Ineluctable Maps

Logistics As It Applies To The Military

2008-12-21T14:46:00.000-08:00

Logistics. Most people don't really even know what it means let alone what's involved. If you look up the definition of logistics in the dictionary you will find the following:1. The aspect of military operations that deals with the procurement, distribution, maintenance, and replacement of materiel and personnel.2. The management of the details of an operation.Or...You have the noun which is...

Does Your Handbag Reflect Your Personality?

2008-12-01T00:38:00.001-08:00

It has been said, and probably by a man, that a woman's handbag reflects her mind! This is rather worrying. While my three children were young, my bulging hand bag was full of an assortment of strange things. Wet wipes, a piece of lego, half a biscuit, hair bands and that is before we go into all the usual paraphernalia of purse, mobile phone, make-up bag, hair brush, nail file, diary. No wonder

College Student Internships - Top 5 Tips For Interns

2008-10-10T12:59:00.001-07:00

If you've landed your perfect student internship, you're no doubt looking for some solid advice about how to keep it and be successful. If this is your first job, the office can seem like a scary place, and you may not know where to begin or who to talk to. If you follow these five tips, you'll be sure to fit right it and get the most out of your placement.1. Shake handsOne of the best ways to

Superstition sparks toilet cleaning craze

2007-03-22T05:36:00.000-07:00

Cleanliness has long been next to godliness for the hygiene-conscious Japanese, but fortune-tellers are now advising those who want to succeed in life to start by scrubbing the smallest room."Cleaning the toilet to attract luck" published this month is the latest in a series of books advising readers on how to attract good fortune using a brush and an array of cleaning fluids."Don't just wipe the

Baby finds $1,300 in 25 cent book

2007-02-22T06:24:00.000-08:00

Rhiannon Barnes is a shy 15-month-old.She doesn’t speak much except to her pet German Shepherd Callie or to say hello or thank you to everyone else. And like others her age, she enjoys playing with uncomplicated objects like boxes, balls, and books.Still, there is something about this blue-eyed toddler. She is either prophetic or lucky, says her mother.Two weeks ago, Rhiannon discovered about

Mistake: Canadian Police Promotes Gangs!

2007-02-12T05:42:00.000-08:00

TORONTO — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have pulled online job recruitment advertisements that mistakenly appeared on websites with links to a prominent Los Angeles street gang.Canada's renowned police force removed the ads after it learned the RCMP brand appeared alongside "inappropriate material that belonged to the 18th Street gang," Sgt. Martin Blais, a media spokesman for the Mounties in

Funny Crime

2007-02-01T06:16:00.000-08:00

A funny thing happened on the way to Manalapan.A tractor-trailer loaded with 10 Medjool date palms destined for The Ritz-Carlton was stolen before it could make its delivery from the Groundworks Nursery west of Boynton Beach.The trees, valued at $50,000, were scheduled to arrive Monday."Can you believe it?" hotel spokeswoman Crissy Poorman said. "We want them back."According to Poorman, the truck

Contraband Detector Device

2006-05-22T06:34:00.000-07:00

The M600P is a hand held device which can positively detect anomalies packed in a scanned item, etc (including the detection of contraband such as drugs, explosives, weapons, currency and much more). This is a fast and effective way to detect contraband concealed in objects such as tires, cargo, doors, walls and any other object or substance that may contain contraband. The principle of operation

Two Students Spike Teachers' Tea With Laxatives

2006-05-08T06:32:00.000-07:00

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Two students were charged with insult or abuse to a teacher after allegedly putting a laxative in tea that two teachers drank before the prank was uncovered.Harry Lee Keek and Bradley William Parham, both 18, were cited with a misdemeanor count, police said Monday. The two face a hearing May 16 in Hot Springs District Court; two others also could be charged.The Lakeside High

Things That Make You Go Hmmm....

2005-02-15T02:07:00.000-08:00

Trying to figure out what made Kent Johnson interview Ben Lerner for Jacket.I sent out a few of Lerner's "sonnets" from The Lichtenberg Figures to my PotD list this morning, and while I find the poems mildly of interest, I do not know what in them gave Kent the idea to interview him. There are a few reasons I can come up with, but I want to look more closely at the poems themselves. I'm already

What's Worse?

