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In an age of segmentation, late-night television remains one of America's few shared cultural experiences, and it all began with Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson dominated late-night television for an astonishing 30 years, from 1962 to 1992. In that span, LBJ, the '60s, Watergate, the Reagan years, and the pre-presidential Clinton were fodder for his good-natured satire. On Jan. 23, Mr. Carson died of emphysema at the age of 79. But late-night television still follows the format he perfected. And as late-night TV has become one of the nation's few unifying cultural experiences-and the prime source of political information for nearly a fourth of young adults-Mr. Carson's cultural influence lives on.
John William Carson was born on Oct. 23, 1925, in Corning, Iowa, and his family moved to Norfolk, Neb., when he was 8. When he was 12 years old, he sent off for a mail-order magic kit and started performing at the local Rotary Club and at church socials, calling himself "the Great Carsoni." Young Johnny would also spend hours listening to Jack Benny on the radio, whose droll humor, sense of timing, and comical reactions would become the model for his own comic style.
After a stint in the Navy during World War II and college at the University of Nebraska, Mr. Carson went into radio, working at local stations in Lincoln and Omaha. In 1951 he got a job at a fledgling TV station in Los Angeles. He hosted a little-watched daytime show called "Carson's Cellar," in which he once joked that Red Skelton-then a big star-was in the studio but that there wasn't time for him to perform. Mr. Skelton was watching, thought the bit was funny, and hired Mr. Carson to be a writer on "The Red Skelton Show." One day in 1954, Mr. Skelton got hurt doing one of his notorious stunts and could not go on the air. Mr. Carson filled in, his big break on national TV that led to a move to New York and his hosting a series of programs, including the quiz show "Who Do You Trust?" with its announcer Ed McMahon. Then, in 1962, came his gig with "The Tonight Show."
With his droll wit, dapper dress, and down-to-earth Midwestern personality, Mr. Carson clicked with the American people. "No one could second-guess [the jokes]," commented comedienne Joan Rivers, "because if he got it, everyone in Iowa would get it." The ratings soared. Millions of Americans, across all demographics, made "The Tonight Show" part of their nightly ritual before going to bed. Despite cultural changes, national divisions, and changes in fashion, "The Tonight Show" held its audience of young and old, liberal and conservative, for three decades, until Mr. Carson-his ratings still huge-stepped down in 1992.
His show became the biggest moneymaker in the history of television, at one point generating 17 percent of NBC's total profit. When he decided to move his show from New York City to Burbank, Calif., the whole TV industry shifted to the West Coast. When he decided to tape his show rather than present it live, other shows followed suit, and the age of live TV was over.
Mr. Carson's humor was zany but, for the most part, tasteful. He approached the boundaries rarely, and usually with self-deprecating comments like this one about his own show: "We're more effective than birth-control pills." Most moments of crudeness were accidents. One night, his frequent guests from the San Diego Zoo brought a marmoset that climbed on his head, whereupon it urinated. Although this was hilarious in itself, it was made more so by the expression on Mr. Carson's face. Then there was the time Ed Ames, who played the faithful TV Indian companion of Daniel Boone, did a demonstration of tomahawk throwing that struck the target, a drawing of a cowboy, in an embarrassing place, sparking one of the longest laughs in television history. But in general, Mr. Carson did not approve of dirty jokes on his show. He refused to have on British comedians, considering their humor "lavatorial."
He did, however, shape the art form of stand-up comedy. By giving up-and-comers national exposure, Mr. Carson launched the careers of Bill Cosby, Jerry Seinfeld, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, and his late-night successors Jay Leno and David Letterman. A spot on "The Tonight Show" was a coup for every novice, but Mr. Carson also always made room on his couch for older performers, such as Jimmy Stewart. His genius as an interviewer, according to Bob Newhart, was "always making the guest look good."
Mr. Carson's political humor was remarkably fair and balanced, lampooning liberals and conservatives alike. His Watergate jokes reportedly made Richard Nixon realize that he was going to have to resign, while his Dan Quayle jokes forever stuck to the former vice president. After Bill Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, introduced Michael Dukakis at the 1988 Democratic Convention, Mr. Carson lampooned his long, dull, rambling speech. But he then invited Mr. Clinton on his show, where the governor played the saxophone and perhaps repaired the damage to his image.
For all his easy familiarity in front of the camera, Mr. Carson was shy, even reclusive in his personal life. He hated parties, refused to talk with the media, and kept his beliefs and his politics to himself. He was married four times, going through bitter and costly divorces. One of his three sons died in an auto accident in 1991. To the end, he refused to reveal his serious side. When asked what he wanted inscribed on his tombstone, Mr. Carson replied, "I'll be right back"-as if death were a commercial break.
Today's late-night TV still pays homage to Johnny Carson. The format is essentially the same: an opening monologue; banter with an Ed McMahon-like straight man and a colorful Doc Severinsen-like band leader; a few skits and comic bits; interviews with guests who scoot down on the couch to make room for the next guest.
The major late-night players today are like individual fragments of Johnny Carson. His successor Jay Leno has his ordinary-guy accessibility. David Letterman has his surreal humor. Jon Stewart has the political satire (though the pseudo-news format of "The Daily Show" derives from another late-night pioneer, "Saturday Night Live").
Mr. Leno, under criticism for being soft on Republicans due to his friendship with California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, felt constrained, like Galileo before the Inquisition, to come out publicly and swear fidelity to the one true liberal faith. "I'm not conservative," he pleaded to Nikki Finke of the LA Weekly. "I've never voted that way in my life." He said he had no Republicans among his writers, some of whom worked as speechwriters for Democratic candidates. His advice to the Kerry campaign: "Make Bush look as stupid as possible."
