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GRU / Jaguar Student Activities Center Coffee House (2nd Floor)
Two local Spanish teachers will present a recently published bilingual (English/Spanish) children's book. This event is sponosred by FLAIR, and hosted by the Department of English and Foreign Languages, Georgia Regents University.
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Grachev: I Will Pressure Bute, Eventually Break Him!
By Ruslan Chikov
Russian light heavyweight Denis Grachev (12-0-1, 8KOs) is ready to once again shock the boxing experts when he meets former super middleweight champion Lucian Bute (30-1, 24KOs) on November 3rd at the Bell Centre in Montreal. They will fight at a catch-weight of 170-pounds.
Bute returns from a devastating fifth round knockout to Carl Froch, while Grachev is coming back from the biggest win of his career - a shocking eight round knockout of highly regarded unbeaten light heavyweight Ismayl Sillakh.
Grachev has studied tapes and watched how Froch applied pressure in the first round and Bute was not able to withstand it. He plans to do the same next week because he wants to avoid the possibility of a hometown decision.
"I believe, beating Bute [in Montreal] will not be easy for me. I will constantly increase the pressure on my opponent and eventually break him. And the judges are likely going to be on his side - so I'll try to finish the fight early," Grachev said.
Eventually might not come Bute should be able to stop this guy mid-rounds as long as he's not damaged but his performance is something to take note of he needs to box more stand lessComment by Light_Speed on 10-27-2012
That would be crazy if Grachev stopped Bute. He would be my personal fighter of the year.Comment by jreckoning on 10-27-2012
The question mark is Bute's mental state going in affter Froch bludgeoned him. One loss like that can ruin a guy so less talented guys like Grachev may take it to him. Bute is clearly a better boxer, but Grachev…Comment by Phantomas on 10-27-2012
Grachev a talented boxer? :rofl: He is so bad that the tickets should be given for free.Comment by Tyrone Biggums! on 10-26-2012
[QUOTE=Alpha & Omega;12641813]I am glad people are not writing Bute off over that Froch loss. Bute lost that fight before he got into the ring, that fight was all wrong. He did not want to be there, he wasn't comfortable,…Post a Comment - View More User Comments (19)


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TV WEEKEND; Complex Warriors and Victims
By CARYN JAMES
Published: May 29, 1998
It is 1962, and Lieut. Col. John Paul Vann has just arrived in Vietnam, having been told by his Army superiors about the toughness and dedication of the South Vietnamese troops he will advise. He watches as a photographer records South Vietnamese soldiers standing proudly above Vietcong corpses laid at their feet. The photographer finishes; the corpses get up and walk away. The entire episode has been a ghoulish photo op, staged, a Vietnamese colonel says, because it is ''good for morale.''
Beyond the tremor created by the sight of the walking dead, this dramatically brilliant scene early in the HBO film ''A Bright Shining Lie'' has a more practical effect: it says that this is a story about how Vann came to recognize the inefficiency and deception of the South Vietnamese Army, and eventually of the United States military as well. The film is not some cliched tale of a hawk who turns to a dove, but the more ambiguous story of a career soldier with a troubled personality who sees a different military strategy for winning. When the Army refuses to listen, he leaks his views and some unpleasant facts to the press.
Unfortunately, ''A Bright Shining Lie'' has few scenes that match the freshness and visceral power of that photo op, and soon settles into sincere, pedestrian storytelling. Yet the film is significant for the social attitude it reveals, an attitude shared by another ambitious made-for-television movie coming this weekend. Showtime's ''Thanks of a Grateful Nation'' is less a work of history than of political activism, as it takes on the unresolved issue of gulf war syndrome. Interspersing comments from actual veterans with dramatized characters based on real people, the film takes a strong, convincing position: that during the gulf war, the United States bombed Iraqi chemical weapons factories and later denied and covered up the illnesses that exposure to those chemicals caused to American soldiers.
Both films fail to turn their complex political issues into effective drama. But their very presence highlights a widely shared assumption: two different wars, same lying Government. Such an attitude toward Government deception can exist so easily on screen only because it reflects mainstream skepticism in the country.
That skepticism flows directly from the war in Vietnam, of course (reinforced by the Watergate years). The characters who populate Neil Sheehan's monumental 1988 book, ''A Bright Shining Lie,'' and who appear in straightforward or veiled form in the film, were central players in bringing word of Government duplicity to the public.
As the book details, Vann was an important source for reporters, notably David Halberstam, then of The New York Times, and Mr. Sheehan, first of United Press International and later of The Times. Vann told them what official sources wouldn't say (the overstated South Vietnamese victories) or couldn't see (the inevitable failure of the American strategy against the Vietcong guerillas).
Classic films have been made from just such material, fraught as it is with tension and social substance. What ''The Killing Fields'' did with Cambodia, and ''All the President's Men'' with Watergate, so ''A Bright Shining Lie'' might have done with Vietnam. The film is impressively responsible in its regard for the history of the war. The problem is the clumsy, didactic screenplay by Terry George, who also directed. (He was also a writer of ''In the Name of the Father,'' in which the personal and political blend far more eloquently.)
Both Mr. Halberstam and Daniel Ellsberg (once as assistant to Vann and famous as the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers) asked that their names be taken off their characters after reading an early version of the screenplay. Based on the fictional characters in the final version, it is easy to see why.