2005-02-14T20:25:00.000-08:00

a.] Monica-gate?b.] Gannon-gate?b.] the lack of Plame-gate?b.] Iraq-gate? You know, spending $200 billion on the invasion of Iraq to imprison Saddam Hussein (a despot who had no weapons of mass destruction, while losing thousands of American and Iraqi lives and handing over the government to Shites?b.] the lack of Condi-gate? Former NSA who received 52 -- once again, FIFTY TWO -- briefings

delivery

2005-02-14T20:02:00.000-08:00

I do not know what I'd do if I did not receive real mail.Today, PIEROGI PRESS, NO. 11, arrived. Eleven was guest edited by Rick Moody and with the chief edit herself Susan Swenson. As one would expect, another great production. Susan and Joe do nothing half way. The issue, dedicated to the spirit that infused Mark Lombardi's work is perfect bound, printed on quality stock, and covered with a

"...your dream was your ticket out..."

2005-02-14T19:37:00.000-08:00

While at lunch with some friends last week, I was surprised to hear that both of my lunchmates missed this site. Since last I posted, I have added father and property owner to the list of my accomplishments...if one can call them that.George is thirteen months old and the three of us will be moving to Broadway between 123rd and LaSalle some time in April. Change never ends.

2003-05-09T19:03:00.000-07:00

Jim Crow Revived in CyberspaceBy Martin Luther King III and Greg Palast(Martin Luther King III is head of the Southern Christian LeadershipConference, Greg Palast is the author of the bestseller "The BestDemocracy Money Can Buy."Originally published May 8, 2003Baltimore Sun: http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Astonishingly, and sadly, four decades after the Rev.Martin

name that tune

2003-05-08T13:42:00.000-07:00

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language -- so the argument runs -- must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like

Only in America

2003-03-22T08:47:00.000-08:00

By Norman Mialerhttp://www.nybooks.com/articles/16166This article is based on Norman Mailer's Commonwealth Club speech in San Francisco on February 20, 2003.1.It is probably true that at the beginning of the present push of the administration to go to war, the connections between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were minimal. Each, on the face of it, had to distrust the other. From Saddam's

2003-03-14T15:38:00.000-08:00

Admission: It doesn't matter how hard I try, I cannot shake my absolute obsession for RADIOHEAD. I just can't do it, and today I've submitted to it forever. I have tried to rid myself of it. It keeps coming back like a bad rash.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAURA

2003-03-14T09:39:00.000-08:00

TO THE POETS: TO MAKE MUCH OF LIFE'come up now intothe world' no need to lightthe lamps in daylight that passionthat light withinand without ( the old men were dancingreturnthe return of the sun ) no need to lightlamps in the daylight working yearafteryear the poemdiscoveredin the crystalcenter of the rock imageand image the transparentpresent to we speak of the abyssof the hungry we see their

ANNOUNCEMENT

2003-03-14T07:59:00.000-08:00

Monday March 17rd, 7:00 pmthe waxpoetic poetry reading series presentsAnastasios Kozaitis&Michael Tyrellreading their poetry@Pete's Candy Storefor freeMonday, March 17rd7:00 pmMichael TyrellMichael Tyrell's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Agni, American Letters & Commentary, The New England Review, The Paris Review, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, and other magazines. He wants his

2003-03-13T06:47:00.000-08:00

From: Dessima WilliamsSubject: Happy March 13th!Dear sisters, brothers, friends,Happy March 13th! It is 24 years since the start of Grenada's people's power democracy-- so full of promise.No matter how many years of state silence pass, let us never forget this day that ushered in a qualitative transformation for the better in the life of Grenada: unprecedented social development that included

2003-03-12T10:03:00.000-08:00

For those of you who don't think this thing is about money, consider this, Joe Brennan ran the numbers on the street value of Iraqi oil reserves. He places the number at $36 trillion. It's not the oil, per se; it's the MONEY. My numbers have Joe's being modest, and I see it at more than $40 trillion.And for those of us who subscribe to a Modernist pogram, there is more subject matter than there

2003-03-10T14:17:00.000-08:00

I'll admit it. I haven't read a poetry blog in more than a week, but I've been reading lots of political/news blogs. If anyone is out there, send me a line. Anyway, if you are I've put some new blogs up on my list, but Jack Balkin's First Amendment blog is superb. While I'm at it, take a look at The Bloviator (about US's 42M uninsured), Ted Barlow, and The Volokh Conspiracy. More soon...

