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advocates a meaningful opportunity to present our side of the issue. The campaign was led by the shared parenting organizations Fathers & Families and the American Coalition for Fathers & Children, and by newspaper columnist Glenn Sacks.
"Two fathers' rights campaigners were arrested on Friday after scaling Westminster Abbey with a crucified dummy Jesus Christ, police said.
Parental Alienation Awareness Day on April 25 raises awareness about Parental Alienation Syndrome, the psychological abuse children suffer when a parent attempts to turn his or her children against the parent after divorce or separation.
"Whether one sympathizes with Dubay or not, his lawsuit illustrates the way the family law system addresses the needs and desires of women, while turning a cold shoulder to those of men. This system represents the most egregious violation of gender equity in our society today.
"The plight of unwed fathers exemplifies the point. Dubay is vilified by both the pro-choice feminist left and the pro-life right as an irresponsible cad, deadbeat and whiner. Yet the millions of unmarried men who do try to be fathers to their children find that while they are frequently lectured to 'take responsibility,' they're often not permitted any meaningful role in their children's lives. These stand-up guys usually get to spend only a few days a month with their kids, if they're lucky. Once mom finds a new man, they're often pushed out entirely in favor of the child's 'new dad.' And fathers who look to the family law system for help quickly find that said system has no interest in their case beyond keeping the child support checks coming."
I've written about anti-father bias of the family law system on numerous occasions. Some examples include: California NOW's Family Court Report 2002: Faulty Research, False Conclusions (Los Angeles Daily Journal, San Francisco Daily Journal, 7/11/02); my co-authored Have Anti-Father Family Court Policies Led to a Men's Marriage Strike? (Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/5/02); my co-authored California Supreme Court Takes Step Backward on Children's Rights (Daily Breeze [Los Angeles], 2/9/06); my co-authored PBS's Breaking the Silence: Family Law in the Funhouse Mirror (Albany Times Union, 10/20/05, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 10/24/05; and my co-authored Laws Must Protect the Rights of Military Dads (Army Times, Marine Corps Times, 3/28/05).
Civil Rights Leaders or Reactionary Patriarchs?(6/5/05); First Wives vs. Second Wives (11/21/04); Not the Era of the Deadbeat Dad but the Era of the Hero Father (6/19/05); Support California Shared Parenting Bill AB 1307 (4/24/05); Michigan's Top Cop Tells Kids: Denounce Your Daddy (10/3/04); and Fathers Targeted by Cox Speak Out (10/17/04).
As with the tree house of childhood, parents as well as children need a place of refuge and support to "see above" and to navigate what has been termed "high conflict" divorce. Tree House Solutions, LLC is a growing and evolving resource that is designed to meet both the emotional and the informational needs of parents who are going through divorce, as well as those who are divorced but still experience challenges in shared parenting with their former spouses. www.treehousesolutions.org.
In response to over 7,000 calls and letters to the New York Assembly Committee on Children & Families in support of A330, the New York Shared Parenting Bill, the New York State Chapter of the National Organization for Women and Stop Family Violence have launched a counterattack. To see NOW's Call to Action, click here. To read the Stop Family Violence Call to Action, click here. In both cases, it's the usual feminist hysterics about savage males and innocent, saintly, victimized females.
As during our Campaign Against PBS's Father-Bashing Breaking the Silence, NOW is not able to match our numbers. However, their counterattack is still problematic. This is because the Assembly committee members began blocking emails from our supporters after last week's wave, and we stopped faxing the committee members two weeks ago at their request. I don't blame them--staffers told our activists that the deluge prevented them from being able to get any work done.
However, the result is that at this point the committee members are pretty much just hearing from feminist opponents of A330, even though we have far more supporters. As a remedy, I suggest you call the committee members yourselves and send them faxes and emails independently. These aren't blocked and will get through. To call, fax, and email the committee members, click here.
A330, the New York Shared Parenting Bill, is sponsored by the Coalition of Fathers and Families New York, the New York affiliate of the American Coalition for Fathers & Children. To learn more about the bill, see my co-authored column Shared Parenting Bill Would Help New York's Children of Divorce (Albany Times Union, 3/28/06) and NOW president Marcia Pappas' Joint custody bill not in child's interest. Again, to contact the committee members, click here.
The Albany Times Union has long been seen by shared parenting advocates as a pro-feminist/anti-male obstacle. However, as I've pointed out, both during the PBS campaign and the A330 campaign the Times Union has made a legitimate and admirable effort to be fair and to give both sides a hearing.
Nonetheless I was more than a little surprised to find this morning that the Albany Times Union is now endorsing Shared Parenting and A330. In the editorial Custody challenges: It's time New York embraced the concept of shared parenting the paper's editorial board writes that A330's presumption for shared parenting is "the right presumption--and an overdue one." The editorial has its weaknesses, but it represents a significant step forward for our movement in New York, a key battleground state.
I've written many times about feminists' desire to give divorcing mothers a veto over fathers' fatherhood and over children's right to a relationship with their fathers. In Stop Family Violence's Call to Action here they write "fathers' rights proponents will also tell you that what's best for children of divorce is that courts protect the loving bonds with the two most important people in children's lives--the child's mother and father. That's true, but only if the parents get along and choose joint custody." In other words, the bonds matter, unless mom's mad at dad, in which case they can be quickly tossed aside.
"To learn more about the bill, see the Albany Times Union's debate on it--Supporting the child by order of the court (in favor) and Joint custody bill not in child's interest (opposed)."
In fact, some members of the Coalition of Fathers and Families New York have copied and distributed both our column and Pappas' column to members of the New York Assembly.
I have a couple of responses to the criticism over this. One is to echo something very wise which Ned Holstein of Fathers and Families emphasized during our Campaign Against PBS's Father-Bashing Breaking the Silence --"have faith in the truth." In other words, don't be afraid to let the other side be heard--have faith that the truth in what you're saying will be understood. I frankly have a hard time believing that many people, reading our column and Pappas' column together, would side with Pappas.
Moreover, my critics misunderstand what constitutes political power. I discussed this issue on His Side with Glenn Sacks in response to criticisms of my cordial demeanor with Martha Burk, Gloria Allred, Michael Kimmel, Amanda Marcotte and other opposition guests on the show. To listen to my response, click here.
If you're looking for a paternity test, Paternity Fraud crusader Carnell Smith's 4TRUTH IDENTITY offers guaranteed, 100% accurate identification services in virtually every US state and in several countries. Call (404) 289-3321or click here.
Stephen Baskerville, president of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children, skewers family court "privacy" in his new piece Banned Near Boston: More chicanery from the underworld of family law. The article deals with the case of Kevin Thompson, a Massachusetts father who "received an order prohibiting distribution of his book, Exposing the Corruption in the Massachusetts Family Courts. The court also impounded the records of Thompson's custody case, reinforcing the secrecy in which family courts like to operate."
"The standard justification for secret courts is the one Judge Manzi now extends to censorship: 'privacy interests of the parties' minor child.' Thompson's son has already been forcibly separated from his father, and his life is now under the total control of state officials. What 'privacy' does this child have left?
Baskerville also notes that the "true reason for the secrecy and censorship is not to protect privacy but to invade it with impunity."
