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I don't want to say this, but I must be honest. So I will say it: Connie is being dishonest.
This article by Connie is another one in the many she has written supporting the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, their goals and their culture. I don't think anyone can deny that she is keen on making the LGBT culture the prevailing culture of American.
In all her articles the LGBT are always the good guys and those who oppose the LGBT culture are always the bad guys.
This is alright if you want to be a salesperson for the LGBT culture, but if you want to be honest writer it is not alright, it is dishonest.
The bone of contention is that most Clevelanders and most Americans fall into the category of good Catholics and good traditional Christians. Catholics and traditional Christians are unconditionally opposed to the sexual practices, life styles, and goals of the LGBT community. The sexual acts of the LGBT people are grave sins that offend God and put the eternal happiness of immortal souls in jeopardy.
Connie has not addressed the distressing fact that her pro LGBT arguments and stance are in fact an attack on the deeply held religious beliefs of good Catholics and good traditional Christian.
What should she do? She has to be up front! If she truly wants to make a positive contribution she must begin by admitting that one cannot hold to the Catholic faith and at the same time encourage the goals of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. She must acknowledge that she is at odds with the Church and traditional Christians, and go from there.
I don't expect Connie to say why don't those darn good Catholic and darn good Christians stop being good Catholics and good Christians, give up their faith, and change their life styles to fit in with the LGBT culture; but it would be a first step towards honesty
We Traditional Americans can all agree that NPR is a propaganda arm of the Multicultural / Diversity power elites. Their goal is to change our great nation into another Brazil with two classes of people. One class is the small group of supremacist elite that run the country. The other is the millions upon millions of poor that serve the elite.
Juan Williams got fired because he was a minority. NPR needed to dump-on a minority to disguise the fact that Multicultural / Diversity is designed to attack only America's traditional people and culture. Williams got a great paying job minutes after he was fired. It is as if it were planned.
Countless people like you have been thrown out of good positions and good jobs because they are like you and they inadvertently let go with a statement that violated one of the cannons of Political Correctness.
So don't be taken in. You are not a Williams. You are not going to survive a violation of the Multicultural / Diversity speech code.
Will some one tell me the difference between Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.?
They both are trying to get the most for their people. Rev. Sharpton has more weapons to use than Rev. King had. If Rev. King were alive he would be doing the same thing as Rev. Sharpton.
So stop getting all over Rev. Sharpton's case. He is totally within the Civil Rights Movement.
"Watchdog journalism is, and will continue to be, our most important priority."
What exactly will the watchdog be watching out for?
I am afraid that means managing the news to make sure that nothing that is NOT Politically Correct gets through.
Joe Guillen has written the standard bias article favoring his candidate. In journalism it is known as the My guy calls his opponent a poop-head piece. The article is a series of Strickland unfounded accusations against his opponent while his opponent is reported as saying, "No I'm not a poop-head".
This article is nothing more than a campaign ad for Strickland. The Plain Dealer and Joe Guillen should be paid by the Strickland people.
Why is this in the Plain Dealer?
This announcement about Ms. Kane has zero effect on the religious lives of people of Cleveland and the world.
This is not to say there aren't fellow eccentrics that sympathize with her, but there are no good Catholics buying what she is selling. Ms. Kane and the people at the Future Church are what is known as self-hating Catholics.
Now compare the O'Malley treatment Catholics of with his treatment of the Jewish religion. The news about the Jewish religion is all positive. O'Malley does not have self-hating Jews speaking to a group of fellow self-hating Jews.
With such anti-Catholic action we are force to suspect that Mr. O'Malley is not being honest with us.
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It is a fair question to ask, whose side is Reginald Fields on, Strickland or Kasich? It is hard to believe that an African American wants a Republican to be governor, but it could happen in one of Stephen Hawkins's universes.
But then this is the real world and Fields is African American and the Plain Dealer is part of the Mainstream Media. It is too much expect the laws of gravity to be suspended even briefly on this earth and too much to expect the laws of Political Correctness to be suspended on the Plain Dealer. The first paragraph tells us that Fields gets into the shoes of the governor. "The Democratic governor did not take kindly to Republican John Kasich's call this week to get rid of Strickland's "evidence-based" model for funding."
The Democratic governor did not take kindly.
If Fields were impartial he would have not got into the shoes of Strickland. An impartial statement would have been "The Democratic governor claimed that Republican John Kasich's call this week…." Some would grip that it is a minor point, but you must think about it. Would you ever expect to hear Fields say the Kasich did not take kindly? No not in this world, not in a million years.
Does Fields consciously know he is pro-Democrat. Probably not. But it is highly unlikely that the PD will hire a conservative reporter, or if they did to keep him on once he shows his true colors.
After reading this puff piece to President Obama and the Democrats one question immediately comes to mind. Are Associated Press writers RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and TREVOR TOMPSON, also paid by the Democratic Party?
They are so pro-Obama that they remind one of members of Bernard Madoff's family singing the praises of his immense Ponzi scheme, which scheme the Obamacare ominously resembles.
These two AP hacks have St. Obama heroically trying to correct people's misconception about how wonderful Obamacare really and truly is.
If you had any doubt that these two were into the pocket of left wing extremists they should have been dispelled by the revelation in the final paragraph that the phony stats were ginned up by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The foundation's stated goal is getting free health care for some people, "particularly for the most vulnerable among us", code words for illegal aliens and others that do not pay their fair share.
Shouldn't The Plain Dealer identify the Pro-Life group as pro-life and not the label them, as their opponents wish, "anti-abortion".
The Plain Dealer identifies the pro-abortion group as "pro-choice". This is the most absurd misnomer in the history of the written word.
The Plain Dealer seems to bend over backwards to please politically correct groups. It honors the wishes of the homosexual community and terms them gays, a weird descriptive label that has no relation to their nature.
This all underlines the main theme of Journalism 101. Think of the newspapers and other news outlets as attempts to convert the subject to the owner's ideology or religion.
Here are some real gaffes by Sabrina Eaton that would get her a big fat F in my class on ethical reporting.
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says it would, while the Catholic Health Association of the United States and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious maintain it would not. This is like saying some Civil Rights groups like the NAACP would while others like the KKK would not.
