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'The L.A. Complex' Canceled After 2 Seasons — Confirmed
The drama, about the darker side of fame in Los Angeles, is not returning for a third season.
Well, here's some bummer news: The L.A. Complex — the Canadian soap that aired for two seasons on The CW here in the United States — has been canceled, HollywoodLife.com has confirmed.
The second season finale, which turned out to be the series finale, left fans totally hanging about the future of the show's main characters. HollywoodLife.com spoke with Cassie Steele about her character Abby's decision to leave Hollywood behind in favor of a life with her new husband in Germany.
At the time, Cassie was "pretty optimistic" about a third season, but unfortunately, we won't be getting it after all.
The news was original reported by Canada's Playback.
Are you sad about the series' cancelation? Drop a comment with your thoughts on the late, great L.A. Complex below.
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MIDDLEBURY — In 1996, Robert Gold was blind sided by oncoming pickup truck as he sat at an intersection in Manchester, N.H. The accident left him with traumatic brain injuries that ended his lucrative dental practice and drove friends and family away.
But the accident gave Gold, now a Middlebury resident, a second life as a self-taught artist. Although he can no longer wield the tools of his former trade, Gold has turned to a vocation where he combines photography and painting to create works of beauty in a unique style.


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DigitalAisle necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 96 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
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Interactive touchscreen company seeks intuitive user interface designs for its professional services touch screen application. The touchscreens will be placed in doctors, lawyers, spas and salons waiting rooms where a person can learn about the staff, services etc.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS FOR A TOUCHSCREEN (HP 22" Touchsmarts). TOUCH TOUCH TOUCH not a website.
The interface needs to be clean, professional and easy to navigate with someones finger. Clean does not mean basic and simple. Many of the designs we saw were too basic. It needs to be exciting to look at and engage with. As well, the design needs to be able to change color schemes and profession style easily. Be as creative as you want with how a person interacts with the elements. This is not a website, it's touch.
THINK MICROSOFT SURFACE or a BIG IPHONE APP.
This video may help
Multitouch is an option. Be very creative. Do not submit anything that looks like an ATM style touchscreen. This needs to feel alive, thus the avatar/host.
Resolution needs to be 1920x1080
- a place for the client to put thier name and logo...for now just use (ABC123 CLINIC AND SPA or XYZ123 LAW OFFICES depending on the elements you are using)
-Avatar host (Live video) VERY IMPORTANT
-Navigation touch points= Company overview, List of services, Staff bios, Calendar of events
-Our logo somewhere on the design but keep in mind that this is not a design for us. it is for doctors, lawyers spas and other potential clients. Not us. our logo needs to be small, more for branding.
We would like to see a main screen and one sub page broken out to get how you vision the sub pages will look.
Use our website to reference some of the previous touchscreen applications we have done. There are some screen shots of UI's we have created in the past but please done just redo what we have already done...we can do that ourselves.
We have attached various stock photos of placeholder avatars as well as our logo on a black background and a white background. Feel free to use or not use these elements. But the graphic need to be able to switch color themes and styles to become work in a doctors office or lawyers office.


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The event brought out tens of thousands of residents of the city - Jews, Christians and Muslims - who lined the streets to catch a glimpse of racers speeding past the iconic walls of Jerusalem's Old City.
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Australian Swimmers Have Been BANNED From Closing Ceremony
Australian swimmers Josh Palmer and Emma McKeon have been banned from the Games closing ceremony, after staying out all night partying.
The pair had been on a night out with other swimmers and are reported to have still been in a club at around 4 AM.
Palmer, 25, was robbed of $1,000 and his wallet and phone on the night out, while McKeon, 22, stayed with friends in Copacabana until the next morning without telling the team management.
After Australia's other swimmers returned to the Games village, McKeon went to her friends' and Palmer headed to a beach with a friend to keep drinking.
He has since said a man forced a man to withdraw cash from ATM; he was then found ''disorientated without his wallet and phone' by two businessmen in the Copa district of Rio de Janeiro, according to The Australian.
Aus swimmers banned from closing ceremony, placed on curfew, after night out. Entire team now on 2am curfew #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/mFaF2eHfgr— Sam Lane (@SamJaneLane) August 18, 2016
The businessmen contacted the Australian Consulate who the contact the Australian Team who sent Swim Team leader Wayne Lomas to pick him up.
Palmer had to meet with the Australian head of security, Greg Nance and a member of The Australian Federal Police.
Chef de Mission for Australia Kitty Chiller said ''Palmer and McKeon's behaviour was unacceptable, and they breached disciplinary protocols.
'I have raised the need for the Swimming Team Leader to ensure he is aware of his athlete's whereabouts when leaving the Olympic Village and that the swimming athletes observe the 2 am curfew.'
The pair has been put on a strict curfew and are both banned from the Closing Ceremony.
Aussie swimmer Josh Palmer 'robbed' during drunken night out at #Rio2016 #7News #Yahoo7https://t.co/6OR4DqhaNa pic.twitter.com/cjJvImRWN2— 7News Yahoo7 (@Y7News) August 18, 2016
During the Games, McKeon won one gold, two silver and one bronze medal. Palmer placed fifth in his 100m backstroke.


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Auburn notes: With Dee Ford out, Craig Sanders 'excited' to make first career start
Craig Sanders has appeared in 37 games at Auburn in the last three seasons.
Not a single one of those appearances included a start. That is set to change Saturday. After Dee Ford injured a ligament in his knee during the second scrimmage of fall camp, the Tigers' starting left defensive end position was vacated for an undetermined period of time, though defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson said the senior will certainly miss the season opener.
In his absence, Sanders has stepped to the fore.
"I'm excited about it because this is my first start ever in my college career," he said following Sunday's practice. "I want Dee back as fast as he can get back because we want that rotation. Whether it's him starting or me starting, we want to rotate in with both of us working because we need that rotation and depth."
Johnson said Sanders has most the most of the work he's had with the first-team defense since Ford went down.
"Craig's been really consistent assignment-wise," he said. "Not many missed assignments. He's done some pretty good things in pass rush. There's no question I think all the additional repetitions have helped him fundamentally, but he's done pretty well."
It will be difficult to replace Ford's production, however. He was the team's top returning pass-rusher, totaling 6.5 sacks last season. Sanders said he will do his best to try to fill the void, hoping the gains he made during the offseason will carry over to this fall.
"My thing was using my hands when I was pass rushing," he said. "With (defensive line) 'Coach G' (Rodney Garner) and Coach Brandon Wheeling, they have been helping me one-on-one with flipping my hips and using my hands off the ball. Since the spring actually it has improved greatly. I'm very satisfied with how it's improved."
He's not the only defensive end who has made improvements. Johnson said he's also seen growth from the Tigers' other pass-rushers, most notably the true freshman duo of Elijah Daniel and Carl Lawson.