Mr. Letterman is also openly liberal in his politics, but his barbs are defanged somewhat by his comic style, where everything is presented with ironic detachment. Mr. Letterman manufactures much of his humor, taking a live camera to order something in a delicatessen and inviting ordinary people to do "stupid human tricks." The hip cynicism-a pose appealing to young adults-has its own irony, weakening the cutting-edge cultural elite who can't take their own ideas all that seriously if they don't take seriously anyone else's.
Jon Stewart, of "The Daily Show," does. His format, a parody of network news, gives satirical commentary on current events and politics. Unlike the network anchors, Mr. Stewart is quite open about his bias. Instead of his usual schtick, Mr. Stewart gave a serious critique as a guest on CNN's conservative debate program "Crossfire" as "someone who watches your show and cannot take it." He said the shouting heads are "hurting America."
A measure of hope on the horizon for a return to the Carson-style grounding in broader American culture might be found in Conan O'Brien, who has been announced as Mr. Leno's heir to the throne of Carson as host of "The Tonight Show." Mr. O'Brien, whose show "Late Night" comes on after "The Tonight Show" on NBC, is also liberal politically. And though he makes a point of cultivating "irreverent" and sometimes crude humor, he is a practicing Roman Catholic who sometimes serves as his church's lector, reading the Scriptures in the service. And of all the current late-night hosts, he is the least afraid of violating the tenets of political correctness-unleashing a hand-puppet named Triumph the Insult Comic Dog on French-speaking Quebec.
But none of the current late-night hosts holds a candle to Johnny Carson, as they themselves admit. "All of us who came after are pretenders," said Mr. Letterman. "He was the best, a star and a gentleman." The other fly-by-nights, the crude Jimmy Kimmell and wannabes like Craig Ferguson and Craig Kilborn, just are not in his league. The political commentary has grown more partisan than Mr. Carson's, and the humor more "lavatorial."
And yet late-night TV remains one of the few national meeting grounds. For all of the audience segmentation and the multitude of television choices in this era of cable TV, the major broadcasters still command a huge and diverse audience late at night. Late-night TV is the prime source of political information for 8 percent of the public and a whopping 21 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds. But most of them have never watched Johnny Carson.

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SecNav comments, potential command influence raised in Iraq murder retrial
He returned to work at Camp Pendleton after his release in July from the brig at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. He previously was imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
Command influence?
In a motion filed late Tuesday to suspend the proceedings until he could be assigned a "conflict-free judge advocate," Hutchins signaled that his defense at court martial would include litigating the issue of possible unlawful command influence because of Mabus' public comments. "One aspect of this litigation will include developing evidence that Col Perlak's decision ... was tainted by both actual and apparent unlawful command influence," it says.
Hutchins had raised the issue of command influence in 2012 with the Navy-Marine Corps appeals court, which ruled against him in an opinion authored by Perlak.
On Monday, Hutchins said in an email: "I was used as a public spectacle in 2009, when the Secretary of the Navy made inflammatory comments about my case."
Although Hutchins had been convicted of unpremeditated murder, Mabus told The Marine Corps Times in November 2009 that the incident was: "So completely premeditated, that it was not in the heat of battle, that not only was the action planned but the cover-up was planned, and that they picked somebody at random, just because he happened to be in a house that was convenient. He was murdered."
Hutchins' appeals were ongoing at the time and he was up for annual clemency and parole.
In an interview that month with North County Times, Mabus said of Hutchins and his squad: "None of their actions lived up to the core values of the Marine Corps and the Navy. This was not a 'fog of war' case occurring in the heat of battle. This was carefully planned and executed, as was the cover-up. The plan was carried out exactly as it had been conceived."
In the 2013 ruling by the military's highest appeals court, one judge criticized Mabus for making "disturbing and inappropriate comments" to the media in 2009 during post-trial clemency proceedings that created an "intolerable strain on public perception of the military justice system."
Those comments, however, were not the basis for the ruling tossing Hutchins' conviction because the court said it does not have jurisdiction over those proceedings.
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Chicken Adobo
A few months ago, during one of those random weekend nights when you have the luxury of having absolutely nothing pressing to do, the decision was made to venture out to a remote part of Brooklyn to give Filipino food a try for the very first time at Umi Nom. There were lots of pig parts on the menu (i.e. pig's ear tacos), which I devoured enthusiastically, but I think my favorite dish of the night was the pork adobo. I loved the way the sharp acidity of the vinegar cut right through the richness of the pork, making it taste clean and zingy. And the falling apart pieces of meat--made tender by hours of braising--were just the thing for a cold winter evening. As I sat there lapping up the last bits of sauce and sucking the bones dry, I made up my mind to try making the concoction myself as soon as opportunity allowed. And now, months later, here it is, folks. My very own chicken version, courtesy of April Bloomfield's new cookbook, A Girl and Her Pig.
In this recipe, the chicken thighs are browned and then simmered in rice vinegar and soy sauce, along with what will seem like a ridiculous amount of garlic and ginger (which, incidentally are both very good for you!). Your home will fill up with the warmest, most comforting smells, and as you take your first few bites, you will come to see exactly what I mean when I write about the mouthwatering tangle of flavors in this dish. Also, as with most recipes on this site, it's pretty foolproof to execute. Give it a try and let me know what you think. xo
Chicken Adobo
Serves 6
1/4 cup canola oil
5 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken legs and thighs, cut through the bone into 2-inch pieces (you can have your butcher do this)
2 heads garlic, cloves separated but not peeled
1/2 large Spanish onion, peeled and cut into 8 wedges
1/2 cup thinly sliced skin-on ginger
10 whole black peppercorns
4 fresh or 2 dried bay leaves
1 1/2 cups unseasoned rice vinegar
1/2 cup soy sauce
Heat oil in a large Dutch-oven over high heat until it begins to smoke. Working in batches, add chicken, skin-side down, to pot and cook, turning occasionally, until golden brown on all sides, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to plate and repeat process with remaining chicken.
