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Title: Something in Between (2016)
Author: Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Extent: 384 pages
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Rating: ★★★☆☆
Goodreads Description
Jasmine de los Santos has always done what's expected of her. Pretty and popular, she's studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship.
And then everything shatters. A national scholar award invitation compels her parents to reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation.
For the first time, Jasmine rebels, trying all those teen things she never had time for in the past. Even as she's trying to make sense of her new world, it's turned upside down by Royce Blakely, the charming son of a high-ranking congressman. Jasmine no longer has any idea where—or if—she fits into the American Dream. All she knows is that she's not giving up. Because when the rules you lived by no longer apply, the only thing to do is make up your own.
Somewhere in Between was originally on my TBR because of its very cute, summery cover, but once I read the blurb I knew I had to fast-track it. This book surprised me with its unexpected depth and exploration of very relevant issues! In a way, it kind of reminds me of Randa Abdel-Fattah's When Michael Met Mina, though both books deal with the immigrant story in very, very different ways.
This is the story of Jasmine de los Santos, who moved to the USA with her Filipino family when she was little. After receiving a presidential scholarship, she discovers that her entire family has been there illegally — their visas expired years ago, and they never got a green card. To complicate matters, she's also falling for Royce, a private school rich boy with a congressman father whose bill essentially goes against Jasmine and her family.
I wasn't considered an American, I lost sight of who I was. I thought a piece of paper defined me, that I was a different person, lesser. But throughout this entire year, I've found out that who I was never changed. I let what the law said about me — that I did, as a human being, was illegal, that I didn't belong in the place I'd always known as my own home-change my own perception of who I am.
This is an incredibly important book, one that's especially relevant today because of the themes it explores: family, migration, immigration, belonging, identity, politics, the divide between the rich and the poor. I have never been in Jasmine's situation or struggled with my identity in her specific way, but I found her story really relatable.
De la Cruz's writing was a little bit too simplistic for my liking, but her voice was incredibly authentic. Her story of a Filipino family rang true to me and impacted me quite a few times — I loved the portrayal of Jasmine's parents, who were typical Asian parents but with that extra depth to them; their extended family in the Philippines, even if they didn't make an on-page appearance; the pressure Jasmine felt from being the firstborn in an immigrant family.
My brothers and I are very different though. […] Since I'm the oldest, I've always felt more pressure to be successful. I have to show them the way. And I also have to act like a bridge between them and my parents. Danny and Isko are pretty much 100 percent American. It's as if my parents are first-generation immigrants and they're second generation. But I'm stuck somewhere between both of them, trying to figure out how to help them understand each other.
I really only had one major problem with this book: the romance. There was a little bit of an insta-love going on between Jasmine and Royce, especially at first, and Royce in particular took a long time to grow on me. I also feel like the romance could've taken a bit of a backseat, mostly because there were other things that needed to be explored. I enjoyed the romance nearing the end, but for the majority of the book, I just didn't really care for it. It is, however, an interracial-romance (Royce is half-Mexican, half-white), so props for that.
Overall, Something in Between is an enjoyable read, one that surprised me with its exploration of relevant issues. The issues are likely more directly applicable to the current US political climate, but regardless of where you live or where you come from, if you're looking for a story that both makes you think but also entertains, you need not look further than this one.


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Fiddle around in our downtown
This is no ordinary music fest...
Our festival celebrates all types of regional roots music, and each year we feature something new and exciting. From fiddle, guitar and banjo playing, to singer songwriters, blues, gospel and old time, we offer something for everyone with a different line-up each year.
Elkin, North Carolina is a great place to hang out. Our downtown has 4 music venues. Each is a different experience: a tiny pub, an outdoor garden amphitheater, an old tobacco warehouse, and a newly renovated historic theater that offers live music every Friday and Saturday night in downtown Elkin.
For the 8th Annual Elkin Roots Music Fest (2020), we've chosen the Historic Reeves Theater located in downtown Elkin. It was newly renovated from an abandoned twin theater into a beautiful, funky live music venue with a bar and cafe, which opened in December of 2017. (www.reevestheater.com)
Come for the music, stay for the weekend...
There is plenty to do in Elkin, as we are in the Yadkin Valley, surrounded by wineries, trails, and state parks:
- We have 2 microbreweries and 6 wine tasting rooms in Elkin...and a cool sports bar brew-house downtown.
- Our in-town trails offer great hiking, cycling, and 5+ miles of mountain bike experiences. We are also minutes from Stone Mountain State Park and Pilot Mountain State Park....and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
- Did we mention 2 rivers flow along Elkin's downtown borders? Six local outfitter companies rent kayaks, canoes or tubes...making it easy to enjoy the outdoors on the Yadkin River. Or, bring your own kayaks...we've got the perfect place downtown to launch or end your journey and our outfitters can transport you. Click here for links to our outfitters and trail info.
- Elkin has an award winning hotel (Fairfield Inn), an RV park, cozy cabin rentals, winery house rentals, a historic mini-inn (in the old E&A train ticket office) on Main Street, and VRBO's. Why not come to the music fest and stay for the weekend? Stay for the weekend!
Our partners
We are associated with the Foothills Arts Council of Elkin, North Carolina and recommend you also visit the Surry Old Time Fiddler's Convention website for other music events in Surry County.
To learn more about The Reeves Theater, click here.
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Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation is an engineering-based manufacturer of products for commercial, institutional, industrial and nuclear power facilities.
Our products include fuel oil handling systems and components, boiler instrumentation and controllers, high quality burners and nuclear power plant outage reduction tools and component parts. Continuous research and development is applied to our existing products and is helping us to lead the industry with new and innovative power plant solutions.
Preferred Utilities' manufacturing, engineering and administrative headquarters is located in Danbury, Connecticut. Preferred Special Combustion Engineering is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Regional sales and service offices are located throughout the United States. Preferred Utilities' regional sales offices serve to continuously strengthen the sales and service capabilities of our independent representative organizations.
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Preferred Utilities engineers, designs, and fabricates fuel oil handling systems for boilers and diesel generators. Typical systems include fill containers, transfer pumps, day tanks, tank monitoring equipment, filtration systems, and control systems.
Preferred specializes in engineered systems for mission critical facilities such as data centers, emergency response centers, hospitals, and pumping stations. The new FSC controller was specifically designed for large, spread out fuel systems for data center customers.
Preferred Instruments manufactures microprocessor based controllers, flame detectors, instruments, and electric actuators for combustion and process applications. Preferred Instruments' products include linkageless controllers, boiler lead/lag controllers, boiler monitoring instruments, draft controllers, and actuators.
Through the acquisition of G.N. Electronics in 2007, Preferred became a major supplier of flame safeguard and control systems for the process heating industry. With a complete line of flame safeguard products including flame safeguard controllers, annunciators, and flame scanners, Preferred has the products and expertise for your process control application.