The reporter who introduces himself to Vann as ''Steve Burnett, Times'' (played by Donal Logue and looking too soft to survive the rigors of wartime reporting) has a lot of Mr. Halberstam and a little of Mr. Sheehan. But he is primarily a cipher, a narrative convenience, the most glaring symptom of what is wrong with the film. If a narrator hits you over the head every 15 minutes, explaining the action, the film isn't doing its dramatic work.
Like the book, the film begins at Vann's funeral in 1972, where friends with wildly opposing views on the war have gathered. It flashes back to the war and eventually comes full circle to the funeral, where the reporter-narrator sums up: ''John Paul Vann was America's warrior. He personified our good intentions, our arrogance, our courage and ultimately our falling.''
That makes him sound more dynamic than he is on screen. Bill Paxton's poker-faced portrayal of Vann never goes beneath the surface. He is unlikable, even before we learn about his ''dark side,'' as Burnett calls it, including a fling with a 15-year-old baby sitter that nearly led to a court martial.
The film improves in its second half. In 1965, the war is escalating, and Vann returns to Vietnam as a civilian adviser with the rank equivalent to general. As his attitude hardens, his character becomes more intriguing. Where he once envisioned a grass-roots strategy in this guerilla war, he comes to support American bombing.


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Dallas Crime Watch: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
A sampling of crime, courts and public safety news in and around Dallas:
• A University of Texas at Arlington psychologist told police that one of her former student clients had been following her before he shot and killed her husband.
• Police found blood and bullets in and around a fitness room where a Plano pilates instructor was attacked last week. Her ex-boyfriend has been arrested in the slaying, but remains in Arizona where he was injured while trying to jump into the Grand Canyon.
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Shahrukh Khan taking treatment for knee injury
He has been dealing with a pain in his knee for quite a while now, so Andrew Leipus, the physiotherapist for Kolkata Knight Riders will be treating his knee as the actor doesn"t want to take chances with quick fix measures.
According to sources, SRK will be doing some stunts for his film, Ra.1, shooting for which will resume soon. Bobby Chawla"s health issues led to cancellation of the last two days of the shoot. Ra.1"s next schedule is creeping closer and Shahrukh hopes the knee exercises will help him perform the stunts easily.
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This year, New York's historic May Day celebrations will be reborn with a mass march and rally organized by the labor and immigrant rights movements.
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A SIGN things are improving.David Einhorn SEES A DEAL!!!!
That was May 2, 2011 and Yahoo closed at $18.14
Then May 16, 2011 Yahoo closed at $15.81
Bloomberg article from late this afternoon.
Einhorn's fund purchased a 5.05 million-share stake in Yahoo and added 4.16 million GM shares during the three months ended Sept. 30, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. The hedge fund sold 2.29 million shares of UnitedHealth, 4.59 million in CareFusion (CFN) Corp. and 2.09 million in Hess, representing all its shares in each.
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It is indeed a proud fact that all Mollywood stars are well-educated. But, there are exceptions. Most of the Malayalam actors who are ruling the industry at present are well-educated and a few from the old generations are lagging in terms of their educational qualification.
For most of the actors, acting was more a passion which they wanted to grab in their life. Some came into the industry directly, even without looking out for another choice, whereas there are some actors who came into limelight after trying their luck in their qualified trade. But, knowing the fact that they have more crave for movies and acting, they left their first job and entered movies.
There are a few exceptions too. Mohanlal, who is a graduate had a passion for acting and entered the industry after his graduation and is now one of the most renowed actors in the world. He has been awarded D Litt by universities for his contribution in art. Prithviraj and Indrajith, though engineers, came into industry soon after their course ended. There are many less educated actors too in the industry.
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The doctors was good about not doing as many labs as needed but there was one test that had to be done and the bill was 468.00 and I called LabCorp and asked if they would please discount like they do insurance or just some tyoe of help/discount and I was told NO plain and simple, no I'm sorry wish we could help, nothing but NO.
If we had insurance they would have received 35 or 45 dollars at the most, I know this for a fact. but if you are self pay and don't have insurance they will not give you one cent discount. This is so wrong and should not be allowed by the medical profession. I will never use LabCorp again (if I know it before hand) and I will NEVER recommend it to anyone. They over charge and are not willing to help at all. They are rude, unkind and uncaring. Worse lab that I know of.
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When I go to the beach here in our beautiful beach resort area, I will tan in the sun. I tend to get darkened, bronzed.
On the way home, because I do live in the neighborhood, I am pulled over. "Yes?" I ask. "Well, you looked suspicious." "How so?" "Well, you know."
If I couldn't get away with passing for white, I might have a good bit more to lose than a few, you know what I mean?
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I emailed my congressman, David Rouzer, voicing my support of HR-1942 banning the export of horses from the United States to slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada where they are processed for human consumption. Rouzer chairs the subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
Horse slaughter ended here in 2007, but irresponsible Americans continue to dispose of unwanted animals by selling them to buyers for transport across our borders. This fate befalls 150,000 to 300,000 animals per year.
Earlier in the year, I decided to put a new roof on my home because of leaks and other minor problems. The roof was 18 years old and I decided it was time. The cost was around $13,000. Since then, most all my neighbors have installed new roofs for a $2,500 deductible from their wind and hail insurance policies because of a storm that supposedly went through here sometime during July 2015. Most of these roofs were more than 20 years old and needed to be changed in the near future anyway.
