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Do you ever wonder if you could do without something you've always been dependent on?
Last June our dryer died! We had planned to get it repaired until we discovered that the problem was the motor. That pretty much meant it would be cheaper to buy a new (used) one, which is what we had planned to do. I, however, decided that since we were barely into June, we could probably last the summer without one.
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A year without a dryer.
Why would we not want to have a dryer? Well, honestly we do want one. But I wanted to see what it would be like for us, if we didn't have one. Could in fact survive it? Yes, I know, we could "survive", but as a society, we've become very used to the conveniences we have nowadays. So used to them that if we suddenly lost them, I have to wonder if we would know what to do.
The reality is: we could lose that convenience quite easily. So in a way, going without a dryer was a challenge in self-sufficiency.
What it took for us to do this successfully were a few clotheslines — one outside and one inside — and a drying rack. Sure, drying clothes this way takes a little more planning. If someone wants something washed quickly, it's not going to happen.
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Slowing Down :: In a world where everything is pretty much at your fingertips, easily and quickly accessible, it requires us to slow down a bit. We have to plan ahead and remain patient. I also find it fairly meditative to walk out into the yard with nothing more to do than to hang the laundry. I find to be relaxing. I also love to just look at the clothing in the sunshine and blowing in the breeze. It really makes me feel connected to my life.
Eco-consciousness :: I don't consider a dryer a necessity. It's definitely a convenience, but not a necessity. By not having one, we consume less electricity, which not only saves us money but also saves our precious resources.
Will we ever buy a new dryer? Probably. But not having a dryer has taught us that we can do without. When we do buy a new one, we will be putting our clothes out to dry on the clothesline or drying rack more often than not.

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DUBAI - Tokyo is looking to attract SovereignWealth Funds (SWFs) in the UAE to make long-term investments in Japan, particularly in sectors offering high returns, as both countries stress the importance of human and economic development.
The investments shall be in the form of joint ventures on financial services, photovoltaic or solar power, water desalination, energy-saving IT products, biotechnology and real estate, according to Japans Hiroyuki Ishige, Vice-Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
We are open to investments involving patient, long-term capital, he said in an interview. Thats what we need from SWFs.
The main source of the UAEs SWFs, such as the Dh3.21 trillion ($875 billion) Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, is from a financial surplus from oil exports.
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This forum highlights regional and international dialogue and co-operation. Ishige said, meanwhile, that Tokyo is keen to draw up a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Gulf Co-operation Council bloc, stressing this would further enhance trade and investments between Japan and the six-member Gulf Arab bloc.
Our objective is to pursue a multilateral trade agreement rather than a unilateral pact, he stressed, although things have not been smooth sailing for the negotiations after both parties conducted only two highlevel meetings for the past three years. But he said the problem is only on the scheduling of meetings.
Japans exports to the UAE reached a recordhigh of Dh29.38 billion ($8 billion) in 2007, a 33.1- per cent growth from the previous year, according to data released earlier by the Japan External Trade Organisation.
The chairman of JCCME, Jiro Nemoto, said Japan is well prepared to help modernise the UAE and the whole Middle East, particularly in trade and education, stressing that his country has a 140-year history of modernisation.
He pointed out that any economic development must be complemented by human development through education, industrial training, information network and medical care. Thinking only of earning money is not good, he said. We must also think of morality and good work ethics.
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Featured artists through mid-April are: Ken Adair, Darla Bostick, David Mask, Linda Scott and R'Lene Winters. Art work includes oils, acrylics, watercolors and photographs! Owner Greg Tierney is welcoming all friends, neighbors, family and fellow artists to not only enjoy the artwork, but if you choose, order a late lunch or take advantage of the tavern bar.
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RALEIGH - United States Attorney George E.B. Holding announced that in federal court here on April 20, 2009, CHARLES MELVIN CAMPBELL, JR., was sentenced to 320 months by United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle for conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than fifty (50) grams of cocaine base (crack) and for possessing a firearm in furtherance of this drug trafficking crime. CAMPBELL was the head of a drug organization operating in Red Springs, North Carolina. In total ten defendants have pleaded guilty to their involvement in this conspiracy as part of operation "Hot Soup."
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As I have worked on my relic obsession (and make no mistake .it IS an obsession!) One of the biggest challenges that I had was figuring out the best way to get that ambered 'vintage' look. The goal I was shooting for was that of a 62 Strat neck & the color of the headstock & back of the neck (I wanted to start with a rosewood neck first. I plan on tackling an all maple neck at a later time).
The target neck has this cool brownish-goldish-amber finish (thats quite a mouthful!). I wanted to make it look authentic; not only in color but REAL vintage necks bring out the grain of the maple.
The most common way to TRY to achieve this is for people to add amber to their clear lacquer. It looks o.k but as I stated before I have a RELIC obsession & o.k. is just not good enough!!
Also, the amber-clear technique actually MASKS the wood grain! Think of it as having plastic wrap over your Television screen .you can still see the picture, but it just isn't right!
Well . here is my technique on how to make it RIGHT:
The first secret is that you have to stain the wood, not the finish. This is the ONLY way to really make a neck look like it came from 1962!
Heres what I did to create the secret sauce
I used Color-Tone concentrated liquid stains from Stewart MacDonald. The colors you need are Yellow, Red & Tobacco Brown.
The mix ratio of yellow, red, and brown water stain for "vintage maple" is more art than science. I eyeballed it & had good results
BEFORE YOU START!!! YOU NEED TO USE SCRAP MAPLE! Dont put this stuff on till its how you want it to look on the scrap!
You don't want to test it on paper, it will just soak it up & not give you accurate results!
Now for the secret ingredients!
Start with full strength yellow in a bowl. Add warm water until the color isnt too strong when wiped on your piece of scrap maple
Then add little drops of full strength brown and red to amber it.
When you think it's right, test it on your scrap maple & put on the clear lacquer. Remember, it won't look right until it's sprayed with clear lacquer.
If you REALLY want to bring out the grain, you can stain the wood and then sand most of it off again.
The grain will hold the color & the rest of the maple will sand back to natural. For an even more DRAMATIC effect, try it with black or silver stain to really make the grain stand out. Then, when you wipe on your final coat of stain and dont sand it off, the grain is like 3D & comes right out at you! This technique looks GREAT on a birds eye maple neck!
You can wipe stain on with a clean rag or by spraying. I think it looks better & is far easier wiping it on.
Once you got the color, clear & results you were looking for on the scrap, repeat the process on your neck!