"Elijah and Carl have some pass-rush ability that some of the other guys don't have," he said. "They've gotten a lot of work. They're making some mistakes, some mental errors, but they're going to have to play. And I think all this extra work has really helped them."
Until Ford returns, however, the Tigers will mix-and-match at the two defensive end spots. Sanders said he and LaDarius Owens — who just shifted back to the defensive line after moving to linebacker this spring — have seen the majority of the reps at left end. Seniors Nosa Eguae and Ken Carter will be part of the rotation as well, along with the aforementioned freshman pair of Lawson and Daniel.
Regardless of what happens Saturday, Sanders said he just wants to be able to revel in the moment when his name is announced as part of the starting lineup.
"I'm going to be pumped," he said. "I'll be able to jump 10 feet in the air. It will be awesome. I'm ready. I'm really ready."
Marcus Davis already in line for playing time
When offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee was asked which true freshman would "definitely play" Saturday, only one name came to mind: Marcus Davis. The receiver kept "showing up" in practices every time Lashlee turned around.
Eventually, it became too much for the coach to ignore.
"He's kind of put himself in the mix for some playing time," Lashlee said. "There's some of those guys that are on playing time on teams as well, but he's the one that keeps standing out the most, probably."
What has Davis done to catch the eye of the coaching staff? Cliche as it sounds, "all the little things," Lashlee said.
Davis' background as a quarterback hasn't hurt, either, as Lashlee believes that has helped for a quick transition from high school to college.
"He came in you could tell he wasn't in the moment of, 'Hey, I'm in college and these guys are bigger and faster,'" Lashlee said. He's been steady. I'm not going to say he's made a lot of 'wow' plays, although he's made a few. He's just been steady and he's worked hard, he's listened and he's tried to do everything the coaches say."
Fellow receiver Quan Bray praised the Delray Beach, Fla., native as well.
"I've seen him come in with (the right) mentality," Bray said. "He's young but he's definitely ready to play because he's a baller. Coach (Gus) Malzahn said it — he's a natural all the time."
Quick hitsJohnson said hybrid safety/linebacker Justin Garrett has "looked pretty good" since he returned to practice. The junior sprained his foot during fall camp, which forced him to miss 12 straight practices. "He's looked like the old Justin," Johnson said. "If you need to know how he feels, you'd have to ask him. But he's made some plays." Lashlee said Avery Young has continued to move back and forth between tackle and guard on the offensive line. "He was tackle early, then it was guard and lately he's been doing some of both," Lashlee said. "We've had him at tackle probably the last week or so."
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The Riverside County Waste Management Department will host a free backyard composting workshop in Riverside on Saturday (Sept. 20).
Attend this "how-to" workshop to learn how to recycle organic resources such as yard trimmings, fruit and vegetable waste into a dark, crumbly, sweet-smelling soil conditioner. Compost can be used to enrich the soil in gardens, lawns and house plants. Instead of putting organic waste in the garbage to be hauled to the landfill, learn to compost!
The free "how-to" backyard composting workshop begins at 10 a.m. at the Renck Community Center (Hunt Park ), 4015 Jackson St.
Composting is nature's way of recycling. It's a great way to divert waste from the landfill and turn it into a beneficial soil amendment. In composting, organic material is mixed together in a pile or bin, where literally millions of tiny microbes digest the material and turn it into a nutrient-rich soil amendment.
The Riverside County Waste Management Department provides this free workshop in an effort to divert waste and help preserve valuable landfill space in the county sanitary landfill. For years, the department has trained volunteer master composters who explain how to create compost easily and efficiently from organic wastes. Low-cost compost bins, subsidized by the department, will also be available for purchase by Riverside County residents (limit three per household). County residents can purchase compost bins by personal check only. Cash and credit cards will not be accepted.
For more information, contact Riverside County Waste Management Department at (951) 486-3200 or visit http://www.rcwaste.org/.
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Photo by Jenafer GillinghamTHE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL STORY IS not what you think it is. It is not what I thought it was. It is melodrama that can only be described in epic terms, so here goes:
This is a Greek tragedy playing out in the furthest reaches of the Western world -- at a modest but comely red-brick high school in the hinterlands of West Los Angeles, just off the Santa Monica Freeway. This is a story riddled with ironies, some of which are infuriating but most of which are profoundly saddening, because they illustrate how real issues can be obfuscated by people who wrap themselves in the mantle of reform but who actually advance very small, and often poisonously small-minded, agendas. This is about no leaders. This is about the utter failure of collective reason in an age of fevered individualism. This is about the powder keg of racial frustration that keeps blowing up at odd and seemingly inappropriate moments because, 35 years after it relinquished its last legal claims as enforcer of a social and economic apartheid that was birthed in slavery, white America is content to live in a state of perilous ignorance about the persistent inequities of black and white. This is about the Faustian price black America often pays for being heard, about the ill-conceived celebrity of a justifiable rage. This is not about us, and all about Us. This is about a white friend living on the Westside who immediately and fearfully inquired upon hearing the rudiments of this story, "Is there going to be a riot?" This is about a flashpoint of brilliant possibility colliding with banal disbelief.
This is L.A.
I. The Big Issue
Three weeks ago, I got a call from a coalition of black parents who were eager to meet with me to discuss some distressing incidents of racism at Hamilton High School, which also houses two magnet schools, humanities and music. I didn't know anything about the story beyond what I'd read in the April 17 L.A.Times: Some students and parents had staged a protest on campus against some magnet teachers they felt were racist and were exacerbating a separate and unequal educational situation. At a school that was once upon a time largely white and was now largely minority -- chiefly black and Latino -- minority students were doing markedly worse academically
than their white counterparts. This has become an all too common story that has prompted alarmingly little concern. The parents were particularly irate about the fact that the magnets, which had more white students, had more resources and more access, and consistently outperformed the main school on standardized tests -- no accident, they said. Money and success follow white children; low expectations and dismal academic performance dog minority children (of course, minority students in the magnets performed markedly better than their main-school counterparts, too, but I put that fact aside for the moment). This sounded reasonable to me, and I was glad that black people were publicly advancing a cause that never got enough headlines or generated enough moral outrage. It was time. I vaguely recalled my younger sister, a Hamilton magnet alumna, tangling with her teachers back in the '80s, complaining that she and her friends were singled out, and getting suspended once -- was racism playing itself out even then?
Probably. I would bring this story to light.
I met with the parents in the Crenshaw district, in an office building on a tree-shaded block of Leimert Park Village. Wil Wade, chairman of the African American Parent Coalition for Education Equity (AAPCEE), led the discussion around a long conference table with five other parents and two students. He wore a business suit, and clasped his hands together on top of the table; he didn't lean back in his chair once. The parents began by saying they had called me because they didn't want the real issue here -- the systemic inequities of public education, the concerted miseducation of black and Latino children -- to get lost in the furor over the teachers. They pointed out not only that the magnets (40 percent white) were glaringly better than the main school (90 percent minority), but that minority students in the main school were not being tracked in college-prep courses -- Advanced Placement and Honors classes seemed to have predetermined white populations. In a post-affirmative-action world, this was unacceptable.