This doesn't have much to do with the usual issues I discuss but it struck me as being worthy of mention. As many of you know, the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, headed by Reverend Fred Phelps, protests at the funerals of dead American soldiers, saying the deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq are God's vengeance for protecting a country (the U.S.) that tolerates homosexuality. They carry signs that read, for example, "Thank God for Dead Soldiers" and "Thank God for IED's" in reference to the improvised explosive devices used by terrorists in Iraq.
When I first heard of it, I thought that Phelps and crew were only protesting at the funerals of gay soldiers who had been mortally wounded. This would have been appalling enough, but what I hadn't realized was that they were protesting at the funerals of all soldiers.
I was contacted by a woman named Nancy Totman, a military and legislative advocate for the Blue Star Moms of California. Her group and others are working in favor of a bill which would ban demonstrations or protests within 300 feet of funerals.
California Assemblyman Rick Keene (3rd district) has introduced AB 2707 in California (sponsored by the Blue Star Moms) which addresses the disruption of the funerals of soldiers who have died while serving. If you're interested in supporting this legislation, write a letter of support to Assemblymember Rick Keene at assemblymember.Keene@assembly.ca.gov.
""[My father] is very selfless," Nick said. '[He] refused to quit because the job put food on the table... He gave his life in there so I could go to the movies.'"
The idea that these lunatics had free reign to disrupt the funerals of men like Helms is an outrage.
"Every now and then, Western history belches out some group of men who protest their miserably high status in life, claiming that society is treating them unfairly.
"I'm almost embarrassed for them. It's as if Halliburton, having been granted contracts in the billions of dollars to do work in Iraq and New Orleans, would feel slighted if it lost the job to work on the asbestos problem in my neighbor's guesthouse.
"'Men die about eight years earlier than women.'"
"Though no supporting facts are given, it sounds about right to me. To maintain good health, doctors recommend a low-fat diet and exercise. Consuming cheese doodles and beer and lolling on the couch does not make for longevity. Darn the luck, if only men liked housework. By getting off that sofa and washing a floor, scrubbing a toilet, raising a kid, they, too, might live longer.
"'In almost every category of disease, men suffer more often than women.'"
"Again, no scientific data is offered. If males do indeed have special powers in math and science--as Mansfield's pal and ex-boss, deposed Harvard President Lawrence Summers, has been known to claim--might we have some evidence to support such an assertion? Facts, fellas, facts.
"The NCM--or, as I call it, the "National Center for Milquetoasts"--has recently filed a lawsuit in a U.S. district court in Michigan on behalf of Matt Dubay, a 25-year-old computer programmer who disputes having to pay child support for his 7-month-old daughter. Officially trademarked as 'Roe v. Wade for Men,' the group argues that since the mother claimed to be both infertile and on birth control, the resulting pregnancy was not Dubay's fault and he should not be held monetarily accountable.
"Note to men: If the woman you're dating says she's both infertile and taking birth control, perhaps wearing a condom is a good idea until you can determine whether she's Ms. Right or Ms. Taken.
"As to family issues, yes, sometimes a woman may unjustly take a man for a ride. However, there are legitimate avenues for men to pursue--state registries, nonprofit educational groups, state representatives, family law attorneys--if they feel they are being deprived of their parental rights. But just how 'manly' is it to want to be free and clear of all paternal obligations?"
"The disturbing health and mortality disparities between American whites and blacks are well known, but most people do not realize that the health and mortality disparities between women and men are just as great. For example, the gap in life expectancy between whites and blacks is six years, while the gender gap is 5.7 years. Adjusted for age, men are 1.6 times as likely as women to die from one of the top 10 causes of death, and blacks are 1.5 times as likely to die from them as whites.
"Despite this, it is women's health, not men's, which continues to receive government attention and funding. For example, the National Institutes of Health--the federal focal point for medical research in the U.S.--spends nearly four times as much on female-specific health research as on male-specific research. And though the average man is as likely to die from prostate cancer as the average woman is from breast cancer, the Department of Health and Human Services' National Cancer Institute spends three and a half times as much money on breast cancer research as on prostate cancer research.
"In fact, prostate cancer makes up 37% of all cancer cases but receives only 5% of federal research funding."
"When both work outside the home and inside the home are properly considered, it is clear that men do at least as much as women. A 2002 University of Michigan Institute for Social Research survey found that women do 11 more hours of housework a week than men but men work 14 hours a week more than women. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, men's total time at leisure, sleeping, doing personal care activities, or socializing is a statistically meaningless 1% higher than women's. The Families and Work Institute in New York City found that fathers now provide three-fourths as much child care as mothers do--50% more than 30 years ago.
"Yet even these studies understate men's contributions because they only count the hours devoted to a task without measuring the physical strain and/or danger associated with the task. A man doing eight hours of dangerous construction work in the 100-degree heat is credited with no more 'work' than a woman who works in an air-conditioned office or who does childcare or housework in the comfort and safety of her own home [and without a supervisor breathing down her neck]."
"One and a half million American women legally walk away from motherhood every year by adoption, abortion or abandonment, yet somehow nobody labels them 'deadbeats' or 'deserters.' In over 40 states a mother can return the baby to the hospital within a few weeks of birth--completely opting out of motherhood with less hassle than it takes to return a DVD to Best Buy. Yet if the mother decides she wants to keep the child, she can demand 18 [or in some states 21 or 23] years of child support from the father, and he has no choice in the matter."
Perhaps the most ludicrous part of the article is Gadette's analogy between men's privilege over women and Halliburton's advantage over a small time asbestos remover. When I first began writing columns on men's and fathers issues, I wrote the below. It still seems accurate today.
"Some men are privileged and some women are privileged. Most are not. When we say 'privileged' we are only looking up, at the leaders of our society, who are mostly male.
"If we look down, at the bottom of our society, we'll see that most of the people down there are male, too: the homeless, the imprisoned, the suicide victims, those who die young, the school dropouts, etc. While many of American women's issues and concerns are certainly still unresolved, women's issues have received enormous publicity and attention. It's men's issues that have received little publicity, and that's why I write about them."
This doesn't even account for the most hideous disparity between men and women--their treatment in family court.
However one feels about the immigration issue, I think we can all acknowledge that most immigrants come here for understandable reasons and make many sacrifices. My friend Al Rantel is a staunch supporter of restrictions on illegal immigration, but often tells his KABC listeners that if he lived in Mexico or Central America and had the chance to come to the United States, he would do so in a heartbeat.
It was nice to see this cartoon reflect the special sacrifices that many immigrant men make to provide for their families. It reminded me of the sacrifices made by so many of the Latino immigrant men I've known either through teaching English and Citizenship classes in South-Central Los Angeles or doing construction work.
Doing the work the hueros wouldn't do."
[Note: a "huero" is a white American].
"These women all on the prowl, if you hold the head steady I'm a milk the cow/Forget about the game, I'm a spit the truth, I won't stop till I get 'em in they birthday suits/So gimmie the rhythm and it'll be off with their clothes, then bend over to the front and touch your toes/I left the Jag and I took the Rolls, if they ain't cutting then I put em on foot patrol."

