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"You're all a bunch of idiots," Quinn cried out as Sunny, Malia, and Glenn left for the car via the service road. The unmarked route split as they came upon a cabin identical to theirs. The security light in back flickered. The door was locked and windows dark and the wind hit hard so they discussed their options beneath the orange light, and Malia echoed Quinn's favorite word, "Idiot."
Glenn had wandered onto the wrong path. Neither continued down; however, Glenn's had an incline. He had just been scoping it out until she fought him on it. "Barely!" he yelled. "And you can see it turn in on itself, toward the parking lot."
When the whole party had arrived on the mountain a few days ago, they ignored the warnings and attempted to drive the service road, at Hunter's insistence, but the bends were narrowed by snowdrifts and they reached a roadblock. The road was also too narrow for a J-turn. Their three-car caravan had to back down an icy mountain in the dark.
"What do you think, Sunny?" Glenn asked his twin.
Both routes looked wrong. "Let's just pick." Then she noticed Malia had taken off the hat Sunny had given her. "You'll freeze, little lamb."
Woven with multiples thread, pink and blue and shades of each, they named the concoction "cotton candy" and it was so sweet it was repulsive. Malia's ears were folded over by the friendship that also locked the hat upon her head. The pom poms hung with the immeasurable weight of knitted yarn soaked in shame. "I feel like an idiot."
Glenn teased, "For good reason." Sunny slapped his down coat. He didn't feel a thing, but said, "Ow," anyway.
"It's adorable. Plus she needs it. When was the last time you got snow in Arizona?"
Every night here, on the lodge's couch with a blanket for a cape and the sun warming Malia in the stuffy, rusty heat, her hands clutching fresh coffee, not for the taste or energy, but for the warmth, she had shivered. After college, Malia had moved home to the blazing winter sunshine of New Mexico.
She took off her hat. "What grandma even bought this?" She thought the hat was Sunny's.
The security light died and Glenn fiddled with the casing to magic it back on. "Tony."
"You put a dead man's hat on me?" Malia ripped the hat off.
"We don't know he's dead." Sunny tried sliding the hat on once more, but Malia fought this time.
"Better stop thinking like that." The hat wound up in the snow. "Aren't you a doctor? Isn't half the job prepping for that sweet kid you made a connection with to wind up with late-stage toenail cancer?"
Sunny picked up the hat but just held it.
And Malia mumbled, "That's all they show on TV anyway."
The light fell dead for good again. Like it'd been cut. They flipped a coin and picked Malia's path, a stretch that narrowed between rock faces so they had to continue one by one till it opened up and there, they could still see their cabin lighting the ridge above. They were mostly down with a few more bends when they heard the gunshots. Two at the cabin.
"Guess they found the gun," Glenn said in that joking tone but the punchline: that nervous tension of feeling it aim on them. No one laughed.
Mal said, "Great. Let's head back."
"We don't know who that was."
"Sure, we do. It's our old pal Tony, right? Just bringing the gun back." She started back up the trail but Sunny, connected by vice grip fingers, anchored her from taking another step.
Glenn let out a hard laugh at his own joke before he ever made it. "Rose can explain when we get back." He mocked how she hyperventilated.
The only sound as reply were footsteps crunching snow as they marched on, but Malia stopped.
"What's funny about that?"
"Just a joke. Can't take it?"
"There's not a person alive so far from the edge something can't push them over and some of us are so fucking close already. You'd shove us off for a bad laugh?"
Sunny got between the two and pushed her brother back as he got in Malia's face. Maybe unaware of the habit; being a tall guy in good shape, he won a lot of arguments for a reason. No physical violence ever came of these primal threats. Sunny didn't even know if he was aware he was doing it, but it was a habit he should've grown out of. It was a habit he never should've learned. "Glenn, let's keep attempts to lighten the mood sensitive. And disagreements civil."
"Fuck off," Malia said.
It was like getting clocked from behind. "I'm agreeing with you, Mal."
"We both know what you're doing."
"I wasn't doing anything."
"Well I'm the asshole willing to say what we're all thinking. Never should've let you manipulate me into coming and now we're going to die because of you. You think everyone decided to hell with it, let's shoot some squirrels? Whoever shot Tony is at the cabin. Two shots, two more dead, wanna take bets on who it was? Then let's just get the hell out of here."
She marched on.
Sunny didn't.
Glenn saw the opportunity to part ways with that ticking time bomb. This wasn't the first time she screamed at someone over nothing this week and in their history together, how many times had Malia berated Sunny over some perceived slight? Too many. "I'm taking the other path." He waited for Sunny to join him.
"Come on, Glenn," Sunny said. "The coin said this way."
"Malia said that way. The coin fell in the snow. She picked it up."
"Do you really think that?"
Mal trudged down the path, scowling at even the snow, pretending not to listen. Sunny followed.
