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California community college students with low and moderate incomes are eligible for need-based financial aid from the federal government. But so few apply that these students are leaving a half billion dollars on the table for which they are eligible, according to a new report from the College Board.
The report found that many students didn't understand they were eligible, or were given inaccurate or inconsistent information by officials at their campuses. Some students distrust the government and were wary of taking on federal aid. Other community college students -- many of whom work jobs, raise families or both -- lacked the time and technological resources to find the right information and make the application.
One possible factor in California: Budget cuts have reduced the availability of good academic and financial advice on campuses. Departed advisors are the people most likely to point students to federal financial aid programs. (Hat tip: California Watch.)


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The first ever ZINE MACHINE: Durham Printed Matter Festival is coming FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015. We're calling all zinesters, comic artists, indy book writers, and assorted DIY printed matter makers to join us in occupying the historic Durham Armory for a festival of anti-corporate, autonomous, alternative printed media!
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The Cubs were the victim of mother nature tonight as their game against the Mets was cut short. Half way through the top of the seventh inning, the umps finally called for a rain delay and ultimately the ballgame on a soggy night at Wrigley. Quade was pretty upset that his team didn't at least get to finish the seventh inning down by three runs so he'd have a shot to tie the game. According to Quade, it wasn't raining any harder when they called for the tarp than it was a couple innings before. Good to see the fire, Quade. Keep it up.
So, Thursday is now the rubber match between the two clubs and I like our chances with Zambrano on the mound. The Mets got lucky tonight as Berg had a meltdown of epic proportions. His fastballs looked like Steve from Blue's Clues, wondering hopelessly unable to find it's target no matter how much the people watching yelled at him to locate the strike zone. It was an ugly scene, hopefully one he can shake off while he's still with the club. Coleman also had a miserable outing. Unfortunately that's what we get with three of our five starters out with injuries. You have to hope the replacements can step up and if they can't, you have to hope you at least get your nine innings to make up for their poor performance. Neither happened tonight and now the three game series is tied at one game a piece.
To make up for the lost baseball this evening, here is a video of an old home run derby between two retired numbers between the Cubs and Mets organizations respectively. Ernie Banks and Gil Hodges. You have to love having this kind of access to old-school baseball moments in history. Enjoy…and Go Cubs Go!


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Join a local for a free guided tour of Utrecht. Just arrive at the Dom Tower at 12 pm on a Saturday, you will be able to find one of the guides wearing a red 'Free Tours' t-shirt! Local guides will walk you around and tell you all juicy stories and urban myths of Utrecht. The stuff you won't find in a guide book, highly recommended for anyone that wants to know "fun facts" about the city.
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"While traveling sideways at 110 KM an hour, I realized that the order of videos on the internet emerges out of a far greater chaos," London-based artist Jon Nash tells me on a busy Marrakech street corner about his accidental collision with a traffic barrier in his performance work, Morocco Drift. Later at the artist dinner, Berlin-based artist Aleksandra Domanovic tells me the story of how her sculpture Monument to Revolution was moved to make way for the Princess of Morocco in CyberPark. With the stories adding up, it was obvious Higher Atlas, the 4th edition of the Marrakech Biennale, curated by Carson Chan and Nadeem Samman, was no ordinary foray into exhibition making.
Miles from the nearest white cube in Casablanca, set in a city known for its historical attractions and film locations, Higher Atlas unexpectedly set artists on an unusual fittest test. Building an exhibition to be experienced first hand, the curatorial duo commissioned artists to fashion new, site-specific works derived from local influences. However this curatorial ethos was interrupted by a last minute change of venue. Working from an idiosyncratic vision, a newly elected government opted to move the biennale from the ruins of the sixteenth century El Badi Palace on the Medina's outskirts (a UNESCO World Heritage site) to the unfinished Théâtre Royal in the Ville Nouveau.
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Cinnamon seems to sweeten the numbers for diabetics in the short term, but it is not known whether the spice has any long-term impact, according to an updated review of the literature.
Cinnamon reduced levels of fasting plasma glucose by a mean of 24.59 mg/dL (95% CI -29.76-minus 1.44 mg/dL), according to a meta-analysis of 10 randomized controlled trials conducted by Olivia J. Phung, PharmD, of the Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, Calif., and colleagues.
But the spice had no significant effect on HbA1c levels (mean decrease of 0.16%, 95% CI minus 0.39%-0.02%), they wrote in the study published in the latest issue of the Annals of Family Medicine.
"The studies we reviewed were small and had relatively short follow-up, from 4 to 18 weeks, which could be the reason cinnamon had no effect on hemoglobin A1c," Phung told MedPage Today during an interview.
The author put these results into context, noting that the reduction in fasting plasma glucose levels of 24 mg/dL was "less than that achieved by metformin monotherapy (-58 mg/dL) and somewhat more than the new oral agents, such as sitagliptin (-16 to -21 mg/dL)."
The review showed that cinnamon had a statistically significant effect on lipid profiles compared with controls, with a mean reduction of:
- 15.60 mg/dL in total cholesterol
- 9.42 mg/dL in LDL cholesterol
- 29.59 mg/dL in triglycerides
Participants randomized to cinnamon also saw a statistically significant mean increase of 1.66 mg/dL in HDL cholesterol.
Again, these changes are not as robust as those seen with statins, for example, which tend to have a more dramatic lowering of LDL cholesterol than 9.42 mg/dL, Phung and colleagues noted.
"The evidence we have shows that the use of cinnamon leans toward having a benefit for diabetics, but we would like to see longer and larger studies," Phung said.
"Despite an increasing body of literature focused on the use of natural supplements in the treatment of diabetes, the American Diabetes Association does not recommend their use because clinical evidence showing efficacy is insufficient, and they lack standardized formulations," the authors wrote as background to the study.
Phung said that more and more people with chronic conditions want to know the value of adding natural supplements to their medications.
Cinnamon has aroused interest as a natural product because preclinical and clinical studies have shown it has an effect on insulin (although the data have been inconsistent). The mechanism of action is perhaps cinnamon's active component cinnamaldehyde, which is thought to be responsible for "promoting insulin release, enhancing insulin sensitivity, and increasing insulin disposal."
A previous meta-analysis of five randomized controlled trials in 2008 by co-author William L. Baker, PharmD, from the University of Connecticut, and others found no effect of cinnamon on HbA1c, fasting blood glucose, or lipid parameters in patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes.
The current systematic review and meta-analysis is an update of that study, Phung said.
The 10 randomized controlled trials in the current study included 543 patients. Half of the trials required the use of oral hyperglycemic drug therapy.
Eight trials had data on HbA1c levels, with sample sizes ranging from 25 to 109 for a combined total of 499 participants. Nine trials reported results for fasting plasma glucose levels, with sample sizes ranging from 14 to 62, with 464 total participants.
At least eight or nine studies had data on levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides.
The studies involved patients who were randomized to cinnamon extract or raw cinnamon powder, delivered in dosages ranging from 120 mg/day to 6 g/day, or placebo.
They were followed for periods of 4 to 18 weeks. All trials required that cinnamon be taken with food -- some before meals, some with meals, and others after meals.
"Cinnamon has promise in potentially being helpful when added to diabetes medication, but patients should talk to their doctor or pharmacist to see if it will go with their treatment regimen," Phung advised.
Too much cinnamon, however, can be harmful. Potential side effects found in animal studies include "hepatotoxicity that results from coumarin isolates found in C cassia bark, decreased platelet counts, increased risk of bleeding, decreased serum total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations," according to the study.
Also, a party trick called the cinnamon challenge, which dares young people to swallow a spoonful of ground cinnamon, has led to an uptick in calls to poison control centers, according to a report published in April.
The researchers reported no conflicts of interest.
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Source Reference: Allen RW, et al "Cinnamon use in type 2 diabetes: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis" Ann Fam Med 2013; 452-459; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1517.


