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The whole world is watching … A Voice for Men "activists" making asses of themselves
Well,I got carried away there. It's not literally the whole world. Only a teensy weensy portion of it.
The fellows at A Voice for Men, you see, evidently stung by criticism that they aren't activists, have begun engaging in real, honest-to-goodness real-world activism, by which I mean that a handful of them, some in Canada and at least one in Australia, have been putting up posters advertising the AVFM website.
In other words, their activism consists of putting up posters for a website whose only activism thus far has consisted of putting up posters for itself.
Well, eventually they'll get the hang of it, I guess.
In any case, the A Voice for Menners have discovered something about activism: if you do things that are offensive enough, people will be offended. And so they've managed to offend some people in Canada and in Australia where their posters have gone up. In Australia, there have even been a couple of news articles written about them! For example, one in Melbourne's Herald Sun says:
A MAN who is littering the city with posters promoting a website that encourages men to support rapists has declined the opportunity to explain himself.
The website, which the Herald Sun has chosen not to name, is campaigning to get men sitting on juries for rape trials to "vow publicly to vote not guilty, even in the face of overwhelming evidence that the charges are true". …
The website's publisher, Paul Elam, told the Herald Sun he was too busy watching the movie Air Force One to be interviewed, but later said by email he stood by the campaign.
Ooh! How very, very alpha of him.
Other articles (see here and here) describe the posters as "hate posters," because one of them seems to suggest that women provoke domestic violence against themselves. The text of the poster reads "Domestic Violence Women Are Half the Problem."
In fact, Elam and company are trying to suggest that women instigate half of all domestic violence, and thus are "half the problem," but they're so wedded to the easily misunderstood "half the problem" slogan that they somehow cannot seem to get this idea across in poster form. (This idea is itself incorrect, but that's a whole other kettle of angry dudes.) Elam and company don't quite seem to understand that an important part of activism is actually conveying your ideas to the general public rather than simply provoking people.
You can't buy this kind of publicity!
Well, technically, you could, but no one would, because no one would willingly pay money for a publicity campaign that makes them appear to be hateful assholes — and in fact, even a teensy bit more hateful than they actually are.
So, congratulations, I guess?
If anyone wants to help AVFM in its publicity campaign, the super-sarcastic poster below, and a number of other poorly thought out and badly designed posters, can be downloaded from AVFM here by "anyone who wants to print and distribute them."
Note: THIS IS A REAL AVFM POSTER. I didn't make it up. See here.
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Ugh, here is where you (or anyone) first used the word "beat":
"Like, seriously what did you want the judge to do? "I know you beat your kids when you're angry, and I know you have refused any and all counseling options, so here! Have custody of toddlers for several days a week." Yeah, that would turn out great."
Now, just a small gedanken experiment:
Q: Most english readers reading this paragraph would believe Thomas Ball has hit his children: A) One time in his life. B) Multiple times. C) Many times and whenever he is angry?
So not only did you first imply that Thomas Ball repeatedly hits his kids, but you have then spent the day insisting that a reasonable definition for "beat" is "hit only one time."
It's nonsense like this plus the usual misrepresentative pile-on that is approved by the cohort here, that keeps feminism like yours a mostly fringe movement with young women these days often saying, "I like what feminism does, but I would never call myself a feminist."
My suggestion is you start being honest with others in forums, and one day you can be honest with yourself.
Enjoy your hate.
As for free speech, I know it's not constitutionally protected in Australia, but I still think it's an important thing to fight for. That said, I don't think private citizens tearing down or defacing posters is an attack on it. All sorts of posters get torn off, torn up, painted on, defaced and pasted over. You put something on a wall, you take your chances.
Well, unless you're Banksy, I guess.
Oh, totally agree there, Sir Bod; I do think we need it to be clarified, and perhaps the Constitution amended to reflect that. But the 'free speech!' ranters, here as in the US, are usually more about their right to hate speech than anything else (vis that arsehole 'journalist' Andrew Bolt whining about free speech when he was found guilty of racism recently). It rarely has anything to do with government.
Ha, even Banksy loses out here sometimes – one of his works in Melbourne was vandalised (despite being put under perspex by the city council) and another was recently destroyed by workmen who didn't know what it was!😀
@some guy bored with a stick
It's nonsense like this… that keeps feminism like yours a mostly fringe movement with young women these days often saying, "I like what feminism does, but I would never call myself a feminist."
It's funny how you never hear "I like what Men's Rights Activists do, but I would never call myself a Men's Rights Activist", isn't it? Oh right, you'd have to actually do something first, and no sensible people would like it anyway.
Oh – and you should know, "pear" is an anagram for "rape". The author is satirizing the vile, misandrist, nonsensical logic behind many feminist concepts, such as "Schrodinger's Rapist". It is absurdist humor, requiring mental nuance I wouldn't expect any of the disgusting individuals here to possess.
It is absurdist humor
Well, sort of.
When was the last time an MRM group set up a DV shelter? I'd like a list and compare it to the ones feminist groups have established.
To be frank, I've predominantly given up on Boobzland; it's been frankly frustratingly futile, and I also believe that some new faces are doing an excellent job taking you all to task – Joe, for example, I have great respect for. But this is simply too much.
Is frank the new vile?
@some guy
Sure, I should have said kid (singular), though obviously someone who admits to one act of child abuse is also more likely to commit child abuse in the future.
Happy? You have successfully split hairs on how much of a child abuser your movement's hero was.
Now, what do you have to say about the many MRA blogs who intentionally mislead people about why he lost custody?
To put it another way, if you've spent this long arguing semantics with someone who is pro-removing children from an abuser, maybe you could spend just a little bit of time arguing facts with people who are anti-removing children from an abuser.
Enjoy your hate.
I hate child abusers. I can live with that.
Your movement hates people who protect children from abusers. Can you live with that?
When was the last time an MRM group set up a DV shelter? I'd like a list and compare it to the ones feminist groups have established.
The more relevant question is "has an MRM group ever done anything ever that demonstratably benefitted actual men in any way."
It's a surprisingly easy question to answer.
Fair point
Sorry if I came across a bit caustic. It's been one of those nights.
To be frank, I've predominantly given up on Boobzland; it's been frankly frustratingly futile,
Frankly, the feminist feline fanciers of Manboobz feel frankly, forthrightly, and fervently fantastic about the future prospect of no longer facing your frankly fallacious and frothy foolishness, to be frankly frank, frankly.
Wow, "some guy" sure has a big up his butt about the PRECISE WORD used to describe hitting a toddler hard enough to make her bleed.
Because heaven forfend we make it sound like that's a bad or violent thing.
…Seriously, are you like this in real life? Someone tells a story about a toddler being hit and your first impulse is to pull out the ol' Webster's to argue that they're using the wrong word? THAT'S what you think is super important here?
Hey, new MRM poster idea:
"It is a FEMINIST LIE that Thomas Ball hit his child.
The TRUTH is he only hit her hard enough to draw blood."
See how many new fans that shit draws to your burgeoning movement.
Whew, yeah, Polliwog. His alliteration was giving me the red ass too.
Seriously, when words to the effect of "well, he didn't make the toddler bleed THAT much, geez" are coming out of your mouth, it is time to fucking re-evaluate your life.
