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Diane Ravitch discusses The Death and Life of the Great American School System
In the spring of 1991, education scholar Diane Ravitch got a phone call from Education Secretary Lamar Alexander inviting her to lunch in Washington. He asked her to become an assistant secretary, and—excited by this high-profile opportunity—Ravitch accepted and stayed until 1993. Since then, as a writer and blogger, she has become known as an advocate of reform via school choice, charter schools, and accountability. But to the surprise of many, Ravitch now opposes those strategies in her book The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Ravitch recently spoke with U.S. News about her new views. Excerpts:
Why have you changed your mind about the No Child Left Behind Act?
First of all, I was not an architect of No Child Left Behind, as some people seem to think. But along with about 90 percent of the House and the Senate, [I thought] it sounded like a good idea. Who wants to leave any child behind? So, yeah, I supported it with the hopes that it would lead to improvements. And I've concluded, based on the evidence, that it has not.
How has No Child Left Behind failed?
It has encouraged the states to dumb down the standards by saying that every state would have its own definition of proficiency, every state would use its own test, by setting a deadline of 2014—which is totally unrealistic—by which all students are supposed to be proficient, and then having very onerous sanctions for schools that are unable to meet this completely unrealistic deadline. It's meant that everyone is encouraged to find ways to produce the numbers, and one thing we know from the market sector is that when the numbers are what counts, people meet the numbers, even though they sacrifice the goals of the organization. What we're doing instead of producing well-educated people is producing the numbers. The gains since No Child Left Behind was adopted are smaller than before No Child Left Behind was adopted.
How exactly did education reform move from the curriculum-focused and content-focused ideas of the late '80s and '90s to standardized testing and accountability?
In the early '90s, when I was working with the first Bush administration, there was a huge blowup over the history standards, and it turned into a very vitriolic controversy. Consequently, because of all the press and outrage about the history standards, people in political life said, "Back off; don't have anything to do with content. It's dangerous. Keep the standards vague." When the second President Bush was elected, he came to Washington with the Texas plan. That is, if you test the kids every year, hold people accountable, everybody will make progress. It sounded wonderful. [But] by putting in place a regime devoted solely to basic skills, [those skills] would [become] the focus of everyone's attention because the regime was loaded with incentives and sanctions—mostly sanctions. Teachers would find it hard to do anything other than basic skills, and that's not a good education.
What needs to happen to make the law more effective for schools?
Aside from scrapping 2014 because it's become a joke—obviously 100 percent of the kids are not going to become proficient four years from now, but I think that if we changed it to 2024 it would also be ridiculous—I think the main thing to change is . . . to get rid of the remedies and the sanctions because the remedies don't work and the sanctions don't work. What No Child Left Behind has given the United States is an atmosphere of punitiveness. The word accountability has come to be a synonym for punish. If students don't learn, it's the teachers' fault. Fire the teachers. Close the schools. We're now on a wrecking mission to destroy American public education.
What can charter schools contribute, and what are some of the risks involved?
The charter school movement initially began as a way of helping public schools by creating schools run by public-school teachers where teachers could experiment with different ways of educating the kids who were hardest to educate. It has turned into a major way to privatize public education, to take public-school students and public-school funding and hand it over to entrepreneurs who, in many cases, are paying themselves outsize executive compensation. The reason that I've become skeptical about charters is this: They range in quality. Most of them are no different, in terms of their performance, than regular public schools. Charter schools have never outperformed regular public schools, so this doesn't seem to me to be a very productive way to engage in major education reform. Furthermore, to the extent that we dramatically expand charters, as the president is proposing, we will see more shady operators, more entrepreneurs who are in it to make money, and more scandals. It's inevitable. Wherever there is a lot of government money, it attracts bees, and the bees sometimes don't make honey; they just make money.


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Reviews by Krakpoff:
Quebec (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
04-01-2013 20:53:43 | More by Krakpoff
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Ontario (Canada)
1.5/5 rDev -57.5%
04-12-2014 21:24:57 | More by WillAndSarah
Quebec (Canada)
3.51/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: a coppery amber color with one finger of head and good retention.
S: Malty and cereal grain. I also get a bit of an estery aroma. Little hops coming through.
T: Very malty once again. I get deep crystal malts and some roast character too. Not much hops though IMO. I get a bit of a floral flavor along with some citrus and maybe a woody characteristic but its not all that apparent.
M: A bit over carbonated for my liking but its okay in terms of body.
O: A good beer but too malty and not enough of the showcase hop comes through IMO.
Serving type: bottle
01-07-2014 00:22:49 | More by Haydn-Juby
Quebec (Canada)
1.75/5 rDev -50.4%
11-26-2013 15:18:01 | More by kabritz
Quebec (Canada)
3/5 rDev -15%
08-12-2013 01:28:28 | More by groleau
Quebec (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
05-30-2013 17:03:41 | More by DaveR514
Ontario (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
04-01-2013 16:55:02 | More by kelvarnsen
Ontario (Canada)
3.25/5 rDev -7.9%
03-08-2013 02:57:04 | More by ThinkAgain
British Columbia (Canada)
4/5 rDev +13.3%
11-29-2012 00:39:38 | More by KalanM
Ontario (Canada)
3.43/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into a half tulip.
A: Pours a nice copper colour, clear with not much action going on inside, nice head and decent retention.
