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Long Way to Go in Helping African-American Women Battle HIV, Activist Says
Q+A with Carrie Broadus, Executive Director of Women Alive
What is the most critical AIDS issue facing the African- American community and how should we best address it?
There is a traditional and hierarchical approach to ranking who is at "greatest risk" of HIV transmission -- for example, men who have sex with men. This ranking does not begin to address the group with the fastest-growing rates: women who are acquiring HIV by having unprotected sex with their husband, fiancé, or boyfriend.
We must remove the labels -- the "behavioral risk groups" -- for women and recognize that if they are having unprotected sex with a man, and they are unaware of their HIV status and/or their partner's HIV status, they should seek and have access to routine HIV counseling and testing services.
We must also address factors such as poverty, unemployment, gender bias, racism, low literacy levels and poor doctor-patient communication, that contribute to the glaring disparities among women of color affected and infected by HIV/AIDS.
Where is the most progress being made in combating the epidemic in the black community?
Through National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day events. Through activities such as the annual Martin Luther King Day parades, community forums, and targeted HIV counseling and testing. All of these increase the visibility of the HIV crisis in the black community.
Where is the least progress being made?
Addressing the inadequacies in treatment, access to medical services and economic support systems for the African-American woman and her family.
What are the top myths about HIV you encounter in the African-American community? What is the best way to counter them?
For people who don't know their status, it's, "It can't happen to me -- it's those other folks, the sex workers, the gay men, the drug addicts!" And for those who do, especially the women, it's, "My life is over -- now I can never have a child!"
We can generate frank and open discussion about the fact of HIV transmission among our diverse community of faith, business and civic providers and residents. Women Alive has worked with HIV-positive women who became pregnant, and through our support groups and treatment education and adherence programs, delivered a healthy baby. The past four years, in fact, we have proudly witnessed more than 20 HIV-positive pregnant women.
Do you think too much has been made of the "down low"?
No. The exposure at least created a long-overdue discussion about the reality of men who have sex with men in our community. I just wish we were equally willing to address the "Neglected Truth About Women and AIDS," that the annual number of AIDS diagnoses among women increased 15 times more than among men, that women are dying at twice the rate of men -- these are scandals that also deserve long-overdue discussion.
What are your hopes and fears for the next generation of African Americans as they face the risk of HIV?
I have a whole laundry list of very specific hopes:
Allocate 25 percent of all Ryan White CARE Act funds across all titles to community-based organizations led by and for HIV-positive women. This includes greater funding for housing, transportation, child care and other services that women need in order to begin to take their own health care seriously.
Expand representation on local Ryan White Planning Councils and other decision-making bodies to include women with HIV/AIDS so that the real-life issues that women with HIV face are articulated and addressed. Promote economic stability through educational and vocational training.
Increase funding for medications that treat HIV-related illness, such as medication-induced diabetes. Increase access to health care for women with HIV and their children, including medical care with unlimited OB-GYN services, mental health and other non-HIV-specialty care.
Increase funding for research into microbicides, which enable women to protect themselves from HIV without relying on the cooperation of men, for research into how HIV affects women differently and for research into woman-to-woman transmission of HIV.
Ensure that all Ryan White and CDC [U.S. Centers for Disease Control] data-collection methods that funding allocations are based on encompass HIV as well as AIDS to benefit all women living with HIV/AIDS.
My fear is that the HIV/AIDS system is not willing to accept that the community has the ability to solve its own problems. Oftentimes, large ASOs influence the shaping of policy, funding and programs that do not recognize, honor, respect and address the needs of communities of color combating the HIV epidemic.
Do you think activism is an effective way to fight the epidemic?
Yes, activism and self-empowerment are critical in every institution that affects the lives that African Americans with HIV/AIDS live, from the halls of power to the medical profession to the church.
We must address current bias against women of color within the HIV health care system by acknowledging historical discrimination in research and cultural and gender biases that impede expanding HIV-positive women's access to clinical trials and new medications.
Increasing the participation of women of color in the decision-making process will strengthen their ability to eliminate the challenges, thereby improving their educational and socioeconomic status and their overall health and well-being.
Accessing prevention, care, treatment and other HIV/AIDS services is becoming an increasing challenge for African-American women. Many rely on publicly funded programs. With many of these programs under threat, advocacy will play a significant role in how programs are funded. Women Alive's part is persuading decision-makers to see HIV-positive women's needs and concerns as being very different from those of HIV-positive men. But at Women Alive, we believe that building an AIDS advocacy movement that changes policy to reflect the realities of HIV-positive women's lives requires them to advocate for themselves.
In addition, we must advocate within the faith-based community. Often this involves building bridges and addressing HIV -- and especially HIV denial and stigma -- on their terms, and that takes time and patience, not direct confrontation. Our approach to reaching out to churches includes first educating them on the serious spread of HIV within communities of color, then assisting them in identifying activities that they are willing to undertake, such as health fair and community forums, and linkage to HIV counseling and testing. We also set up discussions between women living with HIV and church leaders on the importance of caring for people living with HIV.
One of our local successful collaborations is with Christ Full Gospel Baptist Church. Over the past year and a half, we trained them on conducting small-group HIV prevention educational workshops, including a very candid discussion on abstinence and the proper use of condoms.
Can you expand on your approach to activism and the attempt to meet the church on its own terms?
Some church leaders have built their congregation on "Love the sinner, hate the sin." They teach that homosexuality is a sin, and HIV/AIDS is the punishment for their sins. Now, our job is not to criticize them for their belief -- no matter how we may feel about it. That will only block communication. Our job is to identify how, given what they believe, they can still help to stop the spread of HIV and provide compassion and caring services to those living with HIV/AIDS.
It also helps to be able to speak the language of scripture, which many activists unfortunately cannot do. It helps, for example, to be able to remind a minister that the greatest commandment is to "love thy God with thy whole heart, mind and soul. Second unto this law, and upon this hangs the whole law, is to love thy neighbor as thy self, for how can you say you love God whom you have never seen and hate your neighbor you see every day?"
One thing we all can agree on is that Jesus is the great example. One day he was traveling and he came upon a crowd of people, among who was a blind derelict (neglected, abandoned, ruined, deserted, homeless, maybe an addict). The more the derelict tried approaching Jesus, the more he was pushed back by persons who felt he was not worthy to come near to the Son of Nazareth. Jesus, hearing the derelict calling out to him, asked for the man to be brought to him. Jesus asked the man, "What is your desire?" The man answered, "I want to see!" Jesus touched his hand to the blind derelict's forehead and said, "So shall you see!"
The moral to this biblical story is that Jesus did not ask the derelict "How did you become blind? Why are you a derelict?" Jesus provided the man with what he needed -- the ability to see. His act demonstrates compassion, understanding, caring, not judgment or condemnation. This is a message that our church leaders understand.
Can you recommend one action everyone can take to end the epidemic?
I can recommend a number of them! Get involved by volunteering at an AIDS services organization. Help your church set up an AIDS ministry. Get tested. Talk about HIV/AIDS with friends, family, loved ones. And never judge.
Click here to e-mail Carrie Broadus.
