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Martin Chuzzlewit, (Chapter V), page 33. 10.7 cm x 13.8 cm. Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham. [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL.](1870s) Illustration by Fred Barnard for Dickens's
[The "jolly" and ever-optimistic Mark Tapley, ostler at the Blue Dragon, makes his initial appearance in the novel; he will become a "Sam Weller"-type of companion to the less worldly, middle-class protagonist.]
Thirty years earlier in the original serial publication, in Phiz's fifth monthly illustration, "Pinch starts homeward with the new pupil," twenty-five-year-old Mark Tapley, the hostler at the Blue Dragon in the little Wiltshire village that serves as the novel's initial setting, is largely hidden from the reader's view by Pecksniff's broken-down nag; Phiz has even obscured Mark's perpetually merry physiognomy under a non-textual fur hat, with the result that reader-viewers in the original monthly instalment did not properly see the illustrated Mark begin his progress until the sixth illustration (March 1843).
Having read the entire text in advance and therefore having realized the importance of the jovial Mark to the subsequent narrative, Fred Barnard divides the focus of the composition between a full-length study of Mark Tapley, blocking our view of Pecksniff's horse (not nearly the nag of Dickens's description or Phiz's plate), and a representation of a substantial gig, surmounted by another significant though secondary character, Tom Pinch, not previously introduced in Barnard's sequence.
Whereas Phiz has realised a moment later in Chapter 5 in order to introduce young Martin, Barnard has chosen to depict the initial appearance of the Dickensian Sancho Panza in a rustic setting. Prominent here are Mark's neck-cloth, its long ends giving his figure a dashing quality, and the winter berries and greenery in his buttonhole, imbuing him with the life-force of a woodland deity or the spirit of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol (1843). The slouchy-brimmed hat and riding pants (not specified by the authorial voice) contribute to an overall impression of the whimsical character's jauntiness.
The mutual destination of Tom and Mark, Salisbury, Barnard indicates by the cathedral spire (centre) rising in the distance between the two. Twice Dickens employs the adjective "spruce" to characterize Mark, whose social status and character are signified in the illustration by the contrast in his attire and Tom's. The architectural apprentice's posture implies both curiosity and deference, whereas Mark's easy swagger betokens a thorough self-confidence. Barnard has substituted the soft had with dented crown and uneven brim for Phiz's beaver (from the March 1843 plate "Mark begins to be jolly under creditable circumstances") as an assertion of his working-class origins. Except for the breeches with top-pockets, conveying a certain horsiness suitable to the hostler of the Blue Dragon, the remainder of Mark's attire is consistent with Phiz's illustrations and Dickens's descriptions. Despite his Kentish origin and London background, Barnard's Mark looks a thorough countryman.
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, with 59 illustrations by Fred Barnard. Household Edition. London: Chapman and Hall, 1871-1880. The copy of the Household Edition from which this picture was scanned was the gift of George Gorniak, Editor of The Dickens Magazine, whose subject for the fifth series, beginning in January 2008, was this novel.
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College Hockey:Men's D-III wrap: Nov. 5
Historic Win
Oswego earned the 800th win in program history in convincing fashion on Saturday, rolling to a 10-1 win over Geneseo in a SUNYAC game. The Lakers improved to 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the conference as 10 players scored.
Oswego has been playing hockey for 47 years at the NCAA level and owns a record of 800-435-51.
The Lakers were 3-of-6 on power-play opportunities, and Andrew Hare came up big in goal as he racked up 26 saves. Oswego has allowed a total of five goals in its first four games.
Stunning Victory
Gustavus came through with the first huge upset of the year, knocking off top-ranked St. Norbert, 2-1, on Saturday.
The Golden Gusties were anchored by the stellar goaltending play of Patrick Sullivan, who faced 40 shots and tallied 39 saves in his first start of the season. Gustavus improved to 3-1 overall while St. Norbert fell to 4-1.
Zach May and Ryan Johnson scored the goals for Gustavus, which managed only 19 shots. It marked the second consecutive game in which St. Norbert allowed two goals in a game after opening with three consecutive shutouts.
Working Overtime
Three of the Saturday games in the ECAC East went into overtime. Babson and New England College played to a 3-3 tie, New England got by Castleton, 3-2, and St. Anselm edged Massachusetts-Boston, 5-4. St. Anselm scored three power-play goals in the victory, including one by Tim King in OT. It was King's second goal of the game. He also tallied one assist in the win. The fact that the Hawks were able to survive a close call is perhaps an indication that they are ready to live up to the hype of once again being the favorites in the Northeast-10.
Bulldogs Roll
Adrian is off to a 2-0 start after taking down Northland in a pair of games over the weekend. The highlight of the weekend was a 12-1 win over the Lumberjacks on Saturday, as the Bulldogs scored 10 or more goals in a game for the first time since November 2011. It's the 18th time in program history that Adrian has hit the double-digit goal mark.
Shelby Gray paved the way in the win on Saturday, coming through with his first career hat trick. He also dished out one assist on a night when he scored a goal in each period. The Bulldogs beat Northland, 7-2, in the series opener, and now have their sights set on a showdown with rival Milwaukee School of Engineering this coming weekend. MSOE ended Adrian's run of four consecutive MCHA Harris Cups last season.
Hot Start
Wisconsin-Eau Claire rolled to its fourth consecutive victory and is unbeaten through four games for the first time since 2008 after knocking off Bethel 3-2 on the road on Saturday.
The Blugolds took 40 shots in the game and got the game-winning goal when Jordan Singer punched the puck into the net in the second period to break a 2-2 tie. Singer also came through with an assist, and Alex Bjerk racked up 22 saves as the Blugolds maintained their perfect record.
In other SUNYAC action, freshman Chris Bennett scored his first career goal for Fredonia State in thrilling fashion as the Blue Devils knocked off Morrisville State 2-1 in overtime on Saturday. Bennett had his first shot attempt denied, but battled for a second shot and got the puck to go into the net to give Fredonia the OT win. The Blue Devils pushed their record to 3-2 overall and to 2-1 in the conference. Freshman Taylor Bourne also scored his first career goal for the Blue Devils.
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How to write without vowels and still be understd
Over at Abnrmal Intersts, Duane, who is probably smarter than me, because he can look at chicken scratches on ancient clay tablets and come up with stories about people with unpronounceable names, has an informative post on ancient Ugaritic written without vowels.
I have noticed that the letter-writers of the 19th century frequently shortened English words by omitting certain vowels and even consonants. For example, here is a sentence from a letter by Charles Darwin to Joseph D. Hooker1:
Secondly will you tell me, at a guess, how long an immersion in sea-water you shd. imagine wd. kill the more susceptible seeds?
Another sentence from another letter from Darwin to Hooker:
But I shd. like to hear whether you are prepared on reflexion to uphold this doctrine of the commonest being least widely disseminated on outlying islds.
Here are some examples from across the Atlantic. In 1817, the American naturalist Thomas Say wrote to his friend John F. Melsheimer2:
...the last set which has been recd from England was imported by a friend of mine...
With the highest respect
I remain your most Obdt Servt
Thomas Say
And this is from another letter from Say to Melsheimer:
Philada April 26th 1823
My dear Sir!
I duly received yr excellent letter & more recently the valuable box of insects...
Interestingly, the practice of omitting the vowels appears to be common to several Middle Eastern languages, including the Ugaritic and Egyptian Hieroglyphics as well as the modern Hebrew and Arabic. I wonder if this practice started in conjunction with the invention of what seems to me labor intensive cuneiform writing. I suppose writing on soft clay wouldn't be too difficult, but what about carving a long text on solid rock? Imagine yourself being forced to carve into hard rock some Hammurabi guy's bright ideas while sitting in the blazing sun with dust in your mouth and rock chips in your eyes. Wouldn't you be thinking hard to figure out a way to lessen your suffering? Obviously, the more letters a scribe could have omitted without becoming totally unintelligible the more time and energy he would have saved.
