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Favorite Horror Shows

Dexter season 4

Starring:

Michael C Hall

Jennifer Carpenter

James Remar

David Zayas

Luna Lauren Velez

Julie Benz

C.S. Lee

John Lithgow

When season 4 came out, I had only seen a few episodes of season 1 and I wasn't interested. Up until friends from the PoP!cast started talking about it every week and how great it was. So I netflixed seasons 1 through 3 and then caught reruns of season 4 on Showtime and I was hooked.

Season 4 however was the Trinity Killer and it's what hooked me into going back to the beginning and watching them again.

Kills and Blood Slides:

Trinity Killer: 279 Confirmed Kills

Dexter up til the end of season 4: 96

Shocking Moment: The end of season 4, the bathtub. Dexter's toddler son in a pool of his own mother's blood.

Okay, so Dexter is not horror, but he is a serial killer slasher and has a kill table and is one of my favorites along with the first 5 seasons of Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Teen Wolf nowadays due to its beastiary content.

The New Yorker's Emily Nussbaum called Lithgow's characterization of Arthur as "so creepy I’m still not over it" in 2011 and also said the character was "modeled on the BTK Killer".

Dexter Facts

Dexter has killed about 117 people according to the Dexter Wiki. He had 45 blood slides in his first box before it was destroyed and now has about 43 slides in his new box. There were also 20 or so victims from whom he didn't collect blood.

Series star Michael C. Hall revealed he was afflicted with Hodgkin's lymphoma in January 2010, but continued to work on the series. Most of his fellow cast members were surprised by the news, because he had not disclosed his condition during production. Hall is, as of mid-2010, in remission.

The name of the main character, "Dexter," is also a Latin word meaning "right hand." The implied complement is the Latin for "left hand," "sinister," reflecting his hidden dark side. In 2010 author Jeff Lindsay confirmed at a book signing in Edinburgh that he chose the name Dexter because it was the opposite of "sinister", reflecting the character's surface normality.

Jennifer Carpenter's Debra uses more expletives in any given episode than all of her male colleagues combined. AND WE LOVE HER FOR THAT

One aspect of the Trinity killer parallels the BTK killer. Dennis Rader maintained a very normal family life and was very active in the Christ Lutheran Church in Park City, KS. Among many positions, he was a deacon and congregation president and Cub Scout leader. Ironically, it was his use of a church computer to communicate with authorities that led to his arrest.

Director/producer Michael Cuesta initially approached a pre-The Hurt Locker (2008) Jeremy Renner to play Dexter, but Renner declined the part as he felt he could not play another serial killer again after playing Jeffrey Dahmer in Dahmer (2002).

Composer Daniel Licht initially wrote Dexter's theme song as part of the score for the horror anthology movie Necronomicon: Book of Dead (1993).

Dexter frequently uses aliases that make reference to Bret Easton Ellis books and their film adaptations. These include using "Patrick Bateman" (the main character from American Psycho (2000)) when buying tranquilizers and "Sean Ellis" (reference to both Ellis and Sean Bateman - from The Rules of Attraction (2002)) when seeing a psychiatrist.

Honorary Mentions

American Horror Story season 1

The Twilight Zone

Penny Dreadful

Scream season 1

Evil

The Walking Dead season 1

What was your favorite Horror Show?

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BTK's journal links the serial killer to a 16-year-old who went missing decades ago

Serial Killer 'BTK' Dennis Radar linked to missing 16-year-old Cynthia Dawn Kinney. #missing #serialkiller #sharethispost

Story by: Lauren del Valle and Jean Casarez – CNN Published Aug. 26, 2023 9:19 p.m. EDT FILE – Convicted BTK killer Dennis Rader listens during a court proceeding, Oct. 12, 2005, in El Dorado, Kan. On Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, authorities in Oklahoma and Missouri said they are investigating whether the BTK serial killer was responsible for other homicides, with their search leading them to dig…

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Netflix's 'Mindhunter' Drops Interactive First Look at Season 2

by Jackie Strause   JULY 17, 2019

The trailer and a trove of photos were presented to press on Wednesday as an experience, making the serial killer drama the latest to take advantage of the streaming giant's push into interactivity. 

Netflix's Mindhunter wants members of the press curate their own first look at season two.

Ahead of the Aug. 16 return of the serial killer series, David Fincher and the team behind the Netflix series released a trove of images and the trailer for season two of Mindhunter — but there was a catch. The first look was presented to press as an interactive experience on Wednesday, and it boasted 200-plus images from the second season to explore before the trailer was unlocked and could be viewed.

The images — eight of which are embedded below — offered a deeper look into what is to come when FBI agents Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) and Bill Tench (Holt McCallany) return with nine new episodes.

Mindhunter offers a rigorous study of the damaged psyches of serial killers and the innovative FBI agents who attempt to understand and catch them. So it's fitting that the series would offer this challenge of a first-look exploration into what the new season has to offer. The images revealed the anticipated debuts of Charles Manson and Son of Sam, and the return of the BKT Strangler, as some of the second season's serial killer targets.

But they also paint a broader picture of the season, which will see Ford and Tench, along with Wendy Carr (Anna Torv), probing further into the psyches of their subjects as they apply their groundbreaking behavioral analysis to hunting notorious serial killers. And the focus will be on the Atlanta child murders of 1979-1981 in Georgia.

The 1977-set first season followed Ford and Tench, agents in the FBI serial crime unit, along with psychologist Carr, as they interviewed and studied a string of well-known violent offenders, ultimately coining the "serial killer" term and launching the bureau's real-life Behavioral Science Unit. Known murderers portrayed on the first season included the BTK Killer, Richard Speck, Jerry Brudos and Edmund Kemper, aka the Co-Ed Killer, who is played by standout actor Cameron Britton.

The first season ended on an emotional cliffhanger for Ford and the new images reveal that he indeed returns to his work. Among the images is Ed Kemper to mark the return of Britton, who seems to play a key role from the trailer. The first footage shows both Ford and Tench revisiting Kemper to seek help with a new case.

"Have you got somebody, Holden? Somebody you can't catch?" Kemper asks the duo in the trailer, as a woman is shown frightened in her home. "This person you are after, he has an overwhelming fantasy life," Kemper continues, as the scenes shifts to introduce the Atlanta child murders storyline. "Fantasies of what he's done. What he wants to do," Kemper continues. "His dreams will consume him. Soon, the real world too much to bear."

When Tench asks, "How do we catch a fantasy?" Kemper answers, "If he's any good, you cant." The trailer ends with the woman from the beginning screaming at whatever she has uncovered in her bathroom.

