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Prospective Students
- Programs for Prospective Students
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- Visit MIT Physics
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Graduate Funding Information
MIT physics graduate students receive support from a variety of sources: fellowships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships. A number of students come to MIT with external fellowships. The Department of Physics encourages prospective students to explore all sources of aid available outside MIT. United States citizens may be eligible for fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship Program, the Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowships for Minorities, the Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program, and others. Students must apply for these national fellowships, which are awarded on a competitive basis. International students may be eligible for fellowships through their home countries.
Internally, the department offers Research Assistantships (RA), Teaching Assistantships (TA), and fellowships. All forms of support include tuition, stipend, and student health insurance.
Graduate assistantships are full-time positions. Students so appointed are expected to spend full time on education and assigned duties and may not engage in any other activity for compensation without the specific approval of the Department Head. Students receive academic credit for research work and/or teaching credit in addition to course work each term.
In general, the Physics Department encourages students to become involved with research as early as possible. The best way to determine whether or not a field is for you is to try it out, and the MIT pattern of early research experience makes this possible. Many students have some ideas about possible areas of interest. For these students, the Department tries to arrange a research assistantship, either with a particular group or in a general area. For students who wish to explore a variety of alternatives before choosing a research specialty, we try to provide flexibility by awarding a teaching assistantship.
An RA supports a student doing research in a specific research group. The funds for RAs usually come from federal, foundation, or industrial support awarded to a faculty member or to a laboratory. The majority of physics graduate students are RAs. RA appointments are generally for the academic year, plus the summer. The amount of time a student spends on specific RA duties depends on the amount of course work necessary and on the requirements of the specific group in which he or she is working. For new graduate students taking classes and preparing for the general examination, research duties normally require 20 hours per week or less. Duties include working on special problems and/or helping senior graduate students. After two to three years, research becomes full time and generally leads to a thesis topic.
TAs are graduate students who assist with teaching-related activities. TA duties may include teaching recitation sections, assisting faculty members in grading, or supervising an undergraduate laboratory. Many students find that teaching provides invaluable experience in career preparation. A graduate student in physics may be a TA at any point of his or her study, but the number of TA positions are limited. This work is done in addition to any research or class work the student is doing and requires up to about 20 hours per week. TAs are given preferentially to incoming students, although some TAs are assigned to advanced graduate students with good teaching skills. TA appointments cover only the nine months of the academic year. Although the Department cannot guarantee summer employment for TAs, most are able to find summer RAs in the various physics department research groups or to obtain externships.
The department also has a small number of fellowships. These fellowships generally provide support during the earlier part of graduate study.
Almost all of our financial support is awarded to applicants who enter in September. We do accept applications for February admission. However, since these are considered after financial commitments for the year have been made, the likelihood of financial aid is much less than for September admission.
Students normally join a research group and are supported by an RA after the first year. In some cases, this may be delayed one or two semesters. Students who desire TA support after the first year must apply with the Graduate Appointments Coordinator.
The current stipend rates for RAs and TAs are available in Academic Programs, 4-315. For both RAs and TAs, full tuition is paid over and above the stipend. If loss of support is due to termination of a research contract, the Department will provide support for one additional term and will make every effort to provide an alternative form of continuing support.


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Our Members
Our mission has always been to welcome newcomers into the Queen`s family. Originally, membership was open to `woman administrative officers holding the post of Dean of Women, Registrar, or Librarian and women teachers of the rank of Instructor or higher. Also wives of widows of University Administrative Officers, Trustees and teachers of the rank of Instructor or Clinical Assistant or higher could become members. Considering the lack of facilities available during the war years and the numbers who were interested in joining, this membership definition made sense at the time.
Membership has ranged from an initial 125, to a high of 267 (Tercentenary Year) and currently stands at 220 (2012). Our members are affiliated with every Faculty and School, with the Office of the Principal, and with the Board of Trustees.
Faculty and Staff Positions Held by Members
Members have personally held Queen's positions as Faculty and Staff in the following departments, centres, and schools:
- Business
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- Education
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- Law
- Math and Science
- Medicine (various)
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Members' Involvement with University Bodies
Association with the University is highly valued, resulting in a commitment to promote, enhance and support initiatives and projects at Queen's and in the wider community. Members serve or have served on such University bodies as:
- Agnes Etherington Gallery Association
- Association of Women Teaching at Queen's
- Ban Righ Centre and Board of Directors
- Ban Righ Residence Board
- Kingston Seniors Alumni Association
- Queen's Board of Trustees
- Queen's Senate and Senate Committees
- Queen's Faculty Association
- Queen's Staff Association
- Queen's United Way
- Retirees at Queen's (RAQ)
- University Council
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Members' University Awards
Several of our members are recipients of Queen's awards:
- John Orr Award
- Padre Laverty Award
- Distinguished Service Award
- Alumni Herbie Award
- Queen's Staff Award
Members' Involvement in the Community
Many of our members are or have been involved in a wide array of local organizations, generating a spirit of good will and pride in 'town-gown' relationships and enhancing the image of Queen's. It is clearly evident that a tremendous spirit of volunteerism permeates the FWC/QWA. It manifests itself in the countless hours devoted to committee work and projects associated both with Queen's and the Greater Kingston Community.
- Alzheimer Society Board
- Andy Fund Board
- Boys and Girls Club of Greater Kingston
- Canadian United Kingdom Dance Club
- Cantabile Choir, Founding Chair
- Child and Youth Worker Council, St. Lawrence College
- COGECO, Interviewer
- Community Foundation of Greater Kingston
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Membership Fees
Fees originally were $1 per year, then raised to $4, then $8, then $30 in 1999, $50 in 2000 and $60 in 2013.

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By Nicole Jones
$58 million dollars – that's how deep in the red Oakland's city budget is this year. Mayor Jean Quan has been proposing several budget solutions – the most extreme being an "all cuts" budget. This would give the green light to slash many of the city's public services, including libraries. It would leave four branches for the nearly 400,000 Oakland residents who live in the city. Librarians and their supporters say this would hurt low-income neighborhoods the most – and it would risk the future of a generation of young readers.
On Friday, 16 people were arrested in a protest in downtown Oakland, condemming cuts to the libraries. Demonstrators chanted about cutting the police department, rather than the libraries, as well as "books not banks," saying financiers are getting rich while public services are being gutted across the nation.
Today, Save Oakland Libraries is hosting an all day "read in" in front of City Hall. Tomorrow evening, June 21, the Oakland City Council will present budget recommendations.
While the city council will make final budget decisions due in July, librarians are taking the battle beyond the bookshelves and into the streets with some very creative tactics. KALW'S Nicole Jones has more.
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NICOLE JONES: Librarians and megaphones might not seem like the most natural combination. Add a bloody face, ripped t-shirt, and a groan from beyond the grave, and you get something one might call supernatural: zombie librarians with megaphones.
AMY MARTIN: Where will our children go after school? Just hang out at the graveyard?
As the Oakland City Council considers killing three-quarters of the library budget, librarians like Amy Martin decided to take part in a zombie walk to dramatize the effect of shutting down 14 of 18 libraries.
MARTIN: It would pretty much decimate the library system, and we think that would be the end of the world so we're coming out to say zombies support the Oakland Public Library.
Zombies need libraries open. Keep Oakland's brains delicious.
It's a post-apocalyptic parade down the sidewalk of Telegraph Avenue. Zombies young and old lurch past gas stations and coffee shops filled with the living – and confused. Believe it or not, undead librarians crawling down city streets is not a new concept, according to Martin.
