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"Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama - who has notably lived in a psychiatric institution for the last four decades - has been obsessed with dots and infinity for her entire career, an inspiration she attributes directly to her hallucinations. In an attempt to share her experiences, she creates installations that immerse the viewer in her obsessive vision of dots or infinitely mirrored space."


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Fun on the Farm Stroller Toys
- Overview
Soft and plush as can be, these sweet farm animals add tons of interactive fun to strollers. Babies can pull on the pig's tuggable legs, nibble on the duck's plastic teether feet, and rattle the sheep's belly, all while enjoying fun noises like crinkles and squeaks.
- 5.5" wide x 10" high x 1.5" thick
- Crafted of plush polyester.
- Pure polyester fill.
- Yarn dyed for vibrant, lasting color.
- Duck features a squeaker in the beak, crinkle wings and plastic teether feet.
- Sheep features a clear rattle with beads in the belly.
- Pig features crinkle ears, mirror belly and bungee legs.
- Ages newborn and up.
- Machine wash.
- Imported.
- Dimensions & Care
- Wipe clean with a damp cloth or sponge.
- Machine wash in cold water; gentle cycle.
- Do not use bleach.
- Air dry.
- Shipping & Return Info
This is a general shipping item.
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Return Policy
At Pottery Barn Kids, we take great pride in the quality and craftsmanship of our products. Attention to design, materials, safety and construction is our priority. We carefully inspect your order prior to shipment; upon receipt, please inspect your purchase and notify us of any damage. We will arrange for a prompt replacement. If, within 7 days for Quick Ship upholstery and 30 days for all other products, you are dissatisfied for any reason, you may return your purchase for a refund of the merchandise value.
If your return for Merchandise Credit Cards is greater than $10,000, we will issue $10,000 in Merchandise Credit Cards to you that day, and then mail additional Merchandise Credit Card(s) for the amount in excess of $10,000 to you.
We cannot accept returns on monogrammed, personalized, special-order items, or on items damaged through normal wear and tear. We also cannot accept returns of final-sale items, which are identified by a price that ends in $0.99.
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Debates of Sept. 23rd, 2003
House of Commons Hansard #125 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was farmers.
- Committees of the House
- Canada Marriage Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Supply
- Committees of the House
- Supply
- Tilly Johnson Scholarship Foundation
- Governor General
- Perdita Felicien
- Joe Martens
- Davis Cup
- Government of Canada
- Information Technology
- Council on the Status of Women
- Le Droit
- Criminal Code
- Cape Breton Seniors
- Agriculture
- Taxation
- Official Languages
- International Aid
- Huron-Wendat Nation
- Agriculture
- Voyageur Colonial Pension Fund
- Foreign Affairs
- Agriculture
- Canada Elections Act
- Government Expenditures
- Health Canada
- Human Resources Development
- The Environment
- Government Contracts
- Housing
- Member for LaSalle—Émard
- Foreign Affairs
- Health
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Government Contracts
- Science and Technology
- National Defence
- Canadian Heritage
- Foreign Affairs
- Fisheries
- Veterans Affairs
- Foreign Affairs
- Firearms Registry
- Supply
- Committees of the House
- Supply
- Electoral Boundaries Readjustment Act
- Encroachment upon Quebec Jurisdictions
A message from Her Excellency the Governor General transmitting supplementary estimates (A) of the sums required for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004, was presented by the hon. President of Treasury Board and read by the Speaker to the House.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
September 23rd, 2003 / 10 a.m.
Jacques Saada Brossard—La Prairie, QC
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present the 45th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding membership of the committees, pursuant to Standing Orders 104 and 114.
Canada Marriage Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Jim Pankiw Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-450, an act to amend the Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act in order to protect the legal definition of "marriage" by invoking section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to introduce this bill, which would protect the legal definition of marriage as a union of a man and a woman by invoking the constitutional notwithstanding clause.
I would like to thank the hon. member for Dauphin—Swan River for seconding the bill and note for the record that I offered the Canadian Alliance the opportunity to second the bill and it declined based on an order from its leader. Not only did he once again act as a dictator, he is a duplicitous hypocrite.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Canada Marriage Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member knows that in making a statement on the introduction of a bill he is to constrain himself and give a brief explanation of the purpose of the bill. Going beyond that I feel is unnecessary; I am sure the hon. member would not want to overstep the bounds of propriety in the House.
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Val Meredith South Surrey—White Rock—Langley, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand in the House to present a petition from members of my constituency, 125 of them, who call upon Parliament to pass legislation to recognize the institution of marriage in federal law as being the lifelong union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Jay Hill Prince George—Peace River, BC
Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to rise today and present a petition on behalf of constituents in Prince George--Peace River, notably from the rural areas of Cecil Lake and Buick and the communities of Mackenzie and Chetwynd and the city of Prince George.
These constituents would like to draw the attention of the House to the fact that the creation and use of child pornography is condemned by a clear majority of Canadians. They believe that the Liberal bill, Bill C-20, does not adequately protect our nation's children. They believe that the Liberal government has not prevented artistic merit from being used as a defence for the production and possession of child pornography. Therefore they call upon Parliament to protect our children by taking all necessary steps to ensure that all materials that promote or glorify child pornography are outlawed.
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Inky Mark Dauphin—Swan River, MB
Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise this morning to present three petitions on behalf of the people of Dauphin—Swan River.
The first petition deals with the issue of unlimited net fishing by aboriginals from Lake of the Prairies in Manitoba. The petitioners call on Parliament to enforce the laws of Canada so that those who are taking advantage of their status and who breach federal laws are held accountable for their actions and they say that Canada needs a single justice system for all its citizens.
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Inky Mark Dauphin—Swan River, MB
Mr. Speaker, the second petition states that the national parks are a Canadian institution. The petitioners request Parliament to reduce national park fees and camping fees.
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Inky Mark Dauphin—Swan River, MB
Mr. Speaker, the last petition talks about the elk herd in Riding Mountain National Park, which is infected with bovine TB. The disease is being spread to surrounding cattle herds and zoning has been imposed in Manitoba. The petitioners call upon Parliament to request that Parks Canada take immediate action to save the elk herd and protect the surrounding livestock and wildlife by eliminating the disease within the elk herd.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Halifax West
Nova Scotia
Geoff Regan Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
The Deputy Speaker
Is that agreed?