The new images also reveal new castmembers including Joe Tuttle, Albert Jones, Stacey Roca, Michael Cerveris, Lauren Glazier and Sierra McClain.

When the second season was announced (in November 2017), it sparked speculation about the famous killers who might be featured. Charles Manson, David Berkowitz (aka the Son of Sam) and Dennis Rader, the BKT Strangler who was teased in season one, will all be featured. But the season will mainly focus on the Atlanta child murders, according to Fincher. During a recent podcast, the filmmaker said, “We could probably have done three seasons on the Atlanta child murders. It’s a huge and sweeping and tragic story." He also said the second season would be about evolution and the FBI being "dragged, kicking and screaming, into the present."

The critically acclaimed 10-episode first season of Mindhunter released October 2017 and marked Fincher's (Seven, Zodiac) return to Netflix after directing early episodes of House of Cards.

With Tuesday's unique drop, Mindhunter becomes the latest Netflix series to take advantage of the streaming giant's push into the interactive genre and the first to utilize the technology from a marketing perspective, instead of a storytelling one.

After first launching with interactive kids programming, Netflix debuted interactive programming with the immersive and now Emmy-nominated Black Mirror: Bandersnatch in late 2018 and has continued to roll out interactive content with Bear Grylls' You vs. Wild and the upcoming Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt interactive special. Netflix's push into interactive content also follows the Mosaic branching narrative-app, which launched in early 2018 alongside HBO's miniseries from Steven Soderbergh.

Inspired by the memoir of FBI veteran John R Douglas, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s Elite Serial Crime Unit, Mindhunter was created by Joe Penhall (The Road) and is executive produced by Fincher — who also directed four episodes of season one and will helm some of season two — along with Charlize Theron, Joshua Donen, Cean Chaffin, Beth Kono and Courtenay Miles.

The second season of Mindhunter releases Aug. 16 on Netflix. Stay tuned for the trailer to drop and check out The Hollywood Reporter's curated first look at season two below.

Source: THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

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6 Signs of a Wholesome Relationship

6 Signs of a Wholesome Relationship

Relationships are like Oreos: they come in different varieties and flavors. But which ones feed your soul? ShirinJan 12 / medium.com Photo by Lauren Rader on Unsplash Relationships are like Oreos: they come in different varieties and flavors. Sometimes we crave Oreo Thins, other times Double Stuf. We might want pumpkin spice ones around Halloween and peppermint bark ones for Christmas. At…

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Mindhunter: 7 Characters That Were Based On Real People (And 3 That Are Completely Fictional)

RELATED: 10 Scariest Killer Dolls In Movies, Ranked

Many fans who are interested in thrillers and drama inspired by true crime turn to this story for their morbid fix, but we wonder… which characters in it were based on actual people, and which ones were made up just to entertain us? Here are 7 characters on Mindhunter who were based on real life detectives or criminals and 3 more who are purely fictional.

10 Based On Reality: Holden Ford

Jonathan Groff portrays Special Agent Holden Ford in this series, and this character is based on a real person named John E. Douglas. Douglas was an FBI special agent and unit chief, and he is indeed credited with being an initial criminal profiler.

He joined the FBI in 1970, started the Criminal Profiling Program, got promoted to the Investigative Support Unit, wrote books on criminal psychology, and eventually retired. In reality, he is also married to a woman named Pamela. Together, they have three kids: Erika, Lauren, and John, Jr. (Jed). 

9 Based On Reality: Bill Tench

In Mindhunter, Holt McCallany plays Bill Tench, and this character is based on Robert Ressler. He was in the Army then joined the FBI, where he focused on psychological profiling and came up with the term "serial killer”. He too wrote several books on this topic and similar ones, then he retired in 1990.

Ressler had a wife named Helen, a son (Lt. Col. Aaron R. Ressler), two daughters (Allison R. Tsiumis and Betsy S. Hamlin), as well as grandchildren and step-grandchildren. He passed away in 2013 due to Parkinson's Disease. 

8 Based On Reality: Wendy Carr

Up next is Anna Torv’s character, Wendy Carr, who is inspired by Ann Wolbert Burgess: a researcher and professor. In real life, she did work with these men within the FBI, but some parts of her story on this TV show were added in and changed.

For instance, she did not actually make an official move to Quantico, she is a psychiatric nurse practitioner (not a psychologist), and she is not gay (she is married to a man, with children, as reported by Pacific Standard).

7 Based On Reality: Ed Kemper 

Of course, there are several offenders in this television series that are based on real-life killers, as well, like Ed Kemper. With a height of 6’9” and an IQ of 145, Kemper was really the Co-Ed Killer, who zeroed in on young women.

RELATED: 10 Killer Dolls Who Aren't Chucky Or Annabelle

After being caught, he requested the death penalty but California did not allow capital punishment at this time. He instead got eight life sentences and is currently in the California Medical Facility. And in this version of his story, Cameron Britton does almost too good of a job playing him!

6 Based On Reality: Charles Manson 

Many crime fanatics were anxious to see Damon Herriman in this season of Mindhunter. On this show, he portrays one of the best-known criminals of all time, and he also played this character in the movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Charles Manson.

Manson led his Family, which notably took the lives of nine people in 1969. Due to his involvement, he was sentenced to death then got a life sentence instead, which he served at the California State Prison until he passed away in 2017.

5 Based On Reality: Son of Sam 

Several other notable serial killers are seen in this television show, like Son of Sam. This man’s real name is David Richard Berkowitz, and he was also known as the .44 Caliber Killer since he was charged with eight shooting attacks in 1976.

As mentioned in the show, he also sent letters that mocked the police and that were made widely known about by the press. He is currently serving six consecutive life sentences, and Oliver Cooper does a great job portraying him in Mindhunter. 

4 Based On Reality: BTK 

One more real person from this series to discuss is Dennis Rader, the BTK Strangler (which stands for bind, torture, kill). He took the lives of ten people in and around Wichita, Kansas, and this happened from 1974 to 1991.

RELATED: 10 Killer Hillbilly Horror Films

He also sent mocking letters to police and newspapers, and they picked up again in 2004. He was arrested in 2005 and got ten consecutive life sentences, which he is serving at the El Dorado Correctional Facility in Kansas. And in this hit series, Sonny Valicenti portrays this infamous man.

3 Made Up: Debbie Mitford

Remember Debbie Mitford? In Season 1, she was Ford's girlfriend. She was a graduate student who was studying sociology at the University of Virginia. And she was portrayed by an actress named Hannah Gross who has been in plays, films and other TV shows such as The Sinner and Deadwax.

