text:
Most Popular "Photography" Titles
- Movies or TV
- Genres
- Keywords
- IMDb Rating
- Instant Watch Options
- In Theaters
- On TV
- Release Year
1. Boyhood (I) (2014)
R | 165 min | Drama
The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18.
Writer: Richard Linklater | Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith
2. Bones (2005– )
TV-14 | 40 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama | Active
A forensic anthropologist and a cocky FBI agent build a team to investigate death causes. And quite often, there isn't more to examine than rotten flesh or mere bones.
Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne
3. The Departed (2006)
R | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover state cop who has infiltrated an Irish gang and a mole in the police force working for the same mob race to track down and identify each other before being exposed to the enemy, after both sides realize their outfit has a rat.
Writers: William Monahan, Alan Mak, Felix Chong | Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
4. City of God (2002)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.
Writers: Paulo Lins, Bráulio Mantovani | Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund | Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen
5. Spider-Man (2002)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.
Writers: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, David Koepp | Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco
6. Closer (I) (2004)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.
Writer: Patrick Marber | Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jude Law, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts
7. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
R | 116 min | Drama, War
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Writers: Gustav Hasford, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr | Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin
8. Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
PG | 96 min | Comedy
A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.
Writers: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess | Director: Jared Hess | Stars: Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell
9. Hugo (2011)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Writers: John Logan, Brian Selznick | Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley
10. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
PG | 161 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Harry ignores warnings not to return to Hogwarts, only to find the school plagued by a series of mysterious attacks and a strange voice haunting him.
Writers: J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves | Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Richard Harris
11. Underworld (2003)
R | 121 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Selene, a beautiful vampire warrior, is entrenched in a war between the vampire and werewolf races. Although she is aligned with the vampires, she falls in love with Michael, a werewolf who longs for the war to end.
Writers: Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, Danny McBride | Director: Len Wiseman | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly, Michael Sheen
12. The Tree of Life (2011)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Writer: Terrence Malick | Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
13. Battle Royale (2000)
Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Thriller
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Writers: Koushun Takami, Kenta Fukasaku | Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto, Takeshi Kitano
14. Before Sunset (2004)
R | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Nine years after Jesse and Celine first met, they encounter each other again on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.
Writers: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Kim Krizan | Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Vernon Dobtcheff, Louise Lemoine Torres
15. Spider-Man 2 (2004)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure
Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius.
Writers: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Michael Chabon, Alvin Sargent | Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco
16. Pretty Baby (1978)
R | 110 min | Drama
A teenage girl lives as a prostitute in the early decades of America, only to know her body is for bounty.
Writers: Polly Platt, Louis Malle | Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye
17. Accepted (2006)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Writers: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Mark Perez | Director: Steve Pink | Stars: Justin Long, Jonah Hill, Blake Lively, Adam Herschman
18. Hard Candy (2005)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A teenage girl raids a man's home, suspecting he is a pedophile, in order to expose him.
Writer: Brian Nelson | Director: David Slade | Stars: Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae
19. The Ring (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Horror, Mystery
A young journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone in a week of viewing it.
Writers: Ehren Kruger, Kôji Suzuki | Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman
20. America's Next Top Model (2003– )
TV-PG | 42 min | Game-Show, Reality-TV
A cyclical competition where women from all over the U.S. compete for the honor of being America's next "it girl" in the modeling world.
Creators: Tyra Banks, Kenya Barris, Ken Mok | Stars: Adrianne Curry, Yoanna House, Tyra Banks, Jay Manuel
21. My Girl (1991)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just... See full summary »
Writer: Laurice Elehwany | Director: Howard Zieff | Stars: Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis
22. The Artist (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions.
Writer: Michel Hazanavicius | Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell
23. Road to Perdition (2002)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.
Writers: Max Allan Collins, Richard Piers Rayner, David Self | Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken
24. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Romance
Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Writer: Woody Allen | Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Christopher Evan Welch
25. Rear Window (1954)
Approved | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller
A wheelchair bound photographer spies on his neighbours from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Writers: John Michael Hayes, Cornell Woolrich | Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
26. Yes Man (2008)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A guy challenges himself to say "yes" to everything for an entire year.
Writers: Nicholas Stoller, Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel, Danny Wallace | Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, John Michael Higgins
27. Lilo & Stitch (2002)
PG | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A Hawaiian girl adopts an unusual pet who is actually a notorious extra-terrestrial fugitive from the law.
Writers: Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois | Directors: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders | Stars: Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers
28. The Others (2001)
PG-13 | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted.
Writer: Alejandro Amenábar | Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann
29. The Room (2003)
R | 99 min | Drama
Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored of him and decides to seduce Johnny's best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.
Writer: Tommy Wiseau | Director: Tommy Wiseau | Stars: Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero, Philip Haldiman
30. We Were Soldiers (2002)
R | 138 min | Action, Drama, History
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.
Writers: Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway, Randall Wallace | Director: Randall Wallace | Stars: Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Greg Kinnear, Sam Elliott
31. An Education (2009)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Writers: Lynn Barber, Nick Hornby | Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams
32. Biutiful (2010)
R | 148 min | Drama
This is the story of Uxbal, a man living in this world, but able to see his death, which guides his every move.
Writers: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Armando Bo | Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu | Stars: Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib, Guillermo Estrella
33. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Approved | 87 min | Comedy, Music
A 'typical' day in the life of the Beatles, including many of their famous songs.
Writer: Alun Owen | Director: Richard Lester | Stars: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
34. Disturbia (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A teen living under house arrest becomes convinced his neighbor is a serial killer.
Writers: Christopher Landon, Carl Ellsworth | Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sarah Roemer
35. Hope Floats (1998)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Romance
Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.
Writer: Steven Rogers | Director: Forest Whitaker | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman
36. Just Shoot Me! (1997–2003)
30 min | Comedy
Hot-tempered journalist Maya Gallo got herself fired from yet another job when she made an anchorwoman cry on the air with some gag copy on the teleprompter. Unable to find a job anywhere ... See full summary »
Stars: Laura San Giacomo, Enrico Colantoni, George Segal, Wendie Malick
37. Killing Season (2013)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two veterans of the Bosnian War -- one American, one Serbian -- find their unlikely friendship turn tense with one of them reveals their true intentions.
Writer: Evan Daugherty | Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Robert De Niro, John Travolta, Milo Ventimiglia, Elizabeth Olin
38. The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
PG-13 | 135 min | Drama, Romance
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s.
Writers: Richard LaGravenese, Robert James Waller | Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley, Victor Slezak
39. Funny Face (1957)
Unrated | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
Writer: Leonard Gershe | Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair
40. The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama
A partially idealized film of the controversial pornography publisher and how he became a defender of free speech for all people.
Writers: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski | Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, Brett Harrelson
41. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
R | 171 min | Drama, Romance
In 1968, a Czech doctor with an active sex life meets a woman who wants monogamy, and then the Soviet invasion further disrupts their lives.
Writers: Milan Kundera, Jean-Claude Carrière, Philip Kaufman | Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Juliette Binoche, Lena Olin, Derek de Lint
42. Maniac (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.
Writers: Alexandre Aja, Grégory Levasseur, Joe Spinell | Director: Franck Khalfoun | Stars: Elijah Wood, Nora Arnezeder, America Olivo, Megan Duffy
43. Half Baked (1998)
R | 82 min | Comedy, Crime
The story of three not so bright men who come up with a series of crazy schemes to get a friend out of jail.
Writers: Dave Chappelle, Neal Brennan | Director: Tamra Davis | Stars: Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Díaz, Jim Breuer, Harland Williams
44. Whatever Works (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcée from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.
Writer: Woody Allen | Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Larry David, Henry Cavill, Adam Brooks
45. Thinking XXX (2004 TV Movie)
Not Rated | Documentary
For a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. This film records the ... See full summary »
Director: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders | Stars: Sunrise Adams, Briana Banks, Belladonna, Seymore Butts
46. Sunrise (1927)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Romance
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
Writers: Carl Mayer, Hermann Sudermann, Katherine Hilliker, H.H. Caldwell | Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing
47. The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)
R | 91 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Bettie Page, uber-successful 1950's pin-up model, one of the first sex icons in America, and the target of a Senate investigation (based on her bondage photos).
Writers: Mary Harron, Guinevere Turner | Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer, Jared Harris
48. Two Lovers (2008)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor.
Writers: James Gray, Ric Menello | Director: James Gray | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Anne Joyce
49. Michael (1996)
PG | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Two tabloid reporters checking out a report of the Archangel Michael living with an old woman find that it's true. But that's not the only surprise.
Writers: Peter Dexter, Jim Quinlan, Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron | Director: Nora Ephron | Stars: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins
50. Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
PG-13 | 99 min | Drama, Romance
At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.
