Watch this video, the first ever biographical interview of Slavoj Zizek.
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God in Pain: Inversions of the Apocalypse.
Slavoj Žižek and Boris Gunjevi?.
[Multimedia Tuesday] Slavoj Zizek: The Monstrosity of Christ?
Slavoj Zizek gives a talk at the Harvard Book store related to his recent book The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? (a conversation with John Milbank).
For some time now, I have wanted to dive into a book by the iconoclastic philosopher and cultural theorist, Slavoj Zizek. I have read a number of pieces online by or about him, but hadn't gotten around to reading one of his books. So, when his newest book Violence was released by Picador this summer, I jumped at the chance to read and review it.
a new book on recent politics in Haiti.
This is what makes the case of Haiti so exemplary. As Peter Hallward writes in Damming the Flood, a detailed account of the 'democratic containment' of Haiti's radical politics in the past two decades, "never have the well-worn tactics of 'democracy promotion' been applied with more devastating effect than in Haiti between 2000 and 2004". One cannot miss the irony of the fact that the name of the emancipatory political movement which suffered this international pressure is Lavalas, or 'flood' in Creole: it is the flood of the expropriated who overflow the gated communities that protect those who exploit them.
Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment.
Some think it is "information download." Teacher knows; teacher informs; student doesn't know; student absorbs. Student answers tests; teacher grades. This is the teacher model.
Others think it is about "motivating students." The teacher may be the knower, but the student is a learner. The teacher's task is to design an environment that puts students in learning situations so they can learn, the teacher can give feedback, and then assess or evaluate the student. This is the learner model.
Questions for the teaching dimension of church ministry: Is the role of the pastor a teacher? Is preaching teaching? What happens if churches reshape their "educational" programs according to the "learning model"?
The Last of the Husbandmen.
"Gene Logsdon lives at what he describes as a 'small-scale experimental farm' in north-central Ohio. He raises sheep, cultivates a variety of crops and writes books — more than two dozen thus far.
A real Renaissance Man, Logsdon even writes fiction, most recently "The Last of the Husbandmen: A Novel of the Farming Life." Set in an Ohio farming community, it traces the lives of two young men, Ben and Emmet. In 1940, as the story begins, they are embarking on very different paths.
Ben's life is the central focus here. He is a husbandman, a follower of the old ways. He loves farming. His character is clearly a mouthpiece for the author's viewpoints on agriculture. Ben's family is poor. His father, Nat, a German veteran of World War I, came to this country after the war and scraped together the money to buy a farm by distilling moonshine whiskey.
Emmet, Ben's best friend, is a spoiled rich kid. His family owns a huge farm and the bank. Their town bears his family name. WWII changes his luck. Emmet goes to war and experiences horrors.
"The Last of the Husbandmen" reads like a parable. Emmet is the grasshopper, fiddling with crazy schemes that lead to disaster. Ben is the ant, steady and industrious, storing away the fruit of his labors to keep him happy and warm all winter. Logsdon addresses his readers through Ben.
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Title:An Atlas of Spatial Practice
Reviewed By:John Clarkson
Date Published:07/03/2016
Label:Radio Joy
Format:CD X2
Release Year:2016
Of all the items in the always alternative Band of Holy Joy's lengthy catalogue, there are none quite as odd or obscure as their latest double CD, 'An Atlas of Spatial Practice'. Released in a limited run of just forty copies to help fund a German tour, it appears in a pure white sleeve and one has to access a specially-created website to access its track listings and other details.
Of the two CDs, the first entitled 'Point to the Sun', and with track titles made up of presumably media headlines such as 'The Violence is Not Simply an Unfortunate Coincidence' and 'Ministers Say It Could Take Years to Destroy ISIS', is a recently recorded album of experimental work. The second, which is called 'Ours is the Moon' is an album of lost material, recorded between their 1990 album, 'Positively Spooked' and 1992 record, 'Tracksuit Vendetta'.
'Point to the Sun' starts convincingly with 'The Old are Dying Out Yet the New Refuse to Be Reborn', a gorgeous nearly six minute piece of gliding electronica with bubbling, crackling beats over which Peter Smith's saxophone peals over the top. 'A Powder Used as an Absorbant to Treat Weeping Wounds Including Ulcers' is in contrast more abrasive, consisting of a shrill, piercing loop, recorded on a seemingly ancient synthesiser, which steadily becomes more urgent.
Band leader Johny Brown's always appealing vocals are kept to a minimum on the largely instrumental 'Point to the Sun', but on 'Burn Madonna as Baphomet in Super Bowl Illuminati Ritual', in which Smith's this time more squalling sax makes another appearance alongside James William Finn's epileptic guitar lines, he advises us to burn everything from 'Empire Boardwalk', 'Breaking Bad' and 'Sons of Anarchy' to Johnny Rotten, Beyonce and Janet Jackson to both courage and fear. Even Brown himself, however, is not exempt. "Burn me/Burn you/Burn the rest of them too/Burn everything you love and everything you hate," he proclaims.
Ironically it is the Public Image Ltd of the late 1970s and of 'Metal Box' and 'The Flowers of Romance' that 'Point to the Sun' draws the closest parallels with. It is similarly challenging and discordant, but, for all its sometimes jarring sound, never less than magnetic. It all starts to make sense on the penultimate 'The Occult Universe of Bowie and the Meaning Of Blackstar', a flaying, honking mass of guitars, keyboards and saxophone. "Me and you/52/All these things we have been through/52/Me and you/So much dreaming still to do," chants Brown in the chorus line to a friend who is like Brown himself in his early 50s, and later on "I'm still alive/I'm still alive."
And there lies the message of this first CD, that Brown and the Band of Holy Joy, originally formed in a squat and making their music on junk shop instruments after over thirty years of creating records, are refusing, as we all should, to go quietly into middle age, continuing to question everything even their idols and taking great joy and hope out of continuing to re-evaluate the world in different ways.
The second CD, 'Ours was the Moon', focuses on the more pop-orientated side of the Band of the Holy Joy, and falls somewhere between Aztec Camera, the Go-Betweens and Prefab Sprout in their sublimity, especially the orchestral 'A Town in Every Girl' and the swooning 'Late Nights Low Lights', both oof which have a slow-burning, uplifting charm. As strong as this second set of songs is, and as much as it shows a softer side of the band, it is the confrontational, questioning first CD that is the more haunting of the two CDs.
One can only hope that the Band of Holy Joy will relent as they did with their 2013 recording 'City of Tales, Volume 1 and 2' album, a limited edition double cassette of just two hundred copies of again old and current songs, and rework some of the new ones onto their next official album.
01) The Old Are Dying Out Yet The New Refuse To Be Reborn
02) The Violence Is Not Simply An Unfortunate Coincidence
03) Burn Madonna As Baphomet In Super Bowl Illuminati Ritual
04) A Powder Used As An Absorbant To Treat Weeping Wounds
05) Bad Things Always Happen To People Around Me
06) Ministers Say It Could Take Years To Destroy ISIS
07) Price Debuts Her New Breasts After Removing Implants
08) The Occult Universe Of Bowie And The Meaning Of Blackstar
09) From Dependency To Autonomy And Integrity
10) A Town In Every Girl
11) Kufti Island Song
12) Let's Talk About The Weatherman Instead
13) Happy Go Lucky
14) Village Guru
15) That Tender Age
16) Late Nights Low Lights
17) Some Way Or Another
18) You Looked As If You'd Fallen From The Sky
19) The Patience Of A Saint
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 Héctor Alterio – Roberto
 Norma Aleandro – Alicia
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 Hugo Arana – Enrique
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 Chela Ruíz – Sara
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The King of Kong…or…um…
Weeks ago, final Bob Edwards Show Executive Producer Chad Campbell alerted me to a news article directly focused on an interview the show broadcast over eleven years ago. Before we get to that news article, let's revisit the interview itself.
Director Seth Gordon appeared on the program August 24th, 2007 talking with Bob about his documentary King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, which detailed the drop-dead serious sport of trying to get the high score in the ancient arcade game Donkey Kong. I know, I know, we all had our initials on that game at one point or another, but these guys are serious about achieving high scores we casual players couldn't even imagine.
But the documentary tells the story of two guys vying to be the best in this strange competition. From the introduction:
Then we'll hear from documentary filmmaker Seth Gordon, whose latest work explores the world of competitive video game playing. And that world is often not a pretty place, especially when a challenger threatens the reputation of the longtime legendary champion of Donkey Kong. Intrigue ensues, also deceit, conspiracy and dirty tricks. There are heroes, villains and sycophants. Seth Gordon's film is titled King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.
Please listen to the program first…then go to Variety to learn the recent outcome!
(And if you want to watch the documentary, it can be rented on iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Amazon, YouTube, or Microsoft for only a few dollars.)
The Bob Edwards Show Script for Friday, August 24th, 2007: Download
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From The Washington Post: NPR broadcaster who brought gravitas and goofiness to the airwaves dies at 84
Back in 2010, shortly after Carl retired from the daily newscast, he sat down in the studio with Bob for a relaxed conversation between two friends. You can hear that program here.
Next up is a listener favorite; Stories from Third Med: Surviving a Jungle ER. This program has been repeated quite a number of times on The Bob Edwards Show, and a time or two on Bob Edwards Weekend, but it had gone missing from the Internet…we take care of that problem now. From the introduction:
Today on the Bob Edwards Show, we are going to listen to war stories — from the doctor's perspective. Medics are sent to the battlefield to heal, not to kill. Their experience may be fundamentally different than that of a soldier or marine, but as you will hear, it can be just as traumatic. During the Vietnam war, the Navy's Third Medical Battalion was stationed with the Marines near the demilitarized zone during some of the worst battles. The doctors and corpsmen of the Third Med recently reunited for their fortieth anniversary and producer Ariana Pekary attended that reunion to record these stories which have otherwise never been told in public. For the full hour today, "Stories from Third Med: A Jungle ER."
As I have done in the past, I have edited together the original broadcast as recorded off of the XM Satellite Radio and a studio-originating copy, to provide the best of both. (In this particular case, you can rather dramatically hear how the broadcast programming was acoustically compressed when compared to the studio audio.) Script/roadmap is also included below.
