text: I. Roll - The following Faculty Senate members were absent: Morris and Naumes. Excused were Bogle, Carr, Crepeau, Draper, Farrell, and Sherman. II. Communications with the President - President Leitzel said that she has reviewed the decentralized budgeting model and feels that it is fairly well structured at the institutional level, although there is still some detail work to be done. The college-level plan needs to be developed and fit into the institutional level. The deans will work with the faculty and the chairs on this model; and the senate's Academic Affairs Committee and Financial Affairs Committee will also meet with Vice President Corvey to discuss this matter. President Leitzel said that we need to test formulas and weights for the decentralized budgeting model, so that we can make informed decisions. The name of the plan has been changed from responsibility-centered management to decentralized budgeting, because UNH is constructing the plan and not borrowing it from another university. The new budget plan would put decisions on a more local level. A professor suggested that the burden of proof should be on those who are proposing the new plan, and she asked what would prevent the president from deciding to implement this plan. The president replied that the colleges saying they could not implement the plan would be a significant problem. The colleges will decide if the units will be the college or the departments. A professor commented that initiatives that increase revenue often reduce quality or remove revenue from other departments; and the president responded that we can work together on that within the model. Recently the president met with the black student union over one extended day. 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The responsibility-centered management web site can be reviewed at www.unh.edu/rcm; and the Faculty Senate web site can be seen at www.unh.edu/fac-senate. Please send input to Deb Winslow and Lee Zia. The president has appointed a new Master Planning Committee. Members will include Professors Dolan, Connors and Pokoski. In March, the Faculty Senate's Academic Affairs Committee will recommend a structure for the new Academic Oversight Committee. A professor has proposed a motion regarding a possible computer purchase for the system office, and this motion has been sent to the senate's Finance and Administration Committee. The president has announced that a formal Programmatic Review Committee for the Engineering Technology Program is being set up. Three members of that committee will be nominated by the senate's Agenda Committee and three elected by the college. IV. Minutes - The minutes of the October 26 and the November 2 Faculty Senate meetings were unanimously approved. 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Thus the average increase in UNH payments to the System is 74% greater than the average increase experienced by UNH itself in the General Fund. After discussion, today's first motion, which is designated motion III-M2 and is a redraft of the motion III-M2 proposed at the November 2 senate meeting, passed with one nay. The second motion, which is designated motion III-M3, states that the redrafted motion III-M2 and supporting introductory remarks will be sent to Governor Jean Shaheen, USNH Chancellor Farrell, UNH President Joan Leitzel, and the New Hampshire press (including the Campus Journal and The New Hampshire). A friendly amendment was accepted to add to the list of recipients the Speaker of the House, the President of the New Hampshire Senate, the members of the Legislative Oversight Committee and the Chair of the Board of Trustees. The amended motion passed with one abstention. A professor recommended that, in addition to this motion, individual voters should contact members of the Legislative Oversight Committee. Another professor commented that the system's distribution formula of UNH versus Keene, Plymouth and the College of Life-long Learning is also crucial. A faculty member asked if the legislature votes for a lump sum for the entire university system and also the percentage which will go to each institution. The chair said that he would report back with this information. VI. Reports from Senate Committee Chairs - At the beginning of next semester, the Academic Affairs Committee will bring to the senate a recommendation on general education. The committee will also review the decentralized budgeting model and will bring to the senate in March a proposal for structuring the new Academic Oversight Committee. The Campus Planning Committee is reviewing the assumptions of the campus master plan. In a few weeks, the committee will distribute information to the senate, for its input on this issue. The faculty representative to the Space Allocation, Repair and Renovation Committee is Todd Gross. The Finance and Administration Committee is working on the decentralized budgeting model. Please review the responsibility-centered management web site to see questions and responses which show the flux of the model. Also please check the distribution formulas, which are crucial and variable. The Library Committee has toured the Dimond Library renovations several times and is looking at ways to enhance the library's revenues from the university bookstore. When faculty place textbook orders through the university bookstore, the library receives a percentage. Faculty input is requested. The Research and Public Service Committee has been reviewing and providing feedback on the draft of a policy on ownership and retention of research data. A later draft may be presented to the senate next semester. The committee is also exploring the expansion of funding for start-up research and difficult-to-fund research. One of the Research and Public Service Committee members is on the search committee for a new vice president for research and public service, and another is involved in the responsibility-centered management discussions to see how that plan will affect research. The Student Affairs Committee was charged to enhance faculty cooperation with students. This Faculty Senate committee has made many overtures to the students but has gotten no response from the student leadership. The Professional Standards Committee is considering post-tenure review, which varies greatly across the university. The committee will bring this matter to the senate next semester. VII. Academic Computing and Advising - A summary of last year's report had been distributed to the Faculty Senate. Jeff Diefendorf, who is the chair of this committee, said that the president wants the committee to discuss priorities. She hopes that the legislature will provide funding for academic computing; but if not, a student fee may be necessary. A proposal has been made to require a basic computer competency test for faculty, staff and students, because the university spends a lot of money to answer basic questions. The committee is distributing a survey on academic computing and would like a response from each academic department. The committee also will work on an electronic mail privacy policy, as soon as the committee can get a response from the university attorney or permission to proceed without it. A professor said that advanced software support is needed; and the chair of the Academic Computing Advisory Committee replied that some site licenses have been purchased. VIII. Open Mike - A professor asked what proof is there that the present budgeting system is worse than the others being considered. The chair of the senate's Academic Affairs Committee will take this question to the vice president for finance and administration. Concerns were expressed that the new plan is economically based and does not sufficiently consider academic values. Emphasis seems to be placed on market model incentives, but we must not lose sight of the need for continued academic quality. IX. Adjournment - Today's meeting was adjourned.


