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Alexis Museum
The Alexis Museum houses numerous fascinating displays that depict the early days of the community.
CITY: Alexis
Alexis Phelps House
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this home is a great place to watch the river traffic go by. Open by appointment for breakfast, teas, luncheons, receptions and weddings.
CITY: Oquawka
Beany's Cafe
Family dining.
CITY: Little York
Bear's Den
Family owned restaurant.
CITY: Lomax
Big River State Forest
Encompassing more than 3,000 acres along the Mississippi River, Big River State Forest is a remnant of woodland that once bordered the vast prairies. The 1-½ mile Lincoln Hiking Trail commemorates Abraham Lincoln's march through the area in 1832.
CITY: Keithsburg
Biggsville's Hotel Lynn
This restored 1902 hotel features four sleeping rooms, kitchen, living room, and meeting rooms with free parking.
CITY: Biggsville
Blandin House Museum
This two-story brick home, owned by town founder Joseph Blandin, is said to have been visited by Abraham Lincoln during his 1858 campaign against Stephen Douglas. The museum features artifacts from Blandinsville's rich history.
CITY: Blandinsville
Breadeaux Pizza - Monmouth
Take out pizza.
CITY: Monmouth
Broadway Cafe
Family style.
CITY: Stronghurst
Casey's General Store
Convenience store chain with pizza.
CITY: Monmouth
Cerar's Barnstormer
Affordable family/fine dining and lounge takes you back to the early 1900s when biplanes and barnstorming were all the rage.
CITY: Monmouth
Cottage Corner
Diner/coffee shop serving sandwiches and breakfast all day.
CITY: Monmouth
Country Fun
Privately-owned restaurant, lounge and bowling alley.
CITY: Biggsville
Countryside Inn
A comfortable motel offering rooms with air conditioning and t.V.
CITY: Roseville
County Market Deli
Deli. Carry out or dine in.
CITY: Monmouth
Crazy Mary's Pizza
Family-owned diner serving pizza and sandwiches.
CITY: Oquawka
Deerwood Cabin Rentals
Privately-owned cabins.
CITY: Oquawka
Delabar State Park
Delabar State Park offers quality outdoor experiences for anglers, hikers, campers, and picnickers. Many of the site's 89 acres are forested with sturdy oak, birch, and hickory trees.
CITY: Oquawka
Dog Patch Diner
Hot dogs and sandwiches.
CITY: Monmouth
Econofoods Deli
Deli. Carry-out, delivery, or dine-in.
CITY: Monmouth
Genesis Christian Book & Supplies
All types of Christian books and supplies.
CITY: Monmouth
Hawthorn Inn & Suites - Monmouth
The finest acommodations in West Central Illinois, close to downtown area.
CITY: Monmouth
Henderson County Conservation Area
Offering camping, picnicking, fishing, boating, and winter sports, the conservation area is about 20 miles southwest of Monmouth and five miles east of the Mississippi River. Group camping also available.
CITY: Keithsburg
Henderson County Museum
This museum preserves Henderson County's rural American heritage, with the primary focus of the exhibits on the first half of the 20th century.
CITY: Raritan


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Lighting for Manufacturing Facilities
Aug 19-20, 2014
Course Time Approximately 8am - 5pm Travel, Accommodations, and Meal Details
This new course features some of the latest lighting solutions that have become available for manufacturing facilities. Guidelines for light levels and lighting quality for various types of manufacturing facilities, based upon the recommendations of the IES (Illuminating Engineering Society), will be reviewed. Specific design considerations for hazardous environments, food processing, extreme ambient temperature ranges, inspection lighting and outdoor area lighting will also be discussed. Facility managers, contractors and other lighting decision makers for industrial applications will learn how to evaluate today's LED systems versus non-LED systems based on lighting quality, economics and other performance metrics. Hands-on workshops will familiarize participants with design features and benefits based on lighting layouts and cost of light/environmental benefit calculations. Industry guest speakers will share best practices.
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The starting and concluding times for each course may vary, but the usual starting time each day is 8:00 a.m. with the bus departing from the hotel at approximately 7:30 a.m. The daily concluding time is usually 5:00 p.m. except when evening events such as refreshments and dinners are scheduled. The exact times will be listed in your confirmation packet that you will receive three weeks prior to your course. Please verify exact times before making your airline reservations.

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Sleep disorders disturb millions of people and can lead to serious consequences: high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, work and family difficulties, accidents, and multiple other illnesses. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the most common sleep disorder, is likely to occur in men, those who are obese, and the middle-aged, but can affect anyone at any age.
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Edward Purcell (1912-1997)
Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who received half of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with for his development of a new method of ascertaining the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei. Known as nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) absorption, the method arose from the application of radar theory to the magnetic fields of atoms and was a significant advance over the magnetic resonance detection technique developed earlier by Isidor Rabi. Felix Bloch, with whom Purcell shared the Nobel Prize, independently made the same advance.
Purcell was born on August 30, 1912, in Taylorville, Illinois. From his parents, Edward A. and Mary (Mills) Purcell, he inherited an interest in electronics and teaching. His mother had been a teacher before she married and his father taught for many years before accepting a management position at a telephone company. Through his fathers work, Purcell had access to copies of the Bell System Technical Journal and surplus technical equipment with which he experimented at home.
Purcell went on to further develop these skills at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, where he majored in electrical engineering. He graduated in 1933, along the way developing a penchant for physics. Karl Lark-Horovitz, the head of the physics department, encouraged Purcell and helped him win an exchange fellowship at Karlsruhe Technical Institute in Germany, where Purcell studied for a year after graduation. While traveling to Germany, he met fellow exchange student Beth Busser. Four years later, she became his wife. The couple eventually had two sons.
When Purcell returned to the United States, he studied physics at Harvard University, where he received an M.A. in 1935 and a doctorate degree in 1938. He taught at Harvard for three years before interrupting his academic career to help with the war effort. At the Radiation Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purcell was head of a research group seeking to advance World War II military radar technology. Isidor Rabi, who had by that time already devised a method of observing atomic magnetic properties, oversaw the project to which Purcells group contributed. When the war ended, Purcell remained at the MIT laboratory for a brief period to put together summaries of the research. It was during this time that he decided to attempt to bring together his recent work with radio waves and his interest in Rabis molecular-beam magnetic resonance detection method, for which Rabi had won the 1944 Nobel Prize in Physics.
In order for the spin of an atomic nucleus to be determined via Rabis technique, a sample needed to be vaporized and then exposed to a magnetic field. The method developed by Purcell in the mid-1940s, however, eliminated the vaporization requirement and simplified the measurement process. Purcells process entailed the use of two magnetic fields. The first field was held stationary and was supplied by a strong electromagnet. Once a sample was placed in this field, a second field was applied , generated by a magnet driven by radio waves. As Purcell discovered, the atoms in a sample will only absorb energy and vibrate at a particular frequency (termed the signature frequency) of radio waves. By varying the radio waves powering the second magnet used in his method, Purcell showed that this frequency could be easily determined.
