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Care in Jamaica by Meriel Anderson
My name is Meriel Anderson; I am currently in my final year of High School in Vancouver, Canada. I came across Projects Abroad early last year and within 5 minutes found the amazing 2 week programme during the summer of 2009 that appealed to me because of the time frame and the wide range of countries I could pick from. I decided to choose Care and Community work in Jamaica and not one moment I experienced over there would make me doubt my decision.
Projects Abroad was very reassuring and helpful all throughout my pre-departure; always replying to my questions within a day and loading the website with useful information about what I needed to bring, what kind of culture I was going to be exposed to, and more. Of course, the time before a trip on your own to a new country would be nerve racking, but the comfort and the knowledge I received only excited me more.
My placement was at the Hanbury Children's Home, a place full of wonderful, bright, and entertaining children of all ages. Each of them carried a story and love for everyone that they met. Since I was there during the summer and most of the older children were done with the school portion of the year, me and my volunteer group ran a little summer camp programme for the children who wanted to join.
Being a 5'2 blond Canadian girl, I knew that I would stand out and people warned me to be careful, but everyone I came into contact with greeted me with welcoming smiles and questions making sure I felt comfortable and was happy in Jamaica. Even upon our first tour of the placement, before our introductions to the children, within the first 30 seconds every one of us had a child to hold our hand. Everyone was so warm, friendly, and excited to share the next few weeks with us. It felt amazing to have such an overwhelming feeling of love from people who probably did not remember your name yet.
Throughout the weeks I got to know almost all of the children there. Our activity director set us up with all kinds of paper and paints so that we could do arts and crafts with the children for a few hours in the mornings. Two other volunteers, Chloe and Casey, and I were to work with the 9 – 13 age group. In the mornings we would gather the kids together in the undercover area with tables and give them materials to do crafts. The first project we did was mask-making. We gave each participant a paper plate with eyes cut out and helped them decorate the plates to make a face with crayons, paint, feathers, markers, and string. Every kid was so excited and each felt very accomplished after they completed theirs, parading around with it on for the rest of the day.
The thing I found outstanding was that all the kids were so responsible and respectful towards us. They said "please" and "thank you", and after every activity we did they were always out with brooms and garbage containers even before we asked. Another activity we did was paper weaving, which showed to me how loving and grateful all of these children were, helping their friends that didn't understand how to do it.
After our morning activities, which were divided by age groups, all of the volunteers and kids would get together to play. Sometimes we would gather around the iPod speakers we brought and dance to the newest reggae songs we all shared a love for. The children love to just have fun; they would teach us the dance moves to some of the songs, and we would share the other kinds of music we all listened to at home. Every day I was amazed by the inspiring stories I heard throughout the day from each of the children and I learned so much watching the way they cope and look out for one another.
During the hours of the day we spent there, minus the 20 minutes in which we would eat our delicious lunch, there was always a child there to hold our hand or sit on our lap. Once in a while they would compete for who got our hand. Even if we could not remember all of their names, the children just wanted to feel loved and it felt incredible to be able to give them that attention and warmth they all deserved. Despite the extreme heat I never quite got used to, the children were always eager to keep us pleased getting us ice juice and resting with us under the shade. Volunteering at Hanbury Children's Home never felt like work and we would leave even more excited to find out what we would experience the following day.
For a couple of the days at the home we worked on our group gift which would be 3 murals that we painted on each side of a storage building. One side would show each country the members of our group were from, the other would be a fun underwater scene, and the last wall would be collaboration with the children. Throughout our work days everyone in the Hanbury community was eager to help us out. Whether it was children mixing paints, clearing away rubbish or singing us songs, everyone put in their part to help create the 3 walls. At one point almost 30 children were gathered around the paint asking what they could do next.
Another thing all the children were amazed by was our cameras and video cameras. Hours would be spent making funny dance or rap videos with each other or taking photos of funny faces. I even took a video of them dancing and singing in the house we painted to their favourite song "Stookie". The kids were so happy to be able to share parts of their lives with us and just talk to us as friends. I was surprised how well I managed to relate to all the kids, despite living in completely different cultures half a world apart.
The Projects Abroad staff were very organised during our trip; they arranged for our transportation to and from the home every day and we ended up becoming good friends. We also had a set schedule as to how the week would be laid out, including all the extra activities like dance classes, patois lessons, and weekend day trips.
On the final day at the home we held an exhibition, displaying all the artwork and creations the children had made throughout the previous 2 weeks and a chance for everyone to come together and sing songs and dance. The hardest part of my experience was saying goodbye to all the children who I had learned so much from and grown to love over my stay. Even the tough girls shed tears. Everyone at the home was so loving and opened up to us quickly, which allowed us to create a bond in a very short time. It was such a rewarding experience to know that I touched each one of their hearts as they did mine.
Going on this trip has so far been the most memorable experience I have yet had in my life. Every single day I learned and grew as a person, as well as gained the satisfaction of helping those less fortunate than me. I got to share and spread smiles, and looked forward to every day ahead. It was amazing to be able to completely immerse myself in a brand new culture and gain friendships with people I never would have run into otherwise. I cannot wait until I can return and see the progress each of the children has made. Almost every day I am somehow reminded of my two weeks spent in Mandeville and I can't help but smile. They are right when they say Jamaica is the country of one love.
Meriel Anderson
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All About Cigar Shapes
A way to categorize a cigar is by its shape and size. Because there are many different shapes and sizes, the sticks are even named by them from people in the industry. Different brands of cigar makers will categorize their sticks differently than others. The same size cigar can have a different sized name depending on which manufacturer produced it. The industry has come a long way, and manufacturers have had to make up their own sizing and shaping names because they are now offered in more shapes than the original hand rolled ones from years ago.
The shape and size are often called the vitola by aficionados. There are two dimensions to a stick, besides the flavor and aroma, which is length and ring gauge. The length and width are both measured in inches, however the ring gauge is on a scale of one sixty-fourth of an inch. The most common shape and size is the corona which is also called a parejo. They have straight sides, a cylinder shaped body, an open end, and a leaf wrapped end. Sticks with an unusual or irregular shape are called figurados. Cigarillos, or little cigars, are very small and weigh less than a usual stick.
Parejos and figurados have their own categories of sticks. Parejos range in length from four and a half to nine and a quarter inches. The width or ring gauge ranges from 33 to 60 sixty-fourths of an inch. The sticks that fall under the parejo category are: robusto, rothschild, corona, petit corona, corona gorda, corona grande, double corona, gran corona, presidente, churchill, toro, panatela, carlota, and lonsdale. Some of these names are quite noticeable, and are named after Sir Winston Churchill and the Rothschild family. The categories of figurados are: tuscanian, torpedo, perfecto, presidente, pyramid, and culebras.