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Some hon. members
Government Orders
10:10 a.m.
Progressive Conservative
Gary Schellenberger Perth—Middlesex, ON
That, in the opinion of the House, the Prime Minister should convene and lead a multi-party delegation including representatives of the industry to Washington at the earliest possible date to discuss with officials of the Congress and the Government of the United States all possible means to fully reopen the U.S. border to shipments of Canadian livestock.
Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time this morning with my colleague from Dauphin—Swan River.
I think it is very unfortunate that I feel compelled to rise today to speak on this motion, a motion that surrounds a situation of tremendous importance to Canadians. I should not have to and the fact that I do is very unfortunate indeed.
Currently Canada is suffering from a major crisis in our agriculture community. Farmers, some of them fourth and fifth generation, some of them in my riding of Perth—Middlesex, many of whom I consider friends, are facing financial ruin, too many of them. At kitchen tables and at county fairs, these hard-working and proud people are telling me that they may not be able to get past this issue.
We have a disaster on our hands in Canadian agriculture. As if disasters are not bad enough, we also have a government that is not willing to take the appropriate steps necessary to help address this issue.
But the Liberal government does not take that action because the country is also suffering another crisis: a profound crisis in leadership. Instead of proactively addressing the challenges facing Canadian farmers, the Liberals choose to concern themselves with waging internal party battles, settling old scores and placing their interests within the Liberal Party of Canada ahead of the best interests of the nation.
The Prime Minister chooses to focus on legacy issues like same sex marriage and Liberal leadership, and stories regarding the shadow prime minister headline the front page of the major dailies across the countries. The media all too often, it seems to me, get caught up spending most of their time on these issues. Unite the right is another example, Mr. Speaker, and please forgive me for this as I am not a journalist, but it seems to me the issue of this crisis in Canadian agriculture has virtually been ignored as the Prime Minister and the media focus on other issues, issues that it seems to me are of far less importance than the decimation of a domestic industry, and more than an industry, a way of life that the country was built upon. This issue promises to ruin lives, tear apart homes and throw small communities in rural Canada into economic chaos.
Instead of opening a dialogue with our friends and neighbours in the United States, the Prime Minister has elected to mock them with disdain and scorn. Just yesterday the Prime Minister went to New York to the UN and took cheap shots and lobbed thinly veiled attacks at our American friends. Such actions do not go unnoticed by the powers that be in Washington, D.C.
While the Liberals play these games, it seems the same cannot be said of my colleagues in the caucus of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Our leader, the hon. member for Pictou—Antigonish—Guysborough, has been out in front on this very important issue like a true leader, championing this cause.
I want to thank my friend, the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, for pointing out in the House on numerous occasions how the Liberal government has chosen to ignore this crisis and, in doing so, how our Prime Minister and his cabinet have elected to take the path of least resistance and abandon Canadian farmers, abandoning the very people who entrusted them with the authority to govern their lives.
I also want to acknowledge several of my hard-working colleagues in the Alliance, NDP and Bloc, who have tried to shame the government into action. There are also several Liberal members who have shown courage in trying to convince their masters in cabinet to do the right thing and help Canadian farmers.
Sadly, because of the pattern of Liberal government inaction on this issue, those fourth and fifth generation farms I mentioned earlier are unlikely to produce fifth and sixth generation farms.
It has taken 100 years or more to build a proud, vibrant, Canadian agricultural industry and it is likely the history books will one day report that it took the Liberal government about a decade to completely destroy all the hard work; all that Canadian innovation, determination and perseverance under some of the harshest conditions faced by any people anywhere in the world. This looks to be the legacy of our two current Prime Ministers, who may be trying to distance themselves from each other now but who have walked hand in hand down the aisle of Canadian economic disaster orchestrating their ill-advised policy decisions as the Bobbsey Twins of grit governments.
It is sad, terribly sad.
All we hear about lately is our Prime Minister. I apologize to my colleagues and to you, Mr. Speaker. I need to clarify that remark. I am now talking specifically about the Prime Minister who is currently living at 24 Sussex. All we hear about is his concern over his legacy. If things continue down the same path his legacy will be the elimination of the family farm in Canada and, considering our state of relations with the United States, perhaps an end to Canada's positive balance of trade with the Americans.
What of the concern for the humble farmer in rural Canada who wishes only the legacy of one day turning his family farm over to his son or daughter?
As a small business person I can tell members firsthand how important it is to have good relations with one's best customers. I can say with total certainty how important it is to do business with people who have money. The Americans are great customers and they are wonderful friends. They also have wants and needs for which they can pay. They not only pay their bills on time but they have a history of bargaining in good faith with Canadians; good faith that sadly the Liberal government has not shown toward our American friends during debates over recent foreign policy issues.
Those are issues that have witnessed Canada abandoning our traditional allies, allies like the U.K., Australia and, yes, the United States, and seeing Canada aligning ourselves with nations like Russia, France and China.
At least the current Liberal regime shows some consistency. It has taken a prosperous cattle industry, which has taken 100 years to develop, and promptly set to work destroying it within the timeframe of about a decade. It then takes over 100 years of noble Canadian diplomatic tradition and completely rearranges our strategic international alliances.
Alas, an examination of the last decade shows that the current Liberal government has not been treating the Americans like good customers and best friends.
One would think that with two Prime Ministers currently, one of them could find time between fundraisers for the Liberal Party of Canada to lead a delegation of top level political, diplomatic and industrial officials to Washington, D.C. to sit around a table with Americans and talk through some of these issues. Is that unreasonable? Roughly 85% of our exports wind up in the United States, paid for by valuable American greenbacks. What could possibly be of more importance than insuring the maintenance of a strong relationship with the Americans?
After spending time working on this abroad I can tell the House that our counterparts in the U.S. congress echoed many of the concerns I have raised here in the House today. When I asked one congressman about opening the U.S. border to Canadian beef he said "If we make an error, is it not safer for us to err on the side of caution?"
I appeal to the sense of fairness and decency I truly believe exists within the hon. members of the House. I appeal to my colleagues to do the right thing and to take action at the highest diplomatic levels, to travel to Washington, D.C. to engage our most important trading partner, most reliable ally and, frankly speaking, our best friend so we may sort this out and save the livelihood of Canadian farmers.
