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Domestic Violence Resources
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Domestic Violence Facts
Domestic violence is both a national and a worldwide crisis.
According to a 2000 UNICEF study, 20-50% of the female
population of the world will become the victims of domestic
violence.1
Within the United States, 22.1% of
women will experience violence by an intimate partner sometime
during her lifetime. According to the National Violence Against Women Survey, 17.6% of women will be raped
during her lifetime.4
"A Crime Against Women"
Although men are more likely to be victims of violent
crime overall, a recent study by the U.S. Department of
Justice reports that "intimate partner violence is primarily
a crime against women."2
Of those victimized by an intimate partner, 85% are women
and 15% are men.2 In other words, women are 5 to 8 times
more likely than men to be victimized by an intimate
partner.3
The vast majority of domestic assaults are committed by
men. Even when men are victimized, 10% are assaulted by
another man. In contrast, only 2% of women who are victimized
are assaulted by another woman.2
Vulnerability Factors
Women age 16 to 24 are most likely to be victimized by
an intimate partner.2
African-American women experience more domestic
violence than White women in the age group of 20-24. However,
Black and White women experience the same level of
victimization in all other age categories.2
Hispanic women are less likely to be victimized
than non-Hispanic women in every age group.2
Women are most vulnerable to violence when separated from their intimate partner. The second most vulnerable
group are those who are divorced.2 This can discourage women from leaving their abusive partner,
out of fear that it will increase their risk of victimization.
Physical Injury
Approximately 40-50% of female victims are physically
injured when assaulted by their intimate partner,2,
4 accounting for over 200,000 visits to the hospital
emergency room each year.5
Only about 1 in 5 of domestic violence victims with
physical injuries seek professional medical treatment.3
Murder
Women are far more likely than men to be murdered by an
intimate partner. Of those murdered by their intimate partner,
74% are women and 26% are men.2 In
other words, nearly 3 out of 4 of the murders committed
by intimate partners have a female victim.
The FBI reports that between 1976 and 1996, domestic violence
claims the lives of more than four women each day.3
Between 1976 and 1996, there was a "sharp decrease" in
the number of men murdered by intimate partners, whereas
the number of women murdered by an intimate partner remained
constant.3 Some have attributed this
to the increasing availability of shelters which provide
battered women with options other than killing an abusive
partner. It is possible that some women who might have otherwise
killed their abuser are able to leave and go to a shelter.
Under-reporting of
Domestic Violence to Police
Only about half of domestic violence incidents are reported
to police. African-American women are more likely than others
to report their victimization to police.3
The most common reasons for not reporting domestic violence
to police are that victims view the incident as a personal
or private matter, they fear retaliation from their abuser,
and they do not believe that police will do anything about
the incident.3
Even with this dramatic under-reporting, domestic violence
calls constitute approximately half of all violent crime
calls to police departments. For example, 49% of the violent
crime calls received by the DC Metropolitan Police Department
in 2000 were for domestic violence incidents.6
Police Response Frequently
Inadequate
Skepticism regarding the quality of police response is
grounded in reality. A recent study by the D.C. Metropolitan
Police Department concluded that there was a "clear and
pervasive pattern" of departures from departmental policy.6
For example, in only one-third of the domestic
violence calls did an officer take photographs or ask about
prior abuse.6
Only 17% of the victims were asked about a restraining
order, and 83% were provided no printed information with contact information or resources.6
The Myth of "Mutuality"
Although many studies report that men and women use physical
violence at equal rates within intimate relationships,7,
8 this fails to take into account the nature of the
violence and the level of fear and injury experienced by
each party.
Several studies document that women experience higher
levels of fear than men do in domestic violence situations.9,
10, 11, 12, 13 This is perhaps because women in domestic
violence situations are much more likely to be injured --
and injured severely -- than men are.8,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Recent years have seen an increase in the number of women
arrested for domestic violence. For example, the percentage
of women arrested for domestic violence increased in Concord,
New Hampshire from 23% in 1993 to 35% in 1999. Vermont saw
a similar increase from 16% in 1997 to 23% in 1999.18
Some have attributed this to the increase in "mandatory
arrest" policies, in which police are required to make an
arrest if there is probable cause that a person has committed
domestic violence. Passage of these laws was advocated by
feminists and domestic violence experts to address the inadequate
response to domestic violence victims by law enforcement.
When officers arrive at the scene of a domestic violence
crime, they often cite evidence that both partners have
engaged in some aggressive behavior, and arrest both the
man and the woman. This "dual arrest" strategy fails to
take into account which of two people is primarily responsible
for the aggression and which one is responding out of self-defense,
and can have devastating effects, particularly if there
are children involved in the relationship.
To counteract this problem, some departmental or statewide
policies now provide guidelines for an officer to determine
who is the "primary aggressor" in a violent incident. For
example, the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards
and Training publishes a guidebook for officers responding
to domestic violence, discouraging "dual arrests" and outlining
several factors to consider when determining who is the
primary aggressor in a domestic violence situation. The
primary aggressor is defined as "the person determined to
be the most significant, rather than the first, aggressor."
Factors to consider include the history of domestic violence
between the people involved, the threats and fear level
of each person, and whether either person acted in self
defense. These are appropriate considerations when determining
who is the primary aggressor, and therefore which of the
two parties should be arrested.20
Police Training Resources
For more information or to identify expert law enforcement
trainers in the area of domestic violence, please contact
the National Center for Women & Policing. We at the National
Center have compiled a list of law enforcement trainers that
we recommend, based on a review of training materials gathered
from around the country. This review was conducted with funding
provided by a grant from the Violence Against Women Office
of the US Department of Justice.
Statistics and information compiled by FMF's National
Center for Women and Policing
Footnotes
1 Sushma Kapoor (June, 2000). Domestic
Violence Against Women and Girls. UNICEF:
Innocenti Research Centre.
2 Callie Marie Rennison (2001). Intimate
Partner Violence and Age of Victim, 1993-1999. Bureau
of Justice Statistics Special Report. Washington DC: US Department of Justice. NCJ #187635. Estimates are provided
from the National Crime Victimization Survey, which defines
an intimate partner as a current or former spouse, girlfriend,
or boyfriend. Violent acts include murder, rape, sexual assault,
robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault.
3 Lawrence A. Greenfeld et al. (1998). Violence
by Intimates: Analysis of Data on Crimes by Current or Former
Spouses, Boyfriends, and Girlfriends. Bureau of Justice
Statistics Factbook. Washington DC: US Department of Justice.
NCJ #167237. Available from National
Criminal Justice Reference Service.
4 Patricia Tjaden & Nancy Thoennes (1999). Prevalence, Incidence,
and Consequences of Violence Against Women: Findings from
the National Violence Against Women Survey. National Institute
of Justice and Centers for Disease Control, Washington, DC
(NIJ Grant #93-IJ-CX-0012). Available from the US Department of Justice's Violence Against Women Office.
5 Michael R. Rand & Kevin Strom (1997). Violence-Related
Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Room Departments.
Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report. Washington DC:
US Department of Justice. NCJ #156921. Available from National
Criminal Justice Reference Service.
6 Michael Cassidy, Caroline G. Nicholl, & Carmen R. Ross
(2001). Results of a Survey Conducted by the Metropolitan
Police Department of Victims who Reported Violence Against Women. Available from the DC Metropolitan Police Department
(202-727-5029).
7 M.A. Straus (1999). The controversy over domestic violence
by women: A methodological, theoretical, and sociology of
science analysis. In X.B. Arriaga & S. Oskamp Eds.), Violence
in Intimate Relationships (p.17-44). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
8 J. Archer (2000). Sex differences in aggression between
heterosexual partners: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 126, p.651-680.
9 O.W. Barnett, C.Y. Lee & R.E. Thelen (1997). Gender differences
in attributions of self-defense and control in interpartner
aggression. Violence Against Women, Vol. 3., p. 462-481.
10 E.B. Foa, M. Cascardi, L.A. Zoellner & NC Feeny (2000).
Psychological and environmental factors associated with partner
violence. Trauma, Violence & Abuse, Vol. 1, p. 67-91.
11 N.S. Jacobson et al. (1994). Affect, verbal content, and
psychophysiology in the arguments of couples with a violent
husband. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Vol.
62, p. 982-988.
12 J. Langhinrichsen-Rohling, P. Nedig & G. Thorn (1995).
Violent marriages: ender differences in levels of current
violence and past abuse. Journal of Family Violence, Vol.
10, p. 159-176.
13 B.J. Morse (1995). Beyond the conflict tactics scale:
Assessing gender differences in partner violence. Violence
and Victims, Vol. 10, p. 251-272.
14 LD Brush (1990). Violence acts and injurious outcomes
in married couples: Methodological issues in the national
survey of families and households. Gender and Society, Vol.
4, p. 56-67.
15 J.M. Makepeace (1986). Gender differences in courtship
violence. Family Relations, Vol. 35, p. 383-388.
16 S.B. Sorenson, D.M. Upchurch & H. Shen (1996). Violence
and injury in marital arguments: Risk patterns of gender differences.
American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 86, p. 35-40.
17 C. Zlotnick, R. Kohn, J. Peterson & T. Pearlstein (1998).
Partner physical victimization in a national sample of American
families. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 13, p. 156-166.
18 C. Goldberg (1999, November 23). Spouse abuse crackdown,
surprisingly, nets many women. The New York Times


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How to Start a Business While Avoiding Nasty Surprises
Posted By Sarah on Tuesday 28 February 2012
There are two extremes to starting a business: carefully considering your situation and best steps forward, or throwing caution to the wind and jumping in with both feet.
Most businesses start with a combination of both philosophies—it’s important to avoid paralysis by analysis, forever accumulating information and failing to take action, but it’s also important to use common sense and have a basic understanding of your responsibilities and requirements. In this post, we’ll look at how to start a business while avoiding costly pitfalls or embarrassments.
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Your Business Name
If you’ve wanted to start a business for awhile now, you may have had your business name selected for years—but it’s important that you do a little bit of research before running with the business name of your dreams so that you don’t have any nasty surprises cropping up in the future.
Trademarks
When you register your business name with your state or local government, it’s likely they’ll do a name search for availability before placing your business on file. However, it’s important to note that state acceptance of your chosen business name is not to be taken as broad permission to use it, nor does it imply that you have exclusive rights to the name.
Your Secretary of State will search state records to make sure there’s no other business entity of the same type on file with the same name; other business filings, such as county DBA registrations, may or may not be subject to a similar search. But this search is done only to ensure compliance with that state’s name availability guidelines; it does not, for example, check records of neighboring states for business name similarities.
Instead, it’s your responsibility to check trademark registrations, both with the US Patent and Trademark Office and other state and local agencies. Additionally, look into the various public databases that collect and archive information on unregistered trademarks, as registration is not necessary for all trademark benefits.
Signs and Logos
Image by Steve Wilson; some rights reserved.
Consider a spa and wellness center called Aloha Dreams Hawaiian Destinations. It sounds like a beautiful place to relax—until you drive up and see a big sign that says “ADHD” out front.
Or what about Peter, who didn’t realize his Military Surplus shop sign would cause 13-year-old boys to snigger about the female reproductive system.
It’s important to look at your business name at all angles. If any iteration of it has the potential to shock or induce giggles, it might be worth reconsidering.
Your Industry Competitors
You wouldn’t enter a fight without checking out the competition, would you? The NFL greats watch video of upcoming opponents to scope out any weaknesses and use them to their best advantage. If you want to attract customers, you need to know what their experience is with your competitors so you know how to make their experience with you a better one.
Try surreptitiously placing an order with one of the giants in your field. If it’s a service, take careful note of their language, how they’re treating you, and what areas you, as a customer, might wish to be improved on. If it’s a product, note the packaging, the presentation, and the product itself.
Now, think of ways that you could not only measure up, but take the lead. If they include a printed thank-you note, you might make yours handwritten. If they use a great deal of packaging, you might make it a point to use less, and advertise your company’s commitment to reducing your carbon footprint.
Always look for ways to make your business better than the competitors. (And remember: if you don’t have any competitors, it’s possible you maybe have taken a wrong turn. All industries have competitors.)
Your Ongoing Compliance Requirements
Simply registering your business name isn’t enough. You’ll need to comply with the requirements of local, state, and federal offices and agencies, and many of those requirements—and the relevant agencies themselves—depend on your business structure and industry.
Publication Requirements
Many states require DBAs, or unincorporated Doing Business As businesses (such as sole proprietorships), to publish notice of their filing in a newspaper of general circulation in the business’s county; examples include California and Pennsylvania. Many other states require new corporations and LLCs to do the same.
Check your filing jurisdiction’s website (typically your Secretary of State or County Clerk) for specific requirements, and make sure you understand all of the details. (Is it enough to simply publish notice, or do you have to file proof of publication with your state government?)
Image by Jason Dirks; some rights reserved.
IRS Requirements: EIN
Any time you earn money throughout the year, you’ll need to report your income to the IRS. Not all business structures require an EIN—sole proprietorships, for example, may use the sole proprietor’s Social Security Number, if they wish—but whatever the case, if you’re making money, the IRS wants to know.
State Taxes
You’ll also need to register your business with your state tax office, especially if you have employees, since you’ll also need to pay state taxes. To do this, you’ll receive a State Tax ID number, typically from your state’s Department of Revenue, Tax Assessor, or other office. Contact your Secretary of State—they’ll be able to point you in the right direction!
Business Licenses and Permits
Depending on your activities, you may be required to obtain business licenses or permits from any number of city, county, or state government agencies. For example, you may need a city sales permit, in addition to any regulatory licenses for those sales (gun permit, liquor license, and so on).
Other Requirements
This is not to be taken as a comprehensive list of all of your business responsibilities. Rather, it should get you started thinking about what types of government agencies and offices you might need to contact to determine any potential next steps forward after starting your business.
