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March 8, 2012
Identity crisis filter: ethnicity edition. Did you grow up one ethnicity, and choose another later in life? Do you identify with one ethnicity over another, even though both are in your lineage? Did you deny your ethnicity throughout life, then later claim it? I need some help working through my ethnicity self-identification, also in the ways of culture appropriation.
I'm in my [very] early 20s, and have been doing the normal soul-searching, finding yourself stuff that people my age tend to do. I've conquered my sexuality, my body issues, and my religion. In all of these aspects, I know who I am [for the most part]. Great! Now I've found my brain coming back to the issue of my ethnicity, over and over again. I read blogs, journals, websites about ehtnicity, just in general. It seems to be the next hole my mind is trying to fill-my lack of a self-identified ethnicity.
Theres a bunch of haze surrounding the topic for me, though. In my heart, and my mind, I identify as Native American [Seminole, specifically]. I've been thinking back to my childhood, to try and see how I identified then, and it was the same. My mother, who I get the lineage from, was always very proud of that part of her heritage. She had Native pottery, paintings throughout the house. Our coffee table books were on the history of Native American loom-weaving, or other Native American crafts. She was proud, you could tell, but it was always very private for her. I suspect it was because she derived it from her father, who died when she was seven. So her Native American heritage was cherished, but painful for her. I didn't even know that my mother's real dad existed until I was about 12. I had always assumed that my Grandmother's other husband [who also died before I was born] was my Grandfather, it was that sore a subject. It was really
talked about.
So, growing up, I've been surrounded by the art and culture of Native Americans, but it's always been an internal and personal identification. I'm pretty pale-skinned [though with dark hair and eyes], and so I've been treated white by society. But when I go to museums and see Native American pottery, there are parts of me that just see it as mine. When people appropriate the religious or tribal clothes or patterns, I feel
offended. I know this doesn't make much sense, It's kind of like your sexuality and gender, it's just something deep inside that you feel is right. It belongs. That's how I feel about my ethnicity.
But there's this personal conflict with letting myself really, truly identify, because it's a history steeped in violence and imperialism and struggle. And I have been subjected to none of that. I'm pale enough to be treated as white. I've known none of the struggle of the people. And that just doesn't sit right with me. I don't want to be another white person appropriating a minority culture.
Is there anyone else out there who has been through this? Are you, yourself, Native American? Indian? Dominican? Any other minority race? How does this feel for you- as a minority?
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While not exactly the same as your experience, Gregory Williams'
Life on the Color Line
may be of interest to you.
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on March 8, 2012
Are you in touch with the actual Seminole community? Is there someone you can reach out to who is not a family member? I knew quite a few Native Americans in Montana who struggled with their identity (whether they passed as white, Latino or were clearly Native). One of my good friends told everyone he was Brazilian, which made me sad. The ones that were happy were the ones who were true to themselves, whether that meant leaving their hair long or not.
I think that most of the white people who appropriate Native culture aren't really
in that culture. They just buy stuff at the roadside stands and wear feathers in their hair and hang a dreamcatcher from their rear view mirror. I am not in a position to judge them, but I bet the vast majority don't actually identify as Native. If it became cool to appropriate Asian motifs, they'd probably do that instead.
If you're sincere about your identification, then talk to people. Surely they have meetings and events and so forth. If you're in school, perhaps there's a student group for Native Americans. I don't think you need to go out of your way convince them that you're the real deal. I wouldn't show up in head to toe native garb - no one does that anyway except for ceremonial events - but just be yourself, and be confident, and people will accept you.
(I don't know about Seminoles, but Cherokees and other tribes who had early contact with Europeans tend to have intermarried with whites at much greater rates than tribes further west, so I am certain that your situation is not unusual
at all.
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Passing: Identity and Interpretation
Crossing the Racial Line: Racial Passing in 20th Century US
Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are
are good books to read.
As you get more involved with your Native American heritage, you will likely confront an unfortunate hierarchy of authenticity among Native Americans who, say, grew up on the res and dealt with the poverty and the limited options that are the legacy of American imperialism and colonization. Many will probably see you as part of a much larger phenomenon of white people appropriating "their" traditional art and culture as a means to gain self-understanding while having also enjoyed a lifetime of white privilege.
I'm not saying this is an accurate or fair assessment, but I'd seriously avoid telling someone who grew up with
this childhood
that you see parts of yourself in their artwork, at least until you've proved that you respect their culture as more than just a badge.
As someone who grew up in North Carolina Cherokee territory (I'm not Indian in heritage, though), it's extremely common for "real" American Indians to put up walls against white people who claim to feel a kinship with American Indian heritage. It's also galling because, thanks to obvious reasons, that heritage is frequently a shell of its former glory, so white people enthusiastically participating in a drum circle is just rubbing salt in the wound. American Indians have seen some of the worst examples of lazy appropriations of their culture; not just people who think tomahawks are cool, but those who apply to the tribal roster in hopes that they can check off "American Indian" on their college application forms.
Echoing desjardins, I would recommend volunteering at a nearby reservation or cultural facility, depending on where you live. Though mores vary dramatically between tribes (see
Two Spirit
), your personal experience of working through problems with your sexuality might be of particular use to at-risk American Indian teens who feel that their community won't accept their own sexual identities.
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Also echoing desjardins, most Crow I know are deeply offended by people who claim tribal member status but haven't actually had the experience--and that's not just folks still living in Crow Agency, but also professionals who no longer live in Montana, but grew up on the reservation.
I understand the need to belong and claim an identity is important to many people, and your 20s are a time to figure out who you are. But to be honest, if you've not been living the actual life, no matter how many pots you have in the house, is it really so important to you that you be identified as Seminole? I think it's possible to appreciate the heritage and cherish the culture without having to have a label on oneself. I'm aware this isn't a popular opinion.
(And you're Seminole, but Navajo pottery speaks to you? Maybe you're just an art lover.)
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As far as being identified with injustice in the past, hasn't every ethnicity been subject to that? It is not nearly as straightforward a picture as we are led to believe. If you go back in history someone is always on the losing side and someone is always on the winning side, even for people identified as 'white' in the current USA. How many different groups invaded England and oppressed the people already there? (our known history of western Europe pretty much begins with the Romans coming in and oppressing the Celts and goes on from there). Most current residents in North America have at least some kind of native american in their ancestry and most people from the south have more than a little 'black' ancestry as well. And most people you would identify as 'black' have more than a little white ancestry, most of it acquired...non-voluntarily. My point in all this is noone group hands are clean. Native american groups kept slaves, fought wars of conquest with their neighbors and pretty much behaved as...well human beings always have. Chances are the symbols of your ethnic group are a hole amalgamation of symbols from all kinds of previous groups that would not at all identify as seminole. And lastly noone gets a vote in their ancestry. I am no more responsible or guilty of my ancestors crimes than you gain any virtue from those crimes being committed on your ancestors (or vice versa-like I said above noone hands are clean). You do get to chose the kind of person you are today, and who your ancestors were, and what the did or what was done to them is done and gone and cant be changed. Dont let that define who you are-let you define who you are, and what you make of your own life.
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on March 8, 2012
I also nth the suggestion of getting in touch with the Semiole community. Even if they don't consider you authentic, if you have a personal family tie, no one can take that away from you. But you can still get involved with the Semiole community while being sensitive of the specificity of your background and privilege (e.g. you can't claim various struggles as your own, but you can be an ally. Be understanding of the realities/truths that other people share, people are the authority of their own truths and not white academics/publishers. When you read books by outsiders, take it with a grain of salt, etc) . Get to know people and see if you could work on some projects together, volunteer, etc. You'll get a richer understanding of both your family and ethnicity.
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Phoenix Rising: A Question of Cultural Marginality
I had my first experience in my lifetime recently of being treated as white for a few weeks. I was very glad when that was over.
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on March 8, 2012
How do you see yourself "claiming" your native american heritage? What more do you feel you can do to self-identify your ethnicity? You feel a personal connection to this culture but have no true cultural or experiential ties; there's your identity. What else do you need? If you're interested in the culture then dive in but it's not "your" culture. To what end would you be proclaiming your native status? You said very early 20s, are you in college? Taking anthro classes? I feel like these kinds of questions are to anthro/sociology courses as medical student syndrome is to med school.
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Harsh, people. If your mother was native, then you are part native. (Ideefixe, she did not say "Navajo.") If you grew up with cultural artifacts in your home, and a mother who was proud of her heritage, then of course you want to know more about that part of who you are. Living in your home with your mother made you who you are. Don't let others dismiss your feelings and tell you that you have no right to your history just because you look white.
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I pass as white and was mostly raised by white people, although I have more direct exposure to non-white culture than you do (via my father and his family).
Being mixed is an identity, too. You don't have to pick one or the other.
It can be complicated and a bit lonely to pass, but realistically it comes with a shit ton of privilege (passing privilege, I've heard it called) and we need to be aware of that.
The very fact that you feel like you can choose, instead of being pushed into a "non-white" category by society is an enormous privilege. The vast majority of people do not get to choose.
Ethnicity also comes with shared culture, shared language or vernacular, shared experiences. I really don't think that you can just decide to be an ethnicity. Nor do I believe that having the "blood" of an ethnicity automatically makes you able be just as much of that ethnicity as people who actually have the shared culture.
It is sad that so many people grew up without that access to their family's culture in a way that, say, Irish-Americans don't. It's a legacy of genocide and colonialism and systematic destruction of culture. Plus racism that motivated anyone who passed to be as "white" as they could (my grandmother could rival Betty Draper for WASP-y dressing and hairstyle...).
Also, please keep in mind that "Native American" is a very broad category that contains multiple ethnicities so when you say that you see "Native American" stuff and feel connected to it, it's...not offensive, just confusing about what exactly you feel connected to. I love the blankets that were handed down to me through my great-grandfather and the turquoise and silver jewelry made by my great uncle, but I don't think I'd really feel connected something Seminole. They're pretty different.
That's not to say that beautiful art can't move you. It certainly can; I'm not arguing with the genuine-ness of your feelings, just with the idea that only people who are of certain ethnicities are moved by beautiful things. I don't think that's the case.
Good luck figuring all this stuff out, I know it's complicated.
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the young rope-rider
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I would encourage you to see if it is possible for you to pursue tribal enrollment or affiliation. If I understand your post correctly, your mother's father (whom you did not know) identified as Seminole and your mother identified as Seminole? If your grandfather was listed on the 1957 Tribal Roll, you can pursue enrollment with the
Seminole Tribe of Florida
. The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
requires genealogical proof that enrollees are descended from someone identified as Seminole on the 1906 Dawes Roll.
Of course, many people of Native descent don't fall within the genealogical or blood quantum requirements necessary for formal enrollment or affiliation with their ancestors' tribes or nations. There's a fairly good book called
Invisible Indians
by David Arv Bragi that presents interviews with people in those situations. You might find it relevant to your experience as well.
A Native scholar and activist who is himself not tribally enrolled or affiliated, Dr. Alton Carroll, has a lot of insightful things to say about the challenges of honoring one's Native heritage without the support of a tribal affiliation. He's currently a professor at Northern Virginia Community College, and his
