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Five-year-olds Brooke Brooks, left, and India Turner, of Debbie Lancaster's pre-K class, hold "The ABC's of Christmas." Brooke's parents are Natalie and Alonzo Brooks. India's parents are Lasagna and Carlton Turner. Standing behind the girls are, from left, Jonathan Moore, Juandre'Kus Henley, Kobe Walker, Nicholas Vance and Alliyah Heard. In the far background, center, are Kenneth O'Brien and Raven Cherry. Photo by: Kelly Tippett
February 1, 2009
Mississippi has long been recognized as a fertile source of great writers. And, as anyone knows, even literary giants such as Tennessee Williams and Eudora Welty were 4-year-olds once, and on the verge of discovering the magical worlds between the covers of books.
So when three pre-kindergarten classes at the Catherine Bryan School in West Point became published authors last week, who was to say a future William Faulkner, Willie Morris or Ellen Gilchrist isn''t among them?
Teachers Michelle Armstrong, Kimberly Allen and Debbie Lancaster knew they had an exciting opportunity to help their four- and five-year-old charges launch an intimate relationship with books and reading by letting each child become author and illustrator of his or her very own page in a full-color, hardbound keepsake.
Principal Susan Watts endorsed the innovative idea broached to the school by Armstrong, a longtime pre-K educator.
Armstrong explained, "As a graduate student at Mississippi University for Women, I took a literacy class, and a personalized book was one of our class projects. I shared it with the other teachers, and three of us decided to try it, so we have three different books."
While the West Point native''s class created "My ABC''s and Me," Lancaster''s students chose "The ABC''s of Christmas." Allen''s boys and girls produced "Cooking the Alphabet." During December, each child received one-on-one help from teachers to select their letter of the alphabet and the illustration they would create to go with it.
"It was even better than we dreamed it would be," said Armstrong of the process and finished product. That sentiment was born out Thursday evening at a "publisher''s party," when parents saw their sons'' and daughters'' work for the first time.
Nationwide Learning Inc., of Topeka, Kansas, published the books, which were pre-purchased by parents at a cost of $17.90 each to cover printing and shipping.
In the classroom
"Class, what is the person called who draws the pictures in a book?" Armstrong asks her assembled students. "Il-lus-tra-tor!," 20 or so sweet voices chime out, carefully pronouncing the big word.
The children are excited, holding their books in their hands for the first time. The project seems to have lit a literary fuse in more than a few.
"My name is Liam, and I did the letter ''B'' ... because I like drawing me!" Liam Mathis says of the "B is for boy" page he "wrote" and contributed a stick figure self-portrait for.
The fledgling authors eagerly share ideas of books they''d like to pen when they grow up. Karoline wants hers to be about animals; Tanner would explore the world of aliens. Antonio hopes to write of the swashbuckling adventures of pirates.
In reviewing the process from start to finish, Armstrong laughingly shares what she remembers as the hardest part.
"It was just what the publisher cautioned it would be -- letting each page be their work." Resisting the urge to "fix" little personalizations like smudges, gaps, coloring outside lines -- and yes, even the occasional sneeze on the page -- wasn''t always easy. "Every now and then I''d just bite my tongue and step back," the teacher chuckled.
''A is for angel''
In early December, when the endeavor began, Lancaster''s students were bubbling with excitement over the approaching holidays, so they chose "The ABC''s of Christmas" as their concept.
Lancaster endorses the hands-on undertaking. "I really think the children understand now that everybody can participate in making a book." She went on to stress the school''s goal to get the children "ready for reading." "They''re beginning to recognize and sounds out words," she said, "so the book project seemed the perfect complement."
''R is for rainbow toast''
Something''s always cooking in "Mrs. Kimberly''s" room. The creative instructor lets her students "cook" each Friday, making fun treats like rainbow toast, octopus snacks, bone bites or worms in the dirt, a class favorite made with chocolate pudding, Cool Whip, oreos and gummy worms.
So what better theme for her class than "Cooking the Alphabet"? Each student posed in chefs'' hats and aprons for their page. Now that the book is out, each Friday they''ll follow the letters of the alphabet to select their weekly recipe. Parents pitch in by contributing one ingredient per month.
All three teachers declare the project a success and look forward to doing it again next year for their new class.
Whether there are future noteworthy authors among the student ranks, only time will tell. But one thing is certain: the enterprise, through something as simple as the ABC''s, has awakened an eager awareness of just how books, glorious books, come to life.
And, after all, even John Grisham had to begin somewhere.
Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky.
My pile of books
Are a mile high.
How I love them!
How I need them!
I''ll have a long beard
By the time I read them.
~ Arnold Lobel ~
Jan Swoope is the Lifestyles Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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In MEMORIAM KHAIRA ARBY, may her memory be a blessing. Our friend and collaborator Khaira Arby passed away in Bamako on August 19, 2018. The world misses her powerful voice.
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We spent January of 2010 in Mali, performing for an enthusiastic audience of thousands at the Festival au Desert in Timbuktu! After the festival we spent ten days recording a new record, The House of Friendly Ghosts, in Bamako, collaborating with brilliant Malian musicians including Khaira Arby, Super 11, Vieux Farka Toure and Djelimady Tounkara! The product of this remarkable experience was our second LP, The House of Friendly Ghosts Vol. 1.
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Posted by: Adam O'Connor on March 11, 2009 at 10:41 am
"We'll come back through next tour, maybe things will be better then." Sympathy is not something you hear often from a touring band, especially one playing to a dismal six paying audience members. Jordan Hell, synth monkey for DD/MM/YYYY, seems to understand the plight of Metro Detroit, and has high hopes that the shit turnout on a rainy Tuesday evening isn't what Detroit holds for all touring bands these days. One can only hope that their show tonight at the Elbow Room with Child Bite has better things in store than the baker's dozen that showed up at the Pike Room Tuesday night. This total includes the doorfella, bottle-getter, barwench, and 4 family members of the band. The shame of it all is that this was the loudest, most crisp, explosive set from a jam-punk band since Malajube in 2007. The show almost didn't happen. Opener-turned-headliner Red China arrived late, and coupled with the piss-poor turnout, DD/MM/YYYY nearly got scratched. In true punk fashion, the quintent said "fuck that, we'll play". Three different band members proceeded to play the drums (one of which may or may not have been wearing green thermal PJ bottoms onstage, saggy crotch included), two played synth, and there was even a brief sax appearance. Black Square, the quintet's latest release, dropped digitally in February, and will be available everywhere else this St. Patrick's Day.
