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Thursday, May 12
This weekend, thousands of motorheads from around town and even the country will descend on Allen Parkway for the annual Art Car Parade. But those in the know are well aware that parade events start today with CARnavel - the 2005 Art Car Ball at the Meridian. The official pre-party for the festivities, the event features more than 100 art cars and a variety of entertainment, including belly dancers and a fashion show by Erotic Cabaret. Also watch for local artist Reverend Butter, who will be creating a sculpture out of a 300-pound block of ice. It's your chance to meet some of the kooky minds behind art cars like "Roachster" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Car." Don some funky, art-car-inspired duds and hit the ball at 7 p.m. 1503 Chartres. For information, call 713-225-1717 or visit www.meridianhouston.com. $20; $15 in advance.
Friday, May 13
Amy Meyers of Sippora Gallery is obsessed with "form and color, sound, odors, softness, warmth and orgasm." Whoa there, Amy! If this kind of talk turns your, er, head, visit Sippora tonight for the opening of EROTICA: 3rd Annual Art Benefit for Breast Cancer Research and Awareness. Artists such as Gabrielle Faust, Earl Staley, Holly Denslow, Kermit Eisenhut and Santosh Varughese will gather to share their mixed media, paintings, sculpture and other works, all of which celebrate the human body and the randiness in us all. "Some of the stuff is a little abstract," says Meyers, "but most of it is in-your-face." Throw down some cash for door prizes and you can score art pieces, gym memberships, makeovers and -- surprise -- erotic toys. Feel the good vibrations from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. 234 West Gray. For information, call 713-520-1085 or visit www.sippora.com. $12.
Saturday, May 14
There's no better way of raising money to fight inflammatory bowel disease than scaring the living crap out of yourself. This Saturday, during the second annual "Jumping Blue Beans Jump Across America," charitable daredevils will be leaping from planes in five American cities, including Houston, all to help out the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. Just what is a Jumping Blue Bean, anyway? We're not sure, but Mr. Blue Bean, the event's official plush mascot, is awfully cute. For a squatting cyclops, that is. Prepare to you know your pants at noon, Saturday, May 14. Skydive Spaceland, 16111 FM 521. For information and to preregister, call 281-369-3337or visit www.ccfa.org. Free.
Survive the jump? Great! Celebrate by rocking out today. There might be a band somewhere out there sillier than Glass Candy & the Shattered Theatre, but we wouldn't wanna take bets. The Portland glam-cum-electro-cum-no-wavers are storming the Proletariat, bringing their Kill Rock Stars indie cred, Blondie-esque visual stylings and just-short-of-hilarious pseudonyms. ("What's your name, young lady?" "Ida No." Seriously, the singer's name is Ida No.) A stellar support bill includes Austin's Zom Zoms, Florida's Yip Yip and our very own Dead Roses. 9 p.m. Saturday, May 14. 903 Richmond, 713-523-1199, www.theproletariathouston.com. $7.
Sunday, May 15
As anyone who hawks real estate knows, you gotta have an angle. Is your house a one-of-a-kind? Was it designed by a famous architect? Was it the site of a famous murder? If so, your crib could be worth some mad green. Get the scoop on some historic properties today at the Alpha Gamma Delta Home Tour. You'll visit six homes, two churches and two office buildings designed by one of Houston's foremost architecture firms, MacKie & Kamrath. The homes represent the team's "organic architecture" approach; several of them are built around and into the wooded areas of Buffalo Bayou. They also reflect the style of über-architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who was a friend of the firm and gave his blessing to many of the structures. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday, May 14. For a list of homes and locations, call 713-868-1018 or visit www.americanheritage.org. $15. Event benefits the AGD Foundation Leadership Institute and other charities.
Monday, May 16
Kids insinuate the darnedest things -- like "Those two ladies are lezzies!" Today, a vindictive youngster decides to bring down a few prominent members of her community with vicious and unfounded charges of sexual impropriety. The Children's Hour, a film originally released in 1961, was made at a time when such claims were still shocking. It's running as part of Stages Repertory Theatre's "Making Headway: The 2005 Surround Film Series," about the way women are portrayed in theater and film. Today's film boasts Audrey Hepburn and a pre-reincarnated Shirley MacLaine as the maligned schoolteachers, and child actress Karen Balkin as the accuser who dares to call out the ladies' "affair." Scandalous! 7 p.m. Monday, May 16. Series runs through June 13. 3201 Allen Parkway, 713-527-0123, www.stagestheatre.com. Free.
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Tuesday, May 17
Calling all rabid literature fans! Put down that purloined letter, kick aside that oblong box and head over to the second annual Edgar party benefiting the local lit-and-photography quarterly named after everyone's favorite troubled 19th-century genius. Expect mingling, door prizes and a silent auction (just don't be too surprised if a hideously loud beating heart interrupts the proceedings). All in all, it's a great excuse to break open a cask of Amontillado with like-minded, um, poetasters. Hell, maybe you could do it Poe-style and end up drunk and in the street. Quoth the raven, "Party on!" 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at -- where else? -- Tequila Willie's, 1055 Bay Area Boulevard in Clear Lake. For information, call 281-770-8989 or visit www.edgarliterarymagazine.com. Free.
Wednesday, May 18
To some, Halliburton is an earnest conglomerate, whose leaders and workers are just trying to make their way in the brave new world that is Iraq. And to some others, that's a big buncha crap. Today, Dick Cheney and his henchmen -- er, associates -- will be in town for the Halliburton shareholders' meeting. And some others will be marching on the Halliburton shareholders' meeting. Folks from Houston Global Awareness plan to protest the event (which they've affectionately dubbed the War Profiteers Club) at the Four Seasons Hotel downtown. If you want to engage in some peaceful protest, you're invited to the Global group today. Or, if you'd like to heckle the hecklers, you can do that too. The fun starts at 8 a.m. Marchers will assemble at 1000 Crawford. For information, call 832-725-6220 or visit www.houstonglobalawareness.org. Free.


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The changing state of the family in modern society.
It is generally recognized that the family has played an important role in society over the centuries. However, the nuclear family, which would consist of married parents and children, seems to be adapting to a new pattern in many countries all over the world.
In the past, the father used to be not only the head of the household but also the universal provider, whereas the mother would stay home and do her tasks as a housewife and full time mother as devotedly as possible. Some might blame this change on the gradual modernization of society as a whole and on the subsequent need to fit into a different reality.
People adopted new standards and as economy and technology evolved, various demands rose as well as the expectation in relation to the role of each family member. Women started to fight for a spot in the job market and, as a consequence, invest in their careers before considering marriage and children. Added to this, the pressure that religion used to have upon families was loosened by fresh models of modern relationships where bells tolling at the end was no longer the target and neither were married couples compelled to stay together till death did them part.
As time passed, the world witnessed the blossoming of a generation of men and women whose priorities included being independent from old models and being able to try to find ends meet by themselves so that they could choose whether to remain single or eventually get married.


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"Neocolonialism in West Africa" looks at how West Africa's economy and resources are controlled by the same forces that rig elections and promote wars and military coups in the region.
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Author, journalist and political activist Chernoh Alpha M. Bah presents a collection of essays and articles that examine imperialist exploitation and causes of underdevelopment in Africa in his new book, "Neocolonialism in West Africa: A Collection of Essays and Articles" (published by iUniverse).
