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Linwood Dunn Theater
Completed in 2003, the Linwood Dunn Theater is the Academy's newest theater. This state-of-the-art screening facility holds 286 seats and was named in honor of visual effects pioneer Linwood Dunn. The screening room is designed to provide reference standard presentation of 16, 35, and 70mm motion picture formats for both image and sound quality. The theater is also equipped for digital presentation. In addition, the theater serves as a venue for lectures, panel discussions and Academy forums on a variety of subjects.
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- Accessibility Services and Assistive Listening Devices: Wheelchair access is provided. Wireless assistive listening devices for the hearing impaired are available upon request.
- Security: Please be advised that members of the public attending events at the Academy's theaters are subject to security checks: a visual inspection of all purses/bags and metal detector screening.
- Food and Beverages: No food or beverages of any kind are allowed in our theaters. Filtered water fountains are located in the lobbies.
- Photography: No unauthorized photography is allowed.
- Seating: General admission seats are unreserved. Doors typically open one hour before the start of each event. Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time. There is no late seating.
- Stand-By Seating: Subject to availability, stand-by tickets for any unfilled seat will be purchasable shortly before the beginning of a sold-out event. Holding a previously purchased ticket does not guarantee a seat after that time.
- No Refunds / No Exchanges: However, for SOLD OUT events only, a refund can be issued in advance. Tickets are never refundable after an event.
- Autographs: As a courtesy to speakers, hosts and invited guests, the Academy has a "no autographs" policy at all events.
The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at the Academy's Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study at:
1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, California 90028
Complimentary parking is provided in the Academy's lot adjacent to the Pickford Center, (enter off Homewood, one block north of Fountain). Parking facilities close 30 minutes after the conclusion of an event.


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This hot hunk got the full treatment today. Not one, not two, but three horny gay college boyfriends decided to sit him down on a chair and blindfold so that he could not see what they were about to do. What they will do is give him a ride he will never forget, nibbling every inch of his body, blowing on his cock until he cums. It's a three on one gay boyfriend fuck-a-thon!
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When you are in a college full of horny gay boyfriends, you really have to prove yourself at sucking cock if you want to get a head (no pun intended). Here we see the newest member of the gay college boyfriends dorm room getting down on his scabby knees and shows what he can do with a big cock in his mouth. You're up dude, now do your thing!
There is only one way to get into this prestigious gay college dorm room. They have to get completely nude and and go through a humiliating, yet entertaining initiation. Things sometimes get so rough that these guy guys get fucked in their asses and made to suck cock on camera. Watch as they go through an intense initiation process that will treat them like the fags they are.
When I first came across this college boyfriend blog I was surprised by how little actual time any of these spend in class. It looked like they had no time to study but plenty of time to pose naked and show off their juicy big cocks in real homemade amateur pictures. This dude loves boyfriend porn and he shared his own picture posing in the shower, a hand on his bulging piece of mean meat. He knows you want him, what a confident (almost cheeky) young man. This is the kind of college I would love to attend. Where do I sign up?
All College BFs who want to be part of this elite gay group of buddies has to go through the initiation test. This usually means getting down on your knees and sucking one (or several) of the member's cocks. All in all it is not that bad of an initiation trial, since these hoy college boyfriends loving giving head anyway. They blow on cock with great pleasure and are honored to join this group of sexy college boys.
Is this really what goes down behind the closed doors of gay college boyfriends dorm rooms? One can dare to dream. These four gay guys certainly got creative today. Two of them sat down on chairs and were blindfolded with t-shirts, while the other two got down on their knees and proceeded to give excellent head. This college blowjob foursome is one of the best gay cock sucking pics we ever seen!


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I think this is awesome . I mean when I think of Nick Cage's movie's some of them are just straight Rock n Roll like Raising Arizona and Con Air but the you have movies like Ghost Rider,and Season of the Witch which are straight heavy metal. If you want to be snobby and pontificate on the arrogance of comparing himself to the prolific greatness that is Led Zeppelin, you can go back to your playpen with the other kids who didn't want to see a sequel to anything or liked the first A7x album and think all others suck. I mean really, lighten up. We're supposed to be the cool people here. I don't think Jimmy Page feels threatened by this so why should you.
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Houston police were called to a home in the 6,000 block of Claridge in southwest Houston early Thursday morning. According to Sgt. W.L. Meeler the small, one story brick home serves as a group facility for the mentally challenged. In the predawn hours, a fight broke out between the person who runs the home and one of the residents. The resident reportedly struck and injured the man in the face. The man in charge tells police he restrained the resident by putting him in a chokehold. The resident passed out and by the time paramedics arrived the resident was dead inside. At least six people live in the house which sits on a quiet street near the community clubhouse and pool.
Sgt. Meeler found that another call to police was placed from the home earlier in the evening. The same resident had been found wandering in the Alief area and was brought back to the house. According to Sgt. Meeler, the officers did not indicate that the man was violent at the time.
Russ Hemati has lived on the street for 3 years and had no idea the house was a group home. "Nothing ever happened before this. This is strange." he says. He describes the street as very quiet.
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This exquisite property has been lovingly cared for by its owners and has been furnished and equipped to an exceptionally high standard. It overlooks the pool and tropical gardens on one side and the sea on the other, making it light, bright and airy. The newly renovated kitchen is open plan with large breakfast bar, hob, oven/microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, as well as microwave, toaster etc.
In the spacious lounge there are two large comfy sofas, large 32" TV with DVD and all UK channels, there are French windows that open onto a sizable covered terrace complete with terrace furniture and stunning views of the sea and coastline. The main bedroom includes a fully fitted wardrobe, queen size bed and picture window with wonderful views of the sea and coast.
The second bedroom has two full size divan single beds, fitted wardrobe and chest of drawers, the window overlooks the gardens and the pool. In the fully tiled bathroom there is a full size shower with overhead power spray. Both bedrooms have oscillating fans for those barmy Summer nights.
It is fully equipped with crockery/cutlery and all linen and towels are provided free of charge.
Just outside is a stunning pool with a shallow end for children/non-swimmers and large sun terraces overlooking the sea, to ensure a real feeling of being on holiday.
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|Nearest airport: Mahon 20 km
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|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
|DVD player, Sea view
|CD player, Safe, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron
|Clothes dryer, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 1 Shower rooms
|Single beds (2), Double beds (1), Cots (1), Dining seats for 4, Lounge seats for 5
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
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The resort of Playas de Fornells is different from what many people expect a seaside resort to be, it is the very essence of peacefulness and tranquility as there are no nightclubs nor does it have wall to wall bars. The emphasis is on 'Tranquilo' - where you are encouraged to simply relax and let the world pass-by. The peacefulness together with the self-sufficiency of this resort make it an ideal destination for both families and couples of any age.
The capital of Mahon is well worth a visit as is the spectacular harbour (second largest in the world) and visit the little 'tiendas' and tapas bars in the old city squares and along the harbour.
The old capital of Ciutadella is a medieval walled city that was built by wealthy merchants and still contains many of their palaces, try the cobbled narrow streets that adorn the old city centre near the cathedral or visit the old fish market or the fruit and vegetable stalls. The island has over 300 beaches most of them unspoilt, having no commercial activity at all,
Wherever you go whatever you do on this little island you will never forget that you are in Spain, here there is not the rampant commercialism of the mainland costas, nor the wall to wall 'chips with everything' bars and restaurants of Mallorca and the mainland, no 10 foot straw donkeys or 6 foot sombreros, gone are McDonalds, Primark or Marks and Spencers.
Instead there are 200 year old merchants palaces , tiny 'locals' where you can sip a sangia and listen to the chatter of the Menorquines, harbours where you can watch the fish being landed from fishing 'llauts' some older than the owners. Watch in awe at the skill of the 'caixers' riding the famous black Menorcan horses in the jaleos during fiesta, listen and watch the local dance troops singing and dancing in the town squares all dressed in traditional Menorcan clothes.
