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A couple new stories from Stark County, OH
Mediator Fails
Full Story on the federal mediator that tried twice this week to jump start talks between the Stark County District Library and its striking workers. And twice this week, Tom Connelly was rebuffed.
Picketing ALL Night
Full Story on how the picket line went all night. This is a good story to read, they have a timeline that gives you a good feel for what is going on down on the front lines.\"As the sun rises on Wednesday, pickets from Local 925 of the Service Employees International Union prepare for Day Three of their strike against the Stark County District Library.
Vanloads of guards from Troy, Mich.-based Huffmaster Companies come and go as they prepare for a shift change.\"
A Report from Wired on the final hearings at the COPA Commission. They seem to think the problem (Porn on the web) has gotten worse, and the technology to stop it (filters) has gotten better. This leads them to believe the injunction should be lifted and the law should be enforced.
\"If the government can establish that the problem has gotten worse and that the technology has gotten much better, it then becomes easier for the government to prevail,\" -- Read More
So what is up with the book that is going to change the world? The Plant seems to be growing. Salon says that he is breaking even from sales. \" King has said he will keep writing as long as 75 percent of readers pay up. As of Monday, payment had either been promised or received for 76.4 percent of the 152,132 downloads of the first installment of \"The Plant\" in the first week of its availability online\"The NY Times has a story that says the same thing. So far so good, we may see the final chapter. I\'ve collected a few other stories related, read on for more..... -- Read More
Lois Aleta Fundis writes : Here\'s an
article LISNews might be able to use. The World
Wide Web at work: It was mentioned on FindLaw\'s
newsletter (based in California), and although posted
on a South African news site and forwarded to you from
West Virginia, our story takes place in Munich, where
two lawyers have asked Germany\'s Family Minister to
\"officially class the Bible among books considered
dangerous for children because of its violent
This is quite an interesting take on the
\"The Holy Book contains passages of \"a
gruesomeness difficult to exceed\" which are glorified
as the will of God, the Bavarian lawyers Christian
Sailer and Gert-Joachim Hetzel said in their
submission to the minister on behalf of \"some parents
of minors\". -- Read More
Chris Rippel (the webmaster of \"Can
e-books improve libraries?\") wrote:
Is the cost of $1 for 20 pages of \"The Plant\" outrageous
or fair?
Is anyone getting ripped off?
Here are the facts (based on my best calculations) for
answering the
questions above. -- Read More
Brian writes
\"Baker & Taylor and its former parent company have
agreed to pay $15.5 million to the federal government
and 18 states.
e.com Has the story \"
They overcharged
schools, libraries and the government for books over
more than a decade, beginning in the early 1980s. This
brings the total recovery from the suit to $18.5 million;
last year, Baker & Taylor paid the government $3 million
to resolve its direct claims against the firm.
Slashdot.org continues some of the best filerting coverage on the web Today. This time around they continue the fight with the COPA Commission. They cover this topic from a rather biased point of view, but it is still important to keep up on this topic. Be sure to check out the Reports at Peacefire -- Read More
Here\'s something I wonder how people will react to. This is an article by Michael Winter in Progressive Librarian number 14 called Garlic, Vodka, and the Politics of Gender: Anti-Intellectualism in American Librarianship. The author talks about specific kinds of anti-intellectualism and how they appear in librarianship. (For example, something called \"Corporate Wannabee Syndrome.\") It\'s quite an interesting article. Michael Winter is a sociology bibliographer at UC Davis, and it shows in his work. The place of library school and librarians\' attitudes toward it is central to the article. Please leave comments! LISNews is improved whenever you leave a comment, even jackass comments like my recent ones.
Someone writes \"How a librarian became the GOP\'s \'secret weapon\'
As the first lady in Texas, she\'s proven herself comfortable not only with other women, who respond to her down-to-earth demeanor, but also with farmers, county officials, and even the likes of Kinky Friedman, the comic country-western singer and novelist, many of whose lyrics cannot be reprinted in this paper.
The satirist and animal lover was taken by her \"open-mindedness.\" Two years ago, along with raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for the state\'s public libraries and fighting for improved early education, Bush also agreed to co-chair, with her dog, a \"Bonefit\" for Mr. Friedman\'s Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch.
The Christian Science Monitor has a Story on the troubling trend towards simple minded garbage on the net. What is needed, advocates say, is material that is more sophisticated in combining education and entertainment, is increasingly interactive, and involves teens themselves in its creation.
\"Not everyone agrees that there\'s a dearth of good content, however. David Kleeman of the American Center for Children and Media sees lots of high-quality Web sites, games, and interactive content emerging. He says one of the biggest obstacles is simply making children and parents aware of the quality content that is available online.\" -- Read More
I really like this Story from Todays Librarian written by Peter Lisker, interim management person, at the Excellent Buffalo & Erie County, N.Y., Public Library[Site].
Peter says you are a salesperson. He says that if more librarians saw themselves as salespeople they would do great things not just for themselves and the library, but for the patrons and the community. He outlines nine key selling points -- Read More
There are only two golf libraries in the country, and the Orange County Register has an article on one of them. A must read for golf enthusiasts. \"\"I really respect the game of golf,\" Sheffer said. \"There is something mystical about the game. There is really a passion about it.\" That admiration for the game is passed on to anyone who visits the library, which is about a sand wedge from one of two first tees at the 36-hole golf course.\" -- Read More
It seems like another library system may be sued over filtering all of its computers, according to this brief article from Digital City. We will keep y\'all posted.\"Whereas about half the computers in the Houston Public Library system are filtered to prevent access to pornography sites, Montgomery County recently filtered all its libraries\' computers, not just those in children\'s sections.Read on... -- Read More
It would be rude to not continue with the Ohio strike news. So, here it goes...they are still on strike!!
