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March 26, 2012 by staff
Jimmy Kimmel Interviews Oprah, Oprah and Jimmy Kimmel teamed up for an incredible series of sketches on Kimmel's post-Oscar show Sunday night.
The overall premise showed Kimmel pitching Oprah with some new show ideas for her OWN network, and we seriously want to see every single one of these make it to the airwaves.
From "Oprah Repos Her Favorite Things," which has Oprah stealing back a car she gave away ("I get a car! I get a caaaar!") to "The Jimmy and Oprah Interview," where the two hosts interview an increasingly frazzled Jennifer Aniston, to "Oprah After Dark," the less said about which the better, all the shows were instant gold.
Of course, the absolute greatest show idea was for the "Book Club Fight Club." Let's just say you don't want to question Oprah's knowledge of "To Kill A Mockingbird" or she will go nuts on you.
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Two arrested in GPD child-sex sting
Published: Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 7:32 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 7:32 p.m.
A Gainesville man and a Jacksonville man were arrested Friday as part of a police sting alleging they used computers to arrange to have sex with a minor.
Zachary Germain Jordal, 23, of 2701 NW 23rd Blvd., Apt. T167, was charged Friday night with traveling to meet a minor for unlawful sexual contact with a child, soliciting a child for sex and unlawful use of a two-way device, according to a Gainesville Police Department arrest report and jail records.
Adolfo Leonel Pena, 29, of Jacksonville, was arrested on the same charges Friday afternoon, records show.
The narrative sections of the arrest reports, which give details about the cases, were redacted.
Gainesville police officer Ben Tobias, GPD's spokesman, said in an email that GPD is running a sting operation and that he will not answer any questions about the operation until it is complete.
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After a winter like this past one, when it seemed like spring and its flowers would never come, the appearance of those first blossoms brought more than just relief -- it brought a reminder of the fragility of our beautiful natural world and our God-given mandate to safeguard it and those who live in it.
As Catholics, we are deeply committed to the belief in stewardship and sacred trust, and how these religious obligations extend not just to our fellow men and women, but to our earth.
Indeed, in his inaugural last year, Pope Francis urged us to "be 'protectors' of creation, protectors of God's plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment."
It is with precisely this spiritual responsibility in mind that I've grown increasingly concerned about hydraulic fracturing -- more familiarly, "fracking" -- used to extract natural gas from the ground. It has become clear that fracking has no place in New York or our nation if we want to protect all that is sacred -- our environment, our health and one another.
The fracking issue has come to the fore in New York, which has taken a cautious approach in contrast to many other states. In New York, health professionals, scientists, religious leaders, business owners and everyday people from across the state have come together to urge Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban this dangerous practice.
We say: Charlottesville reveals the weeping wound of racism. What do we, the American Catholic faith community, do next? Read the editorial.
In 2008, New York placed a moratorium on fracking so that experts and lawmakers could study the issue. That moratorium is still in place while the state Department of Health reviews the troubling and growing body of research about the harm fracking does to public health. On Monday, the state's Assembly voted the practice banned for three years, though few expect the bill to advance any farther before legislators adjourn this week.
The news of new fracking-related disasters appears all too regularly -- ones far from natural that are triggered by this violent and destructive process. Whether it is workers on fracking sites being killed or injured by explosions, earthquakes triggered by drilling, or the contamination of our precious air, land and water, the problems are serious and plentiful.
Despite all of this evidence of problems fracking would bring to New York, oil and gas corporations are pressuring the governor to lift the moratorium.
These corporations and their supporters remain wedded to talking points about the practice being safe despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. They point to other states that allow it, even though much of the research and the experience in those places is very disturbing.
They also make grand promises of the untold wealth and countless jobs it will unlock, and that any concern over methods must therefore be a secondary consideration. These talking points have the familiar ring of a case being made by a small number of people who stand to make a tremendous amount of money, and who would prefer not to be bothered with the devastating consequences.
Certainly, I harbor no ill will toward those who work hard and prosper, and who in doing so provide benefits to our communities. But the problems they attempt to minimize are not small --they would harm all we have a responsibility to protect, having been blessed to inhabit this beautiful earth.
Even if the economic claims made by oil and gas companies were true, it would still be incumbent upon us to weigh these benefits against the practice's negative impact on the delicacy of natural life, human and environmental. But perhaps more distressingly, the claims being made don't seem to stand up to scrutiny on their own.
Economic study of fracking endeavors in America suggests that the financial benefits of the practice are not nearly as good as the promises to ordinary, hardworking people. Far too often, they simply enrich the already wealthy oil and gas corporations and their executives with billions of dollars and leave the rest of us with all of the negative consequences and costs.
A recent independent and multi-state study of the economic impact of fracking substantiates this, showing that the benefits have been overstated and the costs often hidden. While industry has claimed each fracking well would create 31 jobs, the study found the accurate number was actually four jobs per well. The executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute explained industry exaggeration as intended "to minimize or avoid altogether taxation, regulation, and even careful examination of shale drilling."
More concerning are the many signs of dangerous environmental and health impacts. In states where fracking is conducted, there is clear evidence it has contaminated drinking water. One study revealed evidence of "elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals close to natural gas extraction sites."
Fracking would also contribute to the climate change catastrophe, in that it leaks potentially large quantities (exact amounts are unclear) of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. If we continue to maintain our reliance on dirty fossil fuels like fracked natural gas, it could have devastating consequences for our fragile climate.
Fracking is an affront to human rights by contaminating the water, soil and air, and threatening the health of those living around it. It could endanger our food, farming and agriculture by polluting New York land. With the health and well-being of generations in danger, it is the poor and marginalized that are often harmed the most -- the same people to whom the oil and gas industry make dubious promises.
This is also an affront to our Catholic faith. Our theological tradition teaches us to use God's creation with gratitude and to live virtuously within God's creation. Fracking is inconsistent with these basic principles. These principles can also be found in numerous other faith traditions, from Native American religions to Judaism and Islam.
The teachings and obligations of our faith should lead Catholics, including Gov. Cuomo, to one conclusion about our moral responsibility toward one another and the planet that God has given us: we cannot allow fracking. New York must ban this dangerous and destructive practice.
[Franciscan Fr. Michael Tyson, is a parochial vicar at the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, in New York City.]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Filmmaker Libby Spears wanted to make a documentary about the sexual exploitation of kids in Asia and Latin America, but that changed when she discovered that child sex trafficking is a big problem in the United States.
