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Strong winds complicate efforts to fight Kansas, Oklahoma wildfire
By | Associated Press
Fire damage to a home Thursday near Medicine Lodge, Kan. (Andrew Whitaker/ The Hutchinson News via AP)
Charred prairies are seen Thursday near Medicine Lodge, Kan. as smoke rises in the distance from the continuing burning fire. (Andrew Whitaker/The Hutchinson News via AP)
New utility poles are installed in rural Barber County near Medicine Lodge, Kan. on Thursday. (Amy Bickel/The Hutchinson News via AP)
Weather conditions on Friday could make it hard for crews to contain a wildfire that has scorched hundreds of square miles of sparsely populated land in Oklahoma and Kansas, forecasters said.
Hundreds of firefighters have been working to control the blaze, which started Tuesday in Oklahoma and spread into southern Kansas. Smoke from the fire was reportedly detected as far away as St. Louis, hundreds of miles to the northeast.
The blaze has destroyed at least one home in Kansas, but no serious injuries have been reported.
The strong winds that initially fueled the wildfire died down on Thursday, allowing firefighters to make some headway against it. But winds were expected to pick up again, with gusts of up to 30 mph expected to last through Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service said.
Meteorologist Bill Turner said the big challenge will be keeping the fire from spreading again once the winds pick up.
"In fires this big, they tend to smolder," Turner said. "Sometimes those sparks will sit there in the ash and wait until the winds pick up and take off again."
Gov. Sam Brownback said Thursday that the fire was largely contained in Kansas except in Barber County, which is southwest of Wichita along the border with Oklahoma.
Crews worked overnight to successfully save a home in the county, where the blaze has burned at least 426 square miles, said Darcy Golliher, a spokeswoman for the Kansas Incident Management Team. She said crews were hopeful that the blaze would be under control by the weekend, although it was just 15 percent contained Thursday.
"The big concern today is the winds coming out of the south," she said. "That is what we are working on."
In neighboring Comanche County, the fire was mostly contained, although crews were monitoring for flare-ups, said John Lehman, the Kansas county's emergency management coordinator. He said the concern was that sparks from still-burning trees and cedars burning in canyons in the area's Gyp Hills would blow up and ignite flames on the ridges.
"Up on top they feel like they have it," he said. "It's looking a lot better."
A separate grass fire that hit near the Kansas town of Burrton, which is about 30 miles northwest of Wichita, burned about 15 square miles before it was controlled Thursday. One home was destroyed and several head of livestock were killed.
In Oklahoma, officials plan to conduct damage assessments Friday to determine how many buildings have been lost in the blaze, Michelle Finch-Walker, a spokeswoman for the state's Forestry Services, said Friday.
"Due to the extraordinary firefighting efforts yesterday and a little help from Mother Nature, we didn't see any fire growth," she said.
Meanwhile, hay donations are being sought for ranchers whose land burned. The Kansas Livestock Association farmers' cooperatives in two Kansas communities are collecting the hay and that cash donations also are welcome.
"On top the new grass hasn't come up," Lehman. "All the old grass has burned off. But it's warming up so the new grass will come on pretty quick."


I believe that God, however you conceive it, exists in us, as us. The only way we can develop as human beings is by developing an understanding of our relationship with God. Religion is for people who believe in hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. If we are not loving ourselves then we are not loving God.
Blessed be you and may God, however you conceive that to be, bless and keep you.
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Southern Company Announces Sale of Certain Florida Assets to NextEra Energy
Southern Company today announced that it has entered into agreements to sell Gulf Power Company, Florida City Gas and the entities holding Southern Power's interests in Plant Oleander and Plant Stanton to NextEra Energy for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $6.475 billion. Net of debt, this reflects an equity value of approximately $5.075 billion.
"This sale provides Southern Company the opportunity to deliver great value to our organization, bolster our financial profile and continue to build the future of energy as one of America's premier energy companies," said Thomas A. Fanning, chairman, president and CEO of Southern Company. "These Florida businesses are being sold at a price that provides substantial value to our stockholders, while entrusting the customers of these exceptional franchises to a high-quality utility company that has a well-established presence in the state."
The transactions are designed to allow Gulf Power and Florida City Gas to continue their customer-focused business models and strong commitments to safety, reliability, customer service and community engagement.
Proceeds from these transactions are intended to be used to reduce debt and improve Southern Company's balance sheet. Southern Company's goal remains to simultaneously provide benefits to customers, preserve solid credit metrics and improve the contribution of its state-regulated utilities to its value proposition. The opportunity to fund the business without raising significant additional capital makes the value proposition of these transactions even stronger.
Completion of each of these transactions is conditioned upon, among other things, the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The Gulf Power and Plant Oleander and Plant Stanton transactions also will require approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. The target completion for the sales of Gulf Power and Southern Power's interests in Plant Stanton and Plant Oleander is the first half of 2019. The Florida City Gas transaction's target completion is third quarter 2018.
Southern Company will host a financial analyst call to discuss this announcement at 9:45 a.m. Eastern Time today, during which Fanning and Chief Financial Officer Art P. Beattie will discuss the transaction. Investors, media and the public may listen to a live webcast of the call and view associated slides that were posted this morning at http://investor.southerncompany.com/webcasts. A replay of the webcast will be available on the site for 12 months.
Headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, NextEra (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company with consolidated revenues of approximately $17.2 billion, that operates approximately 46,790 megawatts of net generating capacity and employs approximately 14,000 people in 33 states and Canada as of year-end 2017. For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. is serving as the exclusive financial advisor and Jones Day, Troutman Sanders LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP are serving as legal counsel to Southern Company.
This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements, among other things, concerning the expected timing of completion and financial and other benefits of the transactions described herein. These forward-looking statements are often characterized by the use of words such as "expect," "anticipate," "plan," "believe," "may," "should," "will," "could," "continue" and the negative or plural of these words and other comparable terminology. Although Southern Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Certain material factors or assumptions are applied in making forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, factors and assumptions regarding the items outlined above. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these expectations include, among other things, the following: the failure to receive, on a timely basis or otherwise, the required approvals by government or regulatory agencies (including the terms of such approvals); the risk that a condition to closing of one or more of the transactions may not be satisfied; the inability to achieve the expected financial benefits of the proceeds generated by the transactions; and other risk factors relating to the energy industry, as detailed from time to time in Southern Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There can be no assurance that any of the transactions will in fact be consummated.
Additional information about these factors and about the material factors or assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements may be found under Item 1A. in Southern Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. Southern Company cautions that the foregoing list of important factors that may affect future results is not exhaustive. When relying on forward-looking statements to make decisions with respect to Southern Company, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements concerning the transactions or other matters attributable to Southern Company or any other person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements referenced above. The forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date of this release. Southern Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except as may be required by law.
SOURCE Southern Company
For further information: Media Contact: Schuyler Baehman, Southern Company, 404-506-5333 or 1-866-506-5333, sjbaehma@southernco.com, Investor Relations Contact: Aaron Abramovitz, 404-506-0780, apabramo@southernco.com
Southern Company reports first-quarter 2018 earnings
Southern Company Becomes the First Large Cap Utility in the U.S. to Publish a Sustainable Financing Framework

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A Bâton Rouge steakhouse franchise in Oakville, Ont., reopened on Nov. 28 after undergoing major renovations. The restaurant now features a modern, casual look and creates a balance between comfortable seating and a vibrant bar.
Kitchen and bathroom remodelling franchise system Granite Transformations helped renovate a Ronald McDonald House for the History Channel's Operation Build.
As a long-time residential renovator and installer, I already had some experience relevant to the field in 2009 when I joined Bath Solutions, a Canada-wide, full-service network of franchised dealers specializing in bathroom renovations of all sizes—but it marked the first time I would operate as a franchisee.


GovDeals is the official portal to government auctions, which range from land to computers to cars. The site's categories include surplus and confiscated items from various government agencies. The rules and regulations vary depending on the participating agency, and you deal directly with the agency after you are awarded your bid. The deals are great, but be sure to inquire about packaging and shipping of an item before you place your bid because most sellers do not ship, pack or palletize. You may be responsible for picking it up or paying someone to transport it.


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Wen Jia (* 28. Februar 1989 in Jiangsu) ist eine chinesische Tischtennisspielerin. Sie ist Linkshänderin und verwendet den europäischen Shakehand-Stil. Wen ist mehrfache Vize-Meisterin auf der World Tour.

Sie wurde 2008 bei den Jugend-Weltmeisterschaften Zweite. International nahm sie mehrmals an internationalen World-Tour-Turnieren teil, dabei kam sie unter anderem bei den Hungarian Open 2017 und den Czech Open 2018 ins Finale.

Turnierergebnisse
Nennung von Ergebnissen (Auszug):

Titel und Erfolge im Überblick

 Silber bei den Czech Open 2018 im Einzel
 Silber bei den Hungarian Open 2017 im Einzel
 Gold bei den Jugend-Weltmeisterschaften im Doppel, Mixed und mit der Mannschaft; Silber im Einzel
 Gold bei den Japan Open 2013 im Einzel

Spielstil
Wen Jia wird als Spielerin mit variablen und guten Aufschlägen beschrieben.