Image by velkr0; some rights reserved.
Remember, a corporate lawyer or legal advisor can help you make these determinations and keep you in compliance so you don’t have potentially hefty fines and late fees crop up.
Good luck!
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Friday Favorites: Social Media Edition
Posted By Sarah on Friday 24 February 2012
This week’s collection of outstandingly helpful/witty/otherwise awesome blog posts focus on Social Media.
There’s a fine line between using Social Media as a useful free tool, and using it as a colossal waste of time. Here’s how to focus your efforts so that you can spend the majority of time doing what you do best: running your business.
“Twitter: The Modern Day Complaint Department” by Mark Hayes of Shopify
Sure, you’ve got a Contact Us tab on your website (right?), if a disgruntled customer skips that and jumps right for Twitter, you need to know about it. This article shows us (1) how to know when someone’s talking about you—even if they haven’t used your @handle—and (2) what to do about it. (Spoiler alert: it isn’t “ignore it until it goes away.”)
“5 Ways to Make Pinterest the Newest Asset To Your Company” by Erin Nelson of Small Biz Bee
Pinterest, that virtual pinboard of visual bookmarks, is all the buzz in the marketing world of late; business owners want to know how they can leverage the explosive popularity Pinterest has accumulated to their own advantage. Ms. Nelson explains.
“Strategies for Entrepreneurs to Avoid the Social Media Time Suck” by G+decoded
This is a great little article filled with tips to keep us focused on the task at hand. Remember, your greatest asset is your time—don’t waste it with useless social media brain-drains. It’s a trap! Bonus: at the bottom of the post is a collection of tools that can help your G+ experience be a productive one.
“These 7 Simple Tweaks Will Get You More Blog Retweets” by Stanford of Pushing Social
If your blog isn’t being retweeted, it turns out there’s a simple way to fix that: ask for it. Stanford gives us an overview of how to set up your blog, structure your posts, and follow up with tweets efficiently and effectively.
“15 Ways to Use Facebook Pages for Business” by Matt Hamilton of Social Media Today
You’ve got a profile, and you’ve uploaded your contact information—now what? Mr. Hamilton sheds light on several areas of your business that Facebook might be able to help you with, some that you may not have thought of!
Have you found any other great resources that illuminate how social media can help your business? Share them here!
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Search the Internet for Your Copyrighted Material
Posted By Sarah on Thursday 23 February 2012
Creative professionals today are more at risk of becoming victims of copyright infringement today than ever before—with everything interconnected and easily accessible, the ability to provide someone else’s recording for download or snag and repost a photo is now child’s play.
Image courtesy of Andy Wright; some rights reserved.
But, conversely, it’s now also a simple matter for you to monitor the Internet for improper use. Where years ago uncovering a source of bootlegged editions might take months, if not years, material uploaded to the Internet is discoverable almost immediately. Here’s how you can stay vigil and cast your net for improper use of your material.
Google Images
You know that Google Images is a great way to search the Internet for images by keyword, but did you know you can also use it to look for duplicates of a specific image? If you’ve been doing your Google searches in the little corner tab on your browser, but you haven’t been to the homepage lately (since around June of 2011), you may not be aware of this feature—but it’s key to searching the Internet for your material if you’re a painter, photographer, or other visual artist.
Give it a shot—head over to Google’s homepage and look in the search bar: you’ll see a little camera. Click that, upload the picture you’re looking for, and voilà—you’ll know who’s been hosting your material before you can say Click.
TinEye
Before Google, there was TinEye. This small Canadian company was using image recognition software far before Google implemented it (Google image searches were previously text-based and relied on tags and descriptions), and they have a very small, dedicated team that has been working for years to categorize and make available literally billions of images. Their parent company, Idée Inc, has produced other image recognition software programs that you may find useful on your hunt.
Search in Quotes
And then there’s my personal favorite, useful for locating written material: just go to your favorite search engine and type in the first sentence or two in quotes. The results will show you where the written material has been reprinted. (It’s also a serviceable, if inelegant, way of connecting snippets of lyrics to the songs and bands responsible, I’ve found.)
Image courtesy of Alan Klim; some rights reserved
At the end of the day, it’s important to be aware and engaged. And if you do find that your copyrighted material is being hosted somewhere without your permission, it’s always a good idea to send a friendly request that your music is taken down. After all, not everyone is aware that it’s not legal to repost pictures or photographs belonging to someone else; there may be no malice intended, and the person using your work might take it down immediately with apologies. (Or, of course, it’s your right to allow them to keep using the image, provided they attribute it to you and link back to your sight.)
And if you don’t receive a response, there’s one more alternative before jumping into a legal battle: a Cease and Desist form.
[For more information, check out our April '11 post, "Cease And Desist Letter: The Affordable Way To Battle Copyright Infringement."]
Happy hunting!
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Friday Favorites: February 13-17
Posted By Sarah on Friday 17 February 2012
Good things are happening in the business blogosphere, and we want to share them with you! Below are five standout posts we’ve noticed this week, and we believe they can help you and your small business. Perfect light reading for the weekend!
“The Power of the One-Page Strategy” by Michele Welsh of Young Entrepreneur
Somewhere between the formal business plan and the cocktail napkin to-do list is the one-page strategy, an excellent way to make sure your business is headed in the right direction. (Spoiler alert: Without a plan, your business is going in no direction.)
“Free Online Tax Resources for Small Business Owners & The Self-Employed” by Adam Gottlieb of The Frugal Entrepreneur
Just like the title indicates, Mr. Gottlieb has brought together an excellent list of helpful links, including IRS-provided assistance, tax-preparation tools, and other resources. Bookmark it, and be happy.
“How Gordon Ramsay Can Increase Your “Expert” Value by 23,900%” by Amy Harrison, guest blogger on ProBlogger.com
Ms. Harrison breaks down the five stages of blogging into restaurant terms, from generalist/fry cook to expert authority/food critic, explaining how to push your blog to the next level! You’ll be red-faced and screaming at people in no time.
“How to Get the Sales You Want” by Diane Helbig of Small Business Trends
In this article, Ms. Helbig shows us by example how not to run a business, then explains where your business’s focus should be: your customers. Ask not what your customers can do for you; ask what your business can do for them.
“Pitching In The Big Leagues: Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch” by Matthew Toren of Young Entrepreneur
You might not be literally pitching your business to a potential investor in an elevator, but pretend you are—you should be able to explain your business concisely and succinctly in about as long as an elevator ride might take. Baseball fans will appreciate the metaphors; everyone will appreciate the sound business advice.
Have a great weekend!
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Business Book Giveaway: EcoCommerce 101 by Tim Gieseke
Posted By Sarah on Tuesday 14 February 2012
“Going green” is all the fad—but for many businesses, it’s a fad reminiscent of the food industry’s obsession with “natural” marketing, where the term was bandied about as a marketing chip and any meaningful connection with health was essentially lost.
