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Allen Sabinson certainly had a good run in Hollywood. He oversaw movies and miniseries for ABC, programming for A&E, even served a stint (not very happily) at Miramax. But the wheels spin and leave one-time insiders on the outside. What to do then?
Like many others — particularly those weaned in the once-thriving, now-moribund TV movie biz — Sabinson found refuge in academia. He presides as dean of Drexel U.'s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, which like a number of universities, has taken steps to establish a Southern California toehold.
This summer the Philadelphia-based school (home to Comcast and the Liberty Bell) began emulating other colleges outside the glamour markets by launching an L.A.-based summer program for 25 students. Drexel also orchestrates a co-op initiative requiring juniors to spend at least six months working professionally — experience not only offering practical experience but which can separate those truly committed to media careers from dabblers.
There's some irony, inevitably, in the evolving relationship between Hollywood and academia. While veteran execs and talent struggle to gain steady employment themselves — particularly those disenfranchised by declining genres, like telepics and daytime soaps — opportunities have sprouted to train those young, eager, and hungry to break in and supplant the old guard.
While hopefuls always outnumber jobs, as the New York Times reported, despite shakier-than-usual prospects thanks to media cutbacks there's significant growth in film-school enrollment beyond USC, UCLA and NYU, as colleges such as Drexel and Syracuse U. (which also has an ambitious L.A. program) aggressively pursue media as a curriculum.
Sabinson — who didn't see greenlighting reality shows as a terribly appetizing alternative when he "opened myself up the universe" and segued to education — is certainly mindful of the inherent dichotomy in this. And while he has assembled a department populated by seasoned entertainment pros who can convey practical know-how, he's equally aware the transition from exec to professor isn't for everybody.
"It was the biggest learning curve I've ever faced in my life," he said, admitting he initially harbored "some concern about moving into education."
At Drexel, Sabinson shepherds 2,000 students in 16 undergraduate and five graduate spheres. Although it's unlikely they include the next Spielberg or Lucas, he cited a wide range of employment options, from advertising to industrial films, where students can benefit from these disciplines.
"A lot of these skills will translate to media-related jobs beyond entertainment," he said.
Although outwardly appealing — hey, who wouldn't want to go back to college? — the transition isn't always easy. Those accustomed to the Hollywood treatment must adapt to a different salary scale and lifestyle, without the support systems they once enjoyed.
"It's under-resourced. You certainly don't do it for the money," said Andrew Susskind, a former head of TV at Imagine Entertainment and Weintraub Entertainment, whom Sabinson tapped as director of Drexel's newly created television major.
Like Sabinson, who said he stumbled into academia, Susskind has found the switch an adjustment. Nevertheless, he says it's invigorating to spend every day interacting with the younger demographic that networks and programmers so desperately yearn to reach.
"It's been a wonderful recharging of creative juices," Susskind said. "It's like I'm in the lab every day around the people they're most trying to figure out."
Those who have made the jump say many in Hollywood harbor misconceptions about such a move, given the various constituencies requiring attention and the university system's own arcane politics.
Admittedly, the chasm separating Drexel students from Hollywood might appear cavernous, but when it comes to media, hope springs eternal. In addition, the current college-age generation comes pre-armed with a "mind-boggling" grasp of media technology, Sabinson noted, if in some instances a magical view of the likelihood of fulfilling their showbiz dreams.
For that reason, Susskind said Drexel's co-op element is enormously valuable, providing students "an early dose of how hard it is to find work in this business."
In that, actually, the kids might have something in common with Hollywood elders contemplating a second act behind a lectern. Because while the challenges might be different, Sabinson said, "It's as hard to break into the academy as it is to break into television."


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Fantasy playoffs are here, so here is hoping you're still playing, and even moreso, hopefully you've got guys trending up instead of trending down. There might be some waiver wire gems in here that can help you.
Moving Up
- All of your Saints – Looks like they're going for a perfect season.
- Hakeem Nicks, Giants – Four catches for 110 yards and a touchdown looks nice but he could have doubled his production if not for a pair of drops on deep balls. He's moved ahead of Mario Manningham into the starting line-up and it seems like he's ready to flourish.
- Brandon Marshall, Broncos – I guess 21 receptions for 200 yards and a pair of touchdowns will get you in the Moving Up category.
- Reggie Bush, Saints – Went from the doghouse in Week 13 to the penthouse in Week 14 with 79 total yards and a pair of touchdowns. What's important is that head coach Sean Payton praised his play after the game.
- T.J. Houshmandzadeh and Deion Branch, Seahawks – Looks like Nate Burleson is out with a high ankle sprain and with three games left, there is little point in keeping him on the active roster. Houshmandzadeh has struggled lately with 139 yards in his last four games but this might awaken him from his slumber. Branch becomes a desperation flex play, nothing more.
- Fred Davis, Redskins – Turns out this guy can play – double digit fantasy points in three straight games including four touchdowns over that stretch. This guy is definitely worth a spot in keeper leagues.
- Darren McFadden, Raiders – Had 21 yards rushing and 84 yards receving on 11 touches against the Redskins this week. Maybe the light has come on for him. It's worth nothing that 74 of those yards came on two pass plays and consistency is a big problem for McFadden.
- Leonard Weaver, Eagles – Splitting the carries with LeSean McCoy and scored a touchdown this week. Good enough for nine fantasy points if you need help at running back.
- Kenneth Darby, Rams – It appears that at some point, Steven Jackson's bad back will cause him to miss time. If you haven't handcuffed him yet, it's time to jump on Darby. Of course, one bad carry and Samkon Gado may be the guy you wish you had.
Moving Down
- All of your Colts – Looks like they're not going for a perfect season.
- Randy Moss, Patriots – Yikes! Just when the fantasy playoffs are starting, Moss goes AWOL. The good news is that the Bill Belichick and Tom Brady realized he needs to be coddled. The bad news is that nobody knows if it's going to work.
- Marion Barber, Cowboys – Four carries from the one and no touchdown? Are you kididng me? That's ugly but what's worse is that he has double digit fantasy points in only five games this year. That's RB3 territory, folks.
- Matt Ryan, Falcons – The Falcons aren't mathematically eliminated but they might as well be which means there's little point in risking the team's franchise player to injury. Looks like he's played his last snap of 2009.
- Jerricho Cotchery, Jets – With a banged up Mark Sanchez and Kellen Clemens under center, Cotchery has 106 yards receiving over his last three games.
- Carson Palmer, Bengals – Over the past three weeks, he's had games of 110 and 94 yards passing. The Bengals offense is based on their ability to run the ball and Palmer's a low end backup fantasy quarterback at this point.
- Joe Flacco, Ravens – Over the last seven weeks, he's been more likely to throw for under 200 yards than for over 200 yards. Plus, he has only four touchdowns in those seven games.
- Matt Cassel, Chiefs – 308 yards passing and no touchdowns over the last two weeks. In leagues that take away points for interceptions, the six picks he's thrown over that stretch means he's right around zero fantasy points in each game.
- All of your Rams – Hopefully you were smart enough to avoid drafting any Rams players but Steven Jackson's back held him back in Tennessee and now the offense is led by Craig Null. Here's what you need to know about Null – 6th round pick, Division I-AA, five picks in his debut. Kyle Boller might return but hopefully you're not counting on Kyle Boller's return to help your fantasy squad.
Not Sold Yet
- Quinton Ganther, Redskins – 21 fantasy points on a pair of touchdowns, 50 yards rushing and 43 yards receiving is sweet, even if it was against the Raiders. What's not sweet is having the Giants and Cowboys up next.
