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November 14, 2012 - NECO and NEE Representatives at Academy Meeting in Phoenix
The New England College of Optometry and New England Eye were well represented at
the recent American Academy of Optometry meeting in Phoenix. Congratulations to the
following faculty, affiliates, residents, and students who made presentations. A special
recognition is offered to Dr. Fuensanta Vera-Diaz on being awarded Fellowship into the
Fellows of the Academy Posters:
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Dr. Andrea Murphy Dr. Aurora Denial
Dr. Elena Zaharova Biffi Dr. Barry Kran
Dr. Elesha Starkey Dr. Bruce Moore
Dr. Erin Swift Dr. Catherine Johnson
Dr. Fuensanta Vera-Diaz Dr. Darrick Wright
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Dr. Ronald Ferrucci (Trustee) Dr. Luisa Mayer
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Four tier wine glass chandelier from Litecraft constructed from a suspended frame that features 60 wine glasses. This stunning 4 tier wine glass chandelier from Litecraft is constructed from a suspended frame that features 60 sparkling wine glasses that create a most wonderful effect when lit. This contemporary and unique chandelier would add the wow factor to any dining room, restaurant or bar.
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Cover your tent cot in camo with these poly oxford rain flies featuring polyurethane waterproofing, taped seams, and head and foot vents. Built out of 210D Poly Oxford fabric with a 1500mm PU waterproof coating, no-see-um mesh doors and windows, the rainfly provides plenty of ventilation and protection from the elements when needed. ''Double'' rainfly dimensions - 84''L X 53''W X 40''H. ''Oversize'' rainfly dimensions - 90''L X 32''W X 40''H. Designed specifically for Kamp-Rite Tent Cots (sold separately). Color: Mossy Oak® Break-Up®. Imported.
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Nothing ruins a water war like a midfight fill-up. The pump-action Water Warriors Colossus packs 84 ounces of fluid firepower with a 40-foot range. Our favorite feature: a rotating head that offers three different nozzles. For instant fun, just add a white T-shirt! $20, buzzbeetoys.com
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As one of the first soakers to ditch pump action for sweet fully automatic battery power, the Nerf Super Soaker LightningStorm unleashes a torrent of the wet stuff up to 25 feet. Whether that wet stuff is water or, say, warm milk? Well, that's up to you. $25, hasbro.com
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WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - Navajo Nation officials say the tribe's parks aren't affected by the federal government shutdown.
Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department Manager Martin Begaye announced Tuesday that "all Navajo Nation tribal parks are fully operating and open to the public."
The Navajo tribal parks are open seven days a week with the exception of Christmas, New Year's and Thanksgiving.
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The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announces that 12 Burmese youth—six boys and six girls—and two coaches will travel to the United States January 7-20. The basketball exchange program, with support from the National Basketball Association (NBA), marks the first State Department Sports Visitor program with Burma. Throughout the program, the group will learn about sports in the United States by participating in basketball clinics with their American peers and engage in educational sessions on nutrition, conflict resolution, and disability sports.
The program builds on the first-ever Sports Envoy program in Burma, that sent Charlotte Bobcats General Manager Rich Cho, former Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) player Allison Feaster, current Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Darvin Ham, and former NBA player Marty Conlon to Burma as Sports Envoys in August 2012.
The basketball exchange participants, ages 15-17, will visit North Carolina to attend a Charlotte Bobcats game and take part in a clinic with Cho, who was born in Burma, and Bobcats players. In Washington, D.C., the group will attend a Washington Wizards game and meet team members.
SportsUnited is the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' division devoted to sports diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State. Athletes and coaches from a range of sports are chosen to conduct clinics, visit schools, and engage with youth abroad in a dialogue on the importance of education, positive health practices, and respect for diversity. The NBA has partnered with SportsUnited since 2005, helping to host Sports Visitors from 20 countries and sending nearly 60 current and former NBA and WNBA players and coaches to travel to more than 30 countries as Sports Envoys.
For more information, contact Anna Griffin of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State, at email@example.com.
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News about Courtney Love, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Love Lives Through This, Rasping 'Take Care of Me'
During her decade-long reign of terror, Courtney Love has devoted herself wholeheartedly to the myth of rock 'n' roll and halfheartedly to the music. She has turned her life into a continuing work of guerrilla theater, a nonstop orgy of neediness and swagger, drugs and cops, makeovers and misbehavior.March 20, 2004 artsReview
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Courtney Love, at Her Furious Best
Courtney Love's new single, ''Mono'' is furious and passionate, overstuffed with ambivalent rallying cries and secondhand guitar riffs and incoherent snarls. In short, it's Courtney Love at her best.January 4, 2004 artsNews
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At the Movies: Courtney Love
By her own admission, Courtney Love, the onetime enfant terrible of the rock music world, does not respond well to the word no. But in a long, enthusiastic interview here, she said she was already prepared to hear the dreaded word as she gears up to tackle her new love, movies.April 16, 1999 moviesNews
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A Singer Spurns The Role Of Victim
After the suicide of her husband, Kurt Cobain, 10 months ago, Courtney Love acquired a strange distinction reserved for Presidents, major felons and celebrity widows: every word she said and wrote became newsworthy.February 18, 1995 artsReview
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Courtney Love Bows to Convention
Kurt Cobain's suicide casts a bleak shadow over Hole's new album, "Live Through This." Courtney Love, Hole's singer and main songwriter, was Cobain's wife, and together the couple was a tabloid-media dream, complete with arrests, drug problems, sleazy pasts and uninhibited quotes. Now, there's plenty to be read into the songs Love recorded last fall.April 24, 1994 artsReview
Take Two | A Dual Review of What's New, Starring Jenna Lyons and Courtney Love
Courtney Love and Jenna Lyons opine on Dior heels, Diana Vreeland perfume and an arty dog magazine.
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On View | MOCA Hosts a Retrospective of Francesco Vezzoli's Star-Studded Art
The museum is showing a career-spanning survey of the artist's work, much of it inspired by Hollywood — a subject he now says he'll be moving away from.
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Saint Laurent Show Produces Conflict, Both the Usual and Bizarre
The collection shown tonight by Hedi Slimane, his second women's ready-to-wear since taking over the house of Yves Saint Laurent label (which he renamed Saint Laurent), will be as divisive as his first.