Similarly, a barrage of corporate “green” marketing terminology does not a truly green company make, and it’s easy to become numb to the idea that there really are good businesses out there doing really good things for the environment in ways that transcend marketing and self-promotion altogether.
But in business, the ability to assign value is king, and perhaps the problem with ecocommerce is that there’s no standard for really quantifying it. But thanks to Tim Gieseke and EcoCommerce 101, now we can.
EcoCommerce 101: Adding an ecological dimension to the economy
According to Gieseke, “EcoCommerce . . . provides the framework to build an ecological intelligence system that allows the public arena of commerce to define sustainability.”
Gieseke shows us that economic development and bio-ecological preservation are more inherently connected than you might think, and that the  two goals can be met (and, in fact, are one and the same) with coordinated effort and a renewed dedication to seeing economy and ecology through the same lens.
Gieseke points out that “sustainability” is defined by us, the participants in the economy. EcoCommerce 101 is a roadmap for reshaping the market to support a sustainable future we can all be proud of.
Comment to win!
We’ve got three copies of EcoCommerce 101 to give away, and we want you to have one of them! Simply leave a comment explaining how your business has contributed to a greener economy (or plans to in the near future). We’ll select three comments at random one week from now, on Tuesday, February 21st, and we’ll contact you for your shipping details if you win. Or, order your own copy from Amazon now!
***Congratulations to our winners! We will contact you for your shipping information. The rest of you—don’t miss Click&Inc’s next Business Book Giveaway!
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Registered Agent Q&A: Help for Small Business Owners
Posted By Sarah on Wednesday 8 February 2012
When you’re starting a small business, time is of the essence. The sooner you file your Articles of Incorporation, the closer you are to opening your doors and sharing your business with the world—so it’s important to fully understand your incorporation requirements from the beginning to avoid any lengthy delays or rejections.
In most states, having a registered agent on file is one of those requirements. This Q&A is designed to better understand your registered agent requirements as well as highlight potential concerns involved in acting as registered agent yourself.
Image courtesy of Allen Sima; some rights reserved.
What is a registered agent?
When a business is incorporated, it becomes a legal entity—a legal person—just like you and me. (Of course, a corporation has limited rights and powers; a corporation cannot vote or be married, for example.) But for practical reasons, a corporation must have an individual as the point person for the business, someone to whom correspondence may be sent or legal papers may be served. (It’s hard to have a face-to-face interaction with something as abstract as a business entity.)
A registered agent is that point person. If the state needs to send a notice to your company regarding any compliance news or filing deadlines, they send the notice to the registered agent. If someone sues your small business, the registered agent is served on behalf of the corporation. Or if another company needs your permission in order to register a name similar to yours, the contact information available to them is the registered agent’s.
What types of businesses need a registered agent?
Any business that has been organized at the state level and is a separate legal entity from its owners is required to have a registered agent on file: corporations, limited liability companies, and nonprofit organization, for example, are all required to provide a registered agent in their Articles of Incorporation (or Organization, in the case of an LLC). Foreign corporations—businesses that first incorporated in one state and then expanded into and registered with another—are also required to list a registered agent in each state.
[Note: there are a few states, such as Minnesota and New York


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ALBION ROVERS boss Paul Martin says there is plenty to come from new signing Andy Scott.
Former Alloa Athletic ace Scott will put pen to paper on a one-year deal in the coming days after leaving the Wasps.
The 26-year-old is being added to the Cliftonhill squad as a forward with Martin confident he will produce the goods.
"I’m pleased to get him on board as I feel he has definitely got something," the manager told Advertiser Sport.
"Andy has a good goalscoring record in the Juniors and will provide another presence up- front.
"He is a typical signing of mine in many ways. I feel we can get more out of him in the right environment."
Martin has been busy re-signing the majority of last season’s Third Division play-off winning squad.
Captain Ciaran Donnelly and player/assistant manager Todd Lumsden head a list of 14 players who have committed their futures to the club.
The other players are Scott Chaplain, Alan Reid, Chris Boyle, Chris Hamilton, Robert Love, Tony Stevenson, Danny Ferry, Jamie Gilmartin Michael McGowan, Stevie Canning, Iain Smith and Marc Pollock.
Martin has yet to speak to hitman John Gemmell as he is on holiday in Mexico.
"The board gave me a little bit extra money and that has allowed me to keep the squad together," he added.
"Everyone I’ve spoken to wants to stay and now it’s just a case of running around and getting the contracts signed."
Meanwhile, Rovers’ move for East Kilbride Thistle ace Barry Russell has hit a snag after the player was told of apparent interest from Partick Thistle.
Martin said: "There has been a complication but if Barry is good enough for Partick Thistle, we’ll help him get to Partick Thistle.
"We’re here to develop players, not stand in their way."
*KEEPER Derek Gaston will sign a new contract with Rovers - if he fails to win a full- time deal at Partick.
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*ROVERS will travel to the Inverclyde Regional Sports Centre on Saturday, July 9 to face Queen's Park in a pre- season friendly.
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DavidByrne.com - The New Sins - Eye Magazine Review
The New Sins
"Unclassifiable Book"
By Rick Poynor, Eye Magazine no. 43 vol. 11
Sin is one of those words that has all but disappeared from our everyday vocabulary. To have a concept of sin, you need to believe in an old-fashioned, fire-and-brimstone God, keeping a tally on our moral progress in this world. Yet sin, when we pause to think about it, remains a powerful idea, if only because it suggests a set of external limits and a personal accountability that we often boast of leaving behind.
So a book titled The New Sins is bound to be provocative, and this one, printed by an Icelandic maker of Bibles, comes clad in the foil-blocked,mock leather trappings of an authentic religious tract. The cover records that it has been ‘Translated out of the original tongues with the former translations diligently compared and revised’ – words taken from the King James version of the Bible. The title page attributes its wisdom to ‘The Better-Emancipated Strivers for Heaven’. Anyone encountering The New Sins stripped of the publisher’s bellyband will have to look hard to discover that its actual author is former Talking Head, photographer, film-maker, and Luaka Bop record label founder David Byrne, who created it for an art biennial in Valencia, Spain.
From his earliest songs, Byrne combined a heart-on-sleeve sincerity with postmodern irony, playfulness and ambiguity. People assumed he was poking fun at eccentric Texans in his film True Stories, but he insisted that he regarded its cast of kooks with affection. He used the strange hand gestures of evangelical preachers as the basis for a memorably weird dance routine, and his ‘new sins’ mix humour with semi-serious intent in much the same way. According to Byrne’s oddball reasoning, some of it modified from real religious texts, everything we mistakenly believe to be virtuous – charity, sense of humour, beauty, thrift, ambition, hope, intelligence/knowledge, contentment, sweetness, honesty and cleanliness – is a sin of the most insidious kind.
Byrne’s tone of religiose exhortation is impressively sustained, but it’s the nicely judged visual treatment of his questionable arguments that ultimately makes the book. The text, in English and Spanish, is illustrated by 80 of his photographs, deadpan depictions of objects, surfaces, quirky details – contentment is a plant trimmed into the shape of rabbit, ambition a swarm of ants, hell the empty corner of an office. Byrne calls the pictures ‘software programs for the eye’ and observes that the text is merely a distraction, a device to make you spend longer looking at the images.
