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Gallery Walk.mp4 - Section 4: Discussion Groups
The Influence of Character on Narrative...and Vis a Versa: Panel Analysis (Day 1 of 2)
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Objective: SWBAT analyze characterization OR narrative techniques from Persepolis by creating a graphic organizer to be used in student led discussions.
Big Idea: Characterization and narrative often work hand in hand in a narrative text. Looking at how each works separately then discussing their relationship will allow students to comprehend text at a much deeper level.
We will start class today with ten minutes of reading time. I will read with the students during this time.
After our daily ten minutes of reading time, we will dive right into where we left off yesterday. We will review their brainstormed lists for characterization or narrative and then I will partner them up to analyze sets of panels for themes or trends shown in Satrapi's techniques. We will do this as a way to continue practicing our reading and analysis skills for the reading of graphic novels.
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Now that we have a basic understanding of Satrapi's purpose, we will move into a closer analysis of what she is doing in the text.
For this activity, students will work with a partner to analyze how Satrapi uses either narrative structure or characterization (RL.9-10.3 and RL.9-10.5) to advance her message, themes, and/or ideas.
This book does a great job of presenting a disjointed plot, which serves the purpose of creating tension. This disjointed plot also presents an interesting technique for characterizing the main characters as we often see them at different ages/stages of their lives without much transition. The author is asking her reader to be in the mind of a ten year old girl, which means we have to engage with her memories in the way they appear. I'm hoping that today's activity will help students to not only comprehend why this is happening, but analyze why Satrapi uses this narrative style so that they can have a better understanding of the book as a whole and/or utilize a similar technique in their own memoirs later in the unit.
Once they are grouped and moved, I will hand out the characterization and narrative panel sets and give the following instructions:
1. Review the panels and brainstorm themes or ideas that emerge for your given element of craft.
2. Think about how you might group or organize the panels into categories and label your panels.
3. Cut and organize the panels according to your markings.
4. Create a graphic representation of your sorting using the poster paper provided. Make sure you explain your groupings/organization so that others can benefit from your thinking.
5. You will be grouped with another set of partners to discuss the themes you saw in studying your element of craft.
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Discussion Groups
Once students have completed their sorting and poster creation, I will ask students to post their posters around the room to create a gallery walk from which they can gather information from their peers.
They will use the questions on the back of the sheet to synthesize their thinking about how Satrapi uses both narrative and characterization to create her memoir. Here are a few samples of what the students created:
We will end class today with this gallery walk and will start tomorrow's class with a discussion based on the information they gather from the posters (SL.9-10.1).
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- UNIT 1: Establishing a Classroom Culture: Reading and Writing
- UNIT 2: Narrative Reading and Writing: Persepolis and Memoir
- UNIT 3: Informational Text: How to Read for Rhetoric
- UNIT 4: Literary: Analysis of Thematic Connections and Artistic Choices in Paradise Lost
- UNIT 5: Literary: Study of Character Development in Shakespeare's Othello
- UNIT 6: Literary: Thematic Analysis of Shakespeare's Othello
- UNIT 7: Argument: Persuasive Speaking and Rhetorical Anlaysis
- UNIT 8: Literary: Analysis of Plot and Character Development in A Tale of Two Cities
- UNIT 9: Literary: Analysis of Narrative Style in A Tale of Two Cities
- UNIT 10: Narrative Writing: Creating, Revising and Publishing Narrative
- UNIT 11: Skill Review: Preparing for the State Test
- UNIT 12: Informational Text: Craft and Structure Analysis
- UNIT 13: Speaking and Listening: Imperialism Seminar
- UNIT 14: Literary: Dystopian Fiction Literature Circles
- UNIT 15: Argument: Analyzing and Creating Social Commentary
- UNIT 16: Informational Texts: Analyzing the Narrative Non-fiction Style of Night
- UNIT 17: Literary Texts: Analyzing Modern Conflict
- UNIT 18: Assessing the Standards: Final Project
- LESSON 1: An Introduction to Persepolis
- LESSON 2: The Influence of Character on Narrative...and Vis a Versa: Panel Analysis (Day 1 of 2)
- LESSON 3: The Influence of Character on Narrative...and Vis a Versa: Discussion (Day 2 of 2)
- LESSON 4: How Does Historical Context Influence a Story and Other Burning Questions
- LESSON 5: Persepolis Seminar Preparations
- LESSON 6: Persepolis Star Seminar
- LESSON 7: Persepolis Star Seminar: Small Group Debrief
- LESSON 8: How'd he do that? Comparing Written Memoir to Graphic Memoir
- LESSON 9: How'd he do that? Memoir Style Stations
- LESSON 10: Memoir Storyboarding
- LESSON 11: The Power of Peer Review


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NGenTec, an Edinburgh University spin-out that hopes to transform the wind energy market through its generator technology, has appointed a chief executive with an international track record.
Makhlouf Benatmane has joined the Edinburgh-based company from Converteam, a France-based specialist in power conversion, where he was a director in charge of its wind and renewable sector. GE recently paid $3.3bn (£2bn) for a 90 per cent stake in Converteam.
NGenTec aims to become the preferred supplier of direct drive permanent magnet generators to the wind energy market. The company claims generators made using its technology are lighter and are easier to manufacture and assemble than competing systems.
Having secured more than £3m in funding, NGenTec recently signed a partnership with David Brown Gear Systems, the engineering company owned by Glasgow-based Clyde Blowers which aims to bring the first products to market by 2013 in advance of large UK offshore wind deployments expected in 2015.
David Brown is expected to inject expertise worth up to £1m into product development, in exchange for an equity stake.
Mr Benatmane said he had been attracted to NGenTec's technology by its performance, ease of manufacture and potential market share. "The company has already started talks with potential customers with several leading wind turbine companies showing interest in NGenTec's technology," he said.
NGenTec is expected to seek up to £12m of further funding later this year, depending on the timing of firm orders.
Mr Benatmane said NGenTec still had only 12 employees, though it could draw on expertise from David Brown. But he said the company planned to increase its workforce to about 20 this year.
Jim McColl, chairman of Clyde Blowers, said at the time of the David Brown deal that he was pleased to support a Scotland-based engineering company that was targeting the high growth wind sector.
"Industrial partnerships like this can bring home-grown technology to market more quickly and can create the next generation of high-value manufacturing companies in the UK and globally," he said.

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El-P is going to have one hell of a May. He's releasing his joint album with Killer Mike, R.A.P. Music, on May 15 and the Tuesday after that (May 22, y'all) we'll all be hearing El Producto's long-awaited new solo album, Cancer For Cure. While we wait to hear another single from that project, we are now seeing its artwork (it's above) and track listing. The latter is obviously of crazy importance here, if only because we're now learning that there's a track that features El-P rapping alongside Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire and Danny Brown again. YES. You can view the track listing and stream "The Full Retard" below. [P4K]
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02 August 2012
The big move
Turista Libre originally began in 2007 as a personal blog project called "¿Donde está Derrik?" that documented the everyday experience of an expat journalist from Ohio living in Tijuana.
But it's since become more than that. We soon realized that it we could slather the web with the photos and text in an effort to prove that Tijuana had more going for itself than its obvious stereotypes -- donkey shows, narco warfare, etc. -- but it would never get the point across as efficiently as loading a city bus with open-minded day trippers for regularly scheduled romps around what is arguably the most misunderstood city in North America.
That said, it's high time that all our URLs involve the TL name. Turistalibre.com is still our official site. Turistalibreblog.blogspot.com is now our blog.
All 500+ posts have been imported to the new blog, including the very first, entitled "The other side of Dead End, USA."
¡Alli nos wachamos!
16 July 2012
Bike ride to Baja Beer Fest
Seven in total turned out for Saturday's cross-border ride to the Baja Beer Fest in downtown Tijuana; not surprisingly most were seasoned cyclists looking to offset the impending cerveza buffet. (True bike folk rarely need a reason to ride but when it involves crossing an international border, an excess of homebrew waiting on the other end is definitely an incentive.)
It's not every day you embark upon a self-propelled journey from one urban extremity such as San Diego – one of the world's most romanticized – to another that is arguably one of the world's most misunderstood. Needless to say, the experience is as underrated as it is surreal.
The starting line: Bottlecraft beer boutique in Little Italy. At the finish line: more than 100 locally crafted brews from Tijuana, Ensenada and Mexicali. So much beer, so little time.