- Chris Jennings and Jerome Harrison, Browns – One week it's Jennings, one week it's Harrison. What's nice is that the Chiefs and Raiders are up next. Good luck picking the right guy.
- Maurice Morris and Aaron Brown, Lions – Kevin Smith is out for the year but unfortunately the Lions have the Cardinals and 49ers up next. Neither of these guys is good enough to do much against those solid run defenses.

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text: Emo-rocking pop-punk act Just Surrender formed in 2003, originally dubbed A Second Chance. The group sprang up around high-school buddies bassist/vocalist Jason Maffucci, guitarist Andrew Meunier, and drummer Steve Miller before the search for a suitable fourth member eventually ended with the addition of guitarist/vocalist Dan Simons. Based out of Dover Plains, NY, the crew recorded a four-song EP with producer John Naclerio (Brand New, Senses Fail), and within months of posting some songs online, their music had logged nearly half a million listens and their tradeoff vocals earned the band comparisons to Taking Back Sunday. As gigs at the Chance Theater in nearby Poughkeepsie were getting visibly bigger, fellow New Yorkers Autopilot Off took notice and brought the young group out on tour. This quickly led to other higher-profile shows with bands like Bayside, Hawthorne Heights, Matchbook Romance, the Early November, and more. In March 2005, A Second Chance inked a deal with Broken English Records -- co-owned by Naclerio and Autopilot Off's Chris Hughes -- and changed their name to Just Surrender (due to trademark concerns) soon after. Their full-length and label debut, If These Streets Could Talk, was released in July 2005 and the usual rounds of touring commenced. Meunier parted ways with Just Surrender in early 2007. ~ Corey Apar


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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake GK Nick Rimando has been called up to the U.S. Men's National Team for its June 11 and June 18 World Cup Qualifying matches.
Rimando will join the U.S. team on June 9 in Seattle ahead of its June 11 World Cup Qualifying match at CenturyLink Field against Panama. The 33-year-old 'keeper will remain with the team through its June 18 qualifier against Honduras at Real Salt Lake's Rio Tinto Stadium. Rimando will not miss any of RSL's MLS matches while with the national team.
"It's a great feeling and an honor to be called up for the next set of very important World Cup Qualifying games," Rimando said. "Having one of the games in my home stadium makes it truly special not only to represent the U.S., but also RSL and I'll be ready if called upon."
Called in for virtually every U.S. camp last year, Rimando was a part of the U.S. World Cup Qualifying squad that beat RSL FW Alvaro Saborio and Costa Rica 1-0 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park outside of Denver on March 22 and tied Mexico 0-0 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on March 26. The veteran goalie has six career caps with the Stars-and-Stripes, with his last coming on Jan. 25, 2012 in a 1-0 friendly win at Panama.
Rimando is one of four MLS goalies who will rotate through the U.S. camp, which will begin on May 26 in Cleveland and wrap on June 19 in Salt Lake. The U.S. will play friendlies against Belgium in Cleveland on May 29 and against Germany in Washington, D.C. on June 2 before playing World Cup Qualifiers at Jamaica on June 7, against Panama in Seattle on June 11 and against Honduras at Rio Tinto Stadium on June 18. English Premier League GK's Tim Howard and Brad Guzan will be with the U.S. team throughout its camp; Chicago Fire GK Sean Johnson, D.C. United GK Bill Hamid and Houston Dynamo GK Tally Hall will each put in a stint in camp before Rimando joins the U.S. on June 9.
"We have some excellent backup keepers starting with Nick Rimando, who's playing an outstanding season for Real Salt Lake and has done great with us every time he's come into camp," said U.S. Men's National Team Manager Jurgen Klinsmann. "We're also excited about the goalkeepers who come after him: Bill Hamid, Sean Johnson and Tally Hall. It's exciting that we can rotate them a bit in these upcoming couple of weeks because we don't want MLS goalies to miss too many of their games."
Real Salt Lake MF Kyle Beckerman and DF Tony Beltran were not called into the upcoming camp after being a part of the squad for the March World Cup Qualifiers against Costa Rica and Mexico. Beckerman's exclusion was a bit of a surprise, as the Claret-and-Cobalt captain has been a regular during Klinsmann's tenure.
Beckerman is expected to be named to the U.S. roster for this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup. The U.S. will play Cuba in a Gold Cup Group Stage match at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 13. RSL MF and U.S. Under-20 international Luis Gil could also be called to the Gold Cup squad following the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Turkey in June and July.
"There are definitely some 50-50 cases for players that we moved toward the Gold Cup where we want to have a very strong roster as well, and we are very excited about that tournament," Klinsmann said. "A player like Kyle Beckerman could be in this camp, but having him in the Gold Cup is a tremendous value.
"There are a lot of players out there on our radar screen," Klinsmann continued. "We want to watch the Under-20's play in Turkey for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. We have some players there on the list that we want to introduce to the senior National Team program one step at a time, so we work on all fronts."
The U.S. is currently tied with Costa Rica for second-place in the CONCACAF Hexagonal with a 1-1-1 record through three matches. The top-three finishers in the 10-game Hexagonal automatically qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, with the fourth-place finisher playing a home-and-home series against New Zealand this November for one spot in the World Cup.
Real Salt Lake will return to MLS action this Sunday, when it will close its three-game road trip with a match against Western Conference foe Chivas USA at the Home Depot Center. Sunday's match will kickoff at 8:30 p.m. MT and will be broadcast live on CW30, ESPN 700 AM and 102.3 La Gran D FM/1600 AM.
The full U.S. roster for the upcoming World Cup Qualifying matches is listed below:
GOALKEEPERS (6): Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tally Hall (Houston Dynamo), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Tim Howard (Everton), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)
DEFENDERS (8): DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla), Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg)
MIDFIELDERS (10): Michael Bradley (Roma), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Maurice Edu (Bursaspor), Stuart Holden (Bolton), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Brek Shea (Stoke City), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)
FORWARDS (5): Jozy Altidore (AZ Alkmaar), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Clint Dempsey (Tottenham Hotspur), Herculez Gomez (Santos), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC)


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The truth, according to sources familiar with the matter, is that the applications powering Orca were developed by an internal "skunkworks," one made up of both campaign staffers and volunteers—not by a big-name consulting firm.
According to Federal Election Commission filings that we examined, the Romney campaign spent over $40 million on technology vendors. Targeted Victory, the firm founded by Romney's Director of Digital Zac Moffatt, was the biggest single beneficiary of that spending, receiving more than $14 million as of the end of October. That money was both payment for its own social media consulting and development work, and for "pass-through" IT spending that went to other contractors such as Rockfish Interactive (the developers of Romney's running mate announcement mobile app).
The investment in Orca, however, was a tiny fraction of the campaign's IT spending. Sources tell us the Romney campaign tried systems similar to Orca during the Republican primaries, but on a much smaller scale. To prepare for the general election, the campaign pulled together a makeshift team of IT people and volunteers, and it was this team that built the full version of the Orca Web app and developed the backend systems to power it.


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The following is a comment of mine in a seminar whose theme was the war between Greece and Italy.
I'm rather puzzled that you have understated the vital role of the political and military leadership of Prime Minister Metaxas and general Papagos respectively, in this triumphant victory over the Italians. Metaxas inspired OXI, NO, mobilized and united the Greek people in a war of life and death and transfigured the Greek army, under the unsurpassable military acumen of both Metaxas and Papagos, into a titanic force whose AERA, slogan of attack, would terrify the Italians and would lead to their ignominious defeat.
