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Prostitution and other commercial sex activities
"Buying sex is a particularly gendered act. It is something men do as men. It is an act in which the actor conforms to a social role that involves certain male-gendered ways of behaving, thinking, knowing and possessing social power."
- Sigma Huda, UN Special Rapporteur
Male demand
Globally, prostitution and other commercial sex activities such as stripping, lap dancing, sex tourism, etc. disproportionately involve men using women and (mostly girl) children for sexual use or titillation. Despite the rhetoric from advocates, these activities are not a level playing field. Overwhelmingly, they:
exist to sexually privilege men
have their roots in gender inequality
reinforce attitudes and beliefs around male sexual entitlement and female sexual servitude
are predicated on unequal power and economic structures, where men want sex or sexual titillation and have the means to pay for it, and women/children want money or 'in kind' payment
reduce women and children to their orifices, available to rent by men
corrode men's connection to themselves and to others
exploit, denigrate and harm women and children.
If there were no demand by men, there would be no supply of women and children. Challenging male demand is critical to effective reduction of prostitution and other commercial sex activities.
Demand and the child sex trade
Men who buy sex from children engaged in commercial sexual activity are primarily prostitute users, rather than paedophiles.
Reducing demand
Men who buy sex or sexual titillation report that their sex buying behaviour is influenced by factors such as effort, convenience, having the money, risk of prosecution,and a belief that is a harmless activity.
Most sex buyers are not that committed, observes international human trafficking expert Brian Iselin. The key to taking buyers out of the sex markets is to make the casual buyer think before acting; to interrupt the transaction.
Increase the effort needed to buy.
Increase the inconvenience for buying.
Push up price.
Normalise the illegality.
Provide information.
Regressive and progressive approaches to demand
In recent years some "progressive" countries have done just that - exploring how best to increase effort, inconvenience and price, normalise the illegality and educate the public towards greater gender equality. Others have done the reverse.
Countries' responses
Progressive countries that have said
to sex buying behaviour
to reinforcing sexist attitudes
to accommodating gendered violence
to entrenching gender inequality
by criminalising the buying of sex
and providing exit support to sellers
Sweden ♦ Norway ♦ Iceland ♦ Northern Ireland
Canada ♦ France ♦ Ireland ♦
Liberal countries that have said
by decriminalising or legalising prostitution
Netherlands ♦ Germany ♦ Australia ♦ New Zealand
Prostitution: Elevating or reducing the status and dignity of women?
"At ... members interact with one another in real time discussion boards to keep each other informed and up to date on the best places in the world to get pussy. Newbies learn from the experienced pros as to where they too can get 18 year old girls for less than the price of a good steak ... Your wife will never know ..."
- Online prostitution guide for sex buyers
- "I came all over her beautiful face, and with time to spare I came in her mouth."
- "Finished off with me pissing into her mouth for a full minute or more."
- "Ending with her swallowing and nearly choking on a week's worth of my seed."
- British sex buyers' reviews for fellow buyers (many of
whom seek out acts their wives/girlfriends won't provide)
"You can do all the things you'd never dare ask your girlfriend for, and there's no chance she can say she got a headache, or just want to 'cuddle'... it's all about YOU and what YOU want."
- British sex tourist on a European stag party
Steak & Tits
One of the most popular activities!
"Amsterdam was like going through a turnstile into a fairground ride: two minutes and you're out.
The idea that the women had been with five men in the last hour or 20 men in a day was a big turn off."
- British sex buyer, visiting Amsterdam
"Some look for the cheapest sex possible either because they have limited funds or because they don't like to spend more money as necessary for a wet hole.
One of the countries that is said to be the cheapest sex vacation destination is Cambodia... "
- Online brothel guide (inc photo) for sex buyers
"It is time to adopt a new code on what it means to be a man.
Being a man does not mean buying sex with women or children. We can still run a hundred miles, watch the footy, continue to barbecue, even still not take too seriously the clothes we buy. We are not talking about making men less masculine, but deciding it is both a strength and a virtue to not prey on and abuse others."
- Brian Iselin, international human trafficking expert
"Johns should feel guilty when they buy women. Guilt can be healthy...
Buying women is wrong not because of a society's repressive moral code or its effects on an individual's psychological process. It is wrong because it creates a world in which people get hurt. And the people who get hurt the most are women and children, the people with the least amount of power."
- Robert Jensen, professor of journalism and author
"Those who patronize this industry debase themselves and deepen the misery of others."
- Former US President, George W Bush
"The 'pleasure' men get from launching crumpled-up dollar bills at a naked woman's vagina in places like Al's Diamond Cabaret has nothing to do with sex. But it has a lot to do with feeling power, with feeling superiority to the person you can commission to degrade herself onstage for you..."
- Rob Horning, author/blogger on popular culture
"Acceptance of prostitution is one of a cluster of harmful attitudes that encourage and justify violence against women. Violent behaviours against women have been associated with attitudes that promote men's belief that they are entitled to sexual access to women, that they are superior to women, and that they are licensed as sexual aggressors. Men who use women in prostitution strongly endorse such attitudes toward women."
- Women's Support Project, Scotland. source
Sustaining the exploitation of women
Volkswagen, Germany.
Company slush funds supported a corporate culture of prostitution, brothels and free Viagra. While on business in Portugal one senior manager is reported having ordered a Brazilian prostitute, a "young and lively dark-skinned girl". article
Munich Re, Germany.
A division of one of the world's biggest reinsurers rewarded its top 100 top salesmen with a prostitute orgy in Budapest, Hungary.
Not only does such a misogynistic "boys' club" corporate culture enable its men to sexually exploit impoverished women, it is hostile to and marginalises its female staff at all levels. article
A big thumbs down to Germany for having legalised prostitution, entrenching the misogynistic behaviours and attitudes evident in corporations such as Volkswagon and Munich Re.
New Zealand.
"Do you want to move overseas, but you are not quite sure to which country? Consider New Zealand, which in addition to its spectacular nature and an overall laid back vibe, offers legal prostitution." - International marketing publication for retirees
A big thumbs down to New Zealand, now a sex tourist destination as a consequence of decriminalising prostitution.
Supporting respect for women
Swedish men.
A big thumbs up to Swedish men, whose support for criminalising men who buy sex jumped from 20% in 1996 (three years before Sweden's law change to criminalise the purchase of sex) to 60% in 2008 (nine years after the law change). article at p.148.
A 2005 online sex survey by Durex revealed that of men and women in 34 countries surveyed, Sweden had the lowest percentage of respondents who had paid for sex (3%). source
Icelandic men.
A big thumbs up to Icelandic men, 57% of whom in 2007 favoured introducing the "Swedish model" to criminalise the buying of sex in brothels and clubs. The law took effect in 2009.
Further, in 2010 Iceland became the first country for feminist rather than religious reasons, to ban strip clubs and any business profiting from the nudity of employees. article
Putting it bluntly...
Prostitution reduces women and girls to three orifices.
It treats women and children as public toilets.
It can never be made respectful.
What about men's sexual "needs"?
