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Category: Character
5 Ways to Help Your Kids Make Wise Choices
by Dan Scott | Aug 13, 2018 | Character, Imagine The End | 0 |
Any of these sound familiar? Dad, can I ride my skateboard down the driveway and into the street?...Read More
PCL 71: How to Teach Your Kids Patience in an Impatient World
by Parent Cue | Apr 26, 2018 | Character, Life Skills, Podcast | 0 |
How to listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | SoundCloud | TuneIn Founder and CEO of The...Read More
Raising A Kind Person
by Reggie Joiner | Feb 9, 2018 | Blog, Character | 0 |
So how kind have your kids been lately? That is one of your goals as a parent right? Along with a...Read More
A Gratitude Adjustment
by Reggie Joiner | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog, Character | 0 |
Of all the qualities God tries to build into our character, gratitude seems to be one of the most...Read More
Holding the Line in Parenting
by Terry Scalzitti | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog, Character, Fight For The Heart, Imagine The End | 0 |
One of my favorite movie scenes comes from Braveheart. William Wallace, played by Mel Gibson, is...Read More
PCL 34: Using Play to Teach Your Kids Life-Changing Values
by Parent Cue | Jun 8, 2017 | 6 Things Over Time, Blog, Character, Family Life, Fun Over Time, Imagine The End, Podcast | 0 |
Courtney DeFeo, author of In This House, We Will Giggle, shares how to teach your kids life-changing virtues by doing anything but lecture them. She encourages parents to instead tap into a kid's love of play and have some lighthearted family fun. When kids are having fun, they don't even have to know they are learning. Courtney is full of creative ideas on how to get the fun flowing to make a lasting difference in your family.Read More
Stories that Teach Forgiveness
by Dan Scott | Mar 14, 2017 | 6 Things Over Time, Blog, Character, Stories Over Time | 0 |
Forgiveness can be hard. We all have this tendency to our hurt and carry it around like a weight...Read More
How to Help Kids Love to Learn
by Dan Scott | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog, Character, Family Life, Imagine The End, Life Skills | 1 |
Albert Einstein once said, "I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." It's well...Read More
I'll Show You Honor
by Liz Hansen | Nov 14, 2016 | Blog, Character | 0 |
For most of us, the concept of honor is inextricably linked with flags and Fourth of July,...Read More
Honor Who We Are Not What We Do
by Reggie Joiner | Nov 7, 2016 | Blog, Character, Imagine The End | 0 |
From the parades to celebrate the Chicago Cubs for winning the World Series for the first time in...Read More
3 Ways To Help Your Kid Push Past Fear
by Carey Nieuwhof | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, Character, Imagine The End, Life Skills | 2 |
I'm going to guess you wish you had a little more courage as an adult, and maybe even as a parent. We all do. Fear isn't just an emotion, it's also a habit. Same with courage. Courage is a habit, and habits start young. Very young. So how do you raise a courageous child? There's a difference between being courageous and being stupid (fear has a healthy side too). However, most kids today lose courage because fear creeps in early.Read More
The Truth About Trust
A few weeks ago, I told my 10-year-old daughter that I would write her a story. I write for a living and I'm constantly reading about other authors who do that. On a whim, they write their kids a story and then voila, Harry Potter! I wasn't going to write her the story because I thought it would turn into a book. I was going to write her a story because it's fun. As soon as I told her that though, she said, "Sure you will. You'll write two pages and then quit." Body blow! No one hits as hard as your kids can hit.Read More


text: Japan Diary : Tea and Brownie Room by Rosie Sugden | Nov 6, 2014 | News, Travel Whilst in Tokyo in October I took the opportunity to visit some of my existing stockists there. One of these is a charming shop called Tea and Brownie room. The owners have such a good eye for traditional British products that transport you back in time. They have gorgeous welsh blankets, cornish blue crockery, divine wicker baskets and of course a little bit of cashmere too! They travel to the UK every year to source all their wares and ship them back to Japan. They stock our cashmere socks which we produce exclusively for them, they will be more widely available at the end of this year as we are introducing them to our retail range. It was lovely to put a face to an email and meet Momoko in person! Here are some pictures we took while we were there. Just adore these Welsh wool blankets below: Me with Momoko in the shop! We love how Tea and Brownie rooms owner styled her Rosie Sugden Scottish cashmere classic grey ribbed socks!! If you're ever in Tokyo their shop is well worth a visit! Rosie x

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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 51721
Prozess typo in netcfg
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:35:50 EDT
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"you through the prozess\n"
"of adding a new \n"
"virtual network device to your\n"
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"proCess", not "proZess".
Changing component
This defect is considered SHOULD-FIX for Fairfax.
Fixed in CVS.


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Working for Worcester
Working for Worcester is a student inspired and organized 501(c)3 social initiative that brings together college students, local businesses, non-profits, neighborhood groups, community and faith-based organizations, government agencies, and major corporations to promote stronger community wellness through creating recreation infrastructure and facilities at Worcester's schools, parks, community centers, sports fields, and other valuable family and youth oriented spaces. April 12, 2014 marked the 2nd year that hundreds of local volunteers came together to work on 20 community projects throughout Worcester. The projects ranged from turning a storage cellar into a multipurpose fitness and dance studio from scratch, building playgrounds and renovating classrooms in the Worcester Public Schools. Worcester YouthBuild is proud to have helped make 2014 Working for Worcester a very successful event!
Worcester YouthBuild students joined forces with the Worcester Public Schools (WPS) Transition Program and volunteers from Holy Cross College, Clark University, and YBUSA to renovate two Transition Program classrooms at the WPS Fanning Building. The Worcester Public Schools Transition Program helps students between the ages of 18 and 22 prepare for real world success. Two of their students are currently enrolled in the Worcester YouthBuild Program, and both are on pace to graduate next fall. Because of their success in Worcester YouthBuild, TRA and the Transition Program have built a great relationship that helped lead us to volunteering this year for the Working For Worcester campaign.
Pictured at left are Mike Quigley, TRA-Worcester YouthBuild Director, with Judy Fask (right), Worcester Public Schools Transition Rehab Specialist.
In the photo at right are (from left to right) Nathan Stowell, WYB Case Manager, Robert Kuszewski, Transition Program/WYB student, and Francis DeAngelo, WYB Instructor.
The day began with a large rally at Holy Cross College outside the Hogan Center. Students picked up their T-shirts, had breakfast that was provided by Panera Bread and took pictures with the Red Sox World Series Trophies. After enjoying the morning festivities, the students made their way to the Fanning Building to start their work. Below, WYB student Terrence Cameron—Remillard admires the trophies!
Below are "Before Photos" of the two classrooms that we helped to renovate, paint, organize, and build/ install new shelving units.
When WYB arrived at the Fanning Building, we were divided into groups of painters, cutters, and a third group was in charge of making the new shelving unit for the teacher's room. This was a day-long process.
Worcester YB student Deshawn Ivory (in photo Belowt) expressed the sentiments of his fellow classmates, when he said, "It was a pleasure to improve my community. I really love YouthBuild, and I am always looking to give back because of the opportunities the program provides for me. Also, I know that we have students from the Transition Program in YouthBuild with me and they are two great guys, and good friends of mine. Today was a great day, I hope to come back as a YB alumni next year and help out again."
A special shout-out and thanks to our good friends from YouthBuild USA, Kate White and Christina McPike, who came from Boston and stayed all day long helping to paint, build shelving units, and establish great relationships with the students and staff at Worcester YouthBuild!


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(06-15-2017, 07:55 AM)Mkoll Wrote: One suggestion for layout is to change the "MyBB" in the upper-left corner of forum pages to something more relevant, if this is possible. The icon helpfully takes one back to the forum index when clicked.I don't have a lot of free time or energy for getting to grips with changing the forum code, Maybe later if the forum becomes more active.
If it interests you, search the MyBB forums for solutions.
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In 1973, when computers were limited to science and academia, entrepreneurs Norman Gibat and Kathleen Howard visualized the potential technology had to offer and began what is now known as Noguska Inc. Today, Noguska brings its innovation and expertise to software development & IT projects of any size or scope. From corporate consulting to full-scale implementation of industry-specific solutions, Noguska has done it all. In an age of "officeless" Internet business and fly-by-night consultants, Noguska stands out by providing quality service and fostering long-term partnerships that have earned them the stellar reputation they have today. Noguska Inc. is a privately-held…
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CLEARWATER, Florida Clearwater police have charged a 50-year-old man with a 2006 slaying that they say he tried to pin on someone else.
Kenneth Missey is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting 64-year-old security guard Bill Williams during a robbery at a Fairfield Inn.
Police say the masked robber shot Williams as he tried to come to the desk clerk's aid.
They say Missey contacted detectives and Crime Stoppers after the shooting, claiming he had information that another man was the killer.
Detectives say he even sent them three rounds from the gun that shot Williams and then turned over the gun itself in hopes of getting a reward.
Detectives discovered, however, that the man Missey accused was in prison at the time of Williams' slaying.
Missey has a lengthy criminal history for theft, fraud and sexual battery.
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DxWho's version (2007)
Mega Man
Guts Man is a robot master from the Mega Man series. He appears as a large, buff looking robot. He was originally built by Dr. Light as a construction robot that would work alongside Bomb Man, but he was later reprogrammed into one of Dr. Wily's robot masters. He grants the Super Arm weapon to Mega Man when beaten.
