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CAM Raleigh's debate screening featured in Associate Press article
By CAM Raleigh | October 9, 2012
CAM Raleigh is hosting presidential debate screenings in conjunction with our exhibition Jonathan Horowitz—Your Land/My Land: Election '12. Read the Associated Press article below that covers the October 3 debate screenings around the country, including at CAM Raleigh.
Associated Press - October 4
Many watch debate; some are pleased, few are moved
Photos from debate screenings
Austin Reid leans in to listen to his girlfriend, Emily Millette, during a presidential debate event at the Contemporary Art Museum in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. The two are registered independents, but they were leaning toward voting for President Barack Obama, and didn't hear anything from Republican nominee Mitt Romney to change that. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)
Many watch debate; some are pleased, few are moved
Like so many other Americans, David Becker knew long before Wednesday night's debate whom he'd be supporting in the presidential election. And, like so many other Americans, he tuned in anyway.
He was hoping his guy — Republican Mitt Romney — would step it up a notch, "get out there and take command, put more on the table, tell us what you will do."
"A guy like Romney should excite me," said Becker, 30, a Republican who manages real estate investments in Fairfield, a charming shoreline town on Connecticut's affluent "gold coast." ''But he has not done that."
That was before the 90-minute head-to-head matchup between Romney and President Barack Obama in Denver, their first of three debates before Election Day.
After it ended: "I think he had Obama on the run. I was pleased to see him finally take the gloves off."
And so it went on the night of the Great Debate in a country ever more polarized and an election year where most Americans, the pollsters tell us, have already decided whom to choose.
Across the land — from an art museum in North Carolina to college campuses in California and Iowa, a retirement community in Florida and Becker's home along the Long Island Sound — debate-watch gatherings were filled with partisans whose minds were pretty much made up before the candidates opened their mouths. The debate itself didn't change their votes.
But the exchange did serve to reinforce their decisions. And perhaps even more importantly for Romney, who has lagged in national polls, the night brought with it a sense of relief and excitement for Republicans who were worried their nominee might not have what it takes to beat Obama.
"Romney far succeeded my expectations," said Republican Art Rotelli, who joined a mixed group of Democrats, Republicans and even one undecided voter at Becker's house to watch the debate. Before things got started, Rotelli had some tough words of advice for his candidate: "He needs to provide a clear contrast, on health care, on the economy. "He needs to stop coming off as too careful."
Afterward, the 35-year-old advertising product designer was dreaming of an Election Day victory.
"Tonight is a game, it's not the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is in November. ... I'd say Romney got a pretty solid lead in this game."
Even some Romney opponents begrudgingly gave the debate "win" to the Republican.
"I'm a Democrat, but Romney was on fire tonight. Romney was aggressive, he attacked. ... I thought he did exceptionally well tonight — unfortunately," said Karl Amelchenko, 36, a lawyer from Raleigh, N.C., who watched the debate at the city's Contemporary Art Museum, with one half of the concrete floor covered in red carpet, the other in blue.
Still, Amelchenko said, nothing he saw or heard will change his vote for Obama. "No," he said. "I mean, my mind was made up long before."
The museum event was meant to be bipartisan, but of the 30 or so people who showed up, all sat on the blue side of the room. Among them was a pair of registered independents — Emily Millette, a software interface designer for IBM, and boyfriend Austin Reid, a physics doctoral student. Both came in leaning toward Obama and said they heard nothing to push them into the Romney camp.
"Truth be told I came here because it's an art installation, and I came here to be entertained," said Reid, 27, who planned to spend a few days fact-checking what he heard.
Unquestionably, the debates are among the most important events of a presidential campaign season. They attract more viewers — the first debate especially — than the candidates' convention acceptance speeches and far more attention than the avalanche of ads that many a voter may simply mute, said Bill Benoit, a professor who specializes in political campaign communication at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. They do have the power to potentially sway an undecided voter or switch a tentatively decided voter, he noted.
But mostly, the debates could serve to fire up partisans to give of their money and time to help their candidate win. "That matters," said Benoit, "especially this year because both candidates have to raise money in the general election like never before because they declined federal financing. Strengthening your existing attitude toward a candidate can be more important now, this year, than ever before in history."
That certainly happened for debate watchers at The Princess Martha, a 55-and-over apartment community in the heart of downtown St. Petersburg, Fla. About 10 residents gathered with popcorn and lemonade in the building's theater room to watch the debate on a big-screen television. And most of those sitting in the comfy black leather seats had no doubt about whom they were supporting: Obama.
"I'm a very strong Democrat," said Mary "Ches" Applewhite, a 77-year-old retirement government worker who said she wouldn't even consider voting for Romney. "If he had stayed as moderate as he was in Massachusetts," she shrugged. "But he's not, now."
The issues of Medicare and Social Security are paramount for this group and as the debate went on, Applewhite nodded vigorously when Obama said that he didn't think "vouchers are the way to go" with Medicare.
Fellow resident Norton Klipstein, 86, felt that Romney put some pressure on Obama. Nevertheless, the performance did nothing to sway this Democrat's vote, either.
"I felt there was a greater integrity in Obama's expression," Kipstein said, adding that Romney "smiled too much."
At a gathering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, geology major and first-time Republican voter Charles Epting was himself grinning widely after the debate, believing that his candidate hit a homerun.
"Where Romney really set himself apart is he wasn't the stereotype of this old, rich white guy," said Epting, 19. He especially praised Romney's vow to cut public broadcasting by joking that he loved Big Bird and Jim Lehrer, the former PBS newsman who moderated Wednesday night's exchange. Epting believed that helped show that Romney can use humor and charm to voice his convictions. "Tonight I think he was the more charismatic candidate."
Still other voters walked away from this first debate craving more specifics about the issue of the day — the economy — and other topics that went unmentioned during a discussion intended to focus on domestic issues.
About 40 University of Iowa students in professor Cary Covington's classes on the American presidency gathered in the rotunda of the Adler Journalism Building to watch the debate on a bank of TVs. The students participated in an experiment to test a mobile app developed by political scientists in which they responded to the candidates' statements in real-time by pressing buttons on their computers and phones reading "agree," ''disagree," ''spin," or "dodge."
Many students said they were watching their first presidential debate, and voting for the first time this election. Toward the end of the debate, they sat up and paid close attention as Obama talked about how he reformed the federal student loan program — a major issue in a state where college graduates have some of the nation's highest debt loads. At least two were seen pushing "agree" on their phones.