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advocates a meaningful opportunity to present our side of the issue. the campaign was led by the shared parenting organizations fathers & families and the american coalition for fathers & children, and by newspaper columnist glenn sacks.
"two fathers' rights campaigners were arrested on friday after scaling westminster abbey with a crucified dummy jesus christ, police said.
parental alienation awareness day on april 25 raises awareness about parental alienation syndrome, the psychological abuse children suffer when a parent attempts to turn his or her children against the parent after divorce or separation.
"whether one sympathizes with dubay or not, his lawsuit illustrates the way the family law system addresses the needs and desires of women, while turning a cold shoulder to those of men. this system represents the most egregious violation of gender equity in our society today.
"the plight of unwed fathers exemplifies the point. dubay is vilified by both the pro-choice feminist left and the pro-life right as an irresponsible cad, deadbeat and whiner. yet the millions of unmarried men who do try to be fathers to their children find that while they are frequently lectured to 'take responsibility,' they're often not permitted any meaningful role in their children's lives. these stand-up guys usually get to spend only a few days a month with their kids, if they're lucky. once mom finds a new man, they're often pushed out entirely in favor of the child's 'new dad.' and fathers who look to the family law system for help quickly find that said system has no interest in their case beyond keeping the child support checks coming."
i've written about anti-father bias of the family law system on numerous occasions. some examples include: california now's family court report 2002: faulty research, false conclusions (los angeles daily journal, san francisco daily journal, 7/11/02); my co-authored have anti-father family court policies led to a men's marriage strike? (philadelphia inquirer, 7/5/02); my co-authored california supreme court takes step backward on children's rights (daily breeze [los angeles], 2/9/06); my co-authored pbs's breaking the silence: family law in the funhouse mirror (albany times union, 10/20/05, norfolk virginian-pilot, 10/24/05; and my co-authored laws must protect the rights of military dads (army times, marine corps times, 3/28/05).
civil rights leaders or reactionary patriarchs?(6/5/05); first wives vs. second wives (11/21/04); not the era of the deadbeat dad but the era of the hero father (6/19/05); support california shared parenting bill ab 1307 (4/24/05); michigan's top cop tells kids: denounce your daddy (10/3/04); and fathers targeted by cox speak out (10/17/04).
as with the tree house of childhood, parents as well as children need a place of refuge and support to "see above" and to navigate what has been termed "high conflict" divorce. tree house solutions, llc is a growing and evolving resource that is designed to meet both the emotional and the informational needs of parents who are going through divorce, as well as those who are divorced but still experience challenges in shared parenting with their former spouses. www.treehousesolutions.org.
in response to over 7,000 calls and letters to the new york assembly committee on children & families in support of a330, the new york shared parenting bill, the new york state chapter of the national organization for women and stop family violence have launched a counterattack. to see now's call to action, click here. to read the stop family violence call to action, click here. in both cases, it's the usual feminist hysterics about savage males and innocent, saintly, victimized females.
as during our campaign against pbs's father-bashing breaking the silence, now is not able to match our numbers. however, their counterattack is still problematic. this is because the assembly committee members began blocking emails from our supporters after last week's wave, and we stopped faxing the committee members two weeks ago at their request. i don't blame them--staffers told our activists that the deluge prevented them from being able to get any work done.
however, the result is that at this point the committee members are pretty much just hearing from feminist opponents of a330, even though we have far more supporters. as a remedy, i suggest you call the committee members yourselves and send them faxes and emails independently. these aren't blocked and will get through. to call, fax, and email the committee members, click here.
a330, the new york shared parenting bill, is sponsored by the coalition of fathers and families new york, the new york affiliate of the american coalition for fathers & children. to learn more about the bill, see my co-authored column shared parenting bill would help new york's children of divorce (albany times union, 3/28/06) and now president marcia pappas' joint custody bill not in child's interest. again, to contact the committee members, click here.
the albany times union has long been seen by shared parenting advocates as a pro-feminist/anti-male obstacle. however, as i've pointed out, both during the pbs campaign and the a330 campaign the times union has made a legitimate and admirable effort to be fair and to give both sides a hearing.
nonetheless i was more than a little surprised to find this morning that the albany times union is now endorsing shared parenting and a330. in the editorial custody challenges: it's time new york embraced the concept of shared parenting the paper's editorial board writes that a330's presumption for shared parenting is "the right presumption--and an overdue one." the editorial has its weaknesses, but it represents a significant step forward for our movement in new york, a key battleground state.
i've written many times about feminists' desire to give divorcing mothers a veto over fathers' fatherhood and over children's right to a relationship with their fathers. in stop family violence's call to action here they write "fathers' rights proponents will also tell you that what's best for children of divorce is that courts protect the loving bonds with the two most important people in children's lives--the child's mother and father. that's true, but only if the parents get along and choose joint custody." in other words, the bonds matter, unless mom's mad at dad, in which case they can be quickly tossed aside.
"to learn more about the bill, see the albany times union's debate on it--supporting the child by order of the court (in favor) and joint custody bill not in child's interest (opposed)."
in fact, some members of the coalition of fathers and families new york have copied and distributed both our column and pappas' column to members of the new york assembly.
i have a couple of responses to the criticism over this. one is to echo something very wise which ned holstein of fathers and families emphasized during our campaign against pbs's father-bashing breaking the silence --"have faith in the truth." in other words, don't be afraid to let the other side be heard--have faith that the truth in what you're saying will be understood. i frankly have a hard time believing that many people, reading our column and pappas' column together, would side with pappas.
moreover, my critics misunderstand what constitutes political power. i discussed this issue on his side with glenn sacks in response to criticisms of my cordial demeanor with martha burk, gloria allred, michael kimmel, amanda marcotte and other opposition guests on the show. to listen to my response, click here.
if you're looking for a paternity test, paternity fraud crusader carnell smith's 4truth identity offers guaranteed, 100% accurate identification services in virtually every us state and in several countries. call (404) 289-3321or click here.
stephen baskerville, president of the american coalition for fathers and children, skewers family court "privacy" in his new piece banned near boston: more chicanery from the underworld of family law. the article deals with the case of kevin thompson, a massachusetts father who "received an order prohibiting distribution of his book, exposing the corruption in the massachusetts family courts. the court also impounded the records of thompson's custody case, reinforcing the secrecy in which family courts like to operate."
"the standard justification for secret courts is the one judge manzi now extends to censorship: 'privacy interests of the parties' minor child.' thompson's son has already been forcibly separated from his father, and his life is now under the total control of state officials. what 'privacy' does this child have left?
baskerville also notes that the "true reason for the secrecy and censorship is not to protect privacy but to invade it with impunity."
this doesn't have much to do with the usual issues i discuss but it struck me as being worthy of mention. as many of you know, the westboro baptist church of topeka, kansas, headed by reverend fred phelps, protests at the funerals of dead american soldiers, saying the deaths of u.s. soldiers in iraq are god's vengeance for protecting a country (the u.s.) that tolerates homosexuality. they carry signs that read, for example, "thank god for dead soldiers" and "thank god for ied's" in reference to the improvised explosive devices used by terrorists in iraq.
when i first heard of it, i thought that phelps and crew were only protesting at the funerals of gay soldiers who had been mortally wounded. this would have been appalling enough, but what i hadn't realized was that they were protesting at the funerals of all soldiers.
i was contacted by a woman named nancy totman, a military and legislative advocate for the blue star moms of california. her group and others are working in favor of a bill which would ban demonstrations or protests within 300 feet of funerals.
california assemblyman rick keene (3rd district) has introduced ab 2707 in california (sponsored by the blue star moms) which addresses the disruption of the funerals of soldiers who have died while serving. if you're interested in supporting this legislation, write a letter of support to assemblymember rick keene at assemblymember.keene@assembly.ca.gov.
""[my father] is very selfless," nick said. '[he] refused to quit because the job put food on the table... he gave his life in there so i could go to the movies.'"
the idea that these lunatics had free reign to disrupt the funerals of men like helms is an outrage.
"every now and then, western history belches out some group of men who protest their miserably high status in life, claiming that society is treating them unfairly.
"i'm almost embarrassed for them. it's as if halliburton, having been granted contracts in the billions of dollars to do work in iraq and new orleans, would feel slighted if it lost the job to work on the asbestos problem in my neighbor's guesthouse.
"'men die about eight years earlier than women.'"
"though no supporting facts are given, it sounds about right to me. to maintain good health, doctors recommend a low-fat diet and exercise. consuming cheese doodles and beer and lolling on the couch does not make for longevity. darn the luck, if only men liked housework. by getting off that sofa and washing a floor, scrubbing a toilet, raising a kid, they, too, might live longer.
"'in almost every category of disease, men suffer more often than women.'"
"again, no scientific data is offered. if males do indeed have special powers in math and science--as mansfield's pal and ex-boss, deposed harvard president lawrence summers, has been known to claim--might we have some evidence to support such an assertion? facts, fellas, facts.
"the ncm--or, as i call it, the "national center for milquetoasts"--has recently filed a lawsuit in a u.s. district court in michigan on behalf of matt dubay, a 25-year-old computer programmer who disputes having to pay child support for his 7-month-old daughter. officially trademarked as 'roe v. wade for men,' the group argues that since the mother claimed to be both infertile and on birth control, the resulting pregnancy was not dubay's fault and he should not be held monetarily accountable.
"note to men: if the woman you're dating says she's both infertile and taking birth control, perhaps wearing a condom is a good idea until you can determine whether she's ms. right or ms. taken.
"as to family issues, yes, sometimes a woman may unjustly take a man for a ride. however, there are legitimate avenues for men to pursue--state registries, nonprofit educational groups, state representatives, family law attorneys--if they feel they are being deprived of their parental rights. but just how 'manly' is it to want to be free and clear of all paternal obligations?"
"the disturbing health and mortality disparities between american whites and blacks are well known, but most people do not realize that the health and mortality disparities between women and men are just as great. for example, the gap in life expectancy between whites and blacks is six years, while the gender gap is 5.7 years. adjusted for age, men are 1.6 times as likely as women to die from one of the top 10 causes of death, and blacks are 1.5 times as likely to die from them as whites.
"despite this, it is women's health, not men's, which continues to receive government attention and funding. for example, the national institutes of health--the federal focal point for medical research in the u.s.--spends nearly four times as much on female-specific health research as on male-specific research. and though the average man is as likely to die from prostate cancer as the average woman is from breast cancer, the department of health and human services' national cancer institute spends three and a half times as much money on breast cancer research as on prostate cancer research.
"in fact, prostate cancer makes up 37% of all cancer cases but receives only 5% of federal research funding."
"when both work outside the home and inside the home are properly considered, it is clear that men do at least as much as women. a 2002 university of michigan institute for social research survey found that women do 11 more hours of housework a week than men but men work 14 hours a week more than women. according to the bureau of labor statistics, men's total time at leisure, sleeping, doing personal care activities, or socializing is a statistically meaningless 1% higher than women's. the families and work institute in new york city found that fathers now provide three-fourths as much child care as mothers do--50% more than 30 years ago.
"yet even these studies understate men's contributions because they only count the hours devoted to a task without measuring the physical strain and/or danger associated with the task. a man doing eight hours of dangerous construction work in the 100-degree heat is credited with no more 'work' than a woman who works in an air-conditioned office or who does childcare or housework in the comfort and safety of her own home [and without a supervisor breathing down her neck]."
"one and a half million american women legally walk away from motherhood every year by adoption, abortion or abandonment, yet somehow nobody labels them 'deadbeats' or 'deserters.' in over 40 states a mother can return the baby to the hospital within a few weeks of birth--completely opting out of motherhood with less hassle than it takes to return a dvd to best buy. yet if the mother decides she wants to keep the child, she can demand 18 [or in some states 21 or 23] years of child support from the father, and he has no choice in the matter."
perhaps the most ludicrous part of the article is gadette's analogy between men's privilege over women and halliburton's advantage over a small time asbestos remover. when i first began writing columns on men's and fathers issues, i wrote the below. it still seems accurate today.
"some men are privileged and some women are privileged. most are not. when we say 'privileged' we are only looking up, at the leaders of our society, who are mostly male.
"if we look down, at the bottom of our society, we'll see that most of the people down there are male, too: the homeless, the imprisoned, the suicide victims, those who die young, the school dropouts, etc. while many of american women's issues and concerns are certainly still unresolved, women's issues have received enormous publicity and attention. it's men's issues that have received little publicity, and that's why i write about them."
this doesn't even account for the most hideous disparity between men and women--their treatment in family court.
however one feels about the immigration issue, i think we can all acknowledge that most immigrants come here for understandable reasons and make many sacrifices. my friend al rantel is a staunch supporter of restrictions on illegal immigration, but often tells his kabc listeners that if he lived in mexico or central america and had the chance to come to the united states, he would do so in a heartbeat.
it was nice to see this cartoon reflect the special sacrifices that many immigrant men make to provide for their families. it reminded me of the sacrifices made by so many of the latino immigrant men i've known either through teaching english and citizenship classes in south-central los angeles or doing construction work.
doing the work the hueros wouldn't do."
[note: a "huero" is a white american].
"these women all on the prowl, if you hold the head steady i'm a milk the cow/forget about the game, i'm a spit the truth, i won't stop till i get 'em in they birthday suits/so gimmie the rhythm and it'll be off with their clothes, then bend over to the front and touch your toes/i left the jag and i took the rolls, if they ain't cutting then i put em on foot patrol."


