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Living in a city with few bookstores that cater to individuals reading interest is a problem in many communities. The issue is an even bigger problem for publishers and authors. The problem existed in the Washington DC area where the DC Book Diva calls home. Only she didn't complain, she sat out to solve the problem.
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UM: Can you describe DC Bookdiva Publications?
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DCB: I first started in the industry in 2005 as a book promoter. At the time I had a partner and we quickly grew the business from a grassroots initiative to a book lounge. I always had a love for arts, so I quickly wanted to learn more about the literary arts industry. I did so by providing a service to many authors in marketing and promotions in the DMV area, online, and through book signings and other events. At that time I learned all I could about the publishing industry and went on to produce one of the first online radio shows dedicated to African American authors- Urban Literary Review. Four years later, I published my first author under my company.
UM: At what point did you decide to start the mobile book store?
DCB: The mobile book store was born out of a need to service people in areas that lack book stores that feature works by African Americans. We expose readers to African American Authors up close and personal in their establishments or at book signings. I wanted to create something unique where authors could meet these readers in their communities; the mobile book store was created in 2008 after the failure of the partnership that was created in 2005.
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DCB: My advice for first time authors is to do your research before entering into the industry. Learn as much as you can so that you are well informed about industry standards. Read as much as you can and find someone to mentor you. If you can't find someone to assist you, join groups and social networks where you can get some assistance. Don't expect to find all of your answers this way but also do your research. It's a good idea to attend seminars and workshops and find a way to assist someone who may do the same thing that you are interested in. Be patient. Don't run into this business thinking that you will be successful overnight. Pace yourself and plan your work.
UM: You publish one of the most popular authors Kwame Teague, author of the Dutch series. How did you come to publish the Dynasty series?
DCB: Some years back, Kwame and I were introduced to one another by a publicist who was interested in having him appear on my online radio show. I agreed to interview him for an ongoing series that we were doing on incarcerated authors. At this time I expressed that I was getting ready to publish my first author and he asked me to send him a copy once it was released. I shared my visions for my company with him and we continued offline conversations about the literary industry and what we both where hoping to achieve. Several months after the release of my first publication he proposed to me that we work together on his next works. I was honored and accepted. We are now putting the finishing touches on Dynasty 3 and another book entitled Que.
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Well, kind of. Schacht's hackles were raised by NAB's chairman,
"All parties in the federal Parliament see it as being in their interest to use banks as a political football," Chaney complained, after which the casually attired Schacht, these days a shareholder, got up to remind Chaney that since banks had done well out of the four pillars policy and the federal government guaranteeing their deposits back in the days of the global financial crisis, maybe politicians weren't too bad after all. Chaney then said the government had so far made about $2.6 billion from the guarantee.
Showing that politicians are also adept at a bit of filibustering, Schacht maintained a regular position at the microphone throughout the formal business of the meeting, commenting on executive pay and praising the appointment of former Treasury chief
Chaney said in reply: "Ken is very religious in his adherence to ethics and confidentiality. So we don't expect to be getting much out of him in that regard." (Unkind wags may question just why the bank actually appointed Henry in that case). Schacht, the Volleyball Australia president, also asked if NAB would sponsor his sport. Alas, Chaney didn't answer that one.
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Carthage's Blake Bogenschutz is the ETSN.fm + Dairy Queen Offensive Player of the Week
The top-ranked Carthage Bulldogs entered the 2013 season with 10 returning starters on offense, none more accomplished than senior quarterback Blake Bogenschutz.
Carthage's three-year starter enjoyed one of the best performances of his career in the Bulldogs' 45-17 win over Lindale last Friday. Bogenschutz, a UTSA commit, completed 18 of 29 passes for 379 yards and four touchdowns.
For his efforts, Bogenschutz in the ETSN.fm + Dairy Queen Offensive Player of the Week.
The single-game yardage total ranks third on Carthage's all-time list, and Bogenschutz is inching closer to setting a couple of school records. His 6,221 career passing yards, which ranks second, is only 803 shy of tying the top spot. Bogenschutz also passed Si'Darius Blackshire for second place on the school's all-time list for career passing touchdowns. He needs 16 to break the record.
Three of Bogenschutz's four scoring passes last Friday went to senior receiver Terian "Tee" Goree, who finished with eight catches for 172 yards and has six TD receptions in his first two games. Bogenschutz fired scoring tosses of 52, 4 and 26 yards to Goree and added a 49-yarder to Marquise Guinn.
Bogenschutz and Carthage (2-0) face Chapel Hill (1-1) on Friday in Carthage's home opener.
ETSN/Dairy Queen 2013 Offensive Players of the Week
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Rep. Darrell Issa announced Tuesday evening that he has no plans to delay Wednesday's House Oversight Committee vote to hold Eric Holder in contempt of Congress following his meeting with the Attorney General on Capitol Hill. Issa is chairman of the committee.
Issa: Holder contempt vote to proceed as scheduled | The Ticket - Yahoo! News
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Family and friends paid tribute to Ryan Dunn yesterday evening at a funeral home service in West Chester, Pa.
Best friend and fellow Jackass star Bam Margera attended the service with wife Melissa Rothstein. Actors Glenn Howerton and Rob McElhenney were on hand. And Johnny Knoxville was among the speakers who remembered Dunn.
PHOTOS: A Ryan Dunn gallery
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Also on Wednesday, Pennsylvania police said that although Dunn had a blood-alcohol content that was more than twice the legal limit when he and Zachary Hartwell died in Monday's crash, no charges will be brought against the bar where they were drinking before the crash, reports AP.
Dunn's blood-alcohol level was 0.196 at the time of the Monday morning crash, according to the toxicology report released Wednesday by West Goshen Township police. The legal limit for drivers is .08. Dunn, 34, and Hartwell, 30, had been at a West Chester bar called Barnaby's of America that evening, reports AP.
Sgt. William La Torre of the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Enforcement told the AP on Wednesday that the agency investigated and determined there would be no charges against the bar because Dunn did not appear intoxicated during the time he was served two beers and six shots from bar employees over four hours.
Surveillance video shared with police supported the bar employee's observations of Dunn, said Frank Herron, the general manager. "He spoke clearly. He walked clearly. He came in hop, skip, jumping. He left hop, skip, jumping," Herron told the AP. "If these results are true, I'm shocked at it. We were very confident that he had not had that much."
Also, La Torre said, Dunn's final drinks of the night were given to him by fans at a back table. La Torre said most likely these final drinks put him over the edge.
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Last Minute Crazy Breakaway Solo Experience! (Lengthy Review): Norwegian Breakaway Cruise Review by CruisinMaterial
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Last Minute Crazy Breakaway Solo Experience! (Lengthy Review)
Destination: Bermuda
Embarkation: New York (Manhattan)
Transfer to the Pier: At this year's Boston Globe Travel Show, Academy Bus Company was handing out brochures for people who wanted to take a bus rather than fly or More drive to NYC. I booked with them and learned in Woburn, MA at the pickup site that Academy was the bus line used by Norwegian officially. After being stuck in traffic and waiting for a passenger and her daughter in Springfield, MA, we arrived to the pier just before 2PM after leaving Woburn at 7AM. It was a long bus ride but at least we made it!
Norwegian Breakaway – May 18 – May 25, 2014
Embarkation: Arriving as late as we did, the only check in line with a backup was new to Norwegian. I sailed right through Platinum Latitudes and was on the ship within 10 minutes of arriving to the pier! Immediately I headed to the room to drop off the bag and do a little unpacking of things I'd stuffed in there before heading up on deck for a quick bite at Uptown Grill.