2003-02-14T21:39:00.000-08:00

Farewell AngelinaFarewell AngelinaThe bells of the crownAre being stolen by banditsI must follow the soundThe triangle tinglesAnd the music plays slowBut, farewell AngelinaThe night is on fireAnd I must go.There is no use in talkingThere's no need for blameThere's nothing to proveEv'rything still is the sameThe table stands emptyBy the edge of the streamFarewell AngelinaThe sky is changing

Baghdad Snapshot Action

2003-02-14T13:55:00.000-08:00

On February 13, 2003, teams of artists and activists began postering New York City with snapshots from Baghdad. Quiet and casual, the snapshots show a part of Baghdad we rarely see: the part with people in it.The snapshots were taken by a friend of ours who just got back from Baghdad working with the Iraq Peace Team. Yes, he saw Iraqis suffering and struggling. But he also saw Iraqis dancing and

2003-02-13T19:24:00.000-08:00

Dulce et Decorum EstBent double, like old beggars under sacks,Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,Till on the haunting flares we turned our backsAnd towards our distant rest began to trudge.Men marched asleep. Many had lost their bootsBut limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hootsOf tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped

2003-02-13T13:11:00.000-08:00

US Senator Robert Byrd, D-West VirginiaSenate Floor SpeechWednesday, February 12, 2003To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences.On this February day, as this nation stands at the brink of battle, every American on some level must be contemplating the horrors of war.Yet, this Chamber is, for the most part, silent -- ominously, dreadfully silent. There is no debate

2003-02-12T15:42:00.000-08:00

http://truthout.org/docs_02/021303A.htm Osama Rallies Muslims, Condemns Hussein By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Wednesday 12 February 2003 Osama bin Laden rose from the dead yet again on Tuesday to prophesy doom and death for America. This is nothing new; he has been clawing his way out of various burial holes for seventeen months now, and always manages to

2003-02-12T09:31:00.000-08:00

"non-subject does this, non-subject does that"does "non-subject" = I, or does "non-subject" not = I?just asking...

2003-02-12T07:18:00.000-08:00

Convenient bit of Al Jazeera finding this Osama Bin Laden tape imploring Iraqis to rise up against the United States.We haven't heard from this guy since when? Since he was in Afghanistan's mountains? We really haven't heard from him since we last saw one of his video tapes early on in the US invasion of Afghanistan. Everything that has been attributed to him and sporadically so has been on audio

2003-02-11T15:04:00.000-08:00

More notes:Place = specific to it <--> the capacity to hold and situate things; to give them local habituationNavajo cosmogony lays down piece of emergence --> underworlds that are both located [under the visible world] + locating [of all that is on and in the upper world]. The purpose of this: to establish place right at the beginning when the void gets described. It's a "topocosmic" move.This "

2003-02-11T11:25:00.000-08:00

I trust not this administration.No. I do not see subtlties in this.To quote, Joe Brennan: This is a money grab.

2003-02-11T09:24:00.000-08:00

from today's Times At a private Washington dinner for the South Korean visitors last week, which was intended as a frank, off-the-record exchange, several American participants said mouths dropped open when a senior South Korean envoy said that if it had to choose, the incoming government would prefer that North Korea had nuclear weapons to seeing it collapse. "Their responses were so far out

2003-02-10T16:46:00.000-08:00

"Federal Judge Barbara Jones ruled this morning that the City of New York can deny United for Peace and Justice a permit to march on February 15. Citing 'heightened security concerns,' she ruled that we may only hold a stationary rally, for which we have been granted a permit for First Avenue stretching north from 49th Street."