Government Orders
10:20 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Jay Hill Prince George—Peace River, BC
Mr. Speaker, I see other people want to ask my colleague from the Progressive Conservatives a question or make a comment on this important subject so I will try to keep my remarks brief.
I actually wrote down one of the things he said. I listened closely to his remarks and agree with the general thrust of his speech. He said that it was important to have good relations with one's best customers. That reminded of the comments made to me by one of my constituents this summer as I travelled around my huge northern British Columbia riding.
I was up at Fort Nelson, heading toward the Yukon, when I stopped in to visit a friend, Mr. Cliff Andrews, a guide and outfitter, who operates a small lodge at Tetsa River, north of Fort Nelson, with his wife Lori. Cliff said to me "Jay, I've got this pretty much figured out I think. Obviously when this started there was a mad cow. That was one incident that created the concern on the part of the Americans but that is not the reason this is continuing".
He went on to say "Let me put it this way. Let's say you are a chicken farmer and your best customer lives across the road. Every morning you get out of bed, you go across the road and you kick him between the pockets. Then after a week or so you wonder why he does not buy your eggs any more".
Mr. Andrews made a good point with his analogy. If the real people in the real world have it figured out, why have the Liberals not?
Government Orders
10:25 a.m.
Progressive Conservative
Gary Schellenberger Perth—Middlesex, ON
Mr. Speaker, being a small businessman I do understand what it takes to make a good relationship and carry on business. I have been involved in small business for over 40 years. Some of the remarks that were made to our friends and largest trading partner, the United States, have been less than likable. I know what I would have done had I been there. I would have shut the door too.
I do believe that as far as BSE is concerned we have had one mad cow. We do know that. However when the congressman told me that we should err on the side of caution, I think it was a very weak answer.
Most of us in this room fly every day. Far more people will die this year from airplane crashes than from catching mad cow disease from any meat that they have eaten, but do we fly? Yes, sir.
They are using this particular instance as a play. I think it is all political. They have been kicked and kicked and they are just showing us right now that they are not going to get kicked any more.
I appreciated being part of the parliamentary delegation at the WTO. I have touched some of those people. I know how hard it is to touch some of those people. That is why I am requesting help from someone even higher than the parliamentarians in here, and there is only one higher than them, the Prime Minister.


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Each team is challenged to the following:
The kick-off meeting is Thursday, September 20 at 7 p.m. in SCC's Stoner Little Theatre, located on the SCC Somerset Campus North, 808 Monticello Street, Somerset.
Film teams will receive their challenge and then will have until Sunday afternoon to complete a six minute film which will be presented on Sunday evening, September 23 at 7:30 p.m.
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Staying fit in Winter
HANCOCK – With winter well under way, Copper Country residents have plenty of activities available to stay fit year-round.
"We have to utilize the five months of winter we have," said Arnie Kinnunen, health educator at the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department.
These winter fitness activities can range from cross country skiing to snowshoeing or ice skating to ice fishing – even traditional activities such as running, walking and hiking can be enjoyed during the cooler season.
"We have some of the best trails in the Midwest – Swedetown Trails and Michigan Tech Trails – and both of those are lit," Kinnunen said.
Other ski options include Maasto Hiihto and Chassell Classic for classic ski as well as Churning Rapids and the Copper Harbor Pathway at Fort Wilkins State Park.
One of the most important things to remember is to dress in layers.
Kinnunen recommends starting off with moisture-wicking base layers followed by a windbreaker and wind pants, but also making sure extremities are covered.
"If you're going to be cross country skiing or snowshoeing, you're going to be working up a sweat and creating some body heat, so you'll need to dress lightly," he said.
On the other hand, sledding or ice fishing will require warmer weather gear.
"If you're dressed for the elements, it will make the activity much more enjoyable," he said.
Although it is recommended that adults get 60 minutes of exercise per day, Kinnunen encourages everyone to look at it from a different angle.
"I would like people to turn this into a lifestyle and try to get daily activity instead of looking at it as fitness," Kinnunen said. "Start off slow and gradually build up the amount of time you (workout) daily."
Exercising outdoors also provides numerous benefits for the participants.
"Getting outdoors provides Vitamin D. Any type of movement means you're working on your cardiovascular system, which is good for your heart and lungs," he said. "People who are active (tend to) stay active longer than people who are not active."
In an age concerned with constantly being connected, outdoor activities also provide an outlet to become "unplugged."
"We spend so much time in front of the computer and (television) … getting away from all that is a great stress reliever, clears your head, gives you a chance to unwind and helps with anxiety," Kinnunen said.
Being outside during the winter months becomes especially important in an area where seasonal affective disorder can cause depression.
"During these times, it is more important to get outside and do something because winters here can be long," he said.
Research has shown, Kinnunen said, that exercise outside has more benefits than inside because of the resistance of the uneven ground along with the fresh air, calming wind and natural light.
"People who exercise outdoors tend to stick with an activity or lifestyle longer than people who will pick up a gym membership during the New Year," Kinnunen said.
If costs or lack of equipment is a deterrent, Kinnunen encourages people to talk to neighbors or rent from shops before going out to purchase equipment of their own.
"Most of our sporting good shops around here, Cross Country Sports and Down Wind Sports, have programs where you can rent snowshoes and cross country skis that are fairly reasonable," he said. "This will give you an opportunity to try before you buy to see if the sport is for you."
Once people have decided to take up cross country skiing or snowshoeing, he recommends people shop at garage sales or during the offseason to get the best deal.
"Getting equipment that is the right size for you will also make a big difference," he said. "Go to a reputable sporting goods store and ask to be sized or fitted."
Whether getting fit by yourself, with a friend or with children, it is important to remember to be safe.
If walking or jogging, wear bright colored clothing, face traffic, be sure your shoes provide good traction and avoid the activity completely on days with low visibility or ice.
While sledding, know the surroundings and what is at the bottom of the hill, avoid roadways and walk up the side of the hill.
"Make sure to let someone know where you're going because cell reception isn't available everywhere here," Kinnunen said.
Hydration is also important, even during the winter months.