About Carrie Broadus
Broadus is the executive director of Los Angeles' Women Alive. The pioneering organization has distinguished itself for offering an array of innovative services addressing the specific needs of women with HIV, including treatment adherence and education, pregnancy planning, child care, a by-about-and-to newsletter, and a national toll-free hotline (1.800.554.4876). Helping women at sexual risk grasp their need to protect themselves and know their HIV status, HIV positive women contribute "role model" stories to the Sisters Alive HIV prevention project. Broadus herself has devoted more than 25 years to advocacy, community affairs, and health planning, including stints as the consumer advocate representative at LA Care Health Plan, one of California's largest HMOs, and as a policy development staffer at AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA). Broadus' emphasis on self-empowerment for women with HIV has increasingly made Women Alive, which was founded in 1991 as a support group for women with HIV, one of the nation's leading authorities and advocates on issues facing HIV-positive women.


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Collaborations are an important part of Happy Socks. In addition to trying to do good, we want to work with the best, most creative designers and corporations.
Current Collaborations:
In 2003, Pharrell Williams partnered with Japanese fashion icon Nigo to launch two premium menswear collections:BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB and ICECREAM. Following the mantra "wealth is of the heart and mind, not of the pocket,"BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB was created to shake up the connoisseurs of contemporary menswear.
In 2015, HAPPY SOCKS collaborates with BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB to release unisex socks and men's underwear. Wear HAPPY SOCKS' famous designs with three of the iconic BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB patterns designed by legendary Japanese artist SK8THING: Starfield, Diamond and Dollar and Classic Helmet.
The HAPPY SOCKS X BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB items will be available for sale separately or combined in an exclusive box set. The box set packaging features an exclusive all-over holographic print on white background.
Happy Socks X SnS
We're proud to present another Swedish collaboration – Stockholm natives Happy Socks and sneakerstore Sneakersnstuff have finally joined forces!
The result is a limited edition prepacked box containing a regular and a low sock. Both the socks and the box have a unique and playful camouflage design.
Happy Socks X Miike Snow
Happy Socks has teamed up with another great Swedish export: Miike Snow!
After naming their second album Happy To You, the Swedish/American band collaborates with Happy Socks to create three very special pairs of socks. Each pair features Miike Snow's signature image: the infamous Jackalope, a fabled horned rabbit.
Buy your Happy Socks X Miike Snow here!
Past Collaborations Include:
Happy Socks X Love Me
For Valentines 22013 Happy Socks collaborated with painter and photographer Curtis Kulig, the man behind the ubiquitous Love Me artwork. In 2005 he scribed 'Love Me' on a wall in Los Angeles. Since then this simple message has become a global phenomenon spanning from New York, to Paris, to Istanbul and Tokyo.
Three limited edition sock styles was available in a combination of red, black and white with the recognizable words Love Me knit into the socks design.
Happy Socks shot by Terry Richardson
On September 23rd 2011, Terry Richardson gathered a crew of New Yorks coolest, to shoot under happy conditions. Stylist / fashion editor Mel Ottenberg and designer Adam Selman created an impressive series of looks based on Happy Socks Chapter #FOUR collection, turning Happy Socks into pants, sweaters, tops, even bunny ears and a bow tie to reflect the personality of each subject. Creative Director Jen Brill brought her impeccable sensibility and vision to the project.
The campaign featured a Who is Who of up and coming talent, personally selected by Richardson and Brill.
The line-up includes ASAP Rocky, Sky Ferreira, Ashley Smith, Action Bronson, Camille Rowe, Braydon Szafranski, Physical Therapy, Maluca Mala and Mykki Blanco. The out coming campaign is fun and the mix of people and added illustrations turn it into a well-rounded and interesting series of lookbook images.
Keds, The iconic American lifestyle brand established in 1916, collaborated with Happy Socks to create two pairs of shoes. Covered from toe to heel in red, white and blue polka dots these shoes put a fresh and vibrant spin to the Keds classic Champion silhouette. Each pair of shoes came with an exclusive set of limited edition striped Happy Socks.
Manish Arora
For the winter campaign 2012, inspired by the Indian festival Happy Holi, Happy Socks collaborated with designer Manish Arora. The worldwide acclaimed Indian designer created three pairs of joy spreading Happy Socks full of love and colour. These were exclusively packaged in a limited edition box. The perfect gift for the holiday season.
Adidas – Matchplay X Viktor Tell
Happy Socks founder and creative director, Viktor Tell, teamed up with Adidas Originals to create his own fun version of Matchplay. From the outside the silhouette of the shoe looks low key with its white canvas upper. When looking closer, details on the heel tab, ankle padding and inside tell stories of both the Olympics and Happy Socks.
Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony is a multifaceted retail environment comprised of shops, showroom, and private label collections. The collaboration was released on New Yorkís Fashionís Night Out and consisted of a selection of four Americana inspired styles of Happy Socks designed by Opening Ceremony.
Minecraft is a sandbox construction game where the user is able to create anything imaginable by combining materials made up of blocks. The Minecraft x HappySocks socks comes in a blocky box including 3 pairs of socks with exclusive Minecraft designs: the pig, the creeper and a Minecraft landscape sock.
Barneys New York
For the 2009 holiday season, Happy Socks worked with Barneyís COOP on a set of exclusive colours. Barneyís is known for their innovative, stylish collaborations with breakout brands and Happy Socks fit right in. The limited collection socks were available only at Barneys and the collaboration was a unique take on the traditional footwear staple.
Happy Socks x Bearbrick Happy Socks was approached by Japanese legend company Medicom Toy Corp to design its very own version of the famous BE@RBRICK. We could not help but create the matching pair of socks. BE@RBRICK is a collectible toy designed and produced by the Japanese company MediCom Toy Incorporated, and sold in limited numbers. They are highly collectible, and predominantly collected by adults. As a result of their limited production, and the participation of artists, BE@RBRICKs are generally considered designer toys. In this collaboration, Happy Socks have designed an exclusive, creative and a colourful sock. The BE@RBRICK toy is designed as wearing this exclusive Happy Socks BE@RBRICK sock.
Colette and KesselsKramer
Paris super-store Colette and KesselsKramer contacted Happy Socks to create an ultra-limited series of socks for the store swap they organized between Colette in Paris and Londons KK Outlet. We took the best pairs of Chapter #TWO and mismatched them, creating new fun pairs: the right sock represents Colette and the left is for KK .
Giles Deacon for the Elton John Aids Foundation
Happy Socks by Giles Deacon for the Elton John AIDS Foundation – a limited edition box of seven pairs of crazy socks. Each sock featured a different design. Happy Socks teamed up with Giles Deacon and the Elton John Aids Foundation to make a great collaborative project and help bring notice to World AIDS Day while raising money for the foundation.
This was a pairing made in heaven: Globe-Trotter and Happy Socks are partners, not in the sock making business, but in the display world. Globe-Trotter has been named Happy Socks official display partner for the US market. Not a bad deal for Happy Socks.
The Standard
Happy Socks teamed up with uber cool Hotels The Standard for a different collaboration in each one of their locations. Two pairs per hotel: Downtown LA, Miami Beach, Hollywood and New York. Pairs were available in the mini-bar of all rooms.
Wong Wong
Designer Stephen Wong, head of Wong Wong and former Art Director of Helmut Lang Studios, created an exclusive World Cup 2010 collection for Happy Socks. "With inspiration sought from the world of football, the collection pays homage to the rich football culture of eight chosen nations from across the globe."
Wood Wood
The cycling world gets another sock to commemorate Italy, arguably the worlds most passionate cycling nation. So who better to do this than a Danish clothing line and a Swedish sock company? Together, Happy Socks and Wood Wood released the 2/3 CORSA sock which features green, white, and red stripes at the top of the sock.