As far as the world knows, though, this character was made up to add in some more drama and romance. In real life, the inspiration for Ford’s character, John E. Douglas, is married to someone named Pamela and has three children with her. 

2 Made Up: Kay Mason

Another girlfriend on this television show is Kay Mason, who is portrayed by Lauren Glazier - an actress who has appeared in commercials, music videos, shows and movies like Gone Girl and Red Sparrow. This season, Wendy Carr met her at a bar, went bowling with her, did more than that with her.

But, as stated up above, this is a made-up detail for this exciting story. In reality, the inspiration for this role, Ann Wolbert Burgess, is married to a man and has kids with him.

1 Made Up: Brian Tench

A large part of this season focused on Bill’s adopted son, Brian, who is played by Zachary Scott Ross, whose only acting credit is Mindhunter. Spoiler Alert  - Within this story, a toddler’s body is found in a house that Nancy, Bill’s wife in the show, is selling. It turns out that Brian knew about the toddler and even suggested placing the body on a cross.

Did this really happen? Well, in reality, Robert Ressler, who Bill’s character is based on, had a son named Aaron. He is a lieutenant colonel, and no reports of this happening in Ressler's real life exist. 

NEXT: 10 Scariest Killer Dolls In Movies, Ranked

source https://screenrant.com/mindhunter-real-fake-characters/

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What is Daniel Handler Reading? - June 2017

List of books recommended via Mr. Handler’s Twitter last month, collected here for your convenience.

June 3 Marina Tsevtana (transl. Angela Livingstone), Art in the Light of Conscience [x] Simone Muench & Dean Rader, Suture [x] Osama Alomar (transl. C.J. Collins w. author), The Teeth of the Comb & Other Stories [x] Junichero Tanizaki (transl. J. Keith Vinent), Devils in Daylight [x] Joshua Marie Wilkinson, Meadow Slasher [x] Kyle Harter, Boundaries (comic) [x] Jillian Tamaki, Boundless (comic) [x]

June 9 Daniel Zomparelli, Everything is Awful and You’re a Terrible Person [x] Pierre Reverdy (transl. Ian Seed), The Thief of Talant [x] Laura Raicovich, At the Lightning Field [x] Samuel D. Hunter, Five Plays [x] Todd Shimoda, Oh!: A Mystery of ‘Mono No Aware’ [x] Danielle M. McGuire, At The Dark End of the Street [x]

June 17 Constance DeJong, Modern Love [x] Seicho Matsumoto (transl. Louise Heal Kawai), A Quiet Place [x] Lynn Nottage, Sweat [x] Kelcey Parker Ervick, The Bitter Life of Božena Němcová [x] Joseph Wechsberg, Blue Trout and Black Truffles [x]

June 23 Aracelis Girmay, the black maria [x] Anselm Berrigan, Zero Star Hotel (poetry) [x] David Wevill, Collected Translations (poetry) [x] Ramon Saizarbitoria (transl. Aritz Branton), Martutene [x]

June 30 Vivek Shraya, even this page is white (poetry) [x] Eleanor Goodman, Nine Dragon Island (poetry) [x] Lauren Greenfield, Generation Wealth [x] Dawn Lundy Martin, Good Stock Strange Blood (poetry) [x] Coco Picard, The Chronicles of Fortune (comic) [x] Nick Drnaso, Beverly (comic) [x] Stuart Eugene Bousel, Everybody Here Says Hello!: A Comedy (play) [x] Zvonko Karanović (trans. Ana Božičević), It Was Easy to Set the Snow on Fire (poems) [x]

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TODAY IS THE BIG DAY! Today is the day we release Cherry Tree, Issue 5! Our fifth issue features work by Lauren K. Alleyne, Aldo Amparán, E Kristin Anderson, John Andrews Kitchens, Matthew James Babcock, Alyse Bensel, Justin Bigos, Tommye Blount, Brooke Champagne, Alan Chazaro, Emily Cinquemani, Kevin Clouther, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Oliver de la Paz, Denise Duhamel, Kelly Dulaney, Cathy Edmunds, Stevie Edwards, Kate Gaskin, Joanna Gordon, Kyle Hemmings, Luke Jacob, Sally J. Johnson, Jane Kim, Ben Loory, Suvi Mahonen, Alicia Mountain, Miguel Murphy, Andy Powell, Kevin Prufer, Dean Rader, Scott Ragland, Nancy Reddy, Phoebe Reeves, Aaron Smith, Alison Stine, Matthew Thorburn, Maureen Thorson, Milla van der Have, Kelly Garriott Waite, Joanna White, Patrick Whitfill, and Claire Yoo. Contributors’ and subscribers’ copies are in the mail and should be arriving any day now. Forgot to subscribe? Do it now! Just follow this link: http://bit.ly/2AlLNnP. And when you get your copy, we’d love if you would post a photo of you with your issue on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram with the hashtag #cherrybomb. We’ll be sharing and retweeting all of them! Thank you so much for helping us to celebrate this wonderful new issue!

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#MakeArtMakeChange

Worldwide we are challenged to our cores with the polarizing forces that blur the simple truth that we are all humans. At VIDA, we find ourselves incapable of simply sitting around and watching.

We are dedicated to creating beauty every step of the way. This includes our communities of artists, factory workers, and shoppers. In a world focused on segmenting us by our differences rather than accepting us for our individuality, we want to invite our global community of artists and creatives to spark hope, love and change. As the great Salvador Dali said, "A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others."

This isn’t about politics, race, nationality, class, education level; it isn’t even about whether you are a cat or a dog person. This is about the undeniable thread of life that connects us all.

We believe art allows us to transcend our outward differences by sparking thought and curiosity. It provides beauty through the best and the worst of experiences. It implores us to challenge the status quo. Art gives us the courage and freedom to live, feel, breathe within our authentic selves. But most importantly, art sparks conversations.

These are the conversations we need to have. No anger or judgement, just curiosity, empathy, and love. It doesn’t mean you need to conform to your neighbors’ ideas or feelings, it just means you can accept them as their beliefs and appreciate their validity.

Every side has a story and a truth. Nothing in this world is as simple as a yes or a no. And that is what makes life beautiful. That is how we learn, discover, and create each day. We need to remember our commonalities and love our differences. Because in the end, that is “our” truth. And as one of our VIDA artists, Lauren Rader, says, “truth is beautiful.”

This isn't only for professional artists. Everyone has a truth to share. Everyone is different. Everyone sees the world differently. Let's focus on celebrating our truths and our differences to start the conversation. Together, through art, let's remind ourselves of the beauty all around us, especially in our individuality, and begin to lessen the divide among us. To focus on understanding and acceptance. Together, let’s #makeartmakechange.