1. Burkhardt, F. (editor) 1996. Charles Darwin's Letters. A Selection 1825-1859. Cambridge University Press.
2. Weiss, H.B. & Ziegler, G.M. 1931. Thomas Say: early American naturalist. Charles C. Thomas.


text: CHICAGO — "What type of equipment do I need to purchase in order to stay competitive?" It's the question that operators face on a consistent basis. Deciding how to pay for everything can also be a challenging question. A little financial information can be helpful.Todd M. Rice is manager of financial services for Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, manufacturer of commercial laundry equipment. Rice manages a securitized Laundromat equipment loan portfolio for the company.Rice recently addressed a host of financial-related questions.Q: When an operator plans to purchase some equipment, what questions need to be addressed?Rice: The only question that profitable operators should be asking is: "Will this new equipment increase my turns-per-day as compared to the equipment that it is replacing?" If the answer is "yes," the operator should buy that equipment. Even if the increase in turns-per-day is a quarter turn per day compared to the old equipment, the answer should still be "yes." The reason is that this increase in turns will be magnified in determining the value of the operator's business.When buying new equipment — the revenue driver of the business — operators need to focus on increasing the value of their laundries, as that is where the long-term payoff lies. All too often, I speak with laundry owners and their primary concerns turn to price or interest rates. These should not be the overriding factors as they have nothing to do with how your laundry is valued.Laundromats are valued on multiple(s) of EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) or earnings before debt service. Debt is eliminated in valuing your business. Therefore, using leverage (or debt) to drive up EBITDA can pay off for the profitable operator. Not only do you get a new marketable product to go against the competition, but you improve the value of your store exclusive of the cost. Distributors know this and have done an excellent job of providing quality financing opportunities. This allows the owner to affordably drive up profitability and the value of their business.Q: When looking at payment options (cash, leasing, financing), which one is the most prevalent in the coin laundry industry?Rice: In my opinion, the Laundromat owner has chosen financing as the primary payment option. It has consistently provided the owner with the most flexibility in terms of repaying the loan, refinancing the loan and providing the owner with tax advantages associated with deductions for interest and depreciation.Q: Discuss the pros and cons of a cash purchase.Rice: The benefit of a cash purchase is eliminating the cash outlay related to a monthly debt obligation. Any increases in profit will go directly to improving the net income and liquidity of the business. The disadvantage is the opportunity cost of investing cash that could be spent elsewhere in your laundry. My reasoning is the operator does not improve the value of their business any more by paying cash than if they were to finance the equipment. Therefore, the opportunity cost — using this cash to invest in marketing, develop a second store or make a different investment — is great.Q: Discuss the pros and cons of financing.Rice: The pros of financing are the storeowner takes direct ownership of the equipment, typically finds the lowest cost of money, and gets the tax benefits related to depreciation and interest. These tax benefits are critical for owners to evaluate as they can further enhance their return on investment. Other benefits include more flexibility (fixed or variable rate options) and limited or no prepayment penalties.The cons are bank financing or SBA financing require an extensive approval process and charge higher fees. The approval process can sometimes take weeks to complete and fees can be as high as 200 to 300 basis points for depreciable assets. This has been offset by an array of manufacturer-based programs that allow storeowners a much more streamlined approval process and lower fees.Q: Discuss the pros and cons of leasing.Rice: Leasing provides the storeowner with a variety of options that will fix the payment. This is beneficial for budget and planning purposes. In addition, there can be tax benefits to leasing that a storeowner will want to review closely with his/her accountant.The cons to leasing usually are in the details. Many leases require a significant prepayment penalty that penalizes an owner if he/she wants to prepay or sell the store as a result of its strong performance. Also, depending on the type of lease you have, you may not actually own the equipment and may not be allowed to utilize depreciation benefits for tax purposes. Finally, leases may come with automatic renewal clauses that require the lessee to notify the lessor of lease expiration and pay the buyout cost. Failure to do so could mean extra costs for the lessee such as automatic renewal.Q: Looking at the prime rate, is now a good time to buy?Rice: Variable-rate financing is traditionally the operator's lowest cost of financing. However, this financing has increased in cost during the last couple of years. The prime rate has increased 17 consecutive times through July 2006. The Fed has since held steady on interest rates. If you believe most of the damage has been done, now may be the time to buy and execute a variable rate contract. It all depends on your appetite for risk.I am certain that storeowners who used fixed-rate financing two years ago have been pleased. However, I am not so sure storeowners who are locking in rates today will feel the same way two years from now. It may be a case of getting in on a good thing too late; especially if you think the bulk of damage on rising interest rates is done. However, operators should never delay the purchase of replacement equipment due to interest rates. Interest rates are irrelevant in valuing a store. The driver should simply be: Can new equipment improve my turns-per-day?Besides the value concept, the fall can be an excellent time to buy, as many distributors and manufacturers have traditionally provided additional incentives such as product rebates and financing promotions.Q: What else could influence buying decisions?Rice: In addition to improving turns-per-day, rising utility costs and equipment prices can influence buying decisions. The industry has done an excellent job of proactively designing new products and features for owners to continue to address rising utility costs. These include: washers with faster spin speeds and variable rate pricing plus larger, energy-efficient dryers with new price points.For those operators who use price as a driver, they may want to consider the continuing fluctuation in raw materials pricing and buy now. Raw materials such as steel, copper and nickel have, over the past several years, risen exponentially. The global economy is putting stress on these materials that manufacturers have never seen before. No one really knows how high these raw material prices may go. If you are concerned with price, you may want to hedge your bets and buy sooner rather than later.Q: Is section 179 (a tax break) still in play for operators?Rice: My understanding of the section 179 bonus depreciation is that it is still available through 2007, per the Job Creation Act of 2004. I would strongly recommend that any operator work with his/her CPA on using this deduction as there are certain qualifications and special phase-out rules that apply.Q: What other tax breaks might be available?Rice: An operator always will have the non-cash benefit of deducting depreciation costs associated with the purchase of new equipment. For existing profitable stores, there are some accelerated depreciation methods that can make an equipment purchase affordable. Contact your CPA to learn more about these benefits.Operators located in any of the "GO Zones" or Gulf Opportunity Zones may want to read through IRS publication 4492. It provides additional tax incentives to those affected by the hurricane damage from 2005.The IRS Web site can also be a great resource. The tax code is complex, and an operator should seek the assistance of a professional to help them navigate through state or local tax breaks.Q: Why not use a bank to finance a deal? Why go to a manufacturer/industry finance company?Rice: Using banks for financing laundries can be time consuming. In addition, many banks do not provide asset-based lending or, if they do, they do not provide as favorable terms as a manufacturer-based program would. A typical local bank may finance 70 percent of equipment cost for five years. In many cases, banks will charge fees as high as 300 basis points that can increase the APR on the loan by 0.5 percent. The bank may bump up the finance amount if the operator provides additional enhancements such as real estate or their personal home.Manufacturer-based programs are built on quick response times and high levels of service. They are typically more aggressive on financing as they tend to have more industry knowledge than a bank. Many manufacturer-based programs will finance up to 100 percent of equipment list price with terms up to seven years and fees as low as $150. A hidden benefit of manufacturer-based programs is that if they service the loan, you get to deal with people who actually work in the laundry industry and understand your business. In addition, many manufacturers will run seasonal promotions that offer favorable financing rates.Q: What questions should an operator ask when shopping for finance firms?Rice: A financing source is going to compete on the same items that any company would: product features and benefits, pre- and post-sale service, pricing and historical performance. An operator should always research finance firms' programs and benefits, published interest rates, whether or not they service the loan or lease after it is made, and how long they have been in business. Your local distributor is the best resource for information on manufacturer-based programs, local banks and leasing companies. They should be able to get you in touch with a financing source.


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Robert Edeson was an American movie and stage actor of the silent era. Edeson got his first boost in movies in 1914 when he starred in the Cecil B. DeMille directed film, The Call of the North. Edeson replaced actor Rudolph Christians in Erich von Stroheim's production of Foolish Wives, after Christians died of pneumonia. Edeson famously only showed his back to the camera so as not to clash with shot footage of Christians that was still to be used in the completed film. He also starred in several Broadway productions as well.
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Photography Exposure Wheel | Sample Photographs | ISO Settings
Ken Milburn is a DesignMentor instructor, a professional photographer and author. He collaborated with DesignMentor Training to develop the Photography Exposure Wheel and instructors Digital Photography II,
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Snowy Mountain. This reading assumes that the Sun isn't covered by clouds and that much of the ground is covered with stark white snow, sand, or another highly-reflective surface. In the scene above, the Sun is behind a cloud, but the light is still quite bright, so the exposure on the chart will probably still be okay. If you're shooting a similar scene, it would be a good idea to cover the possibilities by shooting another shot about one-half stop brighter and checking the preview LCD to see which exposure works best.
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Winter's Lace. In this photo, the subject is still quite bright, despite the fact that the sky is clouded. In this case, it's a good idea to expose for Bright Midday Sun. That's because snow is always bright, because it's stark white and because its crystaline makeup makes it even more reflective. In addition to the usual landscape photo that you see in these two illustrations, bright snow (or white sand) can also be a terrific circumstance for shooting portraits and close-up of subjects that require a lot of fill light.
