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Picture this. It is the dead of night, you are asleep, vulnerable to be sure but safe in the security of your home.
A crash awakens you. You are confused, muddled. More than usual. You turn to the person beside you. Wait, it's the hind end quarters of a dog. You turn to the person on the other side of the dog beside you.
"What the f....?"
"It was nothing. Go to sleep," he mumbles sleep drool spilling from his mouth, his hair rumpled, his eyes pressed closed. "It was probably Darcy."
I look at the dog between us. Darcy the Dog has a rather odd way of sleeping. She is on her back with her right front leg stretched stiffly in salute. At times I wonder if we rescued her from a Nazi Youth Camp instead of the Humane Society. But I Digress
"Darcy's here. She's beside us," Sleep drool spills from my mouth.
"...it was the cat..." he mutters in his sleep
"The cat's been dead for six months."
"Richie! There was a crash in the kitchen! Hello." I am nearly fully awake now and my heart is pounding. I listen. There is silence. "We're going to be slaughtered in our bed."
Darcy the Wonder Dog opens one eye and looks at me, then promptly disappears under the covers.
"Richie get up, get up, get up, get up"
"Ok, I'm up already. What's wrong?"
"Didn't you hear that? There was a crash in the kitchen."
"Huh." Richie stumbles from the bed and blinks, recoils from the blinding light as I turn on the lamp. "Good lord, turn that off. Please. Thank you. Go back to sleep and I'll go see what happened."
"Oh no, not on your life." I fumble for a flashlight in my drawer. Nothing. I run to his side of the bed as he totters into the bathroom to pee. I look in his nightstand and finally find a flashlight.
You realize by this time whoever it is could have put the house on the market and sold it, we are taking so long.
"What are you doing up?" he asks, "and what are you doing with a broken flashlight?"
"Shit. Well, in the right hands this could be a formidable weapon."
"There were some key words in that sentence."
"You mean, 'in the right hands'?"
"Those would be the words." I handed him the flashlight.
"Stay here. I'll go look."
"Not on your life. You die - I die. We go down together, no matter what form of vile, horrible fate lies ahead."
"That's really sweet. Ok. Put on a robe and some slippers..."
"Richie, I think he's made a roast by now. Can we just go defend our home?"
He turns to the bed and lifts the covers. "Darcy, you stay here." We both agree on this. The dog must not be harmed.
Anyway, I've drawn this out as long as I could. It was nothing, no animals were harmed in the making of this post. An overhead fixture panel decided it was time to commit suicide and jumped to it's death. There was no one in our home, no terror but what I had created in my mind. We were safe again to crawl back into bed and reassure Darcy that she would live till morning.
I forget again - just why did we get a dog in the first place?
Happy New Year, y'all!!


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Digital tachograph
Pursuant to a decision made by the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Croatia, Agencija za komercijalnu djelatnost d.o.o. (AKD) has received public authorisation for issuing smart cards for digital tachographs as stipulated by the Work Hours and Mandatory Rest Periods for Professional Drivers and Road Traffic Recording Devices Act (as published in Narodne novine /Official Journal of the Republic of Croatia/, no. 60/08).
The requirement to introduce digital tachographs has been established for all EU members. As a party to the European Agreement Concerning the Work of Crews of Vehicles Engaged in International Road Transport (AETR), the Republic of Croatia has undertaken to comply with this requirement as well. Article 2 of the Work Hours and Mandatory Rest Periods for Professional Drivers and Road Traffic Recording Devices Act specifies all those who are obliged to install digital tachographs in order to enhance road transport control. The major novelty introduced by the professional drivers working hours monitoring system is the introduction of personalised smart cards as a substitute for analogue tachograph record sheets.

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Prodigal plus-ones? Wandering guests? Parental power plays? Lisa Birnbach, author of The Official Preppy Handbook, helps you navigate wedding planning with grace.
I found my biological father two and a half years ago, and I'm not on good terms with my mom and stepdad. Can I ask him to walk me down the aisle even though he wasn't a part of my life growing up? —Julie D. of Lancaster, Pa., via email
Dear Julie,
It is your wedding, and you should be escorted down the aisle by whomever you want. (Drew Barrymore asked her husband's dad to do the honors.) If your heart is set on your biological father, by all means extend the offer. But if you simply want to avoid walking with your mother or stepfather, you may want to consider other, less complicated options: a brother, a sister, a mentor, the groom—or no one at all. Whatever you decide, inform your mother and stepfather of the plan well ahead of time to prevent any surprise drama at your wedding rehearsal.
—Lisa Birnbach
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Studio Morran started in 2011 by the artist Camilla Engman. The physical home of the studio is in Gothenburg, Sweden. Much of the inspiration is found in nature, so long walk is essential. The working process itself and the urge to tell a story is other very important things at Studio Morran, you will always find a story in the work, easy to find or hidden, it will be there.
Studio Morran was founded as an answer to Camilla's need for a place to excess in cuteness, when fine art took over more and more of her time and work. An effort to separate the two lines to make it more clear, both for herself and others. Studio Morran is still trying to find its true voice, it is a place that is still forming itself. So in that sense it feels new.
Studio Morran wants to be a place open to most materials and ways of expression, animation, illustration, clay, collage and so on. There is also a pronounced openness for different kinds of collaborations and cooperations. Studio Morran's goal and struggle is to be a creative and happy place with a big heart.
Photographer: Björn Hellström