Today, The Invisible: Children Without Homes. Bob Edwards and producer Ariana Pekary spent hours interviewing homeless men, women, teens and children – at shelters, group homes, and on city sidewalks to report their stories. These families told of the financial hardship and violence – verbal, physical, and sexual – that forced them on to the streets, creating even more difficult and dangerous situations. These are stories of survival and hope in a time when solutions are quietly debated. Social workers, advocates for the poor, and government officials generally agree about how best to help that nation's homeless children: provide comprehensive services, education assistance, and medical treatment. In this special documentary, Bob Edwards examines whether enough is being done to break the cycle for homeless kids.
A copy of this program is in the archives on CD burned from the files in Dalet (XM's content-management system); as I have done a few times before, I mixed the CD audio with the audio I recorded from my XM radio the morning of December 27th, 2007 so you have the best audio available while retaining the original XM Public Radio commercials/promos.
There is no script or roadmap in the archives for this program, but a complete transcript of the program is available. Also be sure to check out The Invisible Page at BobEdwardsRadio.com for another copy of this program, photos, that transcript, and links to places mentioned in this documentary. And don't miss The Invisible Honored, where producer Ariana Pekary explains why this can be properly called an "Award-Winning Documentary."
Next up, we have the story of mountain-top removal mining, Exploding Heritage. From the introduction:
The Appalachian Mountains are nearly 300-million years old—America's oldest—and they've survived everything nature has thrown at them. But they might not survive man. Using a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil, mining companies are blowing up mountains to get to the valuable coal deep inside. Today on The Bob Edwards Show, "Exploding Heritage," the controversy over mountaintop removal coal mining.
Powerful when first aired, it is equally relevant today. Produced by Andy Danyo Kubis, script/roadmap included.
This is the second part of Dangerous Crossings, the program's examination of illegal immigration. From the program's introduction:
Each year, Hundreds of illegal immigrants to the United States die in the southwestern desert. Migrants risk their lives in the harsh climate and terrain because the federal government has tightened security at the safer crossing points. Today we'll ride along with Border Patrol officers as they try to do their job of securing our border with Mexico. Then we'll take a second ride through the desert with members of the Samaritans, a group that maintains water stations in the desert and takes other measures to try to minimize the loss of life among illegal immigrants to the United States.
Again, produced by Chad Campbell; script/roadmap included below.
While putting this together, I found it surprising how many of these programs hold up and are just as relevant today, like the first two-episode documentary from March of 2006; Dangerous Crossings. From the first program's introduction:
For the next two days, the subject of this program is illegal immigration to the United States, a matter that inspires a number of passionate opinions. You will hear from leaders who set Immigration policy here in Washington, from the police force charged with stopping illegal immigrants, from humanitarians trying to save immigrants from dying in the desert, from others who want migrants & their employers punished more severely—and you'll hear from the migrants themselves—who leave friends and family behind—and risk their lives—in hopes of someday sharing in the American dream.
This two-part documentary was produced by Chad Campbell. Script/roadmap also included below.
One of the things about having spent eleven years meticulously (some might say "insanely") recording The Bob Edwards Show every weekday morning is that I have a wealth of programming to listen to again. While I will frequently search out specific guests, I can also just grab a show randomly – after all, that is much like the show is still airing, allowing me some surprise about the "next day's" guests. Last night, I opened up 2007, then June, then the fourth, and loaded the show into my player (an XM Inno I no longer use for satellite radio, since there isn't much there to listen to anymore). This morning, I was pleasantly surprised to hear again Bob's conversation with Washington Post legend Ben Bradlee, and thought you might enjoy listening to the program, too. From the introduction:
Ben Bradlee was executive editor of The Washington Post at several of the most important points of its history—and OUR history. Bradlee directed the paper's coverage of the Watergate scandal that resulted in Richard Nixon resigning the Presidency in disgrace. Now a vice president for the paper, Bradlee recalls Watergate, the Pentagon Papers case and his close friendship with JFK.
In a time when inconvenient facts are labeled "fake news," listening to Bradlee's gruff voice and view of history is refreshing; and knowing this was one of only four humans who for more than thirty years knew the identity of the shadowy government leaker code-named for a pornographic movie, "Deep Throat," adds considerable gravitas to the conversation held in Bradlee's office at the Washington Post and produced by Ariana Pekary.
The program begins with Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson filling-in for David Broder to talk politics, including the recent primary debates. As usual, script/roadmap included below.
From Variety, December 17th, 2017: Keely Smith, Jazz and Pop Singer, Dies at 89
I saw this when it was first reported, and there was some discussion on it among the OTR (Old-Time Radio) circles I am a part of. But it wasn't until I was working on something else this week that I noticed Ms. Smith had been a guest on The Bob Edwards Show, back in 2010. She was interviewed during the show's trip to New Orleans for Jazzfest along with a serious collection of jazz's greatest performers. From the introduction:
We"ll continue our New Orleans music series with singer Keely Smith. In the 1950's Keely and her then husband Louie Prima, survived the demise of the Big Band Era by moving to Las Vegas and inventing the lounge act. Their show was the one to see whether you were a blue collar vacationer-a celebrity politician or a member of the Rat Pack.
First on the program, Bob talks to Patrick Jefferies about the Deepwater Horizon cleanup; and to close out the program, Bob takes his first (but I suspect not last) trip to Hansen's Snow-Bliz for some shaved ice awesomeness. Nestled gently between the two, as it is suspected she would have liked to nestle between Chad and Geoffrey, is Keely Smith.
For Bob's essay about the singer and the boys' narrow escape, check out the Bob Edwards Radio Website.
From The New York Times: Sue Grafton, Whose Detective Novels Spanned the Alphabet, Dies at 77
In 2005, Ms. Grafton visited The Bob Edwards Show (Bob in Washington, D.C. and Ms. Grafton in New York at Jazz at Lincoln Center) to have a conversation with Bob about her then-new book, S is for Silence. From the introduction:
Nearly 23 years ago, Sue Grafton wrote a mystery novel titled A Is For Alibi, beginning a highly successful series that has steadily moved through the alphabet to the point where S Is for Silence is now in the bookstores. That means she has at least seven more books in her future. Sue Grafton is my guest today, telling us of the lastest adventures involving her fictional detective Kinsey Millhone.
The last segment is devoted to the Grammy nominees who were on the program in the past year, but the bulk of the program goes to Sue Grafton; interview produced by Chad Campbell. Script/roadmap also included for those of us who enjoy reading such things.
Ok, I really gotta check Facebook more often…
As many of you know, I am not someone who spends a lot of time on FB; the Internet is vast, and FB is only a tiny part of it. I know a lot of people think that's all there is to the Net, and certainly Facebook encourages that impression, but it really isn't the case. I spend my time "out here," where I can write to you, dear reader, without having to tell Mark Zuckerberg my phone number or birthplace. (I know, I know, everyone's on there. Actually, they ain't.)
But I was "tagged" in a post from former Bob Edwards Show producer Chad Campbell, and didn't even realize it until a few days ago. As soon after the holiday as I could, though, I hereby answer that post (and will tag him myself on FB for good measure).
Anyway, I present the program originally aired December 17th, 2013 where Bob interviews Randy Poe, co-author of Buck 'Em! The Autobiography of Buck Owens. From the introduction:
Well it's high time that we devote a program to the life and career of Buck Owens, a man who came of age just when Nashville was getting citified and disdaining the traditional sounds of country music. Not Buck. He not only stuck with the full twang of the fiddle and pedal steel sound-he also kept himself out of Nashville as much as he could. Buck Owens was a Bakersfield, California guy and though he scored 20 number one hits on the country charts, the country music establishment denied him honors for as long as it could. Buck told the story of his life on a series of cassette tapes that have now reached book form thanks to my guest today Randy Poe.
So sit back and enjoy a look back into the fascinating life of country music star Buck Owens. Script/roadmap is, of course, helpfully included. And I'll strive in the New Year to check-in to Facebook a time or three every week so this kind of delay is never again an issue. As long as I don't have to give Marky my social security number…
Peter Ames Carlin's final visit to The Bob Edwards Show dealt with his biography of The Boss, Bruce Springsteen. From the introduction:
In the 1970's, Bruce Springsteen emerged from the Jersey shore to be hailed as the future of Rock 'n' Roll. Despite being called The Boss, he was a working class hero who landed on the covers of both TIME and Newsweek. Sprinsteen and his E Street Band became known for long and energetic concerts and a string of hits including Born to Run and Born in the USA in a career that has earned The Boss more than twenty Grammy Awards. Bruce is the title of a new biography written by my guest today, Peter Ames Carlin, a journalist whose previous book subjects include Paul McCartney and the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.
Chad Campbell again takes the production reins, mixing in tons of music guaranteed to keep your toes a'tappin. Script/roadmap also included.
Peter Ames Carlin returned to The Bob Edwards Show after publishing his book on "the cute Beatle" Paul McCartney: A Life. He spent another hour talking to Bob, and this time Chad Campbell was the producer charged with bringing this interview to life with musical clips. From the introduction:
According to Guiness World Records, Paul McCartney is the most successful musician and composer in the history of popular music with sixty gold records and 32 number one singles. "Yesterday" is the most covered song ever—thousands have recorded it. McCartney wrote sweet ballads and "silly love songs," but he was also a rocker who drove those early Beatles hits. Now 67 years old, he continues to grow as a musician-writing film scores and classical and electronic music. And he's one the world's principal advocates for the welfare of animals. Sir Paul is the subject of a new biography by my guest today Peter Ames Carlin, who also has written an extensive biography of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.
Script/roadmap is included below.
Peter Ames Carlin appeared on The Bob Edwards Show three times, to discuss three different musical giants – and a personal regret is that he never got to appear to discuss his latest biography, that of Paul Simon…that interview would have been glorious.