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Tony Romo, who has publicly expressed admiration for Tiger Woods in the past, will team up with the tour-pro for 18 holes next month at the Earl D. Woods Memorial Pro-Am at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md.
The tournament is set for July 1, and presents (ostensibly) an opportunity for the pair to talk golf, winning, and dating ultra-hot blond girls.
Interestingly, Woods chose Romo out of a field that includes Redskins quarterback Jason Campbell, receiver Antwaan Randle-El and Bruce Boudreau, head coach of the Washington Capitals; this in the heart of Redskins country.
This has already caused a palpable tremor in the greater DC area.
The Washington Post's Dan Steinberg asks, rhetorically, "For your Pro-Am playing partner, you're choosing the most-hated player from D.C.'s most-hated team? At an event where the quarterback of D.C.'s most-beloved team, plus a fun-loving beloved coach with a 9 handicap, were also potential playing partners?"
Steinberg has a point.
But if DC fans think they've reached the height of incredulity with respect to the Tony Romo show, they're sorely mistaken.
Romo's gal-pal Jessica Simpson will sing the National Anthem to kick off the event.
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NY Jets Coach Done For The Year
Sal Alosi, NY Jets assistant coach, has been suspended without pay for the rest of the season for intentionally tripping Nolan Carroll of the Miami Dolphins from the sidelines Sunday. Plus he's been fined $25 thousand. But is that enough?
What kind of example is this guy setting for not only his team, but the kids who watch each week and dream of making it big. That it's okay to do anything to win, no matter who gets hurt. Someone did get hurt AND they lost!
This so called "coach" should be benched until he learns to act like an adult.


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My family usually consume tilapià once or twice a week. We eat it either fried or sinampalucan. I prefer the former, but the rest of the family loves the latter. Sinampalucang tilapià is a fish broth which has, aside from the fish, sampáloc or tamarind (brought here by the Spaniards from México). In addition as a sour flavoring, the tamarind also gets rid of the lansá or stench of the tilapià.
If I remember correctly, it was former president Ferdinand Marcos who had the tilapià imported from Africa; the fish is not native to the Philippines. Now, it is the country's second most important food fish for mass domestic consumption next to bañgús or milkfish, which is considered as the pambansáng isdâ. Moreover, the Philippines was ranked as the fourth largest producer of "tilapià world aquaculture" in 1998 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Truly, the tilapià has gone a long way.
Due to strong demand perhaps, a kilo of tilapià costs ₱100.00 (between three to five pieces) in the wet market nowadays. And at the market, one should buy this fish ALIVE to assure of its freshness. Yes, the fish can live for hours out of water. And that fact fascinates me. Whenever I accompany Yeyette to the market, I never tire of watching these fishes in fish stalls gasping for air (or water, I should say), leaping for dear life. I pity them most of the time, and feel glad that I am not a fish. And then I remember a line from Kurt Cobain's "Something In The Way": It's okay to eat fish, 'cause they don't have any feelings.
Below is a video of Yeyette buying a couple of these fishes who live pitiful lives for the sake of our existence (uh, not for the faint of heart):
After Yeyette chose a couple of tilapià, the fish vendor then hits the fish's head with a hard object to knock it out of its wits. This keeps the fish from struggling but not actually killing it. Afterwards, these fishes are scaled alive (notice how their fins stiffen in pain!). Then their hasang or gills are cut out. Finally, they are cut into pieces.
But hey — they still survive for a couple of seconds or minutes after being hacked and chopped to death! Many times I've felt these chopped fishes still moving inside their plastic bags!
I am so glad I am not a fish (especially a tilapià), although we somehow live a fish-like existence in a capitalistic/imperialistic realm.
Enough about that for now. Here's an entry of this poor fish from everybody's favorite, Wikipedia:
Tilapià (pronounced /tɨˈlɑːpiə/) is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the tilapiine cichlid tribe. Tilapià inhabit a variety of fresh water habitats including shallow streams, ponds, rivers and lakes. Historically they have been of major importance in artisan fishing in Africa and the Levant and are of increasing importance in aquaculture. Tilapià can become problematic invasive species in new warm-water habitats, whether deliberately or accidentally introduced but generally not in temperate climates due to their inability to survive in cool waters, generally below 60 °F (16 °C).
The common name tilapià is based on the name of the cichlid genus Tilapià, which is itself a latinization of thiape, the Tswana word for "fish". Scottish zoologist Andrew Smith named the genus in 1840.
Tilapià go by many names. The moniker "St. Peter's fish" comes from the story in the Christian Bible about the apostle Peter catching a fish that carried a shekel coin in its mouth, though the passage does not name the fish. While the name also applies to Zeus faber, a marine fish not found in the area, a few tilapià species (Sarotherodon galilaeus galilaeus and others) are found in the Sea of Galilee, where the author of the Gospel of Matthew accounts the event took place. These species have been the target of small-scale artisanal fisheries in the area for thousands of years. In some Asian countries including the Philippines, large tilapià go by pla-pla while their smaller brethren are just tilapià.


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Marios Schwab talks through his A/W 13 collection with Lou Stoppard in this unique take on a re-see
Report by Kiki Georgiou on 18 February 2013.
To say that Marios Schwab is obsessed with the female body is well, rather obvious by now. From his very first collection to the one we saw last night he's been sculpting it with corsetry, mapping its contours with intricate seams, dissecting it, tattooing it and of lately, embellishing it with Swarovski crystals - a move that's turned him into a rather unexpected hit on the red carpet.
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Number: 110-3
Date: May 8, 2007
House Passes H.R. 1677, the Taxpayer Protection Act of 2007
On April 17, 2007 by a vote of 407 to 7, the House passed H.R. 1677, the Taxpayer Protection Act of 2007. The bill was sent to the Senate where it awaits action. The House-passed bill contains the following provisions of interest:
Section 2 – Family Business Tax Simplification- Net Earnings from Self-employment
• Would amend section 211(a) of the Social Security Act to:
• Require, for the purpose of determining net earnings from self-employment, each spouse's share of income or loss from a qualified joint venture be taken into account just as it would be for Federal income tax purposes under the provision.
• Permit a qualified joint venture whose only members are a husband and wife filing a joint return not to be treated as a partnership. Instead, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit would be divided between the spouses in accordance with their respective interest in the venture.
This provision would be effective with taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006.
Section 8 – Prohibition on Misuse of Department of the Treasury Names and Symbols
• Would amend section 333 of title 31 U.S.C. to expand the prohibitions against the misuse of Department of the Treasury names and symbols to the use of such names and symbols on an Internet domain address.
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Could be interesting to make a poll and see how many kitesurfers (of ALL kinds) that are natural regular or goofy footed when surfing.
Regular is when you ride the best and most natural, with your left foot forward.
Goofy is when you ride the best and most natural, with your right foot forward.
I know there are some who are mixed, meaning they kick to a football with the "other" foot, and ride a skateboard differently, and then kitesurf the opposite.
But let us just keep it simple and say you have to choose between one or another, what you feel is your best and most natural side when kitesurfing - no matter what board you are riding
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Did you know there was another hot black girl on the court before Serena Williams?
On February 3rd , 1989, tennis great Chris Evert was routed from the quarterfinals of the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament by Lori McNeil. She then went on to repeat her performance when she ousted Evert from the 1987 U.S. Open.