In 1946, Purcell resumed teaching at Harvard, where he remained, advancing to higher and higher ranks, throughout the rest of his career. His research in the early 1950s resulted in one of the earliest applications of nuclear magnetic resonance absorption in a field other than physics. Working with a graduate student, Harold Ewen, Purcell constructed a radio telescope that used nuclear magnetic resonance to measure radio emissions in space. The pair used the device to detect hydrogens signature frequency, enabling them to be the first to perceive interstellar hydrogen. Their technique became popular among astronomers and launched the field of radio astronomy.
Although much of his research following the invention of the radio telescope was in astrophysics, Purcell made a notable contribution to the field of biophysics during his later years. In 1977, working with Howard Berg, he investigated the motion of flagellated bacteria. Purcell proposed a successful explanation of bacterial locomotion, which, as Berg discovered, involves helical flagella that rotate like corkscrews. In 1984, the pair won the Biological Physics Prize of the American Physical Society for their work.
Purcell retired from teaching at Harvard in 1980, but continued research for several years. He died on March 7, 1997, in Cambridge of respiratory failure. In addition to the Nobel Prize and the Biological Physics Prize, Purcells other honors included the Ørsted Medal (1967) and the National Medal of Science (1979). He was also elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a foreign member of the Royal Society of London, and served as president of the American Physical Society and as an advisor to the President's Scientific Advisory Committee.
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Colorado Rockies ink infielder Jonathan Herrera to 1-year, $900K deal
Rockies avoid arbitration with Herrera
DENVER - Infielder Jonathan Herrera and the Colorado Rockies agreed to a one-year, $900,000 contract on Wednesday, avoiding arbitration.
Herrera hit .262 with nine doubles, three homers, 12 RBIs and 29 runs in 86 games last season, when he was dogged by injuries. He missed a total of 39 games while on the DL, first with a strained right hamstring and then a left wrist infection.
The 28-year-old Venezuelan has spent his entire career with the Rockies after signing with them as a non-drafted free agent in 2002.
In 294 career major league games, he's hit .259 with seven homers and 50 RBIs.
The Rockies are also looking to settle the two arbitration deals with right handed pitcher Jhoulys Chacin and outfielder Dexter Fowler.
Chacin is seeking $2.6 million and the Rockies have offered him $1.7 million. Fowler is looking for $5.15 million while the club has offered him $4.25 million, according to Colorado Rockies.com
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Happy Birthday to Jane Chick! What we know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning…
USA Today is also publishing two Michael Jackson commemorative publications- a 96-page glossy "Michael Jackson: King of Pop" and a 40-page tabloid "Michael 1958-2009″. Purchasing dets here.
Is Facebook trying to be Twitter?
Regardless, our favorite recent Facebook status- Chuck Todd: "RIP Billy Mays, the secret to his success? The beard!"
Magazine editors scrambled to get Michael Jackson on their covers, including Time, Newsweek, In Touch Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Ebony, Billboard, Rolling Stone and OK!. According to the AP, Time put out a 64-page edition, separate from its regular weekly issue, exclusively covering Jackson- this was Time's first special edition since the 9/11 attacks.
Former embeds Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe's book on Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has a title- "Sarah from Alaska: Inside the Political Arrival That Rocked American Politics- What Really Happened, What It Means, and What's Next for Sarah Palin."
LAT asks a good question- what is TMZ had been wrong about Jackson? "Has technology's ability to deliver information at such a rapid pace corrupted us? It's one thing to marvel at how social media sites have helped spread Iranian news that might otherwise have been censored; it's quite another to become a culture that prizes speed over confirmed facts." Read on here.
AP takes a look at the challenges foreign broadcasters face covering Iran.
President Obama's campaign scored two top prizes at Cannes Lions International Advertising Awards.
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CASI Executive Director, Geoffrey Languedoc, appeared on CTV News Channel (Express) where he discussed Chris Hadfield and Canadians in Space.
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Book your room at Wingate by Wyndham Los Angeles International Airport LAX
Standard Room, 1 King Bed, AccessibleMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
Standard Room, 1 King BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
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Inglewood hotel with a roundtrip airport shuttle
Situated in Inglewood, this hotel is close to Hollywood Park Racetrack, Hollywood Park Casino, and Toyota Sports Center. Local attractions also include Automobile Driving Museum and Los Angeles Forum.
Hotel Features
Wingate by Wyndham Los Angeles International Airport LAX offers a complimentary continental breakfast. Other amenities include a roundtrip airport shuttle, complimentary wireless Internet access, and a 24-hour business center.
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Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Business-related amenities consist of a 24-hour business center and a meeting room. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary to guests (available on request). Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Wingate by Wyndham Los Angeles International Airport LAX is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 148
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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Fox News asked voters as follows: "Do you believe the opponents of voter identification laws are really trying to steal elections by increasing illegal votes by non-citizens and other ineligible voters?" 50% answered yes. When asked if supporters of stricter laws want to steal the elections, only 34% answered yes. Overall, 52% Democrats, 74% Independents, and 87% Republicans agree with the statement that voter ID laws are necessary to stop illegal voting.
50% Think Those Opposing Voter Photo ID Laws Want to Steal Elections
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Watch and hear how eight men have each experienced a personal encounter with the Living God that has radically changed their future.
Next Global Leadership Prayer Summit in Costa Rica January 2015
Booking details are provide below and on the FG-GF website www.fg-gf.net
Full Global Vision from the last GLPS is available for viewing here.
It's a new day for FGB - walking under an open heaven
What a Convention !!! Such a great encouragement to members to walk in the Spirit under an open heaven using the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The start of a new day in the life and ministry of the Full Gospel Businessmen in UK & Ireland !!
Ours to Share - Severnside / Southwest 24th Men's Advance
A weekend of teaching on effective evangelism led by Rev. Paul Wilson, Development worker for Methodist Evangelicals Together.
Sessions on Anointed Ambassadors; Christlike Character; Marginal Mission; Powerful Prayers; Everyday Evangelists. Plus prayer, praise, testimony and ministry.
Praise and Worship led by Bob Waters and Terry Lavery
£135-00 inclusive for the weekend
Convention a real blessing and challenge to live in the Spirit and play our part in Reaping the Harvest.
This year the theme of Reaping the Harvest was powerfully taken up by both the main speakers with prophetic confirmation of their messages through the body of FGB members present. Being led by the Spirit, hearing and trusting in God's Word, and taking the Good News of the Gospel to all nations, was the message repeated several times in different ways throughout the convention.