Add garlic, onion, ginger, peppercorns, and bay leaves to Dutch-oven; cook, stirring, until onion is translucent, about 10 minutes. Return chicken to Dutch-oven along with vinegar and soy sauce. Increase heat and bring liquid to a boil, stirring and scraping brown bits from bottom of the pan.
Cover and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until chicken is tender and easily pulls away from the bone, about 45 minutes. Serve.
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When in the deeper recesses of mind, as when in meditation, I've found the strong and vibrant energy well up to carry out commitments in the everyday world.
Meditation is going within and coming back with a ripened fruit. It is like slowly turning on the water tap: When we first start to rotate the handle there is no reaction, and then suddenly the water flows in force.
Meditation is itself a commitment to dive deep hoping the rewards will let themselves be known. It is a way to learn about commitment and how the process of sticking to an action bears a predictable result.
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I'll share one of my experiences sitting in meditation outdoors at the top of a foothill just below mountains near the Pacific Ocean: This was the day I was to dedicate myself in service to God through service to humanity. The thought of this commitment was with me for several years as I considered that my actions henceforth would be more on public display.
I laid a blanket on the hillside and sat to meditate beginning with a short prayer for strength and guidance. Then, I began to mentally say my mantra until immersed in the Holy Vibration. My thoughts trailed to the commitment of devotional service and how I would just quietly have a service of prayer and stay in the background in public.
But, that was not to be. Suddenly I felt a force of energy comparable to a strong wind whip through my torso from left to right invigorating me with a new attitude of public service and the energy to carry it out. And, after 20 years the energy is still with me supporting me in public rather than just in silent service.
This story also confirms the expression that we should be careful what we wish for because we might get it.
Commitment takes energy to follow a certain path while bypassing side trails. It makes us look ahead with the goal in our vision and the thought that the goal is worth letting other side attractions slide away. If we dip our finger into 10 different jars of jam for a sample taste, we get filled up and can't enjoy the finished tart.
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After using his talent to promote and support upcoming musicians, Rider man is taken as a Godfather to local underground musicians.
Rapper Riderman initiated a campaign to search for well talented artists from streets to his own studio and produce for them songs, free of charge.
Capital is one of the biggest challenges encountered by local upcoming artists where by most of talents are excluded hence blocking the development of local music industry.
Currently Ibisumizi studio located in Nyakabanda sector, Nyamirambo, produces songs for more than 10 upcoming new musicians that have been locked up on the streets without money to hit the studios.
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Is Anybody Up for Defending the Common Core Math Standards?
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I've been executive editor of Education Next for more than a decade. In that role, one of the things I've done is coordinate our "forums" on various topics. Over the years, we've done 40-odd forums, and have usually gotten our first-choice authors. When we haven't gotten them, we've almost invariably gotten our second choice. All of which makes it astonishing that, over the past three months, we've now asked six individuals involved in the Common Core math standards to pen a piece making the case for their rigor and quality, and each has declined in turn. This is, quite literally, unprecedented.
The request is anything but daunting. We've asked these folks to pen 1,500 words explaining why the Common Core math standards are rigorous and well-designed. The authors have been promised compensation and at least six weeks to write the piece. We're offering the opportunity to make their case in a leading publication with an influential readership.
Not only have we gotten no takers, we've gotten gross disinterest. We've had to send two or three dozen e-mails, and make a dozen calls, just to get the six demurrals. I mentioned the situation to the chiefs of CCSSO and Achieve, two outfits deeply involved in the Common Core, and asked them to encourage their allies to step up. They indicated that they would. That request seemingly had no impact.
It's not like we're asking the invited contributors to tackle a pointless task. Influential figures including UPenn dean Andy Porter, UVA professor Daniel Willingham, and Texas Commissioner of Education Robert Scott have raised questions about the coherence, rigor, and value of the standards. The counterpoint piece for Ed Next is to be penned by a former Bush administration ED official. If the concerns are misguided, you'd think Common Core's advocates would be eager to dispel them. Instead, they repeatedly indicated to me that they're just too busy to find the time.
I'll be blunt: I don't believe them. After all, the leading thinkers who have found the time to contribute to Ed Next forums have included such seemingly busy people as Richard Elmore, Kati Haycock, Diane Ravitch, Hank Levin, Andy Rotherham, Joe Williams, Rick Hanushek, Checker Finn, Jay Greene, Bruno Manno, Chris Whittle, Bryan Hassel, Eva Moskowitz, Susan Eaton, and Howard Fuller. Rather, I think the reluctance to contribute is due to hubris, impatience to focus on implementation, political naivete, and disdain for what they see as mean-spirited carping.
Common Core advocates accomplished a remarkable feat in getting 40-odd states to adopt the new standards. Even with the substantial boost provided by Race to the Top and big foundation dollars, that was impressive and unexpected. But if the Common Core-ites believe that early success means they can stop making the case for what they're doing, I think they're making a huge mistake. We've yet to see good data on this, but I'd be astonished if one American in fifty can tell you what the Common Core actually is and what it involves—hell, I'd be surprised if one in five educators or state legislators can do that.
There are long rows of argument and persuasion still to be hoed. And, if you're eager to overhaul what gets taught in forty-odd states serving forty million or more students, that's probably as it should be. If Common Core-ites don't have the patience or stomach for that task, they should let us know now–and save everyone a whole lot of grief.
The notion that Common Core proponents needn't make their case is an affront to democratic values. When seeking to make substantial changes to public institutions, the burden is supposed to be on the would-be reformers. After winning a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, civil rights advocates spent decades making and re-making the case for school desegregation. Charter school advocates have spent two decades arguing their case. That's normal and healthy. The "we're really busy now" stance of the Common Core-ites is akin to the NAACP having decided in 1956 that it had done plenty to make its case, that everyone understood its arguments, and that it should just buckle down and focus on "implementation." It's akin to charter advocates having decided in 1993 that they'd adequately made their case and could move on.