NATO Rift Widens Over Defense of Turkey in Case of Iraq War

2003-02-10T12:24:00.000-08:00

By STEVEN R. WEISMAN with TERENCE NEILAN10:17 AM ETWASHINGTON, Feb. 10 — France, Germany and Belgium opened a division within NATO today by blocking proposals to increase Turkey's defenses in case of a war on Iraq, a move that Secretary of Defense Ronald H. Rumsfeld termed a mistake but one that would not interfere with any planning for possible military action."It is unfortunate that they are in

2003-02-10T10:11:00.000-08:00

Those of you interested in politics/technology/privacy issues, check out Declan McCullagh's Politech list.Here's the beginning of Declan's weekly column... http://news.com.com/2010-1071-983921.html Perspectives: Ashcroft's worrisome spy plans By Declan McCullagh February 10, 2003, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--Attorney General John Ashcroft wants even more power to snoop on the Internet,

2003-02-09T18:19:00.000-08:00

Months. Months that I've tried to get into Heather Fuller's Dovecote. The book's alienation of the reader has kept me away from it. Last night, I spoke to Gary about the war, the conservative media, the poets' White House protest, India, Flushing's Dhosa Hut, Bollywood, etc., and so, today I returned to Fuller's book because of her social themes."Quarter" got through to me, finally.. when the

2003-02-09T13:23:00.000-08:00

Why is Thomas Friedman so "well respected". It there any other reason than his AMERICAN lenses?

2003-02-09T13:00:00.000-08:00

Let me get this straight. The United States fabricates a deadline and a motive to invade Iraq. Meanwhile, former allies question the U.S. timeline and motives, and Rummy has the audacity to go to Munich and school them? He rebukes NATO, Belgium, France, and his host Germany...And people have to ask why Americans are hated overseas?I cannot think of poems of late. I can write them or write what I

2003-01-31T15:39:00.000-08:00

High on Goldberg VariationsFriday Noon Recitalperks perks perks

2003-01-31T10:08:00.000-08:00

Back to wordsA friend of mine started talking about Koch's idea of a language of poetry. He said that since he's read so much poetry over the past few years, he's noticed a change in his vocabulary cache. His poems have a richer more poetic texture that came from reading more poetry. I asked if what else he's read, and he's widely read, for sure. So, I then asked does not your other reading

2003-01-31T09:17:00.000-08:00

My friend Jeff, let's call him Ineluctable Maps' Foreign Correspondent reporting from the magnificent Aegean island of Paros, sent me an email with the subject line, "poetics."Message:Captain Benwick was so intimately acquainted with all the tenderest songs of Scott, and all the impassioned descriptions of hopeless agony of Byron; he repeated, with such tremulous feeling, the various lines which

2003-01-31T07:58:00.000-08:00

First of what will be running morning sports quips:Does the NHL [National Hockey League] really matter? That's a lot of money that could be better spent on, say, poetry marketing or supplementing Bush's clean-air hydrogen car R&D.Did the NY Mets really need those horrid orange batting practice jerseys? I'm sure Tom Glavine having left a very professionally run club like the Atlanta Braves can't

2003-01-30T19:33:00.000-08:00

Jullich should have been an economistJJ should title his next book, Ars Bean Enumerica or The Gross Verse Product of the St. Mark's Poetry Project Troubadors: POEMS or Word Indices SummaryI wish I were an economistRe: the monosyllabic/polysyllabic argument, polysyllabics readily appear more frequently in my verse than my prose. I realize the few and brave who visit my blog may not all be

Nelson Mandela tees off on Bush and Blair

2003-01-30T16:51:00.001-08:00

"Why does the United States behave so arrogantly?" Mr Mandela asked."Their friend Israel has got weapons of mass destruction but because it's their ally they won't ask the United Nations to get rid of them."They just want the oil," Mr Mandela went on. "We must expose this as much as possible."He also called Tony Blair, "US Prime Minister." I like to call him lapdog, but US PM does the

2003-01-30T16:51:00.000-08:00

At least this is what my therapist and I agreed upon today...

2003-01-30T07:36:00.000-08:00

"Jay-Z is more important to young people than George Bush," Russell Simmons said. And today more and more young people are writing poetry. Ten years ago, he said, if he had visited a New York City public school and asked how many people wrote poetry, there would have been few hands raised."This new spoken-word thing is really gonna change the world," he said, to another shower of hoots and shouts