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After trade, Nash sees new hope in New YorkStory | Apr 30, 2013 | 8:03 PMNew York Rangers forward Taylor Pyatt initially thought the team's equipment managers might not like him as much as Rick Nash. Each day, Pyatt would glance over to Nash's adjacent locker at the team's practice facility and notice long socks, wristbands,...
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I was wondering if anyone could help answer a pretty basic question for me - I've tried googling it to no avail but I'm probably searching the wrong thing.
Lately I've been suffering from shoulder impingements. On the advice of an RMT I stopped doing pushing exercises and have been focussing on pulling exercises, and infraspinitus/supraspinitus (sp) exercises. This has helped my left shoulder but my right shoulder continues to nag me…
I was speaking with someone tonight who mentioned that my shoulders look like they are rotated forwards. If I stand up, letting my arms just hang freely in their socks, then the inside of my hands form a 45 degree angle (roughly) with my body, turned inwards. My arms "rest" about 2-3 inches in front of the outside of my thighs, and there is a very slight bend in the elbows perhaps 10-15 degrees. This person said that ideally my arms should hang freely to the side of my body with the palms facing inwards i.e. thumbs forwards. She also mentioned that this might be the underlying cause of my inpingement (chest too tight, back not strong enough?)
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Taylor Swift has yet to top Billboard's Hot 100, but who needs a No. 1 pop single when you've sold more than 20 million albums (as of March of 2011), been named Entertainer of the Year twice in a row by the Academy of Country Music (in 2011 and 2012), been awarded the 2010 Hal David Starlight Award by the Songwriters Hall of Fame (an honor previously bestowed upon John Mayer and Alicia Keys) and won an Album of the Year GRAMMY (in 2010, for Fearless, her second album)? She makes every princess of pop this side of Adele seem like an underachiever.
At the age of twenty-two, Swift has accomplished what it takes some icons entire careers and then some to achieve. (Neither Bruce Springsteen, nor the Rolling Stones, nor Aretha Franklin, nor Madonna, nor Eminem, has yet to win an Album of the Year GRAMMY.) But it's Swift's latest honor, being the frontrunner for the role of Joni Mitchell in the upcoming film Girls Like Us, a biopic based on Sheila Weller's book about the lives of Mitchell, Carly Simon and Carole King in the late '60s, that has her detractors—and some fans even—protesting "Too soon!" and wondering "Who? Her?" Continue reading 'Sound and Vision: Can Taylor Swift Do Joni Mitchell Justice?'


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The meeting was eventually adjourned until Monday, July 30, when the council plans to vote on whether to certify the project's environmental impact report, in addition to a proposed general plan amendment and annexation of the land for the entire project. Developers hope to meet an Aug. 1 application deadline set by the Stanislaus County Local Agency Formation Commission. They need the agency's approval because land outside of the city limits would be annexed to build the business park.
LAFCo is made up of some members of all of the county's city councils and the county board of supervisors. It is chartered to deal with Stanislaus County land-use issues. Meeting the Aug. 1 application deadline would mean the project could be considered in October and conceivably be ready for business in early 2013.
The massive project would expand the West Patterson Business Park by 1,119 acres and increase the city of Patterson's physical area in four phases by nearly 30 percent during 20 years or more. Most of the 1,119 acres are now farmland.
The expansion would be split into two business parks: the 948-acre Arambel Business Park and the 104-acre KDN Business-Retail Center. The Arambel park would focus on light industrial businesses, such as those already in the West Patterson Business Park, while the KDN center would also include retail stores.
Developers say the project could create 10,000 jobs for an area hit hard by unemployment and bring in $7 million in annual tax revenue for the city.
Arambel Project Manager Joe Hollowell said the city and developers weren't far apart on many issues, but they disagreed on the amount of impact fees the developers should pay to help with infrastructure improvements needed when construction begins.
A city staff report calculated that the fees should be just more than $139 million to the city during the next 20 years to help pay for such things as water and sewer infrastructure and road improvements. Hollowell contended that the fees should be closer to $63 million, of which $8 million would go to the county and $7 million to the Patterson Joint Unified School District.
"We want to pay our fair share," he said, but he argued that fees must be lower so the project could be profitable for everyone.
Hollowell said he calculated the fee structure based on developer agreements for the existing West Patterson Business Park.
City staff members, on the other hand, are calling for the fees to adhere to the 2010 General Plan, he said. While fees were set higher in the past for development, the city often lowered those fee structures when making individual agreements with developers to make the projects more attractive for business.
Hollowell said the city's proposed fees needed to be "significantly lower."
"It will kill the project," he said.
Councilwoman Annette Smith said she was not opposed to changing the fees, but she contended that "every project should bear their fair share."
The council directed staff members and developers to get together and work out both the fee amount and the allocation of land for a sports park or a future medical center and a public safety center to house police and fire crews.
The staff report recommended that the city seek land for a joint complex for police and firefighters, while Hollowell suggested leasing a building in the park for police and allocating land for a fire station in the expansion area.
A few people in the audience took issue with aspects of the project.
Developer J.P. Smith voiced disagreement with the retail component of the KDN retail center, saying cities usually exhaust their existing inventory of commercial land before they annex more land for retail shops. He said there was still plenty of commercial land in Patterson and asked for the council to consider delaying the commercial component of the project and moving forward only with the light industrial portion.
Council members also found themselves at odds with David Lehman, a senior project engineer for the Stanislaus County, who spoke on behalf of Matt Machado, Stanislaus County's public works director.
Lehman reiterated Machado's arguments at the July 5 planning commission meeting: that by his calculations, the city would see an increase of 150,000 car trips per day because of new businesses. Area roads and intersections would need to be prepared for the added congestion, he said, noting also that the environmental impact report called for 15 percent of the project's cost to go toward a new intersection at Zacharias Road and Highway 33, which he called "clearly inadequate."
Lehman also repeated Machado's plea for a meeting among city leaders, developers and county officials to discuss the project. He added that the expanded business park would require a new Interstate 5 interchange at Zacharias Road that has not yet received funding. Officials and developers should not count on that happening soon, he warned.
City Traffic Engineer Christopher Thnay of TJKM Associates said Machado's numbers were faulty, however. Thnay calculated that Zacharias Road and Highway 33 would see closer to 6,000 daily trips, a fraction of Machado's predicted 150,000.