Among the group was junior Kate Resch, 20, a native of Springfield, Ill., and self-described political moderate who supports Obama. She was stunned that two of her top issues — abortion rights and funding for Planned Parenthood — didn't even come up. She said she wanted to hear the candidates in their own words rather than in the ads she's seen. "It was an important topic that should have been brought up," she said.
In the all-important swing state of Ohio, Sylvia Bly of Cleveland was downright angry after the debate, frustrated with what she called Romney's lack of specifics. At 55 years old, Bly is struggling to find work since being laid off by a consumer products company in 2005. Her husband, a steelworker, lost his longtime job at a steel mill but was buffered by union benefits and has since gotten a new job. They lost his pension and have dipped far into their retirement savings as they try to get by.
Obama's "mindset supports people like my husband and myself who are caught in the middle," said Bly, who nevertheless plans to watch the next debates as well — to see if Romney offers more detailed proposals, but also because she wants to know everything she can about whoever will be the next president.
"I want to know that the people who are running for office truly have my interests and my fellow Americans' interests at heart," Bly said. "The person I might not vote for may become president. I want to know what to expect."
Photos by Allen G. Breed (AP)
Contributing to this report were Associated Press writers Helen O'Neill in Fairfield, Conn.; Allen G. Breed in Raleigh, N.C.; Tamara Lush in St. Petersburg, Fla.; Shaya Tayefe Mohajer in Los Angeles; Ryan J. Foley in Iowa City, Iowa; and Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus, Ohio.


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CFP: [Rhetoric-Composition] The Commons
The editors of Currents in Electronic Literacy (an MLA-indexed,
peer-reviewed, e-journal) seek manuscripts that address the role or the
relevance of the cultural commons for those working, teaching, or living in
a mediated age. The term itself has received attention from those on the
far left, such as Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, to those defending
free-market economics, such as Lawrence Lessig. As new media enable us to
collaborate, share information, disseminate texts, and pull from the
collective and creative resources that the humanities have traditionally
celebrated, we face new challenges on a variety of fronts. What are the
legal implications of sharing copyrighted (or copylefted texts)? What
constitutes "fair use†in an age when most cultural artifacts can quickly
be scanned and posted for public consumption? (How) are we ethically
and scholastically obligated to evaluate or cite sources that have been
read and reviewed by a worldwide community of arguably critical and
invested readers? (How) do profit (or exploitation) work when users
determine content willfully and energetically?
We encourage submission of scholarly articles and review essays (including
reviews of books, software, websites, and conferences) that relate any of
the above questions or others not mentioned to the task of teaching and
Submissions for reviews should be approximately 1500 words for individual
reviews and 2500 for omnibus reviews of multiple texts or applications and
5000 words for scholarly articles. Submission deadline is December 15,
2007. For questions or to submit reviews email ejournal_at_lists.cwrl.utexas.edu.
Currents in Electronic Literacy is an online publication of the Computer
Writing and Research Laboratory at the University of Texas, Austin.
Currents strives to provide a forum for the scholarly discussion of issues
pertaining to electronic literacy, widely construed. In general, Currents
publishes work addressing the use of electronic texts and technologies for
reading, writing, teaching, and learning in fields including but not
restricted to the following: literature (in English and in other
languages), rhetoric and composition, languages (English, foreign, and
ESL), communications, media studies, and education.
Currents in Electronic Literacy (ISSN 1524-6493) is indexed in the MLA
International Bibliography and EBSCO.
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Next-Gen Apple TV Release Faces Tricky Timing
Jun 7, 2012 5:00 AM PT
We rearranged our family room with our 42-inch HDTV so that the couch is farther away from the screen than before. While the room is far more open and usable now, it's clear to me that my piddling little 42-incher is far too small, never mind the fact that it's only a migraine-inducing eyestrainer of a unit pumping out 720p.
Of course, I'd prefer a 1080p set, probably edging up into the 47-inch-and-above class. No need to get crazy and go five feet or anything. I'm a practical guy on a budget, right.
Then there's the fabled, mythical, and perhaps magical real Apple TV that Apple is supposedly working on deep inside the catacombs of the company's Cupertino headquarters.
There have been plenty of allusions to such a device, starting well before the Steve Jobs bio by Walter Isaacson. The most recent hint of iTV is a vague mention from freshly knighted Sir Jonathan Ive that he's working on something quite "important" right now, along with Apple CEO Tim Cook, at this year's All Things D conference.
But When? Tell Us When!
It's a given that Apple is working to create a real HDTV with the Apple TV name. It's possible that the company will quietly fail behind closed doors and delay a release, perhaps indefinitely, but I seriously doubt it. The TV -- in all sizes -- remains a critical component of the digital experience all the way into the future to the point of a zombie apocalypse.
So when?
With Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) right around the corner, there's a real chance that Apple could reveal the next-gen Apple TV at the conference. However, it's more likely the company will be smarter than that and just tip its hand, for two key reasons:
- Summertime is terrible time to be selling and buying big screen TVs
- WWDC is for developers, so why not give them a taste of what's to come -- the Apple TV operating system -- but save the slick hardware for a better consumer-oriented splash?
Apple Needs Apps or Content - Probably Both
When I consider the Apple TV -- especially as I look at my 42-inch TV far across the distance of my family room -- I realize Apple has to create something pretty amazing for me to actually buy it, and I'm a hardcore Apple fan.
For starters, while 42-inch screens are great for many homes, they're not for me. Right there out of the gate, I might be a non-buyer if Apple doesn't produce a bigger set. Then, of course, even if Apple does produce a bigger unit, the price has to be competitive, even if the entire set is made of shimmering crystal that lets you customize the color of the frame to match your decor or mood. The hardware design will take a back seat to the operating system and the ecosystem that could be delivered by an Apple TV. No way around that.
So if Apple is going to create a real TV set, the set has to play nice with satellite, cable and over-the-air TV service. More importantly, it has to offer more, and more is apps. Who makes apps? Developers. And apps take time. So maybe Apple will show off the potential at WWDC, giving us a clue as to the shipping time frame.
Meanwhile, if finally Apple comes right out and says that it's making something real, the company might have a better shot at figuring out the programming angle. Can it offer subscriptions to TV shows that are actually cost-effective? Can I get Animal Planet or the Discovery Channel without shelling out for the expensive satellite and cable plans that bundle in all the crappy channels too? Can Apple change the TV programming model? So far, it seems as if Apple has been unable to do that by leveraging its current Apple TV hobby alongside iTunes and the integration with iOS devices.