The shape and size of a stick will not affect the quality of it. It is a personal preference as to which shape and size you like to smoke. Some manufacturers are known for making a certain type of figurado or parejo. For fun occasions, you can even find cigars shaped in the form of baseball bats, golf clubs, or pipes. If you are new to the culture of smoking, naming a stick by its shape rather than asking for a five inch cigar will make you sound more like an aficionado. It is part of the culture and industry to use names rather than numbers. This is what makes smoking them so unique and fascinating. The traditions are long lasting and rich in history.

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The declining law school application rate did not get any better this year, according to The National Law Journal, which reported that applications are down 37 percent since 2010. The decline between this year and last was eight percent, following double-digit declines in the prior two years. The NLJ quotes University of North Carolina School of Law professor Alfred Brophy as estimating that this year's entering class will be at 38,000, the lowest since 1974. That's compared to the 52,488 students who started law school in 2010.
So is now a great time to go to law school? It depends on who you ask. Jordan Weissman at Slate thinks so, in spite of adamant protest from the Above the Law team. Weissman speculates that "the total number of graduates will soon just about match the total number of long-term jobs that have been available." He wisely begins his argument with the important disclaimer that "Most people should not attend law school. Specifically, you shouldn't attend law school unless: a) you have an overwhelming compulsion to actually become a lawyer and b) you understand exactly what becoming a lawyer entails." Assuming you fall into this category, you should still consider ATL's counterargument that "there are still good reasons to go to law school, but trying to game the still out-of-whack supply and demand disparity in the market isn't one of them."
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MURRIETA >> Scorching temperatures slightly cooled the tempers of protesters and counter-protesters outside the Border Patrol station here Friday, as dozens shouted at each other and waited for the expected arrival of a bus carrying about 140 women and children from Central America.
It was unclear when the bus would arrive – federal authorities wouldn't say, citing safety concerns – but the road itself was cleared of protesters by Murrieta police and Border Patrol agents as protesters and counter-protesters kept a careful watch into the night.
Earlier in the day, larger crowds had been separated by police tape to prevent confrontations between those who wanted to turn back that bus as they had done on Tuesday and those opposing such a turnback.
But a high temperature of 95 degrees — still 91 by 5:30 — and a full day or more of waiting convinced many to leave as the Fourth of July wound down.
Hours discussing the Central American immigrants themselves — who recently have crossed the border in Texas illegally, in such large numbers that the Border Patrol is transferring some here — seemed to either sap some of the anger or encourage the finding of common ground among some.
Ryon Patterson, 22, had been arguing loudly with one woman in particular for nearly 10 minutes when she convinced him she wasn't a racist.
"We can agree to disagree about this," Patterson told her, referring to immigration policy generally. "We're both Christians, though, so we agree on something important."
The woman he was arguing with, who would identify herself only as Debbie from Hesperia, said she'd made a new friend.
Friend might be putting it strongly — he continued to wonder aloud whether a busload of Italian immigrants would have attracted any protesters, and she turned to another protester to say the economy and public health were threatened by unchecked numbers of immigrants — but they parted ways with a respectful nod.
That's not to say everyone was debating quietly.
Half an hour and 100 yards away, a man carrying a "Don't Tread on Me" flag confronted a counter-protester who had tossed some trash into the weeds.
"Why would you litter?" he called to her. "I guess you don't respect any rule of law, do you?"
When he caught up to her to reiterate his point, a man with her blocked his way and tried to grab an energy drink from his hand. Both held on tightly, and the top of the can ripped away from the rest, but they stormed away from each other without further interaction.
Neither would give their name.
Police had arrested five people in the area of the protest as of 5:30 p.m., all in connection with a single incident, said Lt. John Flavin of the Murrieta Police Department.
"Officers were contacting a female subject reference (a) battery investigation," Flavin said. "While she was being arrested, four others tried to interfere and were arrested for obstructing justice."
At one point a woman jumped on an officer's back, according to protesters close to the confrontation, who said the woman was in favor of letting the bus in.
Flavin said he couldn't say which side of the protest the three men and two women were on, and couldn't yet give their names.
Authorities said they wouldn't let the bus be blocked again Friday.
Murrieta City Manager Rick Dudley posted a message to the city website saying the city hadn't meant to encourage blocking of the buses, but instead letters to Congress protesting immigration policy.
"Protesters came from around the Southland to oppose the arrival of undocumented immigrants to Murrieta for processing," Dudley wrote. "In the face of the protest, three buses were turned around and the protesters claimed victory. This was not victory. It was a loss for the city of Murrieta, for the community that we live in and love. It made this extremely compassionate community look heartless and uncaring. That is NOT the Murrieta that we all know and love."
Joey Johnson, 58, left shortly after 3 p.m. with a half-dozen others who had arrived at 9 a.m. from the Bay Area.
"I think we made our point," Johnson said. "We saw the protests on TV, and wanted to make it clear that we don't stand for oppression."
Noel Breen of Palm Springs said that, as an American, he wanted to show the national media that some still had compassion.
"I think it's my patriotic duty to show we're not all consumed with hatred. Not everyone who looks like me" – he said, gesturing toward his white face – "is xenophobic. Our country's greatness is because it accepts the suffering."
Murrieta resident Kraig Dixon, 54, said it's easy to call someone intolerant when you're not the one responsible for the effects of releasing immigrants who may not have any money or connections into the community, using up community resources.
"Unless you're going to give them food and a room in your house, or at least help out in some real way, you're a hypocrite," Dixon said, showing protesters an email address — firstname.lastname@example.com — where they can get information on how to help.
And Gina Verno, 47, of Murrieta said she had descended from indigenous people in Mexico before her family immigrated in 1906.
"It's not a race thing," she said. "It's an economic thing. People can't get jobs because of this. I worked since I was 18, and we can't keep giving things away to people who don't work."
That many of those on the bus are younger than 18 doesn't change the argument, she said.
"It's the tip of the iceberg," she said. "First it's one thing, then another."


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by Tom Utescher
PHOTO CAPTION – GFS sophomore Caroline Myran shoots the ball over Germantown High's Rameira Tucker during last weekend's tournament. (Photo by Tom Utescher)
Host Germantown Friends School and the girls' basketball team from nearby Penn Charter both won on the second day of last weekend's Germantown Community Tournament.