The 20-mile route took us from downtown San Diego along Harbor Drive over to Main Street, through National City and Chula Vista along the eastern stretch of the Bayshore Bikeway and into the sagebrush beyond Dairy Mart Road before finally arriving at the San Ysidro pedestrian border crossing. There, the peloton dismounted and front tires aimed at the sky, awkwardly shuffled through the turnstiles and into Mexico. Minutes later and now officially in Latin America, we were chaining up our rides at the fest alongside, appropriately, a zonkey named Monica.
Just on the other side of the gates was Francisco Talamante, ACABC president and founder of Ensenada-based Cerveceria Canneria, a Spanglish reference to the port city's many fish canneries. Who better to ask where to begin the sampling marathon? Aside from the cup of Canneria's La Bombera red ale in his hand, that is. For hoppy, Virgilio and Insurgente. For malty, Ramuri and Kudos. But more important, he recommended sticking to the 2-3 oz. samplers that each brewer was offering for around 10 pesos (75 cents or so), saving full pours – priced at 35-50 pesos ($2.50-$4) – for personal favorites.
Aside from a one-off walk-up at Cerveceria Kili – makers of an oaky Irish red ale and a stout brewed with Turkish and Guerrero coffees – and a random IPA at the Baja Craft Beers stand, a tasting room set to open in La Cacho in late July, that's exactly how the afternoon played out. The strategy of asking each brewer where to head next in a sea of options proved productive, maybe even elitely curated, at least for an open-ended pallet like mine.
The rotary kicked off with Insurgente, run by brothers Damian and Ivan Morales. Tijuana's would-be craft brew poster boys, the pair seem to wind up with multiple ribbons whenever awards are being handed out. While their La Luposa IPA continues to win popularity contests among their five brews the mid-afternoon sun called for a full cup of Tiniebla, a witbier heavy on orange peel and coriander but the lightest of their roster. It's intended for weaning people off Tecate, Ivan confessed.
From there it was on to Cerveceria Zesde. ACABC's youngest members, Alan Castoreña and Enrique Seamanduras are a pair of Tijuanenses who are ironically barely old enough to purchase beer north of the border. Dutch for "six," Zesde is a reference to Sixth Street, the epicenter of Tijuana's recent nightlife renaissance that served as the birthplace for their brew. Their regular roster includes a vanilla stout, British and amber ales, the Das Falco IPA (named after one of the city's celebrity graphic designer DJs) and a strawberry lambic. But today they were serving a coffee stout and a honey blonde, both made specially for the fest.
Next up was Silenus' Munich-style maibock, whose heavy caramel flavor hides its high-alcohol content (at 6.8 percent, slurring soon becomes unavoidable). This may have been the day's overall champion. Two words: liquid flan. A side of Ben & Jerry's vanilla was sadly nowhere to be found.
Ramuri was a name that kept popping up over the course of the day, recommended by several brewers. While their Diablo Blanco (White Devil) "premium Mexican lager" came off as a sort-of deluxe Corona and the saison for some reason had me thinking of bleu cheese (not necessarily a bad thing but neither necessarily intentional either, although saisons are known for getting rather funky), their Lagrimas Negras (Black Tears) oatmeal stout -- brewed with medium-roast Oaxacan coffee -- was definitely another personal favorite. Also on tap was a cider that I'd normally pass on because of its sweetness but it was probably the most memorable brew that I tasted, solely for the fact that it was made with green apples from Mercado Hidalgo, Tijuana's most iconic open-air market.
Onward to Bosiger, the house craft brew at Swiss-themed sports bar Sotano Suizo in Plaza Zapato and probably the closest any beer at this fest came to keeping with the Reinheitsgebot, to try what one of the Silenus guys called the best hefeweizen in the world. "And I hate hefeweizens," he said. Along with their porter, head brewer Demian Bosiger said it's the most popular of their whopping list of 20 brews, even though his extended family back in Switzerland thinks it's too much of a chore to drink. "Too complex," he said. "They apparently also think I'm an idiot for brewing with habanero."
I'll stop short of wishing every brew whose name I bothered to scribble down were more readily available in the U.S., at least for now. Tijuana deserves the chance to go from a tourist ghost town to every beer lover's Mexican Field of Dreams. And judging by the turnout at a fest like this, it very well could.
One thing's for sure, TJ. If you brew it, and brew it well, they will come.
A grand finale photo atop Monica and back to the border we went.
12 July 2012
Contemporary Mexican art summit at CECUT July 18-20
A three-day conference dedicated to contemporary Mexican art is happening at Centro Cultural Tijuana July 18-20. On the lineup are workshops, panels, an in-depth look at the museum's new collective exhibit "I Just Want the Universe," and Tijuana's second-ever pechakucha event. CECUT is literally a $3 cab ride from the border and in a perfect world a place everyone in San Diego would already know from top to bottom. Here's the press release in English. More info at cecut.gob.mx.
The exhibition "Sólo Quiero el Universo" ("I Just Want the Universe") features the work of 24 emerging artists living in Mexico working with a wide variety of media and exploring diverse artistic expressions. The exhibition will open to the public on July 18th at the Centro Cultural Tijuana (Cecut). In parallel to the exhibition, a one-day Symposium —"Agentes del arte contemporáneo" ("Agents of Contemporary Art") — will be also hosted by Cecut; alternate programs in other locations around the city will take place over the next two days.
"Sólo quiero el Universo" ("I Just Want the Universe") brings together painting, sculpture, drawing, graphics, photography, video-art, video-dance, installation and robotics — a variety of works articulating a collective project that aims to show the latest artistic proposals from the emerging art scene in Mexico.
The selected artists explore the expressive qualities of multimedia art, digital sound art and robotics, among other platforms derived from the intensive use of technology that enhaces creativity on younger generations. The symposium "Agentes del arte contemporáneo" ("Agents of Contemporary Art") will offer the opportunity to reflect upon current artistic production and discuss about its contents and forms of expression.
Close to 50 agents working in the Mexican contemporary art scene will meet from July 18th to the 20th to take part on the symposium and the extended program which will include workshops, art consulting, project reviewing, sound art presentations and an open invitation to all interested parties to be part of the event.
The exhibition — focused on exploring a variety of emerging proposals in Contemporary Art — will be hosted at the exhibition hall located at the lower level of CECUT. After opening night, on July 19th at 10:00 am the symposium will take place at the Lobby of "El Cubo" (The Cube). Entrance will be free of charge, though a previous electronic registration is required from all attendants.
The event is organized by the Centro Cultural Tijuana in conjunction with Centro Cultural Border — an independent art space located in Mexico City — with a generous grant destined by the Patronato de Arte Contemporáneo (PAC). The exhibition "Sólo Quiero el Universo" ("I Just Want the Universe") features the work of diverse artists coming from distant back-grounds exploring a variety of expressive media; artworks that will trigger the reflections that will nurture the Symposium "Agentes del arte contemporáneo" ("Agents of Contemporary Art").
Regarding the artist call to take part on the workshops, the applications may derive from cultural enterprises, festivals, urban development, public interventions, ecological projects, exhibitions, pedagogical programs, individual artistic projects, and civil associations, among others cultural and artistic development areas. In order to participate it is required to consult the terms and registration guidelines. The selected artists will be part of the second edition of "Pechakucha Night in Tijuana" —event that will take place on Friday July 20th at Kafé Mua in the Pasaje Gómez, located in the downtown area. "Pechakucha Night" composes of a series of encounters guided by an innovative and efficient approach that instigates concise presentations of all kinds of art related projects. The homogeneous format of presentations in modular time frames, enhances their efficiency and specificity.
To round up the reflective experience of the Symposium agenda, a sound art event will be hosted at the Casa del Túnel - Art Center, located at the Colonia Federal, with presentations from Juan Pablo Villegas (Mexico City); R.R. (Guadalajara); and Tron (Mexicali).
The participating artists featuring in "Sólo quiero el Universo" ("I Just Want the Universe") are: Alejandro Berea, Amor Muñoz, Dhear, Dulce Chacón, Fernando Pizarro, Gustavo Abascal, Javier Campuzano, José Luis Rojas, Juan Pablo Villegas, Marissa Viania, Neuzz, Santiago Izcoatl and Trash—all residing in Mexico City; as well as Andrea Sicsik (Guadalajara, MX); Antonio Domínguez (Tabasco, MX), Carlos Olvera (Monterrey, MX); and Patricio José (Estado de México).
