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This website is a complementary work to the monograph Imagination Without Borders: Feminist Artist Tomiyama Taeko and Social Responsibility edited by Laura Hein and Rebecca Jennison (University of Michigan Press, 2010). For more resources, please see the following.
Works by the Artists and Exhibit Catalogues
Tomiyama Taeko and Takahashi Yūji, Requiem for the 20th Century: Paintings and Music Come Together to Tell the Tale of an Era, The Third Chino Kaori Memorial New Visions Lecture, Kyoto: Medieval Japanese Studies Institute, Center for the Study of Women, Buddhism, and Cultural History, 2006.
'Asia eno Shiza to Hyogen' Organizing Committee, Silenced by History: Tomiyama Taeko's Work, Tokyo: Gendai Kikakushitsu, 1995.
Tomiyama Taeko and Takahashi Yuji bilingual book and DVD, Hiruko and the Puppeteers: A Tale of Sea Wanderers, Tokyo: Gendaikikakushitsu, 2009
John Junkerman and John Dower, eds., The Hiroshima Murals: The Art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki (New York: Kodansha International, 1985)
Essays About the Artists
For ideas on how to use this website in classrooms, see Laura Hein, "Tomiyama Taeko's Art and Remembrance of the Asia Pacific War," Education About Asia, 14.3, Winter 2009.
Rebecca Jennison, "Remembering as Resistance: The 'Shaman' and the 'Fox' in the Art of Tomiyama Taeko," Journal of Kyoto Seika University no. 25 (2003)
Rebecca Jennison, "Tomiyama Taeko: An Artist's Life and Work," Critical Asian Studies, 33:1 (2001), 100-119.
Artist Websites
Tomiyama Taeko's Art, Tomiyama Taeko
Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels, Maruki Toshi and Iri
Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors, Eleanor Rubin
Other Publications
Women in Japan: Memories of the Past, Dreams for the Future, Joanne Hershfield and Jan Bardsley
Hiroshima No Pika / Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima, Noriaki Tsuchimoto / John Junkerman


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The Lower Keys marsh rabbit and silver rice rat: steps toward recovery
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Extensive development has destroyed and fragmented wildlife habitat in the Lower Florida Keys. The Lower Keys marsh rabbit (LKMR; Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) and the silver rice rat (SRR; Oryzomys argentatus) are listed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FFWCC) as endangered species. Both species depend on coastal prairies, freshwater marshes, and intertidal salt-marsh zones. The objective of this study was to meet specific, species-level recovery goals and to add reliable information that may modify or support current recovery plans. Specifically, I (1) evaluated the use of LKMR reintroduction to suitable habitat, (2) examined characteristics of habitat used by LKMR, and (3) surveyed the Lower Florida Keys for SRRs, documenting current range and examining survey results for the past decade. I reintroduced 7 rabbits (3 males, 4 females) to suitable habitat on Water Key, and monitored their survival and release-site fidelity. All reintroduced rabbits survived and some reproduced, suggesting these translocation techniques are a viable tool for recovery. On Boca Chica Key, I radio-collared 13 LKMRs and compared vegetation characteristics between core-use and avoided areas within home ranges. Binary logistic regression associated rabbit use with high vegetation heights (7âÂÂ8 dm), low canopy coverage (<=10%), high bunchgrass densities (2.5âÂÂ3.8/sq m), and forb presence (>5%), supporting the hypothesis that LKMRs may be detrimentally impacted by hardwood encroachment into salt-marsh habitats. For LKMR recovery, I recommend management to resist hardwood encroachment, together with active predator control. I surveyed 36 locations on 18 islands for SRRs, capturing rats on 12 islands, including 2 on which SRRs had not previously been found. Comparisons of my data with historic data suggest SRRs either have increased in abundance over the past decade or that previous trapping efforts were not effective. Abundance of SRRs does not appear to be significantly different from that of populations of rice rats on the mainland. The USFWS and FFWCC should consider revising the conservation status of the SRR; however, it still should be regarded as a unique evolutionary unit with a very limited potential range.
Perry, Neil Desmond (2006). The Lower Keys marsh rabbit and silver rice rat: steps toward recovery. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /4260.

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Boorowa Rotary Club Talk
Funnyworks Oz is off to Boorowa with Lyn from Southside Community Services to give a talk and demo for the Rotary Club there! Will be a very social occasion catching up with a couple of mates and possibly a beer or two – will be a lot of fun and an opportunity to spread the word 🙂
Advocacy For Inclusion Workshop
Funnyworks Oz will be guest speaking for Advocacy For Inclusion on Wednesday 4th February at the Griffin Centre. It'll be an interactive and fun session with lots of visuals including the theme 'Assertiveness v Aggression' and a Quick Draw goal setting session. Come along and enjoy workshop!


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Everyone's wondering who will be the person to succeed George Bush as the next US President. If Senator John McCain ends up replacing Mr Popular he will become the oldest leader of the country ever.
His official wallpaper is typically conservative, featuring a shot of the 72-year old looking all mean and moody (there is a slight whiff of a smile, actually). The whole affair is in black and white with a picture of big John super-imposed over the US flag. The image also sports his campaign logo, thrown in for good measure.
It's not the most imaginative wallpaper I've ever seen and I reckon if you're seen with this as your background you're going to look pretty boring.
Nevertheless if you're going with McCain for 2008 then it's one of the best wallpapers you'll find on him.
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Ask the doctor: Vitamin C for health?
Q. Whatever happened to the idea that taking vitamin C could boost your immune system and prevent colds? Is there still a possibility it could work?
A. Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, was promoted as a health supplement for decades, achieving its greatest renown in the 1970s through the writings of scientist Linus Pauling. Despite the excitement about its natural antioxidant function, vitamin C does not appear to prevent colds, and its ability to shorten the duration of colds is minimal. A recent summary of 29 studies involving more than 10,000 people confirmed the lack of benefit of regular vitamin C supplementation.


