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Louie Season 3 recap: Straight men have issues.

Straight men have issues.

Louis C. K. in "Louie."

Louis C.K. has said he would have sex with Ewan McGregor

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You guys—and Willa Paskin over at Salon, too—have me almost convinced. Perhaps Louie was in some in-between place: He liked hanging out with Ramon, but at least part of that was because he found Ramon attractive. In the comments, Kumi points to another Louis C.K. bit that informs this episode: “I’m 41,” he said on stage a few years back, “maybe I’ll do the second half gay. I don’t know. It remains an option. There’s gotta be something to it. Those folks are having a good time.”

And, of course, C.K. has also said he would totally have sex with Ewan McGregor. McGregor is a very handsome man, but Miguel Gomez is right up there with him.

So … maybe. Though another commenter, Sigurdticaca, points to a different C.K. routine that feels equally applicable:

I have a new friend. Which is weird. I’m 43. I’m a father and I’m divorced, and I have a new friend. And it makes me a little sick to my stomach. Young people make new friends easy because you’re young, and everything’s fabulous. But I’m 43, and when I’m starting to make a friend, its creepy.

Louie might actually just get creeped out about making a new friend, even if he seems far too mature and enlightened to have such a reaction. It happens, at least to guys. I’m sure, Allison, that men have “man-crushes,” as women have “girl-crushes.” But many straight men—and I’m not entirely excluding myself here—have been made to feel so uncomfortable about physical intimacy with other men that it is nearly impossible to acknowledge, even to oneself, any sexual component to such a “crush.”

Either way, Jonah, I will totally accept your beach invitation. And I think we’re on the same page regarding the Daniel Tosh to-do. Since we’re discussing it in the context of Louie, I do want to bring up a scene from a Season 1 episode, one of my favorites, called “Heckler/Cop Movie.”

About three minutes in, the heckler in this scene says, “You’re making jokes about rape, and that’s offensive.” “You don’t like rape?” Louie asks. When she says no, Louie replies, “That’s really weird, because you know that you wouldn’t even exist if your mom hadn’t raped that homeless Chinese guy.”

Now, that’s not the same thing as saying that it would be funny if she were raped right then and there, as Tosh supposedly did. But both the episode and the incident bring up two indisputable facts: Many comics address ugly, difficult, horrible subjects, and, when heckled, they often get very mean. Just listen to George Carlin, one of C.K.’s heroes, go off on a heckler that he can’t even see out in the dark of a crowd. (The audio at that link is utterly and completely NSFW, in case you were wondering.) Over at Brow Beat, Jeremy Stahl considers the widely made comparison between Tosh and Michael Richards. That comparison, fair or not, reminded me of Dave Chappelle saying that the Richards thing taught him that he’s only 20 percent black, and 80 percent comedian.

Last week, Patton said that comedians often refer to non-comedians as “civilians.” Perhaps that will seem self-aggrandizing to some, but it’s one of the first things I thought of after C.K. tweeted his support to Tosh. Perhaps he was expressing not only his blanket support for the freedom of comics to say whatever they want to say, but also trying to buck up a comrade?

See you at the beach,


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Alyvia Alyn Lind was born on July 27, 2007 in North Carolina, but was raised in Los Angeles. Acting is a family affair in the Lind family.

Her father, John, is a director/producer, who met their mother, actress Barbara Alyn Woods, on the set of Honey I Shrunk the Kids. Naturally, Alyvia and her sisters gravitated towards acting.

Lind scored her first role, as Faith Newman, on The Young and the Restless at the age of 3. Two years later, she landed her first film role in the movie Dark Skies, opposite Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton at the age of 6. She has been working steady ever since.

Alyvia quickly added credits for film and television in such productions as Mockingbird, NCIS, See Dad Run, Revenge, A Deadly Adoption, Blended, Transparent, A Date to Die For, Masters of Sex and Shangri-La Suite.

However, it was her role as a young Dolly Parton in Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors that left a lasting impression. And she continued recurring on Y&R since 2011.

At 10, Lind already has multiple awards for her performances including a Young Artist Award, Young Entertainer Award, MovieGuide Award and a Best Supporting Actress Award at the 168 Film Festival.

She was nominated for an Emmy and a Critic’s Choice TV Award for Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors. Alyvia is young, talented and very grounded with a very bright future ahead of her.

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  • Is a self-proclaimed babyholic.
  • Learned a lot about life working with Dolly Parton.
  • Her first scene as Faith on Y&R was her sleeping on Sharon’s chest. Everyone thought how great she was doing, pretending to be asleep, but she was actually so relaxed she had fallen asleep!

  • John Lind – Father
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Alyvia Alyn Lind was born in North Carolina, but was raised in Los Angeles. She comes from an entertainment family and began acting at age 3.

Since her debut as Faith Newman on The Young and the Restless in 2011, Lind has been working steadily on such projects as Dark Skies, NCIS, Blended, Mockingbird, See Dad Run, Revenge, A Date to Die For, Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors, Transparent, and Masters of Sex.

Already an acting veteran at age 10, Alyvia is still going strong and adding to her resume with the upcoming remake of Goldie Hawn’s classic comedy, Overboard. She will be working alongside of Anna Faris, Eva Longoria and John Hannah.

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Intuition — 2012

Young Amanda 2012 - 2015

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Lou 2014

NCIS (TV Show)

Homesick — 2013

Emma Daly 2013

Dark Skies (Movie)

Young Daughter 2013

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Yoga tips from Villager Yoga

February 27, 2015

The first day of spring is less than a month away… How are you doing on those New Year’s Resolutions? Get out that list –there it is, #9, Start Doing Yoga. If it’s still there, not checked off the list, why not let spring be the time to grow your yoga practice! Annie Damsky, Owner of Villager Yoga, shares her top tips for getting to yoga for the first time.

