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2012 Will Be About Jobs! What Does That Mean?
The next presidential election may be some 18 months off, but most everyone agrees the race will be fought around the economy and, more specifically, jobs.
The unemployment rate remains locked stubbornly above 9 percent. And last week's jobless numbers only stoked concerns that any recovery seen in some figures is stalled on the economic issue that weighs heaviest on most minds: Will I have a job tomorrow?
The 2012 conversation has turned sharply to the question of jobs. President Obama has renewed his jobs focus and that comes after a story in the New York Times pointed out how no president since FDR had won reelection with an unemployment rate of over 7.2 percent – an almost-certainty for 2012.
But those speeches and numbers miss the point. There are many unemployment rates in America. There are whole swaths of the country where "unemployment" is barely a problem at all and there are others where "the recovery" is a rumor.
In Patchwork Nation, we use county demographics to look at how 12 different types of places have been affected, and the unemployment story is varied and complicated in those county types. And the way the numbers move in those county types will have a lot more impact on 2012 than any national figure.
It's All Local
The national unemployment number is not meaningless. It is a useful shorthand measure for understanding where the nation as a whole is going, but as we have noted in more in-depth reportage, it is ultimately just an abstraction. No one lives in the world of the national average. People live in individual places with individual problems.
The unemployment rate in the counties immediately around Washington D.C., which fall in the type we call the Monied Burbs, ranges from 4 percent in Arlington to 6.7 percent in Prince George's. See the map below for April numbers (the latest available at this level):
Those numbers are remarkably low and, of course, that has a lot to do with those counties being located near the nation's capital where government jobs are plentiful. But the Monied Burbs in general have weathered the recession fairly well.
The unemployment rate in those places was just above 8 percent in April. That was down from 8.9 percent in April 2010 and down also from 8.6 percent in 2010.
Of course, 8 percent is not historically good news. Politicians don't usually win office by promising 8 percent unemployment. But the number is down from where it has been and below the national average. That's significant for a few reasons.
First, the relative feeling in those places is "things are improving."
Second, in the context of 2012, the Burbs are full of swing voters that are less committed to voting for either party. They barely went for Al Gore in 2000 and Sen. John Kerry in 2004, but they went for President Obama by more than 10 percentage points in 2008 when the financial crisis hit.
And the drop in unemployment there could leave voters feeling less angry and more willing to back the president again.
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That's just the Burbs though.
The latest unemployment figures show joblessness is up in other types of county. In Latino-heavy Immigration Nation unemployment is 10.8 percent. In the aging Emptying Nest counties it is 8.8 percent. And in both those county types unemployment is not only up compared to April of 2010, but also compared to April 2009.
Things feel like they are getting worse there.
In the Boom Town counties that experienced much of the housing boom – and later the bust – the unemployment rate is flat at 8.6 percent compared to last year. But it is up from 2009, when it was 8.1 percent. On one recent trip to Eagle County, a Boom Town in Colorado, we found resignation was the dominant attitude toward the economy.
And the small town Service Worker Center counties, where unemployment was 8.7 percent in April, probably feel much better than they did in April of 2010, when unemployment was over 10 percent. But that is still a percentage point higher than 2009, when the rate was only 7.7 percent.
The point is economic pain is never spread evenly across the country and neither are economic recoveries. But that was especially true of this recession.
As we have noted often at Patchwork Nation, the current economic troubles for many places appear to be less about "the recession" than the last stages of an economic restructuring. Small manufacturing has taken a many hits in recent years and that has especially hurt small communities that lived and died with the health of the local factory.
At the same time, one of the lowest unemployment rates in these April 2011 figures comes from the collegiate Campus and Careers counties, many of which have educated populations that are better equipped to handle the new education/skill based economy.
And when you look at all of that through the 2012 prism, it really changes the impact of the unemployment numbers.
Many of the places that are struggling – the Service Worker Centers, Emptying Nests and socially conservative Evangelical Epicenters – tend to vote Republican. The places that seem to be doing better – the Monied Burbs, Campus and Careers and big city Industrial Metropolis counties – tend to vote Democratic.
What that will actually mean for enthusiasm, turnout and, ultimately, votes is far from clear.
There are myriad other factors that can't be weighed in the summer of 2011 from the stumbling housing market to gas prices to some other issue not even on our radar. And there are the millions of "underemployed" in America – those who have work but may not be happy with the jobs they have. We'll try to look at them more closely in the coming weeks.
What it does mean is even if you believe the 2012 election will be "about jobs," that issue holds many subtleties.


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The Following alum Warren Kole will reunite with Kevin Williamson this fall.
Kole, who played Joe Carroll devotee Roderick Nelson on The Following's first season, is joining the cast of Williamson's new show, Stalker, TVLine reports.
What better time to wig out than Halloween?!
On Thursday's new episode of White Collar (9/8c, USA), Mozzie (Willie Garson) must craft a new look for himself after he came face-to-face with Neal's new handler, Agent David Seigel (Warren Kole), last week at one of his...read more
Oh, how the tables have turned on the new season of White Collar.
When the series returns for Season 5 on Thursday (9/8c, USA), it will be longtime FBI agent Peter Burke (Tim DeKay) — not con man Neal Caffrey (Matt Bomer) — behind bars. "I think I look just as good as Matt Bomer in orange," Tim DeKay tells TVGuide.com. "It's going to be called...read more
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Mother's Day is a graphic remake of the Troma horror classic. After a bank robbery gone wrong, three brothers go home to hideout - only to discover that their Mother (Rebecca De Mornay) lost their house in a foreclosure. The new owners and their party guests become the depraved brothers' unwitting hostages. Their sadistic Mother soon arrives and brilliantly takes control of the situation, ratcheting up the terror. As the hostages struggle desperately to survive the harrowing torture, they realize that there is nothing a Mother won't do to protect her children.
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Rebecca DeMornay is terrifying in this brutal gorefest. When her sons break into a home and take the owners hostage, she teaches them what real torture is all about. Costars Shawn Ashmore.
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With all the twists and turns that have marked The Following's first season, we wouldn't be surprised if creator Kevin Williamson doesn't sneak in another twist in the show's final two episodes. Like... a mole in the FBI perhaps? We know Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) was able to infiltrate local law enforcement with Roderick (Warren Kole) and also put Molly (Jennifer Ferrin) in place to keep an eye on Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon). But who else is in on it? We break down the most likely suspects:
The FBI is within striking distance of Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) on The Following, but the greatest threat to Carroll's plan may be his own right-hand man, Roderick (Warren Kole). Though Roderick has FBI agents Debra Parker (Annie Parisse) and Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) convinced he's nothing more than a local sheriff heading into Monday's episode (9/8c, Fox), he won't be able to maintain the ruse for long.