faculty email is on the web
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I don't want to be another white person appropriating a minority culture.
Jesus Christ
. Clear your head of this foolish notion.
Appropriating is not the same thing as embracing. When you appropriate you take something that isn't yours to take; embracing what is yours and making it your own is not appropriation. There is nothing false about embracing a part of you that is, in fact, a part of you. Love it, hug it, own it like you own it, and if you do this sincerely and completely who can question you?
Don't let other people dictate who you are or who you choose to be.
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three blind mice
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You are what you are. Here's the thing: the notion of your "blood" or whatever is pretty much just bunk. Instead, it all comes down to what you identify with - in other words, what resonates with you and who you are.
I've been through this myself. My dad is white (maybe scots-irish he says) while my mom is "half" puerto rican and "half" jewish. She identifies as puerto rican. Because I look white and am treated white, I tended to identify that way throughout childhood, but I always felt like I was caught between either turning my back on my mother and the culture that makes her who she is (and, therefore, also part of what makes me who I am) or being called out as a pretender.
In the end, I realized that the real choice was between being who I am or being who people wanted me to be. Our society really likes to be able to put people into neat, discreet boxes. White or Black. Anglo or Latino. First American or Colonist. Group 1 or Group 2. The real world isn't always kept so neat. In reality, Native American can mean as many different things as white because not all Native Americans are alike and not all white people are alike.
In the end, when we think of ourselves as having an identify problem, we're just buying into society's insistence that we align ourselves with one of its simple, pre-made boxes. For me, this realization, and my decision to reject it, is what allowed me to say that I'm white and puerto rican regardless of any unfounded assumptions people make about me. This has not only allowed me to accept who I am, but it has given me a direction in which to grow. Since I've come to terms with my own racial/ethnic identity, I've given myself permission to enjoy learning more about puerto rican foods, music, etc. that have, in turn, contributed to the further development of my identity.
If you feel like you'd like to do the same with your Native American heritage the only thing you need to consider is what rings true to you. So you're intrigued by the art? Dive in and learn about it. What are the stories that the art tells? What are the techniques it uses. If you're fascinated by the history then learn all you can about it and look for the themes and strengths that are mirrored in your own life. This isn't to say that you have to conform to Native American standards all the sudden. Maybe there are aspects of the culture that don't resonate with you. You're under no obligation to adopt those aspects just like you're not required to be any more "white" than you want to be.
The real goal isn't to be one race or another, it's to be authentic and true to your own values. The trick is to differentiate between times when you're truly not being authentic and times when those around you insist that you're not being true to their prejudices. Be prepared for some people to question this - people are always uncomfortable when others don't do what they expect.
Sorry for the rambling nature of the answer. I've got to go and I don't have time to edit, but I wanted to give you some encouragement. Good luck!
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Do you identify with one ethnicity over another, even though both are in your lineage?
I just wanted to specifically reply to this. I don't identify with one or the other. If you think about it, do white people ever feel forced to pick German or Irish? No, they don't. It's the racism of our society that demands that you pick between white and not-white when the reality is that you have aspects of both.
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the young rope-rider
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You should read anything by Vine Deloria, Jr., but I'd recommend starting with
God Is Red: A Native View of Religion
. He writes about being Native American Indian in the most amazing and beautiful way. I suggest this because much of his work deals heavily with themes that you mention such as self-identification and cultural appropriation.
I was born in Colombia. My biological parents were Mestizo (father) and Amerindian (mother). I was adopted by a white American couple and was raised in America. People are so perplexed by my family. I could never, ever, pass for white and my parents are 100% white people. When I was a child strangers would come up to us (me, mom, and dad) and flat out ask really intrusive/offensive questions about our family structure. People ask me all the time what my race or ethnicity is because I "sound so white." I guess where I live, if you're brown, you're supposed to have an accent of some kind.
I understand where you are coming from with this. I feel a deep spiritual connection with the indigenous peoples of North and South American. It's not rational or something I can explain, but I feel it all the way to by bones. But I would never, ever, identify myself as one because while I share many of the physical traits, I don't share their culture. You don't have the feel this way, and I'm not saying you should, but
would feel wrong telling people that I'm Indian. So to fill the part of me that feels empty without a chance to identify as such I am actively involved with groups that support the rights of indigenous people all over the world. If you're interested in exploring this (I think you should, I think everyone should) I would start with
The International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs
On a very primal level I am offended by people who pass as white claiming they are a person of color (because they haven't lived a life where people react to them as a POC/minority, and it's not always a good or pleasant reaction AKA "you don't know my pain"). On an intellectual level I think you should be able to call yourself whatever you want. I struggle with reconciling these diametrically opposed views. Some days I lean primal, some days I lean intellectual.
Anyway, I just wanted to offer you another perspective on this complicated subject.
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I didn't even know that my mother's real dad existed until I was about 12. I had always assumed that my Grandmother's other husband [who also died before I was born] was my Grandfather, it was that sore a subject. It was really never talked about.
This part really stood out to me. Do you have any relatives or family friends who you could talk to/interview about this? I think that, if you understand how your Native heritage impacts and enters your family history, it might help you have a better idea of how you want to incorporate it into your personal identity. And, while you're right that you haven't experienced the same level of marginalization and ongoing systematic racism and violence that Native people have, the issue of assimilation and the erasure/denial of Native heritage is a real issue, and one that can affect a family for a long time, and it's okay to acknowledge that this has affected your life while still keeping in mind that your passing privilege has protected you against other, worse harms.
I'm mixed-race. I also come from a family with a few buried secrets--none (that I'm aware of) regarding ethnicity, but definitely several of the "We don't talk about how Grandma had a first husband who was Uncle Wes's real father," variety. Either of these things can be difficult and confusing to really understand and process; having them intertwined is even more complex.
You sound like a pretty self-aware person, and your comments on wanting to identify with your heritage while acknowledging your own privilege is sound. I also usually pass as white/benefit from white privilege, so I can relate; I generally identify as mixed-race as if I'm asked, or "other" if that's not a permitted option; in the last few years though, I've noticed most demographics questions/forms actually allow you to choose more than one box, which is still something that gives me an unexpected moment of relief when it happens. As the young rope-rider points out, the idea that everyone will identify primarily as one ethnicity, or that one's relationship to different cultures/heritages won't change over time is itself a fiction.
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on March 8, 2012
I haven't read the other comments but I just popped in to say that I'm a Native American that passes as white. My full blooded grandmother married a Scott and my half Cherokee mother then married an Irishman, so aside from my high cheekbones I don't really look Cherokee even though I'm a quarter and on the tribal rolls. When I was growing up I knew we were NA but we didn't really do much with it but as an adult I got in contact with the Cherokee Nation and now go to events and it's actually really cool. In my experience everyone was really happy to see someone "come back" even if I don't look Cherokee. I'm due in a few months with my first and I'm definitely going to teach my little girl about her people. If you want someone to chat with feel free to memail me and I'll help in whatever way I can.
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I don't have any personal experience to share, but I thought you might be interested in an academic (ethnographic/qualitative) account of similar issues.
Anthropologist Circe Sturm has a new book called
Becoming Indian
about the phenomenon of people who've come to identify as Cherokee:
Part 1 focuses on the stories that racial shifters tell about their lives as they rename themselves and their communities as Cherokee, and part 2 focuses on citizen Cherokees and their perspectives on racial shifting.
– From
the first chapter
, available as a pdf on the publisher's website.
From what I can tell (I've skimmed this chapter and listened to part of the book as a talk) she's committed to dealing with the political, economic, social and of course cultural details of this issue with nuance. Maybe some of of those details would resonate with you.
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on March 9, 2012
I think that there can be room for space between "This is what I feel like/feel affinity towards" and "this is what I will instruct others to see me as."
In the end, anyway, we have little control over the boxes other people put us in. So I think if you focus more on learning about and participating in things that are important to you and less about how your visible or declared identity plays out in social and cultural contexts, you may find that a more fruitful path towards meaning.
There are times when publicly and proudly affirming an otherwise invisible identity is valuable and helpful (to yourself and others), and you can trust yourself to learn more about identifying those times as you learn more about and participate more deeply in this aspect of your heritage - which is yours no matter what anybody else thinks they see when they look at you.
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on March 9, 2012
Thanks everyone. I've given some thought over it, and I feel like what The Young Rope Rider said about having to choose brought a lot of light to how I feel. I've come to recognize, now, that I don't really feel the strong need to
as Native American. It's more like I have a deeper desire to just simply be connected with that part of my heritage. In a weird way, I feel like it was stolen from me through several events-the death of my grandfather, his existence ignored for so long, being so far away geographically from the seminole people, having the rest of my ethnicity be white-and thereby making me feel like I have to choose one or the other. And now I've realized I don't, because I don't need that identification in my life. Which is good, I guess, because there are times when I love my overwhelmingly Cajun heritage on my father's side [when I can stomach acknowledging being related to him.] Regardless, I'm going to take the suggestions that several of you gave-and try to somehow become active in the Native American communities, hopefully by way of volunteering.
Also, in response to some things some other people have said- I am in no way trying to infiltrate the reservation, for self-advancing purposes or not. How you got that notion from what I posted, I have no idea. I also did not say, or even hinted at, trying to get on the tribal roster, or participate in Native American-specific cultural ceremonies. I am not in any anthropology classes either. It was not just something I heard about in a book and thought was cool. As stated, it was something I grew up around and experienced through my mother. I do not intend to go up to kids who grew up on the res and somehow rub it in their faces, or some other such nonsense. That's not what this was about at all. It was about me, reconciling within myself, how I see myself and how the world sees me.
Thanks for your help, everyone!
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Now You See Me was released May 31st, 2013 and stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine. The film is directed by Louis Leterrier.
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@Shelbysaurus You and Me both. The film looks very promising and it has the type of look Nolan used in Inception, which is Fantastic.
Poster looks great. Should be a great way to end May
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I'm not convinced Jesse Eisenberg is a badass. He just seems like a pretentious little ass.
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@roberto Mata I thought so too! I am trying my best to temper my expectations for this film.
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@Shelbysaurus I was thinking the same thing, plus Jesse Eisenberg looks badass in this film!
great cast ..great poster !!
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Sure this isn't a Chris Nolan film?
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Material: Waxed cord, black pearl beads, sterling silver beads
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Tai Jewelry's bold, exotic designs derive their uniqueness from designer Tai's heavy use of colorful beads, intricate braiding, and mystical symbols. Crocheted earrings, rope bracelets threaded with Hamsa hands or dotted with turquoise, evil eye bracelets constructed from silken or wax cord, delicate charms: you'll find all of these and more in Tai's eclectic collection. Set in silver or gold vermeil, each piece features an intriguing surprise such as an engraving or off-center stone and reflects Tai's main source of inspiration: her Thai mother's knitting work.