Thnay said the environmental impact report did not call for an I-5 interchange at Zacharias, but one would be needed when the business parks were 60 percent complete.
Deputy City Attorney Doug White said a meeting of the parties was scheduled for Tuesday, July 24.
White also laid out a timeline for working out the outstanding details and the developer agreement to be ready by the Aug. 21 regular City Council meeting.
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The city of Blaine will hold an open house on Thursday, August 6 to publicly present the next step in the Semiahmoo Resort's development plans.
The company's proposals, if approved, would add 325 condominium residential units near Semiahmoo Resort at the end of the spit, another 92 at the southeast corner of Semiahmoo Parkway and Semiahmoo Drive and add 189 slips to the Semiahmoo Marina, doubling it in size.
The city is hosting the open house to explain the process the proposals must undergo prior to approval. It begins at 6 p.m. at Cannery Lodge, 9261 Semiahmoo Parkway, in Semiahmoo Park at the base of Semiahmoo spit.
A second "scoping" meeting is scheduled for August 20 at 6 p.m. at the same location and will be the formal opportunity for providing comments on the scope of the related supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS).
An SEIS was deemed necessary due to the size of the project and the fact that the original EIS dates back to 1985.
The two-hour open house is informal, meaning that people are invited to view the proposals and ask questions of city staff and representatives of the developer. Comments can be submitted in writing to city staff until 5 p.m. on August 31.
The specific proposals include revisions to Resort Semiahmoo's master development plan and three planned unit developments (PUD).
The Semiahmoo Resort Village PUD proposes 325 condominium units, approximately 21,500 square feet of commercial space, public open space, parks and associated parking on the spit tip area of Resort Semiahmoo; limited changes to the hotel structure are proposed. The development would be located on 17 parcels on the tip.
Commercial space, including retail space and restaurants, would be provided within renovated areas of the existing hotel, as well as within renovated existing buildings on the tip. Modifications to the public shoreline corridor and existing trail are also proposed to create a more natural shoreline trail.
The marina phase 2 PUD proposes 189 new boat slips within the existing marina area of Resort Semiahmoo. The project would include dredging of the south portion of the marina area (from minus 11-13 feet mean lower low water to a new depth of minus 15.5 feet), installation of floats and piles and development of two habitat benches along the shoreline to provide mitigation for potential project impacts.
The Burnside Village PUD proposes 92 multifamily residential units, approximately 12,000 square feet of commercial space, a community park, a public storage facility and surface parking on approximately 20 acres in the uplands area of the resort. The proposed development would occur on nine parcels in Zone 3 in the Boundary Ridge District of the RSMP and on an unnamed area between Zone 3 and Semiahmoo Parkway that is designated for commercial and public facility uses.
The company's other proposals would revise the resort's master plan reflecting the changes and add it in the city's comprehensive plan.


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Confetti fell from the rafters, and fans stood on their feet, screaming and applauding as if they had just witnessed a championship victory.
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The parade planners can still focus on South Beach over South Salt Lake. But in beating the Miami Heat 94-89 Saturday night, the Utah Jazz have a win of which they can be proud.
"Them being great, it's easy to get up for them," Jazz coach Ty Corbin said of the defending champions. "These guys are great. Our locker room should be excited about the effort tonight and should be excited about a great win. [Miami is] the best team in the world."
The win was even more surprising giving Utah's performance the night before in Dallas, when the Mavericks ran roughshod over them. After the loss, the Jazz's fourth in a row, forward Marvin Williams had words for his teammates.
"We were disappointed in our effort," he said.
So Saturday?
"It was an answer game," Richard Jefferson said.
For the Jazz, Williams was again instrumental, matching his season high with 23 points — his third game in a row with 20 or more. Twelve of those points came in the first quarter, as the Jazz blitzed the Heat, jumping out to a 32-20 lead.
Utah pushed the advantage to 14 before Miami made a game of it.
Behind 19 points from All-Star guard Dwyane Wade, the Heat rallied to recapture the lead late in the second quarter.
But the Jazz, lifeless the night before, responded this time.
Guard Alec Burks, who was held scoreless in Dallas, had 12 points of the bench. Center Enes Kanter keyed an early fourth quarter run by crashing the glass and finishing at the rim.
The play staggered the Heat.
"I think you're always kind of waiting for them to turn it on, but we didn't let them get going tonight," said Gordon Hayward, who fell just shy of a triple-double, with nine points, nine rebounds and 11 assists.
The Jazz held reigning MVP LeBron James to his season low, though no one on the team would take credit for the feat.
"I think LeBron might have held LeBron to 13 points," Williams said. "There's nobody that can stop LeBron from scoring the basket."
Williams, who went scoreless in the second half Friday after scoring 20 first-half points, proved himself key in the final quarter Saturday. When the Heat cut the lead to four, Williams drained one of his five 3-pointers. The next trip down the floor, Jefferson fell to his knees scrambling for a loose ball and spotted Williams on the wing.
Williams drained an off-balance triple with the clock expiring.
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In this podcast, Chad and Tom discuss Tom's recent article in Publishing Perspectives (which he wrote in response to Amazon's infamous letter to readers), along with some thoughts on why we shop at bookstores, and Julian Gough's Litcoin project.
Also, as mentioned at the end of the podcast, Chad and Tom will be discussing Roberto Bolaño's A Little Lumpen Novelita on an episode at the end of September. If you have any thoughts, questions, or opinions about the book, Bolaño, the translation, etc., please send them to firstname.lastname@example.com.
(You can also use that email to tell Chad and Tom that they suck, or to recommend other topics you'd like to hear on the show.)
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The latest addition to our Reviews section is by Brandy Harrison on Oleg Pavlov's The Matiushin Case, translated by Andrew Bromfield, and published by And Other Stories.
A lover of foreign literature (particularly from Eastern Europe and Russia) Brandy—a new addition to our reviewer pool—recently finished a BA in English Language and Literature at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, and will be starting her MA this fall at Queen's University, Kingston.