Metaxas was an enlightened dictator, unlike the benighted dictators, not to say murderous, Hitler, Stalin and Mao. During his tenure, he introduced the eight-hour working day, IKA, Social Security, mandatory improvements in working conditions, indeed, he appointed as Minister of Labor a former secretary of the Communist Party, and transformed the educational curriculum, imbuing it with its glorious history. He also banned all political parties, including his own, which were the cause of the political turmoil that had made the country ungovernable in the mid 1930's.
Metaxas was the wunderkind of the military German Academy and outshined all his colleagues in ability and acumen. Metaxas was in the league of Plato's philosophers kings.


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Busted: Japanese PM told Duterte to ignore "frogs' noise" and focus on Filipinos? It's a hoax!
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe allegedly advised President Rodrigo Duterte not to pay any attention to "unnecessary noise distraction" from his rivals and focus instead on generating projects for the common Filipinos. He reportedly made the remarks in the midst of Japan government pledging to give Philippines support one the Duterte administration's infrastructure plans.
But the story raised doubts as to its veracity, considering that it came from what Meme Buster has found out to be a fake news site called cnnnews-channel.com.
The website, possibly in an effort to make its story more believable, even included a direct quote, allegedly from Abe. It said, "… ignore 'frogs noise', focus on your citizens."
Aside from the fact that the website did not know how to put the punctuation marks in the right place in the direct quote above, it seemed like Abe did not utter those words himself. Proof? We tried to Google what other websites possibly carried Abe's alleged remarks against Duterte's opposition, but we couldn't find any, except from the fake news site cnnnews-channel.com. Look!
And the presence of other hoaxes among the website's list of published articles did not help build its case either of being something other than a fake news site. Its About Us page did not claim that it was a satirical website, so there was no other way to categorize it aside from it being a fake source of news.
So, Abe certainly did not tell Duterte to "ignore frogs noise." It was merely a story born out of the cnnnews-channel.com writer's imagination. However, this did not stop one Facebook user from sharing the fake news to other Duterte supporters. Hopefully, those who got wind of the hoax will also get wind of the story debunking it.
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Busted: Robredo wants to add years to the K-to-12 program? It's fake news!
Vice President Leni Robredo's office released a statement debunking social media posts claiming that she wants to add a few more years to the K-to-12 program. This came after several posts started circulating about how Robredo allegedly said that she wanted to add a few more years to the K-to-12 program, angering netizens.
A certain tweet on March 1, 2020 showed the vice president's photo along with these words: "Kulang ang K to 12 education system natin. Kelangan apat na taon sa Junior HS at apat na taon sa Senior HS."
In January 17, the same image shared to the Facebook page "Raffy Tulfo In Action Supporters" also got shared over 6,000 times and triggered negative comments among the netizens.
Many social media users have lambasted Robredo over the said meme.
The unwarranted bashing and adverse reactions prompted her office to release an official statement debunking this false claim.
"Hindi totoong pinadadagdagan ni VP Leni Robredo ang mga taon sa K-to-12 program," said the vice president's office in a statement.
"Suportado ng Bise Presidente kung sakaling magkaroon ng review ng nasabing programa. Binibigyang-diin niya na kailangang siguraduhin na may tamang facilities at equipment ang mga specialized tracks, para mas maging madali ang pagtuturo nito at matiyak ang kahandaang makapagtrabaho ng mga mag-aaral sa kanilang pagtatapos," it added.
In October 2019, Robredo did say that she was alright with reviewing how the K-to-12 program to determine how it could be further improved.
"Tumutugon rin ang kaniyang Tanggapan, kasama ang #AngatBuhay partners nito, sa pangangailangan ng tamang kagamitan. Nakapagbigay na ng kaukulang tools at equipment sa mga mahihirap na paaralan, gaya sa Mulanay sa Quezon, Panglao sa Bohol, at Sta. Maria sa Romblon," the statement further said.
This is not the first time Robredo has been a victim of fake news. There were false claims, misleading headlines, and edited images or captions about how former Senator Bongbong Marcos has already won over Robredo, how she met former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to oust President Rodrigo Duterte, or how her portrait was sold on eBay, something that a popular blogger apologized for.
Sources: ( inquirer.net , news.mb.com.ph )
Busted: Walang kasalanan ang Tulfo brothers ayon sa imbestigasyon? It's a misleading headline!
An article has claimed that an investigation has found the Tulfo brothers to be not guilty. It says, "Lumabas Sa Imbestigasyon Na Walang Kasalanan Ang Tulfo Brothers," as published by the website phworkit.top.
The story was even shared by Facebook pages "Ferdinand Emmanual Edralin Marcos" and "Rody Duterte MEDIA."
However, the article merely contained a 10-minute YouTube video, which was a mix several video clips of different reports, some parts of which touched on the issues involving the P60 million tourism ads that aired on the PTV program of Teo's brothers, the Tulfos.
One of the video clips showed that the CNN Philippines reported on why nepotism is considered corruption and abused of authority in the case of now-resigned Tourism Secretary Wanda and how her husband, Roberto Teo, served as the board member of the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA). But Roberto was appointed by former President Benigno Aquino III and has tendered his resignation from TIEZA effective June 30, 2018.
Another video clip showing a CNN Philippines report of a Malacañang press briefing, where a reporter asked Presidential Spokesperon Harry Roque if Communications Secretary Martin Andanar would be among those investigated in the controversial placement of P60 million worth of tourism ads on the program of the Tulfos, who are Teo's brothers, leading people to raise the issue of conflict of interest. As the PCOO chief, he also supervises the state-run PTV-4, where the Tulfos' programs are a blocktimer.
Asked by yet another reporter what President Rodrigo Duterte's comment was on the issue with the DOT and the Tulfos, Roque said that he did not know then because he had not talked to the President for a while and the investigation conducted by the Office of the President was ongoing then.
The headline used in the video is misleading. It meant to make people think that the Tulfo brothers have been cleared from the issue involving them with the controversial P60-million tourism ad deal.
However, reports showed that even after Teo resigned from her post on May 7, the Ombudsman will still continue with the probe into the scandal. The body requested from the Commission on Audit (COA) a copy of its DOT report involving the controversial P60-million worth of payments for ads aired on PTV on May 8. The investigation is still ongoing, which meant that they it has not yet cleared the Tulfos.
Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea is also said to be investigating the scandal to determine the officials at fault at the DOT, People's Television Network Inc. (PTNI), and the PCOO.
Ramon Tulfo, an Inquirer columnist, came out in the defense of his sister Teo and blamed his younger brother Ben Tulfo for the controversy.
Party-list group Akbayan, however, said it was not enough for Teo to step down from her post. They wanted her to be prosecuted.
"The simple firing or resignation of corrupt officials will not put a stop to corruption in the government if this is not followed by swift prosecution and conviction," the group said in a statement.
Akbayan also challenged President Duterte to file cases against Ben and Erwin Tulfo over the controversial ad transaction. Ben owns Bitag Media, which produced the PTV show "Kilos Pronto," the program where the DOT ads were aired. His brother, Erwin, co-hosts the show with him.
Sources: ( newsinfo.inquirer.ne , thestandard.com.ph , cnnphilippines.com , rappler.com , news.abs-cbn.com , businessmirror.com.ph )
Busted: Legarda sinumbatan si Robredo na mag-resign bago pa lumabas ang resulta na panalo si Marcos? Misleading headline!
Senator Loren Legarda allegedly confronted Vice President Leni Robredo and asked her to resign before the results would show former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. as the winner.