MARTIN: The librarians of Brooklyn did it a few years ago. We have an employee who came from Brooklyn and she suggested that we repeat it here since it was a successful tactic there.
METTIN SVEEN: The sign says, "As a zombie, I say have a heart, if you know what I mean, and save the brains and support Oakland Public Library."
I'm Mettin Sveen, I'm a volunteer at the Rockridge branch library in Oakland, and once a week I'm there for a few hours and I see the kids come in, and the retired people, and the unemployed.
Those are among the last populations Oakland's elected officials want to cut from. But the city has been suffering budget crises for years. It's laid off police officers, it's created furlough days, and it's closed library branches one day a week. The latest proposal would cut the number of library jobs in the city from 215 to 23.
SVEEN: We've been here almost 50 years now and this is about as serious as I've seen it. We would hate to see it get any worse.
PROTESTER: Libraries give brains. Brains.
The zombie crawl is just one tactic Oakland library lovers like Mettin Sveen and Amy Martin have taken.
MARTIN: We've also been doing some direct public actions that are peaceful and cheerful and family friendly. We did two guerilla story times so far and we're going to do more.
Those are surprise story times that happen in public places.
MARTIN: And the end of which we announce the libraries may be closing forever if you don't support and contact your city council representative.
Oakland libraries have been threatened with closure before. But in 2004, voters saved them by passing Measure Q. It's a parcel tax that funds libraries with up to $14 million annually. However, the money only kicks in if the city dedicates at least $9 million from its general fund – and that's very much in question in the mayor's latest budget scenarios. The branches most at risk for closing are in the lower-income neighborhoods of East and West Oakland. Right now, they're job centers for the unemployed. They provide Internet access for those who need it.
LAURE WILHAM: Libraries aren't just libraries – they're the whole community.
Main branch children's librarian Laurie Wilham says the city council needs to consider all the intangibles, including Oakland's literacy rate. According to recent California standards test scores, 73% of second graders in the Oakland Unified School District are at risk because their reading skills are not up to grade level.
WILHAM: There's a ton of kids who come to libraries after school and it's really the one place that they're safe. They may not be safe at home, they may not be safe at school, but they are safe at the library.
The library's total budget last year was about $23.6 million. That's 2% of the city budget. Parks and recreation takes up 3%; police services – 40%. If Mayor Quan's all-cuts budget were to pass, four fire stations, five recreation centers, and 14 libraries would go.
METTIN: Brains, brains, books, brains.
Whether the stake is put in the heart of Oakland's libraries, or other services, people in the city are sure to be feeling the pain when the final budget is signed.
In Oakland, I'm Nicole Jones, for Crosscurrents.
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COVID-19 update: State Library is gradually reopening and more spaces are now available. Check what's open before you visit.
Interior view of the State Library.
COVID-19 update: our spaces and services are gradually reopening over the coming weeks.
Please check the Opening Hours page for details.
Read the advice page to know more.
Knowledge Walk (plaza), Welcome desk, Business Studio, The Library Shop, The Library Cafe, The Corner (families and children), Infozone, River Decks, kuril dhagun, Talking Circle, Level 1 meeting rooms & training room.
Food and drinks are allowed everywhere on level 1.
Information Collections, Queensland Writers Centre, SLQ Gallery, SLQ Auditorium 1, Queensland Terrace, SLQ Auditorium 2, Asia Pacific Design Library, Level 2 meeting rooms, Poinciana Lounge, Red Box
Information Collections (study/research spaces), Music Collection, Family history/Micrographics, Tim Fairfax Newspaper Reading Room, Level 3 meeting rooms
John Oxley Library Reading Room, Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame, Level 4 meeting rooms, White Gloves Room, Australian Library of Art Showcase supported by the Siganto Foundation, Philip Bacon Heritage Gallery, Heritage Collections Learning Room, Talbot Family Treasures Wall, Black Opium rooms.
Caring for the Collections exhibition, SLQ Boardroom
Reception, The Edge Auditorium, Window bays, Digital Media Lab, Innovation Lab, Recording studio, Coffee Stop, Fab Lab, Mezzanine
The Edge is your space to explore your creativity across the arts, technology, science and enterprise. The Edge provides access to specialist media labs and spaces to work on creative projects, along with a vibrant program of workshops, events and opportunities for creative development. Free wi-fi is available throughout the building, even when the Library is closed. Opening hours can be found on The Edge website and upcoming programming is listed in the calendar. The Coffee Stop on level 1 is designed to provide you with caffeine and snacks while you indulge in your creative pursuits.
Food and drinks are allowed everywhere except in Labs 1 and 3.
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Information: Our friendly staff are here to help. Visit Reception on level 1
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Persona 4 Golden (PS Vita) Review
Kalvin Martinez / Jan 11th, 2013 No Comments
Persona 4 Golden (P4G) is a JRPG for the PlayStation Vita. The game was developed and published by Atlus. Persona 4 Golden is an enhanced port of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 originally released and developed for the PlayStation 2 released back in 2008 well into the life cycle of the PS3. While the PS2 obviously had a big built-in fan base and the PS3, at the time, was backwards compatible with PS2 titles, it likely that a good number of people missed the game or skipped out on it despite it selling quite well on its release. That is why Persona 4 Golden is perfect for anyone who has not or who has played the original Persona 4 because it features additional story elements, new characters and personas, as well as, new lines of dialogue and animated cut-scenes, among other additions. Persona 4 Golden is the fourth installment of the Persona side-series in the Shin Megami Tensei franchise.
[adsense250itp]In P4G, the player assumes control of a silent protagonist (whom they can name how they see fit). The protagonist is a male who is in his second year of high school; he is distinct by his grayish-white hair. At the beginning of the game, the protagonist wakes up in the Velvet Room (a staple of the Persona series) where he meets an odd-looking man with fierce eyebrows wearing a black suit and has a long aquiline nose; also, he meets a middle-age woman in a blue jump suit with white hair. The odd-looking man tells him some vague prophetic things regarding the upcoming changes in his life. In the upcoming year, the protagonist will undergo some huge changes and his actions in a giant mystery will determine the fate of a town and the people he will meet. After the bizarre dream in the back of a limousine covered in weird blue velvet, the protagonist reaches Inaba. The protagonist has moved from a big city to the small town of Inaba because his parents are working out of country. At the train station, he meets his uncle Ryotaro Dojima and his cousin Nanako-chan, whom he will be staying with for the year.
As the protagonist starts attending his new high school, he quickly makes friends with his classmates Yosuke, Chie and Yukiko. Quickly upon settling into life in a much smaller town, the protagonist and his friends learn of a rumor about a "Midnight Channel", where if watching a turned-off TV at midnight on a rainy day will reveal the person's soul mate. Chie and Yosuke end up seeing a blurred female student on the television. During this time, someone finds the dead body of a TV announcer strung up on a TV antenna causing panic in the small town. Eventually, the protagonist learns he is able to enter televisions when hanging out with Chie and Yosuke in the electronics department of the big box store, Junes. By accident, the gang ends up entering the TV World and meets a giant plush teddy bear with a giant zipper along his neck named Teddie. After Yosuke learns that his murdered classmate and friend, Saki-senpai found the dead body of the announcer and was the one on the "Midnight Channel", he begs the protagonist to take him back into the TV World to find out what happened. As they explore the TV World with Teddie, Yosuke must face his other self and accept it thus awakening his Persona. Once they recover from the fight and shock of Yosuke facing his other self, the two promises Teddie to find out who has been sending people into his world. Thus, the protagonist and his other friends endeavor to find out who is trying to murder people by throwing them into the TV.
