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Today: December 14 2018
Gradually approaching Valentine's Day, if you plan to celebrate together with your loved one, then of course it would be better to prepare for this special day. Of course, your image will depend on how this holiday is for your important, how, where e and with whom you will celebrate it, and even what the weather is outside. Of course, if there is rain, and you have planned a walk in the woods or the approached the matter creatively and plan dinner around the campfire - for you the most suitable jacket, black leather jackets, and shoes with laces.
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There is an old military saying that goes something like "you need to stay alive if you want to fight another day."
I think we are all fighting against the stereotypical roles demanded of us by society at large. I think we are all doing our best to fight against that. However, in doing so, one needs to stay alive! It is one thing to protest violently against society as it now stands and to die in the process and quite another to quietly go about pressing for change. To paraphrase something which General Patton said, near the end of World War II, "The object is not to die for your country, it is to get the enemy to die for his!"
We have enough martyrs already. We don't need any more. What we do needed to do is to educate the people around us in the hope that they will pass on that knowledge to others. That is a slow process, but if we wish to continue to educate others around us we need to be part of this world. We need to let others know that we are not sick, we are not deranged, we are not a threat, that we are a part of nature just like them, and that we just want to live our lives without fear and persecution. We have not achieved that, and I don't expect that we will within the next day or two. So we do what is necessary to stay alive, to be able to "fight another day". If being able to "pass" enables us to do that, then that we must do, whether we like it or not.
There are those of us who wish to be the "women" society expects today. There are those of us who do not. Diversity is Nature's way. Criticising those who want to be different than us, who don't think exactly the way you, or I, do places us in exactly the same box as those at large who think we need to be done away with. Let's not fall into that trap.
Be the woman you want to be. Be the teenage girl you want to be. Be the PERSON you want to be. But… let's all stay alive in the process. There is still a lot of work to be done.
You can email me your thoughts about [Staying Alive].

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Sen. John Proos announced today that the Judiciary budget for Fiscal Year 2014 will include $500,000 specifically for counties across the state to operate veterans courts.
"We owe our freedoms to the men and women who put their country before themselves and fought to protect America. One way we can honor the heroes who never came home is to do all we can to support their fellow soldiers when they struggle," said Proos, R-St. Joseph. "Michigan's Veterans Courts are designed to help veterans struggling with addiction and mental illness, such as post-traumatic stress. These courts assist veterans in trouble by treating conditions, which often are a result of their service.
"As Senate chair of the Judiciary budget, I worked to fund these courts because it helps our veterans recover and also helps reduce the prison costs paid by taxpayers."
The bipartisan members of the joint Senate-House conference committee for the Judiciary budget, sponsored by Proos, unanimously approved the budget plan on Thursday. The committee's report of Senate Bill 191 now heads to the full Senate for approval.
The committee action followed Proos' participation in the Senate's 19th Annual Memorial Day Service, which honored Michigan residents killed in action during the previous 12 months.
"It is a solemn honor to be a part of the Senate's ceremony remembering Michigan's fallen heroes who protected our lives at the cost of their own," Proos said. "On Friday, I was able to help show my gratitude to our local Southwest Michigan heroes by walking in the St. Joseph Memorial Day ceremony and parade, and I look forward to honoring those who gave their lives for our freedom throughout the weekend."
Proos noted that residents can pay tribute to fallen service personnel at several Memorial Day ceremonies or parades planned throughout Southwest Michigan or by flying the flag at home or the office at half-staff from sunrise to noon.
Editor's Note – Audio comments by Sen. Proos will be available later on the senator's webpage at www.SenatorJohnProos.com. Click on "Podcasts."


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Tuesday Media Roundup #41
I watched the beginning of the 1956 version of War & Peace but gave up on it because it was far too silly.
Saw part 1 of Black in America 2 on CNN. Now I wish I had seen the first one.
The Hangover – Pretty funny and well done trace-your-steps movie. All of the characters play well together. Nice setup for a sequel too.
Delirious – It's kind of quirky and entertaining but Michael Pitt comes off as too wooden for me. Good thing he's mostly paired with Steve Buscemi!
State and Main – This is a funny big-name ensemble. It feels like it was or could be a stage play. The dialog is clever and everything is fast paced.
I Am Legend – I think this tells the story better than The Omega Man and from what I've read it's closer to the original novel (which I now want to read). The practicalities are seen. The loneliness is felt. The feelings of the others are made known too. Good stuff and I look forward to the prequel.
Keeping Mum – An English comedy that isn't about celebrating the quirks of a small town. Sometimes it seems like that's all you get from the English indie comedies. Anyway, it's enjoyable and you should watch it.
Wedding Daze – This isn't very memorable; I had to go look up what it's about. It has some funny parts but most of it I just didn't care about the characters.
Elegy – An affair between an older man and a younger woman? I thought this would be awkward or cliche. Instead it has some compelling relationship stories and I really felt for the characters.
Righteous Kill – It's always fun to watch De Niro and Pacino. The story isn't that great but you almost don't notice!
Seven Pounds – Sometimes the story seems a little disjointed but it all pulls together and it ends up being a good story of the personal. It ended better than I expected.
Passengers – Kind of another version of The Sixth Sense, but not nearly as good. I just wanted them to get on with it so the movie could end. I don't think I would think of The Sixth Sense this way if I had seen Passengers first.
Public Enemies – This is good but it felt like there was more cut out to get it to a good theater running length. I guess we'll find out if there's director's cut. The film looks weird at times. It was obviously filmed with digital cameras that at times made things feel too smooth when filming in dark. It was both distracting at times and made things stand out at others. I'm sure that's just a glimpse of what's to come.
Swing Vote – It's both a commentary on the political system and the stereotypical non-voter. Kevin Costner plays close to the type he played in Tin Cup. I say check it out!
The Dukes of Hazard – This might be hard to believe but I think the plot of the average episode was better than the movie. Highlights: They showed off Jessica Simpson's legs nicely in the beginning, and Burt Reynolds as Boss Hogg.
The Midnight Meat Train – I can say I've never been that crazy about Clive Barker movies. This is the first one I actually got into. The story was interesting. The gore was over the top so if that turns you off avoid this movie. Or just cover your eyes since you can see it coming.
Funny People – The trailer doesn't spoil the movie for you and the story told ends up being good. I wasn't expecting comedy, but a movie about comedians with some funny parts. With that in mind there was a lot more humor than I was expecting. Also I think it's the first thing I've liked Eric Bana in.
Religulous – Bill Maher's documentary to show how much religious is a big mistake. The best part for me is when he was talking to the Jesus at the Holy Land Experience. He talks to a variety of people but it's mostly a rehash of ideas I've heard about why religion is bad.
Slumdog Millionaire – When I was watching this I was reminded of four movies it borrowed from but right now I can't remember what they are. Anyway, good movie and I like how it was told with the flashbacks. I don't think this would be my pick for best movie last year but I don't think I saw any movies last year that were better.