W.N. Best Combustion, founded in 1890, manufactures industrial low NOx No. 2 - No. 6 oil and gas burners, along with specialty systems and burners for thermal decomposition of sludges and contaminated petroleum products for product regeneration and heat recovery.
W.N. Best specializes in sulfuric acid sludge decomposition and elemental sulfuric acid production. In 2001, W.N. Best introduced its new, industrial, high efficiency, low emissions burner for No. 2 - No. 6 oil and gaseous fuels. This low emissions burner utilizes state-of-the-art control and mechanical technology to produce low-NOx combustion at the highest efficiencies possible in the marketplace today.
Preferred Engineering was formed in 1980 and engineers and manufactures outage support equipment for nuclear power plants. Products include: Main steam line plugs for MSIV testing, RPV plugs, remotely-actuated lifting devices, quick lock fastening and seal systems and many others. Preferred Engineering furnishes a full Nuclear Quality Control program.
Preferred Special Combustion Engineering builds high-end burner applications for industrial, utility, and refinery applications. Typical burner systems include burners and fuel trains, flame safeguard and combustion control systems, project management and field start-up.
Projects may include blending stations for simultaneous firing of multiple fuels including natural gas, light or heavy oil, digester gas, landfill gas, refinery gas, or blast furnace gas. Combustion projects are often supported by computational fluid dynamics software as well as physical flow modeling of furnaces and ductwork.


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If your fussy, drooly, teething baby has a fever, you might be quick to attribute it to those new chompers coming through. But a new study has concluded that teeth eruption shouldn't cause fevers. A slight rise in temperature, of a degree or two, may be normal, but a true fever — defined as a body temperature of 100.4 or greater — is likely caused by something else.
What the study found
For the new study, a team of researchers from multiple countries analyzed 16 previously published papers on the symptoms of teething. In total, the research projects included more than 3,500 babies under the age of 3. The methods used in the papers varied — some measured babies' temperatures daily, while others took it less frequently. Individual studies found correlations between teething and drooling, diarrhea, sleeping problems, loss of appetite, irritability, runny nose and fever. But other studies concluded no association between teething and fever, sleep problems, irritability or diarrhea.
In the most recent work, published in the journal Pediatrics, when the team combined data from the multiple papers, they found that it weighed more heavily toward a lack of association between fever and teeth eruption.
Other symptoms, though, were strongly linked to teeth eruption, including:
Ear rubbing
Decreased appetite
Slight temperature increases
Parents may be prone to exaggerating the symptoms of teething, the new study went on to suggest. When parents — after the fact — were asked about fevers during teething, for instance, they reported a whopping five times more fevers than any studies following children during teething found.
What This Means for You
It's natural to want to blame a baby's normal mood swings, sniffles or sleep woes on something, and teething is an easy target. But the new research implies that — at least when it comes to a fever — teething is likely not the explanation. It's important to know this because if your teething baby has a high temperature, you shouldn't be quick to write it off as teething related. Instead, look for other symptoms that may explain the fever. And always visit the doctor if your baby's temperature rises above 100.4 degrees.
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We are looking for people who are not just excellent at what they
do,but are also passionate about what they do.
Opportunities like the following come along very rarely, so if you
are a diehard value investor wannabe, read this very carefully.
We are looking to hire a junior analyst. For the right candidate this is an opportunity of a
lifetime, as this entry-level position has the potential to evolve into a more senior one as the
person learns, gets bruised by experience, and IMA continues to grow.
The candidate will work directly with IMA CEO & CIO Vitaliy Katsenelson, assisting him in
researching stocks for IMA's clients. About 25% of the job will consist of doing operational and
administrative functions.
To learn more about IMA, visit imausa.com, contrarianedge.com, and investor.fm.
This is a part-time job (about 30 hours a week) that will evolve over time into full-time.
At this time we are only accepting inquiries from local candidates.
(if you are missing even one of them, please spare your and our time and don't apply.)
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
– Mark Twain
If you have a bachelor's in business with an emphasis on finance or investing and are studying
towards the CFA designation, we are not going to hold that against you.
However, we are willing to ignore a lack of formal (traditional) education for a self-educated
candidate who is dripping with passion and has experience with investing and has been
analyzing stocks since he/she was an infant.
To apply, email Barbara, [email protected]
Integrity: We treat everyone with honesty and respect.
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constantly improving and seeking excellence at everything we do. We are always wondering and learning new things.
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IMA is anything but just another Wall Street firm, and therefore not everyone who knocks on our door is an appropriate client for us.
Our clients are our partners, and just like partners in a marriage, we need to share the same values. Our values are spelled out in Six Commandments of Value Investing.
We promise to be honest and transparent with our partners. We will invest their money with the same thoughtfulness, care, diligence, and slight hint of paranoia that we employ in investing our own (easy for us to do, as nearly all the liquid net worth of our portfolio managers and their families is invested in the same stocks our clients own).
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Monday, May 31, 2010
A lovely peaceful tableau by photographer Douglas Friedman to start your Monday off in a serene sort of mood.
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Brancusi's Studio
The Centre Pompidou in Paris recently completed the restoration and recreation of Romanian sculptor Constantin Brancusi's (1876 - 1957) studio — these photos show the final lovely result. I've always loved Brancusi's sculpture, and it's wonderful to have a glimpse into how he worked now, too.
(photos from here)
etsy summer sponsor
If you have an etsy shop and have been considering becoming an automatism sponsor, now's the perfect time to take the plunge! I've got a great summer sponsor special on right now just for etsy people — find out all about it here. Please note that this offer is only available until June 15 — be sure to let me know ASAP if you're interested!
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Friday, May 28, 2010
Happy weekend! Hope it's a lovely and relaxing one. Our last (holiday) weekend was a busy one, so we're looking forward to just chilling out this time around — with a Sunday stroll over to the farmer's market to see what's in season for supper. How about you?
(lovely photo by Lerkenfeldt Photography, via emmas designblogg)
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Copenhagen Cool
Designers Marianne Brandi and husband Keld Mikkelsen of interiors label Day Birger et Mikkelsen decided that, rather than buy a house, they'd rent an apartment in central Copenhagen instead while their 18-year-old daughter Amelia finishes school. Since they rent and can't renovate their space, they went with a strong palette of blue and grey, offset with modern art on the walls. Marianne's collection of textiles adds colour to her office as well as the rest of their home, along with their other collections of artefacts, photographs and the artwork, too — all going to show that being limited by your physical space doesn't mean you must limit your imagination, too. More photos of their apartment here. Via LivingEtc.
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If you (or a small person you know) have a habit of nibbling while you draw, here's something you might be interested in — edible crayons! Made of ingredients such as nuts, seeds, dried fruits and vegetables, bee pollen and marshmallows, they're definitely a more appealing alternative to the traditional waxy crayon. More here. Via boing boing.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
This week's links. Enjoy.
A History of Social Games
Interesting chart and history of social games — that is, games you play with other people — from ancient Egypt all the way to the present day. Via @brainpicker.
