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As with years past, we HIGHLIGHTED (past tense) the rest of the 25 titles on the BTBA fiction longlist. We had a variety of guests writing these posts, all of which centered around the question of "Why This Book Should Win." Hopefully these funny, accidental, entertaining, and informative posts prompted you to read at least a few of these excellent works.
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Private Property by Paule Constant, translated by Margot Miller and France Grenaudier-Klijn
Language: French
Country: France
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Why This Book Should Win: A university press deserves to win this prize one of these years. The boarding school the protagonist attends is named "The Slaughterhouse School," which is creepy/gross/intriguing.
The person who was going to write this piece wasn't able to get it done on time, leaving me with a bit of a dilemma . . . I haven't read this book, so rather than make up something in sincere, I thought it would be more useful to cobble together parts of Claudine Fisher's introduction, and the review that Jessa Crispin wrote for NPR. Just trying my best . . .
From Jessa Crispin's review:
There is no greater horror to a child than standing out. Being different means being easy prey. When your daughter comes home crying because someone has made fun of her freckles, her hair, her thick glasses, you might try to console her with "one day you'll appreciate those freckles, you'll find them beautiful," but she won't be comforted. A child wants only to blend in, to be absolutely the same as everyone else.
Tiffany, the 9-year-old at the center of Paule Constant's Private Property, is not like the other girls, and she has no mother to wipe away the tears. Her parents, French colonialists living in Africa in the years leading up to the Algerian War, have sent her back to France alone to live and be schooled at the Convent for Slaughterhouse Ladies. The nunnery's name sums up the atmosphere of the place, where the playground becomes the setting for young girls' bloodsports and the nuns dole out about as much softness as the scratchy stiffness of their garments. The other girls tease and torment Tiffany for her African origins, her missing mother and for the way she does her hair. Every time she reaches out for solace or companionship, she is, at best, met with indifference. Understandably, she strives to become an invisible observer, at a remove from everyone else. [. . .]
The author surprises with her quirky imagery and powers of observation, like her description of the Mother Superior's habit: "When she stood it was as if a ship had hoisted all its sails." Also perfectly conveyed are Tiffany's ostracism on the playground ("The recess periods were spent in a pretense of playing so as not to displease the Lady, and at not playing so as not to irritate those who were playing. She played at playing . . .") and the daily torture chamber that is the lunch cafeteria.
Small of scale does not mean small of consequence. That goes for the diminutive Tiffany as well as Private Property itself. Those moments that look so tiny, those school humiliations and emotional kicks at home, continue to shape us into adulthood. Constant's portrait of a little girl lost, someone who would be happier to camouflage herself in the furniture than to take the spotlight, will loom large in the mind.
And from Claudine Fisher's intro:
Private Property serves as a fictional backdrop for Constant's own educational experience when she herself was sent to France while her parents were assigned to various posts in Africa, South America, and Indochina. The boarding school, modeled on the one Constant attended, is transformed fictionally into "La Pension des Sanguinaires," taking its name from the street on which it is found, named for the slaughterhouse at the end of the road, and is translated as "The Slaughterhouse School," underscoring the violent nature of the child's experience there.
The irony in Tiffany's repatriation is that the homeland does not feel like home. The colonial Africa of the 1950s (Ouregano) is her adopted "real" homeland. Though a white child, Tiffany was in harmony with her African roots. Her attachment to the natural environment, its people, and African animals provided her with a sense of self. She now lives a doubly heartbreaking experience when arriving in the southwest of France: separation from the land she loved and from her parents, especially her mother, who is distant and unapproachable but nevertheless her mother. France becomes, in part, a land of exile and the boarding school a jail, another exile of the soul, compared to her free-spirited and roaming lifestyle in the African countryside.
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On Nov. 3, 12 members Jozi Parker, Rychele White, Brittany Covender, Nick Gerlack, Justin Shreve, Dessirae Miller, Taylor Jackson, Randal Haynes, Bridget Kistler, Tim Shepherd, Katie Morris, Brittan Dahl and Mrs. Howard attended the Black River FFA Farm Games at Black River High School.
The group attended to have fun, meet some new people and help support the Black River FFA chapter. They participated in a variety of games and activities, such as musical tailgates, hay bale toss, bobbing for apples, tire roll, tug-of-war, and a milk chugging contest. New London received first place in the apple bobbing, milk chug, tire roll and hay bale toss.