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A 32-year-old man in Houston, Texas has shot himself to death in a hospital room hours after his wife gave birth in that same room. With their baby just 3.5 hours old, witnesses say they heard arguing and then the man was gone. What could have possibly happened to cause him to be so despondent just hours after one of the most moving events most of us will ever experience?
Details are sparse at this point. Even his name isn't being released, possibly because this has to be unimaginably difficult for his family. Still, witnesses say they heard arguing coming from the hospital room shortly before the gun shot and some family members and friends say he had been "distraught" for weeks leading up to the suicide.
The baby wasn't in the room at the time of the suicide. It was just the husband and the wife.
After this weekend's horrific events with the father who killed himself after shooting his 9-year-old son, it's obvious that depression in fathers (and fathers-to-be) isn't to be taken lightly.
For many men, a new baby is a terrifying prospect. It means a lot of responsibility. After all, a new life is completely dependent on them. It's scary for women, too, but we have nine months to get used to it as we bond with the baby inside us. Could this have played into his decision to end it? We may never know.
But I keep thinking of his poor wife. Here she is, probably still in pain from everything her body has just gone through. She is likely exhausted, elated, overwhelmed, and emotional. It's some of the happiest and most overwhelming moments of her life. And then this. He took that joy away from her. In many ways, that just seems so cruel.
The hospital room that should have been a place where the new family bonded and fell in love became the place where he died and left her alone with her new baby and her grief. It makes me wonder if he meant to hurt himself or her more. How do you ever come back from something like that?
For now, I am sure, she has her baby to focus on. In the coming weeks, maybe there will be more information on why he would have done this.
My heart goes out to her and their baby.
Do you think this was planned out?
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I don't think you should compare him to that man who shot himself and his son. That man was a murderer and no better than that shit who killed his two boys with a hatchet .
people are so selfish... When they want to hurt themselves they end up hurting so many more people.. Her happy day.. giving birth, then him killing himself, And then the stupid selfish people that kill their kids or spouces... I just don't understand :(
I feel so horrible for that new mom! Also, I wonder what that child is going to feel like when he/she finds out that daddy killed himself just a few hours after he/she was born. Of course, maybe their arguing was over the fact that the baby wasn't really his! This whole thing is devastating in every possible way. My heart goes out to this mom and her child.


