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Let's Continue Reading for the Joy of It – Simcha/Joy
As Purim approaches (beginning the evening of March 19), and the costumes, hamantaschen and Purim Shpiel (play) rehearsals all come together, our anticipation and happiness seem to reach overwhelming proportions. That is why I chose Simcha/Joy as this month's value.
I often feel that way when I am reading a really good book. With each chapter, I just can't wait to read the next, to learn more about the characters, to see what they are going to do in the following pages. Sometimes I am up until the "wee" hours of the morning, because I just can't put the book down. When I am finished, I feel so happy… until of course the next morning when I have to wake up and go to work. Nevertheless, I have a great story to talk about and share with my readers or students. Nothing could be better…until the next wonderful book falls into my hands.
My choices for this month's books for older readers are the ones I could not put down. They made me laugh, made me cry or knocked me off my feet, but in the end, they kept me awake until the final page turn filled me with joy. I hope they do the same for you:
All-of-a-Kind Family. By Sydney Taylor. Illustrated by Helen John. © 1951, Yearling. The classic story of a family with five girls living in the Lower East side of New York in the early 1900′s. Their celebration of life in the face of sometimes bleak living conditions is a wonderful look at "seeing the glass half full." Based on the author's life. Ages 9-12 years.
The Importance of Wings. By Robin Friedman. © 2009, Charlesbridge.Publishing. Winner of the Sydney Taylor Award for Older Readers. With appealing and affecting writing, this novel grabs the reader immediately and takes you on a journey of self-discovery, confidence building and empowerment as Roxanne, with a small amount of help from her next-door neighbor Liat, discovers she has what it takes to be her own person. Ages 10-14 years.
A Pickpocket's Tale. By Karen Schwabach. © 2006, Random House Books fro Young Readers.. In 1730, Molly Abraham is living in the streets of London following here mother's death from smallpox. She supports herself by pickpocketing. Having been caught and tried in a court of law, she finds herself on a ship headed to America as an indentured servant. The ship arrives in New York, where she is ransomed by a Jewish family. In their household she learns how to be a good servant and a practicing Jew. Ages 11-15 years.
Confessions of a Closet Catholic. By Sarah Darer Littman. © 2005, Dutton. Winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award for Older Readers. Justine Silver has decided that for Lent she will give up being Jewish. This is just the beginning of her struggles with being the middle child, boys, chocolate and of course, religion. Ages 11-15 years.
Strange Relations. By Sonia Levitin. © 2007, Knopf Books for Young Readers. Winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award for Teen Readers. Marne simply wants a nice summer on the beaches in Hawaii visiting her aunt and cousins while her parents are travelling on business. What she gets instead is the discovery that her aunt and uncle run the Chabad House on the mainland of Hawaii, and she is expected to pitch in. Her experiences provide her with some new insights into her religious identity. Ages 14-18 years.
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. By Dana Reinhardt. © 2006, Wendy Lamb Books. Simone knows she is adopted and wants nothing to do with her birth mother. At her adoptive parents' insistance, however, she agrees to meet her birth mother one time. What she discovers is both enlightening and tragic. Ages 14 – 18 years.
I certainly hope you do not stay up until the "wee" hours reading these titles, after all, a good night's rest is most Important. If you do, however, email me at email@example.com. I will be happy to send a note to your teacher/boss explaining why the book kept you up so late that you overslept and were late for school/work. Beware: You will first have to answer a question or two to prove to me that you read the book.
Have a delicious Purim!
Happy Reading,
Kathy B.
©2011 Kathleen M. Bloomfield and forwordsbooks.com all rights reserved.
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Book Review | The Queen Who Saved Her People
by Tilda Balsley
Score: 3.5
Illustrated by Ilene Richard © 2011, Kar-Ben Publishing The author who brought us the delightful, "Let My People Go!" has written a new Readers Theater style book based on the Purim story. For the very young, this is a perfect read-aloud version of the Book of Esther, told in rhyme with simple language and fun, [...]
Book Review | The Story of Esther: A Purim Tale
by Eric A. Kimmel
Score: 2.5
Illustrated by Jill Weber © 2011, Holiday House Writing a children's version of the Book of Esther is no easy task, filled as the biblical story is with lewd, violent, secretive and ill-mannered behavior that is difficult enough for adults to interpret. Why were there "No restrictions" on the drinking during King Ahashuerus' seven day [...]
Reach out and help someone: Ha'achalat Re'evim/Feeding the Hungry
"You shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your needy brother,
but…lend him sufficient for his need."
~ Deuteronomy 15:7
The Jewish calendar is complex and once in a while we need a Leap Month in order to insure that we are not celebrating Passover in July or Rosh Hashanah in December. I will let others more articulate than I explain why this is so, but it is our good fortune to be welcoming the Jewish leap month of Adar I (Also called Adar Rishon/ the first Adar or Adar Alef), this coming Shabbat (Friday evening, February 4.)
Since Adar is the month in which we celebrate Purim, one of Judaism's most fun and festive holidays, it is as if we have been granted an extra 30 days to plan, prepare and look forward to Purim and perhaps get in a few extra mitzvot (commandments, good deeds) for good measure. In truth, amid all the fun and frolic, Purim has four big responsibilities: The mitzvah of listening to Esther's story, the mitzvah of celebrating Purim with a meal, the mitzvah of sending gifts to one another, and the mitzvah of sending gifts to the poor. That brings me to this month's Jewish value: Ha'achalat Re'evim/Feeding the Hungry.
In these difficult economic times, when many of our neighbors face the daily challenges brought on by unemployment or underemployment, whatever we can do to support their struggles is a blessing. Here is a list of books that may help you become more aware of their plight and how you can help:
Bone Button Borscht by Aubrey Davis. Illustrated by Dusan Petricic. Kids Can Press, Ltd., © 1995. A beggar arrives in a small town on a cold winter's night hoping for a hot meal. Instead he finds empty houses and no one to share any food with him. Until he begins cooking up a pot of Bone Button Borscht. Ages 4-8.
The Lady in the Box by Ann McGovern. Illustrated by Marni Backer. Turtle Books, © 1997. During the winter holiday season, a brother and sister secretly try to help a woman they see sleeping in a box outside of their local deli. Of course, when their mother finds out what they are doing, she gets involved and everything changes. Ages 4-8.
Beatrice's Goat by Page McBrier. Illustrated by Lori Lohstoeter. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, © 2001. When an African family receives a goat from Heifer International, a young girl is able to attend school. Ages 4-8.
Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen Written and illustrated by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan. Morrow Junior Books, © 1991. A young boy spends the day with his uncle at the local soup kitchen where he works feeding the community's poorest residents. Ages 6-9.
Dew Drop Deadby James Howe. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, © 1990. Three children investigate a murder involving the homeless shelter in town. Ages 9-13.