Menorca is where you sit, relax let the world drift by and pretend, if only for a short while, that you are in a time long lost in the modern world.
The uniqueness of the design and the sensational location has made this resort one of the most photographed in the Mediterranean and featured on several Spanish TV channels, it has also been designated as 'A place of special interest' by the Spanish Tourist Board. The safe and sandy beach is only a few minutes walk short walk .
Apart from beach there are numerous inlets perfect for swimming or snorkelling. There is also spectacular coastal walk to the internationally acclaimed fishing village of Fornells. The resort includes several small but well stocked supermarkets, as well as friendly café/bars and excellent restaurants. All the properties either have a pool or within a minute of one


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The sections spun by the media are from the section of the interview entitled, "the Church as Field Hospital." He is speaking of the role of the priests as confessors to heal the wounds of sin. His point is that the first thing that has to be proclaimed is the Gospel.
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18 Cliffe High St GB - Lewes BN7 2AJ
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Light lunches in a buzzy atmosphere; more intimate dinners. Fresh, seasonal, local produce is cooked in an unfussy style to create honest, tasty dishes, including plenty of British favourites. Fine selection of cakes served during the day.2014
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Chapel Ln GB - East Chiltington BN7 3BA
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Grey clapperboard pub that's popular with the locals. Choose from interesting bar bites, good value set menus, a rustic European-based à la carte and blackboard specials; many of the herbs and fruits are from their own polytunnel.2014
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Katie and Luke were married on a gorgeous, snowy wintery day. When I saw the snow falling down that morning, I looked up to the sky with a huge smile, with gratitude and happiness. It was going to be a beautiful day, I could already feel it. They had a great lineup of vendors, all who did an amazing job. Not to mention, all the hard work and hours put in by Katie, Luke, and their families. They did the invitations, table numbers, and all paper details themselves, and the amazing ceremony arch, which you'll see in a bit, was made by Katie's dad from trees from their land. I just love all of their wintery, woodsy, yet unmistakably glam details. Their ceremony was held at Dimnent Memorial Chapel on the campus of Hope College in Holland, reception was at Harbourfront Grand Hall in Grand Haven. Katie's bouquet and the rest of the gorgeous flowers were done by Ludemas. Love!
The girls got their hair done at Panopoulos Salon in Holland
Katie had her makeup done by the lovely and talented Julie Strating.
Tip for brides with all those lovely little buttons: crochet hook! We used these on my dress too :)
And the moment when a bride really feels like a bride: the veil.
For their First Look, Katie walked down the aisle to Luke. One of my favorite moments of the day, and it is so easy to see why. ::swoon!::
We braved the outdoors for some romantic, snowy shots. Well, THEY braved the cold. I was wearing a sweaterdress, cozy tights & boots! But the light, the snowflakes… ah, SO worth it!
I can't get enough of her bouquet, seriously!
I love a dramatic veil!
Let's get the rest of the bridal party out here! Such a fun, great-looking group! The deep purple tea-length dresses were a perfect choice, along with the vintagey pendant necklaces and peep-toe pumps. Fabulous!
The guys were well-accessorized as well! Diggin' the socks, men!
I took just a couple more photos of Katie, just before she walked down the aisle ~
One of everyone's favorite moments of the day – Luke played the piano during the ceremony. So romantic!
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Sparkler sendoff!! <3
Lovely little white cake by Connie's Cakes. And again, those beautiful flowers from Ludemas! Music provided by Ryan Shine of Top 5 Entertainment.
All the candles, twigs, and paper details came together so beautifully for a warm, inviting reception
Each table had a different number, each with a story. Very cool!
I loved this for the seating chart!
Congratulations!! Wishing you the very best!


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Cross the tracks and take a left to find a parking place, by the old train shed is ideal.
Walk back towards the Farm and follow the road into the farmyard taking the first left, follow this track over the bridge and along until solid (Non-marsh) ground can be crossed up to the ice
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HomeWork Solutions Inc. is the leading authority on household payroll and taxes - the "Nanny Taxes." Since 1993 HWS has assisted tens of thousands of household employers with their payroll and tax compliance for their nanny, housekeeper, senior caregivers and other household employees.
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Understanding the Employer's Role with Unemployment
When you hire someone to work in your home, you become a household employer. You are required to pay unemployment taxes, as well as other payroll taxes. Like thousands of other clients, you outsource all compliance activities to HomeWork Solutions - choosing a service level that best fits your needs.
All household employer's pay onto the unemployment system, which pools all employer paid taxes to fund unemployment benefits to workers who are discharged through no fault of their own. The average cost to an employer is $350 annually per employee.
Nanny and senior caregiver arrangements always end – either the child and family outgrow the need or the senior passes or is moved to a group care setting. You let your household employee go. Your role as employer is done. You reach out to HWS to finalize your tax reporting paperwork and to notify the state that you are "out of business".
Your former employee is now looking for a new family to work with and is not finding a job as quickly as she had hoped. She applies for unemployment benefits to help her during this job transition. She provides prior job information to the state's Unemployment Office. The Unemployment Office sends you a questionnaire to complete.
The state determines eligibility for unemployment benefits (sometimes referred to as unemployment insurance) and the payments are paid by the state to the former employee who is unemployed and activity looking for work. The state uses money from the pool of monies you have paid into the unemployment system – hence the term 'insurance'. You, the former household employer, will receive statements of payments made to her. These are not billed to you, they are strictly informational and no action or additional payments are required.
Unemployment insurance is an important safety net for your former nanny or senior caregiver. You have done the right thing by paying your caregiver 'on the books' and now you can rest assured that, although your arrangement is over, your former employee has an income stream while she searches for that next position.
The work agreement (sometimes called a contract) you negotiate with your nanny, housekeeper, or elder care provider sets the professional tone of the work relationship right from the start. A carefully thought out work agreement will help the employer avoid future problems and misunderstandings with the employee.
Household employees are paid hourly by law. Realistically, most families agree with their nanny or senior caregiver on a weekly or daily pay rate. That is perfectly fine - so long as you do the necessary translation to state this, in writing, as an hourly pay rate.
Why is this important? Your household employee is entitled to overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a week. Most nannies and eldercare providers work more than 40 hours weekly. In a dispute, the weekly salary you agreed to will be presumed to cover 40 hours of work - even though you intend it to cover 45 or more. Getting this detail down in writing will avoid unpaid wage claims and create the foundation for computing extra wages for those occasional times when you need your household employee for more than her standard hours.
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Household workers are employed in your private home. They become privy to many personal aspects of your life, health, and household that you would prefer remain private. A confidentiality clause in the work agreement simply makes sense and provides an opening for you to have a frank discussion with your employee about respecting each other's privacy and keeping private matters confidential.
Everyone has heard the story of the nightmare nanny on the news - the California nanny who refused to move out of her employer's home after she was fired. If you have a live-in household worker, a tenancy clause is important protection from this dreadful (albeit rare) occurance.
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Monday, September 1 is Labor Day in the U.S. - a Federal holiday that many nannies and caregivers receive as a paid holiday. Families often struggle with how to calculate the employee's paycheck, especially overtime pay, when a paid holiday is in the pay period.
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HWS has been providing Nanny Tax compliance services since 1993. Did you know, in a recent client survey, the biggest motivation for employers in outsourcing nanny tax compliance is the time saved?How much time an individual would spend on their nanny taxes will of course vary between individuals. The IRS estimates that record-keeping, keeping familiar with the law, and tax return completion can run 60 hours per year. Record-keeping accounts for the lions share of the time, an activity that needs to be done every payroll period.I was chatting with a client today. This gentleman has used our services for many years, and his household circumstances are changing. In the course of the conversation, I asked him what factors caused him to continue using our services year after year. He answered without hesitation "The time savings!" He went on to state that he actually spends only about one hour a year on his nanny taxes - primarily in collecting his information and responding to our quarterly requests for wage reports. (This client is a NaniTax Plus subscriber.) He was certain that he had never filed a tax return on time before hiring HomeWork Solutions, and that the savings in late fees alone was more than our fee. I suspect some exaggeration, but not much!