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Situated deep within the Croajingolong National Park the Point Hicks Light House offers a unique holiday experience that combines pristine natural beauty and numerous leisure activities available within the park with the history and grandeur of the lighthouse tower.
Traveling through the park and along the coast it would look much the same today as when Captain Cook first sighted it in 1770. In his journal on the Endeavour he describes the landscape thus: "..With the first daylight this morn the land was seen, it made in sloping hill covered in part with trees and bushes, but interspersed with large tracts of sand…I have named it point Hicks because Lieutenant (Zachariah) Hicks was the first to discover this land.." April 19th 1770.
So come on a voyage of your own: stay in the historic cottages, climb the tower, walk the coastline or just sit on your verandah and watch the seals and whales.
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"Elite" Academia? HaHa…Laughing All the Way
Lunatic Asylum Overcrowded? There's Always Room at Columbia University
Posted on | February 19, 2013
Jennifer Kabbany reports on a typical Ivy League professor:
A science professor at Columbia University on Monday began a quantum mechanics lecture by stripping into his boxers and eating a banana while rap music played in the background.
Then it got weird.
The professor, Emlyn Hughes, proceeded to redress himself in black, complete with sunglasses, and hug himself on stage at the front of the classroom, a large theater.
As Hughes sat in the fetal position, two "actors" dressed in ninja costumes walked onstage and placed white stuffed animals — lambs — on stools before the audience . . .
The ninjas blindfolded the lambs, then a ninja impaled one of the stuffed animals with a long sword and banged it against the stool — right as an image of a plane hitting one of the Twin Towers on 9/11 started rolling on a large screen behind the performance.
Read the whole crazy thing. Don't forget that Columbia University is not only Barack Obama's alma mater, but also employs Professor David Epstein, the Palin-hating HuffPo blogger who carried on a three-year incestuous sexual affair with his own daughter.
Remember: The academic elite are our moral and intellectual superiors.
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Spinach And Feta-Stuffed Tomatoes
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 tomato)
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 184
- Fat: 5.7g
- Saturated fat: 3.4g
- Protein: 9.1g
- Carbohydrate: 27.8g
- Cholesterol: 19mg
- Iron: 2.9mg
- Sodium: 459mg
- Calories from fat: 26%
- Fiber: 6.1g
- Calcium: 209mg
- 4 large tomatoes (about 8 ounces each)
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, and squeezed dry
- 1 cup cooked couscous
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 cup (3 ounces) crumbled feta cheese
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Cut top off each tomato. Scoop out pulp, leaving shells intact. Chop and reserve 3/4 cup pulp. Discard tops and remaining pulp, or save pulp for another use. Invert tomato shells on paper towels; let stand 30 minutes.
- Place a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat until hot. Add onion and sauté 5 minutes or until tender. Add tomato pulp, spinach, couscous, rosemary, salt, and pepper; cook 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Remove from heat, and stir in feta cheese.
- Spoon about 3/4 cup filling into each tomato shell. Place tomatoes into an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
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- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Meatless
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
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Also, just because someone died doesn't mean the healer didn't do their job. I know I've been faced with the decision to either keep the tank up or to let a DPS die, and it's not always an easy one to make. Most of the time I will sacrifice a DPS player when it means that we survive the encounter as a whole.