The "male sex drive discourse", which holds that men are perpetually interested in sex and that once they are sexually stimulated they need to be satisfied by orgasm (Holloway, 1984, 1989), is often touted in support of prostitution. However, as O'Connell Davidson (2001) observes: "The idea that men have sexual 'needs' (as opposed to socially constructed 'wants') may be widely accepted, but in practice, there is no biological imperative to orgasm any set number of times a day, week or year."
Isn't prostitution an acceptable solution to poverty?
"Some prostitution supporters argue that prostitution is an acceptable solution to poverty. What they mean, but do not say, is that prostitution is an acceptable solution for women living in poverty. Seldom do we see proposals that poor men should make their way out of poverty by welcoming the insertion of penises and other objects into them on a regular basis or dance naked on a stage in front of ogling and masturbating males.
The prostitution industry exploits to its advantage the fact that most women and children who are in prostitution come from the most oppressed and vulnerable groups in society."
- Gunilla Ekberg, Policy Adviser, Swedish Division for Gender Equality
See also "Sex is not work and our bodies are not for sale" - speech by Ruchira Gupta, Founder of Apne Aap Women Worldwide, India, presented at the 4th World Forum on Human Rights.
What about "choice"?
The vast majority of women and girls engaged in prostitution do so out of little or no economic choice. Most entered prostitution as physical or emotional children, with histories of physical and sexual abuse, neglect or violence. Many entered prostitution under the control of a pimp or 'minder'. If not at the time of entry, many become substance-dependent. Some are homeless. The cycle of hopelessness, desperation and poverty offers little or no choice to escape a lifestyle where violence, abuse and exploitation are the norm. For many, globally, prostitution is a means of survival. It is not a choice.
The number of women who have freely chosen prostitution from amongst other equal income-generating alternatives is so small it is unrepresentative of the prostitution industry. For those (often vocal) few to claim that their experience is the norm is misleading, if not dishonest. In any event, their choice to engage in prostitution frequently requires them to cognitively distort and minimise the violence, abuse and threats that even they are subjected to (see the New Zealand example in the FAQ "What about women's 'agency', 'empowerment' and 'sex work'"?) This small group of women who sell sex without any economic driver to do so, collude with sex buyers; reinforcing men's belief in an entitlement to be provided with sex on demand, and further entrenching the harms and gender inequality inherent to the industry, to the detriment of the vast majority of women and children in prostitution.
Doesn't decriminalising or legalising prostitution provide safety to women in prostitution?
Decriminalisation or legalisation of prostitution does not provide safety to women in prostitution; rather, it merely provides mechanisms to report incidents of violence.
In those countries where prostitution has been made lawful through legalisation or decriminalisation, women in prostitution across both indoor and outdoor sectors continue to be physically assaulted, threatened with violence, held against their will, raped, and verbally abused by the men paying them for sex.
NZ example >
What about women's "agency", "empowerment" and "sex work"?
"Civilised" countries denounce behaviours such as physical or sexual assault, threats of violence, being held unwillingly, rape, and verbal abuse by men who have intimate access to women. It is commonly called domestic or partner abuse. Women are urged to leave such harmful situations.
The mere addition of cash in such a situation alters nothing, despite those who seek to accommodate, trivialise and cognitively distort the violence and its ever present threat, and reframe it with rhetoric around "agency" and "empowerment" for women.
No industry that is inherently predicated on gendered violence, inequality and degradation should be elevated to the status of "work". Neither should it be legitimised by the State.
Relationship characteristics
Opponents of prostitution
Supporters of prostitution
Physical and sexual assaults, abuse, and
threats of violence by intimate other
Not tolerated
Denounced as abuse
Recognised as harmful
threats of violence by intimate other/s + cash
Tolerated
Elevated to "work" status
Considered empowering
Isn't it possible to be "for" prostitution but "against" sex trafficking?
From a "demand" perspective, no. When addressing "demand" factors, it is meaningless to attempt a distinction between demand for women in prostitution and demand for trafficked women in prostitution, as explained below:
"Without buyers' demand for prostitution there would be no trafficking for the purpose of prostitution. The fact that most buyers have not been involved in the trafficking process does not mean that they are unaware of the vulnerable state of the women they use or of the likelihood that these women are controlled by a third party. Rather, it implies that the demand of the vast majority of buyers is not specifically for a victim of trafficking... it is therefore meaningless to separate demand for prostitution from demand for prostitution provided by trafficked persons..." Tackling the demand that fosters human trafficking p.iv.
The fact that buyers seek out a smorgasbord of women of varying ages, ethnicities, characteristics, and "willingness" to perform various sex acts, means intermediaries (pimps/traffickers) constantly need to supply "fresh goods".
"Recruiting was ongoing, not only because of turnover, but also because repeat customers wanted variety and new faces had to be continually supplied. One [pimp] said that every six months he would 'clean house'" From Victims to Victimisers p.5.
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Q: tweaking jquery-ui menu widget Working on making a very standard dropdown menu with the new jquery ui 1.9 menu widget, but having some problems due to the newness of the widget and the presence of only a single extremely basic example at jqueryui.com
Specifically, can anyone here help me to:

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*Initialize a widget with no icons for submenus?  (Default is a right-facing carat and I can't get rid of it)

*Make a menu where user has to click on the top menu item (as opposed to just hovering) to make the submenu appear?  Any deeper submenus should then expand when the user's pointer hovers over them.  This is typical dropdown behavior, e.g., user clicks "edit" to make options appear like "select" or "undo", but any further choices under (for example) "select" would apper just by hovering over "select". I hope that's clear.
Thanks

A: I don't know how to do the second part of your question but I can answer the first question.
You can change the default icon by setting the icon option of the menu option.
First add a class to your CSS file like this.
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Then set the icon option when you create the menu.
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You won't have any icons.
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Sexual minorities
India's first gay matrimonial ad may not be a revolutionary breakthrough, after all
The mention of a caste preference in the notice shows that even groups that face discrimination find it difficult to shake off the structures that oppress them.
Makepeace Sitlhou
On Tuesday, Mumbai's Mid-Day newspaper carried India's first gay matrimonial advertisement. The ad was placed by Padma Iyer, who was apparently keen to see her son, Harrish, settle down.
While the initiative (and the copy) for the ad was Padma Iyer's, her son, a high-profile Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights activist, decided to publicise the initiative when it was turned down by DNA on legal grounds, Buzzfeed India reported. The Times of India and The Hindustan Times also refused to print the notice.
Over the last 24 hours, the ad has been celebrated on Facebook and Twitter users as a major step forward by the mainstream media in acknowledging LGBT relationships, with Padma Iyer being hailed as a role model. Both facts are true. However, more importantly, this series of rejections really highlights the prejudicial understanding of the controversial section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. As Harrish Iyer put it in a Facebook post:
"If they read the splendid work done by their editorial staff they would have realised that being gay is and has never been illegal. Illegal is sex against the order of nature (non-procreatory sex) under which even heterosexuals who put their penis in any oriface other than the vagina (even mouth or creating an artificial oriface with palm) is illegal.And technically gay marriages don't have legal sanction but they are not a criminal offence. I explained. They didn't listen."
The truth of the matter is that the only thing that the sales and advertising teams of these newspapers were risking was their readership, not a legal infraction. Still. if the back story of the ad helps people understand how section 377 applies to everyone, yet is often misused to target sexual minorities, it's definitely worth recounting.
