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Kevin De La Torre netted a hat trick, and Seyi Adekoya scored two goals in UCLA's 10-0 win. .
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Two complementary works take their inspiration from Indian creation myths.
Mayuri Boonham has been at the forefront of contemporary South Asian dance in the UK for the past decade. She was appointed Choreographic Affiliate with The Royal Ballet in 2012, and brings her company ATMA Dance to the Linbury Studio Theatre with two world premieres, joining forces with dancers from The Royal Ballet.
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Feb 28 2014, 7:36am CST | by Forbes
With all the recent attention given to the debate over evolution and creationism, you'd never know that a much more interesting debate has been going on for decades amongst evolutionary biologists.
But it's not about whether there's a major crisis with evolutionary theory.
It's about the mechanisms responsible for evolution, and why Darwin's contribution–natural selection– is not the only one, contrary to many popular accounts.
At Pharyngula, PZ Myers elaborates:
I was rather surprised yesterday to see so much negative reaction to my statement that there's more to evolution than selection, and that random, not selective, changes dominate our history. It was in the context of what should be taught in our public schools, and I almost bought the line that we can only teach a simplified version of evolution in grade school, but then it sunk in that I was talking to a group of adults about the standard biological perspective, and their reactions were a mix of total bafflement, indignant rejection, and strange evasive waffling. Well, when should we talk about this stuff, then? Do I have to start making day trips to the local nursing home? Or maybe we should be honest from the very beginning about the complexity of modern evolutionary theory and how it has grown to be very different from what Darwin knew.
Darwin's key contribution was natural selection. But the wide world of genetics was still in the future. And it's turned out to make a huge difference to the progress of the theory.
First thing you have to know: the revolution is over. Neutral and nearly neutral theory won. The neutral theory states that most of the variation found in evolutionary lineages is a product of random genetic drift. Nearly neutral theory is an expansion of that idea that basically says that even slightly advantageous or deleterious mutations will escape selection — they'll be overwhelmed by effects dependent on population size. This does not in any way imply that selection is unimportant, but only that most molecular differences will not be a product of adaptive, selective changes.
Larry Moran at Sandwalk adds his two cents:
What Neutral Theory tells us is that a huge number of mutations are neutral and there are far more neutral mutations fixed by random genetic drift (than) there are beneficial mutations fixed by natural selection. The conclusion is inescapable. Random genetic drift is, by far, the dominant mechanism of evolution.
Many people seem to equate Neutral Theory with random genetic drift. They think that random genetic drift is only important when the alleles are neutral (or nearly neutral). Then they use this false equivalency as a way of dismissing random genetic drift because it only deals with "background noise" while natural selection is the mechanism for all the interesting parts of evolution. I think we should work toward correcting this idea by separating the mechanisms of evolution (natural selection, random genetic drift, and others) from the quality of alleles being produced by mutation (beneficial, detrimental, neutral).
Neither of these academics are outliers in evolutionary biology. But there are popularizers of Darwinian evolution, Richard Dawkins and Daniel C. Dennett come to mind, for example, who might be loath to endorse the idea that natural selection is not the principal driving force of evolution.
Without getting into a detailed account of drift or neutral theory, suffice it to say that biologists can get into real food fights about the extent to which both genetic drift and neutral (and nearly neutral) theory influence the evolution of new species.
Eugene V. Koonin's 2011 book The Logic of Chance, is an excellent overview of what the status of evolutionary theory is amongst the specialists.
Koonin runs the Evolutionary Genomics Research Group at National Center for Biotechnology Information. In the preface, he writes:
The most straightforward incentive to write about the emerging new vision of evolution is the genomic revolution that started in the last decade of the twentieth century and continues to unfold. The opportunity to compare the complete genome sequences of thousands of organisms from all walks of life has qualitatively changed the landscape of evolutionary biology. Our inferences about extinct, ancestral life forms are not anymore the wild guesses they used to be (at least, for organisms with no fossil record). On the contrary, comparing genomes reveals numerous genes that are conserved in major groups of living beings (in some cases, even in all or most of them) and thus gives us a previously unimaginable wealth of information and confidence about the ancestral forms. For example, it is not much of an exaggeration to claim that we have an excellent idea of the core genetic makeup of the last common ancestor of all bacteria that probably lived more than 3.5 billion years ago. (Kindle Locations 69-75).
One of the casualties of the genomic revolution is the concept of the Tree of Life, one of the key metaphors of biology since Darwin. And whether the Tree can or should be salvaged, according to Koonin, remains a matter of serious debate.
At the distinct risk of earning the ire of many for associating with a much-maligned cultural thread, I call this major change the transition to a postmodern view of life. Essentially, this signifies the plurality of pattern and process in evolution; the central role of contingency in the evolution of life forms ("evolution as tinkering"); and, more specifically, the demise of (pan)adaptationism as the paradigm of evolutionary biology. Our unfaltering admiration for Darwin notwithstanding, we must relegate the Victorian worldview (including its refurbished versions that flourished in the twentieth century) to the venerable museum halls where it belongs, and explore the consequences of the paradigm shift.
