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WALTHAM, Mass., Jan. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BG Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq:BGMD), a company focused on the development and commercialization of novel cardiovascular diagnostics, today announced that it has entered into a common stock purchase agreement with Aspire Capital Fund, LLC. Aspire has committed to purchase up to $12 million of BG Medicine's common stock from time to time as directed by BG Medicine over the next two years at prices based on prevailing market prices over a period preceding each sale after the SEC declares a registration statement effective relating to the transaction.
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Calif. man behind anti-Muslim film due to be freedSeptember 23, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A California man behind an anti-Muslim film that led to violence in parts of the Middle East is due to be freed from federal custody in a separate case, an official said Monday.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 56, is scheduled for release on Thursday from a halfway house in Southern California where he's been held since May, said Ed Ross, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Nakoula, whose name in court files is Mark Basseley Youssef, was sentenced in November to a year in federal prison for using false names in violation of a probation order in a bank fraud case. That case was not related to the film.
He told Fox News ( http://fxn.ws/11i33Fx) earlier this year that he was proud of the film and was fighting against the "terrorism culture," not religion.
"I have a lot of Muslim friends and not all the Muslims believe in the terrorism culture. Some of them believe in this culture. That's why we need to fight (against) the culture, not the Muslims. My enemy is the terrorism culture," he told Fox in a telephone interview.
Ross declined to state where Nakoula is being held. A message left for his attorney, Steven Seiden, was not immediately returned.
Deadly violence related to the film "Innocence of Muslims" broke out in September 2012 and spread to many parts of the Middle East. The film depicts Mohammad as a religious fraud, pedophile and womanizer.
Nakoula, who acknowledged being the film's scriptwriter, went into hiding after the violence erupted.
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The Jewish community in India is outraged to the limit. Entrepreneur from Ahmedabad (Gujarat), gave his men's clothing store called «Hitler». Rajiv Shah is ready to change the name, but on one condition: with the existing sign people should pay him the costs of re store, issue stamps business cards and advertising campaign. "Only the sign took me 40 rupees", – complains Raj Shah. Also, the owner agreed to change the design of Nazi store on Hindu.
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According to the National Journal, former maverick John McCain is now the Senate's most conservative member. It was a big shock for McCain, who was really hoping to be named "most crotchety".
It was reported on Thursday that despite President Obama's purported distate for lobbyists, members of his administration meet with them outside the White House. Reporters got wise to this when this photo appeared on Craigslist's men-seeking-lobbyists page:
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Yesterday, tough-as-nails Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords spoke for the first time since being shot last month. You could tell Giffords hadn't spoken in over a month, because the first thing she said was, "Hey, how's that golden-voiced homeless guy doing?"
In an interview, Bristol Palin said she'll "probably" run for office someday, if there was a problem that she could solve. Well if America is ever in need of a crappy dancer, we know who to call.
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Bulls lose first two games at home; Wizards earn OT win
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It was the young, upstart Washington Wizards that were supposed to wilt late in games, when the spotlight shines the brightest.
As far as physical play, it was the Wizards that were expected to be spending extra time in the ice tub after games.
And by the time the best-of-seven first-round series was headed to the nation's capital on Friday, it was supposed to be the Wizards that were down 0-2, backs uncomfortably against the wall, searching for answers.
Following the 101-99 overtime loss at the United Center, the Bulls couldn't have been more wrong in every department.
Thanks to 26 points from second-year guard Bradley Beal, and six straight points from Nene in the overtime, Washington has full control of the series, up two games and rolling back home.
The Bulls?
They're watching a great regular season suddenly put on life support.
"Just regroup, go back to the film,'' Bulls forward Taj Gibson said. "It feels like we're a fingernail short every time. A couple plays here and there, a couple tough calls, but got to play through it.
"It's the playoffs, it's a 12-round fight.''
And right now, it's a fight that's close to being stopped.
Not that the Bulls didn't have their chances. After falling behind as much as 17 points in the first half, there was Kirk Hinrich, standing at the free throw line with 2.4 seconds left with a chance to make both and send it into a second overtime.
Hinrich missed the first, and then tried to purposely miss the second with the Bulls hoping for a prayer. It wasn't answered.
"I went up there thinking I would knock them down,'' Hinrich said. "I just couldn't do it. However, I really felt that I should have made the layup [that drew the foul]. I was not fatigued. That was not a factor for me.
"Just give them credit. They did a great job defensively. They got it to overtime and won it.''
What hurt even more was the Bulls had been 18-for-22 from the free throw line before Hinrich's misses.
"Yeah, I was surprised,'' Gibson said of Hinrich missing the first free throw. "Things like that are going to happen. He's a tremendous player. He's been great for us all year long, been in that situation many times. If that happened in that time again, I would still go with Kirk. He's one of the captains on this team, one of the veterans on this team. I was just a little shocked when he missed, but it happens like that, he's human.''
The bigger issue for the Bulls was once again extended scoring lulls. They built the lead up to 10 in the fourth with 6:59 left, but scored just four points until the horn went off to send it to overtime.
"Hard-fought,'' coach Tom Thibodeau said. "We dug ourselves a big hole early, expended a lot of energy to get out of that hole, and came up short.
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All of a sudden, all that talk about life being just fine without Derrick Rose or Luol Deng – basically a go-to offensive player – has become a lot quieter.
"I'm not sure,'' Joakim Noah said, when asked how it will turnaround. "But we have to find a way. Throughout the year, it hasn't been pretty at times. But we're a team that finds a way. The last two games, we fell short. We're disappointed. But we're not going to stop fighting.''
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Human remains were discovered by a road crew early Wednesday afternoon in Carter County.
They were discovered along Gap Creek Road near Hampton by a survey crew working with the Gap Creek Road widening project.
Investigators on the scene tell us that everything they've found is still preliminary, but there was no evidence at the scene to lead them to an identification.
"This is being treated as an open death investigation," Sgt. Brian Durham told us. "Officers with the Carter County Sheriff's Department and agents with the TBI are assisting in the investigation."
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SILER CITY — Western Chatham County has taken an educational leap forward with the completion of Central Carolina Community College's new Siler City Center. It is the first facility built in the western part of the county specifically for the college's educational programs.
This long-awaited event was celebrated Nov. 15 with a ribbon cutting and open house at the facility, located in the Central Carolina Business Campus industrial park. Area residents; college, county and city leaders; and local state-level elected officials, gathered for the event.
"We have been looking forward to this day for a long time," CCCC President Bud Marchant told the gathering of almost 200. "We are extremely happy you could join us for the ribbon cutting for this spectacular building."
The college's programs for western Chatham have been housed in the old Henry B. Siler School, in Siler City, since 1984. Sally Kost, chair of the county's board of commissioners, said that building a new Siler City Center for the college in the industrial park was a strong, strategic move to make the park more attractive to business and stimulate economic growth in western Chatham County.