Writers: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi | Director: John Stockwell | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Bruce Davison, Herman Osorio


text:
IDF's chief rabbi: Temple Mount is of no religious significance to Islam
Israel slams Ankara: This is no way for a NATO state to act
Israel accuses UN investigators of turning blind eye to terrorism
UNRWA declares state of emergency in Gaza after torrential rains
Shots fired from Gaza at IDF patrol, tanks return fire
Majority expected to support bill dispersing Knesset
A graveside battle over Ben Gurion's legacy
With government's fate uncertain, Netanyahu seeks commitment from haredim for next coalition
Widow of slain rabbi blames internal haredi discord for Jerusalem synagogue terror attack
Slight reduction in HIV in Israel in 2013
*RX For Readers: Itchy-eyed in autumn*
Infant mortality rates higher in Arab population
Smartphones are keeping your children awake
Tech Talk: The best keyboard apps available for smartphones
Elbit Systems developing bus with supercapacitator fast-charging system
Zion Tech: Israeli start up Dogiz helps dogs and owners socialize
Zion Tech: Our Israeli start-up of the week aims to make air pollution visible
Grapevine: Remembering Rothschild
The Lion's share
Get your gobble on: Thanksgiving in Tel Aviv
5th annual Hullegeb Festival celebrates Ethiopian culture
Pressure building at Mac TA after setback in Kiryat Shmona
CSKA crushes yellow-and-blue in Tel Aviv
Maccabi Tel Aviv on a roll as unbeaten CSKA comes to town
Another back-breaking loss for Jerusalem
Birthright Israel cuts ties with New Israel Fund
South African Jewish leaders fete Abbas in Pretoria
Iranian Jews gather in Yazd for rituals
Orthodox leaders condemn US rabbi for anti-Arab rhetoric
US haredim seek to share kollels' 'burden'
Turkey establishing industrial zone in West Bank
Analysis: Middle Eastern states struggle to maintain current order and control of territory
Three Egyptian security forces killed in Sinai
Is the price of watermelons relevant to Iran's nuclear crisis?
ISIS says its flag will wave over Jerusalem, even if the Jews don't like it
Parting shot: How Iran doused the romance
Into the fray: The Arabs' war against the Jews (cont.): Root causes & red herrings
There's no need for a 'Jewish state' law
Column one: The storm over the teacup
My word: Keep your eyes on the road
Wishful doing
Cinema of reconciliation
On the volcano's edge
Knowledge, power and abuse
Arrivals: With a twinkle in her eye
Book Review: A gladiator in the study hall
Book Review: Disbelieving of his own survival
Hot off the Arab press
Grapevine: The history of Hansen Hospital
Less rioting, but more transportation delays
This week in Jerusalem
Taking Shape
Blogging sensation
Wading Through Widowhood: A museum by moonlight
Grapevine: Tel Aviv baby boom
Obama: Helping terror go nuclear
On incitement, lots of talk but little action
To finally look behind the news
Recognizing Palestine – anomalies and ambiguities
A song for Kislev: 'Sea of Sheaves'
שְתִיקָתוֹ שֶל בָּרוּך
שָרִים מִקוֹל הַלֵב
Speaking up
An expanding city
Queen Esther's 'hijos'
Meet the ambassador: Flying high
YouTube recycling video goes viral in Israel
Tradition Today: The blessing of daughters
Parshat Vayetze: The power and pain of love
Like a breath of fresh air
Pourquoi une loi sur l'Etat-nation?
Pour ou contre des élections anticipées?
Une horreur injustifiable
Une brèche dans la démocratie
Une petite fille juive du nord de Londres
Rétrospective en noir et blanc pour la ville d'Or
L'unité : notre seule planche de salut
Daniel Oren, maestro d'Israël, d'Italie et d'ailleurs !
Arad n'a pas encore jeté l'éponge
Le pot de chocolat liégeois par qui le scandale arrive
Le dernier kibboutz
La course aux étoiles
De Maxime Hauchard à Abou Abdallah Al-Faransi, itinéraire d'un Français parti faire le Djihad
On n'invite pas un pyromane à éteindre un incendie
Tuer l'EI dans l'œuf
Le mont du Temple et la guerre sainte de l'islam
L'Occident et l'Iran jouent les prolongations
La liste des organisations terroristes qui dérange
Les « Israéliens » de Kampala
Les attentats du lundi 10 novembre vus par la presse française
Netanyahou s'adresse à la communauté francophone
Christian priest speaks out strongly in favor of Jewish state law
Hispanic Evangelicals among Israel's greatest supporters
Christians United for Israel Chairman John Hagee says Obama is anti-Semitic
Temple Mount: Common ground between Jews and Christians
Pope Francis condemns Palestinian violence
Exploring Our Heritage
Holocaust Survivors See the Negev with KKL-JNF
KKL Belgium Donates Portable Bomb Shelter to Kiryat Gat
KKL-JNF Awards 2014 Blumberg Prize
Israel and Finland Connect through the Environment
KKL-JNF Experts Visit China for Future Environmental Collaborations
Mexican Politician and Business Leader Miguel Aleman Velasco Visits KKL-JNF in Jerusalem
International Conference in Sde Boker: Combating Desertification Together
In his Footsteps: Heritage Excursions in Memory of Yitzhak Rabin
Cleanup Day Activities in Central Israel
International Cleanup Day: Cleaning Together in Northern Israel
KKL-JNF's Eyes in the Forest - The Horshim Forest Green Patrol
Israel Today and Tomorrow: KKL France Mission Visits Israel
Start-up Israel: KKL Italy November Mission Learns about Israel's Past and Future
KKL-JNF and Desert Agriculture Latin American Diplomats visit the Negev
A Successful Annual Fundraising Event for KKL Milan
Living Green in Israel: the Contest and the Winners
Addressing Climate Change Conference
Nurturing the Foresters of the Future
Saving the Sabras
11.28.2014 | 6 Kislev, 5775
Prime minister to Channel 1: I'll be running again in next election
Not all bleak for Netanyahu
China's moves: US decline, or balance in Asia?
Hanegbi heads to Myanmar for highest-level visit in 35 years
Former ambassador to the US Oren may enter politics on list Kahlon is drafting
MK calls on PM to destroy homes of Jews who murdered Arab teen
Netanyahu: Hamas leaders are legitimate targets, no one is invincible
Kahlon indicates comeback with new 'framework'
'Israel no better than Chelm for providing electricity to Palestinian companies that boycott it'
Manhattan borough president shows solidarity with Israel visit
Ministers and MKs urge Netanyahu to pound Hamas
Right-wing MKs call to investigate Balad party, ban it from Knesset after Qatar trip
Diplomacy & Politics
06/24/2013 17:39
Hamas official Aziz Dweik 311 (R).
(photo credit:REUTERS/Fadi Arouri)
A senior Hamas official in the West Bank is facing sharp criticism for stating
that toppling the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad is more urgent than
"jihad in Palestine."Abdel Aziz Dweik, speaker of the Hamas-dominated
Palestinian Legislative Council, told the Arabic newspaper Echorouk that the PLC
fully supported the Syrian opposition in its efforts to "stop the bloodshed,
which is a priority over anything else, including Jihad in Palestine." Keeping
Assad's regime in power, he continued, was tantamount to "a stab in the heart
and chest," arguing that removing the Syrian dictatorship would pave the way for
boosting the Palestinian cause.Dweik, who is Hamas's top political
representative in the West Bank, said that although the Palestinian issue
remains at the top of the agenda of Muslim scholars, halting the bloodshed in
Syria has become a top and urgent priority for Muslims.Fatah spokesman
Ahmed Assaf condemned Dweik's statements as "extremely dangerous and harmful to
the national interests of the Palestinian people."Assaf said that
involving the Palestinians in the Syrian conflict and other internal Arab
disputes would cause severe damage to the Palestinians' "national
project."Dweik's statements do not represent the Palestinians, he
added.The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General
Command, a Palestinian terrorist group affiliated with the Assad regime, also
condemned Dweik's remarks.A spokesman for the Damascus- based group said
that the statements reflect the "depth of the crisis and frustration among those
who are conspiring against Syria and its leadership."The spokesman
identified the alleged plotters against Assad's regime as the US, Israel and
their "Arab helpers, including the Muslim Brotherhood."In response,
Dweik said that his remarks had been taken out of context. "Jihad and resistance
have never stopped on the land of Palestine," Dweik explained. "There is no
priority over jihad and the liberation of Palestine."Dweik said that he
what he meant in the interview was that halting the bloodshed in Syria should
take priority over everything else, "and this does not mean jihad in Palestine."
Your comment must be approved by a moderator before being published on JPost.com.
Disqus users can post comments automatically.
Comments must adhere to our Talkback policy. If you believe that a comment has breached the Talkback policy, please press the flag icon to bring it to the attention of our moderation team.