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lowercased: the sporttrek 327vik from venture rv is a rear quad bunkhouse with a tri-fold sofa, and 3 bunks. the bunk room has a slide to maximize living space. this sporttrek 327vik travel trailer has a full bath with tub/shower, toilet, and vanity/medicine cabinet. the kitchen includes a 3 burner stovetop/oven, a double door refrigerator, a microwave, an island in the middle equipped with a double sink and a large pantry. the main living area has theater seats and booth dinette along with a beautiful entertainment center with a large tv and fireplace! the master bedroom is in the front and has a queen walk around bed with hanging wardrobe on each side, and on the outside of the 327vik is the outside kitchen/ entertainment center with large mounted tv.


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Due to this fact, it becomes essential to spend a while deciding on what kind of furniture will make a perfect addition to your dining room, because it ought to look aesthetically pleasing together with your décor, while offering you the entire performance it is advisable to dine comfortably. Shop by peak, tabletop shape, and finish to seek out the perfect eating pieces to your space.
If a home lacks a dinette, breakfast nook, or breakfast bar, then the kitchen or family room shall be used for day-to-day eating. Hand crafted table settings and candles may be swapped round to vary the mood from family meals to romantic dinners. A nicely designed eating room relaxes friends and permits them to enjoy the setting at their leisure.

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due to this fact, it becomes essential to spend a while deciding on what kind of furniture will make a perfect addition to your dining room, because it ought to look aesthetically pleasing together with your décor, while offering you the entire performance it is advisable to dine comfortably. shop by peak, tabletop shape, and finish to seek out the perfect eating pieces to your space.
if a home lacks a dinette, breakfast nook, or breakfast bar, then the kitchen or family room shall be used for day-to-day eating. hand crafted table settings and candles may be swapped round to vary the mood from family meals to romantic dinners. a nicely designed eating room relaxes friends and permits them to enjoy the setting at their leisure.


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And so said the dogs . . .
Saving dogs from isolated northern Ontario communities since 2003.
When Lady Rose first arrived I let her out of her crate while it was still in the shelter. I had hoped she would want to stay inside with her puppies. I took advantage of her being in closed quarters and touched her while whispering kind words to her. She tolerated my touch but did not know how to trust it or what to do with kindness.
Lady Rose left the shelter as soon as I opened the doggy-door and she never entered it again - even though she could have come and gone at will. Her puppies were inside though so she sat at the door waiting and keeping them safe. Whenever we let the pups out to play Lady Rose actually became gleeful. She loved her babies but even they could not make her enter an enclosed area again. During this time, I managed to get her to trust me enough to take treats from my hand and the odd time she would roll over to have her tummy rubbed. Her pups were eventually placed but we received others and Lady Rose continued to guard the shelter. I thought this was touching until I let the new pups out to play and Lady Rose was intolerant of them. It seemed all she knew to do at this new place was to sit at the door. To venture further meant joining our dogs and she was unsure of that so she just sat and waited.
Rosie, as she was known in Attawapiskat, was supposed to come down to us two years prior but the night before she was to fly out she was shot at and the dog she wandered with was killed right in front of her. Rosie had never been a tame dog but she had allowed herself to get just close enough to people to be fed by them and she slept in a rescue worker's porch when it was bitterly cold outside. She was traumatized by the gunshots and death of her friend but still she was caught, crated and sent south as planned.
When Rosie arrived in Matheson, the first stop on her journey to us, she was put in a shed for the night. By morning she had chewed her way out and escaped into the nearby bush. She was clever and capable so she never allowed herself to be caught again. A man who lived back in the bush put food and water out for her once in a while and he renamed her Lady. He had no way of knowing her name was Rosie since the rescue worker she had escaped from didn't dare admit to the circumstances of her sudden arrival - it would have set rescue work back considerably.
Lady had a litter of pups during her first year living in the bush but she permitted people to take them from her when they were weaned. She knew instinctively that they needed more than she could give. When, in the second year, she had another litter the man in the bush announced he could no longer put food and water out for Lady as he was moving. The rescue worker knew she had to get Rosie/Lady out of there while she had pups nearby or she would never get the chance again - others had threatened to shoot the wild bush dog.
The pups were rounded up and crated and Lady was shot with a tranquilizer gun in order to get her in a crate. We received Rosie/Lady with her six pups November 3, 2008 and that was the day she became Lady Rose.
We had never had an outdoor dog and one of the hardest things we had to do was watch Lady Rose out in the elements. Paul built her a doghouse but she was wary of it. When we had freezing rain and Lady Rose continued to sit out at the shelter door I went out to her and begged her to take some kind of shelter. I cried and broke icicles from her fur. We would look outside and see her covered in snow, she would blink and flakes would flutter down in front of her. One night, while looking out the window, we realized that Lady Rose was not at her usual post - she had gone in the doghouse. We slept better that night than we had in weeks.
All our dogs had met Lady Rose and had invited her to join them. She seemed to thank them politely but remained wary of their play. They have shown great patience and an understanding I wished I possessed.
We made progress and every day I tried to push Lady Rose a little further. First, she would take a treat from my hand, then she allowed me to pick her up - I managed this a few times. Feeling her heart beat against my chest was such an accomplishment for us both. After putting a leash on her two days in a row she became too suspicious for me to try it again. There were times she would let me touch her and other times she would simply dance and prance in front of me. If I walked back into the bush she would follow me so we did that often as a way to build trust. Each walk included one of my dogs so that she would become more familiar with them. I was determined that Lady Rose would, one day, come in the house and lay on the couch by the fire. She would lift her head and give me a look of boredom - one that suggested I could be doing more for her. That, at least, was my goal.
There came a time when Lady Rose showed no indication of moving forward so I took leash in hand and made the decision for her. As she was taking a treat from my hand I slipped the leash loosely over her head and though she jumped around in protest I waited her out. When she was calm, we moved forward together. After a bit of a walk and many treats I released her once again. The next day we repeated the performance but this time, after the walk, I took her to the front door and pulled her inside. After some fear and much caution she began to sniff about and show interest in her surroundings. I pretended to ignore her and went about my business. In time, she found her way to my office where I was working and joined my dog Ruth on the rug for a nap. It was January 4, 2009 and the beginning had begun.
We thought Lady Rose was going into heat so we made an appointment to get her spayed. It was actually very optimistic of us since Lady now avoided the leash like the plague so there was really no way of capturing her. The night before her appointment we casually walked down the road with all the dogs. When I saw the opportunity I pounced on Lady Rose and caught her up in my arms. I carried her into the house and she slept in a crate in our room along with all the other dogs that night. In the morning, Paul picked her up to carry her to the car but at the door she managed to jump out of his arms and escape into the outdoors once again. So close and yet so far away. It turned out she was not in heat so it gave us a little more time to try again.
It was crossing the threshold that scared her the most - she was comfortable once inside. The panic occurred while going through the actual doorway. When I had been able to leash her I had pulled her in and out several times and all that had done was fixate her even more. There was little more I could do without her cooperation.
The time came, once again, to make an appointment for Lady Rose to be spayed. This time we had to trap her inside her doghouse and put the leash on her that way. We had been moving the dog house closer and closer to our front door so once we pulled her to us we were just steps away from getting her inside. Once again we crated her overnight and in the morning Paul put a leash on her and I held one end of it as he held her. She sat on my lap for the car ride to the vet's office and I dreaded getting her from the car into the clinic. If she got away from us here we would never see her again. The thought of Lady Rose running and hiding again would be more than I could take. In the end, all went well and we got her home right after the surgery was completed. We kept her in the laundry room so she could be still and recover. That night I put her on a 30 ft. lead and as much as she argued with it she did manage to do her business outside. In the morning, however, Paul took her out on the same long lead and she managed to pull out of her collar and escape. She had dissolving stitches and it was winter with plenty of snow all about. There was no catching her again so Lady Rose healed from surgery just as she had lived most of her life, outside and free.
We had made great progress but there came a time when I had to question how far Lady Rose would let me take her. It may have been slightly arrogant of me to suggest that one day she would live in the house and sleep on the couch.
The next time Lady Rose entered the house it would have to be through her own will. I wondered if this would ever happen though because every day she seemed to show more signs of being wild. As spring approached she roamed further from home and I prayed no one would mistake her for a wolf and shoot her. She began to bark throughout the night but I was unable to make out what she was saying or what it might have been she was asking for.
She began looking in windows at me - like the child that hadn't been invited to the party. At these times I would go outside and beg her to trust me, to want me and to love me. I don't think my groveling was the way to become her pack leader but I couldn’t help myself.
She allowed me to give her affection and when I told her how much I loved her, the loveliest look came over her face. She seemed happy with her life and I thought perhaps that was all I should be hoping for. She lived on her own terms and not ours. I felt acceptance and patience was what she had been sent to teach me.
Lady Rose appeared the morning of June 18th with a snout full of porcupine quills. She had them under her eyes and in her mouth. First thing to come to mind was how to remove quills from the snout of a "wildish" dog. I walked outside and past her - seeming to ignore her. She had been pawing at her face but when I walked by she followed me. I stood still for a moment and immediately felt her paw on the back of my leg. I turned to look at her and she lay down on her back - she was asking for help. I bent down and stroked her gently before picking her up. She didn't resist while I carried her through the house to the back screened in porch where we keep the grooming table. I held her on the table while Paul pulled out the quills with pliers. Not once did Lady Rose make a sound or attempt to pull away. She leaned against me and allowed us to do whatever was needed. Some quills required two or three pulls before they came out and I know it was painful but not once did she react. We felt inside her mouth and down her chest for quills and all the while she trusted us. When we were done I carried her to the dining room and put her down on the rug. She went under the table and slept there for several hours before going back outside. After that, Lady Rose became more affectionate and showed her appreciation for what we had done for her.
I was determined that the next time she entered the house it would be through her own will and that day came on July 7th, 2009. Paul had come in the house and left the front door open. When he turned to to go back outside he saw Lady Rose under the dining room table. She had walked through the dreaded front door on her own. When I saw her it was all I could do to stay calm and nonchalant - what I wanted to do was blow up balloons and bake a cake. She stayed for just a short time before running out to play with the other dogs.
I learned then, to trust her wisdom. I waited for the moments she would give and appreciated whatever she shared.
She continued to come in on her own once in a while but on August 14th all that changed. Another dog in our care, Two Paws, gave birth that day and Lady Rose was interested and concerned. She had had litters of her own so she knew the smells and energy in the air. She went upstairs and stood outside the room the pups were being delivered in. Never had she entered that far before. Five puppies were born that day and that night Lady Rose slept in the house for the very first time. She must have felt she might be needed. That day she became a housedog.
One morning, when we came downstairs, we found her asleep on the couch. Glory be to all that is wonderful!
It took nine and a half months to gentle Lady Rose. She still doesn't trust the doorway entirely and sometimes has to be tempted with a treat to get her to come all the way in. She shys away from strangers but with us she is affectionate and loving. She has an enormous crush on Huck, our male dog, and she actually flirts with him. By December 2009 she felt comfortable enough to pose for our Christmas card photo.
I cannot imagine not knowing Lady Rose and we spend much time contemplating the lessons we were brought together to learn. This dog will never be tamed completely but we have managed to come to an understanding whereby she loves us and we love her.
March 16, 2011: Lady Rose is still our "wildish" dog but she is a full family member now. She sleeps in our room, eats every meal inside and complains when there isn't enough. She has begun a ritual that all the dogs love - a treat almost every time they enter the house. We celebrated Lady Rose coming in and out so often all the dogs got in on it. She has actually allowed the two people who come in to let the dogs out when we are away for several hours to touch her.
I will never be able to stop imagining her living in the bush for so many years without us. What she went through and what she did without. She asks for love and affection every day now so I know her loneliness would have been immense.