Einzelnachweise

Tischtennisspieler (Volksrepublik China)
Sportler (Jinan)
Chinese
Geboren 1989
Frau

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Mark Osteen's Personal Website
Professor of Literature, Author, & Musician
Musical Resume
Mark W. Osteen
6700 Tweedbrook Rd.
mosteen@loyola.edu
Current Research and Writing
Invited Speeches and Public Addresses
Conference Papers and Panels
Books Reviewed Awards and Grants
Professional Memberships and Offices
Other Professional Experience
Academic Service
Download Mark Osteen's complete CV in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format
PhD, Emory University, 1987. Dissertation: "Making Both Ends Meet: The Economy of Ulysses." Director: Richard Ellmann.
MA, English, University of Montana, 1982.
BA, with High Honors, University of Montana. Majors: English and Philosophy, 1977.
2015-21. Director, Loyola Center for the Humanities.
2012-15. Chair, English Department, Loyola University Maryland.
2000-2011. Professor of English and Director of Film Studies, Loyola University Maryland.
1993-99. Associate Professor of English, Loyola College in Maryland.
1988-93. Assistant Professor of English, Loyola College in Maryland.
1987-88. Visiting Assistant Professor, Emory University.
1984-86. Teaching Assistant, Emory University.
1980-82. Teaching Assistant, University of Montana.
Books (author):
Fake It: Fictions of Forgery. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021. 358 pages.
Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. 324 pages.
▸ "Essential": R. Ducharme, Choice, June 2013.
▸ Provides "novel conclusions about the potentially progressive possibilities for gender and racial politics." Ben Tyrer, academia.edu.
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One of Us: A Family's Life with Autism. Memoir. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2010. Memoir. 270 pages. http://www.oneofusbook.com.
Jean Winegardner, Washington Times. March 10, 2011.http://www.theautismnews.com/2011/03/11/book-review-one-of-us-a-familys-life-with-autism/.
Kim Wombles, About.com. Autism Spectrum Disorders.http://autism.about.com/od/booksabouttreatingautism/gr/Book-Review-One-Of-Us-A-Familys-Life-With-Autism-By-Mark-Osteen.htm.
-Listed as "Recommended Book" on neurodiversity.com.
American Magic and Dread: Don DeLillo's Dialogue with Culture. Penn Studies in Contemporary American Fiction. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 2000. 301 pages.
Favorable reviews:
Kirk Nesset, American Literature 73:3 (September, 2001): 652-3.
Theron Britt, Modern Fiction Studies 48:3 (Fall 2002): 763-65.
Philip Nel, Studies in the Novel 35.1 (Spring 2003): 128-31.
Thomas Carmichael, "Evanescence, Language and Dread: Reading Don DeLillo." Contemporary Literature 44.1 (2003): 176-80.
The Economy of Ulysses: Making Both Ends Meet. Irish Studies. Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 1995. 472 pages. ★ Awarded Donald Murphy Prize for Best First Book in Irish Studies by the American Conference for Irish Studies.
Robert D. Newman. Choice (33:4). December 1995. 2008.
Steven Connor. "Balancing the Book." James Joyce Broadsheet 44 (June 1996): 1.
Gregory Castle. "The Economies of Ulysses." English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920 39. 4 (1996): 510-14.
Garry M. Leonard. "Small Change Adds Up." James Joyce Literary Supplement 10:2 (Fall 1996): 10.
Unsigned Review. The Year's Work in English Studies 1995. London: Blackwell, 1996. 541.
Michael Patrick Gillespie. James Joyce Quarterly 35 (1998): 479-83.
Books (editor):
The Beatles through a Glass Onion: Reconsidering the White Album. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 2019. A collection of 13 essays, plus introduction listed below. 324 pages.
Positive reviews:
Guy Crucianelli, Slant (May 13, 2019): "a fine scholarly addition to the study of the Beatles."
Steve Earles, Hellbound: "The White Album, one of the most influential
albums of all time, gets the book it so richly deserves in this fine collection of essays."
Hitchcock and Adaptation: On the Page and Screen. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. A collection of 17 essays, nine drawn from Clues special issue listed below; includes my expanded introduction. 314 pages.
▸"[A] captivating read concerning the enduring thematic and stylistic relevancy of Hitchcock. . . incredibly valuable to film and literary scholars." Film Matters.
Music at the Crossroads: Lives and Legacies of Baltimore Jazz (co-edited with Frank J. Graziano). Baltimore: Apprentice House, 2010. A collection of 13 essays edited and produced in collaboration with eight students in my Aperio seminar. 406 pages.
Tim Smith, "Loyola students discover, chronicle Baltimore jazz." Baltimore Sun 8 August 2010. A & E section; 1, 10.
Rebecca Fishbein, "Baltimore Buzz." Baltimore City Paper. 15 Sept. 2010. 15. http://citypaper.com/arts/books/baltimore-buzz-1.1011528.
Autism and Representation. Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies. New York and London: Routledge, 2008. A collection of 16 essays on autism and the humanities; includes introduction and nonfiction piece listed below. 313 pages.
Felice Aull. Literature, Arts, Medicine database. http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Annotation?action=view&annid=12873
Michael Fitzpatrick. "The Ghost of the Refrigerator Mother.Spiked Online. http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/5961/
Chris Gabbard. Disability Studies Quarterly 30.1 (2010).http://www.dsq-sds.org/article/view/1071/1253
Mike Bracher, "Investigating Autism: History, Culture, and Embodied Difference." Sociology 46.4 (August 2012), 764: "lucid, original, eclectic and engaging . . . another foundational resource for sociologists interested in exploring autism, particularly for those with interests allied to cultural studies." http://journals.sagepub.com.proxy-ln.researchport.umd.edu/doi/pdf/10.1177/0038038511422588/.
The Question of the Gift: Essays Across Disciplines. Routledge Studies in Anthropology. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. A collection of 14 essays; includes introduction and essay listed below. 310 pages.
Favorable Review: Hirozaku Miyaki, American Anthropologist 107.1 (March 2005):137-8.
White Noise by Don DeLillo: Text and Criticism. Viking Critical Library. New York: Viking/Penguin, 1998. 538 pp. Wrote introduction, study questions; compiled bibliography; selected secondary materials.
The New Economic Criticism: Studies at the Intersection of Literature and Economics. London and New York: Routledge, 1999. A collection of 23 essays. 437pp. (Co-edited with Martha Woodmansee). Includes introduction listed below.
Guest Co-editor (with Carol Schilling): "Caregiving, Kinship, and the Making of Stories." Special issue of Journal of Medical Humanities 38.1 (Spring, 2017). Seven essays (including introduction and essay listed below), three poems, art work. 94 pages.
Guest Editor: "Hitchcock and Adaptation." Special issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection 31.1 (Spring, 2013). Wrote introduction, edited nine essays, compiled filmography. 121 pp.
Guest Editor: "Blue Notes: Toward a New Jazz Discourse." Special double issue of Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture 37.1-2 (Spring & Summer, 2004). Wrote introduction, edited 13 essays and four reviews. 352pp
Scholarly Journal Articles (total: 30)
"But Is It Art?: Welles's Cubist Portrait of the Forger in F for Fake." New Perspectives on Old Masters. Special issue of South Atlantic Review 85.4 (Winter 2020): 65-96.
"Irish Haptoglyphics: The Manual and the Tactile in Joyce's Fiction." Joyce Studies Annual 2017. Eds. Moshe Gold and Philip Stricker. Fordham: Fordham UP, 2017. 3-39.
"Hideous Progeny: Forgery, Frankenstein, and Peter Carey's My life as a Fake." PLL: Papers on Language and Literature 53.4 (Fall 2017): 346-82.
"Alfred in Wonderland: Hitchcock through the Looking-Glass." Special Issue: Adaptation Studies. South Atlantic Review 80.3-4 (2016): 194-214. ★ Winner of the SAR Essay Prize for 2016-17. Rpt. in Adaptation in Visual Culture: Images, Texts, and Their Multiple Worlds. Eds. Julie Grossman and R. Barton Palmer. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. 213-34.
"Dark Mirrors: Sanctuary's Noir Vision." Special Issue: Faulkner and Noir. The Faulkner Journal 38.1 Spring 2014:11-35.
"The Currency of DeLillo's Cosmopolis." Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction 55.3 (2014): 291-304. Rpt. in Don DeLillo after the Millennium: Currents and Currencies. Ed. Jacqueline A. Zubeck. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2017. 45-64.
"Extraordinary Renditions: DeLillo's Point Omega and Hitchcock's Psycho." Clues: A Journal of Detection. 31.1 (2013): 103-13. Rpt in Hitchcock and Adaptation: On the Page and Screen. 261-77.
"Jazzing the Gift: Improvisation, Reciprocity, Excess." Rethinking Marxism 22.4 (Fall 2010): 569-80.
"Framed: Forging Identities in Film Noir." Journal of Film and Video. 62.3 (Fall 2010): 17-35.
"Noir's Cars: Automobility and Amoral Space in American Film Noir." Journal of Popular Film and Television 35.4 (Winter 2008): 183.92.
"Face Plates: T-Men and the Problem of Noir Counterfeiting." Quarterly Review of Film and Video 24.2 (Spring 2007): 125-42.
"Echo Chamber: Undertaking The Body Artist." Studies in the Novel 37.1 (2005): 64-80.
"Introduction: Blue Notes Toward a New Jazz Discourse." Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture 37.1 (Spring 2004): 1-46.
"The Great Expectations of Stephen Dedalus." James Joyce Quarterly 41.1-2 (Fall 2003 /Winter 2004): 169-83.
"Ritual and Reenactment in Andre Dubus's Short Fiction." Special Issue: The Work of Andre Dubus. Religion and the Arts 6.1/2 (Spring, 2002): 73-89.
" 'It Doesn't Pay to Antagonize the Public': Sabotage and Hitchcock's Audience." Literature/Film Quarterly 28 (2000): 259-68.
"Becoming Incorporated: Spectacular Authorship and DeLillo's Mao II." Modern Fiction Studies 45 (1999): 643-74.
"Children of Godard and Coca-Cola: Cinema and Consumerism in Don DeLillo's Early Fiction." Contemporary Literature 37 (1996): 439-70.
" 'A Splendid Bazaar': The Shopper's Guide to the New Dubliners." Studies in Short Fiction 32 (1995): 483-96 [Review-Essay].
"The Treasure-House of Language: Managing Symbolic Economies in Joyce's Portrait." Studies in the Novel 27 (1995): 154-68.
"The Big Secret: Film Noir and Nuclear Fear." Journal of Popular Film and Television 22:2 (Summer 1994): 79-90.
" 'A Moral Form to Master Commerce': The Economies of DeLillo's Great Jones Street." Critique 34 (1994): 157-72.
"Phantoms of Liberty: The Secret Lives of Leviathan." Review of Contemporary Fiction. 14:1 (Spring, 1994): 87-91.
"Seeking Renewal: Bloom, Advertising, and the Domestic Economy." James Joyce Quarterly 30:4/ 31:1 (1993): 717-38.
"The Money Question at the Back of Everything: Clichés, Counterfeits and Forgeries in Joyce's 'Eumaeus.'" Modern Fiction Studies 38 (1992): 821-43.
"Serving Two Masters: Economics and Figures of Power in Joyce's 'Grace.'" Twentieth Century Literature 37 (1991): 76-92.
"The Intertextual Economy in 'Scylla and Charybdis.'" James Joyce Quarterly 28 (1990): 197-208.
"Narrative Gifts: 'Cyclops' and the Economy of Excess.'" Joyce Studies Annual 1990. Ed. Thomas F. Staley. Austin: U of Texas P, 1990. 162-96.
"Against the End: Asceticism and Apocalypse in Don DeLillo's End Zone." Papers on Language and Literature 26 (1990): 143-63. Rpt. in A Library of Literary Criticism, Modern American Literature, vol. 6. Third Supplement (Continuum, 1996).