"Boccieri, who is Catholic and opposes abortion…." This should certainly be, "Boccieri, who is Catholic and claims he opposes abortion…."
"I don't like abortion, but there should be a line drawn." Has any one ever said "I like abortion."?
I found it revealing that John Kroll made a special effort to inform the readers that President Bush wasted so much tax payers' money, but refused to inform them that President Obama wasted many time more of their money.
I guess it is one of his Community Rules that he always brings up that forbids him from criticizing President Obama.
The Anisfield-Wolf Award "recognizes books that make important contributions to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures."
But wait just a minute. Where is all this rich diversity? What is so rich about a culture different from Traditional Western Christian Culture? No one has ever come up with one thing good about all the diversity cultures.
All that was ever done was some people that did not like Traditional Western Christian Culture proclaimed that other cultures are just as good and better because they are... er well diverse. End of discussion.
As far as "understanding of racism" goes, it is all a one way conversation: the non-whites telling white people how bad they are and how good non-whites are. I see Karen R. Long blindly going along with this canard, and she is a white person!
There are thousands of works by scholars and literary artist that demonstrate logically and clearly that the races of man are a.) Different, and b.) That the differences are immutable, they lie deep within their nature and that the truth cannot be brushed aside in an attempt to create a Multicultural-Diversity utopia.
How many of these scholars and artists are awarded the Anisfield Wolf Book Prize? If you said zero you are correct.
The question that Karen R. Long should have asked and attempted to answer is: Why are brilliant scholars and artists denied the Anisfield Wolf Book Prize simply because their scientific and objective conclusion and their art do not glorify Multicultural-Diversity.
On the one have the appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures crowd emphatically declares that there is diversity in the cultures of the human race. But on the other hand they willfully ignore the inherent diversity in people that come to America with their diverse culture.
These diverse culture people are never going to give up their culture. Should the people of Traditional Western Christian Culture in America be forces to give up their country to them?
We would like to see The Plain Dealer writer Karen R. Long get her head out of the clouds and do some research on what these phony awards ceremonies are all about.
It is a love fest of anti-white, anti-American bellyachers. They gripe about how tough life is here, but never admit it is the best place in the world for them. As Bob Dylan said they should just one time stand in our shoes and see what a drag it is to see them.
White people who are conscious of their whiteness as other races are conscious, are not represented in these affairs. It is standard practice at these gatherings of soi-disant gurus of racism to pile high the BS that white people are oppressors. That since in the distant past some white person owned a slave, now every white American must bear the never ending guilt of being the cause of other races' failures.
Has Karen R. Long ever thought that white people are not infatuated with the multiracial, multicultural, diversity society that they have had forced upon them? They never asked for it; never voted for it; don't see any good in it.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. is best known as the foul-mouthed bigoted man that treated police Sgt. James Crowley so coarsely that he was arrested. Gates prompted the President of the United States, Barack Obama, to make some insensitive and racially bigoted remarks.
Kevin O'Brien doesn't understand that conservatives are not war mongers. Conservatives are people such as Charles Lindberg and his dad. They put America first.
Kevin we do not know what actually happened on 9/11. We only know for certain that our elite rulers want us to believe their Conspiracy Theory. If we don't buy into their Conspiracy Theory and instead advance a more plausible conspiracy theory, we are labeled conspiracy theory nuts.
Their Conspiracy Theory has Moslems hating us because we are free. Can you imagine that: Moslems stupid enough to hate us because we are free yet smart enough to carry off the Twin Towers caper. That does not pass the laugh test.
The official USA President Bush and Congress Conspiracy Theory has Suddam Hussein piling up weapons of mass destruction which he planed to use on us. Prompting Kevin to write, "We've got troops leaving Iraq much better off than we found it." After killing and maiming millions more people than Suddam Hussein could have done in ten life times, how is Iraq better off?
The crowning achievement of the Neocons and their cheerleaders like Kevin is that we now have a wacko leftist from Kenya as our President. Thank you Kevin.
President Obama is a true threat to our freedom and to the very lives of Traditional Americans. He wants to eliminate our freedom and us. Kevin you need to do an about-face. When you back the un-America Neocons and try to justify the utterly unjustifiable war to please the Neocons, you are giving votes to Obama and the Democrats. True conservative know that Obama is right to get the hell out of the Middle East. Get in line with the true conservatives. Put America first. Dump McCain and the rest of the phony conservatives.
Let me state it for you plainly: War is bad. War to turn a nation into a democracy is insane, (see WWI). War in the Middle East to turn Middle East into democracies is raving lunacy. As George Washington would put it, America has no friends or foes in the Middle East, only trading partners.
Whenever you have a political issue, you have a moral issue. Whenever you have a moral issue you have an issue about what is the nature the good. This leads to the question of source of the good.
To argue about the source of the good is a theological argument. To argue that God is not the source of the good is also a theological argument.
So as you put it, "veering off into a theological dispute about the roots of Christianity", is the place where arguments about sex and morals must go. If you stop and think about it there is really nothing to say about sex that does not lead to a moral argument and then a theological argument.
Even if you take a Darwinian position and hope to keep morals out of the discussion morals enters through the culture door. Rather than purge comments why not let them run their course? Who is hurt by reading comments that you personally find veering off to a place you do not want them to go. No one is forced to read them. As long as the comments are civil why interpose yourself? That seems to be arrogant.
Which group is more panic-stricken about the Koran burning, the burners or their self-righteous critics?
Islam is not a good religion. It is in fact a heresy.
Also Mohammed is no saint. He is responsible for the killing of far too many innocent people. He did instigate a massive war against Christianity.
Thank the Lord for Charles Martel who turned back the Moslem killing hordes at Tours, in 732; and for Jan Sobieski, the Polish king and military genius, who saved Western Civilization with the victory over the Turks in the 1683 Battle of Vienna.
It is puzzling how a staunch feminist such as Connie can countenance the Moslems and the Koran with its denigration of women. I guess it is one of the many internal contradictions that drive rational people to the truth, but fail to drive feminists out of their envy and spitefulness of white males.
