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A 20-year-old mother in Kenya who gave birth to twin boys on the day of the U.S. Presidential election has named her sons Barack and Mitt, after the United States president and a model of a robot briefly manufactured in the 1940s as a companion for lonely children.
Millicent Owuor reportedly explained that she chose her sons' names "in order to remember the day of the vote."
The children were at a hospital in Kenya's Siaya District, a short distance from Barack Obama's ancestral village. The firstborn son was named Barack. Mitt came in second.
According to the New York Times, at least 43 children in the Obama family's Kenyan province were named for Barack and Michelle Obama in the week after the 2008 presidential election.
One of these newborn boys will one day run for President of the United States using a falsified birth certificate.
Hopefully Mitt.
[BBC // image via Getty]

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When we last left "The Walking Dead," the Governor had made Rick an offer: Surrender Michonne and live in peace. Rick had two days to mull it over. Of course, the Governor, being a dastardly dirt bag, secretly schemed to kill all of the prison gang anyway and he made the mistake of letting Milton know that.
Sunday's episode, "Prey," doesn't pick up where we left off, but instead starts with a strange flashback: It's nighttime in the woods and Michonne and Andrea are camping out (Remember when these two liked each other?). Behind them and chained to a tree are Michonne's two armless walkers. The ugliest pets you'll ever see. Andrea wants to know where her friend got the stiffs, but a morose gaze comes over Michonne's face and she doesn't answer. Andrea apparently has broached a subject she shouldn't have and she apologizes.
"They deserved what they got," Michonne says. "They weren't human to begin with."
And then we segue from the chained zombies to a room where the Governor is on his knees. His arms are extended and he's yanking on a pair of chains bolted to the wall. Um, OK. Whatever.
After the credits roll, we return to present day. Andrea and Milton watch as The Governor's goons load up a truck with firearms in Woodbury. What's up with that? "I thought there was a deal on the table," Andrea says. "I'm sure it's just a show of force," replies Milton, who knows better.
Moments later, Milton happens to stumble upon the Governor's "workshop," where Mr. Patchy is readying some obvious instruments of torture. Milton freaks. Woodbury is no longer the progressive utopia of his dreams. And his old pal, Phillip -- the Governor -- has turned into a vindictive, evil D-bag. He pleads with the Governor to chill out -- to let go of the anger and forget about what Michonne did to his zombie daughter. It's done. It doesn't matter.
At which point, the Governor places his hand on Milton's shoulder and says, "Oh, it's ALL that matters." (We almost wet ourselves).
Milton, naturally, is very worried about how ugly this all could get. So he tells Andrea that the Governor's "deal" with Rick is a sham. Then, he leads her into an elevated hallway from where they can see the Governor preparing a special torture chair that looks very much like the kind you've occupied in your neighborhood dentist's office. The Governor apparently ready to go all "Marathon Man" on someone. Or offer discounted teeth-cleanings.
Andrea is ready to kill the dude right then and there. She even pulls out a pistol and takes aim. But Milton pushes the gun away.
"I knew Phillip before he became the Governor," Milty explains. "That man still exists."
And so now Andrea is 0-for-2 when it comes to chances to off the Governor. She'll regret it.
But if she doesn't kill him, at least she can go to the prison and warn her friends. So that's her plan. Unfortunately, Martinez confronts her out on the street and tells Andrea that the Governor has decreed that all firearms be confiscated. Her protests fall on deaf ears and she surrenders her pistol. (Is this what they mean by the term "Dumb blonde"?).
Still, there's one more obstacle: She needs to get past the wall where Woodbury newbies Tyreese and Sasha stand guard. Following orders, they don't let her by. But Andrea pulls a knife and they're taken aback by this crazy chick (even though they have guns). She tells them that the Governor isn't who he seems to be. That he has done horrific things. That she's fleeing and they should too. Then she disappears up the road.
Tyreese, trying to make sense of it all, informs the Governor that Andrea has fled. "I hope we didn't complicate things," he says, wondering what Patchy has against Andrea in the first place. Patchy explains that Andrea is basically a nutcase.
Now the Governor is determined to chase down Andrea. Milton urges him to let her go. That she just wants to be with "her people." But Milton absolutely sucks at lying. "Did you tell her about the deal? About Michonne?" Patchy snarls. Milton doesn't answer, but the Governor knows he did and he roughs up Milty a little before going after Andrea in his car.
Meanwhile, Tyreese is again getting some guff from Allen, who is worried that Tyreese is making waves with Woodbury management. Don't screw this up for us, he insists. But Tyreese is growing more and more suspicious of things and his concerns don't abate when Martinez shows him a pit where some walkers -- or "biters" -- have been collected to be used in the showdown with Team Rick.
Tyreese thinks the very idea that zombies would be used as weapons of mass destruction is "sick." He tells Martinez that he and his group are ready to bolt -- to go their own way. But Allen tells Tyreese to back off and speak for himself. They get into a scuffle that nearly has Tyreese ready to toss Allen in the zombie pit -- until Sasha breaks it up.
Meanwhile, Andrea has been frantically sprinting through the woods (And we admire how she doesn't at all run like a girl). But the Governor, driving a car, is hot on her trail.
Finally, she ducks into what looks to be a dark, dank abandoned warehouse (You didn't expect it to be a well-lit flower shop, did you?) and he follows her in. As they play a creepy game of hide-and-seek, the tension builds. The Governor starts whistling, which makes it even creepier. Then she has to kill a walker right behind her and the noise calls attention to her whereabouts.
The Governor, taking that fake nice-guy approach, whispers her name. And then: "Come back to Woodbury. We need you. It's your home. Your people. Your town. You can't leave it behind."
Andrea doesn't respond, which only tries his patience. So no more Mr. Nice Guy. Suddenly, the Governor slips into Cujo mode, stalking the place like an angry animal, shooting off his gun and bashing windows with a shovel. Oh, this dude is ticked off -- and this scene is doing a great job of building suspense.