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Obtain the code and stay in sync
The repository
TASTE development is revision controlled, via a Subversion repository hosted inside European Space Agency's servers. The most important repository folders as of September 2013, are the following:
- buildsupport: Reads the overall design, and generates the implementation skeleton files that the developers will fill-in.
- DMT: The Data Modelling Toolchain, including the ASN.1 compiler and all the TASTE modelling mappers (Simulink/RTW, SCADE, VHDL, etc).
- doc: Official documentation.
- ellidiss: The Ellidiss GUI, used to design the Interface and Deployment Views of TASTE systems.
- ocarina: Performs the vertical transformation, encapsulating TASTE Functions in executable code
- orchestrator: Runs all the necessary tools to compile TASTE systems (the entrypoint)
- po-hi-ada: PolyORB Ada
- po-hi-c: PolyORB C
- testSuites: Regression checking suites
The repository contains a stable branch, which is the one ordinary users should be following. Main development (unstable work) is done in the main trunk, and is periodically merged piece-wise in the stable branch. If for whatever reason you want to try a bleeding-edge feature, use
svn switch to switch to the main trunk, and invoke
make from the repository root. Remember to eventually switch back to the stable branch, otherwise prepare yourself for sudden breakages.
Stay in sync
From inside the TASTE VM, just run
UpdateTASTE.sh. This will take care of all the necessary changes in the environment, including but not limited to...
svn updateexecuted in your
~/tool-srcfolder (will fetch the latest version of whichever you are following, the stable or the unstable branch).
- Running
additionalWork.shfrom the root of the repos, which will take care of installing any additional missing dependencies, etc. Note that these assume your account can passwordlessly execute
sudocommands, to e.g. install new packages via
- Installing the freshly compiled binaries under
- etc
For detailed information on what happens during the update, read the relevant article.
Ellidiss GUI and NeuroPublic DMT
In the past, the Ellidiss GUI and the Neuropublic Data Modelling Toolchain were hosted outside the ESA repository. This has changed in 2013, and these components are now stored in the repository - updated and maintained as parts of the overall TASTE deployment. The ASN.1 compiler in particular, is also available in completely open-source form (dually licensed) in [GitHub].


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Here is another fun breed in a for kids style. I was thinking what type of dog to do next, and then I read a request that asked if I could make a tutorial on "how to draw a bulldog for kids", step by step. Naturally when a good idea comes my way I will jump all over it. I like the way that this bulldog came out because it reminds me of those chezzie cartoon animals that I used to watch when I was a kid. The position that the dog is in is a 3/4 angle. The lesson itself should be pretty simple to tackle and complete which means you won't be spending a long time drawing a bulldog for kids. I have one of these dogs in a regular drawn style so be sure to check that out. Well, that's all I guess. Have fun with this tut and I will be back soon with more lessons for you all. Peace people!
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Brimer Monument Company has been family owned and operated since 1945. In over 7 decades we have served thousands of families in Knoxville and the surrounding area counties in Tennessee.
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Bilingual English-Portuguese books: Scrub Brush and Crystal Vase-O Escovão e a Jarra de Cristal (Portuguese Edition)
Portuguese bilingual book:learn Portuguese the fast and fun way!
…..There was a Scrub Brush in the kitchen who was always rude, loud, and very controlling.
Na cozinha havia um Escovão que era sempre muito rude, barulhento e muito controlador.
He hung on a little hook in the dark corner of the kitchen near the sink.
Ele ficava pendurado em um pequeno gancho no canto escuro da cozinha perto da pia
From there, he could see everything that was happening around him.
De lá, ele podia ver tudo o que acontecia ao seu redor.
Read this entertaining story now! This is a great way to start reading some Portuguese. This book is fun with enjoyable illustration!


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So I got back from reading week hoping to have my preflight done by the first day or second day back. But both of those chances failed: Monday had rain and strong winds, and Tuesday had strong winds and low clouds. Both of these were caused by the storm over Eastern Ontario around Ottawa, Kingston Region.
The storm produced a very steep low pressure and so isobars were fairly close together around it, and that created strong gusty winds, around 20G38 kt winds from the northwest. The low over to the east created cloud formations over here because we were in the "tail-end" of the storm.
With the winds coming from the northwest, there was also an issue of Lake Effect Snow. Lake Huron was to the northwest and so any cold arctic air with strong winds create possibility of lake effect snow/precipitation.
Cold air gets blown over the lake and evaporation creates convective clouds over to the greater toronto area (GTA), it sucks because it is very short notice and as a result could be a reason for a lot of incomplete or cancelled flights in the winter.
So according to my instructor, instead of completing 0.3 hr of the preflight, he will just do a 1.5hr extra dual instruction to polish some of my weakness from the preflight:
Slow flight and Power On stall entries
Steep turns - to try and go back to entry altitude even within test limits.
Diversion - everything was perfect except I forgot to simulate a call to London
Soft-Field Landing- porpoising or not so soft landing
I won't be able to do this extra dual until next week because we will be away for a Search & Rescue Training weekend from Oct 31st - Nov 2nd. I am pretty stoked about this because we're going to Bankcroft area, and I can't wait how to really learn the things they will teach us (of course I'm not so excited because it's gonna be cold but I'm not complaining)
Anyway, I'll take my camera and post up some pictures of that here.


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Here are the camps on my "wander list" so far. I try to make it out to these camps at least once every few days, though I admit those of you in Dagan's Dell or the Highlands may see me infrequently, if at all. I'm pretty sure there are at least a few incorrect camp locations on this list, so please correct me if you see something wrong.
My Camp: McGuire's Marauders (N06)
– Bhakail (N11)
– Dione Sidhe (N07)
– Northshield (E02)
– High Rafters (E03)
– East Kingdom Royal (E06)
– Eoforwic (W08)
– Enchanted Ground (W09)
– Shauna's Camp (W11)
– Bard's Haven (E19)
– Casa Bardicci (E20)
– Wild Rose (E24)
– Regnesfolk Myrkfaelinn (E23)
– Havres des Glaces (E18)
Dagan's Dell:
– Sharc / Quatrefoil (N21)
– Coldwood / Mountain Freehold (N29)
– Concordia of the Snows / Vestfell (N36)