"This wonderful building is another example of the county's commitment to the college in Chatham," she said referring to the recent openings of the Chatham County Library and the Sustainable Technologies Building at the college's Pittsboro Campus.
Other speakers for the event were Siler City Mayor Charles Johnson, N.C. Sen. Bob Atwater, N.C. Speaker of the House Joe Hackney, CCCC Board of Trustees Chair Ed Garrison, and CCCC Chatham County Basic Skills Coordinator Sara Lambert.
Atwater noted that the county commissioners, understanding the need for the facility, committed more than $4 million for construction of the Center during the recession.
"It was bold of them," he said, "and the citizens of Chatham County will benefit. We are looking for jobs and this will attract them."
The two-story, 23,800 square-foot Siler City Center is located on a 41-acre wooded site in the Business Campus. It is one of only a handful of North Carolina community college centers in an industrial park. The location offers the advantage of workforce training for companies that decide to move into the industrial park.
The new facility enables the college to expand workforce training, basic skills, adult education, curriculum programs, and enrichment classes in western Chatham County in a major way. Sculpture classes will begin with the spring 2011 semester and university transfer and other programs will be added in the future.
The college has been offering adult education classes at various locations in Siler City since 1965. From 1977 to 1984, it used the former Paul Braxton School and then moved to the former Henry B. Siler School. Over the years, the need for adult education and workforce training outgrew that school. The facility also was found to need major renovations for continued use.
Instead of renovating, the Chatham County Board of Commissioners approved the construction of a new Center in the Business Campus. Ground was broken for it in November 2009 and construction was completed in October 2010.
The Center was designed by Taylor Hobbs of Hobbs Architects, Pittsboro, and built by Monteith Construction Corp., of Wilmington. Hobbs described the architectural design as "modern," created of geometric shapes in brick, aluminum and glass.
It is energy efficient, with sustainable features such as the solar oriented site design, minimal site and habitat disturbance, low-flow water systems, use of recycled materials, natural daylighting of interior spaces, and reflective roof materials. The building is expected to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver Level — or higher — certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
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Reviewer: LadyTaevyn (Anonymous)
20 Oct 2006 10:05 am
That was really cute.
I want to say "Poor Rodney" for his bad almost-sex experience with Norina...but it got him into John's bed, so I'm really not all that sad for him *g*. Very hot and great banter too. Laura.
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20 Oct 2006 12:06 am
Oh, I *really* liked this. I think it's the combination of truly funny human stuff (everyone *does* have a bad safe sex story! *grins*) and the really true-to-character way that you treat John and Rodney's discovery of each other. You bring out the human in them, bring them to life. Bravo!
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That was both hot and sweet. Specially the end discussing different condom flavours. :)
My god that was hot! Excellent build up to a wonderful climax. And yes, that is definitely a double entendre. WOW!


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Most units face west which is where we came in, at sunset. The units, designed in tropical plantation style, evoke images of bygone, more tranquil times. The island ambience recalls the developers' successful project at East Coast Ocean Villas where they watch the sun rise.
The beautiful apartments are divided over the different floors of the Ocean Breeze apartment complex, overlooking the infinity swimming pool, landscaped grounds and spring fed lake. The one-bedroom apartments have one fully-equipped kitchen, one living area, bathroom with large shower and a large private veranda with a distant view of sea. As the apartment faces to the West, you can enjoy your day breathing the fresh air at the outdoor veranda that is in shade for most of the day, plus stunning sunsets. It is also ideal for outdoor living and dining in the wet season.
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FIVE YEARS LATER: O.C. STORIES: A four-bedroom home in Huntington Beach proved to be one family's heartbreak and another family's dream come true.
Real Estate: One house, many stories: This is the first installment in a Business series about loss and survival since the economic crisis hit in September 2008.
Banking: The 2008 demise of Newport Beach's Downey Savings & Loan marked the start of a five-year bank bust that saw nearly 500 institutions fail across the nation.
Mortgages: The rise and fall of one mortgage lender, and how it survived as the collapse of subprime lending wiped out dozens of Orange County firms.
Retail: When a Costa Mesa shopping center went bankrupt during the depths of the recession, one local developer risked his business to revive--and reinvent--the retail experience in Orange County.
Hotels: How the St. Regis Monarch Beach hotel in Dana Point climbed back from its role as the site of the $440,000 bash by bailed-out AIG sales people.
Jobs: A small business owner talks about losing his livelihood and finding work as a taxi driver to pay the bills and send his kids to college.
Matthew Siddall remembers the game very clearly: Just get in. Spend whatever it takes to grab a piece of Orange County real-estate while it was still possible.
"The market was on fire," Siddall recalls of those months in early 2005. "Everyone said, 'It's just going to go up and up and up.' Even though the prices seemed outrageous, we felt like, 'If we don't get in now we're never going to get in.' That was the thinking then. And if you got into the housing market, you were golden."
Siddall and Elizabeth Ann Woods made their move that spring, a year before they got married, plunking down $750,000 for a four-bedroom, two-story house on Hunter Lane in Huntington Beach. This would be their place — roomy enough for a family, situated near fine parks and schools. The garage would hold a pickup truck and a flashy, charcoal-colored Nissan 350Z. The beach wasn't far away. And though the monthly mortgage, with taxes and insurance, ran close to $5,000, together they were making excellent money – about $200,000 a year – and they imagined that affording the home would become easier over time.
That would not be the case. What happened to the Siddalls — and to the home they cherished – is one example of how painful the recession was, and how hard it hit so many. A vigorous housing market is always a bit like musical chairs. Five years ago, when the music stopped – when failing banks and an intractable lending crisis abruptly sent the economy into one of the worst downturns since the Great Depression – many well-established homeowners were able to sit tight and ride out a slow recovery. Others, because of poor timing, because of risky decisions, were committed to high fixed housing costs even as they lost jobs or their businesses went under.
Rampant foreclosures drove many from their homes into cheaper rentals. Some moved in with relatives or left Orange County altogether.
The Siddalls lost the house in the fall of 2010 after a long, frustrating struggle to modify their loan. They would end up in Temecula, sometimes a 90 minute drive from Matt Siddall's job as a Los Angeles County firefighter based in Hacienda Heights. Their Huntington Beach home would be auctioned off by the bank for $567,000, substantially less than the Siddalls had paid for it. The investment company that bought it, identified by CountyRecordsResearch.com as city of Orange-based Laguna Pacific Professional Sales & Marketing, would remodel the kitchen and make other cosmetic upgrades. The investors would own the property for less than three months before flipping it to the current owners, Todd and Julie Newton, for $680,000 – or $113,000 more than they paid for it.
The Newtons' timing was far better than the Siddalls'. The Newtons closed escrow in early 2011, as the home's value was again trending upward. The couple figures that the stately, gray-green structure, with its green-marble countertops and leaded-glass windows, is worth significantly more than that now, although the numbers are moot because they have no plans to sell.