So I'm going to post all three, starting with this program first aired July 26th, 2006 discussing his biography of Beach Boy Brian Wilson. From the introduction:
The Beach Boys began as three brothers, a cousin and a neighbor celebrating the southern California culture of sun, sand, surf and automobiles. It was a simple message but delivered with great vocal magnificence—the rich layers of harmony being the product of their musical genius of a leader Brian Wilson. What happened to the Beach Boys and to Wilson outdid even the cliche rock 'n roll band train wreck. Peter Ames Carlin is my guest today. He's the radio and TV writer for the Portland Oregonian and the author of a new biography titled Catch a Wave: The Rise. Fall and Redemption of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.
This program was produced by Phil Harrell. Of course, the obligatory script/roadmap is also below.
This is not my "official" favorite interview aired on The Bob Edwards Show, but it might objectively be the best interview the program ever presented, and one that all of us who heard it wished had been the entire hour. The raw interview is in the archives, and producer Chad Campbell used pretty much everything there short of the level check.
John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil was a first basemen for the Negro League team the Kansas City Monarchs. Later he was a scout, the first African American coach in Major League Baseball, and a driving force behind the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
And most importantly, an amazing storyteller that personifies "great radio."
David Broder is here this morning for his Monday observations on national politics. Then some stories from Buck O'Neil, a star player and manager of the Kansas City Monarchs in the old Negro Leagues. Buck made history as the first black coach in Major League Baseball, working for Broder's favorite team, the Chicago Cubs.
First we'll hear David Broder who has just returned from the annual meeting of the National Governor's Association, and afterwards more sports with Tony Kornheiser, but it's the excellent interview with Buck "Nancy" O'Neil we're focusing on.
Fred Foy Memoir
Received the following today from Wendy Foy, daughter of announcer, actor, and friend Fred Foy:
Lone Ranger fans here is a once in a lifetime chance to obtain a very limited piece of broadcast history. As you know Fred Foy was the announcer that opened the radio Lone Ranger program with those memorable words From out of the past come the thundering hoof beats of the great horse Silver…
Fred had written a book about the inner workings of the program but was unable to get it published before his untimely death. A signed and very limited numbered (250 copies only) First Edition is being offered as a gift in a fundraiser to set up a museum display of his history in radio and The Lone Ranger in particular. For a tax deductible donation of $110.00, or more, to the museum where his display will be established you will receive one of these special editions as a gift. This First Printing is not for sale. It can only be had through this fundraiser. Numbers will be assigned in the order donations are received. Each will be hand numbered and signed by Wendy Foy, Fred's youngest daughter. The total amount of your donation will go to setting up the display as all of the production costs are being covered elsewhere. Checks or money orders are to be made payable to The Wabash County Museum only (not to any person). The notation line should say "donation." They are to be sent to:
Wendy Foy
Wells, Me. 04090-1313
Be sure to include the address you wish your copy to be sent to.
The book is being published by a non family member, who upon reading it, felt every Lone Ranger fan would love to have it.
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Sir Michael Caine and Sir Kenneth Branagh visited The Bob Edwards Show (interviewed from the New York studios) in 2007 to promote their new film, Sleuth, a re-imagining of the 1972 film written by Anthony Shaffer and based on his 1970 Tony Award-winning play. This film, written by Nobel Prize for Literature honoree Harold Pinter, starred Jude Law and Michael Caine, directed by Kenneth Branagh.
The movie "Sleuth" was directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars Jude Law and Michael Caine. Branagh and Caine are my guests today. We'll talk about "Sleuth" and other highlights from their two very distinguished careers. Caine has been at it for more than fifty years and has two Oscars. Branagh has Oscar nominations as an actor, director and a writer.
This interview was produced by Cristy Meiners, who mentioned on the last program that this was one of her favorite productions. The laughter from the other end of the headsets is infectious, possibly even more so in the unproduced raw interview which is part of the archives. And the program includes another Cristy Meiners production, Frank Kelly who accompanies Bob on a tour of the National Gallery's Edward Hopper exhibit. Script/roadmap included (and no, I have no idea why the roadmap was hand-dated a year before the program date; October 13th of 2006 had Terry Gilliam and Andy Borowitz as guests).
Today is the 13th anniversary of the very first…uh…hum…I should say the premiere broadcast of The Bob Edwards Show. (Why the qualification? There were actually two demo programs recorded, and one day I'll post those for you to enjoy.) Yes, I know, I should have posted that premiere program, and I promise one year on October 4th I will. But this year, I want to celebrate the fact that every year on the fourth of October, Bob buys me a drink. Oh, no, he doesn't drive to my home or anything, but twelve years ago today he left a bottle of Maker's Mark under my chair that I have been saving to enjoy every year on this date.
You see, a week before the first anniversary of the program, the show threw a party. I mean a party. Hundreds of people, special guests, and the highlight of the evening – the taping of the program broadcast on that first anniversary, the program I have posted below.
To avoid repeating myself again (!), I'm going to post a list of links here I strongly urge you to follow, with contemporary posts about the awesomeness, lots of photographs, and even some video discovered in the archives:
My Trip to Spaceship XM…Part 1 – where we left the hotel, hit the XM Satellite Radio building, and took the turbo lift to the bridge of the Starship Enterprise.
Down the Rabbit Hole…Part 2 – where we grabbed a bite to eat and then scurried around the XM Satellite Radio building like mice in search of cheese…
Hello, and Welcome to The Bob Edwards Show for Tuesday, October 4th…Part 3 – where we all moved into the XM Performance Studio (now named for the former CEO Bob interviewed that evening, Hugh Panero) and watched the show you will hear below.
Video from the 1st Bob Edwards Show Anniversary – where you too can see some of the things those of us who were there that evening got to witness; a happy discovery in the program's archives.
Also in the archives is the DAT recording made that evening…it's pretty raw as raw goes, since it starts while the produced pieces ran (and includes the "warm-up" Bob did explaining why Daniel Schorr wasn't in attendance – which along with everything else that evening, I recorded on my small digital recorder), and there is no DAT of the produced broadcast, so you'll hear my off-air recording.
The program broadcast on October 4th, 2005, produced by Chad Campbell while being a joint effort by the entire production staff is posted below for your enjoyment on this anniversary date, along with the script – and for heaven's sake, check out the script, especially the programmed-in break after the Hugh Panero interview noted on the roadmap; the script also contains the interview prep for both guests. (And while I'm at it, let me thank Mr. Panero one more time for making The Bob Edwards Show a reality…I really wish you could have taken the entire journey with us, but thank you, sir, for starting it and proving that satellite radio could have real class and style.) Let me also note the sultry voice you will hear in the recording's opening promo belongs to producer Melissa Gray.
And as to that bottle left under the chair in the Performance Studio so very long ago? Well, again this year I'm going to have a drink from it, letting Bob buy me another.
Oh, and if you were there twelve years ago, post a note with your own memories in the comments here. And tell me where on the board you signed your wishes to the show and its host – that board is now here in the archives, and one day I'll be posting a scanned version of it where everyone's best wishes can be seen.
Edit 20180326: While it's true there is no DAT of the broadcast, buried in a shoebox of additional material provided by Executive Producer Chad Campbell earlier this month was a CD containing an excellent aircheck of the 8:00am broadcast (as confirmed by comparing commercial/promos in the breaks). I have replaced the off-radio aircheck with this one; if you've already downloaded the program and are interested in a sound-quality upgrade which is particularly noticeable when Marshall Chapman entertains, I urge you to pull the revised copy of the program. The only casualty of the switch is missing Melissa Gray's opening promo, but you can still hear her at about 31:47; she announces the Audible commercial. –cfs3
Rodney Crowell had visited the Edwards show before in 2005, so when he and Mary Karr released Kin in 2012, it was a natural thing to revisit. Now, I could tell you all about how the two met, and what lead to their collaboration, but since they're going to tell you themselves in the interview, I'll skip it. As Bob says in the opening:
Rodney Crowell Is a Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. Mary Karr is a critically-acclaimed poet and a best-selling author of memoirs. What they have in common are redneck roots in eastern Texas and a gift for using that background to tell moving stories of colorful characters in a certain place and time. Crowell and Karr have joined forces to produce Kin, a cd of songs both poignant and comic-representing the upbringings that were too painful to be appreciated at the time. Guest vocalists on the album include Norah Jones, Vince Gill, Lucinda Williams, Lee Ann Womack, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris and Rodney's ex–Roseanne Cash.
So enjoy these two for the full hour, originally broadcast June 21st, 2012.
Every now and again, The Bob Edwards Show went all-out, choosing as a subject the most elite and aristocratic topics possible. Today's program is one of those:
Professional Wrestling.
Jerry Lawler and Chad Shaffler visited the program on December 1st, 2011 to talk about Shaffler's documentary Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin' which tells the story from the carnival days of Sputnik Monroe to integration, female wrestlers, and Jerry "The King" Lawler, who famously wrestled Andy Kauffman. From the introduction:
Professional wrestling is characterized as a spectacle combining showmanship and athleticism—a soap opera for men. Originating as a carnival sideshow, professional wrestling has had a colorful history—and some of it is captured in the documentary film titled Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin'. Film director Chad Schaffler is my guest today-along with one of his principal subjects-Jerry "The King" Lawler. We'll discuss Hulk Hogan and Jesse Ventura, the tag teams, the females, the midgets— and the late comic performance artist Andy Kaufman, who went to the hospital after a bout with The King. When we're done, you'll know a heel from a babyface.
And if that isn't enough for you, the program then visited the Nightmare Wrestling School, a professional wrestling school in West Memphis, Arkansas that carries on the tradition of regional training and performances. So join the program as it wraps a corner clothesline around the subject of professional wrestling…