Bolivia seniors, as well as other community members, are confused. Just what determines whether a community receives a playground for its children or a senior citizens' center? When will Bolivia citizens be recognized for what they have contributed to the county? It is puzzling. We are constantly pleading for some consideration for our citizens. There seems to be unequal appropriations to the area in which our county seat is located: the town of Bolivia and areas in its vicinity.
In the May 26 edition of the Beacon, there was a column by Congressman David Rouzer. It was entitled, "Remember Their Sacrifice."
The new school year will soon begin. We ask you to please pray for the caregivers, students and teachers. Put a hedge of protection around all our children as the new school year begins. Pray for your children returning to schools or colleges and the specific institutions they attend as well as children in your church. Where possible, lay hands on your children and bless them. Pray for wisdom, favor and good success.
It seems Teddy Altreuter is living in the forgotten world of the past when the Democratic Party stood for the things she mentioned in her Aug. 11 letter. Briefly, she states, "…where law and order are both respected and strengthened." Really? Better remind the many Democratic mayors of cities that try to strip their police of the ability to protect law-abiding citizens.
To Lou DeVita and members of Sunset Beach Town Council: I want to thank you, Lou, for your years of service to the town of Sunset Beach. I know you and the council get very little praise for all you do and for all you contribute. I saw you sweating and shoveling in the park to make sure the Veterans Memorial was placed correctly and presented with dignity. I have seen you making the rounds at the town's social and cultural events and read about your efforts to calm hot heads who would do harm to the community.
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Complaint Review: Cymax, Inc.
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Cymax, Inc. morebedroomfurniture.com; cymax.com Horrible, Horrible Company. Stay away! Vancouver, British Columbia
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I checked the status of the order this morning and the order was CANCELLED on 11/6. Sent email first thing on 11/7(did not receive response from them until the afternoon of 11/8 telling me nothing), and then I called first thing (I am EST, they are PST) and was told it was cancelled because I filed the complaint. I tried to explain my reasonings and that everything was resolved Friday evening. Pretty much told too bad, we have cancelled the order and you will get a refund to your credit account within 3-5 business days. I asked why I had not been called to discuss the matter and was told they don't do that. Can't believe this horrible lack of communication and service.
I did call back this afternoon to see if order could in anyway be salvaged so I have a bed for family on Thanksgiving. Waiting on hold (again!) for over 40 minutes and finally reached a good rep. He said he would send a msg to manufacturer to try to avoid the order being cancelled and I have to wait to hear for 1-2 days. Also can't place order elsewhere because they charged my card and refund won't processed in any way in time to get bed in time for Thanksgiving!
But Cymax, to avoid this think about a couple of things: - if you want customers to be confident in your business, don't make them wait 40 minutes to reach a human, call them back when they leave their number, answer the question in their emails with accurate information (Twice had responses that did not at all answer my questions.) and don't say you have a Live Chat feature on your site under My Account when you don't! Can you blame a customer for being fearful with all of the scams on the internet?
Who can also stay on hold for ridiculously long periods of time when you work???
***Update 11/7/11- As of this afternoon, the problem has been hopefully rectified. I will update this post again if it does get resolved.
***Update 11/8/11 - I called my contact at AD to see if she was able to catch the order before it was canceled. She had received my email yesterday and one from the rep who sent an email to her to reinstated the order. Turns out she received another email last night from someone in Quality Control at Cymax to disregard all earlier emails and cancel the order. She was SO nice and agreed to contact Cymax to find out what was going on for me. Just found out that someone in AD agreed to reinstate the order and authorized shipment. So big time THANKS to American Drew and the rep there who has been SO HELPFUL to me. Will NEVER use Cymax and would recommend others not do the same. When your service is bad to your customers, don't penalize them when and if they complain!!!
***Update 11/8/11 - American Drew has my bed ready to ship. Waiting on carrier. Will Cymax send carrier? I hope so so that the problems with this order are resolved. I have contacted the BBB in Vancouver to retract my BBB dispute to show good will, but we will see. I hope they step up and do the right thing.
***Update 11/8/11 - Cymax refused to complete the order and said the only thing they would do would issue me a refund. I tried pleading my case to a Customer Service Supervisor (I have his name) and told him the bed was on AD's dock ready for pickup. He absolutely refused! I am actually still sitting here typing this stunned that they would not complete the order. He specifically told me it was because I had filed my dispute with BBB. I contacted BBB again and told them I was not retracting. They asked me to send them all of the information I had.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY. READ OTHER REVIEWS. I mentioned to him the MANY bad reviews I had read in the last 2 days about their customer service after the sale. He responded that those were from people who had ordered the wrong thing. (Couldn't believe it!) I told him he needed to go online and read them again. The majority are from people with the SAME EXACT experience that I have had with Cymax.