I'm still confused about him saying he's against the man hitting (or whatever word he likes better) the kid. Everything else he says would make me think he'd be in favor of the father having the right to do that (he does know it was a daughter, not a son, right?). YAY if he really does think it's not a father's right, but I keep thinking there's got to be a typo and he's missing a "not" or a "…n't" or something in there.
and btw Polliwog – I love your "f" alliteration!
I know I'm a little late, but…
I think the problem some guy has is that he's never thought through the implications of the MRA shit he believes. Obviously, if he's a member of a movement, and cites a Ball's protest as an example of your movement's activism, he is saying that Ball's protest was valid. In other words, he is saying that a child abuser's protest at losing his children was valid.
However, when this got pointed out, his reaction was "I can't really believe that, can I? Maybe an embarrassingly bad misreading of Merriam-Webster can deflect attention from me!"
Sadly, MRA blogs do not prepare people for having their beliefs thought through.
*his movement's activism
To be frank, I've predominantly given up on Boobzland
"I only post incoherent, repetitive screeds there four, five times a week, tops."
It's nonsense like this plus the usual misrepresentative pile-on that is approved by the cohort here, that keeps feminism like yours a mostly fringe movement with young women these days often saying, "I like what feminism does, but I would never call myself a feminist."
Okay, buddy, let's try a slightly different thought experiment. Which movement do you think would garner more support from people on the street – the one which says that Thomas Ball was an abusive asshole for hitting his kid or the one which is really really concerned that we specify the exact number of times he hit his kid because, I mean, he may have been a child-abusing terrorist but he doesn't deserve to be slandered, amirite?
Durn, forgot to put in that the first quote is from Frankpole and the second from some guy.
From somebody, somewhere upthread:
Or on sexual violence look at this from the US Dept. of Justice's own Bureau of Statistics:
95% of adult staff sexually abusive juveniles in custody are women. Women do not make up 95% of juvenile correction staff. Therefore, in this case it seems that women may be more prone to perpetrating sexual abuse than most people are even comfortable considering.
So I checked out your link, and I can't find anywhere where it says that 95% of adult staff are female, or that 95% of female staff sexually assault juveniles, or whatever the fuck you're failing to communicate.
I did see it say this:
About 2.6% of youth (700 nationwide) reported an incident involving another youth, and 10.3% (2,730) reported an incident involving facility staff. […] Approximately 95% of all youth reporting staff sexual misconduct said they had been victimized by female staff. In 2008, 42% of staff in state juvenile facilities were female.
So 95% of 10.3% of reported incidents of sexual misconduct involved female staff. That is NOT AT ALL equivalent to the vast majority of sexual abuse being perpetrated by women.
It's horrible that children are being abused by adults who are charged with protecting them.
And again, instead of a sensible message like "Let's stamp out sexual misconduct against juveniles in custody", MRAs trot out bullshit like "Women are just as bad as men, so quit making it look like we're bad when we commit sexual assault! Cuz women do it too, even more than us! So we should be allowed to do it too!"
And THAT is why you fail as a social justice movement.
Limerick time!
There was once a fella named Elam
who was watching Air Force One.
Um. That's where it ends. Weird…
To be frank, I've predominantly given up on Boobzland;
So fuck off already, no one here will miss you.
When you get right down to it, A Voice for Men is now sending its feelers into the real world – yes, it is a burgeoning human rights movement, and thus the first priority is to raise consciousness.
Perhaps it should raise its own consciousness first, before sending its feelers into the real world.
. His alliteration was giving me the red ass too.
Blame it on the misandrist teacher who never let him develop his mad writing skillz.
Y'know, when I first started hearing about MRAs, when I saw what they were writing and visited the manosphere, I was disgusted by the misogyny and hate. As a woman, just the fact that these people exist is terrifying. And maybe this makes me an evil feminazi, but yeah, at first, all I could see is how horrible these people were in regards to women.
But now? I can't get over how much harm they're doing to men. Because I know guys who were victims of domestic violence, I know guys who were genuinely screwed by the court system*, and I just gotta say to the MRAs:
Stop it. Right fucking now. You are hurting men who are already victims. Your bitterness and childishness is not only keeping you from accomplishing anything; you are actively hurting those that you claim to want to help.
They are making men who have legitimate problems look like entitled babies. It's not fair to wrap all guys who complain about the court system or who talk about abusive relationships to get lumped in with these assholes, but that is really all the MRA movement is succeding at, right now. And it makes me sick. It is already incredibly difficult for men who have been abused or raped to seek help, and even harder to actually get help*. That is where the energy of a real MRA movement should focus, if they actually gave a damn about helping men instead of hurting women.
And y'know what, guys? You really should reach out to feminists. They are your natural allies. Most feminists I know are deeply troubled by the fact that boys who are sexually abused, men who are raped, and male victims of domestic violence don't get the help they need. But feminists cannot staff hotlines for guys in trouble (as stated above) and they cannot create the needed shelters. However, a lot of feminists can tell you how to go about starting and running those hotlines and shelters, they can give you the support you need and teach you how to make your movement successful, because they have already traveled that path and they know the way. But, I know, that would mean actually *gasp* listening to women and respecting their knowledge. And, again, these assholes think it's more important to hate women than help me.
You fucking pricks.
*I am not in anyway saying that women don't face these issues or that it's easy for women to get help.
Sorry, that should have been "men" not me…and the sentence structure in the second sentence of the fourth paragraph really got away from me, there. Think you can still get my point, though. I should probably go to bed before I lose all ability to write a coherant sentence.
Enjoy your hate.
Hmm, could some guy be a Slavey sockpuppet?
In terms of the actual posters…they're not exactly pithy, are they?
Wow! So many MRA's are starting to look like some serious douche-bags. I can't believe that I have been brainwashed by them. The way how so many of them will not differentiate between moderate feminist and "radical" feminist. The way how they blame feminism on a whole and women for so much. I do believe that they're issues that negatively affected men but, I really don't see how it is the fault of feminism or women anymore. It's like so many MRA's don't really care about these issues.They're more concern with putting the blame on women and feminism. They also seem to have some political agenda. It is pathetic, I don't need to be fed with any of their misogyny.
"THIS IS A REAL AVFM POSTER. I didn't make it up. See here"
Wait, isn't 'The Unknown History of Misandry' a satire?
That Unknown HIstory Of Misandry blog is fascinating; traces the first MRA group back to 1926, and says Charlie Chaplin was a sympathiser.
I had no idea they'd been so ineffective for so long.
"It's nonsense like this plus the usual misrepresentative pile-on that is approved by the cohort here, that keeps feminism like yours a mostly fringe movement with young women these days often saying, "I like what feminism does, but I would never call myself a feminist.""
It's nonsense like holding up child abusing terrorists as inspiration, plus the usual abuse apologia that is approved by the cohort there, that keeps MRA mostly a fringe movement with the majority of men these days often saying "NRA? Like, the gun people? Oh, what, M? MRA? What's that? What? They WHAT?? BWWWAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!"
Here is a serious appeal to MRAs reading this blog.
