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Everyone knows Woody Allen, whether you realize it or not. And whether you want to admit it or not, he's a pretty funny guy. Despite a questionable code of ethics and tumultuous public persona, Allen has single-handedly defined a brand of self-conscious comedy that has inspired the Jerry Seinfelds and Chandler Bings and Ray Romanos of latter-day sitcom creation. He survived early critical acclaim from an avaricious film industry that greeted Allen with open arms and blunt daggers, and has since written, directed, produced and starred in a lengthy roster of scripts written for both stage and screen.
So it was only a matter of time before a local theater would dive into the whirlpool of Woody waters and re-surface with a nubile pair of his one-act plays, Central Park West and Riverside Drive. It's no surprise that Washington audiences would get their first taste of live Woody Allen from the cushy seats of Theater J, but it is rather astonishing that his signature witty wordplay and neurotic observations on New York high life would result in the best pure comedy on stage so far this year.
Directed with pitch-perfect staging by Steven Carpenter, Allen's plots beautifully (if inelegantly) unfold in an evening filled with physical humor and riotous farce. Carpenter approaches Allen's gregarious and joyful comedy as a silver slinky headed downstairs: it's fun to watch hopping step by step, and as it picks up speed, no one knows where it will go until it finally hits the floor in a jiggly heap.
The one-liners fly by the minute inside the same regurgitated themes Allen has explored since the beginnings of his scandalous career: sex, lies, infidelity, psychoanalysis, fickle morals and ethical obligations. Only this time, in the "gently updated" Central Park West, the jokes are more rancid and free-flowing ("What's the difference between sushi and pussy? Rice.") Here the resilience of Woody Allen is evident in his thick-skinned New Yorkers, a discrepant circle of high-end urban professionals with a loaded arsenal of snappy comebacks and quelled curiosities.
There's an inherent rhythm to Allen's comedy, and Carpenter's cast is more than capable of tapping into those subtle cadences with deep aplomb. The carnivorous and acerbic humor of Central Park West is first mined by Julie-Ann Elliott's Phyllis, a sardonic psychologist who has just learned of her husband's extramarital affair. She believes he's been sleeping with Carol, a simpering career shopper who can't hold her martinis, while husbands Sam and Howard each attempt to deal with the news — and their spastic spouses — in the most thoroughly unconventional of ways (Sam proposes marriage; Howard cooks).
You never want the laughs to end, and while the second act, 2003's Riverside Drive, isn't as uproarious as the first, it is no less enjoyable. Manhattan's Riverside Drive is the very public setting for semi-successful novelist Jim (John Lescault) to butt heads with a certifiable nutcase (Michael Kramer) who has been stalking him for partnership rights to his best-sellers. This is no "chance" meeting on the river, and soon Jim learns that his new friend Fred knows a thing or two about Jim's personal affairs, including his young twins at home, whom Fred curtly describes as his "eerie look-alike sons." Supremely neurotic and devoid of any trace of reality, Fred peals out one unexpected laugh after another, from his alien brainwave activity to the semantics of contemporary psychiatry.
Lescault and Kramer are a perfect match for Allen's colorful and literate wit, and Lescault is a highlight in the first act as a sharp facsimile of Allen himself. Kramer later dazzles in Riverside Drive, but his serpentine adulterer is also memorable from the earlier act. Elliott is afflicted with a Mae West edge in Central Park West, while Kathryn Kelley steals her thunder — first as whiny Carol, then later as Jim's street-wise mistress.
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A wildly entertaining pairing of plays, Central Park West/Riverside Drive offers a rare opportunity to re-discover the joys of one of our most prolific American comedians. It's Woody Allen at his very best — very smarmy, very funny, and very New York.
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He's accused of bilking several area residents out of thousands of dollars; collecting money for construction jobs but not doing them.
So when David Keeler Hall filed for bankruptcy, many of his former customers decided to try to stop him. And during his bankruptcy hearing today, they succeeded.
It was exactly what they wanted to hear, Judge Manuel Barbosa denies bankruptcy for David K. Hall and bars him from re-filing for the next two years.
"I am very pleased," says Diane Smith.
