From the name, you might think Wideman is a wide place in the road. You would be right.
Wideman is in Izard County, not far south of the Missouri state line. The town is not incorporated. U.S. Geological Survey has Wideman on the map sheet marked Pineville.
In 2010, Izard County’s population was 13,696. The highest ever population was 14,561 in 1910. In 1960, the population was down to 6,766.
Bear Creek runs into Indian Creek just north of Wideman, Arkansas. Explanation isn’t necessary as to how the creeks got their names. Bear Creek begins northeast of Wideman, runs into a lake, and then southeast for a few miles before turning just about due east. The creek bears slightly to the northeast before entering Indian Creek.
Indian Creek starts in the hills northeast of Wideman and flows southwest quite a few mils before joining Piney Creek just north of a quarry.
Bestplaces dot net has Wideman’s 2016 population as 336. That site says the median age is 19.9. The U.S. median age is 37.4. A questionable figure has the community’s 1990 population as 32. Marriage figures show 49.83% married; 50.17% never married. Two-third of married couples have children; one-third of single (women? Persons?) have children.
The Facebook page on “Things to do in Wideman” is blank. Not necessarily a bad thing.
The Uber website says the company needs drivers in Wideman, but I wouldn’t bet on it.
Here is a satellite photograph:
https://www.google.com/maps/@36.1864568,-92.0109512,611m/data=!3m1!1e3
Friday, May 12, 2017
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Squirrels, posthumanism & feminist food scholarship
Or, Somebody got publicity and credit and maybe even taxpayer money for writing this shit.
“Eastern fox squirrels (Sciurus niger), reddish-brown tree squirrels native to the eastern and southeastern United States, were introduced to and now thrive in suburban/urban California. As a result, many residents in the greater Los Angeles region are grappling with living amongst tree squirrels, particularly because the state’s native western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) is less tolerant of human beings and, as a result, has historically been absent from most sections of the greater Los Angeles area. ‘Easties,’ as they are colloquially referred to in the popular press, are willing to feed on trash and have an ‘appetite for everything.’ Given that the shift in tree squirrel demographics is a relatively recent phenomenon, this case presents a unique opportunity to question and re-theorize the ontological given of ‘otherness’ that manifests, in part, through a politics whereby animal food choices ‘[come] to stand in for both compliance and resistance to the dominant forces in [human] culture’. I, therefore, juxtapose feminist posthumanist theories and feminist food studies scholarship to demonstrate how eastern fox squirrels are subjected to gendered, racialized, and speciesist thinking in the popular news media as a result of their feeding/eating practices, their unique and unfixed spatial arrangements in the greater Los Angeles region, and the western, modernist human frame through which humans interpret these actions. I conclude by drawing out the implications of this research for the fields of animal geography and feminist geography.”
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0966369X.2017.1314949?journalCode=cgpc20&
Link at http://moonbattery.com/
Because Trump or something. Or climate change. Maybe Brexit.
“Eastern fox squirrels (Sciurus niger), reddish-brown tree squirrels native to the eastern and southeastern United States, were introduced to and now thrive in suburban/urban California. As a result, many residents in the greater Los Angeles region are grappling with living amongst tree squirrels, particularly because the state’s native western gray squirrel (Sciurus griseus) is less tolerant of human beings and, as a result, has historically been absent from most sections of the greater Los Angeles area. ‘Easties,’ as they are colloquially referred to in the popular press, are willing to feed on trash and have an ‘appetite for everything.’ Given that the shift in tree squirrel demographics is a relatively recent phenomenon, this case presents a unique opportunity to question and re-theorize the ontological given of ‘otherness’ that manifests, in part, through a politics whereby animal food choices ‘[come] to stand in for both compliance and resistance to the dominant forces in [human] culture’. I, therefore, juxtapose feminist posthumanist theories and feminist food studies scholarship to demonstrate how eastern fox squirrels are subjected to gendered, racialized, and speciesist thinking in the popular news media as a result of their feeding/eating practices, their unique and unfixed spatial arrangements in the greater Los Angeles region, and the western, modernist human frame through which humans interpret these actions. I conclude by drawing out the implications of this research for the fields of animal geography and feminist geography.”
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0966369X.2017.1314949?journalCode=cgpc20&
Link at http://moonbattery.com/
Because Trump or something. Or climate change. Maybe Brexit.