I have used the REAL Vintage look technique for refinishing a vintage neck AND for making a new one look old!
You will be amazed at how much better this looks, especially if you compare side by side with a neck done with the Amber-Clear technique!
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· This technique raises the grain of the wood. Before you start staining make the wood damp to raise the grain. After it dries, sand off the rough spots with 200‑grit sandpaper
· To avoid streaks wipe with the grain (length wise)
· For best results, let the stained wood dry at least 48 hours before applying clear.
· PRACTICE ON SCRAP!! I used an old Maple Baseball bat & got very good results (I guess that would make it a Batocaster)
· A Little Color-tone goes a VERY LONG WAY!!!
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A look at the current Divas Division
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Okay, just gonna have a look at the WWE divas division and have a look as to where it's going (or not going)
(in alphabetical order)
AJ - I believe she needs a push. When I saw her on NXT, she delivered some very good matches but since becoming a diva she's really just been used to build up Beths/Natalya's status as the dominant divas. I'd like to see her with a new gimmick and more decent matches as she's a good high flyer type.
Aksana - I don't really see what she's about. Apart from all the flirting with Teddy Long, I don't see her as a particular significant involvement in the division, but maybe she could be a good wrestler?
Alicia Fox - I believe she's actually a very good wrestler, although she has botched from time to time, with more time she could become a good champion. With more time and practice there could be a lot of good things to come from her. She needs more mic work though.
Beth Phoenix - Without a doubt she's probably the best wrestler there, she's powerful and delivers good matches. The Glam Slam is possibly the best finisher going. She makes a good Divas champion, however I think WWE need to give her and Natty more air time to cut promos because her mic skills aren't the best.
Bella Twins - Never been a fan of them, mediocre wrestlers and annoying overall. Brie was possibly the worst champion ever.
Eve - I think she's severely underrated. She's a really good wrestler and she had a great few matches with Beth Phoenix last year at the pay per views. She's very athletic in the ring and she could become even better. She just lacks popularity with the crowd and doesn't have good mic skills.
Kaitlyn - She needs to be heel. I don't understand why they cut the angle of her joining the Divas of Doom because she could of been great with them, a strong diva just needs more of a moveset and more spunk and she could go far.
Kelly Kelly - I feel sorry for k2. She's actually grown so much since when she started back in 2006. Everyone complains that she's a poor wrestler, but if you compare from the start to now, she's improved more than any diva. She gets the biggest pops from the crowd, she has great charisma and even she's not the best wrestler, she can throw a good match. Although I think other divas need a chance to build themselves, I think Kelly is important to the division in the way she has the most charisma.
Layla - I know she's returning soon & hopefully she'll be face. I'd like to see the nice side of her and hopefully do well in the WWE (even though she already has) feuds with Beth/Natty would help her with this. It would be even better if Michelle returns with her and we could see Laycool as faces and not total bitches!
Natalya - Great technical and strong wrestler. She needs to stop being a rookie to other divas however, she should be fulfilling her role as the dominant diva. Great champion and she can pull of both face/heel roles. I'd like to see her go against Beth at Wrestlemania.
Rosa Mendes - I don't know what to say. She's not really valued or used in WWE and from her matches, I've never seen any great wrestling ability. And now she's used to manage. We know what that's gonna mean.
Tamina - I'm not too sure about her. She looks like she could be a good wrestler, but we haven't seen enough of her. However with the recent face turn maybe we can see more spunk and more talent to come through.
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Good afternoon blogging buddies,I am back in Valparaiso and have another bus blog to post in the next day or so.Another loooong bus trip, but home again and wanted to tell you about the wine regions around Mendoza
I did what so many do when they get to Mendoza,touring the wine regions.There are a number of places you can sign up for wine tours but I chose Trout and Wine Tours and was thoroughly pleased and satisfied with my choice.I went on a tour of the Lujan de Cuyo region.just outside of Mendoza, on thursday and loved it so much I went on another tour Saturday to see the Uco Valley, which is about 90 kms away from Mendoza. The tours are not cheap ,running about 170 US dollars each for the day but you can pay in pesos and if you change foreign money for pesos from the man on the street who gives 6.8 pesos to the dollar versus 4.9 at the casa de cambio you can save some money.
The tours are small groups,6 of us on thursday and only 3 saturday! On thursday there were 2 Danes,2 Swiss.one Austrian and me,today there were 2 Americans
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and me.The guides are extremely knowledgeable as far as my winery knowledge could guage and it was a great way to enjoy the scenery,wine,history and get a great meal as well in amazing surroundings.
I toured small bodegas, as the wineries are called, and some large ones as well.Family owned going back many years as well as new wineries trying new things and learning new techniques.Wine has been in the region since the Jesuits arrived to bring Christianity and of course give the blessed sacrement along with wine.For many many years Argentina produced huge quantities of wine and drank it all.The average consumption in the old days was 90 liters per man, woman and child. now you must remember that this was before soft drinks,beer or any other substitutes for the red wines they produced.The wine was horrible by all accounts, and used to be shipped by train from Mendoza to Buenos Aires.The train stopped along the way to water and fuel up and as it did the locals would siphon off some of the wine and replace it with water so by the time the wine did reach Buenos Aires it was even worse than when it set
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out.The region suffered what they refer to as a beer crisis in the 70's when beer made a serious impact on the argentine consumer as well as soft drinks.The consumption plummeted and many vineyards went under or were plowed under to plant other things.It was in the face of this crisis that the new argentinian wine industry was born. Bodega owners got more serious about guality and less about quantity brought in expertise and knowledge regarding the production of first quality wine.The Malbec grape,which comes from France was found to be a superb grape for the "terroir" of Mendoza where the climate,soil and elevation turn what is a non descript grape in France into the king of the reds here.Other grapes also flourish in the wonderful sunshine and dry air.There is little need for fungucides as the air is so very dry and the climate alo contributes to few bugs to have to be rid of,making Mendoza wine almost organic. Watering can be carefully controlled because most if not all of the area is irrigated with the Andes snow melt so the conditions are controlled and quite perfect.Vineyards are irrigated with a flooding system which is as it sounds or
a drip system wheer pipes of water drip onto the root systems of the vines.The only climate enemies of the wine here are hail and occasionally frost.To guard against hail they tuck the leaves and vines into a sheathing of netting that keeps the plant protected and also keeps birds away.Frost is more of a problem if it comes but it is very rare.
