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Bodies are enfleshed, but not enclosed: they are open, radically so—biologically, environmentally, socially, politically, and affectively. To be open means having the capacity for connection and curiosity, and willing to be receptive to otherness and difference.
James J. Leos Symposium
Queer Migrations: Homeland Insecurities, Violence, and Belonging
Coming Out Narratives
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Loving Exclusions: How Marriage Breeds Sex/Gender, Race, Class and National inequalities
Feminist critiques of marriage are well rehearsed, and in tension with advocating queer inclusions in this problematic institution.
Queer Archives Project Stewardship Event
Please join Susan Stryker Director of the UA Institute for LGBT Studies, and Institute staff members and volunteers as they discuss the Arizona Queer Archives (AQA)
"MedPride": Incorporating the Health Needs of LGBT Populations into the University of Arizona's College of Medicine Curriculum
This presentation will "dish" about the work of the LGBT student professional group, "MedPride
Out in Science
Members of the LGBT community can be found in nearly every career field imaginable; yet, there is an apparent gap of LGBT presence in the sciences.
Against Advocacy: Homonationalism, Anti-Violence and the Road to Hegemony
This presentation offers a critical queer/post-colonial theory of advocacy...
Gaveling the "Transgender Tipping Point"
Are law schools training new lawyers, judges, and politicians to think critically about the lived realities of transgender people in the United States?
Talking Trans & Elected Officials: A conversation with Kim Coco Iwamoto
a conversation with Kim Coco Iwamoto about her path from 'Transsexual Menace Street Activist' to an elected State Official.
Annual Appeal Letter
There are great things happening at LGBT Studies! Please help us start our new fiscal year with the resources we need to keep growing. Read about our programs and make a gift online
Terje Toomistu to speak at UA
Performing the Phantasm, Playing for Love: Street Nightlife of the Waria in Indonesia
LGBTQ Behavioral Health Coalition of Southern Arizona: Gender Studies in Action
This presentation will dish about the shifting landscape of healthcare for LGBTQ identified individuals in Southern Arizona
Monica Jones Speaking on UA Campus
Monica Jones, a transgender woman of color sex workers' rights activist is coming to campus this Wednesday.
Criminal Queers
Criminal Queers visualizes a radical trans/queer struggle against the prison industrial complex
The "Politics of Location" and the Presence of Zionism
Brooke Lober will share some of her initial research into the political interests of radical feminist movements
Rainbow Defense Fund: Supporting Detained LGBT Migrants & Refugees in Arizona
Please join organizers from the Rainbow Defense Fund for a presentation about their work to raise funds for the release of LGBTQ detained migrants in Arizona
Arizona Queer Archives acquires part of the Fly Away Zine Mobile
The Fly Away Zine Mobile has announced that it is awarding its collection of almost 2000 zines to SoMove & Noemi Martinez and to the Arizona Queer Archives
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Kelly Sharron on Trauma as a Point of Departure and Encounter: Grief, Affect and Social Movements
Lesbian Looks 2014
FREE screening at Exploded View of Su Friedrich's documentary GUT RENOVATION (2013).
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Alice Hovorka on "Feminism & Animals: Exploring Interspecies Relations in Botswana and Beyond"
deep dish 03-06-2014
Stephen Russell on LGBTQ Youth Well-Being: The Role of Parents and Policy
deep dish 02-27-2014
Ryan Watson on Comparisons of the Sexual Minority Experience Across Norway and the United States
Transgender Studies search
Aren Aizura "Thailand as Transsexual 'Mecca': Transnational Imaginaries of Gender Reassignment"
queer connections
cancelled: Lisa Jean Moore on The Intra-actions of Bees, Beekeepers and Feminist Sociologists in New York City
deep dish 02-20-2014
Fabian Alfie on "A Possible Reference to Lesbian Activity in a Medieval Italian Tale of Ribaldry."
Transgender Studies search
Eva Hayward on TRANS* Parasite, Paratactic
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Margaret Randall reads from new work
Transgender Studies search
Eric Plemons on "The Look of a Woman: Facial Feminization Surgery and the Making of Gender"
deep dish 02-13-2014
Dylan McCarthy Blackston on Racial Biopolitics and the Lively Trans- Body
Lesbian Looks 2014
REACHING FOR THE MOON (Bruno Barreto, Brazil, 2013)
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Dino Dinco is a performance art curator and maker, filmmaker, theater director, TV commercial ghostwriter and multidisciplinary artist.
Transgender Studies search
Howard Chiang on "Sex Changed China: Science, Medicine, and Visions of Transformation"
Transgender Studies search
Kai M. Green on "In the Presence of a Future Past: Black Los Angeles' Queer Recoveries"
deep dish 02-06-2014
Shannon Snapp on Narratives of the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Transgender Studies search
Pedro Di Pietro "Living Sideways: The Under-side of Queer Space in the Southern Andes"
Robert Gain Scholarships
Robert Gain Scholarships for LGBT Summer Study in San Francisco
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Molly McGarry on Geographies of Detention
Transgender Studies search
Max Strassfeld "Queering Eunuchs in Rabbinic Literature: A Case Study in the History of the Body"
deep dish 01-30-2014
Ronald Trosper on Comparing Community Based Research with Indigenous or LGBTQ communities
Transgender Studies Hire
University of Arizona Transgender Studies job talks by the seven candidates
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Trans and Genderqueer Literature Course with TC Tolbert
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Dr. Paula Fan performance, Testament: The AIDS Quilt Songbook Revisited
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Transdisciplinary and Community Literacies: a special, guest-edited issue of the Community Literacy Journal, CLJ, 8.1 -- edited by Adela C. Licona & Stephen T. Russell
James J. Leos Symposium
Intersex: Medical, Cultural and Historical Contexts
UA Cares Campaign 2013
Important Message for UA Faculty and Staff from the Institute for LGBT Studies
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Transgender Awareness Week 2013 Keynote Speaker Mara Keisling
deep dish 11-17-2013
Joy Ladin on Gender Transition and the Syntax of Identity
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The LGBT Jewish Inclusion Project presents Joy Ladin
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Micaela Díaz-Sánchez on Theorizing Gender and Sexuality in Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba
deep dish 11-07-2013
Ian Ellasante on Unstably-Housed LGBTQ Youth and the Impact of a Local Collaboration
Workshops on Combating and Understanding Pinkwashing
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Chris Crass on Anti-racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy
deep dish 10-31-2013
Abraham Weil on the connections between bodies, space, disaster, and revolutionary imaginaries
deep dish 10-24-2013
Beverly Seckinger on Laramie Inside Out fifteen years after Matthew Shepard's murder.