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Young Scholars Research Symposium: A celebration of student excellence
Conference/Symposium | May 1 | 4-6:30 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)
Rebecca Dharmapalan, Senior: Sociology (major) and Human Rights (minor)
Adora Svitak, Senior: Development Studies (major) and South Asian Studies (minor)
Prathyush Parasuraman, Senior: South Asian Studies (major) and Economics (major)
Raveena Samra, Senior: Anthropology (major) and Creative Writing (minor)
Institute for South Asia Studies, Office of Undergraduate Research
The Institute for South Asia Studies invites you to join us for our third annual young scholars research symposium on South Asia. This symposium will showcase the work of UC Berkeley students who have finished their theses on diverse topics related to South Asia.
4:10: Welcome
4:15: Rebecca Dharmapalan | Unrecognized Genocide: The Case of Sri Lanka (Intergenerational Trauma, Abuse, and Selective Memory)
------(Discussant) Darren Zook
4:40: Adora Svitak | Once a Swayamsevak: Influences of Hindutva on Identity Formation in Second-Generation Indian-American Youth
------(Discussant) Clare Talwalker
5:05: Prathyush Parasuraman | Do Homosexuals Cause Earthquakes? Reframing the Queer Disposition
------(Discussant) Vasudha Paramasivan
5:30: Raveena Samra | Flower Work
------(Discussant) Lawrence Cohen
6 - 6:30 PM - Reception
Presenter Bios
Rebecca Dharmapalan is an artist and activist from Oakland, California. Her work is focused around the issue of Child Sex Trafficking and the abolishment of modern day slavery through creativity and solidarity. At UC Berkeley, Rebecca focus is in several fields including Sociology as well as Global Poverty. Her first film "International Boulevard" was awarded Grand Prize at Girls Impact the World film festival presented at Harvard University, the Los Angeles Film Festival, Delhis Indie Art Week and several more. She has gone on speaking tours all across the country at the Ashoka Future Forum, and a TEDxTalk in New York City. This year, Rebecca was selected for Teen Vogue 21 under 21: girls and femmes changing the world, and was recently awarded as Glamours College Women of the Year 2017.
Adora Svitak is a senior majoring in Development Studies and minoring in South Asian Studies and Creative Writing at UC Berkeley. She is involved in writing and editing in several publications, including serving as a Content Writer for Social Science Matrix and Editor-in-Chief at Berkeley Political Review. In the past, she has interned at TED's education division in New York City and at Tata Communications in New Delhi (thanks to ISAS's partnership with the Tata Social Internship program). While in India, she conducted research on corporate social responsibility programs. Through her academic work at Berkeley, she has studied themes of religion, development, gender, and knowledge production in South Asia. Adora's long-standing interest in issues affecting children and youth has taken her to speaking engagements at conferences like TED and the UN Economic and Social Council's Youth Forum. Her Honors thesis is the culmination of many passions, both academic and personal, intersecting during her undergraduate career.
Prathyush Parasuraman is a rising Senior at UC Berkeley studying Economics and South Asian Studies. He is interested in working at the intersection of academic research and public policy- either through pursuit in academia or law. He has served as the Attorney General/Chief Legal Officer for the ASUC- the autonomous student government at UC Berkeley as well as taught a class on Student Advocacy and Activism within the ASUC.
Raveena Samra is a poet, essayist, and mixed-media sculptor who grew up in a little town called Ceres, California. She resides in the Bay Area when she is not wandering through her mothers village in Punjab. As an undergraduate at UC Berkeley, Raveena is an English and Anthropology major minoring in Creative Writing. She focuses on writing's ability to inhabit cultural porosity on the page through the assimilation of poetic and academic discourse. She is interested in language translation and storytelling across genres with a focus on the Punjabi diaspora. In her work she addresses intersectional identity as it surfaces in the United States and is currently in the midst of completing an undergraduate thesis focused on immigrant narratives and how the associated experiences inform the transnational identities of Punjabi women.
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John Muir was on my mind this morning, as he often is when I am out rambling. He who walked 1000 miles from the mid-west to the Gulf of Mexico carrying the barest minimum of what was needed to make the trek, sleeping in barns and graveyards, begging food at farmhouses, enduring heat and cold and happy in the bargain. I have wondered at least a thousand times what life would be like if lived that way.
I spent a good part of the morning out walking through woodlands and wetlands, surrounded by song, swamp and white-throated sparrows and serenaded by bald eagles and red-shouldered hawks overhead. The marshes were filled with singing spring peepers and painted turtles littered every log above the water. Carolina chickadees pulled at narrow-leaved cattail seeds and downy fluff floated through the air like snow before settling onto the water in fuzzy tufts. Everything was right. Food was there for the taking in the water and above, nesting holes were prevalent in the beaver-killed hardwoods, shelter was to be had in the upland hollies and red cedars, water was plentiful for spawning. I lost track of time watching and, as I stood in the midst of all the busyness of day to day survival, I felt like an outsider…in the marsh but not of it.
As I turned towards home, I had the all too familiar qualms about what I would find when I got back. I would find stuff, stuff and the bother of keeping it, arranging it, and caring for it. There are some who say I have comparatively fewer possessions than many people in our society but I don't find that pronouncement particularly convincing. I have far more possessions than many people in the world, but more to the point today, I have far more possessions than the creatures I stood so long observing this morning and far more than John Muir ever dreamed of taking on any of his long treks. Today, I envy his and their freedom.
I am asking myself once again, "why?" "Why do I have all this stuff, how does it encumber me and what am I going to do about it?" What would it be like to come home from a long walk in the wilds and not feel weighed down by possessions as I walk in the door? What would it be like to have only what I need? Perhaps, by God's grace, this will be the year I find out. Perhaps I will figure out how to live as simply in my home as on the trail. Time will tell.