The video was posted by blog dailydu30.info on May 15, 2018. The vice presidential vote recount is still ongoing, so the headline must have been referring to the result of the recount. It also made it seem as though Legarda is telling Robredo that she is certain that Marcos would emerge as the winner in the recount.
The YouTube video is 20-minute long and Legarda's face was immediately shown at the beginning of the video. However, if you finish watching it, you'd know immediately that the video was not taken recently. In fact, it showed a portion of the budget hearing for 2017 for the Office of the Vice President. Further research showed that the hearing was conducted in front of the Senate panel on August 22, 2017 and it lasted less than an hour before it was approved. Robredo herself attended the budget hearing to present an overview of the OVP's plans for 2018.
Legarda served as the Senate panel's chair.
During the hearing, Robredo reported how the OVP spent its funds, mainly for poverty alleviation.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that following the presentation on the fund allocation of the OVP, Legarda asked Robredo to send them a yearlong report on the needs of the sectors and areas that the OVP has reached while promising to help out on fulfilling those needs.
So unlike what the headline claimed, Legarda did not tell Robredo to resign from her VP post to make way for Marcos' imminent victory. The headline is misleading and is merely playing with people's emotions and gullibility.
However, Facebook page "Sara Duterte Worldwide Supporters" still shared it without verifying the headline's claims.
There have been several fake stories involving Marcos and Robredo and the VP vote recount that we have busted. We debunked a misleading headline claiming that Marcos has already won, that Marcos won by 1,786 votes over Robredo, that Robredo would perform her tasks as VP until Marcos takes over, and that Marcos will replace Robredo.
Sources: ( philstar.com , newsinfo.inquirer.net )
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Starting with the ESO visible-light image, the spider-like filaments that inspired this nebula's name fill the view. The pinkish color in this image originates from the gas, mostly hydrogen heated to high temperatures by the many brilliant young stars. Dark swaths cutting through this region suggest the sooty, dense dust clouds that fuel star formation.
Zooming into one dust lane at the upper right side of the nebula, the transition to the infrared view reveals a streamer of bright red emission from a visually dark cloud. Here, and throughout the nebula, these red filaments reveal the presence of molecular material thought to be rich in hydrocarbons, a Spitzer finding highlighting a previously unseen aspect of this nebula. Green indicate the hottest regions of gas, coming from the same hydrogen gas that produces the visible light.
Moving down and around the heart of the Tarantula, the lower cavity of the nebula moves into view. Dense pillars of gas line the edge of this opening, looking almost like teeth around a mouth. In visible light the outer surfaces of these pillars glow brilliantly while the infrared view reveals a more complex structure. The green outer surfaces trace the surrounding hot gas while red filaments expose the dense, buried cloud cores, almost like a dentist's X-ray probing hidden roots within the teeth.
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WASHINGTON -- Ryan Zimmerman has made 17 errors at third base this season, most of which are the result of a surgically repaired AC joint in his right shoulder. He said in early June that the shoulder is not 100 percent and that 2013 would basically be a rehab year.
Manager Davey Johnson was asked Tuesday if Zimmerman should switch from third base to first.
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Although Java supports composition of classes and interfaces through the "extend" and "implements" features, it does not allow composition of functions. Functional programming languages such as Haskell (http://www.haskell.org/), support composition of functions because functions are first-class objects and support currying. When functions are first-class objects, they may be assigned to variables, passed as arguments to other functions, and returned as the result of functions. Currying allows function arguments to be applied one at a time, creating a new function with one less argument.
Java 1.5 has recently been released with generics (see "Generics in the Java Programming Language," by Gilad Bracha, http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download-pdf.html). Generic Java (GJ) lets you further specify the typing of classes and objects. This is used to guarantee type safety at compile time, rather than guaranteeing type safety at runtime by using casts. Generics are types that exist at compile time only, and that makes them different than C++ templates that instantiate new types that exist at runtime. Nevertheless, there are similarities in what can be achieved; the main influence for this work came from examples in C++ (see "Making C++ Ready for Algorithmic Skeletons," by Jörg Striegnitz; http://www.fz-juelich.de/zam/docs/autoren2000/striegnitz).
Currying and Function Objects
Currying allows passing one parameter at a time to a function. For example, in Haskell, a function to add two numbers would be:
add :: Int -> (Int -> Int)
add x y = x + y
where the first line is the type of the function, and the second line is the implementation of the function. The function type shows that add takes an Int as its first argument, an Int for its second argument, and returns an Int as a result. But what if only one Int is passed to add? Then a new function is created that takes an Int for its argument and returns an Int as a result. For example, you can define a new function:
inc :: Int -> Int
inc = add 1
so function inc takes an Int for an argument and returns an Int as a result. It increments its argument by one to get its result.
In Effective Java Programming Language Guide (Addison-Wesley, 2001), Joshua Bloch gives a description of using a class containing only one function, then using an instance of the class to represent that function. The term "function object" can be used to describe this concept. Because Java does not allow first-class functions, function objects may be used instead.
What should the syntax of calling one argument at a time look like in Java? In Haskell, function arguments are delimited by spaces, so that adding 1 and 2 would look like add 1 2. C++ has operator overloading for parentheses so that passing arguments one at a time to add could look like add(1)(2). In Java, you invoke a method of a function object to emulate a call of one argument at a time. To minimize syntax, I picked a one-letter method named x for the next argument. Calling the add function object in Java would be add.x(1).x(2). The syntax of the three languages is:
add 1 2 -- Haskell
add(1)(2) // C++
add.x(1).x(2) // Java
Functional Programming in Java
I have implemented classes to support functional programming in Java and give some examples before describing the implementation.
A new function object derives from a function object base class, and implements a call method. There is a different function object base class needed for functions requiring different numbers of arguments. The function object base class for functions requiring two arguments has the name Function.O2. It has generic-type parameters indicating the type of each argument, and a final type parameter indicating the return type of the function. The add function earlier would be written as Example 1(a).
In Haskell, the type of a function is indicated by the syntax A->R, where A is the argument type of the function, and R is the result type of the function. The type of a function with two arguments would look like A1->(A2->R), where A1 is the type of the first argument, A2 the type of the second argument, and R the result type. In GJ, this can be emulated with Fcn<A, R> representing a function object needing one argument, and Fcn<A1, Fcn<A2, R>> representing a function object needing two arguments. The function object type of the Add function object just mentioned would be Fcn<Integer, Fcn<Integer, Integer>>. An increment function object, inc, would then have type Fcn<Integer, Integer>, as in Example 1(b).
A more interesting example might be incrementing every element of a collection. The Transform function object takes a function and applies it to a collection. It takes three arguments: a function object, an input collection to which the function will be applied, and a new collection in which the final result will be placed. Example 1(c) is an example of using the Transform function object to increment all the elements of a collection. Notice that in Example 1(c), there was no need to write new functions. Instead, results were achieved by combining existing function objects.
The mechanics for function objects is achieved through five classes and one interface. The interface Fcn is used to type function objects. The abstract class Executioner aids in the mechanics of implementation. The class Nil is used to terminate argument lists. The main implementation is split into three parts: argument lists, partial functions, and function object base classes. These parts are:
- Fcn is the interface for all function objects. It is key to typing all function objects by their argument type and return type. It also declares the x method for processing the next argument; see Example 2(a).
- Executioner contains one method that will execute the requested function. It has just one argument, which is assumed to be an argument list. It unfolds the argument list into its individual arguments to make the actual function call; see Example 2(b).