"Playground," which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, looks at the child sex trade in the United States and discrepancies in laws and the perception of the exploitation of foreign and U.S. children.
"We have laws in this country that protect international victims of sex trafficking and don't have laws that protect domestic victims, but that's just starting to change," Spears told Reuters in a recent interview.
"Here (in the United States) when it's a 12-year-old girl they like to call it prostitution, they like to call her a prostitute, when that's not accurate," said Spears, who hopes her film will raise awareness and help push policy change. "There needs to be more resources for these kids long term."
The film quotes figures from the group End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT), which says U.S. citizens account for 25 percent of child sex tourists worldwide.
The international group also says 300,000 U.S. children are at risk of being forced into the sex trade.
Spears credits an interview with Ernie Allen, president and chief executive of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, for changing the direction of her film.
"People don't think it happens in this country. It may look in some cases different than it looks in other parts of the world, but vulnerable kids are targeted by procurers, by exploiters, by pimps, lured into the sex trade," Allen says in the documentary.
"There are not many American cities, where you won't be able to go out and find young kids on the streets engaging in the sex trade and virtually none of that is voluntary," he said. "It's organized crime."
Throughout the film Spears searches for a child named Michelle who was abused by foster parents and then abducted from Portland, Oregon when she was 11 years old. She was discovered soon after in Vancouver by police doing a so-called "baby stroll" and being paid by men for sex.
She was returned to foster care in the United States, but went missing again 2004 when she was 14 years old and it was never reported to authorities. Spears found her in 2008. Michelle had been working in the sex trade and had two young children. During filming she was arrested on drug charges.
"The fact that I found her was so miraculous," said Spears, who used Michelle's story as an example of the lack of help given to exploited children. "She's not well. She's five months pregnant and she's in an abusive situation."
Among the executive producers of the film are director Steven Soderbergh and actor George Clooney.
"We were just there to be supporters of it because we felt the subject matter was really compelling and important," Soderbergh told Reuters. "It's one of those things you can look and go, 'That's wrong and illegal.'"
Spears is hoping the film will be distributed in the university and school system. "We're just trying to get it in front of as many eyes as possible."
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Wakefield Town Hall, Main Street at Water Street, 1893
Wakefield Town Hall, Main Street at Water Street, 1893
D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department,
Photo courtesy of Wakefield Historical Society.
"Cyrus Wakefield, for whom the Town is named, generously donated land and money to build a Town Hall and a fitting monument to South Reading soldiers. Because of his generosity and his service to the community, the Town changed its name from South Reading to Wakefield on July 4th, 1868. The Town Hall was completed and deeded to the Town on February 22, 1871. It was described in 1885 as 'ranking first in beauty, as well as in seating and stage accommodations. The seating capacity is 1164 divided as follows: floor 704, and galleries, 460. Memorial Hall, situated in the northeast corner of the same building, on the first floor, is handsomely and appropriately furnished. This hall contains marble tablets, encased in a black walnut finish, on which are inscribed the names of those honored soldiers of Wakefield who died victims of the Great Rebellion.' As pictured in 1893, the Town Hall was adorned with flags and buntings on the 25th anniversary of the changing of the Town's name, as were most public buildings. The Town Hall was demolished in 1958 after a fire occurred in December, 1950." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.
Town Hall (Wakefield, Mass.).
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Corn Bread with a Kick Recipe
"Nothing says Southern cooking like crisp corn bread made in a cast iron skillet. I use a very old skillet that belonged to my great-aunt. It will be passed on for generations." Geordyth Sullivan Cutler Bay, Florida
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup cornmeal
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, drained and chopped
- 6 Jones Dairy Farm Dry-Aged Bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients. In another bowl, whisk egg and buttermilk.
- 2. Place butter in an 8-in. ovenproof skillet; heat skillet in a 425° oven for 3-5 minutes or until butter is melted. Meanwhile, stir egg mixture into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in peppers and bacon.
- 3. Carefully swirl the butter in the skillet to coat the sides and bottom of pan; add batter. Bake at 425° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cut into wedges; serve warm. Yield: 8 servings.
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1 slice: 174 calories, 8g fat (4g saturated fat), 44mg cholesterol, 431mg sodium, 21g carbohydrate (4g sugars, 1g fiber), 6g protein.
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Reggae Singer Buju Banton Remains Jailed
By CaribWorldNews.com PROSECUTORS have again blocked attempts to release Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton on bail even as a judge approved new conditions for his release. Prosecutors say they plan to appeal the new bail conditions set by U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony Porcelli yesterday, even as the judge approved a housing bond and a security company. The new conditions laid out Wednesday include a $300,000 bond secured by the Miami-Dade County home of Stephen Marley, the son of reggae legend Bob Marley and the approval of a security company that also put up a separate $25,000...Read More
Drugs pair change pleas to guilty ahead of trial
TWO men, due to stand trial for conspiring to bring almost $1 million worth of drugs into Bermuda have admitted to one of the charges. Kenneth Butterfield, 33, and Kyle Ingham, 25, pleaded guilty this morning to importation of controlled drugs (cannabis and cocaine) between an unknown date and November 2, 2008. A third defendant, Dennis Wright, did not show, prompting Justice Carlisle Greaves to issue a warrant for his arrest. It is understood his sureties will be summoned before the Judge. The drugs were worth $800 thousand on Bermuda's streets. The cannabis weighed approximately...Read More
Canadian woman imported almost $2 million in drugs — court told
A 46-year-old Canadian woman was charged this morning in Magistrates' Court with importing $1.7 million dollars worth of cocaine and cannabis into Bermuda. Media reports say that Janet Grant was charged with the offenses. It's alleged the contraband was concealed inside of her hand-luggage on board an arriving flight at the airport last Thursday. Specifically, Grant allegedly had $1.4 million in heroin, $370 thousand in cocaine, plus an amount of cannabis. She was not required to plea because the case is going to the Supreme Court. She was remanded in custody until November...Read More
Airport drug busts
AN arriving passenger on a commercial flight at the LF Wade International Airport Thursday, was arrested on suspicion of importing drugs. ZBM News reported Friday night the drugs were reportedly found inside of the passenger's hand luggage. That passenger is currently in Police custody and awaiting a court appearance early next week. In a separate incident, reports have been recived of two Bermudians women being plucked off a Continental Airlines flight at Newark Airport in New Jersey on Thursday. No further information was available.Read More
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A Paget man is $70 out of pocket after a Magistrate fined him for pressing eight unrestrained passengers into his car. ZBM radio reported today that Kenneth Williams, 63, pleaded guilty in Magistrates' Court to the charge of Carrying Passengers in an Unlawful Manner, occurring on August 14. According to Prosecutor Tawana Tannock, Police conducted a traffic stop of the man and found six children and one adult in his back seat, plus one adult and a child in the passenger seat. The children were between ages one to 11. Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner struggled to keep a straight face...Read More


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Far be it for me to critize someone else's spelling or grammar. Over the years I've let slip my fair share of typos. Of course, none of them were in permanent foot-high lettering, so let the the criticism commence!