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HTF02-04-2010, 02:23 PMKeith Law is awesome.
keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw)
Unfriend him. RT @scobes15 (http://twitter.com/scobes15)
Help me @keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw)! A friend just told me a
single & SB is the same thing as a double.
McCarroll2102-04-2010, 05:12 PMKeith Law is awesome.
keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw)
Unfriend him. RT @scobes15 (http://twitter.com/scobes15)
Help me @keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw)! A friend just told me a
single & SB is the same thing as a double.
LOL! Perfect!
McCarroll2102-04-2010, 07:34 PMMore from KLaw...
keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw) The Mets will sign him once he has a
career-ending injury. RT @thenamesbrand (http://twitter.com/thenamesbrand) Great, so we
can delay the Hudson/Mets rumors one more year?
HTF06-24-2010, 10:35 PMLMAO...
keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw)
For those of you trying to
process how long that Isner-Mahut match lasted, it was the equivalent of
2.1 innings of Steve Trachsel
JCStone5711-26-2010, 09:12 PMkeithlaw (http://twitter.com/#!/keithlaw) keithlaw
President Obama required 12 stitches after being injured in basketball game, and as a result, Mike Hampton will miss the entire 2011 season
GSUBravesFan11-26-2010, 09:43 PMkeithlaw (http://twitter.com/#!/keithlaw) keithlaw
President Obama required 12 stitches after being injured in basketball game, and as a result, Mike Hampton will miss the entire 2011 season
I'm stealing that one.
BF9103-14-2011, 10:46 PMkeithlaw
Like pimpin', it ain't easy. RT @firstheart42 (http://twitter.com/firstheart42): @keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw) Is it hard to simultaneously hate on and be a homer for all 30 teams?
KLaw is the man.
BF9103-14-2011, 10:59 PMkeithlaw
Says the guy in the do-rag. I got a bottle of syrup that looks like you! RT @rmcdermott23 (http://twitter.com/rmcdermott23): @keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw) lol.. you're a fraud.
More proof....
josephw00003-14-2011, 11:06 PMKlaw is awesome.
Lol
RollBravesRoll03-15-2011, 12:39 AMLMAO!
That's fucking awesome.
thechampagneoffans03-19-2011, 05:52 PMGod, Klaw roasting people on the reg makes my twitter feed single-handedly worth reading.
HTF04-02-2011, 06:08 PMkeithlaw Just saw the Dodgers' lineup for today. They know spring training is over, right?
Would it be overkill if we started a thread for just klaw tweets?
GSUBravesFan04-02-2011, 06:11 PMkeithlaw Just saw the Dodgers' lineup for today. They know spring training is over, right?
Would it be overkill if we started a thread for just klaw tweets?
In a word, no.
gobravez07-31-2011, 02:08 PMkeithlaw (http://twitter.com/#!/keithlaw) keithlaw
Calling the current Astros' roster "cupcakes" for their opponents would be an insult to cupcakes
Keith really needs his own thread.
HTF07-31-2011, 02:19 PMHere we go. Much deserved.
gobravez07-31-2011, 02:26 PMI posted this one in the trade deadline thread last night, but it needs to be in here too
keithlaw (http://twitter.com/#!/keithlaw) keithlaw
The Giants, tired of playing a statue (Tejada) or an automatic out (Crawford) at short, acquire Orlando Cabrera, who is both
RollBravesRoll07-31-2011, 02:45 PMkeithlaw
Says the guy in the do-rag. I got a bottle of syrup that looks like you! RT @rmcdermott23 (http://twitter.com/rmcdermott23): @keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw) lol.. you're a fraud.
More proof....
This is still one of my favorite tweets of all time.
GSUBravesFan08-23-2011, 02:07 PMkeithlaw
Apparently they're evacuating Citizens Bank Park out of concern that the tremors mean thrown batteries won't hit their targets
McCarroll2109-13-2011, 05:54 PM@keithlaw (http://twitter.com/#%21/keithlaw)
keithlaw
The Moneyball movie is 133 minutes. Those A's teams' playoff runs didn't last that long
BF9111-17-2011, 03:57 PMFrom his chat today....
Ryan (Atlanta)
Ian Kennedy got a first place vote.
Klaw
(2:13 PM)
TEH WINZ!!!?!
Andruw2512-02-2011, 05:57 PMAs much as I respect Keith Law he lost some credibility with his list of top 50 players under 25.
With Hanson at number 40 & Craig K being number 49.
He does say Hanson would be in his top dozen if healthy but dropping him that low is BS considering he has numerous guys ahead of Hanson who have missed time b/c of major surgeries. .
Also having Brandon Belt six spots higher than Freeman is a joke.
I think he was correct with Upton being number 1 but I would of had Kershaw a lot higher.
I also would not have had Minor on the list.
Braves on his list:
12- Heyward
23- Freeman
40- Hanson
46- Beachy
49- Kimbrel
50- Minor
vnodnarb12-02-2011, 06:46 PMHe said the only reason Kershaw wasn't higher was the inherent risk of being a starting pitcher. Hitters are simply safer.
McCarroll2112-02-2011, 07:40 PMSo, wait... a very good writer that understands how to evaluate baseball talent came out with a list of top talent under 25 years old and we have 6 players on the list and people are complaining?
This isn't Mark Bowman or David O'Brien, this is a guy that understands baseball.
mattybz2812-02-2011, 10:16 PMNot one of his twenty posts is any less ridiculous than the previous.
This is why we can't have nice things.
Andruw2512-02-2011, 10:52 PMSo, wait... a very good writer that understands how to evaluate baseball talent came out with a list of top talent under 25 years old and we have 6 players on the list and people are complaining?
This isn't Mark Bowman or David O'Brien, this is a guy that understands baseball.
I wasn't trying to complain about the number of Braves on the list just trying to talk about the list overall, sorry I didn't make that clear.
I agree Law is a very good analyst / writer who knows much more about the game than DOB or MB.
We can all agree it is a good sign for now and the future that our club has this much young talent.
McCarroll2112-17-2011, 09:21 PM

Game-changer. Often for the worse. RT @aaront5: @keithlaw what do you think of the George Sherrill signing for the Mariners?
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) December 18, 2011

HaRdCoReBrAvEsFaN12-17-2011, 10:15 PMThis was Tweeted to Law:
Cold. RT <s>@</s>ethanfry (https://twitter.com/#%21/ethanfry): Remember when people were calling Shinjo Japan's Willie Mays? He was: he went to the Mets and disappointed everyone.
thechampagneoffans12-18-2011, 11:19 PMkeithlaw @keithlaw
North Korean state TV now reporting that Kim Jong Il actually invented the heart attack
MissesTBSbravesbaseball12-24-2011, 12:55 AMkeithlaw keithlaw
Was it driving on a rocky road? RT @mental_floss: "Police say 40,000 pounds of ice cream have spilled from a semitrailer in Fort Wayne, IN."