HomeWork Solutions provides fully outsourced payroll (with direct deposit) and tax solutions, as well as less expensive options when you choose to write your own paychecks. HWS allows registered clients to calculate their payroll online, save all payroll records to your account and then write your own check to your household worker. Reporting wages is as easy as logging into your account, selecting the payroll records and electronically submitting them for processing. Status emails are the norm - we confirm you have sent your information, we confirm we have received your information, we confirm tax amounts due when we are collecting the taxes, and we confirm when your quarterly or annual filings are complete. Or, as this client remarked, "I send you the information, I don't need to think about it again."
Do you want to do the right thing and pay your fair share of taxes for your household employee, but hesitate to make this time commitment? Give us a call and learn more about how HWS can simplify this for you. You have better things to do with your time, right?
The CPA or accounting professional is often the first resource a family consults when hiring a nanny or senior caregiver. Families have questions about their tax responsibilities and the myriad rules and responsibilities that surround their new role as a household employer. You of course are knowledgeable about household employment taxes (the so-called "nanny taxes") and have probably assisted many families to report and pay these taxes as part of your personal income tax practice. While you and the family can of course refer to IRS Publication 926 for specifics about Federal household employment tax reporting, your experience tells you this is not the end of the story.
Most families don't have the expertise, time or inclination to address these obligations properly. All too often, you are consulted after mistakes have been made, deadlines have been missed and the family finds themselves in a dubious pen-pal relationship with one or more taxing authorities.
You can help your clients avoid some very common mistakes by coaching them on key elements of their caregiver's compensation agreement. A family that covers these bases at the time of hire not only solidifies the employment relationship with their caregiver, they also establish a framework that helps them avoid costly wage disputes down the road. Clear communication on important aspects of the financial relationship is essential.
1. Always state wages in gross pay terms!
Many household workers have never worked 'on the books' and have no working understanding of payroll taxes. It is common for the caregiver to state their salary requirements or hear a job offer in net wage, or take home pay, terms. Your client and their caregiver are often not speaking the same language; it is imperative that your client take the time to explain what the wage offer is, as well as what taxes they will be deducting from the paycheck. Suggest they use an online payroll calculator to prepare a sample paycheck calculation and go over this in detail.
2. Detail payroll tax deductions!
Your client, as a household employer, is responsible for Social Security, Medicare and unemployment taxes. Household employers, however, are not legally required to deduct income taxes from their caregiver's wage. Your client may tell the caregiver that they are "deducting taxes", and when a W-2 form is prepared the caregiver realizes no income taxes were deducted and they owe what is to them a substantial tax bill. A best practice is to provide a pay stub with each paycheck with clear itemization of wage calculations and tax deductions. The household worker who may have been paid cash under the table in previous jobs may need some extra hand holding to help them understand.
3. Pay by the hour, and don't forget the overtime!
The Fair Labor Standards Act classifies household employees as non-exempt workers. Non-exempt workers are hourly employees, and they must be paid for every hour worked. Many families will offer a fixed weekly wage that they guarantee. It is imperative; however, that this wage be documented at its proper hourly rate, including an overtime rate if required. Anytime a caregiver works extra hours outside the weekly guaranteed schedule, the family must pay for those extra hours. It is illegal to offer compensatory (comp) time or to bank hours. A work week is defined as a fixed 7-day period, and hours over 40 must be paid an overtime differential of at least 1.5 times the regular hourly rate in accordance with state and federal law.
State regulations increasingly are expanding domestic worker rights and protections – household employees in California, Hawaii, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts and Minnesota all enjoy workplace rights that exceed those established at the federal level. Many other states are considering proposals that expand domestic worker rights. Labor law enforcement has stepped up nationally, and household employees increasingly are encouraged to file wage and hour grievances when they believe their payroll is not being properly calculated.
Special Rules for Live-In Caregivers: Federal law does not require a family to pay an overtime differential to live-in caregivers, but these workers must be paid their hourly rate for every hour worked. Bear in mind, however, that many states have stricter standards and your clients are bound by the rules and regulations in their state.
4. Document paid time off, including sick and holiday pay!
Your client is not required by federal law to provide any paid time off for vacation, sick or holiday pay to a household employee. Most household employers offer some basic paid time off to help attract and retain the better workers, and state and local ordinances are in place across the country to provide a minimum suite of paid time off benefits to household workers. Your client may wish to pay for certain federal holidays, for example. These should be specifically identified in the written compensation agreement. Family policy for vacation and sick pay, including accrual, must also be articulated.
5. Get Ahead of the Curve!
All too often clients will wait until tax time to mention that they hired a household employee, thinking that, as their accountant, you will take care of their obligations with their personal tax filing. While this is true for Federal household payroll taxes, they don't realize that state requirements, such as new hire reporting, quarterly unemployment tax filings, worker's compensation insurance requirements, etc., are issues best addressed at the time of hire and not months later during tax season.
For this reason we recommend that you include a friendly reminder in your periodic communications to your high net worth clients reminding them to contact you if and when they hire a domestic employee and not wait until tax season so that you can get them setup correctly from the get go.
If your firm does not specialize in household payroll, refer to a trusted partner that specializes in household payroll that can assist your clients with expert advice at the point of hire. A household payroll service like HomeWork Solutions will help the family address all of the issues above, including obtaining worker's compensation insurance. Proactively addressing the issue with your clients will save you time and valuable resources during critical tax season. Furthermore, you strengthen the relationship between you and the client because it demonstrates that you and your practice are dedicated to looking out for their best interests.
By Dr. Lindsay Heller, Psy. D.
Working with a nanny can be one of the most rewarding options your family chooses in their lifetime. The key to a successful relationship with your nanny is without fail having a clear and open communication channel. In light of recent events in the news showcasing untraditional situations portraying nannies in a negative light, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that these families failed to implement the following things. Let's use this as a learning tool to move forward and do things the proper way!
Have A Formal Work Agreement
It is way too often that I see families taking on new nannies and just starting to pay them under the table because things appear to be "working out just right." Inviting someone into your home on such a frequent basis requires deliberate care and decision-making. Yet despite how intuitive or excited you might feel about your new nanny, it's imperative that you have a written work agreement outlining duties expectations, rates, holidays etc. – anything and everything that you would see in a formal contract of any nature. If and when expectations change in the future from either you or your nanny, you will want to have everything cleanly and neatly written down to avoid disaster down the line!
Establish Preferred Mode(s) of Communication
The way that each mom or dad prefers to be contacted will of course vary from family to family. I have and always will stand by that in-person communication trumps all! There is nothing like face-to-face connection in order to get your point across or to set guidelines clearly and efficiently. Be sure to set-up with your nanny how you would like to be contacted on a daily basis. Are you looking for daily text check-ins? Do you prefer a weekly e-mail summary of updates, photos, or thoughts? What is the most appropriate form of communication in your household? Decide before hiring your nanny and then set the expectations. A new popular idea is that nannies are keeping written Kid Logs, kind of like a journal, only it's made specifically for the parents with weekly updates. This is a great memento for the kids down the line, too!
Address Conflicts Immediately
While in an ideal world, everything in our household would run smoothly 24/7, as parents, we know that this is often far from the case. If and when conflicts arise or you see something that your nanny is doing you'd like done differently, do not hesitate to reach out and gently acknowledge the issue at hand. Tip: Do wait until the children are in another room, or are sleeping etc., as they should not be exposed to witnessing the conflict. But I encourage you to reach out to your nanny right away. Use a firm but caring voice, ask questions, and offer suggestions as to how the situation can improve. Holding in your feelings will only prolong the situation and make things worse. Nip conflicts in the bud and you'll feel happier and more relaxed, trust me!