The story in P4G is brilliant, full of clever twists and turns while the player tries to uncover who is behind the series of murders in Inaba. P4G explores some rather heady and mature themes dealing with the tough time of adolescence focusing on various aspects of identity, and touches on these themes with a deft hand making for a touching and relatable experience. Never once does the game let natural assumptions remain by throwing in several curve balls and red herrings along the way to the ultimate answer. In a story where a sprawling crime is the thrust, it is easy to focus simply on the mystery while slacking on characters and character development. However, P4G never rests on its laurels and in addition to creating an intriguing plot, it has so many compelling and complicated characters that only get deeper as the player progresses through the game. By building "Social Links" with various characters, the player/protagonist will slowly gain more understanding of them as people and the characters in P4G are so different that it makes forming "Social Links" as compelling as the gameplay.
P4G gameplay is a split between combat while exploring themed dungeons and maintaining relationships with characters via "Social Links". The game features a style of combat that does away with random battles in favor of having enemies pop up throughout the corridors of dungeons that the player can choose to engage or try to sneak away. It is in the best interest of leveling up and general lootery to engage the enemies propagating the multi-floor dungeons, so that when players inevitably face the boss for each dungeon they are sufficiently strong enough to defeat them. While sometimes the idea of knowing when a player will enter battle due to enemies appearing on screen tends to feel boring in certain JRPGs/RPGs (cough, Final Fantasy XIII, end cough), it never does in P4G and there is always a sense of excitement when entering battle. Plenty of that has to do with clever turn-based combat, huge variation among the player's various Personas (which they can switch out once per turn), and figuring out what Persona is best for fighting any given enemy. In addition, to see what Persona pairs well with the other character' singular Personas, that develop certain element and specific specialties as they level up, to form a deadly team for clearing out Shadows. The ability to analyze enemies freely during battle helps and allows for much more strategy when facing familiar enemies and experimentation when facing enemies for the first time. Each dungeon's theme is based off the hidden self of the kidnapped person or what they are currently hiding/repressing from themselves leading to some interesting level designs.
After facing their "other self" and awakening their Personas, the player is able to form deeper relationships with the kidnapped characters leading to the formation of "Social Links". By finding characters "After School" or on days off that have a purple exclamation point above their head, the player can begin to spend time with various characters and learn more about them. The benefit outside of character development is that for each rank up in the "Social Link", a benefit will be conferred to the player in the form of more experience either when fusing Personas of a certain order or for playable characters extra moves during battle. Each "Social Link" has 10 slots, which the player can level up by spending time with the characters and there are dozens of characters that the player can form "Social Links" with, so it leads to plenty of hours learning more about the people of Inaba and spending time with various friends, acquaintances and family members. There is a lot to do in P4G, both in combat and during the time between battle that is rich and rewarding in its own way. It is highly recommended to explore "Social Links" as much as clearing dungeons for experience, money and materials.
Graphics and Sound
Graphically, the game is not too dissimilar from the PS2 version; the 3D models look much the same (maybe with some smoothing out). The hand drawn character portraits are still beautiful and creating Personas to see the gorgeous portraits is addicting. Inaba's various areas are rendered well, and while featuring an over map, do convey the small town feeling well. The 3D models have a charm to them and while remaining much the same as a PS2 game from 2008, they do look quite good. Adding in some more animated cut scenes is a treat and if anything should cause some added interest to the Persona 4 anime.
The music in P4G is amazing. Shōji Meguro with the help of Atsushi Kitajoh, Ryota Kozuka and Shihoko Hirata have composed a memorable and incredible soundtrack. From the return of the Velvet Room theme, "The Poem for Everyone's Souls", this sets the tone for the Velvet Room encounters perfectly and is stunningly beautiful, to the overarching battle theme, "Reach Out To the Truth", which will pump up the adrenaline and pairs so well with the numerous battles players will have to overcome. The P4G (and by extension the Persona 4) soundtrack is a joy and has many memorable songs. In addition, the voice acting is top notch and the expanded voice work in P4G is a treat.
While the PS Vita has had its share of problems since its launch back in Mar 2012, there have been several excellent games to come out for system since its initial release, specifically during the holiday season of 2012. Persona 4 Golden gives the beleaguered PS Vita a much-needed shot in the arm and much like its original PS2 release the game is incredible. Persona 4 Golden features richly complex and well-written characters that come alive thanks to brilliant voice acting. The story is deep, evolves smartly overtime with clever twists, and turns as the player tries to find out the person responsible for the Inaba murders. With gameplay that is addicting and fresh emphasizing both social bonds and excellent combat, there is not a dull moment in P4G. The soundtrack is sublime and full of memorable songs. Persona 4 Golden is not the only reason to own a PS Vita, but it is certainly hard to argue against people buying a PS Vita to play P4G because the game is a masterpiece.
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Second Chances in Tijuana: Profile of Dong-Jin Eastern Kang Sim
At age twelve, Dong-Jin Eastern Kang Sim huddled in a tiny cell in Mexico City with his mother and thirteen-year-old brother. They were the only Asians in the jail. There were two stone beds. The hushed voices of his mother and brother filled the air throughout the night.
Twenty years later, Sim is an analyst in the pediatrics department at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and a doctoral student in global health in the joint program of San Diego State University and the UCSD School of Medicine. His gentle demeanor and warm smile give no hints to the obstacles he has overcome that made him the man he is today – full of compassion, perseverance, and a vocation to help others in need.
Born in South Korea, Sim spent his early childhood in Seoul. One day, his father flew to Tijuana to resolve legal issues concerning the handbag import/export business he co-owned with a partner in Mexico. Sim was finishing the second grade at the time. "That was the last time I saw my father for the next three years," he says.
Armed with sufficient evidence, Sim's father was confident that he would win the legal case in Mexico. He did not anticipate that the attorney he hired would sell the evidence to the party he was suing. After losing the legal battle, Sim's father found himself alone in Mexico without any money. "Day by day, he had to depend on God," says Sim.
Back in Korea, Sim lived with his mother and older brother on a shoestring budget, moving from place to place to avoid debt collectors. His mother, who suddenly found herself in the position of being the family's sole breadwinner, struggled to find work to support her sons. Things became so difficult that she sometimes contemplated suicide.
With his father abroad and his mother out searching for work, Sim was left to his own devices. He began to steal toys and money. After church service, he treated his friends at the arcade with the money he had stolen. Sim says, "I did a lot of bad stuff, things that were instantly gratifying to me. Because I stole, lying followed. If I had stayed in Korea, I'd probably end up going to jail or killing someone because that's how crime starts, from small to big."
The summer that Sim was in the sixth grade, his family received a message from his father. He had purchased plane tickets, eager to have his family visit him in Tijuana after the long separation. Since they only planned a short visit, the family packed two bags of clothing, along with two sets of spoons.
When the family arrived to the airport in Tijuana to reunite with the father, they were detained by immigration officials. Unable to understand Spanish, they did not know why they were being held. The Korean travel agency had informed his mother that a visa was not required to enter Mexico. They did not know that there was an exception for border towns, including Tijuana. Sim's father waited for them outside of the airport, unaware that his wife and sons were being detained for illegal entry.