Call the studio to find out about the style of specific classes. This will give you an idea of which class will be a good fit for your personal needs. Yoga comes in many different styles. Some are more gentle and therapeutic, some are more powerful and sweaty and many options in between. Studios tend to offer introductory series for beginners; ours is a 6-week series on Wednesday evenings, 6:00 – 7:30 pm.

Get a yoga buddy. Call up that friend who has been telling you to get into yoga and ask her to come with you to your first class. Just make sure to refer to tip #1 so you don’t wind up in a class that’s not a fit for a first timer!

Don’t over think it. Most studios have mats to borrow. Bring a water bottle, dress comfortably and be prepared to go barefoot. Don’t wear your shoes into the actual yoga room and turn off your cell phone. Our goal at Villager Yoga, is to make yoga and the studio itself approachable, accessible and relatable to everyone, so don’t be surprised if the teacher or another student simply introduce himself or herself to you!

Go back for second class! Your first class is always a little discombobulating. You are doing something that you have never done before, after all. No matter how chaotic or challenging it felt to move into the poses or to rest in stillness (svasana) at the end of class, if you felt a strand of peace, calm, strength, joy, release, healing… anything rewarding, go back for a second class. You will feel those sensations deepen!

One of my favorite sentiments to hear from students after his or her first class is, “I didn’t know that I could feel that relaxed.” Challenge yourself try something new and you may be surprised with what else will open up to you!

Birmingham native Annie Damsky is the owner and operator of Villager Yoga. Prior to opening Villager Yoga, Annie spent 10 years as a marketing professional with experience in retail, real estate, branded and promotional marketing. Annie’s path to entrepreneurship began at Indian Springs School and continued with her education at The University of Texas at Austin, and includes experiences in marketing and advertising for Saks Incorporated, Parisian and Bayer Properties.

After laughing her way through her first yoga class in 2001, Annie began practicing yoga regularly a few years later and achieved her 200-hour yoga instructor certification in 2009. Identifying a void in the market for kids and family yoga, she opened Villager Yoga in 2012, combining her passions for yoga, idea creation and marketing. Annie enjoys advocating for Birmingham through various organizations and encouraging people to get out and explore our city!

Villager Yoga
on Overton Road is a studio for the whole family that specializes in classes for all ages and stages of life. They have classes for growing families, like prenatal, yoga for new moms and kids & family yoga, in addition to offering “everybody” classes in varying paces, from gentle to active. Most of the classes are vinyasa (flow) based, however they also offer an alignment based class and a yin based class.

Their boutique features yoga mats, gifts and of course, yoga clothes. They also offer yoga parties for special occasions like birthdays, baby showers and bridal showers and teach private lessons in the studio and on- site at your home or office.

Thanks for sharing these tips with us, Annie! If you’re interested in taking yoga, check out the schedule of Annie’s upcoming classes below!

Family Yoga • February 28, 2015 • 9:00 am – 9:45 am
Prenatal • February 28, 2015 • 10:00 am- 11:15 am
Yoga for New Moms • February 28, 2015 • 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Sunrise Vinyasa • March 1, 2015 • 9:30 am – 11:00 am
Prenatal • March 3, 2015 • 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm

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  • In my Web app I have a Flash based menu where I select the JavaScript function to run. Everything works ok until I download a PDF file or an Excel doc. AFTER I finish downloading IE8 give me the "Internet Explorer cannot download Unspecified error" if I try to select ANY opcion on my Flash based menu.  I think many people have this kind of problems. Any suggestion?

    Please Help!!!

    Friday, May 28, 2010 7:37 PM

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  • Tools> Internet Options - Security tab, click "Reset all zones to default"

    I don't use the Adobe PDF ActiveX control any more to load PDF docs in IE windows because of known scripting exploits.

    go Start>Search....Adobe Reader and change your Adobe Reader options to not use browser windows.

    Friday, May 28, 2010 8:59 PM


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The Google Algorithm as a Robotic Nose

Algorithms, in the view of author Christopher Steiner, are poised to take over everything.  Algorithms embedded in software are now everywhere: Netflix recommendations, credit scores, driving directions, stock trading, Google search, Facebook’s news feed, the TSA’s process to decide who gets searched, the Home Depot prices you are quoted online, and so on. Just a few weeks ago, Ashtan Soltani, the new Chief Technologist of the FTC, has said that “algorithmic transparency”  is his central priority for the US government agency that is tasked with administration of fairness and justice in trade. Commentators are worried that the rise of hidden algorithmic automation is leading to a problematic new “black box society.”

But given that we want to achieve these “transparent” algorithms, how would we do that? Manfred Broy, writing in the context of software engineering, has said that one of the frustrations of working with software is that it is “almost intangible.”  Even if we suddenly obtained the source code for anything we wanted (which is unlikely) it usually not clear what code is doing.  How can we begin to have a meaningful conversation about the consequences of “an algorithm” by achieving some broad, shared understanding of what it is and what it is doing?

The answer, even among experts, is that we use metaphor, cartoons, diagrams, and abstraction. As a small beginning to tackling this problem of representing the algorithm, this week I have a new journal article out in the open access journal Media-N, titled “Seeing the Sort.” In it, I try for a critical consideration of how we represent algorithms visually. From flowcharts to cartoons, I go through examples of “algorithm public relations,” meaning both how algorithms are revealed to the public and also what spin the visualizers are trying for.

The most fun of writing the piece was choosing the examples, which include The Algo-Rythmics (an effort to represent algorithms in dance), an algorithm represented as a 19th century grist mill, and this Google cartoon that represents its algorithm as a robotic nose that smells Web pages:

The Google algorithm as a robotic nose that smells Web pages.

Read the article:

Sandvig, Christian. (2015). Seeing the Sort: The Aesthetic and Industrial Defense of “The Algorithm.” Media-N. vol. 10, no. 1.

(this was also cross-posted to multicast.)