Glenn went his own way. Sunny just watched both get farther from her and said a little prayer that the paths met up again and soon, before she hurried toward Mal.
In the dark, Malia focused on her footing but did not notice the black goop stuck to her frayed pant-legs. It squirmed. Every few steps, she landed on black specks embedded in the snow that wormed their way up her mismatched Converse sneakers and it grew slowly but impatiently. Hungry.
"Should've brought the Xanax," Sunny said.
But Malia wouldn't be coaxed into talking.
"You probably have your own medication, I guess. Dangerous to mix and match."
The more Sunny tried, the more Malia hated herself, frozen tears held back with sniffs that she swore, in her head, were because it was cold, and the heavy breathing, too. Malia lied even to herself. She wanted an excuse to apologize, but the biggest roadblock, pride, kept her from opening her mouth.
Sunny kicked the snow, accidentally, then again playfully, and again trying to cover Malia.
Malia turned around. Almost ready to give in. Then continued on.
Sunny would not stop. It got in Malia's hood.
While wiping it out, the spray hit Sunny, who threw some back, and then and then and then Malia had Sunny's hood full and pulled over her head and Sunny was screaming, "Stop! Stop!" and Malia flew off. She'd taken it too far. She was already on her feet ready to continue walking, continue scowling, continue in silence.
But Sunny came out laughing. "You little butt. Pretty sure that got down the back of my shirt."
"You started it."
"And like usual," she said good-naturedly, "you returned fire with so much force, I had to relent."
In a small voice, "I can't help it."
"It's okay. You're trying."
The two curled together in the snow, both shivering, Malia's lip were split because she'd chewed them all weekend, but they were finally made up. At least for this last fight. And to seal the deal, Sunny walloped a scoop of snow into Malia's face, pinning her.
The black goop on Malia's pants had rubbed onto Sunny, but neither had noticed yet.
"GET THE FUCK OFF HER!" someone cried out. A small spotlight hit them and it was tough to see past.
Sunny rolled off and as the spotlight trained on her, Malia saw who held it--Margie. The phone was in her pocket. Her hands were full with the rifle.
"No one move," Margie yelled. Her raspy voice carried a desperate authority.
"Hey, hun," Sunny cooed. "What's going on?"
"Shut up!" She wouldn't get closer, but she cut a wide berth down the switchback. The slope was too steep for walking, thus the path that turned back on itself, but Margie would not wait. She couldn't. She tripped and her itchy trigger finger luckily fell as she did.
With Margie face down in the snow, Mal rushed toward her.
"Don't!" Sunny yelled.
She was too far. Margie snapped the crosshairs on Malia and she froze.
A snowflake landed on Margie's cheek and instantly she wiped it off on her shoulder then retrained her sights on Malia. Sunny's foot settled into the snow with just a little sound and the gun pointed at Sunny. Every little motion agitated Margie. Putting hands up, the sign for surrender, almost got Sunny shot. "You're really scaring us here."
"You shot him?" Malia demanded.
"Shut up."
"Did you shoot Tony?"
"Malia, please. Margie would never." Sunny approached Malia just wanting her to shut up for once but that girl pushed every situation toward more conflict, waiting for someone to finally do it because Mal believed she'd never be as lucky as Tony. No dog would save her. No matter how Sunny tried, she couldn't save Mal, and a decade ago, Sunny took that job in New York because she knew Mal couldn't follow.
Margie stepped away from them both. Armed, but retreating. Why was she so afraid? She was ready to slide down that slope risking injury. Something made it so she needed to flee.
"Tell me!" Malia shouted. Malia focused the attention on her. The gun on her. Whatever risk that carried, at least Sunny would be safe. Glenn would make sure of that as he sneaked through the woods behind Margie.
Malia kept talking, trying to get away from Sunny. "Tony was so goddam alien this whole trip because he was the one of us getting his life back on track. He had a dog. He had cleaned up. He'd kept a job for months. And you shot him, didn't you?"
"She was in the house with us. We know she didn't do anything. Just put the gun down and we'll talk this out."
"Yeah, I shot him. He just wouldn't die." Margie was paralyzed at the memory. "And I shot Hunter. You're all next. If it hasn't already taken you."
Sunny got distracted from the light and the gun and the madwoman with frozen tears because she finally saw Glenn.
He was almost on Margie.
He waited for her to aim slightly away and then he could pounce. He could wrestle Margie no problem.
She leaned against a tree.
The paranoia trained into her that night raised every sound of nature to a threat to be dealt with. As Glenn packed down some snow, Margie turned. The barrel of the gun led. And as it landed on the dark figure approaching her, Glenn, she didn't know that--
Three shots.
To Margie's chest.
The rifle fell into the snow and then Margie with it.
In the immediate moment, as they heaped out staggered breaths frozen from fear, everyone felt relief. Glenn's tears kept coming after he wiped them away. Sunny grabbed Malia and Malia let her.