Studio Cabin 11573: This looks exactly the same as the Epic with a few subtle differences and ones that if you're not paying attention, you wouldn't notice. On the left as you enter the cabin is the compartment for the toilet (not see through) and the see through shower stall. I chose a cabin which was not connecting so I didn't keep up my neighbor with my music playing. The connecting door would've been between the shower and the toilet stalls. Ahead on entry is the sink and it is in-cabin. To the left of the sink is a row of cubby holes to put towels, sundries and the bottom one is the trash. Storage is plenty under the sink and two closets with doors which slide to the left over the sink and TV. Differences to Epic's studios is the lighting schema. On Epic, there are four lighting options for the lights surrounding the wall of storage spaces and sink and along the top of the bed. On Breakaway, there's only one option: White. I missed the multi-color setting. It was like having your own disco! Also, the shower head on the Epic had alternating settings between pulsing and rain and on Breakaway it was only the rain setting.
Studio Lounge: The studio lounge on the Breakaway is about one quarter the size of the one on Epic. Comfortably it cannot fit all the members of the studios which holds about 50 passengers. The studio lounge could comfortably seat 20 people on the bottom level. There was a nightly hosted social hour with Jovan, a member of the Cruise Staff. If Jovan wasn't so friendly and out-going, I don't think I would have met the great group of people I did throughout this sailing!
The rest of the cruise review will be in chronological order based on how I did things:
DAY 1: NEW YORK CITY – Embarkation Day: After dropping off the bag and grabbing a quick bite at Uptown Grill, it was time to go to lifeboat drill. I had embarked so late I couldn't really poke around the ship but had been on it for 7 straight days before so I was comfortable. I headed to the Breakaway Theater and sat through lifeboat drill. Immediately thereafter I headed to Spice H2O for the cast off party. The cast off party featured typical modern line dances, Nickelodeon characters and a walking Statue of Liberty on stilts. After the ship was past the Staten Island, Statue of Liberty and Verrazano Bridge, I went to the Garden Café for a salad and a slice of prime rib!
After freshening up for the evening, it was time for the studio lounge social hour hosted by Jovan at 6PM. Jovan did a good job of going around and introducing himself to people. My primary concern was dining alone at night in the main dining room. I asked if he was arranging nightly dinners for people and he said he would arrange something for the next night. He was very friendly, personable and really out-going. A perfect fit for the job of singles social host!
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: Welcome Aboard Show
It was an introduction to some of the entertainment we'd see throughout the week on the Norwegian Breakaway. We had a performance by Fire and Ice, a Motown-soul group, Nickelodeon characters and then the magician who would perform later in the week. In between each act Julie, the Cruise Director would take the stage and talk anywhere from 5 to 10 minutes promoting different, largely pay for items on the ship. I like Julie, she's fun and outgoing but during this show it was too much talking and not enough performances. Between her this night and the magician who was tacky at best, I got up and left for the 7:30PM Friends of Dorothy gathering. It wasn't worth staying for Burn the Floor's bit because I knew I'd be seeing them later in the week already. My recommendation, if you have something else conflicting with this on the first night – do that instead!
The nightly Friends of Dorothy gathering was held at Shaker's Martini Bar on Deck 8 midship. This is where I met Maurice (Morris) Robeiro. He was a great bartender who knew my drink after I ordered the first one and would remember it for the rest of the cruise. If he saw me and I gave a thumbs up, my drink was ready in seconds! This night I dined in Manhattan towards the tail end of dinner service and sat by the back windows.
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: Welcome Aboard Raffle Party
Something new-to-me was Norwegian Breakaway trying to get people to stay out late night at Bliss by giving away prizes to people who entered Bliss and hung around. I stayed for a bit even though I was dog tired from a long travel day. People were winning nice prizes and the music was great! DJ Keith was at the helm but Bliss was too small and cramped to host an event of this size. On the Trans-Atlantic I commented how small Bliss was and for a full passenger load it wouldn't be able to handle it, I was right. It can't! Now tables and chairs have been added to an already small dance floor to make more seating available but there was no room for people to stand anywhere except being on the dance floor. I really hope Norwegian Escape and Norwegian Bliss have a larger and more thought out Bliss Lounge!
DAY 2: SEA DAY: After a leisurely breakfast in the Garden Café it was time to hang around the ship and get to see things and check out the gift shops. I met some of the nice gift shop staff during this visit and had a nice conversation with them. Ultimately the only thing I would buy the whole week was dental floss (last minute packing means not everything gets packed)!!
CRUISE CRITIC MEET AND GREET: The senior officers and Julie, Cruise Director, stopped by and Jovo, the Hotel Director spoke to us about the ship. It was a very nice reception from the senior staff of the vessel. He encouraged us to speak up during if something was askew that he could fix, which I did take him up on later in the week. Following the meet and greet was a cabin crawl organized by another CC'er. I only booked a week prior so I wasn't active in the roll call but they did allow me to tag along and I did! It was a great time, from the interiors on the lowers decks to the ocean view to the balcony, mini-suite, spa suite and a small group of us got to see the forward Suite in the Haven, it was a great tour of the ship. The Haven is a nice place for a nice price. Maybe someday when I win the lottery!
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: 3D MOVIE: Gravity
On the Trans-Atlantic, the Breakaway Theater didn't have 3D movies or at least I don't recall them. The cruise staff provide you with Dolby 3D glasses. I chose to sit three rows from the front so it was like an IMAX 3D film. I'd always wanted to see this movie in IMAX but never made it. Wow at the Breakaway Theater sound system and 3D technology! It was like being at a movie theater! I loved the experience and loved the movie!
After the movie it was back to freshen up for the packed evening which lay ahead. I went to the singles social hour and had a 45 minute gap in which to squeeze in an appetizer and main course in the Manhattan Room. Big thanks to Amee Balauro, Waitress in Manhattan for recognizing my crazy schedule this night and getting me the food I wanted quickly, with fast, efficient and friendly service! Without her I would've been late for my next social engagement which was a cocktail party. Thereafter, it was a stop at the Friends of Dorothy gathering.
I love most styles of dance and loved Burn the Floor before on the trans-Atlantic. I was more than excited to see their production again with a new cast and they didn't disappoint. From the Tango to the Foxtrot to other styles of dance, you have got to see the show. It's not boring for anyone. The music has the energy to keep you going alone and the dance styles have a whole new flair for a new, younger generation. It is the BEST show on the Breakaway in my opinion and family friendly!
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: Norwegian's Night Out Party – Spice H2O
It was a little chilly to be topside at Spice H2O but not too bad. The music was great with DJ Keith spinning the tunes until the wee hours of the morning. Drinks were flowing by Morris and new found friends were dancing the night away! The party shut down somewhere around 3AM and I had a blast compared to the trans-Atlantic.
I woke up and turned on the window (television) and saw it was raining. I was extremely tired and after a stressful semester coupled with an insane couple of nights on the ship meant I slept the day away and watched TV in the cabin. It was low key and the sun did appear in the afternoon but too late to go topside so I stayed in until it was time for the single social hour. Together with another solo we headed out for the Manhattan Room for dinner.
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: BURN THE FLOOR – "Steppin' Out" – Manhattan Room
The best part of Burn the Floor is that they perform in the main dining room. I timed the dinner so the main performance would come towards the dessert course. We got a seat close enough to the dance floor to see their feet movements and the show was again astounding. It was nice to have great company for dinner, the show and the food. Norwegian's new main dining room menu was actually quite good and had a lot of different options.
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: 70's Disco Groove Dance Party
With DJ Keith at the helm and Jovan, Singles Social Host bouncing around looking for people, it was a great night of dancing to beats from the 70s! Lots of people turned out with the ship's early arrival into Bermuda the next day. Early on no one was out there so when Jovan approached me to be in the Village People, I said yes. When we were introduced, the dance floor area was a LOT more packed then what I expected. I have never laughed and "danced for my life" so hard before! The YMCA went off nearly flawlessly (or so I thought since I had enough adrenaline rushing through me) but it definitely made the crew remember me all week and some passengers too! It is definitely a lasting memory I'll have from this cruise. Thank you to Jovan for talking me into it and for a solo cruiser who took a ton of pictures that I will forever cherish!