However, it's difficult to overlook a contradiction in the ad: "Caste no bar (Though IYER preferred)."
Sure, we're all too familiar with the various categories of skin complexion, caste groupings, educational levels and more that are contained in most matrimonial ads. Of course, caste is a reality of our society and Padma Iyer suggested in her Facebook post that it can apply to all sections, privileged or not.
However, caste is also a reality that we acknowledge approvingly as a mechanism that facilitates choice when it suits us and denounce when it might be a little less convenient, say when it comes to reservations for marginal groups in education and employment that seem to deprive upper-caste groups of places in institutions.
Despite Harrish Iyer's suggestion that the mention of caste in the ad detracts from the debate at hand, it's still a contentious issue. First, the equality movement has already lost the plot if it is going to be geared towards uncritically accepting an institution that has a history of subjugation, segregation, violence and collective denial. Even if it was indeed true that the mention of caste was just a tease, the satire seemed misplaced in the context of seeking an alliance in the matrimonial pages of a newspaper. Perhaps, Faking News could have served that purpose more effectively.
The LGBTQI movement cannot ignore the fact that class and caste structures are among the reasons it faces discrimination. These factors explain by the transgender community has been classified by the Supreme Court as a constitutent of the Other Backward Classes, for instance, and is underrepresented in key positions of decision making in our society. Shedding caste prejudices could unite even more underprivileged factions within the rights movement in India.
Harrish Iyer is entitled to whatsoever preferences he may have but let's not deny the implications that these may carry.
Makepeace Sithlou writes on rights and minorities. Follow her at @makeysitlhou.
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4th November, 2016 by Arabella Mileham
London independent merchant Friarwood Fine Wines is expected to roll out its first e-commerce venture this week, as part of the new management team's plan to develop and build the company.
The e-commerce launch is part of new focus on technology by new owner and md Ben Carfagnini and his small team, who have already boosted the business's agility and profile, as well as refining and expanding the range.
Until Carfagnini took over the business in February 2015 following the death of founder Peter Bowen, the merchant's Parson's Green stop had operated sales and stock solely using pen and ink, with neither E-pos or Wifi on site.
The new venture has been developed in partnership with New Zealand company Vend, with the e-commerce site synching directly to new cloud-based EPOS and being fully integrated with the new stock system, as well as being able to run complex analytics on basket sales which can be used for
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"So far we've used technology primarily in our back-office functions, but that has given us greater agility – and the e-commerce is an extension of that," head of operations Edouard Dautreix noted to db in a recent interview.
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Quick and easy lemon meringue pie recipe from scratch, homemade with simple ingredients. A butter pie crust, topped off with creamy lemon curd and fluffy meringue.
This no fail, old-fashioned Summer pie is a classic that tastes so much better than store-bought pies. There are 3 components that come together in harmony: Pie crust, lemon curd filling and French meringue topping.
This may be one of the most challenging pies I have ever made. It's a family recipe but has been tweaked countless times by many different folks since many people in my family love to eyeball ingredients and I just don't do that… hehe.
How to make lemon meringue pie?
Bake the pie crust and allow it to cool down.
Make the lemon curd filling by cooking together water, cornstarch, lemon juice, sugar, zest until it thickens. Use this to temper egg yolks and cook until thick and creamy.
Prepare meringue topping by whipping together egg whites, cream of tartar, cornstarch and sugar until stiff peaks form. Then, spread it on top of the filling and bake until golden brown.
Chill in the fridge to firm the layers even further and you are done.
How do you keep best lemon meringue pie from weeping?
A pie that is "weeping" simply means a watery layer shows up between the meringue and the filling. This is typically caused by an unstable meringue that has been over-cooked or has too much moisture.
Avoid high humidity days! Make this pie on dry days. The excess moisture in the air destabilizes the meringue.
Don't over-bake the meringue– Because the egg whites obviously shrink during baking and the more you bake, the higher the likelihood of shrinking. Also, it creates little beads of moisture on top of the meringue.
Make sure sugar has fully dissolved– There should be no graininess in the meringue mixture because that can cause weeping during baking too.
Don't let the lemon filling cool down too much– It should be warm when you are spreading the meringue on top because the warmth seals the 2 layers together and prevents shrinking and separation.
Spread meringue all the way to edge– It should be touching the pie crust because that will also help seal all the layers together and prevent shrinking.
Make sure there are NO egg yolks– You only need egg whites. Separate the egg whites and yolks properly. You can use the yolks in the filling.
Mixing bowl and mixer attachments should be clean- There should be NO oily residue at all because that prevents stiff peaks from forming.
You must use cream of tartar and cornstarch– Both of those ingredients help stabilize the meringue.
How do you keep easy lemon meringue pie recipe from getting soggy?
Nothing ruins a pie quicker than a soggy crust. You want it to be crisp and flaky. The single most important thing you can do is to blind bake the pie crust. This simply means pre-baking the crust without any filling, until it's golden brown. Doing this ensures the crust stays crisp when a filling (that requires no baking) is added to it.
Can you put homemade lemon meringue pie in the fridge?
Yes, you have to do this. Once the meringue has been browned in the oven, it should be cooled to room temperature and then chilled in the fridge for at least 6 hours to ensure all the layers firm up.
What is the difference between lemon curd and lemon pie filling?
They are both similar in flavor but but the pie filling texture is thinner than Lemon Curd. Also, the filling is thickened with egg yolks and cornstarch while the curd uses only egg yolks.
Homemade or store-bought pie crust– Either can be used. I like to use the frozen ones and bake them because it's just convenient.
Homemade or store-bought filling– Again, either can be used. My homemade version obviously rocks and is so fresh!
Use room temperature egg whites for meringue- Because they whip faster and to a greater volume than cold egg whites.
Tempering egg yolks– This is a technique that my Mom had to teach me. You CANNOT add all the egg yolks at once into the hot lemon mixture because that would cook them and scramble them. Instead, you have to start off by SLOWLY whisking some of the lemon mixture into the egg yolks and then gently adding this new egg yolk mixture into the remaining lemon mixture and cook, while constantly whisking until filling is thickened.
Add yellow food coloring– Sometimes, I add a few drops to enhance the yellow color of the filling. It's optional.
Strain the filling onto the pie crust– This is optional but my Mom does it and says that it really smooths out any little lumps in the filling. I usually don't do it.
Use unsalted butter– Because this prevents the pie from becoming too salty.
Use large eggs– I have dried other sizes but they don't yield the same stabilized results.
Use a different type of crust– Try this no bake Graham Cracker Pie Crust. You can also use a no bake pretzel crust.
Make mini pies– Use frozen mini pie shells and bake them until golden brown. The rest of the steps are the same.


