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Foreclosure notices in metro Atlanta jumped 27 percent in February, compared with January. They were up 34 percent when compared to a year ago, according to data just released from Equity Depot.
"Residential foreclosures basically run across the board in every price range," Barry Bramlett, president of Alpharetta-based Equity Depot, said in an e-mail. "Commercial properties [are] clearly on the rise."
There were 10,357 foreclosure notices published in February in the 13-county metro area. That compared with 8,181 in January and 7,701 a year ago, Equity Depot said. The notices published this month are for public auctions scheduled in March.
In January, there was short-lived decline, Bramlett said, "probably due to [foreclosure] moratoriums some lenders put in place over the holidays."
This month, Gwinnett led the pack with 2,163 foreclosure notices, followed by Fulton with 2,008. DeKalb was third (1,511), followed by Cobb (1,243) and Clayton (821).
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February 8th, 2010
5:56 am
[...] Atlanta foreclosures jump in February [...]
February 8th, 2010
5:57 am
people over spent their budgets and now realized they couldn't afford the payments, thanks to the banks giving out loans to anyone before the great fall of wall street. people have to be homeless.
wonderful world that we live in now, hopefully we can get more jobs back, everything should come to a stop no more trading with china and exporting our jobs for cheap labor and cheap products.
Usa First.
February 8th, 2010
6:23 am
Some people are so up side down inthe mortgages that it is cheaper to let the bank take it back and buy something else, at the new market price. Bankruptcy does not hold the socail stigma it used to.
February 8th, 2010
6:40 am
Don't worry.
Obama will save us.
February 8th, 2010
6:43 am
Soon, the government will own all the houses and you will have to donate BIG money to the democrackkks to live in a decent home…ShamBama WANTS you to fail, so HE can CONTROL you!
February 8th, 2010
6:49 am
Remember, this all happened on the Republican's watch.
February 8th, 2010
6:53 am
Will take a while to get over the 8 years of TOTAL IN COMP ETANCE which the current administration inherited.
February 8th, 2010
7:04 am
Years ago I remember various gov't administrations chastising the banks for not lending more to sub-prime candidates. Everyone was "entitled" to a house right? Now look what we've got.
February 8th, 2010
7:14 am
I want to tell you all a quick story and please excuse my spelling. I had been in the automobile business for over 12 years I got divorced and decided that I needed a change in carrers so I landed a job being a mortage loan officer for the largest company in the US. After going through their training I was asigned desk where the phones rang 24 hours a day. Doing mortages are almost the same as getting some one financed on a car loan just takes a lot longer to gather all the information. We were getting people approved on loans that should have never been approved for a lone in the first place let alone for the amount they were getting approved for. I can look at a persons credit, family size and income and tell you if they are going to beable to pay this loan back on time 90 % of the time . Now if I can do this I know that the big banks should be able to do this and they can but they chose to turn the other way as long as the profits looked great on paper and that's all it was money on paper. I can not tell you how man people bought homes that never made the first payment number one was because of their income they did not make enough, two was because of their pay history they had shown in the past that they would not pay on time, three these were first time home owners they really did not know what it took to pay for a home. If I could start a new job and look at the loans in one day and know for a fact that these people were not going to pay back these loans then a lot of people above me knew it too. I do feel sorry for most of these people because they will never be able to own their own homes again they are in worse shape now than they were in before they bought their house.
February 8th, 2010
7:27 am
Globalization is stripping our lifestyle out from under us. All of our jobs are either being outsourced or moved to countries that pay essentially nothing to the "Slave labor" used to produce products.
The lifestyle that our grandparents knew is long gone. Home ownership and a good job to provide for our family is a thing of the past.
Globalization will "Level the playing field" which means that yours and my way of life will be reduced so others can live better.
Creating fake jobs will not be the answer only a band-aid for the problem.
February 8th, 2010
7:33 am
I can 't believe how Obama has screwed up the economy in just the first twelve months of his administration. He needs to learn from his predessor and spread out that incompetence over 8 years!!!
February 8th, 2010
7:38 am
Is it just me or has the current administration lost the bubble? Treasury Secretary Geithner said the mortgage modification program is a great success as late as yesterday. If it's so great why are all these folks losing their homes? Then again what should we expect out of a person that is unwilling to accept responsibility for their part in the bail out of Lehman Brothers and the advice they received from NY Fed under Geithner's watch. Of course, this is from a guy who can't even file his own taxes correctly!
February 8th, 2010
7:39 am
The ants are bailing out the grasshoppers again. Government should let businesses fail. If the market is there, new profitable businesses will re[place them. If not, what the hell are we going to do with all these buggy whips. The airlines are a prime example. Had they been allowed to fail, the planes, pilots, mechanics, airports, would not have disappeared. Neither would the demand for air travel. The only difference would be a new more competitive business. Ditto for banks, automobile manufacturers, and every other business endeavour. What's the current administrations solution? Prop them up so they can provide jobs. It's a dole system with 'make work'. Time to buy that farm in Columbia…
February 8th, 2010
7:42 am
FYI – The "everyone should be entitled to a home" era was started not in the 8 yr W administration but the previous 8 yr Slick Willy admin…….
February 8th, 2010
7:49 am
It started in the mid to late 90's…The goal was to increase home ownership in this country. Kennedy and other Hi Ranking Dems were leading the charge…aS WITH ANYTHING BACKED BY THE gOV'T, IT TAKES MANY YRS TO SEE THE RESULTS
February 8th, 2010
7:56 am
HEY….the once great Atlanta-Obama-Journal pushed…promoted,,,pressured banks into NINJA loans…THE liberal MEDIA shares a good deal of the blame…
February 8th, 2010
8:01 am
Some of you posters are incredibly naive and insensitive. The ones who overspent lost their homes months ago; the ones losing their homes now are the ones who lost JOBS due to the economy, and did not overspend. I hate to break it to you know-it-alls, but unemployment will NOT pay most mortgages.
For example, we bought a house in Coweta that was only 2x our annual AGI, a simple 3BR/2BA home, when we found out I was pregnant. I got laid off my last day of maternity leave, my husband was laid off 3 months later. Our lender was Taylor Bean, and we were sold to B of A after the fed raid.
We called B of A to do a workout, and they told us to go screw ourselves. Funny how a bailout makes a bank feel entitled. The foreclosure sale on our house is in March.
Stop being a bunch of self-righteous, insensitive jerks if you're lucky enough to still have a job and a house. We've been looking for 6 months, and there's nothing out there. I'm competing with 22 year olds without a degree or work experience for receptionist jobs to replace my paralegal position, and it's demoralizing enough. I went through the recession in the 90s during Bush Sr.'s watch, and I cannot believe I'm going through this again at 40 with a baby.
February 8th, 2010
8:05 am
Good ole Ronnie r. ,the working man's friend, took away the deduction for interest on consumer loans in 1986 and gave us the equity loan which started this mess..Consumer loans included credit cards,,car loans, bank loans, and etc. For this reason who cared about interest rates because interest was like cash at tax time.,
February 8th, 2010
8:10 am
The economy is "not" going to improve. This country owes to much in debt.. (almost 50 Trillion). Technogy and world globalization will make it tough to manufacture (at a profit) anything in this country. What does this mean.? It means your will no longer make $40,000 a year to build furniture or make carpet. The basic fundamentals that got us into the mess (entitlement spending, goverment borrowing, people borrowing and spending more money than they make etc…)have not changed. We are just doing the same thing we were doing before the crash, but we now expect different results…Something else that will not help. Obama as president…. He actually thinks you can spend your way out of the recession. The Main Stream Media will report anything he say's or does as the "gospel truth"… this is indeed a dangerous scenario.