"We were very fortunate," says Todd Newton, a financial analyst who grew up in Huntington Beach and now commutes 15 minutes to his job in Irvine. "I have lots of friends [for whom] the timing was just the opposite. It's hard. I feel bad for them getting into the situations they were in, and there's not much they can do about it."
The shame of failure
The stigma of being caught off-guard, of being seen as, in Elizabeth Siddall's words, "one of those irresponsible people . . . who [go through] foreclosure and go bankrupt," weighed heavily on the Siddalls. Matt, 41, who hails from Staffordshire, England, came from a family successful in business. He moved to Irvine as a teenager while his entrepreneur father established a chain of gift shops known as The Mole Hole in the United States.
"We never considered that we would be among the people who couldn't pay their bills – never in a million years," he says of himself and his wife.
Elizabeth Siddall was an entrepreneur, too. She had started her own company, TLC Cleaning, at 21, providing home maid service and construction-site cleanup in Orange and Los Angeles counties. The company expanded to 24 employees and posted its best year in 2008, despite the shattering financial news that September. When banks began failing and credit dried up, the Siddalls had been living on Hunter Lane just over three years. Elizabeth was pregnant with their first child.
With shocking swiftness, she says, clients stopped hiring her. Cleaning is one of the first luxuries to go in a financial pinch. Even existing contracts seemed worthless.
"I would be waiting months and months for checks when I was still having to pay my employees, pay my bills," Elizabeth Siddall remembers. "A lot of [customers] bounced checks to me. Some of them tried to not pay me, because they were trying to save themselves."
Luke Siddall was born in January of 2009, a year fraught with the stress of being a new mother and trying to save a business that was suddenly in a tailspin. Elizabeth Siddall says she put about $60,000 in expenses on a credit line, trying to forestall the inevitable. Before the year was over, her once-thriving company was gone. She filed for bankruptcy.
Even though her husband continued to bring in a good salary, one income was not enough. "It took a huge toll on both of us," Elizabeth Siddall says. "For me it was the worst because I was losing a company I had started myself and worked so hard for. I thought it would be something that I would always have, so losing it was devastating." On top of that, she had the knowledge that she was bringing Matt down with her.
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On my ipad, it's not showing prices any more. Is it just me? Any alternatives?
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What's happened to google shopping?
Working on mine
Hmm, it's i weird, if I do a normal search for something it comes up with some prices at the top and a link to 'shop for Thomson stem on google', but when I click on it there are just a load of links to US google shopping, even though my location is set to uk.
Try clearing your browser cache/history
It's about to change completely - it's going to be a commercial product so I'll be trusting it even less.
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| Today's Fark-ready headline: Germany to ban sex with animals after huge rise in farm yard 'pimping'
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| Somacandra
Wow. After some looking, I guess this "ZETA" is a real group, as odd as it may seem.
| The Angry Hand of God
"But pro-zoophilia campaign group ZETA - Zoophiles Commitment to Tolerance and Enlightenment - vowed to challenge any ban on bestiality."
ZETA vs. PETA. Round 1. Fight!
| SweetSaws
Their birthrate is going to drop to 0 since humans are animals. Also, if it's illegal to fark humans, would that mean you can't even fark yourself?
| The Southern Logic Company
| Leeds
This farm yard pimping-
Is it easy?
| jake_lex
| SultanofSchwing
Wait, "Erotic Zoos" are a thing?
| cgraves67
So ZETA is like the NAMBLA of bestiality. Hmmm. I need to carry a marker around and write a Z on the P where ever I see PETA.
| Lt. Cheese Weasel
Does this mean Obamatards will stop farking that chicken?
| abhorrent1
| ObscureNameHere
This week on "Pimp my Flock"....
| schoolbread
Lt. Cheese Weasel: Does this mean Obamatards will stop farking that chicken?
It could be worse. At least Romney wasn't elected
| Millennium
| lethalracer
| GRCooper
We nuked the wrong Axis power ...
| Galloping Galoshes
The black bar disguising the victim's identity was a touch of genius.
| Sofa King Smart
The Angry Hand of God: "But pro-zoophilia campaign group ZETA - Zoophiles Commitment to Tolerance and Enlightenment - vowed to challenge any ban on bestiality."
as a fark scientist I'm intrigued by the hypothetical 'battle' of a group of typically naked vegetarians versus a not dissimilar group of odd 'animal lovers' so I for one would like to see this 'battle'... meanwhile, I'll be in my lab.
| CygnusDarius
Leeds: This farm yard pimping-
It ain't.
| SultanofSchwing
| brap
Heavy Petting Zoo
| xaratherus
*waits for the Family Research Council to blame this on the gays*
| strapp3r
abhorrent1: [farm6.static.flickr.com image 500x379]
at least post a cute one. sheesh!
| Brick-House
Soft and Fluffy
| signaljammer
I must have a hangover from Thanksgiving: I am imagining a Tyrolean hat, but with a gigantic (brush) feather. That's what the pimp must wear!
| AgentKGB
| browntimmy
Damn, Germany, you weren't content with the creepy poop fetish and had to take it up a notch?
| Prevailing Wind
| whither_apophis
browntimmy: Damn, Germany, you weren't content with the creepy poop fetish and had to take it up a notch?
To be fair they did stop off at "cannibal hook ups" for awhile.
| philotech
So... They are saying they want to reinstate the law... Does this mean that someone actually got this law repealed in the first place? How do you bring that up in a meeting?
| Butthurted
Somacandra: Wow. After some looking, I guess this "ZETA" is a real group, as odd as it may seem.
I had to click on the link. I didn't want to, but like a slow moving car wreck, I just couldn't look away.
This will show up in a criminal trial/Job background search, someday, guaranteed.
Unless I have the same forensic investigator as Casey Anthony. Saved by Chrome!!
BTW the sites counter indicates a greater than 10 fold increase in traffic today....I doubt I was the only Farker to visit!!!
| SultanofSchwing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragraph _175#Version_of_June_28.2C_1935
Was a Nazi Law.
| Current Resident
| Odd Bird
ZETA? NFW.,..(reads areticle)...sonuvabiatch
SultanofSchwing: [i.imgur.com image 480x360]
FTFY (though w/ minimal skills...
AgentKGB: Mind bleach
Thank you
| Pennsylvania Dutch Oven
What the fark is wrong with German people!?!
| Grapple
Loving ewe is easy 'cause you're beautiful,
And making love with ewe is all I wanna do.
Loving ewe is more then just a dream come true,
And everything that I do, is out of loving ewe.
La la la la la, la la la la la...
