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The "Groundhog Day" of It All: DVAM is Over, Now What?
Filed under: News, Nonfiction, Opinion, Uncategorized
Now that domestic violence awareness month is over, where do we go from here?
By Karen Koch
For the Houston Area Women's Center, October was the busiest Domestic Violence Awareness Month in recent memory. We received a huge number of requests for media interviews, no doubt fueled by the Ray Rice video making headlines and the NFL's subsequent policy on domestic violence. As it often seems to happen with this issue, it takes something tragic for people to start thinking, and talking, about it.
But people were talking — a lot — and it was encouraging to see the increase in conversation and coverage about an issue we are so passionate about every day. It was also refreshing to see a broader range of angles discussed. For advocates, answering questions about domestic violence can feel like the film "Groundhog Day". Even with the best of intentions, conversations can get trapped in an endless loop. People don't tend to stray from the usual script of basic questions, and it can be discouraging for those trying to advance awareness and understanding. Given that, nationally, domestic violence affects 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men in their lifetimes, the lack of knowledge about something so pervasive in our society is staggering.
So it was particularly encouraging to see more, and deeper, discussions about the dynamics of domestic violence. The fact that it's about patterns of power and control and not about how he must have snapped or been provoked. That it can – and does – happen to anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion or socio-economic status. That the most dangerous time in an abusive relationship can be when a survivor leaves, underscoring the importance of advocate tools like safety planning and lethality assessments.
It was also wonderful having the opportunity to do more myth busting and flipping of pervasive scripts. Changing the conversation from why doesn't she leave to focus on why does someone choose to abuse? Witnessing the power of social media when the hashtag #whyistayed became a Twitter trend, and thousands of courageous survivors, regardless of gender, shared their experiences. With all the recent talk about domestic violence, some of the most poignant and impactful messages were delivered in 140 characters or less.
At the Women's Center, we even had the chance to shed light on a topic that seldom gets much mainstream press but is near and dear to our mission: prevention and the ways we can recognize the deeply ingrained beliefs and norms we have as a society about violence … and change them.
And, of course, there's the NFL's new policy on domestic violence. The fact that it clearly reflects conversations and collaboration with advocates is encouraging. When it was released, we called it a good first step, and we're hopeful that what looks promising on paper will lead to real and lasting change.
The best news of all, though, is that, in the wake of the increased coverage and attention, we had a 40% jump in calls to our 24-hour hotline. That means more survivors learned that they are not alone and that help is available.
So, now that October is over, where do we go from here?
We need to keep the conversation going so domestic violence doesn't slink back into the shadows where it thrives. We need to build on October's momentum so, eleven months from now, we've reached greater levels of awareness. And we need to constantly remind ourselves that domestic violence happens every day of the year. That video of Ray Rice was considered newsworthy, but it's not a novelty for an abuser to knock a victim out cold. The horrible and tragic Stay family murders made local news for weeks, but seldom does a day go by in the United States without at least one person being killed as a result of domestic violence. We just don't always hear about it. Or talk about it. But it's happening all the same. And all the time.
So, please, talk about domestic violence. Learn about it. Share what you learn with others and encourage them to do the same. Memorize the phrases that are so crucial for a survivor to hear: It's not your fault. You're not alone. Make domestic violence so taboo in our society that abusers are subjected to the same degree of shame and scrutiny that's historically been heaped upon their victims.
For more information about domestic and sexual violence and the free, confidential services offered by the Houston Area Women's Center, please visit www.hawc.org. For information and statistics regarding the state of Texas, visit the Texas Council on Family Violence at www.tcfv.org. For national resources, visit the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence at www.ncadv.org.
And please, if you live in the greater Houston area, memorize and share our 24-hour domestic violence hotline number: 713-528-2121. Or the national hotline number: 1-800-799-7233. You never know whose life might be changed by learning that help is available. Because, while domestic violence does happens every day, each day also brings an opportunity for survivors to learn that there is a path to hope and healing.
Karen Koch is Vice President of Communications for the Houston Area Women's Center. A broadcast television veteran, she now uses her media skills to spread awareness about domestic and sexual violence and to let survivors know that they are not alone and that help is available.
Halloween 2014: Ray Rice and the Danger of Normalizing Violence
Filed under: News, Nonfiction, Opinion, Politics, Uncategorized
Halloween 2014 is officially over even for those folks appropriating the Mexican and Latin American celebration of Día de los Muertos to extend the party well into the weekend. But that's not stopping the masses from continuing to #latergram the genius of their costume selections this year. Among the most controversial and off-putting choices this season was the seemingly inevitable take on family violence as perpetrated by professional athlete Ray Rice. Over the past few weeks Angelique Imani Rodriguez, a new contributor to StS, found herself in plenty of conversations about both the Ray Rice costume and the outrageous claim that if feminists want equality, then they should be prepared to handle violence. Rodriguez took to her blog for an honest and brave exploration of the pervasive normalization of violence not only in the world at large but in her own experience. Read below for an excerpt of Yo, Don't Step On My Feminism.
Don't Step on My Feminism: Ray Rice and the Danger of Normalizing Violence
By Angelique Imani Rodriguez
September 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a U.S. federal law that was created to strengthen the ability of the criminal justice system to respond and support victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and dating violence. In the same month, surveillance footage from the Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ, of Baltimore Ravens' football player Ray Rice and his then-fiancée Janay surfaced, sparking a national discussion of domestic violence.
