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Everyone's a (Times) Critic!
Well, you simply must read Michael Riedel's extended excerpts today from the Scott Rudin-NYT flap. I've been hearing all week about the Times being mad that the mega-producer's "Year of Magical Theatre"--after getting less than a money review from Mr. Brantley--decided to lift some pull quotes from some other "critics" at the paper. Namely, readers who posted comments on NYTimes.com.
Sounds pretty shifty, eh? David Merrick must be smiling somewhere, I say.
For as deceptive as this seems at first, it brings up all kinds of hypocritical idiosyncrasies of how the Times regards the Web.
For instance, as Rudin points out in his defense, the Times theatre page has for a while solicited not just reader comments but "Reader Reviews". How is the general "reader" to interpret that word here, "reviews" as different from the paid critics' reviews? Open to question?
Consider the following exchange. Times's ethics & standards point man Craig Whitney complains:
We think that when you attribute a quote to "The New York Times Online" . . . readers are entitled to trust that the appraisal came from someone actually employed by the New York Times - not from a letter from a reader. The New York Times Online did not describe your play as "An evening of magical theater."
A reader, not vouched for in any way by the New York Times, said that.
Rudin replies:
You refer to these online reviews as "letters from a reader." They are not letters from any reader. They are reviews. You - the paper - label them reviews.
Now Scott Rudin may be a wackjob tyrannical asshole (as is often alleged of him) but he is pretty unimpeachable about this. The word "review" seems to be reinforced about 150 times on the pretty specific nytimes.com guidelines for said feature....Also, as for reader-reviewers "not vouched for in any way," well there is this:
Why do I have to register for Readers' Reviews?
We want you to enjoy writing reviews, and reading reviews written by your counterparts in our outstanding audience. We ask you to complete the simple Readers' Reviews registration to ensure that you are a "real" person (have a valid e-mail account) and that you accept our review terms and conditions. The registration process serves to facilitate the development of our online community, and ensure that members take responsibility for their writings.
No, not quite a degree from RADA. But clearly there's some kind of "vouching" process going on.
Rudin's other beef is that nytimes.com enabled (nay, encouraged) readers to post reviews of "Magical Thinking" before the official press opening--i.e. during previews. Now web gossip on pre-op shows has been common for over a decade on silly amateurish blogs. But I agree that is notable to point out that such scuttlebutt now can and does appear on the paper's official website.
All in all, I think Rudin has a case that to the web-surfing public at large, the distinction between a paid "official" critic and a posted reader comment may just be a distinction without a difference, functionally at least. (It all shows up on Google after all...) So his case is he is simply capitalizing on what the Times enables.
I also have to hand it to Rudin for turning in what may be a brilliant piece of subversive "theatre" himself. I mean, think back to that recent "arbiter of culture" remark hurled by Times Managing Editor Jill Abramson in response to David Hare's protestations to the contrary. Isn't pulling a quote from John Q. Times-Reader the ultimate travesty of the Grey Lady's Imprimatur? (Like Merrick's legendary search through the phone book to find citizens with the same names as leading critics.)
Now consider this, too: think back to earlier this week and the Times' official inhouse annual report, where the reading public's supposedly slipping standards for mistaking blog rantings for quality journalism was blamed for the paper of record's slipping revenues. Who's ranting now, eh?
(This is also an opportune moment to ask: have you ever seen a more crude form of "civil discourse" than the nytimes.com online reader forums? Typical of the cynicism of big media outlets who just want to increase their hit counts for ad campaigns, they couldn't care less what's said on their digital property. At least crazy bloggers generally read most of their comments, sometimes respond, and step in to police the more outlandish racism and crayon-worthy tirades.)
This raises some interesting web-criticism questions. Should media continue to delineate hierarchies of employed critics and then everyone else? Or is nothing going to stop cyberspace from continuing to level the playing field--so that Ben Brantley eventually has little more cultural capital than a guy with no more qualification than a browser and a working email address (which is all that's required to "register" as a "reader reviewer"). Let alone perhaps some learned and experienced albeit unemployed bloggers?... Or, to look at another angle: can big media outlets maintain those hierarchies and still go through the motions of "empowering" readers to provide "content"--which of course is the modus operandi of all web-commerce?
By the way, here's what seems a late breaking development. I would happily link you the page where you can post "reader reviews." But, hark, what's this?
Notice to Forums Participants:
The majority of forums are no longer active, with the exception of the following discussions:
• All Crosswords Forums
• Opera
• Books Reading Groups
• Classical Music
• Human Origins.
We invite you to express your views on our blogs, answer our daily question and submit questions for Times editors in our 'Talk to the Newsroom' feature.
Soon we will be introducing more ways for you to express your views on NYTimes.com. We value the participation of our readers and hope that you will explore these new features when they are introduced.
Thank you for your continued participation on NYTimes.com.
"New Features!" Such as, perhaps, signing off all reader comments with: "I am not a critic and do not authorize Scott Rudin to quote me."
May you live in interesting times, Mr. Times...
PS. The Daily News' gossip man Ben Widdicombe first broke the controversy here on Monday, with more on the quote itself. (Hat tip: Mark)