Then… "Step away from the gun and put your hands on your head."
The group looked for the authoritative yell.
But it came again. "Do it now!"
Sunny buried her face in the snow, and she pulled Malia, who hesitated, with her. Glenn stared at Margie's body.
"I will shoot if you don't comply."
His sorrowful gaze locked onto the gunman. A pistol trained on Glenn's head. "What the hell did you shoot her for, man?"
"Are you trying to get yourself shot tonight."
"Glenn!" Sunny's voice was loud with panic.
Finally, Glenn knelt into the snow. Next to Margie. "She wasn't going to do anything."
The man in flannel with his face half-covered by a mask came closer out of the trees. "Sunny?" His light fixed on her then scanned the others as he grabbed the gun and swung the strap around his back. "Glenn? Can't stay out of trouble can you?" His voice behind the mask softened.
Sunny breathed again. She finally placed the voice to an old flame that haunted her still. "Thank fucking christ--Jimmy! What are you doing here?" She started getting up but the white man motioned for her to stay still. He hadn't put his gun away but it at least aimed at the snow now.
"Hold on. Tell me what's going on."
"Margie went mad. She shot Tony and Hunter and that's all we really know."
"We don't know that," Glenn interrupted.
"She admitted it!"
"That was old Margie? Well fuck me." Jimmy stared at the body and then rolled it over to get a look at her face. Familiar but not the one he remembered. He asked, "Had she been acting erratic? Strange at all?"
"Not that I noticed." Sunny looked at Malia for corroboration, but she'd retreated into herself. She'd probably be quiet for a while. "What are you even doing up here?"
"I'm the one who suggested this place! It's practically my backyard. But I'm actually up here for work. We got some reports."
"That was probably this whole crisis. Another lodge must've called it in."
"I still can't believe it happened."
"We don't know that it's over yet. If she had an accomplice or if it was planned. I mean how many people came on the trip? It'd be pretty tough to get them all. Or maybe she had a grudge against Tony or Hunter and wanted it to look like an accident. Can't rule anything out."
Glenn had heard Jimmy say that before. Right when his parents had died. When they investigated it as a murder. "Going to cuff me again?" Glenn asked.
It wasn't an easy time for Sunny, either. "Ancient history, Glenn. 9 years. Let it die."
Jimmy interrupted the start of this old feud. "9 years wasn't that long ago, was it, Sun? We don't have to let everything die. I did just save y'all." He was so close to her. And wider than Glenn. He pulled his gator mask down for a reward. Nervously glancing to Mal, who looked away, she gave him a little kiss. "All right, all right, but if you feel like you need someone after this ordeal, it's pretty common. Fear makes people more, uh, open. Hey, what's with your leg?"
As he squeezed her butt, he noticed her jeans were soaked dark.
Malia accused him, "You shot her!"
"I don't miss."
"I'm fine, promise." She felt nothing. It was just some crap she rubbed up against, she figured, but as she tried scraping it off on a rock near the edge, she saw a trail of the stringy goop stretching from her leg down the slope under the snow, darker than its cover. She was holding Malia's hand.
Malia's glove ripped off as Sunny was tugged down the slope.
The snow she clawed gave way till she held a snowball as she slapped the ground looking for traction and had none. Her ACL ripped. She knew the feeling from an old soccer injury. Her chin hit rocks and dug its own trail until a tree caught between her legs and she stopped. She could not catch her breath enough to wail.
The goop had snaked its way up her leg, her body, and now her outstretched hand.
Who raced down the mountain for her?
1. Glenn
2. Malia


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Findlay Volkswagen Official Blog
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Tell me about the 2018 Volkswagen People First WarrantyMonday, October 30th, 2017
What is Volkswagen's People First Warranty?
There is always a bit of apprehension when buying a new vehicle. The long-term commitment to a vehicle, loan repayments, and even the color are something that make us second-guess our strategy. We know our current vehicle is on its last legs, but will it drive for another year while we weigh our options? Thankfully, Volkswagen has put peace of mind into the car buying process, with its People First Warranty. Included on most 2018 Volkswagen models, the People First Warranty was the brainchild of Volkswagen President and CEO Hinrich J. Woebcken in a bold attempt to strengthen Volkswagen's position in the US market by adding a warranty competitors can't touch. (more…)
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In 2002 B&D was engaged by the University of Missouri-Kansas City to identify the needs and preferences for possible renovations and additions to its university center, develop a viable financing plan, and provide guidance during the referendum process. The center was the traditional student union and the hub of campus activity, but due to its age and the nature of several expansions it had undergone, its spaces were disorganized and circulation was poor. Our work consisted of: focus groups/surveys/interviews with students, faculty and staff; development of an outline program for improvements; an assessment of financial support needed; and development of a financial model for operations. We uncovered significant student endorsement for improvements to the facility and a referendum for a fee to support the project passed easily. An architectural program was then developed for use in conceptual design and soon thereafter the university made the decision to develop a new union, meeting with us several times in the following years to update our findings and revise parameters. Ultimately, a new 109,000 SF, $38.3 million student union opened in 2010 and won the 2011 Kansas City Business Journal's Capstone Award for Architectural Design, and the Southtown Council Beautification Award. It also achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.