The so-called "War on Drugs", here in the US and across the whole Western World and beyond, results in a huge number of (almost exclusively) men to be jailed, criminalized and killed. Whilst in prison, they are abused, often sexually. Literally millions of men are affected by this, in some cases entire communities. Even the most reactionary, deranged anti-feminist would have to concede that vastly more men are affected by the "war on drugs" than by "feminism/misandry".
Why don't you do something to help these guys?
Ugh – thanks. That makes sense now.
Roosh shows the MRAs some tough love.
Basically a PUA is an MRA with the balls to take productive action.
If by "productive" action, you mean "rape," then, yes.
That sure is AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, huh?
…Seriously, even excluding the fact that Roosh is an admitted rapist, all PUAs do is try and get laid.
If that's "productive action" for your social movement, then I weep for the depths of your oppression.
Activism! Or at least possibly exercise, I guess?
(For serious, they think that learning how to walk up to women and introduce themselves is activism. The greatest comedian in history couldn't make this shit up.)
If by "productive" action, you mean "rape," then, yes.
Good God… you people really do see rape in everything. Roosh is just telling MRAs to snap out of their victim mentality and approach attractive women instead of wallowing in pity blogs. Reading "RAPE!" in "get off your sofa and meet girls" is just insane.
I was going to start a social justice movement, but then I remembered that I had YouTube, so I decided to go watch videos and chat on there instead.
(Actually, that appears to be a decent description of what happened, just needs more profanity.)
Thebionicmommy – I Sharpie the word "SCAM" on posters at my school advertising "summer work for students!" and "earn cash from home!"
If I saw the pear poster on public transit I'd read it. That's because public transit in San Francisco is full of entertainingly weird people, though, so if I knew nothing about the MRM I'd probably read it, frown in confusion, and conclude that one of the older hippies who never quite recovered from too many acid trips in the 60s had made it. If I had colored pens with me I might doodle on it. Electric Kool-Aid Misogyny Test?
Thebionicmommy – I Sharpie the word "SCAM" on posters at my school advertising "summer work for students!" and "earn cash from home!"
Cliff Pervocracy is good people.
Rape aside (another one of those "re-evaluate your life" phrases)… chatting up women and trying to get laid is still not exactly saving men from the pains of systemic oppression.
Um, yeah, see we didn't read "rape" in "get off your sofa and meet girls" we read rape in "She wants you wear a condom? Just stick your uncondomed dick in her until she stops complaining".
Nice strawman. Here's the actual quote: "When gearing up for the second act of sex, just diddle her vagina with your dick and stuff it in. If she objects, get a condom and try again next time. By the fourth of fifth time, you'll be banging raw guaranteed."
Nope, not rape.
Also, nice ableism there.
For "get off your sofa?" Really?
SOURCE: http://www.rooshv.com/16-different-types-of-game
QUOTE: Rape Game: Used for when a girl is acting either difficult or prudish. Drag her to your place and tell her you're going to have her way with her and there's nothing she can do about it. Throw her on the bad, rip off her clothing, and do what you promised while ignoring her fake protests. With some girls you need to simulate rape conditions to get the bang, but be careful because rape game correlates highly to unprotected sex. The last thing a girl cares about when getting fantasy raped is using a condom. Also, you might want to use a fake name and safe house when running rape game in a Western country.
anyway, seriously, even if he was only promoting consensual sex, that's some pretty shitty "political activism"
Noticeably absent from that little passage are "Ask her if she wants you to keep shoving your penis at her, whether you're using protection or not" and "If she says no to sex, even with protection, stop trying to have sex with her,"


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and that's really good to see. It looks like this album is going to get its proper due. I don't want to count my chickens before the eggs hatch, but we are 1 month before the album's release and people who've been on the fence about me and my style seem to have finally come around. It's a good feeling considering how long we worked on this project.
Q: The new album 'Li(f)e' boasts a list of names who few would have expected to see next to yours, making it probably your most exciting release yet but also making it hard to imagine the result, how would you describe the sound of Li(f)e?
A: The sound is unique. We made a conscious effort to make sure this didn't sound like a typical hiphop record or a typical rock record. Brian Deck was instrumental in the overall sound as he handled the recordings and mixing. He's very particular when it comes to how things sound. He goes the long lengths to make sure he's getting the right flavor out of whatever it is he's recording. Whether it's him tapping on a large metal door or running cable lines down 4 flights of stairs in order to record a keyboard in a parking garage. Listen…to me that is maniacal. Haha. But he gets what he wants and he knows how to get it when it comes to music recording. Once we brought this album to the mastering plant we made sure to let them know not to compress the hell out of it for the sake of volume (which is how most records are mixed these days.) There's a lot of subtlety and nuance that would have been lost if that had happened. The end result is that we have a musically rich album on our hands with killer sonics.
Q:You can hear in your first studio album 'Personal Journals' that you had been writing that album for a long time, 8 years on, how does this new release compare to Sage Francis in 2002 and how long has this album taken you to write on a personal level?
A: The writing process was similar to how I wrote Personal Journals, yet that's not how I prefer to make albums. However, if I had everything how I prefer it I probably wouldn't have released anything by this point. I'm a neurotic perfectionist who makes rational decisions to ignore the voice in his head that says, "This isn't exactly how we planned it…keep tinkering." It's not possible for me to know how long this stuff takes to write. Some songs were written
over the course of years. Others were written in one night. But writing is not like carving a statue. There's no way to quantify how much time it took to write a song since all the ideas that go into a song build up in your head over time until eventually it gets put down on paper. It's what you do when you're not writing that matters most as far as I can tell. That was a long answer for a question I get asked a lot and I wish I had a quick an easy answer for it. I don't
mean to make it sound more complicated than it really is, but there's just no way for me to say how long it takes to write a song or an album. For instance, "The Best of Times" was written in one night. However, I know that a lot of those ideas, memories, and commentary have been building up in my conscience for a really long time.
Q: The album's most curious collaboration on paper is the track 'Best of Times' with French composer Yann Tiersen of Amelie fame, how does a collaboration like this even come about?
A: My booking agent also books shows for Yann Tiersen. When he mentioned that he might be able to get music from Yann for my album it seemed like one of those things people just say without having any ability to actualize. I didn't really take it seriously. In fact, we were almost finished recording the album when the music showed up unexpectedly two days before I was done the recording sessions. That's why I had to write that song in one night. Which at the time was bumming me out, but I'm glad I hit a serious stride that evening.
Q: Another surprise is the album's producer Brian Deck who's proved himself time and time again but is not known for working with hip hop artists such as yourself, how did this work for you both in the recording process?
A: He had never worked with hiphop before. We approached him a little more than 2 years ago with the concept of him producing my album. I think he was a bit skeptical at first but thankfully he accepted the challenge. It was a lot of trial and error at first. In fact, there were definite points where it seemed like this wasn't going to work out at all. He had his reservations and so did I. One thing was for sure, we didn't want to do a novelty record. It had to be done in an organic and classy way. I think we were both fearful of the possibility that a rapper working with bands could turn into something cheesy if it wasn't handled with a lot of care. Even when I was at the studio working with Califone it took a while for us to find our bearings, but once we did it was incredible. I wish we had more time to keep recording and keep creating together. Alas, all good things must come to an end. Plus I don't think any budget would allow me to live in a studio as long as I'd really like to. I did stay there for a month straight though.
