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See, e.g. New Jersey v. Delaware, 552 U.S. 597, 600 (2008).
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Latin for "which was to be demonstrated." Often abbreviated as Q.E.D., the statement may appear at the conclusion of a text to signify that the author's overall argument has just been proven.
See, e.g. Stupak-Thrall v. U.S., 89 F.3d 1269, 1299 (6th Cir. 1996).
Latin abbreviation for quod erat demonstrandum: "Which was to be demonstrated." Q.E.D. may appear at the conclusion of a text to signify that the author's overall argument has just been proven.
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See, e.g. Nix v. Whiteside, 475 U.S. 157 (1986).
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Latin for "it is vacated." A rule or order that sets aside a judgment or annuls a proceeding.
See, e.g. Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, 130 S.Ct. 2743 (2010).
A Latin term meaning "from what comes before". In legal arguments, a priori generally means that a particular idea is taken as a given.
Truthfulness or accuracy of a person or statement.
See, e.g. Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 129 S.Ct. 2527, 2537 n.6 (2009).
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See, e.g. Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter, 130 S.Ct. 599 (2009).
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Across the country from Honolulu, Hawaii to Montclair, N.J., YMCA branches will be celebrating Healthy Kids Day on Saturday.
Luckily for us in the Indian Valley and North Penn communities, it�s being spread throughout the whole weekend.
The North Penn YMCA, with branches in Lansdale, Harleysville and Franconia, will be hosting Healthy Kids Day all weekend long, Friday through Sunday.
�We want to bring community awareness of our health problems with our youth and that (kids) need to be active and eat good nutrients to help them grow and develop,� said Karen Rice, Lansdale Branch Executive.
Amanda Wappes-Griffies, North Penn YMCA Marketing and Financial Development Director, said this event is particularly important because of �the now rising number of children to find themselves obese.�
According to the YMCA�s national website, more than 1,900 Ys across the country are taking part in the celebration, meant to kick start physical activity and learning throughout the summer.
�It�s going to be a great weekend and everything is free,� said Rice. �Everything is open to the community with a pasta dinner and open swim on Friday night. We also have Discover Scuba that night for anyone interested.�
This community event, at all three locations, is open to all kids and families, with the added bonus of everything being for free.
It will give families the chance to interact in positive health activities, as well as exploring what the YMCA has to offer.
�The families can be active all weekend with events and programs, but we hope they find an activity they really enjoy that will make them want to continue and come back,� said Wappes-Griffies.
Whether you are a toddler or in your 90s, there is plenty to do to keep your fitness up. The weekend will include family swims, free classes and programs, an open house on Saturday morning and much more.
At the open house there will be a variety of vendors from within the local community as well as kid activities to stimulate their brains.
�More than anything I enjoy seeing the families being active and interactive together,� said Wappes-Griffies. �A lot of times as a I walk through facilities I get to see dad on the treadmill, mom in a yoga class and small child in gymnastics, but the family isn�t being active together. This event allows that.�
Healthy Kids Day is a national initiative and commitment to strengthen community by addressing critical gaps in health and education, according to the YMCA�s national website. Healthy Kids Day will encourage kids and parents to commit to keeping the body and mind active this summer.
For the most up to date information on Health Kids Weekend, visit www.northpennymca.org.
The following are the three participating YMCA locations:
Indian Valley Branch, 890 Maple Ave., Franconia. (215) 723-3569
Lansdale Branch, 608 E. Main St., Lansdale. (215) 368-1601
LaCrest Health Center, 624 E. Main St., Lansdale. (215) 368-1526
Indian Valley Family Branch
Friday, April 27:
Enjoy swimming with the alligator from 7-9 p.m. If a child is not a strong swimmer, an adult must be in the water with them at all time. Also taking place during that time is family badminton in the gym
Saturday, April 28:
From 9:30-11:30 a.m., the following adult classes will be offered: Fast & Furious 9:05-10 a.m., Zumba 9:30-10:25 a.m.,10:10-10:55 a.m. pilates and yoga.
During that same time, children classes will be offered including preschool gymnastics for ages 3-4 at 9:15-10 a.m., multi sports for ages 8-11 from 9:30-10:30 a.m., floor hockey for ages 5-7 from 10:15-11 a.m. and dodgeball for ages 10-14 from 11 a.m. to 12:40 p.m.
Within the hallways from 9 a.m. to noon will be vendors from The Great American Popcorn Works, Bagel Works, Grandview Hospital, Edible Arrangement, Bakers Best Pretzels, WaWa drinks, Daniel�s Nursery and cupKates samples.
Sunday, April 28:
The Indian Valley�s Youth Tri-athlon is set to take place at 8 a.m. for children ages 7-14. The kids will swim, bike and run the event, hoping to place in the top three categories of the event for an award. Register for the race at www.pirahna-sports.com.
For more information call (215) 723-3569.
LaCrest Branch
Saturday, April 28
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. enjoy kids crafts and face painting in the lobby for children ages 12 and under. A coloring contest sponsored by Auto Dealers � CARing for Kids Foundation will be included, giving a child the opportunity to win a grand prize, as well as a small prize for participating.
Lansdale Branch
Friday, April 27
The North Penn YMCA�s Lansdale Branch will hold a spaghetti dinner on Friday from 5-7 p.m. The dinner will include spaghetti, meatballs, salad, rolls and dessert. Enter to win one of three Italian dinner baskets with gift certificates to local restaurants. Proceeds from the event benefit the Strong Kids � Strong Community Campaign, which provides financial assistance for YMCA programs and services to families who may not otherwise be able to afford them. Cost is $7 per person, $3 for children under five. The YMCA�s Lansdale Branch is located at 608 East Main Street in Lansdale and can be reached at (215) 368-1601.
Saturday, April 28
From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. enjoy vendors, arts and crafts, face painting and healthy snacks for the children
The rock wall will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the community to try
Sunday, April 29
From noon to 4 p.m., go climb the Lansdale Branch�s rock wall.
The pool will be available during open swim times Friday night through Sunday.


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Mr. Rain's Fun House
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Mr. Rain's Funhouse is one of my favorite places to be. I don't go nearly enough so when this event came up I knew where to plan. The entrees are interesting and there is something for everyone. There drinks are really over the top, exciting and worth the individual attention they get in the making... The hospitality and flexibility of the staff is impeccable - they operate as a team well, are pleased when you are asking the 50th question ~ amazing... The ambiance as the early evening winds down and the sun sets - the sparkle and wonder of the space begins.. wonderful experience.
