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Free Education Debate: A Tale of Two Contrasting Characters
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The NPP free SHS Education Debate: A Tale of Two Contrasting Characters
10 November 2012
The NPP's free SHS education policy has generated more intense public debate than any other single issue in this year's campaign. Some interest groups have gone as far as to come up with their own calculations, including student numbers, classrooms, dormitories, science laboratories, ICT facilities, etc, and their total cost, to support their respective positions. Yet, on close examination, one sees very little substantive difference between the NPP position and that of the NDC.
The only difference is its timing. NPP want their programme rolled out in 2013. The NDC believe it should start in 2016. So, is all the fuss much ado about nothing?
Ghana has been independent for 55 good years now. Frankly, three years either way hardly justifies the hue and cry over timing. Practical common sense tells me that if it is manpower development we are after, it is far more important, indeed urgent, first to train the thousands of unemployable university graduates roaming the streets looking for non-existent white-collar jobs to acquire skills that would equip them better to compete in both the public and the private sector job market or to become self-employed. Instead, we expend so much time and energy on this free SHS education issue simply because it is a populist agenda and potentially votes winner.
It is extraordinary that as a nation, we never fail to get our priorities wrong. Why?
Nevertheless, the free SHS education debate has one important value, but not in education. Wittingly or unwittingly, it has exposed some character or personality traits of the two front-runners in this election.
It raises a question about the kind of person Ghana should have as its president. Nana Akufo-Addo comes across as arrogant, condescending, opportunistic and overly combative; a man who has no qualms hitting below the belt to ridicule and embarrass the President. President Mahama, on the other hand, comes across as the complete opposite. He looks principled, arguing his viewpoint solely on its merits without personalizing the issue.
One can cite two instances at least in this debate when Nana Akufo-Addo revealed those character traits. During a rally in Kumasi officially to introduce the NPP parliamentary candidate, Mrs Patricia Appiagyei, Nana Addo told his audience that "ironically, President John Mahama Dramani Mahama benefitted from the free SHS concept introduced by the late Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah for the people of northern descent" and wondered why the President would oppose it now. He went on to elaborate saying that, as a young man, the President took advantage of the free SHS education for the "Northerners" at a time when his father, who was then a government minister, could have afforded to pay for his education (Ghanaweb 11 October 2012). Nana Addo similarly attacked the President at another rally at Drobo in Jaman South District, in the Brong-Ahafo Region, saying derisively: "some leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who had benefited from free SHS education some years ago continued to sabotage [his] realistic policy" (Ghanaweb, 14 October 2012).
As a class, politicians are like a chameleon. They change their colour to suit any environment that best serves their political ambitions. In short, they are prone to being opportunistic, and Nana Akufo-Addo is no exception to this rule, at least in so far as his free SHS education policy and the ensuing debate are concerned. Let me explain. The NPP is a re-incarnation of the UP, a party whose ideologies were diametrically opposed to those of Kwame Nkrumah.
Today, NPP still invokes UP's philosophy as their guiding ideological torch, as former president John Kufour did at the first IEA debate. Nana Addo's forebears hated Kwame Nkrumah and his vision for transforming Ghana into a modern developed country with passion. Such was their aversion to the man that they even plotted to assassinate him.
Yet today Nana Addo stands on a political platform not only to extol the virtue and wisdom of Nkrumah's free education for the North. He goes overboard to embrace it as the blue print for the whole of Ghana! He has no reluctance addressing Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as "Osagyefo", appellation UP loathed and treated with utmost contempt. This is an NPP u-turn of seismic proportions.
Dr Kwame Nkrumah and Nana Addo's forebears must be turning in their grave for different reasons, of course! Is Nana Addo now a true convert to Nkrumahism or is he wearing Kwame Nkrumah's borrowed robes just to cash in on his "socialist" agenda to win votes?
I just wonder whether it is intellectually honest for Nana Addo to take Kwame Nkrumah's free SHS education policy for the people of Northern Ghana out of its historical context and use it to mount a personal attack on president Mahama.
Until Ghana's independence in 1957, the only development that the British Colonial Government brought to the Northern Territory, as that geographical region was formerly called, was to plant the Union Jack there! Other than that, they showed little interest in the region, probably because it had no raw materials of commercial interest to them.
The Colonial Government rather focussed their development, the little that they did, in Ashanti and the Colony, which together I term the "South". The South has two advantages for them: rich natural resources, such as gold, diamond, cocoa, timber, and access to the sea.
Consequently, the Colonial Government made no meaningful development efforts in the North, including establishing schools. There were no Achimotas there.
The few educational institutions the North had were built and supported mostly by White Fathers Missionary Society. The people of the North were poor and were left to fester in their poverty, which explains the mass migrations from the North to the South.
In fact, the Northners were treated both by the British Colonial government and the rich in the South as hewers of coal and drawers of water. (For example, the Northners could not enrol in then General Police class, which required Standard 7 Certificate, plus examination, plus interview. The Northners could only qualify for lower or menial class of "Escort Police".
I it was Kwame Nkrumah who abolished that class distinction in the Ghana police force.) During all that time Nana Akufo-Addo's forebears and their children were being educated at prestigious ancient and expensive universities, in the United Kingdom, such as London, Oxford and Cambridge.
That was by and large the state of education in the North Dr. Kwame Nkrumah inherited. He found the situation abhorrent and immediately set out to change it. For him, the issue was one of uncompromising principle. The North was part of independent Ghana and it should not be allowed to lag behind the South.
That was the reason why he initiated accelerated programme of school construction, including secondary schools, and the introduction of his free SHS education policy for the North. President Mahama hails from there and benefitted from Kwame Nkrumah's free SHS education policy designed for that region.
That being the case, one fails to see any reason why Nana Addo should use that as a stick to beat Mr. Mahama with, unless his strategy is to embarrass him.
It is important to remember that the problem that Kwame Nkrumah sought to address is not the same as or even remotely similar to the one that Nana Addo now wants to implement. Nana Addo argues that president Mahama's father, being a government minister, could have afforded his son's school fees at any SHS in the South but chose to take advantage of Kwame Nkrumah's free education for the North.
That line of argument or attack can only be designed to paint a picture of president Mahama (or his father) as a scrounger for free education for himself whilst he denies the same free education for others now.
I wish to make two observations regarding that line of argument. First, during Kwame Nkrumah's time, any Ghanaian form-five student who passed the Sixth-Form Entrance Examination automatically received a scholarship (free tuition, board and lodging, books and some pocket-money) for the two years, irrespective of the financial circumstance of parents.