So what does this mean? I think it means that Apple has to make a more specific move so that it either becomes a threat to current TV programming models or it becomes a possible solution that some networks or shows or sporting organizations want to play with. And that takes time.
Wait Until ...
Can Apple introduce a real Apple TV right now? Probably not.
How about September or October, which is typically when we see new media devices and announcements around iTunes and music and such? It's before the holiday season, and it pretty much guarantees that Apple will be able to snag attention and get enough product into the supply chain to sell, feeding the likelihood of a great financial quarter and successful momentum.
If that's too soon, then when? The next open shot is early in 2013. If Apple can get a TV out before other key buying times, like before the Super Bowl or the NCAA basketball tournament, there's a chance it could pull off enough interest and heat to make the content producers pay attention and build momentum for the new TV.
Spring and Summer? Pretty risky. Anything later than early next year, and whatever Apple does will start off with a solid dose of derision and concern that a Steve Job-less Apple can't produce in a timely way. Hate to say it, but that's the soft underbelly at risk here.
Either way, I'll squint at my current HDTV every now and then this summer, waiting and wondering if Apple will actually deliver before I lose patience and hit a big-box store for some other brand.


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Garden Detective: No impatiens in pots
DEAR JESSICA: We live in Cutchogue, where the deer eat everything in sight. So to enjoy the flowers, we hang pots of impatiens around the porch. After reading your advice against planting impatiens this year due to widespread disease, we're wondering whether impatiens in hanging pots are at risk, too. --Ruth Beyer Hoffman, Cutchogue
DEAR RUTH: Unfortunately, impatiens in pots will be just as susceptible to downy mildew disease as those in the ground. The pathogen, which was prevalent in the Northeast last year and is expected to continue to be a problem for years to come, is airborne. It would be best to stick to one of the alternates I wrote about in my last column. This year, my pots are filled with calibrachoa and petunias.
DEAR JESSICA: We have a mature, 20-year-old leggy lilac that's 15 feet tall. Can I cut it down to 8 feet and still get future blooms, or should I replace it? --Jim McCann, Douglaston
DEAR JIM: You can rejuvenate your lilac by cutting it down to about a foot from the ground. This should be done in late February or March, while the plant is dormant, so best to hold off another year. This will force the plant to produce a lot of shoots during the following summer. Then, in late winter, remove most of the weaker stems that grew, cutting them at ground level, leaving several strong, healthy ones to grow into the new plant. Prune those strong, healthy stems just above a bud to stimulate branching. It should fill out nicely in a couple of years.
DEAR JESSICA: My white hydrangeas are turning red and blue. How could this happen? --Toby Cohen, via email
DEAR TOBY: Many varieties of hydrangea are affected by the pH of the soil in which they're planted, so even if they were white (likely slightly tinged either blue or pink) at the nursery, once planted in your garden, they could very well turn pink or blue. Acidic soil causes the flowers to bloom blue, while alkaline soil induces pink blooms. A soil pH of 7 is considered neutral. A reading of less than 7 indicates acidic soil; numbers higher than 7 are alkaline.
It's possible to change the color of hydrangeas either pink or blue by manipulating the soil's pH. It's important to note it's a lot harder to turn alkaline soil acidic than the other way around.
To make acidic soil more alkaline and turn blossoms pink, simply incorporate lime into the soil. This works pretty quickly and may not have to be repeated for a few years. But to make the soil more acidic, you have to add sulfur, and repeat applications will be needed to maintain the pH. If you choose to use sulfur, be sure to follow package instructions very closely and carefully.
Garden Club of the week
SWEETWATER AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY :The society's mission is to educate members and the public about the care, propagation and hybridization of African violets. Members can attend the annual African Violet Society of America conventions.
Meets: 7:30 p.m. first Wednesday of each month from September through November and January through May
Location: West Sayville Fire Department, Montauk Highway and Atlantic Avenue
Dues: $10 annually, includes issues of African Violet Magazine every other month.
Contact: 631-589-2724; email@example.com, or club's website, avsa.org


text: Here at Wired we're all about the future. Talking about it, living in it, and looking forward to it. So now that 2012 is history, it's time to look at the best of what is yet to come in the world of movies with our most anticipated films of 2013. Some of these flicks are continuations of franchises we already know we love — the next Iron Man installment, another Hunger Games chapter — but others are wholly new endeavors (yes, Hollywood still does those) like Guillermo del Toro's giant-monsters-versus-giant-robots adventure movie Pacific Rim and Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller Side Effects. There are also a few more non-Hobbit literary adaptations headed to theaters in 2013: the next Hunger Games movie, Catching Fire and Baz Lurhmann's (probably) fantastical 3-D interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby. What else? Read on to see just what Wired can't wait to see in 2013. Above: Kaiju Attack! Pacific Rim Ups the Stakes in 'Bot War Game __Story:__Director Guillermo del Toro has summarized the movie as "giant fucking monsters against giant fucking robots" and that really should be enough to get butts in the seats. But beyond that, those monsters — kaiju, to be exact — are looking to destroy everything in their path and the only thing that can combat them are 25-story "Jaeger" robots and the top-gun heroes who pilot them. A battle for the future of humanity ensues. Why it could be cool: There's no way this could not be cool. Del Toro had crowds screaming for the early teaser he showed at both San Diego and New York comic cons, which featured the kind of epic battles that just take your breath away. The flick also promises to be a true heroic the-world-bands-together-against-a-common-enemy action movie steered by performances from the likes of Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, and Ron Perlman. Del Toro has been diligently working on this project for a while now and shows no signs of letting down one single nerd. __Cautionary note:__You may crap your pants. Release date: July 12, 2013 Images courtesy of the film's studios, unless otherwise noted.Evil Dead: Bruce Campbell-Approved! Story: A group of friends goes to a cabin in the woods and finds a Book of Dead. Horror ensues. You know the drill. Why it could be cool: This is Fede Alvarez's remake of the 1981 classic. And even though original star Bruce Campbell isn't in this reincarnation, he did produce it with original director Sam Raimi and has already promised that it won't screw over audiences. Also, it looks scary as hell. Cautionary note: There's always a chance for disappointment with a remake of a horror classic. It's just a fact of life (and death). Release date: April 12, 2013Conflicted Superman: Man of Steel Story: A young man with