Much better than visits in prior years. We took a family of 9 there, including a disabled 6 year old, after visiting the museum and the harbor. The locally sourced food, the unusual cocktails, the great selection of American whiskeys all were first rate. Surprisingly, the bean cakes on the vegetarian plate were one of the big hits, and, not surprisingly, the crab and mango cocktail. Sauces were all bright and distinctive throughout the dinner. Importantly, when our little one got fussy at the beginning of the meal, the waitress instantly brought out pretzel rolls which solved the problem, and, at our request, the child's dinner came out quickly. Everybody would be glad to return to the restaurant and the fantastic museum as well.
Both the food and cocktails were original and noteworthy. A good find, and worth a repeat visit.
You need to keep an open mind here. The menu offerings, which change daily, are a little different. Two I'd us dined and each had An appetizer and main dish. Each was perfectly prepared and served. Foodies will be very pleased, but if you are someone Who likes a more conventional menu, maybe this isn't the right place for you. Excellent service.
We had a nice time, but the food was not memorable. The featured cocktails look very strange on the menu, but then I didn't have one. I had a specialty lager, which was great. Altogether, we are very pleased to live a short walk from this somewhat neat place in a special venue. It has acres of space, so the bar scene does not disturb diners. There was a private occasion going on in a separate room which kept the noise away. As I said it was a nice time.
Mr. Rain's was wonderful, their menu is always changing! I especially love the Filipino inspired menu items! It does get a bit noisy and hard to hear sometimes. I highly recommend sitting out on the balcony, weather permitting. We took our mom there for Friday night dinner. The food was fantastic.There was a little problem with technology/billing but the manager came out and adjusted our bill to make up for the delay and mistaken multiple card charges. We are still waiting for the charges to clear - it takes a few days, but I appreciate their customer service in making it right.
The specialty cocktails are great, and the sangria flight offers a variety that any sangria-lover will enjoy. The food is on the ever-changing menu is good as well. I had the ribeye that was well-cooked, if a little fatty. My wife had the sausage plate. The house sauerkrat was a nice accompaniment as well. I did catch an error on the bill. The sangria flight was advertised on the menu as $23; however, I noticed that it showed as $25 on the bill. I'm sure it was an honest mistake and the staff was more than happy to correct it when it was brought to their attention. This was our second time at Mr. Rain's and we would definitely return again.
The creativity in the kitchen works best at the bar. For the food, it's a tad ambitious for regular folks. I thought I was a bit of a foodie, but the combinations on the plate were at times overwhelming and others a bit inconsistent. On the other hand, the drinks were crazy good.
A fun day at the American Museum of Visionary Art (a fabulously eclectic museum in Federal Hill) was perfectly married with a visit to this gem. The decor is industrial meets brocade with some fun chandeliers for good measure. The food feels farm fresh and somewhat inventive. We had the pulled pork and the fish of the day; perfect portions and special requests were well accommodated. We will certainly be back. A fun casual environment.
Once again a great experience at Mr. Rain's. The food is always amazing and innovative. The service was friendly and prompt. We love this place.
I purchased a Groupon and so my roommate and I went for a girls night out. We sat on the patio and had Chaz as our waitress. The Ambiance was awesome, the food was amazing and Chaz was attentive and engaging without being over bearing. She could tell we were out for a relaxing evening with good food and she made that happen for us! The Kim chi is OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! Could have eaten an entire bowl of it! Will be back!
The art here is always really interesting, and although may look "off the wall" strange at first, the descriptions and explanations flip your perception of the pieces upside down and end up blowing your mind away. Needless to say, the AVAM is not your typical art museum experience. The food at Mr. Rain's Fun House was delicious! We started with the poke and the crab and mango - must try both. I had their rye cocktail (so yum if you're a rye fan) and a friend ordered a glass of their white sangria, which was super refreshing. Oxtail terrine, shrimp and kimchi, and the ribeye were all melt in your mouth delicious. Warning: their cheesecake is made with Roquefort cheese = sheep's milk blue cheese (not a fan of goat cheese).
This restaurant was an absolute delight. Unlike other museum restaurants, this one was out of the park! The ambiance and decor is awesome and quirky in a great way. More importantly, our dishes were quite tasty. The tuna poke appetizer with avocado ice cream was absolutely amazing. So many complex flavors and so delicate and perfect for a hot summer night. The charcuterie plate was very good and not too heavy. Get the sangria flights! So refreshing and tasty! Props to our waitress for letting us share our flights and still giving us hefty pours! Our chorizo burger was a little dry, but the flavors made up for it. Overall,this restaurant is a repeater and I am eager to try other dishes at this restaurant!
Both the food and the specialty drinks were amazing.
Fun ambience with serious food. Great service, exceptional and innovative cocktails and food. We shared the crabmeat & mango tartare appetizer and could have eaten it all night. I had the roast chicken which was exceptional and I never even eat chicken when I dine out! My wife had the adobo short ribs and she thought they ranked very high and she is a ribs lover. Our waitress Chaz was very helpful and gave us great guidance as well as service. We will return.
My boyfriend and I came here on a double-date after checking out AVAM. The food was absolutely delicious. We tried the soft-shell crabs, which were meaty and fried in a tempura. We also got the pickle plate and the mushrooms, which were great appetizers to share with the group. We shared a burger with kimchi on it, which was cooked perfectly and totally hit the spot. We really appreciate that they use organic local sourced meats as well.
This was third time at restaurant and food quality had gotten better. Some of starters like Arugula salad needed more flavor. Dinner was great taste infusions. Great deserts wish more Options were available for this.
The food was fantastic. The wine list is extensive. The view is spectacular.
We have been here before and had incredible meals, so this particular night was a bit of a disappointment. It was very good, but not the knock it out of the park experience we are used to. We were both sad that we forgot to order a side veggie because the meals do not have anything in the way of vegetables included. We both had the red trout, which was surprisingly heavy.
Server was very nice and helpful. Loved seeing the manager helping out as well
Started off with cocktails which were fantastic. Inventive, seasonal, and delicious. The mini soft pretzels as the bread offering were excellent, eat them while they're warm. Charcuterie plate was nice. The shrimp and kimchi entree had great promise, but lacked flavor. The broth was one dimensional. My partner had the black eyed pea cake entree which was much better. Only two dessert offerings, seemed like an afterthought. We opted for liquid dessert with a couple dessert wines.
I have never been disappointed at Mr. Rains . The specialty sangria was divine as was the food.
From the appetizers through desert, everything was a pleasant surprise full of delicious creativity.
We were thrilled to find a restaurant of this caliber inside a museum. The ambiance was elegant and quirky, the food was delicious, our waitress was attentive and honestly we could ask for nothing better. I will definitely go back.
... from the great cocktails to the excellent service and the fresh, well-prepared food, it's all more than good. art work from the museum adds a special spirit. good for parties, couples, small groups and even singles. fun!