Now, I presume Nana Addo attended sixth-form in Ghana. His father was a well-to-do man and could afford to pay his sixth-form fees. Did Nana Akufo-Addo's father pay his fees? If he did not, then Nana Addo owes Ghanaian voters an explanation as to why he himself took advantage of Kwame Nkrumah's free sixth-form education, whilst he accuses the President of doing the same in not so dissimilar circumstances.
Otherwise, Nana Addo is no holier than Mahama. Second, the President's father might have reasons other than money for sending young son John back to the North to continue his education there. He might have wanted his son to grow up in his own social and cultural milieu, to experience at first hand the realities of life of his own people, as part of his son's overall development.
That vision should be praised, not censured. Most parents who insist on their children attending a particular school or schools in a particular locality do so for a variety of reasons. Therefore, it seems to me arrogant and presumptuous on the part of outsiders to impugn their motives, as Nana Addo has done in this free SHS education debate.
It is crucial in this debate always to remember that the poor state of educational development in the North that Kwame Nkrumah sought to rectify differed vastly from the present situation. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's objective was to address a problem or an anomaly, specific to the North; no more than that.
Nana Addo and his supporters of free SHS education also argue that in any event that is provided for in our Constitution. That is very true. But there are many other pressing, if not more pressing, provisions of our Constitution, e.g. fighting corruption, that are not being implemented satisfactorily.
In an election that is expected to be tight, the contrasting personalities or characters of Nana Akufo-Addo and President John Mahama may very well decide which of those two gentlemen should be preferred as president.
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S.F. Zinefest (August 22-23) – A quick chat with Francois
As you know, the totally kickass and wonderful San Francisco Zinefest 2009 is happening August 22-23. Do sign up and check out the workshops! There's a gorgeous poster by Andy Hartzell, whose comic Fox Bunny Funny is so brilliant and deep that it brings tears to your eyes.
S.F. Zinefest is still accepting reservations for table space, and it's free to simply attend the event. They're also still looking for workshop and panel speakers… there's a discount if you teach a class! Get in touch as soon as possible.
We took some time to chat with Francois…
Describe your very favorite moment from last year's zine fest
My favorite thing about the Fest is that it brings some of my favorite out-of-town comics pals into town for the weekend. Last year, my girlfriend Hannah and I hosted Jesse Reklaw, Vanessa Davis, and Trevor Alixopulos for the weekend, it was awesome! We have a pretty little apartment, and we had just gotten our new cat, who's insane. He tried to kill Vanessa by knocking a potted plant onto her head! Yikes!
What are the biggest challenges this year?
Definitely the two biggest chalanges every year are is getting enough money pulled together, and getting enough volunteers to help us with running the show. But we definitely have more help this year than ever before, so that is wonderful. It would be really cool if we could get some folks to help out during the actual Fest, from manning the info table to helping our workshop instructors run their classes, there's a lot to do!
Is anything particularly different this year with the Zinefest?
One little thing that I,m excited about is that this year our posters will be extra-fancy: Aaron Cohick of New Lights Press and Hello! Lucky will be letterpress printing our Special Guest Andy Hartzell's awesome zine love-in design! We will be selling them at the Fest and online to help raise money for the show; they are going to be really, really nice.
Tell us about the Nature Walk.
Ah yes, the Nature Walk! People are always like "What's that got to do with zines?" I am a bit of a bird watcher, and since the Zine Fest takes place in Golden Gate Park, right next to the Arboretum, I was inspired to host a little informal nature walk. It meets before the Fest starts, about 9:00 am (there are more birds earlier in the morning, but I figure that it's hard for people to get up that early, including me!) My good friend (and far greater bird and nature expert) Jeanne Marie Acceturo leads it with me. I guess that I want to inspire people to spend some time looking at the natural world around them, and maybe keep a nature journal. I've got a zine I'm bringing out for the Fest that's called Bird Brain, it's all the notes and sketches I make about the birds and other animals I see, both when I'm out camping and also what I see in the city. It's just another source of inspiration!
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When Steven Choi delivers a speech, he rarely ad libs or strays from the bulleted script on the teleprompters before him.
Even in casual conversation, he talks at a measured pace, pausing before each word or phrase as he thinks his way carefully through his sentences.
The immaculately combed hair, steady smile and purposeful presentations at City Council meetings – all are the meticulous movements of the mayor of Irvine.
But for a man so intentional, a surprising amount of his success came from the inexplicable whims of something, or someone, greater.
Choi never planned his rise to the dais, his first seat on the Irvine Unified School District board or even his move to the United States from South Korea. That, he'll say, was all God's plan.
Read on to learn more about the man in the mayoral seat.
Steven Choi could've missed the announcement on the radio just after he'd woken up. He could've gone to the bathroom or back to sleep.
That fateful morning more than 45 years ago, Choi had recently been discharged from military service in the South Korean Army. He hadn't gone back to school yet but dreamed of becoming a reporter in Korea.
The radio announcement said they were looking for people to teach Korean to Peace Corps members in the United States.
He hopped on a bus to city hall and filled out the application, along with 850 others. A written exam narrowed that pool to 25. After an oral exam and a one-month teaching program, Choi was one of 18 teachers sent overseas.
"It didn't happen accidentally," he said. "I don't believe in accidentally."
It's hard to imagine Choi today taking such a spontaneous leap of faith. Today's Choi waxes verbose when opining from the dais, but when asked how he got there, he grows quiet for a moment.
He doesn't like to talk about his faith publicly. His deeds, he says, will speak more loudly.
"If you are Christian, you will understand what I say, but non-Christians may hear it as a cliche or something crazy," he said.
God, he says, has a purpose for him. Choi has faced many forks in the road where he easily could have failed, he said. But God herded him down a certain path, and all those turns in the road led him here, to Irvine.
The year is 1998, and Choi and his wife, Janie, have lived in Irvine for five years. The couple runs tutoring centers in town.
Friends have been pressuring him for a few years to run for the Irvine Unified School District Board. He politely declines. He's too busy with Dr. Choi's Academy.
Then, two seats open up on the School Board. A teacher at his academy tells him no one has applied yet. The odds are tempting. He's the first to submit his papers. By closing day, 10 people have filed, including one incumbent. Nine candidates are vying for one seat, effectively.
Choi's a newcomer to the city, has no public service experience, speaks less-than-ideal English and is the only non-white candidate. His wife tells him to cancel it.
He returns to the registrar's office and retracts his 250-word candidate statement, which would have been distributed to voters, telling them who he was and what he represented.