Yet, Common Core advocates seem to have already grown impatient with public give-and-take and eager to declare the issue settled. They want to rush on to designing assessments, overhauling curricula and preparation, and imagining next steps. I sympathize. It's true that the task ahead is enormous, that the impressive success of the Common Core-ites thus far amounts to running a really fast first two miles in a marathon, but that's more cause–not less–for taking care to make their case in every quarter and to every audience. After all, success in all the miles ahead will depend crucially on the breadth, depth, and stability of public support.
As I've said many times, I've much sympathy for the Common Core effort, but am skeptical that it will turn out well. To have even a shot at working as intended, this requires bipartisan support from a range of state officials and buy-in or acquiescence from educators, parents, and voters. If the Common Core's architects are done explaining its virtues–if they think that eighteen months of explaining its merits to a moderately attentive audience of self-selected elites amidst tumultuous debates over health care reform and the stimulus is sufficient–and that everyone needs to just sit down and get with the program, then I feel comfortable predicting that this whole exercise will end real poorly.
So, here's a simple plea. Will someone who is involved with and supportive of the Common Core math standards please deign to make the case for them?
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So, in other words….we are soooooo sure CC will improve student achievement, we don't have to provide evidence?
I wonder if this study might be of interest. Perhaps Mr. Porter could write a piece…
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This is a rarely stunning disclosure. Thanks for telling us Rick.
Some may find my report relevant:
"Common Core Math Standards – Much Good, Much Bad, Much Importance" which was my presentation at the VA/DC/MD section of Mathematical Association of America Spring 2010 meeting; this is the last report at:
(This was on the next to last version; a few minor comments do not apply to final version)
Curious as to why you are only soliciting response about the mathematics portion of the Common Core standards. Why not ELA too?
Rick, I know nothing about math, but I'll be glad to defend the Common Core Math standards. The country is in educational crisis and just as thousands of poor Southern blacks once needed the steel boot of the National Guard to open school house doors in the 60s so tens of thousands of poor inner city kids need to be defended against the educational mediocrity that they are subjected to from their mostly white plantation masters. We have to quit quibbling over the side-shows of "nationalization" and "federalism" and start enforcing the 14th amendment: these kids need to be given their Constitutional right to equal educational opportunities.
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In my opinion, the standards were compromised by the need to put together a broad enough coalition to get them adopted. Therefore, perhaps no one person involved with their creation feels comfortable defending them in their entirety. Yet, for many states – like NJ – the CC standards are a vast improvement over their precious set.
So – if someone honestly wrote an article saying – "Yeah, they're not as good as Massachusetts' or Indiana's, but they are better than about 45 of the 50 states' previous standards, and we hope the next set will be even better,…" it might just be too painful. Who wants to be the person who admits there were compromises in this political climate (even in education reform) where compromise is seen as weakness? Wouldn't you and others just jump all over them because they didn't achieve perfection – as you would define it?
Have you asked a Governor or Chief State School Officer why they supported the adoption of the CC math standards for their state? I think for a majority of states it would not be very difficult to discuss their advantages.
Perfect? No. A step in the right direction for most? Yes.
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WASHINGTON-Conservative legal scholars can't seem to agree: Is Chief Justice John Roberts crazy, or crazy like a fox?
Those who think Roberts' healthcare opinion Thursday (see "The decision," June 28) was clever have compared it to Chief Justice John Marshall's landmark opinion in Marbury v. Madison, which recognized the power of judicial review. In that 1803 opinion, Marshall threaded a needle when his court was pitted against his political adversary: President Thomas Jefferson. Marshall's opinion established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review but also ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction to rule against Jefferson's administration in that specific case. So he skipped a bashing of Jefferson but expanded the court's power.
Former U.S. Circuit Judge Michael McConnell said, as a matter of policy, he considers the healthcare law "a disaster." But what Roberts did? "Quite deft," said McConnell, who has been considered a strong candidate for the Supreme Court himself. "I think he has a genuine commitment to judicial restraint, and we saw that. I think he also has a long-term desire to make the Supreme Court less of a controversial and politically charged institution."
But in the process of accomplishing that goal, McConnell said, Roberts established tight limits on federal power going forward: "If you think about the case raising long-term constitutional questions, the challengers [of the healthcare law] prevailed on all the important points."
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Libertarian legal scholar Richard Epstein, in a New York Times op-ed, said Roberts made a hash of the case, redefining how Congress wrote the law and vastly expanding Congress' tax power. As a result, anytime Congress wants to require economic activity under the Commerce Clause, which Roberts expressly forbid, Epstein said Congress could require the activity through taxes. The power to tax should not be so much greater than the power to regulate because the two are intertwined, he said, thus Roberts' opinion was "confused at its core."
Some of the top legal minds in the land-four Supreme Court justices-thought Roberts effort to pretzel the mandate into a tax power was foolish, too. Justices Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito wrote in their joint dissent that Roberts' argument "carries verbal wizardry too far, deep into the forbidden land of the sophists." They said Roberts' opinion was the opposite of "judicial modesty," and said the truly modest approach was to stay out of "judicial tax-writing."
Confusion persists about Roberts' reasoning over the word "tax." The first day of arguments in the healthcare case in March focused on the Anti-Injunction Act, a law that prohibits any legal challenges to a tax until it's collected. If the penalty for not buying health insurance counted as a "tax," then no one could challenge the law until after paying the tax, in 2014 at the earliest.
Under that argument, the Supreme Court would dismiss all the challenges to the mandate.
Roberts' opinion said the "penalty" was a "penalty" under the Anti-Injunction Act, but the "penalty" was a "tax" under Congress' constitutional taxing power. Since the "penalty" was a "penalty" under the Anti-Injunction Act, the court could decide whether the penalty (or tax) was constitutional.