February 8th, 2010
8:12 am
Most of these people shouldn't have purchased their homes utilizing these crazy interest only loans. If you can't afford your house with a 30 year fixed loan, then you shouldn't have bought it. If you didn't understand the specifics of your loan, you shouldn't have proceeded until you understood what you were getting into.
February 8th, 2010
8:15 am
Ben Dover has it correct. You folks who fight demcrack vs repiglicons are dumber than a box of rocks. Neither party represents you fools!
February 8th, 2010
8:15 am
Hey Bunni…pull my finger.
I see all the whiners and losers are wetting themselves this morning…!
February 8th, 2010
8:16 am
It really doesn't matter who was in office. Regan, Clinton, daddy Bush,son Bush, or Obama. People bought homes that they knew from the very beginning they couldn't afford. When you go to a store, you go in knowing how much you cash you have to spend. If you have $100, why would go to the counter with items that total $110. You wouldn't, you spend what you have unless you enjoy standing at the register looking stupid. Now WE all have to pay the price for mistakes that were made by other people.
February 8th, 2010
8:18 am
@ Charles Corley…You hit the nail on the head. I thought everybody had forgotten about that law that was passed then and has been hurting us ever since.
February 8th, 2010
8:22 am
now that some of the dems are finally beginning to see the light, maybe you can join the rest of us and vote "NO-bama" next election. thanks for nothing!!!!
February 8th, 2010
8:24 am
Hey Dummy Repubs — the deregulation that occurred during W's reign that allowed for the advent of "AAA" bonds that were backed with bad credit, no income loans (a.k.a. subprime) is just as much if not more to blame for our current mortgage mess than the CRA and enforcement thereof during the Clinton Adminsration. At least the govy-backed loans required you document your income and had reasonable terms (low rates, no mortgage insurance, 30 year term). Subprime has always been the worst of the worst (2 or 3 yr ARMs, usuerous interest rates, etc.) Pull you heads out of your behinds and stop blaming our problems on Democrats — the Repubs greed contributed to this mess too!
February 8th, 2010
8:28 am
This is not a political problem as much is it is an economic problem. We have been outsourcing our production jobs for over 35 years in order lower the cost of product and control inflation and have relied on construction to replace the production jobs that went oversees. This meant that building new homes was an essential component to putting people back to work. As you know, construction doesn't pay enough to qualify for a home loan so the banks had to get constructive in home loans in order to sell all the homes being built trying to keep the job market alive so loans with arms were built. Banks loan money to builders to build the homes that keep the economy moving and then transfer the loan from the builder to the construction worker so the builder can continue to build more homes. Fundamental problem, Blue collar workers can't afford new homes. Construction is not the answer to job creation for outsourcing production problems!!! We need a comprehensive production plan to rebuild production job loss. Service jobs are not the answer ether because once you have fixed everything to a point you run out of work also. This is a case of working your self out of a job.
February 8th, 2010
8:29 am
To Maxine Klinger who stated (and to others who hold the opinion) that "Bankruptcy does not hold the socail stigma it used to": Have you been interviewed for a job recently? Last week, a job-hunting relative signed permission for a background check. She explained the circumstances of a poor credit rating that HR would surely discover and was told not to worry about it "as long as there is no bankruptcy".
February 8th, 2010
8:35 am
With O-Butt-Munch in charge is will only get worse.
February 8th, 2010
8:47 am
Not once in any article in here did anyone mention corruption in political circles.These are the ones you need to go after for change,no more "career politicians",support your local tea parties to voice your opinions to be heard.Example-net worth of Governor Purdue before office?now look at his net worth after office?what do you think?Example-The Clintons.Does it matter what party? They play the same game with your tax money.WAKE UP PEOPLE! Regulate politicians ,no more behind closed door policies!!!!!!!!!!
February 8th, 2010
8:50 am
yes this makes sense in numbers as 11 out of 250 units at my condos in the last year have foreclosed
which is 4% so we are better than the average so sad
February 8th, 2010
8:51 am
also condos have to take a hit to HOA dues also which really hurts all owners in that condo complex and 2009 alone we saw over $40K in defaults on dues owed
February 8th, 2010
8:58 am
Congrats to Mike Jones at 8:10,he is on target, the economy will not improve for several years, it won't matter who is in the White House. Americans have come to "expect" a new car, a bigger house all the while not saving or investing any or very little money for the future. The marketing of products or brands is like no other place on earth, most of which are related to image and social standing. However, purchases and debt spending kept the country on life support for over the last decade. With no more credit or equity lines available, the economy died. At least for the short term, most people will have to get by with less. Also, as college has become the new must have education to get a higher paying job, students are starting life with in some cases 100k plus in student debt or more.
Time and the free market will correct the issues that the banks and government created, only if government spending is limited and people begin to exercise personal financial responsibility.
So, get use to more of the same. Make a change you can believe in, vote out ALL incumbents.
February 8th, 2010
9:00 am
Sounds like you did not have any other investments and were living paycheck to paycheck. Maybe you should have just rented and let someone else who was more financially astute manage those worries about monthly bills.
February 8th, 2010
9:02 am
This crisis was brought on by banks lending to people who did not qualify for a mortgage in the first place. Minorites were crying racism and "red lining" banks gave mortgages with 2 or 3% down or no money at all, just move in we will give you a low rate and a ballon it later on.
Now the same people that cried racism are now crying the banks took advantage of them.
February 8th, 2010
9:07 am
First of all the recession started when the Dems took over Cogress and the Republicans could get nothing done.
Second Banking deregulation was Mr. Clinton's baby.
Third there is plenty of blame to go around.
Forth and most important, we need people in office that are more concened about this country than they are about lining their own pockets.
February 8th, 2010
9:09 am
Not everyone was living outside their means or in a McMansion with a sub-prime loan. Some of us (me for example) lost our job at the beginning of last year. During the 3 months I was unemployed the wife's job cut her hours to part time. I finally found one making 20% less after 127 applications (just 4 interviews) and a week after I got hired, the wife lost hers. She has been out for 8 months now. We lost 55% of our gross income compared to last year.at this time. We have eaten through our savings (we had 3 months living saved up for emergencies), and whatever we had in our 401k was destroyed by 72%. We pulled out what was left under a hardship.
@Bunnie: I feel your pain. We are filing for chapter 7 today and will be losing the house. It is underwater by 35k so there is no equity.
February 8th, 2010
9:11 am
It's Clinton's fault (Bill, not Hillary). Bush inherited Clinton's mess. Obama is a one-term president. These are facts.
February 8th, 2010
9:15 am
Protectionism never sounded so good until now. President O-crap needs to decrease corporate tax and slap some hefty tariffs on cheap foreign goods that flooded the American market and killing all the businesses in the US. I do realized that American companies are moving overseas because the labor is cheaper, but for us suckers that live here that have no jobs and no money to spend, what good is it to have cheap products and no dineros to buy it with!
February 8th, 2010
9:17 am
All of this criticism is so unfair when we have a 10% unemployment rate. I have friends that have advanced degrees who have been looking for jobs for months. All of you crtical peolple should think about what you would do if you were out of work for 6 months or more! Could you still pay the mortgage??? You should have more compassion for people who are suffering through no fault of their own. Everything is NOT about Obama. Now have some tea and relax.
February 8th, 2010
9:18 am
You can't blame companies for going overseas for labor when our government here taxes them to death and tries to "regulate" everything they do. Why would a company stay in America? The workers here are spoiled and labor unions have ruined the American workforce. A company cannot make a profit while paying a worker with a high school education $80 per hour (just look at GM, Northwest Airlines, etc.) In a foreign country people will work for 12 hours a day with little pay and no benefits. Its a shame that we have let unions and big government ruin our workforce.