Julie & Julia – I liked this but I, like many others, wished the movie focused more on Julia than Julie. Good job to the movie makers for making Julie more likable. I went and read some of the Julie & Julia blog entries and she comes across as much more self-centered there.
The Wrestler – This movie was better than I expected and I thought the ending was great (but I seem to like abrupt endings)! I had heard it was like a retelling of Passion of the Christ and I can see what they meant. The stories line up pretty closely.
Death at a Funeral – Funny! But if you haven't seen this you can wait for the inexplicable remake next year. Remaking a recent English-language film directed by an American director doens't happen that often but it's happening here. Actually you should just see this one since you never know how the remake will turn out.
Sicko – Seeing this movie while the current health care debate is raging really drives home all the more that we need this change. I think this probably plays better now than when it originally played in theaters. The usual Michael Moore gimmicks are not as present here and when they are they are short lived; the material stand up on its own.
Michael Clayton – Well played by everyone and an ending I could really enjoy. This movie made me miss John Grisham movies though. What happened to them?
Gabriel – A rebellious teenage bible student watched the Matrix too many times and this is what came out. Why did the end have to go on so long?
Sex Drive – This movie takes awhile to hit its stride. It's shortly before they get to the Amish. Seth Green cements that as one of the Amish, but what doesn't Seth Green make better? It never gets great but it's fairly fun.
Beowulf – I was wondering if I would haev any uncanny valley problems with this movie and I'm happy to report that I didn't. This movie once again demonstrates that animated doesn't make it a kids movie. The story is told well and I'm glad I saw it. I think it was perhaps the right way to film it.
Houseboat – Crazy living situation. Italian beauty. Drama behind the scenes according to imdb. It all makes for an entertaining movie. Good for a lazy afternoon or evening when it happens to be on.
District 9 – Really well done. I liked most everything being from the point of view of security, news, or documentary cameras. A main character that doesn't think clearly and pays the price. I look forward to the sequel.
Video 3000 – A 5 minute foreign short about a universal remote. Kind of like Click but very short.
Porno – An odd Polish short film.
No Bikini – A great short story about a girl's summer switch to another gender.
Uncle Nino – A well done story of the outsider coming in to show the family what's important in life.
9 – My favorite movie of the year so far. I liked everything about it! No sequel for this one please. I don't know how it compares to the short by the same name, but I'm guessing since I've seen this one the other probably won't stand up. It might be the reverse for those who have seen the short.


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"Be yourself, at your best, all the time."Those were the words four children repeated, quietly at first, then louder, with more confidence, the second time, at the conclusion of a two-hour children's etiquette class taught by Dale Leff at a private home in East Hampton on Saturday.
Ms. Leff is the founder and owner of The Leff Etiquette Edge, offering etiquette training to both children and adults from New York City to the East End. Saturday's class was the third in a string of consecutive Saturday classes offered at the home, which was the perfect setting for the training.
With a blanket of fresh snow on the ground and sunlight streaming in through the expansive dining room windows, the children sat with Ms. Leff at a pristinely decorated dining table. Plates hand-painted with a Christmas tree motif sat on neatly arranged red-and-green placemats, with red cloth napkins on the left, and silverware neatly arranged—knife blades facing in, of course—around the dishes. Fat scented holiday candles, a stemless wine glass filled with candy canes, Christmas stocking-shaped dishes filled with chocolates, and figurines of woodland creatures covered the long red-and-green runner in the middle of the table.
As the children took their seats, Ms. Leff—neatly dressed in a bright red sweater, black slacks and delicate gold necklace with her initials—explained how creating a festive tablescape is one way to make guests feel welcome, that their presence is valued.
A smile never left Ms. Leff's face over the course of the two hours, as she teased the shyness out of the children. The lessons she imparted in the earlier part of the class, covering conversational skills—avoidance of yes-or-no questions, the importance of eye contact—were clearly sinking in by the time her students were partaking in a lunch of crispy baked chicken, mac and cheese, roasted new potatoes and edamame.
While mastering the finer art of proper soup-eating skills and the differences between European and American (also known as "zig-zag") methods of holding cutlery, the children remembered to ask Ms. Leff how long it took her to decorate the house for Christmas (an entire day), and who her most difficult students were (a boy who, at the prodding of his mother, had arrived at the house on his ATV, and refused to go inside for the first 10 minutes).
Ms. Leff's background as an elementary school teacher, combined with her natural proclivity for warmth—a byproduct, it seemed, of her Midwestern roots and upbringing in Indiana—enhanced her skills as a perfect hostess, particularly for young children. She was unabashed while speaking about her love of Carvel ice cream cake, which was served for dessert, and also of Christmas, talking excitedly to the youngest children about Santa Claus and her own fond memories of the holidays while growing up as the youngest of six children, putting them more visibly at ease as the afternoon wore on.
Ms. Leff kept up lively, inclusive conversation, but also made sure to gently correct her charges if they cleared their plates to the left, rather than the right, or had difficulty remembering proper napkin placement.
Ms. Leff was trained and certified by the American School of Protocol to teach adults and children of all ages, and offers that training to both large and small groups and even in corporate settings, tailoring the training to the needs of those clients. But working with children provides her with a special thrill, Ms. Leff says.
She spoke about the boy who arrived on the ATV and wanted nothing to do with her class, proudly stating that he eventually became one of her most enthusiastic students.
Of the many nuggets of knowledge Ms. Leff bestowed on her charges that day, one in particular stood out. She asked them how long they thought it would take to make a first impression.
Her answer? Fifteen seconds.
Judging by the way the children responded, Ms. Leff had succeeded in making a favorable one on them.


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Model selection via the lasso in conditional logistic regression
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* Corresponding author 1 Epidémiologie et Biostatistique Bordeaux 2 Université Bordeaux Segalen - Bordeaux 2
Abstract : We propose a model selection procedure in the context of matched case-control studies and, more specifically, for the conditional logistic regression. The method is based on penalized conditional likelihood with an L1-type penalty of the regression coefficients, the so-called lasso. This penalty, which shrinks coefficients to improve the accuracy of prediction, is particularly adapted when the number of covariates is large with respect to the number of events or in case of collinearity between them. An attractive property of the lasso is that it performs parameter estimation and variable selection simultaneously. The implementation of the method is based on a simple modification of the R-package -penalized- for fitting generalized linear and Cox proportional hazard models with L1 or L2 penalties, developed by J. Goeman. The effectiveness of the algorithms allows the use of resampling methods for choosing the regularization term and for evaluating the stability of the selected model. Thus, K-fold likelihood cross-validation and bootstrap are applied, both taking into account the dependent nature of data. The methodology is illustrated with some examples.