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Today Pitchfork TV brings us a worthy third entry in the most memorable, affecting series of music videos from any album this year (the album in question being Perfume Genius' exquisite Put Your Back N 2 It, available for purchase).
Directed by Patrick Sher, who has worked with PG before:
Perfume Genius' headlining tour of North America begins today, and ends in the band's hometown of Seattle on October 27 with a very special appearance at the Frye Museum. More info on that event from the Frye:
As an artist in the exhibition Mw [Moment Magnitude], Perfume Genius is exhibiting his videos Hood and Learning (Live) and giving an intimate in-gallery performance at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle on September 27, 2012. Mw [Moment Magnitude] is a cross-platform project of twenty-four exceptional Seattle-based artists from a wide range of media including music, dance, visual art, literature, performance, and design. Space in the Frye galleries is very limited; tickets for the concert are free and will be available beginning Tuesday, October 16 at noon PST. The exhibition runs October 13, 2012 to January 20, 2013. For information go to fryemuseum.org/perfumegenius.
North American tour dates:
Friday 05 – Toronto, ON – 918 Bathurst Space
Saturday 06 – Montreal, QC – Il Motore
Sunday 07 – Somerville, MA – Johnny D's
Monday 08 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Tuesday 09 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
Thursday 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda's
Friday 12 – Washington, DC – The Hamilton
Saturday 13 – Carrboro, NC – The ArtsCenter
Monday 15 – Nashville, TN – The High Watt
Wednesday 17 – Forth Worth, TX – Fort Worth Modern Art Museum
Thursday 18 – Austin, TX – Central Presbyterian Church
Saturday 20 – Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
Sunday 21 – Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
Monday 22 -San Diego, CA – Irenic
Tuesday 23 – Los Angeles, CA – Masonic Lodge At Hollywood
Wednesday 24 – San Francisco, CO – Swedish American Hall
Friday 26 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
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Boyd Shook is a practicing physician in Oklahoma and a native Oklahoman. His specialty is Internal Medicine although he practiced Hematology and Oncology for 25 years. He has worked as a medical director for the Central Oklahoma Medical Group and as Chief of Ambulatory Care at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
With the help of many good people, Boyd established a free medical clinic in Epworth Methodist Church. That clinic now treats over 100 patients each Saturday morning with the support of the best group of volunteers in Oklahoma. Since the inception of this clinic in 1995, we have treated over 10,000 patients.
Boyd also leads brigades of medical workers to Nicaragua each year. On a typical trip about 2000 people receive the medicines that the brigade hauls down. The groups go to remote areas where health care is scarce and medications lacking or expensive. Working in this foundation has now become the central goal he pursues.
Dr. Daysi Reyes
Dra. Daysi Reyes graduated from medical school in Leon, Nicaragua, and went to work among the needy in Chacraseca. She devoted many hours to caring for the poor. During a Manos Juntas Medical Mission she expressed a desire for further training in Internal Medicine. She enrolled in the English Language School in Edmond and became acquainted with the Manos Juntas Free Medical Clinic. She has been a strong advocate for better care for the needy and has devoted many hours in this endeavor. Every Saturday she works with the clinical and volunteer staff during clinic hours. Her contributions are many and purposeful. She teaches and treats at all levels. Her primary concern is for sustainability of this clinic. Her enthusiasm is contagious and valuable to other board members.
Kris Barnes, Executive Director
Erma Stewart, Secretary
Erma Stewart retired, after serving for 22 years, as Media Director at Memorial High School in Edmond. She immediately started Volunteer work at the Edmond Hospital, the Edmond Hope Center, and the Edmond Historical Society. In 1998, Erma began doing Historical Reenactments and pursued this avocation for 17 years performing often in Oklahoma as well as many other states. She was a Home-Stay Mother for International students for approximately 20 years and hosted students from 15 different countries. She is an avid bridge player. She has three children, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren -- all who give her much joy. In 2013, Erma performed an historical reenactment of Eleanor Roosevelt for a Manos Juntas fundraiser. The next year she joined the Manos Juntas Board of Directors and has served as Secretary the past 3 years.
Cene' Gibson, Vice-President & Treasurer
Cene' Livingston, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, is a certified family nurse practitioner who specializes in the provision of primary care. She is from Oklahoma City and is interested in improving and/or eliminating health disparities among low-income minority patients, cultural humility, women's issues, and social justice issues. Dr. Livingston teaches in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program (BSN-DNP) at Oklahoma City University's Kramer School of Nursing.