S: Light hop smell, bit sweet/fruit on the nose and some maltiness.
T: Starts off with medium sweet malt flavours, followed by hops and carrying that through to the end with some bitterness. Pretty representative of the style, though with a bit more hops..
M: Very Light carbonation, though hits your tongue quite a bit, nice well balanced body though.
O: Overall a decent pale ale, not too boring but at the same time doesn't stand out greatly. Not the best offering from the Simple Malt line, but if Pale Ale is your thing, this beer is quite drinkable though the bitterness might get a bit harsh after a few.
Serving type: bottle
09-29-2012 00:55:13 | More by 4ster
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
09-20-2012 22:34:38 | More by Molson2000
Quebec (Canada)
4.5/5 rDev +27.5%
04-08-2012 19:29:17 | More by jrempel
Ontario (Canada)
4.35/5 rDev +23.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
From notes:
Appearance: light brown with red hue; produces a good head; slight haze
Aroma: at first a hint of banana, then light citrus and malty aroma
Taste & Mouthfeel: super smooth and easy drinking, light fruitiness to start, and hops kick in after a few seconds; good balance so you can still taste the fruits (banana again) even after downing most of the beer
Overall: a perfect pale ale - not overly hoppy, so other characteristics can show through
Serving type: bottle
02-18-2012 01:29:08 | More by BGDrock
Quebec (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev -0.8%
02-10-2012 19:17:10 | More by oldp0rt
Quebec (Canada)
4/5 rDev +13.3%
12-12-2011 01:14:10 | More by ctgui
Ontario (Canada)
3.55/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottle purchased from Atwater Market. If english pale ale was intended to describe a faintly hopped mostly malty ale, then this beer meets that style. Slightly above average mouthfeel. Decent drinkability, but somewhat disapointing to discovering the hop.
Serving type: bottle
07-31-2011 23:26:42 | More by Sammy
3.68/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
341ml bottle poured into a tasting glass.
Pours a nice amber/brown with almost no head at all. Nose is malty and crisp - a bit bitter and nice.
Taste is a good balance if hoppy and caramel malts. Very well balanced. The goldings are well matched with this dark amber malt flavor. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy - overall quite well done.
Serving type: bottle
01-29-2011 21:19:11 | More by kingcrowing
Ontario (Canada)
3.25/5 rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
341 ml served in a tulip glass
Apperance - beer pours a deep pale ale that is somewhat hazy. The head is a slight off-white colour with some nice fluffiness. I see some faint levels of carbonation. Lacing is low.
Smell - I can pick up some hops, slight citrus from orange and minimal spices. Very easy smelling beer.
Taste - the taste is almost like burnt caramel with a mad dash of spice. There is a bitter finish as well.
Mouthfeel - decent carbonation levels add a little to the bitterness and also bring the sweetness fwd a little. Not much else occurring.
Drinkability - Its an ok beer, not something I would look for again but not something i mind trying.
Serving type: bottle
12-21-2010 23:09:55 | More by Swedes21
Quebec (Canada)
3.03/5 rDev -14.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Enjoyed with my supper which was garlic bread and homemade mac & cheese.
Poured from a 341ml. bottle.
Appearance: Easily 3 fingers maybe even 4. Sides are covered with lacing and the head is all pockmarked. Body is a orange veering towards amber.
Smell: Dry, some orange maybe with a bit of sugary flavor.
Taste: Brown sugar and hops bitterness. As it warms, it takes on a sharp spice-like flavor that is a bit much. Would have liked more citrus or other fruits in the flavor.
Mouthfeel: Carbonation is average to low with a clean finish. The body kind of falls apart as it warms. Becomes weak and muddled.
Drinkability: More or less. Not particularly inclined to seek it out again though if i do, i'll drink it cold.
Overall: I feel like i'm a little harsh. I started out liking it because it was good when chilled but not as good when warming to room temperature. Though not offensive by any stretch of the imagination, it was not memorable.
Serving type: bottle
11-22-2010 01:47:21 | More by papat444
New Hampshire
4.22/5 rDev +19.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This beer's appearance was of a medium amber color with a light head and carbonation. There are light hops on the aroma, which is inviting but subtle.
The flavor is of nicely done hops - spicy and well balanced against a medium malt body.
Overall, this is a refreshing, well made beer. I would buy it again and be happy to have it frequent my refrigerator.
Serving type: bottle
11-11-2010 20:55:06 | More by CliffBrake
Ontario (Canada)
4.22/5 rDev +19.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Purchased as part of a 6 pack with the 3 different pale ales/ipa's from Simple Malt. Pours a hazy golden amber colour with huge white head and nice rings of lacing down the glass. Smells is huge floral and earthiness to it from the hops, with some mild caramel malt. Bitterness is ramped up more than most English Pale Ales, so this may not be true to the style, but it is delicious so I'm not too upset about that. Very smooth carbonation. I almost wish I didn't split this pack with a friend and I had a 2nd one of these.
Serving type: bottle
11-06-2010 22:34:55 | More by kwjd
Ontario (Canada)
3.38/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Bottle from Broue HaHa into a snifter.
A - Hard pour produces a few floating islands of bubbles but nothing more. Essentially no head. Orangey/reddish in colour. Medium carbonation. Hazy.
S - Breadiness combined with some smoke and nice hops that are very mild.
T - Smoke again. Malts are bready. Mild hop in the finish.