Other noble grapes grow well here and I had wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon,Merlot and Cabernet Franc red wines as well as Chardonnay.I saw an interesting thing at the Cabos vineyard where they were taking the vines and burying parts of them underground for a period of time,.What happens is the buried part of the vine produces roots instead of leaves and after a while you can cut the vine away from the mother stem and you have a cloned plant with all the same genetic quality as the original.They also were grafting different types of vines onto older stem and root systems,taking a cabernet sauvignon root system of 30 or 40 years old and graft malbec vines to it and over time it becomes a malbec grape plant!!
There is only one true Argentinian grape
,Torrontes,It grows best in the region of Salta. I bought a bottle but have not yet opened it up.People asked me if I was bringing the wine I bought home with me, and I just laughed.
I went to 6 Bodegas in the two areas,Kaiken which is an 80 year old winery with a mix of old buildings and modern equipment.Big and powerful wines to try here and a great way to start.We had three wines in each tasting,usually an entry level wine, their reserve wine then their prestige wine.We all had our noses into the glasses and swirling the glasses in fine style but I am not sure my nose is yet tuned for wine tasting. I do not yet get the scents of chocolate,leather,etc that seem to spring out into other taters noses.I am told I need to go to the grocery store and pick up I am everything in the produce section and smell it.Scent memory must be practiced and remembered for it to come back to you with your nose in a bottle. I am superbly suited for the drinking part and very enthusiastic about the tastes and colours!!!
From Kaiken we went to
Vina Cobos where an american wine maker named Paul Hobbs was one of the first to recognize the potential of the Malbec grape, and now produces some superb wines.The guide in this winery was very good and as we tasted and swirled she told us of the winery and about the area and we snacked on fresh walnuts grown around the bodega and goat cheese from down the road.What a life!!
It was now time for lunch and we headed for another Bodega, Tapiz but to eat, not to visit the winery.Upon arrival the screeching in the trees caught our attention, green swooping parrokeets everywhere.They are wild but not indigenous and seem to have settled in quite well in huge nests,what a racket!
Before we ate we stopped in for an olive oil tasting,Argentina is a huge producer of olives, and we were given small plastic cups of the oil.I made a mistake and drank mine quickly and immediately my eyes watered and I had to get some water down my throat!! It was spicy and quite a shock,I was careful with the next one. Lunch was served in a small upper room with just the 6 of
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us and our guide.Delicious gaspachio,juicy and tender beef,salad and superb icecream and fruit.Of course with a rose to start and a flight of wonderful reds to accompany the meal.
The last winery was my favourite of the day, a small bodega called Clos de Chakras.A boutique winery, as they call it, but with a long wine making family history. They had a wonderfully cool and dark cellar filled with wine bottles.This was the first place where we had actually seen wine in bottles and they were dusty and perfect.All the other places had wine in oak casks,french or american oak,aging and waiting to be bottled but clos de chakras had it sitting there where it belonged.
The superb tasting here was by a pond with fish swimming around and it was an extraordinary way to end the day in the Lujan de Cuyo region of Mendoza.
As I said earlier I had so enjoyed myself on Thursday that I went back to Trout and Wine on friday and booked a saturday tour to Vallee de Uco.The weather on saturday was cloudy and the odd spitting rain as we drove out of town to go south to the
Clos de Chakras
Uco valley.It was disappointing in a region known for such dry sunny weather to see the clouds and even more so knowing that the spectacular Andes were somewhere in the shroud of cloud to the west.Oh well there is sunshine in every bottle of wine!
The Uco Valley wineries are younger that the Lujan de Cuyo bodegas, there are new wine makers trying new things and we started with a visit to Pulenta Estates, again a superb guide to greet us and something different before our tasting.We were asked to close our eyes as she passed around glasses of scents for us to try and quess.there were things like vanilla in the glass,or cut grass, pepper corns,dried fruits chocolate.It was fun and I managed to get a few so there is hope for me yet apparently.The wines were again great and though the group was only the three of us we had a good time laughing at the scent off and enjoying the wines of the morning.Next was a tiny little winery named Azul,a man named Jimmy met us there and we sat at a rustic table outside a small building where Jimmy also coooks meals.The minimalist
features of the experience were further apparent as we only had a single wine glass each to sample our three wines.None of this crystal sparkling in a line on the table for Jimmy.The best for last tradition continued, but it was taking wine still in the barrel to taste before moving off!
The contrast between Azul and our next winery was dramatic.We went to Salentein winery just down the road.designed like a temple to wine the area is landscaped with indiginous plants interspaced with art.The main building is a grand place with an art gallery a part of it and the cellars were truly grand with columns around a tiled floor with a large compass set in the stone and a grand piano to one side!!Everything about Salentein is big and they produce millions of bottles of wine a year.Owned by a Dutch family even the Spanish speaking guide had a dutch accent when he spoke english. We had our lunch here sitting on a patio,with the scent of freshed mowed grass and the Andes on the horizon! Another great meal was eaten and another flight of wonderful wines.
We drove back bellies full and I asked to
Pulenta Estates
stop at a shrine I had noticed on the drive into the Valley.Red flags marked the site and small shrines were scattered around the area.It was a shrine to 'Gauchito Gil' a legendary Argentine character who the story tells was a soldier in the Argentine civil war who was fed up with the war and deserted.He was found by the police and tortured and was about to be killed when he told his killer that his son was sick and if he prayed to Gauchito Gill he would be saved.The policeman slit Gauchito's throat and returned home to of course find his son gravely ill and dying. He prayed to Gauchito Gil and the son recovered and the policeman went back and gave Gauchito a proper burial.The miracle of the sons recovery and the story of Gauchito Gil have resulted in these shrines all over the country and pilgrimages to the place of his birth or death,I am not sure which.
Well it is always good to end a blog with a miracle so I shall end this one here.I have left Argentine and will write again soon about my trip back to Valpo.I am also going to Santiago
Azul tasting
in the next few days and will report on that as well. Bye for now.
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Great blog amigo. I can see you're turning into a regular wino. I'll advise Linda that Christopher's will have to order in extra wine for your return. Cheers, Roly
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The article based off the television series Buffy the Vampire slayer defines feminism and gives a great example of the character Buffy in the show. The main character, Buffy is a very strong feminine girl as well as a strong slayer of vampires. she concludes the best representation on strong Femininity. As Levine describes how television should more represent the "new girl order" which is a strong feminine character, I can see how television is changing over time. We all did have a feminism issue in the media, but as media changed, there are many more shows where the main character is a strong female, in the mental or physical sense. As a more new show we can use the character Buffy to represent how more females should be portrayed and how much stronger we have become. When I think about the media representing strong femininity, I am very much reminded of Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft (Tomb Raider), or Kate Beckinsale in Underworld or Van Helsing, Mulan in the movie in Mulan, or Sookie in True Blood. Although some of the acts are unrealistic (but same goes for strong male characters in movies as well), the strength that these female portray is very influential. Although we females in this real world may not be assassins.... but we can have other forms of strength. We can become 20th century feminists and show more of a side as to how we can be females yet strong at the same time.
