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Before moving to Belize, serious consideration should be given to the relative cost of living, one's need for social services like medical care and schools, the practicality of being an expatriate or citizen, and legal peculiarities like property rights issues. While Belize is a beautiful tropical nation, anyone considering living there should be ready to accept serious cultural differences.
Belize has a number of advantages. It's an English-speaking country with tropical beaches and a laid-back culture. The cost of living is low relative to the United States, and if the person moving there has a modest pension or retirement fund, the Belize government makes it easy to emigrate.
However, it is a different culture. Some expatriates complain about the corruption in the government, and bribes are business as usual for government officials and business owners alike. The population base is small, which makes it harder to fund important government services or attract businesses to the area. It is also in an area subject to hurricanes, an important consideration if one is building a home.
People with special health care needs or educational needs may find that Belize is not ideal; while they have adequate health and educational infrastructure, their limited resources are oriented to providing the basics. Emigration to Belize should be preceded by lots of research, including more than one visit.


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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Bead Fest Dreams
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I'm so excited! Your beads look beautiful and I will actually have the opportunity, thanks to my dearest friend, Lori, to attend Beadfest and meet all the talented artists I follow online and see their gorgeous beads in person! Thanks for sharing a peek of what we'll see at Beadfest! Hope to see & meet you in Philly!ReplyDeleteReplies
Awesome! Please stop by and introduce yourself! Are you coming with Lori Anderson? that lori?Delete
You have been so very busy, Miss Staci! I love all the colors of those trays and I am mourning the loss of the poppies with you. Wishing for many creative hours to come before the show and a great time to be had by all. Please say hello to everyone for me! Enjoy the day. ErinReplyDelete
Well, I can't be at Bead Feast ~ too far away ~ but I could go shopping right from your photos, everything! Hope you have some leftovers for your E-shop. Have a great time!!ReplyDelete
I hope you sell everything you bring, it all looks fabulous! Have a wonderful time, wish I was going!! Bummer on the copper pieces, I hope your next batch makes it through. CoryReplyDelete
I hope for sure to steal a few moments with you and your amazing beads! I am getting nervous that the few hours I have there will not be enough to see and do everything I want, of course it won't! For sure I will find you! Can't wait! All your beads look better than fantastic!ReplyDelete

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The Dajani house was in Abdoun, the wealthy part of West Amman. Aisha stopped the car at the top of the long, sweeping driveway and I tried not to stare at the huge villa with its pillared entranceway and imposing double doors. I felt like a slob.
A woman stood in the doorway. 'You must be Paul. Welcome. I'm Nour, Aisha's mother.'
She was in her late fifties, slim, elegant and pretty and I liked her instantly. Nour slipped her arm into mine and walked me into the house to meet the family, her manner easy and intimate. Aisha's sister Mariam was giggly, just seventeen and studying computer science at a private university. Ibrahim greeted me like the prodigal son and brushed away my attempts to thank him again for his help. He had a nasty Marlboro habit and I quickly discovered he made a natural comedy act with his wife Nancy, a wisecracking lady whose deep-etched laughter lines were somehow at odds with her sad-looking eyes.
I was mildly surprised to be offered a beer: When Aisha and I had gone to dinner together, we had shared a bottle of red wine. We had been wrapped up in Ministry talk and I hadn't asked her about when or how she drank. I had assumed her life at home, as a Muslim, would be teetotal.
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This aspect of the book has already caused considerable comment – the fictional Dajanis of Olives are 'sophisticated and Westernised'. They speak good English, too - although Ibrahim's is more accented. That's because he's older. And they drink alcohol. How could I have a good Jordanian/Palestinian family drinking alcohol? And why did I choose, one reader asked, to have them be 'non-practising Muslims'?
There are two answers, really. The Arab world's relationship with alcohol is a complex one, with an enormous variety of attitudes expressed throughout the region. Clearly, the consumption of alcohol is prohibited in Islam and the vast majority of Muslims throughout the Arab World will not take alcohol.
However, some people drink on occasion, others will be tolerant of drinking and being in places like bars but not drink themselves, while (and I emphasise this) the vast majority will actively avoid alcohol and places where it is consumed. Some people will drink and yet in other ways practice Islam, others will drink only in certain company or places - undercover drinkers. And some, as in other religions, do not practice their religion at all in any formal way and have a more secular outlook. As in so many things, while the most widespread practice of Muslims is not to drink alcohol, the region represents a kaleidoscope of belief and practice.
Attitudes to alcohol tend to soften with youth and sophistication. Many older men who do take drink in the Arab World take it in the form of Johnny Walker, which is to whiskies what Mercedes is to cars in the Levant. And Ibrahim is no exception. Aisha will drink socially on occasion, but she's not a 'drinker' in the way Paul is, for instance. Paul's possibly a little too fond of the sauce. And Lynch, well...
Olives was originally written with a British audience in mind. I wanted to create a sense of empathy with the Dajanis in the book, particularly as we follow Paul's journey to try and work out whether he believes in them as people, or whether he believes them capable of funding and even actively taking part in terrorism. I certainly wanted to avoid erecting barriers. And I also wanted to portray a sophisticated, wealthy family in West Amman. I have often been a guest in such houses and I have been offered drink. It's important the fictional Dajanis be more secularly minded as otherwise Aisha wouldn't have got within a million miles of Paul.
And so I chose to create an environment where Paul is surprised at the family's openness and tolerance and at how welcome he feels with them, despite his innate alarm and suspicion at Daoud's dark manner. It is Daoud who is more conservative and protective.
In doing so, however, I have not been 'untrue' to the spirit of the region or its people. It's not bandied about precisely because of the prohibition, it's not by any means widespread practice, but a number of people in the Levant do drink. And that's not about the British public being shallow, it's about reflecting a reality that was at the same time a narrative convenience to the author.


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- In Conversation With T. Mike Walker Author of Escape from Iran: The Re-enslavement of Women and the Death of Modern Music
In Conversation With T. Mike Walker Author of Escape from Iran: The Re-enslavement of Women and the Death of Modern Music
- By Norm Goldman
- Published November 11, 2017
Norm Goldman
Reviewer & Author Interviewer, Norm Goldman. Norm is the Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com.
He has been reviewing books for the past twenty years after retiring from the legal profession.
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Bookpleasures.com welcomes as our guest, writer, author, retired teacher, musician, and artist, T. Mike Walker author of Escape from Iran: The Re-enslavement of Women and the Death of Modern Music.
Norm: Good day T. Mike and thanks for participating in our interview.
How did you get started in writing? What keeps you going?
Mike: At 17 I was living on the streets of San Francisco after graduating from High School and asked a former classmate's parents if I could rent an empty room beneath their house while I looked for a job and enrolled at San Francisco City College. They kindly said yes, and for the next year I was sheltered, fed, and educated in many ways by Jack and Tillie Olsen and their four beautiful daughters.
Every night I would hear Tillie typing upstairs long after everyone else was in bed. She had won a scholarship to Stanford's writing workshop for one of her short stories, but she worked all day as a secretary, had to feed her family and make their lunches and buy the groceries, etc., and the night hours were her only time to write.
After they had all gone to work or school the next morning, I would sneak up to the kitchen to eat a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast and would pull crumpled pieces of manuscript from the garbage can next to the table where Tillie would read and edit page after page, sometimes putting her stories through six or seven iterations before she was satisfied with a sentence. She was working on her masterpiece, "Tell Me A riddle,", which was made into a film in the '80's.
Her careful mastery inspired me to write a story of my own "break" with my parents during my last semester in High School when they decided to abandon their restaurant (which was going broke) and move back to Aurora, IL.
I refused to accompany them, and our struggle was the focus of my short story. I asked Tillie to read it, and she was so impressed she said, "I know that you love to play music and draw pictures, but you have a real talent for writing—would you like me to introduce you to some of my teachers at San Francisco State College? They could help you find a career." Of course, I agreed, and we drove out to the college where Tillie introduced me to Walter Van Tilberg Clark (The Ox Bo Incident). Mark Harris, Wright Morris, and other strong influences.
This was in 1962-63, when so many writers and poets were emerging from the San Francisco scene. Almost immediately I published some poems, sold a short story to one of the Playboy type magazines, and I was on my way to a writing career which has lasted over 60 years.
Norm: What do you consider to be your greatest success (or successes) so far in your careers?
T. Mike: This is hard to say. I've had several "Careers": Writing Teacher, Visual Artist, Musician, wedding Minister, Radio Disc Jockey, President Cabrillo's Faculty Union (CFT/AFT), and non-profit grant writer. However, the publication of my first novel, Voices from the Bottom of the World: A Policeman's Journal, by Grove Press, established me as a "writer", and it enabled me to teach Creative Writing at Cabrillo Community College for the next 30 years. Thank God for that one steady job!