Truth be told you would rather live in a Christian nation that allowed a self promoting preacher to stupidly burn the Koran than in a nation glorifying the Koran.
"Nobody is trusted anymore. Not you. Not me. Not that baby in the pretty pink stroller."
This echoes the findings of Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government professor Robert D. Putnam. He explains in his book Bowling Alone that the more multiculturalism and the more diversity you have in a society the less trust, cooperation, and care people will give to one another.
The truth is that America does not belong in the Middle East. And by the same token Muslims do not belong in America.
As we learn in Journalism 101 to understand what the article is about we must answer the question: What is the author selling?
Articles and editorials are advertisements for products. In this case the product being sold is anti-Christianity. If you approach the Associated Press ad entitled Egypt's Copt Christians finding it more difficult to question Church's authority with the naive expectation that it is a compilation of facts you will be befuddled.
You are probably saying to yourself: So a man killed his wife, it happens everyday everywhere. Sometimes a wife kills her husband. Does that mean we should kill a religion?
In the standard counter culture propaganda piece the tactic is to cite a horrible crime and then quickly infer that that is a major problem within the culture or a group. The advertisement will never present the other side; never present the benefits of the idea or practice it is attacking.
To see how unfair and silly it is to give an example a man killing his wife and then concluding that that is a problem of a group of people imagine an A P ad entitled Gays finding it more difficult to question Gay marriage's authority, followed by a story of a gay man killing his newly married partner.
Would the AP and our Plain Dealer then go on to quote dissatisfied gays opposed to gay marriage? Not in a million years.
This practice of finding a single misdeed or injustice and then inferring from that single incident that the entire culture must be changed is the standard leftwing propaganda tactic.
As we learn in Journalism 101the AP and the Plain Dealer could just as easily printed an article about a number of happy Copt Christians families that thrive because divorce is not allowed. But that didn't happen. Why?
Here is something to consider: Leftwingers never, repeat never have anything good to say when a vicious killer is executed. But they always pat themselves on the back when a man who may or may not be a vicious killer getsas if out of the death penalty.
It is they a glad when a killer excapes justice.
How about an example of what you say. After all you can make that statement about any one or any group. It really is fatuous.
At this point, the only effective way to satire President Obama, Barney Frank, Hillary, Bill, Martin Luther King Jr., FDR, or Alex Baldwin is to repeat their statements verbatim, perhaps with a raised eyebrow or in a funny voice.
There is no doubt that racism is great problem world wide. It is everywhere that different races occupy the same territory.
One race wants to rule and does not want another race to have power over them. The World Council of Churches is like every anti-racist organization. It sees racism as bad but cannot emotionally accept the logical conclusion that racism is natural to mankind.
The only way to prevent racism from turning violent is to rule with an iron fist as in the Soviet Union, or to allow people to live where they want to with their own race and away from other rival races.
Rather than see the problems of racism solved by voluntary association, anti-racists organization such as World Council of Churches escalate the problem with their non-solution of forcing different races to mix and then punishing any one attempting to get out of the mixing
The natural hostility between the different races is the hard fact that anti-racists cannot bring themselves to accept, much as some children cannot accept the fact that Santa Clause is not real. In the Puritan tradition the World Council of Churches is trying to remake the world into a perfect world. We know the outcome of the Puritan tradition: witch hunts and branding irons with the letter A.
I think we need to face reality and stop the witch hunt for racists.


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Many people who approach tai chi are interested for the health benefits (the link is to an article in the May 2009 Harvard Women's Health Watch newsletter). The Mayo Clinic also summarizes the evidence about tai chi. Most say more research is a good idea, for example this recent NEJM report on tai chi and fibromyalgia.
The 16 Form
There are many forms, or sets of postures, in tai chi. For example, "The 16 Form" is a creation of my teacher. Here is a list of the 16 postures, with and here is a list with little pictures to help you visualize each posture.
The 24 Form
If you travel around the world you will most likely see the standard (sometimes called simplified) Tai Chi 24 form. Here is a list of the 24 postures. Courtesy of Michael P. Garofalo, here is a detailed description of the 24 form, along with figure drawings for each posture.
· Maku should be watched by all beginners. Try to look like this. He teaches in the Los Angeles area. Here is another of his videos.
· Here is the form filmed from behind, easier for following along. The front view of the same person is here.
· This gem from Youtube is billed as a world champion—learn a lot by comparing her to the others.
· Here is the form gracefully and athletically performed. (Note: this person is a Cirque du Soleil level athlete, and no one in our class bends that low or kicks that high. But it is something to see.)
· Here is what a group can look like.
The 108 Form
The Yang Family Long Form, often called "the 108," is performed here by Master Xie Bingcan, who teaches in Redmond, WA. Part two is here, and part three is here. For those of you who use the Fu Jhongwen book, noted below, Master Xie has been described as performing the form closest to the way Master Fu did it.
Here is Xia Yu Rong, who teaches in Singapore, doing most of the form, first here, and then here.
The 108 should be learned slow. But one way to test your stability, execution, focus, etc., is to try it fast. Here is an example.
The Yang Family 54 Sword Form
· Here is the guy in the courtyard (Li Guang Qi).
· Here is Master Xie Bingcan, the newer video in front of the garage.
· Here is Peter Tam-Hoy. Imitate any or all of these three and you can't go wrong.
· Here is a list of the 54 postures in the sword form.
Here are "Ten Important Points for Tai Chi." The list is also referred to at the "Ten Essentials." Beginning and advanced students should refer to this often.
The "ten important points" link is excerpted from a very good book: Douglas Wile, compiler and translator, T'ai-chi Touchstones: Yang Family Secret Transmissions (NY: Sweet Ch'i Press, 1983), ISBN = 0-912059-01-x.
Another very good book, with the Ten Essentials, tai chi classics, and detailed descriptions of each posture in the long form, is Fu Zhongwen, Mastering Yang Style Taijiquan, translated by Louis Swaim (Berkeley: Blue Snake Books, 2006), ISBN-13 = 978-1-58394-152-2.
An interesting book is Wolf Lowenthal, There Are No Secrets: Professor Cheng Man-Ch'ing and his Tai Chi Chuan (Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1991), ISBN 1-55643-112-0.
