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17 | What Fire Does
18 | Water's Edge
19 | Watershed
19 | Blue Sky
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an Earth, Itself event | 2015
Interdisciplinary Conversations on Stewardship of the Commons
From 2015-2018 Lenore Manderson is convening Earth, Itself, an integrative program of the humanities, natural and social sciences, and creative arts, designed to further conversation about the environment in innovative, engaging and inclusive ways. The aim is to highlight ways of understanding Earth, environmental change, knowledge systems and policy, to address some of the most complex problems of our time.
Keynote Lecturers
Daniel Nepstad (PhD, Yale) is the Executive Director, President, and Founder of Earth Innovation Institute (formerly IPAM International Program), a research, policy, and outreach organisation that supports sustainable development in Brail, Indonesia, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Kenya. He is a forest ecologist and land-use policy specialist, and has studied the Amazon Basin for 30 years, with a focus on forest responses to climate change, land use, and REDD. He is a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, Working Group 2, AR5).
Kekuhi Keali'Ikanaka'Oleohaililani is at University of Hawai'i where she works on Indigenous GIS for sustainability goals, including for a program Kumokuhali I, aimed at encouraging and sustaining forest growth. She also leads the Halau o Kekuhim (classical dance compamny) and the centre of cultural knowledge for the Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation, which operates a number of programs for Native Hawai'ian cultural preservation and education.
Thinking the Earth was the first signature event of Earth, Itself. The program included Keynote Lectures, and Dance Performance, after-lunch Lecture, and panel discussions on: Ways of Knowing, concerned with competing epistemologies and understandings of Earth; Sustainability and Development, considering the tensions of these two goals, and The Way Forward, on policy, community and institutional action. The event also hosted poster sessions, a Contact Improvisation dance workshop, and contemporary performance jam. The program was open to students and faculty, policy makers, community members, and others who care about the environment, cherish debate, or wish to dance.
This program is an activity of The Institute at Brown for Environment and Society (IBES), an interfaculty initiative at Brown University. The Institute is concerned centrally with the challenges facing us in ensuring sustainable life, and so aims to stimulate conversations across the natural and social sciences, humanities and the arts.
IBES Foyer
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
85 Waterman St, Providence, RI
Researching the Environment
IBES | Room 130
Panel 1. Ways of Knowing
Geri Augusto: Moderator
Michael D. Kennedy
Terhi Rasilo
Sarah E. Vaughn
Dan Nepstad
Executive Director, President, &
Founder 'Earth Innovation Institute'
IBES | Rooms 101 + 102
Appetizers + Drinks
Ashamu Dance Studio
Aftershock: Sampling Impact
Hillel Meeting Room
The Glen and Darcy Weiner Center
80 Brown St, Providence, RI
9.00am-10.00am
Improvisation Within Research
A post-performance discussion
Katie Pearl: Moderator
John Carter Brown Library
Main Green, Brown University
11.30am-12.30pm
Panel 2. Sustainability and Development
Rick Locke: Moderator
David Bond
Shannon McNeeley
Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald
Ted Melillo
12.30pm-1.45pm
Kekuhi Keali'Ikanaka'Oleohaililani
University of Hawa'i
Edith Kanaka'ole Foundation
Panel 3. The Way Forward
Amanda Lynch: Moderator
Ian Garret
Keisha-Khan Y. Perry
Sandy Smith-Nonini
Curt Spalding
Open Discussion & Wrap Up
Contact Improvisation Workshop
and Contemporary Dance Jam
Conference Convenor
Lenore Manderson Visiting Distinguished Professor, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University; and Professor of Public Health, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Dance Program Convenor
Shura Baryshnikov Teaching Associate, Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Brown University.
Geri Augusto | Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Brown University.
Richard Locke | Director, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University.
Amanda Lynch | Director, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University.
Working Group Members, Brown University
Shura Baryshnikov, Rebecca Carter, Tara Nummedal, Ed Osborn, James Russell, and Greg Wellenius
David Bond | Bennington College
Hannah Freed-Thall | Brown University
Ian Garret | York University, Toronto
Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald | San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Michael D. Kennedy | Brown University
Shannon McNeeley | Colorado State University
Ted Melillo | Amherst College
Keisha-Khan Y. Perry | Brown University
Terhi Rasilo | Universite du Quebec a Montreal
Curt Spalding | Environmental Protection Agency
Sandy Smith-Nonini | University of North Carolina
Sarah E. Vaughn | University of Chicago
Kelli Rae Adams | Ceramicist, RISD
Shura Baryshnikov | Brown University
Rebecca Lin Bone | Independent
Aaron 'Brando' Brandes | Independent
Neige Christenson | Earthdance Creative Living
Jeremy Finch | Independent
Olase Freeman | Independent
Sarah Konner | Earthdance Creative Living
Tim Kopacz | Brown University
Blake Nellis | Luther College, Minneapolis
Tim O'Donnel | Arizona State University
Stephanie Turner | Brown University
Taja Will | Hamline University, Minneapolis
Dance Program Dramaturg
Katie Pearl | PearlDamour
Dance Program Sound Designer
Bevin Kelley | composer, producer, musician
On April 23rd and 24th, the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society convened a national and international group of scholars, policy-makers, and performance artists as participants in its inaugural signature event, Thinking the Earth. This interdisciplinary conference, conceived and organized by IBES Fellow and Visiting Distinguished Professor Lenore Manderson, included two keynote lectures, three panel discussions, a research poster session hosted by students and faculty, a dance performance, and post-performance dialogue, workshop, and community jam. Thinking the Earth fostered intellectually charged discourse across disciplines and stimulated leading thinkers and artists to approach pressing social and environmental challenges in novel and profound ways.
The Institute welcomed event attendees with an ample exhibition of more than two dozen scholarly posters. Students, postdoctoral associates, and faculty bookended the evening's first sessions with presentations of their research from such diverse areas as ecology, earth science, public health, economics, and pathology. IBES postdoc Sarah Ivory received a prize for her exploration of the climate histories of African mountain forests, while Environmental Studies concentrator Alexis Durand was awarded the student prize for her investigation of the effects of the 2014 West Virginia chemical spill on local prison populations.
IBES fellow Geri Augusto, Visiting Associate Professor of Africana Studies, launched the afternoon's dialogue as moderator of Ways of Knowing, a panel discussion which explored the various approaches people take to understanding their environment. Hannah Freed-Thall, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, broadened the conversation with her juxtaposition of Proust's tools of fiction with scientific, factual "flatness of knowledge." Michael D. Kennedy, Professor of Sociology, also described ways to enhance scientific understanding, as well as to inform policy. His remarks emphasized the necessity of exploring kinesthetic knowledge that comes from different ways of valuing the land.