The exhibition will also feature works of Ramiro Chaves y Tania Solomonoff (Argentina); Helena Fernández Cavada (Spain); and Rita Ponce de León (Peru). Alongside the local Baja Californian artists Karina L. Vega and "El Norteño" (Tijuana); and Enrique Minjares (Ensenada), enriching the list of emerging artists whose work will be featured in this contemporary art exhibit.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Symposium "Agentes del arte contemporáneo" ("Agents of Contemporary Art") will frame its dialogues questioning current practices in contemporary art through four discussion panels whose main objective will be to generate debates and unchain reflection processes regarding production, management, diffusion and consumption of contemporary art.
The discussion panels have been organized to address three main thematic areas: the art establishment and its relations to independent artistic enterprises; the relationship between the artist and the art public; and the importance of marketing as part of the artists' professional development.
Organized through a joint collaboration with Cecut and Centro Cultural Border, the symposium seeks to promote horizontal ways of communication among its participants, enabling an open dialogue between different points of view while attending some of the processes currently active in the contemporary art scene.
The organizers — IIlya Haro, Cecut Exhibitions Manager, and Eugenio Echeverría from Centro Cultural Border — envision this project with "the intention not to sentence or limit the art practice, but to explore and envision the possibilities it currently has to offer."
Symposium participants comprise: Iván Abreu, Multidisciplinary Artist; Sergio de la Torre, Scholar and Visual Artist; Violeta Celis, Researcher and Art Curator; María Álvarez del Castillo, Cultural Manager; Bárbara Perea, Critic and Art Curator; Maribel Escobar Varillas, Researcher and Art Historian; Adriana Cadena Roa, Anthropologist specialized in Cultural Politics and Cultural Management; Iñaki Herranz, Curator and Art Researcher; as well as Visual Artists Hugo Lugo and Aldo Guerra; adding up to the artists participating in the exhibition.
Taking place in several locations throughout the day, on Friday July 20th the workshops, art consulting, and project presentations will lead to "Pechakucha Night Vol. 2"— closing event happening at 8:30 pm at Pasaje Gómez located at Avenida Revolución, between 3rd and 4th Street in downtown Tijuana. "Pechakucha Night Vol. 2" will include special performances by Los Lichis, from Mexico City; Letters From Readers, from Mexicali; La Organización Mendoza - Máquina Popular from Oaxaca; and a project by Dardin Coria, from Tijuana.
08 July 2012
04 July 2012
TL's maiden Valle de Guadalupe voyage
Nothing like crawling out of bed bright and early on a Saturday to delve into a full day of wine tasting in what's being heralded as the Napa Valley of Mexico, which lies a mere 80 miles or so from San Diego. Just shy of 25 turistas turned out for our inaugural trek into the Valle de Guadalupe, a cluster of some 60 vineyards scattered between the hills between Ensenada and Tecate that's increasingly perking the curiosity of enophiles from near and far.
A 9:30 a.m. departure from Tijuana put us just south of Rosarito around 11, where we stopped across the street from the set of "Titanic" (really) for roadside tamales at Tamales Liz. Doña Liz was happy to see us lined up outside her door, and happier to see the gringo herd happily gnawing through her corn logs of various flavors. Options included chicken, rajas and cheese, nut, pineapple and beef. But replacing my previous favorite of spicy pork were her strawberry variety.
Stomachs sufficiently padded with homemade masa, we pulled into the valley around noon and headed to Monte Xanic (sha-neek), the first of three wineries on our itinerary. The name comes from Nayarit's Cora tribe and means flower that blooms after the first rain. Some 25 years in the business, it was definitely the largest and most-commercial of the day's trio, and makes for a decent starting point on a tour like this because of the size of both the place and the menu. Over the course of an hour we worked through eight 1 oz. tastings of chardonnay, chenin colombard, a late-harvest chenin blanc, sauvignon blanc (the apparent winner of the white bunch, while the general consensus regarding the rest was that they too sweet), merlot, cabernet-merlot, cabernet-sauvignon and cabernet-syrah (my personal fave).
Next up was Hacienda La Lomita, the group favorite of the day in terms of both wine and overall aesthetics. A newer setup that's been in operation for about five years, the architecture and interior decor are on par with a dream lair of Condesa trust-funded hipsters. The cellar looks like something out of "Tron." They sell olive oil in aluminum tins usually used for turpentine and Sea of Cortez salt-chipotle grinders. Even the oversized iMac and even more oversized dog snoozing on his plot of astroturf alongside the tasting room fall into play in assembling the place's rustic-chic appeal. La Lomita produces four wines: a rich grenache that gives off hints of tobacco and cacao, two cabernet sauvignon-merlots (one of which Mexican wine mag Catadores awarded a 94, the highest apparently among 200 Mexican wines), and a chardonnay.
Onward to the third and final vino sampling of the day. If Hacienda La Lomita is a Condesa hipster (and it really is), then Liceaga is a Rancho Bernardo housewife who serves her guests plates of Ritz crackers. (This actually happened, although we've heard they usually serve bread from Hogaza Hogaza, a Euro-style bakery in Ensenada; and furthermore, I have no problem eating Ritz crackers. Especially when famished, which by this point I was. As most of us were.) Over swigs of Liceaga's rose, Melvin (a cab, named after the founder's son), Sofía (merlot-cab, named after the founder's wife), and the 43/60 Reserva (cab-merlot-syrah, a reference to the birth years of the founder and his significantly younger wife), it was time to decant some gossip.
Why was the cava door locked when we first pulled up, despite the fact we'd made reservations weeks ago? What's up with the private garden party going on around back, complete with full band and hundreds of guests? Was or was Rick Bayless not in the area (one foodie turista vouched that he was)? And did we or did we not just crash what may or may not have been his personal Valle de Guadalupe barbecue? Lydia, be a dear and pass me another Ritz cracker, would you? Make it two.
A visit to a place like the Guadalupe Valley usually consists of a well-researched list of required stops, something that's highly personalized and may vary greatly from wino to wino. But sometimes I wonder if coming to guzzle a questionably excessive amount of aged grape juice is just an excuse to work up an abominable appetite for dinner on the patio at Ochentos. Hidden at the end of a dirt road that backs up directly into the hills, the "pizzeria rustica" serves woodfired slabs of absolute heaven, i.e. the Colombiana (grilled chicken, bacon, fresh tomato, basil and garlic), the Minera (grilled chicken and garlic, caramelized red onions and a butter-white wine sauce) and the Triple (salami, Canadian bacon and pepperoni).
And while it's indubitably a cornerstone of the Turista Libre experience, we'll work out a different mode of transportation for our next run into Baja wine country. Cameon 156 -- a deported 1999 model year school bus, essentially -- is tried and true, but those deflated, narrow seats just aren't meant for lengthy country drives. It's either that, or hemorrhoid pillows for all.
hacienda la lomita,
monte xanic,
road trip,
valle de guadalupe,
03 July 2012
¡Volver al Vergel! | Back at the Tijuana waterpark
There's not much more I can add to further my case that El Vergel is Tijuana's epicenter of pure, sheer (even if slightly perilous) summertime joy. Only that dollops of chamoy on your 20-peso can of Tecate are complimentary, and despite all slacked appearances the lifeguards will indeed step in to save you from any major harm, eventually, as they did after an unnamed turista from Atlanta who despite all preemptive warnings apparently breached his quota of goes on the treacherous red, yellow and blue Medusa. But only once he began channelling Evel Knievel with the intention of traveling from top to bottom while airborne, a goal which he apparently came too close to completing.
At least one person in the group had never visited Tijuana before, and although her friends back in San Diego thought her insane for deciding to do so with a trip to the city's waterpark, I honestly can't imagine a more perfect edition of Day 1 down here than a bikini-clad cultural cannonball such as this.
At least one person in the group had never visited Tijuana before, and although her friends back in San Diego thought her insane for deciding to do so with a trip to the city's waterpark, I honestly can't imagine a more perfect edition of Day 1 down here than a bikini-clad cultural cannonball such as this.
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Don't ask, don't tell
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"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) is shorthand for the former policy of allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the United States military without fear of a witchhunt ("Don't ask") so long as they never admit to being gay or lesbian ("Don't tell").
U.S. President Bill Clinton had, in 1992, campaigned on an agenda of equal rights for gays. However, Congress passed, over his objections, an outright ban on gays in the military. Therefore, the best Clinton could do was to offer a "compromise" in the form of a presidential directive that limited the enforcement of the ban by barring investigations into the sexuality of service members and also barring service people from discussing their sexual orientation. The official policy was "Don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue, and don't harass."
As of September 20, 2011 the policy is no longer in effect, and gays are openly serving in the US military.[1] Transgender Americans are still completely barred from serving, however, under rules similar to those for gays and lesbians pre-DADT.