It was not uncommon for people to travel through border towns such as Tijuana to gain illegal entry into the United States, and immigration officers were on guard. Individuals who attempted to enter Mexico without visas were usually sent back to their countries of origin.
When Sim's father discovered that his family being detained for lacking visas, he acted quickly to resolve the situation. Since he spoke Spanish, he volunteered to serve as the family's translator to appeal the case to the main immigration office in Mexico City. It was not permitted for family members to assist with immigration cases, so the immigration officers were not informed of the nature of their relationship. The entire family boarded the same flight to Mexico City. Upon arrival, Sim, his mother, and brother were incarcerated.
"They didn't sleep at all. They were afraid we might get separated and sent back to Korea in separate airplanes," says Sim. His mother and brother planned a location to meet up in case the immigration authorities divided the family.
Meanwhile, his father met with immigration officials and successfully argued that the mother and boys had not entered Tijuana with the intent of immigrating to the U.S. without proper documents. After spending a night in the Mexico City jail, the family was released and flew back to Tijuana together. An American woman from the church Sim's father attended opened up her home to the family.
Every Friday, Sim had to leave primaria, the elementary school, early to report to the Tijuana immigration office along with his family. To prove they had not escaped to the U.S., they had to sign their names on official documents on a weekly basis. One year later, they received visas to reside in Mexico.
It was 1994, the year that NAFTA passed, eliminating most tariffs between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Maquiladoras (foreign-owned assembly plants operating in free trade zones to take advantage of favorable economic conditions) began to expand exponentially in Mexico.
Struggling to make ends meet, his father obtained work at a Korean-owned maquiladora that manufactured chassis for 50-foot containers. His mother generated additional income for the family by preparing and delivering Korean meals for the few other Korean employees at the maquiladora.
Sim remembers adapting fairly quickly to his new environment in Mexico despite an initial resistance to learn Spanish. He was young, and Mexicans were kind to him. He remembers Tijuana as being fairly safe and calm at that time.
He reconnected with his father and learned what he had gone through during his solo years in Mexico. "I decided to trust in God," says Sim. "Because everything [in Mexico] was new, I was able to have a second life and fix my bad habits from Korea. I started to become more like the person I am today."
Sim entered the sixth grade at Colegio Inglés, a small private school. He resisted learning Spanish and spent his days sleeping in the classroom. Despite this, his Mexican classmates were kind and eager to befriend him. "They came to me curious, asking about Korea," he recalls. There was another Asian student at the school, a Japanese-Mexican boy who was born in Mexico.
While Sim excelled in art and math at his new school, he continued to resist learning Spanish, and the school's director moved him into the fifth grade classroom. After several weeks without any change, he was demoted to the first grade. At that point, Sim decided to begin learning Spanish. He picked up the language quickly by playing soccer. Within a couple of months, he was placed back into the fifth grade classroom and then moved into the sixth grade. He was able to graduate primaria with his friends.
His family's financial situation began to improve slowly and their living situation stabilized. There were now more Koreans in Tijuana compared to when they first arrived in 1994. "I wouldn't say it was a tight-knit Korean community, but we went to them to ask for help when we needed," says Sim. The other Koreans shared information on how to secure admission to an American college and recommended to Sim's parents that they send their sons to high school in the U.S.
Sim's family had obtained U.S. visas but continued to live in Mexico due to the lower cost of living. Then, one winter evening, Sim's parents sat their sons down for a talk. The next week, he and his brother were sent across the border without having the opportunity to say goodbye to their Mexican friends. In 1997, at the age of fifteen, Sim, along with his brother, moved into an apartment across from Bonilla Vista High School in Chula Vista, less than eight miles from the Mexican border in San Diego County.
In Chula Vista, there were many Koreans, Sim recalls. He felt more comfortable among Mexicans after having relocated from Tijuana. His parents stayed behind in Tijuana due to his father's employment at the maquiladora. His brother, only a year his senior, became his parental figure. He was already accustomed to living independently with his brother from their years in Korea, as their mother worked long hours to support them and the boys frequently found themselves alone.
Sim recalls his first meal in the U.S.: a soggy sandwich. "We put lettuce and tomato in the middle but didn't eat it right away," he says. Soon, his brother began to prepare an array of Korean and American food for them to share together ("He's a great cook," says Sim). Every weekend, their parents visited with armloads of banchan from Mexico.
When Sim arrived in the U.S. he recalls, "I thought I could speak English." He had taken English classes in Tijuana but discovered that he could not understand English. He and his brother struggled again to adjust to their new environment and to learn a new language. They were placed in ESL classes. Because there were many Mexicans living in Chula Vista, Sim did not feel like a stranger in his new homeland. However, he says, "they thought I was strange because I was the Asian who spoke Spanish."
Less than two years after immigrating to the U.S., his brother was accepted into U.C. San Diego. Then, Sim was also accepted into the school, where he majored in pharmacological chemistry with the goal of becoming a pharmacist. He believed that people suffering from illnesses often needed only simple medications to relieve their pain. He remembered that in Korea and Mexico, pharmacists were able to prescribe medication for patients, preventing them from incurring debt from doctors' visits for simple medical issues.
By the end of his junior year as an undergraduate, Sim realized that pharmacists in the U.S. were different. They earned a lot of money, but his interest in the field was not for financial gain. He did not want to become what he considered a "bench scientist" and was unsure of his next steps.
In college, Sim was also active in the Christian ministry throughout college and had spent summers traveling abroad to serve the community and to teach English. After graduating from UCSD, he left on a short-term mission to Russia with his Christian community. By then, his parents had moved to the U.S. The family had obtained their first new house, and things were going well.
On July 14, 2004, Sim called his mother from Russia to let her know he was safe and to give her an update of his volunteer work. It was two days before his father's birthday. When his mother began to cry, he knew something was terribly wrong.
"My mother is a very strong woman and she never cries," says Sim. She passed the phone to his brother, who did not explain what had happened but asked him to return home as soon as possible.
"That moment changed my entire life," says Sim. He learned from relatives that his father had suffered a stroke and nearly lost his life. By that time, his father had become the owner of the maquiladora where he had been an employee for many years, and business was not going well. The family lacked health insurance, and because they were unable to afford hospital fees, they did not take the father to the emergency room immediately when he displayed stroke symptoms.
By the time Sim's father entered the ER and given the stroke diagnosis, he had lost his ability to speak. He could not swallow or eat and lay in bed, immobile.
As his brother was still enrolled in college and Sim was the only other member in his family who could speak Spanish, he was given the responsibility of managing the family's business with his mother. The maquiladora was on the verge of going bankrupt. They had nearly one hundred employees, and they were very angry that their weekly wages were delayed for several months.
"I cried a lot," says Sim. "I was able to remain confident and keep my sanity through prayer. Every day I prayed. That was the source of my strength at that time."
His father remains permanently paralyzed on his left side but has regained his speech, although he has lost much of his language skills. Prior to the stroke, his father, who had graduated from a foreign language university in Korea, spoke six languages: French, German, Spanish, Korean, Chinese, and English. After the stroke, he only retained his language abilities in Korean, Spanish, and English.
Eventually, the family's business improved, and they were able to pay the immense debt accrued from hospital bills. "It took two and a half years for my family to go from almost nothing to a stable position," says Sim.
His father's stroke led Sim to decide to pursue graduate studies in public health. "My father's stroke was preventable," says Sim. "He had many symptoms but we were ignoring them. How many other people, how many minorities are ignoring symptoms because they are afraid to go to the hospital? Because they are afraid of huge fees?" He believes that with education and outreach to inform families about prevention, many illnesses, such as his father's stroke, can be prevented.