- Nil is an almost empty class used to terminate an argument list; see Example 2(c).
Three main classes supply the implementation that allows for function objects to exist in Java.
- Argument Lists are implemented by class ArgList (see Arglist.java, available electronically; see "Resource Center, page 4). This class keeps track of arguments as they are passed in one at a time. It is a heterogeneous list, as each argument could have a different type.
- Partial function objects are implemented in class Partial (see Partial.java, available electronically). This class holds several classes, each representing the number of arguments left in a function call. A partial function object is a function that has some of its arguments applied, but not others.
- Function object base classes are implemented in class Function (see Function.java, available electronically). This class holds several classes, each representing the number of arguments in the original function. A function object base class is an abstract class with an abstract call method containing the specified number of arguments. A user creates a new function object by extending from a function object base class and implementing its call method.
Argument Lists
Because arguments are accumulated one at a time, a data structure is needed in which to keep the arguments. The first thing that comes to mind is the Java Collection's class LinkedList. Unfortunately, class LinkedList has the same type for every element of the list, whereas an argument list has a different type for every argument. Inspired by Andrei Alexandrescu's Typelists in Modern C++ Design: Generic Programming and Design Patterns Applied (Addison-Wesley, 2001) using C++ templates, a similar structure can be built using GJ. Class ArgList has two type parameters, the first representing the first element of the list and the second representing the rest of the list. By convention, the rest of the list is either empty (represented by class Nil) or includes another ArgList with two more types. Arguments are always added to an arglist at the front. For example:
new ArgList(an, arglist)
where an is the current argument being added, and arglist is the existing argument list. Because of this, the arguments always end up in reverse order in argument lists. Thus, the type of an argument list with three arguments of types T1, T2, and T3 would be:
ArgList<T3, <ArgList< T2, ArgList<T1, Nil>>>
Static accessor functions are supplied that retrieve the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth elements of an argument list. A static function is used because it forces an object of type ArgList to be passed as an argument. Passing an object as a function parameter allows us to infer the type of the object, and each of the accessor functions infers a different type. Arglist.java (available electronically) shows the ArgList class and its static accessor functions.
Partial Function Objects
Partial function objects are function objects that have received at least one of their arguments and have at least one argument that has not been specified. Each partial function object keeps an argument list of arguments that have already been passed and an Executioner object that knows how to execute the required function when the argument list is complete. There is a different partial function object for each number of arguments left in a calling sequence. Each partial function object needs to implement the x method given by the Fcn interface. A partial function object with one argument left, Partial.O1, as in Partial.java (available electronically), executes the required function when its x method is invoked after prepending the final argument to form the completed argument list. A partial function object with two arguments left, Partial.O2, has an x method that prepends its argument to the argument list and then creates a new partial function object needing one more argument. Partial function objects with three or more arguments left are similar to a partial function object with two arguments left. Each additional argument requires another generic type parameter, and each x method creates a new partial function object with one less argument left.
All of the implemented partial functions are in Partial.java (available electronically) as members of class Partial. Each is named by the letter O for object, which is followed by the number of arguments left before making the function call. Partial function objects O1 through O4 have been implemented.
Partial.java shows that the x method does not create a new partial function object directly, but instead calls a static make function that creates the new partial function object. The make method is able to infer the proper type parameters through its argument list.
Partial function objects extend from the appropriate function object base class, implementing the inherited call method so that a partial function object may have its argument list completed all at once. Another advantage of partial function objects extending from function object base classes is that the function object base classes may be used for typing function objects. Rather than using the more verbose type for a function with three arguments, Fcn<A1, Fcn<A2, Fcn<A3, R>>>>, the simpler form of Function.O3<A1, A2, A3, R> may be used.
Function Object Base Classes
Usually a new function object is derived from one of the function object base classes. There is a different function object base class for each number of arguments in the original function call. Every function object base class has an abstract call method that is the function that will eventually be executed when all parameters are present. The function object base class for functions of one argument, Function.O1, is simpler than function object base classes with more arguments. It implements the x method from its inherited interface Fcn by simply calling its abstract call method.
The function object base class for functions of two arguments, Function.O2, sets the pattern for function object base classes with more than two arguments:
- It has three generic arguments, <T1, T2, R>, indicating the type of each function argument, T1 and T2, and the return type, R, of the function.
- It has an abstract call method that accepts two arguments of the correct type representing a function that gets executed.
- It implements interface Fcn<T1, Fcn<T2, R>> with an implementation of method x that creates a partial function object needing one more argument for a complete argument list.
- Because it creates a partial function object, it needs to supply an Executioner. It does this by extending the Executioner and implementing the calls method. Notice that the arguments are in reverse order from the list. The calls method calls the abstract call method.
Higher Order Function Objects
Higher order function objects are function objects that take other function objects as arguments. In doing so, they allow functions to be combined, creating new functionality without writing new functions.
A simple example would be function object Twice. It takes two arguments: a function and an argument for that function. It then applies that function twice to the argument. This is demonstrated by the Haskell code:
twice :: (a->a)->a->a
twice f z = f(f(z))
The type of twice says that its first argument is a function whose argument type and return type are the same. Using this information, the equivalent Java function object could be written as:
public class Twice<A>
extends Function.O2<Fcn<A, A>, A, A> {
public Twice() { }
public A call(Fcn<A, A> f, A z)
{ return f.x(f.x(z)); }
For example, you could use this to increment a value twice:
System.out.println("Twice inc 5 = ",
(new Twice<Integer>()).x(inc).x(5));
As a convenience, a static make function can be added to class Twice that will infer the argument type and return type given the original function:
public static <A> Fcn<A, A> make(Fcn<A, A> f) {
return (new Twice<A>()).x(f);
Now it is easier to print out the example:
System.out.println("Twice inc 5 =" + Twice.make(inc).x(5));
Another higher order function object is composition, where the composition of two functions is defined as applying first one function and then another. The Haskell code would look like the following:
(.) :: (b->c)->(a->b)->a->c
(f . g) z = f(g(z))
This defines ".", dot, to be the composition operator. It takes two functions and a value. It applies the second function to the argument and then applies the first function to that result. The argument type of the first function must be the same as the return type of the second function. Because Java does not have overloaded operators, I chose the name FoG to stand for F of G. The FoG function object is as follows:
public class FoG<A, B, C>
extends Function.O3<Fcn<B, C>, Fcn<A, B>, A, C> {
public FoG() { }
public C call(Fcn<B, C> f, Fcn<A, B> g, A z) { return f.x(g.x(z)); }
As with Twice, a static make function can be written that will take the first two arguments and infer the type of the function object:
public static <A, B, C> Fcn<A, C>
make(Fcn<B, C> f, Fcn<A, B> g)
{ return (new FoG<A, B, C>()).x(f).x(g); }
You may notice that using FoG with the same function twice has the same effect as using the Twice function object:
System.out.println("FoG inc inc 5 = " + FoG.make(inc, inc).x(5));
Transform is the final higher order function object described here. This is similar to the Haskell map function, but because the map name is already used by the Java collections, I borrowed the name "Transform" from the C++ Standard Template Library (STL). The Haskell map function is defined as:
map :: (a->b)->[a]->[b]
map f [] = []
map f x:xs = f(x) : map f xs
The map applies the function passed as its first argument to every element of the list passed as its second argument and returns a new list. In Java, there are many collection types, not just lists, so the Transform function object takes any Java collection as its second argument and takes a third function argument, which will be the output collection. Transform.java (available electronically) shows the implementation of the Transform function object. An example of the Transform function object was presented earlier in Example 1(c).