Our neighborhood has a community pier. It has ten boat slips that are deeded to ten pieces of property. The combination of ground and boat slips makes the property desirable. Unfortunately, the entire dock was destroyed during hurricane Irene. The planking was strewn up and down the creek. Neighbors chain-sawed the remains of the pier into manageable pieces and hauled them to the landfill. Only a skeleton of pilings survived marking the location of what once was a dock. The wreckage stands in place as monument to the storm, until this week.
On Monday morning, the drone of diesel engines echoed across the creek. Like the cavalry to a fight with the Indians, in rides Bobby Prescott with his marine construction business. The ten-member boat owners association contracted with Bobby to repair the pier. Bobby brought his barge, skiffs and backhoes. Bobby's guys are busy yanking out the damaged pilings and driving in the replacements. After the pilings are driven, they will construct the decking on top. It is incredibly demanding work performed in demanding conditions. Despite the heat and rain, progress has been remarkable.
Building things is difficult. Building things in the water is extremely difficult. Most important are the pilings. Extra care is taken to ensure the pilings are straight and located exactly. If the pilings are incorrect, the decking on the pier will be nearly impossible to complete. It occurred to me as I watched Bobby's crew (expertly) drive the pilings that life can be like building a pier. To achieve the quality life you desire, your pilings must be placed in an exact manner. If your life pilings are mis-driven, your decking will be lopsided and difficult to navigate. What are life pilings you ask?
The pilings of your life pier are many. Education is a piling of life. Failure to complete school can lead to difficult "decking for your pier" and limited life opportunities. Another piling of life can be your choice of spouse. A poor choice of spouse is surely a crooked piling and will lead to a crooked pier. Another choice, abusing drugs and alcohol, is like intentionally driving a piling in crooked. It will be difficult to construct a proper life with that choice. Financial responsibility is yet another piling for a quality life. Purchasing things you cannot afford is driving a piling into the wrong spot. A characteristic of a quality life is lack of financial burden. Financial pilings must be in the right spot or your decking may not reach.
So my point this week is, be like Bobby Prescott when driving pilings. Be careful when you are driving the pilings of your life. Place them correctly and drive them straight and deep. With proper pilings, the pier of life you deserve and desire will be easier to build.
If you need any marine construction improvement, call Bobby Prescott. If your life needs improvement, contact me via my website, http://www.AmericasMindsetMechanic.com.