Here's the beginning of her review:
The publisher's blurb for Oleg Pavlov's The Matiushin Case promises the prospective reader "a Crime and Punishment for today," the sort of comparison that is almost always guaranteed to do a disservice to both the legendary dead and the ambitious living. Predictably enough, The Matiushin Case is nothing like Crime and Punishment, although anyone familiar with Russian literature can see how Pavlov gamely attempts to tick off certain boxes that are often associated with Serious Russian Themes: the unflinching examination of even the darkest corners of human existence, the exploration of wider social themes and problems through the careful depiction of individual experience, all heralded by a Biblical epigraph—"Am I my brother's keeper?"—to signal the novel's soul-searching, philosophical designs. For anyone who loves Russian literature, as I do, all of these elements are entirely welcome, but in Pavlov's hands, the results are often mixed.
The Matiushin Case follows the relentlessly miserable life of the titular protagonist, from his troubled childhood in the shadow of his domineering father, Grigorii, and his rebellious elder brother, Yakov, to his experiences as a young man in the Soviet army. Much of the novel's plot, such as it is, simply follows Matiushin as he sinks further and further into the deadening routine and violence of army life, first through his initiation and training, then his stint in an army hospital, and on through his life as a prison guard. This led me to consider that a more accurate comparison to Dostoevsky—if there really has to be one—would be to The House of the Dead, that wonderfully strange hybrid of memoir and fiction based on Dostoevsky's life in a Siberian prison. This reflects the greatest strength of Pavlov's novel, for the impression created by his detailed depictions of Matiushin's daily struggles lend a rather haunting and bleak atmosphere to the work as a whole, offering the reader a truly vivid snapshot of army life in the declining years of the USSR.
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Earlier today, Asymptote published an interview between Jeremie Davies, senior editor at Dalkey Archive Press, and Spanish-language translator Steve Dolph. Over the course of the summer, the two corresponded in a great discussion about the great Argentine author Juan José Saer. Here, Part I of the interview, Steve talks about what it's like to read and translate Saer (three Saer novels translated by Steve are available from Open Letter, including the latest, and Saer's final work, La Grande.
Below is the beginning of the interview, title "Who's Who in La Zona"—be sure to follow Asymptote's posts to catch Part II of the interview.
Would you mind sharing how you first became involved with Juan José Saer's work, as reader or translator? I mean, was he an extant enthusiasm even before your association with Open Letter?
I can't really say when as a common reader I first came to know Saer, but I was aware of his work well before the translation project came along. I know I had seen the translations from Serpent's Tail even before I became seriously interested in translation at all. In the constellation of contemporary Latin American novelists, he figures prominently as a kind of anti-Márquez, insofar as the mythical place he most often visits in his fiction—the city of Santa Fe—is strongly affected by globalization, and fractured. In Márquez the force of history is basically recognizable, and solid, which produces a more or less reliable narrative memory and sense of place. The opposite is the case in Saer. Everything is in doubt, especially the narrative's ability to recreate a reliable sense of place. But for me that sense of contrast only came much later, when I'd been working on the translations for a while. Before that, he was just another monster in the vast bestiary of Latin American fiction. It took a happy accident for me to get to work on his writing in translation.
In 2008 I had just come off editing Calque and was looking for a book project and shopping around some poems and stories I'd translated. Out of the blue Suzanne Jill Levine contacted me, asking if I'd be interested in translating one of Saer's novels for Open Letter, because she was busy and couldn't do the project. I read the book—Glosa, which was published in English as The Sixty-Five Years of Washington—sent Open Letter a sample, and because I loved the writing I asked if they were planning to do more than the one. It turned out they were planning three, and I signed up to do them all, sight unseen.
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The latest addition to our Reviews section is by Paul Doyle on Gabriel Chevallier's Fear: A Novel on World War I, translated by Malcolm Imrie, and published by New York Review Books.
Here's the beginning of Paul's review:
One hundred years have passed since the start of World War I and it is difficult to believe that there are still novels, considered classics in their own countries, that have never been published in English. Perhaps it was the overwhelming number of novels in English in the years following the war that prevented their appearance. Just looking at the list of American authors, a country whose contribution was quite short, Wharton, Cather, Cummings, Faulkner, Dos Passos, and of course Hemingway with A Farewell to Arms, makes it obvious that it was a subject that once had to be written about. Still, that doesn't explain why perhaps the most famous WWI novel is from Germany, Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. Maybe it was that a second even more devastating war eclipsed the first one, and pushed it into the background. It is a shame, because as Paul Fussell noted, World War I was a literary war and Gabriel Chevallier's Fear: A Novel of World War I, ably translated by Malcolm Imrie, is a long overdue addition to that literature in English.
Gabriel Chevallier (1895-1969) was called up at the beginning of the war, wounded, and after convalescing returned to the front for the remainder of the war. Fear follows a similar trajectory: call up, wounding and hospitalization, and a return to the front. It follows a typical pattern of novels written by veterans and even echoes that of Remarque. The power that comes in front line narratives is not in the intricacies of plot, but in how they can evoke the experience of war. Chevallier is successful in his descriptions of the front lines, the constant shelling, the gruesome description of the dead, and one will come away with a sense of the terror and fear men faced. At times there is a monotony in this and it seems as if all there is to the book is moving from shell hole to shell hole. Yet it is that repetition without seeming purpose, a drama played out on an isolated stage where little context exists and the characters just survive one shelling after another, that is the real story.
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Considering that the fall semester and season are night, we just wanted to post a brief reminder that Three Percent is happy to add literary translation events to its Events Calendar.
To have events added to the calendar, please send all relevant event information (time, location, description, etc., and web link, if available) to kaija[dot]straumanis[at]rochester[dot]edu.
If you're unsure whether your event qualifies, please feel free to send questions to the same email above.Tweet
With Tom on vacation, Chad recorded a special episode of the podcast with Heather Cleary and Jason Grunebaum, both of whom have a book on the National Translation Award longlist. They talk about Sergio Chejfec's The Dark, Uday Prakash's The Girl with the Golden Parasol, air shows, the future of the American Literary Translators Association, and other non-sports related topics. (Seriously, this is a sports-free podcast.)
As an added bonus, there's a short conversation Chad had with Uday Prakash about his collection The Walls of Delhi.
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The latest addition to our Reviews section is a piece by P. T. Smith on Little Grey Lies by Hédi Kaddour, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan, and published by Seagull Books.