BF9102-08-2012, 02:03 PMkeithlaw
<s>@</s>keithlaw
(https://twitter.com/#!/keithlaw)
I think I live in Arizona, Rand McNally. RT <s>@</s>lucasgrieser (https://twitter.com/lucasgrieser): <s>@</s>keithlaw (https://twitter.com/keithlaw) Do you think your thick east coast bias led you to rank Seattle 11th?
GSUBravesFan02-08-2012, 03:44 PMOn the Giants not having success in the international market:
Ohio is not a foreign country. "<s style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">@</s>WarninTracPwr (http://twitter.com/WarninTracPwr): <s style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">@</s>keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw) what about jonathon sanchez?"
McCarroll2102-08-2012, 03:50 PMOn the Giants not having success in the international market:
Ohio is not a foreign country. "<s style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">@</s>WarninTracPwr (http://twitter.com/WarninTracPwr): <s style="outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; outline-color: initial; text-decoration: none; ">@</s>keithlaw (http://twitter.com/keithlaw) what about jonathon sanchez?"
Calcaterra wins

@keithlaw I bet if you visited me here in Ohio for a week you'd reconsider.
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) February 8, 2012

HTF02-08-2012, 03:51 PM
Calcaterra wins

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keithlaw
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@keithlaw
8 Feb 12
(https://twitter.com/keithlaw/statuses/167346267452739584)
Ohio is not a foreign country. "@WarninTracPwr (https://twitter.com/WarninTracPwr): @keithlaw (https://twitter.com/keithlaw) what about jonathon sanchez?"
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@keithlaw (https://twitter.com/keithlaw) I bet if you visited me here in Ohio for a week you'd reconsider.
8 Feb 12 (https://twitter.com/craigcalcaterra/statuses/167348012442599424)
Reply (https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?in_reply_to=167348012442599424)
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I hate you and your new twitter.
McCarroll2102-08-2012, 03:56 PM
I hate you and your new twitter.
I hate you breaking it and making it look like ass in your quote.
HTF02-08-2012, 03:59 PMI hate you breaking it and making it look like ass in your quote.
It's your site's fault.
GSUBravesFan02-08-2012, 08:46 PM@keithlaw In Flushing. Sign up for Insider. RT @Metsmatician: @keithlaw Not an insider. Where are the Mets


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Sreelata Yellamrazu | Nov 25 2008
by Veena Gabriel
No, strangely it was not the hot headed cricketer's fault, at least not this time.
As per the reports coming in Symonds was accused of instigating a fight with a guest at Brisbane hotel. It seems that Andrew had gone..
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India wins the Fourth match and the ODI series
Sreelata Yellamrazu | Nov 24 2008
by Rupesh UK
The fourth match of the Hero Honda cup was played at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore. India who leads the series 3-0 would try to win the match and pocket the seven match One Day International (ODI) series. England had to win the.
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Ponting: I am not talking to Border and Ian Chappell
Sreelata Yellamrazu | Nov 24 2008
by Veena Gabriel
The Australian Captain is
very angry, obviously after getting defeated by India and losing the Border-Gavaskar trophy.
He has to face flak from every side,The former Australian Captains Border and Chappell
are no..
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Australia thrash New Zealand
Sreelata Yellamrazu | Nov 24 2008
by Shreyas S. Bhide
In a low scoring encounter that lasted 4 days, Australia thrashed New Zealand by 149 runs at the Gabba, Brisbane. Mitchell Johnson claimed his maiden five-wicket haul as Australia staged an impressive comeback from their...
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Dhoni -
An Ideal Icon
Sreelata Yellamrazu | Nov 24 2008
by Veena Gabriel
A good cricketer,a better captain and above all a fabulous human being,yes that is our Mahi, who gives his best to cricket,playing his best strokes every time he is on the field, and winning matches for us
He is a better...
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India on Top; England Easy Pickings
Sreelata Yellamrazu | Nov 23 2008
by Rupesh UK
After its emphatic series victory against Australia in the Border- Gavaskar trophy, the Indian cricket team faced a new challenge against the visiting English team, a lengthy seven match One Day International (ODI) series. Although...
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Dundalk FC manager Ian Foster admitted that the surrender of a two-goal lead against Shamrock Rovers was “the most difficult result to take this season”, after his side played the league leaders off the Tallaght Stadium pitch for large periods, before a cruel late twist meant they had to be content with just a point. The lively Mark Griffin belatedly celebrated his 20th birthday as he had his side in cruise control with two fine finishes, only for ex-Lilywhite Chris Turner to pop up with a lifeline 11 minutes from time before Billy Dennehy struck in injury-time to earn the Hoops an undeserved 2-2 draw.
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The result came following extremely disappointing defeats, for very different reasons, by Drogheda United and Saint Patrick's Athletic. But Foster felt the draw in Dublin 24 was even more galling. “It’s the most difficult result to take this season,” Ian told dundalkfc.com. “I don’t think we deserved to drop any points tonight. The players were fabulous. It was a wonderful effort from all of them. It’s heartbreaking to concede at such a late stage. You would expect when you come to the champions that they might get the ball in wide areas and break you down that way, but they’ve gone route one and stuck balls into our box. They haven’t carved us open or worked us hard. They never looked like scoring but unfortunately for us it has finished 2-2 and that’s hard to take.”
Impetus
The Lilywhites were comfortable when Griffin doubled his and his side’s advantage just past the hour mark. However, Rovers were back in it on 79 minutes when Peter Cherrie punched only as far as ex-teammate Turner who fired to an empty net from 25-yards. And Foster was particularly disappointed with how that goal was conceded. “I don’t think my ‘keeper should have come for it,” he said. “He did it against Drogheda and didn’t get there. Tonight, he got there, but if you let your centre-half deal with it, even if the centre-half doesn’t win the header, their player isn’t going to score. So, yes, I’m hugely disappointed with that because then that gives them the impetus to go and throw bodies in the box. They put both centre-halves up and unfortunately it led to the equaliser.
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“I thought we had done enough,” he added, as the equaliser came with just over 90 seconds left on the clock. “We defended manfully; we won headers, we won second balls, we cleared lines. Just, unfortunately, we have been hit with a sucker-punch right in the last minute. But we have been fabulous tonight. We’re all disappointed with a point at Shamrock Rovers. The level of performance tonight was superb. We should have been 2-0 up before we first scored. We created chance after chance, we passed them to death and we made them look like the away team. I couldn’t be prouder of the players – we were excellent tonight.” Beforehand, most Dundalk fans would have taken a point. But asked if he felt it was two thrown away, Foster said: “I’d say it’s two dropped – I wouldn’t say we threw it away.