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Arlington Scores Lidl HQ — Arlington County will be the home of the new $77 million U.S. corporate headquarters of Lidl, a discount German grocery chain that's seeking to expand in the United States. The headquarters is expected to create 500 new jobs in Arlington and will anchor the National Gateway office development near Potomac Yard. "Lidl chose Arlington for its U.S. corporate headquarters because of our commitment to diversifying our economy, a terrific workforce, regional transit connections and access to a major airport," Arlington County Board Chair Mary Hynes said in a statement. [Arlington County]
Arlington Teen Advances in Singing Competition — Kenmore Middle School student Samantha Rios, who is competing on the Telemundo singing program "La Voz Kids," has advanced to the semifinals and is now being coached by Reggaeton musician Daddy Yankee. [Washington Post]
Young Republicans Blast Anti-Gun-Store Tactics — Opponents of a gun store that's trying to open in Cherrydale are urging their supporters to confront the owners of the store and the shopping center in which it's opening in person. That has Republicans crying foul. "Having exhausted reasonable avenues, the anti-gunners encourage their flock to harass property owner," said the Arlington Falls Church Young Republicans. [Twitter]
Immigration Center to Open in Crystal City — A planned immigration services center in Crystal City, which has been delayed due to legal wrangling over President Obama's executive action deferring the deportation of certain illegal immigrants, is now reportedly set to open soon. Hundreds of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services employees will be working out of the office building at 2200 Crystal Drive, processing immigration applications and petitions. [Breitbart]
Praise for 'Alice' Production — The Encore Stage and Studio production of "Alice in Wonderland" is garnering critical kudos for its star, Brandi Moore, a Harvard-bound Washington-Lee High School senior. The show wraps up its run this weekend at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre at 125 S. Old Glebe Road. [InsideNova]
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Two Rescued From House Fire — Arlington County firefighters battled an early morning house fire in the Old Glebe neighborhood overnight. Two adults were rescued from the roof of the three-alarm fire. An ACFD spokesman said hoarding conditions inside the home made battling the blaze more difficult. [WUSA9, WJLA]
Two Trees Considered for 'Specimen' Status — The Arlington County Board will vote this weekend, then hold a public hearing, then vote again next month, to determine whether two trees should be protected with a "specimen tree" designation. [Arlington County]
Future of Arlington's Office Market — The Arlington County Board held a work session Tuesday to discuss the future of the office market in the county. Arlington Economic Development produced a video that discusses how the office market is changing and how that pertains to local policymaking. [YouTube]
Anti-DACA Bill Defeated — A bill that would have denied in-state tuition to some immigrant students has been defeated in the Virginia state senate. Last week, Arlington's Del. Alfonso Lopez (D) vowed to fight the bill, which was aimed at students who had been protected from deportation by the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. [Virginian-Pilot]
Flickr pool photo by Erinn Shirley
Del. Alfonso Lopez (D) knew his work trying to secure in-state tuition for children of undocumented immigrants wasn't over last spring when Attorney General Mark Herring declared some "DREAMers" eligible for in-state tuition immediately.
The decision allowed children of undocumented immigrant who are legal residents because of the Obama administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to receive in-state tuition if they meet other state residency requirements.
In this legislative session, there are bills in the House of Delegates and the state Senate that aim to undo Herring's action. Lopez had previously introduced bills every year to do what Herring did in one fell swoop; now, he's moving to block the new bills.
"We knew we'd have to defend against Tea Party attacks," Lopez told ARLnow.com yesterday. "We assumed it would come. We hoped it wouldn't, but now it has."
The bills are HB1356, introduced by Loudoun County's Del. David Ramadan (R), and SB722, introduced by Sen. Richard Black (R), also from Loudoun. Ramadan is himself an immigrant: he was born in Beirut, Lebanon, before immigrating to the United States.
Both bills declare that DACA-protected immigrants "do not have the capacity to remain in Virginia indefinitely," and therefore are ineligible for in-state tuition. The bill applies to DACA children, those with temporary protected status — political refugees from foreign countries — and Deferred Action for Parental Accountability.
"To think that Sen. Black would want to take the refugees of civil wars and deny them an opportunity of education… that is a huge step backwards.," Sen. Adam Ebbin (D) told ARLnow.com.
Republicans control both houses in the General Assembly, and with a 67-32-1 advantage in the House of Delegates, so Lopez knows he faces a steep climb in trying to beat the bills.
"We've talked to the attorney general's office, we've talked to the governor's office," Lopez said. "We also are organizing through education and religious groups, getting them to lobby in opposition against these bills. There are many groups around the state making calls who are saying this is the wrong attack to take, not only from a fairness and a moral issue to take, but also an economic development and job growth [perspective]."
"I think we'll either be successful and able to defeat these bills in subcommittee or there will be a heck of a fight on the floor of the Senate and the House," Lopez continued. "Even if by some miracle these bills pass, I don't believe the governor will sign them into law. I think he'll veto, but I don't know."
Lopez said the issue impacts "my family, my friends and my neighbors," and highlights the importance of providing in-state tuition for the state's economic growth. Arlington residents will directly be affected, like Dayana Torres, a student at George Mason University in Fairfax who commutes to school from Arlington.
"I see being able to pay the in-state tuition rate as an essential benefit for my education that my parents and I have paid into through taxes," Torres said in an email to ARLnow.com. She is the president of the Mason Dreamers and co-founder and former president of Dreamers of Virginia. "I affiliate with the Republican party in many key political topics, so it is always difficult for me to see Republicans in office actively trying to reverse decisions that benefit my family and I since we have been paying taxes and desperately need the in-state-tuition rates."
The Arlington County Sheriff's Office will ignore requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to hold people in the county jail unless such a request comes with a warrant, the county announced Friday afternoon.