Keisha-Khan Y. Perry, Associate Professor of Africana Studies, later discussed this land valuation among women of color in Brazil, primarily with regard to the difficulties they face in obtaining access to water, while Sarah Vaughn, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Chicago, described the adapting, evolving relationship between women in coastal Guyana and their environment in the face of a changing climate.
Indeed, climate change consistently emerged at the forefront of almost every discussion. Keynote speaker Dan Nepstad, Executive Director and founding President of Earth Innovation Institute, drew his remarks from more than 30 years of experience examining climate change policies and land use in the Amazon rainforest. Nepstad's lecture explored the necessity of compromise between environmental organizations, large industries, and governments in order to secure a more sustainable future. Though such a strategy may seem counterintuitive, the fallout from industrial development often provides a stage upon which to advocate for continued sustainability initiatives.
In addition to being industrially and federally viable, however, appropriate strategies for combating climate change must also take into account the culture and preferences of a land's people. In the panel discussion Sustainability and Development, chaired by Richard Locke, IBES fellow and Director of the Watson Institute for International Studies and hosted at the historic John Carter Brown Library by IBES Fellow and library director Neil Safier, panelists examined the costs of development and need for customized local solutions. Shannon McNeeley, research scientist with the North Central Climate Science Center and affiliated faculty at Colorado State University, discussed the complexities of climate change adaptation for American Indian populations in light of regulations surrounding reservation land. McNeeley also stressed the importance of respecting stated wishes rather than perceived needs, a sentiment that was echoed by Elisabeth Huber-Sannwald, Associate Professor at the Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Huber-Sannwald focused her remarks on the importance of upholding traditional schemes of knowledge and engaging younger generations in envisioning a more sustainable future.
Although environmentally sensitive solutions are now within reach in many parts of the world, unchecked industrial power continues to have wreak havoc on the planet's ecosystems. To this end, David Bond, a cultural anthropologist at Bennington College, explored the ways that humankind can learn from environmental catastrophes such as crude oil spills. "We often think of oil as a commodity that occasionally causes disasters," quipped Bond, "but perhaps it is more accurate to think of oil as a disaster that occasionally causes commodities." Later, Ted Melillo, Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Amherst College, spoke of the complexities in defining the term anthropocene, a difficult concept loaded with a volatile combination of high stakes and culpability. Undoubtedly, words are powerful entities – and according to keynote speaker Kekuhi Keali'Ikanaka'Oleohaililani, the natural environment will also benefit if humans reconsider their relationship to other, seemingly innocuous, terms.
Keali'Ikanaka'Oleohaililani, founder of the Edith Kanaka'Ole Foundation, set the tone for her address with a traditional welcome dance, a hula embodied by intentional movement and evocative, primal chanting. After coaching her audience through the creation of an original, venue-inspired series of motions, Keali'Ikanaka'Oleohaililani described a series of traditional Hawai'Ian terms and gestures called Kinolau, a kinesthetic and linguistic scheme that emphasizes the oneness between what is spoken and what is spoken about. "There is no division between my lehua [Kinolau for a seed or embryo that springs forth] and the tree's lehua," she explained. "It's the same flower. Every time we recreate this movement in dance, we also recreate the potential of a forest." In Keali'Ikanaka'Oleohaililani's view, Kinolau is only one way of entering the discussion about sustainability, but one that reveals a reverence for nature that is at once ancient and avant-garde.
Such reliance on traditional ways of knowing and environmental stewardship championed throughout the sessions of Thinking the Earth seem to herald a hopeful future. In The Way Forward, a panel discussion moderated by Amanda Lynch, IBES Director and Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, participants drew inspiration from examples of community-led sustainability projects. Sandy Smith-Nonini, an anthropologist and activist based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, highlighted the enormous power of social movements in driving change, while Curt Spalding, Regional Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, recounted successful forms of community engagement, such as a landmark cleanup of Lake Champlain and restoration of a local brownfield.
Nonini and Spalding joined Terhi Rasilo, a postdoctoral researcher at the Université du Québec à Montréal, in calling for a new paradigm. According to the panelists, researchers must curb their reliance on the predictive power of science in the face of such unprecedented environmental changes. Meanwhile, Ian Garrett, co-founder of the Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts and Assistant Professor of Sustainability and Design at York University, took the long view. Within 10-15 years, he predicts that sustainable business practices such as collective energy use will begin to be adopted by facilities outside of the arts sector.
Garrett was not the only participant to demonstrate that conversations about human impact are alive and well in the creative disciplines. Artistic expressions of kinesthetic knowledge were peppered throughout Thinking the Earth's academic sessions in the form of contact improvisation, a style of dance that requires movement artists to attend and adapt to choices made by their fellow performers. The dance project Aftershock: sampling impact debuted to a sold-out crowd and earned glowing reviews. A stimulating talk-back investigating the processes of research, inquiry, and choice was moderated by Katie Pearl, Aftershock dramaturg, along with Shura Baryshnikov, dance program convenor, and Kellie Rae Adams, ceramicist.
During Aftershock, Adams' clay floor had provided a completely blank canvas that was initially avoided, as dancers carefully and tentatively skirted its edges. By the end of the performance, however, boundaries had been cast aside and the clay was spattered with indelible traces of the performers' presence. Adams' work offered the audience a powerful metaphor, likening movement and communication to industrial and agricultural development and the power of human action.
Through the collective effort of academics, researchers, policy-makers, artists, and a dedicated Working Group, Thinking the Earth painted a picture of a rich and varied global society with diverse needs and ways of understanding their world. Despite the many challenges that lie ahead, many participants and attendees came away from the event with a renewed hope that communities who gather together in a spirit of openness and cooperation can find the way forward. If Thinking the Earth is any indication, global engagement, tireless effort, and a hefty spirit of mutual respect will grant humans the capacity to transform true sustainability from an academic talking point into concrete reality.
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Tokyo to Host SIGGRAPH Asia Again in 2021
20 Nov 2019 PRESS RELEASES
The Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau (TCVB) is delighted to announce that Tokyo has secured the winning bid to host the 14th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021), at the Tokyo International Forum from December 14 - 17, 2021.
SIGGRAPH Asia started off being a secondary convention of SIGGRAPH - an industry and academic event that has been held in the North America every year since 1974. Through the years, the event has now become the region's largest and most influential conference and exhibition in the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques, with thousands of attendees participating each year.
SIGGRAPH Asia started in 2008 and has since been held three times in Japan : Yokohama in 2009, Kobe in 2015, and Tokyo in 2018. SIGGRAPH Asia 2021, the fourth of such gathering in Japan, will be held at the Tokyo International Forum (TIF), the capital's leading conference facility, and is expected to attract over 10,000 participants from more than 50 countries.