Book Chapters (total: 25)
"Grow Your Brain! Contemporary Art on the Autism Spectrum." The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability, eds Keri Watson and Timothy Hiles. Forthcoming, 2022.
"A Spoonful of Sugar: Watching Movies Autistically." Autism in Film and Television:
On the Island, ed. Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer. Forthcoming from U of Texas P, 2022.
"(Not) Moving Deathward: The Living and the Undead in DeLillo's Late Works." Don DeLillo in Context. Ed. Jesse Kavadlo. Forthcoming from Cambridge UP, 2022.
"Versions of Vertigo: They Wake up Screaming." In Haunted by Vertigo: Hitchcock's Masterpiece Then and Now. Ed. Sidney Gottlieb and Donal Martin. Hertz, UK and Bloomington, IN: John Libbey/Indiana UP, 2021.157-75.
"Introduction: Part of Everything: The Beatles through a Glass Onion." The Beatles through a Glass Onion: Reconsidering the White Album. Ann Arbor: U of Michigan P, 2019. 1-34.
" 'We came for the dirt but stayed for the talk': Don DeLillo's Theatre." Don DeLillo: Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Ed. Katherine Da Cunha Lewin & Kiron Ward. London and New York: Bloomsbury, 2018. 79-93.
"Turning Us On: Artifice as Authenticity in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper, and the Summer of Love. Ed. Kenneth Womack and Kathryn B. Cox. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2017. 43-66.
"A Little Larceny: Labor, Leisure and Loyalty in the '50s Noir Heist Film." Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: On Classic Film Noir. Ed. Robert Miklitsch. Urbana and Chicago: U of Illinois P, 2014. 171-92.
"Introduction: Hitchcock and Adaptation." Hitchcock and Adaptation: On the Page and Screen. Ed. Mark Osteen. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. ix-xxxviii. Expanded version of introduction to Clues issue, listed above.
"Narrating Autism." Worlds of Autism: Across the Spectrum of Neurological Difference. Ed. Joyce Davidson and Michael Orsini. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 2013. 261-84.
"Lighted Squares: Framing 'Araby'" (with Kathryn Conrad). Collaborative Dubliners: Joyce in Dialogue. Ed. Vicki Mahaffey. Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 2012. 69-88.
"Rhythm Changes: Contrafacts, Copyright and Jazz Modernism." Modernism and Copyright. Ed. Paul K. Saint-Amour. New York: Oxford UP, 2011. 89-113.
"Don DeLillo." A Companion to Twentieth-Century United States Fiction. Ed. David Seed. Chichester, UK and Maldon, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. 497-504
"DeLillo's Dedalian Artists." The Cambridge Companion to Don DeLillo. Ed. John N. Duvall. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2008. 137-50.
"Autism and Representation: A Comprehensive Introduction." Autism and Representation. Ed. Mark Osteen. New York and London: Routledge, 2008. 1-47.
" 'The Natural Language "of the Culture': Exploring Commodities through White Noise." Approaches to Teaching DeLillo's White Noise. Ed. Tim Engles and John N. Duvall. New York: MLA, 2006. 192-203.
" 'A Regular Swindle': The Failure of Gifts in Dubliners." Twenty-First Joyce. Eds. Ellen Carol Jones and Morris Beja. Gainesville: UP of Florida, 2004. 13-35.
"Luminous Spaces: Teaching Heart of Darkness through Film." Approaches to Teaching Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Sharer." Ed. Hunt Hawkins and Brian W. Shaffer. New York: MLA, 2002. 158-66.
"Introduction: Questions of the Gift." The Question of the Gift: Essays Across Disciplines. Ed. Mark Osteen. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. 1-41.
"Gift or Commodity?" The Question of the Gift: Essays Across Disciplines. Ed. Mark Osteen. London and New York: Routledge, 2002. 229-47.
"Marketing Obsession: The Fascinations of Running Dog." Critical Essays on Don DeLillo. Eds. Hugh Ruppersburg and Tim Engles. New York: G. K. Hall, 2000. 135-56.
"Taking Account of the New Economic Criticism: An Historical Introduction" (w/ Martha Woodmansee). Woodmansee and Osteen, eds. The New Economic Criticism. 3-50.
"A High Grade Ha: The 'Politicoecomedy' of Headwear in Ulysses." Joycean Cultures/ Culturing Joyces. Ed. Vincent J. Cheng, Kimberly J. Devlin, and Margot Norris. Newark: U of Delaware P, 1998. 253-83.
"Female Property: Women and Gift Exchange in Ulysses." Gender in Joyce. Ed. Jolanta W. Wawrzycka and Marlena G. Corcoran. Gainesville: UP of Florida, 1997. 29-46.
"Cribs in the Countinghouse: Plagiarism, Proliferation, and Labor in 'Oxen of the Sun.'" Joyce in the Hibernian Metropolis: Essays. Ed. Morris Beja and David Norris. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 1996. 237-49. Rpt in Ulysses: New Casebooks. Ed. Rainer Emig. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. 125-40.
"Why I Break Stuff." The Maine Review 7.3 (Fall 2021).
"Convocation." Ars Medica 15.2 (2020). Featured essay.
"Pane." Kaleidoscope 77 (2018): 8-13. Featured essay. https://www.scribd.com/document/385386661/Kaleidoscope-Issue-77-The-Journey-Continues
"Obbligato." Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 26.4 (Oct. 2017). 671-80.
"A Man Down There." New Letters 82.2 & 3 (2017): 71-95.
★ Winner of the Dorothy Cappon Prize in Nonfiction, 2016.
"Pas de Deux." Journal of Medical Humanities 38.1 (2017): 25-37.
"Leaving Limbo." Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics 2.3 (Winter 2012): 70-73.
"Like Dad." Autism Asperger's Digest. May-June 2012: 39.
"Learning to Listen." Exceptional Parent. April, 2011: 14-15. Web.http://www.eparentdigital.com/nxtbooks/exceptionalparent/201104/#/16.
"Shared Attention: Hearing Cameron's Voice." Papa, PhD: Essays on Fatherhood by Men in the Academy, eds. Mary Ruth Marotte, Paige Reynolds, Ralph James Savarese. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 2011. 110-115.
"In the Echo Chamber." Weber: The Contemporary West 26.2 (Spring/Summer 2010): 17-26.
"The Play of Shadows." Weber: The Contemporary West 26.1 (Fall 2009): 90-101.
★ Winner of the O. Marvin Lewis Award for best essay in Weber, 2009.
"Urinetown: A Chronicle of the Potty Wars." Autism and Representation. Ed. Mark Osteen. New York and London: Routledge, 2008. 212-25.
Short Scholarly Pieces
"The Ride Together: A Brother and Sister's Memoir of Autism in the Family." Disability Experiences: Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Other Personal Narratives. Ed. Susannah Mintz and G. Thomas Couser. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference, 2019. 653-56.
"Meredith/Joyce: Bella Mount and Bella's Mount." James Joyce Quarterly 35:4/36:1 (Summer/Fall, 1998): 873-78.
"The Music of Chance," "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," "Ulysses." The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film. Ed. John C. Tibbetts and James M. Welsh. New York: Facts-on-File, 1998. 287-88; 327; 443-44.
"Ellmann's Yeats: A Bibliography." Yeats Annual No. 7. Ed. Warwick Gould. London: Macmillan, 1990. 137-44.
"Gabriel's Sarcasm: A Lost Line in 'The Dead.'" James Joyce Quarterly 25 (1988): 259-62.
"Accepting the Gift: The Life of the Mind or Minding the Life?" 2000 Nachbahr Lecture. Baltimore: Loyola College in Maryland, 2001.
Edition: Don DeLillo: The Names, White Noise, Libra. Under contract with Library of America, to be published in fall 2022.
"'Salient points caused by foot pressure': The Language of Feet in Ulysses." Accepted for Joyce and the Ideal Reader, ed. Joseph Valente. 6500 words. Volume in preparation by Anthem Press.
Creative nonfiction: "Wheels." 5700 words. Revision.
Creative nonfiction: "Admission." 8400 words. Revision.
"'I'll Never Make It Alone': 'Oh! Darling' in Context." Chapter for essay collection on Abbey Road, edited by John Covach. 6300 words. Completed.
"Unhitched: Joan Harrison from Hitchcock to Film Noir." Chapter for essay collection on Hitchcock and noir, eds. Homer Pettey and R. Barton Palmer. Final revision.
Introduced, moderated discussion of Michael Apted's 63 Up, Charles Theater, January 5, 2020.
Introduced, moderated discussion of Pawel Pawlikowski's Cold War, Charles Theater, January 6, 2019.
Introduced, moderated discussion of Where Is Kyra?, Charles Theater Cinema Sundays, April 8, 2018.
"Grow Your Brain!: Art on the Autism Spectrum." Public lecture Evansville Art Museum, Oct. 26, 2017.
"Autism and Creativity: Exploring Local Coherence," and "Listening to Autism: A Father's Story," Evansville, IN, Oct 13th and 14th, 2016.
"Nocturnes in Black and Blue: Jazz in Classic Film Noir." Brigham Young University, Nov., 2015.
"A Declaration of In(ter)dependence." Democracy and the Humanities Symposium for the NEH's 50th Anniversary. Loyola U, September, 2015.
Expert commentator for Chesapeake Collectibles' segment on the Hirsch jazz record collection at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum; Maryland Public Television, April, 2015.
Interviewed and profiled by Baltimore Magazine in "Cameos," discussing 2013 Academy Award nominations, March, 2014.
Moderated and introduced Pawel Pawlikowski's Ida; Charles Theater Cinema Sundays, Baltimore, June, 2014.
"Autism, Parents, and Partnerships: A Father's Perspective." Loyola University Clinical Centers, April, 2014.
"Nightmare Alley: Film Noir and the American Dream." Hopkins Club, Johns Hopkins University, May, 2013; Pikesville Library, Nov., 2013; Phi Beta Kappa Alumni Assoc., March, 2014; Loyola University Dean's Symposium, March, 2014.
Moderator and Introduction for screening of Moonrise Kingdom. Cinema Sundays. Charles Theater, Baltimore, June, 2012.
"Listening to Autism, Celebrating Success." St. Elizabeth School, Baltimore, March, 2012.
"Autism and the Imagination: Exploring Local Coherence." American Visionary Arts Museum, Baltimore, July, 2011.
"Listening to Autism: A Son's Voice, a Father's Awakening." Honestly Autism Day, Baltimore County Public Schools, April, 2011; UCLA Center for Research and Treatment, June, 2011; Howard County Library, June, 2011.
Moderator and Introduction for screening of Fukunaga's Jane Eyre (2011). Cinema Sundays. Charles Theater, Baltimore, Feb. 2011.
"One of Us." Kentucky Autism Training Center, Louisville, February, 2011.
"Listening to Autism." Baltimore Ethical Society, February, 2011.
"Music at the Crossroads: Baltimore Jazz History." Baltimore City Historical Society, January, 2011; and Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African-American History, May, 2011.
"The Narrative Problem of Autism." Boston University Law School, March, 2010.
"Narrating Autism." Lecture, Saturday Seminar (Loyola College), April, 2009.
"Ulysses and Bloomsday." Talk on WYPR Public Radio, June, 2008.
"The Currency of Economic Criticism." Lecture given at the Georg Brandes School, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. September, 2004.
"The Currency of Economic Criticism." Keynote Address. Critical Exchanges: Economy and Culture in the Literature of Russia. Northwestern University, May 8, 2004.
"Accepting the Gift: The Life of the Mind or Minding the Life?" Nachbahr Award Lecture. Loyola College in Maryland, October, 2000.
"Four Types of Economic Criticism." Plenary Address. Conference on Culture and Economics, Exeter, England, July, 1998.
"The Political and the Anti-Political in Twentieth-Century Irish Literature." Public Lecture, Baltimore Irish Festival, September, 1997.
LECTURE/PERFORMANCES
"Jazzin' the Blues." Germano's Piattini, Feb., 2020.
"Shades of Jazz in Film Noir." Germano's Piattini, Feb., 2017, May, 2018, Feb., 2019.
"A Jaunt through Jazz History: Playing the Changes from Swing to Funk." Germano's Piattini, Sept., 2018.