"You may think because it is cold your body doesn't need as much water, but it still does because you're losing fluids as you exercise," Kinnunen said.
For those looking for more traditional fitness activities, many communities offer public skating hours at the local ice rinks and many summer destinations are available year-round.
"Take a hike to one of our local destinations. Because people are snowshoeing, there's already a trail there," he said.
Sledding is another great option to stay fit and get young children involved.
"Nara Trail Head has a great sledding place with chalet to warm up. Swedetown also has a nice sledding hill. It's lit and there's a chalet where you can buy hot chocolate and coffee," Kinnunen said.
In a place that has snow five months of the year, it is important to understand its benefits.
"If you enjoy it, you'll look at it differently," he said. "If you don't like snow and don't take advantage of using it, it's going to be a miserable five months. Get out there and enjoy it in as many ways as you can."


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A spokeswoman for Samsung Electronics said Wednesday that the consumer and IT company did not unveil a 4TB hard disk drive (HDD) at CeBIT trade-show earlier this month. The representative for the firm said that the firm only revealed technical possibility to make such a drive.
"Samsung never presented a 4 TB hard drive on CeBIT exhibition. We really don't know where this information comes from. We only showed a 2 TB HDD with 1 TB per platter. Samsung will be able to produce 4 TB hard drives in the future. But there is no product like this existmng," said Doerte Gensow, a spokeswoman for Samsung in Germany.
It was reported on Tuesday that Samsung had show off the industry's first 4TB hard drive that belonged to Spinpoint EcoGreen F6 family of hard drives and had 5200rpm spindle speed. The HDD used Serial ATA-600 interface and has 32MB of cache.
The drive, which was shown was marked as HN-D201RAE. The lack of "4" in the model number may indicated that the HDD was not of 4TB capacity. Nonetheless, it was definitely based on based on the sixth-generation PMR platters with ~630Gb/inch2 areal density or higher.
HDDs based on latest-gen PMR platters are already available; for example, single-platter Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 500GB 2.5" drive has been shipping for some time now; hence, the technology for 4TB desktop HDDs is here.
In late 2010 an analyst predicted availability of 4TB desktop hard drives based on 1TB platters this calendar year. However, some believe that certain companies will introduce 4TB drives based on five platters in order to avoid usage of newer technology.
Given the fact that only newer computers will be compatible with hard drives larger than 2.2TBs, the upgrade market of hard disk drives will likely stagnate a bit next year as fewer consumers will be interested in top-of-the-range HDDs. As a result, it is unlikely that manufacturers will attempt to deliver high capacity points at any cost.
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Barbara J. (Maki) Talus
NEGAUNEE, Mich. – Barbara Jean Talus, 68, of 105 Alice St., Negaunee, died peacefully at home with her loving family and friends by her side on Tuesday afternoon, March 19, 2013.
Barbara was born March 11, 1945 in Ishpeming to Walter and Helen (Fosmoe) Maki, graduated from Ishpeming High School, Class of 1963, and was a lifelong area resident. She was employed as a cook at the Main Drift restaurant in Negaunee and also at the Brown Derby in Ishpeming.
Mrs. Talus was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church, Ishpeming. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, Barbara enjoyed cooking, baking and spending time with family and friends.
Surviving are her husband of nearly 50 years, Dale J. Talus; daughter, Kathy (Tim) Helmuth of Brooksville, FL; 2 sons: Timothy (Julie) Talus and Steven Talus, both of Ishpeming; 4 grandchildren: Victoria and Nicholas Helmuth, and Alisha and Brandon Talus; sister, Leona (Irv) Krellwitz of Ishpeming; brother, Raymond (Sherri) Maki of Ishpeming; brother-in- law, Bruce (Lois) Talus of Ishpeming; sister-in-law, Suzanne (Bruce) Sheldon of FL; special niece, Ashley Talus; and numerous other nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant daughter, Pamela.
A Celebration of Barbara's Life will be held from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon on Saturday, March 23 at the Koskey Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to a charity of your choice in Barbara's memory.
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Tales from Firozsha Baag, Rohinton Mistry
Tales from Firozsha Baag Rohinton Mistry
Indian-born Canadian short-story writer and novelist.
The following entry presents criticism on Mistry's short story collection Tales from Firozsha Baag (1987) from 1989 through 2001.
Published in 1987, Tales from Firozsha Baag is a collection of eleven interrelated stories that explore the lives of several residents in a Bombay apartment complex. In the volume, Mistry particularly focuses on the Parsi, or Parsee, community, a small religious minority that traces its roots to Zorostrianism and ancient Persia. By examining the Parsi culture through a combination of sympathy and criticism, Mistry analyzes the conflicts that arise among Parsi individuals both in Indian society, where they are often excluded by the predominant Hindu and Muslim populations, and in Western nations.
Plot and Major Characters
Tales from Firozsha Baag chronicles the experiences of the residents of a Bombay apartment complex known as Firozsha Baag. In "The Exercisers," the young protagonist defies his parents and their spiritual advisor by dating a woman who is not a Parsi, while Dualat of "Condolence Visit" shocks her neighbors by departing from religious custom and refusing to mourn her husband according to Parsi tradition. To suggest each character's mental anguish, Mistry incorporates elements of mysticism and surrealism in his stories: the lonely Parsi maid of "The Ghost of Firozsha Baag" has a sexual relationship with a spirit, while a mentally unbalanced woman imprisons her neighbor's child in a bird cage in "The Paying Guests." A few stories in the volume explore the immigrant experience. In the final story of the collection, "Swimming Lessons," one of the children mentioned in an earlier story, Kersi, has grown up and emigrated to Canada. A budding writer, he has written a book of stories about his childhood in Firozsha Baag. When he sends his book back home, his parents are upset by his perspective on Indian life and worry that he is not happy in Canada. In fact, Kersi is lonely, reminiscing about his childhood, and having sexual fantasies about the women taking swimming lessons with him at an indoor pool.