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and so said the dogs . . .
saving dogs from isolated northern ontario communities since 2003.
when lady rose first arrived i let her out of her crate while it was still in the shelter. i had hoped she would want to stay inside with her puppies. i took advantage of her being in closed quarters and touched her while whispering kind words to her. she tolerated my touch but did not know how to trust it or what to do with kindness.
lady rose left the shelter as soon as i opened the doggy-door and she never entered it again - even though she could have come and gone at will. her puppies were inside though so she sat at the door waiting and keeping them safe. whenever we let the pups out to play lady rose actually became gleeful. she loved her babies but even they could not make her enter an enclosed area again. during this time, i managed to get her to trust me enough to take treats from my hand and the odd time she would roll over to have her tummy rubbed. her pups were eventually placed but we received others and lady rose continued to guard the shelter. i thought this was touching until i let the new pups out to play and lady rose was intolerant of them. it seemed all she knew to do at this new place was to sit at the door. to venture further meant joining our dogs and she was unsure of that so she just sat and waited.
rosie, as she was known in attawapiskat, was supposed to come down to us two years prior but the night before she was to fly out she was shot at and the dog she wandered with was killed right in front of her. rosie had never been a tame dog but she had allowed herself to get just close enough to people to be fed by them and she slept in a rescue worker's porch when it was bitterly cold outside. she was traumatized by the gunshots and death of her friend but still she was caught, crated and sent south as planned.
when rosie arrived in matheson, the first stop on her journey to us, she was put in a shed for the night. by morning she had chewed her way out and escaped into the nearby bush. she was clever and capable so she never allowed herself to be caught again. a man who lived back in the bush put food and water out for her once in a while and he renamed her lady. he had no way of knowing her name was rosie since the rescue worker she had escaped from didn't dare admit to the circumstances of her sudden arrival - it would have set rescue work back considerably.
lady had a litter of pups during her first year living in the bush but she permitted people to take them from her when they were weaned. she knew instinctively that they needed more than she could give. when, in the second year, she had another litter the man in the bush announced he could no longer put food and water out for lady as he was moving. the rescue worker knew she had to get rosie/lady out of there while she had pups nearby or she would never get the chance again - others had threatened to shoot the wild bush dog.
the pups were rounded up and crated and lady was shot with a tranquilizer gun in order to get her in a crate. we received rosie/lady with her six pups november 3, 2008 and that was the day she became lady rose.
we had never had an outdoor dog and one of the hardest things we had to do was watch lady rose out in the elements. paul built her a doghouse but she was wary of it. when we had freezing rain and lady rose continued to sit out at the shelter door i went out to her and begged her to take some kind of shelter. i cried and broke icicles from her fur. we would look outside and see her covered in snow, she would blink and flakes would flutter down in front of her. one night, while looking out the window, we realized that lady rose was not at her usual post - she had gone in the doghouse. we slept better that night than we had in weeks.
all our dogs had met lady rose and had invited her to join them. she seemed to thank them politely but remained wary of their play. they have shown great patience and an understanding i wished i possessed.
we made progress and every day i tried to push lady rose a little further. first, she would take a treat from my hand, then she allowed me to pick her up - i managed this a few times. feeling her heart beat against my chest was such an accomplishment for us both. after putting a leash on her two days in a row she became too suspicious for me to try it again. there were times she would let me touch her and other times she would simply dance and prance in front of me. if i walked back into the bush she would follow me so we did that often as a way to build trust. each walk included one of my dogs so that she would become more familiar with them. i was determined that lady rose would, one day, come in the house and lay on the couch by the fire. she would lift her head and give me a look of boredom - one that suggested i could be doing more for her. that, at least, was my goal.
there came a time when lady rose showed no indication of moving forward so i took leash in hand and made the decision for her. as she was taking a treat from my hand i slipped the leash loosely over her head and though she jumped around in protest i waited her out. when she was calm, we moved forward together. after a bit of a walk and many treats i released her once again. the next day we repeated the performance but this time, after the walk, i took her to the front door and pulled her inside. after some fear and much caution she began to sniff about and show interest in her surroundings. i pretended to ignore her and went about my business. in time, she found her way to my office where i was working and joined my dog ruth on the rug for a nap. it was january 4, 2009 and the beginning had begun.
we thought lady rose was going into heat so we made an appointment to get her spayed. it was actually very optimistic of us since lady now avoided the leash like the plague so there was really no way of capturing her. the night before her appointment we casually walked down the road with all the dogs. when i saw the opportunity i pounced on lady rose and caught her up in my arms. i carried her into the house and she slept in a crate in our room along with all the other dogs that night. in the morning, paul picked her up to carry her to the car but at the door she managed to jump out of his arms and escape into the outdoors once again. so close and yet so far away. it turned out she was not in heat so it gave us a little more time to try again.
it was crossing the threshold that scared her the most - she was comfortable once inside. the panic occurred while going through the actual doorway. when i had been able to leash her i had pulled her in and out several times and all that had done was fixate her even more. there was little more i could do without her cooperation.
the time came, once again, to make an appointment for lady rose to be spayed. this time we had to trap her inside her doghouse and put the leash on her that way. we had been moving the dog house closer and closer to our front door so once we pulled her to us we were just steps away from getting her inside. once again we crated her overnight and in the morning paul put a leash on her and i held one end of it as he held her. she sat on my lap for the car ride to the vet's office and i dreaded getting her from the car into the clinic. if she got away from us here we would never see her again. the thought of lady rose running and hiding again would be more than i could take. in the end, all went well and we got her home right after the surgery was completed. we kept her in the laundry room so she could be still and recover. that night i put her on a 30 ft. lead and as much as she argued with it she did manage to do her business outside. in the morning, however, paul took her out on the same long lead and she managed to pull out of her collar and escape. she had dissolving stitches and it was winter with plenty of snow all about. there was no catching her again so lady rose healed from surgery just as she had lived most of her life, outside and free.
we had made great progress but there came a time when i had to question how far lady rose would let me take her. it may have been slightly arrogant of me to suggest that one day she would live in the house and sleep on the couch.
the next time lady rose entered the house it would have to be through her own will. i wondered if this would ever happen though because every day she seemed to show more signs of being wild. as spring approached she roamed further from home and i prayed no one would mistake her for a wolf and shoot her. she began to bark throughout the night but i was unable to make out what she was saying or what it might have been she was asking for.
she began looking in windows at me - like the child that hadn't been invited to the party. at these times i would go outside and beg her to trust me, to want me and to love me. i don't think my groveling was the way to become her pack leader but i couldn’t help myself.
she allowed me to give her affection and when i told her how much i loved her, the loveliest look came over her face. she seemed happy with her life and i thought perhaps that was all i should be hoping for. she lived on her own terms and not ours. i felt acceptance and patience was what she had been sent to teach me.
lady rose appeared the morning of june 18th with a snout full of porcupine quills. she had them under her eyes and in her mouth. first thing to come to mind was how to remove quills from the snout of a "wildish" dog. i walked outside and past her - seeming to ignore her. she had been pawing at her face but when i walked by she followed me. i stood still for a moment and immediately felt her paw on the back of my leg. i turned to look at her and she lay down on her back - she was asking for help. i bent down and stroked her gently before picking her up. she didn't resist while i carried her through the house to the back screened in porch where we keep the grooming table. i held her on the table while paul pulled out the quills with pliers. not once did lady rose make a sound or attempt to pull away. she leaned against me and allowed us to do whatever was needed. some quills required two or three pulls before they came out and i know it was painful but not once did she react. we felt inside her mouth and down her chest for quills and all the while she trusted us. when we were done i carried her to the dining room and put her down on the rug. she went under the table and slept there for several hours before going back outside. after that, lady rose became more affectionate and showed her appreciation for what we had done for her.
i was determined that the next time she entered the house it would be through her own will and that day came on july 7th, 2009. paul had come in the house and left the front door open. when he turned to to go back outside he saw lady rose under the dining room table. she had walked through the dreaded front door on her own. when i saw her it was all i could do to stay calm and nonchalant - what i wanted to do was blow up balloons and bake a cake. she stayed for just a short time before running out to play with the other dogs.
i learned then, to trust her wisdom. i waited for the moments she would give and appreciated whatever she shared.
she continued to come in on her own once in a while but on august 14th all that changed. another dog in our care, two paws, gave birth that day and lady rose was interested and concerned. she had had litters of her own so she knew the smells and energy in the air. she went upstairs and stood outside the room the pups were being delivered in. never had she entered that far before. five puppies were born that day and that night lady rose slept in the house for the very first time. she must have felt she might be needed. that day she became a housedog.
one morning, when we came downstairs, we found her asleep on the couch. glory be to all that is wonderful!
it took nine and a half months to gentle lady rose. she still doesn't trust the doorway entirely and sometimes has to be tempted with a treat to get her to come all the way in. she shys away from strangers but with us she is affectionate and loving. she has an enormous crush on huck, our male dog, and she actually flirts with him. by december 2009 she felt comfortable enough to pose for our christmas card photo.
i cannot imagine not knowing lady rose and we spend much time contemplating the lessons we were brought together to learn. this dog will never be tamed completely but we have managed to come to an understanding whereby she loves us and we love her.
march 16, 2011: lady rose is still our "wildish" dog but she is a full family member now. she sleeps in our room, eats every meal inside and complains when there isn't enough. she has begun a ritual that all the dogs love - a treat almost every time they enter the house. we celebrated lady rose coming in and out so often all the dogs got in on it. she has actually allowed the two people who come in to let the dogs out when we are away for several hours to touch her.
i will never be able to stop imagining her living in the bush for so many years without us. what she went through and what she did without. she asks for love and affection every day now so i know her loneliness would have been immense.


