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I want to extend a fond, overdue, and obsequious thanks to my friend and colleague John Sparrow, who just completed a comprehensive site upgrade for LOCUSPOINT! The new version will be even easier for me to organize and update, has a cleaner look, and won’t behave all wonky when I lay out pages. You’ll also
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I’m coming from a university environment full of infrastructure. If you want to get one thing done, you have to, say, get eight stamps of approval before doing it. This infrastructure is missing here. Maybe it wasn’t needed before, but there’s new staff and the center is growing, and we need some degree of infrastructure.
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Phoenix is an awkward commingling of the ancient and the new. Its name pays tribute to the way it was developed, built over (and using) a centuries-old canal system developed by the Hohokam people, who either vanished or abandoned their settlement there. But a sense of history like this isn’t pervasive. Since 2000 its population
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This just in: poems of mine I hated before I left for Phoenix are no longer hated. * * * I have two words to say about this: AP – John McCain’s campaign on Wednesday angrily called for an end to questions about Sarah Palin’s background, calling it a “faux media scandal designed to destroy
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…what starts tonight: America’s Next Top Model triumphantly returns!
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KNOCKOUT LITERARY MAGAZINE POETRY CONTEST Knockout, a print literary magazine that publishes a 50-50 mix of workby LGBTQ and straight authors, announces its first poetry contest.Judge: James Bertolino. Winner receives $100 gift certificate toPowell’s Books (redeemable online) and publication of their winningpoem. All poems submitted considered for publication in Knockout.Submissions of up to three poems