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FGM is legal in Gambia where it is practiced by seven out of nine ethnic groups a rite of passage. 76% of women and girls in Gambia have undergone FGM. Marriage is legal from the age of 12 and, though it is illegal to have sex with anyone under the age of 16, an exception is made for marriage. More than 1 in 3 girls is married before the age of 18.
A three year project implemented by FORWARD and the Foundation for Research on Women's Health, Productivity and the Environment (BAFROW, the Gambia) was successfully completed in March 1999.
The project was carried out in two districts of the Gambia, Banjul Kombo St Mary (an urban slum district) and the Lower River Division (a rural district) with the overall aim to reduce the incidence of FGM, increase health knowledge in the communities and to enhance gynaecological and sexual health services for women.
The project had four main components including the production of health education and advocacy material; community mobilisation and health promotion (including reproductive health and discussion of the harmful effects of FGM); restructuring puberty rites ceremonies and the promotion of gynaecological and sexual health counselling. The project also included training and alternative methods of income generation for excisors and training for professionals.
In the first year of the project women's health promotion advocacy materials were produced, including T-shirts, posters and brochures. These were distributed throughout the participating villages. BAFROW also developed new health promotion materials. A handbook for professionals, a flip book for use by local community mobilisers and simple readers for use in schools and local communities were produced and distributed and are used by health workers and community mobilisers in their health sessions. These materials helped to change attitudes and raise awareness of the health issues surrounding FGM.
Emphasis has been placed upon training community mobilisers and ex-circumcisors to take on the task of health promotion and facilitation in their own communities.
A well woman clinic was opened in Banjul, which provides gynaecological and sexual health services. This is a crucial component in the programme.
The 'Association of Ex-circumcisors for a Better Life' was formed by those who agreed to stop the practice. The organisationwas active in the campaign against FGM and managed the loan scheme which encourages excisors to set up small income generating projects which are more financially beneficial then the practice of FGM.
BAFROW in association with FORWARD has provided training to different professional groups including community mobilisers, circumcisors and their assistants and village heads to enable them to fulfil their role in the campaign to eradicate FGM. They have also been given training on business management and skills.
This project was funded by the Department for International Development.
Women played a pivotal role in ending Liberia's devastating civil war, but many still bear the physical and psychological scars of battle. Over 250,000 people were killed during the conflict, which began in 1989 and continued to 2003, with just a brief pause between 1996 and 1999.
According to a 2005 World Health Organisation (WHO) report, up to 90 per cent of women suffered physical or sexual violence during this time. The country is slowly being rebuilt, but poverty, gender inequality and sexual violence limit the choices that girls and young women can make regarding their sexual and reproductive health.
There is no law against FGM in Liberia and 66% of women and girls have undergone the practice. The law does state that it is illegal to marry someone under the age of 18 but 38% of girls are married by the age of 18 nonetheless.
FORWARD worked with the Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia (PPAL) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in the poorest areas of the capital, Monrovia from December 2009 to December 2010.
We trained a group of young girls in interview techniques, and carried out research into attitudes and experiences among girls at risk of childhood pregnancy. The issues raised will inform the development of programmes aimed at supporting girls to prevent unwanted pregnancy, access services and information and make informed decisions about their bodies, their future and their children.
Lack of education is both a result and cause of poverty in the northern region of Nigeria in which FORWARD carried out most of its work. Many poor families send young girls to work at an early age so that they can contribute financially to the household. Officially, marriage is illegal before the age of 18 but not all states have adopted this law and some areas allow marriage from the age of 12.
Some cultural beliefs suggest that women who have not undergone FGM are promiscuous and unclean. While the prevalence of FGM is 27% nationwide, it can be as high as 56.9% in some regions of Nigeria.
FORWARD worked in Nigeria between 1998 to 2010 to improve the service delivery for maternal and child health and to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and other STIs in Northern Nigeria This programme was undertaken with our then sister organisation FORWARD-Nigeria and was funded by Big Lottery Fund (UK).
This innovative project aimed to strengthen the capacity of existing health workers and systems, including traditional birth attendants, by providing them with necessary training, facilities and equipment. Well Women and Children's Centres (WWCCs) were set up in Kano and Jigawa states and where trained staff provided ante and post-natal care and general health services to women and children under five. WWCC staff activities include the provision of immunisations, anti-malarials and iron supplements as well as giving health talks to clients on a broad range of maternal and child health topics such as food preparation, nutrition in pregnancy and, sexual health and general child health.
Advocacy, networking and awareness-raising activities were carried out by project staff at both State and local government level as well as with traditional community leaders and local communities who gave their full support to the project. By building upon existing maternal and child health services rather than creating new ones, the project is more likely to achieve its goal of sustainable improvements in Maternal and Child Health.
As part of its advocacy and awareness-raising activities, the project has launched a media campaign using radio as an effective means of reaching the widest audience. Based on a survey conducted within target communities to ascertain a) the health problems affecting girls and women, b) the most suitable times for airing the programme (to ensure a wide audience, particularly of girls and women) and c) a suitable name for the programme, "Tsarabar Mata", "A Gift for Women", was a weekly Hausa discussion program, aired on Radio Freedom (99.5 FM), which explores a diverse range of sexual and reproductive health issues. A different topic is explored each week and listeners may participate in the discussion by sending in their questions and comments via text message, emails or post. The program was first aired on the 3rd March 2005 and has since become a popular and extremely valuable tool for information sharing and responding to the information needs of women and children.
The project also supported FORWARD's ongoing campaign to prevent obstetric fistula among young women in Kano and Jigawa states. In addition to advocacy and awareness raising activities, two fistula centres (one in Kano and one in Jigawa) provided surgical repair and rehabilitation services to women suffering from obstrtric fistula.
Through experience, FORWARD has learned that the provision of surgical repair to fistula sufferers is not enough. A holistic approach, addressing issues of economic empowerment, education and rights, as well as reproductive health issues, is needed in order to ensure a long-lasting impact. This is why FORWARD works with local partners to provide vocational and literacy education, rehabilitation and emotional support services to fistula sufferers alongside the surgical repair.
In Sudan, now separated into Sudan and South Sudan, where FGM is often seen as a religious obligation, 9 out of 10 girls have undergone the practice. Often seen as a symbol of decency, dignity and fertility, FGM is closely linked to a girl's prospects of marriage. Over one third of girls are married before the age of 18. The type of cutting prevalent in Sudan means that girls are repeatedly cut throughout their lives; first while undergoing FGM and again to allow them to give birth. The average Sudanese woman has four children.
Between 2005 and 2008, FORWARD worked in partnership with the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) to raise awareness about FGM.
FORWARD and SIHA used Moolaadé, an award-winning film about FGM and other forms of gender-based violence, as part of workshops for employees of civil society organisations across the country. A facilitation guide translated into Arabic ensured the programme achieved a wide impact and increased awareness of public health issues and the rights of women. SIHA continues to run various projects in the country, promoting women's activism and economic rights, carrying out research and providing support to internally displaced people.


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In a move that was predicted on Friday, the Steelers have officially released linebacker James Harrison.
The club and Harrison's agent could not agree on a reduced deal, which is the reason for the release. The Steelers made the announcement Saturday.
Pittsburgh general manager Kevin Colbert said in a statement that "James has been an integral part of our success during his years in Pittsburgh and has helped us win two Lombardi trophies during that time. We appreciate all of his efforts and wish him the best."
Harrison was the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2008 after setting a team record with 16 sacks.
The five-time Pro Bowl player has the longest interception return in Super Bowl history, a 100-yarder for a score against the Arizona Cardinals in 2009.