February 8th, 2010
9:21 am
Misleading headline. A foreclosure notice does not equal a foreclosure. These are four week notices, and a lot of them get pulled before the actual foreclosure date. They never end up as actual foreclosures. And a number of these are commercial properties, usually vacant.
February 8th, 2010
9:23 am
Take it back? So when exactly did the mortgage own the house that you now say they will take back?
What a lame way to put the fact that a homeowner cannot honor their obligations.
Oh, and the reason we that bankruptcies do not hold the social sigma they once did is due to that lack of honor.
February 8th, 2010
9:23 am
According President O'craps, anyone that makes over $250 K a year is now the enemy of the State. No matter how you get to where you are and what sacrifices you made during college and post graduate school, you are just now a pawn in President O-craps game of class warfare. Never have I seen such a divisive administration.. Every time Obama has a short coming, he either try to blame it on Bush. Some one needs to remind President Bolshevik that he wanted the job and no one forcing him to run for President! It is time to step up and quit his whining!
February 8th, 2010
9:23 am
During the Clinton years the government REQUIRED banks to give subprime loans to poor people and minorities. They wanted everyone to be able to achieve the "dream" of home ownership. Everyone wants to blame the banks but they were forced into it. You can't blame a bank. People need to have some personal responsibility. That said, there are definitely SOME people who could not help losing their homes due to job losses, etc. But MOST of the people were in over their heads from the very beginning. My spouse and I both work and we bought a house that we can easily afford on one income. Its called personal responsibility…but why be responsible? The government will just bail you out if you're not. This is the "American Way."
February 8th, 2010
9:24 am
Average Joe is the only person on this board (including myself) with a dang lick of sense! The answer lies with YOU, not someone else. The machine that is government is too big, too powerful and too entrenched for us to change at this point in history. Short of another revolution, we are all reduced to tax-paying or benefit receiving jerks. The only thing you can change at this point is you. And yes, I absolutely, positively do mean YOU. Stop looking around for the next 'hope and change', cause it doesn't exist in either party.
Change the way you think now. Change your spending habits. Change your saving habits. Change your need for social acceptance and change how you raise your children. And yes, change who you vote for. Get 'em all out.
Reform tax codes to fairness and simple structure.
Reform tort.
Demand term limits now.
Demand state's rights now.
Demand a quality basic education (and remove the criminals from grade 1 – 12).
Change yourself, and the world will change for you.
February 8th, 2010
9:30 am
Ya know, I cant believe some of you are still fighting over this subject. McCain and Bush both went to the congress 2 years ago to stop Freddy and Fannie from doing just what they did. But your democratic house and senate would have nothing to do with stopping this. They all cried that there was nothing wrong with Freddie and Fannie and shut the door in the face of McCain and Bush. Its all on record, go look it up. McCain told all of them in his speach that this would happen. The fact is the dumcratics have been running this country now for 2 years and it has gotten so bad that this is what you get with 1 year of a democratic president and three years of democratic control in the house and senate. Stop complaining about it because you voted them into office. You dont like it then go and vote them out of office. You get what you asked for, its just that you could not read between the lines.
February 8th, 2010
9:37 am
People that are A-holes here are A-holes everywhere everyday. They just gain the advantage of hiding behind a blog here! This is how they feel important! Carry on brave cowards!!! When I have more time, we can have fun later!
February 8th, 2010
9:42 am
Let's not forget too that not that long ago, the thinking was that housing prices were always going to go up and up and up. That it was about the most reliable rock solid investment you could make, and that if you could somehow get into a house, even by hook or crook. People were told they were idiots NOT to get into some sort/any sort of mortgage.I got into my home on a 3 year locked ARM. So once I got in, I spent two years polishing my credit score then refinanced to a 30 year traditional at an even lower locked rate. I thought it odd at the time though that when I asked the mortgage lawyer "you guys must be seeing a lot fo these ARM to traditional refinances" and surprisingly enough, they said they were seeing almost none, and they couldn't figure it out.
Also, people, let's not turn every single issue and bit of bad news into a political punching bag, alot of these comments are just cheap shots that have nothing to do with the topic. We're talking about real people here, suffering some real hurt. Sure in hind sight we should have all have known better, but most people were making the best decision they could at the time, based on what we were all being told.
Plus, as pointed out, most of the worst loans have long since defaulted, we are indeed seeing the second wave of foreclosures based on livin in hard times, living in the worst recession since the Great Depression. Let's have a little compassion, and quit the demogoddery and demand some real concrete policy-based solutions.
February 8th, 2010
9:43 am
When we lose our jobs we can't pay mortgages!


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these past few weeks i have been coming home from school and long boarding with my good pal, max. and on the weekends i wake up at eleven, call him, and meet him at his house and ride for at least four hours. we have found many hidden places and i didnt know my town could be so peaceful and, beautiful actually. i pick flowers along the way and take as many pictures as i can because, even though it's impossible, i never want to forget these wonderful little things i have been seeing. i haven't been this happy since last year and it feels amazing. max is a great friend and im very upset with myself that i did not realize sooner. every time im with him, it's no surprise to me when im crying from laughter and i can be the most and happiest "me" i can be. he has taught me that the tough times will always pass and they won't hurt so much forever and i have taught him to love spring and the plants growing. he reminded me that you don't need someone to make you happy, it's amazing to have someone help you, but sometimes you just have to close your eyes feel the wind with a flower in your hair and let it awaken you. and when you fall off and feel the burning pain, you remember you can feel and that you're human and it's possible to feel this alive. it's good to listen to the flowers and the trees speak and take notice to how beautiful the earth can really be, but we all worry about grades, sleep, relationships, etc. but take some time out and just sit in an open field and just look up and feel the earth spinning and think that you're as beautiful as the sky and you can always make it through anything. i added these pictures because today, i was in my second sun shower in my lifetime and they are my new favorite thing, i was in love with seeing the rain while the sun shinned upon me. and then i fell off a slide and max took a picture at the perfect time while i was laughing. and lastly, we're always looking at the time to see how much farther we can go until the sun sets and the picture was taken at 7:50pm, with ten minutes of daylight we can still use to see unknown things.
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More and more people are dreaming about starting their own business, especially since many can't get a job in somebody else's.
It's a daunting task. But one Atlanta entrepreneur is trying to make it slightly easier for you.
AJC reporter David Markiewicz writes about Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin, who tells you how to launch a company in a 54-card deck. (She must have two cards up her sleeves.)
Each card has one how-to step, from getting a business license, registering your domain, obtaining a line of credit and developing a brand.
Obviously, entrepreneurs will need a lot more help than a deck of cards. But it's a good start for thinking about a start-up.
June 26th, 2009
10:02 am
no its not. this is another fly by night scheme for those that don't know any better. all of the stuff she puts on her cards, and more, can be found in the library or some trusted resources for free online. if an entrepreneur spends $25 on these cards because they are too lazy to educate themselves, they will be failures. a true entrepreneur doesn't take shortcuts and doesn't rely on marketing gimmicks. good luck to this lady that thought of this idea. there is not doubt there are enough suckers out there that she will make a mint.
June 26th, 2009
2:47 pm
Thanks so much, Henry, for spreading the word on the Start Your Own Company card deck. There are so many talented people on the streets right now who are thinking about starting a company because they can't find the right job. And so many others who've always dreamed of being their own boss.
I hope these cards help would-be entrepreneurs tackle that goal more easily by breaking it down into manageable steps. These steps worked for me, twice. First when I started a company with a friend in 1996 and more recently when I started Tribe, which is now a $5 million company with a team of great people.


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ORILLIA - A group advocating for vulnerable seniors is taking one last stab at a housing proposal for a city-owned school site.
Officials behind the Hillcrest Villa project are urging council to reconsider a proposal to establish supportive housing at the former Hillcrest School.