Articles from the Canton Reporter include Library workers picket for better wages, pace from dusk until dawn, Library workers brace for lengthy picket, and Things remain the same on third day of library strike
It seems the generous GLF (Gates
Library Foundation) is a bother to some folks.
ewtn.com has a story that is
very critical of The GLF and
its\' policy of funding certain organizations.
The seattletimes
has a story that says the critisim is overblown, and they don\'t
understand the attacks.
I\'ve also collected a few other stories to throw in for a
"Mini Quickie" on the GLF. Read on for more... -- Read More
This article from the Columbus Dispatch describes a few new words and phrases that will appear in a revision of the Random House Webster\'s College Dictionary. Included are \"Arm Candy\", \"Eye Candy\", \"Senior Moment\", and \"DWB\" (Driving While Black)\"DWB (driving while black) was added as a reference to racial profiling. The term is used sarcastically to describe the reason why police have stopped black motorists. Merriam-Webster added big time (something done on a large scale) this year. ATV (all-terrain vehicle) and smoothie (a creamy drink) also were added.\" -- Read More
Apparently, this new web site called The Library Place was debuted at ALA this year, but there has been no talk about it anywhere. It seems pretty raw. Anyway, the site has teamed up with Alibris to offer hard to find books for libraries, according to this article from Excite
The Detroit Free Press has this article about new loitering polices in a library in Michigan. They are kicking out homeless people who are sleeping. I wonder if they would do the same to a college student who fell asleep studying for exams? The ACLU may get involved.\"After a crescendo of complaints, the city has posted advertisements to hire a part-time monitor, who will get up to $10 an hour to circle stacks and call police when patrons break library rules.\" -- Read More
Bruce Flanders wrote:
Just for the fun of it, here\'s a trivia quiz for you. They
aren\'t too tough, but see how many you can get. This is reproduced from our
library staff newsletter, and was created by the newsletter\'s editor Maria
\"The following are first lines from classic children\'s books. See how many
you can identify, by title and author. -- Read More
the Library of Congress announced Monday, Stanley Kunitz, 95, will become the 10th poet laureate of the United States in the fall. He was quoted as saying he will accept only if they don\'t make him move to D.C.
\"The reason I decided to accept this honor is that I want to do something for the young in this country,\" he said in a statement. \"I also want to stress the diversity of poetry in this country, in this `nation of nations,\' as (Walt) Whitman said.\"


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You know what would be cool? a ping to indicate MIAs because... you know... some people are just to darned lazy to type it.
With this you'd have no more excuses not to call your MIAs
Senior Member
Call mias
Type whose going missing
Call where the jungler is probobly.
If someone goes out of view of a ward, ping the direction they are going.
Always say which lanes are in danger.
Chat makes a sound, a person moving on the minimap doesn't. Plus If I'm trying to increase my FoV by decreasing the size of my HUD it can make it difficult to constantly identify missing people.
Pings and MIAs make a noise. It's as simple as that.
Sky Sanctum
That is all.
Seriously, go and watch almost any high elo stream, you will see everyone buy at least one ward. It's the safe bet when you know you don't want to give any advantage to the enemy.
Junior Member
I definitely think that calling mia's are important but I don't think that you should be so dependent on them, I mean if your paying attention to chat, you should also be paying attention to the minimap.
Mia calling was originally an amazing idea and perfect for teams outside of a voice chat. (Soloque) But, more often than not it's just used as a blame game for whichever lane didn't call it. Honestly, if your top is pushed to their tower with no wards and gets ganked by mid. He obviously wasn't watching the mini-map. So, what make you think he would see the chat?
I do agree that lanes should call their mia but try accompanying it with a ping. Because more often than not, lanes don't notice your calls and honestly many people just call it so they wont be yelled at.
In conclusion. Do call your mia to help your allied lanes but if you get killed because another lane didn't call mia. It's your fault also for not having map awareness.
Beldin Sorcerer
Guys... Counterpart recalls low on health.He's likely going home to heal. Counterpart books down the river, not so much.
Unless you're staring at the minimap, one looks like the other once the opponent is out of sight
MIA's make it clear he might be coming. Silence implies a health boost and the guy is likely coming back
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Foras na Gaeilge, the body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the whole island of Ireland, was founded on the second day of December 1999.
In the Good Friday Agreement, it was stated that a North/South Implementation body be set up to promote both the Irish language and the Ulster Scots language. Under the auspices of this body, Foras na Gaeilge will carry out all the designated responsibilities regarding the Irish language. This entails facilitating and encouraging the speaking and writing of Irish in the public and private arena in the Republic of Ireland, and in Northern Ireland where there is appropriate demand, in the context of part three of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages.
The staff of Bord na Gaeilge, An Gúm (Publishers), and An Coiste Téarmaíochta (Terminology Committee) and their activities have all been transferred to the new body.
Foras na Gaeilge has a role in advising administrations, North and South, as well as public bodies and other groups in the private and voluntary sectors in all matters relating to the Irish language. They will also be undertaking supportive projects and grant-aiding bodies and groups throughout the island of Ireland.
The functions of Foras na Gaeilge:
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- facilitating and encouraging its use in speech and writing in public and private life in the South and, in the context of Part III of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, in Northern Ireland where there is appropriate demand;
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Maybelline • Volum' Express The Falsies • Mascara
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Beelzebub666 on 4/23/2011 8:52:00 AM more reviews by Beelzebub666
Age: 36-43 Skin: Dry, Medium Hair: Brunette, Straight, Fine Eyes: Green
Adequate but not very memorable drugstore level purchase.
The curved brush takes a bit of practice so you don't accidentally get mascara on your eyelid. I can see it drying out after 4-6 weeks use.
OK for a cheap experiment, but it doesn't live up to its "Falsies" hype.
