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Pollack honored for service-learning achievements
In recognition of his work to promote service learning and community-campus partnerships throughout the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley, Seth Pollack has been named winner of the 2013 Richard E. Cone Award by California Campus Compact.
For more than 15 years, Dr. Pollack has been director of CSU Monterey Bay's Service Learning Institute. He has helped the university become a national leader in service learning and civic engagement.
"Service learning and partnerships are part of the very fiber of our being as a campus, and that is due in large part to the continued leadership on the part of Dr. Pollack," said CSUMB Provost Kathy Cruz-Uribe.
CSUMB is the only two-time recipient of the White House President's Award for Community Service in Higher Education (2006 and 2011), given each year to the six top programs in the nation by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
The university has earned recognition for embedding service learning in the core curriculum as an academic requirement. As a result, nearly 50 percent of CSUMB students perform service learning each year, working in partnership with 500 local schools, government agencies and nonprofit organizations in the region. Last school year, more than 2,200 CSUMB students provided approximately 68,000 hours of service to 180 organizations.
One example of Dr. Pollack's leadership in community-university partnerships is CSUMB's involvement in the Salinas Chinatown Renewal Project. Since 2006, more than 1,200 students and 20 faculty members have participated in this community-based effort to revitalize the Chinatown neighborhood of Salinas.
Working with the cultural communities of Chinatown and homeless-serving agencies, CSUMB has offered job training and computer literacy classes at the Soledad Street Community Learning Center; created a 30,000 square foot community garden; and collected more than 100 oral histories of the Chinese, Japanese and Filipino families who previously resided in the neighborhood, along with hundreds of historic photos and artifacts. The oral histories and artifacts will form the basis of the new Chinatown Community Center and Museum, currently being established in the newly renovated Republic Café on Soledad Street.
"In addition to being a passionate and skillful community leader and an expert in his field, he has worked tirelessly to promote service learning and community engaged scholarship to administrators, faculty, students and community partners, with impressive results," said Elaine Ikeda, executive director of California Campus Compact.
Dr. Pollack holds a Ph.D. in international development education and a master's in organizational sociology from Stanford University, and a B.A. in international affairs from the University of Colorado.
"I am really proud to receive this award, as it honors the exceptional work we are doing at CSUMB. It is such a benefit to be working at an institution that has embraced civic engagement as a core component of the academic program," Dr. Pollack said.
"I can see the difference that it makes on our students, as they begin to discover that they can be a positive impact on people's lives. Slowly, that will transform our entire region!"
Richard E. Cone directed the Joint Educational Project at the University of Southern California for 25 years before his retirement in 2002. He has been an influential voice in the national dialogue on civic engagement and service learning since the 1970s. California Campus Compact presented Dick Cone the first Richard E. Cone Award for Excellence and Leadership in Cultivating Community Partnerships in Higher Education in 1999. Since then, the award has been given annually to a person who has made significant contributions to the development of partnerships between institutions of higher learning and communities – partnerships through which student learning and the quality of life in communities are simultaneously improved.
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Patch 4.0.6 PTR: Positive changes for warlocks {WoW}
Jan 11th 2011 3:35PM You cant just focus on the positive and ignore the negative, losing the health regen of fel armor is a big neerf, +10% max mana instead is close to useless in both pve and pvp. Its a filler because they lacked a better idea to replace the regen.
Even if they neerfed regen by 75% it would be better than this. Hope they realise this before it hits live.
MMO Roundup: Last week on Massively {WoW}
Jan 4th 2011 2:10PM MMO means massive multiplayer online, league of legends is not "massive" its online yes, its free yes, but its a very limited amount of players on a map. like starcraft like BF, like cs ect.
Now i have not tried all 25 mentioned games so i cant say if they are not mmo either, but that dont make LoL more MMO just because they might not be.
Breakfast Topic: What is your favorite class ability? {WoW}
Nov 13th 2010 11:10AM There are so many abilities spread over all the classes but i must say the one that makes me "giggle" every time is spellreflect ever since vanilla when you could reflect with engineer trinkets i have loved that mechanic. Nothing more gratifying than a mage who deep freeze himself or a warlock death"re"coil.
As of late hunter and shaman have gotten same ability with a looong cd and talent req for hunter and a slightly shorter cd and glyph req for shaman. Cata will be fun ...
Breakfast Topic: What does your class choice say about you? {WoW}
Oct 10th 2010 9:21AM Well i play a paladin (prot) aswell and i never really saw it was anything religious but it got me thinking and im in law school, so i guess the "judgement" part still fits the bill.


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My wife is fond of the 4" long Persian Cucumbers sold in the supermarket, and wants to grow some in the garden this season. I can't seem to find definitive information about whether these "Persian Cucumbers" as marketed in stores are an actual Persian cucumber or just baby burpless cukes. Frankly, they look like burpless cucumbers picked early to me. Anyone have any insight? If they are an actual type of cucumber, a seed source would be much appreciated. |
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They may look the same but they aren't. Article link below is the history and breeding/development of the hybrid variety. Seeds for them are available from several different sources. Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: Persian Cucumbers
I have not grown Persian Cucumber and can't help you there. It may be that your wife likes them because they do not have tough skins and need to be peeled. If so, she would also like the Beit Alpha varieties. |
- Posted by farmerdill (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 11:09
Yes, Persian is a marketing name for Beit Alpha type cucumbers, a popular green house type in Europe . A Google search for beit alpha cucumber seeds will reveal lots of sources in the US. Most are hybrids, but Baker Creek has an open pollinated one. Johnny's has a wide selection of hybrid varieties. |
Here is a link that might be useful: beit alpha cukes
- Posted by creativeguy Zone 6 Connecticut (My Page) on Mon, Mar 18, 13 at 15:39
That info was both interesting and informative, folks. Thanks for the point in the right direction. |
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When comic books scared America
One way of looking at the history of U.S. popular culture is to see it as periodic eruptions of condemnation of what young people—or others of "limited sophistication"—like to see, hear, read and do. Such an episode is described in The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), David Hajdu's splendid account of America's "comic-book scare" of the early 1950s.
It is weird—to use one of comic books' favorite words—to read about events that one has experienced. I grew up on 10-cent comic books . . .


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To make this more even-handed, Commissioner Springer & all the commissioners should agree that any philosophical (non-religious) opening comments should be equally sought & used
However, in a secular pluralistic society, such as ours, it seems almost "un-christian" to impose such an expectation on those attending a public meeting. In fact, the Bible instructs believers to live their lives in a manner that gives no offense to unbelievers, in terms of their daily conduct. Expecting people at a public meeting to stand for an invocation has the whiff of violating this directive. If the commissioners want to invoke God's blessing on their procedings before they meet publicly, let them do that. But, don't make a public show that they KNOW will offend people.