March 4, 2013, Monday
Celebrities Leave a Void in Twitter
Twitter's ability to connect celebrities directly to their audiences has made it the garbage dump of choice for their every opinion and non sequitur.
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Celebrity Spats Thrive on Twitter
By giving the famous and those who aspire to be an unfettered soapbox from which to spout, Twitter has become a platform for celebrities' public spats.
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He Lived Through This, Now Hole Co-Founder Offers His 'Letters to Kurt'
Eric Erlandson, the guitarist who founded Hole with Courtney Love and helped create hit albums like "Pretty on the Inside" and "Live Through This," will publish a book of his reflections on rock 'n' roll, drug abuse and the loss of Kurt Cobain called...
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The "Albert Nobbs" afterparty featured cross-cultural who's who that included Dick Cavett, Patti Smith, John Leguizamo, the Scissor Sisters and Gabourey Sidibe.
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Fete Accompli | Nothing Comes Between Me and My Calvins and Marriage Equality
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November 29, 2011, Tuesday
Duck and Cover! Courtney Love to Tell All in Memoir
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September 29, 2011, Thursday
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - A federal judge in Georgia has thrown out race discrimination claims by a former Savannah restaurant manager whose lawsuit against Paula Deen ended up causing the celebrity cook to lose a big slice of her culinary empire.
Lisa Jackson sued Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers, last year saying she was subjected to sexual harassment and racist attitudes during the five years she worked at their restaurant, Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House. But U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. ruled Monday that Jackson, who is white, has no standing to sue them for race discrimination.
The ruling leaves intact Jackson's sexual harassment claims.
The Food Network and other business partners dropped Deen after she acknowledged using racial slurs in the past during questioning by Jackson's lawyers.
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The annual Great American Campout happens Saturday, June 23, 7:00 p.m. to Sunday, June 24, 11:00 a.m. at Jefferson Memorial Forest.
Since 2005, thousands of people from across the nation have come together the fourth Saturday of June to participate in the Great American Backyard Campout in support of Great Outdoors Month. The overnight family campout at Jefferson Memorial Forest supports the national effort to raise awareness of the benefits of camping as a way to connect people with nature.
This event is an easy way for friends, families and children to sleep under the stars and create memories of outdoor experiences. Families will enjoy a campfire, s'mores, night hikes and other activities. Campers are also invited to bring their own dinners to cook over an open fire. (Those campers wishing to cook their own dinners are asked to arrive by 5:30 p.m.) Campers will need to provide their own breakfast, and tent. (For families in need of a tent, there are a limited number that the Forest will have available for rent.) Alcoholic beverages are not allowed.
In the morning, there will be opportunity to spend the day exploring the Forest, meet the animals in the Environmental Education Center, or go fishing at Tom Wallace with free fishing poles provided at the Welcome Center.
Fee: $25.00 per family up to 4; $5.00 per additional family member. $15.00 per platform tent rental. For reservations, please call our Welcome Center at (502) 368-5404.
About Jefferson Memorial ForestThe 6,218 acre Jefferson Memorial Forest, a woodland tribute to those Kentucky veterans who have served our nation during times of war, is Jefferson County's largest nature preserve and one of the largest municipal urban forests in the nation. The Forest is the flagship of Metro Parks' Natural Areas Division which is entrusted with providing stewardship, nature-based educational programming, and outdoor recreation within nearly 7,000 acres of forest, meadow, and riparian habitat across Louisville Metro. Jefferson Memorial Forest offers a full range of recreational amenities, including weekend education and adventure programs, hiking trails, camping, fishing, horseback riding trails and picnic areas. For more information or to volunteer, go to www.memorialforest.com.
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Your animation is first class and the character very likeable, the world you created is beautiful thought I would've preferred a faster paced song to portray the wild beauty everything around Khale has, keep making more videos this series is sure to be a winner!
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Volleyball Drops Five Set Heartbreaker to Montana
Sept. 30, 2006
GREELEY, Colo. - In an action packed match, the University of Northern Colorado women's volleyball team let a 9-point lead slip away in game No. 1 and eventually dropped a heartbreaker in five sets (30-28, 21-30, 30-28, 21-30, 15-13) to the University of Montana on Saturday night at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
With the loss Northern Colorado (7-8, 4-2 Big Sky) falls to fourth place overall in the conference, a half match behind Montana (7-7, 4-1 Big Sky), who has won seven of its last eight matches overall.
The Bears, who always play well in front of a home crowd, looked in control early when they took a 25-16 lead on a Montana ball handling error. But Northern Colorado would self destruct as the Grizzlies scored eight of the next nine points to pull within 26-24. The Bears eventually took a 28-26 lead on a kill by Lenay Goble but a Claudie Houle kill and a pair of Northern Colorado attack errors gave Montana game point. EvaLyn Whitehead finished the game with an ace to put the Griz up 1-0.
That did not foreshadow well for the Bears, who are just 2-6 this season when dropping the first set, as opposed to 5-0 (and 18-1 under Coach Benson in two seasons) when winning the first set.
But Northern Colorado battled back, opening up a 25-12 lead in game two on its way to a 30-21 victory, evening the match at 1-1.
Game three was back-and-forth again and tied at 28 on a kill by freshman Devon Crotteau. Montana did not give way, however, and Jessica Petersen had a kill followed by a Jackie White ace to give UM a 2-1 advantage.
The Bears once again played strong after a set loss, leading the entire way in game four on its way to a 30-21 win which forced the decisive set.
The final set of the night may have been the most exciting, as Montana jumped out to a 6-2 lead forcing a Bears timeout. But Northern Colorado eventually tied the set at nine thanks to back-to-back UM attack errors. After it was tied at 10, Montana committed a service error and Meredith Alder followed with a kill to give the Bears a 12-10 cushion. But Montana would not back down in front of the raucous crowd, taking a 13-12 lead on an ace by Taryn Wright. After the Bears' Taylor Smith tied the game at 13, the Bears had back-to-back attack errors to give Montana the match.
"The match was not won or lost in the fifth set," Bears head coach Lyndsey Benson said afterwards. "We were never in sync offensively after losing the lead in game one. I credit Montana for keeping us off balance. They are a great blocking team."
Crotteau led the Bears with 15 kills while also adding seven digs and a solo block. She was one of four Northern Colorado players in double-digit kills, as she was joined by Lizzy Rhoads (13), Stone (12) and Alder (10). Stone added 12 digs while freshman Breanna VanDerMost, subbing for an injured Abby Mayne, had a team-high 17 digs. Setter Kristen Schevikhoven had 45 assists and 16 digs.