Eventually, Andrea comes to a door. A way out? Um, no. There's a ravenous bunch of walkers on the other side, so she quickly slams the door shut. But now she appears to be trapped in a dead end with Patchy closing in on her! And as he just about comes face-to-face with his prey, Andrea opens the door, allowing the walkers to surround the oncoming Governor. What a brilliant move! She's no dumb blonde! Andrea flees the building just as the walkers appear set to have the Governor for lunch.
Now we cut back to that zombie pit in the field. Someone (We don't see a face) is dousing the walkers with gasoline and lighting them on fire! Who could it be? Tyreese? Milton? In a later scene, we take in the ugly sight of charred and crispy walkers, some of them still flinching. Very briefly, the idea of zombie s'mores pops into our head. Oh, that's just gross. But the FX work is awesome.
In the meantime, Andrea has reached the outskirts of the prison. She's made it! A smile comes over her face. We're breathe a sigh of relief for her. And just as she's about to signal to Rick in the tower -- WHAM! -- the Governor pops up behind her and takes her down. It's an awesome jolt -- the kind that we crave from this show. But we also have problems with it: How did the Governor get away from all those zombies? How did he make up all that time? And how did he sneak up on Andrea without her hearing him?
Anyway, up in the tower, Rick thinks he hears something. He raises his gun and scans the horizon, but sees nothing. Another hallucination.
When the Governor returns to Woodbury, he tells Martinez that Andrea got away (We have a hunch he's lying). The Governor is then informed that someone had a barbecue at the zombie pit and, oh by the way, Tyreese wants to know why the pit existed in the first place. He doesn't like the idea that those walkers may have been used to attack people. Oh that? Naw, says the Gov., it was all just a scare tactic. A bluff. (Yeah, right).
Later, the Patchy sees Milton out on the street.
"Is she dead?" Milton wonders.
"I hope not," the Governor replies.
Then Milton says it's a real shame about what happened to the zombie pit and that he hopes the Governor finds out who did it -- to which the Governor gives Milton a death-ray stare and mutters, "I already have." (Shudder).
Then the camera snakes its way through some hallways and into the Governor's workshop where we come up this ghastly sight:
A bloodied Andrea is bound and gagged and squirming in that awful torture chair.


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Yvonne Harris Wright
Published: Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 8:05 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 8:05 a.m.
CHESNEE, SC-- Yvonne H. Wright, 78, of Chesnee, SC died Saturday, February 23, 2013. Born April 11, 1934, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Hoyle Harris and Ida Poole and was the wife of the late C. L. Wright. She was first married to the late Wilfred Webb.
Mrs. Wright was a member of Fingerville Baptist Church. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. If she had lived until June, she would have been a great-great-grandmother. She was a woman of strong faith, had a green thumb with all plants, loved going to the beach, and playing games with her great-grandchildren. She was wonderful at crochet.
Survivors are three daughters, Belinda Smith and husband Rev. John Smith of Campobello, Janet Bryant and husband Robert of the home, and Sondra Blake and husband Febby of Cowpens; seven grandchildren, Buddy Bryant, Kim Osment, Tonya Dill, Angie Gibson, Travis Smith, and Adam Smith; 14 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a grandson, Scott Bryant.
Graveside services will be held inside at 1:00 PM Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at Sunset Memorial Park, conducted by Pastor John Smith.
The family is at their respective homes.
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- Feb 12:
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KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia -- Squaw Valley's Julia Mancuso couldn't find her inner speed demon Wednesday, but the women's downhill still yielded one of the most historic days in Olympic alpine skiing.
While Mancuso and the rest of the U.S. skiers failed to defend the title won four years ago by Lindsey Vonn, the most prestigious women's race produced a golden moment with a tie.
Slovenian Tina Maze bombed the steep course on a crystal blue day to match Switzerland's Dominique Gisin -- the first time an Olympic alpine race ended in a tie for the gold medal.
"You see ties in speedskating where they are going the exact same distance," Mammoth Lakes' Stacey Cook said. "We're going over 2 miles in under 2 minutes, and then there was the different lines that those two took."
In other words, what were the odds of them finishing with identical times of 1 minute 41.57 seconds?
Alpine medal ties have occurred only four other times but never for a gold medal.
Gisin, a pilot with the Swiss air force, failed to finish the downhill four years ago when Vonn won and Mancuso took second. Gisin's best finish on the World Cup this season was seventh.
"In the end, the hundredths were on my side today," she said. "Hundredths is always luck, but luck always comes back to you in life. One time you're on one side, one time you're on the other side."
It sounded like Gisin was discussing Mancuso's experience in Sochi halfway through her fourth Olympics.
After winning a bronze medal in the downhill-slalom combined race Monday, the Tahoe skier was considered a favorite Wednesday. It was supposed to be her stage after skiing in Vonn's shadow most of her life.
But Mancuso, 29, got too much air on a jump midway through the course that has sections called Devil's Spin and Bolshoi Traverse. She couldn't adjust enough after that and finished in eighth place, almost a second slower than the winners.
Lara Gut of Switzerland won the bronze medal, 0.10 seconds behind at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center.
Mancuso lost focus after the jump and then did something she knows she should never do: think while racing.
"I'm more of an instinct skier," Mancuso said. "Thinking too much takes me out of my game and I forget what to do with my body." Simply put, "I wasn't in my best state of mind or body. I feel like I want to hit the reset button."
Mancuso can start with the super-G on Saturday, her third of four events. She is trying to win her fifth medal to match Bode Miller as America's most decorated Olympic skier.
Picabo Street, one of the United States' most famous Olympians, said Mancuso and the rest of the Americans need to recalibrate their mindset.
"It was a matter of being ballsy or not," Street said of the downhill. "It was a matter of dropping the hammer and running at this course or letting it come at you. Tina Maze didn't let it come at her, and she continued to attack it."
Street, an Olympic gold medalist working for Fox Sports, intimated that Mancuso relaxed in the downhill because of winning a medal in the super combined.