More Efficient Higher Order Function Objects
Combining function objects through higher order function objects can ease the task of programming, but this abstraction can be expensive in time and space. Arguments are put on argument lists, and partial function objects are created. It is therefore worth some effort to create more efficient function objects. The higher order function objects offer a good example. Each higher order function object has a static make method that builds a partial function object given one or two initial arguments. Instead of creating a partial function object, a specialized function object for the task at hand can be written. This technique is demonstrated in class Transform of Transform.java. There is an internal class FcnObject that has a constructor with one argument, the function to be applied. Its call method takes two arguments, the collection with the inputs and the collection that receives the outputs. The static make method creates one of these objects.
Another advantage for the Transform function object is that it is easier to type the function object. For example, using the Fcn<T, R> function, typing the type of the function object returned from Transform.make would be:
Fcn<Collection<Integer>, Fcn<Collection <Integer>, Collection<Integer>>>
incList = Transform.make(inc);
It might be somewhat easier to give the type using Transform.FcnObject:
Transform.FcnObject<Integer, Integer>
incList = Transform.make(inc);
Functional programming allows for greater expressiveness through higher order functions that allow functions to be combined, creating new functionality without writing new functions. With the aid of GJ, function objects with curried arguments can be created that allow for higher order function objects and extend Java to have some of the features and advantages of a functional programming language.
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Every day we conduct conversations with folks new to the idea of Open Badges. Each of these conversations is steeped in inquisitiveness. Questions abound. Curiosity spills out. Thought waves feel palpable. Sometimes we're lucky enough to share the moment when the light goes on. That time feels magical, full of promise. That moment illuminates the room with the thousand-watt possibilities of the Open Badge initiative. The "what if" moment is something that should be experienced by everyone.
In some ways, the Open Badges team is continually explaining what we do—and not only what we do but why we do the things the way we do them. This constant questioning could affect us in a few ways: we could hunker down and stick to our prepared statements, we could challenge the folks who question our work, or we could listen closely to these queries and try to parse the spaces between the words, the silent places where no content yet exists. These interregnums help us to interrogate our own understanding of Open Badges. It's probably fair to say that we do all of these, yet we try to keep focused on the last of these techniques because they provide the greatest opportunity for growth—not only for us but for our conversationalists as well.
The question of validity is posed fairly commonly.* It goes something like this, "How can we ensure that the badges have a sense of validity?" or "Who will vet them?" or "How will we know that they're worthwhile badges issued from reputable sources?"
There is a good deal of subtext embedded in these seemingly simple questions. And bound into that subtext is an unwitting/unacknowledged acceptance of the sociocultural status quo. That tacit acceptance should be unpacked and considered. How does any organization achieve validity? How do standards become standards? When the landscape is unknown, how do you learn to trust anything?
Validity addresses the question of representational accuracy: does something perfectly represent the thing it's allegedly designed to represent? In the case of Open Badges, the question of validity quickly becomes multifaceted. Questions that have arisen include the following:
- Does a particular badge represent appropriate learning?
- To whom is the badge meaningful?
- Does the issuer have the authority to issue a particular badge?
- Does the earning of a badge indicate that the learner has learned?
- Does the earning of a badge indicate that the earner has been accurately assessed?
To bring a different perspective to these questions, let's replace the word badge with the word class. This should provide some insight into how much our unquestioning acceptance of the status quo affects our acceptance of learning validity.
- Does the taking of a particular class represent appropriate learning?
- To whom is the completion of a class meaningful?
- Does anyone have the authority to teach a particular class?
- Does the completion of a class indicate that the learner has learned what they were supposed to?
- Does the completion of a class indicate that the learner has been accurately assessed?
This simple exercise exposes our somewhat complicated relationship with understandings of validity with regards to existing institutions. Taking this a step further, imagine if the rules in an educational system were entirely reconsidered, to wit:
To demonstrate the power of rules, I like to ask my students to imagine different ones for a college. Suppose the students graded the teachers, or each other. Suppose there were no degrees: you come to college when you want to learn something, and you leave when you have learned it. Suppose tenure were awarded to professors according to their ability to solve real-world problems, rather than publishing academic papers. Suppose a class was graded as a group, instead of as individuals. (Meadows, 1999, p. 14)
Did those questions shift your perspective? I know that they resonated deeply within my consciousness. They're the equivalent of "what if everything you knew about education were turned on its head?" questions. They're disorienting in the best possible way. And they lead me to humbly suggest that in place of questions about validity—or at least hand in hand with these sorts of questions—we might consider asking questions about credibility and reliability, too. These areas seem to be more readily delineated and a tad more easily unpacked.
Credibility inspires belief and is derived from perceptions of trustworthiness and expertise. These things can be assessed through personal means but quite often are accepted tacitly. How so? Through the cultural shorthand of pre-existing standards. We countenance many sociocultural values with little to no deep consideration, i.e., everyone was doing it, I just followed the crowd, etc. Let's consider some ways that we might be able to classify what we mean when we talk about credibility.
Expanding the idea into a taxonomy, B.J. Fogg proposes the following four types of of credibility: presumed, surface, reputed, and earned (Fogg, 2003). Presumed credibility arises from "general assumptions in the mind of the perceiver," Surface credibility from "simple inspection or initial firsthand experience," Reputed credibility occurs through "third-party endorsements, reports or referrals," and Earned credibility, perhaps the most important in a new system, stems from "firsthand experience that extends over time" (Fogg, 2003, p. 131).
While we can negotiate the definitions, this basic structure brings order to the chaos of credibility, and it helps to elucidate our complicated understanding of validity. This categorization also allows us to interrogate the credibility of existing systems, and in particular, the formal system of education currently found within the United States. Here's where Open Badges provides us an opportunity to intervene in a significant system.
Reliability might be considered the replicability quotient of an event, idea, performance, etc. Something that can be consistently measured is considered reliable. The Open Badge Infrastructure is most certainly a reliable tool: it will produce badges that hew to its standards. However, the badge systems that are produced with that tool or housed in that tool may prove to be reliable, but then again, they may not. And yet, this dichotomy is true of any tool. In the right hands, bad tools can produce good results and in the wrong hands good tools can produce bad results. Skill is necessary and happily, it can be learned. From a systems standpoint, the US education system is also just such a tool, producing "products" of varying completeness and quality. This perceptual double standard should inform our questioning of new systems, especially one as reconstructive as Open Badges might prove to be.
The known and the unknown
There are many questions that the Open Badges initiative seeks to answer and many more that its implementation raises. Right now, we're completely comfortable operating in the liminal space between the known and the yet-to-be-discovered, the present and the future, the understood and the ambiguous. The design of the Open Badge Infrastructure offers solutions to a number of questions regarding validity. For other questions we should ask ourselves, what is the purpose of this query? Am I expecting an answer that will only serve to reinforce a complicated and difficult but familiar system? We do ourselves a disfavor if we accept the current state of affairs without asking ourselves the following: "What exists here now?", "What is worth keeping?", and "What can be improved?" Those are precisely the questions that Open Badges Issuers, Earners and Displayers seek to answer themselves.
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Fogg, B. J. (2003). Persuasive technology. San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann.
Meadows, D. (2008). Thinking in systems. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing
* For now let's skip the reasons as to why this question arises from some audiences more than it does others. Although I'm happy to discuss it if you would like—you simply have to ask and away we'll go.