Sign up for our newsletter
Please insert a valid email address
By signing up to The Jpost mailing list, I hereby

subset: commoncrawl


text: broken_heart-1503 By Chris Reed December 15, 2010 3:56 PM Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Category: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter More Leave a comment Send to a friend! Print this page Pin it! Reddit This! Share on Tumblr! More From Hot 107.9 Tyler, the Creator Slams Eminem's 'Shady XV' Album Frank Ocean Teases New Music With 'Memrise' Ryan Knight of 'The Real World' Dies at Age 29 Shia LeBeouf Says He Was Raped at #IAMSORRY Art Installation Best of the Web


text:
Sort by: [Top
Recent Book Searches:
0192820486 / 978-0192820488 / Dorothy Wordsworth (Oxford Lives) / Robert Gittings, Jo Manton
0192820559 / 978-0192820556 / Jonathan Swift, a Hypocrite Reversed: A Critical Biography (Oxford Paperbacks) / David Nokes
0192820613 / 978-0192820617 / Collected Poems: 1987 (Oxford Poets) / D. J. Enright
0192820710 / 978-0192820716 / Echoes of the Great War (Oxford Paperbacks - Oxford Letters & Memoirs) / Andrew Clark
0192818090 / 978-0192818096 / Rachel Ray (World's Classics) / Anthony Trollope
0192818422 / 978-0192818423 / Night & Day (World's Classics) / Virginia Woolf
0192818643 / 978-0192818645 / Later Days (Oxford Paperbacks) / W. H. Davies
0192818651 / 978-0192818652 / Great Cobbett: The Noblest Agitator (Oxford Paperbacks) / Daniel Green
0192818740 / 978-0192818744 / Betsy Sheridan's Journal: Letters from Sheridan's Sister 1784-1786 and 1788-1790 (Oxford Paperback Reference) / Betsy Sheridan
0192819003 / 978-0192819000 / A Concise Dictionary of Modern Place-Names in Great Britain and Ireland (Oxford Paperbacks) / Adrian Room
0192819356 / 978-0192819352 / Roman Catholicism in England from the Elizabethan Settlement to the Second Vatican Council (Opus Books) / Edward Norman
0192819402 / 978-0192819406 / Love's Labour's Lost (The World's Classics) / William Shakespeare
0192819895 / 978-0192819895 / Early Verse by Rudyard Kipling 1879-1889: Unpublished, Uncollected, and Rarely Collected Poems (Oxford Paperbacks) / Rudyard Kipling
0192820532 / 978-0192820532 / My Story / Peter O'Leary, Cyril O. Ceirin
0709934335 / 978-0709934332 / The Impact of Civilian Evacuation in the Second World War / Travis L. Crosby
0877884021 / 978-0877884026 / Ripples of Joy: Stories of Hope and Encouragement to Share / Cheryl Kirking
1451175256 / 978-1451175257 / Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders / Mitchell Scheiman OD, Bruce Wick OD PhD
0781777844 / 978-0781777841 / Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders / Mitchell Scheiman OD, Bruce Wick OD PhD
0781732751 / 978-0781732758 / Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders / Mitchell Scheiman, Bruce Wick
1497575095 / 978-1497575097 / Material Advantage: Knowing Your Product (Ramping Up Without Messing Up) (Volume 2) / George Dale
0397511337 / 978-0397511334 / Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders (Primary Vision Care) / Mitchell, Od Scheiman, Bruce, Od Wick, Bruce Wick
1481871390 / 978-1481871396 / Ramping Up Without Messing Up: Home Builders' Risk ManagementM / Mr. George D. Dale
B008UYMXSK / By Mitchell Scheiman - Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders: 3rd (third) Edition / Bruce Wick Mitchell Scheiman
B00POFI364 / Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, Accommodative, and Eye Movement Disorders by Scheiman OD, Mitchell, Wick OD PhD, Bruce (2013) Paperback / Mitchell, Wick OD PhD, Bruce Scheiman OD
B004P7AVEY / Engaging residents in planning for sustainable rural-nature tourism in post-communist Poland.(Report): An article from: Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society / Marianna Strzelecka, Bruce E. Wicks
B0006P4ALO / Celebrating the Great Lakes: A study of festivals and events with coastal themes in the southern Lake Michigan region / Bruce E Wicks
0192814524 / 978-0192814524 / Coriolanus (The Oxford Shakespeare) / William Shakespeare
0192814737 / 978-0192814739 / The Life of John Milton (Oxford Lives) / A. N. Wilson
0192814907 / 978-0192814906 / The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (Oxford Paperback Reference) /
0192815016 / 978-0192815019 / Sense and Sensibility (World's Classics) / Jane Austen
Browse ISBN Directory:
9780757300509-9780757500046 9780757500114-9780757516436 9780757516801-9780757650673 9780757650680-9780757652066 9780757652073-9780757653452 More...
More About Using This Site and Buying Books Online:
Be Sure to Compare Book Prices Before Buy
This site was created for shoppers to compare book prices and find cheap books and cheap college textbooks. A lot of discount books and discount text books are put on sale by many discounted book retailers and discount bookstores everyday. You just need to search and find them. Our site provides many book links to some major bookstores for book details and book coupons. But be sure not just jump into any bookstore site to buy. Always click "Compare Price" button to compare prices first. You would be happy that how much you could save by doing book price comparison.
Buy Books from Foreign Country
Our goal is to find the cheapest books and college textbooks for you, both new and used books, from a large number of bookstores worldwide. Currently our book search engines fetch book prices from US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, France, and Japan. More bookstores from other countries will be added soon. Before buying from a foreign book store or book shop, be sure to check the shipping options. It's not unusual that shipping could take 2 -3 weeks and cost could be multiple of a domestic shipping charge.
Buy Used Books and Used Textbooks
Buying used books and used textbooks is becoming more and more popular among college students for saving. Different second hand books could have different conditions. Be sure check used book condition from the seller's description. Also many book marketplaces put books for sale from small bookstores and individual sellers. Make sure to check store review for seller's reputation when available. If you are in a hurry to get a book or textbook for your class, you would better choose buying new books for prompt shipping.
Please See Help Page for Questions
regarding ISBN / ISBN-10 / ISBN10, ISBN-13 / ISBN13, EAN / EAN-13, and Amazon


text:
Outlook better for housing market
|| Print |
|High Five
|Thursday, December 10, 2009
Oregon's housing market will see an improvement in 2010, but commercial real estate will remain "weak" according to state economist John Mitchell.
Falling inventories of unsold homes and increased resales and affordability are contributing to the state's improving market. But Mitchell said commercial real estate still has a long way to go.
Read the full story at the Daily Journal of Commerce.
{biztweet}Oregon housing real estate market{/biztweet}
|A Complex Portrait: Immigration, Jobs and the Economy
|Revenge Forestry
|Woman of Steel
|The Bookseller
|Kill the Meeting
|Political Clout
|Ferguson bakery saved by crowdfunding
|Obamacare yields more than 1M applicants in first week of open enrollment
|Price of already-built homes in Seattle area drops
|Apple hits record-high value
|Fed's ability to regulate questioned
|Budweiser to move away from Clydesdales
|Mergers lucrative for departing CEOs, but not necessarily shareholders
Is your business ready to join us in the call for action? This opening panel includes Oregon businesses who will discuss why they signed the Oregon Climate Declaration, the investments they are making to reduce carbon emissions, and how their actions are affecting their companies.
Get ready for two days of special events produced with the EPA, Portland Timbers and ISOS before and after the GoGreen Conference on October 16.
Plenty of employers seem "dazed and confused" after the recent vote to legalize marijuana. In light of Measure 91 passing, what are some issues for private-sector Oregon employers to consider?
Rotary's Oregon Ethics in Business aims to raise consciousness about business ethics by honoring exceptional companies.
Barran Liebman's annual employment law seminar is an industry classic.
Is my drug-free workplace policy up in smoke?
More than 400 "Change Makers" will gather to invest in a socially sustainable community.
Sussman Shank LLP is pleased to announce that Dallas G. Thomsen and Victor J. Roehm have become partners of the firm.


text:
Advertisement:Close [X]
86% via 38 votes33
Curvy tango dancer seduces a married man
- 34,019
- July 7, 2013
Brazzers Network
- 8093
Brazzers Network At Brazzers we believe in offering exclusive downloadable and streamable adult HD videos!! With over 900 girls and daily updates, you will never be left short of huge rib balloons, bouncy butts and hot pussy! Cum check it out for yourself!!
Related content
Twitter follow @porntube
From Our Blog Blog RSS
We are happy to help.
Choose your size


text:
New York City is a cesspool of smelly misery in the summer. Judging from Instagram, it appears 2006 Olympic silver medalist figure skater Sasha Cohen has had no trouble escaping the heat. Let the bidding war between SI and ESPN for their respective nudie mags commence.
Latest Leads
Arkansas Rolling Over Ole Miss After 100 Yard Pick Six
Arkansas is playing tough down the stretch.
Here's a Yale Player Doing The Bernie
This may be the swaggiest guy on Yale's Campus.
Michigan State Ran an End Around To an Offensive Lineman
We have officially witnessed the most B1G play of all time.
Sydney Leroux Is Vacationing Somewhere Far Warmer Than Big Ten Country
Women's World Cup next Summer…


text:
newa, news, information, #talk
Talk about anything
We are here too have fun, Rpg and talk that's just who we are Welcome too Our Family
Free forum : A place to hang out and have fun, talk, and get to know people.
free, forum, random, awesome, waffles, place, hang, have, #talk, know, people
A Christian fellowship where 'Believers' can come together to talk, discuss, enjoy, pray for others and give testimonies, chat, enjoy the fullness of being a Christian all in one site.
free, forum, gods, christian, fellowship, holy, spirit, bible, jesus, christ, salvation, believers, come, together, #talk, discuss, enjoy, pray, christianity, trinity, love, peace, happiness
Free forum : Forum for all of South Eastern Pennsylvania and surrounding areas to come together to talk about airsoft and airsoft events. Our goal is to also link together airsofters on other forums t
airsoft, sepa, forum, pennsylvania, philadelphia, montgomery, county, south, east, eastern
Welcome to Ponyville! The place where ponies can talk.
Come and join the chat. Talk about anything from anime to games, and come and Role Play.
games, anime, land, role, play, manga, come, join, chat, #talk, about, anything, from
Talk about various cartoons and anime
cartoons-anime, forum, #talk, about, various, cartoons, anime
Free forum : Just a fun place hang out andtalk about mythology
free, forum, mythcentral, just, place, hang, #talk, about, mythology
Where the authors can gather and talk about
dragon, ball, multiverse, project, where, authors, gather, #talk, about
This is a everything! From A-Z. Spam is loved! Talk about:-GFX-Movies-Offtopic-Games-Debates
Matt's forum for Minecraft, YouTube, and more!
themattvid, youtube, minecraft, mainwing, social, common, place, subscribe, channel, comments, interests, harder, entertaining, best, alternative, facebook, search, promote, users, interact, #talk
The original forum (http://www.seomunchies.com/forum) is dead, let's talk here! Needed so much to learn and ask! аааааа!!
munchies, forum, original, (http, //www, seomunchies, com/forum), dead, let's, #talk, here!, needed, much, learn, ask!, аааааа!!
Free forum : We can talk about roblox! Scripts, 3xploiters, or more! We can trade, Post about games, or Chat!
free, forum, havikmotion, #talk, about, roblox!, scripts, 3xploiters, more!, trade, post, games, chat!


