Thursday, November 24, 2011

Alan Z. Forman - Voice of Baltimore: MENDACITY IN MARYLAND -- Tennessee Williams' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' is model for 'Baltimore lie'

MENDACITY IN MARYLAND -- Tennessee Williams' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' is model for 'Baltimore lie'

PRODUCTION OF CLASSIC 1955 PLAY IN CITY'S STATION NORTH DISTRICT IS METAPHOR FOR SOCIAL CHANGE http://voiceofbaltimore.org/archives/1183

By Alan Z. Forman

Baltimore was a divided segregated city when Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" debuted on Broadway and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955.

Blacks could not eat at public lunch counters in Charm City (and elsewhere in America) and didn't venture into upscale Guilford or even lowly Hampden. Residents of Polish descent confined themselves to Highlandtown and Canton; Jews were not allowed in Roland Park. Italians lived in Little Italy.

People of color didn't mix with whites except to work for them. ............

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So well in fact that audiences viewing Williams’ play at the Load of Fun Theater in the old North Avenue Market last weekend in the city’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District barely noticed, if at all, that the cast was racially mixed, that the parents of two white brothers were portrayed by black actors, that the patriarch of an upscale Southern family in the segregated 1950s was played by an African-American Baltimorean.

Percy W. Thomas, dean for external programs at Sojourner-Douglass College and artistic director of Heralds of Hope Theater, which produced the play — advertised as “a color-blind production of the Pulitzer Prize winning tale” — in concert with the Theatrical Mining Company, nearly stole the show as Big Daddy Pollitt, Williams’ doomed patriarch of a wealthy Mississippi Delta family who is dying of colon cancer but doesn’t know it because he’s been lied to by everyone around him.

Kicked in the ass, as it were, under the guise of being kind.

READ THE VOICE OF BALTIMORE STORY @ http://voiceofbaltimore.org/archives/1183

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

For 72 years, Historical Society of Carroll County has honored the legacy of who we are

Eagle Archive By Kevin Dayhoffhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-1127-20111121,0,6968389.story

November 23, 2011

As we get together with friends and family to celebrate the history and traditions of our way of life during this holiday season, we might also take time to pause and take stock of three critical questions that strike to the heart of why we enjoy such a high quality of life in Carroll County.

Carroll County has changed a great deal over the last several decades.

With these changes comes an importance to remember what strikes to the essence of our county — where do we come from, why we are here, and where are we going?

In part, these answers have been preserved by the Historical Society of Carroll County… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-1127-20111121,0,6968389.story

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Kevin Dayhoff - The Tentacle: A Little Turkey History and A Wish

November 23, 2011

A Little Turkey History and A Wish

Kevin E. Dayhoff

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=4760

Happy Thanksgiving! Tomorrow all of America will be celebrating the American version of the “Harvest Festival” by gathering their families together and watching football. Some may be aware that the annual holiday originated as a celebration to give thanks for the annual harvest.

Perhaps because of my family’s long agricultural history, Thanksgiving has always been a special holiday in Carroll County. Besides, I’m a fan of any holiday in which food is involved, especially turkey.

I stand in good company because the turkey is a uniquely American contribution to the global palette.

According to numerous sources, including Andrew F. Smith’s “The Turkey: An American Story,” “The Spanish encountered domesticated turkeys in Mexico by 1518, and within a few years they had been introduced into the West Indies and Spain. Shortly thereafter, turkeys were widely disseminated throughout Western Europe.”

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

The New York Times Breaking News Alert: Man Arrested and Charged in New York City Bomb Plot

Breaking News Alert

The New York Times
Sunday, November 20, 2011 -- 8:03 PM EST
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Man Arrested and Charged in New York City Bomb Plot

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/man-arrested-in-bid-to-kill-government-workers-with-bomb-officials-say/?hp&emc=na

The authorities have arrested a man who law enforcement officials believe was planning to build and detonate a bomb in New York with government workers, returning military personnel and elected officials as the target, two people briefed on the case said on Sunday.

Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly of the New York Police Department announced the charges against the man at a Sunday evening news conference at City Hall.

The man was arrested within the last 24 hours.

The defendant in the case, identified as Jose Pimentel, 27, had bought bomb-making materials and “began to build them,” said one person briefed on the case, who added that the Police Department had had the man under surveillance for about a year.