Later, his wife will tell him she meant for him to cancel the entire campaign – not just the statement. Choi wins the seat, earning the second-most votes. It's a miracle, he says.
"So you can see, isn't it God's design?" he said. "So when you ask me, 'Why are you here? How did you get here?' – it's God's guidance."
- Known as Dr. Choi in education circles, the mayor has long been in the business of learning. Here's a quick look at his resume:
- Bachelor's degree from Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea.
- Immigrated to the United States in 1968 to teach Korean to Peace Corps members.
- Master's degree in library science from Louisiana State University.
- Doctorate in library and information science at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Taught at several universities and colleges, such as University of Southern California, UC Irvine, California State University Los Angeles, Henderson State University in Arkansas, Saddleback College and Coastline Community College.
- Founded and directs Dr. Choi's Academy, which offers tutoring in math, English, phonics, reading and SAT preparation.
- His wife Janie has run two Kumon Math and Reading Centers in Irvine since 1990.
- Served on the Irvine Unified School District board from 1998 to 2004.
When asked about his family, Steven Choi sticks to the hard facts – the ones you can find out reading the most basic of biographies.
"I have only one wife. I have only one son. I have only one daughter," he said, smiling cheekily.
Ever the proud pragmatist, he continued by running briefly through their resumes.
For 22 years, his wife Janie has run the Kumon Math and Reading Centers in Irvine. Both of their children, Daniel and Michelle, grew up in the Irvine Unified School District system.
Daniel is pursuing anesthesiology and is a fellow physician at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Wash. Michelle is an attorney at Shulman Hodges & Basin.
Choi declined to let us interview his family.
Being mayor takes up vastly more time than he thought it would, he said, and it's hard to devote energy to everything. He said he tells businesspeople interested in politics that they should make sure they can afford the time and money. He tells young people to wait.
"So far my priority has been more on doing my job than putting family first," he said.
In most circles, the black-haired man at the center of the dais is "Mr. Mayor," busily attending ceremonies, meetings, parties, festivals and fielding staff questions every day for a city of more than 200,000 people.
But in other spaces, he is Steven Seokho Choi – the man born into a farming family in South Korea, who went to college in Seoul and later served in the South Korean Army.
When he became mayor, Choi committed to representing all the residents of Irvine, his local home. But he is, in some ways, a mayor of two worlds.
Wherever his success takes him, he also always represents his childhood home and the numerous South Koreans worldwide who are watching him. And that world, underrepresented in the larger American landscape, comes with expectations to be recognized.
"It's busier because my demand comes both ways," he said. "If you are just an Irvine American with no ethnic background, then no other community will demand your time."
Four years ago, Choi founded the annual Irvine Korean Cultural Festival to celebrate Korean immigration to the United States and educate other residents. He's been pushing the City Council for weeks to elevate two South Korean cities from Friendship City to Sister City status, and finally got approval on Tuesday for one city and a trade mission to Seoul.
To keep up relationships, he attends two churches – Mariners Church and Bethel Korean Church.
South Korea's largest television station, KBS, even flew three people to the United States for 11 days just to do a documentary on him for its show "Age of Global Success."
He's well aware that he is the only non-white person on the council, and only the second Korean American on council after former Mayor Sukhee Kang. Choi knows how fleeting the attention can be.
"After we are all gone from the dais, who's going to recognize Korean American Day?" he said.
But Choi said he doesn't try to pursue any particular cultural agenda. He is, after all, mayor for every Irvine resident – not just the Koreans.
As though expecting the criticism, he said he simply tries to respond to those who call in, and if certain types of people reach out to him more than others, there's a simple explanation.
"If there's a Chinese American mayor, obviously Chinese groups will come in," he said. "I'm trying to consolidate and downplay as much as I can, but if it's beneficial for the community, then I support it."
And supporting the Korean American community, among others, is beneficial in a city where more than 65 different languages are spoken, Choi said. A better understanding of other cultures leads to stronger friendships, and those friendships lead to greater peace and harmony, he said.
But keeping up with the Korean American community is not an easy task for Choi, who has to keep up relationships with the communities in Irvine, Orange County and Los Angeles.
And when San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee invited him to an inaugural leadership forum in San Francisco for Asian Pacific Islanders, Choi struggled. Should he go network with Asian elected officials from around the country? It was a good opportunity.
He decided not to go.
"I can't do everything," he said. "And my focus is serving my community here."
Q.What is your leadership style?
A.My leadership style is very pragmatic, and trying to assess what era we are in. I want to have a big picture so that I will not be drawn into too narrow a vision while trying to build consensus among our colleagues. Ideally, if I can convince my colleagues the way I think and say, "Hey guys, we need to look at the bigger picture – what time frame we live in – and we need to look at things more globally on a macro level rather than one specific, narrow focus."
Q.What were your expectations coming in as mayor?
A.The council is made up of only five people, and all the decisions are made based upon the majority. I lived on the other side of the aisle for eight years. It was very difficult to get my voice heard, and this time, superficially, we achieved the majority. The three-member majority was more exciting to me than my mayoral position that I was elected to, so we can do things together to achieve our vision.
Q.How has that panned out in reality?
A.The first four months was a very productive time because we were in a honeymoon period. We did very important things one at a time, and we were going in the right direction. But when the honeymoon period gradually diluted among our majority, our individual styles and personalities started working within our majority. Unfortunately, to my assessment our majority is not as strong as we were and as I would like to see. Our votes are starting to split, and I hope that our majority will soon realize the days we were in the minority, how we were treated and that we could not achieve anything because of the solidarity of the opponents' side. Lately, the majority voting behavior has not demonstrated what I've seen on the old majority side, and that just breaks my heart. I'm feeling very sad about it, and I hope that I can convince them, to remind them the need for our standing together.
Q.What do you think it'll take from you to regain that solidarity?
A.It'll take some effort. I think we need to look at the bigger picture – what we wanted to accomplish. So everybody will need to realize that rather than emphasizing small, narrow areas and insisting upon individuality, we need to look at the overall. Nobody can force anybody to vote a certain way, so it is great to exercise your right when you want, but when you start doing that, you lose the focus of the original desire as a majority.
Q.Where does your pragmatism come from?
A.What made me this kind of person is I guess through lifelong philosophy, experience and inborn nature maybe. It doesn't mean that I don't dream – I do dream. But I try to make the dream practical.