The deciding factors for Tokyo winning the bid was the tremendous success of the Tokyo-hosted SIGGRAPH Asia in December 2018. Held at the TIF, the gathering attracted 9,735 industry-related participants from 59 countries and regions, and was supported by 118 exhibitors and sponsors. This was a record-breaking number in the history of the prestigious conference and exhibition.
Meanwhile, a large team of interested parties in Japan, including the Japanese bid committee, the Business Event Team of the TCVB, and local sponsors, worked together to make a compelling case for hosting SIGGRAPH Asia 2021 and this resulted in the success of the bid.
TIF, the planned venue for SIGGRAPH Asia 2021, has already proven to be an ideal facility to hold the conference, with its perfect accessibility and impressive array of innovative functions.
In addition to the above factors, a significantly expanded pledge for financial and in-kind support starting this year from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and the TCVB, as well as their help with the preparation of bid documents and suggestions regarding the bidding process based on their rich experience, also played a major role in Tokyo securing the prestigious bid.
About SIGGRAPH Asia
The Association of Computer Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (ACM SIGGRAPH) sponsors SIGGRAPH Asia. Founded in 1947, ACM is an academic society dedicated to uniting the world's computing educators, researchers, and professionals and providing them with occasions to engage in dialogues, share resources, and address their field's challenges. Since 2008, ACM SIGGRAPH has also convened an annual conference in Asia, called SIGGRAPH Asia, which is attended by thousands of computer graphics professionals from all over the world. The event rotates around the region every year.
The upcoming edition of SIGGRAPH Asia will be taking place in Brisbane, Australia from 17 – 20 November 2019.
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Frank Ocean's "DHL": The Independent Jugg
By Kimberly Cobb On 25 October 2019
Over the course of the past decade, Frank Ocean has transformed from Los Angeles transplant into nascent trendsetter into a generational voice. His presence, punctuated by irregular bouts of silence, has shaped music far beyond the confines of genre specification and cultural convention. Now an enshrined icon in complete command of his artistic faculties, Ocean has returned to the fold with "DHL," the first official release since his 2018 cover of Audrey Hepburn's "Moon River." Originally teased on his Instagram story on December 18th, 2018, the surprise release is far from a weepy shower tune or silky poetic ditty about romantic redemption. Rather, it forgoes the pummeling emotion of "Self Control" or "Solo" in favor of a murky mush of syllables and punctuation, like a cow mulling over the makeup of the cud between its molars. It's a meandering and mellow tune on which Ocean's vocals are distorted to match the warped textures of the instrumental.
Produced by German house aficionado Boys Noize, who most recently sculpted the beat for A$AP Rocky's "Babushka Boi," "DHL" progresses through several phases without much in the way of melody. Ocean is a writer first and foremost, but "DHL" has the feel of something derived from an off the cuff, late night studio session wherein a woozy array of synths are the ideal bathwater for the mercurial musings that bubble forth. A relaxed, near effortless cadence speaks to Ocean's formidable talents as an emcee that made him a talking point on Odd Future's "Oldie," Earl Sweatshirt's "Sunday," and the A$AP Mob cut "RAF." His chants inch forward with a drugged up swagger, gradually loosening to the point that they become mumbled gloss. The wordplay builds with a similarly cavalier confidence: brushed waves are "ramen noodles," the "cyst" on his wrist is a luxury timepiece, and the "pack" that he harps on is an anchored drug reference. These double entendre-led hiccups emit the same sort of listless psychedelia and space-bending of "L$D," as casual vulgarity and an impermanence of pleasure ("Boy toy ride me like an Uber") are pickled with simpler pleasures such as Starbucks and Kawasaki bikes. Ocean even takes a moment to reference his viral front row look at 2019 Paris Fashion Week, in which he posed alongside Timothee Chalamet in "high-end Euro hiker" attire that featured a puffer jacket, jeans, and a beanie.
Frank Ocean and Timothee Chalamet front row at Louis Vuitton – Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Louis Vuitton
Beyond Ocean's fondness for getting gifts in the mail (a love affair that he spoke about at length in an interview with GQ), it's rather fitting that the titular international courier service is the muse for this latest stream-of-consciousness. In the final 20 seconds of "DHL," Ocean's voice hardens, leaping in to focus having relinquished the wash of effects. It's the same kind of endorphin rush that comes from returning home to stacks of postal boxes, one made all the more eye-popping by his not-so-subtle "independent jugg" boast about finessing his way out his Def Jam contract with the double release of Endless back in 2016. Of course, we all know what transpired shortly thereafter: the critically-acclaimed Blonde arrived in August of the same year through his independent label, earning him a reported $20 million.
In this respect, "DHL" is not just a reflection of Ocean's coveted financial freedom, but the even more valuable artistic freedom that comes from being beholden to no one and able to "deliver" on one's own terms. Speaking about his inspirations with W magazine, Ocean alluded to "the many different iterations of nightlife" that have dominated his creative headspace as of late, and his desire to make songs that feel like "full motion-picture fantasies." Though there's no news on an album just yet, this revealing tidbit and the snippets that have since gone public would seem to point to something much bigger (and groovier) in the works. The club vibrations of New Orleans bounce are particularly prominent on Sango's remix of "Cayendo," one of two new tracks alongside "Dear April" that Ocean previewed during the first installment of his PrEP+ party series last week (both tracks are up for purchase on his website as 7" vinyl). Named after a drug designed to help prevent HIV in high-risk communities, Ocean's rather exclusive homage to the vibrant queer culture of NYC during the 1980s was accompanied by the resurrection of blonded RADIO, during which fans were first treated to "DHL"'s rummaging teases about "old files…coming soon" and "new files" sharing space on Ocean's prized hard drives.
Frank Ocean at the Met Gala 2019 – Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
While there's the very real possibility that such audio files may not see the light of day for years (Blonde cuts "Ivy" and "Seigfried" premiered at live shows back in 2013 and 2014, respectively), the 13 silhouetted figures lining the bottom edge of the "DHL" cover art have fans convinced that there's more coming down the pipeline: the fourth icon is highlighted, which many have surmised to be a hint at a forthcoming 13-track ensemble in which "DHL" is but a single. Amidst the swirling rumors and empty guarantees of cyberspace, perhaps Ocean will bless music's proverbial doorstep before the year is out, preferably in the form of a full-bodied package.
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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) — Clashes broke out on Sunday afternoon between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in the village of Jabaa near Ramallah City in the West Bank after a checkpoint was closed, keeping hundreds of cars stranded.