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TV Critics Tour: Meredith Vieira's un-talk show
BEVERLY HILLS, California -- We all remember the "uncola." Now enter, stage left or right -- your choice -- the un-talk show. A show with talk but without talk. A show that wants to be called something -- but just don't call it a talk show. Call it instead "The Meredith Vieira Show." That's good. That should do...
Vieira met up with the press here today aware that she would get...Read more »
Katherine Heigl addresses 'difficult' reputation: 'I don't see myself as being difficult'
Katherine Heigl? Difficult? The association of her name with that adjective is hardly surprising given the history of stories that have chronicled her relations, occasionally tempestuous, with showrunners and their shows, from "Grey's Anatomy" to whatever movie ("Knocked Up"), added fuel to the fire. But that was then, this is now, and Sunday, Heigl arrived at TCA to sell her new series -- "State of Affairs" -- but also to establish that point, while dispelling any impression that her rep was justified or even relevant.
"State of Affairs" is pretty much NBC's biggest new drama and a shot at redemption for the star. But what's intriguing here is what won't always be seen on screen -- specifically her mother, Nancy, who's reputed to be one of the toughest stage moms in Hollywood and who will in fact share an executive producer credit on this series. Nancy Heigl has been a fierce protector of her daughter and her career -- all certainly admirable traits -- but an executive producer? The first instance in all of TV history when the lead actor of a series will have a parent as backstop on the production staff? Not sure, but it is extremely unusual.
I asked NBC Entertainment chief Jennifer Salke about this earlier. Said she: "They worked together in the past. And they are, in their personal life, also incredibly intertwined. So I would call her mom-ager, her best friend, her confidante, her . . . helping raise their children. I mean, she's a partner in her life. So I didn't find it surprising, and I think they have a very natural shorthand and so far, so good."
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I later asked Nancy: "Katie and I obviously have a partnership where we work in the business together. So they came to us with this maybe two and a half years ago. We loved the concept. We loved the people ... I am her mother for sure. So, of course, I care about her interests. But I'm just learning about executive producing. We're really in the process, and I'm learning from those who really know and from NBC and Universal, and it's been fun. It's been interesting. I'm the newcomer to it."
It was then left to Eric Deggans of NPR to ask about the elephant in the room, her rep, as in "difficult." The question was artfully phrased -- along the lines that she had this "difficult" persona but that others had come to her defense saying that she was just someone who happens to speak her mind, and Hollywood doesn't like women who speak their mind. Or words to that effect.
Heigl took a deep breath. Exhaled. Took another. Then ... this: "I think I said [in the recent Marie Claire piece] that I felt I had stopped challenging myself ... I love doing romantic comedies. I love them, and I love watching them. But I stopped sort of exercising different muscles of my ability. And then in that moment I felt that I was sort of letting down my audience, that I wasn't challenging them either. Why this show, why come back to television? Because it's an extraordinary role, and it's an extraordinary opportunity and it's an extraordinary story. And it's an opportunity for me to flex some different muscles and show a different side of myself as an actor and performer and storyteller that I hope my audience will be excited and love. As far as your other questions go, I can't really speak to that. I can only say that I certainly don't see myself as being difficult. I would never intend to be difficult. I don't think my mother sees herself as being difficult. We always, I mean, it's most important to everybody to conduct themselves professionally and respectfully and kindly. So if I have ever disappointed somebody, it was never intentional."
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One of the great outstanding questions in all of television -- what about this guy Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor Who? We'll, or at least viewers in the U.K., will know much more in late August -- the 23rd -- when the eighth season (out of what? 50 seasons?) arrives on BBC One.
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Christopher Walken as Captain Hook in "Peter Pan?" There is something deliciously obvious about this -- so obvious that it will in fact happen.
Walken-as-Hook was arguably the big TCA news Sunday -- and a surprise, too. (As a sidebar, NBC confirmed it had approached Kristen Bell for the role of Peter Pan; she demurred due apparently to work conflicts...) NBC's live telecast of 1954 musical...Read more »
TV Critics Tour: Bill Cosby's return to NBC
Beverly Hills -- Bill Cosby, or should I say, THE Bill Cosby, will be returning to NBC, possibly as early as next summer, in a still-untitled multigenerational family comedy, NBC Entertainment chief Jennifer Salke told reporters at the biannual "critics tour" here Sunday. Cosby's return to NBC had been reported months ago, but it was unclear at the time whether he would actually star in the series.
Unclear no more: He will play the patriarch of a large clan which doesn't sound a whole lot different from that famous Huxtable clan, in fact. NBC execs said there was no rush to get the series on the air, while the 2015 season could be just as likely a starting place. Meanwhile, Mike O'Malley -- of "Glee" -- has joined the series as a writer along with Mike Sikowitz, formerly a show-runner on "Rules of Engagement." O'Malley could have a starring role as well.