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LilOrange on 4/22/2011 7:20:00 PM more reviews by LilOrange
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium Hair: Blond, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Blue
LOVE IT! makes my lashes look HUGE! it doesn't smuge that easily either! well, it smudges a little bit for me only because my eyes water constantly and i cry when i laugh hard (weird, i know) but its the best mascara ive ever used!
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MakeupMaven1331 on 4/21/2011 7:05:00 PM more reviews by MakeupMaven1331
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Normal, Fair Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue
I like my lashes voluminous, so I bought this (yes, I fell for the television commercial!) It really does make your lashes super-long, and two coats can get some volume, but I don't love it for volume. It makes them look long, but if you try to get volume it just looks awkwardly clumpy and begins to flake. It is always very watery (thus lack of volume) and takes a while to dry. Basically, if you want super long lashes...get this mascara! If you want volume, try something else!
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SugarC4t on 4/21/2011 2:56:00 AM more reviews by SugarC4t
Age: 19-24 Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium Hair: Black, Straight, Medium Eyes: Brown
I heard a lot of rave about this mascara, and a lot of people in my school uses it. I was skeptical about it first because, maybelline mascaras are popular. Especially the yellow tube one, "The colossal" That one I did not liked! It did nothing to my lashes!. I Admit I am asian with lashes that are long but not thick. I always wanted to bring out my lashes and no mascared worked for me, even the lashblast! Then I gave in and went to buy the Falsies and after two coats BAM! AWESOME LASHES! I couldn't believed how nice my lashes looked! VOLUME and LENGTH! True to its words. Everyday I get compliments on how pretty my eyes looks now! Nobody could see how~ They kept wondering I looked diffrent and prettier haha~
Applying the mascara I would use my right hand and put the mascara on my left lash first and wiggle it a little while putting the first coat, then go back to the bottle grab another coat and use my left hand and put it on my right lashes with a little wiggle motion. then do dip into bottle for second coat for the left lash then vice versa. Hope this helps.
I got the version non-waterproof Blackest Black. I choose blackest black because I love dark colored mascara! Black drama Im not fond of, It's just I guess not my taste.
- lengthens
- Volumize
- False effect
- Dries quickly.
- Clumps! (need to use a lashes brush to separate and get rid of clumping)
- Flakes!
The cons is not really my concern though cause all mascara I used tend to flakes or clump up I'm not sure why!
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Shimmering_pink on 4/20/2011 11:46:00 PM more reviews by Shimmering_pink
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Cool Hair: Brown, Wavy Eyes: Green
This mascara is my favorite. Use it everyday. I heard all the rave about lashblast and HATEd it. And when they discontinued my favorite maybelline mascara which was the intense XXL, i needed to find a new one. This is it. It really makes me look like I have fake lashes, but it doesn't look fake. I have long and pretty thick lashes as it is, but this lengthens and volumizes better than ANY mascara I've ever used. It is quite a wet mascara, but i hate ones that are dry. I like the types of mascaras that are super volumizing and lengthening, and not so much defining ones which i feel lashblast is. So if you want tons of volume and length, get this. If you love mascara's like lashblast..you may hate this!
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diva42 on 4/20/2011 6:11:00 PM more reviews by diva42
Age: 44-55 Skin: Other, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Fine Eyes: Hazel
I don't like this stuff AT ALL. Doesn't do a thing for me. I have pretty long lashes already and I thought this would add a little more ooph...not. Great marketing, though.
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Bridgett101 on 4/20/2011 3:22:00 PM more reviews by Bridgett101
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium Hair: Other Eyes: Blue
I love this mascara!! I have 3 that i use daily and this is my favorite! It doesn't clump and it makes my lashes so long and pretty! I get compliments on my lashes because of it
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kaitlynxo95 on 4/19/2011 10:08:00 PM more reviews by kaitlynxo95
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Dry, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Blue
Oh my goodness what an amazing mascara. Whenever I need mascara I go straight to maybelline and am never dissapointed. Every time they bring out a new mascara it's always a new and improved version of the old one. I thought the colossal was my HG mascara, until I tried this one. I will only ever move from this mascara if they bring out another one. It's absolutely amazing. Completely lash transforming. Whenever I put this on I can really see the difference. I look at my eyes in pictures and my top eyelashes look like I have eyeliner on my top lid from afar, because my eye lashes look so full and thick! Wow. Absolutely amazing.
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bmst on 4/19/2011 9:40:00 PM more reviews by bmst
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Very Oily, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Curly, Coarse Eyes: Blue
I love how volumized it makes my lashes, and I was surprised that it wasn't that clumpy. It can flake after a long day but thats expected in any mascara. I will be repurchasing this!
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xxkaykisses on 4/19/2011 11:36:00 AM more reviews by xxkaykisses
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine Eyes: Blue
I first got this mascara in February. It clumped, gave no length, was super wet, and FLAKED. Omg, the flakes were so bad. So, I layered it over other mascaras just to use it up, and vowed to never repurchase.
Flash foward to April. Out of the blue, I use it on its own. WOW! by lashes are longgggggg, volumized without clumpiness, and the flaking is almost gone. I can't believe it. Its almost like another mascara.
This is not as amazing as my HG covergirl LB Fusion, but the cheaper price and results after letting it "dry" a bit make me want to repurchase is I catch this on sale or have a coupon.
I am going to get the waterproof for summer,because its $5 instead of the almost $10 LB Fusion Waterproof.
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Does She Or Doesn't She Wear Hair Extensions, Part V
Does She Or Doesn't She Wear Hair Extensions, Part V
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Welcome back to my quiz series about celebrity hair extensions. You guys seem to love this topic just as much as I do. Isn't it fun guessing who has naturally fabulous hair and who has a little extra help from the salon? I think when they're applied by a talented professional, extensions can look natural and gorgeous. Take my quiz and guess which of these famous faces is currently extended.
