Diane Ravitch: Obama's Right-Wing School Reform (nybooks.com)
Teachers repeatedly asked if I could voice their opposition to what is now called reform. Many described the challenges they face trying to comply with the unrealistic goals of No Child Left Behind. At Stanford, a teacher from Salinas County broke into tears as she described her students, the children of lettuce pickers, most of whom knew no English
John J. Brugaletta: The English Professor's Burden (irascibleprofessor.com)
... hanging over a professor's retirement there hovers a special odium. There is something about our line of work that wakens expectations from people, especially when the professor under examination taught something as effete and tony as Shakespeare.
Susan Estrich: The Value of Experience (creators.com)
Some years ago, the late 'New York Times' and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist William Safire wrote a great column comparing politicians to plumbers. It was during one of those periods when (like now) experience had become a dirty word in politics and incumbency was a veritable curse.
Bruce Newman: "Apple's lost founder: Jobs, Woz and Wayne" (mercurynews.com)
That agreement gave him a 10 percent ownership stake in Apple, a position that would be worth about $22 billion today if Wayne had held onto it. But he didn't. Afraid that Jobs' wild spending and Woz's recurrent "flights of fancy" would cause Apple to flop, Wayne decided to abdicate his role as adult-in-chief and bailed out after 12 days. Terrified to be the only one of the three founders with assets that creditors could seize, he sold back his shares for $800.
Dr. Rallie McAllister: Ginger Spices Up Health (creators.com)
Ginger does more than just add a snap of flavor to foods and beverages. For centuries, the root of the plant has been used as a remedy for a variety of illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer.
"Baba Yaga Laid an Egg" by Dubravka Ugresic: A review by Chad W. Post
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg is a perfect example of Ugresic's fertile imagination. The latest entry in Canongate's "Myths Series," this novel is presumably a retelling of the Slavic myth of Baba Yaga -- an old witch who lives in a house with chicken legs and kidnaps children.
C.P.O. Sharkey is an American sitcom which aired from 1976 to 1978 on NBC.
Despite not being particularly popular, this series is often remembered for an incident that occurred on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. During production of the series, Rickles appeared on The Tonight Show with guest host Bob Newhart. While poking fun at Newhart and improvising a bit in which he was a clerk in an immigration office, Rickles slammed the cigarette box Carson kept on his desk while pretending to stamp passports, and accidentally broke the box. When Carson returned to the show and discovered this, he took a camera crew to the studio next door where Sharkey was being taped. Carson disrupted the taping in order to tease Rickles about it, to the delight of the studio audiences of both shows. This incident was often replayed in Tonight Show retrospectives and was considered a highlight of the 1970s era of the show. It originally aired during December 1976.
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mj was first, and correct, with:
The cranky Chief Petty Officer
Was played by the equally cranky Don Rickles.
Alan J answered:
Don Rickles
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Don Rickles
David wrote:
wasn't that the old hockey puck himself Don Rickles?
John I from Hawaii says:
Don Rickles.
Sally said:
C.P.O. Sharkey was a 30-minute sitcom that aired on NBC from 1976 to 1978, and starred Don Rickles as a Chief Petty Officer in the US Navy.
And, here's the Don...
It's funny, Regis just did his annual Rickles interview the other day and it aired on the, "Regis and Kelly Show." I believe an, 'exchange' between Regis and Rickles mentioned this show! (As in, Regis heckling Rickles with, "I have a full 60-minute show, Chief...)
PS: Yeah, MAM's back, and I expect JoeS to be back real soon! :)
Charlie replied:
Don Rickles
Marian the Teacher responded:
that would be Don Rickles
-pgw answered:
don rickles
MAM wrote:
C.P.O. Sharkey was a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, C.P.O. Otto Sharkey, played by Don Rickles. He was an abrasive, sharp-tongued veteran in charge of a
company of new Seaman Recruits on a San Diego naval base. The series ran from December 1, 1976 - July 28, 1978. I didn't watch it, but my kids must have because I remember it.
Don Rickles as C.P.O. Sharkey
And, Joe S (He's baaaaack) replied:
C.P.O. Sharkey is an American sitcom which aired from 1976 to 1978 on NBC. The series starred Don Rickles as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. C.P.O. Otto Sharkey was an abrasive, sharp-tongued veteran in charge of a company of new Seaman Recruits on a San Diego naval base. Rickles is famous for his jokes about various ethnicities and this show provided him with a vehicle for his politically incorrect humor. The young company consisted of Daniels, an African-American; Kowalski, a Polish-American; Skolnick, a Jewish-American, Mignone, an Italian-American and Rodriguez, an Hispanic-American. Sharkey's best friend on the base was Chief Robinson (Harrison Page) who was African-American.