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"Controversial adventures in 'paradise': bully burgers and pidgin: Hawaiian Lois-Ann Yamanaka wrote her first novel in the true language of the islands," by Valerie Takahama, The Orange County Register (February 15, 1966, Thursday Morning Edition, Section: Accent, pg. E01)
As if storm clouds suddenly have swept onshore, poet and novelist Lois-Ann Yamanaka's normally buoyant tone turns steely as she talksabout efforts to stamp out pidgin, the English dialect spoken by many working-class Hawaiians.
"Linguistic identity and cultural identity are skin and flesh," Yamanaka says from San Francisco, where she is promoting her first novel, "Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers. " "When you sever one from
the other, you make it not OK to be who you are.
"You cannot discuss your grandmother, people who suck fish eye, the customs in your family. You cannot discuss your mother, your father, your religious practices. That stuff is all severed once they say, 'Don't speak the language. ' "
Yamanaka is speaking from the heart. Growing up in Pahala, a
sugar-plantation town on the big island of Hawaii, she was
discouraged at school from speaking pidgin, a dialect that
developed among immigrants from Japan, the Philippines, China and
elsewhere who provided cheap labor in Hawaii in the 1800. Now
formally known as Hawaii Creole English, it is her first language.
Years later, as a teacher of "at-risk" students in the tough
Kalihi neighborhood in Honolulu, she was admonished against using
it in the classroom. And when she based her 1993 poetry collection,
"Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre," on pidgin, she found the
book banned at schools and herself "uninvited" from readings.
It's only recently, after a mainstream publisher, Farrar, Straus
& Giroux, brought out her first novel written partly in pidgin
that she has earned a measure of respect for revealing the power
and poetry of the language.
"Here is a rare book _ exuberant, fresh-voiced, rich, crazy and
stabbing, comic and as true-toned as a crystal glass tapped with a
knife," Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist E. Annie Proulx writes in a
cover blurb.
Somehow, the 34-year-old natural-born storyteller notes, it's as
if such praise has made it acceptable for her fellow Hawaiians to
appreciate her work: "It's almost like, because this New York
publisher gave their approval, now it's all OK. We're strange in
that respect.
"We just cannot stand being who we are," says Yamanaka, who
lives in Kalihi with her husband, a teacher, and their son, 4 1/2.
"If you were from Hilo and you went to Hilo College, you were
dodo. You went to UH Manoa, you were second-place dodo. But you
could go to some place like Creighton (University in Omaha, Neb.)
or an obscure little university, and be this wonder child. 'Oh, you
went to a mainland college! '
"So sad, you know, the way we hate ourselves in the islands. "
Yamanaka's heroine Lovey Nariyoshi, in "Wild Meat and Bully
Burgers," grapples with such feelings of inferiority growing up in
rural Hilo in the '70s.
Chubby and pegged as a slow-learner, Lovey is an outsider's
outsider, alienated not only from haoles or whites but also from
her Japanese-American classmates. Her best friend, her only friend,
is Jerome, a sweet boy who shares her love of Barbie and Ken, David
Cassidy and Donny O.
Lovey dreams of the "Perfect Haole House" with a Dixie bathroom
cup dispenser with cups , but she lives in a house with beat-up
furniture and a portable heater in the kitchen. Her mother smokes
Parliaments nonstop, and her father is constantly concocting
moneymaking schemes such as picking macadamia nuts, selling peacock
feathers and raising a calf, which becomes the "Bully burgers" of
the title.
"The first bite tastes strange. Not sheep or goat. To me like
honohono grass. To Cal like guavas and waiwi. She puts her
hamburger down. 'This is a Bully burger, isn't it, Daddy? " She
swallows hard . . . "
Yamanaka, the eldest of four daughters of a schoolteacher mother
and a school-administrator-turned-taxidermist father, says she
based Lovey in part on her own adolescent experiences and those of
her youngest sister.
"My youngest sister and I were very much like our mother: talk
too much, wore strange clothes, did strange things. We always
thought things that we shouldn't have been thinking or said things
that we shouldn't have been saying. Little weirdos," she says,
"But it was not all right in our small town. And my best friend,
who was a lot like Jerome, it was not all right for him, either. It
was very painful not being able to fit in with what was
middle-class Japanese. . . . Writing is very healing. "
In 1987, she enrolled in a writing class taught by Morgan Blair,
a poet who had taught at Wayne State University in Detroit. She
credits Blair with helping her to overcome her reluctance to write
in pidgin.
"Her therapy for me was that I read a lot of African-American
women who were writing in dialect," she says, citing Ntozake Shange
and Thulani Davis as influences.
"That's when I came to terms that pidgin was not an ignorant
language, that I was speaking a dialect and that my feelings and
thoughts were so connected to the language that in order for me to
write truthfully, I needed to connect to that voice. But it was
very hard. Very, very hard. "
The results of those efforts were poems in "Saturday Night at
the Pahala Theatre," which brought her critical praise and several
national literary awards, including a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts that enabled her to take a sabbatical from
It also brought scorn from some Hawaiian educators who objected
to her use of pidgin and profanity.
"I was uninvited to schools, my book was banned at certain
schools, teachers couldn't use the work," she says. "I found it
really sad, because when children did get a hold of the book, it
rang so true to their experience.
"You gotta start right where they're at. I think my book just
speaks directly to them. It's a bridge for them to cross into other
kinds of literature. "
As well as holding up a mirror to Hawaiian life that other
Hawaiians can recognize, Yamanaka believes her writing may offer a
truer portrait of the islands than those usually seen in the
mainstream media.
"It's a big industry, the exotification of Hawaii and its
people," she says. " 'Hawaii 5-0,' 'The Hawaiians,' James
Michener's 'Hawaii,' making Hawaii into every white man's dream,
'Magnum PI,' "Byrds of Paradise. ' It goes on and on.
"It's nice now that we have ownership of our own stories. "
"Authentic Characters or Racist Stereotypes: Some Asian Americans Describe Lois-ann Yamanaka's Writing as Socially Irresponsible, Yet High-Profile Authors and Others Defend Her No-Hold-Barred Style," by Diane Seo, Special to The Times, July 23, 1998, Thursday, Home Edition; Life & Style; Part E; Page 1.
Author Lois-Ann Yamanaka recently became an unwitting cause celebre
among Asian American literary and academic circles, with detractors pegging
her a racist and supporters casting her as the victim of artistic
The 36-year-old author, who writes in Hawaii's pidgin dialect, is known for
her brutally honest portrayal of the islands' locals, exposing in revealing
detail the prejudices, idiosyncrasies and insecurities of her mostly Asian
American characters.
But it is Yamanaka's no-holds-barred style that has thrust her at the center
of a nationwide debate, pitting Asian American scholars against writers over
such issues as artistic freedom, social responsibility, racial stereotyping
and the criteria for literary honors.
High-profile authors such as Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston have entered
the debate, aligning themselves with some 80 other Asian American writers
who believe Yamanaka has been wrongly maligned. Meanwhile, Asian American
academics contend Filipinos are the ones treated unfairly by Yamanaka.
Matters erupted last month in Honolulu at the Assn. for Asian American
Studies' national conference, where Yamanaka received the group's literary
award, only to have it rescinded amid protest.
The controversy over Yamanaka's work prompted the exchange of emotional
letters, telephone calls, e-mail and letters to Honolulu newspapers, forcing
a public dialogue on issues that have long caused dissent within the Asian
American community.
"My work has become a scapegoat for politics," said Yamanaka, during an
interview in her hometown of Honolulu. "This whole experience has been
humiliating and time-consuming. I've been called all kinds of different
things, and I've spent a lot of time reacting to the criticism."
The debate could move to Los Angeles on Saturday, when Yamanaka takes part
in a reading at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo.
Yamanaka is one of three Japanese American authors who will read their
poetry and fiction in pidgin.
Well before tempers flared, Yamanaka agreed to attend the event to promote
her third book, "Blu's Hanging," published last year by Farrar, Straus &
"Blu's Hanging" tells the story of three Japanese American youngsters in
Molokai in the aftermath of their mother's death. The controversy hinges on
the character of Uncle Paulo, the Ogata family's Filipino neighbor who rapes
and molests children.
Some Asian American professors, graduate students and members of the
Filipino community believe Uncle Paulo perpetuates the long-standing
stereotype of Filipino men as sexual predators. They also oppose the
sexually promiscuous characterization of Uncle Paulo's nieces, the Reyes
"The Reyes sisters and their Uncle Paulo--the Filipinos of the book--are
made to embody all that is evil, perverted and cruel that the Ogata family
must avoid," wrote UCLA graduate student Augusto Espiritu in a letter to the
Assn. for Asian American Studies board. " The narrator labels them cat
killers, torturers and, worse, 'human rats.' "
Espiritu said in a telephone conversation that such characterizations are
hurtful because Filipinos, particularly in Hawaii, have long been the target
of racial slurs and jokes.
"I think a lot of people are disappointed with Lois-Ann Yamanaka," Espiritu
said. "I think she has lots of talent and promise as a writer. At the same
time, there are lots of issues that will take time to heal."
Yamanaka, however, believes her critics are forgetting that "Blu's Hanging"
is a work of fiction and that she does not hold the same views as her
"It's been very hurtful and raw for me," said Yamanaka, a former public
school teacher. "My feeling is that all this energy is being misdirected at
me and my book."
In their defense of Yamanaka, Asian American poets Wing Tek Lum and David
Mura organized a letter-writing campaign among fellow Asian American writers
to deflect what they perceive as artistic censorship.
After sending out packets of information chronicling the controversy, they
received 82 responses of support, among them Tan, Kingston, Shawn Wong and
Jessica Hagedorn.
Tan wrote in her letter: "Fiction is not the cart and horse with which you
can haul away the problems of any community. The AAAS Board's action also
damages how Asian Americans are viewed as part of American literature. It
means that our works are not literary but sociological and that we do not
receive awards for literary merit but rewards for good behavior."
Filipino American writer Hagedorn agreed that Yamanaka's critics have
misunderstood the role of writers.
"Yamanaka's detractors seem to be demanding that only writers who create
safe, reverent, comforting stories are worthy of acknowledgment," Hagedorn
wrote in her letter. "Literature is supposed to provoke, inspire and
challenge its readers."
But Candace Fujikane, a University of Hawaii English professor, said
protesters do not want to censor Yamanaka or any other Asian American
writer. They simply believe the Assn. for Asian American Studies should not
honor work that is perceived as encouraging racial divisions and
perpetuating stereotypes. Bestowing "Blu's Hanging" with its literary award
would have undermined the mission of the association, Fujikane said.
The deeper issue, however, remains whether Asian American, and perhaps all
other ethnic writers, should write about minority groups only in so-called
socially responsible ways.
"I'm not demanding simplistic, positive role models," Fujikane said. "I want
complex portrayals of Asian Americans because I feel literature does have a
lot of power. It has a powerful effect on our imagination and shapes the way
we understand race."
Such "obligations," writers say, would stifle their power as artists.
"If you create awards that have to follow a particular formula or you have
to be politically correct or have a happy ending, you restrict writers who
want to push the envelope," Lum said.
This is not the first time Yamanaka's work has provoked Filipino Americans
and scholars.