"I feel a little better, but I'll feel even better when I get my bathroom done," adds Dinah Bruckner.
Hall didn't show for court Tuesday, but it didn't stop his former customers from taking the stand; telling a judge why bankruptcy for the home-repair contractor should be denied. Take Diane Smith's story for example. She paid hall 5-thousand dollars to build a roof over her deck, but the work was never done.
All told Hall has more than 150 creditors and owes more than 200-thousand dollars. This proceeding marks the 8th time since 1992 Hall has tried to file for bankruptcy.
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Here we go again! Casper Smart was recently rumored to be gay, despite an interview he did declaring his love for Jennifer Lopez. Now, more evidence that Casper is using the former American Idol judge have surfaced! What did J LO's
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Is he? Or isn't he using Jennifer Lopez? Is he gay? Or isn't he gay? Those are the questions surrounding J LO's
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According to Star Magazine (yeah, we know, take it with a grain of salt), Casper has been spotted visiting a gay adult peep show, on more than one occasion. Speculation was that Casper may have been visiting the adult store in the neighborhood for a birthday gift for Jennifer Lopez, but regulars at the peep show insist Casper Smart was visiting the spot for a show.
Meanwhile, In Touch Magazine (also famous for bogus news) is reporting that Casper Smart was actually visited the exotic massage parlor upstairs from the peep show. A source told them: "Casper has gone to the exotic massage parlor twice this month," and the worker there insisted that it was Casper, and he was "in a hurry." Hmm, a hurry perhaps so he would not get caught?
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But what make Birdy look like a tw@t is that he says he has been "milling over for a couple of meetings" when they just completed the 3rd race, James has had next to no testing himself, and Birdy shoots off at the mouth comparing to what Stoner does on the Honda.
Yeah, it's his team, his money, blah, blah, blah. But it looks like he's giving James (who I have no attachment to and don't even rate) a raw deal for not being able to get on with an undeveloped bike that handles like a 3 wheeled shopping trolley.


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From where I sit, a member of the local school board and head of our board's curriculum committee, I appreciate what No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top have meant for our district: forcing accountability on a school district that pushes inexorably against it. And I see the Common Core as promising us a curriculum where none has ever existed.
Sure, we have plenty to worry about when it comes to the role of the federal government in our lives. The current cover story in the Economist is about an "Over-regulated America," smothered by a wave of "red tape" that may crush the life out of America's economy. It sure seems to have already crushed much of the life out of America's public education system.
Coming at the question from a different direction, David Brooks recently suggested that the United States is just as freighted by central government as the Europe is; we just do it differently—and not so well. Our economic briar patch, says Brooks, is in the tax code.
There should be a lesson here for our education policy-wonks and -makers: instead of getting hung up on which government agency is making the rules, let's dig a little deeper into the question of red tape, at all levels, and find out exactly which ties are binding so firmly to mediocrity and entropy. Chris Cerf in New Jersey has a team going through every Garden State education rule and regulation with an eye of stripping away unnecessary restraints.
The point is, this isn't a federal problem; at least, not exclusively.
But what worries me about the reasoning of some of the anti-Common Corers (see Jay Greene) is that they seem to confuse a popular national trend with nationalism. The problem was on fine display last week in an exchange between Jay and W. Stephen Wilson, a mathematician who defends the Common Core standards in the current Ed Next forum. When Jay wrote that Wilson saw the Common Core "as a first step toward developing stronger national standards that would be comparable to those of our overseas competitors and better than all previously existing state standards," Wilson shot back,
Never said that. Anyway, that's politics, and I try to stay out of politics. I'm a content sort of guy. Also, although technically I'm the pro-Common Core person, the questions don't actually ask me to be pro-Common Core. Thus I could answer all the questions without taking a political stance, unless being pro-math is political.
This is a fascinating reply by Wilson and I would recommend reading the full exchange between the two. There is, as I read it, some welcome concession on the part of Jay that the Common Core standards can indeed be evaluated for their content not their commonality—but even that is a far cry from a nationalized curriculum.