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Arizona Queer Archives; Building Our Histories Together presents a Community Conversation
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Improving Health Care for LGBT Patients with Shane Snowdon
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A Forum on Successful Aging: An LGBT Perspective
Marta Zarzycka on Love, and Shame: Affective Politics of Protest Photographs
deep dish 10-17-2013
Queer Student Wellness in Higher Education: Campus Climate and Wellness at the UA and in Arizona
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EXPLODED VIEW Microcinema/Artspace presents JACK SMITH'S FLAMING CREATURES
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Trans Advocates Welcome Gay Allies
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POC Zine Project Race Riot Tour with Daniela Capistrano, Mimi Thi Nguyen, and and other tour members
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FEMINIST: STORIES FROM WOMEN'S LIBERATION 1963-1970 A film by Jennifer Lee
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Arizona Symphony Orchestra presents the Barber/Britten Festival Program
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Peter Boag on The Trans-Gender West
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Zarzycka on current book project Mothers, Mourners, Soldiers: Gendered Tropes in War Photography.
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UA LGBTQ Affairs Coming Out Week Key Note Speaker: Wade Davis
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Roderick Ferguson on Socialism in Black Queer Time: The 1970s and the Erotic Potentials of Radical Politics
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7th Annual International Somatechnics Conference
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Self/Community Care Trainings for Social Justice Grassroots Organizations
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Trans and Genderqueer Poetry Symposium
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Will Cordeiro on Sex, Capitalism, and Genre-Queering in The London Merchant
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Lesbian Looks Film Festival 2013 presents MY BEST DAY (Erin Greenwell, 2012)
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Jack Balas the under-representation of the male image in contemporary art
deep dish 3-28-2013
Fenton Johnson on Marriage: A Grand Illusion?
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Lesbian Looks Film Festival 2013 presents MORIR DE PIE (Die Standing Up)
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Iris Van Der Tuin on LGBT Futures in the Feminist Archive
deep dish 3-21-2013
Ana Ghoureishian on how the Iranian Media Bolsters Israeli Pinkwashing
research cluster update
Chasing Sexual Orientation: A Comparison of Commonly Used Single-Indicator Measures of Sexual Orientation
deep dish 3-7-2013
Monica Casper on Mediating Feminisms: Politics of Online Publishing
joseph endowed lecture
Andrea Smith on Queering the Politics of Settler Self-Reflexivity
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Director's Q&A of Exotic World, followed by a burlesque show
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2013 lesbian looks
deep dish 2-28-2013
GU Li on Sexual Orientation, Gender Nonconformity, and Psychological Well-Being
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AIDS Treatment and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
deep dish 2-21-2013
Alain-Philippe Durand on Finishing Off Gender
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Susan Stryker is changing the conversation on transgender issues and more at UA Institute of LGBT Studies
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Jessica Shumake on Posthumous Sites of Articulation
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Paisley Currah on Untangling paradoxes of classification
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Poetics & Politics of Hip-Hop Cultures
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Adela Licona on POC Zine Project Brings Punks of Color to the Academy
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Tucson's International LGBT Film Festival
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A warning tonight from a local vet: obesity is just as bad for your pets as it is for you. An epidemic of obesity in cats and dogs is causing a host of health problems. Cats are facing an epidemic of type two diabetes, dogs are plagued with cardiovascular disease and joint problems.
But their problem, is us. Their human owners just feed them too much, and the wrong things, like table scraps.
West Los Angeles veterinarian Dr. Jeff Werber was our guest on Studio 11, and he shared some information about overweight pets with the assistance of calico Cat Chloe, and pug, Chuckles, who both struggle with their own, ahem, girth issues.
For instance: three quarters of obese pets have overweight owners. The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree, people!
Neutered animals burn 40 percent fewer calories than un-neutered pets, but don't use that as an excuse not to get your pets fixed!
Pets will eat as much as you feed them, so watch what you put in that bowl, and you may want to put the dish away after the meal and not leave it out all day.
And get this: the average dog can survive on just 6 Milkbones a day! Of course, that's not the optimum doggie diet.
Bottom line is , your pet's bottom line is dependent on your good judgement.
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Beauty may be truth, and truth beauty, and that may well be all we need to know, but the creators of the O, Miami poetry festival are taking no chances, no matter what John Keats says. They're bringing poetry to the people. All the people. For the whole month of April.
O, Miami's first venture, the LeBron James Poetry Contest — such classic verse as "Cleveland can go ahead and spit flames/You can't burn up the Heat" celebrated the basketball team's newest star — drew more than 1,000 entries. But now the festival is aiming higher. The plan is to encourage — "force" is such an ugly word — each of the millions of residents in Miami-Dade County to encounter at least one poem sometime during National Poetry Month. And we're not talking at dull, cheap-wine-and-warm-cheese readings. We're talking pig roasts. Banners emblazoned with poems stretching across the sawgrass in Everglades National Park and abandoned buildings in the Overtown/Omni area. Videos of the desperate, unlucky souls stuck in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles reading poems on camera. Artists sewing tags inscribed with verse onto thrift-store clothing. Poetry dropping from the skies (printed on biologically friendly material, of course). Miami Commission chair Wifredo "Willy" Gort's promise to open and close city meetings with a poem. And Oscar nominee and Renaissance man James Franco in person at the New World Center on April 28 reading his works. Yes, he writes poetry, too. Really.
"Poetry has a stodgy reputation, which is in some ways well deserved," admits P. Scott Cunningham (at left, above, with cofounder Pete Borrebach), one of the masterminds behind O, Miami and founder of the nonprofit arts organization University of Wynwood. "But I believe most people would find it meaningful if we could find a way for them to connect with it. When we did the LeBron James contest last year, I learned what most people's conception of poetry was, based on the submissions. It's about Robert Frost for most people, which is great. Or Dr. Seuss, with a heavy rhyme scheme. I like Robert Frost. But I thought if we changed the model a little bit, it could be really exciting."