However, from 1957 to the present I have been married five times, have four children from three former wives and three step children (from their mother's former husband) and now I have seven grandchildren as well.
For the past 20 years I have gone back to painting, and making collages, in addition to writing (I designed the cover of Escape from Iran, for instance). For twelve years I was Board President of the Santa Cruz Art League until I retired this year, and this month I juried my first National Political Art Show: "Spoken/Unspoken" which will show at the SC Art League in February 2018 (I also get to award $1,000 in prizes!) But personally, my latest darling is always my "favorite", and Escape From Iran was my toughest challenge yet.
Norm: How did you become involved with the subject or theme of your novel Escape from Iran: The Re-enslavement of Women and the Death of Modern Music?
T. Mike: During the 1970's many Iranian students came to the US to study, and many of them showed up in my English 1A classes, where I got to know them and learn their stories. I was playing middle-eastern music (Bouzouki, Arabic drums, and Turkish Tsaz) at local clubs for belly-dancers, and I was interested in learning more about Persian music, dance, and culture.
The more I heard, the hungrier I grew. They introduced me to
a Philosopher/Teacher who gave weekly lectures in Berkeley on Persian
Poetry and Mysticism.
When I met Mostafa I was deeply impressed by
the man and began studying many publications and articles he gave me.
Later, when I travelled to the East during my Sabbatical in 1974-75, I visited him in Tyre, Lebanon to help him with the English translation for his book, A Cry From the Heart (referred to in Escape from Iran).
Mostafa went on to create Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Army. The central Library in Tehran is named after him today.
Later, in the '80's, I met a musician who was stuck in Iran after the revolution and had to escape. His adventures stirred my memories and I reconnected with some of my Iranian friends and started asking questions.
By the time we finished talking, the
book was already forming itself in my mind. I went home and wrote the
first draft in about a month, gave it to me friends to read, took
home 100's of corrections and suggestions, and wrote the 2nd draft.
It took several years and five more drafts before I felt it was ready
to release—so I gave it to my friend, Terry Burke, a UCSC
Middle-Eastern History Professor and asked for his response.
read the book and liked it, but took off on a year long speaking tour
without sharing his response.
I got depressed, thinking he disliked, and put the book aside. Then, In January of this year, I saw Terry at a local restaurant and asked him if ever read my book. He proceeded to tell me how much he liked it over the next hour and agreed to write a review for me if I went forward with self-publication. (Note: I have over twenty rejection slips from US publishers and agents who did not even want to discuss the book with me!) So he did I did and we did and here we are today with a book in our hands (and a box full in the trunk of my car—the fate of all self-published writers!)
Norm: What do you hope will be the everlasting thoughts for readers who finish your novel?
T. Mike: I hope they will
feel a warm regard for the music and culture of Iran, a deep respect
for the Iranian People, a better sense of their values and ideals,
their struggles and dreams. Although it's been almost 40 years since
the Iranian revolution, many of their goals have not been reached and
well over half the country (the women!) yearn for their rights to
Yes, they can vote and even hold minor offices, a few even teach or practice medicine, but for the most part they are still repressed. Most of all, I want readers to know that Iranians are fully human beings exactly like us in more ways than we are "different". I would love it if the book could somehow diffuse the fear and hatred the US press drums up against that ancient land and its people.
Norm: What are some of the references that you used while researching this novel?
T. Mike: Maps, history books, nearly 1,000 pages of notes, readings of Persian Poets (Hafiz, Rumi, The Persian Book of Kings (Shahnama) by A. Ferdowsi, listening to 100's of hours of Persian classical and modern music, and conversations with Iranian citizens, both in Tehran and in the USA.
Norm: What was the most difficult part of writing this book and what did you enjoy most about writing it?
T. Mike: The hardest part was getting all the spelling right for Persian words, and writing about places I haven't been to, based on descriptions of others. I also had to fact check dates, times & places as much as I could.
Norm: Did you write the novel more by logic or intuition, or some combination of the two? Please summarize your writing process of the book.
T. Mike: I wrote the book through sheer inspiration, based on several "real" stories that came together in my mind and spelled ADVENTURE! After I heard that my friend Mostafa had died, murdered with a whole cadre if revolutionary guards he was encouraging near the front lines of the Iran/Iraq war in 1983-84.
Norm: Did you know the end of your novel at the beginning?
T. Mike: Yes and No. I
knew my Protagonist, Ara, would manage the escape, but I had to find
a different way than the one he actually used to protect him and his
accomplices. I also had to figure out how to connect Ara with Mostafa
(since they never met)--this part of the book is "fiction", even
though much of it happened—just not the way portrayed.
The concept of Star-struck, ill-fated lovers came to me immediately when Kershmae meets Ara on the bus. The moment they started speaking, the story took on it's own dynamic and the characters took off running—it was all I could do to restrain them from exploding every few pages—they are so passionate about their lives, their beliefs, their struggles. I couldn't help but love them both, fools that they were!
Norm: Are the characters in your book based on people you know or have encountered or are they strictly fictional?
T. Mike: Most of the characters are based on people I knew—but not necessarily in the circumstances which appear in the book. I like Ken Kesey's statement: "It's the Truth, even if it didn't happen," I also like my own variation: "All characters in this novel are fictitious, whether living or dead." Since this is a work of historical fiction, it's a necessary mix of fact and imagination—always a difficult challenge.
Norm: Some people maintain that writers should write what they know. Were there any elements of the novel that forced you to step out of your comfort zone, and if so, how did you approach this part of the writing?
T. Mike: Well, I'm not Iranian. I've never lived/loved/slept with an Iranian woman. Although I've been shot at, I've never been in a raging gun battle. I've never flown in a helicopter. So there are some parts we either event or create through our imagination, I didn't "live" most parts of this book personally, but I DID speak with and listen carefully to those who have done (or did) every deed in the book, and I have rendered their impressions as faithfully as I could. I also traveled through parts of Iran and the Middle-East, including India, Afghanistan, Turkey, etc., Any errors in actual places, names, or times in the book are mine.
Norm: Do you feel that writers, regardless of genre owe something to readers, if not, why not, if so, why and what would that be?
T. Mike: Writers in all genres owe the reader enormous respect! We should be as clear as possible, as accurate as we can be, as truthful to our characters and material as humanly possible. We should also read widely in as many genres as possible. I've been a sci-fi and mystery fan since I was 10, added Westerns and Romance in High School, along with International Literature (Tolstoy, Camus, Zen Buddhism, the Upanishads, etc., and I still read widely today. Stay true to your characters. If you want to know them better, treat them badly. We reveal our true selves under adversity. Never write down to your audience! If you let your characters speak the truths of their lives in their own words, you won't go wrong.
Norm: In fiction as well as in non-fiction, writers very often take liberties with their material to tell a good story or make a point. But how much is too much?
T. Mike: Fact or Fantasy, a story should stay grounded in the rules of the world being created. To deviate or twist the "facts" from what has been established is, for me, time to put down the book. How much is too much? I don't know if there is a hard fast rule here, but a seasoned reader can smell falsehood the minute it appears, and the scent soon closes the book's fate. How many books have we put aside, never to pick up again? Perhaps the flaw is in the reader, but more likely to problem is the distortion caused by "too much" (or too little) stretching of the material. On the other hand—it it's "a good story" tell it! Imagination will often carry us through
Norm: What would you like to say to writers who are reading this interview and wondering if they can keep creating, if they are good enough, if their voices and visions matter enough to share?
Mike: All of our voices and visions matter—they come from that universal pool of human genetic material from which all stories, beings, civilizations and worlds arise! There are an infinite number of variations on any theme, as many "stories" as there are people on the earth. Our experiences and feelings are valid, and what we think and say is important precisely because we are all parts of each other, we all come from the same divine source, and each of our unique lives has meaning to the universe that created us. Of course, you have to master your craft if you want to be a good conduit of your inspiration. And no matter how fast or how furiously your material hits the page, remember—it's not ready to share with others until you have read it first yourself. If you see errors, correct them. If your readers find errors, thank them and correct the errors. It pays to employ a proof reader. But when that little voice in you says "YES!", then go for it. If you can get an agent to work with you, listen to what they have to say. I was fortunate to have the incredible Donald Allan from Grove Press as my first book editor. He suggested dozens of changes, all of which were excellent. Editors and Agents have perspectives no beginning author can hope to have—that's why we listen to them. It's all to make our work more accessible to our readers.We have them—they're out there! We just haven't found each other yet.
Norm: Norm: How can readers find out more about you and Escape from Iran?
T. Mike: My four published books should give some sense of who I am—from policeman to teacher, wedding minister, writer, artist, musician...why set limits on yourself? You can also see many of my collages and hear me read some of my poems and a portion of Escape from Iran on You-Tube. You can also follow me on Facebook (T. Mike Walker). Don't be afraid to try new arts, new styles, new cultures and countries. Expand your interests and hone your abilities, try on new lives through your art, and deepen your compassion for others.