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In South Africa, access to ordinary legal services has never been accessible to the black majority. Ashwell Zwane and Bernert Lekalakala are changing that by establishing the country's first full-service legal practice that is based in the historically black townships in which the overwhelming of majority black South Africans continue to live.
L'idée nouvelle
After coming to the urban Alexandra Township from the rural Transkei in the 1940s, the young Nelson Mandela obtained a law degree from Wits University and, together with Oliver Tambo, set up in central Johannesburg South Africa's first firm of African lawyers. Half a century later, Ashwell Zwane and Bernert Lekalakala grew up in Alexandra Township in a period of activism and popular resistance to the apartheid system that held "jailed-for-life" Nelson Mandela to be its leader. After periods of detention for their politics, Ash and Ben obtained law degrees from Wits University. Now, like Nelson Mandela before them, Ash and Ben are pioneering the way forward for South Africa's legal profession. They are establishing the country's first township-based full-service legal practice. They are piloting their practice in Alexandra. "Where people do not understand the legal system, or know their rights, it does not make much sense to speak of 'due process' or even 'the rule of law,'" notes Ash, "For this reason our Centre must provide an unusually wide range of services, from popular legal rights education to mediation to more conventional legal advice and litigation services." Their vision is innovative and original in several respects. First, their intention is to render the full range of lawyers' services to ordinary citizens living in the townships. Before this, only services specializing in human rights or paralegal advice were marketed directly in the townships. The service departs from the traditional lawyers' practice by situating itself as a resource for other community organizations, including schools where Ash and Ben organize legal and rights education courses and actively recruit student volunteers to work in the Centre. Finally, Ash and Ben have succeeded in getting their pilot Centre certified for purposes of providing law graduates with their "articles," the final step in the lawyer's qualification. Thus, the Centre offers the means for law graduates to do their articles while providing a service to their communities and thereby enhancing the credibility of the legal profession at a grassroots level.
Le problème
Under the apartheid regime, the law was used, and was perceived to be used, as an instrument to oppress black people. Access to justice still remains a serious problem for the vast majority of black South Africans who cannot afford the services of lawyers. In Alexandra Township, where the Centre is based, a recent survey showed that 55 percent of employable residents are unemployed and that only five percent of black South Africans appearing before the (lowest level) magistrates' courts have legal representatives. In this context, black South Africans' faith in the justice system was badly eroded. This loss of faith has led to the adoption of alternative methods to resolve legal disputes, including the use of violence, bribes, and, particularly in rural areas, witchcraft. A number of previous responses to the problem have made important gains, but have also fallen short in a number of respects. In the Legal Resources Center, which was founded in the late 1970s, South Africa has one of the world's best public interest law firms. The Legal Resources Center is the only litigation service for the poor that operates on a systematic basis. Like most public interest firms, however, it takes only public interest-related or precedent-setting cases. Thus, the Legal Resources Center is not set up to provide access to the law for the most commonplace needs-average township residents involved in private disputes. The Center works closely with a reasonably extensive national network of community-based paralegal advice offices and a growing network of dispute resolution centers. The advice offices are easily accessible to most township residents, but they are not equipped to take matters to court. While many of the community legal advice offices refer cases to the Center, there is no systematic link between community-level services and the legal profession. Hence, although community-based advice offices are effective for intervening in administrative disputes, they are no substitute for litigation services. The newly emerging community dispute resolution centers have proven to be a valuable resource for township residents. But these intervene only in cases where both parties agree to accept mediation. Despite the serious need for lawyers servicing the ordinary citizen with commonplace legal needs, large numbers of black law school graduates leave the profession for careers in commerce or government because they are unable to do their articles with a law firm in order to complete their professional qualification. Even more telling, those who manage to obtain articles with law firms receive training with a strong orientation toward corporate practice and, tragically, are trained to be largely irrelevant to the legal service needs of the majority.
La stratégie
Ashwell and Bernert's first priority is to ensure community involvement in their pilot project in Alexandra. They forged a partnership with the mass-based local "civic" organization, the Alexandra Civic Association. Their pilot centre provides legal support for the Association and its membership. The Civic Association will, in turn, provide two executive members to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Centre. The Centre is also building similar partnerships with a number of community-based organizations representing specific interest groups, including Alexandra AIDS Action and Agisanang Domestic Abuse Prevention and Training Center (coordinated by Ashoka Fellow, Mmatshilo Motsei). The strategy of building partnerships and involving community organizations in the management of the project will ensure that the project is providing relevant services to residents as well as giving residents a stake in the existence of the center. For Ash and Ben it is the central tenet of their larger effort to reinvent legal services in the context of community self-help and the daily life of ordinary South Africans. The second task facing the Centre is to involve leading members of the legal profession to give the center credibility among other members of the profession and start a debate around alternative models for the delivery of legal services. Ashwell and Bernert persuaded four distinguished legal professionals, including the Head of the Law Department of the University of the Witwatersrand and the Executive Director of the Law Review Project, to sit on the Centre's Board. The Centre is also building strong links with schools, beginning with legal education programs. Organized training in mediation is also being offered to selected school students. These mediation skills will be used by the students to defuse conflicts in the schools and in their neighborhoods. The Centre will also train volunteer student workers to act as paralegals; thus, in a practical manner, students will be exposed to the dynamics of the legal system. With a view to causing a national-level change in their profession, Ashwell and Bernert have already started working on facilitating the establishment of centers in other townships. By appearing at law schools in the greater Johannesburg area, they have successfully recruited three law students from a township outside Pretoria to establish a center using their model. They plan to visit universities throughout South Africa to encourage law graduates to establish additional centers. Ashwell and Bernert have an effective plan to finance the centers. First, affordable fees are paid for most services. These meet a portion of the costs of the overall program. Second, they have reached an agreement with the government Legal Aid Board to finance the litigation section, pay the salaries of all candidate attorneys, and subsidize some of the administrative costs of the other sections. This is a major breakthrough in two senses. First, it provides core revenues from a long-term source that is capable of expanding nationally with the program. Second, it provides the project with a structural relationship with the Ministry of Justice that can become a channel for ongoing exchange of learning and experience. Ashwell and Bernert plan to meet with the Minister of Justice to ensure that he understands the vision and needs of community-based legal services. Ash and Ben are very mindful that this reliance on public finance should not compromise their independence.
La personne
Ashwell and Bernert are from poor working class families in Alexandra. Ashwell was adopted by his grandmother, a domestic servant, at a young age and depended on her support throughout his schooling. Bernert depended on his elder sister for support. Despite their economic backgrounds, both men played key roles in organizations involved in the liberation movement that operated in Alexandra. In the late seventies, Bernert was one of the founders of political study groups that produced a core of highly politicized students and graduates who became leaders of community organizations in the 1980s. Bernert also was Organizational Secretary for the Hay Youth Congress. During the mid-1980s, he was detained and spent the next three years in jail, without ever being charged or tried by his jailers. In 1986, Ashwell helped found, and later became chair of, a sub-branch of the Alexandra Youth Congress. In April of the same year, state policing collapsed in Alexandra under the pressure of popular resistance to apartheid. Ashwell became "judge" of a "people's court," a structure established by activists to formalize a popular alternative to apartheid justice. Ashwell was detained, and two years later, tried and sentenced for sedition. The two men met in jail, and resolved to become lawyers and establish a legal center in Alexandra in order to protect residents' rights. During their imprisonment, both were subject to physical torture and solitary confinement. They began studying in jail through a correspondence university and, upon their release, continued studying at the University of the Witwatersrand. While at the University, Ashwell founded, coached, and captained a soccer team at his student residence and played a leading role in the Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty. Ashwell and Bernert graduated in 1993 and began working full-time on the Centre in 1994. Both men continue to play a leadership role in development organizations in Alexandra. They are members of the Board of Trustees of a community health center, an AIDS initiative, and an educational trust.


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The Director of the Academy for Spiritual Formation, Jerry Haas, asked me why I went to the Academy. Here was my answer to him.
After years of ministry, I found myself spent and was drawing from an empty well. I had become really good at doing church work and had at the same time neglected my own soul. It took a painful situation to expose this chasm of emptiness to my own awareness, and as I embarked on the journey of healing I discovered a whole world of spirituality and passion within me for something more. I began to see that all I was experiencing was a dark night of the soul that put me in touch with centuries of spiritual flow. I set out on a quest that brought me first to a monastery, then to the writings of spiritual masters, and then to the Academy. I felt undeniably drawn to it because the rhythm and balance enlivened a craving for silence, authentic community, and a life of prayer in me. Through the Academy, I found rootedness for the first time in my life.