The idea of a "writer" on any Cosby-starring show, by the way, is an interesting concept: He went through many of them during the "Cosby" years in part because he ad-libbed a lot of material, and disdained the sitcom beat that was and is endemic to multi-cam comedies. He drove some of his writers batty and batty writers tend to leave ... (Not making this up, not that I would: It was well known during the show's run that he was a tough boss, and Mark Whitaker, in his forthcoming bio of the star, adds more detail.)
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Meanwhile, the Emmy snubs! That redoubtable list of worthies who were passed over for the 66th annual prime-time Emmys for reasons known only to that mysterious and no-always-predictable soul known as the "Emmy voter."
Obviously "The Blacklist" and "Scandal" fans were bitterly disappointed Thursday morning, but big commercial dramas have simply become passe with Emmy voters -- or at least until such time as "Breaking Bad" and"Mad Men" are no longer eligible.
In addition, "Parks and Recreation" was largely passed over, save for Amy Poehler.
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You will see some commentary reflecting on the fact that poor Jay Leno couldn't even nudge the voter needle for his last season. But David Letterman didn't either. In fact, Leno's "Tonight" never -- or hardly ever -- got a nod for best variety show; why should voters get sentimental now?
Certainly, "Orphan Black" was expected to do something Thursday morning; it did nothing. Tatiana Maslany must wait for the inevitable day when she is justly recognized. And did I mention Elisabeth Moss yet?
Also shut out -- "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." The Golden Globes of course loved "BNN" to distraction, but Emmy voters do tend to be contrarian when it comes to the Globe comedy nominations choices. In any event, as good as "BNN" was, its coronation at the Globes was a bit eccentric, given the other nominees.
Emmy nominations 2014: 'True Detective' scores big
"True Detective," HBO's first-year anthology series that was expected to make a showing at the 66th prime-time Emmy nominations announcement Thursday morning, made a showing -- and then some. The series scored a nod for best drama, catapulting it instantly into a rarefied orbit with multiple nominees "Breaking Bad," Downton Abbey," "Game of Thrones," "House of Cards" and "Mad Men" -- each of which also received a best drama nod.
In addition, both Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson -- the series' leads -- scored best actor nominations. That was a bit of a surprise, in that only McConaughey was considered an absolute lock. McConaughey is, by the way, almost certainly the favorite to win going into the August ceremony.
Meanwhile in terms of sheer numbers, FX's "Fargo" and "Game of Thrones" ended up in the winner's circle. "Fargo" got a total of eighteen nominations. "GoT" got nineteen.
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The list of comedy award nominees was virtually a mirror of last year's list, with one notable exception: HBO freshman "Silicon Valley" also made the cut. Yes, indeed, it was a very, very good morning for HBO -- much less so for Showtime which got shut out for "Masters of Sex," but which did score one very big hit: Lizzy Caplan in the best actress category.
Meanwhile, "Modern Family" -- nominated of course -- now has a chance to win five best statues in a row. Here's your list... and do check back for more analysis, and head here for the snub list.
Drama series:
"Breaking Bad," "Downton Abbey," "Game of Thrones," "House of Cards," "Mad Men," "True Detective"
What it means: That the strong remain strong. This list was absolutely predicted by everyone on the planet with a Twitter account and love of good-to-great TV. Certainly "TD" will have a few detractors -- HBO managed to get it into the prestigious drama category as opposed to the much less prestigious miniseries one. "TD" deserves to be here but "Fargo" fans would argue that it does as well. "Fargo" did well this morning - both Martin Freeman and Billy Bob Thornton got nods - but it was still relegated to the mini cat. Will "TD" upset "Bad," which is looking to repeat? I kind of doubt that -- in Emmys, advantage usually, but not always, lies with the incumbent. But, of course, we shall see.
Comedy series: "Big Bang Theory," "Louie, "Modern Family," "Orange is the New Black," "Silicon Valley," "Veep"
What it means: "Orange is the New Black" is a comedy? Did voters happen to see a different version from the one I saw? "Orange" is not a comedy, but it is a drama, although Netflix -- now a powerhouse in this industry -- managed to convince voters and the Emmy management apparatchiks otherwise. "Bang" certainly has the advantage here.
Lead actor in a drama: Bryan Cranston, Jeff Daniels, Jon Hamm, Woody Harrelson, Matthew McConaughey, Kevin Spacey
What it means: Clearly it means just one thing -- will Jon Hamm finally win for crying out loud? I mean enough already.
Lead actress in a drama:
Lizzy Caplan, "Masters of Sex"; Claire Danes, "Homeland"; Michelle Dockery, "Downton Abbey"; Julianna Marguiles, "The Good Wife"; Kerry Washington, "Scandal"; Robin Wright, "House of Cards"
What it means: As always, the lead actress is the most hotly contended category is all of Emmydom; this extremely strong list still managed to leave out other quality candidates, yet no one can really argue with what's here. Caplan's inclusion is not a surprise but given the tough competition, a real achievement nonetheless. My hunch is that this race will come down to Wright and Margulies.