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2012 SmallBiz Success Awards
18 Hawaii small businesses are finalists for Hawaii Business magazine's SmallBiz Success Awards
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Finalists for the 2012 Smallbiz Success Awards
Kona Red: Shaun Roberts was scouting ingredients for another of his businesses when he discovered a University of Hawaii report on the coffee cherry, the fruit in which coffee beans grow. That led him and his business partner, Steve Schorr, to conduct more than a year of research on the potent antioxidant properties of the little-known fruit of the java plant.
The result is Kona Red, a fruit juice that can be purchased in more than 400 grocery stores statewide.
"We realized we had a highly nutritious ingredient that was considered the waste product of the third-largest crop in Hawaii," says Roberts. "Instead, we turned it into a sustainable business model."
Visionary Industrial Insulation: "Not much was happening in insulation technology over the past 40 years," says Ross Rolirad, VP of Visionary Industrial Insulation. "Then this new insulation came on the market and, when we tested it, we found it provided a 40 percent energy savings for high-temperature applications."
Rolirad and his business partner, Chang Jang, discovered the new technology while working at a refinery in South Korea. Soon after, they secured the distribution rights and Visionary Industrial Insulation was born. Companies find that the insulation not only helps them save money on energy, Rolirad says, they learn that switching over helps reduce carbon emissions, too.
New Business
Hawaii Employment Services: With a dream and a loan, Sean Knox embarked on his small-business journey.
"It was a tough decision, as my wife and I had just started our family, but I just knew that the only true job security is if you can make it for yourself," says Knox, president of Hawaii Employment Services.
His staffing agency, which has seen record growth since recently partnering with The Hawaii Group, recruits for professional positions ranging from temporary office help to CEOs. "The key to creating success is to find the right talent to support your business," he says.
Ke Ola Magazine: "I was just exercising and realized that what the Big Island didn't have was a magazine for people who lived here," says Barbara Garcia, co-publisher of Ke Ola Magazine.
She told her business partner, Karen Valentine, about the idea and, 24 hours later they had their first advertising inquiry. "Within a week we created a media kit and had set a deadline for the first issue," says Garcia.
The magazine focuses on arts, culture and sustainability on the Big Island and, three years after starting, it is a thriving 92-page, bi-monthly publication.
Family Business
Highway Inn: Highway Inn, founded in 1947 by Seiichi and Sachiko Nancy Toguchi, symbolizes three generations of family pride.
"We prepare our food with a lot of love and respect for tradition," says Monica Toguchi, VP and the founders' granddaughter. "It's a core value of ours to support the sense of family, friends and community through good, consistent-tasting Hawaiian food."
In the past decade, the Waipahu restaurant has expanded to include a general store, seafood market and catering service, and there are plans to add locations and sell products online.
Sumida Farm: Sumida Farm, the state's largest watercress producer, has been in the same Aiea location since 1928, despite the expansions of neighboring Pearlridge Center and other shopping malls.
"We have the best location to grow watercress, with lots of sun and natural spring water," says David Sumida, operations manager, who took over the farm in 1982 with his sister, Barbara. Their parents, Masaru and Norma, had managed it since 1950.
The farm's dozen workers produce more than five tons of watercress weekly on 10 acres of leased Kamehameha Schools land, Sumida says, adding that he recently signed a new, 20-year lease.
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Leadership Works: Glenn Furuya, president and CEO of Leadership Works, has a bookshelf dedicated to binders full of testimonials and letters of gratitude spanning his company's 30-year history.
Furuya says about 10,000 business and organization leaders across Hawaii have been trained by his seminars and leadership programs, which focus on practical, sticky and transformational leadership techniques.
"Hawaii is the perfect laboratory for studying leadership because of the blend of Eastern, Western and Polynesian cultures. I call it Island-style leadership," says Furuya, who encourages businesses to develop effective work and leadership systems. "Systems make it possible, people make it happen and leaders are the key."
Liliha Bakery: Liliha Bakery is a Honolulu landmark that has been selling its famous pastries and breakfasts for 61 years. Closed on Mondays but open 24 hours a day for the rest of the week, the bakery continues to thrive and revenue keeps growing.
Peter Kim, who took over ownership four years ago, attributes the company's continued success to keeping its ear to the ground to understand what customers want. "We deliver a quality product and keep it reasonably priced," he says.
The bakery's most popular item? Coco puffs. More than 2 million are sold a year.
Community Service
Hui Ku Maoli Ola: Rick Barboza, co-owner of Hui Ku Maoli Ola, is a man on a mission, hoping to restore land in Hawaii with native plants. "We speak up for the plants and the animals," says Barboza, a zoologist by training.
Located in Kaneohe, the company specializes in plant sales, habitat restoration and landscape consulting. But the company also holds lectures on native plants, and conducts field trips and guided tours. So, three years ago, the company set up a nonprofit arm dedicated to education, Papahana Kuaola.
"Early on, we realized the more outreach we provided, the better it would be for our community in the long run," Barboza says.
MIRA Image Construction: MIRA's business is construction work, including asphalt, brick paving, septic systems and utilities. But it also contributes money and community-service hours to many projects and organizations, including repairs to the general facilities and track at Farrington High School, MADD and the Hawaii Athletic League of Scholars' Kalihi Gladiators.
Under president Michael Gangloff, the Honolulu-based company motto is "You name it, we do it!"
"With our A, B and C licenses, we are able to do almost any kind of project there is," the company says.
Small Nonprofit
Hawaii Youth Symphony: Although incorporated in 1964, Hawaii Youth Symphony's work connecting Hawaii's youth with music dates back to a partnership begun with the Jaycees in the 1950s.
Today, the organization and its 13 employees reach across the state: HYS enrolled 727 students this year from 112 schools on Oahu, Maui and the Big Island; provided free educational concerts for more than 13,000 youth; and performed 23 concerts for a total audience exceeding 21,000. It did all that on a budget of $700,000.
As its website explains, the goal is to help young people "Learn, Perform, Grow."
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning: In addition to its main office in Honolulu, PREL now has offices throughout the Pacific: Maui, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas, Micronesia, Guam and the Marshall Islands.
With more than 70 employees and more than $9 million in annual revenue, PREL is able to reach throughout school systems, from classroom to administration, and collaborate with governments, communities and businesses.
It partners with local educators and citizens "to make education a community affair that is culturally inclusive and relevant," says communications director Javier Elizondo.
We extend a big mahalo to all the nominators and to this year's judges:
Vance Roley, dean of the University of Hawaii's Shidler College of Business, and
Jane Sawyer, district director of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Hawaii district office, for judging the Most Innovative and Best New Business categories.
Dwight Kealoha, CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Hawaii, and
Jeanne Unemori SKOG, president and CEO of the Maui Economic Development Board, who judged the Family Business and Lifetime Achievement categories.
Gwen Yamamoto Lau, president of the Hawaii Community Reinvestment Corp., and
Lisa Maruyama, CEO of the Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, who judged the Nonprofit and Community Service categories.
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Koigu Basket Weave Baby Blanket
My friend Aimee is due in November. She and her husband are one of the few couples I know who haven't found out if they are having a boy or a girl. I love the idea of not knowing as the parent, but it sure does make it harder to choose colors when you are the gift giver! I wanted to make something colorful and cheerful that would suit either a boy or a girl, but not too bright because Aimee prefers softer colors. I also wanted the finished product to be washable, of course. When I started thinking about this blanket, we had just received a new shipment of Koigu KPPPM (their multi-color 4 ply merino). I chose a bright color that caught my eye and decided to knit it together with a strand of natural white Koigu KPM (their single-color 4 ply merino) to soften the overall color of the blanket. This blanket has so many possibilities since you use two strands held together to work the blanket. For instance, a solid other than natural white could be used to emphasize one of the colors from the multi, or you could use eight skeins of the same multi to achieve a more saturated look. Enjoy! --Jen