You Three Times is True question the number three and the fact that this comes from Lewis Carroll are not necessarily as important as the point about repetition and so detailed research into the works of Lewis Carroll. Then there were questions and then there was religion. When religions are challenged, the strength of beliefs are demonstrated. Without empirical evidence to prove against an explanation, how do we know its incorrect and that we should, in fact, discard it? So how do I know which AOKs or WOKs would be good ones to pick? It is said, When you have come to the edge of all writing light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness Of the unknown, Faith is knowing One of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand. According to the TOK guide, ways of knowing are our senses and faculties by which we know or perceive things as they are. Yes you do as this will demonstrate a good understanding of the course but be wary of just throwing them in everywhere: judicious and correct use of TOK terminology is better than going over the top. Facts and theories can be linked across disciplines and create a common groundwork of explanation. However, you need to have adequate evidence for coming to the opposite conclusion. If youve got lots of personal examples of how you understand and interact with the arts, but little or nothing to do with the natural sciences, youll be better set up for an essay considering that area of knowledge. . For example, most students first reactions are that the Arts are a subjective subject whereas Maths is a subject which contains objective, universal truths. Is there a correlation between money and happiness?
The strength of religious belief is hard to counter. Michael, it is important to demonstrate personal engagement. Give your thoughts on this, though the essay should be objective in nature. In the mid 2000s, the more convincing your position, it is asked whether knowledge is generated by interaction of critical and creative thinking. Pluto was demoted from the official position of a planet and now it has been grouped in the category of dwarf planets. Then there was light 5 Correct any spelling or grammatical errors. For example, you okayplayer com boards viewing topics in general discussion should start by considering all of the AOKs and WOKs when you begin planning your essay and then narrow it down to the 2 or 3 AOKs or WOKs where you can say the most interesting things.
The International Baccalaureate (IB) Theory of Knowledge essay is a word essay on prescribed topics or titles created by the.As the name suggests, your Theory of Knowledge (TOK) essay should focus on knowledge issues (what.The following structure is a very good, step-by-step method you can use on any.
This links nicely with the previous point as a way of considering different perspectives on the same issue and behavioural articles can be a good way of killing two birds with one stone. In general the rule wit" it is really easy to lose focus and when you do your score accounting research paper topics 2014 will instantly drop. What is the correlation between knowledge and understanding. Link and compare at least two knowledge issues. Evaluate this statement and provide reasons why you agree or disagree. In the debate for or against abortion. Show relevancy between at least two knowledge issues. For example, tions is that you should onl" The first thing to do is decide which.
For example, in the above topic, you can say that although creative and critical thinking help in the synthesis of knowledge, sometimes it can be seen that knowledge can be generated even without one of the components.This means that you, as an expert, have to demonstrate how the topic is really valid and justifications for supporting.
To sum up, each KQ should be tackled in four sections:.Are not included in the total word count.
However, the contention here is that belief can contribute to all areas of knowledge.Give reasons why or why not.
You may also be asked to what extent or in what way a statement is justified.The fact that these people are experts tends to lend an air of credibility to your argument.Clearly there is not an infinite variety of plausible and convincing answers to any question and so you should not expect your answer to be completely different to everyone elses and nor should you strive to make it bizarrely and outlandishly strange in an attempt.


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This is for the mostless
This is for the mostless, essays, writer and performer Jason Magabo Perez's debut book, is a lyrical collection of autobiographical poems, fictions, and oral histories. Moving against discipline and genre, these stories and sympathies are filled with familia and trauma, barrio to barrio, from city to city, and cast with wildly divergent figures as iconic as Don Cheadle and Mandy Moore, and as obscure as Cobra Commander and Perez's own mother-a Filipina migrant nurse who in 1976 was framed by the FBI for murder.
This book is about and most definitely for all of the mostless. Ultimately, superheroes, girlfriends, gangsters, Perez celebrates and mourns the multiple migrations and afterlives of grandmothers, and poets.
Cake Time
In ?how not to have an abortion, ? the teenaged narrator looks for a ride from the clinic between her AP exams. A decade later, in ?glow, ? she is suddenly confronted by the disturbing and thrilling fact of her lover?s secret daughter. Ultimately, where to negotiate a private self in an increasingly public world, timeless questions: why intelligent girls make terrible choices, this unflinching novel-in-stories grapples with urgent, and how to love madly without losing a sense of self.
A new novel-in-stories that New York Times bestselling author Jillian Lauren calls "a delicious indulgence. Daring yet aimless, smart but slightly strange, Cake Time?s young female protagonist keeps making slippery choices, sliding into the dangerous space where curiosity melds with fear and desires turn into dirty messes.
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The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir
Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. Red hen. National bestseller2017 national book critics circle nbcc finalist aba indies introduce winter / spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection ALA 2018 Notable Books Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui.
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With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home. This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. At the heart of bui's story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent—the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love.
Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family's daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves.
Blending radical formal fluidity and caustic humor, and race, turning what might be tragic into piercing, Gurba takes on sexual violence, small towns, revealing comedy. Being mean to men who deserve it is a holy mission. We act mean to defend our clubs and institutions. This is a confident, brassy book that takes the cost of sexual assault, intoxicating, misogyny, racism, and homophobia deadly seriously.
We act mean to defend ourselves from boredom and from those who would cut off our breasts. True crime, memoir, and ghost story, Mean is the bold and hilarious tale of Myriam Gurba's coming of age as a queer, mixed-race Chicana. Sisterhood is powerful, but being mean is more exhilarating. Being mean isn't for everybody.
Being mean is best practiced by those who understand it as an art form. These virtuosos live closer to the divine than the rest of humanity. They're queers. Myriam gurba is a queer spoken-word performer, visual artist, and writer from Santa Maria, California. She's the author of dahlia season 2007, wish you were me 2011, and painting Their Portraits in Winter 2015, Manic D which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, Future Tense Books, Manic D.
Red hen. She has toured with sister spit and her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach.
Something in Between Harlequin Teen
Until the truth changed everything. Jasmine de los Santos has always done what's expected of her. He's funny, caring and spontaneous—basically everything she's been looking for at the worst possible time—and now he's something else she may lose. A must-read. Dhonielle clayton, author of the #1 new york times bestselling matched trilogy"an immigrant herself, and the forthcoming The Belles"A must-read!" —Ally Condie, coauthor of Tiny Pretty Things and Shiny Broken Pieces, de la Cruz succeeds in presenting a complicated and multifaceted topic in a manner that is light enough to keep readers engaged.
Kirkus reviews"de la cruz presents a timely and thought-provoking look at the complex reality of being young and undocumented in the United States…Readers will root for Jasmine as she fights for her future and finds the power of her own voice. Publishers Weekly Red hen. She had her whole life planned.
She knew who she was and where she was going. Jasmine will stop at nothing to protect her relationships, family and future, all while fighting the hard truths of being undocumented. A great read!" —rachel cohn, new york times bestselling coauthor of Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist "We're obsessed—and you will be too.
The editors of seventeen magazine"Heartbreaking and bursting with hope, this is the book we all need. Marie lu, #1 new york times bestselling author of the Young Elites and Legend series"This book will change you.
Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos and Canadian Imaginaries Critical Insurgencies
Their trandsdisciplinary approach highlights the need for queer, transgressive, settler colonialism, and utopian practices that render visible histories of migration, empire building, and globalization. Abrams comic arts. Red hen. Diasporic intimacies: queer filipinos and canadian Imaginaries is the first edited volume of its kind, artists, featuring the works of leading scholars, and activists who reflect on the contributions of queer Filipinos to Canadian culture and society.