Lead actor in a miniseries or movie:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Martin Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, Billy Bob Thornton
Lead actor in a comedy:
Louie CK, "Louie"; Don Cheadle, "House of Lies"; Ricky Gervais, "Derek"; Matt LeBlanc, "Episodes"; William H. Macy, "Shameless"; Jim Parsons, "Big Bang Theory"
What it means: Gervais is the huge upset here. I certainly didn't see this coming. But again, Parsons remains the fave.
Lead actress in a comedy:
Lena Dunham, "Girls"; Edie Falco, "Nurse Jackie"; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"; Melissa McCarthy, "Mike and Molly"; Amy Poehler, "Parks and Rec"; Taylor Schilling, "Orange is the New Black"
What it means: Without knowing just yet which episodes were submitted, it's hard to know how this will shake out. But I very much like Dunham's chances here. Nevertheless, this is Louis-Dreyfus's to lose -- which she pretty much has not yet. She's won the last two lead actress awards, and has to be absolute favorite to win again. Under normal circumstances, I would complain bitterly about the Emmys' utter predictability -- except that she is excellent and so is her show. No crime at all if she does win again. But still, Dunham is your dark horse.
Lead actress in mini/movie: Helena Bonham Carter, "Burton and Taylor"; Minnie Driver, "Return to Zero"; Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, both "American Horror Story"; Cicely Tyson, "Trip to Bountiful"; Kristen Wiig, "The Spoils of Babylon"
'Glee's' Chris Colfer is not leaving series: Fox
No, Chris Colfer is not leaving "Glee," but score one for an Internet troll anyway.
"Glee" fans -- and those who cover culture and entertainment -- went on high alert Thursday when a tweet appeared on the 24-year-old actor's Twitter account reporting the following: "Due to personal issues, I have been let go from the cast of GLEE. Explanations will come shortly . . . "
Explanations did: Colfer's account had been hacked.
But in a modern-day demonstration of Mark Twain's observation that "a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes," a handful of prominent websites, including the Hollywood Reporter and EW.com, posted the tweet as fact.
Within moments the reports were corrected after Fox sent out a statement saying: "We've been alerted that Chris Colfer's Twitter account has been hacked. Rumors of his dismissal from Glee could not be further from the truth. We love Chris and look forward to working with him again this season."
Naya Rivera -- who plays Santana Lopez -- was also subject of stories recently claiming she had also been forced off the show's sixth and final season. Those have since been denied by Fox and Rivera.
EW Thursday said it "regrets posting the erroneous tweet," while adding that the incident could be "explored" in the final season, "perhaps with Chris Colfer's Kurt duetting with guest-star Lindsay Lohan in a performance of Ms. Lohan's underrated electropop ditty 'Rumors.' "
'Sherlock' will be back
"Sherlock," one of TV's great series and pleasures, will be back - but when and where and for how many? (Episodes, that is.) The BBC offered some answers a short while ago. There will be, for example, a "special" - unclear what a "special" is but it does sound special. Then, there will be three new episodes. Shooting begins next year, per the BBC. So assume that the series is back much later in 2015.
Co-creator, writer and executive producer Mark Gatiss, said in a statement: "Series Four! At last ! It's always special to return to Sherlock but this time it's even more special as we're doing... a Special! Not only THAT, we'll then be shooting three more episodes which will take Sherlock and John Watson into deeper and darker water than ever before. The whole Sherlock team are terrifically excited to return for four new adventures. The Game is on - again!"
Jennifer Love Hewitt joins 'Criminal Minds' (good luck with that)
Jennifer Love Hewitt has joined the cast of "Criminal Minds" -- news announced Tuesday but I didn't have the heart to post until now. She'll play -- per CBS -- "Kate Callahan, a seasoned undercover agent whose stellar work at the FBI has landed her a coveted position with the Behavioral Analysis Unit," and begins with the 10th season premiere.
Why no heart in the matter? I like Hewitt, think she's a perfectly good actress, and was good in the "The Ghost Whisperer." ("The Client List" I can't speak to.) What's ominous here is "Criminal Minds," which has had something of a revolving door with female leads or semi-leads in the last few years (Jeanne Triplehorn just left, but A.J.Cook and Kirsten Vangness have stuck around almost since season one).
What's the problem with "CM"? The show certainly had what we politely refer to in the critical trade as "content problems" -- a veritable parade of butchered people often women. CBS staked a claim in this type of programming years ago, known as "women in peril," which was once a staple of its long-gone movie franchise.
I have no idea whether "CM" is as awful as it once was; maybe it's turned into "The Good Wife," for all I know. But it was awful. Not that this is the only series on TV that traffics in blood porn; it's everywhere or in far too many places in fact and seems to be an absolute requirement for entry into the prestigious FX club. But "CM" entered the debate when Mandy Patinkin abruptly quit without explanation, then said this years later:
I didn't pay attention to the material, because once you get yourself locked onto the one need that you think you have [money, steady employment], which was the security of the job and having the job to go to every day, which I love, and the economic false security, 'cause I wasn't in trouble, I was doing fine -- I ignored the fact that there was a woman in a cage being tortured. I thought, "Well, this is just the pilot. You can't do that every show, for God's sake. How long would that be interesting?" Yet it remained interesting for now, I think, seven or eight years they're into.