Major Themes
Tales from Firozsha Baag largely focuses on the cultural identity and challenges of faith experienced by the residents of Firozsha Baag. Several characters in the collection reject Parsi tradition and embrace secular, more modern customs, as in "The Exercisers" and "The Condolence Visit." Others struggle to maintain their faith in light of religious doubt and other formidable challenges. In this way Mistry explores a community torn between the old ways and the new. He also illuminates the relationship between the sexes, which is often determined by religious and cultural conventions. In stories such as "Auspicious Occasions," women are relegated to subordinate roles in relationships and are forced to sacrifice their own autonomy and ambitions in favor of societal approval and harmonious familial relationships. Alienation is another thematic concern in the stories, particularly in those that focus on the diasporic experience. As Kersi, the protagonist in "The Swimming Lessons," has trouble adjusting to his new life in Canada, he feels dislocated from his Indian heritage as well as from the modern Canadian culture around him. He turns to nostalgia and fantasy to assuage the loneliness and alienation he feels. In "Lend Me Your Light," the protagonist feels guilt for leaving his family and his homeland after moving to Toronto. Moreover, the Parsi residents that reside in Firozsha Baag are separated by their religious beliefs from the greater Indian community. As a small religious minority, the residents of the housing complex often experience conflict with Indian society, where they are often excluded by the predominant Hindu and Muslim populations.
Critical Reception
Tales from Firozsha Baag garnered significant critical attention at the time of its publication. Reviewers regard Mistry as a gifted storyteller and a distinctive voice in Canadian literature. They also praise the intelligence, wit, and compassion of the stories included in the collection. Some critics claimed that because protagonists of several stories in Tales from Firozsha Baag play such minor roles in other stories, the book's emotional impact was lessened; others have praised his use of recurring characters. Mistry's short fiction has been favorably compared to such prominent Indian writers as V. S. Naipaul and R. K. Narayan, as well as to James Joyce's seminal collection of short fiction Dubliners.
Principal Works
Tales from Firozsha Baag (short fiction) 1987; also published as Swimming Lessons, and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag, 1989
Such a Long Journey (novel) 1991
A Fine Balance: A Novel (novel) 1996
Family Matters (novel) 2002
Keith Garebian (essay date April 1989)
SOURCE: Garebian, Keith. "In the Aftermath of Empire: Identities in the Commonwealth of Literature." Canadian Forum 68, no. 780 (April 1989): 25-33.
[In the following excerpt, Garebian contends that with Tales from Firozsha Baag Mistry has provided a significant short fiction that expresses a Parsi sensibility.]
Indian fiction in English has long passed out of its nostalgic and nationalistic phases although its truths, as V. S. Naipaul has frequently complained, have tended to be rehearsals of old myths—perennial answers to perennial questions. But with the advent of such excellent writers as Salman Rushdie and Anita Desai, the province of Indo-Anglian fiction has acquired a sophistication based more on technical accomplishment than on sociological or thematic stakes. With Midnight's Children and Shame, Rushdie redrew the Indian literary map (as the New York Times asserted), showing on the one hand, a marvelous epic sense and feeling for contemporary history, and on the other, a robust, baroque style which, while buoyantly in the tradition of Grass, Borges, and Marquez, never lost sight of its debt to earlier literary masters such as Sterne and Dickens. Desai proved with her most recent novel, In Custody, that she could more than rival R. K. Narayan in satire, while telling a more piquant truth about human comic agony.
The past year, however, has belonged to the expert Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and two relative newcomers, Vikram Seth and Rohinton Mistry. The Golden Gate (Random House), a novel wholly in verse, has raised immense publicity in the United States, where Vikram Seth is or was working on a Ph.D. at Stanford University. Setting himself in a tight formal frame-work—sonnet sequences of unrelenting rhyme—Seth manages to invest his satire with many moments of stylish wit. His story follows the fortunes and misfortunes in San Francisco of a lonely young protagonist who, despite his outward composure, well-groomed appearance and corporate success, finds his life going to seed. Johm, an anxious neurotic, finds true love, loses it in the course of several strange configurations of fate, and then finds spiritual consolation when he makes peace with his ex-wife whom he has lost to his former best friend.
Elements of comedy, romance, and tragedy mix surprisingly easily in Seth's sonnet sequences. Imagine a Dennis Lee with adult imagination and substance, a Browning with more variety, or a Pushkin with easy wit. The literary audacity is shown by an implicit faith in feminine rhymes, enjambment, and the well-tried molds of Eugene Onegin. In a digression well into the book, Seth reveals the advance misgivings of his professional colleagues: "Professor, publisher, and critic / Each voiced his doubts. I felt misplaced. / A writer is a mere arthritic / Among these muscular Gods of Taste."
Although Seth's tone is occasionally a mite too "cute," self-conscious, and coy (particularly in the homosexual scenes) for unalloyed pleasure, his verse remains jaunty, and his frequent caesurae do not appear to affect the spirited tempo. The rhymes do flatten some of the dramatic effect of the more solemn moments and reduce the scale of events. The initial surprise at Seth's ingenuity yields to a slight tedium with the metrical grid. However, this is not to deny that the book has marvelous moments of comic fertility and satiric perception. There is a high entertainment quotient in Seth's cast of characters, from the WASP...
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Peter J. Bailey (essay date December 1989)
SOURCE: Bailey, Peter J. "Fiction and Difference." North American Review 274, no. 4 (December 1989): 61-4.
[In the following excerpt, Bailey underscores the originality and distinctiveness of the stories in Tales from Firozsha Baag.]
At the end of Rohinton Mistry's story, "Swimming Lessons," the protagonist, an Indian who has emigrated to Canada, sends the manuscript of a collection of stories he has written while in his new land to his parents back home in Bombay. Although delighted with the work, his father nonetheless anticipates a problem. These stories about his son's boyhood in India, about the apartment complex he grew up in and the eccentric people who...
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Ajay Heble (essay date summer 1993)
SOURCE: Heble, Ajay. "'A Foreign Presence in the Stall': Towards a Poetics of Cultural Hybridity in Rohinton Mistry's Migration Stories." Canadian Literature 137 (summer 1993): 51-61.
[In the following essay, Heble provides a stylistic and thematic exploration of the migration stories in Tales from Firozsha Baag.]
The title for this paper finds its origin in a short story called "Squatter" by South-Asian-Canadian writer Rohinton Mistry. This story, from Mistry's collection Tales from Firozsha Baag, is, for reasons which I hope will become apparent a little later, a story within a story, and it comes to a...