On Oct. 20, the New London FFA held their annual Halloween party at member, Katie Morris' house .There was great attendance, and members were able to have a haunted walk and bonfire. This was a time to have fun, eat good food, and get together away from school. Members who attended were: Josh Weaver, Jared Holland, Brittany Covender, Malaina Erswell, Cody Moore, Katie Morris, David Thomas, Vincent Davis, Dessirae Miller, Taylor Jackson, Tim Shepherd, Bridget Kistler, Kyle Squire, Cody Love,, Randal Haynes, Jozi Parker, Huston Edwards, Denzil Kimble, Tyler Shepherd and adviser Christina Howard.
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MONROEVILLE - It sure was chilly at this years annual Monroeville FFA chili and brat dinner. But there's nothing quite like a warm bowl of chili to warm anyone right up. Every year before one of the Monroeville football games, the Monroeville FFA members hold the chili and bratwurst dinner. Where anyone is welcome to help themselves to some chili, a brat, or hot dog, a dessert and a drink for $5.50.
"It works out great because we always get a good crowd from the football fans, and not just the home team," adviser Scott Bauer said. The action takes place right at Marsh Field in the pavilion.
Members begin to gather at 3:30 to and are asked to bring a dessert. With bringing a dessert members can get a point, on the member progress chart. The chart is used to judge members on their performance in ag. To see what they've done to help the organization and makes it easy for the advisers to make their decision when taking students on big trips, like national convention or the Texas trip this January. Overall members can earn up to four points at the chili and brat dinner.
A point for set-up, a point for serving, a point for clean up and a point for dessert.
Students are involved in all sorts of things, football, cheerleading, dance, band or whatever, but they can At least get one point for their dessert.
"That's the great thing about this dinner, it's a great money maker, shows the community what we're up to and everyone has the opportunity to get a point," adviser Wayne Weber said.
Senior member Jordan Hamons said, "It's fun to work at, we can load up on points and get food, plus, it's nice seeing people coming to support the FFA.
FFA member, mom, Leya Fries, loves the dinner. "I think it's a great idea, my family and I come down before the game, grabs something to eat and then go and enjoy the game, after a nice warm bowl of chili. It would be great to have before every home game."
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I agree that Ludwick was no guarantee to repeat his 2012 numbers. But I am as certain as I can be about such things, that Heisey, playing everyday for a full season, could never approach the production that Ludwick provided in 2012.
I agree that Ludwick was no guarantee to repeat his 2012 numbers. But I am as certain as I can be about such things, that Heisey, playing everyday for a full season, could never approach the production that Ludwick provided in 2012.
"Man, the pitch looks fast, even in slow motion." Thom Brennaman on Chapman's fastball.
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"Ill kind of have a foot on the back of my own butt. Thats just how I do things. -- Bryan Price, 10/22/2013
Even if he played at or near replacement level for the duration of the season he would have eclipsed his value.
Now, that says more about the seasons that Ludwick had pre-arrival, and Ludwick is clearly a better fit in Cincy than Pitts or San Diego.
But at the same time, Ludwick isn't Votto. And sometimes he goes through long stretches where he hits like Heisey, but doesn't field like him.
The argument that Heisey isn't a bad replacement is two fold. One Ludwick's value could easily be argued based on long sample sizes to be a 2 win player, not exactly an insurmountable feat, even for a guy with holes in his swing like Heisey. And two, Heisey is a pretty good 4th OF'der. Like any 4th guy, he has his flaws, and those flaws will be exposed over time. But overall, he does enough good that he will obtain value in some ways, even if it isn't likely to match a Cincinnati Ludwick, but the difference between 2-3 wins and 1-2 wins, is not a material gap to suggest that the Reds are crippled by the Ludwick injury. He's not a core part. At his best, he's a very good secondary piece, and at his worst, we wont even forget he's not healthy.
2. Going into season with purely Heisey leaves Reds exposed to depth. Rather than going into season with a borderline starter, and terrible reserves, Reds chose to go with an on paper, better bet to be an average starter, and a good reserve player. Improve overall quality and depth of a position the Reds had minimal alternatives at.
3. Ludwick's game probably plays better at GABP than it does in most places. Not a huge risk he goes down to 2010/2011 levels even if 2012 not likely to be reached again. Heisey's game doesn't appear to play exceedinly well (or poorly in comparison to other places), he is what he is, a pretty good defensive player with holes in his offense.
The signing of Ludwick made sense for a multitude of reasons, even if he is not necessarily a significantly material improvement over Heisey on a night in-night out basis.