In fact, a national curriculum is great; a nationalized one is not. And there's a difference. Here's what New York State Commissioner David Steiner told me last year when I asked him for the argument for a common curriculum:
[T]here's every argument for it. First of all, there's an equity argument. We have students in this state who are, through no fault of the teachers, but just because of the history in that school, or the training and preparation of those teachers, or the lack of resources or whatever it may be–those teachers are teaching material that is one year, two years below (in content sophistication) what it needs to be. That's an equity problem.
Second, there's a resource problem. By having multiple different and fragmented curricula, we can't get the quality we could otherwise get from a really, superb curriculum that has online, that has multimedia, that creates internal assessments for students that enables the teachers to get data about performance. All of that is much too expensive for an individual district, still less a school to be able to produce.
And third, we've never had a common set of standards before that have been back-mapped from college and career readiness, which is what the Common Core standards are. And so, for the first time we can say we have a ladder to college and career readiness. It's time to build that curriculum on that ladder.
There is no doubt that our educational governance system needs overhaul. But let's not begin by throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Let's at least hang on to the good that we have (remembering, of course, that good need not be perfect) and start knocking down the barriers to improvement.
-Peter Meyer
This post originally appeared on the Fordham Institute's Board's Eye View blog.
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Well, Peter. I disagree. I'll start with David Steiner's quote you used.
First, many if not most of our states are big enough to make the economy of scale (aka "resource") argument mostly moot. They are bigger than Finland or Singapore, so highly praised by many. And for the really small ones we have had local coalitions like NECAP. Yes, many states do mess up their standards and/or curricula, but that is due to incompetence or coalitions that undermine them, rather than scale issues. Central planning can be hijacked even easier by interest groups — they have only one place to focus on — and then there is little recourse for anyone.
Second, regarding equity, it is wrong to argue that equity demands that everyone across the nation must be taught identical content. This is not only "un American" and flying against our tradition of localized content and devolved control, it is also unwise. Even the currently touted Finland steers almost half of their cohort into vocational tracks. So does Singapore.
Third, the argument about backmapping of the national standards from college and career readiness is both misleading and wrong. As you must know by now, their "college readiness" is fake and refers only to non-selective community colleges rather than to four year state colleges. Their "career readiness" is too high, as Mike Kirst noted in the past. And their "validation" was a pre-paid "study" by Gates to people that already certified them as "college ready" before they even started their "research."
All the above illustrates precisely the dangers of such national standards and curriculum– the ability of interest groups to highjack them and then sell them to the whole nation as a salvation. As they just did.
But you said that "national" are good, versus "nationalization" being bad. Even if we accept that, and even if we ignore the dangers of ANYTHING that is offered as a single "solution" to a nation of 300 million people, are we really talking here only about national standards and not nationalization?
When the federal government insist on testing you on THEIR TEST, when the federal government promotes THEIR HS GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, when the federal government threatens you to withhold your own tax dollars when you do not follow THEIR DICTATES (check Texas), how isn't it nationalization?
I agree. Oh that a not-for-profit could lead the 2014-2015 test design. I am an opponent of for-profit testing at the national level. The College Board has handled its corner of the testing market ably and well, but mercy the money they have made. If the business community wants to be fair to our children, then keep the whole public education challenge above the muck of the for-profits and with the altruistic foundations.
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Goal: Bring our congregational teens into a social justice learning and work experience, hoping to affect and transform lives.
The program is a social justice trip to Nicaragua, done in conjunction with a local church. While in Nicaragua, participants are building homes, ecosystems and working on sustainability.
While in Nicaragua, students learn about each other's faiths and have daily ecumenical scripture (Torah or Prophets) study sessions. This helps the participants learn how our faiths are based on social justice, as well as understand the different texts. Traveling to Nicaragua gives the students the opportunity to learn how 80% of the world lives (i.e., how people get by on $2 a day)—something they likely aren't seeing in Westchester County, NY.
Participants have "intercambios" while in Nicaragua - this is similar to the mifgash on Israel trips. (A mifgash is an Israeli student exchange program in which a handful of Israeli students or soldiers join each group, say on a NFTY in Israel trip, for a number of days, allowing for a cultural exchange and friendships.) The "intercambios" enable students to learn about Nicaraguan cultures, history and their people.