DAY 4: HERITAGE WHARF, BERMUDA – Day 1
I watched the ship pull in from the Waterfront. After we were alongside, the throngs of people rushed off the ship and I went to a leisurely breakfast in the Taste/Savor complex. On the way to and from breakfast I noted a significant odor of smoke on Deck 6 starting at the Art Gallery and all the way past Le Bistro and Headliners towards the entrance to Taste/Savor. The smoke smell would get stronger as the week progressed. Once I was finished with that the ship was largely deserted so I went the gym and enjoyed the ship largely to myself. The crew had a drill and it lasted for my entire workout.
I went back to the cabin and took a shower and headed up to the Garden Café for some lunch before going to Spice H2O which was also a ghost town to lay out for some afternoon sun. Spice H2O features cool beats from the stereo at a soft level and the screen features the Window Channel with different images from all over the world. The only thing which was not working was the waterfall, cool off area. It was completely drained. It was blistering hot up there and you had to go into the shower to cool off. I wrote a Dear Jovo letter to have it fixed and it was working the next time I laid out up there.
At about 3PM I headed off the ship to snag some wifi from some crew recommended places. There are several places to get wifi but the best option is the Wifi Zones offered by Island Outfitters with prices packages from $3 for 1 hour, $10 for 24 hours and $20 for 72 hours. I purchased the 24 hour package. The service was slow in the dock yard during peak crew times off and I can understand why as they spend long amounts of time away from their family and friends and want to keep in touch. I tried to avoid using it during their peak times as it was slow. It worked in other parts of the island, including Hamilton!
Back on the ship it was time for the Solo Traveler's Meet-up hosted by Jovan. Irma was our bartender from O'Sheehans pub and grill for the hour. She always looked after us and made sure we were ok. She even remembered me from an earlier Norwegian Spirit sailing and asked about my mother. You know you cruise too much when crew remember you from other ships and years back! Met up with another single and went off to the night's featured entertainment.
Either people didn't book it because they were ashore in Bermuda or weren't interested in 80's music. This show is as risqué as I've ever seen at sea. It's a true Broadway representation of the show at sea. Not having mom next to me this time meant I got to enjoy it more. However, it's still not a show for children – don't bring them, no matter how young! Skin is still in and plenty of it! If you have conservative values or easily offended, then this show is not for you. I enjoyed it this time around but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it again should I sail on Breakaway. The solo cruiser I saw it with said she was surprised by some of the content and would also not bring her mother to the show.
After dinner in the Manhattan Room listening to the Manhattan Room band, it was time for Dancing with the Breakaway Stars at 10PM in the atrium. The teams were downright crazy this cruise with people going all out for the plastic trophy crown and bottle of bubbly. It was a great time. I went to cheer on Jovan, our solo cruiser host, but sadly he was eliminated before the finals. The losers lounge portion is always a laugh riot!
Tonight was Party under the Stars with DJ Keith. I stopped by for two drinks before heading ashore to the party at Snorkel Park's Club Aqua. Wednesday night this place was happening with crew and passengers from both the Norwegian Breakaway and Celebrity Summit. As the night went on more crew showed up but the energy seemed to wane as the beats slowed from dance to hip hop so I went back towards the pier and grabbed some wifi with crew before turning in for the night.
DAY 5: HERITAGE WHARF, BERMUDA – Day 2
Today I got up fairly early and snagged some breakfast at Taste / Savor. The service was fast and efficient and allowed me time to get off the ship to grab a green tea latte at Buzz in the Dockyard Pharmacy. I'm still waiting for Norwegian to partner with Starbucks and get their tea menu! Now that's a partnership I'd love to see on Norwegian! Snagged some more wifi and checked on a few things before heading back to the ship and hastily packing my backpack to go to a last minute trip to Hamilton.
Ferries to Hamilton run every half hour from the Royal Naval Dockyard, except during the lunch hour. In the afternoon there is an hourly ferry back to the Dockyard from Hamilton. I took the ferry over and walked up Front Street going into the gift shops. A tip is to keep walking up Front Street because the further you go from the ferry terminal, the better the deals that can be had on souvenirs. I looped up by the Bermudian Parliament building and the Episcopal Church before stopping at City Hall for their free museum on Bermuda's history and then looped down to the park on Queen's Street for a little people watching before heading back to the ship. It was a nice little jaunt to get me out of the sun and get some exploring in. Having been to Bermuda five times previously, I'd done most of the island highlights I wanted to do.
Back on the Breakaway, it was time for the solo's gathering hosted by Jovan. He did a great job tonight of getting everyone together and organizing us for a Dolce Gelato on the following evening and also put up a sign up for the final night's meal in Manhattan. He really was keeping our group engaged and keeping the people who wanted to be social together.
After the solo's gathering, it was time to dine on the waterfront. I used the Platinum Latitudes rewards dinner for Moderno Churrascaria. On this voyage Moderno's waterfront location overlooked the sunset over the Royal Naval Dockyard's museum house. It was picturesque. The food was great, service efficient and the portions plenty! The solo who I dined with only wanted specific meats so she told the waitress at the beginning of the dinner service and they brought her a plate with every meat except beef. The salad bar was filled with plenty of options as well. Moderno can be sometimes hit or miss, if you go earlier in the evening I found the meats to always be tender and juicy and this time was no different as we dined at 6:30PM. The sunset happened and it was truly beautiful!
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: Deal or No Deal
Happening in the atrium, I came upon this while heading back to the cabin forward from Moderno on Deck 8 in O'Sheehans. It caught my attention as I've never made it to this game show before but always wanted to see how it was played. One person is selected to play on the big screen and gets the prizes while everyone else plays on the floor and tries to match what is in the cases that the person opens. Since they are all scanned into the computer before the game is played, the computer tracks how many people have matches and at the end of each round displays them. Not one person won a cash prize out of the game, most won a strip of pull tabs and some won a free photo from the photo gallery. For the price to play the game, it wasn't worth the money for me to go back and want to play again but it was fun to encourage the person which case to open! She ended up with $419.
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: GLOW Party – Spice H2O
Prior to heading up to Spice H2O, we met up for a drink in O'Sheehan's served by Irma who is the studio solos bartender as well. One of several theme nights on the Norwegian Breakaway, Spice H2Glow features fast paced beats spun by Norwegian's best resident DJ at sea – DJ KEITH! He didn't disappoint and kept the party going until the wee hours. Glow sticks were handed out to early guests such as myself and some studio solo folks.
A splinter group of us went off ship and headed to Club Aqua at Snorkel Park. We regretted that decision as it was dead and we left at 1AM. The DJ at Snorkel Park on Thursday night was hideous. He wanted to keep hearing himself blabbering and calling out people for whatever stupid reason, either to encourage people to drink or people who were celebrating something. I think he was doing a better job of driving most people back to the ships from where they came including us!
Back on the Norwegian Breakaway after 1AM, the party was still going strong up in Spice H2O. It went until about 2AM and then went to after hours at Bliss. Bliss was still hopping for the late hour but the music and beats were different. Music in Bliss was provided by DJ Rick. I stayed until roughly 3AM talking with some folks in there before going to bed.
DAY 6: HERITAGE WHARF, BERMUDA – Day 3
Today was Norwegian Breakaway's last day in port and I started the day with a breakfast in the Taste/Savor complex. I joined a solo who had already placed her order but the server came right over with a table setup and the waitress took my order. We talked and she wanted to try the Wii Dance 4 in the Atrium at 10AM. I swung by that on the way back to the cabin and got sucked in! What a fun time dancing in the middle of the atrium and trying to keep up with what was on screen. People were stopping by and watching but thankfully most people were off ship so it wasn't so embarrassing! I still can't believe I danced to a Justin Bieber song… um, yeah… that happened!
