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AsEverWas: MEMOIRS OF A BEAT SURVIVOR. Hammond Guthrie. SAF Publishing.
Even though this work makes reference to the "Beat Generation" in its title, it's anything but a nostalgic trip down memory lane through the land of dead poets. Instead, this is Hammond Guthrie's story -evocative, sensual, ribald and poetic, moving across the continents, riding endless wheels of adventure. As the story unfolds, the reader is thrust into a haze of movement: Drug smuggling. Prison. Burroughs. Ginsberg. The San Francisco art scene before the age of petty pretentiousness. Did all this really happen to one man? Is this the phantom of Kerouac's Dean Moriarty now come back to life in another place and time? Are we reading a memoir/memory or an artful retooling of fact into fiction?
Read on and you slowly come to realize that this is indeed Guthrie's story: the lines ring too true and the revelations are too haunting to be anything but the statement of a man looking back on his life, trying to make sense of it all. Have you ever wondered what happened to those hippie painters perched on the corner of Stanyan and Haight at the edge of Golden Gate Park circa 1967 San Francisco?
Well, EverWas is a chance to find out the answer to this question. In some circles, the 1960s have been billed as this quasi-perfect period in our history — a romantic time when young people had hope for the future, hunting rivers of personal and social freedom. But as you make your way through Hammond Guthrie's memoir, you sense disappointment and unfulfilled possibilities: Remember, Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" was a howling against the corporate machine of America — a call to the people to rise up in unison and fight this madness before it became insurmountable and smothered our collective spirit. Unfortunately, the machine was too powerful and it couldn't be overtaken. When these writers and musicians and artists finally figured it out, they looked to different paths. Some dissolved into drugs and drink. Some took to the road and never came back, while others went on spiritual quests, exploring the transparent evening mists and the face of the moon in search of the growling ghost of God:
"…Lawrence, who couldn't be bothered, thrust a coffee- stained manuscript into my hands and said, 'Here, read this and shut up!' I was holding the original hand-written pages of Jack Kerouac's Scriptures Of The Golden Eternity!…The precepts and allusions to the Tao that Kerouac spoke so eloquently of in his work were becoming great influences on my own life as I began to determine the nature of my own earthly purpose through creative abstraction and spiritual investigation."
(pages 67-68)
Hammond Guthrie has memorialized his own personal story in AsEverWas, and in doing so, he's captured the story of countless others who lived on the fringes during an era when the country was at an important crossroads. Guthrie survived. Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady and Jim Morrison and Phil Ochs and Lew Welch (among others) did not. Anyone who was alive during these turbulent times and who gives a damn about just how we got here should read this book. It contains many answers and poses many new questions.
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RED ZONE. Aphrodite Jones. William Morrow.
Red Zone memorializes the story of Diane Whipple and her gruesome, untimely death. Whipple, a well-liked college lacrosse coach, was mauled to death in the hallway of her San Francisco apartment by her neighbor's dog in the autumn of 2001. The canine's vicious attack and the subsequent trail of the animal's owners made headlines across the country, as the San Francisco's District Attorney's office sought to convict the husband and wife of murder — an unprecedented charge in the annals of California law. Red Zone attempts to recreate the story and put us in touch with the dead woman and the two individuals who are blamed for her demise.
However, as engrossing as the day-to-day news items were, Jones' account of this horrific event falls short: It simply reads too much like an episode of Court TV — sensational and over-drawn, written more for the idea of the screen than for the silent page (the reader slapped by an endless assault of 'voices' — left swimming in a morass of information that is hard to track and even harder to synthesize).
But beyond this, Red Zone fails to deliver anything new: As a nation we were inundated with every grisly detail of Whipple's story and this book does little more than revisit the tawdry taste of watching the trial play out on television (a practice akin to watching the damned about to be fed to the lions: I mean isn't it just a little perverse to be titillated by the scene of a jury about to condemn someone to prison?). Alas, I'm left asking one question – did Red Zone need to be written? And did it ever really set out to teach us anything new about ourselves and this system of laws that govern our conduct?
In the end, Jones would have been better served by presenting a simple and comprehensive reportage while letting the facts speak out for themselves. If there was ever a story that could have carried itself, it's this one.
WHEN I WAS COOL: My Life at the Jack Kerouac School. Sam Kashner. Harper Collins.