Friends, Lovers and Family
A fascinating chart depicting the complex connective relationships of artists, writers, architects, actors, painters, gentry and muses — from Mary Shelley to (of course) Kevin Bacon.
Towel Day
Every May 25, Towel Day is celebrated by fans of Douglas Adams (author of the classic Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series), the date of the wake held two weeks after Adams' sudden and untimely death in 2001. Such a talent and still missed.
The Greatest Shakespeare Hoax
In 1795 William-Henry Ireland committed a scheme so grand that he fooled even himself into believing he was William Shakespeare's true literary heir. Extraordinary story.
Poetry By Heart
Alison Flood ponders what poems to learn by heart. I think this is a fantastic idea — there are poems that are endlessly inspiring, poems that are fun, poems that give tremendous solace and insight into the human condition. What poem would you like to memorize someday?
Art Through An Anthropologist's Eye
Sarah Thornton is not an artist or critic, but a social scientist who has used ethnographic methods to study the behaviour of artists, dealers and curators. Interesting point of view. Via ArtsJournal.
To Haiti With Love
Haiti is still struggling to get back on its feet, and artists from around the world have donated their artwork to help out — send one of the artists' digital postcards on the To Haiti With Love site for £1 and help fund housing in Haiti.
How Ten Iconic Movies Almost Ended
The surprising endings that almost happened to ten big movies — the alternative Dr. Strangelove ending with a pie fight in the War Room sounds awesome! Via mental floss.
(photo — with utterly gorgeous painting — from the style files, via design is my muse)
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Labels: art , books , buffet , games , giving back , history , literature , music + film , people
Once the weather warms up, I start breaking out the jewelry — I love tossing a chunky necklace or bracelet on to dress up a simple summer tee and jeans (or linen pants when it's really hot). These lovely pieces by Resign on etsy are perfect for this kind of dressing — and though they look substantial, they're in fact quite lightweight as they're modelled in clay and then cast in resin that's hand sanded to a smooth finish. Pretty and summery.
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Moments of Beauty
A beautiful still life of magnolia blossoms by the wonderful Kari Herer. Visit her etsy shop (and order prints!) here.
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Morten Holtum
Just a few of the gorgeous interior images from the portfolio of photographer Morten Holtum. Beautiful work.
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Sponsor Spotlight
This lovely interior in Singapore is the result of one of the many fruitful partnerships between Oficina Inglesa and the internationally recognized architects and interior decorators with whom they collaborate with on international projects — all the furniture shown here was handmade at Oficina Inglesa's workshops in Europe. Established in 1987 and specialising in fine furniture and reproductions, Rio de Janeiro-based Oficina Inglesa has grown to achieve international acclaim for its classic furniture and accessories made from carefully selected woods and materials. Available on over five continents, Oficina Inglesa is available for order and delivery across the United States, too. Beautiful and inspiring furniture destined to become future family heirlooms.
Planning a summer wedding? Wedding Paper Divas has lots of ideas for you! Whether you're looking for beach wedding invitations (like the one above), classic wedding invitations, bridal shower invites or wonderful wedding favors, you're sure to find something you'll love — and to make it even nicer, Wedding Paper Divas is currently offering free customization on your wedding stationery (a $20 value). Be sure to check out the Wedding Paper Divas My Style Sweepstakes for a chance to win a wedding package for yourself — or a friend — too!
Connie of Simply Defined Design is having another fantastic giveaway! The beautiful Summer 54 Inch 14K Gold Filled Semi-Precious Necklace by Connie (value $275.00), will go to one lucky reader! For a chance to win, leave a comment on Connie's blog before midnight on June 2 2010. Be sure to visit Connie's gorgeous Etsy shop for more pretty vintage-inspired jewelry, too!
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Labels: furniture , jewelry , oficina inglesa , paper goods , simply defined design , sponsor spotlight , sponsors , wedding paper divas
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Simple Pleasures
Warm summer afternoons outdoors, relaxing over a book or magazine.
(photo from the style files via gardening in heels)
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Weddings in Water
Last week I received a lovely email from Mexican photographer Juan España, whose work you may recall from a post of mine from last June that featured his beautiful personal photos. Recently Juan has been exploring a new direction in his work — artistic destination weddings — and he was kind enough to share these photos of the wedding of an adventurous Canadian couple. Photographed in an underwater cave called Cenotes in the middle of the jungle in Mexico, I love how these images are both playful and serenely lovely, too. See more of Juan's wedding work here.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Pin It Forward
I'm very happy to be a part of Victoria of sfgirlbybay's fantastic Pin It Forward project — and thrilled to be one of the first ten blogs as it launches today! A collaboration between sfgirlbybay and Pinterest, the theme is What Home Means to You. For my own Pin It Forward board, I've chosen a collection of images that I find inspiring and that are, to me, what I would someday like my home to be. I hope they inspire you too.
Tomorrow I'll be followed by the wonderful illustrator Jes Hunt. Can't wait. Head over here for a list of links to all 300 blogs participating, too!
Image credits: Lerkenfeldt Photography via fondly seen; Domino Deco files; Thomas J. Story and Julie Chai for Sunset magazine; Roger Davies for CoastalLiving via simple blueprint; emmas designblogg; emmas designblogg; Douglas Friedman for Domino via fondly seen; pinterest board photo by me.
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Any recent web search of condominium news will reveal countless blog posts from disgruntled unit owners, many of whom feel their individual associations have been less than transparent in controversial board decisions. But these calls for increased transparency have left many board members puzzled.
Recent years have seen changes to condominium law throughout much of New England. And as board members scramble to keep up, many questions have arisen as to the facts about board transparency—what attorney Foster Cooperstein in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, calls "the new legal buzzword." So, just what is transparency, in concrete terms? Or, for that matter, do concrete definitions even exist?
"In any organization, there needs to be a reasonable degree of openness," says Cooperstein, who has practiced condo law for nearly three decades. "Even if the board makes the best decisions in the world, if everything is done behind closed doors, without any possible input from unit owners, there's always someone who's going to suspect [wrongdoing]. If people have the opportunity to understand why decisions are made, there is less likelihood of problems."
But striking the balance between transparency and reasonable confidentiality can be a frustrating process for condo associations. And it is just this question of balance that often creates the greatest headaches for those who sit on condo boards. Regardless of the individual state, board members are legally bound to admit all unit owners to any general session—and to provide them with written notice beforehand. Beyond that, many other legal requirements are subjective at best. And though few easy answers exist, experts say there are some governing principles that can help in navigating the murky waters of transparency.
"I think it's a balancing act," says attorney Samuel "Sandy" Moskowitz of Boston's Davis, Malm, and D'Agostine, PC. "As far as the management company goes, they have to be completely transparent with respect to the board. Between the board and the unit owners, that's different. And I think in that case it really comes down to a question of what is the statute."