"The issue isn't race, it's equity," explained Wade. "The white parents are afraid that we want to take money away from the magnets, but that's emotional. That's not true. My daughter's in the [music] magnet school. But I'm not interested in only doing for myself, getting mine and being done with it. We need to make sure these issues are addressed for the benefit of all the kids, all the generations coming behind."
So far, so good. This AAPCEE was actually a sister chapter to the first one, which was started at Westchester High by black parents who had similar concerns about a school that shares Hamilton's demographics and white-flight patterns. The parents stressed that the majority of teachers at Hamilton were good and dedicated, but that there were an influential few who were poisoning the well with their racist and cavalier attitudes. These teachers were aiding and abetting institutional racism, and eliminating them was a crucial first step toward the coalition's ultimate goal of bringing some balance to the system. The chief offenders were two humanities magnet teachers, Gregg Beytin and Alan Kaplan.
Beytin, who taught journalism and government, had allegedly thrown a chair and cursed at two black students, who voiced complaints; he was subsequently reassigned to a nearby administrative "cluster office." The Beytin incident is what sparked the April protest, according to the Times story. I asked for details. "We don't know exactly what happened," Wade said, almost casually. He deferred to a student, Kwabene Haffar, who said that according to what he knew, Beytin did not throw a chair; he wasn't entirely sure if Beytin's outburst was aimed specifically at the black students. It was here that I felt the first stirrings of doubt -- if Beytin acted in this instance like a hothead but not a racist, orchestrating an anti-racism protest around the incident seemed rather manipulative. I was down with the general cause, the big issue, but realized I had no fix on the teacher issue yet.
The discussion moved swiftly on to Alan Kaplan, the teacher for whom the parents reserved most of their animus. In his social-science and American history classes, Kaplan addressed racially inflammatory topics. Haffar said he transferred out after only one day because Kaplan put the question: "Why is it no one sympathizes with the slavemasters?" The most egregious of his lessons, the one that set AAPCEE in motion against him last June, centered on the school's gospel choir. The parents said they had to do battle with the Student Improvement Committee to secure funding for the choir, which was led by a non-credentialed teacher named Fred Martin. The funding was granted, and the next day Kaplan held a discussion in his classes on the dynamics of interest-group politics, using the gospel choir as a model. This lesson, the parents asserted, was one of many ways in which Kaplan degraded black kids. He also co-opted the affections of his pet students -- the "talented tenth," Wade said derisively -- and cowed the others, then set the two groups against each other. Kaplan was not only racist, he was facilitating nothing less than intraracial warfare on campus. He had to go.
The coalition had been pressuring the school district for his transfer, and that of several other magnet teachers, since last summer. But the district was not cooperating, and the "good ol' boy network," as Wade put it, was still in place. The parents wouldn't rest until it had been broken up. They had called me because I am black and write extensively about black issues, and they had confidence in my ability to do this story justice.
I shifted slightly in my seat. I rubbed my eyes. I suggested for the sake of argument that Kaplan and company had many students and parents supportive of them who were black, perhaps as many as were sitting around this table. What could I assume about that?
Wade nodded knowingly. "He brainwashes people," he said. "They're afraid to speak up. There are people who don't want to be on the front line. They may look like us, talk like us. But they're not us."
II. Fear and Loathing
Magnet schools were created in the late '70s as a response to a federal court order to desegregate public schools across the nation. By law, they can be no more than 40 percent white; students must apply for admission and are chosen by a combination lottery and point system. In L.A., as elsewhere, after mandatory busing proved a political and practical disaster, magnets were ushered in as the most viable alternative to forced integration, though they were not without their critics.
The dissension over Alan Kaplan and his role as guiding light of Hamilton's humanities magnet has a long and turbulent history. Since he joined the magnet in 1982, black parents, faculty and administrators have grumbled sporadically about his confrontational teaching style, his push for college-level work from high school students and, most of all, his insistence on dissecting the roots of racism as a way of fully understanding American history and the American gestalt. Gregg Beytin, who's also been at the magnet for much of its 18-year life, has a similar philosophy and teaching methodologies; he and Kaplan were chief architects of the magnet's "whole life" approach and its integrated course work. But it was Kaplan who first raised hackles, in 1987, when he shared a lesson with other Hamilton teachers about the impact of racism on the test scores of minority students; one of the readings for the lesson was an article on black test scores written by Salim Muwakkil, who cited a group of education experts â who were exclusively African-American.
Three black teachers in the room promptly began complaining that Kaplan had no right to be teaching anything about racism because he was white, and as far as they knew he might have some nefarious plan to destroy the minds of black children. Beytin eventually came to Kaplan's defense; the other teachers later petitioned the principal for Kaplan and Beytin's removal, but ultimately failed. Still, both teachers were investigated exhaustively before school officials declared there was no evidence of racism. And the die was cast: Kaplan and Beytin, and by extension the entire humanities magnet, had been branded a hotbed of racist and professionally elitist activity. That Hamilton's magnets were fast acquiring national reputations as public schooling that worked only seemed to stoke the fires of discontent; faculty divisions widened. Beytin says there are black teachers on campus with whom he has yet to have conversations.
The anti-Kaplan camp found an unofficial leader in Evelyn Mahmud, a black assistant principal who started out as a teacher in the humanities magnet and over the years became increasingly identified with black dissatisfaction. (She did not return repeated phone calls or respond to faxed questions for this story. Neither would anyone in the coalition agree to be photographed.) According to colleagues and parents, Mahmud was philosophically against magnet schools, which she regarded as havens for white students, and came to regard Kaplan as a standard-bearer of what was wrong with them. She remarked to more than one teacher that she thought Kaplan was racist, and that she didn't approve of his dating black women. Eventually she became allied with the parents who would form AAPCEE, and last May sided with them over the the issue of renewing funding for the school's gospel choir. The choir was funded annually by the Student Improvement Committee, a democratic body consisting of parents, teachers and students that divvied up money for everything from security guards to music-magnet aides. A straw poll indicated that the choir might lose some or all of its $13,000. When the parents got wind of the poll, they stood up at the committee meeting and loudly decried anyone who opposed the gospel choir, an entirely black group and a symbol of main school ethnic pride, as racist; if moneys were not approved, they said, they would call out the NAACP. One black student on the committee said she felt so physically threatened by the choir faction that she abstained from voting altogether. Funding for the choir passed by a landslide.