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There have been 220,000 unsolved murders in the U.S. since 1980. Are serial killers to blame? Here's everything you need to know:How many serial killers are there? Since 1900, there have been 3,000 identified American serial killers who've collectively killed nearly 10,000 people, says Dr. Michael Aamodt, who oversees the Radford University/Florida Gulf Coast University Serial Killer Database. The FBI defines a serial killer as someone who kills two or more people in separate events. About 32 percent of these killers, Aamodt says, did so for enjoyment (thrills, lust, and power); 30 percent for financial reward; 18 percent in anger; 6.3 percent to advance a criminal enterprise; and fewer than 1 percent because a cult put them up to it. Their favorite murder weapon was a gun (42 percent), although 6 percent preferred poison and 2 percent axes. About 52 percent were white, 40 percent black, and 6.7 percent Hispanic. Men outnumber women by a factor of 10. Samuel Little, a transient former boxer and career criminal serving time for two murders, was recently identified by the FBI as the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, after he confessed to 93 killings between 1970 and 2005.What makes a serial killer? Probably a combination of genetics and experience. Research shows that certain genes can predispose people to violence. (One gene, particularly, the so-called warrior gene, is present in about 30 percent of the population and has been linked to increased aggression.) Many serial killers also experienced childhood trauma or early separation from their mothers. As a consequence of that trauma or separation, scientists believe, they learned to suppress empathy or suffered damage to the areas of the brain that control emotional impulses. Serial killers often are loners who fear all relationships and seek to control, to destroy other people to eliminate the possibility of another humiliating rejection. Prolific arsonist Robert Dale Segee, who is believed to have killed 168 and injured hundreds more by setting a fire at a Connecticut circus in 1944, grew up with a dad who punished him by holding his fingers over a candle flame. Jeffrey Dahmer, who killed, dismembered, and partially ate 17 boys and young men beginning in 1978, said he did so "not because I hated them, but to keep them with me." Gerald Stano, who killed at least 22 women beginning in the 1970s, compared killing people to "stepping on a cockroach." Little said he got sexual pleasure from strangling women with his bare hands, and that by taking their lives, he came to "own" them.What role does society play? The teeming, impersonal nature of the modern world is fertile soil for creating serial killers, experts say. Five hundred years ago, the average citizen lived in a small community, traveled rarely if at all, and might have come into contact with 100 "strangers" over the course of his lifetime. By comparison, modern urban dwellers live amid "a sea of strangers," providing the consistent, impersonal interactions and anonymity that are almost preconditions for serial killing. Those who've studied serial killers believe that many are at least partly motivated by the attention and fame that mass media can provide mass murderers. As Dennis Rader, the self-proclaimed "BTK killer" ("Bind them, torture them, kill them"), put it in a letter to a TV station, "How many people do I have to kill before I get a name in the paper or some national attention?" He murdered 10 people during the 1970s and '80s in Kansas.How do they choose targets? Serial killers often prey on the most marginalized members of society. Little, for one, managed to evade detection for so long by preying on prostitutes, drug addicts, and homeless women. As he told New York Times reporter Jillian Lauren, "I never killed no senators or governors or fancy New York journalists. Nothing like that. I killed you, it'd be all over the news the next day. I stayed in the ghettos." Earlier this year, Bruce McArthur pleaded guilty to murdering eight men in Toronto's Gay Village -- many of them immigrants from South Asia or the Middle East who were not "out" to their families. Generally speaking, the majority of victims of serial killers are women (51.4 percent). African-American victims are over-represented (24 percent) relative to their proportion of the U.S. population (13 percent).How many are active? Data suggest that American serial killing peaked in the 1980s and has declined since then. The FBI says only 1 percent of murders today are committed by serial killers, and that it's harder for them to go undetected, because of DNA evidence, public cameras, stricter parole laws, and the use of databases. But Michael Arntfield, a retired police detective and author of a dozen books on serial killing, contends that the number of repeat killers active today is more likely between 3,000 and 4,000. He notes that the police "solve rate" for murders dropped from 91 percent in 1965 to only 61.6 percent in 2017, partly because mass killers are more sophisticated. Thomas Hargrove, who has created the nation's largest database of killings, also puts the number of active serial killers at greater than 2,000. "There are more than 222,000 unsolved murders since 1980," he said. "I'll say almost every major American city has multiple serial killers and multiple uncaught serial killers."The century of mass killings Many factors are credited with the growth in the number of serial killers during the 20th century. Some have cited the creation of the interstate highway system, which gave predators greater mobility and a vulnerable pool of ­victims -- hitchhikers. Historian Peter Vronsky says the growth of cities and surge in suburbs "led to a lot of transience, a lot of mobility, a lot of broken families, which is where many of these people came from." But Vronsky also says the savagery of World Wars I and II might have contributed as well. He says there was a bump in active serial killers in the years immediately after the First World War and an even greater one after the Second. The wars, he said, were "far more vicious and primitive than we have been able to acknowledge." Vronsky believes traumatized soldiers who had been desensitized to taking lives either became killers themselves or had a hand in raising them.More stories from theweek.com The coming death of just about every rock legend The president has already confessed to his crimes Why are 2020 Democrats so weird?

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432 Democratic Candidates for the US House of Representatives.

1 Robert Kennedy Jr (AL-01)

2 Tabitha Isner (AL-02)

3 Mallory Hagan (AL-03)

4 Lee Auman (AL-04)

5 Peter Joffrion (AL-05)

6 Danner Kline (AL-06)

7 Terri Sewell (AL-07) (Incumbent)

8 Alyse Galvin (AK at Large)

9 Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) (Incumbent)

10 Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-02)

11 Raul Grijalva (AZ-03) (Incumbent)

12 David Brill (AZ-04)

13 Joan Greene (AZ-05)

14 Anita Malik (AZ-06)

15 Ruben Gallego (AZ-07) (Incumbent)

16 Hiral Tipirneni (AZ-08)

17 Greg Stanton (AZ-09)

18 Chintan Desai (AR-01)

19 Clarke Tucker (AR-02)

20 Joshua Mahony (AR-3)

21 Hayden Shamel (AR-04)

22 Audrey Denney (CA-01)

23 Jared Huffman (CA-02) (Incumbent)

24 John Garamendi (CA-03) (Incumbent)

25 Jessica Morse (CA-04)

26 Mike Thompson (CA-05) (Incumbent)

27 Doris Matsui (CA-06) (Incumbent)

28 Ami Bera (CA-07) (Incumbent)

29 Jerry McNerney (CA-09) (Incumbent)

30 Josh Harder (CA-10)

31 Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) (Incumbent)