"It's not obvious," McConnell said, chuckling. He originally assumed that if the court considered the "penalty" a "tax" then it would say the case wasn't ready for a ruling.
Roberts spoke at a prescheduled event at a resort in southwest Pennsylvania Friday, finding himself in a swirl of questions about the healthcare case. But he only made glancing reference to Thursday's decision. With the term behind him, Roberts said he plans to teach a summer course in Malta, calling it "an impregnable island fortress … it seemed like a good idea."
Listen to a report on the Supreme Court's decisions on WORLD's radio news magazine The World and Everything in It.


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When was the last time you saw a short film in the theater? I don't mean an 85-minute animated movie; I mean an actual short, like they give separate Oscars to. Otherwise known as a short subject, defined (by the Academy) as anything with a running time less than 40 minutes. Chances are, unless you attend film festivals, go to see the toured screenings of Oscar shorts, or bought a ticket to Paris, Je T'Aime, it's been awhile since you actually saw a short film on a big screen.
Or, maybe I should specify that it's likely been awhile since you purposefully went to see a specifically timed screening of a short film or compilation of shorts at the theater. Technically some ads for Coca-Cola and other companies, the ones made by novice filmmakers as part of a competition or something, count as shorts. And, I'm fully aware that some arthouse cinemas, such as NYC's IFC Center, run a short film in place of pre-show commercials. But as far as I can tell, such shorts are not specifically advertised as screening at a designated time. Sure, you can go on the IFC Center's website and find out that Erik Rosenlund's Looking Glass is the short currently being shown (as it was this past week when I saw Trouble the Water there), but for most people (myself included), it's a surprise. And I doubt anyone has trekked to IFC just to see that particular film, unless anyone is a huge aficionado of frightening black and white Swedish animation. I'm a little surprised that people aren't more interested in shorts these days. It's no secret that our society is currently known for its short attention span, and plenty of people will tell you they prefer features to be on the short side as often as possible. IFC's program of running shorts before the feature is even called Short Attention Span Cinema, acknowledging the idea that short films are good for people with short attention spans. But they only show one short at IFC, and then it's into the 90-120-minute main event. Although, at IFC Center, it is possible that this main event will in fact be a collection of shorts, such as the annual Media That Matters Film Festival, which features a selection of films, each 12 minutes or less, that address important world issues and topics.
The best thing about going to see such an event/series/program is that it indeed caters to the impatient viewer. If you don't like the film you're presently watching, you only have to wait a few minutes more until another one comes on (And if you realize quickly enough that a specific film is not for you, that's a good time to go to the restroom or concession stand). Nearly every time I've seen a series of shorts, I've disliked a few of them, but I don't think I've ever disliked or been bored with two films played back to back. Maybe this is because of relativity or maybe it's the result of good, balanced programming. Either way, I've never walked away unsatisfied with a screening of shorts. There's always been something that I enjoyed.
Last weekend, I attended an outdoor screening of shorts compiled under the heading "Romantic Short Films: Looking for Love." Presented as part of Rooftop Films' annual summer series of outdoor film events in NYC ("underground movies outdoors"), the screening included 8 shorts, with an intermission in the middle (which was much-needed, as I was sitting on some rocks and needed the stretching time), probably so the audience could buy more beers from the "concession" table. The films varied in length between 3 minutes and 22 minutes, one was animated (Brad Neely's Baby Cakes: Coffee Line), a couple were non-fiction (Beth Stratford's satirical Cheat Neutral and Silvia Gigliodoro's offensively invasive Roman Postcards) and two were up there with the most hilarious shorts I've ever seen (Teemu Nikki's Kaveri and Ian Martin's The European Kid, pictured above). The only problem with the collection was its programming, as the worst of the films was also the last one screened. And at 21 uncomfortable minutes, Roman Postcards clearly left the audience bored and restless, as well as possibly annoyed and dissatisfied.
Obviously a major reason moviegoers don't regularly seek out short film programs is that thousands of shorts, both amateur and professional, may be found on the internet -- on YouTube or elsewhere. All of the films shown at Media That Matters can be seen on the organization's website, and some of the selections in the "Looking for Love" program are available through a partnership between Rooftop Films and IFC on IFC.com (most of the rest can be located in other places). As luck would have it, though, The European Kid, which is the one short I've most wanted to pass on to my friends, is not available anywhere online -- as far as I can tell (it's also been shown this year at SXSW and the Midwest Independent Film Festival, so there's a chance you can locate it at another film festival near you one of these days).
Honestly, I'm not as big a fan of shorts programs at film festivals as I am of events like Media That Matters and "Looking for Love," both of which have a unifying theme. In a way, these kinds of programs have more appeal, because they cater to certain crowds. Activist types will be drawn to the former, while couples on dates will be drawn to the latter. Similar groupings of comedic, science fiction or other genre shorts are also likely more popular than randomly selected films. They work on the same level as portmanteau films (aka anthologies), such as Paris Je T'Aime and its upcoming spinoff New York, I Love You. The only difference may be that portmanteaus typically feature work by popular directors, such as New York Stories' grouping of shorts by Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola, and which apparently can't qualify for an Academy Award.
Even an anthology of films by the world's greatest filmmakers can feature a mixed bag of hits and misses, though, so principally it's not much different. If you like portmanteau films, it's very possible that you'll enjoy a program of shorts not intentionally produced and edited to be a whole. And if you're an impatient moviegoer or a cinephile with a short attention span or simply a movie fan who wants to experience some variety in your evening's entertainment, look out for screenings of shorts in your neighborhood. You might even get to "discover" the next cool indie filmmaker before everyone else does -- as I'm hoping is the case with my discovery of Ian Martin.
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Face of the day : Green and Coral makeup look
Posted by Ankita Srivastava | Posted in Looks | Posted on 26-03-2012
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Hey everyone!