Midday Sun. The picture above typifies the problem with bright midday sun: The light is so bright and there's such a big difference in the brightness of highlights and the darkness of shadows that becomes hard to make any part of the image look it's best. If you must shoot in this type of lighting, it's a very good idea to use either a reflector or your camera's built-in flash for fill. If you have time, it's also a very good idea to bracket the shot so that you can decide after the fact whether highlight or shadow detail are the most important parts of the picture.
Grain Processing. High over-all contrast can be less of a problem in more scenic-type photos. Note the sharp detail in the blades of grass. The deep shadows aren't as objectionable because they're further away. This is a good thing because it's hard to use reflectors or fill flash on objects that are at such a distance from the camera.
Poolbeg Towers, Dublin. Bright Hazy sun is a condition that is rare, but which can be very nice. Even flat, boring spaces take on more depth, the brightness range between shadows and highlights requires little or no fill or exposure compensation. On the other side, there's no directionality in the lighting that gives "shape" to the forms in the picture.
Lakeview. When it comes to exposure settings, the good thing about bright, hazy sun is that it is still relatively bright. As a result, you can get plenty of depth-of-field without having to worry much about camera shake. Note: If you want more detail in the distance, use a UV filter. You might also want to stop down slightly in order to compensate for the reflection of the sun from the particles in the haze.
Fall Leaf and Mushroom. When it comes to still-lifes, portraits, and other close-ups, bright shade is the most complimentary outdoor lighting situation. Shadows are soft and open. The lines that come from cast shadows are softer and more flattering…especially to faces.
Young Woman. One of the best ways to get open shade is to find a tall object, such as a building, that casts a long shadow. It's important that there not be another tall object in front of the subject that absorbs light…such as another building.
Clouds and Sky. One of the hardest situations to understand is the difference between cloudy and overcast lighting. A cloudy sky such as that shown above generally still lets a lot of direct sunlight through, even if the Sun is partially obscured.
Cottage in Kerry. The quality of light tends to be much softer than direct Sunlight, but not as soft as either open shade or overcast. Note: if there are only a few clouds and, especially, if the Sun is completely out in the open, you should be using the settings for bright midday Sun.
Clouds above Garden. Heavy Overcast means that, with the possible exception of a patch or two, you can't even see the sky. This is the first circumstance in which you almost certainly want to think about using a tripod. The alternative is to kick up your ISO setting, but that comes at the risk of getting noise (grain) in the image.
Petrochemical Industry. I love overcast days because shadows just aren't a problem. They're especially nice when you're shooting people or products. The light is soft and flattering and "interesting" skies aren't usually a requirement.
Beautiful sunset with tree in front. You'll notice that both these photographs show a lot of detail in the sky. That's because that's most often what you are going to want to exposure for at sunset. You want to see detail in the Sun and in the clouds.
Tropical Silhouettes. When you're properly exposing a sunset, objects in the foreground will almost always be in silhouette. If you want detail in the foreground, you're going to need an external flash or large reflector for fill…or you're going to have to give up the detail in the sky. Of course, since you're shooting digitally, you can always combine two different exposures.
Cologne Cathedral. The Twighlight exposure setting assumes that the Sun has set, but that there's still some light in the sky. At the same time, lights have begun to be turned on. So what you're going to get is detail wherever the nightime lights are lighting their surroundings and some detail in the sky. The rest will be in silhouette.
Snow City by Night. It is a very good idea to bracket this basic exposure setting whenever you have the time. That way, you will be able to choose the exact exposure that gives you detail in the brightness range that's most important to your vision of what you want to communicate in the image. For instance, although the image above is shot at twighlight, the sky is quite overcast and there's snow on the ground. So the basic exposure for this setting still pertains.


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I'm sixteen and I need advice about spotting.
I just recently lost a baby on June 24 2010. I was 26 weeks pregnant, and the doctor told me that there was scar tissue in the placenta. I just read that early bleeding may lead to placenta complications, and since i did have early bleeding last time,( I am pregnant again) and now I am bleeding again is this something i should share with my doctor? And do you have any advice for what i should and should not do?
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You definitely need to talk to your doctor.posted 07/25/2010 by mommy123104
You just lost the baby a month ago and are pregnant again? I would talk to my doctor for sure, concieving that soon after losing a baby isn't always safe. I would make sure they know you just lost a baby and about the scar tissue.posted 07/26/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
Are you sure you are pregnant again? The hormones from your last pregnancy can take awhile to go away. I would definitely talk to your doctor. They generally advise waiting several cycles after a loss to allow your body time to recover. Good luck to you!posted 07/26/2010 by RHIwoman
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I went to a nice jewelry store yesterday to pick out something for my wife, we have an anniversary coming up; she's put up with me buying guns for 34 years now. Anyway, a young lady sales clerk, early 20's, was helping me out. I picked out something for my wife and while the young lady was finishing things up, I asked my son, who was with me, out loud whether I should get her this jewelry or buy her a gun instead. I said it loud enough so the clerk could hear me, as my intentions were to tease her a bit. She looked up at me and said, "Absolutely, get her a gun instead". :blink: :blink: After a few seconds of discussion, we knew we were all clearly pro-gun, and I told her that I was only teasing her that my wife ccw as it was. She quietly stated to me that she does too. Of course I didn't ask her any more details and have no idea if she was actually ccw as we spoke.
Curious, I asked her was she from this area (we were in Shreveport), air force base nearby so lot's of folks from everywhere. She said no, she was originally from Kosovo, and has been in the US for ten years. She spoke perfect unaccented english, used plenty of american slang and toted a gun. I'm thinking wow. She was really pro-gun I would have liked to talk to her more, but had to rush. We wondered how much influence her Kosovo background/family experiences had to do (if anything?) with her pro-gun, pro-carry stance? You just never know who you might meet, or their background, I'd never expected that response from her.
BTW my wife already has a handgun, permit and actively carries. However, she likes jewelry, like I like guns, so I'm not complaining. :ziplip:


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Season four of FX's motorcycle-gang drama Sons of Anarchy opens with the gang's leaders finishing a stint in prison while the women who love them, fellow members who depend on them and the rivals who want to bury them await their return to the outside world.
If this sounds a bit like a kickoff for The Sopranos or a scene from the Godfather series, it is because the formula is so similar. Between the ebbs and flows of violence lie a compelling storylines, but I'm watching the season opener strictly for the bikes.
The show's riding scenes are consistently well-shot and the rolling stock looks great. Sharp, disciplined formation riding sometimes gives the Sons the look of a military unit and contrasts with the all-over-the-road style we often associate with large, wild groups of riders.
The Sons' machines are also neat, with trim, blacked out profiles. Sure, they are recognizable as Harley-Davidsons, but while the Milwaukee motorcycle giant has adopted the dusty matte-black look of outlaw bikes for some of its factory models, the Anarchy bikes are racier than anything you'll find in a Harley brochure.
Some of the low-slung rides have small streamlined fairings surrounding their headlights with short windshields. They recall the front ends of vintage road-racing cycles from the 1940s and 1950s and are a departure from stereotypically flashy, loud and chrome-crusted movie gang bikes.
Last season Driver's Seat spoke with motorcycle wrangler Chris Gorden about the bikes he acquires for the show and modifies to suit each character. He said that while some rival gangs are known for glitzy rides with flame paint jobs and outlandish exhaust pipes, he made sure the Sons' bikes were more like "fighter planes," with a minimally adorned, strictly business appearance. They remind me of my favorite Harleys – the sleek, black XLCRs, or Cafe Racers, of the late 1970s.
As the show progressed the riding sequences faded and angst-ridden dialogue took over and the main characters focused more on guns than bikes. The plot became more "Scarface" and less "Easy Rider."
Maybe next week's episode will have more riding scenes.


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Blues Singer Dayna Kurtz With Michael Bourne
September 11, 2013. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: blues, Interviews, Jazz Alive, michael bourne
Blues Singer Dayna Kurtz talks with WBGO's Michael Bourne about her new album, The Secret Canon Vol. 2, and performances in New York in a memorial concert for 9/11 victims today from noon to 2 p.m., and on October 1 at The Living Room. Enjoy!
Soprano Jessye Norman With Rhonda Hamilton: Inspirations
September 10, 2013. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: Host An Hour, Interviews, lady day, Rhonda Hamilton
Soprano Jessye Norman selects some of her favorite jazz recordings and talks with WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton about her vocal inspirations, such as Mabel Mercer and Billie Holiday, and her efforts to offer quality arts education to disadvantaged youth through the the Jessye Norman School of The Arts in Augusta, Georgia.