Just went to Mr Rain's Fun House for the first time and I really enjoyed the food and atmosphere. My three companions and I ate there for lunch and we all had excellent meals. The views are wonderful. There are nice touches like the addicting mini pretzel rolls. "Gourmet-ish" but not at all pretentious. Small menu selection but enough choices to please vegetarians, carnivores and everyone in between. Delicious hand cut french fries.
Mr. Rain's which is part of the American Visionary Museum is highly recommended if only for a cocktail on the patio. My meal and the meals of my family were all excellent. Do not miss either on your trip to Baltimore.
Mr. Rain's Fun House was definitely FUN. Both the service and food was exceptional. We ate outside and it was just perfect. I would recommend this restaurant.
We went to Mr. Rain's Fun House for dinner on Father's Day. My 20 month old son is really into windmills right now and was mesmerized by the "whirligig" that was rotating just outside of the outdoor patio. It was so nice to be able to enjoy a dinner without having to tell my son to constantly use his "inside voice" and without having to entertain him the entire time. My husband ordered the burger and I got the trout. Both dishes were very good, but we always have difficulty ordering here because the menu is limited and typically only has one or two dishes that appeal to us. The service was also great. We look forward to coming back to Mr. Rain's again soon!
Place is mis-named, as this is a mighty pleasant and so not raucous cafe. Definitely not a fun house. a few arty touches, sure, in decor and plating. Our high-maintenance group was well taken care of. Business lunch was a terrific value. Everything was delicious, attractive, and there were nice surprising concoctions. Perfect precedent to touring the BVAM!
This is a true hidden secret and I'm sure the locals know how amazing the food is and the environment. If you don't have time to do the museum then at least hit the dining options and the gift shop. You won't be disappointed!
Mr. Rain's Fun House never disappoints. Whether it's lunch or dinner, week day or weekend, the food and service are exceptional.
Located in the Visionary Art Museum, this restaurant is definitely fun. The food was fantastic. I had the black eyed pea cakes - yum! And the pretzel rolls they provide - wow, I could have eaten those all day. The service was a bit slow, especially considering the place wasn't very busy. Went for a lunch with 4 business colleagues; perfect for that event.
The one time I ate there, everything was pretty great other that the fact that there was about 7-10 kids with different families running around. That's not the restaurants fault, but the noise level did distract from the meal.
A friend and I were looking for a place to celebrate our birthdays and of all the places to choose from - this was our first choice and it did not disappoint!! The food was excellent - beautifully presented - lovely wait staff - delicious specialty cocktails -- no one rushed us out - We had the feeling we were welcome to stay as long as we wished and we had lots of catching up to do with each other. Wish I had a birthday every week to celebrate. Don't know much about wines but my companion said it was a great list.
This was our second time at Mr. Rains and we absolutely loved it! Our waitress was friendly, engaging, and made sure that everything was to our liking. Definitely coming back soon!
The service & food was excellent. Our waiter Thomas gave great suggestions and was very personable & attentive. My trout sandwich was excellent with the slaw. Excellent combination
This place was awesome! Great cocktails, super service, and outstanding food. The fact that it's in the Visionary Arts Museum is a bonus. Dont miss this one!
Great ambiance, service, and food. Would recommend to anyone. Try eating outside on a nice day or evening. great outdoor dining.
We really enjoyed dining outside at lunch time at Mr. Rain's Funhouse. They have a great space that is not street level so you do not have to endure car fumes and passers by 2 feet away. The server was pleasant and efficient. The eclectic menu was very good. Watch out for spicy pickles on the pickle plate.
The food is always consistently amazing. Service is always exceptional. When you go ask for Thomas who is marvelous and very meticulous. When Perez the owner is behind the bar have him make you a DBA his style when preparing is worth the order. Oh and the drink is scumious too.
The 3 of us really enjoyed lunch a delicious lunch. Our waiter was terrific !! Thank you for a fun experience--looking forward to coming back !!
Warm pretzel rolls, with grainy Dijon mustard, were delicious and satisfying to start. Bloody Marys were tasty but insufficiently potent and spicy, despite my requesting them that way. Chef's salad had deliciously moist and tasty smoked trout and fresh greens, but the hard-boiled egg was overcooked with telltale grey around the yolk. The smoked trout sandwich, with accompanying well-dressed Asian slaw, was excellent. Apple pie was satisfying, especially where the apples were, but the edge crust had little taste. Espresso was very good. The Lurisia sparkling water is excessively carbonated; we would prefer Pellegrino or, better yet, Badoit. Service, mostly attentive, became harried at one point for no apparent reason; apology was offered.
Baltimore you are missing out on a wonderful dining experience! We don't eat here often but when we do we wonder what took us so long to go back!! If I lived in Fed Hill or The Ritz I would be here weekly. Really fun vib decor, imaginative sculptures and mirror garlands hanging over the bar. Our waiter was wonderful, our meal well paced. Excellent wine by the glass/cocktails and extensive wine list. The Tuna Poke was so delicious we were forking each other for the last bit on the plate. Warm pretzel rolls with spicy mustard to die for. Duck Confit served tex/mex style layered between tortillas with salsa, cheese and a bit of spice. Large portion I finished at home the next day. So good!! Burger and ribeye were excellent, also. Go!
The cocktails were fantastic and the complimentary pretzel bites and mustard sauce were addicting. The Duck Confit was pretty spicy and the Trotter tasted a little bland, but other than a few spice level issues, the food was great. Our waiter, while attentive in the beginning, pretty much forgot us once we got our entrees. He did not ask if we needed more drinks and it took ages to get the check.
Menu was very inventive and the food was great. I liked the small plates. Pumpkin soup was amazing - better than my homemade version. Crab and mango appetizer was delish. Even decaf coffee was good. Waiter was very informative and attentive. I would definitely come back.
Great place. so sorry view of harbor has been obstructed. will probably return
The food was ok but the service was impeccable. I enjoyed the eclectic atmosphere and art work. All the staff including the bartender were great.
We have never had a bad dining experience here. Still love the pretzel rolls!!!!
Very creative brunch menu with standard fare and other variations. Superb service, great funky location in AVAM. While a great dinner place, I do not think this place is on the radar in Bmore for brunch yet I think it is every bit as good as the places folks usually think of (e.g. Woodberry, Food Market). Nice, thoughtful wine list.