GFS suffered a close loss in the tourney opener on Friday, but the Tigers rebounded the next afternoon, winning the third-place game over Bodine High School for International Affairs, 49-17. PC rolled through its semifinal contest and then gave another convincing performance in the championship game on Saturday, knocking off Germantown High, 52-21.
In the first of Friday's semifinal games (which were the 2011-2012 season openers for all four teams), Charter took charge quickly during a 14-0 first quarter and cruised to a 58-14 victory. Seniors Marykate O'Brien and Dianna Thomas-Palmer paced the Quakers with 16 and 12 points, respectively, and next in the scoring stats were Hannah Fox, with eight points, and fellow eighth-grader Ayanna Matthews, with seven.
Bodine's Lady Ambassadors received most of their offense from Teneka Garvin, who chalked up 10 points.
The second semifinal was more competitive, with Germantown High pulling out a 40-36 win over the host Tigers. Rameira Tucker of the Lady Bears led all scorers with 20 points, two more than junior Katherine Walden registered for Germantown Friends. Imani Ross, a freshman guard, added nine points for GFS.
"We have to play as a team," said Tigers head coach James Jordan. "We have a young group, and we don't have that marquee player that we can go to when the game gets tight."
Walden took her ACT exams the following day, missing much of the third-place game against Bodine. In this contest the Tigers didn't need her, scoring the first seven points of the affair and going on to win by more than 30.
Sophomore forwards Caroline Myran and Isabel Ballaster provided the early offense for GFS, but five minutes in, Bodine was still in contention with the count at 8-4. Forcing numerous turnovers from the Ambassadors, the Tigers spread the score to 15-4 by the end of the opening period, then bagged two more field goals at the start of the second round. Hitting both lay-ups and medium-range jumpers, Myran accumulated 11 points by halftime, when the hosts were ahead, 28-12.
The scoring pace slowed during an 8-3 third quarter, then Walden arrived and netted all of her 10 points for the day on five consecutive field goals. Ross also finished with 10 points, and Myran came away with a game-high 15.
Ballaster ended up with five points and senior Alex Clarke with four, with two points added by junior point guard Sophie Mercuris. Sophomore forward Maddie Andrews completed the scoring for the winners, coming off the bench for three points. Both Andrews and Myran are goalies during the fall season, Andrews for the GFS field hockey team, and Myran for the soccer squad.
Bodine received seven points from Garvin in the tourney consolation game, and Sherrie Rucker and Crystal Carrasquill contributed four points apiece for the Ambassadors.
"I'm encouraging the girls to believe in themselves and in their teammates, and they did that today," Coach Jordan commented. "These girls don't play summer basketball, so everything they learn they have to learn when our school season starts. They've picked up a lot in a short time."
In the tourney championship game, Penn Charter took a 16-0 lead before the Germantown Bears got on the board with a free throw from Tucker. The opening quarter concluded with a tally of 24-1. The Quakers' Thomas-Palmer and fellow senior Danielle Sienko combined for 10 points in the paint while O'Brien, Fox, and Matthews each nailed a three-pointer.
As the second stanza got underway, Germantown High recorded its first field goal, a jumper from the right wing by Deona Durant. PC began the period with reserve players on the floor and Germantown made some headway, trimming a few points off its deficit for a 33-12 halftime score.
The Quakers gained ground in each of the last two quarters and Germantown's offense suffered from the loss of the hard-driving Tucker, who had to leave the game with her fifth personal foul.
At the end the stats showed 10 points apiece for Thomas-Palmer, who was named MVP of the weekend event, and for O'Brien, an All-Tournament Team selection. Sienko posted a game-high 11 points, with Matthews adding nine points and Fox seven. Germantown received seven points from Tucker (another all-tourney pick) and five from Ashley Hargreaves.
The other members of the All-Tournament team were Walden of GFS and Garvin of Bodine.


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Located about 1 mile west of the glittering Las Vegas Strip, this family-friendly, French-Quarter-themed hotel offers spectacular views of the sweeping mountain panoramas surrounding the Las Vegas Valley.
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Languages Spoken
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Hotel Amenities
The 3-tower Orleans Hotel and Casino hosts a wealth of facilities, including two pools, an oversized spa tub, The Spa Orleans health spa offering massages, aromatherapy and beauty treatments, a sauna and steam rooms (surcharges), a business center (surcharge), and a fitness center (cost included in resort fee). Other amenities include nightly entertainment, myriad restaurants and bars, wireless Internet access, and 24-hour room service.
The 142,000-square-foot casino offers plenty of gaming for adults, and children ages 3–9 may play in a childcare center equipped with a jungle gym, movie room, and a video- and interactive-game arcade (surcharges and immunization records required for use; open Sunday-Thursday, 10 AM - 10 PM and Friday-Saturday, 10 AM - 12 AM. Hours subject to change).
Valet parking is complimentary (gratuity not included). This hotel offers a complimentary shuttle service to its companion hotel, the Gold Coast, and to Bill's Gamblin Hall.
- Casino
- Elevator/lift
- Number of bars/lounges - 6
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
- Business center
- Conference space
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Porter/bellhop
- Meeting rooms
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Steam room
- Free valet parking
- Sauna
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Outdoor pool
- Supervised childcare/activities (surcharge)
- Children's pool
- Free area shuttle
- Conference space size (meters) - 3716
- Spa services on site
- Luggage storage
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 15
- Conference space size (feet) - 40000
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Designated smoking areas
- Ballroom
- Banquet hall
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 1,886
- Number of floors - 21
- Arcade/game room
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Arcade/game room
- Bowling alley on site
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Number of bathrooms -
- Free WiFi (limited) device count
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (24 hours)
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Big Al's Oyster Bar - Enjoy a Creole/Cajun-inspired menu of freshly shucked oysters, steamed clams, mussels, bouillabaisse, and pasta dishes. Open daily from late morning to late evening.
Brendan's Irish Pub - This pub has a large bar of dark woods, multiple plasma-screen TVs, and live music nightly. It serves pub fare, Irish and British ales and beers, and Irish whiskeys. Open from mid-morning to late evening.
French Market Buffet - Cooking stations include barbecue, Mongolian, Chinese, American, and Mexican. Specialties include seafood on Mondays, steak on Wednesdays. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch buffets are served daily.
T.G.I. Friday's - This restaurant offers casual dining, eclectic menu, and happy hours. Open daily from late morning to late evening.