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the power of a bottle
What I am about to share here is very personal and very real. I've had several people say that I am an unapologetic person, in ways where I am totally fine with being who I am. They are absolutely spot on. However, there are moments when I have such deep doubts of my being and feel very low about myself, ashamed even.
I've been struggling with depression. For reals. Nobody really talks about it and that's a shame. Now my depression is compounded with a dangerous addition: alcohol.
Alcoholism is a serious issue within my family. We develop addiction, be it alcohol (most of us) or other form of reliance on something unhealthy. My brother committed suicide and alcohol was a big role in his ending his life. My sisters struggle as well, one is sober for 6 years now and another one is slowly disappearing from us and we are completely helpless in saving her.
I've had some moments in my life where alcohol had control over me (especially in college). After college, I pretty much had it in a nonissue category until now.
Yes, until now.
I've been struggling with a lot of issues the past few years, especially with feeling trapped and too domesticated, my creativity being stifled and hating the decisions and choices I've made that got me to the point of where I am now.
Finding Meraki was amazing. It was a dream that came true, although short lived and enjoyed by only me. Also, the RV trip has led me to slowly succumb into alcoholism.
How did that happen? I don't think there is a need to analyze this under a microscope other than to say this, it happened. I am actually terrified of getting to the point where I need to stay sober. I do not want to lose my privilege to drink. I like my beer. I like hanging out with friends and having booze as well. I like to celebrate with my booze. Basically, I love to drink.
My problem isn't that I drink everyday. My problem is, when I drink, I do not know how to stop. I hate the fact that something nonliving actually has more power than I.
Come to think of it, I feel like a lot of things right now has more power than my very own being. I think that is why I loved my Mer, I was in complete control with where I went, where I stayed and who I met. Boy, what a mouthful of a philosophical shit, no wonder I turn into my happy buzz and connect with fun people when we drink.
Anyway, there you go. I'm depressed AF and on the border of losing my privilege to drink.
So, with that out there, I'm seeing a therapist. I'm going to track my drinking habits and be accountable for it (whenever I drink, limit to two and never to do it alone). If I find myself failing to do those two "rules" I set for myself, then off to AA it is. I'm going to go into the mindfulness mode where I mediate through reading personal development books and write in my "Zen as Fuck" journal.
I mean, I have it good. I have an amazing lifestyle, a fun job that I am passionate in, I got a great family and lots of friends I connect with on a deep level. I sure as hell don't want to fuck it up.
the bullshittery of a bullseye
I tried to write. I sat in my garage late into the night, staring at my lit up darts board. I really tried to write. From the heart. But it was too much, too revealing and too unseemingly.
Bullseyes. Bullshit. If you aim for the "moon," you will truly fall. I fell onto a shooting star and it sure ain't a fun ride, so far.
I could keep throwing darts, over and over, having my goals met or being all over the map. It doesn't matter. It didn't.
Literally, what's the point? What's the point?
You know the "Story of the Hour," by Chopin? I feel like that woman just saw her supposedly dead husband walk into the door. The only difference is, I didn't collapse or die, but I kept going down the stairs, leaving that small window behind.
unsettled to the core
Now that I am truly home (just got back from Deaf Film Camp), I'm feeling the very opposite of being settled in. In fact, I am feeling very raw and pointless at the moment.
What then? The constant motion and new experience is now at a full dead stop. I have little to look forward to. May be that sounds bleak and a little bit melodramatic, but that is exactly what it feels like for me.
Don't get me wrong, I know I have it good, I have awesome boys, a beautiful home, a great group of friends and an amazing family. Yet, it doesn't feel enough and knowing that, it makes me feel even worse for my self-centeredness.
Staying at home, it isn't me. I ain't meant to be a pinned butterfly and put into a shadowbox for showcasing. I am meant to travel, to document and tell stories about it. I desire meeting people on a daily basis and having deep conversation with every one of them.
I feel changed. Very changed and so alone in this transformation.
Oh well. It is what it is and I just gotta wait til all the dust are settled and then sweep them into one pile and dump it into an organic trash bin.
So, this is what it feels like. I wondered what it would feel like when Meraki rolled into her final stop. The feelings?
Imagine a large area with fresh cement poured over, wet and brand new. Now, here I am, standing in the very middle of it. I can feel the weigh of the wet cement. I am torn between just staying put so I don't mess up the area or just wading around until I figure it out.
However, my very physical state will be content with curling up into the cement and hibernate, putting the "hide under the rock" into literal use.
I don't know what I want to do next. I do know that I have some commitments I need to finish before making any big decisions. Right now, seeing Mer sitting on the road in front of our house, it's a sad sight. She no longer will carry us with a fulltime status, but more of collect dust. I have no idea when I will use her again. Right now, I need to find a good storage space to put her away.
She's way too big to be put away. She and I don't feel finished.
The last leg of finding meraki was perfect. It was exactly how I envisioned. I was mostly alone, with my oldest son who tagged along. I was able to go where I wanted to go, to cook what I wanted to cook, to do things my own way and lucky me, my oldest son was on the same page. There were no battles as a mother, there was no frustration or exhaustion in a mental state. It was perfection on every level. We saw so many places, more than we did in months and we experienced the beauty of randomness. Finally.
And now, here I am, back at home. With commitments I have to stick to because of my life decisions I made prior to knowing who and what I am.
People asked me, "why did you have to stop?" I had to stop because this lifestyle, the free falling and swimming in experience? I am the only one who wants it.
So, I stand still in the middle of the wet cement as I try not to allow my feelings run amok. It's a good thing that feelings are intangible therefore, that neat area of the cement? Intact. Otherwise, there would be a total random of a mountainous mess.
the pendeulum
We have meraki'd (languished in solitude) so hard throughout the journey that the last three weeks was insane. Chaotic. Overwhelming to the point where all of our introverted personality turned into a monster demanding peace.
But, I say this with such sincerity, it was the best kind of chaos. We have barely had the time to blink. Seriously, however, I told my Introvert-Monster to shut it and suck it up, for the time being because it has been wonderful.
The quiet solitude energy of meraki to constant overstimulation was like a pendulum. It swung from one end to another, and kept swinging the past few weeks. There was never an in-between moment. We got so busy by being around other people, by my photographing back to back sessions and moving from one place to another without really settling down for a bit.
I admit, there were times when I wanted to hide under a rock and escape the constant "on" mode. It got so busy that I pulled an ostrich method with my phone, totally ignoring texts/emails and left some of my friends hanging.
And now? We are in the meraki-mode full force and I blinked. Several times. Eitan said, "it's over, just like that [in reference to the Cassidy get together for the Memorial Weekend]." I am so grateful for last weekend, where we have dubbed the fun as the #moosehillgang (be sure to check out the hashtag on Instagram). Being with my family felt like a calling of a sort, it's like I wish we lived closer and I know that I can make that wish come true, easily. Of the entire meraki trip, I felt the most centered when with them.
It's so quiet, too quiet. We are grabbing this week as our final week to take a deep breath because, from now until June 5th, it will be our very last time to be just us. Hereafter, it will be a pendulum furiously swinging til we arrive home mid-July.
When this trip is over, the pendulum will finally stop its momentum and be still. When it is calm, what will become of the spirit of meraki? My photos. My photographs of the entire journey into a book will be a spirit that will forever stay still.