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Wanda Gág (aka Wanda Hazel Gág)
American printmaker, painter, and illustrator
Brief biography, in most instances from the Union List of Artist Names® Online:
American artist best known for her 1928 children's book, "Millions of Cats."
Artist ID number in the Union List of Artist Names®: ULAN 500107586.
The ULAN link above leads to a cataloging authority record at the Getty Research Institute.
Objects related to Wanda Gág (aka Wanda Hazel Gág):
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Are Pen Names Becoming Pointless?
The publishing industry is in upheaval with major changes, but one of the more subtle changes is the declining use of pen names. As more authors take charge of their own publishing and online marketing, they choose to skip the pen names when they write in various genres, in an effort to capitalize on the brand success of the name they're already selling under.
This makes sense to me and it's why I'm publishing my futuristic thriller, The Arranger,
under the same author name as my police procedurals. Essentially, the books are all crime stories, and in this case, they even share a major character, so I never considered using a pen name. Some marketers would argue this is a mistake, but I disagree.
In fact, even if I decided to write in a completely different genre, say fantasy, I still don't think I would use a pen name. Here's why. Marketers at major publishing houses established the practice with the idea that books should be categorized and shelved by genre and that readers were easily confused. They worried readers would buy a book in a genre they didn't want just because it had their favorite author's name on it.
This seems like an insult to readers. If the cover art and book description are doing their jobs, then readers will know exactly what the genre is and what to expect from the novel—regardless of the name on the cover. Readers have also come to expect authors to pen stories in various genres. It is neither surprising, nor confusing to them.
In addition, writers are blending story types and making up their own genres. Paranormal historical mystery, anyone? Or in my case: futuristic crime thriller. I'm not sure pen names were ever useful, but if they were, readers are long past it. In the age of the internet and open access to writers, readers learn everything they need to about an author and their various books with a quick visit to their website.
What about readers browsing in bookstores? Does a pen name prevent them from buying a futuristic police procedural written by J.D. Robb instead of a romance by Nora Roberts? I don't think so. At least not more than once. I know there are instances in which a pen name could be useful, such as if the author wants or needs privacy, but those cases are rare.
To minimize any possible confusion, I labeled my novel with a subtitle: A Futuristic Thriller, and I created a different style of cover. It will be clear to my Detective Jackson fans that this novel is different from my police procedurals.
I also have two other standalone thrillers, so most of my readers already know that I write non-Jackson books. Of course, I want my Jackson fans to try the new novel, which is partially why I sent Detective Lara Evans into the future to tell this story. (I also think she's a lot of fun, but that's another blog.) Some of my police procedural readers will check out this novel and some will pass. That's okay. I'm hoping new readers who've never heard of me will try it too.
As a fairly new author, I have to capitalize on my name recognition. My name is my brand. Without the support of a major publisher, it's all I have, and I use it everywhere: Facebook, Twitter, chat groups, etc. I never use amusing nicknames like thrillergirl or crimefighter. They might be fun, but they don't tell readers who I am. I'm not likely to ever use a pen name either, for the same reasons.
What do you think? Are pen names useful to you as a reader or writer?
L.J. Sellers is an award-winning journalist and the author of the bestselling Detective Jackson mystery/suspense series. L.J. also has three standalone thrillers. When not plotting murders, she enjoys performing standup comedy, cycling, social networking, and attending mystery conferences. She's also been known to jump out of airplanes.
L.J. Sellers would like to give away one print copy and two e-books of her new release, The Arranger, to readers who leave comments today on her PDD post. If you comment, you can email her directly at ljsellers[dot]novelist[at]gmail[dot]com with your own email address. She'll let you know if you've won the drawing--and let her know if you have (or don't have) an e-reader!
16 comments:
- Nancy Adams said...
Hi L.J.
I love books that mix mystery and other genres, so THE ARRANGER sounds really interesting to me and I'd love to win a copy.
Your discussion on pen names makes sense to me. I know if I like an author I'm usually interested in anything else she writes regardless of genre.
Wishing you success in your indie endeavors!
- September 15, 2011 at 10:01 AM
- Laura B in TN said...
I love your books! :) And I really don't care for pen names - If I think it's a pen name, then, geek that I am, spend FAR too much time trying to find out who the "real" author is... LOL I could spend that time actually READING!
- September 15, 2011 at 10:13 AM
- Randall Platt said...
I think it can work in favor of the author to use different names at times, especially when one is jumping from YA to the adult markets or perhaps from early readers to teen readers. I do think that people get an image of the writer in their mind and are hesitant to think that writer can create for a totally different readership, especially different age groups. Certainly publishers want to pigeon-hole us as writers and when we venture out of that hole, we are fighting a bit of a battle. I also think the sex of an author has an affect. As a female with a given male name, I have seen both sides of this literary discrimination. It's a real case for using initials and no photo on the jacket
- September 15, 2011 at 10:21 AM
- Elizabeth Zelvin said...
Good to have you on PDD, LJ. I confess that having poured my heart into whatever I write, I want people to know it's me. :) My impression is that the publishers and the chain bookstores make a lot of the decisions about pseudonyms.
- September 15, 2011 at 1:41 PM
- lil Gluckstern said...
I like when writers try different genres, and retain their names. That way, I know I will be getting the quality I expect from that author. I love books, and I can't keep track of the different names authors use. Even Nora Roberts' publishers are using "...Writing as J. D. Robb" to identify her. It's about sales, I'm sure, but for me it represents the authors body of work.
- September 15, 2011 at 2:02 PM
- Cozy in Texas said...
I agree with you. There are many authors that have done this and I haven't bought their books because it was an unfamiliar name.
- September 15, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Kaye George said...
I love the LF Sellers books I've read and would love another one! Thanks for the interview.
- September 15, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- L.J. Sellers said...
Thanks everyone for stopping in. Liz, I think you're right that pen names are still pushed on some authors by their publishers. It makes things challenging for the authors at conferences, as well as having to maintain multiple websites and newsletter lists.
- September 15, 2011 at 4:06 PM
My real name has been stolen by porn merchants so I think I need pen names.
- September 15, 2011 at 4:30 PM
- obxwriter said...
My thought is, each author has his/her own particular reason for using a pen name. I don't really care whether an author's name is their legal name or not. I'm more intrested in what they have to say in their work. -- DQ
- September 15, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Marlyn Beebe said...
I've never understood the reasoning behind a pen name for an already published author.
- September 15, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Kerry Gans said...
I think it's pretty hard these days to HAVE a real pen name - one that you can totally hide behind and no one knows who you are. The Internet makes it too easy to find out who you are. And I agree that your name is your brand in this day and age of publishing, so why hide it?
That said, I am using 2 pen names! Kerry Gans is my author name, and I intend to use it in every book I write no matter what genre. It is my maiden name, but (like many women in business) I chose to keep using it because that was how my growing network of contacts knew me, and because my husband would like a little bit of a privacy shield should I ever become a household name. :-)
I also am writing one book with 2 other authors. We all agreed that 3 names on the cover would be ridiculous, so we created a pen name, PGK Hanson. If you go to that website, we do nothing to hide our real identities. Plus, it eliminates the need to haggle over whose name goes in what order on the cover, etc.
So I think pen names can be useful--as long as you're not expecting to be able to hide your real identity with it.
- September 15, 2011 at 5:19 PM
- Susan Russo Anderson said...
Thanks very much for your post.
It used to be that if a man wrote in the romance genre, he would use a female pen name because readers expect a romance to be written by a woman. I don't know enough about this genre or its authors to know if this is still true.