Never watched it. I have an intense dislike for Don Rickles. I reserve the word hate for the likes of Tony Hayward and Union busters.
Another heavy marine layer, so another cooler-than-seasonal day.
Spent the day at a family function behind the Orange Curtain and had a pretty good time.
Tonight, Sunday:
CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by the FRESH'64th Annual Tony Awards'.
NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a RERUN'Losing It With Jillian', followed by a RERUN of the totally unrigged (cough, cough) 'Last Comic Standing'.
ABC begins the night with LIVE'2010 NBA Finals', followed by a FRESH'Jimmy Kimmel', then pads the left coast with local crap.
The CW fills the night with the movie 'Best Men'.
Faux has a FRESH'Til Death', followed by a FRESH'Sons Of Tucson', then a RERUN'Simpsons', followed by a RERUN'Cleveland Show', then a RERUN'Family Guy', followed by a RERUN'American Dad'.
MY recycles an old 'The Office', followed by another old 'The Office', then an old 'House', followed by another old 'House'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'Criminal Minds', another 'Criminal Minds', and still another 'Criminal Minds'.
AMC offers the movie 'The Mummy', followed by a FRESH'Breaking Bad'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Top Gear - Episode 5
[1:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 10 The Loss
[2:00 PM] Star Trek: The Next Generation - Ep 11 Data's Day
[3:00 PM] Should I Smoke Dope?
[4:00 PM] 18 Pregnant Schoolgirls
[5:00 PM] 476-lb. Teenager
[6:00 PM] Unexpected Wilderness
[7:00 PM] The Life of Mammals - Food for Thought
[8:00 PM] Arthur
[10:00 PM] My Big Breasts and Me
[11:00 PM] Arthur
[1:00 AM] My Big Breasts and Me
[2:00 AM] Arthur
[4:00 AM] My Big Breasts and Me
[5:00 AM] BBC World News
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Real Housewives Of NJ', 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', another 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent', and still another 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'.
Comedy Central has the movie 'Without A Paddle', followed by the movie 'Hot Rod'.
FX has the movie 'Enemy Of The State', followed by the movie 'Vantage Point'.
History has 'Top Shot', 'Ice Road Truckers', followed by a FRESH'Ice Road Truckers', then a FRESH'Top Shot'.
IFC -
[6:45 AM] The Cars That Ate Paris
[8:15 AM] Food Party
[8:30 AM] Manic
[10:15 AM] Heathers
[12:00 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[12:30 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[1:00 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[1:30 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[2:00 PM] La Jetee
[2:30 PM] Requiem
[4:00 PM] Manic
[5:45 PM] Blow Out
[7:35 PM] Spider
[7:45 PM] Fear City
[9:25 PM] Slow Burn
[11:00 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[11:30 PM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[12:00 AM] The Woods
[1:35 AM] Fear City
[3:15 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[3:45 AM] The Whitest Kids U'Know
[4:15 AM] Slow Burn
[5:50 AM] Requiem (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:15 AM] Shot in Bombay
[8:00 AM] Flight Of The Red Balloon
[10:00 AM] The Lazy Environmentalist - 208
[10:30 AM] Who Killed The Electric Car? - Sundance Film
[12:05 PM] ICONOCLASTS - Mikhail Baryshnikov + Alice Waters (Episode 2, Season 2)
[1:00 PM] BRICK CITY - Summer Is Ours (Episode 1)
[2:00 PM] BRICK CITY - Struggle (Episode 2)
[3:00 PM] BRICK CITY - Central (Episode 3)
[4:00 PM] BRICK CITY - Circus (Episode 4)
[5:00 PM] BRICK CITY - Red October (Episode 5)
[6:00 PM] On The Line
[6:30 PM] Duck Season
[8:00 PM] A Prairie Home Companion
[9:50 PM] Sleeping Betty
[11:35 PM] Caramel
[1:15 AM] Days Of Darkness
[3:00 AM] A Prairie Home Companion
[4:50 AM] Ghost Writer (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'Wrong Turn', followed by the movie 'Backwoods'.