Let's first go over the video in question.
There is no audio. Ray and Janay walk towards the hotel elevator. She swats at him before walking away and into the elevator. He follows. The footage then shows them inside the elevator. You see Janay pressing the elevator buttons with Ray standing close to her and she swats at him again. He hits her directly in the face. Janay reacts, rushing towards him, and this is when he coldcocks her with a closed fist. She hits her head on the elevator banister and is knocked unconscious. He doesn't lean over to see if she is okay, doesn't check to see if she is still breathing. He barely looks concerned that she is unconscious, going so far as to pick her up by her arms while the elevator doors open and then dropping her back on the floor when they close again. When they reach their floor, Ray Rice drags her to the door of the elevator and drops her on the ground face first like a side of beef. He doesn't cover her exposed behind, doesn't sit her up, or look into her face. He kicks her legs closed as someone approaches.
The violence in itself is appalling, but what is more shocking is his treatment of her after he punched her unconscious. He drags her, a woman he claims to love, across the floor, and drops her without any concern as to whether she is breathing, or if she is suffering or in pain. He shows no regard for her dignity, or her safety, or her well-being.
I could comment on the actions of the NFL, a multi-million dollar organization that was content with a two-game suspension until the video of the attack surfaced, then proceeded to tout its code of conduct by penalizing Ray Rice with an indefinite ban, an act that shows the NFL only cares about the bottom line much like any other capitalist business. Had the video not been released, Ray Rice would still be the burgeoning football star he had set out to become. I could also talk about Janay Rice, who after the incident, married him, then later critiqued media coverage of the incident. This may be a sign of a history of abuse, that she is a battered woman. I could comment on all of the things we, as the morally and emotionally better people we feel ourselves to be, think she "should" have done in response then and now. But to do that places judgment on her and I am in no position to do so.
What followed after the video surfaced was a series of frustrating debates. I'll refrain from rehashing all of the she-hit-him-first-so-she-provoked-him arguments, the it's-not-about-gender-it's-about-respect arguments, the ludicrous what-about-justice-for-Ray-Rice arguments, because to be quite frank, it is exhausting. I do not condone violence on either side; no healthy relationship should ever involve that kind of utter disrespect. But, I am aware of how normalized violence is, from "forgiving" Chris Brown's transgressions, to this recent incident, to the everyday it's-not-my-business practice when we come face-to-face with someone being victimized.
In no way do I perceive her swatting or nudging him away as her "provoking" him to punch her in the face. I do not see what she did as provocation enough to be treated so carelessly and so violently. "Enough." That word alone is a sign that there is an issue. It implies that if she had done something else, kicked him, thrown a shoe at him, literally slapped him; that those actions would have been enough to warrant a punch in the face. The very language we use in discussing this situation reveals how normalized violence is, how acceptable we find it. There is no "enough" for me. I don't believe anything justifies what Ray Rice did. This man is physically stronger than she is, is trained daily to be so, and could have easily held her at bay if she did in fact become violent first. Instead, he chose to coldcock the woman he loved and to leave her unconscious on the elevator floor with no regard for her well-being at all. My question to those who argue the she-provoked-it angle: if her head injury had not allowed her to stand, if she had died from a blood clot in her brain caused by the blow to her head….would we justify it by saying she had provoked him to his "breaking point"?
This idea of a "breaking point" is problematic because it is another term used to normalize violence when we discuss domestic abuse. "Everybody has a breaking point," means that if someone provokes you, it is okay and justifiable to attack them. I mean, we've all been taught, if someone hits you, hit them back, right? But here's some food for thought for you to consider: What's your breaking point? Is it a nudge or a swat like Ray Rice? Is it a punch in the face, a kick in the shin? Would Janay have been justified if she took a bat out on him later that evening for getting KO'd in the elevator? I mean, after all, he punched her. He provoked her to her breaking point. It goes both ways. That's what's claimed, right?
Furthermore, this concept of male "breaking points" merely relegates male behavior to sheer violence at the slightest provocation. Men are not animals that cannot control themselves. I refuse to believe that. If you feel like you can't control yourself, learn how. Take a lesson from my father, for instance, who I'm told would smash plates on the floor if he felt himself losing his cool with my mother, who in her Aries ram glory can butt heads like a pro. A congero with hands hardened by years of drum playing, who would have rather slapped himself in the face than slap her. Or my brother, who instead of yoking up his girlfriend at the time for becoming aggressive with him, chose instead to leave a gaping hole in the wall with his fist and left her standing alone and fuming. I am aware these actions are classified as warning signs of domestic and sexual abuse, none of which occurred in these specific situations, but I bring them up to explain that these two men were at their breaking points. They were at the point where they too felt overwhelmed, and yet they chose not to inflict any of it on the women they were dealing with, despite the women's aggression. More importantly, they didn't use the women's behavior as permission to harm them. Knowing that as a man you can be violent, that you can overpower her, and choosing not to: that is manhood. Violence is not a definition of maleness. Ever.
Again, this is not to justify or condone women raising their hands to men in a relationship, though admittedly, a part of me cringed when men debating with me about this situation referred to what Janay did as "abusing" Ray. In fact, a female using violence reveals how women's internalization of this violence has also become normalized. This, of course, deserves ample analysis and discussion, but not in the often-said and unsettling now-she-should-suffer-the-consequences-of-his-breaking-point angle. That only reinforces what we already have ingrained in us. The tit-for-tat argument is baseless in that it justifies the cyclical nature of violent behavior on both sides. We need to come up with a better argument, or better yet, stop trying to justify violence in relationships.