5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
The opening of sessions of legislative and other deliberative public bodies with prayer is deeply embedded in the history and tradition of this country. From colonial times through the founding of the Republic and ever since, the practice of legislative prayer has coexisted with the principles of disestablishment and religious freedom… In light of the unambiguous and unbroken history of more than 200 years, there can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.
Marsh v. Chambers, 463 U.S. 783, 787, 792 (1983).
I do agree that no one should be asked to stand for the prayer. There are many who don't believe that religion has any place in our public society. Do they still have prayers in Congress?
I seriously doubt it..........What seems to dictate a "packed house" at commission meetings (number of people in attendance) are the subjects being covered at that particular commission meeting.
Having said that, I agree with many of your comments. I don't think that prayers should be offered at these meetings.
I guess it matters because not everyone can have their way and in a country of diverse views and opinions there has to be a way to resolve conflict of opinion or law.
The law, supported by the Supreme Court, says the invocations can take place. We don't have to like it, but there it is!
Springer, Kotek, Courtney, Boehner and Reid are fully within their rights and the rights of the majority of the people to call for an invocation should they so desire.
What is (should be) the primary purpose of the prayers?
Perhaps Justice Anthony Kennedy said it pretty well in a majority opinion;
"It is presumed that the reasonable observer is acquainted with this tradition and understands that its purposes are to lend gravity to public proceedings and to acknowledge the place religion holds in the lives of many private citizens, not to afford government an opportunity to proselytize or force truant constituents into the pews,"
It is something that has been going on at public meetings since before the US was the US. As long as Springer doesn't declare that all other religions are outlawed and that all citizens of Yamhill County must partake of the Church of England, I guess I really don't have a problem with it.
Enough already.
How about if we stop being silly and disingenuous and simply conduct the meeting like adults? This isn't Sunday school.
Many Yamhill County Commission meetings are small, enclosed gatherings in the White House; others are small crowd gatherings in the Courthouse. Either way, particularly in the White House, attendees should not be asked to stand or, for that matter, make any display requiring them to reveal belief or non-belief. Those who deliver pre-meeting invocations should be asked to deliver their brief comment without instructions, with attendees free to sit quietly or bow in reverence.
Photoguy suggests the possibility of non-religious comments. In fact, governmental bodies in similar circumstances have invited secular invocations that represent equally high-minded sentiment of relevance to democratic governance. Here's a portion of one delivered this year at a city council meeting in Washington:
"I am going to ask that you raise your eyes and think about a few things today. When this body comes together to govern, they do so with the consent of the citizens of Oak Harbor … a very diverse community with many different views and opinions … It is incumbent upon this council to make the best decisions for the community. In this regard, I ask that you use reason, wisdom and empathy in your deliberations today. To take into account the implications your decisions will have now and in the future. We should all plant an acorn, even though we may not live to hear the wind rush through its leaves or the joyous laughter of children playing in the comfort of its shade."
We have long-standing local traditions of opening various public gatherings with invocations – the DSA Banquet comes to mind, with decades of Christian invocations by Ezra Koch. However, with no local tradition of opening government meetings with prayer, it's all the more important for Yamhill County commissioners to enact their decision in ways that are inclusive, not divisive.
So a big thank you to those who joined in and have a wonderful day.
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Scott Walker and Sunn O))) are set to collaborate on a Scott O))) project.
Details of the project are scant, but a source at 4AD, the label which is releasing the collaboration told The Quietus: "They're working together and there is a record coming later in the year."
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Walker, who is 71, signed to 4AD in 2004 and released The Drift in 2006 and his most recent album, Bish Bosh, in 2012.
Drone metal band Sunn O))) formed in Washington in 1998. They released their debut album ØØ Void in 2000 and their sixth album, the acclaimed Monoliths & Dimensions, in 2009. They have previously collaborated with experimental metal band Boris and released an album with Norwegian collective Ulver, called Terrestrials earlier this year.
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As befits the difficulty of the situation, both these arguments sound persuasive when describing what might go wrong, and it seems entirely plausible that they're both, in a sense, correct. Going forward, sorting out just how the post-election ambiguity complicates the U.S. mission will be one of the media's top tasks—one that is especially vital as readers, and policymakers, confront calls for still more troops.
The other priority will be painting a portrait of one of the characters at the center of the story is, and what his victory would mean for Afghanistan and America. Karzai is by now a known commodity (and if you're looking for more on him, check out the mammoth NYT Magazine profile from earlier this month). But the Western press has yet to fully explain who Abdullah is and what he stands for—perhaps because it was preoccupied with Ashraf Ghani, a Western-oriented technocrat who was almost a non-entity to Afghan voters. Like Karzai, Abdullah is the son of a Pashtun father, but he is known for his role helping the Northern Alliance overthrow the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. invasion, and he draws his support from the country's ethnically diverse northern provinces. He is also, like many prominent Afghans, a former member of Karzai's cabinet.
A New York Times profile of Abdullah, published nearly a month ago, provides one of the fullest looks we have of him and his platform: decentralization of power, reconciliation with the Taliban, curbs on corruption, support for women's rights. Thomas Barfield, in his conversation with Mother Jones, also sketches a picture of the candidate. Still, it's not clear why the opposition to Karzai coalesced around him. Nor is it clear what will happen if Abdullah is ultimately declared the winner, and the assorted drug lords and warlords whose support Karzai has cultivated decide that they can't live with that result. In this part of the world, it's just another thing to worry about—and another story for the press to track down.


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The working paper series is aimed at providing an outlet for GW researchers to make completed research or works in progress available. Click the links to display the publications.
Working Paper 052 - National Fiscal Policy and Local Government During the Economic Crisis. Hal Wolman. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). March, 2014.
Working Paper 051 - Explaining the Economic Competitiveness of the District of Columbia. Garry Young, Alice Levy, Hal Wolman. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). September, 2012.
Working Paper 050 - Undocumented College Students in the United States: In-State Tuition Not Enough to Ensure Four-Year Degree Completion. Dylan Conger. February 19, 2013.
Working Paper 049 - Economic Development Policy Making Networks in the Cleveland and Detroit Regions. Sarah Ficenec. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). Draft December, 2012.
Working Paper 048 - Activation and reform in the United States: What time has told. Theresa Anderson, Katharine Kairys, and Michael Wiseman. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). Draft, July 1, 2011.
Working Paper 046 - Regional Systems and Regional Economic Growth: A Systems Approach to Understanding the Regional Economy. Hal Wolman and Andrea Sarzynski. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). Draft June, 2011.
Working Paper 045- Building Economic Development Networks in Detroit: A Comparison of Methods of Social Network Analysis. Sarah Ficenec. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). Draft December, 2012.