Guadalupe (Pita) Zulker
Guadalupe served in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years and earned a degree in Criminal Justice. Following her military service, Guadalupe received a Microbiology degree from the University of Oklahoma and worked as Nucleic Acid Technician (NAT) at the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI). While working in the Nucleic Acid Laboratory, she tested the integrity of blood donations by screening for HIV, HCV, HBV, and WNV for blood transfusions. Guadalupe also served as the ZIKA Study coordinator for newly implemented laboratory to integrate the Panther instrument from investigational to clinical testing. Guadalupe is passionate to advocating and enhancing care of uninsured patients. In her spare time, she enjoys kayaking and traveling with her family as well as serving in a children's ministry.
Jennifer has recently joined us after graduating from Pharmacy school and joining the CVS work force. She has volunteered for the Manos Juntas Free Clinic for many years and has always been helpful with inventories and assuring that our pharmaceuticals have always been within date and dispensed appropriately. She not only brings her expertise to our board, but also brings her husband, Dat Pham, and her family of dedicated sisters. She loves to fish and play tennis with her family and friends.
I am Lee Smith, owner of P.c.u.p. (Professionals in Corporate Urinalysis Protection) an Oklahoma City based drug testing company, since 1998. I have a B.A. from Oakland University. I am a certified collector/trainer and serve as a committee member for DATIA (the Drug and Alcohol Testing Association). I am the mother of one very creative son, Nol.
I have served as president of my neighborhood association. I've been a member of Mayflower Congregational UCC for 15 years, and have participated in Mobile Meals for the last ten. My passions in life are simple " to help where I can". I truly be believe in the mission of Manos Juntas.
Virgil Stout
I have lived in Oklahoma all my life except for four years that I was in the Navy. I worked for 26 years for Kerr-McGee Corporation as a computer programmer until 1994. I spent 16 years volunteering at Contact (now Heartline), a telephone service where anyone with any problem can call and find a listening ear. I helped with a food pantry that provided food to persons living with AIDS for five years and helped with the Church of the Open Arms food pantry for one year. I have volunteered at the Manos Juntas medical clinic for about five years. For the last year I have been responsible for coordinating the volunteers from Penn Avenue Redemption UMC. I find the work at the Manos Juntas clinic to be very rewarding. I am awed at seeing the work that is being done by a wonderful group of volunteers. Many of the patients have no other viable option for getting health care. Many have chronic conditions that would significantly reduce their quality of life if they did not have the medications that are given out at this clinic.
Dat Pham
Dat Pham is a pharmacist who has served as board member since 2012. He started to volunteer at Manos Juntas his senior year in high school. He became involved in Manos Juntas clinic because of his passion to help people, and he wanted to give back to the community. He has experience in various pharmacy settings including retail, independent, hospital, and managed care pharmacy. In his spare time, he loves to spend time with his family, travel, play tennis, and go fishing.
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Jackson is currently a student at Oklahoma Christian University. He has been volunteering at Manos Juntas for several years. As a volunteer at Manos Juntas he has been very active in teaching other volunteers about chronic disease management and about techniques including phlebotomy. On the campus of Oklahoma Christian University he founded the Eagles Health Initiative which is a co-curricular student organization. This organization promotes health service and education on the campus and in the surrounding Oklahoma City community. This club has grown to 60 members and has developed a strong rapport with faculty, staff, and leaders with Oklahoma City. He spearheaded the Student Fitness Challenge program on Oklahoma Christian University campus that will allow one hundred selected students to participate each semester led by fitness trainers and health professionals. He also launched The Masters Garden, a community garden on an unused portion of Oklahoma Christian University campus, to encourage healthy diets and provide fresh produce to federally declared food desert communities. His passion for providing healthcare to patients of low socio-economic status has manifested itself with his many activities.
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Mendoza, Steven Vague, and Ernie Durawa
Mixed by Freddie Mendoza
Mastered by Jerry Tubb
at Terra Nova, Austin, TX
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Cover photo: Boris
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Engineered by Bobby
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Women: They are half of the world's population, make up 42% of global internet users and control $14 trillion in assets. They also do two-thirds of the world's work yet receive only 10% of the income. They are disproportionately impacted by HIV/AIDS. In many parts of the world, they lack basic economic, social, cultural, and political rights.
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"IWD is now an official holiday in China, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. The tradition sees men honouring their mothers, wives, girlfriends, colleagues, etc with flowers and small gifts. In some countries IWD has the equivalent status of Mother's Day where children give small presents to their mothers and grandmothers.
The new millennium has witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation. Many from a younger generation feel that 'all the battles have been won for women' while many feminists from the 1970's know only too well the longevity and ingrained complexity of patriarchy. With more women in the boardroom, greater equality in legislative rights, and an increased critical mass of women's visibility as impressive role models in every aspect of life, one could think that women have gained true equality. The unfortunate fact is that women are still not paid equally to that of their male counterparts, women still are not present in equal numbers in business or politics, and globally women's education, health and the violence against them is worse than that of men.