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[edit] Current status
DADT was repealed by the Senate in 2010, during a lame duck session of Congress. President Obama signed the repeal into law on December 22, 2010, and it went into full implementation nearly a year later in September of 2011.
A poll released after the repeal shows that repealing DADT did not have the ill effects on troop morale or any other military operations which had been predicted by its opponents, probably due to the fact that not having to witchhunt gays or worry about being discharged for being gay has allowed all members of the military to focus on their fucking job for once.[2]
[edit] 2010 and the move for repeal
Barack Obama had campaigned on ending DADT (among other things), but publicly did nothing about it his entire first year in office,[3] The Secretary of Defense (a Republican, no less!) and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs both met with Congress to advocate ending DADT entirely.[4] Moreover, the top commander in the Middle East (Gen. David Petraeus) and the top commander in Iraq (Gen. Odierno) called it a non-issue, saying that no one in the military really cared if DADT is kept or not.[5]
Republicans in Congress had consistently pushed against the repeal, for fear that teh gayz will soon corrupt all of our fighting men and we'll end up just like the French or something.
[edit] The 2004 Log Cabin suit
The Log Cabin Republicans brought a suit challenging DADT in 2004, but the trial did not begin until July of 2010. Among the evidence they presented was information regarding inconsistent application of the policy; some service members were out for years before being discharged, whereas others never came out but were exposed by third parties and immediately discharged. Discharges were also typically delayed until after gay service members returned from combat deployment, suggesting that military had no real interest in actually preventing openly gay soldiers from being deployed. (If an openly gay soldier can hurt morale and unit cohesion, why not weed them out before deployment?)
The challenge was successful,[6] and on October 12, 2010, Judge Virginia Phillips ordered all enforcement of Don't Ask Don't Tell and related policies to cease immediately.[7] The Department of Justice requested a stay and appealed the decision soon afterward.[8] In the interim, enforcement of DADT was haphazard; the Department of Defense sent memos requiring the various branches of the armed forces to comply with Phillips' order,[9] but recruitment offices continued to turn away gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, either unaware of the change or anticipating that a stay pending appeal would soon be granted.[10] It's also likely that they simply did not want to recruit openly gay future-service members who would have been kicked out in the event of DADT being kept.
[edit] Rationale
The theory was:
- Gays and lesbians risk losing their security clearance.
- Unscrupulous persons often attempt to blackmail gays and lesbians into revealing classified information rather than have their sexual orientation revealed to their commanding officer in a letter.
- If the commanding officer learns of their sexual orientation in a letter this would result in the loss of their security clearance, lest they continue to have access to classified information which they might reveal to a blackmailer.
- See #1.
[edit] Circumstances of discharge
There were three possible justifications for discharging a member of the armed forces under the policy:[11]
- "The member has engaged in, attempted to engage in, or solicited another to engage in a homosexual act or acts."
- "The member has stated that he or she is a homosexual or bisexual, or words to that effect."
- "The member has married or attempted to marry a person known to be of the same biological sex."
There were some exceptions to the first two; if the person in question can demonstrate that they were really straight, i.e. that any gay actions or statements were out-of-character or just jokes, that person can avoid discharge. There are no such exceptions for same-sex marriage or attempted same-sex marriage, despite the fact that unlike the first two, marriage doesn't have to do with sexual orientation.
[edit] Repercussions of Don't ask, don't tell
- After DADT came into existence, more, not fewer, gays were discharged. So what was this for again?
- Many service people with critical skills, such as translators, have been among those discharged.
- Gay members who never told, were "found out" (by personal letters, by personal web pages, or personal ads) and were pursued despite the "don't pursue" line.
- There were several formal reviews of DADT while it was in place. All concluded the DADT policy was (at the time) a failure on many fronts; all admitted there was a financial burden to the military to have such a policy, but none concluded that it should be removed as formal policy.
- Prior to Congresses actions in 2010, DADT had been upheld five times in Federal Courts. It never reached the US Supreme Court, though it would have been unlikely for SCOTUS to overturn a military policy.
- The threat of outing someone became an even more powerful than it already was for rapists in the military to cover up their crimes.
[edit] Case studies from other countries
""You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight.
—Barry Goldwater[12] |
Gay activists and military experts showed that the the conservative position was bullshit by studying the open homosexual service that already exists in other countries. Take, for instance, the United Kingdom's military:
- Large-scale resignations from the UK armed forces when the ban on gays was lifted were widely expected in some quarters — but in practice they did not materialise.
- At least one British army brigadier publicly resigned in protest, citing "strongly held moral and military convictions" but most observers were surprised at how smoothly the new law — which was forced on the UK government by the European Court of Human Rights — was implemented.[13]
A similar case occurred with another favorite and battle-hardened US ally, Israel. The IDF removed all restrictions in 1993 and never looked back.[14][15]
Prior to the US joining this list, the following NATO and EU nations have either always allowed LGBT persons to serve openly or allowed it in recent times:
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ↑ CBS News: "Don't ask, don't tell" consigned to history 20 September 2012
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ It is common for Obama and the current leadership to take issues off the front burner, then later get them done, keeping other issues in the media for everyone to froth over.
- ↑ In fact, they had already issued regulations making it much harder to dismiss someone based on sexuality, removing the option of kicking out those who are "outed" by others.
- ↑ This isn't exactly true, as the Commandant of the Marine Corps was officially against repeal, but he seems to be the only serving military person willing to say so, and after the repeal went along without complaining.
- ↑ The opinion in the case.
- ↑ http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/12/judge-orders-military-to-stop-enforcing-dont-ask-dont-tell/
- ↑ http://metroweekly.com/poliglot/2010/10/doj-files-motion-requesting-st.html
- ↑ http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/belatedly-pentagon-tells-services-not-to-enforce-dadt-1.121768
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/14/us/14cabin.html?_r=1
- ↑ http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/10/654.html
- ↑ Brainy Quote: Barry Goldwater
- ↑ "There was this expectation that there would be problems, but it just didn't happen. People just got on with their work" — Dave Small, ex-Royal Navy [2]
- ↑ http://www.palmcenter.org/node/554
- ↑ "It's a non-issue... You can be a very good officer, a creative one, a brave one and be gay at the same time." — ex-IDF officer and Israeli Consul David Saranga [3]


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As famed archeologist, John Carter, you've discovered a possible mystery surrounding King Tut's short reign. Unfortunately, not everyone wants the truth to come out. At every turn, an ancient brotherhood, dedicated to preserving and protecting the Pharoah's memory, presents you with obstacles. Solve the problems and hidden object puzzles placed by the brotherhood to prove that this ancient mystery will not stay a secret forever!
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Beet Cake
1 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1 cup drained, crushed pineapple
1 cup mashed beets (canned will work; mash with a fork)
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup creamed cottage cheese
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 teaspoons cinnamon
2 teaspoons soda
1 cup walnuts
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9-by-13-inch pan. Mix the oil, eggs, pineapple, beets, sugar, cottage cheese and coconut. Add the remaining ingredients. Pour into the cake pan and bake for 50 minutes. Frost with a can of sour cream frosting.
Craig Young, speckled robins are eating our chokecherries and the grasshoppers are merrily eating their way up the kohlrabi row, but we did manage to save the pie cherries from one of our young fruit trees.
There weren't very many, but I added them to a pound cake, and the cake is good. It's special, too, since we're celebrating the harvest of the cherries.
Our cabbage is ready, too, so I spent a recent Saturday afternoon making about two dozen cabbageburgers. (I love this time of year when there's so much produce to cook.)
So, I didn't get time to make this week's cake recipe, but I know it's good because it came from The Haven in Hayden.
The recipe was submitted by Jennifer Swedberg, who works at The Haven, cooking there part time.
To make "Beet Cake," mix the oil, eggs, pineapple, beets, sugar, cottage cheese and shredded coconut. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Pour into a pan and bake about 50 minutes.
Frost with a can of sour cream frosting.
Jennifer says this is a rich cake. I think you could use cooked beets from the garden or those from a can.
In case you'd like to make your own "Sour Cream Frosting," here's one of my mom's recipes.
A note: The sour cream for this frosting is heavy cream with a little vinegar to sour it.
The ingredients for the frosting are: 1 cup thick sour cream, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/4 cup water, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 3 tablespoons thick sour cream (to use later) and 1/2 cup nut meats.