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ALBUM REVIEW: Evildead – United $Tate$ Of Anarchy
Posted on October 30, 2020 by Gary Alcock
A latecomer to the '80s thrash scene, Californian act Evildead still managed to turn out two fine examples of speed metal riffery before disbanding, another victim of the burgeoning grunge movement. Aside from a single released in 2011, a first reunion proved fruitless, but this time the band includes most of the personnel from their 1989 debut, Annihilation of Civilization (SPV/Steamhammer), with bassist Karlos Medina (who played on the follow-up) completing the new and improved line-up.
It's no coincidence that the latest album United $tate$ of Anarchy (SPV/Steamhammer) gets its release just a few days before America goes to the polls once more, and the savage, politically charged Exodus style opener 'The Descending' is a painfully accurate reflection of the current mood within the US. This is quickly followed by the Testament-esque 'Word of God' featuring incisive riffing from guitarists Albert Gonzales and Juan Garcia, plus some quality sticksmanship from Rob Alaniz.
By the time vocalist Phil Flores finishes spitting out the lyrics to 'Napoleon Complex', anyone still undecided about Evildead's take on the current state of affairs will be either wrecking their necks in approval, or skulking off to the internet to write things like "bands shouldn't be political" and "I used to like you guys, but…" on the band's Facebook page.
As its title suggests, the lurching menace of Megadeth-infused 'Greenhouse' warns of the danger of climate change, while the focus of 'Without a Cause' is pointed at Evildead's favourite targets, greed, and corruption. Opening with a fun piece of swing jazz, 'No Difference' quickly mutates into something far more appropriate as the band borrow shamelessly from Exodus's 'Pleasures of the Flesh'. A reworking of their 2011 single, 'Blasphemy Divine' still crushes, just with more focus and better production. 'A.O.P.'/War Dance' is one part instrumental, one part mid-paced, groove-laden thrash bastard, while 'Seed of Doubt' ends proceedings with an acidic melting of teeth.
Insightful and blisteringly heavy, the razor-sharp riffs and gang vocals of United $tate$ of Anarchymark a welcome return for one of the most underrated acts of the late '80s. And that is most definitely not fake news.
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Ricky Martin fights child trafficking through music
Ricky Martin fights child trafficking through music /offbeat/news/721056
Updated 20 March 2015
LOS ANGELES: Thirty years after Ricky Martin got his start in music in the Puerto Rican kids' group "Menudo," the Grammy-winning singer uses his music and celebrity to help fight against the trafficking of children.
Fresh off a new album, "A Quien Quiera Escuchar," the 43-year-old Martin said he relishes getting in front of a crowd to talk about children forced into prostitution and pornography.
"Not only in Puerto Rico, all over the world, here in the United States, huge numbers, when it comes to kids that are becoming slaves," Martin told Reuters in an interview this week.
No-go for Joe Exotic: Donald Trump's pardon list omits 'Tiger King' /node/1795671/offbeat
No-go for Joe Exotic: Donald Trump's pardon list omits 'Tiger King'
Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was sentenced in January 2020 to 22 years in federal prison
OKLAHOMA CITY: One name missing in President Donald Trump's flurry of pardons is "Tiger King" Joe Exotic.
His team was so confident in a pardon that they'd readied a celebratory limousine and a hair and wardrobe team to whisk away the zookeeper-turned-reality-TV-star, who is now serving a 22-year federal prison sentence in Texas. But he wasn't on the list announced Wednesday morning.
Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was sentenced in January 2020 to 22 years in federal prison for violating federal wildlife laws and for his role in a failed murder-for-hire plot targeting his chief rival, Carole Baskin, who runs a rescue sanctuary for big cats in Florida. Baskin was not harmed.
Maldonado-Passage, who has maintained his innocence, was also sentenced for killing five tigers, selling tiger cubs and falsifying wildlife records. A jury convicted him in April 2019.
In his pardon application filed in September, Maldonado-Passage's attorneys argued that he was "railroaded and betrayed" by others. Maldonado-Passage, 57, is scheduled to be released from custody in 2037, but his attorneys said in the application that "he will likely die in prison" because of health concerns.
Maldonado-Passage's legal team did not immediately respond to a request for comment early Wednesday.
The blond mullet-wearing zookeeper, known for his expletive-laden rants on YouTube and a failed 2018 Oklahoma gubernatorial campaign, was prominently featured in the popular Netflix documentary "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness."