text:
Added Mar 13, 2013
Warwickshire, Un...
Daughter No1 is at University, and has realised a diet of booze and pasta does bad things to a girl's clothing. It invites calories into your cupboard at night, and they sew up all your clothes so they don't fit that well in the morning. So this weekend when she was home, I ran up a few replacement items for her. I made two t-shirts and a pair of shorts. The tees were one Sewaholic Renfrew with scooped neck and short sleeves and the other #126 from BurdaStyle 02/2013. The shorts were from Burda pattern 7550.
I managed to use all stash fabrics for these projects, which was great! The Renfrew used the left overs of a really nice black, grey & teal print I'd had from Truro Fabrics a few years ago now, and the BurdaStyle tee was made with some navy organic cotton jersey from Fred Winter's in Stratford on Avon. I had a small bit of stretch denim for the shorts, but not quite enough for the inner waistband, so that was cut from some stretch cotton shirting.
I used the overlocker almost exclusively for the tees, and twin needled the hems and neck edges where needed. As usual the Renfrew went together with absolutely no hassle at all. The Burdastyle tee I hadn't made before, but was on my list for my monthly Burda Challenge, so I'm glad it got made! It is quick to make, and the gathers on the raglan sleeves look fab! I will make the pattern shorter if I need to make another though, it's very long. And I think it's right in a thin jersey knit, I wouldn't make it in anything too much bulkier. I have some Liberty cotton jersey to make another for daughter No2.
All in all I think Daughter No1 was happy to have some new clothes, and I got lots of hugs and a loverly Mother's Day present, so I can't complain!
Cotton jersey, stretch denim
Mar 13, 2013, 05.23 PMby fashionfreek
Lovely job. Daughter looks fab.x
Mar 13, 2013, 11.14 AMby jennyrecorder
She looks great and I'm thinking she must have been very thin before uni! She is a lucky girl to have a talented Mum :)
Mar 13, 2013, 11.16 AMby Anne Wagenhauser
Haha, thanks! I usually grade the Burda 34 down to a 32 for her, and then shorten everything as she is petite. This time I used the 34, only needed the normal FBA. She's always been a skinny little thing, quite unlike me! :)
Add to Favorites 5 people added it
We're taking a sneak peak at the upcoming fashion design course.
Editors' Pick
This classic autumn collection has designs inspired by the Scottish countryside.
Make the Knee Length Dress with Pockets
Meg's Magazine Mash Up 2014
Sew with Meg & see her final steps in sewing the cape & also see a sneak peek of Meg's new course!
Read the post and watch the sneak peek...
Get the cape with hood pattern...
Member Project of the Week
Check out this preppy fall style.
Web Seminars
Read this funny post and watch the video to learn more about why this web seminar is great for you!
You must allow our "request for permission" request to login to Burdastyle with Facebook.


text:
Sort by:
Makana Oct 11 240 views
Sunday Stroll !!! Chris Lee Oct 7 264 views
Aish Lindsey Sep 1 324 views
KAIPO ARRUDA Aug 30 445 views
KAIPO ARRUDA Aug 30 140 views
Kaila Bailey of Kauai called me out on this "ICE CHALLENGE". I accepted the challenge, and this is… C.E.O. TJAYE FORSYTHE Jul 3 360 views
My daughters first hunt & boar this year. AAUURRYTE!!!! Chris Lee Jun 9 455 views
Two years ago on this very day, I said Aloha a hui hou to my brother-in-law, my best friend Chaz, f… Team MakaBlur Jun 4 490 views
dryland hogs Kamaz Takushi May 17 252 views
one sow an one boar Kamaz Takushi May 17 132 views
Kings of Kauai... Features the hunters and families of Kauai. C.E.O. TJAYE FORSYTHE May 2 1001 views
Written by the Hawaiian poet Liko Martin, this mele is a call for all of us to find our KULEANA, to… Aish Lindsey Apr 27 201 views
MAHALO NUI LOA KE AKUA AINA HOUNDS BULLS & DA NEPHEWS FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DAY IN DA HILLS.KA… CAL-COON Apr 22 415 views
2 Fat Sows Maka Reyes Apr 20 276 views
one lucky 2nd shot lucky my dog had bark at'em alittle till we located it.. Maka Reyes Apr 20 225 views
IN DA MOOD FOA PAC'N UM...EXCUSE MY SWEARING. CAL-COON Apr 15 344 views
CAL-COON Apr 8 546 views
tyler&tia Mar 22 410 views
SMALL KINE SOW ACTION Konrad Aukai Wegner Mar 14 376 views
© 2014 Created by C.E.O. TJAYE FORSYTHE.


text:
Craig Oare came to the close of his life at the age of 66, on October 9, 2014, surrounded by the primal beauty of his much-loved Olympic National Forest.
Craig was an accomplished Olympia poet and author of six chapbooks. He was a longtime member of Olympia Poetry Network and Warrior Poets Society. He loved to spend time downtown at Traditions, where he could often be found drinking coffee, discussing politics, life, or baseball with friends, and working on poems.
During the more than thirty years he resided in Olympia, Craig worked as a caregiver, school bus driver, and, his favorite, a bookseller at Orca Books. Prior to moving to Olympia, Craig also enjoyed working at Raintree Nursery in Morton.
The firstborn child of Dale and Irma Oare, Craig entered the world on November 8, 1947 in Iowa. He grew up in southern California, and earned his B.A. in history at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
To his family and many friends, Craig was a sparkling presence in our lives, a gently yet strongly determined force for good in the world, a deep thinker, and a master of puns. He is survived in loving memory by his dad and second mom, Dale and Sherry Oare of South Dakota, and his sister and brother-in-law, Bonnie and Marc Jones of Olympia.
There will be a memorial gathering on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 4:00 pm in the sanctuary of Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 2300 East End Street NW, Olympia. Friends are invited to speak, read, play music, or simply sit and listen, in honor of Craig.
Memories and messages may be posted to Craig's guest book on www.legacy.com. Craig left his wish that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Amnesty International. –Craig Oare's family
On October 6, 2014, Seattle's city council passed a resolution declaring the second Monday in October (formerly Columbus Day) to be Indigenous Peoples' Day. On October 13, Bellingham changed Columbus Day to Coast Salish Day and Portland, Oregon's schools officially dropped Columbus Day in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day.
The next day, about forty local supporters attended Olympia's city council meeting to urge the city to institute our own Indigenous Peoples' Day.
The celebration of Columbus Day has upset and angered indigenous Americans since its creation in 1934, but they're not the only ones who disagree with the holiday. Although many historical figures don't entirely measure up to modern mores, Christopher Columbus' history is truly appalling. Columbus, who never actually set foot on the land that we now call the United States, was brutal in his quest for gold. According to his own diary, Columbus kidnapped six Taino people on his very first trip to shore, "As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first Island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts."
He noted that, "With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want." On return trips, he instituted barbaric punishments, including mutilation and death, for anyone who refused to carry out his orders; allowed his men to keep young girls as sex slaves ("those from nine to ten are now in demand," he noted in his diary); and then kidnapped 500 people to bring back to Spain as slaves, beginning the international slave trade. 200 of the kidnapped Taino people died before reaching Spain.
Though the recent spate of cities enacting Indigenous Peoples' Day (beginning with Minneapolis in April) has a breathtaking momentum, the push to create the holiday has been ongoing for more than thirty-seven years. In 1977, representatives from more than sixty indigenous nations across North and South America attended the International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas (sponsored by the United Nations). It was there that the idea of Indigenous Peoples' Day was first officially proposed, and a resolution passed.
Thirteen years later, representatives from 120 native nations met in Ecuador for the First Continental Conference on 500 years of Indian Resistance, and once again agreed that Columbus Day should be abolished in favor of a holiday "to strengthen our process of continental unity and struggle towards our liberation."
More recently, and more locally, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians passed resolution #11-57 in 2011 to "Support to Change Columbus Day (2nd Monday of October) to Indigenous Peoples' Day". Our neighbors in the Nisqually, Chehalis, Duwamish, Puyallup, Squaxin and Suquamish nations are all members of the Affiliated Tribes.
Public comment on the topic of Indigenous Peoples' Day at Olympia's city council meeting began with Anna Sublan, of the Quileute nation. "We are asking you to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples' Day," she began, "because our old people suffered so that I could be here today."
The issue of whether the creation of an Indigenous Peoples' Day would technically replace Columbus Day in Olympia was a bit uncertain.
"We don't celebrate Columbus Day. We don't acknowledge it," City Manager Steve Hall explained before the public comment period began. He noted, "There is one small exception – we don't enforce downtown parking on that day. Not to celebrate Christopher Columbus, but because we don't want to confuse our customers, because the banks are closed and the federal government's closed."
Heads nodded in the audience as Anna Sublan said, "The public doesn't see federal law, the public doesn't see state law. This is something that we just see in the general. As people."
The theme of what we chose to celebrate, and what it means for our community, continued through other supporters' testimony.
"I want my daughter and kids in our community to grow up with respect for each other and for cultures not their own," Laura Kaszynski said. "We can do better than Columbus. We can do a lot better."
Supporters spoke to the healing potential of Indigenous Peoples' Day, the relationships with local nations and native citizens that could be strengthened, and the sense that the new holiday would be a step toward acknowledging and mending historical wrongs.
"I want the place that I live in to continue the reconciliation with the tribes," Brian Frisina stated. "There are bad things that happened on this land. We can make a difference."
"Honor the first people by giving them that day back," he continued.
Lucas Anderson, who organized supporters' attendance via social media, spoke to the deep respect that Olympia's community and city government has with our native neighbors, "These very halls," he said, gesturing at the council's chambers, "were blessed ceremoniously by local Salish elders."