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bobbisgirl 6 years
4/6 --Heidi's is real???? Then what's with the article about the girls of "The Hill" wearing extensions? Or am I mixing up my shows? "Gossip Girl"....whatever.....
buggyslice 6 years
4/6. I missed the 2 Heidi's.
buggyslice 6 years
4/6. I missed the 2 Heidi's.
Aminah-Akalea 6 years
I didn't know they meant at this time in the pictures..thought the pics were up just to show you the ppl, haha. Oh well 3/6...well I knew Heidi M wore extensions,also Jennifer in her movies/shows so I don't mind missing on those ones. Didn't know who Tinsley was...i think, so whatever. Got Gwyneth,Diane and Heidi K right, good enough for me :D. Extensions do come in very handy at times & do act has a protection at times no doubt about it & easier way of getting styles you find hard to do or that your hair won't keep no matter what, so I have no probs with ppl wearing them.
scotlandrulz 6 years
scotlandrulz 6 years
Alyssa9986 6 years
6/6...as someone who not only wears, but fully endorses them, I have eagle eyes when it comes to these suckers! Nowadays most extensions are VERY indiscernible.
CrazySweet 6 years
I'm the same - I got Heidi's wrong.
yellowbanana 6 years
Like everyone else, Heidi threw me off. hey...it LOOKS like cheap fake extensions!
hottinpink9021 6 years
5/6- Heidi Montag wears extensions all the time! Especially to red carpet events! I deserve 100%.
hottinpink9021 6 years
5/6- Heidi Montag wears extensions all the time! Especially to red carpet events! I deserve 100%.
sparkleluvr 6 years
Only one I got wrong was also Montag, but I don't understand why she is even in this quiz, I can't stand her and she definitely isn't a celebrity.
Luanda 6 years
Luanda 6 years
leanneluvsu 6 years
This doesn't make an ounce of sense. Why would I need to know if she's currently wearing them. I can CLEARLY tell that! Man... I got those all right.
Frank-y-Ava 6 years
4/6, ya i didn't really understand either but i did pretty well.
jennjennnbubba 6 years
5/6, missed Gywneth's
jennjennnbubba 6 years
5/6, missed Gywneth's
PinkiePinkie 6 years
5/6 like everyone else here i thought heidi montang wear's extensions .. thought everything she does is fake !
outofhere 6 years
5/6, I'm with everyone else, I got the Heidi Montag one wrong - who would have thought her hair wasn't fake too.
ally14 6 years
4/6. I wasn't sure because I didn't know who Tinsley Mortimer was and I also thought Heidi Montag wore extensions (I guess I kind of just think she's pretty fake herself)
coachluvr33 6 years
5/6 I couldn't believe something about Heidi was real. I am shocked!! She disgusts me. I wish she and Spencer would go away..far away.
JennaV 6 years
I am very surprised about Heidi Montag....her hair looks like plastic
smileysmg 6 years
5/6 not bad.
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Allergies are a frequent trigger for hair loss in dogs. Like people, dogs can have an allergic reaction to foods, environmental triggers such as pollen, or to parasites like fleas or mites.
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H. D. Kumaraswamy
|H.D. Kumaraswamy
|Kumaraswamy in 2006
|18th Chief Minister of Karnataka
|In office
3 February 2006 – 9 October 2007
|Preceded by
|Dharam Singh
|Succeeded by
|B.S. Yeddyurappa
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16 December 1957
Haradanahalli, Karnataka, India
|Political party
|Janata Dal (Secular)
|Anitha Kumaraswamy
|Nikhil Gowda(son)
|Agriculturist, businessman, Movie Producer, politician and social worker
|As of Dec, 2011
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H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 16 December 1957) is an Indian politician who was the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka, a state in southern India. His father is the former Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda. Popularly known as "KumarAnna" (Kumar, the name and "anna" in Kannada means "elder brother") among his friends and followers, was a noted film producer, distributor and exhibitor in the Kannada film industry. He is a former state president for Karnataka of the Janata Dal (Secular) political party. In 2013 he resigned from the Lok Sabha after winning election to the Karnataka Assembly where his party emerged as the second largest in terms of vote share percentage, he was selected as the opposition leader.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Kumaraswamy was born in Haradanahalli, Holenarasipura Taluk, Hassan District, Karnataka to H. D. Deve Gowda and Chennamma.
He finished his high school studies in Bangalore's MES Educational Institution in Jayanagar. He completed his PUC from Vijaya College and earned his Bsc from National College in Jayanagar, Bangalore. He married Anita on 13 March 1986, at Palace Grounds, Bangalore. He has a son, Nikhil Gowda with Anitha Kumaraswamy. It is also alleged that he has married actress Radhika and has a daughter Shamika kumaraswamy from the relationship.[2]
Film career[edit]
Though H.D. Kumaraswamy was the son of H. D. Deve Gowda, a politician in Karnataka and former Prime Minister of India, he was not interested in politics initially. He was very much into film-making and film distribution. He has produced several successful Kannada films. Among which, the film Chandra Chakori was a huge hit, credited with 365 days run in theatres. He is a great fan of Kannada actor thespian Dr Rajkumar, and that attracted him into the film industry. In an interview he has admitted that in his college days, he used to wear clothes which Dr. Rajkumar wore in the movies, especially similar pants.