Critics first complained after the arrival of Yamanaka's first book of
poetry, "Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre," which received the Pushcart
Prize in 1993 and the Assn. for Asian American Studies' 1994 fiction award.
Again, the point of contention was Yamanaka's portrayal of Filipino men.
Last year, when Yamanaka's second book, "Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers,"
was selected to receive the same award, protesters convinced the
association's national board to forgo its annual literary honor. As a
result, all three members of the group's literary committee resigned.
The flap led the board to adopt a policy saying it would not override its
committee's decision. So when this year's committee tapped "Blu's Hanging"
as the best book, the board initially stuck to its policy.
But during the awards ceremony, three of Yamanaka's former students, who
accepted the award on her behalf, were confronted by protesters who stood up
and turned their backs during the acceptance speech.
Later that day, during the association's general membership meeting, the
group approved a resolution to rescind the award. The outgoing board and
incoming board all resigned, except for one person.
Despite the turmoil, Fujikane believes the Yamanaka debate will strengthen
the Assn. for Asian American Studies, a group with about 700 members.
"People have gotten more involved, and people are talking to each other
about the role of AAAS and the role of literature," Fujikane said. "These
are important conversations we're having."
Meanwhile, Asian American writers also see benefits to their show of unity.
"The fact that all these writers got behind this issue means that when this
happens to one of us, we don't have to feel that we're freaks or that we've
done something wrong," Mura said. "It says that fellow artists and writers
understand what you're doing."
For her part, Yamanaka is trying to focus on her writing. She has a new
book, "Heads by Harry," arriving in February, and she is braced for more
criticism, although on different issues. ("Heads by Harry" delves into the
world of taxidermy.)
Despite her notoriety, she has no plans to tone down her work.
"Writing is an act of fearlessness," she said. "If fear enters my writing
and I start censoring myself, I'll stop writing."
- Lois-Ann Yamanaka will appear at the Japanese American National Museum,
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Yesterday, I went to the Yellowdoor head offices, a PR company stated by Mary Portas, to check out what a whole range of brands have on offer for AW2010/11
There were brands from Swarovski to Republic and it was interesting to see what was on offer for AW.
For those of you who don't know, MyTheresa is an online store that hosts a number of products from some of the worlds most exclusive brands, and even has products that you can't get anywhere else.
The shoes one display were absolutely gorgeous and I was particularly mesmerised by the Louboutins.
There were some absolutely gorgeous pieces of jewellery here and it seems they're already in the Christmas spirit.
There was definitely a lot of sparkle and they were all very delicate pieces. The first picture above is of their 'Merry' set, which has clustered diamonds in the necklace and earrings. The second picture is of their 'Meringue' pendant, which has a blue crystal centrepiece.
Cheryl Cole has also been seen wearing a lot of Swarovski lately, and there'll be a lot omore in the next season of The X Factor.
You've heard me talk about Triumph a lot in the past, and I got to have a close up look at the UK winning design, which was amazing.
The International Finale is in September and I am so excited to be going. I got a sneak peek at the winning designs from the other countries and every piece is so unique.
The following designs are the winning ones from Ireland and Japan. Seriously, how adorable is the Japanese one?
Carianne Moore
Carianne Moore was a Milliner and she's made a swift transfer into jewellery, which I loved. The jewellery was very pretty and different from all the other jewellery out there.
I particularly loved the cuffs there. They are definitely on my list of things to buy.
This is the brand that surprised me the most out of all the brands. I've always associated Clarks as purely there for comfort, and not style. I was very impressed by what I saw. Clarks has clearly taken a huge step up in terms of fashion.
There were 3 different Clarks brands there: Clarks, Clarks Originals and Clarks Sport.
I never thought I'd say this about Clarks shoes and bags, but I can easily see myself in some of these pieces. The shoes were very impressive and fashionable. The boots, in particular, looks so perfect for Winter.
I also loved this satchel bag from Clarks:
Clarks Originals
Loved these!! The boots look so warm and comfortable and Florence was walking around the festivals in the second pair!
Clarks Sport
As Clarks is known as being one of most comfortable shoe company's out there, so it's only natural that their Sports shoes are great for your feet. The shoe below is Clarks' most bought shoe, and it's perfect for any Sports. The buckle at the front has special technology in it that gives you feet all the support it needs.
Another really cool jewellery company. I definitely drifted towards these pieces because they were so beautiful and delicate. Statment jewellery has really been on the forefront these last few years, but delicate pieces are really making a comeback. These are definitely all pieces that can be worn for any occassion.
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Yesterday saw one of the warmest November nights on record and we have already had the hottest November day ever record in the UK as parts of the country hit 22.4c last week... so will it last?
Well actually yes, for this week anyway.
The Met Office is forecasting "exceptionally mild" conditions this week all the way through until Saturday, with the maximum temperature reaching a very comfortable 17c today (Tuesday November 10), a heat not out of place in August let alone November.
Exceptional warmth in November in the UK is almost always imported - delivered from sub-tropical latitudes by a strong south-westerly or southerly wind.
Here's your full look at a warm week ahead:
Today: It will be generally cloudy, breezy and exceptionally mild. A few limited bright intervals may occur, mainly this morning. This afternoon there is a chance of outbreaks of rain arriving. Maximum Temperature 17°C.
Tonight: Outbreaks of rain soon clearing to leave the rest of the night dry with large amounts of cloud. However, some breaks may develop. Staying very mild. Minimum Temperature 13°C.
Wednesday: Mild, breezy again, generally dry and cloudy. However, some bright or sunny intervals may occur. Maximum Temperature 16°C.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday: Thursday dry and bright morning, then becoming windy, with rain arriving later. Friday windy, with heavy showers, and feeling noticeably cooler than recently. Saturday staying windy but becoming milder.
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Kant famously claimed that "out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made." It is an idea both liberating and oppressive. Humans and their inventions aren't perfect, nor are they going to be, but, on the other hand, humans and their inventions aren't perfect, and they're never going to be. See what I mean? It's a real problem–an is the glass half-empty or half-full kind of problem.
The idea that our natures are irreparably flawed is often used to justify callous social policies and authoritarian regimes–let the market rule. Conversely, the idea that our natures are reparable is also used to justify totalitarianism and various flavors of homogeneity–treating people as blank environmental outputs–which leads me to believe that just about everyone who actively campaigns to rule over anything is probably an asshole, but we'll get back to that. It's an old argument. Indeed, these dueling ideas, nature versus artifice, are at the heart of Freud's dismissal of Marxism.
There is in fact, Freud believed, a kind of human nature, and regardless of that nature's plasticity, the world with its various injustices is not mere historical accident. It's not capital that has dehumanized us, or mechanical reproduction that has robbed us of originality. It's just human desires run amuck–sloth on tap. Basically, we can't make better people: meanness, spite, lust and violence are bred in the bone. The best we can do is hold our baser instincts at bay, tame our savagery with routine meals and a whip.
Still, it would seem impossible for any reasonable person to deny that our environment affects more than just our self-restraint. Poverty breeds violence. Abusers tend to abuse. Pampering breeds indifference. You know the drill. Hopelessness turns out malcontents and thugs faster than a Hostess factory can turn out donuts. Fortunately, the stupid intransigence of pain remains so only if unchallenged. It is surprisingly flimsy, and it doesn't take much to dull its edge. Does anyone really dispute that a clean and safe environment improves the life of all by fostering the dignity of one? I wouldn't think so, but I'm not sure how else to understand the sensibilities of capitalist privateers and free-market groupies. Take your average biped, give them ample food, space, security and purpose, and you'll produce vanilla-flavored happiness nine-and-a-half-times out of ten. It's a pretty simple recipe, actually. Sure, you'll occasionally produce a dissident, but the vast majority will be happy to bump along. Trust me, all those radicals in the sixties didn't give up the fight; they just got jobs. Not only are revolutions not televised, they're not free.
This isn't, however, a diatribe against the concentrations of wealth in the United States–even though such concentrations are a kind of moral catastrophe. No, I'm interested in the limits of the nurture-axiom. What are the limitations of social engineering? How far can the community's investment in self-development go? Surely, we can agree that economic opportunity tends to produce general satisfaction, if not spiritual nourishment. We also know that, in general, people who are better educated tend to live longer, as do people who make more money–though there is a correlation cap to both. But how far do we go with that?
Sending every child in the United States to a university is an idea so ridiculous that only politicians and administrators take it seriously. Vocations that don't require an upper-division writing requirement are not only just as necessary as cube jobs, there're a good deal more dignified. Now, I'm not valorizing rock quarry-style labor. Having grown up under my father's labor autocracy, I know what sodding a yard backfilled with rebar and building remainders is like, but having passed many a day under the anesthetizing buzz of those fluorescent gas chambers illuminating desks all across America, I'm not sure there's a clear winner. Break the body or the spirit–it's a matter of taste. Labor is just hard, but some people are clearly inclined to one form over the other, and as long as we valorize one, well, as long as we valorize one we'll get a situation that looks very much like the one we're in.
Still, I have to admit, the intent is good. How else do you combat persistent poverty and racial discrimination than through such initiatives? I don't know, but I do know that a liberal-arts education doesn't necessarily improve anything, which is a difficult thing to admit. As an English lecturer, I'd like to say that Shakespeare makes you better, that reading and understanding Plato, Sylvia Plath and the literary ambitions of Roberto Bolano will make you more sensitive to the human condition. But it won't. If someone can misconstrue Christ's message to mean, "blow up abortion clinics," then I'm afraid the iambic pentameter just isn't going to cut it. Case in point, Schopenhauer, the 19th century philosopher and vegetarian advocate for the humane treatment of animals, learned the Buddhist dictum that life is suffering so completely he decided to prove it by regularly abusing his maid and throwing her down the stairs. He knew Latin and Greek and a good deal more besides, but he was a dick regardless of his humanistic horizons.
Obviously, though, we can't champion ignorance. There's no shorter route to dehumanization than by way of idiocy. As sorry as it sounds, it seems as if some sort of fall-back to the golden mean is about the best I can come up with–even though I'm not sure where that leaves more radical social changes, like the civil-rights movement and the Egyptian revolution. I don't know, I'm pretty confident we can't make better people, but I continually hope that people, including myself, can be better.