Chairman of the Full Gospel Global Forum shares his brief testimony
Peter Spreckley shares his real-life story: from country solicitor to Spirit-filled Christian !
Peter is currently the appointed Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Full Gospel Global Forum (www.FG-GF.net).
The Forum is an information sharing network of like-minded FGB and BMF Groups from around the world, who are committed to their calling from God to follow the vision as originally given through Demos Shakarian, the founder of FGBMFI.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. On what street is Sloane's old flat?
(a) Burberry Flats.
(b) Johnston Fuller.
(c) Hilary's Crescent.
(d) Windham Earl.
2. Where does Kath meet Sloane?
(a) At the shop.
(b) At church.
(c) The pub.
(d) The library.
3. Who does Sloane say he's likely gotten Kemp confused with?
(a) Fergusson.
(b) Jameson.
(c) Williams.
(d) Ed.
4. Where does Sloane say Kemp should be?
(a) Eaton Retirement Home.
(b) Westwood Insanatorium.
(c) Colney Hatch.
(d) Colony River.
5. What compliment does Kath remark on with Sloane in Act One?
(a) He has delicate skin.
(b) He has nice thick hair.
(c) He has beautiful eyes.
(d) He has a manly body.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Kath go to do in Act One, leaving Sloane and Kemp alone?
2. What does Kemp say happens to his former boss?
3. Whom does Kath say that Sloane is almost the same age as?
4. What does Sloane find between the sofa cushions?
5. Where does Ed say he and his "mate" are together?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kemp say his boss does? What is his position?
2. What is Sloane's "threat" used to get what he wants? How do the characters respond to it?
3. Where is the play set? What is the house like? Where is it?
4. How does Sloane remember his parents? Why does he feel as he does?
5. What are the macabre elements of Entertaining Mr. Sloane?
6. How old is the character of Kath? What is her age in relation to the other characters? How old does she act?
7. At which point in Act Three does Sloane lose the upper hand?
8. How does Sloane's attitude change between Act One and Act Two?
9. What clues lead Ed to suspect Sloane of taking the car out?
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Semilogarithmic plot
h = semilogx(...)
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semilogx(Y) creates a plot using a base 10 logarithmic scale for the x-axis and a linear scale for the y-axis. It plots the columns of Y versus their index if Y contains real numbers. semilogx(Y) is equivalent to semilogx(real(Y), imag(Y)) if Y contains complex numbers. semilogx ignores the imaginary component in all other uses of this function.
semilogx(X1,Y1,...) plots all Yn versus Xn pairs. If only one of Xn or Yn is a matrix, semilogx plots the vector argument versus the rows or columns of the matrix, along the dimension of the matrix whose length matches the length of the vector. If the matrix is square, its columns plot against the vector if their lengths match.
semilogx(X1,Y1,LineSpec,...) plots all lines defined by the Xn,Yn,LineSpec triples. LineSpec determines line style, marker symbol, and color of the plotted lines.
semilogx(...,'PropertyName',PropertyValue,...) sets property values for all charting lines created by semilogx. For a list of properties, see Chart Line Properties.
h = semilogx(...) return a vector of chart line handles, one handle per line.
Create a plot with a logarithmic scale for the x-axis and a linear scale for the y-axis.
x = 0:1000; y = log(x); figure semilogx(x,y)
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It's a stand up episode of Dog Whisperer, as Cesar helps a group of hilarious comedians face their toughest critics - their own pets. Skyler Stone and his girlfriend Nicole joke that their Jack Russell mix Sammy is a ham missile, because he eats so fast and so quickly. Add their aggressive Maltese-Chihuahua, George, to the mix and the situation is just not funny. Girth of a Nation star Ralphie May is one of the biggest men in comedy, or in any field for that matter. He and his wife, stand-up comic Lahna Turner, have their hands full with their older boxer Pimp and overprotective bulldog, Hoochie Mama. And Paul Rodriguez, one of America's most famous Hispanic comedians, believes good things come in threes. Except when his three Chihuahuas, Luna, Mosca and Chica, become an unruly pack.
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This week the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that Atlanta has the highest concentration of negative equity in the United States. More than 40% of homes are underwater. This is due in part to nearly 1 million people moving to the Metro Area between 2000 and 2008 many purchasing new suburban homes at the peak of the housing bubble.Â
Atlanta prices did not reach the heights like many markets but hit lows like few others. Atlanta's concentration of Fortune 500 companies were among the first to steeply cut jobs, this was followed by a 85% reduction in construction, significant cutbacks in business travel and tourism, and in a final blow, small businesses and entrepeneurs that easily tapped home equity to fund start ups and expansions found their equity lines cut, and friendly banker either among the 84 banks that failed since 2008 (also the highest in the nation) or working at the few remaining big banks showing little interest in lending. This perfect storm drove prices down 70 plus percent to 1980's levels.
While this is bad news for current home owners, it has created once in a life time buying opportunities for first time buyers, investors, people looking to sell and move up. My daughter purchased a downtown Atlanta penthouse condo for $53,000 that sold in 2000 for $179,900. Remember for every loser in real estate there is a winner. Atlanta is still represents one of the best real estate values in the world.
As the article posted in full below indicates it may be for years to come.
By Arielle Kass - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In an arc that stretches from Cartersville to McDonough to Winder, dozens of metro Atlanta neighborhoods are drowning. There's not another metro area in the United States with as many concentrated pockets of mortgage holders who are underwater on their loans. No place else comes close.
The nationwide data, complied by Zillow at the end of last year, identified the worst 1 percent of ZIP codes in terms of the percentage of mortgage holders who owe more than their homes are worth. Georgia has nearly a quarter of those ZIP codes, most of them arrayed in a crescent around Atlanta's southern flank. Michigan, the next hardest-hit state, has only half as many ZIP codes in the worst 1 percent.
The biggest losers, of course, are individual homeowners. But the consequences continue to ripple outward — even as home values are rebounding in other parts of the region.
"It's been a huge drag on Atlanta's economy,†said Mark Vitner, a senior economist at Wells Fargo. "It's discouraging investment from those areas.â€
When a home is underwater, it makes the homeowner feel poorer. It means that people are less mobile, less likely to move for new jobs or better schools. When they are unable to move, underwater homeowners stall the rest of the market. That limits the options for people who want to buy their first house, or those who are shopping for a bigger house.
People who are underwater are less inclined to make improvements to their home, because there is less likelihood that they will get back the money they put in. They have less access to home equity lines of credit, which can impair their ability to start a new business, or send a child to college.
