The Friends of Clark Park and Councilwoman Blackwell are assisting the
Streets Department to make recycling easier by distributing 20 gallon bins
at the Clark Park Farmers Market on Sat May 5 from 10am until they run out.
In case you missed it, West Philly and University City now have
In a message dated 4/19/2007 10:59:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Based on the evidence of the other day, all you need to do is offer free Ben
and Jerry's ice cream and the crowds will come rushing in.
This is just what UCD has been doing in its ploy to usurp
Argue with YOU?? You want me to engage in rational discourse with a
libertarian anarchist who's so far to the left of Ivan the Terrible that he
don't know what hit him? Surely you jest. Has everybody gone loony? Am I the
only sane one left?
On 4/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Folks,
This disparate level of coverage over Iraqis who die in the
conflict/police action/insurgent war/civil war in Iraq versus the 32
murdered students at VT is a form of cultural and national dissonant
communication. It part of the debate over the editorializing of all news
coverage,
Neither we nor the media should forget that on average thirty three
_americans_ die in Iraq every ten days. But I can't think of the last
time I saw a soldier's funeral on CNN.
But I certainly suffer the out of sight out of mind disconnect as well
-- I can rationalize and say Oh, they're
Ross,
Tony and the gang would be too stupid to announce ice cream night. They
would end up sitting in their park eating all the corporate ice cream
themselves while they blame the UC Review for ignoring them.
Anyway, your such a do gooder Ross. Why would the Fiends of Clark park
On my way out the door yesterday I heard that there were 130 dead in Baghdad an
as many again wounded that day. But without the 24/7 CNN coverage, it all seems
so far away.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Vincent/Roger
Thanks for posting this, Ray.
My first
On Spruce Street, between 48th and 49th. Wouldn't have bothered picking it
up, except that it appears to be a hand; pretty light red color.
Please contact me if it's yours.
I found the other one:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070413-crocodile-picture
.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of B Andersen
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 1:50 PM
To: univcity@list.purple.com
Subject: [UC] Found:
The Friends of Clark Park and Councilwoman Blackwell are assisting the
Streets Department to make recycling easier by distributing 20 gallon bins
at the Clark Park Farmers Market on Sat May 5 from 10am until they run out.
In case you missed it, West Philly and University City now have
Thanks to everyone who responded...especially Dana and Stacy, who apparently
found the same dog on Monday (!) and thus can notify the owner. She is
currently at PACCA and is hopefully on her way home. We did not want to take
her there, but the only other option at the time would have been to
Dear Neighbors,
I could only avoid the Laundry for so long, and went downstairs to
discover a LOT of water in my basement.
Please reply privately if you can loan (or rent) me an electric pump.
I have tried all 3 local HOME DEPOTS and my favorite Plumbers and can not
find any commercial service
From a very thoughtful friend. Joe
Guys,
I almost never forward stuff, but this reflection ---
by the storyteller with whom we have traveled so many
times seems worth a wider transmission than just
us.
Judy/Judith
--- Travellersstorybook [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
To: Wilhelm Robert
Send it to culture!
- Mike V.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Clarke
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 5:53 PM
To: UnivCity@list.purple.com
Subject: [UC] Parables for the Virginia Tech Killings
From a very thoughtful friend. Joe
Perhaps you are right. I was thinking of the PSPCA at 29th Clearfield and
the SPCA at 6th Erie Ave.
Still her experience was true at 29th Clearfield.
Another friend of mine mentioned PACCA from whence she thought did not do as
good a job as another shelter from which she adopted her dogs
Thank you for informing us of the good outcome.
Regards,
Wilma
On 4/20/07 4:22 PM, Chris Gasda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks to everyone who responded...especially Dana and Stacy, who apparently
found the same dog on Monday (!) and thus can notify the owner. She is
currently at PACCA
About four years ago a colleague found four kittens behind her house and
brought them in to work. They resided in her office in a big cage and
people would come in and coo over them. Two quickly found homes and the
third and fourth lingered until a Friday afternoon when someone came in
and said
While I happen to agree with you, Craig, how do you know they're not
sledgehammering televisions as we speak?
- Mike V.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 6:43 PM
To: UnivCity@list.purple.com
... he was a fan of violent video games,
particularly Counterstrike, a hugely popular online game
published by Microsoft, ...