- September 15, 2011 at 5:54 PM
Interesting post, LJ. I write in a few different genres, too, and I've always used my real name. As you mentioned, if one does have a fan base , it just seems logical to draw from that no matter what the genre. That said, I'm shopping around a post-apocalyptic novel for which I may try a pen name as an experiment.
- September 15, 2011 at 6:37 PM
- L.J. Sellers said...
I've decided to send an e-book of The Arranger to everyone who commented and wants one. Email me and let me know whether you prefer a mobi (Kindle) or epub file.
- September 15, 2011 at 11:30 PM
Seriously i love your books, lovely to find your blog, that is miracles, keep posting bro!
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(CNN) -- Online dating is like reading the National Enquirer in a dentist's office, performing in community theater or watching six consecutive hours of "Antiques Roadshow": Tons of people have done it, but no one wants to talk about it.
People do it furtively, with sheepishness showing even on their profiles. ("My most humbling experience: Trying online dating, of course.")
Here's the thing: Everyone's doing it, so we really ought to just get over the stigma. In the last two years, one out of five singletons (and one in four partnered-up people) has dated someone they met on a dating site, and 17 percent of couples that married in the last three years met online, according to a study funded by Match.com.
Those millions of people couldn't possibly all be losers who can't meet a potential date through friends -- or at the meat market known as the bar. Instead, they (a good portion of them, anyway) are just folks who wanted to weed out cute folks who are, alas, already in a relationship, for example, or not English speakers.
We aren't gonna explain, for the millionth time, how to structure a nice profile or start a good flirtatious-but-not-creepy dialogue. (There are entire services devoted to that -- hell, there are even dudes who will write your messages FOR you.
Instead, what y'all need are guidelines for interacting in real life whilst joining the online scramble. Take our quiz and read on for advice for living life when you're looking for love on the internets.
1: You're perusing others' profiles when a moment of, "Hey, is that ... ?" becomes "OMG, that is definitely Craig from Accounting, complete with a picture of him sweatily performing with a jam band." You:
a) Never speak of it, online or in person. Keep things limited to perhaps a knowing nod.
b) Send him a quick message jovially saying hello and laughing about the fact you're both on it. See, online dating isn't just for weirdos! What up, solidarity!
c) Mention it when you see him in the break room the next day. Ask if he's having any luck; swap profile-perfecting tips.
2: After some witty back-and-forth with a handsome rando on the site, you've got a date tonight, huzzah! You:
a) Tell no one. Online dating is stigmatized, remember?
b) Tell a few close friends exactly where and when you'll be meeting. You also promise to send a mid-date status report text.
c) Announce your plans via Facebook and Twitter.
3: That date fell short when he asked you how old you were when you lost your virginity. ("If it's too old or too young, that tells me a lot about a person.") On to Person #2. You arrange a date via messages on the site. When firming up plans, you exchange numbers. The date goes exceedingly well. In the following days, you:
a) Reply to the last message on that site with a cute follow-up and a suggestion that you go out again.
b) Send him a text (or even, gasp!, give him a call) expressing the same sentiment.
c) Show up on his doorstep, holding a boombox on high, and profess your undying love for him.
4: Cue the beam of light, the chorus of heavenly hosts singing wordless vowels in eight-part harmony: You emerge from the DTR (Defining The Relationship) talk with a bona fide significant other. A few days later, you feel a small sprig of glee in your ribcage when a co-worker asks about your weekend plans and you get to say, "Oh, my boyfriend and I are seeing 'The Social Network' for the third time on Friday." She, out of social grace (and by virtue of the fact you were still trapped in the elevator together several floors from the ground), asks a few general questions about him, including, "How did you meet?" You:
a) Lie and vaguely mention meeting at a party, then segue into how awesome his job (gallery owner!) and tattoos (a line from Kerouac!) are.
b) Turn to stare at the floor indicator and sheepishly mutter, "Oh, we actually met online." Continue the ride in awkward silence.
c) Say, "We met on [said site]!" and then smilingly answer her questions about your e-dating experience.
1. a. Online dating is like Alcoholics Anonymous: You just don't call others out on their membership. I know this seems to contradict our "the-stigma-must-die" campaign, but you just can't assume everyone will be proud card-carrying online daters.
2. b. This is more about safety than netiquette, but it bears mentioning: When meeting a stranger, you MUST tell a few friends exactly where you're going (a public space, not someone's apartment), and update them throughout the night (9:14: "This is way awks!" 10:53: "We totally just made out throughout a jazz karaoke open mic!"). The world is full of crazies; the internet, even more so.
3. b. For Pete's sake, pick up the phone. Once you've moved your relationship out into the tangible earth, it's time to leave behind the messaging system. Hiding behind the poorly functioning dating site inbox feels like a step backward, and just reminds said date that you're still actively on the site, looking at other hotties.
4. a. or c. How you respond to your co-worker's inquiry depends on how comfortable you feel with her. She's just making polite conversation (and, let's face it, doesn't actually care how you met), so it's fine to breezily sail past the topic if you think it'd make her view you in a negative light. If she's cool (and/or, hey, single herself), go ahead and give a little promo for your favorite online matchmaker!
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I bought a Ragdoll kitten May 28, 2013, he was 12 weeks old and had just got neutered a week prior, his name is Liberace. This is actually the first kitten I have ever "bought." I have had a lot of kittens/cats through my 50+ years and they have all been healthy until they got much older. The breeder is also a Vet tech. Liberace had "the sneezies" as she called it when I got him and the breeder sent antibiotics with him. In good faith I thought the antibiotic would work and he would be better soon. Well here it is 2 months later, in the time I have had him he has been on three rounds of antibiotic, and is still sneezing. He also has had soft stools the whole time as well. He has had blood work(all ok) and stools sampled(also ok). I am going broke with the Vet bills! The vet gave me some Purina pro-biotic powder I have been putting on his food (which has not worked) and Lysine chews I have been adding to his food(which he really doesn't care for). He is now 5 months old and weighs 7 lbs, he seems otherwise healthy, eats and drinks a lot and is very lovable. The breeder has said to give him Immodium(I have not) and 1/2 tab of Zyrtec(haven't done that either), and she also said I should not keep rushing him to the vet because his immunity needs to mature. So a couple days ago I went to the pet store and got some pumpkin puree that also has oat bran and pysllium powder, and this is the 3rd day he has had this so I am hoping this will firm up the stools....It does seem to be changing, but is still "pudding" like consistency, so maybe a few more days, anyone that has tried this is it ok to give them the pumpkin for as many days as it starts working? As for the sneezing...I just don't know!! I his little nose is running a bit after he sneezes but it is clear, I have been using baby "boogie" wipes on him sometimes if it dries up. So frustrated!!!
Ragdolls are adorable .
What are you feeding him?
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Job Search / Re: Callback prep: researching a practice area« on: September 22, 2008, 07:59:44 AM »
Have you ever gone on a callback before? That sort of thing isn't really necessary and also could lock you into one practice group. Firms don't want to hire you if they can't give you work in an area you seem committed to (and firm websites are generally pretty misleading about the scope of the work in particular offices). If commercial real estate isn't hiring (and real estate finance is down generally), you could wind up without a summer offer from the firm or, worse, you could wind up no-offered at the end of the summer.
I'd go general and just say "One thing I'd like to try out over the summer is some commercial real estate work."