32 Nancy Pelosi (CA-12) (Incumbent)

33 Barbara Lee (CA-13) (Incumbent)

34 Jackie Speier (CA-14) (Incumbent)

35 Eric Swalwell (CA-15) (Incumbent)

36 Jim Costa (CA-16) (Incumbent)

37 Ro Khanna (CA-17) (Incumbent)

38 Anna Eshoo (CA-18) (Incumbent)

39 Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) (Incumbent)

40 Jimmy Panetta (CA-20) (Incumbent)

41 TJ Cox (CA-21)

42 Andrew Janz (CA-22)

43 Tatiana Matta (CA-23)

44 Salud Carbajal (CA-24) (Incumbent)

45 Katie Hill (CA-25)

46 Julia Brownley (CA-26) (Incumbent)

47 Judy Chu (CA-27) (Incumbent)

48 Adam Schiff (CA-28) (Incumbent)

49 Tony Cardenas (CA-29) (Incumbent)

50 Brad Sherman (CA-30) (Incumbent)

51 Pete Aguilar (CA-31) (Incumbent)

52 Grace Napolitano (CA-32) (Incumbent)

53 Ted Lieu (CA-33) (Incumbent)

54 Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) (Incumbent)

55 Norma Torres (CA-35) (Incumbent)

56 Raul Ruiz (CA-36) (Incumbent)

57 Karen Bass (CA-37) (Incumbent)

58 Linda Sanchez (CA-38) (Incumbent)

59 Gil Cisneros (CA-39)

60 Lucille Royal-Allard (CA-40) (Incumbent)

61 Mark Takano (CA-41) (Incumbent)

62 Julia Peacock (CA-42) 

63 Maxine Waters (CA-43) (Incumbent)

64 Nanette Barragan (CA-44) (Incumbent)

65 Katie Porter (CA-45) (Incumbent)

66 Lou Correa (CA-46) (Incumbent)

67 Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) (Incumbent)

68 Harley Rouda (CA-48) 

69 Mike Levin (CA-49) 

70 Ammar Campa-Najjar (CA-50)

71 Juan Vargas (CA-51) (Incumbent)

72 Scott Peters (CA-52) (Incumbent)

73 Susan Davis (CA-53) (Incumbent)

74 Diana DeGette (CO-01) (Incumbent)

75 Joe Neguse (CO-02)

76 Diane Matsch Bush (CO-03)

77 Karen McCormick (CO-04)

78 Stephany Rose Spaulding (CO-05) 

79 Jason Crow (CO-06)

80 Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) (Incumbent)

81 John Larson (CT-01) (Incumbent)

82 Joe Courtney (CT-02) (Incumbent)

83 Rose L. DeLauro (CT-03) (Incumbent)

84 Jim Himes (CT-04) (Incumbent)

85 Jahana Hayes (CT-05) 

86 Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE At Large)

87 Jennifer Zimmerman (FL-01)

88 Bob Rackleff (FL-02)

89 Yvonne Hayes Hinson (FL-03)

90 Ges Belmont (FL-04)

91 Alfred Lawson (FL-05) (Incumbent)

92 Nancy Soderberg (FL-06) 

93 Stephanie Murphy (FL-07) (Incumbent)

94 Sanjay Patel (FL-08)

95 Darren Soto (FL-09) (Incumbent)

96 Val Demings (FL-10) (Incumbent)

97 Dana Cottrell (FL-11)

98 Chris Hunter (FL-12)

99 Charlie Crist (FL-13) (Incumbent)

100 Kathy Castor (FL-14) (Incumbent)

101 Kristen Carlson (FL-15)

102 David Shapiro (FL-16)

103 April Freeman (FL-17)

104 Lauren Baer (FL-18)

105 David Holden (FL-19)

106 Alcee L. Hastings (FL-20) (Incumbent)

107 Lois Frankel (FL-21) (Incumbent)

108 Theodore E. Deutch (FL-22) (Incumbent)

109 Debbie Wassermann Schultz (Fl-23) (Incumbent)

110 Frederica S. Wilson (FL-24) (Incumbent)

111 Mary Barzee Flores (Fl-25) 

112 Debbie Murcarsel-Powell (FL-26)

113 Donna Shalala (FL-27)

114 Lisa Ring (GA-01)

115 Sanford Bishop Jr (GA-02)

116 Chuck Enderlin (GA-03)

117 Hank Johnson (GA-04) (Incumbent)

118 John Lewis (GA-05) (Incumbent)

119 Lucy McBath (GA-06)

120 Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07)

121 Josh McCall (GA-09)

122 Tabitha Johnson-Green (GA-10)

123 Flynn Broady Jr (GA-11)

124 Francys Johnson (GA-12)

125 David Scott (GA-13) (Incumbent)

126 Steven Foster (GA-14) 

127 Ed Case (HI-01)

128 Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02)

129 Cristina McNeil (ID-01)

130 Aaron Swisher (ID-02)

131 Bobby Rush (IL-01) (Incumbent)

132 Robin Kelly (IL-02) (Incumbent)

133 Daniel Lipinski (IL-03) (Incumbent)

134 Jesus Garcia (IL-04) 

135 Tom Hanson (IL-05)

136 Sean Casten (IL-06)

137 Danny K. Davis (IL-07) (Incumbent)

138 Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) (Incumbent)

139 Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) (Incumbent)

