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The following is a selective list of African-American interest books for adult readers; compiled from publisher responses to our October PW Call for Information, these titles are publishing between September 2012 and March 2013. For a list of African-American interest books for young readers, please visit African-American Interest Young Readers' Titles, 2012–2013.
Called to the Fire: A Witness of God in Mississippi (Jan., $21.99) by Chet Bush recounts the story of Dr. Charles Johnson, a black preacher who went to Mississippi in 1961 during the summer of the Freedom Rides.
The Gospel According to Cane: A Novel (Feb., paper $15.95) by Courttia Newland meditates on inner-city youth in contemporary London, where everyone is the victim and no one is to blame.
The Baker's Son: A Memoir (Sept., $24.95; paper $15.95) by Lowell Hawthorne records the story of an immigrant family from rural Jamaica whose enterprise became the hugely successful Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill.
Obama Talks Back: Global Lessons: A Dialogue with America's Young Leaders (Oct., paper $19.95) by Gregory J. Reed presents students' letters together with President Obama's responses from his campaign through his presidency.
The African American Criminal Justice Guide: Staying Alive and Out of Jail (Sept., paper $14.95) compiled by Amber Classics teaches how to fight crime in the community, survive in the criminal justice system, and much more.
Nicki Minaj: The Woman Who Stole the World (Sept., paper $12) by Lynette Holloway uses photos and interviews to reveal the heart and soul of the modern day queen of hip-hop.
Still Waters (Sept., paper $21.95) by Renee Montalvan. A small town's outcast and the most popular boy in school somehow find themselves deeply and helplessly in love–except that the boy is a ghost.
Better than Good Hair (Jan., paper $14.99) by Nikki Walton. The natural hair blogger and psychotherapist offers advice on natural hair care for women of all ages and styles.
Color Blind (Mar., $25) by Tom Dunkel recounts the true story of an integrated semipro baseball team that played in North Dakota during the Great Depression and whose marquee player was the pitcher Satchel Paige.
If Your Back's Not Bent (Sept., $25) by Dorothy Cotton shares a personal account of her experiences at the front lines in the fight for civil rights, as the former director of the SCLC's Citizens Education Project.
South By Southeast (Sept., $15) by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes finds Tennyson Hardwick and his family in South Beach, Florida, filming his role in a television detective series.
On the 7th Day: A Novel (Oct., $24.99) by TD Jakes follows a couple whose love and commitment are tested when their only child is kidnapped from their gated New Orleans community.
Silent Cry (Oct., paper $15) by Dywane Birch focuses on the effects of secondhand domestic violence on children in this sequel to Beneath the Bruises.
Daddy's Maybe (Nov., paper $15) by Pat Tucker. The ultimate daddy by default, who was stuck paying child support for a kid that DNA proved wasn't his, is now an advocate for fathers who are being victimized by the system.
Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom (Nov., $20) by Nelson Mandela presents more than 300 quotations gathered from privileged access to Mandela's personal archive of private papers, speeches, correspondence and recordings.
Whitney: Tribute to an Icon (Nov., $39.99) by Pat Houston and Randee St. Nicholas curates images spanning thirty years of Whitney Houston's career.
Man Who Turned Both Cheeks (Dec., paper $16) by Gillian Royes. The second in the mystery series, set in Jamaica, featuring bartender-turned-detective Shad.
Dark Hunger (Jan., paper $15) by Joelle Sterling. The second installment of the Eternal Dead Series, in which Holland and Jonas attempt to restore their taboo love amidst a dire clash among witches, zombies, and vampires.
A Deeper Love Inside: The Porsche Santiaga Story (Jan., $26.99) by Sister Souljah tells a coming-of-age story in the words of Porsche Santiaga, Winter's younger sister.
Domino Falls (Feb., paper $15) by Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes delivers the second in a new paranormal series exploring what happens when an alien race brings Earth to the brink of Apocalypse.
Make It Last Forever: The Do's and the Don'ts (Feb., $24) by Keith Sweat offers help for relationship problems, based on his popular radio show "The Sweat Hotel."
I Would Die 4 U (Mar., paper $14) by Tourè draws on new research and in-depth interviews with band members, musicologists, and Bible scholars to deconstruct the life and work of the artist known as Prince.
The Motherhood Diaries (Mar., paper $15) by ReShonda Tate Billingsley takes suggestions from social media followers to reveal imperfections of a mother trying to balance it all.
The Young and the Ruthless: Back in the Bubbles (Mar., paper $15) by Victoria Rowell continues the adventures of soap diva Calysta Jeffries who has survived a drug rehab and returned to the set to resume her role as lead actress in The Rich and the Ruthless.
Lose It Fast, Lose It Forever: A 4-Step Permanent Weight Loss Plan from the Most Successful "Biggest Loser" of All Time (Sept., $26) by Pete Thomas. One of the most successful contestants on NBC's The Biggest Loser shares his fitness program which has helped hundreds of his students lose weight and keep it off.
Formula 50: A 6-Week Workout and Nutrition Plan that Will Transform Your Life (Dec., $30) by 50 Cent offers 50 reasons to start working out now.
The Vegucation of Robin: How Real Food Saved My Life (Mar., $35) by Robin Quivers shares her journey to newfound health thanks to a vegan diet.
Kingonomics: Twelve Innovative Currencies for Transforming Your Business and Life Inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Jan., $24.95) by Rodney Sampson combines pertinent ideas from the life and works of Dr. King with real-life experiences to produce a guide through which one can realize their full potential and personal power.
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David (Jan., paper $17.95) by Ray Robertson offers a portrait of life after the Underground Railroad, inspired by Canada's Elgin Settlement, which by 1852 housed 75 free black families.
Respect Yourself (Nov., $30) by Robert Gordon chronicles the struggle of Memphis-based Stax Records to survive in an increasingly conglomerate-oriented world.
The Double V (Jan., $28) by Rawn James, Jr. narrates the history of how the struggle for equality in the military helped give rise to their fight for equality in civilian society.
Gospel of Freedom (Mar., $23) by Jonathan Rieder delves into Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" to illuminate both its timeless message and its crucial position in the history of civil rights.
A Woman Like Me (Sept., $26.95) by Bettye LaVette recounts a story of persistence by one of R&B's true "soul survivors."
BOA EDITIONS (dist. by Consortium)
The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 (Sept., $35) edited by Kevin Young and Michael S. Glaser combines all eleven of Lucille Clifton's published collections with sixty-nine previously unpublished poems.
Animal (Oct., paper $14.99) by K'Wan follows the infamous fugitive from the Hood Rat series on a revenge mission from the rugged streets of Puerto Rico to Harlem, the scene of the original crime.
Fly Betty (Feb., paper $14.95) by Treasure Blue. The very tools Betty used so effectively against wealthy men begin to turn against her – and deadly consequences are sure to follow.
Airtight Willie and Me (Mar., paper $14.99) by Iceberg Slim delivers six slices of city life through the terrifying urban streets from slick con men, classic tales of revenge, to a heist gone awry, Robert Beck, the man many know as Iceberg Slim.
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Sept., $27) by Tom Reiss reveals the true story of General Alex Dumas, son of a black slave and as father of the novelist Alexandre Dumas, the inspiration behind his classics The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War (Mar.,$26.99) by Thomas Fleming explores why the United States became the only nation in the world to fight a war to end slavery.
Almost Doesn't Count (Sept., paper $15) by Angela Winters follows three ambitious ladies who fight to get to the top amid the glitz and glam of Washington D.C.
Another Man Will (Sept., paper $15) by Daaimah Poole revolves around three sisters on the hunt for the perfect man.
Divine Intervention (Oct., paper $15) by Lutishia Lovely returns with the seventh installment of the Hallelujah Love Series.
A Gangster and a Gentleman (Oct., paper $15) by Kiki Swinson & De'Nesha Diamond collaborate in a hot urban fiction anthology.
Red Hot (Oct., paper $6.99) by Niobia Bryant delivers a scorching contemporary romance featuring the Strong family.
Holy Mayhem (Nov., paper $15) by Pat G'Orge-Walker returns with a tale of two wannabe crime investigators and their equally neurotic pet dog, Felony.
Love on the Run (Nov., paper $6.99) by Zuri Day introduces the three fine Morgan brothers who have it all, except what their mama wants most for them: wives.
Sexy Little Liar (Nov., paper $15) by Noire brings the second installment of the trilogy following the escapades of a NYC hustler pretending to be the long-lost daughter of an oil-rich Texas family.