Hugh Hefner waves from his front row center box at the 32nd annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles Saturday, June 12, 2010.
Photo by Reed Saxon
While Shakira, the Black Eyed Peas and other top musicians are in Africa to help kick off the World Cup, singer Jason Mraz was on the continent for another reason: to help free slaves.
The 31-year-old Grammy winner was in Ghana this week with Free the Slaves, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "end slavery worldwide."
Mraz spent five days in the country, traveling with James Kofi Annan, a former child slave who used to work on fishing boats and had been enslaved for seven years.
The singer also traveled to a rescue shelter for slaves in the town of Atebubu and to Lake Volta, where many child slaves are working, said Peggy Callahan, the organization's co-founder and executive producer.
Keeley Shae Smith and Pierce Brosnan arrives at Global Green 14th Annual Millennium Awards on Saturday June 12, 2010 at The Miramar Hotel and Bungalowsin Santa Monica, Calif.
Photo by Katy Winn
Bob Hope was joking about presidents before it was completely kosher.
When he got his first radio show, he knew he couldn't keep it funny with "39 weeks of mother-in-law jokes," as he put it. So Hope pioneered topical monologues - copied by many comedians since - and suddenly the presidents were fair game.
Hope's long career spoofing presidents and politicians from Franklin D. Roosevelt through Bill Clinton traces the ever evolving link between entertainment and politics in an exhibit opening Friday at the Library of Congress. For the first time, the library is placing Hope's joke file of 85,000 pages on public view, arranged by topic in digital kiosks.
A trainer who was forced to sleep rough on the streets of New York before finding success is planning an audacious raid at the grandest meeting of them all next week, Royal Ascot.
Irish-born Carl O'Callaghan, who spent nights rough under Brooklyn Bridge before hitting the big time, hopes Kinsale King can make his homeless days fade even further into memory when he takes on Europe's fastest at the Group One Golden Jubilee race at the royal meeting on June 19.
And O'Callaghan, 34, is confident he has found a unique recipe for Royal Ascot success -- by feeding the gelding a diet of Guinness and eggs.
"Guinness is obviously very healthy. It's got a lot of yeast in it. It helps the horse eat. It's like putting molasses in there," the Irish-born American said in Newmarket, where Kinsale King has been housed since arriving on June 7.
Emcee Bill Cosby, left, shares a moment with bandleader Javon Jackson onstage at the 32nd annual Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl in Los AngelesSaturday, June 12, 2010.
Photo by Reed Saxon
A small French cinema chain has made waves by postponing this month's showing of an Israeli comedy to protest the country's deadly May 31 raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.
The Utopia cinema chain replaced "Five Hours from Paris" with the documentary "Rachel," about an American student crushed to death by a bulldozer in 2003 while protesting Israeli house demolitions in Gaza.
The chain says it was the "only way to express disapproval" about the flotilla raid, which killed nine people.
Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand wrote to the chain to express "disapproval" of its decision, Le Figaro newspaper reported on its Web site.
A judge found a Florida man guilty of stalking Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson on Friday and later determined he was legally insane at the time of the crime.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor found Robert O'Ryan guilty of felony stalking and burglary charges and two misdemeanor concealed weapons violations. The verdict came after four days of testimony and evidence.
Pastor, considering the evaluations of two psychiatrists, ruled that O'Ryan was legally insane at the time of his arrest last March. He likely will serve his sentence in a state mental hospital after a court-ordered evaluation.
He had faced up to four years in state prison and two years in county jail. He had waived the right to a jury trial and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
The driver of the team 'Waterloo silverslider on the way back from the Mars' prepares for start at the 10th soapbox derby in Dresden, Germany, on Saturday,June 12, 2010.
Photo by Matthias Rietschel
The company that bought the right to market the name of the legendary New York City rock club CBGB has filed for bankruptcy.
In its punk heyday, CBGB hosted acts such as the Ramones, the Talking Heads, Patti Smith and Blondie.
The venue closed in 2006, but investors bought its name and intellectual property rights in 2008, hoping to revive the brand by selling T-shirts and other memorabilia.
The company has listed debts of $1 million to $10 million in its court filing. The petition does not say why the company was seeking bankruptcy protection.
Dozens of Disneyland hotel workers walked off their jobs Friday, the same day the resort premiered its multimillion dollar World of Color attraction.