Norm: What is next for T. Mike Walker?
T. Mike: I have two more
novels to complete—one called Song of Sheba, the romance between
Queen Makeda of Ethiopia and King Solomon of Judah.
The story is told
from Makeda's point of view, and it's a spicy and irreverent
compendium of Coptic and Israeli myths, woven from both Ethiopian and
Old Testament Bibles.
Queen Makeda is one feisty lady, black and beautiful and on a mission for her Country, Witty and quick, she's a match for King Sol—and the Great Game Begins!. (There is also a Book 2, Son of Solomon, waiting in the wings, connecting Solomon with the Ethiopian King line from Menalach Ito Hailie Selassie.) Beyond that? Mysteries surround me, voices call to me in the night, a fluttering stack of unwritten stories and poems haunt me in the early dawn. I've never run out of material or things to do.
Norm: As this interview draws to a close what one question would you have liked me to ask you? Please share your answer.
T. Mike: What inspires
you? Because writing is hard work, Most of mine was done on manual
typewriters before they were electrified, then plugged into our
Once I wished I didn't have to put in a new sheet of paper
when I reached the end of a page, now I stack a ream of blanks in my
printer and it lays them out for me numbered (In fact, now we don't
need to have paper at all to enjoy a book; I read at least one e-book
a week for pleasure in between hard cover.
Reading is also a great source of inspiration to me! As is Music, both creating it (mostly piano these days), or listening to it. I often have music on (jazz or classical) in the background to screen out noise while I'm writing—but not music with words in a language I know. Words & lyrics interrupt my thoughts and make it hard to hear the voices in my head. No, I'm not crazy—I'm a writer, and it comes from the inside out. Knowing that we've connected with even one other person can make our day.
Norm: Thanks once again and good luck with all of your future endeavors


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Finding A Tenant For An Apartment In North Las Vegas
Do you have an apartment in North Las Vegas that you want to rent out? If you're currently seeking a tenant, you'll want to be careful
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Online ListingIf you're placing an online listing for an apartment, you're going to want to include photos.
People will be far more likely to apply for your apartment if they have the chance to see it. If your photos look great, you'll be able to get plenty of attention for your property.
Apartment RentingYou need to be careful about how much you ask for the apartment that you're renting out.
If the price that you set is too high, a lot of people aren't going to bother to apply. Why would people pay more to live in your apartment?
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Try to price your apartments in line with those units. You'll get a lot of interest if you set your monthly rent at the right rate.
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If you're looking for a tenant for an apartment in North Las Vegas, there are a number of things you'll want to do. You'll want to attract the interest of a number of different tenants. Once you've managed to do that successfully, you'll want to select the best tenant for your apartment.
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On September 11, Miss Dannelly's 7th grade Reading classes spent the day listening to guest speakers and reading faculty members memories and experiences from that infamous day 16 years ago. They compared and contrasted the various points of view different people had and discussed the impact that event has had on the world. Special thanks to all of the SFJHS faculty that contributed their stories and were willing to have them published for all to read. Also, a huge thanks to our guest speakers Ms. Holley, Mr. Mortensen, Mr. Waters, Mr. Palfreyman, and Mrs. Wilson!
Chaleesa Warren
I was in 4th grade. I remember my mom waking me up to watch the news. We went to school and in every class we watched the news. I remember teachers crying. I also remember being told that today would change the world and how things would happen in the future. I remember feeling so sad for all those people. I also remember feeling proud to be an American that day and felt like our country pulled together to help the people in New York.
Alesha LeMmon
I was getting ready to go to work and my daughter came running in the kitchen saying a plane crashed into a building in NYC. We were getting ready to leave for school and work, so I dropped the kids off and turned on NPR and began to listen to what was happening. By the time I arrived at work, the second plane had crashed into the second World Trade Center Tower. I was a startled and shocked. We brought a television in to our offices that day. I was in charge of a team of technical support specialists and the phones had stopped ringing. No one was calling. We all gathered around the TV and watched in disbelief as reporting had started on a third plane in Pennsylvania that was headed for the Pentagon had crash landed in a field. Everyone stood around in stunned disbelief. How could this happen on American soil?
On another note, my aunt's birthday is 9-11 and she lived on a farm in Central Illinois. Because all air traffic was grounded, she said it was so very quiet over that part of Illinois as their farm is in a major flight path. One plane flew over her farm that afternoon and we surmised it was Air Force One taking the President to the bunker located in the Midwest. She said it was eerie.
Jen Fong
I was taking an AP Government class (in High School) from a man who was very passionate and had an opinion about everything. We would have discussions almost daily about what was going on in the news. He always had something to say and wanted us to debate things with him and each other and think about the impact on our lives. But on that day, he didn't say anything. The TV was turned on to the news in his classroom when we came in and he was just sitting at the back of the room just watching. We watched the news for an hour and we left his class. I can't say I really understood what it all meant and what would play out for the next days, weeks and years, but his reaction (so different then his norm) always stayed with me.
Ashli Brooks
I was in first grade when 9/11 happened, so I don't remember much. However, I remember my mom doing my hair in front of the news, and I just remember being so confused as to what was happening! I remember her crying, and going to school and having some of the teachers crying. I soon was able to understand what happened, but as a 7 year old, it's hard to grasp WHY it was happening.
Garrett Johnson
I remember walking upstairs to have breakfast before I went to school ( I was a 6th grader in Middle School) My mom and I were watching the news that the first plane had hit the tower and as we were watching this wondering if it was an accident the second plane hit the other tower. We then knew it was not an accident! I remember feeling scared, worried as I left for school that morning. When I got to school all teachers had the news on in their rooms and in each class we spent time talking about what was going on which made things feel a bit better.
I remember how proud I was to be an American and seeing everyone from every state take pride in their country and doing what they could to help those people in New York, Washington, Pennsylvania.
Jonathan Lawrence
I was dropping off my preschooler son at daycare. The sitter had her TV on mute, when I saw the footage of the 2nd plane crashing live I almost fell over. Through live TV I just watched hundreds if not thousands die. I was gob smacked. I extended my best wishes and quickly went to my school and shot my wife a text as she was a teacher as well. I was a first year teacher at the old Spanish Fork Middle (now Diamond Fork Jr.). I was not sure how the school district would instruct teachers on covering the events in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, but I decided I wanted to have it available for those interested in viewing/discussing. It was a terribly difficult day, but mostly I was worried about my little 6th graders and how they would process things that were happening.
Brenda Kay
I was at home in my pajamas, starting my day with my toddler who is now almost 18 years old. My husband, who had had just left for work, turned on his radio during the drive and found out that one of the twin towers had been hit by an airplane. He called me and told me to turn on the news. Every news station was covering the unfolding story. I watched in horror as images of the burning sky scraper were shown. It wasn't long before the second tower was hit by a plane. This was SHOCKING because it was now evident that the first crash had NOT been an accident. Something horrific was happening. Someone was doing this on purpose. Two planes just do not end up crashing into sky scrapers by accident. The horror intensified as I learned that a plane had crashed into the Pentagon. This was equally unsettling because the carnage was taking place in TWO locations, not one. How many more sites would be hit? How extensive would this become? How many people were going to get hurt or die? Who was doing this? Why?
As I watched the news coverage, the first tower to be hit COLLAPSED--imploded, live, on t.v. At first, I thought to myself, "It's a good thing they evacuated the building" but reality soon settled in: the building had not been evacuated and people had just been killed ON LIVE TV. I sat there stunned. This could NOT be happening in America. The feeling of disbelief was SO intense. It was scary. What was happening? Nobody knew. Not the reporters.
Footage of New Yorkers running from that area of the city, covered in gray dust--some injured, almost all dazed--brought a new level of pain to the situation. I realized that the air was filled with dusty particles, making breathing difficult. The force of the falling building, plus all of the materials falling to the ground, were injuring and killing people on the street. People were running, unable to drive their cars or take public transportation. They couldn't get home, so they started to walk. Phone lines were jammed because so many people were trying to call loved ones. People were visibly panicked and distressed because they had loved ones in the towers.
Firefighters and rescue workers worked to save as many people as they could from the second tower.
Trapped by the fire, some jumped to their deaths.
The second tower fell too soon.
Firefighters died along with those they were trying to save.
Air traffic control was frantically and quickly landing every plane in U.S. airspace.
There was speculation about terrorism, war, retaliation.
A plane went down in a field in Pennsylvania, clearly short of its intended target (wherever that was--we didn't know).
President Bush looked furious when he addressed the nation on national t.v. FURIOUS!
I began having nightmares. Months later, hearing a plane overhead would frighten me. I didn't feel safe anymore.