The program is open to high school students, and up to 46 students can participate each year. Before the group travels, they study historical, political and social/economic lessons about Nicaragua. Each participant must pay or fundraise for his/her trip costs. Students also fundraise for the trip so that they are able to donate money to Bridges to Community. Anywhere from $20,000-50,000 goes to Bridges to Community each year – and this is money raised above the cost of the trip.
The synagogue has also been able to build a relationship with the small Jewish community in Nicaragua.
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The program met and exceeded the goals. It has helped to rejuvenate the youth programming at the synagogue (see below), and helped build relationships among and between the local church and synagogue. It has also sparked and sustained teen retention in our youth programs, as well as overall synagogue membership.
Number of potential participants: varies each year
Number of actual participants: 250-300 since 2004
How did you measure success?
This program sparked retention in the school and youth programming because it became a catalyst for students to become more involved. As a result, the synagogue has a large youth program, and students who return from the trip are highly encouraged to participate in it through social action, social and educational opportunities.
Many alumni of the program have gone on to found Bridges to Community chapters at their own colleges. This shows the deep connection and sense of meaning students receive from the trip.
What did you learn from this program?
There have been religious compromises on both sides, from traveling on Shabbat to teaching students how to take this experience seriously.
Did you make any changes after your initial foray into this program? If so, what were they?
There used to be two trips, one in the summer and one in February. Shaaray Tefila stopped the summer trip because it was the wrong season to be in Nicaragua, so now there is just one trip per year.
The trip became so popular that the application process needed to be changed. At first, there was an application—with references, essays, etc. The process became very contentious, and organizers realized the application was very subjective, so they decided to make it an open application, meaning the trip is open to everyone. This allows the synagogue to place "priority" on seniors, or those who have not yet participated in the trip.
In 2008, the synagogue included seven students from the Leo Baeck Education Center in Haifa. The group did a mifgash together in New York before the trip, and met the students in Haifa after. It was incredibly powerful—not just to meet Israelis, but for the Israelis to have the interfaith experience. It was also very costly; the synagogue paid for the Israelis to participate.
If you could run the program again, what changes would you make?
The synagogue in now encouraging other synagogues to become partners on this project.
Is there anything that would be important for another congregation to know if they were to implement this program or something like it?
No matter a congregation's size or location, participation in this amazing project is possible at all levels.
How much did it cost the congregation? How much did it cost the participants?
There was no cost to the congregation; the program is not within the synagogue's budget.
Participants raise their own funds, and group leaders' fees are incorporated into the participants' fees.
The year the Israeli students joined as a mifgash, the synagogue paid for their fees.
The fundraising was an issue 2-3 years ago. Families were upset that they needed to solicit funds to attend. In response, the synagogue instituted a "pay-back" program: if participants raised a certain amount of additional funds for Bridges to Community, they received up to $600 back from their participation fees.
What were the roles/responsibilities of the people implementing the program?
The synagogue's youth director plays an integral role (he even serves on the board of Bridges to Community). A staff member who is incredibly competent and can handle logistics is essential. Each year, 5-6 parents go on the trip as well, to staff and chaperone.
The synagogue is always in charge of their groups and staff. Bridges to Community has staff at each village, plus a Nicaragua director, so Bridges handles logistics on site.
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Photo: Paul ZimmerDavid Nalbandian (ARG) and Eduardo Schwank (ARG)
BAMBERG, GERMANY: Argentina stormed back from two sets down for a magical five-set win over Germany in Saturday's doubles rubber to complete a 3-0 victory in the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group tie.
Argentines Eduardo Schwank and David Nalbandian fell behind two sets in Bamberg but beat Philipp Petzschner and Tommy Haas 36 46 64 63 64, finishing off the match after 3 hours 30 minutes when Petzschner hit a forehand into the net.
"We feel very happy. It was a very tough match. The last two and a half sets they really played unbelievable tennis," said Argentina captain Martin Jaite, whose team will face either Croatia or Japan in the quarter-finals at home.
"It's difficult to believe that we lost the match. It was a couple of points here and there. Nalbandian really carried Schwank in the third and fourth sets. Argentina were the strong team we expected and they displayed why they are number three in the world," said German captain Patrik Kuhnen, who was hoping for a better present on his 46th birthday.