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  2. Cool graphic! But I agree, what does transparency really accomplish? I’ve been studying YikYak for some time and one thing that I’ve noticed is how algorithms can unintentionally silence minority expression. I know that the creators programmed into the app that anything with more than -4 downvotes gets removed from the conversation (there is nothing openly stated about this policy but users describe it as common knowledge). It is not clear why they have programmed this into the app, but I believe it’s to combat bullying (and in this way, I think it’s a good thing). However, one of my interviews described how isolating it can feel when your Yak gets four downvotes and is then removed from the feed. She compared it to Reddit saying that at least when you say something oppositional on Reddit it just moves all the way down the page, with YikYak they (the community of users) are “literally erasing my voice from the conversation.” So I very much agree that instead of a policy on transparency we need more open conversations about what an algorithm is achieving and the larger consequences of those actions.

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1.  Neon Spider Web Eggs

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Ford Innovation and Water ConservationThe idea struck Doug Martin, a powertrain controls engineer for Ford Motor Company who already holds over 70 patents related to the auto industry, when he read about a billboard in Lima, Peru that gathers water molecules from the humidity in the air and converts it into drinking water for the local community.

Shouldn’t a car be able to do that?

Martin immediately thought of the air condition condensation that drips from the car (which can produce more than 64 ounces of excess water per day) and the epiphany struck. Water continues to become a scarce resource and we should all be doing our part to conserve it in any way possible. Working with his colleague, John Rollinger, the pair created a prototype that collects the excess condensation, filters it and then feeds it to a faucet located in the vehicle for passengers to access.

This would not only conserve water, but could reduce the number of stops needed during a road trip, as well as the number of plastic water bottles used. But the potential for this invention doesn’t stop there.

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Stellastarr* – Harmonies for the Haunted

Dear Stellastarr* fan,

Have you ever met a person, and had them just blow you away completely? They were so funny, eloquent, and just amazing that you not only had to introduce them to your friends, but also hyped up this person to your friends for weeks in advance?  Finally when they all met this person, they turned out to be … well … ok … I guess. They maybe occasionally showed traces of the extraordinary person they were before, but you were left wondering “What? Why did they change?” Meet Stellastarr*’s new album, Harmonies for the Haunted. It’s everything you loved about Stellastarr*- the four on the floor dance beats, the astonishing voice of singer Shawn Christensen and superbly understated and well played bass and drum work, only less special.

It’s best to start with the music. While on their first self-titled disc, Stellastarr* were playing the same type of disco revival as many of their peers, they played it with such reckless abandon and sense of fun that you couldn’t help but dance to their messy, fractured, loud songs. Here, everything is a bit more controlled. Take, for example lead single “Sweet Troubled Soul.” Looked at from one angle, it is a perfect disco-rock song, moody, composed, and also fun. Looked at in the context of Stellastarr*, the track is a letdown. The production is far too polished, and the tracks lacks the personality that made the last Stellastarr* album so much fun. It is ever worse to get glimpses of their past height in songs like the all-too-brief “Born in a Flea Market,” only to have that place overtaken by the horribly average “When I Disappear”, a synth-pop song not even fit for The Bravery, much less this band. Harmonies for the Haunted is filled with loud synthesizer and steady bass lines, miles away from the loopy bass and guitar driven songs of their first album.

It’s not that the lyrics are that bad, but rather that last time, it didn’t matter.  Whether clever (“We’re lying / We’ve lied to you / We’ve lied to make our point of view” from “Pulp Song”) or just weird (“Oh my God she’ll be coming after you in the summertime HEY! HEY! HEY!” from “Jenny”), the lyrics on Stellastarr*’s first album were always unique, and never detracted from the feel of the songs. Here, Christensen’s muse leads him to clichés like, “Before you go / I just wanted you to know / I will never feel the same” (the chorus of “Precious Games”), and “I don’t wanna stay / and she don’t wanna leave” from “Island Lost At Sea”.

It is not that Harmonies for the Haunted is an outright failure. Its equivalent to De La Soul’s leap between 3 Feet High and Rising and De La Soul is Dead, in which the group received massive hype for an original sound on their first disc, and decided to sidestep that sound on their follow-up. I really want to recommend this disc, as only two or three of the songs warrant skipping over on repeated listens. But if you loved their first CD enough to play it regularly up until Harmonies… was released, I must warn you, this is a very different, and slightly diminished Stellastarr*.

Dear Killers/Bravery/Franz Ferdinand fan,

Have you ever met one of your friends’ friends, and had that person just blow you away totally?  I mean, your friend might be cool, but this person is funnier, wittier, and much more fun to be around.  Meet Stellastarr*’s new album, Harmonies for the Haunted. It’s everything you love about mopey disco rock, only quirkier. Whether in the bizarre Bryne-like vocals of Shawn Christensen, or the tight bass and drum work of Amanda Tannen and Arthur Kremer, there is a lot for you to love about this disc.

It’s best to start with the music. While songs like first single “Sweet Troubled Soul” might sound like something you’ve heard before, listen closely to the offbeat bass pattern, or Christensen’s emotive voice or the background “oohs” of Tannen and you’ll see why Stellastarr* are different. They even slow things down, on songs like the melancholy opener “Lost in Time,” and provide a smooth transition from ass-shakers to slow dance numbers.

It’s not that the lyrics are that bad, but rather that, in all honesty, you probably don’t care too much. You’ve rocked away to the Killers singing about boyfriends who look like girlfriends, and have submitted to even the most simple pick up lines (“C’mon- TAKE ME OUT!”) when their said by well coiffed Scottish men. And when you least suspect it, Stellastarr* even go a level deeper, like on the frenzied “Born in a Flea Market,” which chronicles a young kid growing up with a deadbeat, never-there dad. But you probably won’t even realize- the song is such a hypnotizing dance track, the lyrics will probably fade into the mix.