Norman will host a special performance of Lady Day at the Little Shubert Theatre in New York City on Tuesday, September 24, at 7:00 p.m. The event, which stars JazzSet host Dee Dee Bridgewater as Billie Holiday, benefits WBGO and The Actors Fund.
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Drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath With Eulis Cathey
August 27, 2013. Posted by Tim Wilkins.Add new comment | Filed under: Eulis Cathey, Interviews, Radar
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Heath's trio with with pianist Ethan Iverson and bassist Ben Street performs at the Village Vanguard tonight through Sunday, September 1.
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Trombonist Chris Washburne talks with WBGO's Awilda Rivera about his experiences playing with and leading Afro-Cuban jazz bands in New York, and his group FFEAR's concert at The Rubin Museum in New York on October 4. Enjoy!
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by Catherine King
Beverly McIver describes herself: I am known as a portrait painter. All of my portraits are self-portraits. That is, I use the faces of others who reflect my most inner being. This statement itself reveals much about this voraciously narcissistic artist of deceit. Its premise is megalomaniacal: everyone is her to her. Who among us, except a complete egoist -- a Nefertiti or a Napoleon -- could feel that the faces of others are there to mirror our own?
McIver uses people -- their faces, their work, and their souls -- exclusively to amplify herself, a being who can never get enough attention. In most of her paintings the backgrounds are flat, empty, or both, because the context is always negligible; the sole focus is the overwhelming presence and persistent infantilism of just one person -- Beverly McIver. When we do see other people in her self-portraits, she is demeaning them -- sister behind her clamoring to be noticed, grown woman sitting on her lap, white man merely indicated for placement. Her body of work is not about race, nor gender, nor white/blackface, nor "identity"-- but merely about her Adult-Baby need to be the center of everything. And all her mock drama ends up on the canvases. The good news and the bad news is that what issues I have, they come up and come out in the paintings. This is wonderfully circular for a self-absorbed child. And to get attention for it! What a dream!
For at least a decade now, this fortysomething-year-old has been raking in the grants to fund a peurile journey of self-discovery, always exploring issues surrounding this journey, which is never to be completed. Because all the while, and long before, I suspect, Beverly McIver has known exactly who she is and what shes doing. Over the course of many years of working the System, she has developed her own system, perverse as it is. And with an appalling lack of judgment, her unquestioning benefactors have been complicit in passing her shameful body of work along.
She has staked out her playpen at the top of the educational system, where she has found an embracing home. Here she uses whatever it takes as a psychological weapon, tool or crutch (even clowns!), facilitated by the academic structure with its impressive-sounding jargon (image recommodification, empowerment through appropriating African-American stereotypes, transforming impersonal imagery into personal vocabulary). She flashes her issues like so many masks -- race, family, disguise, gender, and body type, but each one reveals only her, her, her, her, her.
Her aggressive agenda clashes glaringly with the anguished victim she portrays. She has made up her public persona the same way she has made up her face. Somehow the artist's "sad" biography is supposed to cast a weak body of work in a more impressive light. She wants us to feel sorry for her: conveniently, besides being black, she also grew up poor, her mother was a maid, and she has a sister whose condition Beverly McIver, tenured university professor, chooses to call mentally retarded. (She never seems to respect her own flesh and blood enough to treat them with gentle political correctness.) McIver has both exploited and distorted every one of those conditions.
Lets begin with her latest and most egregious manipulation, the 2002 Radcliffe Fellowship, an extension of an earlier Creative Capital grant. It represents a new low in McIver's treatment of human images. With this one she disgraces her mom and her moms friends and contemporaries in order to extend her preteen-like quest still further. What does Beverly McIver do in exchange for the money ("up to $50,000") this project put in her big fat clown purse?
Radcliffe described the project:
While at Radcliffe, her plan is to make paintings inspired by her mother's occupation. For fifty years, McIver's mother has worked as a maid, cleaning houses and raising white children. "I've always had ambivalent feelings about my mother's commitment and dedication to these white families," McIver says. "I often felt that she cared more for the white children she raised than she did for me."
(That's one way of looking at two generations of stability, security, and food on the table. Questions for readers: do you know what it's like when a family's bread-winner loses their job? The extreme trauma and desperation? The McIvers have been spared this all-too-common nightmare for over five decades. Sure beats involuntary unemployment.) Her buzzword-driven, cliché-ridden, pity-studded proposal, Inventing Ourselves, persuaded Radcliffe to fund her to take her mother, and the fellowship's student assistant, around to other domestics workplaces. Once there, the setup was for the student to record the womans stories while Ms. McIver's mother sat and watched her daughter, sitting at her easel wearing white gloves, as she interpreted the womans tales by painting herself (in blackface, of course!), not the ostensible subject seated before her.
McIver: I hope to convey my mothers pride as a maid and mammy [!]. I embrace these sterotypes, owning them and finding a resting place for them. I'm painting their stories. I paint myself in blackface, doing whatever domestic task each woman enjoys doing most.
Picture this embarrassing scenario: there's Beverly McIver making peace -- and a mocking travesty of honest working women -- while three women, captive to Ms. McIver's university-sanctioned vision, endure differing degrees of degradation. A passive-aggressives dream come true. She gets to ridicule her mother, punish her for being a domestic, and disguise it as an honor. Why, in fifteen years of painting, is there not a single portrait of her mother, all dressed up and standing proud? (When artist [?] Robert Melee pimped his mother out for $6,000 an hour, at least he was honest about what he was doing.) Why did Ms. McIver's mother consent? Was she bullied? Ms. McIver says her mother is proud of the project, but she has also said that "as a child I thought she could be more, better, something." Like Beverly? Was this torment what she meant? Why did the other domestics go along with this demeaning provocateur? It's a mystery to me, but they all did.
The series title is The Liberation of Mammy, an oxymoron. Anybody besides her use the term "mammy" these days? I didn't think so. McIver twists other words, as we'll see, including taboo, stereotype, and even clown, in the creepiest twist of all.
As for her sister, Ms. McIver has a lot to reveal. In Me and Renee #2 we see the sisters in tight close frame, with Beverlys face obscuring her sister's by various degrees. Not obscuring -- eclipsing -- she is pushing her sister out of the way. When shown side by side -- well, you decide the true subject of the painting.
In real life, I was the shadow because she requires so much attention. Now [in the paintings] the roles have reversed. She is a metaphor for me -- we are both outsiders. . . Ironically, even when I hung the paintings in a gallery [when mother and sister were visiting], they paid more attention to her." Ironically? That last statement was made about a year ago. Isn't it about time for her to grow out of her jealousy of an older sister who cannot help being who she is? We adults do expect even children to have tolerance and patience for the mentally challenged, don't we? Sounds like Beverly is still resenting Renee, over forty years down the road. This complete lack of empathy is narcissism, and its implications are chilling.
She also wants us to know that her mother wishes for her to care for her sister one day, but she uses the word inherit, as one would refer to property, not a sovereign human being. I'm getting another chill . . . Beverly McIver certainly doesnt sound mature or committed enough for either charge, being perennially "ambivalent" about her sister. No, not committed but curious, in a detached way: "I am curious about our relationship as sister [sic] and in the future as child and parent [?] . . . I am curious to know if this is possible for me . . . "
Contrast this cool detachment about a crucial, sensitive life change with her stunned exhilaration the moment she realized she could not only wear whiteface, but blackface too!
In her late twenties McIver actively pursued the role of clown by attending clown school, where she was not allowed any alternative but to deny her racial identity, and dress in white clown face, white hands and blond wig. For many reasons [hmmm . . .] McIvers pursuit of life as a clown fell short and she found herself returning to school for a Masters in Fine Art . . .
She had gone to the annual summer modern dance festival in Durham, and was stunned to see a French dance troupe perform in blackface. Blackface, of course, is all but anathema in the United States, besmirched by its history in the notorious minstrel shows of the 19th century.
For McIver, seeing blackface in use had the force of revelation. "I thought: 'I could be black!' The next day I went out and bought blackface." (Patrick Burns)
If this is her idea of maturity -- the white clown image has grown up. I learned that I could have a black clown face -- she's serious here -- then how can she possibly be a responsible caretaker for her sister or role model for her students? If most women in the real world of adults dont know who they are by forty, nobody is going to take them very seriously. Things are apparently very different in academia.
It seems that the smearing of goo on her face is practically orgasmic for Beverly McIver. Once her face is covered with greasepaint, she feels empowered to behave in ways for which she will claim no responsibility. She can demand attention, bully people, pretend to be stupid, passive-aggressive-style, and insult others. She huffs and puffs as if theres some big mystique about white/blackface paint. Its just an excuse to slop around with the squishy stuff, as Paul McCarthy does, getting all up on himself about his use of ketchup and mayonaisse.