Today I'm doing a green toned eye makeup look paired with soft coral lips. The emphasis is on the eyes in this look but to keep the look summery, I've paired it with a coral toned lip color. Green+coral is one of my favorite combinations and the one that I strongly associate with spring/summer!
Read on for the makeup breakdown and step-wise instructions..
Summary of the look :
Start eye makeup by priming the eyes with a gold base. Apply lime green eye shadow all over lid, darken crease with medium grassy green and apply emerald green on lower lash line. Highlight inner corner and browbone, line eyes and finish off with mascara. Apply a natural finish foundation, apply a soft peach blush and highlight cheekbones. Complete the look with a toned down coral lipstick/gloss!
Products used for the eyes :
- MAC Paint pot Indianwood (As base)
- Marie Claire white gold eye shadow (inner corner+browbone)
- NYX eye shadow Lime green (centre of lid)
- BeYu eye shadow Parsley Drop (outer corner and crease)
- MAC emerald green eye shadow (from Double feature duo #4 – on lower lash line)
- MAC Smolder eye kohl
- L'oreal Paris gel liner (black for upper lash line)
- MAC Select moisture cover concealer NC 45.5
- MAC Zoom Fast Black lash mascara (not pictured)
- Brushes
Steps :
- Start by priming the lids with a gold base like MAC indianwood paint pot
- Apply a light gold highlighter on inner corner and browbone.
- Apply a lime green eye shadow on entire lid
- Apply a medium green eye shadow on outer corner and crease and blend with the lime green and highlight shade
- Apply kohl +liner
- Smudge the kohl on lower lash line with a cool toned emerald green eye shadow for a contrasting effect
- Finish off with mascara
Products used for the face :
- MAC Matchmaster foundation no. 3 (sample)
- MAC Strobe cream (on cheekbone, sample)
- Clinique Blended face powder no. 3
- Mikyajy Blush : Peach twist
On lips :
- Clinique Long last lipstick : Beach Coral
Alternates : You could also pair this eye makeup with Revlon Colorburst lip gloss Papaya or Avon Simply Pretty lipstick in Mango Mania (applied lightly with a lip brush just for stained effect)
If you would like to go for a softer look, you could skip the emerald green eye shadow on the lower lash line. Without it, the look is predominantly warm with the lime green+gold on the eyes and soft coral +peach on the rest of the face. However, if you like to highlight your eyes, go for the cool toned green on the lower lash line, this would contrast with the warmth of the lime green and gold and draw attention to the eyes without breaking the harmony of colors!


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text: After reading all of the helpful posts out there on this forum, I decided to join in. I am new to this forum and to cycling, but I wanted to get an I'D on a newly aquired bike that I got off of Craigslist for $200. I needed a daily beat up rider while I wait for my new Indy Fab bike to arrive in September. Anyway, the bike has Tommasini decals all over it including a "super prestige" decal, but I am quite certain that it is not a Tommasini Super Prestige and it is probably not a Tommasini alogether. The frame has been repainted with a terrible paint job in maroon and white. The frame has Gipiemme Dropouts, standard Bocama heart lugs, oval shaped seat stays, and a chrome fork with a heart lug upside-down triangle at the crown. There are no pantographs and no makers marks/serial numbers to be found on the bike except the letter "E" stamped into the bottom bracket. Also, the bottom bracket is slotted with two horizontal linear openings. The BB is Italian at 70mm. The bike has mostly Shimano 600 components. I have no idea who made this frame, but I'm thinking its just a custom kit that someone put together. Beats me, but the bike has a nice ride feel to it and is very responsive. I think it is made with Columbus tubing since it is so light for an old bike. Is there any way to verify Columbus tubing and specific type used? I will post some comprehensive pictures of it tonight so that everyone can give me some feedback.


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Claude Lorrain (artist)
French, 1604/1605 - 1682
The Judgment of Paris, 1645/1646
oil on canvas
overall: 112.3 x 149.5 cm (44 3/16 x 58 7/8 in.) framed: 143.5 x 182.3 x 8.6 cm (56 1/2 x 71 3/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
On View
Object 4 of 8
The foremost landscape painter of the seventeenth century, Claude Gellée took the name Lorrain from his birthplace in the French-speaking duchy of Lorraine. After he arrived in Rome in 1613, the artist refined the exacting technique for blending translucent layers of oil paints in order to convey subtle atmospheric effects. Infused with the pastoral beauty of the Roman countryside, his harmonious landscapes -- classically designed and yet romantic in feeling -- had an enormous impact on later European attitudes toward nature as an ideal paradise.
Paris, a shepherd prince of ancient Troy, was called on to judge the most beautiful of three goddesses. The rival contestants, however, attempted to bribe him. Juno, queen of the Olympian deities who is attended by her regal peacock, promises Paris a great empire. Minerva, goddess of warfare with helmet and spear, waits to offer him victory in battle. Venus, goddess of love accompanied by her son Cupid, won the contest by proposing the most desirable woman as Paris' reward. With Venus' help he abducted a Greek beauty -- soon to be known as Helen of Troy -- and thereby started the Trojan War. In the distance is the citadel of Troy, behind which a setting sun may allude to the city's impending doom. Paris and Minerva, seated in opposite and symmetrical poses, enclose the standing goddesses, while the middle grove of trees divides the design in half. In a final adjustment, Claude moved one of the two sheep in the lower center; its original position, slightly farther up, can be detected. (Such alterations are called "pentimenti.")
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GARETH HUGHES to the Minister for the Environment: Did the Environmental Protection Authority assess the full version of Anadarko's Discharge Management Plan and Emergency Response Plan as part of its evaluation of the company's Environmental Impact Assessment for the Deepwater Taranaki Well; if not, why not?