The following day, as Kaplan was teaching his political-action lesson based on the choir-funding vote, Mahmud walked unannounced into his classroom to observe; not 45 minutes later she walked out. The subsequent complaints she made to principal David Winter about the lesson precipitated the formation of AAPCEE and a full frontal attack on Hamilton's inequities. The coalition sent out a three-page letter detailing its grievances, which consisted mainly of charges against Kaplan and a short paragraph about low minority-student achievement and college-prep tracking. The charges against Kaplan ranged from the general to the gossipy to the frankly loony: he "demeans children"; he "tells students and faculty that he can't teach non-magnet students"; he often "talks about his private life in class and his preference for dating black women"; he "refers to himself with gang names such as 'Mule-Dawg' . . . All African-American and Latino students are not in gangs. Is this what he should be teaching in school?" The letter was sent to school-district and elected officials and every black activist group in the city -- including the NAACP, the Brotherhood Crusade and the Urban League -- though not to Kaplan himself. (Interestingly, AAPCEE's contention that Kaplan denigrated the gospel choir by calling it a "social impact group" is self-referencing: On the last funding request form that Mahmud submitted, she wrote that the chief beneficiaries of the choir are "students at risk.") The letter prompted two separate investigations of the charges, which went on for months and were ultimately dismissed as groundless.
Undaunted, the coalition mailed out another letter last November, this time to the entire Hamilton faculty. It praised the mostly responsible teachers, but warned against the few who "seek to use race and religious intolerance to isolate teachers from students and parents of color . . . These misguided teachers give good teachers a bad name." The letter concluded by urging teachers to join AAPCEE's cause of educational and racial equality.
The day after the April protest, before a scheduled gospel choir performance on campus, director Fred Martin alluded to it by exulting in the fact that Beytin was being punished and that the humanities magnet was finally getting its due. Those in the audience later complained to â school officials about what they perceived as blatantly partisan and wildly inappropriate remarks; they demanded disciplinary action against Martin, as action had been taken against Beytin, but nothing happened. Meanwhile, AAPCEE continues to agitate for Kaplan's ouster.
"It's pure McCarthyism, a witch hunt," says one black source close to the investigations who asked not to be named. "The parents probably have very viable concerns here, but their real agenda is so polluted, [the concerns] get lost. They represent the misdirection of black-power energy that strips the real issues of all credibility."
III. The Learning Curve
Kaplan and Beytin's supporters, not surprisingly, agree. But one irony among many is that they also agree with AAPCEE about the urgent need to address educational inequality at Hamilton and elsewhere -- and they credit the embattled teachers with ensuring they learned that. Nor does anyone believe that Beytin should not have been disciplined for losing his temper in class, but they say that labeling the incident racist, and proof that the school is racist, was either sloppy thinking or pure opportunism. As it turns out, Beytin never threw a chair, he blew up at a white Jewish student, and principal David Winter, after discussing the incident with Beytin and others, determined that race was not a factor. Beytin was in fact instrumental in helping to restructure the main school in recent years, establishing distinct courses of study -- Communications Arts, Global Studies -- as a way of giving it a magnetlike identity and setting a tenor of reform.
"I don't condone his temper, but his temper has absolutely no color line," says Winter Johnson, a senior in Beytin's government class. "I'm very outraged. I don't have a teacher, my magnet is crumbling. I totally disagree with all the allegations of racism. [Kaplan's and Beytin's] attitudes aren't always the best, but they're such great teachers. I've learned so much. They've totally revolutionized the way I think about everything. This whole thing is dumb."
Even those inclined to assign Beytin and Kaplan the greatest culpability stop short of calling them racist. "These guys can be insensitive," says Stu Bernstein, director of the district's Office of Intergroup Relations. "They could do with heavy-duty human-relations training. Race is something that we all live and breathe -- that's our legacy. But I honestly don't think they're racist."
A large problem not discussed by the coalition is the students' self-segregation: On the quad, magnet kids tend to hang out with magnet, main school with main school. Among black students, such cliquing is more loaded, and no doubt contributes to the parents' general sense of campus inequality, though the blame for this particular inequality can hardly be laid at the feet of teachers. One recent graduate of the humanities magnet recalls her and her friends' overt derision of their main-school counterparts: "We looked down on these students as ghetto, uncultured and unintelligent," says the alum, who asked not to be named. "The term 'original Hamilton,' which referred to the main school, was code for 'black.'"
After promising to do so, the coalition never put me in touch with dissident black students other than the two present at the Leimert Park meeting. In contrast, at a school management meeting the Monday following the protest, the outpouring of support for Beytin and Kaplan was oceanic; one ex-student testifying to their influence openly wept. Kaplan's supporters in particular are astonishing in their number, ethnic variety and consistency of comments. When he was being threatened with removal after the gospel-choir incident last year, students circulated a "Save Kaplan" petition that garnered well over 100 signatures in one class period, and more than 100 letters of support arrived from parents, students, alumni. To a person, they cited his uncompromising academic standards and intellectual rigor. He could be overly impatient, they said, withering at times and overbearing, yet it was all in the interest of getting students to challenge their lazy assumptions about the world and think for themselves.
"He's so strict, you have no choice but to learn," says Nefertiti Takla, an 18-year-old humanities magnet senior. "He catches your attention by talking about the real world -- racial problems, social problems. He does it all. Once in a lesson, he totally destroyed stereotypes of people, especially those of African-Americans. A lot of people take him the wrong way, if you're oversensitive or immature. If you call him a racist, you have to point to the fact that he's Jewish and he makes fun of Jews."
Kaplan got letters in Spanish, from whole families, from black and Latino students in the magnet and the main school, who claimed they had learned more about black and minority history from him than from anywhere or anyone else. They said that Kaplan is great because he doesn't just teach history or social science, he teaches the interconnectedness of everything. He examines concepts, attitudes, ideas that tether history to psychology and literature and pop culture; parents say that they began looking forward to their kids bringing lessons home so they could learn something, too. Sample lines from the letters tell a formidable story: "From this painfully honest man, I have learned to search for the reasons policies are the way they are" . . . "As one of his students, I have been exposed to new ways of seeing society and its composition, without a biased mentality. Mr. Kaplan teaches in a â way incomparable to any other by allowing the student to uncover thematic similarity through historic information" . . . "While I was on an interview for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, I told the interviewer that Mr. Kaplan is the best teacher I ever had. I am a black student, a male student who knows from my experiences that Mr. Kaplan is not in the least bit racist" . . . "As an African-American male, my desire to succeed and dispel the distorted societal view of African-Americans is now considerably stronger because of Mr. Kaplan's commendable lesson plan and teaching ability." If this guy is brainwashing people, it would behoove us all to find out how he's doing it.
Many black parents and students say AAPCEE is doing some serious mau-mauing, beating everyone over the head with accusations of white oppression and creating such a charged atmosphere that no one who takes issue with them -- black or white -- will do so publicly. That includes such mammoth "white" entities as the teachers union and the entire school district; the only school-board member to address the Hamilton situation thus far is not Valerie Fields, who represents the Westside, but Barbara Boudreaux, who doesn't. At a recent board meeting, Boudreaux, a self-styled champion of black causes, loudly sympathized with the coalition and declared that the district must look into the possibility that black children "might be experiencing retribution from those teachers currently under investigation." Clearly, Boudreaux knew nothing save what AAPCEE had told her. With the exception of student-body president Dominique West, an African-American, the students who showed up at the board meeting to speak in support of Kaplan and Beytin were not allowed to take the podium.