Snake garters, studded dog collars - for mice
/Udderly erotic
//I'm putting in my two weeks notice, I can't work here anymore
| Raw_fishFood
Llamas and goats aren't exactly "exotic" animals. That'd be a pretty boring zoo whether you're boning the animals or not.
| doczoidberg
There goes my European vacation.
| weltallica
| Contribution Corsair
Another business model the govts around the world keep trying to restrict from me. Swear I'm going to have to turn to crime.
| Current Resident
Raw_fishFood: Llamas and goats aren't exactly "exotic" animals. That'd be a pretty boring zoo whether you're boning the animals or not.
| Commissioner for Oaths
That llama was totally asking for it. Should have SEEN the way it sashayed around in that pen.
| ferretman
| Flakeloaf
1. The Bundestag wants to outlaw zoophilia.
2. Again.
3. There is a zoophile community.
4. It is possible to contact a barnyard pimp to engage in animal sex.
5. This fact is widely known among the community mentioned in item 3.
6. This fact is also so widespread that it has annoyed police. So much so in fact that they have asked legislators to stop it.
7. The community in item 3 has a name and a spokesman.
8. That spokesman's name is Michael Kiok.
9. Michael Kiok just went on record in a national newspaper as saying that he thinks he should be allowed to continue having intercourse with animals.
10. Item 9 used the word "continue"
...and I figure I'm maybe half-done here.
| gerbilpox
| jtown
| SpaceBison
| kitsuneymg
weltallica: [i.imgur.com image 498x280]
Applejack? Seriously? If you're selling your dignity at least go for a better character.
/I'm just mad
//you beat me to posting that
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Is this the end for Venus Williams? It sure looked that way Wednesday at Louis Armstrong Stadium as Williams, 33, fell to Zheng Jie of China in three sets, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5).
Venus Williams stretches to hit a return to Zheng Jie of China at the U.S. Open on Wednesday. Reuters
Zheng Jie of China celebrates defeating Venus Williams of the U.S. at the U.S. Open. REUTERS
Williams, who has been battling injuries and illness for several years, won a valiant first-round match on Monday, upsetting 12th-seeded Kirsten Flipkens. But she couldn't find a consistent rhythm against the spunky Zheng on a soggy day at the U.S. Open.
The match began shortly after noon, but Williams and Zheng played just two points before rain stopped play. After a long delay, the nearly three-hour match didn't end until after 8 p.m.
Williams, who was unseeded, dropped the first set, 6-3. Relying largely on what is still a killer down-the-line backhand, she then forced a third set and fought to the end, breaking Zheng's serve at 2-4 and 3-5 to go back on serve and knot the match at 5-5 in the deciding set. Zheng, looming increasingly fatigued, rebounded to take the tiebreaker, 7-5, and the match.
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Visionary fashion designer Laura Williams will present her latest collection of inspired creations at Couture Fashion Week in New York City. The fashion show will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2008 in the Majestic Ballroom of the elegant Westin Times Square Hotel, in the heart of the Big Apple and promises to be a memorable event.
The fashions of the Washington DC-based designer are characterized by an original style and exceptional craftsmanship. Born to a mother whose life revolved around her family, Laura Williams picked up the art of sewing at a young age and soon was making clothes for her family and friends. Since then, she has pursued her dream of becoming a renowned fashion designer, earning a BS degree from the University of the District of Columbia, and attending the Ardis School of Fashion and Design. Many of her designs have made it to store shelves, including Gallery Africa in Maryland as well as Trade Secrets, Just One, the Mya Gallery, Dale of Ida's and African Eye in Washington DC. Ms. Williams has collaborated with celebrities including musician Jeff Majors, music director Vince Evans and Dick Gregory, and has worked with the Congressional Black Caucus Fashion shows. Ms. Williams recently showed her designs on the runway at 7 on Seventh at Pearl Studio. Her work has been included in the Multicolor Workshop Catalog, based in Illinois, and she and her children have appeared in I Want to Be: A Fashion Designer (Copyright 1999 by Maze Productions).
The stunning accessories for Laura Williams' fashion show at Couture Fashion Week will be provided by Melody Burns owner and designer of Kiini Ibura Jewelry of Brooklyn, NY. The runway show will be preceded by a dance presentation by Ms. Williams' daughter Lauren, who has performed with the Duke Ellington production of Hair as well at 7 on Seventh Fashion Week. A lifelong dancer, Lauren will graduate in 2009 from Temple University with a degree in Theater and Japanese.
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Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS
China - Yunnan - Xishuangbanna
Institution Code: HITBC
International Agenda Registration: Yes
BGCI Member: Yes
Founder of XTBG, Professor Cai Xitao and his associates.
About the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS
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Telephone: 86 691 8715460
Tropical Forest Restoration and Environmental Education
A challenging project to restore parts of Xishaungbanna's tropical rainforest, involving schoolchildren and volunteers to enable the local community to play an active role in conserving their rainforest for the future.
This challenging project builds on more than 50 years of research at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG). Drawing on its wealth of botanical knowledge and collections, historical records and nursery expertise, XTBG is in the process of restoring two degraded remnants of Xishuangbanna's tropical rainforest.
The Garden will utilise its experience in environmental education and excellent community ties to run activities with local schools and involve volunteers in the restoration, ensuring that the community has a hand in conserving its rainforest for the future. The project also takes advantage of recent interest by the Xishuangbanna Government in improving the management of existing Nature Reserves and protecting those forest fragments outside them.
Restoring the rainforest
The first study site is a 225 hectare area of limestone seasonal forest in Green Limestone Forest Park (GLFP), part of Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve. Over the past few years, parts of GLFP have been severely damaged by rubber and fruit tree plantations.
XTBG has established 40-year cooperation with the Management Bureau of the Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve to conduct practices on biodiversity conservation, restoration, and endangered plants reintroduction in GLFP.
In July 2011, project 'Restoration of Tropical Limestone Rainforest in Xishuangbanna' was initiated as an example of restoration of tropical limestone rainforest. One hectare of degraded forest was selected as a pilot site and thirty saplings, comprising ten different species, were planted to facilitate succession. All of the species planted were dominant or climax species of limestone forest. Tree seedlings are now conserved ex situ in XTBG for use in future restoration.
Despite the loss of area, the number of different species has remained similar. However, appearances can be deceiving. Many original primary forest species have been replaced by new pioneers and several aliens (species non-native to an area), which must be tackled before the site can be restored. The fragment is now almost surrounded by rubber monocultures, but respect for its 'holy hill' status and historical scientific importance has ensured that the core area remains virtually intact.
Preliminary discussions with village leaders suggest that there would be strong local support for moving beyond preservation to restoration. Before restoration work begins, plant species throughout the study site will be comprehensively investigated with the involvement of the local people.
Introducing schoolchildren to forest conservation © Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Involving the community
XTBG has evaluated the current state of the forest in Xishuangbanna and is now working with the local community to begin restoration and run related educational activities with local schools. Practitioners have begun a series of conservation-themed talks at a local primary school, and have already seen a change in the attitude and behaviour of the pupils.