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import gettext
from gettext import gettext as _
gettext.textdomain('brazo')

import gtk
import webbrowser
import logging
import time
import os
logger = logging.getLogger('brazo')

from brazo_lib import Window
from brazo.AboutBrazoDialog import AboutBrazoDialog
from brazo.PreferencesBrazoDialog import PreferencesBrazoDialog
from brazo.ArmControl import Pose, ArmControl
import brazo.InverseKinematics

_ROBOTS_DIR_ = "./robots/"

# See brazo_lib.Window.py for more details about how this class works
class BrazoWindow(Window):
    __gtype_name__ = "BrazoWindow"

    def finish_initializing(self, builder): # pylint: disable=E1002
        """Set up the main window"""
        super(BrazoWindow, self).finish_initializing(builder)

        self.AboutDialog = AboutBrazoDialog()
        self.PreferencesDialog = PreferencesBrazoDialog()

        # Code for other initialization actions should be added here.
        self.poses = []
        self.selected_pose = None
        lengths = self.get_lengths()
        self.ikcalc = brazo.InverseKinematics.IKCalculator(lengths)

        # Initialize combo box
        liststore = gtk.ListStore(str)
        self.ui.port_combo_box.set_model(liststore)
        cell = gtk.CellRendererText()
        self.ui.port_combo_box.pack_start(cell, True)
        self.ui.port_combo_box.add_attribute(cell, 'text', 0)
        self.ui.file_selector_combo_box.set_model(gtk.ListStore(str))
        self.ui.file_selector_combo_box.pack_start(cell, True)
        self.ui.file_selector_combo_box.add_attribute(cell, 'text', 0)

        self.armcon = None
        self.enumerate_ports()

        self.enumerate_files()

    def about(self, builder):
        response = self.AboutDialog.run()
        if response == gtk.RESPONSE_DELETE_EVENT or response == gtk.RESPONSE_CANCEL:
            self.AboutDialog.hide()

    def help(self, widget):
        webbrowser.open_new("http://kestrelrobotics.com/support/51-brazo-support/68-brazo-help")

    def quit(self, builder):
        exit(0)

    def on_torque_toggled(self, widget, data=None):
        if widget.get_active():
            widget.set_label("Torque: ON")
        else:
            widget.set_label("Torque: OFF")

    def on_gripper_close_button_toggled(self, widget, data=None):
        if widget.get_active():
            widget.set_label("Closed")
        else:
            widget.set_label("Open")

    def refresh_text_field(self):
        """Refresh the text field, placing arrows at the selected pose."""
        buffer = self.ui.textview1.get_buffer()
        #Clear the field.
        buffer.delete(buffer.get_start_iter(), buffer.get_end_iter())
        #Add each pose
        for pose in self.poses:
            buffer.insert_at_cursor(pose._short_string())
            if pose == self.selected_pose:
                buffer.insert_at_cursor("  <--")
            buffer.insert_at_cursor("\n")

    def on_add_pose_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        """Add the input data into a pose and enqueue it."""
        base = self.ui.base_spinner.get_value()
        shoulder = self.ui.shoulder_spinner.get_value()
        elbow = self.ui.elbow_spinner.get_value()
        wristRot = self.ui.wrist_rotation_spinner.get_value()
        wristFlex = self.ui.wrist_flexion_spinner.get_value()
        gripRot = self.ui.gripper_rotation_spinner.get_value()
        gripClose = self.ui.gripper_close_button.get_active()
        speeds = (self.ui.base_speed.get_value(),
        self.ui.shoulder_speed.get_value(),
        self.ui.elbow_speed.get_value(),
        self.ui.wrist_rot_speed.get_value(),
        self.ui.wrist_flex_speed.get_value(),
        self.ui.grip_rot_speed.get_value())
        pose = Pose(base, shoulder, elbow, wristRot, wristFlex, gripRot, speeds, gripClose)
        index = 0
        if self.selected_pose != None:
            index = self.poses.index(self.selected_pose) + 1
        self.poses.insert(index, pose)
        self.selected_pose = pose
        self.refresh_text_field()