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Nantong: Profile of a Consumer Market
- Chart: Nantong's GDP in recent years
- Chart: Retail sales of consumer goods
- Table: Average Ownership of Consumer Durables Per 100 Urban Households at Year-end
- Chart: Per capita disposable income and consumption expenditure of urban households in Nantong
- Picture: Nantong's Major Commercial Districts
1. Economic Overview and Development Planning
Nantong is one of the 14 coastal cities in China that were first opened to foreign investment. Its GDP is the fourth largest among the cities of Jiangsu province, after Suzhou, Wuxi and Nanjing. In 2014, its GDP reached Rmb565.3 billion, with a year-on-year real growth of 10.5%. The per capita GDP of its permanent population was Rmb77,457. Industry is a major economic sector of the city, contributing some 51% to its GDP. The gross output value of its industrial enterprises above a designated scale in 2014 grew by 11.2% over that of the previous year to Rmb1,261.4 billion, with 47.5% being contributed by the equipment manufacturing industry.
Nantong has a vibrant private sector. In 2014, 18,100 private enterprises were newly set up in the city, making up a cumulative total of 227,000. Altogether, there were 3,705 private industrial enterprises above a designated scale in 2014, accounting for 74% of Nantong's total. During the year, the value-added of private industrial enterprises reached Rmb175.42 billion, accounting for 61.2% of the total value-added of the industrial enterprises above a designated scale in the city.
Nantong is situated at the southeastern part of Jiangsu, with Shanghai and Suzhou just across the river. Since the opening of the Suzhou-Nantong Bridge and Chongming-Qidong Bridge, Nantong and Shanghai are only one to two hours away by car, drastically reducing the journey between the two cities. With the growing convenience in transportation, Nantong's integration with Shanghai and South Jiangsu region as well as its pace of economic development have been significantly enhanced.
In terms of urban planning, during the 12th Five-year Plan period Nantong has adopted a 'one principal district and three sub-districts' layout. The principal district is the city proper, with the three sub-districts of Jinsha Town, Haimen Town and Changjiang Town. Under Nantong City, there are four urban districts, namely Chongchuan, Gangzha, Tongzhou, and the Economic and Technological Development Zone. The layout of the city proper comprises one core and three zones, with Chongchuan District serving as the core with emphasis given to the development of modern commercial services. The three zones are the eastern zone (with Tongzhou urban district and Tongzhou Development Zone as the core), southern zone (with the Economic and Technological Development Zone and the Technology Industrial Park as the development base), and northern zone (with Gangzha District as the cornerstone for the development of a modern logistics park).
In May 2015, the Nantong City Tongzhou Bay River-Sea Joint Development Demonstration Zone was set up. A group of large integrated deep-water ports will be constructed to attract the entry of a number of equipment manufacturing industry players, creating yet another platform for Nantong's deep integration into the country's 'Belt and Road' and Yangtze River Economic Belt national development strategies, while deepening coastal development and river-sea joint development.
In recent years, thanks to the implementation of the two national strategies of YRD integration and coastal development, the commercial sector of Nantong has entered the prime stage of rapid development. According to the Urban Commercial Network Distribution Plan of Nantong City (2012-2020), Nantong will build three city-level commercial centres (Nandajie city-level commercial district, New City District city-level commercial district, City North New Town city-level commercial district), four district-level commercial centres, and seven zone-level commercial centres. Meanwhile, 28 community-level commercial centres will be planned taking into consideration the distribution of residential land in the city's master plan.
2. Nantong's Consumer Market
2.1 Growth in Retail Sales
In the past few years, Nantong has maintained a double-digit growth rate in its total retail sales of consumer goods, which amounted to Rmb215.4 billion in 2014, representing a year-on-year increase of 11.8%. The city has become the fourth largest consumer market in Jiangsu province, taking up about 9.3% of the provincial total. In the total retail sales of enterprises above a designated scale in 2014, growth by sector was as follows: cars (8.1%), home appliances and audio-visual products (5.6%), petrol and products thereof (19.8%), and cosmetics (4.6%).
A comparison of Nantong's urban household ownership of consumer goods between 2007 and 2013 shows that there has been a rise in most product categories. This is particularly so for products affordable and favoured by the middle class such as cars, computers, air-conditioners and mobile phones.
2.2 Per Capita Disposable Income and Consumption Expenditure
In 2014, the per capita disposable income and consumption expenditure of Nantong's urban households stood at Rmb33,374 and Rmb22,035 respectively. Between 2009 and 2014, per capita disposable income grew at an average annual rate of 11.4% while per capita consumption expenditure rose at an average annual rate of 13.1%.
3. Characteristics of Nantong's Consumer Market
3.1 Population Structure
In 2014, Nantong had a permanent population of 7.298 million, accounting for 9.2% of Jiangsu's provincial total.
According to China's sixth population census, among Nantong's permanent population in 2010, 47.3% were males, with 10.6% aged 0-14, 72.9% aged 15-64, and 16.5% aged 65 or over.
The education level of the permanent population in Nantong has risen notably. Among the city's population, 7.7% have reached university level, 14.9% have received senior high school education, 38.9% have received junior high school education, and 30.6% have received primary school education. Compared with the findings of the fifth census conducted 10 years earlier, the number of people with university education has risen from 2,667 to 7,666 per 100,000 people in the city. There are 2.59 million households in Nantong. Each household has 2.65 persons on average, which is 0.22 persons fewer than 10 years earlier.
3.2 Characteristics of Consumers
Analysis shows that people in Nantong spend two-thirds of their disposable income on consumption. The post-70s to post-90s generation in the city go after higher quality of life. Their consumption philosophy can be characterised as: 'saving money is unwise, it is only when you are willing to spend that you are prompted to make more money'. As regards how Nantong people spend their money, according to an analysis made by the National Bureau of Statistics Nantong investigation team, local people spend almost 30% of their money on food. However, it is interesting to note that the share of personal consumption expenditure on food is gradually declining. Where spending on eating out is concerned, the business of mass catering, which offers convenience and value-for-money, is brisk. Meanwhile, star-grade hotels are also launching special offers in a bid to seize a share of the market.
Accommodation also takes up a considerable share of Nantong people's consumption expenditure. Here, accommodation does not refer to home purchase, but rather, spending on products and services related to housing, including water, electricity and gas charges, property management fees etc. Moreover, transportation and communication account for over one-tenth of local people's expenditure, while education, entertainment, medical and health care also account for about one-tenth.
The impetus made by the holiday economy in consumer spending is apparent. On such festivals and holidays as the National Day, Labour Day (1 May), and New Year's Day, retailers including Wenfeng Great World, Golden Eagle, Global Era and Nantong Yaohan make great efforts in organising themed promotional activities,such as shopping festivals, exhibition sales, special sale promotions, and carnivals. Leading supermarkets also take part in festival marketing by employing such promotional tactics as putting up posters and offering discounts. The National Day golden week in 2014 is a good example. According to statistics compiled by the Nantong Commerce Bureau, total sales by key retail enterprises monitored in the city, including 78 department stores, supermarkets, home appliances marts and auto 4S shops, topped Rmb676 million, up 11% year-on-year. Sales of gold and jewellery items exceeded Rmb50 million, a year-on-year increase of over 20%.