Holy smokes, does that mean there are nine million other 20something
Counterstrike players poised to to go off the deep end and kill all
their
Actually, I was waiting for Gavin de Becker to appear on television.
Mr. de Becker wrote a wonderful book called, The Gift Of Fear.
He is a former law officer and has been a bodyguard for many years to
celebrities who have been stalked by crazies, etc.
De Becker is firmly against coverage for
SEND IT TO CULTURE!
- Mike V.
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From: Wilma de Soto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 7:13 PM
To: Mike V.; UnivCity listserv
Subject: Re: [UC] Richard Pryor and the Parables for the Virginia Tech
Killings
Actually, I was waiting for Gavin de
In the eyes of editors who need to sell advertising (the reason for the so
called news in the first place) Iraqi lives are worth less than dead American
service members. Dead American service members are worth less advertising
dollars than the gold mine of dead students at Virginia Tech. This
Well, especially if they are more than three years old as in my friend's
case, OUT-Und-Zee!
There are simply too many people not spaying or neutering their pets and too
many pets who cannot find homes.
Alright. I love my cats even though I threaten my former Death Row
Inmates cats because I
Quite right!
It will become even worse from what I see now in the early grades.
We haven't seen the HALF of it.
Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night.
If anyone reading recognizes this quote, you are already too far gone to
understand what is awaiting American Society if you
Hi Mike.
I read your posts and respect what you say.
However, what has this to do with culture unless you are intimating that
race and violence are part of our society's culture.
Still, I might agree with you.
If I remember correctly, the UC Culture List was started for discussions
regarding
I can't... I can't tell if you're serious or not. This is surely irony
in its highest form!
- Mike V.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wilma de Soto
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:10 PM
To: Kyle Cassidy; UnivCity listserv
Subject: Re:
By what logic do you posit that video games, a fundamentally creative
endeavor, are not an art form?
And by what further logic do you assert that neither race nor violence
are elements of culture? It would seem patently obvious that they are.
- Mike V.
-Original Message-
From: Wilma de
Sorry, frogive as I am trying to be serious but inject a bit humor and
Irony.
The reality is scary as Hell; at least it is to me.
On 4/20/07 8:16 PM, Mike V. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can't... I can't tell if you're serious or not. This is surely irony
in its highest form!
- Mike V.
Yes, I feel they are an art form; just not constructive or uplifting. What
do I know except the effects I see on my students I am not an art expert.
On 4/20/07 8:18 PM, Mike V. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
By what logic do you posit that video games, a fundamentally creative
endeavor, are not
Ok. Well, would it not follow, then, that a post which deals with both
an art form and elements of our culture go on the culture list?
- Mike V.
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From: Wilma de Soto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 8:37 PM
To: Mike V.; UnivCity listserv
Subject:
Well, since I am 70% percent auditory and not visually oriented I do admit
visual literacy is something I have had to teach myself (the process is
ongoing) to appreciate; especially since most children I teach are visually
oriented.
When I was six years old, I had a severe case of measles which
On top of blaming Counterstrike or any other violent video games this young
man played/was a fan of, now Asian extreme movies are being pointed to.
Especially one called Old Boy by Chan-wook Park which is a South Korean
movie, as one of Cho's poses in one of his photos bears a strong resemblence
I can rationalize and say Oh, they're soldiers, they're trained,
prepared, it's their job
it's interesting that you should say this because if you consider the quality
of news coverage and the perception of news coverage, they are only covering
soldiers who are gung ho and want to get the job
Thank you for sharing.
Sande
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From: Joe Clarkemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: UnivCity@list.purple.commailto:UnivCity@list.purple.com
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 5:52 PM
Subject: [UC] Parables for the Virginia Tech Killings
From a very thoughtful friend.
Actually, from several news stories, he was a very young child with an
undiagnosed form of autism. And apparently he developed some form of
schizophrenia recently enough. What is a tragedy is that his parents
apparently never attempted to find treatment for him.
sk
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Giovanni felt his evil
I object to this characterization of the Korean killer. What the poet felt was
certainly terrible, but it was more likely the young man's terrifying and
misunderstood illness and the negative energy he must have radiated, but
certainly not evil.
Unless, that is, you
One woman and six men volunteered the loan of tools.
Two offered delivery to our home.
One, formerly only a list acquaintance, came by with his helpful son,
super power tools and a plan.
I was not needed and so as the men compared tools and solutions I was
able to cook a meal we were happy to
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