Hon AMY ADAMS (Minister for the Environment) :Under the transitional provisions within the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Act, which are in effect until July 2014 and which apply to the application in question, the Environmental Protection Authority is required to assess only the completeness of the impact assessment, as set out in section 39, not make a finding on its effectiveness. I note that the Environmental Protection Authority is an independent agency that operates at arm's length from Ministers and, therefore, this matter is entirely operational for the authority. However, I am advised by the authority that although it did not see the version of the discharge management plan that was finally approved by Maritime New Zealand, it does consider that it received sufficient information to satisfy its obligations under section 39 as they apply during the transitional period.
Gareth Hughes: Is the Minister for the Environment satisfied that the Environmental Protection Authority has done its job, when it has signed off on Anadarko's well without having the full facts in front of it about potential environmental effects from a spill?
Hon AMY ADAMS: As the Minister for the Environment, it is not my job to second-guess the independent decisions of the Environmental Protection Authority. But, as I pointed out in my answer to the primary question, it is not the job of the authority while in the transitional period to approve the impact assessment; it is its job to receive and ensure that it is completed. That is very clearly what the legislation says.
Gareth Hughes: Given that legal doubts have been raised, is she confident that the Environmental Protection Authority has fulfilled its statutory obligation to determine that Anadarko's environmental impact assessment was complete, given that it saw only summaries of Anadarko's oil spill modelling and emergency response plan?
Hon AMY ADAMS: I can advise the member that the Environmental Protection Authority has confirmed to me that it considers it has met its statutory obligations.
Gareth Hughes: Has not only the Government kept the public in the dark by suppressing these documents but also the Environmental Protection Authority has kept itself in the dark by not seeking and seeing full versions of Anadarko's oil spill response plans, before giving approval to drill the deepest-ever well in New Zealand's waters?
Hon AMY ADAMS: I can only repeat what I said to the member in response to the earlier questions. The Environmental Protection Authority's obligation during the transitional period is to be satisfied that it has received a complete impact assessment under section 39 of the Act. The advice it has given me is that it is confident that it has received that.
Moana Mackey: Is it still her assertion that deep-sea drilling can be done safely by Anadarko off the coasts of Taranaki and Kaikōura because we have been drilling offshore in Taranaki for decades with no problems, when advice she received a year ago shows that the risk of a reportable incident each year increases from 10 percent at depths that we have drilled in so far to 70 percent at the new deep-water depths proposed for off the coast of Kaikōura?
Hon AMY ADAMS: Yes. It is my view that it can be undertaken safely. That is not to say that there are not risks; of course there are risks, and, yes, risks do increase as you get deeper. We have always been clear about that. But let me be really clear about this: the 70 percent figure, which Mr Cunliffe is toting around the country and whipping up unjustified concern about, is the risk of a reported incident—a reported incident. That includes property damage, it includes accident or injury to workers, and it includes days of being shut down. It is not the indication of a likely oil spill. In fact, the best international information that I have seen tells us that the average rate of spill for deep-water, offshore wells is 2.54 per 1,000 wells, and most of those spills are minor and contained.


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The stock market remained lacklustre trade for the most part today but buying in the fag end in consumer durables, capital goods and power stocks lifted Sensex 75 points higher to 17,633.45 -- the highest closing since March 15 -- ahead of July inflation numbers tomorrow.
After opening lower in morning, the BSE benchmark index continued to trade listless in first half and touched day's low of 17,522.10 points amid global stocks being range-bound.
However, emergence of buying activity and capital inflows in the closing stages of trading lifted the index to 17,642.38 points. It finally settled at 17,633.45, up 75.71 points or 0.43 per cent over previous close. This is the highest closing for the index since March 15 when it closed at 17,675.85.
Housing loan provider, HDFC, was the top gainer from the Sensex pack with a rise of 3.71 per cent on heavy buying from institutional investors.
HDFC Bank, RIL, L&T, Bharti Airtel and Sterlite Industries also registered smart gains while HUL, Tata Motors, TCS, ICICI Bank and ITC suffered losses.
The 50-share NSE index Nifty rose by 27.50, or 0.52 per cent to 5,347.90.
"Markets, in general, are expecting the government to formulate and implement key reforms which shall give boost to the economy," said Nidhi Sarswat, Senior Research Analyst, Bonanza Portfolio. The Sensex had lost 44 points in last three sessions as cautious sentiment prevailed.
Reports that government could resume privatisation plan by selling stakes in Bhel and Sail also cheered investors, said Milan Bavishi, Head-Research, Inventure Growth & Securities.
12 out of 13 sectoral indices closed higher today while only BSE-Auto index ended lower.
Brokers said the sentiment also improved following market regulator SEBI's plans to announce wide-ranging reforms in the mutual fund and the IPO space.
Barring Singapore, other Asian markets ended lower. Key benchmark indices in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan were down by 0.06 per cent to 1.51 per cent, while Straits Times closed up by 0.35 per cent.
European markets were also trading mixed in their afternoon deals. France's CAC was trading up by 0.06 per cent and Germany's DAX was up 0.37 per cent. The UK's FTSE was down by 0.04 per cent.
Back home, other Sensex major gainers were Serlite (2.66 pc), Maruti Suzuki (1.95 pc), Bajaj Auto (1.68 pc), BHEL (1.66 pc), Bharti Airtel (1.64 pc), Wipro (1.60 pc), L&T (0.98 pc) Sun Pharma (0.95 pc) and SBI (0.94 pc).
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Flames shoot up and 'blood' flows during Home Front drill in Jerusalem to examine security forces' and medical personnel's preparedness for a multi-casualty attack
Noam "Dabul" Dvir
Published: 07.25.12, 17:40 / Israel News
Noam "Dabul" Dvir
In the shadow of the Burgas bombing,
security forces on Wednesday conducted a drill to check protocols in the event of a terror attack on the light rail in Jerusalem. The Mount Herzl
station became the site at which the hypothetical bomber would blow himself up; medical students acted the parts of wounded passengers and were "treated" by colleagues.