In addition, there have been many different variants of Guts Man in various other games, such as the Guts Tank, as well as Guts Man G. His personality is akin to a real life construction worker, being rather brash, but passionate about his job. He has also appeared in both installments of Mega Man: The Power Battle as well as every episode of the Ruby-Spears cartoon.
In M.U.G.E.N, Guts Man was made twice, as a collaboration between OnslaughtX & Kung Fu Man, using sprites from Mega Man: The Power Battle, and by DxWho, based off the first Mega Man game. He was also set to be featured in Mega Man: Robot Master Mayhem, but the project is currently inactive. He also appears as a striker in Excursion's version of Cut Man.
OnslaughtX & Kung Fu Man's version
This version of Guts Man is seemingly based off Mega Man: The Power Battle. As such the sprites are from said game. However, Guts Man was never playable in said game, so the creators gave it custom gameplay, doing away with punches and kicks.
DxWho's version
Based off its original NES incarnation and befitting of its original role as a boss, Guts Man here plays like one, with various powerful Attacks available at the press of a button. With no pain in fighting this character comes no gain, but it can't block or move normally, unlike other characters.
|Mega Man
|Mega Man Classic Characters
|Bass • Dr. Wily • Elec Man • Guts Man • Hornet Man • Magnet Man • Mega Man • Mettaur • Napalm Man • Proto Man • Roll • Shadow Man • Terra
|Mega Man X Characters
|Blaze Heatnix • Chill Penguin • Flame Hyenard • Mega Man X • Vile • Zero
|Mega Man Zero Characters
|Omega • Zero
|Mega Man Legends Characters
|Mega Man Volnutt
|Air Man's Stage • Area A - Forest • Blizzard Buffalo Stage • Central Highway • Cut Man's Stage • Crash Man's Stage • Dr. Wily's Base • Dr. Wily's Flying Fortress • Elec Man's Stage • Fire Man's Stage • Heat Man's Stage • Ice Man's Stage • Inami Temple • Kattelox Island • Light Labs • Metalman's stage • Tomahawk Man Stage • Yellow Devil Stage


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I am looking for a getting started document or video. It would be great to have a complete walk through on how to make a simple project and how to communicate with the display via Arduino.
Yes, the video tutorials are VERY difficult to watch becuase they are filmed in high speed. Can we get some tutorials that are filmed in regular speed?
I think that the educational program is too poor. For me it is difficult to create code to Arduino.
Have a little work figured out how drawing switches and text boxes. But it has stalled there.
Hope ITEAD will do something about this with better instructions.
Otherwise I am very impressed for NEXTION!
@Brandon McMahan
If you want to watch the videos at lower speed, you can click on the 'Settings' icon at the bottom of the video, click on 'Speed' and choose '0.25'. See also attached picture:
I am now reviewing all of the Feature Requests, this will take some time, patience please.
Education, Tutorials, Guides and Arduino are all ongoing.
Users are also invited and encouraged to put together well formatted tutorial for fellow user.
Nextion HMI Solutions
Nextion Editor Quick Start Guide
Many documents come off of these
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Race and Colorism Alive and Too Well
by Andrés T. Tapia –
(The following article was originally published in Diversity Executive.)
Today, after nearly a decade of denial that race still makes a difference in
the United States, the #BlackLivesMatter movement that emerged in response to the shootings of unarmed black men Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Eric Gardner and Walter Scott is not letting the country sweep race back under the carpet.
But the United States is not the only country that must reckon with the unfinished business of racism. Despite protestations by locals, race and colorism continue to play an inordinate role in social exclusion in Europe, Latin America, and Asia where people are unwilling to admit that skin color still plays a role in marginalizing those of darker hue.
Europe struggles with a dearth of darker skinned leaders in the corporate world. In various European countries I have worked in and visited, Europeans' self-image of their own egalitarianism flies in the face of deep housing and social segregation.
This is evidenced by the low-income neighborhoods of North Africans and Muslims surrounding Paris who in the past decade have erupted in violent protest against racial inequality. The Council of Europe just this year released a report titled "France: Persistent Discrimination Endangers Human Rights." But race is difficult to talk about not only qualitatively but also quantitatively since a law was passed in 1978 that specifically banned the collection and computerized storage of race-based data.
In 2014, according Spanish advocacy group Movement Against Intolerance, of the 1,285 hate crimes reported to police across Spain, 37 percent were motivated by race. In the United Kingdom, the amount of those who self-report that they have some prejudice has risen to 30 percent in 2014 from 25 percent in 2001, according to an article in The Guardian titled "Racism on the Rise in Britain."
These headwinds must be in play when considering a report by an organization called "Business in the Community," which focuses on specific aspects of campaigning on diversity. It shows that less than 1 in 15 ethnic minority workers in the U.K. hold a management position.
According to the 2013 World Values Survey, 43.5 percent of Indian respondents said they would not want a neighbor of a different race and, according to 2014 survey by the National Council of Applied Economic Research and the University of Maryland, 27 percent of Indians still practice caste untouchability, the practice of ostracizing a group by segregating them from the mainstream by social custom or legal mandate.
In a 2013 study by the Institute of Policy Studies and OnePeople.sg, 1 in 2 Singaporean residents do not have close friends from another race, and only 71 percent of Singaporean Chinese believe it is a good thing that Singapore is made up of people of different racial groups. This correlates with the fact that 1 in 10 Indian and Malay respondents (the largest minorities in Singapore) perceived being treated worse than other races when using public and other services.
Latin America
Various Latin American countries will bristle at the notion that racism may be at play in their societies. Yet, there is an unmistakable pattern: The darker one's skin is, the lower they tend to be on the socioeconomic ladder.
In Brazil, which is about 50 percent black or mixed race, there is a lack of black representation among executives, senior managers, and managers. Spend time in the business district of Faria Lima, and they are not evident. Even at a recent corporate diversity conference by a reputable global diversity and inclusion organization, the highly committed participants from major corporations could not muster racial diversity even in the most token of ways.
Despite protestations that skin color does not matter, why does Brazilian Portuguese have a Crayola-like color scheme with 134 different terms to capture different skin color gradations? These gradations don't just make for interesting conversation; they make an economic difference.
According to a BBC report, "on average, white and Asian Brazilians earned twice as much as black or mixed-race Brazilians … black Brazilians are much more likely to be poor and rarely reach the top levels of business or politics."
The Work Ahead
Between the realities of racial profiling on the streets, to rising prejudice and distrust of those of darker skin, and the continued dearth of people of color in leadership positions, where does this leave diversity practitioners? That even as we rightly broaden the definitions of diversity to be about myriad dimensions of difference, race wherever we look — whether we like it — still matters.
TEDxIndianapolis Talk: Why Diversity is Upside Down
by Andrés T. Tapia –
Why is diversity upside-down and how do we with what that means for our lives and our companies? Check out my recent TEDx Talk in Indianapolis, IN. I explore just how much our world's hyper-diversity has affected practically every aspect of our lives – in our personal relationships, in our communities, and in our companies.
The Metamorphosis of Global Diversity
In recent months, I've given in to my global wanderlust. In November, it was immersion in São Paulo, Brazil for our Diversity Best Practices Global Member Conference. In December, it was homecoming, visiting family in my native Peru.
There's nothing like jet lag, the cacophony of different languages, new and childhood taste experiences, and newspaper headlines not about fiscal cliffs and sequesters to freshen up one's perspective—and prompt these few thoughts on the state of global diversity today.
Global diversity continues to accelerate its rise in importance and, with that, it's metamorphosing into something much more multidimensional and unexpected than the first wave of exported Made-in-USA diversity.
Take, for instance, three different invitations I have received in the past six months. The U.S. subsidiary of a Belgium-headquartered company calls asking for help on building out its diversity strategy. Then, a German company calls seeking help with getting its American affiliate to come up with a U.S. response to their global diversity imperative because they are behind their counterparts in Europe and Asia. And last year, a Korean multinational asked me to present to 500 company leaders from all over the world on how they can be more inclusive in the various countries it is expanding to, from Vietnam to India to the USA.
This is all part of a trend of non-U.S.-based multinational companies making diversity an imperative—not only in their countries of origin but throughout the globe. Now Not-Made-in-USA diversity accountabilities are adding to the rising calls-to-action that an increasing number of American business leaders are facing regarding diversity and inclusion.
This is just one way in which diversity is changing globally. A few others:
- To be a woman is to be rising in opportunities. Women's advancement is the most frequently cited diversity issue today. It's the one global diversity issue that arises on all continents as the common and urgent issue we must address now. The challenges are often the same regardless of country. From Chicago to Shanghai, women are pressing to fulfill their ambitions for leadership positions and a growing number in profit and loss roles. And women, at all levels of the organization, no matter where in the world, yearn, fret, and fight for work life flexibility.
- Socioeconomic disparities are masking the realities of colorism. The United States isn't the only country facing race and class disparities. In a host of countries, societies are stratified based on one's economic status. Yet, in countries such as India, Brazil, and Peru those with darker skin are more likely than their fairer counterparts to be members of the lower socioeconomic classes. This is far from a coincidence. While there's a great deal of denial about this reality, it's true that in many countries a preference for those of a lighter hue is blocking access to educational and employment opportunities for a significant percentage people. Until countries where colorism prevails recognize the impact of this form of discrimination, companies in these countries will continue to struggle to have true diversity in the workforce.
