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In response to several related media stories regarding the negotiating of salaries between the Hays Firefighters Local 2119 and the city of Hays, the firefighters union would like to express it was our intention to keep negotiated items confidential as they should during this process. However, we feel the public must understand our justification for these salary increases. It is true the fire department union members have received a pay raise every year since 1989 except one, just as every other city employee has received since the city tries to treat everyone fairly.
First, we appreciate the work we do and we are proud of the department that we work for. We have helped form a department through the years that has become very professional, experienced and respected. The Hays Firefighters Local 2119 is proud to support the efforts that helped upgrade the city's ISO rating to class 3. This ranks the city of Hays Fire Department in the top 2 percent of fire departments in the state of Kansas and the top 4 percent in the nation. This is a proud accomplishment, and an accomplishment that saves businesses within the city thousands of dollars per year in insurance premiums.
We agree with the city administration that when trying to apply pay increases across several unions in the city, it is best to be fair and equitable -- especially in current economic times. The justification of a 2-percent bonus is not the issue being addressed by the firefighters union. The firefighters union is justifying the pay increase for the additional duties during the course of the last decade the fire department has taken on.
Also, we feel and expect to be paid equal to other emergency services within the city such as the police department. During the last decade, the entire scope of practice of the Hays Fire Department has changed significantly, moving to an all-hazards response. The firefighters have taken on many additional duties during these years that require more training, different levels of risk and increases in workloads. For instance, several years ago, the entire fire department became certified emergency medical technicians. This was a choice that fully utilizes our resources and expertise to protect and serve our community better. This service has increased emergency call volumes from approximately 600 calls per year before the change to approximately 2,000 a year. However, the firefighters never have received any pay adjustment, while other departments in the state offer a $10,000-plus pay adjustment, while others figure it into their base salaries. The Hays Fire Department also has taken on the responsibility of sending a lone firefighter each day to staff the airport fire station for commercial air traffic. This is a high level of responsibility that leaves a firefighter on scene alone for nearly 10 minutes until more resources arrive. This is a position that requires a high level of responsibility, training, as well as minimal levels of supervision like all other positions in the fire department.
The city continues to argue it wants to treat everyone fairly. An entry-level police officer with no experience will make approximately $16.83 per hour, working an average of 42 hours a week, while a firefighter's starting wage is $11.40 per hour, averaging 56 hours a week. This glaring difference in pay is the opposite of fair. Is it fair to make up the additional pay difference only by working more overtime that starts after working 212 hours in a 28-day cycle as required by the FLSA? To be clear, the firefighters union is satisfied with our work schedule as we understand it is the most economical and efficient way for proper staffing. This difference in pay puts police officers one "pay grade" level higher than firefighters. This is where our position stands for the reasoning of firefighter pay increases of 5 percent and a 7-percent pay increase for fire lieutenants. These pay increases are matched by moving firefighters to the same pay grades as equal positions with the police officers and comparable to other similar fire departments.
As stated earlier, the city has stated it wants to treat everyone fairly. However, during the course of this year, many non-union employees have received pay increases other than what was given to the unions simply because the current administration wanted to change their job titles. Several secretaries throughout the city were reclassified to administrative assistants, receiving pay raises ranging far more than 10 percent although their job duties did not change. Three new departments were created within the city's organization creating job position reclassifications to department directors. Also, the police department created four new positions for corporals with pay raises. This city administration contends the firefighters' raise proposals are unsustainable. However, how are the raises for these other positions sustainable which are well above what the firefighters union is asking?
The city has stated this proposed increase by the firefighters union would cost an additional $47,500. This is only an approximate 3 percent of the current fire departments budget. Also, the city administration is projecting the 2014 sales tax collection to fall nearly 2 percent, from which at this point is only half that. With this current projection of a 2-percent decrease in sales tax, the city is proposing a budget that still leaves more than $500,000 left in the general fund, which pays the employees' wages. This also is after all employees receive a 2-percent bonus for 2015. The proposed pay increase totaling approximately $47,500 is less than 10 percent of the money left over in the general fund that will then not be spent on employee salaries, but other projects that did not have enough significance to make the budget. The firefighters union feels this holds little economic impact on the remainder of the unallocated funds of the city's general fund.
Another issue the union is taking into consideration is the future uncertainty of insurance costs. It is inevitable the union members as well as every other employee for the city will have to start paying for the increase in insurance costs. While trying to prepare for our own financial future, it is a hard pill to swallow knowing that after the 2015 fiscal year ends, the union members would be taking a 2-percent pay cut when the proposed bonus ends. That's not progress, simply an illusion. So at the beginning of 2016, firefighters will be making what they made at the end of 2014. We also must take into consideration of another pay cut by having to pay for the projected increase of insurance costs for the future.
The firefighters union also would like to point out the International Association of Firefighter's, of which the Hays Firefighters Local 2119 belongs to in Washington, is researching and putting together a pay study to show these pay issues. This pay study goes far beyond any pay study the city of Hays has done in previous years for comparisons to other fire departments in the state of Kansas, costing tens of thousands of dollars. Although the pay study is not yet complete, preliminary reports show the city of Hays firefighters are well-underpaid. Once this report is complete, the information will be shared with city administration for a fair evaluation by both parties. The firefighters union is trying to justify the position for this pay increase to help to adequately support our families. We are a proud union and part of a proud fire department. Thank you for allowing us to serve our community through one of the best professions in the world.
Hays Firefighters Local 2119 members Kirk Klein, Keith Mermis, Thomas Roy, Justin Choitz, Aaron Dome, Tim Detrixhe, Darin Myers, Greg May, Tyler Brungardt, Lucas Everett, Travis Hageman, Travis Johannes, Luke Scoby, Doug Randa, Myron Dreiling, Ross Meder, Brandon Zimmerman and Brandon Woods.


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Two days after Colorado coach Dan Hawkins praised redshirt-freshman offensive tackle Jack Harris for playing as well as anybody along the offensive line, the 6-foot-5, 290-pounder sat out Tuesday's only scheduled practice.
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151. The Joan of Arcadia stuggle
As you might know, the CBS Television Network has decided to cancel the beloved TV show - "Joan of Arcadia". And so this petition was created to prevent this mistake!
Other than signing this petition please write to CBS, They count one letter as the equivilant of a lot of people watching. You can send a letter to:
CBS Television Network
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
Or you can send them an e-mail through this link: http://www.cbs.com/info/user_services/fb_global_form.shtml
Or even call them although writing a letter is more powerful: (212) 975-4321
*** COMMENT! - To all of the people that are signing this petition - please write your real E-mail address so when we will send this petition they could see that it's authentic!
152. Inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex people on Australian television
Recently a variety of Australian television channels have come under attack for recognising the diversity of the Australian community by including gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersexed people and characters in a variety of shows. This petition is to thank the ABC, SBS, Channel 7, Channel 9 and Channel 10 for their inclusion of such characters in their programming.
153. Watch TNA In The UK
Dear (UK) TNA Wrestling Fans,
As you will all know, one of the leading wrestling companys/industrys named TNA, have recently begun booking a new show in the name of TNA Impact. This show is a new kind of entertainment that only TNA can bring unlike other federations like the WWE and other pro and semi-pro federations.
This petition is to try and get a response from UK TNA fans that would enjoy having TNA Impact aired on regional television rather than satellite or sky, which is not available for some people.
Channels like C4 and C5 would benefit from the weekly TNA Impact shows, greatly in my opinion and hopefully many of the people that will sign this petition will think the same.
I am sure that if we presented these two networks with the information and signatures that we will gather, they would happily review the idea of airing TNA Impact shows.
I hope that you, the fans will take a few minutes of your time to add your signature to the list of names, as it will help us!
154. Degrassi: the abortion episodes
The N, the cable network here in the United States which airs the Canadian television show Degrassi:Then Next Generation, is refusing to air the first two episodes of the new season. Due to the nature of the episodes, in which Manny, 15, becomes pregnant with Craig's, 16, baby and decides that abortion is the way to go. Although it is a touchy subject, it is also a very real subject for today's youth. The show has dealt with sexuality, rape, cutting, child abuse, death and drug abuse, among other topics.
Pregnancy, abortion and the side effects of both, only seem like the next step for the show. With this petetion, we hope to show The N, that there is a need to show these ommited episodes.
155. Legislation for Quality Children's Programming
As most of you know I am currently in the Early Childhood Education Master's Program at Oakland University. I am currently taking an advocacy class and I chose to be an advocate for the "Quality of Children's Television Programming." According to Nielsen Media Research, the average American (they included children in this average), watches an average of 3 hours and 43 minutes of television every day. That's 56 days of nonstop television watching each year!
The Parent's Television Council found that "foul language during the family hour (8-9 p.m.) increased by 94.8% between 1998 and 2002, and by 109.1% during the 9-10 p.m. airtime. I currently teach elementary age children English as a Second Language in the suburbs in the Metro Detroit area, and they are repeating inappropriate language they hear on television before they can carry on a conversation in English!
Some changes must be made. One of those changes starts with the parents themselves. They need to pay attention to how much quality time they are spending with their children, and how much time their children spend watching television, rather than having valuable interactions with their families. The other changes, are governmental, and I am proposing the following changes be brought to our government's attention:
156. Boycott Noggin TV
The noggin television channel has a show called degrassi and it has a gay boy on it. At lease from the character info on the noggin website it looks like they act like it's ok and that the other kids on the show should accept it.
Please sign this petiton and start boycotting the noggin television channel on May 21, 2004, this is when I told them I would try to start a boycott if they did not stop showing homosexuality in a positive way on the noggin television channel.
157. Ban Caillou from TV
Caillou is currently a popular kids show on networks like PBS and teletoon. Because Caillou and his sister are whiny, spoiled and under-disciplined, it teaches kids that whinning and not listening to your parents to get your own way works. But in the real world, it doesnt and it shouldnt. Its bad influence on our children.
I have a best friend who told me that a friend of hers has a child who watched Caillou and gradually started this habit of whinning whenever he didnt get his way---and he was too old for that habit! She immediately stopped letting him watch that show after she realized it. Sign this petition and dont let your kids be influenced by this.
158. Make a Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust DVD
I have seen the show, I have become obsessed with it along with many others, so I made this petition.
159. Bring back Celebrity Deathmatch!
Celebrity Deathmatch filled many hearts with joy as we saw the last honest claymation creations create fights with celebrities that amused us and made us laugh! CD is an unforgettable MTV program that stays in your heart, especially when you see episodes such as the Backstreet Boys vs. Nsync, fighting to the bloody and hilarious death! Bring back the show we all loved! Re-air Celebrity Deathmatch, because watching Jessica Simpson acting like a fool just doesn't cut it!
Fun House was the grand daddy of all messy game shows.
There had never been that much gunge ever on television!
There had never been so many ingenious ways devised of gunging children.
It was tipped over them, hurled at them, they were dipped into it, they swam in it, slid into it and even swung into it!
Thousands of games were devised with the sole purpose of having the teams slip, slide and slither their way to the most exciting finale of any children's game show-'The Fun House Run'.
The format was very simple. Two teams, one boy and one girl, representing their school competed against each other. There were 3 messy games each separated by a 'Question and Answer Round' which then led to the penultimate game- 'The Fun House Grand Prix'.
Although the details of this item changed over the years, mainly to reflect the movements in Formula 1 rules, it was always the most thrilling, most exciting, breathtaking motorised game on CITV. The chequered flag was always the great climax to a fantastic race. Again over the years new technology was used to make the race even more exciting. The development of smaller mini-cams set on the cars let the viewers experience the sensation of actually driving the karts.
Then the moment of truth arrived. The final scores were totted up and the teams found out which of them were going to have one of the most exciting experiences of their lives. They were going into the 'Fun House'.
All through the show everything had been played against the backdrop of this amazing structure. Towering over everything, this multicoloured, multi -level construction had dominated the proceedings. No adult was ever allowed to go into the Fun House. It was strictly a children only area.
The different levels of the House were connected by bridges, ladders, firemans poles, chutes, slides and bobsleighs. Hidden all over the house were 15 tags, each of them representing a prize. The teams had to work out the best route to pick up as many prizes as possible. One of the tags was the key to the "Power Prize" which gave them the chance to win a really huge prize like a holiday.
Fun House was the most exciting mix of elements ever put together in one game show, proven by the exceptionally long run that the series had on CITV. Not to mention the most catchiest theme tune ever for a children's TV programme!
Unusually the presenting team remained unchanged throughout the run. They were Pat Sharp and the twins Melanie and Martina Grant.
161. More Undercover Missions for Vaughn on "Alias"
We, VAGS (Vaughn-As-A-Goth Supporters), believe that the character Michael Vaughn of the ABC Primetime Show Alias, should be involved more in undercover missions which require him to utilize interesting disguises (such as the thoroughly interesting Goth disguise in the season three episode of "Unveiled").