But I haven't always thought in this way.
Let me paint you a picture.
I am sixteen years old. I am dating a twenty-one year-old male who I am too ashamed to tell my friends about because he is, essentially, the meanest person I have ever been around. A spastic, where-did-that-come-from mean. I am no better. I am in the midst of a grief I am too young to understand, dealing with the death of someone close to me, the separation of my parents and my oldest brother moving out, all of which have shifted my heart in ways I have yet to navigate. I fight with this male every time I see him and nine times out of ten, I end up getting louder and more aggressive, he grabs me by the arms or the shoulders, I throw a punch or push him, and then he shakes me or throws me to the ground. I always justify his reactions with, "I started it." I always know he'll lose his shit. I only know that I won't be "played" by him, won't be made a fool. If he puts his hands on me, I'm going crazy. I never realize we both are.
The reason I share this snapshot is to acknowledge how I too had normalized the violence in my actions and in my justifications of his. How the violence became a cyclical thing. How I had no resources to navigate my own anger, much less his. How it never ended. How little he valued me. How little I valued myself. How little we valued each other. I speak from experience when I speak on these things. Knowing what I know now does not whitewash my own past actions. I reveal this part of myself, because it is something I had to unlearn, that we all have to unlearn.
One of the most alarming things about the debates I have had about the Ray Rice situation is the way that some throw feminism and its concepts into the mix when trying to prove their point. Let's face it; it happens all the time. It's exhausting and ludicrous, and in this case, is done to avert our gaze from the dangerous reality of the normalization of violence in relationships. Saying that equal treatment means we are deserving of violence is so beyond stupid and so far from what feminism is that I resent the comments to the fullest.
Feminism—or at least the brand of feminism I align my thinking with, does not condone violent behavior. On the contrary, feminism implores us to think critically about the way that gendered binaries exist in all areas of our lives, to really look at how pervasive these binaries are for both women and men. The brand of feminism I follow does indeed critique the dominance of heterosexual male ideologies in our society, but it doesn't excuse or justify how some women have internalized that very same dominance. Therefore, to use feminism as a way to justify the normalized behaviors and language that it is designed to analyze and dismantle is itself a patriarchal response which demeans and devalues the true purpose of feminism.
Stop that. Don't step on my feminism, yo.
There are way too many stories of domestic violence that never see the light of day, way too many individuals who are absolutely oblivious to the need for VAWA, let alone its recent 20th anniversary. The publicity of the Ray Rice fiasco has brought these issues to the forefront of national coverage in many ways, but the problem is bigger than the Rice couple and that video. Look at how many took to social media to show themselves dressed as Ray Rice dragging a blow-up doll supposed to be Janay, crudely and tastelessly poking fun at the incident. This, to me, is proof of how cavalier people are about domestic violence, how truly normalized violence is in relationships. Every time we turn away from these realities, every time we stand back and critique what was done to "deserve" the violence instead of admonishing the violence itself continues its normalization. Every time someone uses warped ideas of feminism to prove how some women "deserve" violence instead of reproaching violence in relationships at all is continues normalization.
One of the goals of the feminism I align myself with is to discuss and dismantle the ingrained behaviors and language that create this culture of normalized violence. The debates I have had over the Rice couple and the popularity of the Ray Rice Halloween costume have only shown me how much further we have yet to go.
Angelique Imani Rodriguez is a second generation Puerto Rican writer born and bred in the Bronx, NY. She double majored in Multi-Ethnic Literature and Multi-Ethnic Women and Gender Studies at CUNY BA. Angelique attended the 2014 VONA workshops in Berkeley, California. An alumni of both the Acentos Poetry workshops and the first round of Vanessa Martir's Writing Our Lives workshop, Angelique is currently working on a collection of short stories with the nine-month Writing From The Womb workshop with Alicia Anabel Santos, as well as updating her blog Pen Hitting Paper.
One Man Reflects on Ray Rice & Mad Bros
Filed under: Nonfiction, Opinion, Uncategorized
By Maurice Carlos Ruffin
She had it coming.
She should have known her place.
Sometimes it seems as if women are simply guilty of the sin of womanhood i.e. not being men. Violence against women is on my mind. A few months ago, a man in Santa Barbara, California, went on a shooting spree. After he was shot to death by other men, a manifesto was found. In the manifesto, the shooter named women as the cause of his rage. Chicks didn't like him. Since he was clearly born superior (i.e. not a woman) that meant they had to die.
Nearly 8,000 miles away in Gonda, India, two young women, Murti and Pushpa, were gang-raped, their bodies strewn from a mango tree like lanterns. Local officials were slow to investigate the crimes as many believed justice was served on the girls; the suspects took the girls lives in deference to the country's "honour killing" tradition. If those girls were killed because they allowed themselves to be "deflowered," their murders were not only justified, their murders were praiseworthy. It's the price our gendered world market will bear for the mistake of falling prey to men behaving monstrously.
Meanwhile, 4,500 miles away down in Borno, Nigeria, hundreds of schoolgirls were kidnapped. Boko Haram, the group responsible for the abductions, apparently justified its actions this way: The girls were receiving an education. Educating girls is a sin because girls have but one purpose in this life—to serve men. We've put an end to the abomination of filling their minds with knowledge so that they can be married off to us, the men.
