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Employment seekers of all ages are invited to a job fair Tuesday afternoon in Santa Maria.
Applicants with all levels of experience are encouraged to attend to seek positions.
"This Job Fair is being presented at the perfect time for both employers and job seekers," said Bob Hatch, President and CEO of the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce.
"Our local employers are looking for permanent and part-time employment prospects, as well as seasonal workers. This is a great opportunity to connect those employers with qualified job applicants," Hatch said.
Doors to the job fair open at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center at 600 South McClelland Street. The event runs until 5:00 p.m.
Agencies involved with the Job Fair include California EDD, the Santa Barbara County Workforce Investment Board, the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce, Workforce Resource Center, the Economic Development Commission, Allan Hancock College and the Santa Maria Teen Coalition.


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Bridge in Third Ward stuck in upright position
Police directing traffic
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A bridge in Milwaukee's Third Ward is stuck in the upright position causing a major traffic jam near Summerfest.
Police officers are directing traffic in the area.
The bridge is located between Erie and Seeboth streets on Water Street.
Drivers are being asked to avoid the area while crews work to fix the bridge.
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Background. The Oka strain of live attenuated varicella virus was licensed for use in healthy children in the United States in March, 1995. We report a postmarketing evaluation of the short term safety of this vaccine within Kaiser Permanente.
Methods. After licensure varicella vaccination was introduced into the preventive care program of the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program. Potential adverse events after vaccination with varicella vaccine were identified from automated clinical databases of hospitalizations, emergency room visits and clinic visits. Deaths were identified from automated clinical databases at Kaiser as well as from the State death records for California. To evaluate safety, rates of diagnosis-specific events in the risk periods were compared with the rates of such diagnosis-specific events in two self control and one historical control period.
Results. During the study period of April 1, 1995, to December 31, 1996, a total of 89 753 adults and children received varicella vaccine. A total of 3200 relative risks were calculated, and of these 5 hospital diagnostic categories, 9 emergency visit diagnostic categories and 30 outpatient diagnostic categories demonstrated at least 1 relative risk with a P value of <0.05 in 1 or more age groups and in comparisons with 1 control period or more. The p value for these tests was not adjusted for multiple comparisons. Of these categories 14 demonstrated an increased risk either in more than 1 age group or against more than 1 comparison group. These categories included elective procedures, febrile seizure, febrile illness, well child, acute gastroenteritis, varicella, congenital anomaly, "rule out sepsis," trauma, viral syndrome, apnea, back pain, congenital valvular heart disease and vision evaluation for glasses. Of these the outcomes of elective procedure, congenital anomaly, congenital valvular heart disease, well child and vision evaluation for glasses were judged not to have a biologically plausible association with vaccination. A second diagnostic grouping included febrile illness, viral illness, febrile seizure and "rule out sepsis." In an analysis of these events which adjusted for the concomitant administration of M-M-RII vaccine, none of the associations was statistically associated with receipt of varicella vaccine. The diagnostic category of "rule out sepsis" still had a relative risk of 1.95 with P = 0.02. None of the children in the "rule out sepsis" category had positive bacteriologic cultures from any other normally sterile site. Because of the large number of gastroenteritis cases, we reviewed a random sample of 100 exposed and 100 unexposed cases. From this review no consistent time association or clustering of any of these events was seen in the exposed follow-up time interval. Only gastroenteritis and negative evaluations for sepsis were thought to be possibly associated with receipt of varicella vaccine. Although there was a statistically significant increased risk over the entire 30 day-period, there was no clustering of these events within the 30-day window.
Conclusion. In this study population of 89 753 children and adults, the varicella vaccine (Oka strain, Merck) appeared to have a favorable safety profile. In addition rates of varicella-like rash and of breakthrough cases were both low and consistent with the rates observed in prelicensure studies.
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Watch: Lil Wayne channels U2 in music video for 'Da Da Da'
Lil Wayne is trying hard to be a rock star behind bars and with his genre-melding album "Rebirth," and what better way than to host a concert from a big city rooftop? I mean, The Beatles and U2 did it...
And it was precisely the latter that Weezy was channeling for his music video to "Da Da Da" from the rock 'n' rap album. Plex, a member of Wayne's backing band ¡Mayday!, told MTV that the "Where the Streets Have No Name" clip was an inspiration.
The result was Lil Wayne and the band taking over a balcony at the Marlin Hotel in Miami, over Super Bowl weekend in the host city. Helicopters get overhead shots of everyone bouncing around, while street-level cams mostly caught pretty girls looking up and pointing. And that's it. It doesn't particularly go anywhere from there, much like the song, but it certainly does get the rapper's personality in there.
This is just one of four Lil Wayne videos that MTV/MTV Jams is premiering over its long Lil Tunechi Weekend. While many of us will be spending the next three days being not-incarcerated, some of that time may be used catching "Knock Out" featuring Nicki Minaj, "Runnin'" and "Get a Life."
Those -- plus up to two dozen other music videos -- were shot before Wayne headed to Rikers in early March for a year, serving his sentence for a gun charge.


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The seafood provider's bankruptcy is getting no sympathy from protesters.
The seafood provider's bankruptcy is getting no sympathy from protesters.
It opens later this summer.
Plus, news of a new Vongerichten steakhouse on the Upper East Side.
The big-box gourmet store comes to Midwood.
It's that time of year again.
No mention of Al's Mr. Wedge.
Yes, there's a faux lake at the new Galapagos, too.
The Big Apple fails to make a 'Forbes' list of the country's hardest-drinking cities.
Whole Foods is not where you go to find bargains. Let's face it.
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The Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus hasn't been out for long but those of you who have picked one up since its launch can finally root the thing. We'd advise against trying this method on the T-Mobile version right now as we're not sure if the method is the same for all versions of the device. If you got the unlocked/WiFi models through retail (P6200) then it could be worth a shot. Just remember that you're taking your own risk and doing this and anything that happens to your device is no one else's responsibility. Be sure to ask questions at the XDA thread before applying it. You can also find the links and instructions you'll need there. [XDA, Thanks Kamal!]
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Every year, the National Lawyers Guild organizes regional conferences to bring together Guild attorneys, law students, legal workers, and community members across the country. These regional conferences include panels, trainings, and workshops on topics of interest to the radical legal community. They also provide the opportunity for NLG members to talk to allies and supporters about the Guild's work and vision. This year, each regional conference was hosted by an NLG law student chapter in collaboration with the NLG National Office, regional representatives, and local Guild members.
So far this spring, NLG regional conferences have been held in Washington, DC, Denver, Cleveland, Kansas City, and Seattle. In line with the Guild's multi-issue, multi-constituency approach, presentations at 2013 regionals covered topics such as government prosecution of activists, labor law and organizing, the history of law collectives, immigration laws, prisoners' rights, income inequality, opposition to arms manufacturing, domestic terrorism laws, voting rights, mass incarceration, defending military members, and much more In addition to major panels, the regional conferences also included practical workshops on skills such as legal observing, performing Know Your Rights trainings, establishing a private practice, and employing technology in legal practice. The 2013 regionals also offered resume reviews, film screenings, social events, regional elections for NLG offices, updates on local chapter activities, visioning sessions, and plenty of delicious food!