162. Save Clone High USA
This is a petition to save Clone High USA on MTV. It is one of the best and most creative television shows ever to be aired on television and had enormous potential. It is, by far, the funniest show that I have ever seen, and it does it in an unoffensive way too, which is rare for the television shows of today. This is a huge shame that it was cancelled. Alot of fans of the show, like myself, were let down by this. It would be more understandable if the show was cancelled because Music Television [MTV] decided to actually show more music videos and music related programs. But since they probably replaced it with another reality show, it's pointless to get rid of a show loved by so many. Once again, this is a huge letdown. Please don't give it the same fate as other equally brilliant cartoons, such as Daria, Beavis and Butthead, and the Undergrads.
This is a petition to NBC to keep the television show "ED" on air.
164. Stop Media Violence
An epidemiological study was conducted by the American Medical Association to finalize whether the media is indeed responsible for societal violence. Research compared the happenings of surrounding nations with television, to that of nations without. All observed areas were both demographically and ethnically identical, having the television alone as a variable. The findings were astounding. Every examined region, in which media had been introduced, had a drastic upswing in the rate of violence with children. Within fifteen years the murder rate had doubled. The span of time can be explained simply in that it was the duration needed for the exposed three to five year olds to reach the 'prime crime age'. One example supporting these findings occurred in a small Canadian town in the year of 1973. At this time the town had just been introduced to media influence. Shortly after, there was an incredible 160 percent increase in aggression among the first and second graders of the area. Yet another example is the outstanding increase in the imprisonment rate, which has quadrupled since 1975, a year in which media violence had become more prevelant.
Presently, in the United States, there are about two million teens who have possession of a deadly weapon, approximately 135,000 carry them to school. Many believe this is due to overexposure to violence in the media. On average, media viewers encounter an act of serious violence such as: rape, kidnapping, murder, or assault once every four minutes. The problem we face is the possibility of when viewing these horrendous acts consistently, youth will be more inclined to mimic these actions publicly. One such example is the infamous movie, Natural Born Killers (a Warner Brother production) that has been found to be responsible for more than a dozen murder cases, such as the following. In the year of 1994, a fourteen-year-old boy, who was accused of decapitating his younger sister, claimed he only had wished to be like the Natural Born Killers. Yet another teen, who had become obsessed with the movie, shaved his head and wore tinted green granny glasses (like Mickey the main character) before murdering his stepmother and half-sister. The American Medical Association has concluded that since television was founded in the 1950's, the media has been a casual factor behind 10,000 homicides, 70,000 rapes, and 700,000 assaults annually. There is no excuse for this individually or nationally, and it must be brought to an end.
As Americans of this proud nation we cannot ignore these issues with a complacent attitude. Rather, we must make it a priority to renew national morality by petitioning the industry itself.
165. What WE the VIEWERS want...
Sony Entertainment Television was launched in the Indian sub-continent and the Middle East in October 1995. The channel is a joint partnership between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Argos Communications Enterprises, a Singapore based entertainment company specialising in South Asian program production and media services.
Have you ever seen "Gerhart Reinke's Wanderlust"? If not, don't be suprised. This show, while hystericaly funny, was never given a chance to really shine. It never had a good time or a decent commercial campaign. It is well written and very funny to watch. It came from the production company "JackHole", responsible for other great shows such as "The Man Show" and "Crank Yankers". If you have never heard of this show, please visit the webpage listed. It brings you to the wanderlust page of comedycentral.com. While you are there please watch a video or two of this wonderful show. Thankyou.
167. Save S Club 7!
ABC Family has taken a hit television show , S Club 7, off their schedule, and refuses to put it back on. Disney channel does not allow ideas to be accepted from their viewers, so now Nickelodeon is one of our last resorts. Many viewers across many countries are very disappointed about not being able to watch their favourite television show anymore, so we've decided to stand against it. This petition is available to veiwers everywhere.
168. Bring Back Kahini Terri Meri
Many people didn't seem to like the replacement of Kutumb with Kahini Terri Meri, another Balaji Production on Sony Entertainment Television Asia, so Sony took it off air, due to the low TRP ratings. Apparently Ekta Kapoor, the creater of Kutumb, KKusum, Kahini Terri Meri etc... is now thinking of ending KKusum as well late this year.
169. Bring back Buffy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer is nearing the end of its seventh season. Odds are that it won't return for another. Sign, and let the people at Fox know that you do want Buffy to return, because really, I feel that Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a show worth watching, and I hope you do too.
170. Bring Swans Crossing to DVD
Swans Crossing was a short lived 1992 television series. In short, Swans Crossing is a soap opera, geered towards teenagers, about the interesting lives of twelve wealthy teenagers, some people may not remember this great T.V. show because ti only aired for six months. However, Swans Crossing had a lot of dedicated fans who haven't forgotten about it and are currently searching the web for any info at all on the show.
I made this petition because I am one of the many fans of this short lived series and I would really love to see it on DVD. The show hasn't been on television for about 8 years and I really miss it. Please help us bring it to DVD.
171. Save Robbery Homicide Division
Robbery Homicide Division is the freshest new show on television this season. It is also one of the few shows that CBS is canning. The groundbreaking drama has the terrific writing, acting, and directing that will bring viewers to the network -- if given a chance.
Tell CBS that focus groups and Nielsens don't tell the whole story. Robbery Homicide Division is a show that deserves a chance.
172. Release the Mark Thomas Product on VHS & DVD
The Mark Thomas Product is one of the greatest things ever to grace our dusty little TV screens, and needs, NEEDS to be released so those fortunate enough to catch it the first time can see it again, and those who did not can be inpsired by it.
173. Abolish Richard Simmons from Television
Abolish Richard Simmons from Television. People are tired of his antics and flamboyancy.
174. Better Television coverage on Video Games related issues
This is a copy of the letter which will be sent along with this petition in our campain for better Television coverage of games:
I would just like to ask one question. Why isn't there any main stream video games programming.
Gaming now brings in more money than both Film and Music world wide yet no one has scene fit to publish a decent gaming program with industry insiders that actually no what there talking about. Some satellite channels have tried and failed on more than one occasion to bring forward such a program and yeah. A slightly witty script may please some casual gamers but it wont cut with actual games fans who want; Real games fans to honestly review good games across all formats games, talk about important gaming news and bring forwards Industry Officials to debate up and coming titles.
Now is the perfect time to start such a program. The "Console War" has just kicked up a gear with all major players (Microsoft, Sony + Nintendo) crashing down prices and releasing all there best soft ware for the Christmas rush.