M - Carbonation is evident. Smooth. Not alot of bitterness. Lightish body.
D - Medium. Flavours are too mild to keep me interested half way through this one let alone another. It's a good beer but
Serving type: bottle
10-08-2010 22:24:10 | More by tbeckett
Quebec (Canada)
3.93/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Not a big fan of their Cascade. Hope I like this one better.
A- Very pretty amber/copper. Good retention of this thick beige head. Big curains of lacing
S- Metallic chocolate milk. Thats's pretty much all I'm getting. Black licorice as it warms. Wild berries come out later as well.
T- A little fruity. Something like strawberry with very little sweetness. Ends with a pleasant woodiness. I think I'm picking out Brasseurs Illimités yeast. Some alcohol when aerating.
M- Pretty full but still manages to feel airy and light. Dry finish.
D- Quite good. Clean drinking. Interesting enough tokeep drinking.
Good beer. I'd buy it to give someone to try but I don't think I'd buy it for myself again.
Serving type: bottle
10-04-2010 04:00:53 | More by Yoonisaykul
Ontario (Canada)
3.2/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
This is a fairly average pale all things considered and has a significant flaw in my opinion.
It pours a crystal clear dark copper color. The offwhite head leaves some lacing on the way down and settles to a small cap of foam.
The smell is earthy with some pine and light toasted caramel and biscuit malt notes. No fruit.
The taste is an interesting mix of biscuit, caramel and chocolate malt flavours, combined with an earthy bitter hop finish. However, there's no fruitiness in this though and it's noticeably lacking. The beer feels two dimensional.
Check out the BJCP style guidelines for english pale ales (http://beerrecipes.org/beerstyles.php). All have medium fruitiness in the aroma.
Mouthfeel is fine and drinkability is just ok.
Serving type: bottle
09-18-2010 23:29:06 | More by Ralphus
Quebec (Canada)
3.6/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
The color is copper, and it is clear. Nice head that sticks well to the glass. The aroma is typical Golding hops. Earthy and piney. On the taste it is piney with a very dry finish. Again the Golding hops is showcasing here. Not over extraordinary but an ok beer. Well balanced and easy to drink.
Serving type: bottle
09-07-2010 00:27:09 | More by ZorPrime
Simple Malt Golding Pale Ale from Brasseurs Illimités
81 out of 100 based on 29 ratings.

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I apologize if this comes off as disrespectful because in reality I respect all of you for your opinions because it's nice to see people who actually have them instead of the normal "I think you should follow someone even if you don't agree with them" or my favorite "You're a teenager, don't care about politics, it doesn't matter." But frankly you don't live in my country, you don't live in TEXAS more specifically. Every day of my life I think about that man because every day of my life I think about whether or not we have enough money to send my sister to college, whether my mom will be able to pay herself this month, whether we'll have to move again because living where we live may be too expensive. I have lived in 5 different houses since the Bush administration went into office because since then our economy has fallen to a deep and depressing low. My opinions of this administration don't come from the media though I do watch the news and it does enforce my opinions. My views come from my own experiences and my own life and the fact that at 15 my level of maturity and intelligence, and empathy exceeds that of my president. Perhaps my president knows about history, or calculus and things I don't know about but don't treat me like a naive child because you're sadly mistaken. My life revolves around president Bush. When I wake up in the morning I may get news that my cousin has died in that "war on terrorism". Don't underestimate what I know about the world or my intellect, because you don't live in my country, and you may know what goes on but you don't live under him. President Bush and the Bush administration is a lie, based on lies, living every day a lie. Every time president Bush says no child is left behind, it's a lie because thousands of our people and other citizens of other countries died so that he could "free Iraq" and "get rid of the threat of nuclear weapons" when in reality that's yet another lie. We are also terrorists because we're the ones bombing peoples homes, raping their children, murdering innocent families for a dream that is a lie.
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Is there any way to delete the spam versions without also deleting the rest of the history?
Is there any way to delete the spam versions without also deleting the rest of the history?
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Before I had the ability to delete spam pages, I simply edited some spam pages to delete the spam and add real content. Logging Tips and Suggestions for good trade items are two examples.
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There's a fair bit of redundancy, for example:
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Would it make sense have a single Cache Containers node, with Cache Sizes redirecting to it, and with the various sizes (micro, small, etc.) redirecting to it?
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Nice layout
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In September 2011, Newton resident Angela Palmer had just passed her 10-year anniversary of beating breast cancer.
Then, Angela heard that dreaded word again. This time, though, it was stage four brain cancer.
The brain tumor had not metastasized as a result of the breast cancer, her husband says, but had formed on its own.
"It had a lot of people stumped," says husband Patrick Palmer. "She has lived an impeccable lifestyle. It's just not fair, for someone like this who is so conscientious about health to get nailed with this."
Since her diagnosis, Angela has undergone 13 hours of surgery, 30 radiation therapies and 42 oral chemotherapy treatments. For the first few months of treatment she spent a lot of time in bed, Patrick recalls, and used a walker when she had to get around.
"It's very difficult. With the kids, they see it, and obviously as a spouse it's very difficult as well," Patrick says. "But, you got to do what you got to do. You handle it. I haven't got time to sit down and feel sorry for myself."
But over the last few months, things have started to look up for Angela and her family, which includes four children and nine grandchildren. The walker is gone and instead, Angela is working out regularly with a personal trainer.