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Folks called bounty hunter Asa Cain the Undertaker's Friend and claimed he had killed more than 100 men. That may be an exaggeration but not much.
Title: Hard Bounty
Author: Ken Hodgson
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Outlaws are worth as much dead as alive, and it is easier to bring them in hanging over a horse's back than to fool with escorting captives. It's strictly business to Asa, a way to make a living.
Then the Dolven gang raids his ranch, kills a couple who work for him, and carries off his mother and sister. Hunting down outlaws is no longer just a job, it's personal. "Asa...patted the heavy, lever-action rifle resting against the bar...This Judge Henry holds 15 decisions of the forty-four variety that no one gets to appeal."
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Hi Petey,
Nice try but it was pretty much the same here in the U.S. in front of
the AT&T stores back on June 29th when the iPhone was introduced.
People go to the company that makes the iPhone, Apple, and they stand
in line there. Would YOU stand in front a "warehouse"? (Well, you
probably would.) AT&T stores had about 10 iPhones in stock because
they didn't think it would sell. Apple sold a quarter of a million
iPhones on the American Launch date and AT&T was overwhelmed with the
number of new customers.
For some reason you refuse to look at the video of all those six to
seven blocks of people standing in line, laughing, chatting, having
fun waiting for the 6pm Apple doors to open so they could buy the
iPhone. That's ok and understandable coming from a guy still using a
dead operating system with not future. In your mind it was staged,
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TRENTON — Mayor Tony Mack will nominate state police Lt. Ismael Rivera to be Trenton's police director later this month, the Mack administration confirmed.
City spokeswoman Lauren Ira said Friday that Rivera is Mack's choice to be named Trenton's first permanent police director in nearly a year, and will go before City Council for a confirmation vote June 28.
Rivera, 53, most recently a resident of Mount Holly. He has been with the state police 25 years. Last week, a state police spokesman said Rivera was still listed as an active trooper but could not disclose whether Rivera had recently put in retirement papers.
Rivera has already passed a background check and received preliminary approval from the state Department of Community Affairs prior to the vote, Ira said. Under Trenton's agreement with the agency for $27.1 million in state aid, the DCA will have the final say on Rivera's employment no matter how the council vote goes.
Acting Police Director Joseph Juniak declined comment last night, and Rivera did not return two messages left on his cell phone yesterday.
The office of Trenton's top cop has been in flux over the past 11 months. Former Newark police chief Irving Bradley Jr. served as director under Mack predecessor, former mayor Douglas Palmer, but Mack declined to keep Bradley after he was sworn in last July 1.
Stepping into the job was 75-year-old Ernest Williams, the city's former police chief who last held a law enforcement job in 1999. Williams was installed as acting director but walked off the job in January after hearing he was being replaced. Into that void came Juniak, the head of the department's detective bureau, who has been working as acting director since Jan. 28.
That list doesn't count the men who have sought — or even been offered — the director's chair.
During the mayoral campaign, longtime Mack friend and city detective Harold Hall was mentioned alongside Williams as a contender for the job. Hall, who did not have the five years of supervisory experience required, ultimately became director of the public property division. Capt. Ernie Parrey was also reportedly in contention but never received a formal offer. Parrey's retirement is July 1.
Another state trooper who resides in Burlington County was offered the police director's job by Mack this winter, but his nomination was withdrawn by the administration amid residency concerns. Lt. Karl Douglas had rented an apartment in the city for three months before Mack decided confirmation would be an uphill battle.


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The following is a copy of a letter sent to Ken Pulskamp, Santa Clarita city manager:|
Dear Mr. Pulskamp,
I was quite taken aback when I read in the Burrtec News your recommendation to the people of Santa Clarita to buy a fake Christmas tree.
True, I am in the business, but I would like to point out that the idea that buying an artificial tree is "green" is just plain wrong.
Eighty percent of fake trees are made in China, where environmental controls over the manufacturing process are almost nil.
A few years back, fake trees were on the pest list due to a potentially harmful beetle found in the wooden center trunk.
Non-biodegradable PVCs and sometimes toxic metals such as lead are used to manufacture these trees.
They are nearly totally non-recyclable, and what about the fuel expended to transport these trees to the markets around the world?
Real trees, on the other hand, are a local renewable, recyclable green resource. They provide jobs for real tree growers. With all 50 states participating, just under half a billion trees are growing on 500,000 acres in the U.S. alone. The growers, who number over 20,000 - many preserving family farms and green space for future generations - account for another 100,000 part- and full-time jobs in the farming and retail industry.
If everybody did as you requested, what would happen to this important segment of our population?
And what about all that fresh air? One acre of Christmas trees produces daily oxygen required by 18 people. So I am hoping you will see that your recommendation was made without adequate information at your disposal, and you will print a retraction - soon!
You can always visit the National Christmas Tree Association Web site at www.ChristmasTree.org for help in supporting your position for real Christmas trees.


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We can best understand brain growth by looking at it from 2 vantage points.
What are the 2 vantage points?
1. microscopic level of individual brain cells
2. the larger level of the cerebral cortex
Tiny gaps where fibers from different neurons come close together but do not touch are called...
Where are they located?
1. Synapses
2. between neurons
Neurons send messages (communicate) to one another by releasing chemicals called ___, which cross the synapse.
What does the synaptic pruning process do with the neurons that aren't stimulated?
the pruning process returns the neurons to an uncommitted state so they can support future development


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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Executive Vice President and chief Operating Officer Peggy Scott has announced that she will retire from her position next year.
A statement from the company Wednesday (Aug. 20) said Scott, who has also served as chief financial officer and treasurer will retire in July of 2015.
"We will be sad to see her leave us. Peggy has played a vital role in the success of this company over the past nine years," said Mike Reitz, President and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana in a statement.
The company will use the next year to search for Scott's successor.
Scott's career has seen numerous awards and highlights. She became the first woman in the nation to receive the IMA/Robert Half National Financial Executive of the Year award in a national competition.
Scott was the first Louisiana resident to be named to the American Institute of CPAs' Business and Industry Hall of Fame in 2007. In April 2008, she was inducted into Louisiana State University's E.J. Ourso College of Business's Hall of Distinction.
A certified public accountant, Scott holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from LSU and an executive MBA from Tulane University in New Orleans, according to her company profile.
Prior to joining Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana in October 2005 as executive vice president and chief financial officer, Scott served as an executive vice president with lead financial and operational roles at several companies, including Pan-American Life Insurance Company, Novant Health, Inc. and General Health System and was a managing partner with Deloitte. She was appointed COO at Blue Cross in June 2008.