Darnell Rock Reporting by Walter Dean Myers. Delacorte Press, © 1994. A thirteen-year-old boy who is uninterested in school suddenly finds himself the center of attention when he joins the school newspaper and becomes an advocate for the homeless using a piece of school property for a vegetable garden. Ages 9-14.
A Kids' Guide to Hunger and Homelessness: How to Take Action! by Cathryn Berger Kaye, Free Spirit Press © 2007. An excellent book packed with great ideas for social action projects and ways to get involved in this serious issue. Ages 9-14.
This list, and the upcoming list for older readers, should assist you and your family in understanding the plight of the poor and hungry in our communities, You can also visit http://mazon.org/ for a look at what the Jewish community is doing to help fight hunger. It is my hope that with understanding comes the ideas and the assistance necessary to see an end to the difficulties suffered by so many all over the world. Ken Yehi Ratzon/ May it be God's will.
Happy Reading,
Kathy B.
©2011 Kathleen M. Bloomfield and forwordsbooks.com all rights reserved.
Books used in this review were provided by my local public library.
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Book Review | Queen of Secrets
by Jenny Meyerhoff
Score: 3
© 2010, Farrar Straus Giroux. In the game of High School popularity politics whose side do you take – friends or family? For Essie, the charming protaganist of this interesting story loosely based on the Book of Esther, the answer to that question can shake up a lot of relationships. Essie, an orphan raised by [...]


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Following year off, Cordero refreshed, motivated
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Retirement can wait.
Francisco Cordero, fresh off a year-long baseball sabbatical, is back on the mound and competing for a roster spot with the Red Sox, a prospect that seems thrilling to the three-time All-Star.View Full Game Coverage
BRADENTON, Fla. -- Retirement can wait.
Francisco Cordero, fresh off a year-long baseball sabbatical, is back on the mound and competing for a roster spot with the Red Sox, a prospect that seems thrilling to the three-time All-Star.View Full Game Coverage
Cordero never got an offer he liked last year, and he elected to stay home rather than force himself into an adverse roster situation. Now, a year older and a year further removed from the most difficult season of his career, Cordero is having the time of his life in Spring Training.
Cordero, speaking before Boston's 4-1 win over the Pirates on Sunday, emphasized that his love of the game has intensified from his year on the sidelines. The right-hander isn't taking anything for granted, and he said it was tough to get a glimpse of his future when he's still capable of playing.
"I was just hanging out. Working out and hoping to get a job," said Cordero. "It was not my choice to be at home, but at the same time, I enjoyed it. I got to spend a lot of time with family and friends and do stuff I hadn't done in a long time. It's something we've got to get used to. We're not going to play forever. But I thought, 'It's not time yet.' I think I can play at least one or two more years."
Cordero, who ranks 13th on the all-time saves list (329), pitched for manager John Farrell in Toronto in 2012, but it turned out to be one of his most trying years. Cordero logged a 5.77 ERA in 41 appearances with the Blue Jays before he was traded to Houston and subsequently released.
That experience -- and the lack of interest in his services -- temporarily made Cordero seek shelter outside the game he's loved for most of his life. But instead of seeing his skills atrophy while off the mound, Cordero said the rest helped reinvigorate himself mentally and physically.
"I wasn't throwing, and I was just resting. But I could work out harder than I used to work out. I even went on a diet and lost 28 pounds," said Cordero of his year off. "I don't think I have the same stuff that I used to, but I'm going to be 39 in May. I know that with the stuff I have, I can get people out. I'm not going to blow anybody away like I used to do. When you're like me, you've just got to be smart. You've got to hit your spots, throw strikes, and locate your pitches away. Don't hang them."
In camp with the defending World Series champions, Cordero said he feels like a little kid. The veteran threw a scoreless ninth inning against Pittsburgh on Sunday, giving him four straight scoreless outings to start Spring Training. Cordero has six strikeouts and has allowed four hits.
Farrell said that the Dominican Republic native has been impressive so far in camp. Cordero isn't showing the explosive fastball that helped him rack up seven 30-save seasons, but he has shown an ability to adapt and improvise.
"He's not pitching like a guy who's been out for a year," Farrell said. "He's throwing a lot of strikes. He's very similar to the guy that was in Toronto and Houston a couple years ago. He's made the necessary adjustments as a pitcher gets deeper into his career where they've got to pitch a little more and use an assortment of pitches rather than rely on sheer velocity. He's showing that in Spring Training."
Farrell said Sunday that Boston's bullpen doesn't have a lot of wiggle room, and Cordero's ability to make the team may well depend on whether everybody else stays healthy. Cordero, who has never pitched in the postseason, understands his position.
Being on the outside looking in, he said, is tough, but it also helps him focus. Cordero knows he has to work hard, but at root, he's really proud that a team as good as Boston thinks he can help.
"Through all my career, this is the best Spring Training I've ever had, just because of all the people here," Cordero said. "The teammates, the ownership, the general manager. The training staff. Everyone. This is more than a team. This is a family. I'm not just saying that because I'm here. Watching them last year, you could see they played at 110 percent. And they have fun with it. That's what you want. You have to play hard, but you want to have fun. And they did that last year. You can see the results."
The Red Sox had the fourth-best bullpen in the American League last year, and their pitching staff worked to a 1.84 ERA in their six-game victory over the Cardinals in the World Series. Farrell wants to be loyal to the arms that won him a title, but Cordero is providing stiff competition.
"So much is going to depend on the guys coming out of camp and their health," said Farrell. "We had a pitching staff that looked to be in pretty good shape in terms of who was going to head north with us. Nothing has changed dramatically that would change the outlook of that going forward."
And nobody understands that better than Cordero, who just wants another chance. The 38-year-old knows that even if he doesn't hook on with Boston, there can be another job for him somewhere. And for someone who spent last season at home, that's reassuring.
"It's hard to just go home after you've been doing it for so long," said Cordero. "You can say this has been my life. I've been playing professional ball for 20 years. But it's something where you don't have a choice. You have to accept it. I'll know when the time has come, and I'll be happy to do it."
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com.


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The NFL moved its trade deadline back two weeks this season to help encourage more trade talk. It will be pushed back again.
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello announced Monday that the league will push back the trading deadline 48 hours to Thursday, Nov. 1 at 4 p.m. ET because of Hurricane Sandy. The original deadline was scheduled for Tuesday.
Aiello first told Around the League via email Monday that the NFL was considering extending the deadline. It makes sense because multiple teams have shut down operations Monday. The NFL office in New York also is closed Monday and Tuesday, which would have made paperwork tricky to pull off for any potential deals.
St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson, Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams, Tennessee Titans tight end Jared Cook, Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back LeGarrette Blount, Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Braylon Edwards and Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe are some of the names rumored to be discussed in talks.
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Sometimes you wonder about things. Strange things. I've been watching the stepper motor row in the vending machine, and seeing motors quickly disappear. I wonder where they go. It seemed like yesterday we had a huge box of them. Mostly, I don't know what happens to them. They go to live a second or maybe third life somewhere, in some project. The machine is just a temporal stop in their exciting life of spin and step.