Bah draws on his experiences with active revolutionary work, political activism and as a journalist reporting and writing about politics, economic exploitation and human rights in this expansive collection. He discusses modern forms of Western exploitation of West Africa's vast mineral and energy resources and explains how capitalist corporations and Western nations have worked to gain control of them.
"Neocolonialism in West Africa" looks at how West Africa's economy and resources are controlled by the same forces that rig elections and promote wars and military coups in the region. The book also explores how Western corporations prop up the anti-democratic regimes that support their interests.
"West Africa's transition from direct, colonial rule to 'independence' was supposed to usher in a new era of freedom," Bah writes. "Instead, it has only changed the colonial bureaucratic structure, as imperialists continue to exploit the continent and its people."
"Neocolonialism in West Africa"
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Born in Sierra Leone in 1979, Chernoh Alpha M. Bah is the leader of the African Socialist Movement, a revolutionary mass movement committed to the liberation and unification of Africa under an all-African socialist government. Educated at Sierra Leone's Fourah Bay College, he has degrees in African studies, history and sociology and has worked as an activist in West Africa for more than 10 years. In 2012, he was a parliamentary candidate in Sierra Leone.
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Along a winding, unpaved road in an area between Argyle, Flower Mound and Northlake, three mobile homes sit surrounded by more than 1,200 acres of barren fields.
In Tuesday's election, the eight registered voters who live there can either approve or deny more than $100 million in bonds that would reignite a stalled residential development in the area. The bonds are expected to be used by developers to develop water and sewer infrastructure.
That area, known as Canyon Falls, was turned into two separate utility districts by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in 2008, in an effort to develop a community of 1,700 homes.
The Canyon Falls special district was created by petitions signed by a majority of the people holding titles to the land in the proposed districts, and the petitions were submitted to the TCEQ for approval.
After gaining TCEQ approval, however, financial hurdles forced Highland Capital Real Estate Advisors and McGinnis Real Estate to put the development on hold in 2009, file for bankruptcy protection in 2010 and eventually sell the land in 2012.
In July, Connecticut- and Massachusetts-based Wheelock Street Capital bought the 1,240-acre Canyon Falls development from the real estate developers for an undisclosed amount.
Wheelock officials said they plan to develop the area into a residential and commercial hub. Local officials expect the value of the project to top $1 billion by completion.
Canyon Falls is located along Interstate 35W about two miles north of Northwest Regional Airport.
The development is separated into two districts — a municipal district and a water control and improvement district. Five voters reside in the utility district, and three live in the water control district.
The responsibilities of each district are similar, according to the TCEQ. The districts are tasked with making the necessary improvements to prevent floods, irrigate land, establish drainage and supply water and sewer services.
In each district, residents can vote to approve or deny $50 million in bonds, appoint a five-member board of directors and give the districts authorization to collect taxes.
The bonds and the tax collections are expected to help fund the infrastructure needed to support the development. The bonds also will go toward administrative, maintenance and operational costs, according to a Canyon Falls engineering report.
Attempts to contact residents living in the mobile homes were unsuccessful after several visits. According to Denton County tax records, Canyon Falls Land Partners LP owns the mobile homes.
Calls to candidates for the two boards of directors were not returned. The directors will be responsible for the business of the district and daily operations.
Mike Rafferty, Wheelock's Texas operations director, said crews are expected to begin work on the main road leading into the development site, Cleveland Gibbs Road, this year. Rafferty said the company expects the first houses to appear by the fourth quarter of 2013.
According to Northlake officials, zoning in the development will be low-density residential, with homes priced between $250,000 and $1 million.
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Train robbery police commended
Police officers who investigated the Great Train Robbery have been commended for their part in solving the "crime of the century" 50 years ago.
Eighteen retired Buckinghamshire Constabulary investigators and backroom staff were reunited at Eynsham Hall in Witney, Oxfordshire.
They received commendations on the eve of the £2.6 million heist's 50th anniversary from chief constable Sara Thornton.
The robbery took place on August 8 1963, when a gang masterminded by Bruce Reynolds stopped the Glasgow-Euston overnight mail train as it passed through the Buckinghamshire countryside close to Cheddington.
Keith Milner, now 78, was the duty detective at Aylesbury on the night of the robbery. Then aged 28, he was woken by a call at 5am letting him know there had been a burglary near Cheddington. "I said 'what's gone?' and they said 'a train'," he explained. "An early call generally meant a long day and this was no exception. In those days we got dressed - suit, collar and tie - and off we went."
After first collecting evidence on the railtrack, Mr Milner spent nine months attached to the investigation as the officer in charge of exhibits. He was instrumental during the subsequent court case and worked shoulder to shoulder with Scotland Yard legends such as Leonard "Nipper" Read, later responsible for bringing down the East End gangland empire ruled by the Kray twins.
Twelve of the robbers were jailed for a total of more than 300 years but more than one broke out of prison, including notorious criminal Ronnie Biggs. Reynolds returned in 1968, five years after the crime, and was captured in Torquay and jailed for 25 years. He died aged 81 in February.
Last month Biggs insisted he was proud to have been part of the gang. The famous fugitive, who will celebrate his 84th birthday on Thursday, escaped from prison in 1965 and spent 36 years on the run before finally being arrested and jailed in 2001.
A new book has been published to mark the 50th anniversary, The Great Train Robbery - 50th Anniversary - 1963-2103, said to explain first-hand the complete story of the robbery. Both Biggs and Reynolds contributed to the book, which has been written by Reynolds' son Nick, along with Biggs' autobiographer Chris Pickard. Reynolds and Mr Pickard said the book was aimed at "setting the record straight", and putting right any inaccuracies in a tale that has become folklore.
Sara Thornton said today: "The coverage in the newspapers and the discussion is always about the offenders in this notorious crime. I wanted to balance that by thanking the police officers and police staff who played a very important role in making sure that those men were brought to justice 50 years ago."


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Cintas Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)
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Date: April 8, 2011 11:15AM
Cintas Corp. (CTAS) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2011-02-28. Cintas Corp. has a market cap of $4.5 billion; its shares were traded at around $31 with a P/E ratio of 20.1 and P/S ratio of 1.3. The dividend yield of Cintas Corp. stocks is 1.6%. Cintas Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 3.7% over the past 10 years.
Highlight of Business Operations:
Rental Uniforms and Ancillary Products operating segment revenue increased 6.8% for the three months ended February 28, 2011, over the same period in the prior fiscal year from $622.5 million to $665.0 million. Other Services revenue, consisting of revenue from the reportable operating segments of Uniform Direct Sales, First Aid, Safety and Fire Protection Services and Document Management Services, increased 14.0% for the three months ended February 28, 2011, over the same period in the prior fiscal year from $239.4 million to $272.9 million. The increase primarily resulted from an organic growth increase of 8.6%. The remaining 5.4% represents growth derived through acquisitions in our Document Management Services operating segment and our First Aid, Safety and Fire Protection Services operating segment during the quarter. The organic growth rate for Other Services revenue for the quarter was due to organic growth in each operating segment making up Other Services. The organic growth for these operating segments was 8.7% in Uniform Direct Sales, 9.3% in First Aid, Safety and Protection Services and 7.8% in Document Management Services.