The groundswell of quiet opposition to the coalition is getting less quiet, and more organized. An Internet dialogue among Hamilton alumni recently produced a Web site (www.bol.ucla.edu/~eklee) where people can log comments and join a contact list of Hamilton supporters. Lenn Kano, a 26-year-old magnet alum who informed me of the site and has been tracking the situation since last year, says Beytin and Kaplan were so formative in his own life, he has no choice but to play the intellectual activist now -- questioning the status quo, discerning real motives, exposing hypocrisy. "[District folks] figure if they just keep quiet, let a few heads roll, this whole thing will go away and that's worth it," says Kano, who is Japanese-American. "I hope the central issue in all this doesn't get lost, which is that there is ongoing segregation in terms of the magnet and main school. The funny thing is, Mr. Kaplan understands more about the problem than anybody in the administration."
There is a two-week-old counter parent group spearheaded by Alice Wallace, who is black. Wallace has twin daughters in the magnets and says she and others are flat-out tired of being psychologically bullied by a small group that claims to represent the sentiments of most black parents at Hamilton. They are tired of the inference that because they don't wholly embrace AAPCEE, they are sellouts, whitewashes or, worst of all, infected with the disaffection of the black bourgeoisie. Wallace says what's so distressing about AAPCEE is that it rightfully claims representation on the one hand -- speaking to systemic problems of blacks and Latinos -- and completely exploits it on the other. Still, Wallace knows all the ramifications of publicly breaking ranks with a black group -- over the issue of white teachers, no less.
"I had to do some soul-searching before I jumped in," she says. "But black parents were saying to me, 'These people [AAPCEE] are crazy!' I figured it was time for this stuff to stop. When my daughters had Kaplan, they would come home from school actually excited by what they were learning. They don't say that about too many teachers. He's cutting-edge, provocative -- as a parent, I hear the things he says and sometimes think, 'Well, I might have said it differently' -- but you have to respect him." Wallace says she has confronted assistant principal Evelyn Mahmud about what she sees purely as a vendetta, asked her why Fred Martin has not been disciplined for his stumping at the gospel concert. She also questions why the coalition is expending all of its energy on Kaplan and the magnets if its real fight is with institutional problems and the main school. "For them, Kaplan is the battle," says Wallace.
She has settled on a name for the counter parent group, which has roughly 100 parents and students on its roster: Reasonable Adults and Children for Education. RACE, for short. "We have to act fast," says Wallace. "The school year's almost over."
IV. The Slavemasters
Gregg Beytin says that after all the racism battles in and out of the classroom for the better part of 12 years, it's come down to this bizarre Waterloo. "I'm actually kind of glad that it broke like this, because tensions had been brewing for so long," he says. "If I cut and run now, it would be admitting defeat."
Beytin is an excitable guy, glib and prone at moments to hyberbole and sweeping political allegory ("This is a little bit like fundamentalists against the Enlightenment"). Ursine and slightly rumpled, he has a clear passion for his work that is being sorely tested by all this. He wants to be back in the classroom. He says that if Alan Kaplan leaves, he will likely leave too, as will at least a dozen other teachers who are poised to put in for transfers pending the final district decision about Beytin's place at Hamilton. If he is axed, Beytin â believes, the humanities magnet will fall, and status-quo education -- handouts, crossword puzzles, safe, antiseptic discussions about antiseptic readings -- will prevail. Beytin says that such a void of challenges is racism at its most insidious, but that is exactly what the coalition seems to want. "I'm trying to stay afloat, trying to save my school, but this will be with me the rest of my life," he says. "Being called a racist is very, very serious, and we've been soldiers in this war a long time. If they want better education for minority kids, I'm in complete agreement. If they want to say, 'That person did it,' then I say no. What infuriates me is that we are not part of the problem, but we could be part of the solution very easily. We do a better job of raising minority achievement than anyone."
Kaplan is the last one to talk here. Initially he didn't want to talk at all; he'd had his fill of allegations and misrepresentation and his words being taken out of context, plus he figured that Beytin had talked enough for the both of them. But it was odd, being the eye of this whole storm yet never once being a voice in the Times stories. So he talked.
He's more low-key than Beytin, more deliberate but no less intense. Once he overcomes a certain wariness, he is actually eager to talk and to throw ideas up for debate; it seems to be his second nature. He paces at points, slowly, and tugs at his goatee a lot. His voice is a little ragged -- from teaching for 18 years, from the last year of stress, from both. He grew up in the Valley but sounds a lot like Brooklyn. "I'm not perfect," he says, shrugging. "I've made mistakes. The kids get all of me, which means they get my bad moments. Having high expectations may even be construed as racist, but social promotion -- passing kids from one grade to another without demanding much of them -- is more racist."
Kaplan is mad as hell, partly because his career is on the line but mostly because students might be shortchanged in the future. "Those who don't hold you accountable don't care about you," he fairly snaps. "Yes, I'm speaking to mainly black and Latino students when I say, 'It's shameful that you read four years below grade level.' But I don't single out black kids -- I talk about everybody. I talk about Westside white girls who use language like, 'You know, like . . .' We are elite as a magnet, but that doesn't mean we're better human beings, of course."
He recalls with some bewilderment an incident that occurred last year. Kwabene Haffar, the AAPCEE acolyte and his student nemesis, had put up posters announcing lunchtime meetings of his new black student group; the posters denounced racist teachers at Hamilton, thinly veiled allusions to Kaplan and others. Principal Winter objected to the posters, saying they were inflammatory, but Kaplan taught a lesson on the issue and concluded that Haffar had a First Amendment right to display them. Not long afterward, during an evening open house, Haffar's mother stormed into Kaplan's classroom, where he had a poster displayed. She tore it from the wall and upbraided Kaplan for stealing her son's "property" before storming out. This sort of blind resistance wounds him the most.
Reflecting on the troubles of the last year, he admits, "I contemplate leaving every day. But I owe it to the people who defend me to stay. I love my job. I don't think the [AAPCEE] parents are cynical opportunists, but I think their analyses are flawed. We're on the same path until it comes to what should be done about the problems."
Kaplan has never spoken to the coalition, which refuses to meet with him and will not agree to mediation. (Wade's explanation is a heatedly rhetorical, "Do you negotiate with a Bull Connor? Do you negotiate with an Orval Faubus?") He doesn't have much hope it will ever happen. He does hope that Hamilton will survive. "Hamilton's got it all," he says. "Race, class, underperforming black kids, reform movements, integration, white flight. We're ground zero. It happens here, or it doesn't. We're a model for the city, the nation."