The Nye/Ham debate was fun. But perhaps it's time for a Dawkins/Koonin debate.
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Pros: room was clean with great view, lounge was excellent
The hotel was excellent and its location was ideal. Everything was in a walking distance. We highly recommend to include the lounge in your stay. The service and food was very good. The Ming restaurant is a must too.
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Stayed for a week and loved the place. Booked the club rooms - well worth it, all day food and drink available at no additional cost. Staff were exceptional and could not do enough for you. Roof top pool is a delight.
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I got in during peak hour at noon, and the line is long and doesn't have much of a control of the line so people were cutting in. Although they have staff to assist, but just too many people without a proper management of the crowd.
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This board is about in the middle of that, some are bigger fanboys than others, some whine about everything, but overall the discussion tends to be more rational and less emotional. I know it's an over simplification but it's not very far from the truth. It might also be the reason why this board is going to become the most popular one in a couple months' time.


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Framed as a mystery, and requiring the player to care about its characters' personal lives, Gone Home takes some big risks in a medium that famously struggles with this kind of nuanced story. It succeeds, thanks to superb writing and a smart, story-driven approach to architecture and level design. Gone Home stars Katie Greenbriar, a young woman visiting her family's new home in 1995 after a year of European traveling. Upon arriving at the mansion — on a dark and stormy night, of course — she finds it deserted. It's your job to piece together clues in the environment and figure out where the hell everyone is. Throughout, Katie's younger sister, Samantha, narrates a series of journal entries, pulling you through the main story, while other threads are revealed through exploring the...
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The Fullbright Company, developer of Polygon's 2013 Game of the Year Gone Home, has rebranded itself today as simply Fullbright. Co-founder Steve Gaynor wrote that although the name was being truncated, the studio will be continuing "[its] focus on creating immersive, unforgettable story exploration video games." Work on the next game from Fullbright has already begun, and Gaynor wrote that the team will add other members to keep development moving, including a programmer and character animator. Fullbright appears to be focused on its future, but if you'd like to hear more about its past, you can read the whole story here. Below, find an interview with Gaynor from earlier in the year.
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By Katherine Cross on Jul 29, 2014 07.29.14
"I got this message from a reader and it was pretty well-worded, and well thought-out … but what he was saying is, essentially, 'well, Carolyn, you shouldn't have given Gone Home such a high score because if game designers see games like Gone Home getting so much acclaim then we're not going to have traditional games anymore!'" Time and again, this leitmotif of gamer-speak arises: the idea that someone, somewhere is going to take your games away. A "terror dream" that sees us reliving the paternalist past and lashing out at all criticism in hopes of keeping the grasping hands of the censor at bay. They're not coming for you The writer and independent game designer Autumn Nicole Bradley helped develop this idea in conversation with me, as a way of uniting the whole of gamer history...
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They tell evocative stories in atmospheric worlds. But they often lack the intimate human connection of present characters; dominant in most forms of fiction. In the best of its kind, the player moves through the story, gaining a sense of real people, often without seeing them. These games seek to tease complex emotions out of players, without asking them to break down the kinds of challenges and puzzles generally associated with games. In this sense, they sit close to story-based entertainment, like novels and movies, than twitch-based arcade games. Still, they are very much video games. Until now, they have tended to keep human characters out of the picture, sometimes because of limited budgets, or due to the complexity of creating facial emotion, or the particular storytelling...
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Gone Home now available in $29.99 Retail Special Edition with soundtrack and more
By Samit Sarkar on Jul 02, 2014 07.02.14
Gone Home, the critically acclaimed first-person adventure game from The Fullbright Company, is now available in a Retail Special Edition for $29.99, the studio announced today. The Fullbright Company originally released Gone Home last August digitally on Linux, Mac and Windows for $19.99. In a blog post today, co-founder Steve Gaynor said that during development, "I don't think we ever imagined that the game would be available as a physical version, in a box we could hold in our hands." Gone Home's Retail Special Edition comes with a DRM-free copy of the game on a DVD as well as a free Steam key; the Gone Home Original Soundtrack by Chris Remo, along with MP3s of Samantha Greenbriar's audio diaries; a sticker of a cassette tape bearing the game's logo; the 40-page Designer's...