What He's Been Missing (Dec., paper $15) by Grace Octavia looks at one woman's journey to find happiness no matter the cost.
Gangsta Divas (Jan., paper $15) by De'Nesha Diamond brings the final installment of Memphis's ride-or-die chicks who will do whatever it takes to get what they want.
Make Me Yours (Jan., paper $6.99) by Sophia Shaw. Island girl Rebecca has a chance encounter with new love Bryce on a trip to the United States.
The Other Side of Dare (Jan., paper $15) by Vanessa Davis Griggs continues her Blessed Trinity series with the story of two women in a battle of wills over family and faith.
Don't Tell a Soul (Feb., paper $14) by Tiffany Warren revisits the trio of faithful friends who are definitely older—but are they wiser?
Breaking All My Rules (Mar., paper $15) by Trice Hickman returns with a fun and relatable story about an uptown girl who meets her downtown match.
The Eleventh Commandment (Mar., paper $15) by Lutishia Lovely continues the Hallelujah Love series with the members of Kingdom Citizens Christian Center who just can't seem to stay out of drama.
It's Complicated (But It Doesn't Have to Be): A Modern Guide to Finding and Keeping Love (Oct., $22.50) by Paul Carrick Brunson presents an optimistic and plainspoken dating guide to finding romance both on- and off-line.
Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated: How I Became a Champion (Oct., $25) by Anthony Robles shares how despite being born without his right leg, he defied the odds to become an all-American wrestling champion.
Shattered (Oct., paper $14.99) by Kia DuPree. Kiki's world is turned upside down when her partially deaf mother loses custody of her children, sending Kiki and her siblings into foster care.
Politics. Escorts. Blackmail. (Dec., paper $14.99) by Pynk explores the call-girl industry as it spills over into the world of New York City politics.
The Ex-Wife (Jan., paper $14.99) by Candice Dow. Falling in love with realtor Cameron is perfect for Ayana–until a woman calls in to her radio show claiming that he's her husband.
The Man in 3B (Jan., $24.99) by Carl Weber. Desirable new tenant Darryl Graham values his privacy–so when he's murdered, his neighbors become the prime suspects.
The Perfect Marriage (Jan., $19.99) by Kimberla Lawson Roby. Denise and Derrek Shaw are the perfect American couple–with secret, dangerous addictions to drugs.
The Rich Girls' Club (Mar., $19.99) by HoneyB. After convincing Brooks Kennedy to run for governor of California, Morgan hatches a campaign strategy involving sexually blackmailing each opponent.
Sister Mine (Mar., $23.99) by Nalo Hopkinson. When her father goes missing, Makeda will have to find her own power if she's to have a hope of saving him.
Percival Everett by Virgil Russell (Feb., paper $15) by Percival Everett offers a clever meditation on the nature of narrative and the power of imagination.
Merry Sexy Christmas (Nov., paper $6.99) by Beverly Jenkins, Kayla Perrin, and Maureen Smith. Brand-new collection of holiday stories written by three of the genre's authors.
My Only Christmas Wish (Nov., paper $6.99) by J. M. Jeffries. All Darcy Bennett wants for Christmas is to retain control of her family's department store–until stubborn and sexy Eli Austin tries to edge her out without a fight.
Any Way You Want It (Dec., paper $6.99) by Maureen Smith. Elite escort agency owner Zandra is not immune to fantasies—especially when it comes to her childhood friend, gorgeous former Navy SEAL Remington Brand.
A Little Holiday Temptation (Dec., paper $6.99) by Janice Sims. With the magic of the holiday season around them, will Erik be able to show Ana that he's the only one for her?
Bachelor Unclaimed (Feb., paper $6.99) by Brenda Jackson. Former mayoral candidate Ainsley St. James accepts a job covering a breaking story, only to discover that the island's most desirable recluse is the love she has yet to forget!
Decadent Dreams (Mar., paper $6.99) by A.C. Arthur. Malik has longed after talented baker Belinda for years, and now she's coming on to him—or is she?
The Cutting Season (Sept., $25.99) by Attica Locke intertwines a tale of two murders separated by over a century with themes of race, class and justice in contemporary America.
Beyond the Possible: 50 Years of Creating Radical Change in a Community Called Glide (Feb., $25.99) by Cecil Williams and Janice Mirikitani offers a lesson in universal love, unconditional acceptance, and the power of change.
River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom (Feb., $35) looks at the slave economy of the lower Mississippi Valley slavery through its ambition, economy, and international reach.
Dave Bing: A Life of Challenge (Nov., paper $17.95) by Drew Sharp chronicles the story of a figure whose will to succeed, refusal to make excuses for setbacks, and efforts to contribute to society set him apart.
A Bit of Difference (Dec., $25) by Sefi Atta. A Nigerian expatriate in London navigates the differences between forgotten images of Africa and the realities of contemporary Nigerian life.
Purpose: An Immigrant's Story (Sept, $26.99) by Wyclef Jean offers a personal account of poverty, immigration, religion, father/son relationships, celebrity, and philanthropy.
Black Crow Dress (Dec., paper $15.95) by Roxane Beth Johnson delivers a haunting collection of poems about emancipation of slaves in their myriad voices as well as a meditation on the self.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Dec., $24.95) by Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family.
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire (Jan., $27.95) by Andrea Stuart looks at the interdependence of sugar, slavery, and colonial settlement through the prism of the author's own family history.
The Supremes At Earl's All You Can Eat (Mar., $24.95) by Edward Kelsey Moore. A debut novel about three best girlfriends, their favorite hangout--the first black-owned business in downtown Plainview, Indiana--and their life together growing up during Civil Rights to the present.
Angles of Ascent: A Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry (Feb., paper $24.95) demonstrates a wide range of styles and forms from more than seventy renowned poets.
The Collected Poems of Ai (Feb., $35) gathers all eight of the multiracial poet's books into one volume of unflinching portrayals of those who dwell in society's margins.
Articulate While Black: Barack Obama, Language, and Race in the U.S. (Oct., $24.95) by H. Samy Alim and Geneva Smitherman addresses language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of President Obama's language use–and America's response to it.
The Last Segregated Hour: The Memphis Kneel-Ins and the Campaign for Southern Church Desegregation (Nov., $29.95) by Stephen R. Haynes explains the little-studied tactic for bringing attention to segregationist policies in Southern churches.
Acting White? Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America (Feb., $29.95) by Devon W. Carbado and Mitu Gulati argues that racial judgments are often based not just on skin color, but on how a person conforms to behavior stereotypically associated with a certain race.
African American National Biography (full 2nd edition) (Feb., $1,295) edited by Henry Louis Gates and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham expands the original eight volumes to twelve, and presents history through a mosaic of the lives of nearly 5,000 individuals.
Black Citymakers: How The Philadelphia Negro Changed Urban America (Mar., $35) by Marcus Black revisits the Black Seventh Ward, documenting its socioeconomic, cultural, and political history.
African American Families Today: Myths and Realities (Oct., $36) by Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith draws on the latest research to debunk many common myths about black families in America.
Disposable Heroes: The Betrayal of African American Veterans (Oct., $36) by Benjamin Fleury-Steiner makes a case for ending the enduring unemployment, deficient health care, and substandard housing that continue to plague many urban African American communities.
The Moment: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, and the Firestorm at Trinity United Church of Christ (Oct., $40) by Carl Grant and Shelby J. Grant illustrates the thorny intersections of religion, race, politics, and the media in the United States.
Paul Robeson: A Life of Activism and Art (Feb., $38) by Lindsey R. Swindall argues that while Robeson leaned toward Socialism, a Pan-African perspective is fundamental to understanding his life as an artist and political advocate.
Documenting Desegregation: Racial and Gender Segregation in Private-Sector Employment Since the Civil Rights Act (Sept., paper $45) by Kevin Stainback and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey uses data from more than six million workplaces collected by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) since 1966 to explore the ways legislation can affect employer behavior and produce change.
Robeson: An American Ballad (Oct., $50) by Arnold H. Lubasch details the highs and lows of Robeson's life and career and offers several personal anecdotes.
Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows: 2nd Edition (Nov., $250) by Henry T. Sampson features significantly revised, expanded, and new material to update the original, published in 1980.
The Man Called Brown Condor: The Forgotten History of an African American Fighter Pilot (Feb., $24.95) by Thomas E. Simmons uses decades of first-person research to recall John Charles Robinson, who grew up in segregationist Mississippi and became the commander of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force during the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935.