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Bisons fall in finale
Scoring was a problem for the second game in a row as the Bisons were held to one run in their final game of the 2011 season against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees Monday afternoon. It's the 12th time this season that the herd has failed to score a run in a game.
The 5-1 loss to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at PNC Field marks the end of the 2011 season for the Herd and only the seventh time that the Bisons have posted a losing season in 24 years.
The Bisons pitchers couldn't control Jorge Vazquez on Monday leading to three runs that the Bisons wouldn't be able to overcome. Vazquez doubled in two runs in the first inning and smacked a solo home run to put an exclamation point on his day.
The Bisons only run came in the ninth inning of Monday's game as the rain started to pour down. With With Luis Hernandez and Salomon Manriquez on first and second Raul Reyes grounded into what appeared to be a double play but the throw from second was airmailed allowing Hernandez to score from third.
The Bisons managed seven hits three of them off the bat of the Herd most valuable hitter Valentino Pascucci.
The Yankees starter D.J. Mitchell shut down the herd for eight innings before giving way to closer Logan Kensing who put the Bisons down in order.
Injuries were a problem for the Bisons this year as only four players remained active for the club from opening day till the final game of the season. Those four players were Valentino Pascucci, Raul Chavez, Taylor Tankersley and Justin Hampson.
The Bisons sent a player to the disabled list 21 times this year for a total of 841 man-games missed. Ten different players missed at least 20 games on the disabled list, and five players went on the disabled list more than once in 2011.
Game Notes: The Bisons are only 31-47 against the IL North Division this season, with a winning record against Rochester…The Herd played its best baseball against the IL South, posting a 17-25 mark against Charlotte, Durham, Gwinnett and Norfolk…The Bisons played much better when games were close with a record of 37-37 in games decided by two runs or less, the Herd also had 29 comeback wins in 2011 and seven walk-off victories.


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Fact: "The typical American household generates 55,000 pounds of carbon dioxide annually. The average German household contributes only 27,000 pounds and the Swedish household only 15,000 pounds."--David Gershon
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Blackberry Scones
There are a lot of scone recipes out there. I tend toward a more traditional cream scone, but I did not happen to have any cream in the house…so a little internet research turned up some alternatives, and a few seemed promising using evaporated milk. After reading through them and finding some consistencies between them, I sort of made up my own recipe, fingers crossed that it would turn out.
Since it is the new year…and I'm sure you all have resolutions that you are trying to keep…many having to do with eating healthy, getting fit and watching your weight…here's a little bonus! Using evaporated milk makes these scones lower in fat. You can substitute evaporated milk for heavy cream in many recipes, it provides the thickness and creaminess without the added fat.
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3 tbsp. sugar
6 tbsp. butter, cold, cut in chunks
1 can evaporated fat-free milk
1 cup fresh blackberries
Mix your dry ingredients together, then dump in the cold chunked butter and cut it in using a pastry cutter or two forks.
Before adding the evaporated milk, toss in the blackberries. This helps them to stay whole and forces you to barely mix the batter once the liquid is added.
Pour in the evaporated milk and mix very gently. It's okay if the berries break up a bit.
Spoon into a scone pan (we scored this one years ago from our wedding – but they are not really necessary), or dump batter onto a greased cookie sheet and spread into an approximate circle or square. Then using a pastry scraper or a knife, divide the dough into scone shapes (wedges, squares, triangles…whatever you fancy).
Bake in oven set at 400° F for 12-20 minutes depending on the size of your scone.
You are looking for tops that are golden brown.
Once they've come out of the oven and cooled just a bit, serve them up with honey, clotted cream, lemon curd or butter and of course, a cup of tea!
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The Hill reports that key House Republicans seem to be on board with their leadership's plan to pass a six-month government-funding measure that would reflect the budget cuts from the sequester. The absence of such a measure would cause the government to shut down after March 27 when the current stopgap funding bill runs out.
House Democrats are expected to oppose the resolution as a protest against the reduced level of funding that results from the sequester. If so, the resolution won't pass the House unless Republicans are nearly unanimous in supporting it. The leadership probably can afford only 15 or so Republican defections. But the Hill's reporting suggests that there won't be that many.
If the House passes the funding measure, Senate Democrats will face a dilemma. If they refuse to pass the bill, then they will own the government shut down. If they pass it, they will swallow the cuts imposed by the sequester.
Those cuts won't defund Obamacare, as some conservatives had hoped to do. And, of course, they won't solve the debt crisis. But they are a start.
They are also all the Republicans can get just now. If past experience, bolstered by current public opinion polling, is any guide, a government shutdown is likely to end not in bigger cuts, but in tears for Republicans who will have jeopardized their chances of holding the House in 2014.
No wonder so few House Republicans are balking at the leadership's plan. Our side is beginning to match the quality of strategic thinking displayed by the Democrats in recent times.