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Widower accepts apology in Irish abortion case
DUBLIN (AP) -- The husband of a woman who died after being denied an abortion in an Irish hospital accepted an apology Thursday from a midwife who, when explaining why the plea was rejected, said Ireland was "a Catholic country."
The apology came during a coroner's inquest this week into the Oct. 28 death in University Hospital Galway of Savita Halappanavar, a 31-year-old Indian dentist living in the western Ireland city.
Arguments over her death have sparked large public protests on both sides of the abortion debate, and forced the government to take action to clarify when the law permits abortion to end a life-threatening pregnancy. Such practices supposedly were legalized by a 1992 Supreme Court judgment, but governments since have refused to pass backing legislation because of strong anti-abortion sentiment in this predominantly Catholic nation. Abortion rights advocates argue that this legal confusion directly contributed to Halappanavar's death.
Halappanavar was 17 weeks pregnant when, hospitalized for pain, doctors informed her that the fetus would die. As her miscarriage pains worsened over the next three days, doctors refused her pleas for a termination because they could still detect a fetal heartbeat. By the time the fetus did die, Halappanavar was suffering from blood poisoning and died of organ failure 3 1/2 days later.
The inquest, which is hearing testimony from 16 hospital staff and several external medical experts, is seeking to identify flaws in her care -- and rule whether an abortion might have saved her life.
Her widower, Praveen, in November accused hospital authorities of risking his wife's life unnecessarily in defense of Catholic anti-abortion doctrine. He said one hospital official had bluntly told him, when they protested that as Hindus they should be permitted an abortion, that they couldn't because Ireland was Catholic.
The senior midwife at the hospital, Ann Maria Burke, took the stand Wednesday. She surprised many by admitting she'd made the "Catholic country" comment and apologized directly to Praveen Halappanavar, who was present in the Galway courtroom.
"It was not said in the context to offend her. I'm sorry how it came across," Burke testified. "It does sound very bad now, but at the time I didn't mean it that way. It was the law of the land and there were two referendums where the Catholic Church was pressing the buttons."
She was referring to referendums in 1992 and 2002 on proposed amendments to the constitution, which bans abortion. In both cases, the government sought public approval for legalizing abortions only to stop a physical threat to the woman's life, but excluding a threat of suicide as reasonable grounds to grant an abortion. The Supreme Court had ruled that credible suicide threats also should be sufficient grounds. Voters on both sides of the issue rejected both measures, leaving the legality of life-saving abortions in legal limbo.
Speaking outside the courthouse, Praveen Halappanavar said he was impressed and surprised by Burke's testimony. He had expressed fears that no hospital official would admit making the remark, leaving him branded as a liar or a fantasist.
"I would like to thank her for being so honest. It (the admission) came out of the blue," he said.
Halappanavar also had his lawyers issue a statement to the court praising the emergency-room staff for their "valiant efforts" to save his wife as she fell into a coma and her organs failed.
The inquest has already heard evidence indicating that hospital staff broke accepted protocols for monitoring the health of a woman miscarrying, especially regular checks for blood poisoning and ensuring that all key staff saw the blood-test results promptly.
On Thursday lawyers detailed eight places where Savita Halappanavar's 110-page medical file had extra information added to what were supposed to be contemporaneously taken notes. Some details were added two weeks after her death.
The Galway coroner overseeing the inquest, Dr. Ciaran MacLoughlin, said he'd never seen so many retrospective entries in a patient's medical records. A lawyer representing the hospital, Declan Buckley, noted that the entries were clearly labeled by date and added to ensure the most detailed record of care decisions was presented to the court. He said there was "never any intention to mislead anyone."


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Dr. Bivik Shah grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He earned an electrical engineering degree from the University of Michigan before returning to Ohio to attend medical school at Ohio State University. Dr. Shah later joined the faculty of Ohio State University, where he was responsible for performing surgery on some of the city's most complicated burn and reconstruction cases. In addition, he has written several papers that have been published in medical journals.
Dr. Shah is actively involved in Operation Smile, which provides voluntary care to children around the world and in the United States who are born with facial deformities. Dr. Shah has been on four separate Operation Smile missions, visiting Thailand, India, Honduras, and Bolivia to provide care to children born with cleft lip and cleft palate deformities. During the Operation Smile missions, which last for one or two weeks, Dr. Shah and fellow volunteers operate for charity on about 100-150 children, providing them with new smiles and a renewed hope for the future.
Serving Dayton, Columbus, and the surrounding communities, plastic surgeon Dr. Shah is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. In addition, he is a member of several medical associations, including the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Burn Association, the Ohio State Medical Association, and the Columbus Medical Association.
About the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery
Dr. Bivik Shah started the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery, serving Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, because he wanted to create an environment in a private practice setting that left every patient satisfied and comfortable with his or her care. He strives to make his patients feel cared for and important as he attempts to meet each and every medical and personal need. If you choose us for your plastic surgery care, you can be sure that all of your wishes will be met and all your questions will be answered.
At the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery, we have created an extraordinary environment that will cater to your wants and needs. We understand that you are the most important aspect of our practice. We make the focus of our practice your satisfaction. We do this in several ways. First, we allow you all the time you need with Dr. Shah so that you have a clear understanding of options available to you and make sure all of your questions are answered thoroughly. Next, we have a staff that is very experienced in plastic surgery and knows exactly what you will be going through they excel at anticipating your needs. Our nursing staff will make sure you are fully prepared for what you will experience after surgery. Finally, your surgeon is available to you by phone, at any time day, night, weekends, or holidays to answer any questions before surgery or after. Together, the entire staff strives to make your experience the most pleasurable it can be to help your transition to the new, confident you.
Here at the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery, serving Columbus and Dayton, Ohio, it is very important to us that all of your questions are answered. We will spend as much time with you as you need to be fully comfortable with the office and procedure. It is our goal to treat you as a family member. Our staff will make every effort to make you feel welcome and relaxed by knowing your name and learning about the person you are outside of the waiting room. We will be with you through every step of your plastic surgery experience, from the initial consult to recovery. We will make sure you know everything you need to know about your procedure and what to expect after surgery is complete, and our staff will make sure all of your needs are met. All you need to do is sit back, relax, and heal.
Dr. Shah has trained extensively in plastic surgery and performs all types of procedures, including breast augmentation and breast reduction, liposuction, tummy tuck, blepharoplasty, face lift, forehead lift, BOTOX® Cosmetic, chemical peels, and body contouring after bariatric surgery. In addition, he performs cosmetic surgery after skin cancer, hand surgery and re-implantation, microvascular surgery, and skin care.