Sign of the times: Your bad grammer is the reason you suck
Romancing the tune
Serenading a lover always works for out singer Nancy Beaudette
RICH LOPEZ | Staff Writer
Nancy Beaudette is ahead of her time. Literally. Feb. 14 isn't until next week, but Beaudette and her girlfriend have already celebrated Valentine's Day: A gift exchange, a relaxed morning in the hot tub and a long walk on a gorgeous Massachusetts day.
"Oh and we had a wonderful Chinese dinner," she adds.
That's what happens when a working musician hits the road — you celebrate the Hallmark moments when you can. For Beaudette, right now there is no calendar other than her tour. She'll be playing throughout the month, including a stopover in Fort Worth on Saturday. She's fine with it. At 50, with a healthy discography under her belt dating back 30 years to 1982, Beaudette is finally doing the "musician thing."
"This is the first time I'm doing music without having a full-time job," she says. "I'm embarking on a lifelong dream of songwriting and performing."
Romance isn't lost in Beaudette's brand of folk. Like any singer, she'll croon about love, but she also sings her fair share of heartbreak songs. She's quick to point out that love is not all fuzzies and wuzzies. There are layers of complex issues that she deals with through her music, including a split from her wife of 22 years and from her church. She covers both on the title track of her last album, Honestly.
"The song is the language of divorce, but it was really about my emotional connection between my church and me," she says. "It was devastating."
Having the benefit of legalized marriage in her native Canada, Beaudette and her wife were excommunicated by the Catholic Church after they exchanged vows. An active member and choir director for 25 years, the blow had devastating effects; she cites it as the reason her marriage failed, but she found therapy in music.
"I journal a lot and music has been helpful," she says. "Those pages are a great place to get to my raw emotions." (Ironically, her church still performs all of her music.)
Despite such drama, Beaudette hardly has a bitter tone. She's ebullient and optimistic and clearly enlivened by her new relationship and perhaps by her nebulous future with music. Her smile is practically evident through the phone line.
"I left my town, fell in love, got a performance visa and now I'm living with Chris in Massachusetts," she says. "The U.S. market is so much larger and much more competitive, but it's been very positive and my trips to Nashville have been very inspiring."
The last time Beaudette came to Texas was for a conference in Waco in the mid-'90s. This time, she anticipates a proper introduction to the Lone Star State. As with any non-Texan, she's banking on an epic experience.
"I think everyone says this, but I hear everything is bigger in Texas," she quips. "I'm looking forward to seeing it. I've met some really delightful women from Houston who will be hosting a house concert when I'm there. And the Open Door people have been so kind. The glimpse I've seen so far is pretty welcoming."
She'll also perform at Agape MCC's Sunday morning service. Despite being hurt by a religious institution, she's determined to use it as a bolster to her spiritual and musical side. Besides, it goes hand-in-hand with her Charter for Compassion work, a movement with the mission to "restore compassion to the center of morality and religion."
"I'm not the first gay person to be hurt by a church," she says. "We are spiritual and looking for ways to express it. I get to talk about the charter I'm involved with. The movement is growing all around."
Pursuing her dream and spreading her message, Beaudette should have a fulfilling tour, but with all that, she still wants to be with her lady and serenade her with a song — that is if Chris doesn't beat her to it.
"She's a singer-songwriter too so we have lots in common. She'll sing to me," she says. "I serenade her all the time. It always does the trick."
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition February 10, 2012.
Dallas without the Ewings
After months of sniping, 'A-List: Dallas' debuts and, surprisingly, entertains
STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer
Lies, deception, cowboys, swimming pool fights and plenty of rich bitches (male and female): Sounds like a certain TV show we all know and love, right? Well, these are also the same ingredients for Dallas' newest moment in the reality television spotlight. Taking the successful formula for The A-List: New York and creating a Dallas franchise may have been a head-scratcher for anyone who doesn't live here, but for those of us that do, we know we have our fair share of camera-ready gays eager to bring on the drama.
I used to think that reality TV should be critiqued under different criteria than scripted shows, but then I realized that if a show wants to take up an hour of my time and valuable space on my DVR, it all comes down to one simple question I pose, whether million-dollar-per-episode comedy or a low-budget reality franchise: Am I entertained?
For The A-List: Dallas, the surprising answer is "yes." Admittedly, I can barely squint my way through an episode of the New York version, so I had minimal expectations for Dallas. But by the time the first episode's credits rolled and scenes from the entire season played out, I found myself hooked.
That's in large part because of the casting. They've found a group of friends and frenemies with enough ready-made conflict to easily fill an entire season. Sure, much of it is exaggerated for effect, but give gays enough alcohol and stick them in front of a camera crew and how could sparks not fly?
At the center of most of the drama is Levi Crocker, the handsome cowboy that every guy wants to rope in. In the past, he's dated Taylor Garret, a gay Christian Republican and now denies dating James Doyle, a trust-fund baby who remembers things a little differently. There's also Chase Hutchison, a real estate investor whose hair becomes its very own character; Phillip Willis, a high-end stylist with a love for gossip; and Ashley Kelly, a female photographer who just loves her gays.
The good thing about this cast is their wicked sense of humor — and it appears that they're in on the joke. I mean, who couldn't be camping up a little saying catty things like,
"This is a genetic gift. Does it mean I'm superior? Maybe." Or, "I'm one of Dallas' hottest stylists." Or maybe they're just shallow jerks like most every other cast member of every single reality show ever created anywhere. Only time will tell, but for now, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Most of all, The A-List: Dallas is a fun watch just to see how many people you recognize and how many favorite restaurants and nightspots you can spot. If you've been to the same sushi bar and know a few of the same people, that makes you A-List by association. And that's pretty much all it takes.