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3 Responses to "DD/MM/YYYY Picked the Wrong DD/MM/YYYY to Hit Detroit"
Bryan Metro on
March 11th, 2009 10:51 am
Is he wearing an animal mask? Where have I seen that before. Oh yeah. Everywhere. I wish this would die. Have a good day.
Shawn on
March 11th, 2009 11:15 am
We will try our best tonite!
Jazzpur on
March 11th, 2009 11:51 am
"this was the loudest, most crisp, explosive set from a jam-punk band since Malajube in 2007"
You mean one of those other shows that only six people attended?
Most DD/MM/YYYY is the wrong DD/MM/YYYY to be anywhere near Detroit…not that Pontiac is anywhere near Detroit but, you know, puns!
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Ok..so, so far we've discussed what to pack in Part 1,,,and finding an apartment, driving/taking taxis in Part 2..
In Part 3 we will be tackling cell phones (more in depth as I covered it briefly in Part 1) & the internet, how to pay bills, health insurance, and going to the doctor/pharmacy.
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I'm going to require a lot of help from Youssef on this one as I recognize that a lot of what I knew of these specific topics 1. has either changed since I left or 2. is completely inaccurate and misleading! So, again I'm thankful to have Youssef to kind of set the record straight. The good thing is though, that most 'neighborhoods' in Beirut are pretty self-sufficient; meaning you won't need to go too far outside of where you are living to access most of the above (cellphone stores, cafes with internet, pharmacies..).
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Danielle's take:
After spending the better part of an hour ranting and raving about my cell phone woes, Youssef kindly point out that most of my experiences 'were probably unique to you' and 'whoever was guiding you obviously wasn't aware that there is an easier way to do things.'
Oh. Right..
Well,..umm I guess for my part of this section I'll just reiterate what I wrote in Part 1 about cellphones. Essentially you can use the phone you use in your home country as long as it's unlocked. There are options to get your phone unlocked in Lebanon, as well as to buy phones (I came with an iPhone but ended up buying a blackberry for between $75-$100)..so essentially what you do is up to you. I will tell you that cell phone rates are kinda sorta completely ridiculous in Lebanon. Call your top 5 contacts for free? Free nights and weekends? Roll over minutes? HA! Non-existent. So, if you're one of those who likes to have loooong drawn out conversations about that Lebanese guy you met in poli-sci..you will have to have your conversations over BBM or Whatsapp.. If you're planning on staying in Beirut for an extended period of time I really recommend that you go with a postpaid line rather than a pre-paid line. For some reason (I was under the impression that it was really difficult for foreigners to get a postpaid line) I used a pre-paid line for a year a half..and take if from me it was a royal pain in the a**. So..yeah, go with a postpaid if you have the choice. (If you end up going with pre-paid there are cellphone stores and corner stores everywhere, so it will never be too hard to fine a recharge card).
Ok, I'll let Youssef take it over from here.
Youssef's take:
Oh the days of free nights and weekends and the 3000 roll over minutes accumulated along the years!!! If you're the type of person who doesn't want to worry about how much credit you have left on your cellphone or how long it will last you, etc, you're better off getting a postpaid line. Unlike the US, Europe, and the majority of the world, postpaid accounts do not require a long term contract. That's because contracts do not come with offers for the handset. The nice thing about it is that you are not bound to a long term contract and are free to cancel it at any time. You are also not boxed in with a limited number of phones that you can choose from. On the other hand, you have to pay full price for a phone you want to buy which is subsidized in the long term contract with carriers like AT&T and Verizon. (so you're best bet would be to bring your phone from home).
So how does a postpaid line work? To get one you have to provide the following to one of the two carriers that monopolize the market:
- Copy of an ID.
- $100 cash deposit or Bank Direct Debit
- Completed and signed mtc touch contract
For the Lebanese Resident:
- ID or Civil record or Valid passport or Military Service Card or Army Reserve Card or Military Specimen number 2.
- Proof of Residence (Residence Certificate stamped by the mayor not older than 3 months, or Water, PSTN or electricity bill issued in your name, or a house lease contract, house property deed in your name)
- Deposit: $100 deposit when migrating the line from prepaid to postpaid and $50 when purchasing a new postpaid line
For the Foreign Resident:
- Valid Passport or Personal Identity Card or Residence Permit
- Deposit of $100 in case of line migration or $50 Deposit in case of new postpaid line.
- Proof of Residence or Letter of guarantee or deposit of $250 per line or Residence Certificate stamped by the mayor or Water, PSTN or electricity bill * issued in the name of the customer or House lease contract, house property deed.
- N.B: If you have a residence permit, there will be no need for any Proof of Residence or its equivalent.
- Payment method automatic direct debit at the bank is obligatory.
For the Foreign Non-Resident:
- Valid Passport or Personal Identity Card
- Deposit: 250$ (deposit or as a letter of guarantee) per line
- Payment method is obligatory through automatic direct debit at the bank
You can get the full details here for mtc and here for Alfa.
mtc seems to have the least demanding requirements. It's very easy to get this setup. My advice is to go directly to the mtc or Alfa offices and get all of the paperwork done there. This way you avoid any extra charges a reseller would charge you, or any confusion and obstacles.
Cellphone plans/rates are all set by the government and the Ministry of Telecommunications, so it's futile to shop for better prices between the two carriers. The only difference you might find is in the service. That is both the customer service and line service. Depending on the location, one carrier might have a stronger signal than the other and better service. I personally have had a line with mtc and so far I have had very little problems with it. Everyone experiences dropped calls, but that's for people who actually make phone calls on their phone 😛
Which brings us to the next part about cell phones. A 'major' update in service has been made recently in terms of the wireless Internet service/data plans on cellphones. Thanks to the efforts of the people behind @Ontornet, a good portion of the country is now receiving 3G service coverage. Some are even luckier and get 3.9G (That is of course in theory. In practice some might still be stuck on EDGE if they get connected at all). The prices have also dropped tremendously. Here's a table of the prices which are the same for both mtc and alfa:
for more info go here for mtc and here for alfa
Because the per minute rates are so high, my suggestion is to get the 3G service on your smart phone and use Whatsapp to communicate with your friends. I've had long stretches of time where I haven't made or received a phone call – almost everything can and is done through Whatsapp. And with its emergence and popularity, this app has made the BBM service unnecessary and people are slowly moving away from the Blackberry and more into the iPhone and Android market.