- Millennials are civilization's first global cohort. Whether they grew up in South Africa, Egypt, Romania, Laos, or Venezuela, many members of this generation shared the reality of growing up digitally and interconnected to the rest of the world. Global terrorism, global recession, global warming, and global social media have meant a common experience in many formative ways of how the world works. When a billion go "Gangnam Style" around the world in a matter of weeks, when the Arab Spring inspires Occupy Wall Street (and not vice versa), and when the Twitter-nation transcends all borders with 500 million users (making it the third largest population in the world), an unprecedented shared upbringing across the world's 24 time zones is in the making.
- Employment gains for people with disabilities. While in the United States the Americans with Disabilities Acts made it the law to make workplaces physically accessible to those with disabilities, there is a growing global trend to actually make it the law to employ those with disabilities. Brazilian law stipulates that depending on the size of your employee base, 2 percent to 5 percent of your workers must be people with disabilities. On Christmas Day 2012, a similar law went into effect in Peru. And in the United States, the Federal Government has put into place guidelines that those doing business with the government must have 7 percent of employees be people with disabilities.
- LGBT rights on the march. The wall of resistance around LGBT rights is tumbling in countries across the globe. In 2009, the high court in New Delhi, India struck down the law that made same-sex sexual activity illegal. In 2010, Mexico City and Argentina legalized same-sex marriage while Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Uruguay all started to recognize same-sex relationships, such as civil unions. This is an enormous gain for the LGBT community in Latin America, which has long been characterized by its strong Catholic roots and machismo undertones. And putting an exclamation point on the importance of worldwide LGBT rights, in 2011, President Barack Obama and then Secretary of State Hilary Clinton announced that LGBT rights would be a criteria for whether a country will receive U.S. foreign aid.
Just a few examples of how diversity and inclusion are playing out globally. This trend is unstoppable. Next generation diversity practitioners would be wise to track and then ride these trends for the good of their organizations.
When's your next trip to another land?
Diversity Fast Facts — Immigration
Diversity Fast Facts – Hip Pocket Stats for the CDO on the Go
Every once in a while, I'll publish Diversity Fast Facts on different topics to provide Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) on the Go with stats and information they can use to reinforce the realities of diversity and inclusion. It's my intention that these news abstracts will add to the conversation and encourage our thinking about how diversity plays out around the world. Here, we look at global immigration trends.
- The world's population is on the move. Following are global trends: The largest population of contractual migrant workers comes from Asia. In Asia, movement within China and India accounts for large population shifts. The predominant trend in the Americas is migration from the south (Latin America and the Caribbean) northward and even into Europe. The United States and Canada tend to host permanent migrants, but increasingly need temporary workers. In Oceania, Australia and New Zealand play host to growing populations of migrant workers from smaller islands. Source: International Organization for Migration.
- The United States is home to more migrants than other countries. The United States was by far the largest host country for migrants in 2010, hosting 42.8 million migrants. Following the United States: Russian Federation (12.3 million), Germany (10.8 million), Saudi Arabia (7.3 million), and Canada (7.2 million). Top three sending countries: China (35 million), India (20 million), and the Philippines (7 million). Source: International Organization for Migration.
- Migrant workers are a diverse lot. Other quick facts regarding immigration: three percent of the global workforce consists of immigrants; one-third of the world's migrant workforce lives in Europe; women migrants focus primarily on short-term work and tend to go to the Middle East; industry, construction, and services are the leading industries for migrant workers; some countries in the Gulf region consist of up to 40% migrant workers. Source: International Organization for Migration.
- The number of workers in India and China is growing. By 2030, it is projected workers from India and China will account for 40% of the world's workforce. Source: International Organization for Migration.
Peru Election 2011: Peru's Poor Make Their Voices Heard
by Andrés T. Tapia –
This article was published by the New America Media
No to trickle down economics. No to corruption. No to human rights abuses.
These were the electoral reasons why the Peruvian public elected Ollanta Humala, 49, as their 94th President, marking the sixth consecutive peaceful transfer of power since 1980.
In sending Keiko Fujimori to defeat, a very narrow majority of Peruvians indicated they were more troubled by her filial links to her father, former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori who was imprisoned for corruption and human rights abuses, than with Ollanta's two failed insurrections against democratically elected governments.
In fact, for many voters, these rebellions were seen as bona fides for his willingness to take matters into his own hands to bring about change. Those more ambivalent about this recent past were able to put their fears at bay either through wishful thinking, hope, or real belief that Humala's radical, Hugo Chavez-like ways from five years ago were merely a phase, and that there was real substance to his recast image as a reasonable non-radical who could address the needs of the destitute poor without pitting them against the rich.
This is the first time in 40 years, since the Cuban-Revolution-inspired military coup of Gen. Juan Velasco Alvarado under which I grew up, that a leftist president will be ruling Peru. The big question is whether it will be in the mold of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, or that of Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The first would deeply and destructively divide the country. The second, which simultaneously and successfully made the poor a priority, while stimulating the economy, would be transcendent.
Key to Humala's win was the full endorsement of Alejandro Toledo, former Peruvian president, who was originally one of the first round candidates in the presidential election. True to the twists and turns of Peruvian politics, one of Humala's insurrections was against then-President Toledo.
While the recurring story lines of the election campaign were the Fujimori family's disgrace and the radical past of Humala, the most profound back story was that Peru's poor — heavily represented in the rural areas and outside the power center of the capital in Lima — decided Peru's new President.
Despite the fact that in the last five out of six years Peru's GNP grew at a steady 8% annually, making Peru a much richer country that could invest in infrastructure that brought in foreign investment, nurtured local industry, and helped make Peru a global tourist magnet, many of Peru's poor have been left behind.
While it's true that the poor of Peru have seen their numbers drop, from 50% of the population to 30% during the economic boom, Sunday's vote declared that it is still unacceptable that one-third of the country is below the poverty line of $2 a day in earnings. Peru's prosperity should be beneficial for all Peruvians, their vote proclaimed.
They believed Ollanta Humala, the maverick outsider with no links to the elite in Peru, the United States, Europe, or Japan, would be the one who would deliver. But there are jitters that his nationalistic, populist ways will derail the Peruvian economic miracle of the past few years.
His immediate top priority between now and his inauguration on July 28th, Peruvian Independence Day, will need to be calming nervous investors and markets, assuring them that his promises for the poorest of the poor can be fulfilled, while still nurturing the long Peruvian boom. This should not be difficult to do, at least rhetorically.
Already, some of those who did not support him are working on reassuring themselves that Humala will do right by the markets. As a commentator said on Panamericana TV, "There is no appetite to mess around with prosperity. Not even Humala is going to want to do that."
Still, there is a significant amount of apprehension about whether he has a hidden agenda against the powers that be. And so when the stock market opened on Monday, it dropped 12.5%, the biggest one-day drop in its history, before regulators closed the market down.
Keeping a close eye will be his defeated rival. At 36-years-old, and having won nearly half the vote (she lost by just a few percentage points), Keiko Fujimori will remain a force to be reckoned with for some time to come.
But for now, this is Humala's moment. As he addressed his supporters in his victory speech around midnight in rolled-up shirt sleeves and no coat and tie, on a stage that jutted out into the crowd at Plaza 2 de Mayo, he laid it out plain and simple. Without thundering against the elite, and without specifics, his message was all about the poor's plight — lack of potable water, electricity, education, nutrition, health and living wages.
The poor have spoken. This is their man.
Keiko Fujimori Loses Peru's Election, But Diversity Message Struck a Chord
by Andrés T. Tapia –
This article was published by the New America Media.
Keiko Fujimori lost Peru's presidential election Sunday. But don't expect the dynamic, if difficult, Keiko–age 36, female, Gen Xer, of Japanese descent, mother of two toddlers, spouse of an American and daughter of a former president, who is now incarcerated–to fade into the shadows of Latin American politics.
Keiko–as she's known universally in Peru–has been the candidate of the unexpected and a force that likely altered Peruvian national politics for years to come.
At the presidential debate last week with her second round opponent–and Peru's new president–Ollanta Humala, her opening statement had a greeting in Quechua–the language of the descendants of the Incas in the Andes of Peru. And her closing statement concluded with sign language.
What's more, Keiko appealed to the youth vote by laying out her "Mi Primera Chamba"–My First Gig–scholarship program and to the Mom vote by promising to create nutrition programs and quality education for children.
This is not just typical political pandering in Peru, but stem from who Keiko is. She allowed TV hostess Magaly to come to her home. After they chatted like two girlfriends, she gave Magaly a tour of her middle-class home. Along the way she showed off Peruvian Andean landscape paintings her imprisoned father has done in jail, and then the pair ended up in Keiko's kitchen, where she expertly chopped vegetables for that evening's dinner.
Defying Expectations
Keiko–as everyone calls her–has become adept at presenting herself in visuals that defy traditional expectations.
When her parents split up in a bitter divorce during her father's presidency, Keiko, then age 19, officially became First Lady to fill in for her exiting mother's responsibilities.
Despite ample opportunities to go anywhere for college, she headed to Boston University to earn a degree in business administration. She returned married to Mark Vito, an U.S.-born IBM consultant, who did not speak Spanish.