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After so many posts on so many different subjects, we realized we had yet to tell you about our most illustrious neighbor, the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella. For this very purpose, today I went to visit it. In 1121 it was already a monastery for Dominican friars; in 1470 it was expanded to its …Share on Facebook
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Year round, the Palazzo Strozzi foundation puts on a varied program of international exhibitions to engage different kinds of visitors. On the lower floor, the Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina's purpose is to explore contemporary art and culture. We went to see the new show; these are our impressions. Palazzo Strozzi's new exhibition, "Pontormo and …Share on Facebook
A Fabulous Visit to the Vasari Corridor
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Emilio Greco: sacred and profane
EMILIO GRECO: SACRED AND PROFANE The centenary of the Greco's birth celebrated in London, Rome and Catania Marking the centenary of the birth of the great sculptor Emilio Greco (Catania October 11, 1913 – Rome, April 5, 1995) London, Rome and Catania are paying homage to him with the exhibition "Emilio Greco: Sacred and Profane". …Share on Facebook
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What's the connection between icy Russia and the East? Up until yesterday I would have said "nothing". But, after going to the new exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi, I would answer this simple question with: endless connections! Through January 19, 2014 you can enjoy the new exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi "The Russian Avant-garde, Siberia and the …Share on Facebook
Gucci and Ferragamo Museums in Florence
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From the Renaissance to contemporary art showcased at Palazzo Strozzi
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A few days ago I went with my 9-year-old daughter to the "Museo dei Ragazzi" (Kid's Museum) located inside Palazzo Vecchio, in the very center of Florence. It's not a museum in the regular sense. It's a series of activities, routes, and guided tours in the Palazzo covering the building's different historical eras from its …Share on Facebook
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Why Neil Macdonald will never back down
Neil Macdonald licks his lips and pats his hair
gently into place. Sporting a slick navy suit, rose-coloured tie,
and shiny brown shoes, he paces the room reciting his lines.
Macdonald is taping intros and extros for CBC Newsworld's
Face to Face, a show that features
interviews with passionate American politicos such as
conservative queen Ann Coulter. When he's ready for his standup,
he crumples the script, stares into the camera through his
black-rimmed glasses, and barks, "Let's start."
"Um, can you walk forward while you
talk?" asks Ian Hannah, the cameraman.
want me to walk? Are you serious?"
"Well, just
a few paces."
"How many
"Just a
Macdonald rolls his eyes and shakes his
head. "What the fuck is this?" he shouts. "It fuckin' doesn't
Marcella Munro, the producer, and Hannah
start laughing. So does Macdonald. It all has something to do
with a running joke about a missing jib, a portable camera
"Jesus fuckin' Christ," he grunts.
"Piece of shit."
After his first standup,
Hannah nods, "Okay, that's pretty
"Pretty good?" Macdonald smirks. "It
wouldn't be a problem if we had a fuckin'
The crew is shooting in the decaying
Crystal Ballroom of Toronto's King Edward Hotel, which offers a
panoramic view of the city, so Munro suggests filming Macdonald
in front of a Catholic church that stands in the
"Ha!" he laughs and in a cartoonish
voice says, "Then the Catholics will
At the end of the shoot, Macdonald
comes up with a new title for the show: "It's called, 'Fuck Off,
with Neil Macdonald!'"
"It'd sell," he shrugs, to more
The 48-year-old Washington
correspondent for CBC Television News often cracks up his
colleagues. Friends claim he's even funnier than his famous
comedian brother, Norm. He can also be intimidating - he's
six-foot-six, with a brawny build, a baritone voice, and a
penchant for liberal use of expletives. "Being my size, all you
gotta do is growl at people," he says. Fellow reporters once
dubbed him "Jaws."
"He likes to stick pins in
big, fat, balloon egos," says Garnet Barlow, his longtime friend.
Since his start in journalism in the mid 1970s, Macdonald has
angered everyone from prime ministers to media moguls to
religious communities. In December, for instance, the pro-Israel
lobby group HonestReporting Canada (HRC) awarded him an "Israel
conspiracy award." Yet none of it has hurt his career. Many of
those who despise Macdonald admit he's good at what he does. His
fans are even more laudatory. "He has an aggressive, trenchant
style of reporting," says David Halton, senior Washington
correspondent for CBC News.
And it's that
relentless style that gets him into trouble. It's also, some say,
what makes him a great journalist.
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Sakura season is loved by everyone. And in 2010 when the sakura finally bloomed people as is customary filled the parks for hanami. Even Darth Vader decided to leave the light saber at home and enjoy the day in Tokyo's Yoyogi park.
Harajuku Girl with wig and hat on Flickr.
Is this the Japanese version of emo? I just think it might be. More classy than western emo? You be the judge.


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THE SITUATION: Widespread Hunger in Colorado
In tens of thousands of homes across the state, our neighbors strive for a brighter future but struggle to make ends meet, whether due to a minimum-wage job, health issue, job loss or simply bad luck. Parents go without to feed their children. Too many kids start the school day hungry, unable to focus on learning. And, after a lifetime of working, Colorado seniors are left to fend for themselves and face the question: Do I buy needed medication or food?