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And remember -- the only claim I've made is that Keri comparing Ludwick and Heisey is NOT an absurd exercise, and it doesn't discredit Keri as some sort of national hack writer who doesn't watch the Reds enough. That's basically what you wrote -- and that set me off. So I'm sorry, but one statement by Walt Jocketty about Ryan Ludwick's leadership in a press conference does not tip the scale in your favor.
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"Ill kind of have a foot on the back of my own butt. Thats just how I do things. -- Bryan Price, 10/22/2013
What is Jocketty going to say? He's of course going to say positive things about Ludiwck. It's a press release. Find an article where a GM disparages the guy they just signed on a free agent market.
Jocketty makes mistakes sometimes, although, have been few and far between with the Reds.
Look, Ludwick is probably a great character guy. But Heisey isn't Hitler. Ludiwkc has some definitive areas where he is a clear improvement over Heisey. We don't need to make up immaterial, and likely fictional reasons that are misclassified as "definitive proof" to prove a point. I doubt Choo and Bruce are running around with their heads cut off due to not having Ludwick manning LF.
Baseball history is littered with guys like Heisey. They are halfway decent for their first 1000-2000 AB's, and then, once the league adjusts to them, and they are unable to adjust back, they fade into oblivion.
Just in recent Reds history, we have seen this in Drew Stubbs, Willie Taveras, Corey Patterson, Ryan Freel (RIP) and Chris Stynes. With research, I'm sure I could find dozens from other teams this past decade who did the same.
"Man, the pitch looks fast, even in slow motion." Thom Brennaman on Chapman's fastball.
The Reds have been spending decent coin last few years. They decided to pay free agent dollars for Ludwick because he filled a hole the Reds didn't have a dynamic solution for, or significant depth at.
In this day and age, a 7.5M free agent player is not a marquee player to a team. Knowing that a win is worth roughly 4-5M in free agency now adays, I could look at it the other way and suggest that EVERY single GM in baseball thinks that Ludwick is a 2ish win player and disagrees with you and thinks that I, RedEye and Jonah Kerri has this one pegged correctly.
I don't think that's a particularly compelling argument, but would be consistent with the parameters that you have defined for "evidence" to craft your position.
For some reason, you steadfastly refuse to defend the real point I have an issue with -- which is that Keri has made some out-of-bounds, naive comparison that he has no right to make ("absurd" is the word you used). I think we've offered ample evidence at this point that, "leadership" notwithstanding, this is simply not the case.
"Ill kind of have a foot on the back of my own butt. Thats just how I do things. -- Bryan Price, 10/22/2013
I don't think what Jocketty said means much. But I do think it's clear the Reds do not think there isn't much difference between having Heisey start and Ludwick start in LF. They had an opportunity to make Heisey the starter, and then go get a decent backup for him for a few million. Instead they chose to spend $19M to sign Ludwick. Maybe they were wrong, but their postion on this matter is clear.
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T'ai Chi classes will be offered at Monona Terrace beginning in September.
Monona Terrace and Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin will offer the course, which is said to enhance energy and sharpen focus according to a press release. T'ai Chi includes gentle martial art movements and relaxation.
This free course will be offered on the Monona rooftop. The 45-minute sessions begin on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 12 p.m. Instruction will be provided by Terri Pellitteri. The rain date is Thursday, Sept. 6.
The first 100 people who attend the event will receive a free smoothie in a take home tumbler, courtest of Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin.
Future courses will take place at no charge on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12 p.m. on the Monona Terrace rooftop. The courses will end on September 27.
In the case of inclement weather, class will be cancelled. All levels of experience are welcome.
The fourth annual Madison Mini Marathon & 5K presented by Meriter and Physicians Plus is set for Saturday, Aug. 18, and some roads will be closed for the event.
The half marathon and 5K start at 7 a.m. and the Kids' Run starts at approximately 10 a.m. at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union at 800 Langdon St.
The scenic course includes all of Madison's Landmarks: Capitol Square, the Dane County Farmer's Market, State Street, Camp Randall Stadium, Kohl Center, the Arboretum, Picnic Point and the University of Wisconsin Campus.
Below is a detailed list of closures for Saturday, Aug. 18.
Summary of Closures:
The heat and sunshine are causing Madison beaches to have some pre-season open hours this weekend.
Regional beaches
Neighborhood beaches
The Hoofer Extravaganza will be held on Friday, June 8 from 3 to 9 p.m. at the Memorial Union Lakefront at 800 Langdon St.
Folks interested in learning more about all Hoofer outdoor clubs have to offer, should stop by the Hoofer Extravaganza.