Courtyard Café - This coffee shop has New Orleans-style specialties and Chinese fare. Open daily 24 hours.
Java Vegas Coffee - Freshly brewed coffees, including unique espresso creations, are available at this popular new coffee shop.
Rocky Mountain Chocolate - Head here for rich chocolate candy temptations.
Baskin-Robbins - Ice cream treats are served in the Orleans Food Court.
Fuddruckers - A wide variety of specialty and classic burgers are grilled to order, and salads, milkshakes, and lots more are served 24 hours a day in the Orleans Food Court.
Subway - Sandwiches and salads are served 24 hours a day.
Casino bars - 4 bars are located on the casino floor and open 24 hours.
The poolside bar is open seasonally.
Room service is available 24 hours.
The Prime Rib Loft - Overlooking the casino, this restaurant serves 4 styles of aged prime rib as well as chicken, seafood, and pasta dishes for dinner. Open evenings daily.
Alder & Birch - this restaurant highlights American Tradition with hand-crafted cocktails, house made ginger beers, prime steaks, and classic American entrees.
Ondori Asian Kitchen - features authentic Chinese entrees alongside a large selection of sushi dishes and Japanese cuisine.
Entertainers such as Glen Campbell, Neil Sedaka, Donny Osmond, and Sinbad appear in the 827-seat Orleans Showroom.
Home to the ECHL's Las Vegas Wranglers professional hockey team and the AFL's Las Vegas Gladiators football team, the 9,000-seat Orleans Arena also hosts major touring concerts, rodeos, ice shows, family shows, trade and consumer shows, plus a variety of motor sports.
Live entertainment occurs nightly in the 140-seat Bourbon Street Cabaret. Nightly music, along with more than a dozen Irish and British brews on tap, please visitors of Brendan's Irish Pub.
The enormous, 142,000-square-foot casino offers more than 3,000 slots, video poker, and video keno machines, as well as blackjack, craps, roulette, Pai Gow poker, and a 170-seat race and sports book. Other gaming options include a 23-table poker room and a 24-hour, 60-seat keno lounge.
Club Coast, Coast Casinos' Slot Club offers complimentary membership cards that consolidate in single accounts slot and table play at four Las Vegas casinos (the Orleans, Suncoast, and Gold Coast). Members earn cash and/or comp rewards redeemable for cash, comps, event tickets, restaurants, and merchandise.
Age restrictions may apply to entertainment options. Schedules are subject to change without notice.
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Recreational amenities at the Orleans Hotel and Casino include two outdoor pools, a large spa tub, and a fitness center (cost included in resort fee). The Spa Orleans offers body wraps, massages, facials, and signature treatments in private massage rooms (surcharges). The spa also houses sauna and steam rooms (surcharges). On the resort's second floor are a 70-lane bowling center and an 18-screen theater that includes loveseat and rocking-chair seating (surcharges).
Skydiving and helicopter tours are popular with Las Vegas visitors. Numerous golf courses are available in the Las Vegas area.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bowling alley on site
Spa Services
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
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- Couples treatment rooms
- Body wraps
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There's the story of a young Chinese American couple planning on getting married, but on the day of the proposal the bride-to-be confesses to her fiance that she has hepatitis B. Then there's the one about a Korean immigrant family in which the father, who prefers traditional Asian medicine over Western medicine, discovers that his brother has liver cancer. Lastly, there's the story of a Vietnamese American nail salon owner whose husband is diagnosed with hepatitis B, which was probably contracted by sharing razors with an infected roommate in college. No, these are are not vignettes from an Asian American film about coincidence.* These are cautionary tales used in cultural, comic book-like photonovels that were developed to raise hepatitis B awareness among Asian Americans–the racial/ethnic group with the greatest risk of contracting hepatitis B.
Hepatitis B is an infectious liver disease caused by the hepatitis B virus and is spread through contact with bodily fluids such as blood, semen, or vaginal fluids. It can also be passed from mother to child during childbirth. Contracting the virus can lead to either acute infection with symptoms that include liver inflammation, jaundice, fever, and nausea lasting several weeks or chronic infection, which may not present with symptoms but is a leading cause of life-threatening conditions such as cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and liver cancer. Hepatitis B, however, is treatable and preventable through limiting exposure (i.e. not sharing needles, safe sex, etc.) and vaccinations.
Asian Americans, particularly recent immigrants, are especially vulnerable to hepatitis B infection because hepatitis B is endemic in many countries from which Asian Americans originate and Asian Americans have low rates of hepatitis B screening and vaccination. As a result, according to the CDC, of the estimated 1 million Americans with chronic hepatitis B about half are from the Asian/Pacific Islander (API) communities. For comparison, Asian Americans make up roughly 5% of the US population. Nearly 1 in 12 Asian Americans are chronically infected with hepatitis B, but many are unaware of their status. This further poses a public health risk since infected individuals can unknowingly spread the virus.
The low rates of hepatitis B screening and vaccination in the Asian American community may be due to a combination of barriers such as hepatitis B awareness, fluency in English, access to healthcare, and cultural beliefs and norms surrounding disease and medicine. To overcome some of these obstacles culturally-appropriate photonovels can be used to increase the effectiveness of a public health message. These are educational materials that use images of ethnic characters, cultural issues, and language to tell a story that is highly relatable to a target community. Photonovels, for instance, have been used with success to educate immigrant Latino communities on various health issues. The effectiveness of photonovels, however, have not been addressed for diverse Asian American communities which have do not have a unifying language such as Spanish for Latino communities.
Faced with this obstacle, Sunmin Lee and her colleagues at the University of Maryland School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health developed three photonovels in Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese languages with the help of focus groups from those communities. These focus groups aided in incorporating not only characters and simplified language into the photonovels, but also identifiable cultural norms such as the stigma of having a disease, misconceptions of traditional medicine and Western medicine, and the idea of luck and misfortune that surrounds disease.
These photonovels were used as one component of a 90-minute hepatitis B educational program consisting of a video, slideshow presentation, and a Q&A session aimed at increasing hepatitis B screening rates to decrease the incidence of liver cancer among Asian American communities. A follow-up survey of participants was conducted a month after the educational program was delivered to evaluate the photonovel. A clear majority (nearly 90%) of survey respondents agreed or strongly agreed that the photonovels presented useful and easy-to-understand information on hepatitis B screening for liver cancer prevention. A similar majority of respondents also found that the stories were written by someone who was familiar with their respective communities (~77%) and a good teaching tool (over 80%). Perhaps most importantly, the authors of the study found that individuals who had never been screened for hepatitis B or were unaware of their infection status and who had evaluated the photonovels positively were more likely to indicate that they felt capable of and intended to undergo hepatitis B screening.