"This is noble and healing work," he said.
At the end of the public comment period, council members Cooper and Roe moved for the issue to be sent to the General Government committee, and the council agreed. Although a specific date for when the draft resolution will be discussed in committee has not been set, organizers are beginning the work of bringing the draft resolution to local tribes for edits and endorsements. Additional outreach to the Olympia community, including businesses and faith organizations, is being planned.
"We have a very exciting opportunity," Lucas Anderson said during his comment, "to not only end up on the right side of history, but to do our part, however small, in healing some part of that history itself. Let's make yesterday the last Columbus day we honor in Olympia. Let's do the right thing and change the day to Indigenous Peoples' Day so that next year we can stand in these halls, hand in hand, with a celebration honoring the noble and healing work that this community stands for."
To find out more about the Olympia movement to create Indigenous Peoples' Day, including reading the draft resolution, please see our blog at www.olyindigenouspeoplesday.wordpress.com. You can also email us at email@example.com.
Letters to Olympia's city council and to The Olympian are encouraged. Council members can be emailed at email@example.com.
Jayne Rossman is part of the working group to institute Indigenous Peoples' Day in Olympia.
DRAFT resolution declaring the second Monday in October to be Indigenous Peoples' Day 10.17.14
A RESOLUTION relating to Indigenous Peoples' Day; declaring the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples' Day in the City of Olympia; and encouraging other institutions to recognize the Day.
WHEREAS, the City of Olympia recognizes that Indigenous Nations have lived upon this land since time immemorial and values the progress our society has accomplished through American Indian technology, thought, and culture; and
WHEREAS, the City recognizes the fact that Olympia is built upon the homeland and meeting places of the Indigenous Peoples of this region, without whom the building of the City would not have been possible; and
WHEREAS, the Medicine Creek Treaty, which established the future formal relationship between the U.S. and Native Nations and provided the foundation for Washington's Boldt decision, was signed at the Nisqually delta, and
WHEREAS, the offspring of the original Treaty Tree, under which the Medicine Creek Treaty was signed, now grows within City limits as a testimony to the ongoing responsibilities agreed to by the signatories; and
WHEREAS, the City promotes the closing of the equity gap for Indigenous Peoples through policies and practices that reflect the experiences of Indigenous Peoples, ensure greater access and opportunity, and honor our nation's indigenous roots, history, and contributions; and
WHEREAS, Indigenous Peoples' Day was first proposed in 1977 by a delegation of Native Nations to the United Nations- sponsored International Conference on Discrimination Against Indigenous Populations in the Americas; and
WHEREAS, in 2011 the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, representing 59 Tribes from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Northern California, Western Montana and some Alaskan Tribes, passed resolution #11-57 to "Support to Change Columbus Day (2nd Monday of October) to Indigenous Peoples' Day"; and
WHEREAS, the United States federal government and various local institutions recognize Columbus Day on the second Monday of October, in accordance with the federal holiday established in 1937.
Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by The City Council of The City of Olympia: That the City of Olympia shall hereafter recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day on the second Monday in October.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Indigenous Peoples' Day shall be used to celebrate the thriving culture and values that the Squaxin, Nisqually, Puyallup, Chehalis, Suquamish, Duwamish, and other Indigenous nations add to our city, and to reflect upon the ongoing struggles of indigenous people on this land.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Olympia reaffirms our ongoing commitment to fostering communication with local nations on issues concerning indigenous people.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Olympia strongly encourages Olympia Public Schools to include the teaching of indigenous peoples' history and the contribution of American Indian nations to the state of Washington, as stated in the Millennial Accord of 1999 and recommended by Chapter 205, Session Laws of 2005.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Olympia encourages other businesses, organizations and public entities to recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day.
The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Martin Luther aKing, Jr.
In the six months leading up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I began to stand with Olympia's chapter of Women in Black. Mostly attended by middle-aged and older women, it was a lovely and determined group.
Together we witnessed that even in Olympia, with the heavy influence of Evergreen, the draw of violence was far greater. In a country that claims a love of democracy and civil liberties, there was surprisingly little tolerance expressed to us.
As we demonstrated against the military violation of a nation the United States had already been bombing for over a decade, we watched as people—generally young males—leaned out of the windows of passing vehicles liberally dropping f-bombs. And when a bus load of young recruits passed by with their middle fingers prominently displayed, I wondered, "What sort of 'defenders of liberty' will they make?"
Howard Zinn once reasoned that "it's exactly when you are about to go into a war, that you need your freedom of speech. You need the most sharp and honest discussion of what is going on because lives are at stake. War is a matter of life and death. That's when you need to be sure you are doing the right thing in national policy."
Not quite a decade later, I listened to a radio commentator who had originally supported the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but had eventually come to believe they were mistakes. His statement of reversal was not surprising, but his criticism of peace activists was. Instead of saying he erred in judgment and regretted the deaths and damage done, he complained that once Obama had been elected the demonstrators against the wars had disappeared. (He apparently doesn't live in Olympia.)
Many soldiers who went to Iraq have come back broken. Whether death, injury, or emotional trauma, what has been brought back to the States has been a tragedy and a burden to soldiers' families and communities. The hazards this country put them through were needless and barbaric. As we all know, it was an unnecessary war. Iraq was not involved in 9/11; there were no weapons of mass destruction. They lied.
Is it biological?
In the early 1980s, Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford biologist, was studying a baboon troupe in Kenya. Typically hierarchical, baboon troupes are dominated by aggressive males over females and less-dominate males, not too dissimilar to Western culture.
The data Sapolsky recorded revealed the dominate males were the healthiest and long-lived of the troupe. The rest suffered from various illnesses and early deaths. There is a twist to the story however. At one point the dominate males began to regularly feast on refuse from a local tourist lodge. Unfortunately, some of the garbage was laden with tuberculosis. They all contracted TB and died off. Gone.
This dramatic event had an immediate effect on the social dynamics of the troupe and was an important message for Homo sapiens. With the aggressive males dead, the ratio of females to males became two to one. The remaining males were much less aggressive. This changed everything. Baboons are matrilineal so when additional young males joined the troupe they were taught by the surviving baboons to be cooperative rather than aggressive with the interesting outcome that the health of all members improved significantly as well as life expectancy.
Violence, as this study shows, is not biological; it's cultural. So, do we drink the Kool-Aid or not? We have a choice.
Violence vs. nonviolence
In Raphael S. Ezekiel's book, The Racist Mind: Portraits of American Neo-Nazis and Klansmen, he spoke of people raised in a world where there are no competing concepts of how the world is constructed and who and what matters. People's beliefs about the world are then held "in a dull and muddled and jumbled fashion," oftentimes contradictory. This is frequently evident when this nation honors the memory and works of Martin Luther King, Jr.—an unflinching proponent of non-violence. It singularly focuses on King's civil rights efforts and his desire for racial equality, but fails to acknowledge King's equally important message that we "must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation."
The United State Army on its website, in additional to its commitment to diversity, states its intention to "lift up our fellow human beings both at home and around the world to honor Dr. King's memory and reaffirm our common humanity." While the military member who wrote those words is probably sincere in his intent, the late Margo Adair once wrote, "action is the lifeblood of belief." The purpose of military organizations is antithetical to King's core beliefs.
In his Nobel Peace prize acceptance speech in 2009, Obama also honored Martin Luther King and quoted him. "Violence never brings permanent peace. It solves no social problem: it merely creates new and more complicated ones." And then, incomprehensively, Obama prattles on for thirty minutes on how the "use of force can be not only necessary but morally justified" and that "the United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms."
When we as a nation edit out inconvenient ideas that challenge our beliefs and limit our ability to reflect on the outcomes of our actions, we commit immoral acts and demand unreasonable expectations. What would have been our memories of King if he, too, had met force with force; if he had said we have no other option but to meet oppression with aggression?
King was a moral man with unalterable convictions who was willing to live and die by them. Contrary to Obama's view that King was naïve of the dangers in the world, King, as an African-American living in the Deep South during Jim Crow, most certainly was aware. And he was not moved.
Veterans as victims
Veterans' Day is coming up and every year I do not celebrate it. I think about those who have been sent to WWII, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, and the deaths and injuries. I think about the emotional turmoils and the doubts some have shared with me and the memories they will and have carried until the end of their days. I do not think of them as heroes. I think of them as victims.
These wars have not been for any good purpose. WWII was because of the effects of the Treaty of Versailles following WWI and WWI was about nothing but foolishness. Vietnam was fought on a false belief. When the U.S. lost, the domino effect did not happen. The Taliban was not involved in 9/11 and Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction. None of these wars were righteous and all of them were horrible.
And now there is ISIS. What are we to believe about that? If what they say is true, then we are responsible for its creation as the WW I Allies were responsible in setting the stage for the Nazis.
And don't think that WWII was a good and noble war. After discovering that Hitler was primarily interested in seizing the Soviet Union, Churchill was willing to sacrifice Eastern Europe and change sides, but Roosevelt refused. (The Nazis: A warning from history)
Churchill was able though to delay the Western Front so Germany could inflict as much damage in the USSR as possible, which unfortunately also gave the Nazis plenty of time to design, build, and operate the death camps killing millions.
We, and the soldiers who may be our future victims, cannot hope to be as fortunate as the baboon troupe. We alone must make the alterations to our nation from the bottom up that will lead it to one based on cooperation and mutual respect for all. We must stop believing the untruths we are told including the falsehood that violence is the only solution. If you doubt my words, ask the people of Iraq if they are better off.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Hate multiplies hate; violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness in a descending spiral of destruction…
The chain reaction of evil—hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars—must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sylvia Smith is a long-time member of Works In Progress and a niece of Phillip J. Anderson, Sr. who fought hand-to-hand combat in the Aleutian Islands during WW II.