I've been on several callbacks. In discussions with this firm, I've expressed my interest in commercial real estate law, which for them is still booming, and they have been marketing that fact to me. Your point is well taken about getting locked into a practice group, or getting no offered. I agree with your statement about firm websites being misleading.


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Author Notes: My "best" dinner rolls take about 26 to 28 hours from start to finish, depending on the temperature of my refrigerator and the temperature in my kitchen. Actually, any yeast rolls I make should sit for a while after they've come out of the oven, if they're to be enjoyed at their best, and with the nicest texture, so the total time is closer to 30 hours. I've adapted the recipe to make it possible to prepare the dough mid-day and enjoy the rolls at dinner. Instructions for the longer rise are included below. These are not sweet, as so many dinner rolls are. Nor are they yeasty. But they are delicious. Enjoy!! - AntoniaJames —AntoniaJames
Food52 Review: Accomplished bread baker AntoniaJames showcases her best practices with this recipe. We love the attention to detail in her instructions, as well as the option of a quick or slow rise. These rolls are complex and layered in flavor because they use a combination of several different starches, and they're enriched by the dairy fat from the sour cream and butter. We found that our dough needed some time outside the fridge to finish its first rise. - A&M —The Editors
Makes: 16 rolls
½ cup potato flakes (see note below), or 2/3 cup mashed potato
¾ cup sour cream (not light, and at room temperature)
1 egg
3 tablespoon melted butter (cooled)
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup toasted wheat germ
1 ¼ cup bread flour
1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour + up to another 2 - 3 tablespoons for kneading
2/3 cup barley flour
¼ teaspoon baking soda
1 ¾ teaspoon active dry yeast
Butter for greasing the pan
For the egg wash: 1 egg
- Mix the potato flakes with ½ cup of boiling water, stir well and let sit for about 5 minutes. Stir again. If you want to use a mashed potato, use 2/3 cup of cooled mashed potato.
- Mix together the potato, sour cream, egg, melted butter, honey and salt. Add the wheat germ, the baking soda and one cup of bread flour. Stir well to combine.
- Add the yeast and all of the remaining flour, a half cup at a time, stirring well after each addition.
- When it become too difficult to stir, turn the contents out onto a floured work surface and knead. Once the dough comes together, let it rest for about 5 – 10 minutes. Wash and dry well your mixing bowl. (The dough is full of fat so you really don't need to grease it.)
- Continue kneading for a total of 10 to 12 minutes, until it is smooth and resilient. Add more flour only if necessary to keep the dough from sticking hard to your hand. You shouldn't need more than a few teaspoons.
- Put the dough in the bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Or, leave it on the counter and cover it with the bowl, provided that the bowl is large enough to allow the dough to double in size when it rises.
- Allow the dough to rise for about 2 hours, or longer if necessary, until doubled in size.
- Using the palms of your hands and flattened fingers, firmly press out the CO2 gasses and form the dough into a disk that's about 8 inches in diameter. Allow the dough to rest for at least ten minutes.
- Cut the dough into 16 pieces. (I use my bench scraper to do this, cutting it first into quarters, then each quarter into four pieces.)
- Shape into balls by using your thumbs to pull the dough from the top to the underside, stretching it, turning a quarter turn and doing it again, and repeating that motion until the ball is round. Then pinch the dough on the bottom to seal. Roll each ball around on the work surface with the palm of your hand 6 or 8 times, bearing down just a bit as you do so, to tighten up the ball.
- Butter generously the bottom and sides of a spring form pan. (I also use a large heavy Dutch oven when I have room in the oven for it, increasing the temperature to 425. I'll post photos of the long-rise bread cooked in a Dutch oven for your information. See my note below for more details on the baking procedure I use.)
- Arrange the balls of dough so the smallest are in the center. (Some will be smaller, unless you use a scale to measure each one, which I don't do, because I actually like having some smaller than the others. The inside rolls cook better if they're smaller.)
- Allow to rise, loosely covered, for about an hour and 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
- Beat an egg with about ½ cup of water. Brush some lightly on the rolls.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, tenting with foil if necessary to prevent excessive browning.
- Enjoy!!
- NB: If using a commercial instant mashed potatoes product (as opposed to buying potato flakes in bulk), use only if the potatoes are separated from seasoning and other ingredients that may be included. In other words, use only pure flakes of potatoes when making these rolls.
- FOR A LONGER RISE: For an overnight rise, decrease the yeast to 1 teaspoon. Knead only until the dough comes together, is very smooth, and starts to feel stretchy. Refrigerate in a tightly lidded, well-buttered storage box that's large enough for some expansion. The dough should rise some, but mine at least usually doesn't increase more than about 1/3 in volume when refrigerated overnight.
- Check it about ten hours later. If the dough hasn't risen much, take it out and put it in a fairly cool place. Continue to check it throughout the day and move it to a warmer spot if it's still not rising much. My house and the weather here are generally rather cool, and my refrigerator tends to be very cold, so this dough usually spends the better part of the day after the overnight rise on my counter. Interestingly, the second rise doesn't take as long as you might expect.
- If you want to cook the rolls in a heavy Dutch oven, heat your oven to 425 (or 400 if it's a convection oven). Don't brush the egg wash before putting the rolls in the oven. Bake the rolls with the lid on for about 18 minutes. Then remove the lid, quickly and very gently brush with the egg wash, and return the pot to the oven, uncovered. Bake for another 8 to 10 minutes. Allow to rest for about ten minutes, then remove the rolls to cool on a wire rack. If possible, don't eat them for at least 2 hours after removing from the oven.
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Cheers for that Ed. What made you go for a small rally, I thought the rpm s were a bit better in small sizes, and rally in larger ? I like my 10 rally, but it sits a bit odd with other kite sizes if you only have two kites.magic%20Ed wrote:9 m rpm, I have a 12 & 8 Rally and use the 8 when a friend uses the RPM 9.
superpak101 wrote:For what it's worth, I flew a 8m and 12m 2012 Rally for a season and it served me well for wind conditions ranging from 12 knots to around 30 knots and maybe even a little bit over that. I weigh a 165 lbs.
I eventually sold the 12m Rally for a 2013 12m RPM and ended up missing the Rally a lot.
The Rally is better for hooked in riding. The RPM is better for unhooked.
Hope that helps a bit....
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Ian Cobain and Richard Norton-Taylor at the UK Guardian reported earlier this week that the widely heralded 2010 announcement of a British government official inquiry into UK torture is facing a boycott by British human rights and attorney groups. The reason is undue secrecy.
[British Prime Minister] Cameron also made clear that the sort of material that has so far been made public with the limited disclosure in the Guantánamo cases would be kept firmly under wraps during the inquiry. "Let's be frank, it is not possible to have a full public inquiry into something that is meant to be secret," he said. "So any intelligence material provided to the inquiry panel will not be made public and nor will intelligence officers be asked to give evidence in public."
This from the UK Guardian… July 14, 2010.
The handwriting was on the wall for some time on this sham inquiry, but the British human rights and lawyer groups kept fighting to make something real out of it. I can understand the impulse to do this, but really the inquiry's true intentions were telegraphed when Sir Peter Gibson was made its chair, as I noted when the news first broke.
The investigation is being conducted by a panel of three, whose head is the intelligence-connected Sir Peter Gibson, who is Intelligence Services Commissioner, responsible for monitoring secret bugging operations by MI5, MI6 and GCHQ (Britain's version of the NSA). Many questions have been raised by the appointment of Gibson, and it is startling to think that British human rights groups will accede to the appointment, given Gibson's likely bias, not to mention his track record in other "judge-led" investigations.