The majority of educational activities will start this September (2013), when pupils return from summer holiday. The plan is to teach schoolchildren the importance of biodiversity in a tropical forest. XTBG staff will visit schools and talk to the students about conservation, as well as show them how to identify local plants.
The project plays a crucial role in determining the value of small forest fragments for biodiversity conservation in a landscape that has become dominated by people.
XTBG hopes to provide an example of community-supported protection and restoration of forest fragments in Xishuangbanna as a successful model which could be applied to other fragments. The long-term goal is the restoration and conservation of Xishuangbanna's forests, together with a community which has gained awareness and appreciation for their forests and the wildlife living within them.
Wang Ximin, Head of Public Education, Education & Tourism Dept. of Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
Project funded by Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden and Botanic Gardens Conservation International.
Restoring tropical rainforests in southwest Yunnan, ChinaXishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS is working with BGCI on the restoration of a tropical forest remnant with the aid of historical records and ex situ plant collections. Focussing on the conservation of remnant rainforest fragments and pilot restoration of degraded sites in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve, a survey was initiated in the first part of 2013, to obtain an overview of the plant species composition of the entire area where restoration work is planned. More specifically, a forest fragment near Mangyangguan village was surveyed to update earlier species lists and identify restoration needs. Despite the high level of degradation and invasive species including the neotropical Chromolaena odorata, more regeneration of rainforest tree species than expected was found. Based on the survey, a draft list of 67 tree species has been established for consideration in the initial tree-planting efforts. Some of the species are already in cultivation at XTBG while for others collection of propagation material will be required to establish a stock of plants. Preliminary contact with a local school has been made to present the project and discuss ideas for restoration-related educational materials.
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There are so many resources on the Internet for students of Spanish that it is hard to know where to begin. I will include a few here to get you started.
Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC)
This site is a large clearinghouse for articles written in Spanish, English or Portuguese on many aspects of Latin America. You can search by country or by topic.
Learn Spanish
This site includes help with pronunciation, grammar and where to study Spanish.
Don Quijote
While really a site that hosts many different language schools, this site also has lots of information about the Spanish language.
Language Exchange
To correspond with Spanish speakers from anywhere in the world
Super Spanish Websites
This site is a collection of websites posted by a retired Spanish professor. Pick and choose.
Musica y poesía infantiles
This is a search engine I designed to search for information in Spanish on children's music and poetry. Children's rhythms and lyrics are a great way to learn Spanish and they teach us a lot about culture.
This new site offers two different video subscription services for students. Subscribers view shorts, documentaries, ads and other video material in Spanish and have access to the video script, a dictionary, a feature to slow the language delivery and online activities.
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This beautifully done site contains links to many activities, dictionaries, games and Spanish language serch engines.
Many students view a new language as simply a translation of their native language. This is not the case. Although all human languages have many aspects in common, each language is a unique linguistic system, expressing concepts, ideas and nuance in different ways. Good tranlators are highly educated bilingual individuals with special training in translation. A good translation must take into account cultural differences, homonyms, and context. Students are often tempted to use a translation service from the Internet to produce writing in Spanish.
Here's why:
Computers are able to translate word by word, but are not able to understand context and nuance like the human brain, and therefore cannot produce viable translations. To see the errors in a computer translation read
garbled computer translation
It's cheating. Your job in a Natural Approach class is to exercise your new language skills in writing, not rely on a machine translation, that in the end makes no sense.
Passage from a reading on Las Posadas in Dos mundos:
Todos los años, entre el 16 y el 24 de diciembre, los mexicanos conmemoran este pasaje de la Biblia de una manera muy especial, organizando procesiones por los barrios de su ciudad. En muchas vecindades, niños y adultos van de casa en casa buscando alojamiento. Los niños llevan velas o faroles, tocan a las puertas y siguen su camino hasta la iglesia o su casa. Si hay un nacimiento, los pequeños se acercan al niño Jesús y le ofrecen flores. Algunas personas se visten de María o José, y representan así la búsqueda de alojamiento.
La fiesta continúa después con tamales, chocolate caliente y otras sabrosas comidas. Los chicos también reciben regalos, por supuesto ricos buñuelos, refrescos, dulces. A veces rompen una piñata.
Garbled computer translation:
Every year, between the 16 and the 24 of December, the Mexicans commemorate this passage of the Bible of a very special way, organizing processions by the districts of their city. In many vicinities, children and adults go of house in house looking for lodging. The children take candles or lights, touch to the doors and follow their way until the church or its house. If there is a birth, the small ones approach the boy Jesus and they offer flowers to him. Some people get dressed Maria or Jose, and represent therefore the lodging search.
The celebration continues later with tamales, hot chocolate and other flavorful meals. The boys also receive gifts, by all means rich doughnuts, refreshments, candies.
Tranlation done by translator:
Every year, between the 16 and the 24 of December, Mexicans commemorate this passage in the Bible in a very special way, organizing processions through the neighborhoods of their city. In many neighborhoods, children and adults go house to house looking for lodging. The children take candles or lanterns, knock on doors and continue on to church or home. If there is a nativity scene set up, the children approach the baby Jesus and offer him flowers. Some people dress up as Maria or Jose, and in this way recreate the search for lodging.
The celebration continues later with tamales, hot chocolate and other tasty foods. Of course, the children get small gifts like buñuelos, (fried sugary fritters), punch and candy.
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There are libraries beginning to do this on their own. What a force if they get together and create a bigger system. Apparently, Overdrive and the traditional publishers are just not supplying enough ebooks for library patrons. I love a proactive librarian.
Steal This Idea
Here is one good way to turn public libraries into centers for community publishing. If I had the time, better software development skills, or the business savvy I'd try to make this happen myself, but I don't – so maybe somebody else out there can pick up the ball and run with it.
Someone needs to build a CMS-style publishing platform similar to Pressbooks, for instance, that integrates seamlessly with any public library catalog and website.
Imagine that Jenny in Anytown USA wants to write a book. Jenny would log on to her public library website and "create a project." She'd have a series of templates to choose from – paperback book, comic book, etc. When she creates that project (book) via her library, a record with a specific item type (work in progress) is automatically generated in the library catalog.
As she writes her book, other interested library patrons are able to watch and track the progress. They can comment and even participate if she invites them to do so; group authoring would be easy enough to support.
Most importantly, it would work like a Kickstarter for printing books. If a sufficient number of patrons felt the project had the merit to be published as a print volume, they could vote it up to the top, Reddit-style, and then commit real money toward publishing.
The community actually determines what gets published beyond the Web. Suddenly, those zamboni-sized espresso book printing machines make a hell of a lot more sense in the library than they do right now. Or, the community could be hooked up to Ingram's Lightning Source or another print-on-demand service.
Once the book is committed to print publishing, it no longer exists only as an e-book in the library catalog, but there will be a hard copy at the library as well.