It’s how all the elements of Stellastarr* come together so smoothly that separate Harmonies for the Haunted from the pack. It’s the counterbalance of Christensen’s jumpy voice and Bassist Amanda Tannen’s angelic croon. It’s how they manage to make dance songs without constantly falling back on a disco beat. It’s how this album is lyrically, about as sorrowful as you can imagine, but that still won’t matter because the songs function so well.

So to you, dance-rock fan who has not heard Stellastarr*’s debut album, I can wholeheartedly recommend Harmonies for the Haunted

For those fans of the band who have, well…

(RCA Records)

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Vivobarefoot Uses Algae to Make Footwear

Vivobarefoot’s new shoes are designed to give back to the environment.

The London-based footwear brand announced Tuesday a new partnership with performance-based materials manufacturer Bloom. The Vivobarefoot x Bloom collaboration will start using Bloom’s algae-EVA foams in Vivobarefoot’s Ultra shoes.

Bloom uses algae biomass harvested from freshwater sources to improve the technical performance of EVA foams and to offset the use of petroleum ingredients found in conventional foams. The company says a single pair of men’s size 42 Vivobarefoot x Bloom shoes returns 57 gallons of clean water to habitat and reduces 40 balloons worth of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, per pair.

“This is a true revolution for the footwear industry with the first plant based alternative to the petro-foams in ubiquitous use,” said Galahad Clark, Vivobarefoot founder and MD. “We are thrilled to be the first company to use Bloom in our shoes and further our mission to make the perfect shoe… perfect for feet and minimal impact on the planet.”

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  • Friday, March 15, 2019 12:39 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Let's get those competitive juices flowing, taste some great chili....and raise money for the Hampton/Chippewa Technology camera fund! 8 great final Southside Chili Champion!

    Not that we have a favorite but The Mack Bar and Grill is the Southampton entry (hint...SOHA taste buds like The Mack's chili). Show up, enjoy some chili from great local restaurants (listed below) vote (The Mack Bar and Grillcomes to mind), and have some Southside fun!

    Mark your calendars. Sunday, March 31, noon to 3:30 PM, cafeteria, St Gabriel's, 4711 Tamm. Tickets here…/southside-chili-cook-off-safety-expo/

    Tickets are going fast....visit the order link and place your ticket order now before sales are closed. (And did I mention The Mack?)

    Net proceeds from SOHA's recent Trivia Night are going to the camera fund (amount pending final bills & revenue). Happy to participate in the second neighborhood fundraiser for the regional camera fund brought to you by St. Louis Hills Neighborhood Association...

    Participating Restaurants:
    The Mack Bar and Grill
    Joey B's On the Hill
    Bobby's Place Hampton
    Southtown Pub
    River's Edge Social
    Salt + Smoke
    Dos Reyes Cafe

  • Sunday, March 10, 2019 9:58 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Sparkle everywhere in Jewels on Hampton, a major sponsor of the 2019 Trivia Night Fundraiser and a long-standing Southampton business located on Hampton.

    Not just diamonds but gold and silver. Wear your shades because the sparkle is everywhere! Fine watches, art, collectibles of all kinds. Owner Art Burton Sr--and his son--provide great service and a discerning eye available to those buying and selling jewelry, coins, and the like. Plus they are just plain nice folks! The earring collection is stunning.

    Check them out in our business directory at the top of our page and head over for a visit. Or head to their website with pages of interesting Blog articles full of useful information. Then check out their Facebook. Drop in and pay them a visit and let them know the neighborhood association mentioned their business!

  • Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:46 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Aluminum Cans

    • Can be recycled and put back onto your local grocery store shelf in about 2 months
    • Are probably the most recycled item in the United States
    • Recycling aluminum can help save a great deal of energy--enough to run your home television for about three hours

    Throw away that aluminum can? The can remains for up to 500 years.

    2 months or 500 years?

    Choose Recycling

  • Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:27 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    C'mon SOHA streets! Step up to the Trivia Night challenge and claim the brainiest street in SOHA. What other streets will accept the challenge? And who will come out ahead in the Association's annual Trivia Night?

    2019 Trivia Night Fundraiser

  • Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:17 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    SOHA and beyond, if you are making a cash donation for the Hampton-Chippewa Technology Project, here's how to do it. (And if you want to give our Association the "bragging rights" for your donation--and we'll keep it anonymous if you like--please contact us!

    Direct Cash Donations

    • On-line Donations Below $250, donate on our website up to $250.  Donate From the drop down menu select Camera Fund.
    • On-line Donations Above $250, donate on the St Louis Police Foundation site. General Donation, Get Started, choose amount, Contribute to Hampton/Chippewa Technology Project.
    •  By check. Make your check payable to St. Louis Police Foundation and note on the check "Hampton/Chippewa Technology Project". Mail to St. Louis Police Foundation, 9761 Clayton Road, St Louis, MO 63124.

    NOTE: Donations are being made to the St Louis Police Foundation, a 501(c) 3 organization and you will receive acknowledgment of your donation for tax purposes.

  • Monday, November 19, 2018 12:15 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Leaf Pickup through December 31

    Leaf pickup will occur in conjunction with regularly scheduled street cleaning days in Southampton.  The Southampton schedule is over two days--last Monday and last Tuesday in November and December.  Mark your calendars for November 26 and 27 and December 31.  (Will be updated when we uncover how December 25 (last Tuesday) will be handled.)

    Here are a few helpful reminders for Southampton residents from our Ward 16 Alderman, Tom Oldenburg.

    • if your neighborhood does not have street cleaning signs posted, you can find your street’s cleaning schedule online
    • the City will pick up leaves that have fallen from City trees if they are piled in the street approximately 1.5 feet from the curb
    • tree limbs, cardboard boxes, plastic bags, etc. must be removed from any leaves that are left for curbside pickup
    • other leaves from your yard should be placed in your alley’s yard waste dumpsters
    • if your yard waste dumpster is full, place leaves in paper yard waste bags and schedule them for pickup from the “tree yard” in front of your home (between the sidewalk and the street); you must call the Citizen’s Service Bureau at 314-622-4800 to request bagged leaf pickup
    • residents should mulch leaves with a lawn mower or mulcher before disposal to maximize the capacity of dumpsters and lawn bags

  • Friday, November 09, 2018 11:47 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Loving this new business and SNA member.  Espresso Yourself, in recognition that November is National Homeless Awareness Month, is taking up a collection of coats, mitten/gloves, scarves, hats and socks to donate to St. Patrick's Center.  And that's not all! For every coat donation, these business owners will donate a $1.00.