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For more than 100 years small coal-fired "puffers" like the SS Pibroch brought barley, coal and empty casks to the distillery, returning her whisky to the mainland through the Sound of Islay. Today, Caol Ila's secret bay is only known to true Islay devotees. The barley used here is still malted locally at Port Ellen and pure spring water still rises from limestone in nearby Loch nam Ban, then falls to the sea at Caol Ila in a clear crystal stream, just as it always has.


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|Washington, D.C. June 24, 2011
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- Boston: Top Ten Fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger Arrested
FBI agents arrested Top Ten Fugitive, James J. "Whitey" Bulger, and his companion, Catherine Greig, in California. Recent publicity produced a tip which led agents to Santa Monica, Calif., where they located the two. Full Story
- Seattle: Two Men Charged in Plot to Attack Seattle Military Processing Center
Two men were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with terrorism and firearms related charges. The complaint alleges that Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif and Walli Mujahidh took possession of machine guns that they purchased and planned to use in an attack on the Military Entrance Processing Station. Full Story
- Headquarters/Multiple Field Offices: Department of Justice Disrupts International Cyber Crime Rings Distributing Scareware
The Department of Justice and the FBI, along with international law enforcement partners, announced the indictment of two individuals from Latvia and the seizure of more than 40 computers, servers and bank accounts as part of Operation Trident Tribunal. The operation targeted international cyber crime rings that caused more than $74 million in total losses. Full Story
- New York: Man Charged with Murdering Members of U.S. Air Force in Germany
Arid Uka, aka "Abu Reyyan," was charged with murdering and attempting to murder United States Air Force personnel in Frankfurt, Germany, on March 2, 2011. Full Story
- Washington Field: Alexandria Man Charged with Shooting at Military Buildings in Northern Virginia
Yonathan Melaku was charged with destruction of property and firearm violations involving five separate shootings at military installations in Northern Virginia between October and November 2010. Full Story
- Atlanta: Seven Indicted for Supplying Iran with U.S. Military Aircraft Components
Seven individuals and five corporate entities based in the United States, France, the United Arab Emirates and Iran were indicted for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to illegally export military components for fighter jets and attack helicopters from the United States to Iran. Full Story
- Detroit: Former Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Divulging Federal Wiretap
A former Hamtramck police officer, and federal DEA task force officer, Randall Hutchinson pled guilty to one count of providing notice of a federal wiretap to the former Downriver Chapter President of the Highwaymen Motorcycle Club during the FBI's investigation into that organization. He is one of 91 indicted as part of the United States Attorney's Office's case against the Detroit Highwaymen. Full Story
- Newark: Hacker Pleads Guilty to Infiltrating AT&T Servers, iPad Data Breach
Daniel Spitler, a computer hacker who helped write the malicious code behind a breach of AT&T's computer servers admitted to conspiring to hack into the servers, steal information regarding iPad subscribers and publicize the crime. Full Story
- Phoenix: Real Estate Investor Pleads Guilty to $50 Million Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Brett Matheson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a $50 million mortgage fraud scheme based in Phoenix. Full Story
- Portland: Three Defendants, Including a CPA and an Attorney, Charged with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering Related to Summit Accommodators
Three individuals were indicted on charges of conspiring to defraud customers of their former business, Summit Accommodators, Inc. The fraud scheme took place from 1999 through 2008, and allegedly involved the misuse of over $44 million of customer funds, causing 91 customers to lose $13.7 million. Full Story
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text: Pets, Bike Riders and Families: Check Out Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation Spring EventsThursday, April 21, 2016VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – From Bike Rodeos to canine extravaganzas, Virginia Beach Parks & Recreation invites families to get outdoors and in the Rec Center pools for May events. Visit www.VBgov.com/specialevents for more info on following events. Free and open to the public: K-9 Karnival May 14 | 10 am - 3 pm | Red Wing Park Canine lovers and their furry friends are invited to Red Wing Park for a day dedicated to the dogs. Pound puppies to purebreds can come paw-to-paw with numerous canine demonstrations, competitions, displays and more. Businesses also can learn more about becoming an exhibitor. Bike to Work Day | Ride with the Mayor May 20 | 8 am Princess Anne Recreation Center to City Hall As part of National Bike Month, join Mayor Sessoms on a Bike to Work Day ride! With more and more individuals taking advantage of this healthy, sustainable, and economic means of transportation, the Mayor is leading a short ride from the Princess Anne Recreation Center (1400 Nimmo Parkway) to City Hall (2401 Courthouse Drive) beginning at 8 am. Bike Rodeo May 28 | 10 am - 2 pm | Williams Farm Park In celebration of May as Bike Month, families are invited to Williams Farm Park for a day of fun activities with a focus on bicycle safety. Kids can participate in bicycle skills stations, interactive games, bike decorating and a parade! Remember to bring your children's bicycles and helmets. Visit www.VBgov.com/recevents for info on following events; recreation center membership or day pass and registration required unless otherwise noted. Rock Wall Family Fun May 6 | 6:30 – 8 pm | Seatack Rec Center | ages 6 and up Challenge the family with a day of rock climbing on the vertical wall. Two belayers will help the climbers up and down, so all experience-levels are welcome. Cost is $4 per participant. Mommy & Me Mother's Day Tea Party May 7| 1 – 3 pm | Williams Farm Rec Center | all ages Happy Mother's Day! Come dressed as your favorite character and join the fun with Mom at this special Mother's Day Tea Party. Tea, other refreshments and light snacks will be provided. Register by May 4; cost is $6 per participant. Mother's Day Craft May 9 | 6:30 – 7:30 pm | Seatack Rec Center | ages 8 – 14 Create an extra special homemade gift for Mom. Supplies will be provided. No additional cost. Builder's Bash May 13 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Great Neck Rec Center | ages 7 - 10 Tinkerers unite! Discover a night to take your imagination on a wild ride with Legos, K'nex, Goldie Blox, and other fun building templates. Kits will be provided, but you need to bring the imagination. Pizza and drinks included. Cost is $7 per participant. 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You get what you pay for, and what you don't pay for, you don't get—as Justice Dickinson is reminding folks in Washington:
Mississippi Supreme Court Presiding Justice Jess H. Dickinson will participate in the White House Forum on the State of Civil Legal Assistance at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at the White House. * * *I am guessing those dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. $6.8M in 1985 equates to $14.5M in 2012, which would mean today's budget in real terms is one-third what it was back in the heyday of the Reagan years.
The forum will focus on access to civil justice, benefits of legal aid for the judicial system and the effect on courts when they risk being overwhelmed with unrepresented litigants.
Justice Dickinson said, "I view this as an incredible opportunity to provide information to people who make decisions about funding this critical program. I hope that it will help the President and Congress formulate reasonable budget priorities."
Funding for the Legal Services Corporation has been cut in recent years. Legal Services Corporation funding in Mississippi is currently $4.7 million. The state's two Legal Services organizations currently have 21 attorneys, and have cut back staff and closed offices. In 1985, there were 259 lawyers working for Legal Services offices in Mississippi, with a $6.8 million budget.