DQ- I am personally a huge fan of female centered violent movies (ex Electra, Lara Croft, Underworld, Aeon Flux, Resident Evils, Kill Bill and more, but my brother bashed on my and said no females are like that in real life.. So i thought to myself are there real assassins in real life, (I'm pretty sure there are) and if so who thinks there are more males than females? As the media is portraying strong movies (such as Munich, having an all male cast assassin, with one female assassin to kill off the first of the main characters, shows a form of flip in the movie.. ) which leads us to the similar topic of how females are used in sexual ways of completing their tasks.. in this case was to kill someone.


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The government of Cross River State is pulling all the strings to ensure that the Golden Eaglets' last 2013 African U-17 qualifier home game against Mali on Sunday would be in a blaze of glory and fanfare as the U. J Esuene Stadium is now undergoing redecoration
General painting of the 10,000-capacity stadium started on Monday and would expectedly be completed before Sunday's crunch game between Nigeria and Mali.
The stadium's manager, Koko Bassey-Omara informed that the Golden Eaglets' game against Mali would not have come at a better time than ahead of the huge annual Calabar Carnival.
"The renovation at the U.J Esuene stadium would serve dual purposes for the Golden Eaglets' last game against Mali on Sunday and importantly our biggest annual festival, the Calabar Carnival," he said. "We have really enjoyed the Golden Eaglets here and it is a pleasant coincidence that the team's last game is coming just before the start of the 2012 Calabar Carnival."
It was learnt that the His Excellency Senator Liyel Imoke has spared little in ensuring that the U.J Esuene stadium is at its posh best for the two forthcoming big events.
" Frankly, the Governor doesn't joke with beautification of Calabar and I think it is only fitting that the Golden Eaglets that have been here for this long would see the stadium at its colourful best which is usually the case for the Calabar Carnival,"he added.
Meanwhile, the Golden Eaglets' buildup towards Sunday's game is in top gear as the team finetunes its preparation inside the main pitch of the stadium.
"Our schedule is going well and we now train daily inside the stadium,"informed coach Garba Manu (MFR). "We have few days to the match against Mali and we don't want to overstretch the players."


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My family and I will be moving to the East Bay this summer, and we've been thinking about renting or buying something in east El Cerrito so that our son (now in kindergarten) can attend Madera. But we were told that 1st grade is already oversubscribed, and that there is a chance that our son would be displaced into another elementary, even if we lived in Madera's zone. Have other parents encountered this problem? Is it common that students are displaced this way? If we were displaced, would our chances of getting in for 2nd grade be better? I'd be obliged for any advice. Brian
Since the school board recently voted to close Castro (despite it being the third highest scoring school in El Cerrito, and one of the best in the district), the other El Cerrito schools are impacted, taking in all of the displaced Castro students. Since there is not enough room for them in El Cerrito schools, they too are being sent to schools outside of El Cerrito. It is truly a nightmare for everyone.
Try your luck, but don't be surprised if you cannot get into Madera, or any El Cerrito school. I would shoot for Berkeley, or even Albany. Thinking of packing up and leaving!
If you get displaced to Kensington Hilltop, nothing to worry about. It is a good school in a good community. Also, the people that go to Harding and Fairmont love their schools too. But it would be a bit of a drive for you. I would fight being placed at Castro because it is going to close soon ( they would be fools if they put you there, but who knows what they would do).
I was on a waiting list for Hilltop three years ago and this was the procedure. Attend Hilltop for a certain period of time until they are SURE there is no room for you. Can't remember how long..a couple of weeks? If there is no room, then you get assigned to your school. It sucks totally. How can you possibly make plans? Then when room opens, you get put back in your home school.
Here is the website for the transfer office:
If they are not helpful, appeal directly to Dr. Harter, Supt of Schools. Tell him transfer office has not been helpful and you are going to put your kid in private school if you don't get a good line of communication. Good Luck
There is plenty of room for displaced Castro students in EC schools because for years EC schools were not full. Some had as many as 30-50% transfers but those kids are now graduating which is also freeing up more spots.
As for ''displaced'' residents, one of the biggest challenges for Madera and Kensington is that many parents opt not to go to their resident school and apply for a transfer. This is what happened at Madera for many years.
In addition, when the board redistricted several years ago, Madera got a huge draw and the Kensington draw was enlarged to include part of the EC Hills. For example, families within walking distance of Castro were suddenly part of the Madera draw. This made sense back then because the Richmond schools were full and the EC schools were not.
However, now that the ''resident'' draw is growing in EC, these schools will start to limit transfers and if they also increase class size, that should solve the problem for nearly all resident EC families.
Finally, the board voted to make transfers re-apply every year (starting with the kids who enter school in the 09-10 school year). This will give the transfer office more flexibility in being able to accommodate residents moving into a specific school draw. Essentially, transfers may be re-directed back to their ''resident school'' if they are displacing new residents moving into the area.
So if Madera is the school you really want as long as you register early, you should have no trouble securing a spot.
In response to the last post, regarding the new availability of spaces at Madera due to the school board's vote to increase class size. This is not true. As of today, the district has stated that NO transfers will be honored for Madera. Period. So, unless a vast amount of people move, you will not get into Madera.
Call the transfer office for verification and for further updates. Madera parent
The district has 3 options now:
(1) add another classroom if there is space
(2) force transfers to go back to their resident school
(3) find spots for residents at other schools
My guess would be number 3. Fortunately, there are many excellent schools that displaced ''resident'' families may be directed to.
BTW, this happens a lot at other schools too. Kids don't come in neat little packages of 20, 24, and 28. Also, families move in and out of the schools a lot due to job changes, divorce, and all kinds of reasons.
A family I know with three school-age children tried to enroll at Washington Elementary (their neighborhood school) and was told they didn't have enough spots for all 3 kids. They found space for them at an El Cerrito school and they are very happy there.
It's stressful for parents but the kids are very resilient and it usually works out fine.