Dr. Heller is a mother of two sweet girls. When she's not playing "tea party," she's a professional nanny consultant known as The Nanny Doctor. She blogs, tweets, and Facebooks endless nanny wisdom. Check her out here at TheNannyDoctor.com or on Twitter @thenannydoctor.
Thank you Dr. Heller for sharing your wisdom with HomeWork Solutions' followers.
Massachusetts' Domestic Workers' Bill of Rights (DWBR), S.2132, passed the MA Senate on May 8, the MA State House on June 18, and signed into law by Gov. Duval Patrick on July 2, 2014. The bill goes into effect April 2015.
The MA DWBR is largely modeled after similar laws in California, New York and Hawaii. It expands upon the other states' laws by including job protection for maternity leave and defined notice of termination. It will guarantee a nanny, housekeeper or senior caregiver in Massachusetts:
The MA DWBR also expressly codifies in state law several domestic worker rights and domestic employer obligations addressed in the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA already covers all Massachusetts domestic service workers such as a nanny, housekeeper or senior caregiver. That means domestic workers in Massachusetts do not need to wait for the MA DWBR to become effective to have these protections. These include:
Household employers in Massachusetts have until April 2015 to complete the necessary paperwork and insure that their employment arrangement meets the minimum requirements of the MA DWBR.
HomeWork Solutions simplifies the "nanny taxes" and household payroll for thousands of families nationwide. We love talking with our clients and other families - for more than 20 years we have provided free telephone consultations.
I spoke to a prospective client today on the phone. She just hired a senior caregiver - a woman she calls "Mom's helper" - to come in daily to assist her mother around the house. Her mother has had a series of falls recently, none serious, and needs basic help and companionship at home during the day while her daughter is working. As a sandwich generation daughter of a mother with similar issues with aging, I completely understood why she took this step and the challenges she faces trying to balance her Mom's needs and her own professional and economic needs.
The senior caregiver used to work for a big national senior care chain, one that advertises on TV all the time, and she is accustomed to regular payroll. My caller never thought of payroll taxes until the caregiver questioned her when she was written her first "paycheck." Like many of our callers, she was looking for a way out, a way that she could feel justified in treating Mom's helper as an independent contractor.
The reality is that the caregiver IS an employee. Employee's receive instruction or direction on the job, the employer has the right to tell them what to do, how to do it, when to do it. The caregiver also is paid a wage - she has no opportunity for profit or loss. My caller can also discharge or fire the caregiver for an reason, or no reason at all, without penalty.
I explained to the daughter that this is not ALL negative! No one likes paying taxes or the paperwork of course, but there are some particular benefits to the family here. Unemployment insurance is a big protection for the family and the caregiver. Should the caller's Mom need to transition to more managed care in a facility and no longer need her helper, the worker can file for unemployment benefits. I reminded my caller that these transitions often come with little or no warning - a fall or serious illness can change mom's care needs overnight. I also encouraged the daughter to quickly obtain Workers' Compensation insurance (HWS has a partner who works with our clients on this!). There is a real risk that the caregiver could actually become injured 'helping' Mom, and this is important protection of the daughter's assets should there be an un-insured workers' compensation claim.
My caller enrolled for HWS' NaniPay full payroll service - and completely outsourced the bi-weekly payroll and all tax filing and remittance to us. At the end of the call she remarked that she had been so worried about how to proceed and was so grateful that HWS took the time to counsel her, guide her and point out the relatively easy steps she could take to protect herself and Mom's helper. This client can now focus on what is important to her - the well-being of her mother and helping her realize her desire to age in her own home safely and well cared for.
Hiring elder care is complicated enough balancing the wishes of the aging parents and the risks and responsibilities of becoming a household employer. HWS understands the dynamic. Do you have questions about senior care and aging in place? Call HWS - we are happy to offer you a free telephone consultation.
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The Bracamonte family and their former "nanny" Diane Stretton put the term "Nightmare Nanny" into our vocabulary this summer. The Bracamonte family "hired" Ms. Stretton to care for their children in exchange for room and board, and when the relationship fell apart Stretton refused to move out. That is when the Bracamonte's nightmare nanny story began.
This scenario is so rare and so frightening it became a cause celebre on the news, including such prime-time shows as ABC's 20/20. So exactly what went wrong and how do you avoid this risk when you hire live-in caregivers?
An employee is paid a wage for work performed. Household employees such as a nanny or senior caregiver are entitled to some basic labor protections such as pay at no less than the hourly minimum wage, unemployment coverage, and workers' compensation protections. The nanny or caregiver may be provided room and board, but it must be contingent on continued employment (a lawyer can help you here!). The Bucamonte family essentially rented a room to Stretton in exchange for some childcare - establishing a tenancy arrangement that had nothing to do with employment. Stretton paid her rent with childcare.
Household employment experts all agree, a written work agreement between the family and the nanny or caregiver is a best practice. This memoralizes the employment agreement, including compensation, benefits (lodging and meals) and other factors that establish the relationship between the employer and the worker. A properly written work agreement (and legal pay) would have precluded Stretton from claiming tenant rights. Tenancy laws vary by state - consult a legal expert in your state for help if you don't feel comfortable going it alone in this area.
Any familiy who is hiring a nanny or caregiver to care for their vunerable family members - whether they be children or seniors - must do thorough pre-employment screening of anyone they wish to hire. All too often a family will 'follow their gut' based on an interview and neglect this important part of the hiring process. Minimum screening should include:
The news media was quickly able to find detailed records of prior civil court cases involving Stretton - the Bracamonte family could have learned about this in advance too.
Checking an applicant's references can be a tedious process, and families are often in a hurry to staff that caregiving vacancy. No matter how rushed the process, how urgent the need, DO NOT hire a nanny or caregiver without having a detailed conversation with their references, particularly former employers. Keep calling, texting, emailing until you can talk to the reference. A former employer who will not make themselves available for even a brief phone call may be avoiding a situation where they are asked questions they prefer not to answer.
Are you a nanny caring for young children or a senior caregiver caring for a frail adult? Do you employ a nanny or senior caregiver? Does this caregiver know how to reach important parties in an emergency? Every caregiver should be provided with an Emergency Contacts list at the start of employment.
Consider the story of our clients Mike and Maryanne. Maryanne is an elementary school teacher. Mike is retired, and is living with early-onset dementia and diabetes. Maryanne and Mike hired a daily caregiver to keep Mike company and supervise his day while Maryanne is at work.
The caregiver's duties include helping Mike take his medication every day at lunch. Maryanne prepares a weekly "pill box" for the caregiver. About a month after the caregiver began working, she noticed that the pill box was not in its ususal location on top of the refrigerator. She looked around the kitchen and living areas and could not find it. She knew that Mike's diabetes medication was very important, and that he needed to take it with his meal. She asked Mike and he didn't know where it was. She then asked Mike where she could find Maryanne's work number to call her. As a teacher Maryanne's cell phone is turned off during class time. Mike became agitated, he (and the caregiver) knew she taught 2nd grade but he could not remember the name of the school. The caregiver knew Mike often remembers information when prompted, and had the presence of mind to pull up a list of county elementary schools on her phone. She calmed Mike down and began reading off the names of the different schools. She worked her way about half way down the list before Mike recognized the school.
This story has a happy ending - the caregiver called the school office and was able to reach Maryanne and resolve the medication issue. The situation did, however, drive home to both Maryanne and her employee the importance of drawing up and communicating emergency contact procedures.
Maryanne called HomeWork Solutions and a team member emailed her an Emergency Contacts Worksheet. The team member also reminded Maryanne that she needed the same information about her employee - who would Maryanne call if the caregiver had an accident or medical emergency?