Sim was provisionally accepted into the public health program at San Diego State University. He was still in charge of managing the family's business. In the mornings, he accompanied his mother to the maquiladora to help with the family business and then returned by bus to San Diego, where he attended evening classes.
By the end of the semester, Sim began to have outbreaks of rashes on his chest. It became difficult to breathe due to the pain. He delayed going to the doctor as he still lacked health insurance. When he ended up at the student health center, he was diagnosed with shingles. Because of working and studying nonstop, his immune system had hit bottom. "It was a reminder to me why I'm doing what I'm doing," says Sim. "I was able to understand on a personal level what people in pain are going through."
Sim obtained his master's degree in public health, initially considering it as a stepping-stone to medical school. As a secondary plan, he applied to the doctoral program in public health and was accepted. He embraced his decision to pursue public health. "It's about having a wider perspective of viewing the world, whereas medicine trains you to diagnose and treat the patient as an individual," says Sim. "The global health program taught me to view the entire system on a population-based level."
He hopes to gain experience working with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) or the World Bank in developing countries. In the long-term, he plans to return to academia to share his experiences and to provide second chances, which is he grateful for having received, to younger generations.
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The Doha negotiations have stalled and the November elections in the United States showed that advocates of economic nationalism are growing in strength. Nevertheless, a new Council Special Report makes a case for the effectiveness of the World Trade Organization (WTO), particularly its dispute settlement system. "The dispute settlement system reflects a delicate balance between toughness and respect for sovereignty; rather than criticizing the result, U.S. policymakers and legislators should invest more energy in defending it," says the report.
Author Robert Z. Lawrence of Harvard University says that the United States benefits from the WTO dispute settlement mechanism, which has "reduced the need for the United States to resort to unilateral retaliatory measures, limiting an important source of tension between the United States and its partners." The system has also been helpful in opening foreign markets for U.S. exports. Further, the dispute settlement mechanism "curbs the protectionist instincts of U.S. trade policymakers and so underpins prosperity" by acting as a counterweight to less productive but politically influential domestic industries.
"Enforceable rules offer the best hope of forestalling a tit-for-tat use of protective barriers that would further contribute to the deterioration of support for trade. In sum, and contrary to what many policymakers suppose, vigorous dispute settlement tribunals make the revival of the Doha Round more likely," says the report, The United States and the WTO Dispute Settlement System. Improving the efficacy of the system provides benefits to the United States and others, including expanding world trade. "Good trade agreements provide a country with benefits by making it easier to implement policies at home that boost productivity and competitiveness."
However, the report finds that the United States has "been repeatedly judged to be in violation of its WTO commitments by the organization's dispute settlement panels" because U.S. officials and members of Congress have adopted provisions, from cotton subsidies to steel tariffs, that are in violation of WTO rules. "Given that successful global institutions such as the WTO are both rare and fragile, this attitude is reckless," says the report.
Saying that "grand proposals for reform are fundamentally misguided." Lawrence proposes a series of realistic fixes to bring about a more effective system:
- Allow greater participation by multinational corporations and nongovernmental organizations that have a stake in the proceedings;
- Open hearings before the dispute settlement panels to the public;
- Allow countries to appeal decisions in which the panel has authorized the plaintiff to retaliate;
- Increase the resources of the dispute settlement mechanism so as to accelerate decision-making.
The report, part of the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Series on American Competitiveness for the Council's Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies, suggests that the U.S. government could make better use of the dispute settlement panel. It observes that "in the first six years of the current dispute settlement system, the United States brought sixty-eight cases; by contrast, in the past six years it has brought only sixteen."
Recommendations for the U.S. government include:
- Encourage the U.S. Trade Representative and Department of Commerce to be proactive in using dispute-settlement procedures to open significant export markets;
- Improve the United States' record of compliance with WTO rulings;
- Establish a panel to examine incidences of U.S. violations of WTO rules and recommend steps to avoid recurrence.
Robert Z. Lawrence is the Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment at Harvard University 's John F. Kennedy School of Government, a senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served as a member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1998 to 2000.
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Wonderful Night
December 17, 2008
Last night was just such a great night! I picked Bella up from school and it was freezing, so we ran to the car saying "Oooh, it's chilly!" the whole way! She just kept saying it and laughing. Eric had a meeting after work, so Bella and I ran to get some dinner. When we got home, we put Barney on tv and sat in the living room eating dinner. Afterwards we got ready for bed, and sat and watched Mary Poppins on tv until Daddy got home. Then she sat with him until she fell asleep. After she went to bed, Eric went back to his car and told me to go into the bedroom. When he told me to come back out, he had a gift bag from Godiva on the couch for me! He bought me a box of Godiva Truffles for our anniversary!! I was so excited because it's my favorite chocolate and I haven't had it in years. He was so sweet and I was so happy! It was truly a wonderful night!
Tonight we are planning on taking Bella to see Santa at the mall. As long as the weather holds out! I'll post tomorrow to let you know how it goes. Last year was not good!!
Tonight we are planning on taking Bella to see Santa at the mall. As long as the weather holds out! I'll post tomorrow to let you know how it goes. Last year was not good!!
9 Years Today!
December 16, 2008
Today is Eric and my 9 year dating anniversary!! We met freshman year of college and have been together ever since! I love him with my whole heart and soul and am so lucky to know I found my soulmate so early in life! So, Happy Anniversary Love!!
Here are some random pictures throughout our years together...NYE 2007, I was VERY pregnant!
Celebrating my 27th Birthday
Celebrating my 27th Birthday
Celebrating our 4th Wedding Anniversary!
Our 1st Family picture. We were getting ready to go home from the hospital.
One of our engagement pictures
My favorite Engagement picture we took!
One of the many times we've gone to Vegas together.
Bella's birthday
December 9, 2008
I am posting a lot today to catch up, so please bare with me! Bella's 2nd birthday is January 26th. We are having her party at the house on the 24th, which means I need to have all the invites out the weekend after New Year's to give out of towners time to get a room and what not. I have decided that her party theme is going to be Abby Cadabby. Incase you're not familiar with that character, she is on Sesame Street and is a Fairy Godchild! Bella adores her and Elmo so much! She has an Abby toy that speaks to her plus she picked out all Abby bibs when we went to Target last month, so I knew she would love it! So, now since Christmas is 2 weeks away and her birthday just after that, I am starting to stress a little. I was never a stressful person until I became a mom! I am sure most moms know what I am talking about! So this week sometime I am going to run to Party City to look for invitations so I can start filling those out and getting addresses. I have to say, when I was pregnant I thought having a baby in January was the smartest idea because it's nice and cold out, now I see that maybe a Febraury or March baby might be better next time around! If there is a next time around!!
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Our community of travelers share the safety tips they wish they knew before traveling to Croatia for the first time.
Here are five tips, from packing the right clothing (Croatian weather can be fickle), to carrying extra cash and a pair of aqua shoes. Be prepared for all the elements with these tips.
Croatia's bus system is efficient, and their trains are good too – not to mention the friendly locals you may meet while catching public transport.
If you are keen to make your own way around Croatia in a rental vehicle, make yourself familiar with their road rules, and be extra cautious if you don't know where you're going. Study the map before you leave to avoid being too distracted.
Read more travel safety tips for Croatia here.