The new policy, which takes effect immediately, comes four days after Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) issued an opinion that ICE detainers are "merely a request."
From an Arlington County press release:
The Arlington County Sheriff's Office will no longer hold people in custody at the County Detention Facility based solely on a request to detain by the federal Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unless ICE presents the Sheriff with a judicially issued warrant authorizing such detention, Sheriff Beth Arthur said today.
This change in policy is a result of a question from Virginia Beach Sheriff Ken Stolle to Attorney General Herring. In response to that question, on January 5, 2015, Attorney General Mark Herring issued an Advisory Opinion regarding the authority for law enforcement to hold a person in custody based on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Detainer. Attorney General Herring stated:
"It is my opinion that an ICE detainer is merely a request. It does not create for a law enforcement agency either an obligation or legal authority to maintain custody of a prisoner who is otherwise eligible for immediate release from local or state custody."
Arlington County Sheriff's Office's new policy is effective immediately.
President Obama's announcement on Nov. 20 that he would take executive action on immigration is leading to a hiring boom in Crystal City.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration announced on Monday that it's hiring about 1,000 full-time federal and contract workers in Crystal City to help implement the president's executive action, which will grant temporary legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants and help highly-skilled workers stay in the U.S.
Salaries at the facility will range from $34,415 to $157,100, various news outlets reported.
That's good news for Crystal City and its high office vacancy rate. We're told the new workers will be based at Crystal Plaza 4, a 46-year-old office building at 2200 Crystal Drive. The federal government is backfilling a General Services Administration lease for the Vornado-owned building.
Republicans have decried the president's action and are criticizing the new "hiring binge."
"This facility is a clear symbol of the President's defiance of the American people, their laws, and their Constitution," Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions said, in a statement.
(Updated at 3:35 p.m.) Arlington Public Schools are serving more young, unaccompanied immigrants.
The estimated number of unaccompanied, juvenile immigrants in APS jumped from 10 children last school year to "approximately" 80 children this school year so far, the district said Friday.
The release of the APS data on youth age 18 and under who travelled without a parent or guardian follows a national report on unaccompanied minors issued this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That report stated that through July 31, 133 unaccompanied minors were transferred to the care of family members or other sponsors in Arlington County.
The 133 count potentially includes youth below school age, in private schools, home schooled or not enrolled in school, APS pointed out.
APS served enough young, recent immigrants in the 2013-2014 school year to be eligible for an additional $43,000 in state funding, the APS statement said. The school system saw an increase of 141 immigrant students from the '12-'13 to '13-'14 school year, the statement said. These youth range in age from 3 to 21, were born outside the U.S. and had not attended school in the country for more than three academic years. This category includes but is not exclusive to youth who came to the U.S. unaccompanied.
Additionally, APS has devoted additional resources this school year to students who have had little formal schooling and read below grade level in any language.
The Arlington Career Center reinstituted a previously offered "Accelerated Literacy" program that draws high school students from across the county. Two more teachers were hired, and funds were redirected to serve youth in this program, according to the statement.
Washington-Lee High School is also offering the literacy curriculum. Additional literacy support is available to elementary and middle school students, the statement said.
The county Dept. of Human Services connects youth and their sponsors with medical and behavior health care, English classes, legal aid and limited emergency funds, spokesman Kurt Larrick said. Like all new APS students, unaccompanied minors new to the district are screened for tuberculosis and required to have a set of immunizations, he added.
The HHS report noted that many of the unaccompanied youth have survived trauma.
"These children may have histories of abuse or may be seeking safety from threats of violence," it said. "They may have been trafficked or smuggled."
School Board member Emma Violand-Sanchez said in July that APS should prepare for a "crisis situation" in providing services to unaccompanied minors. County Board member Walter Tejada said then that Arlington was preparing to serve them.
APS does not request and is not required by law to ask students to report their immigration status, the statement said.
(File photo)
Across the country, the boom in unaccompanied minors emigrating from Central America has caused federal authorities to devote more resources to border protection and enforce stricter deportation policies.
While one Arlington official is calling the growth in this population a "crisis," most say we're not there yet. Nonetheless, the county is monitoring the situation and making preparations before such immigrants start to have an impact.
Last week, the Sun Gazette reported that School Board member Emma Violand-Sanchez and County Board member Walter Tejada met with representatives from the Guatemalan Consulate to discuss the trend of unaccompanied minor immigrants, and, after the meeting, Violand-Sanchez told the School Board it was a "crisis situation."
Tejada told ARLnow.com this morning that, while he wouldn't characterize Arlington's current population of unaccompanied minors as a crisis, the county is taking steps to prepare in case the population grows substantially.
"We're organizing right now and saying, 'how do we deal with this, what issues are we confronting?'" Tejada said. "The most important question is the welfare of the kids. How do we protect the children from being taken advantage of and falling into the wrong world? It's a very complicated situation."
According to Arlington Public Schools spokeswoman Linda Erdos, there were only 10 students identified as "homeless/unaccompanied youth" in the last school year. There were also 83 students in APS' "Accelerated Literacy Support" program as of June, for older students new to the country who need additional literary support. That number increased from 22 students in June 2012.