Griff praise
“The game is not over until it’s over,” he continued. “But I don’t think they deserved anything out of the game, I’ll certainly say that. I thought my players were fabulous.” Commenting on the performance of two-goal Griffin, the Liverpool-born boss was delighted with how he finished his chances and troubled Rovers captain Dan Murray and his replacement Craig Sives. “He took his goals very, very well,” Ian said. “He was a constant threat. They took off a centre-half because he couldn’t deal with him, and the fella they brought on couldn’t deal with him either. I’m delighted for Mark. His work rate and his energy are excellent and he’s a constant threat in and around the box. He took his goals very well and he could have been on the end of one or two more chances as well.”
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INKPOT MOVIE REVIEWS: ONE NIGHT STAND (Rebecca Wan)
ONE NIGHT STAND
Rebecca Wan
Written and Directed by: Mike Figgis (Joe Eszterhas, original screenplay)
Cast: Wesley Snipes (Max), Nastassja Kinski(Karen), Ming-Na Wen (Mimi), Kyle MacLachlan (Vernon), Robert Downey, Jr. (Charlie)
Music scored by: Mike Figgis
Produced by: Red Mullet Productions / New Line Cinema
Running Time: 103 min
Rating: ****
Official website: www.onenightstand.com
Rated: R(A)
IT'S IN THE TELLING
"Do you want to go to bed?" Snipes asks Kinski, then slaps his forehead with the palm of his hand, "I mean,"
"I know what you mean," Kinski says back.
Like Figgis' other feature films (LIEBESTRAUM and LEAVING LOS VEGAS come to mind) so much is unsaid in ONE NIGHT STAND, and for the better.
Combined with signature Figgis directing -- characterized by the using of film style (especially music) to play ou
t the story events, ONE NIGHT STAND is a heady, visually engrossing re-tell of a pretty standard story.
The story, begat by Joe Eszterhas (apparently he had his credit removed after reading Figgis' rewrite), is simple.
Married Max (Wesley Snipes) -- an advertisement director -- misses his flight out of New York (he lives in LA) and spends the night with
Karen (Natassha Kinski), who is also married, in her hotel room.
The next day he returns to his wife Mimi (Ming Na-Wen) in LA, who is presented to us as much louder, a little tackier (she drives a pink volkswagon) and a whole lot more bourgeoise than t
he taciturn and whispery Kinski.
Although Mimi doesn't find out, the elicit encounter takes its toil on Max.
He turns into a huge asshole and troubles arise in his relationship with Mimi.
A year later, he returns to New York to re-visit Charlie (Robert Downey, Jr), a good friend with whom he had reconciled a year earlier after a five-year feud.
Charlie is now dying of AIDS, and his friends and family are rallying round. It's then that Max meets Charlie's brother, Vernon (Kyle MacLachlan), and sister-i
n-law.
The latter, as it turns out, is Karen.
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Max's pairing with Karen is conveyed in sequences full of silently exchanged, knowing glances and freeze-framed sensuality, bless
ed by a passionate Beethoven string quartet and heady fusion soundtrack; his life with Mimi is characterized by unthinking pop music (in a particuarly telling movement, a pop song with a pounding bass beat bursts out the moment Max's plane lands in the LA airport, stamping out the breathless jazzy riffs of the night before), empty social gatherings peopled by non-soulful Advertising People and dictatorial sex.
Parallels are also of course drawn between New York (Karen) and LA (Mimi).
It might all be
just a little too obvious (how's this for a meaningful comparison: the tryst takes place on the night of the fiftieth anniversary of the UN), but the casting of characters as Types in ONE NIGHT STAND ironically allows Figgis to concentrate on the way he
tells the story, and that has always been one of the most interesting things about a Figgis film.
The heart of ONE NIGHT STAND, and its obvious center, is Charlie.
Again, of course, with the strange coincidences.
Robert Downey Jr. is beautiful and saddening as the diminishing, wise Charlie, and it's hard not to think of his real-life problems with d
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Both Natassha Kinski and Elizabeth Shue have the same purity o
f profile and flaxen hair (it probably has to do with lighting), and the scene where Kinski sits atop Snipes in ecstasy inevitably recalls its more poignant parallel in LEAVING LAS VEGAS.
The rich (inter)textuality and dense atmostphere of ONE NIGHT STAND make up for what would probably be, according to classic Hollywood conventions, poorly (or not clearly) motivated characters,
and also for Figgis' way of leaving out standard Hollywood m
oments and required information from his narratives.
Charlie's death is an example.
It goes completely unshown, but yet is an important event because it eventually unites the menage a quatre in more ways than one.
Overall, ONE NIGHT STAND is delightful, intelligent, and strange.
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Louis Armstrong International Airport
(a post-Katrina meditation)
Richard Carlson
The sun unfurls its noon fury in the Creole heat of late summer. One walks slowly over bare tarmac with the wavy mirage traces of jet fuel
evaporating from the baked runway.
Your eyes must squint to distinguish actual form from hallucination in the gaseous blur.
The mugginess is
palpable and steams up from the bayou to create a state of perpetual humidity, you strain to wipe away the sweat dripping from your brow on the balmy
Louisiana day.
a city under pressure of heat and moisture,
Steam condenses on your tongue as you try to speak, but because you are walking quickly you think again and feel better in the short term just to
shield your nose and hold your breath as the stench of rotting waste reaches you. That which was cast off by mortal flesh, and that once consumed by
human mutely decay, lay in steaming piles and reek in the clammy gulf coast breeze;
the waste having not been removed for over two weeks.
a city under pressure of decomposition,
The concourse which once facilitated the bustle of life in the hyper-modernist fast lane was used during the last fortnight as a triage for sorting
out the ill and as a morgue for the dead. Sprawling on strands of cots strung out along the terminal's vast expanse of grimy marble floor and close
cropped carpet lay the injured and poor black folk of the 9th ward and St Bernard's Parish, making themselves as comfortable as they could in front of
the vacant ticket counters, gated newspaper stands, empty coffee joints and miscellaneous jazz paraphernalia.
Transformed from a place which housed mere travelers into a hall of the wholly dispossessed is Louis Armstrong International Airport; but what else would
one expect? The child of a New Orleans prostitute, Satchmo was already abandoned and then arrested at the age of six.
What else would one expect from history in the deep South, only now being staged within the facade of an international airport?
The airport, that
bastion of globalization which makes planetary culture possible now houses the distraught and dispossessed, the discontented and dying of America's
3rd
world; hermetically sealed within its own environs.
a city under pressure of history,
But there are no commercial flights taking off today, just Blackhawk helicopters and C-130s involved in rescue and reconstruction. The flow of
commerce has been halted, preempted by 120 mph winds and the flood. The forces of the market which once built this airport reduced to a trickle, this
port city and hub of world commerce now just the glean in the eye of Haliburton or the Shaw Group contemplating the future potential of capital
ventures and returns at more than twenty percent.
a city at the mercy of military industrial carpetbaggers,
One walks on to meet the air traffic control manager whose disheveled tower is now in
disarray and overflowing with controllers sleeping on air
mattresses in front of sophisticated radar arrays and advanced navigation systems. The technology which made this airport possible is temporarily out
of service and gathering dust.