Click here to read the rest of my story on O, Miami and visit omiami.org for updates on the festival.


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A motorcyclist was taken to the hospital in critical condition after colliding with a car on Dorr Street and Richards Road in west Toledo.
The accident happened around 5:54 Friday morning as both drivers were heading to work. Toledo police say Dr. Nabil Ebraheim, 62, of Ottawa Hills, was driving a Mercedes Benz southbound on Richards and stopped at a flashing red light. Lawrence Hilton, 54, of Swanton, was traveling eastbound on Dorr riding his motorcycle and struck the passenger side of the car.
Hilton was wearing a helmet but was taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
Ebraheim did not have any injuries.
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After fives years, it's still hard for me to read stuff like this about Korey's death...
It actually brought a tear to my eye just now.....
He was one of my favorite players and was in the prime of his playing career......God I miss him......
Thanks for all the great moments you gave me Korey.......Rest in Peace.......
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Five years after the Vikings lineman's death, his widow and son try to look to the future while still dealing with the pain of the past.
Kevin Seifert, Star Tribune
Last update: July 30, 2006 – 1:23 AM
ATLANTA - The delivery man knocked on the door, jarring Kelci Stringer in mid-sentence as she chatted in her living room. She jumped up, found four UPS boxes on her porch and flinched ever so slightly after peeking inside: hundreds of condolence cards, retrieved from a forgotten Twin Cities storage lot.
"I hope that this is the last of it," she said quietly.
Five years have passed since her husband, Minnesota Vikings offensive lineman Korey Stringer, died from heatstroke at the team's training camp. Yet even now, his wife and son remain surrounded and constantly reminded of their still-raw pain. Sitting in her tidy home, Kelci Stringer said she has struggled with depression and drinking while searching for ways to establish a legacy for her husband.
She is financially secure, but her bitterness toward the Vikings sounds fresh, stemming from a new round of perceived slights.
They include the termination of her son's health insurance and a judge's order that she pay team court costs.
Although Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson dismissed her $100 million lawsuit against the Vikings coaches and medical staff, Stringer still insists "somebody dropped the ball" while treating Korey during his final two days. She admits to taking satisfaction in the team's problems since her husband's death.
"The lawsuit was an unfortunate time to go through," said Vikings attorney Jim O'Neal. "It's time for that to be over."
Through it all, Kelci, 32, has found comfort in Kodie, who at 8 bears an uncanny resemblance to his father and bears his personality as well. Kodie speaks often about Korey, saying that "my daddy is dead because he fell down when he was playing football." That interpretation may explain why Kodie refuses to watch NFL games and why he often tries to keep his opponents off the ground while playing little league football.
"Kodie has been my stabilizer these past five years," Kelci said. "Kids have a way of making things better sometimes. But sometimes I feel very, very disheartened. I have this enormous guilt that I've missed my window of opportunity for maintaining Korey's legacy. We've had lawsuits and talked about hydration and supplements and contracts and everything else, but sometimes I think that who Korey was and what he was about has gotten lost in everything."
The 'Gatorade mom'
Water is arranged everywhere in Stringer's red-brick, four-bedroom house in Atlanta's Morningside neighborhood. Bottles line her refrigerator, cases are stacked in her SUV and eight canisters are in the driveway for the family dog, who has his own mini-cooler.
Korey Stringer's death, on Aug. 1, 2001, a day when the heat index was 109 degrees, has turned her into a hydro- obsessed woman. She offers water constantly to guests and is known as the "Gatorade mom" around Kodie's sports teams.
It is just one way she has tried to memorialize her husband, whose body temperature rose to 108.8 degrees after a 2½-hour practice at Mankato. Most efforts, she said, have been frustrating and short-lived.
Stringer has given up on three different books about Korey and his death, but she hopes her fourth attempt will be published. Her Stringer Foundation, set up to help disadvantaged children, is in its second incarnation. She has lived in two different Atlanta neighborhoods, spent a summer in New York and traveled extensively to California over the past five years. She traces her restlessness to the whirlwind months after her husband's death.
"I never went through the normal process of grieving," she said. "It was just one thing after another. As I look back, I was so depressed that I didn't even know I was depressed."
She moved to Atlanta, her hometown, in March 2002, supported by an NFL pension worth about $1.4 million -- including 48 months of health insurance for Kodie -- and her husband's multimillion-dollar savings. For about a year, she said, she spent much of her time in the bathroom -- where she smoked, talked on the phone and drank half a bottle of vodka a night.
Eight weeks of intensive therapy helped her understand and correct a pattern of "self-sabotage," but she still seems conflicted about how to move on from her husband's death without leaving him behind.
"The hardest part is moving forward," she said. "I've thought about just breaking away from Korey altogether, changing my name back to Kelci Jones or Kelci Jones-Stringer. But I want to incorporate Korey into whatever I do because, in all honesty, his death is what catapulted me into a position where I could do something special.
"It's a cycle, and I just keep going around and around. When you look back at this five years, it's why I haven't really accomplished that much. I hate it. I just hate it, hate it, hate it. But I definitely think I'm coming out of the gates now."
Struggles with the NFL
Part of her turmoil stems from the complicated relationship she and her husband had with the NFL. Korey was a kind, unassuming and genuine man, but he did not, Kelci said, carry blind loyalty for the league and was offended by the politics of furthering his career.
Korey Stringer often would tell strangers he was a construction worker, and he once insisted at an autograph signing that his name was Orlando Thomas, the Vikings' free safety at the time. According to his wife, Korey signed Thomas' name for the entire show.
Weight problems dogged Stringer's early career, but he weighed a relatively reasonable 336 pounds when he reported to camp in 2001, and the Vikings' final report on his death implies that he used a now-banned ephedrine diet supplement to lower his weight.
For the first time last week, Kelci Stringer publicly acknowledged that her husband had used the supplement Ripped Fuel, which contained ephedrine. But she said she doesn't know whether he consumed it the day he died. An autopsy and toxicology report showed no evidence of ephedrine use, however. She called the issue "a moot point."
In fact, Stringer considers the Vikings' decision to pursue the supplement angle -- and what she considers a larger pattern of neglect -- as the behavior of a club spurned by a potential member, mostly under ex-owner Red McCombs.