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8 September 2011: Becky Gibson, 26, from Chippendale, Sydney, has won the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship for her body of work, highlighted by Broadway site # 1 , 2010.
Begun in 1999, this scholarship for young Australian painters is now in its 13th year. Eighty-seven entries were received from around Australia, five of which are included in the online finalists’ exhibition. The winning entry and a small selection of works will be on show at the Brett Whiteley Studio from Saturday 10 September. An online exhibition is available now, via the Brett Whiteley Studio website.
Becky Gibson was a Highly Commended finalist of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 2009. Becky attended the National Art School in Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2006. Becky is interested in developing a series of new works that look at merging the themes of erased landscapes and memory.
This year’s judges were artist Colin Lanceley and the Gallery’s head of Australian art, Wayne Tunnicliffe. ‘I thought Becky’s work showed sophistication in her handling, her use of paint, the way she understood form and colour and particularly how sophisticated her technique was dealing with it. Her work was personal and I think she is a perfect recipient for the scholarship,’ said Colin Lanceley.
This year the judges have also noted that James Drinkwater, 27, from Newcastle, be highly commended. James is represented by Damien Minton Gallery in Sydney.
Mrs Beryl Whiteley, who died in 2010, was awarded an OAM for the creation and endowment of the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in 2004. The inspiration for this annual scholarship was the profound effect of international travel and study experienced by her son, Brett Whiteley, as a result of winning the Italian Government Travelling Art Scholarship at the age of 20.
The Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship is open to Australian artists aged between 20 and 30 years. Becky Gibson has won $25 000 and a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, which is administered by the Art Gallery of NSW.
The Brett Whiteley Studio is managed by the Art Gallery of NSW.

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8 september 2011: becky gibson, 26, from chippendale, sydney, has won the brett whiteley travelling art scholarship for her body of work, highlighted by broadway site # 1 , 2010.
begun in 1999, this scholarship for young australian painters is now in its 13th year. eighty-seven entries were received from around australia, five of which are included in the online finalists’ exhibition. the winning entry and a small selection of works will be on show at the brett whiteley studio from saturday 10 september. an online exhibition is available now, via the brett whiteley studio website.
becky gibson was a highly commended finalist of the brett whiteley travelling art scholarship in 2009. becky attended the national art school in sydney, graduating with a bachelor of fine arts in 2006. becky is interested in developing a series of new works that look at merging the themes of erased landscapes and memory.
this year’s judges were artist colin lanceley and the gallery’s head of australian art, wayne tunnicliffe. ‘i thought becky’s work showed sophistication in her handling, her use of paint, the way she understood form and colour and particularly how sophisticated her technique was dealing with it. her work was personal and i think she is a perfect recipient for the scholarship,’ said colin lanceley.
this year the judges have also noted that james drinkwater, 27, from newcastle, be highly commended. james is represented by damien minton gallery in sydney.
mrs beryl whiteley, who died in 2010, was awarded an oam for the creation and endowment of the brett whiteley travelling art scholarship in 2004. the inspiration for this annual scholarship was the profound effect of international travel and study experienced by her son, brett whiteley, as a result of winning the italian government travelling art scholarship at the age of 20.
the brett whiteley travelling art scholarship is open to australian artists aged between 20 and 30 years. becky gibson has won $25 000 and a three-month residency at the cité internationale des arts in paris, which is administered by the art gallery of nsw.
the brett whiteley studio is managed by the art gallery of nsw.


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Reflexivity and intersectionality: how can we adopt a more intersectional approach to our work on sexuality?
We invite papers exploring the ontological and epistemological relationship between the researcher and the subject of study in the field of sexuality. This strand also explicitly invites papers which explore the intersections of race, class, nationality, religion and other social categories, with gender and sexuality.

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reflexivity and intersectionality: how can we adopt a more intersectional approach to our work on sexuality?
we invite papers exploring the ontological and epistemological relationship between the researcher and the subject of study in the field of sexuality. this strand also explicitly invites papers which explore the intersections of race, class, nationality, religion and other social categories, with gender and sexuality.


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Gives opening times at different voltages - This chart will give you what you should be entering into Megasquirt for opening times and battery correction.
Too bad it doesn't have the supra injectors (440cc) that I'm using. I can't find it anywhere on the net.

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gives opening times at different voltages - this chart will give you what you should be entering into megasquirt for opening times and battery correction.
too bad it doesn't have the supra injectors (440cc) that i'm using. i can't find it anywhere on the net.


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This article reviews the book "Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry," edited by Simon Nelms.
Part II. Provides information on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Discussion on aerosol generation; Function in droplet selection; Designs of nebulizers; Description of spray chamber design.
Discusses the detection system for inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Operating principles of the channel electron multiplier; Information on the discrete dynode electron multiplier; Extension of the dynamic range of ICP-MS.
Focuses on inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Details on spectral overlaps seen in ICP-MS; Effects of oxides, hydroxides, hydrides, and doubly charged species in ICP-MS; Approaches used to compensate spectral interferences.
The article offers information on application of mass barcoded cells which are assayed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
The article offers information on the Prodigy-H inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry system.