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Bisons walk off again
The Bisons used a walk off single from J.R House to defeat the Rochester Red Wings 4-3 this afternoon at Coca-Cola Field.
It was the second walk off victory for the Bisons in as many days against the Red Wings who were beaten by a Mike Cervenak single in last night's 7-6 Bisons win.
Buffalo started today's rally in the bottom of the ninth when Nick Evans drew a lead-off walk, the last thing the opposing pitcher wants to do while protecting a one run lead.
Following a strikeout from Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Cervenak came through in the clutch again today, singling to left and keeping the inning alive. After Cervenak's single, designated hitter Russ Adams came to the plate. Going 0-3 in his previous at-bats Adams had a chance to tie the game up with runners on first and second with only one out.
On a 1-0 pitch to Adams he tried to check his swing thinking the ball was out of the strike zone. Luckily for him and the Bisons his check swing made contact with the ball sending a screamer past Rochester third baseman D'Angelo Jimenez and into left field. Adam's check swing double allowed Evans to score and put Cervenak, the winning run, 90 feet from a win.
Luis Hernandez was intentionally walked to load the bases and bring House to bat for his chance to be today's hero. House was able to do so as he singled softly to left bringing home Cervenak and another win for the Red Hot Herd.
The walk off victory for the Bisons was their 11th this season. In today's edition House was the hero, making him the tenth different member of the Bisons to have a walk off hit.
The win for Buffalo also keeps their hot streak going. Since July 30 the Bisons have come alive in the late push for the postseason, going 15-3 in that stretch.
Rochester had plenty of opportunities to break the game open but were only able to plate home three runs, despite getting 13 hits. The Red Wings grounded into three double plays and left 13 runners on base as a team. The Red Wings had their first of many chances in the first inning when they got three consecutive singles to load the bases with only one out. Buffalo starting pitcher Michael Antonini forced Brendan Harris into an inning-ending double play to get out of the jam.
While Antonini gave up ten hits in his six inning outing today, he only managed to give up three runs and keep his team in the game. Sean Green, Adam Pettyjohn and Jose De La Torre then worked three innings combined out of the pen to hold the Red Wings to no more runs as the offense was able to come back and get the win. The Bisons are now 67-56 on the season and have moved to within 2.5 games of the Wild Card spot behind Louisville. The Bats play later this evening against Syracuse.


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Comparison Chart: Information Sharing, Monitoring and Countermeasures Provisions in the Cybersecurity Bills
This chart compares on civil liberties grounds three bills that seek to promote cybersecurity and it updates a similar chart we issued on April 4, 2012 based on prior versions of all three bills.
The chart shows that Cybersecurity Act, S. 3414 ("Lieberman-Collins" bill) better protects privacy than do either of the competing bills, and that it should be further improved by dropping monitoring and countermeasures language.
The leading alternative Senate bill, SECURE IT, S. 3342, was re-introduced by Senator McCain and other co-sponsors on June 27 ("SECURE IT"). Despite a White House veto threat, the House passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, H.R. 3523 ("CISPA") on April 26 on a vote of 248-168. It will be reconciled with cybersecurity legislation that the Senate passes. (Lieberman-Collins and SECURE IT include cybersecurity measures unrelated to information sharing that are not reflected in this chart.)