- 4 skeins of Koigu KPPPM, I used color 119
- 4 skeins of Koigu KPM, I used color 0000
- US size 7, 24-inch circular needle (or size needed to get the correct gauge)
- Tapestry needle
- 18 stitches = 4 inches in basket weave stitch (please note: yarn is doubled throughout)
Finished Measurements
- Approximately 29-inches square
The Pattern
With one strand of each color held together, cast on 132 stitches.
Knit 2 rows.
Rows 1 - 20: K18, p16, *k16, p16; repeat from * to last two stitches, k2.
Rows 21 - 40: K2, *p16, k16; repeat from * to last two stitches, k2.
Repeat these 40 rows four more times.
Knit 2 rows.
Bind off loosely.
Use tapestry needle to sew in ends.
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I love this pattern. My sister knits these blankets for all family and friends who are expecting babies. And they hold up great! My children still have them and one of them uses them for her children. My children's ages are 19, 25 and 32…….and they still think they are wonderful. Of course, my sister made them very large when she knitted them.
I love this blanket!!! And, the colors. Now…. babies in the process have been born.. will need to wait for the next batch.
I love this tutorial and included it in my Tutesday roundup on my blog at http://www.lisaashby.com.
I can't wait to start this! I ordered the yarn today…118A + 1240 (an orange color, instead of white). Thanks for posting this project.
I have chose this as my first knit project, and it has definitely been a learning experience, but I am getting there! I'm wondering, how do I know if my tension is right?
How does one avoid creating a "gap" when you change from knit to purl. i find whenever I make this basket pattern it gapes a bit in those seems. Do I just hold the yarn tighter when I put the yarn to the front and back of the work?
Esta, That is what I have learned because I seem to have the same issue… My real problem is that it doesn't measure up to being 29″ square. I have my last row of twenty to do, and it is going to measure at approximately 29″W X 15″L. Is there anything you recommend I do?
Hi Melissa and Esta,
Sometimes knitters are looser on the purl side then the knit side, which might be creating the problem. You shouldn't be pulling tight when you switch the yarn from front to back, however the yarn shouldn't be loose either. I wonder if you are somehow wrapping the yarn over the needle instead of between the needles? If your project is ending up too short the easiest fix would be to add a few more repeats to lengthen the project. If you are in NYC please feel free to drop by the shop for more personal help.
Maybe I am looser when I transfer to the purl stitch as it does appear to be on that side more than the knit side. I definitely am not going over the needles. I never seem to have a problem when I do a k2p2 rib or some variant, (I'm making a k5p5 basketweave scarf and the same happened to a basketweave blanket of k10p10 it had a bit of gaping between the changes). I may bring in my work and look at your lovely yarn soon.
Is this blanket supposed to be blocked?
Hi Melissa,
This blanket would probably benefit from blocking but it really depends on the knitter.
I just finished this for the first time and it it the easiest and prettiest patterns I have done that look so nice and have great texture to it! I would love to share a photo it came out to nice!
For another version of the basketweave blanket, you might try my pattern, which features a pretty eyelet border. It can be found at http://www.forgive490.com. Click on "Blankets for Romania' and scroll down to the links for the free patterns. (Mine is the knitted one.) A picture of the project comes with the pattern.
I love this pattern…simple yet cute. however, may I point out that in this yarn this would be a $116 baby gift. yikes. of course you can substitute or make it smaller, but it just struck me how expensive this was for a baby gift. or maybe it isn't in new york?
I am making a similar blanket right now and I am adding a pretty border of bead stitch to help keep it flat with no curling. About 6 rows in and then begin the basket weave squares. I love the colored yarn you picked. I will have to lieven up my next one from the baby pink I have now.
love this pattern. want to make it larger – what are the multiples used to make this blanket bigger?
thank you
Hi Patricia-
You'll need to cast on a multiple of 16 plus 4 to resize this blanket.
Thanks for your question!
Hi, I want to make this beautiful blanket as a throw. How do I calculate how much yarm to buy? Thank you for any suggestions. Judith
Hi Judith,
The best way to calculate how much yarn you'll need is to first figure that a 29 x 29 inch blanket is 841 square inches and uses 8 skeins of yarn. Next, determine the square inches of the throw you want to make, then divide that number by the square inches of this blanket, then multiply that number by 8.
For example, a 36 x 52 inch throw: 36 x 52 = 1,872 square inches divided by 841 = 2.22 x 8 (skeins) = 17.8. So you would want to buy 18 skeins of Koigu KPM (9 of each color).
Please let me know if you want help calculating for a specific size. I'd be happy to do it!
Thanks so much Whitney. This is really helpful information. I think I can take it from here!
Hi Whitney,
Just want to make sure I'm on track- I want to make a throw 44×60 so that equals 2640 sq inches divided by 841 = 3.139 x 8 =25.11. I bought 26 skeins- 13 in each color. Is that right? I had the yarn wound and it doesn't look like it's going to reach the dimentions.
Should I cast on until I reach 44 inches making sure I have the right multiples or is there a calculation for that? I'm planing on 5 stitches on each side for the border sides and 5 rows top and bottom. Also stitching 10 knits and 10 purls- I think a slightly larger basket weave might look better on a big blanket- your thoughts?
Thanks so much- I'm a fairly new to knitting- sorry if I'm asking dopey questions. Really appreciate your help and I love the website and the store.
Hi again Judith,
I think that 26 skeins should do it (provided you get the proper gauge of 18 stitches to 4 inches). If you're worried about it, you can buy extra skeins and leave them unwound so that in case you don't use them you can exchange them later. It can be very difficult to find the same colors twice with Koigu, so keep that in mind too!
As far as casting on goes, you should first make sure you're getting the proper gauge by doing a gauge swatch. If you're unfamiliar with this concept, you may want to check in with our Not Too Tight Tutorial here: http://purlbee.squarespace.com/not-too-tight-tutorial/
Then you'll want to cast on 200 stitches which will give you 10 border stitches (5 on each side) and 19 blocks of 10 stitches each. I arrived at this number by multiplying the gauge (4.5 stitches = 1 inch) by the width (44 inches).
I hope this helps!
I started this blanket and ended up losing count of my stitches and it looked funky. I'm starting it again, but do you have any tips for a beginning for that? I've tried markers and I end up forgetting what the markers mean.
Hi Jennifer-
We would recommend markers. Place them at every point where you are to change from knitting to purling. You can also use a row counter to count the rows. Unfortunately there is no easy fix for this but you'll be able to recognize where you have knit or purled as you get more experienced. Also, if you get very lost, you can always bring it in to our store- or most any local yarn store- and they should be able to tell you where you are.
Hope this helps! Thanks for your question and good luck!
My basketweave blanket which I have made many times is a combination of seed and garter stitch . Odd numbers of sections and odd numbers of stitches in each section make it almost mistake proof
eg 9x9x9 . 9st garter /9st seed across for nine rows ,Then switch to 9st seed /9stgarter for nine rows . Odd numbers have a big advantage in that the first and last section are always the same and each seed section starts with a knit st no matter what side you are on . I have experimented and found that 7st or bigger sections work out best . It is totally reversible as well.
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I love this blanket and have been looking for a pattern for a blanket that wasn't overly complicated but wasn't just a plain garter stitch. I can't wait to start it. One question. I know you used one strand of each. Does this need to be knitted as a double strand? Or can I just do it was a regular one strand knit?
Hi Tina-
You need to double this particular yarn to get the correct gauge. However if you use a thicker yarn you should be able to get the gauge (18-stitches over 4 inches in the basket weave stitch) without doubling it. A light worsted weight yarn should be able to get the correct gauge without doubling.
Thank you so much for your question and good luck with the project!
I can't seem to find color 119 anywhere. Do you have another suggestion that would produce a similar result?
Hi Kelly,
Color 812 or 812x are the most similar to 119. They are the fifth row down, 2nd and 3rd skein over.
Hi! I tried to post this earlier, but I'm not sure it worked because I got an error message, so please forgive any duplicate posts! Anyhow, could you please tell me: Do you think Koigu Premium Merino in 2360 is a good complimentary color to Koigu Painter's Palette 539 for this project? The 2360 seems to be a bone color that would work nicely with the blue/green/brown/taupe tones of the 539.
Thank you for your help and your always-inspiring blog.
Hi Elizabeth,
The 2360 seems too brown to me for the 539. If you want a neutral to work with the 539, I would use 2411. If you want a greenish color that matches 539, I would go with 1532.