As discussed above, Rental Uniforms and Ancillary Products operating segment revenue increased from $1.9 billion to $2.0 billion, or 3.1%, and the cost of rental uniforms and ancillary products increased $45.8 million, or 4.2%. The operating segments gross margin was $851.2 million, or 43.0% of revenue. This gross margin percent of revenue of 43.0% was 60 basis points lower than the prior fiscal years 43.6%. Maintenance costs increased $7.0 million, or approximately 30 basis points, and energy related costs, which include natural gas, electric and gas, increased $3.8 million, or 10 basis points, from the prior fiscal year period.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $208.0 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2011, a decrease of $221.2 million compared to the same period last fiscal year. Last fiscal years net cash provided by operating activities benefited from lower working capital needs associated with our decreasing sales volumes and the accrual of approximately $28.0 million in legal settlements. As sales volumes have increased this fiscal year, our working capital needs have increased. Our operating cash flows were negatively impacted by the accounts receivable increase of $32.8 million, and the inventories, net and uniforms and other rental items in service increase of $100.1 million, both due to the higher sales volume and an intentional increase in inventory in anticipation of and as a precaution to a planned enterprise-wide system conversion of the Cintas Global Supply Chain division.
Net cash used in investing activities includes capital expenditures and cash paid for acquisitions of businesses. Capital expenditures were $142.3 million and $78.9 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010, respectively. These capital expenditures primarily relate to expansion efforts in Rental Uniforms and Ancillary Products and Document Management Services operating segments and to an enterprise-wide system conversion. Capital expenditures increased during the nine months ended February 28, 2011, compared to the same period last fiscal year as economic conditions in the United States and Canada stabilized in 2010, providing better revenue growth opportunities. Cash paid for acquisitions of businesses was $158.5 million and $41.4 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The acquisitions this fiscal year occurred in our Document Management Services, First Aid, Safety and Fire Protection Services and Rental Uniforms and Ancillary Products operating segments. The cash used for capital expenditures and acquisitions was offset by net proceeds from the sale or redemption of marketable securities.
Net cash used in financing activities was $252.1 million and $1.8 million for the nine months ended February 28, 2011 and 2010, respectively. We completed our share buyback program by purchasing $203.2 million of Cintas common stock during the nine months ended February 28, 2011. We also paid an annual cash dividend of $71.8 million in December 2010. Throughout our third quarter, we issued various levels of commercial paper in order to fund the dividend payment and other cash requirements. The maximum amount of commercial paper outstanding at any one time was approximately $90 million, and the amount outstanding at February 28, 2011, was $21.5 million.
As of February 28, 2011, we had $775.0 million in fixed rate notes outstanding with maturities ranging from 2012 to 2036. Cintas has a commercial paper program with capacity of $300.0 million that is fully supported by a backup revolving credit facility through a credit agreement with its banking group. This revolving credit facility has an accordion feature that allows for a maximum borrowing capacity of $450.0 million and an expiration date of September 26, 2014. We believe this program will be adequate to provide necessary funding for our cash requirements. As of February 28, 2011, we had $21.5 million of commercial paper outstanding. No commercial paper outstanding and no outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility were outstanding as of May 31, 2010.
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A donation to the U.S. Forest Service's plant-a-tree program is one gift idea for someone who seems to have everything and loves the natural world.
For a minimum donation of $20, the giver receives a certificate on behalf of a person or family, and 10 seedlings are reserved to reforest a burned area in the San Juan National Forest.
It costs the Forest Service $2 per tree to collect the seeds, grow the seedlings in a nursery and plant the trees.
Donations are used to reforest areas, and plantings provide wildlife habitat, decrease soil erosion and help with spring snow retention, while also helping to sequester carbon and provide oxygen.
This year's donations will go directly toward a reforestation project scheduled for spring 2015 in the area burned by the Missionary Ridge fire around Vallecito Reservoir.
"Some burned areas will reforest naturally on their own, but on southwest-facing slopes and harsher environments, regeneration may take centuries," said Gretchen Fitzgerald, San Juan National Forest forester.
"We focus tree planting in areas where large-scale, stand-replacement fires have occurred outside of wilderness areas, and where there is virtually no probability that the area will reforest on its own in the next 50 to 100 years," Fitzgerald added.
The U.S. Forest Service established the Plant-A-Tree Program in 1983 to allow donors to contribute money toward reforestation on National Forests to memorialize loved ones or commemorate births, weddings or special events, while helping to improve the environment.
Seedlings planted with the donations are not designated on the ground as a memorial or individually recognized but instead become part of the forest ecosystem.
Donations can be made with cash, check or credit card at San Juan National Forest offices.
Credit card donations can also be made over the phone, or checks can be mailed to San Juan National Forest plant-a-tree coordinator, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO 81301.
Checks should be made payable to USDA Forest Service, with "Plant-A-Tree, San Juan National Forest" noted in the memo portion of the check.
The program is considered a charitable donation by the IRS.
Requests may take a few days to process, and contributions cannot be refunded. The donor receives a personalized certificate to document the gift.


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RIAA Web site graffitied with piracy tags
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) became one of the largest proponents of peer-to-peer file sharing and anti-copyright when hackers defaced its Web site today.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) became one of the largest proponents of peer-to-peer file sharing and anti-copyright when hackers defaced its Web site today.
Siemens is launching a wireless LAN system that it claims can run full 802.11n on normal power over Ethernet, but refuses to divulge how it has managed a trick that is beyond other players including Cisco.
While Google's Android SDK for mobile applications could become a formidable competitor to Sun's own Java platform, Sun vice president James Gosling said Wednesday it is not possible for Sun to take a position on Android.
Research in Motion Wednesday announced it will support IBM Lotus Connections on its BlackBerry smart phones, giving users access to the new social software for business.
Asian consumers aren't yet buying digital music to pack their iPods with sprawling collections of music, but they are splashing out on digital music in the form of mobile ringtones and ringback tones.
A free online version of the PC game Battlefield Heroes is to be released by Electronic Arts (EA). Supported by adverts and micro payments, the game will be available online later this year, and will not be sold in shops. However, the download will o...
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With consumers finally getting wise to phishing attacks, scammers are hitting the phones.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has accused mobile phone retailer, Crazy John's, of deceptive or misleading conduct in relation to mobile phone promotions.
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With campus counseling centers reeling under the burden of
one-on-one treatment for ever more students with ever more serious
psychological problems, a new interactive CD might be just what the
doctor ordered. A clinical trial of the program, called Food, Mood and
Attitude, demonstrates that it can help prevent eating disorders among
college women.
In tests on 240 freshman, those who engaged with the two-hour
program had decreased shape and weight concerns and a lower frequency of
overeating, excessive exercise and purging behaviors three months later,
compared with a control group.
Drawing on the power of social influence in the development of
bulimia, the multimedia program, developed by Newton, Massachusetts-based
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Hey Yehana,
I just wanted to let you know that Bleacher Report has launched out of beta with an updated look and feel and some great new features. Check out the "Game On" link in the header to find out more.
Next week we'll be launching the site to the world with some public announcements—and it'd be great to get a contribution from you between now and Tuesday to make Bleacher Report's launch a success.
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AFC TOTTON boss Steve Riley has every faith in chairman Andy Straker to lead the Stags towards a brighter future.