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this article reviews the book "inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry," edited by simon nelms.
part ii. provides information on inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. discussion on aerosol generation; function in droplet selection; designs of nebulizers; description of spray chamber design.
discusses the detection system for inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (icp-ms). operating principles of the channel electron multiplier; information on the discrete dynode electron multiplier; extension of the dynamic range of icp-ms.
focuses on inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (icp-ms). details on spectral overlaps seen in icp-ms; effects of oxides, hydroxides, hydrides, and doubly charged species in icp-ms; approaches used to compensate spectral interferences.
the article offers information on application of mass barcoded cells which are assayed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
the article offers information on the prodigy-h inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry system.


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The Paragominas' Mine. The purpose of mining operations in Paragominas, Par, is to extract bauxite, an element used to make aluminum. Operations started in March 2011 and are still ongoing. Since the beginning, the SM 2500 model Wirtgen Surface Miner capable of moving 800 t/h and work up to 650 mm deep, has been used at the site.
Back to Basics. There are two basic classes of mining mining at the Earth's surface and mining underground. This article will concentrate on the former. Surface mining accounts for two thirds of the world's solid minerals, and is predominantly used in obtaining sand, gravel, crushed stone, phosphates, coal, copper, iron and aluminium.
Bauxite is widely distributed around the world, particularly in tropical areas. It is formed by weathering of aluminium rich rocks (clays, laterites, etc.) and the major deposits are therefore generally close to the surface.
Surface Mining the primary extraction process for bauxite Wirtgen. In the northern region of Brazil, in the city of Paragominas, in the state of Par, a Wirtgen type 2500 SM Surface Miner is revolutionizing bauxite production.
Darling Range bauxite is found in lateritic areas at or near the surface of elevated terrain. It takes the most common form of pisolitic gravel or a hard outcropping surface layer. The Felicitas bauxite is typically covered by a thin layer of topsoil and approximately 1m of gravelly overburden.
mining machine bauxite mines mining machine bauxite mines Brazil Surface Mining the primary extraction process for bauxite . The machine, the first of its type in Brazil, has been in operation there since . The Minerao Paragominas mine is 64.6 percent owned by the aluminum.
Extraction process. Open-pit mining (also known as surface, open-cast or strip mining), in which large swaths of earth are excavated relatively close to the surface in order to remove valuable materials, enables workers to locate raw bauxite.
Find the perfect bauxite mining stock photo. Huge collection, amazing choice, 100 million high quality, affordable RF and RM images. No need to register, buy now!
Bauxite is refined into alumina which is smelted into aluminium; Australia is the Bauxite is usually strip mined (surface mining) because it is almost always found a wet chemical caustic leach method commonly known as the Bayer process.
Bauxite. It was used in 1887 to surface the road from Sweet Home to Little Rock. And in 1893 residents of the next-door-neighbor town of Benton used the then unknown substance to build a home for Dr. Gann in lieu of payment for bills. The solid structure still stands and houses the Gann Museum of Saline County.
Giant shovels then scoop up the bauxite-rich soil and dump it into trucks, which carry the ore to a processing plant. France was the first site of large-scale bauxite mining. In the United States, Arkansas was a major supplier of bauxite before, during and after World War II.

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the paragominas' mine. the purpose of mining operations in paragominas, par, is to extract bauxite, an element used to make aluminum. operations started in march 2011 and are still ongoing. since the beginning, the sm 2500 model wirtgen surface miner capable of moving 800 t/h and work up to 650 mm deep, has been used at the site.
back to basics. there are two basic classes of mining mining at the earth's surface and mining underground. this article will concentrate on the former. surface mining accounts for two thirds of the world's solid minerals, and is predominantly used in obtaining sand, gravel, crushed stone, phosphates, coal, copper, iron and aluminium.
bauxite is widely distributed around the world, particularly in tropical areas. it is formed by weathering of aluminium rich rocks (clays, laterites, etc.) and the major deposits are therefore generally close to the surface.
surface mining the primary extraction process for bauxite wirtgen. in the northern region of brazil, in the city of paragominas, in the state of par, a wirtgen type 2500 sm surface miner is revolutionizing bauxite production.
darling range bauxite is found in lateritic areas at or near the surface of elevated terrain. it takes the most common form of pisolitic gravel or a hard outcropping surface layer. the felicitas bauxite is typically covered by a thin layer of topsoil and approximately 1m of gravelly overburden.
mining machine bauxite mines mining machine bauxite mines brazil surface mining the primary extraction process for bauxite . the machine, the first of its type in brazil, has been in operation there since . the minerao paragominas mine is 64.6 percent owned by the aluminum.
extraction process. open-pit mining (also known as surface, open-cast or strip mining), in which large swaths of earth are excavated relatively close to the surface in order to remove valuable materials, enables workers to locate raw bauxite.
find the perfect bauxite mining stock photo. huge collection, amazing choice, 100 million high quality, affordable rf and rm images. no need to register, buy now!
bauxite is refined into alumina which is smelted into aluminium; australia is the bauxite is usually strip mined (surface mining) because it is almost always found a wet chemical caustic leach method commonly known as the bayer process.
bauxite. it was used in 1887 to surface the road from sweet home to little rock. and in 1893 residents of the next-door-neighbor town of benton used the then unknown substance to build a home for dr. gann in lieu of payment for bills. the solid structure still stands and houses the gann museum of saline county.
giant shovels then scoop up the bauxite-rich soil and dump it into trucks, which carry the ore to a processing plant. france was the first site of large-scale bauxite mining. in the united states, arkansas was a major supplier of bauxite before, during and after world war ii.


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Why get hacked on Google, when a few minutes of your time will make it almost impossible? This video will demonstrate how you can strengthen your Google account security to prevent fraud and ID theft in minutes. This video will take you through the powerful tools of the Google Dashboard.
Don’t Let Google Security You; Take Control.

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why get hacked on google, when a few minutes of your time will make it almost impossible? this video will demonstrate how you can strengthen your google account security to prevent fraud and id theft in minutes. this video will take you through the powerful tools of the google dashboard.
don’t let google security you; take control.


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Except that I don’t. And I think all the messages of this world telling me that I can do anything I dream of – like working 80 hours a week while training for an Ironman and being an attentive wife and mother– are, well, not true.
In fact, the one mistake I keep on making over and over again in my recovery from depression is not accepting my own limitations as a person with a serious mood disorder.
A very clear pattern has emerged over the last ten years.
← Is It Depression or a Dark Night of the Soul?
Therese – I feel like you wrote this article just for me. I feel that way about so many of your posts. I suffered a major relapse 3 years ago and am still battling with extremely dark moods. Over the last year or so, I have been attempting to accept and define my limits. I, too, absolutely hate those inspirational sayings. For someone like me, it translates into “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” and then I can lead a “normal” life. I so appreciate the quotes that you offered. Those inspire me rather than discourage me.Thank you for always being so insightful, honest and courageous!
Absolutely brilliant post. I think this is one of the keys to managing mental health symptoms. It has taken me 45 years to learn this. I am so much better at respecting my limitations but I do feel some shame that I can’t go at the speed of the world or contribute the same way others do. I need a significant amount of “down” time to decompress and rest my brain after my high stimuli work environment (acute care hospital). I now have learned to limit social obligations, limit what I plan for the weekend, etc. I do the same thing as Michael in the previous comment–if I have an event one day, I know I need to leave another day empty to recover. I place a high priority on getting enough sleep. I don’t entertain as much as my husband would like and if I do, I make sure to get help. My weekend activities could just be getting a good exercise session, taking time to prepare healthy food for that day and the week, and doing simple household chores. Thanks so much for this post. I look forward to any other comments.

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except that i don’t. and i think all the messages of this world telling me that i can do anything i dream of – like working 80 hours a week while training for an ironman and being an attentive wife and mother– are, well, not true.
in fact, the one mistake i keep on making over and over again in my recovery from depression is not accepting my own limitations as a person with a serious mood disorder.
a very clear pattern has emerged over the last ten years.
← is it depression or a dark night of the soul?
therese – i feel like you wrote this article just for me. i feel that way about so many of your posts. i suffered a major relapse 3 years ago and am still battling with extremely dark moods. over the last year or so, i have been attempting to accept and define my limits. i, too, absolutely hate those inspirational sayings. for someone like me, it translates into “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” and then i can lead a “normal” life. i so appreciate the quotes that you offered. those inspire me rather than discourage me.thank you for always being so insightful, honest and courageous!
absolutely brilliant post. i think this is one of the keys to managing mental health symptoms. it has taken me 45 years to learn this. i am so much better at respecting my limitations but i do feel some shame that i can’t go at the speed of the world or contribute the same way others do. i need a significant amount of “down” time to decompress and rest my brain after my high stimuli work environment (acute care hospital). i now have learned to limit social obligations, limit what i plan for the weekend, etc. i do the same thing as michael in the previous comment–if i have an event one day, i know i need to leave another day empty to recover. i place a high priority on getting enough sleep. i don’t entertain as much as my husband would like and if i do, i make sure to get help. my weekend activities could just be getting a good exercise session, taking time to prepare healthy food for that day and the week, and doing simple household chores. thanks so much for this post. i look forward to any other comments.