African Textiles Today (Oct., $45) by Chris Spring illustrates how African history is read, told, and recorded in cloth, and discusses the impact of African designs across the world.
Living and Dying in Brick City: An E.R. Doctor Returns Home (Feb., $25) by Sampson Davis. A personal look at the healthcare crisis facing inner-city communities, from an emergency room physician who grew up in the neighborhood he is now serving.
Drop Dead, Gorgeous (Mar., $24.99) by J.D. Mason. Jordan made a huge mistake when he put his hands on Desdimona, thinking that he could get away with it. But he made an even bigger mistake by not making sure that she was dead.
Project Chick II: What's Done in the Dark (Mar., $14.99 paper) by Nikki Turner. When Tressa's twin sons discover that the man who raised them had a hand in killing their father, nothing can stop them from plotting revenge.
Black Regions of the Imagination: African American Writers between Nation and the World (Oct., paper $28.95) by Eve Dunbar examines how Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, and Chester Himes were all pressured by critics and publishers to enlighten mainstream (white) audiences about race and African American culture.
Fire on the Prairie: Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, and the Roots of the Obama Presidency (Nov., $32.95 paper) by Gary Rivlin. Revised edition examines how Washington's success inspired a young community organizer named Barack Obama to turn to the electoral arena as a vehicle for change.
On Intellectual Activism (Nov., paper $25.95) by Patricia Hill Collins examines both the role of the intellectual in public life and how well questions of contemporary social issues are communicated to the public at large.
Speaking of Race and Class: The Student Experience at an Elite College (Nov., paper $29.95) by Elizabeth Aries studies 55 Amherst students–both affluent and lower-income, both white and black–in their freshmen and senior years to determine what each group learned about issues of race and class.
A City Within a City: The Black Freedom Struggle in Grand Rapids, Michigan (Dec., paper $29.95) by Todd E. Robinson examines the civil rights movement in the North by concentrating on the struggles for equality in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
No More Invisible Man: Race and Gender in Men's Work (Dec., $25.95 paper) by Adia Harvey Wingfield charts the ways that gender, race, and class collectively shape black professional men's work experiences.
Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery (Jan., $35) by Deborah Willis and Barbara Krauthamer amasses nearly 150 photographs from the antebellum days of the 1850s through the New Deal era of the 1930s, to display the impact of emancipation on African Americans born before and after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Kongo Graphic Writing and Other Narratives of the Sign (Feb., $75) by Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz overviews the social, religious, and historical contexts in which the Kongo system of graphic writing of the Bakongo people in Central Africa developed and spread to the Caribbean.
My Culture, My Color, My Self: Heritage, Resilience, and Community in the Lives of Young Adults (Feb., paper $24.95) by Toby S. Jenkins uses interviews with young adults plus critical essays to show how people of color use their culture as both a politic of social survival and a tool for social change.
Pimping Fictions: African American Crime Literature and the Untold Story of Black Pulp Publishing (Feb., paper $24.95) by Justin Gifford provides a hard-boiled investigation of hundreds of pulpy paperbacks written by Chester Himes, Donald Goines, and Iceberg Slim (aka Robert Beck), among many others.
We Shall Be Free! Black Communist Protests in Seven Voices (Mar., $54.50) by Walter T. Howard recognizes the intellectual contributions found in the protest writings of seven historically significant black Communists—B.D. Amis, Harry Haywood, James W. Ford, Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., Louise Thompson Patterson, William Patterson, and Claudia Jones.
Real Wifeys: Hustle Hard (Jan., paper $14.99) by Meesha Mink. The final novel in the Real Wifeys trilogy follows Suga Alvarez as she confronts the demons of her past and gets pulled into a dangerous criminal lifestyle.
Contours of African American Politics, Volume 1: Race and Representation in American Politics (Oct.); Volume 2: Black Politics and the Dynamics of Social Change (Oct.); and Volume 3: Into the Future: The Demise of African American Politics? (Mar., paper $39.95 each) edited by Georgia A. Persons chronicles scholarship on African-American politics as it appeared in the National Political Science Review (NPSR).
Power of the Mayor: David Dinkins: 1990-1993 (Nov., $39.95) by Chris McNickle argues that David Dinkins received less credit than he is due because of his failure to guide the city to racial harmony.
The Black Revolution on Campus (Sept., $34.95) by Martha Biondi combines research and interviews from participants to tell the story of how students turned the slogan "black power" into a social movement.
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party (Jan., $34.95) by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Jr. analyzes the history and politics of the Black Panthers.
The Fire of Freedom: Abraham Galloway and the Slaves' Civil War (Sept., $30) by David S. Cecelski illuminates the life of Abraham H. Galloway (1837-70), who rose out of bondage to become one of the first black men elected to the North Carolina legislature.
The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford (Sept., $45) by Beth Tompkins Bates demonstrates how by World War II Henry Ford and his company had helped kindle the civil rights movement in Detroit without intending to do so.
Doctoring Freedom: The Politics of African American Medical Care in Slavery and Emancipation (Oct., $37.50) by Gretchen Long recalls African Americans who fought for access to both medical care and medical education.
Fifty Years in Chains: Or, the Life of an American Slave (Dec., $30) by Charles Ball. A reprint of an 1859 narrative in which Ball describes his experiences as a slave.
Harriet, the Moses of Her People (Dec., paper $15) by Sarah Hopkins Bradford. A reprint of an 1886 edition of the biography of Harriet Tubman.
The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the Negro Patriot of Hayti, Comprising an Account of the Struggle for Liberty in the Island, and a Sketch of Its History to the Present Period (Dec., paper $30) by John Relly Beard. A reprint of the book first published in London in 1853 on the fiftieth anniversary of L'Ouverture's death.
The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess: Race, Culture, and America's Most Famous Opera (Dec., $39.95) by Ellen Noonan examines the opera's long history of invention and reinvention.
From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago (Feb., $34.95) by Jakobi Williams demonstrates that the city's Black Power movement was both a response to and an extension of the city's civil rights movement.
Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974 (Feb., $35) by Gordon K. Mantler challenges readers to rethink the multiracial history of the civil rights movement and the difficulty of sustaining political coalitions.
Dispossession: Discrimination Against African American Farmers in the Age of Civil Rights (Mar., $34.95) by Pete Daniel chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the land in the face of discrimination by bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
American Lynching (Oct., $35) by Ashradf H.A. Rushdy shows how lynching in American has endured, evolved, and changed in meaning over the course of three centuries.
Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video (Oct., $50) edited by Kathryn E. Delmez traces the artist's commitment to addressing issues of social justice through her artwork.
Black Ranching Frontiers: African Cattle Herders of the Atlantic World, 1500-1900 (Nov., $45) by Andrew Sluyter demonstrates that Africans played significant creative roles in establishing open-range cattle ranching in the Americas.
From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657 – 1761 (Nov., $35) by Brycchan Carey shows how the Quakers became the first organization to take a stand against the slave trade.
Eslanda (Jan., $35) by Barbara Ransby refocuses attention on Eslanda Cardozo Goode Robeson, anthropologist, journalist, feminist, antiracist activist, largely hidden behind the large shadow cast by her famous husband Paul Robeson.
Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith: The Gabrielle Douglas Story (Dec., $24.99) by Gabrielle Douglas. The gold-winning U.S. gymnast and Olympic All-Around champion tells her personal story of faith, perseverance, and determination.


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6 Excel Data Analysis Add-in Tools
The Data Analysis add-in, formerly known as the Analysis ToolPak, enters formulas on your behalf so that you can concentrate on what's going on with your data. It has three different tools that are directly useful in forecasting — Moving Average, Exponential Smoothing, and Regression — as well as several others that can be of help. Here's a list of some of the tools that are part of the Data Analysis add-in.
|What It Does
|There are actually three different ANOVA tools. None is specifically useful for forecasting, but each of the tools can help you understand the data set that underlies your forecast. The ANOVA tools help you distinguish among samples — for example, do people who live in Tennessee like a particular brand of car better than those who live in Vermont?
|This tool is an important one, regardless of the method you use to create a forecast. If you have more than one variable, it can tell you how strongly the two variables are related (plus or minus 1.0 is strong, 0.0 means no relationship). If you have only one variable, it can tell you how strongly one time period is related to another.
|Descriptive Statistics
|Use the Descriptive Statistics tool to get a handle on things like the average and the standard deviation of your data. Understanding these basic statistics is important so you know what's going on with your forecasts.
|Exponential Smoothing
|This tool's name sounds ominous and intimidating, which the tool is not. When you have just one variable — something such as sales revenue or unit sales — you look to a previous actual value to predict the next one (maybe the previous month, or the same month in the previous year). All this tool does is adjust the next forecast by using the error in the prior forecast.
|Moving Average
|A moving average shows the average of results over time. The first one might be the average for January, February, and March; the second would then be the average for February, March, and April; and so on. This method of forecasting tends to focus on the signal (what's really going on in the baseline) and to minimize the noise (random fluctuations in the baseline).
|Regression is closely related to correlation. Use this tool to forecast one variable (such as sales) from another (such as date or advertising). It gives you a couple of numbers to use in an equation, like Sales = 50000 + (10 * Date).