Usually, Richard Castle's overactive imagination is a good thing — so good that as he helps his NYPD buddies solve scores of murders, you often wonder how they'd ever get along without him. In the set-up for Castle's clever lark of a 100th episode on ABC (Monday, 10:01/9:01c), they're forced to go solo as Castle (Nathan Fillion in rare form) stews in boredom in his apartment, nursing a busted leg. Until he picks up his new birthday binoculars and goes all Jimmy Stewart-in-Rear Window, convinced he's witnessed a murder across the street, eventually drawing his beloved Beckett and intrepid daughter Alexis into the Hitchcockian-homage intrigue. The more agitated Castle gets, the more skeptical everyone else becomes, and as the twists and comically suspenseful close calls pile up, leading to yet another chewing-out by that spoilsport Capt. Gates, we're treated to an entertaining object lesson in the "seeing isn't believing" playbook. Well done, including the timely subplot involving the murder of an IRS agent which, even when chair-bound, Castle can't help inadvertently helping his friends figure out.
It seems like all the pieces are falling into place for Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) on Fox's The Following. The FBI's technology has been compromised, Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) is nearing his breaking point, and Joe's ex-wife Claire Matthews (Natalie Zea) is en route to the mansion where Joe and his followers are hiding out. Heck, Joe's even starting to bond with his son Joey (Kyle Catlett) — over s'mores, no less!
But hold on a minute. According to Purefoy, this part of the story might be only the beginning of Joe's endgame — and his "super objective" remains to be seen.
Hey honey, he's home!
Now that The Following's chief lunatic, Joe Carroll (James Purefoy), is out of prison and surrounded by a safety net of loyal followers, it's becoming clear that he has one primary goal: to reunite with his wife, Claire (Natalie Zea). Claire is currently under police protection, but that's a mere hiccup for Carroll's minions.
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Each of the adopted documents below guide the long range planning and development for the City of Los Altos.
- Land Use Map [2]
- Zoning Map [3]
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- Sherwood Gateway Specific Plan [5]
- Loyola Corners Specific Plan [6]
- Los Altos Municipal Code - Zoning (Title 14) [7]
These plans implement the goals, policies and objectives of the City's General Plan, which is the overarching document that guides new development in the City.
General Plan
The General Plan for Los Altos is the primary source of long-range planning and policy direction used to guide growth and preserve the quality of life within the community.
The General Plan is founded upon the community's vision for the City and expresses the community's long-term goals with respect to the physical, social, economic, and environmental character of the City. It embodies what the City is now and what it hopes to be in 2020.
Implementation of the General Plan ensures future development is consistent with the community's goals and that adequate urban services are available to meet the needs of new development.
General Plan Document
- Title Page [8]
- Table of Contents [9]
- Introduction [10]
- Community Design & Historic Resources Element [11]
- Land Use Element [12]
- Housing Element [13]
- Economic Development Element [14]
- Open Space, Conservation & Community Facilities Element [15]
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A pet goldfish is off-the-hook and alive after a micro-surgery removes a tumor from his brain.
Fundraising for the construction of a new leadership center at Camp Miakonda has been ongoing for four years, but construction started eight months ago.
When construction is finished around the beginning of November, the Jadel Leadership Center will house the Boy Scouts of America's Erie Shores Council executive members, a number of meeting rooms that will be open to the public, a scout shop, and many more amenities.
"All of our volunteers are really excited about new opportunities," said Ed Caldwell, scout executive and CEO. "The training center and the capabilities of that training center are just serving the community. That's what we're all about."
Once the building is complete, the council could still be fundraising the final $90,000 needed for the project. The $2.9 million has been in the works for four years and countless donors have made the center a reality, but in the months following its completion, the rest of the money still needs to be raised.
The new center is already creating excitement. The current offices for the council are deep in Camp Miakonda, in rental cabins.
"For us, it's more to be able to put a stake in the ground and have a permanent home," Caldwell said. "It's a wonderful feeling. We're really looking forward to it."
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text: On May 30, the Los Angeles Times created a list of easy spring escapes just a few hours away, promising more time to explore, relax and recharge for their readers. Chicago, which would take a four hour flight, rounded out the list as the farthest destination with the most must-see stops. Once in the Windy City, readers were encouraged to visit a myriad of cultural experiences including a trip to The Field Museum to see the prehistoric wonders throughout Stanley Field Hall.


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Amaretto and OJ, Slow Comfortable Screw-- for when I need my vitamin C
Had a Blueberry Cape Codder at a friend's house recently, which I thought was good. (Stoli Blueberry, cranberry juice, and 7-up)
Cant say what these two jars are but I think you all can see what my favorite cocktail is. I think Discovery Chanel has a series on it.
I rarely order cocktails but if I do it's usually
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Fuzzy Navel
Kahlua/Baileys or a White Russian
My boss gave me a bottle of cachaça for Christmas. Pretty happy about it cuz I DO loves me a good Caipirinha. So simple, so good.
Capt' Morgan Reserve and Coke.
Martini w/ Hendricks Gin (dirty)
Just had one of these and it's extremely nice.
I had a Manhattan the other day over at Haven in Pasadena, and it was fantastic. The wifey and I are going to Cancun at the end of March to an all inclusive place, so I think I'll be drinking a bunch of mojitos, mai tais and pina coladas. Since it's all inclusive there's no getting cut off and no extra cost for the good stuff. I guess I need to get my liver in shape.
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The Danger Committee, an incredible combination of juggling, knife throwing, spine-tingling thrills and sidesplitting comedy, returns to the Brave New Workshop ETC stage (824 Hennepin) with "We Three Kings: A Stocking Full of Awesome II." After last year's extremely successful holiday hit "Stocking Full of Awesome," this trio of entertainers is back with a new mix of hilarious and dangerous knife throwing, juggling and flaming stunts.
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Founded by former circus performer Dudley Riggs and currently owned by husband and wife John Sweeney and Jenni Lilledahl, the little theatre on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis has become a legendary comedy institution, where audiences enjoy improv and sketch comedy nearly every night of the week. The company's talented performers create satirical, irreverent, and intelligent original works.