Here's the beginning of Patrick's review:
In the London of Hédi Kaddour's Little Grey Lies, translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan, peace has settled, but the tensions, fears, and anger of the Great War remain, even if tucked away behind stories and lies. Directly ahead, as those leftovers of the war simmer to a boil, is World War II. Little Grey Lies is a war novel without war, and about the inevitability of the next. War is a filter over the book, it is life in the inescapable aftermath of war, not the destruction, not the loss of life and property, but instead the constant memory, the subconscious, ongoing afflictions. In that space, it is the intricacies of personal connections, of secrets and the desire to out them, that become the conflicts.
Max, the character we spend the most time with, is a journalist and the book is both the narrative of his discovery of the story, and the story itself. In the first pages, he witnesses a procession of veterans, in memory of the Battle of Mons, England's first encounter with the Germans during World War I. It is from this battle that the novel finds its birth: a myth of angels as archers protecting the defeated, yet heroic troops becomes a necessary faith for some, and even those who don't believe are awed by the legend.
At the front of the procession is Colonel William Strether, who becomes the focus of Max's London investigation. Strether is a respected man, utterly in control with every precise movement of his body. Working as a maître d' he plays the room like a puppeteer: "he didn't take their order but dictated it to a server standing behind him, commented on the menu, assembled the meal while making the client feel he was doing it himself." Strether is a true Fascist believer, a powerful leader of men, even if "he rarely spoke in public, took no defined position, he waited for when he was alone with the leaders." He doesn't hesitate to use violence to lead his men, to train them toward order. It's all part of his hiding a lie—one that is again a violence, though now against himself—and part of the inevitable path to the next war.
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In a different time in my life, I would've jumped on the chance to apply for this job at the NEA:
As the Grants Management Specialist (Literature), you will be responsible for the following tasks:
Review, organize, and process organizational grant applications from the Literature field, and follow these applications through the complete review process from receipt to final report.
Use expertise in the Literature field to serve as liaison between the Agency and field concerning applications, grants, guidelines, and related policies and issues affecting that field.
In consultation with the Grants & Contracts Office, monitor grantee performance through review of progress, interim and final reports, amendment requests, conversations with grantee, etc., to assure that the grantee is functioning in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant.
Counsel applicants and prospective applicants about proposed projects in context of published guidelines and with knowledge of field activities and trends as well as agency funding history of specific projects.
Manage items related to special projects that arise. Duties might include managing meetings and convenings, webinar development and management, and other work items as they occur as well as processing cooperative agreements, interagency agreements, contracts, and other government documents.
The posting for this job is only open until MONDAY, AUGUST 18TH, so if you're interested, you need to get on this right now. Also, according to Literature Director Amy Stolls, if you apply you HAVE to follow the directions exactly or everything will go awry. (Having submitted a fair share of NEA grants, there are probably more opaque directions than necessary. But still.)Tweet
Also announced today is the NEA's publication of The Art of Empathy: Celebrating Literature in Translation, a free book comprised of nineteen pieces on translation from a host of translators, publishers, advocates, professors, and readers.
Here's a bit about the collection from NEA Director of Literature, Amy Stolls:
Translation is an art. It takes a great deal of creativity and patience to do it well, not to mention a deep knowledge of a writer's language, place, and oeuvre. But it also takes fortitude, for translators are notoriously underpaid and underappreciated, their names often left off the covers of the books they create. In fact, we owe a good deal of thanks to a good number of hardworking people and organizations who are (and were) responsible for making translated work available, accessible, and visible to us among the fray, most notably the publishers who take the financial risk to publish and promote these books in an increasingly crowded market. Over the last 15 years, I've seen more and more of these advocates of translation enter the game, promoting literature in translation not just from across
the borders, but from within our own communities. [. . .]
Our goal for this book was simple: to illuminate for the general reader the art and importance of translation through a variety of points of view. Each essay tells a different story; each story adds to our understanding of this little-known art form. And in case you read through these passionate essays and find yourself inspired to make the next book you read a work in translation, we've asked each of our contributors to recommend three books. These are not necessarily the quintessential, canonical, must-read translations from an academic point of view, but rather three books that they simply loved and wished to share.
If you haven't already downloaded it from the link above, I think you will after reading this table of contents:
"Hearing Voices" by Angela Rodel
A translator's journey begins with a love of Bulgarian music.
"Choosing a Twin" by Gregory Pardlo
On kinship, mental yoga, and the rebirth of a poem.
"Work of Purpose, Work of Joy" by Charles Waugh
Giving voice to the invisible and forgotten in Vietnam.
"Living with Translation" by Howard Norman
A writer's deep and enduring immersion in the joys of translation.
"The Collaborative Approach" by Sylvia Li-chun Lin and Howard Goldblatt
A married couple explains how two translators make one work of art.
"By the Light of Translation" by Natasha Wimmer
How the slowest kind of reading leads to an act of seeing.
"An Act of Imagination" by Philip Boehm
The commonalities between a translator and a theater director.
"Daring and Doubting" by Russell Scott Valentino
The translator's claustrophobic, questioning mind.
"The Sharable Rightness of Meaning" by Esther Allen An ode to the magnificent Michael Henry Heim.
"The Myth of the 'Three Percent Problem'" by Chad W. Post
What the statistics on translated books in America really tell us.
"A Universe of Layered Worlds" by Olivia E. Sears
The unexpected journey from the exotic to the universal.
"Recovering the Culture" by Nicolás Kanellos
Reaching the Latino community in two languages.
"The Value of Publishing Translation" by John O'Brien
How one publisher found support from other countries.
"Toward an Understanding of Translation" by Rainer Schulte
A reflection on how we communicate and translate in modern-day life.
"Engaging the World" by Susan Harris
The value of writers' firsthand perspectives.
"Brokers of Babel" by Edward Gauvin
An argument against fidelity.
"A More Complex Occasion" by Pierre Joris
Enriching poetry through the imperfect nature of languages.
"Carrying Words Through Time" by Kazim Ali
The transformation of a poet who translates.
"The Art of Empathy" by Johanna Warren
Learning how to listen.
Go get it now. And for those of you out there who teach, this is a perfect—and free!—book to use in a class on international literature and/or publishing and/or translation.Tweet
Bunch of interesting stuff from the National Endowment for the Arts today, starting with the announcement of the FY 2015 NEA Literature Translation Fellowship Recipients.