Addressing a wide range of issues beyond the academy, the authors present a rich and under-studied archive of personal reflections, in-depth interviews, creative works, and scholarly essays. Timely, gender, diasporic intimacies offers an accessible entry point for readers who seek to pursue critically engaged community work, curatorial practice, and fascinating, and socially inflected research on sexuality, urgent, arts education, and race in this ever-changing world.
The Gangster of Love
So begins a blazing coming-of-age story suffused with the tensions of immigration which finds Rocky moving from the counter-culture in 1960s San Francisco to the extravagant music scene in Manhattan of the 1980s. The gangster of love tells the story of the Rivera family as they make their new life in the States?all the while haunted by the memory of the father and the homeland they left behind.
Among its members are rocky?s haughty mother, her brother, who has impulsively left her father; Voltaire, prone to heavy depression and odd friendships with strangers; and Rocky herself, unsure about sex and worshipful of her boyfriend?the guitar-playing Elvis Chang?who must learn to accept reality amidst the myths and lures of American success and idolatry.
Red hen. Abrams comic arts. From the philippines the day that Jimi Hendrix dies. Nominated for the irish times international fiction prize? The author?s first novel, Dogeaters, was nominated for a National Book Award in 1990 and was voted the best book of the year by the Before Columbus Foundation. Rocky rivera arrives in the U.
Zong! Wesleyan Poetry Series
Through the innovative use of fugal and counterpointed repetition, Zong! becomes an anti-narrative lament that stretches the boundaries of the poetic form, haunting the spaces of forgetting and mourning the forgotten. Equal parts song, oath, and chant, shout, curse, moan, ululation, Zong! excavates the legal text.
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Rolling the R's
Rolling the r's goes beyond "coming of age" and "coming out" to address the realities of cultural confusion, prejudice and spiraling levels of desire in humorous yet haunting portrayals that are, as Matthew Stadler writes, "stylish, shameless and beautiful. This special twentieth anniversary edition includes a new essay by the author, introducing one of the most original and iconic stories of the Asian diasporic experience and an essential work of fiction in the Asian American literary canon.
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R. He has published three poetry collections, two novels and adapted Rolling the R's for the stage in 2008. Zamora linmark treats the music of the bee gees and schoolyard bullying as equally formative experiences in the lives of a group of Filipino fourth-graders living in Kalihi, Honolulu, who call themselves the "Farrah Fawcett Fan Club.
The characters' stories unfold largely in the documentary detritus of their lives―their poems and prayers, book reports and teacher evaluations―all written in carefully observed, pitch-perfect vernacular. Now back in stock, pidgin and perspective roll every "are, Linmark's tour-de-force experiments in narrative structure, " throwing new light on gay identity and the trauma of cultural assimilation.
Legitimizing Empire: Filipino American and U.S. Puerto Rican Cultural Critique Asian American Experience
Ever since, filipino and Puerto Rican artists have challenged promises of benevolent assimilation and portray U. S. Caronan's juxtaposition reveals two different yet simultaneous models of U. S. Neocolonial power and contradicts American exceptionalism as a reluctant empire that only accepts colonies for the benefit of the colonized and global welfare.
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Savatar Research reported that 70% of businesses will convert to VoIP in the next few years.B I think the conversion is happening even more rapidly than that b for many reasons.
For a business that is considering purchasing a new phone system, the two primary considerations are the monthly recurring cost and the total cost of ownership.B Both numbers can be tricky to arrive at if you donbt know where the hidden costs are.
How much is your telecom bill each month?
How many locations does your company operate?
What is the average number of employees at each location?
What percentage of your staff work remotely?
We typically find that a company will save $500 to $1,000 per month by moving to a hosted VoIP solution.B That may not seem like much, but it adds up!
And, the additional features and functionality are what should really drive your decision.B With a cloud-based solution provider, all of your locations are considered on-network.B What does that mean?B From a cost-savings perspective, it could dramatically reduce your long distance costs.B But, therebs more.
An incoming call can easily be transferred to anyone in your organization with 4-digit dialing.B With the find me-follow me feature, missed calls drop dramatically.B The phone system knows where youbre likely to be at any given point in time.B Want more?
If your current phone system has the find me-follow me feature, it is probably tying up too much bandwidth with the calls it transfers.B Each call is consuming double the bandwidth.B Since bandwidth is directly related to productivity these days, that could be slowing everyone down.
Should I go on?B Well, I think Ibll leave it here for now.B There are plenty of ways to use a cloud-based solution provider to make more money b whether itbs the result of making more, spending less, or increasing productivity.


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Celebrating Pride In STEM with Rob Springett
Celebrating LGBT in STEM day
Rob Springett answers questions about the Met Office's support of Diversity with STEM
Q: Tell us about your role at the Met Office.
My role is Operational Meteorological Technician, or more simply known as Weather Desk Advisor
Q: How did you get into this area of science/engineering?
I've always had a passion for wanting to know how things work and even as a child I always ended up taking my toys apart, much to the annoyance and frustration of parents. Science was my favourite subject at school, which led me to a career in the airline industry. On leaving school, I spent 20+ years in airline operations, performance and flight planning, before joining the Met Office – a natural progression as aviation and weather are linked.
Q: What is your favourite thing about your job?
The variety. My role is pretty much three-in-one of General Enquiries/customer service, Customer Assurance, and IT Service Desk. It's quite a busy on a normal day, so throw in a weather 'event' and it can be quite challenging. One minute could be talking to a farmer about a dry spell for haymaking and the next I could be trying to restore emails to a colleagues iPhone or drawing the next analysis chart for the Chief Forecaster. I also work 12hr shifts on a 24/7 pattern so it's flexible for a work-life balance.  The shift pattern also enables me on my days off to help Devon and Cornwall Police as a Police Support Volunteer.
Q: What challenges have you faced at work as part of the LGBTQ+ community?
I've always been open about being gay and pretty lucky so far. I first came out to work colleagues some 30 years ago but I think being in the airline industry gave me a good start, and never really had any noticeable challenges. Today my colleagues see me as just Rob and not 'gay Rob' or 'Rob who's gay'.  That wasn't always the case in previous jobs as some felt the need to define me by who I sleep with first.
Q: What makes you proud to be part of the LGBTQ+ community?
I am really proud of restarting the LGBTQ Network group going here at the Met Office. I like to say I have my day job and my gay job. When I joined nearly 5 years ago the old formal group had disbanded. People leave and move on and running a staff network can be hard work and time-consuming.  With the introduction of a new staff networking communications platform, I saw an opportunity. Creating a new group was important, to preserve the hard work done by the previous members so I set about building it back up in my spare time.
2018 became the self-proclaimed 'Year of Visibility'. The Met Office also flew the Pride/rainbow flag last year for the first time.  There are now over 50 colleagues in the current network and you've never seen some many people wearing rainbow lanyards or 'Straight Ally' badges.  People connect with that rainbow symbol and at a recent science camp a student came up to an employee who was wearing a rainbow lanyard and shared the story about coming out to their parents. We also have many visitors from overseas who may come from a country less tolerant than ours so it's important for them to feel they are in a safe space.  It's the little things that make the difference.  The group now has its own momentum with many active members and other projects are spinning off that work.