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Our in-place walk cycle is now complete, looking good and it's time to reposition that walk and show you what it looks like, how we use it. So let's open up our file number 12 in Exercise Files > Chapter 6. So now we are in the outer. We have been doing a lot of hard work of course on the inner clip. Now we work on the outer clip. This is the one that we'll be repositioning on the stage. So let's select that and in the Properties panel, let's hide our little color area here. Click on this.
We want this to behave as a graphic and we want it to loop. Be sure your first frame is set to frame 1 and some little housekeeping there. Let's make him using the Free Transform tool, holding down the Shift key, and make him smaller and then now we need to just add some frames to the timeline. I'm hitting F5 to just extend the timeline a bit. Let's go out to about 150 frames, and now if we hit Play, he will just loop in place. So we want this guy to move across the screen.
So I'm going to put a second keyframe, F6 out here, and let's just drag it across. And let's create a classic tween and see how that works. So now he is moving across the stage. Now I'm going to zoom in a little bit so we can see the detail a bit better than that and if you watch his feet, you'll notice that they are sliding. It's like he's on ice or a glass or something and that's simply because the second key is too close. So we need to move it further this way.
The other problem that you would have is that you would move too far. So for example if I am using the numeric and Shift key now, let me zoom out. Now he's sliding across the screen like he is again wearing skates or something. So the issue becomes to just basically find the magic position. There'll be one perfect position at which the feet are planted. So what I like to do, you're making the changes to this keyframes, so let's keep this keyframe in view and let's zoom in closer and then we just use our backwards and forwards keys on the timeline and you can see we are still going forward a little bit, so that means that this key is a little bit too far forward.
So I am just going to bring that back. It's getting much closer. It's very subtle and it comes down to how picky you are, what your demands are. Now that's looking pretty solid, okay. Now try to frame him a little better, so we can seem reasonably close for the whole duration and we watch the feet, make sure the feet aren't sliding. At this point you'll be able to detect, if there are any errors in the animation, you will see them here and we covered this in a previous section.
If there are mistakes, it means that you're spacing on the feet are possibly inaccurate. So if you find that your feet are working for a few frames and then there's a sudden glitch and one of the feet slides backwards or forwards... I'll cover this one more time because it is important. Take your foot, whatever foot is giving you the problem, and we make a temporary layer above the foot and select the Line tool and we draw a vertical line over the heel position and we do this over each frame, the in-betweens as well as the keys.
I am going to go in a little tighter. It doesn't have to be a million percent accurate, but this will be close enough to give you an idea and this way you can tell that the spacing of your feet is completely accurate and we did this in the earlier course already. So this should be still the same. I don't think we changed anything, but at this point here the heel is peeling off the ground. So if you are worried, you could follow the front of the foot rather than the heel and that's maintaining a similar distance between these strokes.
So if you feel that there is a problem or one of your heel points is off, then you know what the correct position of the heel and the other tool that I've used that's really great for this part of the process is to use the Align tool. Click off Align to stage and you can make these points mathematically precise by using the Align Distribute horizontal center tool and you can work to a very high degree of accuracy in this. So that's the process you use if you've gotten to this stage and your feet are doing something unpleasant. So that would be the diagnosis.
Let me zoom out again, back to the stage. There is one thing I am seeing here and that's on the lift off. If we watch the-- see that rear foot here? There is a slide there, see that? The reason being is that our inner symbol has two contact poses. Our start position and our stop position are the same. So what's happening is this is playing twice. So we're seeing the same frame happen twice and it shouldn't be doing that.
There is one way of fixing this, which is to make another keyframe here and just delete our contact pose. Now we have a perfect cycle. Each frame only appears once. We don't have any duplicate contact. So let's see if that works. Sliding has not been removed. Of course, now that there's one last frame. It may or may not have affected the precise positioning of our feet. So let's have a look at that. And also we have a little glitch happening now because I think we are on the wrong frame number; we removed a frame.
So let's click on this fellow. He is in now frame 23. Oops! Let me clear that and this one is calling on frame 21, so that should be 24. So again if you make these little alterations and tweaks and you start seeing strange things happening, the other thing you could do is simply delete this keyframe and make a new one, just repeat the process, but I like to do the mathematical solution rather than that. It gives me more control. Now we're fine. The feet are locked.
There is no sliding and there is another possible solution, which I think we should discuss. The only thing I dislike about this is that it destroys your second contact position. You can always create it by pulling it back over here and then you've restored your end pose, because this should be the same as this. That's that. So as long as you know to create this keyframe before your second contact and as long as you know how to restore that deleted contact, should you need to change any of the internal animation, you should be in a great position.
So one last look before we wind up the chapter. Our happy fellow has had lot of coffee and I think he's perfectly jointed and happy to move onto the next chapter. So hope to see you there.
- Rendering in SWF or AVI
- Creating vectors for the the character body
- Coloring the body
- Rigging a mouth in Flash
- Posing the rig
- Animating head and body movement
- Creating hands
- Understanding facial expressions
- Making the contact poses
- Creating passing poses
- Animating in-betweens


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"I found myself stopped at red lights while in my car and using it. I couldn't get away from it."
She gave up on that mode of connection but switched to another. Now she stays connected to the business world via wireless laptop. "I love it," she said, "and I feel more in control with it. I can still stay in touch anywhere -- at home, traveling, anywhere -- but I control it," Todd said.
That wasn't a problem for Greg Majors, vice president and financial consultant for Morgan Keegan & Co. He considers his BlackBerry a business lifeline.
"It is my biggest tool," he said. He believes its diversity allows him "to be more productive."
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Configuration file fixes for OpenSolaris B110 +
By David Clack on Apr 04, 2009
Hi All,
I've upload the xorg.conf that works on the AA1, MSI, AA1-10 and Sumsung Q1 UMPC that allows compiz to work on the first login, note you cannot logoff and login, compiz hangs
The Samsung Q1 UMPC is actually running compiz really well, I've built xvkbd, I can now type with a stylus instead of keyboard, now I just need to get it to 800x600, the stylus is off by a few pixels.
It also is having no issues with suspend/resume
The system file works with the power.conf to keep the processor down to 800Mhz.
I've uploaded the drm patch to allow for resume if compiz is running.
gtar xvfj drm.tar.bz2
cd drm
./cpin-i95.sh drm-suspend /kernel
New B110 + files
/etc/X11/xorg.conf here
/etc/system here
/etc/power.conf here
drm.tar.bz2 here


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Don't let anyone convince you that the problem isn't spreading nationwide in Japan…
31 Responses to ""JAPANESE ONLY" PLACES"
Ed Says:
July 16th, 2008 at 3:45 am
This is a business hotel's listing on Rakuten Travel that explicitly says no foreigners ("外国人不可").
This is pretty unusual, right? for a business hotel to explicitly say no foreigners, and for an otherwise respectable website like Rakuten to publish this.