When did McIver begin her exhibitionistic acting out? As a child's competitive response to her sister's special needs? Maybe the jeering poses are her immature attempts to mimic her sisters seizures and tantrums, like a kid whos pretending to be stupid in order to be irritating, some brat who loves to throw monkeywrench after monkeywrench into her poor, harried mom's life, because nothing in the world matters except Beverly, Beverly, Beverly!
And why would a young woman renounce her femaleness to make herself into an androgynous anomaly? And then depict it on canvas, over and over? Why a Clown and not a Comedienne? A Comedienne can have grace and dignity. Oh, because maybe she doesn't really want to be a funny-type clown, but more a scary Crazy Clown. I don't think they teach you that at Clown School.
Here -- I thought, I could be black! The next day I went out and bought blackface -- McIver sounds like an adolescent trying out looks and identities, but this was years after high school Clown Club, after graduation from college. Something way beyond normal psychology seems to have driven her whole, long Quest for Disguise. Most women use makeup to make themselves look more presentable in public. Most women in their twenties are trying to establish serious relationships with others, but Beverly McIver was going to Clown School. Why a clown? It's an insanely bizarre but perfectly covert way to act out the most outrageous desires and directives. It was a way to be truly myself . . . I could hide behind a white face.
I was able to [escape black skin, poverty and the housing project she once called home]. I was able to accomplish this by covering my face with white grease paint and wearing a blonde wig. As a clown I was transformed and in many ways more acceptable to society. No one cared that I was black or poor [with a BA?!], I was embraced. Clowning was my disguise, my liberation.
If a persons liberation is a disguise, it means theyre trying to fool you.
Again she uses the concepts of liberation and honesty as if they were clip art: "I struggled to find my images to be more honest and liberated." She will not admit responsibility for making her own images -- she "finds" them.
It must be impossible to communicate honestly with this woman. From the various versions of I Aint No Stereotype to her sloppy explanations of her work, Beverly McIver uses words and images as if they could cover up her self-aggrandizing agenda.
Stereotypes are dangerous in the hands of a dishonest artist.
I myself thought [blackface] was negative. All of these experiences [in the paintings] come from the personal. My mother was a Mammy figure. I used to be embarrassed with eating watermelon. But in these paintings I take ownership of blackface. Its finding a resting place for negative stereotypes. Oh, I see -- and shes not embarrased to smear her face and present herself as a gross caricature? McIver's talking and writing about her artistic practice is such obvious nonsense -- but they love this highly ambiguous language in higher education, where she runs her game.
Fast talk with all the golden buzzwords, as well as plenty of outright lying, have been very effective for Beverly McIver. Glomming onto Renee again, she says, ...we are both outsiders -- but not really; only Renee. Beverly is very much an academic and institutional insider, which she carefully cultivates, while claiming outsider status. But she wants it both ways -- and she gets it both ways. (In this, she isn't alone; check out the ascendance of people like the cruel, salacious Kara Walker, and William Pope.L, the
Friendliest Most Passive-Aggressive Black Artist in America.©)
School has been the setting where Beverly McIver can act out her aggressive, exhibitionistic tendencies, and get paid good money for it too. (Except, ironically, Clown School, in which she seems to have been a failure, perhaps because for her its not about entertaining people so much as manipulating them.) Its not such a handicap being a black woman in academia. There is no problem with backing the identity quest of this forty-plus woman all the way up to Harvard. She can land her prestigious Radcliffe Fellowship even with six spelling/punctuation and five grammatical errors in her rambling, gut-spilling application. Pride? What's that?
A long list of institutions has been insuring that McIver has been getting paid well, on top of her university teaching salary. Here are the grants along with some of the award amounts she has received over the past ten years:
Research and Creative Activity Award, ASU
Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation studio space in Tribeca for a year (priceless)
Radcliffe Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard (up to $50,000)
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship ($37,000)
Creative Capital Grant ($5,000)
Anonymous Was a Woman Grant ($25,000)
Arizona Arts Commission Visual Arts Fellowship
College of Fine Arts Research Grant, ASU
Artist Grant Contemporary Form Phoenix Art Museum
Project Grant Arizona Art Commission
FIGA Grant Reasearch and Creative Activities, ASU
College of Fine Arts Research Grant, ASU
Scholarship Headlands Center for the Arts, NC Arts Council
NC Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship
Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Arts Council, Inc.
Travel Grant in Support of the Atlantic Center for the Arts
With all this professional recognition, then, maybe the quality of her painting is outstanding, even though her subject matter has been, by her own admission, less than "honest and liberated"? Take a look. Yes, folks -- she has a Masters in Fine Art. There is plenty of this carousel stuff, and a lot better, too, at each and every state fair.
What exactly is it that so distinguishes Beverly McIver's art? Aside from the "race thing," the answer is -- there is nothing distinguished about it at all. Yes, her body of work presents a bizarre psychological profile of a really creepy individual, but it's not good art, and her sadistic, possibly unethical, artistic practice should not be encouraged, much less bankrolled.
McIver can set the ambiguous language way far off to the side, "ironically," when expressing her precise requirements for the all-important student aide. Why do the requirements so emphasize a state of psychological malleability in the person under her supervision? "I would like a student who is interested in doing everything . . . It is important that the student be interested in issues surrounding identity. . . My project will benefit greatly from the participation of a student . . . It is important to me to have a dialogue with the student about the research I uncover. . . a student stands to learn much about themselves [sic] as well as others by talking this journey of self discovery with me." A student stands to learn much? Then why is she, the teacher, still going around in baby-circles after being indulged by higher education for years?
And I hope that's not one of her student aides sitting in her lap in Holding Baby -- that should set up red flags all over the place. Even more alarming is Praise the Lord, which depicts the young woman with her head in the awful clown mammy's lap!
Today," McIver (in 1999) reveals without self-consciousness, "I explore another taboo . . . Loving in Black and White (click on "Invisible Me") explores intimacy between black women and white men." Well, news-flash, this is no longer taboo -- we're all living in a multi-culti nation these days, and a huge chunk of us are even multi-racial. (One real taboo, though, even these days, would be "intimacy" between teacher and student.)
The serious committed adult relationship has been an absent theme in the middle-aged McIver's body of work. Her recent shows and series, Loving in Black and White, proves rather than disputes this fact. Apparently the series represents McIver's attempt to "work through" her issues surrounding interracial, heterosexual dating. As if it were such a distasteful practice that she had to desensitize herself to the trauma of it all.
This shows how skin can be painted. Chuck Close. This treatment implies a deeper, more respectful view of the human race. The color wells up from the inside and is intrinsic, not applied. Everybody is all colors. The colors bloom from within -- they are not smeared from without, as are skin and makeup by Beverly McIver. Hence, a real human is revealed, and not a grotesque disguise.
You gotta face your face when the race fad fades.
Now, I dont see makeup, but her true ugly nature revealed, Dorian Gray-like, when I look at a self-portrait by Beverly McIver.Posted by Jerome at August 25, 2003 02:32 AM | TrackBack
You are ranting---do not. It is very difficult to paint and she does a good job.
DukerPosted by: duker bower at November 5, 2003 05:40 AM
"Well, news-flash, this is no longer taboo -- we're all living in a multi-culti nation these days, and a huge chunk of us are even multi-racial".
I ask you- what world are you living in? As if multi-racial couples are exempt from from prejudice and racism. pahlease. Your views on race is too general and niave. To to have the audacity to argue that the issue of multi-ethnic couples arent relevent anough to be explored in art, is just plain narrow minded.
To say that relationships between black women and white men are no longer taboo is a laughable statement. If there are any relationships that are socially taboo it would be relationships between those individuals.Posted by: aum1lbc at November 25, 2003 02:40 PM


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Nothing shows more evidence of intelligent design than the intricacies involved in the operation of the universe enabling its longevity and its ability to support life. Never mind the fact that the existence of the universe itself could not have started by the fairy tale offered through the "Big Bang" joke.
Let us consider some of the forces at work maintaining the status quo of the universe. Those evolutionists who promote the creation of the universe from absolutely nothing, yet by natural causes via the unnatural Big Bang shenanigan, run into unanswerable questions every way they turn. Gravity is one of the lesser forces in the makeup of the universe, yet it plays an irreplaceable part in holding all things as they must be. And the evolutionists are equal to this writer when it comes to knowing what gravity is and what causes it. Neither of us has a clue.