    def on_remove_pose_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        """Remove the selected pose."""
        if len(self.poses) <= 0:
            return
        index = self.poses.index(self.selected_pose)
        self.poses.pop(index)
        if(index > 0):
            self.selected_pose = self.poses[index-1]
        elif len(self.poses) > 0:
            self.selected_pose = self.poses[0]
        else:
            self.selected_pose = None
        self.refresh_text_field()

    def on_clear_pose_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        """Clear the user input fields."""
        self.ui.base_spinner.set_value(0)
        self.ui.shoulder_spinner.set_value(0)
        self.ui.elbow_spinner.set_value(0)
        self.ui.wrist_rotation_spinner.set_value(0)
        self.ui.wrist_flexion_spinner.set_value(0)
        self.ui.gripper_rotation_spinner.set_value(0)
        self.ui.gripper_close_button.set_active(False)

    def on_next_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        """Select the next pose."""
        if len(self.poses) <= 0:
            return
        index = self.poses.index(self.selected_pose)
        if(index != len(self.poses)-1):
            self.selected_pose = self.poses[index+1]
        self.refresh_text_field()

    def on_previous_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        """Select the previous pose."""
        if len(self.poses) <= 0:
            return
        index = self.poses.index(self.selected_pose)
        if(index != 0):
            self.selected_pose = self.poses[index-1]
        self.refresh_text_field()

    def on_play_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        """Play through the poses."""
        print "Play button clicked."
        for pose in self.poses:
            print pose

    def on_grab_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        """Grab the arm's current pose and add it to the list."""
        print "Grab position button clicked."

    def on_calculate_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        x = self.ui.x_spinbutton.get_value()
        y = self.ui.y_spinbutton.get_value()
        z = self.ui.z_spinbutton.get_value()
        try:
            pose = self.ikcalc.get_pose_for_coordinates(x, y, z)
            print "Pose:", pose
        except brazo.inversekinematics.UnreachableError:
            print "Point unreachable."

    def on_save_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        self.ikcalc = brazo.inversekinematics.IKCalculator(self.get_lengths())
        print "Created new ikcalc."
        self.ui.status_label.set_text("Settings committed!")

    def on_discard_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        pass

    def on_notebook1_switch_page(self, widget, page, page_num, data=None):
        if page_num == 3:
            self.enumerate_ports()

    def on_load_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        active_filename = self.ui.file_selector_combo_box.get_active()
        if active_filename != -1:
            active_filename = self.ui.file_selector_combo_box.get_model()[active_filename][0]
        self.load_arm_descriptor(_ROBOTS_DIR_ + active_filename)

    def load_arm_descriptor(self, filename):
        """Load an arm description file from disk."""
        arm_file = open(filename, "r")
        line = arm_file.readline()
        lengths = ()
        while line.startswith("#"):
            pass # Comment.
        if line.startswith("num_segments"):
            lengths = (0,)*int(line[13]) # example: num_segments 5
        else:
            self.set_status("File does not start with num_segments!")
            return
        while(line):
            if line.startswith("#"):
                pass # Comment.
            if line.startswith("segment"):
                segment_number = int(line[7]) # We'll parse out the number of the segment.
                if segment_number > 6:
                    self.set_status("This program does not support more than 6 segments.")
                elif segment_number >= len(lengths):
                    self.set_status("Found more segments than declared!")
                else:
                    lengths[segment_number] = int(line[9]) # Parse out the arm length
        return lengths

    def get_lengths(self):
        pass
        """Get the arm segment lengths from settings page and return as a tuple."""
        # height = self.ui.height_spinbutton.get_value()
        # upper = self.ui.upper_spinbutton.get_value()
        # lower = self.ui.lower_spinbutton.get_value()
        # wrist = self.ui.wrist_spinbutton.get_value()
        # return (height, upper, lower, wrist)

    def on_test_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        if self.armcon is not None:
            self.test_connection()
        else:
            self.set_status("No port selected.", 0.0)