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Frazier hopes home-like scene will cure enigmatic skid
PHILADELPHIA -- Games away from Great American Ball Park this season have been anything but kind to Reds third baseman Todd Frazier. At home, Frazier is batting .293 with all six of his home runs. On the road, he entered Friday batting .131.
Frazier is at a loss to explain the Grand Canyon-like chasm in his home/road splits.
"That's a great question," Frazier said before Friday's game. "Last year, I enjoyed hitting on the road. I like that feeling of being on the team no one roots for. I build off that. For some reason this year, I don't know what it is. It's weird. I can't really pinpoint it. I feel great at the plate. It's just not clicking. It boggles my mind. That's the most confusing part about this year for me."
In 2012, Frazier hit .286 with nine homers and 33 RBIs on the road compared with .258, 10 homers and 34 RBIs at home.
Batting .221 overall this season, Frazier took an 0-for-13 stretch in his last three games as the Reds swept the Marlins in Miami. Reds manager Dusty Baker has seen nothing mechanically wrong with Frazier's swing.
"He hit a couple of balls on the nose," Baker said. "That's why we put the hit and run on him [Thursday] to have him stay on the ball. Most of the time when you're not hitting well, you're pulling off the ball; you have a quick shoulder or a quick hip. You're not using the whole field."
For the next six games, Frazier has a chance to feel at home while on the road. The New Jersey native and resident will get to play in Philadelphia and New York. He expects to have 15 to 20 family members and friends at each game.
"It's good to be close to home; I think I need something like this," Frazier said. "It's a good time for me. I'm getting a little frustrated out there at times. It's been two weeks but seems like a whole year. I've never been through this. I don't like to call it a slump. If I get into a slump, I'm swinging at bad pitches. The last game [on Thursday], I had four good at-bats and hit three balls hard. There were two good plays. I can't do anything about it. I have to keep fighting and get a good pitch to hit. I will be fine.
"I don't necessarily need four hits a game. I can do one or two good things a game and play good defense. I've been helping out in that department at least."


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Catasauqua High School Drama Club presents the Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II classic "The King & I" Feb. 28-March 3. The story, which boasts music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, is based on "Anna & The King of Siam" by Margaret Landon. Original choreography was by Jerome Robbins.
The production will have a cast of 44 students from all three Catasauqua schools. Featured will be four former Freddy Award nominees: Kanyi Creppy as the King, Janelle Roth as Anna, Natalie Leggett as Tuptim and Taylor Phillips, dancing the role of Eliza in the ballet sequence. Also featured are Brittany Archbold as Lady Thiang and Mason Halliday as Lun Tha.
Director Bob Fahringer says he selected "The King & I" because it suited the school's talent pool. "Also, I have played the role of the King myself professionally twice and was familiar with the quality of the show. The Catasauqua Area Showcase Theatre, a local community theatre, also had costumes and scenery in stock for this show and were kind enough to loan us all of it."
Performances are 7 p.m. Feb. 28, March 1 and March 2 and 2 p.m. March 3. Reserved seats are $7; $6, seniors, students. For reservations, call 610- 697-0111, ext. 21117. All performances are at the CHS auditorium at 2500 West Bullshead Road, Northampton.
KING & I Cast List
Vanessa Abel………….…....Wife / Dancer / LittleTopsy (Ballet)
Arianne Aguirre……….…...Twin Princess / Dog (Ballet)
Vina Aguirre………….…....Twin Princess / Dog (Ballet)
Brittany Archbold…….…....Lady Thiang /(Singer-Ballet)
Liam Browne………….........Captain Orton / Sir Edward Ramsey
Sapanna Chantarawong......... Dancer
Patric Corrocher……….…....Crown Prince Chululongkorn
Kanyi Creppy………....….....King of Siam / Uncle Thomas (Ballet)
Chris Creyer…………............Interpreter / Guard / Dancer (Ballet)
Samantha Diaz………............Wife / Dancer (Ballet)
Jenna Eberhardt...................... Dancer (Ballet)
Natalie Falcone…….....…......Wife / Singer
Alissa Frederick…….....….....Wife / Dancer
Connor Green..........................Guard / Dancer (Ballet)
Becky Guillen……….............Wife / Dancer / Buddha (Ballet)
Mason Halliday………...........Lun Tha / Angel / George (Ballet)
Deena Hammer....................... Dancer / Little Eva (Ballet)
Laura Kaeppel……….............Wife / Singer (Ballet)
Crosley Kudla-Williams..........Amazon
Emmie Ledesma......................Amazon
Natalie Leggett........................Tuptim
Taylor Phillips........................ Eliza / Dancer
Katie Reingruber.....................Dancer (Ballet)
C.J. Rhoades............................Louis / Simon Legree (Ballet)
Andrew Rice........................... Phra Alack / Guard / Dancer (Ballet)
Janelle Roth............................ Anna Leonowens
Thalia Santiago.......................Wife / Singer (Ballet)
Alyssa Silva........................... Wife / Singer
Dylan Smith........................... Kralahome / Dancer
Princes & Princesses of Siam
Princess w/doll (carried)……… Cassie Kaeppel
Prince (carried)……………….. William Aguirre
Twin # 1 .................................... Arianne Aguirre
Twin # 2..................................... Vina Aguirre
Prince w/ dirty hands………….. Brad Panto
Princess (skirt lifter)……………Priscilla Schaller
Prince Chululongkorn…………..Patric Corrocher
Princess (smiler)…………….... Kylie Ann Rice
Princess Ying Yaowlak…………Ella Kielmeyer
Princess w/ red rose……………Hailey Delong
Princess (King skipper)............... Brianna Nunez
Princess (penang tug)…………...Kayla Kappel
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Of course now, they're shit. Now, they mean nothing. Now, they play Greatest Hits sets to drunk 30 year old wankers in Wembley Stadium. Now, they release tired, samey, dull records. Now, they have their own record label, fans who won't hear a word said against them and their own children to put in their Hello! Spreads. But back then…….
Then was the summer of August of 1994, and for the first time since Acid House, Something was happening in British Music. "Britpop" as some fool dubbed it, was being born. Blur had released a record called "Modern Life Is Rubbish", which celebrated the England of Greasy Spoons, Sunday Dinners and cold, wintry February afternoons. It had clearly started something. Suddenly, young, exciting, brash, vibrant guitar bands starting popping up all over the place. Suede, Elastica, The Boo Radleys, Supergrass, Pulp, and countless others suddenly moved from The Dublin Castle to Top Of The Pops in one effortless bound. They wrote great tunes, they looked good, they gave a glimpse of what it must've been like in the sixties. Soon, These Animal Men, SMASH and Whiteout were quickly forgotten. Things for guitar pop were looking up for the first time really since Punk. All we needed now was a band to define the era, a face to define the era, and songs to define the era. Messiahs, if you will.
Where were you on the 11th Of April 1994?? Where were you when the sound of a train coming through British pop was clear for all to hear?? Where were you when Liam Gallagher walked onto the set of Channel 4's The Word, looked around the studio, and smiled to himself, as if knowing that this rock star lark was going to be a bit of a laugh. April 11th 1994 was the date that Oasis, a simple little Mancunian band made up of working class no-hopers, released a song called "Supersonic" as their debut single. It sounded so fresh, so shiny new, so full of attitude, passion and fire. It just sounded so real. It was Britpop crystallised. The single charted at number 31, the highest chart position for a debut single ever on Alan Mcgee's Creation Records, to which Oasis were signed. As the Oasis live shows got better, and better attended, so the buzz got louder.
