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"Making Improv Magic, The Value of Play & Working with Colin Mochrie" In Conversation with Liz Johnston & Mimi Warshaw on ENTRANCES AND EXITS at the 2018 Fringe
Interview by Megan Robinson.
The concept of Entrances and Exits, a new farce on stage now as part of the Toronto Fringe Festival, is a complicated one. To make things more complicated, it's also entirely improvised!
This impressive and unscripted farce is split into two parts; with the first twenty minutes playing out in the living room with a series of entrances and exits into and out of the bedroom and then restarting a second time with the same scenario, but set in the bedroom. This requires that the cast do an instant replay of sorts; filling in the blanks of the story, hitting all the main plot points, and eventually culminating with a satisfying resolution. And hopefully they can make us laugh along the way.
Somehow, the cast pulls this off without any planning and with very minimal mid-show discussion.
We sat down with actor, improviser, Bad Dog Theatre Company member and Entrances and Exits co-creator Liz Johnston and Howland Company member and E&E production manager Mimi Warshaw to figure out how they make that improv magic happen, some common misconceptions about improv, and, of course, what it's like working with Colin Mochrie.
Megan Robinson: What does a rehearsal look like for this type of improvised show?
Mimi Warshaw: Paolo (Santalucia, the director) brought a lot of his acting training into it and was really interested in playing with characters, discovering characters and trying on some clown work. So that was the beginning, just to play. That helped to know how everyone worked. That was the focus of the first half.
The last month and a half was about finding the show. And it grew in pieces. There was a lot of, "Let's play with one room, then the next room, now let's see what happens if we flip the set."
A lot of playing and coming back and saying, "How did that feel? What worked? What can we do better?"
MR: Is there anything not improvised? What might be consistent throughout the show? The characters? Anything?
Liz Johnston: You really don't know what will happen.
MW: I've seen maybe a dozen versions, maybe more, and no two shows have been the same.
MR: How much do you play for each other and how much is for the audience?
LJ: The audiences have been really generous, so I think we've been playing a lot for the audience. The thing about improv is that you also get the joy of making each other laugh. There are so many fabulous moments where someone will say something, and you just can't help it. And the audience feels kind of in on it because they know it's improvised. That's really joyful. That's what I love more than any kind of theatre, where you can really have everybody be on the same page, and they can be like, "I know exactly why this is funny. I was here for every part of it."
MR: What is a myth or misconception about improv?
MW: I firmly believe that people think improv is just people going up and being funny. But I think good improv is funny because it's recognizable. When I'm at an improv show, there's always somebody who gives a suggestion like, 'we're in a volcano at the end of the earth.'
And I'm like, 'we'll never be there so…' Maybe it would be funny, but I'm more interested in seeing somebody in a bakery having a traumatic moment and seeing the comedy in that.
I don't know if it's a misconception, but I like seeing reality on stage, and I think there's comedy in that. I think that's funnier than just a bunch of jokes.
I also think people are terrified of doing improv because they think they aren't funny…
LJ: Another thing is that it's nice to have people now recognize that there really are different styles of improv, that are all valuable.
So you can go to an improv show and have big laughs and fast scenes and big characters and enjoy that just as much as going to see something like this longer narrative unfold and have unexpected turns, more dramatic moments, and have them both be beautiful and both be improv.
I don't want to run into a trap here… I love short-form improv. I love games (an easy thing to describe it as is what you see on Whose Line Is It Anyway). There's so much joy in that, and there's so much talent in being able to do that well. It's truly harder than anything else. So I never want to say those aren't worth as much as a long-form unscripted piece of theatre.
MR: So farce is very slapstick and physical. How do you improvise that sort of thing? Or do you?
MW: It's not just physical, it leans towards the improbable, leans towards the ridiculous, so it doesn't need to be grounded to reality. And we definitely do that. As much as there's still truth, it still has that sense of play.