Closer to home, NFL star Ray Rice knocked his then-fiancee unconscious and dragged her body into a public lobby. Although there was video of this event, law enforcement, the NFL, and even the public shrugged its collective shoulders. It wasn't until months later when another video emerged actually showing Rice's attack that the NFL suspended the running back. Message: it's okay to attack a woman as long as you're gentleman enough to do it off camera. If the second, more explicit video had not come to light, Rice would still be playing ball.
The market for young, female bodies, including sex trafficking and prostitution, is by most measures rampant. Domestic abuse against women—like that committed by Rice—is common enough that if you sit between two women in an auditorium, there's a good chance that one of the women to your left or right were physically abused by a man at some point. Or maybe you're the one.
It makes me wonder where the anger comes from. Why are men so mad at people who aren't men?
Following the California shooting, a hashtag campaign swept the internet. #YesAllWomen would encourage women to tell their own stories about the effects of misogyny on their lives. On one of my satirical Twitter accounts, I posted a comment as if I were POTUS answering questions at a press conference. I tweeted: "Yes. All women deserve our respect. Next question." The tweet was generally well-received, but I was surprised at some of the responses. One stated, "let's face it. Some truly don't deserve [respect]." And another, "respect is earned not granted as a default." Or my least favorite, "What if (as I know in one case) they destroy 2 marriages, and two bi relationships to get what they want and need?" It's particularly disturbing to me that some of these comebacks were written by women, but for the purposes of this post, I want to focus on the fellas. After all, talking smack is one thing. But the crimes mentioned above are just a tiny sampling of what's happening all around the world as you, dear reader, peruse this post.
I don't mean for this to be a blanket accusation against men since, according to my driver's license, I'm XY-chromosome positive. However, I can't help but notice that every time one of these cultural tsunamis wash ashore and people on either side of the debate poke their tongues out at each other there's something missing: Group reflection and accountability among men. We have plenty of women saying that men suck. But where are the men of good conscience?
If it's statistically true that men are doing the lion's share of beating, raping, and killing of women (and quite often men, too), then shouldn't men be a significant part of the chorus singing that we can do better? Simply saying that #NotAllMen (to quote the now notorious counter hashtag to #YesAllWomen) are vicious abusers is lame. Obviously, not all men go on spree killings or kidnap villages of schoolgirls. But doesn't it fall on husbands, fathers, brothers, and boyfriends to interrogate our beliefs about women? Isn't it our obligation to oppose the culture of misogyny on our own?
It's easy enough for me to sit here and throw bombs at other men. I'm in no danger of losing my man-card and last I checked no one can lock me out of the Man Cave. Yet, I can only offer what I do when one of these terrible incidents occurs. I imagine the girls and women who have been violated are my sisters or aunts. Or better yet, I imagine they are me. Because perhaps at the center of endemic, violent misogyny is the thought that somehow women are "The Other" in the same way that undocumented workers, slaves (both historic and modern), Jews in WWII-era Europe, and any foreign soldier fighting against our military are The Other. It's impossible to respect The Other because they are subhuman, shameful, and not worthy of humane consideration. For any male out there who metaphorically looks down on women, just remember that you had a fifty percent chance of being born female, too.
You just weren't that lucky.
Maurice Carlos Ruffin is a graduate of the University of New Orleans Creative Writing Workshop and a member of the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance and the Melanated Writers Collective. His work has appeared in Redivider, the Apalachee Review, and Unfathomable City: a New Orleans Atlas edited by Rebecca Solnit and Rebecca Snedecker. He is the winner of the 2014 Iowa Review Fiction Award and the 2014 William Faulkner Competition for Novel in Progress.
A Welcome Note from StS's Editor-in-Chief
Filed under: Announcements, Contests, Fiction, News, Nonfiction, Opinion, Poetry, Starring Local Feminists
Like many people who love school (or have residual nightmares of it), for me, January 1st has never felt like the start of a new year. Rather it's September, the time of backpacks and book buying, that signals a fresh start. Whether I'm a student, a teacher, or working in a non-academic job, the new school year signals a time for reflection. How do I want to be this year?
Now, as I begin my first autumn as Editor-in-Chief of So to Speak, I wonder, too: what kind of feminist do I want to be? Initially, answers are easy. I want to be a strong feminist. I want to treat others—women who are and are not self-identifying feminists, men, myself—equally and with respect. I want to challenge the patriarchy and stand up for equality. I want to spread the message of feminism with both gentleness and strength, through words, actions, and my own thoughts. I believe that feminism, though often made up of individual choices, is also a communal paradigm, movement, and experience. As with empathy, generosity, and random acts of loving kindness, individual feminism—my feminism, your feminism—increases through being a shared experience. It can inspire others, make them think. That is what I want to do: I want to be a "good, strong feminist," to inspire others to consider or adopt or increase their own feminist lives. I want So to Speak to do that.
But here's the reality: all through high school, Septembers passed and I never stopped procrastinating on my Spanish homework. New Januaries turn to Februaries and I never get around to eating more kale. And I know that, most likely, October of this year will enter with its orange leaves and swollen pumpkins and I will still be struggling to be the kind of feminist that I want to be.
I've identified as a feminist for going on fifteen years, since high school. I can speak of Helene Cixous and Simone deBeauvoir; I support pro-choice causes; I feel comfortable with the notion that one can be feminist and be a stay-at-home mom, and also that one can be a feminist and burn her bra. The concept of what feminism is, and how open it can be, is not especially troubling to me. What is troubling is doing it: turning beliefs and intellectual knowledge into action and attitude.