For those who want a DVD to support their learning the Standard Form, the best I have seen is Simplified Tai Chi Chuan With Applications, from Master Liang, Shou-Yu.
People interested in some other tai chi practices are invited to check out the Tai Chi Qigong Wellness Center, in Tacoma. They have a Facebook page, too. For people who want a more intensive class in the standard 24 form, take a look at my evening Monday class. The objective is to have you know the standard form, and many details of Tai Chi movement, over ten weeks. We also offer classes in the Yang style long form. The 'advanced' class also does a Yang style sword form, Bagua, and some push hands, among other things.
And, for those interested, here are links to some amazing and weird tai chi things.
Thank you,
Sid Olufs
last updated April, 2015.
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Andrea Stolowitz, visiting English professor
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Award enables professor to produce, perform her play at a Portland theatre
Visiting English professor Andrea Stolowitz has been awarded $25,000 to commission a script that will be produced and performed at Portland's Artists Repertory Theatre.
The Fowler/Levin Prize will support the writing of Stolowitz' script, with the world premiere scheduled for the 2012-13 season.
Stolowitz says she values the unique opportunity to have the world premiere within only a year of the first written draft.
"This is an extremely quick turn around time and very atypical to life in the American theater, where a play waffles for years — often with only workshops and readings and no productions," Stolowitz says.
Stolowitz' concept was the unanimous choice of the Artist Repertory Theatre. The play will explore the life of a woman Marine who served in Afghanistan and her subsequent re-entry to civilian life, drawing from interviews with veterans and their families.
"I wanted to write about the war through a lens I could learn from and try to understand, that of a woman soldier," Stolowitz says. "[This is] a play for our times about war, friendships, guilt, being human and staying alive."
Entering its 30th year, Artists Repertory Theatre is the longest-running professional theater company in Portland. Artists Rep explores the strengths, frailties and diversity of the human condition primarily through regional premieres, commissioned works and selected classics appropriate to contemporary issues.


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Hello everyone,
My name is Etta Bowen and i have a question for all you artists out there in the world but my question is what do i have to learn on how to be a better artist on how to draw any advice from all of you guys out there i just want to be a better artist so i can add pictures in my sketch book but in it i don't have any drawings what so ever.
sincerely, Etta Bowen
You want to become a better artist, and you want advise on how to draw. You really just need to draw, period - do your best at something, it doesn't really matter what. See how it turns out. Post it, if there is something specific about the drawing process you had a problem with, write down what it was on your post. If you want a critique on the drawing as a whole, you can ask for that too. You can look at some of the material that is on this site to get some very good information on drawing (free downloads). There are many, many books that you can check out on Amazon and Northlight Books if you wish, and you can find DVD's on just about any artistic subject you may wonder about. PBS often has programs that have artists painting and instructing, check out your local station. I wish you well.
I agree with Valerie. I keep repeating this—you learn to draw by drawing. Draw as often as you can. Keep all of your drawings and date them on the back. Over a period of three or four months you will see a great improvement. Remember that drawing should always be fun.
Study the work of artists you admire. As Valerie suggested, pick up a good book on the fundamentals of drawing and use it as a work book.
Much of learning how to draw is learning the basic guidelines, plus improving the coordination between your hand and eye. I have always believed that it is good to draw from photo reference. This is especially true at the beginning stages of learning to draw.
Best of luck—
learn how to shade and blending the shades. It will bring out a lot of realism in the drawing. Worry about adding color later. Work from lightest to darkest. You may have to go over the drawing several times before it starts to look good.
Hi Etta,
It's also very important to draw what you love. If you love flowers,draw flowers. If you love cars, draw cars. Don't draw something just because you think that's what you should be drawing. The key to drawing is learning how to see, and how to translate what you see onto the paper, and you can do that with anything, as long as you can see it! I tell my students to pick something they like and draw it over and over again. The 100th one will definitely be better than the first. Good luck!!
Practice will make you perfect! It is very important to practice Sketching for beginners.You can use tutorials and videos from web. I would suggest you http://www.jerrysartarama.com/art-lessons/free-art-instruction-videos.html for free Online video's for tutorial from Professional artists.
Etta, this is what I teach my students and it really works. Get a sketchbook, and then get an object you would really like to draw. On Monday draw that object as best as you can. On Tuesday draw it again as best as you can. On Wednesday you do the same. Every day you date your drawing. After a week, on the next Monday look at your previous efforts and you will be surprised at the improvement between the first day's drawing and the sixth day's drawing. Carry on doing this, always picking something to draw that you would not mind drawing over and over again for a week. This technique I call the 'trainer wheels'. Soon you will discover that you can take off those wheels and do proper, good, drawings. The message is simple - practise makes perfect!
Learn the Basics, circles, squares etc, then start to shade them (Your light source) while watching TV, draw the TV, your Chair and so on, go out side and start to draw tree's, animals but learn the basics (2D- perspective)
Hi Etta,I agree with everyone - if you would like to draw, draw everything! There is no substitute for practice and experience. One particular exercise I always suggest is to draw a sphere. It teaches you much of what you need to know to eventually draw the figure and portrait (for example, how light falls on form, how to draw a gradation, using value and line, and much more). You can find a step-by-step tutorial here: http://www.thedrawingsource.com/sphere-drawing.htmlHave a wonderful time drawing!
www.thedrawingsource.com - Online Drawing Tutorials, Exercises and Lectures
Etta, everyone is right about practice. That is how you learn. But also I will tell you of a site that you can go to, too even learn more about drawing. Go to www.paintbasket.com I know what it is like when you want help. this is why I am sharing it with you.
They have free videos you can watch, or they have an online drawing course. Plus they help you where you need help. there is a great forum there where everyone gives you input on your work. Check it. happy drawing.
As everyone has already stated, practice practice practice. It really does help. Find something you're passionate about, something you know inside and out, draw that. Find something random, draw that. Anything and everything, just draw it. One technique i always used as well, was to draw a grid on a reference picture, then draw a light grid on your paper, and then try to match all the lines up inside the grids. A lot of starting artist have used this technique, and a lot of artist even use this technique even after they get better. But yeah, practice really does help. It gets your hand and brain used to using certain shapes etc.