super-human powers comes from his home planet of Krypton to Earth and uses his super powers to defend his adopted home. (Honestly, if you don't know Superman's story, you're probably not reading this website.) Why it could be cool: It's a total reboot for Superman. During San Diego Comic-Con this summer director Zack Snyder told the audience "we respect the canon and we know the comic book exists; the movies are their own thing" and pledged he would make the film like it was the first Superman flick ever made. That might be a refreshing approach, and one that could work under the tutelage of producer Christopher Nolan, who did something similar with Batman. And so far, trailers for the film have shown a more conflicted, somber hero, making room for a movie as full of real drama as it is with action. Cautionary note: Creating a movie based on the premise that it's the first Superman movie ever is a big gamble, it could go either way. See also: Sucker Punch. Release date: June 14, 2013Burning Up: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Story: After surviving the kid-versus-kid death-match known as the Hunger Games in the futuristic dystopia of Panem, young archery badass Katniss Everdeen (played by Jennifer Lawrence) must go back to the arena once more to face off against other Hunger Games winners in the Quarter Quell. Why it could be cool: The Hunger Games' release earlier this year did more than just prove it was possible to faithfully adapt Suzanne Collins' young adult novel — it proved that Hollywood could make serious bucks on a movie with a female heroine (hate to say it, but told ya so). It also ignited something of a cultural revolution, with The New York Times Magazine declaring that along with some other great female-led films, 2012 was "Hollywood's Year of Heroine Worship." Since Katniss — and her quest for revolution — only get more intense in Catching Fire, the movie is being set up to be a knock-out. Cautionary note: The first Hunger Games movie got its look and feel from director Gary Ross. The next installment is being helmed by Francis Lawrence, so there's always a chance that a new director will take the flick in a less-than-pleasing direction. (However, Lawrence got his start making music videos and went on to direct gritty action movies like I Am Legend and Constantine, so he has the chops to bring pop sensibility to a big action movie.) Release date: Nov. 22, 2013Warm Bodies, Cold Hearts, Can't Lose __Story:__A young zombie named R (played by X-Men: First Class' Nicholas Hoult) develops feelings for a human girl whose father is on a walker-annihilation quest. By falling for the girl, R begins to recover from his zombification. Romeo and Juliet got nothing on these two. Why it could be cool: Hoult is fantastically endearing actor who has done everything from About a Boy to A Single Man without missing a beat so far — he'll also soon be Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer. There's no reason to think he couldn't pull off this quirky zombie-in-love thing. Also, as much as we love zombies, in the world of The Walking Dead and the upcoming World War Z they're only ever portrayed as vicious monsters. It might be nice to meet one we want to root for, just this once. Cautionary note: It's a love story based on a young adult novel that has eerily familiar blue tones in its lighting, so it's Twilight until proven innocent. Release date: Feb. 1, 2013Star Trek Into Darkness, Like, Really Dark Darkness __Story:__The crew of the USS Enterprise return home but find there's a bad guy in their midst (played by Benedict Cumberbatch), so Captain James T. Kirk and crew must save the Starfleet. Why it could be cool: Director J.J. Abrams has re-teamed with writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (and added Damon Lindelof) for his second Trek flick, so it should be as good as the first, if not better. Also, judging by the first trailer, there seem to be lots of cool explosions and stuff. Cautionary note: It's another installment of a beloved franchise, these things are always kind of breath-holders until we walk out of the theater. Release date: May 17, 2013Every Night Is a Good Night to See A Good Day to Die Hard Story: John McClane travels to Russia and teams up with his son to fight underworld forces. Why it could be cool: John McClane is back! John McClane is back! John McClane is back! On Valentine's Day! Yippee ki-yay! Need anything else? Cautionary note: It's been nearly a quarter century since the first Die Hard movie. Can the magic really last this long? Release date: Feb. 14, 2013Song of Blood and Fire: Carrie Returns Story: A bullied high school girl named Carrie discovers here telekinetic powers and exacts revenge on her small Maine town. Why it could be cool: Based on Stephen King's 1974 novel and essentially a remake of Brian De Palma's adaptation, it may seem unnecessary to re-tread such sacred ground. But considering the current cultural climate where teenage bullying has come to the forefront of the conversation, suddenly Carrie White's story seems even more relevant now as it was in the 1970s. Also, this version is being directed by Kimberly Peirce, whose Boys Don't Cry is as heartbreaking today it was in 1999, and it scored Hilary Swank an Oscar. Also, your Carrie this time around is Chloë Grace Moretz, and watching Hit-Girl go all fire-and-brimstone is something we'd like to see. Cautionary note: De Palma's film is a horror classic; those looking for something to beat it will be setting a pretty high bar. Release date: March 15, 2013The Creator of District 9 Is Back With Elysium Story: In the future — 2159 to be exact — the super rich live on a space station while the poor remain on Earth, which is in ruins. One man goes on a mission to reunite the two worlds. Why it could be cool: It's the latest from District 9 writer/director Neill Blomkamp, who scored his lead Matt Damon thanks to his geeky planning. "There was this graphic novel that Neill had done on his computer with this entire world he had built," Damon said during the film's panel earlier this year at Comic-Con International. "I'd never seen anything like it. Then there was a corresponding book of weaponry, and a whole other book of vehicles. Normally, you make an educated guess about if a movie is going to work, but for Elysium I had so much information, I decided there's no way I'm going to let this one get away." We probably shouldn't let it get away either. Cautionary note: There's always a chance that a filmmaker like Blomkamp, who had a much-beloved first feature, could fail make lightning strike twice in the same place. The chances seem slim, but it's possible. Release date: Aug. 9, 2013Ender's Game Shows Hollywood Its Card Story: Based on Orson Scott Card's sci-fi novel of same name (see cover above), the future tale focuses on a gifted young man sent to a military school to prepare for a future alien invasion. Why it could be cool: The book it's based on is a sci-fi classic. It's got a solid cast of young actors from Little Miss Sunshine's Abigail Breslin to Hugo's Asa Butterfield — as Ender himself — and True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld. Also, Harrison Ford as Colonel Hyrum Graff. We repeat: Harrison Ford. Indiana Jones is in this movie. Cautionary note: The book it's based on is a sci-fi classic. Anxiety is to be expected. Release date: Nov. 1, 2013G.I. Joe: Retaliation: The Most Ninja Action for Your Buck Story: The all-American heroes fight against Cobra and forces within the government. Why it could be cool: The trailers so far have made it look too fun to ignore. And director Jon M. Chu