Will it be popular? As I said, Gaming already brings in more money than films and Music. Nintendo favourite Super Mario is now officially more widely recognised than Mickey Mouse and Buggs Bunny. Games are now being taken seriously by institutions like the BAFTA's and there seems to be no stopping the industries rise. Why the sudden popularity burst?, Gaming has over the years transformed form a relatively small and not widely renowned industry to a Multi Billion Dollar main stream entertainment source for quite a few reasons. The main one being:
Technology advances, Since the big break into 3D around mid 1990's games have gone from strength to strength. Todays standards shown in most major releases are vastly approaching the levels of detail we can accomplish in films with some major movie studio's setting up there own gaming divisions. Most noticeable has been Lucas Arts. The legendary company set up by George Lucas creator of Star Wars and Indiee Anna Jones.
So whats up for the future? Well as with most things these days it a race for online glory. But a mere Internet site?, I think not instead how about a full online net work for playing games against people from every side of the globe. A chance for Tom nice boy And Harry to test there footy skills against there counter parts form Germany. Perhaps to go online with a friend and work together with a group of strangers from around the world in a team effort to save the world. This possibilities are endless and they are actually happening as we speak. Microsoft's Xbox live is just getting up and running, Sonys Internet systems are in operation and Nintendo's online networking is pencilled in for next year.
So as you can see it's an exciting time for the games industry and a main stream television slot would thump home the values of Gaming to every person across Britain. Many still don't really no the power of games and how they've evolved since there college days of playing Snes, Mega Drive and arcade system classics.
Were not asking for a multi million pound TV extravaganza, We just want a TV slot at a reasonable time detailing up and coming games, news and industry chat.
175. Create an anime channel on UK TV
British anime fans would like to see British television graced with an all anime tv channel.
176. Eliminate Censorship in NASCAR Video Games
Too long has there existed a double standard in video games. Video game manufactures are permitted to represent gratuitous murder in their games as well as a large degree of sexually suggestive elements. In order for them to do this, they simply need to put a "T" (Teen) or "M" (Mature) label on the packaging of the game. However, the following law exists in the California legislature:
California Penal Code 308.5:
(a) No person or business shall sell, lease, rent, or provide, or offer to sell, lease, rent, or otherwise offer to the public or to public establishments in this state, any video game intended for either private use or for use in a public establishment and intended primarily for use by any person under the age of 18 years, which contains, in its design and in the on-screen presentation of the video game, any paid commercial advertisement of alcoholic beverage or tobacco product containers or other forms of consumer packaging, particular brand names, trademarks, or copyrighted slogans of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products.
(b) As used in this section, "video game" means any electronic amusement device that utilizes a computer, microprocessor, or similar electronic circuitry and its own cathode ray tube, or is designed to be used with a television set or a monitor, that interacts with the user of the device.
(c) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor.
As reasonable as this law may seem at a glance to some parties, it creates a very unreasonable restriction on games which are produced within the abilities of the NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) license. During every NASCAR broadcast, viewers bear witness to a variety of alcohol and tobacco related advertising in the form of Rusty Wallace's Miller Lite car, Dale Earnhardt Junior's Budweiser car, and most apparent, the name of the two main circuits of NASCAR, the Winston Cup (cigarette company) and the Busch Grand National (beer company). It would only seem logical that a video game that is licensed under NASCAR would be permitted to portray NASCAR in as realistic a manner as technology would allow. However, California Penal Code 308.5 forbids this.
This is actually a second double standard: A minor can view said controversial sponsorships (in addition to numerous others) in any given NASCAR race (one quarter of which are broadcast on a national non-cable network, NBC), however to represent the same in a video game in an effort to exude realism in what has been deemed a family-safe sport is forbidden. There should be no argument it is safe to conclude that if one plays a NASCAR video game, there is a very good chance that one has watched at least one NASCAR race on television. If the viewer/player was going to be influenced by alcohol or cigarette advertisements had they been in the game, is it not also safe to say that that person would have already been influenced by watching the race on television? In addition to this, the responsibility for keeping cigarettes and alcohol out of the hands of minors lies primarily on the vendors of these products. Secondary to the vendors, it is the responsibility of the parents or guardians of the minors to educate them on the dangers of alcohol and tobacco. If both of these "lines of defense" fail, all of the censorship in the world won't strip children of the ability to become consumers of these otherwise legal health threats.
177. Allow EchoStar DirectTV Merger
I am writing to you today as a current satellite TV subscriber who would like to add my voice of support to the pending merger of EchoStar and DIRECTV. The combination of these two satellite providers will provide numerous benefits to consumers like me, including more choices in channels, programming, broadband and new television technologies.
By merging, the combined company will be a much stronger competitor to cable television and can offer more programming choices and, most importantly, all local TV channels in every market in the U.S. By providing local TV channels everywhere, this merger will make satellite television a strong alternative to cable in our community. Throughout the country, people will now be able to turn to satellite TV to access their local news, weather and community information, in addition to a comprehensive package of national video programming. But just as exciting, the merger will bring the availability of affordable high-speed Internet service by satellite to over 40 million Americans who don't have high-speed Internet access. These tremendous benefits to consumers won't happen without the merger. Satellite-delivered Internet service will bring an affordable and competitive alternative to cable modems and DSL to consumers in big cities, small towns and rural areas alike. This will give me a competitive choice for Internet access and will be especially advantageous to rural communities where cable modems and DSL are not likely to be available anytime in the near future.
In the interest of improving our access to competitive television and Internet service, I urge you to lend your support to this merger.