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V. Coda
This story did not prove to be as reductive as I'd hoped. All the paths -- expansive and narrow, splintered and righteous, clearly marked or elided by intent -- did not merge into one path, or two. I wound up with more What is this story about?s than I started out with. I lost sleep. I struggled with my own loyalties and preconceptions and sense of absolute fairness. I wondered more than once if there is such a thing, and decided that, like its parent notion of democracy, fairness is something we must make real for ourselves when the occasion demands it. I wondered if the coalition would make good on its promise to move on to other schools where low black and Latino achievement is entrenched -- Jefferson, Locke, Jordan, Fremont, Manual Arts -- and where there are no white-populated magnets to put these failings in front of television cameras and on editorial pages for a couple of weeks. I wondered if they would hold black and minority teachers and administrators as accountable for racial inequity and psychological damage as they have held these white teachers. I wondered if they would picket and circulate letters and refuse to mediate and make lists of demands. I wondered if they would invoke "our children" so vociferously and with such high purpose.
Alice Wallace doesn't think so. "The real story here," she says matter-of-factly, "is very uninteresting."


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GraphiCollection Mini Book Vol. 2 incl....
15,5 x 21,2 cm hardcover 129 pages Text in Italian, English This book with CD-ROM contains nearly everything necessary for designing and illustrating product ranges for girls and young women
Graphicstore Tags Vol. 25 + DVD
This comprehensive book is packed with graphic ideas, colour combinations, technical detailing and examples of use for tags and labels. Tags add the finishing touch to the presentation and style of your clothing and all other merchandising products.
Graphicstore Girls Vol. 22 Inc DVD
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Style Right (Womenswear) Trendbook incl....
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Style Right Sports Active Wear Trend Book...
The Style Right team proudly present their 10th edition of the increasingly popular Style Right Sports Active for Spring Summer. For this season we have researched extensively, collating a broad selection of inspiration from a wide range of Summer sports. We have considered the utilization of indoor and outdoor environments during this season, extracting...
Fashionstore Man T-Shirt Vol.24 Incl. DVD
More than 130 pages filled with new motifs for print and embroidery, emblems, print patterns and letterings effectively staged on model sketches and as repeated designs.Please Note 1 issue will be delivered
Style Right Babywear Trendbook incl. DVD...
STYLE RIGHT is a series of extensively illustrated forecast publications for different garment ranges.The STYLE RIGHT Babywear Trend Book is dedicated to designers working in all field of babywear. Buy the latest Style Right Books in India. Ask for discounts 126 full-colour pages you will find everything necessary for successful, market-driven and...
Style Right Kidswear Trendbook A/W & S/S...
The STYLE RIGHT Kid's Trend Book for A/W 17/18 & S/S 18 is dedicated to designers working in all fields of children's wear and Young Fashion. Buy the latest Style Right Books in India. On approx. 140 full-colour pages you will find everything necessary for successful, market-driven and fashionable collections in the Style Right Kids Trend Book:...
Style Right Menswear Trendbook incl. DVD...
On more than 100 full-colour pages, Style Right Menswear Trend Book has everything necessary for successful, market-driven and fashionable casual and sportive men's collections: Buy the latest Style Right Books for Mens Logos & Graphics Designiing in India. Ask for discounts Colours (presented as original Pantone® colour chips) in the Style Right...
Fashionstore - T-Shirt Vol. 18 + DVD
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Fashionstore - Trouser Coll.- Vol. 2 + CD-Rom
Extensive collection of trousers models for the fields of jeans and streetwear, with many copyright-free label ideas and other fashionable details, divided according to themes.
Fashionstore - Knitwear Vol. 12 + DVD
This impressive compilation contains fashion ideas from classic to sports and from folk to techno. It is the first collection of this kind for innovative men's knitwear. DVD with Vector Files Included
Fashionstore - Shirt Vol. 17 + DVD
The best-selling FASHIONSTORE series is mainly dedicated to everything essential for young fashion, street and sportswear. Volume 17 deals with shirts. More than 60 cutting-edge illustrations are covering all types and models.
Fashionstore Girl T-Shirt Vol. 1
T-shirt vol.1 inaugurates the new collection of a single product just for girls. Endless ideas to embroider and accessorize the newest t-shirts. A vast collection of models and graphics along with a dvd containing the designs in vectorial format and the technical drawings in b/w and color in high resolution.
Fashionstore - Girl Fleece Vol. 5 + DVD
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Trendsetter - Women Graphic Collection...
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Trendsetter - Women Graphic Collection...
The trendsetter "WOMEN Graphic Collection Vol.3" is a graphic book rich of print and pattern ideas for the development of fashionable women´s collections, designed by highly experienced fashion designers who converted runway and street fashion trends especially for the professional fashion sector.
Graphicstore Boys 21
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Graphicstore Boys Vol.30 incl. DVD
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Trendsetter Marine & Classic Graphic...
Highlights: •MARINE & Classic Graphic Book (full colour) •approx. 50 design and trend themes in all areas •approx. 90 colour themes including original PANTONE® Textile numbers •placement artworks •allover patterns (repeatable) •checks, stripes •knitted jacquards •hangtags
Fashionstore - T-Shirt - Vol. 5 + CD Rom
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Trendsetter Kids Graphic Collection Vol.3...
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Trendsetter - Men Graphic Collection Vol.3...
• 50 design and trend themes in all areas • approx. 100 colour themes including original Pantone® Textile numbers • approx. 580 placement artworks • approx. 97 allover patterns (repeatable) • approx. 42 checks, stripes • approx. 10 knitted jacquards • approx. 52 hangtags
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Minicool Kids Trend Book Incl DVD
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Future Perfekt (Babywear) Graphics &...
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Air Traffic Control (ATC) Operator (15Q)
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- Army Reserve
- Entry Level
The air traffic control operator is responsible for tracking planes and giving them landing and takeoff instructions at air traffic control facilities.
Job Duties
- Control airborne and ground traffic
- Assist in the installation/relocation of tactical air traffic control facilities
- Process flight plan data and maintain logs, records, files and tape recordings of voice communications
Those who want to serve must first take the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, a series of tests that helps you better understand your strengths and identify which Army jobs are best for you.
Job training for an air traffic control operator requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 15 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and in the field under simulated combat conditions.
Some of the skills you'll learn are:
- Air traffic control management and operational procedures
- Communications and radar procedures
- Aircraft recognition
- Takeoff, landing and ground control procedures
Helpful Skills
- Interest in work requiring accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to remain calm in stressful situations
- Decisiveness and working within strict standards
- Ability to work as a team member
Required ASVAB Score(s)Skilled Technical (ST): 101
Learn more about the ASVAB and see what jobs you could qualify for.
Total compensation includes housing, medical, food, special pay, and vacation time. Learn more about total compensation.