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SHREK THE MUSICAL, which plays the Orpheum Theatre December 1, 2010 through January 2, 2011, kicks off the 2010-2011 Best of Broadway series under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays. Tickets go on sale Sunday, October 3.
An entirely new musical, SHREK THE MUSICAL is based on the story and characters from William Steig's book Shrek!, as well as the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek, the first chapter of the Shrek movie series. SHREK THE MUSICAL tells the story of a swamp-dwelling ogre who goes on a life-changing adventure to reclaim the deed to his land. Joined by a wise-cracking donkey, this unlikely hero fights a fearsome dragon, rescues a feisty princess and learns that real friendship and true love aren't only found in fairy tales.
"We are thrilled to send SHREK THE MUSICAL to theatres across the country," said Bill Damaschke, President of DreamWorks Theatricals, "and for American families to experience their favorite ogre and fairy tale creatures live on stage."
The role of everyone's favorite swamp-dwelling ogre, Shrek will be played by Eric Petersen, who joins the tour from the Broadway production. He recently appeared as the socially challenged Barfee in the National tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Haven Burton, also from the Broadway Company will play the feisty Princess Fiona. Haven previously played Margo the Dog Whisperer on Broadway in Legally Blonde and understudied Elle Woods. Alan Mingo, Jr. is Shrek's lovably annoying best friend Donkey. He was an original company member of The Little Mermaid where he played the role of Sebastian, and prior to that played the role of Tom Collins in RENT on Broadway. David F. M. Vaughn plays the vertically challenged villain Lord Farquaad. He too joins the tour from the Broadway Company. He has also appeared in Les Misérables and Saturday Night Fever.
Rounding out the cast of misfit fairy tale characters, the peoples of Duloc and Far, Far Away are: Joe Abraham, Kevin Boseman, Holly Ann Butler, Carrie Compere, Emily Cramer, Tyrone Davis, Jr., Sandra DeNise, Scarlett Diaz, David Foley, Aymee Garcia, Brian Gonzales, Justin Greer, Lisa Ho, Benjamin Howes, Madison Mullahey, Mara Newbery, Denny Paschall, Sarah Peak, Keven Quillon, Morgan Rose, Justin W. Shuffler and Blakely Slaybaugh.
SHREK THE MUSICAL features a book and lyrics by Pulitzer Prize® winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole), music by Olivier Award-winner Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Caroline, or Change), and is directed by Tony Award® nominee Jason Moore (Avenue Q) and Tony and Emmy Award-winner Rob Ashford (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Promises Promises). SHREK THE MUSICAL has set and costume designs by Tony Award® winner Tim Hatley (Private Lives, Spamalot), lighting design by Olivier Award winner Hugh Vanstone (A Steady Rain), sound design by Peter Hylenski (Rock of Ages); choreography by Josh Prince, music supervision by Tim Weil, music direction by Andy Grobengieser, and orchestrations by Danny Troob & John Clancy.
SHREK THE MUSICAL was initiated when Sam Mendes, a big fan of the first Shrek film, suggested the idea of creating a musical to DreamWorks Animation's Jeffrey Katzenberg around the time the second film was in production. The musical is produced by DreamWorks Theatricals (Bill Damaschke, President of DreamWorks Theatricals and Co-President of Production for DreamWorks Animation) and Neal Street Productions, Ltd. (principals Sam Mendes and Caro Newling).
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The best massage in atlanta provides health and wellness solutions that promote healing and increase the body's natural ability to resist disease. Most of the people have listened of these therapy names but they honestly don't know much regarding the different massage choices and what they are all about.
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CLEVELAND — "The growing debate over nuclear power's role in curbing emissions is running headlong into an ongoing controversy over "bailouts" for Ohio's largest utility.
FirstEnergy, which has previously sought support for noncompetitive power plants, is now asking Ohio lawmakers for 'zero emission credits' for its aging nuclear plants. Environmental and consumer advocates say the plan is just another bid for more subsidies.
…'FirstEnergy's two nuclear plants are old, and we are asking why Ohioans should be paying for a nuclear subsidy when other resources are less risky, less expensive and much better for the environment overall,' said Demeter at the Ohio Environmental Council.
'Not all zero-emissions sources are alike,' she stressed. 'Nuclear energy carries with it a heavy toll when evaluating this resource cradle-to-grave.' In Demeter's view, it makes much more economic sense to invest heavily in renewables, which avoid those risks.
'Once a wind turbine or solar panel is installed, there is no fuel that must be extracted from the ground, and there is no waste to deal with afterwards,' she noted. And combining them with innovative technologies like battery storage 'will make renewables virtually unstoppable as the primary energy source we rely on in the near future.'"
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Chelsea's Eden Hazard bemoans lack of involvement against Man City
Eden Hazard said he felt like he "hadn't played a game of football" after labouring as a false nine in Chelsea's 1-0 defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Hazard touched the ball just 31 times in 89 minutes as Chelsea failed to register a shot on target against City, who completed 902 passes in the match -- more than any other team has managed in a Premier League game since the 2003-04 campaign.
Antonio Conte defended his decision to play so defensively after the match, and Hazard was less than satisfied with the experience.
"I had the feeling that I'd ran, but that I hadn't played a game of football," the 27-year-old said. "That's a pity. We could have played on for three hours, but I wouldn't touch the ball. It only went better at the end of the game."
Hazard, however, did not blame Conte's tactics.
"When the manager decides to play me as a false nine, I try to do my best," he added. "But it was complicated with their pressing. When we had the ball, we were immediately surrounded by 3-4 players. We should have made better decisions when we had it too."
Conte also faced criticism for waiting until the 78th minute to introduce Olivier Giroud, while club-record signing Alvaro Morata joined him on the pitch in the 89th minute.
But after the match Cesar Azpilicueta insisted the responsibility lay with the Chelsea players for not being good enough at either end of the pitch.
"It's true that before the interval, we didn't manage to get out of the pressure put on us by Manchester City," he told SFR Sport. "When we tried to find space, we weren't lucky and we lost the ball too quickly. In the second half, we conceded quickly and it hurt us.
"After that, we didn't have the space, we couldn't play the final ball, we weren't in the right place at the right time to hurt them, because Manchester City are a very good team. Going forward, they have very good players, but we should have hurt them more at the back."
A fourth defeat in five Premier League matches leaves Chelsea five points adrift of fourth-placed Tottenham with only nine games remaining, but Azpilicueta is adamant that they will fight until the end to try and secure a place in next season's Champions League.
"It's true it's hard," he said. "In the last game, we were in a good position, and we dropped points. It's up to us to put in all our effort in the nine remaining games and try to qualify for the Champions League."
Liam is ESPN FC's Chelsea correspondent. Follow him on Twitter: @Liam_Twomey.
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Don't lie: if a Jagged Little Pill single comes on the radio, how often do you turn it up and belt out the words? We know you remember the lyrics.
In honour of Jagged Little Pill's 20th anniversary, we asked a few Canadian musicians to choose their favourite Alanis song from the 1995 album and make it their own. First up, we have this gorgeous cover of "Head Over Feet," as sung by Hamilton's fiercely talentedTerra Lightfoot.
"I'm really attached to it still," says Lightfoot of her song choice. "And the sentiment behind it is beautiful. Just coming to realize that somebody's the right one for you, and that you're more yourself with them."
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I'll be posting some soon. Boy #2 got the best pictures of all of us; more good pictures per camera and he had two. The Carlsbad pictures required a good bit of fiddling, using a lot of contrast (which makes them look green) to show up a lot of what was on the photos, but it worked… for the most part. Now it's resampling to bring the shots down to manageable sizes so that I don't fill up my allotted space too soon.
I've got a great opening scene for The White Winds chapter 5, but haven't written it out yet. And a good scene for Masquerade as well. Jeff and Penelope… it will be emotional. I'm surprised that the Virgil fangirls have actually liked the scene betweent the "idiot child" and "her" as Frankie puts it. Now to do something as workable for Jeff and Penny, and get that Peter back to Ireland.
My brain is fried right now, and I don't think I could write another word of fiction. But I might try. We'll see. I keep looking for more reviews and I have to stop that. They are addictive! Got an odd one on one of my fictionpress stories; C thought it sounded snarky and as if the reviewer was being too erudite to be understood. Hey, if they can't be bothered to leave an email address, I can't be bothered to listen.