is just a big fan who is finally getting a chance to make a Joe movie. Also, more Channing Tatum. Cautionary note: Chu has previously been known for directing song-and-dance films like two Step Up flicks and Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, so his mettle has yet to be tested with a big military action picture. Release date: March 29, 2013Gangster Squad to Bring Guys and Dolls and Guns to the Multiplex Story: Rogue LAPD cops do anything necessary to keep East Coast mob types out of their town in the 1940s and 50s. Why it could be cool: The cast. Everyone from Ryan Gosling to Sean Penn to Josh Brolin to Emma Stone is in this picture. And, surprisingly, it's directed by Ruben Fleischer, who previously put his pizzazz on Zombieland and 30 Minutes or Less. It should be manna for fans of gangster flicks. Cautionary note: Fleischer's previous flicks show little sign that a flashy period crime drama is anywhere in his wheelhouse, so whether or not he pulls off Gangster Squad is anyone's guess. Release date: Jan. 11, 2013Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters Could Slay or It Could Not Story: It's a spin on the old fairy tale where the brother and sister team become witch bounty hunters. Why it could be cool: You had our curiosity at "Hansel and Gretel" and then got our attention with "Witch Hunters." And Jeremy Renner (aka Hansel and Hawkeye) can often make a good thing better. Cautionary note: Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters sounds an awful lot like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and, well, yeah… Release date: Jan. 25, 2013Back in Matte: Iron Man 3 Story: After saving the world with his fellow Avengers, Tony Stark can't sleep and constantly worries that someone's out to kill him. Then Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) shows up. Why it could be cool: The entire Marvel universe got super-charged with the release of The Avengers last summer, so a lot is riding on Tony Stark and company to keep the franchise as bombastic as Joss Whedon's mega-flick was. Keep calm and remember that Robert Downey Jr.'s conflicted playboy superhero launched this incarnation of the Marvel world in the first place. There's no reason the third time won't be a charm. Cautionary note: Like Catching Fire, Iron Man 3 is also getting a new director in Shane Black. He may not be Jon Favreau, who directed the previous two films, but he promises to follow his playbook, telling Wired recently he'd like to bring the flicks "back to a sort of more gritty, intense kind of techno-thriller root." Release date: May 3, 2013Jack the Giant Slayer Brings More Than the Beanstalk Story: A young farmer named Jack must go to the world of giants to save a princess. Why it could be cool: The other film starring Nicholas Hoult coming out in the first half of 2013, Jack the Giant Slayer is director Bryan Singer's take on a classic fairy tale. (It's also a reunion between the director and writer Christopher McQuarrie, who wrote Singer's The Usual Suspects and co-wrote Valkyrie.) Mostly, Slayer just looks like fun — something in line with Snow White and the Huntsman. Big action, cool effects, and supporting roles for Stanley Tucci and Ian McShane means it might turn out to be worth more than a hill of beans. Cautionary note: There have been a fair number of fairy tale adaptations lately. If you're already feeling burned out on the genre, this flick probably won't help. Release date: March 1, 2013Kick-Ass 2 to Bring Double the Ass-Kicking (We Hope) Story: Only a few details are known, but apparently the events in the first Kick-Ass lead to a spread in amateur vigilantism and a Red Mist looking for revenge. Why it could be cool: The first film (above), well, kicked ass. And with the original cast returning and being joined by Jim Carrey as Colonel Stars and Stripes, this movie shows promise. And anything with Chloë Grace Moretz's Hit-Girl can't be all bad. Cautionary note: The original film's director Matthew Vaughn won't be handling the sequel; instead it's being taken over by Jeff Wadlow, whose most notable credit is 2008's Never Back Down. Release date: June 28, 2013Oblivion Goes Into the Void with Tom Cruise Story: A drone repairman named Jack Harper (Tom Cruise) works on what's left in post-apocalyptic Earth only to find out … wait for it … he's not alone. Why it could be cool: Cool post-apocalyptic stuff? Wall-E with people? Set our hopes to "Medium" — right along with After Earth. Cautionary note: See above. Release date: April 19, 2013Drugged Out: Side Effects Story: A young woman struggles with pills that have (see above) unexpected side effects. Also her doctor is a creepy Jude Law-type (played by Jude Law). Why it could be cool: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Rooney Mara pairs up with director Steven Soderbergh for a psychological thriller about anxiety medications? And Channing Tatum is involved? You had us at "Rooney Mara." And "Steven Soderbergh." And "Channing Tatum." (Seriously.) Cautionary note: While a huge chunk of Soderbergh's flicks have been worth the price of admission, every now and then he slips (The Informant! was kind of lukewarm), so there's always a chance this could fall in the "Miss" column. Release date: Feb. 8, 2013The East Will Make You Fall in Love with Anarchy Story: An operative for a private intelligence firm named Sarah Moss (played by Arbitrage's Brit Marling) infiltrates an anarchist group known for attacks against major corporations. Her intention is to protect her big company clients, but she becomes torn between her two worlds after she begins to fall for the group's leader. Why it could be cool: This is the latest film from Marling and co-writer/director Zal Batmanglij, whose last film Sound of My Voice was a very smart indie about a time-traveling cult leader. Now with brilliant stars like Ellen Page and Alexander Skarsgård involved, The East promises to take the power duo to the next level. Cautionary note: Judging by their last film, Marling and Batmanglij are out to make a certain kind of cerebral indie flick that may not be for everyone. Those who didn't like Sound of My Voice may not be impressed. Release date: TBD, 2013The Great Gatsby: The Jazz Age — Now in 3-D! Story: Adapted from the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic that you probably read in high school, The Great Gatsby is told by Nick Carraway (Tobey Maguire) who gets enthralled in the decadent world of Jay Gatsby. Shenanigans — and probably musical numbers — ensue. Why it could be cool: Director Baz Luhrmann has a knack for taking classic texts and making them modern (Romeo + Juliet) and also incorporating contemporary music into old tales (Moulin Rouge!) — Gatsby could be a perfect storm of both of those skills in one film. Also, Leonardo DiCaprio is playing Gatsby and it's in 3-D. Cautionary note: Leonardo DiCaprio is playing Gatsby and it's in 3-D. Those things both have potential to be amazing or disastrous. Release date: May 10, 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Will Hopefully Not Be the Epitome of Snooze Story: The second chapter in Peter Jackson's trilogy based on The Hobbit. Why it could be cool: If you loved the grand spectacle and 48-frames-per-second 3-D magnificence of Jackson's first installment (above), this one should keep you happy as a hobbit in Hobbiton. __Cautionary note:__If you're like some of us, you might have thought The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was a bit of an unexpected slog and might think this film's title should be The Hobbit: Are We There Yet? Release date: Dec. 13, 2013Berserker Attack