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For the second successive season Leighton Baines was on the spot to score Everton's second goal of the game against Aston Villa at Goodison Park.
Baines calmly dispatched a penalty in the 2-2 draw with Alex McLeish's side and could also consider himself unlucky not to get a second chance to score from the spot.
The England left back appeared to be clipped by Villa midfielder Barry Bannan early in the second half, but referee Michael Oliver turned down the host's passionate penalty pleas.
Baines believes it was a foul by Bannan but says Everton should have gone on to win the game without it.
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Aston Villa goalkeeper Shay Given was kept busy throughout the contest as David Moyes' side gave a boisterous home crowd plenty to shout about.
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"We worked hard enough and played well enough to win the game and we've got to come away and look at the reasons why we didn't, but also take the positives out of it and try and build on it.
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By Lisa Beyer

The word "terrorism" took on almost magical qualities during this week's presidential debate.

As Republican contender Mitt Romney hounded President Barack Obama for failing to use the term in connection with the deadly assault this past Sept. 11 on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, moderator Candy Crowley took the unusual step of affirming Obama had indeed done so the day after the assault. Technically, Obama didn't refer to the Benghazi attack as terrorism in that speech. In six references to the "attack" or "act" he could have added the word "terrorist" but didn't. At the end, after honoring those who died on Sept. 11, 2001, he said, "No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation."

Should the president have characterized the Benghazi attack as terrorism at that point? Probably not. Early on, erroneous reports suggested that a grass-roots protest of an anti-Muslim video on YouTube had turned violent. Those reports came in part from Libyan Deputy Interior Minister Wanis al-Sharif, who was fired a week later.

At the same time, Republicans are right to argue that administration officials were too slow to give up on the story of a protest gone awry. How much of that delay was due to a desire to protect Obama's narrative that he has defeated al-Qaeda, only the administration officials know for sure.

One reason there may have been confusion within the administration over the nature of the Benghazi assault is that the attackers, in real time and afterward, said they were provoked by the same video that had prompted simultaneous demonstrations throughout the Muslim world. In Egypt, protesters breached the walls of the U.S. Embassy, ripped down the American flag and replaced it with one carrying an Islamic inscription.