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Gone Home developer establishes new studio to explore the outer edges of games
By Jenna Pitcher on Jun 19, 2014 06.19.14
Johnnemann Nordhagen, co-creator of last year's Gone Home, has established a new development studio called Dim Bulb Games. "Gone Home was a fabulous experience to work on, and it was also critically and commercially successful," told Polygon via email. "Which gave me the opportunity to try some new things, and work on some stuff that I wanted to pursue. Starting a new studio gives me the opportunity to do that." Nordhagen was one of four that made up the Fullbright Company who went on to develop multi-award winning and Game of the Year Gone Home. Former BioShock designer Steve Gaynor announced in 2012 that he had established Oregon-based independent studio, The Fullbright Company, alongside fellow 2K Marin colleagues Johnnemann Nordhagen and Karla Zimonja. For the time being,...
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Tribeca films 'Possibilia' and 'The Gleam' aim to fill gap between movies and games
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Possibilia and The Gleam, two interactive films made by digital media company Interlude and directing duo DANIELS, aim to fill the space between the passive viewing of movies and the interactiveness of video games, according to Interlude CEO Yoni Bloch. Speaking to Polygon today after the films' screening at the Tribeca Film Festival, Bloch said the interactive storytelling of video games was a source of inspiration for the two films, and what Interlude hopes to do is to make the interactivity in film storytelling seamless. "One of the biggest criticisms for games like The Stanley Parable and Gone Home is that they're not games. This is where we fit in," Bloch told Polygon. "It's between a movie, where you can lie back and watch, and a game, where you just want to have the action....
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Games for Change Awards go to Papers, Please, Gone Home and The Mission US
By Tracey Lien on Apr 23, 2014 04.23.14
Papers, Please and Gone Home took home awards at the 11th Annual Games for Change Festival today. Lucas Pope's Papers, Please, a dystopian simulator, won the Most Innovative category, which honors games that excel in creativity and aspire to bring new ideas to games for change. It was a finalist alongside Robin Arnott's SoundSelf and 12 Hit Combo's Súbete al SITP. The game also won the Best Gameplay category, in which it was a finalist with Fullbright Company's Gone Home and Preloaded's Tyrant. Thirteen, American Social History Project and Electric Funstuff's The Mission US: A Cheyenne Odyssey, a game where players take on the role of a Cheyenne boy in 1866, won the Most Impactful category. It was a finalist alongside Kognito's Start the Talk and Gigantic Mechanic's The Migrant Trail. ...
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We loved our stay and return to Hotel Lungarno from the moment we arrived to the moment we departed. Of special delight was the welcoming bottle of olive oil and then later when we returned after dinner to find a welcoming bottle of champagne from the manager welcoming us back to the hotel.
We did not like having to leave Florence and the hotel for it was such a delight
The location, staff and rooms were beyond our expectations.
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Convenient location to downtown Florence.
Absolutely atrocious value for your money; this place is a $500 per night hotel and ABSOLUTELY nothing was complimentary, from the 35€ per person breakfast, to the minibar in each room. Which Americans probably think, "Yeah, minibars are never free", but this was not my experience elsewhere in Italy. Literally every hotel, besides Hotel Lungarno, had a minimum of complimentary water if not wine waiting in the room. Concomitantly, room service brought up two plates and a knife I had requested for some cheese and crackers my wife and I bought at a local market, and they even charged my room for the plates. This hotel is a complete ripoff in every way. Additionally, the staff can only be described as one-part courteous and two-parts condenscending. Look elsewhere, specifically any hotel in the Cinque Terre.
Beautiful room, well appointed.
Two beds instead of a queen size bed.
Very friendly and professional staff. Cosy and elegant hotel in a very good location
I stayed the Lungarno so many times. I love it, especialy on the end day of the year, december 31st. I can enjoy the view of Ponte Vecchio, River Arno and the big fire from my room. インテリアやファブリックが好きで宿泊しますが、特に大晦日の夜、上の階の部屋からの眺めは最高です。今回は近くの教会でのオペラのアリアのコンサートもステキでした。
Cheerful, helpful staff made reservations for museums and restaurants. For the latter, they were able to guage our desire for food, location & budget and recommended accordingly. Great location on the river. comfortable room. Love being on the quiet side of the river.
The staff and situation were excellent
For £320+ per night we thought we would have a view from our room... we did,,, of a wall! On the river Arno this hotel disappoints if you are put in a back room as we were ..dark and unfriendly room. It seemed the many Americans had priority
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The standard room we have is quite small, and no river view. The EUR400+ price is too high for a no river view room. If you cannot get a river view room, would suggest you go to other hotels. Also breakfast very expensive and not included.
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Rooms are small but that is true of most hotel in the area. Air conditioning didn't work well in our room. Life of the road!
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Fabulous location with a view of the Ponte Vecchio. The staff were very helpful and friendly. Florence is a wonderful place to visit for shopping and cultural activities.
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S8:E18 Tonight's episode of The Office was an up-and-down one, initially a departure from the overall progress made by the two episodes before it, without much of anything going on and the silliness that pervaded -- and partially ruined -- much of the earlier part of this season. But a couple of developments toward the end of tonight's episode (primarily one that only those who returned after the final commercial break witnessed) might've salvaged things and definitely hinted at at least the immediate future for one storyline ...