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I think this will be the last entry under the "Lessons I Learned in the Desert" series. One of the best aspects of my deployment was that I learned so much! It was an amazing experience. I learned a lot about God, the Bible, how to love people, and I learned a lot about myself. My deployment was a constant learning experience and taught me lessons I will carry with me through life.
But it doesn't just stop there, I've realized that I will never stop learning. I am, among other things, a student and I always will be. We can never learn enough from God and we can never know God too closely. Late in his life, Paul wrote his letter to the Philippians. Paul is a super-star of the faith; he wrote 13 books of the New Testament and brought Christianity to the non-Jewish world! If anyone knew God you would think it was Paul, but in Phil 3:10, he says very simply that he wants to know Christ.
Even after everything Paul had done, he still desired to know Christ more and more. Our attitude must be the same as that of Paul. We must always pursue the relationship that we are free to have with God. In fact, Galatians 4:6 tells us that the Holy Spirit inside of us cries out to God like we would our dad. We must also have the humility to admit that we don't know everything; we must remember that there is plenty of room for God to teach us and surprise us. I pray that I will always desire to have a deeper, stronger relationship with God… by the Holy Spirit, through the Son, to the Father. Amen.


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Read the intro, not sure what all the fuss was about that this was written by a man, when a woman was telling the story. It was well written and as a woman, I didn't think twice about it. Confused on the last page as Patrice is waiting in the cab for Diana and asking her to join him, she says "No. Goodbye." But then she is running into the cab with him, so not sure why she is saying goodbye to Patrice when she goes with him anyway. Also a typo on the page further up says the cab driver glances back at Jones - it's Patrice in the cab, not Jones.
A good easy read. Short and sweet.
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Steven R. Ratner is the Bruno Simma Collegiate Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. Prof. Ratner has written and lectured extensively on the law of war, and is also interested in the intersection of international law and moral philosophy and other theoretical issues. His talk is titled, "The Thin Justice of International Law."


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All served on pretty china and vintage table linen
The tearoom is open every Saturday 11-4pm (or by arrangement) and is located at:
Vintage Pink Gifts and Crafts
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I had never baked a muffin until now. I always thought this is best left to the professional bakers but I was wrong. ANYBODY can bake a good muffin, even a kitchen noob like me. Don't need to sign up for expensive cooking classes. All you need is YOUTUBE and a willingness to learn. This is true education - not the way Food&Nutrition is taught and tested in schools where kids end up hating to cook.
|My first attempt at baking anything. The victory here is in DOING IT!
|My learning continues in a shopping mall.
|Stop and smell fresh muffins out of an oven.
- 400g plain flour
- 1 Tbs baking powder
- 150g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- 280ml milk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 75g melted butter
- 100g pecan nuts, roughly chopped
- 140g blueberries or just one pummet/pack
- Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper cases. Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius. Place flour, baking powder and sugar in mixing bowl.
- Mix eggs, milk, vanilla and melted butter together. Add to mixing bowl and mix until just combined. Don't overmix.
- Add 3/4 of the nuts and blueberries and fold into the muffin mix. Divide between the muffin cases.
- Sprinkle over the remaining nuts and bake for about 20 min until risen and golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly. Serve warm.
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Burley, Hampshire
Drive into Burley, one of the prettiest villages in the New Forest. Look for the cider barrel by the post office, follow the directions and you will find the home of New Forest Cider. Our products are made in the traditional way using English apples from our own orchards. We also use Cider fruit from Somerset and Herefordshire.