"Because we are currently on summer break, we may not know the full impact on APS of the immigration of youth from Central America until the end of August and/or later in the 2014-15 school year," Erdos said in an email. "We know that we need to be prepared to address this, given the reports in the media, and the response from the President and the federal government. We are also watching the situation closely because we know this may have a major impact on our operating budget."
Arlington's Department of Human Services hasn't seen an increase in unaccompanied minors, according to department spokesman Kurt Larrick. There are always a few who come to the county every year, Larrick said, and those "tend to be older, they tend to have had a rough life at home."
"I don't think we're at a crisis now by any means," Larrick said. "We're a long way from the Central American border so I don't think it's as acute locally as in other parts of the country."
Both Larrick and Erdos said Arlington is an appealing destination for many of these immigrants because of its reputation for being welcoming, which dates back to accepting Vietnamese refugees during and after the Vietnam War in the 1970s.
Tejada said it's impossible to know if the immigrants will eventually come to Arlington in large numbers, but instead of "being reactionary" as the county has been in the past to similar issues, this time the county is being proactive. Tejada said the county plans to organize "mobile Consulates" from different countries with populations in Arlington, such as El Salvador and Guatemala, in August.
"We're alerting our partners to stand by," Tejada said. "There will be a call to action at some point, but we have to be careful not to put out a false call when there is no need."
Morgan Fecto contributed to this report
Graham Holdings Coming to Rosslyn — Graham Holdings, the firm once known as the Washington Post Company, is moving to Rosslyn. Now without the namesake newspaper, Graham Holdings includes education firm Kaplan, a cable television business, Slate.com, Foreign Policy magazine, and social marketing firm SocialCode. The company is moving to a 34,000 square foot space in Arlington Tower, at 1300 17th Street N. The move will help Rosslyn — home to WJLA, NewsChannel 8, Politico and the Washington Business Journal — brand itself as an emerging "media hub." [Washington Post]
Sickles Enters Congressional Race — Del. Mark Sickles, who represents Fairfax County in the Virginia House of Delegates, is now the fifth Democrat to enter the race to replace Rep. Jim Moran (D) in Congress. [Roll Call]
TJ Prospects May Get Testing Do-Over — Students from Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun counties who took the entrance exam for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a magnet school, may get a do-over. Technical difficulties prevented some students from saving the essay portion of the computer exam. [Reston Now]
Arlington Group Helps Undocumented Students — The Dream Project, an Arlington-based organization, is helping undocumented students apply and pay for college. The group was co-founded four years ago by Arlington School Board member Emma Violand-Sanchez. [Washington Post]
Pike Road Closures Tonight — VDOT will be removing an overhead sign across Columbia Pike at S. Queen Street tonight. Drivers should expect road closures of "up to 20 minutes at a time," according to Arlington County. [Twitter]
Flickr pool photo by J. Sonder
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In last week's column, I outlined the reasons to support Medicaid expansion in the 2014 session of the Virginia legislature. Today, I'd like to highlight the reasons why Virginia should pass the Dream Act this year.
The Virginia Dream Act will enable a student who is a child of undocumented immigrants to pay the in-state tuition rate at Virginia colleges and universities—if that student meets certain criteria. In a bill proposed by Arlington Democratic Delegate Alfonso Lopez, a student will be eligible for the in-state tuition rate if he/she:
- has attended a Virginia public or private high school for at least three years;
- has graduated from a Virginia public or private high school or received a General Education Development (GED) certificate in Virginia;
- has registered as an entering student or is enrolled in a public institution of higher education in Virginia;
- has provided documentation that the student has been approved for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and
- has submitted evidence that the student (or, in the case of a dependent student, at least one parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis) has filed Virginia income tax returns for at least three years.
Fairfax Republican Del. Tom Rust again will work with Del. Lopez to generate bipartisan support for this legislation.
The moral reasons to support this legislation include:
- These students were brought to the U.S. at a young age by their parents, and had no say in the decision to come here. They never made a choice to disregard U.S. immigration law; and
- The vast majority of these students are as American as native-born citizens. They speak English, and understand American life and culture.
As explained by Delegate Lopez, we also should support this legislation because Virginia currently has invested taxpayer dollars in these students "from kindergarten through 12th grade, but put up a barrier after graduation that only serves to drive away top talent from Virginia."
Let's support passage of the Virginia Dream Act.
It's right for Arlington and right for Virginia.
Peter Rousselot is a former member of the Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Virginia and former chair of the Arlington County Democratic Committee.
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) and a group of like-minded panelists made the case for immigration reform Tuesday night at a community forum in Arlington.
Entitled "Building a Stronger Nation: Reforming Out Broken Immigration System," the Moran-organized forum attracted several dozen attendees to Kenmore Middle School's auditorium. The congressman and the panelists told the audience that immigration reform would energize the economy, bring in additional tax revenue, and enable immigrants to live a more productive and fulfilling life.
In his opening remarks, Moran said bipartisan immigration legislation that's currently being crafted in the Senate has a better shot at becoming law than any other recent attempt at immigration reform.
"The possibility for reform today may be better than it's ever been," he said. "Now is the best time in recent memory for enacting comprehensive immigration reform. But the enactment of reforms is by no means guaranteed… in a Congress that can't seem to agree on anything of consequence."
Moran said immigration reform is particularly important in Northern Virginia, where 27 percent of the population is foreign-born. (Of that foreign-born population, 38 percent of come from Latin America, 36 percent from Asia, 16 percent from Africa and 10 from Europe, according to statistics cited by Moran.)