"Everyone stop what you're doing. I have terrible news: Dwight is no longer with us." –Andy
As anyone who has tuned in for any of the past several episodes knows, Dwight, Jim, Kathy, Stanley and Erin have been in Tallahassee to help out with "special projects" -- which turned into the opening of Sabre's first retail store, which turned into a whole new position for Dwight: VP of Sabre Retail. The above quote is Andy (using the wrong words, sure) announcing Dwight's position to those in Scranton, and telling his former office-mates that Dwight will be staying in Florida. Of course, that seems to us viewers like quite the big development -- and we can't rule it out, as this show has in the past separated main characters while keeping them on the show -- but, well, not so fast. As Dwight is playing a celebratory round of golf with Nellie (returning guest star Catherine Tate), Robert California (returning guest star James Spader) and Jim, Robert breaks the news to Jim he will likely be firing Dwight soon and the whole retail venture was only Robert's way of appeasing head honcho Jo Bennett (former guest star Kathy Bates). Let's ignore the peculiar concept of Robert revealing this top-secret info to Jim and skip right to Jim's many efforts to tell Dwight about Robert's plans. But Dwight doesn't make it easy at all: He's naturally let the power and his superiority to Jim go straight to his head, and every time Jim tries to deliver the news, he's met with Dwight's insults and belittling jokes. Finally, Jim gives up trying -- and decides to tackle Dwight to keep him from walking in to a big presentation where he is to be axed by Robert. And where, with Dwight MIA, Todd Packer (returning guest star David Koechner) has gladly stepped in to fill Dwight's position. That's when, just as Dwight quietly enters the room unnoticed, Robert fires Packer. So ... bullet dodged for Dwight. Maybe. He looks quite dejected as he returns with the others to the Scranton office. Perhaps a sign of something else brewing.
"Irene hired me as her live-in helper. We met at the store launch, I told her I was moving here and I needed a place, and it just sort of made sense." –Erin
Meanwhile, back in Scranton ... time killing, pretty much. Much of this arc revolves around Girl Scout cookies and Daryl and Toby fighting over potential clientele. There's a somewhat bit -- that goes on for quite a while -- during which the two guys, both selling cookies for their daughters, fight over the most important buyer, Kevin. Naturally. It turns into them being at Kevin's mercy, trying to appeal to him for a change, but they both call it quits when Kevin tries to turn them into his "horsey." But there's actually something more going on here, and it starts in Tallahassee but bleeds over into the Scranton arc: Erin has decided to remain in Florida, where she is living with and helping an elderly lady named Irene (whom last episode's viewers will remember as the woman who told Erin to forget about Andy). She breaks the news, rather nonchalantly, to Andy via Webchat. Naturally, Andy is internally devastated -- and it seems as though that'll be the extent of his heartbreak until the very end of the episode, when Andy announces to the camera (with an uncharacteristic boldness reminiscent of, say, Jim's uncharacteristic boldness many seasons ago when it came to Pam) that he's "going to Florida to get Erin." So, yeah ... that'll teach us all to watch the show to the very end!
Overall, this wasn't a great episode until that very end. In fact, both the Tallahassee and Scranton storylines had very silly components to them, which had been hurting the season as a whole until its recent stretch of a few good episodes. In Tallahassee, the Jim-Dwight thing ... I mean, how many times have we all been down this road? And when they're wrestling in the hall for what feels like (but we know probably isn't) five whole minutes out of an essentially 22-minute show, it's disappointing, and it almost smacks of a show actually struggling to fill time any way it can. And back in Scranton, well, let's just say it's a good thing that everyone seems to be back together in one place, because the Scranton antics were getting old. Of course, Andy and Erin aren't at the Scranton office, and it's half intriguing, half mildly uninteresting -- as though the writers are trying to replicate a Jim-and-Pam love affair. But maybe they'll very pleasantly surprise us next episode. It wouldn't be the first time.


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- Studio: Gramercy Pictures (I)
- Release Date: Mar 8, 1996
- Starring: Frances McDormand, Steve Buscemi, William H. Macy
- Summary: An unsuccessful car salesman (Macy) plans to wipe out his personal debts by hiring a pair of small-time, out-of-town crooks to kidnap his wife (McDormand), then collect the ransom from her dad (Presnell), a wealthy tightwad.
- Director: Ethan Coen
- Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime
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As gruesome as Fargo is, the Coens keep us laughing with a Hollywood-centric view of middle America.
It's a miracle: A tough, honest, bloody film set so far from the bright lights it feels as if it's on a different planet, yet knowable and absolutely compelling from start to finish.
Rotates its story through satire, comedy, suspense and violence, until it emerges as one of the best films I've ever seen.