Nantong people are also keen online shoppers. According to the figures released by Alipay in 2014, the per capita online payment made by Nantong people during the year was Rmb18,792, ranking 35th in China, while Jiangsu ranked sixth. Of this Rmb18,792, expenditure on shopping was Rmb6,746. By comparison, the per capita online payment made by Nantong people 10 years earlier was only Rmb800. In other words, the per capita online spending by Nantong people in 2014 was 23.5 times that of 2004.
The overwhelming promotional efforts made by e-commerce operators have unleashed the purchasing power of Nantong people. During the shopping spree on Singles' Day (11 November) in 2014, Nantong people spent a total of over Rmb360 million at Taobao.com and Tmall.com on that day alone. This figure was higher than the total sales of 19 key commercial enterprises under monitoring in the three days during the National Day golden week.
Compared with cities like Nanjing and Suzhou, the consumption concept of the people in Nantong is relatively conservative. However, following the entry of flagship stores from a number of international luxury brands, such as Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci and Burberry, luxury goods have gradually established a presence in the Nantong market.
3.3 Modes of Business Operation
With the opening of several commercial complexes in Nantong in the last two years, the commercial layout of the city has undergone qualitative changes. Golden Eagle Shopping Center, Harmony City, Wenfeng City Square and ZNC Shopping Mall have clearly defined the core commercial district on Gongnong Road. Furthermore, following the entry of Mixc and Wanda Plaza in Gangzha District, as well as Nantong In City and Orstar City on Gongnong Road, Nantong has already entered the HOPSCA (hotels, offices, parks, shopping, convention centres and apartments) era.
Commercial complexes, which house catering, entertainment and shopping facilities under one roof, play an important role in stimulating the consumption of the local people. On the opening day of Harmony City on 20 December 2014, customer flow broke the 300,000 mark. The grand opening is comparable to that in large cities like Suzhou. Customer flow at this commercial complex hovered in the 100,000 region even after Christmas Eve.
The findings of the 2014 Nantong Commercial Property and Consumer Survey shed some light on the consumer habits in Nantong. While the halo of the city proper as a commercial centre is dimming, competition from the New City District, Gangzha District, and Economic and Technological Development Zone is fierce. In this survey, nearly 60% of the respondents opted for 'shopping in nearby areas', with comprehensive shopping malls/supermarkets being the most popular. Offering shopping at one's doorstep is the development direction of commercial property in Nantong.
As Nantong people's spending level rises, consumer habits are changing, bringing about changes in product type, proportion of live and fresh foods, distribution of supermarkets, and differential services. As such, traditional hypermarkets are increasingly losing their attraction. Meanwhile, competition in the department store and retail sector is becoming more and more intense. International brands, such as Metro, RT-Mart and Lotte Mart have moved in one after another, bringing with them more advanced service concepts, higher food safety standards, and a richer array of foreign goods.
According to incomplete statistics, RT-Mart, Metro, Auchan and Lotte Mart are the current leading large-scale supermarkets in urban Nantong. Meanwhile, a number of new comers are joining the fray, examples include Auchan at ZNC Shopping Mall, RT-Mart at Vanke City Plaza which opened for business last year, RT-Mart at Shimao Plaza, which is scheduled for opening soon, and Wumart, which plans to establish a presence at Wuzhou International Shopping Mall. Following the rapid rise of a number of commercial complexes in Nantong, it can be expected that large supermarkets, which are the most popular under the new commercial environment, will develop in leaps and bounds.
4. Profiles of Nantong's Major Commercial Districts
Nanda Street is the busiest commercial centre, as well as the only mature commercial district in Nantong with department stores and street-level shops as the major mode of business operation. Currently, the Nanda Street commercial district is dominated by specialised marts. A great number of development projects are put up for sale or under construction in this commercial district. As for Beida Street, following the construction of North Wing New Town, it is set to become an important regional-level commercial district in Nantong. Meanwhile, the New City CBD commercial district is a new city-level commercial district planned by Nantong, with a number of large-scale commercial projects in the neighbourhood brought to completion soon.
Nanda Street
Nanda Street is one of the three city-level commercial districts in Nantong. It is also the most influential commercial district in the city with the largest visitor flow, strongest purchasing power, and the most comprehensive modes of business operation. Nanda Street commercial district had, fro a long time, been the single dominant commercial centre of Nantong. However, with the rise of Zhongnan commercial district and Beida Street commercial district in recent years, the halo of Nanda Street commercial district has somewhat dimmed.
The Nanda Street underground pedestrian shopping street opened for business in late December 2012. This underground shopping street, featuring a construction structure of two and a half underground levels, offers nearly 30,000 sqm of shopping area housing 300 brands. It has also added almost 30,000 sqm of scarce parking space to Nanda Street. The completion of this underground shopping street has ushered in an era of 3D development in the commercial district. In the last two years, leading shopping malls in Nanda Street have also undergone several rounds of transformation. Wenfeng Great World, the leader in Nanda Street commercial district, has evolved from a pure department store into a department store-type shopping centre.
Wuzhou International Shopping Mall, situated at the junction of the extended section of Nanda Street and the prime section of Zhongxiu Middle Road, opened for business in 2014. As the key hub of Nanda Street and Beida Street, this shopping mall signifies the optimisation of Nantong's Old City District commercial district. Where market positioning is concerned, Wuzhou International Shopping Mall houses shopping, leisure, catering, entertainment, premium goods SOHO, star-grade hotel, offices, and boutique residential facilities under one roof. It also gives emphasis to facilities for children in order to stimulate family spending. Inside the mall is a 2,500-sqm electronic game city run by a Taiwanese company. This establishment is not only a top-level electronic game city in Southeast Asia, but also unique in the entire east China region. Moreover, Tianmicun (literally "sweet village"), the largest indoor experiential park for children in Nantong has also set up a presence here, with various facilities including a rock climbing zone and an amusement zone.
City North New Town (Beida Street)
Nantong's North Wing New Town core zone is closely linked with the city proper. Following the construction of the Beicheng Bridge and Jinghai Bridge, the North Wing New Town core zone commercial district has entered the 15-minute economic circle of the city proper, which is greatly beneficial to the formation of the Beida Street commercial district. The essential urban function of Beida Street in offering catering, residential, travel, tourism, shopping and entertainment facilities is gradually improving.