As for an economic model: Well, I can tell you that if you built this product and it truly integrated seamlessly with the integrated library system and website, libraries would buy it. That could get you started.
Catch Nate talking more on this topic in the panel discussion Making Stories: Libraries and Community Publishing at SXSW Interactive this March 10th in Austin TX, along with Char Booth, Amy Buckland, and Michael Porter.
Related Posts:
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Checkout Booktype, an open-source publishing platform designed for community ebook production, and this awesome blogpost from Sarah Glassmeyer on using Open Office's epub extension, Calibre and Sigil to produce ebooks:
We're just starting up a project at the Chesapeake Public Library in Virginia that incorporates elements of this model. Our focus is providing tools for authors to take them from the writing process through publicity and sales. The main site is now up and running at http://www.epublishorbust.com. We'll be implementing the components over the course of the next year.
We're helping patrons create videos and podcasts with our LibraryYOU project. http://libraryyou.escondido.org We have a little recording studio and a website to host the content. We'll also be offering training classes so patrons can learn to make their own digital content.
http://www.pubslush.com/about/ has a similar model. Saw them present at TOC in NYC and it looked interesting.


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Idealist Article: Staying Healthy and Sane While Working for Change
All at the same time, Jen Chau was running her own nonprofit, working 45 hours a week at another organization, starting a small business, and taking three classes. And a lot of activists and nonprofit professionals find themselves with similar lifestyles: by following their passion to make change in the world, they often over-commit their time and resources. Is it healthy?
Chau recently changed her approach and was inspired to write "Activism—now for the sane and healthy too!" on her blog, The Time is Always Right—because, she believes, "Activism needs a serious make-over. I am living proof." She recounts how she came to realize that while she does need to work (and work hard) for change in order to lead a happy and healthy life, she also needs to balance that work with more time spent with her family and friends; more purely fun activities, like allowing herself to read novels instead of only reading books about the issue she's working on; and getting eight hours of sleep a night.
In a WireTap article, "Calling Activists to a Higher Standard," Adrienne Maree Brown writes that she knows a lot of activists who work themselves too hard, become burnt out, and as a result, can't produce high-quality work anymore. But "what is the standard of living we want for everyone? It's not excess, and it's not martyrdom. We must perpetuate a new vision for a lifestyle of plenty—taking care of ourselves and our communities, giving adequate attention to our health and our children, living according to the values we are fighting for every day. That means sleeping well, eating right, understanding your piece of the work and working it."
Responding to the same issue, Julie Fiandt suggests—in "Creating a Balanced and Sustainable Activist Life" on ThinkGirl.net—to take up spiritual practices such as yoga, meditation, and spending time in nature to complement and enhance one's social justice work. She also lists several books that activists can use as resources to help them take care of themselves while working for change.
How do you balance work and life? Share your stories or tips in the comments below.
From www.idealist.org
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List of Mexican-American writers
The following is a list of Mexican-American writers.
- Oscar Zeta Acosta
- José Acosta Torres, author of collection Cachito Mía (1973)[1]
- Rodolfo Acuña
- Ricardo Aguilar, author of short story collection Madreselvas en flor (1987)[1]
- Justo S. Alarcón, Spanish author of stories about Chicanos, Chulifeas fronteras (1981)[1]
- Kathleen Alcala
- Alurista
- Rudolfo Anaya, author of children's book Bless Me, Ultima
- Gloria E. Anzaldúa, author of Borderlands and co-author of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
- Ron Arias
- Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Raymond Barrio, author of The Plum Plum Pickers (1969)[1]
- Irene Beltrán Hernández, author of Across the Great River (1989)[1]
- Aristeo Brito, author of El diablo en Texas (The Devil in Texas, bilingual ed. 1991)[1]
- José Antonio Burciaga
- Nash Candelaria
- Daniel Cano, author of Pepe Ríos (1991)[1]
- Norma Elia Cantú
- Celso A. de Casas, author of Pelón Drops Out (1979)[1]
- Ana Castillo
- Rafael C. Castillo
- Lorna Dee Cervantes
- Angelico Chavez
- Denise Chávez
- Sandra Cisneros
- Lucha Corpi, author of Delia's Song (1988)[1]
- Margarita Cota-Cardenas, author of Puppet: A Chicano Novella (in Spanish; 1985)[1]
- Adina Emilia De Zavala
- Lorenzo de Zavala
- Abelardo Delgado, author of Letters to Louise (1982)[1]
- Mike Durán, author of Don't Split on My Corner (1991)[1]
- Sergio Elizondo, author of story collection Rosa, la flauta (1980) and the novels Muerte en una estrella (1987) and Suruma (1991)[1]
- Alex Espinoza, author of Still Water Saints
- Roberta Fernández
- Gregory Thomas Garcia
- Lionel G. Garcia, author of Leaving Home (1985), A Shroud in the Family (1987), Hardscrub (1989), Brush Country (2004), The Day They Took My Uncle and Other Stories, and other books[1]
- Julian S. Garcia, was Associate Editor of ViAztlan in 1985, an international journal of Chicano arts during its heyday when Chicano literature was at its zenith. He graduated from Our Lady of the Lake University (1975) with a bachelor's degree in sociology and bilingual education, and continued at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he matriculated in 1979 with a Master's degree in Bicultural-Bilingual Studies. Further studies took Julian to Southwest Texas State University, where he added English literature to his field. As short story writer and essayist, Julian S. Garcia won the 1979 Caracol Fiction Award for "Las Manos." In 1984, the article "Writing through Suffering" appeared in ViAztlan, Vol.2, No. 7 to critical acclaim. The following year, in 1985, saw the publication of his essay, "The New Age of Chicano Music" in ViAztlan, Vol. 3, No.2.
"Don Cheno's Icehouse" subsequently appeared in ViAztlan in March 1985 while the poet/Editor Alurista accepted his story "The Harvest" which appeared in Southwest Tales: A contemporary collection in 1986. In 1986, the University of Arizona published his story, "El Viaje" in its biannual journal, Saguaro. In the fall 2006, his critically acclaimed, "La Fantastica Curandera" appeared in Puentes, published by Texas A & M University-Corpus under the aegis of Editor Jesus Rosales. His current project includes, With Open Eyes: the tale of two spiritual brothers and Tejas Love: A Chicano romance novel. He has finished a collection of stories pending publication entitled, Pepito, Lucy, and El Perico, a children's collection. He is a retired school teacher who researches, writes and analyzes political and philosophical issues.