An immersion into the characters' world in toto, from the "Oh geezes" and the "Oh, yaahs" to the dark and flinty core beneath.
With the perfect assist from their actors, all of whom are well in on the joke, this affectionate look at the frozen North brings the Coens back in from the cold.
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Aug 30, 2010Sometimes the humour is so dark, we wonder if we're supposed to be laughing but I gotta say, it's without doubt in my top 25 of all time. Very, very re-watchable and with magnificent performances from Steve buschemi, William Macy and Frances Mcdormand. It set the standard high for Joel and Ethan and except for one disappointing 2004 slip up they have succeeded in meeting it everytime. Be warned however the film is incredibly bloody but if not squeamish (there's one particularly visceral moment) this is a hilarious, smart, perfect comedy that taught me how depraved my humour really was! Seriously everything about this movie is brilliant!… Expand
Nov 15, 2012Oh ya, you betcha. Fargo's definitely one the most original, darkly funny, and ultimately maniacal movies I've seen. It's ring is almost that of a Pulp Fiction that takes place in Minnesota. It has all the same quirks.… Expand
Sep 30, 2011The Coen Brothers presents "Fargo" not as a movie; they present it as a extreme state of art, a art that conveys silence and enlightenment altogether. If you are one of those people who really understand movies, this one's definitely for you.… Expand
Aug 6, 2014I absolutely loved this movie. The Coen brothers at there finest. This dark comedy is packed with gritty action scenes, funny dialogue, and the Coen brothers quirky humor. Hands down to Francis Mcdormand and Steve Buicemi (may be misspelled, sorry) for their great and funny performances too.… Expand
Jun 17, 2012I really enjoyed this film, it is a twisted comedy which really works because of the innocents of Midwest America. It is easy to see why Frances McDormand won a Oscar for her role as the pregnant police chief, she was believable and warm while trying to track down murderers while their list of victims keeps growing. I don't think this film could of worked in many other locations then North Dakota/Minnesota, just the subtle charm and innocents of the people is what makes this film in my mind. I give it a 7.4 out of 10, definitely will be watching the one again.… Expand
Jul 26, 2014Ok this movie is a kick in my ass. Kick in my ass. Kick ass. That's a good movie. Why? Because it's not extra-long, not boring and not for pure retards. At least Daniel Day Lewis is not in the movie. Because, please, he's idiot.… Expand
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Carmel Quinn
Carmel Quinn (born July 31, 1925)[1] is an Irish entertainer who has appeared on Broadway, television and radio since coming to America in 1954.
Quinn began her career in her native Dublin as a teenager singing with local bands. She sang at Dublin's Theatre Royal with the house orchestra and Jimmy Campbell. She was noted for one of her first songs, "The Isle of Innisfree", from the classic hit movie The Quiet Man, which starred John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara.
After coming to the United States in 1954, she appeared on the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts radio program in 1955 and won the contest.[2] Her voice and performing style was compared to that of Judy Garland and other popular singers. She became a regular on the show, appearing daily, singing and telling funny anecdotes about her life. She went on to appear on the television version of Arthur Godfrey and His Friends.
Unlike many of the so-called "Little Godfreys," who Godfrey capriciously dismissed from his shows and left with bitter feelings, Quinn had no such trouble. She remained a frequent guest throughout Godfrey's television career and appeared on the CBS radio version of Arthur Godfrey Time which he hosted until 1972. She continued to be a favourite with audiences and made guest appearances on The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (three times between 1957 and 1960) The Ed Sullivan Show, The Match Game, Candid Camera and other variety and talk shows.[citation needed]
Since then she went on to appear in numerous musical road shows and has starred in Wildcat, Finian's Rainbow and The Sound of Music. She performed for presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. Her annual Saint Patrick's Day Concerts at Carnegie Hall sold out for more than two decades. She appeared in numerous television commercials and has recorded many successful albums. She received a Grammy Award nomination for her children's recording of "Patrick Muldoon and his Magic Balloon". One of her biggest hits was "The Whistling Gypsy Rover".
She continued to record and many of her early recordings have been reissued on CD. In 1991 she was the second woman to receive the prestigious John F. Kennedy Award for excellence in her field of activity. She continues to perform her cabaret show throughout the United States as well as maintaining a commitment to numerous American and Irish charities.[citation needed]
Quinn has been a longtime resident of Leonia, New Jersey, acquiring her first home there after coming to the United States.[3]
She was married to Irish businessman and impresario William "Bill" Fuller (1917–2008).[4] The couple had several children, one of whom, Michael, predeceased his parents. The marriage eventually ended in divorce.
- "Patrick Muldoon and His Magic Balloon" (1965)
- ^ Born in 1925 as per Intelius under the name "Carmel Q. Fuller"
- ^ Emblen, Frank (02/23/1986). New Jersey Guide. The New York Times. Accessed on August 14, 2007.