The legal human rights charity group Reprieve describes three fatal flaws embedded within the official rules recently published for the inquiry:
First, the definition of evidence that will remain classified forever is hopelessly overbroad. Set out in Annex A [of the Detainee's Inquiry Protocol – PDF], this effectively includes anything that would in any way breach an "understanding" between the UK and its allies – in other words, anything the Americans would find embarrassing will not be made public…. Given that the essence of British complicity involves working with the US on torture and rendition, the exception to publicity swallows the rule.
Second, there is no meaningful, independent (preferably judicial) review of what should be kept secret… Unlike other inquiries where victims have made serious allegations of torture, the victims will not have meaningful legal representation. Their advisers will be denied access to any documents or hearings deemed secret by the inquiry.
Third, the Inquiry is left toothless due to a lack of powers to compel the attendance of witnesses or the provision of evidence or information from any party or organisation.
Truly, the UK government's so-called inquiry is being set up as Reprieve director Clive Stafford-Smith called it, "a whitewash." According to the Guardian article Shami Chakrabarti, director of the British group Liberty, states the inquiry is "a sham." "When is an inquiry not an inquiry?" Chakrabarti asked. "When it's a secret internal review."
Hiding Murder in the Rendition Program
While the U.S. Department of Justice is finally considering two cases of murder of detainees by the CIA, in general, the Obama administration has an official policy of "not looking back" and non-accountability when it comes to crimes of torture. But it seems likely there are more crimes waiting to be revealed.
Last July, around the time the UK torture inquiry was first proposed, I broke the story that the revelations of UK cooperation with U.S. rendition policies included possible "rendition to killing."
Like much of what I report, the revelation was not consistent with the accepted narrative of what the U.S. media is allowed to report, so it was also ignored by the supposed alternative blogosphere, who mainly grubs after the crumbs that are begrudgingly reported by Associated Press, the New York Times, the Washington Post, or second-tier establishment-organs-cum-alternative-press like Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, or Salon.com. The mainstream press reports what government officials tell them, while the "alternative" press and bloggers report what academic and governmental dissidents say. Rarely is any real investigative work done.
But this revelation was based on hard documentation, as reported in my July 14, 2010 article.
A series of documents released on July 14 in the UK Binyam Mohamed civil case, Al Rawi and Others v Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Others, have produced a series of explosive revelations, reported in Britain and as yet unknown here in the U.S….
Now, one of the most incendiary revelations in the documents concerns instructions given to MI6 Special Intelligence Service (SIS) over detention operations. According to Chapter 32 of MI6′s general procedural manual, "Detainees and Detention Operations", "the following sensitivities arise" (PDF – bold emphasis added):
a. the geographical destination of the target. Where will she or he be held? Under whose jurisdiction? Is it clear that detention, rather than killing, is the objective of the operation?
b. what treatment regime(s) for the detainees can be expected?
c. what is the legal basis for the detention?
d. what is the role of any liaison partner who might be involved?
The "objective" of "killing" points to the existence of extrajudicial murders carried out by the intelligence services. It's not clear if the killings are by UK or liaison — including United States — forces. "Liaison partners" refers to instances of operational cooperation with non-UK intelligence agencies.
I have since discovered that BBC reported the same revelations about "killing" on July 15, so at least it was reported in the British press, where it made some stir, the BBC labeling as "stark" the paragraph on about "killing" as "the objective of the operation." Still, no U.S. news outlet picked up on this.
This is not the first time that unheralded killings of detainees has appeared in an otherwise unnoticed document. Last December I reported on a discussion of Guantanamo health protocols at a February 19, 2002 meeting of the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, where officials were told that a "number of the detainees have died of the wounds that they arrived with."
This is not as impossible or incredible as it may sound. We know that Guantanamo, like other DoD and CIA sites had their share of "ghost prisoners," i.e., prisoners whose existence was never reported to the International Red Cross or anyone else. Some of these disappeared forever. We don't know how many. (Maybe a real torture inquiry would shed some light on this.) Indeed, Manadel al-Jamadi, the subject of one of John Durham's recently announced criminal investigations, was such a ghost prisoner. And he, too, ended up dead, murdered.
Nor are such renditions and ghost prisoners a recent phenomenon. Consider the case of a Bulgarian political activist Dmitrov (aka "Kelly") who was rendered to U.S. Fort Clayton in Panama in the early 1950s, where, according to declassified CIA documents, he became a victim of the CIA's Project Artichoke mind control program. The full story was reported by H.P. Albarelli and myself in a Truthout article last year.
The United States, Great Britain and their partners in torture and rendition believe they are above the law, and that they can game the system forever. Perhaps they are right, and we have lost the battle before it was ever really engaged. I refuse to believe this is so. I can't believe that I am alone in wanting justice, and seeking a radical change in the configuration of forces that control this planet, which are currently organized in the name of power and oppression, for the benefit of an economic elite, and not around justice, social and economic equality, and a rational, humane world order based on cooperation and mutual respect for all nations and all individuals.
We desperately need a real, international inquiry into the crimes of torture, rendition, and aggressive war. But there is no political force currently operative that has the power and influence to make this happen, as the pending collapse of the UK torture inquiry enterprise demonstrates. And that is truly the dilemma of our times.
Jeffrey Kaye is a psychologist living in Northern California who writes regularly on torture and other subjects for The Public Record, Truthout and Firedoglake. He also maintains a personal blog, Invictus. His email address is sfpsych at gmail dot com.
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By Robyn Collins
Paris Jackson shared some quality family time with and her godfather Macaulay Culkin late Thursday night.
Related: Paris and Prince Jackson Get Complimentary Tattoos
The child actor appeared in several clips on Jackson's Instagram Stories, including one where she put a neon orange paint on the actor's forehead, posting, "Simba! All the light touches your kingdom." There's also a sweet hugging pic complete with bunny emoji.
Culkin, who was friends with the late Michael Jackson, was named godfather to his three children and has been seen spending time with Paris since her father's death, according to ET.


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Waterloo Police Investigate Robbery
On Thursday, January 22, 2009 at approximately 5:56 PM, Waterloo Police responded to a report of a robbery at Stratus Communications, 325 Franklin Street, Waterloo.
The two suspects entered the business, displaying handguns, and demanded money from the employees and customers. The suspects were described two black males, wearing all black clothing, height 5'9 to 5'11. The suspects fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money, and personal items.
Anybody having information concerning the robbery or the identity of the suspects is asked to contact the Waterloo Police Department at 319-291-4333, option #4, for the Investigation Division
Lieutenant Dave Mohlis, Watch II Patrol, 319-291-4349


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Even though Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett rose to his current job by calling his own plays, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said it wasn't a demotion to have those duties taken away.
Jones said earlier today that Garrett will no longer call plays, with every indication that offensive coordinator/line coach Bill Callahan would take over those duties.
"It's not a step back for Jason. It's actually a step forward for Jason in my mind," Jones said, via Brandon George of the Dallas Morning News. "Make no mistake about it, when I hired Jason to come into the organization as a coach he was hired specifically for his skills for his abilities to call the plays. When he became the head coach, it was at my insistence that he continue to call the plays. It was not at Jason's insistence.
"It is not a step back for the Cowboys or a step back individually for him to change the way we basically are putting our game plan together or are calling the plays on the offensive side of the ball. As you well know, differences in opinion can frankly be a step in a better direction."