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10 must-have traits for working in social media
There's a lot more to online networking—as a profession—than tweeting and updating your Facebook status. See how you do with this checklist of attributes.
Social media is the new public relations of the marketing industry. Newbies think it's the "exciting" marketing discipline. It is a great field, but it's more than tweeting around the clock.
Saying you want to work in social media, so you can play on Facebook all day is like saying you want to work in PR because you like people. Good for you, but that's just not what we do.
These are the requisite traits for success in social media. It's not as easy as it looks. You must be:
1. Nimble
Social media is the fastest-changing industry ever. You have to religiously monitor the environment and adapt quickly to change.
2. Educated
You have to be committed to reading constantly about social media and measurement, and searching aggressively for the latest trends and best practices.
3. Dedicated
There is little to no off time in social media. It happens 24×7, so you have to be ready to respond at any time. If someone posts something negative on your Twitter stream and you don't respond for 24 hours, good luck finding another job in social media.
4. Clever
Social media enthusiasts are quick and clever. You need to be, too, or you will come off looking like your grandma or, worse, like a corporate mouthpiece.
5. Strategic
Social media doesn't exist in a universe by itself. It's part of a larger, strategic marketing mix. You must see and understand the overall goals, strategies, and objectives before you can implement social media tactics.
6. Meticulously organized
You have to write, post, monitor, respond and measure for countless social media channels. You have to be organized, but not such a perfectionist that you can't move quickly, and it's so important to have great monitoring systems in place.
7. Playful
Some of the most successful social media folks are funny, lighthearted and don't takes themselves too seriously. Hello, "NOT COOL, COOKIE!"
8. Analytical
Yep, that's right. We don't just sit around and tweet all day. We have to measure our results just like anyone else. Having science and math skills is a big plus.
9. Well-rounded
Though it's important to be an expert in this category, it's not good to be too focused on one skill. To truly be a valuable contributor, you need to understand the big picture of marketing.
10. Social
Yeah, that's right, I said it: You need to be social to work in social media. Get out from behind the computer and have a few face-to-face conversations. Enjoy the life that you're posting about.
Do you have another trait that you'd add to this list?
Carrie Peterson in the social media director at Internet Marketing Inc. in San Diego.
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Automobiles are designed by well-trained engineers and tested methodically. Every once in a while, though, some completely ridiculous flaw slips through and makes drivers miserable. What's the stupidest design glitch that ever got through a development process?
Hondas, and by extension Acuras, in the 1980s had superlative manual transmissions. They were smooth and direct, and clutch pedal takeup was all but perfect. In the first-generation Acura Legend, however, that clutch was entirely too small to manage the engine's output and the car's weight. Clutches tend to last about as long as a pizza at a frat party. It's one of the very few Hondas where the automatic is the better long-term choice.
(QOTD is your chance to address the day's most pressing automotive questions and to experience the opinions of the insightful insiders, practicing pundits, and gleeful gearheads that make up the Jalopnik commentariat. If you've got a suggestion for a good Question of the Day, send an email to tips at jalopnik dot com.)
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The Stamford, Conn. police bomb squad responded to a puppy store Thursday morning, after a suspicious man wearing red lipstick that extended to his cheeks, like The Joker from Batman, placed a cell phone with a "suspicious external device attached" on the store counter, then drove away, according to Norwalk Police.
Authorities evacuated Puppies of Westport and surrounding businesses as a safety precaution. Bomb squad technicians investigated the suspicious device and determined it did not contain any explosives—it was an extra phone battery.
Police said the suspicious man entered the store through an unlocked entrance prior to the 11 a.m. opening of the puppy store. The man in his 20s placed the phone down then had a conversation with a store employee. The man asked if the store had any rescue dogs, then walked out and drove away in a burgundy-colored vehicle.
The man has not been identified and Norwalk police said in a statement Thursday they "hope to speak with [the] man involved, and return his phone."


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Pottery & Porcelain Marks – Buildings & Towers: All buildings and towers used as marks are elaborate. Almost all of the marks include the name of the city or country, some as it is spelled in the native language. One well-known tower mark is used by Bing & Grondahl, who merged with the Royal Porcelain Factory under the name Royal Copenhagen in 1987. The mark is still used today.
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When: Saturday 24th August 2019, 17:30 p.m.
Where: Whitwell Harbour, Rutland Water, LE15 8BL
Summary: This cruise will begin at Whitwell Harbour where the Rutland Belle sets sail for an hour and a half cruise on Rutland Water.
One of the most exciting ways of seeing ospreys at Rutland Water is to take a guided trip with members of the project team aboard the Rutland Belle. The idea is simple; we sail to the parts of the reservoir where we stand the best chance of seeing fishing ospreys and, with a bit of luck, are rewarded with spectacular views. On many occasions we have enjoyed breath taking views of the birds diving for fish very close to the boat, making it a trip to remember for those lucky enough to be on board.
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Booking Acoustic Bands
What are Acoustic Bands?
Acoustic bands and soloists play chilled-out music in an unplugged style. They can also perform lively high-tempo music, ideal for dancing. Usually consisting of vocals and acoustic guitar, they will often feature other acoustic instruments, such as saxophone, banjo, bass, digital piano and Cajon.
Acoustic artists can play a wide range of musical styles, from vintage music of the '20s and '30s to the 1950's musical explosion, and right up to current pop and rock music. Acoustic bands create a uniquely informal ambiance, perfectly suited to a range of relaxed or low-key occasions, from intimate wedding ceremonies to laid back drinks receptions or private afternoon parties.
What music will an Acoustic Band play?
An acoustic band can cover a wide range of musical genres in an unplugged style – from indie, rock, and pop, to Motown, soul and jazz music, old and new. Playing acoustic versions of tunes that most of your guests will recognise, a typical repertoire might include the musical stylings of:
- Amy Winehouse
- Bill Withers
- Bob Marley
- Bruno Mars
- David Bowie
- Diana Ross
- Doris Day
- Drake
- Ed Sheeran
- Elvis
- Ennio Morricone
- Fleetwood Mac
- Frank Sinatra
- Gnarls Barkley
- Green Day
- Guns n' Roses
- Jessie J
- Johnny Cash
- Kylie Minogue
- Lady Gaga
- Nina Simone
- Oasis
- Pharrell
- Pixies
- Prince
- Rihanna
- Stevie Wonder
- Whitney Houston
- The Zutons
You can view the unique set list of each acoustic band on their profile page.
Popular types of Acoustic Bands
1. Acoustic Duos
Typically made up of vocals and an instrument, but sometimes simply instrumental, such as guitar or ukulele, our acoustic duos can provide stunning harmonies and warm acoustic music, for a soulful and laid-back ambiance. Covering a wide range of genres, and acoustic versions of songs by artists such as Jackie Wilson, Elvis, Stevie Wonder, and Jason Mraz.
2. Acoustic Trios, Quartets and Bands
All of our acoustic trios, quartets and bands feature a range of unplugged instruments, most frequently acoustic guitar, double bass and Cajon percussion box. Many also feature vocals and wind, brass and other string instruments, with some improvising to perfection with washboard and spoons! Bands either perform music in one genre, such as jazz, swing or Latin style, while many cover a range of styles within their repertoires, from The Rolling Stones to Bruno Mars.
Where in the UK do Alive Acoustic Bands perform?