All of us here at the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery are confident you will enjoy your visit and hope you will look to us for all of your questions about plastic surgery. Columbus, Dayton, and other Ohio residents are urged to contact us today to schedule a personal consultation with Columbus plastic surgeon Dr. Shah.
Dr. Shah operates in an AAAASF certified facility. Quality of care ensures a higher standard of care including quality and excellence to patients. Call the AAAASF (American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities) at (888)545-5222 or visit their website at
Breast augmentation involving implants is one of the most common procedures performed by Dr. Bivik Shah at the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery in Ohio. Dr. Shah performs more breast augmentation surgeries using breast implants than any other surgeon in the Columbus, Ohio area.
Breast augmentation is a wonderful way to regain confidence about yourself and your body. Many women find they cannot fit into all types of clothes or swimwear due to their breast size. These women many times find that a procedure for breast augmentation with breast implants provides the self-confidence boost that they have been seeking. After breast augmentation surgery, patients find that they soon can wear all types of clothing styles because their breasts are proportional to the rest of their body. Finally, clothes will fit perfectly!
With breast lift surgery, you can have breasts that are perky, full, and firm! Breast lift (or mastopexy) surgery is one of many plastic surgery procedures performed by Dr. Bivik Shah that safely and effectively provide patients with life-changing results.
Many women find that their breasts sag after pregnancy, weight loss, or simply as the result of gravity and time. If your breasts have lost their full, firm look, breast lift surgery with Columbus, Ohio plastic surgeon Bivik Shah can enhance your breasts so they have the shape and fullness you desire.
Are you tired of back pain? Do you have difficulty finding clothes that fit properly? Breast reduction surgery at our Columbus, Ohio practice helps patients solve these and many other problems related to large breasts. There are many reasons you may be considering having breast reduction surgery. If you wish to reduce the size of your breasts, you are certainly not alone! Many women come to Dr. Shah for breast reduction surgery in order to ease the physical pain that can be caused by large breasts.
An increasing number of men who want to eliminate the appearance of excess breast tissue are seeking gynecomastia (male breast reduction) surgery with Dr. Bivik Shah at the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery. Because physical appearance is so important in professional and social circles, plastic surgery is playing a larger role in aesthetic enhancement for men. Gynecomastia treatment is one of the most common male plastic surgery procedures at Dr. Shah's office, serving Dayton and Columbus, Ohio.
You've been exercising for so long and you still have those certain areas of fat that won't disappear. There has to be an easier way! Liposuction at the Columbus, Ohio office of Dr. Bivik Shah might just be the answer for the right candidate. And, it's easy or at least it's easier than working out for all those years!
So, what is liposuction all about? How safe is it? How bad is the pain? How long will it take? We will attempt to answer some of the more general questions here. Specific questions and diagnoses should be obtained only from a personal consultation with Dr. Shah.
Skin has a limit to how much it can stretch and still return to normal. When it stretches beyond that point, exercise and diet are not effective in returning your body to its original shape and firmness. The most effective method of dealing with this condition is to undergo a tummy tuck. Columbus, Ohio plastic surgeon Dr. Bivik Shah can perform this procedure in order to give you the smooth, firm abdomen you have always dreamed of!
There are several reasons why someone may choose to have tummy tuck, including loose or excess skin resulting from weight loss, liposuction, or pregnancy. Tummy tuck corrects these conditions by removing loose, sagging skin and excess fat from the middle and lower abdomen.
Abdominal Skin Tightening After Bariatric Surgery
"You look great!" After losing large amounts of weight through bariatric surgery, many Columbus, Ohio patients hear compliments such as this from friends and family. However, patients may not feel like they look "great" because they still have extra skin left over, especially in the abdomen. Due to typical fat distribution before bariatric surgery, the abdomen is usually the area of the body with the most excess skin. Tightening and removal of this extra skin is essential for the patient to be able to wear proportionally-sized clothing and to avoid getting rashes. Skin tightening, performed by Columbus surgeon Bivik Shah, is an excellent way for bariatric surgery patients to take another step towards leading a happier, healthier life.
Dr. Shah understands that extra skin on the upper arms is a significant problem after bariatric surgery for many residents of Columbus and other Ohio communities. Aside from attracting undue attention, a major drawback of excess skin is that patients may be forced to purchase larger-sized clothing than would ordinarily be necessary. Excess skin removal becomes a necessity for Ohio patients who have lost large amounts of weight, but are still experiencing difficulties due to their extra skin.
After losing a great deal of weight in the thigh area due to bariatric surgery, many patients in Columbus and around Ohio continue to experience problems related to excess skin remaining on the body. These difficulties range from ill-fitting clothing to uncomfortable rashes, and can generally only be solved through excess skin removal. Columbus doctor Bivik Shah understands the frustrations experienced by these patients and can help them to achieve their final weight loss goals by performing thigh lift. Thigh lift is a common component of excess skin removal following bariatric surgery. Columbus patients of Dr. Bivik Shah can choose the most convenient location at which to undergo their thigh lift, whether it is the Institute of Plastic Surgery or at one of the other hospitals in the area at which Dr. Shah has privileges.
You feel wonderful after losing significant weight on your own or after bariatric surgery. Your friends and family say you look great, and you are certainly much healthier. However, when you look in the mirror, you may not feel that you have achieved all of your goals because loose, baggy skin remains on your lower body. This is a common experience among those individuals who have lost a great deal of weight. To help his patients feel better about their appearance, Dr. Bivik Shah provides belt lipectomy procedures for bariatric surgery patients and others in the Dayton and Columbus, Ohio areas who have lost a significant amount of weight.
Are you not satisfied with the shape of your butt? If not, you may be a good candidate for a butt augmentation ( butt lift) procedure at our office serving Columbus and Dayton, Ohio. These procedures have been steadily increasing in popularity. Today, many women are seeking the various forms of butt augmentation and butt lift surgeries to improve their figure. These procedures are becoming all the more important as celebrities like J-Lo and Beyoncé lead the latest trend in attractiveness - shapely, full buttocks.
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As we age, the skin around our eyes stretches and excess fat causes bags to develop above and below the eyes. Blepharoplasty (cosmetic eyelid surgery) by Columbus doctor Bivik Shah eliminates the droopy, puffy skin around your eyes, dramatically reducing the signs of aging and improving vision impaired by sagging lids.
As people age, the effects of their everyday lives start to show on their face. Sun exposure, stress, and gravity can result in deep creases and wrinkles around the nose and mouth and jowls and fat deposits around the neck. A face lift by Ohio surgeon Dr. Shah can't stop the natural aging process, but it can eliminate and improve the visible signs of aging by removing excess fat and tightening sagging muscles.