Jaimie Dannelly
I remember walking down the hall to go to my fourth grade class. The door was open, but the lights were off, which was weird. I went in anyway. As I walked through the doorway, I saw that my teacher had the TV on and was watching the news. I glanced at my teacher and saw that she was engrossed in the news and other students were at their desks sitting quietly. I looked back at the TV, and as I did, I saw a plane hit the World Trade Center. My mouth dropped open. I was young, but I knew something bad was happening. All we did in class that morning was watch the news and my teacher, with tears in her eyes, tried to explain what was happening, but who could really explain it? We watched replay after replay of the planes hitting the towers. We watched as the towers collapsed on live TV. That didn't seem real to me. I was too young to really understand that thousands of people had just lost their lives, and I had watched it.
That day I went to St. George with my mom and dad and the only thing you could hear on the radio stations was news. My mom and dad talked in hushed tones about everything, and all I wanted was to listen to music to get rid of all of the sad feelings. I remember people having a sense of pride along with the tragedy of Flight 93. Those passengers died as heroes and everyone was grateful to them for saving who knows how many lives.
The next few weeks had a sad undertone and everyone just wanted to talk about 9-11 and what it meant for the future of our country. I had no idea at the time how much that event would change the world I grew up in.
Kathy Thacker
I had the news on while I was getting my kids ready for school and daycare. They broke into the regular news to report that a plane had hit the first tower. At that point, they didn't know why the plane had hit the tower. The newscasters thought that it had been an accident. It wasn't until we all watched the live footage of the second plane hitting the second tower that anyone started to realize that it was anything but accidental. I remember feeling shock and fear like I had never felt before as I watched the plane hit the building. I remember watching newscasters as the same shock and fear came over them, and realizing how hard it must be for them to keep any sort of professional composure as they had to continue reporting on the horror that was unfolding before them without even having a chance to begin to process what they were seeing.
I was going to Utah State University at the time. USU didn't cancel classes that day, but lots of students didn't go to class. Some were too shocked and scared to leave their houses. I think that those of us who went to class were trying hard to hold on to any shred of normalcy. However, things were anything but normal on the USU campus.
Silence! That's what stood out to me the most. A college campus is usually anything but silent. There are usually students hanging out, laughing, talking, playing Frisbee, and riding bikes. On September 11th none of that happened. Random students wandered the campus in what felt like slow motion. In place of the usual laughter of friendship, there was the silence of shock and numbness, the silence of reverence towards the lives lost, the silence of tear drops falling down cheeks when no words would come that could possibly describe our feelings as we all tried to process what was happening in our country. The only sounds that were heard were the occasional muffled cries as students hugged each other, or the sounds of professors suggesting that the lesson that they had planned somehow didn't feel all that important anymore, and instead we should just love and support each other.
Shane Waters
I remember turning on the TV and not believing that it was not real. The images that are burned in my mind forever are the one watching people jumping out of the buildings to fall to their death. Over the past two years I have spent some time in NY. This year I went into the museum. I don't think I will ever go back. Even thinking about it now brings back a ton of emptiness and sadness. These pictures show the following: the foundation of Tower one. World trade Center Sphere. Only surviving tree left. Plaque and monument for the firemen who died from this station.
Alyse Freeland
I was getting ready to go to school in 6th grade at the old middle school (Diamond Fork), and my parents were getting ready for work and I heard them starting to panic over something. I went in their room and Matt Lauer was on the Today Show saying that someone accidentally flew an airplane into the WTC. My mom's eyes were watering and my parents said how many people worked in that building and we were all so sad that something like this could happen and how sad for that captain who had made a horrible mistake! I left to go to school and I was in Mr. Tuckett's (who used to teach here) class and he told us that another plane had hit the second building and none of it was a mistake. We watched the news all day in school and I remember it was so crazy to see because all my teachers were crying and sad. Everyone kept saying "you'll never forget where you were when you heard about 9/11 and it's been 16 years, and it still gives me chills to think about.
PS: I also remember where I was when we captured and killed Bin Laden and that too gives me chills!
Chris Thompson
Just minutes before my alarm went off on September 11, 2001, I awoke to the ringing of the phone. It was my husband calling from his construction site. "Hey, go turn on the t.v. and tell us what's happening. We just heard the World Trade Center was hit by a plane, and they think it might be a terrorist attack." Still half asleep, I woke my two boys for school and tried not to stir my my seventh-month-old daughter as I made my way downstairs. Shocked by the on-screen images, I returned my husband's call and read to him the CNN Newsline that was slowly making its way across our TV.
"Oh my gosh, hon, another plane just hit! Oh my gosh!" We stayed on the phone as news reporters confirmed the obvious. We were witnessing our generation's Pearl Harbor--a first-of-its-kind attack on our own soil that was meant to wake up an entire country. Not only was this an act of terrorism, this was an act of war.
I sat glued to the TV for the rest of the day, watching as my fellow countrymen jumped from fiery buildings while others waved white shirts out of windows, hoping to be rescued. I watched thousands emerge from clouds of black smoke covered in soot, while others ran toward the destruction, hoping to care for the dead and wounded. My heart swelled with pride (and anguish) as the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 took down the plane that was reportedly headed to the White House, sparing the lives of our country's leadership while sacrificing their own.
It was a day that seemed to go on forever--one calamity after another popping up on the TV screen, leaving reporters in a teary loss for words as America played the lead role in one of the world's worst domestic tragedies ever imagined--the plot eventually revealing the best and the worst in humanity.
Joe Anson
7 September 2017
Most mornings I listen to sports talk radio or a book on CD on my way to work, but on the morning of September 11, 2001, for some reason, just before 7:00 MST, I decided to switch to the news. I heard the report that an airplane had struck the north tower of the World Trade Center. I figured it was a catastrophic accident—some poor amateur pilot or something.
To my astonishment, I was listening live via KSL when another plane smashed into the south tower. I was idling at a stop light when I caught the reporter's off-guard reaction. My own, a lowly mutter: "Oh, crap." Both towers started coming down before I pulled into the school parking lot.
In my classroom I turned on the television and absorbed report after report as they rolled in with a play-by-play of the collapse of the towers, the bravery of the first responders, the climbing death toll. Shortly, it was the story of the Pentagon and United Airlines Flight 93 crashing into a nondescript Pennsylvania field.
We stood on a turning point in American history.
The previous day, my 9th graders read a short story—"American History" by Judith Ortiz Cofer: Elena, a young Puerto Rican girl, remembers the day President Kennedy was shot. She was in the ninth grade, and she hated school. The only bright spot was her crush on a boy named Eugene. On the day of the assassination, she had made plans to study with him. It would have been her first visit to his house. School was dismissed early, and she wandered home, thinking of Eugene. When Elena appeared at Eugene's door, however, his mother turned her away. She did not want her son making friends with a Puerto Rican girl. Returning home, Elena found her building silent and everyone in mourning. Absorbed in her own tragedy, Elena couldn't share in the public sorrow (summary courtesy of McDougall Littell's The Language of Literature 9).
That morning, in the midst of public tragedy, I witnessed several parallel stories woven into the lives around me. Like Elena from the story, several complained about trivial concerns such as how embarrassing it was that someone else was wearing the same shirt. Why a certain girl hadn't responded to a note. Why a young football player was going to quit because he didn't get any minutes until the fourth quarter of a blowout. How the copy machine was still broken. I even overheard a few students unsympathetically shrug off the morning's attacks with an indifferent "So what? Who cares?"
In class we drew the parallels between the story from the day before and the current event still happening in our country. The conversations of my classroom that day dealt with putting life into perspective. Both teenagers and adults uncovered truths of human existence and relevance—discoveries similar those of Robert Fulghum's 1959 experience with Sigmund Wollman (Seattle Times, August 29, 1991) or Henry Smith in Gary D. Schmidt's Trouble. Despite the apathetic few, national pride inflated. Compassion grew. Where the stereotypical teenage blinders once held fast; eyes of empathy and worlds self-discovery opened. With the world on a perpetually pessimistic fast-forward, sometimes, unfortunately, tragedy is compels us to stop and scrutinize our personal perspective. Once back in check, we realize what really matter and we uncover our best selves. Only from the ashes can a new phoenix rise.
David Thacker
The morning of September 11, 2001 started as every other Tuesday for me. I was a student at Utah State University and had a 7:30 am class so I had to be up early. I had just finished my morning shower and had stepped out of the bathroom when Mrs. Thacker (who was watching the morning news) said to me that a plane had hit one of the twin towers in New York. I walked over to see the news report, which was happening live, and saw the second plane hit the second tower. I remember thinking exactly what the news reporter was saying: "Two planes hitting two separate towers in the same morning is not a coincidence. This is an attack." I stayed to watch more of the news until I had to leave for class.
Once I arrived on campus, the mood was rather subdued. The usual ruckus that I had come to associate with being on campus (even at 7:30 in the morning) was absent. My classes that day were somber, and in some, there was no attempt to even have class. News reports were on all the computers and televisions. People huddled in groups and talked quietly, or comforted one another while sharing tears.