Political Career[edit]
He entered politics by winning the Kanakapura (Bangalore Rural District) Lok Sabha seat in 1996. He sought re-election from Kanakapura in 1998 and lost. He again contested unsuccessfully for a Sathanur assembly seat in 1999. In 2004, he was elected to represent the Ramanagara assembly segment. When the 2004 state elections resulted in a hung assembly with no party getting enough seats to form a government, the Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) parties decided to come together and form a coalition government. Known for his adaptability and friendly nature, Dharam Singh of the Congress was the unanimous choice of both parties to head the government.[3] He was sworn in as Chief Minister on 28 May 2004.[4] Forty-two MLAs of Janata Dal (Secular) under Kumaraswamy's leadership left the coalition and the government collapsed. On 28 January 2006, Karnataka Governor T. N. Chaturvedi invited Kumaraswamy to form the government in the state after the resignation of the Congress Government led by Dharam Singh.
He was Chief Minister of Karnataka, from 4 February 2006 to 9 October 2007. On 27 September 2007, Kumaraswamy said that he would leave office on 3 October as part of a power-sharing agreement between the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), despite the calls of some legislators in the JD(S) for him to remain in office for the time being, due to complications in arranging the transfer of power.[5] However, on 4 October 2007, he refused to transfer power to BJP.[6] Finally on 8 October 2007, he tendered his resignation to Governor Rameshwar Thakur, and the state was put under President's rule two days later.[7] However, he reconciled later and decided to offer support to the BJP. BJP's B. S. Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on 12 November 2007.
After the untimely demise of Karnataka state JD(S) President Merajuddin Patel, he was elected unopposed as President of the state unit.[8]
However after the by-election results of Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency and Mandya[9] in which his party candidates lost, he resigned from the post of President of the Janata Dal (Secular) State unit, and as leader of the opposition.[10] However party cadre succeeded in convincing him not to quit as leader of opposition in the Karnataka Assembly.[1]
In September 2013, A. Krishnappa was selected as Janata Dal-Secular's president for Karnataka, filling the vacancy left by Kumaraswamy.[11]
Positions held[edit]
- 1996: Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
- 2004–08: Member, Karnataka Legislative Assembly
- Feb. 2006-Oct.2007: Chief Minister, Karnataka
- 2009: Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
- 31 August 2009: Member, Committee on Rural Development
- 15 October 2009: Member, Committee on Food Management in Parliament House Complex.[12][13]
- 31 May. 2013: Leader of Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Second Marriage scandal[edit]
While he was still the CM of Karnataka, Kumaraswamy shocked everybody by travelling abroad with Kannada actress Radhika for a holiday.[14][15] Besides the holiday in Mauritius, there were unconfirmed reports in the media about the two spending time together at various hill stations in Karnataka.[14][15]
In November 2010, actress Radhika revealed that she was married to H. D. Kumaraswamy.[16][17] A public interest litigation was filed, by Bangalore-based advocate Shashidhar Belagumbe, seeking the disqualification of the JD(S) Ramanagara MP for violating the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, stating that the second marriage amounts to bigamy, which is in violation of the law and is illegal under Section 494 of the IPC and that any violation prescribes punishment of up to seven years and a fine.[14][15] As proof of Kumaraswamy's 'affair' with Radhika, the petitioner submitted newspaper reports quoting the actor as having married the former CM and photographs of Kumaraswamy and Radhika together with the child.[14][18]
Later the Karnataka High Court dismissed the writ petition on 9 April 2012.[19]
According to Radhika, she married Kumaraswamy in 2006.[17][20] Radhika's daughter's name is Shamika K. Swamy and after the child was born, Kumaraswamy took part in the birthday celebrations and the event's pictures were released by Radhika.[14][17] It is also alleged that he bought a TV channel for her.[21] Radhika has made a comeback into the movie industry.[2][15] The Lokayukta had demanded Kumaraswamy that all assets and liabilities in Radhika's name should be made public.[2][15] Kumaraswamy and his family, including his father and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, have maintained strict silence on the issue.[14][15][17]
- ^ a b "Kumaraswamy still Leader of Opposition in Assembly". The Hindu. 30 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013.
- ^ a b c Dev, Vanu (2 April 2012). "Former Karnataka CM is all in a fix over his 'other half'". India Today. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
- ^ "Dharam Singh chosen leader of CLP". The Times of India. 24 May 2004.
- ^ "Dharam Singh, Siddaramaiah sworn in". The Hindu. 29 May 2004.
- ^ "Kumaraswamy says he will quit on Oct. 3", PTI (The Hindu), 27 September 2007.
- ^ M, Anil Kumar (17 October 2011). "October effect haunts BS Yeddyurappa". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Karnataka under President Rule". Financial Express. 9 October 2007. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Kumaraswamy elected JDS Legislature party leader". The Deccan Herald. 20 May 2013. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
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- Man who could become Karnataka's CM Accessed: 29 January 2006
- "Man who could become Karnataka's CM" – rediff.com article dated 19 January 2006
- HDK Watch
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Reflections from a Woman of Color on the War on Women: "My Sisters-in-Arms, We Are Not United"April 29, 2012
Yesterday, I took part in the MA Women United Against the War on Women rally at Boston City Hall.
Across the US, thousands of men, women and children gathered in front of municipal buildings to voice their outrage at recent state and federal initiatives to propose and/or implement anti-women measures, including the GOP's attempt to redefine rape, making abortions illegal or virtually inaccessible to low-income women, and removing government mandates for companies to include birth control coverage in the health insurance they offer to employees.
Despite the fact that it took challenging the white women organizers to include more women of color in their speaker lineup — as a little birdie told me — I was honored to be invited to participate, and share the stage with fellow women's rights activists and feminists, Jaclyn Friedman, Sarah Jackson, @graceishuman, Idalia, and even Norma Swenson, reknowned author of the book, Our Bodies, Ourselves.
I found myself thinking about the concept of "unity," and the fact that so many women of color, immigrants, transgender women etc are often left out of mainstream women's movements. But this isn't news to me, nor to my mentors separated from my experience by four whole decades — mentors who fought so that I would have something different to say to white women "united" for (white) women. It breaks my heart to tell them that we're still having the same conversations after all their sacrifices.