To try and explain the formation of the pencil dot explosion which created all of this enormous inconceivable conglomerate of organized planets and other celestial bodies must have had an awful amount of gravity or a similar force to compact absolutely nothing into such an enormous creative explosion. Every knowledgeable scientist who propounds the Big Bang, knows full well that it could not have happened. Yet they refuse to allow any of their cohorts to challenge them. Read the following quotation.
"Gravity: Gravity is the weakest force in the universe, yet it is in perfect balance. If gravity were any stronger, the smaller stars could not form, and if it were any smaller, the bigger stars could not form and no heavy elements could exist. Only "red dwarf" stars would exist, and these would radiate too feebly to support life on a planet.
"All masses are found to attract one another with a force that varies inversely as the square of the separation distance between the masses. That, in brief, is the law of gravity. But where did that "2" [square] come from? Why is the equation exactly "separation distance squared"? Why is it not 1.87, 1.95, 2.001, or 3.378; why is it exactly 2? Every test reveals the force of gravity to be keyed precisely to that 2. Any value other than 2 would lead to an eventual decay of orbits, and the entire universe would destroy itself!" (Evolution Encyclopedia Vol. 1, chap.4)
Other perfectly balanced elements are the proton to neutron ratio. These are subatomic particles found in all matter. Atoms contain electrons, protons and neutrons. The electron particle has a negative electronic charge while the proton has an equal positive charge. The neutron has no electrical charge. In order for these to function properly, the neutron mass must exceed the mass of the proton, by only 1/1000th which is twice the mass of the electron. Even the slightest variation would cause malfunction.
Now this may sound technically unimportant, however it is not only crucial, it is critical. The proton's mass is precisely the size that it must be to offer stability to all mass in the universe. Any variation would cause the atoms to either collapse or explode. Only an almighty God in heaven who has infinite knowledge and infinite power, could have developed a universe so incomprehensibly large and yet so delicately balanced to function.
This is a perfect place to inject a passage of scripture which predicts the dissolution of all of this enormous and eloquently constructed mass. The apostle Peter makes the following remarks, which would be totally incomprehensible to anyone at the time he made them.
"But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up." (2 Peter 3:10 KJV Read this passage in its context)
Now all matter is composed of the atoms described above. How could Peter, who lived in the first century A.D., have perceived of any thing whatsoever that could have destroyed all matter, every molecule of the elements? Only by the inspiration of the one who created every atom in the universe.
The preceding examples are only a drop in the bucket when it comes to evidence of Intelligent Design vs. impossible accidents.


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About two months ago, the LCS Corrections-owned facility, Coastal Bend Detention Center (CBDC) had just finished its "at-risk" status probationary period due to a failed inspection and an inmate walking out of the facility. Despite their new warden and good behavior during the "at-risk" status period, it appears that the problems are not over for this struggling facility. Earlier this month, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) ruled that the facility does not meet state-defined standards, skipping the "at-risk" status altogether after the facility failed to report the deaths of two inmates, while the warden and deputy warden still lack jailers' licenses (along with 72% of the guards). The Caller-Times reports:
Discussions with the deputy warden and the chief of security of the facility revealed that neither official knew of the requirement to notify the state agency of the deaths in custody, Muñoz said.
Jail commission assistant Director Shannon Herklotz told prison officials their lack of reporting was a noncompliance issue.
LCS' vice president of operations Dick Harbison said the warden and assistant warden were recent hires from out of state who did not know they were required to report the deaths.
Herklotz discovered neither of the top two prison managers had proper state licenses, also a violation of state standards.
"Both the lack of the jailer licenses by the warden and deputy warden, the lack of properly or entirely filling out the inmate screening form and failing to report the April 18, 2010, death in custody within 24 hours as required will immediately result in a notice of noncompliance with minimum jail standards for the Coastal Bend Detention Center," Muñoz said.
Harbison said after 10 years in the Texas private prison business, he had never been told that his wardens needed jailers' licenses. (Jaime Powell, "Robstown private prison fails state standards again," Caller-Times, 3 May 2010)
With CBDC's rocky history of not faring well with the TCJS, I wanted to find out what this finding meant for the facility and what could happen in the future if CBDC continued to fail their inspections. The TCJS Assistant Director Shannon Herklotz told me that "officials at the Coastal Bend Detention Center have submitted a plan of action and are working towards achieving compliance." However, given that CBDC has a rocky history and continues to promise positive change for the future, I take these promises from CBDC with extreme skepticism.
He also told me that:
The Coastal Bend Detention Center, along with any other facility found to be in non-compliance, will be give a reasonable amount of time to correct their deficiencies. If they fail to initiate corrective action, then the Commission has other options that we can pursue.
The Commission meets once a quarter to determine if the actions taken by facilities such as CBDC were sufficient enough to make up for the failed aspects of their inspection. If the responsible party fails to initiate corrective action (in this case, if CBDC fails to get their warden and deputy warden licenses) to the notice of non-compliance, the Commission may issue a remedial order. This order mandates that all or any of the inmates confined in a jail be transferred to and maintained in a compliant facility at the cost of the non-complying entity (the county or the company). According to Herklotz, there is no policy of TCJS stating a limit to the number of times a facility can fail before getting shut down.
CBDC will remain under the eye of scrutiny as the facility systemically fails inspections. Whether or not it will come to a remedial order has yet to be seen. We will continue to bring you the latest news on CBDC to see if LCS Corrections lives up to their promised improvements.
LCS Corrections' facility, the Coastal Bend Detention Center (CBDC) in Robstown, Texas recently underwent and passed two surprise visits in accordance with their "at-risk" status. The facility recently released an inmate because they mistook the identity of the man, who is still at large.
The Caller-Times ("Robstown private prison passes two surprise inspections," Feb. 1) covered the story of the surprise inspection and fire drill and had this to say:
"The inspection did not reveal any non-compliance issues. But [state inspector] Johnson noted that of 118 officers, 85 were working with temporary state jailer licenses. All must complete training and pass a state-mandated jailer certification course within their first year of employment.
A jail commission inspector was back at the facility Friday to conduct a surprise fire drill and to check on the status of training for jailers." (Caller-Times, February 1, 2010, "Robstown private prison passes two surprise inspections.")
Over the next few days, we'll be posting 2009's top six stories related to private prisons. This is the fourth biggest story of the year.
#4 - Small Companies, Big Scandals
Some of the smaller private prison corporations had the biggest controversies in 2009. From debates over CEC's payments to the McLennan County Sheriff to LCS's flagship failure and big problems at Southwestern Correctional, it's been a tough year for the small private prison companies.
1. LCS Corrections' "Flagship" Facility Failures. The Coastal Bend Detention Center, LCS Corrections' so-called "flagship facility" had an assortment of problems in 2009. In January, LCS had to lay off 35 employees, who they re-hired in March. In September, the facility failed a Texas Commission on Jail Standards inspection, leading the normally diplomatic commission chief Adan Muñoz to say of the facility, "I have to bring any remedial order before the [jail] commission, but this borders really close to complete incompetence." In November, Coastal Bend accidentally released an inmate, a mistake that wasn't noticed for three weeks. The facility remains on "At Risk" status, meaning the TCJS has full authority to conduct unannounced inspections.
2. Southwestern Correctional Problems in Burnet County. Southwestern Correctional's Burnet County jail rivaled LCS's Coastal Bend facility as the most rebuked private jail for 2009. In November, the company drew a fairly sharp rebuke from Texas Commission on Jail Standards head Adan Muñoz for not providing medical care to a pregnant inmate or providing medication to inmates with mental health problems. In September, the Burnet facility was deemed non-compliant by TCJS after an escape lead to an inspection. At that point, Muñoz said "The best way to describe it is a lack of diligence, a lack of professionalism." The facility drew broad opposition in Burnet County even before it was built with residents siting the pitfalls of jail privatization and the potential dangers in floating debt for private jail expansion.
3. Community Education Centers, the private prison corporation formerly known as CiviGenics, had another dramatic year. For years CEC has been paying McLennan County Sheriff Larry Lynch (and his precedessors) a "stipend" for the nominal oversight of additional prisoners in the company's downtown facility. According to state law, Sheriffs must authorize a private detention company's presence in the county under its jurisdiction. In 2008, Waco Sheriff Larry Lynch continued to receive the kickback despite a contentious debate over whether to build a new CEC facility in McLennan County. Former State Representative Kevin Bailey, then Chair of the Committee on Urban Affairs, requested an opinion of the Attorney General, and a bill was filed in 2009 (though ultimately wasn't successful) to outlaw the practice. Debate flared once again this September, when Tommy Witherspoon at the Waco Tribune reported that long-standing payment practice of the Sheriff by CEC would not expand despite a new CEC lock-up opening in McLennan. Witherspoon's investigative reporting also uncovered that Limestone County Sheriff Dennis Wilson, whose county annual salary is $49,457, is paid a $24,000 stipend yearly by the county in its contract with CEC.