Stringer recalled a Vikings' invitation to a game at the Metrodome in 2002. She accepted, sat with wives of Korey's former teammates, then was later billed, she said, for the tickets.
She said she has asked for the helmet and uniform Korey wore the day he collapsed. The team sent her a helmet, she said, but it was not his, and it never gave her the uniform.
Stringer also sounds livid about Larson's order in 2003 to pay the Vikings $47,588, covering part of the team's court costs from her lawsuit. O'Neal said the team has not forgiven the debt, but has not attempted to collect.
Finally, she says, she wishes the Vikings or NFL would have found a way to permanently memorialize her husband, other than retiring his No. 77 jersey, and she contends that someone could have stepped up to pay Kodie's $790 monthly health insurance bill when the 48-month term expired.
O'Neal said he did not know the details of the issues raised by Kelci Stringer.
"It's like they think he [Korey] caused his own death because of recklessness," said Stringer, who has since filed a $100 million suit against the NFL and Riddell, a helmet manufacturer, in federal court in Ohio. That case is pending.
A reflection of his father
A case of diet milkshakes rests on the counter of the Stringer home, prescribed by Kodie's pediatrician, alarmed by the boy's 135-pound frame.
Kodie is Korey's son in nearly every way. During a 10-minute conversation last week, he spouted plot lines from at least 15 movies. He hummed and talked to himself around the house, reminiscent of his father's near-constant monologues.
Kelci also recently caught Kodie twisting his hair as if to create dreadlocks.
"I asked him, 'Why are you doing that?' " she said. "He told me, 'I don't know. I guess because Dad always did it.' "
Indeed, reporters approaching Stringer after games could find him sitting on a stool, twisting his braids as he considered the day's events. Kodie remembers that and much more about his father: birthday parties at their home in Eden Prairie, a trip to Northwest Fitness Center to watch his dad and the man he calls "Uncle Randy" -- as in Moss -- play basketball.
The most jarring comparison came last week on a practice field, where Kodie and his fellow Knights were practicing. Kodie played right tackle, his father's position, in 2004 and 2005, but his coach has moved him to left tackle.
Like his father, Kodie has a complicated relationship with football. He appears to enjoy playing, especially getting into his stance, an act that transforms his kind face into a warrior's grimace. Yet he has refused, sometimes belligerently, to watch NFL games on TV, choosing to stare at the ceiling rather than the television.
"It's like punishment for him," Kelci Stringer said. "It's just bizarre."
But after watching her son repeatedly hold his opponents up during games, she theorized that he was protecting them -- and himself -- from his father's fate.
That deportment has faded a bit, and during practice last week he flattened three boys during a one-on-one drill. But his grandfather Harold Jones still sees plenty of Korey's gentle presence in the child.
"He's a lot like his dad, just real laid-back on the field," Jones said. "We're trying to get him to be more aggressive on the field, but if that's not him, it's not him. We won't force it."
As Kodie practices, his mother watches quietly.
"There is so much Korey could be helping him with," she said, "and I think Korey really would have benefited from seeing another version of himself on the field. I think that's the hardest thing, is watching Kodie and wondering what Korey would think."
Like boxes on a porch, the memories will continue to arrive.
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Hey singer I already added this link in the 'heat' thread. I thought it pertained to the subject there. :lol:
Guess I'll wait and see what (if anything) you miss! :lol:
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Hey Fedje! Why did you post it there when this thread already existed? :lol:Quote:
Hey singer I already added this link in the 'heat' thread. I thought it pertained to the subject there. :lol:
Guess I'll wait and see what (if anything) you miss! :lol:
I created both threads & if I felt it should have been there, that's where I would have put it. :wink:
Remembering Korey deserves a thread of it's own as you can see by the 2nd article. :wink:
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"FedjeViking" wrote:
Hey Fedje! Why did you post it there when this thread already existed? :lol:Quote:
Hey singer I already added this link in the 'heat' thread. I thought it pertained to the subject there. :lol:
Guess I'll wait and see what (if anything) you miss! :lol:
I created both threads & if I felt it should have been there, that's where I would have put it. :wink:
Remembering Korey deserves a thread of it's own as you can see by the 2nd article. :wink:
I give up for now! :lol: See above quote! :lol:
I always wear my Korey Stringer jersey to the Vikings 1st home pre-season game. It's been a tradition for me.
Part of me is always saddened when I think of Korey. And part of me is both saddened and angered when I hear anything about Kelci. She will never be able to get past Korey's death until she accepts it. And she won't be able to accept it while she is still insistent on blaming somebody for it...
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and I always take time on the 1st August to remember Korey - I always give thanks for my birthday being that day and also make sure to say something for Korey.Quote:
I always wear my Korey Stringer jersey to the Vikings 1st home pre-season game. It's been a tradition for me.
I can't believe it's been 5 years already, wow.
R.I.P. Korey.


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by Charles Lemos, Sun Mar 14, 2010 at 05:11:26 PM EDT
Somehow I missed this story earlier in the month but in a review this morning of global security news, I discovered that Admiral Mike Mullen, the chair of US Joint Chief of Staff, had issued new guidelines for the conduct of war superseding those issued by General Colin Powell nearly two decades ago. The Powell Doctrine held that the American military should be sent to war only when a vital national interest was at stake, when support from the public was assured, and when "overwhelming force" was committed to the effort. The Powell Doctrine was first articulated in 1992 in an article by then Chairman of Joint Chief in the quarterly journal Foreign Affairs.
The new Mullen Doctrine, based on the US experience in Iraq and Afghanistan, calls for a more restrained use of force so as to minimize civilian loss of life. Admiral Mullen also called for increased and open-ended discussion between politicians, the military, and the public on how best to use American hard and soft power.
Admiral Mullen laid out his vision for US warfare at a speech at Kansas State University on March 3, 2010 in which he outlined three new principles. The first is that military power should not – maybe cannot – be the last resort of the state. The second is that force should, to the maximum extent possible, be applied in a precise and principled way. The third principle is creating an environment where policy and strategy are constantly evolving.