Hence, for the rally, I decided to have an honest conversation about marginalization with the crowd via a call-and-response speech I partly improvised. Here's the message I gave, in poem-ish form.
Post-Rally Reflection: To speak from a place of anger doesn't always mean to speak from a place that is without love. How emotional I became when speaking to the rally yesterday has everything to do with how much I love my comrades of all shades and stripes, fellow women, my sisters-in-arms. And their response to my calling out to them, "My Sisters in Arms" with "We Are Listening" helped me through my anger to the other side… hope.
When I was younger, I dreamed of being part of a revolution.
I imagined it would feel very much like it did in the movies, like Braveheart for instance:
Mel Gibson riding back and forth on horseback, pumping his fist in the air
as he inspired the army before him to FIGHT for their freedom,
we would win this war together.
My Sisters-in-Arms…
(We Are Listening!)
Like every big budget Hollywood movie,
I'd be the handsome, mysterious, emotionally constipated protagonist
who never really wanted to fight,
but live happily ever after in the same village of my beautiful virgin wife-to-be…
until one day,
the fight came to me
and wiped away the smiles of my love, my family, my home.
Only THEN, would I charge forth, my spirit consumed by purposeful rage
and the moment — the moment I'd dreamed of having my entire life — would arrive…
the epic war speech.
My Sisters-in-Arms…
(We Are Listening!)
Yes, like Braveheart, my heart would be re-forged in stone; I would feel a bond with my comrades united in arms (and social media channels) like I'd never felt before.
And in that moment, against the violins and horns of a moving Hans Zimmer film score,
in the faces of all my sisters standing before me,
I would remember:
the battle, the war, the revolution
isn't about me,
the battle, the war, the revolution
isn't about them
but about US.
We would stand UNITED against whatever forces dared to oppose us,
and charge forth together.
My Sisters-in-Arms…
(We Are Listening!)
But the revolution hasn't quite turned out like the Hollywood movie I'd imagined it would be.
For one, it actually never occurred to me that I wouldn't be riding a horse.
Mel Gibson turned out to be one of the biggest bigots of all time.
And sexual assault has caused too much pain to the women I love to perpetuate the idea that virginity is a prize to be won,
not when rape is still being used as a mass weapon of war.
My Sisters-in-Arms…
(We Are Listening!)
It's true, the revolution hasn't quite turned out the way I dreamed it would be,
it never occurred to me
that battle after battle,
rally after rally,
I would find myself standing in front of a sea of white women who don't look like me,
having to keep reminding them that:
United we stand, Divided we fall.
United we stand, Divided we fall
My Sisters-in-Arms…
(We Are Listening!)
I know why we're here.
There is a war on women happening,
We're angry — and we've had enough.
On that we agree.
But today, I want to make sure we do more than just agree.
I want to make sure we're paying attention to our subconscious definition of "we"
I want to make sure we're paying attention to who is missing.
Look around you, my Sisters-in-Arms…
(We Are Listening!)
I ask you to consider,
is the women's movement making a stand, or falling into pieces?
Are we uniting through our differences so that we can be stronger?
Or reaching for something way less grand,
with way less hands,
hoping that our "good intentions" will pay off if we just wait a little longer?
Which members of this army — of our family — are missing?
Where are the voices of low income women of color?
Where are the voices of transgender women?
Where is the rest of our family?
My Sisters-in-Arms…
(We Are Listening!)
This women's movement shouldn't just voice the concerns of women who are pissed
that they may have to pay for birth control out-of-pocket,
but the concerns of low-income women who would have no access to birth control, period
because they rely completely on government-mandated coverage,
I know you agree, but…
My Sisters-in-Arms, are you listening?
(We Are Listening!)
we cannot profess to be building a movement for ALL women,
we cannot claim that we are UNITED against anything — especially not a war on women
when too many women of color, transgender women, women with disabilities — members of our family, are missing.
My Sisters-in-Arms…
(We Are Listening!)
When we picture the women's movement what faces do we see?
What voices do we hear?
And are they reflected in our choices? In our larger strategy?
Are transgender women a part of this movement?
Have we done our jobs to make that clear?
If so, where is the outrage when transgender women are murdered at an alarming rate in this country?
Where is the feminist takedown when — even in death — the media refers to our trans sisters with male pronouns and the media suggests that their very existence warranted their assault and murder?
Too many transgender women are being left behind.
Too many members of our family are dying.
Too many members of our family are being tortured and incarcerated, simply for surviving,
Just because we're too busy "uniting" to look behind.
My Sisters-in Arms
(We Are Listening!)
You must do better.
We must do better.
If I've learned anything about real-life revolutions
it's that they sometimes can take on the form of the war you're fighting.
it's that it matters less what you're fighting for, but who is fighting with you
The War on Women needs to mean more than reproductive justice for middle class white women.
The War on Women needs to mean more than the debate over abortion and birth control.
The War on Women must mean to us the impact of racism on women of color and our sons.
The War on Women must mean to us the impact of racism, sexism, and homophobia on transgender women of color.
The War on Women must mean to us the impact of un-checked privilege and ignorance within our movement.
The War between Women is real.
And until we can be brave enough to face the truth —
that we have to END the war over who counts as "women" amongst ourselves
we are NOT united.
My Sisters-in Arms
(We Are Listening!)
We are NOT united, yet.
But I know we can get there.
I believe in you, my Sisters-in Arms
(We Are Listening!)
I know we can get there.
And so I dare to dream of the day
when I can finally show up to rallies and protests
and not have to say,
"Where are my sisters?"
but "Here are my sisters, united."
I dare to dream of the day when we can all feel the impact of true sisterhood
and unleash the power of sisters-in-arms, united,
against those who dare to challenge our quest for liberation.
My Sisters-in Arms
(We Are Listening!)
I believe in us.