Hunger is a serious—and often invisible—problem in Colorado, but it is solvable.
Hunger Free Colorado is making progress to ensure all Coloradans have access to food and nutrition, because we are all at our best when we have enough healthy food to eat.
THE SOLUTION: Hunger Free Colorado
Hunger Free Colorado is leading efforts to connect families and individuals to food and nutrition resources, and to create positive changes in systems, policies and social views so no Coloradan goes hungry. The organization was launched in 2009 from a merger of the Colorado Anti-Hunger Network and the Colorado Food Bank Association, with funding support from The Denver Foundation and Kaiser Permanente. Hunger Free Colorado brings a unified, statewide voice to the issue and solutions surrounding hunger, with a goal to ensure all Coloradans have access to affordable, nutritious food.
We are the state's leading anti-hunger organization leveraging the power of collaboration, systems change, policy change and social change to end hunger in Colorado. With a mission to end hunger in Colorado, our core values are:
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We focus on systemic and sustainable solutions through the lens of our four core values: community, innovation, partnership and nutrition. But we do not—and cannot—achieve a hunger-free Colorado alone. Collaboration is key in breaking down barriers to access and fueling change for stronger, healthier communities.
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All Music Is The Same Four Chords
Don't watch this if you don't want to lose all faith in music. The Axis of Awesome breaks down your favorite songs into the same four chords -- over and over.
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Stanford set to retire former quarterback John Elway's number at half time of the game against the Oregon Ducks. Elway's No. 7 will join No. 1 of Ernie Nevers and No. 16 of Jim Plunkett as the school's only players to have their jerseys retired.
"It's unbelievably long overdue," coach David Shaw said, via the Denver Post. "This is all for John. He's been everything a Stanford man should be."
"The greatest Stanford football player I ever saw was Darrin Nelson as far as sheer ability," said Jim Rutter, the school's athletics archivist. "But the guy that raised the hair on my arm was John Elway. My breathing would change when he dropped back" to pass."
Elway initially didn't want to wear No. 7, he preferred No. 11 but it was taken by a veteran defensive back.
"I was not going to take the number off anybody's back, that's for darn sure," Elway said Monday. "As much as I wanted No. 11, it was an easy change for me."
Now that No. 7 is a part of his identity, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wears No. 7 to honor Elway.


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The Flask Mega-Tutorial, Part X: Full Text Search
This is the tenth article in the series in which I document my experience writing web applications in Python using the Flask microframework.
The goal of the tutorial series is to develop a decently featured microblogging application that demonstrating total lack of originality I have decided to call
Here is an index of all the articles in the series that have been published to date:
- Part I: Hello, World!
- Part II: Templates
- Part III: Web Forms
- Part IV: Database
- Part V: User Logins
- Part VI: Profile Page And Avatars
- Part VII: Unit Testing
- Part VIII: Followers, Contacts And Friends
- Part IX: Pagination
- Part X: Full Text Search (this article)
- Part XI: Email Support
- Part XII: Facelift
- Part XIII: Dates and Times
- Part XIV: I18n and L10n
- Part XV: Ajax
- Part XVI: Debugging, Testing and Profiling
- Part XVII: Deployment on Linux (even on the Raspberry Pi!)
- Part XVIII: Deployment on the Heroku Cloud
In the previous article in the series we've enhanced our database queries so that we can get results on pages.
Today, we are going to continue working on our database, but in a different area. All applications that store content must provide a search capability.
For many types of web sites it is possible to just let Google, Bing, etc. index all the content and provide the search results. This works well for sites that have mostly static pages, like a forum. In our little
microblog application the basic unit of content is just a short user post, not a whole page. The type of search results that we want are dynamic. For example, if we search for the word "dog" we want to see blog posts from any users that include that word. It is obvious that until someone searches for that word there is no page that the big search engines could have indexed with these results, so clearly we have no choice other than rolling our own search.
Introduction to full text search engines
Unfortunately support for full text search in relational databases is not well standardized. Each database implements full text search in its own way, and SQLAlchemy at this time does not have a full text search abstration.
We are currently using SQLite for our database, so we could just create a full text index using the facilities provided by SQLite, bypassing SQLAlchemy. But that isn't a good idea, because if one day we decide to switch to another database we would need to rewrite our full text search capability for another database.
So instead, we are going to let our database deal with the regular data, and we are going to create a specialized database that will be dedicated to text searches.
There are a few open source full text search engines. The only one that to my knowledge has a Flask extension is Whoosh, an engine also written in Python. The advantage of using a pure Python engine is that it will install and run anywhere a Python interpreter is available. The disadvantage is that search performance will not be up to par with other engines that are written in C or C++. In my opinion the ideal solution would be to have a Flask extension that can connect to several engines and abstract us from dealing with a particular one in the same way Flask-SQLAlchemy gives us the freedom to use several database engines, but nothing of that kind seems to be available for full text searching at this time. Django developers do have a very nice extension that supports several full text search engines called django-haystack. Maybe one day someone will create a similar extension for Flask.
But for now, we'll implement our text searching with Whoosh. The extension that we are going to use is Flask-WhooshAlchemy, which integrates a Whoosh database with Flask-SQLAlchemy models.
