalances all of the cute cinematography and the quirky characters (things that I love about his work have you) and provides a beautiful, deep, and painful reality in life, even in a very make-believe world. But suddenly the movie was over and well… I felt a little cheated. Where was the truth in this story?
Now before you react in horror and disbelief, before you call me a traitor and explain all of the cinematic reasons as to why Anderson is a genius to American film, please know that I already agree with you. I uphold and nearly worship the very things that make him unique from any other filmmaker out there, i.e. his shot compositions, his signature documentary aesthetic, and his wild bunch of neurotic characters all deeply explored by exceptional actors. It's just that those things alone were not enough to carry this story (for me).
I may be wrong here, in fact I hope I am wrong. I want to see it again and catch what I might have missed all along… If you have any input please share.
P.S. The image above, of Sam and Suzy dancing wildly on the beach in celebration of their freedom, is one of my all time favorite moments in a film ever.
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In a bedroom with a small footprint, there's often not enough space for a nightstand — but the thought of not having a nightstand? That's a hard piece of furniture to give up. Where else are you going to put the glass of water, the book, the eyeglasses, the pen, the journal, the…ummm…etc.? A good compromise is a wall-mounted nightstand.
- For the show Enough Already, the sleek grey wall-mounted nightstand is The Slice, from CB2
- IKEA's Malm is an inexpensive option. It is made to work with their Malm Headboard. Ehow offers instructions for attaching it directly to the wall.
- We like the rustic quality of The Structured Green Wall Mounted Nightstand. Made from Bamboo ply, it is available at Velocity Art & Design.
- The Wall Mounted Table comes in black as well as light wood and a dark wood and is available from Amazon. No drawer means extra attention to nighttime neatness.
- This IkeaHacker used a toothbrush holder and a basket to keep nighttime necessities nearby.
Trying to solve your small space nightstand issues? Check out the post Small Space Solution: No Space Night Stands for other options.
Images: Laure Joliet; IKEA, Velocity Art & Design; Amazon; IKEAHacker
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I love the first photo, and the basket and cupholder in the last one :) Great idea
I've spent a lot (too much) time looking for a wall-mounted bedside table with a drawer, which seems like a no-brainer. Does anyone know of one?
We wall mounted a Malm in our guest bedroom, love it!
I find this one a clever idea:
and in comparison to some of the others almost cheap...
Sherr, the Malm has a drawer, so does the one diridi mentioned, and it looks like the CB2 one does as well.
Ikea Lack. 10 bucks. BAM!
To clarify, the Lack doesn't have a drawer, it's just a shelf, but that works for me :)
We have 2 lacks on each side of the bed. The small square-ish ones. They are awful. Even with just a book or two, they begin to pull away from the wall. And I've tried a variety of anchors including toggle bolts & zip toggles. I'll have to replace the drywall at this point. Might try the Malm instead. It looks like a viable alternative.
We have 2 Malms attached to our Malm headboard. It works for our space now, but I don't think I will stay married to them forever.
I too have had issues with the Lack shelves coming away from the wall once I added weight to them. They look great though - I love the simplicity of them!
These are great. I am considering building the foldaway/murphy nightstand on this site: http://www.readymade.com/projects/the_murphy_life_foldaway_side_table
You do realize that a wall mounted drawer doesn't take up any less space beside the bed than a comparable piece of furniture - it just doesn't sit on the floor.
Perhaps I'm not understanding... if you don't have room for a nightstand, how would you have room for a wall mounted one? My bedroom is tiny & I don't have room for a nightstand on either side of the bed. We do use an Aalto stool on one side of the bed, but it's crammed between the bed & the wall. The other side of the bed has my dresser a mere 1.5 feet from the edge of the bed. Sad face. Next house, I hope to have room for 2 proper nightstands- wall mount or just sitting on the floor.
The woman from this blog fashioned nightstands from Ikea magazine holders.
@ bepsf-- is that your logical Vulcan side talking? I was scratching my head over that premise as well.
What I want to know is where I can find something like this Stateside:
@bepsf - I don't know about anyone else, but we want wall-mounted nightstands to accommodate the drawers of a captain's bed.
Well, I guess technically you can mount any of these so they overhang your actual bed. They aren't so deep, so even with a twin you could probably mount it by your head. Just don't roll into it/sleep under it and sit up abruptly on waking!
I have a rather low bed and plan to use a cb2 clear acrylic peekaboo c-table as a nightstand; I'll be able to move it around and use my laptop on it (as shown in one of the product photos, actually). I just need it to pop up at half price on craigslist again... have seen only 2 listings for it since I started looking and was not successful in snaggng one. :(
I spy Ikea in the last picture! Why the heck I didn't think of that, the glass and wall mount. I see that do-hickey all the time when I go to ikea!! The basket? Ikea too? Hum I will have to go and see =)
It's not always about space, my bed frame has drawers underneath on both sides so to be able to hang the nightstands and use the drawers would be great.