Is Back: The Wolverine Story: Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) takes his adamantium claws to Japan to train with a samurai following the events of the first three X-Men movies when he's lost his ties to other mutants and the world. Why it could be cool: Is there anyone who doesn't like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine? (And, really, is there anyone who doesn't like Hugh Jackman? The dude can do anything.) Even though there won't even be a trailer released for this flick until next year, leaving us not much to go on, we're just going to bet that it'll be fun. Director James Mangold doesn't have a lot of experience with comic book movies, but he did direct awesome flicks like Walk the Line and Girl, Interrupted so it'll be exciting to see what he does with the mutant Logan. __Cautionary note:__None yet. Too soon to tell. Release date: July 26, 2013The Best Nerd Pub Crawl Ever: The World's End Story: A group of childhood friends reunites to try to recreate an epic pub crawl from two decades ago and maybe, somehow become humanity's only hope of survival. Why it could be cool: It's the latest from Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz fame. And once again they're bringing along Nick Frost. What's not to like here? Cautionary note: Still can't find any bad ideas associated with this movie. Move along. Release date: Oct. 25, 2013Mask Up With The Lone Ranger Story: A masked man, played by Armie Hammer, seeks justice with his Native American sidekick Tonto (Johnny Depp). (You've probably heard this one before.) Why it could be cool: It's a re-teaming of director Gore Verbinski with his Pirates of the Caribbean and Rango main man Depp. So far the style and action shown in the trailers seems pretty cool. Cautionary note: Depp playing a Native American character could be off-putting and controversial, to say the least. Release date: July 3, 2013Hammer Time! Thor: The Dark World Story: Thor saves the universe. Again. This time from Malekith and the Dark Elves who threaten to turn off the lights in the cosmos. Why it could be cool: The first Thor was awesome and proved Chris Hemsworth made a pretty great action hero. His reign of awesome continued in The Avengers. Coming just a few months after the release of Iron Man 3, the second Thor installment could be the bang that ends the Marvel cinematic universe's year. Cautionary note: Like Iron Man 3, the new Thor movie has a new director. Kenneth Branagh directed the first film, and Alan Taylor is helming the sequel, so: new director alert. However, prior to starting The Dark World Taylor directed some of the best episodes of Game of Thrones last season. So we're guessing he's One of Us. Release date: Nov. 8, 2013All Zombies, All the Time: World War Z Story: A United Nations employee (played by Brad Pitt) tries to stop the zombie apocalypse. Why it could be cool: Based on the recently released first trailer, director Marc Forster's World War Z seems to have taken Max Brooks' 2006 novel's measured oral history and turned it into a non-stop action assault complete with swarming zombie hordes. OK, sure. That sounds like something we'd pay to see. Cautionary note: The movie has been plagued by hold ups from script revisions and re-shoots — things that don't usually bode well for major motion pictures. Release date: June 21, 2013


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Fighting Poverty in a Bad Economy, Americans Move in with Relatives
Executive Summary
Without public debate or fanfare, large numbers of Americans enacted their own anti-poverty program in the depths of the Great Recession: They moved in with relatives. This helped fuel the largest increase in the number of Americans living in multi-generational households in modern history. From 2007 to 2009, the total spiked from 46.5 million to 51.4 million.
Living in a multi-generational household appears to be a financial lifeline for many. Although their adjusted incomes overall are lower, the poverty rate among people in multi-generational households is substantially smaller than for those in other households—11.5% vs. 14.6% in 2009, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data.
Moreover, the potential benefits of living in multi-generational households are greatest for the groups that have been most affected by the Great Recession. Among the unemployed, the poverty rate in 2009 was 17.5% for those living in multi-generational households, compared with 30.3% for those living in other households. Members of other economically vulnerable groups—young adults, Hispanics and blacks—who live in multi-generational households also experience sharply lower poverty rates than those in other households.1
In 2009, 11.9 million of 113.6 million households in the U.S. were multi-generational. The majority (6.9 million) consisted of two adult generations, for example, a household head with an adult child or with a parent. Slightly more than a third of multi-generational households (4.2 million) encompassed three or
more generations, for example, a householder, adult child and grandchild. The remaining multi-generational households, about 857,000, consist of two skipped generations—a grandparent and a grandchild.
The number of Americans living in multi-generational households has been increasing since 1980, a process documented in a 2010 Pew Research report.2 Demographic forces—delayed marriages and a wave of immigration—have played a role in a steady rise, about 2% annually from 1980 to 2006.
However, in the years of the Great Recession, the multi-generational household population shot up, increasing by 4.9 million, or 10.5%, from 2007 to 2009. During this time, the overall population grew only 1.8%. As a result, the share of the population living in multi-generational households increased to 16.7% in 2009, up from 15.4% in 2007.
The current surge in multi-generational households is linked to the economy. The unemployed, whose numbers are growing, are much more likely to live in multi-generational households—25.4% did in 2009, compared with 15.7% of those with jobs. The ranks of the unemployed swelled by 7.2 million from 2007 to 2009, and the typical spell of unemployment in the Great Recession was the longest in four decades,3 adding to the financial strain on those without jobs.
A 2010 Pew Research survey also found that, during the recession, many young adults moved back in with their parents after living on their own. One-in-four of those ages 18 to 24 said they did so, and one-in-five of those ages 25 to 34 reported doing the same.4
Lack of work is a likely motive in pushing up the number of young adults living with their parents. Among young adults ages 18 to 29, the share unemployed or out of the workforce in 2010—38%—was the highest in nearly four decades.5
The recession's impact on household finances is another factor likely to have driven the surge in multi-generational households. A recent report from the Census Bureau shows that, in 2010, the median income for U.S. households was below its 1997 level and the poverty rate—15.1%, up from 14.3% in 2009—had climbed to levels last seen in 1993.6 Under these circumstances, it is perhaps natural that more people would reach out to family for financial support.
The ability to pool financial resources is an advantage of multi-generational living, but it comes with a trade-off. Multi-generational households are relatively large—an average of 4.3 residents, compared with 2.4 in other households. After adjusting for differences in household size, incomes in multi-generational households, overall, are slightly lower than in other households.