My daughter will be 5 in March, so it will be time for her to start kindergarten next fall. I live in Richmond and I know I want to send her to public school, but I have no idea how to get started. Do I call schools and take tours? Do I sign her up for a lottery system? Do I even get a choice of schools if I want one? I've read the ''Schools, Preschools and Camps'' newsletter for years now, but I'm still a little unsure of how everything works in my school district. Also--how do I find out what school district I'm in? --embarassed by how little I know
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What happens if both parties are at-fault in an auto accident?
In 2010, a crash involving 22-year-old Sarah Bearden and Detective James Adams resulted in a fatality. This happened when Bearden was turning left from Hurstbourne Parkway onto Headley Hill Road when Detective Adams slammed into her car. This accident may appear to be Detective Adams fault since he was driving over 80 miles per hour when the accident occurred. However, Bearden also had a blood alcohol level over the legal limit and did not yield the right-of-way to Detective Adams. Unfortunately, Bearden died due to the injuries she received from the accident. This case was settled when the Louisville Metro Police Department agreed to pay $700,000 to the Bearden family. Now the question is, who was at-fault?
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Both parties are at-fault
In this case, both parties are responsible for causing the accident. Detective Adams was speeding while Bearden was driving under the influence of alcohol. They both have violated traffic laws. Speeding has always been a problem because it triples the odds of being involved in a collision. Speeding is defined as the act of exceeding the speed limit and driving too fast for conditions or racing. In 2011, there was a total of 9,944 deaths or about a third of all motor vehicle fatalities resulted in speed-related crashes.
What's the speed limit and DUI laws in Kentucky?
In the mid-1970s, Congress established a national maximum speed limit. Today, 36 states have speed limits of 70 miles per hour or higher on some portion of their roadway systems. In Kentucky, the speed limit is 65 miles per hour on rural sections of its interstates and on most parkways. Other roads are as posted. Various speed enforcement campaigns have been employed in Kentucky, especially during the summer months such as "100 Days of Summer Heat," "Blue Lights Across the Bluegrass" and "Obey the Sign or Pay the Fine."
Another road problem is driving under the influence of alcohol. If you get caught for a DUI in Kentucky, and you are a first-time offender, expect a 90-day license suspension, fines of $200 - $500 and jail time for up to 30 days. Penalties become more severe for second and subsequent convictions, especially if there are aggravating circumstances.
How does this affect a wrongful death case?
It is clear that Bearden and Adams were both responsible for causing the accident. However, this does not mean that Bearden's negligence or fault does not neglect recovery of damages for the wrongful death. Kentucky is considered as a "comparative fault state." This simply means that there can be fault on the part of the deceased. This means that the decease's estate would still be able to pursue in a wrongful death claim. However, the deceased's percentage of fault will reduce damages. Personal injury and wrongful death claims involve a lot of issues and legal matters. It is best to speak with a Kentucky accident attorney who understands comparative fault in the state and all applicable laws.
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UTSA and Voces Oral History Project hosts April 30 World War II symposium
(April 27, 2011)--The UTSA Department of English and the Voces Oral History Project will host a free community symposium "Latino/Latinas and WWII: Mobility, Agency and Ideology" at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 30 in the Buena Vista Theater at the UTSA Downtown Campus.
The seventh scholarship workshop will bring together 10 scholars from throughout the United States to present their research for the upcoming anthology, "U.S. Latino/Latinas and WWII Mobility, Agency and Ideology," edited by University of Texas at Austin journalism professor Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez and Ben Olguin, UTSA associate professor of English.
The keynote speaker will be Lisa Firmin, UTSA associate provost for faculty and student diversity and recruitment, and retired U.S. Air Force colonel.
Founded at the University of Texas at Austin, the Voces Oral History Project collects and archives oral histories and related documents of Latinos and Latinas involved in World War II through military service, defense department labor and related activities. The project recently was expanded to include military and defense department workers from the Korean and Vietnam War eras.
To date, more than 800 oral histories have been professionally videotaped and archived at the University of Texas at Austin, which serves as the official repository for the documents. Of an estimated 750,000 U.S. Latino/Latinas who served in the military during WWII, many were born or raised in San Antonio.
Free parking for the event will be available in the UTSA parking lot across the street from the Buena Vista Street Building and across from the Pico de Gallo restaurant.
For more information, contact Ben Olguin at 210-458-2512.
Scheduled presenters and topics include:
Peter Haney, Colorado College "Capitan, a que huele la sangre?: Mexicana/o Vaudeville During World War II and the Embodiment of Militarized Citizenship"
Gerald E. Poyo, St. Mary's University "La americanizacion de un cubano: Adjustment, Identity and Mobility in the 1940s"
Angelica Aguilar Rodriguez, Julian Vasquez Heilig and Allison Prochnow, University of Texas at Austin "Understanding the Schooling Experiences of WWII Latino Veterans and their Families"
Gary R. Mormino, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg "Ybor City Goes to War"
Jordan Beltran Gonzales, University of California at Berkeley "Counterstories of the Bataan Death March from the Philippines and New Mexico."
Ben Olguin, The University of Texas at San Antonio "Macho, Macho Man: Homosocial and Homoerotic Masculinities in Latino WWII Memoir, Theater and Film"
Patricia Portales, The University of Texas at San Antonio and San Antonio College "Women, Torpedoes, and War: Liberatory Layering and Mexican American Women's Agency in WWII Theater, Film and Oral History"
Karl Eschbach, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston "Latino/a Veterans of World War II: A Census Portrait"
Frank Guridy, University of Texas at Austin "Evelio Grillo, Norberto Gonzalez: Proto-Afro Latino Identity and U.S. Citizenship"
Felix F. Gutierrez, University of Southern California "The Mexican Voice Goes to War"


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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University gymnastics team used a solid showing on floor to secure a 194.45-194.125 win over Pitt tonight in front of 2,468 fans at the WVU Coliseum.
The win capped off a thrilling "Beauty & the Beast" meet that saw the WVU wrestling team also earn a victory, as the Mountaineers defeated Clarion, 28-7. Tonight's attendance was the seventh-largest gymnastics crowd in Coliseum history.
"Our fans had a lot of energy tonight, and we fed off that," says third-year Mountaineer coach Jason Butts. "We know there were some weather concerns, so we're very happy everyone made the extra effort to spend Valentine's Day with us."
The Mountaineers (5-4, 0-1 Big 12) earned the vault (48.95-48.7), bars (48.625-48.025) and floor (48.85-48.7) wins over the Panthers (5-3, 3-2 EAGL), a former foe in the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL). Pitt scored a 48.7-48.025 beam victory.