140 Brad Schneider (IL-10) (Incumbent)

141 Bill Foster (IL-11) (Incumbent)

142 Brendan Kelly (IL-12)

143 Betsy Londrigan (IL-13)

144 Lauren Underwood (IL-14)

145 Kevin Gaither (IL-15)

146 Sara Dady (IL-16)

147 Cheri Bustos (IL-17) (Incumbent)

148 Junius Rodriguez (IL-18)

149 Peter Visclosky (IN-01) (Incumbent)

150 Mel Hall (IN-02)

151 Courtney Tritch (IN-03)

152 Tobi Beck (IN-04)

153 Dee Thornton (IN-05)

154 Jeannine Lee Lake (IN-06)

155 Andre Carlson (IN-07) (Incumbent)

156 William Tanoos (IN-08)

157 Liz Watson (IN-09)

158 Abby Finkenauer (IA-01)

159 Dave Loebsack (IA-02) (Incumbent)

160 Cindy Axne (IA-03)

161 J.D. Scholten (IA-04)

162 Alan LaPolice (KS-01)

163 Paul Davis (KS-02)

164 Sharice Davids (KS-03)

165 James Thompson (KS-04)

166 Paul Walker (KY-01)

167 Hank Linderman (KY-02)

168 John Yarmuth (KY-03) (Incumbent)

169 Seth Hall (KY-04)

170 Kenneth Stepp (KY-05)

171 Amy McGrath (KY-06)

172 Tammy Savoie (LA-01)

173 Cedric Richmond (LA-02) (Incumbent)

174 Mildred “Mimi” Methvin (LA-03)

175 Ryan Trundle (LA-04)

176 Jessee Carlton Fleenor (LA-05)

177 Andie Saizan (LA-06)

178 Chellie Pingree (ME-01) (Incumbent)

179 Jared Golden (ME-02)

180 Jesse Colvin (MD-01)

181 Dutch Ruppersberger (MD-02) (Incumbent)

182 John Sarbanes (MD-03) (Incumbent)

183 Anthony Brown (MD-04) (Incumbent)

184 Steny Hoyer (MD-05) (Incumbent)

185 David Trone (MD-06)

186 Elijah Cummings (MD-07) (Incumbent)

187 Jamie Raskin (MD-08) (Incumbent)

188 Richard Neal (MA-01) (Incumbent)

189 Jim McGovern (MA-02) (Incumbent)

190 Lori Trahan (MA-03) 

191 Joseph Kennedy III (MA-04) (Incumbent)

192 Katherine Clark (MA-05) (Incumbent)

193 Seth Moulton (MA-06) (Incumbent)

194 Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) 

195 Stephen Lynch (MA-08) (Incumbent)

196 Bill Keating (MA-09) (Incumbent)

197 Matthew Morgan (MI-01)

198 Rob Davidson (MI-02)

199 Cathy Albro (MI-03)

200 Jerry Hilliard (MI-04)

201 Dan Kildee (MI-05)

202 Matt Longjohn (MI-06)

203 Gretchen Driskell (MI-07)

204 Elissa Slotkin (MI-08)

205 Andy Levin (MI-09)

206 Kimberly Bizon (MI-10)

207 Haley Stevens (MI-11)

208 Debbie Dinkel (MI-12) (Incumbent)

209 Rashida Tlaib (MI-13)

210 Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) (Incumbent)

211 Dan Feehan (MN-01)

212 Angie Craig (MN-02)

213 Dean Phillips (MN-03)

214 Betty McCollum (MN-04) (Incumbent)

215 Ilhan Omar (MN-05)

216 Ian Todd (MN-06)

217 Collin Peterson (MN-07) (Incumbent)

218 Joe Radinovich (MN-08)

219 Randy Wadkins (MS-01)

220 Bernie Thompson (MS-02) (Incumbent)

221 Michael Evans (MS-03)

222 Jeramey Anderson (MS-04)

223 William Lacy Clay (MO-01) (Incumbent)

224 Cort VanOstran (MO-02)

225 Katy Geppert (MO-03)

226 Renee Hoagenson (MO-04)

227 Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) (Incumbent)

228 Henry Martin (MO-06)

229 Jamie Schoolcraft (MO-07)

230 Kathy Ellis (MO-08)

231 Kathleen Williams (MT At Large)

232 Jessica McClure (NE-01)

233 Kara Eastman (NE-02)

234 Paul Theobald (NE-03)

235 Dina Titus (NV-01) (Incumbent)

236 Clint Koble (NV-02)

237 Susie Lee (NV-03)

238 Steven Horsford (NV-04)

239 Chris Pappas (NH-01)

240 Annie Kuster (NH-02) (Incumbent)

241 Donald Norcross (NJ-01) (Incumbent)

242 Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02)

243 Andrew Kim (NJ-03)

244 Josh Welle (NJ-04)

245 Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) (Incumbent)

246 Frank Pallone (NJ-06) (Incumbent)

247 Tom Malinowski (NJ-07) 

248 Albio Sires (NJ-08) (Incumbent)

249 Bill Pascrell (NJ-09) (Incumbent)

250 Donald Payne Jr (NJ-10) (Incumbent)

251 Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11)

252 Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) (incumbent)

253 Debra Haland (NM-01)

254 Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02)

255 Ben Ray Lujan (NM-03) (Incumbent)

256 Perry Gershon (NY-01)

257 Liuba Greggen Shirley (NY-02)

258 Tom Suozzi (NY-03) (Incumbent)

259 Kathleen Rice (NY-04) (Incumbent)

260 Gregory W. Meeks (NY-05) (Incumbent)

261 Grace Meng (NY-06) (Incumbent)

262 Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) (Incumbent)

263 Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) (Incumbent)

264 Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) (Incumbent)

265 Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) (Incumbent)

266 Max Rose (NY-11)

267 Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12) (Incumbent)

268 Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) (Incumbent)

269 Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) 

270 Jose Serrano (NY-15) (Incumbent)

271 Eliot Engel (NY-16) (Incumbent)

272 Nita Lowey (NY-17) (Incumbent)

273 Sean Maloney (NY-18) (Incumbent)

274 Antonio Delgado (NY-19)

275 Paul Tonko (NY-20) (Incumbent)

276 Tedra Cobb (NY-21)

277 Anthony Brindisi (NY-22)

278 Tracy Mitrano (NY-23)

279 Dana Balter (NY-24) 

280 Joseph Morelle (NY-25)

281 Brian Higgins (NY-26) (Incumbent)

282 Nate McMurray (NY-27) 

283 G.K. Butterfield (NC-01)

284 Linda Coleman (NC-02)

285 David Price (NC-04) (Incumbent)

286 Denise Adams (NC-05)

287 Ryan Watts (NC-06)

288 Kyle Horton (NC-07)

289 Frank McNeill (NC-08)

290 Dan McCready (NC-09)

291 David Wilson Brown (NC-10)

292 Phillip Price (NC-11)

293 Alma Adams (NC-12) (Incumbent)

294 Kathy Manning (NC-13)

295 Mac Schneider (ND At Large)

296 Aftab Pureval (OH-01)

297 Jill Schiller (OH-02)

298 Joyce Beatty (OH-03) (Incumbent)

299 Janet Garrett (OH-04)

300 John Michael Galbraith (OH-05)

301 Shawna Roberts (OH-06)

302 Ken Harbaugh (OH-07)

303 Vanessa Enoch (OH-08)

304 Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) (Incumbent)

305 Theresa Gasper (OH-10)

306 Marcia Fudge (OH-11) (Incumbent)

307 Danny O’Connor (OH-12)

308 Tim Ryan (OH-13) (Incumbent)

309 Betsy Rader (OH-14) 

310 Rick Neal (OH-15)

311 Susan Moran Palmer (OH-16)

312 Tim Gilpin (OK-01)

313 Jason Nichols (OK-02)

314 Frankie Robbins (OK-03)

315 Mary Brannon (OK-04)

316 Kendra Horn (OK-05)

317 Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) (Incumbent)