Premieres Monday on Logo at 10 p.m.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition October 7, 2011.
Men about towns
Jason Dottley and Del Shores are happy making Dallas their second home
STEVEN LINDSEY | Contributing Writer
The Rose Room at Station 4,
3911 Cedar Springs Road.
June 17. Doors open at 9 p.m.
Hollywood has had more than its fair share of powerful couples. Bennifer. Brangelina. Tomkat.
And now, Delson?
Yep, Del Shores and Jason Dottley are gay, they're in love and they're diversely talented. And they seem to have made Dallas almost a second home.
"I love Dallas so much, I listed it twice in an article on my favorite places in the South that I did for a gay travel site," Dottley says.
"We have great friends here and always stay with our friends Patrick and Kevin. Texas will always be my home state and Dallas has adopted me and treated me like a star and a friend," adds Shores, who grew up in Winters, Texas, and sets most of his plays in the Lone Star State.
Both stay incredibly busy. Between them, they have nearly every entertainment segment covered: singer, actor, dancer, playwright, producer, director, screenwriter, activist and standup comic. Throw in craft services and they'll never want for work again.
Shores gave the world a comedy classic with Sordid Lives, a play-turned-movie-turned-TV-series-turned-live-comedy-show that has practically become the writer's alter ego. Then there are his other plays and movies, like the upcoming 2012 release of the movie version of his tragicomedy The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife, as well as plans to turn his latest critically acclaimed play, Yellow, into a film.
For husband Dottley — whom Shores married first in 2003 and then again (legally) in 2008 prior to passage of Proposition 8 — acting in Shores' projects is only one of his occupations. Pop music is keeping him busier than ever; his first single, "Party Round the World" with Debby Holiday, brought him a Billboard Top 20 record. He followed up with "Hit Play!," which broke into the Top 30. He's performed both in Dallas.
Now, he's making it a threefer. This week, his latest single, "Pop It," dropped and will certainly be one of the songs he performs as part of his Nation of Jason tour at Station 4 on Friday.
Tonight is just the beginning of a full summer for Shores and Dottley, who will be touring again together: Shores with his new show, Del Shores Sordid Confessions (booked for July 8 in the Rose Room), and Dottley with Nation of Jason.
For anyone looking to catch either star while they're in town, there's a certain diner that is a pretty sure bet, as it's on both of their short lists for favorite places to eat.
"Lucky's, every time," Dottley says. "Same dish: chicken fried chicken. I don't even have to say it, they just know."
For Shores, favorite hangouts include "The Rose Room and the Round-Up. And I like The Tin Room for a not-so-guilty pleasure. I gave up guilt," he says. "Uptown [Players] is always a treat."
"Oh, and anywhere Krystal Summers is performing," Dottley adds.
If he's lucky, he won't have to go far, as Summers is a regular cast member at the Rose Room where Dottley performs tonight.
"My Nation of Jason tour is eye-candy mixed with hot music and a sense of old-school style that I think has been lost on club culture. It's fun. It should make you feel good about life, to make you wanna dance!" he says.
Shores has been tap dancing a bit himself these days — only not onstage. First there was the bitter fight with the Logo network over residuals from the Sordid Lives series, which left heartbroken fans yearning for a second season that will never be. (There appears to be a happy ending though: He is already talking about doing more Sordid Lives movies, and the experience provided grist for his standup routine.)
He also engaged Tennessee state Sen. Stacey Campfield ("What an asshole, right?" Shores says plainly), who sponsored a bill preventing the discussion of homosexuality in schools, in a war of words on Facebook, challenging the politician to a debate and calling him a coward when he tried to wiggle out. And he's currently on a crusade against gay Republicans.
"Oh, and I can rant, can't I?" Shores laughs. "Let's just say that the Log Cabin Republicans and I are not loving each other lately. I challenged the [Dallas Chapter] president, Rob Schlein, to a debate here in Dallas. I wanted to charge and give all the money to the cause of our choice — mine was Youth First Texas. He would write nasty comments on my fan page, but was too chickenshit to debate me on the topic: 'How Can You Support Gay Rights and be a Republican?' It's appalling the anti-gay rhetoric in the Texas GOP platform. I don't get it."
Rants aside, the meat and potatoes of his life is supporting Dottley, and vice versa. Dottley has booked the first date for his debut one-man show at the Rrazz Room in San Francisco: XXX: My First 30 Years … Get Your Mind Outta the Gutter (he hopes to bring it to Dallas eventually, too). And Shores has more irons in the fire beyond pissing off the political right wing in this country.
"I pursue my writing and directing, Jason his acting and singing and we work our asses off to make everything work!" Shores says. "And we love it still."
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition June 17, 2011.
Spanish fly
We've gotten pretty used to gay cinema after all these years, and if there's one thing we've learned it's this: Gay Spaniards are hot. And while we tip our hat to Pedro Almodovar for starting us down the road of queer Latin loverboys, we appreciate the variety of outlets now available to us. You can't have too many Hispanic guys getting it on, if you ask me.
Which probably explains my latest Internet obsession, Gayxample. Set in Barcelona's gayborhood, the Eixample District (called Gayxample by queer locals), the web series launched last week by introducing us to a middle-aged bear couple (Rafael Tejada, Kikko Bomometti, pictured) who are visited by one of the men's straight nephew who doesn't know his uncle is gay. The plot rolls out in expected sitcom-y fashion, with lots of campy jokes and awkward confrontations and a sentimental resolution.
If the series owes a lot to the style of gay soaps like Queer as Folk and The L Word, it does so with more than its fair share of nudity and humor as well as a Mediterranean abandon
It also improves as the series progresses (three episodes were available for screening), with even more sexy guys and, reliably, Tejada, who never hesitates to take off his shirt (and pants for that matter).
It's also an ideal show for Texas: Although mostly in Spanish, you can also watch a version subtitled in English. We like a little bilingualism with our campy queer comedy. Muy caliente!
— Arnold Wayne Jones
New episodes available weekly on Saturday on Gayxample.net.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 18, 2011.
Rex Reed introduces you to Ira Gershwin tonight at the Eisemann Center
Famous for his bitchy film criticism, Fort Worth-born Rex Reed turns his eye (and his ear) to music with Ira Gershwin revue
Watching too many movies can be a bad thing. After years of deconstructing films and either ripping them apart or praising their genius, Rex Reed has finally had enough. For now at least.