Maggie Soladay from Salaam Garage says, "I wish I had known that the coast was rocky and that most beautiful water for swimming is hard to get to. If you jump in, you can't get back out because sea urchins patrol the whole rocky stinging coast. I wish I had taken water shoes, I would have worn them every day."
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Lonely Planet shared with us their most important tip to remember, "Croatia is more expensive in the summer than it is from September to May. Accommodation, boat fares, car rental and anything else relating to tourism skyrockets in summer, reaching a peak in July and August. Speaking of accommodation, in addition to hotels and hostels Croatia has a unique option for visitors, sobe. The rules are a bit different, but they're a great option."
Book your trip between the months of September to May to avoid the chaos of peak summer in Croatia – or else, be prepared to spend more and be surrounded by people – and lots of them.
The coastal areas of Croatia are prone to small-scale earthquakes. In Dubrovnik, buildings in the Old Town area look old and crumbly, but in fact the local government have been rigorous in implementing modern reinforcement techniques to stabilize the ancient structures.
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I'm about ready to head back to Croatia for the 4th time in the past year and a half.

Here are some tips:

Swimming and Snorkeling: the water can be cool in the fall so take a light surf shirt or shorty websuite

Food: most of the food is "organic" as Croatia has never been exposed to the pesticides due to the fact that farmers couldn't afford it.

Smoking: smoking is part of the culture and, though it is supposed to be prohibited in many restaurants and hotels soon, at last visit in the fall the smoke is quite bad in all restaurants and unbareable in clubs.
I spent the month of May in the Balkans and would have loved to know these tips before heading into Dubrovnik. The coast was phenomenal, but after my first jump in the water and a cut on my foot from the barnacles I was not a very happy person. Next time I will definitely be going with water shoes.
The best part of Croatia is the coastline and the coastal towns, so jump on a boat/yaught and hop along the coast and small islands. The water's amazing and if you travel during the summer months, you'll be spending a whole lot of time in it! (however, as mentioned above, beware of the spikey urchins)
In all croatian camping doesn't exist a security service during the night, so noise could be a problem. If your idea is to relax and to sleep on the night, take care when you have to choice a place for the tent. You could find a beach party on the night inside camping, or your neighbors could be a group of young guys coming from a country where be completely drunk is the only reason for living, so shout is the only way to communicate regardless people are sleeping. In these cases anybody from camping staff will do something because you can receive answers like "there are on holidays".

If you plan holiday cost, consider in summer 2009 an amount of 30 euros for 2 persons in tent, while renting an apartment has almost the same cost.

Try taking the ferry ride from Split to Korcula and you will get a fantastic view of the island of Croatia. If you continue on to Vela Luka you will can visit this lovely small city. I have friends in Vela Luka and always look forward to a visit to Croatia.
I live in Anacortes, WA and Vela Luka is our sister city and we have many Croatians living here, including myself. There is an active Croatian culture club and a Vela Luka Dance troop.
The best part about Croatia is that it's close to Serbia! I was there last year and prefered the people, food, country and culture of Serbia. Heading to Exit music festival and Guca music festival in August and can't wait to swill some more rakija and down some Serb sausages - I think they were called 'chevapi' - and party in Belgrade! Highly highly recommend it.
actually, the worst part about croatia is that it is close to serbia. who the hell goes to serbia anyway? no water, its digusting. The people are disgusting, and the music is so gypsy like.
croatia is beautiful. i go every year, sometimes twice. it is always happening, so much fun, people are friendly, and you never feel like an outsider.
We visited Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. No one liked Croatia, people are gipsy like, Exit was lots of fun, going back this year, but i was amazed by Slovenia and the people...great, warm, friendly, cuontry is georgeuos...I wish i was born in Slovenia.
I wish I was born in Kazhastan ;)
But really, jelaous Serbs (Jason & Patricia) go on Ceca's music videos, why the hell you even google Croatia.. :/
One really important thing that is not written here is that the sea and the winds are very very dangerous, but tourist mostly ignore this because it may not seem so dangerous when you look at the sea and, let's say, nearby islets, from a beach on the shore, while the actual conditions on the sea are much more different when you take off just a little bit further from the shore. Sadly, accidents happen often because foreign people without sea experience don't know for exemple when and what type of wind blows. Also, the weather can quickly change from calm to extremly windy, so keeping track on the weather forecast is an absolute must, especially if you are planning sea activities like kayaking, boat rental, yachting etc. Making and distributing flyers for usual local weather conditions wouldn't be so bad idea either...
Lol,You do not have to be Serbian tho know people.I am an ex Croat,and am quite happy there is not as many Croats as there is Chinese.I guess the God too knew what he was doing.
Korcula is a simply beautiful place to be but you have to be aware that most of the food is imported, seafood in the restaurants are not always fresh, most is frozen. Bad most often is imported from Germany. Bus timetables do not often reflect the real times. Sunday's and public holiday they seem to almost be non existent so if you want to go somewhere do it before Sunday or a holiday.
Bus drivers tell you to buy a ticket at the office and the office tells you to buy a ticket on the bus??? Be careful or you will miss the bus. Some apartments do not provide simple things like toasters and you do not think about this until you go to cook your breakfast. Also accomodation websites often do not tell you how far the accomodation is from town, be prepared to do a lot of walking, ok if you are young but no good if you have any hip problems. We had a ally nice time but one has to be aware of differences and make allowances or preparations. Food can be really stodgy to what we are used to, hard to find something that is light to eat with flavour.
[email protected] the jealous Serb and Slovenian and the "ex Croat".
Everyone sees through your shabby little tricks. It`s not Croatia's fault that so many people love it so much and noone cares about your shitty countries .
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stop bullshitting, none of your claims are true. Why the fuck would the sea food be imported from Germany when the Croats have their own sea with plenty of wild catches and aquacultures? Doesn't make any sense. The thing about public transport is not true either. You are just trying to badmouth the country
Croatia, when it first tried being independent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp
Thank you for the article. I think it looks and sounds amazing and I would love to visit. It will remain on my bucket list.
Would love to visit Croatia, thanks for the tips!
Very funny. I've visited Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro, and this comment thread is how I remembered it: the Serbs and Croats going on and on about how they're the best, while the Slovenians smile happily and the Montenegrans bask in their silence.
Love Croatia! Of the 6 countries we visited in 2014 by far my favorite. Watched Germany destroy Brazil in 2014 WC, on the big screen in the Harbour. Visited during Yacht Week leading up to Ulta. Just to watch the boats -Yachts- in the Harbour was amazing. Upon arrival at the bus stop in Split, met a gent that led us to a lovely room for rent, which worked out great until Ulta started and rooms every where increased 500%. My son, 24, spent the night at Ulta, me mid 50's spent the night on the promenade in Split, watching those who come out at night to keep it clean for the tourist, work incredibly hard and felt totally safe. Spent the previous five days walking and exploring all over Split. Can't wait to go back and explore more. Beautiful country. Got there by bus from Munich, flight out to Milan both modes of transport safe and without issue. Bus was definitely more interesting and beautiful as it goes through the mountains of Solvenia and down the coast of Croatia.
Is there a boat from Italy?
If you are heading of to Croatia, be aware that you will end up in a xenophobic, racist country that has been engaged in ethnic cleaning for the last 2-3 decades. If you are black, just don't even bother. If you are anything but white, western male, expect some nasty incidents. If you are in fact white and western, you will probably have an acomodation in one of the places that somehow was robed from minorities, " mix " origin, politicly inconviniet ones, and so on. Have your vacation on a count of someone's elses misery. Support neo fascism and all that shit. Go fuck yourself.