Retailers and other companies are less likely to open businesses in areas where homeowners are underwater. They do not want to invest in places where homeowners do not feel flush. Unemployment tends to be worse where people are underwater. Crime, too.
The hardest-hit parts of metro Atlanta encompass 52 ZIP codes, or 23 percent of the worst 1 percent. They are largely south of the city, but the crescent extends northward at each end, from Cartersville in the northwest to Winder in the northeast. On the list are ZIP codes in Marietta and Dunwoody, Covington, Lawrenceville and Norcross, as well as downtown Atlanta and Atlantic Station.
On average in those ZIP codes, 72 percent of the homes with mortgages are underwater. If you include areas where the situation is only slightly better — where at least half of mortgage holders are underwater — the list expands to 101 Georgia ZIP codes, almost one in six.
Metro Atlanta has a dozen counties where at least half of mortgages are underwater: Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Newton, Douglas, Paulding, Henry, Rockdale, Carroll, Bartow, Jackson and Barrow. In Fulton, 43 percent are underwater; in Cobb, it's 41 percent.
The worst area is Antonio White's neighborhood, in the Clayton County city of Riverdale. There, 85 percent of homeowners with mortgages are underwater.
White, who lives on Wealthy Court, twice refinanced his house when the market was booming. He was talked into it, he said, by employees of now-defunct Countrywide Financial, who came to his door.
The $98,000 he still owes is far more than the $69,000 he paid for the small, split-level house when he bought it in 1994. It's also far more than the $39,241 the Clayton County tax assessor's office says the home is now worth.
After suffering what he will only describe as a "change in income,†he filed for bankruptcy in 2011 to forestall foreclosure. The case was dismissed last year. His requests for a loan modification have been denied. White said he is $30,000 behind on his payments. If not for the refinancing, he said, the house would be paid off.
"I'm going to eventually lose my house,†he said. "Any first Tuesday of any month, it could be sold on the courthouse steps. … It wasn't even worth it.â€
Statewide, 42.1 percent of Georgia homeowners with mortgages are underwater. Nationally, it's 27.5 percent.
Svenja Gudell, a senior economist at Zillow, said she expects Georgia's numbers to remain worse than the national average for some time. She noted that markets like Phoenix, which also was hammered in the recession, are seeing home prices recover more quickly than Atlanta.
In some parts of the metro area, houses are selling quickly, and for more than their asking price. Homes are being built for the first time in years. The number of foreclosure notices has been falling. But the improvements are not spread evenly across the city.
"The negative-equity issue is one of the big risks still facing the housing market, even though we have all these signs of recovery,†said Daren Blomquist, vice president of RealtyTrac. "It's a crack in the foundation.â€
That's because the behavior of homeowners who are underwater is unpredictable. They can still choose to walk away from their houses, deciding the hit to their credit is worth not paying the mortgage on a home that may take years to recover its value.
Those who failed to make their mortgage payments, by necessity or choice, may also be foreclosed on.
Consequently, it's likely to be years before metro Atlanta's housing market fully recovers, experts say. For the worst-hit places — in Clayton County, 82 percent of mortgage holders are underwater — significant improvement could take a decade. Such areas, where home prices were lower to start with, saw values plummet even further than in wealthier areas, leaving homeowners deeper underwater.
"The whole southern half of the metro area is going to see depressed home prices,†said David Blitzer, managing director of S&P Dow Jones Indices, which publishes the widely watched Case-Shiller Home Price Index. "It's enough to impact other neighborhoods.
While prices during the run-up did not spike as much in Atlanta as in some other cities, they still fell precipitously from the peak.
"Even when you had 20 percent down on the property, the home values fell so much further than that,†Gudell said. "If you bought at an over-inflated price, you were doomed before you even started.â€
Buyers who put little down, and who were highly leveraged, slipped underwater even faster. Those like White, who refinanced their houses in the boom times, borrowing against pre-recession appraised values, took a bath too.
Mark Cole, the executive vice president and chief operating officer of CredAbility, said many metro Atlantans bought more house than they should have, and with marginal financing. In normal times, they would simply sell their houses and trade down. Now, it's nearly impossible.
Instead, they may walk away from their homes, pay rent instead of a mortgage, and decide not to buy again.
"It has a long-term corrosive effect,†Cole said. "You may have a whole generation of neighborhoods that say, 'We've just given up on the American Dream.'â€
Bryan Wyche rents his Atlanta home, but his fiancee owns a townhouse in Riverdale that she's been trying to short sell. Wyche said she owes roughly $80,000 of the $110,000 purchase price; now it's worth $28,000. The townhouse has been broken into three times, and squatters have taken over several nearby houses abandoned by their owners.
"What would be your motivation to stay?†he said. "She's stuck in a neighborhood that was very nice when she moved into it, but it's not so nice anymore.â€
Whether or not Wyche's daughter or his fiancee's teenage son ever want to buy a home remains to be seen.
Many first-time home buyers were brought into the market too soon, Vitner said, particularly through sub-prime loans. Those first-time buyers were particularly hard hit by the lost value, Cole said.
Another worrisome trend: Many of the hardest-hit areas have high black populations, and African Americans tend to have more of their wealth tied up in their homes, rather than, say, stocks and bonds.
Consequently, tens of thousands of black Atlantans got knocked flat just when they were just starting to accumulate wealth that could be passed from one generation to the next.
"It's a violation of the American Dream,†said Dennis Kimbro, a professor in the school of business at Clark Atlanta University. "It means there is no American Dream for that family. For this particular ethnic group, it doesn't work.â€
In Riverdale, even in neighborhoods with two-story brick- and stone-fronted homes and basketball hoops on the driveways, the mailboxes are askew and the lawns are filled with weeds. On Apache Lane, where the homes are more modest, plastic covers broken windows and the paint is faded and peeling on many homes.
Lee Collier has lived on that street since 1988, when his house was built. Collier mows a neighbor's lawn to keep it maintained. He knows which houses are empty, and which are being rented. Across the street, he said, some teenagers were caught breaking the drywall in a home by running into the walls with their bodies.
"It makes it hard to take care of property that's not yours,†he said. "You watch it, guard it. But people still float in and float out.â€
Collier lost his part-time job as an auto mechanic three years ago, after being laid off by AAA. His wife is disabled. He said he's a month behind on almost every utility bill. The stress has caused him to lose more than 80 pounds.
It's been harder and harder to make payments on the house he bought for $69,572 a quarter century ago. With the addition of a shed, it's worth $68,651 now. When values were high, Collier refinanced the house for $90,000 to pay off some debts, he said, and he thinks he still owes nearly $70,000.
He received a foreclosure notice last year. That's been resolved, he said, but he still feels like he's let his family down.