"You have no idea of the crap I sit through. Movies today are ghastly," Reed says. "I gotta get out of this rut. Everybody has to do something in life that's a little bit of fun and I love this a million times more than reviewing."
"This" refers to The Man that Got Away: Ira without George — The Lyrics of Ira Gershwin, a show Reed created to celebrate the work of the lesser-known songwriting brother. The production makes its first stop outside of New York in North Texas Nov. 12 at the Eisemann Center.
"This show is a celebration of his genius," he says. "I feel this kind of music is our culture; it's America's greatest gift to this world and it's in danger of disappearing."
Along for the ride with Reed are performers Tom Wopat, Marilyn Maye and Susan Mays, who sing songs from Gershwin's catalog. They help Reed do his part in preserving a part of American culture, in which he gave preferential treatment to his favorite lyricist. He created this show to bring Ira from under his brother's shadow, despite Ira having the longer career. But with George's huge signature pieces, Reed still has to remind people that they aren't going to get what they think they came for. Either that, or they don't know the difference between the two siblings.
"George has always had his share of fame and praise even though he rarely made a move without his brother," he says. "It was time he got his fair share. This is not about George. We're not gonna have Rhapsody in Blue or Porgy and Bess. This is all Ira on his own."
DEETS: The Man that Got Away: Ira without George — The Lyrics of Ira Gershwin. Eisemann Center, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson. 8 p.m. $39–$72. EisemannCenter.com.
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Watching too many movies can be a bad thing. After years of deconstructing films and either ripping them apart or praising their genius, Rex Reed has finally had enough. For now at least.
"You have no idea of the crap I sit through. Movies today are ghastly," Reed says. "I gotta get out of this rut. Everybody has to do something in life that's a little bit of fun and I love this a million times more than reviewing."
"This" refers to The Man that Got Away: Ira without George — The Lyrics of Ira Gershwin, a show Reed created to celebrate the work of the lesser-known songwriting brother. The production makes its first stop outside of New York in North Texas Nov. 12 at the Eisemann Center.
"This show is a celebration of his genius," he says. "I feel this kind of music is our culture; it's America's greatest gift to this world and it's in danger of disappearing."
Along for the ride with Reed are performers Tom Wopat, Marilyn Maye and Susan Mays, who sing songs from Gershwin's catalog. They help Reed do his part in preserving a part of American culture, in which he gave preferential treatment to his favorite lyricist. He created this show to bring Ira from under his brother's shadow, despite Ira having the longer career. But with George's huge signature pieces, Reed still has to remind people that they aren't going to get what they think they came for. Either that, or they don't know the difference between the two siblings.
"George has always had his share of fame and praise even though he rarely made a move without his brother," he says. "It was time he got his fair share. This is not about George. We're not gonna have Rhapsody in Blue or Porgy and Bess. This is all Ira on his own."
When Reed met younger sister Francis Gershwin, he discussed his plans for the show. As it turned out, she felt it was time.
"She gave me her full blessing," he says. "When I met her she said, 'This is what I've been praying for. I'm so glad you're doing this.' That was that; it was amen and here we go, after that. I'm really hoping people in Dallas will like it."
This concerns Reed. He begins asking questions about the venue, knowing that it isn't in Dallas proper — and he wonders if there is an appreciation for American standards. He senses a hunger for this music and figures it deserves to be exposed. He even challenges LGBT audiences, hoping they will break away from the usual listening pleasures.
"As a rule, gay people have always had better taste, they just need to be exposed to this," he says. "It could expose LGBTs to something higher in quality than the stuff they are hearing in discos. That can just go so far. I don't go to these places where I hear eardrum bursting second-rate music."
The challenge though is to move people out of their musical comfort zone by heading to the past. Like Michael Feinstein, who comes to Dallas later this month, Reed finds it important to preserve this musical heritage of America. That's his mission — besides reviewing films.
"I applaud Michael for what he's doing. When people hear this, I hope a light bulb goes off," he says. "If it's not in top 40, they're afraid to listen. I just need to get them to move beyond the fear of discovering the unknown."
But he does give fair warning: Reed hosts the show but also sings one Gershwin tune.
"There is an awful lot of me in it! So if you don't like me, don't come."
He's kidding.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition November 5, 2010.
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David Vaughn got on his knees to nab a primo role in 'Shrek'
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The most evil villains ever created are typically compensating for one shortcoming or another. For Shrek the Musical's Lord Farquaad, the diminutive tyrant's inadequacies are quite literal: His tiny legs are about as spindly as a sock monkey's.
But for David F.M. Vaughn, it's one of the greatest roles he's ever played. And in Shrek alone, he's played more than his fair share.
"I was a swing in the original Broadway company, so I understudied 19 different tracks in the show. It was a lot of work. I had to be able to go on in any role at any second. But I also understudied Lord Farquaad, which is the role I play now. It's a new look at a show I've been playing for over two years," he says.
Performing on Broadway is wonderful, according to Vaughn, but touring also has its perks.
"You get to kind of explore each of these great cities. You also get to perform as an actor for different audiences. They vary greatly by region. It's fun to see which audiences like what, play that up and adjust the show for each audience," he says. "Plus, there's something to be said about having your room cleaned every day. Fresh towels, clean sheets … you really can't beat that."
This will be the actor's first visit to Dallas and he's excited to have family members in the audience, but almost equally thrilled to be performing at the State Fair of Texas.
"I live in New Jersey and I love, love, love the State Fair. The fried awfulness, the people watching. The touring company is so excited to go explore."
Eating his way around Fair Park and seeing all the attractions will be a welcome break from the demanding schedule and an even more difficult role.
"The biggest challenge is the obvious physicality of playing an entire show on my knees. Not just performing it, but making it realistic and funny and making the whole joke work," Vaughn says. "There's also a section where I have a puppeteer controlling my legs for me. I have to trust that he will do what he was choreographed to do and I will do what I'm choreographed to do."
Once on Broadway, in a different Shrek role, things didn't work out so well. There's proof in a backstage photo on his website where he can be seen sitting with an ice pack on his ankle and a tissue up his nose to stop the bleeding. Harrowing stuff.
"The set was so big and so complicated. There were so many lifts and turntables and flying things. It was very dangerous.