The renovated building would feature 32 rental units, with additional beds in a separate, clinic-style setting for individuals requiring short-term transitional care.
"Why tear down a perfectly sound building when we can repurpose it and save the city some money doing it?" said Cam Davidson, president of the Hillcrest Villa working group.
The non-profit, which operates a similar operation across the street at Hillcrest Lodge, is hoping to tap into $3.8 million in affordable housing funding that is to be administered through the county.
However, the opportunity to apply for funding in early 2013 hinges on council support.
"Before we even bid on the money, we need to have the building and we need to have the option," Davidson added. "That is all we are asking for, is the option."
Council in July agreed to pursue an earlier plan to establish a park at the Hillcrest School property.
In doing so they rejected the Hillcrest Villa proposal, which faced opposition from residents who argued the property was too small to accommodate housing and a park.
But with the city facing budgetary pressures, council will have to decide whether to move ahead with the park at a cost that could reach $3 million, including demolition costs.
Coun. Patrick Kehoe, who supported the project in the past, says the proposal is worth reconsidering in conjunction with the park.
The need for such facilities will become ever more acute as legions of baby boomers enter the latter stages of their lives, he said.
"It is not going to be a gray wave, it is going to be a gray tsunami," he said.
Davidson noted the facility would help alleviate some of the pressure on the medical system by providing space for alternate-level-of-care patients currently occupying local hospital beds.
"They don't need to be there, but they have nowhere else to go," he added.
The group is requesting .7 acres of the property, leaving about two acres for a park.
"I'm positive we can work together on this," Davidson added.
A reconsideration of the group's request requires a two-thirds majority.
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There is a wealth of stories in the Fletcher community. We each carry with us the stories of those alongside whom we have worked, those we have served, those we happened to sit next to on a bus, those who have led and taught us. We carry with us moments that have challenged our understanding of ourselves and the world, caused our hearts to break or love, and touched us in ways we understand or seek to. In class, we use these stories and the experiences they have informed to learn how to become more effective practitioners in our chosen fields. We tell the stories of others, be they agencies or individuals, foreign or similar to us.
In this forum, we will tell our own stories. How have members of this community experienced grief and loss? How do we make our peace with the loneliness that pervades field work? How do we reconcile our passion for our chosen work with the challenges it can present for our personal lives? How do we carry with us the heartbreaking or inspiring stories and moments shared with people who cross our paths? Through stories, we hope to increase our awareness of our common and shared experiences – and to find inspiration from the divergences of stories where those experiences differ.
How the idea was born
Roxanne and Katherine share an interest in the themes of memory, conflict, and vulnerability and a passion for the art and craft of storytelling. Inspired by conversations with their classmates about the personal dimensions of our chosen work and life paths, they wanted to create a forum to share those experiences and navigate the more intimate parameters of the pursuits that motivate each of us.


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Paterson Native and NJIT Alumnus Vince Naimoli Signing Book Tomorrow
December 02, 2009
Paterson native and NJIT alumnus, Vincent J. Naimoli, a successful businessman who went on to found the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team, has now written his life story, Business, Baseball & Beyond. Naimoli will be at NJIT on Dec. 3, 2009, from 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., in the Campus Center for an exclusive book signing. The public is invited to this special event for which the book's purchase price has been discounted to $20 one book; $35 for two. >>
NJIT researchers are at work on many scientific and technological frontiers. The National Science Foundation has recently provided support that totals nearly $4.3 million for the diverse efforts of the following investigators under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. >>
A drug to stop bleeding during a brain injury and a bed that will prevent bedsores are among the scientific discoveries at NJIT that received earlier this week more than a million dollars in funding from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology. >>
NJIT Prof Sees 70 Percent Chance for Yanks to Win the 2009 World Series: Mauer, Hanley Ramirez Deserve MVP; Greinke, Lincecum Deserve Cy Young
October 27, 2009
NJIT's Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of run scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Yankees and Phillies winning the World Series. He also has computed the most deserving of Major League Baseball's prestigious 2009 Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Cy Young awards. >>
NJIT Physicist Who Connected Solar Outburst With GPS Failure Promoted To Distinguished Professor
September 04, 2009
NJIT Professor Dale Gary, PhD, of Berkeley Heights, an expert in solar radio data, was promoted to distinguished professor. Gary examines the conditions under which solar radio bursts from distinct solar events can disrupt cellular telephone signals. >>
NJIT will once again serve as one of 30 locations for an ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp this summer. The camp will be held July 12-24, 2009 at the NJIT campus. >>
NJIT President Serves as Honorary Chairperson of Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce Foundation Dinner
May 29, 2009
NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch served as the honorary chairperson of the Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce Foundation of Essex County Ninth Annual Scholarship and Awards Gala Dinner yesterday in the Campus Center Atrium. The Foundation recognizes business, governmental, corporate and individual efforts and accomplishments that positively impact Latino/Hispanic businesses and the Latino/Hispanic community in Essex County. Shown at left are Dr. Altenkirch, Dr. Niathan Allen of Summit Developers, and Robert P. Marasco, who received a Lifetime Achievement Award. >>
NJIT's new 1.6-meter clear aperture solar telescope—the largest of its kind in the world—is now operational. The unveiling of this remarkable instrument—said to be the pathfinder for all future, large ground-based telescopes—could not have come at a more auspicious moment for science. This year marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescope that he used to demonstrate that sunspots are indeed on the Sun. >>
NJIT's 2009 Commencement Ceremony will be held Saturday, May 16, 2009, at the Prudential Center, Newark from 9 a.m.-noon. During the ceremony, more than 2,000 honorary doctoral degrees and earned doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degrees will be conferred on the Class of 2009. >>
The C2PRISM Project, a grant project at NJIT funded by the National Science Foundation, is organizing a Career Day for approximately 250 Newark high school students on May 11, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. The event, which will be held in the Student Center Ballroom A, Architecture Gallery, GITC Room 3720, and the Campus Center Atrium, will showcase the various mathematics and science careers relevant to the eight NJIT PhD fellows who participated in the project. >>
NJIT students aim to improve the quality of life in New Jersey and there is no better indication of the scope of these efforts than the remarkable range of student research projects entered in the recent annual Dana Knox Student Research Showcase. >>
Susana Addo Ntim, a PhD student in the department of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT, has been awarded a Faculty for the Future fellowship from the Schlumberger Foundation. The Faculty for the Future awards are open to women academics in science and engineering from developing and emerging countries and provide funding for advanced graduate study. The long-term goal of the program is to generate conditions that result in more young women pursuing scientific disciplines. >>
Image Processing and Mathematical Morphology: Fundamentals and Applications (CRC Publisher, 2009), a new reference book by NJIT computer science professor Frank Y. Shih offers a comprehensive overview of morphological mechanisms and techniques and their relation to image processing. More than merely a tutorial on vital technical information, the book places this knowledge into a theoretical framework. Morphology is the identification, analysis and description of the structure of words. >>
The New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels should make the playoffs in the American League (AL) in 2009 with most other teams lagging well behind. >>
Thirty-five NJIT faculty members and graduate students will present posters describing new research in a wide range of disciplines supported by the National Science Foundation-funded NJIT ADVANCE Program on March 30, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. Speakers at the 2009 NJIT ADVANCE Research Showcase include: Donald Sebastian, PhD, interim provost and senior vice president for research and development at NJIT; Semahat Demir, PhD, NSF Biomedical Engineering Program Director; and Elizabeth Posillico, PhD, president and CEO, Elusys Therapeutics, Inc. >>
To promote the health of at-risk teenagers in Newark and the surrounding area, NJIT has received a $20,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation for New Jersey. >>