However, there are notable exceptions where multi-generational households provide a financial advantage for some groups. Among households with one or more unemployed residents, multi-generational households had much higher median incomes in 2009 than did other households—$48,542 vs. $41,115 (incomes adjusted for differences in household size and scaled to a household of three). Similarly, size-adjusted household incomes are higher in multi-generational households headed by Hispanics, blacks and immigrants.
This report examines the growth in multi-generational households from 2007 to 2009 and the economic characteristics of those households compared with other households. The period of analysis overlaps with the Great Recession, which officially took place from December 2007 to June 2009. The research findings are based on the Pew Research Center's analysis of microdata from the American Community Surveys (ACS) for 2007, 2008 and 2009. The ACS is conducted by the Census Bureau, and the microdata released for public use include records for about 1 million households, or about 3 million people.7
The economic analysis focuses on income and poverty. Unless otherwise mentioned, estimates of household income are adjusted for differences in the size of multi-generational and other households and are scaled to a uniform household size of three. Poverty rates are computed for people, not just heads of households. Generally speaking, most members of a household are assigned the same poverty status.8
The report also provides estimates of a generation's and a person's share of household income. Do young adults living with their parents or older parents living with their middle-age children account for a significant share of household income? What are the financial burdens on unemployed workers who live in multi-generational households compared with other households? In general, the report finds that the heads of multi-generational households account for a lower share of household income than do heads of other households, suggesting there is less of a burden on them to support the entire household. However, the report does not attempt to identify whether individual members of multi-generational households would be better or worse off living apart.
Other key findings of the report include:
Demographics of multi-generational households
- The number of Americans living in multi-generational households increased 4.9 million from 2007 to 2009. By contrast, the number of people in other households rose by only 333,000.
- The number of young adults (ages 25 to 34) in multi-generational households increased to 8.7 million in 2009 from 7.4 million in 2007. Both the numerical growth (1.3 million people) and the percentage increase it represents (16.8%) were larger than for any other age group.
- More than one-in-five (21.1%) young adults (ages 25 to 34) lived in multi-generational households in 2009.
- Among the major racial and ethnic groups, the sharpest growth in the multi-generational household population from 2007 to 2009 was among Hispanics (17.6%). The black population in these households grew by 8.7%, the white population by 8.5% and the Asian population by 7.3%.
- The most likely groups to live in multi-generational households are Asians (25.8% in 2009), blacks (23.7%) and Hispanics (23.4%). The share among whites was much lower (13.1%).
- In 2009, 16.2% of foreign-born heads of household and 9.6% of native-born heads of household lived in multi-generational households.
Household income and poverty rates
- After adjusting to a household size of three, the median income for multi-generational households was $57,533 in 2009, or 2% less than the $59,002 median income for other households.
- Among Hispanics, the adjusted median income of multi-generational households was $46,049 in 2009, compared with $38,710 for other households. Black multi-generational households also had higher incomes—$43,677 vs. $39,484. For Asian households the income difference is modest, and for whites it is nonexistent.
- In 2009, the median income of multi-generational households with foreign-born heads was 20% higher than for other households with foreign-born heads, $55,045 vs. $45,782.
- The poverty rate among young adults (ages 25 to 34) who lived in multi-generational households in 2009 was 8.7%, compared with 15.8% for these young adults in other households.
- In 2009, the poverty rate for Hispanics was 16.0% in multi-generational households and 25.5% otherwise. Among blacks, the poverty rate was 19.2% for those in multi-generational households and 27.3% elsewhere. For other groups, the differences in poverty across household types were more modest.
Income sharing in multi-generational households
Types of Households
One-generation households
Households that consist of only one generation; for example, a married or cohabiting couple, a single person, siblings or roommates. These households can be made up of families or non-families.
Two-generation households
Households that include a parent or parents and their child or children under age 25 (including stepchildren).
Multi-generational households
Multi-generational households include households with:
• Two generations: parents (or in-laws) and adult children ages 25 and older (or children-in-law); either generation can "head" the household
• Three generations: parents (or in-laws), adult children (or children-in-law), grandchildren
• "Skipped" generations: grandparents and grandchildren, without parents
• More than three generations
The definition of a multi-generational household used in this report is more expansive than the definition used by the Census Bureau. For more details, see Appendix A.
- A household head typically accounts for about half (48.8% in 2009) of income in a multi-generational household. Heads of other households typically account for 85.7% of household income.
- In 2009, the median share of household income from a child 25 or older living with a parent head of household (with no other generation present) was 24.7%. Older parents, when they lived with their child who is the householder, accounted for virtually the same amount, 24.8%.
- In 2009, employed heads of multi-generational households typically accounted for 54.1% of household income. The share drops by a third among unemployed householders, to 35.3%. In other households, household heads account for about the same share of household income regardless of employment status—83.2% if employed and 80.8% if unemployed.
About the Data
Data used in the report principally come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Surveys (ACS) in 2007, 2008 and 2009, provided by the Integrated Public-Use Microdata Series (IPUMS). The trends on Americans' living arrangements come from Decennial Census data from 1900 to 2000 also provided by IPUMS. See Appendix A for more detailed information.
The racial and ethnic identity of a household is determined on the basis of the racial and ethnic identity of the head of the household.
References to whites, blacks and Asians are to the non-Hispanic components of those populations.
"Asian" refers to persons reporting their racial origin as Asian alone as well as native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. "Black" refers to black alone, and "white" refers to white alone.
"Foreign born" refers to persons born outside of the United States, Puerto Rico or other U.S. territories to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen.
"Native born" or "U.S. born" refers to persons who are U.S. citizens at birth, including those born in the United States, Puerto Rico or other U.S. territories and those born abroad to parents at least one of whom was a U.S. citizen.
Unless otherwise stated, all income estimates in this report are standardized to a household size of three and expressed in 2009 dollars.
About the Report
This report was researched and written by Rakesh Kochhar, senior researcher, and D'Vera Cohn, senior writer, of the Social and Demographic Trends project of the Pew Research Center. The datasets for the analysis were prepared by Jeffrey S. Passel, senior demographer at the Center. The report was edited by Paul Taylor, executive vice president of the Pew Research Center and director of the Social and Demographic Trends project. Research assistants Seth Motel and Eileen Patten and Gabriel Velasco, research analyst, assisted with charts and numbers-checking. The report was copy-edited by Marcia Kramer.