I am a feminist, but the other day I still thought nastily that another woman shouldn't wear her short-shorts because of her body type. I routinely make stereotypical assumptions about what men want women to be—agreeable, needless, pretty objects—which are disrespectful and condescending toward all genders. I catch myself thinking that my female gym instructor is bossy and annoying, while accepting a similarly tough male instructor as motivational. But I want to be better. I want to not have these thoughts, and the first step to not having them is acknowledging that I do.
My point is that being a feminist is a journey. It's filled with obstacles and struggles. Feminism as a movement struggles, and individual feminists struggle within their own minds. We are all on a journey to be better feminists and better people. As a new (school) year starts, I realize that that's what I really want to be: someone who takes steps on her journey.
That's also what I want So to Speak to do. Stories of empowerment and success are always welcome, but so are stories of struggle. I invite you, readers and writers, to share with us your stories of setbacks in your feminist lives. Perhaps you've taken steps to overcome your problems. Perhaps you're just acknowledging them for the first time and beginning your walk toward being the type of feminist, the type of person, that you want to be.
So to Speak is a feminist journal, which to me means that at its core it is a human journal. It is a place that celebrates humanity in its various forms—the beautiful and good, the ugly and difficult. I look forward to hearing your stories and engaging with your art, however it explores the complexities of life, and wherever you are on your own journey.
Our reading period is currently in full swing. Click here for submission guidelines for our blog, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry categories. And don't forget to enter our Spring 2015 Nonfiction Contest!
California Senate Passes SB967: "Yes means Yes" Law
Filed under: News, Opinion, Poetry, Politics, Post by: Paula B, Summer Online Issue, Uncategorized, Women's Health
As Americans we like to rage over the outrageousness of news like this summer's case of a six-year-old in India who was raped by school staff–a security guard and a gym teacher–while on school grounds. It's a safe kind of rage–much like pretending that longer hems and looser silhouettes protect us from sexual violence, we can huff and puff over treacherous things happening to poor, uneducated, usually dark-skinned folks in some "third" world nation unlucky in their lack of, well, America.
Yet, as a country, we're still debating whether "no" really means "no." Especially if the two individuals in question have a sexual history together; especially if she or he "technically" said "yes" at some point during the act. Sadly, educated young people and university officials in campuses across the nations are apparently among the really confused still. In fact, this past May, the U.S. Dept. of Education named almost 60 schools which investigations of sex crimes had come under close scrutiny.
In California at least, the question of what consent is and isn't could be cleared up once and for all as soon as September. The state's senate has passed SB967 and if the governor signs off on it, college students will have to have true "affirmative consent" before getting on with getting "some."
"Affirmative consent must be ongoing throughout a sexual activity and can be revoked at any time." — SB967
Here's hoping.
Until then, I leave you with Laura Passin's "In Stubenville," published in our online issue this summer. (Haven't seen our summer issue yet? Click here. Ready to submit your own feminist poetry, prose, or visual art? Click here.)
"In Stubenville"
They peed on her. That's how you know she's dead,
because someone pissed on her.
—Michael Nodianos, laughing
The boys have been boys.
They've gone to boy jail.
The girl, they thought as good as dead.
You can do anything to the dead:
we only remember them when they are useful.
But the dead girl was not
dead—she was a girl
instead. To be a girl at a party in Ohio
is to be as good as dead.
The boys will be boys
until they are men.
The girls will be dead.
The girls are anatomical
sketches: here
you dissect the body, here is where
the flesh splits clean open.
Here is where the heart used to beat.
Here are the pearls that were her eyes.
The girl was dead.
The girl was a thing
that once, if you looked at it
from just the right angle,
may have been a person. Not a
boy. The girl was slung
and carried, hands and feet,
trussed animal.
The girl woke up naked, shoeless,
in a basement. Surrounded.
The boys were shocked: they had held her
funeral. The boys had been boys.
The girl raised herself up, Lazarus,
and testified.
She told us what it is like:
being dead.
It is like being a girl
where boys are boys.
It is any basement,


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Best Cities For Black Friday Shopping
While many other consumers will simply avoid holiday crowds at shopping malls or even wait until Cyber Monday, retail stores across the nation will be buzzing with activity on the day after Thanksgiving. The following are five of the best American cities for Black Friday deals.
Consumer Review: 5 Hottest Items Of 2013
What sold big over 2013 and is sure to sell big in the last month of the year? If you are looking for a great gift, or just a fun item for yourself, here are some great choices.
Guide To Savings: Black Friday Apps
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Opinion: Americans Failed Walmart Workers
After all the hype regarding Walmart employees' discontent with their employer and the threat of a strike on Black Friday, the long holiday weekend was saw banner sales and virtually no protest at Walmarts.
Black Friday Bargain Hunters Out Early
Bargain hunters lined up early in front of their favorite stores or mall so they could be the first inside to score a Black Friday bargain.
Two People Shot In Parking Spot Dispute At FL Walmart
Two people were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds after a parking dispute turned violent during Black Friday shopping at a Walmart in Tallahassee.
Walmart Employees Protest In Front Of Miami Store
Black Friday shoppers who showed up a Miami Walmart Thursday night to go bargain hunting were met by frustrated employees protesting out front.