Incidentally the お客さまの声 section is quite funny. It sounds like a very, very bad hotel.
Tom Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
I checked today (8/18) and didn't see it. Maybe someone contacted them.
I hate Shinjuku anyway because it is pretty much infested with yakies. In December, I was refused entry to a "normal" Japanese drinking establishment with was most likely yakie controlled. The tencho and staff didn't know what to do when I caught them in a lie and Japanese started flowing out of my mouth. They dealt with it by telling me 意味が分かりません. The customers also ignored me. I had just worked on a friggin nuclear energy translation the SAME DAY at my former company!!!!
Unfortunately I find myself avoiding nights on the town because of incidents like this. When I say that, I mean that I am more afraid of what I might when being discriminated against directly. I remember the rage I had trapped in my body for one week after that. Happy that you can read about it here instead of in the headlines.
BTW, do you have a Japanese Only T shirt? I got mine last year and love wearing it. I get two different responses, either samurai-like eyes of death or "Hahaha. American joke!"
–Sure, many T-shirt sizes are still in stock!
James Arendt Says:
April 9th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
I thoroughly enjoy reading the articles on your web site. I've lived in Japan more than half of my life (now two months from my 59th birthday) and am possibly the oldest foreigner (or individual) who continues to travel by hitchhiking in this culturally rich country. I linked back to you in my new blog 3 times. My older blog: http://www.kt70.com/~jamesjpn/hitchhiking_in_japan.shtml
I lived in Sapporo for a year in 1975, 北18乗、東1丁目
Regards from Niigata,
James Arendt
— Thanks James. Close to Hokudai, I see. Bests, Debito
Chris Vu Says:
September 25th, 2009 at 5:16 am
It was quite a humiliating experience for me when I was refused service in not one but two yakitory restaurants in the Shinjiku area for the simple reason that I was not a Japanese. I was flabbergasted when such a thing still occurred in this day and age in an advanced country such as Japan, even though I was respectful, polite and properly dressed and did not do anything to draw attention to myself. That experience not only ruined my trip, but caused me great distress. I think each of us needs to bring this blatant discrimination to news services or programs such as 20/20 or 60 Minutes.
Mike Says:
July 3rd, 2010 at 9:35 am
"Unfortunately I find myself avoiding nights on the town because of incidents like this. When I say that, I mean that I am more afraid of what I might when being discriminated against directly. I remember the rage I had trapped in my body for one week after that. Happy that you can read about it here instead of in the headlines."
Yeah people say Japan is a safe country, and youll never have any trouble. That is generally true, but what they leave out is situations like this that can get you worked up. Then you get into trouble. I know that rage feeling well. Just have to avoid those situations until times change.
Ivonne Rovira Says:
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:26 am
I have never even visited Japan, which would explain my ignorance. Let me begin by stating that.
However, isn't it nonsensical to post 外国人不可 to keep out foreigners, as quite a few would be tourists, would they not, who would have no idea what 外国人不可 means? What's the idea here? To insult long-term residents? That seems to be the sole outcome. Brash non-Japanese tourists like me would not understand the insult, smile and simply brashly push their way in. Does that happen? As it appears that the Japanese don't like scenes, the only way to get rid of you would be to cause one. At least you ruin their day as much as they ruin yours.
Or have I got this all wrong?
Cheers, Ivonne
Louisville, Ky., USA
Justin Says:
March 21st, 2011 at 11:48 am
I had a similar experience in hachinohe, Japan. Like many of you I speak Japanese, so having the guy speak his unintelligible English at me was embarrassing and underhandedly condescending. Overall this country has been good to me. The situation did indeed end by me making a grand speech in front of him and all the patrons about respecting your fellow man, and inviting them all to America for a free round of drinks at any bar they wished to enter.
Probably not the best idea but I was wasted and the bartender who was telling me to leave was really tiny. Probably could have tossed him through the ceiling. Just gotta be careful of the mafia and whatnot.
Have a good one.
RH Says:
May 9th, 2011 at 11:18 pm
We get several million Japanese visitors here in Hawaii every year. I wounder what they would think if they started seeing the same signs being posted for them [clandestine of course].
— They already essentially have "Japanese Only" trollies.
jfh Says:
May 12th, 2011 at 8:50 pm
Even though it doesnt matter much to most of us, how come nobody ever talks about the "Japanese only" world of Mizushobai in Japan ? This is clearly the most racist industry of all. I doubt Japanese would have such problems anywhere overseas. Majority of places have "japanese only" signs.
I do understand that neither Debito nor anybody else wants to deal with the yakuza who manage these places, I was just surprised the topic never came up..
— Because it's tawdry and detractors have more leverage to muddy the issue.
David Says:
August 21st, 2011 at 8:28 am
"I do understand that neither Debito nor anybody else wants to deal with the yakuza who manage these places, I was just surprised the topic never came up.."
The Yakuza is a specialty of mine. I will take it on.
Dan Says:
September 21st, 2011 at 12:57 pm
I think it is their overall objective: to keep foreigners out of downtown. That is why they do things like that.
@all readers
I have been refused haircut, apartment rent, entering drinking places and even buying flowers to my girlfriend.
The most interesting is that when you talk to any Japanese that you imagine is close to you and would understand how you feel (including girlfriend), they start tagging you as someone bearing some kind of psychological complex or trauma. I have never heard any Japanese being sympathetic to you and saying anything like: "yeah, I disapprove and I feel sorry for such actions that, unfortunately, some of my compatriots take and I understand how you feel".
A girl who is a friend of mine and my girlfriend was audacious enough once to say that Japaneses do not do 差別, they do 区別.
Kelly in Korea Says:
October 16th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
I must say it is nice knowing [someone] is evaporating all those little comfort zones over there- have often wished that we had a Debito. Most of the fluent Korean speakers here are apologists for the culture, which is fine, Yes, Koreans had a rough deal from history and colonization, etc, etc….but what I find amazing is how both the K and J governments find Xenophobia a convenient tool (probably to distract from economy and other issues)- through their control of the media and for lack of a better word pseudoparamilitary (in the sense of private groups carrying out illegal or immoral agendas that the government turns a blind eye to) groups organizing through internet. One group in particular, a quite-influential xenophobic group now guiding immigration policies in Korea (formerly known as "Anti-English Spectrum"), is dedicated entirely to cock-blocking white males and expelling them from the country before their 'precious women' are (more) tainted. Even though their heroine is a Korean girl who threw herself and a Japanese official off a cliff, seemingly none of their vitriol is directed at Asian men of any stripe. I was wondering what parallels if any you have in Japan- largely I take this sort of thing in a as foreigners being used as pawns (by both sides) in a war of the sexes as Korea struggles to appear global and yet remain traditional.
— Thanks for the kind words. Please be sure to post this recomment under the right blog entry!