However, great improvements have been made. We do have female astronauts and prime ministers, school girls are welcomed into university, women can work and have a family, women have real choices. And so the tone and nature of IWD has, for the past few years, moved from being a reminder about the negatives to a celebration of the positives.
Annually on 8 March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. A global web of rich and diverse local activity connects women from all around the world ranging from political rallies, business conferences, government activities and networking events through to local women's craft markets, theatric performances, fashion parades and more."
Visit the International Womens Day (IWD) website to find an event in your community. Better yet, volunteer with an organization that supports women and girls. Keep up to date on issues affecting women around the globe and inform others. Post links to news stories on your Facebook or MySpace page, etc. Contact your government representatives to voice your opinions and learn more about legislation that affects women and girls. Finally, as authored on the IWD site, "Make every day International Women's Day. Do your bit to ensure that the future for girls is bright, equal, safe and rewarding."
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LEWISTON, Maine (AP) � New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is returning to Maine for a third time this election season to help raise money for Gov. Paul LePage.
Christie, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, has already made two stops to the state to aid LePage's re-election effort. LePage's campaign says Christie will join the governor at a private lunchtime fundraiser on Tuesday in Lewiston.
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Tasks for Kishore Chandra Deo, Tribal Minister జూలై 16, 2011Posted by M Bharath Bhushan in Bhadrachalam, conflict resolution, Culture, displacement, Godavari, heritage, Hyderabad, Koya, livelihoods, Polavaram, Vishakapatnam.
Tags: bauxite, Chhattisgarh, Eastern Ghats, Ecology, EIA, Konda Reddy, mining, Odisha, PESA
Among the projects taken up in post-Independent India, Polavaram is perhaps the largest single project that has disrupted the lives of the tribals most. The environment clearance given for Polavaram is not valid as it stands today, as there have been fundamental changes in the design of the project. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs should take the initiative in correcting these statutory violations, if necessary, by approaching the Supreme Court, even at this belated stage. The proposal of Andhra Pradesh to seek 'national' status for the current project proposal is merely a ploy to cover up its illegalities. In its current design, the project benefits a few chosen politician-cum-contractors, certainly not the public.
OPINION, Tehelka 16 July 2011
Tasks for the new tribal minister
EAS Sarma
Kishore Chandra Deo has had a long career in Parliament. Here's a doable and basic manifesto for him as the new minister of tribal affairs
THE RECENT union cabinet reshuffle has its plus points as well as minus ones. One important introduction to the cabinet is that of Kishore Chandra Deo, a senior member of parliament representing the tribal legislators and a person who has been in close touch with the ground reality of the tribal constituency in the Visakhapatnam area he represents. Deo has been at the forefront of cautioning his party on the hasty manner in which industrial projects are being grounded in tribal areas without adequate consultation with the tribals. Now that he has occupied the position of a minister, there are high expectations that he will translate his statements into tangible policy initiatives. What are the challenges that lie before him?
Of course, in general terms, as the Minister incharge of both tribal affairs and panchayati raj, he should take initiatives that will further the interests of the tribals in terms of their constitutional entitlements and, simultaneously, empower the grassroots- level constitutional bodies like gram sabhas, panchayats and tribal advisory councils, especially in terms of enforcement of the PESA (Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas).
Some specific areas where he could take initiatives and make an impact on the lives of the tribals are as follows. First, bauxite mining. The bauxite mining projects of Vedanta in Odisha, and those of Jindal and Anrak in Andhra Pradesh are ill-conceived as they violate Schedule V rights of the tribals, infringe the forest rights law, violate the Forest (Conservation) Act, militate against the Environment (Protection) Act and deviate from PESA. These projects cause a serious disruption to the lives of the local tribal communities, destroy the ecology of the tribal tracts and unleash an irreversible adverse impact on the water and other resources of the plains.
Though the Ministry of Mines has suspended mining franchises for the Jindal and Anrak projects, the state government, for reasons best known to it, has given license to the promoters to go ahead with the downstream alumina refineries and Anrak's captive jetty, causing further displacement and giving rise to doubts about the state government's bona fides. The new minister should intervene and act on behalf of the tribals and other downstream communities keeping in view the overall public interest. The Ministry of Environment & Forests should be prevailed upon to withdraw the illegal environment clearances
SECOND, OTHER mining projects. In Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha and other mineral States, illegal mining projects have been allowed to be taken up against the interests of the local tribals. Bayyaram iron mining in Andhra, iron mining across the Andhra-Karnataka border, Posco iron mining in Odisha and steel-making and several granite mining leases in Andhra Pradesh and other states need to be stopped. In many of these cases, the kith and kin of senior politicians belonging to the Congress and other parties are involved. The tribal affairs ministry's initiative in getting these projects scrapped will enhance the credibility of the UPA government, which I am afraid is otherwise going down.