The newly-established Academy of Geo-Professionals, established by the American Society of Civil Engineers, will induct NJIT professor of civil engineering Priscilla Nelson, PhD, the former provost, into its inaugural class on March 18, 2009. >>
Distinguished Professor Alok K. Chakrabarti was recognized last week by his friends and colleagues for his years of dedicated service to NJIT's School of Management. Chakrabarti served as the founding dean for the School of Management for more than 11 years and led the school through its initial AACSB accreditation. Since his hire in 1988, he also served as the Foundation Chair in Management of Technology, where he continued to make significant contributions to research in this area. >>
NJIT Mechanical Engineering Professor Presents Poster and Paper
February 23, 2009
Kwabena A. Narh, PhD, associate chair and undergraduate advisor for the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, presented a poster at the National Science Foundation Engineering Education Awardees Conference held in Reston, VA from Feb. 1-3. The title of his poster was "Outcomes and Lesson Learnt at the REU-site on Engineered Nano-Composite Particulate Materials." Narh also recently presented a paper titled "Influence of Deagglomeration States of Carbon Nanotubes on the Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Nanocomposites" at AsiaNaNo 2008, the 2008 Asian Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. >>
NJIT To Host Seminar on Next Generation Nano Carriers for Multifunctional Drug Delivery
February 20, 2009
Robert K. Prud'homme, PhD, professor and director of the Program in Engineering Biology at Princeton University, will discuss "Next Generation Nano Carriers for Multifunctional Drug Delivery, Imaging, and Targeting-How Do We Make Them?" on Feb. 23 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 205. The Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering Graduate Seminar is presented by the NSF-ERC for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS) at NJIT. Contact: R. Dave, firstname.lastname@example.com, (973) 596-5860. >>
NEC Foundation of America Awards Grant to NJIT's Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities
January 23, 2009
NEC Foundation of America has awarded NJIT a $32,000 grant to support the dissemination and use of therapeutic video games to serve children with severe sensory and motor disabilities. >>
NJ Monthly Names NJIT's Altenkirch to Top 100 List for 2009
January 22, 2009
New Jersey Monthly magazine this month named NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch one of New Jersey's most important people to watch in 2009. >>
Donald H. Sebastian, NJIT Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Named Interim Provost
January 20, 2009
NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch has announced the appointment of Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president for research and development, to the position of interim provost, effective Jan. 1, 2009. >>
NJIT's Office of Technology Development To Host Research Commercialization Webinar Series
January 12, 2009
NJIT's Office of Technology Development is hosting an 11-week series of webinars focused on commercialization of research (life science and engineering-based technology), on Wednesdays beginning Jan. 14–March 25, 1-2:30 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center 1403. Co-organized by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer, the course will discuss the practical business and legal issues that researchers need to understand to commercialize their research. Contact Judith Sheft, Associate Vice President Technology Development at 973-596-5825; firstname.lastname@example.com. >>
Donald H. Sebastian, NJIT Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Named Interim Provost
January 08, 2009
NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch has announced the appointment of Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president for research and development, to the position of interim provost, effective Jan. 1, 2009. >>
Montville Resident and NJIT Professor Receives Engineering Honors
January 07, 2009
Nirwan Ansari, of Montville, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, has received two notable honors. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has named him a Fellow for his contributions to broadband networks and communications. Ansari also received an award from the IEEE member and geographic activities board. >>


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Don't forget your pajamas and your favorite stuffed animal, as we enjoy cookies and bedtime stories. This event is intended for 3-5 year olds.
Tom Sawyer - Reader's Theatre
Come experience 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' through Reader's Theatre. Children will be given the opportunity to perform select scenes from this classic. Memorization is not required. All scripts will be available a week prior to event. Please see Ms Maggie for more information or a script. Event is intended for school age children.
Picnics & Picket Fences-The Big Read Closing Event
The final event for The Big Read, "Picnics and Picket Fences", will take place Saturday, May 1 at the Huntsville Botanical Garden from 11 a.m. to 1p.m. Everyone is invited to bring a picnic lunch to the Garden for a fun, modern twist on the fence "white washing" of Tom Sawyer's day. Attendees may enjoy lunch on the grounds of the Garden, then express themselves by painting portions of picket fences with wild, vivid colors! These fence creations will eventually become a permanent feature of the Madison Public Library's "Living Library" children's garden. The Huntsville Botanical Garden will offer FREE admission to the Garden on May 1 in exchange for the donation of a new children's book. These books will become part of the collection at Madison Public Library.
Princesses, Pirates, and Buried Treasure: Fun with Tom and Friends Puppet Show
The Huntsville-Madison County Public Library's Puppet Troupe is back for another fun and busy tour with the show "Princesses, Pirates, and Buried Treasure: Fun with Tom and Friends". The show follows the adventures of Tom Sawyer and his friends Huckleberry Finn and Becky Thatcher. Stories featured in the show: The tall tale of Stormalong, our fractured version of Rapunzel, and a fun bear hunt. Of course there will also be music, dancing, and lots of surprises!
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The Becky Thatcher Tea Party is for ages 5-8 and will generate excitement for the characters in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Attendees will enjoy a real tea service with an etiquette coach to provide tips on the proper behavior at the table.
Becky Thatcher Tea Party
The Becky Thatcher Tea Party is for ages 5-8 and will generate excitement for the characters in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Attendees will enjoy a real tea service with an etiquette coach to provide tips on the proper behavior at the table. Space is limited; please contact the Elixabeth Carpenter Branch Library at 256-723-2995 for more information.


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Happy October 12, 2011!!!
Today is quite busy, we've got four holidays today so it should be jam-packed with celebration! Happy:
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2008 Wooldridge Boats SS Pilothouse 23' DescriptionWhen it comes to big water fishing, cruising and camping, the Wooldridge SS Pilothouse is the boat of choice. The beamy Deep "V" offshore hull is engineered for optimum strength with minimum weight. That makes it lighter for towing and enhances on-the-water performance with modest outboard power. (see performance tests below)
The SS Pilothouse is available in lengths of 23'3" and 26'3" and designed for single or dual outboard power. High sides and an all welded pilothouse cabin with reverse angle three-panel windshield and speckle paint are standard features. Standard as well are the bulkhead and cuddy, the 100 gallon fuel tank, beefyoffshore bracket with huge transom fish box and porta potti in the cuddy , forward walk-around, bow rails, locking rod locker doors and hydraulic steering are standard features.
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- Release Date: Nov 7, 2009
Welcome to the world of The Settlers! You've arrived in a wondrous place populated by Romans, Vikings and Mayans competing or cooperating to reach a variety of goals. These goals include occupying land, ensuring the supply of raw materials, or simply trying to create the most beautiful settlement. There is more than one path which leads to success – you can engage in trade, forge alliances, or lead your army into battle.
Plunge into this adaptation of the critically acclaimed PC game, widely popular for offering a well balanced mix of strategy and building management, now with optimized gameplay for iPhone / iPod touch.
- Gather resources and build a lively and bustling town in an ancient world. Your decisions and skill in managing and protecting your settlement will determine its fate.
- The strength of your units depends on how effectively you have built up your settlement and paid attention to the economic relationships within it.
- Three nations to govern: Conquer new territories, defeat rival armies, and establish an empire with your warriors that encompasses lands and continents.
- A huge number of parameters to manage: Dozens of building's types, settlements, soldiers, raw materials, and much more.
- An accessible game for everybody, thanks to extensive tutorial missions and multi-touch gameplay, ideal for strategy games.… Expand
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Feb 21, 2011The game is both immersive and addicting, involving you as the player and requiring you to keep an eye on a virtual land, it's efficiency and survival. With great in-game graphics and audio, The Settlers is highly recommended for people who digg the likes of Command and Conquer, Age of Empires, or RTS genre.
Feb 21, 2011Although there are no surprises for those familiar with this type of game, The Settlers does deliver where it is expected.