Prior to Jones talking, Garrett himself said he was open to changes, also indicating that Callahan was the guy.
"I've never been a guy where it's been hell or high water that I'm going to call the plays," Garrett said. "I've been on teams where it's worked a lot of different ways. This idea that there's no way you can call plays and handle the game situations, . . . we've come back in a lot of games and handled game situations really well and sometimes we haven't handled them as well.
"It's my responsibility and I have to make sure we do it better. Watch the games. Coaches who don't call the plays don't have the corner on handling game situations the right way. But having said that, that's an added responsibility that you have during games that you have to manage and work through."
Jones can spin it any way he likes, and Garrett can smile and nod and play along and collect a handsome salary. After all, play-calling was the thing Garrett was good at, and the reason he got the job to begin with. There have been times he looked lost handling in-game situations, although he drew high marks for his handling of the Josh Brent situation late in the year.
Still, it's hard to view it as anything but Jones cutting the legs out from under Garrett (especially with Garrett's brother leaving for and/or being nudged to a lateral move), and the precursor to the eventual next move Jones makes with his head coach.


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Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author of "Jimmy Carter" by Times Books and editor of a book assessing former President George W. Bush's administration by Princeton University Press.
With the midterm elections just a week away, many Democrats are scratching their heads and wondering what went wrong.
After Barack Obama's election in 2008, many in the party thought that they were on the cusp of a new era in American politics. Republicans, and the conservative philosophy that had shaped their party for several decades, seemed to be in retreat.
Yet less than years later, Republicans are on the verge of recapturing control of the House of Representatives and maybe the Senate. President Obama's approval ratings have slid since his first year, while Republicans are now looking forward to the election of 2012.
The most conventional argument about what went wrong for Democrats is that Obama moved too far to the left in a country that is center-right. But this argument is not supported by a recent study by The Washington Post, Henry Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University.
The study found that Americans are philosophically conservative but operationally liberal. While they do express strong distrust of government in general, when asked about specific programs they usually voice their support. More Americans have more negative views of government than they did 10 years ago, yet most people still consider Social Security and Medicare to be "very important" and almost half support government regulation of health care.
Democrats were knocked down by a different set of factors besides some broad philosophical disconnect between the party and the people. The first is the most obvious: the economic downturn.
When the economy is in the kind of poor shape that it is today, the party in power usually does badly in elections. There are exceptions, such as 1934, when Democrats expanded their majority despite the dire state of economic affairs. But normally downturn elections look more like 1958 when Republicans suffered huge setbacks as a result of the recession.
The second factor is that Obama has not performed very well as a party leader, even as he succeeded in obtaining a good deal of his presidential agenda from Congress. In this respect, there are some similarities between Obama and President Carter, who left his party in worse political shape in 1981 than when he found it.
Heeding Rahm Emanuel's admonition that politicians should not let a crisis go to waste, the administration pushed for a number of hugely controversial measures in the first two years. Most significantly they pursued health care reform and financial regulation.
With their victory on both issues came significant political costs. Obama placed many congressional Democrats, whom he called on to vote for these measures, in a difficult position with their constituents. The bills were certain to trigger fierce opposition, and they did. Moreover, the structure of health care legislation delayed the start of most benefits until 2014.
Without economic recovery, congressional Democrats have been left with a controversial record and an angry electorate.
Further straining the party was the fact that the administration did not do a good job at keeping liberals enthused and engaged. The president made a series of crucial compromises such as dropping the public option from the health care bill and only offering tepid support to gay rights, while sometimes going out of his way to antagonize liberals.
Press secretary Robert Gibbs has served as an attack dog, not against Republicans but instead against members of his own party such as when he vented about the "professional left."
The final factor has been the strength of the opposition. Republicans have pulled off a remarkable recovery since 2008. Within Congress, House Minority Leader John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell have maintained tight discipline. Even in the worst of times, few in the GOP crossed over to the other side of the aisle.
Outside of Capitol Hill, Republicans put together a powerful combination of Washington-based organizations, grass-roots activism and internet-based operations that re-energized the conservative movement financially and organizationally.
Although it is unclear how many Tea Party candidates will win, the citizens who participated in the movement have injected a level of energy and excitement about the GOP that had vanished under President George W. Bush.
Conservatives have also done very well at playing the politics of the media by staying on message and framing Obama and his policies in a negative light. They have been able to turn the president's legislative victories into political defeats. Obama and his supporters have spent the last few months trying to explain all that he has done. But when a president has to do so much explaining, that means that he has already lost the battle.
Whatever the outcome of the midterms, Democrats will need to regroup in the coming months. Rather than focusing on allegations of foreign money flowing into the campaign or embarking on some wholesale philosophical shift to the right, Democrats would do better to look at the specific strategic mistakes that they have made along the way and make sure that they don't repeat them on the road to 2012.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Julian E. Zelizer.


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From June 2008 until October 2008 there was a not so silent argument going on in our house. Our son decided to attend Fairfield University and "walk-on" to the varsity swim team. His coach explained that if you go to practice and work hard you will be in the line-up. You may be swimming "off events" but you will be in the line-up. What an incredible opportunity for a kid who earned full tuition – a chance to be on a team! But, no, he did not want us there. He didn't know what to expect and did not want the extra pressure of having us in the stands in case he did not actually get to swim.
For those of you who are not familiar with a competitive swim team please see my next blog "My Child is Enrollment Management?" As I describe, mid-major swim teams traditionally are used more as enrollment management, with few scholarship dollars, than responsible for generating revenue in ticket sales.
If you know me, you know my husband and I try to attend most of our son's swim meets. Last year we only missed one and it was one that was rescheduled due to an equipment malfunction. Remember, every meet is an away meet when your child goes to school seven hours from home. So, how did we get to this point when two years ago he didn't even want us in the humid cavern known as a natatorium?
The first meet was at Holy Cross, another wonderful Jesuit institution of higher learning in Worcester, MA. My husband and I insisted we would attend his first NCAA Division I sporting event – you would have needed an act of Congress to keep us away. We would respect his wishes the rest of the season, but the first meet? Of course we were going to be there!
Sure enough, when he climbed on the block, pushing his goggles on his eyes with the palms of his hand like I had seen him do 100's of times before, I could see the smile on his face when they introduced him. In lane one, swimming for Fairfield University, Anthony Caserta! I could see my husband's chest expand – nothing can describe the feeling of having your child compete in intercollegiate athletics – absolutely nothing. I can safely say it is right up there with marriage and birthing babies – seriously, it is! It is the validation that all of their time and effort in training and academics was worth it. It is also validation that all of your parental sacrifice of time and treasure helped them achieve a dream.
So, how did I end up here, at a Courtyard Marriott in Worcester, MA following his second meet, two years later, at Holy Cross? Turns out, he glanced up to the stands while he climbed up on the block and saw his blubbering parents standing there cheering him on. As a freshman, he still did not know any other parents so, if we were not there, who would cheer for him? He came up to the stands later to thank us.
The next meet was the following Friday against MAAC rival St. Peter's College at their home pool on campus. My husband and I must have gotten ten texts a piece from him telling us about his swims and complaining that no one knows him and is not cheering for him. I am sure that is not true as we cheer for all of the kids but to a lonely freshman it was his reality. It was those texts that made us change our plans and decide to travel to as many meets as possible and we haven't looked back.
To this day, I still do not remember how he did his first race. How could I see it through my tears of pride?
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