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In mid-2011, 19.5% of residents were aged under 16. This was the second highest proportion for any English region, after London at 19.9%, and compares with 18.9% for England. The proportion aged 65 and over was also above average at 17.0% compared with 16.4% for England. This was similar to most other regions, apart from London (11.1%) and the South West (19.7%).
The local authority areas with the highest proportions of children were Birmingham (22.8%) and Sandwell (21.5%) in West Midlands metropolitan county. For people aged 65 and over, the highest proportions were in Malvern Hills local authority (LA) in Worcestershire (24.4%) and Stratford-on-Avon LA in Warwickshire (22.3%).
The total population of the West Midlands region was 5.6 million in mid-2011, 11% of the population of England. The region contains one of the largest conurbations in England, as well as some of the country's most rural and sparsely populated counties. Birmingham was home to over 1.0 million people and had a population density of 4,000 people per sq km. In contrast, two of the five most sparsely populated counties in England are also found in the region – Herefordshire unitary authority (UA) (84 people per sq km) and Shropshire UA (96 people per sq km).
Between 2001 and 2011 the population of the region increased by 330,000, or 6.2%. This is below the corresponding rate of 7.4% for England. The interim 2011-based projections indicate that the rate of population growth could remain below the national average. The total population is projected to reach 6.0 million by 2021, of which 19.3% could be aged 65 and over compared with the figure for England of 18.7%.
In 2010, international migration resulted in a net increase of 13,000 people in the region. The net change from interregional migration was -8,000; that is 8,000 more people moved out of the region to other parts of the UK than arrived from other regions.
Source: Office for National Statistics
Notes and sources:
The data section of this release (454.5 Kb Excel sheet) provides more Population and Migration data. Office for National Statistics is the source for the data.
Population estimates and projections are based on the 2011 Census. The mid-2011 population estimates are those published on 25 September 2012 and the interim 2011-based subnational population projections were published on 28 September 2012.
Migration data are for calendar years. The latest calendar year for which both interregional and international migration are available is 2010. Interregional migration data were published on 17 October 2011 and international migration data were published on 24 November 2011. An interactive map of Internal Migration in England and Wales by Local Authority allows you to view ONS migration estimates for England & Wales as a 'flow map' drawing lines on the map to represent movements of migrants between areas of the country. The map requires a web browser capable of supporting HTML5 content – for example, Internet Explorer 9+, Firefox, Chrome, Safar and iOS5+/Android3+ mobile devices.
The 2011 Census provides a wealth of information for local areas. In particular you may be interested in:
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Literary Magazine Reviews
Posted December 15, 2006
Alligator Juniper
Issue 11
This publication of Prescott College for the Liberal Arts
and the Environment combines fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction,
and black-and-white photographs from the college's students as well
as national prize winners, all chosen by guest judges. The fiction
runs the gamut from the naturalistic treatment of a poor woman
giving birth in a tobacco field (Vickie Weaver's "Distance") to the
magical realism of a murderous mountain lion (Andrew Beahrs's
"Full"). I couldn't dispel the impression that Weaver tried too hard
in "Distance," particularly regarding the king snake, which is
jarringly anthropomorphic and gratuitous. Conversely, Deborah
Setzer's "We Know What to Listen To," about a female "cowboy,"
captivated me from the first line. The poem "Dugan's Shift" by Jendi
Reiter stands out (who wouldn't be compelled to verse by the quirky
fact that poet Alan Dugan was working in a plastic vagina model
factory when he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1962?), as does Kim
Kapin's photo "Achille," which is worth repeat viewings simply for
the range of emotions it arouses. Finally, in his well-considered
essay "Centered in Edge Effects: Poetry, Nature, Culture, and the
Neighborhood," David Williams succinctly encapsulates what seems the
shortfall of much contemporary verse: "Each poem requires discovery.
It's pointless to obscure conventional notions with rhetorical
flourishes and call it creative work. It seems equally pointless to
collect startling images and arrange them for effect. . ."
[Alligator Juniper, Prescott College, 220 Grove Avenue, Prescott, AZ
86301. Single issue $7.50.
— Reviewed by Jeanne M. Lesinski
Number 51
Pick up this 358-page monster with its fantastic cartoon cover of
a UFO sucking up a variety of creatures, readers, and detritus, and
you might think you know what you'll find inside.
Punctuation-optional poetic forms? Check. Short-shorts that defy
traditional sense-making? Sure. A comic reminiscence involving a
famous poet and drugs? Yup. Lyn Lifshin? 'Fraid so. For my money,
though, fiction is where Gargoyle excels. This 30th
anniversary issue contains a plethora of outsider voices and bizarre
tales, the most exciting of which is Nick Houser's wonderfully
written long story, "First Kiss From Beyond the Grave." Here, an
unhappy adolescent is transferred to a high school in purgatory due
to a clerical error. Purgatory High is populated by all manner of
the undead, and it takes a while for Zack, our surprisingly
thoughtful hero, to decide whether life and love are worth returning
to. Other highlights include Thaisa Frank's "Thread," a love story
set in a circus; Angela Threatt's "Bela Lugosi's Dead," a
coming-of-age piece about a bright young black girl who enjoys goth
music; and Toby Barlow's "The DMV," in which an entire office of DMV
workers fall in love with a woman and plague her with disturbing,
not-so-official correspondence. It occurs to me that I may be
selling Gargoyle's poetry short; after all, a poem by Sunil Freeman,
"Returning, Decades Later, to Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Castille
Soap," contains a great line: "The air is sweet with unironic
patchouli, a joy / we'll never again have." [Gargoyle, 3819 North
13th Street, Arlington, VA 22201. Issue: $15.95.