"Passions of a Man: The Music of Charles Mingus." Germano's Piattini, October, 2015.
"Blowin' the Blues Away: The Music of Horace Silver." Germano's Piattini, April, 2015.
"Monk's Moods: A Tribute to Thelonious Monk." Germano's Trattoria, Baltimore, March, 2013; Sept., 2017.
"Night Songs: The Music of Film Noir." Germano's Piattini, Baltimore, January, 2014; An die Musik Live, Oct., 2014.
"So What is Modern Jazz? A History of Segments and Fusions." Jammin' at the Mansion concert series, Baltimore, May, 2005, and at Germano's Trattoria, July, 2011.
NONFICTION READINGS
Loyola University Maryland Writers at Work Series, March, 2017
Evansville, IN, Oct. 2016
Haverford College, Nov. 2012
Howard County Library, June 2011
UCLA, June 2011
Autism Awareness Day, Loyola U, April 2011
Enoch Pratt Library, Baltimore, April 2011
Kentucky Autism Training Center, Louisville, Feb. 2011
Baltimore Ethical Society, Feb. 2011
Ivy Bookshop, Baltimore, Feb. 2011
SAMLA Convention, Atlanta, November, 2007.
Autism and Advocacy Conference, Fordham University, October, 2006.
Representing Autism: Writing, Cognition, Disability Conference, Case Western Reserve U, Cleveland, OH, October, 2005.
RECENT CONFERENCE PAPERS AND PANELS (of 70)
"'I'll Never Make It Alone': 'Oh! Darling' in Context." Come Together: Fifty Years of Abbey Road. Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Sept., 2019.
"Looking through 'A Doll's House': The White Album's Hidden Cohesion." Paper for The White Album: An International Symposium. Monmouth U, New Jersey, Nov., 2018.
"Versions of Vertigo: They Wake up Screaming." Vertigo 60th Anniversary Conference, Dublin, Ireland, Sept., 2018.
The Living and the Undead in DeLillo's Late Works." American Literature Association Convention, San Francisco, May, 2018.
"Turning Us On: Artifice as Authenticity in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Summit of Creativity: A Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, June, 2017.
"'Hurt my hand somewhere': Trauma and Manual Conduct in Ulysses." Anniversary Joyce: International James Joyce Conference, London, June, 2016.
"The Living and the Undead: Don DeLillo's Late Style." Don DeLillo: Fiction Rescues History Conference, Paris, Feb., 2016.
"Persistent Vegetative States: Undeath in DeLillo's Love-Lies-Bleeding." Comparative Drama Conference, Baltimore, April, 2014.
Organized two panels: Literature and Cognitive Difference (also respondent); The Later DeLillo (chair). SAMLA Convention, Atlanta, Nov., 2013.
"Dubliners' Caitiff Hands" (paper); organizer and panel chair, "Joycean Bodies." North American James Joyce Conference, Charleston, SC, June, 2013.
Panel co-organizer: Gender and Genre in 1950s Film Noir; and paper: "A Little Larceny: Labor, Leisure and Loyalty in the 1950s Heist Film." Society for Cinema & Media Studies Conference, Chicago, March, 2013.
"Currency and Cosmopolis." Paper for "Riddled with Epiphanies": Don DeLillo Conference, April, 2012.
Panel organizer and chair, "Hitchcock and the Complexities of Adaptation." Also gave paper, "Extraordinary Renditions: Psycho and Point Omega." Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Boston, March, 2012.
Panel Organizer and chair: "The Literary Hitchcock." SAMLA Convention, Atlanta, Nov., 2011.
"The Handiwork of Joyce's Portrait." North American James Joyce Conference, Los Angeles, June, 2011.
"Rendering Point Omega Rendering Psycho." Modern Literature Conference, Louisville, Feb., 2011.
RECENT BOOK REVIEWS (of 35)
Ralph James Savarese, See It Feelingly: Classic Novels, Autistic Readers, and the Schooling of a No-Good English Professor (Durham: Duke UP, 2018). American Literary History Online. Fall, 2019.
Alice Wexler, Autism in a Decentered World. Disability Studies Quarterly 36.4 (Fall 2016): http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/5395/4479.
"After the End": Essay-review of Arthur Bradley & Andrew Tate, The New Atheist Novel: Fiction, Philosophy and Polemic after 9/11; Alice Bennett, Afterlife and Narrative in Contemporary Fiction; Daniel Grausam, On Endings: American Postmodern Fiction and the Cold War. Studies in the Novel 46.1 (Spring 2014): 117-24.
Dorothy Churchill Cappon Prize in Nonfiction from New Letters, for "A Man Down There," 2016.
SAR Essay Prize for "Alfred in Wonderland: Hitchcock through the Looking-Glass," 2016.
O. Marvin Lewis Award for Best Essay in Weber: The Contemporary West, for "The Play of Shadows," 2009.
Donald Murphy Prize for Best First Book in Irish Studies (awarded by American Conference for Irish Studies), 1995.
Dean's Symposium Award for Outstanding Research, Service and Teaching, Loyola University Maryland, 2014.
Nachbahr Award for Outstanding Research in the Humanities, Loyola College in Maryland, 2000.
William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund Grant (Baltimore Community Foundation); Baltimore Jazz Composers' Showcase; fall, 2013.
Loyola Center for the Humanities Grant: Baltimore Jazz Composers' Showcase; fall, 2013.
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grant, Baltimore Jazz History, 2009.
Loyola Center for the Humanities Grant, Aperio Baltimore Jazz History, 2009.
Loyola University Senior Sabbaticals: Spring 1996; Spring 2004; Spring 2011; Spring 2018.
Loyola University Summer Research Grants: 2020, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2013, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1993, 1992, 1990, 1989.
Loyola College Junior Faculty Sabbatical, Fall, 1991.
Emory Doctoral Fellowship, 1986-7.
George W. Woodruff Graduate Fellowship, Emory University, 1982-4, 1985-6.
President, Don DeLillo Society, 2001-2011.
Board of Directors, Society for Critical Exchange, 1999-2005.
Memberships: MLA, SAMLA, Disability Studies Listserv.
Advisor for Bluebirds Fly: Love and Hope on the Autism Spectrum, directed by Cherry Arnold, 2015-16.
Organizer and/Program Director: "Autism and Representation: Cognition, Disability, Textuality." Society for Critical Exchange conference held at Case Western Reserve U, Cleveland, October, 2005.
Book Review Editor, Studies in Short Fiction, 1992-2002.
Co-Organizer, International Conference on Culture and Economics, Exeter, England, July, 1998.
Co-organizer, Conference on New Economic Criticism, sponsored by the Society for Critical Exchange, Case Western Reserve University, October, 1994.
Program Committee, "Don DeLillo 'At The Edges of Perception,'" International Conference, March, 1998.
Manuscript reader: Presses: Oxford UP, HarperCollins, U of Illinois P, Palgrave Macmillan, Bloomsbury, Routledge, U of Missouri P, Cornell UP, Stanford UP, U of Georgia P, Fordham UP, U of Delaware P, U of Nevada P, Liverpool UP, Edinburgh UP, Rowman & Littlefield. Journals: American Periodicals, Clues: A Journal of Detection, Contemporary Literature, Criticism, Cultural Critique, Disability Studies Quarterly, Genre, Geoforum, James Joyce Quarterly, Journal of Ecocriticism, Journal of Medical Humanities, Journal of Narrative Theory, Journal of the Society for American Music, LIT, Modern Fiction Studies, Modern Intellectual History, Modernism/Modernity, Mosaic, Orbis Litterarum, PMLA, PLL: Papers on Language and Literature, Postmodern Culture, Religion and Literature, Rethinking Marxism, Studies in American Fiction, Studies in the Novel.
Program Committee, Joyce Conference, Philadelphia, 1989.
Loyola University Maryland (Undergraduate):
HN 210: Eloquentia Perfecta: Children's Acts
HN 280: Honors: The Modern World
EN 101: Understanding Literature
EN 180: Introduction to Film and Literature: Reel Life Cycles: Identity and the Family in Film and Literature
EN 201: Major Writers: English Literature
EN 370: Modern British and American Fiction
EN 371: Postmodern Fiction
EN 372: Modern British and American Poetry
EN 375: Twentieth-Century Irish Literature
EN 377: Topics in Twentieth-Century Literature: Modern Classic Revisions (for syllabus, see EN 409, below)
EN 382/386: Adaptations: Fiction, Film and Authorship.
EN 382: Shades of Black: Film Noir and Post-war America (also taught as a seminar)
EN 382: Seminar: England Swings: the Literature, Film and Culture of England in the 1960s
EN 382: Neurodiversity: Mental Disability in Literature and Film
EN 386: Seminar: The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Windows and Wrong Men
EN 386: Seminar: From Berlin to Hollywood: German Directors and Classic American Cinema
EN 387: Seminar: Fictions of Money: Unsettling Accounts
EN 387: Seminar: Imagining Apocalypse in Contemporary Literature
EN 399: Seminar: James Joyce's Ulysses
EN 399: Seminar: Blue Notes: The Literatures of Jazz
EN 400: Aperio Seminar: Baltimore Jazz History
EN 409: Senior Honors Seminar: Modern Classic Revisions: Twentieth-Century Rewritings of Classic Texts
EN 410: Honors Thesis
ID 111: The Films of Ingmar Bergman
Loyola University Maryland (Graduate):
MM 680: Shades of Black: Film Noir and Post-war America
MM 721: Fiction and Film
Emory University:
Freshman and Advanced Composition; Introduction to Literature; Twentieth-Century British Novel; Perspectives on Nuclear War.
University of Montana: Freshman composition.
English Department:
Department Chair, 2012-15.
Chair, Hiring Committee, Modern poetry, 2011; co-chair, Latinx American literature, 2014-15.
English Dept. Hiring Committees, 1989, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2007.
Co-ordinator, Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture by Marc Shell, 1997.
Chair, Teaching Evaluation Committee, 1999-2000.
Directed completed Honors Theses for Sophia Bell, 2016; Chris Taylor, 2012; Dana Schwartz, 2009; Emily Oswald, 2006; Michael Winder, 2003; Timothy Jecmen, 2001; Amanda Ross, 1999; Heather McCarron, Laurie Robertson, 1997; Patrick Kennedy, 1994.
Chair, Assessment Committee, 2011-15.
Enrollments Committee, 2014-present.
Cura Personalis Committee, 2010-15.
Director, English Dept. Honors, 1991-present.
Co-Sponsor, Sigma Tau Delta (English Honors Society), 1991-5.
Majors Adviser, 1992-present.
Director, Center for the Humanities, 2015-21.
Director of Film Studies, 1998-2011.
Faculty Life Work Group, Strategic Plan Committee, 2015-16.
Strategic Plan Steering Committee, 2016.
Building a Better World through Business Committee, 2016-17.
Loyola Conference (Humanities Representative), 2003-12.
Budget Committee, 2003-12.
Common Text Committee, 2012.
Chair: Curriculum Committee, 1997-98; Vice-Chair, 1995-96.
Chair: Film Studies Committee, 1998-2011.
Editor, Middle States Self-Study Report, 2010.
Writing and Media Self-Study Task Force, 2000.
Nachbahr Award Committee, 2000-03.
Faculty Compensation Committee, 2000-03.
Subcommittee on Assessment, Middle States Accreditation Task Force, 1998.
Participant in Multiculturalism Curriculum Infusion Institute, May-June, 1999.
Chair: Curriculum Subcommittee, Multicultural Affairs Committee, 1993-95. Coordinated and planned two curriculum infusion workshops, Spring, 1995.
Honors Council, 1992-4, 1998-2001.
Faculty Seminar on Multicultural Literature and Theory, 1993.
Multicultural Affairs Committee, 1991-98.
Core Adviser, 1989-97, 2001-2013.
Member, arranger, composer, Loyola College Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo, 1991-present.
Member: Autism Society of America
Board of Directors and Vice President: Baltimore Chamber Jazz Society
President: Baltimore Jazz Alliance (see links to view the BJA website), 2004-2015
Married to Leslie Gilden; one son.
Professional saxophonist and vocalist with Cold Spring Jazz Quartet and other groups (see musical resume for full list of recordings and performances).http://www.coldspringjazz.com.