Without a hint of self-consciousness, Keiko projected her Japanese visage on big screens at political rallies surrounded by a sea of dark-skinned indigenous Peruvians. Though her roots are Asian, she appealed to them as one of them, her racial minority physical features presenting a kindred-outsider status to the marginalized people of Peru–just as happened when her father ascended to power.
The elements of her biography don't merely translate into images defying the status quo; they drive her fusion of a right-of-center and a populist political platform. Her ease with crossing socioeconomic and racial barriers has influenced a right-brain/left-brain, left-wing/right-wing heterodoxy that is both pragmatic and passionate.
Despite deeply held reservations by many Peruvians about her filial links to her father, jailed for corruption and human rights abuses, Keiko's implicit and explicit diversity and her messages of inclusion, helped propel her into the second and final electoral round having beat out another former president, Alejandro Toledo, and a successful former minister of finance and economy, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski–a graduate of both Oxford and Princeton Universities, no less.
Presidential Candidate Mom
Keiko was also nearly the first Latin American female president with young children and, therefore, the first high-profile role model for work-and-family flexibility. As is typical of middle-class Peruvians, she has live-in childcare help. But her fluid movement in and out of her roles as leader and mother seems remarkably seamless.
After the first-round election results were announced and Keiko was declared one of the two finalists, Keiko handled her press conference with ease.
Afterward as she exited through the phalanx of journalists, her 18-month-old, Kaori Marcela, straddled in her left arm, Keiko took impromptu questions shouted out by journalists. As the child began to fuss, she switched from potential president of Peru to attentive Mom. With a smile, Keiko said, "Ok, it's time–got to go."
And with no apology, she left. Whatever else may come for Keiko, that's what her multicultural country folk will remember. Keiko–young, centered and, without apologies, very much herself.
Now in her loss, she must plot out her next career move while Dad sits in jail with no chance of a pardon and her children continue to make their toddler demands. Meanwhile, she will watch as her rival takes the reins of the future she had been so certain was destined to be hers.
She has time – a lot of it – to let things play out. Five years from now Keiko's Magical Diversity Tour still likely to be fueled up and waiting for her to lead the way.
Peru Election 2011: Keiko Fujimori's Magical Diversity Tour
by Andrés T. Tapia –
This article was published by the New America Media.
Keiko Fujimori–age 36, female, Gen Xer, of Japanese descent, mother of two toddlers, spouse of an American and daughter of a former president, who is now incarcerated–may be Peru's next president.
If chosen in Sunday's election, Fujimori would be Peru's first woman president and one of four today in Latin America—and one of only seven in the region's history. Like Laura Chinchilla in Costa Rica, Cristina Kirchner in Argentina and Dilma Rousseff in Brazil, her gender will influence her agenda. But so will her youth.
At the presidential debate last week with her second round opponent, Ollanta Humala, her opening statement had a greeting in Quechua–the language of the descendants of the Incas in the Andes of Peru. And her closing statement concluded with sign language.
What's more, Fujimori appealed to the youth vote by laying out her "Mi Primera Chamba"–My First Gig–scholarship program and to the Mom vote by promising to create nutrition programs and quality education for children.
This is not just typical political pandering in Peru, but stem from who Fujimori is. She allowed TV hostess Magaly to come to her home. After they chatted like two girlfriends, she gave Magaly a tour of her middle-class home. Along the way she showed off Peruvian Andean landscape paintings her imprisoned father has done in jail, and then the pair ended up in Fujimori's kitchen, where she expertly chopped vegetables for that evening's dinner.
Defying Expectations
Keiko—as everyone calls her—has become adept at presenting herself in visuals that defy traditional expectations.
When her parents split up in a bitter divorce during her father's presidency, Keiko, then age19, officially became First Lady to fill in for her exiting mother's responsibilities.
Despite ample opportunities to go anywhere for college, she headed to Boston University to earn a degree in business administration. She returned married to Mark Vito, an U.S.-born IBM consultant, who did not speak Spanish.
Without a hint of self-consciousness, Keiko projects her Japanese visage on big screens at political rallies surrounded by a sea of dark-skinned indigenous Peruvians. Though her roots are Asian, she appeals to them as one of them, her racial minority physical features presenting a kindred-outsider status to the marginalized people of Peru–just as happened when her father ascended to power.
The elements of her biography don't merely translate into images defying the status quo; they drive her fusion of a right-of-center and a populist political platform. Her ease with crossing socioeconomic and racial barriers has influenced a right-brain/left-brain, left-wing/right-wing heterodoxy that is both pragmatic and passionate.
Despite deeply held reservations by many Peruvians about her filial links to her father, jailed for corruption and human rights abuses, Keiko's implicit and explicit diversity and her messages of inclusion, helped propel her into the second and final electoral round having beat out another former president, Alejandro Toledo, and a successful former minister of finance and economy, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski—a graduate of both Oxford and Princeton Universities, no less.
Presidential Candidate Mom
Keiko would also be the first Latin American female president with young children and, therefore, the first high-profile role model for work-and-family flexibility. As is typical of middle-class Peruvians, she has live-in childcare help. But her fluid movement in and out of her roles as leader and mother seems remarkably seamless.
After the first-round election results were announced and Keiko was declared one of the two finalists, Keiko handled her press conference with ease.
Afterward as she exited through the phalanx of journalists, her 18-month-old, Kaori Marcela, straddled in her left arm, Keiko took impromptu questions shouted out by journalists. As the child began to fuss, she switched from potential president of Peru to attentive Mom. With a smile, Keiko said, "Ok, it's time–got to go."
And with no apology, she left.
Peru Election 2011: Democracy's Faustian Choices
by Andrés T. Tapia —
This article was published by the New America Media.
On Sunday, June 5, I will join thousands of expat Peruvians at St. Agustin College in Chicago to vote in the second and final electoral round in choosing the next president of Peru.
The collective mood of Peruvians is highly apprehensive about what's next, despite–or perhaps because ofthe country's substantial eight percent growth in gross national product in five of the last six years. That is among the highest in the world.
Sunday's election is where the red-hot issues of race, gender, age, imprisonment, insurrection, poverty and economic boom will be shaken in a volatile political cocktail.
The choice between Keiko Fujimori and Ollanta Humala has come down to two candidates with a lot of potentially problematic baggage. Keiko is the daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori who is serving multiple multiyear sentences in a maximum-security prison in Lima, convicted of corruption and human rights abuses.
Ollanta led two failed insurrections in the Andes against democratically elected governments, and his father espouses an indigenous nationalistic ideology that borders on reverse racism.
These are not the kind of pedigrees that inspire change Peruvians can believe in.
Below the Surface
Yet…Yet, as is often the case in surrealistic Peru, what is on and below the surface, confounds logic. And unexpected turns of events can be equally damming or redemptive. Both candidates are exercising considerable effort to cut the binds of their political past.
In the final debate last Sunday between the two, Fujimori did her best to paint Humala as a destabilizing force, but he held his ground as someone who has recast his persona–aided by Brazilian political consultants–as a man of reason, rather than as a firebrand revolutionary.
And try as Humala did to link Fujimori to the corruption that had led to her father's imprisonment, she stopped him in his tracks by asserting that Humala had spent most of his time debating the wrong person. "I am the candidate, not the man who is sitting in prison." The sins of the fathers, she insisted, should not be visited upon their offspring.
While many Peruvians are willing to give Fujimori this pass–as she leads in the polls by about four percentage points but with a very large percentage of undecided voters– many are not.
Bitterness still surfaces at what many consider betrayal on the part of Alberto Fujimori, who arguably could have gone down in history as one of Peru's greatest presidents after he tamed hyperinflation, defeated two terrorist movements, and laid the foundation for Peru's sustained economic boom.
His downfall?
Whether it was willingly or coerced, Fujimori entered a Faustian pact with Vladimiro Montesinos, his head of DINCOTE, the Peruvian secret service. Montesinos bribed politicians, generals, TV station owners and journalists with bundles of cash, while he lead a brutal, no-holds-barred war against terrorism.
After separate fugitive escapes to other countries both men were dramatically captured and ended up in the same prison convicted by Peruvian courts on multiple counts. As befitting of a Latin American novel, they were initially incarcerated in the same jail holding Abimael Guzman, the Peruvian Osama bin Laden. Through his Shining Path movement, Guzman had unleashed real and psychological destruction on Peruvian society. He had heroically been captured under the leadership of his current prison mates.
Terrorism, Torture and Human Rights
So it is that Peruvian society is highly polarized about Keiko Fujimori's father in a way echoing the U.S. debate around whether torture– along with its the suspension of human rights– is justifiable when facing nihilistic terrorists willing to kill anyone and everyone.
But it wasn't the human rights debate that sunk Peru's first president of Japanese descent. Most Peruvians, who lived the sheer terror of Guzman's Shining Path, with its car bombs and massacres, were willing to make their own Faustian deal by looking the other way as Fujimori's regime put an end to the Shining Path's madness–but only by responding in kind.
No, what did Fujimori in for many Peruvians, was the blatant bribery conducted in the name of a leader, who had established a new pragmatic, non-ideological paradigm for bringing about change.
It was under Fujimori that the longstanding practices of massive disregard for paying taxes came to an end, as he prosecuted many of the nonbelievers in paying state tribute.