Feb 21, 2011This isn't the most accessible game you'll play, but Core gamers that enjoy RTS titles will eat up The Settlers.
Feb 21, 2011The Settlers for iPhone is still a quality title but I can't recommend it unless you think that balancing your checking account is exciting.


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This week, as kids and adults were wilting in the heat, Christina Duncan Evans, a high school teacher in Baltimore, made the case against summer vacation. "With so many huge education-reform ideas under discussion," she asks, in a piece at Education Week, "why isn't altering summer vacation on the table?"
Evans talks of the loss of knowledge and skills—or "summer slide," as it's now known—during the nine to ten weeks of the U.S. break. A danger, in particular, for low-income students, as the New America Foundation noted in a recent forum on the phenomenon:
The so called "summer slide" in educational achievement hits young children from low-income families the hardest. Without opportunities to read together with adults, to practice new skills and to gain exposure to new words and ideas, far too many young children lose two to three months of reading skills each summer. Scholars have documented that two-thirds of the ninth-grade reading achievement gap can be attributed to this loss in the elementary school years alone.
Evans calls state policymakers on their hypocrisy: how can they claim they're data-driven, and not act on the information they have? And how can they be complicit in maintaining such an antiquated model of schools, one that's wholly inadequate to the task of producing those 21st-century thinkers for a global economy? Our high-performing competitors, she asserts, spread the breaks around, throughout the year. And she's not above venting, noting that the burden of improving outcomes falls disproportionately on the adults working in schools, not on students and families. "Asking ordinary families to make substantial changes is a much tougher sell," she writes—after mentioning the potent summer camp lobby.
Evans is right that teachers bear a great burden. But she needs a little data review herself. As Duke economist Helen Ladd has concluded, citing a robust evidence base, families' socioeconomic status is strongly correlated to student achievement. The education policies du jour—which promote a punitive form of accountability—are putting tremendous pressure on Evans and her peers to compensate for deep, structural inequalities that perpetuate achievement gaps. It's not surprising that she's carping about the length of summer vacation. But she seems to be grasping at straws.
A shorter hiatus, or more frequent breaks, might ward off some of that dreaded skill decline. Some states have already tinkered with this tradition. And it would likely be easier on parents as well. But then there's that powerful camp lobby, protecting its sylvan turf. Participants in the New America event pondered the use of well-deployed technology to close the summer gap, or the ways in which "digital connections might help parents tap into affordable and motivating opportunities for their children to experience the joy of reading and learning, offline and on."
Who can argue against the joy of reading and learning or equitable access to technology? I won't. But here's my beef on the slide. For the children of the socioeconomically well-endowed, for whom "affordable and motivating opportunities" are a dime a dozen, summer has long been a time for fun and daydreaming, playful and intellectual enrichment, and meeting the challenges of nature. A few of the things that we know nurture growth and a sense of competence in children who are lucky enough to have them. Many of the kids we label "disadvantaged" have a surfeit of these opportunities, particularly the ones outdoors—the impetus for the founding of Outdoor Afro, a "social community" that reconnects African-Americans with nature through camping, hiking, biking, birding, fishing, and gardening. The repercussions for children's healthy physical, cognitive, and emotional development in the absence of such experiences are worthy of our serious consideration.
To suggest that "those children" be tethered to technology or consigned to a narrowly focused, academic regimen in the service of benchmark maintenance and ever-higher test scores is to pervert the notion of equity. It's also hypocritical. Would we want the same for "our" children?
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The undersigned organizations with diverse views write to urge that Senate Conferees accede to the House passed-version of the PATRIOT Act with respect to Section 132 of the House bill. It would require a government-wide survey of those federal programs that use "pattern-based" data-mining to identify a "pattern indicating terrorist or criminal activity." This provision would require the first full cataloging and assessment of government programs that employ this emerging technology. The provision would also require the Justice Department to identify legal impediments, if any, to the use of such technology.
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Facebook Mentions Versus Facebook Pages Apps
I want to talk and compare an app that most of you don't have access to: Facebook Mentions and compare it to the Pages App that anyone who has a Facebook page can download and use.
I found out about Facebook Mentions from a banner ad that was at the top of my Facebook account earlier this week…
William Shatner reviews the new Facbook Marketing app
'I have to sort my books!' she cried,
With self-indulgent glee;
With senseless, narcissistic pride:
'I'm just so OCD!'
'How random, guys!' I smiled and said,
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Those thoughts were articulated by a show biz legend, explaining why she feels she's one of the last vaudeville stars: "I don't think it's because people aren't as talented," she said. "I think it's because it's the nature of the game now. "It [used to] take years to become a really polished star, ... More >>
Last night, eternal wit Fran Lebowitz was quizzed by Wickham Boyle (and audience members asking their own questions) in the Surrey Hotel's Presidential suite as the centerpiece of a salon hosted by Watch! magazine. At one point, Lebowitz was asked what she thinks of Hugh Jackman. She didn't pause ... More >>
Bob Fosse's landmark 1972 movie of Cabaret--which was deemed so swirlingly brilliant it beat The Godfather for the Best Director Oscar--will be shown for free at the Ziegfeld, where it originally premiered, on January 31. And some pretty special people are coming, namely Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey ... More >>
The holidays are made for the crazy
This past summer, Liza Minnelli made a sensation by appearing as a guest star for Alan Cumming at a couple of shows at Cherry Grove's Ice Palace, produced by Daniel Nardicio. The gays of a certain age hadn't been so stimulated since Liza's mama played Carnegie Hall. And that wasn't the last excite ... More >>
Yes, that's what Liza Minnelli told New York Times's Jacob Bernstein. But that's just when she's not being hit by a follow spot. Here's her full statement: "From the waist up, I'm Dorothy's daughter. From the waist down, I'm the Tin Man's kid. I feel about 112. Until I hit that stage, and ... More >>
As I wrote, Liza Minnelli just performed at Cherry Grove's Ice Palace, and the whole town was buzzing with excitement, including other island guests like Wanda Sykes and Neil Sedaka. And I got some glimmers of insight into Liza. Someone who had dinner with her on the island told me: "She's always ... More >>
I'll list some currently alive siblings (or semi-siblings) and I'll highlight my favorite of each bunch by putting them in boldface. You tell me your own personal faves in these same groupings. Break the rules and you're no sister of mine. Toni Braxton....Her sisters Joey Luft.....Lorna Luft, ... More >>
Surely you know the song "Some People" from the musical Gypsy. Oh, you're straight and under 50?
"Lies! Lies! Liza Minnelli!" "Husband material? Honey, he was has-been material!" "You know who make really good boyfriends? Prisoners. You always know where they are."
Darren Criss is attracting screaming Gleeks to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and they're filling the seats once occupied by screaming Potterphiles. Which brings to mind the topic of Broadway replacements and how they fare in light of all the hoopla generated by the original star ... More >>
It's up to you, Liza Minnelli
It's on the 13th floor of Resorts' Ocean Tower, but here's hoping that won't be an unlucky roll of the dice. Resorts' LGBT marketing man Joel Ballesteros sent a bunch of us there this weekend for the gala opening, which started with a performance of the old-school drag revue "Believe--Divas ... More >>
The week that was in music: "Weird Al" Yankovic made Lady Gaga blink. Beyoncé overloaded everyone's eardrums. Fleetwood Mac is in rock critics' comfort zone.