Working Paper 044- Government, Governance, and Regional Economic Growth. Hal Wolman and Alice Levy. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). Draft April, 2011.
Working Paper 043- Building Regional Economic Resilience: What Can We Learn from Other Fields. Sarah V. Ficenec. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). Draft December, 2011.
Working Paper 042- Cluster and Cluster-Based Development: A Literature Review and Policy Discussion. Hal Wolman and Diana Hincapie. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). Draft December 17th, 2010.
Working Paper 041 - Spatial Efficiency and Regional Prosperity: A Literature Review and Policy Discussion. Andrea Sarzynski and Alice Levy. George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP). Draft August 16, 2010.
Working Paper 040 - Economic Shocks and Regional Economic Resilience. Edward Hill, Travis St. Clair, Howard Wial, Hal Wolman, Pat Atkins, Pamela Blumenthal, Sarah Ficenec, Alec Friedhoff, for Brookings, George Washington University, Urban Institute, Building Resilient Region Project conference on Urban and Regional Policy and Its Effects: Building Resilient Regions. Washington, DC, May 20-21, 2010.
Working Paper 039 - The Adoption of Solar Energy Financial Incentives Across the States, 1974‐2007. Garry Young, Andrea Sarzynski, November 2009.
Working Paper 038 -Policy Transfer: What We Know About What Transfers, How It Happens, and How to Do It. Hal Wolman, October 2009.
Working Paper 037 - Democracy Workshop Pilot Report. Robert Stoker, Eric Lawrence, Wilhelmine Miller, Lori Brainard, and John Dryzek, January 2009.
Working Paper 036 - Poverty in the US and the UK: Relative Measurement and Relative Achievement. Rebecca Shwalb and Michael Wiseman, December 2008.
Working Paper 035 - Comparing Local Government Autonomy Across States. By Hal Wolman, Robert McManmon, Michael Bell, and David Brunori.
Working Paper 034 - Economic Competitiveness and the Determinants of Sub-National Area Economic Activity. Hal Wolman, Alice Levy, Garry Young, and Pamela Blumenthal, September 2008.
Working Paper 033 - Literature Review on the Determinants of Residential Employment. Alice Levy, Robert Darst, Hal Wolman, and Garry Young, October 2008.
Working Paper 032 - Understanding the Economic Performance of Metropolitan Areas in the United States. Pamela Blumenthal, Edward (Ned) Hill, and Hal Wolman, January 2008.
Working Paper "States and Their Cities: Partnerships for the Future." Hal Wolman, Ned Hill, Patricia Atkins, Pamela Blumenthal, Leah Beth Curran, Kimberly Furdell, Jo Anne Schneider, and Elaine Weiss, 2007.
Working Paper 031 - Local Democratic Governance: What Is It and How Do We Manage It? Michael Bell, February 2007.
Working Paper 030 - Capital Cities and their National Governments: Washington, DC in Comparative Retrospective. Hal Wolman, Jan Chadwick, Anna Karruz, Julia Friedman, Garry Young, July 2007.
Working Paper 029 - What Explains Central City Performance? Hal Wolman, Ned Hill (Cleveland State University), Pat Atkins, Pamela Blumenthal, Kimberly Furdell, and Elaine Weiss, February 2007 (revised)
Working Paper 028 - State and Local Infrastructure Financing, Mike Bell, David Brunori, Royce Hanson, Chanyong Choi, Lori Metcalf, and Bing Yuan, November 2005
Working Paper 027 - The Property Tax: Its Role and Significance in Funding State and Local Government Services, David Brunori, Richard Green, Michael Bell, Chanyung Choi, Bing Yuan, March 2006
Working Paper 026 - State and Local Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth and Development Michael Bell, David Brunori, Richard Green, Hal Wolman, Joe Cordes, Tanya Qadir , August 2005
Working Paper 025 - State and Local Fiscal Trends and Future Threats, David Brunori, Michael E. Bell, Harold Wolman, Patricia Atkins, Joseph J. Cordes, and Bing Yuan, July 2005
Working Paper 024 - Active Living and Biking: Tracing the Evolution of a Biking System in Arlington, Virginia, Garry Young and Royce Hanson, March 2006
Working Paper 023 - Lessons and Limits: Tax Incentives and Rebuilding the Gulf Coast after Katrina, Robert P. Stoker (GWIPP) and Michael J. Rich, August 2006
Working Paper 022 - Estimating Economic Impacts Of Homeland Security Measures, Joseph J. Cordes, Anthony Yezer, Garry Young, Mary Catherine Foreman and Charlotte Kirschner
Working Paper 021 - Toward Understanding Urban Pathology: Creating a Typology of 'Weak Market' Cities, Kimberly Furdell and Hal Wolman, April 2006
Working Paper 020 - Explaining City Performance: how Important is State Policy? Pamela Blumenthal, Kimberly Furdell, Elaine Weiss, and Hal Wolman, April 2006
Working Paper 019 - Intrametropolitan Area Revenue Raising Disparities and Equities, Patricia Atkins, Leah Curran, Michael Bell, Harold Wolman, and Joseph Cordes, November 2005
Working Paper 018 - Economic Well-being and Where We Live: Accounting for Geographic Cost-of-living Differences, Leah Curran, Harold Wolman, Edward W. (Ned) Hill and Kimberly Furdell, April 2005
Working Paper 017 - An Analysis of Fiscal Policies in the Sudan: A Pro-poor Perspective - A Discussion Draft, Medani M. Ahmed, Rahamtalla Ali Babiker and Michael E. Bell, July 2004
Working Paper 016 - State Policy Effects on Urban Performance , Kimberly Furdell Hal Wolman, Ned HIll, and Elaine Weiss, April 2005
Working Paper 015 - All Centers Are Not Equal: An Exploration of the Polycentric Metropolis, Andrea Sarzynski, Royce Hanson, Hal Wolman, and Michael McGuire , April 2005
Working Paper 014 - Does the Community Reinvestment Act Help Minorities Access Traditionally Inaccessible Neighborhoods?, Samantha Friedman and Gregory D. Squires, July 2004
Working Paper 013 - Testing the Conventional Wisdom about Land Use and Traffic Congestion: The More We Sprawl, the Less We Move?, Andrea Sarzynski, Hal Wolman, George Galster , and Royce Hanson, March 2005
Working Paper 012 - Community Building and a Human-Capital Agenda in Hampton, Virginia: A Case Analysis of the Policy Process in a Medium-Size City, Clarence Stone and Donn Worgs, July 2004
Working Paper 011 - The Government of Sudan: Intergovernmental Policies and Issues, Michael E. Bell and Medani M. Ahmed, February 2005
Working Paper 010 - Fiscal Decentralization In The Sudan: Concepts And Challenges, Michael E. Bell and Medani M. Ahmed, February 2005
Working Paper 008 - Recommendations for the Design of the Federal Docket Management System, Cary Coglianese, Stuart Shapiro, and Steven J. Balla, November 2004
Working Paper 007 - The High Performance Bonus , Michael Wiseman, October 2004
Working Paper 006 - Thin the Soup or Shorten the Line: Choices Facing Washington Area Nonprofits, Patricia Atkins, Mallory Barg, and Joseph Cordes, and Martha Ross, March 2004
Working Paper 005 - Have central cities come back?, Kimberly Furdell, Edward W. (Ned) Hill, and Harold Wolman
Working Paper 004 - The Impact of Family Homeownership on Children's Educational Attainment and Earnings During Early Adulthood, George Galster, Nancy Gardner, Marv Mandell, Dave E. Marcotte, and Harold Wolman
Working Paper 003 - Cities and State Legislatures: Changing Coalitions and the Metropolitan Agenda, Harold Wolman, Todd Swanstrom, Margaret Weir, & Nicholas Lyon
Working Paper 002 - Privileged Place: Race, Uneven Development and the Geography of Opportunity in Urban America, Gregory Squires & Charis Kubrin (completed version available in the January 2005 issue of Urban Studies (Vol. 42, No. 1, 47–68).