- ^ Roura, Phil. "Carmel Quinn Hits The Eire Notes", Daily News (New York), March 15, 1998. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Separated from her husband for the last 23 years, Quinn lives quietly in her suburban Leonia home 'The first and only house I've lived in since coming to America.'"
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Balanced budget multiplier, imperfect competition and indirect taxation
AbstractThis paper presents a counter-example to sorne new-Keynesian features. In particular, by considering indirect tax rates, 1 obtain a negative and monotonically non-increasing relation between the magnitude of both the balanced budget and the welfare multipliers with respect to the market-power. Este artículo presenta un contraejemplo a algunas propiedades neo-keynesianas de los modelos de equilibrio general con competencia imperfecta. En particular, para el caso de impuestos indirectos, se obtiene una relación negativa y monótona no-creciente para los multiplicadores con presupuesto equilibrado y del bienestar respecto del poder del mercado.
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Interview: Neal Brennan (SF Punch Line Tonight!)
Neal Brennan is a comedian, director, writer most noted for co-creating
Chappelle Show with Dave Chappelle. Brennan's body of work also includes co-writing the movie Half Baked, directing the movie "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard", and most recently a podcast entitled "The Champs" with DJ Dougpound and Oakland's own (and Courting Comedy favorite) Moshe Kasher. Neal Brennan will be at the San Francisco Punch Line for one night only; (11/1/2011, 8 PM, $15) and you should definitely attend. An exclusive interview after the jump.
Courting Comedy: You've recently launched "The Champs" podcast with Moshe Kasher and DJ Dougpound. What's your favorite aspect of doing the show?
Neal Brennan: My favorite part of the podcast is getting to give listeners/white people access to conversations with black dudes that they would otherwise never get to have or hear. I'm lucky that I have a lot of black friends who are legitimately interesting to talk to. And I'm also happy to show how funny a guy like Blake Griffin is in the right environment.
Nate Heller Interview [Full]
Due to a lack of interest from my intended publisher, I have decide to present to you the long awaited interview with Nate Heller, in its entirety. Nate Heller is a Bay Area musician, whose projects include the band She Beards. She Beards will be performing at Snob Theater @ Dark Room Theater on October 28th. 10 PM. $10. More information: Here. Thank you for your patience. Thank you Nate Heller for the interview.
[Note: This interview occurred Spring/Summer 2011]
Courting Comedy: What was the first instrument you learned to play, what's your current instrument of choice and what's an instrument you wish you knew how to play?
Nate Heller: Mom put me in piano lessons when I was about four or five years old, with our neighborhood teacher Amy (whose son Andrew happened to be my best friend at the time). Shortly after that Andrew and I went into the Piedmont boys chorus a couple of days after school. It was wretched. I hated it so much that I often faked being sick to get out of going (I liked faking sick a lot as a kid). This totally backfired when I feigned illness on the day that we got to perform the National Anthem at an A's game. I must have forgotten that it was happening cause I was a huge Ricky Henderson fan and would have given my undescended left testicle to meet him.
Currently guitar is my primary instrument (and voice I guess), although I own a banjo, a piano, and an accordion. I can still play keyboard okay, but I'm pretty piss-poor at all the others. It's still fun to mess around on them anyway. I guess I wish I spend more time learning accordion, cause the one I have is a really beautiful one that my friend Gabe gave me a few years ago. His dad gave it to him, and when we lived together I played around on it so much that he gave it to me for my birthday.
Jabari B(ooks) Davis # 4 : "All The Fun"
After a brief hiatus, Courting Comedy presents another "Jabari B(ooks) Davis" (w/ @jabaridavis)
"Why Should White Guys Have all of the Fun?," by Reginald Lewis is probably the most inspiring book that I have ever read. Its the story of a Black Business man doing things in a predominately White Male dominated field, that not even white men could accomplish. He became a billionaire by simply asking himself a question most Black people never consider asking themselves. 3 yrs ago I walked into the San Francisco Punchline on a Sunday, watched the whole show, and left with one question in my head, "Why Should White Guys Have all of The Fun?" My answer was that they shouldn't. And thats when Jabari Davis and Associates was born. The book title that started a movement!
- Jabari Davis. You can see Jabari at the Purple Onion all weekend. Check out his Facebook and Twitter for all the information.
Interview: Nate Heller [Preview]
A couple of months ago I conducted a correspondence interview with musician Nate Heller. Nate is the current front man of band She Beards whom will be performing at Bottom of the Hill this Thursday (8/25) alongside Wave Array and Lucky Jesus. More information on that event is available: here.
Technically the interview is destined for "Antithesis Comedy" in the near future, but in the meantime we present a section as a preview of what's to come. Also featured is a selection from She Beard's latest EP. Enjoy after the jump.
What was your first favorite band and what band shaped your current appreciation for music?