In the opening set Argentina came up with a break in Haas' first service game before Nalbandian held to give the South Americans a 3-1 lead. Germany, however, reclaimed the break by converting their first opportunity on Schwank's serve to pull even at 3-3.
Petzschner confirmed the break and then the Germans picked up another break, this time against Nalbandian, also on the first attempt, for a 5-3 advantage. Haas then finished off the first set in style sending the German crowd into hysterics.
Haas and Nalbandian both fended off break points on their opening service games in the second set but Germany then collected their break thanks to a Schwank double fault. Haas and Petzschner served out the rest of the set for a 6-4 frame.
The third set remained on serve without a single break point until Petzschner's serve in the 10th game with Germany trailing 5-4. Argentina jumped at the chance to finally take a set and with it keep their hopes of finishing the tie alive.
"We knew that if we stayed aggressive that the match would change," said Nalbandian, who stormed back from one set down against Mayer in Friday's singles to win in four sets.
And a break in the third set put that change in motion. Germany had a break opportunity in the first game of the fourth set but Petzschner sank a backhand into the net. Argentina broke Haas' serve in the very next game and Schwank served to love to pull out a 3-0 lead.
Germany broke back to pull within 4-3 but Petzschner this time double-faulted to hand the break right back and Argentina forced the match into a fifth and final set.
In the decisive frame, Haas fended off two break points in the first game. But he could not keep Schwank from hitting a screaming forehand down the line to snatch the break in the fifth game for a 3-2 lead.
Nalbandian did not allow Germany a chance for a break, serving to love and then neither could Germany break Schwank to extend the match – and the tie.
"We thought we would bring it home but it was not the case. We lost a couple points here or there and that was the difference. It's very disappointing. But that's sports," said Haas.
Argentina improved to 6-2 against Germany in their history, which dates back to 1936, including being undefeated on clay. Argentina now await the winner of Japan and Croatia in the quarterfinals, as they bid to reach the Davis Cup Final for the second year in a row. Four times the nation has attempted to win the title, but to no avail, and the trophy remains its most treasured - yet most elusive - prize.
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SARASOTA, Florida, May 9. U.S. Masters Swimming is excited to announce that it has been awarded a Bronze Telly Award during the 33rd Annual Telly Awards for its promotional video, "We Are U.S. Masters Swimming." The honor is shared with creator and producer Ben Christoffel of Liquid Media.
The 2-minute, 54-second spot includes footage from USMS events and captures the essence of the organization in the diversity of its members.
"We Are U.S. Masters Swimming"
"We sought to create a USMS brand video that would have wide appeal showcasing our heart and soul," says Rob Butcher, USMS's executive director. "With 12,000 Telly entries, we are truly honored to receive this recognition."
"In addition to being an incredibly talented producer, Ben is a Masters swimmer and coach," Butcher says. "He's passionate about Masters swimming and we are fortunate to be able to bring his creative talents to bear on projects such as this one."
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Earlier this month British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spotlighted the topic of food waste in the U.K., which he said costs the average household about £8 ($16). Brown's comments, which included criticisms of "buy one, get one free" promotions run by supermarkets, sparked some derision in the UK.
Via the Wasted Food blog, we've learned of an online parody game, Gordon Brown and the Kingdom of the Wasters:
You get to control the British Prime Minister as he tries to recover good food like bananas and cupcakes while avoiding rotten items like fish bones.
Apparently, dastardly opposition leader David Cameron is the one throwing away the good food. The goal is to catch Cameron and stop him from giving another press conference. Zelda, it's not.


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Authorities from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office recovered a body from an Avondale canal Saturday.
According to MCSO's Chris Hegstrom, a woman's body was found in the water near 103rd Avenue and Thomas Road.
Though it has not been confirmed yet, officers believe the woman may have entered the water around 99th Avenue.