HomeWork Solutions works with families in all types of household employment situations and has many resources to help families in areas outside payroll processing. These included:
We welcome your phone calls. Don't hesitate to call us at 800.626.4829 if you have a household employment question and we will do our best to connect you with the appropriate resources.
Emergency Preparedness for Nannies and Senior Caregivers
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Good Questions: Alternatives for Closed Storage?
I've fallen for DWR's Sussex Tall Credenza With Drawers (above, left) but can't afford its far from within reach $4000 + price tag. I also can't seem to shake Thos. Moser's vita nine drawer horizontal dresser from my brain (above right), but that's an obscene $7k +! Any ideas for comparable pieces? Has anyone had luck with giving a design to a cabinetmaker? Thanks!
We've attempted to tackle the Sussex question before: Good Questions: Cheaper Sussex Credenza Lookalike? The comments are full of suggestions.
What about the Thomas Moser chest? Does anyone have suggestions?
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ebay search "american of martinsville" title and description. it may take 1-3 months but after shipping and refinishing you'll get the same look for under a grand, with luck under $500.
they usually go from florida to nyc with a stop at a refinisher and an unbelievable markup.
Try lowering your sights a bit...
There are tons of fabulous pre-owned credenzas available in the NYC/Brooklyn area - just search eBay for "Credenza" and see what comes up.
A cabinet maker could definitely make the them made for less and much less if you are willing to go to a veneered wood and no dovetails.
I hate to be a showoff but my husband picked one up off the sidewalk for free last week near Spring Lake. With a matching headboard & bedframe to boot! The bedframe requires a bit of hacking as its about 2 " short but with a couple of 2x4"s and some sandpaper and wood finish, our beach shack is in business!!!
I have been searching for the right cabinet to house my TV and ipod, speakers, etc. I decided that I have to spend more than 500.00-800.00 because I want a real piece of furniture, not Ikea or CB2, West Elm. I want a piece that I can have for the rest of my life, much like my George Nelson pieces. I have had a hard time finding the right piece for function and in size. This small company makes beautiful furniture and local, solid wood, great detail but priced well. They will do custom sizes if needed.
Craigslist! I've seen some great vintage pieces for reasonable prices.
Try searching "Danish Modern Credenza" on ebay...I came up with this gem:
Pompanoosuc Mills, www.pompy.com, makes some furniture pieces that are similar to Thos. Moser furniture, but nothing quite like that particular dresser. They do have their own line that's trying for the same effect (Belmont) and the bed is similar, but not the dresser. But maybe you'll find something you like there.
Hey Guys:
I'm also looking for a credenza/media unit to house my TV and audio components, but would like to get something with glass doors at a reasonable price. Any more suggestions?
I can't even imagine how I wrote that.
jhon, try homedecorators.com - affordable, nice styling for the money, pretty good selection. I have a 4-door glass door credenza from them which has held up well. All require assembly, but at the price, who cares? Also check out their outlet store for even better deals!
Good luck, let us know how it goes!
What about the Linear line of consols at Room and Board? I love love love mine in walnut. You'll spend about 2 grand.
Sussex credenza floor model in California at half price - maybe it's worth having it shipped to NY


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FFL Dealers and Shooting Ranges in Klamath Falls
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Klamath Sportsman's Park
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5 mi W. of Keno
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Large-scale immigration has led to unprecedented levels of diversity and rapid demographic change, transforming communities across major immigrant-receiving countries in fundamental ways and challenging closely held notions of national identity, particularly in an era of economic uncertainty. The research here focuses on what policymakers can do to mitigate the destabilizing effects of rapid societal change — especially changes tied or perceived to be tied to immigration — in order to create stronger and more cohesive societies.
This report challenges the recent rhetoric and addresses the advancement of policy areas for countries, examining factors that impede or facilitate successful the implementation of multiculturalism. When these facilitating conditions are present, multiculturalism can be seen as a low-risk option, andhas worked well in such cases.
For more than a decade, states have experimented with civic integration policies that require immigrants to learn the official language of their host country and acknowledge its basic norms and values—or risk losing social benefits and even residence permits. This report explores ways states can put forth smart policies that benefit natives and immigrants in host countries.
The two sides of the debate on immigration and integration in Europe share an underlying assumption that the problem is cultural, while disagreeing on whether it is the result of too much or too little respect for cultural differences. This report contends that both get the issue wrong, calling attention to the inability of policies to ensure immigrants acquire and retain work.
This final report summarizes and reflects upon the key findings of the Improving EU and U.S. Immigration Systems: Learning from Experience comparative research project undertaken by MPI and the European University Institute through a grant from the European Commission.
Immigration is a prominent part of the United States' DNA, despite concerns about immigrants' ability to integrate. An examination of recent immigrant inflows shows newcomers to the United States are integrating well, based on language proficiency, socioeconomic attainment, political participation, residential locale, and social interaction indicators.
The global economic downturn and rising debt levels in all European countries have put immigration at the forefront of many debates surrounding public spending. This report presents a diversity of findings with regard to European governments' responses to immigrant integration organization, financing, and programs.
This book takes stock of the impact of the crisis on immigrant integration in Europe and the United States. It assesses where immigrants have lost ground, using evidence such as levels of funding for educational programs, employment rates, trends toward protectionism, public opinion, and levels of discrimination.
The book focuses on three case studies: the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany. The volume includes chapters analyzing public opinion and media coverage of immigration issues in each country. Additional chapters propose strategies for unblocking opposition to thoughtful, effective immigration-related reforms.


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Posts tagged: alan moore
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Alan Moore's mentor Steve Moore (no blood relation) passed away this month. In his memory, photographer Mitch Jenkins has posted the entirety of his work on the Unearthing, a biography of Steve written by Moore.
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Sad news from the Strange Attractor blog:
We're deeply sad to announce that Steve Moore, author of Somnium and a regular contributor to Strange Attractor Journal, passed away over the weekend, under a beautiful Spring full Moon.
Steve was a warm, wise and gentle man, with a surreal sense of humour and an astoundingly deep knowledge that covered history, the I Ching, forteana, magic, oriental mysticism, martial arts cinema, science fiction, underground comics and worlds more.
Steve was amongst the earliest members of the Gang of Fort, who launched Fortean Times magazine in the early 1970s, and the author of a great many influential comics and short stories for publications including 2000AD, Warrior, Dr Who magazine and, most recently, the Hercules series for Radical Publishing. At the time of his death he was working on a number of new projects, including his ongoing, privately published Tales of Telguuth and The Bumper Book of Magic, with his lifelong friend Alan Moore.
Full Story: Strange Attractor: STEVE MOORE 1949 – 2014
Steve Moore wasn't related to Alan Moore, but had a profound influence on his career and was the subject of the latter's audio book Unearthing.
Let's get something out of the way upfront: I don't think Alan Moore is a racist, homophobe or misogynist. But some of his works — particularly League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Neonomicon — have issues. Although it might seem silly to go after Moore when there are much worse offenders both in comics and other media (not to mention actual rapists), Moore's work is a good case study of how even the most well intentioned, progressive writers can screw-up matters of race, gender and sexuality. And because he is perhaps the most highly regarded writer in comics, there's a trickle down effect from his work. Moore refuses to listen to his critics, but maybe other writers can learn from his mistakes.
Last week Pádraig Ó Méalóid published an interview with Alan Moore in which he asked a few questions about sexual assault in his comics in general and specifically about his inclusion of Golliwog in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier.
Moore's response is long and vitriolic, and misses the point entirely.
I can understand why Moore is so bothered by accusations of racism and sexism. He's an old hippie who has put more consideration to identity politics and representation into his work than most comic writers of his or any other generation. He's taken other creators to task for their sexism and homophobia. But even though he's written some strong women and minority characters, he can and does get it wrong sometimes, and his reaction here is disappointing — not least of all because of the rhetorical style he employs.