Furthermore, when the authors analyzed the responses based on income and education they found that individuals with less education and on the lower end of the income scale were more likely to evaluate the photonovels positively. Interestingly, when broken down by specific communities, Vietnamese respondents were most favorable overall towards the photonovels compared to their Korean and Chinese counterparts. Vietnamese participants also tended to be less highly educated, so the authors speculate that educational materials such as photonovels that rely on pictures more than text might be an effective strategy for this demographic. However, since the photonovels were all different it could be the case that the Vietnamese photonovel just happened to be better developed than the Korean or Chinese photonovels and, therefore, more effective for the Vietnamese community.
The study, however, is not without its limitations. To start, it is a relatively small study of 347 survey respondents. The authors also caution that since their target population was not easily reached, participants were recruited through community organizations rather than through a random selection process. As such, the groups analyzed may not be representative of Asian American communities in the US. Additionally, the photonovels were one component of a larger educational program. Exposure to the 90-minute presentation may have primed the participants to read and understand the photonovels. It would be good to know how effective the photonovels are independent of the presentation as well as how it compares to educational materials that are more text-dependent or written in English. Lastly, to determine if this campaign effectively translates into higher hepatitis B screening rates, it would be essential to know how many of the participants ultimately underwent hepatitis B screening. As it stands, the survey only asked if the participicants felt capable of undergoing a hepatitis B screening and what their likelihood of undergoing a screening.
Despite its shortcomings, the positive reaction of the Korean, Chinese, and Vietnamese participants to the photonovels is encouraging. The study, although small, suggests that culturally appropriate photonovels may be an effective strategy for increasing hepatitis B awareness and lowering the liver cancer rates in the rapidly growing Asian American community. In fact, the Vietnamese photonovel won the Health Education Materials Contest Award in the Printed Category at 2011 American Public Health Association Meeting.** The study's methods in consulting focus groups also provides a template for designing future public health education campaigns targeting other immigrant and at-risk populations.
In the meantime, if you're Asian American don't let the stigma of having a disease, traditional medicine, or the taboo of discussing illness stop you from getting screened for hepatitis B. Your liver might thank you for it later.
The photonovels are available as pdf here.
*Speaking of coincidence, May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month and Hepatitis Awareness Month.
** Post updated 5/26/13.
Lee S., Yoon H., Chen L. & Juon H.S. (2013). Culturally Appropriate Photonovel Development and Process Evaluation for Hepatitis B Prevention in Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese American Communities., Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education, PMID: 23372031


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Help us get Justice for Jamie and others
Following the death of our 22 year old son Jamie at the hands of a career criminal who was driving dangerously, we were devastated to learn that he could be released from prison after serving less than two years. To lose our lovely Jamie in this way has destroyed our family but this ridiculous sentence just compounds our grief.
Knowing other families in our position are set to receive similar inadequate sentences we had a choice to let it happen or to try and make a change. Through you signing our epetition we hope that together we can make a change and bring proper British justice to the distraught families who are left without their loved ones following these crimes. No sentence will ever bring back a loved one but a longer sentence will show that the courts take this matter seriously and may even act as a deterrent.
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In the latest sign that change is afoot in the Democratic Party of Orange County, a new logo was unveiled this week. It retains the fruity reference of its predecessor while incorporating the minimalist logo of the national Democrats.
"With the new energy and leadership within the county party, it seemed time to update the look of the logo with a design that is fresh and clean yet reflects a recognizable 'brand,'" the party said in its April newsletter.
When Henry Vandermeir took over the volunteer post of party chairman from Frank Barbaro in January, he brought with him the ability to work full time for the party without the distraction of a day job. As part of his campaign to win the chairmanship in January, he unveiled a two-year strategic plan and, as proof of his fundraising abilities, $80,000 in pledges.
The party grows increasingly poised to make a mark on the famously Republican county. The GOP advantage in voter registration has shrunk from 22 percentage points in 1990 to just under 10 points. Broad majorities of Latinos and Asians are voting for Democrats, and the growing Latino population is projected to be majority of the county's residents by 2040.
The new logo is on top, followed by Democrats' national logo and, finally, the county party's old logo.


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Chemistry and the environmentActivity by Hans Dahlkvist | added on May 09, 2010 | Sweden
Sponsor(s): Linköping university and Roslagens högskola AB
Inorganic and organic substances will be evaluated by professionals and students to compare there relevance and importance in ecosystems and societies.
- The number of organic compounds vastly exceeds the number of inorganic compounds. The reason for this dramatic difference is a special property of the carbon atom: its ability to join with other carbon atoms in very long chains, in rings, and in other kinds of geometric arrangements.
- In general, organic compounds tend to have much lower melting and boiling points than do inorganic compounds.
- In general, organic compounds are less likely to dissolve in water than are inorganic compounds.
- Organic compounds are likely to be more flammable but poorer conductors of heat and electricity than are inorganic compounds.
- Organic reactions tend to take place more slowly and to produce a much more complex set of products than do inorganic reactions.
Both inorganic and organic chemicals are spread uncontrolled by man on the planet and it is important to understand the general effects of chemicals on nature and humans. It is of great value to initiate and perform processes in the society which will elevate the knowledge about chemistry and the environment. This workshop will emphasize chemical knowledge and how chemicals influences our common environment and in that way celebrate 2011 as the international year of chemistry.
Workshop activity
Describe and compare ecological essential and toxic substances.
Answer following issues;
A. Select 3 essential and 3 toxic inorganic compounds
B. Select 3 essential and 3 toxic organic compounds
Describe their appearance and chemical effects of importance in the environment on ecosystems and human beings.
This activity will run in similar workshops in each nation, and will be performed as a competition to see who has the most relevant and interesting workshop.
This website will be used for the participitation and to inform about the workshop activities.
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HarperCollins Publishers LLC is one of the world's largest publishing companies and, alongside Hachette, Holtzbrinck/Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster, is part of the "Big Five" English-language publishing companies.[1] Headquartered in New York City, the company is a subsidiary of News Corp. The company name is a combination of Harper & Row—an American publishing company acquired in 1987, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers (founded 1817) and Row, Peterson & Company—and UK publishing company William Collins, Sons (founded 1819), acquired in 1990. The worldwide CEO of HarperCollins is Brian Murray.[2] HarperCollins has publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and India. The company publishes many different imprints, both former independent publishing houses and new imprints.