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By Shakamoto | Thursday, October 03 2013
IT is the place curry lovers in Cottingham have been going to for years.
Now, Alishaan has a new business partner but is still serving the same great food.
Shahin Ahmed has cooking up authentic Indian cuisine since opening up in Hallgate in 1998.
His previous business partner left and now Mr Salik, of the Tandoor Mahal and Zaffran restaurants, has come on board to maintain the high quality of food and service.
Whether it is a mild chicken korma or a hot vindaloo, there is something to cater for every taste.
The fully-licensed and air conditioned restaurant has a loyal customer base and is well-known in Cottingham and beyond.
It has a strong reputation for serving a wide range of freshly-cooked meals, using local produce where possible.
There are a range of starters, main courses and set meals, alongside an array of side dishes and breads to suit everyone.
Alishaan was voted Indian Restaurant of the Year by the Hull Daily Mail in 2001, 2002 and 2005.
As well as providing quality, the restaurant is also great value for money.
A Sunday evening four-course special is jut £9.95 for adults and £5.95 for children, from 5.30pm until 11.30pm.
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I ate at Alishaan recently and found it to be a very enjoyable experience where i enjoyed some excellent dishes at great value prices. the atmosphere and the quality of Indian food were very good and the service first class. Alishaan is a must stop in the Cottingham / Hull area!
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Zombies are a spreading plague both in and outside of games, as no title seems to exist without the brain-gnawing undead. Though in some cases, like with Capcom and Slant Six's Resident Evil side game Operation Racoon City, it can be forgiven. First of all it's connected to classic entries in the series, and instead of a rag-tag group of survivors, you play as special operatives out to quell the zombie insurgents. Take a look below to see how these professionals deal with the undead.
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Happy anniversary!!! Have a great one!
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The melodically-inclined Tampa punk trio Merchandise had a big year last year, largely on the strength of their murky, glowering Children Of Desire album. We won't have to wait long for the follow-up; a new album called Totale Night is already set for a spring release. And the first song we've heard from it is an expansive seven-minute zone-out called "Anxiety's Door," which has more Echo & The Bunnymen than Joy Division in its DNA. Listen below.
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noun \ˈsen(t)s\: one of the five natural powers (touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing) through which you receive information about the world around you
: a physical feeling : something that your body experiences
: a particular feeling : an emotion that you are aware of
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- All of my senses were on the alert for danger.
- We had a sense that something wasn't quite right.
- His senses were clear despite his illness.
- There is an unnerving sense now that technology is driving the culture rather than the reverse. Machines and sites and software are breeding at an exponential clip, and we hapless humans race around trying to adapt. —Steven Johnson, Discover, July 2006
- The caricature of neurotic nuns who specialized in corporal punishment and guilt crumbles before the countless examples of women religious who made the difference in determining that a child would eat, or be safe, or have any sense of dignity at all. —Luke Timothy Johnson, Commonweal, 22 Sept. 2006
- Because Updike shrinks from giving any real credence to the ideology that drives his plot (in both senses of that word), the book becomes a temporarily enthralling, but ultimately empty shaggy dog story. —Jonathan Raban, New York Review of Books, 13 July 2006
- Less distinguished people experience a similar tangling of the senses, some reporting that they can taste the words they speak or see the colors of certain words or numbers. This confounding of perception—called synesthesia—was thought to affect at most about 4 percent of the population, but University College London psychologist Jamie Ward has uncovered the best evidence yet that we may all have a bit of synesthesia. —Kathryn Garfield,Discover, December 2006
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transitive verb \ˈsen(t)s\: to understand or be aware of (something) without being told about it or having evidence that it is true
of a machine : to detect the presence or occurrence of (something)
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Examples of SENSE
- She immediately sensed my dislike.
- A motion detector can sense movement.
- The latest feature on air conditioners is a big new plug to help prevent fires. The plug shuts down power when it senses that the air conditioner cord is damaged. —Consumer Reports, July 2005
- With very little provocation, magic might have been flying back and forth in an unpleasant and damaging manner. Sensing the danger, Kate stepped between them and raised her hands. "Let us have no more of this. There is a confusion to be cleared up, and I cannot do that in the middle of a brannigan," she said. —John Morressy, Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2004
- In Pecnik, he had instantly sensed a kindred spirit. As a boy Pecnik had strapped homemade parachutes to hamsters and tossed them (without harm) from his sixth-story bedroom window; by the time he joined the Croatian national team he was making his own jumpsuits. —William Speed Weed, Popular Science, July 2003
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noun (Concise Encyclopedia)Mechanism by which information is received about one's external or internal environment. Stimuli received by nerves, in some cases through specialized organs with receptor cells sensitive to one type of stimulus, are converted into impulses that travel to specialized areas of the brain, where they are analyzed. In addition to the five sensessight, hearing, smell, taste, and touchhumans have senses of motion (kinesthetic sense), heat, cold, pressure, pain, and balance. Temperature, pressure, and pain are cutaneous (skin) senses; different points on the skin are particularly sensitive to each. See also chemoreception, ear, eye, inner ear, mechanoreception, nose, photoreception, proprioception, taste, thermoreception, tongue.
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Mobile Laser Skirmish
Phone: (08) 9419 4555 | Location: Perth, WA | Web: http://www.laserskirmishwa.com.au
Mobile Laser Skirmish WA is a new, high tech leisure and recreational activity that is fast becoming a strong player in the entertainment arena. Fashions on the popular 'over 18s' Paintball skirmishes, Laser Skirmish uses the same battlefield scenarios.