I was in a state of unbelief. This was The United States of America! This does not happen here! And yet, it had. It really drove home for me when I went to work that night. I worked for Convergys, which is a call center. I took incoming customer service and billing calls for Sprint PCS. That night we were flooded with calls from all over the country. The attacks had knocked out all cell towers in the area. People were trying to contact their loved ones in New York and were unable to do so. I had such a sense of despair as I had to repeatedly tell the customers that I talked o on the phone that there was nothing that I could do to connect their calls. I cannot tell you how many hundreds of people I could not help that night, but each one hurt. Knowing how much they were scared and worried, and knowing I could not help them…That is a feeling I never want to have again.


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Scottish Rider Lewis Buchanan joins the BMC Factory Trailcrew3. February 2016, Grenchen — Melanie Leveau — Enduro Team
A well-known name in downhill mountain biking, the Scottish mountain biker Lewis Buchanan will make the switch to Enduro mountain biking in 2016 as the new member of the BMC Factory Trailcrew alongside Frenchman François Bailly-Maître, the Swiss rider Lorraine Truong, and German Kerstin Kögler.
Lewis Buchanan started his professional mountain biking career in 2010, at the tender age of 16. He arrived on the scene with a bang winning three World Cups in the Junior category between 2010 and 2011, and a bronze medal at the 2010UCI MTB DH Junior World Championships in Mont-Sainte-Anne. Six years later, the Scottish rider is giving new impetus to his biking career by changing from downhill racing to enduro.
According to Buchanan "It's a big change for me but I need it – and the new challenge. I am stoked to sign with BMC and be a part of the BMC Factory Trailcrew. I know that with the success of the brand not only in the Enduro scene, but in other disciplines too, that this is a great fit for me and will help me to reach my goals in 2016". Lewis will ride a BMC Trailfox enduro mountain bike, and he is very excited about racing a bike with 29er wheels. "The equipment is great and with experience from the whole team I feel I will learn the important stuff quickly."
Being new to Enduro and not having taken part to any EWS event yet doesn't prevent him from setting ambitious goals for the 2016 season: "Enduro is an unknown area for me, so its hard to set realistic goals for the season, but I know where I want to be. Being with a new trainer and having my training totally switched up has been really awesome and I'm confident with that program, my skills, and the team around me, I can crack out some good results and hopefully surprise some people."
François Bailly-Maître, leader of the BMC Factory Trailcrew is excited to see this young gun joining the team. "Lewis is a talented rider. He is part of a generation that I admire and love to watch. Everything looks so easy and simple for them. We will be helping each other – I'll share my racing experience with him and I will count on him to boost my own technical skills!". The BMC Factory Trailcrew was formed in 2013 and since then, it has consisted mainly of continental riders. BMC CEO David Zurcher commented "Having a new rider from Scotland, with limited experience in enduro racing, will bring some cross-discipline experience, and add a new lease of life to the group- hopefully producing some good results too! We are very committed to our trail segment at BMC, and having top class, international riders to collaborate with is key in the strategic development of this segment."
Lewis and François will take part in the entire Enduro World Series which starts in Chile on the 19th and 20th of March. Unfortunately, Lorraine Truong is still recovering from her brain injury after a heavy crash in Samoëns, France last summer so her return is not scheduled yet. Kerstin Kögler will focus on stage races and regional events.
The bikes of the BMC Factory Trailcrew (the BMC Trailfox and BMC Speedfox Trailcrew) are equipped with components and parts from our long-term partners Shimano, Fox, Continental, Fizik and 3T. The is proud to also be associated with Giro, Pearl Izumi, Lululemon, Julbo, Isostar, Elite and Motorex and new, for the 2016 season, the team welcomes Polar, Bliss Protections and V8 equipment on board.


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Stoke City v Chelsea: Mourinho calls for adaptability
Title-chasing Chelsea got back on track in the Premier League against Hull City last weekend, having surrendered their unbeaten start to 2014-15 against Newcastle United a week earlier.
However, with Manchester City hot on their heels, Mourinho's side travel to Stoke needing no reminder of the corresponding fixture from last season.
A stunning Oussama Assaidi strike gave Stoke all three points last term and, with City having beaten Crystal Palace on Saturday to move level on points at the summit, Mourinho can ill-afford another slip-up in Staffordshire.
The Portuguese called for his side to deal with what he sees as a dual threat from Mark Hughes' men, who have already beaten City this term.
"They are a good and difficult side," Mourinho said on Thursday.
"They have that important base that Tony Pulis gave them: physicality, set-pieces, aggressive, direct. This was the base of their success since they came to the Premier League.
"In the last couple of years with Mark Hughes, without losing that identity, he has brought some of his own ideas, some players that can have more than that physicality.
"We have to go there and play our game but we know well their qualities as a team and their qualities individually and we have also to adapt to it."
While Stoke have showcased their ability to challenge the league's better sides in games - beating Arsenal and Tottenham this season - a largely inconsistent campaign sees them sit in the bottom half.
One of the main positives for Hughes this term, however, has been the form of Bojan Krkic.
The former Barcelona forward has regularly demonstrated his quality since arriving in the Premier League, with Hughes hopeful the 24-year-old can feature against Chelsea, despite suffering with a hip injury recently.
"It is a bit early in the week, but Bojan has trained for the past two days which is a positive for us," explained the former Chelsea striker on Thursday.
"Hopefully, he will be fine. We certainly don't envisage there being any real problems with him ahead of the game."
Hughes still has doubts over Stephen Ireland (knee), while Mourinho could have a virtually clean bill of health, with Didier Drogba (ankle) and Thibaut Courtois (groin) set to return.
Kurt Zouma is available again after suffering a clash of heads with Petr Cech in the League Cup win over Derby County on Tuesday. Nathan Ake is likely to be Chelsea's only absentee with a hamstring problem.


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Turkish participants in PowerGen Europe 2006
Necdet Kahraman (SEGU, Izmir) with your writer(at left)
Dear Colleagues
I participated to latest PowerGen Europe Conference in Cologne Germany between 28 May and 1 June 2006. It was a great experience. I met with many international key figures of the Energy business as well as key figures of the Turkish energy business. I work as marketing consultant of various international energy companies in my environment. It was a very good opportunity to meet with these key figures, to learn more about new developmets especially in CFB, renewables and nuclear sector.
PowerGen Europe 2006 is the most important conference in Energy business. Participation is very important. Here is the list of Turkish participants in PowerGen Europe 2006 in Cologne Germany,
Teknotes Industrial Plants -Ankara
(with individual booth) - 7 participants
Bis Energy Bursa- 1
Park Energy- Istanbul- 1
BGM Istanbul- 3
De Jung Coen - Enpro Ankara- 1
Calik Energy Ankara- 3
Nurol Energy Ankara- 1
Foster Wheeler- Energy Group Ankara- 1
GE Energy Istanbul- 2
Siemens Power Generation Ankara -2
Modern Energy Istanbul -6
MAN B&W - Iltekno Istanbul -3
STORK Thermeq - Burners and deaerators -Ankara -1
TurboMach Istanbul -3
SEGU Steel Fabrications Izmir -2
Nuh Energy -1
Zorlu Energy Istanbul -2
Envy Ankara -1
Orhan TUMER, Istanbul -1
Teknom Ankara -2
PowerServ Istanbul- 1
Selnikel Ankara -2
Teknik Yayincilik- Istanbul -1
Thermoflow Thermal Power Design Software Ankara -1
I recommend all my colleagues to participate to the next conference which will take place in Madrid Spain between 28-30 June 2007
Best regards
Haluk Direskeneli


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Oh the wait, oh the alliteration — it is Waiting on Wednesday hosted by Breaking the Spine which chronicles new books we can't wait to get.
Aside from anxiously waiting for my new e-reader to ship, this week (and every week until it actually is October 16) I am waiting on The Twelve by Justin Cronin. If you read Cronin's The Passage then you know why – and if you haven't I strongly suggest you spend the next few weeks before the 16th reading it, and then I am sure you will be adding The Twelve to your list too.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
two can ride
i haven't added it to my shop yet...i can't tell you how CRAZY it is over here! i am asking you guys a HUGE favor....i need all your good luck vibes in the next two months...because.............................................WE ARE GOING TO OPEN A BIKE SHOP!!!! we are doing all the financing and paperwork....business loans...shop design...blah blah blah and let me tell you it is A TON of work but the mister and i are so super EXCITED!! the only thing that will be the most difficult is getting the business loan....oh i hope they lend us the money!!! one of our favorite bike shops retired this year and the other stores are CRAP with bad service, shitty inventory & shitty attitude! i have told the mister i refuse to go to one of them because of the attitude we always get there whenever we step foot in there...we are hoping to get the shop opened early january of next year so my postings will be sporadic and i will be posting a lot of my crafts that i am also getting ready for my craft fair....YIPPEEEE
i am off now heading up to lake tahoe for my cousin's fiancee's bachlorette party! can't wait, it is going to be fun and a time to let loose a little. i'll be back on sunday to share the good times!
hope you all have a great weekend!!!!!!