"We are going backwards," Justice Dickinson said. * * *
"The primary message that I hope to get across is that the principle of access to justice and fairness in the courts is not at the same level as other spending priorities," Justice Dickinson said. "The right to fairness in our courts is not only a basic, fundamental, Constitutional right of every citizen, but it is one of the government's absolute obligations."


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At SmartBear, we create software for software developers and testers. It's definitely an interesting space to work. Unlike most software companies, our customers are not lay people who don't really know how software works and take for granted how it runs their daily lives. Our customers create the stuff, and all of us at SmartBear interact with them in some way or another.
As a result, we're immersed in all kinds of software industries, and we see this stuff everywhere—when we watch the news, when we consider traveling overseas, when we look into schools for our kids. We think, write and talk about software everyday; and realize it's an underlying fabric of modern life, one that is blooming and spreading faster and faster across the earth and creating entirely new capacities for human interaction. We know that the future of software is inexorably linked with the future of human civilization as a whole.
Yeah, we're in deep.
Also, because our customers are software developers and testers, we get to learn from them nearly everyday. Sometimes they even teach us things about our own tools that we didn't know! That happened recently with a feature of LoadUIWeb Pro, our premier load testing tool for Web applications.
I attended StarEAST with some of my colleagues a few weeks ago, and this guy (who I won't name but is somewhat of a celebrity in the testing world) started talking with Mike Punsky about LoadUIWeb Pro. Now, Mike probably knows that tool better than anyone. But, because he is a bit biased to SmartBear load testing tools, he hasn't used many others.
The very smart man then began explaining to Mike how one of our features saves him hours of prep time compared to the other enterprise level tools out there. Of course, we thought that was very cool, especially because we didn't even know that this feature was unique to our tool.
He was referring to the "custom shape load profile" feature that allows you to hand shape or draw a load profile. Normally, in a pre-deploy testing situation, even an experienced load tester will spend hours studying the traffic patterns of similar Web applications in order to mimic them in a load test. Or, if the Web application has already been launched, the tester will study the actual trends of that application, but alter them in testing scenarios to see what would happen if the traffic increased - something any viable business should prepare for.
In order to gain the most accurate prediction of how a Web application will perform, it's important to reproduce a scenario in load testing that mirrors real life situations. Here's where the (sometimes) hours of data crunching comes in, and where Mike realized that LoadUIWeb Pro saves testers not only lots of time but plenty of head aches too.
We know many passionate software testers who realize the importance of their work, but we don't know any who actually enjoy the tedious task of inputting countless data points into a spreadsheet to try and mimic a load profile curve. That's what the custom shaped load profile tool does for you. You just edit the shape to match what you've realized is the curve you want. Instead of hours or minutes, it takes a matter of seconds!
Seeing the relief this simple feature gave to one of the most professional and respected testers we know is exactly what makes all of us at SmartBear rejoice. It not only makes his job far less tedious, it frees him up to focus on the quality of his software. Victory all around!
The custom shape load profile feature is one of the perks of LoadUIWeb Pro, which has more functionality and support than our free version, LoadUIWeb.
But if budget is an issue for you (and, let's be honest, it usually is), go ahead try out the basics of the tool for free by downloading LoadUIWeb.
We love to hear stories about how our tools are being used by testers and developers alike. I especially like interviewing people and posting their videos on the SmartBear blog. We welcome everyone from experts who may have recently written a book to new developers and testers just getting started. Let me know in the comment section if you'd like to be featured on our blog!
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As President Obama's second term begins, making a concerted effort to create a viable and lasting peace in the Middle East is a national and global security imperative. Carnegie hosted a discussion of former U.S. ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer's new essay collection, Pathways to Peace: America and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, with Carnegie's Marwan Muasher, former National Security Council official William Quandt, the International Crisis Group's Robert Malley, and former U.S. peace negotiator Aaron David Miller. Ambassador Kurtzer moderated the discussion.
A Call to Action
- Time is of the Essence: While the authors of Pathways to Peace hold divergent opinions about the appropriate U.S. course of action in the Middle East, most agree that now is the time for the United States to make a serious and concerted effort to activate the peace process, Kurtzer said. Muasher added that facing the "difficult" task of tackling the Arab-Israeli conflict today is clearly preferable to waiting until the two-state solution has become an "impossible" goal. If the peace process is left unattended as the United States waits for the dust to settle, "it will not settle on the side of peace," he warned. Malley also advocated moving forward before the opportunity for a two state solution "slips away," despite eroded U.S. power and a reluctance of Arab states to aid in the peace process. Miller took a more negative view, saying that he does not think a "conflict ending agreement" is likely to "materialize any time soon."
- U.S. Strategic Interests: Quandt asserted that while Israeli-Palestinian peace is not a panacea for regional problems, it would be an important strategic step forward for the United States. He added that American military commanders have reiterated this sentiment and recognize Middle East peace as an important U.S. foreign policy objective.
Opportunities for Peace
- Regional Partners: Quandt explained that relatively friendly U.S. relations with Turkey and Egypt may give Obama an important window of opportunity. Turkey and Egypt both hope to moderate Hamas and isolate Iran and may therefore serve as key strategic partners in the region.
- Taking Ownership of the Peace Process: Taking a different view, Miller asserted that successful negotiations can only occur when both sides make calculations that convince them to take ownership of the peace process. Only when all parties believe that forging a lasting peace is in their strategic interest will they work to do so, he added.
- Regional Instability: Quandt explained that the rising tide of populism in the Arab world has put political pressure on Arab leaders to prove their support of the Palestinian cause in order to gain legitimacy. Miller further stated that the Arab Spring will make it hard for Egypt's Morsi to accept a divided Jerusalem or other politically painful compromises. Malley added that Morsi's priority is not confronting Israel, but rather consolidating domestic power. This could potentially line up with U.S. interests, he added.
Remaining Challenges
- Obstacles to a Two State Solution: Malley explained that a host of powerful actors, including refugees, settlers, and Islamists, have complicated the peace process. He stated that unless Washington adjusts to the new sociopolitical reality on the ground, the opportunity for a two state solution will slip away. Kurtzer stated, however, that "there is no alternative to the two state solution," and said that the U.S. must move to "talk about partition" before the conflict becomes more entrenched. Muasher agreed that both sides will ultimately accept a two state solution.
- Political Divisions in Palestine: Miller stated that the Palestinian public and its leadership are profoundly divided. "If you don't control the guns, you don't control anything," he said. Malley explained that the balance of power between Fatah and Hamas has changed. Hamas' recently brokered ceasefire has made it increasingly difficult for Abbas mobilize Fatah's supporters behind negotiations. Hamas is seen as increasingly effective, and Washington can no longer pretend that Hamas is marginalized and insignificant, he added.