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UXC Use Case Mapping
From IDESG Wiki
1 About the User Experience and Use Cases
2 User experience standards applied to Use Cases
3 Categories used in User Experience Evaluations
4 Mapping of Use Cases to UX categories
5 References applied to Use Cases
About the User Experience and Use Cases
This page describes the categories and mappings of IDESG use cases (scenarios) into user experience (UX) patterns. It also maps the entity categories into UX patterns.
User experience standards applied to Use Cases
Standards for IDESG UX to compare the existing use cases so that gaps can be identified and mitigations proposed. Note that in all cases the use cases do not represent actual
- User General (based on Nielsen's principles from his Usability Engineering book)
The system should speak the users' language, with words, phrases and concepts familiar to the user, rather than system-oriented terms. Follow real-world conventions, making information appear in a natural and logical order.
Users often choose system functions by mistake and will need a clearly marked "emergency exit" to leave the unwanted state without having to go through an extended dialogue. Support undo and redo.
Users should not have to wonder whether different words, situations, or actions mean the same thing. Follow platform conventions.
Minimize the user's memory load by making objects, actions, and options visible. The user should not have to remember information from one part of the dialogue to another. Instructions for use of the system should be visible or easily retrievable whenever appropriate.
Error messages should be expressed in plain language (no codes), precisely indicate the problem, and constructively suggest a solution.
Even though it is better if the system can be used without documentation, it may be necessary to provide help and documentation. Any such information should be easy to search, focused on the user's task, list concrete steps to be carried out, and not be too large.
- User to IdP (or other) provider
Terms and conditions can be expressed on a single mobile phone page.
Attributes are not requested unless required to match authentication or authorization conditions. (Like LOA from NIST SP 800-63)
User can completely delete all references to user that can be discovered without a court order.
If the user losses access to the identity provided reasonable terms to regain access are provided.
- User to Agent or intermediary (Arbitrarily assuming that all privacy-enhancing technology and caching of creds occurs by this role). The following list came from the PrimeLife prototypes described in the book listed in the reference section.
Data management makes it easy to store and organize personal information.
Credential management makes it easy to store an organize certificates and credentials.
Privacy preferences makes it easy to set general data release policies and the level of reporting back to the user.
Relying Party evaluation helps the user evaluate the credibility and trustworthiness of the RP.
Data release makes it easy to understand what they are asked to agree too and whether the decision (and accompanying claims) will be cached.
Cached decisions can be retrieved and modified (or at least deleted) by user.
Decision are only cached per either (1) relying party or (2) members of a common IDESG framework
History lets the user see what information has been disclosed to which RP.
- User to Relying party
User can understand what attributes are required and why they are required all within a single mobile phone page.implementations. As a result the use cases are not evaluated on what they directly provide to the user, but rather they are to be evaluated on the guidance that they provide to the designer and implementer of the user experience.
No sharing of user identity or attributes are permitted without explicit permission.
RP provides some protocol elements (such as EV certificates [[1]]) that the user agent can use to provide information about the RP to the user.
Categories used in User Experience Evaluations
The first step is to describe the categories of roles that will be mapped. Note that we emphasize roles rather then real-world objects because a real-world object in many cases will provide the functionality of more than one role. This section is structured as a taxonomy to enable a clear distinction between terms. This page follows the Taxonomy AHG Glossary from the IDESG standards and security committees where they were able to reach consensus.
Named Object: A thing that exists, e.g., a person, organization, device, software application or service. (Taxonomy) This is an object that is defined not by its attributes, but by a thread of continuity and identity. Any Named Object must have an identifier that persists for its lifetime.
User: For the purposes of the UXC, a "user" is a natural person, and generally singular. (aka individual, human being or carbon-based-life form)
Organization: A collection of humans or other organizations.
Device: A silicon-based life form that can form network connections. if the device has an identity in a piece of hardware, like a smart card or TPM chip, it is a Named Object.
Connection: An identified link between two or more entities. (This is the one Named Object not yet recognized by the taxonomy AHG)
Ephemeral Connection: An identified link with a short life time.
Persistent Connection: An identified link that may extend for an indefinite period of time.
Ceremony: A conversation between two entities that provides evidence of a good faith effort to achieve informed user consent.
Identifier: an effectively unique attribute that applies to an Named Object.
Anonym: an identifier that is intended not to be linked to any Named Object other than a ephemeral connection.
Pseudonym: an identifier that is intended not to be linked to any Named Object other than a persistent connection.
Entity: An Named Object that provides or uses Identities.
Software Application or Service: A virtual entity that exists on one or more devices.
Role: A function that exists within an entity. Entities may host several roles.
Relying Party: An entity role that requires identity and possibly attribute claims to permit user access to resources on their site.
Provider: Any other role besides relying parities.
Identity (IdP) - a source of identity claims, like Hotmail or Facebook (which also function as RPs of their own IdP).
User Attribute (UAP) - think members of the armed forces (ID.ME) - could also be an RA.
Device Attribute (DAP) - think Remote Attestation Service for TPM or TZ equipped devices
Biometric - all of the above are knowledge based attribute providers (KBA) this is everything else.
Privacy Enhancing Technology (PETP) - this role converts user or device claims into unlikable claims.
Identity Oracle as described by Bob Blakley [[2]] can be realized by placing a PETP in front of an IdP
Policy - think a smart card identity where the smart card protection policy is fixed as a part of the certificate template.
Proofing - think driver's license or other in-person identity.
Authenticity Proofing - think EV certs and registration authorities (RA).
Certificate Service Provider (CSP) - a specific type of secure id provider with a strange set of formatting rules (X.509).
Title + Description
User -> Identity (etc.) Provider
User -> User Agent
User -> Relying Party
Mapping of Use Cases to UX categories
This paper takes the existing use cases and presents the contributor's view of the UX challenges of each. The columns show how a user (person) interacts with each of the following: Identity (or other) Provider, User Agent and Relying Party. Comments and questions are from the UXC perspective, about how and what UX challenges may exist at each point where the user interacts with parties in the system.
Use Case No.s correspond to Sections in "Use Case 1.2 Commentary" Comments. The questions in this table are from the user experience committee to the use case ad hoc working group.
3.1 DEVICE INTEGRITY SUPPORTING USER AUTHENTICATION – this case assumes a security component contained in the user device, but it could be a separate dongle in some implementations. Requires trusted interchange between user and Device Attribute provider. Someone needs to pay the DAP. Q: how does the user register their machine? Runs on user device with a hardware root of trust which can be linked to a user id – complex new ideas for user to comprehend. Runs on user device with a hardware root of trust which can be linked to a user id – complex new ideas for user to comprehend.
3.2 AUTHENTICATE PERSON – the user (an individual) gets to choose their IdP Fairly standard IdP: helps the user get to choose their IdP. There is a proviso that the IdP meets the RP's LOA. Has the option to select "Do-not-track". Q: How does the user understand the context and how the rules apply? Mediates authentication process. Privacy enabling technology (PET) interface definition needed. Typical token caching problems to be controlled in some way by user. Q: Will the user choose a cloaking or PET? User choice of IdP may not be acceptable to RP. But one process step says that RP directs user to IdP(s) they do accept. Q: is this too complicated for user?
3.3 IDENTITY PROOFING – for example: how a driver's license bureau verifies a user address by mailing the user their driver's license. Confusing terminology for the addition of an identity proofing step to the IdP registration. Q: how will this be made clear to user? n/a Addressed above.
3.4 CRYPTOGRAPHIC AUTHENTICATION FOR ACCESS TO ONLINE RESOURCES – all online authentications uses crypto. This use case discusses the more difficult ways to do it. User must have some token to create cryptographic signatures. Some tokens have really poor UX. Q: how will this be made clear to user? In some instances the cryptographic key is stored on the user device. The existing UX for this is also really poor. Q: how will user know what to find, and find it, especially in mobile instances? The RP must make its authentication needs known to user that doesn't understand.
3.5 DELEGATED AUTHENTICATION FOR USER MANAGED ACCESS – increasingly important, but hard to get right. This use case assumes there is no new technology over currently available, and that some authz server must be able to access the content on some content server. Very complex. The content owner needs to be able to trust that only specific content has been released to a service acting as agent for user in this limited context. Maintenance of this continuing authz is required. Some service wants to act as user-agent to acquire user content on another site. The user needs to delegate to this service authz that is limited to the required content. The site that contains the user's content needs to be assured that the user really did authz release to the agent.
3.6 CREDENTIAL ISSUANCE – describes one view of how existing credentials are handled. Since none of these work at all well, it might be better to try to start with a good UX and then build the use case from that. This is indistinguishable for 3.5. A credential service provider is described with others might call a certificate authority. Existing UX to these is super challenging. An optional registration authority is described to do identity proofing. Either normal user device or one that can handle cryptographic tokens. The UX for cryptography is traditionally very poor UX. Needs to be able to request the LOA in a manner that the user can comprehend and provide. In most cases this means a help desk.
3.7 ACCESS AGE RESTRICTED CONTENT – can go both ways, up and down. This is a normal IdP together with an attribute provider. Addressed above. Must be able to express requirement for age verification.
3.8 PRIVACY ENHANCED BY USER AGENT – in the case the PEP is include in the user device. It could be provisioned in the IdP or as an independent agent. Normal – unless the IdP hosts the Privacy Enhancing Technology Provider (PETP). See UC 3.12. The PETP needs to: get the RP requirements and display to the user on a single page on whatever device in use, gets the response and caches user decisions. The RP needs to express the need for user attributes in a way that the agent can display to the user.
3.9 TRUST ELEVATION – user can start a relationship with a pseudonym and move up to a fully proof ID as required. Normal – may need more than one IdP or attribute provider as the trust elevation progresses. The user agent needs to select appropriate credentials for the user based on user intent an RP needs. The RP can start as a normal web site and demand additional creds as needs dictate.
3.10 FOUR PARTY AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION – same scenario as 3.3 and 3.6 with different names for the same function. Confusion between the ideas of attribute provider, registration authority and identity proofer make this seem different. Addressed above. Addressed above.
3.11 UN AND UNDERSERVED PEOPLE – help the unbanked perform money transactions on the internet It can be a real challenge to create a strong identity for homeless or otherwise disadvantaged people. Q: Does the user have to get a state ID card? What about undocumented people? Addressed above. Addressed above.
3.12 SELECTIVELY DISCLOSE ATTRIBUTES – in the case that the PETP role resides in the IdP. In addition to normal IdP functionality the IdP must track all of the sites to which a user release credentials to maintain user choice. This will be a difficult UX to be sure. User agent is part of IdP. How can the user know that is to be trusted? Addressed above.
3.13 REMOTE ELECTRONIC IDENTITY PROOFING – think electronic notary. Normal IdP functions, probably with identity proofing. Notaries require Gov't ID. Will the Gov't IdP be the same IdP functionally proving the Gov't ID? Notary verifies user and the signature of the user on a doc. Very specialized RP that needs notarized docs
References applied to Use Cases
NIST Special Publication 800-63 Electronic Authentication Guideline [[3]]
The Meta-Identity System (or Identity Oracle) as described by Bob Blakley [[4]]
A report of a user experience study on privacy enhancing technology (PET) is available in chapters 10 and ll of the book "Privacy and Identity Management for Life" Springer 2011 ISBN 978-3-642-20316-9.
A series of ISO 9241 [[5]] applies to Human System Interaction. ISO 9341-210 [[6]] provides guidance on human-system interaction throughout the life cycle of interactive systems. The first principle of human user-centered design is one based upon an explicit understanding of users, tasks and environments.
A functional requirements document is under discussion to show the relationship among the various levels of the IDESG model. It shows the scenarios as dependent on distinct identity frameworks. That is an item for current discussion on the discussion page attached to that page. Additional input from the UX community is specifically needed. Click on this link to read Functional Requirements
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A bit bored, trying to save the MPN logo in IE9 (default installation) and got a message that it was blocked.
Nice default 'protection' 🙂 (saving works in FF4 without a warning).
IE9 and YouTube just a bug?
I just found out that I can't insert the ampersand (&) character in the YouTube search box by typing it (copy-paste works).
It works on every other website that I have tested but not on YouTube.
Did I just found a little bug in IE9 RC or is it Google who is playing a dirty browser wars game?
Other people with IE9 RC can all reproduce this. I could not find any bug report of this on connect.microsoft.com.
When using compatibility mode in IE9 it works but when I use the default mode, it doesn't work.
I assume that it is just a bug in IE9 RC but these days we need to investigate everything, don't we?!
Bug or not? That's the question.
Update: still doesn't work in the RTW version.
The videos are already released for a while but I kinda like this their new video style. I'm wondering how they made such videos.
Still found a bug in Internet Explorer 9? Report it on http://connect.microsoft.com or more specific: https://connect.microsoft.com/IE ;).
Bugs and feature requests for other Microsoft software should also be submitted via the Connect website.