In Islamic terminology, the word Saum (Fast) means abstaining from food, drinks, and sexual activity from dawn to sunset. The exercise has to be done with the intention of doing purely for Almighty Allah. Muslims observe fast in the holy month of Ramadan; the 9th month in the Hijri Calendar. Muslim jurists declare this month as an annual training exercise for Muslims, where they refresh their resolve to carry out their duties towards Allah SWT.
This book "Fast According to Quran & Sunnah" is a nice effort by Prof Zulfiqar Ahmad that guides Muslims about how to spend this month and get the most out of Ramadan. An excellent collection of etiquettes and manners for fasting, Itikaaf, and Laylatul Qadr also included there. It is important to perform this exercise in its true spirit, if we are to purify our soul and clean it from evils. Therefore, this book turns into an essential guide for Muslims about Fasting, terms and conditions of fasting, things which invalidate a Fast and voluntary fasting.
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The Barracuda was a shoulder-wing cantilever monoplane with an oval, all-metal fuselage. It had a retractable landing gear and non-retracting tailwheel. The hydraulically-operated main landing gear struts are of an "L" shape and retract into a recess in the side of the fuselage, with the wheels held in the wing. A flush arrestor hook was fitted ahead of the tail wheel. The crew of three were in tandem under a continuous glazed canopy. The pilot had a sliding canopy and the other two crew members' canopy was hinged. The two rear-crew had alternate locations in the fuselage, with the navigator having bay windows below the wings for downward visibility. The wings had large Fairey-Youngman flaps that doubled as dive brakes. Originally fitted with a conventional tail, flight tests suggested stability would be improved by mounting the stabiliser higher, similar to a T-tail, which was implemented on the second prototype.
Picture - A Barracuda Mk II carrying an 18-inch (46 cm) aerial torpedo. The ASV radar "Yagi" antennae are visible above the wings.
Picture - A Barracuda Mk. V; notice the squared off wing tips and the enlarged radiator and spinner for the Griffon engine. The lack of the larger fin and wing radar pod suggests that this is the prototype.
Early Merlin 30-powered Mk 1 Barracudas were underpowered and suffered from a poor rate of climb. Once airborne, however, the type proved easy to fly. Trials of the Mk 1 at Boscombe Down in October 1941 showed a weight of 12,820 lb (5,830 kg) when equipped with 1,566 lb (712 kg) torpedo; at this weight the Mk 1 showed a maximum speed of 251 mph (405 km/h) at 10,900 ft (3322 m), a climb to 15,000 ft (4572 m) took 19.5 minutes, with a maximum climb rate of 925 fpm (4.7 m/s)at 8,400 ft (2,560 m), and a 19,100 ft (5,822 m) service ceiling.
The later Mk II had a more powerful Merlin 32 with a 400 hp (300 kW) increase in power. Boscombe Down testing of the Mk II in late 1942, at 14,250 lb (6,477 kg) showed a climb to 10,000 ft (3048 m) in 13.6 minutes, with a maximum climb rate of 840 fpm (4.3 m/s) at 5,200 ft and an effective ceiling of 15,000 ft (4,572 m). Further testing at Boscombe Down in June 1943, showed a maximum range, with either a 1,630 lb (750 kg) torpedo or a single 2,000 lb bomb (909 kg), of 840 statute miles (1,355 km), and a practical range of 650 statute miles (1,048 km), while carrying 6 x 250 lb (114 kg) bombs reduced the range to 780 miles (1,258 km) and 625 miles (1,008 km), respectively.
Pilots came to appreciate the powerful flaps / airbrakes and carrier landings were simple due to the aforementioned flaps and good visibility from the cockpit. Retracting the airbrakes at high speeds, whilst simultaneously applying rudder caused a sudden change in trim which could throw the aircraft into an inverted dive. This proved fatal on at least five occasions during practice torpedo runs, but the problem was identified, and appropriate pilot instructions issued, before the aircraft entered carrier service.
The Royal Air Force used the Barracuda Mk II, initially in 1943 with No. 567 Sqn. at RAF Detling. In 1944, similar models went to 667 Sqn. (RAF Gosport), 679 Sqn. (RAF Ipswich) and 691 Sqn. (RAF Roborough). All the aircraft were withdrawn between March and July 1945.
Barracudas were used as dive bombers and played a part in a major attack on the German battleship Tirpitz. On 3 April 1944, 42 aircraft from British carriers HMS Victorious and Furious scored 14 direct hits on Tirpitz with 1,600 lb (730 kg) and 500 lb (230 kg) bombs at the cost of one bomber. The attack disabled Tirpitz for over two months.
From April 1944, Barracudas of No 827 Squadron aboard Illustrious started operations against Japanese forces, taking part in raids against Sabang in Sumatra (Operation Cockpit). The Barracuda's performance was reduced by the high temperatures of the Pacific, with its combat radius being reduced by as much as 30%, and the torpedo bomber squadrons of the fleet carriers of the British Pacific Fleet were re-equipped with Grumman Avengers.
The Barracuda's primary problem in the Pacific was the need to fly over Indonesian mountain ranges to strike at targets on the eastern side of Java, and this necessitated a high altitude performance which the Barracuda's low altitude rated Merlin 32 engine, and its single stage supercharger, could not provide. Additionally, carrying maximum underwing bomb loads caused extra drag which further reduced performance over a torpedo equipped Barracuda. However the Light Fleet Carriers of the 11th ACS which joined the BPF in June 1945 were all equipped with a single Barracuda and single Corsair squadron, so by VJ day the BPF had five Avenger and four Barracuda squadrons embarked on its carriers.
Picture - Orthographic projection of the Barracuda Mk.II, with wings unfolded and folded. PRofile detail of the Griffon-engined Barracuda Mk.V.
Air Ministry, Pilot's Notes for Barracuda Marks II and III Merlin 32 engine, February 1945.
Brown, Eric, CBE, DCS, AFC, RN.; Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. "Fairey Barracuda". Wings of the Navy, Flying Allied Carrier Aircraft of World War Two. London: Jane's Publishing Company, 1980, pp. 99-108. ISBN 0-7106-0002-X.
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Willis, Matthew. "Database: The Fairey Barracuda." Aeroplane Monthly, May 2009, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 57-77.


So, Brian Bendis caused a bit of stir a couple weeks back with his incendiary comments about the state of comics journalism. Which (intentionally, I'm sure) raised the ire of a number of folks who consider themselves comics journalists. And it led to CBR's Chris Arrant holding some enlightening interviews with Tom Spurgeon, Vaneta Rogers and Heidi MacDonald.
So in a way every little jot and tittle is being covered, which is something I foresaw from the git-go. What I didn't really foresee is how this would create such a dearth of authority. And the ubiquity of information makes real information even harder to find.
That notion of having authority is based on a 20th century approach to journalism. That is, that the reporters who work at newspapers and TV are authoritative because the people who produce newspapers and TV say so. It took a lot of time and energy to make a newspaper or TV show, so it was easy for producers to claim that they were authoritative sources because, well, why would you spend so much time and energy on the things if you weren't?