Earn Cash For In Demand Jobs
You could earn up to $40,000 in cash bonuses just for enlisting under certain Military Occupational Specialties. Visit Jobs in Demand to see if this job qualifies for an enlistment bonus.
Education Benefits
In the Army, qualified students can earn full-tuition, merit-based scholarships, allowances for books and fees, plus an annual stipend for living expenses. Learn more about education benefits.
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The skills you learn will help prepare you for a career at airports, traffic control centers and for the U.S. Department of Defense.
PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUTH SUCCESS (PaYS) Program
Those interested in this job may be eligible for civilian employment, after the Army, by enrolling in the Army PaYS program. The PaYS program is a recruitment option that guarantees a job interview with military friendly employers that are looking for experienced and trained Veterans to join their organization. Find out more about the Army PaYS Program at http://www.armypays.com.
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Let's talk about looks.
I'm pretty honest with myself, and I know I'm not going to win any beauty contests.
Under low-lighting conditions, after a lot of drinks, I might be considered average. This doesn't bother me. I'm not a vain guy. And I know that good looks and charisma are two different things, which helps compensate for the fact that the celebrity I most resemble is John Belushi.
But in this business (and in all businesses for that matter) looks do count.
If you've ever watched someone browse the bookstore isles, they always glance at the author photo in the back. Always. And many bestsellers possess above-average looks. I don't think this is coincidental.
As a society, we prize beauty. We use it to sell products. We use it in our media and entertainment. We're bombarded with it from all directions. Mystery conferences even have unofficial beauty contests for male and female writers (the Bouchercon Babe and the Sleuthfest Stud come to mind.)
This is genetic. Studies with infants have shown they stare at beautiful people for longer than they stare at average people. We imbue attractive folks with qualities like intelligence, health, wisdom, humor, and kindness, before we've even met them. We're more forgiving of them, and more anxious to help them.
When I decided to go with the name JA Konrath on my books, rather than Joe, it was a subtle attempt to make readers think I was a female. My idea entirely. After all, I'm writing for a female protagonist, and 80% of all mysteries are purchased by women, and many of my favorite authors in the genre are women.
As a result, my author bio on the book is asexual, and lacks a photo.
Which may have also been a little bit calculating on my part. If I looked like Lee Child, or Robert Crais, or Barry Eisler, or David Ellis, I might not have been so eager to use "JA." And my publisher may not have been so eager to comply.
Do publishers care about looks? Absolutely. I had to FedEx an 8x10 glossy to my future publisher before being offered a contract. I guess my picture hadn't been bad enough to be a deal-breaker (thank God for Photoshop,) and the aforementioned charisma I believe I possess helped my cause. If you can't be gorgeous, be funny or nice.
But everyone knows that publishers do consider looks at acquisitions meetings, along with the quality of the book and the marketability of the concept. Is this author photogenic? Does the camera like her? Does he give good TV? Will she captivate a room full of people? Do the women want him, and the men want to be him?
Which is why, even though I'm sexless on my books, I try to look decent for public appearances. I bought a few nice suits. An expensive pair of designer eyeglasses. I wear a touch of cologne. I even, on occasion, cover up a blemish with make-up.
Still, I can't help but feel I'm just putting a fresh coat of paint on a condemned house.
I got an email the other day from someone who wondered why I made fun of myself on my website, namely in the photos. He seemed angry at me for being self-disparaging, and told me I was taking away from the professionalism of my site by cracking jokes about my weight.
He also pointed out that it seemed I was uncomfortable with my body, and was targeting out my own problems before anyone else had a chance to.
I thought about this for a few hard seconds, and dismissed it. I make fun of everyone, including myself. I like to joke that I lost ten pounds, but then found them again in my ass. I think it's funny.
And I'm also guessing the guy who wrote the email had some issues of his own he needed to deal with. Issues involving Doritos, Twinkies, and husky pants.
Am I uncomfortable with my body? Sure. Who isn't?
Would life be better if I was more attractive? Of course it would.
But the most important question is: would I sell more books?
Which is why I'm currently working hard to lose weight. You can read about my efforts HERE.
In the meantime, I'll continue in my efforts to be funny and nice, and take some solace in the fact that the most famous writer who ever lived, William Shakespeare, looked a lot like Mr. Potato Head.
Didn't seem to hurt his sales.
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
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If you want to sell your house but it's worth less than the amount remaining on the mortgage, a short sale may allow you to sell your house and settle your mortgage debt.
By completing a short sale rather than allowing your house to go through foreclosure, you avoid eviction and your house won't be sold at a public sale or auction. Plus, depending on your circumstances, you could qualify for financial assistance to help with relocation costs.
I'm considering a short sale and I haven't received an offer yet
There are advantages to contacting us before you list your home for sale. We can determine an appropriate selling price and start pursuing approvals before you list the property or receive an offer.
Qualified property owners who participate in the Cooperative Short program may be eligible to receive $2,5001 in financial assistance.
If you have a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insured loan, you must have the FHA's approval before beginning a short sale that the FHA will accept. Also, with an FHA-approved short sale, you may be eligible for up to $1,000 in relocation assistance.
Cooperative Short Sale Program
By selling your house in a Cooperative Short Sale, you may get these and other benefits:
- $2,5001 for relocation assistance
- Foreclosure process may be halted, subject to applicable law.
Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Short Sale
If you're approved for and successfully complete an FHA Short Sale, you may benefit in several ways:
- You may be eligible for relocation assistance
- Foreclosure process may be halted, subject to applicable law.
- Deficiency waiver definition: We may waive the right to collect the difference between what you owe on the mortgage and the amount resulting from the sale of the home.
I've received an offer on my house, but don't yet have approval to pursue a short sale
If you've received an offer, and you aren't already participating in one of our short sale programs, you may continue to follow the traditional short sale process.
Traditional Short Sale Process
By selling your house in a short sale rather than going through foreclosure:
- You'll avoid eviction; however, you'll still need to vacate the home
- Your house will not be sold at a public sale or auction
1 The relocation assistance payment is calculated based on the appraised value of your property and the program rules. The total amount will be no less than $2,500. The payment will be delivered after the closing if you comply with all terms and conditions of the program, which include but are not limited to the following: a valuation of the property must be completed and you must satisfy all subordinate liens and provide clear title for the property. If you are still responsible for a deficiency balance after the sale, you should be aware that this relocation assistance will increase that deficiency since it reduces the amount available to apply towards your mortgage debt. If you do not comply with all terms and conditions of the program, you will not receive the relocation assistance payment. The amount of any relocation assistance will be reported to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on the appropriate 1099 Form or Forms. We suggest that you contact the IRS or your tax preparer to determine if you have any tax liability. In order to receive the relocation assistance, the sale of the property must close by the closing date in the short sale agreement. Bank of America reserves the right to change or alter the relocation assistance at any time.