- José L. Garza, author of collection Writing and Art (1989)[1]
- Dagoberto Gilb
- Laurence Gonzáles, author of Jambeaux (1979), The Last Deal (1981), and El Vago (1983)[1]
- Rodolfo Gonzales
- Genaro González, author of Rainbow's End (1988) and the story collection Only Sons (1991)[1]
- Jovita González Mireles
- Rigoberto González
- José Ángel Gutiérrez
- Sonia Gutiérrez, author of Spider Woman/La Mujer Araña (2013)
- Jaime Hernandez
- Jaime Hernández, author and photographer of automotive specialty pieces published in the United States & Canada since 2003. The son of a Mexican immigrant, Hernandez has taken his passion for automobiles and motorcycles, forging a bridge into the pages of major automotive magazines. The young automotive journalist is quickly becoming an expert in the field of off-road and adventure travel. Hernandez can be found on the pages of Off-Road.com, Dirt Sports, Off-Road, 4Wheel & Off-Road, Toyota 4WD Owner, Off-Road Business and other leading automotive periodicals.
- Juan Felipe Herrera
- Maria Hinojosa
- Rolando Hinojosa
- Arturo Islas
- Gary Keller (author), author of collection Tales of El Huitlacoche (1984)[1]
- Dr. Jesus "Chuy" Luna - Professor and Historian, California State University, Fresno 1974–Present author of "Jesus Luna's Abe Lincoln Story" in Chicano: Evolution of a People [2]
- Tony Magaña, writer and political blogger for Contempo Magazine
- Patricia Preciado Martín, author of collection Days of Plenty, Days of Want (1988)[1]
- Al Martínez, Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist; author of Ashes in the Rain: Selected Essays (1990)[1]
- Eliud Martínez, author of Voice Haunted Journey (1991)[1]
- Max Martínez, author of Schooland (1988) and the collections The Adventures of the Chicano Kid and Other Stories (1982) and A Red Bikini Dream (1989)[1]
- Hugo Martínez-Serros, author of the collection The Last Laugh and Other Stories (1988)[1]
- Rubén Martínez
- Bill Melendez
- Maria Cristina Mena
- Miguel Méndez
- Jim Mendiola
- Pat Mora
- Cherríe Moraga, co-author of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color and author of A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness
- Alejandro Morales, author of Old Faces and New Wine (1981), Death of an Anglo (1988), Reto en el Paraiso (1983), The Brick People (1988), and The Rag Doll Plagues (1991)[1]
- Alejandro Murguía
- Julian Nava
- J. L. Navarro, author of the collection Blue Day on Main Street (1973)[1]
- Josefina Niggli
- Daniel Olivas
- Berta Ornelas, author of Come Down from the Mound (1975)[1]
- Sheila Ortiz Taylor, author of Spring Forward/Fall Back (1985)[1]
- Miguel Antonio Otero
- Américo Paredes
- Joe Perez
- Cecile Piñeda
- Mary Helen Ponce, author of The Wedding (1989) and the collection Taking Control (1987)[1]
- Estela Portillo Trambley (1936–1998), author of Trini (1986), the play The Day of the Swallows (1971) and the collection Rain of Scorpions and Other Writings (1975) for which she became the first woman to receive the Quinto Sol Literary Prize.[1] She also held the President Chair in Creative Writing at UC Davis.[3]
- Katherine Quintana Ranck, author of Portrait of Doña Elena (1983)[1]
- John Rechy
- Alberto Ríos
- Isabella Ríos, author of Victuum (1976)[1]
- Tomás Rivera
- Alfredo Rodríguez, author Estas tierras (1983; Palabra Nueva prize winner)[1]
- Joe Rodríguez, author of Oddsplayer (1988)[1]
- Luis J. Rodriguez
- Robert Rodriguez
- Richard Rodriguez
- Orlando Romero (author), author of Nambé-Year One (1976)[1]
- María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Floyd Salas
- Rubén Salazar
- Alex Sánchez
- Ricardo Sánchez, author of Canto y Grito Mi Liberacion (1973, 1995), Hechizospells (1976), and Amerikan Journeys::Jornadas Americanas (1994), among other titles.[4]
- Saúl Sánchez, author of the collection Hay Plesha Lichans to di Flac (i.e., "I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag") (1977)[1]
- Hope Sandoval
- Danzy Senna
- Michelle Serros
- Beverly Silva, author of The Cat and Other Stories (1986)[1]
- ire'ne lara silva, author of furia (2010) and flesh to bone (2013)
- Roberto Solis
- Gary Soto
- Mario Suárez
- Joseph V. Torres-Metzgar, author of Below the Summit (1976)[1]
- Sergio Troncoso, author of The Last Tortilla and Other Stories and From This Wicked Patch of Dust
- Sabine Ulibarrí
- Jorge Ulica (a.k.a. Julio G. Arce), satirist, published his Crónicas diabólicas from 1916 to 1926[1]
- Martin Guevara Urbina, author/co-author of over 40 scholarly publications on a wide range of topics, including several academic books, including: Beyond Post-Racial America: 21st Century Dynamics of Multiculturalism (2013); Capital Punishment in America: Race and the Death Penalty Over Time (2012); Hispanics in the U.S. Criminal Justice System: The New American Demography (2012); Capital Punishment and Latino Offenders: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Death Sentences (2003, 2011); and A Comprehensive Study of Female Offenders: Life Before, During, and After Incarceration (2008). Urbina's scholarly work has been published in national and international academic journals, to include Justice Quarterly; Critical Criminology: An International Journal; and Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict & World Order.
- Luís Alberto Urrea
- Gina Valdés, author of There Are No Madmen Here (1981)[1]
- Luis Valdez
- Richard Vásquez, author of Chicano (1970) and other novels[1]
- Robert Vasquez, author of At the Rainbow (1995)
- Félix Varela
- Alfredo Véa, Jr.
- Alma Luz Villanueva
- José Antonio Villarreal
- Victor Villaseñor
- Helena Maria Viramontes
- Gwendolyn Zepeda
See also[edit]
- Chicano literature
- Chicano poetry
- Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
- Before Columbus Foundation
Jesus S. Trevino
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an Marc Zimmerman, U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography, MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=6EqVQxW2NdkC&pg=PA283&lpg=PA283&dq=Jesus+Luna's+Abe+Lincoln+Story&source=bl&ots=bmYbYjrDRD&sig=KOlW1-RM53fqi6BHIxle18glVUY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-SeHUsn-F8jMswbuzICQCw&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Jesus%20Luna's%20Abe%20Lincoln%20Story&f=false
- ^ Enotes biography
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/09/obituaries/ricardo-sanchez-54-poet-who-voiced-chicano-anger-dies.html
External references[edit]
- Marc Zimmerman, U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography, MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.
- Teresa McKenna, "Chicano Literature", in Redefining American Literary History, Ed. A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff and Jerry W. Ward, MLA, 1990.
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They invited him to a midnight premiere of Avengers.
But knowing that he would need a ride, they simply balked out.
Fuck you, guys.
Fuck you so much.
If you really want him out: go ahead and do it.
So, you know what I did? I drove him to the premiere myself.
And I've dumped him off on them.