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How to Shell Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin seeds are also known as pepitas. They are found inside the pumpkin and other members of the gourd family. While pumpkins are available all year round, they are most plentiful during the fall. Most pumpkin seeds are held inside a white or yellow casing known as the hull. The seed itself is green and flat. Pumpkin seeds can be used as part of a healthy diet, as they are a good source of magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, iron, copper, protein and zinc. Pumpkin seeds can be roasted or broiled, used as part of a recipe or as a topping. While the hull is edible, some people may find it to be too tough to enjoy. Removing the hull will remove the tough outer shell from the seed. Before carving your next pumpkin and enjoying the healthy crunch of a pumpkin seed, learn how to shell pumpkin seeds.
1Remove the seeds from the pumpkin. Use a spoon with a sharp edge to scrape out all of the seeds from inside the pumpkin. This will also remove the fibrous strands, the sticky insides, from the pumpkin.
2Clean the seeds. Place the seeds in a colander and hold it in a sink while running warm water over the seeds. You may need to use your hands to remove chunks of strands.
3Lay the seeds flat over a cookie sheet or parchment paper. Let dry if still wet from cleaning. Note, do not use paper towels, they will stick to the seeds.
4Roll a rolling pin over the layer of seeds to crush the hard shells. Control the pressure so you do not flatten the actual seeds, only break the shells. They may slip, so sandwiching them between a towel could help break the shells.
5Fill a large pot with 4 cups (1l) of water for every 2 cups (475ml) of seeds.
6Turn the burner to medium heat.
7Bring the water to a boil.
8Add the pumpkin seeds to the boiling water.
9Cover with a lid.
10Allow the seeds to boil for 30 minutes. During this time, the crushed shells will come to the top of the water while the seeds sink to the bottom.
11Remove the pan from heat and the remove the lid from the pan.
12Run a strainer across the top of the water to gather the crushed shell debris. You may have to run the strainer across the water several times.
13Drain the pan into a colander in the sink.
14Rinse the seeds in the colander with cold water.
15Lay the seeds flat on the cookie sheet or parchment used above to dry and cool.
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Israa Al-Mudallal, 23, will represent Gazan terror organization to foreign press. She hoped to speak to Israelis, but Hamas was quick to remind her of ban on Israeli media
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Hamas has recently decided they wanted a new figure to present their messages to the world, and Al-Mudallal, who comes from an aristocratic Gazan family and has spent many years in Britain – where she attended London's Bradford College – won the job. As part of her role, she opened Facebook and Twitter accounts,
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The new spokeswoman has many plans to change the stereotypes affiliated with Gaza, as well as plans to present the regime in Gaza to Israeli
media. "I will address Western and Israeli media," she said in an interview, "and I will work on changing the media discourse, painting a different picture of Palestine and Gaza.
The West does not understand religious discourse."
It may be that Al-Mudallal is unaware that the Hamas administration has ordered to ban all Israeli media and journalists over a year ago, but the discrepancy was apparently amended as she has now aligned with the policy and refused to speak with Ynet.
Al-Mudallal has in recent months worked on a novel, however she fears she will be unable to complete it due to the demands of her new job. "I have a great love for literature – and not for politics. I know I will now lose much of that joy in my life. I will miss it."


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Shares of India's tyre makers gain 2 to 4 percent as prices of natural rubber fell to their lowest in 4-1/2 years in the global market.
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February 24th, 2012 at 12:16 pm
I am a white 63 years old woman and I have never done this – to comment. I have watched American Idol since the beginning. I am SO SO disappointed that Jermaine Jones did not make it, he clearly deserved it, he has love and soul in his music that I haven't heard in a long long time. I hope and pray you will bring him back as you did one year with another singer that you almost passed over and you simply had 25 rather than 24, with a double out with the first public vote. Please do this again. Jermain is so good and with his disappointment he may give up and not try again and America would really miss out. Please consider this. Thank you, Mary Veronica
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February 24th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Jermaine Jones, in my opinion, has one of the GREAT iconic voices that you don't hear very often. I agree with the American Idol Judges that he is not ready at this time, but with the right coaching he can be one of the greats! I really feel badly for Jermaine: if he were ready he could have won American Idol this season. I hope he comes back next season! I think Jermaine Jones is a diamond in the ruff and it would be a great mistake for a record company to miss out on a great opportunity to have Jermaine Jones signed with their label. His only flaw is with the melody line. If he were given the training and support he needs to master the skills that he is lacking he would be one of the great iconic voices in the world of music.