At present, the commercial layout of this core zone commercial district is taking shape. Commercial projects such as China Resources' Mixc Shopping Mall, Vanke City Plaza and Hongming Mo'er Square cluster here along Beida Street. Among these, Mixc Shopping Mall is currently the largest and most upmarket commercial complex in Nantong. It is home to a multitude of flagship stores of such international luxury brands as Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci and Burberry. Three pillar facilities, namely a real ice skating rink, an iMax cinema, and Ole high-end premium supermarket, are also scheduled for completion in 2016. Vanke City Plaza, which opened for business in 2014, embodies shopping, entertainment and Grade A office facilities. Currently, tenants including RT-Mart have moved in.
The leisure and entertainment facilities in the Beida Street commercial district are gradually improving. Nantong Adventure Land, the first dynamic project housing cultural and entertainment facilities under one roof, has been opened. Meanwhile, Holiday Inn Nantong Oasis International, Jianghai Fengqing Jie and Hongming Mo'er Square here offer all kinds of gourmet food and beverages.
New City District
The core of the New City District is Nantong's Central Business District. Positioned as a commercial district 'integrating with south Jiangsu and merging into Shanghai', the CBD embraces multiple functions, such as business centre, administration and commercial centre, financial centre, sports centre, convention and exhibition centre, hotel industry centre and fitness industry hub.
ZNC Shopping Mall, which opened for business in 2011, is the first successful pathfinder in the CBD commercial zone by bringing in over 20 international brands which made their entry into Nantong for the first time, offering a brand new experience of one-stop shopping and entertainment to the local people. Located to the east of ZNC Shopping Mall, Zhongnan Department Store, which opened for business in September 2014, is the first luxury goods department store in Nantong offering a wide range of international first-line brands. Unlike ZNC Shopping Mall, which includes catering, entertainment and shopping facilities, the positioning of Zhongnan Department Store is one that offers a moderate luxury lifestyle. Of the well-known domestic and foreign brands it has introduced, 50% made their first appearance in Nantong.
Zhongnan New World Center, located to the north of ZNC Shopping Mall, commenced construction in 2014. This shopping centre will bring together the most upmarket leisure and entertainment facilities in Nantong, including restaurants, spas and bars. The project will create a landmark commercial and leisure centre.
The New City District commercial area is still taking shape, step by step. Currently, large-scale HOPSCA and shopping malls, such as Orstar City, Nantong In City, Wenfeng City Square and Harmony City are opening for business here. According to the CBD development plan, in the future an enormous underground commercial zone covering an area of over 100,000 sqm will be built here. By that time, the ZNC Shopping Mall, Zhongnan Department Store, Zhongnan New World Center and Central Park will link up their businesses underground to complement the above-ground commercial district. According to preliminary estimates, by the end of 2015, the CBD commercial district will have a business area exceeding 400,000 sqm, including large-scale shopping malls, riverside themed commercial streets, sports, entertainment and leisure squares, forming a truly new commercial centre.
Wushui, Gangzha District
The Wushui commercial district in Gangzha District is conveniently located at the intersection of Gangzha District and Chongchuan District, about 5 km from Nantong's existing traditional commercial zone. The planned area of Wushui commercial district is 4 sq km and its major modes of business operation are shopping centres, department stores, hotels and catering facilities. Currently, the entry of Wanda, SEG, Auchan and Decathlon into this commercial district is attracting more and more visitors. With the imminent entry of several domestic and foreign brands, including IKEA, Suning and 1912 Group of Nanjing, Wushui commercial district is bound to develop further.
In January 2015, the 1912 Group signed an agreement with Gangzha District of Nantong City establishing a presence in the core area of Wushui commercial district. The 1912 project will comprise a cultural, commercial and residential area encompassing bars, restaurants, entertainment facilities, shops and residential blocks. The entry of 1912 is expected to expand the scale and enhance the quality of Nantong's nightlife, making spending on urban late night activities a normal consumption mode in the city. Nantong Wanda Plaza in Wushui commercial district, which is scheduled to open for business by the end of 2015, will promise to be an upmarket commercial hub in the city.
Xinghu, Economic and Technological Development Zone
The Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone is home to a great number of enterprises. To date, there are over 600 foreign-invested enterprises and more than 2,000 Chinese funded enterprises in the zone. With a permanent population of about 150,000 living in and around the Xinghu area alone but only one shopping mall, Xinghu Plaza 101, in the Zone, the shortage of large-scale commercial facilities can hardly satisfy the consumer demand of enterprises and residents in the zone.
The Xinghu commercial district was formed in 2011, comprising the Xinghu Street area and Xinghu Plaza 101. The Xinghu Street area is positioned as a catering, leisure, entertainment and consumption centre. With the entry of Shimao Plaza in the Zone in 2014, today well-known brands which have established a foothold here include: RT-Mart, Shimao City Cineplex, Starbucks, Zara, Nike, Shenhuxi KTV, and Ganghao International Fitness Club.


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|Norman Mailer
|City Lights
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The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster, a 9,000-word essay by Norman Mailer, connects the "psychic havoc" wrought by the Holocaust and atomic bomb to the aftermath of slavery in America in the figuration of the Hipster, or the "white negro".[1] It is a call to disassociate from Eisenhower liberalism and a numbing culture of conformity and psychoanalysis to embrace a rebellious, personal violence and emancipating sexuality that Mailer associates with marginalized black culture.[2] The essay was first published in the 1957 special issue of Dissent, before being published separately by City Lights.[3] While Mailer's essay was controversial upon its release, winning praise, for example, from Eldridge Cleaver and equal criticism from James Baldwin, it remains perhaps his most famous and reprinted essay[4] and "established Mailer's reputation as a philosopher of hip".[5][6]
The origins of The White Negro (WN) date from the mid-1950s. Louis Menand, in his history of The Village Voice directly links Mailer's 17-article column "Quickly: A Column for Slow Readers" to Mailer's development of his philosophy of hip, or "American existentialism".[7]
"Lipton's Journal", Mailer's unpublished 105,000-word diary of self-analysis written over four months while smoking marijuana, also figures into the essay's genesis.[8] It documents "his insights [that] challenge some of the dominant ideas of Western thought", specifically the dualisms that Mailer saw within every individual, like the saint and the psychopath.[9] Mailer had planned to use the insights from Lipton's in a series of novels which never happened, but he did incorporate some of the journal's ideas into WN.[6] He sums these up in one of the last entries in Lipton's:
Generally speaking we have come to the point in history—in this country anyway—where the middle class and upper middle class is composed primarily of the neurotic-conformists, and the saint-psychos are found in some of the activities of the workingclass (as opposed to the workingclass itself), in the Negro people, in Bohemians, in the illiterates, among the reactionaries, a few of the radicals, some of the prison population, and of course in the mass communication media.[10]
Other influences on both "Lipton's" and The White Negro include the psycho-sexual theories of Sigmund Freud and Wilhelm Reich, the writings of Karl Marx, and the work of Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie and other bebop jazz artists.[11] Dearborn avers that Mailer saw these great men of jazz as quintessential figures of Hip; Miles Davis, for example, "was the avatar of Hip, and, with his lean, chiseled good looks and his ultracool manner he was distinctly a sex symbol as well, appealing to white women as well as black."[12]