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Biography (Magill's Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Raymond Carver was born on May 25, 1938, in the small town of Clatskanie in northwestern Oregon. Before he started school, his family moved to Yakima, Washington, where his father worked as a logger. Carver went to elementary school and high school there and spent his leisure time fishing and hunting. He once said that growing up in the rugged and rural Pacific Northwest made him want to be a "writer from the West." He also once declared that the most important, although in many ways the most negative, influence on his early hopes to become a writer was the fact that he married and became a father before he was twenty. The pressures of supporting his young family made it almost impossible to find time to write.
Carver has said that he could not remember when he did not want to be a writer; he even took a correspondence course in writing when he was a teenager. He was never really interested in writing a novel but rather liked short stories—a form which he said best suited the circumstances of his life, for they could be finished in a few sittings. As a young man, his reading tastes were relatively unformed and undisciplined. He read Zane Grey Westerns, the science-fiction works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and such men's magazines as True, Argosy, Sports Afield, and Outdoor Life—a masculine reading list which...
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Biography (Magill's Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
After years of neglect, the short story enjoyed a true renaissance in the 1980's; Carver was arguably the most important figure in that revival. His understanding of the merits of the short-story form and his sensitivity to the situation of modern men and women caught in tenuous relationships and inexplicable separations has made him a spokesman for those who cannot articulate their own dilemmas. Although critics are divided over the relative merits of Carver's early, bleak, experimental stories and his later, more conventional and morally optimistic stories, there is little disagreement that he is a modern master of the "much-in-little" nature of the short-story form.
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Biography (Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition)
Raymond Carver grew up in a sparsely populated corner of the Pacific Northwest. This rustic environment had an indelible effect upon his character and writing. Like Ernest Hemingway, one of the writers who influenced him, he loved the purity and freedom of the American wilderness, and he also respected the simplicity, honesty, and directness of the men and women who earned meager and precarious livelihoods in that primitive setting. He married young and had two children to support by the time he was twenty. He had wanted to be a writer from the time he was in the third grade, but the responsibilities of parenthood made it extremely difficult for him to find time to write. His limited education forced him to take menial jobs for which he was temperamentally unsuited. He was unable to consider tackling anything as ambitious as a full-length novel, so he spent his odd free hours writing short stories and poetry. He managed to get some of his work published in little magazines, but these publications paid little or nothing for his work, so he was haunted by financial problems for much of his life.
One of the most important influences in Carver's life was John Gardner (1933-1982), who taught creative writing at California State University at Chico and said, "You cannot be a great writer unless you feel greatly." The idealistic Gardner introduced his students to the literary magazines that represented the cutting edge in contemporary American fiction and...
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Biography (Identities & Issues in Literature)
In style and subject matter, Raymond Carver's short-story collections reflect his life experiences. The son of working-class parents, he grew up knowing the financial and spiritual hardships of trying to earn a living in the logging districts of Yakima, Washington. The first in his family ever to graduate from high school, by the age of twenty he was married and the father of two children. Parenting, he later said, was a responsibility for which he was totally unprepared.
In 1958, Carver moved his family to Northern California, where he attended Chico State College and was encouraged by the novelist John Gardner. The next two decades were marred by a series of "crap jobs," marital turmoil, bankruptcy, and alcoholism. Carver had to steal time from other obligations in order to write and thus felt his best calling was being sacrificed to exigencies. During these years, however, he settled on his defining literary topics: the seemingly futile struggles of the working class and the relations between men and women. Delivered in a spare prose style that had been "cut to the marrow," his first two books are about people who inhabit the edges of the American Dream. Frustrated and deprived of opportunities, his characters do not recognize themselves in the lives they are living.
On June 2, 1977, Carver stopped drinking. Within a year, he met...
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Biography (Critical Survey of Poetry: American Poets)
Raymond Clevie Carver, Jr., was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, and grew up in Yakima, Washington, where his father worked as a saw filer in a lumber mill. Like most young men growing up in that heavily forested, sparsely populated region, Carver enjoyed hunting and fishing; however, he seems to have inherited unusual intelligence, sensitivity, and ambition. His life is a story of his struggle to achieve self-actualization in spite of an impoverished background. His parents were poor and uneducated, and he himself was extremely ignorant about literature. In his teens, he enrolled in a correspondence course in creative writing, but he never finished it. His early reading was typically the westerns of Zane Grey, the fantasies of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and magazines celebrating rugged outdoor adventure.
At the age of nineteen, Carver married his teenage sweetheart, who gave birth to their first child less than six months later. Another child was born the following year, and from then on, Carver was torn between the desire to become a writer and the need to support his family. "Nothing—and, brother, I mean nothing—that ever happened to me on this earth," he said, "could come anywhere close, could possibly be as important to me, could make as much difference, as the fact that I had two children."
In 1958, Carver and his family moved to Paradise, California, where he enrolled at Chico State College (now Chico State University). One of the...
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Biography (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)
In his relatively short career as a professional author, Raymond Carver established a critical reputation as the most powerful and innovative short-story writer of his generation. He was born in a small town in northwestern Oregon, but by the time he started school his family had moved to Yakima, Washington, where his father worked as a logger. Carver once declared that the most important, although in many ways the most negative, influence on his early hopes to become a writer was the fact that he married and became a father before he was twenty. The need to support his family made the work he really wanted to do impossible.
Carver moved his wife and two children to California in 1958, where he enrolled at Chico State College, then a small school in the California state college system. There he attended a creative writing class taught by John Gardner, soon thereafter to become better known as a writer, who encouraged Carver in his writing efforts. After transferring to Humboldt State College, a northern coastal school, Carver received his degree in 1963.
During the 1960's Carver wrote and published his poetry and fiction in various small magazines. His career took a decisive turn in 1970, when he was honored with a National Endowment for the Arts Discovery Award for Poetry. That award enabled him to spend time revising some of his stories,...
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Raymond Carver was a man of few words. Often characterized by an economy that bordered on austerity, Carver's stories were short and plainly written, and his terse prose lent itself perfectly to his favorite subject: working-class America. Aside from poetry, which was written in the same no-frills style, Carver devoted himself exclusively to short stories. What really set Carver apart from other authors, however, was his exploration of the dark side of Americana. In the simple lives of small town folk, Carver uncovered the violence, rage, and loneliness lurking just beneath the surface. Like many writers, his posthumous reputation has grown exponentially, and it is impossible to imagine any serious study of the short story that does not include the extraordinary work of Raymond Carver.Essential Facts
- The alcoholism that figured prominently in Carver's work was a sad reflection of his own battles with the disease.
- Among Carver's many influences was the author Anton Chekhov. One of Carver's last stories, "Errand," took place during the final hours of the Russian writer's life.
- The economy of Carver's writing was not a purely aesthetic choice. He often worked day jobs and thus had less time to devote to his writing.
- Carver's low-key approach and focus on everyday life is evident in one of his most famous stories, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," which depicts a simple conversation between two couples.