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Three wheels, an eco-friendly design and lots of creativity and intelligence - these are the ingredients that one needs to win Efficycle 2012 being organised in UIET at Panjab University from October 12-14.
The national event, in its third edition this year, will witness participation of teams from 125 leading technical institutes from all over the country. A panel of judges shortlisted 62 teams, which will participate in the three-day event. There are also three girls-only teams.
Some of the qualifying institutes include, BITS Pilani, IIT Kanpur, IIT Patna, IIT Roorkee, IT-BHU, Anna University, Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Madras Institute Of Technology, R V College Of Engineering, SRM University and University of Petroleum and Energy Studies.
The objective of the event is to provide an opportunity to students to explore environment friendly and economical solutions for day-to-day mobility needs of people. The event tasks the undergraduate engineering students to conceive, design and fabricate a prototype of a three-wheel configuration vehicle powered by human or electric hybrid power and capable of seating two people.
The students have to function as a team to take part in various events that judge the design, cost, marketing potential, technical parameters, safety, dynamic characteristics and durability of the vehicle. The team that achieves the highest cumulative ranking in all the events will be declared the winner.
Participation in the event is a two-stage process comprising of simulation round, where teams are required to simulate the prototype, followed by the main event where the qualifying teams will participate in an endurance race.
The race will test the viability of the models prepared by the teams and will take place in multiple loops which will start and end at UIET block 1, through BDS building of PU and the roads of sectors 24 and 25. The designed vehicles will go through muddy terrain, rough-matty terrains, and will check its ability to scale heights, accelerate and application of brakes.
Various awards amounting to about Rs 5 lakh will be given to the winners. The overall first place winner will receive Rs 1 lakh.
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In the shadow of a giant Emmy statue, Netflix actors and directors gathered to discuss their craft -- and the benefits of working for the giant streaming service -- at the "Women Rule TV" panel discussion in North Hollywood Thursday night. Mere hours before the second season of "Orange is the New Black" made its debut online, stars Taylor Schilling and Kate Mulgrew appeared with two-time director Jodie Foster as well as Robin Wright (representing "House of Cards") and Jehane Noujaim (director of "The Square").
"I sound like I'm plugging Netflix -- which I am," Foster said during the discussion, establishing a theme of the night the executives in the audience were sure to love. It's Emmy season after all, an unavoidable fact brought to glaring clarity in the brief, hour-long discussion featuring clips highlighting each guest's work and a giant buffet and bar for voters outside. The only thing missing from the campaign push was buttons for guests to wear in support of their favorite show.
Still, with well spoken, intelligent, and genial guests like these, it would have been impossible to go an hour without a few important insights. Take a look below for the event's best moments from a night that shared Foster's favorite cable show ever ("Breaking Bad"), Wright's thoughts on her first directing gig, and Mulgrew bonding with Schilling over that "tampon sandwich."
Jodie Foster got her directing gig for "Orange is the New Black" via text.
Foster, a two-time Oscar winner, actually courted Netflix and "Orange is the New Black" producers in order to direct an episode of the new show.
"I read the book and called up my agent and said, 'I'd like to be a part of that,'" Foster said. "And I never heard anything from them. Then a friend of mine, Mary Tenenbaum, sent a text saying, 'Hey, I hear you're in New York. Do you want to come over and see something?' And at the bottom it said, Producer: 'Orange is the New Black.' And I was like, 'Hey! I want to get on that show!' She called them up and said, 'Jodie wants to do the show.' And that's kind of how it works."
Robin Wright and Foster think going to the movies is too big a hassle.
When asked about the constant, anytime access Netflix provides for its viewers, both Wright and Foster responded adamantly in favor of streaming content.
"I don't want to watch it any other way, to tell you the truth," Foster said. "I'm irritated when I have to watch anything else."
"You don't have to have a reservation, an appointment, anymore," Wright added. "You go to a film and it's like, 'It's at 5:45 and 8. Shoot. We can't make either showing.' [Netflix is available] at your whims and that is what society has become today, right? For all of us. We want it when we want it."
Foster's tip for auditioning actors: "Not so many props."