Benghazi was different because there were casualties -- Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans died -- and because a violent group, Ansar al-Sharia, spearheaded the assault. Still, the facts, as they have emerged so far, don't support the idea pushed by some Republicans that the attack was evidence of a dangerously resurgent al-Qaeda.

Instead, as Bloomberg News's John Walcott and Christopher Stephen have reported, the evidence suggests a hasty and poorly organized strike. True, the attackers used a rocket-propelled grenade, but that is a common weapon in Libya. One of Ansar al-Sharia's leaders is said to have connections to al-Qaeda affiliates. That does not put al-Qaeda behind the Benghazi attack, however. Intelligence officials say al-Qaeda-associated groups only learned of the strike after one of the attackers called them to boast about it.

So, both Obama and Romney now agree that the Benghazi episode was terrorism, even if the episode fits neither the initial White House description nor the Republicans' most alarming interpretation. Does that designation suggest what should be done about it?

President George W. Bush declared a global war on all terrorism. Yet terrorism merely defines a strategy that any violent party might use. Obama, wisely, has limited his war to a discrete enemy of the U.S.: al-Qaeda.

Of course, other U.S. foes, like the men behind the Benghazi attack, will emerge; some will be Islamic extremists, and some will use terrorism. The U.S. will have to devise context-specific responses to counter them, as it did long before there was a Sept. 11 attack.

Focusing solely on the act of terrorism, without assessing motive, geopolitical stakes or other inputs, makes a one-strategy-suits-all response far too tempting. Methods of war, such as unilateral commando raids and drone attacks -- not to mention the invasion of Afghanistan -- have been appropriate responses to al-Qaeda's devastating, premeditated and well-organized attacks on the U.S. homeland, embassies and vessels. On the other hand, based on the evidence so far, Ansar al-Sharia's provocation in Benghazi calls for a more nuanced response that preserves local goodwill. Strengthening the counterterrorism capabilities of Libyan and other regional authorities and working with them to bring the perpetrators to justice will serve U.S. interests far better than an overreaction induced by a uniquely troublesome word: "terrorism."

(Lisa Beyer is a member of the Bloomberg View editorial board.)

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The future of the Coventry Street Arts Fair is in limbo.
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South Euclid and Shaker Heights police were called to help Cleveland Heights police disperse the crowd and stop fights.
"There were kids fighting, but it was among themselves. We're dealing with kids that don't care," said Steve Presser, owner of and a member of the Coventry Village Special Improvement District, which organizes the event. He helped police encourage teens to leave, but he said, "They didn't want to listen."
He said it's possible that the next fair, scheduled July 24, will be canceled because of the incidents near the end and after the festival Sunday.
"We're definitely looking at if we're going to have a July festival in place," he said. "Kids decided they didn't want to respect the (fair) or each other."
He said merchants on Coventry and city officials will meet sometime in the near future to discuss changes that could help avoid some of the problems of the past, and he hopes avoid ending the event all together.
One suggestion he offered is to charge admission and give out wristbands. Another is to shorten the fair an hour, so it ends at 5 p.m.
It was to give vendors more time and to make the atmosphere more "family-friendly," Presser said. Last year, the fair was from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on a few Thursdays throughout the summer.
"We have to talk to all the powers that be — the merchants, the city, the police — to find out if they feel comfortable (having another fair)," Presser said. "People have to understand this is a big decision, and it's not made in a vacuum.
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Canada's Milos Raonic, of Toronto, Ont., gestures to the crowd after defeating Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez during a Davis Cup tennis world group first-round tie singles match in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday February 3, 2013. Raonic is fresh from the biggest team victory of his young tennis career. The hard-serving singles star from Thornhill, Ont., wants to build on that success by making significant strides on the ATP Tour this season while anchoring the Canadian side in Davis Cup play. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
TORONTO - Milos Raonic is one of the biggest young stars on the ATP Tour and he's riding high after anchoring Canada's recent upset win over Spain in Davis Cup play.
The future is bright for the 22-year-old right-hander from Thornhill, Ont., who currently sits at a career-high No. 13 in the world rankings. His next mission is to take the necessary steps to continue his steady growth on the ATP Tour.
It won't be easy to crack that upper echelon where the sport's elite players are rooted. The top level is filled with battle-tested veterans who are loaded with experience and seem to be a half-step ahead of the rest.
Raonic appears well-positioned to get there down the road — it seems to be just a matter of when.
"I think I'm capable of a lot of things," Raonic said Tuesday of the season ahead. "I've set my goal to make London at the year-end (championship). That would probably put me in the top eight. So all these kind of things I look forward to.
"I've just got to work one match at a time and try to keep getting better throughout the year."
Raonic is known for his booming serve and power game. But he has worked hard over the last few years to improve his return skills and net play.
It was a more well-rounded Raonic that clinched an upset win for Canada last weekend.
In the deciding match, Raonic kept Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on his heels and was able to dictate the pace of play. Raonic still relied on his heavy serve, but also worked his opponent around the court and was aggressive with his volleys.
The straight-set victory at the University of British Columbia put Canada through to the Davis Cup World Group quarter-finals for the first time.
It also showed that Raonic has more than just his serve as a weapon. He displayed a deft touch at the net and used his six-foot-five frame to cut shots off and keep his opponent from finding any rhythm.
"I've got to keep working, I've got to keep improving a lot of things," Raonic said. "But I'm on the right track, I feel. I've got to keep going forward and make sure I'm getting better day in and day out."
Raonic earned ATP Newcomer of Year honours for his breakout season in 2011. He picked up a pair of tournament victories last year and was the youngest player in the year-end top 20.
He has risen 16 spots in the world rankings over the last year. That jump results in better seedings at tournaments and improved position in draws.
Raonic has posted a few big wins over top-10 players but has come up a little short when pushed by the world's best. But his coach, Galo Blanco, is confident the Canadian star will continue to blossom with experience.
"I don't think you can find many players under 22 or 21 that are even top 100 (in the rankings)," Blanco said. "What he's doing is pretty impressive."
Next up on Raonic's calendar is the SAP Open in San Jose, where he's the two-time defending champion. He will continue the U.S. hardcourt season with a stop in Memphis after that.
Raonic will also be counted on again when Canada returns to Davis Cup action in early April against Italy. And the next stop on the Grand Slam circuit, the French Open, is only three months away.
Blanco said the young Canadian is working hard to attain his goals.
"I think he's doing the right things, we are not in a rush," he said. "This is the more important thing. As soon as you rush, you hesitate, you want to get the things and you get more tight. It's not the way. We have to go step by step.
"He's doing the right thing and hopefully he can get there soon."
Raonic made an appearance Tuesday at the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital to make a $70,000 funding announcement through his Milos Raonic Foundation.
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