Next it was time to spend the rest of the morning and early afternoon in Spice H2O sunning. Lunch was from the Uptown Grill with spicy meatballs and vegetables served. I love the menu in Uptown Grill. It's fast but it's healthy if you want it to be! I returned to the lounger in Spice and more people started to trickle back to there as the ship was going to be leaving at 5PM. At about 3:30PM I headed off ship to Buzz at Dockyard Pharmacy for one last green tea latte.
On the pier the Norwegian Breakaway crew and senior staff were throwing the welcome back bash with Julie on stilts and the beats provided by none other than DJ KEITH! Most of the crew were dancing and had on shirts that said I love NYC. It was cute but going against the flow of passengers returning and crew dancing proved a bit of a challenge. I made it with plenty of time to spare and returned back just as the party was winding down and they were getting ready to pull up the gangway.
Back on the Breakaway it was time for cast off. This coincided with the single's solo gathering so I told Jovan I would meet him and the fellow solos outside Dolce Gelato at 5:30PM because it closed at 6PM which was the time it was originally scheduled for. I watched the ship pull away and turn and as we were sailing up the side of Bermuda towards St. Georges, the rest of the solos who were in the lounge came down and we all ate Gelato together and talked and watched as Bermuda faded away into the setting sun. It was a nice group gathering and very thoughtful of Jovan to do this to utilize the waterfront and see off Bermuda.
Tonight was the Platinum Latitude's Cocktail Reception where Martin, the Future Cruise Consultant, basically tells you about the new itineraries and sells the Cruise Rewards program. It's a nice program and definitely has its benefits if you're a loyal Norwegian. I talked with the Assistant Hotel Director (Djamel?) and the Restaurant Manager Iulian during the reception. Both made me feel less awkward sitting there by myself (no solos could accompany me as it was invite only). Thanks to them for that!
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: Awesome 80s Party – Spice H2O
Most of the people who were up in Spice H2O were up there to see the fireworks display at 10:45PM. It was never as crowded as it was for this night during the entire cruise up there. People were pushing and shoving and the port side of the deck is closed off for safety reasons for the fireworks display so everyone was packed onto the dance floor and starboard side by the bar.
The 80s music was playing and some of the fellow guests dressed up like Bon Jovi, Tina Turner and one even as Madonna. They were good sports and aptly rewarded with a free drink afterward. They put on a good show.
When 10:45PM rolled around, the music stopped and people were looking around for a good few minutes and then it was announced that due to the windy conditions on deck and they're trying adjustments (I'm assuming to ships course and heading), they would be unable to safely perform the show. People grumbled and started the mass exodus towards the exit. The solos who grouped together stayed up there and drank while DJ KEITH continued to play the 80s music.
I'm not a huge fan of 80s music and the wind and chill were just too much to stay up there so we decided to float around the ship and see what was going on. We headed to Bliss where at 11PM the evening nightclub was supposed to begin with DJ Rick. When we arrived people were dancing to ballroom and they still were at 11:15PM. I'm not sure what happened to the party but lots of people were going into Bliss and leaving.
We decided to head over to O'Sheehans and grab a drink from Irma while sitting at the bar. I was hungry so I ordered spicy chicken wings which were awesome! We had our drink and then went back over to Bliss. In Bliss, I was stunned to hear what I was hearing when I walked in. A song was playing where nearly every other word was the f-bomb with one renegade b-word thrown in for good measure. Norwegian always plays clean versions and when I give music to the DJ's its always clean. I was stunned this guy was playing such trash music! I did write a Dear Jovo comment card about this night and about DJ Rick's song choice.
The 80's party came to an abrupt end when I returned up there hoping the music would flip to something a little more current when the sky opened up and the ship sailed into a downpour. 80s music is not for me. With the one hour time change, it was truly a wasted night for me when it could have been an awesome one. Norwegian needs to seriously re-consider signing this DJ Rick. He's not good for the brand image and reminds me of the music I heard in the nightclub on the crappiest cruise I've ever taken – Carnival. Also, a stronger theme night such as Spice H2Glow should be on the night of the time change.
On our final full day on the ship, I started off with a leisurely breakfast in the Taste/Savor restaurant complex. I followed it by attending the Tango Class by a Burn the Floor dancer. I watched as people learned how to tango from O'Sheehans. I didn't feel like participating as the floor was too crowded. Lots of ballroom dancers on this voyage! I'd see them dancing at night to the Manhattan Room band as well.
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: Wine Lovers: The Musical
This was a new experience on the Norwegian Breakaway for me. It replaced the Dysfunctional Family Reunion Second City was putting on during the Trans-Atlantic. This is a wine tasting with a lunch while watching a musical performance about wine. There are a total of 6 wines tasted. Five are presented when you sit down, the sixth at the end after dessert. The meal consisted of salad with duckling strips, an entrée of shrimp and steak and dessert was a coffee flavored cake. The wines varied from Chardonnay to Norwegian's Signature blend. The show was not overly entertaining but it had moments, like when the lead forgot his lines and everyone thought he was joking – but he really wasn't or when he was making jokes about the red wines and the high school prom dress (I'm not explaining it)! For the wine tasting and the lunch, it was a good pairing. The show was just added filler for the wine tasting. I would recommend doing it!
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: International Crew Talent Show
At 2PM in the Breakaway Theater, crew largely based from the Philippines performed songs, modern dance, traditional cultural dances and then the grand finale with the staff and crew joining them to the You are Norwegian Now song. The show was entertaining and some of the crew while seemingly shy and nervous put on a great show. Go and support your crew members, they work so hard for you and cheering them on is one way of giving back!
Tonight was the final solo's gathering of the cruise hosted by Jovan. He arranged for a special meal for all of us to dine together in the Manhattan Room. It was a great idea and we really enjoyed our final night together. Shortly after dinner concluded I stopped by the photo gallery to get a stock photo of the Norwegian Breakaway to add to my cruise ship photo wall. Immediately after I headed to Shaker's Martini Bar to see if anyone was showing up for the Friends of Dorothy gathering and during this time an announcement was made by Julie saying the fireworks were going to be attempted again tonight at 8:30PM so head to Spice H2O.
BREAKAWAY ENTERTAINMENT: Fireworks at Sea – Spice H2O
I took the photo and headed up to Spice H2O where DJ KEITH was hastily setting up to spin for a few minutes and create an instant party while the crew were standing by with the port side roped off. It was looking favorable. To keep us warm DJ KEITH played some modern tunes we danced to as a group. We stayed out on the dance floor which is the best vantage point for the fireworks display. The fireworks went off choreographed to the 80s playlist and were absolutely beautiful. I had a better vantage point then the Trans-Atlantic crossing and everyone in the group loved the fireworks. Thanks to Jovo, the Captain, Julie and the fire safety team for getting the show in before the cruise ended.
We returned to our cabins to pack up and get the luggage out and returned to O'Sheehans one final time to say goodbye to Irma and get a drink. We talked for a bit with her before heading off to Party Music with DJ KEITH in the Bliss Lounge. When we arrived it was dead as we got there early but the solos agreed to all meet up there and say goodbye one last time while partying the night away. Jovan even stopped by and danced a few songs with us and we all exchanged information and danced the night away. Shortly after midnight I headed to O'Sheehans for some hot wings and then joined some of the solos in Howl at the Moon for a few songs before going to bed. It was a great night and thanks to DJ KEITH for providing some great tunes for us!
DAY 8: New York City – Disembarkation
I woke up at 7:30AM and turned on the TV bow cam channel and we were already docked. Shortly after that an announcement was made that all guests with easy walk off should start to disembark the vessel. I chose to have my luggage taken off for me and went to Taste / Savor one last time for breakfast. The ship had run out of bananas on this morning but it wasn't a big deal. I still had everything else I wanted and was on my way back to the cabin by 8:30AM and the announcement came for the motor coach transfers at 9AM to disembark so I headed to the gangway.