You can read the whole announcement and descriptions of all the projects here, but below is the list of the winners and a few projects that caught my eye.
First, this year's recipients:
Rosa Alcalá
Douglas Basford
Wendy Call
Enriqueta Carrington
Alexander Cigale
Jennifer Croft
Bruce Fulton (in collaboration with Ju‐Chan Fulton)
Katherine M. Hedeen
Cynthia Hogue
Jawid Mojaddedi
Philip Pardi
Sarah Ponichtera
Jacquelyn Pope
Barbara Romaine
Adam P. Siegel
Yvette Siegert
Steven J. Stewart
Niloufar Talebi
Jeffrey Yang
Andrew Zawacki
And a few projects:
Jennifer Croft, Tiffin, IA ($12,500)
To support the translation from the Polish of Olga Tokarczuk's novel Runners. Runners was awarded Poland's most distinguished literary prize (the Nike) in 2008. It intertwines travel narratives and reflections on travel with observations on the body and on life and death, offering thoughts on such topics as travel‐sized cosmetics, belly dancing, maps, relics, the Maori, Wikipedia, Cleopatra, and the effects of airports on the psyche. Born in 1962, Tokarczuk recently founded her own digital publishing house in an effort to encourage Poland's creative younger generation.
Bruce Fulton (in collaboration with Ju‐Chan Fulton), Seattle, WA ($12,500)
To support the translation from the Korean of a compilation of multigenre literary works by Ch'ae Man‐shik. One of the great talents of modern Korean literature, Ch'ae Man‐shik (1902‐50) is known as a master storyteller who gleaned material from everyday life. His command of idiom, realistic dialogue, and keen wit produced a unique fictional style. His subject matter is couched in a particular period in Korea's turbulent modern history – the Japanese colonization of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to1945. This compilation will include six stories (including his debut story); one novella; two sketches; one travel essay; one personal essay; one critical essay; one children's story; two plays; and two roundtable discussions involving writers and critics. Ch'ae Man‐shik is currently represented in English translation by only a few stories and a single novel, currently out of print.
Cynthia Hogue, Phoenix, AZ ($12,500)
To support the translation from the French of Joan of Arc by experimental French poet Nathalie Quintane. This serial poem, composed of fifty untitled prose poems on the subject of Joan of Arc, raises questions about the embodied experience of the actual peasant girl who lived a short life and came to a violent end in 15th‐century France. Quintaine (b. 1964) writes a feminist corrective of an iconic national heroine, written in the margins of the dramatic, inherited myth of Joan of Arc. Quintaine is at the forefront of a generation of contemporary writers whose works interrogate French capitalist, colonialist, and nationalist narratives. This project will make Quintane's work available to English readers for the first time.
Yvette Siegert, New York, NY ($12,500)
To support the translation from the Spanish of the collected poetry of Argentine poet Alejandra Pizarnik. Born to Russian‐Jewish immigrants in Argentina, Pizarnik (1936‐72) was one of the leading avant‐garde writers of 20th‐century Latin American literature. This collection will focus on the several radical stylistic transformations Pizarnik's work underwent, from the spare, luminous lyrics of her early poems to the dense, anguished prose poems of later works, and finally to the more dialogic, sometimes absurdist structures of the work she produced before she committed suicide at the age of 36. By that time, critics had already likened the scope of her literary influence to Arthur Rimbaud's or Paul Celan's.
Steven J. Stewart, Rexburg, ID ($12,500)
To support the translation from the Spanish of House of Geishas, a collection of microfictions by Argentine writer Ana María Shua. Shua (b. 1951) has published over 80 books in a multitude of genres and won numerous national and international awards. House of Geishas is her second book of microfictions, which are short narrative pieces that are typically less than half a page each. Many of the pieces appear as fables or dreams, while others provide quirky retellings of familiar stories drawn from history, mythology, and fairy tales. The pieces in the collection explore such themes as the way we deal with otherness, the weight of expectations imposed on us by our roles in life, and the problematic nature of memory.
Niloufar Talebi, San Francisco, CA ($12,500)
To support the translation from the Persian of selected poetry, prose, and interviews by Iranian writer Ahmad Shamlou. Nominated for the Nobel Prize, Shamlou (1925‐2000) was a poet, writer, encyclopedist, translator, journalist, editor, and human rights activist. He published more than 70 books, including novels, screenplays, children's books, volumes of poetry, short stories, and essays. His translations into Persian include the work of Mark Twain, Langston Hughes, and Anton Chekov. Elegies of the Earth: An Ahmad Shamlou Reader will be a representative and comprehensive volume of his work throughout his 60‐year career. It will include a biography, timeline, and list of his works.
Jeffrey Yang, Beacon, NY ($25,000)
To support the translation from the Chinese of City Gate Open Up, a lyrical autobiogaphy by poet Bei Dao. The recipient of numerous international awards and shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for many years, Bei Dao is the author of seven poetry collections. This project aims to translate the lyrical prose memoir of his childhood and adolescence in Beijing, where he was born in 1949. It is a book not only of the poet as a child, but of the wondrous metropolis itself, coming alive through the luminous memories of its neighborhoods and residents, gardens, and temples, schools and music and vibrant ways of life. Since the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989, Bei Dao had been living in forced exile, moving from countryto country, forbidden by the Chinese government to return to his homeland. The compulsion to write this book began in 2001, when Bei Dao was allowed back into China to see his sick father.
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The timing of the impending onset of world oil decline was not an issue at the conference, rather the main focus was what the GCC countries should do soon to ensure a prosperous, long-term future. To many of us who have long suffered the vociferous denial of PO by Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and OPEC countries, this conference represented a major change. In the words of Kjell Aleklett (Professor of Physics at Uppsala University, Sweden), who summarized highlights of the conference, the meeting was "an historic event."
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When Kovalchuk was negotiating a new contract with the Atlanta Thrashers prior to the 2005-06 season, he signed a deal with Khimik Voskresensk of what was then called the Russian League. Prior to the season the team moved to Mytischi where Kovalchuk played 11 games, scoring eight goals and adding five assists before coming to terms with the Thrashers on a new multi-year contract to return to Atlanta.