178. Justicia para Latinoamérica - El Sur también existe
Si estás en Latinoamérica, ya debes saber que es casi un milagro ver a Michael Jackson en los canales de televisión. MTV Latina, la última vez que pasó un especial dedicado íntegramente al Rey del Pop fue cuando se lanzó el álbum "HIStory, Past, Present & Future", allá por 1995. Ya vimos en pantalla a artistas latinos e internacionales ser nombrados "Artistas del Mes", estar presentes en las secciones como "Becoming", "Making The Video", "FANatic", algunos hasta por doble turno, y de Michael Jackson... NADA. El 7 de noviembre de 2001, la corresponsal de Europa Press, Nuria Caralps, informó que la tienda de discos Virgin Megastore de Times Square en Manhattan, había sido la escogida por Michael Jackson para promocionar su último álbum "Invincible", evento televisado junto a una nota realizada por Carson Daily para "Total Request Live" (TRL), por la cadena estadounidense de música MTV, en el marco del ciclo musical "Spankin New Music" del canal. ¿Por qué ese material nunca fue emitido al aire por MTV Latina, en plena promoción del álbum "Invincible"?. Meses antes, en septiembre de 2001, Michael Jackson realizó dos conciertos como festejo por sus 30 años de carrera solista. En dicho país, el show fue trasmitido por la señal CBS y, como ocurrió en otras ocasiones, los televidentes pensamos que el programa iba a ser retransmitido para Latinoamérica por la señal Sony Entertainment Television. Sin embargo, los meses pasaron y todavía somos miles los seguidores latinoamericanos que aún no hemos podido disfrutar de este gran espectáculo. Es bastante ridículo pensar que no haya ningún plan de emitir el show conmemoración del aniversario de los 30 años de carrera como solista de Michael Jackson, tomando en cuenta que fue el programa con mayor audiencia de los últimos 10 años en la televisión americana, con 45 millones de televidentes. Realmente nos gustaría saber el verdadero motivo para evitar la transmisión de este tipo de especiales. Si Sony Entertainment Television puede trasmitir los premios Grammy Latinos, eventos especiales, ¿por qué no este concierto?. ¿Por qué MTV Latina no pasa ningún especial nuevo de Michael Jackson en años?. ¿Creerán que por no ser parte del primer mundo, no tenemos el mismo derecho a disfrutar de los mejores eventos internacionales?. Sería grato que a partir de esta petición, directivos de distintas cadenas televisivas (de aire y cable) se den cuenta de que... ¡EL SUR TAMBIÉN EXISTE!.
179. Fire Rob Dibble
Since joining ESPN, Rob Dibble has worsened both the quality of Baseball Tonight and SportsCenter
180. Save Zim!
There have been many people saying that invader Zim is or will be cancelled.
Invader Zim is one of the best shows on television. It's so different from all of the others. If it gets cancelled, there will be a lot of very dissapointed people. So we want Nickelodeon to KEEP INVADER ZIM!!!!!!!!
The Zim man rocks our world!!!


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According to Hallvard Moe, a media researcher at the University of Bergen in Norway, the public value test was first used by the BBC, but was soon embraced by the European Commission, and is now established policy in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway. (While Norway is not a member of the EU, it tends to align many of its policies with those of its neighbors.) The public value test requirement has not calmed public broadcasters' critics, however, who say that market impact is necessarily hard to predict, and that its requirements are vague.
"This looks very good on paper, but it's not really doing anything in practice," says Hultengård—which is why his and other similar organizations are lobbying the EU for something stronger.
The public broadcasters, of course, oppose any policy that would hinder their ability to grow. Earlier this month, Jean-Paul Philippot, president of the European Broadcasting Union, which represents media organizations from 56 countries in Europe, defended the broadcasters' right to expand online.
"For quite some time, public service media in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland have served as examples for the rest of Europe by demonstrating the clear link between properly-functioning public service media and properly-functioning democratic societies," wrote Philippot. "However…we must contend with interests at the supra-national level, who wish to confine us to a sort of 'media ghetto' by reducing our access to broadcasting spectrum and seeking to impose restrictions and more political control over our activities."
As the lobbying by all parties continues, it remains to be seen what restrictions may be placed on public service broadcasters in future media charters. Scandinavia's public service journalists and producers all argue that maintaining the current funding and regulatory model is crucial: direct funding from the public keeps them independent; in exchange for that funding, the public expects fast and thorough news and entertainment—both on air and online. Costs go up along with those expectations, but staying big, they say, is essential to the public service they provide.
"It's a balance of confidence," says SVT's Eva Hamilton. "As long as we can provide quality programs, as long as we have a first-class news coverage, as long as we have many correspondents, and as long as we have the best cultural programs in the country, then everybody accepts that this is a public service."


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I recently did a playthrough of the game where my main goal was to get Kenny to at the end of episode four say, "You're my best bro, of course I'm coming with you to save Clementine." But at the same time, I also wanted to see what happened when I made choices I had not yet made.
[LIST]In episode one, I saved Duck when before I saved Shawn. For Kenny.[/LIST]
[list]In episode two, I helped him kill Larry when before I tried to save him. For Kenny.[/list]
[list]I chose to steal the food from the car, didn't before. For Kenny.[/list]
[list]In episode three, I killed the girl while on the run to the pharmacy. I had already played through both ways and didn't want to sit through those screams again. Against Kenny.[/list]
[list]I kept my past a secret. Against Kenny.[/list]
[list]I chose to keep Lilly where before I always left her behind. Against Kenny.[/list]
[list]I fought him in the train instead of trying to talk him down. Against Kenny.[/list]
[list]I made him kill Duck. Against Kenny.[/list]
[list]In episode four, I also made him kill the boy in the attic. Against Kenny (arguably).[/list]
[list]I dropped Ben. For Kenny.[/list]
By this count, that is 4 decisions for Kenny, 6 against. And yet when I asked him to come with me, he didn't hesitate. He was there for me. Out of curiosity, I went back and didn't drop Ben. When I asked him to come with me again, I got the "Would you be there for me?" spiel.
My reason for saying this is disturbing is that the decisions that have the most impact on how much Kenny likes me are the ones where I must consciously choose to kill a living, breathing human. The Larry decision without a doubt holds the most amount of clout in the game, with the Ben decision a likely second. Yes, Larry may have already been dead, but we don't know, and in any non-zombie situation a person would automatically attempt to save him. The point is that in both situations, Kenny opted for killing, and yet he is made to be Lee's greatest friend nearly from the very beginning.
I know that most of you likely have thought about this somewhat, but when all is put together, how much does Kenny deserve his (possible but likely) death? And are his actions worthy of redemption? Should we view him with sympathetic eyes, or should he still be remembered as a monster?


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The following individuals are among the thousands of Americans who have endorsed Jill Stein for President and Cheri Honkala for Vice President in 2012. Organizations are listed for identification purposes only.
Noam Chomsky - Institute Professor, MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
"Join me in building demand for progressive change with the Green Party and Jill Stein's presidential campaign. People around the world wish they had a voice in American politics. We have the capacity to direct leaders to international war, shape relations in the Middle East, and peak or crash markets in far-reaching places. Our national policies that in turn shape policies in every corner of the earth." Read more...
Chris Hedges - Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and senior fellow at the Nation Institute
"The November election is not a battle between Republicans and Democrats. It is not a battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. It is a battle between the corporate state and us. And if we do not immediately engage in this battle we are finished, as climate scientists have made clear. I will defy corporate power in small and large ways. I will invest my energy now solely in acts of resistance, in civil disobedience and in defiance. Those who rebel are our only hope. And for this reason I will vote next month for Jill Stein." Read more...