The wide cherry table tops of conference rooms where local procedures for approach control and the divvying up of
airspace were once decided now served as the platform to place k rations stale coffee and half eaten donuts.
ratiocination and technology at the mercy of a southern tempest,
All the technology in the world could not put a bandage on the damage done by the storm and flood to get operations back to normal sooner. The warm
gulf currents which fed Katrina were only heated further by the carbon waste spewed from oil refineries and industry along the coast. Already no match
for a category four hurricane, the dredging of swamps by oil companies allowed salt water to seep back into the once fertile wetlands which now yield
up more than 100 acres a day to the sea. The levees of the mighty river denied needed silt to restore the earth under this grand old city which
allowed it to nestle safely between the Mississippi and Pontchartrain.
ratiocination and technology at the mercy of blow-back,
Those bound in the
cyclic of history of domination, of the eternal recurrence of the underclass,
are those most effected, but what else would one
expect, here in the deep South? where burnt crosses still smolder in the charcoal heart of Dixie,
and can suddenly violently alight
in an inferno;
into which we begin our descent from the French Quarter. This is a city which could just as easily burn while being martyred for the sins of a nation,
but this is the city in the time of flood.
Here now reside those forced to the fringes of our society, those who live below sea level, the ones who do not partake of the prosperity of this
Port economy; of mid-western grain harvest barges, trans-oceanic container ships, and Gulf oil rigs. These folks are too far removed from the
mainstream to be concerned with the storm's effect on falling world markets sparked by the rising price of gasoline, because they had no vehicles to
evacuate the area in the first place. They do however, still need food, and the shopkeepers have all left for higher ground.
Already the 200 billion dollar reconstruction being planned has passed legislation and funnels funds through the lobbyist and technocrat directly
into the coffers of the good ol' boys
and multi-nationals. Yet, the same legislation eliminated the Davis-Bacon Act and the minimum wage of the
construction laborer. But what else would one expect in a state next to the president's own?
To be rebuilt yet again, but now upon the backs of
descendent's of slaves of the Americas both North and South. But now a tax cut and a debit card with a two thousand dollar limit will have to serve in
place of forty acres and a mule.
carpetbaggers conspiring with technology,
Those who own the technology and resources to begin construction, who are the masters of calculating the market forces, who have the ear of the
vice president will come out ahead in this disaster. Old low lying neighborhoods will be bulldozed and then gentrified, those shining glass and steel
structures will gleam for a new class of entrepreneurs who will profit from the Reconstruction. New infra-structure will replace the rotting old
wooden front porches of houses built during the Depression. Law and order will be haphazardly restored. The airport will have its waste removed, the
concourses cleared of patients, the military will depart its taxiways, it will be retooled and its technology will reanimate the
bayou economy to
once again fuel the oil gluttony of the global village, even as the corps of engineers still struggle to halt the progress of the encroaching
wetlands.
technology along with equality and justice sinking slowly in the ratiocination of Cajun swamp land
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Richard Carlson is a writer/musician and the president of Pacific Weather Inc, a firm which monitors meteorological information at airports throughout the United States. His interests include all matters related to CTheory, Jazz, Poetry, Integral Yoga, and Global Climate Change. He holds a Master of Arts degree from Antioch University and currently resides with family on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State


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November 18th, 2011
ECO ECONOMY: Eastern Kentucky communities are joining forces to develop a trail system through several counties. Neighboring West Virginia communities are already seeing benefits from development of the Hatfield and McCoy Trail System, which attracts thousands of tourists and generates millions in revenue each year. This photo was taken during the 2011 Trailfest in Gilbert, W.Va.
PIKEVILLE – Counties throughout eastern Kentucky plan to boost the economy by developing and promoting adventure tourism activities.
Big Sandy Area Development Director Sandy Runyon, who has worked with local leaders to establish trail systems in eastern Kentucky for a number of years, reports that officials in Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Bell, Letcher, Perry, Owsley and Harlan counties have worked together for quite some time to develop a trail system that would attract ATV riders, horse enthusiasts, hikers and others into eastern Kentucky.
Runyon explained that those counties have entered into an interlocal agreement regarding the trail system, with the understanding that each county is responsible for trail development and maintenance in their counties. Officials in these counties also agree that counties would assist each other with maintenance or other issues on neighboring properties, with the understanding that counties won't be billed for that service and with goal of eventually connecting all trails together in one large system.
The Pike County Fiscal Court is the first of several Big Sandy area counties to become a part of the initiative by passing a resolution to join the multi-county effort during a Nov. 1 meeting. Although Pike county officials talked about developing a trail system to mimic the successful Hatfield-McCoy ATV Trail system in West Virginia, Runyon believes the interlocal agreement, once it is finalized, will encompass all types of trails and trail-based activities.
The first step is for Fiscal Courts in those counties to pass a resolution stating the county's intent on participating. Thereafter, county attorneys will hash out a finalized interlocal agreement that suits the needs of all counties. The Big Sandy ADD is currently preparing resolutions for other Big Sandy counties.
“I'm not sure how many counties will sign on,” Runyon said. “But we know that Pike, Floyd, Magoffin and Martin counties are interested and we expect that Johnson County will also be interested. Our goal is to have any kind of agreement they enter into to include all trails.”
Once the interlocal agreement between the counties is finalized, Runyon said it is likely that individual counties will be responsible for obtaining land-use permits from residents, which could be a “huge endeavor” in counties like Pike County, where officials have identified 200 property owners along one potential trail route.
Runyon said the biggest issue in connecting eastern Kentucky trails is the liability that property owners face when they allow the public to come onto their property.
There has been some effort at the state level to pass legislation to ease the property liability burden, but the state's tort law, allowing people to sue for various reasons, may prevent further success of that effort.
One bill passed the House last year, but it died without a vote in the Senate.
Runyon said the laws enacted by the legislature show progress.
“I do think there is a way around all of this if everybody can work together, and they truly do work together, and try to add all the needs of everybody involved,” she said. “I think we can make some progress.”
Areas like Harlan, Bell, Knott Leslie and Knott counties found ways around the liability issues and are able to market trails and host large-scale trail events because a large corporate landowner or private landowners with large, usable tracks of property provided a long-term lease to the county.
“Bell County is the new kid on the block,” Runyon said. “There was a company there that leased 7,600 acres to the county. They held an ATV event there three weeks ago that attracted 3,000 riders. So, it's possible to do this.”
Runyon said the local residents contacted by the Big Sandy ADD have reported that they are excited about the potential.
“The only resistance we see is the unknown,” she said. “If every county develops a block of property and show the locals that it will work, that people will come in here to ride these trails and there is economic benefit to that, then I think local landowners will want to get involved.”
She is asking all counties to assess properties that might be available for trail development.
The multi-county coalition will make the region more eligible to receive multi-county coal severance tax funds and grant funding for trail development projects, Runyon explained.
“We truly believe here that tourism will be an economic development engine,” Runyon said. “It won't be the only engine, but it will be a major economic tool for this region.”
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