The financial troubles of the struggling Calor Southern League outfit came back under the spotlight last week when it emerged they are in preliminary partnership talks with Totton College which could result in them selling the Testwood Stadium to the college and renting it back.
That prompted a response from Testwood Park Limited – a company headed by former Totton & Eling chairman Ed Holmes – who say that selling the "crown jewels" is not the answer and are urging Straker to talk to them about their own proposal to restructure the club and make it profitable.
But Straker is wary of TPL's motives and has reiterated that he and the club membership wouldn't consider letting anyone take control who "hasn't got the best interests of AFC Totton at heart."
Calmore-based Straker – regional organiser of trade union UNISON – started supporting Totton after moving down from Aldershot nine years ago. Until last summer he had no intention of being anything other than a fan, but he stepped in as chairman, initially on an interim basis, when the Stags were in financial turmoil last summer. Totton still have a sizeable debt to clear and TPL have questioned the ability of the elected executive committee to oversee the financial and day-to-day management of the club. But team boss Riley has nothing but respect for Straker for taking on the chairmanship at such a difficult time.
"Andy's gone from being a loyal AFC Totton supporter to chairman and people should give him a bit of credit," he said. "It's all too easy to fire shots at people without knowing what they've inherited from the past regime.
"Andy is trying to fight the club's cause. He's not doing it for himself, he's doing it for AFC Totton. He's not interested in the ground, he's focused on being chairman and he's doing a very good job in difficult circumstances."
The club executive committee confirmed that discussions with Totton College are ongoing.
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Totton – home to title challengers Chesham today – remain one off the foot of the Calor Southern Premier Division, nine points shy of fourth-to-bottom safety.


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The last golden age of Hollywood film-making is captured in this two
hour documentary, based on Peter Biskind's bestselling book of the same
name. Director Kenneth Bowser does a commendable job of corralling many
of the key names of the period in this light but passable introduction
to the topic.
Bowser's treatise of 1970s Hollywood is essentially a potted history of the time many of the key developments and vital films that were made during this period are passed over or given nothing more than a cursory glance. The documentary suffers as a result and added to this, historical inaccuracies are also evident.
Film fans will most enjoy the scenes of archival footage a desperately nerdy George Lucas being introduced as Francis Ford Coppola's 'assistant'; Jack Nicholson, Bob Rafelson, Dennis Hopper and Peter Tork on the set of The Monkees vehicle 'Head'; and the piece de resistance, a home movie with Messrs Spielberg, Lucas, Milius, Coppola, de Palma, Schrader and Scorsese all in the same room. To be a fly on the wall at that party!
There are also current interviews with the likes of Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Hopper, Peter Bart, John Milius, Michael Phillips, Paul Schrader, Peter Fonda, Albert S. Ruddy and many more figures of the time.
Bowser's documentary serves as a snapshot of the time Biskind's novel is a veritable diary. The book is packed with amazing stories that even a 13-part series couldn't document. Watch this documentary, get a taste of the time and then buy the book to immerse yourself in a fantastic period of American filmic creativity.
"Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" is an orgy for movie lovers. How can anyone
who loves film not be in heaven at the constant parade of landmark
films and key industry figures that charges across the screen in this
fast-paced documentary? If you've read the book, the movie will feel
cursory, and one will find himself wishing for more detail, more
insider stories. There are curious omissions here, and wonders if
Bowser structured his content based on who he could get to agree to
interviews. Altman is hardly mentioned, Scorsese (who shows up
everywhere talking about movies) is not interviewed, and Kubrick isn't
mentioned at all (save for one shot of the "2001" poster). Still,
what's there is great, and if you're like me, you'll be left with a
twinge of sadness that such a rich time in film artistry seems to be
gone forever.
Grade: A-
After 20th Century-Fox's "The Sound of Music" raked in big box-office and Academy Awards, every Hollywood studio was busy for the next couple of years trying to duplicate its success (it isn't specified here, but Fox itself was one of the hungriest at pilfering from this genre). Unfortunately, "The Sound of Music" was really the end of the popular, old-fashioned, break-out-in-song Hollywood movie, giving way to the rebellious counterculture. Seen as a major turning point--and released before "Bonnie & Clyde"--"The Wild Angels", a Roger Corman biker flick from A.I.P. (which came out one year after "The Sound of Music"), signaled a change in perceptions. The studio system was breaking down and actors were no longer on contract (since the youth movement didn't exactly want pretty stars). Most young, hungry American movie makers of this period took their cues from the European directors of the early '60s, and this documentary chronicles their battles with the ever-present Hollywood regime into getting their avant garde movies made, marketed and released. Most of the movers and shakers from the past are here, looking quite good, and their recollections from this fertile period for thought-provoking entertainment are fascinating. The downfalls (the drugs, the egos) are documented in a matter-of-fact way, nobody is chastised or condescended to, as the rise of the summer blockbuster (Steven Spielberg's "Jaws") heralded the weakening of the character-driven drama. This film does make it seem as if the smaller, more personal Hollywood motion picture is completely dead now, but fails to take into consideration terrific films like "Sling Blade" or "Monster's Ball" which, high profile or not, give serious movie-fans hope for the future. But as a chronicle of this golden era, "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls", narrated by William H. Macy, is fairly straightforward, mostly accurate, very entertaining, and a great tool for film buffs who weren't privileged to have been there. *** from ****
I ran across the documentary by accident, and am really glad that I did -
having been a slave to film study for the last 17 years of my life, I
read about, viewed documentaries involving, and seen the films of most of
the filmmakers profiled in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls so I figured it
make for good background noise while I tended to some writing. What
surprised me was that I had to postpone my work because I was literally
riveted with this film.
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls chronicles the new wave of filmmakers who revolutionized Hollywood in the late 60's and 70's. While a lot of the stories are relatively well known (the foreign film influence, the problems with the filming of Jaws, the raising of the bar in terms of the box office gross) the candid commentary from the directors, producers, writers and actors that were involved was extremely enlightening and brutally honest. One story that sticks in my mind in particular is the telling by various people of the "Malibu Beach Group" that included Scorsese, Keitel, Spielberg and Paul Schrader among others gathering to party and discuss and debate film. Being a complete film geek, when friends and I get into philosophical discussions about where we would go if we could travel back in time to any moment, my answer has always been to be a production assistant on the set of Citizen Kane. After hearing this story in the documentary, transporting myself back to that scene is a close second. Supplementing these interviews were excellent behind-the-scenes footage that I had never seen of the filmmakers at work, which was absolutely fascinating.
While the documentary skips around according to genre, and not necessarily profiling a single filmmaker at a time, the range of directors presented is admirably wide. The obligatory (and famous) Coppola, Scorsese, Bogdanovch, Lucas and Spielberg are profiled with equal air time as directors who are not household names, like Sam Peckinpah, Arthur Penn and Hal Ashby. This is definitely a great documentary to catch if you want to get some ideas for films that you should watch but don't know are out there, as well as see some of the diverse portfolios the more "commercial" directors have in their pasts.