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"Imagine a world in which identity is a question you ask of yourself. The world of Jen Currin's most recent collection is such an inquisition. It is not in a state of 'being,' as was the twentieth-century world, but of reading and of being read. The Inquisition Yours is two worlds, splitting, always, into more. It is the world 'you' asks of 'itself' and the world in which it answers by assigning readings to take the place of texts, objects, selves and moments. It is a world full of delight and brilliant imagery." Arc Poetry Magazine
"This is poetry about the numinous, the subtle and slightly esoteric ways of getting through days." New Pages
"Currin creates alternative communities, whole neighbourhoods, 'in the streets of this or that thought' to connect political action against continual contemporary atrocities, with the potential that 'You might move. You might move /someone.'" The Georgia Straight
"In essence, the poems are meant to disrupt our sense of reality, but the novelty of strangeness alone isn't what gives Currin's work its power. Her images are most memorable when they are emotionally evocative, as when she writes of leaving childhood behind: 'Your shoes get too tight, / you forget, and the truth / as we know it / is worn away.' Those lines are vivid and poignantly true to life.'" Toronto Star
"Some poets make beautiful, playful poems that remain coy and mysterious after reading and rereading. Jen Currin is of that kind." Broken Pencil
"Her best poems read like dreams, full of pieces of ordinary life that have been transformed into mysterious messages." Gloss Magazine
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SUWANEE — Due to stormy weather, some students traveling on school buses this afternoon might have been slightly delayed arriving home, according to a spokesman with Gwinnett County Public Schools.
"Parents should be aware that some of our school buses might be running late as school bus drivers are taking extra precaution transporting students home this afternoon," said Jorge Quintana, a spokesman for GCPS.
As of late afternoon, after-school activities were still scheduled.
Activities Wednesday at Anderson-Livsey and Puckett's Mill elementary schools, however, were cancelled.
Parents with questions about the status of their activities should check their local school's web site.
They can be found at www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us.
Earlier Wednesday, the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch over much of the area, which is in effect until 8 p.m.
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- OTD, Occupational Therapy, University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (2005)
- MHS, Occupational Therapy, Medical University of South Carolina (1996)
- Dip COT, Occupational Therapy, Salford College of Technology (1977)
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- Clinical Anatomy and Splinting of the Upper Extremity Elective
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- Laptop/Notebook Computer Ergonomics and Education
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- Bowman, P.J., Ergonomics and Prevention of Work Related Injuries, Occupational Therapy in Community-Based Practice Settings 3rd edition (ed Marjorie Scaffa & Maggie Reitz) FA Davis. (Book chapter)
- Bowman, P.J., (2009, May). Ergonomics, work assessment and and work hardening for occupational therapists, selected paper, (3 hour workshop), American association of occupational therapists national conference, Houston, TX.
- Bowman, P.J., (2007). Recruitment issues and potential solutions to increase rehabilitation science applications. Journal of Allied Health. 36(3), e221-243.
- Bowman, P.J., Carson, N., & Burik, J.K. (2005, May) Community as classroom: Integrating occupation-based community learning experiences into the curriculum. American Occupational Therapy Association annual conference. Long Beach, CA.
- Burik, J.K., & Bowman, P.J., (2004) Managing Age Related Change; Resources for Intervention, continuing education module for practitioners in the rehabilitation professions. [On-line].
- Bowman, P.J., Chiapetta, A., Mitchell, A., Johnson, L., & Belusko, E. (2003).The effect of an absent or anomalous flexor digitorum superficialis of the small finger on grip strength. Journal of Hand Therapy,16, 245-248.
- Bowman, P. J., & Burik, J. K. (2002). Environmental safety and assessment continuing education module for practitioners in the rehabilitation professions. [On-line].
- HRSA/BHP Federal. Community Connections: Partners for Learning and Service. PI: Mitcham, M. D., Participating Faculty: H. H. Wise, E. B. Ricciardone, L. Hays, P. J. Bowman, J. K. Burik, M. L. Woodbury, S. S. Brotherton & L. K. Saladin. (7/1/2002-6/30/2005, Total: $368,906.00), Current Year Amount: $122,642.00.
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- found: His The making of Meanander's comedy, 1980: t.p. (Sander M. Goldberg) jkt. (prof., Dept. of Classics, U. of Calif., Berkeley)
- found: His Understanding Terence, c1986: CIP t.p. (Sander M. Goldberg) data sheet (b. 9-24-48)
- found: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, via VIAF, 19 May 2014 (Goldberg, Sander Michael; born 1948)
- found: Bibliothèque nationale de France, via VIAF, 19 May 2014 (Goldberg, Sander M.; born 24 September 1948; professor of classical literature at UCLA (as of 1986))
- found: UCLA, via WWW, 19 September 2014 (Sander Goldberg; professor emeritus, UCLA Department of Classics)
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Danny Green said he'd be difficult to beat if he just played his game in the Tennessee Senior Amateur golf tournament.
As it turned out, he didn't play his game in the final round until late, but it still was good enough to win.
Green overcame a two-stroke deficit over the final four holes and earned his 11th state championship with a routine par on the final hole Friday at Blackthorn Club when Tim Dinwiddie made a bogey after hooking his tee shot into a fairway bunker.
"I know if I played my game all week I would be hard to beat," said Green, a Jackson native who closed with a 73 and finished four under par for 54 holes. "I didn't play that well but I got lucky and pulled it out.
"I just turned 55 and this will rejuvenate me a little bit to try to win a few more. It's not exciting as it used to be. But this is why we come. It's a long drive and I came to win."
Dinwiddie and Green began the day tied for the lead at five under par and after both players struggled on the front nine, Dinwiddie pulled two ahead with birdies at the 13th and 14th holes.
That's when Green showed his championship pedigree. The 10-time Tennessee amateur player of the year made a seven-foot birdie putt at the 15th hole to move within one stroke. He then chipped in for another birdie at the par-3 16th, using a 4-wood from just off the green.
"I was probably gonna use my putter on that shot, but he putted from the front of the green real close so I knew he would make a par," Green said. "I just said use the shot you know you can make it with. I thought I had a chance to make it with my 4-wood. It come out good and had the right line. It got me even and gave me a chance to win."