Witnesses said that that the Jabaa checkpoint, located at one of the main entrances to Ramallah, had been closed by Israeli forces for over three hours, holding hundreds of cars in traffic.
Clashes broke out when Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at several vehicles which tried to take alternate dirt roads through the village to reach the southern West Bank.
Israeli forces raided Jabaa to chase after vehicles, and locals responded by throwing rocks. Israeli forces fired tear gas and rubber-coated bullets and seized the keys to several cars.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an there were "violent riots" near Jabaa on Sunday, and that Israeli forces had detained one Palestinian who allegedly drew out a knife. She added that she could not confirm whether there had been further arrests.
Locals distributed water to stranded motorists and offered them refuge in their homes.
Israeli forces shut down most of Ramallah district's roads on Sunday after a Palestinian Authority staff sergeant shot and injured three Israeli soldiers at an Israeli military checkpoint near the illegal Israeli settlement of Beit El in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah.
Amjad Jaser Sukkar, 34, was shot and killed on the scene.
The Palestinian Authority military liaison director in the Ramallah and al-Bireh governorate, Nadir Hijja, told Ma'an that people with IDs indicating they were from Ramallah would be allowed to enter the city, but not to leave it.
Conversely, Hijja said Palestinians from other areas would not be allowed to enter Ramallah, but could leave the city. He added that this policy was to be applied for an indeterminate amount of time.


Jared Coday and Cody Arbelovsky each scored twice, among the seven different Eugene players who scored goals, and the Generals posted a 9-2 junior hockey win over the Tacoma Rockets on Friday at the Rink Exchange.
Eugene (3-8-1) led 4-1 after the first period and 8-2 after the second. Also scoring for the Generals were Dakota Henn, Devon Dunn, Alex Clark, Griffin Minchin and Jackson Baughman.
The two teams play again at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Rink Exchange.


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Mayor Kenney calls for tuition-free community college in Philly, but details remain vague
By: Special to the Capital-Star - January 20, 2020 10:25 am
Students leave the Bonnell Building at the Community College of Philadelphia (Philadelphia Tribune photo)
By Michael D'Onofrio
PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Jim Kenney wants to make the Community College of Philadelphia tuition-free.
"My aspirational vision for Community College [of Philadelphia]: Free. No tuition," Kenney said during an interview on WHYY's Radio Times with host Marty Moss-Coane earlier this month. It was the day after he pitched the idea in his inauguration address.
But much remains unknown about how the Kenney administration would pull it off by the end of his second term.
The administration is holding off on delving into the details of such a program — cost, eligibility, logistics, impact on the community college, etc. — until budget discussions begin in the spring.
"We are working out what we can afford and what the state might be willing to do," said Maari Porter, deputy chief of staff for policy and strategic initiatives, during an interview this month. "We have to go through a budget process to determine how big and how extensive the coverage is."
What's known is that the administration wants to put in place a so-called "last-dollar" grant program, which pays the remaining balance of tuition and fees after other federal and state aid has been applied.
The long-term effects of a last-dollar program could increase graduation rates, reduce poverty and improve Philadelphia's workforce, Porter said.
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Otis Hackney, Kenney's chief education officer who heads the Mayor's Office of Education, is leading the city's effort to set up a tuition-free program.
A spokeswoman for CCP said the school had few details about Kenney's plan and declined to comment further until administrators get more information.
In a statement, Donald Guy Generals, the college's president, supported Kenney's "commitment to ensuring that all Philadelphians have quality educational experiences from pre-K through college," adding that he looked forward to creating more resources for city residents to earn a credential or degree.
CCP had 16,672 students enrolled full time in the 2018-19 school year and 44 percent of them were Black, according to federal data. That year, approximately 73 percent of all students received some type of financial aid.
The administration has yet to analyze how a tuition-free program would affect CCP's student enrollment, Porter said. Cities that have implemented some form of a tuition-free community college program tend to see enrollment jump 10 percent to 15 percent, she added.
More than 420 tuition-free programs are already in place across more than 40 states that award financial aid beyond federal and state aid to offset the cost of college for some students, according to a database University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education.
Yet a last-dollar model for tuition-free community college in Philadelphia might not help the neediest of students, said Laura Perna, executive direct of the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education.
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For low-income students, the barriers to attending and completing community college go beyond tuition and fees, said Perna, an expert in college access and affordability. Those auxiliary costs include housing, food, transportation and childcare, among other things.
Last-dollar programs alone do not offer support for those costs and many low-income students already are eligible for tuition assistance through existing federal programs.
The tuition costs at CCP for full-time, first-time undergraduate students in the city was $5,100, according federal data for the 2018-19 academic year. But the cost of books, housing and other expenses tack on an additional $12,200. CCP already has a tuition-free program — the 50th Anniversary PROMISE Scholarship — for low-income students eligible for federal financial aid.
"Given the poverty rate and really thinking about who we want to make a difference for, we should be thinking about making sure people from the lowest income families are the ones who are getting the aid," Perna said.
Administrators at the School District of Philadelphia were unfamiliar with the details of Kenney's plan.
"It is our hope that any proposal will be designed to address both of these financial barriers so that we can support low and middle-income Philadelphians on their journey through college," said district spokeswoman Megan Lello in an email.
The School District of Philadelphia's four-year graduation rate was 69 percent in 2017-18 (the most recent figures available), which is below the state average of 86 percent. Fifty-five percent of graduates from district schools went straight into a four- or two-year institution or technical school that year.
An estimated 12 percent of graduates from district schools matriculated to CCP that year.
Porter said the Kenney administration is exploring ways to address auxiliary costs for community college students.
The city and state currently underfund the community college.
When the state's community colleges were founded in 1963, the state mandated equal funding from three sources: the state, the city and students.
CCP's operating budget for this year was $133 million, and the city contributed 22.5 percent, while the state contributed 24 percent and the students were left to pick up the remaining 53.5 percent.
Michael D'Onofrio is a reporter for the Philadelphia Tribune, where this story first appeared.
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Mayor Kenney calls for tuition-free community college in Philly, but details remain vague

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Henry Templeton and his family arrived in Colorado City in July 1862 by wagon from Henry County, Illinois. He was unable, when he tried, to join the Union Army because he had physically ailments. So he and his wife decided to move far west - away from the Civil War largely fought in the east.
Since they did not have a home to live in, the Templetons lived with the William Baird family on their ranch (known later as Beaver Ranch) until the following spring. When the spring of 1863 arrived, the Templetons settled below the mouth of Shooks Run in what is now Colorado Springs.