— Reviewed by Jennifer Gomoll
Grain Magazine
Volume 34 Number 1
Summer 2006
This issue of Grain is designed to look like a mixtape, perhaps the most tragic casualty of the iTunes era. Like a good mixtape, Grain manages to be diverse while having a solid artistic vision. Two of the fiction greatest hits are H. R. Williams's "The Visitor" and Malcolm Dixon's "The Shed Gang." Katelniknikoff's narrator takes us through the harrowing landscape of the world through his eyes. "The Visitor" is set on a Southern cotton farm during Gandhi's cotton boycott. An English textile mill owner comes to inspect American cotton for possible import. Williams explores the visit with both patience and humor. Dixon's prose, meanwhile, flies off the page with foul-mouthed glory—one of the many dialogue-heavy stories in this issue. The poetry outshines the fiction in this particular mix. Kerry Ryan's "the sleeping life of birds" is surprisingly heartbreaking for a poem about geese, "even those left behind—broken wing / or torn heart—suspend their need for sleep in quiet solidarity // grounded, they sit awake all night / wary of coyotes, of every noise / in the brittle grass, of hungry, / unstoppable frost." Janette Barr's wonderful "Nocturnal" begins with the fetching, "Here come the moonbathers in their shiny bikinis with the ruffled bums." Joan Crate's "Chickadees" contains the memorable line, "Cold weather wishes, they can't be touched / only watched from a distance." Inscribed on the tape jacket within the issue, editor Kent Bruyneel writes, "I made this for you all only. It took me most of today and all of tonight." Normally, one would make a tape in exchange, but all I can say is, Thanks, Grain. [Grain Magazine, PO Box 67, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7K 3K1. Single issue $9.95. www.grainmagazine.ca] — Reviewed by Jim Scott
Hanging Loose
Issue 89
If your taste in contemporary poetry has a decidedly Ginsberg slant, and you haven't yet heard of Hanging Loose, you're going to want to get your hands on a copy. Its poems tend to value everyday moments, plain speech, and the occasional bit of experimentation. I loved Edward Field's "Holding Up the Universe," which shocks, amuses, and enlightens the reader with the ball-grabbing test of trust performed by a zen master on his acolyte. "Geography," by Matthew Olzmann, takes its inspiration from an insipid Britney Spears quote about wanting to "travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff": "There are these big-ass slabs of rock floating / across Earth and we don't know who invented them . . . " The most exciting thing about Hanging Loose is its ongoing commitment to publishing talented writers of high-school age; this issue brings us some good ones, including Talia Lavin and her "How to Be a Shaina Maidel: Studies in an Ideal Modern Orthodox Girlhood." The narrator is a born rebel who bounces from one Orthodox school to the next, has to sit through lectures on modesty, has a failed love relationship, but ends up moved at a Conservative service, lifting the Torah above her head, feeling "equal parts transgressive and complete." As an added bonus, the very first (typewritten and mimeographed!) issue of Hanging Loose is reprinted here in its entirety, and man, it is exactly what you'd think a first issue published in 1966 would be like. All its poems came in an envelope so you could hang up the ones you liked and ignore the rest, hence the name Hanging Loose. Hmm, maybe someone should bring back that idea . . . [Hanging Loose Press, 231 Wyckoff Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217. Single issue $9. www.hangingloosepress.com] — Reviewed by Jennifer Gomoll
Number 6
Fall 2006
Knock numbers among the few journals that devote attention to dramatic works. Prefacing an excerpt from Kim Euell's award-winning play, The Diva Daughters DuPree, about three African-American sisters who share with each other insights into their very different lives, is Julia Mayes's interview with the playwright. In it, Euell briefly discusses how she develops her characters and plots, then likens her plays to an appetizer followed by "the main event . . . [that is] the discussion that happens afterwards." In this volume, the poems, which tend toward the experimental, include multiple works by Nellie Bridge, Alison Mandaville, Clay Matthews, Naomi S. Stenberg, and Alex Vermitsky. I found amusing the juxtaposition of elements in Javier Pinons's collages of cowboys riding rodeo on such beasts as a chandelier and a toppling stack of fine-furniture chairs. Also deserving a look is "Green Belt," a winner of Knock's annual Ecolit and Green Art contest. These quilted, batik fabric belts depicting African women planting trees pay tribute to Nobel Peace-prize-winning activist Wangari Maathai, who founded the Greenbelt Movement that has been responsible for planting over 30 million trees in Kenya. [Knock, Antioch University Seattle, 2326 6th Ave., Seattle, WA 98131. Single issue $7. www.knockjournal.org] — Reviewed by Jeanne M. Lesinski
The Ledge
Number 29
Fall 2006
"Fun" is probably not the most appropriate word available to
describe The Ledge, but I'm going to use it anyway because I
found this issue highly entertaining and enjoyable to read. The
fiction writers and poets published here are skilled but not show-offy;
thoughtful, but not pretentious. The best example of this, I think,
is P.V. LeForge's "Shoveling Manure," which compares this
surprisingly satisfying farm chore to the act of writing poetry:
"Simple--keep what you want, fork the rest. / In effect, you have
edited the stall." Other poetry highlights include Patrick Hicks's
"Hide Your Love Away," dedicated to the EMI sound engineer (and
alcoholic) who brought the Beatles to George Martin's attention ("A
knob-fiddler you began / and a knob-fiddler of cider bottlecaps you
remained"), and Allison Joseph's "Shakespeare," which mixes her love
for the Bard's works with her father's dismissal of her own poetry:
"It's ok," he said, "but it's no Shakespeare." (Ouch!)
The fiction here is varied and excellent, but I'll just mention my
favorite, Livia Kent's "The Rejectionist," which presents us with
the reality of relationships behind romantic notions via a man who
has trouble with his girlfriend (who has an absurdly coddled pet
pig) and his boss, the improbably named romance literary agent
Marilyn Manson. See? Fun. [The Ledge Poetry & Fiction Magazine, 40
Maple Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713. Single issue $10.