Much of Angela's improvement can be attributed to Avastin, a cancer treatment previously used on lung and colon cancer. According to Patrick, the drug has significantly changed Angela's quality of life.
Patrick recalls the first time Angela had an infusion of the Avastin drug -- she finished the treatment and told Patrick she wanted to go out to dinner. A short while later, she stayed up late to celebrate her daughter's birthday at the Beehive Restaurant in Boston.
Before long, she was hosting a party for friends during the AFC Championship.
"Since [starting the treatment], she has not used a walker, has not used a wheelchair and she does 45 minutes a day on a stationary [exercise] bike," says Patrick, who is the president and CEO of the . "She's completed two out of three steps to get her driver's license back...that's a rare occasion for this stage of brain cancer."
But the drug trials and research that produced this life-changing treatment are expensive, Patrick explains, and money only comes from private fundraising.
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The fund, which started with a $100,000 pledge from the Palmers, supports research at the Neuro-Oncology Department and the hope that someday, a cure for the disease will be found.
"[Brain cancer] is a very serious form of cancer," Patrick says. "Our idea was to assist in any way that we can to allow Dana Farber to continue their drug trials."
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Durham semiconductor company Semprius is developing what it hopes will become the next generation of solar-energy devices with the help of $6.4 million in new venture capital.
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New Jersey Aid for Animals board member Kelly Matthews, a Gloucester Township resident, submitted the following press release—told through the eyes of foster dog Leelah—to Patch:
Hi there! My name is "Captain" Leelah and I'm looking to land a new home! My foster mom is good friends with NJ Aid for Animals so this week I am their "Patch Pet." I think that must be a good thing because everyone here got super excited when they found out!
Why would someone so cute and sweet be looking for a new home, you ask? Well, I had a confusing experience last month! My owners took me for a walk and after I was done sniffing by a fence, I looked up to see that my owners had disappeared and I couldn't run after them!
A little while later, a man and a woman found me. They asked me why my owners had abandoned me? I suddenly felt very sad. Was I bad? Did I do something wrong? Did I wiggle too much? Did my slobbery kisses bother them? Even though I was confused, I excitedly greeted the couple and followed them to their car. They told me that they couldn't keep me forever but were going to make me healthy and help me find a forever family. This sounded very nice.
The next morning, the woman loaded me back into her car and took me to a new place. This place was very busy with lots of new animals and smells. Here, I met a nice doctor and nurses who gave me my vaccinations, a bath (two, actually! They said I was quite dirty!), treated me for fleas, de-wormed me...and then, well, then I don't remember what happened, but when I woke up, there was something peculiar around my neck. The woman said that I had to have part of my tail amputated because I had a wound that wasn't healing properly. Well! I had quite an exciting day, so, after that, I went right to sleep.
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NY hound looking for the overlooked in SF
I'll be visiting SF later this week (from NYC) and have been pouring through posts. The same restaurant recommendations seem to keep coming up: Zuni, Canteen, Slanted Door, etc. Can anyone recommend places that don't have quite the hype but still deliver the goods? I'm open to all types of cuisine - looking mostly for dinner or possibly lunch. Thanks for the help!
I see no reason to avoid a restaurant just because lots of people think it's great, but here's a partial list of places I've enjoyed in the past year or so and look forward to visiting again:
À Côté (Oakland)
A La Turka
Angkor Borei
Bar Jules
Bar Tartine
Bodega Bistro
Burma Super Star
Cafe at Chez Panisse (Berkeley)
Camino (Oakland)
Cesar (Oakland)
Champa Garden (Oakland)
Chez Panisse (Berkeley)
Dopo (Oakland)
Eccolo (lunch; Berkeley)
El Huarache Azteca (Oakland)
Farmer Brown
Gialina Pizza
Gyro King
Han Il Kwan
Hayes St. Grill
Helmand Palace
Hog Island
Jai Yun
Kopitiam (Lafayette)
L'Osteria del Forno
La Ciccia
La Folie
Larkin Express Deli
Memphis Minnie's
O Chame
O Izakaya
Ohgane (Oakland)
Old Jerusalem
Old Mandarin Islamic
Oliveto (Oakland)
Pauline's Pizza
Pizzaiolo (Oakland)
Pizzeria Delfina
Shanghai (Oakland)
Spices / Spices II
Spices!3 (Oakland)
Sura (Oakland
Taqueria San Jose (tacos al pastor)
Thai House Express
Ti Couz
Truly Mediterranean
Turkish Kitchen (Berkeley)
Udupi Palace
Vik's (Berkeley)
Wood Tavern (lunch; Oakland)
Yank Sing
Zone 88
Zuni Cafe
If you like a good burger, try the Market Street Grill in the Whitcomb Hotel. Nobody's talked it up much, but their food is great and quite a steal! My family went there for lunch yesterday, and the burger, at $13, is a serious steal. It's served on a brioche bun from the Columbus St. Bakery (all their breads are from this bakery, and theyre all wonderful), and was cooked perfectly medium-rare to order.
The rest of their menu is pretty straight ahead California cuisine. And everything the rest of my family had (clam chowder, beet salad, salmon entree, blt sandwich) was great. It won't be a revelatory experience, but it's some really solid food.
two of my favorites that don't come up a lot are la ciccia and da flora. you can find out what others think by searching more on this board.
blue plate and universal cafe are also generally outstanding, and easier to get into then delfina for example.