When I Was Cool is a memoir that records the story of a skinny, naive teenage boy from a liberal Jewish background who has gone from thinking Walt Whitman "had something to do with food – Maybe the Whitman Sampler box of chocolates" to being the author of four books, including a highly regarded novel.
As a young man, Sam Kashner convinced his parents to allow him to enroll in the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodies Poetics in Boulder, Colorado, thus forsaking a stint in a "conventional" college. It was a decision that would change him forever.
In the spring of 1976, Kashner's life has just begun — hanging out with Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Peter Orlovsky and Anne Waldman, as well as other writers and musicians of the era. In Cool, Kashner interweaves Beatlore with his own innocent reflections in a frank, humorous and extremely entertaining manner.
A free-spirited "Kiss & Tell" theme runs through the pages of this book as openly as the heroin through Burroughs' veins. Hailed as a hero with his father's Diner's Club card, Kashner is called upon repeatedly to aid and abet the shenanigans of this anti-normal group of word artists (editing Ginsberg & Corso's manuscripts; baby-sitting Billy Burroughs J.R.; paying the check for the group on countless occasions: suddenly we're left wondering who was actually benefiting from the kid's enrollment at Naropa). As the story moves forward, Kashner shares the intimate details of how he thwarted sexual advances from Ginsberg and succumbed to di Prima — the scenes coming alive in all their sordid, ribald and ultimately bodacious glory.
Read on: Marijuana fields, whores, drug houses, theft, mayhem – -these are all just casual actualities of the "extra" curriculum. An especially revealing theme that reappears throughout the book presents Kashner as observer: on many occasions he stands by silently as Ginsberg and his ilk follow the teachings of their oft drunk Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher, Chogyam Trungpa Rinoche, the Guru pounding at Ginsberg to "lose your ego!" as he himself pads his own pockets and libido with admiration and servitude. Cool also includes reflections from the Beats themselves. These comments appear in abundance, imparting some good, bad and indifferent memories of Kerouac and Cassady.
When I Was Cool is one of the best "Beat" books I've ever read. Used and abused, we go from day one to graduation sharing in Kashner's zany encounters, all the while hoping the school gets its accreditation before he graduates. Reminiscent of Tom Wolfe's days of entrenchment with Ken Kesey & the Merry Pranksters, Cool is a fun and fast-paced-read that shows what can happen when literary renegades become teachers.
by Cheryl A. Townsend
© Cheryl A. Townsend. All rights reserved.
Cheryl A. Townsend is the editor of Impetus magazine and author of over 30 collections of poetry. Her reviews have appeared in Small Press Review, The Hold, Urban Spaghetti and many other periodicals and e-zines. Townsend lives in Stow, Ohio.
24 DAYS. Rebecca Smith and John R. Emshwiller. Harper Collins.
This expose by two beat writers from the Wall Street Journal chronicles the massive cover-up at Enron and how the corporation literally unraveled in less then a month. Smith and Emshwiller take us step by step through the quagmire, dissecting the story into easy- to-digest bites:
"Externally, at least, Enron kept up a brave front. Company officials told reporters that the company had plenty of cash and was current with all its creditors…Internally, though, Lay and the remains of his battered team had come to realize that only two viable options remained. The company could seek a merger partner to shore up its rapidly eroding situation. Or it could file for bankruptcy court protection." (page 190)
This story is on par with the 9-11 tragedy in terms of the amount of pain it caused innocent people (an estimated 1.2 billion in employee retirement funds was "lost"). However, more than anything, 24 Days documents the deceptiveness of the American corporate structure that literally feeds off the lowest-level workers. Both clearly written and well edited.Harper Collins also deserves mention for having the guts to put this material out in an attempt to force each of us as individuals to question the system that allowed this to happen.
Editor's Note: Interested readers should also see RAT'S NOTEBOOK – for these are the very kinds of issues that our two guest columnists have explored in detail.
NEVER MIND THE POLLACKS. Neal Pollack. Harper Collins.