That summer the Templetons had the first baby girl in El Paso County--Mary Harriet. During the winter of 1863, Henry Templeton operated a hotel in the northwest part of Colorado City. With increased Indian hostilities, town residents build a log stockade around the hotel and used it for a safe house for women and children.
Although the exact date is not known, in the mid-1860s (possibly 1864), Henry Templeton and his partner, Mr. White, established the region's second flour mill, naming the mill the "Hawkeye Mill." Templeton and several men had gone "east" to purchase the necessary equipment for the flour mill. The men bought a combine reaper and mower, a 10-horse power threshing machine, and used a string of horses for power. Upon their return, Templeton and the men then built a ditch off Fountain Creek to supply water to the new mill. Their business venture eventually failed.
Because of Colorado City's decline in population during the 1860s, many settlers who remained in the area speculated in town lots which were recorded on the Fosdick Plat. Having invested in many lots, some of which Henry could buy for $1.00 Henry Templeton later was able to sell them in the mid 1880s when the Midland Railroad constructed its offices and rails in 1886 and 1887. Templeton then invested his proceeds and, for $15,000 built the 3 story brick "Templeton Block" in 1891 on the present-day corner of Colorado Avenue and 25th Street, opposite its twin looking Waycott Opera House building on the east side of what was '5th' street then. He also built a home on the corner of Pikes Peak Avenue and 25th Street for his sickly wife. She died before it was completed, but he was surrounded by his family, all of whom lived close by, for the rest of his life. He died in 1914.
Both the 'Templeton Block' building at todays 2502 West Colorado, and that home still stand.
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Q: linking mono dynamically on android I've compiled monosgen-2.0 for android successfully. When I link libmonosgen-2.0.a statically my app works fine.
But when I link  libmonosgen-2.0.so dynamically the app doesn't work.
The app doesn't come up at all and eclipse doesn't give me any information.
It just says Fatal Exception.
Here is my Android.mk:
LOCAL_PATH := $(call my-dir)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := monosgen
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := $(TARGET_ARCH_ABI)/libmonosgen-2.0.so
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include $(PREBUILT_SHARED_LIBRARY)

include $(CLEAR_VARS)

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LOCAL_SRC_FILES := main.cpp
LOCAL_LDLIBS    := -llog -landroid -lEGL -lGLESv2
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := android_native_app_glue
LOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES := monosgen

include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)

$(call import-module,android/native_app_glue)

A: Well. I don't know what the problem is. But if I load the libmonosgen-2.0.so by dlopen and get it's methods using dlsym it works without any problem.

A: how have you compiled the libmonosgen for android plase? I'm using the original mono build scripts, however the resulting libmonosgen-2.0.so is different from libmonosgen-2.0.so that is shipped with Xamarin Mono for Android applications (mainly required libraries differ). I'm using these configure options:

--with-sgen=yes --disable-boehm --with-monodroid=yes --disable-mcs-build --with-sigaltstack=no --host=arm-none-linux-gnueabi --target=arm-none-linux-gnueabi

This actually could answer your question as in static compilation, no additional dynamic libraries are needed as in dynamic linking.

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'Truth has perished; it is banished from the lips' (Jer 7:28).
We now live in a 'post-truth' society. The adjective 'post-truth' was Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year for 2016. It relates to 'circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals'. This perfectly describes the 2016 political campaigns leading to the 'Brexit' vote in the UK and the US presidential election.
Why do fake news wildfires spread so quickly across the media landscape? One key factor fanning the flames is, of course, political agendas. Fake news affects far more than politics, but it has recently characterised that sphere of public life to a frightening degree. There have always been lying politicians desperate to promote themselves, and propaganda is a vital tool for any totalitarian state. Yet it does feel that there is something very different about the current political landscape, at least in the West.
'All are greedy for gain . . . all practice deceit' (Jer 6:13; 8:10).
Fake news is also driven by greed. A great deal of it is dreamed up by teenagers in Veles, Macedonia. Having discovered that they could attract vast traffic to bogus websites by publishing sensationalist stories, they are becoming rich by selling advertising. These teenagers have become masters at click-bait headlines. Interestingly, most fake news stories from Macedonia have been pro-Trump; the hoaxers found during the US election campaign that pro-Clinton stories did not bring in anything like the same traffic.
The Czech government now has a unit confronting the flow of potentially destabilising fake news in the lead-up to the general election in October 2017. The false stories (mostly about migrants) come from websites which, the Czech authorities claim, are supported by the Russian government. In Burundi, journalists accuse President Pierre Nkurunziza of using fake news to re-ignite ethnic tensions while simultaneously dismissing UNHCR and EU reports of human rights abuses as lies.
However, fake news is not always created with an obvious agenda. Often on social media, especially following an atrocity or disaster, it is merely careless, unverified reporting which quickly spreads. Anyone who was on Twitter after recent terrorist incidents in Western Europe will know just how much conflicting 'information' was circulating.
Whatever its origin, fake news relies on social media to spread widely and rapidly. A survey by the Pew Research Center in 2016 suggests that 23 percent of US adults have shared fake news, knowingly or not. We need to look at sociological and psychological reasons to understand why people share it with others at all.
The key way social media platforms persuade us to share content is by social proof. The more 'likes' or 'shares' a post has, the more likely we are to like or share it ourselves. And so it spreads in ever-widening circles, accumulating more likes and shares as it goes. It does not take much for an unstoppable 'information cascade' to develop.
We also share posts that push our emotional buttons: if something makes us laugh or cry, or angers us, we will share it. We may share something just because the headline or image has stimulated the pleasure centres in the brain—even though we have not engaged with the actual content. If we later see something revealing that what we have shared is false, that affects us less. A rebuttal does not stimulate the brain's pleasure centres; so we do not bother sharing it. In other words, our response to much of what we see within social media is primal, not rational.
Then there is the problem of confirmation bias. We all have a strong psychological tendency to latch on to information that confirms ideas we already have. Conversely, we tend to avoid or reject anything that challenges us. So we readily believe anything that meshes with our existing worldview or values, and dismiss anything that threatens them.
Even without all these factors, social media platforms would still be 'filter bubbles'. When we like and click on things in Facebook's news feed, its algorithm delivers us more of those kinds of things, and less of the content with which we do not engage. Day by day, our timelines become increasingly filled with things that reinforce our perspectives—whether or not they are true.
Isaiah's assessment of his society is startlingly relevant: 'So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter. Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey' (Isa 59:14–15; see also Jer 9:3–6).
The implications for the church are sobering. When public discourse becomes nothing but competing viewpoints claiming to be 'facts', debate over the truth of the gospel becomes much harder. Those insisting on the existence of 'true truth' are swiftly dismissed as bigots, and their message is ignored. Any appeal to a source of authority, such as the Bible, is neutralised by writing it off as just ancient 'fake news'.