    Drop them off at Espresso Yourself, 5531 Devonshire right here in SOHA. There's a box for donations and they will even deliver them to St. Patrick's Center. Please share as widely as possible.

  • Thursday, October 25, 2018 3:39 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Traffic signage.  All pending reports to the City have been cleared and verified.  The next annual survey will begin in March.  NOTE:  traffic signage refers to Stop, Do Not Enter, One-Way, and the plaques All Way and Cross Traffic Does Not Stop.

    Dead trees.  All known dead trees have been reported to the City and removal is underway.  NOTE:  Two trees reported dead were not removed but were trimmed.  The next survey will begin in June.

    Alley & Street Lighting.  Almost all lighting issues have been repaired by the City (street) or Ameren (alley). Two issues involving new lights will require additional monitoring.

    Sidewalks.  Annual survey is scheduled to begin in May.

    Property Workshops.  Christy Fry and Donna Agah are attending workshops to prevent vacant properties; to reduce any displacement; and to obtain good data on City properties that are vacant.

    Residents interested in Safety are encouraged to attend the tour of the Real Time Crime Center on Saturday, November 3, beginning at 10 AM (and lasting about an hour) at 1915 Olive (Police HQ). Meter parking available.

  • Sunday, September 09, 2018 11:15 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The August safety meeting was well attended by neighborhood activists as we worked on public safety throughout Southampton. The latest crime report for the neighborhood was reviewed.  There was no change in the primary effort to reduce larceny from motor vehicles and of parts.

    A fund-raising effort to install intersection cameras connected to the Real Time Crime Center at police headquarters (and based on their recommendations) will begin soon.  Two tours of the Real Time Crime Center have been scheduled so neighbors can experience how using these cameras leads to crime prevention and criminal prosecution.  Members can register for both free tours now.  If you're not a member check back as both tours will be opened to non-members.

    Volunteers have surveyed alley lighting and street lighting, reported their findings to Ameren and to CSB, and re-visited to make sure repairs were made. A recommendation from the traffic study was taken on by Safety neighbors and Southampton traffic signage has been surveyed twice throughout the neighborhood; reported to CSB; and re-visited to ensure completion.

    An innovative project suggested by a neighbor will begin a pilot stage in September.  After results are evaluated, full neighborhood implementation is planned.  This project is designed to encourage landlords and tenants to join with the Association and our members in making Southampton stronger and safer--a benefit to all neighbors and property owners.

    If you have not been to a safety meeting, keep an eye on Events and plan to come. It's a way to meet activist neighbors and to join efforts to improve our community. We exchange ideas and develop neighborhood-wide efforts to help Southampton become stronger and safer. Join us at our October meeting. Watch for the announcement for date and time.

  • Tuesday, August 14, 2018 11:10 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Patio seating open at The Mack Bar and Grill.  Enjoy great weather, a frosty cold one, and one of their tasty menu selections!

    The Mack Bar and Grill
    4615 Macklind Ave (lovely downtown Southampton)
    Bar Hours: 11am-1:30am
    Restaurant Hours: Mon-Sun 11am-10pm…/

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Mobile County Public Schools

Mobile County Public Schools acquired 80 propane powered school buses to replace old diesel powered school buses. These units were replaced by new Blue Bird Propane Vision buses equipped with ROUSH CleanTech propane fuel system engines. 30 new buses were implemented in the 2014-15 school year and 50 additional units were implemented in the 2015-16… Read More

Neuse River Resource Recovery Facility (NRRRF)

The Neuse River Resource Recovery Facility (NRRRF) is the wastewater treating facility for the City of Raleigh. The City typically treats in excess of 45,000,000 gallons of wastewater per day. A part of the treatment process is the active Land Application program that includes agricultural practices on over 1200 acres of land associated with the… Read More

Proterra, Inc. is a leader in the design and manufacture of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles, enabling bus fleet operators to eliminate fossil fuel dependence and significantly reduce operating costs while delivering clean, quiet transportation to local communities across the United States. With more than 400 vehicles sold to 38 different municipal, university, and commercial transit agencies… Read More

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Jonathan Overly, (ETCF) Coalition

Jonathan Overly is Executive Director of East Tennessee Clean Fuels (ETCF) Coalition, which he founded in 2002 with the support of area businesses, organizations, nonprofits and research groups. ETCF achieved official designation as a Clean Cities Coalition by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2004.

NCDOT Rail Division

The NCDOT Rail Division implemented a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) after-treatment system onto one (1) of its locomotives as a means of reducing engine emissions to at or near the EPA Tier 4 standard.

Walmart Transportation, LLC

In 2005, Walmart committed to doubling its fleet fuel efficiency and they successfully completed the project in 2015.  They did this through idle reduction policies, fleet upgrades including using EPA Smartway technology and driver training.

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Delta Airlines Inc.