Combine 1 cup sour cream and the sugar in a saucepan. Blend and then add the water. Boil to the soft ball stage. (Test by putting a little of the mixture in some water. Work it with your fingers. When it forms a ball, you're at the soft ball stage.) Be sure to stir the mixture constantly so it doesn't burn. Remove from heat when it reaches the soft ball stage. Cool slightly. Add the vanilla and 3 tablespoons of sour cream. Then beat for 5 minutes with a rotary beater until creamy. Spread quickly. Put the nuts on top if desired.
If you have a recipe for using garden produce (or any other recipe) write to me at P.O. Box 415, Craig, CO 81626.
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Joan M. Weeden, 89, of Kohler, died on Friday afternoon, June 8, 2012, at the Sharon S. Richardson Community Hospice.
Joan was born on August 30, 1922, in Cleveland, the daughter of the late Joseph and Eleanor (Schnell) Hartmann. Joan graduated from Sheboygan Central High School in 1940.. On November 22, 1951, she married the late Clark Weeden in Sheboygan. Clark preceded her in death on October 24, 1983. Joan was a secretary for the Kohler Co. in the engine division for 14 years prior to her retirement in 1981.
Joan was a member and dedicated volunteer of St. John Evangelist Catholic Parish in Kohler, and the St Ann Society. She also volunteered at Rocky Knoll Healthcare Center and the Kohler Public Schools. Joan enjoyed bowling, reading and doing crossword puzzles. Joan enjoyed living in Kohler and valued her many friendships there. She always appreciated the kindness of those friends and neighbors.
She is survived by one daughter, Julie Weeden of Chaska, MN; four sons, Rick (friend Marilyn Lammers) Weeden of Sheboygan, Clark (JoAnn) Weeden of Plymouth, Dennis Weeden of Prentice, and Robert (Kim) Weeden of Sheboygan; six grandchildren, Tressa (friend Alex Davis) Weeden, Josh (friend Stephanie Preder) Weeden, Andrea Weeden, Sara (Nick) Sagal, Brian Weeden, and Jennifer (friend Marcus Fessler) Weeden; one great grandson, Sebastian; one sister, Rosaleen (Gary) Hart of Kohler; one brother, Fran Hartmann of Milwaukee; and one brother-in-law, Alan Weeden of West Bend.
Joan was preceded in death by her husband, Clark; and an infant son, Joseph Weeden.
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The place to be....for the Characters, Places & Things on Television
MANNIX, Joseph R. "Joe" (Mannix) (555-6644 (AG6-2114 (Car Phone) 17 Paseo Verdes Los Angeles, CA (West Side) Joe Mannix is a hard-boiled Armenian-American private eye. He lives and works in a three-level office suite decorated in Mediterranean decor at 17 Paseo Verdes in West Los Angeles. His secretary is Peggy Fair, a policeman's widow with a young son, Toby. Gopher Albie Luce occasionally helps Mannix do background and license plate checks.
Joe Mannix
In the talent department, Joe has many skills. He can fly airplanes and helicopters; sail boats, ride horses, swim, play golf, jog (to stay fit) and has a black belt in Karate.
Mannix's vital stats: Blood Type AB+; Height: 6'1/2"; Weight: 180 lbs.; Hair: Dark Brown; Eyes: Brown. His favorite drink is Scotch, neat or on the rocks. The combination to his Kessler office safe is: Right one turn to 7; Left two turns to 24; and Right one turn to 15.
Joe was born circa 1932 and grew up in Summer Grove, California. He speaks the Armenian language fluently. Joe fought in the Korean War as an Air Force lieutenant/fighter pilot. After his discharge from the service, Joe attended Western University on the GI Bill and graduated in 1955. In 1956 he obtained his Private Detective license [#13007].
Before going independent in 1968, Mannix worked for Interdect Ltd. a high-tech detection and security firm run by Lew Wickersham ( 311-KL5-2271). While on assignment, Joe carried a .38 snub-nosed Smith & Wesson in a holster at the small of his of his back for protection. He has also used a Beretta 9mm, a .45 Colt ACP and a Walther PPK. (James Bond's gun of choice)
Lew Wickersham and Mannix on the Prowl
George Barris Designed Mannix Roadster
In the 1970s, Mannix returned to his hometown and investigated the murder of a worker during a labor dispute. While there, Joe visited with his father Stephan Mannix, a vineyard owner who was born 1898 in Armenia. He dispensed such Armenian proverbs as "There is no reason for war that reasonable men cannot resolve" or "What the eye truly sees, the heart never forgets." and "With bread all grief is less." Joe's mother died in 1959.
During his stint with Intertect, Ltd. Detection & Security, Mannix (who then lived at 2742 Canyon) drove a customized 425 front-wheel drive engine convertible Oldsmobile Toronado [License No. UQW-477]. The roadster mobile phone numbers were 777-5134; LA KG6-2114; and KL5-277. The roadster featured a black leather tonneau cover over the back seats, a hidden gun compartment, radio-telephone, short-wave transceiver, and a tape recorder. Joe later drove a Doge Dart [License No: NMO-918]; Barracuda [License No: 700-AKN]; and a 'Cuda [license No: 714-AQU]. See also - "Mannix Roadster" and "Mannix Convertibles"
TRIVIA NOTE: The "17 Paseo Verde" address was based on the El Paseo Building in Santa Barbara on State Street that was owned by the Robert's family.
Born Krikor Ohanian on August 15, 1925, the 6' 1½" actor Mike Connors grew up in a Armenian community of Fresno, CA. and then served in the Air Force during World War II.
Upon his return stateside, he attended UCLA where he was discovered by director William Wellman while playing basketball. Connors made his feature film debut in the 1952 RKO release Sudden Fear where he was billed as "Touch" Connors ("Touch" being a nickname he earned at UCLA).
Connors later made his TV debut on the series TIGHTROPE (CBS, 1959-60) in which he played an undercover agent (whose named changed each episode).
When Connors starred on the MANNIX the TV series he earned three Emmy nominations as Best Actor in a Drama Series and a 1970 Golden Globe Award.
Later, he appeared as veteran FBI agent Ben Slater in TODAY'S FBI (ABC, 1981-82) and hosted the syndicated series CRIMES OF THE CENTURY (1989).
In 1996, he played "Chipacles" in the animated Disney TV series Hercules and then appeared in the role of Harland Greer in the film Gideon (1999) about Gideon Dobbs, a man with the mind of a child who checks into a retirement home when his Aunt can no longer keep him.
The MANNIX series inspired a series of novels written by Michael Avallone and J.T. MacCargo. The titles include: "The Faces of Murder" (#1); "A Fine Day for Dying" (#2); "A Walk on the Blind Side" (#3) and "Round Trip to Nowhere" (#4).
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- Internet/WLAN
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Adresse | Vaci, 1056 Budapest, Ungarn |
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Preis pro Woche für bis zu 2 Gäste | 294 € |
Preis pro Monat für bis zu 2 Gäste | 1134 € |
Preis für zusätzliche Gäste > 2 | 14 € Extra pro Gast/Nacht |
Bedingungen |
Check-in ab | 14:00 |
Check-in vor | Nach Vereinbarung |
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Beautiful apartment in an excellent location. Yes, it is on the main touristy street in Budapest, but it is still quiet and you can reach the center of the city in a short walk. Public transport is literally just around the corner (Tram, Underground, Bus).
A special thanks to Ernest (the caretaken of the Apartment) who picked us up and dropped us back to the Airport, and also gave us a guided tour and helpful tips.
We enjoyed our stay here (3 adults) and would definitely recommend this Apartment to anyone else.
The apartment was just right for us: centrally located, most of the sites within easy walking distance, public transportation and shopping just a few minutes away, an elevator, and a very comfortable bed. Nurlan and his family are very friendly and were always available to help.
Nurlan department is very well located and good category. Unfortunately it was not well equipped for 6 people. Also had a wet spot on the bedroom ceiling which was shelled and smell. Should be able to fix or lower the price of the lease. Everything else fine
Nurlan was a wonderful host. He allowed us to stay in the apartment until 3:30 in the afternoon instead of leaving the flat in the morning. The flat was, nice,clean and tidy. It's location is in the middle of the buzzing part of Budapest, less than 3minutes walk away from the MARKET HALL.
NURLAN'S representative Ernest was a brilliant person, kind and very helpful.
We highly recommend this beautiful flat.