If you don't have Flask-WhooshAlchemy installed in your virtual environment yet go ahead and install it now. Windows users should run this:
flask\Scripts\pip install Flask-WhooshAlchemy
All others must run this:
flask/bin/pip install Flask-WhooshAlchemy
Configuration for Flask-WhooshAlchemy is pretty simple. We just need to tell the extension what is the name of the full text search database (file
WHOOSH_BASE = os.path.join(basedir, 'search.db')
Model changes
Since Flask-WhooshAlchemy integrates with Flask-SQLAlchemy, we indicate what data is to be indexed for searching in the proper model class (file
from app import app
import flask.ext.whooshalchemy as whooshalchemy
class Post(db.Model):
__searchable__ = ['body']
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key = True)
body = db.Column(db.String(140))
timestamp = db.Column(db.DateTime)
user_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('user.id'))
def __repr__(self):
return '<Post %r>' % (self.body)
whooshalchemy.whoosh_index(app, Post)
The model has a new
__searchable__ field, which is an array with all the database fields that will be in the searchable index. In our case we only want to index the body field of our posts.
We also have to initialize the full text index for this model by calling the
whoosh_index function.
Since this isn't a change that affects the format of our relational database we do not need to record a new migration.
Unfortunately any posts that were in the database before the full text engine was added will not be indexed. To make sure the database and the full text engine are synchronized we are going to delete all posts from the database and start over. First we start the Python interpreter. For Windows users:
And for everyone else:
Then in the Python prompt we delete all the posts:
>>> from app.models import Post
>>> from app import db
>>> for post in Post.query.all():
... db.session.delete(post)
>>> db.session.commit()
And now we are ready to start searching. First let's add a few new posts to the database. We have two options to do this. We can just start the application and enter posts via the web browser, as regular users would do, or we can also do it in the Python prompt.
From the Python prompt we can do it as follows:
>>> from app.models import User, Post
>>> from app import db
>>> import datetime
>>> u = User.query.get(1)
>>> p = Post(body='my first post', timestamp=datetime.datetime.utcnow(), author=u)
>>> db.session.add(p)
>>> p = Post(body='my second post', timestamp=datetime.datetime.utcnow(), author=u)
>>> db.session.add(p)
>>> p = Post(body='my third and last post', timestamp=datetime.datetime.utcnow(), author=u)
>>> db.session.add(p)
>>> db.session.commit()
The Flask-WhooshAlchemy extension is nice, because it hooks up into Flask-SQLAlchemy commits automatically. We do not need to maintain the full text index, it is all done for us transparently.
Now that we have a few posts in our full text index we can issue searches:
>>> Post.query.whoosh_search('post').all()
[<Post u'my second post'>, <Post u'my first post'>, <Post u'my third and last post'>]
>>> Post.query.whoosh_search('second').all()
[<Post u'my second post'>]
>>> Post.query.whoosh_search('second OR last').all()
[<Post u'my second post'>, <Post u'my third and last post'>]
As you can see in the examples above, the queries do not need to be limited to single words. In fact, Whoosh supports a pretty powerful search query language.
Integrating full text searches into the application
To make the searching capability available to our application's users we have to add just a few small changes.
As far as configuration, we'll just indicate how many search results should be returned as a maximum (file
Search form
We are going to add a search form to the navigation bar at the top of the page. Putting the search box at the top is nice, because then the search will be accessible from all pages.
First we add a search form class (file
class SearchForm(Form):
search = TextField('search', validators = [Required()])
Then we need to create a search form object and make it available to all templates, since we will be putting the search form in the navigation bar that is common to all pages. The easiest way to achieve this is to create the form in the
before_request handler, and then stick it in Flask's global
g (file
from forms import SearchForm
def before_request():
g.user = current_user
if g.user.is_authenticated():
g.user.last_seen = datetime.utcnow()
g.search_form = SearchForm()
Then we add the form to our template (file
Home
{% if g.user.is_authenticated() %}
| Your Profile
| <form style="display: inline;" action="{{url_for('search')}}" method="post" name="search">{{g.search_form.hidden_tag()}}{{g.search_form.search(size=20)}}<input type="submit" value="Search"></form>
| Logout
{% endif %}
Note that we only display the form when we have a logged in user. Likewise, the
before_request handler will only create a form when a user is logged in, since our application does not show any content to guests that are not authenticated.
Search view function
action field of our form was set above to send all search requests the the
search view function. This is where we will be issuing our full text queries (file
@app.route('/search', methods = ['POST'])
def search():
if not g.search_form.validate_on_submit():
return redirect(url_for('index'))
return redirect(url_for('search_results', query = g.search_form.search.data))
This function doesn't really do much, it just collects the search query from the form and then redirects to another page passing this query as an argument. The reason the search work isn't done directly here is that if a user then hits the refresh button the browser will put up a warning indicating that form data will be resubmitted. This is avoided when the response to a POST request is a redirect, because after the redirect the browser's refresh button will reload the redirected page.
Search results page
Once a query string has been received the form POST handler sends it via page redirection to the
search_results handler (file
from config import MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS
def search_results(query):
results = Post.query.whoosh_search(query, MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS).all()
return render_template('search_results.html',
query = query,
results = results)
The search results view function sends the query into Whoosh, passing a maximum number of search results, since we don't want to be presenting a potentially large number of hits, we are happy showing just the first fifty.