After joking about Kate Mulgrew having to audition for her role as Red on "OITNB" -- Schilling was shocked she had to -- the group discussed the auditioning process and how it's changing with the times.
"I love auditioning," Foster said. "Even if I know I'm going to hire the actor, I want to hear them say the words because it helps me figure out what the movie's about, how the story's going to evolve, how I'll be able to shape the character differently as a director. So it's important to me. People don't always do it. I wish they would."
Foster was then asked if she had any tips for actors who might be lucky enough to audition for her in the future. After a pause, Foster said, "Not so many props," which earned a big laugh from the room full of thespians.
"With all the new technology, very often you're not in the room with actors anymore," she continued. "You watch them on tape. I'm sad about it. I feel like it's not the same experience. I don't like it, but there's no other way to do it anymore, especially in television. You just work it in, like, 'Oh, you'll be sitting by the Skype and then you'll see everything come in.' And it's too bad because I feel things happen in a room, the feeling in a room you don't get from just the tape."
Kevin Spacey recommended Wright to David Fincher as his "Lady MacBeth" for "House of Cards."
Spacey and Wright first worked together on the 1998 film "Hurlyburly" as lovers who had sex "with their clothes on," according to Wright. She said ever since they would see each other around town at various events and say how much they wanted to work together again.
"When we met up and Fincher called and said, 'Hey, do you want to do this? Kevin actually suggested you to play his Lady MacBeth.' To play with him...he sings with surprise to you. There's always a melody, and while you're following it like you would a beautiful classic tune, you're always surprised when instead he just throws in some AC/DC. It's beautifully comfortable and gloriously surprising."
Women work best with women, and men should just back off.
Kate Mulgrew was asked about the dynamic of working on a show with mostly women, and her response was quite candid.
"I think the chemistry on our set is extraordinary," Mulgrew said. "And I'm going to risk this and say...by virtue of the fact there are not so many men, we are free to be absolutely authentic. There's a freedom. There's a trust. With a lot of men...you're very aware of yourself in a way I'm not [when it's only women on set]. I'm only aware of what I want and what I need from Piper...I mean, that sounds bad, but I mean it in a good way."
Blemishes are beautiful.
Taylor Schilling was asked how she felt about how little makeup appeared to be in use for "OITNB." First, she paid compliments to the team who used plenty but made it look like none was there, before admitting to at least one moment of vanity.
"Michael, the makeup artist on the show, has an incredible way of saying, 'Oh, that blemish is beautiful. It's really beautiful. I really think we should keep it.' And then I'm like, 'Oh my God. So you're putting no concealer on my freaking zit today?' Because Michael thinks it's beautiful."
Robin Wright was "fucking scared" to direct, but decided she had to after "biting her tongue so hard" while working with directors who weren't up to snuff.
Wright made her directorial debut this season on "House of Cards," directing the episode right after Foster's. She was asked what lead her to make that decision, and her answer was as honest and bold as her character on the show.
"In retrospect, I was whispering to myself, 'Yeah, I'd love to, but I'm so fucking scared. I could never do that,' for most of my career. Then, selfishly, you're on set and you're with the directors, and you're biting your tongue so hard because you really know how the scene should be directed and blocked and you can't because it's not your position."
"I feel like I learned more from David Fincher than anyone else I've ever worked with in my life."
Robin Wright and Jodie Foster had nothing but praise for the season one director and executive producer of "House of Cards," with Foster giving him the highest praise.
"I feel like I learned more from David Fincher than anyone else I've ever worked with in my life," Foster said. "And I don't direct films the same way he does. I have a different sensibility, but I don't think there's anybody who is a better technician or a better craftsman or knows filmmaking better than [Fincher]. He knows my job as an actor better than I do."
"He is listening in on every table read and Beau [Willimon, the creator, showrunner, and head writer] is just sweating profusely," Wright said about Fincher's involvement with the show.
Foster described how he would leave very detailed notes, circling lines in the script or providing post-production suggestions for focus. She said one note simply said, "This looks like shit."
"It changes the whole arc of the story, one of his notes," Wright added.
Such direct criticism from such a respected director would certainly make me want to change lots of things -- perhaps even my career choice.


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