As Marc Singer puts it, Moore "doggedly lays into rank after rank of straw men while refusing to acknowledge the real reasons Brooker and other readers have criticized his comics."
Further, Moore tries to tries to discredit his critics by casting them as either fanboys offended by his recently published comments about The Avengers, over-sensitive and uninformed fans who just don't understand his work, and/or people with an axe to grind.
For example: "As I understand the course of events unfolding after the launch, there had been someone in the audience, whose name escapes me but who is evidently pleased to identify himself as a Batman scholar, who had been offended by Act of Faith and, as people in this branch of scholarship presumably do, he had advertised this fact on social media."
That "Batman scholar" wasn't just a fan who rants about comics on the internet. It wasWill Brooker, a professor of film and cultural studies at Kingston University, who expanded his PhD thesis on Batman into a book published by Continuum.
Moore also references an African American woman who asked League artist Kevin O'Neill about Golliwog. "In Kevin's account as I remember it he'd done his best to explain but was left feeling that he may have done an inadequate job, and that the woman hadn't seemed to be interested in his account of Florence Upton's original creation, or in the context within which we'd come to our decision," Moore wrote.
That women is Pam Noles, a Clarion Workshop alum who has been published by Warner Books, Dark Horse Comics and the Los Angeles Times. Noles didn't just ask O'Neil a few questions at a conference. She wrote a detailed series of essays about why she found the creators' use of the character problematic. Far from being the uninformed and/or overly sensitive fan that Moore makes her out to be, she knows quite a bit about the character's history.
Perhaps Moore didn't know where the criticisms were coming from. He's pretty open about the fact that he doesn't use the internet, so he wouldn't have come across Noles' essays on his own. I don't know if Méalóid sent over any additional context, such as Noles' essays. So maybe Moore really did think that these criticisms are coming from uninformed, uncredentialed and easily-offended losers. But really: should it matter who raised the issues? Moore himself is an autodidact and champion of self-publishing. The substance of the critiques are what matters, not who is making them.
Anyway, Méalóid asked: "How do you respond to the contention that it is not the place of two white men to try to 'reclaim' a character like the golliwogg?" and Moore went on at length about why he didn't think the character should be off limits and why he thinks white men should be allowed to write about people who are different from them.
But neither Brooker nor Noles suggested that it would be impossible to use the character well, let alone that white men shouldn't write black characters. Actually, Noles suggested a few possible ideas for ways to tell a story about Golliwog in her essays.
Brooker's tweets, which seem to be reason for the interview, only questioned whether four white men should be the judge of whether Moore succeeded making Golliwog a "strong black character." Which is a fair point. Did Moore actually run the Golliwog idea by any people of color? His entire defense is based on his personal reading of the original Golliwog books — not any feedback he's received from actual black people.
Noles writes at length about why Moore did such as poor job with the character, but the most concise explanation I've found of what's wrong with Moore take comes from an anonymous writer Pop Culture Purge (emphasis mine):
From what I've read of the initial Golliwog book, there's nothing particularly racist in his portrayal–the story is about toys having adventures and the Golliwog is representative of one type of toy from the period. But, that type of toy is inexorably wrapped up in racist practices–it has a history (For an excellent in depth look at that history go here).
To a certain point, I can conceptually follow Moore's use of the Golliwogg's in the league–I can see where it makes sense in terms of Black Dossier because of the theme of British childhood. I can also see why Moore disassociated the Golliwogg from the racist origins: as a character he simply had no background at all, so Moore gave him one. Alright, but … .Once Moore has one of the Dutch Dolls make a comment about the Golliwogg's large manhood, well, we're right into racial stereotypes and the whole racist history of the Golliwogg comes bubbling up–Moore did it to himself.
Noles goes into much more detail in her essay series, and makes the case that the Upton's original stories are more racist than Moore admits. Specifically, she points out that minstrel shows were popular in both the U.S. and Britain at the time, so even the original books would have been racially charged. Part 2, Part 3 and Part 5.1 are, I think, the most important essays in the series.
Moore's tone deafness on the issue is astounding, but as Noles wrote in 5.1 of her essay series, Moore has written strong black characters in the past. As far as I know, Moore hasn't been criticized for his portrayal of race in any of his other books, so it may seem a little silly to fixate on one character out of the many that Moore has written over the years. But Moore's treatment of women in his comics is more complex, and it's an issue that spans his entire career.
His defenses on this issue are even worse though. For example: "While discussing this latest highlight of my continuing presence in the comic field and my present perceived persona as a rape-fixated racist with my wife (and let me just repeat that to underline the seriousness of what I'm trying to get across here: WITH – MY – WIFE)." (Emphasis in original)
Is Moore seriously trying to imply that he can't be sexist or racist… because he has a wife? By that standard wouldn't that make Warren Jeffs like the least misogynist person ever since he has hundreds of wives?
Most of Moore's defense focuses on the question of whether men — or anyone else for that matter — should be allowed to write about rape at all. Moore mostly seems to be responding to a Grant Morrison quote from Rolling Stone: "We know Alan Moore isn't a misogynist but fuck, he's obsessed with rape."
That does sound petty coming from Morrison, who was just trying to turn the conversation away from misogyny in contemporary comics published by DC. And there are people online who have claimed that Moore shouldn't write about rape at all, or at least not depict the action of rape. But other critics have made more nuanced critiques, and they did so long before Moore's Avengers movie interview, so I think we can rule out the idea that everyone who has ever pointed out that Moore writes a lot of rape scenes is an Avengers fan with an axe to grind.
It's hard now, however, to find critiques of Moore's treatment of rape since Google is filled with page after page of listings for blog posts that reference either the Last Interview or the Morrison Rolling Stone interview. But here's a good one:
In each of these cases Moore seems on a facile level to be trying to challenge views of rape and misogynistic attitudes. Perhaps this feminist pose would be convincing if Moore didn't "explore" rape with such obsessive regularity paired with such lack of any real message beyond "rape is ugly" (though the message "James Bond was a rapist", reminiscent of MDC's song "John Wayne was a Nazi", is intriguing). In each case, moreover, rape is used as a plot device to justify some extremely gory revenge scene.
So, with resounding echoes of the worse aspects of Tarantino, the reader and the writer indulge in a good rape scene; pat each other on the back for disapproving of rape; and go on to indulge in a revenge scene which has been very comfortingly justified. As with many action movies that try to assume an "edgy" tone, the author adopts a fake "hardened" view of the world. Pretending to a grim, hardcore realism, the author loses himself in brutal fantasies. Utter infantile macho self-indulgence so often and so easily poses as "progressive" and "subversive".
Of course not everyone agrees. There's a whole book on sexuality in Moore's work. I haven't read it do I don't know what sorts of conclusions the writers draw, but at least one writer from the anthology — feminist scholar Zoë Brigley — defends Moore's work: "The work of Alan Moore is no exception in presenting violence against women as an routine event. Moore, however, probes for the causes of physical, psychological, and sexual violence against women, from the perspective of both male perpetrators and female survivors."
And of course there's room for positions between "Moore always handles rape poorly" and "Moore always does a good job of writing about rape." Comics journalist and PhD student Laura Sneddon (more on her later) was troubled by the 10 page rape scene inNeonomicon, but not by the use of attempted rape in Watchmen. She wrote:
Thanks to rape culture and the institutional sexism of our society, rape remains an issue that will always be read very differently by women readers. Should it not be talked about? Of course not. Should it be depicted in comics? When it doesn't address the fallout and impact of the act, I think the negatives of portraying the act far outweigh any positives. Other crimes don't carry the same emotional trigger that rape does – not only can it pull you out of the story, it can consign the entire book to the bin.