Getting a line is really not that complicated, whether prepaid or postpaid. With both you have to be mindful of your consumption, but with gchat, skype and Whatsapp you can cut the BS talk on the phone and just use voice calls for the necessities/emergencies. Do like the house maids do, talk with your friends from balcony to balcony if it's something that has to be said and can't be typed 😛
Danielle's take:
I had to take a break before coming to this one..stressssss!! before I start, I have to input a few Maya Zankoul comics to give those of you who dont know, a sense of what you'll be dealing with.
Ok,,so yeah..now that that's over. The internet had to be one of my bigger pet peeves (there were many, yet I still loved it) while living in Leb. Again, maybe my experience was unique to me..maybe it wasn't.. but essentially the apartment where I lived didn't have a land line, and the landlady wasn't interested in putting one in, so my roommate and I each had to get our own portable wireless internet devices (we soon realized that we couldn't share one) to use while we were at home. I wrote a post about this little device, called Mobi..here.
Remember when I said that Lebanon has one of the highest telecommunications rates in the world? Well,,that goes for Internet rates as well..except Lebanon also has one of the worst (if not the worst) internet connections in the world as well (oh the joy!). Internet woes occupied wayyy too much of my time (and money) while I was in Leb. Whether at work or at home, it seemed like every day was a constant mission just to get basic things done online. There would be days at work (and I worked at a digital agency mind you) where the internet would cut for hours!! And at home, I just felt restricted ..not a good way to feel when you work in digital media and have a blog which you like to keep updated! Streaming video? Uploading/Downloading pictures? Having 5/6 pages open and loading at once? Not an option..I mean, not if you want your "bandwidth" to last an entire month. Ahh..which takes me to prices. $45 – $50 dollars gets you internet for a month with a service like Mobi (i believe they have another one called Wise), but..that also comes with a very limited bandwidth..so..if you get busy streaming video, and uploading and downloading a bunch of pictures, it's very easy to run through your bandwidth in a week (trust me, I've done it.)..so that you end up spending over $100 on sh**ty internet service per month!
You can buy a USB mobi dongle thingy at electronic stores (like Radio Shack in Hamra). You can buy 'internet cards' at the aforementioned stores as well as at electronic repair/supply stores around town. They aren't as prevalent as cell phone stores, but you will be able to find them with a little searching. My advice to you is to always keep an eye on your bandwidth limits (when you DL the software that comes with the dongle, this should be easy) so that you never find yourself with no internet..something i've done way too much. Or just go to cafes around your neighborhood as most offer free Wifi, or Wifi for a small fee..still, you won't be able to download/upload/stream as much as you are accustom to..so get used to it. You're better off buying series from nabilnet.net than streaming from Hulu.
Youssef's take:
The cap on the internet usage in Lebanon is something that creates lots and lots of stress within the Lebanese community, but guess what? There's actually unlimited nights in this case! If you use mobi, you get unlimited downloads between midnight and 8am, and if you're on IDM it's between 23:00pm and 07:00am. Isn't that great news? Maybe for all the insomniacs in Lebanon; and if you're not an insomniac, you just might turn into one.
You can find prices here, here, and here.
The major internet providers in the country (Ogero, IDM, Cyberia) give you DSL which requires having a landline hooked up at your apartment. if everyone cooperates, the process is simple. But you're likely to either have a stickler for a landlord (like Danielle did), live outside the reach of Ogero's cables, or have one mafia or the other who is monopolizing communications in your area. I mean, isn't hassling foreigners over the basics of day to day life the best way to demonstrate how Lebanon is one of the most hospitable countries in the world, whose economy is based primarily on toursim? Of course it is! In this case, you have the mobi option. A portable USB dongle that gets you internet through the wireless networks. In fact, mtc and alfa now offer this service as well through their 3G networks. But this was the option you were going for anyway, you're new in town, always on the move, meeting people at cafes, and not sitting at your apartment skyping with your mom back home, right?
For mobi's packages and prices, check their website.
Speaking of cafes, free WiFi is more or less available at every cafe in the country. In fact, believe it or not, free WiFi can also be found at Lebanon's public parks and with, on average, 300 sunny days a year, why not spend your weekend in the park with your laptop? For a list of public parks, checkout +961's post.
Paying bills
Danielle's take:
I was fortunate in that I didn't really have many bills to speak of while I was in Leb. I never ended up getting a credit card, mainly because I didn't have a residency visa 1, nor did I have any credit in Lebanon 2.. so that's that. I just applied for a checking account while I was there – which is pretty standard so I didn't really feel the need to go into depth about it.. Now when it came to electricity and water,..the caretaker ("natour" as the Lebanese call it) would come to my apartment every month, show me my bill (or leave it at my door if I wasn't there), and I would just give him the amount in cash so he could take care of it (pretty informal – I know, but we never had a problem with our electricity shutting of..so yeah I love this about Leb). My roommate explained to me that if we didn't have the money on time to give it to the caretaker, we would have to go the water and electrical companies ourselves, and THAT'S where it gets complicated. So, in the year and a half that I was in Beirut this is how I paid my bills..I never wanted to find out what it was like to pay them myself so I made sure that I always had the money on time. I'm not sure if this system is standard in Leb, so we'll see what Youssef has to say…
Youssef's take:
There aren't that many bills to account for usually. For the postpaid cell lines, you can either have an automatic bank draft that takes care of it automatically or pay your bill monthly (usually either on the 1st or the 15th of the month) at any OMT or Money Gram store (they're everywhere and easy to spot). The internet bill is payed at the LibanPost if you're with Ogero, or prepaid cards if you're on mobi or Wise or any of the other providers. As for utilities, a bill collector usually comes to your house to collect the money. It is possible to ask the collector to actually come at a later time to collect the money, so for example if you are not at home when the electricity bill collector comes, he'll leave you a small green piece of paper with the amount you owe and the day he'll come back. Like Danielle said, it's very common to have the building caretaker (every building has one) take care of the bills for you, just don't forget to leave him a nice tip during xmas/ramadan.