Even as people were pissed off at having to pay taxes, grudging respect became growing respect for a president, who made it clear that there were rules all–with no exceptions even among the elite–had to follow.
As Peruvians got in line with the country's new path, state revenues grew and were put into transformational use, building thousands of schools, kilometers of highways, electrical grids and water systems.
That the exemplar of rectitude had under his nose one of the most blatant bribery campaigns the country had ever seen was unforgivable.
It's forgiveness, however, that's on Keiko's mind–or more accurately, a pardon. It's no secret that she does not believe innocent people should be in jail and since she insists her father is not guilty, she would likely pardon him.
While Peruvians debate the limits of forgiveness, Ollanta offers another test.
His first presidential campaign five years ago when he lost to Alan Garcia was partially bankrolled by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. His policies are antithetical to the free market economic programs that have reduced extreme poverty in Peru from 50 percent to 30 percent. Massive foreign investment in Peru has fueled the economic transformation.
Still, that leaves one-third of the country in abject poverty, a damning metric. It is this proportion of the population that has declared trickle down a fiction and see in Humala someone who will plead their cause regardless of his history of insurrection or suspect influences. They are willing to make this Faustian tradeoff.
For Ollanta, though, Chavez's well documented ambition to extend the Cuban Revolution into modern day Venezuela–and his eagerness to influence other parts of South America via Bolivia's Evo Morales and Ecuador's Rafael Correa–are the very things that may make enough Peruvians turn away from him and look the other way, yet again.
If so, they in turn will cast their own Faustian vote that may indeed free Alberto Fujimori, as the price for hopefully preserving the economic boom.
Connecting Hispanics and Corporate America: Take Five with HACR's Carlos Orta
by Andrés T. Tapia —
As president and CEO of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), Carlos Orta leads an organization with a bold, yet simple-to-understand mission, "to ensure the inclusion of Hispanics in Corporate America at a level commensurate with our economic contributions."
His background is well suited to leading this charge, having served in several capacities for major corporations such as Anheuser-Busch and the Ford Motor Company, and as a legislative staffer in the Florida House of Representatives. Under Carlos' leadership, HACR has initiated programs, conducted studies and papers, and championed Hispanics and our impact on the economy, philanthropy, and corporate governance. As a result, Carlos and HACR have become the authority on Hispanics and corporate responsibility.
During our frequent travels, I often run into Carlos at various conferences. We recently caught up with each other, and as HACR celebrates its silver anniversary, Carlos agreed to share his thoughts about the organization and its 25 years.
Take 1: You often refer to the mission of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) as having four pillars. What are those pillars, and why are they important?
HACR works with its corporate partners, stakeholders, elected officials, and community leaders to provide them with the expertise and tools necessary to ensure the inclusion of Hispanics in our four areas of corporate social responsibility and market reciprocity. Those four areas are employment, procurement, philanthropy, and governance.
With over 50 million consumers, Hispanics represent 16% of the population in the United States, including Puerto Rico, and have an estimated annual purchasing power of $1.2 trillion or 9.6% of the US GDP.
For HACR and the Hispanic community, a company's reputation and goodwill is based on its ability to promote reciprocity in all areas of the company's business model. To ensure the continued support and patronage of the Hispanic community, a company should strive to employ Hispanics, contract with Hispanic-owned businesses, support Hispanic-serving organizations, and utilize Hispanic talent to lead its operations in roughly the same proportions that Hispanic consumers support the company.
Take 2: Even though HACR's mission is targeted toward corporations, its Board of Directors is made up of leaders of different Latino advocacy groups that are not necessarily in the business world. How well does it work for Latino advocacy groups to play an important role in influencing corporations to seek and develop Latino talent?
It works very well. And it works because they have a direct link to more than 50 million Latino consumers.
Collectively, the coalition members reflect the voice of Hispanics living in the United States and Puerto Rico, serving those diverse communities through advocacy, education, representation, assistance, capacity building, public policy support, resource development, and the exertion of political influence. HACR Coalition Members work with more than 1,500 affiliate community-based organizations serving the Hispanic community in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, including more than 450 institutions of higher learning enrolling three out of every four US Hispanic college students, and 400 publications with a combined circulation of more than 10 million.
Take 3: U.S. immigration reform is currently a polarizing issue. How important is resolving the immigration issue to the mission of HACR?
HACR does not deal directly with immigration or policy matters related to immigration reform; however it does affect our Coalition members. We rely on our Coalition members to drive the immigration discussion. They are the experts and the leaders on this front. Regardless of one's immigration status, you are still a consumer – and one that over indexes on a variety of products and services.
Take 4: It is commonly predicted that Latinos will comprise a quarter of the U.S. population within the next generation. What are the greatest economic opportunities that these increased numbers will make possible for Latinos, and what vulnerabilities within the Latino community do you remain most concerned about?
Latinos are the fastest growing and youngest population in the United States. As the Baby Boomer generation retires, tomorrow's workforce will be made up of Latinos. In addition, as Fortune 500 companies make geographic shifts, they are relocating into areas that have a higher Latino population (South, Southwest and West Coast).
Given our population and buying power, these corporations should see the value of recruiting, retaining and advancing Latinos at all levels of their corporate structures.
While Hispanics represent over 16% of the total US workforce, we continue to be underrepresented in the leadership of major U.S corporations. According to our own HACR 2010 Corporate Inclusion Index (CII) Survey, of the 1,191 board of director seats at Fortune 100 companies, only 3.6% of the seats were held by Hispanics.
In a recent review of Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 Boards between 2004 and 2010, findings show there are still big gaps to fill and much opportunity for minority inclusion. HACR continues to be an advocate of inclusion and seeks to provide the tools and assistance to those who want to develop their leadership skills.
Take 5: HACR just celebrated its 25th anniversary in DC. What do you believe is the organization's greatest accomplishment so far, and what is your vision of what its greatest accomplishment will be 25 years from now?
A quarter of a century after it was founded, HACR's mission is at its most critical and relevant in the organization's history. Since the organization's inception, which came at a time when Ronald Reagan was president and Michael Jackson moon walked his way into the American psyche, Hispanics have grown exponentially into the largest minority in the country. And yet, hard work remains to be done, and HACR has geared itself into a future-oriented institution.
Throughout the last 25 years, HACR has been the catalyst for change in Corporate America by staying true to its mission to advance the inclusion of Hispanics at a level commensurate with their economic contributions. We have developed programs specifically to provide a platform to talk with and nurture talent for executive boards, C-suite positions and upcoming executives. These programs include the HACR Corporate Directors Summit, The Corporate Executive Forum™, the HACR CEO Roundtable, and the HACR Young Hispanic Corporate Achievers™.
The goal for HACR in 25 years will be that we will have achieved our mission. And for those companies that didn't get it, that didn't understand the value of including Hispanics at all levels, they will lose out on two fronts: our financial and intellectual capital.
Connecting Diversity to Space Design: Take Five with Gensler's Tom Mulhern
by Andrés T. Tapia —
Tom Mulhern works at the intersection of people, space, and technology. As Strategic Planner for Gensler, he consults with clients and design teams to identify and create contexts for great design. As he has consulted with several companies about the accessibility and sustainability of their workplaces, unexpected synergies have come into play. The challenges and opportunities that the workplace presents Tom, as a space designer, raise issues of diversity and inclusion. After we had the pleasure of working together, Tom agreed to discuss his insights about workplaces in this Take Five interview.
Today for most organizations that employ knowledge workers – in the US and worldwide – the workplace, as a distinct, physical location, has become optional. What was once the only way to organize complex work and workers is now something organizations and leaders can choose (or not) depending on what they want to achieve. The technology to do this has arrived, in the form of "The Cloud" and the always-connected mobile device. And the workers themselves, at school and at home, have spent the past 15 years rehearsing the multi-tasking, time-shifting, results-seeking required to make a flexible workplace work. Add to this the "new normal" of a cost- and resource-constrained global economy, and we find that almost every Gensler client is seeking to implement virtual and flexible office strategies.
But optional is not the same as obsolete. Just think of how often we still use paper and pen, postal mail or your landline phone. So, if a dedicated, permanent physical workspace is no longer a necessity, why might organizations choose it – at least for some processes, at least some of the time?
Some reasons to be present physically include,
- Mentor and learn from others
- Really get to know colleagues and be known by them
- Connect to and be inspired by organizational mission, vision and values
- Make serendipitous connections to people and ideas ("water cooler")
- Convey seriousness, scale and professionalism to customers
- Get access to scarce resources – production equipment, labs, etc.
There are also compelling reasons to work from wherever,
- Integrate work more effectively into life (good for individual, recruiting tool for organization)
- Support the global work day (up in the morning with Europe, late to bed with Asia)
- Preserve organizational security – distribute operations to reduce risk from disaster or terror
- Save costs and carbon associated with real estate (organization)
- Save time, expense and carbon of commuting (individual)
- Learn to use the communication technologies required for successful innovation (individual and organization)
So the idea is not to minimize real estate, but rather to maximize presence. When people are physically present, are they doing the things in the first list? Is the physical environment optimized for the goals? If your organization is still defaulting to the physical workplace, are you aware of the potential embedded in the second list?
Take 2: Changing demographics and lifestyles have driven many of these workplace differences. Can you elaborate on the connection between changing demographic groups/ lifestyle needs and space design changes?