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Salarias sinuosus är en fiskart som beskrevs av Snyder, 1908. Salarias sinuosus ingår i släktet Salarias och familjen Blenniidae. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som livskraftig. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Q: Is this a valid Spark Schema? I was in the process of flattening a Spark Schema using the method suggested here, when I came across an edge case -
val writerSchema = StructType(Seq(
      StructField("f1", ArrayType(ArrayType(
        StructType(Seq(
          StructField("f2", ArrayType(LongType))
        ))
      )))
    ))

writerSchema.printTreeString()

root
 |-- f1: array (nullable = true)
 |    |-- element: array (containsNull = true)
 |    |    |-- element: struct (containsNull = true)
 |    |    |    |-- f2: array (nullable = true)
 |    |    |    |    |-- element: long (containsNull = true)

This prints the following output - f1 and not
f1
f1.f2

as I expected it to be.
Questions -

*

*Is writerSchema a valid Spark schema?

*How do I handle ArrayType objects when flattening the schema?

A: If you want to handle data like this
val json = """{"f1": [{"f2": [1, 2, 3] }, {"f2": [4,5,6]}, {"f2": [7,8,9]}, {"f2": [10,11,12]}]}"""

The valid schema will be
val writerSchema = StructType(Seq(
    StructField("f1", ArrayType(
      StructType(Seq(
        StructField("f2", ArrayType(LongType))
      ))
    ))))

root
 |-- f1: array (nullable = true)
 |    |-- element: struct (containsNull = true)
 |    |    |-- f2: array (nullable = true)
 |    |    |    |-- element: long (containsNull = true)

You shouldn't be putting an ArrayType inside another ArrayType.
So lets suppose you have a dataframe inputDF :
inputDF.printSchema
root
 |-- f1: array (nullable = true)
 |    |-- element: struct (containsNull = true)
 |    |    |-- f2: array (nullable = true)
 |    |    |    |-- element: long (containsNull = true)

inputDF.show(false)
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|f1                                                                                |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|[[WrappedArray(1, 2, 3)], [WrappedArray(4, 5, 6)], [WrappedArray(7, 8, 9)], [WrappedArray(10, 11, 12)]]|
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

To flatten this dataframe we can explode the array columns (f1 and f2):
First, flatten column 'f1'
val semiFlattenDF = inputDF.select(explode(col("f1"))).select(col("col.*"))

semiFlattenDF.printSchema
root
 |-- f2: array (nullable = true)
 |    |-- element: long (containsNull = true)

semiFlattenDF.show
+------------+
|          f2|
+------------+
|   [1, 2, 3]|
|   [4, 5, 6]|
|   [7, 8, 9]|
|[10, 11, 12]|
+------------+

Now flatten column 'f2' and get the column name as 'value'
val fullyFlattenDF = semiFlattenDF.select(explode(col("f2")).as("value"))

So now the DataFrame is flattened:
fullyFlattenDF.printSchema
root
 |-- value: long (nullable = true)

fullyFlattenDF.show
+-----+
|value|
+-----+
|    1|
|    2|
|    3|
|    4|
|    5|
|    6|
|    7|
|    8|
|    9|
|   10|
|   11|
|   12|
+-----+