— Reviewed by Jennifer Gomoll
The Literary Review
Volume 49 Number 4
Summer 2006
The Literary Review is a gorgeous little magazine out of Fairleigh Dickinson University. A brilliant cover, by Neil Whitacre, graces this issue, which features several winners of The Literary Review's annual Angoff Awards, given by the editors to the best pieces they publish in a year. Two poems by Fiona Sampson are Angoff winners, "The Looking Glass" and "Clay, Again." I could not describe their appeal better than the editor, Rene Steinke in her notes, "Fiona Sampson's two long poems fly through stunning, cinematic images, with phrases both arresting and seductive." One of the sections that brought out such as response for me is: "smelling pine-- / sharp as a wound. Sweet too. / Hyssop, amaranth: the dark sharp odours / pool spit under your tongue." It's not that Sampson writes phrases like "the current of hope that webs a house"—it's that she makes them organic. The fiction Angoff winner is Aimee Pokwatka's "The Museum of Lost and Found," which is, not surprisingly, about a museum lost and found. But what emerges in this patient story is the relationship between the lost and found manager and a woman who is slowly going blind. She says, "I lost my dog when I was eleven. I lost my bike when I was in high school. I lost my brother, Eric, when I was in college. And now I'm losing my vision. That's my story." Pokwatka is not interested in sleight of hand or flash, just an honest gem of a story. The award winners are not all there is to love in this issue, as The Literary Review is home to some of the best fiction around (I especially loved James Hannaham's "Sneezing Lessons"). [The Literary Review, 285 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ 07940. Single issue $7. www.theliteraryreview.org] — Reviewed by Jim Scott
Issue 3
Fall/Winter 2006
Is there anything tougher to do than make a funny magazine (funny in the comedic sense, not the 'does this milk taste funny?' sense) that is also literate? Bad humor is worse than bad milk (at least one can be made into yogurt or cheese or whatever), and when it fails, it fails miserably. Opium, fortunately, succeeds. An estimated reading time guides the reader through the stories, interviews, cartoons, and poems that make up this slim volume. If one has an unoccupied three minutes and sixteen seconds, I would highly recommend filling it reading Steve Gullion's "Survivalist," the story of a man's resolutions at turning sixty. Most of the stories are told in a breezy, conversational style, and at its best, it allows for the kind of imaginative leaps Gullion makes, "That neighbor kid, he filched quarters and lipstick from Dewey's mother, right off her dresser, and snatched up Dewey's pet-store turtle and flung it in the creek, screaming Freedom! Freedom!" If one finds they don't have quite enough time to watch a sitcom, spend a worthwhile twenty-four minutes and twelve seconds with Ben Greenman's "The Re-education of M. Grooms," which is one of my favorite stories of the year. And don't worry—"The Re-education of M. Grooms" is partially about television. I could look at Darby Hudson's cartoons all day, and without a suggested staring time, I just may. Between all the laughs there is genuine insight, and this is what truly makes Opium fun to read. [Opium, 40 E. 3rd Street #8, New York City, NY 10003. Single issue $10. www.opiummagazine.com] — Reviewed by Jim Scott
Volume 189 Number 3
December 2006
Poetry is one of the few literary journals I can regularly
find at my local chain bookstore. This edition features poems by
Joel Brouwer, Claudia Emerson, David Baker, Roddy Lumsden, Dana
Levin, Geoffrey Hill, Charles O. Hartman, Alicia Ostriker, W.S. Di
Piero, and Mary Ruefle. More so than the poems, I found the prose
selections and contour-line etchings of literary figures by David
Schorr thought provoking. With "In Praise of Rareness," editor
Christian Wiman hits home with his "more is not necessarily better"
approach to publishing poetry. He notes that "non-specialists read
poetry—rarely, sparingly, but intensely, with a handful of high
moments that they cling to. The emphasis is on the memorable
individual poem, and poetry in bulk is rarely memorable." In an age
when literary journals litter the landscape, it is increasingly
difficult to find poems that truly speak. [Poetry, 1030 North Clark
Street, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60610-5412. Single issue $3.75.
— Reviewed by Jeanne M. Lesinski
Prairie Schooner
Volume 80 Number 3
Fall 2006
There's a simple reason Prairie Schooner has been around
for nearly eighty years: quality. In this fine issue, we have a
variety of voices in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Romola D.'s
"Temporary Lives," is a quietly sad, fictionalized narrative of a
woman who is married in India in 1921, allowed little opportunity
for self-expression, and feels as if she always waiting for her life
to really begin. Joshua Ferris's "Ghost Town Choir" navigates a
boy's reaction to his mother's breakup with her boyfriend; the kid
returns the man's country records several at a time, trying to grasp
why adults often stop loving each other. The story is notable for
its subtle humor and dignified handling of its poor white
protagonists. Similarly, Bette Lynch Husted's essay, "Personal
Hygiene," recalls the author's upbringing with no indoor bathroom.
In one memorable scene, a P.E. teacher gathers up the girls and
scolds them all because one has body odor; the girls seethe with
indignation at this outsider's comments, yet turn the anger inward:
"I scrubbed until my skin felt raw . . . but I didn't feel clean."
Prairie Schooner often prints several poems by one author, to
give a feel for the writer's interests, themes, and skill. One of
the best in this issue is Margaret Chula, who writes about
internment camps from the perspective of Japanese-Americans who were
sent there, including a former newspaperman turned carpenter who
learns "how a hammer can straighten out / the bent backs of nails
and make them useful again." [Prairie Schooner, 201 Andrews Hall,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0334. Single issue $9.
www.prairieschooner.unl.edu ]
— Reviewed by Jennifer Gomoll
Red Cedar Review
Issue 41
This slim issue of Red Cedar Review is a standard mix of
fiction, poetry, essay, and photography. One of the best pieces
offered here is "Not Walls but Shelves," an essay by Colleen Farrow
which recalls the author's love for books and bookstores; and her
relationship with a man who has different, yet complementary,
reading interests. I also enjoyed Jared Gerling's "4 Years to Live.
6 Minutes to Die," an insightful glance into the tough but
overlooked world of collegiate rowing. With its intense descriptions
of the extreme physical and mental focus the sport requires, the
story is at once inspiring and disturbing. As poetry goes, Rob
Hardy's "Midlife Crisis While Watching a Nature Program" is a funny
and sympathetic look at both a mysterious sea creature and the human
condition: "your human heart goes out to the octopus [ . . . ]
little sea-nerd on rubbery legs, pretending to be tough. / You
admire something so soft and determined / so adaptable."
Unfortunately, the rest of this issue left me wanting more, and
better. We've got a mere 92 pages here, and many of them are taken
up by sub-par haiku; photos that don't merit lofty artist's
statements (but get them anyway); blank pages; and stories that tend
to be merely amusing and forgettable. Considering the hundreds of
litmags out there in competition for subscribers, I would like to
see Red Cedar Review bump up its game— or lower its price.
[Red Cedar Review, 17C Morrill Hall, Department of English, Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1036. Single issue $12.
— Reviewed by Jennifer Gomoll
Fall 2006
Issue 1
With the slogan "chewing on life," the premier issue of
Ruminate intends to present readers with works of fiction,
creative nonfiction, poetry, and visual art that "resonate with the
complexity and truth of the Christian faith." Of the some dozen
poems in this issue, I found Andy Patterson's "Guessing at Ends" to
be especially evocative and immediate: "You brew a hundred
beginnings / every dawn, bringing the mornings / with your hair
haphazardly tied, because / even on the worst of hair days, / each
end is counted." And I was hooked after reading the first line of
"Weight of Words: Autobiography of a Reading Life" by Laura
Peterson: "If parents and educators really knew the potential
consequences of so vehemently encouraging kids to read, they'd think
twice about doing it." So, too, in his elegant essay, "Jesus Took
the Bus to Chicago," Albert Hale meditates on the alliance he
maintains between his Christian faith and his attraction to the
blues music that has, through the decades, been perceived by some as
"ungodly." As for the graphics, I have to admit that the rhinoceros
adorning the cover conjured visions of Eugene Ionesco's play
Rhinoceros, in which the beast symbolizes much the opposite of
the thoughtfulness it's supposed to convey here. In addition,
although this 8 x 10 inch, saddle-bound journal on high-gloss paper
is attractive overall, the designer could improve its legibility by
printing all text in full tones. [Ruminate, 140 N. Roosevelt
Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80521. Single issue $8.00.