"I talk to a psychologist to help me out,†he said. "Before, I held a gun to my head at one point, a year ago. The only thing that stopped me was thinking about my grandson, and what he'd think.â€
Collier hears about the improving housing market, but he doesn't see it in his neighborhood.
"They act like it's doing real good, but I don't see it doing that good myself,†he said. "I don't think we'll see it for the next five to seven years.â€
How we got the story
Arielle Kass, who covers housing for the AJC, noticed on a Zillow map of negative home equity that many Atlanta-area ZIP codes were among the worst 1 percent, 5 percent and 10 percent in the U.S. She got the full list of the worst 1 percent from Zillow, and discovered that Georgia had more ZIP codes on that list than any other state. She then did a full analysis of the Georgia data, spoke to housing experts, and interviewed residents of Riverdale, which had a higher percentage of underwater homes than any other area in the state.
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Neely: We've known each other for a long time and I've tried keeping up with your activities, many of which we'll discuss a bit later on. What I'm most excited about is your web series called "Lords of the Playground." I understand that you just closed a deal with Parenting magazine to run the series.
Jason: Yes. I'm pretty excited about it. It's a "production, distribution, marketing deal;" whatever that means. Basically, they're going to set up a page on their site for our videos, and then promote them. If all goes well, they'll order more. And I think the idea is for us to become the face of dads for Parenting.
Neely: You have a writing/acting partner in this. Who is it and how did you guys hook up?
Jason: That would be Matt Servitto, a very talented actor who works all the time. He's probably best known as the main FBI agent who was chasing down Tony Soprano. He gets a lot of recognition from that but he's also done so much other work; he's constantly busy. We met playing poker with a group of guys, probably a decade ago. It was a regular game for a while and then it became more irregular once we all started having kids. Whenever we got together, he and I would talk about kids, and I would just crack up. He's a very funny guy.
At the time, my son was 4 or 5 and I was spending a lot of time on playgrounds. I started chronicling all these funny moments. At first I was thinking about using them as the basis of a series and then I thought they'd work better as short films, sketches about fatherhood. Matt seemed to be somebody I was really connecting with because we were having very similar experiences with fatherhood, being actors and being out of work a lot of the time. Even the busiest actors have lots of down time. So we met and started talking about my idea and we made each other laugh so much that I started writing ideas down.
Originally I scripted them, but when I went to rehearse with Matt, it didn't work out the way I thought. He was always going off script. I was very disappointed. It was like, "I wrote these funny lines, but now he's not doing my script; he's not doing what I wrote." We had a director at the time who said, "You know, he's never going to do what you wrote. Because that's not the type of comedy he does. What you wrote, you do. You do this kind of back and forth tightly timed thing really well, but he does something very different. So you'll never be able to get him to say the punch line the way you wrote it."
The next rehearsal we had, I decided to let go and just use the script as a guideline. Doing that, we found so much more comedy. I give him a lot of credit for opening the whole thing up and making it funnier than it probably was when I originally scripted it. On the day of filming, we both just played with it. We did a lot of different takes and when we edited each one down, we found the best moments and put it all together. In the end, we really wrote it together.
Neely: So in other words, this ended up being an improv project more than a scripted one.
Jason: Yeah, sort of. When I looked at the footage we got (and was panicking about it), our director, Matt Fabiano, told me this old saying: any project is created three times: when you write it, when you shoot it, and when you edit it. I feel like this was very much the way this project worked out. I wrote a very specific, almost vaudevillian style of comedy and when we shot it, we were very loose with the script. it came out much differently. We used that as a skeleton for more improvisational stuff and then editing became the real challenge, taking the best bits and making it look scripted again.
Neely: Is that the process you used on all of the vignettes?
Jason: Yeah. We shot all twelve in one day. We didn't ever change our tactic once we started; we wouldn't have had any time even if we wanted to. We did twelve in ten hours. Fabiano was really integral in making this work. He reined us in during the improv, made sure we got everything we needed to cover, and talked me off the ledge on more than one occasion. We make a good team, me and the two Italian Matts.
Neely: I've got to say, the vignettes tie in beautifully to all those insecurities I ever had as a parent, as well as a person. (Outsider status is not something that is actively cultivated; it's like a mantle of rat fur that's thrust over your shoulders.)
Jason: That was what we wanted. Our take on fatherhood was not precious. "Modern" fatherhood almost demands that dads not only spend more time with their kids, but that they enjoy it… all of the time. That was not our experience. That type of fatherhood, while rewarding, can also be boring. And exhausting. And soul crushing. It seemed to both of us that there was a certain amount of masculinity that was lost in hanging around nannies all day. We found the only way to hold on to a shred of it was to hang out with other guys; have those moments talking about sports and "man's man" topics. These guys aren't bad fathers, they're good fathers; they take care of their kids. You don't want to feel in any way that these guys don't have their kids' best interests at heart. But, you know, sometimes you forget stuff when you get to talking – you think they might be on the swings and they've already moved to the monkey bars.
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Neely: They are so funny but so pathetically true to life. I understand that you got a network interested but then it turned into a train wreck – the Stokke Xplory kind. What's the backstory?
Jason: I'll try to keep it as tight as possible but it's a long story. It wasn't really a train wreck, more of a rollercoaster. But when you get off, you're dizzy and once again, outside the gates of the amusement park. When we made these shorts, we called in every favor; we took 6 months to edit these things. There was an editor friend of the director, a terrific editor named Scott Gorman who works at his own place, the Fortress of Evil in New York. He was very busy but he liked the idea and he gave us his time for free, which is really rare. Unfortunately his free time was limited to about 3 hours a week. So we worked for about 3 hours a week for about 6 months to edit all these clips down to around 30 seconds. We really didn't know going in that they were going to be 30 seconds; we just knew they were going to be quick. I've always been an advocate of faster, faster, faster, get in and get out. So we just kept paring it down. In a way, it was good that we had 6 months because we'd go away for a week and then look at what we'd done again and we'd go "Yeah, that could be tighter. Yeah, that could be tighter, too. Yeah let's narrow that down." So over the period of 6 months, these things went from probably a minute long each down to their present length.
And then I said, "Okay, I don't know what to do with these." We made them for fun, maybe some self-promotion. So I took them to Los Angeles and showed them to a few friends in the business. Todd Yasui, a dear friend of mine who, at the time, was a producer for Fox late night, recommended I look into the world of branded content. He connected me to someone who was doing just that on a major scale for network TV. I sent him the content and got a call back almost immediately. "I want to talk to you."
I went over to see him and he said, "I love these. I think they're right on. I think they appeal to both women and men. They've got a lot of promise!" I said, "Great." And then he said, "But here's the problem… I'm leaving the branded content business." (Both laugh loudly). So I said, "Okay…" He continued, "I'm going get back into half hour scripted again. I'd like to take this as part of it. I'd like you to be part of my new venture. I'm going to be working with a Canadian company that wants to do family-based television for Canada and the United States."