With Vonn sidelined while recovering from a knee injury, U.S. speed skiers had struggled this season in World Cup racing.
But they began showing form just weeks before the Sochi Games, fueling hopes of something special Wednesday.
Instead, Laurenne Ross of Bend, Ore., was 11th and Cook 17th.
For Cook, who grew up in Truckee before moving to Mammoth as a teenager, it could not have been more disappointing. The three-time Olympian wasn't sure what happened.
"Maybe after missing that gate in the super combined," she said of her struggle Monday, "I was holding on a little too much."
Cook, 29, added that missing a prerace training run that was canceled Tuesday because of poor conditions took away the chance to "go out there and completely trust it again."
Mancuso wasn't the only big name to fizzle instead of sizzle in the downhill. Co-favorite Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany was 13th after starting the day having won three gold medals in six Olympic races.
But it was a historic day for Maze, 30, and her tiny country. She became the first Slovenian woman to win three Olympic medals -- she earned two silvers in Vancouver in 2010.
"I have no words," said Maze (pronounced Maze-EH). "This doesn't feel real."
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Men's figure skating » short program » NBCSN, 7 a.m. Thursday (live)
The man to beat might be Russian legend Evgeni Plushenko (shown), who won the men's portion of team skate. Also in the field are Canada's Patrick Chan, the three-time defending World Champion. (Also shown delayed Thursday on NBC, 8-11:30 p.m.)
Men's hockey » Team Canada vs. Norway » USA Network, 9 a.m. Thursday (live)
Canada, with star Sidney Crosby (shown) and two Sharks (Patrick Marleau and Marc-Edouard Vlasic), is the defending Olympics champion and takes the ice for the first time in Sochi. Canada is expected to dominate Group B (Finland, Norway, Austria).
INSIDE: Roundup, results, standings. PAGE 4 » Purdy: Pressure on Ovechkin, Russians. PAGE 5 » ONLINE: Live results, stories and photos at www.mercurynews.com/olympics.


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Numerous Best Practices Identified at Track and in New York
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) today announced that Belmont Park has earned re-accreditation from the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance. Located just outside of New York City, in Elmont, N.Y., the track hosts its biggest day of the current Fall Championship Meet on Saturday, with six stakes worth $3.4 million, including five Grade I events, led by the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational.
Belmont Park's re-accreditation followed a complete review of all racing operations at the facility. Belmont received its initial Alliance accreditation in 2009, the Alliance's first year. All accreditations and re-accreditations carry an effective period of two years.
During the latest Alliance inspection of Belmont, best practices were identified in virtually every primary area of focus for the Alliance.
"As with all of the New York Racing Association tracks, Belmont Park meets or exceeds industry standards in the most critical areas pertaining to safety and integrity," said Mike Ziegler, Executive Director of the NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance.
In the area of injury reporting and prevention, best practices identified included the reporting of injuries and fatalities and the use of an Injury Review Committee.
In areas intended to create a safer racing environment, best practices cited at Belmont included starting gate padding and protocols for gate manning and removal; equine ambulance staffing, equipment and protocols; rider medical care and ambulance support (especially the Jockey Advocate program); ensuring practicing veterinarians are on the grounds when horses are present; racing surface maintenance protocols; and sufficient security and support personnel for paddock safety.
Regarding the health and safety of jockeys, best practices recognized included the jockey weight out/weigh in procedures, observation of a scale of weights, Jockey Health Information System protocols, and jockey qualification regulation.
In the area of equine drug testing and penalties, best practices identified included exogenous anabolic steroids regulation and Shockwave therapy regulation and protocols.
Relating to safety research, best practices were cited for participation in, and funding, a number of research programs geared toward the betterment of racing.
Belmont also was cited for best practices in protocols to conduct due diligence on entities wishing to gain access to wagering pools.
"We are gratified to have received such a favorable report following the Alliance's inspection of Belmont Park," said Glen Kozak, Vice President of Facilities & Racing Surfaces for The New York Racing Association, Inc. "The safety of our racing and the integrity of our operations are at the heart of all we do here. We will constantly work to maintain and improve upon our standards on behalf of our thoroughbreds and of all who participate in and enjoy racing at Belmont Park, Aqueduct Racetrack and Saratoga Race Course."
The re-accreditation of Belmont was the culmination of a lengthy process that began with the track's completion of a 48-page written application and continued as Belmont hosted several meetings with Alliance officials. The on-site review included inspections of all facets of the racing facility, with special attention paid to areas that were newly added to the Alliance's Code of Standards in 2012 and 2013. Such areas containing new or more stringent requirements include the establishment of an injury review committee; starting-gate-removal protocols; recording and storage of racing surface data; regulatory veterinarian protocols and procedures; and post parade/starting gate scratch protocols. Interviews were also conducted with track executives, racetrack personnel, jockeys, owners, trainers, stewards and fans. The inspection team was comprised of Ron Jensen, DVM, former equine medical director for the California Horse Racing Board; Richard Lewis, former trainer and Northern California racing executive; Mike Kilpack, security and integrity consultant and past chairman of the Organization of Racetrack Investigators (ORI); and Ziegler.
Belmont is one of 24 racing facilities currently fully accredited by the Alliance. Others are Aqueduct Racetrack, Arlington Park, Betfair Hollywood Park, Calder Casino and Race Course, Canterbury Park, Churchill Downs, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club, Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots, Fairplex Park, Finger Lakes Casino and Racetrack, Golden Gate Fields, Gulfstream Park, Keeneland, Kentucky Downs, Laurel Park, Monmouth Park, Pimlico Race Course, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga Race Course, Suffolk Downs, Sunland Park, Turfway Park and Woodbine.