Thread lift at the Columbus Institute of Plastic Surgery is an amazing new option for people who are seeking facial rejuvenation. Less extreme than a complete face lift, thread lift is optimal for our patients in Columbus and the rest of Ohio who: Do not feel ready for major surgery, Do not need a full face lift.Have had a face lift in the past, but skin has begun sagging again.
Drooping brows and wrinkles on the forehead can make you appear upset, angry, tired, or older than you really are. A forehead lift by Dr. Bivik Shah tightens and smoothes fine lines and wrinkles and eliminates drooping skin, restoring a refreshed, youthful appearance to your face.
Rhinoplasty, or nose reshaping surgery, can improve the look of your entire face. As the central feature of your face, the nose demands attention. People many times use the nose as an important determinant of attractiveness. With rhinoplasty (nose surgery) at our Columbus, Ohio office, your self-confidence will improve and you'll feel great about your appearance.
When did laugh lines on your face stop being a laughing matter? Does it seem like new lines and wrinkles keep appearing? These lines and wrinkles are likely your most obvious signs of aging. With our safe and effective chemical peels and other facial rejuvenation procedures, our patients from Columbus, Dayton, and elsewhere in Ohio can achieve a smoother, younger-looking complexion. Dr. Bivik Shah provides expert treatment to those who would like to reduce or eliminate the signs of aging.
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International Standards in the healthcare environment are critically important and cover a wide spectrum of devices, systems and domains. Healthcare includes medical practice as well as emergency medical services, homecare, and the day-to-day support of persons with disabilities in their daily lives (i.e. Active Assisted Living, AAL).
Several IEC Technical Committees (TCs) and their Subcommittees (SCs) prepare International Standards for systems and equipment used in the medical environment and make sure they are constantly kept up-to-date and improved when needed.
IEC TC 62: Electrical equipment in medical practice, plays a central role in ensuring that equipment and systems not necessarily initially intended for medical environments are either fit for this purpose or need adjusting for it.
Over 1 200 experts take part in standardization work from TC 62 and its SCs.
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IEC TC 62 has four SCs that deal with distinctive domains and issue all its publications. TC 62 has delegated to its SCs the task of developing standards.
The preparation of International Standards for the design and production of medical electrical equipment requires the participation of many experts from the medical professions, industry, healthcare establishments, the IT (information technology) and software worlds and regulatory bodies.
As electrical equipment and systems in medical practice use a wide range of components, TC 62 International Standards and those of its SCs also refer to and use International Standards from many other IEC TCs and SCs. This means that TC 62 is not only a customer of, but also a supplier to, other IEC and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) TCs. As a result, the safety of medical electrical equipment is an inclusive process that includes work carried out by nearly two dozen other IEC TCs.
Four subcommittees are involved in the preparation of standards for this type of equipment. They deal with common and specific aspects of standardization work for different types of equipment.
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SC 62A covers common aspects of electrical equipment used in medical practice. It has two Working Groups (WGs), 10 Maintenance Teams (MTs) and has set up a total of nine Joint Working Groups (JWGs) with ISO.
With the (fairly recent) introduction of ICT (information and communication technologies) applications to the medical domain, the scope of the SC's work has expanded significantly with the integration of medical devices into IT networks. SC 62A formed JWG 7 with ISO to work on the first standard addressing both networks and medical devices.
As robots are now present in the medical environment, SC 62A set up JWG 9: Medical electrical equipment and systems using robotic technology. Its task is to "develop general requirements and guidance related to the safety of medical electrical equipment and systems that utilize robotic technology." As of July 2015 IEC SC 62A had issued more than 50 publications.
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SC 62B prepares international publications for the safety and performance of all kind of medical diagnostic imaging equipment such as X-ray, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment, including related associated accessories and systems. TC 62B also works on the development of related terminology, concepts, terms and definitions. It has 2 WGs, 13 MTs and set up a JWG with an ISO SC.
As of July 2015, IEC SC 62B had issued more than 60 publications.
SC 62C covers equipment for radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and radiation dosimetry. The potential health risks posed by such equipment in terms of its use of high-energy ionizing radiation (in common with some of the diagnostic imaging equipment covered by SC 62B) were not known initially. The illness that killed Nobel Prize-winner Marie Sklodowska-Curie is widely attributed to her long-time exposure at work to ionizing radiation without having taken proper protective measures. Today, the awareness of the risks posed by ionizing radiation and protection against these are high on the list of medical safety priorities. SC 62C has 3 WGs dealing with these areas. As of July 2015 it had issued 39 publications.
SC 62D covers electromedical equipment, equipment used to diagnose and monitor patients, and equipment for treating, or used as an aid in the treatment of, patients. This includes, for instance, haemodialysis, haemodiafiltration and haemofiltration machines, electrocardiographic monitoring equipment or nerve and muscle stimulators.
SC 62D has 2 WGs, 11 MTs and also formed 16 JWGs with ISO SCs to work on a wide range of medical equipment. As of July 2015 it had issued 68 publications.
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Other IEC TCs also refer to and use TC 62 International Standards, notable examples are:
TC 29: Electroacoustics, which standardizes instruments used in the field of electroacoustics and appropriate methods of measurement. It covers audiometric equipment as well as the hearing aids and induction-loop systems used by hearing-impaired people.
TC 64: prepares International Standards concerning electrical installations and protection against electric shock. It uses SC 62A Standards.
TC 76: Optical radiation safety and laser equipment, prepares International Standards for equipment and systems incorporating lasers and LEDs (light emitting diodes). These must meet acceptable levels of laser radiation and exposure to optical radiation that are determined by independent organizations such as the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and the International Commission on Illumination (CIE).
TC 87: Ultrasonics, prepares International Standards related to the characteristics, methods of measurement, safety, and specifications of fields, equipment and systems in the domain of ultrasonics. Excluded from the scope of TC 87 are safety standards for medical electrical equipment (MEE) and systems. Despite its apparent scope, human exposure to ultrasonic fields and the need to determine the performance of medical ultrasonic equipment are at the basis of the work of TC 87. A great deal of its work is therefore oriented towards the ultrasonic aspects of medical equipment.
As TC 62, through its SC 62B, prepares, among other things, International Standards for safety and operation of ultrasound scanners some aspects of its work are of direct relevance to the International Standards prepared by TC 87. Both maintain close liaison in fields of common interest.