- Carver's short story "So Much Water So Close to Home" has been adapted to film twice: first as one of many interlocking Carver tales in Robert Altman's mosaic Short Cuts, and then as the 2006 film Jindabyne.
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Biography (Short Stories for Students)
Carver was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, on May 25, 1938, to laborer Clevie Raymond Carver and homemaker Ella Beatrice Carver. At an early age, Carver moved with his family to the working-class town of Yakima, Washington. Throughout his life, he drew on his experiences in the Pacific Northwest as settings for his stories.
Carver graduated from high school in 1956 and took a job working at a sawmill. In 1957, he married Maryann Burk, who was pregnant with their first child. By the time he was twenty, Carver was the father of two children. He and his wife worked menial jobs in order to pay their bills. Like many of the couples in Carver's short stories, he and his wife lived a hand-to-mouth existence, always in fear of some catastrophe that would upset their fragile solvency.
Carver, who wanted to write, studied under novelist John Gardner at Chico State in California. Still working low-paying jobs to support the family, he managed to take enough classes to graduate from Humboldt State University in 1963. After briefly attending the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he moved to Sacramento, California, where he became a hospital custodian for three years. During this time, he began writing seriously and publishing his stories.
Carver suffered personal turmoil in 1967, both losing his father and filing for bankruptcy. However, in the same year, his story ''Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?'' was chosen for The Best American Short Stories,...
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Biography (Short Stories for Students)
Raymond Carver's spare, realistic stories about the hardscrabble lives of the working class are rooted in his own experience. Born in Clatskanie, Oregon, May 25, 1938, to Clevie Raymond Carver and Ella Beatrice Casey, Carver was raised in Yakima, Washington. His father, who suffered from alcoholism, worked in a sawmill, and the family was often financially strapped. A combination of marital difficulties, heavy drinking, and poverty contributed to Clevie Carver's emotional breakdown in 1957. That year, Raymond married sixteenyearold Maryann Burk, and they had their first child, Christine LaRae Carver, who was born in the same hospital in which Carver's father was being treated. Their second child, Vance Lindsay, was born a year later. Carver was only twenty years old, but already he had two children. He was destined to repeat the pattern of his father's life: drinking heavily, working in lowpaying jobs, and moving his family frequently.
Carver writes that his children were the single biggest influence on his writing. The second biggest was the novelist John Gardner with whom Carver studied at Chico State College in 1959. Gardner provided the encouragement and discipline to write that Carver needed at that point in his life. Always looking for a better way to support his wife and two children as well as stronger opportunities for himself, Carver moved his family around in the next few years, taking a job at a sawmill in Eureka, California, before moving to...
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Biography (Short Stories for Students)
Raymond Carver was exposed at a young age to many of the darker aspects of family life and the working world. He was born on May 25, 1938, in Clatskanie, Oregon, into a working-class family that was dominated by his alcoholic, sometimes-violent father. Carver started working immediately after high school in the same sawmill as did his father. By age 20, he had a wife, two children, and was heavily in debt. The pressures he faced climaxed when his father was admitted to a psychiatric ward in a hospital—one floor below the room in which his wife was to give birth to their second child.
In 1958, Carver enrolled part-time at Chico State College in northern California and took a literature course from then-unpublished novelist John Gardner, who would become a major influence on his writing. Carver himself commented, however, that during the first half of his career one of the strongest influences on him was alcohol. Carver's literary reputation grew slowly as he published short stories, poems, and essays throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, but his chronic alcoholism was disrupting his personal life. He was able to work only sporadically and twice filed for bankruptcy. He was hospitalized four times and nearly died of alcohol poisoning. He and his wife divorced in 1978.
Carver often said that the most important day in his life was June 2, 1977, when he finally stopped drinking. He considered it a miracle that alcoholism had not killed him and...
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Biography (Poetry for Students)
Raymond Carver was born May 25, 1938, to Clevie Raymond Carver and Ella Beatrice Casey in the tiny logging town of Clatskanie, Oregon, population seven hundred. Carver's parents were working- class poor and often struggled to make ends meet. His father, an alcoholic saw filer in a sawmill, had a nervous breakdown in 1957, the same year that Raymond married sixteen-year-old Maryann Burk and they had their first child. Carver's adult life eerily mirrored that of his father's: he drank heavily, worked at a series of menial, low-paying jobs, including one in a sawmill, and moved his family from city to city, always hunting for better opportunities. His impoverished and often desperate circumstances, however, also provided Carver with the subject matter for his poems and stories. Apart from his family and his own experience, Carver credits novelist John Gardner, with whom Carver studied at Chico State College in 1959, as the most important influence on his writing. Gardner showed a keen interest in Carver's work and encouraged him to be more disciplined in his writing. Carver also claims Ernest Hemingway, Leo Tolstoy, Gustav Flaubert, and especially Anton Chekhov as literary influences.
Carver graduated in 1963 with a degree in English from Humboldt State University in California and then moved his family to Iowa City to begin graduate work in the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Although Carver was famous for his short stories, his early success as a writer...
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Biography (Short Stories for Students)
Raymond Carver was born on May 25, 1938, in Clatskanie, Oregon, the son of Clevie Raymond, a laborer, and Ella Beatrice Raymond, a homemaker. In 1941, the family moved to Yakima, Washington.
Carver's father was a great storyteller and also read aloud to his son. Carver later attributed his desire to become a writer to his father. During adolescence Carver enjoyed fishing, hunting, and baseball, but his main goal was to write. He graduated from Yakima High School in 1956 and the following year married Maryann Burk, who was sixteen years old. By 1958, they had a daughter and a son and had moved to Paradise, California, where Carver entered Chico State College. At Chico, Carver studied under the novelist John Gardner.
For the next decade or so, Carver worked at a series of low-wage jobs, including gas station attendant and hospital cleaner, in order to support his family while he also continued his education. He received a degree from Humboldt State College in 1963, after which he moved to Iowa and enrolled in the Iowa Writers' Workshop. But due to lack of money he was unable to finish the two-year program. He returned to California in 1964 and lived in Sacramento, where he continued to work at odd jobs for several years. In 1967, he filed for bankruptcy and also had a drinking problem, but he was beginning to make his mark as a writer. His story "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" was included in The Best American Short Stories, 1967. In...