Sometimes though, people bring their projects in, and we get a peek at their new function and snap a blurry picture. A few weeks ago, Michael came by to show us his propeller powered etch-a-sketch. We were all amazed. We boggled at the speed, accuracy and awesomeness of this project, then we wondered how he did it.
Now we know. He's detailed every gory detail (including source) of the propetcher here. It's also up on Hackaday, which has some less blurry pictures than our Flickr stream, as well as the normal flurry of helpful suggestions from the peanut gallery.
If you've been curious how to drive our 3 wire steppers, Michael has also produced this very helpful diagram.


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Many people in Second Life sell their products in scripted vendors. Many more seem not to know how to sell their products at all.
However, Second Life includes a very simple, straightforward way to sell products, with no scripts at all - extremely low lag and reliable. It's built in to the prim editing system.
Preparing the items
To start with, you need something to sell. Making that something is beyond the scope of this tutorial - but I have other tutorials for some of that, and you can always check out NCI and other tutorial places inworld.
Once you have your product exactly as you want it, you should make sure its permissions are set for sale.
If your item is prim-based, set its permissions in the General tab, while it is rezzed inworld. That is more reliable for prim objects than setting permissions in the inventory.
For items that aren't prims, right click on the item in inventory, and select Properties. Set its permissions in the Properties window that appears.
In all cases, we are setting 'Next Owner' permissions - the permissions that the person we give or sell the item to will have. Those permissions can never be greater than the permissions we ourselves have.
When we create an item, we have full permissions on that item. If we give or sell someone else the item with a limited permissions set, then they give it back to us, we only have those limited permissions. Or even less, if they changed the 'next owner' permissions while they had it.
Permissions are Copy, Modify and Resell/Give Away. We usually call the third one Transfer.
If you give your customers COPY permissions, they can make copies of the item, they can keep backups in their inventory while a prim item is in world, they can make multiple outfits of clothing items, or make a full set of dining chairs from one sold chair.
If you deny them copy permissions, then if they accidentally break the item somehow (retexture it, distort one of the prims, delete a script), or if Second Life loses the item from its asset server, they have no backup and the item is lost or ruined for good.
TRANSFER (Resell/Give Away) permission allows the player to pass the item to someone else. Denying players TRANSFER permission means they can't use your item as a component of some sale product, and that they can't sell it when they're sick of it.
If you give a player both COPY and TRANSFER permissions, they can give away or sell it an unlimited number of the items. It is often necessary to do this if you're selling components to other builders - such as animations used in furniture, scripts for just about anything, sculpts for furnishings, buildings or jewelry, or textures used in almost anything.
When you give out both COPY and TRANSFER items, include a no-modify notecard explaining whether the person can resell the item as is or not.
When you give out freebies, include a no-modify notecard explaining that the item is to be a freebie, and whether or not you are willing to let other people sell it as is, or modify it and sell it.
MODIFY permission allows a player to tweak and adjust the item to suit them. There is very little reason for blocking modify permission of animations, clothing or skins created with graphics templates, sounds, and sculpties - the hard work in all of those is done outside SL. Even prim items can't be trivially duplicated - it's a lot of work to reverse engineer those.
Scripts, however, can be trivially duplicated by being cut and pasted, so I would recommend blocking modify perms for those, except for freebie or teaching scripts. In those, I suggest including a comment explaining what rights you pass on.
Preparing the image
Open your art package of preference. If you don't have one, The Gimp is free and available at http://www.gimp.org/. Tutorials are available there as well.
Create an image that answers the questions your customers are most likely to have about your product. For most products, provide an image of what it looks like, or what an avatar does when the product is working.
The price is a good thing to include (though some prefer not to, to avoid having to upload another image when the price changes). I personally think that if having the price visible sells one extra copy of the product, the upload is paid for.
Most customers like to see the permissions at a glance, and many customers want to know what they can expect to get in the product package before they buy it.
Make your image the same shape you want it to be in world. If you want a circular sign, make a circle. If you want a square sign, make a square. If you want a 4:3 ratio rectangle, make that.
Once that's done, if there's any transparency in the image, put a background colour you like behind it. (I find that it never helps to have a sign with transparency. If you disagree with me, skip the background.) Now save your sign in the native format of your art program. .psd for Photoshop users, .xcf for Gimp users.
Now resize your sign to powers of 2. Make each side 128, 256, 512 or 1024: ideally 512 or less. This will probably distort your sign - ignore that, it doesn't matter. It'll get fixed when you put it on the prim of the right shape.
If you want to test the image, making sure it looks right before you spend ten Lindens uploading it, use the SL Beta grid, which is a test version of the SL grid. Go to the wiki page talking about connecting to the preview grid. Once there, upload the image as if you were on the main grid, and put it on the same shape prim you intend to use in the main grid.
When you upload on the beta grid, it will claim it's charging you Lindenbucks, but it's charging you beta grid dollars and not money from your actual SL account. Beta grid dollars get renewed periodically; and stuff in your beta grid inventory WILL vanish every so often - it's a test platform and nothing is stable. But it works great for testing your uploaded creations for free.
Once your lovely sale image has been created, it's time to upload it into SL. Make sure you have 10 Lindens (or more) in your account, then go up to the File menu and select Upload Image. A file browser window will open, and you can find and choose your nifty image.
Select it, and an image previewer will appear. If your file is not square, ignore how squished and ugly it looks - that's just the previewer squishing it into a square shape. Accept it, and it will be loaded into SL, into the Textures folder in your inventory. It can stay there for a while.
We'll put it on its prim of the correct shape a bit later.
Creating the box
So much for preparation work. Now we can actually make our box!
Start by right clicking on the ground. If you're on a prim surface, that's okay too. Just right click on something groundlike. You should get a pie menu with Create in the top right corner. If you don't, you're probably in a place where you can't rez things, and you'll need to move to a sandbox, or to land you own.
If you're renting a shop, make sure you have the group tag associated with that shop over your name. (Right click on yourself, look for Groups, select the appropriate group, hit Activate.)
Once you have the right group activated, or are in a place you can rez, left click on Create. This will change your cursor to a magic wand symbol, and open a little window we call the Edit window. (It might be larger than the one in the image on the right - if so, that's okay.)
Look at the top of the menu in the picture. See how the box shape is highlighted? If the box shape isn't highlighted in yours, left click on the box shape, then move your cursor back to the land.
If you want one of the other shapes, that's okay too. This tutorial is based on the box, because it's easiest and this is for beginners. Just choose the other shape instead.
Now left click on the land again. This will give you a lovely plywood box.
Don't worry, we'll change the plywood part later, and we'll also change its shape so it makes your picture look right.
Packing the box
There might be a MORE >> button in the bottom right corner of the edit window. Click that, and you'll get a rather larger edit window.