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Experimental data showing generation of 4He from a Pd sheet-D2 gas system observed by E. Botta et al. are analyzed by the trapped neutron catalyzed fusion (TNCF) model. The proposed mechanism of 4He generation is not the direct d-d reaction but the reactions between the trapped neutron and a Pd isotope, n-46APd reactions, with a supplemental assumption, decrease of threshold energies for (n,) reactions of 46APd in solids. The arbitrary parameter nn, the density of the trapped neutron, of the model is determined to be ~1012 cm-3, which is consistent with values determined in analyses of data in various events in the cold fusion phenomenon.
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After His First Mustang Was Stolen Twice, Jeff Thought He'd Quit The Mustang Game.
Check out our photos of this car and note the kinds of things that set judges back on their heels. you can start with some of the 'expected' kinds of bits, like the cervini's 3" cowl hood, the chromed 17" x 9" chromed OE concepts cobra r rims and the lowered suspension, built with Suspension Techniques' springs, plus KYB shocks and struts. Move on to the interior and you'll find a nice compliment of Auto Meter 2- 5/8" gauges and a lovely pair of leather-covered ronin seats. pay a little closer attention and you'll start to notice things that you've never seen before. Much of the interior trim is custom made by Jeff himself. A custom subwoofer enclosure occupies the trunk, but the standard torsion bar springs are nowhere to be found. In their place is a gas strut system that Jeff developed and built for the car. Trick! That sub enclosure, by the way, accommodates a 12" polk-Momo sound pumper, an Audiobahn amplifier and additional kicker components. The signal source is an Alpine 9883 head unit.
Move now to the front and under the hood you'll find surfaces that would put your kitchen table to shame. custom fabricated stainless steel panels 'reflect' the many other upgrades, including MSD Ignition components, Taylor ignition wires, a MAc strut tower brace, pro-Form radiator fans, as well as chromed engine plumbing from MAc. By this point in their tour, the judges are scribbling! On a second viewing of the back end, they may note the yellow Top Optima battery in its container and, hopefully, that the gas tank shield under the bumper has been painted in the same ppG base/clearcoat Bright calypso Green as the rest of the car, courtesy of Glenn's performance.
As can be the case with anything that some might think borders on obsession, it can be necessary to take a break from time to time. when his wife went back to school, Jeff sold the car to a local car collector. The understanding was that Jeff would store the car for the winter and the buyer would pick it up in the Spring. Five months later, sanity returned to the Langdon household and Jeff bought the car back. It was a fortunate deal that saw everyone remaining friends after all was done.
Ask Jeff why he takes things to such extremes and he'll confide that he had a 'secret' dream to have the car featured in a magazine. well, that dream has been more than achieved. he'll also explain that his experience showed that bolt-on components can only take you so far in the show judging process. Many additional points are available to those who exhibit ingenuity, personal effort and creative interpretation. As a result, BOTTlFED has brought home numerous awards, including Best Engine, Best Daily Driver (at the time), NMrA Top 25 Mustangs, NMrA Top 5 Mustangs and FFW Editor's choice, just to name a few.
The things that delight Jeff have increased with the addition of his two children. while he always loves the time he has with them, much time still gets devoted to the car (kids have to sleep sometime!). In preparation for this year's show season, he has added the billet nitrous bottle bracket, polished intake manifold and valve covers, 255/40r17 BF Goodrich KDW front tires, 275/40r17 Mickey Thompson drag radials and upgraded the rear axle gears from 3.55's to 4.10 ratio cogs. In addition to the custom sub enclosure that we already mentioned, Jeff also built the rear seat delete using matching upholstery and stitching. Surely, such attention to detail can only represent a caring dedication both to his car and to those that helped him achieve his goals. Among those Jeff also mentioned for their were support were Bob Evans (no relation to the sausage Evans), Glenn Terlizzi, Tim roi and Jeff's Dad, Glen, for his moral support and ready guidance.
For many Mustang enthusiasts, the process of building a car is really more about the journey than the destination. For Jeff langdon, the new ways to trick out this pony are coming more slowly. The destination, however, is a grand one. Is there something new in the future for this car that is, arguably, the prettiest Fox Mustang on the continent? could we see this pony in a future Barrett-Jackson collector car Auction? There is no doubt that it would rival any other participant. So what is the likelihood? we asked Jeff and you know what he told us? "Not a chance!"


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First Trout of the Season
It took me a few outings, but I've finally put the first trout of the season in the net.
So I was hanging around the house Sunday morning, looking outside. It had been sunny, bright, and hot for several days - not optimal trout fishing conditions - but this morning was overcast with a on again off again drizzle. "Ah ha!!!".
So I negotiated some fishing time with my better half and broke all manner of speed records getting gear loaded into the car and off I went to a favorite stretch of water.
which produced several trout similar to this one, and one beauty rainbow that slipped away before I could snap a pic.
I wish now I had taken a water temp. There wasn't much in the way of insect activity going on - a stray yellow sally here and there - but the fish were definitely interesting in feeding as they bopped a drifted nymph with gusto.
It appears that trout season is here to stay.
Burning Man
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Updated: Sunday November 1st 2009, 6:04AM
by Martin Joergensen
A very strange contraption left my vice the other day. I have great expectations.
This fly eventually appeared in its own article here.
I fished it on my last outing, and even though I hooked no fish on it, I had quite a few takes - mostly from small and stupid trout that could hardly gape over the voluminous fly. The garfish liked it too, but they are hard to hook with any fly. But I expect it to be able to entice some large trout once the conditions are there. I'm almost sure the fly would lure bass and panfish too...