Will Says:
December 3rd, 2011 at 2:59 am
I think we need to be careful in over-generalizing or even universalizing certain ignorant or distasteful attitudes with phrases like "when you talk to any Japanese that you imagine is close to you…" Dan, I'm very sorry to hear that Japanese people close to you have not responded rationally to your legitimate complaints, but I am compelled to add that my experience is almost the polar opposite of yours. When I had even a small issue with a shop owner that could have been viewed as revealing the owner's xenophobia, my girlfriend (born and raised Japanese) was up in arms about it, and said (among other things) that it made her embarrassed to be Japanese. My other friends are also sympathetic (though not necessarily as vocal) about these problematic situations and practices. I'm not at all trying to claim that my friend group's reactions are normal or representative, but I feel they serve as a clear counterexample to the notion that "any Japanese" you talk to that harbors the views you describe. I hope we can all agree that the truth lies somewhere in between our two experiences…
Loverilakkuma Says:
January 13th, 2012 at 9:54 am
I know this is a tangent. But I just found the sign that made my mouth wide open. It's in Cincinnati, OH. A female landowner held the sign up at the fence nearby the swimming pool. She's making a stupid excuse just like a manager of Yunohana Onsen.
"White Only" Pool Sign Owner Explains
ABC News.com, By Christina Ng
Dec 15, 2011
An Ohio landlord accused of discriminating against an African-American girl with a "white only" sign at her swimming pool told ABCNews.com that the sign was an antique and a decoration.
"I'm not a bad person," said Jamie Hein of Cincinnati. "I don't have any problem with race at all. It's a historical sign."
The sign in question reads, "Public Swimming Pool, White Only." It is dated 1931 and from Alabama.
Hein, 31, was unapologetic about the racist origins of the sign that she displayed at the entrance to her pool. She said she collects antiques and was given the sign as a gift. She also said that even though the sign seems to indicate that the pool is public, the pool is on her private property and "everybody has to ask before getting in my pool."
Michael Gunn, 40, is the man who took issue with Hein's sign and filed a discrimination charge with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. He was a tenant in one of Hein's properties.
"We invited my daughter, who is African-American, to visit and swim in the pool for the Memorial Day weekend," Gunn wrote in his complaint. "The owner, Jamie Hein, accused my daughter of making the pool 'cloudy' because she used chemicals in her hair. Days later, she posted a sign on the gate to the pool which reads, 'Public Swimming Pool, White Only.'"
Hein said that the sign had nothing to do with Gunn's daughter and that it was already up at the time of that party, but cannot be seen when the gate is open.
Gunn said the family previously "had unrestricted access to the pool area," but Hein said that was not the case. She said everyone, including her own father, has to ask permission before swimming in her pool.
Gunn did not respond to requests for comment. In his complaint, he wrote that he moved out of Hein's property in June "in order to not expose my daughter to the sign and the humiliation of the message."
The Ohio Civil Rights Commission found on Sept. 29 that Hein did violate the Ohio Civil Rights Act by posting the sign, but Hein has asked that the decision be reconsidered. The sign has since been stolen.
"I've never said anything to that child," Hein said. "If I have to stick up for my white rights, I have to stick up for my white rights. It goes both ways."
The commission will meet to come to a final decision on Jan. 12, according to Brandi Martin, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.
Anon Says:
January 13th, 2012 at 12:17 pm
Jamie Hein owns an apartment complex, and Jamie Hein owns a pool.
The renters mistakenly think the pool is for the renters to use, but Jamie Hein says each potential swimmer has to ask her permission first.
One day, the daughter of a renter (who happens to be black) used the pool without permission.
Jamie Hein got mad about this, and accused the black girl of making the pool 'cloudy' because of chemicals in her hair.
Days later, an antique "Whites only" sign, suddenly becomes visible.
Jamie Hein claims that sign's appearance is merely a coincidence, that the sign was there before the negro-hair-grease-in-the-pool-incident.
Jamie Hein claims that the sign just couldn't be seen before, yeah that's the ticket, the sign was being blocked by a gate up until the grease-incident. After the grease-incident, the sign happened to become more visible. Yeah!
Jamie Hein feels she has a right to post this sign, since the pool is private property, not public property. She says, "I have to stick up for my white rights."
Well, here's the question that ties this whole thing back to the Japan issue:
Do PRIVATE PROPERTY owners have to give equal access to every race, creed, age, gender, etc.?
A public place, paid for with public funds, can not discriminate, of course.
The real question here is do PRIVATE PROPERTY owners have the right to discriminate?
— Private property owners have the right to decide who is a trespasser or not; in this way, this case is different from the Otaru Onsens Case (as a licensed bathhouse open to the public is not private property). However, the neighbors and society in general have the right to complain to someone (not to mention instigate civil and/or criminal proceedings) about publicly-displayed racism and expressions thereof, even if it is on private property. Let's draw this tangent to a close.
Baudrillard Says:
January 14th, 2012 at 1:56 pm
Sorry I was late to see the postmodern aspect to this, but as it is about the meaning of signs, it is most apt. A "sign of the times" if I may add a pun.
Hein didnt have the wit to excuse herself by saying she was being postmodern, though she did hint at it by saying "It was a historical sign" ie. what the sign says has no meaning in modern times (although it in fact does, its offensive).
I thought there is something we can take away from this though; Hein`s ridiculous stone-walling would actually go a long way in Japan (and, as we have seen from the Onsen case,etc, it does). Convenient examples like "The sign has since been stolen" or "It cannot be seen when the gate is open."
Sounds quite like "Officer, I do not have my alien registration card because it has very recently been stolen. Thank you for asking, I would now like to report it`s theft to you".
Taking this to an ironical logical Japan-conclusion;where can I get one of these "Whites Only" signs? What if one was hung outside the door to a gaijin house? I think use of it here would be more realistic, as a "gaijin house" is by definition a form of apartheid housing, but I digress. It is only historical, of course. (sarcasm mine).
It would be more appropriate and proactive though (and targetted at the audience who would benefit most from it`s lesson, i.e. the posters of exclusionary signs in Japan) to get a sticker printed up saying "Gaijin Only" that can be quickly slapped on any racist exclusionist sign we see in Japan that says "Japanese only" when no one is looking. (Or if you feel this is too clever, one that just says "No to exclusionary signs"). There was a paper sign outside my local izakaya in Kawasaki that said "No gaijin"- I tore it down while running home during a typhoon, and then once again. After that, it never went up again. But I think a sticker, preferably one with hard to remove, cheap adhesive, might be a more lasting protest. Now someone may say "you are defacing private property" but some of these signs are stuck up in public places; the garbage collection point (also in Kawasaki, clearly a melting-pot of tolerance) had a sign that said "Foreigners cannot use this point as they dont understand the rules" posted on a telegraph pole-that is fair game.
Only problem though is the need to wear gloves while doing it, as fingerprinting is back in vogue. And do it on a dark night, preferably during a storm when no one is about, covertly. Wearing a balaclava.
Fight fire with fire in the name of fairness, but don`t get burnt.