We're all very safe, but anything can happen. And unfortunately, that's one of those things that happened. I had to run really fast around the corner and one of the guys who runs props forgot that I was there and he slammed his forehead right into my nose. We were both knocked over."
The touring set is just as complex, even if it is scaled back to accommodate various stage setups.
"It looks just as full and lush, even sometimes more saturated and colorful than I remember it. The show's completely reconceived not only as a tour, but as a new production. They trimmed it and added stuff," he says, "but the story's more focused."
The new dragon puppet is better than the one on Broadway. "Finally, DreamWorks' commitment to getting it right paid off and they figured it out. Now it's a full dragon from head to tail. His wings flap, it's just wonderful. I can't wait for you to see it."
Everyone who's seen the show or performed in the show seems to agree that gay audiences love the "Freak Flag" number, and Vaughn is no different.
"All the fairy tale creatures have been shunned and forced from their home because Lord Farquaad says they're freaks.
They're not like everyone else and everyone should be perfection and all the same. But the pigs are fat, and the wolf is hairy, and Pinocchio is not a real boy," he says. "They all question themselves until Gingy, the gingerbread man, sets them straight and kind of says what makes us special makes us strong. It's kind of an anthem of individuality and community and strength and celebrating differences, but using this platform they all gather together and nothing can stop them."
"It's that same old story," Vaughn continues. "We may have been ashamed of ourselves because we were gay, until we finally banded together and realized that we're awesome and we can do anything together. And, oh, there's power in that. This number is almost like a Pride parade on stage."
And if that's not enough, he quickly jumps back in and exclaims, "We have a transsexual wolf in the show, too!"
Now you're talking.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition September 24, 2010.


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Mr Fazio was at the centre of controversy over his role in blocking the takeover of Banca Antonveneta by rival Dutch bank ABN Amro.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday called for Mr Fazio to resign, saying Italy's credibility was at risk.
Mr Fazio "is not compatible with national credibility. His presence is no longer appropriate," Mr Berlusconi said.
Mr Siniscalco was replaced as economy minister by deputy prime minister Giulio Tremonti.
The Italian government recently announced plans to reform the central bank but refused to force Mr Fazio out.
Mr Siniscalco argued that the Bank of Italy's international standing had been damaged by allegations of bias in its handling of the takeover battle for Banca Antonveneta.
The Central Bank approved Banca Popolare Italiana's takeover offer for its Italian rival even though the bid was later suspended, and Popolare's chief executive Gianpiero Fiorani was forced to resign following allegations of insider trading.
Mr Siniscalco had called on Mr Fazio to resign after details of leaked conversations revealed that he had tipped Mr Fiorani off about the Bank of Italy's decision to clear the bid.
"Honestly, I couldn't take it anymore," Mr Siniscalco was quoted as telling La Repubblica newspaper.
"The problem isn't Fazio but [the government] which is incapable of resolving the problem. For this I am not embittered, I am scandalised."
Mr Siniscalco's resignation is hugely embarrassing for Prime Minister Berlusconi, coming ahead of next year's general election at which the economy will be a crucial issue.
Mr Fazio, who was appointed for life, has been staunchly supported by the Northern League, one of Mr Berlusconi's coalition partners.
He has denied any wrongdoing.
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HIAWASSEE — Commerce got double-figure scoring from three players Friday to record a 72-52 Region 8-A victory over Towns County.
Chase Klugh and Robert Hayes led Commerce (6-5, 2-1) with 13 points each. Tony Pattman added 12 points.
The Tigers will host Jefferson at 7:30 p.m. today.
ATHENS CHRISTIAN 74, PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN 27: At Athens Christian, William "Turtle" Jackson recorded a double-double of 26 points and 10 assists to go with eight rebounds as the Eagles routed Prince Avenue Christian in Region 8-A play.
Zach Lillie contributed 13 points, eight rebounds and eight blocked shots, Zack Resop had 11 points and Adrian London added 11 points for Athens Christian (9-2, 4-0).
Daniel Howell scored nine points for the Wolverines.
The Eagles will host Apalachee at 5:30 p.m. today. Prince Avenue will play at 7:30 p.m. today at Glascock County.
MADISON COUNTY 64, FLOWERY BRANCH 54: At Danielsville, the Raiders had four players score in double figures as they defeated Flowery Branch in Region 8-AAAA North play.
Trae Burton led with a double-double of 13 points and 10 rebounds (to go with seven assists and six steals). Trey Carruth was the high scorer with 21 points, T.J. Skelton added 14 points and Andrew Lindsay contributed 12 points.
Madison County (4-9, 1-0) will play at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Clarke Central.
HEBRON CHRISTIAN 47, ATHENS ACADEMY 42: At Dacula, Eric Williams had 17 points and five rebounds and Nick Miller contributed 10 points, but the Spartans lost at Hebron Christian.
Athens Academy (8-4, 2-2 in Region 8-A) will play at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at George Walton.
GATEWOOD 47, MONISGNOR DONOVAN 36: At Monsignor Donovan, B.J. Barrett scored a team-high 16 points and Zach Griffin added 11 points, but the Rams fell to Gatewood in GISA Region 1-AA play.
Monsignor Donovan (9-4, 1-2) will play at 6 p.m. today at Central Fellowship in Macon.
JEFFERSON 83, OGLETHORPE COUNTY 46: At Lexington, Jefferson had four players score in double figures as the Dragons snapped a three-game losing streak.
Austin Thompson led Jefferson (7-7, 3-1 in Region 8-AA South) with 16 points and was followed by Tyler Patrick (13 points), Tanner Williams (11 points) and Lance Pass (10 points).
Xavier Eberhart scored 11 points to lead Oglethorpe County (4-7, 1-3).
The Dragons will play at 7:30 p.m. today at Commerce. Oglethorpe County will host Taliaferro County at 5:30 p.m. today.
CEDAR SHOALS 56, HERITAGE 48: At Conyers, Cedar Shoals' Kevon Scott, Dontai Robinson and Deandre Maffafey all scored in double figures as the Jaguars defeated Heritage to go to 9-5 overall and 1-0 in Region 8-AAAA South.
Scott led the team with 19 points and was followed by Robinson (16 points) and Mahaffey (10 points).
Cedar Shoals will play at 5:30 p.m. today at Elbert County.
CEDAR SHOALS 44, HERITAGE 36: At Conyers, Breeana Taylor scored 11 points and Raven Freeman added 10 points as the Lady Jaguars won their 11th consecutive game.