- Lack of a Coherent American Policy: Kurtzer stated that in the past the president has not had a coherent policy and has simply relied on "approaches" and "tactics." In order to effectively move the peace process forward, the president must come up with a clear policy and vision for the outcome of the conflict. He added that the Arab-Israeli conflict consistently intrudes on the agenda of the president and there is a danger that without a clear policy, he will simply become a "firefighter" extinguishing small "brush fires" in the region. However, the United States can and should use "tough diplomacy" to effectively push for a two state solution before the conflict becomes any more intractable, Kurtzer argued. The president must have a clear set of parameters for dealing with security, borders, Jerusalem, refugees, and other issues. This will require an effective secretary of state and foreign policy team, the panelists agreed.
- Congressional Opposition: While Congress makes American peace efforts more difficult, the president can still make progress without congressional support, Quandt stated. Miller cautioned, however, that Obama's second term election does not mean he can "pursue foreign policy initiatives with abandon." Muasher added that "Obama has domestic homework to do with Congress" before he puts forth any parameters for Israeli-Palestinian peace. However, Congress is unlikely to object if the president puts forth a lasting solution to the conflict, he asserted.
The Way Forward
- Demarcating Borders: Obama must insist that a physical template of Israeli-Palestinian borders be created, Kurtzer said. He added that without putting forth a framework to demarcate borders, negotiations will be ineffective.
- Security: In order to move forward, the United States must work to assure both sides that their security will be improved by a lasting peace agreement. This will include providing security commitments to Israel and assuring Israelis of "the constancy of the U.S. commitment to Israel," Kurtzer stated.
- Palestinian Capacity Building: Kurtzer asserted that in order to have an effective two state solution, efforts must be made to improve the Palestinian economy and its institutions to ensure that an independent Palestine would not become a failed state. The United States should assist with these capacity building measures, he added.
- Fiscal Cliff Negotiations: All of the panelists agreed that Obama must first successfully navigate fiscal cliff negotiations with enough bipartisan support to confront foreign policy challenges.
- Endgame Deposits: Muasher stated that the president must talk to Israelis and Palestinians in order to understand the exact parameters of their "endgame deposits," or the concessions they are willing to make. This will allow the United States to convince Arab countries that there are tangible benefits to participating in the peace process that move beyond "confidence building measures," Kurtzer added.


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When you have a house full of children like we do, going out for dinner as a couple doesn't happen very often. When we do get the chance to go out together, we prefer not to do it on a busy night like Valentine's Day. Our Valentine's Day includes a home cooked dinner for the entire family.
My husband and I are making healthier choices and I want to make sure we don't lose momentum because of Valentine's Day, so I want to avoid red meat or high calorie meals. Chicken seems like the perfect choice, and this Orange-Cranberry Chicken doesn't just look right for the holiday, it is also very easy to make and is sure to be a hit!
Orange-Cranberry Chicken
- 1 pkg chicken thighs (12-15 thighs)
- 1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
- 1/2 cup pure orange juice
- 1 packet onion soup mix
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup bbq sauce
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- Preheat the oven to 350 F.
- Arrange the chicken in a casserole dish.
- Mix the remaining ingredients in a pot and heat over high heat until boiling.
- Turn down to low and heat for 5-10 minutes to thicken.
- Pour enough sauce over the chicken to cover all, and continue to heat the remaining sauce on low.
Pair the orange-cranberry chicken with some wild rice and asparagus and you have a healthy and delicious dinner that is perfect for your Valentine!


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Let me remember only the starry explosion
of our limbed violence. Let me see
the faint reflection on my thighs, through
the windowpane of stockings, the blue-green
bruise of your bite. Let me wear the sweater
you bought to match those marks
day after day until
it falls to ruin. Let me fall
one more time into our night
before I set it away, like a skein of scarlet
silk ribbon, thrown and unfurling
into the battered sky.
Let me call myself, Girl.
Your voice is silence. Your voice
is the color of birds in mean flocks
over the fields: a fast shadow, passing.
Let me catch the ribbons falling from the sky
and bind my wrists and ankles tight. Erase
this freedom: keep me bound in ecstasy. Constrain me in sorrow's
flaxen destruction. Let me have courage enough
for your absence. Let me adore
everything: every golden corner of your
quiet soul, every splintered moment of your
ravenous soul, let me take the palm prints
from your gut and devour
their slap-shaped wounds like so much
memory candy. Let me give you midnight-colored
velvet pouches filled with searing inverse oil lanterns
to cast darkness on your every regret. Let me
adore you. Every splintered shard
of your furious, exquisite heart. Let me, please,
I'm soon to forget.
Alice Anderson's collection "Human Nature" won the Bobst Prize from NYU and the Best First Book Prize from The Great Lakes Colleges Association. Her work is included in "American Poetry: The Next Generation" and "On The Verge: Emerging Poets in America." After recovering from traumatic brain injury, she has completed two new poetry manuscripts, THE WATERMARK and ELECTRIC PLUM BURLESQUE.


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The history of velvet fabric dates back centuries. Developed in China in the 13th century, it didn't later gather popularity until the 15th century of textiles produced by Mediterranean weavers. While its earlier origins indicated wealth and power, its later uses have translated into many formats, from clothing to blankets to, of course, velvet paintings. It started out as a canvas in the 14th century, later recycling out again in 16th century China and 19th century England. Unfortunately, its most recent resurge has a poor reputation for tackiness—most people nowadays may not think of velvet paintings right away when considering different art forms. Rather, it tends to be associated with musty old thrift stores and cheap tourist attractions, often found in cardboard boxes at garage sales and empty lots. The Velveteria Downtown LA
The Velveteria, however, seeks to place the velvet painting back on its proper 15th century throne of luxury and respect. Opened in 2005 in Southeast Portland, Oregon, owner Carl Baldwin and then partner Caren Anderson made a place for their rapidly growing collection of velvet paintings. The space has since moved to Chinatown, Los Angeles (in 2013) on a busy street of merchants, tucked in between dim sum and seafood restaurants rather than the mess of art galleries on the other side of town. Featured on major media outlets like Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown and The Travel Channel, the gallery hosts over 5,000 velvet paintings. Some have even been categorized into Baldwin's themed rooms of glow-in-the-dark velvet and a room of naked ladies. We chatted with Baldwin about his wild journey with the museum, some shoulder-rubbing with Anthony Bourdain and Chuck Palahniuk, and his own thoughts on "modern art."
How did you get your start in the art world?
Okay, here's my story about art. My art careers. I grew up here, seven years old in La Mirada, California. Right down interstate 5. I was drawing clowns in the art part of this curriculum, or rather they called it that. So the teacher held up the clowns I was drawing and said, who's wasting all this paper drawing these clowns? And everybody pointed at me, and they took away the paper. Wouldn't let me draw for the rest of second grade and that was the beginning and end of my formal institutional art career. And now, 50 years later, I own the epicenter of art. The Velveteria Museum of Velvet Painting in Chinatown, Los Angeles. And I've got a painting back here of Johnny Cash with his finger. So I got one finger for those guys left. They cut off all my fingers back in second grade but I got one finger left. And now I have the epicenter of art, and all those poor souls are in some other impedition, maybe.