For the most part, cash is the common method for recurring bill payments in the country. Some services give you the bank draft option (eg. cell phone carriers, which might actually be enforced if you're a foreigner) and some also use credit cards. But you might have problems paying with a foreign credit card, for example mtc does not accept foreign credit cards if you want to pay your postpaid bill online. There's an abundance of ATMs, especially on a street like Hamra, so you do not have to worry about getting your hands on some cash, same goes for money exchange booths who also sell mtc and alfa recharge cards.
Health Insurance & Going to the Doctor/Pharmacy
Danielle's take:
Health insurance is yet another thing I lived without during my time in Beirut. (No car, no health insurance, no credit card, prepaid phone and internet, electricity cuts for 3 hours a day amongst other things..yeah..talk about building character) I guess I figured that if anything serious happened I always had health insurance in the States..and being young and invincible, what could possibly happen right? And from what I know about health insurance in Lebanon (through work at least) or in general, it's not at all like it is in the states, where you pay a co-pay of let's say.. 20% of what the actual cost of the visit is,,and they cover things like annual physicals, etc etc. In Lebanon, insurance covers things like hospitalization and death (again, I may be mistaken here). The good news is, doctors visits are relatively reasonable. A doctor's visit well generally run you around $50 – $75 dollars. (Always be prepared to pay cash when you go to the doctor..in my experience some of them only accept cash).
Again, coming from the States (where you're advised to show up 15-20 minutes early just to fill in 15-20 pages of paperwork)..going to the doctor in Beirut was a very different experience. It's very informal (shockingly so actually) – they don't even ask you for your ID to verify your identity – which i thought was strange in the case that you fall unconscious and they want to access your medical records? Or in the case that you're using a false identity? ..and from what I remember, patient privacy doesn't exist all that much either (maybe this is just the American in me talking,,maybe we have a skewed sense of what patient privacy actually means). I remember going to pay for my visit one time, and the receptionist screaming out to the doctor "What did she get done? What do I have to charge for?" I mean, really?
This informality definitely extends over into the pharmacy as well. I wrote a very detailed post about what I think about pharmacies in Beirut, and about a few personal experiences I had..so I suggest you read it just so you know what to expect.
In a nutshell, if you're coming from the States, there are a few things you will need to get used to:
- the things you are accustom to being over the counter, are actually behind the counter
- many pharmacists are dressed in plain clothes, and tend to not be very discrete when discussing your personal business (inside voices anyone?)
- Lebanese people don't seem to understand the meaning of personal space, and will stand up right next to you or almost on top of you while you are trying to speak with a pharmacist.
- you will end up using many generic brands, as well as brands from Europe that are cheaper but work just as well (even so I recommend that you research the brands to make sure it is in fact what you need, as there have been incidences of pharmacists prescribing the wrong things..i think this is mainly due to miscommunication..and obviously things/medications might not have the same names as they do in the place you're from)
Youssef's take:
Yup, pharmacies in Lebanon are not the over glorified candy stores like CVS or Walgreens found in the US. In most pharmacies (except maybe in Hamra) you can only get medication – no shampoo, beauty products, etc etc. The key to a successful visit to the pharmacy is the same as a visit to any other place in Lebanon: be friendly, initiate small talk with the person you're dealing with, and you'll be well taken care of. Now, I'm not a female who doesn't feel like broadcasting when her feminine cycle is due, nor am I a person who cares much for privacy. So although I have not experienced the annoyances Danielle mentioned, I know the Lebanese mentality and way of handling things, and that kind of behavior is typical and is bound to cause awkward moments for those who aren't used to it. On the other hand, there are plenty of female run pharmacies who tend to be a bit more discrete and mindful of a girl's need for privacy.
As for insurance and Dr's visits, there are options available for you obviously. If you are working for an employer with the proper legal paperwork, your employer is legally bound to enroll you in a health plan. If your work is under the table like many foreigners I know, then you'll have to resort to getting your own insurance. I am personally enrolled in "Sm@rtcare" by United Medical Group. My contract was done through Bank Audi, but their offer is limited to Lebanese nationals only. I did ask them about a plan for foreigners and Bank Audi said they do not provide one, but the provider they use does. That is one option, and I know a few other options exist as well. You do not have to go through your stay without medical coverage. Depending on what plan you get, some cover doctor visits, some cover medications, others cover ER visits, and any combination of the mentioned services. I believe, I may be wrong about this, an insurance plan that covers hospitalization and lab work would cost you less than $2,000/year (that's what my 60 year old father pays, who's considered at high risk to be hospitalized). But in most cases, you will have to pay upfront and then get reimbursed at a later point. Although, since a sizable portion of the population is not covered by insurance, many private practices cater to these cases and give reasonable prices for the visits, and labs like Dr's Laboratories near Bliss St also provide reasonably priced lab tests. Some things are cheap enough that you might find it more convenient to just pay the bill cash and not worry about filing a claim.
So there you go! part 3! Probably not as interesting/exciting as the other two before it, (and as usual, long as hell) but information anyone moving to Beirut needs to know.
Hope this helps!
If anyone has anything to add, please do leave it in the comments! Again, think about how we could making people's lives just a little bit easier! 😉 They'll have enough on their hands when they get to Beirut.
-Dani and Youssef


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Over at the American Spectator, Peter Ferrara makes the case for dumping John Boehner as Speaker of the House, and replacing him with . . . well, I'll get to that part of Peter's argument in a moment. Peter is one of the unsung workhorses and heroes of conservatism in Washington, battling every day to shore up the cause of lower taxes and spending restraint on Capitol Hill. So in my disagreeing with him, Peter deserves the regard that, I am pleased to note, he pays to Boehner. Bottom line: I think Peter is mistaken on this call, and that we should stick with Boehner.
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John Boehner is a good man in a hard place. He has served in public office as a lifelong conservative, not a RINO. His position on the Obama tax increases has been better than almost any other Republican who has been speaking out lately, given the Obama/Democrat election victories — close loopholes and deductions for $800 billion in new revenue over a decade, but no increases in rates.