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The Leicestershire Women’s side currently play in the ECB Women’s County division 3 – group D. They were also promoted to Division 3 in the T20 competition for the 2017 season after finishing champions of the Division 4 T20 competition.
This year the Women will start their Division 3 campaign away to Lincolnshire on Sunday 30th April 2017. You can view their upcoming fixtures here. Venue’s will be published shortly, and your support will be much appreciated.

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the leicestershire women’s side currently play in the ecb women’s county division 3 – group d. they were also promoted to division 3 in the t20 competition for the 2017 season after finishing champions of the division 4 t20 competition.
this year the women will start their division 3 campaign away to lincolnshire on sunday 30th april 2017. you can view their upcoming fixtures here. venue’s will be published shortly, and your support will be much appreciated.


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After his documentary “Moving” (2011), his new feature “Old Love”, which was screened at many festivals such as Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019, marks a return to feature filmmaking for South-Korean director Park Ki-yong. In a recent interview, Park mentions how the shooting of the film coincided with the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye, an event which defined his home country in many ways. He explains how he saw the chance to capture something of vital importance for Korean history and ultimately decided to include the demonstrations in one sequence of his film.
Perhaps this event and Park’s decision can be seen as typical for an artist who defines his way of working as dependent on story and place. In the case of “Old Love” he had been interested in the nature of time as experienced by people and the dilemma as a result of past and present clashing with one another. “I personally have both sides in me: I want to go back while I know I can’t and I also want to move forward. That’s especially true if there is pain the present and the only way to deal with it in the short term is to hark back to the past … “ To Park this dilemma is a “cage” to many people and the characters in his film experience it as they meet again after a long time of not seeing each other.
It is a cold winter’s day outside Incheon airport as Yoon-hee (Yoo Jung-ah) and Jung-soo (Kim Tae-hoon) meet each other as they go for a smoke. After their relationship ended many years ago, both have gone different ways in their lives with Yoon-hee immigrating to Canada to work there and Jung-soo pursuing his dreams in the field of theater. Surprised to see the other person and taken aback to a time when they were young, they agree to meet again to have dinner to talk about the past as well as where their lives have taken them for the past years.
However, meeting their former lover again leads to more than feelings of nostalgia for each of them. As both have to face tragedies and important decisions in the present, they think again of how they were. Feelings of regret, but also reignited affection make them question how life would have been and if there is a way to correct the course it has taken.
In one of the early scenes, during their first date after so many years, Yoon-he and Jung-soo are walking through a park as they suddenly recognize a place where they used to meet back when they were still together. The ancient pagoda, as Yoon-he remarks, has been surrounded by glass which was not the case before. Jung-soo, whose facial expression and gestures suggest his mind is in the past, seems also irritated by this intrusion of the present. Even though his explanation – the glass helps to preserve the pagoda – comes quickly, the logic of it fails to cover the disappointment due to the obvious, inevitable change which has taken place. While both share a moment observing the now changed space of their shared past, a religious ceremony takes place at the pagoda, as the stream of time and life continues around them.
Evidently, time has become what Kiyong has defined as a “cage” for his two protagonists. Several images highlight their exclusion from the surrounding world, perhaps most significantly in the scenes showing Yoon-he in the midst of a demonstration for the impeachment of President Park. The present has become a constant reminder of their failures, shortcomings and guilt, a bringer of pain, especially now since the other person comes as a memory of a younger, idealistic and more hopeful version of themselves. An attempt to re-capture this lost time, or re-connect with this former self, inevitably leads to some sort of escapism. Fittingly, Jung-soo quotes the obligatory lines from Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” (“To be or not to be”) and suddenly stops, perhaps realizing this is an action belonging to his past, but also the irony of the text in the context of his situation.
Given the concept of time for the characters, most of the spaces they occupy is temporary and transitional. In long takes, stations, airports, hospitals, parks, restaurants or parking decks constitute the surrounding of these two “time-less” characters. Even their belongings are of a temporary nature as Yoon-he has a rented cell phone and lives in a hotel room after an argument with her brother. Consequently, loss of time equals loss of home, which may serve as an explanation for the characters’ uncertainties and shyness mirrored in Tsutomu Ogawa’s documentary-like cinematography and Hiroyuki Nagashima’s beautiful music.
In the end, “Old Love” is not so much a story about love, but about the influences of time, distance and space which define our lives. Featuring great cinematography and music, along with two wonderfully vulnerable central performances, “Old Love” is a truly masterful work which will surely captivate his audience.

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after his documentary “moving” (2011), his new feature “old love”, which was screened at many festivals such as osaka asian film festival 2019, marks a return to feature filmmaking for south-korean director park ki-yong. in a recent interview, park mentions how the shooting of the film coincided with the impeachment of president park geun-hye, an event which defined his home country in many ways. he explains how he saw the chance to capture something of vital importance for korean history and ultimately decided to include the demonstrations in one sequence of his film.
perhaps this event and park’s decision can be seen as typical for an artist who defines his way of working as dependent on story and place. in the case of “old love” he had been interested in the nature of time as experienced by people and the dilemma as a result of past and present clashing with one another. “i personally have both sides in me: i want to go back while i know i can’t and i also want to move forward. that’s especially true if there is pain the present and the only way to deal with it in the short term is to hark back to the past … “ to park this dilemma is a “cage” to many people and the characters in his film experience it as they meet again after a long time of not seeing each other.
it is a cold winter’s day outside incheon airport as yoon-hee (yoo jung-ah) and jung-soo (kim tae-hoon) meet each other as they go for a smoke. after their relationship ended many years ago, both have gone different ways in their lives with yoon-hee immigrating to canada to work there and jung-soo pursuing his dreams in the field of theater. surprised to see the other person and taken aback to a time when they were young, they agree to meet again to have dinner to talk about the past as well as where their lives have taken them for the past years.
however, meeting their former lover again leads to more than feelings of nostalgia for each of them. as both have to face tragedies and important decisions in the present, they think again of how they were. feelings of regret, but also reignited affection make them question how life would have been and if there is a way to correct the course it has taken.
in one of the early scenes, during their first date after so many years, yoon-he and jung-soo are walking through a park as they suddenly recognize a place where they used to meet back when they were still together. the ancient pagoda, as yoon-he remarks, has been surrounded by glass which was not the case before. jung-soo, whose facial expression and gestures suggest his mind is in the past, seems also irritated by this intrusion of the present. even though his explanation – the glass helps to preserve the pagoda – comes quickly, the logic of it fails to cover the disappointment due to the obvious, inevitable change which has taken place. while both share a moment observing the now changed space of their shared past, a religious ceremony takes place at the pagoda, as the stream of time and life continues around them.
evidently, time has become what kiyong has defined as a “cage” for his two protagonists. several images highlight their exclusion from the surrounding world, perhaps most significantly in the scenes showing yoon-he in the midst of a demonstration for the impeachment of president park. the present has become a constant reminder of their failures, shortcomings and guilt, a bringer of pain, especially now since the other person comes as a memory of a younger, idealistic and more hopeful version of themselves. an attempt to re-capture this lost time, or re-connect with this former self, inevitably leads to some sort of escapism. fittingly, jung-soo quotes the obligatory lines from shakespeare’s “hamlet” (“to be or not to be”) and suddenly stops, perhaps realizing this is an action belonging to his past, but also the irony of the text in the context of his situation.
given the concept of time for the characters, most of the spaces they occupy is temporary and transitional. in long takes, stations, airports, hospitals, parks, restaurants or parking decks constitute the surrounding of these two “time-less” characters. even their belongings are of a temporary nature as yoon-he has a rented cell phone and lives in a hotel room after an argument with her brother. consequently, loss of time equals loss of home, which may serve as an explanation for the characters’ uncertainties and shyness mirrored in tsutomu ogawa’s documentary-like cinematography and hiroyuki nagashima’s beautiful music.
in the end, “old love” is not so much a story about love, but about the influences of time, distance and space which define our lives. featuring great cinematography and music, along with two wonderfully vulnerable central performances, “old love” is a truly masterful work which will surely captivate his audience.


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By advertising in Indianapolis Monthly, you will reach a powerful and loyal audience, enabling you to reach qualified clients. Outside the pages of the magazine, Indianapolis Monthly hosts special events, including two Bridal Shows, Best Restaurants and Best Bars events, Top Doctors and Best of Indy showcases, Dream Home and additional home and condo tours, and even more.
Email Keith Phillips, publisher, by clicking here. He can also be reached at 317-684-8320.

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indianapolis monthly subscribers are the most affluent readers within indianapolis and outlying suburban communities. with an average income of more than $179,000, im subscribers represent the spending power of millions of dollars a year. our subscribers are well-educated and looking for new and innovative home ideas, dining options, arts-and-culture events, healthcare advice, and information about other lifestyle topics.
by advertising in indianapolis monthly, you will reach a powerful and loyal audience, enabling you to reach qualified clients. outside the pages of the magazine, indianapolis monthly hosts special events, including two bridal shows, best restaurants and best bars events, top doctors and best of indy showcases, dream home and additional home and condo tours, and even more.
email keith phillips, publisher, by clicking here. he can also be reached at 317-684-8320.