My Sisters-in Arms
(We Are Listening!)
We are not united, now.
Let's do the work, now
To make sure that one day, we will be.
And when that day comes,
My Sisters-in Arms
(We Are Listening!)
God help them.
Spectra is an award-winning Nigerian writer, women's rights activist, and the voice behind the African feminist media blog, Spectra Speaks, which publishes global news and opinions about all things gender, media, diversity, and the Diaspora.
She is also the founder of Queer Women of Color Media Wire (www.qwoc.org), a media advocacy and publishing organization that amplifies the voices of lesbian, bisexual, queer, and/or transgender women of color, diaspora, and other racial/ethnic minorities around the world.
Follow her tweets on diversity, movement-building, and love as a revolution on Twitter @spectraspeaks.
you are amazing. this is beautiful. i'm happy to say the Tx event was attended by all sorts of human beings. made me proud to see more than just nice white people. :)
Yeah, so. I cried.
Absolutely beautiful, hilarious, inspiring, badass and hopeful all at once. I can't believe I had pleasure of witnessing you deliver this in person. Sigh…too good.
Also….ahem, any video of this perchance? :)
While I understand what you are saying and agree completely that women of all races and sexual orientation should be included I think it is unfair to say that this is the fault of the organizers. This group was only formed ten weeks ago and the fact that 54 rallies and marches were held across the country on the 28th is a HUGE and tremendous ordeal to accomplish. There was a conscious effort to reach out to ALL communities in our states and to be inclusive of everyone. It is true that not everyone has access to the internet and many thousands and thousands of women and men tried to reach out through other means as well. Perhaps we should work together to make sure that this women's movement is absolutely inclusive of all by having strong, intelligent and passionate women like yourself work with us to reach those who in the past have been marginalized in previous women's movements. As we move forward it is very important that all women are included in this fight because it effects all of us. I can truly say though that organizers all over this country truly and absolutely want to continue to build a diverse group of women (and men) of all races, ethnicities, sexual orientation, political affiliation, and religious association who agree with the mission of UniteWomen.org and believe that women's rights are being eroded and challenged in this country. I ask you to please stand with together with us and help us reach these diverse communities in your states and cities so that all voices can be heard.
Renee, thank you for your comment, and for engaging in what seems to be a very difficult conversation for people to have. Trust me when I say that I understand how much work goes into planning events like this, and how disheartening it must be to look back at your work and hear criticism in spite of your efforts. But with all due respect your disagreement with the piece I wrote really misses the point.
This isn't about you, or any other organizer, or protest. It seems you perceived the focus of my piece to laying blame on the organizers for failing; I was critiquing the landscape, not anyone in particular. And moreover, I was calling for ALL of us to be better about thinking about who is missing from our spaces, hence the dozens of times the word "we" appears in my piece.
2) Even if I was solely blaming the organizers — and yes, they, we, all of us with some kind of privilege (be it race, sex, gender presentation, sexual orientation etc) — are to blame when members of the group in which we have privilege say that they don't feel welcome/connected to the work.
The suggestion that marginalized communities (who by the way ARE WORKING, VERY HARD on issues they care about) drop all what they have to "unite" at YOUR protest for the sake of a women's movement that hasn't made it a priority to build relationships with them until now, completely misses the point.
I'm a community organizer. I know how SO very hard it is to plan events with little to no support, no money, limited resources etc. Yet, the JOY of my work is the year-round time I dedicate to building RELATIONSHIPS with communities I care about so that when I host ANYTHING, I don't even need to do so much work inviting them; they're harassing me asking me how they can help. THAT is true solidarity.
It is not okay for the "women's movement" to declare what all our issues our and then rally around them, and then be SO surprised when marginalized WOMEN — women of color, transgender people, women with disabilities, immigrant women, gender non-conforming people who ARE affected by the work you're doing — don't show up. It's very easy to talk about a "movement" and picture one big body without thinking more critically about how we each as individuals are the drivers. The truth is, as a community organizer, activist, politician etc, if you don't do the work year-round — when there's no war, no battle, no protest to plan — then when it's TIME for the war, the battle, the protest, it will show.
So, in essence, my piece — which again, addressed everyone, including you as my "sisters" — is calling for women everywhere to take a long hard look at who is around them. I shouldn't have to CONSTANTLY be asked to leave my community, my own work to "take a seat at the table." Women with privilege (which includes white women, able-bodied women, etc again, including me) should do the work to engage in other people's work so that we can all truly unite when it counts, because we've gotten to know each other; and because we love each other.
At the heart of this piece I wrote is love. But I won't mince words with anyone attempting to re-focus or re-center the narrative. The piece called for the women's movement (and individuals who support it, who care about it and want to see it grow) to create safer spaces for transgender women; to rally and be JUST AS OUTRAGED when transgender women of color are murdered, and in the rare event that they survive, face imprisonment because of racism and sexism in this country. THAT is a women's issue, but there's something to be said when people aren't motivated enough to plan rallies around that, or to even amplify the news around that.
Again, I really appreciate your comment. I'm happy to have a frank conversation about how we can build stronger relationships between intersecting communities, so that we can move forward; I didn't write this piece to field defensive comments about how many hours people put in. We're all working. Okay, so let's talk about how we can occasionally meet in the lunch room, and how it shouldn't always have to mean that I leave my table to come sit at yours. I hope you read this comment, follow the links I included, and take it upon yourself as a women's activist to learn more about different kinds of "woman" experiences in this country, and figure out how you can start building relationships to stay more connected to them.