Submitted by L. Jeanette Strole Parks for Kluh Jewelers
The Reality TV world has made much of pawn shops lately, and while there are better and worse pawn shops, another proposition for local residents is to do a jewelry-collateral loan at Lacey's Kluh Jewelers. Located in the Kohl's and Target Plaza on Sleater-Kinney, Kluh Jewelers will happily assist you in getting maximum value for your valuable items, whether you opt to outright sell the jewelry, or just do a temporary loan.
So what is the difference between a pawn shop and a jewelry loan? "Kluh Jewelers specializes as a jewelry pawn shop and handles personal cash loans for jewelry, diamonds, Rolex watches, gold, silver flatware, or solid gold coins used as collateral. We are a licensed pawnbroker and members of the Washington Pawnbrokers Association."
In other words, when you sign up for a loan contract with Kluh, you retain ownership until you pay off the loan, at which point you can claim your jewelry. Getting a loan at a reputable store means you will have a pleasant and trustworthy experience with trained jewelry professionals, versus with a pawn shop also filled with lawnmowers, stereos and rifles. You can rest assured that Kluh will give you a good price for your aunt's cameo brooch.
"You are merely leaving it with us as collateral in case you fail to pay for the loan in accordance with the terms of the loan agreement." Using state of the art technology they can evaluate the quality of metals, gems, and carat or gram weight of stones and metals and pay you a fair market value right on the spot. Your jewelry will be cleaned free of charge upon pick up.
As you can imagine, this is considerably safer than mailing off your jewelry to an unknown destination, hoping that they won't keep your items, and stiff you on the fair value. In addition to that, the jewelry is not harmed in any way, whereas many other places will melt your gold and silver down to weigh it and check for purity, and then you no longer have an option to change your mind. As far as the interest rates go on a jewelry-collateral loan, a $100 loan has an interest rate of 3%. This is much cheaper then a what disruption in utility services may cost.
The advantage to doing a jewelry-collateral loan is that there is no credit-check involved and you can quickly get money and have the option to come back to fetch your valuable items. The cost is less than a "pay-day loan" and cheaper than service charges or late fees on bills that you might be struggling to pay.
Of course, you also have the option to sell the items outright, or get a second opinion about the value of your item if you have already received an offer from a competing jewelry store.
The following is a condensed list of what Kluh Jewelers will buy from walk-in customers:
If you have any questions, stop in and ask. Kluh Jeweler's customer service is most agreeable, professional and helpful.
So, the next time you feel a little strapped for cash, consider what jewelry items might be laying around in your house that could float you through a lean month and take a trip to Kluh Jewelers in Lacey.
Photo Exhibit #1
Photo Exhibit #2
The first picture features Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African American Research at Harvard University, being arrested for break-in to what was his own home located within a short distance from the school. Meanwhile, the second one shows Dr. Gates and Sgt. James Crowley, the arresting officer, having beer with President Obama at the White House. As you can see from the two photos in question, they reveal different messages. One uncovers a surprised and hostile reaction while the other displays a truce.
Professor Gates' event took place in July 2009, a few months after Barack Obama took office as President of the United States. The so-called "Beer Summit" did not result in any specific apology by the police, but the photo represented for many Americans the beginning of a new era of race relations, or as the newly elected first black president of the nation put it "I have always believed that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart." The mute language of photographs seemed to suggest at the time that the two black men from Harvard and Sgt. Crowley—who were joined later by Vice-President Biden for drinks and snacks—were up to something good and significant.
Photo Exhibit # 3
The third picture shows the police using force against people protesting the killing of Michael Brown, an 18- year old unarmed African American man, fatally shot by the police while walking on Canfield Drive, in Ferguson, Missouri.
The shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson took place just a few of months ago. It seems fair to ask ourselves how often police shoot unarmed black men. Jaeah Lee from Mother Jones magazine answers to this question by stating that, "The killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Missouri was not an anomaly: as we reported yesterday (8-15-2014), Brown is one of at least four unarmed black men who died at the hands of the police in the last month alone." Although there is not an official agency in charge of tracking unarmed victims, as Jaeah Lee notes, studies by publications such as Color Lines and the Chicago Reporter conclude that there are a disproportionally high number of black Americans among police shooting victims particularly in cities such as New York, San Diego and Las Vegas.
Bud Light, tear gas, rubber bullets, and the new apartheid
Racism is hard to ignore in America; it has been an integral part of the national character of its dominant groups and allies since the beginning of the nation. But it is also important to scrutinize how nowadays prominent black men deal with racism, and how they are being treated by the powers of the State (in this case represented by Obama himself as the head of State) versus how common black people have been treated in the Ferguson case. There are clear differences between the conciliatory triangle of interracial libation formed by Obama, Gates, and Sgt. Crowley (we can only imagine what are they toasting to in the photo) versus the brutal police response to the legitimate protests in Ferguson. Amnesty International, an organization created fifty years ago to protect the dignity and human rights of those imprisoned or harassed for their beliefs, is generally associated with the investigation of government abuses at hands of third world dictators or "Cold War" era eastern regimes. Yesterday (October 24) Amnesty International released a lengthy report called "On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson", which casts a gloomy light on the conditions of human rights in the nation. The report quotes Navi Pillay, The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, condemning the excessive use of force by the police in Ferguson, and making a "call for the rights of protest to be respected. These scenes are familiar to me and privately I was thinking that there are many parts of the United States where Apartheid is flourishing."
Apartheid was a shameful term used to describe the harsh conditions of discrimination and racial segregation enforced by the white government of the National party in South Africa, aimed to restrain the rights of association and movement of the majority black population in favor of its white minority.
The vast majority of the protests in Ferguson have been peaceful—as noticed by President Obama himself—and the United States Constitution recognizes—at least in theory—the right of peaceful assembly, freedom of association, and freedom of expression as basic human rights. Nonetheless, according to Amnesty International, the police have responded with direct violent dispersal, tear gassing and other chemical irritants, heavy-duty riot gear, military grade weapons, and rubber bullets, plus the imposition of restrictions on the rights to protest, curfews, and submission to Long Range Acoustic Devises (LRAD). The report of Amnesty international reads not like the report of the social life in an advanced democracy, but like a report describing the conditions in a far away country that can't be ours.
The same president who promptly sought—and rightly so—to amend the racist wrong doings against Henry Louis Gates, has remained relatively quiet about the abuses experienced by common black people in Ferguson. The Department of Justice has not been vigorous in conducting a transparent investigation into the death of Michael Brown, nor in collecting and publishing the statistics on police shootings in accordance with Violent Crime Control and Violent Act (1994). Nor has The United States Congress acted to pass the End Racial Profiling Act.
Compared to the "beer summit" photo, the report offers us a different kind of photograph of ourselves. It is not nice—it is ugly, shameful and complicated but it is showing a rare 'selfie' of who we still are and what needs to change.
Black people's quest for humanity
In his short story, "Stranger in the Village", the black writer James Baldwin noticed that the identity of both the white and the black man in America are intertwined. For him, the white American world was trapped without possibilities of escape in the contradiction between their declared moral and civic convictions i.e. The American Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and the exploitative conditions imposed by them via slavery to black people. For Baldwin this condition was inescapable due to the economic necessities of American Capitalism. From Europe (particularly from the British Empire), America also inherited the conviction of white supremacy, which made it impossible for white men "to accept the black man as one of themselves, for to do so was to jeopardize their status as white man". For Baldwin, it is against the backdrop of capitalism's necessity of slavery at the beginning of the nation, and the empty and selective discourse of American democracy that the white man seeks to construct his identity, which by its very nature would be fragmented and contradictory.
The Negro identity, on the other hand, is also formed in direct correlation to the economic needs of an expanding white nation (the US) to exploit black men and women through the institution of slavery. Being severed from their past (Africa) and uncertain about the possibilities of taking power from the new masters, Black people survive though their quest for humanity and rights as human beings–a long quest with uneven results as exhibits 1,2, and 3 show in the discrete but telling language of photography.
Enrique Quintero, a political activist in Latin America during the 70's, taught ESL and Second Language Acquisition in the Anchorage School District, and Spanish at the University of Alaska Anchorage. He currently lives and writes in Olympia.
Spare some change?
Sorry, don't have any on me.
Thanks anyway.
I don't have change on me
when I'm downtown
and walk with
class privilege tunnel-vision
down the street.
I only carry apologies,
no time to stop
for even a second.
When I was nine,
and didn't understand money yet,
my family went to Africa
to visit close friends for Christmas.
Walking through Lalibela, a small village
in Ethiopia, we toured churches
connected with underground tunnels.
Dazzling colors of stained glass
and elaborate jeweled crosses
covered the walls of each one.
Spare some change?
I was raised Christian
and something that's
stayed from childhood hope
to adult atheism
is the irony of beautiful churches
towering over poverty next door.
Walking to another
souvenir shop
rows of outstretched hands,
and voices begging in Amharic
filled either side of the path.
Their cheeks and lips
dried by the sun,
thirst burning on their skin
like I had never seen before.
People crammed
elbow to elbow,
on their knees
faces up to hot sun
watching tourists
push through
with American money
in a hurry
to vacation.
Our tour guide said
look straight ahead,
never break stride,
don't talk to a begger on either side.
If you give to anyone,
they won't
leave you alone.
But I stopped,
saw a child my own age
underneath his grandmother
to hold her frail arms
in a final plea
for compassion.
I imagined spending
entire days
video games traded for sun burns
basketball for tunnel vision rejections
quick bike rides to the park for
hours barely standing in hopes
of my next meal.
My grandma out of a retirement home,
collapsing on me in the street
and all I can do is stretch out
for pennies.