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TCM Picks for the Week of May 14, 2018
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, is airing Tuesday on TCM.
The classic movie series continue on TCM this week with Andy Hardy, the Five Little Peppers, and Dr. Kildare. There's also more from star-of-the-month Marlene Dietrich and a Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy double bill.
Here's a link to the complete schedule for May 14-20.
Photo of the Week (Monday, May 14 daytime)
Captain Blood (1935) at 3:30 pm Monday: Olivia de Havilland relaxes on the set of this pirate saga, which was her first film with costar Errol Flynn and director Michael Curtiz.
More swashbucklers: Captain Blood is part of a daytime lineup of swashbucklers that includes more Flynn in The Sea Hawk (1940) at 11:15 am, Stewart Granger in Scaramouche (1952) at 1:30 pm, and Gene Kelly in The Three Musketeers (1948) at 5:45 pm.
Set Your DVR for Fairy Tale Theater (Monday, May 14 prime time and late night)
TCM is airing a night of films based on a fairy tales that make great family viewing. My top picks are The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) at 10 pm, which features beautiful scenery and wonderful special effects from George Pal, and the lovely retelling of Cinderella, The Slipper and the Rose (1976) at 12:30 am. Other films include Danny Kaye in the fanciful biopic Hans Christian Andersen (1952) at 8 pm and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in a fun re-imagining of Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) at 3 am.
Happy Heavenly Birthday to Joseph Cotten (Tuesday, May 15 daytime)
Joseph Cotten was born May 15, 1905, in Petersburg, Va., as the son of a postmaster and his wife. He showed an early interest in acting and eventually landed on Broadway where he became a star with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre company and in the stage version of The Philadelphia Story. Cotten made his feature film debut in Welles' landmark film Citizen Kane (1941) at 5:45 pm. He and Welles continued to work together on the spy saga Journey Into Fear (1942) at 4:30 pm (Cotten stars and he and Welles wrote the script) and The Third Man (1949) at 2:30 pm. Cotten continued to work steadily in the 1950s in films like the excellent thrillers The Steel Trap (1952) at 9:15 am (Jo plays a banker who has a change of heart after embezzling money) and The Man with a Cloak (1951) at 10:45 am (Jo and Barbara Stanwyck are both a little long in the tooth for this Gaslight redux, but the movie's still a lot of fun). Cotten took on character parts in his later career in films like Hush. . . Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) at 12:15 pm.
Classic Movie Series, May 15th edition
Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy and Ann Rutherford as Polly Benedict.
TCM is airing 15 of the 16 Andy Hardy movies starting with the first film, A Family Affair (1936) at 8 pm, which features Lionel Barrymore and Spring Byington as Judge Hardy and his wife and children Marion (Cecilia Parker) and Andy (Mickey Rooney). Julie Haydon plays the Hardy's adult daughter in this film, but she does not appear in the rest of the series. In the second film, You're Only Young Once (1938) at 9:15 pm, Lewis Stone and Fay Holden take over the roles of the Hardy parents, and Ann Rutherford makes her first appearance as Andy's main squeeze, Polly Benedict. The late night lineup starts with Judge Hardy's Children (1938) at 10:45 pm and ends with Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939) at 5 am.
The five little Peppers: Seated, from left Bobby Larson, Edith Fellows, and Dorothy Ann Seese; standing, from left Charles Peck and Tommy Bond.
The Andy Hardy movies continue starting with Judge Hardy and Son (1939) at 6:30 am and ending with Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958) at 6:30 pm. In the last film, Andy (Mickey Rooney) is a middle-aged man who returns to his hometown for a business deal.
TCM is airing all four of the Five Little Peppers movies, starting with Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939) at 8 pm and ending with Five Little Peppers in Trouble (1940) at 11:45 pm. This Columbia Pictures series was based on the beloved children's books by Margaret Sidney about the daily life of a widowed mother (Dorothy Peterson) and her five children (Edith Fellows; Charles Peck; Tommy Bond, and Dorothy Ann Seese. Jimmy Leake played Davie in the first film; thereafter the role was taken over by Bobby Larson).
The late night lineup features the first three of MGM's Dr. Kildare movies starring Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, and Laraine Day: Young Dr. Kildare (1938) at 1 am, Calling Dr. Kildare (1939) at 2:30 am, and The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939) at 4:15 am.
Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore) and Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) exam a patient in the Dr. Kildare series.
TCM is airing six more Dr. Kildare movies on Thursday starting with Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) at 6 am and ending with Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942) at 1:30 pm. After Ayres left the series, MGM churned out six more movies with Lionel Barrymore's Dr. Gillespie in the lead role. TCM is airing three of the Dr. Gillespie movies: Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) at 3:15 pm, Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942) at 4:45 pm, and Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943) at 6:15 pm.
Star of the Month: Marlene Dietrich (Thursday, May 17 prime time and late night)
TCM is airing four of the glamorous star's mid-thirties movies on Thursday. Here's the lineup:
Angel (1937) at 8 pm: This Ernst Lubitsch-directed film finds Dietrich as a bored diplomat's wife who travels to Paris and finds romance with a suave Melvyn Douglas. This film is too archly sophisticated for its own good, but Marlene looks sensational and Douglas, one of old Hollywood's true professionals, gives an exceptional performance.
The Devil Is a Woman (1935) at 10 pm: The final collaboration between Dietrich and director Josef von Sternberg, this drama about a man-eating factory worker can best be described as "Marlene Dietrich's Carmen."
Desire (1936) at 11:45 pm: Dietrich and Gary Cooper re-team for this charming Lubitsch rom-com about an unsophisticated Yank (Cooper) who falls for a glamorous jewel thief (Dietrich, posing like her life depended on it). Every scene crackles with the stars' considerable chemistry.
Knight Without Armour (1937) at 1:30 am: This lavish historical drama has Dietrich as a Russian countess who tries to escape the 1917 Revolution with the help of a British spy (Robert Donat). This is a fairly gripping thriller, and Dietrich really goes for it in her performance, although she probably should have dialed down the glamour a few notches (you can't really spend hours on hair and makeup when you're fleeing the Bolsheviks).
Discovery of the Week (Friday, May 18 prime time)
The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) at 10 pm Friday: This delightful British film about the free-spirited students at an eccentric girls school features the great comic actor Alastair Sim in a dual role as the dotty headmistress and her scheming bookie brother. This movie launched a series of films about St. Trinian's.
More Sim: The Belles of St. Trinian's is airing as part of a night of Sim comedies that includes School for Scoundrels (1960) at 8 pm (Sim plays a smarmy life coach) and Laughter in Paradise (1951) at midnight (Sim plays a practical joker who leaves his family a fortune on the condition that they carry out his outlandish schemes).
Screen Teams: Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Pat and Mike
TCM is airing two fun romantic comedies from this legendary couple: Desk Set (1957) at 8 pm and Pat and Mike (1952) at 10 pm.
Noir Alley, May 19th edition
Gene Nelson and Sterling Hayden in Crime Wave (1954).
Crime Wave (1954) at midnight Saturday night/Sunday morning and 10 am Sunday: This B-movie from director Andre De Toth features Gene Nelson as an ex-con whose former gang crashes into his apartment. Sterling Hayden plays the cop who is on their trail. There's great location shooting in and around Los Angeles.
This Week's Classic Movie You Should See (Sunday, May 20 daytime)
Carole Lombard dressed as Ophelia for To Be or Not to Be (1942).
To Be or Not to Be (1942) at 11:30 am Sunday: From my review, "To Be or Not to Be is still an astonishing accomplishment more than 70 years after the movie was released. It is both a satire that punctures the silly pomposity of the Nazi regime and a powerful expose of the evil of Hitler's final solution."
Movie of the Week (Sunday, May 20 prime time)
The Enchanted Cottage (1945) at 8 pm Sunday: This beautiful movie about an injured war veteran (Robert Young) and a "homely" woman (Dorothy McGuire, who doesn't look homely to me) who find love at a secluded cottage often gets hit with the schmaltz tag, but as Robert Osborne rightly points out in the clip above, it's an ultimately beautiful film that is an uplifting experience for anyone who watches it.
Performance of the Week/Silent Sunday Night May 20th edition
John Gilbert and Lillian Gish in La Boheme (1926).
La Boheme (1926) at midnight Sunday night/Monday morning: Lillian Gish gives one of the great silent movie performances as the sickly Parisian Mimi in this dramatic adaptation of the Puccini opera. Gish did not eat or drink for three days before filming her famous death scene, which caused the terrified director King Vidor to believe she was really expiring on camera.
Andy Hardy classic movie series Judy Garland Love Finds Andy Hardy Mickey Rooney TCM TCM picks TV week of May 14
Caftan Woman May 15, 2018 at 9:21 PM
The Alastair Sim tribute evening is not playing on TCM Canada. Mr. Sim is popular with Canadian fans and I don't know how we'll bear up under the snub.
La Boheme is very moving, but the presence of Edward Everett Horton threw me for a loop. It was the first time I had seen him in a silent picture, and oh how I missed that voice.
Amanda Garrett May 16, 2018 at 8:28 PM
Too bad about Alastair Sim night :( I had forgotten Horton was in La Boheme. I'll have to look for him next time I watch it.