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Klimek & Co
Phone: (08) 9221 5775 | Location: Level 5, Mint House, 326 Hay Street, Perth, WA | Web: http://klimek.com.au/
Premier family law firm specialising in family law matters like divorce, property settlement, financial agreement & child support. Call today!
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Phone: (08) 9247 3465 | Location: PO Box 501, Balcatta WA 6021, Perth, WA
Bonefish Glass operates a domestic window repair service throughout the Perth metropolitan area.
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Located adjacent to Stewart Chapel, Geneva Terrace offers stunning views of the surrounding mountain peaks, Mt. Tamalpais, the redwoods, Ross Valley and the historic architecture of the SFTS campus. This beautiful outdoor venue is a dramatic location for wedding ceremonies and receptions. Some guests choose to hold their weddings at either Montgomery or Stewart Chapels and then gather with friends and family on the Terrace to take advantage of our incredible vistas. With its curving sweep of stone complementing the lush landscape and Mt. Tamalpais as your backdrop, rest assured that you wedding photos will look as if they were just posted in a bridal magazine.
This large indoor space provides a convenient location ideal for banquet-style seating, dancing and live music (no drums). It is a great companion facility if you hold your wedding ceremony in either Montgomery or Stewart Chapels. With its large adjacent patio and grass area, parquet floor, oversized hearth, wall of windows, and soaring ceilings, Lower Alexander is a basic "shell venue" that you can turn into your dream reception site with a little creativity.
Built in the late 1800s, this beautifully refurbished two-story Victorian home originally served as SFTS faculty housing. Today it boasts five spacious bedrooms, a formal living room with fireplace, formal dining room, den, and three full baths. The huge sweeping front porch and gourmet kitchen make this the perfect venue for a variety of gatherings such as wedding rehearsal dinners, intimate receptions, bridal party housing, out-of-town guests and overflow family lodging, or a romantic getaway.
Additionally, the antiques in the Guest House have been passed down over the decades by students, faculty, and residents and are considered priceless. It is often joked that many of the wives of SFTS presidents and others associated with the Seminary have become quite protective of the accumulated pieces. Additional deposit is required to protect the collectables.


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I usually frequent the Quilting Forum, but no one there has answered my question yet. Maybe the Espire is too new for many to have it yet?
I have a chance to trade up to one, but apart from the Baby Lock site, I can't find much on it. I make most of my own clothes and also make quilts. One of the features I like in the Espire, which my BabyLock Quilters Choice doesn't have, is the ability to lock in a command for the machine to always start with the needle in the center position. I don't know how many needles I have ruined because the BLQC shifts it back to the left every time it is turned on. The Espire also has a lock feature that will do away with my constant hitting of the buttons on the BLQC and changing settings. And it has a larger harp opening, which will make it easier to quilt large things. I'd like to know how reliable people find the Espire to be and will be very grateful for any comments. |
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I finally found one person's review, which was very favorable, so, as the dealer gave me a great deal on the trade-in, I bought the new Espire. It is fabulous! I will be using it for making quilts and also my own clothes, and one of these days I will post my own observations about it on the Quilting forum. |
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Catherine ElliottCatherine Elliott received her BA(hons) in English from Union College (NY) and is in the process of completing her MA/PhD at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is in her second year studying English Literature of the Early Modern period focusing specifically on Materialism and the tragicomedies of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Her research touches on travel narratives, concepts of utopia and dystopia, Early Modern economics, miasma and contagion theory, and history of medicine. Conferences |
Liz FoxLiz Fox received her BAs in English and Drama from Ithaca College and completed her MA in English at UMass Amherst. She is currently working on her PhD in English Literature with a focus on early modern drama. Her current research interests include representations of audiences on stage and the codes of signification through which early modern drama was made and understood. |
April A. GenungApril studies women and the household 17th century British literature and culture. Her work considers the drama of the period alongside quasi literary texts such as household recipe books and manuals, letters, and other domestic papers in order the claim the household as a site of women's authority and competence. She is also interested in the transmission of knowledge through networks of women, particularly the exchange of culinary, medical, and scientific knowledge that originates in the household. April is an editorial assistant for the Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture book series, and one of several Graduate Employee Organization Stewards for the English department. She lives in the Mt. Toby woods with her husband, baby boy, and two cats. |
Jessie Hill GilloolyJessie Gillooly received her BA in Dramatic Arts with a focus on Costume Design from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently working on her MA/PhD in Renaissance English Literature. Her current research interests include the literature of the British Civil War and the epic and romantic modes in the Renaissance. |
Josephine HardmanJosephine Hardman received her BA in English from Florida Atlantic University. She is currently in the MA/PhD program at UMass Amherst, working on the comparative study of English and Spanish Renaissance dramas. Josephine is also interested in translation theory and the diachronic development of literary genres. She recently co-translated a Golden Age play by Tirso de Molina, which premiered at UMass's Curtain Theater in 2011, and has presented conference papers at the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies. Conferences Prizes |
Tom HopperBA, Honors, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2009; MA, UMass Amherst, 2011. Interests include poetry and prose of British Renaissance, especially the reception of classical ideas and transmission of classical texts in the period. |
William HrusovskyWilliam Hrusovsky received his BA in literature from Kent State University and his MA with a focus in Renaissance Literature from Texas Tech University. He is currently working on his PhD in Renaissance Literature with research focusing in Early Modern poetry and prose, Textual Studies and Book History, and Digital Humanities. William is currently the Editorial Assistant for English Literary Renaissance housed at the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies. |
Lauren RollinsLauren Rollins received her BAs in Government and International Politics and English from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and her MA in English from Georgetown University. She is currently completing a PhD in Renaissance English literature. Her research interests include Tudor and Stuart drama, particularly the work of Thomas Heywood, diplomatic relations between England and Spain, and early modern naval piracy. Conferences Awards Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC American University, Washington, DC |
Anna-Claire Simpson SteffenAnna-Claire Simpson Steffen received her BA in English Literature from UCLA. She is currently working on her MA/PhD in English Literature at UMass Amherst, with a focus on Renaissance drama. Her interests include representations of childhood onstage, child actors/acting troupes, marginalized figures (in terms of age, socioeconomic status, and race), and performance theory. |
William SteffenWill received his BA from Hampshire College in 2011. He is currently transitioning from finishing his MA coursework to beginning his PhD coursework. His primary research focuses on early modern English drama and travel writing, empire studies, and cannibalism. |
Anne-Marie StrohmanAnne-Marie Strohman received her BA in English (minor in Music) at Whitworth University, Spokane, WA, and her MA in English at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. After teaching composition, literature, and argumentation at the university level, she began studies in Renaissance Literature at UMass, Amherst. She is completing her dissertation on Elizabeth's self-presentation, Spenser, Sidney, and Shakespeare, with an eye toward Cognitive theory, particularly Conceptual Blending Theory titled "'A More Natural Mother': Concepts of Maternity and Queenship in Early Modern England." Anne-Marie served for two years as the Walter Chmielewski Fellow for the journal English Literary Renaissance. She has presented at graduate conferences and at RSA, and has two articles coming out in 2013 in book collections. Conferences Publications |


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when I applied to border immersion I hoped to gain a better understanding about immigration and issues going obetween the Mexican American border. Nevertheless, I have gained a tremendous understanding about the real issues regarding undocumented individuals who cross the border. We took a walk on the desert and was one of the activities that actually helped me understand the horrible conditions immigrants go through when they cross the desert in hopes net coming to the United States. There were backpacks and clothing left on the ground. There were crosses placed on the ground around the places where undocumented workers were unable to continue their journey and died. There houses nearby, however, these individuals were so afraid of being deported that they decided to avoid interacting with Americans. We walked for about an hour and I was exhausted by the time we were done. I cannot imagine the terrible conditions immigrants face when they walk in this desert for hours! Afterwards, we visited operation streamline and I saw the most dehumanizing situation. Undocumented individuals faced the judged and in a matter of minutes they received a sentenced. I felt anger the entire time especially when the judge came to talk to us and pointed at the chairs where the undocumented individuals had sat and said that they were uneducated people. At that point I began to cry…. How could this man who is a judge say that? I am Mexican and listening to his comments truly hurt my feelings. In addition, while the undocumented individuals were called I heard their last names and I heard my last name a few times…. these could have been my family members, of course I did not know anyone but yet listening to my last name made me connect with the undocumented. I made eye contact with some and their eyes conveyed sadness. Their hopes to come to a country where they could perhaps find a better future were completely gone.