    def on_diagnostics_button_clicked(self, widget, data=None):
        if self.armcon is not None:
            self.test_connection()
            self.run_diagnostics()
        else:
            self.set_status("Not connected.", 0.0)

    def enumerate_ports(self):
        avail_ports = brazo.ArmControl.get_available_ports()
        if len(avail_ports) == 0:
            self.ui.status_label.set_text("No serial ports found!")
            return
        liststore = self.ui.port_combo_box.get_model()
        liststore.clear()

        for i in range(len(avail_ports)):
            port = avail_ports[i]
            liststore.append([port])
            if self.armcon is not None and self.armcon.port == port:
                self.ui.port_combo_box.set_active(i)

    def enumerate_files(self):
        avail_files = os.listdir(_ROBOTS_DIR_)
        liststore = self.ui.file_selector_combo_box.get_model()
        liststore.clear()
        self.set_status("Found " + str(len(avail_files)) + " files.")
        for filename in avail_files:
            if filename.endswith(".rbt"):
                liststore.append([filename])

    def on_port_combo_box_changed(self, widget, data=None):
        # Create new arm control object based on serial port selection
        active_port = self.ui.port_combo_box.get_active()
        if active_port != -1:
            active_port = self.ui.port_combo_box.get_model()[active_port][0]
            self.armcon = ArmControl(active_port)

    def test_connection(self):
        self.armcon.flush()
        self.set_status("Testing...", 0.1)
        self.armcon.send_command("kARDUINO_READY")

        print "Sent ping"
        response = self.armcon.read(1)
        print "Response:", response
        self.set_status(progress=0.3)
        print "Read response."
        if str(response) is ArmControl.commands["kACK"]:
            self.set_status("Arduino online!", 0.6)
            self.armcon.send_command("toggle-led")
            self.set_status("Success!", 1.0)
        else:
            self.set_status("Connection failed!", 1.0)

        self.armcon.flush()

    def run_diagnostics(self):
        self.set_status("Connecting...", 0.1)
        self.armcon.send_command("kDIAGNOSTICS")
        time.sleep(.01)
        response = self.armcon.read(1);
        self.armcon.flush()
        print response
        self.set_status("Response: " + response, 0.2)
        print "done."

    def set_status(self, text=None, progress=None):
        if text is not None:
            self.ui.status_label.set_text(text)
        if progress is not None:
            self.ui.progressbar.set_fraction(progress)

    def finalize(self):
        if self.armcon is not None:
            self.armcon.close()

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Potomac School seniors Ashley Rodriguez and Josh Tarplin pictured at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) regional finals, held at Georgetown University.
It's been a banner year for Ashley Rodriguez and Josh Tarplin, two seniors in The Potomac School's Science and Engineering Research Center (SERC) program. Over the past few months, Rodriguez and Tarplin's two-year independent research projects have earned them awards and scholarships from some of the most prestigious competitions in the country.
On Jan. 9, Rodriguez's research on hemangiosarcoma, an aggressive cancer in dogs, placed first in the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) regional finals, held at Georgetown University. She received a $2,000 scholarship and will advance to the JSHS national competition in April.
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Earlier this month, Tarplin was named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search 2015, a pre-college science and math competition. He was one of only 300 semifinalists selected from a pool of more than 1,800 entrants nationwide. He received a $1,000 award from Intel, with an additional $1,000 presented to The Potomac School. Later this month, Intel will select 40 students as finalists; they will compete for more than $1 million in additional awards.
The Potomac School is an independent K-12 college-preparatory school in McLean. Now in its fifth year, the Potomac's Science and Engineering Research Center (SERC) program is one of three selective advanced programs offered by Potomac's Upper School. (The other two are the Visual and Performing Arts Concentration and the Global Perspectives and Citizenship Program.) SERC was created to give students opportunities to do long-term independent research, work in a professional lab, and stretch their minds. "The program is for students who want to take on some open questions and do more than just coursework," said Douglas Cobb, chair of the Upper School Science Department.
After taking biology as freshmen, students enter SERC as sophomores, taking two courses — one in accelerated physics and chemistry, the other focused on developing the experimental design for their research proposal. They also secure a mentor in the wider scientific community — an expert in their field of interest who will assist with their research and provide equipment, materials, or lab space.
Rodriguez was mentored by Dr. Jaime Modiano, head of the renowned veterinary lab at the University of Minnesota. Tarplin was mentored by Dr. Leon Nesti, a chief surgeon at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.


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