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The league table: The world's most popular museums and exhibitions
By Charles Pickett
Crowds at the British Museum. Image courtesy of Drumaboy shared with a Creative Commons license
The Art Newspaper's annual survey of the world's most popular museums and exhibitions is just out. For anyone who wants to know what brings people to museums in big numbers, this is required reading. You can download the pdf here
Some of the results are predictable: The Louvre remains the most visited museum in the world (8.5 million visitors during 2010) followed by the British Museum and New York's Metropolitan Museum. In Australia the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art head the list with 1.8 million visitors during 2010. Next up is the National Gallery of Victoria's two museums and the Melbourne Museum.
Image courtesy of PB-PSBear, shared with a creative commons license
Sydney's top museum attraction is the Art Gallery of NSW though its usual third or fourth place in the Australian rankings is usurped for 2010 by Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image (1.1 million), largely as a result of ACME's hosting the hugely successful Tim Burton show from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
And it's the exhibitions that make the most interesting reading. The Art Newspaper focuses on art museums of course, so natural history, technology and science museums are largely ignored. Yet numerous design and decorative arts exhibitions and museums make the lists. In fact the third most popular exhibition world-wide was Designing the Lincoln Memorial, which attracted almost three million visitors to the Washington National Gallery. No doubt the exhibition's proximity to the actual Lincoln Memorial (no minor attraction in itself) helped, but other more esoteric design shows also did well.
Among these was MOMA's Bauhaus 1919-33: Workshops for Modernity, the Pompidou's Patrick Jouin, the Guggenheim's Frank Lloyd Wright and the Serpentine Gallery's Jean Nouvel – big design names clearly have allure, even if a couple of them are still alive and working!
Most of the popular dec arts shows were frock affairs though interestingly retrospectives on YSL and Cartier at Paris and San Francisco drew fewer people than Hats: An anthology by Stephen Jones at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art. This Victoria & Albert show did better in Brisbane than at its home museum in London.
In certain museums it is an item of faith that cultural phenomenon with mainstream popularity will produce popular exhibitions. The survey doesn't contain much evidence of this. Instead, what is clear is the popularity of the difficult and the esoteric – for example contemporary art. Often dismissed as a minority taste, numerous contemporary art shows are a feature of the top 30 exhibitions, including those featuring Rebecca Horn, Regina Silveira, Marina Abramovic and William Kentridge (who we've been lucky to enjoy in Sydney thanks to the MCA and Biennale).
The survey is also further evidence of increased museum attendance world-wide, underlined by healthy attendances at museums in China, Japan, Korea, India and Brazil. In fact, the most popular exhibition in 2010 was the Tokyo National Museum's Hasegawa Tohaku, marking the four hundredth anniversary of this home-grown artist. More than 12,000 people visited daily (one presumes 24-hour opening).
Although the usual blockbuster names are in evidence – Picasso, Van Gogh, Turner et al – scrolling down the list produced plentiful evidence than even apparently arcane subjects can draw hundred of visitors per day. For example: One hundred years of business in Italy (Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Rome) Curious George saves the day (Jewish Museum, New York) La Dolce Vita: 1950s Italian celebrities (Mercati di Tiaino, Rome) and The man with the case: A history of baggage (Borgo Medievale, Turin).
Too many exhibitions, not enough time.
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One response to "The league table: The world's most popular museums and exhibitions"
Not at all surprised that the Burton exhibition gave ACME a bump in visitors, it was fantastic.
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470 General News
After concluding a thorough selection process, the 470 Management Committee is pleased to announce that Dimitris Dimou (GRE) has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the International 470 Class. Dimitris will begin his new position on January 15th.
Dimitris Dimou has been involved with the 470 for decades as a sailor, technical officer, and administrator. Most recently, he served as President from 2016 to now, as well as Class Chief Measurer since 2005 and Technical Committee Chairman between 2006 and 2016. Dimitris has been involved with a number of WS Committees since 2005, and officiated as a measurer at four Olympic Games. He will again participate in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics as Chairman of the Technical Committee.
The 470 is fortunate to have someone so passionate about the boat and our class' future. The Management Committee and the entire 470 family wish Dimitris good luck and the best of success for 2021 and beyond.
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Comfort Inn Bedding – What Are This Year's Best Mattresses?
Many individuals claim, that Puffy Mattress is without a doubt, one of the most comfortable mattresses available. They often compare it to enjoy sleeping on a cloud.Also, clients suffering from back pain, say that they feel relief with Puffy's Adaptive Flexible Cloud Technology. With Puffy, you receive both a 101 night sleep trial, along with a lifetime warranty.
Incredible mattress to your money.Very high quality mattress. It does take 2 days before the Puffy Mattress is sent; since the mattress is made to order.
Another terrific mattress choice, is the ever popular DreamCloud mattress.Having a premium natural latex coat, DreamCloud provides a fantastic bounce, and extra contour.
The milder side of the mattress consists of 3 inches of aluminum infused memory foam. It has a 3.5lb density, and is an extremely comfortable layer.This is a fairly thick layer of memory foam, which is a soft fabric that will allow the sleeper to sink for pressure relief.
Nest Bedding actually holds the award for both the Top Rated and Top Ranked brand online. They really thrive from the client satisfaction. They offer a lifetime guarantee, as well as a life comfort guarantee.
Nest Bedding comes in a number of different firmness choices. Almost too many. They consist of a latex, 2 memory foam and 3 hybrid mattress choices in their lineup. To be sure, you can find the mattress that is the best option for you.Therefore it doesn't matter if you're lighter, thicker, sleep on your side, or you cope with chronic pain. Nest can fit your own preferences.
The Nature's Sleep mattress differs from many mattress brands on the market, since it is made with 4 layers of foam.These 4 layers lend a hand in helping support heavier individuals. Additionally, it helps out by decreasing motion transfer.
Plushbeds are latex mattresses, in which they only use organic, natural materials. Plushbeds have a total of three mattress versions in their lineup: Each mattress has a total of 6 different firmness levels. In the King and Cal King you can also divide the firmness levels.
Loom & Leaf uses a gel cooled, convoluted high density memory foam since it's top layer. It's supported with a foundation layer comprised of high density polyfoam. This all adds up to a very supportive, pressure-relieving feel.
The 2 biggest aspects when looking to buy a new mattress, is relaxation and support.There are a number of things that should occur when you lie down. You want the sinkage and contour to be appropriate, for proper spine alignment. You also need a mattress to properly support your body, as you sleep at night. It is critical to have proper alignment from top to bottom as you sleep. This is necessary to make certain that you receive a healthful rest, and to ensure you're reducing your neck and back pain. While being supportive of your body, a suitable mattress has to provide stress relief. The stress points on your body are precisely what is in control of you thrashing through the evening. Memory Foam mattresses have earned their way into the spotlight, by not only being comfortable, but as both supportive.
This is along the same lines, as when we speak about comfort and support. Exactly like a mattress should never be too hard, it should never be too soft.A mattress should be as neutral as it can be, to make sure both your body and spine remain in a neutral position.Too much rigidity in a mattress will irritate the stress factors, making pinched nerves, along with the blood to stop flowing. If you discover that a good deal of the times you awake, with the sensation of getting pins and needles in your body, this is a sign of a mattress that's too rigid. And if your mattress is too soft, this can create a sagging effect, similar to a hammock. When this happens, you can find yourself with back pain, due to your spine not being properly aligned.This is why it's imperative to find a mattress that's close to neutral. You want your mattress soft in the right places, without being too soft. However, you also want your mattress to be supportive, without being overly rigid.


No Fenders -Formula 1, IndyCar and A Whole lot more..: IMSA: What's a Race Fan supposed to Do?
If you're one of the lucky ones? Then you're on the grounds in Sebring right now watching some wonderful Sports Car racing, as presumably they've cleaned up the No. 60 Mike Shank Racing wreck, bringing out the day's second full-course caution - by the time I post this.
As NO offense to "Double-A," nee Adam Alexander, but I DON'T wanna listen to another 78hrs of FREAKIN' RASSCAR Roundy Round, which obviously is FS1's bread 'N butter; URGH! As can't say how much I miss Bob Varsha's tranquil, yet knowledgeable, steady voice coming thru 'Ye Telescreen!
Thus, for Y'all Jones in' for some more Sports Car action, a la FS1's lead announcer Bob Varsha telling us to CRANK I-T UP! Then Y'all might wanna take a look at the No. 90 Corvette DP In-car camera footage at Night!


More than 60 percent of all online hotel bookings are made on the first visit to a hotel's website, and over 80 percent of all online bookings are made on the same day of the first visit, according to Sabre Hospitality Solutions' research.
These statistics represent a tremendous opportunity to gain customers, but at the same time, lose them if a hotel cannot close the booking in the initial online visit.
The company cited the example of its recent re-designs of both Destination Hotels & Resorts' corporate site and Tarrytown House Estate and Conference Center's website. They incorporated background images and a clean and organised homepage to ensure a good first impression along with a strong overall user engagement. As a result, homepage "bounce rates" for Destination's site fell 17 percent and Tarrytown's fell 29 percent.
According to Sabre Hospitality Solutions, in addition to a visually appealing home page, "calls-to-action" repeated consistently throughout the landing and interior pages will directly impact online bookings. Destination's Website now includes behaviorally targeted content as well as "smart defaults" on search consoles which make it easy for the visitor to select a hotel category or specific property from Destination's group. They have seen booking volume originating from the corporate site increase 164 percent.
Tarrytown's homepage includes a visually prominent booking console, making it easier for users to find. The console is also strategically placed in a horizontal format under the masthead image. A series of Sabre Hospitality Solutions multivariate tests (the practice of changing a website element and using the results to refine the website) have documented that this placement drives more visits to the booking engine. As a result, Tarrytown has seen bookings increase 46 percent.
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ruthdelacruz | Travel and Lifestyle Blog : NKOTB's Jon Knight kisses a Fan!
NKOTB's Jon Knight kisses a Fan!
I know I am a little outdated.. I just found this vid when I showed my sister some NKOTB videos.
I am sooo jealous of this girl! This has been my dream since I was like what, 8 years old?!
Mind you a kiss with a tongue! One lucky girl! The name is Angela, and I heard she got a lot of follower in twitter! Now she's gonna be a celebrity! We will remember her as the girl who got to kiss Jon Knight.
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The Pratt Museum held a design workshop on Monday, November 14. At this workshop, staff, board members, and community members provided input on the building and site layout to two architects from the Pratt's contracted firm, Livingston Slone. A three-dimensional model of the Pratt's 9.3-acre property and moveable foam core blocks of major spaces or structures were used to explore several layout options and consider issues such as work area and gallery adjacencies, shipping/receiving needs, exhibit installations, humidity and temperature control, sight lines, flow, outdoor event spaces, parking, and access. The architects will use input from these workshops to develop the new building and updated site concepts.
Draft concepts of the ideas developed at the workshop will be available for comment and further community input in a few weeks. The next design workshop with the architects is scheduled for mid-January; the specific date and time for the community meeting will be posted on the Pratt's web site calendar, local media, and in the monthly electronic newsletter as soon as they are established. The Pratt's staff and Board of Directors would like all interested community members to be heard during this process.