The other thing I've been told about farce is it doesn't need to have to have a moral. It can just be a really beautifully fun and hilarious time.
LJ: I always forget we have so many different definitions we've gone through describing what farce is, but again leaning towards the improbable.
Like: There's a dead body in the other room, this is true, what else is true? It's not about calling the cops or trying to figure out what happened. It's us trying to be like, "Okay, there's a body in the other room, but we also have to make sure everything's fine for the party."
We like the fact that as much as it is ridiculous, it's all stuff that could happen. It's all about the foibles of humanity and the relationships between people and it takes those tensions that might already exist, those love affairs that exist, and heightens them to the point of the ridiculous.
MR: Must be fun!
LJ: It is nice to escape a little bit. Which is not to say that we don't deal with the issues of what's going on in reality, but because it is so focused on just relationships between individuals and how silly and absurd they can be, it is a bit of an escape to get to go there and just live in that ridiculous and joyful place.
MR: Have you ever showed up to rehearsal and been in the shittiest mood and not been able to find that joy?
LJ: I had one where it was an 11 pm show, and I had just done D&D Live!, which is another show that I LOVE, and it's so funny and also improvised. I'd done that earlier in the day and I'd done another show, so I came to do the 11pm show, and I was so zonked. I could not find my energy. But it's the same thing that happens for any performer; the audience starts to come in, you have the cast around you, you put on your costume, and you're like, "This is the best thing ever! What's next?"
So it's a nice medication for tiredness.
MR: Some of the best questions can come from inside the process. Do you have a question you'd like to ask each other about your experience within the show?
MW: Liz, when you're standing backstage, and you're like, "I need to figure out what I'm bringing to this scenario", what's that process like? How do you feel in that moment?
LJ: I don't know. I really don't think about it. I like to just go on stage. That's the kind of classic improv thing: if you can really get used to just trusting yourself to go onstage.
Just open the door, going, "Here we are! What happens next?"
MW: In the show, how much awareness do you have of the bedroom when you're in the living room?
LJ: I usually have an idea of what I think is going on. And everybody is so good at having their own ideas.
We talk about this in improv, it's called "group mind" where everyone sort of ends up on the same page without discussing it at all.
The number of times that will happen with this show… I mean, it's the magic of it!
MR: So the magic of it is a surprise to the improvisers too? I know as an audience member, that's how it feels. Those moments feel…
LJ: Totally, you come back, and you're just like wow! It feels so wild.
MR: What about pushing boundaries?
LJ: You check in. You talk about it, whether it's physical touching or subjects you can touch on that may be a boundary. Even just one night, with my nose bleeds, and I was like, "Listen, guys, it might happen. I have tissue in my pocket. I'm okay, it's okay." And any of those types of conversations, you just need to have them. And we've had those. Any good cast will talk about it constantly.
MW: There are moments where people will say things, and we've had this in rehearsals, where somebody will take a dive, and be like, "I'm going to propose something…"
But our cast is really supportive and really knows each other and so they're able to support them. And that's what I love about improv – you can do something, and guaranteed, five people will say we've got your back, we've got you, we'll take care of you.
There have definitely been moments where you need to be risky, but these people handled that with such care, and such responsibility, they made it so safe.
LJ: Anyone who is making a faux pas, it's coming from a place of fear.
The biggest thing in improv is you need to go on stage making a choice to make everyone else look as good as possible so if you can do that, if everybody is doing that, then everybody is going to look great. You're setting up everyone else to succeed. You can't do that if you're undercutting them or sacrificing them for a laugh or commenting on something for the sake of the audience.
MR: Lastly, tell me about working with Colin Mochrie!
LJ: He's just the most generous man.
It's such a generous thing to do; to know your name will lend fame, or excitement to someone's show. He does that so willingly and generously.
He did this exercise with us, which is really difficult. Everyone was struggling to keep up and we started playing with the format of the game so it got faster and went backwards and forwards, so fast! But Colin was having no trouble, just breezing through it. Everyone know's how funny he is and how sharp, but good lord the man is fast. And so present. We're so excited to have him on the show!