Good for Peter. Still, he thinks, Boehner needs to go anyway, because "Boehner is no match for Obama on the national stage. He cannot press the economic arguments articulately. He does not have a compelling personality. Obama is running circles around Boehner with outrageous falsehoods, and Boehner cannot raise a peep to challenge him." He goes on to say that Boehner isn't even the equal of the old rumpled Tip O'Neill (coat size: 52 stout), who often fought off Ronald Reagan effectively on budget issues.
Here I think Peter's recollection of the Reagan years has grown opaque. In fact, a lot of Democrats back in 1981 thought about O'Neill exactly as Ferrara thinks about Boehner today—that he couldn't possibly match up with the telegenic Reagan, and that he couldn't oppose Reagan's tax cut plans effectively. And they were (partly) right. O'Neill failed to prevent Reagan's across-the-board tax cut from passing the House. In a striking irony, the Democratic alternative in 1981 that O'Neill tried to pass is almost exactly what Obama wants today: tax cuts for the middle class only. You might think of the present moment as O'Neill's Revenge.
However, O'Neill had one insight that is important to take on board today. Coming off a big election victory as Reagan had in 1980, O'Neill knew that Reagan had to be given his way to some extent at least in the short run. While O'Neill battled as best he could to limit Reagan's designs, he told his troops that the best strategy was to give Reagan the rope by which he'd hang himself. Reagan would own the economy after his economic plan passed. We know how that story turned out: after the initial steep recession of 1982, which Reagan could have blamed on Democrats if they'd blocked his tax cuts, the economy boomed, Reaganomics was vindicated, and the Republican brand as tax cutters was solidified for a generation. However, following O'Neill's tactical retreat in 1981 he was highly effective in thwarting Reagan on numerous fronts after that. Had Democrats panicked in 1981 and dumped O'Neill for someone else, this might not have occurred.
And so here we are today, on the cusp of Republicans being forced to repudiate their Reaganite legacy. It is indeed a bitter pill. But as the O'Neill example shows, along with the basic cycles of politics, more favorable circumstances for our cause will come again. And maybe sooner than we think—certainly sooner than circumstances changed for Democrats. Does anyone think Obama's tax increases on the rich will ignite an economic recovery commensurate with the Reagan economy of the 1980s, or significantly reduce the deficit? If Obama gets his way, he'll completely own the economic results real fast.
Couple this with one other political fact: Republicans have shown they can reduce taxes. At some point—perhaps soon, maybe even as soon as the next mid-term campaign and setting up the 2016 election—Republicans will be able to point to how Obama's tax rate increases aren't working, how rich folk (especially Democratic-leaning Hollywood types, Wall Street bankers, crony capitalist energy boondogglists) are evading the higher rates just as they did in the 91% marginal rate era of the 1950s, and at this point a GOP call for sweeping, pro-growth tax reform will return the initiative to our side. This is one thing the GOP knows how to do. As the late great Robert Novak once put it, God put the Republican Party on this earth to cut taxes, and other than that they aren't good for very much else. (That's certainly true about the problem of regulation, but that's a subject for another day.)
It is possible, incidentally, that Boehner is right now in the midst of a strategy that might yet turn the tables slightly on Obama in the fiscal cliff standoff, if Noam Scheiber's reporting in The New Republic is accurate:
The Times is reporting today that, if John Boehner and the White House can't reach a deal on averting the fiscal cliff, the House GOP is considering passing a bill that would extend the middle-class Bush income tax cuts while enacting low tax rates (possibly even lower than the current rates) for unearned income like dividends, capital gains, and inheritances, and canceling the automatic defense cuts set to begin next year.
Without knowing much more about it, this strikes me as a very savvy move for the GOP. . . By conceding on income tax increases for the top two percent while attaching a variety of other goodies on its wish list to the measure, Republicans would put Obama in a very difficult position.
But enough of the endless calculating about what is the best strategy for Republicans and the fiscal cliff. The second half of Ferrara's argument should be examined. He notes that the Speaker of the House doesn't have to be a member of the House. The GOP could pick anyone to be Speaker for the purpose of battling Obama in the court of public opinion:
Steve Forbes could be named Speaker of the House. Or Larry Kudlow. Or Steve Moore. Or Paul Gigot. Or Grover Norquist. Or Rush Limbaugh. Or Sean Hannity. Or Mark Levin. Someone who can talk, explain, tutor, and at last who knows what he is talking about. How about R. Emmett Tyrrell? Hell, they could even bring Gingrich back.
This is one of those seemingly attractive ideas that is likely to be dreadful in practice, like FDR's court-packing. To be sure, it is an odd thing that the "Speaker of the House" is seldom much of a speaker in the ordinary sense of the word. In Britain's House of Commons, from which we borrowed the idea and title of "Speaker," the member chosen to be "Speaker" actually stops speaking in the typical political sense, and become a mere presiding officer instead. Gingrich was an exception in the long history of American Speakers of the House, and although Peter makes the case that Newt succeeded in many policy battles with Clinton, it is arguable whether his powers of over-articulation were the primary cause of this. In fact I think it is possible to make out the argument that Newt was the exception that proves the rule that Speakers of the House are not generally the forward face of the party. After all, if Newt was so successful, why was his caucus so ready to dump him on more than one occasion, and would certainly have done so in 1998 if he didn't voluntarily step aside? Were Sam Rayburn or Carl Albert, both considered highly effective Speakers, dynamic public leaders?
I doubt the public would see an outside Speaker as anything less than a gimmick, and given the confused public sentiment for Washington to "get something done," it might well backfire on the GOP if people saw an elevated public fight between Obama and a figurehead Speaker as merely trying to rerun the election debate. And would the rank and file House members feel bound to sticking with or defending an outside Speaker once this current policy battle is over? More likely this would lead to a period of instability in GOP ranks.
I'm all for better powers of articulation from Republican office holders. But adopting the political equivalent of the designated hitter rule is likely to intensify rather than remedy the Republican problem of rhetorical weakness.
By the way, one last point: Before we jump on the "Dump-Boehner" bandwagon, let us take note that Boehner's campaign team managed what Romney and the Senate GOP campaigns failed to do: keep a House majority. This wasn't just an accident of redistricting. And it's a story no one is really reporting. Which may be just the way Speaker Boehner wants it.