Cedar Shoals (13-1, 1-0 in Region 8-AAAA South) will play at 4 p.m. today at Elbert County.
PRINCE AVENUE CHRISTIAN 44, ATHENS CHRISTIAN 26: At Athens Christian, Haley Soles scored a game-high 19 points and passed the 1,000-career point mark as the Lady Wolverines defeated Athens Christian in Region 8-A play.
Soles was followed by Peyton Howell (eight points), Bethany Campbell (four points, 10 rebounds) and Annabeth Pruett (six points, 12 rebounds).
The Lady Eagles were led by Nicole Bishop, who had 13 points, and Natasha Broughton, who finished with eight points.
Prince Avenue Christian (4-5, 2-2) will play at 6 p.m. today at Glascock County. Athens Christian (2-9, 1-3) will host Apalachee at 4 p.m. today.
ATHENS ACADEMY 38, HEBRON CHRISTIAN 30: At Dacula, Carly Settles had 12 points, five steals and three assists as the Lady Spartans defeated Hebron Christian in Region 8-A play.
Settles was followed by Caroline Colby (eight points, nine rebounds, four assists) and Mary Banister (seven points, 10 rebounds, four assists, five steals).
Athens Academy (6-6, 3-1) will play at 6 p.m. Tuesday at George Walton Academy.
OCONEE COUNTY 51, GAINESVILLE 48: At Gainesville, Gabby Bevillard recorded her 12th double-double of the season with 18 points and 12 rebounds as the Lady Warriors posted their seventh consecutive victory.
Bevillard was followed by Maria Colanlancia, who had 12 points, and Brianna Dickens, who also scored 12 points.
Oconee County (12-2) will host Lanier at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
NORTH OCONEE 45, HART COUNTY 30: At Bogart, Ginny Channell scored a game-high 19 points as the Lady Titans defeated Hart County in Region 8-AA play.
Brooke Hubbard added seven points for North Oconee (11-3, 3-0), which plays at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Oglethorpe County.
JEFFERSON 68, OGLETHORPE COUNTY 33: At Lexington, Jefferson had three players score in double figures as the Lady Dragons routed Oglethorpe County in Region 8-AA play.
Tristan McGarity led the way with 13 points and was followed by Skyler Evanson and Brianna Whatley, who scored 12 points each.
Oglethorpe County was led by Trenetta Smith's nine points.
Jefferson (6-8, 1-3) will play at 6 p.m. today at Commerce. Oglethorpe County (1-11, 0-4) will host Taliaferro County at 4 p.m. today.
FLOWERY BRANCH 42, MADISON COUNTY 40: At Danielsville, Ariel Sorrells scored 15 points, Molly Glaze had 11 points and Nekeia Brown added 10 points, but the Lady Raiders fell to Flowery Branch.
Madison County (11-3, 0-1 in Region 8-AAAA) will play at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Clarke Central.
TOWNS COUNTY 74, COMMERCE 28: At Hiawassee, Lily Mather scored nine points to lead Commerce, which fell to 3-8 overall and 0-2 in Region 8-A. Towns County improved to 10-4 and 3-0 with the victory.
The Lady Tigers will host Jefferson at 6 p.m. today.
WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN 49, BETHLEHEM CHRISTIAN 31: At Watkinsville, Madie Herrin scored a game-high 19 points and Katie Tingle tossed in 12 points as the Lady Lions defeated Bethlehem Christian to improve to 3-8 and 1-0 in GISA's Region 1-A.
Westminster Christian will play at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Nathanael Greene in Siloam.
STEPHENS COUNTY 51, FRANKLIN COUNTY 43: At Carnesville, Shakara Little scored 13 points, but the Lady Lions lost to Stephens County.
Franklin County (1-12, 0-1 in Region 8-AAA) will play at 6 p.m. Tuesday at White County.
CLARKE CENTRAL 54, HABERSHAM CENTRAL 36: At Mt. Airy, Clarke Central's Cierra Jackson had a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds Friday, but the Lady Gladiators were defeated by Habersham Central in Region 8-AAAA play.
Kayonnah Perrin added 11 points and eight rebounds for Clarke Central (3-9, 0-1), which will host Madison County at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
JEFFERSON ADVANCES TO SEMIS: At Jefferson, the Dragons defeated Oglethorpe County (which earlier beat Hart County) 80-0 in the second round of the Area 8-A duals tournament. Jefferson, which is vying for its 11th consecutive state duals championship, will face Jackson County at 9 a.m. today in the semifinals.
Also set for 9 a.m. is a semifinal match between Banks County and Elbert County, and consololation-round matches between East Hall and Fannin County and Dawson County and North Oconee.
The finals are scheduled for noon today.
CLARKE CENTRAL TO FACE FLOWERY BRANCH: At Clarke Central, the top-seeded Gladiators defeated Winder-Barrow 62-18 in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals at 9 a.m. today against Flowery Brach at the Area 8-AAAA dual tournament.
In the opening round, Winder-Barrow defeated Madison County 48-20, Habersham Central defeated Salem 45-16 and Apalachee beat Cedar Shoals 54-6.
In the quarterfinals, Flowery Branch topped Heritage 46-19, Loganville downed Apalachee 55-22 and Rockdale County whipped Habersham Central 57-16.
In the consolation round, Heritage defeated Madison County 62-16, Habersham Central beat Cedar Shoals 66-6 and Apalachee beat Salem 60-17.
Besides Clarke Centrals' semifinal match with fourth-seeded Flowery Branch, second-seeded Loganville will square off against No. 3 seed Rockdale County at 9 a.m. The championship finals are set for 1:30 p.m. today.
COMMERCE REACHES FINALS: At Gainesville, Commerce defeated George Walton 55-24 in the quarterfinals and Wesleyan 78-(-1) in the semifinals to advance to the championship round of the Area 2A duals tournament.
The Tigers, who won area duals last year and finished first at state to Bremen, will face Social Circle at 10:30 a.m. today for the meet title. Social Circle defeated Riverside Military Academy and Washington-Wilkes to reach the finals.
OCONEE BEATS WEST HALL: At Watkinsville, third-seeded Oconee County defeated West Hall 50-24 in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals of the Area 8-AAA duals tournament. The Warriors, who advanced to the Class AAA state duals in 2011, will face second-seeded North Hall at 9 a.m. today.