The underlying assumption of the Mullen Doctrine is that for the foreseeable future, the US will be involved in wars somewhere in the world and likely in multiple locations at the same time. Indeed, while the American public is hopefully fully aware - frankly I'm not convinced that they are aware of the costs - we are waging wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but that we also have on-going military operations in the Philippines, the Horn of Africa, and Colombia not to mention garrisons scattered across the planet in support of US foreign policy objectives. For such an important subject, the story was largely buried in the press. Here's a link to the story in the Washington Post. The reality is that Admiral Mullen is right, we don't engage in an open-ended discussion about how the US military is used and we need to do so.
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A third-generation programming language (3GL) is a refinement of a second-generation programming language. The second generation of programming languages brought logical structure to software. The third generation brought refinements to make the languages more programmer-friendly. This includes features like improved support for aggregate data types, and expressing concepts in a way that favors the programmer, not the computer (e.g. no longer needing to state the length of multi-character (string) literals in Fortran). A third generation language improves over a second generation language by having the computer take care of non-essential details, not the programmer. Third Generation Languages feature more abstraction that previous implementations of those languages, and thus can be considered higher level languages than their first and second generation counterparts.
First introduced in the late 1950s, Fortran, ALGOL, and COBOL are early examples of this sort of language.
Most popular general-purpose languages today, such as C, C++, C#, Java, BASIC and Pascal, are also third-generation languages, although C++, Java and C# follow a completely different path as they are object-oriented in nature. Third generation focused on structured and had no meaning for the object encapsulation concepts.
Most 3GLs support structured programming.
A programming language such as C, FORTRAN, or Pascal enables a programmer to write programs that are more or less independent from a particular type of computer. Such languages are considered high-level because they are closer to human languages and further from machine languages. In contrast, assembly languages are considered low-level because they are very close to machine languages.
The main advantage of high-level languages over low-level languages is that they are easier to read, write, and maintain. Ultimately, programs written in a high-level language must be translated into machine language by a compiler or interpreter.
The first high-level programming languages were designed in the 1950s. Examples of early high level languages are ALGOL, COBOL, and FORTRAN. These programs could run on different machines so they were machine-independent. As new, more abstract languages have been developed, however, the concept of high and low level languages have become rather relative. Many of the early "high level" languages are now considered relatively low level in comparison to languages such as Python, Ruby, and CommonLisp.
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Celebrity Cruises is using FogScreen in their new central attraction, The Bar at the Edge of the Earth, a bar/lounge created by Cirque du Soleil exclusively for Celebrity Cruises.
In the top deck lounges of the Constellation and Summit cruise ships, guests are invited to pass through a mystical gateway–created with FogScreens– and enter a world of wonder with luminescent light, pulsating sounds, and mesmerizing visual effects. This unique entertainment experience is currently available on select Caribbean sailings aboard Constellation and Summit with additional ships to follow.
The installations of FogScreens on Constellation and Summit are a break-through for FogScreen Inc., whose products have not been used yet at sea.
"We are delighted to be able to work with these entertainment industry leaders," says Mika Herpiö, the CEO of FogScreen Inc.
FogScreen's US partner Imagex Inc closed the deal between FogScreen and Celebrity Cruises, and Imagex Inc. CEO Nancy Gretzinger expects high sales for the screens in the US market. "There have been the expected telephone calls from Hollywood production companies who are excited about using FogScreen technology in their next movie or television show. Beyond that, we are also looking at point-of-sale advertising, corporate lobbies, and other areas that could benefit from the innovations being generated at FogScreen," says Gretzinger.
FogScreen has received various prizes and honors, like European Union's IST Innovation Prize 2004. Celebrity Cruises is a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.
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This section illustrates projected employment change for industries over the 2012–22 decade. Workers are grouped into an industry according to the type of good produced or service provided by the establishment for which they work. For example, all the workers on a construction company's payroll are part of the construction industry, regardless of their specific job duties. The construction industry includes not only construction workers, but others—such as office managers and truck drivers—who perform tasks in an administrative or support role.
Industry employment projections are shown in terms of numeric change (growth or decline in the total number of jobs) and percent change (the rate of job growth or decline) over the 2012–22 decade.
Employment growth for all wage and salary workers is projected to average about 11 percent between 2012 and 2022. This average growth rate is shown as a dotted vertical line in in the second and fourth charts.
Job growth or decline in some industries can affect a particular occupation significantly. The number of jobs for computer programmers, for example, is highly dependent on growth of the software industry. However, many occupations—such as accountants, customer service representatives, and human resources specialists—are in nearly every industry.
Employment growth in industries depends on industry output (the total amount produced) and worker productivity (how much each worker produces). Labor-saving technologies and methods can improve productivity but limit employment growth even as output increases. For example, output in the travel arrangement and reservation services industry is projected to increase, but employment is projected to decline. Technological advancements, such as online reservation systems, are likely to reduce the number of workers needed to offer travel services.
In most of the charts, industries are categorized into one of two groups: goods producing or service providing. Service-providing industries are projected to account for the most job growth between 2012 and 2022, adding about 14.1 million jobs. In goods-producing industries, employment is projected to stay about the same, adding about 1.2 million jobs over the decade. Examples of establishments for these industries are in the table on page 30.
Industries shown in the charts are defined primarily according to the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), which the federal government uses to sort establishments into industry categories.
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A brain scan study of 96 inmates in New Mexico has found that those with low activity in a region of the brain controlling impulsivity were more likely to be arrested after their release.
Researchers with the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, N.M., used functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan inmates' brains as they did a test requiring quick decision-making, report Wired and Nature. Those with low activity in the brain's anterior cingulate cortex, thought to be important to impulse control, were about twice as likely to be arrested for a felony within four years of their release when compared to those with high activity in the brain region, even when controlling for other risk factors.
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The booze is bad enough... but a 23 year old assistant chief?June 21--A federal judge said he wants to know more about the culture that led a North Bangor Fire Company assistant chief to allegedly be drunk at the wheel of a firetruck when it overturned returning from a parade in July 2010.
In a decision Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Stengel refused to dismiss a lawsuit by firefighter Stuart Mintz over injuries he suffered in the crash.
Ruling on motions by the fire company, Upper Mount Bethel Township and township supervisors Chairman Edward Nelson, Stengel dismissed many of Mintz's claims.
But, the judge said, to decide whether the township might be liable for the conduct that led to Mintz's injuries, he needs to know more about the volunteer fire company's custom of firefighters drinking on duty that Mintz claims existed.