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Ancom has designed and printed over 1,000 custom professional forms for our customers, including the Healthcare industry, whose offices have relied on our stock professional forms for years. At Ancom, you'll find the ready-made forms that you need: HIPAA forms, HCFA forms, ADA forms, and Rx pads, along with X-Ray mailers, recall postcards, laser statements and mailing envelopes. To get started on designing your own custom professional form, see our Custom Forms section.
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The Need
A report by the Stanford Law School Immigrants' Rights Clinic, on behalf of the Northern California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (NCCIJ) explains the already dire need for removal defense representation in the Bay Area. The report found that over 50% of the represented detained individuals had lived in the United States for over a decade; 77% were separated from family members as a result of their detention (approximately half of them were separated from children); and 65% had been gainfully employed prior to their detention. Research shows that the removal of these (often) primary breadwinners from the family unit pushes families into the brink of poverty and homelessness, and can leave U.S. citizen children without parents to care for them. Public health insurance programs, foster care services, and other city and county social assistance programs suffer increased costs as a consequence.
In addition to the deleterious economic impacts of losing a family member to detention, studies have found that children whose parents were detained and facing the threat of deportation exhibited significant negative behavioral and emotional changes. As such, not only do families and our local communities experience economic hardship, they also endure psychological turmoil when a family member is detained and/or deported.
The Hotline
A Rapid Response Coordinator will lead 7 Community Responders in managing a hotline where affected individuals and community members can call to report immigration enforcement actions. Community Responders will be deployed to those locations to document the enforcement activity, gather information about the affected individuals and report that information back to the Rapid Response Coordinator. The Rapid Response Coordinator will then contact the point person at Centro Legal who will send one of the eight attorneys to immediately enter their appearance as the affected individual's attorney before ICE and advocate to prevent their immediate deportation. The attorney will then provide ongoing legal representation to the affected individual before the San Francisco Immigration Court. The Rapid Response Coordinator will connect the affected individuals' family with emergency support services. The Know Your Rights Coordinator will work with the legal service providers develop presentations to be conducted weekly at schools, places of worship, health clinics, and other trusted community locations.
In addition to critical education regarding legal rights, during these presentations the KYR coordinator will provide Oakland residents with the ACILEP's hotline and guidance on individual family emergency planning. The weekly presentations will occur throughout Alameda County on a rotating basis to ensure geographic equity. ACILEP will continue and add additional formalized partnerships with community centers and faith based locations throughout the entirety of Alameda County. ACILEP will continue existing and add additional formalized partnerships with unified school districts and individual schools throughout Alameda County so that they have regular Know Your Rights presentations and a clear point of contact if any enforcement actions occur so that children and families have immigration legal and support services as needed. ACILEP will continue existing and add additional formalized partnerships with community health clinics and other medical or mental health providers throughout Alameda County to that they have regular Know Your Rights presentations and a clear point of contact for any Alameda County residents who need immigration legal and support services as needed.
The Impact
In addition to the severe psychological impact of depression, inability to focus in or attend school, children also are physically impacted in that they engaged in self-harm. In analyzing the student population of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), approximately 11,000 Oakland students are English language learners, which is 30% of the entire student population. Over 8,000 of OUSD English Language Learner students were born in the U.S., indicating that one or more of their family members are foreign born and that the students are in mixed status families. At present, 5, 066 OUSD students are foreign-born, from countries that include: Afghanistan, Burma, China, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Vietnam, and Yemen. Such diverse immigrant populations exist throughout our region and have long made Alameda County their home.


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Strips Spring Outfits are casual wearing outer wears for women in strip designs that you can choose to look more stylish during your outing.
Spring will be lil bit cooler but better then the winter its time to wear some of the new trends that were presented by fashion bloggers.
The trend of wearing strip clothing can be adopt all over the season by trying different types of outfits but you should try this in spring.If you don't have any other ideas and looking to be more stylish.
For extra trendy and fashionable appear, you must mix'n'match stripes in all guidelines, horizontal and vertical stripes and stripes of all scales – mini and macro, and of course in any color you want.
We have got to mention that this trend creates vintage fashion stimulated vibes, in order to make you look charming at any place you go. Stripes look intriguing when matched with each casual and extra stylish combinations.
From unconventional and irregular to daring and swirly, stripes matched with exciting pieces of garments will hit the streets in the upcoming season. If you want to add a visual vibrancy and provide a animated photo pop along with your outfit.
Then you must surely go for a fashionable striped piece. You can see million striped jackets, blouses, pants, shirts, and so forth. So as to fit flawlessly your physique shape, sort and persona.
Which means that that you just received't have any difficulties to follow this pattern.The fashionistas have continuously been inpatient and they have already combined and matched and made some intriguing and timeless combos with stripes that we'd all prefer to put on.
The trend bloggers have already embraced this pattern and confirmed us find out how to pull it off without problems and swiftly, without any difficulties.We have chosen probably the most intriguing outfits and we hope that you'll like them and copy them this season and in upcoming one too.
Check out all the designs in Strips Spring Outfits Image gallery and see what fashion bloggers have this time for you.
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Dear Valued Customer:
At Estes, we are committed to providing you with the superior service that you have come to expect from us. To continue operating at this level and to remain competitive, we find it necessary to implement a price increase averaging 5.7% effective February 2, 2009.
If you currently have a copy of our rating software, the revised rates will be mailed to you. Also, on January 26, the new rates will be available to download on our website. If you need individual rate quotes, the increase will automatically be reflected in rate quotes provided through My Estes. Otherwise, simply call your local Estes terminal or contact one or our corporate office rating specialists at 804-353-1900, Ext. 2269. As always, feel free to call your Estes sales representative with any questions. Thank you for allowing Estes Express Lines to be your transportation service provider.
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Vice President, Pricing & Traffic
Richmond, VA-based Estes is a full-service transportation provider offering coast-to-coast North American coverage. Founded in 1931 by W.W. Estes, the company is still owned and operated by the Estes family. During the past 78 years, Estes has grown from a small, local carrier into one of the most respected multiregional, less-than-truckload and truckload transportation systems in the country. Estes employs over 12,500 people and utilizes an inventory of more than 30,000 pieces of power equipment and trailers. With a network of 200 terminals, the company offers direct service to all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, all 10 Canadian provinces and virtually all of Mexico. More information about Estes' core services and coverage network is conveniently available on www.estes-express.com.


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Under the Streetlamp
Under the Streetlamp delivers an electrifying evening of classic hits from the American Radio Songbook, bringing their unique blend of tight harmonies and slick dance moves to your favorite Doo-Wop, Motown, and old time Rock 'n Roll hits. Exuding the irresistible rapport of a modern day Rat Pack, Under the Streetlamp is composed of leading cast members of the Tony Award-winning sensation Jersey Boys, proving that retro never sounded so now.
American Music Theatre is proud to welcome all types of shows and concerts to our stage. Occasionally during a performance, audience members will show their enthusiasm by standing and dancing, or may approach the stage, especially when encouraged by the performers to do so. Please know that AMT will make every effort to ensure the safety of all guests, while presenting an enjoyable experience for everyone. With this in mind, AMT staff reserves the right to require patrons to remain seated. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.


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Police Offering $2,000 Reward For 'He or She' Pharmacy-Robbing Bandit
Last week we posted photos of a female robber that Des Moines Police were seeking that appeared to be male, but apparently isn't.
On Tuesday (Dec. 21) the King County Sheriff's Department announced that they are seeking the public's help in finding what they are calling the "He or She" robber, who has struck area pharmacies three times in the past few months.
Police believe the armed robber is dressing to conceal her gender, which was originally thought to be male. But now detectives believe the suspect is actually a female – check out these surveillance pics:
"The He/She robber heads to the pharmacy counter and asks for oxycodone," said Sgt. John Urquhart in a statement. "In at least one of the robberies a pistol was waived around while the pharmacist complied."
The robber is described as short and stout. She wears bulky clothing under a heavy coat, a hat and hoodie, sometimes a wig, and manages to conceal most of her face with hair from the wig or with a scarf.
The first robbery was the Burien Walgreen's store located at 14565 Ambaum Blvd. SW on Sept. 30th at about 9:30pm. The robber wore a gray hoodie, blond wig, and a straw hat. She brandished a handgun during the robbery.
The same Walgreen's was hit again on Nov. 22nd about 12:15am. This time the suspect wore a light-colored trench coat, hood and a beanie hat, with a scarf that covered most of her face. A gun was implied.
On Dec. 16th about 2:45am, store employees believe the same suspect was at Walgreen's again, inside the store. For some reason the robber didn't act and left the store before Sheriff's deputies arrived. Not long afterwards the Walgreen's in Renton was robbed. Both Renton and Sheriff's detectives believe the same person is responsible for this robbery as well.
The suspect is described as a black female, quite heavy set between 5' 5" and 5' 8", at least 200 to 225 lbs. She has dark skin and wears a coat and other bulky clothes and tries to conceal her face.
If anyone recognizes the suspect they are asked to call the King County Sheriff's Office at (206) 296-3311 (24 hours) or 9-1-1.
CrimeStoppers is offering up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect. Call 1-800-222-TIPS.
Another reward, up to $1,000, is available from Rx Patrol at (203) 588-7614 or their web site at www.rxpatrol.org.