I've always loved music - family holidays usually saw us crowded around the piano with mom playing and everyone singing along. Our mom and dad were pretty instrumental in us kids' desire to be creative. Mom was especially encouraging (or forceful?). She really wanted me to be able to read music and be able to sing, which I will reluctantly admit that piano lessons and boys chorus helped immensely with.
But like most kids, I think I really started to become opinionated and devoted to bands around age eleven or twelve. Weird Al was the first CD that I owned, but when puberty hit I started having more "serious" feelings about music.
I had an unhealthy obsession with Smashing Pumpkins, but I also loved Green Day, Weezer and Jimi Hendrix. This was also around the time that I convinced dad to buy me an electric guitar unbeknownst to mom, and soon she stopped insisting that I stay in piano lessons and I switched to guitar.
What defines you most: are you a musician, a producer, a songwriter, a hybrid or something else completely?
Wow, that's a tough question. I definitely don't think of myself as a musician primarily. Whenever I play music with really good musicians who are classically trained, or just practice a lot, I realize that my I just don't have the chops they do. I love to produce music and write songs, and I think my biggest strength as a producer and musician is being able to listen to a piece of music as a whole and add or subtract elements based on what the song needs.
I guess I like to think that I am part of a newer generation of artists who can do everything themselves - It's really easy to set up a studio in your house, compose a beat, add some instruments and write vocals these days. Going into the studio even when I first started playing in bands was a much more expensive and time-consuming process. Now, from my home studio, I am able to produce mashups, full band recordings, music for TV and film, etc.
A few of the most recent things I've done that [illustrates] how diverse a home studio can be - I composed a really stupid intro song for Emily's FCC radio show (in about ten minutes), I finished 25 tracks of music for a company that licenses songs for TV and film purposes, and I also produced a song for my extremely talented thirteen year old neice who had never been in a recording studio before. It came out so good that I plan on recording a full album with her this summer.
How many bands have you been in?
I've been in hella bands. Is hella a number? I'll say around 7-8 bands that actually practiced regularly and/or played shows.
Jabari B(ooks) Davis # 3 : "Native Cum"
I remember when I lost my virginity in Jr High to a white girl on the good side of town. I took three buses to her house, only to be extremely uncomfortable being outside of my comfort zone. Even though no one was home, and we were alone, I still felt as if I was committing some crime. It was then that I realized, what Bigger Thomas from "Native Son" felt like. Only difference between Bigger and myself, is I put the pillow under here head!
-Jabari B. Davis
[Short, sweet, and a very deep reference. I was laughing so hard I made the people around me uncomfortable. I love Richard Wright.]
Jabari B(ooks) Davis # 2 : "Monster"
"The good thing about Autobiographies, is that you never know how they can change the direction of your life. I remember in the summer of 1994, I picked up "Monster," by Sanyika Shakur aka Cody Scott. A riveting and graphic tale of GangBanging in Los Angeles. At this point I was swaying between GangBanging and Education, leaning a lot more towards GangBanging. As it seemed like the most logical choice at the time.
This book was powerful. In the sense that it was the first book that I read in less than 6hrs. The dialogue and tone of the book was so vivid and descriptive, that I went on a ride with the author. By the time the book was over, I personally felt like I had murdered enemies, been in and out of prison, got shot multiple times, and found myself after years of being in solitary confinement. It took less than 6 hrs, and a book to satisfy my desire to go down a path that so many other black men had succumbed to. "Monster" Cody Scott was in my eyes, the Michael Jordan of Genocide, and doing it better than him, was impossible. The only thing I could do more Gangster than him, was go somewhere he'd never been. Like College.
Four years later I walked across the stage with a degree in Philosophy from Fresno State, wearing Blue Chuck Taylor's and Blue shoe laces. Not because I was a Crip, I was far from it. I did it to honor "Monster" Cody Scott. He sacrificed his life, so I could do right by mine! Now thats Gangsta!"
-Jabari B. Davis
New Segment: Jabari B(ooks) Davis
[We are proud to present a new collaboration with comedian Jabari Baraka Davis. In addition to being a successful comedy businessman with anecdotes of cultured thuggery, Jabari Davis is an avid reader. Davis has agreed to provide insight to his literature tastes and thoughts in weekly installments… It's like Reading Rainbow with more swag. Enjoy:]
" One of my favorite books coming up, was "Great Expectations," by Charles Dickens. Story of a young man, going from ashy to classy, through the help a few influential people. It was sort of a fantasy for me, an experience I yearned for in my own life. It wasn't until I found myself in a Penthouse over looking the Bay, that I realized, I was no longer Jabari Davis. I had become Pip. Only difference between Dickens version, and my life, is that I'm actually fucking Miss Havisham. "
-Jabari B. Davis
The RunOff: Julian Vance
photo by. Raun Harris
A few months back I interviewed Julian Vance for a piece featured on Antithesis Comedy. Much of the interview was trimmed out for brevity. Here is the majority of the "missing" interview. [P.S. For the full experience, imagine frequent laughter between the two of us amid the questions and answers]
Courting Comedy: What rooms were running when you started?