I was outside customs in less than a half hour after disembarking the ship. I was booked with Academy Bus Company and so I was looking for their busses. The folks who booked the transfer from Norwegian had Admiral's Bus Company on their return vouchers. The drivers for the Academy busses were nice and told us the bus for Woburn would be along shortly and to wait, which we did. When the bus arrived, the driver had my name and the rest of the other folks going on the same route on his manifest so that was indeed the company. Norwegian printed the wrong name on the bus transfer voucher for them.
On the bus, we had a comfort stop when we got out of NYC to pick up food and drinks as it was going towards lunch time. We headed back on the highway driving through Hartford up I-84 to the MA Pike and then into Framingham, MA for our first stop. Woburn, MA was the second stop and Salem, MA was the last stop. I was home by 2:45PM. All in all, Academy Bus wasn't a bad method of transportation from New England to the pier in Manhattan. It is traffic dependent as to how long the ride is but on the way back the bus ride flew by! It definitely beats flying and takes just as long when you factor going through an airport. Plus, it's cheaper than flying at $110 round trip per person!
I always start concluding my reviews by thanking the people who made the vacation memorable, either through great service or for a lasting memory. First and foremost I'd like to thank Jovan Dostanic (Single's Social Host) for his amazing work all week long in getting me and others engaged together and creating lasting friendships and crazy memories (YMCA on 70s night to name one). Jovan is full of energy and enthusiasm and definitely loves his job. It shines in the work he does. Second, I would like to thank DJ Keith for his excellent sets every night of the cruise. He kept the party going, clean and strong until the wee hours. He's the best Norwegian DJ and always delivers a good party! The Boston market misses him on the Dawn but I'm saddened to learn he'll be further away as his next deployment is on Getaway!! Keep him in NYC or bring him back to Boston! Third, I would like to thank a special bartender Irma Tuazon for her incredible memory for remembering me from Maharini's Lounge on the Norwegian Spirit a few years back and for taking care of us solos in the Studio Lounge and when we would visit her in O'Sheehans. Another bartender who memorized my drink the first night was Maurice (Morris) Robeiro. All I had to do was give him a thumbs up and my drink was ready in no time! Now that's service. The entire staff and crew of the Norwegian Breakaway were exceedingly friendly and offered excellent service and thanks to them all I had a vacation that I will remember for years to come.
The smoke issue from the casino drifting up to Deck 8 forward towards Fat Cats and on Deck 6 through the art gallery to the atrium was one problem from the Trans-Atlantic which seemed to have worsened on this voyage. The smoke was further reaching. The air cleaning scrubbers were not working in the casino and more are needed throughout the open air on the decks above and below the casino. A suggestion would be creating a walled area for smokers who want to play table games and slots and trying to contain the smoke there.
In the end, I did enjoy my last minute Breakaway Bermuda cruise much better than I did the Trans-Atlantic crossing and have great memories and friends for life! Norwegian Breakaway offers a better nightlife experience than the Norwegian Dawn out of Boston despite her design issues (Bliss) in some areas. I look forward to my second, free sailing with Norwegian in the future on the Norwegian Sky later this year or early next year! Less
Published 06/04/14
Cabin review: 11573
Studio Cabin 11573: This looks exactly the same as the Epic with a few subtle differences and ones that if you're not paying attention, you wouldn't notice. On the left as you enter the cabin is the compartment for the toilet (not see through) and the see through shower stall. I chose a cabin which was not connecting so I didn't keep up my neighbor with my music playing. The connecting door would've been between the shower and the toilet stalls. Ahead on entry is the sink and it is in-cabin. To the left of the sink is a row of cubby holes to put towels, sundries and the bottom one is the trash. Storage is plenty under the sink and two closets with doors which slide to the left over the sink and TV. Differences to Epic's studios is the lighting schema. On Epic, there are four lighting options for the lights surrounding the wall of storage spaces and sink and along the top of the bed. On Breakaway, there's only one option: White. I missed the multi-color setting. It was like having your own disco! Also, the shower head on the Epic had alternating settings between pulsing and rain and on Breakaway it was only the rain setting.
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It has been a rough year for charity workers desperate to maintain critical social services as demand soars and the economy sinks. Still, the people of Tampa continue to give, pouring time, funding and imagination into improving health, safety, education, our environment, the arts, and so much more. Thousands of hours and thousands of dollars changed thousands of lives, despite hardships in many corners of the community.
How did they do it? And with the economic forecast still bleak, can they do it again?
We've gathered a sampling of some dedicated fundraisers to comment on how they managed to stay in the black in 2008 and what they'll do to keep it that way in 2009. For better or for worse, change has been this year's catchall, but much gratitude is due for the steady efforts of changemakers like these who strengthen community ties now dearer than ever. — Amy Scherzer
"We knew last summer it was going to be a hard year, and we expected it to be tough getting sponsors and guests. The economy was a black cloud over everyone. People were fearful, but they knew they were going to give a certain amount anyway. They just waited until the last minute. All organizations had to cut expenses to compensate. For instance, at the Broadway Ball we raised the same amount of money (as 2007) with 200 less people."
McIver Berner, Broadway Ball committee member
"All business has been impacted by economic conditions, even the business of raising charitable dollars. Our goal at Pepin Hospitality Centre was to try to raise $3- to $4-million by making the room and food available to charities at cost. Our theory is without that, some of these events would not have happened.
"Looks like we raised $1.7-million, as all events struggled in attendance. People are cutting back on what they spend, unfortunately cutting back on those that need it the most.
"We're going to reinvent the banquet experience at our second annual Valentine's Day event for Pepin Heart Hospital. We're going to debut the "silent" live auction with no announcements, no disruption of your dinner. You'll see all the items on a video screen. You wave someone over, tell them your bid and it will change on the screen."
Tom Pepin, CEO, Pepin Distributing Co.; president, Pepin Hospitality Centre
"There are challenges this year, and anyone who says there are not is incorrect. It's not been great for everyone, but it was for Cattle Barons.' We raised $425,000 for the American Cancer Society, and we're staying with that goal again this year (March 7), our 12th year.
"We have a new venue, still at the Port Authority, but at Cruise Terminal 6 on the ground level and waterfront. We have new headline entertainment. But I always say, it's not about the party. Our donors are loyal to the cause, and they know we're good stewards of the money."
Gloria Giunta, founder, Tampa Bay Cattle Barons' Ball; volunteer ambassador Florida division
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Sen. Gordon L. Allott, of Colorado, chairman of the Republican Senate Policy Committee, today became the 19th Senator to support a resolution calling on the Soviet Government to permit Jews to emigrate from the USSR. The resolution, introduced by Sen. William E. Brock (R., Tenn.), also asks the State Department to protest in the United Nations against Soviet transgression of the Declaration of Human Rights. "The monstrous persecution of Jews under the Third Reich should have taught us that world opinion must be obliged early and energetically on behalf of minorities suffering at the hands of a despotic government and that such minorities must be granted the right to emigrate," Allott said. He suggested that freedom of mobility be added to the "Four Freedoms" proclaimed at the outset of World War II. "It is altogether proper for the U.S., a nation of immigrants, to affirm this point on behalf of the oppressed Jews of the Soviet Union." the senator said.