Rosa Clemente - Community Organizer, Independent Journalist, Hip Hop Activist
"The Green Party is no longer the alternative; the Green Party is the imperative."
Jared Ball - Associate Communications Professor, Morgan State University; Radio producer and host, WPFW, Washington, DC
"Our only hope for electoral politics is to develop viable alternatives to what currently exists. If we are to vote, we must develop a party worthy of that effort and struggle. It is the Green Party that best represents that hope."
David Swanson - Author of War is a Lie and also of Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial President and Forming a More Perfect Union
"We can't afford to let this opportunity slip by. By taking action... the peace community has a chance to inject a compelling and courageous peace advocate into the 2012 presidential campaign, to have a voice in the national debate over war, militarism, and military spending."
David Cobb - Spokesperson, Move to Amend; Steering Committee Member, Democracy Unlimited Humboldt County
"Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala are not only leaders of the growing movements for peace, justice, democracy and ecology - they come out of the movement. These strong Green women have the courage, vision and commitment we so desperately need - and so richly deserve - from our political leaders. I am proud to be voting for Jill and Cheri."
Medea Benjamin - Co-founder of CODEPINK
Leah Bolger - retired Naval Commander and current President of Veterans for Peace
George Martin - three-term national Co-chair of United for Peace & Justice
Bruce Gagnon - Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
Kevin Zeese - It's Our Economy
Dr. Andy Coates - national President-elect, Physicians for a National Health Program
"When President Obama slammed the door in the face of single-payer health care advocates, and abandoned the "public option", it seemed that we were doomed to debating slight variations on the failing status quo. But in the wake of the Obamacare/Romneycare crackup, we have an incredible opportunity to reframe the health care debate by injecting a long-time advocate for Medicare-for-All (single-payer) into the presidential dialogue." Read more...
Katie Robbins - Healthcare-NOW! Board of Directors
Dr. Margaret Flowers - Physicians for a National Health Program
Mark Dunlea - Single-payer New York
Gloria Mattera - Physicians for a National Health Program
Dorli Rainey - Long-time activist pepper-sprayed by police at Occupy Seattle
"Dr. Jill Stein represents the vision of a government that has the resolve to turn an exclusive corporate-driven war machine into an inclusive peace economy with sustainable jobs for all."
Alex Winter - Actor and director, Trouper Productions
"In this wearying election season, where the two most visible candidates are primarily focused on generalized partisan rhetoric, Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala have often been the only voices of truth, specificity and depth. They represent a vital and rare political party that genuinely represents the interests of the people."
Kahlil Jacobs Fantauzzi - Mayoral Candidate, Berkeley, CA
DLabrie - Hip Hop Artist, President of RonDavoux Records and Community Organizer, Oakland, CA
Ashley Proctor - Community Organizer, Oakland, CA
Kimberly King - Assistant Psychology Professor, California State University Los Angeles; Producer, The Beautiful Struggle, KPFK
"I am proud to endorse Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala, because they represent the hopes of poor and working class Americans and all who love justice for a government that listens to and takes good care of its people. I agree with the Green Party slogan, "Another US is possible. Another party is necessary." The current two-party system serves multinational corporations and the interests of the wealthiest Americans, at the expense of most Americans. I support Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala's emphasis on a Green New Deal, which includes full employment at a living wage, health care, and safe affordable housing. As a college professor, one of the most important issues for me is public education. I have seen public education be attacked by the previous 2 administrations, Obama and Bush, with new legislation that blames teachers and students rather than trying to find solutions to provide quality education for all children. Stein and Honkala advocate for the right to a tuition-free, quality, federally funded, locally controlled public education system from pre-school through college. I am proud to cast my vote for Dr. Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala on Nov. 6, 2012."
Cheri Pace - Educator, Activist and Artist, Atlanta, GA
Malcolm Hoover - Community Organizer and Data Analyst, Oakland CA
Khalilah Collins - Former Executive Director of W.I.T. (Women In Transition) Louisville, KY
Krista Keating - Blogger, Revolutionize Yo' Block
Ron Gubitz - Educator, Co-Founder of Hip Hop Congress
Sandy Perry - Outreach Minister C.H.A.M, Christian Homeless Alliance Ministries, San Jose, CA
Janice Carolina - Housing Activist, San Jose, CA
Manny Phesto - Hip Hop Artist, Community Organizer, Minneapolis MN
Rahman Jamaal - Hip Hop Artist (Project S.E.E.R.), Educator
Dione Johnson - Founder, Multi-Media
Head-Roc - Hip Hop Artist and Activist, Washington, DC
Isabel Espinal - co-chair, Latino Caucus, Green Party of the U.S.
Shamako Noble - Hip Hop Congress
Tara Colon - Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign
Irwin Nack - Associate Professor, William Paterson University of N.J.,Retired; Past President, A.F.T. Local Union 1796, AFL-CIO
Richard Stallman - Software freedom activist
"In the 1970s we had a name for politicians with policies like Obama's: Republicans. Therefore, Jill Stein for President."
Hugh Giordano - United Food and Commercial Workers Local 152, Mays Landing, NJ
"It is time for labor to practice the politics of courage, rather than the politics of fear and appeasement. We must support candidates who back labor when they run against the two corporate parties. We urge a vote for Jill Stein and the Green New Deal and Economic Bill of Rights this November."
Jim Moran - Director (retired), Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health
Justin Harrison - CWA Local 13000 Unit 1 President
Christopher Fons - Milwaukee Teachers Education Association Milwaukee, WI
Allan Herman - IATSE Local 927 Executive Board member
Steve Edwards - President, AFSCME Local 2858 Chicago IL
Tom Crean - chapter leader, United Federation of Teachers, New York City
Marty Harrison - Executive Board member TUHNA/PASNAP (Temple University Hospital Nurses Association/ Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals)
David Myron - Michigan Education Association (MEA/NEA); Former Local President, Perry Education Association
Sunyata Altenor - CWA Local 1032, New York, NY
Charles Post - Professional Staff Congress, New York, NY
Warren Davis - American Federation of Government Employees Local 2006 Philadelphia, PA (retired)
Eric Hoyt - Graduate Employees Organization, Amherst, MA
Frank Jackson - GEO-UAW 2334, Amherst, MA
"The bosses have two parties; now we have one of our own."
Karen Young - Newspaper Guild, CWA Local 3, New York, NY
Howie Hawkins - Teamsters Local 317, Syracuse, NY
Barry Eidlin - United Faculty and Academic Staff, Madison WI
Marie Stolzenburg - Teaching Assistants Association, AFT Madison, WI
Nick Limbeck - Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago, IL
Mike McCallister - National Writers Union Local 1981; Former Chair, South Central Wisconsin Labor Party
"The corporate parties are spending $1 billion each to buy your vote and sell us out! Jill Stein stands for us."