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oh my goodness, that is SO exciting! all the very best of luck to you. how fun that will be for you two to do together. I admire your courage. It's going to be great, I'm sure!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the shop- What an exciting time for you!! Will be sure to send good luck vibes your way!ReplyDelete
The tandem art looks great! Which reminds me of my incredibly oblivious neighbors who have a vintage, green Schwinn tandem and are letting it sit outside of their apartment exposed to all the elements (rain, and soon to be snow). It breaks my heart :(
How Exciting! Congrats to you & your new "baby". I think you will be an excellentmy to all the bikes out there :)ReplyDelete
BEST BEST BEST BEST WISHES. xxoxo
how fabulous! Wishing you every bit of good luck, I'm crossing everything!ReplyDelete
Love the tandem, I once road on one with my Dad (my Mum & brother just couldn't synch), such fun!
Have a fantastic party & weekend. x
wahoo!! congrats & good luck!ReplyDelete
That is such exciting news!! I am sending good vibes your way that everything will go smoothly and successfully!!!ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend
Aww wow congratulations and good luck to boot! I love that you felt so strongly about the naff service in the other shops, that you decided to start up you own. Very few people actually get past the dreaming stage so I'm so chuffed for you!ReplyDelete
I'm all smiley right now all the way over in England! My face is like this:
Best of luck you too! x
that is soooo awesome!! good luck to you both! xoxo keep us updated! have a great weekend, sounds like a lot of fun (and mischief?!)ReplyDelete
this is great! You have all my support pretty!ReplyDelete
Wow! What a fantastic idea!ReplyDelete
Good luck to you both. Look forward to seeing more craftiness...I love this one.
oh good, best, amazing luck!!! how completely exciting! :DReplyDelete
the tandem bike turned out SO dang cute! you are so talented. :)
thanks so much for participating in my fashion show! i hope you had fun with it (cause i really did :P).
happy weekend!
Holy Crap Goodness, that is awesome news. Sending you goodest good luck vibes (yes goodest isnt a word but who cares)ReplyDelete
that is awesome news!!!!! and i totally want that tandem bike for my living room wall. :) put it up put it up!ReplyDelete
Ooh so exciting! Good luck chicadee, and I'm sure it'll all work out splendidly! That needlework is super cute too! Have fun at the bachelorette party! :)ReplyDelete
P.S.- I think that recording Proud Mary in the bathroom sounds epic! ;)
omg!! that is amazing!! keeping you in my thoughts <3ReplyDelete
needless to say christie, that i am uber excited for you and the mister. i will be sending my positive vibes out to you guys and will be here for any support you guys need in this step. do not hesitate to reach out for support dear friend. have fun this weekend. can't wait to hang out with you soon!ReplyDelete
WAHOOOOOO! Good luck with the shop. I am sending you good vibes now.....ReplyDelete
Did you get them?
Ok, and love the tandem :) very nice.
congrats! how cool that you're opening your own shop! i'd love to start a business someday. thanks for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
Wow, look at you, busy lady! Congrats on the bike shop, that sounds like the perfect thing for you two to start up!!!ReplyDelete


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This twice monthly curriculum engages students by providing a broad range of educational enrichment activities that focus on teaching STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) in a historically and culturally relevant context. This program is presented as a partnership between the Jacksonville Public Library and Tristan's Acceleration Academy. Children ages 7 – 13 are welcome to attend.Library: Brown Eastside Branch Library
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Friday, 23 October 2009
A proper autumn weekend in London.
So what are you up to this weekend? We are going to see 45365 at the film festival tonight, with perhaps dinner at Wagamama (it's all about number 42). Tomorrow, we're seeing Smokey Robinson. Very excited about that. And dinner at the Bento Café beforehand, my favourite Japanese restaurant in London. (So far.) Have a good one, whatever you do!
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Ahh--Wagamama . . . We used to go to the one in Bloomsbury.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your visit and lovely comment chez moi. I haven't read Eliz. David, but really, truly must!
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Mmmmm! I haven't had a number 42 for ages! Haven't had a wagamama for ages in fact. I think I've got a thing for Jamie's Italian at the moment instead ;)
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Aid for Trade Conference Opens in Dar es Salaam
Kaberuka Underscores importance of Private Sector in Aid for Trade Agenda
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Tunis, 1 October 2007 – A high-level conference on Mobilizing Aid for Trade: Focus on Africa, opened on Monday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with emphasis on the need to provide meaningful support to African countries and help the continent to obtain its fair share of the proceeds of Global trade.
President Donald Kaberuka of the African Development Bank Group, Pascal Lamy of the World Trade Organization, Abdoulie Janneh of the UN Economic Commission for Africa and other prominent participants, spoke on the need to leverage aid to develop trade infrastructure, policies and practices to enable the continent to participate effectively in global transactions.
"We are here to concreticise the work of the Hong Kong Ministerial (conference)… to mobilize the commitments, to mainstream trade in our national plans, align donors and the private sector to that agenda, agree on delivery modalities for aid for trade and mechanisms of evaluation," Mr. Kaberuka told more than 300 finance and trade ministers, senior donor representatives, regional institutions and key private sector actors who began discussions on trade-related challenges in the region and priorities for action.
Mr. Kaberuka said that in spite of the encouraging performance of a number of African countries largely spurred by rising demand for commodity prices, the underlying economic conditions were still fragile. Structural weaknesses remain, the AfDB President said, as he called for a mutual and complementary response by governments and donor to enhance trade in African countries.
He highlighted the Bank Group's efforts in supporting trade and regional integration in its member countries, with commitments in the last three years reaching US$ 531 million for initiatives that include major corridors and regional public goods. "We have stepped up our private sector lending which has tripled to over 1 billion dollars in this year alone," he pointed out.
Opening the conference, Tanzania's Vice President, Mr. Ali Mohamed Shein, spoke on the need for greater, predictable and well targeted aid for trade, saying that Africa – whose global trade share stood at 1.5% in 2004 and at 1.7% in 2005 – generally remains a negligible player in world trade .
He said that resources for aid-for–trade can only be meaningful if they are untied and not just reallocation or repackaged support from other existing programmes such as education or health. They should be predictable, demand-driven and with fewer conditionalities.
Besides, the Vice President said, African countries must meet certain obligations in order for them to benefit from aid for-trade. These includes continuation of economic reforms to sustain macroeconomic stability, good governance and the rule of law, improved public financial management and accountability, infrastructure in the transportation, energy, water and sanitation sectors. Africa must also invest in health and education to generate the kind of human capital that can make a difference, he added.
On his part, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, said the conference was about helping countries in Africa build the capacity they would need to expand trade and integrate into the global economy. "It is part of a broad initiative – launched at the WTO's 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial Conference – to scale up international financial assistance for trade capacity building in developing countries", he said.
The Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, cited a range of trade-related challenges facing the continent including the integration of trade into national development strategies and improved ability to negotiate and implement trade outcomes.
"At the same time, more roads, electricity grids, telecommunications, ports, irrigation and laboratory testing facilities are required to underpin production and exchange. Aid for trade should also help to create a good business environment and to help countries to meet adjustment costs of trade liberalization", he said.
He emphasized the importance of aid for trade in efforts to overcome the limitations of Africa's small, fragmented economies and intensify the process of regional integration. Africa has 15 landlocked states that depend on unreliable transportation systems in neighboring countries for access to ports and markets.
World Bank President Robert Zoellick addressed the conference through a taped message in which he said aid for trade was critical to Africa's development and poverty reduction and as such, will receive the Bank's full support.
The Bretton Woods institution was represented by its Vice President for Africa, Mrs. Obiageli Ezekwesili while Elizabeth Tankeu, Commissioner for Trade and Industry of the African Union, represented the President of the AU Commission, Mr. Alpha Omar Konare.
The agenda of the two-day conference includes a ministerial dialogue on "Why Aid for Trade Matters for Africa", and three break-out sessions on Mobilizing Aid for Trade in West Africa, Central Africa, East and Southern Africa, and North Africa, respectively.
Other discussions are focusing on the "Investment Climate Facility for Africa" initiated by the AfDB and partners, "Development Dimensions of Aid for Trade", "Leveraging Africa's Regional Development Banks" and a concluding "Open Dialogue" on a roadmap for action.
The Dar es Salaam conference is the last of three regional meetings held this year within the context of the "Aid for Trade" initiative launched in December 2005 at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong. The other two conferences were held from September 13-14 in Lima, Peru, for Latin America and in Manila, Philippines, for Asia and the Pacific region from September 19-20. The outcomes of the three regional meetings will be included in the WTO's Aid for Trade Review session in Geneva on 20-21 November 2007.