Panelists made moral and economic arguments for immigration reform.
Patrick Oakford, who researches immigration issues for the liberal Center for American Progress, said that legalizing the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States could boost the economy by $832 billion over 10 years while raising the wages paid to immigrants.
Arlington County Board Chair Walter Tejada said immigration reform would help cash-strapped local governments. It would also help police departments, he said, by facilitating better cooperation with an immigrant community that's currently fearful of law enforcement.
"The future of our nation is brighter by providing a path for citizenship," Tejada said. "We really need to get behind and support our leaders in Congress."
Other panelists tried to shoot down some of the arguments against immigration reform.
Kristian Ramos of the New Policy Institute, pro-immigration think tank, said immigration reform won't open the floodgates to Mexican immigrants. He said that Mexico's growing economy has helped to significantly reduce the flow of undocumented immigrants into the United States by providing more jobs and opportunities in Mexico. He also pointed out that that crime is down near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Two months after holding a raucous forum on gun violence, Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) is planning a public forum on another hot-button topic.
On Tuesday, May 14, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Kenmore Middle School (200 S. Carlin Springs Road), Moran will host a forum entitled "Building a Stronger Nation: Reforming Our Broken Immigration System."
Just as the gun violence forum featured panelists that largely shared Moran's gun control views, the immigration forum will feature panelists who favor liberal immigration policies: County Board Chair Walter Tejada, plus representatives from the Center for American Progress, the National Immigration Law Center and the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
"The panel discussion will outline systemic problems in our current immigration system and layout the comprehensive reform plans that are currently under consideration in Congress," said a press release for the event.
"There are an estimated 10 – 11 million undocumented immigrants living in America, the majority having settled here more than a decade ago," the press release said. "Reforming the broken immigration system to resolve the status for these individuals has the potential to boost the entire U.S. economy, adding over $800 billion to the national GDP over the next decade and creating over 100,000 more jobs per year."
Arlington police are seeking victims of a man they say is a sexual predator who preys on young Hispanic immigrants.
Miguel Angel Pinedo-Valdivia, 50, has been charged with Attempted Forcible Sodomy in connection with an incident on Thursday, April 11. Police say Pinedo-Valdivia, who has ties to residences in Arlington County and Maryland, picked up a 17-year-old boy outside a restaurant on the 4100 block of Columbia Pike, offering the boy potential work.
"The victim, being in the country only a few months, was tricked into a back seat of a vehicle thinking he had an offer of employment," said Arlington County Police Department spokesman Dustin Sternbeck.
Pinedo-Valdivia drove his Mercedes sedan into Maryland, where he engaged in "aggressive sexual advances…. and inappropriate touching" of the boy, according to Sternbeck. The man then drove back into Arlington County, where he again tried to sexually assault the 17-year-old, Sternbeck said.
"After numerous unsuccessful attempts to sexually assault the victim, along with additional pleas to stop, the suspect then allowed the victim to exit the vehicle," said Sternbeck.
Investigators believe Pinedo-Valdivia may have assaulted other young immigrants, and are asking for any victims to step forward.
"Information revealed in the investigation indicates that there are potentially other victims and police believe Pinedo-Valdivia could be targeting the Hispanic immigrant population," police said in a press release. "Anyone who has information about this suspect or has information on additional victims is asked to call Detective Hermes Molina at 703.228.4208 or email [email protected] To report information anonymously, contact the Arlington County Crime Solvers at 866.411.TIPS (8477)."
Blog Points Out Bike Lane Blockers — Frustrated with supposed inaction by Arlington County Police, a local resident has created a Tumblr site to publicly "shame" the owners of vehicles that illegally park or idle in bike lanes in Arlington. [Arlington Bike Lane Blockers]
Clarendon Farmers Market Starts Tonight — The Clarendon Farmers Market is back for the season, starting tonight. The market will run from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., in the newly renovated Clarendon Central Park, next to the Metro entrance. The market will run every Wednesday through Dec. 18 before taking a break for the winter. Another seasonal farmers market, the Crystal City Freshfarm Market, is set to start the season on Tuesday, April 30. [Clarendon Alliance, Freshfarm Markets]
District Taco to Open Third Location — District Taco, which opened its first location on Lee Highway, is getting ready to open its third location. The new District Taco restaurant, like the second location, will be located in D.C. [Prince of Petworth]
Tejada Talks Immigration Reform — County Board Chair Walter Tejada spoke to a group of pro-immigration supporters at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Clarendon Tuesday morning. Tejada told the crowth that "it is our duty" to "work and fight together for comprehensive immigration reform." The group is planning a rally at the Capitol next week. [WJLA]
Fire Weather Watch — The region is under a Fire Weather Watch. Gusty winds and low humidity are creating ideal conditions for brush fires. [Capital Weather Gang]
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To our elected officials, a request: please deal with the issue behind the immigration issue. Like everything this year, immigration reform will eventually rely on available resources.
Last Saturday I attended an event in Falls Church hosted by what was called the "Virginians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform — Strategy Meeting."