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I was asked to talk, in this paper, about minority ethnic groups in Ireland. This presented a number of problems for me. Firstly, it was not stated clearly which specific ethnic groups my paper should target. I wondered whether it would not have been a better idea to ask me to talk about racism in Irish society! Secondly, I was afraid, given the connotations which often accompany terms like 'ethnic minority', that it could strengthen the assumption that it is the presence of the 'minority groups' that brings racism into Ireland or elsewhere. Thirdly, most of the time when we talk about minority ethnic groups, we encounter ideas of multiculturalism. We try to find solutions, such as suggesting that members of different ethnic groups learn about each other's culture. There is nothing wrong with learning from other cultures. However, learning about other cultures is not the same as learning about our own racism. If we are going to compare our cultures objectively, we must first know our own racism. Fourthly, I am afraid that ethnicity creates images of racial disadvantages and racial prejudice to such an extent that it dilutes the necessity of addressing institutional racism. It takes away the "objective facts of institutional racism and makes them subjective".1 This leads to the belief that what we have to tackle is not the system, is not power, is not the immigration laws and officers, but instead puts the emphasis on changing people's attitudes.2
This paper has two parts. In the first part, I will try to analyse the position of minority groups in Ireland. In the second part I will highlight the lack of representation of black achievers, which has contributed to racism against them. For the purpose of this paper, minority groups refers to black people, i.e. Africans, Asians, Caribbeans.
In discussing minority ethnic groups, one of the first questions one could ask is: Are there any minority ethnic groups in Ireland? The answer is simple: yes, there is a diversity of ethnic minorities in Ireland. These include the Travelling community (21,000), which is the largest; Africans, Asians and people from the Caribbean (20,000); the Jewish community (3,000), (some of whom have migrated, mainly to the United States of America); asylum seekers and refugees.3 According to the statistics of the Department of Justice, Immigration and Citizenship Division, there are 33,000 legally registered foreigners living in Ireland in 1995.4
When one asks me to outline the position of minority ethnic groups in Ireland, to me it is the same as asking whether racism exists in Ireland or not! This is the question I have been facing for the six years that I have been in Ireland. In most cases, black people in Ireland, including myself, find this question a very difficult one. Usually the person who asks this question is primarily interested in daily experiences of prejudice. Most often the question does not extend to exploring the manifestation of racism at deeper levels. These shortcomings make the victim give a simple answer, like "yes" or "no". Most often the answer given is "no". However, this answer does not justify the notion that Ireland is free from racism.
The above paragraph gives some illustration of how difficult it is to analyse Irish racism. It is important to note that to some extent, the Irish people and the foreigners share a joint responsibility for this misrepresention of the Irish position. McVeigh noted that some black people are adverse to admitting that Irish racism exists because of the Irish tradition of internationalism and anti-imperialism. He suggests that the reason for this hesitancy is that they are afraid of threatening the Irish tradition of anti-imperialistic alliances.5
The issue of Irish racism is further complicated by a number of factors. Firstly, Irish racism is usually analysed in comparison to other European countries where minority groups form a much higher proportion of the population than in Ireland. Though minority groups do face fascism in Ireland, such comparisons have the effect of curtailing the extent to which Irish racism can become visible. Secondly, the fact that most members of minority groups are in Ireland on a temporary basis (e.g. as students, tourists, or on fixed term job appointments), means that it is more difficult for Irish people to identify them as a threat to their society. Finally, wide-spread generalisations about the overt friendliness of the Irish towards foreigners overshadows any impression of insecurity and fear in the presence of foreigners. In order to identify xenophobia and racism in Irish society one needs to go beyond this shallow or superficial impression of openness.
It has been noted above that the number of minority ethnic groups in Ireland is limited. Despite this limitation, however, there are a number of cases where incidents of racial attacks and discrimination have been reported. For instance, "repeated attacks on Jewish shops in Dublin's south inner city in 1986; a group of travelling people were barred from participating in an anti-racism meeting in a Dublin hotel in September 1987; in November 1987, a Moroccan, his Irish wife and their daughter started suffering from physical and verbal abuse in December the same year, a black man, his Irish wife and three children began experiencing a similar, but more violent ordeal ".6 Considering these cases, Irish racism could be viewed from two angles: 'everyday racism' and 'state engineered racism'.
Everyday racism refers to experiences of day-to-day discrimination in accommodation, buses, night clubs, pubs, restaurants, etc. It is obvious that racism on this level does exist in Ireland. A number of black people have reported facing racially inspired verbal abuse on the streets, including myself. A lot of black people face nightmares in house hunting. As Jose Fernandez7 reports many black people, especially males, face difficulties in getting accommodation. This finding is backed up by a Harmony study which noted that 24% of Irish people surveyed claimed that "people of a different race or colour should live in separate districts".8 One could correctly say that this is a relatively small proportion of Irish society taken as a whole, yet on the other hand one could also argue that this is a microcosm reflecting all the major features at all levels of Irish racism.
Gary Quinn of the Irish Refugee Council9 reports that: "We are getting more and more reports from people who have been attacked because of their skin colour.. and the frequency of these attacks is beginning to erode the myth that racism does not exist in this country". One could easily view these incidents in isolation and thus misjudge the general Irish attitude towards foreigners. To underline this, one could quote from the Report of the European Parliament.10It stated that: "it is precisely because of the insignificant foreign population (that) the few cases this report... mention(s) are indicative of some racism and xenophobia, which could reach more dangerous levels if there were more foreigners, in particular, non-Europeans".
State engineered racism refers to acts of racism which are perpetrated by state legislation, society's organisation and institutionalised frames of mind. The institutionalisation of structures that stimulate racism may be achieved consciously or unconsciously. This type of racism manifests itself by the fact that it does not leave room for the realisation of rights by non-whites. Neither can non-whites expect protection in such a system, nor does it encourage avenues for their protection outside the formal protection of all citizens.
So far, I have tried to give an overview of the position of minority groups in Ireland. However, I feel the urge to go a little bit further, because my own experience makes me believe that what I have presented so far is not the primary issue in the whole discourse on racism in Ireland or elsewhere. It is the case that racism has been there for centuries. Racism had been the ideology of the colonial powers - racism as a reflection of their new consciousness of power and as a justification for their claim to world domination. I believe, however, that it was academia that gave racism a theoretical formulation and a scientific basis and thus its modern currency. One could mention, for instance, the anthropologists who pioneered studies in Third World countries and, applying evolutionary theories, identified the so-called 'primitive societies'. Among these academics were the Germans Blumenbach and Meiners; the French Gobineau and Virey; the Dutch Camper and Lavater and, in the English-speaking world, the famous Malinowski and Radcliff Brown. These academics not only invented the concept of 'race', but they also imposed a scale on human kind according to which, of course, blacks were at the bottom and whites at the top. Blumenbach started the practice of creating a hierarchy of the 'races' from an aesthetic point of view, and this was then refined to the method of skull comparison whereby a standard of bodily beauty was established. It was these academics, the first to place racism on a scientific footing in the academic world, who gave currency to the expressions "beautiful and white", as against "ugly and black".11
One could argue that all these are old fairy tales. However, these old stories are being revitalised in our present day. A current example could be seen in what is happening in the University of Ulster. John Connolly, in an article entitled "Of Race and Right" in the Irish Times,12 gave a detailed account of how a Professor of Psychology in the University of Ulster, Richard Lynn, has been receiving funds from the Pioneer Fund. Connolly noted that the Pioneer Fund was established in 1936 by Harry Laughlin and Frederick Osborn, two American scientists with suitable Nazi credentials. According to Connolly, the main concern of the Pioneer Fund is to "encourage research into race and, in particular, into eugenics" (the study of race improvement by selective breeding). Connolly goes further to highlight that the main interest of the Pioneer Fund was and probably still is the "...improvement of the white race...". The article reported that Professor Richard Lynn has already received a total of $325,000 from this fund and this has been going on since the early 1990s. It can be assumed that Professor Lynn is well aware of the nature and philosophy of the Pioneer Fund. If this is true, it is indeed a bad reflection on the academic world. This is one incident which has come to light. One could wonder what else is happening of which we are unaware.