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Robert L. Ross (essay date spring 1999)
SOURCE: Ross, Robert L. "Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction." World Literature Today 73, no. 2 (spring 1999): 239.
[In the following essay, Ross traces the development of Mistry's fiction and praises his compelling depiction of a Parsi community in Tales from Firozsha Baag.]
The title of Rohinton Mistry's second novel, A Fine Balance, suggests a worthwhile way to explore his fiction. Even Mistry's biography constitutes a kind of balancing act. Born in India in 1952, he grew up in Bombay and received a degree from the University of Bombay in mathematics and economics. In 1975 he immigrated to Canada, working in a bank to support...
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Rocio G. Davis (essay date 2001)
SOURCE: Davis, Rocio G. "Negotiating Place/Re-Creating Home: Short-Story Cycles by Naipaul, Mistry, and Vassanji." In Telling Stories: Postcolonial Short Fiction in English, edited by Jacqueline Bardolph, pp. 323-32. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2001.
[In the following essay, Davis considers the importance of place and home in Tales from Firozsha Baag, V. S. Naipaul's Miguel Street, and M. G. Vassanji's Uhuru Street.]
The negotiation of place and the attempt to re-create a home through memory and writing has been a common undertaking for many writers in the new literatures in English. V. S. Naipaul's Miguel Street, Rohinton Mistry's Tales From...
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Further Reading
Malan, Amin. "Images in India." Canadian Literature, no. 119 (winter 1988): 101-03.
A favorable review of Tales from Firozsha Baag.
Additional coverage of Mistry's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: Contemporary Authors, Vol. 141; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 86, 114; Contemporary Canadian Authors, Vol. 1; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vol. 71; Contemporary Novelists, Ed. 7; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; Literature Resource Center; and Short Stories for Students, Vol. 6.
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Summer Slaughter -- New York, NY -- August 8th, 2012
When I first entered the venue I wasn't feeling well so I went to go hang out by the merch booth a bit and sit out for Cerebral's set. From what I heard through the walls they didn't sound too bad. A couple people told their set was actually pretty sick. Here's the last set that was posted for them on setlist.fm
Cerebral Bore
Maniacal Miscreation
Horrendous Acts of Iniquity
Entombed in Butchered Bodies
The Bald Cadaver
24 Year Party Dungeon
I was feeling a little better at this point so I decided to check out The Contortionist from the balcony. These guys are kind of like a more core-ish version of BTBAM. They definitely came off as more of a progressive band than a deathcore band though. They weren't too energetic on stage but they played tight and seemed to get a pretty good reaction.
The Contortionist 7/10
Geocentric Confusion
At this point I had to get on the floor. Fucking Exhumed was going on. I've noticed that a lot of the Exhumed sets posted here were out of order. I really don't know why so many people are fucking this up. They introduce every song. Well anyway, Exhumed was pretty awesome but the sound seemed a little off. I couldn't really hear the bass at all so their sound was kind of thin. Still a killer set though. I'd love to see these guys again.
Exhumed 8/10
All Guts No Glory
As Hammer to Anvil
In the Name of Gore
Distorted and Twisted to Form
Limb From Limb
The Matter of Splatter
Goathwore fucking killed it as usual. that's all I have to say.
Goathwore 8.5/10
Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult
Collapse in Eternal Worth
An end to Nothing
Beyond the Spell on Discontent
In Deathless Tradition
Judgement of the Bleeding Crown
Apocalyptic Havoc
At this point, me and a couple of my friends went downstairs to hang out instead of watching JFAC. Hanging out downstairs was made very difficult by the venue staff who kept forcing people out of spots and trying to make them go upstairs to watch JFAC. Never in my life have I been to a venue that tried to force people to watch shitty bands. We managed to avoid the big move of people to the upper floor and stayed downstairs. After being moved around a couple more times we finally secured a spot that the venue staff didn't have a problem with. We stayed there for the remainder of JFAC's set through VoM's set. Because of the way the venue staff acted my friends said they never want to come to this venue ever again. I really wasn't that mad about the whole thing. Anyway here's the JFAC set for anyone who cares.
Job For a Cowboy
Entombment of a Machine
Imperium Wolves
Unfurling a Darkened Gospel
Children of Deceit
Regurgitated Disinformation
Constitutional Masturbation
Though I was still on the bottom floor I could tell Veil was getting a good crowd reaction. They had the building shaking through their entire set. They're not my thing but I guess i'll give them props for being able to put on a good show.
Veil of Maya
Divide Paths
Crawl Back
Winter Is Coming Soon
Dark Passenger
It's Not Safe to Swim Today
At this point I went back upstairs to catch Periphery. I was never too crazy about these guys but there's some aspects of their music that I kinda dig so I figured they'd be worth checking out. I don't know if it was just me but they played really fucking loud. The crowd reaction was pretty good for these guys too. When they played Icarus Lives the whole crowd started jumping along. I had half a mind of joining in my self. Most Periphery songs I've heard are mostly clean vocals but the singer was doing his harsh vocals for most of the set. I'm guessing they picked heavier songs since it's Summer Slaughter. All in all their set was good but the sound was a little annoying.
Periphery 7.5/10
Make Total Destroy
Facepalm Mute
Icarus Lives!
The Walk
After hearing a few sets where the sound wasn't too great The Faceless were a breath of fresh air cause their sound was near perfect. I only started listening to these guys a couple weeks ago so i'm not overly familiar with their stuff but they definitely put on a good show. I'm pretty sure the set got cut short one song. I think they were supposed to close with An Autopsy. While that was a little disappointing ii'd much rather have their set get cut short then CC or BTBAM's.
The Faceless 8/10
Shape Shifters
Coldly Calculated Design
The Eidolon Reality
They kept the crowd waiting a good while for BTBAM to come out. BTBAM had a pretty elaborate stage set up that I thought was a little unnecessary for a tour like this but it was still pretty cool. The crowd for BTBAM mostly just watched them attentively but there was a few stupid bros in flat rim hats trying to mosh to the soft parts. The whole set was great but White Walls and Sun of Nothing were absolutely amazing. Definitely want to catch these guys the next time they come around.