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LGBT Wine: Berkeley's Justice Grace Vineyards is celebrating last year's historic fight for same-sex marriage with a series of vineyard-designated petite sirah wines with fun labels such as "Male Tango," which depicts two men entwined in a dance, and "Female Footsie," which captures a flirtatious moment between two women. The labels were chosen for inclusion in SFMOMA's 2011 curated show, "How Wine Became Modern," for their design and their environmentally friendly, vintage fabric-wrapped corks.
Winemaker Eric Cohen sources fruit from old-vine, high-altitude and biodynamic vineyards in Napa and Sonoma; Justice Grace is one of a few wineries that embrace ingredient labeling and use very few additives, including very low to near-zero sulfur dioxide. One of the low sulfur wines, the recently released 2010 Shoe Shine Wine Petite Sirah from Dry Creek Valley's Gustafson Family Vineyards, snagged a gold medal in the 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. Tastings are available by appointment; http://shoeshine wine.com.
Bubbles & Photos: Did you know that Ansel Adams established the photography program at San Francisco's California School of Fine Arts back in 1945? Neither did we. But you can see his iconic photographs and those of 20 other artists who emerged during the school's early years, including Pirkle Jones, Ruth Mandel, Ira Latour and John Upton, in a new exhibit opening Feb. 15 at the Fine Art Photography Gallery at Mumm Napa in Rutherford. The exhibit, titled "The Golden Decade: Photography at the California School of Fine Arts, 1945-1955," runs through July 13 and is free to the public. An opening night sparkling wine reception, which also is free, will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 15. A number of the artists featured in the exhibit will be in attendance. RSVP at 707-967-7740. Details: Visitor center and gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily; 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford.
Pre-Valentine's Party: Are you single, in your 20s to 40s, and don't have plans for Valentine's Day? Check out this mixer and charity event — and you may land a date just in time for the holiday. BevMo and Match.com are partnering to host an exclusive singles mixer at the wine store's Emeryville location from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 6. Mingle with other wine lovers, nibble on light hors d'oeuvres and play interactive games while wine tasting. $20 ($5 of your ticket benefits the Alameda County Community Food Bank). Details: 5717 Christie Ave., Emeryville. Get tickets at www.match.com/events/8683.
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On His Wings
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
It's Finally Arrived!
No, not the engine for the 206...this...
Six years of hard work; I almost cried when I got it!
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Friday, September 14, 2007
Foiled Again
Well, we just got word that the engine for the 206 didn't really get shipped when they said it did, so we won't be putting it in this weekend. Now the plan is next weekend.
I'm finding more and more every day how spoiled we all were at Moody. It's full of incredible people, amazing facilities, and a fleet of aircraft that are very well-maintained. It's true that sometimes you don't know how good you had it until you're gone. Here are some pictures of our Mountain Flying experience in the 206.
This one is a little asphalt airstrip tucked away in the Idaho mountains. The approach to the airport is a little interesting as you can see from the picture. You kind of have to follow the river until the runway comes into view. If you look in the center of the picture where the river bends right, the runway is just to the right of the river.
This was a really fun grass airstrip in Idaho. From the air, it looks like a dog leg, and when you takeoff you have to follow the bend (otherwise you run into the pines). And when you're landing there is no option of aborting the landing once you pass a certain point on final approach because the airplane wouldn't be able to outclimb the terrain beyond the airport. So as our instructors said, if a deer runs out onto the runway when you're about to land, let the 6 foot meat cleaver swinging out front take care of 'em.
And finally, here's a short clip of one of the strips we practiced at....
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
A Much Needed Break
For Labor Day Weekend Joy and I were planning on going camping somewhere, but as usual, our plans changed and we decided to fly out to the coast and stay in a little town called Astoria for the night. It's only a 30 minute flight.
This picture was actually taken on the way back to Portland. Some very low clouds started blowing in off the ocean right after we took off.
We couldn't help but drive out to the beach and take a quick stroll in the sand! All in all, it was a very relaxing weekend and a much needed break from routine.
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Dr. Dre's long-awaited Detox still doesn't have a release date, but when the record finally does hit, there will be a vehicle available with the special speakers to properly bump said collection.
Chrysler pulled back the curtain on their new 300 Sedan at the New York Auto Show late last week, and it features a speaker system designed by Dre himself as part of his Beats By Dre collection (which until now has focused on headphones and computer sound packages). Check out the new commercial (which features Dre himself) after the jump.
In the ad, the narrator intones, "If you're waiting for good things to come to you, you'll be waiting a pretty long time." Does that mean that Dre is just taunting his audience, who have been patiently waiting for Detox? Or is he secretly trying to temper expectations for the release? (You know, like "You have to wait for good things, but terrible things will show up eventually.")
Still, it's a cool-looking car with pretty nasty speakers. And perhaps Dre's involvement will boost sales the way that Eminem's Super Bowl ad did (after his blockbuster "Lose Yourself"-showcasing clip debuted earlier this year, sales reportedly went up 191 percent).
Read more at EW.com:
Dr. Dre debuts 'I Need a Doctor' video, pays tribute to Eazy-E: See it here!
Dr. Dre hints at April 20 release for 'Detox' album, but…
Eminem's Chrysler Super Bowl ad: Behind the scenes of one of Sunday's best commercials


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The B.S. in Computer and Information Science at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is the science behind the coolest gadgets and gear on the market. The skeletons of today's most powerful websites. And the root of tomorrow's most rewarding careers. Technology at Harrisburg University is more than just computer screens and keyboards. It's a hands-on study of the complex information systems and peripherals that power our world and shape our future.
Cyber Security
Put yourself in the shoes of the world's most dangerous hackers. As an information security specialist, you'll analyze threats to corporate computer systems and prevent the theft of critical data.
Computer Science
Computer programs, software and networks are used daily to run business operations. With a concentration in this field, you will learn the skills to develop computer software, customize programs, build and maintain networks, and manage information technology projects.
Software Engineering & System Analysis
Dig deep into the nervous systems that power today's biggest technology companies. There is now an urgent demand for highly skilled IT professionals with diverse specializations including software design, interface design, web development, network administration and security.
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This is an interdisciplinary field of science that uses data analytics methods, mathematical modeling and computational techniques to study, understand and manage the biological, behavioral, and social systems. It prepares students to work with researchers across the disciplines of computer science and biology, by teaching them how develop the required methods and software tools, and how to apply them in fields like molecular biology, genetics, and digital forensics. Careers in the field include BioProcess Technical Support Specialist, Computational Biologist, Systems Biologist, Bioinformatics Software Engineer, Bioinformatics Research Assistant, and Bioinformatics Algorithm Developer
Machine Learning
Welcome to a subfield of computer science that focuses on building systems that can think and make smart decisions through embedding intelligence components. This intelligence is artificially created by the power of software development and computer algorithms. ML gives computers the ability to learn and act smartly without being explicitly programmed, by teaching themselves to learn from experience (data, information and situations collected from the surrounding). This is an ideal major for careers as Machine Learning Software Engineer, Data Scientist (Machine Learning), Robotics Engineering, Computer Vision Engineer, and Quantitative Researcher.
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text: Last year, hackers targeted the credit reporting firm Equifax in one of the biggest data breaches in history. While the company initially estimated the cyberattack had affected 143 million consumers, it increased that number by 2.5 million a month later. Then last week Equifax announced a further 2.4 million people had been harmed by the hack, placing the grand total somewhere in the neighborhood of 148 million. Unlike the vast majority of consumers who had their social security information leaked, Continue reading