Activities include:
Also visitors will be able to obtain information and sign up for all six Hoofer clubs at the event—SCUBA, Riding, Sailing, Ski & Snowboard, Mountaineering and Outing.
The free event is open to the public.
The Camp Randall Rowing Club is sending two teams to the Junior National Championship Regatta in Oak Ridge, Tenn. on June 7-10.
The local teens earned the trip to nationals after an impressive performance at the Midwest Regional Rowing Championships in Cincinnati two weeks ago.
CRRC will compete for the national title in two categories: four person boy's race and four person girl's race (plus a coxswain for each), where they will compete against more than 1,500 rowers from across the nation.
The Camp Randall Rowing Club draws more than 85 athletes from eight area high schools and competes in regattas throughout the Midwest.
The club is based at the historic Brittingham Boathouse on Lake Monona and was started in 2002.
Warner Park, home of the Madison Mallards, is no stranger to Wisconsin-themed food. On game days, fans can grab everything from cheese curds to hand-scooped ice cream, and wash it all down with an icy local brew.But the ballpark will soon be including even more locally sourced foods. Wednesday's Opening Day game against the Battle Creek Bombers will introduce The Farmer's Market Sandwich Stand, which boasts the slogan, "100% Local. 100% Ballpark."
"We challenge ourselves each year to bring something new to the park and we felt like one of the things everyone in Madison connects with in the summer is the farmers' markets," said Director of Food and Beverage, Brian Sather.
Nothing like kicking off your long weekend with a grilled brat for breakfast!
Fans of Madison's World's Largest Brat Fest can begin "cele-BRAT-ting" at 6 a.m. on Friday, when "Take Your Brat to Work Day" begins at Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center.
Many Madison business offices gather orders from employees early in the week and designate a "Brat Runner" to swing by Willow Island on their way into work.
Last year, nearly 15,500 brats were sold between 6am and 9 a.m. at the Take Your Brat to Work Day "drive-through" at Willow Island.
"We look forward to the Friday before Memorial Day weekend every year so we can eat brats at the office at 8am — it's fun!" said Sharon Zelanka of Hammes Sports Development. "It's our breakfast, lunch and snack, too!"
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This may well mean that for certain French House items there will sometimes be delays, not least because our French suppliers like to take a sensible four weeks' summer holiday during which the workshop shuts down altogether. True Francophiles have always appreciated that French priorities in these matters make for an enviable quality of life. The traditional way of working and living is particularly alive in rural parts of France, where we continue to find many of our small artisans.
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Disclaimer: I have never lived in Detroit. I have, however, lived in Philadelphia. And the two cities have a remarkable amount in common. The two were founded about 20 years apart – though Detroit waited a hundred years or so before incorporating. The two occupy roughly the same land acreage – just about a square mile difference. Both cities were considered industrial strongholds and musical meccas in their day. And both have faced a series of bitter disappointments with respect to losses: in stature, in population and in sports (with one notable exception – shakes an angry, invisible fist at the Red Wings).
We both know what it's like to look down at your feet a little when someone asks you where you're from.
Last month, Detroit became the largest U.S. city in history to file for bankruptcy. Nearly 3,504 pages of actual or potential creditors were included in court papers: the number of creditors tops 100,000 and the amount owed is more than $18 billion. The city's anticipated budget is only about $1.1 billion. It's a stark contrast from just sixty years ago when the city was still booming: it was the fourth largest city in the country; Ford and Chrysler ruled the roadways; and Motown was king.
When I asked readers and friends to tell me how they viewed the city, some referenced Motown and steel and cars – the good old days. But mostly, those words were overshadowed by less happy terms: dirty, empty, crime and decay and punctuated further by descriptions like abandoned, betrayed, decrepit, depressed, neglected and sad.
So, I wondered, how did Detroit get here exactly? It's easy to shrug your shoulders and say that times changed. The economy changed. People changed. No doubt, a whole host of complicated factors contributed to the problems in Detroit.
And yes, there was a gas crisis. And a manufacturing crisis. But maybe it was something more: maybe it was a crisis in leadership.
At the turn of the new century, it appeared that Detroit might be headed towards renewal. The Red Wings took home the Stanley Cup. The Tigers and the Lions were on their way to new state of the art facilities (Comerica Park and Ford Field, respectively). New buildings went up. Hotels and casinos were moving downtown. It was, it looked like the beginning of a comeback. All the city needed was a comeback kid.