Montana was led by 21 kills and 22 digs from Houle. Libero Jackie White also added 22 digs while Whitehead had 13 kills.
The match was the first to go five sets for the Bears this season and first since Oct. 21st of last season (at Utah Valley State).
The road does not get any easier for the Bears next week as they travel to league favorite and perennial power Sacramento State (16-4, 4-0 Big Sky) on Thursday night. The Bears also challenge Weber State (Saturday) on the road swing.


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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – An evening with the candidates turned testy Tuesday night, during a series of forums at the Senior Resource Center in New Hanover County. WECT worked with the League of Women Voters of the Lower Cape Fear to bring candidates together who are running for seats in the state House and Senate.
The final forum featured state Sen. Thom Goolsby and his challenger for the District 9 seat, attorney Deb Butler. From the outset Butler challenged Goolsby's statements, repeatedly bringing up a tax credit for small business that Goolsby supported in Raleigh. It gives business owners $3500 back on the first $50,000 they earn. Butler called it a loophole benefiting millionaires, and the money would be better spent on education.
"You had an opportunity to cap it (the credit) and limit it to just small businesses; firemen, teachers, police officers," Butler said to Goolsby during the exchange. "But no! You had to extend it to lobbyists, to yourself presumably, and to other people making extraordinarily high incomes. That's unconscionable, and I don't know how you defend it."
"The non-partisan Fiscal Research Division of the North Carolina General Assembly has told us that tax credit will go to maybe two percent of people who are millionaires," Goolsby said about the contention. "The large majority goes to small business owners who are making less than $100,000. If it works for the film industry, Miss Butler, how does it not work for small businesses, and why do you hate them so much?"
In earlier forums, District 20 candidate Rick Catlin seemed to be alone out of the eight candidates when it comes to supporting the tax credit incentive offered to productions that film in North Carolina.
"I have trouble with incentives for individual businesses," Catlin said to begin third forum of the evening. "I support incentives that are available to any business, like the port enhancement zone or foreign trade zone. To pick out one industry and do that is not fair to the other small businesses that are out there struggling trying to grow. Now, I know we've put ourselves in a position where the consequences of not doing that in North Carolina would be severe, and I don't know if I would fall on my sword for that, but I don't support that activity."
Catlin's opponent, Tom Gale, agreed that is frustrating to have to give money to attract business, he said that incentives for the film industry are successful. "This year we are on track to do about $200 million direct investment in the Wilmington region. I think that is a return on investment. The taxpayers invested a little bit, and they will get a lot back. It is also a clean industry, and it does not even take in the tourism that comes in as a result, and the other benefits to the community."
Both candidates in the District 18 forum, incumbent Rep. Susi Hamilton and her challenger, Louis Harmati, voiced support for the film incentives issue. Hamilton mentioned several pieces of legislation she supported during her first term in Raleigh, and criticized the Republican majority for cuts made to education. "The recession has created some very difficult for the state budget, and one of the largest things we fund is public education," Hamilton said during the forum. "So the biggest hit was felt in public education."
Harmati raised his concerns about the conditions of roads and highways in North Carolina. When asked whether toll roads would be favored as a way to pay for the needed repairs and upgrades, Harmati promised to look at the option if elected. He also said a closer look needs to go to the Highway Trust Fund, and how the monies are appropriated for projects across the state.
Ted Davis and Emilie Swearingen took the stage in the forum for the District 19 seat. Davis recently replaced Danny McComas in that position in the NC House, when McComas resigned to head up the NC Ports Authority. One of the biggest differences between Davis and Swearingen was raised during a question about voter identification.
"It is against our human rights," Swearingen said, before speaking about an elderly woman who recently lived next door to her in Kure Beach. "She had no way to get an ID. She would have to go through all kinds of red tape and government intervention to get an ID. A lot of our elders may not even know how to do that."
Davis strongly disagreed. "I think if a person is going to vote, they should be able to produce a valid ID that shows they are a citizen of this country and a resident of this country."
WECT and the League of Women Voters will bring school board candidates together for a similar forum in New Hanover County on October 9th.
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According to the Bureau for Labor Statistics, employment in the field of nursing is projected to increase 26% with 711,900 more nursing jobs needed by 2020. Nursing is one of the fastest-growing occupations in the U.S. Nurses make up the majority of the healthcare industry.
The faculty at the University of Mount Union will provide you with ample opportunities for hands-on experience to prepare you professionally and personally to meet the demands of our challenging and exciting healthcare profession. Graduates will be prepared to take the NCLEX-RN board exam allowing them practice as licensed registered nurses in a variety of healthcare agencies and areas of specialties.
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Degrees to Get You Back on Your Feet
These five degrees could help you prepare to rebound into a new career.
Have you recently suffered a career knockdown?
Whether it was a layoff, cut hours, or a job slump, don't despair.
While getting back on your feet may seem like a tough feat, there are proactive things you can do to help you get on the path to a career comeback, says William Arruda, a personal branding expert and co-author of "Career Distinction: Stand Out By Building Your Brand."
One example, he says, is going back to school to earn a degree and new, bankable skills.
"Going back to school to get a degree can be a great career option if you're looking to change careers or want to develop an expertise in your current field," says Arruda. "It will set you apart from other candidates."
The key, Arruda adds, is to choose a degree that's specific enough. This way, you "build your brand," and show employers you have a focused skill set.
If you're ready to make your career comeback, read on for six degrees that could give you the skills to start making it happen.
Comeback Degree #1 - Business Administration
Do you want to earn a degree that could help you rebound to a career in the corporate world? If so, a bachelor's degree in business administration could be a great option for you.
Comeback Factor: "Business administration is a very broad degree, so it's a fit if you're a person that hasn't gone to college, but wants to get ahead, and isn't sure what path within the corporate world you want," says Arruda.
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Useful Skills Learned: As a business administration and management major, you'll likely get the chance to develop your leadership, speaking, and writing skills, according to the College Board, an organization of colleges and universities that administers tests such as the SAT. You might also improve on your communication, planning, and problem-solving skills with help from commonly offered courses such as business law, human resources, and finance.