Acoustic bands and soloists perform across the UK, most often in:
Most popular counties:
- Surrey
- Kent
- Hampshire
- Essex
- West Sussex
- Hertfordshire
- Gloucestershire
- Cheshire
- Oxfordshire
- Berkshire
- East Sussex
- North Yorkshire
- Devon
- Warwickshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Somerset
- Dorset
- West Midlands
- Cambridgeshire
- Norfolk
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Northamptonshire
- Shropshire
- West Yorkshire
- Derbyshire
- Wiltshire
- Lancashire
- Nottinghamshire
- Herefordshire
Most popular cities:
- Aberdeen
- Bath
- Birmingham
- Bradford
- Brighton
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Canterbury
- Cardiff
- Chelmsford
- Chester
- Coventry
- Derby
- Durham
- Edinburgh
- Exeter
- Glasgow
- Gloucester
- Hereford
- Hull
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Liverpool
- London
- Manchester
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oxford
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Portsmouth
- Salford
- Sheffield
- Southampton
- Stoke-On-Trent
- Sunderland
- Swansea
- Wakefield
- Westminster
- Wolverhampton
- Worcester
- York
Is an Acoustic Band suitable for my event?
Often the headline afternoon entertainment, acoustic music is flexible, cool, soulful and can be great fun! It's ideal for occasions like:
- Wedding ceremonies
- Corporate events
- Private parties
- Bar Mitzvas and Bat Mitzvas
- Charity fundraiser events
- Black Tie events
- Gala Balls
- Festivals
- Fêtes and street parties
- Pubs / clubs / venues
- HM Armed Forces Events
- University events
If your event calls for a really relaxed and intimate vibe, then a live acoustic band is perfect. Able to cover a wide remit of music, their stripped-back, acoustic arrangements can help to create the ideal mood for your special occasion, be it a birthday party, an anniversary, an informal wedding ceremony, or a chilled out daytime corporate event. Instrumental acoustic music can create a fantastic background atmosphere, if you prefer your event entertainment to be low key.
Due to its beautifully warm and informal nature, acoustic music is perfect for laid-back wedding ceremonies and receptions, especially where space is an issue or you just want something a bit different for your special day. Your acoustic band can play as your guests arrive, during the wedding ceremony and the signing of the registers, and they can entertain into the afternoon's celebrations.
You can choose to have an unplugged band that covers all musical styles, from the old classics to contemporary music. Alternatively, you can opt for an acoustic band that performs a specific style of music to accent your party theme, such as roaring twenties Gatsby style, swing, lively Mariachi music, Spanish, Balkan music, skiffle rock and roll, or a range of music played in a Mumford and Sons style! Whatever you choose, all of our acoustic bands can create a unique intimate vibe for your special party.
Some bands perform an interactive set, roaming between you and your guests, injecting interactive fun, and drawing the crowd in.
Several of our acoustic bands also offer the option for spontaneous song requests on the day, so they can be flexible and reactive to your guests wishes, offering the ultimate in musical personalisation!
Space considerations at your event
As with all our artists, the performance space they need will be dependent on their line-up and the type of instruments they perform with – a double-bass taking up much more space than an acoustic guitar or a washboard! Much of this is down to your personal preference and what will sound great, but our artists usually have a minimum number of members and instruments that you can add to if you want a broader performance.
If space is limited at your party venue, you may wish to select a vocal and guitar duo, who can happily perform seated on a couple of armless chairs, taking up only around 2 x 1 metres. However, if you're entertaining in a large venue and would like a performance to match, you could choose a fun 5-piece acoustic band with a variety of instruments. For approximate requirements, see 'How much space will an acoustic band need?', below.
Volume - How loud is an acoustic band?
The size of your band, their line-up and the venue's acoustics will influence the volume of the acoustic band on the day of the event. Also, your choice as to whether you'd like your band to act as chilled background music or a lively feature to your event will determine how loud they play! Our artists will always attempt to perform in a volume according to your event needs. Ambient background music can range from 65 – 85 decibels (dB), but if you're after something a little more energetic your band can pump this up to create a fun and dynamic atmosphere, a maximum of around 95 dB.
The volume of the band is always balanced against the level of the drum kit. If your venue has a sound limiter or strict volume limitations, most acoustic bands can cater for this. Many bands can reduce the volume of their drum kit by using hot rods or brushes, which can significantly reduce the overall volume of the band.
How much does an Acoustic Band cost?
Acoustic bands and acoustic solo artists offer many different booking options for your event requirements. This table outlines the rough costs for acoustic soloists and bands:
|Type of Artist
|Cost Range
|Acoustic Duos
|£450 - £630
|Acoustic 3- and 4-piece bands
|£600 - £1,630
|Larger acoustic bands
|£1,220 - £1,870
One way to reduce costs is to select an artist who lives near your venue, since their travel time and cost will be minimal. You can find the location of all Alive Network acoustic artists on their profile pages, and your Entertainment Coordinator can recommend a range of amazing musicians near your venue.
Who are the top 10 Acoustic Bands in the UK right now?
Our list of UK-based acoustic bands features artists deemed the best in their field, based on popularity, innovation, and performance quality:
How long will an Acoustic Band play for?
Our acoustic bands and soloists will perform two 40- or 60-minute sets as standard, with many offering three shorter 40-minute sets, or the option to perform for longer if required.
Acoustic artists can also vary their performance times to fit with your event schedule. They can offer intimate daytime wedding ceremony music or relaxed background music during an afternoon drinks reception, or for a wedding breakfast, for example.
How much space will an Acoustic Band need?
This table gives an idea of roughly how much performance space needed by different formats of acoustic artists:
|Type of Acoustic Artist
|Performance Space Required
|3 x 2 metres
|3 x 3 metres
|4-piece band
|4 x 3 metres
|5 and 6-piece band
|5 x 3 metres
Smaller options are available. These approximate performance area measurements will vary, depending on the number of musicians and the type of instruments in the band you choose. Your Entertainment Coordinator can explore options and space requirements with you.
How long will it take for an Acoustic Band to set up?
If they can park relatively close to your venue's performance area, it can take around 60 – 90 minutes for an acoustic band to unload, set up and sound checked. Solo acoustic artists usually need less time, taking around 30 minutes to set-up.
Following their performance, it can take anything between 15 and 60 minutes to pack away and load out.
What equipment will an Acoustic Band need?
Acoustic bands usually need the following for their 'unplugged' sets:
- parking provision, with easy venue access
- sturdy, armless chairs
- good lighting – particularly if they're performing in a marquee
- a dedicated, suitably-sized, safe, dry, flat performance area
- if they've agreed to perform outside, your musicians will need suitable shelter from the elements
- refreshments – soft drinks and hot food, depending how long you've booked them for
- a secure, lockable changing room
For information on the following, see our Frequently Asked Questions:
- How do I make a booking?
- What payment methods do you accept?
- What if the artist cancels?
- Can I see the artist live before booking?
- Will the band learn a first dance request?
- What are the benefits of booking through Alive Network?
If you have any other queries, simply visit our FAQ page.
Alternatively, our dedicated expert entertainment coordinators are on-hand to help. Simply call 0845 108 5500 or email email@example.com.


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Today's guest blog post is by AAA Summer Intern, Jalene Regassa.
Earth Matters! That is the title of a current exhibition at the National Museum of African Art (NMAFA). During my first week as a curatorial intern at the museum, I walked through this exhibition as any tourist would do. I read some of the tablets explaining about the artists and their art works in order to get the general idea of the exhibition and how each piece fit into the bigger message. Of course, I was also trying to make use of my critical eye afforded to me by my Anthropology education. However, I left the exhibition feeling unsure about some of the pieces and wondering if I understood their meaning to the full extend. Lucky for me, I was not left to wonder for too long as I was given the opportunity to join a guided tour by the curator of the exhibition, Karen Milbourne. It was surprising, exciting, and inspiring to discover the level of depth of meaning that each piece held on its own and within the context of the exhibition. I was amazed by the amount of research Ms. Milbourne had conducted in order to be able to present the art pieces in a meaningful manner that asserts their historical context and maintains their integrity.
Thus, for me, the most exciting part of my experience interning at the NMAFA has been discovering and learning about all the work that is involved in putting an exhibition together. As you walk through museums glancing at the spaciously displayed art works, it often seems as though they were effortlessly put together. Consequently, I never seriously thought about or realized the amount of time and effort that goes into preparing an exhibition. This internship allowed me to see the activities that take place behind the scenes of the museum in corners that I never knew existed. The staff members at NMAFA graciously organized a guided, behind the scenes tour of the museum for the interns and volunteers, in which we had the opportunity to learn about the various departments of the museum and their responsibilities. For instance, I had no idea that there was a wood workshop where NMAFA makes its own cases for displaying objects or a library where curators can find books and archived documents to conduct their research.