is this rock bottom?
I once volunteered overseas and went through training about the cycle of living abroad. They said it takes two years to adjust to your current living situation. The first 6 months usually is called the Honeymoon phase. Then it pretty much goes downhill afterwards until you hit rock bottom and question your sanity. Either volunteers quit or stay through it. It could still be in the dumps or it could finally start looking good and worth the months of hell. Those who stuck through it never regret the last few months and actually is the best phase than the Honeymoon phase. Then they don't even want it to end.
For Mer, everything is falling apart in slow motion.
First, it was the leak in the toilet that would not stop. The leak cause flooding as well as damages to the floor.
Then, my stupid move going up a curvy steep hill that scraped the bottom of my black water hatch, which leaks "soup" every time I drain it.
Next, the propane. That expensive propane keeps running out because we are constantly in places that's so cold at nights (20's-30's) and rely on the furnace. Getting the propane filled is not cheap nor easy, it's a hassle.
Then, the tow dolly's connector to Mer fell off due to bumpy roads in Indiana and pretty much sent the teeth part into smithereens.
And finally, a new discovery, the damn crack in the window, which is probably going to be hard to replace due to abnormal size.
Then there's me. I'm completely unhinged from moments in my journey.
It's like, the fragility of it [me] cracked and now it is in the state of vulnerability. The only way to fix it is to replace it. It will be costly, but at the end, a new type of fragility is in place. I just need to know which company [which path] I should choose as a replacement.
Sorta like, mer is me and I am her. We're breaking down into pieces, needing repairs and I know that whatever decisions I make, it'll be costly, no matter what path I choose. I just need to remind myself that it's okay to be vulnerable, it's okay to change and it's okay to be selfish in order to be selfless.
So, this is where my training from overseas kick in, I'll stick through this mess of becoming me, all of me, and then I will shine.
even the brightest fall
I likened myself to the Moon.
She's always there and her energy waxes and wanes. When she's full, she is a force to be reckoned with. When she's in her phases, she's still whole even in the darkness. Steady and true to herself, and giving, always giving.
Tho, I do ask myself, does she ever tire like I get exhausted? Does she have that point in her time where it hurts to shine, when you have to shine? Because it is bravery with a smidgen of insanity to take in the sun in full force. Then other times, it's effortless to share the brightest moment in your time. Does she say, "Sweet Jesus, I survived" and weeps quietly when she's crescent or does she yearn to shine fully when she's in that slim curvy silver phase?
Or is the Moon just an inanimate object who puts too much value in herself? May be so? Is she jealous of stars for their abilities to shamelessly burn brightly and then rip themselves from the sky and free fall?
Who knows what she thinks. However, whenever I look up at Her, I hope she knows I always am in awe with her. Always
for the dirt alone
Today I spent over an hour digging in Arkansas dirt in search for diamonds. I, and my red Hunter boots, had my butt firmly planted on mud, as I used my bare hands to dig. My neck craned and my focus was on just one area. I buried my fingers into the dirt and dug them out. I didn't shift position for a long time.
My boys joined the fun as well, but after a short time, they were ready to go. Not I. I felt like a little girl, digging in the mud without a care in the world. I knew my chances in finding a diamond were very slim. Nonetheless, it was exciting. It probably was the closest sense I had to "being" grounded.
It was life in its grandest gesture, to find a diamond in the rough. Which, oftentimes, pretty much is a tease and leaves you with nothing but a bunch of rocks.
I know this. I left the park muddied and with several tiny rocks in labeled brown paper bags.
Still, I smiled. And my smile was for the dirt, the dirt alone.
looking at meraki, you see an RV with its universal patented look: curvy streaks across the body, maroon and gray with the Dalmatian dog panting above "Coachmen Freelander." The ass of mer sticks longer from the rear tires, giving you indication that it's bigger than 26 feet long. The only sign of character you would see is "yes, I am the cat lady," magnet stuck on the cover case of where propane releases when using the heater.
That pretty much reflects the outer part of who we are. If I had it my way, there wouldn't be a sticker of some curvy sorts. Fuck conformity. There wouldn't be that out of breath Dalmatian hovering over the word "Coachmen" (sexist much?). The only thing I am okay with is the term, "Freelander." Otherwise, it's just a manufactured crap telling us its sticker price's worth. She's far more storytelling than that uniformed look.
She's our home and inside that manufactured body, she holds hundreds, if not, thousands of memories that will last forever.
Now, as I sit outside with my coffee and enjoy this gentle Texan breeze, I just thought of an idea. I want to find a decal to add a cape on that dog (that breed is known to be Deaf, did you know that?), with a tiara on its head and to add two letters "w-o" in between the h and m. Then whoever notices those slight creative adjustments would definitely get insight of who I am [we are].
the heart of the deep south
As a liberal Californian mother of three boys who have Jewishness in their blood, going into the Deep South had some reservations from me. Especially when the majority of them voted for Trump. Not just voted, they believed in him. When doing so, they believed in so many things that basically decry on the very humane aspect of love and humanity. When one goes against it, how is it possible for them to have a speck of iota of spirit in kindness (when they are extremely conditional and selective)?
Needless to say, my judgment and reservations toward the people of the Deep South is harsh, filled with bitterness and resentment… and disbelief. Trumpets, I call them. When I call someone a "Trumpet," consider it the deepest level of offence I can offer, with such disdain. To this day, I still hold them accountable for the hatred we have in our society, especially to the people of color, to the people who want to love equally and ultimately, personally close to my heart, to the women.
We were knee deep into the south the past few months. I've come to a conclusion. It's with profound sincerity when I say this, the Deep South has the heart of the country, but it's so flawed. They were the friendliest, sweetest, kindest and charming bunch. They were patient, they were helpful, they handled our Deafness far superior than those people in the blue states. It shocked me to the core. Everywhere I went, be it a drive thrus or at a general store in the middle of nowhere, they all somehow knew sign language. They all called us "honey" or "sweetie." They did not make me feel inferior, but rather treated us as a revered novelty. They welcomed us as if we were family members and offered us kindness even if we were complete strangers.
But, how in the world can they be as heartless as my label, "Trumpet"?
The other day when Oisin made a new friend with a complete stranger, I sat and watched them play and chat together. The boy's mom was also watching. We waved at each other and I went over to her and we started talking. It was beautiful, us getting to know each other, and my son getting to know hers (they were talking about the book titled, "wrinkle in time."). She asked me if Oisin's name was Irish and I almost started telling her that my kids' names all had both ancient Gaelic and Hebrew names because they are of Jewish descendant. I hesitated and decided to jut say, "yes, we chose ancient gaelic names."
She smiled and looked at our boys, the sun was descending, it was super warm and you could see both boys laughing as they were trying to communicate.
It was beautiful, but my fears in telling her that my boys are also Jewish disturbed me. I don't think that the mother realized that she made me feel uncomfortable in the fact that I would have potentially endangered my boys if I told them that they were not just Irish, but also Jewish. To be fair, she probably is a kindred soul and not deserving of my assumption.
That's how it is here, for me, in the Deep South. As sweet as their iced tea are, they coated sugar over their self-serving steeped beliefs into what makes America Great. Being sweet and all, but totally going dark on what really matters and that is, being a humane human.
just a mother who fled from society's constraints and is super excited to wake up to the outdoors, remain braless daily and teach her boys the art of boredom and discovery.
September 2018