Julian Vance: The Java Source was great. The Java Source was every Friday and Saturday night in the Richmond, kinda across the street from Rockit Room. You had to walk through about forty old Chinese men smoking cigarettes and gambling out front. It was all the way in the back and people fucking hated that we were there. People would come in and turn right back around. The normal customers, every time comedy would start, they would get up and walk away.
CC: Was it always consistent?
JV: It was consistently bad. It was always a shitty experience but you got onstage twice a week… Another great [room] was the Luggage Store. It's on Market, [its] still called the Luggage Store. This was a mic for comics only, there was no audience. And you would have to pay a dollar to perform, not even pay a dollar, donate a dollar to keep the space open. It was more like a writing workshop than anything else. You would be done with your set and people would tell you what you did right [and] what you did wrong. It was the first place I ever bombed. It was my third or fourth set.
CC: Did you ever do the "scouting" thing of checking a mic out first?
JV: Naw, I just went. The first mic I went to was the Brainwash. This was back when they were doing the lottery system so you picked your name out of a hat. I pulled number "2" and nobody pulled number "1". I had never seen live stand-up comedy performed before, never been to a comedy club and I went up first.
CC: How did people respond?
JV: My first set went over really well. I still remember the first joke I ever told, which looking back on it is cringe worthy. The first joke I ever told was: "So I'm a fat kid who wants to be a stand-up comic which is code for 'I'm a virgin'." [I did] five minutes. I got off stage, I walked right out of the Brain Wash, didn't talk to anybody. I called my mom. [At this time] Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams had some handprints in some cement around the corner from the Brainwash. I walked past that and thought "I fucking made it man! I'm here!"
Room Review: The Deco Lounge
Comedy in San Francisco isn't glamorous. There are institutions (Punch Line, Cobb's), premier nightclubs (Purple Onion, Deluxe), and amazing atmospheres (Dark Room, Brainwash) but most comedy is crusty glitter-litter. Slow bar nights in notorious neighborhoods, anonymous audiences overrun with hopefuls. Precarious stageships with ominous backdrops of black drapes or tinsel that contrast with the fleshy struggle in the foreground. Jokes thrashed with silence for being too old or two new for a group of cynical, self-centered peers. Comedy in the City is akin to opening scenes in boxing films: smoky, loud, ill-illuminated clubhouses for many fighters but few champions. These rooms serve as training grounds, caverns to develop strength, conditioning, stamina and strategy.
One such establishment is the Deco Lounge at 510 Larkin St. A spectrum flag hangs over the doorway, bartenders serve drinks with optional nudity, promotional material features aggressive bears and drag queens, pool tables, condom buckets and narrow bathrooms with a million implied stories. Located firmly in the Tenderloin, Deco trades traditional drug addled weirdness with subdued sexual strangeness.
Every Monday the establishment hosts an open mic comedy night for free starting at 7:00 PM. Deco is a great kick-start to the rest of night and the rest of the week. Tony Koester serves as the resident host, approximately twenty comedians take the stage in two hours and the bar as always accommodating.
The Ballad of Gay Tony
It's a quaint coincidence that San Francisco boasts two hosting Tony's (Koester and Sparks). Both share an affinity towards fresh talent, stand in stout dimensions, graciously suffer threats and danger, and generate sexual innuendo in a fraction of a second. At the crossroad of Kindness and Creepiness, both more often stay on the former road. The two Tony's diverge at the trajectory of their targeting systems: Sparks makes lewd compliments to the attractive female comedians and Koester sets sights on the handsome boys. Ivan Hernandez and Conrad Roth get the brunt of it but never fear, the gay-straight badinage is good natured, entertaining and fleeting.
Koester keeps things rocking and rolling; the night moves at a brisk pace. Comedians look at their notebooks and drink Pabst, lounging in a verbal Jacuzzi that is lukewarm at best. The atmosphere of the room removes the need for melodrama, selling or pandering. Stripped of the yuk-yuk bullshit, the comedians use the time to hone riffing and refine rough, slower paced, anecdotal material. The results are very real, very raw, and very hilarious revelations never uttered elsewhere.
Some nights are uncharacteristically electric. A fine mist of giddiness can make a hollow room full. Sometimes comedians stay well past their set and a contingent of appreciating audience applauds the comedians' hard work. Sometimes festive patrons watch the comedy in anticipation of a subsequent drag show or dance party.
The grab bag of experiences makes Deco a positive, popular place to mentally work out. If you've yet to bound its boards or watch its shows, you're missing out on something worthwhile.


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