For tourists
photographing poverty.
For nothing.
Spare some change?
My mother hid
all the cash
in a necklace wallet
to prevent pickpockets
so I saw every bill
doled out for a marketplace
trinket or snack.
She said we couldn't afford
to give out money to everyone.
But I did some calculations
with nine year old math,
imagined a coin in every set
of outstretched hands.
I thought we could do
Spare some change?
I don't know when
nine year old math became
adult penny-pinching.
When I learned to
look straight ahead
without breaking stride.
When I found
only powerlessness
in my wallet.
When I forgot to imagine myself
in that child in Africa's place
and only remember to
move quick,
forget what my privilege is based on,
forget to see humans around me,
and just walk right along.
I know that handing out quarters
won't change someone's life.
But I also know
I have more to offer
than apologies
or loose change.
Daniel Georgeson is a member of Old Growth Poetry Collective here in Olympia. He helps run a regular poetry open-mic, Olympia People's Mic, every Thursday at Cafe Love, starting at 7:00 pm.
Last July 6, 2014, Olympia Port Commissioner George Barner spoke to Grays Harbor citizens and members of the Quinault Nation—at Zelasko Park in Aberdeen. On that same summer day, as Grays Harbor honored and recognized 47 victims of the Lac Megantic, Quebec, crude oil explosion, Mr. Barner spoke to the crowd, recognizing the dangers posed to all of us by the current "crude by rail" proposals through our communities, our state—our Washington Ports. On that same day Mr. Barner noted both Olympia's, and Grays Harbor Citizens' concerns for their "safety, health and well being" with three crude oil proposals at The Port of Grays Harbor (Westway, Imperium, U.S Development/Grays Harbor Terminal).
Furthermore, Mr. Barner, Port Commissioner from Olympia, promised to take our concerns, his as well, tothe WPPA (Washington Public Ports Association) for discussion and consideration of the many dangers posed to all of our communities by these proposals. Mr. Barner, from Olympia was taking us to the higher power of "Ports" in Washington? I remember thinking, "Finally, surely, something will be done–now someone is listening." If our Port Commissioners here in Grays Harbor won't listen—we take what we get.
None of the three Port Commissioners from Grays Harbor were at this event, either to explain the logic of this crude oil or to show their concern. To date, the Port of Grays Harbor has not explained to us, in the blast zone, exactly how railing 110 trains a month through our communities and exporting 2.7 billion gallons of explosive crude from our Harbor—causing a 383% increase in vessel traffic—in a tidal, tsunami and earthquake liquification zone is good for us. For the most part all Port Commissioners, including our Executive Director, Gary Nelson, have been glaringly absent from public information events & forums concerning the three crude oil proposals at Grays Harbor. Therefore, a reasonable person can assume they are not concerned with community concerns.
It wasn't until last Tuesday (10/21) when the Daily World came out with their front page story,"Censured Port of Olympia duo bites back", that we knew George Barner meant what he said! As he said, he did speak up, along with a fellow Port Commissioner of Olympia, criticizing the three oil proposals, the Port of Grays Harbor and the City of Hoquiam. It's about time that one of the 75 ports in the WPPA speaks out against the offenses to another community's well-being, but then to be censured! Shameful. It shows exactly where the power is in Ports in Washington—it ain't a pretty picture and it ain't the power of the people!
However, again, it is bitter sweet–our small moment of believing someone out there actually cares that we, the people, are forced to turn our port and our communities, our safety, our way of life, over to crude oil. Gary Nelson has explained to us that it is "legal." He is acting legally, therefore he shouldn't be criticized—or questioned. Still, In the words of the WPPA, ports are also assigned to "make whatever decisions that are in the best interests of their communities."
That is the part not yet explained to citizens of Grays Harbor by WPPA, or by their own Port. We still don't understand how thousands of gallons of oil tank storage and shippping at a terminal across the street from a wildlife refuge is good for the community? We know it's legal, but how did that happen "in the best interest of the community?" Mr. Nelson, Grays Harbor Port Executive forgot that part.
Carol Seaman is a concerned Grays Harbor citizen living on the Chehalis River.
Northern is honored to be a stop on Mirah's Changing Light tour, RVIVR's Erica Freas will be opening with a sweet solo set. THIS WILL BE AN AMAZING SHOW!
Submitted by Thurston County Solid Waste
Thurston County Solid Waste is seeking input on the bag ordinances that took effect July 1 in the cities of Tumwater, Olympia and Lacey, and the unincorporated areas of Thurston County.
"It's been a bit over four months since the start date, and it's important that we check in with customers and retailers to get a good picture of how it's working so far," said Terri Thomas, Education and Outreach Specialist for the county's Solid Waste Division.
The new law prohibits most retailers from providing single-use plastic carryout bags. It also requires them to charge a minimum of five cents for large paper bags, which the stores keep. The fee helps offset the higher cost of paper bags and acts as an incentive for customers to bring reusable bags. Customers using EBT and other assistance programs are exempt from the charge.
Complying with the new ordinances required some adjustments for both retailers and their customers. Thurston County Solid Waste staff is eager to get feedback on their experiences now that the plastic bag bans have been in place for more than four months. The information from the surveys will be included in a status report on the ordinances that's due in early 2015.
The two online surveys—one for retailers and one for customers—are available at www.ThurstonSolidWaste.org/plastics. Retailers can also download signs from the website to post in their stores to encourage customers to take the survey. Those signs and more information are available by clicking on the "Resources for retailers" link. You can also sign up for the Solid Waste Division's newsletters to be notified when the status report on the plastic bag ordinances is released. Just click on the envelope icon on the right side of the web page to sign up.
For more information about the plastic bag ban ordinances or the customer and retailer surveys, contact Terri Thomas at email@example.com or (360) 867-2279.
By Gail Wood
As an eternal optimist, Tana Otton isn't surprised Tumwater made it to the state volleyball tournament for a third straight year.
It's just how they got there that surprises the Thunderbird coach. With just two returning starters, a freshman starting and leading the T-Birds in nearly every stat, and a blocker moved to setter, Tumwater goes into the 2A state tournament ranked number one in the state.
"I don't know what's the matter with me, but no matter what we have coming back, I always feel we have a shot," said Otton, who is in her 11th season as Tumwater's head coach. "We've had a rollercoaster ride and I feel like we're headed in the right direction."
At district, the T-birds were both cold (they lost the first game to both Woodland and Richfield) and red hot (they won three straight games against those two teams and cruised to the district title). At 21-5 overall (only losses are to bigger schools like Oly), 6-0 in the Evergreen Conference and undefeated at district, Tumwater has been a learn-and-grow team.
Leading the way has been MacKenzie Bowen, the league MVP. Whatever role Bowen is asked to play, either as a setter (the position she's now playing) or middle hitter, she does so without complaint.
"What makes her the MVP of our team and the MVP of our league is that she is the most phenomenal leader," Otton said. "She is selfless and she's a hard worker. Her stats might not show that she's an MVP, but you just watch her and you know."
No matter if Bowen is on or off her game, she never loses sight of her leadership role.
"She always treats her team so positive and she's always encouraging," Otton said. "She never gets down on teammates. Sometimes it's not physically that we're leaning on her, but we're definitely leaning on her as a leader."
Bowen, unlike her coach, came into the season cautiously optimistic, hoping for the best. As a third-year starter, she knows what it takes to win. As a sophomore, Bowen played on a Tumwater team that placed second in state and last year that finished sixth.
"I came in hoping for a good season, but it turned out better than I could have ever thought," Bowen said.
Bowen switched to setter this season and has adjusted to the new position. But, she had a head start on the change.
"It's not the hardest thing since I've been doing it for club," Bowen said about the change in her position. "It gets me excited when I give them a good set to put away. I always feel I can get better. You're never going to be perfect."
In addition to Bowen, Tumwater's Sarah Warner was first-team all-league. Madisen Bourgois and Anela Carins made second-team all-league. Bourgois and Carins have been the Thunderbird's big hitters at middle blocker.
"They've been really steady all season," Otton said. "I'm expecting some big things from them this tournament."
Tumwater's fab frosh is Kennedy Croft, Otton's daughter, who was also first-team all-league. Wearing two hats – being mom and coach – hasn't been easy for Otton. Not at first.
"We battled early," Otton said. "It was a real adjustment and about mid-season we figured it out. She has grown up and matured more than I ever expected."
Statistically, Croft, despite being only a freshman, leads Tumwater in nearly every category. She's the team's go-to-player when they need a rally-ending spike or a rally-saving lob.
"We do have our battles, but I'm super proud of and how she's handled things," Otton said. "There are times were we lean on her as a freshman, which is kind of unique."
Otton's father, Sid Otton, Tumwater's football coach since 1974, had to face the same challenges when he coached his two sons, Tim and Brad, in football.
"He did face the same thing," Otton said, then adding with a chuckle, "But this teenage girl thing – I don't know if he had to deal with that."
Tumwater, which opens the state tournament against Steilacoom at 11:45 a.m. Friday at Pierce College, has won with a near perfect serve and volley attack. In a four-game win against Richfield at district, Tumwater served at 97 percent with 17 aces and just two service errors.
"I've never seen us so dialed in on serve and serve receive like I did this weekend," Otton said. "Our hitting percentage wasn't that great. But we were on with serving and serve receive. When you do that, you're going to be on your game."
The strength to Tumwater's run to the state tournament has been unity.
"I'd say our strength is how close we are," said Warner, an outside hitter. "There's been no drama on our team, which can really affect how we play on the court. We're really supportive of each other. That's helped a lot."
Tumwater's closeness got tested at the district tournament. Just before the tournament started, two players were suspended from the team for breaking team codes. That meant a last-minute lineup adjustment, with players having to take on new roles. And Tumwater pulled together and pulled through.