Never Mind The Pollacks shines a satirical eye on rock musicians and on the journalists who decide just who makes it in print and gets famous. When I picked up this novel, I wasn't anticipating anything special — I knew a little bit about Neal Pollack from his work with Vanity Fair, but I held out no profound expectations for this particular book. Certainly, I wasn't expecting to see myself tumbling across these mirrors. But that's exactly what happened: In Never Mind, Neal Pollack takes the subject of rock music and uses it to help writers like myself to examine the role of the media in the reconstruction of America:
"Are you afraid to say what you think? Are you afraid, man?…I've read your magazine, I've seen what you do, with your words and your pictures. You're just gonna say what your readers want you to say. Because your readers are sheep and so are you…"
(From Page 91 of the Harper galley advance)
Never Mind The Pollacks digs deep. It forces all critics to explore the reasons and motivations behind the headlines: Is this your opinion or the opinion of the old men on the editorial board who you work for? Do you believe this record you're writing about is shit, or are you afraid to say you like it after the East Coast big boys panned it? Do you know why you write? If you don't know why you're writing how can you know what Van Morrison meant with his hymns to the silence? Pollack poses such "heavy" questions within the guise of satire, and it's a fun and fast-paced read providing numerous laughs along the way. But in the end, this is a book with a message: when I turned closed the final page I felt compelled to revisit my obligations as a writer and journalist.
By John Aiello
On the Food Scene
FROM EMERIL'S KITCHEN. Emeril Lagasse. William Morrow Publishers.
Emeril Lagasse is one hot chef. His show on the Food Channel ("Emeril Live") is a fun and energetic cooking class that encourages audience involvement every step of the way. Above all else, Emeril's recipes are inventive and simple, while his delivery serves as a lesson on how not to intimidate the kitchen novice. Lagasse, a resident of Louisiana, opened up his first restaurant a decade ago in New Orleans; he now owns other eateries in Georgia, Las Vegas and Florida as well. Lagasse's popularity has risen in the last few years, probably because we're seeing more of him: aside from the Food Channel program, he also serves as a food correspondent for "Good Morning America."
From Emeril's Kitchen is a collection of the chef's recipes that are used in his restaurants, transferring his customary high energy from the TV screen to the printed page. Lagasse is the author of seven other cooking books, but what's special about this one is its breadth: a wide array of recipes are presented in a clear and concise manner — with a quick "1-2-3" list of instructions bringing you step-by-step through the cooking process. The pasta, rice and risotto section is especially well done: a broad sampling of recipes showcase everything from shrimp ragout with noodles to Emeril's vegetable and egg fried rice. Another highlight is the comprehensive soups chapter that presents fine gumbo and chowder recipes. From Emeril's is a well designed and thorough cookbook (the way the pages are split with the ingredients on one side and the recipe on the other is a great touch, as is the fact that its author has chosen to forgo flash for substance and clarity). Endearing in both its simplicity and practicality, From Emeril's is a cook book that you are likely use time and again to enrich your life in the kitchen.
The University of California Press: A Century Old and Going Strong
The University of California Press opened its doors in 1893 — not so much to be a "publisher," but instead as a mechanism to distribute research papers by its faculty to other schools. However, as things progressed, the press started to publish select titles with a scholarly focus. Today, the University of California Press is one of the leaders in the publishing world — one of the top five University presses in the nation, it offers immaculately designed books that speak to the conscience of our culture and our society.
Like the universities that comprise the UC system, the press has dedicated itself to the dissemination and exploration of ideas. The books published by the Press are not so much "academic" in nature as they are drenched in the deepness of the mind: these are the books which we use to teach each other about ourselves, documenting our course through time, recording our movements and the history of our ancestors for the benefit of generations (a fact no better exemplified than by the UC Press title, Ishi in Two Worlds, by Theodora Kroeber).
Kroeber's book chronicles the life of the American Indian Ishi in both human and historical terms, and it has been used widely as a teaching tool in many history and anthropology courses — bringing the world of the American Indian to life in our hearts and our heads. And this, then, brings us to the real vision behind UC Press: to produce books that will stand the test of time and serve as reference points. Reference points not just for today, but forever.
These titles mark recent releases from UC Press:
REFLECTIONS OF AN AMERICAN COMPOSER. Arthur Berger. UC Press. Arthur Berger is Professor of Music Emeritus at Brandeis University, and the author of the 1990 study, Aaron Copland. In this collection, he examines segments of American music in relation to his own life and experience, creating a wonderfully interesting reportage of how music can affect the course and outcome of a life. Reflections traces Berger's journalism career through the music he listened to, dissecting the universality of its impact ("Composers may evoke emotions without knowing what they are and without being aware they are doing so. Tones themselves are, to start with, emotionally toned…It is a feeling, moreover, that is not a mere matter of association like the relation of most words to their object…" (page 55).