The drivers are more psychographic than demographic. They are largely keyed to life stages and lifestyles, not particular generational tendencies. For instance, the generation most prepared to work this way – the fabled Millennials – is not necessarily the one best served by flexible work arrangements. Millennials entering the workforce need connection to organizations, mentors, and inspiration. They are most prepared to thrive in a social, embodied physical workplace. By contrast, flexible work arrangements are more appropriate to mid-career workers with family or civic commitments, and to later-career workers who are seeking to reduce, but not eliminate, the role their professional identity plays in their lives. The two biggest conceptual victims of the Optional Office may be the "Mommy Track" and "Retirement." Both of these notions are grounded in a time when physical presence was an all-or-nothing proposition.
Take 3: I've shared with you and members of your firm how much U.S. corporate firms are influenced by a white, Anglo-Saxon, individualistic aesthetic, and how it runs counter to a Latin, Catholic, communal aesthetic. As you think of the future of corporate space, and we think of Latinos becoming ¼ of U.S. population, how will this affect how we think about design?
I would expect to see a massive "Southern" influence in design over the next 20 years. Latin America, India, and Africa will continue to gain in cultural influence on the rest of the world, bringing color, comfort, and community to the workplace and to all aspects of our lives. All of this will be muted some by the overwhelming capital that has been put in place behind very conventional, international (read European) style design in countless buildings being thrown up across China and Latin America itself. But to move beyond aesthetics, I believe the most powerful influence from non-European cultures will be functional. Communal, flowing arrangements of space, such as the Plaza, the Pueblo and the Mercado, will be very important patterns for the organization of Flex organizations. The European arrangement of task – from monk's carrels to cubicles – will be less and less well suited to the interconnections and complexity that are required to innovate and thrive in our world.
Take 4: Gensler has done significant work looking at the correlation between workplace design and employee productivity and engagement. Can you elaborate on what those connections are?
The first, and maybe most obvious connection, is that when an organization pays attention to the physical, emotional, and social design of the workplace, the organization is saying to its people, "You are valued people doing important work that is worth investing in." This is sort of the old Western Electric effect, where any investment translates to good will. The second connection, for which there is growing evidence, but which does not work in a linear or mechanical way, is that work environments can be tuned to increase desired behaviors – say casual collaboration and cross-pollination of ideas – and to decrease non-desired behaviors – say hoarding of resources and knowledge. We have hard data that demonstrates conclusively the connection between a workplace's physical design and its performance in terms of productivity, engagement, and retention. Top Performing companies have workplaces that score 20-40% higher on Gensler's multi-variable measure, the Workplace Performance Index (WPI). The hard part is that this data is not universal. You have to make the right investments in space to get the returns. And the right investments vary according to the business goals you seek.
Take 5: The terms "diversity" and "inclusion" have not necessarily been part of your discourse through most of your career, but lately they have become an important part of your work. What does diversity and inclusion mean for you now professionally and personally?
Beyond ADA (Americans with Disability Act) requirements, diversity and inclusion have not been a significant topic in commercial architecture and design. This is changing. And the main reason it is changing is the Innovation Imperative. In a global economy, survival depends on innovative capacity. Organizations have to innovate and adapt extremely rapidly. And without internal sources of diversity – of background, worldview, or discipline – organizations can't perform the most straightforward innovation trick: to think differently. The challenge for architecture and design is to create environments that go far beyond permitting diversity to actually activating diversity. Those environments will be ones in which no one ethnic group, gender or other group will have an in-built advantage. I am not sure what form these will take, but I've started referring to them as "out of the comfort zones."
Brazil's Economic Future Depends on Education and Diversity
by Andrés T. Tapia —
SAO PAOLO – As the focus goes to the implications of Dilma Rousseff's election on Sunday, as I left Brazil a few days ago I thought about how much of its promising future depends not only on macro and microeconomics and globalization, but also on the education of its children.
With a growing economy, increasing political stability, and a renewed national sense of hope, Brazil now faces one of its most pressing challenges – educating its youth. A World Bank report concluded that unless the country addresses its current state of education, Brazil will likely fall behind other developing countries, threatening its plans to be a dominant player on the world's economic stage.
The numbers are, indeed, troubling. Brazilian students score among the lowest on international tests for basic skills in reading, mathematics, and science. They trail other Latin American countries like Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay. Brazilian 15-year-olds tied for 49th out of 56 countries on the reading portion of the Program for International Student Assessment. And more than 50% scored in the bottom reading level of the test, performing even worse in math and science. And according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Brazil has one of the highest high school drop out rates for students in its region.
Underneath these stats exists a yawning gap between more-affluent Brazilians and the country's poor citizens. The educational achievement of students who are descendents of Indigenous people, Africans, or youngsters from poor rural areas is even worse than the national stats indicate.
To its credit, the Brazilian government has taken aggressive steps to address this situation, most notably the Bolsa Família initiative, a subsidy program that, among other things, requires school attendance. More poor students are in school and staying longer, as a result. And according to a New York Times article, education has become a burning issue for departing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who sees the issue as an important part of his legacy. But is it enough?
Let's overlay the education statistics onto a peek at Brazil's economic situation. The Brazilian GDP is more than $2 trillion and, according to Forbes Magazine, continues to grow thanks to new oil discoveries and its exportation of minerals and raw materials. The government is investing heavily in its IT sector and the national infrastructure. And yet, companies are facing the challenge of finding workers with enough basic skills to fill even manual labor jobs, exacerbating the country's extreme gap between wealthy citizens and those in dire poverty.
All together – the need for skilled workers at all levels, a growing economy, and a struggling educational system – this situation represents a formula for future troubles. There simply won't be enough adequately educated youth prepared to take their rightful places in the Brazilian workforce to sustain its national goals. And that's the real threat all the crianças ( kids) I see on the streets of San Paulo represent.
This scenario cries for a diversity intervention – one that enables the entire Brazilian society, particularly its elite, to put as much effort in educating its marginalized and poorer citizens, not simply because it's the right thing to do, but because it's an economic necessity. As I suggest in the Inclusion Paradox, it will take Brazilians understanding the differences within their country's various ethnic and marginalized social groups, building on common cultural touchstones, and then, finding the Brazilian way to navigate those differences. A tall order, but one, I believe that Brazil which has shown the energy and political and social will to address its earlier challenges, can certainly accomplish.
Brazilian Particularism – The Ying and Yang of Going With the Flow
by Andres T. Tapia —
Milton really had me. As my driver in Rio for a full day of sightseeing, attending a futbol match, and then taking me to the airport, he had me fully enthralled by his stories, carioca philosophy, humor, and ability to tap into my Latin sense of solidarity. And by the end of the day he also had me in that he cheated me out of an extra $50.
Or maybe he didn't. And it's in the ambiguity of what happened that doing business in Brazil is often like.
So, to understand the rest of the story, a rapid explanation of two contrasting worldviews in how fairness is interpreted: Particularism is a worldview that is comfortable determining what is fair based on circumstances vs Universalism which believes that what is fair is based on rules that apply to everyone equally.
The day had unfolded in a comfortable particularistic way for this Peruvian who also comes from a spontaneous society. On a whim here and there, I had Milton stop there and here. The beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana, Pão de Açúcar (Sugar Loaf Mountain), Corcovado (Christ the Redeemer). We stopped to see a samba school practice on a side street. I got out and walked on the malecon along the coast with azure waters to the East and lush green mountains to the West.
Near Copacabana he convinced me to check out an exclusive jewelry sale where, if he dropped off someone he had "recruited," he would get a "drop off" commission. I was willing to help him get some extra cash because I saw it as a good opportunity to journalistically experience one of those exclusive sales where smartly dressed women and men pull out thin drawers of the most exquisite and expensive jewelry. Half a million dollars worth of jewelry were paraded in front of me with the salesperson's promise that my wife would love me forever if I succumbed to their rubied and topazed enchantments.
After extricating myself from the hard sale hiding behind a veneer of upper class feigned detachment, I found Milton waiting for me, engine running to scoot me over to that famed soccer temple, Maracana Stadium, where two of Rio's archrival soccer teams were playing against each other. The elite's favorite, Fluminense, and the passion of those living in the impoverished favelas, Botafogo. Thanks to his connections he helped me get last minute tickets to the sold-out game where the torcidas, fan sections, shashayed for 90 minutes to the samba rhythms drummed out of the baterias.
As he dropped me off, the easy camaraderie that we had developed was reinforced as he pumped me up with fascinating stories of the long standing soccer rivalry. He gave me explicit instructions about leaving the game 5 minutes before the final whistle no matter how exciting the game was to ensure we would not get caught in the sea of jubilant and dejected fans from the two different teams and where to find him so he could whisk me off to the airport to catch my flight in time.
And true to plan, there he was in the designated spot. I hopped in, he shook my hand, and we celebrated the eventful game. He had listened to the game on the radio so we easily shared in the replays of the great moments.
The day had been fun and joyous, and I gotten to do all that I had hoped for during my last day in Rio. As we neared the airport and I was pulling out the cash to cover the agreed-to fare for the full day with multiple stops, he had "unfortunate" news to share with me. While waiting for me outside the stadium, he had had to take a risk and had parked in a no-wait zone and a policeman had fined him $50 and could I include that in my fare since he had risked it just for me? Hmmmmm…..