"One of the strengths that I'm finding in the post season is the versatility of the players," Otton said. "We have a lot of players that can do a lot of things and they've been able to be shifted around and try different positions.
Change is never easy.
"One of the things my girls are super proud of and I'm proud of is that they really came together as a team this weekend," Otton said.
"Holidays are about experiences and people, and tuning into what you feel like doing at that moment. Enjoy not having to look at a watch." In this, Dame Evelyn Glennie, percussionist and composer, summed up November perfectly.
One way to revel in both—as well as specialty foods, prizes, discounts, and crafts—is at the Fall Festival Holiday Open House at Olympia's Ralph's Thriftway. On November 15 from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. come mingle, nosh, sip, create, shop, and discover seasonal inspiration at their 1908 East 4th location.
More than just cheese and crackers, the afternoon will offer holiday gift ideas, special event pricing on selected merchandise, 20% off your wine purchase, and 10% back on your ThrifteCard Wallet for houseware purchases during the celebration. These extra Wallet savings can benefit our community through their 1% Community Rebate Program, which helps many local non-profits around our region.
Ralph's and Bayview Thriftway have a long tradition of helping their friends and neighbors. Since opening more than 50 years ago, their goal is simple: "Because we are committed to this area, we believe that it is our privilege and responsibility to return profits to the local community in as many ways as possible." Whether it's providing food to the hungry or supporting neighborhood pride through the Love Our Local Fest, they're a longtime pillar of support, education, and unique culinary offerings.
Marketing Manager Carly Brettmann is proud that this annual event is a huge hit with shoppers. The once-a-year discounts on housewares, wine, and more make for a "great opportunity to get gift ideas for holiday events." Cooks and foodies alike stock up on coffee presses, decorative aprons, mugs, specialty kitchen prep tools, and all manner of gifts for themselves and others.
There will be a grand prize giveaway which takes the form of a 'hotsheet' map. Guests receive a punch card to fill with stamps given out in every department. Once complete, it becomes your prize entry ticket. Around the store, vendors will also have booths of samples, goodies, and holiday inspiration.
Brettmann says this year's event showcases more vendors than ever before. They include Cyrus O'Leary Pies, Chuckanut Cheesecake, Boarshead Deli Meats and Cheeses, Kerrygold Stout Skellig, Waffle Bites, Le Roule – Garlic & Cranberry, Ila's foods, Jaslico Chips, Mama Scott- BBQ Sauces, SasQrunch, OlyKraut, Filipino Phils, Ice Chips, Stonewall, DeMar's Rooster Sauce, and Ryan's Honeycrisp Cider.
While at Ralph's, ask how to earn a free holiday ham, get your flu shot, or save money by simply being 55+. The holidays are definitely better in full health and a few extra dollars in your pocket.
The start of the holiday season can be stressful. Take this once a year opportunity to enjoy an event with no expectations. You can wander, sample, make your list for Santa, or become someone's favorite Secret Santa…all under one roof. Just don't forget to pick up milk and eggs on the way home, you're almost out.
By Megan Conklin
I grew up in a world with four seasons. A world where a person might look outside and say, with a note of surprise in her voice, "Hey, it's raining outside!"
My children live in a very, very different world. Rain is a perpetual, sometimes relentless part of their lives. And, interestingly, in can be a very fun part as well. Turns out they don't melt in the rain. In fact, they rather enjoy playing in it. So, because staying indoors for nine months of the year is not an option, here are my family's top five Thurston County spaces to play outdoors on one of our notorious, soggy days:
Watershed Park
Walking in Watershed Park on a rainy day under the dense canopy of trees is not unlike walking there on a fair day. The naturally provided protection from the drizzle makes Watershed one of our favorite rainy day walks. A one 150-acre park in the southeast part of Olympia, this lush forest has three pedestrian entrances and one parking entrance (located on Henderson Boulevard). The trail system is vast and sometimes tricky for the kids in certain areas of the park, but other entrances offer very flat and manageable paths – this is a park that definitely demands multiple visits to explore its various personalities.
Riding the Dash/Capitol Campus
Riding the bus is something of a novelty for my children. We don't do it on a regular basis, and they don't take the bus to school, so a bus ride feels like a special treat. I admit to hitting on this particular idea out of sheer desperation one day, but the gist of it is this: catch the free DASH shuttle anywhere along its route in downtown Olympia on a rainy day. Ride in warmth and comfort for as long as possible or until the kids start getting squirrely (I have yet to be kicked off). Hop off at the Capital Campus and walk in the rain for a bit, admiring the fall trees, holiday decorations, or spring flowers – depending on the season. Then, catch the bus when it circles round again. The DASH runs every 15 minutes so you will never have long to wait. An alternative to this scenario is to hop off the DASH downtown and grab a coffee or hot chocolate to warm up. If your small people are not loving the rain, you might visit Archibald Sisters and pick up a kid friendly umbrella – they have every adorable style imaginable, from ladybugs to sock monkeys.
Olympia Farmers Market
This rainy day gem was born out of idea number two, riding the DASH. We all know how much fun the Olympia Farmers Market can be on warm, summer days. And it can be even better in the rain. As the final stop on the DASH's downtown route, most of the farmers market is covered, and when they pull out those tall, patio heaters, it is even a little warm. Wandering around in the market on a rainy day, stopping to warm our hands at a heater, eating as many samples as we can get away with – these are good times. I like it even better when it is closed. Then, we can claim the entire, vacant, covered area as our own personal play space. My kids have been known to run around the empty stalls for long enough to ensure a proper afternoon nap.
Burfoot Park
The allure of Burfoot Park, located in the northeast corner of unincorporated Thurston County, on a rainy day lies in its many, large sheltered picnic areas. One is located very near the playground, and is great if adults want to stay dry while kiddos play. I once hosted a 4-year-old's birthday party under this shelter, in late May, in the pouring down rain. We used the barbecue to make hot chocolate and warm-up food while the kids ran around screaming in the downpour, happy as could be. Burfoot also has other large sheltered areas located in the woods nearby, which offer respite from the rain while walking on forest paths or heading down to the beach.
Your local school's play shed
We all know that neighborhood school playgrounds often double as neighborhood parks. Most elementary schools – and some middle and high schools in our area – have outdoor, covered play areas. While this is a space that is only available on weekends, after school, or on school holidays, it still bears mentioning. Our nearby school play sheds have asphalt or concrete areas so we get the additional benefit of puddles. We try to remember our rain boots and usually end up stomping to our heart's content while singing some Western Washington classics such as "Singing in the Rain," and "It's Raining, It's Pouring." Or, we bring along a basketball or a tennis ball for a quick game of "wall ball" and enjoy fresh air and exercise as a family, without getting drenched.
I still dream of four seasons from time to time. But, even as I lament my children's lack of experience with snow (or sun for that matter), I also recognize that the beautiful, clean, green space that we call home would not be such without all the rain.
Thrifty Thurston highlights inexpensive family fun in Thurston County. The weekly series focuses on family-friendly activities throughout our community. If you have a suggestion for a post, send us a note at email@example.com. For more events and to learn what's happening in Olympia and the surrounding area, click here.
Submitted byThurston County Emergency Managment
Thurston County Public Works road crews stand ready to respond to freezing conditions, but remind drivers that even anti-icing solution and sanding won't clear every spot. Once temperatures dip below the mid-20s, anti-icing solution won't stop moisture in the air or on the ground from freezing on the surface, and snow and freezing rain can begin to accumulate, even on treated roadways.
"Your best bet for avoiding the ice is to stay off the road if you can. But if you must drive, take it slow, increase your following distance, and make sure our county trucks and equipment can get through in your neighborhood," said Lucy Mills, Road Operations Manager for the county's Public Works Department.
To stay safe when driving in winter weather, keep an emergency kit in your car that includes bottled water and high energy, non-perishable food, an extra blanket, warm clothes, a battery-powered flashlight and extra batteries. You should also tell a friend or relative when you're leaving, your destination, and when you expect to arrive.
For more information about the county's winter road maintenance and how to contact the Public Works Department to report road hazards, go to www.co.thurston.wa.us/publicworks and click on the "Emergency & Weather Info" link. Follow Thurston County Public Works on Twitter at @Thurston_PW.
Thurston County Emergency Management officials also remind residents to stay safe when winter cold sets in. Residents using space heaters should never leave them unattended while the heater is running, and never leave a space heater on while you or others in your home are sleeping. Residents are also reminded to never use barbeques, gas grills or camp stoves inside for extra heat. Burning charcoal, propane or natural gas lets off deadly carbon monoxide (CO) fumes, and if burned inside your house or apartment, the fumes can build up to deadly levels in just minutes.
For updated information about Thurston County's emergency response and preparedness, go to www.co.thurston.wa.us/em.
Stay connected with TCEM with social media on our Facebook page and on Twitter ( @ThurstonEM ).
Twitter: @ThurstonEM
YOGOMAN BURNING BAND … Bellingham's version of Jamaican dance riddims, 1045pm
DREW TABOR … Los Angeles based solo acoustic, 945pm
ANNA GORDON … Olympia acoustic folk, 9pm


text:
About A.W. Pink
Arthur Walkington Pink (1 April 1886 - 15 July 1952) was an English Christian evangelist and Biblical scholar.
More answers from this author
- All
- Text
- Why Are There Four Gospels?61text
- How Does the Manger Reveal Who Christ Is?39text
- Why Was Jesus Crucified Between Two Criminals?18text
- How Did Jesus Become a Curse on the Cross?10text
- Predicted to Be Both Fully God and Fully Man?2text
Popular Questions About Jesus Christ
- All
- Text
- Audio
- Video