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View all images from the London College of Fashion Gala Archive
The archive consists of eight volumes of editorial publicity cuttings, dating from 1939 to 1952, along with three volumes of advertising and point of sale product photographs, assorted loose photographs and other ephemera. It is the photographs that have been digitised and made available in this collection. Some of the photographs were accompanied by a Gala Publicity Department press release which has been included in the metadata, where available. The publicity cuttings show where the images were used and this information has also been included, along with the name of the photographer or photographic company, where identified. The photographs, together with the accompanying text, will be of interest to those studying the history of cosmetics, advertising photography, fashion promotion and women in the Second World War.
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Avenida 1ra y 62, Miramar, Playa, Havana, CUBA
(Miramar Maps)
"Very nice place to stay"
Posted by: Carl on Nov 2, 2014
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Small comfortable hotel in the heart of Miramar neighbourhood, overlooking Havana's seafront. 11 Km from the city center.
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"Very nice place to stay"
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Carl on Nov 2, 2014 >
1 contribution(s) Canada
Visited on: Nov, 2014 | Leisure | Solo
413 people found this review helpful
Since I was a kid, I wanted to travel to Cuba. Back then I did not have enough money, but now it's different. Because I was traveling alone on this vacation, I was able to afford myself better and luxurious accommodation. I found Chateau Miramar in the catalogue and I must say that I was amazed by the view of it. When I arrived at this hotel, I saw that everything I saw in that catalogue it's true. The hotel is very nice and what's best, it is close to the beach, and it has a private pool. The staff working there were simply amazing. They really do care about their customers. They were very nice, they took my bags to my room and the guy who did that, didn't bother to ask for a tip. When I entered the room, I noticed that the whole room was clean. And that's very important. There were two beds (even I was traveling alone, I couldn't find a room with only one bed) big enough for one person. Next to the bed there was a telephone and as I was told, the telephone is available for international calls. But I never needed a telephone so I never used it. I saw that the room has an air conditioner. And because it was summer and the weather in Cuba was very hot, I had to use it and it is working properly. Also, there was a satellite TV and sometimes when I stayed in the room it was fun to watch some TV. The room contains a safety deposit box which is very important when it comes to safety. The bathroom was very clean and I never had problems with the water pressure and I always had nice and hot water to take a shower. Outside of the hotel you can find a two different pool. One of them is smaller, and it is meant for the little children. The other one is bigger and every time you want to skip the beach you can spend a day at the pool. The restaurant and the bar were organized pretty well, but I think that they should change the food menu. They should import international cuisine, and not just Cuban food. In the future, I will suggest to any of my friends to visit this hotel.
"Disappointing experience."
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Jonathan Murphy on Jul 30, 2011 >
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Visited on: Jul, 2011 | Leisure | With Spouse/Partner
650 people found this review helpful
We stayed at this hotel for two nights while we were visiting Havana. Reception staff were friendly and helpful and check in was quick. Bar/ restaurant staff were very slow and the food was not up to the standard that I would expect.The breakfast buffet was quite appauling.
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Reception staff very pleasant and helpful.
Rooms were clean and tidy and comfortable. Shower was very poor.
Restaurants and Bars:
Food was not good here and the staff were very slow to serve and help. We waited for about 30 minutes before we were even acknowledged on our first visit to the restaurant.
We didn't use the pools but the grounds were kept reasonably well and it was safe to park our car there.
Activities on and off the Resort/Hotel:
Any acticities that we participated in were booked by ourselves.
"Definitely not 4 star"
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ANDREW DEAN on Jun 12, 2011 >
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Visited on: Jun, 2011 | Business | Family and Kids
660 people found this review helpful
Food was not good. internet was a scam. spent about $70 in four days for access in the room without being told there was free wireless in the lobby. was left with unused time as internet was totally unfunctional for the last two days of my stay. front desk personnel could not assist in any way.
late arrival.. checked in promptly
cleaned at my convenience
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food was not up to par.
Posted by: Richard Smith
on Jan 11, 2011 >
1 contribution(s) United Kingdom
Visited on: Jan, 2011
783 people found this review helpful
I found this litte gem of a hotel quite by accident and now use it for all my trips in to the Havana area. Without doubt form arrival to departure the staff are amongst the most friendliest I have encountered. Servvice levels are second to none for this small hotel and getting to know the staff will help you to get the best this hotel can offer. Be back soon Richard
"Un buen hotel"
Posted by: Sr. Jorge Argüello
on Nov 13, 2010 >
1 contribution(s) ARGENTINA
Visited on: Nov, 2010
930 people found this review helpful
Estuve alojado en octubre de 2010 doce días. Fui muy bien atendido por un personal amable y atento. Sus habitaciones son confortables, bien mantenidas y limpias. No así los baños comunes de la planta baja. Cuando hay pocas personas alojadas, no hay buffet y entonces el menú para los que tienen incluida la comida dentro del precio abonado, resulta cansador porque no tiene variaciones; siempre los mismos pocos platos para escoger. En el salón del bar, encontré moscas que no se combatían debidamente. Creo que es aceptable en relación al precio y diría que es un hotel familiar.
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Mr. Flavio Maffeo on Mar 3, 2010 >
1 contribution(s) Cuba
Visited on: Jan, 1998
831 people found this review helpful
Ottimo Hotel , tranquillo e con eccellente servizio . In particolare ho gradito la sistemazione alla camera 405 . Nel prossimo viaggio penso di soggiornare ancora presso il Vs.Hotel .
"Great Hotel"
Posted by: Florentino Ariza
on Aug 25, 2009 >
1 contribution(s) Spain
Visited on: Aug, 2009
1172 people found this review helpful
I am going to tell you about my home in Cuba. El Chateau is the hotel I stay at every time I go to Cuba. I have been coming here for many years and I consider it my home. The staff is great. they also attend to all your needs with warmth and professionalism. The hotel is relaxing and small, and after a few days of wondering around Havana, one hardly wants to leave this perfect hotel. The pool, beach, good food and great drinks all draw you in. The food is really tasty. My most sincere congratulations to the management staff and I hold you remain the same for years to come. My whole hearted recommendation for this hotel.
"Very peaceful, and very nice location"
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Evan Connor on Jun 2, 2005 >
1 contribution(s) The Netherlands
Visited on: Jun, 2005
2159 people found this review helpful
I stayed at Chateau Miramar for 3 nights. It is a small hotel, but I was very happy to live there after one week at downtown Havana in a hotel I did not find so good. But at Miramar I found the peace and the good time I had been coming to Cuba for. The location of the hotel is very close to the sea, and loved to lay on the terasse and feel the nice breeze in the afternoon. and have my lunch there with my lovely girlfriend. I can recomend this hotel to everyone who will have a peacefull place away from all the noice and the trafick and exhaust. Here you a seaview and fresh air, so what else do you want? The roomss are clean. the staff very friendly and the food very good.


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