Essay summary[edit]
Section 1[edit]
Mailer begins the essay by stating:
- "Probably, we will never be able to determine the psychic havoc of the concentration camps and the atom bomb upon the unconscious mind of almost everyone alive in these years."[13]
Using the context of a post-World War II society, Mailer asserts that the atrocities of the war have forced humanity to recognize the possibility of a "death by 'deus ex machina' in a gas chamber or in a radioactive city." He feels as if this reality has stifled dissent and that we live in years of "conformity and depression". He observes that "a stench of fear has come out of every pore of American life, and we suffer from a collective failure of nerve," asserting that acts of courage have been isolated.[13]
Section 2[edit]
The primary topic of this section is the hipster and the Hip mentality. After his initial exposition, Mailer begins the second section by observing that:
- "It is on this bleak scene that a phenomenon has appeared: the American existentialist—the hipster."[14]
The "hipster" knows that contemporary society must live under the threat of "instant death by atomic war, relatively quick death by the State as l'univers concentrationnaire, or with a slow death by conformity with every creative and rebellious instinct stifled."[14] This realization has led the hipster to accept that:
- "the only life-giving answer is to accept the terms of death, to live with death as immediate danger, to divorce oneself from society, to exist without roots, to set out on that uncharted journey into the rebellious imperatives of the self."[14]
The lifestyle of the hipster, the American-existentialist, is one that operates in "the enormous present"; he must "be with it or doomed not to swing." There is a distinction between being Hip and being Square, one that draws a parallel to rebellion and conformity.[14]
Mailer goes on to explain that "the source of Hip is the Negro for he has been living on the margin between totalitarianism and democracy for two centuries."[15] He attributes the proliferation of the hip mentality to the "knifelike entrance" of jazz into culture, explaining that the post-war generation shared a "collective disbelief in the words of men who had too much money and controlled too many things."[15] Mailer suggests that the thought processes of this generation can be traced to D.H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Wilhelm Reich, claiming that the philosophy of Ernest Hemingway is also applicable to the reality of the hipsters.
Returning to the role of African-American culture on this phenomenon, Mailer explains that hipsters "absorbed the existentialist synapses of the Negro, and for practical purposes could be considered a white Negro,"[16] giving the essay its title. Smoking marijuana was the "wedding ring" of this relationship and language was "the child." The "language of Hip ... gave expression to abstract states of feeling which all could share, at least all those who were Hip."[15] The Negro, unable to "saunter down a street with any real certainty that violence will not visit him," has "kept for his survival the art of the primitive ... relinquishing the pleasures of the mind for the more obligatory pleasures of the body."[16] So, the hipster, the white Negro, uses the "black man's code" to live their life.
Their existentialism allows them to "feel" themselves. According to Mailer, this existentialism requires a sort of religion; it gives them purpose. He refers to them as mystics who have "chosen to live with death."[17] Death is their "logic"; living with it is their religion. They live is search for their next orgasm, good or bad.
Section 3[edit]
Mailer uses the 3rd section of "The White Negro" to discuss and dissect the psychology of the hipster. He starts the section by saying:
- "It may be fruitful to consider the hipster a philosophical psychopath, a man interested not only in the dangerous imperatives of his psychopathy but in codifying, at least for himself, the suppositions on which his inner universe is constructed (343)."
In what seems to be a paradox Mailer explains that the hipster "is a psychopath, and yet not a psychopath but the negation of the psychopath (343)." He explains this understanding by pointing out that the hipster, the philosophical psychopath, is self-aware, a trait that the "unreasoning drive" of the psychopath does not possess. To Mailer "Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle"; the hipster's "intense view of existence matches their experience and their desire to rebel (343)."
He goes on to explain the difference between the psychopath and the psychotic; the "psychotic is legally insane, the psychopath is not (344)." Mailer draws from Sheldon Glueck (& his wife Eleanor) along with Robert M. Lindner in observing that the psychopath is anti-social only interested in satisfying himself (344). He then distances himself from Lindler, stating that Lindler:
- "was not ready to project himself into the essential sympathy-which is that the psychopath may indeed be the perverted and dangerous front-runner of a new kind of personality which could become the central expression of human nature before the twentieth century is over (345)."
Mailer's reasoning for this prediction is that the psychopath "is better adapted to dominate those mutually contradictory inhibitions upon violence and love which civilization has exacted of us (345)," referencing one of his earlier observations that, in contemporary America, "sex is sin and yet sex is paradise (343)." This new personality is a reaction against psychoanalysis and conformity; one that is free from the inhibitions of the "inefficient and often antiquated nervous circuits of the past (345)." He explains that old "circuits" limit human potentials that "might be exciting for our individual growth."
Elaborating on the reaction against psychoanalysis, Mailer states that in "a crisis of accelerated historical tempo and deteriorated values, neurosis tends to be replaced by psychopathy, and the success of psychoanalysis diminishes (345-46)." The analysts are becoming less complex and less experienced compared to their patients, turning psychoanalysis into nothing more than "psychic blood-letting (346)." Psychopaths are difficult to psychoanalyze because their nature leads them to an attempt at living the "infantile fantasy," something Mailer claims may have "a certain instinctive wisdom." The psychopath wants to "grow up a second time" and knows that "to express a forbidden impulse actively is far more beneficial to him than merely" telling a doctor that he wants to (346).
Returning to the source of much of his thought, Mailer observes that the Negro is most familiar with this type of existence; he explores what the Square condemns. Not being privileged with conventional gratification, the Negro has "discovered and elaborated the morality of the bottom (348)." Mailer concludes this section by explaining that the language of Hip is special and "cannot really be taught (348)."
Section 4[edit]
One of the definitive characteristics of the hipster is their language, adopted in large part from the African-American vernacular. Their language is a language with much energy; without this energy the same message would not be delivered. Their vocabulary is semantically so flexible that a single word, such as "dig," can mean hundreds of things depending upon everything from context to tone and rhythm. Mailer speaks of what he calls the Mecca, the apocalyptic orgasm, in which the hipster experiences. He says:
- "If everyone in the civilized world is at least in some small degree cripple, the hipster lives with the knowledge of how he is sexually crippled and where he is sexually alive, and the faces of experience which life presents to him each day are engaged, dismissed or avoided as his need directs and his lifemanship makes possible."
According to Mailer, being so disenfranchised by mainstream American society, the African-American views everyday life in the terms of war, which the hipster adopts as his model for the rejection of conformity.
Section 5[edit]
Mailer begins section five of "The White Negro" by stating that a new philosophy, in this case Hip, must have a new language, though the language does not necessarily show its philosophy. He then asks what is "unique in the life-view of Hip," to which he says:
- "The answer would be in the psychopathic element of Hip which has almost no interest in viewing human nature, or better, in judging human nature, from a set of standards conceived a priori to the experience, standards inherited from the past (353)."