The above discussion has given hints as to how academia has been part and parcel of the project that Garvey13 described as follows: "whites have tried to rob the Black man of his proud past... Blacks have a beautiful history of their own and none of any other race can truly write it but themselves". The achievements of blacks in world development have been made invisible. For instance, the same article we have discussed above revealed that Professor Lynn is also involved with an anthropology journal called Mankind Quarterly, which once claimed that: "Pure Negroid blood never evinced highly intelligent abilities" and that no black nation had made any worthwhile contribution to the life of man in over 5,000 years.14
It is this invisibility of the achievements of blacks that has fuelled racism against blacks over the centuries. Because capitalist societies only recognise achievements that can be translated into monetary terms, the portrayal of blacks as poverty stricken, criminals, etc., has led many, the Irish included, to view blacks as the burdens of history. But did you know that the inventor of the seed planter was a black man, Henry Blair in 1834; that the inventor of the multiple-effect vacuum evaporation process in 1846 was a black man, Horbert Rillieux; that the inventor of the first electric lamp with a carbon filament was a black man, Lewis Latimer (after the civil war); that the inventor of the shoe lasting machine in 1891 was a black man, Jan Matzeliger; that the inventor of the automatic lubricator for use on locomotive engines in 1872 was a black man, Elijah McCoy; that the inventor of a belt fastener for sewing machine in 1921 was a black man, Garret Morgan, who also invented the smoke inhalator in 1914 and in 1923 the automatic traffic light.15 Academics have made their achievements invisible and hence themselves too.
The history of the world is continually being rewritten to exclude all black achievements. Ancient Egyptians are constantly portrayed as whites, but anyone who has visited the tombs of the Pharaohs and Queens of Egypt will clearly see that many were black, including the most famous Cleopatra. Academia has made all this invisible.
Academia could play an important role in raising awareness of racism, but if we examine the course curricula in Irish colleges, we find that racism is hardly targeted at all. In UCC, for instance, only the departments of Adult Education and Applied Social Studies offer full courses on racism. However, in both departments they are offered as optional courses, with the result that the proportion of students attending these courses is, relatively speaking, very small. Gender studies, by contrast, have been promoted, both world-wide and in Ireland. Sexist language has been reduced or, at least, people are more cautious and try to be more gender neutral. With respect to language which is biased against blacks, however, nothing has been done to bring about change. Whereas 'chairman' has changed to 'chairperson' in politically correct circles, expressions such as blackmail, black market, black day, black Friday, etc., remain firmly entrenched. One can argue that, surely, users of such terminologies do not intend black people, and that only a paranoid person would make such an association. I beg to disagree. If it was important to change sexist language because of the connotations it carries, I believe the same should apply to 'black' terminologies. The academia in Ireland has done little or nothing to bring this to the level of reflection and discourse.
Even using the terms racism, racist, etc., does injustice, in that it perpetuates the harm that is inflicted on the victims and reduces the gravity of the misdeeds of the perpetrators. When black people have attacked white people, it has been referred to as 'barbaric', 'animalistic', 'irrational', 'unintelligent', among other things. For example, in some parts of Africa the first contact with Europeans was greeted with violence by the Africans. The Europeans interpreted this as animalistic because only an animal attacks what it is not used to. On the other hand, for over 200 years, Europeans have attacked blacks. This has been called racism, but not 'animalistic', 'barbaric', 'irrational' and 'unintelligent'. With every incident, well-wishers claim that more interracial understanding will end discriminations. This is an issue which could be highlighted by academics. Perhaps people who perpetrate racism would be less inclined to do so if they knew that their behaviour would be seen as animalistic, barbaric, irrational and unintelligent.
Census of Population of Ireland; Stationery Office; Dublin; 1991.
Curriculum Development Project Steering Group (ed.), Setting the Context for Change; Northern Curriculum Development Project; Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work; Leeds; 1991.
European Parliament Report, Committee of Inquiry On Racism and Xenophobia; European Communities; Luxembourg; 1991.
Fernandez, Jose, Irish Racism: perceptions of the Problem by Travellers and Non-white Groups in Ireland; Unpublished Thesis; UCC; Cork; 1994.
Garvey, Marcus, 'Black History' in Introduction to Black Studies, 2nd Edition, Kalenga Maulana (ed.); The University of Sankore Press; Los Angeles; 1993.
Geiss, Emanuel, Geschichte des Rassismus; Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt; 1988.
Harmony, Racial Discrimination in Ireland: Realities and Remedies; Harmony; Dublin; 1990.
McVeigh, R., 'The Specificity of Irish Racism' in Race and Class; Vol. 33;4; 1992.
Quinn,Gary, Irish Refugee Council; 1996.
The Irish Times, 6th December, 1994.
1: Curriculum Development Project Steering Group (ed.), Setting the Context for Change; Northern Curriculum Development Project; Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work; Leeds; 1991. P.42.Return to Main Text
2: Ibid.Return to Main Text
3: R. McVeigh, "The Specificity of Irish Racism" in Race and Class; Vol. 33; 4; 1992. P 33.Return to Main Text
4: Census of Population of Ireland; Stationery Office; Dublin; 1991.Return to Main Text
5: R. McVeigh, op. cit.Return to Main Text
6: Harmony, Racial Discrimination in Ireland: Realities and Remedies; Harmony; Dublin; 1990.Return to Main Text
7: Jose Fernandez, Irish Racism: perceptions of the Problem by Travellers and Non-white Groups in Ireland; Unpublished Thesis; UCC; Cork; 1994.Return to Main Text
8: Harmony, op. cit. P.2.Return to Main Text
9: Gary Quinn, Irish Refugee Council; 1996.Return to Main Text
10: European Parliament Report, Committee of Inquiry On Racism and Xenophobia; European Communities; Luxembourg; 1991.Return to Main Text
11: Emanuel Geiss, Geschichte des Rassismus; Suhrkamp Verlag; Frankfurt; 1988.Return to Main Text
12: The Irish Times; 6th December, 1994.Return to Main Text
13: Marcus Garvey, "Black History" in Introduction to Black Studies, 2nd Edition, Kalenga Maulana (ed.); The University of Sankore Press; Los Angeles; 1993. P. 160.Return to Main Text
14: The Irish Times; 6 December, 1994.Return to Main Text
15: Kalenga Maulana, op. cit. PP. 160-163. Return to Main Text


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Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 21, 2014
The earth is warming up, the glaciers are shrinking. However, not all meltwater is causing sea-level rise as feared. In Tibet, as measurements taken by an international team of researchers including the University of Zurich reveal, a significant proportion of the meltwater remains on land.
The consequences are, however, equally negative: it can cause lakes without an outlet to overflow and flood valuable pastureland.
Glaciers are important indicators of climate change. Global warming causes mountain glaciers to melt, which, apart from the shrinking of the Greenlandic and Antarctic ice sheets, is regarded as one of the main causes of the present global sea-level rise.
Tibet's glaciers are also losing mass clearly, as scientists from the universities of Zurich, Tubingen and Dresden reveal using satellite-based laser measurements.
Over the last decade, the research team has detected a "clear loss in mass of around 16 gigatons a year in around 80 percent of the Tibetan glaciers," says Tobias Bolch, a glaciologist from the University of Zurich involved in the study - that's more than four times the volume of water in Lake Zurich and around six percent of the total loss in mass of all the glaciers on Earth.
Some glaciers in Tibet are growing
While the glaciers in the monsoon-influenced southern and eastern part of the plateau have melted significantly, the scientists recorded a neutral or even slightly positive result in the continental central and north-western area of the country.
Nonetheless, as Bolch notes, "On average, the entire region is clearly characterized by a loss in mass."
At a first glance, the evidence that not all of the meltwater flows into the ocean via the large Asian currents and causes the sea level to rise seems positive.
"However, flooding is still a problem," says Bolch. After all, a large proportion of the melt - around two gigatons a year, as scientists have quantified for the first time - flows into lakes without an outlet on the plateau, causing them to burst their banks. "In many regions, this means that valuable pasture areas become submerged," explains the glaciologist.