Senior Hope Sloanhoffer won her fifth straight all-around crown with a 38.7 score. Pitt's Brittney Harris scored 38.675 and finished second, while WVU freshman Nicolette Swoboda tallied 38.325 and finished third.
Despite owning a 145.6-145.425 advantage through three events, the Mountaineers were in for a battle in the fourth rotation, as two falls on beam opened the door for the Panthers. WVU answered with a 48.85 mark on floor and solidified its victory.
"There was great fight on floor tonight," explains Butts. "Pitt was here and in the hunt for a win, and I knew they wouldn't go down without a fight. I told the team to be aggressive on floor, and they were. This was our most solid floor of the year."
There was a four-way tie for first on floor, with Sloanhoffer, junior Dayah Haley and freshman Mackenzie Myers, along with Pitt's Lindsay Offutt, scoring 9.8 for the win; the mark was a career high for Myers. Swoboda opened the lineup with a 9.75, while sophomore Melissa Idell and freshman Alexa Goldberg scored 9.7s.
The Mountaineers opened the meet with six hits on vault for a season-best 48.95. Sophomore Jaida Lawrence earned her second straight vault win with a 9.85, and Sloanhoffer tallied 9.825 for second place. Swoboda scored 9.8 and tied for third. Of note, Haley opened the lineup with a 9.75, good enough for fifth, while senior Erica Smith made her vault career debut and finished sixth with a 9.725.
"I was absolutely thrilled with vault tonight," says Butts. "That was a lineup we struggled with last week. I challenged the team to step up and fill the holes, and I think we solidified that lineup tonight. Really, I can't say enough about that performance."
WVU pushed its two-event total to 97.575 following a 48.625 showing on bars. Goldberg anchored the lineup with a winning 9.825 routine, her fourth bars win of the season and fifth score of 9.825 or better. Sloanhoffer scored 9.8 and finished second, while Swoboda and Smith tied for fourth place with 9.675s.
"While we were solid on bars, we need to improve our handstands and landings," says Butts. "The technique is there – we just need to polish the routines."
Senior Amanda Carpenter was the Mountaineers' rock on beam tonight, as the Lancaster, Pa., native tied for the event win with a 9.8. Idell scored 9.7 in her beam career debut and placed fifth, while junior Beth Deal tallied 9.675 and finished seventh.
With the win, WVU pushed its series advantage over Pitt to 54-12-2.
The Mountaineers return to the road next week and face No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 5 Alabama and No. 8 Michigan at The Perfect 10 Challenge on Friday, Feb. 21, at Cox Arena and Convention Center in Oklahoma City. The competition is set to begin at 8 p.m. ET.
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Are you new to Brunswick? Have you lived here for years but are having trouble finding something on our website? We realize there is A LOT of information on this website, so here are some of the more frequently requested documents and questions we hear.
Recycling Information & Schedule
Brunswick Community Calendar, 2015 City Event Calendar
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Frequently Asked Questions
When are utility bills generated?
Utility bills are generated every quarter. Bills typically are mailed the first week of October, January, April, and July. The bills reflect usage for the prior three months.
What is the Bay Restoration Fee listed on my utility bill?
The Bay Restoration Fee is a mandatory fee enacted by the State of Maryland. The City acts as a pass through entity for the state, in that we simply collect the fee, then forward the funds to the State. The current fee is $15 per quarter per residence. To learn more, click here.
My water bill seems high…what can I do?
If you suspect your water bill is high, it is best to make sure there isn't a leaky faucet or toilet. This is a very common problem, and most people are completely unaware of the leak. To check your toilets, place a few drops of food coloring in the tank of your toilet. If any of the coloring enters the water in the bowl of the toilet or is gone from the tank completely, the toilet is likely to have a leak. You can also always call a plumber to check for leaks. The City does not check for leaks inside of any residence. If it is determined you have a leak, please contact City Hall.
Can I pay my utility bill after City Hall is closed?
Absolutely. You can drop off payments to City Hall at any time…there is a drop box located at the corner of the building. The drop box is secure and emptied every morning. Payments can also be made via a secure connection on this website or of course, through the mail.
Can I pay my utility bill online?
Yes. You can pay utility bills from the home page of this website through a secure connection. For your convenience, credit card payments are also accepted over the phone at City Hall.
What are the hours of City Hall?
City Hall is open Monday-Friday, 8am – 4:30pm. We are closed on the following holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
When are Mayor and Council Meetings?
Mayor and Council Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of every month in the second floor meeting room of City Hall. All meetings begin at 7:00pm and are always open to the public.
Can I speak at a Council Meeting?
Citizens are able to comment during the Citizen's Forum portion of Mayor and Council Meetings. You will be given five minutes to address the Council.
Can I watch a Council Meeting from home or view a past meeting?
If you live within Brunswick limits, you can watch live meetings on Comcast Cable channel 99. Meetings are also recorded to this website. Live meetings and past meetings dating back to 2009 are available to view through the home page of this website.
What City Boards or Commissions can I volunteer for?
The City of Brunswick has established several Boards and Commissions, and we're always looking for volunteers. Besides the Mayor and Council, the City has an active Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, and Economic Development Commission. In addition, we are always looking for volunteers to help out with Railroad Days and the Veterans Day Parade. Contact City Hall to volunteer or for more information.
When is bulk trash?
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VI. Past Attacks
Sporadic reports of targeted killings of men seen as "effeminate," or suspected of homosexual conduct, have reached the Western press from Iraq since 2005. Although everyone we spoke to called the latest campaign of murders vastly more organized and extensive than those earlier assaults, testimonies demonstrate that fears about morality corrupted and masculinity undermined are of long standing, and transgress sectarian lines.
Several Western reports since 2005 have pinned main or exclusive responsibility for killings of gay men in Iraq on Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, supposedly operating through the Badr Organization, a shadowy militia affiliated with the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (formerly known as the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution of Iraq or SCIRI), and based, during most of the Saddam era, in Iran.[102] The Badr Organization has engaged in death-squad killings and other egregious human rights abuses since 2004.[103] However, Human Rights Watch found no clear evidence to support speculation that they have targeted men suspected of homosexual conduct, or that killers of "gay" men took a direct impetus from Ayatollah Sistani. While those claims cannot be definitely disproved, only one Iraqi we interviewed suggested that the Badr Organization might be a key force in the killings, or that it acted on an initiative from Sistani. He knew of no gay men who had actually been killed by Badr Organization members.