We are writing this after more than one year - sorry for that!! - but our stay at Vaci-Street and the warm hospitality of our host Nurlan are still in our minds. It was a fantastic visit to a most interesting city. Our appartement was absolutely perfect, large, clean and comfortable, right in the center of Buda, near to the wonderful Liberty Bridge. Many restaurants and cafes around, the big markethall nearby, where you can get anything to eat. This may sound like a commercial, but it is simply what we experienced there. We loved to be at this nice and quiet place in the middle of an area full of life. But the best was our always friendly and helpful Nurlan - for example: on departure-day he stored our luggage in another appartement and left us the key so we could enjoy the whole day in Budapest. Once again: Many many thanks!!! If we come to Budapest we will always try to come to Nurlan's again!
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Thanks for the time we have stayed in your apartment. Apartment is very clean and good located in the center, coffee, lunch and diner places right at the doorstep.
It was also easy to find a parking space for the car each day.
We recommend the apartment and hope, by a next visited, to stay there again.
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We had an amazing stay in the appartment. It had everything we needed. Close to all the stores for shopping :) we will sure to come back
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Droughts and Gender Bias in Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Are African girls more exposed than boys to risk of infant mortality during crises and if so, is the difference due to discrimination? To answer these questions, we combine retrospective fertility data on over 1.5 million births from Demographic and Health Surveys with data on rainfall variability and find a substantial gender difference favouring boys following droughts. We substantiate that this difference has social determinants by showing that the difference is only present in contexts in which we would expect discrimination of daughters. The difference is only present in communities with strong preferences for sons and in areas where fertility desires are low. In areas with low levels of female employment there is a large gender gap following droughts, especially for infants with mothers who are not working. In contrast, there is no gender difference in infant mortality after droughts in areas where many women work, irrespective of the employment status of the individual mother under consideration. No difference is found across mothers with different levels of education, perhaps due to the lower fertility preferences of more educated women. In total, the results indicate a large and socially founded gender bias in infant mortality after crises. They also shed light on factors behind the African exceptionalism of little gender discrimination in infant mortality. As communities with strong son preferences, low fertility preferences, and low female employment display gender bias after crises in Africa, the results are consistent with factors explaining differences in gender biases between countries across the world.
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Uni-Pixel, Inc. (NASDAQ:UNXL) delivered a profit and missed Wall Street's expectations, BUT beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company. Shares are down 4.64%.
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Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased to $0.07 in the quarter versus EPS of $-0.29 in the year-earlier quarter.
Revenue: Decreased 0% to $5.07 million from the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: Uni-Pixel, Inc. reported adjusted EPS income of $0.07 per share. By that measure, the company missed the mean analyst estimate of $0.12. It beat the average revenue estimate of $5 million.
Quoting Management: "Our record quarter was the result of the successful execution of our preferred price and capacity model for UniBoss," said Reed Killion, president and CEO of UniPixel. "This included $5.0 million in a non-recurring engineering milestone payment from our major PC manufacturer licensee, marking strong progress towards worldwide commercialization of our UniBoss touch screen technology. The payment is helping to finance the ramp-up in our manufacturing capacity to meet anticipated customer demand, as we address a touch module market that Display Search expects to grow from $13 billion to $32 billion by 2018."
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MARLBOROUGH -�Police say a�Marlborough man was driving under the influence of drugs Tuesday afternoon when he crashed his car into a utility pole, bringing down a web of wires and knocking out power to almost 2,000 homes.
Nicholas Ryan Harris, 24, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs following the 1:24 p.m. crash on Elm Street.�Police spokesman Detective Scott DeCiero said that additional charges are pending.
National Grid spokesman Jake Navarro said the crash killed power to 1,950 homes in Marlborough. He said that crews responding to the scene were able to make a temporary fix relatively quickly that restored power to all of the homes while crews worked to fix the pole.
A passenger riding in the car was taken to the hospital, but later ran out of the emergency room, according to police scanner traffic. DeCiero said that police were not charging the passenger with any crimes, but were trying to find him to return him to the hospital because he had a head injury.
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The taxes on recreational marijuana might go a lot higher than first thought. Smokers buying at shops in Denver may pay up to 35 percent in taxes.
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If you are new to this series please read the intro to Ch 01 so you'll know what to expect. It isn't strictly necessary to read the earlier chapters but some of this won't make sense if you don't so I hope you will!
There is some repetition here as Lena tells the tale from her perspective. It's one of the problems that occur when using different 'voices' to tell the story so I apologise in advance. I have tried to cut it down.)
Caroline's tale:
Lena's view and lovemaking at the Villa.
Hi, me again. Phew, what an evening that was. It's nice that I can tell you how both Mike and I felt about what happened, and his lovemaking that evening. I'm going to go over everything again so you can see how it affected Mike and me.
Well you can imagine how Mike and I were that afternoon. We couldn't wait to get back and find out what had happened. All afternoon we were talking about it, wondering how Jo would be if he left, how she and he would be if he stayed. I must admit it was a tense afternoon but Mike was wonderful really. We strolled along the promenade in Stresa watching the young couples holding hands.
"Aren't they lovely," he said looking at them. "I love it here this time of the year. They're all so young, so in love." He sighed. Oh dear, he was getting maudlin again, his age I suppose.
I hugged him tight, "Well," I said as I kissed him, "I love it too and you are in love too aren't you?"
He smiled at me and nodded.
"Well then, don't be silly." The I reached up and whispered in his ear, "I bet none of those girls get as good as I do!"
He laughed, "Perhaps not," he said then he got really sad, "but they get it far more often and will for longer won't they!"
Oh, how to deal with this? I dragged him to an empty seat and sat close to him. "Don't say that," I said, "remember what you said. We have to take things as they come, remember. We have as long as we have together, let's just enjoy that. Are you still upset about yesterday?" I asked thinking this was what was pulling him down.
"I suppose I am," he said sadly, "but that's all in the past," and he looked at me. "You don't have to worry you know, about Gianna that is. I am fond of her but I don't love her any more: well I suppose I do but it's buried deep inside. I love you now, truly, totally, and deeply."
Oh how he could read me. He'd seen hadn't he. I began to get tearful, I'd let him down again, not trusted his love. "I'm so sorry," I said, "I try but I can't help it. I love you so much I'm frightened all the time that I'll lose you. All those years I didn't know you, things happening, oh it frightens me." I hugged him tight, I didn't care what people thought. "I'm sorry, so sorry."
"Shush," he said gently, "I understand. It frightens me sometimes, all that 'past' but it's not really that that's making me low. I am sorry Lena, but it's Guy, Guy and Jo."
I was suddenly worried. "What do you mean?"
He smiled, "Oh not what you think. I'm not worried about them together, I hope they make it this afternoon, I rather think they will. I have lots of confidence in Jo. It's just that, well, to have Guy there, my son with Joanna, whom I love and not be able to call him son. Do you understand Lena? I'm sorry if I seem a bit maudlin but it is difficult to deal with, having him so close, particularly at this time. It didn't seem to matter quite so much before but now . . . Oh god I wish he knew," he said with such depth of feeling.
There wasn't anything I could do other than hold him but now I became determined that I would try to do something. Oh I knew it was dangerous but this was so bloody unfair. Unfair on all of us but particularly on him. He didn't deserve this did he, he'd paid for his selfishness for years. He didn't need to go on paying. I was determined to talk to Jo about it to see what we could do. Luckily, as it turned out, I didn't need to do anything, it was sorting itself out.
"I'm not happy with this," I said, "it's not fair on you. Why is Gianna so firm about him not knowing?"
"I think she's ashamed really. I know Silvio deserted her but she was still married to him so she feels she's let him down. You've got to understand her Lena. Her background is rural Italy, especially the south. It's all religion and duty, certainly for a woman. It's changed a bit now but 30 years ago it was very much like that and that's how she was brought up." He looked at me and smiled. "I don't blame her really. I did 'trick' her didn't I. I shouldn't have made her pregnant like that but, there you are, that's all in the past." He took a deep breath, "I'll have to deal with it won't I. Come on, let's have a coffee and I'll try and cheer up."
So we did and he did as well. We shopped and sat, sat and shopped for the rest of the afternoon until about 5:30 then we walked back to the villa, quite a long walk really, over half an hour.
When we got back Jo and Guy were nowhere to be seen. "Perhaps they're still in bed," I said laughing.
"Well his car's still here so that's OK."
"I'll go and make some coffee." So I went into the kitchen to rustle up a drink. It took me longer because I had to open some new coffee then I spilt it all and had to clear it up. I heard Guy and Jo come downstairs, then, I assumed Mike, go upstairs, then I heard the front door. By now I was wondering what was happening but I wasn't worried. Jo and Guy were still here and they must have been upstairs when we got back. That had to be good news. So I was surprised to find Jo in such a state when I took the coffee in.