Top-seeded Chestatee will meet fourth seed Lumpkin County in today's other semifinal match. The championship finals are set to begin at 1:30 p.m.


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Déjà vu (French for "already seen"): you find yourself in a situation that feels very familiar, but you can't quite put a finger on why. It's a frustrating feeling, and even scientists are still perplexed over what causes it. But new research of epileptic patients shows some correlation between a misfiring of neurons that causes déjà vu and the misfiring that causes seizures.
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Obama plans to cut U.S. presence in Afghanistan to 9,800 Troops
President Obama plans to cut the U.S. presence in Afghanistan dramatically by the end of the year and announced the next steps in winding down the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon.
With the combat mission in Afghanistan ending in December, Obama made clear that the U.S. is open to continued efforts in two "narrow missions" -- training Afghan forces and supporting counter-terrorism operations against al Qaeda -- after 2014, according to a senior administration official.
At the beginning of his presidency, Obama said there were 180,000 troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, and by the end of this year, there will be fewer than 10,000. There are currently 32,000 servicemen in Afghanistan.
Reacting to the news, Republicans on Capitol Hill said they were pleased that Obama decided to keep 9,800 troops there until the end of 2015 but criticized the announcement for detailing the U.S. exit strategy.


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Distributional Impact of the Great Recession on Industry Unemployment for 1976-2011
The recession the United States economy entered in December of 2007 is considered to be the most severe downturn the country has experienced since the Great Depression. In this paper we decompose the changes in the unemployment rate by examining worker ows into and out of unemployment during the last four recessions in the United States with a special focus on the industry groups. Since the most recent economic downturn has been triggered by the collapse of the housing market, we are interested in looking at the industries that are most affected by the housing market weakness (such as construction and finance, insurance and real estate). In addition to documenting and comparing industry experiences and industry contributions to the aggregate unemployment rate changes, we attempt to evaluate the relative importance of cyclical and structural forces driving industry-specific unemployment rate changes. This question is of importance to policymakers as cyclical and structural changes call for different policy responses. We use publicly available data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Three series are necessary to compute the unemployment inow and outow rates by industry: the number of unemployed, the unemployment rate and the number of short-term unemployed (those unemployed for less than 5 weeks). These series for the broadest industry classification are available from BLS, but only from 2000. We obtain data that goes back beyond 2000 and reclassify according the BLS guidelines. Our task is complicated by the change in industry classification of the CPS in 1983 and 2003 and the 1994 re-design of the CPS survey. We extend our data further back and look at a finer disaggregation, which allows us to make comparisons previously not possible. We find that construction, manufacturing and services were the three industries that contributed the most to the aggregate unemployment rate increase during the most recent downturn. However, the burden of unemployment was not evenly distributed across these industries: while the contribution of construction and manufacturing by far exceeded their share in the labor force, the opposite is the case for services. During the recovery, construction and manufacturing are strong "drivers" of the unemployment rate decline, but services are not. In terms of job ows, the dramatic decline in the job finding probability was the main source of the recessionary unemployment rate increase. In particular, the decline in job finding probability in services, manufacturing, construction and wholesale and retail trade were large contributors. It is the lack of strong recovery in job finding probability that seems to be holding unemployment rate from declining more rapidly during the recovery. Services and public administration stand out as sectors that provided relief in the past recoveries, but are not doing so this time around.
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Obama: Broadband Essential for Economic Recovery
President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday renewed his call for nationwide broadband access as well as more connected schools, libraries, and hospitals.
"It is unacceptable that the United States ranks fifteenth in the world in broadband adoption," Obama said during his weekly address, which was posted to YouTube. "Here, in the country that invented the Internet, every child should have the chance to get online, and they'll get that chance when I'm president because that's how we'll strengthen America's competitiveness in the world."
Global broadband penetration data is gathered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). When OECD first stated collecting this information in 2001, the U.S. ranked fourth out of 30 nations. As of June 2008, the U.S. was at number 15, with Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway holding the top spots.
Obama also called for connecting more schools, libraries, and hospitals to the Internet.
"We will repair broken schools, make them energy-efficient, and put new computers in our classrooms; because to help our children compete in a 21st century economy, we need to send them to 21st century schools," he said.
"That is why the economic recovery plan I'm proposing will help modernize our health care system and that won't just save jobs, it will save lives," he continued. "We will make sure that every doctor's office and hospital in this country is using cutting edge technology and electronic medical records so that we can cut red tape, prevent medical mistakes, and help save billions of dollars each year."
Washington-based interest group Free Press applauded Obama's speech "as a starting point for economic recovery."
"Obama's broadband stimulus must deliver Americans the infrastructure they need for economic growth and social opportunity," Josh Silver, executive director of Free Press, said in a statement. "Just like President Eisenhower seized the moment in the 1950s to bring together public and private interests to build our interstate highway system, now is our moment to make sure the information superhighway reaches every home in America."
Obama's broadband remarks were part of a broader plan for federal infrastructure upgrades.


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Difference between skeet, trap and clays
What's the difference between clays, trap and skeet?
The one I shoot is :
One thrower set up next to me with the clays flying away from me at about a 45 to 50 degree angle.
My record is 12 in a row.
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Skeet is when the clays are thrown from one side or the other, high coming down or low going up. (From a high house or a low house.)
Trap is when the clay is thrown going away from you but not side to side.
The clays are the flying targets.
I'm just learning this stuff myself. You are certainly much better at it than I am. LOL
Sporting clays has a much closer resemblance to hunting.
Last time I shot a round of sporting clays, I used a Remington 1100 Light Field in .410. I got 50% and was REAL proud of that! It has been said that Sporting Clays was created to teach humility. I agree!
Skeet, Trap, Sporting Clays, and 5-Stand are all distinctly different games. The length of your shot, the angle of your shot, the chokes used, etc aren't the same in each. The Internet will tell you everything you need to know. I shoot 95% skeet so I'm partial to that. I didn't like trap. I love 5-Stand but the closest place to shoot it to me is over an hour away. I've never shot sporting clays but I will. It's the golf of shotgun games. You walk around for 2 hours stopping along the way to shoot various targets and you'll shoot a lot more shells than a round of trap or skeet.
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That's pretty damned good for shooting it with a .410. Both times I've shot at Bobski's I use a .410 and I actually hit some clays AND I didn't come in last. Next time I'm going to be shooting my very own youth model 20 gauge.
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