Neely: I know this is just because of who I am and my half empty glass, but this doesn't sound like it's going to end well.
Jason: So then we began the this long process of figuring out Canadian content rules and how the Matts and I were going to be involved if this thing became a Canadian entity. And the answer was… not much. But we didn't have anybody else that was interested. Well, actually we hadn't really pursued anyone else at the time because we didn't know what we had. We just thought they were some fun little shorts.
As we started learning about Canadian content laws, we discovered that one of the Canadian rules is that a Canadian company has to work with a Canadian writer. So we couldn't write it, even if that was on offer (which it wasn't). They brought in a couple of Canadian writers and we ended up working with a guy who was Canadian but had spent the bulk of his adult life in Los Angeles, Andrew Orenstein. He's a terrific guy and had kids of his own, so he understood the idea pretty well. Andrew and the rest of us worked on a pitch for quite a while. Our timing was always off for pitch season in both countries, so we took our time and worked up what we thought was a really decent pitch. We took it around to networks, again in both countries. We'd walk in, show three or four of the shorts and then we would pitch. People seemed to be really into it. It was really fun for me, cause I'd been in front of those people as an actor and I found that much more stressful.
Eventually, we got word. CBS said they'd like to see a script and we started the process of creating a script with CBS Productions for CBS network.
Neely: Well presumably that's how you get vertical integration to work for you.
Jason: We didn't really know about the process. We've written before but this was our first foray into writing for network television. What we learned was – we weren't writing for network television. Andrew was going to be writing for network television. However we were still involved. But the farther the process went along, the more and more it was taken out of our hands.
This is a typical TV tale. Everyone thought they knew more about the story than we did. They did know more about what CBS might want to see. These people had a lot of experience with Les Moonves. And that's where I think it went off the rails for us: They were focused on what would "sell" and we were still, naively perhaps, focused on maintaining the tone we started with. So our voices became less and less important. They would use words to describe our characters like, "Caretakers" and "stay-at-home-dads." And we're like, "Never use the word 'caretaker'! Never use 'stay-at-home-dad'! These guys don't see themselves as stay-at-home-dads; they see themselves as LORDS! It's the only way they can maintain their sanity!"
We kept trying to participate. We would take notes on drafts that were sent to us. We'd do re-writes. I'd send them off, and then call Andrew and he'd say, "Sure, that makes sense. But the producers want me to do X." So I'd call the producers and they'd say, "Sure, but Andrew thinks it should be Y." Who knows what anyone really wanted?
Once, when we had a major deadline coming up, I literally got off a subway train on a bridge over the Gowanus Canal because I finally got my call returned. There's no cell service underground, so this was my one shot of talking to this person. On a freezing cold bridge in January. Where they were doing construction. We had sent our own revision of a cold open for the show and I wanted to hear what they thought of it. Shouting over the noise, I said, "Did you read what we wrote?" "Oh, yeah, of course." I continued, "Did you see what I meant about setting the tone early?" "Oh, totally. I see what you're saying." So I said, "What did you think of the change in location?" There was a pause and then the answer, "Remind me of what that is again." I just held the phone away from me and laughed out loud. Of course! They didn't read it! They had no intention of reading it! It didn't make a difference what we wrote because they already knew what they wanted it to be. They've already talked to Andrew about what they wanted to see based on notes they got from CBS studios, notes to which we were not privy.
They're nice, nice people but that's the way Hollywood works. The lie is the grease in the wheels. Nothing would get done in Hollywood without it. So we sat on the sidelines and watched it go bye-bye.
Who knows. Maybe they were right. Maybe CBS would have nixed anything we came up with outright. These people had more experience in this area than any of us. Not that it made a difference. But I would have liked to see what would've happened if they listened to us more. It's quite the old Hollywood cliché, isn't it?
So that ended, and within about three months we were able to get the rights back. Both CBS and the Canadian company graciously allowed us to start a whole new path.
Neely: Woooo!
Jason: Long story, huh.
Neely: I have always assumed that just because someone missed the point the first time, doesn't mean that they won't get it the next. Certainly I know you will avoid Canadian content in the future.
Jason: The old Canadian content restrictions we were given were hilarious. We even said, "Well, if we're not going to even be the creator of the show (because we weren't Canadian and couldn't take that title), then we'd like to be Exec Producers on the show." And they said, "Ummmm… we can't guarantee that. It's going to be what the Canadians will allow you to be." So, I said, "Okay…" "But if we can get you producer credit, you should also know this. Legally, a non-Canadian producer can only spend 20% of their time on the set. You can only be there 20% of the shoot time. (Neely is really laughing at this point) Oh, and by the way, when you come through immigration, just say you're visiting." So basically we were personae non grata in the entire country because we wrote something that a Canadian company wanted to turn into a television show. It just seemed absurd, but I don't think there was any malice intended and I think that the person who was selling us on this was sincere about it.
He presented it as, "You have two markets to sell in instead of just one and maybe there will even be some financial benefits from working with a Canadian company. They can cover a lot of expenses for a network and it will make you more attractive." That should have been my first clue because I just kept thinking, I mean, the goal is to have a property that people want because it's entertaining, not because it's cheap. (Neely is still laughing) But, at the same time, you know this business and cheap goes a long way. So we thought, okay, this isn't a bad idea; let's just ride the horse in the direction it's going. This was one of those very very typical stories of watching the car go over the cliff in slow motion. I think because we're here in New York and not constantly pitching things or coming up with content that it was laughable more than it was painful.
Neely: I think you definitely have a sitcom or at least a one act play about trying to work in Canada.
Jason: Just going up to pitch was a comedy of errors. We flew there in this little prop plane where we had to abort the landing twice because of fog over Lake Ontario. We barely got to the meeting. The whole Canadian experience was brilliantly funny.
Neely: That's got to be part of something. Clearly the networks are looking for something specific to fill a need and they tried to fit this round peg into their square hole. I suppose "Guys with Kids" was what they were looking for and that's just not it.
Jason: We knew it was not necessarily a unique idea. There are already tons of things out there about stay-at-home dads and their struggles. Ours was just a unique way of doing it. Our comedy, the relationship of these two guys and how we talked to each other was unique. Apparently other people didn't see it that way because if they had, they'd have done it that way by now. I'm sure a hundred million people have walked in and said "We've got a show about stay-at-home dads."
Let's face it, "Guys with Kids" is on the air now. In fact, I met Scott Baio shooting a short web series thing while I was pitching "Lords of the Playground" and he spent the time talking about having a kid. And I thought to myself, "Oh my god. There's the show. The show is Scott Baio at home for the first time and having to deal with raising kids. There it is." And sure enough, a month later, there's an announcement that TVLand is in development with him about this show that is now on the air.