Patrick Burke - Western Mass. Jobs with Justice, Springfield, MA
"I have worked alongside Jill Stein in building connections between labor unions, low income community organizations, students, and others in the fight for economic justice. Jill understands the need for an strong and independent labor movement to make change in this country."
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Charles Levenstein - Massachusetts Teachers Association (retired)
"Jill Stein is intelligent and thoughtful -- and we share fundamental principles that I think ought to inform the way our government behaves. She has a deep feeling for the predicament of American workers and she opposes the agressive imperialism we see supported by both Democrats and Republicans. How could I not support her candidacy?"
Marsha Niemeijer - CWA Local 1032 New York City
David Williams - Chicago Library Employees 1215 Chicago, IL
Tom Neilson - American Fed. of Musicians Local 1000, SEIU Local 509 Watertown, MA
Tim Pagel - Teamsters Local 988 Houston Texas
Jim Howe - CWA Local 3108 Orlando, FL
Alex Kantrowitz - Teamsters Local 700 Chicago, IL
Ron Dicks - International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, San Francisco, CA
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Ashok Kumar - Labor Activist, Former member Dane County Board, Madison, WI
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Brian Rothgery - Labor Activist, Milwaukee, WI
Michael Childers - Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice, AFT 223 Milwaukee WI
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Isaac Silver - Labor Activist, Chicago, IL
Jonathan Fluck - Actors' Equity Association, New York City
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Danielle Albert - Labor Activist, New York City
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Chris Robinson - United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 Philadelphia, PA
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Trudy Quaif - Public Employees Federation steward (retired), Albany, NY
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George McAnanama - Transport Workers Union Local 100 (retired) New York City
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Jonathon Flanders - International Association of Machinists, LL 1145 Troy, NY
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Neal Pritchard - United Steel Workers Local 1000, Corning NY
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John Ailey - Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR), IL
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Mike Whalen - UNITE-HERE, Local 17 (retired) St Paul, Minnesota
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Nevada Martindale - student, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ; Mother of 6
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Ryan Jones - Founder, College Greens, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Patrick Burke - Student Labor Action Project Organizer, Western Massachusetts Jobs with Justice
Alex Shantz - College Greens President, Napa Valley College, CA
Drew Langdon - Candidate for NY State Assembly 137th District; Former Student, Houghton College, NY
Matt Rogina - USC Alum; former County Council member, Green Party of Sonoma County, CA
Steve Alesch - Park Commissioner, Warrenville, IL; Alum of Illinois Institute of Technology Graduate school and Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Dominick Granato - Disabled Vietnam War veteran; father of two with large student debt
Polina Tchebotarova - Biology lecturer, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Larry Carter - Charleston County Green Party Executive, Charleston, SC
Richard Gomez - Former student, Westland College, MI
Latonda Hinton - Student, Rutgers University
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Brad Hall - Chairman, Florida Pirate Party
Tom Thirion - Founder and President, Green Peace Corp
Mort Malkin - Writer, Gadfly - Political Satire, The Catskill Chronicle
Lawrence A. Winans - Blog editor, Dissenting Democrat; former Executive director, MN Fair Housing Center; Co-founder and former President, MN Coalition for the Homeless; former Executive director, Partners for Affordable Housing
Lynda Deschambault - Green Party member and former Mayor, Moraga, CA
Joanne Landy - Co-Director, Campaign for Peace and Democracy
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Robert I. Bloom - Smithsonian Award 1999, Scientist, Educator, Easton, MD
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Reverend Edward Pinkney & Dorothy Pinkney - Black Autonomy Network Community Organization
Dave Marsh - American music critic, author, host of Live from E Street Nation, Kick Out the Jams, and Live From the Land of Hopes and Dreams
Pastor Scott Wagers - CHAM Deliverance Ministry
Lynette Malles - Occupy Homes Minnesota & Minnesota Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign
Marin Peplinski - Retired Principal - Loring Nicolett Alternative School
Mary Bricker-Jenkins - USA-Canada Alliance of Inhabitants & Former Co-chair of the Assembly to End Poverty
Monica Beemer - Sisters of the Road
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John Eskow - Screenwriter (Pink Cadillac & others)
Eric Sheptock - Chair, Shelter Housing and Respectful Change
Mark Webber - Actor, Writer, Director
Lee Ballinger - West Coast Editor - Rock & Rap Confidential
Mike Malinin - musician (Goo Goo Dolls)
Jennifer Jewell - Director, Women in Transition
Sister Margaret McKenna - New Jerusalem Laura
Galen Tyler - Kensington Welfare Rights Union
Glen Davis and Tara Colon - Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign
George Friday - Move to Amend
Dorothy (Dottie) Stevens - Massachusetts Welfare Rights
Bob Flanagan - Worcester Homeless Action Committee
Ms. Fran - fighting foreclosure
Reverend Bruce Wright - Refuge Ministries
Rev. Dennis Segall - Coalition for the Reform of Youth Services
Jeremy Alderson - Founder, the Homeless Marathon
Paul Boden - Organizing Director, Western Regional Advocacy Project
Sister Adrienne Lawton - Associate Pastor, CHAM Deliverance Ministry
Gloria M. Sandoval - President, CA Central Valley Journey for Justice
Julia Butterfly Hill - environmental activist
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Sean Sweeney - co-author, United Nations Environmental Program report on Global Green Jobs (2008)
Steve Breyman - Assoc. Prof. of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
David Schwartzman - Prof. Emeritus of Biology, Howard University
Charles Komonaff - Carbon Tax Center
Richard Wolff - Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts
Nathanael Fortune - Professor of Physics, Smith College
Masada Disenhouse - 350 San Diego
Ted Glick - author
Linda Piera-Avila - Vice Chair, Santa Monica Urban Forest Task Force, Santa Monica, CA
Mimi Newton - Environmental Attorney, Fairfax, CA
Katey Culver - Owner, Song to Gaia Gardens
Aaron Pacitti - Assistant Professor of Economics, Siena College
Howard Switzer - Architect, Ecoville Architechs
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Author Archives: Doreen Carvajal
Genetic Memory: Feeling Jewish
Earlier this summer, I mingled among a group of amateur and professional genealogists at an international Paris conference exploring the study of Jewish roots. A fascinating question emerged: is the history of all our ancestors somehow a part of us? Does genetic memory exist?