Oasis quickly became one of the most talked about bands in the country. A buzz, or maybe a shining light, surrounded them wherever they went. Most of this buzz surrounded their lead singer, a man called Liam Gallagher. He put the rest of them to shame. Other frontmen, I mean. His exaggerated gait, his simian like stance, his power, his aggression, his wonderful outspoken sweary manner , his charm. His voice though, created the loudest buzz of all. It was something quite stunning, quite different from anything ever heard before. It was so powerful, that to imagine anybody else singing, say, "Cigarettes And Alcohol" is impossible. It's angry, it's dissatisfied, it wants more. It's Liam Gallagher.
He had a brother. Not a talented singer. Not a talented guitarist. Not as good looking as his younger brother. But he wrote the songs. And what songs. Listening back to Definitely Maybe now, you can feel every note, every chord that Noel Gallagher has written, run through your body like an electric shock. He makes it all sound so easy. The way simplistic rhymes just seem to FIT with the music, the working class sentiment, the dissatisfaction with life, that Gallagher was feeling then, a feeling that nice middle class Albarn, Cocker, or Anderson couldn't even imagine. Most of these songs, remember, were written while Noel was working on a building site. Without Noel Gallagher, Definitely Maybe wouldn't have been the record it was. Without Liam Gallagher, Oasis wouldn't have been the band they were. Tonight, they were RocknRoll stars.
Everything about it is perfect. From the opening clarion call of "Rock n Roll Star", the greatest opening track since 'Janine Jones', to the acoustic lament of "Married With Children" which closes the album. What comes in-between , is what's really interesting . Songs like "Columbia", with it's swampy, dark guitar riff and Drug induced lyrics, just can't be rivalled now. The Music's "Take The Long Road And Walk It" is an unwilling tribute to it. The sheer truth of "Cigarettes And Alcohol", the goose-bump inducing "Bring It On Down", the deliriously happy "Shakermaker", and the epic, yearning, grown man weepness of "Slide Away", which was recorded completely live one drunk afternoon a lifetime away.
But all of these paled into comparison with track 3. If you're aged 18 to 22, what song do you think defines your generation?? Creep?? Common People?? Animal Nitrate?? End Of A Century?? What song talks to YOU, about you, and is written FOR you? None of the above, certainly. Live Forever, definitely. If you despise Oasis, and disagree with everything I've written so far, then listen to this song. Close your eyes. Feel the chiming guitars, feel Liam almost crying with pain, feel Noel playing a guitar solo like it's his last chance to. Feel how special this song makes you feel. You're one of us now.
As a record Definitely Maybe is near enough faultless. As a sentiment, it's everlasting.
Shame about "Sunday Morning Call", though, weren't it??
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S. Arabia says Qatar must change policy to end security spat
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said a dispute with Qatar over Gulf security would not be solved unless Doha changed its policy, Saudi media reported on Tuesday, the kingdom's first public comment since pulling its ambassador from the Gulf state World Bulletin reported.
In an unprecedented move within the Gulf Cooperation Council of allied hereditary monarchies, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain recalled their ambassadors from Qatar on March 5, accusing Doha of failing to abide by an accord not to interfere in each others' internal affairs.
Commentators say the three states are angry at fellow Council member Qatar's support for the Muslim Brotherhood, a movement whose ideology challenges the principle of conservative dynastic rule long dominant in the Gulf.
They particularly resent the way Doha has sheltered prominent Brotherhood preacher Youssef al-Qaradawi, a critic of Saudi and UAE authorities, and given him regular air time on its pan-Arab satellite channel Al Jazeera, and on Qatari state television.
"If the policy of the country that has caused the crisis (Qatar) has been revised, there will be a breakthrough," Prince Saud al-Faisal said, according to the Saudi-owned Al-Hayat newspaper.
Last week, Qatar dismissed demands by the three fellow Gulf states for changes to its foreign policy, calling its independence "non-negotiable".
The U.S.-aligned GCC, formed in 1981 and also including Kuwait and Oman, has generally presented a united front at times of threat ranging from Iranian revolution on the other side of the Gulf to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.


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I wondered the other day how a mother could even think that, let alone say it. But then Mama was a woman who defied exact definition. She was strong, smart, courageous, sometimes outrageous and above all, ruled by a faith that was simply unbendable and unquestionable. That part of her was definable and clear: She believed unyieldingly in an Almighty God who never left her side. Even when it could have seemed that He did.
Her loss had been profound. Downright grievous. The pure wretchedness of the heartbreak had been hard to witness. I was the first one to glimpse it, watched as the pale shock of the horrible news settled over her face then dragged her shoulders down from straight to weighted.
Dazed, she handed me the kitchen phone and silently shuffled away. I finished the call she had begun then found her in the den in her favorite chair. One hand was pressed to her mouth, as the first tear slipped from her eyes. Once that tear had been brazen enough to escape, others fearlessly flowed in rapid succession.
I sat down on a footstool and scooted it closer. I took one cold hand — like me, Mama always had cold hands — and held it while I stroked her leg with the other. "Oh, Mama," I whispered. "I'm so sorry. So very sorry. I know how this breaks your heart." Her face crumbled into the ugly cry and I joined her, saddened by her loss more than mine. After all, it was her son who was gone, a child she had brought into this vale of joy and grief.
Sorrow rarely tempted her to tears but this was different — this time it refused to be turned away by her famously steely resolve. It was the kind of raw sorrow that demands respect through the currency of sleepless nights and haunting pain.
The hardest thing I have ever faced was watching her grief though she stoically sought to navigate around the burden, never allowing self pity an entrance to her thoughts.
For Mama's generation, especially for those stubborn mountain people from the loins of which she sprang, death was never allowed to have victory over the living. Time after time, they met death's rudeness with a cold-eyed look and determination to focus on life, not on the grave. After that day, she refused to cry more, seeing tears as a surrender to the villainous shadow of death. The pain, though, remained.
A month before she died - 75 days after my brother's call away from this life - she wrote a note to her friend, Mary Jo, who, kindly, returned the note to me. She knew it would be important to the archives of my heart and that it is.
"Death has caused a void in my heart which never can be filled," Mama had scripted in her familiar handwriting. "Continue to pray for me because prayer is what has gotten me this far."
Then she wrote what she said so many times in her life, "It's hard to understand but this I know: God makes no mistakes."
See, Mama was raised by people who never understood much of what came to them in life for most of it wasn't anything to brag on, not in those mountains in the trying years of the Great Depression.
But they never questioned the mighty God of their beliefs, never challenged Him on his judgment compared to theirs, never stopped loving Him despite it all. They just dug in, held on and prayed for the grace to survive one more day.
"God makes no mistakes." I read the words over and over. Mama was practicing what she had preached for a lifetime.
That's a lesson worth toting with me on down through the journey of life.
This is a special Mother's Day column by Ronda Rich, the Gainesville-based author of several books, including "What Southern Women Know About Faith." Sign up for her newsletter here. Her column appears regularly on Tuesdays and on gainesvilletimes.com.


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Find healthy, delicious low-calorie quick & easy soup recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.
Although it's traditionally made with limes, Meyer lemons add a subtle twist to this classic Mexican soup with shrimp, garlic and fresh cilantro.
Here's the quintessence of Japanese home cooking: an aromatic, protein-rich broth served over rice.


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It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the advice column in which everyone's problems are solved with an "herbal" remedy. (Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, the Molly to my Nomi, Rich, helps me dole out advice on stuff like smegma, internet sex, and incest. Got a burning question? Send it to email@example.com with "Pot Psychology" in the subject line. (Please keep them short; they're verrrry hard to read when stoned.)
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