Hip, being an existential philosophy of the enormous present, rejects much of the paradigm of former systems; it focuses "on complexity rather than simplicity." In the Hip life-view "each man is glimpsed as a collection of possibilities." According to Mailer, context dominates man, "because his character is less significant than the context in which he must function (353)." Truth is "what one feels at each instant in the perpetual climax of the present (354)."
Mailer explains that,
- "Hip morality is to do what one feels whenever and wherever it is possible, and – this is how the war of the Hip and the Square begins- to be engaged in one primal battle: to open the limits of the possible for oneself, for oneself alone, because that is one's need. Yet in widening the arena of the possible, one widens it reciprocally for others as well, so that the nihilistic fulfillment of each man's desire contains its antithesis of human co-operation (354)."
He goes on to state that "Hip ethic is immoderation, childlike in its adoration of the present," and that it "proposes as its final tendency that every social restraint and category be removed (354)."
Mailer then explains that the main woe of the mid-twentieth century is that "faith in man has been lost," something that has allowed for the rise of authoritarian powers to "restrain us from ourselves." Hip, which Mailer suggests "would return us to ourselves," believes that "individual acts of violence are always to be preferred to the collective violence of the State (355)."
Moving into speculation about the future of the hipster, Mailer admits that it is "not very possible to speculate with sharp focus." That being said, he moves back into the role of the Negro, explaining that "the organic growth of Hip depends on whether the Negro emerges as a dominating force in American life (356)." The Negro is more familiar with the dark side of life than the white, which could give him a "potential superiority". This superiority is "so feared that the fear itself has become the underground drama of domestic politics"; it is the traditionally conservative fear of "unforeseeable consequences."
Mailer then suggests that:
- "With this possible emergence of the Negro, Hip may erupt as a physically armed rebellion whose sexual impetus may rebound against the antisexual foundation of every organized power in America, and bring into the air such animosities, antipathies, and new conflicts of interest that the mean empty hypocrisies of mass conformity will no longer work (356)."
He goes on to explain that when the Negro does win his equality much will depend on the response of liberals, pointing out the dichotomy between a peaceful transition and an anarchical political system. He concludes by stating that "given such hatred, [society] must either vent itself nihilistically or become turned into the cold murderous liquidations of the totalitarian state (357).
Section 6[edit]
In the last section of Mailer's essay, he suggests the Negro may hold knowledge based on his own position in life and his experiences and a more comprehensive way of thinking may be worthy, even though it may be frightening.
In his biography on Mailer, J. Michael Lennon suggests that The White Negro was Mailer's attempt to "will into being an army of hipster revolutionaries who could bring about an urban utopia."[18] It embraces violence, but makes a distinction between violence by the state and individual violence; the former leads to concentration camps and pogroms, while the latter could lead to freedom.[19] For Mailer, adds Maggie McKinley, violence seems to be an essential part of the masculinity of the Hipster—helping to oppose collectivizing and numbing social forces.[20] In a 1957 letter to a publicly-critical Jean Malaquais, Mailer clarifies his intentions: (1) that barbarism could be an alternative to totalitarianism, and (2) that human energy should not be sublimated at the expense of the individual.[21]
The so-called white Negroes adopted black clothing styles, black jive language, and black music. They mainly associated with black people, distancing themselves from white society. One of the early figures in the white negro phenomenon was jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow, an American Jew born in 1899 who had declared himself a "voluntary Negro" by the 1920s.[22] This movement influenced the hipsters of the 1940s and the beats of the 1950s.
Although the essay considers a subcultural phenomenon, it represents a localized synthesis of Marx and Freud, and thus presages the New Left movement and the birth of the counterculture in the United States. Probably the most prominent academic exponent of the New Left in the US was Herbert Marcuse. The essay is also very prescient because it anticipates the pejorative use of the word wigger in contemporary society to refer to white people who emulate the manner of speech, the fashion styles, or other aspects of the expressive culture of African Americans.
The White Negro first appeared in a special issue of Dissent in 1957.[23] It triggered a "great orgasm debate" in subsequent issues, touching on the zeitgeist of the fifties and the effects of psychoanalysis in general. Sorin observes that the board of Dissent published the essay without apparent debate, temporarily tripling the periodical's subscriptions.[23] It was only later, relates then-editor Irving Howe, that they realized publishing the essay as-written was "unprincipled".[24] Despite the initial controversy, Lennon notes, WN became the most reprinted essay of an era.[25] It was reprinted with rebuttals from Ned Polsky and Jean Malaquais, followed by Mailer's rebuttal, as "Reflections on Hip", in his 1959 miscellany, Advertisements for Myself. The essay and "Reflections on Hip" were reprinted the same year in pamphlet form by City Light Press, and again by this press several times over the next 15 years.[5] Most recently it appears in Mind of an Outlaw (2014).[26] Young enthusiasts of Mailer's essay, states Lennon, carried their copies of the City Light's reprint proudly as a "trumpet of defiance" throughout an awakening nation.[18]
Reception to The White Negro was mixed and has been controversial since its publication: it has, according to Lennon, been "the most discussed American essay in the quarter century after World War II."[25]
In a letter to Albert Murray, Ralph Ellison called the essay "The same old primitivism crap in a new package."[27]
See also[edit]
- ^ Lennon 2013, p. 77.
- ^ Greif, Mark (October 24, 2010). "What Was the Hipster?". New York. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
- ^ Sorin 2005, pp. 144–145, 330.
- ^ Lennon 1988, p. x.
- ^ a b Lennon & Lennon 2014.
- ^ a b Lennon 2013, p. 189.
- ^ Menand 2013.
- ^ Lennon 2013, pp. 182–88.
- ^ Lennon 2013, pp. 183, 189.
- ^ Lennon 2013, p. 190.
- ^ Lennon 2013, pp. 184–88.
- ^ Dearborn 1999, p. 117.
- ^ a b Mailer 1992, p. 338.
- ^ a b c d Mailer 1992, p. 339.
- ^ a b c Mailer 1992, p. 340.
- ^ a b Mailer 1992, p. 341.
- ^ Mailer 1992, p. 342.
- ^ a b Lennon 2013, p. 221.
- ^ Lennon 2013, p. 219.
- ^ McKinley 2017, p. 11.
- ^ Lennon 2014, p. 228.
- ^ The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz p. 146 By Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler. Retrieved:2010-10-25.
- ^ a b Sorin 2005, p. 144.
- ^ Sorin 2005, p. 145.
- ^ a b Lennon 2013, p. 220.
- ^ Mailer 2014, pp. 41–65.
- ^ Manand 2009.
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- Adams, Laura, ed. (1974). Will the Real Norman Mailer Please Stand Up?. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press. ISBN 0804690669.
- Baldwin, James (1961). "The Black Boy Looks at the White Boy". Esquire. 55 (5): 102–06.