If you don't have the MORE >> button, you already have the larger edit window. Leave it that way.
Click on the Content tab.
Look in your inventory for the items you want to sell. (If they're rezzed inworld and you want to package them into boxes, you'll need to take a copy into inventory.)
One you've found them in your inventory, left click and hold, then drag the mouse to the large empty window in the contents tab of your prim's edit window. Release the mouse once you're there.
If you have copy permission on the item, this will take a copy of the item and put it inside your prim.
If you do not have copy permission, this will take the copy you selected from your inventory, and put that in the prim.
Setting the box for sale
Now click on the General tab. Fill in the name of the object in the Name field, and a short description in the Description field.
Then go down to the bottom of the General tab. You will see a Show in Search checkbox. You're planning to sell this, so you probably want to advertise it. So click that checkbox and put a checkmark in it. This box only works if you're on land that is listed in Search->Places, but it does no harm to have it checked even if you aren't.
Beneath Show in Search is For Sale. Put a checkmark in that box. That will enable the text box to its right, which is the price text box. Fill that in.
Beneath the price are three options, Original, Copy and Contents.
If you want the box you're packing to be sold - as in, this exact box goes to the customer, not a copy of the box - select Original. Limited edition items are often sold this way.
If you want the customer to get a copy of the box, select Copy. People who sell furnishings often sell Copy: they rez the furniture inworld, and use these settings to have the furniture literally sell copies of itself.
Contents is the most common setting. When a customer buys a box with the 'contents' setting, they get a folder that contains everything inside the box.
Beneath those settings are the permissions. I recommend setting them to the same permissions as the ones you set for the items themselves, back at the start. (in Preparing the items.)
Finally, there's a dropdown menu. It controls what happens when the customer clicks on the box. I recommend setting it to Buy object.
Technically, you could leave it at that. But a plywood box doesn't make a very good product advertisement!
Adding the image
Click on the Texture tab. Once you have, look for the box with the plywood image, and click on that. This will open a browser window for your textures.
Find the texture you want on the box, and select it.
Shaping and placing the box
Select the Object tab. Click on the Stretch button, and then you can see the little red, green, blue and white boxes around your box.
Click and hold on one of those boxes, then drag it towards or away from the centre of your box to shape the box.
If you prefer, you can use the X, Y and Z Size text boxes to enter the exact size you want the box to be.
If your image doesn't stretch with the box, make sure Stretch Texture in the top right corner of the Edit window has a checkmark in it. You can fix a texture that didn't stretch by going to the Texture tab and setting both horizontal and vertical repeats to 1.
Once your box is shaped to the same aspect ratio you made the image at, the image will look right. All the distortions we did will be undone.
Now you have a box that is shaped correctly, use rotation and position tools to place it in your shop.
The Rotate button provides red, green and blue circles around the box, and you hold down and drag each circle to rotate the box around the centre point.
You can also fill in degrees of rotation in the Object tab, at the bottom left.
The Position button provides red, green and blue arrows, which you click and drag. The Position numbers are also editable in the Object tab.
Additional notes
You can sell your objects in 'boxes' of any shape and size. Most people who use this method use rectangular single-prim boxes because it's convenient, easy, and you can put an informative sign on it.
But don't let that stop you from selling goods in teddy bears, lollipops, or bullwhips if you prefer.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Single-prim vendor selling in SL
Posted by Seshat Czeret at 1:14 PM
Labels: creator skills, sales skills, shop, tutorials
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easy to follow; very well thought out. It's like you are in her class learning as you go.
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Doesn't look like him .. I think we're just overlooking things now
Max has a detour clue in his back pocket so it's entirely possible that the donkeys could be a DT option
Quote from: MrDS on March 29, 2013, 09:00:24 PMMax has a detour clue in his back pocket so it's entirely possible that the donkeys could be a DT option
I'm just thinking that the Donkeys are an Active Route info. Any racer who has seen season 12 (or other seasons) knows that animals, especially donkeys are risky.
Quote from: Jimmer25 on March 30, 2013, 12:05:19 PMQuote from: MrDS on March 29, 2013, 09:00:24 PMMax has a detour clue in his back pocket so it's entirely possible that the donkeys could be a DT optionI think we can say a YELLOW clue which could be an envelope...I never saw a Detour on it. Just throwing it out there, if donkeys were the BEST option the other must really have been bad!!
In the clue: ... then find your next clue at the A Polling Station B.And work B is shorter than word A, B ends with an 'a'.
Quote from: Jimmer25 on March 30, 2013, 12:15:50 PMI'm just thinking that the Donkeys are an Active Route info. Any racer who has seen season 12 (or other seasons) knows that animals, especially donkeys are risky.In the same line of thought, in TAR12 the donkeys were the Active Route info after the RB and before go checking at the PS.
In addition, Keoghan reveals, "We have a switchback coming that's a classic Amazing Race moment that we're going to repeat. We know from past experience that this is going to tweak them."
OK, I did some more digging and found a few Facebook sightings from Maun, Botswana. I'm convinced now that some version of TAR was there for the last few days. I'm also thinking it's very likely that it's TAR 22 and not TAR Norway, but no one has quite spelled it out. I'm thinking that it would have been mentioned if they were speaking Norwegian and I'm guessing the Norwegian version doesn't have the budget for the Hummer mentioned below.TAR WitnessWow, Bots recognized, a certain reality TV show is been shot right in front of me at Maun International Airport and Mack Air Offices. I'm wondering where are these guys going from here. They are couples traveling together with each couple followed by 2 Camera crews. Somebody remind me of the name, Please <Friend 2>, you know it and watch itSunday at 4:08am...Friend 2 Oh okay,the amazing raceSunday at 11:52pm via mobileTAR Witness yeah Dear. they are racing in Maun.Monday at 12:33am via mobileThe same person posted yesterdayTAR WitnessMonday at 10:55pm · and the race continues, Amazing race or the travel show as they told. Met one couple today as i was walking down the dirty road and they had to find the Mokoro Station. Poor people, always with camera crew. Jus gave them direction to the Mokoro Station and they refused to tell me the name of the show. Good luck Guys...I checked out Mokoro Station and it seems to be the starting point for dugout canoe tours of the shallow waterways of the Okavango River Delta. Here's a couple of links to pictures of Mokoro canoes. The second was taken earlier today, but doesn't appear to be TAR related.https://twitter.com/worldamazingpic/status/272716801232740352/photo/1http://www.flickr.com/photos/31893776@N02/8225737057/From reading a couple of blogs, they may see herds of elephants, hippoes, giraffe, zebras, kudus, antelopes, and buffaloes. Should be very scenic.Also, in a moment of extreme synchronicity, Google maps announced a few hours ago that street level mapping of Botswana is now on line, including the Okavango River Delta where TAR 22 was seen.http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/11/street-view-on-google-maps-now-live-in.html
Day 4 Okavango Delta An early departure from Maun, with a vehicle of the camp, we proceed on to the Poling station. A poling station is the place where the dug-out canoes, better known as mokoros, are kept.From here we will be travelling on the Delta waterways by means of mokoro. The propulsion is in the form of a man standing at the back of the mokoro and using a long pole to propel the mokoro forward. This person is called a poller (African Gondolier). The tranquillity that one experiences while gliding through these waterways was previously described by clients as the African Venice!! Upon arrival on one of the Islands in the Delta, we will do a game walk on the Island with an experienced African Guide who will share his knowledge and expertise on this specific area.Having returned to our mokoros after the game walk, we will have a well deserved lunch and enjoy a bit of rest. After this stop, we will travel back in our mokoros to the Polling station. From there we will travel with the vehicle of the camp, back to our camp in Maun.