Green's back-to-back birdies didn't shock Dinwiddie.
"You have to expect a guy of that caliber to make them," said Dinwiddie, who lives in Afton. "You have to think he's gonna make birdies."
That left the two golfers who were tied for the lead after the first and second rounds still knotted up with two holes to play. Routine pars on the 17th left them even standing on the 18th tee.
Green's tee shot found the fairway while Dinwiddie hooked a 3-wood toward a set of deep bunkers.
"Anywhere but there," he said.
Dinwiddie fluffed his shot out of the soft sand, leaving him a long pitch to the green which he managed to get within 15 feet.
Green found the green and eased his 25-foot birdie putt near the hole, forcing Dinwiddie to make his par putt to force a playoff. When the ball slid just by the hole for a 74 and a three-under-par total, Green was the champion.
"I was running out of holes, but I read something in a book one time and it said when you've got four holes to go, that's really eight holes to go because I get to play four and the other guy's got to play four," Green said. "He hadn't hit many bad shots all week, but when you're under pressure and you've never won a state championship, it shows itself some."
Dinwiddie was disappointed when it was over, but he said he still enjoyed the heat of the competition.
"That's why you play, to get into contention," he said. "Once you get there, it's fun."
Buzz Fly of Memphis finished third at one under. He was tied with Green at two under with four holes to go.
Chuckey's Mike Freels finished fourth after a closing 67 got him back to even par. He made 14 birdies in the tournament, second to Green's 15, after not making any in a first-round 78.
Kingsport's Bill Argabrite finished fifth at three over par after a final-round 75.
Ronnie Law won the super seniors division with a two-over-par total. He came into the final round with a five-shot lead over runner-up Mike Nixon but was up by only one on the final hole.
Law made birdie at 18 to win by two, shooting a last-round 77.


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No panic for Eagles after first MEAC loss
N.C. Central losing for the first time this season in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference perhaps is one of those things that means more to fans than those closest to the situation.
NCCU coach LeVelle Moton's tone on Saturday was even-keeled after Savannah State came up with a 44-36 solution for the Eagles' riddle that has puzzled other teams in the league.
Savannah State didn't do anything in particular to become the first MEAC team this go around to figure out NCCU, Moton said.
"We just couldn't make a shot," Moton said. "I mean, Jay Copeland missed five layups. Ray (Willis) was 0 for 6 in the first half -- clean, pretty looks. We just couldn't make a shot. It happens that way sometimes."
NCCU (17-8, 10-1 MEAC) stays on the road with a visit to S.C. State tonight (7:30 p.m., nccueaglepride.com).
While the Eagles' winning streak came to an end after 11 straight victories, they remain in second place in the MEAC, with Savannah State (15-10, 9-2) right behind them.
Norfolk State (16-10, 11-0) is the only MEAC team that hasn't lost in the league.
NCCU won't play Norfolk State during the regular season but could have to deal with the Spartans in the MEAC tournament.
On Saturday, Jeremy Ingram (15 points) was the only Eagle in double figures, while the Tigers got a team-high 12 points off the bench from Devon Williams.
Savannah State's starting lineup produced just 15 points, yet the problem for NCCU was that the Eagles weren't hitting on much, either.
"They made the significant plays down the stretch, and we didn't," Moton said. "We weren't tough enough. It's that simple, and that's on me. I have to make sure these guys are tougher.
"We're still fighting for respect in this league."
NCCU wasn't strong with the ball, either. The Eagles turned it over 19 times -- way too careless, Moton said.
"We've just got to value the basketball," Moton said.
For the second straight game, NCCU had three starters in early foul trouble, including junior Stanton Kidd, who picked up his second foul with 12:41 left in the first half.
"We're not getting the same whistles every game, and we can't control what the referees do," Moton said. "They're here to call the game. They're human. They make mistakes, but we have to learn to play through that instead of getting frustrated.
"I just have to do a better job of keeping them in the game, especially Stanton Kidd. I think he got two early ones and it kind of just took him out."
Kidd picked up one more foul the rest the night, finishing with five points after entering the game averaging 14.7.
That said, it didn't appear that Moton, a self-proclaimed perfectionist, would lose any sleep over the loss.
"We're going to chew on it," Moton said. "We're going to own this loss. Certainly, it wasn't our best effort. It certainly wasn't our best effort as a coaching staff, and this game starts with me. I've just got to have these guys ready, and that's the challenge."
Savannah State's fans were loud and energized, and NCCU has to be able to handle that sort of hostility, Moton said.
"South Carolina State is going to do the same thing, and then we've got another big challenge with A&T," Moton said.
N.C. A&T, NCCU's main nemesis, comes to Durham on Saturday to renew the rivalry.
"It's going to be a dogfight, man," Moton said.


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US residents who purchase this tablet are entitled to additional software from Wacom. You can download Nik Color Efex Pro WE6 and Wacom Brushes 3.0, both of which require Photoshop or Photoshop Elements to function. You are also entitled to your choice of two out of the following three options: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac & Windows, Autodesk SketchBook Express 2010, and Corel Painter Sketch Pad. This allows you to choose the software that best suits your needs. All software is accessed via download from Wacom's web site.
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BC U23s capture Tier Two title, Sr Women and U20s finish third
Published Sunday, July 3, 2011 5:00 am
by Andrew Smith, BC Rugby Communications
Vancouver, BC: For the first time in the history of the Rugby Canada National Women's League (NWL) Finals, Alberta are Tier One champions after an impressive 27-17 win over Ontario.
In their first year of entering the NWL tournament, British Columbia's Under-23 provincial team are Tier Two champions after wrapping up their 2011 campaign with an 84-0 victory over New Brunswick.
Ontario clinched the Under-20 division with a narrow 17-15 victory over tournament hosts British Columbia on the final day of competition.
Tier One - Senior Women's Finals
National Final: Alberta 27, Ontario 17
For the first time in the history of the National Women's League Finals (restructured in 2007), Alberta are Tier One champions after an impressive 27-17 win over Ontario.