I read and enjoyed the book, too, but it and the movie make several points I disagree with: _ Almost all of the people mentioned in this film are still around, if you don't count cancer victim Hal Ashby, one-hit wonder Sam Peckinpah and the inconsequential Julia Phillips. The idea that most of them crashed and burned, never to return, is a bit of a stretch, unless you include those whose careers have tanked over the past 20 years, e.g., Coppola. _ The film neglects to mention that the architect of the auteur-smothering blockbuster was/is Steven Spielberg, who never seems to have had a nasty moment with anybody ... not the Easy Riders/Raging Bulls, and not the studios. There was some good dish, though, and on the whole it was worthwhile viewing.
I read the book EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS by Peter Biskind and was
amazed by it... If 'm honest I'm ashamed to say I rarely read for
pleasure and it's something that I do meen to put right but EASY
RIDERS, RAGING BULLS was an exception. Cliché's like "Couldn't put the
book down" spring to mind!
Anyway this was a good, interesting documentary based on the points brought up in Biskind's book!
As a documentary it's very standard but the sheer subject matter makes it a very good 110 minutes of viewing.
Shame some of the big names didn't agree to appear on this film... it would have been so much better!
A documentary like Easy Riders, Raging Bulls should be the kind of
documentary I should like more. It is chock full of interviews and
choice information about the time period (60's-70's) in American cinema
that changed everything, for a lot better and some for not. But there
are a couple of problems that become inherent. If you have read the
book which spurred on the documentary by Peter Biskind (also author of
Down and Dirty Pictures, a book about the 90's independent film
movement), it's kind of like reading a masterpiece in the trashiest
sense. There is a lot more in-depth information in the book, however
much of it at the personal expense of the filmmakers, writers,
producers, and others that are written about (a good deal with gossip,
interestingly enough on the special features of the DVD some of the
interviewees speak out against the falsities in the book, Paul Schrader
being one of them). The other problem is that the same year this
documentary was released on Spike TV (then later to DVD, which is where
I saw it), there was the great documentary in the similar, more
satisfying vein, A Decade Under the Influence. It might be unfair to
compare the two, however if one were wanting in the first place to get
a video history- by way of movie clips and interviews- about the years
that changed movies a generation before, I would go for 'Decade' due to
it's more obscure film clips, and a few more revealing and insightful
In fact, over half of the people in one documentary are also in the other, like Dennis Hopper, Paul Schrader, Peter Bogdanovich, Ellen Burstyn, Roger Corman, and Monte Hellman among others. It's not that this documentary in and of itself is not insubstantial. On a base level you get the lowdown, about how as Hollywood's studio system was on the decline, filmmakers who were coming up in Corman's enclave (Coppola, Hopper, Bogdanovich, even Scorsese), along with some other key outsiders, infused European ideals into their personal statements, making great art and some money in the process. On the level of just giving forth the information, it's not a bad telling of tales, and has a couple of interviews I wasn't expecting. But, again, my sense of proportion was out of place; I could sense that the doc, much like the book, was more interested in some of the more 'seedy' details (i.e. the stuff about Julia Phillips, or Bogdanovich, which is practically a quarter of the book) than in the actual cinema-contexts of the work. You also don't hear as much about the power of the influence on the filmmakers, which was an appeal of 'Decade'. It's not too tough a call to make, and if you've seen 'Decade' before 'Easy Riders Raging Bulls' you may agree. I liked it, but it's not saying much when the book, which itself was readable mostly for the sake of history (some worthwhile, some not), was better.
This is a great look at Hollywood in the 1960's and 1970's. If you hadn't already noticed, that was an era of great American films, and "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" tells you how and why. The interviews and narration are awesome, and I love seeing all those old movie posters and clips. There may be a few independent filmmakers missing from this piece, but it's impossible to cover them all in just 2 hours. Plus, the thesis of this film deals with the major studios and how talented YOUNG artists briefly took control and made cool movies with studio money. I only wish the industry was like that today.
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revolution of films from the mid'60s-late'70s... in the mid 60's,
during the peak of European cinema (with directors like- Bergman,
Fellini, Godard, Truffaut) Hollywood was on a downhill loosing its
artistic touch. big studios wanted to make same old movies and film
audiences wanted more realistic cinema.. after redemption of old
studios, then came a new wave of young filmmakers who defined the
Hollywood now. martin Scorsese, Francis ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg,
peter Bogdanovich, Hal Ashby, Dennis hopper, warren Beatty, were
practically just movie-nerds who wanted to talk about films all day and
make them...
and of course sex,drugs, rock n roll culture played a big part in this evolution too. movies like bonnie and Clyde, easy rider, the godfather, taxi driver, mean streets.
its a great documentary about, how few trend setting directors took control of film/Hollywood from studio-centralized oriented films, in their own hands. also early days of jack Nicholson and Robert De niro.
but once in 70's, these directors made blockbusters like godfather, jaws, star wars... studios figured out the way to make big money and now its all about just "big-budget-B-grade movies"
filmmakers in 60's were- you don't know how to make a film, i do, so let me do it ! and finally after 10 years studios were able to say- yes we do know how to make money, and u will make it for us !
The withering latter-end of 1960s cinema gave birth to a short-lived
area of mainstream artistic vision - the 1970s was a decade wherein
"the director was the star of the movie." I've never thought of it this
way, but as the documentary points out, it's a valid and poignant
summary of the time period.
This documentary - based on the best-selling book - offers an in-depth analysis of the film-making process of the 1970s... it starts out with "Easy Rider," from the late '60s, which became a huge box office success despite its profane content and extremely low budget.
The financial success of the movie seemed to spawn a new generation of artistic, low-budget films -- Scorsese and Coppola seemingly leading the revolution onwards.
Dennis Hopper would later fail with his semi-sequel to "The Last Picture Show" (as chronicled here) but other directors had success with their projects, attracting viewers despite the grungy themes of the films.
I've heard that cinema "died" in the 1970s, so far as that people had stopped going to see movies...without the influx of 1980s blockbusters, we might not have films today. I think that's rather a stretch.
If anything "Raging Bulls, Easy Riders" exaggerates the mild box office returns of the decade and tries to compensate for their low intake by citing critical praise for the films...all well and valid, when discussing the artistic merit...not financial gain.
I found this to be a rather enjoyable documentary, but I didn't learn anything I hadn't already known. It's got some good interviews, but they're not as insightful as they are amusing anecdotes.
If you are a film student, you could probably view a better and more in-depth summary of the decade; however, for novices, this is good starting ground.
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The visit was a mystery and more so in the morning — Santa had come in person and left. But he must have returned again later because there were more gifts in the morning.
Funny thing was that the next time any of us saw the bell, it was hanging on a nail in Grandpa's barn.
It took a few more years to realize that the bell had been returned to the spot Great Uncle Johnny, a thin man of small stature and no belly, had found it.
At a different Christmas, this one at our home on Coral Way in Colorado, I passed from being a little kid to a big kid — at least in my mind.
My folks gave me a Schwinn bicycle, and, as I remember it, one with red fenders and a faux fuel tank mounted in the frame.
The first warm day outside, the older neighborhood boys, Freddie and Mike, decided to teach me to ride.
With all the kids gathered around, the two big kids steadied the rig as I crawled onto the seat, my feet just reaching the pedals (no training wheels in those days).
With a boy on each side of me, they ran a few steps and launched me down the hill.
"Pedal, pedal," someone yelled.
That instruction, I got.
"Steer!" somebody else cried.
That wasn't so clear to me.