Once I have built some experience with the fly I will probably post the pattern on the site.
And the name? Well, obviously named after the strange and fascinating Burning Man Festival symbol. I remembered reading about this festival, and remembered the large statue of a man, which is burned when the festival ends. This statue has much the same profile as my fly. And even more so does the new symbol that the Burning Man Festival uses.
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Saying police need to stay focused on "community building," Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn has pulled the plug on the department's controversial drone program even before it got off the ground.
In a brief statement Thursday, McGinn said he and police Chief John Diaz agreed that it was time to end the program so the Seattle Police Department "can focus its resources on public safety and the community building work that is the department's priority."
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As the LS6 was being developed inside GM, engineers were so enamored with its performance that they decided to spread some love to the truck line as well. By bolting LS6-style heads to a big-bore iron block, GM created the LQ4. Offered as the top-of-the-line gasoline engine in fullsize pickups and SUVs, the LQ4 was rated at a stout 300 hp and 360-370 lb-ft. In '02, Cadillac wanted a piece of the action too, and added a bigger cam and more compression to boost output to 347 hp. Due to their rugged iron blocks, generous 4.000-inch bore diameters, and excellent cylinder heads, the LQ4 and LQ9 are among the most coveted Gen III/IV motors on the secondhand market. With the exception of their larger combustion chambers, the LQ4/LQ9 heads are virtually identical to the LS6 castings. Furthermore, their 4.000-inch bores enable them to be paired with GM L92 cylinder heads. By bolting a set of these budget $800 rectangle-port castings to a stock 6.0L short-block, you can make some serious power for peanuts. Unless you're excessively fastidious about saving a few pounds, it makes little sense to pass up on an LQ4/LQ9 for a comparably priced LS1/LS6.
When it came time to update the venerable LQ4 in '07, GM bolted on a set of L92 heads and increased the compression to create the LY6. These simple tweaks bumped output to 352 hp. The addition of variable valve timing helps broaden the powerband as well. The LY6 is currently offered for heavy-duty hauling applications in 3/4-ton pickups and SUVs. While it's too new to be filling up boneyards just yet, expect it to be a very popular choice amongst engine swappers in a couple of years.


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And God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day" (Genesis 1:31)
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UH cruises past UTEP
By Joseph Duarte | February 13, 2013 | Updated: February 13, 2013 11:36pm
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James Dickey didn't have to tell his team anything special to get them to play better after the Cougars blew a 19-point lead four days ago in a stunning loss to Tulane.
With 15 minutes left in the game, UTEP threatened to give Houston flashbacks when it trimmed the lead to seven points.
The Cougars called a timeout.
"I didn't tell them anything miraculous," UH coach James Dickey said.
Dickey didn't have to, not after the Cougars blew a 19-point lead four days earlier in a stunning loss to Tulane.
This time around, the Cougars never allowed UTEP to mount a serious second-half comeback, pulling away late for a 79-61 victory Wednesday night at Hofheinz Pavilion.
"All week, we stressed staying aggressive the whole 40 minutes," said forward TaShawn Thomas, who just missed his first career triple-double with 24 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. "That's what we did."
With UTEP threatening to close the gap, the Cougars received a spark when Valentine Izundu, a 6-10 freshman center, came off the bench and blocked a pair of shots. Jherrod Stiggers converted both blocks into points - a 3-pointer and a layup - to push UH's lead to 57-45.
UTEP (13-10, 6-4 Conference USA) never got closer than eight points the rest of the game as UH closed on a 13-3 run.
"We didn't get our heads down when they went on a run," said forward Danuel House, who had 19 points. "We looked at each other and said, 'Not again.' "
Stiggers had 13 points and eight rebounds, and Joseph Young added 12 points for the Cougars. UH (15-8, 4-6) shot 55.1 percent, a season high for a UTEP opponent, and held a 36-22 rebound advantage.
UH had seven of its nine 3-pointers in the first half. The Cougars had 20 points inside the paint after halftime, with Thomas also distributing the ball for a career-high seven assists.
Julian Washburn had 17 points for the Miners, who went nearly 12 minutes without a field goal, including the final 9:49 of the first half.


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-An easy way to get the party into a dungeon. Baoorws allows for a wide variety of monster types; bandits or other humanoids may have made the place their lair, or undead may be roaming the area. Let's just hope that the author of the poster is not looking to trick a group of adventurers into clearing the place out and then jumping them as they leave.
-The author of the poster may be looking for specific information, information that will lead to a new and hidden dungeon setting. Of course, since the party did such a good job exploring the Lost Barrows he is looking to hire them to explore his real objective.
-Pretty simple wanted poster. Of course the picture depicts a person unafraid, which should give the payers pause, either before they engage him or after he pulls out a devious trick.
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Joachim Reitner at the University of Göttingen in Germany and colleagues have found the first evidence that microbes could survive inside gas bubbles within volcanic rock.
The team examined lava that had been extruded under water around 390 million years ago, and found curved filaments of minerals lining the inside of bubble chambers. The filaments' shape and chemical composition suggest they are the remnants of micro-organisms (Geobiology, DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2007.00131.x).
A layer of cement deposited before the filaments suggests that the microbes probably colonised the lava more than 1000 years after it had solidified. Reitner believes they managed to get deep into the rock via tiny fractures, which would have opened up as the lava cooled quickly under water, and speculates that they fed on reduced iron in the rock.