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Veteran Motley Fool Hidden Gems members know what we love to find in a small company. Honest, competent management. Solid financials. High levels of insider ownership. Strong returns on equity and assets. Little or no Wall Street coverage. And a price that's right for long-term buyers.
But we don't often talk about the things that can go bump in the night -- the nasty traits of some small businesses that make us fear and loathe them.
There are more than 3,500 public companies capitalized at less than $500 million. Sure, there are loads of great winners in that bunch, companies poised to rise many times in value. Look back, and you'll find businesses such as Vimpel Communications
But let's not kid ourselves. Out of those 3,500 small companies, there are tons of mediocre (and worse) companies. Like Tolkien's terrible dragon, Smaug, they can incinerate your savings in no time. (Hey, we warned you this was scary stuff!)
Quite seriously, if you're not doing business research, and you don't know what to avoid out there, you could lose your fortune. When even seemingly solid companies such as Morgan Stanley
Let's start with an example of what to avoid.
Case study: Charter Communications
In our active online community, a Motley Fool Hidden Gems member asked us a few years ago what we thought of Charter Communications, a broadband cable company whose chairman and largest shareholder is Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
The business was also substantially owned by Wally Weitz, a Nebraska-based investor greatly admired by Warren Buffett fans. Weitz found great returns in stocks such as UnitedHealth Group
Charter stock had fallen from $25 to $4.50, and our member wanted to know whether it was a good time to get in for a turnaround.
We'll start by saying that at Hidden Gems, we absolutely love broken small caps poised for a turnaround. Show us a company whose stock has fallen 90% from its highs, whose chairman is a billionaire, and whose largest institutional owner is a close friend of Warren Buffett, and we'll sign up to do very careful research. That's exactly what we did with Charter Communications at $4.50.
But we did not like what we found. Here's why we warned back then against investing in this business:
- Massive debt. Net debt (debt minus cash) was more than $18 billion.
- Net debt was 28 times the company's market cap of $640 million.
- Charter was unprofitable under generally accepted accounting principles, with $1.5 billion in yearly interest costs.
- Debt covenants posed a serious threat to the company's survival.
- The Securities and Exchange Commission had launched an investigation into Charter's accounting practices.
- Heavy spending for cable infrastructure hadn't yielded sufficiently high returns.
Near the end of June 2003, I (Tom) wrote negatively about this stock when it was trading at more than $4. It's tough to go contrary to Paul Allen and Wally Weitz. But there was no turnaround in sight, and the company's balance sheet was cratering. Charter itself cratered, dropping to less than $1 per share. The stock has been on quite a roller-coaster since, and now sits at $0.90.
What we do and don't fear
Oddly enough, our Hidden Gems team does not fear high debt in and of itself. Our recommendation of Middleby carried more than $100 million in debt after buying a competitor and repurchasing founder shares. Yet the stock has risen more than 570% since the original recommendation, and we remain very optimistic about its future. The company's operations are more than strong enough to repay its obligations.
Nor do we fear companies that have fallen 90% from their all-time highs. McDermott
Each of these scary factors individually could make for a compelling investment as the stock price drops into the real value range.
So what was the problem with Charter Communications? The answer is the scale of its debt, running north of $18 billion, alongside harsh payment terms and emerging accounting problems.
To find out which stocks we do love, simply take a free trial to Hidden Gems. Read about all the small companies that have produced outsized returns for us thus far. If you don't like it, you can cancel within 30 days without paying a dime.
This article was originally published on Jan. 13, 2005. It has been updated.
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You asked for it........and it's BACK! The 2012 edition of the Rocket Corner Baseball League! I've set it up how I have in the past so those that have played know how it goes. All you need is a Yahoo account and you're good to go! I've set it up for a max of 20 teams..never seen it but there's a first time for everything! (hint hint) Any suggestions about rule changes I'll consider as long as a majority agrees. I think I can change pretty much anything up to draft time but after that things are what the are. We MUST have an EVEN number of teams to play or you can't even have a draft. I've always made it an auto draft just because it's hard to get a big number of people together to have a live draft. So make your minds up so we can get the ball rolling on this season! All I ask and have ever asked is NO QUITTERS! If you aren't gonna play out the year please don't join. Any questions? Drop me a PM and I'll get back to ya ASAP!
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'We sell adventure'
For more than 50 years, Black Widow Bows has crafted custom bows for traditional archery hunters and target shooters alike
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Most of Black Widow Bow's employees, including Vernon Blitch, are also archery hunters. Vernon has an elk hunt planned for this fall.
After months of constant ringing, the phones at Black Widow Bows now lay silent.
From across the United States and around the world, customers have called Black Widow's bowyers to learn about their line of custom traditional bows. They've called in their orders — bows built just for them — tailored precisely to their tastes and specifications. They've called anxiously seeking more details about when their bows will be shipped.
But now, the phones are quiet. Archery season has arrived.
In the world of traditional archery, there are few names as well known as Black Widow. For more than 50 years, the Nixa-based company has produced its line of laminate recurve bows and longbows for hunters and target shooters alike.
Though the advent of the compound bow nearly silenced the phones of traditional bowyers for good, Black Widow's commitment to quality and performance never wavered, creating a staunch following that has grown through the years.
John Wilson, an employee at Black Widow Bows in Nixa, sprays a thin layer of clearcoat on the limb of a recurve bow to protect it for years of use.
"Black Widow is fortunate in that it enjoys an almost cult following, not unlike Harley Davidson in the motorcycle industry," says Ken Beck, past president and owner.
Black Widow's storied past begins in Springfield with the Wilson Brothers, who founded the company. The brothers — Norman, Jack and Bob, along with nephew, Howard — were national champion individual and team target archers who shot bows they built themselves. In 1957, they began selling their first laminated recurve bows. As its name implies, a recurve bow, when strung, curves back against its natural bend, giving it greater power when an arrow is released.
"The story goes that they were building bows out of their garage and were looking for a name," says Roger Fulton, current president of Black Widow, who along with partners Toby Essick and John Clayman, took over the company's management nearly four years ago. "There was a nest of black widow spiders in the corner of the garage and, well, the Black Widow name was born."
In those days, Missouri was a hotbed for bowyers. Names such as Earl Hoyt and York Archery joined Black Widow as recognized leaders in the industry.
"Then you had Holless Allen who started out in Independence and came down to Billings," adds Ken. "And of course, Mr. Allen was the man behind the compound bow."
Whereas recurve bows and longbows consist of a stick and a string, a compound bow uses pulleys, called cams, to create a mechanical advantage known as "let-off." When a compound is pulled past its peak draw weight, the cams allow the bow to store most of that weight. This enables the archer to hold the bow fully drawn for longer periods of time without fatigue.
With their logos, serial numbers, lengths and draw weights recorded in hand-drawn letters, these one-piece recurve bows typify the custom craftsmanship that Black Widow builds into every bow.
"Mr. Allen offered it to the Wilson Brothers, and they rejected it," Ken says. "They didn't like the looks of it, and as they say, the rest is history."
Allen eventually licensed his patent, and the compound bow became a sensation in the archery industry. Seemily overnight, recurve bows and longbows were considered by many to be obsolete. In 1976, with sales declining drastically, the Wilson Brothers decided to sell their company to one of their employees.
For the next six years, the company struggled. In 1982, Ken Beck bought Black Widow. By then, business had dwindled to building some hunting bows for export to Australia and some target bows for Olympic shooters in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Ken's own introduction to archery had come later in life. His oldest son, Scott, had built bows in shop class at Kickapoo High School in Springfield, and Ken, Scott and younger brother, Dan, began hunting together. Tragically, Scott was killed in a dune buggy accident before the next bow season, but the fire of traditional archery had been sparked in Ken.
"For whatever psychological reasons, it became a driving force to me, buying Black Widow," he says. "Only a fool would buy a belly-up traditional bow company in 1982."
The handle of a recurve bow gets a rough sanding before being placed in a computer-controlled milling machine.
But about the time Ken bought Black Widow, traditional archery started making a comeback. Compound bows had become more and more advanced, incorporating sights, mechanical releases, arrow rests, stabilizers and other technological advancements. For some, it was too far of a departure from tradition.
"I think one of the biggest shots in the arm was when Bear Archery came out with a bow called the Delta-V," Ken says. "It looked like a fiddle. It had more strings and cables on it than you can imagine; sounded like a .22-caliber rifle when people shot it; heavy as a hippopotamus. I remember people calling in and saying, 'If that's where archery is going, I don't want to go that direction.' There was a change of heart for a lot of people."
Just as the compound bow had flourished in the 1970s, traditional archery enjoyed a renaissance in the 1980s that continues today. Compound bow hunters who have grown complacent with their weapons' abilities look for new challenges. Instead of relying on technology, many seek to rely on their own instincts and strength. Black Widow and its 10 employees have helped many find what they were looking for.
Today, Black Widow offers five recurve bow models and one longbow model, each in four different limb lengths. These include one-piece models and "take-down" bows, which disassemble, allowing an archer to interchange limbs of varying draw weights.
Tim Hutcheson applies glue to strips of wood and fiberglass that will become one limb of a recurve bow.
All of the company's models are laminate bows, built of thin, alternating strips of wood and fiberglass that, when glued together, are stronger and more flexible than solid wood. A handle alone can have as many as 37 glue lines. To this day, Black Widow's bowyers follow the unique design the Wilson Brothers established.
"We've done a lot of tweaking trying to make it better, to get a little more performance," Toby says. "We have what we think is maximum performance out of our bows."
While the bows are basically of the same design as those produced years ago, the materials from which they are built are vastly improved, as is the bow-making process. Each bow is still handmade, but the company has used computer-controlled milling machines since 2003 to achieve an even higher level of precision and uniformity in its products.
In addition to its standard birch laminations, Black Widow offers a wide range of exotic hardwoods that make the bows as beautiful as they are functional. With choices such as ironwood, rosewood, zebrawood, bocote, cocobolo and bubinga, the number of looks continues to expand.
"You can't have too many," Toby says. "Everybody wants that one-of-a-kind special bow, something their buddies don't have."
You won't find Black Widow Bows for sale at Bass Pro Shops or your local sporting goods store. All bows are sold direct from the factory to individual archers.
"Generally speaking, every bow we build is for somebody to their specifications," Roger says. "We haven't built stock bows for years."
Ken Beck, right, ran Black Widow Bows for more than 20 years, but he handed the company's reins to Roger Fulton, Toby Essick and John Clayman nearly four years ago.
Customers can visit the Nixa facility to get fitted for their new bow. For those who don't live close by, Black Widow offers a demo program, which gives archers the opportunity to test fire a bow before they buy one.
Depending on the model, prices run from $800 to $1,200, not including individual customization options. The time from placing an order to bow delivery averages 10 to 12 weeks.
"It takes three to four weeks to build it," Roger says. "Toby starts 30 bows a week through the shop, so most of that time is just waiting on the glue list to get started."
For archers making the switch from compound bows to traditional bows, the biggest mistake is ordering a bow with too much draw weight.
"Shooting a recurve or a longbow uses a different set of muscles than shooting a compound," Ken says. "People who shoot a 65-pound compound think they can shoot a 65-pound recurve, and that's not the case. Whether you're shooting paper or hide, where you place that arrow is a lot more important than how hard it hits. Accuracy is the key."
Layers of laminated wood and fiberglass give Black Widow bows strength and beauty.
To help archers improve their skills, Black Widow hosts two instinctive shooting clinics each May. People come from all over the world to attend the three-day clinic, which features G. Fred Asbell, a guru of traditional archery. One clinic for 2009 is already full, and the other is more than half full.
After a brief respite, the phones at Black Widow soon will be ringing again as archery season ends and another crop of bow hunters decide that they need a new challenge. In addition to the models currently for sale, a new recurve bow is in development for 2010.
"People are always sending pictures in," Toby says. "They brag on you and tell you how much they love your bow and what they did with it, it makes a guy feel pretty good."
Adds Ken: "I've always said what we sell is adventure. What's more adventurous than to go to the woods and climb a tree stand, watch the sun come up and hear the birds start singing and have the squirrels crawling over your feet and see a big buck come down that trail?
"We sell adventure."
For more information about Black Widow Bows or its 2009 instinctive shooting clinic, call 417-725-3113 or visit www.blackwidowbows.com.