Read More: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/man-arrested-in-bid-to-kill-government-workers-with-bomb-officials-say/?hp&emc=na

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Tumblr users fight SOPA with 87,834 calls to Congress | The Digital Home - CNET News

Tumblr users fight SOPA with 87,834 calls to Congress | The Digital Home - CNET News:

'via Blog this'

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57327681-17/tumblr-users-fight-sopa-with-87834-calls-to-congress/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

Tumblr users fight SOPA with 87,834 calls to Congress

by Don Reisinger November 18, 2011 9:27 AM PST

Tumblr's SOPA facts

(Credit: Tumblr)

Tumblr users have come out in full force against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the microblogging service announced yesterday.

Earlier this week, Tumblr set up a page where its users could sign up and receive a phone call from the company with talking points about SOPA. From there, the company connected users with their U.S. representatives to voice concerns about the bill.

All told, Tumblr said yesterday, 87,834 calls were placed to representatives. The average call lasted 53 seconds, while the longest came in at 31 minutes, the company said. A total of 1,293 total hours were spent talking to representatives... http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-57327681-17/tumblr-users-fight-sopa-with-87834-calls-to-congress/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

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The Washington Examiner Opinion Digest: Washington conducts public business for private gain and other stories

Washington conducts public business for private gain and other stories from the Washington Examiner Opinion Digest

Washington conducts public business for private gain

By Examiner Editorial

It's not been a good week for those whose livelihoods depend on either having access to the power brokers and decision makers of the Washington federal establishment or being one of them.

What is the Pentagon hiding in Iraq, Afghanistan spending?

By Diana West

When the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan closed shop on Sept. 30, it reported its "sobering but conservative" estimate that U.S. taxpayers had lost between $31 billion and $60 billion in waste and fraud out of the $…

The Declaration of Independence defines our principles

By Star Parker

It is encouraging news that the Supreme Court has decided to consider the constitutionality of key provisions of Obamacare.
By the end of next summer, we'll know if the federal government can force individuals to buy health insurance and if they c…

Sunday Reflection: Americans want more than Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street can deliver

By Doug Schoen

Both the Tea Party movement and to a much greater extent, the Occupy Wall Street movement, have vocalized some frustrations that are shared by a broad mass of the American people — suspicion of Wall Street and crony capitalism.

Our children deserve a real fight against child abuse

By Diane Dimond

This won’t be 2008 all over again, Barack

By Bill O'Reilly

Why not Huntsman?

By Steve Chapman

New immigration rules are cynical political move

By Linda Chavez

BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL

Speaker's office transcript: Boehner's response

Department of Energy Forgoing Safety for Time and Money

Chevron RICO suit highlights collusion between trial lawyers, green groups and Ecuadorian court

Congress mandate may send 100,000 cribs to the dump

The Drug War: Forty Years of Futility

EDITORIALS

Washington conducts public business for private gain

Chu offers no apology for fleecing taxpayers for Solyndra

Congress wants to turn GAO watchdog into a lapdog

Time to give the heave ho to Occupy DC

'Throw them all out' sounds like a good start

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Mediterraneo Ristorante Italiano. I'll have eggplant staffed w ricotto cheese

Economic struggles paint murky future for nonprofits in Carroll and across region

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HuffPost The Media: Chris Matthews, Larry Elder Have Incredibly Hostile Conversation

Chris Matthews, Larry Elder Have Incredibly Hostile Conversation

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/chris-matthews-larry-elder-hostile_n_1101342.html?ir=Media

11/18/11

Chris Matthews and conservative radio host Larry Elder had an unbelievably hostile conversation earlier in the week.

The Hollywood Reporter caught wind of the chat when Elder wrote about it in his syndicated column.

"You know things didn't go well when, a few minutes after the interview concludes, Matthews' booker emails my producer: 'I wish you would've let me know that Larry was planning on attacking Chris,'" Elder wrote.

Whatever it was, the interview was definitely not a friendly one. Elder started by asking Matthews, "do you still feel that, as a journalist, it's your job to help Obama succeed?" … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/18/chris-matthews-larry-elder-hostile_n_1101342.html?ir=Media

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