Entrances and Exits
Presented by The Howland Company in association with Bad Dog Comedy Theatre
Created by Liz Johnston & Ruth Goodwin
Director: Paolo Santalucia
Starring: Ghazal Azarbad, Conor Bradbury, Nigel Downer, Dylan Evans, Ruth Goodwin, Liz Johnston, Connor Low
Designed by: Christian Horoszczak
Production Manager: Mimi Warshaw
A completely improvised play based on the structure of traditional farces we love like "The Norman Conquests" and "Noises Off".
125 Bathurst St
13th July – 7:30pm
14th July – 9:15pm
15th July – 12:00pm


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Those not familiar with the series should know that the principal character is single--part Apache, part Scot--who raises Brahmin cattle on the Vaca Grande Ranch and doubles as a private investigator in a town that is clearly Catalina. She's a tough broad with a soft center. If they ever made a movie about her, Barbara Stanwyck would've been perfect.
There are other recurring characters in the series, some totally fictional and others based in reality. One of the latter is Petunia the Pig, whose real-life model can be met at Clues Unlimited at select times--this might tend to make some of us locals a tad nervous.
The Tucson Symphony Orchestra cello section will probably not be happy with the fictional victim, who was leading a secret life involved with sex cult weirdos and who just might have gotten her killed for reasons that gradually unwind as Browning introduces us to the other characters. Her neighbors, her family and her dogs are recurring, as is her almost boyfriend, a local prosecutor. Along with them, we meet a host of unsavory folks, several of whom are part of the surprises and plot turns that always make a good mystery novel.
The one group-sex scene part of the novel is hardly there to titillate; it's a necessary part of the plot. In fact, it gives voyeurism a bad name, as it is sordid and tawdry, so much so that Trade feels the need to head back to the reservation and go through an Apache cleansing ceremony after having secretly witnessed it.
For those steady readers concerned over Trade's own sex life, after four volumes of divorced celibacy, she finally scores. The big question is: Since she's with a guy she really likes and who really likes her, how come nothing ever develops after that one great night? They're both single and available, but Trade holds back, exposing a deeper side it would take future volumes to fully understand.
Browning recounts a tragic incident she was part of in describing the discovery of a downed power pole near Oracle that caused the death of two mountain lions, four head of cattle and a silver fox. Its placement hardly ripples the story line, and its fresh outdoor view contrasts mightily with the sleaze the bulk of her other characters are part of. But hey, it's a mystery novel--it's supposed to have bad people in it.
Traggedy Ann goes a little deeper than prior Trade Ellis books, and the plot is more complex. Like in any good series, we learn a little more about the principal character each time. And this one makes us want to learn more.
Hopefully, there'll be more. Like Conan Doyle with Sherlock, series characters can sometimes wear the writer out. Worse, the recent flooding in Catalina all but destroyed the Browning home: The real Vaca Grande is no more. Only time will tell if she can bring herself to writing about her dirty shirt cowgirl again.
In the meantime, there's Traggedy Ann for all who've found Trade Ellis already, and the first four--The Last Song Dogs, The Sporting Club, Rode Hard, Put Away Dead and Crack Shot for those who haven't.


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Fishing is a favorite past time during vacation, and this is the reason why Key West backcountry fishing guides are so popular. When you book a private charter with BackCountry Key West Charters, you rent the whole boat getting the full attention of our crew.
What do I need to go fishing for the first time?
First thing you will need is a license, then the rods, reels, lines, boobers, and a lot of luck. You will also need to learn some fishing techniques, and how to make a knot or how to fix the bait in the hook.
Before you proceed with buying all this, will be useful to decide where do you want to go fishing and what kind of catch you are targeting. It is not the same thing to fish on a river with deep-sea fishing, so your tackle will be different. If, instead, you want to get rid of all this hassle and to enjoy your vacation, just search for the Key West backcountry fishing guides. We will provide you everything, including the permits; you only have to bring a big smile and to be ready for fun!