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Boom ! Who else from Kansas can we steal ?
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Bobby C. Alexander, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Sociology in the Sociology Program, Department of Public Affairs and Policy Studies, School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences (EPPS) at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in Religious Studies in 1985; he was awarded a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology by Union Theological Seminary in New York in the same year.
Alexanders research treats religion and social change. He is the author of two book monographs, originally published by the American Academy of Religion and currently in the catalog of Oxford University Press. He is co-author of a recent book, for which he was co-editor, published by The Edwin Mellen Press. The book is based on a U.S. Department of Education grant project, for which he was Project Director. The book grew out of a paper presented at a symposium on college educational opportunities for Hispanic students organized by The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University with support from the Pew Hispanic Center. Currently Alexander is working on a book monograph and related journal articles on the contribution of religion and Mexican immigrant womens leadership in their churches to assimilation of these women and their families into U.S. society and various social institutions. He is working on a co-authored journal article on performance of credibility in pursuit of political asylum, a concept emerging in the legal literature. Alexander has single-authored articles in Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Journal of Ritual Studies, Semeia: Journal for Biblical Interpretation, and Listening: Journal of Religion and Culture, and was the lead author of a co-authored article in the Journal for Hispanic Higher Education. He has published book chapters in edited books by Sage Publications, Inc., Greenwood Press, and Parthian Books, and has a forthcoming chapter published by Brill. He has authored articles in two editions of The Encyclopedia of Religion, Encyclopedia of Protestantism, and Encyclopaedia Britannica. Alexanders research has been funded by the American Academy of Religion (AAR), the AARs Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, CrossCurrents: The Association for Religion and Intellectual Life, the Rockefeller Foundation, Overbrook Foundation, and Southern Methodist University. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, and a former member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Alexander teaches courses in religion in society, religion in international development, immigrants and immigration in U.S. society, immigration policy, and race and ethnicity, among others. He is a two-time recipient of the Student Choice Teaching Award presented by students in the formerly named School of Social Sciences at UTD, and has received an Outstanding EPPS Faculty Comet Award, which is based on student nominations, and a Distinguished Teacher in Diversity and Multicultural Education Award, which is presented by UTDs Office of Diversity and Community Engagement.
Alexander has been a member of the Sociology Program Committee in EPPS and the Committee on Teaching Effectiveness, and has served on university-wide committees: University Institutional Review Board (IRB) (current); the Committee on Education Policy (CEP), which he served as Chair; the Committee on Core Curriculum (CCC); Committee on Student Scholarships, which he served as Vice Chair; and the Advisory Committee of the Office of International Education. As former Assistant Dean and College Master in the School of Social Sciences, he served on the Council of Masters, an administrative body comprised of Assistant and Associate Deans of Undergraduate Studies in their respective schools. I served as Faculty Advisor in UTDs Office of Undergraduate Education under the Dean of Undergraduate Education. Long-time Faculty Advisor to the UTD Bahai Club, I am advisor to the UTD Intercultural Womens Society, and was co-advisor to the UTD Sociology Club.
I am a member of the American Academy of Religion and am a past member of the AARs Ritual Studies Steering Committee. I am a member of Friends of Yale Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University (Yale ISM), an advisory body appointed by the Director of the Institute. I am past President of the Board of Directors of the Oak Cliff Center for Community Studies, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization I founded together with principals of the U.S. Department of Education grant project, and honorary Lifetime Member of the Board. I also am a member of With One Voice, a coalition of public and government institutions and non-profit organizations in North Texas providing a variety of services to immigrants in the region. The mission of the coalition is to improve the lives of immigrants by advocating for reform of immigration laws and policies affecting the undocumented, refugees, individuals seeking political asylum, children, and other immigrants.


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Wednesday, April 28, 1999
Marc Holtzman
DENVER - Governor Bill Owens today launched the "New Century Colorado" initiative to modernize state government, achieve operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and improve service delivery. Owens named cabinet member Marc Holtzman, Director of the Governor's new Office of Innovation & Technology, to spearhead the effort. The "New Century Colorado" project is the first step in Governor Owens' efforts to prepare Colorado's government for the challenges of the next century.
"New Century Colorado will combine the expertise of Colorado's state workforce and private professionals to take full advantage of 21st Century technology and management efficiencies for the benefit of Colorado taxpayers," said Owens.
"New Century Colorado will save Colorado taxpayers many millions of dollars. The up front costs of this project will be paid for many times over by the savings we will generate," Owens added. "When North Carolina invested $3 million in a similar reengineering program, $280 million in savings were realized. It is easy to see why we are excited about New Century Colorado."
New Century Colorado will utilize the expertise of our State employees with the guidance of an outside firm to conduct a comprehensive examination of all business practices in every government department. The early focus will be on those business practices that cut across department lines, such as centralized procurement to reduce costs and standardized personnel systems that eliminate redundancy. According to Owens, "Last year the State of Colorado purchased 5,000 computers at an average price of $1,800. With centralized procurement in place the price could drop to as little as $1,300. That's a savings of $2.5 million in this one area alone."
The consultant will work with teams of state employees to implement "New Century Colorado." "New Century Colorado is also about creating new opportunities for State employees - to make their jobs more productive and more exciting. Currently, Colorado's government and its workers are plagued by the existence of outdated technology and onerous management structures," stated Owens. "In short, Colorado's government is short-changing its employees and the taxpayers. By introducing modern business systems and technology, we will create the opportunities for state employees to work in an exciting and stimulating workplace. I want New Century Colorado to be a rewarding experience for state employees."
New Century Colorado is a long-term effort that will be separated into several phases. Work on Phase 1 will begin on July 1, 1999 and end in early November. The goal of Phase 1 is to provide a strategic assessment that will serve as a long-term action plan for reengineering Colorado government. It will also identify and generate immediate savings and improvements for Colorado taxpayers. Subsequent phases will implement specific aspects of the reengineering plan. The views of taxpayers will be important. Public hearings will be held in every region of the State to give each resident the opportunity to contribute to this process.
Proposals are due Thursday, May 20th. Oral presentations will be made in early June and the Selection Committee will announce the winning consultant firm by mid-June.