But when you're discussing the state of comics journalism, you need to include the blogosphere. I've complained before about some things that have flown under my radar despite my best attempts, but there's also any number of things that have shown up on my radar precisely because I was paying attention to various blogs. Sometimes they're from professionals shilling their own products, sometimes they're from folks who have a different outlook based simply on their geography, sometimes they're from a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy who overheard something significant. The onus is on the reader to decipher what s/he feels is important/note-worthy to him/her.
The whole point of having a global communications network is to democratize information. Everyone can have their say and, as a reader, you're NOT limited by what a handful of people think you want to hear about. Literacy in the 21st century is not limited to being able to read and write, but to read, write and determine the legitimacy of other authors/works. Wikipedia isn't inherently wrong or a bad source of information but, like any other encyclopedia ever made, it inevitably has errors. But now, with so many other sources available to us, we have the ability to cross-check and validate in a way that was almost impossible even a couple decades ago.
Comics journalism does NOT rely on the narrowly-defined model of journalism that's been taught in schools for generations; it's every discussion you have and every post you make. Every time you log in and say, "Here I am," you have joined the ranks of comics journalists whether you know it or not, whether you intend to or not. Just because you don't have a business card that says you work for Wizard doesn't mean you're not as much of a news/information/gossip source as they are. You are seeing comics journalism here, on Facebook, on Twitter, on YouTube, on every other social media outlet available. Comics journalism isn't just a handful of websites; it's everywhere.
Hi Sean. Came back to see what you were up to after months in the desert. Amazing. We're still having the same discussions. Gotta stop making apps I guess!
The topic of what a journalist is and what authority means is debated in every college every day in communications classes. That's not to say it's the only place to debate the issue, but what I mean is that it's a very deep question that goes to the crux of what information is and where it comes from and for what.
Not sure what Bendis or the others said, I'm completely out of that loop these days, but standards are relevant and useful. You mention that anyone and any type of format can self style oneself as a reporter. I agree. However, the other half is what the reader gets out of it and what information is reliable and what is not.
Ideas of democratization of whom can report the news do not really influence on the actual quality of the news. Twitter is an excellent source of news, but what journalists do - and god knows I'm not a fan of the "established comics news" out there, is break down that news and sensitize the reader to certain aspects that are worth a second look - ideally.
In other words, there is an element of spin and subjectivity to a function that we think is supposed to be objective.
Standards offer a way for readers and others parties to evaluate the credibility of the news source in a world that's invaded by too much news.
You use standards too, even if you don't ascribe the 20th Century definition of the news reporter. Every blogger has their own standards, it's part of of the way we do things.
I'll say, there's nothing wrong with the top down approach to news. We need some of that too as much as we need Parris Hiltons. I want to know that I can rely on The Economist for well-thought out news about important matters as much as I want to know that one can rely on Hilton to dish out the latest pop gossip. Each have their standards, and ultimately, the reader as a customer has to decide what he needs in which circumstances.
Sorry for the rant. Didn't think through much. Just reacting quickly.
I totally agree about having standards. I'm just saying that the standards any given individual adopts are not necessarily dictated by an "authoritative" publisher or broadcaster. The standards are established (and implicitly conveyed) by the reporter his/herself, and it's up to the readers to determine whether or not he/she is credible given the circumstances.
The venue is unimportant. Whether you use a newspaper or magazine or TV or a blog or Twitter or YouTube or whatever, you can still function as a journalist. Even if you make the distinction between "news" and "journalism" that's still not reliant upon getting paid by a large publisher or being a full-time reporter or even having a single media outlet for your journalism.
The authority given to a journalist is whatever his/her readers grant him. Even if that reader assumes a journalist's credence (rightly or wrongly) based on a publisher's assertions.


This post is and update from the chapter on "Houses of Worship" from the book White Plains, New York: A City of Contrasts Chapter.
White Plains has many houses of worship and religious groups that have long established histories. Some of the earliest congregations started by meeting in individual homes before moving to a more permanent location. Most houses of worship have websites that contain detailed information about their congregation's history.
The Bethel Baptist Church congregation now at one Fisher Ct started in 1885 by former slaves meeting in a home. The church moved to Fisher Ave in 1890 but since then the structure has undergone many changes.
Mount Hope African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church now located at 65 Lake St was established in 1827. The people who first established this church came from West Harrison in the Silver Lake area called "The Hills." They formed the Ashbury Colored People's Church after being liberated from slavery by the Quakers of Purchase. The cemetery is part of the Silver Lake Preserve and is along a Heritage Trail on Buckout Rd (east side). There are also remains from the original church in the area. The AME Mount Hope Zion Church claims ownership of this historic Stoney Hill Cemetery but Harrison refuses to relinquish the rights to the cemetery.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel on South Lexington Ave was established by Italian Americans in 1889. The façade of the 1933 structure is a replica of Santa Maria Della Pieta in Venice, Italy with the inside designed after Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome Italy. The 200 feet high gold leaf dome of the church was designed after the Church of San Lorenzo, the Cathedral of Lugano, in Switzerland.
Temple Israel first founded in 1909 as Sons of Israel is now located at 280 Old Mamaroneck Ave. From 1906 to 1911, Jews met for services at the former Admiral Dot Hotel on Railroad Ave (now Main Street). After the Hotel burned down, the Congregation constructed a temple on Fisher Avenue in 1911. Today the building on Fisher Ave is the Allen AME Church. The Hebrew Institute was founded in 1915 and is located at 20 Greenridge Ave.
The Church of St. Bernard at 51 Prospect goes back to 1926.
Church of Lady of Sorrows at 920 Mamaroneck Ave dates back to 1929 and the Church in the Highlands on Bryant Avenue dates to 1922. The church was once part of Good Counsel Sisters of Divine Compassion. It was built on land where the Gedney farming family had a home.
The Ridgeway Alliance Church at 465 Ridgeway Alliance Church was established in 1907. St John, The Evangelist Parish at 148 Hamilton Ave, was founded in 1868 and their current building was dedicated in 1892.
The First Christ Scientist Church established around 1899 at 34 Maple Ave has its oldest section that dates from 1916 with other additions dating from 1925 and 1936. The Reading Room dates from 1954.
For information on other churches not seen here see other entries under History of White Plains (N Broadway & Business District sections) or do search of site.


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Home Interview Interview with "Vivien Leigh" Author Kendra Bean
September 25, 2013 By iluvcinema 4 Comments
Interview with "Vivien Leigh" Author Kendra Bean
TCM's book of the Month for October 2013 is first time author Kendra Bean's Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait.
Author Kendra Bean
Kendra Bean she received a BA in Film and Media Studies from the University of California (Irvine) in 2006 and holds an MA (with distinction) in Film Studies from King's College London, where her focus was on British cinema; her dissertation, a "star study" of Vivien Leigh. In 2007, Kendra founded VivAndLarry.com, a site dedicated to preserving the memories of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. The forthcoming Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait (Running Press) is a self-described "labor of love," over five years in the making. This project has provided Kendra the opportunity to combine her passions for history, film, and photography – the end result being a lavishly illustrated and well-researched retrospective of Ms. Leigh's life and times.
Recently, Kendra graciously agreed to answer a few questions for me in the run up to the release of her book, available October 8th.
What drew you to the life story and career of Vivien Leigh?