The Alliance, formed in October 2008 with the goal of establishing national uniform standards in the areas of safety and integrity, includes 55 racetracks in North America and every major national horsemen's organization. Alliance certification standards cover six broad areas: injury reporting and prevention; creating a safer racing environment; aftercare and transition of retired racehorses; uniform medication, testing and penalties; safety research; and wagering security. Within those six categories, specific standards focus on areas including:
The NTRA Safety and Integrity Alliance is a standing organization whose purpose is to establish standards and practices to promote safety and integrity in horseracing and to secure their implementation. Corporate partners of the Alliance include Pfizer Animal Health, FLAIR Equine Nasal Strips and Hagyard Equine Medical Institute. Information on the Alliance, including the Alliance Code of Standards, can be found at www.NTRAalliance.com.
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In Charity Auction, Citi CEO Corbat Is No Warren Buffett
In the world of charity auctions, Michael Corbat is no Warren Buffett.
Mr. Corbat, the chief executive of Citigroup, was kind enough to give up an evening of his time to go to dinner with the winner of a charity auction that raised money for BYkids, a nonprofit that teaches young people how to make documentaries.
After 22 bids on the website Charitybuzz, and some frantic action in the last few minutes, the auction just concluded with a winning bid of $26,000. The winning bidder had a username of "metsgod."
It's an amount that will certainly come in handy for BYkids, and wouldn't have been possible without Mr. Corbat's generosity. But we can't help but compare the result to some other recent charity auctions with prominent business leaders.
This spring, Charitybuzz auctioned off dinner with Wells Fargo & Co. CEO John Stumpf. It sold for $28,500. The chance to lunch with former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner went for $50,000, and a meal with former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke went for $70,500.
But those are all downright bargain-basement prices compared to the cost of dining with Mr. Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Mr. Buffett has long auctioned off lunch as a way to raise money for the Glide Foundation, a San Francisco charity that offers food, clothing, shelter and health care to the needy. This year's winning bid was for more than $2.16 million.
But Mr. Corbat should take heart. Compared to some of the other auctions currently running on Charitybuzz, he's still a member of the 1%.
Also on the auction block this week is a chance to glad-hand with Don Rickles backstage in Las Vegas (current bid: $1,721), chat with psychic medium to the stars June De Young for an hour ($1,055) and meet pop singer Robin Thicke of "Blurred Lines" fame ($550).
A representative for Charitybuzz said the winner wanted to remain anonymous. But whoever it is, the website promises, they'll get a chance to chow down with Mr. Corbat and talk about a few of his favorite topics: banking (even if his own is wrestling a lot of demons), the economy, fly fishing and skiing. His wife, Donna Corbat, will even join if the lucky winner wants to bring a partner.
Drinks and tip are included. But Mr. Corbat gets to pick the restaurant.


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LEE — Emergency personnel responded to the scene of a high-speed crash at Lee Speedway on Saturday night. According to the NorthEast Fire Alert's Twitter account, companies had extricated the driver, who was then transported in an ambulance.
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In Their Own Words – Good Days and Bad Days
This "In Their Own Words" is by Dorie Deebold, a mother of two children, one who has autism.
Our three-year-old son Pierce has autism – and we try our best to plan routine family outings for him and his older sister that we will all enjoy.
As is typical in any family, there are good outings and not-so-successful ones. For me and my husband who are relatively new to this strange new world, it is increasingly difficult to determine what outings will be a great success, and which may prove difficult for Pierce to navigate.
Before school started this year, we wanted to take a trip to Sesame Place. Knowing how Pierce and his older sister loved the Sesame Street characters, and armed with the confidence that Pierce had experienced water parks this summer with success, we were all excited for a fun day. However, this particular outing would prove to not be one of Pierce's best. Something about the venue did not work with Pierce's sensory system on this date, and it was a continuous struggle as we worked through the day of meltdowns, flopping on the ground and the consistent screeching of "We. GO. HOOOOOOOMMMMMMME!!"
As difficult as it was, we were determined to stay and allow Pierce's sister to enjoy the Park.
Late afternoon came; while Dad and sister were adventuring on rides, I tried to coax Pierce into his bathing suit to try a small water park – which generally he would love. But the sand on his feet, the swim diaper, the direction we chose to walk there – everything seemed to be sending him into sensory overload. It was all too apparent that he could not adjust to this environment today.
I found myself questioning again on this afternoon (knowing full well how non-productive this line of thought can be): Why? Why, why, WHY can't he tell me? Why can't he tell me why this day, this place, this particular routine was so hurtful. What was it? The music? We'd been to a festival with bands and he danced the day away just weeks ago. The crowds? It was no more crowded than the boardwalk was last weekend. This mystery of why. Times like these, I desperately wished to get in his mind to see the world from his eyes, to try to unlock this puzzle.
So I retrieved a sobbing Pierce from his curled-up position and wrapped him tightly in a towel. We found a lounge chair in a quiet area by the "Mini Tidal Wave Pool" and both relaxed. I sat there whispering to Pierce how much I loved him, and how proud I was of him for all the work he's done. Sitting there on a beautiful September day, watching all of the children play, I closed my eyes and felt us both relax from the high anxiety of the day. And we slept.
When we both woke up, Pierce looked up – dazed and tired – and smiled the first smile of the day.
"Pierce, do you think we should head home now?"
"Okay, Mommy?"
And off we went to find Dad and his sister.
Good days and difficult days – I reminded myself. And we can't appreciate the one without the other.
"In Their Own Words" is a series within the Autism Speaks blog which shares the voices of people who have autism, as well as their loved ones. If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
September 16, 2010 at 3:01 pm
My son wasn't diagnosed until he was 9. Right before he was diagnosed we went on a trip to Disney. Everything was going good in all the parks. The day we went to Animal Kingdom I thought would be the best day of the trip because my son was so obsessed with animals. Boy was I wrong!!! The day was so stressful for everyone! He ran away from us in the busy park and it took us a long time to find him. I didn't know at the time that he had Aspergers. If I had it would have completely changed how I handled the day.
I so understand the frustrations. I look back on the pictures of the trip and still don't understand why that one day was so tough and the rest were ok.
Keep reading and learning, that's what I do to get through some days with him. He is now 15 and I adore him more and more everyday and with constant support he is learning his special condition!