One of Brazil's greatest assets, as well as challenge, in consolidating its position as the fifth largest economy on the world stage, is a cultural trait of being able to flex to whatever gets put in front its people. Whether it be unexpected events, laws, circumstances, Brazilians are adept at going with the flow, a trait caricaturized by the brilliant soccer metaphor of joie de cintura, game of the waist, full of flourishes, feints, dips, knee bends, and hip throws.
What Is Right?
For Americans and other cultures that are more universalist, this can be challenging. I realized then that Brazilians were even more particularist than the particularist Peru I had grown up with. But was this truly a particularist situation where Milton was asking me to partake of the risk and rewards of going with the flow that sometimes included bending the rules? Or was this a con?
I was conflicted. I felt the twinge of this being a set up, but on the other hand Milton had truly provided me with an extraordinary day. Was this a way of him making sure I tipped him? Was it an indirect way of recoupping the low ball day fare he had offered me before he realized how many places I would ask to go to? Was there a real fine in the mix or a bribe he had to offer the police officer to get his driver's license back? I had no idea. And there I was in the back of the seat of Milton's cab, door open, next to the TAM Airlines departures entrance.
So I split the difference and said, l didn't ask you to park illegally but since you did it for my benefit, I'll pay for half of that fine. I added $25 to the total agreed to amount for the day. Milton's mood darkened as he took the money. We said our tchaus (goodbyes), and I had many obrigados (thank yous) to shower on him, but the spell had been broken. And so with my carry-on to my side, I lingered standing on the curb, as I watched Milton drive away. The Brazilian saying, "to a friend, everything; to an enemy, the law" scrolled through my mind.
As I have written in The Inclusion Paradox I believe that every culture has the virtues of its worldview plus the shadow side of that worldview that, when left unchecked, leads to less than ideal behaviors. Is the shadow side of particularism that with ever changing rules others can be more easily manipulated? Is the shadow side of universalism mercilessness when not considering individual circumstances in the imposition of the law?
To this day I don't know what Milton had intended, if anything. I just know that I was uncertain in the moment of the ask, and in my response. I simply did not know what was below the waterline. I just knew that I could not rely on what I felt.
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OKH Group is primarily involved in the business of property development and the provision of construction services and large-scale A&A works in Singapore. Please refer to Section B.4 entitled "Projects" in the Letter to Shareholders from OKH of this Circular for information on the details of projects undertaken by it.
In its business of property development, the current focus of OKH Group is on industrial and commercial developments in Singapore. This is a natural progression from its construction business as it has the capabilities to design, build and manage its developments internally.
As a contractor, OKH Group's principal activity is the provision of construction services and large-scale A&A works to a wide range of clientele from both the private and public sectors in Singapore. Since 2000, OKH has been upgrading its BCA grading and is now a registered builder under the category CW01 - General Building with a financial grading of B1. This allows OKH to tender for any building or construction projects in the public sector with a project value up to S$40.0 million, based on the prevailing BCA guidelines.
In addition, OKH Group also derives rental income from its investment properties, of which the bulk of the rental income is derived from its dormitory at Seatown Industrial Centre. Please refer to Section B.11 entitled "Properties and Fixed Assets" in the Letter to Shareholders from OKH of this Circular for more details.


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In an appearance on Thursday's "Fox & Friends" broadcast, Milwaukee Co., WI Sheriff David Clarke reacted to the Department of Justice's decision not to pursue charges against Ferguson, MO Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown.
When the topic of activist Al Sharpton was broached, Clarke had some strong words.
"I don't expect anything intelligent to come out of the mouth of Al Sharpton," Clarke said. "We know he is a charlatan. Al Sharpton ought to go back into the gutter he came from. The police officer is owed a lot from him, Eric Holder and the President of the United States."
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A few months ago I was invited to participate on a group board on Pinterest. When I read the board title and description below, I couldn't resist. Almost every day someone finds or creates a beautiful image with inspiring words attached. While I await yet another snowstorm with 8 inches of snow heading this way, I wanted to share my most recent favorite from this board. Just a little something to cheer you (and myself) up in this never ending winter.
Love and Light for All
This board champions love and light for all people. May we love one another for the unique individuals we are, respect each other for our differences, rejoice in the attributes we share in common as members of the human family, celebrate the joys of living, uplift and comfort each other, and live together in harmony and peace. Namaste Day!
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Loveandlightnow.org & facebook.com/LoveandLightNow are dedicated to our collective healing and enlightenment. Love & light to all! ~ Christina Fullmer
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The Hamptons International Film Festival has tapped James Vanderbilt's Truth as its opening night film.
The film, which stars Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Topher Grace and Elisabeth Moss, will screen Oct. 8 in East Hampton. Based on a true story, Truth centers on news anchor Dan Rather (Redford) during his final days at CBS News when he broadcast a report about how President George W. Bush relied on privilege and family connections to avoid fighting in the Vietnam War.
Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in theaters Oct. 16.
"We had the pleasure of having James Vanderbilt serve as a mentor in our Screenwriters Lab back in 2009, and we're thrilled to have him back as the director of our Opening Night film," HIFF artistic director David Nugent said. "He's made a sharp and insightful film with wonderful performances that makes audiences consider the ever-changing relationship between journalism and politics in today's media."
This year's Narrative Competition feature films include Matt Sobel's Take Me to the River, Ciro Guerra's Embrace of the Serpent, Avishai Sivan's Tikkun, Grimur Hakonarson's Rams and Diasteme's French Blood.
This year's Documentary Competition feature films include the world premiere of Jon Fox's Newman, David Shapiro's Missing People, Jean-Gabriel Périot's A German Youth, Michael Madsen's The Visit and Ilinca Calugareanu's Chuck Norris Vs Communism.
"This year's lineup once again demonstrates our outstanding programming team's taste in film," HIFF executive director Anne Chaisson said. "We are back with smart, intriguing and stimulating films from 10 countries from around the globe that continue to position our festival on a competitive landscape, while still staying faithful to our audience."
The Narrative and Documentary Competition Awards are selected by a prestigious group of industry professionals. This year's jury includes Michael H. Weber, writer of (500) Days of Summer and The Fault in Our Stars, The Weinstein Company head of U.S. production and acquisitions Dan Guando, actor Josh Charles (The Good Wife, Masters of Sex), author and film critic Marshall Fine and Conde Nast Entertainment acquisitions consultant Sarah Lash.
The Feature Jury Prize winner in each category receives a package of essential goods and services valued at over $85,000 to be used toward the making of his or her next feature film and a cash prize of $3,000.
The 23rd annual Hamptons International Film Festival will be held over Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 8-12. [Source]


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Crispy and buttery beef and mushroom pies
When it comes to Christmas time, it's all about the home and hearty comforts.
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- 1kg boneless beef, cut into 2cm cubes
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 crushed cloves of garlic
- 1 leek, white part only, halved and thinly sliced
- 250g mixed mushrooms, diced
- 2 tbsp plain flour
- 2 cups beef stock
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 2 sheets butter puff-pastry
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- Place beef in large dish and mix in half the oil and some seasoning.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C (or 160°C for fan ovens).
- Heat the beef in smaller batches over medium-high heat in a large casserole dish, before setting aside to cool.
- Keep the dish on medium heat before adding garlic, leek and mushrooms – cooking for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Slowly sprinkle in flour, ensuring vegetables are thinly coated.
- Gradually stir in beef stock.
- Add beef back into the dish, stirring well with thyme until mixture begins to boil.
- Cover dish and place in oven to cook for 2 hours, checking meat is tender and stirring occasionally. Ensure you remove lid for final half hour.
- Stir in spinach and cool for 20-30 minutes.
- Switch up oven heat to 220°C (or 200°C for fan ovens).
- Pour cooled beef into six 1-cup sized pie dishes and cover with pastry lid – securing edges with added pressure.
- Brush egg across tops and cut small slits in to let heat escape.
- Cook for 25 to 30 minutes, checking pastry is crisp and golden.
These pies are best served with a sprig of thyme for extra flavour. They go perfectly with mashed potato and peas or beans.


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This useful product has been designed & manufactured for us by Tractive Suspension, in Nederlands, to fit 2014 KTM 690 Enduro rear OEM WP shock.
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It is a very simple, quick way to adjust the preload when carrying extra luggage, or a passenger, or going from street to off-road travelling.
Requires our slightly shorter Uprated Rear Spring 87Nm (supplied with kit)
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Marwell Zoo 2012
Had a very nice day at Marwell Zoo (now called Marwell Wildlife), and pleasantly not as packed with kids as I thought it would be !
I paid my homage to the penguins and wandered around the site a few times which resulted in my getting some good shots of the cats as they became more active later in the day (near feeding time, around 4pm ish). The Cheetah pen was my favourite with two female cheetahs at first just sunbathing fairly far off but later in the afternoon they were wandering around and even walking right below me
Marwell has a resident camera club (http://www.marwellphotogroup.org.uk/index.php) who held an exhibition of their work which was very inspiring. Full members can even go onto the grounds early mornings before the public are allowed in to get good shots of the animals waking up and being fed.