I've been interested in Vivien's story for years. Having been obsessed with cinema since childhood, I always feel compelled to learn as much as I can about films that really grab hold of me. This was the case with Gone With the Wind, which I saw for the first time as a teenager. Reading stories about the production of David O. Selznick's epic and its stars, Vivien stood out as the most interesting figure. Sometimes I read biographies about actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood and feel that my curiosity has been satisfied. With Vivien, it seemed that the more I read, the more I wanted to know
To me, Vivien is such a fascinating and inspirational woman. She had no real interest in film stardom and was much more concerned with being considered a great stage actress, so she starred in the biggest box office hit of all time and then left Hollywood. Compared to many of her contemporaries, her screen appearances were few and often times far between. She made only 19 films in 30 years, and yet she won two Oscars and is still considered one of the greatest cinematic luminaries of her generation. Unafraid of taking risks, she threw herself into a variety of different projects in order to gain as much experience as possible. This resulted in a Tony, a BAFTA, and several other awards. And to think, she managed to achieve all of these things while battling both mental and chronic physical illness. It had to have been extremely difficult to balance a high profile career while facing such personal adversity, and there was a heavy tragic element to her story, but what I find so admirable is that she didn't let these trials and tribulations beat her down. Her popularity with audiences never really waned and she rode that wave until the very end. It's quite extraordinary. Talk about perseverance!
In your research (and at the risk of possibly providing some 'exclusive' insight into your book), what was the most fascinating thing you found out about Vivien Leigh?
This is a tough question because I find so many facets of Vivien's life and career to be fascinating. During my research I read through many personal letters that Vivien wrote, and which were written about her. It was if a curtain was pulled back and I got an intimate glimpse into her inner world. One of my favorite examples were the letters she sent to Olivier during the war, a few of which are quoted in the book.
In 1943, Olivier was in Ireland shooting Henry V, which would be a great triumph for both him as a director, and for British cinema. Vivien was still tied to her seven-year contract to David O. Selznick, and the producer forbade her from accepting the role of Princess Catherine in Olivier's film. So, she joined the Old Vic Spring Party and spent that summer entertaining British and American troops in North Africa. It was a real treat to read about her personal experiences during this time. The letters really capture the zeitgeist of the time, revealing her unwavering patriotism during a very volatile period in world politics. She described performing for and meeting King George VI, members of the backstage crew being suspected of espionage, and the feeling of purpose in bringing joy to men who had seen nothing but combat for months. Throughout it all, she missed Olivier and there was a real feeling of urgency in her wish to be reunited with him.
In addition to your study of Leigh, you also have a website is titled Viv and Larry – how much does their relationship factor into your story?
While the book covers Vivien's life before and after Olivier, he was a hugely influential figure to her, both personally and professionally. They were together for nearly 25 years and although they divorced, she never really got over him, so he plays a large role in that context. There has been much written about their relationship, with varying opinions and varying degrees of sensationalism. I really tried to be objective about their life together, and I think this was greatly helped by the materials in the Olivier Archive, which had been inaccessible to previous Vivien biographers (all of the significant biographies were written while Olivier was still alive, and he refused to be interviewed).
Now that you have tackled this project, what's next on the horizon for you?
I'd really like to explore Vivien a bit more than the format of this book (illustrated biography) allowed, and would also like to explore the lives of other classic film stars. I've got a few ideas for future projects, but that's all I can say about it right now!
Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait is available for pre-order on Amazon (US & UK), Barnes & Noble and Waterstones.
Also be sure the follow Kendra on twitter (@kendrajbean) and Facebook (@kendrabeandotcom).
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I don't read too many biographies but I love Vivien Leigh, this sounds like an interesting one to read. Nice interview Iba!
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Hey Ruth. Kendra is not only telling the story with words but mainly via photographs from Leigh's life. I have peeked at a few pages and it's beautiful.
This was really fun. Thank you so much for inviting me to do this interview!
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Same here. It was a privilege to get in on the ground of such a great project! Best of luck


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Shackled (Belenggu)
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Rumours about a serial killer are rife, and the shy and unassuming young bartender Elang is plagued by terrifying dreams of a knife-wielding killer in a bloodstained rabbit costume. The local people are afraid, but Elang is worried too: he fears for the safety of his neighbour and her young daughter, but also because he is becoming paranoid that the police have deemed him to be the prime suspect.
In her short introduction at the beginning of this DVD edition of the movie, Indonesian director Upi Avianto states that Shackled (or Belenggu, as it is known domestically) is a departure from her previous work, and that she waited many years for the opportunity to bring it to the screen. I must admit that, as far as I know, Indonesia is one part of the world that has yet to acquire an international reputation for this type of film, but for all its flaws Shackled may be able to do something to address this.
The promotional material likens the dark, surreal atmospherics to those of David Lynch, and although it's sometimes counter-productive to draw comparisons between a new film from a little-known director with one of the most high-profile ones, I think it's justified at least as far as the visuals are concerned. I'm not familiar with Upi's personal directing style but in this film she's achieved a wonderful aesthetic filled with paranoia and foreboding, with cinematography that's dark and moody without being excessively indistinct or murky.
The storyline itself is also quite inventive in some ways, being as it is littered with periodic twists and jumps backwards and forwards in time to keep viewers on their toes. Again, there's a fair bit of apparent Lynch influence here, with dream-like set pieces and some decidedly odd supporting characters; the screenplay also seems to draw its inspiration from as far back as Hitchcock and film noir with the suspicious neighbour and the appearance of an alluring femme fatale.
These aspects are not a problem in and of themselves given how psychological crime thrillers often contain many staple tropes and conventions, but it does give the movie a formulaic feel. The relatively slow pacing works well to whip up the atmosphere, but when the story relies on an unreliable narrator with the very overt suggestion that nothing as it seems in the first few minutes, the story is placing itself in a race with the viewers from the outset to stay one step ahead... and on more than one occasion it loses that race, and the element of surprise is lost as a result.
A few edits to the script would make Shackled a smoother and more unpredictable experience, but it's far from the worst of its type that I've seen. The performances aren't too bad either: Abimana Aryasatya looks a little lost on occasion but his role is a demanding one, and Imelda Therinne delivers the vulnerability and moral ambiguity that her character requires. The recurring theme throughout the production is that of being 'competent' as opposed to 'outstanding' or 'groundbreaking', but I suspect that this was Upi's intention.
Even after watching the film from start to finish then mulling over the events that unfolded afterwards, I still feel inclined to give it a repeat viewing at some point in the future; not because the storytelling was clumsy and ineffective, but because the intentional moments of misdirection prompt you to look at various moments from a different angle and rethink how the characters are connected to one another. I think this is a positive indicator of the quality of the writing, and the 'watchability' for want of a better term.
I feel this in spite of the pedestrian pacing and occasionally unconvincing characterisation, because for the most part my admiration for Shackled just about outweighed my frustration and moments where I found myself thinking, "yep... I saw that coming." When the film industry landscape is so crowded with similar fare it was, I think, a wise decision to stick to the formula and focus on the execution instead.
Overlong and tied to genre conventions it may be, but Shackled makes a respectable effort and does so with technical aplomb.


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