Related stories:
After the 'terror attack' (Photos: Arik Abuloff, J'lem Fire and Rescue Services)
Prof. Avi Rivkind,
Head of the Department of General Surgery and the Shock Trauma Unit at Hadassah directed the drill, saying "The head of the event will need to make a decision that is very common in the Israeli reality. It's a difficult job to decide who is evacuated first, who last, and who is pronounced dead at the scene."
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"As they continued their travel, Jesus entered a village. A woman by the name of Martha welcomed Him and made Him feel quite at home. She had a sister, Mary, who sat before the Master, hanging on every word He said. But Martha was pulled away by all she had to do in the kitchen. Later, she stepped in, interrupting them, 'Master, don't you care that my sister has abandoned the kitchen to me? Tell her to lend a hand.'
"The Master said, 'Martha, dear Martha, you're fussing too much and getting yourself worked up over nothing. One thing only is essential, and Mary had chosen it -- it's the main course and won't be taken from her.'" Luke 10.38-42 (The Message).
How many sermons have you heard on this story!? Martha, the busy one; Mary, the "spiritual" one, or something like that!
But let's look at it from a slightly different perspective. Martha was working hard to prepare a meal for her guests -- highly commendable because they had to eat. Mary was sitting in the living room among the men, listening to Jesus -- also highly commendable because she was fascinated and enthralled by this man. Which of them was in the wrong, Martha because she should also have been listening to Jesus, or Mary because she should have been helping Martha prepare the meal?
We are looking at two different people with two different perspectives, values and gifts. Martha was obviously a task-orientated person while Mary was more contemplative and less practically-minded. Did Jesus rebuke Martha for working in the kitchen instead of being with Him? Did He commend Mary for choosing to abandon her sister to sit and listen to Him? It almost sounds like it, doesn't it? But it would be out of character with Jesus to play one person against another.
I want to suggest that there was something deeper than that. Had I been Martha, and had I thought that Jesus was putting me down for wanting to do my best for Him, I would have been upset and offended with Him. But that was not His intention.
Obviously Martha derived her pleasure from serving. It was her spiritual gift, if you like. But she was fed up with Mary for not doing with her what brought her satisfaction. She wanted Mary to be like her and to do what she did. Had Martha done her work in the kitchen with as much joy as Mary had by listening to Jesus, she would have been worshipping just as much as Mary was.
Was Jesus saying that what Martha was doing was less important than what Mary was doing? It almost seems like it but that would contradict what Scripture teaches. "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." 1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV).
That's pretty ordinary, isn't it? What about this one? "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for human masters." Colossians 3:23 (NIV).
It was not what Martha was doing that was wrong; it was her attitude that spoiled what she was doing. We also struggle with this problem -- we either become resentful of people when they don't help us with what we are doing "for the Lord" or we want to do what we are not gifted to do because there's more limelight and more accolades that accompany someone else's gift.
Was Jesus saying that Mary had the right attitude and therefore she gained the most benefit by doing what she was fitted to do? You see, it's all about relationships and preserving unity. Martha could have, with a generous heart, allowed Mary the freedom to be with Jesus without resentment and gained as much blessing in her serving as Mary did in her listening.
There are three values that we, as children of God in the family of God must make priorities if we are to represent God's kingdom to a fallen world; we must protect love, preserve unity and promote contentment, at all costs and all the time.
It's what Jesus did. Shouldn't we?


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I went onto the Belt Parkway bike lane to see if any progress was made at Plum Beach, and they are working on it. My mother, who happens to live in the building that overlooks the Belt, reported that trucks have been unloading boulders along the shore, and they actually have built a dune to protect the bikeway and highway along the exposed area. There are grasses planted along it also. The bikeway itself is still not built, but looks to have been cleared of sand in places. Maybe they'll be doing that soon.
In any case, you can walk it as it isn't that long. I was there on a Saturday, and I don't know if there is construction on weekdays. Plus the shutdown probably slowed them down as it is an NPS run facility.
I have some pictures on my iPad, but I don't have that with me at the moment. I'll post them later.


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Not sure if this has been posted but here's a team that is ranked in the preseason top 20, NCAA post season last year and expected to make the CWS this year and will end their baseball program at the close of the season. Cal Athletics have operated in the red to the tune of $10-$13 million per year.
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California Bears reinstate three sports, still cut baseball - ESPN
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California Bears reinstate three sports, still cut baseball - ESPN
That sucks.
That's very strange that you'd cut a winning program. However, the article make is clear that baseball and gymnastics didn't make enough money fundraising to cover their costs for 10 years or whatever they were expecting.
Is baseball just an expensive sport because of the cost of frequent travel?
Also, due to Title IX, money from the donations to men's rugby (saved) went towards saving women's gymnastics and women's lacrosse. I have a feeling cutting the other men's sports may also have to do with the university wanting to comply with Title IX.
You hope they will return the donations for the baseball program.
You would think with pretty much year round fair to decent to great weather, it would be a desitination for other teams to travel to get games.
Sucks. The state of California is broke, and this is one of the fall-outs. It's not surprising that UC-Berkeley is where an action like this would take place (very liberal/academic-focused university).
Meanwhile, down in SoCal....
UC-Irvine (where I live) revived their program in 2002 (it was also cut in 1992 due to state budget cuts) and made the CWS in 5 years (2007).
With UC-Irvine, UC-LA, Cal State-Fullerton, Cal State-Long Beach and USC (private), college baseball in LA/OC is outstanding.
Funny thought... what if the Iowa schools were referred to as "UI-Iowa City" and "Iowa State-Ames" (aka Ames State, like Long Beach State)? I guess that's the difference between having 3 and 37 million people in a state, and only one school in each of the UI and Iowa State branches.
Expect more cuts to come from federal sources with the FY12 budget. They may be getting ahead of the game. The additional stimulus money will dry up almost immediately.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
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