A bipartisan RFP Review and Selection Committee is being organized. Several members of the Owens Cabinet, Senator Lacy, Sam Cassidy of Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry, Ouray County Commissioner Frank Hodsoll, and Wendell Pryor, the President of the Colorado Association of Public Employees, will be invited to serve.
The proposed RFP Review Committee includes:
Holtzman is organizing a study mission for early May to Frankfort, Kentucky for several member of the Committee as well as House and Senate Leadership to see first hand the tremendous benefits of Democratic Governor Paul Patton's "Empower Kentucky" reengineering program.
The 12-page New Century Colorado RFP has been posted on the State's web site at http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/govnr_dir/i&t/RFP.html
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SPOKANE -- The man accused of trying to steal from the home of a U.S. Marine's family made his first appearance in court Monday afternoon.
Christopher Schwanke, 43, had visible bruises on his face. Spokane County Sheriff's Deputies arrested him on a charge of residential burglary. The incident happened the morning of December 28 at a Spokane Valley home on East Desmet Road.
The homeowners, their son and daughter-in-law, arrived to find their front door open and their pets outside. Investigators said the homeowner's son, a U.S. Marine, went in the house to find Schwanke. Deputies said Alex Pohle pinned down the suspect with his father until they arrived. Phole said he was amazed the suspect would try to steal from his home.
"Blew my mind, it really did," said Phole. "We left at 10:10, 10:30 in the morning, broad daylight. I was pretty amazed, actually."
Schwanke has a criminal history spanning more than 27 years in Spokane County. Schwanke is expected to be back in court on January 8.


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UPDATED: Proposal for General Assembly Consensus Model has Passed
March 2, 2012 in Draft Proposals
The following proposal was passed by the Occupy Denver General Assembly on March 13, 2012:
- Decisions that are passed by 2/3 means a whole 1/3 of the group disagrees with the decision.
- Decisions made with such disagreement face challenges in effectively achieving their goal because support is not strongly shared.
- Passing decisions by as small as 2/3 does not actively consider the reasons for disagreeing opinions.
- Using a 2/3 vote puts more focus on passing proposals than on collaborating on plans which most/all consent to.
We, the GA Procedures Committee, propose that Occupy Denver move from passing votes by 2/3 majority to a super majority of 9/10. In this way, proposals would only pass when 9/10 people voting support it.
- This will ensure that decisions made are supported by most people involved. In this way, decisions are more likely to be effectively carried out. The process of coming to consensus on decisions will facilitate fuller collaboration in designing the decision.
- They are also less likely to be highly divisive.
- It will also enable the group to more seriously consider the opinions of dissenting voices and come to agreements that reconcile with these perspectives.
The process of decision making will change in a few ways by moving to a 9/10 consensus.
- Votes will be called in this order: Abstentions, Blocks, No, Yes.
- Blocks will be added to the options of votes. A block means the person believes this proposal to be fundamentally opposed to the values or principles of Occupy Denver, and that if the proposal goes forward, they are willing to leave the group.
- If there is a Block, we will follow the following procedure:
- The person(s) blocking will be asked to explain why they are blocking.
- After the explanation time, additional time will be given for the group to discuss the concerns of the blocker and attempts will be made to reconcile the issue being raised with the proposer and the GA.
- After this discussion, a vote will be called for again. If the blocker's concern convinced enough others to block or vote against the proposal, such that the vote does not reach a 9/10 consensus, then it (aka the proposal, to avoid ambiguity) will not pass.
- If the discussion did not lead enough others to block or vote "no", then the proposal will pass.
- In the event that the vote for the proposal does not reach 9/10 vote, then it would be encouraged that blocker and proposer meet and see if they can reach agreement, in which case they could bring proposal back to GA for a vote.
- If there is a Block, we will follow the following procedure:
If Occupy Denver decides to move to the 9/10 consensus, then the GA Procedures committee will facilitate this significant shift by publishing a pamphlet explaining this process and its values, hosting educational discussions on consensus process, and working with the film and video committee to make an informative short video about OD GA and the consensus process.


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Digital Window is the parent company for Affiliate Window, one of the UK's leading affiliate marketing network.
Digital Window is a forward thinking technology and service provider with innovation at its core. Every single employee, technical advancement, event and training session is undertaken to develop the industries in which we work and firmly establish our place as market leaders.
Digital Window provides performance marketing solutions for over 1,600 advertisers within the e-commerce sector. We have relationships with a comprehensive network of online publishers who rely on our web-based services to monetise their sites. Since 2000 we have built a reputation for innovation, technology, service, ethics and performance.
Continually evolving to meet client needs, our performance marketing solutions provide online brands with the tools and account management to get the most from their affiliate programmes and reap the rewards of partnering with our extensive network of publishers.
Enabling partnerships with an accountable, transparent and ethical marketing solution that adds to the consumer's online experience, and a work environment that is both challenging and rewarding to all.
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In addition to zanox Affiliate Marketing, other products such as zanox Web Services and zanox Application Store, assist top companies in all sectors to monetise new internet and mobile applications. The zanox philosophy of an "open company" is brought alive every day through numerous blogs, the zanox Wiki, and the open API. The zanox Campus in Berlin, Amsterdam and Milan serves as an international meeting point for developers and the web community.
We are proud to have received recognition both within our industry and from the wider market for our positive work environment and strong growth. We feature below some of the key accolades awarded to Digital Window.
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Our company has been built on the fundamental principle of nurturing new and existing talent and our recruitment policy reflects this. The majority of our employees have progressed significantly within the business, developing their roles and responsibilities through hard work, training and a desire to excel. Our culture fosters a strong sense of team and individuals are encouraged to develop a breadth of skills and competencies by gaining experience across a number of departments.
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The autonomous region of Catalonia encompasses the majestic Pyrenees mountains, the exciting city of Barcelona, and the beautiful 250-mile long coastline. The southern two-thirds of the coast is known as Costa Dorada while the area north of Barcelona is the Costa Brava. Most holiday rentals in this region are on the coast.
Barcelona - As the capital of Catalonia, Barcelona is a vibrant city known for modern art, innovative architecture, high fashion, exciting nightlife, interesting restaurants and great shopping. Holiday rentals in Barcelona and apartments in Catalonia are amid the narrow, winding streets of the Gothic Quarter and Las Ramblas, as well as the busy city centres filled with street performers, artists and vendors.