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Hard to call La Ciccia overlooked.
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We just went to Blue Plate. I've had one good and well-timed (decently timed service there) in the past year with some friends, but tonight they were absolutely off their game. We had to beg for someone to take our food order (waitress was in the weeds--we could totally see it--and not properly supported) and then people who ordered after us got their food first. Very annoying and badly timed dinner, made needlessly stressful by crappy organization on the part of Blue Plate's FOH.
In general I have liked their food (and we live very close by and we have had spotty service in the past), but after tonight I will *never* be able to get my husband in there again.
I know what you mean, but as much as I find it frustrating that so many of the same places get suggested (sometimes when they don't even fit the request) it's really difficult to think of obscure hidden gems which are reliable. It's a pretty small city, especially if you live outside of the city and are prone to only frequenting certain areas after commuting.
Coming from NYC, I'd say your focus should be on getting good low key meals you can't get as good back home. Mexican food, big salads, croissants, good salami, and italian sandwiches, dim sum, blue bottle/ritual coffee, and it's-it bars are just some of the things that pop into my head.
I think you'll also enjoy Burma Superstar, Gialina, Tadiche's, Tartine, Ti Couz, Chou Chou, Universal Cafe, and Sociale for casual good food. Most of those fall into the frequently mentioned pile, and they're far from overlooked but they're a little more off the beaten track.
For starters, I'd say Bong Su trumps Slanted Door in every respect. It may not be completely overlooked, but it's not on the Lockstep List, either. Wish they would kill the music on their website, though.
Taqueria Cancun and Shanghai Dumpling King. Won't get either in NYC. Pretty much locals go here although Cancun gets a Zagat rating. Shanghai Dumpling King -- competes for the best on the West Coast for XLB (soup dumplings).
If you want really overlooked (by visitor standards) go to a couple of taco truck. El Tonayense in the Mission and Los Compadres in SOMA, Spear and Howard.
Might also check out Greens and Woodward Garden.
Do look into Robert's suggestion of Yank Sing & Ame (board fave for upscale)...
I shall give you my favorites of the moment:
Foreign Cinema (book early)
Luella (quite possibly my favorite SF spot not b/c the food unbelievably amazing, but b/c it has all the elements of what I think is quintessential SF - good food, casual, hidden in a great neighborhood, overall lovely)
What does "overlooked" mean?
I like Robert's list (at least of the places I've been). I don't think Helmand Palace comes up a lot and I do LOVE that place... Not only is it affordable, but the food is genuinely wonderful and the service and atmosphere are great.
My favorite restaurant in the city continues to be Laiola -- only moderately expensive, casual but a "going out" kinda place, killer drinks, incredible (modern) Spanish food, mostly in small plates.


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She is survived by her husband of 63 years, James Russell Gardiner; her son, Mark Russell Gardiner and his wife Tammy; daughter, Lauren Drummond; grandchildren, Belinda Killough, James Brand, Joshua H. Drummond, Nathan R. Drummond, and Ileah Rocha; three great grandchildren; and her sister, Dee Mickelite.
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Photographers, city council members sue NYC for systematic violations of civil rights during Occupy Wall StreetOct 23, 2012 by M. Scott Brauer 1 Comment »
"The claims arise from a series of incidents in connection with Occupy Wall Street protests beginning in and around September 17, 2011 and continuing to the present day in which the City of New York in concert with various private and public entities have employed Officers of the New York City Police Department ("NYPD") and others acting under color of state law, to intentionally and willfully subject Plaintiffs and the public to, among other things, violations of rights to free speech, assembly, freedom of the press, false arrest, excessive force, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution and, furthermore, purposefully obstructing Plaintiffs carrying out their duties as elected officials and members of the press, including oversight of the New York City Police Department." -Rodriguez Et Al v. Winski Et Al. First Amended Complaint (pdf, scribd link)
We've written before about photographers being abused while covering protests in New York City. Now, photographers Stephanie Keith, Charles Meacham, the National Press Photographers' Association (see their blog about the case), five NYC city council members, and others, have joined in a federal lawsuit against various New York City entities and officials, including Mayor Bloomberg, the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and a number of identified and unidentified police officers, as well as JP Morgan Chase and other businesses in the Occupy Wall Street area, alleging that they engaged in the intentional obstruction of news-gathering activities, the business of elected officials, and Constitutionally-protected protest activities. The complaint can be read in it's entirety here. In an NPPA press release about the lawsuit, a quotation summarizes photographer Stephanie Keith's complaints against the city and others, "I joined this lawsuit because as a working journalist I've been arrested, thrown to the ground, hit with batons and yelled at by the NYPD while doing my job on assignment. I have seen my fellow journalists being treated this way as well. Why should journalists be subjected to trauma inducing harassment on the job?"
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NYC Event: China Everbright featured in New York Photo Festival Slideluck Potshow XVI – 14 May 2011May 12, 2011 by M. Scott Brauer 1 Comment »
I didn't expect to be back in New York so quickly after dvafoto's visit last week, but this is especially exciting for me. I'm pleased to announce my work, China Everbright, will be shown as part of the New York Photo Festival in Slideluck Potshow XVI on May 14, 2011, in Brooklyn, New York. The slideshows for the evening–from a breathtaking assortment of photographers–were curated by Whitney Johnson, who has just recently been named Director of Photography for the New Yorker. The event is at St. Ann's Warehouse at 38 Water Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York, from 5:30p-10:30p.