After dispatching the defending champs British Columbia in the semifinals by a score of 17-16, Alberta carried their momentum into the championship game and are now the first team other than BC or Ontario to be crowned national champs.
Alberta came out firing in Sunday's gold medal final and led 12-0 at the half through a pair of tries from Maria Jaworski and Danielle Rowlands. Their captain Ashley Patzer tacked on the conversion.
In the second frame, Ontario found their footing and replied with at try through centre Brittany Benn.
The tenacious Albertan offence could not be silenced however, with Jaworski and Ashely MacDonald going over for further tries and a conversion coming courtesy of Patzer.
Ontario didn't go down with out a fight, and replied with two tries of their own. Benn again managed to solve the Albertan defence to narrow the lead. Minutes later, a grubber kick found its way bouncing into Alberta's try zone, and Ontario's Misha Maric won a footrace against two defenders to touch down for the score. Cheryl Philips converted for Ontario to narrow the gap 24-17.
With the final minutes winding down, Ontario conceded a penalty in front of the sticks and Patzer stepped up to slot home a penalty for the 27-17 win.
The victory was a long time coming for Patzer, a player that has been part of Alberta's struggle to qualify for the national championship in recent years. Alberta's success can be attributed to their preparations and development over the last few years, Patzer said after the win.
"A lot of it came from team cohesion," Patzer said before adding, "We haven't come together as a team like this before."
When asked about any standouts on the squad, Patzer immediately mentioned the strong ball running and defence of national team back rower Jen Kish. "Kish is phenomenal," Patzer said. "She's playing well. She just really led the way with her steps and getting past the line and we really looked towards her a lot."
The National Women's League Tier One Final is an annual competition featuring the highest level of domestic women's rugby in Canada. From 2007-2010, only BC and Ontario had made the finals with BC winning three of the four past championships.
Consolation Final: British Columbia 41, Quebec 20
NWL tournament hosts BC wrapped up third place in the Tier One competition with a solid 41-20 victory over Quebec in the consolation final on Sunday.
BC centre Andrea Burk led the squad in offence, kicking four conversions and a penalty for a total of 11 points. Kimberly Donaldson recorded a brace of tries and other BC scores were tallied by Jessica Dovanne, Marlene Donaldson, Captain Brittany Waters and Corinne Jacobsen.
Elissa Alaire led Quebec offensively, notching two tries. Justine Brassard crossed over to touch down with full back Magali Harvey notching a penalty and conversion.
Tier Two - Round Robin
British Columbia-U23 87, New Brunswick 0
The British Columbia Under-23 provincial team captured the Tier Two National Women's League championship after a convincing 87-0 victory over New Brunswick on Sunday morning. BC went 3-0 during the competition having previously defeated Ontario's U23 team 49-12 and Saskatchewan by a score of 34-10.
BC's kicking prop Randi Hunter was again at the forefront of their attack producing a game-high 22 points against New Brunswick through two tries and six conversions. Kayla Moleschi recorded her second hat trick of tries, having notched three in BC's opener against Ontario. Tries were also recorded by BC Captain Jesse Olynyk, Abby Goodwin, Christie Auzins, Erin Grant, Sara Byers, Melissa Leblanc and Megan Banford.
"We're strong in the forward pack and in our backs. We hit the gaps and did a lot of off-loading and it worked to our advantage," said Hunter after the game. "We worked really hard throughout the last few months to get here and we've just proved that we are the better team and we played our hearts out," she added.
"We knew going into [the tournament] that this was the year that we could get some of the best players at this age group together. It was quite a dream team for BC," said BC captain Olynyk. "We knew going into that our forwards were going to dominate. What I was really impressed with was how are backs came together. Some girls out there, this was their first time playing representative rugby and they really came and showed us what they had"
Saskatchewan 41, Ontario-U23 10
Saskatchewan's senior women's provincial team produced a 41-10 victory in their final match of the NWL tournament to down Ontario's U23 team. The six try performance saw Saskatchewan finish second in the tier two championship.
Laruen Whyte did the bulk of the damage for Saskatchewan, recording a trio of tries with singles coming from Carey Wallace, Julie Paetsch and Gillian Allen. Jenn Skilnick notched four conversions and a penalty to wrap up the day with 11 points.
Ontario's tries were scored by Tiera Thomas-Reynolds and Louise Chen.
Under-20 - Round Robin
Ontario 17, British Columbia 15
The Ontario Junior Storm captured the National Women's League Under-20 title on Sunday with a narrow 17-15 victory over hosts British Columbia. After fending off a series of BC attacks in the final minutes, Ontario's Claragh Pegg crossed over in the 75th minute to touch down for the game winning try.
BC had led at the half with tries from Paniz Phalavanlu, Demi Stamatakis and Cassy Stevens but were unable to capitalize on their momentum in the second half. Ontario's two other tries were scored by Maggie Cogger-Orr and Zoe Smith. Smith's conversion proved to be the difference with Ontario edging their arch rivals by a devastating two points.
Ontario had gone 3-0 in the tournament having previously defeated Alberta 23-17 and downing Manitoba 54-0 earlier in the week. Ontario finished on top of the round-robin competition with 14 points, with Alberta close behind with 10. The hosts BC finished in third place with seven potions, while Manitoba finished in fourth having registered no points during the 2011 competition.
Alberta 75, Manitoba 0
An impressive 13-try performance saw Alberta's U20 team wrap up their 2011 campaign with a 75-0 win over Manitoba and a 2-1 record overall placing them second in their pool.
Cassandra Orr and Rebecca Fairbarn each crossed over four times combining for 40 points. Jillian Ankutowicz and Brittany Jones each recorded two tries and Logan Kennedy crossed over once. Fairbarn converted five tries to finish the day with 30 points to her credit.
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By: Eddie Garcia, KOB Eyewitness News 4
The city of Albuquerque is giving the homeless living in the bosque until Friday morning before crews start clearing them out and possibly make arrests.
The city says it's necessary to keep the bosque safe, especially approaching fire season.
KOB Eyewitness News 4 went out along the bosque and spoke with people who hope the city approaches the homeless the right way.
The weather's finally nice enough for Mary Trujillo and family to get out and ride along the bosque.