North Bangor Fire Company Assistant Chief Zachary Romano allegedly had been drinking when the tanker he was driving after the Tatamy Fireman's Parade crashed three miles from the firehouse. Police found open beer cans rolling around the cab, according to a report.
Mintz and his wife, Paula, allege it had become a custom for firefighters to drink while operating fire company equipment and that township and fire company officials did nothing for years to stop it.
Stengel threw out Mintz's claim that Romano's conduct violated his Fourth Amendment rights by causing injuries that restrict his freedom. The judge said that for such a claim to succeed, a government employee must intentionally cause an injury.
He also dismissed Mintz's claim that his 14th Amendment right to due process of law was violated by a township policy that allowed firefighters to drink on duty. Stengel said there was no evidence such a policy exists.
However, Stengel said proof of a custom "so well-settled and permanent as to virtually constitute law" can also support a claim of due process violations.
"Suffice it to say at this early stage that plaintiffs have alleged rampant practice of on-duty alcohol abuse, including drunk driving, by company firefighters, to which [the] township and Mr. Nelson turned a blind eye," Stengel said.
While Stengel said he shares the township's questions about the alleged existence of a drinking culture in the fire company, he said the parties should have an opportunity to uncover more information.
Attorneys for the fire company, its officials and the township and its officials did not return calls. Fredric Gallin, who represents Romano, said facts will come out as the case develops that will show Mintz shares responsibility for his injuries.
Romano, 20, was charged with drunken driving after the crash in Plainfield Township. Police alleged he had a blood-alcohol content of 0.16 percent, eight times the limit for drivers under the legal drinking age of 21.
State court files contain no record of how Romano's charges were resolved. Because none of the charges rose above a misdemeanor and he was a first-time offender, Romano, now 23, may have qualified for the accelerated rehabilitative disposition program, which would allow his record to be expunged.
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Alcohol and fire trucks...not a winning combo..."The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
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We recently had a fire dept. refuse to allow booze in the firehall for a private event that was being held there. The crap storm that followed was amazing, culminating in half the dept. quitting more or less because the city managers forced them out for taking a stand. Booze is VERY important when you are memorializing an old retired firefighter. Kind of opposite of what happened but strange nonetheless. As volunteers we need to be getting away from the good ole boys club mentality, if the community does not demand it we as volunteers need to demand it of ourselves.The fire service is about service to our fellow man.
There is a trust that must not be broken and we are the keepers of that trust.
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If you want to memorialize a retiree or a LODD and want to have an "adult beverage", then rent a hall other than the firehall for the collation. Arrange to have mutual aid companies cover your firehouses.
You see, it isn't rocket science or neurosurgery.. it is common sense."The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
Lt. Ray McCormack, FDNY
It all came down to the fact that the citizens figured they paid for the fire hall so they could do what ever they wanted in it, even though the firefighters had adopted a no booze policy and were proud of it. I respect the firefighters for taking a stand and trying to get away from the old image of holding the nozzle with one hand and your beer with another.The fire service is about service to our fellow man.
There is a trust that must not be broken and we are the keepers of that trust.
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Don't drink and respond. Its that simple."This thread is being closed as it is off-topic and not related to the fire industry." - Isn't that what the Off Duty forum was for?
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06-22-2013, 10:58 PM #8The fire service is about service to our fellow man.
There is a trust that must not be broken and we are the keepers of that trust.
Captain Dave LeBlanc
Conrad.. I misread your post..originally I thought that half of the FD quit because they could not have alcohol in the fire house.
The City managers who forced the issue are mutts."The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
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Any FD that has a 20 year old Assistant Chief is jacked up to begin with.
Many's the fire department that used to be the social center of its community - everyone who was anyone was a member. In fact, many small town departments were more social clubs that fought fire than fire departments that held social functions.
And the social side generally included "adult beverages." Even if there was no alcohol on the fireground, it usually came out on the return to the station.
Some departments are still struggling with the transition between social club and fire department. I know of departments that used to boast 80+ members that are lucky to claim 20 now, as the emphasis has moved to actually fighting fire.
As for alcohol in the firehouse - if it's strictly a firehouse, that works just fine. However, many rural firehouses include a large assembly area that can be popular for community social events - weddings, reunions, etc. Events that have nothing to do with the fire department except their location and the fact that the income from providing the facility helps support fire department operations. Alcohol is usually a part of such activities, and banning alcohol "because it's a fire house" will put a significant damper on this funding source. Odds are any firefighters present are either guests at the event or doing the catering, etc.
Those firefighters in attendance should remain in attendance if they've been drinking and leave the firefighting to those who are sober. Absolutely no argument there.
In this area we routinely put a neighboring department on automatic when we hold events like FD annual banquets. Oftimes the home department will also designate a crew to remain sober and handle a first-due rig if needed.Opinions my own. Standard disclaimers apply.
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The problem is the management of the alcohol in the firehouse.
I have no issues with the member shaving a beer or two in the firehouse after a drill as long as it's clear that they will not be making runs.
And I have been on departments where that was perfectly clear.Train to fight the fires you fight.
Yeah, the problem IS alcohol in the firehouse. Jezus if it is that important to drink go up town after drill. I'm sorry but I feel that booze has no place in the firehouse.The fire service is about service to our fellow man.
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I was in a department .. granted it's been over 25 years ago .. where a beer or two was allowed after drill but it was made very clear that if you decided to enjoy one, you were not making a run for at least 4 hours, and it was enforced.
And there were no issues.
Soad was available for free as well for those that wanted to stay and socialize but did not want to drink.
To this day there are still many VFDs in the area surrounding my home town in upstate NY that have staffed bars in the firehouse, primarily for non-responding members, social members and members that may want to take a friend there for a drink.Train to fight the fires you fight.
Of all the traditions of the fire service you're adamantly against, you cling to one that should have been eliminated decades ago? You used to post on this forum as "cdevoe", didn't you? You want a beer, either go home or to a bar. A firehouse is a public building that performs an essential service, not a social club.
When our fire department was first formed, it was more of a social club than a fire department. Many around here were. But our department and many others have ended that tradition, and rightfully so. Alcohol has no place at the fire hall. The fire hall is for for training, working on equipment, responding to fires, and conducting business. None of which benefit from the presence of alcohol. At first, it hurt membership. But we eventually got past it and now are a much better department and the perception of our department has gone up tremendously.