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Biography (Short Stories for Students)
Raymond Carver was born on May 25, 1938, in Clatskanie, Oregon. His father was a manual laborer, and Carver worked as a laborer at various jobs from the early 1950s through the late 1960s. In 1957, at the age of eighteen, he married sixteenyear- old Maryann Burk, who eventually became a teacher, and with whom he had two children within the first two years of their marriage. They moved to California, where Carver attended Humboldt State College (now California State University at Humboldt) and received his bachelor's degree in English in 1963, while at the same time working in a sawmill to support his family. In 1966, Carver earned a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from the University of Iowa. His short story, ''Will You Please Be Quiet Please?'' was selected for The Best American Short Stories of 1967, an annual publication. His stories were selected for the O. Henry Award in 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1983. 1976 saw his first major book publication, a collection of stories written between 1962 and 1975 entitled, Will You Please Be Quiet Please?.
From 1971 to 1979, Carver taught at several colleges and universities, including: as a lecturer in creative writing at the University of California at Santa Cruz (1971–1972); as a lecturer in fiction writing at the University of California at Berkeley (1972–1973); as visiting professor of English at the Writers Workshop, University of Iowa (1973–1974); as a lecturer at the University of California at Santa Barbara (1974–1975); as a member of the faculty writing program at Goddard College (1977–1978); and as visiting distinguished writer at the University of Texas at El Paso (1978–1979).
Carver and Maryann separated in 1976 and he was hospitalized for his alcoholism four times between 1976 and 1977. In the summer of 1977, he quit drinking for good—one of his proudest achievements in life. His second major collection of short stories, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, was published in 1981. 1983 saw the publication of his third major collection, Cathedral. He and Maryann divorced in 1983; in 1988, he married poet Tess Gallagher. Carver died later that year of lung cancer at the age of 50. His fourth major story collection, Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories was published, shortly before his death. Several collections of his short stories and poems were published posthumously. Director Robert Altman adapted a number of Carver's stories to the screen, combining them into a single narrative feature film as director of the movie entitled Short Cuts.
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Northern Virginia Invitational
April 08, 2011 - April 09, 2011 @ Thomas Edison HS Track in Alexandria, VA
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12th Annual Northern Virginia InvitationalHosted by Edison and Robinson High Schools
Sponsored by Potomac River Running
When: Friday, April 8, 4:30 PM, Saturday, April 9, 9:00 AM.
Where: Thomas A Edison High School, 5801 Franconia Rd., Alexandria, VA 22310
Who: 30 invited teams (per gender) from Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC. Only the first 30 invited teams (per gender) committing to the meet will be accepted. To commit to the meet, please send Mike Kiernan (email@example.com) an email.
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Field events: There will be three attempts given to athletes in the long jump, triple jump, shot put, and the discus throw. The seven athletes with the best marks will advance to the finals. Flight order in these events will be best-seeded flight last. Opening heights: BHJ: 5'6"; GHJ: 4'6"; BPV: 9'0"; GPV: 7'0".
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April 8 - April 9, 2011
Friday, April 8
4:30 PM: Girls Shot Put
Boys Discus Throw
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Girls Pole Vault
4:30 PM: Girls Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600)
4:45 PM: Boys Distance Medley Relay (1200-400-800-1600)
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5:25 PM Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
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7:15 PM Girls 3200 Meter Run
8:00 PM: Boys 3200 Meter Run
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9 AM: Girls Discus Throw
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Boys High Jump
Boys Triple Jump
Girls Long Jump
Boys Pole Vault
10:00 AM: Girls 4 x 800 Meter Relay
Boys 4 x 800 Meter Relay
Girls 100 Meter Dash
Boys 100 Meter Dash
Girls 1600 Meter Run
Boys 1600 Meter Run
Girls 400 Meter Relay
Boys 400 Meter Relay
Girls 300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles
Boys 300 Meter Intermediate Hurdles
Girls 800 Meter Run
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That's not what Steve Jobs meant
October 10, 2011 2 Comments
"The consumer doesn't know what they want" is a paraphrase of a Steve Jobs quote heard often lately with the sad news of his death. What a terrible legacy this quote leaves a man who lived by usability design. Unfortunately it has been translated to imply that Jobs ignored the consumer and just forged ahead with design unconnected to market research. Not true. Dangerously not true.
As with so much these days, you need to go deeper than the sound bite to get to the truth. Jobs focused on consumer need. It was an unrealized need, but a need nonetheless. His relentless connection to the product usability is marketing research.
Malcom Gladwell in a TED feature does a fabulous job of getting to the core of what Steve Jobs was really saying. Check it out… Gladwell is talking spaghetti sauce, but it's the same marketing research perspective voiced by Steve Jobs: In essence; consumers don't understand needs that they can't conceive. His brilliance was in really understanding what consumer's couldn't voice, because they had never experienced it.
Consider Jobs saying that "… handwriting was probably the slowest input method ever invented…"(WSJ). It is a clear articulation of intuition that would not even occur to a consumer in any kind of market research because they wouldn't be able to conceive of an all touch screen environment (think before iPhone). It is in the doing that the clarity and brilliance of this thought occurs. Consider the design usability evident in Apple lack of instructions. In Fast Company's Cliff Kuangs' words; "The assumption is that you'll be able to tear open the box and immediately start playing with your new toy."
That's usability. The kind that comes from skillful research of your consumers' unrealized needs. Let's honor the memory of Steve Jobs by understanding the core of his statement and keep the focus on the consumer; unrealized need or not!


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"COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY": USC Theatre Department production, 7 p.m. Saturday at Longstreet Theatre, 1300 Greene St. $18; USC faculty and staff, military and seniors, $16; students, $12. (803) 777-2551
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SECOND SUNDAY STROLL: 2 p.m. Sunday at Heathwood Park, 800 Abelia Road. Historic Columbia Foundation guided walking tour of the Heathwood neighborhood. $6, age 17 and younger, $3; HCF members, free. (803) 252-1770, ext. 24, or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Walk-up registrations accepted.
MIDLANDS CROP WALK: 2 p.m. Sunday at the State House, Main and Gervais streets. Registration begins at 1 p.m.; 75 percent of the funds raised will go to Church World Services' international hunger relief efforts and 25 percent will go to Harvest Hope Food Bank. Midlands Crop Walk website
HISTORIC CAMDEN LYCEUM SERIES TALK: "Civil War Naval Operations and Shipwrecks in South Carolina," 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the Kershaw-Cornwallis House, 222 S. Broad St., Camden. Free copies of this year's Archaeology Month poster will be available and light refreshments will be served. http://www.historic-camden.net
"COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY": USC Theatre Department production, 3 p.m. Sunday at Longstreet Theatre, 1300 Greene St. $18; USC faculty and staff, military and seniors, $16; students, $12. (803) 777-2551
LAKE MURRAY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: All-American concert featuring the Dick Goodwin Quintet, 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College, 7300 College St., Irmo. Free. (803) 400-3540; http://www.lmso.org
CATHEDRAL CONCERT: 4:45 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. 1100 Sumter St. Free Veterans Day concert will feature the 246th U.S. Army Band. (803) 771-7300; http://www.trinitysc.org
CHAPIN VETERANS DAY PARADE: 9 a.m. Nov. 12 at Boland's Hardware, 745 Chapin Road. Parade will include a presentation at the Veterans Memorial and a 10 a.m. celebration at Chapin Elementary School. Sponsored by the Chapin American Legion Post 193.