- Several reports by the Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends project have documented the varying impact of the Great Recession on different social and demographic groups (Pew Social and Demographic Trends, April 2008, June 2010, July 2010 and July 2011). ↩
- Pew Social and Demographic Trends, "The Return of the Multi-Generational Family Household," Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2010). (http://pewsocialtrends.org/2010/03/18/the-return-of-the-multi-generational-family-household/) ↩
- Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data on duration of unemployment are available for 1967 and later years. ↩
- These are unpublished findings from a Pew Research Center survey. See Pew Social and Demographic Trends, "How the Great Recession Has Changed Life in America," Pew Research Center, Washington, D.C. (June 30, 2010). (http://pewsocialtrends.org/2010/06/30/how-the-great-recession-has-changed-life-in-america/) ↩
- These estimates are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). ↩
- Median household income in the U.S. dropped from $50,599 in 2009 to $49,445 in 2010 (figures in 2010 dollars). See DeNavas-Walt, Proctor and Smith (2011) for the latest data on income and poverty published by the Census Bureau. ↩
- ACS microdata for 2010 were not available when this report was written. The specific data sources for this report are the 1% samples of the ACS Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) provided by the University of Minnesota. The IPUMS assigns uniform codes, to the extent possible, to data collected by the ACS in different years. More information about the IPUMS, including variable definition and sampling error, is available at http://usa.ipums.org/usa/design.shtml. Also, see Ruggles, Alexander, Genadek, Goeken, Schroeder and Sobek (2010). ↩
- There are exceptions to this rule. Details on the assignment of poverty status are available at http://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/POVERTY#description_tab. ↩


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Peter Puck became an overnight success after his television debut in 1974 on NBC and Hockey Night in Canada. His tips on hockey, his simple explanations of rules and regulations, and his impish delivery endeared him to millions of fans. Even the players took to his charm. Dave Gardner, while with the Montreal Canadiens, read a mythical letter to Peter aloud on a plane flight. "Dear Peter," read Gardner, "how can I score goals while sitting on the bench." A few days later, Gardner was traded to St. Louis.
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17. Gershon Koffie
Pos: M | Vancouver Whitecaps | Age: 22
Massive potential. A charismatic leader. Those are the two attributes that consistently come up when talking about the Ghanian midfielder. But those don't always find their way onto the field day in and day out, and that has cost Koffie a slide down this list after he debuted at No. 12 last season. He has fallen out of favor of head coach Martin Rennie at times this season after inconsistent form. Still, the 22-year-old has already set a career high with three assists and tied his career high with three goals this season. Could an international future with Canada be in the offing?
What TDs and coaches like: "I like Gershon a lot. He has improved each of the years that he has been in this league. ... Technically, very good. Covers a lot of ground in his position. Tough in the tackle, composed on the ball, can spray it around the field. ... He's a guy who's also proved this year that he can work box-to-box when asked to and get goals for you. For his position, he's one of the better younger players at his position in the league, and another young man that has a bright future. ... They've played different systems up there, trying to get their best XI on the field. I don't think it's always clear, like a lot of teams. But I think they always go back to him because I think they realize with his talent they've got to get him on the field. ... He can strike a ball from distance, he can get a good goal from distance, he's good technically in tight spaces, he's strong in the tackle, he's strong in riding players off the ball."
Where TDs and coaches want improvement: "He's not a bad player at all. Any player can improve on their footwork and technique. As he gains a bit more experience and as his feet get better and he becomes more confident, I think he could be very good. ... The passing range and making sure he completes as many passes as he can. We like to think of that little area where he plays as the forbidden zone. You don't want to lose the ball too often in there. Sometimes he does get a little bit lax in his square passes, a little bit nonchalant. ... He likes to play things in into feet, which is great, but the next step is to be able to knock that 60-yard ball into the channel with one step. ... He's got some good guys to rub off on him, so it's just being on the ball more, being more comfortable with the ball. Martin Rennie is good with young players from what I've seen. I think he's in a good environment to get that with experience."
Opta Says: Kelyn Rowe is the only player eligible for 24 Under 24 with more goals from outside the box (4) than Gershon Koffie (2) during the 2013 season.
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|Matches started: 18
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In the autumn of 2010, artist Paul Chan launched a publishing venture, Badlands Unlimited, out of his Brooklyn studio as a means of negotiating the rapidly shifting relationship between physical and virtual methods of book production. Aided by a cohort of designers and developers, Chan has since published a small catalogue of books, DVDs and artist-designed ephemera, rendered in both digital and print forms. 'We make books in the expanded field', claims the company's website, a deceptively simple mission statement that belies the implications of re-calibrating an entire process – and by proxy, the history of a genre – in order to broach the digital divide.
E-book publishing complicates the interplay between the image and virtual page; the limitations imposed by code and hardware alone necessitate a somewhat radical re-thinking of that relationship. For an image-heavy e-book to retain its visual legibility across platforms, its author must consider the image in service of the electronically produced book and not the other way around. Hallmarks of a well laid-out publication – a strong correlation between text and image; a sense of visual rhythm; considered choices in typeface, paper stock, printing and binding methods – are impossible to replicate in some cases, and in others elusive at best. Whereas the printed book bears its maker's mark more readily, the e-book places a comparatively stringent set of limitations on the endeavour from the outset; software and hardware developers dictate the platforms and products that publishers have to negotiate with during the production process.


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Introduction / HistoryThe Kahar or Kahal people have several stories about the deriving of their name. It is said, by some anthropologists, that the name comes from the combination of the words kandh, meaning 'shoulder' and ahar, meaning 'food.' Their traditional work has been as palanquin (a seat carried between poles on the shoulder) or water carriers. They are over 7 million strong in India and in some areas known as a Schedule caste.
What are their lives like?Today many of the Kahar can be found to have many occupations. Some are small businessman, shop keepers or food vendors. In the rural areas they can be found as cultivators, labourers or rickshaw-pullers. The majority of Kahar clans are Hindu but there are many Muslim Kahar in Nepal and India. There primary language in Nepal is Maithili and Bhojpuri. Prasad, Singh and Verma are common surnames.
What are their needs?In general that Kahar are favourable to having their children attend school and this may be an avenue of ministry and assistance to the community. Pray that some from the Kahar would hear and come to know the name of Jesus. There are no known workers among this Muslim group in Nepal.


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