Joaquin Says:
April 23rd, 2012 at 5:30 pm
I just discovered your site and felt compelled to post here. I've always been fascinated by Japanese culture via the Japanese films I've watched throughout my life. I also recently have been saving up money to take a trip to Tokyo, Japan. However, after reading all these stories, I'm now too scared about going. I'm a Latino from the U.S. and feel the discrimination I'd get in Japan would be worse than what I've been reading here. I'm pretty sensitive and emotional whenever it comes to racial injustice and I don't want to have such an experience over there. Maybe I should cancel my plans to visit?
— No, come and give it a try. Your experiences will be yours, not necessarily ours.
Mark in Yayoi Says:
April 24th, 2012 at 6:27 am
Joaquin, I agree with Debito; don't let anything put you off from coming to Japan! The odds are very much against anything unpleasant happening to you on a short trip, or even a trip of several months; most of the stuff complained about here is experienced by long-termers. Come out here, see the country, and have a blast!
Jim Di Griz Says:
April 24th, 2012 at 8:11 am
@Jaoaquin #17
By all means come to Japan! I am sure that your trip will be great fun!
It's when you decide to make Japan your home (fall in love, get married, have kids), then that's where the real 'fun' starts.
Becky Says:
April 24th, 2012 at 9:43 am
Joaquin, rest assured that you'll be very safe in Tokyo, and that most Japanese are either polite or indifferent to foreign tourists (I'll take that over violence or hostility any day). I agree with the above commentators – Japan is a wonderful place to visit, just not so great to live/work in. Come on over Joaquin, you'll be fine.
Jen Says:
February 2nd, 2013 at 12:12 pm
I feel like I need to hold a funeral and enshrine my love of Japan at Yasukuni.
Fall, 2012
1. Pointed and laughed at in Himeji.
2. Shoulder-checked in Sendai. (I'm a middle-aged, average woman, and was alone.)
3. Refused service at the No. 11 ticket counter in Sendai, because I didn't stand in the huge line. I had.
4. Stared at constantly, no one wants to sit/stand next to me, clear about onsen, etc. ad nausium.
5. Etc., ad nausium, from one end of Japan to the other.
More power to you for sticking it out. Two trips to Japan is, sadly I think, all I can take.
I can't suggest that anyone go, much less live, there. I have poured a lot of time, money, effort, and emotion into a country I fell in love with. Well now that I have realized that I fell in love with someone incurably abusive, I'll tearfully leave them to their therapy, and stay on this side of the world.
And I'm Western. It's worse for Koreans, who were the only ones who went beyond the stock disingenuity.
Fight the good fight. I will have to vote with my feet.
Bill Says:
April 23rd, 2013 at 12:32 am
Here is an article from the Japan Times about Japanese only apartments in Kyoto.
Mark Says:
March 2nd, 2014 at 10:42 am
Regarding the Sumatra Tiger establishment in Hiroshima – I'm not sure I'd include it in the Rogue's Gallery for one reason and one reason only: I wouldn't include members of a certain profession (i.e. the US Military) to be a "protected class", per se. I interpret this in a very narrow sense, that is to say, if a Japanese citizen with permanent residence in the United States joined the US Military, were stationed at Iwakuni or Kure Harbor, and were subject to exclusion from Sumatra Tiger if they were discovered by the establishment to be a member of the US Military, either by personal admission or being identified by someone else, then this would not be a case of foreigner discrimination.
I've included a link to a YouTube video of a coffee shop in Seattle, Washington that refuses to serve employees of the US Transportation Safety Administration (TSA).
Again, it's in how they ascertain this. Although the right to refuse service in this case (i.e. discrimination against those in a certain profession) is not illegal under US law, I'm not sure if this would necessarily be the case under Japanese law. I know of one nightclub in Roppongi that did not allow in members of the US Military, as it happened to me when I was in the US Military and stationed in Japan. The excuse the doorman gave was that photo ID was a prerequisite for entry into the club, and only ID establishing residence in Japan (i.e. Japanese Driver's Licence, Gaijin Card or Japanese visa in foreign passport) would be accepted. As far as I could see, this requirement was also enforced on Japanese potential customers seeking entry as well. I don't know if this was the policy of the club in question, or if the doorman just had a bug up his you-know-what. My friends and I just ended up spending our money somewhere else.
— Thanks for the feedback. The reason the Sumatra Tiger establishment stays on the Rogues' Gallery is because according to reports I have received, the place enforces the rules upon anyone they think "looks Beigun", meaning NJ in general, so it goes beyond professional choice. These things generally do.
As for the requirement you mention being enforced upon Japanese customers seeking entry as well (it's a very sophisticated logic, one I hadn't heard before), I have never heard of ID checks for residency being required for all customers regardless of potential nationality happening anywhere in Japan, and I strongly doubt it was happening there too. Japanese can be very protective of their privacy, and I bet that managers know that enforcing that sort of thing would cost them too much J-business.
Don Says:
August 23rd, 2014 at 8:37 am
This is a gay gentlemen's club (cruising spot) in Nagoya, near JR Nagoya station. I entered to check and see whether or not it meant Japanese people or Japanese language, but indeed it meant people as I was flatly refused before taking off my shoes at the entrance.
The don't have anything mentioned on the website but there are two to three signs before you reach the front desk.
— Thanks. Received your photos and details via email successfully.
Douglas Perkins Says:
July 22nd, 2015 at 2:56 am
Satake Ryokan, a ryokan in Tomakomai that said the only rooms they let foreigners use are ones with attached bath & toilet. Those were fully booked, or they said, so no reservations for me. I told them hey, if you think we will somehow be a problem for your big bathing area, what if we promise not to use it and go to a sento elsewhere in town for bathing? But still they said no.
— For the record, when I click on your website, I get this message:
This Connection is Untrusted
You have asked to connect securely to dperkins.org, but we can't confirm that your connection is secure.
Normally, when you try to connect securely, sites will present trusted identification to prove that you are going to the right place. However, this site's identity can't be verified.
So I suggest you get that fixed. If not, I'm afraid I'm going to have to delete this comment for the security of our readers. Sorry.
Douglas Perkins Says:
July 22nd, 2015 at 2:59 am
As a followup note to my previous comment, I'm not sure if it's in the right place. I don't have a photo of that establishment because I tried reserving over the phone. I'll check when I'm passing through in a few weeks and see if they have anything indicated. And it's unlikely they have any signs indicating their bizarre half xenophobia.
Kim Says:
October 22nd, 2015 at 12:40 am
C.R.A.C (Counter-Racist Action Collective) protests against hate speech "as Japanese" and non-Japanese (includes Japanese national who are not Japanese race) are not allowed to join counter racist demo.
I once attended an counter racist demo not knowing I can't join them, and they stared at me just like the way racists do.
One of their main member said that a man became Japanese citizen (who used to be Chinese national) isn't Japanese.