The photographers selected for the evening are: Alex Fradkin, Alex Webb, Benjamin Sklar, Bruce Gilden, Carolyn Drake, Chris Hondros, Dominic Bracco, Dominic Nahr, Elena Dorfman, James Pomerantz, JR, Krisanne Johnson, Iwan Baan, Landon Nordeman, Luca Zanier, Luis Ladron de Guevara, Lyle Owerko, M. Scott Brauer, M. Wesley Ham, Mari Bastashevski, Mark Peterson, Martin Usborne, Matt Eich, Melanie Burford, Michael Christopher Brown, Natasja Fourie, Peter DiCampo, Phillip Toledano, Platon, Rinko Kawauchi, Stefano de Luigi, Steve Pyke, Steven Brahms, and Tim Hetherington. I'm excited to have my work shown in the company of so many talented and inspiring photographers; if you asked me for a list of my photographic idols, that list would be a goood start.
I also have one image in a slideshow presented by PDN at the New York Photo Festival, but I'm a little unsure on when and where that will be shown.
I hope you can make it to the event. If you're there, please say hello. Here's what I look like.
Exhibition: Giving Trees at 25CPW by the Magnum Foundation and the Green World CampaignDec 3, 2010 by M. Scott Brauer 6 Comments »
I'm excited to announce that I'll be part of an exhibition in New York City this December. My photo of an environmental public service ad in China has been selected to be part of the Magnum Foundation and the Green World Campaign's exhibition "Giving Trees" at 25CPW, located at Central Park West & W 62nd St. The photo was recently used on the cover of 100Eyes recent issue on China. The exhibition features the work of Bruce Davidson, Gilles Peress, Alec Soth, Steve McCurry, Jim Goldberg, Mark Power, Jean Gaumy, Stuart Franklin, Larry Towell, Martine Franck, Danny Lyon, Werner Bischof Estate, Trent Parke, Peter Marlow, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, John Vink, Harry Gruyaert, Jonas Bendiksen, and selected other photographers (including me) found through a juried open call.
The opening will be held December 3, 2010, from 6 to 8pm at Central Park West & W 62nd St, and the exhibition runs through Jan. 9, 2011.
Update by Matt (12/3): Scott's picture for this show was just featured in PDN's Photo of the Day Blog, with the incorrect but flattering byline of "Scott Brauer / Magnum Photos". Congrats to him for taking part in this show with such a great crowd! Please send in any pictures of the exhibition if you are able to attend.
Worth a look: Antonio Bolfo's "NYPD Impact"Nov 15, 2010 by M. Scott Brauer 1 Comment »
Antonio Bolfo's got a couple of interesting projects under his sleeves. Despite getting raked over the coals by his writer for a Newsweek piece, his work covering the ongoing cholera epidemic in Haiti offers a telling view into the current situation. I thought I recognized the name under those pictures, and it turns out he's the photographer behind the excellent NYPD Impact story that I saw a few months ago on the Reportage by Getty site. There's more on his personal site and a good interview with him on the Photoletariat.
Worth a look: Abdulaziz and Derballa chronicle NYC Fashion WeekSep 29, 2010 by M. Scott Brauer No Comments »
I've grown tired of photojournalistic coverage of NYC's Fashion Week; the event feels too much like a press conference to justify such all-hands-on-deck reportage. But a couple friends of dvafoto, Mustafah Abdulaziz and Bryan Derballa, pulled out a few surprises around the runways in their coverage of the week for the Wall Street Journal. There are the runways and the models getting ready, but also a view of some of the unexpected fringes of the event and unusual perspectives on the yearly hurrah.
Check out Abdulaziz's edit for MJR, Derballa's work edited by Abdulaziz, Derballa's outtakes, Abdulaziz's work on the Wall Street Journal photo blog, and Derballa's work on the Wall Street Journal photo blog.
Erica McDonald's "The Dark Light of This Nothing"Sep 13, 2010 by M. Scott Brauer 1 Comment »
Erica McDonald wrote in a while back. I've been a fan of her work for a long time, having first met her through lightstalkers, and hoped she might have a project to share. The selection she sent back, from "The Dark Light of This Nothing" is a beautiful portrait of Brooklyn, both timeless and very much of this moment, a look into what rapidly changing socioeconomics means for the city and, by extension, the country. Here's what McDonald writes about the project:
Janet: Hi Erica..(kiss)
Erica McDonald [EM]: Hi, Where's Adele?
Janet: Adele's inside..Erica, this is my family, that's uh..Donny, my sister in law, Sharon, Angie…David and that's my brother John..
EM: You've got a good memory.
Janet: I've got a good memory, I have 38 nieces and nephews, I have to..this is just a little quarter of it.
EM: I'm trying to get people to talk about what the neighborhood was like and what it is like now and..
Janet: You want some dessert? Steven would know that, my husband would know that, and so would Mary.
EM: No thanks, I'm okay. Yeah, Mary was just talking to me a little.
Anthony: I wasn't born here..I don't know anything..
Read on »
On the road: en route to NYCSep 6, 2009 by M. Scott Brauer No Comments »
I'll be in New York City for the next week for a full (and getting fuller!) schedule of meetings with editors at a variety of publications and organizations. Editors, fellow photographers, please let me know if you would like to get together between Sept. 7 and Sept. 12. I can be reached at (917) 512-3473.