- Bishop, Sarah (2012). "The Life and Death of the Celebrity Hero in Maidstone". The Mailer Review. 6 (1): 288–308. OCLC 86175502.
- Dahlby, Tracy (2011). "'The White Negro' Revisited: The Demise of the Indispensable Hipster". The Mailer Review. 5 (1): 218–230. OCLC 86175502. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
- Dearborn, Mary V. (1999). Mailer: A Biography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0395736552.
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- Gutman, Stanley T. (1975). Mankind in Barbary: The Individual and Society in the Novels of Norman Mailer. Hanover, NH: The University Press of New England. OCLC 255515793.
- Holmes, John Clellon (February 1958). "The Philosophy of the Beat Generation". Esquire. 49 (2): 35–47.
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- Lennon, J. Michael (2013). Norman Mailer: A Double Life. New York: Simon and Schuster. OCLC 873006264.
- Lennon, J. Michael; Lennon, Donna Pedro (2014). Lucas, Gerald R., ed. "57.1". Norman Mailer: Works & Days. Project Mailer. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
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- McKinley, Maggie (2017). Understanding Norman Mailer. Understanding Contemporary American Literature. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1611178053.
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External links[edit]
- Mailer, Norman (Fall 1957). "The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster". Dissent. 4: 276–93. Retrieved 2012-11-26. This online version is replete with errors, but is linked here because it remains perhaps the only free version available on the web.


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This whole blog experience was very eye opening and we collectively learned a lot. The most difficult part of this whole experience was finding arguments that could valid our viewpoints. With the whole gun control debate people tend to always bring up the 2nd amendment and the fact that our country was founded on those values. When advocating for more gun control we must find a way to refute that argument. The research needed to do this was the most challenging part. It requires us to really get familiar with the 2nd amendment. The other difficult part of this assignment was the fact that we had to work with other people. Group work in itself is always a challenge. Arranging times to meet and coordinating is a major challenge that comes with group work. The passion we all grew for the blog was unexpected, this started as an assignment and became something we truly enjoyed doing. Because this blog was something I worked on so often we truly wanted it to be as perfect as possible. Knowing that we had full creative control was over something was a great feeling. As a group we also didn't think that we would gradually become so passionate about the topic of gun control. The more we researched the topic we saw how much of a problem it was. Our view on gun control became stronger as the weeks went on. This was an unexpected thing to happen. The biggest take away from this assignment was seeing how much social media could impact policies and things of that nature. This assignment personified the power of social media. Growing up in this era we are always exposed to the Internet. However, when you are put in control of a means of social media, which advocates for something you realize the power you have. Essentially the power to sway anyone's opinion is in our hands. Another takeaway from this is the importance of aesthetics on a social media platform. Its not enough to simply have a blog, it must be properly taken care of in order to maximize the effectiveness.
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Bee highlights why enough is enough with guns.
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Taking a look at a piece written by procon.org, that details the pros of gun control and the issues with guns that aren't controlled, we can clearly see that we need to control guns. "The United States has 88.8 guns per 100 people, or about 270,000,000 guns, which is the highest total and per capita number in the world. 22% of Americans own one or more guns." That goes to show that a lot more people have a gun, probably more than you thought so. Now, out of that 88.8 people, how many were screened or even vaguely checked out.
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A jury of seven women and five men sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death by execution, closing one of the most painful chapters in this city's history, reports USA Today.
Tsarnaev looked straight ahead, showing no emotion, as the sentence was read. Jurors wiped away tears as the judge thanked them for their service.
"Your service as jurors in this case has been the very antithesis of mob law," U.S District Judge George O'Toole, Jr. told the jury. "You can and you should be justly proud of your service in this case."
The judgment comes from the same jury who found Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts related to the April 15, 2013, bomb attacks and four-day manhunt. The jury found him responsible for killing four people, seriously maiming 17 and injuring hundreds more.
Ima Leprechaun @ 5/16/2015 10:23 PM
It was a good decision and will send an important message to other would be terrorists. It won't stop terrorism since most want to die anyway but it's a step in the right direction.
KevCopAz @ 5/17/2015 7:37 AM
justice be done, Too bad we had to waste so much $ on this trial. I read that he justified the act(s) and that were religiously ok since Americans were killing his people. The same people that he turned his back on, ran away from and took advantage of all that America gave him as a refugee. Rather then becoming productive and thanking us all, he turns on us like the evil person he is. This is an example of what happens when we allow "refugees" into out nation without proper vetting. Thanks INS, Libs and Pols you all have some blame in this tragedy. Sorry but his death is not enough for what he did. He should suffer in solitary confinement for some time thinking of his death, then executed. Too bad we can't execute him again and again, once for each life he took
Whalen @ 5/17/2015 9:33 PM
If this young man was a true Islamist and radical fundamentalist who preys on the weak predicated on his strong belief to destroy western civilization, then I'm sure in his heart he feels that the death penalty was justifiable. It is so tragic that evil finds its way to harm those who typically has nothing to do with why those folks are in angry in the first place. There's so many ways to draw the attention to yourself other than blowing up the helpless and the innocent...


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When none of these properties are specified, links to bar items will, by default, display stub glyphs instead. A stub glyph is a colored square with rounded corners and one or two of the initial letters of the item caption. These fake icons are primarily used to quickly identify icons that have no icons as yet so you won't miss them. The figure below illustrates a sample.
You can enable stub glyphs for all item links within a Ribbon (toolbars), or for individual links only. To enable stub glyphs for all items at once, access the BarManager.OptionsStubGlyphs or RibbonControl.OptionsStubGlyphs properties section and set the StubGlyphOptions.AllowStubGlyphs property to DefaultBoolean.True or DefaultBoolean.Default.
Individual items provide the BarItem.AllowStubGlyph properties that, when not set to DefaultBoolean.Default, override the global setting. For example, the following figure illustrates the "Cut" bar item link that displays a stub glyph while other links don't.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Dish Rag Tag!
Thanks to Emily at Yarn Miracle for Dish Rag Tag! If you are new to Dish Rag Tag, I suggest you go here http://yarnmiracle.com/2007/06/12/dish-rag-tag/ and read all about it. I am part of team "Wannabe Racin'". My package came yesterday, and looked like this. Thanks, Gina! I started knitting at 5:30 and finished at midnight, with a few breaks for food and laundry. I had prepared by deciding on garter stitch, making a gauge swatch, and sketching a design. Luckily the time pressure to finish quickly kept me from ripping and replanning the whole thing. It turned out, well, different. The striped and mitered section was inspired by Mason Dixon Knitting and the wavy section by nonaSwatches, especially January and February.
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Cool modern dishrag! I love your design! But it's definitely *not* a rag, so you might be disqualified. :-)Post a Comment
Good luck to team "Wannabe Racin"!
Good luck to team "Wannabe Racin"!
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