At the end of the block, I ran smack into the front bumper of a parked pickup and rolled up and onto the hood with the wind knocked out of me.
The injury, mostly to my pride, must not have lingered, because I was back on two wheels soon, and, like they say, you never forget how to ride a bike, it sticks with you just like some Christmas memories.


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Cherny, Lynn and Elizabeth Reba Wiese, eds. Wired Women: Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace. Seattle: Seal Press, 1996. pp. 242-64.
Davis, D. Diane. Moo-Teach: A Lingua Moo Production [sample MOO classroom activities; online colloquiums; list of web resources]
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Garfinkel, Susan. Courses that use Virtual Technology in Teaching [list 6 courses that use MOO, as well as MOO-related course projects]
Gibson, Stephanie, Ollie O. Oriedo, and Ollie Oviedo, eds. The Emerging Cyberculture: Literacy, Paradigm & Paradox. London: Hampton Press, 1999.
Harris, Leslie D. Composition in Cyberspace [course materials; research materials; list of web resources]
Haynes, Cynthia and Jan Rune Holmevik, eds. Beginner's Guide to MOOing [guidelines to connect and interact within a MOO environment]
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TV picks for Monday, July 15th
Run, Channel 4, 10.00pm
Olivia Colman has come a long way since playing Sophie, David Mtichell's love interest in the early series of Peep Show. She has become the latest UK actress to be threatened with the expression "national treasure" and it's easy to see why following her recent role in ITV's none blacker crime drama Broadchurch. Tonight, she takes the lead role in Run, a four-parter that will be shown over the next four nights and which weaves together the stories of four seemingly unconnected people facing life-changing decisions.In tonight's opener, Carol (Colman) is a tough single mother striving to keep her family together in a South London council estate. When her teenage sons commit an act of random violence that results in the death of a stranger, Carol has to choose between protecting her children or doing the right thing.
The Beatles: From Liverpool to San Francisco, Sky Arts1, 5.30pm
Had enough the greatest band of all time? Nope, neither have we. The Beatles legacy may best be heard on their albums but before they took the momentous decision to quit playing concerts in 1966, they were one of the hardest gigging acts of the era. They had honed their sound in Hamburg, back home in The Cavern and farther afield but once they hit the stadiums of the USA, the screaming pandemonium became too much and The Fabs played their final concert in San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August 29th 1966. This documentary charts that period of their lives and how they rocketed from obscurity in Liverpool to stardom and became a cultural force that helped change the world.
The Beatles
Count Arthur Strong, BBC2, 8.30pm
Surreal characters and even more surreal situations, it can only be the new sitcom from Fr Ted co-creator Graham Linehan. Actually it's co-adaptation from fellow writer (and the Count himself), Steve Delaney from the BBC 4 radio show of the same name. Count Arthur Strong is a former variety star living in the north of England afflicted with malapropisms, memory loss and other problems. Each week we follow the Count in his daily business as he causes confusion in almost every situation. In tonight's second episode, the Count ends up on the run, dressed in Victorian costume, in an ice cream van after he's rumbled while running very dodgy Jack The Ripper tours.
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Sunday 2012 reading: Register
Obama's demographic coalition frays.
His campaign has made 350,000 voter contacts in Florida since April.
Story Continued Below
Romney's energy policy friends cause discomfort on the right.
Perry's debate reversal not a surprise.
Bachmann still making it up as she goes.
The Ohio labor referendum is a $30 million fight.
Meet the first lady of Chicago.
San Francisco would be the biggest city to elect an Asian American mayor.


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This week, Jeff and Luke sit down with Katie Hallahan and Cesar Bittar of Phoenix Online Studios. We discuss Cognition, an episodic adventure game based around the character Erica Reed. A must listen to interview for anyone that is a fan of point and click adventure games on PC.


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Khloe and Lamar Divorce Rumors Resurface: 'He Acted Available,' Says Alleged New Mistress
Khloe Kardashian is alleged to be upset over reports claiming her husband of four years, Lamar Odom, was involved in an extramarital affair.
Polina Polonsky, who is a criminal defense attorney, recently made explosive claims about Kardashian and Odom's marriage after claiming that she and the NBA star were involved in a relationship. Polonsky shared details of the alleged affair and Kardashian, who is yet to respond to the unconfirmed reports, reportedly broke down over the claims.
"[Khloe called] Kris [Jenner] very, very early on Wednesday morning after reading about Lamar's latest mistress coming forward," a family insider allegedly told RadarOnline.com.
"She has been crying hysterically. Kris has been trying to calm her down, but Khloe seems to know in her heart that Lamar has been indeed cheating on her," the insider said. "Lamar is Khloe's entire world, and she can't understand why he would cheat on her. It's really, really sad, because she loves him so much."
For months, the Hollywood couple has refused to address divorce rumors, but recent cheating allegations have only fueled tabloid speculation about their marriage.
Polonsky, who reportedly passed a lie detector test, claims that prior to the tryst she was led to believe that the 33-year-old father of two had ended his marriage to Kardashian, 29.
"I was under the impression that he had left Khloe ... He acted completely available," she told Star magazine.
This is the second time in the space of one month that the reality TV star couple has been hit with cheating claims.
In July, a woman identified as Jennifer Richardson also claimed to have engaged in an extramarital affair with Odom.
However, a report Thursday claimed there was absolutely no truth to the cheating scandal and that the NBA star is committed to Kardashian.
"Lamar isn't cheating. He doesn't have time to do that ... he wouldn't put himself out there like that," a source told HollywoodLife.com. "Khloe is the love of his life and he wouldn't do that to her. She gives him everything he wants and needs."