Electric equipment and systems are present everywhere in the healthcare environment. They use a wide range of often very complex technologies that require many different parts, from cables and connectors to power supplies and more complex components or systems. As a result, many different IEC TCs are involved in the preparation of the variety of International Standards required for the overall safe operation of such equipment.
With greater reliance on technology to treat an aging population in many countries, the use of electrical devices and systems in the medical domain is bound to increase. The work of IEC TC 62 and its SCs will follow a similar trend. The fact that over 1 200 such experts from 27 Participating and 17 Observer countries are represented in TC 62 and its SCs attests to the importance the medical profession and MEE manufacturers attach to the safety of their equipment.


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TOWSON — A new survey projects that 1.9 million Maryland residents are expected to travel 50 miles or more over the holidays.
If that number holds, AAA Mid-Atlantic says it would be the largest number of holiday travelers since the auto club began forecasting statewide holiday travel in 2001.
AAA says 90 percent of travelers are expected to drive. The projected average length for a round trip is 765 miles.
AAA says average gas prices in Maryland are higher than they've ever been heading into the Christmas holiday. However, prices have dropped by more than 50 cents a gallon since peaking at $3.80 on Sept. 13.
The auto club is also projecting an uptick in holiday travel from Washington-area residents.


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can we here more green,i like your idea
Well, it was about me going through my fort-tunnel den ( it's gone now, it collapsed ) but anyway, I'm going through it and there's this strange orangey-yellow light coming out from the cardboarded flooring. Then all the entrances and exits shut and I fall through the hole.
I shall tell you more later.
You better hope that you don't dig through a septic tank...
Draco, if your not interested in greens story then leave the topic.
Can't wait to hear more green:)
Hey Thank you, Revan07! I'll probably make a creative at the site if Mel lets us make a new forum " creative "!
I said the last one would be, " Film and Television " I think it was.
Draco, if your not interested in greens story then leave the topic.
Can't wait to hear more green:)
It was a good natured joke. It didn't insult him or his idea.
He was being a bit unfair, Revan07, but he didn't insult me.
I think it was a joke.
Listen. Green will never leave. But he will say hes going to leave, go overreact for a few days make all of you sad that hes 'gone' and then come back and say hes never going to do it again and then repeat. Seriously green stop getting upset that people dont like you. Its your fault anyways. Not everyone here likes me and I can deal with it. Why cant you?
I don't know. Maybe because, uhhhhhhh, I''m totally different from you.
And yes, it is my fault.
The minused karma deserved my account.
I don't regret it. I was stupid. I have learnt a bit now.
I would like to hear some more
i want to know more about narni...er.....tunnel adventure.
what kind of creatures are in it?
centaurs, fauns, a lion with the voice of...oh, i dont know... qui-gon jinn....?
LOL, no Regimas. It's over, my tunnel is gone since it fell down and got messed up....
No more of the tunnel adventure story. It's pointless.
I like it Green. Please don't give up and its NOT pointless.
Heres a good story green:
Go crawl in a hole, and never come out!
Alright seriously, thats not helpful. We try to help green atleast, you're not helping.
this thread is dead!
And Red is my friend again
Impressive. Most impressive. So you'll stay. Of course.
this thread is dead!
So why bring it back?
Seriously. It was already gone. Now its back up, and there'll be at least another 10 posts on it, and then MAYBE it'll go back away.
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Residents of Columbus, Ohio launched a social media campaign this morning after WNCI Morning Zoo host Jimmy Jam allegedly announced his intention to "change" any "hot lesbians" willing to go on a date with him.
"Columbus has a very strong LGBT population, so in a city like this, it's very offensive," said Elizabeth Lessner, a local restauranteur who helped circulate the news on Facebook and Twitter — now, she says, it's "blowing up" online — adding that the popular show is syndicated across the country via Clear Channel. "It gets aired everywhere," she said. "That's why it's so dangerous."
Michael McCoy, operations manager of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment-Columbus, told us via email that the bit was not a contest and was meant to be "instructional and educational":
"How many times have you watched a TV show or a movie that started with a theme or action you might have found objectionable, then end with a lesson for all of us. Nobody on the show thinks that Jimmy can "turn" a lesbian straight. What will end up happening is that Jimmy will be embarrassed by his efforts and the lesson that will be forwarded through the story is exactly what you think it would be: you can't change who a person is and that you need to accept them as they are. The idea was from a news story that is all over the place today. [See here.] The joke in this bit is not on the lesbian or the GBLT community, it's on Jimmy."
But Lessner said Jam has a history of being sexist and homophobic and that the bit clearly came off as a competition, not satire. "He clearly said something like, 'let Jimmy turn you straight by going on a date,' and said you had to be a 'hot lesbian' to participate," she said.
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans on putting armed posse members outside of schools in his district.
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to start putting armed members of his volunteer posse near schools in the wake of the mass shooting in an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.
Arpaio doesn't plan to put posse members inside schools but will have them posted around the perimeters.
"Why not utilize the posse into patrolling schools in our areas?" Arpaio asks.
With what he thinks is no reason not to, he'll start this new idea within the next week.
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The posse members are qualified for the job, according to Arpaio.
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OK, so you are Les Moonves, head of CBS. Here is the ratings information for the season beginning Sept. 2009 you have to consider:"60 Minutes" - ranked No. 9 in the Nielsen ratings, with an average audience each week of 15.7 million "The Amazing Race" 15 and 16 - there was a break of about 3 months but for the Sunday nights that a season was active, my memory says the average weekly audience have been between 9 million and 10 million.Now, would you bump or otherwise take away from a consistent top-rated and profitable show for only the past 42 years to favor a very good show with 8.5 years of moderate ratings? No business executive would (unless he knew that Andy rooney would be retiring and taking the franchise with him).
Teams could have made their way first to The Esplanade, or the Merlion.. then they will be asked to spot the biggest wheel in the world, where they will know it's the flyer because they can literally see the flyer from Esplanade or Merlion.
Oh, piece of geographical information:The fountain Allan Wu was sitting at was pretty much where TARA2 began; the Asian Civilizations Museum is right next to the Victoria Concert Hall and Allan is about 100m/110yd from where he was flagging off the TARA teams...
We have eyewitness info of Mike and Louie at the Barrage about 130...along with a couple in red which I still think could have been Steve and Allie... but that is an excellent time analysis, thank you!! And I would just like to say a Big THANK YOU to all you Singaporeans who made this leg come alive for us!! All of your hard work, personal running around to check the sites, and local information made this a wonderful leg!!