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Marv Levy said in his state of the Bills address after the season ended that the team needs to fix the offensive line and he exploded into free agency by signing Derrick Dockery, Langston Walker, and Jason Whittle on the opening day of free agency to hopefully once and for all fill all the holes on the line. That means in this weekend's draft the offensive line goes from a primary need to a very minor need, possibly a second day pick on a guard. Levy has also talked about improving from within, so he obviously thinks the three linemen picked last year will develop into solid reserves negating the need to even pick one lineman if they don't find one at the right spot to their liking.
Not need offensive linemen is a good thing since there are numerous other holes to fill including three starting positions at least. The signings stopped the Bills from re-signing Nate Clements and London Fletcher. Even without the signing of the trio they never would have given Clements the richest contract by a defensive player in NFL history. Fletcher didn't fit into the team plans because he is on the wrong side of 30 and makes his tackles down the field. These moves created holes but they were expected holes, it is the two unexpected holes that makes this draft even more important then it was before.
The trading of Willis McGahee and Takeo Spikes was understood because both players wanted out but now the team as an enormous hole at linebacker with both Spikes and Fletcher gone and a big hole at running back to go along with the hole at cornerback that Clements left when he departed for San Francisco.
The big question is who will they pick with the 12th pick of the first round or will they trade up or down? The consensus choice is the Bills would like to select Patrick Willis, the inside linebacker from Mississippi who seems to be the only can't miss linebacking choice. The Bills feel they have some flexibility to fill the open linebacker position since they can play Angelo Crowell either inside or outside depending on who the draft. They are also very high on last year's 6th round pick Keith Ellison. I agree that Ellison is ready to take over as a full time starter but he really needs to stay on the weakside, precluding the Bills from picking a weakside backer. While most mock drafts have the Bills taking Willis, we have learned to expect the unexpected from the Bills on draft day ala last year's pick of Donte Whitner.
We think the Bills will take care of their linebacking needs. I think the Bills may take Penn State linebacker Paul Posluszny, he can play in the middle or outside giving the Bills more flexibility. He is considered more of a weakside linebacker but in the Bills cover two scheme he may be big enough to play the strongside. They may also trade down to add more picks since they have that many holes and Posluszny may be able to be picked later in the round.
Don't be shocked if the Bills go for a cornerback in the first round, someone like Leon Hall of Michigan or more likely, Darrelle Revis from Pittsburgh. I don't think this is too likely however since the corner isn't as important as a linebacker in the cover two and the team is high on last year's third round pick Ashton Youboty.
Once the Bills get their linebacker or cornerback, they should hit their running back needs in the second round. They will not pick a running back in the first round since they acknowledge you can get one later in the draft who can develop into a solid player. Levy may want to find this generation's Thurman Thomas by picking a player coming off of a major injury. Michael Bush of Louisville missed all but one half of one game of the 2006 season because of a broken leg. He may not be ready for the start of the season but Levy may take a shot as Jauron feels he can go into the season with Anthony Thomas as his number one back.
There are a few more things to think of regarding the backfield situation. They are planning on adopting the two running back approach that became very popular among coaches last year and not popular among fantasy league GMs. It has also been confirmed that they will not take a fullback, they rather use the roster spot for a special teams player and use a tight end in the H-back role when they need a two back set. So who will be the compliment to Thomas, or who will Thomas be the compliment of? If they don't go with Bush in the 2nd round, they may be leaning towards a Antonio Pittman of Ohio St., Chris Henry of Arizona, or Kenny Irons of Auburn. If nobody they like is available when they pick in that round, it isn't likely they will wait to the third round to get their man. Look for them to bite the bullet at the time and resurrect a deal for Michael Turner of the Chargers.
With two picks in the third round, assuming the team gets a linebacker and a running back in the first two rounds, they will go back to defense to fill their cornerback hole and don't be shocked if they take a taller wide receiver. I will be very happy if they get those four positions dealt with in day one so they can go for depth in day two with their last four picks.
One position that some say the Bills may address early in the draft is defensive tackle. They feel they may have filled their major hole there by getting Darwin Walker in the trade with Philadelphia. They also used a high pick last year on John McCargo and expect him to develop this year after missing more than half the season last year with a broken foot. I do expect a development run stuffing tackle to be taken as early as round three but definitely in day two.
Other spots they will look to fill on day two will be adding depth at certain positions including guard, linebacker, quarterback, wide receiver, and safety. The trade of Kelly Holcomb means they will likely draft a late round quarterback to be the number three guy. They are very thin at depth at the safety position meaning picking at least one is necessary. If they don't get their man there, they may end up moving Coy Wire back to Safety. This will especially happen if they draft two or maybe even three linebackers in the draft. They do not need any defensive ends with the re-signing of Chris Kelsay. They may take a tight end that can double as a fullback.
One thing is for certain, the second day of the draft will be filled by hard working, high character players who can play special teams well. That is the epitome of a Marv Levy type of player. Levy feels if he drafts intelligent players that have a lot of heart on the football field then the coaching staff can teach them the other stuff. That is the philosophy he had as a coach. It is the philosophy he had last year when he engineered the best Bills draft in years. That will be his way this year, so when he makes jaw dropping picks don't worry think of the Whitner pick and smile.


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Exercise your mind with rigor and precision as a Saint Michael's classics major, then flex your old-school thinking muscle in the modern world, as our students and graduates do each day as scholars, lawyers, librarians, businessmen and teachers.
Excursions into classical literature and study travels to Europe help you discover that for excitement and substantial clues to the meaning of life, Ancient Greece and Rome are not only where it's been, but where it's at.
Your early Greek and Latin courses give you facility to read -- in the original -- timeless literature that challenges, expands and pleases your mind and soul. Other courses immerse you in Greek and Roman culture and civilization, sometimes through literature in translation. Many of these classes also help fulfill the college's liberal arts requirements.
All classics majors take a full year of Latin and a full year of Greek (two semesters each), and then must take four additional reading courses in Latin and/or Greek. You could decide to concentrate on just one classical language for all those courses after your first-year sampling of both. By the time you graduate, nine of your ten courses will have been in a classical language, plus a choice of courses in translation, whether from the Humanities, History, Religious Studies or Philosophy Departments.