Speaking with the Heart
Well, it has been just 3+ days down here in Tuscon and today as well as last night were quite incredible! Last night we each had a home stay. 13 of us in one house with Rosalinda and her husband Tony, and the other 7 stayed with Guadalupe.
I (Maddie Justin) stayed with Rosalinda with the big group and it was fantastic!! As we pulled into the driveway and rang the doorbell Tony and Rosalinda welcomed us with open arms and hearts, telling us that hot food was ready for us on the stove that involved chicken in our pasole; after not having meat at Borderlinks it was quite a treat to have some in our home cooked warm meal. After dinner and some informal fun chats with everyone, Rosalinda sat down with all of us around the dining room table and told her incredible journey to the United States and how she has now ended up where she is, as well as encouraging us to pursue our dreams and not let anyone tell us we are less than anyone. It was a lot more than that but i can only say so much through words on a blog.
I (Sarah Hansell) stayed with Lupe with six other girls. It was challenging for me because me and two of the other girls didn't speak any Spanish, and Lupe spoke only Spanish. But with three other girls translating for us, we still managed to talk with her about what we'd learned so far, her work with Derechos Humanos, the human rights organization which advocates for immigrant rights and reform that we'd learned about earlier in the week, and chat with her about everything from ourselves to the 2012 presidential candidates. She fed us delicious and flavorful beans, rice and this zucchini and corn dish, and chorizo, eggs and tortillas the next morning. We also got to play with her little black miniature bichon frise Negra.
The next morning we drove to the Green Valley retirement community, where we met the co-founder of the Green Valley Samaritans, Shura, who had moved to Arizona from Berkeley, where she worked with the homeless, to a house in the retirement community with her husband. The desert where immigrants die every day was literally in her backyard. She co-founded the Green Valley Samaritans thinking it would be a small group, especially since she and her husband lived in an ultra-conservative area. However, the group now has 180 members who go out into the desert looking for immigrants, bringing water and food, and also looking for what others overlook–what the immigrants leave behind. She has a table in her house that has little children's shoes' and clothes, water bottles with burlap sewn around them, books, family pictures, underwear…the list goes on. We learned some facts that shocked us–such as the fact that many women start taking birth control a couple months before they try to cross because it's not a matter of if they'll get raped (usually by the coyotes–the men who charge them to guide them through the desert, but sometimes by others in the group) but when and how often. The fact that women would not only risk rape, but fully acknowledge and in a way accept that this will happen to them if they cross, and yet still make the decision to cross, demonstrates just how bad their poverty or conditions are in Mexico.
Walking through the desert was also an eye-opening experience. It was crazy that we found so many remnants of human life lying sun-bleached and torn to pieces in the desert — clothes, water bottles, children's backpacks, shoes…. Just think, what is someone going to do in the desert, surrounded by cacti, possibly scorpions and snakes, and under the up-to-120 degree sun, without shoes? What made the whole thing real for me was when Shura was leading us through the desert and stopped in the middle of her sentence because she saw someone who she thought might be an undocumented immigrant in the desert. She raced toward where she had seen someone calling out in Spanish, don't be afraid, I'm here to help, do you need help? In that moment our group dropped silent, and the reality of this situation hit me. This wasn't some desert hike, and these weren't backpacks and shoes that had been thrown away like trash because they weren't needed anymore. These were the bare necessities for survival that people had left behind because Border Patrol had come, because they'd had to run, or for some other reason we can't ever know. Although the people Shura ran after were just Americans, they could have been undocumented immigrants in desperate need of water, food, and help. It was eerie to be in a place where people had died, will die, and may have been dying as we traveled through it.
Later in the day, we went to Casa Mariposa, and intentional community of people living together simply and sustainably. Casa Mariposa offers hospitality to those in need–specifically immigrants who have just been released from detention centers, often at nighttime, and have legal documentation to be in the US, at least temporarily. The people they take in have no place to stay, at least for that night, and in some cases have been being held in the isolated detention centers for years. Some still have to show up to their court date to see if they can stay in the US. Some are seeking asylum from countries they are afraid to return to. One man who is still in a detention center but is in contact with Casa Mariposa is afraid he will die there because he has kidney problems, and has seen another man die there. Another man, Marco, has been there for six years. He is afraid for his life in his home country, Brazil, because of his sexual orientation, and would rather stay in the detention center, basically imprisoned indefinitely, than return to his home country. To pay for Marco's bond to get him out of jail, Casa Mariposa must raise $7000 more. Imagine being in jail, possibly in contact with no one because you can't afford a phone call, or everyone you know is in a different country or undocumented, dealing with the physical and mental stress of imprisonment, not knowing when you will get out.