I'm going to spend a week in Croatia between the 15th of Agost and 21st. I'm looking for a camping in a Island not too much touristic. My Okan is driving from Italy to Croatia, take a ferry and camping in a nice, quite Island. I don't look for discos, etc. Just beautiful sea, good food and a loro of relax! Any tips for me :)? Thank you? Marika
@rickbaldwin there are boats from Venice - only 2 hours to the Croatian coast.
Croatia is a very beautiful country, with all kind of different natural beauties, cultures, food, wine, parties, lonely beaches... Everyone can find something for themselves. And, allways you can visit countries in the neighbourhood which are also very interesting (Bosnia, Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro). First, I recommned to visit Croatia. If you like peace and relaxing then you should visit some islands like Cres, Lošinj, Rab, Vis, Lastovo, Mljet...also, some small places on coastline. If you like party then you should visit Zrće on Island Rab or some bigger cities like Zadar, Rijeka, Split. There are also very beautiful National parks: Plitvice lakes, Kornati, Krka, Brijuni... On the coastline you should try many of different food specialites like pršut, olive oil, fish, brodet, home made chees (especially on Island Pag)...
In the continental part of Croatia you must visit small cities with baroque soul like Varaždin and Čakovec on the north of Croatia. Also, in the near is capital Zagreb. On the east part of country you can find beautiful cities Osijek and Vukovar. Here you can enjoy in National park Kopački rit. Continental part is rich with all kind of delicious food ( zagorski štruklji, varaždinski klipiči, turkey with mlinci, fišpaprikaš, kulen...).
And, if you like hiking you must visit mountain part (mountains Velebit, Dinara, Učka...). This mountains are close to the coastline so you could connect swimming in the sea in the morning and hiking in the evening. Croatia is full of magic!
SO can one take a boat from Dubrovnik to Venice? Or from somewhere close to Dubrovnik to Venice? We will be in Dubrovnik in September and my hubby and I would enjoy visiting Venice again even as a day trip.
wtf earthquakes in croatia omfg who told you that hahahahaha that neeeever happens -.-'
@patricia @jason Tesh Cetnik!
Zagreb is a very dull city..Nothing to see.
I have been to Croatia numerous times in last 10 years from Australia. Ignore the I'll informed comments from Serbians above, who can't move on from the past. Croatia is a stunning country as are Slovenia and Montenegro. It does have the odd tremor but no more than other places infact less so I'm surprised tve author bought it up in the article. It's safe and has good tourism infrastructure. It will have 15 million tourist in 2016. Put that in perspective Australia gets approx 5 mill. Croatia has a population of 4.5 million . It regularly gets voted by tourist promos as amongst tbe most beautiful in tbe world. Check out on Google Images my hidden treasures. Town of Betina on island of Murter. Murter and tbe Kornati archipelago. Rastoke, Varazdin, Bale & Motovun. Rovinj and my favorite Sibenik and the Krka falls and also Solaris beach. As for tbe comment above re Zagreb too many people come here without doing their homework. Have been all over Europe and in my opinion has the nicest cafe strip about 700 m long called Tkalciceva street, also amazing Cathedral, and a church with possibly the most unique roof in Europe in the old town. It also has the most beautiful cemetery in Europe, an architectural delight and beautiful Austro Hungarian buildings around the many city green squares. It doesn't have land marks because until films are made somewhere landmarks don't become popular
Dubrovnik was stolen from Serbs...
Recently came back from a holiday in Europe, visited Germany, Austria, France, Italy and final place was Croatia.
Dammm, I wish we had allowed for more time in Croatia, we had only 5 days, was not enough. Out of all of the above countries Croatia was the winner, FOOD, PEOPLE, SAFETY, HONESTY and of course SCENERY absolutely stunning.
We are planning a return trip in 2018, Croatia only, 4 weeks, coastal and in land Croatia.
Cant wait.
I am a Nigerian coming to Croatia for a job.I really want to know if people are paid either weekly or monthly in Croatia.Also is it possible to switch job when one arrive because am a graduate and don't really like they job provided to me.are Croatians freindly?I jus hope I made they right choice by wanting to go to Croatia in search of greener pastures
Johnson please dont come to Croatia for work.we Croats people dont have work and we dont want you here.go away
Spoken like a true balkanian dileno *claps*
Had to drive through Croatia over the past months. Service is generally bad and expensive. Hotel receptionists do not answer to your greetings. Highway toll booth operators keep change for themselves.
Its making me laugh how most of the worst comments here come from undercover Serbians.Get over the jealousy guys.War is over long time ago now.In trying to make Croatia sound bad you only show your own badness inside yourself nothing else.And if something was so bad why make a war to keep it from leaving you.Enough said...
I'm a Canadian and have traveled to Croatia twice, the second time I stayed in Zagreb for 3 months and used it as a base to travel the region.
Croatia is a beautiful country, however the coast line is becoming crowded and often the service was grumpy. I don't blame them, dealing with tourists all day can't be easy but I had several encounters with people who maybe needed a time out from their jobs.
A little further down the coast is Montenegro and their coast line is as beautiful but they seem less jaded from the demands of tourists. Its worth it to check it out, even rent a car and easily cross the border.
Don't get me wrong, Croatia is beautiful but I think they may have reached that point where the growth has become a little painful and it's starting to show.
My friend is married to a croatian woman and when they go to Croatia,he is subjected to racial abuse, he is indian
I already had visited Croatia few times. People are friendly, prices are very low, sea is very clean. I like their 'acapella' songs! Best places to visit when in Croatia - Dubrovnik, Zadar and Split. Cheers!
my deceased grandfather heralded from croatia /delmatia so that is the reason that I would like to visit, he was an urlich.
Visiting Split, Havar and Dubronvick. Can I travel by sea from Havar to Dubrovnick?
I am a New Yorker living in Austria for 11 years. We go to Croatia min. 2-3 times a year for 7 years just came back from the lakes in Plitvice what a great place. Please do not listen to all the B.S. thats on this site. The people are super the food is super just a great country the sea is very clean just a cool place. We stay in Porec in a hotel group called Valamar they have about 30 hotels in Croatia they treat us like kings i could not get over how good the food is breakfast and dinner are included. Dinner has 7,8, 9 main dishes to chose from. The only down fall is the prices go up every year, but i would pay double just to enjoy this wonderful Country. HAVE A GREAT TRIP! PATRICK


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As previously reported, Governor Steve Bullock (D) vetoed Senate Bill 295, NRA-supported legislation to allow the use of suppressors while hunting. At the same time, Governor Bullock signed into law his own version of SB 295, House Bill 250. While HB 250 contains language less clear and concise than SB 295, the result is much the same: Montana hunters are now permitted to use legally owned suppressors while hunting.
House Bill 298, as previously reported, was sent to Governor Bullock's desk for his consideration. Unfortunately, Governor Bullock vetoed HB 298 stating incorrectly that, "HB 298 erodes the ability of a Montana citizen to purchase a weapon or carry concealed in another state." Sponsored by state Representative Bill Harris (R-29), HB 298 sought to expand Montanan's freedom to legally carry a concealed firearm without a Montana concealed weapons permit (CWP) by harmonizing the carry laws present in city limits with those outside city limits. House Bill 298 would not have eroded the rights of Montanans, as the Governor claims, because it would not have removed the current permitting process. This legislation would have only brought uniformity to the state and given Montanans the freedom to choose the best method of carrying for them, based on their attire, gender and/or physical attributes.