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Planning a family fishing trip may be a little bit disorienting with so many available offers. You would like to make sure that you spent your money wisely, and that you will have a good time and a good catch. There are some simple steps you can take for this:
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One of my guilty pleasures is watching ghost hunting shows. I DVR episodes of Ghost Adventures (and previously Ghost Hunters – may the show R.I.P.) and snuggle with our dog on the bed while I listen to the EVPs and slamming doors. I've even gotten to the point where I can hear the spirit voices before they replay them with the subtitles. I think I like watching these shows because I'm pretty sure I used to live in a house where I had some spiritual co-inhabitants. It was a house built in 1928 on the farmland of one of the city founders. I never felt anything evil or menacing, just an occasional presence over my shoulder, watching what I was doing. There were also the times where lights I know I turned off were back on. Not just once or twice, but more like a weekly occurrence. I really noticed the difference when I moved and the feeling of being watched was gone. It was the strangest thing and it's impossible to describe if you've never experienced it.
Alas, Sharon doesn't share my enthusiasm in ghosts and the paranormal, but over the years, I've managed to get her to go to a number of haunted locations. Some of them because they had another appeal to her tastes and other times we were led there as part of a tour package. I didn't care, we were going ghost hunting!
Savannah, GA
There's something about old southern towns that seem to attract the spirits. They also seem to have the best background stories to go along with the hauntings.
We both love Savannah so I was able to get Sharon to agree to go on a ghost tour. This was not one of our best tours as the guide seemed obsessed with us taking pictures and then looking at them for spirits in the form of orbs. Our first house was an old, abandoned house that supposedly had spirits that you could see through the windows. You could also supposedly capture a picture of an orb. Looking back, it seems like all of our pictures look like this.
We visited the house on our own the next day and it wasn't as creepy looking, just abandoned.
I wonder if the people who live in this house today know that 10 years ago it was part of a Haunted Savannah tour.
We also stopped by The Pirate House where there was supposed to be some image in these windows but I didn't see anything in the pictures we took.
We did some touring of historic houses of Savannah on our own and heard way more ghost stories. Not even knowing it, we wandered by one of the most haunted houses in Savannah, the Sorrel-Weed House. This is the same house that was investigated by TAPS on Ghost Hunters in 2005 and in 2014 on Ghost Adventures.
I can't be sure of this but from the pictures I have, it sure looks like our tour guide was the same woman that Zak was interviewing during the episode. Here is a picture of her talking to us in the basement (the room that she says in the episode that she didn't want to go into anymore.)
This house was way creepier than anything we experienced on our tour the night before.
This goes to show that not all tours are the same and you should try to find a little about them before heading out for the evening. I don't think we'd go on a tour like this one again.
Killarney, Ireland
Our next ghost tour was on a visit to Ireland. In Killarney, we went out on a night tour to visit an old abbey and the adjoining graveyard.
This tour had a combination of ghost stories, eerie surroundings and depictions of current activity in the area.
Some of the areas that were supposed to feel haunted felt totally fine.
While I actually felt that at certain times of the tour there was something behind me. I even turned around once or twice and snapped some quick shots. I can't see anything in them but maybe you can?
Port Arthur, Australia
This was another ghost tour we went to as part of a tour. It was already dark when we were walking around and I wasn't taking any pictures. However, I did find this Ghost Hunters special that went to the same place we went on our tour. In fact, one of our guides is featured in the video. The jailhouse building did feel really uncomfortable but no one was attacked when we were visiting.
Key West, FL
We've stayed in Key West many times over the years and have done almost all of the touristy things there are to do there. However, until this year, we'd never gone on a ghost tour. We had a free evening and decided to check out if there were any spirits, besides the alcoholic ones, that we'd been missing out on.