We learned so much today, and my brain is still reeling from all the new information. But we saw and learned things that gave us hope amidst all of the injustice and suffering we learned about and witnessed. We saw Shura, a passionate woman who could be spending her retirement golfing and playing pinochle, but instead chooses to go into the desert trying to save lives, sometimes six days a week. This is a woman so full of life, passion, spark and sass that she inspired all of us. We saw the people of Casa Mariposa creating a home whose soul purpose (oh, puns) is to deny the American idea of a house with fences meant to preserve one's own domain, and embrace the idea of a house meant to share with others — anyone who needs its sanctuary. If we as Americans could start seeing our time and space this way — as something beautiful to share with others — then we could begin to change the way people think.
Maddie Justin & Sarah Hansell
Operation Streamline
Rounding out our morning of frustration we decided to add a dose of depression by attending the local court to see a program called Operation Streamline. This program, which focuses on quickly processing arrested immigrants through the legal system, began in Texas and has spread here to Tucson, Arizona. Every day a judge sentences seventy undocumented immigrants in just a few hours. It's basically the fast food of the legal system. Those sentenced can face jail time, if they have a past criminal record, or are granted a "sentence served" which is a fancy way of saying that they will be deported as soon as possible.
This experience was my main draw to participating in the Border Immersion. As a political science student I have always been very interested in the legal side of our immigration problems. While the past few days have shown me much in the way of the immorality of our immigration system, mainly the high number of horrific desert deaths, spending an afternoon at Operation Streamline combined the two. I saw our legal system and I saw how immoral it truly is.
I'll admit it, I cried. The tears began almost the moment I walked in but they truly gained momentum when the judge entered and we were all asked to rise. The sound we experienced was not the scuffle of shoes as people stood but instead it was the clanging of metal as seventy immigrants, shackled at the wrist, waist, and feet all rose. It was that sound, a sound I would associate with the the worst of criminals, such as murderers or rapists, that ultimately broke my heart. Looking at the defendants, who had not even been given the dignity of a shower, was heartbreaking. All I kept thinking was "I am no better than these people so why is it that I am sitting on this side of the court unshackled?" The answer is that I was lucky enough to have been born into the U.S, into a life away from poverty and into a country lush with opportunities. Yet, we are all human beings, and we all deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Operation Streamline takes neither of those ideas into consideration.
After being arrested, the undocumented immigrants are detained as border patrol then selects groups of seventy to appear in Streamline. While border patrol says the selection is random, one of the public defenders we spoke with stated that it was more likely that they would attempt to choose immigrants who had a past record, who may have immigrated illegally before and have been caught again. This ensures that many of the immigrants will receive a jail sentence, which border patrol can use to pad their statistics. Once chosen for Streamline, the defendants are appointed a public defender who then only has about thirty minutes to explain the whole legal system to his client. This in itself angers me to no end, as I have been studying our political system for about two years now and feel as if I have only scraped the surface. How can someone, who has lived in an entirely different culture, who doesn't speak English, be expected to understand and make a plea decision in less time than an episode of Lost?
There are two options the detained immigrant can make; to plead guilty or to fight the charge. If an immigrant pleads guilty then they will receive a misdemeanor and be deported instantly. If he or she should choose to plead not guilty, and fight the charge, then the case will not go to court for at least thirty days and the chances of winning will be bleak. If you cannot claim U.S. citizenship you have very little in way of arguing your case. The few occasions where these court cases do occur generally are when a public defender can tell something is wrong, as in the example given to us by the public defender. He shared a story of a woman who had been violated by a border patrol official and who, after admitting to the incident, was able to go to court and speak out against the abuse she endured. Yet the occurrence of these immigrants choosing to fight their charge is rare. The system causes this as why would you choose to stay in jail for thirty days to wait for a case you will most likely lose when you have the opportunity to leave right away?
I have plans to attend law school in the future and this experience only enhanced my aspiration. I recall a moment of sitting in the court room and thinking – "this has to be changed, how can I change it?" I hope that through my education in law school I will be given the tools to proved better opportunities to the immigrants I hope to represent and that I might be able to advocate positive reform in our immigration system. It's been a day of frustration and anger but also a day of hope as our group looks toward the future and how we can make an impact.
Renee Ambacher
Lost in the Desert
This morning we had the opportunity to listen to representatives from I.C.E. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement. We definitely had some mixed feelings during the presentation. We learned a lot about the program in general, and eventually got down to the immigration side of things. It didn't take very long after that to stir up all of our emotions. We felt like the representatives evaded a lot of our questions and always spun them into a rehearsed answer that made them seem like the protagonists. One hot button issue was when we asked Rudy if he would mind not using the word 'alien' to refer to undocumented immigrants during the presentation. He replied by saying that because the word was in legalized documents, it was not at all wrong or offensive. It seemed at some points as though we were talking to machines, even when we asked them about their personal feelings regarding immigration. At one point Jason asked what their motivation was to go to work every day, and Rudy turned to the power point and read the I.C.E. mission statement! They were also adamant that they were 'rescuing' the immigrants from the poor situations that they were in, such as the drop houses that they are often found in. We thought that was ironic, since they find the immigrants and then deport them back to Mexico, where they were to trying to escape from in the first place.
This meeting was the first opportunity that we have had so far to learn about the policy side of things, and it really showed how separate both sides of the immigration issue are. It always seems to come down to human rights versus the law, and the two just seem to get more and more distant the closer we get to the heart of the issue. It is disheartening to realize how complicated this issue has come to be. Those that fight for human rights are advocating for the basic rights of human beings, and organizations such as I.C.E. are working against the crime and drug issues. Somewhere along the line these two things have become tangled together yet have arrived at opposite ends of the spectrum. I.C.E. focuses on crimes and drugs, but undocumented immigration has become caught up in it, and now an administrative violation has become a felony of the worst kind. It seems that human rights have been lost somewhere in the desert.
The more we learn, the more we wonder — How will we ever be able to create a solution when we are nowhere near close to compromise?
-Cassie Van Lier
No Human Being Is Illegal
Day 2 of the Border Plunge started off on a full nights rest. It was wonderful for us all to finally get some rest!
Our first activity of the day was going to mass at Casa Maria. It was a beautiful bilingual experience in which we witnessed God's joy, love, and hospitality in the faces of the diverse Casa Maria community. We had planned on helping serve at their soup kitchen but, unfortunately, our services were not needed. We were struck by their appreciation for us taking the time to come down to Arizona to learn about the immigration issues. They urged us to share what we learn here and our experiences with people back home and how that simple act can actually make an impact on changing people's perspectives of the reality of immigration issues. We had a great discussion with a man named Stewart who enlightened us about the South Tucson community. We learned about all the resources, such as Casa Maria and other churches in the area, who help the migrant community find jobs, housing, access to medical aid and other basic human needs. The people who work at Casa Maria also help advocate for just reforms, such as the preservation of low public transportation fares which are essential for low income family, immigrant and citizen alike. We were shocked to learn from Stewart that it is illegal to drive undocumented immigrants in the midst of medical crisis, such as if someone is sick or even dying. Fortunately, the Tucson Police and local Border Patrol are progressive in their relations with organizations with places like Casa Maria who provide humanitarian aid in that they do not harass them even though they may know that many undocumented immigrants come there for help.