There are many fine essays in this collection, but some of the best pieces are in the "writing about music" section (Berger's ruminations on Paul Rosenfeld and Bernard Haggin are introspective and well-reasoned — a journalist sure enough of his own work to examine the work of others).
Because of the academic style of the writing, Reflections would be useful to any college-level music history course. It is also recommended as a compliment to the record collection of any classical music fan interested in exploring the topic of sound and the ways music intersects and influences the many facets of life on earth.
THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT (REFLECTIONS ON BERKELEY IN THE 1960s). Edited By Robert Cohen and Reginald E. Zelnik. UC Press. In the mid sixties, the students at UC Berkeley were dissatisfied with their government and its leadership. Dissatisfied and angry, they set out to change things. This collection of essays chronicles these "seeds of dissent" — looking at the free speech movement's genesis and the reasons it came to be born (further shedding light on why it ultimately failed). The best material in the book comes by -way of the pieces on Mario Savio, the "leader" of the troops who called his fellow students to speak out against the shackles of the Vietnam era in America ("to restrict speech on the basis of content ….That's just not acceptable…"). (page 450)
Even though 40 years have passed since the Free Speech Movement over-ran the steps of Sproul Hall, not much has really changed. The Patriot Act circa 2001 shows that the government's broad palms are still flexing and that our civil liberties as guaranteed by the constitution are in grave jeopardy. Find this book and read it: It's not only about Berkeley — it's about America today and your right to speak your mind freely. Never has it been more apt.
Appropriate in all college level sociology and history courses to help students examine the effects of a war culture on the citizenry.
IN ME OWN WORDS: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BIG FOOT. Graham Roumieu. Manic D Press. This hilarious novel by Roumieu brings us into Big Foot's living room circa the 21st century. Big Foot is as much a part of American lore as Santa Clause and the tooth fairy, and this novel does its best to humanize him — going so far as to bring him such a common banal affliction as an eating disorder. Is this a by-product of his cannibalism and life out in the cold? A piece of fiction melded with overtones of Sci-Fi and Burroughs-inspired fantasy. Nicely written with multiple layers to the characterizations. Worth a long look. Also makes a nice gift choice for that adventurous reader.
Purchase directly from Small Press Distribution.
Sociology/Women's Studies
TRANSFORMING FEMINIST PRACTICE: NON-VIOLENCE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF A SPIRITUALIZED FEMINISM. Leela Fernandes. Aunt Lute Books. Leela Fernandes, a professor of women's' studies at Rutgers University, has written a fine study on feminism in the 21st century. Many young women are in a confused state today, with too many choices clouding their ability to see and understand themselves. In Transforming, Fernandes encourages women to examine their individualized minds and resume the pursuit of their spiritual identities. She examines the affect of the social structure (academia, government) with guts and gusto — pulling no punches, speaking with conviction and candor. Much like Camilia Paglia, Fernandes writes in a honest and direct way: instead of turning off her audience like many ardent feminists will, she leaves you knowing that these are real issues warranting further and deeper exploration.
THIS DAY: DIARIES FROM AMERICAN WOMEN. Various authors. Compiled and edited by Joni B. Cole, Rebecca Joffrey and B.K. Rakhra. Beyond Words Publishing. Fine study of the American woman through her own words. The project took shape after over 500 women were invited to record their activities in journal form on the same day; 35 of the best entries are collected in their entirety in this volume (with another 100 excerpts taken from other contributors). Above all else, This Day tells us what women think about themselves and their place in the world: revealing themselves through the blood of deep confession, this is a book of immediate perception written by different women as they walked through the same day in so many different places:
"But I think I'm tired of always being away. Of missing Old Californian school friends while on tour, of losing friends while growing apart….and the worst part of this kind of lonely is: I'm also missing. Not too sure I can explain that, but I'm constantly away, which means I'm not essential to anybody – all the people who I'm close to are used to life without me!"