Our tour took us to several places we had walked past many times without knowing the darker history behind them. We spent a great deal of our time in front of the former home of "Robert the Doll"
We also learned the history of the "Oldest House in Key West" and even ghost stories from the building that is now the home of the Hard Rock Cafe.
New Orleans, LA
One of the most interesting ghost tours we've been on was the one we took in New Orleans. It's a given that the longer a city has been around, the more legends and stories it will have. Since New Orleans just celebrated its 300th Anniversary, there's no shortage of ghost stories to go around.
On our trip to New Orleans, one of our Facebook followers recommended Jonathan Weiss' Ghost Tour and we were not disappointed. The best thing I can say about his tour is that I hardly have any pictures of our time with him. His telling of the stories of New Orleans was so captivating that he didn't need to tell us to take pictures of buildings in the hope we saw the spirits. We walked away knowing that the spirits in the city are one of the many things that make New Orleans the fascinating place that it is. The stories are part of the fabric that knits the city together and that's not something you can capture in a photograph of a window or an old building.
Alcatraz Island, CA
The last haunted location I've been able to get Sharon to visit was Alcatraz. It wasn't hard to get her to visit because she loves to visit old jails. So we both had our reasons and we ended up splitting up for part of our tour.
This was the first haunted location I've visited after watching an investigation on TV. I had just watched Ghost Adventures episode where they stayed on the island overnight so I just had had to visit some of the locations from the show.
I went into cells 13 and 14 from the isolation area. While the area was very uncomfortable, I don't know if it was because of any spirits, because I was expecting to feel something or just because it was a jail cell.
Visiting haunted locations can be fun. If you go in with the correct mindset and have a good guide, it can be an interesting experience. If not, it could be several hours of your life that you'll never get back. I'd try to find out ahead of time if the tour is more interested in investigations or more into the spooky history of the locations. Pick one that's more in line with your interests and you'll enjoy your tour much more.
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We have all been there on public transportation when you are carrying more than you remember and you end up leaving something on the seat. It's OK when it's half a candy bar or the coffee you just bought, but the worst is when you realize you left your wallet on the seat.
This very thing happened to Stephanie Robertson-King's daughter. Her daughter was in tears when she realized her mistake of leaving her wallet on the bus.
"She naively asks if she'll get it back," Robertson-King said. "Not wanting to crush her spirit anymore-I admitted it was highly unlikely."
She didn't want to break her daughter's heart, but Robertson-King didn't have any hope of that wallet coming back.
When they got home they found a young man knocking on their front door. Shocked, the mom asked this boy what he was doing here.
He said that he had found a wallet on the bus and wanted to return it because the same thing happened to him a couple weeks ago.
"This gesture has doused my cynicism and restored my faith." Robertson-King said.
The family immediately did all they could to repay this young man for taking the time to return the forgotten wallet. This included giving him some money out of the very wallet he returned.
It was a happy reunion with a surprising twist. The 19-year-old who returned the wallet was actually the son of one of Robertson-King's co-workers.
We often doubt other people's goodness, but we need to remember there are good people in the world.
You never know who the hero is going to be
As it turned out, the young man was someone they were already connected with. We never know who is going to be the person who helps us.
We all go through different experiences that teach us different skills or give us empathy for things other people are going through. So you don't have to be an expert or a professional to reach out and help other people.
Don't forget about your neighbors
There is so much we can do for those in our community, especially those who live around us. People always need help - whether it's the old man up the street who can't pull his trash cans in or the single mom who doesn't have time to shovel her driveway. There is always something we can do. All you need to do is make a little time and look around.
It's easy to see a need and fulfill it
People need help everywhere, and it shouldn't be that big of a deal to reach out and help others. People have little needs or big needs that don't take that long to fulfill.
The best way to make time for service is to not overbook yourself. Instead of only having the 10 minutes it takes to drive to work, give yourself 15 minutes so you have five minutes to look around and see if anyone needs your help.