- 1 History
- 2 Notable books
- 3 Imprints
- 4 Business strategy
- 5 Controversies
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Mergers and acquisitions
In 1989, Collins was bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, and the publisher was combined with Harper & Row, which NewsCorp had acquired two years earlier. In addition to the simplified and merged name, the logo for HarperCollins was derived from the torch logo for Harper and Row, and the fountain logo for Collins, which were combined into a stylized set of flames atop waves.
In 1999, News Corporation purchased the Hearst Book Group, consisting of William Morrow & Company and Avon Books. These imprints are now published under the rubric of HarperCollins.[3]
HarperCollins bought educational publisher Letts and Lonsdale in March 2010.[citation needed]
In 2011, HarperCollins announced they had agreed to acquire the publisher Thomas Nelson.[4] The purchase was completed on July 11, 2012, with an announcement that Thomas Nelson would operate independently given the position it has in Christian book publishing.[5]
Management history
Jane Friedman was CEO for HarperCollins from 1997 to 2008. Notable management figures include Lisa Sharkey, current senior vice president and director of creative development and Barry Winkleman from 1989 to 1994.
United States v. Apple Inc.
In April 2012, the United States Department of Justice filed United States v. Apple Inc., naming Apple, HarperCollins, and four other major publishers as defendants. The suit alleged that they conspired to fix prices for e-books, and weaken Amazon.com's position in the market, in violation of antitrust law.[6]
In December 2013, a federal judge approved a settlement of the antitrust claims, in which HarperCollins and the other publishers paid into a fund that provided credits to customers who had overpaid for books due to the price-fixing.[7]
U.S. warehousing closings
It was announced to employees privately and then later in the day publicly on Monday, November 5, 2012 ,that HarperCollins was closing its remaining two U.S. warehouses, in order to merge shipping and warehousing operations with R. R. Donnelley in Indiana. The Scranton, PA warehouse closed in September 2013 and a Nashville, TN warehouse, under the name (D.B.A.) Thomas Nelson (which distributes the religious arm of HarperCollins/Zondervan Books), in the winter of 2013. Several office positions and departments continued to work for HarperCollins in Scranton, but in a new location.[8]
The Scranton warehouse closing eliminated approximately 200 jobs, and the Nashville warehouse closing eliminated up to 500 jobs (exact number of distribution employees is unknown)[9]
HarperCollins previously closed 2 U.S. warehouses, one in Williamsport, PA in 2011 and another in Grand Rapids, MI in 2012.[10] "We have taken a long-term, global view of our print distribution and are committed to offering the broadest possible reach for our authors," said HarperCollins Chief Executive Brian Murray, according to Publishers Weekly."We are retooling the traditional distribution model to ensure we can competitively offer the entire HarperCollins catalog to customers regardless of location." Company officials attribute the closings and mergers to the rapidly growing demand for e-book formats and the decline in print purchasing.[citation needed]
Notable books
HarperCollins maintains the backlist of many of the books originally published by their many merged imprints, in addition to having picked up new authors since the merger. Authors published originally by Harper include Mark Twain, the Brontë sisters and William Makepeace Thackeray. Authors published originally by Collins include H. G. Wells, Agatha Christie and J. R. R. Tolkien. This is a list of some of the more noted books, and series, published by HarperCollins and their various imprints and merged publishing houses.
- This is an incomplete list that may not be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
- The Art of Loving, Erich Fromm (1956)
- Master and Commander, Patrick O'Brian (1970) (adapted into the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
- the Leaphorn and Chee books, Tony Hillerman (1970–2006)
- Collins English Dictionary (1979), a major dictionary[11]
- Sharpe series, Bernard Cornwell (1981–2006)
- Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo, Hayden Herrera (1983), adapted into the 2002 film Frida
- Weaveworld, Clive Barker (1987)
- the Paladin Poetry Series (1987–1993)
- Of Gravity & Angels, Jane Hirshfield (1988)
- The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho, (1988) (first published in Portuguese as O Alquimista, 1988)
- subsequent novels in the Take Back Plenty series, Colin Greenland (1990+)
- The Language of the Genes, Steve Jones (1993)
- The Gifts of the Body, Rebecca Brown (1994)
- Microserfs, Douglas Coupland (1995)
- Thoughts, Tionne Watkins (1999)
- Shuka Saptati: Seventy tales of the Parrot a new translation from the Sanskrit by A. N. D. Haksar (2000)
- First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, Loung Ung (2000)
- Bel Canto, Ann Patchett (2001)
- A Theory of Relativity, Jacquelyn Mitchard (2001)
- recent volumes in the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett (books from 2001 to present)
- American Gods, Neil Gaiman (2001)
- Boonville, Robert Mailer Anderson (2003 reprint)
- Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson (2003)
- Don Quixote, a new translation by Edith Grossman (2003, Ecco)
- Acquainted with the Night, Christopher Dewdney (2004)
- Darkhouse, Alex Barclay (2005)
- Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman (2005)
- The Hot Kid, Elmore Leonard (2005)
- Freaky Green Eyes, by Joyce Carol Oates (2006)
- Next, Michael Crichton (2006)
- Domicilium Decoratus, Kelly Wearstler (2006) ISBN 0-06-089798-8
- Pretty Little Liars, Sara Shepard (2006)
- Mister B. Gone, Clive Barker (Harper) (2007)
- The Children of Húrin, J. R. R. Tolkien (posthumous, compiled by Christopher Tolkien) (2007)
- Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith, Beth Holloway (2007) (about Natalee Holloway)
- The Raw Shark Texts, Steven Hall (2007)
- The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, Jeff Sharlet (2008)
- Going Rogue: An American Life, Sarah Palin (2009)
- Solo, Rana Dasgupta (2009)
- The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, J. R. R. Tolkien (2009) (copublished by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
- Pirate Latitudes, Michael Crichton (2009) (posthumous publication)
- Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel (2009)
- Shattered: The True Story of a Mother's Love, a Husband's Betrayal, and a Cold-Blooded Texas Murder, Kathryn Casey (2010)
- Micro, Michael Crichton (2011) (posthumous publication)
- The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (2011)
- A Shot at History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold by Abhinav Bindra (2011)
Harper Children's Books
Children's book editor Ursula Nordstrom was the director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973, overseeing the publication of classics such as Goodnight Moon, Where the Wild Things Are, The Giving Tree, Charlotte's Web, Beverly Cleary's series starring Ramona Quimby, and Harold and the Purple Crayon. They were the publishing home of Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, and Margaret Wise Brown.[12] In 1998, Nordstrom's personal correspondence was published as Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom (illustrated by Maurice Sendak), edited by Charlotte Zolotow. Zolotow began her career as a stenographer to Nordstrom, became her protege, and went on to write more than 80 books and edit hundreds of others, including Nordstrom's The Secret Language and the works of Paul Fleischman. Zolotow later became head of the Children's Books Department, and went on to become the company's first female Vice-President.