The Costa Brava - The area is a 160 km stretch of beautiful coastline in the northern region of Catalonia. Holiday homes, villas, and rentals in the Costa Brava are amid the wonders of natural beauty, endless miles of sandy beaches, and of course, sunshine. While there are many tourist centres, they are conveniently located alongside traditional fishing villages, hidden coves and medieval towns with ancient castles. The Costa Brava has four regions; L'Alt Empordá, Baix Empordá, La Selva and Girones.
La Costa Dorada- 20 towns and numerous beaches with clean sand and crystal clear waters make up the Costa Dorada. Holiday homes and villas in Costa Dorada are often cradled between the sea and the mountain range where there are wide areas filled with quiet towns and farmlands, where vineyards, olive groves, hazel trees and almond trees grow, and occasionally even vegetable gardens. The large tourist centers along the beaches of the Costa Dorada, such as Sitges, Tarragona and Delta del Ebro, which have developed on the model of the old towns, so are sometimes located on top of hills near the sea, as they once were as a defense against corsairs and pirates in earlier centuries.
In the gorgeous city of Barcelona, it is worth getting a panoramic view by taking a ride on the cable cars spanning the Port Vell. Barcelona holidaymakers staying at holiday rentals also enjoy the spectacular Barcelona Cathedral with its distinctive octagonal bell towers, the Royal Palace and the Picasso Museum. Barcelona also has an excellent zoo and Europe's largest aquarium. Barcelona apartments make a great home base for exploring other places of interest in the region, including the monastery of Santus Creus and the Penedes wine country. Montserrat is famous for its Monastery of Montserrat, home of Benedictine monks and the famous Black Virgin of Montserrat. The local museum features works by El Greco, Caravaggio and Correggio. North of Barcelona, guests of Catalonia villas and holiday rentals can visit the magnificent cathedral in Girona.
The Costa Brava is formed by a lot of little towns and small fishing ports like L'Escala, Palamos or Sant Feliu de Guixols. Here you can visit the Parc Natural de Cap de Creus or the Parc Natural Aiguamolls in L'Empordà, the Illes Medes in L'Estartit, the city of Roses and Empuries, the medieval cities like Pals and Peratallada, the ancient city of Tossa de Mar and the beautiful botanic gardens in Blanes and Lloret de Mar. Gorgeous beaches and many other entertainments will fill your time while staying at a holiday home, rental, or villa anywhere in the Costa Brava with an average 2500 sunny hours every year.
The Costa Dorada has several towns within close proximity, giving the area a diverse feel suitable for all holiday seekers. Inland there are many towns with great personalities and interesting cities, such as Reus, Valls, Montblanc, Tortosa and the great medieval monasteries: Poble, Santes Creus and Scala Dei. Visitors staying at holiday homes in the region can also enjoy the picturesque landscapes in Prades and Siurana, rugged mountain ranges with big game reserves in Tivissa, Cardo and Ports de Tortosa, and the unique delta of the Ebro river, with its clusters of lagoons and the facilities it offers for wild fowl hunting.
Catalonia's is an ideal location for a Spanish holiday home due to it's location on the shores of the Mediterranean. This means visitors staying at holiday rentals can enjoy a warm, welcoming climate and pleasant temperatures all year round. Rainfall is often heavy, with levels of around 1,000 mm per year but this only helps maintain the region's beautiful green landscapes and plant life.
Barcelona's airport, called el Prat, is about 10 km to the city centre. Once there, you can go to the centre by train (stopping at Sants and Plaça de Catalunya) or by bus (Aerobus). El Prat Airport is served by a number of airlines, including charter flights from easyJet. Another airport is Girona, near the Costa Brava. There are now flights to this airport by Ryanair and British Airways. Once in Catalonia, it is best to travel by train using Spanish train company, RENFE.


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By Kelsea Stahler, Hollywood.com Staff
What is a Comic Book Clown? Whatever it is, I want to meet it.
Luckily, in Hollywood.com's exclusive clip from Season 2 of AMC's Comic Book Men, we get to meet the elusive creature. Spoiler: It's Secret Stash enthusiast and Comic Book Man, Bryan Johnson in a very colorful get-up. His clown talents, however, are lacking... unless you're a big fan of balloon animals contained to the snake and worm genre.
Comic Book Men Returns Oct. 14 after the premiere of The Walking Dead.
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Gatlin Keehner knows how to get it done on the track. Gatlin's in
his first season running in the Traxxas Off-Road Championship Series and
still has a shot at rookie of the year status in the Sportsman
division. He trails his competition by just 5 points in the series.By the way, Gatlin is just 16 years old."He
did fabulous the first weekend," said his dad Justin, "There were 16
guys. He finished 4th on Saturday, and third on fathers day. Top 3 go
to the podium, so there's an eye opener for a lot of the old veteran
racers. They were wondering where did this kid come from."Gatlin
picked up the sport from his dad. Justin spent much of this season
running in the pro division, but doesn't plan on racing in the final
weekend.Justin already had Gatlin in the truck by age 12,
running around the fields and the lawn by their farmhouse just outside
of Monona."Dad used to throw me in it when I was a kid," said
Gatlin, "We've got a racetrack here in the front yard. We would go out
and jump terraces in the field when they got done combining it."There's no doubt this sport looks dangerous, but safety is a number one issue for the Keehners."There's
fire extinguisher system in the truck," said Gatlin, "There are roll
cages, a 6 point harness, hans device to keep your neck going forward,
back, side to side, helmet on, fire suit. Everything's fire proof.""I know these trucks. I know how they're built, and I'm not worried," added Justin.They
have proof as to how well these trucks hold up. Justin has taken
several tumbles during his career, while Gatlin, in one of his early
races, has also briefly seen the world from upside down."Dad was talking to me on the radio, and he said try to run the outside line. So, I tried it, hooked a rut, and flipped over.""Next
thing I know, he's on 2 wheels and I'm like, oh, here we go," said
Justin, "He dumped it over, went back on all 4's. It fired back up,
away he went. H ended up finishing 9th out of 14 guys, so not too bad."That's
a situation he'd like to stay out of this Friday in the biggest race of
his career, the sportsman division championship.in Crandon, Wisconsin.
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