Animals to watch out for:
Penguins - get fed at 3pm during a talk by the keepers. There is an underwater viewing area where you can watch them swim by
Big cats - Cheetahs, Leopard, Snow Leopads & Tigers - you can get some good shots later in the afternoon as they walk around
Meerkats - wonderful little creatures, excellent for photos
Laughing Kookabura - never seen one before but he came right up to me in the walk through aviary he's in and was fascinating to watch and hear !
Marwell is well worth a visit, lots of animals to view and many playgrounds to keep young kids happy. My only gripe would be with the cost of food there which is very overpriced. Much better to bring a picnic with you, especially if you have a large group!
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Personalizing Pegboards to Meet Your Storage Needs
organization is a versatile, functional, fun way to take advantage of vertical
space. Pegboards are great for keeping tools and supplies neatly
organized. With a pegboard everything is
easy to find, easy to use and easy to put away.
A really great feature of pegboards is that they can be easily customized to coordinate with pretty much any décor. Anytime you can marry style and storage, that's a good thing. The ideal storage blends with and compliments a room's décor.
Check out these simple ways to incorporate pegboard organization into your decor.
A painted pegboard has a finished look that can really enhance a room's décor.
The beauty of paint is that it can be mixed to match any color. Choose a color that compliments the room's color scheme and ties the pegboard in as a natural element of the room's design.
When painting pegboards be sure to start with a raw surface. Some pegboards come with a glossy surface that will not absorb paint. The result is paint that scrapes right off once it's dry. Use a small roller to apply paint quickly and easily.
When painting pegboards be sure to start with a raw surface. Some pegboards come with a glossy surface that will not absorb paint. The result is paint that scrapes right off once it's dry. Use a small roller to apply paint quickly and easily.
You'll find several examples of painted pegboards along with the above image (my favorite) at Apartment Therapy.
This cheerful turquoise pegboard provides a brilliant pop of color nestled among the surrounding white furniture. The bright color makes a fun, unifying backdrop for colorful art supplies.
Another fun way to personalize your pegboard organization is by stenciling. Stencils come in a wide variety and can be painted any color to match the décor. They are a versatile, inexpensive way to add interest.
Whether laid out using masking tape or done using an actual stencil, a painted design adds interest to a plain old pegboard.
a few well placed images stenciled to a plain, white pegboard add just the right amount of charm. The coordinating frame gives the whole thing a finished look.
One of my favorite ways to personalize a pegboard comes from Angela at the Posh Space who covered a pegboard in fabric and mounted it on a reverse frame.
As with paint, there is an almost endless supply of fabric choices when it comes to covering your pegboard. Choose one that compliments your existing decor or start fresh by building a color scheme around a favorite fabric.
Give your pegboard a finished look by framing it. Cut a pegboard to fit an existing frame or build a custom frame around any size pegboard you like.
Look for old frames at thrift stores, flea markets and garage sales. Fitted with a small segment of pegboard, this example provides an attractive place to hang sewing tools and accessories.
Pegboards are perfect for hanging jewelry. The addition of a frame adds a polished look to this custom jewelry display. I love the use of a frame within a frame to section off the earrings.
Why stop at framing just one pegboard? Why not create a collage of framed pegboards as seen in the example above?
Instead of just framing a pegboard you can add functionality by topping a framed pegboard with a shelf.
This shelf topped pegboard makes a functional addition to a hallway or entry. Hang keys, coats, handbags, umbrellas and so much more.
Combining pegboards with shelving provides the best of both worlds when it comes to wall storage. This clever unit is only 5.5 inches deep. It provides a ton of useful storage with very little impact on the room's floor space. Perfect for a garage!
Here's a great example of why pegboards work well in kitchens. The pegs are perfect for hanging small tools. The addition of a shelf above provides extra storage space for larger items.
There are tons of storage accessories available to enhance pegboard organization: all manner of hooks, baskets, bins and shelves. But you don't have to stop there because many items which are not specifically designed for pegboards lend themselves to pegboard storage. If it can hang from a hook, it's a likely candidate.
Here's a great example of some of the many ways to accessorize a pegboard. I particularly like the use of hooks to support dowels for hanging rolls of paper.
This is one tricked out pegboard! Big bins, little bins, hooks, small shelves, cork board, and tin cans. I like the use of binder clips for hanging paper and a cutting mat.
The addition of wicker baskets and a small wooden shelf real warm up the look of this kitchen pegboard. The addition of these textures also adds to the character and charm.
Adding outlines for the items hanging from a pegboard is a fun way to personalize pegboard organization.
The white outlines against the dark backdrop of this pegboard add a touch of whimsy, not to mention practicality. What better way to ensure that thinks always get put back where they belong?
Filling in the outlines on a pegboard adds dimension and interest.
The outlines on this pegboard don't just show where each tool belongs; they even show the color scheme of each tool for added interest and impact.
As you can see, there is no limit to the ways in which pegboard organization can be personalized. Let your creativity be your guide as you incorporate pegboards into your home's organization.
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To train engineers who lead mining operations and related services, with the ability to develop and run profitable projects, committed to worker safety and health, social development and responsibility towards the environment.
To be recognized as the best School of Engineering in the country.
Incoming students of the Mining Management Engineering program should show basic scientific (mathematics, physics and chemistry), entrepreneurial and curiosity aptitudes for problem-solving through analytical thinking. They must have abilities to establish interpersonal relationships fluently and naturally, with high human sensitivity and good social behavior. They must be healthy, as well as passionate for continuous learning.
Upon completion of the program, graduate students of the Mining Management Engineering program will be able to manage resources and activities for extractive operations strategically, by being part of interdisciplinary work groups and leading them to achieve the organization's objectives while emphasizing environmental protection, social responsibility and work safety. The specialty will enable students to perform as mining businessmen or in different areas related to that industry through research and the provision of public services.


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With a New Year comes the anticipation of another Russell Boating Club Tall Ships Regatta, and once again a number of junkies had decided to combine it with a junket.
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Another junket - and Tall Ships Regatta
With a New Year comes the anticipation of another Russell Boating Club Tall Ships Regatta, and once again a number of junkies had decided to combine it with a junket.
5 comments:
- Alden Smith said...
What an interesting post. There does seem to be a growing fleet of junk rigged yachts in New Zealand.
I have watched with interest the conversion of the little white painted Hakker designed sistership to "Crew Cut" being converted to junk rig along with a lot of other alterations - the yacht was berthed at Ray Roberts Marina for a few months ----- Any news on how this little 23 footer goes with her new junk rig?
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- Jason V said...
Annie and others,
We are so inspired by your travels and experience with Junk rigs. We live in Southern California and are looking for others who are interested in these ships and if there are any resources available? We would like to eventually buy one and are not finding many to choose from. Appreciate any information you can pass along.
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- Annie Hill said...
Alden: the little Hakker designed yacht is actually 'Crew Cut' and is now sailing. Unfortunately, the mast ended up in the wrong place, but it is intended to sort this out in the coming months. In spite of the weather helm that this error has induced, the boat still sails surprisingly well. Obviously a little lady.
Jason: are you not a member of the Junk Rig Association? There is a link on the right hand side of the page towards the top of the blog. Even without joining you will find a heap of resources available, but if you do join, you will have access to the membership list and there are several members in your part of the world. I recommend going for the paper magazine if you do join up - 64 pages filled with information, no adverts and three times a year. A very good deal and much better to read than on the computer screen!
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- Alden Smith said...
I am sure the problems with weather helm will be sorted - as you both will know - shift the mast forward! Should work! Will look out for a report on how it all gets sorted.
- 1:19 am
- Jason V said...
Thank you Annie! I just joined the JRA and ordered the print version (that's still small income, right?). I currently have a 27' bermudan that I'm looking to trade for a 30' junk rigged dory. 27' isn't quite big enough for 2 and the layout would not be sufficient to store provisions for a long crossing. The search continues. We appreciate your direct response. Cheers!
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Case Study, Mrs C, Londenderry
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Mrs H had previously made 4 successful complaints and received compensation from the same lender.
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CineMINT brings the best of Latin film to Charlotte. With screenings taking place in spring, and fall, each program will showcase those films that go unseen by most of America. From thought provoking documentaries, to emotional dramas, CineMint films will you get you thinking, discussing, and understanding more about your Latin neighbors and beyond.
Spanish with English subtitles. Authentic Latin American food and drinks provided by Gelitas Charlotte .
LA CIUDAD, the feature film debut of writer/director David Riker, is a dramatically photographed collection of stories of love, hope, and loss, and an affecting portrait of disenfranchised Latin American immigrants living in New York. Filmed over the course of six years in the 1990s, LA CIUDAD takes us inside this community of newcomers, creating a powerful and incisive drama about the loneliness, displacement, and economic hardship which they face in the new and unfamiliar world of the city.
In creating this film, director Riker strove for authenticity both in the stories he tells and in the characters he portrays. He spent five years developing the film within the Latin American community, and chose to cast non-actors in almost every role. Because most of the performers are themselves struggling immigrants, they bring a resonant understanding and realism to the film. The film began as a short film, which won the 1995 Student Academy Award for Best Dramatic Short and the Director's Guild of America Best Student Film Award. - Oscilloscope Laboratories
Director: David Riker
Writer: David Riker
Stars: Anthony Rivera, Joseph Rigano, Miguel Maldonado | See full cast & crew »
Country: USA
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CineMint and the Latino Initiative are kindly sponsored by the Duke Energy Foundation.