Potential Career: A bachelor's degree in business administration could prove useful as you pursue a variety of careers. For one, there's financial analyst, a position that the U.S. Department of Labor says usually requires a bachelor's in business administration or a related field. This degree could also provide good preparation for a personal financial advisor position, notes the Department of Labor.
Comeback Degree #2 - Health Services Administration
Love helping people? Interested in the medical field? Got organizational and managerial skills? If you said "Yes" to all three questions, then a bachelor's degree in health care administration or health services administration may be a good option as you pursue a career comeback.
Comeback Factor: "It's an industry-specific major, meaning that it will set you up with a path toward specific careers like working for a hospital, a health-related company, or an HMO," says Arruda.
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Useful Skills Learned: "Students of health services administration learn all aspects of overseeing health care facilities and the services they provide," notes the College Board. You might pick up these skills as you take common courses in hospital organization and management, human resources administration, strategic planning, accounting and budgeting, and health economics, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Potential Career: A bachelor's in health services administration is required to prepare to pursue a career as a medical and health services manager, according to the Department of Labor. Master's degrees in health services, public administration, or business administration are also typical routes.
Comeback Degree #3 - Accounting
If keeping track of funds (bills, receipts, charges) is your idea of a good time, a bachelor's degree in accounting might align nicely with your interests while prepping you to pursue a career comeback.
Comeback Factor: "A degree as straightforward as accounting will, you guessed it, set you up for a career as an accountant," says Arruda. "Thus, if you've got the numbers skill and know you want to be an accountant, it's a smart degree to go back to get."
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Useful Skills Learned: "Accounting majors learn how to gather, record, analyze, interpret, and communicate information about an individual's or organization's financial performance and risks," says the College Board. Commonly offered courses in this field include business law, government and not-for-profit accounting, and auditing.
Potential Career: A bachelor's degree in accounting (or a related field) is required for most accountant and auditor positions, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Keep in mind that some employers may favor a master's degree in accounting or business administration.
Comeback Degree #4 - Computer Science
Always been Mr. or Ms. Fix-It when it comes to computers? A major in computer sciences could be an attractive bachelor's degree option to help you pursue a tech-savvy career comeback.
Comeback Factor: "This major will provide you computer skills, but most importantly it will give you tools to be a manager, which is key because many information systems jobs are moving overseas, but managerial jobs are still needed in the U.S.," says Arruda.
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Useful Skills Learned: In addition to computer skills, a computer science degree could also help you develop teamwork and problem-solving skills, notes the College Board. Relevant coursework might include artificial intelligence, digital system design, and software engineering.
Potential Career: As Arruda suggests above, a bachelor's degree in computer science (or information science), in addition to related work experience, is generally required to pursue a career as a computer and information systems manager, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Comeback Degree #5 - Communications
Are you the first to re-tweet a news story? Are you constantly re-pinning products and recipes on Pinterest? If you're caught up in the social media craze, and think you might want to try doing it for a living, a bachelor's degree in communications could be a good first step.
Comeback Factor: "Communications is a highly evolving field, and a recent degree in communications shows employers you're up to date with all the changes," says Arruda.
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Useful Skills Learned: As you might expect, "Business communications majors learn how to write, edit, and speak professionally," notes the College Board. And how exactly do you develop these skills? Probably through typical course offerings in media analysis and criticism, public relations writing, and public speaking.
Potential Career: If you're interested in public relations, this degree is a good option. The U.S. Department of Labor notes that a bachelor's degree is generally required for public relations specialist positions, with employers often wanting applicants who've studied public relations, journalism, communications, or business.
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Got a question on rule clarification, comments on rule enforcements or some memorable NHL stories? Kerry Fraser wants to answer your emails at firstname.lastname@example.com!
Hi Kerry, I don't know if you watched the Oiler game Sunday night, but what was with the five-minute major for Ryan Smyth? All he did is go in and hit Kunitz and that is all - he had forward movement, but nothing in my mind for a five-minute major! Can you explain why this is a five, maybe a two at the most? Thanks! Curtis Horvey
Congratulations Curtis - 'C'mon Ref' has selected your question from the mail bag as the very first one of the 2011-12 season for me to answer! 'First question' of the season is akin to a rookie player in the NHL scoring his first goal just like Ryan Nugent-Hopkins did in that Oilers 2-1 shootout win over the Penguins that you reference.
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While I wasn't able to pick up the Oiler game on Sunday night, I did see the Ryan Smyth elbow on TSN SportsCentre highlights.
On the play, Ryan Smyth had released a pass along the left side boards as Chris Kunitz of the Penguins approached Smyth with moderate speed to finish a check.
Kunitz did everything right on the attempted check; he approached from an angle, had committed to the check within a reasonable separation/distance and time lapse from Smyth's puck release, was in a glide path prior to contact. Most importantly Kunitz was intending to utilize his shoulder to make contact with Ryan Smyth's body. As such, his hands and stick were down and there was never a question in the setup that Kunitz' intention was to make a high hit on the Oiler forward. Seeing the Penguin player approaching, Ryan Smyth made a poor and illegal decision to defend against the impending contact. While raising his arm and stick, Smyth delivered a blow with his elbow directly to the head of Chris Kunitz. There was no doubt that Chris Kunitz head was the principle point of contact. Chris Kunitz' attempted body contact was a text book case as to how a player should legally finish a check. This is what we want in the game; solid body contact with hands and stick down where the shoulder makes contact to the body mass (below the neck) of his opponent. Ryan Smyth needs to brace for the contact if he sees it coming and take the hit in an appropriate manner just like Peter Forsberg used to do. Peter would react to the impending contact by generating increased force with his shoulder and transfer this energy back at the player that was delivering the check. More often than not, the player that attempted to make a hit on Forsberg fell to the ice from the force of the impact and Peter was never taken out of the play. I guess Forsberg subscribed to the old adage that, "The best defense is a strong Offense."
While we are on the subject of 'giving and receiving' players have to expect and accept that hard legal hits will and need to be part of the game. Something that really bothers me is when I see a great shoulder to shoulder, legal body check like the one that was delivered by Dion Phaneuf on Ottawa Sens rookie Stephane de Costa and then have Phaneuf defend himself again the 'Cavalry attack' that results.
The bottom line is that players must be willing to receive a check and give a check in an acceptable and legal manner. Ryan Smyth definitely crossed the line on this one and the right call was made.