CEC also had problems in Kinney County, where a bribery lead to an escape and the facility's closure. On October 23rd, an inmate escaped from Community Education Centers' (CEC) Kinney County Detention Center in Brackettville, TX. Shortly after the escape, the warden of the facility, Mickey Hubert, resigned from his position on November 2nd. CEC closed down the facility temporarily with no word on if or when they plan to re-open, leaving all employees without work. The U.S. Marshals moved the remaining inmates who were left behind to other nearby facilities.
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The Coastal Bend Detention Center, LCS Corrections' so-called "flagship facility," will be under extreme scrutiny over the next 90 days following a failed inspection and the unauthorized release of an inmate because of mistaken identity, which went unknown for three weeks. LCS hired Alberto Bravo as a new warden shortly before the failed inspection in hopes of changing the facility for the better and improving their standards. Bravo's work temporarily paid off as they passed their second round of inspections. However, shortly after passing the second inspection, they mistakenly released an inmate and did not realize what had happened for three weeks prior to the "escape."
Because of this, the Texas Commission on Jail Standards has defined the facility as being "at-risk," meaning over the next 90 days the TCJS will have full authority to conduct unannounced inspections at any day or time. If no citations are filed from the inspections over this time, then the facility will be taken off the list. If there are citations or failures found, then more actions will be taken, depending on the offenses. Warden Bravo in investigating the release, and has narrowed his focus to specific employees. He told the Caller-Times, "We are trying to narrow it down to where it happened," Bravo said. "It was human error. The procedures we had in place, they failed to follow the procedures" ("Robstown prison faces unannounced inspections after inadvertant inmate release," The Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 18 December, 2009).
We will remain aware about the status of this facility and relay any information we find through these unannounced inspections.


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Service Learning
Learning about Schools & Society through Service Learning
InSpring 2008, two sections of TSOC 3000 will be taught with Service Learning components as their core assignments. This work is supported by an Individual Faculty Grant Category for 2007-2008 awarded to Lynne Hamer, Ph.D., and Michelene McGreevy, graduate assistant, by the University of Toledo Office of Service Learning and Community Engagement. The grant proposal which lays out the approach and content of the course follows:
Ohio Fair Schools Campaign:
A Service Learning Approach to
Issues of "Schooling and Democratic Society" in 21st Century Toledo
In1776 and again in 1817, Thomas Jefferson unsuccessfully sought legislative support and funding for a system of public education that would provide to "'all free children, male and female," three years of schooling at public expense (Tozer et al., 2006, 38). Twenty-four years later, Horace Mann successfully appealed to "'practical, sagacious and intelligent businessmen'" to support funding of mass public education—the "common school" movement (Tozer et al., 2006, 73-75). At the end of the 20th century, a plethora of options to publicly-funded, "common" schools in the form of school vouchers, charter schools, and home schooling, is effectively privatizing public education, diverting funds from public schools (Tozer et al., 2006, 456-457). As the Tozer textbook used in TSOC 3000 "Schooling and Democratic Society" indicates, how funding dissemination has been historically contentious.
Throughout the history of American education, the determinant for progress has emerged from shifts in dominant ideology. These shifts have occurred through deliberate work by educators, activists, and citizens. By seeking change, citizens have accomplished specific goals but also exercised fundamental measures of democracy. It is to this end that we seek to incorporate a service learning facet in two already existing courses that are pillars within teacher education at the University of Toledo.
The purpose behind a service learning program is to broaden the scope of the educational experience through the fulcrum of community service. By exploring the linkages between power, knowledge and identity, the static notion of what teaching and learning can be emerge as potentially transformative pedagogical practice and theoretical orientation (Billig, vii). A developed and strategic service learning approach should leave those who participate with a sense of a deeper personal philosophy of leadership through critical analysis of social issues within the context of community involvement (Jones, 6). "Within the framework of higher education, service learning becomes an apparatus for understanding the complex nature of schooling and the dissemination of knowledge as well as the role of higher education in a liberal democracy" (Butin, viii).
TSOC 3000, "Schooling and Democratic Society" is required of all students preparing for teaching licensure in the Judith Herb College of Education. It is particularly powerful for these pre-service teachers to have this experience, as they will be going out into P-12 settings and should have a sound Service Learning experience, with readings on what the approach constitutes. Furthermore, a Service Learning project easily fits into the existing curriculum of the multi-sectioned course as the Core Project, worth 15-25% of the grade. The Service Learning version of the course will be taught for the first time in Spring 2008, with the intention that this will be repeated in subsequent semesters.
Community Agency Partner
Our partner in this project is the Ohio Fair Schools Campaign. We have talked with the Director of Field Organizing (and Vice President of Toledo Public Schools Board of Education), Steve Steel, and he has expressed enthusiasm about working with pre-service teachers who will have the opportunity to contribute to the campaign not only as students but also, on an ongoing basis, as professional educators. The mission of the Ohio Fair Schools Campaign (OFSC) is "to organize and advocate for high-quality public education opportunities for all Ohio children wherever they live, whatever their race, and whatever their family background" (http://www.ohiofairschools.org/). This advances school funding equity, thus ensuring the public good.
Course Learning Objectives in Relation to Community Need
The purpose of TSOC 3000 matches well that of the OFSC. From the website, it reads:
tofacilitate knowledge of the school as a social institution (including the impact that various social forces have upon it), its purpose in a democratic society, its historical development, and its political dynamics … [with] a commitment to equity and social justice. (www.education.utoledo.edu/foundations/TSOC3000/)
Thus, although school funding is not the only possible focus for the course, as a topic it does provide salient examples relevant to all aspects of the purpose: how social institutions are funded and how social forces influence that funding; how schools reflect both democratic and undemocratic aspects of society and how this has developed and changed over time.
All of the existing, specific learning objectives for the course are relevant to the project:
Describe own complex definition of democracy, and what is essential about democratic education (i.e., cite and explain sources of their definition).
Participating in a grassroots, democratic movement for school funding reform will expose students to the undemocratic (unequal) aspects of public schooling as well as the potential for democratic, fair and equitable schooling.
Identify basic factual knowledge about key people, movements, and events in the history of schooling in the U.S.
The students' "textbook knowledge," as illustrated above, will give them basic factual knowledge to contribute to educating the public about issues of school funding.
Use scholarly work (i.e., primary textbook and supplemental materials) in own writing and speaking in order to support the democratic rights claims of self and others.
Conversely, educating the public about school funding will allow students to actually use their knowledge purposefully to support the claims of students to equitable schooling.
Demonstrate self-efficacy (i.e., confidence in one's own abilities and capabilities to engage a democratic classroom).
Leading classroom activities and interaction with adults and students, in community forums sponsored by the OFSC and in school classrooms, will provide the pre-service teachers with experience interacting collaboratively, as partners, with parent/guardians, which is an important part of creating democratic schools.
Analyze and evaluate the relationships between schools and societies (i.e., ideology, schooling, and political economy).
Students will use the analytic model as introduced by Tozer that provides an easily transferable lens to consider relationships between institutional structures, cultural beliefs, and individual experiences.
Demonstrate a willingness to suspend judgment while working to understand and explicitly validate others' views and beliefs based on their experiences.
Participating in the Campaign with parents from a variety of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds is expected to challenge common stereotypes about how family structures function.
Demonstrate openness to new challenges, new intellectual conflicts, and counter-evidence in order to promote a climate of fairness.
AsService Learning advocates (Jones et al., 2005) have pointed out, the activity itself provides intellectual challenge, as theory meets practice, and students will bring their critical abilities to bear on the Campaign's mission of promoting "a climate of fairness."
Demonstrate an understanding of the connection of self to others from different historical, social, cultural, and personal experiences. (www.education.utoledo.edu/foundations/TSOC3000/).
Participation in the campaign will, in the tradition of the democratic ideals set forth by John Dewey (1916), put the TSOC 3000 students in collaboration with groups of people with whom they normally might not interact, and working together will lead them to develop common purposes and understandings.
Planned Service Learning Course Instructional Components & Activities
TSOC 3000 has standard requirements across all sections and service learning components will be related within three of those requirements: reading analyses, critical skills demonstration, and a core project, intended to connect the educational philosophy and theory of democratic education learned within the classroom to the practical application of the classroom. Most of the service learning component would constitute the core project. Specifically, instructional components will include:
Reading Analyses: in four assigned reading analyses (part of the regular course requirements) students will apply the analytic model from Tozer (2006) to school funding in 18th century Virginia, 19th century Massachusetts, early 20th century Chicago (Gary, IN), late 20th century U.S. These will provide students background information to use in the Campaign.