Delta converted 37 diesel ground service vehicles in the southeast region to electric zero emissions.  These included: 24 belt loaders, 11 container loaders, two maintenance lift trucks.  Over the next eight years, this will reduce almost 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel and related emissions. This project will continue into the future as ground support diesel… Read More

In 2014, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) purchased 89 compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered heavy-duty buses.  This is in addition to the 266 CNG heavy-duty buses that MARTA has purchased since 1996.  This means that 355 out of the 531 buses employed on MARTA bus routes are powered by compressed natural gas.  Operating on… Read More

Volvo Group North America

In 2013, Volvo Truck announced that it would be the first North American heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer to offer trucks fueled with dimethyl ether (DME) and final assembled Four DME Volvo trucks. Volvo hopes to produce additional DME fleet vehicles for testing and is partnering with Oberon Fuels to evaluate the vehicles in fleet operations. Starting in 2014,… Read More

2013 Winners

DeKalb County Sanitation Department (Georgia)

DeKalb County Sanitation Department is being recognized as the Community Fleet Leader for 2013 due to their commitment to compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. In 2012, they began with 40 CNG vehicles and added another 24 vehicles in 2013. Their commitment is highlighted by the fact that already in 2014, they have added an additional… Read More

Holmes Company of Jackson, Inc

Holmes Company is a premier flatbed and specialized carrier in the transportation industry, operating a fleet of 100 late model tractor power units and over 200 trailers transporting steel and building materials, including over-dimensional freight throughout the 48 continental states. With their largest customer located in the Gulf Coast Region and South Alabama, Holmes Company’s… Read More

June Blotnick – Clean Air Carolina (Charlotte, North Carolina)

June Blotnick has served as the Executive Director of Clean Air Carolina since 2005 and she has over 30 years of experience working with nonprofit and community-based organizations in North Carolina.  At Clean Air Carolina, she manages a wide variety of educational and advocacy initiatives targeted at ensuring healthy air in North Carolina. June has… Read More

2012 Winners

Georgia Ports Authority

The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has been leading the way with innovative strategies to minimize environmental impact as they look to expand the ports in anticipation of larger ships coming through the future widened Panama Canal. These strategies include installing 24 electric rubber tire gantry cranes with plans to have all 169 cranes electrified by… Read More

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina GRADE Program

Mecklenburg County GRADE was first launched in 2007 to provide funding to organizations in their region to replace or repower heavy duty non-road construction equipment.  The Mecklenburg County Board of  Commissioners funded 13 engine retrofits in 2007 with an initial investment of $500,000 and the program leveraged additional funds over the next five years to… Read More

Saddle Creek Logistics Services

Saddle Creek purchased 40 compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks in 2011 and an additional 62 CNG trucks by the end of 2013.  The first 40 CNG trucks were equipped with 4 CNG tanks while the next 62 trucks were equipped with 5 CNG tanks in order to extend their range. This represents an investment of… Read More

2011 Winners

Alabama Department of Transportation

In addition to retrofitting 312 on-road and off-road vehicles and equipment with diesel oxidation catalysts, either stand alone or in concert with a closed crankcase ventilation system, the Alabama Department of Transportation (DOT) has implemented a fleet replacement program.  This program auctions off older model diesel vehicles to fund the acquisition of vehicles and equipment… Read More

Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition

Kentucky Clean Fuels Coalition partnered with the Kentucky Department of Education to purchase 134 hybrid school buses with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the Department of Energy.  These buses represent the largest hybrid school bus fleet in the nation.  With additional buses on order, 215 hybrid school buses are expected to be on… Read More

Staples Inc.

Staples outfitted their fleet with 53 electric delivery trucks.  Six of these are in service in Atlanta.  Staples also implemented efficiency initiatives including hybrid vehicles, advanced idle reduction technology, engine horsepower reduction, transmission changes, and route planning to improve fuel economy by 18% since 2006.  They achieved a fuel savings of 724,000 gallons in 2010… Read More

2010 Winners

Ingram Barge Company

Ingram Barge Company retrofitted six towboats with diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) units.  This led to reductions in particulate emissions of about 40% and reductions in carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions by over 60%.  As a SmartWay transport partner, the Ingram Barge Company will continue to seek out innovative technology and partner organizations to work with… Read More

Miami-Dade County

Miami-Dade County (M-DC) has been pro-active in working to reduce diesel emissions.  In 2006, the county joined the Chicago Climate Exchange Program in order to track direct fuel emissions from government operations to identify the operations that use the most resources.  Miami-Dade County has implemented a number of projects since identifying these operations. The county… Read More

2009 Winners

North Carolina Solar Center

The North Carolina Solar Center at NC State University implemented a broad range of technology projects in order to reduce diesel emissions.  The center purchased: 11 refueling stations (biodiesel, ethanol, and natural gas), 5 heavy-duty hybrid electric trucks, 72 diesel retrofits, and 24 truck stop electrification parking spaces. In addition, the Solar Center has contracted… Read More

United Parcel Service (UPS)

  UPS has approximately 100,000 vehicles and operates the world’s ninth largest airline – employing 425,000 individuals in 200 counties.  With this sizable fleet and international presence, their leadership in emission reductions is significant.  UPS continually seeks ways to increase energy efficiency by optimizing package deliveries through facility, aircraft, vehicle and operation upgrades. They are… Read More

2008 Winners

Coca-Cola Enterprises

In 2001, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) began working with their suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of its fleet.  This led to the creation of a 33,000 pound hybrid diesel-electric delivery truck, the largest hybrid electric truck in wide-scale use.  In converting braking energy into supplemental electric power, each truck became 30% more fuel-efficient. CCE also… Read More

Hartsfield Jackson International Airport

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world’s busiest airport with over 900 flights each day.  When building their 5th runway, Hartsfield used a state of the art 4.5 mile long conveyer technology which prevented the need of nearly 5 million dump trucks and almost 30 months of extra work.  This also eliminated nearly 2,600 tons… Read More


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Quick and Delicious Grain-Free Pancake

I’ve been making these for a while now, and I feel like it’s a recipe that’s easy enough for college life and the early morning shuffle. This recipe is totally grain free, so it’s great for various diets, and it is really delicious. The best part about this recipe: you can use two of our South Hill Forest Products (SHFP) for it! If you have sugar sensitivities, I also added a recipe for honey syrup. Enjoy!