COLUMBIA VETERANS DAY PARADE: 11 a.m. Nov. 12 at Sumter and Laurel streets, ending at Pendleton Street, near the State House. The parade will be led by Vietnam veterans and vets from the Wounded Warrior Project will be in attendance. A special recognition ceremony, hosted by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Washington and Sumter streets. Free parking in the Sumter Street parking garage until 3 p.m. (803) 545-3100
SUMTER VETERANS DAY PROGRAM: 11 a.m. Nov. 12 at the Sumter County Courthouse, Main Street, Sumter. Keynote speaker will be Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells, commander of the 9th Air Force at Shaw AFB. (803) 494-2894
DRAWING IN THE AFTERNOON: 4-6 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 12-Dec. 3, at Midlands Technical College Harbison Campus, 7300 College St., Irmo. Basic techniques of perspective, composition and lighting; bring a pencil, paper and erasers to the first class; $99. (803) 732-0432; http://www.mtctraining.com
SANDHILL FARMERS HOLIDAY MARKET: 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at Clemson's Sandhill Research and Education Center, 900 Clemson Road. In addition to regular market fare, there will be locally handmade gifts, decorations, arts and crafts, live music. Rain date will be Nov. 20. (803) 699-3190; http://www.clemson.edu/sandhill
DEFENSIVE DRIVING: 6-10 p.m. Nov. 13-14 at Midlands Technical College Harbison Campus, 7300 College St., Irmo. Eight-hour course consists of lectures, films and classroom demonstrations; successful completion will remove four points on your South Carolina drivers license (except for DUI) and may reduce insurance costs. (803) 732-0432; http://www.mtctraining.com
ANTI-HAZING FORUM: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13, Room 112 at Sloan College, USC. Guest speaker will be Jimmy Hammock, International President of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. Sponsored by the Kappa Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma and the Zeta Theta Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. (803) 406-8792
FALL FAIR FOR SISTERCARE: 5:30-10 p.m. Nov. 14, The Hall at Senate's End, 320 Senate St. Sponsored by students from USC's School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management, the event will feature food, live entertainment and a silent auction. Proceeds will benefit Sistercare of South Carolina. Tickets are $15; $8 for children; special packages available for military, students, seniors and families. (803) 777-7014; http://www.sistercarefair.com
"THE COLOR PURPLE: THE MUSICAL ABOUT LOVE": Nov. 14-18 in the Henry Ponder Fine Arts/Humanities Center at Benedict College; $5. Performances at 7 p.m. Nov. 14-16 and 3:30 p.m. Nov. 17-18. http://www.benedict.edu
"COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY": USC Theatre Department production, 8 p.m. Nov. 14-16 and 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at Longstreet Theatre, 1300 Greene St. $18; USC faculty and staff, military and seniors, $16; students, $12. (803) 777-2551
RAIN GARDEN WORKSHOP: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Cayce-West Columbia Library, 1500 Augusta Road, West Columbia. Participants will learn the basics of rain garden design and installation and get hands-on experience by planting the final rain garden at the library. Limit 25 attendees; $25 (includes lunch and supplies). (803) 785-8634; http://www.lex-co.sc.gov
VISTA LIGHTS: 5-9 p.m. Nov. 15 at more than 60 galleries, shops and restaurants in the Congaree Vista. Tree-lighting ceremony at 7 p.m., Gervais and Lincoln streets. Free parking in all three Vista garages, free parking at the State Museum with shuttles to the Vista. Pedestrian-only traffic on Gervais Street from Assembly to Gadsden and Lincoln and Park streets, between Senate and Lady. (803) 269-5946; http://www.vistalightssc.com
AARP DRIVER SAFETY COURSE: 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at Living Word Assembly of God, 2034 Augusta Highway, Lexington. $14; AARP members, $12; active duty military, reservists, veterans and their families, free. Register by calling (803) 772-1181.
THANKSGIVING "SOUPER": 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 3200 Trenholm Road and New Kirk Presbyterian Church, 491 Langford Road, Blythewood. Simple meal of soup and crackers is offered as an opportunity to reflect on hunger and homelessness. $2; tickets include a Chick-fil-A food coupon. Proceeds will benefit programs at the Women's Shelter.
PERSONAL SAFETY CLASS FOR WOMEN: 6:30-9 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Lexington County Law Enforcement Complex, 521 Gibson Road, Lexington. Free class for females ages 12 and older will be led by Sgt. Diane Paavel of the Lexington County Sheriff's Department. Limit 40 participants, teens should be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Registration required, call (803) 785-2504 or email email@example.com.
THE DOCTORS LOUNGE: 7 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, 1101 Lincoln St. Fundraiser for The Free Medical Clinic will feature musical entertainment ranging from bluegrass to jazz performed by local physicians; silent auction, refreshments and open bar. $40 in advance; $50 at the door. (803) 727-7150; http://www.doctorslounge.eventbrite.com
FREE LEGAL CLINIC: Real estate issues and foreclosures, 7-8 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Southeast Branch of the Richland County Public Library, 7420 Garners Ferry Road. Sponsored by the S.C. Bar Pro Bono program. (803) 799-6653, ext. 158
"THE ROSE TATTOO": 8 p.m. Nov. 15-18 at the USC Lab Theatre, 1400 Wheat St. Department of Theatre and Dance production. Tickets are $5; available at the door only. (803) 777-9353
GEM, MINERAL AND JEWELRY SHOW: Nov. 16-18 at the Jamil Temple, 206 Jamil Road (I-20, exit 106). Sponsored by the Columbia Gem & Mineral Society, the show will feature jewelry, beads, loose stones, fossils, minerals, gold, silver and tools for sale; rock collection displays and lapidary demonstrations. Hours will be 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Nov. 17 and noon-5 p.m. Nov. 18. Admission, $4; ages 12 and younger and all military and dependents, free. (803) 736-9317; http://www.cgams.org
"ARSENIC AND OLD LACE": 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 and 17; 3 p.m. Nov. 18 at Shandon Presbyterian Church, 607 Woodrow St. Arts at Shandon presentation; $5 suggested donation. (803) 771-4408
THE SENSATIONAL EPICS: Dance to beach music and more, 7:30-11 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Capital Senior Center, 1650 Park Circle (Maxcy Gregg Park). $15; $20 at the door. Age 21 and older, BYOB and snacks (snacks and sodas will be available for sale). (803) 779-1971
COMEDIAN JAMES GREGORY: 8 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Harbison Theatre at Midlands Technical College, 7300 College St., Irmo. $28-$35. http://www.harbisontheatre.org
CPR: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 17 at Midlands Technical College Airport Campus, 1260 Lexington Drive, West Columbia; $85. BLS Healthcare Provider CPR/AED for adults, children and infants, qualification is good for two years. (803) 732-0432; http://www.mtctraining.com
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ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Nov. 17 at CrossRoads Middle School, 6949 St. Andrews Road. Accepting computers (and accessories), TVs, DVD players, VCRs, fax machines, printers, copiers, gaming systems and more. (803) 733-1139; http://www.keepthemidlandsbeautiful.org
CHEF MARION FOLK HOLIDAY APPETIZER CLASS: 10 a.m. Nov. 17 at the Ballentine Community Center, 1009 Bickley Road, Irmo. $20, includes all supplies. Space is limited, call (803) 781-2031 to register.