After Casa Maria we came back to Border Links and participated in an immigration simulation. We learned shocking facts about restrictions on immigration policies. Those who are extremely wealthy or have celebrity status have the highest likelihood of gaining legal documentation. Those who are poor, married or with families, have few connections in the United States, and are considered "unskilled workers" have the most difficulty entering the county legally, which is the majority of desperate families who need the opportunity most. This simulation revealed to us the truth behind the common anti-immigration argument, "Why don't they just come here legally?" The number of work visas offered by the United States each year is extremely limited and it is nearly impossible for anyone who does not fit the highly selective requirements to gaining legal documentation, which again is the majority of people who need the opportunity most.
Next we heard a presentation from Kat who works for the Coalition for Human Rights, which is an organization dedicated to protecting and advocating for human rights as well as educating people about the rights they do have. She explained how the militarization of border and the construction of the wall has not diminished immigration, rather simply shifted it to the areas that have not a physical wall. And why is there no wall in certain places? Because the harsh and dangerous desert environment acts as a natural wall. The conditions there are quite literally deadly. Hundreds of people die from dehydration, hypothermia (in the night), heat exhaustion (in the day) and drowning in flash foods each year in these desert areas. This striking image (below) is a map of found human remains, which touched many of us. The dots on this map represent the locations of where at least one human remain was found. The desert conditions and animals will cause the bodies to disappear very quickly, therefore, it is often only remains that are found. Often times there's not even enough of the remains to determine the sex of the person. This map, however, does not account for those who have died crossing but their remains were never discovered or those whom have died since 2009, which is another 250+ people. We also learned that the news very infrequently reports on these deaths that happen, on average, nearly twice a day, because it has become a "normal" occurrence. It is heartbreaking to see human death in this manner become "normalized."
Interesting fact we learned: The REAL ID Act (which was passed), Section 102, allows our US Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (an appointed, not voted in, position) to have the power to waive ANY law in the interest of homeland security. Shocked? So were we!
Imagine this situation: A gun is pointed at you and you are told to take a sum of drugs from point A to point B. Your options seem pretty limited don't they? You are now what is considered a "mule." This is the common reality for many migrants trying to cross the border. They are often either bribed or forced into smuggling drugs into the United States when all they were planning on trying to do was simply cross the border to find a job in the United States. They never wanted to be caught up in the drug trade, but if caught by law enforcement are demonized and prosecuted as a drug dealer rather than an innocent victim trying to find a way to create a better life for themselves, and/or their family.
Despite all this heavy and disheartening, though important information, we came to an understanding about the power we hold for change. We learned that if you can change the way people talk, you can change the way they think. By making simple changes in the way we speak of these topics as the immigration issues rather than problems and the people as undocumented rather than illegal aliens we can change the connotations that are evoked to promote a more humanized and just portrayal and understanding of the situation. It also recognizes the human dignity that each person has because as UP's own Professor Sanchez says,"Human dignity is a gift from God, not from citizenship."
We will leave you with one last food for thought, given to us today by Kat from Coalition for Human Rights: "Si no pensamos diferente, todo será igual" (If we don't think differently, everything will be the same.)
Feel free to comment and let us know your thoughts!
Paz a ustedes,
Nicole Fleury and Kelsey Reavis
The Beginning
Today was the first day of our week long journey in Arizona. I started out very early, 3am to be exact! It was really hard to feel the excitement because of the lack of sleep. Our travels took us from Portland –> San Francisco –> Tucson. The flights went by so fast because all we did was sleep on the plane. Once arriving in Tucson we were promptly picked up by the Border Links workers. When we arrived at the place where we would be staying most of us wanted to go outside and take advantage of the sun while we had it. The next thing we knew it was time for lunch and I was so confused because I thought that it would be 2pm by now. I and my fellow border plungers obviously felt this way because we were up so early.
After having lunch we were formally welcomed to the Border Links facility and given a tour. It would be wrong not to admit that most of us including myself were falling asleep during this due to the lack of sleep. I think I speak for all of us when I say that we will all sleep wonderfully tonight. I can't wait to see what tomorrow has in store for us as we continue our adventures to learn together.
- Jessica Morales
Border 2012
Happy Almost Spring Break, everyone!
I'm Melissa, one of the Accompanier's for the Border Immersion, and I'm here to welcome you to our trip! We don't leave for a few more days, but things are a whirlwind here on the bluff, with students finishing up midterms and starting to pack for the trip. We've been prepping for weeks, but I know for me it didn't seem real until we received our itinerary a couple of days ago.
The 18 of us (14 students, two Immersion leaders, and two accompaniers) have an amazing experience ahead of us. I'm sure I can speak for all of us when I say that, beyond the warmth we Portlanders so desperately need, we are excited for an experience beyond imagination – something that is clearly going to teach every single one of us something.
Hopefully, you'll hear from most, if not all of the students. You'll probably also hear from myself and Pat, the other accompanier, and Theresa and Vince, our fearless leaders, and get some pictures of what we are experiencing. Make sure you follow along with us as we experience the trip of a lifetime.
Over the last few weeks, we have been spending a lot of time together, getting to know one another and learning more about Immigrant Rights and Immigration in general. We've talked about Catholic Social Teachings and how they relate to Immigration, watched movies about immigration/the border, and spoken to professors about what the situation is like on the border. We've sold hundreds of 50/50 Raffle tickets and tamales, did some Spring cleaning, and even babysat one Saturday night.
I've got a lot left to do to prepare. I bought a "Conversational Spanish" book several months ago that I only opened once (I took some Spanish in high school, but that was nearly 8 years ago) that I should probably look at, I need to finish some work, and I definitely need to do laundry/pack. We begin our journey at 3:30 AM on Sunday the 11th in the Public Safety parking lot. See you there!
More Reflection
Going on the border plunge was definitely an eye opening experience for me. The issues and politics surrounding border policy are way more complex than I could have ever imagined and I feel so much more informed now. It was an emotionally challenging week, but an experience that I am so blessed to have had. There is no perfect solution, but having met with the people we did and learning all we did, I feel that I have the ability to critically evaluate policies much more effectively than I did before.
I feel like I have an actual informed opinion and I am very inspired to continue learning more and working for justice. Not only was this trip an incredible journey in learning, but it was also a week that I was able to connect with my peers on a very personal level. I made some amazing friendships and I really got to know so many more people who are interested in pursuing justice.
For anyone considering applying for the Border Plunge, DO IT! It was definitely a life changing experience that I will always treasure.
—Annie Stroup


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