I found her sitting on the settee in tears, quietly sobbing.
"Oh shit Jo, what's happened? He didn't leave did he?" I said rushing over to her.
"No," she said stopping her tears. "Oh Lena, so much has happened. Come into kitchen."
We both hurried into the kitchen and sat at the dining table. I put my arm round her and shushed her. "It's all right Jo. Tell me what happened. It's all right."
She rested her head on my shoulder just like I did with her when I was in trouble and she told me what had happened. Jo has already written about this so I'll just say how I felt. I was happy to comfort her, she'd done I so often for me and I was certain that he would return. How could he not after the experience of the afternoon? So I just cuddled and listened. As we finished speaking I wanted to try and take her mind off of what had happened so I made sure she was busy with dinner. It was supposed to be special tonight but we couldn't start anything until everybody was here because of the recipes.
I was pottering about when I heard the door close downstairs. I hope that's Guy I thought, for Jo's sake. Then he walked in the kitchen, straight up to her, grabbed her in his arms and kissed her. Do you know he looked just like a younger version of Mike. It was uncanny how much he had changed in such a short time. He looked confident and assured.
"Hello darling one," he said to Jo as he kissed her. Just the sort of thing Mike would say. I just stood there with my mouth open; then he came over to me and kissed me full on the lips, something he'd never done before. Oh, I'd done it to him on a few occasions, embarrassing him no end, but he'd never started it like this. It was nice and I soon noticed that it wasn't a platonic kiss either. I must admit I was a bit taken aback really, lost for words and that IS unusual.
He turned back to Jo smiling warmly at her. "I've sorted it out Jo. My mother is wrong, I'm sure," he said confidently, "No one will find out anything from any of us so why should my father and I suffer, you two shouldn't either." He laughed and looked back at me, "Certainly not such a lovely step-mother." He was so assured; you could almost imagine Mike standing there.
Well, by now I was back in control of myself so I smiled sexily at him and said, licking my lips, "Kiss me again like that and I'll show you something not many step sons experience."
"Lena, leave him alone. He's mine," Jo said then added softly to me, "for now."
At that moment Mike came into the kitchen. "What no dinner yet," he said laughing. Immediately sensing something was happening he looked at Jo then at me, "What?" he said nervously. He saw Guy and looked even more worried.
Then Guy spoke, "It's nothing father," he said looking directly into Mike's eyes, "I was just teasing them."
I looked at Mike and he went as white as a sheet. I rushed to his side as he almost collapsed. Oh god, I thought, don't let anything be wrong. To be honest I hadn't really noticed what Guy said. Mike's reaction had banished everything from my mind. I was struggling to hold him up, his legs seemed to have given way and he looked so shocked. Then Guy rushed to support him, "Oh I'm sorry father, I wanted to surprise you." At that moment I realised what Guy had said earlier and what he said now. He said 'father'. Oh hell, he's decided to tell Mike he knows. Yes, you guessed it, I started to worry, not much yet because I was worried about Mike.
Mike seemed to gather himself and grabbing hold of Guy tightly resting his head on Guy's shoulder. He was crying. That started Guy off, and I couldn't stop myself I was so happy for Mike. The Jo started crying as well. Somehow we all managed to get Mike back to the lounge and sit him down. I sat next to him. I was so worried about him. This was a major shock for him, a good one I know, but still a shock. To show I loved him I held his hand tightly in mine, I was there for him. He looked very shaken but he composed himself. He turned to Guy, "Son," he said. He said it softly, as if he enjoyed the sound of the word, "son, you don't know how much I've wanted to say that word to you. My boy, come here and hug your father," and he held out his arms.
So Guy hugged Mike who began to cry again. I think that it was getting too much for him. I put my arms round both of them, so did Jo. Here was the man I loved holding his son. I felt so, so happy for him but I still had that little worry about his past. After a while we all calmed down and the two men sat looking at each other.
I won't go over what was said then, Jo has covered it, only to say that it was a funny afternoon and evening really. So much happened so quickly I think it took us all a while to take it in completely. After dinner we chatted and laughed about it all. All through the evening I was getting hotter and hotter thinking about Jo and Guy and I knew I wanted Mike later but I could see that both men were emotionally drained, Mike in particular. Jo looked pretty hot as well, hardly able to keep her hands off Guy.
"Mike," I whispered as they were engaged with each other, "do you want me tonight?"
He smiled at me, "Why precious, do you want me?" he whispered back.
"Mmm," I said smiling at him, "a lot."
"Then I'm yours to command," he said.
Jo heard him, "Command?" she said.
He smiled at her, "Yes, command," he said. The looking at me with a hangdog expression he said, "Oh dear, I have to perform tonight. I suppose I'll have to force myself," then he laughed. I poked my tongue out at him (insurance for later!) and pouted. Jo laughed but Guy seemed embarrassed and somewhat taken aback.
Jo looked at him and I could see she made a decision. "I hope you're not going to let the side down tonight," she said to him. She had decided, I'm sure, to bring sex out into the open so he would be used to talking about it. It was a risky thing to do but I'm pleased to say that Guy proved to be his father's son again.
He looked at his father, "Oh dear dad, it's a pain isn't it, having to perform all the time," and he laughed.
Jo took his head in her hands and kissed him, "You wait till I get you into bed," she said sternly.
We all laughed then she said to me, "Come on Lena, let's get ready. Our men can use the small showers."
Guy looked a bit bemused and I heard Mike say to him as we climbed the stairs, "You'll have to get used to those two Guy." Then more seriously, "The three of us have always been very open about sex . .," and then we went into the shower room.
We had a nice shower and I asked Jo to give me an enema just in case. I didn't really mind what we did tonight, I just wanted him. I suppose I was being selfish really. I wanted him to confirm his love for me, to show how much he loved me. So I felt very wanton but a bit sad as well. I was still worried about the effect of Guy acknowledging him and even more so about Gianna. I didn't let Jo see any of this, she was so happy, looking forward to a night with Guy.
"Shall I give you an enema?" I asked her.
"I don't think he'll want me there yet," she said, "and it's probably too early to introduce him to my bottom. He might think I'm a loose woman," she laughed. Then she thought a bit, "Perhaps I should, just in case. I wouldn't want him to think I didn't like it."
So I gave her an enema too so she was ready for him there if it came to it then I showed her the two housecoats I'd bought in town this afternoon. They were silk and had lovely Chinese designs on them. "I didn't think we ought to float about the house naked, at least until Guy's used to us, so I got these. Aren't they lovely?"
She put hers on. "Oh yes," she said, "and the silk is so sexy isn't it?"
"Mmm," I said, "come on, time to get at it!"
I went into our bedroom and found Mike sitting on the little two seater sofa we had in there. He had his pyjama trousers on which is usually an indication that he doesn't want sex straight away but he had said yes so is thought he probably wanted to talk first.
"You look lovely," he said using his eyes to caress me, "come and sit with me." So I sat next to him and cuddled up. He put his arm round me and held me to him. "Are you OK," he asked concerned.
"Mmm," I said but it must have not sounded very convincing.
"What is it precious, come on tell me."
Well I know I made this vow to myself not to worry about his past but I couldn't stop doing it. And now he was asking me. I knew I had to tell the truth, if you start lying to the one you love you never stop do you.
I held him tightly and spoke softly to him. "I'm so sorry Mike, especially after today, but I was so worried about you. I thought you were ill, you know, when Guy called you father. Then you were so happy. It's selfish of me to worry like I do." I reached up and caressed his cheek. "I love you so much you see, and it frightens me, frightens me that all your past, past that I don't know, is there sort of pulling you back."
He kissed me tenderly, "I understand," he said softly, "it must be difficult for you. So much of my life you don't know about." He was tender now, caressing my cheek, stroking my hair, "But you don't have to worry about that you know, that's all behind me."
"What did you talk about with Guy, you know, while we were making dinner?"
He smiled, "Oh about why he suspected I was his father, about his brothers, about Silvio and about his mother." He must have felt me tense up ever so slightly when he mentioned Gianna. You see I was still jealous of her, it was eating away at me and I suppose it was the real cause of all my worries at the moment.
"What is it sweetheart? It's Gianna isn't it?"
I sobbed, "Oh Mike I can't help it. Believe me I try. I promised myself I wouldn't but I can't help it." I cried into his shoulder. "She's so lovely isn't she, and she's, she's . . ." I couldn't say it but I thought it, 'she's nearer your age'. This made me even worse.
". . . nearer my age," he said holding me away from him and looking in my eyes.