From the conception of an exhibition idea to its realization it may take up to a year to finalize everything and open it to the public. The in-between processes include deciding on a theme, researching artists and their creations, acquisition of the art pieces (with plenty of paper work), and preparation of the exhibition area (which often includes painting walls and building special display cases). Though I got a glimpse of what everybody does, as a curatorial intern, my focus was on the curating process of an exhibition.
Fortunately, the project I am working on is in the beginning stages, so I have the great opportunity and pleasure of working with curator Christine Kreamer to help refine the exhibition plan and observe as it takes shape. This particular project aims to bring African American art from a very important private collection and present it in conversation with African art to highlight some of the common themes and issues that the artists addressed in their work.
My job is to conduct research on the art pieces that have been chosen to be displayed from the private African American Art collection and learn when, how, and why they were made. In other words, I need to find out about the artists and their motivations or sources of inspiration: What themes interested them? What issues did they seek to address? By doing so, I will assist in the selection of compatible African Art pieces to be included in the exhibition.
I thoroughly enjoyed working on this exhibition project for many reason. One of the main reasons is that I never had an opportunity to learn about African American Art from as far back as the 1800s before. Thus, it has been fascinating to not only learn about their art work but also their struggle to make it in their profession. Many of the African American artists became activists out of necessity to claim their right to equal treatment. Some were subtle and showed their activism through their art and others were overt as they established or joined organizations that worked to advocate for African American interests. In many cases, understanding their struggles was essential in comprehending the depth of their work, titles, and comments.
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- Singapore Grand Prix
Lotus needs improvement in Japan - Raikkonen
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- Drivers:
- Kimi Räikkönen
- Teams:
- Lotus F1
Kimi Raikkonen says Lotus needs its updates to bring an improvement over the next few races if he is to continue to fight for the championship over the remainder of the season.
Raikkonen finished sixth at the Singapore Grand Prix and dropped 45 points off Fernando Alonso at the top of the championship as a result.
"I'm still third in the Drivers' Championship but we've got some improvements to make for the next races to be fighting with the cars in front," he explained. "Hopefully we can make a step forward in Japan and take it from there."
He said the result in Singapore was acceptable given the car's pace, but he had hoped to finish ahead of Nico Rosberg's Mercedes in fifth.
"After the result in qualifying today's race was not too bad, but I think we had a chance to do a bit better," Raikkonen added. "We weren't quick enough to be fighting for the podium but the first safety car didn't help us and maybe we could have gained an extra place without that. We were definitely faster than Michael [Schumacher] and Nico [Rosberg] but we ended up stuck behind them for most of the race which was frustrating.
"It was a boring race. You can be quite a bit faster and you cannot get past so it's not very exciting for us or the people watching."
Romain Grosjean let Raikkonen through to sixth, and while he didn't enjoy the experience, he said it would have made no sense to hold his team-mate up.
"I dropped a position to Kimi as well; he was quicker than me towards the end of the race and there was no sense in holding him up. It's never easy as a driver to let someone past - even if it is your team-mate - but we need to be intelligent in these circumstances. My target is to be as close to Kimi as I can in terms of pace and we achieved that today, so after a difficult start to the weekend I think we can be pleased with this result."


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New Brunswick (New Jersey)
New Brunswick [9] is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It's the home of Rutgers University.
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If you come in late at night, you might wind up having to walk through a few cars and disembark at the low platform.
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New Brunswick can be accessed by Interstate 287 Exit 10 (Easton Ave, New Brunswick), Exit 9 off of NJ Turnpike/I-95, U.S. Route 1, NJ Route 18, Livingston Ave, and Route 27 by way of Highland Park, across the Raritan River.
By foot or bicycle[edit]
From Highland Park, several of the bridges across the Raritan River are open to pedestrians and cyclists. The river is rather broad but easily walkable for healthy individuals. One can also come in from the south by way of Millstone (New Jersey) from East Brunswick or up Ryders Lane in East Brunswick, or by walking down the sidewalks of Easton Avenue from the west. (Note: Approaches from the south and west can get pretty hilly.)
Get around[edit]
Buses (and bicycles) are the most effective means of traversing throughout New Brunswick. NJ Transit travels throughout the city. Rutgers University has buses that travel all around the campus, and you don't have to be a student to utilize them. Taxis are also prevalent (but relatively expensive), and the size of the town is such that walking is not out of the question.
Driving is also possible but parking is difficult to find in the downtown area and expensive. Most on-street parking in the downtown area is 2-hour only Monday-Friday, and parking garages tend to run about $1.50-$2 per hour. On-street regulations are suspended on the weekend but most spots are taken by residents. Some garages, such as the Lower Church Street garage, are free on Saturdays if you park before 5:00PM.
Traffic gets unbelievably stuck up after football games and Rutgersfest, with cars and buses often coming to a standstill on Route 18 and in neighboring Piscataway, as well as in downtown New Brunswick. So give yourself extra time on those occasions. Route 18 may also become jammed between the hours of 4 and 6 pm, due to rush hour traffic.
There are well known and great taxi services you can use in New Brunswick to get around.
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There are several pleasant parks within the city limits.
Concerts and theatrical performances take place at several venues including the George Street Playhouse [16] in the center of town. http://www.georgestreetplayhouse.org/calendar.php
There are also clubs, including: Perle Night Club & Lounge, located at 13 Paterson St New Brunswick, Nj 08901 (732) 937-6113. Although there is a cover charge price depending on the night or event, once inside all sections are free and drinks aren't overpriced. 360 Lounge, located at 120 Albany St New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (908) 616-0633 This is the usual club to be at on a Friday night due to cheap drinks and friendly bartenders.
Rutgers University has Division I NCAA teams in several sports, including football and basketball. Attend a match.
Rutgers football team finished 9-4 in their 2012-2013 season, making a bowl game.
New Brunswick holds a yearly lighting of the christmas tree during the holidays. 2012 marked the 20th Annual New Brunswick Tree Lighting and is a great event to come out to and enjoy. Along with the lighting they hold a scavenger hunt, free carriage rides, and of course Santa comes out to make an appearance. This all takes place around the corner of Livingston and George St.
New Brunswick Holds chili tasting contests every couple months located in Downtown New Brunswick.
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Antiques, five-and-dime stuff, clothing, old books, etc., can be found in the George St. district. Rutgers-branded merchandise is sold in many shops on Easton Ave.
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New Brunswick is home to several 4-star restaurants and, typical of a college town, it has dozens of options for casual dining. Most of the upscale dining is clustered in the downtown section around George St, all within easy walking distance of the train station. Most of the college-oriented restaurants are focused on Easton Avenue, also within easy walking distance of the station (albeit uphill), although there are some downtown as well.
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Since New Brunswick is a college town, you can't walk far without bumping into a few bars. There are two main bar areas in New Brunswick. Easton Ave. is mostly a college-age crowd, while George St. caters to young professionals and a somewhat older crowd. There are other bars scattered about New Brunswick that cater to a non-college clientele.
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The Rutgers College campus, located in the City of New Brunswick, is generally safe for visitors and students. The Rutgers University Police or RUPD is a very noticeable presence in the city. If you have trouble, approach one of the officers (made clear by their red uniforms) and they'll be more than happy to help you. However, like most college cities, New Brunswick has its share of social problems. Homeless beggars hang out on George Street and near Rutgers bus stops, and will ask for money. Accept it as a by-product of a college town, which attracts visitors and money. However, the homeless are not aggressive and will leave you alone if you say "no." The most common crime is theft. Keep your belongings close to you, especially wallets, phones, and iPods.
Also, keep in mind that while some areas of New Brunswick are safe during the day, certain neighborhoods are dodgy and unsafe at night. Don't wander around alone at night, especially beyond Samson Street and frat row. Certain streets near Rockoff Hall should also be avoided late at night. Muggings do occur, mostly after midnight, and both males and females should travel in a group to stay safe.
On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights, drunken behavior is rampant. If aggressively confronted in a bar or on the streets, simply walk away.
Stone Street is a street students and visitors should avoid at all costs late at night. Homicides, break ins, and gangs have been reported there on a constant basis. Students have constantly fell victim to gang initiation type crimes for years now.
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Swimming Pool Blog
by Rob Cox, April 20, 2012
You Gotta FIGHT, for your RIGHT, to SWIIIMMM!
And it's not just happening in Merced, California, it's a national issue, affecting swimmers from Chicago to Fort Worth. Public pools are no longer a guaranteed amenity provided by local governments.