The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, while not originally published by a merged imprint of HarperCollins, were acquired by the publisher.[citation needed]
HarperCollins has published the following notable children's books:
- This is an incomplete list that may not be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
- the I Can Read! series for beginning readers, including the Amelia Bedelia (Peggy Parish), Frog and Toad (Arnold Lobel) and Little Bear (Else Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak) books
- the Warriors series
- A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
- A Taste of Blackberries, Doris Buchanan Smith (1973)
- Skulduggery Pleasant series, Derek Landy
- Bart Simpson's Guide to Life (1993)
- Love That Dog, Sharon Creech (2001)
- The Giving Tree, Shel Silverstein (1964)
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (book), Shel Silverstein (1974)
- The Saga of Darren Shan, Darren Shan (2000–2004)
- Cirque du Freak manga series, Darren Shan and Takahiro Arai (2006–2009)
- The Dangerous Book for Boys, Conn and Hal Iggulden (2006)
- Sabriel, Garth Nix (1995)
- A Barrel of Laughs, a Vale of Tears, Jules Feiffer (1995)
- Mister God, This Is Anna, Fynn (pseudonym of Sydney Hopkins) (1974)
- the Little House on the Prairie series, Laura Ingalls Wilder (1932–2006)
- The Wolves in the Walls, Neal Gaiman and Dave McKean (2003)
- Monster, Walter Dean Myers (1999)
- Coraline, Neal Gaiman and Dave McKean (2002)
- the Pretty Little Liars series, by Sara Shepard (2007–present)
- Surviving the Applewhites, Stephanie S. Tolan (2002)
- Ruby Redfort (series), Lauren Child (2011)
- Divergent, Veronica Roth (2011)
- The School for Good and Evil, Soman Chainani (2013–present)
HarperCollins has over 30 book imprints, most of which are based in the United States.[13] Collins still exists as an imprint, chiefly for wildlife and natural history books, field guides, as well as English and bilingual dictionaries based on the Bank of English, a large corpus of contemporary English texts.
On February 8, 2013, it was announced that some parts of the Collins non-fiction imprint would be merged with the HarperPress imprint to form the new William Collins imprint.[14]
HarperCollins imprints (current and defunct, including imprints that existed prior to various mergers), include:
Business strategy
Web approach
In order to both boost book sales and reach the online market, HarperCollins has created a browsing feature on its website, whereby customers can read selected excerpts from books before purchasing.[18][19] There are some concerns among publishers with this approach because they feel that the online books could be exploited by file-sharing.[20] In addition, excerpts of books are also available to mobile phone users.[21] HarperCollins were first to market with an innovative approach to slushpile management with the introduction of the authonomy website. From 2009 to 2010, they operated Bookarmy, a social networking site.
At the beginning of October 2013, the company announced a partnership with online digital library Scribd. The official statement revealed that the "majority" of the HarperCollins US and HarperCollins Christian catalogs will be available in Scribd's subscription service. Chantal Restivo-Alessi, chief digital officer at HarperCollins, explained to the media that the deal represents the first time that the publisher has released such a large portion of its catalog.[22]
Speakers Bureau
The HarperCollins Speakers Bureau (also known as HCSB) is the first lecture agency to be created by a major publishing house.[23] It was launched in May 2005[23] as a division of HarperCollins to book paid speaking engagements for the authors HarperCollins, and its sister companies, publish. Andrea Rosen is the director.[24]
Some of the notable authors the HCSB represents include Carol Alt, Dennis Lehane, Gregory Maguire,[25] Danny Meyer, Mehmet Oz, Sidney Poitier, Ted Sorensen, and Kate White.
HarperCollins announced HarperStudio in 2008 as a "new, experimental unit... that will eliminate the traditional profit distributions to authors. The long-established author advances and bookseller returns has not proved to be very profitable to either the author or the publisher. The approach HarperStudio is now taking is to offer little or no advance, but instead to split the profit 50% (rather than the industry standard 15%), with the author." The division was headed by Bob Miller, previously the founding publisher of Hyperion, the adult books division of the Walt Disney Company.[26][27] HarperStudio folded in March 2010 after Miller left for Workman Publishing.[28]
HarperCollins India
HarperCollins India was started in 2003 as a joint venture between Living Media and HarperCollins. This combination makes HarperCollins India a major publisher in India. HarperCollins took full control of the venture at the end of 2012.[29]
If I Did It
If I Did It was a book written by O.J. Simpson about his alleged murder of Nicole Simpson, which was planned as a HarperCollins title, and which attracted considerable controversy and a legal battle over publication.
Ben Collins
In August 2010, the company became embroiled in a legal battle with the BBC after a book it was due to publish, later identified as the forthcoming autobiography of racing driver Ben Collins, revealed the identity of The Stig from Top Gear.[30] In his blog, Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman accused HarperCollins of "hoping to cash in" on the BBC's intellectual property, describing the publishers as "a bunch of chancers".[31] On September 1 the BBC's request for an injunction preventing the book from being published was turned down, effectively confirming the book's revelation that "The Stig" was indeed Collins.[32]
East and West
The company became embroiled in controversy in 1998 after it was revealed it blocked Chris Patten's (the last British governor of Hong Kong) book East and West after a direct intervention by the then-CEO of News International, Rupert Murdoch.[33] It was later revealed by Stuart Proffitt, the editor who had worked on the book for HarperCollins, that this intervention was designed to appease the Chinese authorities- of whom the book was critical- as Murdoch intended to extend his business empire into China and did not wish to cause problems there by allowing the book to be published.[34] Murdoch's intervention caused both Proffitt's resignation from the company and outrage from international media outside of News International. Chris Patten later published with Macmillan Publishing, initially in America, where it carried the logo "The book that Rupert Murdoch refused to publish".[35] After a successful legal campaign against HarperCollins, Patten went on to publish the book in the UK in September 1998 after accepting a sum of £500,000 and receiving an apology from Rupert Murdoch.[36]
In March 2011, HarperCollins announced it would distribute eBooks to libraries with DRM enabled to delete the item after being lent 26 times.[37][38] HarperCollins has drawn criticism of this plan, in particular its likening eBooks, which are purely digital, to traditional paperback trade books, which wear over time.[39][40]
Omission of Israel from an atlas
In December 2014, The Tablet reported that an atlas published for Middle East schools did not label Israel on a map of the Middle East.[41] A representative for Collins Bartholomew, a subsidiary of HarperCollins that specializes in maps, explained that including Israel would have been "unacceptable" to their customers in the Gulf and the omission was in line with "local preferences".[42][43] The company later apologized and destroyed all the books.[44][45]
See also
- COBUILD – a research facility set up by Collins in conjunction with the University of Birmingham.