Upcoming: Amongst the Poor by Gary KnightMay 14, 2009 by M. Scott Brauer No Comments »
Dispatches (which I've never held in my hands, but which I know in print has to be even better than the incomparable essays and photojournalism on the magazine's site) never ceases to amaze. Amber, one of the dynamos behind the scenes of the operation, just emailed to let us know about a couple of events coinciding with the release of the 4th issue, "Out of Poverty." I'm jealous I can't be there for the talk and also to see the VII offices and gallery, which is a big step up from the tiny 2.5-desk office on the campus of the Fashion Institute of Technology when I was there…
First, Thursday, May 21, at 7p.m. at the VII Gallery in DUMBO, Brooklyn (28 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201), Gary Knight will present a slideshow and discuss the images published in "Out of Poverty." The work presented will come from his recent work on poverty in India, which does not disappoint. Members of the public are invited to bring images of poverty on USB devices to print and hang on one wall of the gallery.
The next night, Friday, May 22, at 6:30pm at the VII Gallery, Gary Knight, World Press winner Tim Hetherington, and VII agency director Stephen Mayes, will "discuss war photography and representations of conflict."


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11-09 Land of Enchantment II: Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Welcome to America's Music Festivals three-part mini-series from the Land of Enchantment.
The Santa Fe Desert Chorale opens this, the second of three programs, devoted to the music of New Mexico, Land of Enchantment. Plus we pay a visit to the Taos School of Music and Chamber Music Albuquerque.
Santa Fe is exactly mid-way between Albuquerque and Taos along the ancient trade route that led from Mexico City to Taos. In 1598 explorer Juan de Oñate named the route after King Philip of Spain, "The Royal Road," or Camino Real. New Mexicans still travel the Camino Real, now known as Interstate 25, for lots of reasons, among them music.
One of the best places to hear music is at the St. Francis Cathedral. The Cathedral stands on the spot of the original 1610 church, and has been rebuilt three times. In the 1880s a European style basilica was constructed around the old adobe church. Then the old church was carted out piece by piece through the front door, except for a small adobe chapel that still remains inside.
Often performing inside this Cathedral are the members of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale. The Desert Chorale mainly performs a cappella (without accompaniment) and is renowned for its rich sound, seamless blend and wide-ranging programming, having performed more than 2,000 compositions by some 500 composers, spanning nine centuries of music. Founder Lawrence Bandfield (1933-2009) conducted the first season in 1983 and continued as Music Director until 1998.
For more information visit http://www.desertchorale.org/
Santa Fe Desert Chorale
Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia
Giuseppe Sarti: Nine Sili Nebesniya
Michael McGlynn: Christus Resurgens
Jaako Mäntyjärvi: Lullaby
Jaako Mäntyjärvi: Double Double Toil and Trouble
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Full Fathom Five
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale
Alan Murray: O Mistress Mine
Taos School of Music
Faure Piano Quartet: II and IV (performed by students)
Bruckner: String Quintet No. 1 in F: II, III, and IV (Borromeo Quartet)
Shanghai Quartet, from Chamber Music Albuqureque
Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor
You can listen to the entire program here:
Joshua Habermann, Director of Santa Fe Desert Chorale – Joshua Habermann assumed the position of music director of the Santa Fe Desert Chorale during Summer Festival 2009. He is Director of Choral Studies at the University of Miami Frost School of Music and the music directorship of the Master Chorale of South Florida, a 125-voice chorus dedicated to performing major choral-orchestral works.From 1996-2008 Habermann was professor of music at San Francisco State University, where he directed the choral program, and taught choral literature, conducting, lyric diction, and voice. Under his direction the SFSU Chamber Singers were invited to appear in several international and national conferences and festivals including an appearance at the American Choral Director's Association in 2008. More
Santa Fe Desert Chorale – 2010 marks the 28th consecutive year of performances in northern New Mexico by the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, one of the premier professional chamber choirs in the United States, and the debut of the Chorale's fourth music director Joshua Habermann. Each summer, and again during the December holiday season, some of the finest singers from around the country come to Santa Fe to perform works from the rich choral tradition. Our audience consists of a mix of New Mexico residents as well as national and international visitors. Each year we present to nearly 10,000 adults and children – 70 percent of which are New Mexicans. More
Robert McDonald, Artistic Director of Taos School of Music, Pianist – McDonald has performed internationally as a solo recitalist and as a recital partner to Midori and Isaac Stern. He has appeared with the San Francisco, Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Curtis symphony orchestras, as well as with the Orquestra Sinfonica Nacional in Costa Rica, and the Orchestra Sinfonica Haydn di Bolzano e Trento in Italy. He has performed with the Juilliard, Takacs, American, Muir, and Brentano string quartets. More
Taos School of Music – Founded in 1963, and the subject of many feature stories including those on NBC's "Today Show" and National Public Radio's "Morning Edition," Taos School of Music is one of the oldest and most respected summer chamber music programs in the country. Its alumni have served as members of such award winning chamber groups as the Alexander, Brentano, Chester, Lark, Muir, Shanghai and St. Lawrence quartets, the Eroica Trio, and Musicians from Marlboro. They have become principal players and members of the major orchestras in the United States: Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Metropolitan Opera, Milwaukee, National, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, St. Lawrence, and San Francisco. More
Chamber Music Albuquerque – CMA reaches out to the diverse residents of central New Mexico. Accordingly, CMA serves close to 10,000 people annually, ranging in age from high school students to senior citizens. CMA's artistic profile provides an opportunity for intellectual and culturally relevant discovery. It provides an opportunity to understand how chamber music has evolved throughout history while offering new insights into the thinking of living artists and how they interpret and struggle with the process of musical creation and interpretation. More
Yeesun Kim, Cello
Nicholas Kitchen, Violin
Mai Motobuchi, Viola
Kristopher Tong, Violin
Considered "Simply the best there is" by the Boston Globe, the critically acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet is one of the most sought after string quartets in the world, each season performing over 100 concerts. Audiences and critics alike have praised the Borromeo's revealing explorations of Beethoven, Brahms, Bartok, Schoenberg, Shostakovich, and Ligeti, and its affinity for making challenging repertoire approachable.