Budget cuts, and the costs of retrofitting pool drains and now, this year, adding pool lifts for handicapped swimmers, has put a pool closed sign on many of our local swim parks. In suburban Philadephia, many of the city pools are nearing the end of their useful lives, and faced with major renovations, city leaders are locking the gate and turning away.
In St. Louis, it's a $900,000 problem. North County Recreation Complex is shutting down, for good this time. The 500,000 gallon pool has been part of the recreational offerings for over 35 years, but faced with $1M in repairs, county officials made the call to close.
Many cities are opting to close down larger, expensive to operate pools, and to appease residents, producing plans for smaller pools, with water park features, or spray parks, which are safer and easier to maintain.
Is your pool threatening to shut down? You may not even know it, but plans may be afoot to shutter the doors to your favorite watering hole. What can you do about it? You can't fight city hall - or can you? Here's some ideas that may help you Save our Swimming!
- Start a local petition. Elected officials usually listen to their constituents. Grass roots organizers can be very effective in telling your officials what is important to those who elected them.
- Start a fund-raiser. Pools are expensive to operate and maintain. Very expensive. You may be surprised to learn that your city public pools have budgets in the millions of dollars. Don't let that scare you however. Look for deep pockets in your community. Corporate sponsorships, private donations, and rallies to raise the money. Add funds to the coffers to offset expenses, with small efforts and large.
- Increase Revenue. The fees charged (if any) have been very affordable over the years. Usually just a few dollars. Consider raising the fee to use the pool to something that can make a difference. Also consider accepting debit or credit cards.
- Publicize the management. Instead of hiring private contractors, could the city take over management of the pool, or work to create a cooperative management - shared by residents or users of the pool? This will drastically reduce the cost of opening and maintaining the pool.
- Reduce expenses. Reducing pool hours is a no-brainer, and probably the first to consider. But how about using LED or CFL light bulbs around the area, instead of Sodium Halide. Chemical expense can be a huge part of the budget. On smaller pools, ozone or mineral purifers can greatly reduce chlorine expense. Using proper levels of Cyanuric acid will also extend chlorine use. Staffing is probably the largest expense of any pool - if volunteers can be organized, you wouldn't need so much cash - for paid staffers.
City leaders really don't want to take away your pool, but they will, unless you FIGHT!


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EVA | The first thing an employee or visitor sees when walking into the Fatback Pig Project is the thick-print, bright-red sign above the double doors.
"Respect the pig," it reads. It's the motto that inspired Jim 'N Nick's Barbecue founder Nick Pihakis to start the pork processing plant, and the same philosophy he hopes will make the venture a success.
EVA | The first thing an employee or visitor sees when walking into the Fatback Pig Project is the thick-print, bright-red sign above the double doors.
"Respect the pig," it reads. It's the motto that inspired Jim 'N Nick's Barbecue founder Nick Pihakis to start the pork processing plant, and the same philosophy he hopes will make the venture a success.
The plant — which once turned emus into meat, leather and oil — has been adapted to process pigs. Across the street, dozens of emus still roam the hillside, but since the Fatback Pig Project moved its first hogs through the plant in January, the snorts of swine have been more common than the drumming of flightless birds.
Jim Myers, the managing partner of the Fatback Pig Project, said the effort consists of three phases.
The first phase includes the farmers, who will raise pigs using humane standards and all-natural feed. That includes no genetic alterations, no hormone treatments and open space to roam outdoors, Myers said.
The second phase is the processing plant. Slaughtering, butchering, smoking and everything else from pig to package is processed at this facility on Daniel's Chapel Road. Very little of a hog goes unused; even the ears are saved, cleaned and dried.
The third is developing the market for heritage pork through high-end food distributors. The plant is producing pork for Birmingham-based Jim 'N Nick's Barbecue restaurants and is in pre-production for retail outlets.
Finding this market, he said, requires building a brand for the Fatback product and making sure consumers know the difference between "quality" heritage hogs and "typical" commodity pork.
Commodity pork, he said, is raised and produced on a large, industrial scale. The pigs are kept indoors in close confines and bred and fed in such a way as to quicken maturity. The process was developed post-World War II, he said, and is a far cheaper way to produce meat on a wide scale.
Heritage pork, however, requires little explanation once it has been tried, he said.
"Everyone knows what a homegrown tomato is," he said. "You don't have to explain that. You slice it and put it on that bacon-lettuce-
tomato sandwich and go, 'Now, that's a tomato.'
"That's what our pigs are. They're the homegrown tomato of the pork world."
Will Harris, one of the founders of the Fatback Pig Project, said relating this message and reaching the right market will be the key to the project's success.
"The farmer, or meat company in this case, has to find the market that is willing to pay a little more for a higher-quality product that also ensures animal welfare," he said. "The market is already there. Sophisticated consumers are out there who care about what they put in their bodies.
"It's a niche market. We're not talking about 30 percent of the market. It's much smaller, but it's a growing niche."
Harris owns White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Ga., one of the largest producers of natural beef, lamb and poultry in the country. His farm and on-site processing facilities are certified at the highest level for humane animal treatment, and his cattle are raised in the same manner as the heritage hogs the Fatback Pig Project promotes.
"The Fatback project is made up of partners that all have different experience bases and bring different talents to the group," Harris said. "But the vision is the same: to have a really good vertical swine production process there in Eva, Ala."
He said that while the industrialization of pork revolutionized the business, "There were unintentional consequences that fell on the backs of animal welfare and environmental stability. We hope that we can scale up a more humane style of production," he said.
Myers said that even the pigs' slaughter is designed to be as stress-free an experience as possible.
The plant is processing about 1,200 hogs per week but is not yet operating at full capacity. Jim 'N Nick's restaurants are slowly debuting the heritage pork, Myers said, and production will increase once demand increases there, as well as when he gets final approval and certification to ship pork to stores under a "Fatback" label.
"We would love to have something ready at the end of the year or the first quarter of 2014," he said.
He said the plan for "sometime down the road" is to also have a dedicated retail outlet for Fatback's heritage pork, but it's the relationship with Jim 'N Nick's that makes the small plant's big dreams possible. "The reason other people aren't doing this is because they don't have such ready access to a retail outlet."
He said farmers raising pigs in the old-fashioned way can't make money in today's market even though the meat is of a higher quality. With the Fatback Pig Project, they now have a market and, likewise, a means for profit. Breathing new life into these traditional Southern methods, he said, was why Pihakis bought the plant. "It's exciting because the potential to have a real impact on the economy here and in the rest of the state through farmers raising pigs is significant," he said.
Harris agreed.
"We believe that we can be an economic driver in that community as our plants have been in Bluffton, Ga.," he said.
The plant has 22 employees, but Myers said he expects that number to grow as production increases and stores begin stocking heritage pork.
In addition to making fresh heritage and commodity pork for Jim 'N Nick's, the latter of which he said will be phased out over time, the facility is making test products for Cochon Butcher, a high-end New Orleans eatery, including buckboard bacon, andouille sausage, smoked sausage and coppa salami. The Fatback Pig Project will produce similar items under its own label, including what Myers promised "will be the best bacon you've ever put in your mouth."
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Honestly, is there a more disproportionately over-politicised tax? Two problems with this 'ere idea of Darling, darling!'s idea to temporarily suspend stamp duty.
1. It won't work, according to Dr Cable.
2. It won't work, according to Everybody Who Has A Job And Lives In A House.
Our Vince's problem is that artificial boosting is the last thing we need in an overheated market that badly needs to be allowed to recover naturally (though he qualifies this carefully in a CiF piece on Northern Wreck, stressing that he is "not arguing for laissez faire" and that mortgage lenders should observe a strict code of conduct when dealing with arrears etc etc). It will also harm the tax take further at a time of natural slowdown.
Everybody Who Has A Job And Lives In A House's problem is that suspending stamp duty will be about as likely to have an impact on the decisions of the average first-time buyer as the economic stance of the Kingdom of the Potato People. It's bonkers, this notion that in a market where the average house is worth a sum approaching 1000% of the average salary that the alleviation of a 1-5% sting in the tail is going to be the occasion for anything other than hollow laughter. And let's be clear, Darling, darling!, first time buyers is what this is all about. If the government really is barking enough to want to kickstart an overheated market, then they've got to introduce significant supplies of fresh demand rather than start a game of state-sponsored musical chairs among existing home-owners. And they've chosen one of the Ways Least Likely to do it.