— Reviewed by Jeanne M. Lesinski
The Virginia Quarterly Review
Volume 82 Number 4
Fall 2006
VQR is one of the best publications going right now, literary or otherwise. Why? Well, for starters, this issue's table of contents reads like the literary equivalent the 1927 Yankees batting order: Tony Kushner, Art Spiegelman, Lawrence Weschler, Michael Chabon, E.L. Doctorow, and Dan Chaon. Oh, and batting cleanup? An unpublished poem by Robert Frost. Kushner, Spiegelman, Wechsler, and Chabon all contribute to The Holocaust: Remembrance and Forgetting and each piece is stunning. I hope Spiegelman's memoir "Portrait of the Artist As A Young %@&*!" will spawn a full-length version, but what's here is brilliant, by turns honest (he admits the attention given Maus made him lose touch with his son), fascinating in a trivial way (he helped create Garbage Pail Kids), fascinating in an informational way (he considered doing Ku Klux Kats to explore race in the U.S.), thrilling (he shows Maus to his father's card playing buddies and they treat it like history, not cartoons), and heartbreaking (most everything else). Chabon's "The King In Black" is an excerpt from his forthcoming novel, and while the flashbacks are in Chabon's usual style, the present narrative is told in a terse, noir-ish voice. It took me a few pages to get used to, but in the end I was swept under by the rush of the storytelling. VQR has never been afraid of longer pieces—they'll use as much space as the topic needs to be discussed, and if anything warrants the space set aside, it's the Frost poem (printed in Frost's own handwriting and in typeface) and the two explorations of the text by Robert Stilling and Glyn Maxwell, which are too fascinating to be boiled down into even a few paragraphs. VQR is not only absorbing and entertaining, it is important in a way too few publications strive for, and only a handful are. [The Virginia Quarterly Review, One West Range, Box 400223, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4223. Single issue $11. www.vqronline.org] — Reviewed by Jim Scott
Words and Pictures Magazine
Issue Number 4
I love the concept of Words and Pictures; it's not just a
litmag with an art spread stuck in the middle, but a magazine that
integrates art and photography with prose and poems. The first half
of this 40-page, large-font issue is mainly devoted to exploring
Brazil via a photojournalism piece by travel writer Namit Arora; a
look at the "Brazilian Jewel Art" of designer Catherine Clark, and a
stock photo spread of the colorful animals, crops, and scenery of
Brazil. Elsewhere, we have the abstract oil paintings of Heather
Gordon; a thoughtful, informative piece on the raw drug components
to be found in our coral reefs (complete with beautiful pictures by
Jim Swearingen); evocative b&w portraits and commentary by John
Oliver Hodges; and some reprinted letters of nineteenth century
southerner Margaret Erwin. A few poems here and there round out the
issue; I particularly liked Christianne Balk's "Surface Tension,"
which contemplates the strangeness of ordinary materials being made
into workable watercraft ("But held in flame, softened, and shaped
into a bowl / they float, they float.") Obviously, there are a lot
of different things going on here; Words and Pictures has the
feel of a new magazine that hasn't quite found its focus . . . yet.
That's something time usually takes care of, and I look forward to
seeing how this unique, innovative magazine evolves. [Words and
Pictures Magazine, 9805 NE 116th St., Box A-139, Kirkland, WA 98034.
Issue $3.95.
— Reviewed by Jennifer Gomoll
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Denver, CO, United States (4E Sports) – Peyton Manning completed 30 of 43 passes for 339 yards with three TDs and one interception as the Denver Broncos (12-3) blasted the Cleveland Browns (5-10), 34-12, Sunday at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
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Recorded live at MaxFunCon East at Pocono Manor on October 28. Comedian Hari Kondabolu joins us and we spend about 90 seconds tearing a Hulk Hogan shirt off Graham.
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Our show is guest hosted this week by Jordan Morris. Jesse Thorn will return next week. Check out more from Jordan on the podcast Jordan, Jesse, Go! or on his blog.
AV Club editor Keith Phipps recommends Quadrophenia, a film based on the rock opera of the same name by The Who. Music Editor Marah Eakin recommends the single I Will Wait by Mumford & Sons.
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Kurt Andersen is the host of Studio 360, co-founder of the satirical Spy Magazine and a novelist. He brought his love of research and cultural criticism to bear when he penned the new novel True Believers, the story of a high profile lawyer who steps away from a nomination to the Supreme Court. True Believers follows her on a quest to piece together a mysterious episode in her childhood during the Cold War and the age of the spy novel.
Andersen fondly recalls his own childhood interests in espionage, and he discusses the leap of faith required for a trained journalist to stop doing research and begin trusting the imagination. The end result is a novel which weaves together generational politics, 1960s counter-culture, and a children's game that becomes all too real.
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Ever had a neighborly mugging experience? Comedian and artist Chris Fairbanks knows what it's like. He told us this story at the fourth annual Max Fun Con.
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Ari Graynor plays a lot of outrageous, messy roles -- she was a self-destructive college student on The Sopranos, and she played a drunken best friend in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist -- but her characters have heart and a kind of innocence.
The same is true of her most recent role of Katie Steele, the brash-yet-vulnerable young Manhattanite who runs a phone sex line in the new movie For a Good Time, Call. The film is in select theaters nationwide this week.
Ari talks to us about the 80s films that inspired her, the story's depiction of female friendship, and the strange intimacy and appeal of phone sex.
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Jordan shares his passion for the music of the late Tony Sly, of punk band No Use for a Name.
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W. Kamau Bell, Ashkon and Throwing Shade's Bryan Safi and Erin Gibson join Jesse and Jordan for a live show at MaxFunCon.
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For years, you East Coasters have dreamed of it. Some of you have even journeyed cross-country in its absence. And now, it's finally here!