Racing reportAmazing Race Season 22, Episode 1, "Business in the front, party in the back"The first flight combination to Bora Bora was probably TN101 LAX-PPT 23:54-06:02+1 VT402 PPT-BOB 09:00-09:50This carries: Chuck & Wynona Pam & Winnie Idries & Jamil Dave & Connor Jessica & JohnThe second flight was probably: AF076 LAX-PPT 02:01-06:56 VT452 PPT-BOB 10:00-10:50This carries: Max & Katie Bates & Anthony Matt & Daniel Caroline & Jennifer Joey & Meghan Mona & Beth
I see the issue as World Race Productions not having a first task near the AR22 start line to "separate the wheat from the chaff" as Phil has said earlier. If they had, probably the composition of the first flight would have been closer to the teams now remaining.
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Spinous Process Fracture
The bones that make up the spine are called vertebrae. Each vertebra has a bony section that points out toward the back. These sections are called the spinal process. Muscles and ligaments of the back attach to them to help provide movement and flexibility. These fractures can occur anywhere along the spinal column. They are more common in the vertebrae of the back and not the neck.
A spinous process fracture is a break in one or more of these sections. Most will heal without long-term damage. More severe spinous process fractures, called unstable fractures can result in spinal cord or nerve injury.
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Spinous process fractures are caused by severe trauma to the back such as:
- Falls
- Car, motorcycle, or pedestrian accidents
- Severe and sudden twisting or bending
- Severe blows to the back and spine
- Violence, such as a gunshot
Risk Factors
Spinous process fractures more common in older adults. Other factors that may increase the chance of a spinous process fracture includes:
- Osteoporosis
- Certain diseases or conditions that weaken bones, such as tumors or cysts
- Decreased muscle mass
Activities or accidents often linked to these fractures include:
- Falls from heights, such as a ladder, bike, or horse
- Playing certain sports that involve sudden twists and turns, or extreme contact especially without proper protective gear
- Car or motorcycle accidents especially without use of seatbelt
- Severe and sudden twisting or bending
- Severe blows to the back and spine
- Violence, such as a gunshot
Spinal process fractures may cause:
- Severe pain that may be worse during movement, coughing, or breathing
- Tenderness, swelling, and possible bruising
- Numbness, tingling, or muscle weakness
- Decreased range of motion around the affected area of the spine
- Loss of bladder or bowel control (injuries to lower spine)
Unstable fractures may cause damage to the spinal cord. Spinal cord damage can result in temporary or permanent paralysis . Extent or location of paralysis depends on where along the spinal column the injury occurred.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history as well as any accident or activity associated with the pain. A physical exam will be done. A complete neurological exam will also be done to look for signs of nerve damage.
Imaging tests to evaluate your spine may be done with:
Getting care right away is important for any spinal injury. Proper treatment can prevent or decrease long-term complications. Treatment will depend on how serious the fracture is.
Treatment and rehabilitation may take months or years, depending on whether or not there is spinal cord or nerve damage.
When there is a possibility of an unstable spinous fracture, immediate and complete immobilization of the spine is necessary.
Other problems, such as secondary injuries, shock , or airway obstruction wil also be assessed. Stabilizing the injury may include:
- A breathing tube for a blocked airway
- IV fluids
- Admission to the hospital for monitoring
People with unstable fractures usually need to stay in the hospital. Serious injuries may need to be watched in an intensive care unit. Some people with spinal cord damage closer to the neck may need to have help breathing with mechanical ventilation.
Bone Support
Treatment will depend on:
- The severity of the fracture
- Location of the fracture on the spinal column
- Number of fractures
- Which part of the spinous process bone is broken
Treatment options for spinous process fractures may include:
- Back brace—Minor or stable fractures can be treated with a back brace to keep the back in line while it heals.
- Traction—Rigid braces, some with collars, are worn to treat more severe or unstable fractures. Traction allows for minimal movement.
- Surgery—Screws, rods, wires, or cages are used to reconnect bone pieces and hold them in place. Surgery may also be needed to repair vertebrae, relieve pressure on the spinal cord, or remove any damaged vertebral discs.
Rest and Recovery
It may take several weeks to several months for a spinous process fracture to heal. Healing time varies by age and overall health. Children and people in better overall health heal faster.
Physical therapy may be advised to keep muscles strong and maintain range of motion. Long-term rehabilitation may be needed with more severe injuries.
Long-term Rehabilitation
Spinous process fractures can sometimes result in spinal cord and nerve injury, and paralysis. This may require major life changes, involving work, family, and social life. Extensive rehabilitation may be required, including occupational therapy, psychotherapy , and support groups.
To help reduce your chance of a spinous process fracture:
- Avoid situations that put you at risk of physical harm
- Always wear a seatbelt when driving or riding in a car
- Do not drive under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Wear proper padding and safety equipment for sports or activities
- Do weight-bearing exercises to build strong muscles and bones
To help reduce falling hazards at work and home, take these steps:
- Clean spills and slippery areas right away
- Remove tripping hazards such as loose cords, rugs, and clutter
- Use non-slip mats in the bathtub and shower
- Install grab bars next to the toilet and in the shower or tub
- Put rails on both sides of stairways
- Walk only in well-lit rooms, stairs, and halls
- Keep flashlights on hand in case of a power outage
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Ortho Info—American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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Fractures of the thoracic and lumbar spine. Ortho Info—American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons website. Available at: http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00368. Updated September 2015. Accessed August 30, 2017.
Spinal trauma—emergency management. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T908630/Spinal-trauma-emergency-management . Accessed August 30, 2017.
Spinal fractures. Department of Neurology University of Florida website. Available at: http://neurosurgery.ufl.edu/patient-care/diseases-conditions/spinal-fractures. Accessed August 30, 2017.
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Surgeon General Richard Carmona released his first official assessment of smoking Thursday. The surgeon general's report concluded that smoking causes a number of diseases not previously attributed to smoking.
They include: acute myeloid leukemia and cancers of the cervix, kidney, pancreas and stomach; abdominal aortic aneurysm, cataracts, periodontitis and pneumonia.