Today saw the annual dads n lads game for the mischiefs, arrows and mohawks and their parents. There was a great deal of participation from both sides recording high numbers of players, including the odd mam. We recorded the game for prosperity just in case we need to blackmail anyone at a later date haha.
The game at times was a little one sided with one or two of the adult side having played ice hockey on more than a few occasions, mind you they also knew how to commit penalties, again on more than the odd occasion. Now could be a good time to add that during the season we might need a new score clock as, for some reason goals kept adding themselves on without the puck even being in the net!
Overall a great day was had by all and may this tradition continue, it would also be a great idea to have a dad v lads game for the older age groups, although I think our NHS is busy enough without us lot adding to there woes!!!
Keep an eye open on the facebook page and website for the video being released of Sundays game and also some photos in the gallery page. Thanks to all involved in organising the event, it certainly made me smile.


An increasing ability to enjoy each moment.
Frequent, overwhelming periods of gratitude.
A tendency to react spontaneously rather than in reaction to fears based on previous experience.
A decreasing interest in judging others.
A decreasing interest in judging oneself.
An increasing inclination to go with the flow and let things happen rather than make things happen.
A lessening inclination to interpret the actions of others.
A decreasing involvement in conflict.
Feeling of contentment and oneness with humans and nature.
An increase in the ability to receive love from others as well as the ability to give it.
A lessening of the motivation to worry.