They found it in the way of Kwame Malik Kilpatrick. In 2001, the 31 year old Detroit native became the youngest person ever elected mayor in the city. He ran on a platform filled with promise of a better Detroit. Instead, he brought political corruption and greed.
Kilpatrick's spending raised eyebrows out of the gate: in his first term, he charged at least $210,000 on his city-issued credit card. The bill included nearly 80 charges for expensive dinners – one of which included an $85 bottle of Moet & Chandon champagne. He also leased – on the City's dime – a cherry red Lincoln Navigator for his family. It didn't escape notice that, at a time when the city was fighting its way out of a $230 million deficit with hopes for economic stability, Kilpatrick treated city funds like his own piggy bank. He defended his spending as necessary for his image – and for Detroit's image.
Eager to believe in something – and someone – Kilpatrick was re-elected as mayor in 2005, the same year that Time magazine named him as "one of the worst mayors in America."
It didn't take long for his second term to be marred by additional scandal. During a 2007 civil trial brought against Kilpatrick by his ex-bodyguard Harold Nelthrope and former Deputy Chief Police Gary Brown for fraud, it became clear that Kilpatrick was having an affair with his chief of staff, Christine Beatty. When Nelthrope and Brown won $6.5 million in damages, rather than pay up and walk away, Kilpatrick suggested that he would increase those damages in exchange for radio silence about his affair.
In public, Kilpatrick attempted to act as though things were normal. His 2008 State of the City Address appeared to be another in a long list of feel good speeches. He touted some improvements, talked up the need for jobs and economic progress. It was 6,283 words of exactly what you'd expect to hear.
It was followed up with more than 250 words that you didn't, including the n-word, twice. He called, ironically, for "this unethical, illegal, lynch mob mentality" to stop, accusing his critics of launching "a hate-driven, bigoted assault on a family." Less than a week later, he was asked by City Council to step down as mayor. He refused.
Kilpatrick's troubles, however, were just beginning. He was charged with multiple felony counts, including perjury, obstruction of justice, misconduct, and conspiracy. He took a plea and agreed to serve 120 days in jail, pay $1 million in restitution to the City of Detroit, give up his law license and not seek public office for five years. That restitution wouldn't be forthcoming: Kilpatrick was sent back to jail in 2010 after a judge ruled that he was hiding assets so that he wouldn't have to pay the city back. He was expected to be released in 2011.
While Kilpatrick was in jail, however, he got more bad news: he was indicted on 19 federal counts of fraud and tax evasion. Among the allegations was the claim that Kilpatrick used a tax-exempt charity, the Kilpatrick Civic Fund, to pay personal expenses including cars and personal trips. He was also accused of filing false tax returns for the years 2003-2007 by not reporting $470,951 in income and failing to report $171,751 in income for 2008. In 2013, Kilpatrick was convicted of the most serious of the charges against him, including one count of tax fraud. He is expected to be sentenced for those crimes next month; he faces the potential for more than twenty years in federal prison and significant fines. He has filed an appeal.
As Kilpatrick ponders what went wrong – and he has lots of time to do so – the city might be wondering the same thing. Over the time frame that Kilpatrick was mayor, the city's population declined by nearly 25%. The city's credit ratings nearly reached junk status. The deficit ballooned. And the level of corruption, bribery and potential cronyism reached such heights that hiring in the city was referred to as "the friends and family plan."
By the time that Kilpatrick left office, the city was demoralized. And things were getting worse.
More than half of Detroit property owners failed to pay their 2011 tax bills, totaling about $246.5 million in taxes and fees. The city's share of what was owed represents more than 10% of Detroit's budget.
According to the Detroit News, property tax delinquency is so pervasive that there were 77 blocks in which only one owner paid taxes. You don't have to scratch your head to figure out why. Property owner Fred Phillips (no relation) explained his frustrations this way:
Why pay taxes? Why should I send them taxes when they aren't supplying services? It is sickening. … Every time I see the tax bill come, I think about the times we called and nobody came.
Taxpayers that I spoke with, including many who have left the city over the last decade, agree. They add that it's not just a lack of services but a lack of faith in the system. It's a palpable sense of defeat, this notion that if those at the top – those that we look up to – have failed us, why keep trying?
That is exactly why this trial mattered so much. At some point, the lying, the stealing, the nepotism, it all has to stop. Detroit City Councilman Gary Brown – yes, the very Detroit police chief whose firing by Kilpatrick may have contributed to his fall – said, about Kilpatrick's arrest:
For too long, a 'culture of corruption' has existed in Detroit. The young people in our city are watching how this entire situation unfolds. We must show them that values, integrity and character count.
Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation (CI) in the Detroit Field Office Erick Martinez agrees. Noting Kilpatrick's charges, Martinez said, "What he did to break the trust of the city that we love is far more damaging."
Martinez should know. He grew up in the city.
He and other IRS agents were glad to be assigned to the case where they worked with other federal agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigations because "fighting political corruption is just so important." The agents who were on the case, he said, wanted to put in the time because they, like him, care about the city.
The IRS was asked to be involved in the case beginning around 2006. Richard Weber, Chief, IRS – Criminal Investigation, wasn't surprised. "Our Special Agents have the financial sleuthing ability that is unparalleled," he explained. "This is why we are routinely relied upon to hold accountable those governmental officials who unlawfully line their pockets at the expense of the people they serve."
Their job seemed simple: they were to follow the money. It's part of what CI agents do regularly. And it can be tedious, time-consuming work. Agents spend countless hours trying to make sense of taxpayers like Kilpatrick whose extravagant lifestyles don't match their reported income. That involves not only looking at financial statements but interviewing witnesses who, Martinez notes, often don't wish to cooperate because of fear of retribution or getting into trouble themselves. In a far-reaching and public case like Kilpatrick's, those details matter.
The work didn't end on the ground. At trial, the IRS was a big part of the case and the testimony against Kilpatrick. In particular, Martinez said, the IRS agent who testified made a big impact – and not just for the tax piece.
The agents who worked the case found the verdict gratifying. Martinez noted that many of the agents were from the area and they wanted Kilpatrick to be held accountable for what he had done to the city. Their reasoning is easy to understand: "Stealing from the public is offensive."
And that's exactly what Kilpatrick did. He stole tax dollars. And worse, he stole the public's trust. The impact of that on the city cannot be overstated. But does that mean that Detroit is a lost cause? Can the city, as its motto, Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus, suggests actually rise from the ashes?
I asked Martinez.
"Will Detroit get better?" He doesn't even pause. "Yes," he says. "That's the most important part of our role – it's that we needed to get to this point so that we can start growing. Our city had been the economic engine for the country. Our parents worked at the factories…" He takes a breath. "We want to make Detroit great again."
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Heat oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions, fennel bulb with fronds, garlic and fennel seeds; sauté until fennel bulb is tender, about 10 minutes. Add wine; boil until liquid is reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and Pernod; simmer 5 minutes to blend flavors. Add clams to pot; cover and cook until clams open, about 8 minutes (discard any that do not open). Transfer to large bowl. Sprinkle with oregano. Garnish with lemon.


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What: CLE Symposium: "Legal Challenges to LNG"
Where: Eidman Courtroom, The University of Texas School of Law
Who: The Symposium is open to the public, free admission, applicable CLE charges may apply
When: January 26–27, 2006. Keynote Address by FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, Jan. 26, 2:30 p.m. Closing Keynote by Akin Gump attorney, John Cogan, Jr., Jan. 27, 11:30 a.m.
AUSTIN, Texas—Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Suedeen Kelly will deliver the keynote address at the First Annual Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law CLE Symposium on January 26-27, 2006. Leading practitioners, consultants, academics, and state and federal officials will gather at The University of Texas School of Law to address emerging legal challenges to the development, construction, and financing of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.
"LNG is one of the hottest topics in the energy industry today, yet it is a topic that very few people know anything about," said Symposium Coordinator Brandon Seale.
"Our symposium is intended to both soften the reflexive skepticism toward LNG on the one hand while educating the sometimes uninformed exuberance on the other," added editor-in-chief Nic Franklin.
Symposium presenters and panelists include attorneys from Vinson and Elkins, Hunton and Williams, Akin Gump, Jackson Walker, King and Spalding, and Bracewell and Giuliani, as well as consultants from Navigant Consulting, professors from The University of Texas, and Commissioner Victor Carrillo from the Texas Railroad Commission.
The symposium is sponsored by the student-edited Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law, and will be centered around two panel discussions. The first, scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday, January 26, will focus on the regulatory and administrative aspects of the permitting process and the larger policy debate surrounding the siting of LNG receiving terminals. The second, scheduled for the morning of Friday, January 27, will discuss financing and deal structuring for domestic and international LNG projects.
The Keynote address will be delivered by Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner (FERC) Suedeen Kelly on Thursday afternoon on the role of the federal government in permitting and facilitating the construction of LNG receiving facilities. The symposium will close with a look at historic and recent trends in LNG offered by Akin Gump partner John Cogan, Jr.
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