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HOBART | Katherine Hamer joined the Cedar Lake Boys & Girls Club six years ago to make a difference in the lives of those around her, and the experience has made major differences in her own life.
On Wednesday, Hamer, 17, took another positive step into her future as winner of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana Youth of the Year Award for the second year in a row.
An only child who lives with her mother in Cedar Lake, Hamer received accolades during the annual Youth of the Year Award dinner at Avalon Manor. She became the 35th Youth of the Year winner recognized by the Northwest Indiana agency since 1976.
The Youth of the Year Award recognizes teens for making outstanding contributions to their family, school, community and Boys & Girls Club and for overcoming personal challenges and obstacles.
A panel of five judges selected Hamer from a field of five candidates nominated by the directors of the area's five Boys & Girls Clubs. The teens come from single-parent families or homes where divorce has separated parents, and all nominees have faced major challenges.
For the second year in a row, Hamer will receive a $5,000 college scholarship and will be entered in the regional competition. If chosen a regional winner, she will compete for other scholarships at the state and national level.
This year's scholarship is sponsored by John and Marge Owens, of Crown Point, and Luke Oil. John Owens has been a member of the Boys & Girls Club board of directors for 30 years.
After graduating from Hanover Central High School in 2014, Hamer plans to attend Indiana University Bloomington with a goal of becoming a registered nurse.
"As a young person, Katie had no choice but to mature at an early age. She has a sense of financial responsibilities and takes many babysitting jobs, along with her part-time job, to help with household expenses," said Cedar Lake Boys & Girls Club Director Kristina Balog in her nomination of Hamer.
"She holds qualities such as responsibility, leadership, honesty, patience, understanding and empathy for others," Balog said.
Bill Masterson, publisher of The Times and chairman of the Boys & Girls Club board of directors, said the five award candidates were chosen from a field of 5,000 club members.
"This year's winner is the 35th we've awarded since 1976. That's out of a quarter of a million students," Masterson said.
Masterson has helped spearhead the campaign to turn the former Tolleston School into a Boys & Girls Club that will replace the John Will Anderson facility in Gary.
Jordan Jefferson is the Hammond Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year. Lake Station's Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year is Kquerie Johnson. Zaniqua Patterson of the John Will Anderson Club is Gary's Youth of the Year, and Jaylan Robinson, a member of the Katherine House Boys & Girls Club, is East Chicago's Youth of the Year for the second year in a row.


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Todays readings about listening are most appropriate for us as we move into Lent. Listen to me and listen to my people is what I am hearing. If I learn to listen to God, I will find what the Lord is calling me to do. Isaiah was speaking to a world much like ours, where there is an increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots. He is pleading for us to learn to do good, and learn to recognise justice.
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Introducing Color Communications Badges
We want to make sure everyone has an amazing and fun weekend at BronyCon, but we also know that it can be overwhelming to meet and be around so many people in such a small space. For 2014, we're trying something new and we hope that it will have a positive impact on the brony fandom and on the convention community at large.
We've adapted the color-coded badges popularized by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) and made them available for people who want to express their communication preferences quickly and non-verbally. By doing this, you can notify everyone whether you want to be approached for interactions or not.
Here's what the badges look like and what they mean:
- "Come Talk To Me!" A person wearing a green badge is actively seeking interaction. They may have trouble initating conversations, but it's okay to come up and start a conversation with them.
- "Do I Know You?" A yellow badge means its wearer only wants to talk to people they recognize. Unless you've met this person face-to-face before, don't start a conversation with them. If they start talking to you, you're welcome to talk back.
- "Not Right Now." If a person has a red badge showing, they do not want anyone to talk to them. They may approach others to talk, in which case it's okay to respond. But unless you've been told you're on someone's "red list", don't start interacting with them.
If you see someone wearing a yellow or red badge, please respect their wishes. If you are wearing a red or yellow badge and someone is harassing you by not respecting your preference, find the nearest BronyCon staff member immediately.
If you'd like more information on The Autistic Self Advocacy Network or the Color Communication Badges, please visit http://autisticadvocacy.tumblr.com.
To download your own Color Communication Badges, visit http://bit.ly/CommunicationBadges
Thanks a ton to autisticadvocacy for helping us out with this!
If you are an eagle-eyed viewer - and I know you are - you might be wondering why we're not just using ASAN's template. After some discussion and testing, we found that there were a few things we wanted to change. Here's what they are, and why we changed them.
First, we changed the "red" shape to a square instead of an octagon. We got feedback that the octagon was hard to differentiate from the green circle at a distance. The square is easier to see, and still means "stop" in the media world, so it works. We also considered an X.
Second, we changed the "yellow" shape to a horizontal line instead of a triangle. The combination of yellow and triangle on a badge was problematic, so we tried to come up with another shape that would work.
Third, the colors are tweaked so that, even to colorblind people, the colors are distinguishable. These badges are actually specifically not BronyCon's brand colors, as we intend for them to be used by any convention or event (or person!) who wants to.
Last, it's not apparent from this picture, but the three badges are actually printed with different colors on each side. There is a red/yellow one, a yellow/green one, and a green/red one. This is because lanyards twist and turn, and we want to make sure that when you display a red badge, your lanyard doesn't turn and make it into a green badge! You can always order your badges so the right color is on the outside.
I really hope that this is the start of fan conventions picking this up and running with it. We only have a limited supply at BronyCon, but I'm hoping that we have to go out and print more during the weekend!
But bronies.
"But Bronies" what?
Don't leave us hanging tumblr user @witherwhetherwonder
Explain, EXPLAIN!
Wow, you're kind of proving my point.
I, too, am a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I've watched all the episodes (excluding the most recent season, I haven't gotten to that yet) and the horrible Equestria Girls movie, and I own a Fluttersly plushie, a ponies coloring book, a Celestia keychain and a printed copy of a picture of me as a pony. I refer to episodes when it's relevant to the conversation or situation, I use the ponies' personalities to describe certain friends, and I've gotten several other people to get into the show as well. However, I choose not to identify with the fandom because they are associated with some truly horrible people and ideas. I understand the horrible people are probably a minority, but they are what the fandom is known for, and what the show has now become associated with.
It's supposed to be a kids show. Like, kid-appropriate. But this subset of bronies has sexualized the characters and situations. Pony porn is now a thing. You can buy wifu pillows of ponies sprawled sexily. You can even get fuckable plushies of the ponies. This is just so inappropriate and wrong on so many levels.