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GIRLS BASKETBALL NJSIAA SCOREBOARD, MARCH 5
Gregg Lerner
Lucy Thomas of St. Rose dribbles against Sarah Furch of St. John Vianney (Photo by Gregg Lerner)
NJSIAA TOURNAMENT
Sectional semifinals
Non-Public A
5-St. Rose 47, 1-St. John Vianney 43
Senior forward Lucy Thomas erupted for 10 of team-high 17 points in the third quarter and senior point guard Mikayla Markham finished with 13 points as fifth-seeded St. Rose (26-3) exacted a measure of revenge to advance to the South Jersey, Non-Public A final, where it will face third-seeded and defending champion Red Bank Catholic on Wednesday at 5 p.m. at Jackson Liberty.
The win avenged a 39-37 set to St. John Vianney on Feb. 20 in the semifinal round of the Shore Conference Tournament.
The Purple Roses trailed by as much as 16-9 in the first quarter but methodically erased the deficit to assume the lead by halftime. A layup by Markham off a feed from Ari Dalia gave St. Rose its first lead, 22-20, with 2:18 to play in the second quarter and was part of an 8-2 surge that closed the half and staked it to a 26-22 advantage that it never relinquished.
Thomas completed a conventional three-point play with 2:40 showing in the third to give St. Rose its largest advantage, 38-26. However, top-seeded St. John Vianney (25-3) closed the gap to 42-40 on a 3-pointer from senior guard Madison Doring, who pumped in 17 points, with 2:27 left in the contest. St. Rose countered with a free throw from Sam Mikos and two more by Dalia to widened the gap to 45-40 with just over a minute to play.
A drive by junior guard Rahmena Henderson (10 points) got the Lady Lancers to within 45-43 in the final seconds before junior guard Lauren Lithgow sealed the victory by finishing a Dalia assist.
3-Red Bank Catholic 56, 2-Gloucester Catholic 39
Seniors Amanda Hart, Hayley Moore and Katie Rice each deposited 11 points as the defending Non-Public A state champion Caseys (23-5) balanced the offensive load to complement their staunch defense.
Red Bank Catholic advanced to the South Jersey, Non-Public A final on Wednesday at 5 p.m at Jackson Liberty where it will play fifth-seeded St. Rose.
RBC powered its way to a 29-11 cushion by intermisson and increased the gap to 41-19 through three quarters. Hart hit three triples while Moore and Julia Setaro (nine points) each sank a pair as the Caseys sank nine jumpers from beyond the arc. Senior point guard Rose Caverly collected seven points and a team-high six rebounds in the win.
Filed Under: Ari Dalia, Lucy Thomas, Mikayla Markham, NJSIAA state tournament, Red Bank Catholic, St. John Vianney, St. Rose
Categories: Basketball


At the United Nations' New York City headquarters, Mashable spoke to Noura Berrouba and Alexandria Villaseñor, two young activists who are working to make the world a better, greener place. Berrouba, 25, serves on the governing body of the European Youth Parliament, a program that helps young people engage with crucial political and cultural issues in their region. Villaseñor, 13, skipped school multiple Fridays in a row to strike outside the United Nations headquarters in New York, inspired by Greta Thunberg's #FridaysForFuture movement.
If you, like them, feel the weight of a warming world on your shoulders, here are three steps you can take to achieve a greener future.
Like many of us, Villaseñor has experienced the dangers of climate change firsthand. While visiting family in California, the 2018 Camp Fire (the deadliest in California's history) began. Villaseñor was staying about an hour away and says she breathed in the poor-quality air, which caused her nose and eyes to burn. On top of that, she has asthma. Because of this, she flew back home to New York City earlier than expected.
"Once I got back to New York City, I kind of linked the California wildfires to climate change because climate change is fueling those fires," says Villaseñor.
It was then that Villaseñor started researching the causes and effects of climate change — and ways she could help. For young people who are also looking for reliable resources, Villaseñor recommends following the work of climate scientists like Michael E. Mann, Katharine Hayhoe, Kate Marvel, and Peter Kalmus.
Berrouaba similarly emphasizes the role of education, noting the importance of passing on knowledge.
"I think young people also have a role in educating each other, and in mobilizing and engaging each other," says Berrouba.
For Berrouba, climate change action requires the government.
"We're not going to solve climate change with small solutions everywhere. That's one part of it, but the biggest part of it is changing how our system functions — rebuilding our governance, rebuilding our economy — and that happens in governance," says Berrouba. It's for this reason Berrouba encourages other young people to get involved in governance.
Villaseñor says that small, personal actions like recycling and eating less meat can make a difference, but ultimately agrees there needs to be a systemic change.
"That's what I've been trying to do myself, but it does come to the point where I do realize that 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from 100 companies all around the world, and so that's why you need more governmental action to combat climate change," says Villaseñor.
Berrouba additionally stresses the importance of citizenship education in schools, which she says often doesn't exist at all or is flawed. Because some schools fail in this area, she encourages individuals to take on the responsibility of learning about governance for themselves.
For her, without this knowledge, it becomes very easy for the government to become an exclusive place that no one understands, knows how to hold accountable, how to join, or how to influence.
"It should not be the exception that citizens have access to their governance and joining their governance and voting. It should be the rule," says Berrouba.
Berrouba says that although voting is a seemingly basic action, it's important. That's why voter turnout needs to increase among young people. She wants young people to encourage their peers to vote, attend town halls, and call their politicians — whatever it takes to make their voices heard.
And for those who are too young to vote, Villaseñor says there's still hope. She recommends reaching out to local organizations, using social media, and taking to the streets.