Really, Eric? You had to take your Dad to the hospital last minute?
I'm sure your girlfriend drove herself to dinner with friends.
Oh, how nice!
You happened to make it to the premiere?
WONDERFUL. You fuckers can drive him home :)
On today's episode of "This Middle-Class Life."
My work takes a dramatic turn.
So, the boss is down from Rhode Island this week.
As much as I kinda wish I could dislike him,
he does a really good job of motivating to work hard.
There's some new bits coming in:
He has confidence that we might get some traction
follow this next release... once the customers are happy,
once the customers are buying - good things are gonna happen.
And he didn't hint at a raise, he explicitly told me that he would try to get me one...
Of course, I told him I wasn't expecting anything,
that I would continue to work hard, to move the product forward.
I make MORE money if I can make the company money.
So, if the product stays alive, I make more money in the long-run.
Besides, I'm taking lessons from a world-class engineer.
That's worth the pain I'm going through.
But still, pain.
I get some bomb-ass benefits.
So many nice things, all kinds of great shit.
But the work is painful, and the responsibilities are huge.
This whole thing rides on 2 other guys. And me.
Today I learned that we have something like 500 customers
waiting to find out what's going to happen with the software.
Really? That many licenses are gonna come out of this?
Jeez. We're still alive and kicking!
We're talking stores that generate hundreds of thousands,
some even in the millions of dollars in revenue....
We are DEFINITELY gonna get a piece of that.
Not only that, but it turns out my bosses don't hate me.
If anything, they're pleased I haven't run away.
And this is no carrot-stick thing, apparently,
the only reason my raise hasn't come in is the budget.
It's not like they don't want me to have one...
It's that they literally can't get it approved.
That was pretty amazing to me.
Here I thought I was some shlub,
that the only reason I was still around is because they need ANYONE.
Nope, turns out that they see me as a more valuable asset with time.
And they're willing to offer me more money to continue to do what I do.
I'm actually worth something.
All my life, the world telling me I'm not worth shit.
Telling MYSELF that I'm hardly worth anything.
God, what fucking pain seeing how these casinos run.
Kissing rich people's asses for a living has a soul-crushing effect.
I thought I wanted to get in on that.
Like, I could handle the whole "I'm worthless without you" bit.
But everyone and their mother is a fucking promoter.
There's no money.
And my coworkers? Shining examples of Dunning-Kruger.
My supervisor Daisy.
She once insinuated that my career wasn't worth much.
And how her job (insurance salesman) was much harder.
Really? What the fuck did you get your degree in, cunt?
NOTHING? You just floated through life?
You work 3 part-times, and you're in your 40s?
You can't tell me my choices are bad ones.
Just look at the ones you've made.
The hours you work, it's service work.
I could literally be drunk, and still be able to perform at a nominal level.
Hell, I'd enjoy my service work if I could be drunk. At least I wouldn't get so
goddamned bored, my hyperactive vigilance dumbed down to
good enough and not noticing how excruciatingly slow doing NOTHING is.
Well, that's hard for you?
I do your job, I do it better.
And I do another job: I validate your dumbass opinions,
and I play a careful game of letting you do your job however you want.
You know why? Because you're a dumb cunt who takes the stress
of working a service job the ENTIRE WRONG WAY.
And there are two benefits for me:
Keeping you in check keeps me from outright calling you a dumb bitch.
I don't even try to say "Hey, we could do things better"
Because you get offended, you think I'm saying I'm smarter than you.
No, I'm being efficient, I'm trying to make both our jobs easier.
But since we're going there.
Yeah, I AM smarter than you.
I have a degree in solving problems.
My knowledge domain is in making things more efficient.
You're just too fucking stupid to realize it.
Secondly: I don't need YOU giving me a bad review to the big boss.
She doesn't fucking care, but you have her trust.
She keeps me around because I do shit well.
Don't tarnish my reputation, you dumb bitch.
If you think I'm overstepping my responsibilites, you get angry.
And if you think I should be doing more, you get angry.
You're unable to determine where you want the boundaries to be.
That's the sign of a bad manager. And you're a fucking terrible one.
So, fuck you, Daisy.
Eat a fucking cock. I'm better than you. Period.
Everything about me is better.
Everything I do is better.
I don't say it very often, but you are shit compared to me.
I'm faster, I'm smarter, I'm handsome.
I'm an average height, too... and I'm young.
I've got a great smile, a vocal range from high baritone to mid-alto.
And I know how to welcome the bros, and flirt just the right amount with the ladies.
You're a short, fat woman in her 40s. And you're mean.
Nobody likes that combo.
And I'm friendly.
I don't shout at the top of my lungs.
I don't treat our GUESTS like fucking cattle.
I make small talk with them in line.
I make myself part of their experience.
I'm the goddamned model.
Why you got that supervisor position?
Only because Lori could count on you to work anything.
She knows you're desperate.
Being supervisor doesn't make you BETTER than me.
And the fact that continuously keep feeling personally attacked...
The fact that part of my job, when working with you,
is keeping you feeling like YOU'RE IN CHARGE?!
Fuck you, cunt.
Seriously, fuck you.
That shouldn't have to be part of my job.
Suck. A. Fucking. Cock.
You know what happens to me?
People stop me in malls, in grocery stores, at Wal-Mart.
More often than not, in the parking lot of HRH...
And even though I'm out of uniform.
They recognize me. And they want to talk to me.
Apparently, I had enough positive impact, that they remember me.
You know what happened when I told this to my coworkers?
They were like, "Really?" No one else has had that happen to them.
That kinda shit.
That's EXACTLY what's been killing me.
And I'm out of it now.
And, I'm slowly starting to feel like I'm getting out of it.
Sure, maybe the company's in bad shape.
But every day I don't work for a fucking casino.
Every day I don't have kiss some douchebag's ass to make a dollar.
Seriously, just a dollar at a time... every time I don't have to do that... I win.
So what if I'm thrashing emotionally.
I've had a lot of crazy feelings in the last two months.
But it's growing pains from going from shitbag to not.
From climbing the ladder and watching my contemporaries falter.
And all of the people who I worked with, all of them are not my equals.
And in many cases, I am completely superior to them.
I can actually say this for the first time.
I don't always have to be the lowest common denominator.
And it's okay if people treat me like I am, sometimes.
Because Daisy may not think I'm shit...
But you know what? I'm not behind shitbagged as someone's assistant.
It's also a bad case of YOLO.
I don't know how it'll end up.
I have no clue what's going on with me.
I can't restrain myself.
I'm also having a serious case of nihilism.
Nihilism and loss of control of my id.
The only things that keep me in check are fear of losing my job,
and fear of not having Natalie taken care of.
I just want her happy...
The end result is that whatever I do to myself.
I'm putting Nat on a pedestal.
I'm taking care of her. I can at least do that.
Regardless of what happens, she's taken care of.
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