Third, the Polavaram project. Among the projects taken up in post-Independent India, Polavaram is perhaps the largest single project that has disrupted the lives of the tribals most. The project will, in effect, wipe out many primitive tribal groups in Andhra Pradesh, destroy the habitat of lakhs of tribals in Andhra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha and destroy valuable forest resources permanently. The environment clearance given for Polavaram is not valid as it stands today, as there have been fundamental changes in the design of the project. The project work was started without prior environment clearance, a serious offence under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, making it mandatory for the environment ministry to treat the clearance, if any, as invalid. The project violated the provisions of the Forest Rights Act and PESA. Other forest laws too stand violated.
Andhra Pradesh took up the project in haste. Had the state government considered alternate designs for the project, as suggested by the experts, a much better project with far lesser displacement and comparable benefits would have emerged. So much of submergence would not have been caused.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs should take the initiative in correcting these statutory violations, if necessary, by approaching the Supreme Court, even at this belated stage. The proposal of Andhra Pradesh to seek 'national' status for the current project proposal is merely a ploy to cover up its illegalities. In its current design, the project benefits a few chosen politician-cum-contractors, certainly not the public.
Fourth, the issue of tribal development versus law and order. Over the years, in the guise of maintaining law and order, the Ministry of Home affairs has wrested the initiative from the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in dealing with the affairs of the tribals. Similarly, the state police has wrested the initiative from the state department concerned with tribal development. The role of the tribal gram sabhas, panchayats and tribal advisory councils, all of them having the status of constitutional bodies, has been marginalised. Deo would have to reverse this process and restore the importance of these bodies as envisaged in the Constitution.
Fifth, laws applicable to tribal areas. Clause 5(1) of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution requires all laws applicable to the rest of the country to be adapted to suit the interests of the tribals before they are extended to tribal areas. Unfortunately, even though more than six decades have elapsed since Independence, this mandatory process of a comprehensive review of the laws for tribal areas has not been taken up. The reason for this is obvious. Independent, democratic India is far too busy in appeasing the corporate honchos who finance its elections to worry about the voiceless tribals. If Deo can take the initiative in complying with this statutory provision of the Constitution, it will boost the morale of the tribals in the country.
Sixth, the inclusion or exclusion of villages from the Fifth Schedule. There are several proposals for inclusion of predominantly tribal villages, left out of the Fifth Schedule by oversight or otherwise. Many of these proposals have been gathering dust in the corridors of the tribal affairs ministry for decades. These need to be revived, resuscitated and processed. There are other Fifth Schedule villages wantonly removed by the district officials in different states. The effect of this is to deprive the tribals of their land rights and benefit the non-tribal land grabbers. Deo needs to get this examined expeditiously. As a person who has espoused the cause of the tribals through his long association with parliament, Deo should thus make a difference in the tribal areas of the country.
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Nonprofit offers Summer Youth Music and Art Exploration classes in Visalia
Sound N Vision Foundation isn't out to foster the next generation of classically trained musicians or artists, or to replace arts education in schools.
No, the Visalia nonprofit is doing something better, perhaps, with its annual Summer Youth Music and Art Exploration classes. It's giving kids — as many as it possibly can — the opportunity to experience the immediacy of creativity.
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The foundation's classes, which kick off Tuesday, June 16, at Visalia's Boys and Girls Club, only last an hour and stretch over the course of just two weeks. This is not in-depth study.
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By design, the free classes are rooted in the hip, pop-culture stuff kids latch on to. Last year there was an introduction to comic book art. This year, students will get an overview of basic art concepts that includes screen printing.
In lieu of classical music, SNV students learn electric guitar and world drum beats from Carlos Rodriguez, a private instructor and working musician.
Rodriguez is the music director/guitarist for the Latin groove band Mezcal. He met Gomes through the band and started teaching when the program started six years ago. One of his first students was Gomes' son.
That first year, Rodriguez taught from his own studio and brought in every conga he owned, just to make sure the students had instruments. Eventually, he bought a full set of hand drums for the classes.
From the beginning, he says, no one was asking about money.
"We were going to do it no matter what."
In a way, the program is extension of what he does already, at home with the younger members of his family. It's also reflective of the way he was introduced to music and learned to play. He had no serious formal training until he started getting into Latin percussion. Then, it was expensive lessons and trips to Los Angeles.
He starts the students out simply. They count together. Then, they clap together.
"If they can count and they can clap, then they can beat on the drum," Rodriguez says.
It's not music theory, but by the end of the first hour, the students can keep a simple beat. At the end of two weeks, they'll play a song. Last year it was "Low Rider," which all the kids knew as the George Lopez song. Then, the drummers team up with the guitar class and perform the song as a full band.
That's the payoff moment.
"They can start to see the parts come together like the spokes of a wheel," Rodriguez says.