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I have several old .mmp files that I cannot load in to v15. They were created c.2004, and my company is getting back in to the mind mapping process, so I need to load old maps as starting points vs. starting all over.
I get and XML processing error 0xC00CEE2D when I try to load the .mmp files.


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With "X-Men: Days Of Future Past" stacked to the rafters with pretty much every mutant they can squeeze into the thing, this summer's "The Wolverine" is looking pretty quaint. Oh sure, we'll get Viper, Silver Samurai and Jean Grey (probably), but those few barely even begin to scratch the sheer volume of players Bryan Singer is bringing to the table. Perhaps not be outdone, and to possibly try and ape Marvel's comic world building, it would appear that another face will be popping up as a late addition to "The Wolverine," and duh, spoilers below.
According to sources speaking to JoBlo, a late reshoot has added Professor X in a quick airport scene with Logan. Now, a couple of interesting red flags to throw up here, the biggest of which is this: with "The Wolverine" apparently set after "X-Men: The Last Stand," shouldn't Professor X be dead? It's also not clear if Patrick Stewart himself was involved or not, but the suggestion is that this could be a kind of post-credits thing, possiblymaybeperhaps linking to 'Future Past.' So…cool? We'll let the nerds debate it below.
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BANNING (CBSLA.com) — The Hathaway Fire, which has scorched 3,807 acres in the San Gorgonio Wilderness area, was 73 percent contained as of Monday night.
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"Firefighters have been using minimal impact suppression tactics …with the goal of creating the least impact to natural and cultural resources," a U.S. Forest Service statement said.
Nine firefighters suffered minor injuries in the effort, which has been fought on the ground and from the air.
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The Electoral College is a vestige of the "Great Compromise" of the 1787 Constitutional Convention, whereby States were apportioned seats in the House of Representatives based on population, but each State - even the smallest - had two (2) seats in the Senate. States in which slavery was allowed benefitted. "Each person in a State, regardless of her or his status, was counted for purposes of apportionment of seats in the House and electoral voes: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons..." U.S. Const., Art I, sec. 2.
The most important compromises at the Convention had to do with slavery, an evil institution or practice the effects of which still haunt us. Those compromises were discussed and made at night, after the delegates adjourned for the evening. Neither the word "slave" nor any derivative of it appears in the text of the Constitution as ratified by the States. Also, the phrase "Electoral College" appears nowhere.
The "winner takes all method of apportionment of electors - in use in 48 States - - immediately screws about half of the electorate. The votes of the people who voted for the candidate who received fewer votes IN THAT STATE amount to - crap, to say it nicely. The right to cast a vote and the right to have one's vote counted are both constitutionally protected. U.S. v. Classic, 313 U.S. 299, 315 (1941). A person's interest in participating in the political process through voting and having her or his vote counted is a right both 'individual and personal in nature. Reynolds v Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 561 (1963). The right of suffrage can be denied by a debasement or dilution of the right to vote just as effectively as by wholly prohibiting the free exercise of the franchise. Reynolds, 377 U.S. at 554.
"Winner-take-all" was not provided in the Constitution. In fact, as James Madison noted in a letter in 1823 to George Hay, a Washington lawyer and, later, a Federal judge, most of the delegates to the 1787 Convention opposed electors voting in blocs - a/k/a, winner-takes-all.
Early elections had various means by which electors were chosen.
The national elections of 1788 and 1792 were the first under the Constitution, the dominant figure was George Washington, and a dynamic of those elections was the nearly unanimous support he received as the choice for President. In 1788, he ran virtually unopposed and won one (1) vote from each of the electors of the Electoral College. In that election, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, South Carolina, and Georgia appointed their electors via their legislatures. In New York, the effort to follow those fives States' lead became mired in argument to the extent that New York missed the day for voting and its electors were not chosen. Because Rhode Island and North Carolina had yet to ratify the Constitution, those States did not participate in the election. In Maryland and Virginia, electors were selected by popular vote on a district-by-district basis. In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Hampshire, electors were chosen by statewide popular vote by use of a general ticket. In Massachusetts, electors were chosen by popular vote district-by-district, with the Commonwealth's legislature appointed two electors at-large. Peirce and Longley, "The People's President: The Electoral College in American History and the Direct Vote Alternative," 1981 ed., p. 33.
President Washington enjoyed similar success in his re-election in 1792, in which all thirteen (13) of the original States were able to vote. Vermont and Kentucky also had joined the Union. One Commonwealth, Pennsylvania, and one State, Maryland, cast popular votes for President. No other State cast popular votes for the Nation's highest office. Those States restricted the vote via property requirements.
The election of 1800 exposed flaws in the means by which the President was elected, under Article II of the Constitution. Jefferson ran for President, with Aaron Burr. As one writer has noted: ".. .Burr was primarily responsible for Jefferson's election. In the presidential campaign of 1800 Jefferson had once again been matched against Adams. ... In all states except New York, Adams actually matched or exceeded his electoral votes in the 1796 contest, by which [Adams] had won by a narrow margin. But New York had gone decisively for Jefferson, providing [Jefferson] his slim margin of victory. And the man who had delivered the electors of New York to Jefferson's camp was the irrepressible Aaron Burr, whose price for this important contribution was a place on the ballot alongside Jefferson." Ellis, "American Sphinx," 1998, pp. 206-07. As Ellis goes on to describe, "because of a quirk in the electoral system that prevented electors from distinguishing between votes for president and vice president ... Jefferson and Burr had received the identical number of electoral votes. This threw the election into the House of Representatives, where the Federalists were able to block the majority necessary for Jefferson's selection for six days and thirty-six ballots. Even though everyone acknowledged that the American electorate had intended to choose Jefferson as it president, Burr had done nothing to indicate his willingness to defer." Id., p. 207.
As a consequence, the Twelfth Amendment was ratified.
Hamilton's description of electors as "men chosen by the people for the special purpose at the particular conjuncture" to choose the President is not how we choose electors today. If that were the case, one may reasonably infer, the names of the electors would appear on our ballots and we would vote for those individuals. Instead, we vote for the team of candidates for President and Vice-President. One would also infer, again reasonably, that electors would not run as a "block." If one is to trust in these men—the Constitution was written and ratified at a time when women did not have the right to vote although, ironically, women were eligible to run for the office of President—a voter could choose each as to that elector's merits and wisdom.
"Winner takes all" might be defended on same bases, but not on the basis that it comports with equal protection of the law. Under Indiana's Constitution, the "General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens." Ind. Const., Art. 1, § 23. Indiana statute provides for "winner take all," not our Indiana Constitution.
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Who we are
Figure eight is a knot used in sailing and rock climbing. Aside from good beer, rock climbing is one of our passions and this knot is used to tie the safety rope to the climber's harness. An aesthetically pleasing knot, when turned on its side it also looks a bit like the symbol for infinity. So sticking with our passions, we hope to take Figure Eight Brewing to infinity and beyond! (Or at least to the point where we are producing some very tasty and satisfying brews.
Our philosophy is simple. Life is short and one never knows how long each of us has. If we wait too long to pursue our dreams, then we may never have the opportunity to do so. As John Barrymore once said - "A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.". Taking on the challenges of pursuing our dreams often begs the question of why? When asked why he climbed mountains, Mallory once said - "So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself, upward and forever upward, then you won't see why we go. What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for."
So we here at Figure Eight Brewing hope that everyone is enjoying life and that our brews might further that goal - cheers!