September 16, 2010 at 3:08 pm
There are tears in my eyes as I feel his anguish and yours on that day. Our family has been in that place, physically and emotionally, many times – even this week. Please know that you are not alone.
September 16, 2010 at 3:32 pm
As a mom of 4 (one with autism) I applaud you for trying to find something for everyone in your family to enjoy together.
Thank you for sharing your story and Pierce with us.
September 16, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I am really sorry you had such a difficult time. It sounds like Pierce experienced sensory overload- too much going on, too loud. You would know best.
Those moments are so hard. My son cannot really speak and we often have "bug out" of activities when things get bad. We are grateful if the 4 of can have a quick meal together at a diner.
Keep trying!
September 16, 2010 at 3:47 pm
What a great set of parents you are. It's so hard to balance everyone's needs, and so frustrating to wonder why the overload is happening. You did the best thing you could do…relax. I had similar problems with my son. Now, he is an adult, finding his way in the world. People know so much more now than when he was little. Keep cherishing the good times.
September 16, 2010 at 4:06 pm
We just found out that our three year old has Autism. We are going through the same thing. Good days and Bad days. We r taking it one day at a time. May God Bless our Children with special needs.
September 16, 2010 at 4:10 pm
As a mother of an eight year old boy with autism, I have experienced this many times and you did the best thing possible by wrapping him up and holding him close to you because they need to feel that sense of calmness while the world around them feels so out of control. You may be new to this but it sounds like your instincts are right on! You should be very proud of yourself.
September 16, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I know this feeling. My daughter Gracie was diagnosed at a very early age. She is now 9. Some days I would give anything for a simple answer to a simple question I ask her.
No wisdom here. Just a Dad. With feelings like yours.
September 16, 2010 at 8:57 pm
I too have a three year old son with autism. He was diagnosed almost a year ago.I feel like our sons are very fortunate to be diagnosed so early. Although I am a single mom, I am blessed to have a much older daughter that just adores her brother. We have days like this as well and all you can do is stop what you are doing and give them that cuddle time or what ever works best for your child. We often sit and rock in the strangest places, but living in a small town, people know and accept him for who he is. They understand that we just need a chill down time and it can be anywhere and at any time. The new people that get to know him can't help but love him like we do. These wonderful children are truly a blessing and can change how people look at the world. Cherish him deeply and remember that there are many good days to come. You are doing a great job.
September 17, 2010 at 12:13 am
My daughter wasnt diagnosed with aspergers until almost 9. before that going anywhere and doing anything was always a huge gamble-would she cope today or play up. we didnt know what the problem was so it was assumed by many and myself that she was a naughty, ungrateful, uncooperative child. eventually i just stopped trying to do things with her and her sister because i couldnt cope with the stares when my big for age 7 or 8 year old, was having a melt down. i could feel the stares and embarrassment as i tried to calm her down and eventually having to leave and being disappointed and angry that we all had to miss out because of her behaviour. if we had an answer so much earlier a lot of this frustration and anger could have been avoided.
she is 10 now and i still get worried about taking her places as she is still very unpredictable. it is difficult to remember in the moment that she has very little control over those extreme emotions. i will take each day as it comes and hopefully they will be mostly 'good days'.
September 17, 2010 at 12:22 am
I so feel where you are coming from. Sometimes you get so excited to take your kids somewhere thinking that they will love it but it turns out to be a huge mess. Then there are those WOW days. Most times just holding my 4 yr old son's hand and walking around a store is huge challenge but the other day he just held my hand and walked we me. It was the best. Thank God for those moments.
September 17, 2010 at 3:47 am
Thank you for sharing…I have experienced this many times and it can be difficult for the whole family. You handled it very well, and I was thinking I would have done the same. I always get the "Go home now" as soon as we get somewhere my son doesn't want to be…once I hear those words I know we are in for a difficult time.
But for the sake of trying to have family time with Dad, him & his older brother we take many chances of going on outings because we never know which one my son will enjoy.
September 17, 2010 at 9:52 am
Thanks for sharing! I too have experienced this numberous times. My son is now 10 years old. It does get a little easier but it is still hard. Great job with your instincts in just holding him close to you!!!
September 17, 2010 at 10:34 am
Wow! I do understand. I took my son to Sesame Place a couple years ago. Take your son places, but be prepared for anything. Our children are wonderful and unpredictable!
September 17, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Thank you for sharing your story. My nephew was diagnosed with Autism at age 3 and is now 6. He just learned to talk when he was 4-1/2 years old. When we all found out that Alex was Autistic, I took it upon myself to help my sister and Alex no matter what. He too, has his good days and his bad days. Just 3 weeks ago my sister called me crying and when I rushed to her side, she had told me that the local school had pretty much told her that there wasn't a "spot" in the school for Alex. The teacher had sit Alex in a empty room by himself because she felt he was a disturbance to the class. She would try to get him to take a nap when he had just gotten to school 30 minutes prior. My sister had no choice but to look into another school, but they too said "No room for him". As my sister sit and cried, Alex came to me with a toy and I smiled and fought back tears. He then said "Alex, no more school." I knew right then I had to do something! The next day I was on the phones at 8am with the school, the dept of special education, and also made contact with the board of education. Throwing words in their face such as, No Child Left Behind Act, IDEA, American's with Disibilities Act, discussing how his IEP was not being met what so ever, and so on, this had really gotten the schools attention. TWO HOURS LATER, my sister calls me with tears of joy stating "I don't know what you did, but you did it!" Within 2 hours Alex had a school to enjoy and his very own aid to ensure his IEP is met. He is in a room with controlled children and loves riding the bus.
You are not alone and we completely understand. You keep your head up and your child is beautiful and will always conquer all obsticals that may come his way. Keeping your family in my prayers!


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Set 2: Runaway Jim[2] > Farmhouse > Alaska, CDTChalk Dust Torture[2] > Emotional Rescue > FYFFuck Your Face
[1] "We all love Dick's" vocal jam theme.
[2] Unfinished.