Our department rules are very strict regarding alcohol. We have zero tolerance. Not allowed at the fire hall, and not allowed at any fundraisers. Drinking and responding is forbidden, even if the member has had a single beer. No level of impairment, however slight, is acceptable.
Even in municipally owned fire facilities, that big room is often considered a community room and is available for use on the terms of the municipality, not the fire department.
The service that portion of the building performs for rural departments is to raise money to support the operations of the fire department, taxes not being sufficient. To that end, serving of alcohol becomes a necessity - many folks include alcohol in their celebrations and not serving it would mean an actual loss of income for the fire department.
Sometimes the celebrations end up using the truck bays as well, so the alcohol enters that area as well.
That does not provide an excuse for firefighters to drink and respond. These days any responsible department has rules to that effect, as already discussed.
That doesn't mean I support alcohol in the fire station (I don't - I helped move the last of the beer out of the 'fridge our station), but a "fire hall" can be a very different thing than a "fire station."Opinions my own. Standard disclaimers apply.
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There are places where the fire department is still something of a social club, and have "social members" who do not respond to incidents. they are often important members of the community that like to be seen in FD coats, shirts and the like, or maybe just like to hang around the department and the station.
In those communities, maintaining the social aspect of the department often helps them out in terms of funding and getting things done, and that's OK.
Again, the issue is not the alcohol, but the management of the alcohol.Train to fight the fires you fight.
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1946 historical cottage recently renovated and modernized, Located in a private and secure gated complex in beautiful and quiet Golden Hill near South Park.
Ranked #2 in the nation out of twenty best towns of the future by Sunset magazine.
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- Very close to the convention center , Petco Ball Park, and the famous Gaslamp district, balboa park, and the word-famous San Diego Zoo
- Walk to everything: locally-owned restaurants, groceries, convenience, bakeries, tavern, cafes, community garden and park
- Immediate access to 94, 163 and 5 freeways
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- 1 full bath
- Fully equipped kitchen
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- Pets accepted (upon approval, fees apply)
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We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face… we must do that which we think we cannot. Eleanor Roosevelt
For many of the Cloth artisans, this is not their first time earning money for their talents. Just as they do in Houston, they knitted and wove to support their families. The major difference between the refugee camps and Houston, however, is the amount they make. Bhutanese knitter Narmaya would knit hats and scarves and sell them to an organization working within the camps. A kilogram of knitted goods—no matter the type or quality—would earn her 60 rupees (approximately 1 USD). The money never went far. A sack of potatoes, a daily expense, cost 50 rupees, and her children needed money for school supplies. Because work was scarce (and illegal) in the camps, this was the only way for many women to ensure their families' survival.
The impact of wholesaling their items extended beyond any economic hardships; it devalued their work, silently asserting that their talents as craftswomen were useless beyond readily making scarves and hats. The goal was never innovation or expanding their knowledge; it was to quickly fill a basket with yarn and put food on the table.
What most distinguishes the Cloth from the businesses in the refugee camps is the complete and total involvement of the artisans. For most of them, this is an overwhelming shift, seen most of all in price-setting. The artisans set their own prices, always. But in the beginning, nearly all of the women were hesitant to charge anything close to market value for their wares. After furtively begging volunteers to set the price, scarves were set at ten dollars and accompanied with anguished faces, sure that no one would pay so much. Shock quickly replaced the doubt and fear, however, as the artisans saw their items sell at farmers' markets, festivals and in-home events. For many of our initial participants, it took about three sales events before they had the "aha" moment that people will pay that much—and more—for a scarf.
As in the camps, the monetary value of their products meant more than just how much food they can put on the table. For the first time, Cloth artisans realized that their handicrafts, and their talent and skill, had worth.
This realization impacted the quality of the items made. The women started comparing their products and exchanging tips and secrets with each other. They requested education, and devoured the trainings received. A few of the women began experimenting with different designs and ideas, creating some of our biggest sellers. The spark of confidence that came from knowing that their work was valued and appreciated has grown the Cloth in ways we never could have fantasized.
The women still struggle with setting prices. They understand covering the cost of materials but covering the cost of labor seems sometimes uncomfortable, as if we are asking too much. New items, regardless of quality or skill, are almost universally underpriced. But as the Cloth continues to grow, so will the assurance of the artists.
And that is priceless.
So, where does the money go? One hundred percent of the money from a Cloth sale goes directly back to the artisan. Every penny of it.
That means it goes toward:
- paying the electricity bill
- paying the water bill
- putting extra food on the table
- purchasing school supplies for their children
- purchasing new clothes
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Early Saturday morning, the sky was remarkably blue, the sun warm and bright. It was a perfect way to begin our new artisan orientation for The Community Cloth. Seated in a circle of chairs were 9 ladies from Bhutan, Sudan, and Iraq eager to become a part of this group they have heard so much about. Two of the younger women held tiny swaddled babies in their arms while others brought expamples of their delicate work to share. A general sense of excitement and anticipation filled the room of the Baker-Ripley Neighborhood Center. Expressions of hope and thoughtfulness were on the faces of the awaiting artisans. The space provided for The Community Cloth by Neighborhood Centers has become quite special. The windows stream in the golden sunshine, photos of some of the first artisans hang on one wall, and brightly-colored woven and hand knit product samples are on a folding display along the other.
Three of our current artisans were present and actively assisted their fellow new artisans in filling out the application that was in English. Chitra, Devi and Nar have all been in the program for the past year and it was moving to see them take time out of their weekend to come encourage the new women as they began their journey with The Community Cloth. Co-founders, Roxanne and Quynh-Anh led the orientation with great ease and one of the leading Bhutanese artisans, Devi, helped with translations. A few program Co-facilitators (dedicated volunteers who mentor the artisans) were also present, providing reassurance and support for the new ladies. Many of the women had already made a stride in the right direction by using public transportation to arrive promptly.
Quynh-Anh began the orientation with an introductory exercise utilizing a ball of blue yarn. She shared a bit of her personal history and her heart for working with refugees and building The Community Cloth and then invited the next person to talk about herself by tossing the ball of yarn across the circle while maintaining a piece of the it. Each woman spoke purposefully, mostly in her language, waited for the translation, tossed the yarn, and then listened intently as the next woman spoke, caring to learn just as much as to share. There were smiles, laughs, and bonds of connectivity that joined the women, just as the web of connected strands of yarn materialized between them. Each new artisan came to Houston as a political refugee. Some have been here a number of months and others have been here a few years.