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Stop dangerous practice of "weight grades" on report cards by signing the petition! (And enter to win 1 of 2 copies of Scars)
Now you can win 1 of 2 signed copies each of Scars, Purge by Sarah Darer Littman, Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum, and I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler just for signing the petition! Let us know on my blog or Sarah's, and we'll be picking winners May 31 and June 31.
Canadians, you have to select a state in order to sign the petition.
So many of us struggle with negative body images and issues with food. Girls and teens are especially susceptible; eating disorders and body image issues (including self-harm) are on the rise. Now there's something that will make this worse–many states are now sending "weight grades" and BMI scores home on students' report cards. Can you imagine the affect that will have?
(If you can, please sign the petition!)
I can. As a sexual abuse survivor, I hated my body. HATED it. I wore baggy clothes, trying to hide from anyone seeing me; I used food in binge episodes to try to suppress my pain; and I cut myself up–a lot. There were many other reasons I cut–mostly to escape the pain of the abuse, to get through another minute, to punish myself, sometimes to keep from killing myself–but hatred for my body was in the mix.
And at home, I had my abusers telling me I was a fat cow when they'd rape me. I had forced impregnations–god, how I dissociated from my body, wanted to be anywhere but in my own flesh.
If I had had BMI and weight grades on my report cards, my abusers would have used it as another form of emotional abuse. I would have used it to beat myself up more. I know I would have been cutting more, and I would probably also have gotten a lot more messed up with food than I already was. And I am sure that the bullying I experienced, especially by other girls, would have increased.
I could barely get through some of those days as a teen. I wince to think how much worse they would have been with my BMI on my report cards.
We know girls are pressured to be thin. We know eating disorders and negative body issues are on the rise.
We know that:
• Anorexia has the highest mortality rate among all psychological disorders.
• 10% of all eating disorders cases are children under the age of 10.
• The most common behavior that will lead to an eating disorder is dieting.
• 4 out of 10 Americans have either suffered or have known someone who has suffered from an eating disorder.
• One-half of 4th grade girls are on a diet.
• Among high school students, 44% of the females and 15% of the males are attempting to lose weight.
• Anorexia is the 3rd most common chronic illness among adolescents.
That is scary enough. Putting "weight grades" and BMI on report cards is only going to make it worse. When I read a newspaper article on this, I knew I had to do something. Together, author Sarah Darer Littman and I wrote and created a petition to help stop the spread of this dangerous practice. I really believe that we can make a difference if enough voices are heard.
Please, please–sign the petition, let your friends know about the petition, and help us make a change for the better.
I care about this so much that I'll do another giveaway. Let me know that you've signed the petition in the comments, or let others know about it, and you are entered to win one of two signed copies of Scars. These are first edition, hardcover copies. Sound good? Please go sign the petition and help spread the word!
Now you can win 1 of 2 signed copies each of Scars, Purge by Sarah Darer Littman, Hope in Patience by Beth Fehlbaum, and I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler just for signing the petition! Let us know on my blog or Sarah's, and we'll be picking winners May 31 and June 31.
32 Responses to "Stop dangerous practice of "weight grades" on report cards by signing the petition! (And enter to win 1 of 2 copies of Scars)"
Geoff Knight Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 6:23 am
Cheryl, I agree with your petition; I signed it. Thanks for sending it out. I have forwarded it on to spread more awareness. P.S. You may want to add to your email that you have to click on a U.S. state to be able to submit your name. I chose NY.
Beth Fehlbaum Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 6:48 am
Signed, shared on FB & Twitter, & posted on my blog, as well. Cheryl, I had/have the same issues with overeating as a way of coping with my feelings, and it started when I was being sexually abused, too. You NAILED IT with your description of what it's like. Thank you for speaking out on this important issue.
Beth Fehlbaum Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 7:04 am
I would like to join in your giveaway, Cheryl. I will donate a copy of HOPE IN PATIENCE to your efforts. Just let me know who your winner is and I will send a signed copy his/her way, as well!
Beth Fehlbaum, author
Hope in Patience
Machelle Grimes Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions. That said, grading "weight" is not the answer. The idea that solving weight issues by using report cards is reason #5082 that I homeschool my kids.
lindsaywrites Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 11:18 am
definitely signed it! that is ridiculous….
thanks for spreading the word on this.
Leira Carola Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 12:16 pm
I have tried, many times, to sign the petition but after hitting sign it stays loading forever!
Beth Fehlbaum Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
@ Leira- I had to go directly to Change.org and search for the "Weight Grade" petition in order to sign it. It kept loading & loading & loading for me, too, when I tried to access the petition from this page. Hope that helps.
Leira Carola Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
@ Beth: Thanks! I tried it your way and it worked 🙂
Jenn fisher Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Hi Cheryl,
Signed the petition, so glad you're giving children a voice.
Plea from Cheryl Rainfield to Cheryl Rainfield to stop the dangerous practice of BMI on report cards (please sign the petition!) | Tina Toler-Keel Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 4:37 pm
[…] and body mass index (BMI) on children's grade cards (you can read about it here). Until I read her post, I had not heard of this tormenting […]
Cheryl Rainfield Says:
April 30th, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Thank you so very, very much, everyone who's signing the petition! I know Sarah and I both appreciate it so much!
Geoff, thanks so much for signing and for helping to get the word out; that's wonderful!! And yes, I'll add that into my post.
Beth, thank you. I'm so glad you think I nailed it! I was definitely affected by the abuse. And thank you so much for offering your books as well!! That's generous of you. I've updated the post to show that. And thank you so much for telling someone how to get around the page not fully loading. That wasn't happening with me–I'm so glad you had a solution!
Machelle, I agree that grading weight has no place on report cards. It sounds like homeschooling could be a good thing for a lot of kids.
Lindsay, thank you so much for signing the petition; i appreciate it.
Leira, I'm sorry you were having trouble loading the page. So glad Beth had a solution for you! And thank you so much for signing!
Jenn, thank you so very much for signing the petition!
I am so grateful that you all raise your voices and help get the word out about this. Thank you!
Jessica Naccari Says:
May 1st, 2011 at 8:38 am
I completely agree with this effort and I'm glad you guys formed a petition. I signed and retweeted in hopes that others will do the same. Good luck!
Cheryl Rainfield Says:
May 1st, 2011 at 9:00 am
Jessica, thank you! I'm so glad you signed it and tweeted it; thank you for helping to get the word out there!
pamela thompson Says:
May 2nd, 2011 at 7:08 am
Hi, Cheryl,
Signed, sealed and delivered. I am happy to help! pamela thompson
Patricia Kahn Says:
May 2nd, 2011 at 7:55 am
Thank you so very much for drafting this petition. I hadn't known this report card reportage of weight and BMI was happening. As one who is too familiar with bullying, I so appreciate this. Many thanks!
Cheryl Rainfield Says:
May 2nd, 2011 at 8:03 am
Pamela, thank you; that's fantastic!
Cheryl Rainfield Says:
May 2nd, 2011 at 8:04 am
Patricia, thank you! I'm glad you like knowing what's happening. I think it's good to, so we can fight against things that will cause more pain.
Melissa Says:
May 2nd, 2011 at 9:32 am
I definitely signed this petition! Thanks for creating it along with Sarah Darer Littman. Love you girls!
Christal Says:
May 3rd, 2011 at 10:31 am
Cheryl, thanks so much for sharing this information and for starting this petition – I, for one, hadn't heard about "weight grades" until you brought it to my attention. Signed & shared. Cheers, Christal
Cheryl Rainfield Says:
May 3rd, 2011 at 10:59 am
Thank you so much for caring about this issue, Christal, and for signing the petition!
Cheryl Rainfield Says:
May 6th, 2011 at 9:59 am
Thank you so much, Melissa; that's fantastic! I really appreciate it. (beaming)
RM1(SS) (ret) Says:
May 6th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Whose idiot idea was this, anyway?
Cheryl Rainfield Says:
May 6th, 2011 at 2:04 pm
Thank you for signing the petition! Er–I'm not sure whose idea it was to put BMI on report cards–but I think they were trying to do some good, worrying about children getting obese. It's just that it's a very hurtful, unhealthy way to do it.
Can BMI information be dangerous? « Practically Paradise Says:
May 8th, 2011 at 4:48 pm
[…] do another giveaway. Let me know that you've signed the petition in the comments of my post (http://cherylrainfield.com/blog/?p=3342) , and you are entered to win one of two signed copies of Scars. These are first edition, hardcover […]
Renee Rearden Says:
May 12th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I saw your tweet about the "grading weight" article. Your courage and determination spoke to me on a very personal level. Thank you for being a voice other women (and victims) hear and look to for help or guidance.