Q: Was it always the idea to collaborate with such a dynamic list of artists or is that something that naturally happened along the way?
A: I don't think that was the original plan. I believe, I remember correctly, the original plan was to collaborate with one band for the full album. However, almost all of the bands who are featured on the LI(F)E album had their own records and touring. It was tough locking people down for multiple months at a time. Eventually it became clear that the best way to go about this was to get as many demos from as many people as we could and then consolidate the recording process with a specific group of musicians. That group of musicians turned out to be Califone, which is a band that Brian Deck frequently works with. Now the question one might have is why didn't we just do the whole album with Califone's music? They did a fair amount of writing and playing on the album, but the problem in all the months leading up to the recording process was that people still didn't know HOW this was going to work out for a full album. Considering that most of my albums consist of musical contributions from various beat makers this process was really familiar to me. Brian Deck had the task of tying it all together into a cohesive album.
Q: Were there any other collaborations planned for this album that didn't work out?
A: Yeah. Some people weren't able to provide music in time and some of the demos just never made it to the final recording phase. The two collaborations I was most hoping would happen but didn't were with Mike Patton and Modest Mouse. If I ever get around to doing more work with different bands I'll be tapping on their window again.
Q: Your new album collaborations show that you have a world of knowledge outside of the hip hop you've been involved with for so long, so who does Sage Francis listen to?
A: You'd think I was lying if I told you. If you ever get around to interviewing anyone I've toured with you can ask them. That'll be much easier. Haha
Q: Your last few releases have offered contests for fans to remix tracks, with your new album going a different direction will their still be a chance for your fans to remix your new album?
A: These songs aren't recorded to traditional beats so it's not as easy a task to "remix" in the hiphop sense of the word. I don't think we'll be having remix contests for it, no. We will have remix contests coming up for the "Fallen House, Sunken City" album though.
Q: You've obviously been very busy with your new album, do you still find the time to stalk Natalie Portman?
A: No more questions!
Q: Your record label 'Strange Famous' has gone from strength to strength over the last few years, how has it evolved for you as it's grown more successful?
A: I've been running a record label during the collapse of the industry. Almost every trick of the trade I've learned and benefited from in the past has phased out. So, like all other labels, we're trying to make sure we get our artists the exposure and sales they deserve. This is increasingly difficult with all the paradigm shifts. The most important thing, and something that will never change in terms of success, is that we stay interactive with our fans. We stay reliable and consistent in the quality of our art. At the end of the day, maybe there won't be any need for indie-labels. It depends on how much work, time and money an artist is willing to put into their career. Quite frankly, all the opportunity is there. There are no secret handshakes. The worst part is that the music world is flooded so sometimes you need someone to help you poke your head out of the muck.
Q: Strange Famous recently made their first UK signing in 'Dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip', is this a sign of things to come for the future of UK hip hop?
A: Well, to me that seemed more like an isolated incident. It was one of those instances where I was already familiar with DanVsPip. When they presented me with the opportunity to release their album in North America I was lucky enough to have the time and funding to make that happen. That was a very risky gamble considering how the American
audience is traditionally unwilling to accept non-American hiphop. Their album did really well though and I'm chuffed that we had the opportunity to work with them. Chuffed…I learned that from you UK guys.
Q: Strange Famous's latest signing 'B Dolan' recently hit the UK for the first time following his new album, so, with a new album coming out, when can we expect Sage Francis to return to the UK?
A: It looks like will be touring the UK and the rest of Europe in September and October. I'll be with B. Dolan for that run. When the dates are confirmed they will be posted at www.StrangeFamous.com
Q: You've always seemed to be 2 steps ahead of yourself with knowing what you want to achieve and how you want to do it, plus you don't seem to stop, so what's the next step for Sage Francis?
A: I will bask in the light that is at the end of the tunnel. If what I've been told in all the books is true, it will be spectacular. Once I get sick of basking I will find a new tunnel.


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The judge in Alabama's gambling corruption trial has refused to toss out any of the 27 charges
against the six defendants.
Defense attorneys asked the judge to throw out some or all of the charges based on a lack of evidence.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson announced Tuesday morning that he had denied their
The jury in the gambling trial will spend all day Tuesday and part of Wednesday listening to closing arguments.
Prosecutor Edward Kang was up first Tuesday. He told the jury that the defendants killed the integrity of the Alabama Legislature in an attempt to protect electronic bingo casinos. He said casino owner
Milton McGregor made it clear that senators who supported gambling could expect big campaign contributions.
The defense will present their closing arguments next.


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Aug 1, 2009
Barry Manilow Music to Deter Mall Rats
Forget the teenage audio repellent we posted about on Neatorama before. A mall in New Zealand will use Barry Manilow songs instead to get rid of its pesky mall rats:
"The intention is to change the environment in a positive way … so nobody feels threatened or intimidated," Central City Business Association manager Paul Lonsdale told The Associated Press. "I did not say Barry Manilow is a weapon of mass destruction." […]
The city council, police and local property owners covering 410 businesses agree that "nice, easy listening" music like Manilow's "Can't Smile Without You," "Mandy" and other hits might change the behavior of loitering teens.
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West Midland Safari Park
Giraffes at the park
|Date opened
|17 April 1973
|Spring Grove, Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
|52°22′32″N 2°17′18″W / 52.3754944°N 2.2882462°WCoordinates: 52°22′32″N 2°17′18″W / 52.3754944°N 2.2882462°W
|Land area
|200 acres (81 ha)[1]
|Number of animals
|Number of species
|Annual visitors
|650,000 visitors +
|Major exhibits
|Realm of the Lions, Kingdom of the White Lions, Realm Of The Indian Rhino, Tiger Ridge, Asian Lowlands, Dhole Woods, African Plains, Cheetah Plains, Elephant Valley, Twilight Cave, Creepy Crawlies, Flooded Forest, Lemur Woods, African Village, Meerkat Mayhem, Penguin Cove, Mark O'Shea's Reptile World, Sea lion Theatre, SeaQuarium, Hippo Lakes, Santa Safari, Spooky Spectacular, Firework Festival, Lorikeet Landing, Land Of The Living Dinosaurs.
West Midland Safari and Leisure Park is a safari park located in Bewdley in Worcestershire, England. It was opened in spring 1973.
The park holds over 165 species of exotic animals. The drive-through 4-mile (6.4 km) safari contains about 600 animals from around 40 different species from Europe, Africa, North America and Asia. The park also includes a large Adventure Theme Park, a walk-through Discovery Trail including reptiles, invertebrates, fish, bats, penguins and sea lions and a walk-through African Village with the largest Lemur woods in the UK and a large meerkat mayhem. There is also the newly refurbished Spring Grove House, the grounds of which the park is built in.
The park's wide variety of immersive animal exhibits together with a theme park and corporate facilities means it offers facilities for all types of guest including groups and school children.
The park is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA). The dhole and cheetah enclosures in the drive-through safari are part of a larger heathland Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which the park is restoring. Previously known as West Minster safari park.