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You know how in New York we just walk on by the celebrities who walk among us, sometimes ignoring them completely, sometimes peering at them out of the corner of our eye so they don't notice, because, really, celebrities? Whatever. Such was the case, reports DNA Info, for Mohamed Elsaka, the ... More >>
As Keith Olbermann prepares to move to Current TV, let's reminisce about the naughty things I used to say to him on air--utterances that would make him simultaneously blush and egg me on. Here are the cutest/bawdiest:
Liza courtesy Warner Bros/Angsana show by Sharyn JacksonFarah Angsana or Liza Minnelli?I went to my first-ever Fashion Week show today, and it went above and beyond my wildest expectations. I'd assumed I'd be spotted as an imposter immediately: I don't belong in the same space as women who we ... More >>
They must be! After all, three of their picks for Worst Supporting Actress of the year happen to be huge gay icons. Cher is up for Burlesque
Liza! The gayest night since Stonewall! Some plays are already dead.
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2 years ago
Rush Limbaugh continues his sexist attack on a law student advocating for contraception access, demanding she post sex tapes online
He wasn't content with his earlier comments that Sandra Fluke a "slut" who is "going broke buying contraceptives."
Classy as ever, Rush.
WHAT?! Oh Rush, your rampant sexism makes you look like a monster. Do you think you should get the satisfaction of getting chubs off of some woman just because she's a woman wouldn't mind it if birth control were cheaper? Yes, she sounds awful. I'm glad you're around to put her in her place and make her look like a monster because she may at some point have had sex.
2 years ago
Is The Left Just As Bad As Limbaugh?
Kirsten Powers has written an article in which she claims that the American Left has a double standard when it comes to calling out public figures for misogynistic attacks on women:
[I]f Limbaugh's actions demand a boycott—and they do—then what about the army of swine on the left?
During the 2008 election Ed Schultz said on his radio show that Sarah Palin set off a"bimbo alert."He called Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut." (He later apologized.) He once even took to his blog to call yours truly a "bimbo" for the offense of quoting him accurately in a New York Post column.
Keith Olbermann has said that conservative commentator S.E. Cupp should have been aborted by her parents, apparently because he finds her having opinions offensive. He called Michelle Malkin a "mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick." He found it newsworthy to discuss Carrie Prejean's breasts on his MSNBC show. His solution for dealing with Hillary Clinton, who he thought should drop out of the presidential race, was to find "somebody who can take her into a room and only he comes out." Olbermann now works for über-leftist and former Democratic vice president Al Gore at Current TV.
Her conclusion:
[W]hen it comes to high-profile campaigns to hold these men accountable—such as that waged against Limbaugh—the real fury seems reserved only for conservatives, while the men on the left get a wink and a nod as long as they are carrying water for the liberal cause.
David Frum sinks his teeth in:
The cases that conservatives cite as somehow equivalent to Limbaugh's tirade against Fluke by and large did bring consequences for their authors.
After David Letterman for example made an ugly joke about Sarah Palin's daughter, he delivered an abject seven-minute apology on air. (To which Palin responded by refusing the apology and insinuating that David Letterman was a child molester.)
When liberal talker Ed Schultz nastily called my dear friend Laura Ingraham a "slut" on his radio show, MSNBC responded by suspending Schultz for a week without pay from his TV show. Schultz likewise apologized in person on air. (Ingraham accepted the apology with grace and humor.)
The exception to the general rule is Bill Maher, who never apologized for calling Palin by a demeaning sexual epithet. But…Limbaugh's place in American public life is in no way comparable to that of David Letterman, Bill Maher or Ed Schultz.
Letterman is not a political figure at all; and while Maher and Schultz strongly identify as liberals, neither qualifies as anything like a powerbroker in the Democratic Party. I'm sure the Barack Obama re-election effort is happy to have Maher's million-dollar gift, but I sincerely doubt there is a Democratic congressman who worries much whether Maher criticizes him. A word of criticism from Limbaugh, by contrast, will reduce almost any member of the Republican caucus to abject groveling.
There's even more to it than that though: To the extent that liberal male commentators are getting a pass for misogyny, it's probably because they otherwise advocate for policies that are beneficial for women. Ed Schultz has been a staunch supporter of Women's reproductive rights. Bill Maher has satirized Republican attempts to mandate medically unnecessary sonograms before seeking an abortion. Rush Limbaugh, on the other hand, has a long and rich history of opposing the "projects" of women's rights organizations, and trivializing their political struggles with rank condescension and cavalier sexism.
The reason why Rush Limbaugh's latest comments were so poisonous is because he wasn't just insulting women: his comments potentially caused real harm. Limbaugh's comments were based on a fundamental misunderstanding of reproductive health issues that is extremely detrimental to women; namely, the fact that birth control is not only prescribed for contraceptive purposes.
Birth control is frequently prescribed to treat medical symptoms unrelated to sexual activity. And in the case of the link above, it involves a 16-year old girl who was bleeding profusely due to an irregular menstrual cycle, which was accompanied by psychological distress and crippling pain. This is who Limbaugh was calling a slut. This is who Limbaugh was implicitly asking to make a sex tape so he could masturbate to it. These are the kind of issues that Rush Limbaugh fundamentally does not get. And by extension, his listeners don't get it either.
Unlike Ed Schultz, Letterman, or Maher, Limbaugh was not simply taking a cheap shot at an ideological adversary by exploiting a gendered pejorative. He was denigrating the very real human suffering of women and girls who are in no position to defend themselves from his bilous remarks. Laura Ingraham cannot claim that Ed Schultz made her life more difficult to live when he called her a slut. As bad as it may have been, Schultz simply does not have enough influence on the left to make an impact on the thinking of large groups of people. And Schultz' remarks immediately offended a large portion of his audience. The same cannot be said of Rush Limbaugh.
That's why this time was different. That's why there's no equivocation between Rush's vile assault on reproductive rights, and the alleged double standard that gets applied to liberal commentators. There was much more at stake, from a public policy standpoint, in Rush's comments than there was in the counter-examples from left-leaning commentators. That's why it was a big deal this time around.
2 years ago
Did Limbaugh Finally Find His Rhetorical Ceiling?
In a seemingly unprecedented move, Rep. Boehner has issued a mild rebuke of Limbaugh's comments about Sandra Fluke, calling them "inappropriate." Several advertisers have pulled their ads from his show. Limbaugh is definitely catching some negative pushback on this one.
I'm happy that something Limbaugh has said is finally generating some pushback amongst the business community and his political allies. But I can't help but wonder what it was about this particular comment that finally resulted in that pushback. What Limbaugh said about Fluke was shameless, idiotic, and mean-spirited. But no less so than many of the absolutely abhorent things Limbaugh has over the course of his career. It has almost unviersally been the case that, more often than not, when Limbaugh says something terrible, he not only suffers no backlash, he actually benefits from the negative attention, because he turns it into another talking point to criticize his political opponents.
To wit: back in October, Limbaugh infamously gaffe'd by defending the Lord's Resistance Army, an organization so heinous that there is a website devoted to tracking in real-time the amount of human rights violations they commit. While Limbaugh was panned by all the usual suspects at the time (i.e. those of us who hate Rush Limbaugh), there really was no quantifiably bad result for Rush. To my knowledge, there were no petition drives, no calls for pulling advertising, and no unusual public outcry. His employer had nothing really to say about it (given how much money he brings in). If defending the LRA doesn't push Limbaugh over the edge, why would invidious sexism (which he has a proud history of) be the coup d'etat that finally results in some negative backlash?
The only thing that comes to mind is timing. The Republican "War on Women" has been raging fairly hot these past couple years. In fact, the number of anti-reproductive choice bills being submitted in state legislatures has been unprecedented in the modern era. The chart below demonstrates this quite vividly:
(via Daily Kos)
Over the past few years, we've seen Republican-led state legislatures declare war on Planned Parenthood, attempts to pass personhood amendments, a debate over mandating insurance coverage for contraception, and most recently, bills which mandate transvaginal ultrasounds prior to receiving an abortion. We are, in other words, in the midst of an all-out war on reproductive rights; and female voters (and their male allies) are organizing politically to fight this trend. And the polls are on their side on virtually every one of these issues. In short, Rush may have simply chosen the wrong time to call women advocating for reproductive rights sluts. They are politically organized, and both men & women are afraid of losing some of the reproductive freedom that they now enjoy. If that's the impetus behind the substantive backlash against Rush, then I welcome this latest batch of serendipity.