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Ninth Inning Rally Keeps Westminster in SLIAC Tournament
FULTON -- The Westminster Blue Jays faced elimination from the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) Tournament Thursday night after falling to the Spalding Golden Eagles, 1-6, in their first game of the tournament. The loss brought them to the elimination game with the Fontbonne Griffins. The Griffins faced Webster University in the first game of the tournament.
The Blue Jays headed into the bottom of the ninth of game two down 3-4. The Griffins quickly grabbed two outs, but walked the Blue Jays' third batter, Andy Pichler. Stepping up to the plate was Newcomer of the Year and a First Team All-Conference winner, Tyler Branneky. With two outs and two strikes, Branneky cracked a triple to right field, tying the game at 4-4 as Pichler crossed the plate. The Griffins intentionally walked sophomore Justin Whitaker and Jacob Holtgraewe came to the plate with two runners on. Holtgraewe reached first on an error and Branneky was able to make it home. The Blue Jays took the 5-4 win and advance to the next round in the SLIAC Tournament.
Jake Rule was credited with the win, coming in for relief in the ninth. The Blue Jays had five hits during game two, two coming from Branneky.
Sophomore Cam Backes scored the lone run for the Blue Jays in game one versus Spalding. Holtgraewe went 2-for-4 from the plate, and senior Kevin Moritz was credited with the game one loss.
The Blue Jays will play the loser of game four, either Spalding or Webster, Friday at 8:00 p.m. If they win, they will advance to the Championship Game on Sunday; if they lose they will be eliminated from the tournament.


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What's in a name? Garrett Square becomes Friendship Court
The Garrett Square housing complex has long had a bad rep as a high crime area. The tall fence that went up circa 1996 has served only to increase the public's perception that bad things happen there. Now, a $10 million renovation project already under way will result in more than just a new name.
"This is part of a multi-phase effort in changing the reality and perception of Garrett Square for its residents," says Charlottesville Mayor Maurice Cox of the new moniker, Friendship Court. In fact, he says, the purpose of the project is not to help outsiders feel safer, but to help the residents feel better about the place they live.
"It's more about them," he explains, "and less about the larger community."
Charlottesville has a precedent for renaming trouble spots. In the late 1990s, a short stretch of crime-torn Rockland Avenue became Rosa Terrace in honor of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks.
But "Friendship Court" came from the residents themselves. Cox says the name is based on their feelings about the neighborhood. "Longstanding friendships" define the complex for its residents, Cox explains, and resident Mary Allen agrees. "It's a good name," she says.
Allen moved to Garrett Square with her baby daughter 14 years ago from North Carolina. This renovation project marks the first major change in her neighborhood in that time, she says, and she's very excited, particularly about the washer/dryers slated for every unit which will put an end to laundromat trips or to the community laundry facility.
"It was really hard to do laundry before," she says, "especially in the rain."
In addition to the laundry facilities, residents will find a laundry list of improvements: new floors, roofs, front doors, siding, and HVAC units– as well as new kitchen cabinets, fresh paint, and garbage disposals. A new playground will be installed, and sidewalks are also being repaired.
Equally important, perhaps, is the complete refurbishment of the community center, which now boasts a state-of-the-art computer lab featuring eight IBM and four Macintosh computers with high-speed internet access.
There is now a full-time resident coordinator, Toya Washington, who will assist with neighborhood programs including job training and recreational activities in the community center. A 2001 JMU graduate, Washington has already won rave reviews from residents who gave her a standing ovation at a recent press conference.
"I'm very excited to be working with all the residents," Washington says, "and I'm excited at all the changes."
For Friendship Court residents, one of the best things about the project is that it won't cost them a dime. Instead, a partnership of government and private organizations is picking up the tab. The complex has new owners, Piedmont Housing Alliance and the National Housing Trust-Enterprise Preservation Corp., which purchased the property from its Atlanta-based proprietor last year, ending the era of an absentee landlord.
Karen Waters is director of the city's Quality Community Council, "a coalition of Charlottesville citizens with the courage to make a difference in their neighborhoods." She says Friendship Court residents wanted their neighborhood to have curb appeal, and they wanted to feel respected and safe in their community.
As resident Margaret Johnson leads a tour through a finished apartment, it's clear the project has already hit its mark.
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President Barack Obama sported a tan suit Thursday at a press conference devoted to foreign policy challenges, and scores of self-appointed fashion police and Twitter analysts took note.
The comparatively summery shade marked an unusual style choice for the president, usually clad in sober navy and shades of gray, and instantly sparked a flood of comments on Twitter, as well as its own Twitter account, @Tan_Suit.
.@HillaryClinton I can be refitted for 2016. #justsaying #tansuit — Tan Suit (@Tan_Suit) August 28, 2014
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@bfinstock Nothing says #FearMe like a #TanSuit. — Mix It Up (@AMFMPMTOO) August 28, 2014
What the world inferred from Obama's recent statement about #Ukraine issue - He is wearing #tansuit �� — Saravanan (@kpsaravan) August 28, 2014
Obama wore a #tansuit to today's press conference and Twitter is opinionated about the choice http://t.co/ZH2xGFA3yU — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 28, 2014
.@BarackObama looks like his own press secretary http://t.co/rlPZDd68V3 #tansuit pic.twitter.com/VWLINSvhSb — Lance Ulanoff (@LanceUlanoff) August 28, 2014
Obama may have had his reasons. Labor Day is fast approaching, as one Twitter user noted, and along with it some old-fashioned rules of fashion.
Obama: "I selected this suit because it's my last opportunity to sport a casual look before Labor Day" #tansuit — Charlotte Alter (@CharlotteAlter) August 28, 2014
Some people were quick to point out that the tan suit was not exactly unprecedented among presidents.
Bill Clinton in #tansuit pic.twitter.com/001AT966MD — Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoPBS) August 28, 2014
http://t.co/tcPFJsU2ps Ronald Reagan Doll comes in a tan suit #tansuit — katie (@uhalrightmaybe) August 28, 2014
Obama had busted out the dapper look back in the spring, too.
Barack Obama previously in #tansuit for Easter pic.twitter.com/rFoA4mrFOu — Domenico Montanaro (@DomenicoPBS) August 28, 2014
And one user noted that the kind of scrutiny Obama's attire was being subjected to was just a daily reality for many women in the public eye.
I wonder if President Obama feels the way female politicians must feel when people obsess over appearances rather than substance? #tansuit — Joseph Ferraro (@JosephFerraroTV) August 28, 2014


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