What are these people thinking? Not just the politicians who periodically try to make political capital out of lowering/scrapping stamp duty "to help struggling first time buyers", but the journalists who apparently wipe their brains of everything they know off by heart at a dinner table for long enough to write a report on it with a straight face. Where does it end? Any chance the press team would consider testing the point with a press release explaining how the Liberal Democrats plan to help struggling farmers by giving them all a free packet of Baby Bio?
Sometimes I wonder if I am an alien sent here for the purposes of research with a modified memory which is getting a bit worn and needs a new Imporosity Patch, and so memories of the economic circumstances of my home planet keep leaking through (whaddya mean, you never get that?) Because the one, the only, the sole way this insane proposal would make sense would be if everybody was paid in bubble mixture and a decent house costed a small handful of lentils and stamp duty was compulsorily rendered in bits of yellow string, and it was generally possible to achieve an barter rate of 1,000 lentils per pot of bubble mixture but yellow string was absolutely unobtainable unless you were a lentil quadrillionaire. Is this how it works on earth, then?


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Pentagon Channel Introduces Movie Night to Programming
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"This is different than anything you've ever seen on the Pentagon Channel before," Howe said. "We have had individual documentary feature films, historical docudramas combining old footage with recreations, but we've never had narrative drama with scripts and actors with a blend of drama and news."
The Pentagon Channel traditionally airs news, news conferences, congressional hearings and a variety of shows, including military sporting events, for service members, family members and veterans, and is viewed in 30 million homes across the nation, Howe said. The channel also is available on every military installation around the world, he added, and is online at http://www.pentagonchannel.mil.
The GI Film Festival is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to sharing the military experience in and out of the arena of war. According to its website, it's the first film festival in the nation to exclusively celebrate the successes and sacrifices of service members through the film medium.
The movie night will comprise "the whole gamut of different kinds of [military] films," Howe said, adding that they're obtained from a collection of films screened in past years at the annual GI Film Festival. This year's festival began May 14 in the nation's capital and continues through May 20.
The independent features, documentaries and film shorts are not Defense Department produced, but rather originate from individuals who produced and directed their own films, Howe explained. Service members, veterans and people who were embedded in a war zone to capture a story created the films, he said.
The films' content is drawn from the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, and also includes re-enactments from the Civil War, he said. Several of the productions deal with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury, two of the signature wounds of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Howe added.
"These emotional issues, in a generalized way, are a widespread thing," Howe said. "Real firefights, improvised explosive device [explosions] and recreations of real instances run the gamut of the films."
Howe said he came up with the idea to obtain the rights to previously screened films and run them on the Pentagon Channel when the 2010 GI Film Festival was here.
"We're always looking for somebody's experience in the military, after the military, and viewpoints on the military that might be new and interesting. ... All films exalt military service in an independent manner. They're not sugar-coated," he said.
The Pentagon Channel will begin with about 22 hours of movie programming, with more films to follow from the GI Film Festival, Howe said.
"The GI Film Festival on the Pentagon Channel" will air at the following times, Eastern Daylight Time:
-- Mondays, 10 a.m.;
-- Tuesdays, 4 a.m.;
-- Wednesdays, 10 p.m.;
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WASHINGTON, April 7, 2016 The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he was appreciative and spirited after meeting surviving family members of service members during the 9th Annual Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors annual Honor Guard Gala last night at the National Building Museum here.
Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford accepted the TAPS Honor Guard Gala Military Award on behalf of the men and women serving in Americas armed forces. He was introduced by Connor McCracken, the son of Army Reserve Col. David McCracken, who died of cancer in 2011 after serving for 30 years. McCracken, who serves in his high schools Junior ROTC program, said he was honored to introduce the general.
Im really nervous, but hes a really nice guy. Hes an amazing man. Im glad hes leading us, McCracken said. Having gone through the TAPS Good Grief Camp, he added, hes proud of how far hes come in his healing process, and he hopes to join the military.
Its my duty to serve my country, he said. Its my job as a citizen to partake and participate in defending it.
*Importance of Making Memories*
As he took the stage to introduce the general, McCracken said his family finds it important to make memories. I think I can top my brother and sister with the memory of introducing [Dunford], he said. Dad is smiling down on me for sharing the stage with Fighting Joe, Dunfords nickname for being a tough and effective leader on the battlefield.
Even though General Dunford is a Marine, he also has a soft side, McCracken said. When he was leading the NATO coalition in Afghanistan, General Dunford wrote a personal note to the family of every service member who was killed in Afghanistan. It means a lot to know how much he cares about the soldiers and their families.
Dunford said he asked Connor what his plans were after school, and he said he wants to fly planes or remotely piloted vehicles.
I said, What service do you want to go into? and he said, The United States Air Force, Dunford said. Of course, being joint, I said, Theres airplanes in the Marines. Theres airplanes in the Navy. The Army has helicopters. Your dad was a 30-year Army colonel. He said, Well, Ive invested quite a bit into it, so my mind is made up. So I want to make sure you know that that young man right there is coming into the United States Air Force.
Dunford said he accepted the TAPS Honor Guard Military Award on behalf of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, because they couldnt be present at the gala.
Theyre in places like Iraq and Syria, the chairman said. Theyre in places like Afghanistan. Theyre on the high seas, protecting freedom of navigation. With the millions we have in uniform, 258,000 of them tonight are in 151 different countries doing what must be done.
He said the military has been deployed quite a bit over the past 14 years, but service members know organizations like TAPS are there to take care of their families.
No organization is probably as responsible for that sense of confidence that we have had that our families will be taken care of as TAPS, the general said. We couldnt be more appreciative of the courage of those who actually are survivors themselves, who in addition to going through that experience have children who have stepped up and become leaders to take care of somebody else.
*Sen. Ted Stevens Leadership Award*
The TAPS Sen. Ted Stevens Leadership Award is presented annually to a surviving family member who lost a loved one serving in the armed forces, and it recognizes outstanding leadership on behalf of other military survivors. Taylor Dudley, daughter of Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Thomas Dudley, received this years award. She was 13 when her father was killed in 2011 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistans Helmand province.
Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan, who served in the Marine Corps, presented the award and said that as the father of three daughters around her age, could only imagine what she went through.
Dudley attended the TAPS Good Grief Camp in North Carolina, and now volunteers as a TAPS peer mentor for other children. She also raised $3,000 for TAPS by organizing a 5K run in her hometown -- called Run for Duds -- to evoke her fathers nickname -- to honor him and to help the organization.
I went through a huge transition in my life in the summer of 2011, but thanks to the amazing people in my life, I have grown immensely, she said. I learned to become positive. I spread my fathers name so he is never forgotten. I am part of his living legacy.
My dad was an amazing man, she continued. He taught me discipline and respect, qualities that better me as a person while also keeping him with me. I saw him put others before himself and what kind and compassionate people can really do in this world.
She joked that her father used to say he was kind of a big deal, and she thanked her family and TAPS for their support.
My mom has been a big inspiration in my life, she said. When times are hard, she taught me to keep my head high and my faith strong. She kept me grounded and supported me through everything. My mom is my rock, and I dont know what I would do without her. Id like to thank the TAPS Good Grief mentors. You make a huge impact in all of our families lives, and we appreciate your dedication to us.
Dudley said she learned important lessons from TAPS: that she wasnt alone, how she could follow a health grief path, how she could cope with her loss, and how she could keep positivity close. She said she also made lifelong friends.
Dunford told Taylor that not only was her father a big deal, but tonight, hes looking down at you, and hes going, Thats my daughter, and you know what, shes a big deal.
*The TAPS mission*
Funds raised at the gala will be used to support families of fallen heroes through programs such as the TAPS National Military Survivor Seminar and Good Grief Camp; the National Military Suicide Seminar and Good Grief Camp; TAPS Regional Survivor Seminars and Good Grief Camp; and TAPS Retreats for surviving spouses, parents, adult children and siblings.
McCracken and Dudley said they encourage fellow survivors to give TAPS a chance.
Its a wonderful experience; I highly recommend it, Dudley said. Its one of the best things Ive done. Ive made amazing friends through it.
McCracken called TAPS an incredible organization that helps surviving family members cope with the loss of a loved one. The pain doesnt go away completely, he said, but there are people who have experienced it as well and can make it a little easier to help you cope with it.
TAPS has offered support to more than 55,000 surviving family members of fallen military and their caregivers since 1994. It provides peer-based emotional support, grief and trauma resources, healing seminars and retreats for adults, camps for children, casework assistance, connections to community-based care, online and in-person support groups and the 24/7 National Military Survivor Helpline at 800-959-8277, available for all who have been affected by a death in the armed forces. Services are free.