I welcome it not least because Rush needs to be discredited among those sympathetic to his political stances whenever possible. A small business that advertises on his show might conceivably share his beliefs about high tax burdens and over-regulation. But those small businesses are not stupid. They know that associating one's self with Rush's show means associating with Rush's rhetoric. And if people who are otherwise sympathetic to Rush's message start abandoning him, he will start losing credibility amongst the very people who keep him relevant. I welcome the day that Rush Limbaugh finally recedes into the chasm of political obscurity, where his blathering can no longer infect impressionable minds from the comfort of his echo chamber. Here's to hoping this is the beginning of that journey.
2 years ago
Rush Limbaugh continues his sexist attack on a law student advocating for contraception access, demanding she post sex tapes online
He wasn't content with his earlier comments that Sandra Fluke a "slut" who is "going broke buying contraceptives."
Classy as ever, Rush.
WHAT?! Oh Rush, your rampant sexism makes you look like a monster. Do you think you should get the satisfaction of getting chubs off of some woman just because she's a woman wouldn't mind it if birth control were cheaper? Yes, she sounds awful. I'm glad you're around to put her in her place and make her look like a monster because she may at some point have had sex.
3 years ago
I've had such — and still do — profound respect, admiration, and even envy for your intellect at times.


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It seems that the power of graphic tees has often been diluted and reduced to badly colored and tightly fitting tattoo tees. Frankly, it's time for a change. What happened to tees that provided messages beyond the fact of someone being a brand whore?
Well, we bring to you Profound Aesthetic. This emerging fashion line creates graphic tees that are not only aesthetically appealing, but bring a unique, intellectual message within every design. Through carefully selected colors, powerful images, and thought-provoking messages, Profound Aesthetic is leading a change in the way we wear and think about graphic tees. As the brand begins to expand beyond tees, we definitely suggest you be on the lookout for this line in the future.
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- Leandrew Robinson, Karmaswap
1.) Where are you from? What do you do for a living?
Located right in the heart of the Jersey, we are an hour away from the greatest city on the planet: NYC, the inspiration of all inspirations. Our living is our passion, and that is making Profound Aesthetic the next big thing. They say once you start doing what you really love, work doesn't seem like work anymore and that's the holy truth!
2.) What kind of product do you produce? Also, your name is dope, how did you come up with that?
We create concept tees that are visually appealing yet profoundly stimulating to the new trend of intellectuality in urban culture. You see it everywhere, rappers are becoming more conscious of their lyrics, well spoken, well read; fashion is becoming more sophisticated and daring and we are finally starting to use our own mind to think and be conscious of our surroundings. It's a beautiful thing and we celebrate it.
We landed with our name when we sat down and thought about what it is that we are trying to promote and we kept it simple. We wanted an aesthetically pleasing tee that was profound beyond just the visual and that's exactly what we did. It's kind of like Kanye's music; if you like the sound of his songs and don't listen to the lyrics, cool. But if you love his composition of finely tuned beats with well thought out lyrics you develop a deeper love for it. But, either way, you really enjoy his music. Our concept is pretty much based on the same principle and it's been working quite well. You can love the design or you can love the design and the message behind it.
3.) Your artwork is clean and as your name suggests aesthetically profound, who does the artwork and where did you perfect your craft? When did you get involved with selling it to people?
The founder of the brand, Faraz Zaidi, does the artwork. He is a graphic designer of the highest mark with a vision that is truly impressive. He started his very own graphic
design company at the age of 15 and its been magic since. I imagine he perfected his craft with a crazy artist mind that needed to release the tornado of his thoughts and ideas on a computer screen. With his artist ability and the collaboration of the entire teams creativity, we started to release our stuff in the market when we came to the realization that we really had a solid concept. When the founder of Porsche couldn't find the car he wanted to drive he went into his garage and made his own. We did the same thing, our mind-lab being a mac monitor screen.
4.) Highlight 2-3 items and briefly describe the purpose of them.
Our very first t-shirt was the Peace by Piece tee. The concept is as simple as the layout of the design. It sort of mimics Michael Jackson's, "Man in the Mirror" concept. Peace
cannot be attained overnight, or by some grand scheme but rather you have to start with yourself and be the change you want to see in the world. It's a positivist attitude,
primarily, that we stand for which is duplicated in each design we release.
The bird with headphones tee is another one that really highlights the vastness of our creativity. We go to a lot of tradeshows, events, charities, conferences etc. and this tee is always the most interesting with respect to how people react to it. It's truly up for any sort of interpretation and we've gotten some pretty dope ideas since its release. One of my favorites is, "the hummingbird is known for the beauty in its melodious chirp, it's therefore ironic that the bird is listening to the melodies of man-made sounds through headphones/speakers." I actually wrote a blog entry [on the brand] at I AM PROFOUND BLOG about the different interpretations we've gotten since its release. Check it out. It just goes to show you how amazing art is and to be able to express your art on a t-shirt that every single person you pass by gets to see, that's pretty powerful, and hey, if you just like the image that's cool too.
The "Mind is my Nine" tee is perhaps one of our best selling t-shirts. Something about it really appeals to people and we're happy to see that, not because we are selling them like hotcakes but because people are actually starting to appreciate their given ability to use their minds and peace is actually becoming a trend. When we first came up with the design, I was thinking it was only going to appeal to men but, that is certainly not the case. We sell this tee equally to women. The beautiful part about it is the irony presented in the tee. The words say to use your mind as your weapon, but visually you see a gun blasting with what is seemingly blood. It kind of forces you to look a little deeper and wonder, "whats up with the gun?" and once people understand it, they stand there for a second and say, "that's dope."
5.) What kinds of influences are reflected in what you produce?
We are influenced by everything around us. From hip-hop, to technology, to art, to something as simple as a tree. We come up with our design concepts just by living our
day-to-day lives and observing our surroundings with a constant feel good attitude. Einstein once said, "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." You can imagine, we chose the latter and it feels pretty damn good.
6.) What are the ultimate goals of your line?
We ultimately want to develop a full-fledged clothing line beyond just t-shirts. Fashion is in our blood; being unique, well that's pretty much what we do. When you collaborate the two it's powerful. We want to share our abilities with the world and be as strong and influential as one of our greatest fashion heroes, Ralph Lauren. He started by making ties, and it's pretty safe to say he is timeless now with creativity that never seizes to amaze. We want to mimic his success and we are confident we are on the path to achieving it.
7.) What are your opinions of the new Karmaswap? How do you see this affecting concrete culture?
Karmaswap is a real dope concept. A lot of people don't really realize that what karmaloop represents is more than just some shoes or clothes, it represents an entire
culture, a culture of hip-hop heads, sneaker heads, and fashion heads that are unique, think outside the box and got some serious style and a feel good attitude. Every single
thing on your site is different from anything you see at your local mall. It is no wonder you guys are the gurus of concrete culture. And the ability to exchange, swap, buy, sell and recycle is genius. I know I don't mind exchanging a solid pair of kicks with someone across the country so I can constantly stay fresh. And that's exactly what karmaswap is, a recycling of the freshest stuff to stay fly. It's solid.


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Keep us, oh God, from pettiness
Let us be large in thought in word, in deed.
Let us be done with faultfinding and leave off self-seeking.
May we never be hasty in judgement and always generous.
Let us take time for all things, make us to grown calm, serene, gentle.
Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightforward, and unafraid.
Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differences, that in the big things of life we are at one.
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