The park contains the largest pride of white lions, the largest coalition of cheetahs, the largest pod of common hippopotamus, the largest mob of meerkats, and the largest lemur walk-through exhibit in the UK. It was also the first park in the UK to have the African big five game animals.[1]
Safari drive-through[edit]
The 100-acre (40 ha) safari drive-through is a 4 miles (6.4 km) drive. Visitors can drive their own cars through the Safari or pay to go on one of the guided mini bus tours which are available throughout the day.[4][5]
- African Reserve
The African Reserve is home to the safari's southern white rhinos and Rothschild's giraffes, as well as zebras, ellipsen waterbuck, African dwarf buffalo, eland and red lechwe.[4]
- Dholes
The dhole enclosure is not only home to the endangered wild dogs, but is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for preservation because it is lowland heathland which is also becoming increasingly rare in the UK.[4][6]
- Asian Reserve
This reserve area is home to Asian animals including barasingha, blackbuck, chital, lowland anoa, sambar deer, Philippine spotted deer, and Asian water buffalo. This area is also home to the greater one horned rhinoceros[4] as well as little owls, white tigers and black rabbits.[1]
- Kingdom of the White Lions
In 2004, West Midland Safari Park opened this exhibit with one male and three females from sister park Ongava Game Reserve in Namibia. This was the UK's first pride of African white lions. In 2007, four cubs were born in the space of nine hours, doubling the size of the pride. These were the first white lions born in the UK, and were followed two weeks later by two more cubs. White lions are not a separate species than the better known tawny coloured African lion, just a different colour variation that rarely appears.[7]
- Tiger Ridge & Tiger Reserves
- Cheetah Plains
- African Wild Dog Reserve
- Realm of the Lions
2013 saw the update of this huge drive-through exhibit with a central pride rock, plenty of savannah theming with a water feature and a brand new state of the art lion house.
- Eurasian Reserve
- Elephant Valley
Elephant Valley is home to the Safari Park's African elephants.[4] As of 2012, the Safari Park was home to only two female elephants.[8] In May 2014 Elephant Valley became home to a new arrival baby male named Sutton. Sutton was named after Stephen Sutton after an overwhelming majority voted on the parks Facebook page. Sutton is the first male African elephant successfully born through AI in the UK.[9]
- Other species
- Addax
- Cape buffalo
- Fallow deer
- Gemsbok
- Ostrich
- Przewalski's horse
- Reindeer
- Sika deer
- Yak
Discovery Trail[edit]
Discovery Trail consists of a mix of outdoor and indoor exhibits, and includes friendly animal encounters, reptile talks, sea lion shows and penguin feeds throughout the day.
- Friendly animal encounters
Animal encounters that take place in the Discovery Trail let visitors get up close and personal with small exotic creatures, under the observation of their learning officers. Animals that take part in these encounters include ferrets, brown rats, degus, lesser hedgehog tenrecs, and long-tailed chinchillas.
- Creepy Crawlies
Creepy Crawlies is the park's invertebrate house, and contains a small range of creepy crawlies including goliath bird-eater spider, leafcutter ants, locusts, Madagascar hissing cockroaches, and scorpions.[10]
- Mark O'Shea's Reptile World
The park's reptile house is named after the famous herpetologist Mark O'Shea. O'Shea also makes appearances at the park, delivering Discover Reptile talks on the stage outside the Reptile World most Sundays, giving guests the chance to learn more about some of the park's reptiles. Reptiles in this exhibit include alligator snapping turtle, American alligator, amethystine python, beaded lizard, black rat snake, Borneo short-tailed python, Cuban crocodile, Egyptian cobra, green anaconda, green and black poison dart frog, green tree python, Jamaican boa, red-tailed green ratsnake and reticulated python.
- Sea Lion Theatre
The sea lion theatre is a 525-seat venue that allows the park's visitors the chance to see the park's California sea lions being trained by their keepers to display their intelligence and adaptations to aquatic life.
- SeaQuarium
SeaQuarium is the park's aquarium, containing a wide variety of exotic fish. This is also the park's chain attraction. Some of the animals here include Bermuda blue angelfish, clownfish, common carp, emperor angelfish, gold-spotted spinefoot, honeycomb moray, long-spine porcupinefish, orangespine unicornfish, orbicular batfish, pangas catfish, queen coris, red-bellied pacu, red-bellied piranha, Red Sea sailfin tang, redtoothed triggerfish, reef stonefish, Siberian sturgeon, snowflake moray, spotted sailfin suckermouth catfish, spotted unicornfish, tambaqui, Vlamingii tang, white-spotted puffer, zebra moray.
- Twilight Cave
The Twilight Cave is a walk-through exhibit containing free-flying Rodrigues fruit bats and Seba's leaf nosed bats. Nocturnal exhibits within this area are home to night monkeys.[10]
- Lorikeet Landing
New for November 2014, a large walk-through rainbow lorikeet exhibit is opening.
- Land Of The Living Dinosaurs
New for 2015 the UK's largest collection of animatronic dinosaurs including dinosaurs from Permian, the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Cretaceous eras.
Hippo Lakes[edit]
Near the Adventure Theme Park is a large lake, home to the largest pod of hippos in the UK.
Penguin Cove[edit]
At the entrance to the Discovery Trail is a new exhibit, opened in 2011, containing a group of Humboldt penguins.[11]
African Village and Lemur Woods[edit]
- African Village
The African Village is an interactive walk-through area, allowing visitors to see African village wildlife and a replica African Village Home. The African Village contains a walk-through area containing Cameroon sheep, pygmy goats and Somali sheep. The exhibit is also home to a large mob of meerkats.
- Lemur Woods
In the wooded area towards the rear of the amusement park is the largest walk-through lemur exhibit in the UK. The lemurs are free to roam around the walkway and the woods. The three species of lemur on display in the woods are red-bellied lemur, ring-tailed lemur, and white-headed lemur.
Rides and attractions[edit]
There are many rides and attractions found in the amusement park. Wristbands can be bought from the kiosk to allow an unlimited number of rides. However, tickets are also available for purchase for individual rides.
- Tiny Tots Theme Park
Tiny Tots Theme Park contains seven rides and attractions for young children to use, which are Animal Ark, Flying Pandas, Moroccan Magic Carpet, Red Baron, Rhino Roundabout, Serengeti Gallopers, and Simba Kiddies Train. Rides in this part of the park have a height limit of 0.8 m to 1.2 m apart from Serengeti Gallopers which has no maximum limit.
- Family fun
Some rides are designed for the whole family, from youngsters to the elderly. These rides are African Big Apple Coaster, Congo Carousel, Desert Convoy, Dr Umboto's Catacombs, Dune Dashers, Flying Lion Kings, Jumbo Parade, Jungle Cat Dodgems, Jungle Swings, Rescue Fire Rangers, Shark Island, and Slippery Snake Slide.
- Thrill rides
Thrill rides at the park are Black Fly, Pirate Ship(a HUSS Pirate Ship), Rhino Rollercoaster(Vekoma Family Coaster), Twister Coaster(Reverchon Spinning Wild Mouse), Venom Tower Drop(Fabbri Drop Tower), Wild River Rafting, Zambezi Water Splash and Kong a Zamperla Mega Disk'O which opened in August 2015.