I nodded, still crying. It was so painful, hurting him like this. I wanted to die just then, to stop hurting him. "Oh Mike, I'm so sorry, so, so, sorry. I'll go, I'm no good for you if I keep doubting you like this."
He pulled me to him and held me so tight I thought he would crush me. "I'll never let you go," he said, "you couldn't get away, I'd follow you and bring you back. You've got to stop tearing yourself apart like this Lena." He held me at arms length again and looked into my eyes again.
"Yes, she is still lovely," he said sadly, "possibly even lovelier now and yes, I still want her and, if it wasn't for Silvio, I would probably be with her now. But you must understand Lena, I love YOU, only you." Then he thought for a while. "There's an old Cilla Black song, you probably don't know it but it goes,
'You're my world, you are my night, my day
You're my world, you're every breath I take
And if our love ceases to be
It's the end of my world for me.'
I know it's not fantastic poetry and a bit soppy," he said smiling, "but it says how I feel." He held me very still, "That is how I feel about you, you are my world, you are everything. You must believe that. Jo, Gianna, even Guy are nothing next to you. I'd sacrifice everything for you Lena, everything. Do you understand Lena, everything!"
He was so intense it was almost frightening. His fingers were digging into my arms as he held me, his emotion was raw, painful. It was then, suddenly and after all this time, that I finally realized how strong his love was and I wondered whether mine could match his. What a power I had! My heart went out to him, this wonderful man. I mustn't doubt him any more!
I looked at him and said very seriously, no tears now, "I do understand now. I've hurt you again! I'm being unfair, childish and possessive," I said to him.
I grew up then.
I had thought I was grown up before but I realised now that I was still a child really and my love for him was a juvenile love. Jo was right, it could so easily have turned into a selfish love but not now. Now I knew, I had grown up.
"I love you," I said firmly, confident now, "and it isn't a selfish love, it was but it never will be again. I won't be jealous of your past any more because I have your future. I don't think I realised until now just what real love was about." He went to speak. "No," I said stopping him, "let me finish. But I do now. I'm sorry for my doubt. I won't doubt you any more, no more tears, no more worry." I smiled, "I've grown out of those feelings."
He looked at me with 'those' eyes, devouring me, enjoying the love shining out of my eyes, then he held me close. He knew now, too, that it was all right. I realised then that I had probably taken some of the pleasure out of Guy calling him father so I wanted to find out how he felt without me dragging him down.
"Mike," I said thoughtfully, snuggling up to him. "what was it like Guy calling you 'father'? You don't mind me asking do you?"
"Of course not. Well, it took my breath away actually. That's why I nearly collapsed. I didn't know what to think, to feel, then he said it again and I knew I hadn't misheard the first time. Oh Lena, can you imagine all those years pretending he was 'like' a son to me when I knew he was my son and I couldn't acknowledge him. It all hit me in one go when he called me father. How did he know, was he pleased, did he even like being my son, really? I was a bit, well, bollixed I suppose. The emotion of it all made me cry, then all I wanted to do was hold him."
"He seemed different somehow, after he came back."
"Yes, he did. I can only suppose that all those years of having to pretend, not let me know he knew, affected how he behaved. Once he put all that behind him his true self could come out." He smiled, "He really is like me," he said proudly, "isn't he Lena?"
I smiled too, at his pleasure, "Yes," I said, "he's like a younger version of you. Even more so now, he even says things that you might say, you know, when you were messing about earlier."
He looked at me with those lovely blue/grey eyes boring into me, "You want him don't you?" He wasn't playing now, he was being deadly serious. You see, I did want him, how couldn't I, he was a young Mike after all and I loved Mike didn't I. I couldn't lie to him, not over this, not now, so I took a deep breath and hoped he'd understand.


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Breastfeeding help video
Thursday, 7th July 2011
Breastfeeding video offering help for new mums
A recent study by Philips AVENT of 2,000 new mums has put together a video on breastfeeding help. This is because the study revealed that three quarters of these mums wanted to breastfeed as they felt it was the best thing for their child's health and immune system.
67 per cent said it created a unique and close bond between them and their baby. However, nearly a fifth of the women surveyed stopped breastfeeding before they wanted to as they felt they couldn't continue.
In this short film new mums and (mums to be) share their experiences and expectations of breastfeeding with advice from Vicki Scott, a trained midwife and baby feeding advisor. The video was put together to mark the National Breastfeeding Awareness Week. More details about this can be found here.
The mums in the video discuss their breastfeeding experiences and expectations. Including whether they wish to express milk and how to get the baby into a routine. Whether you're a new mum or considering breastfeeding the video is definitely worth a watch. Enjoy!


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Name: Donna D'Errico
Age: 41
How We Were First Introduced: She was Playboy magazine's Miss September, 1995. "I was shopping in a grocery story, and a woman was following me around the store. She was pushing a grocery cart, but it was empty. After a while, I thought she is either gay and checking me out or she is some kind of secret shopper and thinks I'm stealing. Finally she approached and she said she was a Playboy talent scout. She gave me her card. I said, "No, I'm a single mom. I'm not interested in porn." Then I called her a week later and asked more about it. She said they paid you $20,000 to pose and it includes having to do a Playmate video. I said, "Well, never mind. I don't do porn". She explained it wasn't porn and sent me a VHS tape of a Playmate video. It was a girl running through a field of flowers-type video. I watched it and thought I could tolerate that. I was struggling financially. I'd been in abusive relationship. I needed the money. After the magazine came out, I moved to LA and gave myself one year to try to make it in the business.
Night Work: "Within three months of moving to LA, I was on 'Baywatch Nights', David Hasselhoff's spin-off show. I went for the audition and did well enough to get a call back. At the call back, I read with David. Then I went home and about an hour later my manager called and said I got the part. I was beside myself. I cried. I thought, I'm going to be ok. I'm going to have a better life now. I had no acting ability at that time. I was a normal girl who got lucky."
"They had me take a swim test at the YMCA, and I flunked. It was embarrassing."
In The Swim: "Then they told me they were rolling my character over onto 'Baywatch' and I would be on both shows. But it wasn't easy for a silly reason. They had me take a swim test at the YMCA in the Pacific Palisades, and I flunked. It was embarrassing. They gave me a chance to redeem myself by taking swimming lessons with their instructor. I showed up at the Y at 5:30 am every single morning, and it was a haul for me from Manhattan Beach. I got in that cold, non-heated pool for three solid months. Then they gave me another test, and I barely passed. I'm not a good swimmer – but I passed enough. I still have the handwritten results from my test." Check out Fancast's Baywatch photo gallery.
Favorite Scene: "Nothing against the show, but I don't know if there were any great scenes. However, I like a scene I did with my good friend, Gina Lee Nolin. We were in the locker room. She been using prescription drugs, and I try to talk her out of it. It had a tiny bit more depth than the other scenes we normally did."
About that Swimsuit: "One time when I was swimming with Gina, a jellyfish tentacle went down the front of my swimsuit. I've never had something that painful. The medic put meat tenderizer on it. I had to finish the scene."
Memories: "I look back fondly. Being on that show completely changed my life. My career took off from there. I loved all of the cast and everyone behind the scenes. Like every show, there were political things going on, but I don't have any complaints. On the whole, I'm grateful to have been on it."
Tell Us About The Hoff: "He's a huge practical joker. When I first started, he played one on me. I was in my trailer. I went in to use the bathroom. I pulled my swim suit down, lifted the toilet seat and there was an enormous lizard in there and I went running out of my trailer with my swimsuit around my ankles and David and some guys were outside the door, laughing hysterically. The lizard was fake."
What They're Doing Now: I am raising my 16-year-old son, Rhyan, and my daughter, Frankie Jean, who is eight. Recently, I've done several independent films, all written, directed and produced by Mary McGuckian. They are kind of experimental and have featured the same group of actors, including Andie McDowell, Jennifer Tilly, Geraldine Chaplin and others. With these films, I don't have to play a bimbo. I get to play smart and be more of a character. It's rewarding – not that I would shun the bimbo role. But it's nice to go against type.


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Saturday's Series Opener Against Marist Cancelled
Teams Will Play a Double Header on Sunday
March 17, 2007
ARLINGTON, VA - George Washington baseball's series opener against Marist, originally set for a 2:00 p.m. start on Saturday, has been cancelled because of poor field conditions at Barcroft Park resulting from last night's wintry weather.
The Colonials and Red Foxes will play a double header on Sunday. Game One will begin at 11:00 a.m., and Game Two, a scheduled seven-inning contest, will start approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the first game.