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The Search for a Center: Vito Campanelli's Web Aesthetics
"Why look at Gustave Courbet when you can download free porn?" is a question posed by one of the animated characters in Parker Ito's sardonic Artist Statement (2009), a piece that both mocks and celebrates a selection of trite, blanket statements regarding media art. Ito's humorous animation is one of the many projects enmeshed within the dense weave of Vito Campanelli's new book Web Aesthetics: How Digital Media Affect Culture and Society (NAi Publishers), a sprawling examination of post-web visual culture and the cultural implications of various forms of digital media. While the last decade has yielded a considerable amount of scholarship judging and qualifying online interactions, tracking the transformation of identity and contemplating the changing nature of attention, Campanelli's writing project extends beyond these stock investigations and sets out to identify how the web has altered our means of experiencing and evaluating contemporary art and media. The browser, internet mailing lists, peer-to-peer networks, spam, MP3 files, vernacular video and numerous other everyday platforms and protocols are put under the microscope in the interest of cultivating a broad aesthetics of digital media. While these topical, episodic investigations are generally quite successful, Web Aesthetics is not lacking in fundamental structural and stylistic idiosyncrasies.
Interview with Jeremy Bailey
Jeremy Bailey is a Toronto-based new media artist whose work explores custom software in a performative context. Powered by humor and computer vision, his work wryly critiques the uneasy relationship between technology and the body while playfully engaging the protocols of digital media. Over the last decade Bailey has exhibited and performed at a range of international festivals and venues including the 2010 01SJ Biennial, HTTP Gallery, Subtle Technologies and in 2001 he co-founded the (now defunct) 640 480 Video Collective. I conducted the following interview with Bailey over email and we used our conversation to delve into a number of his projects from the last five years.
Code Crossings: A Review of Form+Code: In Design, Art, and Architecture
Form+Code: In Design, Art, and Architecture is an ambitious new text that investigates the creative exploration of software across numerous disciplines. A collaborative venture between artists Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams and the graphic design studio LUST, the book presents both a succinct history of computational design and an indexed guidebook of strategies and approaches. Form+Code fundamentally differs from more traditional, tutorial-based books on creative coding by delving into precise contextualizations of the origins of various tangents within software art. The scope of these nuanced discussions is both sweeping and extensive. For example, within the space of six pages, the authors examine the computer as a drawing instrument starting with Ivan Sutherland's Sketchpad proto-CAD workflow (1963), then turn to advances within various proprietary applications, which opens up into a discussion about digital representation and fabrication. Form+Code is full of these compact histories, and each is tastefully illustrated with related contemporary projects and (sometimes surprising) precedents and predecessors. Op-artist Bridget Riley's Polarity (1964) sits in a spread beside Martin Wattenberg's music visualization The Shape of Song (2001), highlighting the similarities in the graphic language of luminaries from two distinct generations.
Knowledge Work(s): In Search of a Spreadsheet Aesthetics
I sympathize with the protagonist of a cartoon claiming to have transferred x amount of megabytes, physically exhausted after a day of downloading. The simple act of moving information from one place to another today constitutes a significant cultural act in and of itself. I think it's fair to say that most of us spend hours each day shifting content into different containers. Some of us call this writing.
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Imperfect Sound Forever
Many scholars within the field of media archaeology opt to focus on the backstory behind an influential medium or technology and map out how its inception and organizational logic (re)shaped the world. An alternative approach is the excavation and arrangement of fringe/forgotten prototypes into an array to problematize dominant historical narratives regarding technological progress. Caleb Kelly's recent text Cracked Media: The Sound of Malfunction uses two consumer technologies, the phonograph and the compact disc, to survey 20th century musical and artistic production. The book catalogs a broad range of experimentation with these playback technologies to create detailed timelines of misuse and critical engagement. In bracketing this realm of sound-producing practice, Kelly proposes "cracked media," a subversion of technological devices whereby "...tools of media playback are expanded beyond their original function as a simple playback device for prerecorded sound or image." Given the prominence of the glitch and lo-fi malformed digital artifacts everywhere from media art to pop music to web video, it is easy to take the aesthetics of failure for granted. The investigation executed within Cracked Media prefigures many of the discussions that underpin generative and glitch aesthetics by focusing on work that foregrounds and interrogates the materiality of two specific mediums. Kelly methodically tracks projects that subvert the CD and phonograph over the entire 20th century and in doing so he builds a fascinating discourse about musical performance and reproduction that is equally comfortable referencing Friedrich Kittler as DJ Qbert.