Grain Free Pancakes

3 eggs

2tbs. nut butter (I like to use almond butter)

1/3 cup coconut flour

1 cup pumpkin or squash puree (if you don’t have pumpkin/squash you can use one banana)

1/3 cup SHFP honey

Ground Ginger

Pinch of Sea Salt

1. Combine the eggs, pumpkin puree (or a mashed banana), and honey in a large bowl. Since our honey if raw, you might need to slightly heat it up a little bit to be able to mix it in with all the ingredients.

2. Add the spices, usually I do about a tablespoon of each, but this is really about your personal taste. You can also add 1 tsp. of baking soda, but I usually don’t.

3. Preheat the griddle and add a liberal amount of butter.

4. Spoon out about 3-5 tbs. of batter onto the griddle, and cook up your pancakes! Make sure you flip them to evenly cook them on each side, and enjoy them with some SHFP maple syrup!

This is my variation of a few recipes, but if you want a recipe for slightly fluffier pancakes, go to this link…

Honey Cinnamon Syrup

1/2 cup raw honey

1/2 full fat coconut milk

1/2 cup butter or ghee

1. Add the honey, milk, and cinnamon to a saucepan and cook on medium heat. Be careful not to let it boil, it could burn and also strip the raw honey of it’s terrifically natural medicinal properties.

2. After it is warmed for about 10 mins., take it off the heat and whisk in the butter or ghee. This mixture will start to thicken after a few minutes, and now your ready to pour over your pancakes!

Why raw honey? Read here for a great explanation….

Benefits of Raw & Fermented Honey

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    The dreaming visions of humanoid about devising flying cars or  personal jet packs has revamped in to tiny computing things and technologies, with the up raising market trends. The healthcare industry is anticipated to hit $477.5 billion by 2020 and the mobile enterprise business applications market residing on $40.5 billion is expected to reach $63 billion by 2020 as well. The embedded software and test automation industries are also nowhere below. All the industry seeds such as IoT, cloud, big data, analytics, accord the market in big time. To foresee the firms odds-on to posses the market tomorrow, the moment is befitting to recognize the best among thriving organizations globally, siliconindia presents to you the ‘siTech-25’ list for 2016. The siTech-25 issue...

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Creative Synergies Group Creative Synergies Group Dr. Mukesh V Gandhi, Founder & CEO With a proven track record serving customers worldwide with highest customer satisfaction ratings, it provides end-to-end Product design and development & Manufacturing Engineering services among others.
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There still is no global consensus about the “best”  TV white spaces licensing method. In some cases the model is license exempt (like Wi-Fi). In other cases a hybrid approach will be used. In India, some are lobbying for a licensed approach.

The Cellular Operators Association of India reportedly will ask the Department of Telecommunications and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to auction TV white spaces spectrum, instead of allowing license-exempt deployment.

Notably, the method of commercialization will affect and shape business models. If TV white spaces spectrum is released on a license-exempt basis, any number of new providers, with lower-cost business models, would be able to consider entering the Internet access market, especially in the hard-to-reach rural areas.

If, on the other hand, the spectrum is auctioned, the cost to would-be ISPs will be higher, as the cost of spectrum has to be built into the business model.

India’s Supreme Court has ruled that all spectrum used for commercial purposes should be allocated through auctions.

Much would hinge on the method of licensing, and almost as much on the prices such spectrum might cost, at auction.

Microsoft, it is safe to say, would prefer a license-exempt release. Google likewise would agree with that approach. Talking about enabling TV white spaces, Microsoft has said “policy-makers need to move away from predominantly promoting exclusive-use licensing and instead enable a variety of exclusive-use and non-exclusive spectrum access approaches across a variety of spectrum bands.”

“To maximize efficiency, regulators should promote dynamic spectrum access techniques in spectrum made available on a non-exclusive basis,” Microsoft says.

That approach will make sense everywhere on licensed and license-exempt bands, Microsoft has argued. “Although the first globally-harmonized opportunity to showcase DSA is occurring through license-exempt (unlicensed) access to the TV band White Spaces, DSA technologies and techniques can and will be used in a variety of regulatory settings, including licensed, lightly-licensed, and license-exempt access, and across a variety of spectrum bands, from sub-1 GHz all the way to the 5 GHz bands and above.”

Mobile operators typically prefer the licensing method, so the expected COAI move is not surprising, though in other markets, the license-exempt mode has not proven controversial.

But the Indian market is unusually competitive, routinely functioning with aggregate numbers of contestants that are on the high side, and spectrum allocations  that are on the low side, compared to other large markets.

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Daily service in the festival church (N)

Every day there will be a service in the festivalchurch on Spekter. The services are made in co-operation with the Church of Norway and has a link to the theme of the day. Each service follows a liturgy that is made with a co-operation between the Norwegian YMCA-YWCA and the Church of Norway. A highly competant band will be in charge of the music.

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First-class chocolate liqueurs from Austria: we believe that we owe it to our brand name, Mozart, to achieve the highest quality and perfection. Mozart chocolate liqueurs are a homage to Mozart and to his birthplace, Salzburg. Behind every single bottle stands 150 years of experience of the spirits industry. Continuous improvement and the unremitting passion for innovation have made the brand what it is today – the global market leader in chocolate spirits. Mozart chocolate liqueurs are renowned as the best way to enjoy chocolate. And many cocktail recipes call on these fine Salzburg liqueurs for their unmistakable chocolate notes.

Belgian chocolate, fresh cream and aromatic notes of vanilla and cocoa – this fine blend, together with the special manufacturing process, makes Mozart Chocolate Cream Liqueur a unique Austrian speciality.  The ingredients for Mozart Chocolate Cream have had a long way to travel. The cocoa used is a mixture of forastero and trinitario beans from West Africa. The chocolate liqueur contains fresh cream, conched Belgian dark chocolate, genuine Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar, granulated sugar and the middle cut of sugar beet distillate.