One popular course, taught by religious studies scholar Jeffrey Trumbower, is Judaism in the Greco-Roman World. Our students also have read Saint Augustine in Latin with John Kenney, an internationally prominent Augustine scholar. Others have done one-on-one tutorial reading of St. Thomas Aquinas with one of our beloved resident Edmundite priests.
Your senior experience is a seminar, with the goal that you'll be able to pick up and read and understand Latin or Greek literature on sight, without the help of the commentaries and dictionaries upon which you might rely in earlier courses.
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This is just one of many possible sequences. If, for example, you spend a semester abroad or choose to double-major in another discipline, you will need to adjust your plan accordingly. You are required to take four courses in Directed Readings, but you will need to decide whether to take more Greek or more Latin or to distribute the courses equally at the upper level.
Your opportunities as a Classics student are only limited by your imagination.
As a result of the strength of our department and our students, Saint Michael's has many special collections and opportunities available to those interested in Classics.
First, we enjoy a long-term affiliation with the Rome Center, sponsored by Loyola University of Chicago. Students take courses at the Center and utilize fantastic opportunities to travel to classical sites within the city of Rome. One of our students was recently named a Politi International Fellow and received a $5,000 grant to support her research and study abroad: exploring Latin and Greek texts at St. Andrew's University in Scotland. You'll also have access to an impressive special collection of 4,000 classics books, a gift from two nationally eminent scholars who admire our program. Summer courses are available in Rome studying Latin at classical sites, which you might take advantage of as several Saint Mike's students have through the years.
A current student started a group that meets regularly to read the New Testament in Greek. Sometimes professors or the dean have lunchtime reading groups in classical languages. One of our seniors just completed an internship at WIRED magazine in Manhattan and now she's pondering a career in editing. Two young men, one a recent graduate and one a current student, are novices with the Society of Saint Edmund (the resident founding order of priests on campus). One of those men started as a business major, switched to music and then discovered a love for classical philosophy along the way!
Some Classics graduates go into law or medicine. One recent graduate worked at a bindery for ancient Buddhist texts in California prior to attending a top library grad school. A graduate who ended up at dental school gratefully shared how he uses logical processes learned in Latin class to diagnose and analyze problems in his field. On the scholastic side, another recent graduate is specializing in Minoan civilization at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland; another is pursuing a graduate degree at Boston Colleges; still another recently completed a post-baccalaureate year at University of Pennsylvania (history graduate work in medieval studies).
The common theme is the solid foundation Classics helped them build.
To prepare directly for teaching classics in secondary school, you might double-major in education and Classics. (see Education Department link below for more details). However, some classics graduates with an interest in teaching go on to get a master's of art in teaching either at Saint Michael's or elsewhere. One program in Rhode Island enables you to live after graduation in community with others hoping to teach specifically in Catholic schools. We've trained future high school classics and Latin teachers, well-rounded businessmen and graduate students in classical languages, romance languages, ancient history, medieval history, philosophy and theology.
Teach Latin or Greek in secondary schools. Move on to dental school. Bind ancient Buddhist texts. Do anything else where strong thinking skills are valued. Classics will prepare you for it.
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In the April 14 On the Spot column ["She Can't Wait for Her Next Passport"], reader Lisa Kim Davis of West Los Angeles expressed her concern about having her passport at the ready. Called away for business travel, often at a moment's notice, she couldn't risk having that document out of her control for the four to six weeks that regular passport processing would take. Further, a passport with less than six months until its expiration could present a problem in some countries that insist on a document that has at least three and sometimes six months until it's out of date. The solution: an expedited passport.
You can get an expedited passport through the State Department, or, if your travel plans demand it, you can go to the U.S. Passport Agency at 11000 Wilshire Blvd. Or you can hire someone, known as a passport expediter, to get it for you. Here's how the State Department describes them: "Expediting service companies are private companies that deliver passport applications to passport agencies and retrieve the passports when issued; customers pay the company directly for this convenience. They are not contractors or employees of the State Department's passport agencies, but instead private companies, registered with our agencies, that customers can hire."
Expediters I spoke with note that besides the savings in time, such services also can fend off problems upfront. The requirements for passport renewal or first-time application (found at https://www.travel.state.gov) can be as complicated as whipping up beef Wellington. In either process, a false step can result in delays in the document or in dinner. The latter can wait; departures cannot. An expert versed in passport rules and regulations can usually spot a problem before it becomes a problem.
How do you find a good expediter? In days past, you might have wanted a bricks-and-mortar office; with overnight delivery services and the Internet, that may not be as necessary as it once was, said Steve Fox of FastPortPassport.com, based in New York. He once had numerous retail locations but has closed them, he said. But you can still talk to a passport specialist by phone, he added.
Price is another factor, but it shouldn't determine your decision, said Rob Smith, president of the National Assn. of Passport and Visa Services, which is made up of companies that expedite passports and visas (another issue the frequent last-minute traveler may face).
What about the size of the company: Is bigger better? Not necessarily, Smith said. Look at how long the company has been in business and ask whether it is registered with the State Department so the representative can get those important hurry-up appointments.
We become so focused on the logistical and financial questions, we may lose sight of security concerns that Smith brought to my attention: Does the company do background checks on its employees? And where does the company put your precious information at the end of a day?
As for background checks, "Firms that do such screening recognize the importance of protecting the documents and personal identifiable information (PII) of its clients and [are] willing to pay extra costs for such background checks of its employees and other security precautions such as shredding documents," he told me in an email. A background check doesn't ensure that someone won't harvest your info, but it does help eliminate anyone who might have a questionable history.
You'll also want a company that locks up your info at the end of the day and, as Smith notes, shreds old information. (On its Web page about identity theft, the U.S. Department of Justice quotes Shakespeare: "But he that filches from me my good name / Robs me of that which not enriches him / And makes me poor indeed." Who says the government has no poetry in its soul?)