COINS, CURRENCY AND COLLECTIBLES SHOW: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 17 at the American Legion Post 6, 200 Pickens St. (Pickens and Whaley streets). Admission to the Midlands Coin Club show is free. (803) 781-0065
RUNWAY RUN: 10 a.m. Nov. 17 at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, 3250 Airport Blvd., West Columbia. 5K race and kids fun run to benefit USO South Carolina. Advance registration through Nov. 15, $30; military, $20; JROTC, $15; kids fun run (K5 through fifth grade), $10. http://www.runwayrun.com/registration
COMMUNITY HEALTH FAIR: 10:30 a.m. Nov. 17 at Jehovah Baptist Church, 1540 Frye Road. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., diabetes and blood pressure checks, information on breast cancer awareness, PSA testing, food and nutrition. (803) 786-2112 or email email@example.com
LIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS: 6-9 p.m. Nov. 17-Dec. 30 at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden (closed Nov. 22, Dec. 24-25). Santa's Village, giant snow globe, Music in Motion, Jingle Bell Bonfire and snow. $10; ages 3-12, $8 (advance tickets, $8 and $6); one free visit with Riverbanks membership card and picture ID; guest passes not accepted. Parking on the zoo side only. (803) 779-8717; http://www.riverbanks.org
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Marlene Colucci, Mark Perriello
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Across this country are scrambling to comply with the new federal rate requirement they have until May Tony first to make their pool is accessible.
To disable swimmers some say the upgrades are long overdue and everyone -- simply have act to access to public swimming facilities.
Others argue it could lead to some pools public -- shutting down simply because they can't get the equipment and time and the costs are high.
I'm Riley -- she is public policy vice president and the American hotel and lodging association.
And mark Perry LO is president and CEO of the American association of people with disabilities -- both.
I ever got to have you know.
Mark I was surprised to know that that this west and the law are -- why is this new regulation.
Necessary and and when did this come about.
So actually it has been -- -- for a long time.
George Bush senior actually what it was the the present who signed this into too law 21 years ago.
And we are only now seeing.
To -- Department of Justice I'm looking to enforce it.
And it is long overdue because all Americans including Americans with disabilities should have access to to public swimming pool.
Our -- when he year heads that -- and that's a long time for our folks -- have public schools to make sure that they fit -- with the federal requirement what's the problem here.
I can then bargain they were stating that a bit actually they're 2010 regulations that came out.
Didn't actually specifically state that you could have that you had to have a permanent -- it.
That only came out in January and some guidance and so what we're saying is that really this is all about and we're crying a permanent vs a portable -- And oddly we just think the industry makes it makes more sense it's safer to have a portable left.
They can be shared between pools it doesn't cause injury that you don't leave out overnight from the elements.
And that is and you -- required.
And cool to have to be.
-- to be torn up to do electrical grounding more camera -- you know looking for a practical solution -- -- an interesting point we're seeing is that few different full list on our screen right now I think the first one we -- was a permanent one and and -- -- owners are saying listen this is costing us.
Upwards of 6500 dollars outfitter -- were a little bit concerned about insurance liability because kids are running around and we can't move this away so they can get injured and then they say.
At what we did this just came out a couple months ago that this was the requirements.
And now everyone's rushing to get one of these lifts and and there's a shortage of them so they don't feel like they're gonna be ready in time for us this -- -- -- much reason -- maybe shut down a pool so.
Do you think there should be -- a compromise here are some flexibility about whether or not it's a permanent -- store one that can be moved on and off the pullback.
Well you know when it comes right down to it I think that there -- is a compromise.
And there is in the new regulations.
And undue burden -- -- -- that means that if public pool owner.
Can can make the case that there's an undue burden for them and installing a permanent left.
That the portable lifts are actually acceptable.
And so you know we've seen these these arguments for a long time after the passage of the Americans with disabilities act.
But it when it comes right down to it and in America.
People with disabilities should have the same access that everyone else enjoys.
And the portable lifts you know there -- pools many public pools that don't have lifeguards on duty at all times.
You know in those instances what happens when a person with a disability wants access to that -- They aren't the safest solution.
And we really think that the permanent lists are the way to go.
And so we're pretty excited.
That were close to making our close to seeing that.
Happen and -- to quick final thought from you what's fair's fair but that's mark's point in the past -- -- -- any access to everybody and everybody has the same -- of these properties so.
Isn't it just the job these -- operators to comply finally.
We think it's you know the guest services an accommodation with the industry is all about and we want to be able to comply we want to make sure that.
Are -- -- have the access that all our guests are safe.
And -- these.
Portable less are making gay and -- safer than -- wanna stay with -- permanent lift is gonna put them at risk.
Is gonna have an undue burden on the pool operator they're gonna be less likely to install it if the goal is access.
And we need to be able to provide that access and give the operators some flexibility -- is asking for a common sense solution.
To be able to provide that access wasn't losing everything -- -- -- -- it's an interesting conversation headed to -- season which is -- the reasons why caught arise and take a look at -- in times of austerity and also fairness out there.
I will -- -- our viewers decide.
What they think about this issue Marley and mark thanks -- both thank you for coming on.
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Media Beast
Schechter, founder of MediaChannelOne and a longtime media worker (mainstream and alternative) and documentary filmmaker, entertains and informs with details from inside the "media beast" where he has worked for over 25 years. He makes the case for activism directed not only at capitalist globalization, but also against media control and misinformation.
Recorded at the Z Media Institute in Woods Hole, Massacusetts in June 2003. 40 minutes.
Price: US$ 22.00


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