- Food
Found throughout the amusement area are many eateries. These include cafes, such as Explorer's Cafe, fast food restaurants, such as Botswana Burger Company and food stalls that are dotted around the rides.
- Souvenirs
There are a number of gift shops found in the amusement area, and these sell a number of products, from guide books to soft toys.
- Safari Express Railway
A 15 in (381 mm) narrow gauge railway runs between the main car park and the amusement area. Services are operated by a 2-8-0 steam outline diesel locomotive, built by Severn Lamb in 1979. The engine usually runs chimney first to the amusement area, running tender first on the return trip. This railway, when operating, provides a scenic ride between the amusement area and the car park. The track makes its way along the back of the walkways and crosses access-roads via level crossings. The line then rounds Hippo Lakes before arriving at its terminus adjacent to the African Big Apple Coaster. The Safari Express closed in 2013 allowing for development of the new Dinosaur exhibit.
Early years[edit]
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The park was opened by Jimmy Chipperfield on 17 April 1973 and at the time hosted a few ex-circus animals. The bears in the park were housed within what is now known as Elephant Valley. But back in the 1970s it was called sandstone, the bears kept were the European brown bear there are no records of what happened to the bears, but the elephant house now stands where the bear house was. The 1970s also saw the park take on 'Boat Safari' like most stately homes taking up opening to the public and having a safari park in their back garden they also had boat rides on lakes with an island which would house either chimpanzees or gorilla. West Midland Safari Park had a 'Chimp Island'; the chimps were later moved to another zoo in the Midlands. With this people stopped using the boat rides and subsequently the boating lake was closed and has since been left for nature to take back. The early 1970s saw the arrival of the dolphinarium to the park but this was a travelling show and took up home in the sea lion theatre which still stands today, the dolphins later returned to Margate.
With the new millennium came new zoo standards. The park saw its first new animal exhibit for some time with the arrival of four African white lions in 'Kingdom of the White Lions' in 2004. This was where the white tigers were housed. But were moved to the tiger reserves and a year later in spring 2005 the controversial White Tiger Ridge opened with much enthusiasm from visitors. The park was the first safari park in the UK to have all five African big game animals. But with the removal of the park's leopards to Scotland this leaves the park with only four of the five.
Plans are in place to build a safari themed hotel and water park at the park. Work is set to start in summer 2016 and completed in time for spring 2018.[12] There are also plans to give the Safari Park its own railway station on the Severn Valley Railway. [13]
It has also been confirmed that in the close future a railway station will be built at the park which will connect on to the Severn Valley Railway.
West Midland Safari Park is well known for its efforts in conservation. It is public in stating its intentions to create a collection of animals that are in need of help in the wild. The park has replaced many species of animal with a similar, but more endangered species. The park contains many animals that are on the IUCN's endangered or critically endangered list.
Ongava Game Reserve[edit]
Ongava Game Reserve is the "sister park" to West Midland Safari Park in Namibia, it is on the boundary of the famous Etosha National Park and is the largest privately owned game reserve in Namibia. Established in 1991 by converting four livestock farms, the 170-square-mile (440 km2) Ongava Game Reserve is one of few private game reserves in South Africa with successful breeding populations of both black rhinoceros and white rhinoceros. Additionally, rare black-faced impala has been reintroduced to the reserve,[14] and this now ranks as one of the largest and most important populations outside of Etosha. Large game such as Burchell's zebra, gemsbok, giraffe, eland, and springbok also inhabit the reserve.
In 2006 the managing directors of West Midland Safari Park officially opened the Ongava Research Centre, which focuses on research on rhinos, lions, and carrying capacity of the reserves. The centre has three full-time researchers[14] who also work closely with the management of OGR, Save the Rhinos and the University of Cape Town. ORC is also regularly visited by Safari Staff for training. There are plans in place for the public to be able to take safari holidays at the reserves.
In 2001 West Midland Safari Park brought two Sea Life Centres in Rhyl and Weston-super-Mare from Merlin Entertainment, and created 'Seaquarium' conservation centres for rare sea wildlife.[15] The original Seaquarium is still at the park.
2012 Olympics[edit]
The two female African elephants at the zoo were trained to wave the Union Jack flag when the Severn Valley Railway train carrying the Olympic torch for the 2012 Summer Olympics stopped by their enclosure.[16]
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- ^ "New Baby Elephant Named!" (Press release). Bewdley, Worcestershire: West Midland Safari Park. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
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- ^ "Penguin Cove". wmsp.co.uk. West Midland Safari Park. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "West Midlands Safari Park expansion up for discussion". BBC News Hereford & Worcester. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "WWest Midlands Safari Park considers new railway station". BBC News Hereford & Worcester. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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- ^ "Flag-waving Elephants join Olympic torch relay". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
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Beaumont/Port Arthur
Driving to 1147 Boston Ave. in Nederland provided a surprise like no other encountered on recent assignments. Arriving at my destination, a new restaurant, Finch Hutton, I had no idea what to expect. A gracious welcome to our party by an attentive staff impressed me right off the bat, but when I saw the menu offered at this French-American bistro, shock is a mild word to describe my feelings.
When personable Shannon Wilson went to work for The West Bar and Grill a decade and a half ago, he had no idea that he would one day own the place or that he would make such good lifetime friends from among the customers he came to know well. At that time, Allen and Debbie Peltier owned the bar and grill, and when they decided to sell, Shannon was given the first opportunity to buy the established business on Beaumont's west side.
My husband and I had the usual Friday or Saturday night conversation: "Would you like to get something to eat?" "Sure, where would you like to go?" And then the stall happens when neither knows the answer for sure. Each has a taste for something, but what?
Cowboys and cowgirls have known for years that if you want something cooked right, like it was in the older days of the wild, wild West, get out the old iron skillet inherited from grandparents or the old trail cook. Add some really fresh meat and vegetables, and use tested recipes to whip up a good meal, and sit down in a comfortable environment to enjoy it with friendly folks. Southeast Texans and others visiting our part of the country can still do that today, except that they don't have to stand over the campfire and do the actual cooking.
One of the best Po'boys in Southeast Texas can be found in one of the most unlikely of places.
A Saturday night dinner date with my husband turned out to be a fun night at El Potrillo Mexican Restaurant in Beaumont. The brightly lit, festive atmosphere was the first thing to draw us into the cheery, comfortable and conveniently located eatery on the Eastex Freeway. Once inside, we found friendly servers and management, and very good food. When the salsa and chips were delivered to our table, we knew we were in good hands.
K, I'm officially hooked. I traveled to Lumberton to taste what many have said are the best hamburgers in our area, and we weren't disappointed. But the thing that won me over was Leah Sligar's famous homemade "butt rolls" at Dippity's.
Don't know about you, but I have always thought of popcorn as fun. When we make it at home with the grandchildren, it is to spread the fun and good times. When we attend a movie and order buttery popcorn, it is because we associate that taste with watching a good story on the big screen. When we use popcorn to make delightful balls, squares and bags, it is usually for Halloween or Valentine treats to share with those we love. What's not to love about popcorn? Especially when you have so many choices — 250 to be exact, with more on the way.