They know many homeless people live in settlements a stone's throw away; hidden behind a wall of trees and shrubs.
"I feel safe, I don't know that I would come alone," said Trujillo.
Others like Cheryl Kabella rely on pets for security - just in case.
"Walking out there and seeing a few tents that I did see, it did raise some concern," she said.
"Why is that?" KOB 4 asked.
"I'm afraid they might jump me, hurt me," Kabella explained. "Homeless people, some of them are sick and mentally ill."
First thing Friday morning the city is sending crews to find these villages and shut them down.
They got a head start Wednesday and arrested a man found living in the bosque near Central.
It's a thought that is unsettling to Kabella.
"I wouldn't want them to be arrested, maybe warn them that they need to leave," said Kabella.
"How are they going to treat them? As far as where are they going to put them, some people don't have anywhere to go," Trujillo added.
Trujillo says it's a sad problem, but these are people.
She hopes the city can use the opportunity to offer kindness, and maybe help.
"If they can accommodate them, they should," said Trujillo.
Police said there will most likely be more arrests.
They will also refer the homeless to shelters, so they can get some help.


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Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. -- How the Working Poor Became Big Businessby Gary Rivlin
"The poor we may always have with us, but must they always get a raw deal? That's the question award-winning journalist Gary Rivlin poses in Broke, USA. "Poverty, Inc." is the somewhat loaded term he uses to describe financial services firms that cater to the working poor — people in American households making up to about $30,000 a year.... Rivlin reports scrupulously on both sides of the fight over the ethics of payday lending and other financial services for the poor. Ultimately, however, he concludes that the poor are being exploited... But exploited compared to what?... Rivlin might say we were exploited — but it beat the hell out of the alternative." Jeremy Lott, The Wilson Quarterly (Read the entire Wilson Quarterly review)
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For most people, the Great Crash of 2008 has meant troubling times. Not so for those in the flourishing poverty industry, for whom the economic woes spell an opportunity to expand and grow. These mercenary entrepreneurs have taken advantage of an era of deregulation to devise high-priced products to sell to the credit-hungry working poor, including the instant tax refund and the payday loan. In the process they've created an industry larger than the casino business and have proved that pawnbrokers and check cashers, if they dream big enough, can grow very rich off those with thin wallets.
Broke, USA is Gary Rivlin's riveting report from the economic fringes. From the annual meeting of the national check cashers association in Las Vegas to a tour of the foreclosure-riddled neighborhoods of Dayton, Ohio, here is a subprime Fast Food Nation featuring an unforgettable cast of characters and memorable scenes.
Rivlin profiles players like a former small-town Tennessee debt collector whose business offering cash advances to the working poor has earned him a net worth in the hundreds of millions, and legendary Wall Street dealmaker Sandy Weill, who rode a subprime loan business into control of the nation's largest bank. Rivlin parallels their stories with the tale of those committed souls fighting back against the major corporations, chain franchises, and newly hatched enterprises that fleece the country's hardworking waitresses, warehouse workers, and mall clerks.
Timely, shocking, and powerful, Broke, USA offers a much-needed look at why our country is in a financial mess and gives a voice to the millions of ordinary Americans left devastated in the wake of the economic collapse.
"[An] incisive, important new expose, Broke, USA...is enraging, but Rivlin's work also is scrupulously fair....[W]hat makes Broke, USA so readable is Rivlin's skill at telling a complex story through engaging characters." Cleveland Plain Dealer
"[A] fascinating book." Fortune
"To understand American finance, you need to understand Ace Cash Express as much as you need to understand Goldman Sachs. Which is why Gary Rivlin's Broke, USA is a necessary companion." Washington Post
"Mr. Rivlin brings to his subject a genuine gift for storytelling." Wall Street Journal
"A fascinating and very important work of investigation and explanation, which I hope gets the wide attention it deserves....This is a book with the potential to stimulate outrage — and political reform." Atlantic
"Broke USA will leave you mad as hell. Thanks, Gary Rivlin, for introducing us to folks like Bill Brennan, who early on saw it coming: the predatory lending that has destroyed communities. If only we had listened." Alex Kotlowitz, author of There Are No Children Here
"Rivlin strives to portray the people behind Poverty Inc. in a fair light...but his sympathy and the reader's steadily evaporate with his well-chosen tales of the industry's coercive tactics and its leaders' astonishing wealth....Rivlin is the consummate tour guide, quick with a memorable anecdote or telling statistic." New York Times Book Review
"In Broke, USA, Rivlin lays out this depressing story in rich detail....[H]is riveting look at the calamitous effects on America demands attention." Charlotte News and Observer
"This thorough and thoughtful piece of reporting has much to teach us about the challenges the U.S. faces today, especially when it comes to improving financial literacy. It should be required reading for legislators and lenders across the land." Bloomberg News
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"Poverty, Inc." is journalist Rivlin's name for the commercial complex of payday loan operations, subprime lenders, check cashing outlets, pawnbrokers, and the like that have grown into big business in the United States over the past two decades, generating immense profits in the process of fleecing and often defrauding the working poor. Rivlin takes the reader on a tour of the recent history and current landscape of Poverty, Inc., profiling both winners and losers, as well as describing the efforts of various organizations and activists to put a halt to some of the industry's more egregious practices. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A veteran New York Times reporter chronicles and dissects the voracious, often predatory poverty business that has flourished over the past two decades — at enormous cost to our economy, our society, and our democratic institutions.
From the author of the New York Times Notable Book of the Year Drive By comes a unique and riveting exploration of one of Americas largest and fastest-growing industries—the business of poverty. Broke, USA is a Fast Food Nation for the "poverty industry" that will also appeal to readers of Barbara Ehrenreich (Nickel and Dimed) and David Shipler (The Working Poor).
About the Author
Gary Rivlin is the award-winning author of Fire on the Prairie; Drive By (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year); and The Plot to Get Bill Gates. A two-time Gerald Loeb Award winner, he has worked as a writer and reporter for the New York Times, Industry Standard, East Bay Express, and the Chicago Reader, and his articles have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, GQ, Salon, Newsweek, and Wired, among other publications.
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