In attendance were various notables from the political and immigration reform community. There was Arlington County Board Chairman Walter Tejada, 49th District Delegate Alfonso Lopez, and representatives from every one of Virginia's eleven U.S. Congressional Districts. Also present were representatives from Senator Mark Warner and Senator Tim Kaine's offices, as well as the organizer of the Virginia Coalition of Latino Organizations (VACOLAO), Chair Edgar Aranda-Yanoc.
Stated briefly, the goals were to:
- Create some consensus around the principles of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) debate.
- Form a strategy on creating awareness around current CIR legislation being considered and advocate for its urgency.
It was quite an afternoon. The event had no partisan intent, but politics were very much on the lips of the presenters (as a means to an end). Leni Gonzalez, from the League of United Latin American Citizens Council (LULAC), took the time to describe each Congressman's position on immigration reform. She referenced both where each had been on the issue and where they needed some "gentle pushing." The afternoon was a call for not just vocal but political participation on one of this year's most provocative issues.
Not surprisingly, our neighbors had a broad and deep knowledge of the issues affecting immigrants, though not everyone was in agreement with all of the fixes being discussed. A question was asked regarding to what extent people of dissenting views were invited. The answer was muddled or mumbled, I can't remember which, but it made clear the challenges associated with "grass roots" organizations when in their infancy. This group is just now coming together when legislation is imminent. Taken in the context of a Senate bill that may be completed by early April, the urgency for a clear consensus on the needs of stakeholders (families, businesses, first responders, etc.) is apparent but perhaps unlikely.
I happen to agree that eleven million people will not "self-deport" and should be given a mechanism for legal status; one that neither overwhelms our systems for processing them nor disenfranchises those who have endured years-long waiting periods.
But to properly begin dealing with the immigration issue, we will need to ensure that there are resources, both human and financial, that can undertake whatever decisions our politicians make. To truly "go big" we should first address the underlying resource limitations.
The US Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) is the agency tasked with legal immigration into the United States. It does not cost taxpayers anything; its costs are funded by the ones doing the "immigrating." As with all user-fee agencies, USCIS funds are sent to the federal government's General Fund at the end of the year and later must be appropriated back to have its budget funded. But there is no guarantee that the funding will match the revenue that was generated or could be generated by USCIS.
If we changed the law to allow USCIS to expand, in direct relationship to the demand upon its services, we could see improved efficiency, encourage legal immigration and give hope to federal workers; hope that the pile of green card applications on their desk may one day become manageable. And all it would cost U.S. taxpayers is a little creativity — a change in how we appropriate funds to user-fee agencies.
We would then be dealing with the issue behind the issue of legal immigration.
Jason Howell, a former accountant and motivational speaker, ran as an independent candidate for U.S. Congress in 2012.
(Updated at 11:00 p.m.) Arlington County Board Chairman Walter Tejada will participate in a protest against an Arlington-based company Tuesday morning.
The demonstration, organized in part by the Laborers International Union of North America, will protest the "use of immigration status against workers" by Corinthian Contractors, Inc. Arlington residents and local immigration groups are expected to protest outside the company's Shirlington-area headquarters.
Tejada will "stop by the event," according to a spokeswoman.
In a press advisory, protest organizers accused Corinthian Contractors of threatening laborers with deportation after they complained about not receiving a fair wage.
On December 2, a group of workers sent a letter to their employer, Corinthian Contractors, Inc., asking to be paid the legally required minimum wages for their work on a DC Water project. On December 6, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested the workers at their usual meeting spot as they waited for their ride to work. Two bystanders were also arrested.
Following their arrest, Corinthian Contractors continued to threaten the workforce with immigration enforcement. Finally, on December 31, 2012, Corinthian Contractors announced that it suddenly discovered that the I-9s of the entire workforce needed to be immediately "re-verified." Corinthian took the opportunity during the "re-verification" process to fire almost half of the workers working on DC Water projects. The vast majority of those fired had signed a letter complaining of Corinthian's failure to pay the legally required wages.
These workers have had their lives torn apart. Some have been deported. Others who remain have seen family members deported. All are still awaiting a determination of their status. And all of this turmoil to is due to the ruthlessness of a contractor who was offended that workers would try to hold him accountable to pay legally required wages.
On Tuesday, these workers will tell Corinthian Contractors that they cannot be intimidated out of their rights and will request the public and public officials to join them in demanding justice for Corinthian's workers!
The protest is scheduled to take place at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday at 3126 S. Abingdon Street.
In 2010, Corinthian Contractors completed work on a $1.5 million contract for the Arlington County Department of Environmental Services, according to its website. The company has not responded to a call seeking comment.


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Takeuchi jumped 131.5m and with style points end up with a total of 129.1 to finish ahead of Austria's Martin Koch who had 128.8 points.
Slovenia's Jemej Damjan and Austria's Manual Fettner had jumps of 133.5m but style points so them drop to third and fourth respecitively.
The best jump of the session was from Thomas Morgenstern as he produced an effort of 134.0m but his effort didn't count as he had pre-qualified as he is in the Top 10 of the World Cup standings.
1. TAKEUCHI Taku 129.1 points
2. KOCH Martin 128.8
3. DAMJAN Jernej 127.9
4. FETTNER Manuel 127.7
5. HLAVA Lukas 125.5
6. AMMANN Simon 123.5
7. FANNEMEL Anders 120.4
8. ZAUNER David 115.5
9. MIETUS Krzysztof 115.4
10. COLLOREDO Sebastian 113.9
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