Spectra completely understand and agree with what you are saying. We all need to work more in every community to understand the issues and perspectives of all women. I do understand the difficulty when it comes to these issues. I have written many research papers on this very topic and understand the complexities as well as having personally spent over 20 years working to bridge, include, and bring together many women of all races, sexual orientations, religions, and political ideologies to help bridge the divide that exists. I fully agree that this is something we all have to work hard in doing and UniteWomen.org will continue to make every effort humanly possible to do just this. I will gladly come to your table any day Spectra full of love and a desire to understand and support. I look forward to reading more of your articles. Peace and Love.
I noticed at the Ohio rally that there were few women of color (not none, just few). As a woman of color, I felt like I had let us all down by not speaking up during our organizational months to bring this issue to the forefront. I have committed myself to working towards achieving more representative participation in our voices as we move forward. We are a young organization, still learning as we go.
One thing I know I need to do is to educate myself on ALL of the issues facing ALL women and have begun to do so. This article has shown me how much I still need to learn and opened my eyes to issues I did not even know existed. It has also shown me that "if you build it, they will come" only goes so far. We have to work to reach different segments of the population and speak for those who cannot (or will not) speak for themselves. Thank you for that.
With this new perspective, I will move onward and upward. I promise to not let us down again.
As a feminist and supporter of Hillary Clinton, I would ask my sisters of color why so many claimed it was the man of color that had to be President now though he could have waited 8 years and the Dems would have held the White House for 16 years? I was told over and over by black women for Obama that your allegiance was to your race first. Your gender is secondary. I was supposed to understand how you felt, but then do you understand how we feel?
I met some brave black women on Hillary's campaign who whispered how their families and friends deserted them because they chose to support Hillary vs Barack. They were blackballed, threatened and disowned for choosing to vote for a white woman. One woman was afraid to go back home to Florida after working on the campaign. Another woman had a dead rat put on her doorstep.
The 2008 election taught me the side of this debate that is rarely discussed. How much pressure, intimidation and anger there is in the black community to remain isolated from whites because your elders believe whites are all bad. They insist that younger generations in the 21st Century must never forget that whitey is the enemy.
How are you working to build unity and trust among your own community? You don't want to trust whites and yet continue to blame white women for ostracizing you! The fact is that you choose not to participate with white women. We aren't all middle class and we aren't all privileged. Feminism is not owned by white women. Anyone who believes women and men are equal as human beings is a feminist. Period.
It is certainly your choice to not trust white women, but then be OK with your choices. You can't have it both ways. To continue to live in segregation when it is no longer legalized is by your choice.
If you refuse to visit and share your gifts of culture and sisterhood, then you will never have compassion for your white sisters who have suffered too. And your white sisters cannot learn of your sorrow and pain towards our mutual enlightenment. Certainly, you may continue to harbor hatred of white women, but your outcry of injustice then is self-inflicted.
I hope you also choose to share your speech with the women who freely chose not to stand up for themselves and didn't find the time or interest to join you in the March. Those are women who also need to hear your plea for unity.
In Sisterhood,
Carolyn Cook "United 4 Equality"
That is how you can build unity for it will take participation
Carolyn, your comments are really so off-base and derailing that I can't be bothered to respond in-depth.
I hope you cross paths with a white ally who will have more emotional capacity to educate you on your privilege (which by the way on this blog has taken the VERY typical form of derailing the argument to how ostracized 'you' feel).
If your definition of unity is that I have to 'suck it up' and force myself to stay in white spaces where people like you tell me that my seeking to hold white women accountable is hatred, then I don't want your kind of unity. There's a healthier form of unity that I've found in my work, which includes white women, women of color, diaspora, immigrants, trans, and gender non-conforming people who share similar ideas that I prefer to stay focused on.
Incidentally, the majority of my speech focused on the inclusion of transgender women — but it seems it's too much to ask that you to stick to the topic at hand. Perhaps it's uncomfortable for you to see the part you play in all of this which is why you would rather revert to defensiveness, pulling out rhetoric you've already prepared and have used time and time again to prevent you from taking a hard look at yourself?
I don't know. Only you can answer that. But take a look around at my blog (I doubt you did before you left a comment attacking my character / calling me hateful) — I don't profess to claim one part of my identity over the other; I'm Nigerian, black, woman, queer, etc., but I certainly won't stay silent if I find any part of my communities (plural, FYI) are being ostracized, systemically. (look that word up).
There is no hatred on this blog, only a militant inclination to accountable progress, and I admit, an impatience for people who play victim ("oh you're attacking us poor white women") to avoid discussing real issues.
I meant every word of my speech when I said "my sisters in arms." We all get on each other's nerves, don't always understand each other, and could ALL be better. But we're all in this together. However, when you tell me to keep my hatred and go back to building unity among 'my' community, you prove my point; you don't see me as part of the community I'm fighting to make better. And it plays out, in your comments, and in this movement.
Wow, thank you! I wish I had been there to hear the call and response and to see the reactions — and to feel them myself. Just reading this, I teared up, especially during these stanzas:
"it never occurred to me
that battle after battle,
rally after rally,
I would find myself standing in front of a sea of white women who don't look like me,
having to keep reminding them that:
United we stand, Divided we fall.
United we stand, Divided we fall
My Sisters-in-Arms…
(We Are Listening!)"
Hello, Spectra I want to thank you for this article because it spoke to me personally. I am the UniteWomen.org North Carolina State Director and feel you made a very valid point. Since I became state director I have made it a priority to focus on growth for our organization in a diverse way. I understand that women face a up hill battle when it come to women's issues however, women of ethnicity, disability's, or of the LGBT status are essentially a minority within a minority and they face a greater challenge. I acknowledge that there is an equality gap between feminists. It appears taboo to discuss it but it is there. This to me is our biggest issue because in reality we all want the same things but we are not truly united to achieve it. I am not very experienced in feminism, and activism but my passion and dedication is my true compass. I believe there is allot I could learn from you Spectra, and if there is any advice on how I can begin to bridge the gap I am all ears… Thank you, for speaking the the taboo truth…
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