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After seeing the 38-17 dismantling of LSU on Saturday, Alabama remains the undisputed top team in college football. The Crimson Tide have carried over their form from game to game and year to year for a good while now.
It is rare for a college football team to display the dominance that Alabama has shown for such a sustained period of time. Saturday night's showing epitomizes the machine the team has become. It is obvious the Tide are a dynasty, but where do they rank among other sports dynasties?
As dynasties go, it is usually the definition that gets sports fans hung up. For me, I am looking at the trophies and consistent performances from year to year. Also, I consider individual performance to count equally as team performance.
The University of Connecticut women's basketball team deserves consideration on this list as they have strung together many championships over the years. When his career is over, Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma will go down in American history as one of the greatest coaches of all time. Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Tina Charles and Swin Cash were instrumental in the team's run of championships. UConn is undefeated in NCAA Finals, appearing in seven out of the last 14 finals (including three out of the last five).
I'm keeping UConn off the list of current dynasties though because they have won only one title in the last three seasons.
I'm also keeping the LA Galaxy off the list. The Galaxy from Major League Soccer would have had a chance for the list if they could have kept themselves alive in this year's playoffs. Unfortunately for Galaxy fans, they lost their conference semifinals series to Real Salt Lake and will be searching for a new spark for next season. They had won the last two MLS Cups.
With that out of the way, here's my list of the top five current dynasties in sports.
5. Serena Williams
I'm starting my list with Serena Williams. Her whole career could really be called a dynasty. Williams has had several parts of her career where she was winning consecutive majors. But, right now, as one of the oldest women on tour, she's on a roll having won four out of the last six majors.
The 2012 and 2013 seasons were completely dominated by Williams and sometimes she has won with ease. The 32-year-old has 17 career major titles, to go along with 13 doubles and two mixed doubles titles at major championships.
4. Rafael Nadal
Nadal's French Open run is unbelievable, as he has won eight of the last nine titles. Even more amazing, not one of the finals had to go five sets.
He has thoroughly dominated the red clay of Roland Garros. He beat Roger Federer in four of those eight finals and topped Novak Djokovic in one of them. Nadal is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all-time, and with good reason.
3. Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt gets the nod for his consecutive wins in the 100- and 200-meter sprints at the Olympics. Bolt will be going for a third Olympic title in the 100 and 200 at the Rio de Janeiro Summer games in 2016. He won at both Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
Bolt is considered the fastest man alive and fastest ever. To top it off he also anchored Jamaica's 400-meter relay team's gold medal efforts in both London and Beijing.
2. Miami Heat
At number two, the Miami Heat are showing how a team grows from defeat. They have the Dallas Mavericks to thank for that.
The Heat were humbled when they lost to the Mavs in the 2011 NBA Finals. They have been able to come back and win two consecutive championships since then, overcoming difficult challenges from the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012 and a miraculous series against the San Antonio Spurs in 2013.
With most of the roster intact, including future Hall of Fame players LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, the Heat are looking for a fourth straight NBA Finals appearance this season and third straight championship.
1. Alabama Crimson Tide football
This leaves the University of Alabama's football team at No. 1. The team did not suffer a "60 Minutes" jinx this week, after the news program highlighted the career of head coach Nick Saban last Sunday. Alabama has won three out of the last four BCS national championships and is going for four out of five and three in a row if it win it all this season.
Alabama and the Heat have made their respective sports more interesting. When a team dominates like they are doing, there is a consensus top achiever that all sports fans appreciate or loathe. As Mark Cuban said recently, "Hating the Heat is good for the game." Alabama and the Heat are the bad guys of sports for winning so often.
Television ratings go up thanks to dynasties and girlfriends of college quarterbacks become household names. Just ask Katherine Webb how her career is going.
In case you missed any of the Nick Saban 60 Minutes feature, you can check it out here.
Howard Alperin is Managing Editor of AmericanizeSoccer.com


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The biographer for resigning CIA Director David Petraeus is under FBI investigation for improperly trying to access his email and possibly gaining access to classified information, law enforcement officials told NBC News on Friday.
Paula Broadwell is the author of Petraeus' biography, "All In." She had extensive access to Petraeus in Afghanistan and has given numerous television interviews speaking about him.
Petraeus resigned Friday, citing an extramarital affair. The woman involved was not identified.
Law enforcement and multiple U.S. officials told NBC News that emails between Petraeus and Broadwell were indicative of an extra-marital affair.
Earlier, law enforcement officials said they do not believe the FBI investigation will result in any criminal charges. They also stressed that Petraeus is not under investigation.
The CIA declined all comment on the case. Broadwell could not be reached for comment.
Broadwell's Twitter account describes her as a national security analyst and Army veteran. A biography on her website, which went offline Friday evening, said she is married to a radiologist and has two children, both boys. The family lives in Charlotte, N.C. The biography said she is a West Point graduate and a research associate at Harvard University's Center for Public Leadership and a doctoral candidate in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.
Richard Engel is NBC News' chief foreign correspondent. NBC News' Robert Windrem, Kristen Welker, Michael Isikoff and Pete Williams contributed to this report.
NBC's Richard Engel and the Washington Post's David Ignatius discuss the breaking news of CIA director David Petraeus' resignation.
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On their first day of practice, the UIS women's soccer team also did their first community service project. Such activities are among the pillars of the NCAA Division II university. The new coach this year is Molly Grisham, a graduate of Chatham Glenwood High School. Related links: Grisham completes coaching staff