But even Watchmen isn't free from criticism. Comics writer Gail Simone — one of theleading voices against the status quo of violence against women in comics — has criticized the book. (For the record I agree with most of her points.)
Few of Moore's critics suggest that men should never write about rape, or that Moore personally is a misogynist. "I'm also not saying you can't use rape in comics, or talk about it in fiction, or anything like that," Simone wrote. "I'm just saying it can be done well, or it can be done horribly, like anything."
Noles focuses mostly on Golliwog in her essays, but Part 5.1 covers sexuality in theLeague series and makes the case that Moore does a pretty good job of satirizing Victorian attitudes about women's sexuality, but does a poor job of dealing with homosexual male sexuality in the series. As Noles points out, Moore published AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia). But that doesn't mean everything he ever writes on homosexuality will be well handled. I think the first time I saw a critique of Moore's writing about rape, it was an essay by a gay man about why Moore's use of anal sex as a form of punishment — Hyde raping the Invisible Man to death, for example — was troubling. Unfortunately I can't find it at the moment. I'd love to link to it, and to read nuanced writings on Moore's treatment of sexuality.
I would have loved to hear Moore address some of this. Maybe he has a good response. Instead we get more accusations that his critics have ulterior motives. In the case of Sneddon, he suggests that she's only criticizing him because he and his wife refuse to be interviewed by her following a couple incidents described in the interview. "It seems to me that what has quite possibly happened here has nothing whatsoever to do with whatever opinions she professes to hold with regard to feminism or to violence against women," Moore wrote. Given that Sneddon wrote her Neonomicon review back in 2011, before she interviewed Moore for The Independent and before Moore's wife, comics artist Melinda Gebbie, declined to be interviewed by Sneddon, I can't help but call bullshit on the "she's only criticizing my work because she has an axe to grind" line.
Moore does make one good point: "In fact it's something of a puzzle as to why none of the many reputable journalists of either gender who've interviewed me during my thirty-something year career have possessed Ms. Sneddon and Grant Morrison's penetrating insight or earnest concern for womankind."
Good question. According to Noles: "I could give you names of the comics scholars and so-called journalists who have told me directly they are too afraid to bring it up because they don't want to lose access or they just don't want him mad at them."
Given Moore's stated to refusal to ever be interviewed by either Sneddon or any "publication or institution with which she claims to be associated" ever again, those fears don't seem unfounded. I've never tried to interview Moore because I didn't think I had anything original to ask him. But now I wish I'd thought to try to interview him on this subject. The time is long overdue for a more critical examination of his work. For my part, I'm adding the articles linked in this post to the Alan Moore dossier, along with a few others.
This is getting terribly long, so let me reiterate before signing off: I don't think Moore is personally a sexist, a homophobe or a racist, but some of his work is, as the academics say, problematic. I've learned a fair amount from reading the criticisms of his work. It's helping me understand why a domestic violence scene in something I'm writing doesn't work. I hope that even if Moore doesn't care to engage in these critiques, other writers can learn from his mistakes.
P.S. I don't want to go into the Grant Morrison feud, but a lot of people have been confused by this line: "I announce Lost Girls, a lengthy erotic work involving characters from fiction, and within a few months he has somehow managed to conceptualise a Vertigo mini-series along exactly those lines." To my knowledge no one has figured out which of Morrison's works Moore is referring to. My thought: is it possible that it was a proposal that was never finished/published? Update: None of the projects from thethis guide to unpublished Grant Morrison projects seems to fit the bill. In 1988, Morrison told an interviewer he was working on "a biography of Shelley (it's set in a bizarre cross between early 19th century and today, and has Shelley and Byron as comic strip writers)." That sounds like the closest thing to what Moore is describing, and may have been related to the Bizarre Boys series that never ended up happening. When did Moore first announce Lost Girls?
Late update: There's some discussion in the comments about what prompted the interview, and about a roundtable discussion that happened between Will Brooker, Pam Noles, Laura Sneddon, and Pádraig Ó Méalóid prior to the interview. It remains unclear whether Moore had a copy of the e-mail round-table. Brooker has been kind enough to explain the situation and gave me permission to reproduce his e-mail here:
Magic Words: An Evening With Alan Moore was an event at the Prince Charles Cinema, London, on the evening of Tuesday 26 November. I attended, as did Moore's recent biographer Lance Parkin (who chaired the discussion), Kevin O'Neill, Melinda Gebbie and Pádraig Ó Méalóid.
What began as a very positive and enjoyable event became increasingly uncomfortable for me – I believe I was very much in the minority – and I left before the end. I tweeted several comments about my disappointment.
Some discussion followed from my tweets that evening, which led me to talk online and by email to Pam Noles, whose website And We Shall March had already engaged critically with the 'Golliwog' character. I also entered into discussion about the evening on the Facebook Alan Moore fan page, and from there I began talking to Laura Sneddon, who had expressed some reservations in an earlier review about Moore's depiction of rape inNeonomicon.
Pam, Laura and I agreed that it would be interesting to hold a roundtable discussion by email about the issues we found problematic in some of Moore's work, and Laura approached Heidi MacDonald of The Beat with the idea of developing an article from it. Pádraig Ó Méalóid was approached and invited to join the discussion as someone who remained an unequivocal fan and friend of Moore and his work.
The email discussion during December 2013 was an attempt to engage with key issues in Alan Moore's work as a whole, prompted by the evening event. To publish it now would position it as a 'reply' to Moore's recent interview – a reply that doesn't even answer anything specific that he says, because it was written before his latest conversation with Pádraig. To reply directly to Moore's interview would mean compromising and sacrificing elements of the discussion, and responding to his agenda rather than publishing the conversation we actually had in December.
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Alan Moore tells Northampton News:
"Apparently there had been a certain amount of comment on the internet suggesting probably some connection. No it's not me.
"I am getting kind of used to this. After having a comic strip I wrote 30 years ago spewing masked anarchists across the global political stage for the past couple of years. Things that I write do have a tendency to spill into reality. Since that was one of the principles behind Jimmy's End [an episode in The Show] – to blur the boundaries between one and the other – I suppose that getting clowns manifesting in my neighbourhood is only to be expected.
"We had only just done that thing on Kickstarter with His Heavy Heart which starts shooting in a few weeks. I had said it was about Strippers and Clowns. The suggestion is that there is some kind of dream time existing under Northampton and that occasionally things will break through from one realm to the other. It is just a demonstration that Jimmy's End is a kind of a documentary. It's reportage. We are not just making this shit up."
Full Story: Northampton News: Alan Moore: I am not the Northampton Clown but it might be my fault
(via John Reppion)
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Rich Johnson just posted a letter from Steve Bissette calling on fans to post his pages from 1963, a comic written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Bissette and others in the early 90s, online for free since it's unlikley it will ever be reprinted. He also mentioned that he's working on a book about Moore:
FYI, This emerges from my work on my own forthcoming Alan Moore book; since I own my pencils, and articles on any of our work is fair game for any party out there, I'm running a few articles (by others) in my book, and illustrating them with my sketches and pencils, which is fair enough under the terms of our agreements, I reckon. If not, I'll hear about it soon enough.
Full Story: Bleeding Cool: Steve Bissette Working On A Book About Alan Moore, Asks People To Publish His 1963 Stories Online For Free
Clearly I'm missing something — why won't 1963 ever be reprinted?
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Too Much To Dream author Peter Bebergal interviews Alan Moore for The Believer:
BLVR: So in writing, whether you're trying to inhabit a metaphysical being or trying to inhabit someone living in a poor neighborhood, unless you can inhabit them with compassion, and inhabit them with understanding, they'll never be a believable character otherwise.