There are lots of stories about dads with kids. What we felt was unique about ours was our take… our lovingly cynical take, our relationship and the banter. And I think those were the first things to go out the window once we started dealing with a network.
You know, I don't feel as if my experience on this was in any way unique. I assume this is how it goes if you don't have a writer's agent and you're not being approached to be a writer. You're approached because you had a funny idea and you both have enough TVQ that people will take it seriously for that moment. "Hey, those two guys from TV. I know that guy. I know that guy." Walking into ABC, everyone knew who I was of course because of "The Practice" and other things. And they knew Matt as well. I'm walking right past the room where I had to test for past shows and now I'm going into the development area. It was really entertaining. I would love to pitch again. I think we felt like we were lucky to be there.
Conversation is interrupted while Jason attends to his young son Charlie.
Jason: (Talking in the background) Charlie, if you're still hungry… Pardon me, Neely… Lord of the Playground… Would you like some pasta? Beth could you bring Charlie a small bowl of pasta please? Thank you. Thank you Charlie
Constantly at work at the Lord of the Playground.
Neely: So true.
Jason: It's hilarious but a lot of the conversations we've had about this, with each other, with Andrew, with the folks at Parenting, were constantly being interrupted by our interactions with small children. Everyone was dealing with kids one way or another.
Neely: What a sadly uproarious story. We have more to talk about, especially getting up and running on Parenting magazine. Let's continue this in Part II. To be continued.


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Media interviews
Washington Post and Newsweek blogs
Mars Hill Church, Resurgence, Leadership Coaching, and Acts 29 church planting
My speaking schedule
Books I'm reading and writing, and books I've published
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and more
Plus, you'll find the speaking request form for those of you who want me to come serve, sermon campaigns ministry leaders can sign up for in order to get thousands of dollars of free research and sermon helps from me and my team, recent sermons in various formats (audio, video transcribed, translated into Spanish), and more.
Why we made the site
The site will serve to provide more personal information such as what I'm doing with my family and how the Holy Spirit is changing me by the grace of God to be more like Jesus.
I believe this is important. Hebrews 13:7 says, "Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith." And 1 Timothy 4:16 commands, "Watch your life and doctrine closely."
Sure, a face-melting tweet or theologically-precise blog is important. But, so are the practical details of life, such as date night with your spouse and having fun with your kids.
Through various posts, I'll cover the theological and the practical, doctrine and life, what Christians believe and how Christians behave, and the text of Scripture and context of life. The big idea is that we need both a theology of something (e.g., marriage, parenting, sex, joy, suffering) and a reality of that thing. Theology alone is not enough, as for example, plenty of guys have written marriage books but have miserable wives.
This website will also include some humor likely focused on Emergent Christians who finger paint their doctrinal statement, anyone who is certain they know the details surrounding the end of the world because of some math equation based upon the bulls' testicles verses in Leviticus, and religious nutters with so many extra-biblical rules that even the Pharisees would be confused.
My family will contribute
And, I'm happy to have my family join me. Grace, my wife of 19 years, will be writing here as well. She will be focusing on issues related to being a Godly woman, wife, mother, and friend—things she's particularly passionate about. She is very sweet and helpful, and will help balance out my occasional moods.
And, our oldest daughter Ashley, who is now entering high school, will be writing as well. She'll be doing book reviews for young girls and talking about practical ways to grow spiritually as a teenage girl. Her heart is to encourage young women to follow Jesus. As our other four children get older, they may write some too—we'll have to wait and see.
Thanks for stopping by. Please come back, and tell your friends.
Pastor Mark


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Jobs and Economy
Find out more about my views on the economy.
The challenge facing our economy today is fostering the responsible growth needed to create jobs and put Americans back to work.
As we emerge from the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, it is crucial that we promote transparency and continue to reform our financial system to create and maintain consumer confidence while discouraging the negligent behavior that got us here in the first place.
At the federal level we can help create jobs by funding infrastructure and transportation projects, investing in education, and funding innovative research and development.
With tourism being our biggest industry, we must be sensitive to the movements of the world economy and adjust our strategies accordingly.
But if the economic downturn has taught us anything, it is that we must fortify our existing industries while working hard to build up promising sectors like renewable energy and agriculture.
We must also strive to secure international investment from the global economy. Given our location in the Pacific Rim, our close proximity to Asia and our thriving immigrant communities we are uniquely positioned to attract international business.
By hosting prestigious international forums like the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), we draw the spotlight to our islands and ensure that Hawaii is seen as not just a premier visitor destination, but also a place primed for business.
In these difficult times we have to make sure we monitor spending and allocate taxpayer resources responsibly. Government should be spending the people's money on job creating projects and initiatives that improve the quality of life for our citizens.
We must protect important social initiatives that help create and preserve jobs like the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare.
As I have done throughout my career in public service, I will lead aggressive initiatives to build up and improve Hawaii's public school system while easing access to a quality, affordable college education. Investing in the education of our youth is among the greatest economic investments we can make. The potential returns are immeasurable.
Our young people must be inspired and adequately prepared to innovate and drive Hawaii's economy into the future.
All of these efforts are imperative to keep Hawaii and the nation competitive in the global marketplace.
Hawaii enjoys unparalleled natural beauty that attracts visitors from across the world. In 2011, 7.28 million visitors came to Hawaii, a 3.8% increase from 2010, and visitor spending was up 15.6% to $12.58 billion. The tourist dollars spent in our hotels, restaurants and small businesses constitute as much as 40% of the state's economy. In Congress I will continue to advocate for policies that will attract new markets to Hawaii.
In November, 2011, I sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees asking for changes in consular staffing to address delays in visa applications, saying, "The demand for U.S. visas in key emerging economies such as China and Brazil is not being met appropriately with current State Department resources." These individuals wanting to visit the United States but needing to get visa approval have faced significant delays due to interview requirements that have led to wait times in Rio de Janeiro averaging 80 days.
I applaud President Obama for understanding the need for an enhanced visa application process, and I was greatly encouraged by the President's January 2012 announcement that he would sign an Executive Order and undertake new initiatives to significantly increase travel and tourism in the United States. This includes plans by the Administration to speed up the visa process for foreign travelers, focusing on such countries as China and Brazil. With these efforts underway, Hawaii is positioned to be a major beneficiary of the Administration's travel and tourism policies. Countries like China, Brazil and India represent growing opportunities for Hawaii tourism. In the first 11 months of 2011, arrivals from China grew 28.1% over the same period the year prior; I believe we can do still better. By 2016, outbound travel from China is expected to grow by 135%, from Brazil by 274% and India by 50%.