text: Politics Day Iowa's Undecided Voters Share Their Concerns 40 Days Before Election Day By Emily Woodbury & Ben Kieffer • Sep 28, 2016 Colleen P A new poll shows Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton tied in Iowa, with both having 38 percent support among likely voters. That's a bit of good news for Clinton since two recent polls have shown Trump leading in Iowa by several points. The Inevitability of Money in Politics By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • Aug 26, 2016 Hail Merry / Flickr This week, controversy swirled around allegations that special access was given to Clinton Foundation donors when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. Donna Hoffman, department head and associate professor of Political Science at the University of Northern Iowa, explains the emails show communication between the aides of the Clinton Foundation and Clinton as Secretary. "There's no evidence that, 'Hey, I've given a donation so I must therefore be able to meet with Secretary Clinton,' but that's kind of the implication here, that there's the appearance of corruption." Andersen: Trump's Campaign Hasn't Really Worked Since Lewandowski By Clare Roth & Emily Woodbury • Aug 25, 2016 Disney | ABC Television Group / Flickr The ouster of Paul Manafort as campaign manager for the Trump campaign didn't come as a shock after Trump's sustained low polling numbers in the month of August. Dave Andersen, political analyst at Iowa State University, says the shakeup was necessary. "He's falling so far behind in the polls nationwide and on the state levels, that the campaign needs some fresh ideas and they need something to start working. I don't think the campaign has really been on the right foot since Corey Lewandowski left, and I'm kind of surprised they didn't consider bringing him back." 50 Senior GOP National Security Officials Warn Against a Trump Presidency By Emily Woodbury & Ben Kieffer • Aug 10, 2016 Michael Vadon (Trump) and Gage Skidmore (Clinton) Donald Trump and his campaign are responding to accusations that the candidate encouraged "Second Amendment people" to commit violence against Hillary Clinton during a rally Tuesday. The Trump campaign says the notion that Trump was suggesting violence is "ridiculous" and that he was referring to voting instead. What's Left in the Last 100 Days? By Lindsey Moon & Ben Kieffer • Aug 3, 2016 Photo by Clay Masters With less than 100 days left until Election Day, Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump has flouted political conventions around religion, race, gender, and now military service. And he's refused to endorse fellow republicans John McCain and Paul Ryan. ABC News has been reporting that senior Republican officials are so confused by Trump's behavior that they are exploring how they might be able to replace him. Bystrom: Clinton Must Walk Fine Line in Acceptance Speech By Clare Roth & Dean Borg • Jul 27, 2016 Disney ABC Television Group / Flickr Dianne Bystrom, an Iowa State University researcher who has been studying Hillary Clinton for more than 20-years, says the Democratic presidential candidate must walk a fine line in Thursday night's acceptance speech. "Certainly she must come across that she can be commander-in-chief. That she's got that experience as Secretary of State. But I think this time around-- One of the things she avoided doing in two-thousand-eight that she seems more amenable to this year is talking about herself as not only a mom, but a grandmother." RNC Aimed for Party Unity: Did It Work? By Emily Woodbury & Ben Kieffer • Jul 21, 2016 Ida Mae Astute / ABC The Republican National Convention was meant to unify Republicans and spotlight the best parts of Donald Trump's unconventional candidacy. Instead, the focus has been on rumbling feuds within the party and unforced errors by the campaign. On this politics day edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts Tim Hagle of the University of Iowa and Hans Hassell of Cornell College about the convention being held in Cleveland, Ohio this week. New Polls Show Closer Presidential Race Than Previously Thought By Emily Woodbury & Ben Kieffer • Jul 13, 2016 Trump photo by Michael Vadon, Clinton photo by Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons New swing-state polls released today show Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania and tied in the critical battleground state of Ohio. On this politics day edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts Dave Andersen and Bruce Nesmith about results of the latest political surveys, Bernie Sanders endorsement of Clinton, and Donald Trump's announcement of his top three picks for a running-mate - Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Political Analysts Discuss Possible VP Choices By Emily Woodbury & Ben Kieffer • Jul 6, 2016 John Pemble Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst met with Donald Trump on July 4th, fueling speculation that Ernst is high on his list for running mates. On this politics day edition of River to River, Ben Kieffer talks with Donna Hoffman of the University of Northern Iowa and Kedron Bardwell of Simpson College about what Ernst would bring to the Trump ticket. They also discuss the impact of the FBI recommendation that no criminal charges be filed over Hillary Clinton's use of private email servers while she was Secretary of State. Iowa Analysts Consider Political Fallout from Brexit By Emily Woodbury & Ben Kieffer • Jun 29, 2016 threefishsleeping / Flickr A terrorist attack in Turkey has left 42 dead and more than 230 injured. On this politics day edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with political analysts about why Turkey was targeted in the attack. Joining the conversation: Kelly Shaw, political science lecturer at Iowa State University, Wayne Moyer, Rosenfield professor of political science at Grinnell College, and Jim McCormick, professor of political science at Iowa State University. Democratic Representatives Sit-In to Protest Lack of Gun Legislation By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • Jun 22, 2016 Nancy Pelosi / Flickr Early Wednesday, John Lewis, a Democratic representative from Georgia, asked his colleagues to join him on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and began to speak. Politics Day: Mixed Reactions to the Orlando Massacre By Emily Woodbury & Ben Kieffer • Jun 16, 2016 Gage Skidmore The U.S. House of Representatives erupted in shouting this week, after lawmakers held a moment of silence for the victims of the Orlando mass shooting, and Democrats protested the Republican-led chamber's refusal to consider tighter gun regulations. Bernie Sanders Will Not "Go Quietly Into the Night" By Emily Woodbury & Ben Kieffer • Jun 10, 2016 John Pemble This week, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made headlines after her victory in California led many to declare her the first female nominee of a major party for president. On this politics day edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer discusses the week's political news with analysts Donna Hoffman of the University of Northern Iowa and Steffen Schmidt of Iowa State University. They talk about how the general election battle is shaping up after the last big day of primaries, as well as what's next for each of the remaining candidates. Trump's Contentious Relationship with the Media By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • Jun 1, 2016 Michael Vadon / Flickr At a press conference yesterday, ABC News' Tom Llamas pressed Donald Trump for details on a discrepancy between charitable donations to veterans' groups he had claimed at a January rally in Iowa and actual records of those donations on the books. "Mister Trump, writing a million dollar check is incredibly generous, but that night of the Iowa fundraiser you said you had raised six million dollars," he said. "Clearly you had not. Your critics say you tend to exaggerate, you have a problem with the truth--is this a prime example? Hassell: Ambition Explains GOP Unification Behind Trump By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • May 25, 2016 Gage Skidmore / Flickr Last Saturday at the Iowa Republican Convention, Republican Party of Iowa Chair Jeff Kaufmann enthused that support was building for Trump. "Every time I speak, I'm seeing more and more and more unity. Which means, bottom line is, we're going to really, for all practical purposes, be able to start the Hillary vs. Trump contest long before we actually go into Cleveland." Ryan's Uneasy Relationship with Trump By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • May 19, 2016 Gage Skidmore / Flickr Asked by a reporter about a poll that found people found Trump a more trustworthy figure to lead the GOP than himself, Paul Ryan responded magnanimously. "I hope it's Donald Trump: he's getting the nomination. He's wrapping up the nomination. Good lord, I hope it is, because the person who's getting the nomination of our party is the person to lead our party." Caufield: Sanders's Endorsement of Clinton 'Necessary but Tough' By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • May 12, 2016 Randy Bayne / Flickr In a speech after his victory in the West Virginia primary Tuesday, Bernie Sanders made a nod towards unity in his party. "Our message to the Democratic delegates who will be assembling in Philadelphia is while we may have many disagreements with Secretary Clinton, there is one area we agree, and that is we must defeat Donald Trump." Simpson College Professor: Sanders Supporters Would Support Clinton By Lindsey Moon & Emily Woodbury • Apr 27, 2016 Amy May / Iowa Public Radio Hillary Clinton took four of five states that held primaries last night in the Northeast, bringing her closer to having a lock on the