318 Jamie McLeod Skinner (OR-02)

319 Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) (Incumbent)

320 Peter DeFazio (OR-04) (Incumbent)

321 Kurt Schrader (OR-05) (Incumbent)

322 Scott Wallace (PA-01)

323 Brendan Doyle (PA-02) (Incumbent)

324 Dwight Evans (PA-03) (Incumbent)

325 Madeleine Dean (PA-04) 

326 Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05)

327 Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06)

328 Susan Wild (PA-07)

329 Matt Cartwright (PA-08) (Incumbent)

330 Denny Wolff (PA-09)

331 George Scott (PA-10) 

332 Jessica King (PA-11)

333 Marc Friedenberg (PA-12)

334 Brent Ottaway (PA-13)

335 Bibiana Berio (PA-14)

336 Susan Boser (PA-15)

337 Ronald DiNicola (PA-16)

338 Conor Lamb (PA-17)

339 Michael Doyle (PA-18) (Incumbent)

340 David N. Cicilline (RI-01) (Incumbent)

341 Jim Langevin (RI-02) (Incumbent)

342 Joe Cunningham (SC-01)

343 Sean Carrigan (SC-02)

344 Mary Geren (SC-03)

345 Brandon Brown (SC-04)

346 Archie Parnell (SC-05)

347 James Clyburn (SC-06) (Incumbent)

348 Robert Williams (SC-07)

349 Timothy Bjorkman (SD At Large)

350 Marty Olsen (TN-01)

351 Renee Hoyos (TN-02)

352 Danielle Mitchell (TN-03)

353 Mariah Phillips (TN-04)

354 Jim Cooper (TN-05) (Incumbent)

355 Dawn Barlow (TN-06)

356 Justin Kanew (TN-07)

357 Erika Stotts Pearson (TN-08)

358 Steve Cohen (TN-09) (Incumbent)

359 Shirley McKellar (TX-01)

360 Todd Litton (TX-02)

361 Lorie Burch (TX-03)

362 Catherine Krantz (TX-04)

363 Dan Wood (TX-05)

364 Jana Lynne Sanchez (TX-06)

365 Lizzie Pannill Fletcher (TX-07)

366 Steven David (TX-08)

367 Al Green (TX-09) (Incumbent)

368 Mike Siegel (TX-10) 

369 Jennie Lou Leeder (TX-11) 

370 Vanessa Adia (TX-12)

371 Greg Sagan (TX-13)

372 Adrienne Bell (TX-14)

373 Vincente Gonzalez (TX-15)

374 Veronica Escobar (TX-16)

375 Rick Kennedy (TX-17)

376 Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18)

377 Miguel Levario (TX-19)

378 Joaquin Castro (TX-20) (Incumbent)

379 Joseph Kopser (TX-21) 

380 Sri Preston Kulkarni (TX-22)

381 Gina Ortiz Jones (TX-23)

382 Jan McDowell (TX-24)

383 Julie Oliver (TX-25)

384 Linsey Fagan (TX-26)

385 Eric Holguin (TX-27)

386 Henry Cuellar (TX-28) (Incumbent)

387 Sylvia Garcia (TX-29)

388 Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) (Incumbent)

389 Mary Jennings “MJ” Hegar (TX-31)

390 Colin Allred (TX-32)

391 Marc Veasey (TX-33) (Incumbent)

392 Filemon Vela (TX-34) (Incumbent)

393 Lloyd Doggett (TX-35) (Incumbent)

394 Dayna Steele (TX-36)

395 Lee Castillo (UT-01)

396 Shireen Ghorbani (UT-02)

397 James Singer (UT-03)

398 Ben McAdams (UT-04)

399 Peter Welch (VT At Large) (Incumbent)

400 Vangie Williams (VA-01)

401 Elaine Luria (VA-02)

402 Bobby Scott (VA-03) (Incumbent)

403 Aston Donald McEachin (VA-04)

404 Leslie Cockburn (VA-05)

405 Jennifer Lewis (VA-06)

406 Abigail Spanberger (VA-07)

407 Don Beyer (VA-08) (Incumbent)

408 Anthony Flaccavento (VA-09)

409 Jennifer Wexton (VA-10)

410 Gerald Connolly (VA-11) (Incumbent))

411 Suzan DelBene (WA-01) (Incumbent)

412 Rick Larsen (WA-02) (Incumbent)

413 Carolyn Long (WA-03) 

414 Christine Brown (WA-04)

415 Lisa Brown (WA-05)

416 Derek Kilmer (WA-06) (Incumbent)

417 Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) (Incumbent)

418 Kim Schrier (WA-08) 

419 Sarah Smith (WA-09)

420 Denny Heck (WA-10) (Incumbent)

421 Kendra Fershee (WV-01)

422 Talley Sergent (WV-02)

423 Richard Ojeda (WV-03)

424 Randy Bryce (WI-01)

425 Mark Pocan (WI-02) (Incumbent)

426 Ronald ”Ron” Kind (WI-03) (Incumbent)

427 Gwen Moore (WI-04) (Incumbent)

428 Tom Palzewicz (WI-05)

429 Dan Kohl (WI-06)

430 Margaret Engebretson (WI-07)

431 Beau Liegeois (WI-08)

432 Greg Hunter (WY At Large)

(There are 435 seats in the US House of Representatives. Three seats this cycle (CA-08, GA-08 and NC-03) do not have a Democratic candidate on the ballot.)

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Everyone in Dallas Is Talking About Gentrification. Now What?

Photo by James Coreas.

Dallas is changing. Cranes fill the skies like Spindletop derricks. New construction rises throughout the city in their wake. In neighborhoods, older housing vanishes under the treads of heavy machinery, replaced by multistory condominiums and flavorless Texas donuts. To many, this is what progress looks like. It’s the embodiment of a growing city on its way to establishing itself in the 21st century. Others, however, see it differently. They see a city moving haplessly forward without regard for its residents, threatening the very survival of all but the affluent. To use the pejorative, they see gentrification.

This was the topic of discussion Thursday night at The Wild Detectives, in the rapidly transforming Bishop Arts neighborhood of Oak Cliff. It was the last in a series of talks held in March, “Gentrified Dallas,” which was put together by former Dallas Observer arts editor and current SMU professor Lauren Smart. The six-part series brought together artists, urbanists, architects, and residents to discuss the changing landscape of the city and its impact on communities.