We just bought 2 espresso-colored Malm nightstands last weekend and I'm going to attach prefab metal French Cleats from Home Depot to hang them. We've used these same fasteners to hang headboards and other very heavy objects safely and securely.
For us, the issue was finding a pair of nightstands that are tall enough to go with our extra thick mattress. We needed something around 32" tall and had little luck finding such.
I want the basket in that last photo! I keep searching, but all the ones I see are too wide, etc. Anyone seen one like that for sale?
I tried finding the Malm nightstand on the IKEA web site and couldnt find it. Have they stopped making this product?


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The author successfully combines "modern" detective stories from the 19th, 20th & 21st centuries, archeological, linguistic & literary; with an approachable guide to the history of written language (focusing on cunieform); and the evolution of biblical literature (focusing on the Noah story, but not only that). The writing & the narration, excellent. I was so sorry when the book was over, I wanted to hear more.
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Terrific book, a micro-history of the Virginia Chesapeake region, slavery, and the War of 1812. The author does a very skillful job providing the context from the American points-of-view, the historical background for both the slavery elements and the War. Taylor then provides a fascinating, blow-by-blow narrative of the War of 1812 in the region, one you can understand very well because of the context he has already served up. I thought the book was going to be mostly about slave escapes, and it is, but without the background that portion would be adrift.
I thought Bronson Pinchot's narrative approach was perfect for a history book. No need for a narrator or narration with different voices or with lots of up & down emphasis. This is a history, not a drama. I am going to seek out more of the books he's narrated for Audible.
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This was a very promising book. I am very interested in Moynihan, the time period (through which I lived), US-Israel relations, the United Nations. Perfect ingredients for an entertaining & intellectually-satisfying book. The book is well-written in the sense that the vignettes and anecdotes it contains are generally well-written (if a bit biased at times, or at least lacking the analytical breadth to understand the position of the "other side"). But the book seems disorganized, perhaps more so because it is an audiobook and not a hard-bound one. But I suspect both suffer from a weak outline and from the absence of a strong editorial hand. I enjoyed parts of the book as I went along, and I suppose it could be satisfying on those grounds alone. But I am sure there are better treatments of Moynihan (e.g., biographies) and I know there are better ones on US-Israel relations, the UN in the 1970s & 1980, dealing with the egomaniacal Kissinger and so forth. There are a couple of highly-rated Moynihan books on Amazon (Audible's parent), although not in audio form. I am going to try one of those next.I am sorry I could not give this book a stronger review.
"Good narrative, little analysis"
Doris Kearns Goodwin is a terrific narrator, and does a good job relating the sweep of history and how her various characters fit into the sweep (and influence the sweep as well). With respect to Taft & Roosevelt, and especially the latter, there is not a lot of new information here, but it is the "how" of the narration that is new, the connecting of the dots between the two of them, and between them & the history of the US that is novel here.
It would be impossible and indeed undesirable to read this in just one sitting, it is a sprawling story, in the way Kearns Goodwin tells it. And it is better to take smaller bites over a longer period, to appreciate the story.
A strength of this book and indeed of all of this author's books, is her strength as a narrator. A weakness is the absence of analysis. And, often, along with that lack, the portrayal of the protagonists with a substantial deemphasis of their flaws. Not so much their flaws as people but the flaws of their policies.
"terrific, hard-hitting legal history"
The narrative is a personal one. Goodale essentially testifies to his own role, very personally (lots of "I's", which took a bit of getting used to), which is what drives the story and makes it exciting. Due to the approach, the reader gets a mixture of personal, political, and legal history, along with a grounding in real drama (not TV drama) that can take place in legal cases. Readers will come away with a good understanding of the importance of the Pentagon Papers, the Pentagon Paper case, and the first amendment to the US constitution. And can go elsewhere if a deeper understanding is desired on any of these aspects of the case.
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Austen with an outstanding narrator
Alison Larkin is a terrific narrator, she speaks with verve and drive, and she does a great job moving from one voice to another, and from narration to a character's voice, so that the book can be easily followed without thinking about which character is speaking.
Pride & Prejudice should, of course, be read by everyone. It is a great story, one that could occur today, in some sense, with some of the environs shifted. But you can also live it as a reader of a circa-1790s aristocracy story, listen to the narrative & with a bit of imagination, stretch yourself into a horse & buggy context of England in the period.
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Yes, this would have been a book I could have listened to in one sitting. However, it is so packed with ideas, it does merit stopping once in awhile to let the ideas sink in.
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