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MANCHESTER, Iowa - Officials have released more information about a double murder that happened in Manchester over the weekend.
The bodies of Janet & Richard Sweet were found Sunday afternoon at their home, 109 Deann Drive in Manchester, when relatives arrived for a Mother's Day gathering. The couples' 17-year-old grandson faces two counts of first-degree murder.
In an autopsy conducted Monday by the State Medical Examiner's Office, it was determined both individuals died of gunshot wounds.
Authorities say Isaiah killed Janet Sweet, 62, and Richard Sweet, 55, of Manchester, over the weekend. Sweet admitted to killing his grandparents to three people over the weekend, according to the arrest warrant filed Monday in Delaware County District Court.
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This is my first blog post on the eWrestlingNews website. I saw a post where a site administrator wanted more bloggers, so I decided to help. I would like to post once or twice a week and I'm hoping my columns will generate some sort of conversation, whether it be good or bad.
Does anyone remember the New Generation era in WWE? It was during the mid-1990s, the last time the WWE would be considered PG before it branched out to the Attitude Era.
There were four championships back then: the WWE Championship, the Intercontinental Championship, the Tag-Team Championship, and the Women's Championship. Each one was meaningful. And back then, it seemed like championships meant much more. It was rare to see titles change hands more than the Washington Redskins change head coaches. But in the past year, think about how many times the WWE Championship has been won and lost. Since June 2009, the title changed hands on ten different occasions. TEN! To describe that in one word: cockamamie.
In the same 16-month span in 1996, the title changed hands only six times. And Shawn Michaels' "lost my smile" speech happened during that period which forced a title change. To be fair, Batista tore his triceps at Extreme Rules 2009 which also required a change, but you see the difference.
Another example: including Ric Flair's WWE Championship win at the 1992 Royal Rumble, the title changed hands 20 times from the 1992 Royal Rumble until Stone Cold Steve Austin won it at WrestleMania XIV in 1998. Since John Cena was forced to relinquish the title when he tore his pectoral in October 2007, the title changed holders 21 different times, including Randy Orton's win at Hell in a Cell. That equates to seven changes a year, which is way too many.
Don't get me wrong, I love to see title changes but if it happens too often, it loses some of its flavor. It doesn't feel as special. It's just like a good song on the radio. It debuts and catches fire, but the more the song is played, the more annoying it can become. And after the station plays the song more than the Broncos pass the ball, it sucks. That's what these title changes are like: a good song that is overplayed.
But as I type this, I feel like that song is about to be played again. Now that John Cena has to listen to Wade Barrett and the fact that Barrett has the rest of Nexus in his corner, I feel as if there is no way to preserve Orton's title reign. I hope I'm wrong, but I do understand what the WWE is doing. It needs to get the young guys over and experiment by giving them the title (i.e. Sheamus). Should the title change hands before year's end, it will be the 22nd change in three years which is double the pace during the 1992-1998 period.
Who knows what will happen, but I can only hope that the WWE will rewind clocks and start treating the WWE Championship better. They need to stop handling the title like a one night stand girl. It just isn't as cool if everyone can touch it.


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A little video chit chat with Sharon & Brad: Texting Tips & Cell Phone EtiquetteSharon and Brad talk housewife to housewife: Social Etiquette for being connected in publicHas texting gone too far? Is it an out of control excuse for forgetting the art of conversation? Do you text while out on a date? Brad recalls some of Countess Luann deLesseps' date texting pet peeves. Do people share too many personal stories– loudly– on a cell phone in public? Iphone or Blackberry? Sharon's a Mac, Brad's a PC… what are you?Watch the Texting Tips & Cell Phone Etiquette video:Published on October 09, 2010
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Interesting lineup selection from Chicago's preseason opener
Jan 28, 2013, 6:14 PM EDT
When it comes to dissecting the double-top secret plans of MLS managers for the coming season, nobody should get too carried away, obviously, with analysis of lineup choices in January.
That said …
The selections might tell us something, along the lines of future possibilities and potential experiments, if nothing else.
So we look at the Chicago Fire's 2-0 win Sunday over Florida Gulf Coast University. The starting lineup (for the first of three 30-minute periods) looked like this:
- Alec Kann*, Logan Pause (captain), Jalil Anibaba, Austin Berry, Gonzalo Segares; Alex, Jeff Larentowicz, Joel Lindpere, Wells Thompson; Chris Rolfe, Sherjill MacDonald.
That certainly looks like an early version of Frank Klopas' starting lineup this year. Sean Johnson, currently in Houston with the U.S. national team, is the sure starter in goal.
And nobody needs to wonder about why Arne Friedrich wasn't in the lineup: the former German international was given permission to report late.
Interesting, then, that newcomers Jeff Larentowicz and Joel Lindpere (pictured) were the preferred starting midfield combo in a 4-4-2. (And that's not a bad looking center-of-the-park duo, is it?).
Of course, than left no room for Logan Pause – who was stationed at right back.
There was speculation that Pause was headed right there in 2013, so there's supporting evidence in that direction. Yes, in January, but still …
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Steve — What's your take on Alex? My impression was that Klopas brought him in as a #10-type, but watching him play for the last year in Chicago, it seems like he's not a true #10, per se, but rather a hybrid of a box-to-box holding midfielder that has an incredible knack for being creative on the attack. Do you think this is true?
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