What got you interested in velvet paintings?
Here's what happened: We were in this, Bisbee Arizona. Caren, who I was with at the time, and I were looking around at stuff and we found a velvet painting of a naked lady with a blue afro. So I had a painting of JFK on velvet and I hadn't seen a velvet painting in over 20, 25 years. We looked at each and go, "Whatever happened to these?" How'd they all disappear? And so we bought the one with the blue afro and then collected 30, 40, 50 more of them. We were living in Portland, Oregon. We had them up in our house, had a little party for a bunch of people, boring medical worker people who were looking at them and really reacting strongly and stuff. I said, "This is an interesting reaction to art." So we then found a little basement storefront in Portland, Oregon and opened it up for like, 900 bucks a month.
Can you tell me what is the process of making a velvet painting?
Well, you don't add any turpentine to the paint. You just use the paint directly as it is and you use it directly on the velvet. Some people are better than others. It covers subject matter from all eras. You want to think negative space, so like the black is just the velvet. They do like, a little thing behind them, you know. So they have a background. You're adding light to darkness. Like canvas, you're adding shadows and all the other colors and stuff. You have to think in reverse, is what artists tell me. The hardest thing about it is that you can't go back and correct your mistakes. So if you mess up, you're done.
This guy Leeteg died in a motorcycle accident but he was the father of modern velvet painting. He took the five primary colors to Tahiti back in the 30s and got his velvet from a funeral home because they line their coffins with velvet. The thing about this is if I hadn't come along and done this, or Caren and I, this would've all been lost in history. They used to be in bars. When I was growing up in Orange County, so if you'd see people on vacant lots selling these, like sometimes you see these guys selling these NFL blankets and stuff. You don't even see those guys anymore, even! These guys were massive marketing down in the Mexican border from Tijuana. There's a bunch of people with velvet painting factories, and they're putting these out by the millions so like…Kiss, when Kiss came along. They were a big staple on velvet, and then Jimmy Hendricks. Anybody who died young and tragic got put on velvet. From Jesus to JFK. And so, then these art people go, "Oh. It's like touristy stuff. Whatever." That's not art. Well they don't teach you anything in art school except how to make money off your silly prowess and your so-called ego which is not talent.
What places did you look for for the paintings? Were they all just from Portland?
Well, we were just looking around. Different places. We were traveling up and down between San Francisco and Portland all the time so we hit…the velvet trail, we called it. We were always looking around. One day we called up all the thrift stores all over and asked them if they had any velvet paintings and most of them thought we were nuts or never heard of them! And then we found that there was a clown in this outskirts in Beaverton. So I go, "There's a clown in Beaverton! Let's go!" So we go over and get this clown for like, 5…8 dollars or whatever and that's how we're doing it. Just scouring, scouring. Then we had enough to open up so we opened up the place.
So that's what it is. So then we got Anthony Bourdain. He comes in, and I'm sitting there with Anthony Bourdain and Chuck Palahniuk, who wrote Fight Club. Chuck is a really cool guy, and Tony was great. So I'm sitting with these two guys, Caren and I, after we did the segment. I go, "Hey man. I'm sitting next to two big time writers in America. I need to write a book about this Tony, Chuck. Find me a publisher, get me a deal. I'm not fucking around, and Bourdain goes, "It would just be a coffee table book. You wouldn't sell any. It'd hardly be worth doing, blah blah blah." And I go, "Jeez, Tony. What a downer. I go, maybe we should go across the street to Lucky's this bar. And I could go get some heroine, and we could go in the backlight room and shoot up and Chuck, here, has got another best-seller. And another blockbuster movie. How about that?"
But then, we got our book. Chronicle Books over there, ended up writing a book. And so, it all worked out pretty good. And Tony Bourdain was one of the mainstays of keeping this thing alive. God bless him. And then, that year, right after Bourdain and about six or seven months of opening, I have a show back there. I have all these Michael Jackson paintings, and I put them together, and I called it From Botox to Detox. The surgical evolution of Michael Jackson. So Jay Leno, from the Tonight Show staff, they call up and say, "What's in your velvet painting museum in little Portland, Oregon?" So I lay that thing about Michael Jackson on them. They sent Tom Greene up, and we were on the tonight show. We opened in December around The tonight show in the following September, and we taped it in July. I go, "I've got lightning in a bottle. Why am I sitting on a fucking moldy sponge in Portland, Oregon when I could be back home in the LA sunshine with the coolest thing in the world?" Right?
Is that what motivated you to move back?
Right? Right? Did you hear me? I go, "What the hell am I sitting in moldy Oregon?" Then, we were charging three dollars admission in Portland and these losers up there would just walk on by and go into Starbucks with that money. A five-dollar latte. And I go, "Well, look at that little design on your latte. That's the highest form of art you're ever gonna see. Before I poke your goddam eyes out!" It was too rainy, they're too stupid. And they're too bigoted. It's just very very bigoted out there. I would never have this guy stand in front of my shop. (An elderly Chinese man sits at the front of Baldwin's museum regularly.) He always asks me if I have comida. I'm sitting there talking Spanish to a Chinese man in the middle of Los Angeles. That's what I love about LA. You know, it's everything. Everybody's here.
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Whiny Wednesday: Matching Hanna Jams
Call me crazy, but since I was a newly married 20-something without kids, I've dreamed of one day dressing my dumplings in matching Hanna Andersson Christmas PJs. It would be one of those silly traditions lots of families start…the same ol' thing, yet, our own. It would be our family celebrating my fav holiday of the year, circled around the tree in the living room.
It makes me sappy because really they're just silly ol' (very nice, organic) PJs with an ugly Christmas sweater party look to them, no less. But when I put them on baby L and little C I'm reminded of just how far our little family has come. I think about the setbacks and the sleepless nights, but also the pure joy and how lucky we are. It's our first holiday season as a family of four and I couldn't be more proud of what we've built. Being a parent sure as heck isn't easy (and I respect my own now more than ever), but we sure try.
I hope our home feels cozy and loving and safe to our kids. And maybe every year they might enjoy getting their new set of snuggly "Hanna jams." (This is the Dear Deer pattern…) I hope we can always be close, our new family of four. And I can't wait to share the rest of life with these cuties…holiday after after, season after season. I'm living a charmed life, indeed.
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Texas Coach Demands Best, Has Record to Prove It [New York Times] (emphasis the Korean's).GRANBURY, Tex. — At 7:15 a.m. on Monday, the girls' basketball team at Granbury High assembled for practice. As always, shirts had to be tucked in, hair pulled back. If a shoelace came untied, it meant running the bleachers. Questions had two acceptable answers: Yes ma'am and no ma'am.