The speakers were Patrick Blaydes of the Better Block, urbanist and DART board member Patrick Kennedy, Lisa Neergaard of bcWorkshop, and Raul Reyes, an activist in West Dallas. The subject: “Now What?”

As a concept, gentrification is more prominent, and perhaps more misunderstood, than ever before. It’s a term that is often bandied about frivolously. “I don’t even use the word ‘gentrification’ because it’s so toxic and it means different things to different people,” Kennedy said. “If you’re using a word that means something different to everybody, you can’t actually have a conversation.” Thursday, however, there was no doubt as to its definition, which Kennedy said was imperative to its use.

The discussion centered at first on what gentrification is and how it works in Dallas. In essence, it’s rampant new development moving into neighborhoods. This development doesn’t necessarily discriminate based on average income in a community, but when it occurs in poorer neighborhoods, the effects have a larger impact. This is especially true in Dallas because the city doesn’t have a housing policy.

From left: Raul Reyes, Patrick Blaydes, Lisa Neergaard, and Patrick Kennedy. Photo by Doyle Rader.

Both Neergaard and Blaydes questioned whether the city lacks self-awareness when it comes to dealing with its affordable housing crisis, saying that there is little to no forethought from officials and policy-makers. Developers call the shots.

Reyes pointed to how the rise of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge over the Trinity River into West Dallas brought drastic changes to his neighborhood. The Trinity Groves restaurant park and new luxury apartments shot up while, last year, there was a near mass eviction of some 300 low-income residents living in houses that couldn’t be brought up to newer, more stringent city codes.

This was far from the first time roads altered the face of a community, however. The panel brought up the construction of the Dallas North Tollway, which wiped Little Mexico off the map and dispersed the city’s Latino community. This is just one of many examples of the deliberate actions Dallas took to segregate the city, Blaydes said. “Gentrification only amplifies our history,” Reyes said.

Affordable housing is at the heart of the discussion because of its importance and because of its diminishing supply. “Housing ends up being the predictor of your ability to access a lot of things,” Neergaard said. “Will you be able to access healthcare, a quality education? We’re getting to the point where we can predict how long someone is going to live based on the ZIP code they are born into. That is disturbing to me.”

To combat this inequality, there’s a need for a better distribution of resources, and for the creation of more density in the city. This would call for measures such as the addition of multifamily housing units in neighborhoods oriented toward single-family development, or the building of accessory dwelling units, a fancy phrase to describe something like a garage apartment or a small backyard guest house. In order to do this, though, Dallas will need to adopt a housing policy.

Recently, the nonprofit Opportunity Dallas presented 29 housing proposals to the city. Both Blaydes and Reyes are members of the group, whose mission is focused on creating greater economic mobility for Dallas residents. Neergaard and bcWorkshop are also working on a State of Dallas Housing report that will be presented to the city later this year. As it inches toward finally creating a comprehensive policy, the city will also look at a regional housing assessment conducted by researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington.

It’s not just nonprofits, universities, and urbanists speaking on panels who can influence the city’s future housing and development policy. To a person, the panelists encouraged people to take an active role in their neighborhoods, investing in the building of inclusive communities and contacting their representatives. After all, as Reyes noted at the beginning of the night, it’s our city.

“We are all neighbors,” Reyes said. “And how we value each other, that’s how we will create the city that we want.”

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7 Ways to Expedite Your Breakthrough

I hope you’ll agree that breakthroughs come in handy. Yes?

It’s pretty awesome when the perfect answer appears or that nagging problem is solved. Suddenly, the barrier is removed and you can make progress.

You can’t identify the moment that a breakthrough will happen, but you can prepare yourself for it to come.

©Brad Blackman, Sewer I. Oil on canvas, 18 x 20 inches. Used with permission.

Breakthroughs happen as a result of doing the work and being present. Here are 7 ways to accelerate the process.

1. Solve a problem.

Any problem! Art is about solving problems.

How can I balance the composition? How can I make this with less expensive materials? How can I convey this or that emotion?

Faith Ringgold was researching shipping options for her paintings when she realized that if she just painted on fabric, without the support, she could roll it up and easily ship it in a tube.

2. Challenge yourself.

There’s very little motivation in the daily grind: update Facebook, schedule a few tweets, send a newsletter, write a blog post, work in the studio. If you’re not careful, you can get stuck checking off menial tasks without doing something extraordinary for your art and for yourself.

©Marilyn Joyce, On an Earth Colored Thread. Tea-stained papers, sumi ink, ink, thread, beeswax, 16.5 x 10.5 inches. Used with permission.

Pick a color or a new material that you’ve been avoiding and figure out how to use it in a way that is pleasing.

This is why the Painting a Day phenomenon or 100-day challenges have caught on.

Contrary to the notion that you need absolute freedom to make art, there is ample evidence that parameters can nurture creativity.

3. Talk to people about your ideas.

If you are, as I am, a verbal processor, you will find it useful to discuss ideas with others. Maybe other artists, maybe scientists, or even the philosopher next door.

The only caveat is that you must talk about your ideas with people whose opinions you respect. Discussing ideas with anyone and everyone isn’t helpful to your goals.

4. Change your routine.

If you’re getting the same results while going through the motions day after day, it’s time to shake things up.

Start your day at a different time or go to bed earlier. Switch your business schedule with your studio schedule. Don’t look at social media first thing in your day. Take your walk in the evening instead of the morning.

5. Pay attention.

Wherever you are, be present to all that is around you and the people who are near. Absorb your surroundings with all of your senses.

It might be a walk, an art talk, or a first-class art exhibition.

What do you see? What do you feel? What do you hear? What do you smell?

What does the speaker say that inspires? What do the artworks say to you?

Remember that Picasso’s major breakthrough occurred when he came across African art.

6. Be open.

Think of ways to say Yes to possibilities that you might not otherwise consider. Yes, they might take you off course, but they might also be exactly what you need.

©Lauren Rader, Nature’s Heat. Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches. Used with permission.

7. Change your environment.

Declutter. Reorganize the furniture or your materials. Get out of the studio. Get out of your office. Go to a coffee shop. (This is my method for writing breakthroughs. Works every time.) Get out of your house.

When furniture craftsman Evan Sturm came to Art Biz Breakthrough from Montana, he was stuck in part of his business. Like Faith Ringgold, the problem was shipping.

During his stay in Golden, he discovered that his hotel was less than one mile from the very shipping company he wanted to utilize to move his handcrafted furniture across the country. He set up an early morning meeting before our sessions and … Boom! Breakthrough!

Is it time for your breakthrough? Join us for Art Biz Breakthrough November 8-10 in beautiful Golden, Colorado.

For a few more days, you can save $100 on your ticket.

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