- Harper's Magazine – a separately owned magazine, although begun by the original Harper & Brothers.
- List of largest UK book publishers
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- ↑ Neyfakh, Leon (June 4, 2008). "It's Official: Jane Friedman Out at HarperCollins, Her Deputy Up 'Effective Immediately'". The New York Observer. Retrieved 26 November 2010.
- ↑ "News Corporation Announces Plans To Acquire William Morrow & Company And Avon Books From The Hearst Corporation" (Press release). New York: News Corporation. June 17, 1999. Archived from the original on Dec 9, 2006. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ↑ "HarperCollins to Acquire Thomas Nelson". <span />Publishers Weekly<span />. October 31, 2011.
- ↑ Casey Francis (July 11, 2012). "HarperCollins Finalizes Acquisition of Thomas Nelson" (Press release). Thomas Nelson, Inc. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
- ↑ Mui, Ylan Q. and Hayley Tsukayama (April 11, 2012). "Justice Department sues Apple, publishers over e-book prices". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ↑ Molina, Brett (March 25, 2014). "E-book price fixing settlements rolling out". USA Today. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ↑ "HarperCollins to close warehouses in deal with R.R. Donnelley".
- ↑ Getahn Ward (August 14, 2003). "HarperCollins Publishers to sell Nashville distribution center". The Tennesseean.
- ↑ Jim Milliot (May 12, 2011). "Harper, Donnelley in Wide Ranging Supply Chain Deal". Publishers Weekly.
- ↑ Cameron, Lucinda (October 5, 2011). "Mumpreneur leads Collins English Dictionary entries". The Independent (London).
- ↑ Marcus, Leonard S (editor) (1998). Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom HarperTrophy: New York. ISBN 0-06-446235-8
- ↑ "Company Profile, HarperCollins Publishers". Retrieved January 24, 2010.
- ↑ Farrington, Joshua (February 8, 2013). "HarperCollins merges non-fiction divisions". Bookseller. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
- ↑ "4th". HarperCollins. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ↑ Harperone.com
- ↑ Harperteen.com
- ↑ HarperCollins (Finally) Offers Free Books Online.
- ↑ Pace, Andrew K. "Technically Speaking." American Libraries 2006 April: 80.
- ↑ Lowry, Tom. "Getting Out Of a Bind." Business Week2006 April 10; 79.
- ↑ HarperCollins Offers Books on the iPhone.
- ↑ Anthony Ha (October 1, 2013). "With HarperCollins Deal, Scribd Unveils Its Bid To Become The Netflix For Books". TechCrunch. AOL Inc. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 McGee, Celia. "A Way to Give Authors a Lucrative Second Platform." The New York Times, 4 June 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ↑ Donadio, Rachel. "More Bang for the Book." The New York Times, July 27, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- ↑ Nawotka, Edward. "As Speakers' Bureaus Grow, Booksellers Cast Wary Eye." Publishers' Weekly, November 12, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- ↑ Rich, Motoko (April 4, 2008). "New HarperCollins Unit to Try to Cut Writer Advances". New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
- ↑ Italie, Hillel (April 3, 2008). "Hyperion publisher goes to HarperCollins". Associated Press. Archived from the original on April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
- ↑ Kellogg, Carolyn (April 2, 2010). "That was fast: say goodbye to Harper Studio". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Joshua Farrington, "HC takes full control of India arm", The Bookseller, November 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Top Gear boss lambasts Stig book plans". BBC Online. August 27, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ↑ "The Stig. He's ours". Transmission. August 27, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Stig court case: BBC loses battle over Ben Collins book". BBC Online. September 1, 2010. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ↑ "Rupert Murdoch Faces Authors' Revolt.". Transmission. March 1, 1998. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
- ↑ Lister, David (February 28, 1998). "Bookworm who turned". The Independent (London). Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ↑ "Leveson inquiry: Rupert Murdoch 'dropped Lord Patten's book to curry favour with Chinese'". The Daily Telegraph (London). January 23, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ↑ "Rupert Murdoch blocked my book, says Lord Patten". BBC News. January 23, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ↑ Bosman, Julie (February 27, 2011). "A Limit on Lending E-Books". The New York Times.
- ↑ Kingsley, Patrick (March 6, 2011). "Ebooks On Borrowed Time". The Guardian (London).
- ↑ Doctorow, Cory (March 8, 2011). "Ebooks: durability is a feature, not a bug". The Guardian (London).
- ↑ Page, Benedicte (March 1, 2011). "Fury over 'stupid' restrictions to library ebook loans". The Guardian (London).
- ↑ "Israel wiped off the map in Middle East atlases". The Jerusalem Post. December 31, 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ↑ "Publisher sets off firestorm after omitting Israel from school atlases 'to meet local preferences'". Rawstory.com. December 31, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
- ↑ Terrence McCoy, "HarperCollins omits Israel from maps for Mideast schools, citing 'local preferences'", The Washington Post, January 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Middle East atlas omitting Israel to be pulped following widespread anger". theguardian.com. January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
- ↑ "HarperCollins apologises for 'offensive' omission of Israel from Atlasand promises to pulp all remaining copies". dailymail.co.uk. January 1, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
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Fulham winger Damien Duff grabbed a second-half equaliser to deny Bolton their first win in four games.
Ivan Klasnic put Wanderers in front in the 34th minute when he fired home from close range.
But a second-half onslaught from Fulham finally paid off when Duff drilled a right-foot shot into the bottom corner to earn Roy Hodgson's side a share of the spoils at Craven Cottage.
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Hangeland, who signed a new contract with Fulham in midweek, was having a difficult afternoon up against Davies.
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Greening was booked for a foul on Cohen seconds later but TV replays clearly showed the Bolton man had dived and the Fulham midfielder had made no contact with him whatsoever.
Bolton were looking to avoid their fourth successive Premier League defeat and Gary Megson's side took a shock lead in the 34th minute through Ivan Klasnic.
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