Precise results thanks to a combined measuring technique
For their study, the international team of researchers evaluated satellite-based laser measurements of the glacier surfaces on the Tibetan Plateau between 2003 and 2009.
"Thanks to these measurements, we were able to gauge the temporal changes of the glacier heights and - combined with a detailed glacier inventory - changes in mass of the glaciers in Tibet, which are extremely difficult to access," say Tubingen scientists Niklas Neckel and Jan Kropacek, explaining the measuring technique.
The results now published in Environmental Research Letters seem to contradict the data from a satellite mission based on other measuring methods, which indicates a slight increase in mass in the glacier ice for an almost identical period of time.
For Bolch, the different measurement values depend on the amounts of meltwater that remain on the plateau and do not flow away into the sea - and which his team has now managed to measure accurately for the first time. He attributes the data from the other studies that points to glacial growth more to other influences on the calculations - such as an increase in rainfall.
Niklas Neckel, Jan Kropacek, Tobias Bolch and Volker Hochschild. Glacier mass changes on the Tibetan Plateau 2003 - 2009 derived from ICESat laser altimetry measurements. Environmental Research Letters. January 16, 2014
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Regenerated Fibre Bragg Gratings have the potential for high-temperature monitoring. In this paper, the inscription of Fibre Bragg Gratings (FBGs) and the later regeneration process to obtain Regenerated Fiber Bragg Gratings (RFBGs) in high-birefringence optical fiber is reported. The obtained RFBGs show two Bragg resonances corresponding to the slow and fast axis that are characterized in temperature terms. As the temperature increases the separation between the two Bragg resonances is reduced, which can be used for low cost interrogation. The proposed interrogation setup is based in the use of optical filters in order to convert the wavelength shift of each of the Bragg resonances into optical power changes. The design of the optical filters is also studied in this article. In first place, the ideal filter is calculated using a recursive method and defining the boundary conditions. This ideal filter linearizes the output of the interrogation setup but is limited by the large wavelength shift of the RFBG with temperature and the maximum attenuation. The response of modal interferometers as optical filters is also analyzed. They can be easily tuned shifting the optical spectrum. The output of the proposed interrogation scheme is simulated in these conditions improving the sensitivity.
Optical fibre sensors offer a good performance under extreme conditions because they have small dimensions and low weight, they are immune to electromagnetic interference, chemically inert and spark free [
In this paper the fabrication of RFBGs in high-birefringence optical fibres is shown. The optical spectrum shows two resonances corresponding to the fast and slow polarizations which show a different wavelength shift with temperature. This effect is going to be used to reduce the complexity and cost of the interrogation of the high-temperature sensor. The proposed interrogation setup is based on the use of optical filters in order to convert the wavelength shifts of each of the polarizations into changes in the optical power. The optical filters have a significant influence in the output of the interrogation setup and their design is also addressed. The paper is organized as follows: Section 2 details the fabrication process of the RFBG in high-birefringence optical fibre. Section 3 presents the proposed interrogation setup and the design of the ideal filter. In Section 4, the use of modal interferometers as the optical filters is discussed. Finally, concluding remarks are provided.
A Fibercore HB1500T high-birefringence optical fibre is used. The core of the optical fibre is flanked by areas of high-expansion, boron-doped glass that shrink-back more than the surrounding silica as the fibre is drawn and freeze the core in tension. This tension induces birefringence and when a FBG is inscribed originates two grating peaks at different wavelength for the slow and fast axis. The difference in the thermal expansion coefficient of the boron-doped areas makes that the wavelength separation of the two Bragg resonances changes with temperature.
In order to be able to measure high-temperatures a RFBG is needed. In first place the optical fibre is introduced in a hydrogen loading chamber. The seed FBGs is then inscribed in the optical fibre using an argon-ion frequency doubled laser at 244 nm and a phase mask technique. Finally, the FBG is introduced in a tubular oven and a high-temperature annealing is performed. The optical spectrum is continuously monitored using during the annealing process by a Micron Optics SM125 FBG interrogator.
The wavelength shift of the two resonances in the RFBG is characterized using temperature cycles. These characterization cycles use three concatenated temperature cycles that follows the same heating scheme of the regeneration process previously described. Nonetheless, in contrast with the regeneration process, between two consecutive temperature cycles the temperature is left to drop only down to 300 °C avoiding the long period of time needed to cool down the oven to ambient temperature. For temperatures higher than 800 °C the birefringence is smaller and is no longer possible to distinguish the two resonances with the instrumentation used and only one resonance is observed. The results and the fitting with a fifth order polynomial are shown in
In order to reduce the cost of the sensor interrogation, the scheme that is shown in
The response of the interrogation scheme can be tuned designing the optical spectrum of the optical filters. Standard optical edge filters can be used. In this case the output of the interrogation setup would show a non-lineal response, according to the temperature characterization, requiring a later electronic compensation. Alternately, signal processing can be performed optically designing and implementing the optical edge filter [
The use of highly tunable filters permits the use of the same optical filter for both polarizations. Tuning one of the optical filters allows one to change the output of the interrogation setup improving the sensitivity of the interrogation setup. Using the interrogation setup proposed previously, the use of modal interferometers as optical filters is discussed. The spectra of modal interferometers show a periodic response that can be modelled as a sinusoidal response [
The output of the interrogation setup is simulated using the measured optical spectra of the modal interferometer and the RFBG. As a result of the small separation of the two Bragg resonances the performance of the interrogation setup can be improved introducing a wavelength shift between the two optical filters. This wavelength shift is equivalent to introduce a phase shift in the sinusoidal optical spectrum of the modal interferometers. It is worth to mention that, because of the periodic response of the modal interferometers, the unambiguous range is reduced at the same time.
Using the modal interferometers the linear range obtained is limited by the period of the modal interferometer and the relative phase difference. The sensitivity, which is determined by the slope of the output of the interrogation setup, depends on the relative phase difference. The linear range can also be tuned applying the same wavelength shift to both optical filters.
The fabrication and characterization of regenerated fiber Bragg gratings in high-birefringence optical fiber for use in high-temperature applications has been shown. The optical spectrum shows two Bragg resonances for the slow and fast polarizations. The separation of the two Bragg resonances can be used to reduce the cost of an interrogation unit using optical filters to convert the wavelength shifts into optical power changes. The spectral response of the optical filter has been studied. The ideal filter which linearizes the output of the interrogation setup has been obtained but the sensitivity is limited by the large wavelength shift of the RFBG and the maximum attenuation of the filter. To avoid the limitations of the ideal optical filter the output of the interrogation setup is studied using modal interferometers. Modal interferometers are highly tunable devices which optical spectrum can be easily shifted by temperature or strain. Due to the periodic response of the modal interferometers the output of the interrogation setup is also periodic with a quasi linear response in a limited range. The range and slope of the interrogation setup can be tuned by modifying the phase difference between the modal interferometers.
The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Infraestructura FEDER UPVOV08-3E-008, FEDER UPVOV10-3E-492, the Spanish MCINN through the project TEC2011-29120-C05-05 and the Valencia Government through the Ayuda Complementaria ACOMP/2013/146. The authors also acknowledge the collaboration of Alvarez from Fibercore for providing the high birefringence optical fiber.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Proposed interrogation setup. ASE stands for Amplified Spontaneous Emission and PD for Photodiode.


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Published: Wednesday 24th September 2014Elizabeth dos Santos Braga will be discussing the theoretical and methodological aspects concerning a research project she has worked on in a public school in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Entitled 'Experience narratives about a school and a community: the tense intertwining of the collective and discursive memory,' the aims of the project are;
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2) To reflect upon the production of narratives of practices, trying to grasp in the accounts constitutive elements of a collective and discursive memory.
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