(Page 19, Shankar entry)
And leaping further into the devilish canyons of the half-human subconscious:
"…I truly understand what Poe meant when he talked about sleep being 'little slices of death.' After I do fall asleep, and before I am drawn into my dream life, I am sometimes startled awake by what seems to be a dark presence over or around me. I feel so vulnerable. My mother says she would like to die peacefully in her sleep one day. I'm afraid I might die every night…"
(Page 139, Kendig entry)
Many different faces. Many different jobs. Many different stations in life. And many different stories. What these women actually "do" for a living is of little import, for the true meat of the book is in the ordinary revelations of these separate and random voices now dissolving into pages – a perfect description of the road of the American woman now snaking her way through the new century. Honest and candid, This Day tells of the things that drive our wives and lovers and sisters in their silent journeys through life. Fine cast of contributors high-lighted by Marisa Bono, Anoushka Shankar, Judith Kendig and Debi Davis. Appropriate for the general reader and as a undergraduate teaching text at the college and university level. Could also be useful as an undergraduate text in English composition classrooms to demonstrate the 'form' of journal writing (a wonderful and powerful way to familiarize the young student with the practice of writing and to encourage open expression).
See thisdayinthelife.com.
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One play with 45 seconds left turned a potential victory and 3-0 start for the Tampa Bay Storm into a frustrating loss to a bitter rival in the first installment of the 2014 Battle of I-4 with the Orlando Predators.
After recovering the on-side attempt from the Orlando Predators emergency kicker Brian Jackson, all the storm had to do was run the remaining minute off the clock and a 52-48 victory would be theirs.
In sports you sometimes can over-think or out-smart yourself — that is what may have happened when Tampa Bay's first year Head Coach Lawrence Samuels decided to call a sneak with quarterback Randy Hippeard. What looked to be a simple run behind the guard turned into disaster when Hippeard fumbled the ball and it was recovered by Orlando Predator defensive lineman Mark Robinson.
Orlando proceeded to drive down the field with a six play 40 yard drive that was capped off by a Gregg Carr three yard touchdown to steal the game in front of a crowd of 10,896 in the Tampa Bay Times Forum.
If not for the fumble Hippeard, who is in his first season as the full-time starter for the Storm, had a productive game going 17-of-32 for 288 yards and seven touchdowns. Five of those touchdowns went to former USF standout receiver Amarri Jackson, who totaled six receptions for 83 yards.
Defensively the Storm were led by defensive back Chris Smith, who single-handily ended two Predators drives by intercepting passes from quarterback Jason Boltus.
Smith, a first year player out of Northern Illinois, also had seven tackles on the night.
And while it seemed as if the Storm had full control of the game heading into the fourth quater with a 39-28 lead, the Predators unleashed a scoring assault that saw them put 28 points on the board and eventually take the lead.
Boltus, a second year quarterback from Hartwick, fished the game 28-of-44 for 337 yards and six touchdowns. And just like his quarterback counterpart, Boltus made sure to spread the yards and touchdowns around. Carr, the former Florida State Seminole receiver, led Orlando with 10 catches for 77 yards and two touchdowns — none better than the one-handed 14 yard touchdown catch to end the first half.
Not to be outdone Kendall Thompkins had seven catches for 129 yards and Khalil Paden had eight catches for 83 yards.
In addition to the costly fumble, the Storm missed four extra point attempts and had three penalties for 15 yards.


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Dmacc student pledges to raise $2,200 for Camp Hertko by Heidi Walters
Life doesn't come with an instruction manual. There are always challenges and struggles that we all face, some more than others.
DMACC student, David Blacksmith was diagnosed with type one diabetes at the age of 9, and now he is trying to raise some money to give back to a Camp that helped him get through his struggles.
In an email interview, Blacksmith said, "Living with diabetes is always a challenge; physically, mentally, and emotionally. You can do everything right by the book and still be out of balance."
Diabetes effects Blacksmith in his daily life. He has to check his blood sugar before every meal that he eats, before he drives somewhere, and before he goes to sleep. He has to check it from anywhere between six to 12 times a day.
"Whenever I eat anything I have to count how many carbohydrates are in it and calculate how many units of insulin I need for that. Before I got an insulin pump, I would have to give myself shots at every meal," Blacksmith said.
After Blacksmith was diagnosed on January 13, 2003, he attended Camp Hertko Hollow. Camp Hertko Hollow is a summer camp that teaches and educates children on how to live long, healthy and productive lives while managing and controlling their diabetes.
Blacksmith is currently trying to raise money for the camp; his goal is $2,200. By getting this much money, it'll help pay for two people to go to camp.
"I was one of the kids who needed help to go to camp. Most families can't afford the $1,100 to send their child every summer. I watched so many of my friends stop coming because they couldn't afford it. I decided I had to give back," Blacksmith said.