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Life In The Area January 12, 2020 | 4:12 pm
Smithey Law Group names two new partners
Mike Berman (L) and Reuben Wolfson (R)
Smithey Law Group LLC, a law practice focusing exclusively on employment law, has appointed Reuben Wolfson and Mike Berman as partners effective January 1, 2020 and December 12, 2019, respectively.
Wolfson has been appointed partner from his previous role as Senior Associate and Director of Administration in the firm. He is a member of the Maryland State and District of Columbia Bar Associations and is a published authority on incorporating personality and integrity tests into talent acquisition practices. A graduate of the University of Miami School of Law, Wolfson counsels employees and employers on matters related to discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge, disability accommodations and more. "As I continue to devote myself to my own practice and managing our firm, it is wonderful to know that my long-time colleague, Reuben Wolfson, will be stepping up as partner and a leader within the firm as we continue to grow," said firm owner and founder Joyce Smithey.
Smithey welcomes Berman to the group after his tenure as a member at Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC. An adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law, Berman focuses on commercial litigation, electronically stored information (ESI), and mediation. A published author and speaker on ESI, Berman's past experience also includes appellate arguments and chair positions on the Federal District Court Committee, Maryland State Bar Association Litigation Section Council, and the American Bar Association Litigation Section Book Publishing Board. He is an Army veteran and received his JD from the University of Maryland School of Law.
"I feel very fortunate to welcome Mike to the firm. He is a top trial lawyer with a sharp analytical mind, and his vast legal experience as a member of the Maryland bar will ensure that our firm has the necessary skill set to continue its success," Smithey said.
Smithey Law Group LLC, which focuses in issues related to wages, discrimination, sexual harassment and abuse, contract and severance negotiations, equal pay, medical leave and more, is located at 706 Giddings Ave, Suite 200, Annapolis, MD 21401. Learn more by calling (410) 919-2990 or visiting https://smitheylaw.com/
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WVU seeking world record when it comes to this tasty West Virginia delicacy
What could be better than a pepperoni roll?
Maybe getting to sample the world's largest one.
And that is entirely possible if a special West Virginia University baking project goes according to plan.
Bakers will begin tomorrow crafting 2-foot sections for a giant pepperoni roll that will be 70 feet long when it's finished and pieced together.
So how long is that?
Long enough to stretch end to end through the student union building in downtown Morgantown.
"We chose that length to help celebrate the fact that this is the 70th anniversary of Mountaineer Week," said coordinator Sonja Wilson.
Plans call for transporting it from Evansdale to the Mountainlair on Oct. 22, then it will be sliced up for the public the following day.
It's all part of this year's Mountaineer Week (Oct. 20-29) that will once again help folks (students as well as the public) better appreciate state culture and history.
There's no doubt pepperoni rolls are important on both counts.
The Convention & Visitors Bureau of Marion County Inc.
Miners first carried them into dangerous, dirty underground coal mines to eat.
A long time later, this baked good's fame has spread and folks other places most often associate them with the Mountain State.
Local bakeries, especially in Fairmont and Clarksburg, still churn them out to hungry, adoring customers.
It's the same thing on campus, said pastry chef and bakery manager Vickie Van Pelt of Cafe Evansdale.
Some are baked to be served in dining halls, others are sold in the school's cash operations.
Say, 300-350 per batch.
"We make'em five days a week. They are that popular. In fact right now we are having a hard time keeping up with the demand."
Of course pepperoni rolls originated in Fairmont, and they are still a big deal around here, she said."
But this project is a different story.
Bigger is definitely better.
University officials are hoping it will be big enough to be included in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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They are awaiting confirmation that a representative from that organization will be present to confirm the new record.
In the meantime, Van Pelt and four other co workers are busy getting started on the super-sized baking project.
And that includes having enough of the necessary ingredients.
Even commercial ovens can only handle so much, and that's why this baking is being broken up into approximately 2-foot-long sections.
Each of those sections will require three pounds of dough.
"So you are looking a 105 pounds of dough, and lots of pepperoni. I'm not even sure how much it will take to fill it up, but probably at least couple of pounds in each section too," she said.
Possibly setting a world record makes this much work especially meaningful.
"We're real excited about it. This is fun for us to do."
Since the annual event is free and open to the public, pepperoni roll lovers have lots to be excited about and might want to spend Sunday there.
Author Candace Nelson will be selling and autographing her book "The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll" at the Mountainlair, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A pepperoni roll contest will be held the same day, noon to 3 p.m.
At that time, local restaurants will compete for the honor of best pepperoni roll.
Beginning at noon Monday, Oct. 23, anyone who's hungry can stop by to "grab a piece of our favorite unofficial state food," according to the event schedule.
We Tried Papa John's New Pepperoni Rolls. Not What We Expected.
This Is How Much It Cost to Attend West Virginia University in 1911
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My Klout score is 58. This morning, I weighed 126 pounds. The advance for my first book was $0. The advance for my last book was $5,000.
About a week ago, I read a story in The New York Times about Klout.com, which claims to track and score your social influence. I had no idea what it was, so of course I checked it out. And now I know my Klout score. What I learned in the process is that, although everyone I asked about it told me how silly it was, how it made the internet seem like high school, many of the people I know and follow were on Klout. They were presumably checking their Klout scores as well. (I won't name names. You know who you are.) The higher their score, the more likely they were to be registered on the site.
And this got me thinking about all the things we don't talk about.
I think it's because we don't want to seem shallow, vain, narcissistic. We don't want to seem overly concerned with money. (When you're in a group of writers who are just starting out, they talk about craft. When you're in a group of professional writers, and all of you in that group are professional writers, you know what they talk about? Money. And sales. That's where you get the real information.) We know that we're supposed to focus not on our weight, but on our health. We know we're not supposed to compare ourselves to others (although we don't, don't we?). We're supposed to be inclusive rather than competitive. But the truth is that many of us are competitive and ambitious. We just politely disguise the fact that we are. And of course there are the things we're ashamed to talk about, because they might expose that we've failed.
The problem with not telling the truth is that we end up not telling each other things – withholding information. I spent years reading ridiculous and potentially harmful diet books before I realized that the people who actually maintained the shape I wanted to be in all monitored their weight carefully. So now I count calories, and I weigh myself every morning. If I weigh more than I would like to, I cut back on my calories. When I say that I need to lose five pounds, I always get "Oh no, you look fine," as though my statement were some sort of code for self-doubt or criticism. But what I actually mean is that in the next month, I intend to lose five pounds. I take ballet classes. If I don't understand and have control over my body, I could injure myself.
Similarly, we are often given the impression that people with writing careers got them in some mysterious way – by luck, by good fortune. That may sometimes happen, but it's rare. The people I know who have writing careers built them – they are ambitious, they kept track of their progress. They publicized in specific and targeted ways.
I'm always fascinated by stories of how people got where they are, like this article on how Imogen Heap makes and markets her music. How she has found her own way in the music industry, which is even harder to navigate than the publishing industry. And when I read stories like that, I think, is there a lesson in it for me? For what I do? Because I am ambitious, and silly as a Klout score genuinely is (what does it mean, anyway?), I'm going to keep track of it. And if it falls, I'm going to wonder why.
I'm always grateful to people who tell the truth, rather than practicing polite reticence or obfuscation. People like Catherynne Valente or Tobias Buckell (who once gathered and posted information on book advances – the first information some people had ever seen on what is standard in the industry). And I think that if you're a writer, telling the truth is important. That's the business we're in, after all: truth-telling, even if we tell it with elves or dragons. If you're a writer, you have no business maintaining polite fictions.
I think society expects us to make it look easy. Like ballet: a good ballerina will make it look as though anyone can jump that high. But it takes a lot of work. If I didn't watch calories, I would gain weight fairly quickly, because I like food. A lot. I want my next advance to be higher (if any publishers are listening). And I'm going to keep working on this writing career of mine, because it really, really matters to me.
Also, and this is the final thing I'll say, in our society there's a tremendous sense of shame associated with failure. I'm always so grateful when people talk about their failures (Imogen Heap was dropped from record labels twice), because it makes me feel as though my failures are not so bad, nothing to be ashamed of. Simply bumps on the road. So in the interest of truth-telling, I did not get into graduate school the first time I applied (my essay was not particularly good, and I wasn't mentally ready – it was a failure, but turned out to be good for me because I ended up in the program where I belonged). My hair color is Naturtint 7G Golden Blonde, and yes it's close to my natural hair color, but redder, brighter, because I like it that way. And I deal, on and off, with depression, which is not a mood but a recurring illness. I've been dealing with it a lot this year.
If I can think of anything else to tell the truth about, I'll let you know.
Really enjoyed this, Theodora. Thank you.
It's funny how when my mind starts down a certain track, I start to see other people following that same track over and over again around me. The idea of truth-telling has been on my mind a lot recently. The thing that's been gnawing at me revolves around the shame we attach to things we don't talk about. It isolates us and everybody around us. Depression is one of those things that many people don't often speak about publicly, I admire you for being open about it. I admire two authors who used to blog publicly about living with bipolar disorder. There is a lot of shame attached to "mental illness" still. I don't even like the term "mental illness." We don't talk about it because we're ashamed of it, but by not talking about it, we ourselves feed into that shame.
Chinese culture. Everything's relative perhaps.
A brave and thoughtful post. No one ever really wants to hear that things take diligence and work, whether that's in maintaining health, maintaining a creative career, or what — they want to hear that the Talent Fairy waved a magic wand and made you a "winner." As if life were a game where once you won a round, you never had to get back in the ring?
I've noticed this a lot in ebook sales. People are VERY reticent to talk about their actual sales numbers because they're afraid they're going to look bad. But without knowing what kind of numbers are out there, there's no way to know if they *are* good or bad numbers. People do have a tendency to compare themselves to others, but in this I think a lot are trying to find out where they are on the mountain. How much higher could they climb if they knew the way? Or should they be happy with the plateau they've reached? For some, they're content with whatever they get in sales because either they're a hobby writer just gratified to be read by people not close friends and family or because they're still doing most of their sales in print and so the digital stuff is just gravy. For others, they're content because their artistic goals were reached. But for many they're still mapping out this odd new digital landscape that seems to be changing all the time. The only way to explore it together is for people to share their yardsticks and measurements and too try not to be judgmental about it, but open-minded instead.
While some with high Klout scores have quit or had issues with the scoring, the overwhelming majority are people that are not satisfied with their scores. Them the facts.
When I was still hoping to go for a PhD, I applied to seven or eight programs, and didn't get in to a single one. I was depressed for quite a long time over that. I'm debating now whether to get a low-residency MFA or not; the City University of Hong Kong offers one, but I don't know if I could even attempt it until Anya's older.
It is so important to be honest about and accepting of our own "failures". Keeping in mind that "failure" is an experience we have, not an identity we own.
Kristen Neff, in her book Self-Compassion, has good things to say about letting our failures unite us with other human beings, instead of isolating ourselves with shame.
Like kimberlycreates, I've been thinking a lot about telling the truth lately, especially as it applies to my struggles with depression. (The only way I've written about my depression online is on LiveJournal, under heavy friends-lock.) On the one hand, several people I admire — you, JT Eberhard, Cleolinda — are open and honest about your experiences with mood disorders, and that makes me think that I should be, too.
On the other hand, one point of being open about such things is to reduce the stigma. If I admit to dealing with depression and then proceed to publicly fail in some way, not only will I be embarrassed by the failure, I'll have to worry that my actions reflect on others with depression. (I know because this has happened before, on a smaller scale.) And even apart from that… the people I admire who talk about this, I admire because they're awesome. I'm nobody in particular. If I wanted to be more open about what I've been through in the past few years, I'm not sure what good it would do.
Ooh Jeff I'm going to quote you on this next time an author emails me wanting to know her ebook sales numbers.
Not just talking about failures, but also the fears that even the successful have. This past weekend I watched an interview with Herman Wouk where he was talking about writing The Winds of War. He spent eleven years researching it and writing it, and even though he was already a well-established bestselling author by that point, and had committed so much time to the novel, he still often thought during the process, "Who will care about this book? Who will read this book?" This was refreshing to me, because I also think that admitting fear is considered by many to be nearly as shameful as failure.
Anonymous, you sound pretty awesome yourself, and very thoughtful about all this. Whether you want to talk about anything is always up to you, and based on what's best for you. The thing I've learned about depression is that it's a time to be kind to myself, to go into myself. (Took me a long time to learn that, thought.) And a time to cut myself a lot of slack. So I hope you do that . . . And I also hope you have someone to talk to. I make sure I stay in touch with friends, and I also have an excellent therapist. And while I haven't gone on antidepressants myself, I have friends who have been helped significantly by them.
Ouch. I'm one of those "just starting out," struggling with how to make it good and how to establish a pattern of writing daily (not just when the inspiration hits!). Only five or so weeks ago did anyone explain to me how important social networking is (and networking in general– you're supposed to _introduce_ yourself to editors, even before your book is done!?), and it's a struggle to learn how these sites work when I've never used any of them. Oddly enough, it was a massage therapist who taught me the importance of networking, and was open about how much more money she made that way than though traditional routes (without networking, clients come to the spa and don't know you; networking, they show up and ask for you by name), which may say a lot about truth in the different industries.
In the past month of searching for authors' blogs and twitters, I've only twice seen anyone talk about book advances– your opening lines here, and two week ago when someone said her average was $10,000. So until tonight, I thought that $10,000 was "normal" for anyone who managed to get their book picked up by a publisher (obviously, ebooks don't come with advances, though that would be nice!). The lack of public information is frustrating… with most industries, and all the other career fields I've been a part of or considered (from massage therapy to Dreaded Government Work to some of the more obscure scientific fields where your day job is actually teaching college classes), money, how to break into the field, how to pitch yourself to an employer, what they're /really/ looking for, even what kind of office politics to expect– these things are openly discussed in person and online. In some cases, you don't even have to ask, because people will /volunteer/ information they think you ought to know, even if you don't seem very interested. But in the past month, I've seen a lot of posts saying "Why didn't anyone warn me!?" and "No one talks about this!" with very little information. That's what gets to me– if someone is complaining about the lack of information, ought they not to give all the information /they/ have, so fewer people get screwed (or just plain confused)? It's perpetuation of a cycle.
I know why this happens; they're upset that they weren't warned, but they also don't know if they'll hurt themselves if they speak out. Every time I see advice on how hirablity relates to the internet, the advice is the same: Google yourself. If there are any search results, scan through every link. Your facebook might be professional– but what about your /friends/ there? Your website and blog might be professional– but what about the comments? Do any results lead to a LiveJournal rant about someone's girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, who unfortunately shares your name? Did you once at the age of 12 get on a website that was PG-13 and boast about how you were "too smart for all those losers who make rules"? Even if all search results lead only to your own comment-less pages, you aren't supposed to post anything personal… which on the one hand makes sense, if as a fan I am searching your website for your next book release and latest short story anthology appearance, and you have a website that's already difficult to navigate. On the other hand, sometimes fans look around and wonder if it's possible to be famous for scifi and still be lesbian… almost the only authors /period/ who talk about their orientation are the ones who /writing/ about it, which discourages new authors from ever mentioning their own ("What if only straight authors get published? Is this an industry where I can still be blacklisted for being gay?"). The same is true for mental illnesses, learning disorders, and any political view whatsoever, which is particularly amusing when you consider that Picasso suffered from depression, Da Vinci was dyslexic, and some of the most well-known novels ever written continue to stir up controversy today. How much information constitutes TMI? Is one allowed to talk about these issues after publication, or do you have to be famous to keep getting published (and would even a famous author be dropped by their publisher)? How can you be honest, open, friendly, and forge social connections if you barely feel comfortable saying you real name (because what if a relative has some picture of naked baby you out there, ready to embarrass you with, not understanding–or maybe not caring– that they're destroying your career)?
That's all the internet in general, but… I think it's part of it. What you're really doing is tailoring yourself to look like a certain kind of person, a professional, acceptable in all social circles and to anyone who is looking for a fellow professional to work with. What you're /also/ doing is tailoring yourself to what fans want, which is a good writer who loves their work and does think about the money. The first is lie when you're alone, and the second is a lie if you care about getting published… if you truly only care about the work and not the money, you self-publish on Lulu or for free on a website, because going through a publishing house is a pain in the neck. And yet, that's not what many fans want to hear… so people stay silent about the money (because of the fans) and silent about themselves (because of the publishing industry), and in the end, there is no information about anything from anyone.
With exceptions. But still. It isn't enough, there's just not enough information.
Book advances depend on the book and the publisher. They can go from nothing to six figures.
Part of the reason writers don't talk about these things is that they don't want to be compared to other writers, but another part is that there is no path, no one way to do anything. Every writing career is different. It's as though at the beginning you get handed a machete. And you hack your way through the forest. You create your own path. Information helps, but you still have to figure out how to use it for who you are, what your career is going to be.
There is only one way to destroy a writing career: stop writing. Nothing else matters, everything can be overcome but the writer's own lack of productivity. Trying not to offend people, look respectable, hide parts of yourself — those are ways to be a lawyer or business person. Not an artist.
Tailoring yourself to anyone else's desires or expectations never works. There is no way to do this except to be yourself. And most people have to find themselves before they can be themselves. But you can't be an artist and be inauthentic. It doesn't work. This isn't something you can fake.
I don't know if this helps at all, but the things to do if you want to be a writer are to write, get as much information as possible from people in the industry (and it is out there, you just need to talk to people and piece it together), work at your career in whatever way you can, and find and be yourself, true to yourself — including on social networks. It's a process. But if you're overly worried about how you will look and what other people will think — well, you just can't worry about that. Art isn't about being respectable or making friends. It's about putting out into the world a vision that is in you.
And you shouldn't ask for forgiveness. This is a conversation, and you're being part of it. 🙂 But you should write about this on your own blog, because it's obviously important to you. And the very, very best of luck with the writing!