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Producing ethnographic accounts depends upon spending significant periods of time in the field, not only to build up a 'thick description' of a place and a people, but also to get a sense of the time cycles that people use to organise their lives and their social relations. Traditionally, a year has been considered the minimum period that a researcher should spend in the field, to witness a full cycle of the seasons and harvests. Anthropologists return to the same places over the years to witness the development of life cycles as their research participants grow up, have children of their own, and become elders.
In modern urban societies, neither seasons nor harvests are particularly important, but years are nevertheless marked with ritual events that are central to the practice of culture. Furthermore, life can change fast, and returning to the field over the longue durée can provide remarkable insights into just how much societies can change in a very short space of time, and how individuals are effected. In the short seven years since I have been carrying out research in the Dominican Republic, I have been stunned at just how much has improved in a country where my informants assured me that nothing would ever change. Better welfare, safer barrios, and more widespread education may have a long way to go, but they have also improved the lives of many Dominicans since I first set foot in Aeropuerto Las Américas in September 2004.
Imagine, then, what fieldwork over a few decades or even half a century could reveal. This was the topic of a session of the AAA 2011 called 'The Caribbean and its diasporas: "Tidemarks" in long-term anthropological research.' The presenters, Diane J. Austin-Broos (University of Sydney), A. Lynn Bolles (University of Maryland), and Constance Sutton (New York University), have well over a century of experience researching in Jamaica and Barbados. These two Caribbean islands have undergone dramatic upheavals and transformations since Constance Sutton first arrived in Barbados in the 1950s to carry out research on trade unions. Not all of these changes have been positive by any means: in Jamaica especially, the escalation of political conflict and violent crime has shattered the hopeful dreams that accompanied the nation's independence in 1967. This session's papers demonstrate how the engagement of long-term ethnographers with new generations of anthropologists can enrich our comprehension of cultural change.
Diane Austin-Broos's paper revisited a case study from her 1984 book, Urban Life in Kingston, Jamaica, from a personal vantage point. Interestingly, Austin-Broos reinterprets Mr. Patt's life in light of recent ethnographies of Jamaican, especially Huon Wardle's ethnography of cosmopolitanism in Kingston, and Gina Ulysse's book on female higglers. Austin-Broos applies these new accounts retrospectively to demonstrate how both hegemony and cosmopolitanism have always coexisted in the lives of ordinary Jamaicans. She states that 'Whether it occurs in downtown Kingston or remote indigenous Australia, the state allows, and also denies, so many possibilities. Therefore, for me, marginalization stays, alongside cosmopolitanism.' However, she argues, it is just as important to document people's creativities and agency in the face of struggle, as it is to analyze the power structures that lock people into place and status.
Still focusing on Jamaica, but within the frame of 'Africa at home and abroad', A. Lynn Bolles describes her long political engagement in Jamaica since she spent two years studying female factory workers in 1978-80. She remembers writing about a new breed of economic policies at the time which had no name, but which have since been dubbed 'structural adjustment'. Boyle's description of a changing Jamaican political and economic landscape over the years is a telling reminder of just how much the concepts and analytical categories that we depend upon today depend upon researchers following their instincts as to what constitutes a proper object of anthropological investigation, from a humanistic perspective as much as an academic one. Hearing about how things like structural adjustment were investigated before they even had names serves as a reminder that all our concepts and objects of study are in a constant state of transformation, and that treating them as stable obfuscates our abilities to recreate our ethnographic present in sync with the passing of time.
Constance Sutton has been conducting fieldwork in Barbados for more than half a century. She was in Barbados during the 1958 island-wide wildcat strike and describes how, over the decades, her research 'changed my life' in three key ways: first, in teaching her about the workings of domination; second, in demonstrating the importance of transnational networks in bringing about change; and third, in forming her own personal networks. Sutton's early years in the field were a seminal time in the advancement as Caribbean research, as the new generation of researchers such as Sutton, Sidney Mintz and Eric Wolf (in Puerto Rico) were challenging the notion that the Caribbean was not a worthy object of study because it lacked an original, indigent culture.
Rather than lamenting the loss of an imaginary authenticity, Sutton and others got on with the business of studying social structures and the political movements that aspired to transform them. In certain key ways, she found that Barbadians were more 'modern' than her peers back home, especially in their ideas about gender and their propensity to travel as labour migrants. Decades later, she found that the field came home to her own city of New York, as Barbadian migrants increasingly became part of her social network. Sutton was a first-hand observer of an immense cultural and academic seachange in which boundaries between field/home, researcher/researched, and informat/friend collapsed. Social media are further collapsing that distinction and bringing people from all corners of the world into contact with each other. Today, the claim that the Caribbean was not a worthy object of study because of its lack of authenticity appears naïve and unrepresentative of the way the world is today, or perhaps ever was.
This session's topics were brought together by excellent comments two younger discussants with their own diverse and comprehensive Caribbean experiences. Yarimar Bonilla pointed to the importance of keeping an eye out for events and objects of study that do not yet have names, such as structural adjustment; the collapsing of the field that Sutton experienced, and urged these long-term ethnographers to continue to engage with the younger generation of scholars to provide a rich view of the Caribbean across history.
Deborah Thomas (who has a new book out on violence in Jamaica) pointed out that the panel's main question, 'What does it mean to do long-term research in one place?' is deceptive, because in fact all of the presenters not only all did fieldwork in more than one site, but also found that their fields spread far beyond their national borders. The cumulative knowledge of these long-term studies in their broadest temporal and geographic sense is valuable in thinking about how new forms of civil society are emerging – perhaps the most important issue facing the Caribbean since Sutton first set foot in Barbados in the 1950s, and still a key problem today.


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Does anyone remember what was placed where? Cranes and Dragons are placed in 3 piles, but note: As soon as 3 identical creatures, colors, or numbers are placed on top of each other, the other players cry out their protest. Those who don't pay attention will soon be left behind, because you really want to get rid of your cards; and if you place a card in the wrong stack must you pick up new cards.
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This experience led her to playing with both the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra under such noted conductors as Carlo Maria Giulini, Zubin Mehta, Mehli Mehta, Andre Previn, Daniel Lewis, JoAnn Falletta, Simon Rattle, and John Mauceri.
In the Los Angeles studios she has worked with composer-conductors John Williams, Danny Elfman, Michael Kamen, Hans Zimmer, Bernard Herrman, and Henry Mancini. Ms. Ragusa has been invited to conduct orchestras on three continents, including recent tours of the southern United States, Austria, and Japan.
As an educator, her orchestras have won top honors in festivals and in 1996 she received an invitation to the prestigious Midosuji Festival in Osaka, Japan. Ms. Ragusa is noted for her interpretation of the core symphonic repertory, and is establishing her reputation as an advocate of contemporary American music as well. Her creative programming has garnered praise from the press and fellow musicians alike.
Ms. Ragusa's outreach to communities and young people in education has centered around bringing music to all. Her community efforts have filled parks and auditoriums with music lovers of all ages in celebration of music. Known for her ability to build audience, she started the community concert series in her hometown and spearheaded its efforts to build a community concert venue.