There was a terminally ill boy who's request through the Make A Wish Foundation was to get a character on the show. They did it, and let him even voice the character! The creators and those in charge SPECIFICALLY asked the brony fandom to NOT MESS with that character. And bronies did.
They found a background pony whose eyes weren't animated to go in the same direction and quickly made her into a big deal, coining the name Derpy, which is offensive to mentally disabled people. They've even managed to make her such a big deal you can find tons of merchandise for Derpy too. The character herself isn't so much a problem as the name and the fact that the fandom uses her to joke about the disabled.
Bronies are associated with "fedoras", men's rights activism, and just general douchebaggery and sexism. They are known for having a really skewed view of the world and others, and what they're entitled to just by being born male. Even if they do a couple good things that doesn't undo the shitty things they're known for.
In case you want more things to look at, here are some tumblrs devoted specifically to bronies sucking: http://bronystupidity.tumblr.com/ , http://brony-horror-stories.tumblr.com/ , http://anti-bronies.tumblr.com/
That being said, I think the badge communication system is a really great thing and I hope it leads to better understanding of those with social difficulties, and I hope it leads to others honoring boundaries and being respectful of others. I hope it catches on for other conventions and maybe general social gatherings. People who have difficulty communicating openly with strangers could really benefit from a way of letting others know they don't want to be approached, autistic or not. I think it could even be a good relating point between those with autism and those who are allistic but aren't so comfortable around other people. Cons can be really overwhelming even for people who are generally comfortable with others, and if the badge system is successful it would be a way for less-social people to feel more comfortable in a crowded environment. If they know they won't have unwanted interactions, they might be less intimidated by the con environment and might be more likely to go to a con if that's something they've wanted to do. I really support the original post and the idea of the badges, I am just surprised at the source. I genuinely hope the toxicity of the brony fandom doesn't affect the success of the project. Only time will tell.
Whoo, boy. Time to dismantle some more rubbish.
I'm going to go through this post bit by bit, as this person is clearly writing from not only a very extreme bias hellbent on clinging to generalizations, but also one that has been horribly misinformed to boot.
For starters, you're complaining about "the poor children!" while completely disregarding a few things:
- People have been making adult content for cartoon characters literally since animation began. Go google "Tijuana bibles". It's been going on for nearly 100 years now. You should probably be aware, too, that this isn't a male-dominated practice. Go look up anything regarding Transformers, Xiaolin Showdown, or Team Fortress 2, and see how long it takes you to stumble upon gay porn drawn by women. Hell, there are even naked player models for TF2.
- In fact, A lot of the people producing adult content in this fan base are women. Though, I'm sure you'll just continue to deny this.
- When it comes to mature content, the main places that house it have built-in filters that keep such content from showing up in a google Safe Search. Tumblr blogs marked as NSFW are not searchable, and filters on mature content at Derpibooru need to be manually disabled. The fandom itself actually took it a step further, and initiated a multi-fandom project to make sure that Safe Search is as safe as the name would imply (and frankly, it's already doing a damn good job). And, let's face it, hon: You know damn well that no child should be left unaccompanied on the internet without parental filters enabled in the first place. If you think two-dimensional drawings are the worst things one can find on the internet, than you're astoundingly innocent. You can literally go to Youtube, type in "Budd Dwyer suicide", and watch a man shoot himself through the back of the head in front of an entire press conference. There are also four of the Faces of Death films on Youtube in full. Frankly, "naughty" ponies should be the LEAST of a parent's concerns.
- Not only is no one "taking anything away" from little girls (my 12-year-old niece watches the show, and she already owns her own iPhone and iPad, yet she hasn't found a damn thing yet that has "corrupted" her.), but if it weren't for the older members of the fandom that are able to provide consumer feedback to the company, there wouldn't have been an increase in the quality of the toys, and there wouldn't be anywhere near the amount of merchandise available for it. In fact, it weren't for these "grown men" you speak of (and, by the way, the members of this fan base now number from between seven to twelve million people. And you honestly believe they're all adult males? Really?), the show certainly wouldn't be approaching its fifth season, nor would it have spun off it's own sub-franchise (Equestria Girls). I'm pretty sure YOU wouldn't have ever watched the show either, cupcake. You know damn well you wouldn't have thought to on your own, though you likely wouldn't have known of its existence in the first place.
In regards to Sylvain Portlance and Stellar Eclipse:
- Sylvain Portlance is a an adult. HE IS 18 YEARS OLD. He is not "terminally ill". He's disabled, yes, but he's not in grave condition.
- The Make a Wish Foundation never made any public statement regarding Sylvain, or bronies.
- Sylvian's mother has openly apologized about her initial statement, as she was unaware of Sylvain's feelings on the matter.
- Sylvain himself has openly stated that, as an artist himself, he is open to all kinds of art, and has no qualms whatsoever with whatever anyone decides to draw with his OC.
- There was never "a ton" of porn of Stellar Eclipse. At the time that this occurred, there were only TWO IMAGES, and BOTH BY THE SAME ARTIST.
- The artist had no idea at the time that the character was anyone's OC.
- It was not the artist that decided to send either of those images over Twitter. Those were the actions of a couple of idiots on 4chan intentionally trying to cause drama.
- The artist immediately removed the images at the mother's initial bequest, prior to the Twitter apology. They did not leave them up, or continue to circulate them, out of spite.
Regarding Derpy Hooves:
- The word "derp" is not a slur. It is typically merely associated with having a cross-eyed or wall-eyed look on one's face. At most, it is used when someone makes a mistake out of the ordinary, which - at the core - is exactly what Derpy Hooves was: An animation error.
- Derpy is one of the most beloved characters in the fandom. I have yet to see anyone besides known trolls making jokes about disabilities at her expense. Even if she was disabled, she'd still be just as loved. Are you implying that we shouldn't allow the possibility of disabled characters in kid's shows? Because heaven forbid there's a character someone with disabilities could identify with, especially one that's as beloved as Derpy, and in complete disregard to her flaws. Derpy is also the plainest-looking of all the ponies on the show, but she's still loved on the same level as the more unique, more brightly-colored ponies.
- Apparently, Hasbro doesn't entirely side with the idea of "derp" being a slur either, since the name "Derpy" can be clearly seen not only in online toy listings and labels, but printed on the bottom of the Derpy MIMObot. People working on the show have also publicly stated that the character is going to remain a staple of the show.