Between the Buried and Me 9/10
White Walls
Specular Reflection
Sun of Nothing
Fossil Genera - A Feed From Cloud Mountain
If theirs one band who never disappoints live it's Cannibal Corpse. This was my 4th time seeing them and they've been simply amazing every time. The new songs are fucking killer live, especially Scourge of Iron. When they played Scourge I just lost my shit and started banging my head until I lost feeling in my neck. Aside from the new stuff it was great to hear all the old staples again. I still really want to hear Decency Defied. I'm really hoping they add that next time they come around. All in all another 10/10 performance from CC. Looking forward to round 5 next time they come around.
Cannibal Corpse 10/10 as always
Demented Aggression
Sarcophagic Frenzy
Scourge of Iron
Evisceration Plague
The Time to Kill is Now
Covered With Sores
Born in a Casket
I Cum Blood
Encased in Concrete
Priests of Sodom
Unleashing the Bloodthirsty
Make Them Suffer
Hammer Smashed Face
Stripped, Raped and Strangled
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Scourge was the best song of the night. Heavy as fucking shit. Overall I probably enjoyed Periphery's set the most, as I've been dying to see them for a while and I've been listening to their new album nonstop.
Goatwhore closed with Apocalyptic Havoc, it wasn't the second song.
That concert was fucking great! I missed Exhumed but luckily I got there in time to see Goatwhore. I was psyched to hear them open with Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult, but nothing from the first two albums =
I chilled during JFAC/Veil/Periphery, then I was back on the floor for The Faceless. They sounded great as always but like most of the people there I was pissed that they had to cut a song. Oh well, at least BTBAM and Corpse could still play their full sets. Speaking of BTBAM, WOW! I hadn't seen them since they did the Progressive Nation tour back in '08, and I had forgotten how great they are live. It made me mad that I didn't go see them when they were touring for The Great Misdirect. But that doesn't matter because they were fucking great last night. White Walls and Sun of Nothing absolutely DESTROYED live. And of course, Cannibal Corpse... what else needs to be said? Sick as FUCK, like always. At first it was lame because I was stuck next to some 4 foot black chick and her friend who was desperately searching for his phone on the floor, which was annoying, but I helped him find it so all was well. As an added bonus, they left and I was standing right behind some short little blonde chick with shorts and a tank top pulled down so there was just bra showing. And she was headbanging and singing along too! So she wasn't just eye-candy, she knew her shit.
All in all it was a great night. Made me realize I need to go to more club shows.
4/14 - Kreator, Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous
5/6 - Opeth, Mastodon, Gojira, Devin Townsend Project
Great review! I particularly enjoyed your bit about BTBAM. As someone who had never seen them up until last week, I wasn't sure what to expect. I knew they were supposed to be 'proggier,' but like you, I was blown away by White Walls and Son of Nothing in particular. I kept the last half of Son of Nothing on loop throughout my drive home that night.
Cool review dude.
No An Autopsy to close out The Faceless set though?
Every Time I Die
Metallica (Singapore)
Opeth (Syd / Mel / Mel)
Animals as Leaders
WTF? I don't understand how that could possibly be done - forcing people out of where they are sitting/hanging out ...unless its a fire hazard or venue is closing. I mean there have been shows I've attended that I've seen people in a back room or no where near the band...just hanging out the entire time.
4/14 - Kreator, Obituary, Midnight, Horrendous
5/6 - Opeth, Mastodon, Gojira, Devin Townsend Project
JFAC > Goatwhore
Dead serious.
|between the buried and me, cannibal corpse, cerebral bore, exhumed, goatwhore, job for a cowboy, periphery, the contortionist, the faceless, veil of maya
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Nick and Justin from A Rocket To The Moon stopped by Smartpunk Live in Orlando for an acoustic set and interview. Watch the first song below and then click HERE to see more music plus an interview with the band!
News - A Rocket To the Moon
|April 13, 2011
|April 12, 2011
Mark your calendars! A Rocket To The Moon will be broadcasting their set from The Rave in Milwaukee on Friday, April 15th. Click HERE to bookmark it now to catch The On Your Side Tour on Friday night at 7pm!
|April 12, 2011
Hello ladies and gents. Checking in from the lovely bathrooms at The Complex in Salt Lake City, UT! This tour has been more than words could ever describe. Every night has been unreal and we couldn't have asked for a better line up of bands! It's sad that there's only a week and some change left on this but it will be one that we will never forget. We couldn't have asked for a better first headliner and we have you guys to thank for making it so enjoyable! We hope that we did our part in entertaining you guys over the last few weeks and everyone we've met along the way have been more than nice to us. I'm proud to be in this band and I'm even more proud to have you guys on our side (pun intended). We love all of you and will see you all so very soon!
Peace and love,
Nick Santino
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|April 11, 2011
Click HERE to check out a gallery of photos from A Rocket To The Moon over the last couple weeks of The On Your Side Tour!
|April 07, 2011
Our friends at Review Rinse Repeat posted a great video interview with Nick Santino of A Rocket To The Moon. Watch it above and check out reviewrinserepeat.com for more!
|April 06, 2011
Spend the day with A Rocket To The Moon during the Anaheim stop of The On Your Side Tour. Visit arockettothemoon.net for more!
|April 02, 2011
Howdy folks, It's been a while since I've blogged so here goes nothing. I mentioned that I reliced a bass of mine while I finally took a few pics of it. I am really happy with how it came out. My friend Adam Gable helped me out with most of it so thanks Adam for making it look killer. Check out his site at guitarphx.com.
If you have been living under a rock the past few weeks or just don't pay attention to the twitter world much, we have been on tour!
We are doing our first headlining tour, simply titled the On Your Side tour! It is also our first tour in a bus, which we are very excited about.
Ok, maybe excited is a bit of an understatement...
We had an excellent day off in Charleston, South Carolina last week.
|April 01, 2011
Click HERE to check out a new photo blog from Justin of A Rocket To The Moon from their awesome bus they have for The On Your Side Tour!
|March 28, 2011
Nick and Justin from A Rocket To The Moon stop by SmartPunk Live in Orlando for an interview and acoustic set. See the full interview and acoustic set soon at smartpunklive.com.


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Yep, Google actually said "Glasshole."