In case you missed the announcement earlier this week, we're bringing the party that is MaxFunCon to the eastern seaboard this October, for a little pre-Halloween magic from the 26th to 28th at the Inn at Pocono Manor.
The line-up will be announced later this summer, but we guarantee that MaxFunCon East will bring all the goodness you've come to love about MaxFunCon West to the East Coast, from days classes and workshops, to evenings packed with comedy shows and parties.
Tickets go on sale THIS WEDNESDAY, May 2nd, so don't miss out on what's sure to be an unforgettable weekend, and keep watching this space for more details as they develop.
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This week, highlights from our annual creativity and comedy conference, MaxFunCon. Join us for some excerpts of illuminating talks:
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The very funny Jackie Kashian is an LA-based stand up comic, frequent collaborator of our pal Maria Bamford, and host of The Dork Forest podcast. Her comedy album It is Never Going to be Bread is available now.
Here's a selection of her stand-up set from the stage of the Lake Arrowhead Conference Center at MaxFunCon 2011.
Comedian Jon Dore returns to join us at MaxFunCon 2011. Recorded Sunday, June 12, 2011. Accents, audience Overheards, Graham's Dad Movie Reviews, and the Littlest Hobo.
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New Zealand's top tourist operators have been recognised in the country's annual Tourism Industry Awards with a flexi travel network taking out the supreme prize for 2008.
Rain of the Children, the latest feature film by award-winning New Zealand director Vincent Ward, has won the Grand Prix at one of Europe's biggest film festivals.
New Zealand speed king Alan Thoresen is preparing for a fresh attempt on the world land-speed record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.
New Zealand's South Island has been included in the world's top eight fishing destinations by Singapore Airlines' in-flight magazine.
A Kiwi woman now claims something few others can – she has jumped out of a plane 10,000 times.
A free music event at a luxury New Zealand alpine resort featuring international and local stars will be beamed to more than 30 countries.
New Zealand is one of the top five most popular tourist destinations in the world, according to an international survey.
New Zealand hero Sir Edmund Hillary was famed for conquering Everest but may also have unwittingly knocked off one of the world's greatest mysteries - the existence of the yeti.
A New Zealander who has designed a personal flying machine has unveiled his invention at one of the world's largest air shows.
Four New Zealand buildings – two private homes, a golf clubhouse and a university business school - have been short listed for the World Architecture Festival Awards to be held in Spain this October.


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CITY Critic Picks Best of Rochester: "early music's signature concert series"
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Now in our 10th season of world-class concerts.
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Ironwood came from Australia to give us A Different Sort of Brahms!
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Soprano Laura Heimes and countertenor José Lemos share a hug in Voices of the Muse
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TOLEDO, OH (Toledo News Now) - Officials from Toledo Public Schools have been working diligently in recent years to reduce the number of student suspensions and expulsions. Through the implementation of several different initiatives, the district has shown a significant decline in disciplinary issues.
On Monday morning, TPS officials held a press conference to outline plans to expand the Positive Behavior Intervention Support program, a discipline program designed to promote student successes through the use of positive reinforcement measures. PBIS has been successfully implemented at several schools with initial results indicating a 20 to 60 percent decrease in disciplinary referrals.
"Instead of focusing on the consequences of bad behaviors, we're actually teaching the positive behaviors first, and then complementing those, and children are getting rewarded for those positive behaviors," explained Juliane Gault, principal at Reynold's Elementary School.
PBIS is based on a number of factors, including effective classroom management and improved support for students. Outcomes of the program can range from students having a greater understanding of their behavior and its impact on their classmates, an improved social climate in the school, as well as a higher academic performance.
"We're setting the standards. We're asking the kids to rise to those standards, and we all know kids will rise to any standards you give them. If you set the bar low, they'll stay low," said Gault.
Six elementary schools have introduced the program this school year, including Chase STEM Academy, East Broadway, Reynolds, McTigue, Samuel M. Jones at Gunckel Park and Riverside. Each school has established core behavior teams to work with students. Staff training and acceptance is one of the key components of PBIS and its success in a school environment.
Rev. James Willis from Toledoans United for Social Action and a representative from the Lucas County Juvenile Courts were also in attendance. TUSA has been critical of TPS for its discipline policies and procedures.
"In the past, we acted on emotions. This really gives the classroom the ability to work on positive behavior," said Willis.
Officials hope more students will stay in school and fewer will enter the juvenile justice system.
"This approach will allow us to take care of issues before they even evolve. So we're hoping by using positive behavior supports intervention is provided before we have situations where it would result in conflict mediation," said Brian Murphy, TPS assistant superintendent.
TPS expects the program to be implemented districtwide within five years.
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I'm not saying I did or didn't watch the MTV Movie Awards last night but if I did I'd really like someone to explain to me what the hell a Macklemore is and why that big guy who sings with them wears such tight shirts? I had a lot of trouble accepting I was an XL too but I'm pretty sure this guy is still trying to squeeze into a size small.
Morgan Freeman will not play god or the president in the upcoming sci-fi flick "Transcendence". The film tells the story of a scientist who's brain is uploaded into a computer after he is killed by terrorists. Truth be told it hasn't been revealed what role Freedman will play so there is still a solid chance he could play the president, god or some sort of god/president hybrid here. I just like to think outside the box now and then.
Sunn Classic Pictures has gone ahead and dropped word that they intend to move forward with a remake of the 1983 classic killer dog flick "Cujo". Based on a Stephen King story, Sunn Classic is the same group that released the original and decided to hold on to the rights to the picture in the hopes that in 20 years we'd be remaking every horror film ever made. Well planned fellas.
If you loved last year's surprise gushable fan boy favorite "Dredd 3D" then you're in luck because a sequel is currently in the works and will drop this September. Of course the sequel will be in comic book form and instead of being able to watch cool stuff fly around the screen you'll have to read words and look at tiny stupid drawn pictures but still. Ya know what no I can't even joke about this. This is just awful and only exciting to virgins.
"Stripped", a new horror flick set in Vegas has been confirmed to be hitting DVD this coming May 14th. The flick follows a group of friends who find themselves in the company of strippers who also happen to take the vital organs of their clients. I'll be honest this movie doesn't sounds very good and I'll most likely never see it but I will read just about any article that mentions strippers.
If you're going to make a big purchase you want to try out the goods before you put down your hard earned money. Weather it's a new car or a large band saw. Of course if you're this guy in Los Angeles and you're going to test out a saw by trying to chop off your arms you might want to ask for a private room or something. People don't want to see that crap when they're looking for a new ceiling fan.