Grand Ayatollah Sistani is an independent religious scholar widely regarded as one of the highest-ranking clerics in the Shi'a world. While he has supported attempts to unify Iraqi Shi'ites into a cohesive political movement, he has avoided direct identification with particular Shi'ite factions, including SCIRI. He has his own website, www.sistani.org; like the cybersites of many Shi'ite imams, the forum fields questions and furnishes religiously-predicated answers about everyday life, taking up whatever issues its followers submit, on subjects alternately momentous and trivial. (Most of the answers are almost certainly drafted and posted by apprentice clerics.)
In late 2005, the site responded to a question about "What is the judgment for sodomy?" by calling it "forbidden" and punishable by "the worst kind of death."[104] The call to violence was extralegal and reprehensible. It clashed with the norms of rule of law that Sistani himself had endorsed. The statement was a fatwa, as is any answer from a qualified religious scholar on a question of Islamic law. Unlike Sistani fatwas on issues of clear public concern in Iraq, such as the form of the post-occupation government, this one stayed confined to an obscure part of his website; his organization never publicized it. Activists based in Europe called on him to retract it, and it disappeared from the site in early 2006.
It received little or no notice in the Iraqi press. One man told us that "I only heard about Sistani's fatwa on US websites on the Internet."[105] Its domestic impact cannot be gauged, but as a Western journalist experienced in Iraq reminded us, "The militias don't need a fatwa to kill people they don't like."[106]
Instead, most people maintained to us that the Mahdi Army had always been the main actor in the violence, turning its attention at irregular intervals since 2004 to what it saw as sexual immorality in Iraq. Intermittent violence by Sunni militias, particularly al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia, accompanied this in Baghdad and elsewhere.[107] "Killings of gays in Baghdad started in 2004, and that campaign lasted for about a year," Munir remembered. "And then the militias became distracted with other issues, Shi'a and Sunni."
In May 2004, we heard about the first group of gay people who were killed. I knew three of them personally, but there were more I didn't know. We didn't think much of it: people were being killed all the time then, and we didn't think that it was a gay thing. But it became clearer to me when five of my friends were killed, all within one month, with hand grenades. And they also came after me.
It was in a gym in Baghdad. I was with a friend named Mazen, and it was the Sadrists who came after us.
I was in the bathroom; I asked Mazen to get me a bottle of water. He went out to get it, and that was when they shot him. There were three who killed him. They were Sadrists driving red Opal cars, and wearing the dishdashi [long white robe] and slippers, with green bands on their arms. People in the gym came and said, "Hide, they are after you." I hid in the bathroom for eight hours while the police came, till the gym owner told me, "Get out."
This was the first time I was attacked or threatened. My friends told me, be careful, they might be after nicely dressed, effeminate men. Another friend of mine was killed in a Sadr-controlled neighborhood. But two others were killed in an area that was Qaeda-controlled. At that time there was no problem between the Sadr militia and al-Qaeda. The killings of gays lasted only until the tensions between Sunni and Shi'ite militias started; then they started fighting each other.[108]
Mustafa lived in Basra, but travelled periodically to Baghdad to visit places where gay men congregated. This became more dangerous after Saddam's overthrow. "I tried going to the Sindbad Cinema," he says of one visit in 2003 or 2004, "and the first day, nothing happened, but the second day I met an old friend in the theater."
Then, all at once, some men with their faces shrouded in black stopped the movie. Someone from the audience started pointing out people-nine of us, including me and my friend. And the men in black took us out of the theater. They said, "You are sodomites [luti] and you will be taken and hanged."
You can recognize the Mahdi Army from their black outfits; these were Sadrists, all right. We were standing there waiting to die. Then someone screamed that the American forces were coming. The militia got scared and we took advantage of the situation to try to run way. They shouted after us, "Stop or we'll shoot." One of the militia threw a grenade. Shrapnel hit me in the backside; the Americans thought the Sadrists were firing at them, and they started shooting back. In the crossfire I got away.[109]
Internet use spread after Saddam's overthrow and became an important social medium for people who desired, for whatever reason, to guard their anonymity.[110] The Mahdi Army quickly found ways to infiltrate cyberspace in search of behaviors they reprobated. Samir says that in 2004, "I decided to meet this guy whom I had got to know over [Internet] chat. I went to his apartment, and I found four men there, with black clothes and beards-the signs of the Mahdi Army. They beat me up and slashed my face and hands with knives." He showed us scars: "They said, 'Next time we will kill you; this scar on your face is a warning.'"[111]
As Munir indicated, however, other militias also engaged in periodic murders. Wahid, from a Sunni area of Baghdad, says al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia killed his boyfriend in 2004, when there was a "general cleansing of people they thought were immoral. Barbers who pluck out hairs with a string could be targeted because that was haram [forbidden]. They murdered ice-sellers because there was no ice in the time of the Prophet." They liquidated him in the al-Dora neighborhood:
He was hanging out on a street corner with a bunch of friends, and they saw a group of bearded men pull up in a car. They asked for him by name. He tried to run but they surrounded and cornered him. They tried to get information from him, asking for names of gay friends. People came up and saw there was a disturbance-so they just shot him and drove away.[112]
Omar is from Samarra. In 2006, "the Sunni militias killed my boyfriend," he says-dating the attack a few months after the massive February 22 bombing of the al-Askari mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shi'a Islam, an assault widely attributed to al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia. "I had led a very secluded life, with my boyfriend."
But one day I got a threat, a piece of paper stuck on my door, saying, "Stay away from this man, or we will kill you." Then they kidnapped me: four people, masked so I couldn't see their faces. They beat me, hit me with the butt of a gun over and over, and tried to get information from me. They wanted me to confess to a sexual relationship with my boyfriend; I told them, we are just friends, there is nothing between us. They held me one day and when they realized they would get no information, they let me go.
Six days after they released me, my boyfriend was kidnapped. He was a hairdresser; we had been together for four years. I heard he had been killed from his family. His corpse was found in the street. The next day, I ran away to Baghdad.[113]
Abductions were a recurrent tool of intimidation as well as gathering information. Yehia related how Mahdi Army militiamen kidnapped him in 2005:
I could tell it was them, they dominated the whole Zafaroni area [of Baghdad] where I lived. They were dressed in black with masks over their faces, and they took me to a mosque called Husseineya Sadrayn; the Mahdi Army was sort of occupying it. They must have heard in the neighborhood about me. They asked me: "Why are you dressed like this? Why do you have your eyebrows plucked? Why is your hair so long, why is your ear pierced?" They said, "We are Muslims, and people like you should be killed."