These opportunities are important for kids, Rodriguez says. Yes, music and art is being pushed from school curriculum, but even outside of school, it competes with after-school activities. And kids are busy these days. Often times, arts loses out, especially as the kids get into high school, Rodriguez says.
"Every school year, I'm losing students to coaches," he says.
Rodriguez takes as many students as he can each year — 20 to 25 per class, even with an additional instructor helping out — but there's an overflow of students. Thanks to partnerships with the Visalia Arts Consortium and Visalia Community Arts Grants students are not required to pay fees or bring their own instruments or art materials. As such, the classes are free and tend to fill up as quickly as they are announced.
Gomes is sure the program could be expanded to a year-round schedule.
He'd like to see it expand beyond Visalia. He is in talks with 40 Watt Hype frontman Aaron Wall to develop a similar program in Fresno. That could happen as early as this summer or next, Gomes says.
Summer Youth Music and Art Exploration
Painting and Screen Printing Art
- 10-11:30 a.m. June 16-18 and June 22, 24 and 26
- Boys and Girls Club, 215 W. Tulare Ave., Visalia
- Free for ages 8-17
- (559) 331-0009 , www.snvfoundation.org
Drum Rhythms of the World:
- 10-11 a.m. July 13, 15, 17, 20-23 and July 27, 29 and 31
- Boys and Girls Club, 215 W. Tulare Ave., Visalia
- Free for ages 8-17
- (559) 331-0009 , www.snvfoundation.org
Electric Guitar Jam Basics:
- 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 13, 15, 17, 20-23 and July 27, 29 and 31
- Boys and Girls Club, 215 W. Tulare Ave.,Visalia
- Free for ages 8-17
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Nov 01, 2016
By WGSN Insider
"Is this going to be another discussion about Normcore?" I hear you ask with a note of reservation. The answer is mostly no…but a little bit yes. Later this month, at WGSN Futures Australia, we'll be unpacking the key fashion trends of the future, and how they affect the retail market.
So why am I bringing up the term Normcore (since it feels so 2014)? Well, that's easy. Even though Normcore seems like the past tense, thanks to the fact that it emerged in the mainstream fashion consciousness over two years ago and had massive social media and buzzword appeal resulting in a milieu of washed denim, grey marl and Birkenstocks, I don't believe Normcore should be dismissed as a fad. Or at least, it should be considered as part of a bigger fashion future.
Normcore, in many ways, is indicative of the reasons why trends take off at a mass level and has in turn led to fashion movements that have changed the way we dress. Since Normcore has receded from the spotlight, we have seen the rise of the athleisure trend. This too has had its media-hype, and many markets and categories could be forgiven for being really over it, but if we look beyond the buzzword and the acceptability of yoga pants in the day time, the trend shows an intrinsic change in what consumers want from their clothing, namely: comfort, flexibility, and fashion that works with their lifestyle.
As dressing for comfort takes on new levels of cool, other signs of change appear indicating how fashion and more importantly consumers' attitudes to how they dress will evolve in the future. From changing attitudes towards gender, to maximalism and the Gucci-effect, to the rise of streetwear as a high fashion staple, to the Korean-wave, cutting through the noise and understanding what is at the core (excuse the pun) of these trends and fashion movements is key. This enables an understanding of the longevity of a trend and its importance to your brand or business and market.
Greer Hughes, is a consultant with WGSN Mindset and will be one of the presenters at WGSN Futures Australia. Save the date and come along to hear more.
WGSN Futures Australia is a must-see summit for Retail executives, Marketers, Buyers, Merchandisers and Designers. We will be presenting in Sydney in November 15th and Melbourne in November 18th – don't miss out. For more information and tickets.
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This delicious chicken salad recipe with a twist is a flavoursome addition to lunch boxes and dinner tables alike!
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- 1/2 cup (100g) quinoa, rinsed, drained
- 1/4 cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 tbs red wine vinegar
- 1 small garlic clove, peeled, bruised
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 baby cos lettuce, leaves separated
- 200g South Cape Greek Style Fetta, crumbled
- 1 Coles RSPCA Approved Hot Roast Chicken, skin and bones removed, meat shredded
- 4 radishes, thinly sliced
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, thinly sliced
- 1 small red onion, halved, thinly sliced
- 1 cup (175g) red grapes, halved
Step 1Cook the quinoa in a large saucepan of boiling water for 12 mins or until tender. Drain well. Set aside, stirring occasionally, to cool.
Step 2Meanwhile, place the oil, vinegar, garlic and oregano in a screw-top jar and season. Shake to combine. Set aside to develop the flavours.
Step 3Arrange the lettuce leaves and quinoa on a large serving platter. Remove and discard the garlic from the dressing. Drizzle some of the dressing over the salad. Arrange the South Cape Fetta, chicken, radish, cucumber, onion and grape over the salad. Serve with the remaining dressing.
(+ cooling time)


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