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Learn more about lung cancerAbout 440,000 Americans die of smoking-related diseases each year. The report said more than 12 million people have died from smoking-related diseases in the 40 years since the first surgeon general's report on smoking and health was released in 1964.
That first report linked smoking to lung and larynx cancer and chronic bronchitis. Subsequent reports, like the one released Thursday, have expanded the list of diseases linked to smoking.
The report says treating smoking-related diseases costs the nation $75 billion annually. The loss of productivity from smoking is estimated to be $82 billion annually.
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After the update that lets you scale up the UI, I have encountered a new problem. When I bring up the preferences window or a brush preview window it constantly flashes. When I attach I to the main tab/window it does not flash. So it only flashes when it is a floating window.
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EC publishes Q&A on overseas data transfer
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The European Commission has prepared a set of questions and answers as well as a flowchart to help companies understand when they can and when they cannot send personal data abroad.
The European Union's Data Protection Directive protects the personal data of EU citizens from abuse and misuse. Organisations have a duty to protect it, and that means ensuring that it is not sent to countries with poor data protection.
The Directive says that data can be sent to another country "only if... the third country in question ensures an adequate level of protection".
Only a handful of countries have been deemed acceptable destinations for data by the European Commission. Those are Switzerland, Canada, Argentina, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the Isle of Man, the Bailiwick of Jersey and the US, when the data's treatment is in the Safe Harbor Privacy Principles of the US Department of Commerce
The advice has been prepared by the Data Protection Unit of the Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security at the European Commission. It is designed particularly to help small and medium sized companies to understand the law when it comes to transferring personal data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA).
The guidance points out that in order for a transfer to be legal, data has to be properly handled in the first place according to the data protection laws of the country where the processing organisation is established.
If the transfer is to a country not listed as having adequate data protections in place, a transfer can still take place, the guidance says, but only if "the data controller offers 'adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of the privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and as regards the exercise of the corresponding rights'," says the guidance, quoting the Directive.
"These safeguards may result from appropriate contractual clauses, and more particularly from standard contractual clauses issued by the Commission," it said. "In the case of multinationals, the adoption of binding corporate rules could be an appropriate solution."
Binding corporate rules can be put in place by corporations which want to operate in a number of countries. They submit their data protection processes for analysis by a data protection authority, such as the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). That office then gains the approval for the processes from the data protection authority in every EU country in which the organisation wants to operate.
Once that approval has been won the organisation is free to move data from these countries to any country in the world, as long as the data stays within the corporate structure of that organisation. Very few companies follow this approach. The ICO lists only two: Philips and General Electric.
For international transfers outside of an organisation, companies will have to use contractual safeguards for the data, unless it has the consent of all data subjects to the transfer.
"The Commission has the power to decide that certain standard contractual clauses offer sufficient safeguards as required by Article [the Directive], that is, they provide adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of the privacy and fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals and as regards the exercise of the corresponding rights," says the guidance.
"The effect of such a decision is that by incorporating the standard contractual clauses into a contract, personal data can flow from a data controller established in any of the [EEA countries] to a data controller established in a country not ensuring an adequate level of data protection. Except in very specific circumstances, national data protection authorities cannot block such transfer."
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World's Most Haunting Cemeteries
Just in time for Halloween, we found 11 burial grounds that are destinations in their own right. From a mausoleum that was closed down after too many ghost sightings to a graveyard that doubles as a small town, these places are perfect for a fall tour—if you dare.
Two buildings in this Edinburgh graveyard were shut down because of an uncanny abundance of ghostly apparitions. Thousands of 17th-century graves lined with creepy carvings of skeletons and ghouls make Edinburgh's Greyfriars Kirkyard one of the world's most haunting cemeteries. While a stroll through these eerie environs is shivering enough for some, Greyfriars's real draw lies in two on-site structures: the prison where more than 1,000 members of the Covenanters religious movement were imprisoned in 1679, and the adjacent mausoleum where "Bloody" George Mackenzie, who oversaw their persecution, is buried. Local authorities locked both buildings in the 1990s after a wave of paranormal sightings spooked one too many people, but local writer Jan-Andrew Henderson has been permitted to lead tours of both sites, where hundreds of visitors swear they have encountered the "Mackenzie Poltergeist." 88 Candlemaker Row, 011-44/131-225-9044, blackhart.uk.com, daily tours Easter–Halloween at 8:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., Halloween–Easter at 8:30 p.m., $15.
Newcomers to Cairo are often surprised to find the living existing among the dead in this town set within a cemetery.
Egyptians know the four-square-mile stretch of land running through densely populated Cairo as simply al-Qarafa (the cemetery), but to hundreds of thousands of locals, it is much more than that. Many of the city's poorest residents actually live inside this 1,300-year-old cemetery, creating homes, shops, and even schools next to and inside mausoleums, with faded gravestones serving as lawn ornaments. Local authorities have recently discouraged promoting the site as a tourist attraction and are blocking access to large groups and buses, but it's still possible to visit with Casual Cairo detours, an outfitter that takes no more than three people at once. But time to see this one-of-a-kind neighborhood may be running out—the Egyptian government is studying plans to relocate residents, raze the cemetery, and turn it into a public park. 011-2012-415-2726, casualcairo.com, call for prices.
London's Highgate Cemetery has been the backdrop for numerous horror films. Dug into a hillside overlooking London, an imposing Victorian-era archway overgrown with shrubbery leads into a stone tunnel lined with catacombs, the darkness eventually giving way to a circle of sunlit vaults staged around a 300-year-old cedar. It's easy to see why this oldest segment of Highgate Cemetery has been used in many horror films, including Taste the Blood of Dracula and From Beyond the Grave, and it's accessible only by tours, which also visit the graveyard's newer reaches, a maze of decaying tombstones covered in dense greenery and topped by oversize statues ranging from the carved-stone grand piano above one musician's grave to the gigantic bust of Karl Marx adorning his own resting place. Swains Ln., 011-44/20-8340-1834, highgate-cemetery.org, hourly tours weekends Mar.–Oct. 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Nov.–Feb. 11 a.m.–3 p.m., weekdays Mar.–Nov. at 2 p.m., $11.
In Baltimore, Edgar Allan Poe's final resting place looks as if it's straight out of one of his tales. The raven-topped monument to macabre author Edgar Allan Poe is what brings most visitors to downtown Baltimore's 18th-century graveyard , but look a little closer at Westminster Burying Ground and you'll find a scene that could be pulled right from one of his eerie tales. Three years after Poe's death, much of the graveyard was paved over to make way for a Gothic church, which was built on elevated brick legs that arch over the graves. Today, tours of the property include a visit into the creepy catacombs that now hide below the church's lower level. 519 W. Fayette St., 410/706-2072, westminsterhall.org, tours Apr.–Nov.first and third Fridays at 6:30 p.m., first and third Saturdays at 10 a.m., $5.