At the mosque, a sheikh accused me of having sex with men. I denied it. They let me go on the third day. But the militiamen went to my parents and said, "Your son is gay and is drinking alcohol." They told them I was a bad Muslim and should be punished. My parents were very shocked. I had to leave home. My father and brothers warned me if they saw me, they would kill me.[114]
Nuri, kidnapped by Ministry of Interior forces in 2009 as recounted in detail above, told of a brush with the Mahdi Army almost three years earlier:
I was walking in Karada in July 2006, when [men in] two BMWs stopped me, beat me up, and put me in the trunk. There were a whole lot of men in the cars, all armed and squashed in. It was around dusk. They took me to a husseineya [prayer hall] in Sadr City. Everybody knows that when the Mahdi Army arrest someone, they take them to Sadr City and kill them.
They took me out in front of the mosque and beat me, and then they took me in, to the sheikh of the mosque. They told him I was a sexual pervert and asked, should they kill me or just punish me? I thought the Mahdi Army do not execute people under 18. I was just 18, but I told them I was 17 when they asked.
The Sheikh told them to burn me with coals from a narghile [water pipe]. They shaved my head and burned me with coals. And then they flogged me 90 times.
He showed us scars still marking his arms from the embers.[115]
[102]See, for instance, Doug Ireland, "Iraqi Gay Murders Surge; World Finally Takes Note," Gay City News (New York), April 16, 2009, at http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20299642&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568864&rfi=6, accessed May 2, 2009: "anti-gay death squads of the Badr Corps … [have] been responsible for a large majority of the murders of gays" in Iraq.
[103] SCIRI founded the Badr Brigade while in exile in Iran in the 1980s. After the 2003 invasion, this group renamed itself the Badr Organization for Reconstruction and Development. It failed to honor promises to disarm, and developed close ties to Iraq's Ministry of Interior; it is not certain, but is widely suspected, that its infiltration of the ministry survived attempts to purge government offices of militia members during the US "surge." See Edward Wong, "Leaders of Iraq Support Militias and Widen Rift," New York Times, June 9, 2005, and Council on Foreign Relations, Iraq: Militia Groups,at http://www.cfr.org/pub8175/lionel_beehner/iraqmilitia_groups.php, accessed April 10, 2009.
[104] The text has disappeared from Sistani's website, but is on file with Human Rights Watch.
[105]Human Rights Watch interview with Omar (not his real name), Iraq, April 25, 2009.
[106] Human Rights Watch interview with Nir Rosen, Beirut, Lebanon, April 29, 2009.
[107]Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia is a loose grouping of Sunni insurgent forces (originally founded as the Group for Monotheism and Struggle by the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi) that fought its way to prominence attacking occupation forces in 2004.
[108] Human Rights Watch interview with Munir (not his real name), Iraq, April 20, 2009. The Mahdi Army cooperated, at least in a limited way, with al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia along with other Sunni militias early in the resistance to the occupation, in 2004. These alliances broke down by 2005, as sectarian civil war erupted across Iraq.
[109] Human Rights Watch interview with Mustafa (not his real name), Beirut, Lebanon, July 10, 2009. The famous Sindbad Cinema in Saadoun Street, later destroyed, was known for showing Western films which Islamists considered "pornographic." A grenade attack on it in May 2003 was reported in the Western media: see Philip Sherwell, "Baghdad's Cinemas and Shops Attacked by Islamic 'Enforcers,'" Telegraph, June 1, 2003, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/1431686/Baghdads-cinemas-and-shops-attacked-by-Islamic-enforcers.html, accessed June 10, 2009.
[110]In postwar Iraq as in many other countries around the world, chatrooms and personals websites for gay-identified men combined the opportunity for social outreach with the apparent promise of security. One told us:
The Internet is very important for gays in Iraq because it seems to offer safety. Before that, you would have to meet very discreetly in public places: you'd see a guy and go across to talk to him, and you didn't know if he was gay or straight or pretending to be gay, if he would beat you up or rob you. With the Internet, you can sort of check out people before you reach out to them or give them personal information.
Human Rights Watch interview with Hanif (not his real name), Iraq, April 25, 2009.
[111] Human Rights Watch interview with Samir (not his real name), Iraq, April 24, 2009. Bilal says that "Two years ago, one of my friends was kidnapped through Yahoo [Messenger]. He was chatting with someone who said, 'I want to meet you': when he went to the meeting place, there were two men waiting and they kidnapped him. They stole his phone with all the numbers on it, blindfolded him and beat him, kicked him, pulled out his fingernails. This was the Mahdi Army-they told him so; they said, 'We clear the community of people like you.' They wanted a ransom from his family; they ask each time for twenty or thirty thousand US dollars. But they told him they would kill him the next day anyway. They were on the first floor, so he threw himself out the window and escaped." Human Rights Watch interview with Bilal (not his real name), Iraq, April 20, 2009.
[112]Human Rights Watch interview with Wahid (not his real name), Iraq, April 23, 2009.
[113]Human Rights Watch interview with Omar (not his real name), Iraq, April 25, 2009.
[114] Human Rights Watch interview with Yehia (not his real name), Beirut, Lebanon, July 10, 2009.
[115] Human Rights Watch interview with Nuri (not his real name), Beirut, Lebanon, April 27, 2009.


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The festival is held over a period of nine days. Therefore we will be taking two trips, the first one is on Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th and the second one will be Saturday 23rd - Sunday 24th. You can choose which ever weekend suits your schedule best.
On Saturday we will travel down to Boryeong. However our first stop won't be the festival. First up we will go to the actual mud beach for the silt extreme training. Here you get the chance to dress in military gear, compete in races, wrestling, muddy games and much, much more. This is not part of the festival; it is a special extra activity that we have built into our schedule. And it's well worth it. Get muddy, make loads of friends and have a blast before we even get to the festival area.
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On Sunday you will have more free time to get muddy again, or just relax on the beach, before we make our way back to the buses and back to Seoul.
This really is the festival no to be missed, and is world famous. The mud at the festival is very good for your skin, so save a bit of money and give yourself a full body mud mask.
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07:00am Depart from Hongik Univ. Subway station(Sub Line 2,Exit 1)
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10:45am Arrive at Mud beach in Boryeong11:00am Let''''s join us on the Fun Mud Marathon event12:30pm Experience the Silt extreme training course
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