Members of the union Unite Here walked out of the Disneyland, Grand Californian and Paradise Pier hotels to picket and block traffic along the street that leads into the amusement park.
Disney and the hotel workers have been involved in a contract dispute for two years. Hotel employees have staged periodic protests.
Disney spokeswoman Suzi Brown calls it another publicity stunt.
An artist performs during an annual fire festival in the Ukrainian capital Kiev June 12, 2010. The festival, which is in its fourth year, showcases fireart performances from June 11 to 13.
Photo by Gleb Garanich
A striking black-and-white photograph of the majestic Bridalveil waterfall is among numerous that landscape photographer Ansel Adams took with Polaroid film - a technology many celebrated artists embraced to produce innovative and surprising works.
The mural-sized iconic image, "Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite," is going on the auction block at a pre-sale estimate of $70,000 to $100,000.
"It is the largest and best collection of works by Ansel Adams to ever come on the market, representing a broad spectrum of most of his career," said Sotheby's photography expert Denise Bethel.
The image is among 1,000 Polaroid and gelatin silver prints by some of the biggest names in 20th-century photography being offered at Sotheby's on June 21-22 as part of a bankruptcy court-approved sale. The prints are being sold by PBE Corp., a previous owner of the Polaroid brand.
As a pop art pioneer, Andy Warhol blazed his way to fame with trademark Brillo soap pad boxes and silk-screens of Campbell's Soup cans.
But a new museum exhibit shows pop art was just a seven-year phase for Warhol in the 1960s, before his 1980s plunge into abstract art and Christian imagery, particularly his versions of "The Last Supper."
Flippant, brazen and flamboyant as an art world personality, Warhol long kept private his devout, lifelong Catholicism.
"Only his closest confidants knew he was a religious person and frequently went to Mass," said Sharon Matt Atkins, coordinating curator of the Brooklyn Museum exhibit "Andy Warhol: The Last Decade," which opens on June 18.
Czech top model Eva Herzigova wears a Spring/Summer design from the Adriana Degreas collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Saturday, June12, 2010.
Nelson Antoine
Lamb of God just won the battle for metal supremacy.
After a band has been around for a certain number of years, released a decent number of albums and amassed a dedicated fan base, a greatest-hits compilation would be the next logical step. But rather than just release a few discs to commemorate its 15th anniversary, Lamb of God has given its fans a vast array of options billed as the Hourglass collections. And for its most ravenous fans, the band conceived quite possibly the most metal thing ever -- a personalized coffin.
On the list of heavy-metal-friendly merchandise, a coffin ranks pretty high, drummer Chris Adler acknowledged. "It's up there, that's for sure. We tried to figure out how to have it smoking. But (research and development) turned that down. We also tried to put wheels and a jet engine on it, but Boeing would not cut us a deal."
Kidding aside, Adler said it was important for the band to release something that was creative; not "a catalog piece that fans could put together themselves using MS Paint and Roxio." The personalized coffins don't come cheap -- the full package, including the greatest-hits albums, the band's catalog on vinyl and USB drives, a 144-page book, a flag and a guitar, among other items, retails for $1,000 -- but less-expensive options are available.
Talk about a hard-knocks life: She has been jailed in North Korea, kidnapped repeatedly, accused of murder, trapped in a cave, roughed up by gangsters. And she's just a kid - more precisely, a red-haired girl named Annie.
Over 86 years, the spunky (and forever young) orphan has endured hundreds of curly hair-raising adventures, not to mention homelessness, poverty and other Dickensian hardships. She's even survived the death of the man whose pen and imagination turned her into a comic-strip heroine.
Annie, the character, may be indomitable. But Annie, the comic strip, is not.
Facing a shifting media landscape - the closing or shrinking of newspapers, a dwindling audience for comic adventures and an explosion of new forms of entertainment - Tribune Media Services has determined there will be no more newspaper tomorrows for Annie.
After Sunday's strip, Annie, her father figure and frequent rescuer, Daddy Warbucks, and her beloved pooch, Sandy, will disappear from the funny pages. They will have a future, but for now, where that will be is unknown.
A koala joey hangs on its mother Goonderrah, the Aboriginal name for fighter, following a weighing procedure at the zoo in the western German city of Duisburg, June 11, 2010. The 215 day-old koala baby, weighing 528 grams, has yet to be named.
Photo by Wolfgang Rattay
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