Finally, our state is uniquely dependent on air transportation to allow our residents and visitors to travel between the islands. That is why I sent letters to House and Senate leaders opposing any increases to the Aviation Passenger Security Fee or the proposal to impose a $100 per departure surcharge. These additional fees disproportionately impact those traveling between the Hawaiian Islands and who have no choice but to rely on air travel for transportation.
For more information concerning my work and views on the issues of Jobs and Economy, please contact my Washington, DC office.
I look forward to your feedback.
Thank you.
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Public Health News Roundup: April 24
Stricter Seat Belt Laws Push Teens to Buckle Up
Teen drivers and passengers are more likely to use seat belts in states with "click it or ticket" laws, according to a new study in the American Journal of Public Health. These laws, also known as primary enforcement laws, allow police to stop and ticket drivers for not wearing a seat belt. Under a secondary law, police can only ticket drivers not buckled up if they are stopped for some other reason, such as speeding.
The study found that in states with secondary laws teens were 12 percent less likely to wear a seat belt when driving and 15 percent less likely to do so as a passenger than teens in states with primary laws. Read more on public health law.
Current Bullying Prevention Programs may not Thwart Cyberbullying
A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia found that a survey of 17,000 Canadian students in grades 8 to 12 showed that 25 to 30 percent admitted to cyberbullying, while only twelve percent said they had participated in schoolyard bullying. The researchers say that indicates that current prevention programs may not be sufficient to protect kids from online bullying. Read more on violence prevention.
Killing in Wartime Linked to Later Suicidal Thoughts
Researchers analyzing data from a survey of Vietnam War veterans have found that those with more killing experiences were twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts as those with fewer or no experiences of killing.
The researchers, who published their findings in the journal Depression and Anxiety, say the association between killing and suicidal thoughts remained even after adjusting for variables such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, substance use disorders and combat exposure.
"We want clinicians and suicide prevention coordinators to be aware that in analyzing a veteran's risk of suicide, killing in combat is an additional factor that they may or may not be aware of," says Shira Maguen, PhD, the study's lead researcher. Read more on military health.


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Introducing myself and my journal: Story of my life
About Me:
Am a firm believer in equality and equity in relationships, politics and economics
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Gender equality
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a society where women play an active role in all aspects of life
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About the Flaneur
I walk through my blindness the way I wander down streets in Paris: unfettered and alive, alert to the raw material of the senses. I am a flaneur. Come along with me. Just donโt try to take my arm, unless I ask. Whatโs a flaneur? Read the first post, Return of the Flaneur to Galerie Vivienne. After that, try Foot Rage and the Blind Flaneur. Then stay tuned.
Letting Go of Sight
Iโve canoed on Lake Superior for almost as many years as Iโve been losing eyesight. I return year after year like a migrating loon to learn the other side of a slow, uncertain process that we could call โgoing blind.โ After 35 years with the lake as my teacher, I know what lies on the other side. I call it letting go of sight. Read Big Water. See more about the Great Lakes.
Not This PigIf there is an emerging genetic underclass, I could run for class president or class clown. Read more in Not This Pig (2003).
Disability at MiT
Disabled Americans today have to negotiate for the kinds of accommodations made for FDR, and the caveat โreasonable accommodationโ is built into the law. President Franklin Roosevelt did not have to negotiate. He could summon vast resources of the federal government โ money as well as brains โ to accomplish the work of disability. And it was accomplished with such thoroughness and efficiency that its scale could be called the Accessibility-Industrial Complex had it been directed toward public accommodations and not solely the needs of a single man. Read FDR and the Hidden Work of Disability [MiT8 2013]
Shepard Fairey claimed that his posterization of a copyrighted AP news photo of Barack Obama was a transformative work protected by the fair use doctrine. In other words, it was a shape-shifter. I claim fair use, too, when I reproduce and transform copyrighted works into media formats that are accessible to me as a blind reader. Read Shape-Shifters in the Fair Use Lab [MiT6 2009]
The social engineers who created a system for licensing beggars in New York never imagined that a blind woman had culture or could make culture. She herself may not have imagined it, either. In the moment when Paul Strand photographed her surreptitiously on the street in 1916, he could not have expected that one day blind photographers would reverse the cameraโs gaze. Read Curiosity & The Blind Photographer. [MiT5 2007]
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A Call to Judge from Spoken Word in Paris: "Writers Get Violent – Le Match de Boxe"
A blind flaneur wanders into some preposterous situations from time to time. With a website like this one, preposterous situations also find him. This morning I was thrilled by an invitation to be a judge at the Writers Get Violent boxing match on Thursday night in Paris. Alas, I am in the States today, and I donโt know how I could get it together to cross the pond just now. Break my heart! Continue reading
Art Lives Forever at Pere-Lachaise
Forever: I love the way this documentary is put together. Filmmaker Heddy Honnigmann brings patience and faith to the interviews, allowing her subjects long stretches of silence to gather their thoughts and emotions. She finds extraordinarily fresh ways to tell the stories of famous artists immortalized in the Pere-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Three blind film buffs listen to a movie with Simone Signoret and Judy Garland, collectively recreating the scene from what they hear. An illustrator describes his improbable path to rendering ร la recherche du temps perdu into a graphic novel, and another pilgrim to Proustโs tomb speaks passionately, in untranslated Korean, about what the master meant to him. Perhaps most affecting of all is a quiet man explaining how he tries to bring the artistic sensibility of Modigliani to his own craft โ embalming corpses for burial.
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BBC Radio 4: The Paris Bouquinistes
The BBC Radio 4 program about les bouquinistes aired this morning, and I am thrilled to be part of it! Many thanks to producer Geoff Bird for bringing me into the process, and for Phil who alerted me to the broadcast. Listen now. Or launch the audio player from the BBC Radio 4 web page. Continue reading
Thomas Jefferson and the Francophobes
Thomas Jefferson once said, โEvery man has two countries, his own and France.โ By France he surely meant Paris. I know the sentiment. Pursuing this dual citizenship of the heart is one of my lifeโs great passions , and itโs a leitmotif of this blog. Continue reading
John Trumbull: The Declaration of Independence
John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence is a 12-by-18-foot oil-on-canvas painting in the United States Capitol Rotunda that depicts the presentation of the draft of the Declaration of Independence to Congress. It was based on a much smaller version of the same scene, presently held by the Yale University Art Gallery.[1] Trumbull painted many of the figures in the picture from life and visited Independence Hall as well to depict the chamber where the Second Continental Congress met. The oil-on-canvas work was commissioned in 1817, purchased in 1819, and placed in the rotunda in 1826. Continue reading


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What does ENG mean in Manufacturing?
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