There are scientific studies exploring what we inherit in unexpected ways through epigenetics, a chemical network in our cells that controls genes, switching them on and off. At the core of this field is the notion that genes have a memory and that the lives of our great grandparents – what they breathed, saw and ate – can directly affect us decades later. Ongoing studies in Sweden are examining statistics about famine and abundant harvests to determine the impact on the health of descendants four generations later. Researchers, for instance, found a statistical link between the increased longevity of the descendants of paternal grandfathers who had lived through a period of famine while young.
I'm intrigued by the notion that generations pass on particular survival skills and, perhaps, an unconscious sense of identity that stands the test of centuries. In the case of my own Catholic Carvajal family, I wonder what prompted them to guard the secret of their Sephardic Jewish identity for generations long after the Spanish Inquisition that prompted them to flee to Costa Rica in Central America.
In the 1990's, Jerusalem psychotherapist Dina Wardi worked with children of Holocaust survivors and developed the theory that survivor parents typically designated certain children as "memorial candles" who took on the mission of serving as a link to preserve the past and connect the future. The children of survivors who actively struggled against the Nazis, she found, had a strong compulsive ambition to achieve.
A similar strategy existed among the Anusim, Hebrew for the forced ones who converted to Christianity to survive during the Inquisition. Usually elder women took the role of passing on information about their secret identity to particular younger family members. In our family, the historian was my great Aunt Luz – which means light in Spanish.
At one seminar on genealogy, a speaker, Jonina Duker, talked about a phenomenon of "the blood calls" among Anusim to describe how they find their way back to the mainstream of Jewish people.
Recently, a Spaniard named Fernando Carvajal Acebal contacted me from Madrid after reading something I had written and spotting our shared Sephardic Jewish name, Carvajal. He tried to explain the feeling that he said has lingered with him since he was a young Catholic. His mother told him he started insisting he was Jewish when he was about six years old.
"Nobody transmitted this feeling to me," he told me. "I could have felt I was a Muslim, but I always felt profoundly that I was Jewish. I would say this intimate feeling is almost genetic, an emotion that tells me, yes, you are a Catholic, but do not forget that you are Jewish. I have a deep Christian faith and I pray every day. I do not know the Jewish rites, their customs, or roots. But it does not stop me from feeling Jewish."
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Unlocking Memories
Most everyone has a family tree. But how do you turn a dry chart of birth and death dates into something more vibrant that can be shared for generations? Turn into a reporter. And then preserve the story in a compelling way.
By writing about my own family mystery with my first book, The Forgetting River, I wanted to share the story of the secret Sephardic Jewish identity of the Catholic Carvajals in a way that could introduce ancestors to descendants.
I'm a journalist by trade, but I made many mistakes along my own journey to explore my family. A basic lesson I learned was to start early to interview relatives about personal family history. By the time I began to probe our past, key relatives with vital information had died.
But one of the most crucial mistakes I made was that I lost my own journalistic skepticism when I questioned family members about delicate subjects. I didn't gather much information when I asked directly if we were the descendants of Marranos, forced Christian converts who maintained a dual identity to escape persecution during the Spanish Inquisition. To probe sensitive family history, I realized belatedly that it's best to work from the edges. Think. Watch. Observe. I asked benign questions and searched for records that allowed information to seep out about customs, household rituals, job patterns, prayers. I found that the older generation sometimes confided more in their grandchildren and nieces than their own children. From this strategy, I learned about a hidden menorah kept in a bedroom dresser or fourth cousins marrying fourth cousins, an almost tribal habit of trusted secret Marrano families intermarrying and maintaining the appearance of being Catholics.
Lately, I've been thinking about other strategies that families can exploit to start conversations and unlock memories. An acquaintance organized a family reunion for a large black family on the East Coast with some painful history dating back to slavery. Some relatives were reluctant to remember those times, but they settled on the idea of creating a griot cookbook, asking relatives for family recipes along with submissions of personal memories evoked by the dishes. The griot is a reference to a traditional West African storyteller.
Once conversations start flowing, seize the opportunity. Make a recording. The StoryCorps is a non-profit organization that offers advice about preserving personal history, down to suggested conversation openers (What is your earliest memory? What are the most important lessons you've learned in life?).
For the finale – and a gift to future generations – make a digital slide show with a soundtrack that mixes music and their words. There are many iPad applications that allow amateur genealogists to turn into multi-media producers. Make sure the slide is show is about two minutes and focus on a time or a story that can lead to more conversations.
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Hunting Family Ghosts
The moment the cardboard box from New York arrived, I felt a strange mixture of elation and melancholy. The package was stacked with copies of my first book, a memoir, The Forgetting River.
I examined the hardcover like checking a new baby, counting the pages, smoothing the cover, reading the tribute and rereading my first sentences that I think I must have rewritten more than 100 times since I started my quest. It's a universal story of personal discovery, my journey to reclaim the secret Sephardic Jewish identity of my Catholic Carvajal family in a white pueblo on a high ridge in the southern frontier of Spain.
Everyone has a mystery in the family tree and this was mine. Now I feel wistful as a I look over the last chapter because I long to keep adding new information. Unbeknownst to me, my older cousin, Rosie, revealed a few days ago that she had questioned my great aunt Luz in San Jose, Costa Rica at a family gathering before she died in 1998. Aunt Luz, which literally means the light, was the careful historian of family lore, typical of Anusim – Hebrew for forced Christian converts dating back to the Spanish Inquisition. The Anusim or Marranos – which in Spanish literally means pigs – typically relied on elder women to pass on their secrets.
"Luz told me that our family came from Spain," Rosie wrote to me. "She asked me: 'Has your mother ever told you that we are Sefarditos?' Of course when I brought it up to my mother, she refused to talk. Come to think of it, I actually took a small tape recorder and without their knowledge recorded our conversation."
When I read those words, I felt chills. One of my biggest regrets about trying to recover my family's secret identity is that for years I missed numerous opportunities to gather information from older generations because I was simply not curious about our past. To bring life to a chart of a family tree, I realized belatedly that conversations have to happen to tell a vivid story to pass on to new generations. Indirect approaches need to be pursued to tackle delicate subjects. I discovered all this by making many mistakes.
Rosie's late mother – my aunt and godmother – had always been interested in my book research. I had asked her several times about our family history and secret Jewish background, but she told me politely that she knew nothing. "My mother knew, but was too diplomatic with you to say she didn't want to talk," Rosie said. "When I brought it up, she absolutely refused to comment. I knew that she knew something."
Today I'm preparing to mail copies of my new book to relatives in California and Costa Rica – too late to write another chapter with tape recorded quotes of a voice from the grave.
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