Jim di Griz Says:
October 22nd, 2015 at 6:43 pm
@ Kim #27
An anti-racism organization that only Japanese can join! Of course, this is Japan! Can't have those uppity NJ criticizing other Japanese for their racism! Only 'we Japanese' right-wingers are allowed to criticize other Japanese!
Baudrillard Says:
October 23rd, 2015 at 4:46 am
@ Kim, thats so weird, but also, typical. only in Japan. A Japanese anti racist group ony for Japanese people.
I suppose NJs are excluded (key word-excluded, othered) in case you have a different objective.
You want to be accepted.They want to save face, or as I commented recently, want the haafu on Team Japan to be allowed access to e.g. Onsen, as reward of their service to Team Japan?
Edward J. Cunningham Says:
November 8th, 2015 at 8:44 am
@Kim & @Jim Di Griz
"An anti-racism organization that only Japanese can join!"
"A Japanese anti racist group only for Japanese people."
If only if were just that bad. If that group was for Japanese citizens, Debito or his kids, or his (future) grandchildren would be allowed to join. They're not, and this group's insistance that "Japaneseness" is based on race is itself the essence of racism.
CRAC isn't about protesting racism. It's about protesting people calling them out on racism.
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December 13th, 2015 at 9:05 pm
Miura Ryokan in Kazamaura, Aomori will not allow non-Japanese guests. I even had the Japanese in-laws call to make a reservation for the family. Everything went smooth until the last name was asked for. They told my in-laws that my family should stay at another hotel better equipped to handle foreigners. My in-laws (Japanese) were quite shocked since they wouldn't bend. It was the first time they witnessed discrimination in Japan. Miura Ryokan was even advertised in the bullet train magazine which is why my family wanted to visit it.


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You know how defenses win games? Talk to Houston – the league's #1 defense in terms of yards against. Matt Schaub's exploits have dropped them significantly in the ranks of 'Points Against per Game', but as far as that D goes …
Anyway, besides losing Wayne, watching his running game fall apart, and seeing Weslye Saunders rejoin the team, it seems like Pep Hamilton will have his work cut out for him on Sunday, Mike Wells reports.
The task won't be easy Sunday because the Houston Texans have the best defense in the league, giving up only 267.7 total yards a game.
The area the Colts can potentially exploit the Texans is on the ground. Houston is allowing 122.1 yards a game, which is 28th in the league. The Colts are ninth in the league in rushing yards at 129.3 a game despite not having an active player averaging more than 45.6 yards a game.
In other words, were there a time for T-Rich to make a splash, it's against Houston. I'll rephrase: were there a time for Indy's o-line to make a splash, it would be against Houston. The Texans are starting Case Keenum, so Indy's defense should be able to get the ball back once in a while; in fact, were Indy to use their San Diego 'gameplan' (whatever that was) they would probably make progress against Houston.
The key? Limit turnovers.
Incompletions are fine. Houston is averaging 17.4 points a game (30th); Indy would have to replicate their game against San Diego (nine points) to fall below that mark. Against San Diego, Indy lost more turnovers than their opponent for the first (and only) time this season, so far.
In games that Indy won the turnover battle, they are 4-0
In games they tied, they are 1-1.
In games they lost, they are 0-1.
My point is this: when given chances to win, Indy has. Against San Diego, Indy's offense wasn't given a chance to perform. Houston is second worst in the AFC for turnover differential and fourth worst for total turnovers. The key to the game will be turnovers …
… and the more Indy forces, the more they'll be able to stick with the run game.


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Golf Club: Situated at a height of 6,000 feet, this 18- hole par- 66 course is spread over a 100 plus acres.
Bryant's Park: The park is located on the eastern side of the lake, covers an area of over 20 acres, and boasts of over 740 varieties of roses.
Panoramic Views: Coaker's Walk which commands a
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Astrophysical Observatory: The observatory, situated at a height of 2,347 m, was founded in 1899. It is the only one of its kind in the country where a good deal of work on solar astrophysics is done. Visiting hours: 10 am to 12.30 pm and 7 to 9 pm (during season); 10 pm to 12 noon on Fridays only (off season).
Waterfalls: Fairy Falls are located about 5 km from Kodaikanal Lake; Silver Cascade Falls are located about 8 km from the lake where the excess water from Kodai Lake surges down in the form of a roaring, 180- feet high waterfall.
Kurinji Andavar Temple: The temple is located 3.2 km and its presiding deity is Lord Murugan. From this point, one can have a beautiful view of the northern plains including Vaigai Dam.
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TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A security official says convoys of the Libyan military are deploying in the capital city of Tripoli to force out militiamen.
Essam al-Naas, spokesman from the Joint Operation Room, a security body under the prime minister, says that militias from the western city of Misrata, withdrew from their positions in four districts of the capital and returned to their city.
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - It has been more than four years since Mike D'Antoni left Phoenix and the winningest four-year era of Suns basketball to search for a new opportunity, which proved to be New York's head coaching job.
Now, he says he never should have left.
In an interview with ESPN Los Angeles, D'Antoni confessed what he has never even told to Steve Nash, although he and his former Suns General Manager, Steve Kerr, have long ago ironed out their acrimonious 2008 parting.
"I shouldn't have gone to New York," D'Antoni said. "I should have stuck in there and battled. You don't get to coach somebody like him (Nash) too many times. It's pretty sacred and you need to take care of it. I didn't."
It had been a build-up of circumstances from the rising pressure from fans and the franchise to deliver a championship, some of which was self-induced. D'Antoni's teams averaged 58 wins over four seasons, the first two of which were Western Conference finals teams.
When Kerr became general manager in 2007, he and D'Antoni butted heads early when Kerr questioned D'Antoni after a loss for not posting up Amar'e Stoudemire. From there, D'Antoni never felt like he had the support of the basketball operations office, and grew more sensitive to criticisms.
Kerr publicly tried to rectify the relationship and spoke often about D'Antoni's coaching acumen and his hope that he would stay on. But D'Antoni quickly asked to be released from his contract after a first-round exit to San Antonio in the 2008 playoffs.
There were talks to find common ground but D'Antoni felt like there were too many stipulations hanging over his head and he was allowed to job search with Chicago and New York, eventually choosing the Knicks.
"I think we got frustrated and I got frustrated," D'Antoni told espn.com/losangeles. "That's why I left. We were there, it seemed like we deserved it, and then it seemed like something happened all the time. Maybe we weren't good enough either. We have to understand that.
"I probably irrationally made a decision right when the season was over. You should take a month to figure it out. I shouldn't have left. That was my fault."
D'Antoni acknowledged initiating the departure, which is not as much of a revelation as his first public admittance that he wished he had stayed. His friends within the Suns had known early on in his New York tenure.
"I definitely wanted Mike to stay as coach but there were a lot of things I should have handled differently that led up to his decision to leave," Kerr told azcentral sports.
Morris graduates
Markieff Morris' Suns teammates were not going to take the rookie tag off him until he put in 16 games this season because last season's lockout shortened the schedule by 16 games.