Paul follows Isaiah in insisting that suppressing the truth brings God's wrath (Rom 1:18). Will God 'give us over' to our pursuit of feelings over truth, so that the West totally loses its bearings and collapses in chaos? Or will we embrace truth and wisdom once more and turn away from the relativistic mess into which we are sliding? We must pray that the West takes this second route and that the majority world does not also become infected by the post-truth disease.
I see some signs that people and even media companies are increasingly troubled by the present state of our society. Mark Zuckerberg has committed to tackling fake news on Facebook and The New York Times has promised a 'renewed focus on truth and transparency', for example. Are people realising afresh how vital truth is to society? Or is it just a momentary slow-down in the decline? The role Christians play in society could well be the deciding factor.
Christians should be passionate about truth because we follow the One who is the Truth (John 14:6). However, it is inconvenient and uncomfortable to do so; it makes us unpopular and requires courage. Yet we must not flinch from it. That means not only holding to truth intellectually, but living it out day by day.
'The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy' (Prov 12:22).
It is tempting to share something which fits comfortably with our views, whether or not we are sure of its truthfulness. However, we must never become like those Paul warns against, who 'gather around them . . . teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear' (2 Tim 4:3). Instead, we must resist our confirmation bias, questioning the assertions that come streaming our way. We must not assume that 'social proof' proves anything. We must commit to discovering the truth, which includes doing our best to be sure of the sources of the information which comes our way.
Our commitment to truth must take us beyond simply reporting and sharing things that are true. We must be prepared to challenge false assertions and spin, to present alternative viewpoints, and to share fresh perspectives. If the church is to have a prophetic role within society, we must dare to speak precisely those biblical truths which most challenge and discomfort society (Jer 7:27–28; John 16:7–11). Let us pray for courage to do so.
Tony helps Christian leaders develop a better understanding of how the Bible (especially the prophets) relates to today's media. He partners with several organisations, including Damaris Norway and the Lausanne Media Engagement Network, for which he is the Network Coordinator. He is a visiting lecturer at the Norwegian School of Theology and Gimlekollen School of Journalism and Communications, Norway. Tony is the author of Focus: The Art and Soul of Cinema and Dark Matter: A Thinking Fan's Guide to Philip Pullman, and co-author of seven other books. Visit tonywatkins.uk for free resources on media and the Bible.
 Editor's Note: See article by Darrell Jackson entitled 'BREXIT and Its Impact on European Mission' in September 2016 issue of Lausanne Global Analysis. See also article by Thomas Harvey entitled, "Trump's First Hundred Days" in this issue.
 'Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016 is . . . Post-truth', Oxford Dictionaries, 16 November 2016.
 Jonathan Freedland, 'Post-truth politicians such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are no joke', The Guardian, 13 May 2016. Mark Twain is credited (falsely, ironically) with saying 'A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on' (or lacing its boots). The Victorian preacher C.H. Spurgeon quoted the saying in Gems from Spurgeon (1859), referring to it as 'an old proverb'.
 Katharine Viner, 'How technology disrupted the truth', The Guardian, 12 July 2016.
 Emma Jane Kirby, 'The city getting rich from fake news', BBC Magazine, 5 December 2016; Samanth Subramanian, 'The Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News', Wired, 15 February 2017.
 Robert Tait, 'Czech Republic to fight "fake news" with specialist unit', The Guardian, 28 December 2016.
 Rossalyn Warren, '"Fake news" fuelled civil war in Burundi. Now it's being used again', The Guardian, 4 March 2017.
 Michael Barthel, Amy Mitchell and Jesse Holcomb, 'Many Americans Believe Fake News Is Sowing Confusion', Pew Research Centre, 15 December 2016.
 Katharine Viner, 'How technology disrupted the truth'.
 Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook note, 13 November 2016.
 Minda Smiley, '"We are preparing for the story of a generation": New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet discusses covering President Trump', The Drum, 12 March 2017.


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Happy New Year 2018 from us all in Reception!
The children were eager to share their experiences with us all on return from the Christmas holiday! From what we heard they've had so much fun!
The teachers all dressed up as 'farmers' on the first day of our full week back in Reception. This provoked lots of questions from the children: 'Why was Miss Champion wearing a funny hat? Why were all the teachers wearing checked shirts and jeans? Why did they have straw in their pockets?
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We sang lots of 'farm' songs and looked at some non-fiction books too. We learned that if you look at the contents page, it would have a list of all the things that we wanted to find out about, and give us the page number to find it, that way, we don't have to read the whole book all at once, just enough to find the information we needed!
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Top Republicans criticized Obama for his lack of support for this "vital defense cooperation program," as it was called by Howard McKeon (R-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).
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The US has already spent over $200 million co-financing Iron Dome deployment in 2011. However, for the election year of 2012, the US only approved $235 million to finance the lesser-known Israeli anti-missile systems "Arrow" and "Magic wand"(or David's Sling) types, leaving the Iron Dome behind.
US military help to Israel would come as part of a $30 billion 10-year military-aid agreement signed by the Bush administration back in 2007. From 2009 till 2018 the US is granting Israel approximately $3 billion per year, 26 per cent of which Israel can spend on locally-manufactured equipment. Moreover, Israel is the only recipient of US military aid granted permission to use the funds on local development and the procurement of military hardware.
About 60 per cent of total US foreign military financing in 2012 (excluding spending on "the global war on terror," or Overseas Contingency Operations) will be received by Israel.
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A rumor spreading like wildfire through the poker community suggests that last month's bust of the operators of three major online poker rooms by U.S. Feds was part of the operation that led to the killing this month of Osama bin Laden.
The rumor, which has appeared in an Atlantic City newspaper and other mainstream media, goes like this:
The CIA, searching for bin Laden, was tracking a courier who was said to meet regularly with the terrorist leader. The CIA found out the courier was an online poker player and figured if they could locate where he was playing from, it would lead them to bin Laden. So the Feds busted the three largest online poker rooms in the world, figuring the courier was using one of them, to get the rooms' customer records. After examining the records to see who was playing from Pakistan and Afghanistan, where bin Laden was suspected to be hiding out, the CIA was able to pinpoint the courier's location and find bin Laden and kill him.
Sound far-fetched?
Probably, but we'll never know for sure.
If the CIA did indeed trace online poker records, not to mention bust 11 people to get access to those records, it's not going to admit it.
It might have to do it again to find another terrorist.
"Sources and methods" is how the CIA refers to its process of acquiring information, known as intelligence or "intel" in the spy biz.