Critical Skills Demonstration: Mastery of the analytic model will be assessed through a proctored, short-essay looking at funding issues in 21st century Toledo.
Core Project Journal Entries: Students will be asked to reflect on their service learning in 8 biweekly journal entries that will correlate their experiences with course objectives.
Projected Benefits for the Ohio Fair Schools Campaign
The Campaign supports two main organizational efforts: community organizing and youth organizing. The UT Judith Herb College of Education draws students from across the state (though primarily from northwest Ohio). The youth organizing experience they receive within the TSOC 3000's service learning component will help to motivate them to continue to work on the campaign as professionals.
Assessment of the Service Learning aspect of the course will be determined through coordination with the youth organizer of OFSC and the instructors of TSOC 3000. Assessment of work done is based on the students' ability to reflect the work that they are doing with the course syllabus and in class assignments. To determine this, students will be expected to produce a reflective journal that will answer key questions regarding the work they do on the campaign. In addition, the assessment by the community that students will be working will determine an ongoing relationship with future classes. This assessment will need to be administered by the instructor of TSOC 3000 to the organizers of OFSC. In the beginning of the semester, goals for work that TSOC 3000 students will be expected to accomplish will be had. A mid-semester evaluation and an end of semester evaluation will occur based on these goals to determine each students' progress.
Dissemination of the approach to other sections of the course (five are taught each semester) can take place via the established TSOC 3000 Working Group, an established group whose purpose is to develop and refine the course. We also plan to give conference presentations on this pedagogy at the American Educational Studies Association as well as submit an article to that organization's journal, Educational Studies.
June 2007
Staff member (McGreevy), along with faculty (Hamer), will work with Ohio Fair Schools Campaign staff to (a) develop background information materials for class; (b) develop activities for class; and (c) participate in campaign activities so as to have experiences to share with class. Staff member will also set up syllabus and instructional materials for the class project, and will refine the assessment tools.
December 2007
Staff continue participation with OFSC and meeting with Youth Organizer to project what the organization's needs will be in Jan-May 2008 and thus to fine-tune timeline & instructional components
January-May 2008
Teach course; activities and instructional components described above. Present service learning pedagogy to TSOC3000 Working Group
June 2008
Complete analysis of assessment and write article describing project and assessment results
Billig, Shelley H. (2003). Introduction: Studying Service Learning: Challenges and
Solutions. In S.H. Billig & A.S. Waterman (Eds.). Studying Service Learning: Innovations in Education Research Methodology (pp. vii-xiv). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Butin, D.W. (2005). Preface: Disturbing Normalizations of Service Learning. In
InButin, D.W. (Ed.) Service-Learning in Higher Education (pp.vii-xx). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Dewey, J. (1916). School and society.
Jones, S.J., Gilbride-Brown, J. & Gasiorski, A. (2005). Getting Inside the "Underside" of
Service-Learning: Student Resistance and Possibilities. In Butin, D.W. (Ed.) Service-Learning in Higher Education (pp.4-24). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
Kaplan, M. H. (1977). A Nine-Phase Approach to Community Education Development.
InBurbach, H.J. & Decker L.E. (Eds.) Planning and Assessment in Community Education (pp. 39-59). Midland, MI: Pendell.
Tozer, S., et al. (2006). School and society: Historical and contemporary perspectives. 5th ed. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.


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Looking for a seashell pillow that was modren in design. This pillow is bold without looking cheap. Love the texture and mutted colors. I bought 2


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The editor told editorial staff that News Corporation had made it clear to him that it would like to appoint a new editor.
17:11, UK, Wednesday 12 December 2012
The editor of The Times newspaper, James Harding, has resigned and will leave the post at the end of the month.
Mr Harding, 43, one of the youngest journalists ever to take charge of the paper, informed the national independent directors of The Times this morning, News International and Times Newspapers Ltd said.
In a resignation speech to editorial staff, he said: "It has been made clear to me that News Corporation would like to appoint a new editor of the Times.
"I have, therefore, agreed to stand down. I called Rupert (Murdoch) this morning to offer my resignation and he accepted it."
Mr Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corporation said: "James has been a distinguished editor for The Times, attracting talented staff to the paper and leading it through difficult times.
"I have great respect for him as a colleague and friend, and truly hope we can work together again."
Mr Harding listed a number of successes achieved under his leadership including campaigns on family courts, adoption and cycling as well as hard-hitting investigations into child sex grooming and tax avoidance.
Mr Harding began his journalistic career at the Financial Times after studying at Cambridge University.
He opened its Shanghai bureau and served as bureau chief in Washington before joining The Times as business editor.
The national independent directors of The Times will be now be consulted on a replacement, a company spokesman said.
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There is an extensive amount of information being taught at Oregon Institute of Technology, and excellent professors that are extremely willing to help you learn it. Since this college is on the smaller side, the professors know you by your name and are committed to teaching you as best they can.
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I am wondering what the proof is of the statement on Wikipedia's page on marginals of multivariate Gaussian density functions; To obtain the marginal distribution over a subset of multivariate normal random variables, one only needs to drop the irrelevant variables from the mean vector and the covariance matrix. I can plainly visualize it for independent variables, as the terms in the covariance matrix that we will drop out are all either zero, or the variance of the "irrelevant variable", however for variables that are not independent, I'm confused as to why the cross-terms simply go away in the covariance matrix.
Is this statement only valid for independent variables, or is there an elegant proof that yet eludes me?
Thank you!


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I'm playing Call of Duty Black Ops II on PC and there is the possiblity to set the Field of View inbetween 65 and 90 degrees.
Would setting it to 90 degrees give me a considerable advantage over players that have it set to 65 as I will see more of the world on my screen then they do?
If that's so, then what's the disadvantage of setting it to 90?


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The 31st Annual People's Choice Favorite Movie award went to Michael Moore for his controversial documentary, "Fahrenheit 9/11."
"Shrek 2" won three honors, for best sequel, best animated movie and favorite comedy.
In the TV categories, "Will and Grace," won for favorite comedy, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" was named favorite drama, "American Idol" best reality show competition and "Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica" won for best reality show.
The Sunday night show was hosted by Jason Alexander of "Seinfeld" and his "Listen Up" co-star Malcolm Jamal-Warner, and featured surprise appearances by Prince, William Shatner and Mike Myers.
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A number of behind-the-scenes pictures of Brenda Song on the set of her latest movie, First Kiss were recently released. Song and her co-stars are seen playfully teasing each other behind the scenes footage.
Song, last seen in The Social Network and ABC's Scandal, starred in the short comedy film alongside her Social Network co-star Joseph Mazzello. Charles Hood directed and wrote the film, which is about a young couple who encounter all sorts of obstacles while trying their first kiss.
First Kiss has had a very successful festival run ever since its world premiere as the opening film at the Catalina Film Festival's 85th edition, where the film became a fan favorite among audiences. The film just recently won the ''Best of the Festival'' award at the TriMedia Film Festival in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The film was later screened at numerous film festivals including the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival, Free State Film Festival, Litchfield Hills Film Festival and Rhode Island International Film Festival. The comedy is set to be screened at the BendFilm Festival and the Austin Film Festival this month.


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Wolf Deal In The Wings
Governor Matt Mead says the state and the federal government are close to an agreement on how to end federal protections for wolves in the state.
Mead met with Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, Thursday in Cheyenne.
Major issues close to being resolved include boundaries, numbers and, so called, 'Flex lines' that would allow for seasonal wolf migration into Idaho. Mead says the Flex area is being worked out with the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service.
"They think the southern corridor south of Snake River Canyon needs to be opened up. Partly that is because during the Winter months, those wolves, they think, need to go from the state of Wyoming into Idaho. We came to an idea that during that time period the wolves will be treated as trophy game and outside of that time period they would be treated as predators."
Mead says Wyoming would commit to maintaining at least 100 wolves outside of Yellowstone National Park. He says that's a reasonable number and that a buffer would be maintained to ensure the agreement is upheld.
"My direction to the Game and Fish is, under no circumstances, do we want to go under that number. Because we, the state, have asked for management. And the last thing we want to do is, in anyway, jeopardize that bottom number. The last thing we want to do is demand the deal, get the deal and then not meet the deal."
Secretary Salazar says he expects to publish a formal rule by the end of September spelling out how to end federal oversight.
There are currently nearly 300 wolves in Wyoming outside of Yellowstone National Park.


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