Once you've settled on a firm, the next question you may want to explore is this: Would my life be easier if I had two U.S. passports? Possibly, but you must meet a list of conditions for this special two-year document. The State Department doesn't issue them to make your life easier, noting that such documents may be the solution for airline flight personnel, executives of multinational companies or foreign journalists. You won't get this second two-year document, the State Department notes, if, say, your passport happens to be with your household goods that are in transit. To read about the regulations, go to https://www.lat.ms/XFdxwF.
Which is a good reminder that you need to keep your passport safe. If it's in your sock drawer, think about moving it to a more secure location. You may worry about whether an expediter is handling your personal info with all due care, but you also might want to ask yourself the same question.
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Ruben Fleischer's 30 Minutes or Less is a film nearly undone by the uncertainty of its tone--both in terms of how the events in the frame slam into each other, and how uneasily they coexist with life off-screen. You see, it is inspired (very, very loosely) by the story of Brian Douglas Wells, a 46-year-old pizza delivery driver who was involved in a bizarre 2003 incident in which he was forced--by virtue of the remote-controlled bomb strapped to his chest--to rob a bank and turn over the cash to his kidnappers. At first glance, this sounds like it might have action/heist/comedy potential, until you discover that Wells was killed when the bomb went off, and turned out to have been involved (at least in some manner) with the planning of the scheme. Whatever the degree of his involvement, I can't imagine his friends and family will be too amused by the decision to turn his misfortune into a wacky summer comedy.
Screenwriter Michael Diliberti doesn't just use the broad outlines--some of the details even match, like the motive for the robbery, which was to finance the hiring of a hitman (here played by Michael Pena) to bump off the father (Fred Ward) of one of the kidnappers (Danny McBride), who would then inherit the family fortune. That's where pizza man Nick (Jesse Eisenberg) comes in; he is called out to a remote location for a delivery (in this version of the tale, he's not in on the plan), strapped with the bomb vest, and told to hit the local bank and return with the necessary cash. Nick is an aimless loser who has just had a falling out with his only friend, Chet (Aziz Ansari), but he begs his buddy to help him pull the job, which appears to be his only option.
This was around the point where my movie-going companion asked, not unreasonably, "Can't he just, um, call the police?" It's one of those giant questions that the movie clearly doesn't actually want to answer, since the structural integrity of the entire picture tumbles down with it; the kidnappers tell Nick that they'll be watching him, and that they'll blow the bomb if he goes to the police, but does he actually think these idiots are monitoring his phones? Watching his email? Does he not notice the giant brown van that is following him around town? He could put the cops on them and the movie'd be over by the thirty-minute mark.
Of course, that's exactly the problem, and we must all be willing to suspend our disbelief in a silly film like this. But you have to make the conscious decision to overlook this distraction, and it becomes harder as the film goes on, because director Fleischer (Zombieland) hasn't made the right decisions in terms of how straight to tell his story. In order for us to make the logical leaps that the screenplay requires, we have to approach it as full-on farce--hard enough if you know about the real story, harder still when the danger and violence is played (mostly) straight, and when the comedy veers uneasily from car chases to pitch-black.
But it must be noted that even when it's uncertain in its aims, it is a funny film. Most of the laughs come from the presence of Ansari, whose Chet isn't far removed from his usual comic persona, but whose sideways line readings and inappropriate tangents are most welcome. Chet is a middle school teacher, and the single, short scene of him in his classroom is funnier than the entirety of Bad Teacher; his big fight with Nick is amusingly childish ("You? An adult?" he asks incredulously. "You had a Lunchable for dinner last night!"); and his sidebar, at a particularly inopportune moment, on the fiscal irresponsibility of his Netflix usage is a killer (and, let's face it, relatable). McBride and Nick Swardson as his co-kidnapper create a mostly inspired dumb-guy two-act, though McBride would be wise to start varying his regular character just a touch, because it's starting to get monotonous. And Diliberti's script creates some purely situational laughs out of the scheme spinning further and further out of control; by the time Pena and Ward were facing off, I was reminded (favorably) of the great, undervalued Lawrence Kasdan comedy I Love You to Death.
That's not the only '80s reminder to be found--and it must be said, if you're going to do a big smash-up car chase, at least have the good sense (as Fleischer did) to score it with Glenn Frey's "The Heat is On." As that sax line began, I was tempted to give myself over to the film (as similar music choices prompted a perhaps-too-forgiving response to Cop Out), because of an unreasonable affection for '80s action/comedy. And those movies weren't terribly credible either. That said, they also didn't tend to base themselves on unfortunate true stories, a realization that comes back at the strangely rushed conclusion of 30 Minutes or Less. I'm not sure which resolution would have been more unsatisfactory--what really happened, or the rather insulting, giant-loose-ends-left-dangling "happy" ending we get here. Unfortunately, by that point, it is another uneven beat in a picture that is rather all over the place.
Jason lives in New York. He holds an MA in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU.


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We're getting a lot of emails (some of them with links to some shoddy reporting) that WhatsApp has been pulled from the Windows Phone Store and even some sinister "because they want to charge us" rumor mongering.
For the record, WhatsApp is still available as we just uninstalled and re-downloaded it to our Lumia 900. But true, the app is hidden. The issue for which many of you are experiencing is that app is not available for Windows Phone 8 devices. That's a different issue and is most likely one of the dozens of compatibility problems some apps are having with the new platform. SkyDrive and Skype too were unavailable for a few weeks when 8 devices were first making the round, so it make sense that WhatsApp probably fell into that trap as well.
For the record, there is no evidence that WhatsApp will come back at a price and since it's a free, we find it hard to gripe too much about what can be best described as poor service and a lousy app anyway.
Rant Alert: Look, WhatsApp has never been good on Windows Phone. Heck, it's barely good on the iPhone. If you're expecting that to change, well, you're a believer. We're not. Our advice if you don't like a service or the software that's powering it, move on. We're running Kik just fine on Windows Phone 8—and there are plenty of other good services out there like TalkBox, which do even more. WhatsApp users just seem like a tortured bunch to us—everyone hates the app and the service, but they can't live without it either. Maybe it's time to convince your friends and family to move on?
Windows Phone 7 users: you should still be able to get WhatsApp here in the Store. Windows Phone 8 users, you're out of luck until that crack team of developer dropouts releases an update. We'll of course keep you posted as soon as that new version hits to bring your WP8 compatibility. We'll then followup with a post about how the app still doesn't work well.
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