· Crosseyed and Painless tease in Ocelot
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Noteworthy Jams: Carini, Undermind (highly recommended), Runaway Jim, Farmhouse (highly recommended), Chalk Dust Torture (highly recommended)
Average Song Gap: 27
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
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Thought I'd start this since Dark Horse is away from his computer spending the weekend with the National Guard.
6 miles today on the railtrail at an easy/recovery pace. I want to try running long tomorrow with some race paced miles thrown in at the end of the run, should be interesting.
Enjoy life, this ain't a rehearsal...
Sounds like a nice run Rich. My walks are mostly for rest days to get my steps in (try to get 10K steps per day). If I don't run or walk I'll only get 5k in or less. Did my walk yesterday mostly out of habit (left my fitbit at home - so no steps or stairs recorded).
Did 4 miles on the tread mill followed by 1/2 mile walk. Splits were 9:11, 8:09, 7:37 and 7:03. Felt better at the end then I expected, still felt like I could go a little faster. Wife and I are looking at running a race tomorrow in SF - late binding so, we'll see...
Run strong.
That's an unusual goal Ray, 10K steps a day, an approach I've never heard of before. I was curious whether your walks help with recovery and from the looks of your treadmill splits, they obviously do. Nice workout!
Your wife runs too, eh? Good luck finding a race for tomorrow...
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We have a friend who works at Stanford and the handed out pedometers and asked them to do 10K steps a day. Kaiser also advocates you do 10K steps a day. Fitbit default goals are 10K steps a day, 10 floors a day 70K steps per week and 70 floors per week. As a goal oriented person the fitbit makes me more aware of how much or little I'm moving in a day.
I think walking helps recovery. Body repair is about blood flow and minimizing inflamation and walking is a reasonable minimal stress exercise.
Wife is more of a runner then I am these days. Think she's done 6 or more marathons in the last three years and tries to do at least 1 1/2 marathon a month.
Ray, after reading the goal for 10K steps, I had to calculate what I might be doing while I run. If I figure 170 steps a minute X's a 9 minute mile, that's 1530 steps and at 6 miles, 9180. For someone who doesn't run, 10K steps would be a lofty goal.
Sounds like your wife is a very accomplished runner, good for her...
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It's funny, when I walk I'm close to 2000 steps per mile. When I run, closer to 1400 steps per mile. Oddly enough, if you're moving consistently you do quite a few steps. If you sit at a desk all day, not so much (working with computers - that's me). If I walk 5 miles, I'll usually end up with about 7 or 8 miles for the day and close to 15K steps. If I run 6 miles, I'm 1-2K steps less...go figure.
Wife does well. She got 2nd in her age group at the 1/2 today.
I got 6 miles in yesterday to hit 25 for the week. I don't know if it is the new shoes or what, but have little to no leg stiffness today (Sunday), which is encouraging. My goal is 25 next week also, with weights and golf filling in non-running days.
Is their a good rule of thumb for how many weeks at highler miles should be followed by a less intense week? It sounds like you have a routine that you follow, Rich, but I can't remember the exact routine.
Congrats to your wife, Ray. I would love to come in second sometime! Also, I recently looked at the study done on life expectany sitting all day versus at least standing some of the time. Not much good to be said about SITTING, which consumes a lot of my day as I am on the computer a number of hours.
No run for me today, weights at an aerobic pace for a little tone.
Good luck to DH at the guard duty...maybe he is running with his backpack to get some miles in?
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Hi Mike, a solid week for you as well. I'm betting it's the new shoes that have your leg feeling better, but we'll see, eh? Great news though, it's so much nicer heading out on a run when you're feeling good.
I don't think there's any hard and fast rule about when to cut back from increased mileage, it's an individual thing. For me, when I was ramping up miles and training for the marathon that's coming, I'd run 2 weeks hard, then do a cut-back week. I can tell you by the end of the second week, I was ready. And that's the key, if you're feeling the miles, back off. And it's not just for marathon training, cut-back weeks are intended to give your body a break so it can adapt to the stresses you're throwing at it.
And a cut-back week is generally 70% of a normal week's mileage. You don't reduce intensity, just mileage.
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Rich, I like the two weeks at higher miles with a 70% back-off week. That seems like a reasonable routine to allow some adaptation to occur. The last thing I want to do is get injured.
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The Outsider and the Idea of Africa
[This is part of a continuing series of posts on a class I teach at Plymouth State University, "The Outsider". I am one of many people who teach the course, and each instructor fits their own ideas and interests into a fairly general catalogue description. All the posts related to this one can be found via the Outsider label. Eventually, I'll even update the course's website, since it's now completely out of date.]
The last time I blathered on about my ideas for The Outsider, I was still a few weeks away from having to order the books for the class, and so the syllabus was still very much in flux. I hadn't even plotted it out day by day, so I didn't know if I could fit in all the various books I was thinking about fitting in.
After reading my post, the great and glorious Aaron Bady sent me a note, since much of what I was thinking about -- representations of the idea of "Africa" in colonial and then post-colonial fiction -- was stuff he's spent a lot of time studying. I felt a little embarrassed, because he actually knows what he's talking about, and I'm just following yet another of my many obsessions (really, I should rename this blog The Dilettante). But this obsession has been with me for at least a decade, and though there have been years in that time when I've not indulged it, it always comes back, and whenever it does it comes back stronger than before. (Actually, no. The strongest moment was a period of about three days when I was determined to visit and analyze the entire inventory of every bookstore in Nairobi. That was a period of temporary insanity. It began innocently and miraculously, but then...)
Anyway, Aaron made a marvelous suggestion: "What about Tarzan?" Tarzan is something Aaron knows a bit about, and more importantly, he's thought about Tarzan using just the sorts of templates and questions I want to use to think about that iconic guy. Aaron kindly sent me a paper he's working on about the Tarzan image and phenomenon, and I promptly plundered it for references and started burrowing (and Burroughsing ... ugh, sorry) around in the Plymouth State library, the Dartmouth library, Google Books, and, when desperate or particularly intrigued, various used book dealers.