AM: Right, the character will be limited, and so will you. When I was doing V for Vendetta years ago, and I started to introduce the Nazi heads of this totalitarian state in the far-flung future of 1997, I'd been marching against the National Front and taking part in the Rock Against Racism marches, and I realized that I can't just portray Nazis as bad guys, because everybody knows that, and you're not saying anything. You're contributing to the myth that they were somehow separate from the rest of humanity, which they weren't. The Nazis were just ordinary human beings who got caught up in something very bad and, at the time, rather unprecedented. This is not to excuse their behavior, obviously, it's simply to point out that it doesn't do you any service to demonize any group of people. It's much better to try and understand from the inside.
There was a scene in Promethea where the character is confronted by a horde of demons, and the way that she decides to deal with them is by owning them, by identifying each demon's qualities and saying, "Yes, I've done that; yes, I accept responsibility for that," at which point she actually physically eats the demon that she's referring to. What a lot of magic is about is coming to your own individual terms with the universe, which is to say yourself, given that the entirety of the universe that is observable to you or me is that which actually exists inside our heads. And coming to an understanding of those things made me a little bit bigger because I had a part of my mind that could look with compassion at a class of people that I had never been able to do that with before. Not to like them any more, but to understand them.
Full Story: The Believer: Alan Moore
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For someone who has supposedly turned his back on the comics industry, Alan Moore sure is doing a lot of comics work. He's currently doing the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen spin-off Nemo, the next LoEG book and a follow-up to his Neonomicon series called Providence. From an interview for The Beat:
At the moment I am swamped in Lovecraft books about – I've got nearly every book of criticism that's been written, that I've accumulated over these last six months, so I'm living and breathing Lovecraft. […]
It's obviously a completely different animal to anything like Watchmen, but there is that point of similarity. It's starting from – if Lovecraft's characters, if Lovecraft's monsters, if Lovecraft's locales actually existed in A Real World, then what would they really be like, and what would the world be like? So it's the same premise, but it's taken me into some very interesting new directions. […]
Having run on at the mouth relatively recently about the appalling standards of research that exist throughout the rest of the comic book industry… I've said some very scornful things about some of the other writers in the industry and how – in my opinion – they are completely lazy, that they obviously do not have the respect for their own work that would lead them to actually put a bit of effort into it, and research some things, you know. Don't just copy everything from an episode of Deadwood that you've seen, actually research the American West, find out how people talked. So, having been incredibly nasty and high-handed about many of the other professionals in the industry, I have kind of left myself wide open. If I don't get every detail of this completely right, then I deserve to get a taste of my own medicine. But I don't think that's going to happen. We have been devilishly thorough in researching this. In the first issue there's a brief glimpse of a gramophone record, and we've got the actual label to paste in, with the record's serial number on it. I think we briefly see somebody reading a New York Times in the first issue, and it actually is the New York Times for June the 19th, 1919. I'm even – I've not actually done this yet, but I'm even trying to check out what the weather was like, which is difficult to establish other than in broad generalities, but I can at least sort out what the sky looked like, and what the phases of the moon were – which is something that Lovecraft used to take pains to do, so I feel that I should as well.
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Guess I missed this:
The "From Hell Companion" is "an astonishing selection of Alan Moore's original scripts and sketches for the landmark graphic novel, with copious annotations, commentary, and illustrations by Eddie Campbell. Here for the first time are a set of pages, including some of Moore's greatest writing, which have never been seen by anyone except his collaborator. Joining them are Campbell's first-hand accounts of the project's decade-long development, complete with photos, anecdotes, disagreements, and wry confessions. Arranged in narrative order, these perspectives form a fascinating mosaic, an opportunity to read 'From Hell' with fresh eyes, and a tour inside the minds of two giants of their field."
Full Story: Cleveland Plain Dealer: Top Shelf Comics announces Alan Moore's return to 'From Hell'
You can buy it on Amazon.
Also: Three More Short Films From Alan Moore And Mitch Jenkins
Black Mask Studios, the recently formed transmedia publishing company — founded by comic book writer Steve Niles, entrepreneur and transmedia production shingle Halo-8′s Matt Pizzolo, and Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz — has recruited some of comics' biggest guns to help create their first wave of comic book titles.
Among the luminaries participating are Watchmen co-creator Alan Moore, V for Vendetta artist David Lloyd, Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus creator Art Spiegelman, The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard, Mike Allred (Madman), Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night), J.M. DeMatteis (Justice League, Spider-Man), Molly Crabapple (Shell Game), as well as Wu-Tang Clan's RZA and Ghostface Killah.
And there's not a superhero in sight.
Full Story: Hollywood Reporter: 'Watchmen,' 'Walking Dead' and '30 Days of Night' Creators Launch Black Mask Comics
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Its been 3 weeks since I've posted anything…sorry I've been busy and not to mention I have been MIA on having a phone, which kind of makes things a lot better for me. No stressing, no drama, nothing unimportant taking up my time…only what is right in front of me.
My family and I will be making a big move from Korea to Nebraska in a week or so.
Yup, 23 hours with 4 kids, a dog, and a man-child. So I have everything prepped for their entertainment but now I am left wondering what should I do as entertainment…of course knitting but what? Have been hearing that the weather is drastic where we will be. Here it gets cold but never lower than two digits…however where we are going it's down to singles and negatives.
Which reminds me, I finally finished up my Antler Cardigan and just in time for the weather.
I added these awesome wooden etched buttons I found at a textile store here in Korea. However, after blocking it seemed as if my cardigan got a bit larger but I don't care it's sooooo comfortable. I have been thinking of knitting my next project on queue ravelry list, but I don't have the needles…:(
Either way here is the next pattern on my list: Raindrops by Emily Wessel I will be using Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Edison Bulb.
But for the meantime I will settle for some nice pair of heart socks just for the season and for foot lovin' :)
I will post more soon, if I don't post before I leave: Happy Valentine's Day!
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I traded my old #cableneedles for these beauties! Love my new #lanternmoon cable needles :) #knitting #needles #organic #ebony
#knitting a last minute gift for my #fourlegged #son
I sort of pick up some projects along with the one I am currently working on. But it's winter and Christmas is just around the corner. Currently I am still working on my ultraviolet Antler cardigan. I need a few more inches to attach the sleeves and then getting it done.
Then I picked up another crochet project. I've had this yarn for months and it's super soft so I started crocheting a Purl Bee pattern.
I've also been doing some last minute Christmas gifts and Christmas cards.
So as you can see I've been a busy elf making sure that everything is getting done. I have also gotten the kids to do a few things too.
They made paper ornaments and decorated the Christmas tree.
Well better get going. There is a lot of big fluffy snow that need tracks on.
Happy Knitting!
Making #3D #winter #snowflakes to decorate the house :) #papercrafts
A year ago I made a #crochet monster toy for my 6 year old. Now my 8 year old wanted one. He said he wanted a #punk monster Mohawk and all :) #yarn #amigurumi
Sorry it's been a while since I've posted something other than Instagram pictures on my Tumblr. I have been a busy bee…well sort of. I am still working on my purple cardigan and I am almost done. I am so surprised that I have been able to commit to one project rather than having 3 or 4 projects going on. I have been enjoying the fall here in Korea.
I have also been taking care of my little one who has been really sick so he has had all my attention. So it's been sleepless nights and tons of coffee. But not all is restlessness, I have also been active in the kitchen. I've been baking green apple pies from scratch.
It has snowed on and off so I have been trying to keep my family's bellies warm by making our Mexican tradition arroz con leche.
Well I must go, my little one just woke up and I need to continue knitting so I can post pictures of my finished project here soon. Will post more soon. :)
Happy Knitting!
#sweaterclub #neonlime #yarn #madelinetosh
#progress on #knitted cardigan body…I hate #purling 76 more rows to reach my 20" inch point…which means 38 more purled rows. 😝
I told you many times to stay away from the kitchen…now you've got a #knife in your neck. Way to go Luke! #pets #diycostume #halloween
Second sleeve almost done :) #yarn #knitting #madelinetosh #ultraviolet


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