We don't always think we have the skill set or the time to help other people, but we do. We have all gone through different experiences that have taught us different life skills and empathy. And service doesn't have to take a long time to be meaningful.


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Neighbours demand answers over future of quarry
People living near a quarry have called for more information on its future amid newly confirmed takeover talks.
Ronnie Fenwick, 76, says residents have a right to know what plans are in store.
The revealed demolition firm G O'Brien & Sons is in discussions to buy the land.
The quarry's owner, Owen Pugh Aggregates, went into administration in October and administrators are seeking a buyer.
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Gordon O'Brien, managing director of G O'Brien & Sons, confirmed his company was negotiating for the site but has not responded to requests for further comment or clarification.
Mr Fenwick, whose home in Mill Lane, Marsden, is among those closest to the quarry, wants to know more about the company's plans.
The retired colliery electrician said: "Residents want to know what is happening. I'd heard that O'Brien was interested in taking the quarry on but no one is sure what their plans are for it.
"For years, the residents have had the raggy end of the stick. The council really needs to step in now and stop quarrying."
He added: "We have to dust our homes every day when the quarry is operating, it's awful.
Another resident, who did not want to be named, said there were rumours the site would be used as landfill for food waste.
She ad)ded: "That has been going around. It is an option I think would be worse than the crushing of stone that was going on there until recently. There's been a lot of complaints about the quarry for so many years that I think now most residents just want it shutting down."
About 250 people lost their jobs when Owen Pugh Aggregates went into administration.
A skeleton team of less than 30 has been kept on at Marsden while administrator Grant Thornton searches for a buyer.
The company is believed to have crushed construction waste there for use on roads and developments.
Whitburn and Marsden Labour councillor Tracey Dixon has said she plans to meet with O'Brien should it take over the site, to ensure it worked with the community.
She has admitted that residents have long-standing concerns about the quarry's operations.


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Tuesday Phase-Transition Blogging
Why does yesterday's salt-based beer chilling tip work? I'd assumed it was simply because the salt changed the melting point of the ice, allowing water to get colder than it normally does, but Midwest Product says there's more:
The presence of the salt does allow the water temperature to drop below 32 degrees, but this trick also works in part because the salt speeds up the melting of the ice. The phase transition from solid to liquid absorbs heat, which helps keep the water extra cold.
That's why calipygian's trick is related; it simply uses the transition from liquid to gas rather than from solid to liquid. Just like melting ice, evaporating water absorbs heat from its surroundings (in his example, the warm bottle).


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During our last day in Israel we visited the Israeli Supreme Court. The building was built in 1992, and, as with all national institutions in Israel, it is located in West Jerusalem. The building was intended to combine both old and new and indoors and outdoors. This means there is Jerusalem stone throughout the building, combined with windows to let in natural light, and straight lines to represent the law and circles to represent justice. These ideas are taken from Psalms as "You are righteous…and your laws are straight (Psalms 119:137) and "He leads me in circles of justice (Psalms 23:3).
Due to the amount of light and windows, the building leaves an impression of being an open institution. This impression was further supported by the large numbers of people watching the various proceedings going on while we there.
The Court, unlike the US Supreme Court, does not hear cases as a single panel, but instead the fifteen Supreme Court justices break into smaller panels of 3, 5, or more, depending on the case. Breaking into smaller panels also helps the Court to manage its large caseload. For example, last year the Court heard 10,000 cases (a number that far exceed the US Supreme Court's caseload, for a country that is far smaller than the USA).
As a result of hearing cases in panels, the Supreme Court needs multiple courtrooms and has courtrooms of different sizes. On the day we were there, the largest courtroom was hearing a case about asylum seekers from Africa. The courtroom was packed with an audience that appeared to include both Africans and Israelis. Due to limited seating we went in small groups and watched parts of the proceedings. The hallway outside the courtroom was full of apparent litigants and their lawyers. Overall, the atmosphere seemed more like what I would expect at a lower court level with the level of activity both inside and outside the courtrooms.