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First rule of date night: take a shower. Second rule of date night: go somewhere fun. We're neither willing nor able to help you with the former, but we have your back on the latter. Below are 15 places that cover just about any dating situation. From intimate dining rooms with fireplaces, to big spots with live music, one of these Boston restaurants will be exactly what you're looking for. Just please, for everyone's good, remember rule number one.
This guide is presented in partnership with MINI - so you can spend less time picking a great restaurant, and more time on the things that matter. Like, for example, your date.
the spots
The Red House Restaurant
If you're thinking about co-starring in a wedding with this person, take them to The Red House to see what they'll look like inside of an elegant party venue complete with antique furniture, a fireplace, and a candlelit tent. You probably shouldn't tell them that this is kind of a trial run, but you should order the two-for-one oysters that they serve every night.
Tres Gatos
This is one of the most interesting restaurants in the city's most interesting neighborhood. If you're tired of planning out your conversation topics before your dates, come to this JP tapas spot which is part-bookstore, part-record store, and part-living room of the chef-friend you don't have. Hit up the patio if it's nice out, the slope-side cabin of a dining room when it's not, and always order the stuffed dates. We also love the chicken wings, which are well worth the mess on your fingers, and a great way to test just how sloppy you can get before your date refuses to be seen in public with you.
The Table at Season to Taste
Contrary to its name, there are actually six or seven tables in this French-ish prix-fixe spot in Cambridge. Regardless, you should sit at the chef's counter, where you'll get to watch what looks to be a choreographed cooking show put on by the three chefs who run the place. On recent visits, we loved the homemade garganelli with clams, but you should check the menu every month to see what's new.
If you want to get into Oleana on a weekend night, plan accordingly. The relatively few tables in this small but much-loved Mediterranean restaurant on the edge of Inman Square book up quickly. It's worth the effort, though, and it's a little easier to get in during the summer when the backyard is open. Order some wine, and then pick out a few good-looking mezzes to share. If your date isn't interested in the Sultan's Delight, it's kind of a red flag.
No. 9 Park
Across the street from the State House at the top of Boston Common, this white-tablecloth French restaurant feels like the center of the city. Save it for when you have something to celebrate, because it's a little pricey for a random Tuesday night. Or you can just cut into a pretty perfect foie gras dish and celebrate that.
B&G Oysters
B&G Oysters in South End is an upper tier seafood restaurant that won't let you down. The back patio is perfect for a summer evening date, but the small underground dining room works too for when Boston weather is particular Bostony. Get a glass of wine - because this B&G just feels like a glass of wine type of place - and don't miss the fried oysters.
The American-ish comfort food at Beehive works for most occasions, and is particularly great for brunch. But you should come here with a date for the nightly live music. Split the duck au poivre and have fun at this loud, underground restaurant that makes you feel a little cooler than you probably are (though still not as cool as the guitar soloist, because nobody's ever as cool as that guy).
Myers + Chang
Just about everything is served family-style at this small Asian fusion spot in the South End. Expect fun cocktails, really great smells, and a lively atmosphere that always feels like a party. You should also know about the "cheap date" special on Mondays and Tuesdays, assuming you appreciate the idea of a fun, affordable prix-fixe menu with punny names. Which you should.
Ten Tables
The normal a la carte menu at Ten Tables is so good that you might initially be disappointed to end up there on one of their special menu nights (monthly wine dinners on Tuesdays, shared suppers on Sunday, and pasta Thursdays at the bar). But that'll just give you a reason to come back. This is a small neighborhood spot where you'll eat some chicken or scallops that make you feel like you had a home-cooked dinner. It's perfect for when your relationship has moved into the "let's just have a nice quiet evening" stage.
Hungry I
Hungry I is textbook-romantic thanks to its Beacon Hill location, Victorian interior, and small courtyard. It's a little pricey, but the classic French dishes and atmosphere make it a great spot to slowly sip on a glass of wine and pretend this is your own living room. If you and your date don't know each other too well yet, stay away from the escargot. For breath purposes.
Maybe you record tasting notes in a leather-bound notebook, or maybe you've been known to sip a glass of wine and say, "Huh, this one's a little more red." No matter how many outlandish adjectives you can or can't come up with to describe fermented grape juice, the people at this wine bar in the Fenway will help you find something you like. This dark, intimate spot is more for drinks and a bite than for a full meal. (Definitely go for the lamb-stuffed tomato.)
Bondir is good any time of the year, but you really want to be here on a night when it's snowing (or at least, when it's snowing in December and snow is still fun instead of rage-inducing). It feels like a little cabin in the woods that serves the type of hearty food you can't cook yourself. It's a tasting menu every night, so you'll probably want to check the website before you book, but you can expect dishes like mutton and pumpkin molasses sorbet.
Prezza is far enough from Hanover Street that you won't have to deal with packs of tourists, but close enough that you can make your way over there for an espresso and cannoli at the end of the night. For dinner, you'll get respectfully done, old-school Italian food in a candlelit dining room that doesn't force the ambiance with too much viola music. We recommend starting with the burrata and ending with the tagliatelle.
Bogie's Place
When you need to show your date how classically cool you are, taking them to a hidden steakhouse in the back of a Downtown Crossing bar is a pretty good idea. Keep in mind, though, that you almost always need a reservation (this place is the size of your bedroom) and you can't use your cell phone in here, so if the date isn't going well, you're not going to be able to call for help.
Puro Ceviche
It's appropriate that Puro is on Newbury Street, because this subterranean spot filled with cool people and pop art murals feels like an art gallery launch party. They do ceviches best, but don't miss the panko-fried oysters. The big menu of small plates makes this is a good option if it's still early in the game and you don't quite know what your date's into yet.