Lafayette Cemetery in New Orleans, with its chilling collection of aboveground tombs, was the setting for Interview with the Vampire. In a city set below sea level, there is no hiding the dead underground, so in New Orleans, cemeteries are collections of aboveground tombs, a creepy novelty that attracts many visitors to these Gothic graveyards. Concerned about disrepair, local licensed guides volunteer their time to give tours of two of New Orleans's oldest graveyards, Lafayette Cemetery—setting for Interview with the Vampire—and St. Louis Cemetery No. 1—where you'll see "voodoo queen" Marie Laveau's Greek Revival tomb. All proceeds are donated to Save Our Cemeteries, a group that works to preserve and restore the city's graveyards. Lafayette, 1400 block of Washington Ave., Mon., Weds., Fri., and Sat. at 10:30 a.m., $10; St. Louis No. 1, 501 Basin St., Fri., Sat., and Sun. at 10 a.m., $12; 504/525-3377, saveourcemeteries.org.
L.A.'s Hollywood Forever Cemetery seems like something you'd see in a film noir. Clad in a vintage black evening gown, dark sunglasses, and carrying a black lace parasol, Hollywood historian/tour guide Karie Bible appears to have stepped right out of a film noir movie as she leads guests through L.A.'s Hollywood Forever Cemetery. With the Paramount Studios Water Tower and Hollywood sign peaking out above the grounds, Bible tells tales of famous residents like director Cecil B. DeMille, '50s horror hostess Vampira, and rocker Johnny Ramone. 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., 818/517-5988, cemeterytour.com, most Saturdays at noon (check website for exact dates), $12.
The Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah is best known as the site for the film Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. If graveyards were created by set designers, they would all look like Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery, where elaborate, ivy-covered crypts are guarded by disturbingly lifelike statues, and mausoleums are laced with stained glass, all set among the mossy oak trees and blooming gardens of an 18th-century plantation on a bluff overlooking the Wilmington River. The scenic graveyard's popularity boomed after it appeared in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and many guides now offer driving tours of the 100-acre cemetery, although you'll miss the charm of wandering through its many hidden corners. Instead, follow the Bonaventure Historical Society's self-guided tour, available at the weekend-only visitors center. 330 Bonaventure Rd., 912/352-1885, bonaventurehistorical.org, free.
This cemetery in Rome seems to cast a spell over visitors—Percy Bysshe Shelley was so taken by its eerie beauty that he extolled its merits in a poem and was later laid to rest here. Wedged between a towering, 2,000-year-old pyramid entombing a Roman dignitary and a surviving section of the 12-mile-long brick wall built to protect ancient Rome, the Non-Catholic Cemetery is a serene oasis in the middle of this modern metropolis. One of Italy's most enchanting urban settings, the graveyard's stately cypress trees, poetic statues, and oasis-like ambiance, inspired Percy Bysshe Shelley to write, "It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place." Shelley got his wish, and his grave is something of a pilgrimage for writers, many of whom, similarly enchanted, have opted to rest here themselves. The cemetery's English-language tours ensure you won't miss any of the boldface names and—in case you fall for the spell yourself—yes, it is still possible to be buried here. Via Caio Cestio 6, 011-39/06-574-1900, protestantcemetery.it, openMondays and Saturdays 9 a.m.–5p.m., Sundays 9 a.m.–1 p.m., tours $4 (by appointment only,minimum of five people).
Graveyard guards have their work cut out for them at Paris's Cimetière du Père- Lachaise, where fans of the many celebrities buried here go to great lengths to pay their respects. Irish aesthete Oscar Wilde would undoubtedly be pleased to find his sphinxlike tomb at Paris'sCimetière du Père-Lachaise covered in hundreds of red-lipstick marks from admiring fans. (Graveyard guards are less amused—fats in the lipstick are causing the structure to deteriorate) Many outfitters include a brief stop at this 109-acre walled compound in Paris's northeast corner on longer city itineraries, but it's worth grabbing a self-guided tour map from the conservation office and spending a day finding the many famous graves—from Jim Morrison to Chopin—hidden among the cobblestoned paths and grassy expanses. Don't forget to pack a lunch—macabre as it may sound, Parisians love to picnic inside the cemetery, one of the city's largest green spaces. 16 rue du Repos, 011-33/1-55 25-82-10, free.
In Buenos Aires, the resting place of Eva Perón is at once opulent and melancholy. An ominous black door, guarded by a melancholy young woman carved from marble, leads into a spacious room where a single grave is topped with an ornate sculpted rose. It's just one of the many opulent mausoleums at Recoleta Cemetery; burying the dead here is a posh afterlife status symbol practiced by Buenos Aires's wealthiest families for 200 years. A trip inside is topped only by hearing the myriad stories among Recoleta's 6,000-plus temples, pyramids, and castles—in this case, the rose-topped tomb was erected to assuage a family's guilt after a young woman slipped into a coma and was buried alive. Nearby you'll find the flower-strewn grave of Eva Perón; she was buried below 27 feet of steel and cement as a precaution since political rivals had previously stolen her corpse. Calle Junín 1790, 011-54/11-4804-7040, English-language tours Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11a.m., free.
One of the most overlooked sections of the Arlington National Cemetery in D.C. is also the most haunting. While thousands of D.C.'s daily tourists zip across the Potomac River for quick photo ops at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns and the Kennedy family plot, a few venture farther from the tour bus to explore the graves of the 300,000 other people buried here. Grab your walking shoes (but not your wallet) and join DC By Foot's free, 1.5-mile walking tour, which takes visitors through lesser-seen stops inside the vast burial ground, such as the segment of the cemetery that once housed a village of freed slaves and the memorial to Confederate soldiers. 214 McNair Rd., 202/370-1830, dcbyfoot.com, tours Mar. 20–Nov. 14 onSaturdays at 10 a..m, free.


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Deported veterans at Hector Barajas's safe house, which is opening in an event in Mexico today.
Hector Barajas, a former paratrooper in the U.S. Army, lives in a two-bedroom apartment in Rosarito Beach, a seaside Mexican village 15 miles south of the border. Barajas, 36, has lived near Rosarito since 2009, usually with another deported veteran living in his second bedroom or on his couch. He is a leading advocate against the deportation of veterans, which has become a more prevalent concern for members of our armed forces in recent years, and his home has become the cause's unofficial headquarters. Barajas' current houseguest, Fabian Rebolledo, received a Purple Heart for his service in Kosovo. When Rebolledo, 37, was deported to Tijuana earlier this year, he called Barajas almost immediately.
Today, Barajas will designate his apartment a safe house for deported military veterans. The announcement and press conference will bring no obvious, direct changes: the apartment can still only accommodate six to eight people (if you include floor space) and Barajas has received no outside donations or special tax status. "We got to help each other out because no one else wants to help us out," Barajas said of his project.