Regarding your (seriously pathetic) connections of "fedoras", "misogyny", etc:
- Why the "fedora" stereotype is complete nonsense. Written by another woman in the fandom.
- Regarding the allegations of "rampant sexism and misogyny". The majority of this is literally in the minds of the people claiming it. Need I remind you that someone interpreted an episode about giving less-than-perfect shelter animals a chance at adoption as "rape culture"? You're also forgetting the fact that assholes exist EVERYWHERE. You could take a random sampling from any part of the globe, and the chances are pretty damn good that you'll find a few people in that sampling that are less than pleasant. The thing is, though - they would have been that way regardless of what they decided to watch on TV. Nothing "made" them into assholes. They were that way long before they came to know of ponies. The same thing goes for the cries of "racism". Even when you do find less-than-enjoyable people in ANY group, it is completely asinine to assume that they represent an entire group, especially when that group is composed of millions.
- Why any of the stereotypes about this fandom are nonsense. If you're old enough to be on tumblr, you're old enough to not be using any kind of a stereotype. Seriously. That's fucking childish. Grow up.
- What you claim is "WAAAH! SEXISM!" is actually a bunch of guys standing up for themselves, because they're constantly being attacked by spoiled, entitled teenage girls who abuse the label of "feminism" in order to be nothing more than, as our current Pope so eloquently put it, "chauvinists in skirts". These are the same people that demand inclusion into so-called "male-dominated" fields and activities, but who then pitch a glorified conniption fit and scream about "womens' spaces" being "invaded" the second any male begins to appreciate anything even borderline "feminine". Heaven forbid average human beings of all kinds appreciate something no one expected them to (least of all themselves), regardless of how much they knew they would likely get made fun of for it. For every person that cries about alleged "bad bronies", maybe they should be taking a look in a fucking mirror for a change, and start weeding out the rejects that continue to stain the label of "feminism" a distasteful shade of bullshit brown.
- There are ridiculously numerous instances of tumblr "feminists" using the characters to spread ideals that the woman who created those characters is openly AGAINST. I guess you're not THAT concerned about "the poor children" if you support people that use ponies to spread messages of misandry, the advocating of mass male genocide, and the flagrant use of vulgarity (I won't even get into the fact that some of them are actually trying to PROFIT off of this as well). News flash, cupcake! Lauren Faust does NOT support the kind of man-hating radical feminism that runs rampant on tumblr. So much so, in fact, that she even wrote an entire episode of The Powerpuff Girls that openly mocks it. The only reason she now regrets writing that episode is because of the backlash she received from the same people whose views it was criticizing.
"I have nightmares that I will be an old, old lady on my death bed with people yelling at me for Bendy and Equal Fights. I hope I can put them behind me some day." - Lauren Faust, 2005Unfortunately, the "feminists" that spend such a frankly disturbing amount of time whining about this fan base keep trying to use her as their own personal soap box. We're talking about people that send death threats over the most trivial things imaginable (such as the nominations in a fandom POLL), while making very serious accusations against others, yet failing to provide a shred of proof of them. You'd think that, if these people were really "threatened" and "harassed" as much as they claim, they'd have at least screencapped it, if not published it for public eyes to see. There's actual proof of so-called "feminists" on tumblr, and their frankly repulsive fixation on this fan base. Here - have some. There's a heaping helping of people being threatened with death and violence for "daring" to enjoy a cartoon.
- People literally make up complete bullshit about this fandom on a regular basis. Someone actually made up a story about the near abduction and sexual assault of a little girl, which was later definitively proven to be a load of crap. That's more than a little fucked up, sunshine. And then there are also the claims of sexual harassment that allegedly took place at Everfree Northwest of the voice actresses of the Cutie Mark Crusaders that the VA's themselves openly debunked on Twitter as being complete lies.
Need I even mention the fact that some of them were found to be taking part in exactly the behavior they complain about? The only "entitled" people I see are a bunch of bitter, resentful teenage girls who didn't get put on "time out" enough when they were little.
The very fact that you linked a bunch of anti-brony sites just goes to show what kind of a person you are. For starters, these are people that intentionally go to places they know they don't like, digging around for anything that they can twist into a negative. They cherry pick behaviors from an extreme minority, and then put them on display as though they represent all fans. Once again, we're talking between seven and twelve million people.
And, by the way, the woman who created the series knows very well about the fan base, and is entirely supportive of it, as well as disagrees with the viewpoint of it that you're currently expressing.
Also, for good measure, here's a woman that works on the IDK MLP:FiM comic also calling bullshit on brony stereotypes.
The attitudes of people like you seriously make me fucking sick. Even after children are bullied, and after another boy tried to KILL HIMSELF due to being bullied for liking ponies, you still continue to gleefully smear your bullshit on every surface you encounter. Hell - some complete and utter assholes decided to even try to sabotage the charity drive to pay for his medical bills. But no - it's the "big, mean, BRONIES!" that SAVED HIS FUCKING LIFE that are the "bad guys". You can go fuck yourself right off the edge of a cliff.
Lastly, this fan base has accumulated hundreds of thousands of dollars for numerous charities worldwide, and have been doing so since the middle of season ONE (i.e., before the existence of an older fandom was even that widely known). What have you done for anyone besides yourself? I'm willing to bet it's probably a lot of jack and shit.
While bronies have actually accomplished a tremendous amount of good for others, people like you sit behind your computer screens, spewing forth rivers of bile out of your own discomfort with males embracing something even remotely "feminine". Because let's face it, sweetie - you know damn well that's the REAL reason for the insecurities you're putting on display here.
The people behind this convention have gone out of their way to try to ensure the comfort of others in a way that they were never obligated to do, and all you can think to do is use it as an excuse to continue to demonize others.


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CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) — The Delta Blues Museum of Clarksdale is one of 10 to across the country to be honored with National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
The National Medal will be presented to the museum at a celebration in Washington on May 8.
According to a news release, the National Medal celebrates institutions that make a difference for individuals, families, and communities.
The Delta Blues Museum was chosen because "it celebrates the history, showcases live performances, and nurtures the next generation of blues musicians," according to the release.
The museum was established in 1979 by the Carnegie Public Library board of trustees and reorganized as a stand-alone museum in 1999, and is Mississippi's oldest music museum.