Aromatic vanilla, delicious caramel, fresh cream and the fruity overtones of white chocolate blend together in every bottle of Mozart White Chocolate Vanilla Cream to create a deliciously velvety drink with a feminine touch: light, elegant and seductive. Made exclusively from the best ingredients, which are all meticulously prepared.  The white chocolate liqueur contains fresh cream, the finest cocoa butter, genuine Bourbon vanilla from Madagascar, granulated sugar and pure sugar beet distillate.

When dark chocolate, vanilla and caramel are combined with the smoky, bitter notes of the finest cocoa beans, it creates a bittersweet, sophisticated drink with a lingering finish – the intensive flavour of this genuine Salzburg speciality explains why Mozart Dark Chocolate is a delight for all gourmets. Delicately bitter dark chocolate and 87 cocoa pure cocoa macerate are blended to create a unique chocolate liqueur that is a must-have ingredient for creative cocktail-making, as well as a sophisticated addition to certain desserts.

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Supreme Court reaffirms: Trials must be open to the public

In a rarely used procedural maneuver, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide — and then, decided right on the spot — the issue of whether excluding the public from watching jury selection violates the accused’s right to a fair trial.

The Court’s 7-2 answer: Yes, unless the judge shows that she has considered less drastic alternatives — even if the accused fails to suggest any.

The Court’s ruling in Presley v. Georgia resoundingly reaffirms that courts may not exclude the public from key stages of criminal cases — in this instance, the questioning of prospective jurors — unless the judge finds an “overriding interest” in closure that cannot be satisfied by other reasonably available alternatives.

The underlying case involved the trial of Eric Presley on cocaine trafficking charges in a DeKalb County, Ga., state court. The trial judge decided that the courtroom was too crowded for both the jury pool and spectators, and so members of the public — including Presley’s uncle — were told to wait outside. The Georgia Supreme Court found no constitutional violation in the judge’s decision, but Justice Leah Sears issued a stinging dissent in which she concluded: “A room that is so small that it cannot accommodate the public is a room that is too small to accommodate a constitutional criminal trial.”

Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling was issued per curiam, meaning it was not signed by a particular author, but it represents the consensus of Justices John Paul Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, and Chief Justice John Roberts.

The seven-justice majority said that the right of the accused to have the public present during jury selection was obvious from the Court’s previous ruling in Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Calif., 464 U.S. 501 (1984), that the news media has a right to attend preliminary hearings in a criminal trial. If journalists have a First Amendment right to attend pretrial proceedings, the majority wrote, then it must necessarily be true that the defendant has a Sixth Amendment right to have those same proceedings conducted in public view. (The Sixth Amendment guarantees “the right to a speedy and public trial(.”)).

This is an important point for journalists to understand. There generally is no First Amendment right to be present where news is being made — but criminal trials are the exception to the rule. The media can be excluded from criminal proceedings only in the rarest of cases, e.g., where an undercover organized-crime informant’s life would be placed in danger — and even then, only if some lesser curative measure (such as letting the informant sit behind a screen) would be ineffective.

Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Antonin Scalia, issued a brief dissenting opinion. Although they did not take a firm position as to the ultimate constitutional question, they objected to resolving the case without the customary opportunity for the parties to present oral arguments.


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Getting censored can be its own “mark of excellence”

One of the most common — and most insidious — rationalizations for censoring student publications is “poor quality.” It’s the last refuge for the censor who is out of excuses, because frankly, it’s always possible to find a blemish on even the finest journalistic work.

The idea that a newspaper needs to be “edited” or “proofread” by the college president or public-relations director for purposes of “teaching good journalism” has never stood up to the straight-face test. When was the last time the director of the college’s PR office told a reporter, “Hey, I bet if we file a couple more public-records requests, we can prove this corruption goes all the way to the top.” We all know why higher-ups with no journalism credentials insist on reviewing students’ news reporting before distribution, and it has nothing to do with teaching good journalistic practices.

This is why the results of the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Mark of Excellence Awards, announced this past week, are specially noteworthy.

The MOE awards are among the most prestigious distinctions that a student journalist can receive, judged by professionals who — unlike college presidents — are trained to recognize good journalism when they see it. It is remarkable how many of this year’s winners did their exemplary journalistic work in the face of open hostility from college administrators bent on shutting them down. They include:

  • Brennan Stebbins, one of three MOE finalists for editorial writing, endured a gauntlet of escalating harassment from administrators at Missouri Southern State University that included a freeze-out of interviews with top administrators and the firing of a respected faculty adviser.
  • Karla Bowsher of Florida Atlantic University took first place for column writing with no thanks to her Boca Raton, Fla., college, which fired her adviser, tried to ban him from meeting with the students informally as a volunteer, and so thoroughly botched the search for a replacement that the students remain without a full-time adviser nearly a year later. (This censorship was an especially spectacular flop, because it also won a national MOE  finalist award for a nearby two-year college that wrote editorials supportive of the fired adviser.)
  • The staff of Southwestern College’s newspaper, The Sun — a winner for its breaking-news coverage and a finalist as best all-around paper — managed to put out one of the nation’s best college publications even though administrators did their best to stop the presses by ordering the paper to stop printing until a controversial trustees’ election was over. (The Sun is still thriving, but the bunker-bound president who tried to put it out of business is not.)
  • Reporters at The Broadside of Central Oregon Community College were named finalists for in-depth reporting on their student government — the same in-depth reporting that resulted in bogus disciplinary charges against a Broadside editor and a threat to the newspaper’s student activity fee funding.

This record of achievement pretty conclusively removes the “poor quality” fig leaf behind which censors so often retreat. These publications and advisers weren’t targeted for doing their jobs poorly — they were targeted for doing their jobs too well.

National recognition for these battle-scarred censorship veterans should be a source of comfort and encouragement for those struggling with hostile administrators and student government budget-writers. It is possible not just to survive a censorship battle without backing down, but to come away from it a better journalist. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, there is nothing quite as exhilarating as being censored and missed.