And one major rule of the CIA is that it never discloses sources and methods.
So if the CIA did indeed use Internet poker hanky-panky to blow away a terrorist, it would say it didn't.
And if CIA really didn't, it would also say it didn't.
So either way, the CIA, and by extension the U.S. government, would say it didn't happen.
But there still might be a way to tell if there's any truth to the rumor.
If in the next few weeks, the 11 people arrested in the online poker room busts suddenly have all charges dropped against them, that would say something.
Something like: chess isn't the only game with pawns, poker has them too.
By Tom Somach
Gambling911.com Staff Writer
tomsomach@yahoo.com
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"The Homecoming": ☼ ☼ ☼
First performed in London on June 3, 1965, Harold Pinter's "The Homecoming" always seems on the surface like Theater of the Absurd. The characters are impossible to picture in real life, the situation is unimaginable and the way everyone is simply reacting, not interacting, makes you wonder upon whom Pinter could have based his story? Is there another family in East London like this one? Could there be?
It is certainly a brilliant production. A.C.T.'s core company does itself pround, with Jack Willis in particular turning himself with relish into the ultra-crochety patriarch Max. Rene Augesen's Ruth and Anthony Fusco's Teddy are the principal couple. You immediately realize that all the others, including Max's brother Sam (Kenneth Welsh), middle son Lenny (Andrew Polk) and youngest son Joey (Adam O'Byrne) are playing their hands with several cards missing from all three decks, but you're counting on Ruth and Teddy to make sense of the situation. Don't do it.
Pinter plays are like trips to a literate zoo. You can love the dialog, laugh heartily at the absurd situations, laud the playwright in your mind for his examination of each character and perception of each's fatal flaw, but you can never quite answer the question: why are we here? These are creatures unlike any of us. Why did he write about them? Why should we care?
The answer appears to be that we care because Pinter makes us care. Not unlike viewing a large collection of flamingos in their native habitat, plumage on fire, we observe this family homecoming in all its native insanity, beautiful in its way, but we know those fragile limbs can't hold these daft birds upright forever.
The San Francisco Theater Blog Awards Division awards "The Homecoming" Three Stars, but it's a guess. If you love Pinter, you may give it four. The acting is that good. If you're really depressed you may give it five because this bunch has to make your world look sweet as whipped cream on plum pudding.
We're settling on three. You'll want to punch Max, shake Ruth, shy away from Lenny and Joey, smack Teddy a few times on the butt and hug Sam. Pinter died in 2008 so he's no help to us now. We've got to slap our way through this one on our own.
"The Homecoming"
"The North Pool": ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ! BANG
With but one scene and two actors, Rajiv Joseph's new 'The North Pool' does everything a play is supposed to do. It involves you, tricks you, gets you rooting for first one, then the other character, makes you figure out what is going on, and then you see the fallout shelter, and the bird containers, and the truth is you don't know anything, do you? Then we rip off in a different direction and the thunder begins. Joseph's dialog -- after all, this is all there is -- is stunning, the characters fully developed and in the end our hearts would be broken, if we weren't a little awe-struck.
Strong words from The Reviewer Who Didn't Like Rock of Ages? (Will you please stop throwing that stuff!) Yes, indeed. This Theatreworks production, directed by Giovanna Sardelli, is a World Premiere in Palo Alto, and we can scarcely imagine how much stronger it can get as the run continues.
Khadim Asmaan (Adam Poss) is a high school student who has been called into Vice Principal Danielson's office. Scenic Designer Erik Flatmo must have spent a lot time there himself because he got it right: the map behind the desk, the American flag, the too-small chairs, the trophies in the trophy case, the view through his window to the lockers behind. It gives you the shivers.
Dr. Danielson (Remi Sandri), middle aged and balding, starts off with a lot of banalities, but he has an agenda. It's not what you think it is at first, or second, but you come to understand he is seeking something important from Khadim. For his part, Khadim appears to be a perfectly normal, well-adjusted and intelligent kid, but soon you realize he is lying through his teeth. After that the map comes down and we see what's behind it. Now the real story gets rolling and you don't know where it will stop.
We'll give you a hint: Playwright Joseph is not writing about racism, but the other r-word: redemption.
RATINGS ☼ ☼ ☼ ☼ ! BANG
The San Francisco Theater Blog Awards "The North Pool" Four Stars! with a BANGLE of PRAISE. The four stars are for the four monster performances, by Poss, Sandri, Director Sardelli and Author Joseph. The BANGLE has to go to Adam Poss for Khadim's remarkable confession scene -- and that is followed by one of almost equal emotional power from Sandri's Vice Principal. We see two people, alone in the world and carrying a terrible burden, from whose clutches only one can relieve the other. This is quite an achievement for a One Acter with two characters and no car chases. Congratulations to everyone.
"The North Pool"
Lucie Stern Theater,
Photo credits: Mark Kitaoka and Tracy Martin
Word 4 Word "The Islanders": ☼ ☼ ☼
You won't get to see Word 4 Word's presentation of Andrew Sean Greer's "The Islanders" unless you hurry to Z Space this weekend. The short run is a tune up for the company as they head off to France. Sheila Balter directs the story of friendship between two American women in their forties as they travel through the countryside of Ireland.
Nancy Shelby is Maddy, the more introspective one, and Stephanie Hunt is Cat, her loquacious and slightly loony old friend. We learn about them both, Cat behind the wheel and Maddy reading the guidebook, each somewhat irritated by the other, until the final incident when Maddy's life is in danger and Cat blows the whistle.
As always, Word 4 Word ensembles are every bit as entertaining as the main characters, with Paul Finocchiaro, Delia MacDougall and Joel Mullenix singing Irish songs, pretending to be trees, rocks and bandits, while illustrating each bit of Greer's story exposition with over-the-top antics. This company is such a pleasure to watch as they go about their work as effortlessly as if they and the audience were all drinking beer in a local pub.
But there's a lot of Andrea Weber's choreography going on that you don't notice, and Joshua Raoul Brody's sound design helps keep the show flowing. Ms. McDougall has a beautiful Irish voice -- we could use more songs from her and Mr. Finocchiaro.
Bon chance, mes amis. Do they speak English in France? Or Ireland, for that matter?
The San Francisco Theater Blog Awards Word 4 Word's "The Islanders" Three Stars. It's a short story -- the presentation lasts only one hour, including songs at the start -- but a sweet one. We love it when "unceremoniously, the video presentation ends." We've all been there. Our question is: do the Irish ever sing about anything except liquor, lost love and sadness, in reverse order?