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In light of tomorrow's Homecoming 2017 Pop-Up Exhibition, today's post is a #Throwback Thursday to last year's pop-up exhibition. Below are pictures from October 28, 2016.
Last year I wrote a blog post about the preparations for Homecoming 2016 to show everyone how much work went into an exhibition, even a temporary one. This year we worked just as hard to put together an exhibit that we hope will evoke nostalgia for visiting alumni and pique the interest of current students, faculty, & staff at Iowa State University.
Please drop by tomorrow to check out what we've selected for display. We look forward to seeing you there!
In honor of Homecoming, today's image features the ISU Alumni Band, performing during the 1985 homecoming half-time show.
Alumni Band performing during the 1985 Homecoming football game half-time show. RS 21/2/G Box 1501.
The ISU Alumni Band Association was formed in 1981 by Kirk Hartung, a 1979 ISU alum. In collaboration with the marching band directors, he brought together 165 former marching band members from the graduating classes of 1927 to 1981. The band first performed together at the 1981 Homecoming football game, and has performed there every year since. Watch for them during this year's game against Toledo on October 11!
More information on the ISU Alumni Band Association can be found in the organization's Records (RS 21/2/4). Be sure to check out our Homecoming photo album on Flickr.
On November 15 and 16, 1912, Iowa State University held its first Homecoming weekend. The game, which was against arch-rival University of Iowa, was held on the football field known as "State Field," situated approximately where Parks Library sits today.
More information about the 1912 Homecoming is available online in the Special Collections exhibit about the history of Homecoming at Iowa State University. A number of photos are available on our Flickr site, too!


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July 14th, 2013 | The king is dead. Long live the king!
The king is dead. Long live the king!
I see the "posthumous letter good-bye" trope in so many films and tv shows, that I wanted to get back at it. To me, it highlights how the author is manipulating the reader/viewer while still expecting a powerful emotional reaction. They're giving their characters a super power, but one that serves to make a dramatic story, not one that helps the character. Sorry, Character X but you can predict your own death, write a message good-bye, record it/write in a perfect first take, time it perfectly so your loved one reads it as you are about to die and can't stop it, but you can't get out of the enemy base before the self-destruct goes off or whatever. Boo. Hiss. At best, it means the dying character is a fatalist who wanted to die, and not even try to escape. And that sort of suicidal character is not an archetype I want to celebrate either. Boo. Hiss.
Anyone seen this trope done in an interesting way?
Also, get ready, because next week is the final strip!
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Adventure Time has a neat episode called Dad's Dungeon that is all about playing with this trope.
Star Trek once acknowledged that people were writing those basically every time a mission was a tad risky. and then they just deleted em each time. kind of morbid.. you imagine after the 5th or 6th one it'd just be like going through the motions
Ribuprissin – I have been meaning to watch that show. I saw the first episode and it was alright. I will seek out that episode. I hear they're hit and miss.
ColdFusion – Yeah, that's weird to think you might make hundreds of those in a lifetime.
It isn't really that different than writing a will, is it? I think Futurama did something with a 'whacky video will', actually.
I think generally, the character in question just sets it up before so that when they die it will be viewable. It isn't necessarily that they expect to die any time soon.
The Stormlight Archive has a rather interesting take on it.
admin: Nice Coldplay reference in the title.
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