The quartet's musicians serve as artists-in-residence at the New England Conservatory of Music, and the Borromeo continues long-standing residencies at the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum in Boston, the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York, and the Dai-Ichi Semei Hall in Tokyo. Awards include Lincoln Center's Martin E. Segal Award and Chamber Music America's Cleveland Quartet Award, as well as top prizes at the International String Quartet Competition in Evian, France. In 2006 the Aaron Copland House honored the Borromeo's commitment to contemporary music by creating the Borromeo Quartet Award, an annual initiative that premieres the work of important young composers. More
Mathilde Geismar, Viola – Violist Mathilde Geismar gave her first solo performance with orchestra at the age of 10, playing the double Telemann concerto with the Mouth Orchestra in Pontarlier, France. At the age of 16, she was invited to play chamber music concerts with teachers from the Paris and Boulogne conservatories in the "Chateau de Canisy", France. When she was 18, she was accepted to the Yale School of Music with full scholarship and fellowship and she graduated with a Certificate in Performance in 2010. As a baroque violist, Mathilde was invited to play with the Yale Collegium led by Simon Carrington and Robert Mealy. With them, she toured in China and Korea. She is also very interested in modern music which she studied with Kim Kashkashian during a 20th century music workshop. In 2010 she played the USA premiere of "Poeme" by Maxence Grimbert Barre. More
Lavena Johanson, Cello – Lavena McCall Johanson is an 18-year-old senior at Roosevelt High School. She has been studying the cello since age six, and is a student of Raymond Davis, Principal Cello Emeritus of the Seattle Symphony. With scholarships offered from San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Eastman School of Music, Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins, New England Conservatory, and DePaul University, Lavena has accepted a full scholarship to the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Atlanta/Macon, Georgia. Summer study has included Yellow Barn Young Artist Program (Amherst, Massachusetts); Garth Newel Summer Chamber Music Fellowship Program (Warm Springs, Virginia); the Robert McDuffie Fall Festival for Strings (Mercer University); Bowdoin International Summer Music Festival (Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine); and Marrowstone Summer Music Festival (Bellingham, Washington). This summer she has been invited to participate in The Rome Chamber Music Festival headed by violinist Robert McDuffie. More
Eunice Kim, Violin – Violinist Eunice Kim, age 15, is a Morris Stulshaft Scholarship recipient and a violin student of Wei He at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She became interested in studying the violin at the age of 6. She made her first concerto debut in Seoul, Korea at the age of seven with the KBS symphony. She also performed as a concerto soloist with the Fremont Symphony Orchestra and the Oakland East Bay Symphony under the baton of Micheal Morgan and Sergiu Commissiona. Along with that, she played with the Aspen Festival Orchestra in a concert in memory of Dorothy Delay. Her first solo recital took place at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco at the age of eleven. When she was 12 years old, she was broadcasted on the radio program From the Top in Jordan Hall, Boston. At a gala concert for the San Francisco Conservatory, she performed with the host as singer Frederica von Stade. More
Jeffrey LaDeur, Piano – Jeffery LaDeur enjoys an increasingly busy career as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamer musician. He has concertized throughout the United States an d Canada including performances in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and as an artist-in-residence at the Nanff Center. Jeffrey was a guest artist at the 2009 Dakota Sky International Piano Festival where his recital was wencast worldwide. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Jeffrey won the concerto competition as a freshman, resulting in a performance of Franck's Symphonic Variations with the Eastman Philharmoina and Maestro Neil Varon. More
Shanghai Quartet – The Shanghai Quartet is renowned for its passionate musicality, impressive technique, and multicultural innovations. Its elegant style of melding the delicacy of Eastern music with the emotional breadth of Western repertoire allows it to traverse musical genres, from traditional Chinese folk music and masterpieces of Western music, to cutting edge contemporary works. The quartet is ensemble-in-residence at Montclair State University and holds the esteemed title of visiting guest professors of the Shanghai Conservatory and the Central Conservatory in China. More
Michael Tree, Viola – Violist Michael Tree, who made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1954, was a scholarship student at the Curtis Institute of Music where he studied with Efrem Zimbalist, Veda Reynolds, and Lea Luboshutz. He has appeared as violin and viola soloist with the Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Baltimore, New Jersey, and other major orchestras, and has also participated in leading music festivals, including Marlboro, Tanglewood, Casals, Spoleto and Israel. More