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Yesterday I ate at the Oxford Exchange, a popular brunch spot in downtown Tampa. The restaurant and shop is quite a sight-I always feel like I am walking through a quaint British train station when I first enter the building and see the exquisite architectural woodwork. For the occasion I wore my two favorite colors white and navy. I also attempted the trendy half up half down bun look! At first I was hesitant to try it out on my own hair because my natural curls created knots, but after a few tweaks I think I successfully found the right amount of hair for the look. Make sure to scroll down and see some more photos from brunch, including the decadent desserts and cute greeting cards.


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S.1861 - Legal Reform and Consumer Compensation Act of 1996104th Congress (1995-1996)
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|Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] (Introduced 06/11/1996)
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Introduced in Senate (06/11/1996)
Title I: Early Offer and Rapid Recovery
Title II: Fairness in Legal Fees
Title III: Applicability and Rule of Construction
Legal Reform and Consumer Compensation Act of 1996 - Title I: Early Offer and Rapid Recovery - Amends the Federal judicial code to grant any potentially allegedly responsible party, after an occurrence that may give rise to a civil action or claim in Federal or State court to recover damages for personal injury, the option to offer, within a specified period, to compensate a claimant for reasonable (including future) economic loss, including a reasonable attorney's fee, less collateral benefits.
Authorizes States to establish a minimum dollar value for defined classes involving death or serious bodily injury. Grants a claimant the option of accepting such value payable in lump sum or accepting the benefit specified above.
Allows the offer to include other allegedly responsible parties upon their request or consent. Makes future economic losses payable as such losses occur. Provides for binding arbitration of disputes regarding the relative contributions of participants to the offer.
Allows a claimant to reject an offer of compensation and bring a civil action to recover economic (including future economic) loss, less collateral benefits, with the amount of collateral benefits determined by the court in a pretrial proceeding. Makes evidence of the amount of economic loss for which collateral benefits have been, or will be, paid to the claimant inadmissible in subsequent proceedings. Limits recovery for noneconomic losses.
Makes this title inapplicable to accidental bodily injury caused by the operation or use of a motor vehicle in claims involving an uninsured motorist or a personal protection insured.
Title II: Fairness in Legal Fees - Provides that, for purposes of this title, a fiduciary relationship commences when a claimant consults an attorney who agrees to represent the claimant in exchange for a contingent fee.
(Sec. 204) Requires contingent fee agreements to include alternate hourly rate fees. Specifies that if a contingent fee attorney has not entered into a written agreement with the claimant at the time of retention setting forth the attorney's hourly rate, a reasonable hourly rate is payable, subject to specified limitations.
(Sec. 205) Requires: (1) a contingent fee attorney pursuing a claim, at any time after retention, to send a demand for compensation by certified mail to an allegedly responsible party, setting forth the material facts relevant to the claim, including the basis for the claim, the nature of the injury, and certain medical records and documentation; and (2) a claimant's attorney to mail copies of each such demand to the claimant and to every other allegedly responsible party.
Finds a contingent fee that exceeds ten percent of any settlement or judgment after reasonable expenses have been deducted to be unreasonable and excessive if the attorney sent a timely demand for compensation but omitted material information in his or her possession or readily available at the time of filing.
(Sec. 206) Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) time limits for, and requisite contents of, a response setting forth a settlement offer; (2) consequences of failure to include prescribed material with such offer; (3) inadmissibility of demands, responses, and failure to respond to demands for compensation; (4) the effect of a pre-demand settlement offer; (5) limits on pre-retention offers (i.e., offers to settle a claim made to a claimant not represented by an attorney at the time of the offer); and (6) post-retention offers (i.e., settlement offers in response to demands for compensation made within the time constraints, and conforming to this title, made to a claimant represented by a contingent fee attorney) in situations where a pre- retention offer has and has not been made.
(Sec. 213) Finds that: (1) contingent fees are unreasonable and excessive unless charged against the difference between an unaccepted post-retention offer and the judgment or settlement ultimately obtained by a claimant; and (2) a contingent fee attorney who charges a fee that contravenes this title has charged an unreasonable and excessive fee.
(Sec. 214) Requires a contingent fee attorney, upon receipt of any settlement or judgment and prior to its disbursement, to provide the claimant with a written statement detailing how the proceeds are to be distributed.
(Sec. 216) Makes this title inapplicable to specified situations involving: (1) evaluations and collections; (2) agreements in which certain offers are not made; and (3) motor vehicle accidental bodily injury.
Title III: Applicability and Rule of Construction - Makes title I or II of this Act inapplicable in a State that enacts a statute that cites the authority of this section and declares that the State elects that the title not apply.


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Keith Nelson, CRB Keith R. Nelson is the Designated Broker and Principle Owner of Executive Real Estate, Inc.
Keith has been involved in the Real Estate industry since the late 1970's. He has had the opportunity to watch, participate in and, in some cases, even shape the direction and evolution of many innovations in the industry. Keith's experience in varied Real Estate markets provides him with a truly unique ability to understand the many needs of the diverse associates who make up Executive Real Estate, Inc.
Keith was the 2009 President of the Seattle King County REALTORS®. In addition he is currently a State Director for Washington REALTORS®, the Past Vice President and Vice President-Elect of Governmental Affairs for Seattle King County REALTORS, the Past Vice President and Treasurer of the IBA, the Past President and Vice President of the Washington Chapter of CRB's. Keith has also served, and continues to serve, on numerous committees, including Governmental Affairs, Strategic Planning, RPAC Chairman, Rules and Bylaws committees, License Law, Marketing, Nominations, Arbitration/Discipline committees, Prehearing Officer and on some Executive committees and a past member of the Board of Directors for several other associations including PSMLA (the predecessor to NWMLS. He is an active member of SKCR,CBA, WR and NAR. He was a Past Member of the Department of Licensing's Real Estate License Law (18.85 RCW) Review Task Force. He truly has the experience and the hands on involvement to make him one of the industry's most respected members. In fact the National Association of REALTORS® recently inducted Keith into the RPAC "Hall of Fame" for his longtime commitment as an RPAC Major Investor and member of the NAR President's Circle.
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