Ocean returns beach to island near Ireland
Storms took the beach in 1984. Heavy tides this spring returned the sand.
“A beach that was swept away more than 30 years ago from a remote island off the west coast of Ireland has reappeared after thousands of tons of sand were deposited on top of the rocky coastline.
“The 300 metre beach near the tiny village of Dooagh on Achill Island vanished in 1984 when storms stripped it of its sand, leaving nothing more than a series of rock pools.
“But after high spring tides last month, locals found that the Atlantic Ocean had returned the sand.”
https://www.dailysabah.com/environment/2017/05/09/beach-in-ireland-reappears-33-years-after-drifting-into-atlantic-ocean
Probably climate change. Evil, evil climate change.
“A beach that was swept away more than 30 years ago from a remote island off the west coast of Ireland has reappeared after thousands of tons of sand were deposited on top of the rocky coastline.
“The 300 metre beach near the tiny village of Dooagh on Achill Island vanished in 1984 when storms stripped it of its sand, leaving nothing more than a series of rock pools.
“But after high spring tides last month, locals found that the Atlantic Ocean had returned the sand.”
https://www.dailysabah.com/environment/2017/05/09/beach-in-ireland-reappears-33-years-after-drifting-into-atlantic-ocean
Probably climate change. Evil, evil climate change.
Monday, May 8, 2017
Idiots shot at the wrong homeowner
Wrong, as in the bad guys shot at a better shot.
“Officers said late Friday night, three suspects in a four door car opened fire in front of a home on Glenburnie Drive and Mercedes Lane.
“The owner of the home returned fire and hit all three suspects inside the vehicle. Two of the suspects died from the gunshot wounds, officers said.
“The homeowner was not injured in the shooting.”
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=71907
“Officers said late Friday night, three suspects in a four door car opened fire in front of a home on Glenburnie Drive and Mercedes Lane.
“The owner of the home returned fire and hit all three suspects inside the vehicle. Two of the suspects died from the gunshot wounds, officers said.
“The homeowner was not injured in the shooting.”
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=71907
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Things are different when it’s your own back yard
Denmark’s parliament recently approved a bill increasing residency and employment requirements on immigrants who want permanent residence.
Naturally, immigrant supporters were upset at the result.
“Naqeeb Khan, executive member of lobby group Danish Green Card Association, which campaigned against the bill from its inception in August 2016, told The Local that he was disappointed in the lack of support for the amendments.
…
“’We are extremely disappointed with the Social Democrats, who we feel have betrayed the red block and the whole immigrant community. They cheer for the [US] Democrats who fight for undocumented immigrants while ignoring the existing legal highly qualified immigrants in Denmark,’ Khan said.”
https://www.thelocal.dk/20170504/danish-parliament-rejects-campaign-to-soften-residence-bill
Danish politicians have, in the last couple of years, taken a long and different view of immigrants, especially those from Muslim countries where violence is part of daily life.
Supporting the Green Card Association were Alternative Party, the Social Liberal Party, the Red-Green Alliance and the Socialist People’s Party.
Who controls the language controls all
Or, The decline continues.
All from http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=71881
“According to the report the male resident reported shooting the suspect after he forced entry into the apartment.”
As written, the resident forced his way into his own apartment.
“The male robber pointed a gun before the ring seller pulled out their own gun and fired a ‘self-defense’ shot at him, Holmes said.”
The “ring seller pulled out their own gun.” How many is the “ring seller?” Answer: One. How many is “their?” Answer: More than one.
“There was also drugs found in the car.”
How many is “drugs?” Answer: More than one. What does “was” signify? One. Here is a suggestion: Police said drugs were also found in the car. Or, Police also found drugs in the car.
All from http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=71881
“According to the report the male resident reported shooting the suspect after he forced entry into the apartment.”
As written, the resident forced his way into his own apartment.
“The male robber pointed a gun before the ring seller pulled out their own gun and fired a ‘self-defense’ shot at him, Holmes said.”
The “ring seller pulled out their own gun.” How many is the “ring seller?” Answer: One. How many is “their?” Answer: More than one.
“There was also drugs found in the car.”
How many is “drugs?” Answer: More than one. What does “was” signify? One. Here is a suggestion: Police said drugs were also found in the car. Or, Police also found drugs in the car.
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