My basic concept of the course is one I soon discovered is discussed in detail in a wonderful book, Artificial Africas: Colonial Images in the Times of Globalization by Ruth Mayer. Or, rather, Mayer writes about some of the ideas I'll be using during the first half of the course: How, for instance, do people who come into the place they (or their authors) think of as Africa then represent that idea of Africa to their audiences? Or, to make it more obvious how the course material and course title go together: What happens when outsiders come in and start telling stories about the place they've come into? Do the stories they tell work to assuage their feelings of outsiderness, or even to reconfigure them as the insiders and the people who are natives as the outsiders? (With a colonialist mentality, is everything outside Europe or the USA? And so no matter where they are, will a European or American always be, or at least assume themselves to be, an insider?) And then, in the second half of the course, we'll turn things around a bit and look at other perspectives -- the empire writing back, to use the familiar postcolonial phrase. Finding ways for the silenced to speak, the erased to be recovered. For the insiders who have been represented as outsiders by colonialism to reclaim their insider status. (Or, I will ask the students eventually, is the binary itself too limiting? What does it hide from us?)
(These, at least, are my aspirations. Once the actual class begins, once we're into the work, things will go in whatever direction they seem to need to go, and much depends upon the students' skills, knowledge, and interests.)
After lots of hemming and hawing -- much of which was spent on a doomed attempt to convince myself that I could somehow fit Ngugi's Petals of Blood into the class -- I settled on a basic set of texts that I would then attempt to reconcile with the calendar: King Solomon's Mines, Story of an African Farm, Tarzan of the Apes, Heart of Darkness, Things Fall Apart, David's Story, Life & Times of Michael K, and In the United States of Africa. I also really wanted to fit in a couple of readings from Modern African Drama, but I was pretty certain there wouldn't be time.
I charted it out week by week and figured we could do it, but it would be tight, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized it was insane to try to fit some really difficult books (particularly David's Story and Michael K) into a tight schedule. It would just lead to too much confusion. And much as I liked the idea of ending with In the United States of Africa, it also shifted things to another region of the continent that none of our previous readings visited. This particularly bothered me, because I want the course to offer as much mirroring and echoing as possible, particularly between the first and second halves of the term, and I want to focus on only a few geographical locations so that we're able to get multiple perspectives on them.
With the deadline for placing book orders only days away, I decided to re-think everything. Did I need both King Solomon's Mines and Tarzan? (Yes, because their differences and similarities are instructive, and at the beginning of the course we really need as much practice as possible with analyzing the sorts of problems and pleasures they provide.) What about replacing Story of an African Farm with Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen, which would be interesting to pair with something in the second half of the term by Ngugi, who called it "one of the most dangerous books ever written about Africa", and which offers a more complex example of a mythologized Africa than Haggard or Burroughs do. (A tempting idea, but no -- it's ostensibly nonfiction, which none of the other books are, and while that would make for some interesting discussions about the porousness of genre boundaries, I must remember this is an intro-level class and the ideas I'm planning on introducing are complex enough already.) And, biggest question of all: If I cut David's Story, Michael K, and In the United States of Africa, what best replaces them?
To answer the last question, I decided first to add Marjorie Macgoye's The Present Moment, a somewhat more straightforward and accessible novel than David's Story, and an interesting study of Kenyan history through the eyes of a bunch of different women. It also offers lots of connections to many of the books in the first half of the term, particularly in that it is a book by a white outsider who has become culturally as much of an insider as her circumstances allow, and who has deliberately written with a desire to recover and distribute the lost and polyphonous histories of the place she has made her home. I also decided to bring back Modern African Drama, mostly because it includes Ngugi's play (written with Ngugi wa Mirii and the peasants and workers who first performed it) I Will Marry When I Want. I figured I could probably also fit in Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman, which is also in the book.
I wanted a final text to bring things back to some of what the students might already know, things that were familiar to them, yet might now, because of the journey of the term, be, I hoped, defamiliarized or complicated in new ways. Finally, I settled on Zakes Mda's Cion, which brings the South African professional mourner Toloki (from Mda's Ways of Dying, a book I'm quite fond of and have taught in the past) to Ohio and also adds a parallel story of two boys in 19th century Virginia who escape from slavery and head north to Ohio. It does just about everything I could hope for the final book of the course to do.
Once I charted it all out day by day, I discovered I could fit everything except Cion. But I was determined to use it. There was enough time to read the first 100 pages or so together, and then I thought I'd just make Cion central to the final exam, and have the students finish reading it in the days between our last class and the final. Indeed, I may make the final not an exam but rather a project, and have us share the projects and continue our conversations during the exam period, which I much prefer to sitting around and monitoring students while they write answers to test questions.
In the last moments before I submitted my book order, I decided to add one final, small book: African History: A Very Short Introduction by John Parker and Richard Rathbone. It's a meaty little book that doesn't really lay out the history of the continent so much as it presents the ways that the idea of African history has been conceived and perceived through the centuries. I'll only require the students to read a couple of chapters (I only have two or three days during the term where I can fit the book in), but I hope they'll see it as a resource and companion to their investigations. We shall see...
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I should talk to this Aaron Bady guy; his work sounds right up my alley! ;)ReplyDelete
Have you read Elspeth Huxley's first memoir, The Flame Trees of Thika? She apparently wrote it as an attempt to outdo Dineson, who she regarded with a kind of "nice work, but I can do better" appreciation. Anyway, as a representative of Kenyan settler culture, Huxley is a lot closer to the center of things, and was much more influential in British post-war circles. I also prefer it to Dineson on stylistic grounds, though in some ways that makes it more pernicious (Huxley was someone who was smart enough to know better but didn't.) I look forward to seeing how the course pans out!