The final piece is the search results template (file

{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}

Search results for "{{query}}":

{% for post in results %}
{% include 'post.html' %}
{% endfor %}
{% endblock %}
And here, once again, we can reuse our
post.html sub-template, so we don't need to worry about rendering avatars or other formatting elements, since all of that is done in a generic way in the sub-template.
Final words
We now have completed yet another important, though often overlooked piece that any decent web application must have.
The source code for the updated
microblog application is available below:
Download microblog-0.10.zip.
As always, the above download does not include a database or a flask virtual environment. See previous articles in the series to learn how to create these.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you have any questions feel free to write in the comments below. Thank you for reading, and I will be seeing you again in the next installment!
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#1 neoragex said :
Thank you for the excellent tutorials. Keep up the good work Miguel. And also obligatory here (only one chance to do it)... Furst!!!!!!!!!11 :)
#2 Vadim said :
In model Post misprint: 'return '<Post %r>' % (self.text)' Must be: 'return '<Post %r>' % (self.body)'
#3 Miguel Grinberg said :
@Vadim: you are correct, thanks for pointing it out. I have corrected the code above.
#4 George Mabley said :
I feel like a pest asking all of these questions, but I can't seem to find any information about this error. Previously I added a feature to delete posts with a view that finds the post through its id, then removes it with db.session.delete(). However, after adding search, calling that view function gives the error: InvalidRequestError: Object '<Post at 0x3fe04a8>' is already attached to session '1' (this is '5'). Have you ever experienced a problem similar to this? Is there a way to bring the object to the current session? Thanks for helping so much!
#5 Miguel Grinberg said :
George, are you using the development server like I am or do you have a different web server? All the references I see for this error are for multithreaded servers, the error occurs when the same object is attached to two sessions at the same time. Note that due to the way the application is at this stage you are likely to encounter race conditions with a multithreaded server, there is no proper locking to prevent two threads from modifying the same record and colliding.
#6 George Mabley said :
I am using basically the same setup that you are, just with a few added views and model tweaks. I was able to delete before adding search, and can also comment out the __searchable__ and whoosh_index lines to get my delete function to work. Should I just read up on ways to lock the sessions, or is it unrealistic with the way the site is set up currently?
#7 Miguel Grinberg said :
@George: can you show me the code that you have written, in particular the delete post view function and the changes to the Post model? You paste the code on pastebin or similar and share the URL here. Thanks!
#8 George Mabley said :
Sorry for the delayed response. Here are the two parts of the code. http://pastebin.com/0TDx8Gz8
#9 George Mabley said :
While adjusting for clarity on pastebin, I forgot to change the delete(u) to delete(post), but that is not the problem with the code. My bad!
#10 Miguel Grinberg said :
@George: I get the error too. I haven't figured out exactly where the problem is, but after some debugging I noticed there is more than one session object active. As a workaround you can add 'db.session.close_all()` before the db.session.delete() call and that removes those extra sessions. I'll continue debugging to try to figure out where those extra sessions come from.


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Rookies carry Redskins over Cowboys, to NFC East title
Landover, MD, United States (4E Sports) – The Washington Redskins relied on rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III and neophyte rusher Alfred Morris to beat the Dallas Cowboys, 28-10, and clinch the NFC East title Sunday at FedEx Field.
Morris ran for 200 yards on 33 carries and three touchdowns while Griffin rushed for another to carry the Redskins to their first division title in 13 years.
With his performance, Morris eclipsed Clinton Portis' team record for rushing yards in a season with 1,516 yards in 2005. Morris now has 1,613 rushing yards.
Griffin completed nine of 18 passes for 100 yards and rushed for 63 yards on six carries as the Redskins' rushers gained 274 ground yards compared to just 100 by the Cowboys.
Linebacker Rob Jackson had a key interception in the dying minutes to dash the Cowboys' comeback hopes. Cornerbacks Richard Crawford and Josh Wilson also picked off quarterback Tony Romo in the first period.
The Redskins' seventh straight win completed their resurgence from a 3-6 record to make the playoffs, becoming the first team to do so since the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1996.
The victory put the Redskins (10-6) in a collision course with the Seattle Seahawks next Sunday.
Romo completed 20 of 37 passes for 218 yards and two touchdowns but had three interceptions and wide receiver Dez Bryant had 71 yards on four catches as the Cowboys (8-8) failed to make the playoffs for the third straight year.
Jason Witten and Kevin Ogletree caught Romo's two touchdown heaves while DeMarco Murray rushed for 76 yards on 17 carries for Dallas.
Romo opened the first period with a nine-yard touchdown pass to Witten but Morris and Griffin delivered back-to-back touchdown runs to take a 14-7 lead at the break.
A 48-yard field goal by Dan Bailey made it 14-10 before Morris ran for his second touchdown of the game to give the Redskins a 21-10 cushion.
Romo then found Ogletree for a 10-yard touchdown pass and completed a two-point conversion to Dwayne Harris to cut the deficit to 21-18.
The Cowboys had a chance to take the lead but Romo's pass was intercepted by Jackson before Morris scored on a one-yard touchdown run to put the game away.
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