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Hallo! I am Ankit Bahuguna, pursuing M.Sc. in Computer Science (Informatics) at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. Currently, I work as a Software Engineer (R&D Werkstudent) at Teradata Inc, as Android Praktikant Student at Kisi Inc. and as IDP Student at Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, REMO Representative (Mozilla), Web Education Community Contributor at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Member of the OW2 Consortium and a Red Hat Certified Engineer. I graduated with a Bachelor of Technology (Honors) Degree in Computer Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University, India. During this time, i was fortunate to be part of Opera Campus Crew Team and was also awarded Junior Research Fellowship at IIT Bombay for three consecutive semesters. I am passionate about the web and technology related to it. I have over 7 papers published in international and national conference journals.
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'What did you expect?' That's how readers respond when I write a negative review of a movie that everyone expected would be bad.
In the case of 'A Haunted House 2,' the sequel to Marlon Wayans' horror movie parody, I didn't expect much.
But I did assume - this being a comedy and all - that I would laugh, at least once. 'A Haunted House 2,' however, is so bombastically stupid that its well-earned R rating doesn't seem sufficient. The movie should come with another warning: The following 87 minutes would be better spent alphabetizing your spice rack.
Wayans reteamed with Rick Alvarez to write this follow-up, and he once again stars as Malcolm, a man plagued by otherworldly forces. He has just moved into a new house with his girlfriend Megan (Jaime Pressly) and her two children, and no sooner do they start unpacking boxes but weird things begin to happen. Megan's daughter becomes obsessed with a large box she found in her closet, while her younger brother picks up an imaginary friend named Tony. Malcolm, meanwhile, stumbles upon an old film reel of a ghoulish and incompetent demon that can't seem to kill the house's previous occupants.
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Other setups that are supposed to qualify as funny include the relationship Malcolm has with his Mexican neighbor, in which the two trade racist barbs; a 'joke' about Chris Brown and Rihanna's violent past; an accidental puppy murder; and prison rape.
If that weren't enough, the editing is sloppy, the narrative is weak and every lame gag goes on twice as long as it should.
'A Haunted House 2' definitely exceeds expectations, but in the worst way possible.
Rated R for crude and sexual content, nudity, pervasive language, drug use and some violent images. 87 minutes. No stars
Ratings Guide: Four stars masterpiece, three stars very good, two stars OK, one star poor, no stars waste of time.


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Today I tested the F-One Mach1 Size 15.1
My weight 86 kgs, board Underground LT 151, wind 4-5 Beaufort.
The Mach1 has a small shape, so it has a high AR. Therefore it has wide tips with battens. The materials and quality look very good. The leading edge is for this size compared to other tubes quiet thin.
Unfotunately I just had the kite without bar so I used a Naish ARX bar. I had to shorten the depower lines for better performance. But with the original bar and lines it is not necessary.
Up in the air the kite is unbelievable fast in turning. I had a great time on the water carving and jumping. Great for jumps since it kicks back fast and direct to steer before landing. It gave me nice airtime.
The turns are fun as well since it is easy to turn and makes carving with a size like this unbelievable.
I didn't try to restart it, but next time I will. But I assume, due to its slim shape, it is not that easy to relaunch. Did anyone try it yet and could tell me that I'm not right?
I'm looking forward to test the 18.1 because I want to know at how much wind I can start riding and how fast it will turn.


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The next union meeting is Monday, June 3 at 5:00p at the Cranston Portuguese Club.
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The Ruling is in for work on Columbus Day and Sundays --
The misclassification of employees and the misapplication of the law by employers as a tool to increase profits by business at the expense of workers remains a problem throughout the country, as companies large and small continue to exploit the lax enforcement of employment law.
Local 310 BUW Council /Utility Workers Union of America AFL-CIO is proud to announce that they have won a victory for the working men and women of Rhode Island who all to often are forced to work on days that have been traditionally reserved for family and leisure. For more than 80 years the members of Local 310 have served the people of Rhode Island, 24/7, 365 days a year in every type of extreme condition ensuring that the people of the state have safe and reliable energy at their disposal. At issue was the fact that National Grid has failed to pay the union members the statutorily proscribed premium for their work on Sundays and Columbus Day that kept them away from their families.
The ruling by the Department of Labor and Training in favor of the Union recognizes that the company and the department had previously been misapplying the law as it related to work by "utilities" on Sundays and they were not entitled to rely on representations by the former Chief of the Labor Standards' Division that were contrary to state law. The mere fact that a company is involved in a business that was "absolutely necessary" as defined by the general laws did not automatically absolve the company from paying its employees a premium for work performed on Sundays and holidays. Moreover, the department found that while the union and company had negotiated to treat Columbus Day as a floating holiday for those persons who chose to work that day, the agreement did not entitle the company to refrain from paying those workers a premium for such work. Click here to read the RIDLT's ruling.
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Grabbing another person's neck to stop their breathing — an act usually associated with domestic violence cases — is extremely difficult to prove in court, according to legislators and prosecutors.
There is little bruising or scratches. Long-term internal injuries are the most serious. And the penalty for the crime does not match the seriousness of the act, advocates say.
In an effort to increase the penalty for non-fatal strangulation, Maryland legislators are scheduled to hear a bill next week that would make the action a first-degree offense.
Non-fatal strangulation, under Maryland law, is often prosecuted as a second-degree assault, resulting in a maximum of 10 years in jail or a fine of $2,500.
The women's caucus is supporting a bill which would increase the punishment to a maximum of 25 years by adding a detailed description of strangulation to the list of first-degree assault charges.
Legislators and advocates feel the bill could ultimately reduce death by strangulation by increasing awareness of the issue and prosecuting offenders more severely from the start.
"We want to make it abundantly clear that a person who does this will be punished as if it is a first-degree assault," said Cynthia Lifson, legislative counsel for the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence.
The bill (HB 1074 and SB 612) would explicitly define the act of strangulation under Maryland law. Strangulation, Lifson said, is the act of exerting external pressure that blocks the airway.
The new bill would define strangulation in the law as follows: "A person may not cause serious physical injury by … applying pressure on the throat or neck of another person that 1) causes loss of consciousness for any period of time; 2) substantially impedes normal breathing or circulation of blood; or 3) causes a person to urinate, defecate or vomit."
Delegate Kathleen Dumais, D-Montgomery, sponsored the bill in the House this session to educate fellow legislators about the seriousness of non-fatal strangulation.
"It is unfortunate that sometimes it's just not recognized how serious strangulation is," Dumais said. "We will have to make the case that this will truly make a difference."
The seriousness comes from the undetectable consequences.
"Many times there are not the obvious injuries," Dumais said. "A lot of times there may not be bruising and it's not recognized the damage that would happen if, in fact, your airways are cut off for even short periods of time."
The intent is clear, though.
"You don't put your hands around someone's neck without intending to kill them," said Ann Wagner-Stewart, the Prince George's County assistant deputy state's attorney who helped draft this year's legislation.
The necessary physical evidence is hard to come by, too.
"It is so difficult to prove the felony nature of the crime as it is now," Wagner-Stewart said.
Last year, a similar bill aimed to add the term "strangulation" to the list of first-degree assaults.
Though the legislation passed in the Senate last year, the House bill failed in committee in part because legislators said it was too broad. The bill defined strangulation as a result, not an act.
This year's legislation would make it easier for prosecutors to make their case in court through the specific definition of strangulation.
"We do have an uphill battle, but I think it's a good piece of legislation," Dumais said. "Hopefully we'll be more successful this year."
Delegate Susan Lee, D-Montgomery, chair of the women's caucus, hopes the bill reduces the number of strangulation cases in the state.
"Myself, personally, I am very supportive of the bill. I think it will put a dent in domestic violence and help us in our efforts to protect victims both male and female, children and families," Lee said.