"Word 4 Word "The Islanders"
Z Space Theater
Through Mar 12 ONLY
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"Rock of Ages": ☼ ☼ BANG
It is easy to lampoon Rock of Ages, the silly story wrapped around '80's rock music that opened last night to an enthusiastic audience at the Curran. But first you've got to decide whether they're serious or not. Is this a parody of the mid-'80s music scene in Los Angeles, or is it, in fact, a tribute to Whitesnake and Journey and Foreigner and the various other rockers whose songs are featured?
We suppose it is probably both. As a parody it lacks practically everything -- story, humor, interest -- and spends most of its time laughing self-consciously at itself. But as a tribute "Rock of Ages" at least attempts to kick some serious butt. If you loved "I've Been Waiting for a Girl Like You" or "We Built This City (on Rock and Roll)" when they first came out, you'll enjoy the powerhouse four piece band and thank the show's lead singers who at least make us realize how good the original singers were.
Constantine Maroulis is the lead. He plays the poor boy who makes good. Maroulis was a finalist of some kind on American Idol, just to let you know. His love-interest counterpart is Sherrie (Elicia MacKenzie), who has been rejected by her parents in Kansas because she wants to be a star in L.A. The two would-be lovers have an astonishingly imperceptible amount of chemistry going on between them, but it might have something to do with their hair: Maroulis's is longer than MacKenzie's.
We mention hair because it is an icon of the show. But that's hair with a small h. "Rock of Ages" would love to be mentioned in the same breath with the original Hair -- in its casting, its costuming and its vibe. But Hair had fabulous original music and it was about an age. "Rock of Ages" has 25-year-old music and is about -- well, having a good time. Nothing wrong with that.
We also get terribly bad-taste jokes about drugs -- and poop too -- but the show's writers give us nothing about what the music meant to the period.
This is what is so irritating. These were great songs, whether you were into them or not, with amazing bands and astonishing lead singers. The current "Rock of Ages" seems to be right on schedule with the state of rock and roll in our American Idol world -- lots of people who have practiced to find notes in the proper range, but without any sense of the feeling that first imbued this music with so much life.
The audience around you will be young. They will be cheering. Don't leave at intermission -- Act Two is a lot better than dreary Act One.
RATINGS: ☼ ☼ BANG
The San Francisco Theater Blog Awards Division awards "Rock of Ages" Two Stars with a BANGLE OF PRAISE. The Two Stars are for the three characters who steal the show: Nick Cordero as Dennis, Casey Tuma as Regina and Travis Walker as Franz. Cordero has a voice for the ages, plus a stage presence none of the others possess, including the narrator Lonny (Patrick Lewallen) who tries really, really hard to be Jack Black; Tuma's Gilda Radner-esque protester is winning and eye-catching; and Walker's line as Franz, the fey-ish son of the evil real estate developer, wins the BANGLE OF PRAISE: "I'm not gay! I'm German!"
"Rock of Ages"
Curran Theater
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"Ruined": ☼ ☼
Lynn Nottage is hot now. We loved her "Intimate Apparel" a few years ago, and since her new show "Ruined" has won a Pulitzer for Drama and many other New York theater awards, we looked forward with excitement to this new production at Berkeley Rep.
Our subject is rape in the Congo. In the real world there are many women whose lives have been destroyed by bands of militia roaming the African countryside. In Nottage's story, several of these women end up in Mama Nadi's bar/whorehouse. Mama Nadi herself (Tonye Patano) is a large, effusive women who attempts to peddle whiskey and sex to all comers -- which is to say miners and soldiers from all sides of every struggle. Guns must be emptied and ammo clips stored behind the bar before you're allowed to sample any of the wares in Mama's, which tells us Mama is the only glue holding this conflicted part of the world together. (Think Rick in Casablanca.)
The story line belongs to the girls, Salima (Pascale Armand), Sophie (Carla Duren) and Josephine (Zainab Jah).
They are the ones who have suffered the most. Salima's history is particularly gruesome -- kidnapped and shackled to a tree by the ankle, she was raped repeatedly for five months by soldiers in the jungle. "I was soup before dinner, everyone take a taste," she says. Then, when she finally escaped, she was rejected by her husband and family because now she was damaged goods. In other words: ruined.
Everyone is trapped. Our hearts are broken for these women -- in real life, anyway. But the play is leaden. The playwright pontificates, the direction is heavy-handed and the set is filled with so many African objects all the actors barely have room to move, let alone stomp their feet. The language spoken is an African/English patois, mixed with French we are guessing. It is very difficult to decipher, let alone comprehend, more than a percentage of what any character says.
Even the Congolese music falls short, and this is difficult to do to such a catchy and danceable style. Although the two-person band has a superior musical pedigree (guitarist Adesoji Odukogbe played for five years with superstar Fela), their tunes never go anywhere. The guitarist noodles, the percussionist doodles and Carla Duren sings in a reedy voice that we suppose is meant to convey her discomfort and unhappiness. It doesn't help that the songs, like the dialog, are in a dialect we cannot follow.
Only at the very end, when the happy-in-quotes ending we knew was coming finally arrives, and Duren and Armand sing a lovely duet together, do we see what a difference taking the wraps off this irrepressible music might have made for Nottage's story, if not for our comprehension, then at least to convey the sense of inner beauty the playwright feels for this forgotten center of Africa. As it is, "Ruined" is mostly about tragedy and it is unremitting.
RATINGS: ☼ ☼
The San Francisco Theater Blog Awards Division awards "Ruined" Two Stars. The baddies are truly bad (Adrian Roberts as Commander Osembenga makes you want to duck under your seat so he can't find you) and that's always good. Tonye Patano can really sing (but you only get to hear her in one little chorus). Oberon K.A. Adjepong as Christian guzzles an entire Fanta as the show starts (we hope he doesn't have to do matinees too). He gets another Fanta in Act Two, but only takes a few sips.
Sadly, the show starts and ends in the same place. Mama Nadi's surprise is telegraphed a million miles away, and all we have to cheer for is the hope that these few women, out of the tens of thousands of others in the real word, can find a Mama to help them. They'll still be selling sex to survive, but at least they'll have enough to eat. Don't look for answers here. Neither the world nor playwright Nottage have any for you.
"Ruined"
Berkeley Repertory Company
$34-$73 (half price to anyone under 30)
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unregister-then-register.https.html needs to be reverted.
getregistrations.https.html after Bug 1189671 lands.
Ehsan, you were asking about possible bugs to work.  How about this one?  Its a compat thing we need to fix.
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Should we be updating the cycle-collection macros for this?
I don't get why this is empty.
> Should we be updating the cycle-collection macros for this?
> I don't get why this is empty.
It will be filled in bug 1228149.


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