Each artisan showed gratitude to The Community Cloth program for the ability to make items that can be sold, to learn new skills, and to make friends. Each volunteer and co-facilitator became involved because in many ways and for many reasons, this collective has become family. Roxanne and Quynh-Anh covered all the bases to ensure the women understood the program, who their co-facilitators were, the purpose of the peer groups, how the seed grant worked, and answered other questions from the group. At the end of the session, there were hugs farewell and plans to meet again soon. All expressed joy at the opportunity to be a part of something bigger than oneself. This was a meaningful day, the start of something in these women's lives that will make a difference for the better.
The Significance of Choice
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"The identity of an individual is essentially a function of her choices." ~Amartya Sen
"Could [we] use the apartment classroom to weave?"
"How big are your looms?" I asked.
"No, we don't have them yet, but maybe one day."
Several weeks ago, Scott Poteet's blog post memorialized this 2009 exchange between refugees and volunteers that was in part the genesis of The Community Cloth. This brief conversation provides a window into the expression of emotions that are the core of the human condition. The dream of a better tomorrow; the yearning for the manifestation of this dream; and the audacity of choosing to act on this yearning despite many barriers. Even more remarkable are the paths by which they came to be meeting in an apartment complex in Houston, Texas, America.
The path to building their voices has been more nuanced, as becoming comfortable with choice is a process. Nobel Laureate and economist Amartya Sen wrote that an individual's capability is the reflection of their freedom to achieve something of value. But the transition from countries-of-origin with limited freedom to a country where choice is encouraged can be a significant transition. The manifestation of choice was apparent in 2009, but needed to be cultivated – sustained change does not happen over night.
The Community Cloth's empowerment involves encouraging our artisans to find their own voice, to feel confident in their choices, and to keep reminding themselves that "they are the boss". The choices of technique, thread or yarn, of color and design, of quantity, all result in creating products of high value (check out some samples!), which in turn reinforces the validity of choice. Slowly, over time, our artisans are building their voice by expressing their identities.
The artisans' work not only provides for economic gain – it also affirms their worth and place in the world and the value they create through their products is recognized by their husbands and families. The income they bring home is an important part of the household's functioning. Through pursuing their own path, they gain respect within their families and their communities.
The refugees who would become artisans of The Community Cloth understood the significance of choice. They had known a world without choice (or, at best, with very limited choice) and consciously created a new reality for themselves by seeking a new life in America and seized the opportunity to be part of a microenterprise. They had to overcome many external and even internal barriers, but everything that followed the 2009 conversation and everything that will come in the future is validation of life-affirming capability: the expression of self through the expression of work.
His Mother's Son
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Editor's Note: As Mother's Day approaches, we want to honor the artisans involved in The Community Cloth, who all happen to be mothers (although that is not an eligibility criteria for our program). Each has shown great fortitude in what lengths she will go to in order to protect and provide for her children, as reflected in this week's entry.
And, if you haven't been able to find that special something for your own mom, there's still time to visit one of our retail outlets to pick up a gift that will make her heart warm!
"The bond between mother and son is a special one.
It remains unchanged by time or distance.
It is the purest love ~ unconditional and true.
It is always there, ~ anytime, anywhere ~ whenever it is needed.
It is a gift held in the heart and in the soul,
and it cannot be taken away or exchanged for another.
To possess this love is a treasure that makes life more valuable."
~Stephanie Douglas
Yasodha is a strong maternal figure in mythology; as such, the name suits one of the fierce Bhutanese knitters of The Community Cloth. She is a nurturing mother of two sons, Kumar, 28, and Ghana, 18. She enjoys making baby hats and booties. Yasodha's older son works for a plastics company so is able to cover the cost of the small apartment. He only comes home on the weekends so for the most part it is only Yasodha and Ghana in the home. Mother and son take care of each other; this is the symbiotic nature of family. Ghana openly expresses gratitude that his mother is a part of The Community Cloth because it gives her something positive to focus on. It allows her the opportunity to go to new places in Houston, to spend time with other women and to feel a sense of purpose.
One of Ghana's school projects, a poster board, hangs on the wall beside the front door. It has photos, a magazine cut out of a car and words that are significant to him, such as school and family. These seemingly unconnected elements surround a photo of his mother. He has said that it is his responsibility to take care of her. He has learned from her to never give up, to not let the bad times get him down, and to ask for help when he needs it. As the only literate person in his family, he wants to pursue nursing so that he can better provide for his mother and hopefully, one day, his wife. His mention of the word wife makes him smile and he says he thinks about this often.
Yasodha's primary responsibility is to her son, Ghana. If she is out and about she will be anxious about being home by the time his school bus drops him off. If it is the afternoon on any given weekday, Yasodha will be hastily preparing a hot meal for Ghana since he does not particularly care for the food at school. Ghana used to ride his bike to pick up groceries and necessities for he and his mother. However, his old, pink bicycle was stolen and this has created some stress on him.
The rest of Yasodha's family lives in North Carolina and she pines for her relatives, looking forward to the day Ghana finishes high school. He is the man of the house and takes care of his mother. Yasodha will find clothes and things to give to her son but he has to inspect them ever since she once found him a girl's jacket. He had to explain that he could not wear that to school and they both had a good laugh.
Today, Yasodha is working on a sweater for her son for college, which will be in a year or so. She keeps the yarn tight as she looks up over her eyeglasses that still have the two stickers on the outside of the lenses. The sweater is bright red with some silver sparkles through it. Ghana seems to like it, which surprises me because the flash of sparkles does not seem to align with her preference for understated modesty. But the lovingly hand-crafted sweater is a bright red "power tie". It is a symbol of hope and ambition. They both have set the goal that he will attend college and that they work together as a family to make this a reality. The Community Cloth has provided Yasodha an opportunity to earn much needed income to purchase nutritious food, clothing, shoes, and school supplies for her son. As I walk down the stained cement stairs of the apartment building, Yasodha looks down like a mother from her second floor balcony's sliding glass door and I give her a reassuring wave goodbye.


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