Known as the commissioner of the rookies, Morris graduated with Wednesday's game that was his fifth start this season.
"I've played with the same intensity," Morris said. "I knew when I was struggling that it was going to get better and I was going to start making shots. I feel like I'm going to go up from here. My confidence is up and my swagger is up."
Morris said he has been more mindful of his foul issues as a starter.
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- Use flat brush and Bright Yellow to paint wood tag; let dry.
- Use liner brush and True Blue to paint teacher's name on tag, beginning at upper left.
- Use liner brush and Black to paint "HALL PASS" on lower area of tag.
- Use round brush and Tuscan Red to paint apple in upper right area; let dry.
- Use liner brush and Black to paint apple stem.
- Use liner brush and Festive Green to paint leaves on stem; let dry.
- Attach metal ring through hole of tag and close.
- Seal ends of ribbon to prevent raveling by carefully singeing ends with lighter. Tie ribbon lengths around metal ring.
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OSHA News Release – Region 9
U.S. Department of Labor
Region 9 News Release: OSHA-9.04
Wednesday, January 27, 1999
Contact: Ernie Sanchez, (303) 844-1303 | HOME: (303) 987-1056
Gregory J. Baxter is the new Regional Administrator in Denver for Region VIII of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Charles Jeffress, assistant secretary of Labor for OSHA announced.
Baxter's appointment by the national head of OSHA follows his tenure as acting regional administrator since May 1998, when former RA Byron R. ABart Chadwick retired. Regional OSHA administers the program in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
OSHA, an Agency of the U. S. Department of Labor, encourages employers and employees to reduce workplace hazards and to implement new or improve existing safety and health programs; establishes training programs to increase the number and competency of occupational safety and health personnel; and develops and enforces mandatory job safety and health standards.
"My goal is to ensure that all my efforts and the efforts of every OSHA employee in Region VIII are focused on one single outcome," Baxter said, "that is, to ensure that every working man and woman who leaves for work each day, returns home to their families as safe and healthful as when they left."
Baxter began his career 24 years ago in Long Island, N. Y., where he performed safety and health inspections as a compliance officer. From 1981 to 1983, he served in the New York regional office as a safety program evaluator and as a grants administrator. He transferred to Denver in 1983 and, until 1987, served as the program manager of the region's Consultation Program, which provides cost free assistance to small employers.
He then moved to Washington, D.C., where he served as chief of the Division of Consultation Programs. In 1989 he returned to Denver to become the deputy regional administrator.
In 1990, he served as program coordinator for an OSHA evaluation of the U. S. Department of Energy's safety and health program for its government-owned contractor-operated facilities. In 1993, he was awarded the Secretary's Distinguished Career Service Award. He also served as the OSHA field coordinator for the Department of Labor flexible workplace program. In recent years, Baxter was recognized for his leadership in several major investigations, including the Colorado South Canyon Fire, which in 1996 killed 14 firefighters.
Regional OSHA in 1998 initiated two unique programs for partnering with industry to provide safe and healthful work environments in two targeted areas: The HomeSafe program is an agreement with the Denver Metropolitan Home Builders' Association. The SESAC partnership is a cooperative effort with the Steel Erectors' Safety Association of Colorado. The primary goal of both is the elimination of serious accidents primarily through effective safety and health programs at all participating worksites.
Baxter is the architect for the procedures to be followed in implementing the agreements. He currently is serving as chair of a task force working to facilitate the transition of the United States Postal Service to OSHA private sector enforcement.
Baxter and his wife Patricia have two sons, Kevin and Paul -- both students at Colorado State University, and a daughter, Jeanne Marie, who is an honor student at Powell Middle School. They live in Littleton.
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This week, we're devoting our space to all things Easter. And this being the Holy City, it shouldn't surprise you that there are a number of events going on this weekend.
Easter Eggstravaganza
This family-friendly annual event brings all the things folks love about Easter to one place in a beautiful setting. Open at 9 a.m., events begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday on the grounds of Middleton Place.
Attendees can enjoy egg hunts, egg decorating, an Easter Bunny meet-and-greet, story time, crafts and more. There also will be Colonial games, an egg toss and more. A number of animals will be on-site.
There's no additional charge beyond general admission to the plantation, which is $28 for adults, $15 for students, $10 for kids ages 6-13, and free for children 5 and under.
For more information, go to www.MiddletonPlace.org or call 556-6020.
Easter Egg Hunt
Another event on Saturday in yet another beautiful setting will be at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
Starting at 10:30 a.m., the great Easter Egg Hunt will begin.
Eggbert Hopps, Magnolia Plantation and Garden's mascot, will be stuffing thousands of plastic eggs with candy and prizes for the event. Hunts will take place in age group divisions, with kids 2 and under starting at 10:30 a.m., ages 3-5 starting at 11 a.m., ages 6-7 starting at noon and ages 8-10 starting at 1 p.m.
Space is limited and attendees are asked to arrive 30 minutes before hunt time.
Hopps will be on-site from 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. posing for pictures.
The hunt is free with admission ($15 for adults, $10 for kids 6-12, free for children under 6).
For more information, go to www.magnoliaplantation.com.
Easter Festival
This weekend, Freshfields Village, at the crossroads of Kiawah, Seabrook and Johns islands, will host two free Easter events.
Kick off the holiday weekend on Saturday with a variety of activities for the kids and a visit from the Easter Bunny at the Easter Festival. From 11 a.m.-3 p.m., there will be a jump castle, an inflatable obstacle course, a mechanical bull, face painting and crafts. John Cusatis will perform live music throughout the afternoon. Food and beverage will be available for purchase.
On Sunday, an outdoor, nondenominational Easter Service will be held on the Village Green, led by Cavalry of the Sea Islands Church. The casual service will begin at 9:30 p.m. and attendees are encouraged to bring a beach chair or blanket.
For more information, go to www.FreshfieldsVillage.com or www.facebook.com/FreshfieldsVillage.
Gospel Fest
The 20th annual Gospel Fest put on by Project L.O.V.E. will be held on Easter Sunday from 3-8 p.m. at Riverfront Park in North Charleston.
The free event bills itself as the longest-running outdoor gospel music festival of its kind in the Southeast, with an expected attendance of more than 10,000.
This year's festival will feature a mixture of local and regional artists, including Jarrell Smalls, The Sam Dennis Singers, Bishop Brian D. Moore and the Life Center Cathedral, Extreme Praise and Nyki Smalls.
In addition to the variety of Lowcountry foods that will be available, organizers have added a new play area called Kids World. The fun zone will be packed with inflatable jump castles, colossal games and its own stage, which will feature the Amazing Kids with Talent Showcase for ages 5-17.
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A street vendor in Mixquic, Mexico prepares a candy skull, decorated with seeds and chocolate from the region. The candy skulls are an important part of the Dia de los Muertos altars.
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