Ms. Ragusa received a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California and a Master of Music from Carnegie Mellon University. She studied flute with Julius Baker, Jeanne Baxtresser, and Roger Stevens, and conducting with Daniel Lewis and William A. Schaefer.


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Below the Old WorldÕs cities sprawls a vast network of tunnels, caves, and underground roads. Verminous Skaven skulk within this Under Empire, waiting for the perfect opportunity to rise from the warrens and destroy their enemies for the glory of their sinister god, the enigmatic Horned Rat. Even as the Ruinous Powers work to corrupt the Old World, the Skaven are ever scheming to further their own dark agenda. The Horned Rat expansion for Chaos in the Old World introduces a fifth player to the race toward corruption! With beautifully sculpted playing pieces, all-new powers, and an array of exciting upgrades, the fearsome Skaven stand ready to scurry across the face of the Old World.
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Deals of the Day: Oracle Buys RightNow for $1.43 Billion
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RightNow: Oracle said it would buy cloud-based customer-service company RightNow Technologies in a deal valuing the business at $1.43 billion. [WSJ]
HealthSpring: Cigna signed an agreement to acquire HealthSpring in a deal valued at $3.8 billion, expanding the managed-care company's presence in the senior and Medicare segments. [WSJ]
AT&T/T-Mobile: Sprint will argue before a federal judge Monday that it has a case for bringing its own suit to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile. [WSJ]
Yahoo: The swirl of potential deal activity around Yahoo is growing. Google is considering financing a private-equity deal to buy Yahoo's core business. [WSJ]
HTC: The smartphone maker is still keen on acquisitions despite already spending more than $700 million in the past year to buy companies as it tries to increase its patent portfolio and gain market share. [WSJ]
SemGroup: Plains All American Pipeline publicly unveiled details of its offer to buy SemGroup, a proposal valuing the company at $1 billion that was rejected. [WSJ]
Sara Lee-Smuckers: Sara Lee has sold the majority of its North American foodservice coffee and tea operations to J.M. Smucker Co. for $350 million in cash, continuing a slimming-down effort at the packaged-foods company. [WSJ]
HIT Entertainment: Mattel agreed to buy HIT Entertainment for $680 million, giving Mattel ownership of well-known preschool brands Thomas & Friends and Barney. [WSJ]
New Hope: JSW Steel, India's third- largest producer, is considering a bid for New Hope valued at A$5 billion ($5.2 billion). [Bloomberg]
Mengniu Dairy: The Chinese milk producer is considering a bid for Pfizer's infant nutrition business as potential buyers prepare for the start of the sales process next month. [FT.com]
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Dexia precedent: The recent rescue of the Belgian-French bank Dexia shows that there are indirect exposures that are less known and understood — and potentially worrisome. [NY Times]
Banks are back in deals: After years in which companies and private equity groups sought deal financing from a variety of investors, spawning an array of exotic securities, banks are now back at center stage. [WSJ]
Offloading risk: Banks are striking deals with private equity groups, hedge funds and insurance companies in an effort to preserve their precious regulatory capital. [FT.com]
Job cuts: Europe's biggest investment banks, caught between worsening earnings prospects and demands for more capital, may have little choice but to accelerate asset reductions and job cuts. [Bloomberg]
What about bonuses: Banks have not altered their bonus structures significantly enough to compensate for plunging income. Investment banks are still generally setting aside between 45% and 65% of their net revenues for staff pay, a calculation that has little changed since the crisis. Under that formula, leaner years should result in smaller bonus pools.[FT.com]
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Olympus: The deals at the center of a controversy surrounding Japan's Olympus were the subject of internal scrutiny more than two years ago, according to documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. [WSJ]
Goldman Sachs: The Wall Street firm was sued by shareholders of El Paso for advising the company's board to abandon a spin-off and instead sell itself cheaply to Kinder Morgan, a deal that benefited Goldman Sachs. [Reuters]
Pruning: After a turbulent 10 months, hedge funds are bracing to hear whether jittery investors will want their money back. The hedge-fund industry sees the next two months as the most critical redemption period since the dark days of the financial crisis. [WSJ]
CIC: The Chinese sovereign-wealth fund is considering teaming up with Blackstone to buy a stake in a portfolio of distressed property loans from RBS. [WSJ]
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Groupon: The firm let investors know how much of itself it wants to sell, and at what price. This week, it will begin trying to convince big investors to buy in. [WSJ]
Follow-on: Just as U.S. initial public offerings have dwindled of late, sales of stock from existing public companies, known as follow-on offerings, have declined dramatically since August. [WSJ]
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Ready to cut: Despite another quarter of robust profits, many manufacturers are setting aside money to fund moves aimed at cutting costs and streamlining operations. [WSJ]
HNA Group: The Chinese investor in aviation, shipping and hotels, said it has access to as much as 40 billion yuan ($6.3 billion) of credit lines to support acquisitions in Europe and the U.S. [Bloomberg]


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Digital Traffic Manager
- Recruiter
- Michael Page Agency
- Location
- Leeds
- Salary
- £35000 to £40000 per annum
- Posted
- 14 Nov 2012
- Closes
- 21 Nov 2012
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- Contact
- Jon Fenech
- Business Type
- Agency, In-house / Client-side
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Ensure that all work carried out by the agency is appropriately and efficiently resourced, taking into account:
- the skills required by each project
- the timing constraints imposed by project plans and external deadlines
- the skills and knowledge available
The Traffic Manager will work with project managers and department heads to ensure their understanding of the constraints in place and resources available. They will focus on the big picture, minimizing both bottlenecks and under-utilised time on a day to day basis, whilst analyzing future work to ensure that future skills requirements are well understood.
The Values
Everyone is required to make a commitment to the Company's values. These values are people, creativity, professionalism, integrity, quality control, value for money, service and pro-activity. They are essential to your performance; you must therefore support and model the values and apply them to your work at all times.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities of Senior Project Manager
- Control resource allocation across creative and technical teams from project manager requests
- Help project managers to determine project delivery dates taking into account all projects within the business, not on an individual project basis
- Monitor and report on utilisation of skillets across the agency, to assist strategic planning and speculation
- Monitor and
Who we're looking for
- Proactive
- Team work
- Forward looking/ forward thinking
- Lateral thinking/problem solving
- Positive
- Can do/sleeves rolled up
- Driving integration
- Extra mile
- Willingness to be adaptive
- Strive for excellence
- Respectful
- Always looking to do better
- Open and honest
- Committed.
- Involved
- Nice to work with
About our client
Digital Agency in Leeds
What's on offer
£35,000 -£40,000
Where specific UK qualifications are required we will take into account overseas equivalents.
Please quote Michael Page reference when applying Job ref:MPBB13231771
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D. Scott Welker, deputy to the commander, Army Sustainment Command, congratulates Tommy L. Marks, then executive director of LOGCAP, after Marks was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Award Oct. 31 for his accomplishments from 2007 to 2012 with ASC. Marks' last day with ASC was Nov. 1 and he will now move to Washington, D.C., for his new position with the Department of the Army headquarters -- executive director for Acquisition Services, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement. The MCSA is the second highest award and medal provided to civilian employees within agencies of the U.S. federal government. (Photo by Liz Adolphi, ASC Public Affairs)