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Really, women's work is never done.
At a time when we're told that work-life balance is the great mirage; at a time when women are still punching the clock on the "second shift"; at a time when kickass young women are still stuck trying to decide how and where they fit into the world of work …
At a time when there is so much unfinished business for feminists to attend to? We get this?
This, according to NPR, Reuters and others, being Hollywood's new vision of "Do me" feminism: A 30 minute HBO comedy, starring Diane Keaton as "a feminist icon who decides to reignite the movement by starting a sexually explicit magazine for women."
Don't get me wrong. I get it. Good for the goose, good for the gander. (Although it does kind of smack of the way Hollywood frames First Amendment fights in terms of Larry Flynt. Oops. Did I bring that up again?) We all love Diane Keaton. The show should be gloriously funny, especially on HBO. And I'm sure I'll watch it.
But please don't call it feminism. Or use it to imply we've come a long way, baby.
Jezebel.com was among the many who reported on the upcoming show as the greatest thing for women since the Equal Rights Amendment (Oh wait. Still haven't passed it.) But, like NPR, Reuters and Salon.com's Broadsheet, Jezebel used a money quote that revives a couple of 1970's stereotypes that, in the long run, may have stalled the momentum — even though the generalizations only applied to a handful of women:
Perhaps HBO is trying to do penance for or regain female viewers lost after Sex And The City went off the air? In any case, Marti Noxon [the show's producer] says she's wanted to do a show that touches on feminism for a while; she was 12 when her mom came out as a radical feminist lesbian and had to juggle her mom's beliefs with her own interests: "I wanted to be a gal, I was very interested in men, and I wanted to shave my legs," Noxon says. The concept of the Diane Keaton project — an older lady working at a porn mag — sounds awesome. As long as they don't call it Hot Flash.
Stereotype number one, in case you didn't notice: Back in the day, only lesbians had street cred as feminists. Stereotype number two: you can't fight for women's rights if you happen to wear a skirt — or like boys, for that matter. Didn't we get over that, long ago? Feministing.com, in fact, just referenced a new study that exploded the myth that feminists are man-haters. The study found that "contrary to popular belief, feminists reported lower levels of hostility toward men than did nonfeminists."
Salon.com's Broadsheet was a bit more circumspect in its report, pondering whether "the series will amount to f*ck-me feminism or lightweight "lifestyle" activism. But maybe, just maybe, the show will bravely explore those competing influences of feminism and mainstream sexual culture."
But still. Aren't we leaving something out?
A few years back, I did a story on a houseful of edgy, independent young women about to graduate from college who refused to call themselves feminists. I asked them why:
It's a spectrum issue, they said first. They'd be more likely to call themselves feminists if they could explain where on the scale they fell. What they don't want is to stick to the label, all or nothing. "I don't want to be – I'm a feminist, but… " said Tessa. "I think a lot of people perceive feminists as being so hard-core – men-haters, almost masculine."
They said they've never experienced gender discrimination. They've never been in a class where they were dismissed because of gender, never been told they couldn't do something – or had to do something – because of their sex. Never – yet – faced discrimination on the job. Battles fought, battles won, they said. Old news.
"I've grown up and had every opportunity," said Kate, who conceded that without the benefit of privilege this might have been a different conversation.
"Therefore, it's hard to identify with the word feminist because, for me, it's the norm. Now it seems radical to say feminist. It's hard to get passionate about a cause when you haven't faced the consequences of what you're fighting for."
Later, we talked about patriarchy and the need to change institutions. One woman wondered if such change wouldn't require some sort of movement. But, another one said, "you have to be oppressed to have a movement. And we're slowly working forward."
Really? With all the work still left to do? Instead we've got Hollywood portraying feminism's last frontier as owning our own porn. And we're supposed to cheer.


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Nokia Unveils N810 Mobile Internet Tablet for WiMaxBy Reuters - Print
Sprint will make the Nokia N810 Internet tablet available on WiMax networks this month.
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Nokia's N810 mobile Internet tablet will be one of the first devices designed for a new high-speed wireless network that Sprint Nextel Corp will launch commercially in April.
Nokia on Tuesday unveiled a version of the handheld device, which has a 4.13-inch touch screen, for WiMax -- the emerging wireless technology that Sprint is betting on for its next generation of high-speed services.
WiMax promises to blanket cities with mobile Web links that are five times faster than today's speeds. Like the first N810, which went on sale in the fall, the new version will also work on Wi-Fi, a short-range wireless technology used in hotspots such in coffee shops.
"The difference with WiMax is that you can move out of that hotspot," Mark Louison, head of Nokia's North American business, said in an interview ahead of the CTIA annual U.S. wireless show in Las Vegas.
Sprint, which has been seeking outside funding to expand WiMax beyond an initial three markets, has promised to open the network to a wide array of devices, such as music players or cameras, which consumers could buy from any store. The three initial markets are Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Sprint has said it would have 10 WiMax devices at launch.
Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has trailed Motorola Inc and Samsung Electronics in the United States as it has won little business with U.S. carriers, which tightly control the phones that work on their networks.
There has been uncertainty about the U.S. future of WiMax. Sprint, which is losing customers from its existing service, has said it is re-examining its commitment to spend $5 billion on WiMax by 2010.
Sprint and Clearwire Corp, a smaller WiMax provider, are in talks to combine their WiMax assets in a venture with investment by other companies such as Comcast Corp, Intel Corp and Google Inc, sources familiar with the talks said last week.
Asked if Nokia would consider joining such a venture, Louison said: "Our business model is focusing on building devices and applications that run on devices ... We've never invested in an operator."
Even if the U.S. WiMax market evolves more slowly than expected, Louison said Nokia was confident it would find a market for the N810 overseas.
"WiMax is bigger than Sprint," he said.
The WiMax N810 will be available from Nokia's online store and its shops in New York and Chicago for $479, Nokia said.
(Editing by Maureen Bavdek)
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