Selfishly, I wish you'd been able to include the Waberi book on your syllabus, if only to hear your take on it. I gave it a capsule review for Dalkey Archive's Review of Contemporary Fiction, but I wasn't able to do more than scratch the surface.ReplyDelete
Z -- yes, you should definitely spend some time with Aaron. Though you come from different ends of the alphabet, you've got a lot in common!ReplyDelete
As for Huxley, I haven't read anything by her, mostly because it's really taken me a long time to get over my fear of reading colonial writers -- my intro to African lit came from Achebe, Ngugi, and Soyinka when I was an undergrad, and because I like nonfiction I tended to read as much of that as I did their fiction. This built up an image in my mind of colonial fiction that was sort of accurate in a certain way, but created a certain emotional barrier for me -- I think, in some ways, for a long time I was afraid of liking it, or at least not hating it with the vehemence of Achebe and Ngugi in particular. With Dinesen, I was finally able to approach Out of Africa after falling in love with some of her short stories, then reading around in the Thurman biography of her. Out of Africa now is a fairly interesting book to me because of all sort of different layers of weirdness -- Ruth Mayer's discussion of Dinesen seems pretty accurate to me, though not developed enough (understandably, given how much she was trying to cover) -- the colonial world as a place where, because of the different sorts of privileges available to a woman like Blixen in Kenya at that time, allowed a flight from certain gender disciplines, which allowed a new sort of self-construction that retained a kind of aristocratic approach to everything but was also made possible by the power of white supremacy in the colonial social and political system -- and then all this mixing with Blixen's own peculiar, mystical point of view (one that comes out especially given the years between the events and her writing about them). So part of me is right there with Ngugi calling it a dangerous book, mostly because of the way it was used to perpetuate a view of "Africa" that is not only pernicious but very seductive ... and part of me finds everything about Dinesen and her efforts to represent the Africa in her mind really interesting in its complexities and paradoxes.
Which is all just a really long way of saying ... no, I haven't yet read Huxley, but plan to soon. In fact, I was thinking of her just yesterday, because in one of his essays, Achebe contrasts something she wrote in White Man's Country [oh, what a title!] with a short story/parable by Jomo Kenyatta that I was thinking of using early in the class.
James -- I'll probably get around to writing about In the US of Africa sometime between now and September, and I intend to recommend it to my students. I want to keep mentioning it whenever I can, because I think it's a book that deserves a wider audience than it seems (so far) to have gotten.
Thank you for posting this. It was a fascinating read... I've always loved ideas-based classes such as this one, and it's been interesting to watch how this one evolved. I hope you'll continue to post updates as you teach. Sometimes I'm surprised how much I miss academia.ReplyDelete
Can I take this class. Sounds fascinating. I read my first Ngugi last year and loved it, but I'm sure Wizard of the Crow is too long for an introductory class. I think including Tarzan of the Apes is brilliant.ReplyDelete
I've got Out of Africa in my TBR stack. Now I'll certainly read it with a much more critical eye.
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The average secretary of state race in battleground states is much cheaper to influence than a multimillion-dollar gubernatorial or Senate campaign, but a win can yield results key to upcoming elections. The new burst of attention to these races follows the GOP takeovers in a number of state capitols in 2010. Since then, several Republican-led states have passed laws restricting early voting and requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. Democrats warn the measures will burden minorities and young people – and hurt turnout. Beth Reinhard reports.
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In the flurry of divisive Republican primary contests, some Democrats see an inviting opportunity: A chance to try and help pick their own opponent in Senate and House races. They're increasingly running ads against GOP candidates in an effort to promote the candidate they think is easiest to beat, or to weaken the one they consider strongest. Sen. Harry Reid used the tactic successfully in 2010, as did Sen. Claire McCaskill in 2012. But not all recent examples have worked. For more on this Democratic campaign strategy, read Janet Hook's full post in Washington Wire.
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BURWELL PROMISES REVIEW OF STATE EXCHANGES: Sylvia Burwell, the nominee for the government's top health-care job, promised Wednesday to use the full extent of the law to recover funds that were misspent on state insurance exchanges. Ms. Burwell faced a largely friendly confirmation hearing, where Senate Republicans—though attacking the health law—offered mostly kind words. She's expected to be confirmed. Louise Radnofsky and Siobhan Hughes report.
INCOME TAX YO-YO HITS STATES: States' tax revenue from their residents' stock-market gains—a money stream that pulled many states out of the recession—has slowed, leaving budget holes just as many governors are facing re-election. State income tax collections nationwide slipped 0.4% in the first quarter, the first drop since the end of 2009. Many states had forecast lower growth this year, but failed to project just how steep the decline would be. Mark Peters, Heather Haddon and Alejandro Lazo report.
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Roanoke, Virginia 24523
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Many business leaders in India welcomed Barack Obama's victory, feeling his re-election would bring stability to economic ties between the two countries.
But not everyone is happy with the status quo, with some expressing worries that a second Obama administration could hurt India's information technology and outsourcing industry.
Mr. Obama's victory is "not the best news for India or the IT outsourcing industry," said Phaneesh Murthy, the chief executive of iGate Corp., a U.S.-listed IT company that has most of its offices in India, which is where most of its employees also come from.
"We need to understand how much of the election rhetoric continues into 2013 and that will determine the full implications to us," Mr. Murthy said in a statement.
Outsourcing jobs outside the U.S. to countries like India and China was a topic over which Mr. Obama and Mitt Romney clashed early on in the election campaign, as unemployment remained a major concern.
Mr. Obama attacked his Republican rival for allegedly shipping American jobs to countries like India during his time as governor and as head of private-equity firm Bain Capital, dubbing him the "outsourcing pioneer."At the time, Mr. Romney dismissed the allegations as false.
India's outsourcing companies earn more than half of their overall revenue from the U.S, with businesses there farming out IT support, customer care services, payroll processing, billing and insurance-claims review.
Analysts expect President Obama to continue with tough policies against outsourcing during his second term in office.
Over the past two years, tougher visa rules meant Indian information technology outsourcing companies have found it harder to relocate employees to client locations in the U.S. The Indian government has been lobbying against a 2010 law that nearly doubled U.S. visa application fees for skilled workers, a move that affected Indian IT companies more than others.
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