I signed the petition and also posted the article on my facebook page. I hope that will help promote awareness and generate more signatures from concerned individuals!
Cherie Says:
May 14th, 2011 at 8:28 am
Cheryl, I'm flabbergasted by your life story, and very much impressed you've risen above it. What a horrible thing to have to go through.
As for the BMI report cards, I do agree
that it's wrong. Media has already
destroyed so many kid's perceptions of
how they should look, and the one place–school–where they should be given a healthy perception should not "grade" them for it. That's reason to catapult these poor kids down the road of depression and even lower self esteem. It's just wrong.
Cheryl Rainfield Says:
May 14th, 2011 at 8:34 am
Thank you, Cherie. Yes, I went through really extreme abuse as a child and teen…. Healing matters a lot to me.
I'm glad you think it's wrong to put BMI on children's/teen's report cards. I do, too. I think it will be incredibly detrimental.
Anne R. Allen Says:
May 16th, 2011 at 7:20 pm
This makes me sick. Shaming children who are already being victimized by food manufacturers is just plain evil. Kids are fat because adults feed them poison. But poor parents can't afford anything but poison. And 67% of what causes bodies to gain weight is genetic. Are they going to be failed for having the wrong color eyes. Or skin?
Sara (The Hiding Spot) Says:
May 25th, 2011 at 11:35 am
I simply cannot understand why including weight and BMI on a report card is a good idea and why anyone might think it is… I signed the petition!
Cheryl Rainfield Says:
May 25th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Anne, I understand it making you feel sick. It upsets me, too.
Sara, I can't understand it either. I know they're trying to do it for good reasons, for health reasons, but they're leaving out the emotional component and how much that will affect children and teens.
Ila Farrell Says:
December 9th, 2011 at 4:38 am
that it's wrong. Thanks for creating it along with Sarah Darer Littman.
Virginia Bates Says:
February 18th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
I am happy to help! Love you girls!


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I never said there was going to be a singularity now. I've said nothing about when the singularity will occur.
I literally have no idea when it will occur. That's a calculation I'm not able to make. But it seems obvious that it will happen in the future, given the exponential rate of technological increase combined with the linear rate at which technologies are absorbed by society. Stragger believes that technology inherently cannot increase beyond the rate at which society can absorb them, so I suppose he believes in a kind of anti-singularity, a point at which technology stops growing exponentially and begins growing linearly.
I don't agree, because I don't believe that the rate at which technologies are adopted is a limiting factor on the rate at which they're created; that's why most human beings are subsistence-level farmers using cast-iron hand tools, and why malnutrition continues to be the leading cause of death. It's actually quite common for the development of technology to dramatically outstrip its adoption; I've given and defended examples of that being the case.
No, not at all. They simply had a lot less technological change to absorb. That's the point, here - the linear or even static ability of human society to absorb technological change compared with the exponential growth of technology. It's simply a matter of mathematical fact that exponential growth will always overtake linear growth, no matter how much larger the linear trend starts out at. Always.
How people make predictions does not even remotely begin to be on the topic of this thread. People made predictions in 1800 the same way that they make them in 2011, presumably - using their intellect and judgement.
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This is based on your assumptions. Mostly word salad. You have shown nothing that shows that humans ability to "absorb"(still not sure what you actually mean by this) technology is linear. How would that be determined? So your second line may be true but you ahve not shown that it has anything to do with the subject.
But they also started from a much lower technological level. So I am not sure your premise necessary holds. Maybe you can present an argument to support this.
So your going to take a mulligan on this. Right on.
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"Word salad"? Will exponential growth eventually overtake linear growth, or not? Do you need to see the proof? I can walk you through it.
A lower technology level would be confirming to my premise, not contradictory to it. A lower "absolute" technology level would mean a lower rate of change, because the change is exponential.
The derivative of the exponential function e^x is e^x.
On how people made predictions in 1800? Yes, I'm going to not bother to chase an irrelevancy in that regard. How people make predictions isn't the subject of this topic.
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So now you are going to quote mine me? How about addressing the meat of my comment?
We are discussing your concept of "absorption". Keep up.
You made the assertion. But refuse to back it. I am not surprised. So it was bullshit, just like I thought.
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I did. Does exponential growth eventually outstrip linear growth, or not? Do you need to see the proof?
Yes. And a lower level of technology in 1800 is supportive of my premise, not contradictory with it.
Keep up.
No, I never made any assertions about how predictions were made in 1800, only that they were made. You appear to believe that predictions were never made before now. What's your evidence for such an absurd and ahistorical position?
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You will notice that I have not said anything about exponential vs. linear growth. This is something you made up. Why would you do that? Are you going to address this or lie about what I said.
Not sure how you think this supports your "absorption" theory. If they are at a low level technologically wouldn't the level of technological change have to be relatively low for them to be overwhelmed. Wouldn't they have trouble "absorbing" new technology too? Therefore what seems to us a minor technological change would be for them a much harder change to "absorb"
Speaking of "absorb". since you won't adequately define it or explain where you got the concept, how about answering a few questions. maybe that will help.
And I never asked you to show how predictions were made. This is something else you made up. I asked you to show that they were made. I see you agree that that is what you said, so how about showing some of those predictions.
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Not exactly. Instead I dispute the linearity of absorption.
In Granny Power and The Ever Shrinking Subset (Message 126) I made the case that for economic reasons high absorption (i.e. easy to use mass appeal) technologies, and indeed those technologies that facilitate absorption itself (e.g. communications technologies), are more likely to dominate and prevail. Thus making it unlikely that your shrinking-subset-to-zero prediction will come to pass. This argument suggests a non-linear rate of absorption rather than a leveling off of the rate of technological advance.
As for the exponential rate of technological advance continuing unabated � Well there are all sorts of possible reasons this might not occur. These possibilities are speculative but no more so than the AGI induced �Singularity Moment� scenario proposed by Kurzweil. For an intriguing (if somewhat depressing) example of one of these speculative counter-possibilities see The XBox Challenge (Message 90).
But whatever the case � The argument that there will be no limit to the rate of increase of technological advance purely because we have never previously experienced any such limit seems overly simplistic. Not necessarily wrong. Just not in and of itself an argument that takes into account all of the disparate factors involved.
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I will admit that this is not a global thing. It is true only among those of us with access to computers and awareness of their usefullness.
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So I won't add much, just one thing.
I will say this, if this is your main point: In every single country where malnutrition is found, and where age-old farming equipment is used, there is also the same kind of technological advancements that you find in the US. You will however, find a government unwilling to allow their population to grow technologically for political, financial and greedy reasons. But it's not to say that those who suffer don't know there are better ways of doing things, it's just that there is no way for them to attain these things without the threat of violence.
In any case, I'll keep watching this thread from the sidelines. And add, obnoxiously, some humor to it.
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I've addressed it multiple times in multiple posts that I have repeatedly brought to your attention, but feel free to continue to lie about it. We can chase your various absurd falsehoods around and around again if that's what you wish to do.
I'm sorry? Were these your words, or not? They appear in your Message 135:
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It's my hope that I made it clear that I recognize you made a very compelling case for this position. I'm not sure I'm convinced by it, but I don't have an equally-compelling counter to it, either. For whatever that's worth.
Thanks for clarifying your views.
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This also puts me at no disagreement with you, then. I agree about not being convinced, because neither am I, either way. But both you and Straggler put up a good argument for both opinons.
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1: the rate of technological innovation is exponential.
2. the rate of "cultural absorption" is linear.
Never mind asking for evidence on these sorts of things....
It's all about what "feels" right....
I would suggest that the rate of technological innovation is closer to FACTORIAL and the rate of cultural absorption is exponential because it is directly linked to the population of the earth, which grows exponentially.
FACTORIAL?? Technology advances as the interconnections of each scientific discipline crosses over into the others. This is a graph of lines connecting to the other nodes, which grows much faster than e^(at) does (Latex is giving me shit right now).
So - on the one hand crash maybe didn't get the math graphs right, but on the other hand, the technological explosion could indeed overtake the ability of us all to do anything about it.
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I wasn't sure if you were crazy or deliberately misrepresenting what I say. I think your quote mines here clearly show a deliberate attempt to misrepresent. You do know people can go back and read what I actually asked don't you?
No you have not addressed this particular question. Ever.
Here it goes again
Am I to expect you to lie again and claim that I don't understand how exponential growth out paces linear growth? I have never disputed this. I would like to know how you determined humans ability to "absorb" technology is linear and how you determined this.
Playing stupid? You are going to ride this "how" thing like you di the embassy issue.
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What, you mean where I continually demonstrated multiple instances of Dronester's own words showing him saying the very thing he insisted he wasn't saying? The words that he could never offer any alternative explanation of, only flat denials that whatever I said he was saying, that's what he wasn't saying?
Heavens, no, I certainly wouldn't want to do that!
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