Estimates for the total number of deported veterans range from several hundred to several thousand. The Walter-McCarran Act of 1952 established the basis of our current deportation procedures, allowing for the deportation of long-term legal residents—including veterans—who committed a crime. In the 1990s, a series of laws broadened the number of deportable offenses to include nonviolent drug crimes and theft.
Milton Tepeyac is a former marine who served in Iraq at the start of the invasion, and one of the veterans affected by the expanding and more strident deportation laws. He received a four-year sentence for selling marijuana and is now being held at the Fort Grant detention facility, near Tucson, while he appeals his deportation case. When he came to the United States illegally as a child, he was only three years old, and he had to wait 11 years to become a legal resident. He has applied to have his case deferred—John Morton, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced last year that they would stop deporting nonviolent immigration offenders—but his plea was denied. "The immigration world is so toxic that they don't want to offer prosecutorial discretion to anyone unless they're perfect, which is not a fair standard," said Craig Shagin, Tepeyac's attorney.
In 2001, one month after coming home from Fort Bliss, in El Paso, where he was stationed with the 82nd "All-American Airborne," Barajas was driving around Compton, California with a few friends. They were high—on crack. One of his friends, convinced that they were being followed, started firing a gun at a nearby car. No one was hurt. Barajas was wrongly identified as the person who fired the weapon but pleaded guilty, having been told that he would be charged with attempted murder if he went to trial. "I paid my debt," Barajas, who spent two years in prison, said. "But then they took away my right to go the V.A., took away my Social Security, and I had to start a new identity." Barajas has a grandmother in Mexico, but the rest of his family, including his seven year-old daughter, lives in California.
Deported veterans still maintain certain rights. Rebolledo has his pain and P.T.S.D. medication mailed to him each week by Veterans Affairs. Manuel de Jesus Castano, a Vietnam veteran, was deported to Juarez and died there in June. Days later, he was buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery with an American flag on his chest. On October 12, there was a memorial service for Castano, hosted by his son, Victor, a marine.
Deportees often return home without money or contacts. But military veterans face additional challenges. "I somehow think a veteran of our recent wars would be concerned if sent to, say, Pakistan," said Shagin. Zahid Chaudry, a National Guardsman from Yakima, Washington, could be deported to Pakistan because of a misdemeanor conviction in Australia fifteen years ago. In Mexico, there's a history of drug cartels, like Los Zetas, recruiting people with military backgrounds.
Barajas' living room is reminiscent of the barracks that were once the soldiers' home. The walls are covered with military paraphernalia—his paratrooper's uniform, an eagle patch, a "Bragging Button" from Fort Bragg. Barajas, often found in a Special Forces t-shirt, considers his military service his greatest accomplishment. He enlisted right out of high school, looking for a route out of Compton.
"There was lots of racial hostility. Drugs, gangs, that kind of stuff," said Barajas, who describes himself as being "prone to drug addiction." The transition from the military to Mexico has been a stark and surreal one. He turned to crystal meth for escapism and, later, to a nearby church for support. But the greatest remedy has been the company of other deported veterans, among whom he can relive his proudest hours and reclaim his past.
He has big hopes for the safe house: computers, a hot dog stand, more bedrooms, affiliations with established nonprofits, legal resources for veterans in immigration detention—he adds ideas as they occur to him. He'll be able to offer guests spiritual counseling through his church as well as information on applying for veterans benefits and Mexican identification cards. But his biggest hope is that, soon enough, he'll be back in the United States and there won't be need for a safe house at all.


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Ford's Former Bolshevik Says 'Hat's Off' To Tesla
By Erica E. Phillips
"I was a Bolshevik, for sure," William Clay Ford Jr. jokingly told an audience at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
When he joined the board of Ford Motor Co. in 1979, he joked that he was told "to stop associating with any known or suspected environmentalists." But that was not to be.
Mr. Ford, grandson of company founder Henry Ford and current executive chairman of the company, spoke with Guggenheim Partners Senior Managing Director John Casesa about his drive to make environmentally friendly cars and how he led his company through the recent financial downturn without a government bailout.
In late 2005, Mr. Ford said he sensed a "big crash" coming, and he suggested that the company borrow as much as it could to undergo a broad restructuring. Ford borrowed more than $20 billion. "We just mortgaged everything," Mr. Ford recalled, "including the family name."
Though he remembers his competitors "laughing" at the time, Mr. Ford said the tables turned a year later when credit markets shut down. The period that followed, from 2007 to 2009, Mr. Ford referred to as the company's "dark days." But he said Ford used that time to invest in fuel economy and technology.
"We've been around for 110 years and most of those 110 years we were doing things the same way," he said. That is, making cars with an internal combustion engine, four wheels and a driver. Now, he said, "we stand at the cusp" of major change.
He described technological advancements like driverless cars and vehicle-to-vehicle communication, and he pointed to Ford's opening an office in Silicon Valley. As the industry changes, however, he said it's crucial that infrastructure fall in line. "The smart grid we've been talking about for 10 years hasn't happened. The ubiquity of plug-ins hasn't happened."
During a question and answer session immediately following the talk, Mr. Ford was asked what he thinks of entrepreneur Elon Musk's Tesla Motors.
"My hat's off to them," he said, but "they have to be mindful as they scale."
"Running a car company is different than running a tech company."
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SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday said it is investigating an allegation that a supplier in southern China used child labor.
U.S. activist group China Labor Watch on Thursday released a report alleging that Dongguan Shinyang Electronic Co Ltd, a supplier of mobile phone covers and parts, hired child labor for its assembly lines.
"We are urgently looking into the latest allegations and will take appropriate measures in accordance with our policies to prevent any cases of child labor in our suppliers," Samsung said an emailed statement.
Several phone calls to the Chinese company went unanswered.
The claim from the New York-based watchdog comes after Samsung said in an annual sustainability report on June 30 that a third-party audit of 100 suppliers in China found no instances of child labor.
On Thursday, Samsung said it conducted a "thorough audit" of Dongguan Shinyang in March 2013, followed by a third-party inspection in August and another last month.
"No cases of child labor were found during these audits," the South Korean firm said in its emailed statement.
Samsung demands suppliers adopt a hiring process that includes face-to-face interviews and the use of electronic scanners to detect fake IDs, to ensure compliance with Samsung's zero-tolerance policy on child labor.
But China Labor Watch said it found "at least five child workers" without contracts at the supplier in question.
In a statement accompanying the China Labor Watch report, watchdog Executive Director Li Qiang said Samsung's social responsibility reports were "advertisement."
"Samsung has put its energy into audits and the production of these reports, but these things are meant to appease investors and don't have any real value for workers," Li said.
The watchdog previously accused one of Samsung's suppliers of using child labor in 2012. Samsung subsequently said it found no under-aged workers at the facility following its own audit. (reut.rs/TUrmIo)
Reporting by Se Young Lee; Additional reporting by Sui-Lee Wee in Beijing; Editing by Tony Munroe and Christopher Cushing