Our tour included a view into the library, which is in a central location, and planned to be visible to all who enter. The library includes a significant comparative law collection as the Israeli Supreme Court often looks to law from other countries, particularly other common law countries (such as the United States).
After our tour of the building and watching one of the cases, we met with Justice Asher Grunis, President of the Israeli Supreme Court from 2012-2015. Justice Grunis is now retired. Israel has a mandatory retirement age of 70 for all judges (and other professionals). One can only imagine what the US Supreme Court would look like if such a mandatory retirement age were enforced!
Justice Grunis spoke with us about how judges are selected, including Supreme Court judges, and the laws in force. Justice Grunis spoke about the importance of comparative law for the Israeli Supreme Court and how common it is to look beyond Israel in deciding cases. One small indication of the importance of this is the Foreign Clerkship program. The Israeli Supreme Court accepts clerks from other countries to help in comparative law research. Several of the current foreign clerks who were from the USA joined us for the session with Justice Grunis. It is a volunteer program, but for those who are interested in more information, or in applying, the information is available here
Justice Grunis also spoke to us about dispute resolution in Israel. One process he described was one in which the parties agree that the court will issue a compromise judgement—something that is allowed by statute. Justice Grunis thought that this was a "fantastic tool for judges" as it gives them another option in terms of how to resolve the case. This was one of the many fascinating tid-bits that we heard about during our trip that left many of us wanting more information and wanting to dive into more depth to find out how this process is working in practice including how frequently it is used.
Justice Grunis also spoke briefly about plea bargaining. As in the United States, plea bargaining is frequently used in Israel. As Justice Grunis described, in the 1970s the court didn't like plea bargaining, but "now we can't rid of plea bargaining" due to the large number of cases that the courts are processing through plea bargaining. Justice Grunis, in response to a question did say that the Israeli Supreme Court (similar to the United States Supreme Court) hasn't yet taken a hard look at prosecutorial behavior in plea negotiations or placed any limits on their tactics. Justice Grunis expressed concern, as is often expressed in plea bargaining discussions in the USA, that innocent people may be pleading guilty.
Justice Grunis also talked about how the Israeli Supreme Court is often hearing cases that are at the center of public attention and political issues. In that discussion, Justice Grunis explained how sometimes the smartest decision is not to decide, citing the example of a case involving the threshold level for representation in the Knesset (the parliament). The concern raised was that the threshold of 3.5% of the vote (nationwide) was discriminating against Arab-Israelis. After the election, it was clear that if the threshold had gone down to the requested 1%, there would have been fewer Arab-Israeli's elected to the parliament.
Just one of example of how sometimes, perhaps, it is good to wait and gather more information, and not rush to make a decision.


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In with the new and out with the old–today marks the last day of 2014 and I plan on spending it with some of my favorite people while dressed in a rather fancy ensemble.
I've been obsessed with shirt dresses this past year so when I found this glittery one for the holidays, I was really excited. The best thing about this item is that it can not only be worn as a dress, but also as a top tucked into some trousers or left out on dark denim. AND its comfort level is on point. Definitely one of my favorite finds in the month of December.
I hope you all have a wonderful and safe New Year's Eve! Kenny and I will be doing a lot more come 2015 so be sure to check back as frequently as you can.


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Antonio Berardi said that he wanted to "inject an element of sculpture" into his pre-fall collection. That translated into pieces that riffed on the designer's signature strong-shouldered silhouette, done in a noirish palette of gray, black and camel, with flashes of orange and tomato red. Coats and jackets, worked in luxurious fabrics such as double cashmere and bouclé wool, looked as if they were molded to create a modern, cocoon-like silhouette. A more glam take on the look came in a floor-length black gown, embellished with organza and crystal embroidery, and accessorized with edgy elbow-length leather gloves and a patent leather belt.
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