I've learned a few things about sports here in Chicago since moving to the area and probably the best fact is that the Cubs suck and everyone here blames it on a goat. So why wouldn't a fan send a severed goat's head directly to Wrigley field in the hopes that it would break the curse. Or cause it to continue on maybe? I don't know what the thought process was really I just hope Norwegian black metal was involved.
It's often been said that if Johnny Depp and Christopher Nolan ever teamed up the world would explode from all the hot action that would be produced. Well folks get ready for the end of time because it's happening. The movie is "Transcendence" and I think it has something to do with a super computer that gets put inside a dead person or something. I'm not really sure. Truth be told I started reading the description and I started to daydream about Depp's gentle soft smile.
Gillian Anderson has been confirmed to be taking on a multi-episode role in the upcoming NBC show "Hannibal". The show is based on the much loved Hannibal Lecter character and Anderson will play the role of the good doctor's therapist. Funny story. I always get Gillian Anderson and Marlee Matlin mixed up so for a second I thought Lecter's therapist was going to be a deaf woman which I thought was kind of crazy. Good story huh?
ABC has given the thumbs up to a new zombie outbreak series titled "The Returned". Based on a novel by Jason Mott the show will focus on a small town in the Midwest where the dead return to change the lives of those they left behind. Kind of like "Pushing Daises" I'm guessing, only still on the air.
Want to know even more casting news for "Insidious Chapter 2"? Well Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson and Andrew Astor will all be returning for the second installment of the film and I have absolutely no idea who they are or what roles they played. They all have really weird names though huh? Angus. Sounds like dangus. That's funny.
What do you get when a spelling mistake in the word "public" gets run in a newspaper ad? You get a "Pubic Charter School" of course. You also get hilarity.
An Oregon woman took the law into her own hands when she broke into the home of a woman she suspected of having relations with her husband and then tried to run down said husband with her pickup truck. I mean she's in jail now but still, taking the law into your own hands always sounds really bad ass.
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- Joshua Lee
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Is the language we use perpetuating the racial divide?
When I started working at the University I was asked, "Who do you relate to?" I answered unawares of their intention, "My wife." To which there was a pause... an irritated pause... ,"No, What race do you identify with?" Response, "The human race."
This only provides a small example into the plethora of ways that language contributes to how we perceive ourselves and others. This example illustrates how language shapes identity or at least perceived identity and its association with our race. It gives clues to how society contributes to a divide that no longer should exist. I believe that we can move beyond defining ourselves through race. We can rebuild ourselves through language and allow growth to truly take place.
Perhaps then a lack of opportunities wouldn't be presented as a racial issue but an economic issue, perhaps stereotypes would disappear and we would be able to characterize each other based on work ethic not racial stigmas, Perhaps we would be able to address the social issues from a less jaded perspective. Maybe now is the time that we stop making up for our ancestors mistakes and start working together as true equals.
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Jun 28 2013: This problem with self-identity is not only racial. There are discussions on TED whether using he/she in our language contributes to sexism, etc.
I think, globalization and Internet brought these deep issues of our identity into light. Most of the social turmoil in today's world seems to be related to division into "us" vs. "them" (perhaps, it has always been): Believers vs. atheists, Muslims vs. non-Muslims, Suni vs. Shia, Catholics vs. Protestants, Android users vs. iPhone users, soccer fan violence, poor vs. rich (99% vs. 1% - see "I'm the 99%" bumper stickers).
Meanwhile blood is red and pain feels the same for everyone.
I think, your answers exposed the absurdity of these weird questions.
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Jun 28 2013: Not even religions have much in common, but even atheists often have much in common with theists. I see a lot of the same irrationality, same blind acceptance of dogmatic views, same intolerance towards other ideologies, same self-righteousness, same finger-pointing, etc. I wouldn't THINK they would be more friendly, but I, certainly HOPE so.
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Tonight: 7:30 at Moline's Wharton Field House. Sophomores start at 6. Radio: WGIL-AM 1400 & www.wgil.com & WAIK-AM 1590 & www.1590waik.com. Twitter updates: SteveTappa_DA. Saturday: Galesburg at Metamora (7:30 p.m.); Moline is off. Lineups: Moline: G Drew Owens, 6-0 Sr. (13.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg); G Jed Wood, 6-0 Sr. (11.8, 3.2); F Derrick Stabler, 6-4 Sr. (4.6, 2.8); F Josh Larson, 6-7 Sr. (6.6, 4.4); C Brandon Vice, 6-6 Jr. (8.6, 6.2).Galesburg: G: Travon Diggins, 5-10 Sr. (8.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg); G Carson Cheesman, 6-1 Sr. (1.8, 1.0); F Grant Gibson, 6-2 Soph. (24.6, 4.6); F Marcus Ross, 6-4 Jr. (6.8, 1.6); C Ryan Carl, 6-5 Sr. (4.8, 2.6). Why watch: The Western Big 6 Conference opener for both teams corresponds with the league varsity debut of Moline coach Jeff Schimmel, who took over the top job this season after a successful sophomore run at his alma mater. ... Both clubs played in the Galesburg Thanksgiving Tournament last weekend, with Moline coming up a bucket short of claiming the title in a head-to-head finale with champ Chicago Westinghouse, ... Galesburg has won twice at Wharton in four previous seasons under Mike Reynolds, a former standout at nearby Orion. "So we've got some guys who know they can win there,'' Reynolds said. ... Galesburg star Grant Gibson is the only Big 6 player to enter league play with more than 100 points to date. The sophomore scored 123 points last weekend, going for 45 and 34 points in two of those games. Moline's Schimmel: "Obviously, we've got to stop Gibson. But he's not their only player. That's a physical, strong, solid group. (Tonight) is going to be all about adjustments, with both of us very familiar with each other. For us, it'll be key to handle the ball better against pressure. We had too many turnovers leading to opponent points last weekend, and we can't make it easy on Galesburg.'' Galesburg's Reynolds: "Moline likes to play at a slower pace than they have in the past, while we're more uptempo than before. But if we want to get out and go, we're going to have to get stops on defense. If they get baskets, it's tough to score on their (1-2-2) zone, which they're able to pack in even more than the past because this is their biggest team I can remember, even as a kid. We're going to have to find a way to get the ball into the paint, so we can make them collapse on the ball, and we can get better looks on the perimeter. Otherwise they can make it a long night, getting rebound after rebound after each bad shot you take.'' -- Steve Tappa, email@example.com