Sure, Coach Leta Andrews had her lighter moments. She might show up at practice in a crazy wig; once she even wore a bikini. But joking around is not how she got her name on the local water tower for winning more basketball games than any high school coach in the country — 1,346 victories, an average of 27 a season, in her 49-year career.
"She's a tough coach," Jordan said. "She doesn't let you slack off. Sometimes she makes us cry, but we know it's for the good. I can't picture high school without her."
Former players stay in touch. In 1996, Andrews traveled to Atlanta to cheer on Amy Acuff, who had played for her championship team in Corpus Christi and was now competing in the Olympic high jump. Three years ago, shortly after having stents implanted in a blocked artery, Andrews drove eight hours to attend the funeral of Cerny's mother.
Acuff, a four-time Olympian, said: "I think people often are afraid to discipline kids; they feel it is too harsh or that the kid won't love you. But I think the root of respect and love is a person expecting and demanding that you be as good as you can be every single moment."
Andrews longs for more diversity on her team and more gym rats, players who want to win as badly as she does. "Don't run around like a chicken with your head cut off," she scolded her offense Monday. But she is not ready to retire. The only win that is important, she said, is the next one.
"I'm not ready to turn this over to these younger coaches," Andrews told her husband recently. "They just don't demand enough."
After hearing so much whining about Tiger Mom's "emotional abuse," it was so nice to know there are still people in America who get it. But over at TrueHoop (one of the Korean's favorite blogs,) Henry Abbott had a different take.
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Henry was troubled by Coach Andrews' strictness:
The last phrase caught the Korean's eyes, so he sent Henry an email (which was in turn quoted in TrueHoop):Exacting is one way to describe it. Another way to describe it is child abuse. I'm sure there is a line between that, and, say the demonic Robert DeNiro character in "This Boy's Life" (PG-13), but it's hard to know precisely where it is. Nevertheless, that kind of parenting is cited as a positive example in how Texas high-school girls are taught, in 2011, to play basketball?
What's weird to me is the conviction -- shared by so many -- that young basketball players need to receive punishments every day; even when they aren't actually doing anything wrong.
Can you imagine if they taught math and science this way? With punishments for almost every student almost every class? With routine tears? With no one but the teacher allowed to speak?
Henry replied with the crucial question:I am writing because your latest post caught my eyes, especially this passage: "Can you imagine if they taught math and science this way? With punishments for almost every student almost every class? With routine tears? With no one but the teacher allowed to speak?"
This is EXACTLY how math and science are taught in East Asian countries. I emigrated to America when I was 16, after finishing 9th grade in Korea. (I am 30 years old now.) I was astonished to find out just how soft and backward American math and science education was. An average 10th grader at my school was learning math concepts that I finished learning in 6th grade. And the available data bears out my experience -- students from East Asian countries lead the world in math and science, while America comes in near last in the developed world.
My opinion is that tough lessons are accepted for a reason -- they certainly did produce Leta Andrews, whose result speaks for itself.
That's a great question, and a great point. (Bold emphasis is the Korean's.) It is something that requires thought. We clearly want harshness and punishments -- which can be otherwise termed "toughness" -- in teaching children sports. Then why don't we want the same toughness in teaching other things? Why are we so terrified of quote-unquote "emotional abuse"?My tale is really not about optimal parenting, or even optimal coaching.
It's about inconsistency in what is considered decent and acceptable. Is it okay for a teacher to make kids cry routinely or not? I'm saying that it's odd that sports bring out an appreciation of harshness and punishments that we don't have in other parts of our lives. That hypothetical math teacher would likely be fired. But that real coach is celebrated. My point is: What's the difference? That's a question for all of us.
We know that what makes a sports team win and what makes students do better in math and science are the same things -- discipline, effort, practice. We feel unhappy when American students come in last in the developed world in math and science, just as much as we feel unhappy to see our sports team lose. We love coaches who instill toughness. Yet we would flip out of our shit if a teacher humiliated students or made students run endless wind sprints for not doing the best they can in math exams.
What's the difference? There should be no difference. Americans have to start realizing that.
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Why can't a woman be more like a man? What is this thing called "feminine intuition"? Why are men better at reading maps, and women at other people's characters? The answers lie in the basic biological differences between the male and female brain, which, say the authors, make it impossible for the sexes to share equal emotional or intellectual qualities.
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The fact that women's reproductive health is quite sensitive does not mean that men should not be keen on their reproductive health. However, the reproductive systems and organs of women require more attention from a reproductive doctor due to their vulnerability. What this means is that women should visit reproductive health professionals such as an obstetrician Sydney CBD has to offer at least once a year for checkup. During checkups, most doctors are able to detect or identify any reproductive problem that could be underlying. Here is why you to visit a qualified gynecologist.
Breast Examination
Breast cancer is one of the probable conditions that affect women today. According to most reproductive health professionals, this condition has no particular causes. Despite what may cause breast cancer, early detection is very significant. When this problem is identified early, the doctors are able to know the treatment for it before it causes more harm. Any qualified obstetrician Sydney CBD has today can examine breasts for abnormal growth and lumps.
Irregular Menstruation
Any menstrual cycle indicates that a woman is reproductive. Menstrual cycles are designed to appear once a month without failure or delay. However, some women experience delayed or stopped menstrual cycles and this is highly linked to a health problem. More reproductive problems would occur later if you ignore the onset signs. To avoid much reproductive problems, it's always good to visit a Sydney womens clinic obstetrician to get to the root cause of the problem.
Birth Control
Most women today get children when they want and according to the plans they have. However, this does not mean they should ignore their sexual needs in the fear to conceiving. There are birth control methods they should use if they are not ready for a child. The challenge with this is that birth control methods are numerous and they don't affect all women in the same way. Besides preventing unwanted pregnancies, most birth control techniques also prevent many sexually transmitted diseases. If birth control systems that come in synthetic forms are not your type, DR Surya Krishnan obstetrician Sydney has today can shed more light on the available hormone-free options.
Abnormal Vaginal Discharge
Every woman faces the vaginal discharge phenomenon at some point in life. Most gynecologists consider the discharge normal if it is odorless, cloudy and white. However, if your discharge has foul odor and appear to have changed to green or yellow, then, something is wrong. This means you need to visit a competent obstetrician Sydney CBD has today to identify the type of vaginal infection you have developed.
The worst thing about reproductive problems in women is that they aggravate if ignored. Curing them is easy if identified early. Since you may not identify a developing reproductive problem on your own, it's good to visit a gynecologist twice a year. Some of the reproductive problems that affect women come with mild symptoms making it hard for them to identify them without the help of a reproductive doctor. If you happen to identify a reproductive problem, you should not buy drugs over the counter, which a gynecologist has not prescribed.
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Our purpose is to help provide loving, nurturing homes for infants and young children in need of homes. The children who are available to you for adoption have been freed for adoption due to economic or social reasons. Contrary to popular thought, the majority of these children are loved by their biological parents, whose decision to choose adoption was made with a very special kind of love, as they placed their baby's welfare above their own feelings.
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