democratic nomination for president. Kedron Bardwell, Associate Professor of Political Science at Simpson College says he thinks challenger Bernie Sanders' supporters will support Clinton in the general election. "The Sanders supporters for the most part will stick with Hillary," he says. "The issues that Sanders cares about - it's not as if the Democratic Party has changed their positions that these issues are important." E.J. Dionne: Garland Controversy Speaks to Increasingly Political Role of Supreme Court By Lindsey Moon & Dean Borg • Apr 13, 2016 By refusing to schedule a hearing for President Barack Obama's nominee Merrick Garland, U.S. Senator Charles Grassley has started a conversation about the importance and composition of the United States Supreme Court. E.J. Dionne, a syndicated columnist with the Washington Post, says the controversy is an example of how the court has become increasingly politicized. Obama's SCOTUS Decision Continues the Debate By Clare Roth & Emily Woodbury • Mar 18, 2016 Senate Democrats / Flickr President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, a choice deemed appropriate by Republicans like Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah. Tim Hagle, associate professor of political science at the University of Iowa, says that doesn't mean the Senate will hold a hearing. "We've had a variety of ways that the Senate has approached that duty over the years. [...] Given the stakes this time, Republicans seem, at least for now, to be willing to say, 'We're just not going to move forward on this.'" Nation Looks at Caucuses with Skepticism By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • Feb 10, 2016 Nicu Buculei / Flickr Every four years, the post-caucuses sigh of relief comes with a pessimistic prognostication: the caucuses are done for. Much like pre-caucus think pieces on why Iowa doesn't deserve its first-in-the nation status, the proclamation comes from political pundits, deflated candidate volunteers, and strung-out news junkies. Governor Branstad Calls for Ted Cruz's Defeat By Ben Kieffer, Emily Woodbury & Clare Roth • Jan 20, 2016 Clay Masters Twelve days before the Iowa caucuses, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad says a Ted Cruz victory in the Iowa caucuses would be a big mistake and very damaging to Iowa. "I think it would be a big mistake for Iowa to support him," says Branstad. "I know he's hitting the polls, but the only one that counts is the one they take on caucus night." NRA Views Not Necessarily Synonymous with Iowa Gun Owners' By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • Jan 15, 2016 Kevin Chang / Flickr When President Obama announced his proposed changes to gun laws, pro-Second Amendment groups like the National Rifle Association responded negatively, calling the proposals ineffective and a distraction from terrorism concerns. Some Iowa gun owners, however, are supporting Obama's plans. "I'm an avid hunter and I would like to say that I support what the President has got going on," says one caller. "I've never once thought of my guns as anything less than killing machines." Primary Pandemonium vs. Caucus Craziness--New Hampshire's "Caucus Season" By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • Dec 23, 2015 Marc Nozell / Flickr All eyes are on Iowa in advance of the February 1st precinct caucuses, but just eight days later, the first primary in the nation takes place in New Hampshire. Though the state experiences the same frenzy of candidate attention Iowa does, candidate appearances and electorate makeup differ. One key difference? The importance of faith background on voting. Ted Cruz Surges In the Polls By Emily Woodbury & Ben Kieffer • Dec 16, 2015 DonkeyHotey / flickr With less than seven weeks until the Iowa caucuses, the nation is relying on Iowa polls for a best guess as to who will emerge a winner. On this politics day edition of River to River, Ben Kieffer talks with one of the nation's top pollsters, J. Ann Selzer, whose latest poll shows Senator Ted Cruz jumping 21 percentage points among likely GOP caucus-goers. Trump Still Leads Republican Field Despite Inflammatory Anti-Islam Comments By Lindsey Moon & Ben Kieffer • Nov 25, 2015 Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons Ted Cruz has surged to a virtual tie with Donald Trump according to the latest Quinnipiac poll of likely Republican caucus-goers here in Iowa. Trump continues to lead the polls, even after suggesting that there should be a database keeping track of Muslims in America. During this hour of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with Hans Hassell of Cornell College and Wayne Moyer of Grinnell Colleg about the new polls and about GOP rhetoric regarding whether the United States needs more intense screening procedures before welcoming Syrian refugees. Carson's Lack of Substance Highlights Outsider Advantage By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • Nov 11, 2015 John Pemble / Iowa Public Radio In a night full of sound bites, one candidate's lack of substance may have helped him stand out in a crowded field of candidates. Ben Carson, one of the 'outsider' candidates, didn't go into much policy in the third Republican debate. Donna Hoffman, associate professor of political science at University of Northern Iowa, says that didn't hurt him. "He has this huge likability factor but he's not being very specific in terms of policy, and so far that's working for him." That's viable for Carson now, but Hoffman's unsure of its endurance as a long-term strategy. Increased Transparency Makes Congressional Compromise Harder To Reach By Ben Kieffer & Emily Woodbury • Oct 28, 2015 Gage Skidmore / Flickr Republican congressional leaders and the White House reached a budget agreement earlier this week that would modestly increase spending over the next two years, cut some social programs, and raise the federal borrowing limit. The House passed the bill on a 266 to 167 vote late Wednesday and a Senate vote is expected soon to follow. Many House and Senate Republicans contend that House Speaker John Boehner gave away too much in order to reach a deal, and there are critics of the fact that lawmakers met in private to discuss the agreement. "Bernie is basically Bernie": the Impact of Sanders's Consistency By Clare Roth & Ben Kieffer • Oct 22, 2015 Michael Vadon / Flickr Bernie Sanders has surprised much of the political establishment with his rapid rise. One thing that shouldn't surprise anyone is his core platform, says John Dillon, news director at Vermont Public Radio. Dillon has covered Sanders for more than 25 years and says the candidate has focused on economic inequality from his earliest campaigns. "Even when he was running as a third party candidate for U.S. senator and governor in the state of Vermont back in the 70s, he talked about these issues that he's talking about today." Four Decades of the Iowa Caucuses By Ben Kieffer & Emily Woodbury • Sep 30, 2015 Iowa Historical Society From Howard Dean's famous scream to campaign buttons, bumper stickers, and other memorabilia, a new exhibit at the Iowa History Museum takes a a look back at four decades of the Iowa caucuses. 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Teachers (Secondary School)
A Secondary School Teacher is required to teach at least one, but often more subject areas within set curricula. Secondary school teachers are not simply required to teach a subject area, but foster development of students in all areas as students begin to enter early adulthood.
Quick summary
- Starting salary: $55,000 P/A Senior salary: $85,000 P/A Average salary: $66,000 P/A Wages will vary according to your level of skill, experience and employer Employment level: 150,500 as of November 2012 (Projected employment levels in 2017 of 162,800)
Average weekly hours: Average weekly hours worked for a full time Teacher (Secondary School) is 42.1 hours
Employment by region:
The top three regions for employment as a Teacher (Secondary School) include:
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Employment trends
Employment for Teachers (Secondary School) has risen by a rate of 8.4% over the past 5 years, and is expected to grow moderately through 2017.
Employment growth
Total employment growth over the past 5 years for male and female, employed part-time and full-time is 2,700
Gender (including full time and part time)
The percentage of males and females working full time and part time are:
- Male Full Time: 36.1%
- Male Part Time: 4.5%
- Female Full Time: 42.8%
- Female Part Time: 16.6%
Other relevant information
- Be willing to complete in school jobs such as lunch duty, bus duty, or detention monitoring
- Communicate with parents, fellow teachers, and students in various manners (written, spoken, through technology)
- Foster a learning environment appropriate to student needs and various learning styles
- Participate in extra-curricular activity supervision
- Planning appropriate lessons based on subject matter and aligned curricula
- Supervise future teacher candidates
- Ability to monitor, record, and assess student progress
- Be prepared to create lesson plans that appeal to different learner types
- Communication skills that are appropriate for different types of people
- Hold a valid teaching license from university
- Instructing of skills that apply to the topic area(s)
- Time management of classroom activities and curricula
Working conditions
A Secondary School Teacher is most likely to work indoors in a classroom as part of a school. Some secondary school teachers may work at camps or in out buildings for some schools. Hours are typically those of students and vacations run with the school year. Teaching occurs in all types of weather, but is normally indoors.
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