Oh man. Google just used the word "Glasshole" while explaining some of the dos and don'ts of using Google Glass:
Be creepy or rude (aka, a "Glasshole"). Respect others and if they have questions about Glass don't get snappy. Be polite and explain what Glass does and remember, a quick demo can go a long way. In places where cell phone cameras aren't allowed, the same rules will apply to Glass. If you're asked to turn your phone off, turn Glass off as well. Breaking the rules or being rude will not get businesses excited about Glass and will ruin it for other Explorers.
The above explanation appears on Google's press site for Glass, where it was spotted by TechCrunch.
"Glasshole" has been around for a while — "Startup L. Jackson" appears to have coined it on Twitter in October 2012 — but I'm not sure Google has embraced the term itself before, at least not publicly.
Still, Google's definition may be a little narrower than what's commonly accepted. Someone who ignores the outside world in favor of a face computer might also qualify, though Google does shun this behavior elsewhere in its Don'ts section:
Glass-out. Glass was built for short bursts of information and interactions that allow you to quickly get back to doing the other things you love. If you find yourself staring off into the prism for long periods of time you're probably looking pretty weird to the people around you. So don't read War and Peace on Glass. Things like that are better done on bigger screens.
If you really don't like Google Glass as a concept, you might describe anyone who's spent $1,500 on the still-unfinished product as a Glasshole, but we can understand Google not subscribing to such a loose definition. Accepting that not all Glass Explorers use their cyberpowers with tact is a fine start.


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the only person being stubborn here is you. It has been in your tone since this first began over roman pizzas. There is one thing I do grow tired of and that is an arrogant, ill-informed bone head with very little working experience who went to a stinking pizza school and thinks they know everything about pizza.. I see this repetedly and it gets aggravating. Especially in a place like this, where everyone is trying to learn and has come with an open mind. We get your point that technically it is not roman pizza, and I am sure we all agree that in roma they don't call it roman pizza, just as in naples they don't call it pizza napoletana, and in italy, they don't call it pizza italiana, and new york they don't call it new york pizza, in all of these places it is simply called pizza, or by name of the ingredients on top of it... whatever, it is irrelevant because that pizza in the picture at the top of this thread, although available throughout italy, is very typical or rome, and is often refered to as roman pizza. In rome and naples, they compare and contrast both pizzas and in those conversations they are refered to as neapolitan or roman pizza..... this is not the place for close minded, strict interpretaions of one school of thought on pizza. This is forum that openly talks about all forms of pizza, and the reference made above to the pictures is perfectly acceptable... When I also read the exchange between you and pizzanapoletana, you (d.c. pizzaimpersonator) reveal your inexperience and lack of knowledge. I know pizzanapoletana personally and am very aware of the extensive research he has done on the subject, he was not spoon fed by any pizza organization... he investigated all forms and all representations and has made educated conclusions based on hard evidence and hands on experinence.. and that is the path to enlightenment.....ciao


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Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, hipster!
Happy Birthday! Nice nipples!
Hey man, don't sweat it, I'm happy I could help you guys out. I kept my eyes out for you during Wire and a few other acts but (clearly) failed miserably on that front. Let me know next time you're in the city and feel like wasting a bit of time.
it was good to meet you too, even if just for a split second haha
Hey! No problem. It was a pleasure to see you again this year. And yes, the sun was grueling. :)
Hey Gramms, you and GG accomodated for camping & parking? If not pm me.
Happy Birthday! Eat more fiber.
Happy Birthday Grandma!!!!! Grandma!! Grandma!! Go towards the light Grandma.


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Event Details: C&T Colloquium: Beyond Norms, Presuming Competence, with Douglas Biklen
Disability Studies rewrites how to think about disability/ability. Much of late 19th century and early 20thcentury education manufactured the ideas of normal, normalizing, and even normalization. Disability Studies treats the notion of normal as a flawed idea, naming so-called normals "normates," a not so subtle reference to the objectifying epithet "retardate." But what does this transformative language, and the theory and ideology behind it, mean for the day-to-day world of education, for teaching, learning, and curricula? This talk focuses on that question, exploring constructs to abandon and new ones to adopt, moving toward a democratic vision of education and disability/ability represented in the principle of presuming competence.
Douglas Biklen is the Dean of the School of Education and founder of the Inclusion
Institutes at Syracuse University. He is author of Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone
(2005); Communication Unbound (1993); Contested
Words, Contested Science (1997); Schooling Without Labels (1992); and Achieving the Complete School (1985), as well
as more than 100 research articles in addition to other books. His articles
have appeared in such journals as the American Education Research Journal;
Teachers College Record; Mental Retardation; the International
Journal of Inclusive Education; Harvard Educational Review; Journal
of Social Issues; Disability and Society; and Topics in Language
Disorders. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the
International Journal of Inclusive Education. He has lectured worldwide, in
Japan, Australia, Germany, Kuwait, England, Finland, Italy, Costa Rica, China,
Oman and many other countries.
Biklen was the co-producer of the Academy Award nominated documentary, Autism is a World (2004), and served as an advisor on the HBO films Educating Peter and Graduating Peter. He was the Executive Producer of Regular Lives, and the Producer/Director with Zach Rozetti of My Classic Life as an Artist: A Portrait of Larry Bissonnette. He is producer, with Gerardine Wurzburg, of the film Wretches and Jabberers (2010).
News accounts of his work have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post Magazine, People magazine, El Pais, and on the CBS Evening News, NOW, Frontline, CNN News, ABC's Primetime Live, and NPR's Talk of the Nation.
He has won numerous awards including most recently the UNESCO/Emir Jaber al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah Prize to promote Quality Education for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities.
Persons interested in attending may rsvp by Thursday, February 14th.
The next C&T Colloquium will be held on Tuesday, March 26th, from 7-9pm.
Where: 305 Russell
Initiated in the Fall 2012, the Curriculum and Teaching Colloquium Series serves as a privileged space for students to gain a broader awareness of curricular discussions with international and national scholars.
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Type: Lectures & Talks
Location: 305 Russell
Date & Time: 2/19/2013, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Website: http://library.tc.columbia.edu/
Contact: Jennifer Govan
Contact Phone: 678-3022
Contact's Affiliation: Gottesman Libraries