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Marni is a young adult. She is also a fan and author of YA literature. We spend a lot of time chatting about pop culture and entertainment, but particularly we talk about the current explosion of interest in YA literature and the general dismissal of it, writ large, as a substantive genre of literature. Much like romance, YA gets a bad rap for being fluff. "Those books are for children/teens," people will say with a wave of their hand, as though C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, and even -- to some extent -- Tolkien's Lord of the Rings aren't all successful and enduring series with primary appeal to younger readers. FN1.
There are a lot of things I find remarkable about the virtual explosion of the YA market in the wake of Harry Potter and Twilight. One is simply how many books there are for young adults, so many more than there were when I was that age. After reading all the original Nancy Drews, Babysitter's Clubs, and Sweet Valley Highs by age nine, I moved right into adult fiction, toting copies of Larry McMurty's Lonesome Dove and John Jake's North and South into my sixth grade reading class. There simply weren't a lot of young adult books available, and though I read my share of Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine, they didn't hold a lot of appeal for me.
Josephine Angelini's Starcrossed series, and it really finally hit me. FN2. I was watching an all-female rock band named DemiGoddess in a video they made and shared with the world. In it, they sing a song they wrote about a female protagonist superhuman that reclaims an infamous female character of Greek literature in a series written by a woman. It was like a tiny explosion of women reclaiming and rebuilding stories about women from the past for women, inspiring other women to create further works capturing women's voices as the primary storyteller of a world where women can both fall in love and save themselves.
When I was fifteen, there weren't shelves and shelves of books like this. I survived for a long time on the works of female musicians, '80s pop stars and rockers and '90s riot grrls like Madonna, Joan Jett, Johnette Napolitano, Chrissie Hynde, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Deal, Tanya Donelly, Ani DiFranco, Liz Phair, and Tori Amos. They were my voice; I couldn't find a corollary in books, television, or film. FN3.
I had to search for female protagonists in literature to identify with, to be inspired by. While I eventually discovered the works of Dorothy Allison, Virginia Wolf, Connie Willis, Alice Walker, Annie Dillard, bell hooks, and Toni Morrison (all of whom I still recommend), those writers didn't reach me until I was in my early-mid twenties. It took a long time for me to find my voice, to tell my story, to know it was important and valuable.
In ten or fifteen years, these girls will graduate from college and enter the workforce. They will have careers and incomes and purchasing power. And their experiences with these books will tell them that their stories deserve time and exploration. Their adventures are every bit as important as their male counterparts. Their lives are valuable. Their knowledge is powerful.
And they will have learned it from writers like Josephine and Marni, like Beth Revis and Lauren Kate, like Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Leigh Fallon, like Suzanne Collins and Sophie Jordan and Sara Zarr, Melissa Marr, Jeri Smith-Ready, Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia, Maggie Stiefvater, Stacey Jay, Victoria Schwab, Carrie Ryan, Sarah Rees Brennan, Kelley Armstrong, Alyson Noel, Melissa de la Cruz, Richelle Mead, P.C. Cast, Laini Taylor, and probably tons of others I am forgetting. FN4. And yes, even Stephenie Meyers and J.K. Rowling, who helped expand and relaunch earnest interest in the genre, even if one wrote a less than perfect female protagonist and the other wrote primarily about a boy, because there are strong female characters in those stories, too. FN5. And those stories are quickly being turned into movies and television series, which will inspire more and more stories, echoing forever forward.
These young female readers, as grown women, will be creating and managing and participating in media and the marketplace of ideas, and they will expect, as a matter of course, that their ideas, stories, desires, and experiences be treated with dignity and respect and given equal opportunity to flourish. This was the thought that gave me hope when I saw the heartbreaking documentary Miss Representation, a film about the continuing shortage of women in positions of power, the biased view we see of women in media, and the disproportionate lack of coverage for women's stories and issues. FN6. These young women are hearing a different message every time they pick up one of these books.
When I was fourteen, Tori Amos had her first hit with "Silent All These Years." Twenty years later I still remember the desperate urgency that made me cling to that song, lying in my bed and listening to its words over and over again:
If I were to hope for one thing for the daughters of the world present and future, it would be that they wouldn't spend so many years in silence, reaching for their own voice, wondering if its been stolen away to some heaven that holds the silenced screams of generations of women past. My brother recently told me my sixteen-year-old niece is hard at work on her first novel. She is sixteen, but she already knows her voice matters. I see the same thing over and over when I go to book readings - crowds of women and girls, all clamoring for more stories about themselves and the people they hope to be.
When I look at the stories crowding Young Adult fiction shelves today, with all their flaws and foibles, I still see something revolutionary: an overwhelming sense that women have stories of heroism and adventure to tell and to hear. These writers may be sparking the most important feminist change in media today, one that will continue to bear fruit long after these books leave the New Release shelves.
So I'll let the haters who dismiss the growth in YA fiction as a trend hate all they want; I'm a historian, and I think history will bear me out. Right now YA fiction is sparking a subtle feminist revolution that we will feel the tremors of for decades to come. These writers are creating a more equal world by virtue of their contributions, by responding to a need young women didn't even know they had because they lacked the language to express it.
Viva la revolution, my young readers! Your story gives me hope, and it is the story I hope to hear next.
FN1. I find it irksome that someone would dismiss the Harry Potter books because the protagonist is a child and teen; the series will likely last a millenia over. Over 450 million individual books have been sold, more than any other series of books. If generations hence there are archaeologists trying to determine what people were reading and thinking during the late 20th and early 21st centuries, you'd be foolish not to realize the trial and tribulations of a small bespeckled wizard would be high on the list. You can knock plebeian literature all you want, but I always think it is worth remember that Shakespeare was written for the masses, as was Jane Eyre. Sometimes what makes literature great is not its rich lyrical writing or thick subtext, but that it moves people of all kinds the world over. The Boy who Lived will, indeed, live -- long after the critiques who have dismissed him have been returned to dust.
FN2. You can see the video that inspired this post below.
FN4. This isn't to say there haven't been authors doing this for years (two that immediately spring to mind are Tamora Pierce and Ursula La Guin, who deserve their share of high praise and glory) but more that the sheer volume now sends an overwhelming message that women's stories are valuable, in the same way that having to hunt for a female author and/or protagonist in the past sent the message they were not.