Blacksmith attended the camp for eight consecutive years, and then he became eligible to be apart of the staff. He attended the camp as a staff member for two years, making a total of 10 committed years of being involved in some way.
Some of the most memorable moments from camp would be when Blacksmith and all his friends were sitting around a campfire, talking.
"I love the nights under the stars. As a camper we would sit out around a campfire and just talk. You gaze up looking at the mass of sparkles, hearing the logs crack in the fire, listening to the words of your friends. Life is perfect in that moment," Blacksmith said.
Just recently, Blacksmith and his family were reminded that anybody could be diagnosed. June 13, of this year, Blacksmith's little brother was diagnosed at 16 years old.
"It was crazy to see my family go through that again. Nobody wants to hear that their child has a lifelong disease, let alone hear it twice," Blacksmith said. "Most people hear diabetes and think of their grandparents or some overweight individual but that is hardly ever the case. Anybody can be diagnosed."
"I may have this disease, but I'm still human like you. I remember so many times as a kid being told I can't have candy because I'm diabetic and it hurt. You eat candy; your pancreas does its job, I eat candy and I do my pancreases job. It's as simple as that," Blacksmith said.
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Because low literacy skills affect almost every aspect of life.
In Orange County, of those adults who lack a high school diploma or GED, men earn 40% less, and women 60% less than the living wage for a single parent.
Those with low literacy skills often have trouble following directions on medications or following doctors' instructions.
Low literacy skills make filling out applications, understanding signs and reading labels, helping children with homework, reading the newspaper or being an informed voter difficult.
In Orange County, 50% of the adult population has at least a bachelor's degree. 30% have an advanced degree. And 15% have trouble reading at a high school level.
Nationally, 43% of those with low literacy skills live in poverty compared to only 4% of those with strong literacy skills.
And new residents add a new dimension.


Jesús Lorca, the Talent Acquisition Manager at Banco Santander HQ (Universia), presented the Santander Talent League 360° program in Company Meeting at EAE's Madrid Campus.
Working in Universia's Universities division, Jesús Lorca is responsible for covering the internship vacancies (around 400 a year) that Banco Santander posts throughout all of its corporate areas (audits, risks analysis, investment market, consumption, etc). At Banco Santander, they value students who get involved in the project in a highly demanding "yet very motivational" setting. Jesús emphasized that "interns work closely with their tutor, who monitors and guides them throughout their internship".
"In this EAE Company Meeting, we have invited students from the School's master programs including the MBA, and programs in the field of communication, marketing and human resources" explained Jesús Lorca, adding that such profiles "have a significant analytical component for us". "They are training internship, not an internship contract, and aspects such as multicultural skills and talent are highly valued by the company".
Increasingly integrated in Banco Santander with the Digilosofía concept, technology is completely changing the contracting requirements of the banking sector. "50% of the profiles are technical and 50% are financial. Both make an equal contribution. The former is a technical profile, while the latter brings the business knowledge that the other does not have, so they complement each other".
Banco Santander's internship program includes three rotations over the course of the year. Initially, the select 10 candidates with different profiles and a high level of English (C1), analytical capacity and adaptability. After the fourth month, the first rotation takes place, which includes a performance evaluation and relocation to another department, taking into account the tutors' calibration. The second and third rotations, after 8 and 12 months of the year-long program, are similar to the first and including a training program with the tutor and final evaluation of the candidates.
Jesús Lorca explained that the Santander Talent League 360° internship program is rotational, which gives participants a global 360° vision. "The students start of in one department and, by the end of the year, they have three different contracting options open to them, not just one, because they have worked with three tutors in the different departments that they have been placed in over the course of the rotations on their internship". The interns take on a greater level of responsibility than in other companies because "they are just another member of the team and they learn everything from negotiating with clients right through to global operations". Moreover, he explained how Banco Santander adds value to the internship program. "The financial conditions on the program are pretty good, with participants receiving €900, meal allowance, the option of free transport and English courses, among other benefits".
In terms of the possibility of being hired at the end of the year's internship, Jesús Lorca presented a promising statistic: "85% of interns in 2018 have been contracted", adding that aspects that counted in this respect include a good evaluation and their performance.
The key figures with respect to the Santander Talent League 360° Internship program are as follows: the program is published on 19th November, the curriculums are screened on 26th November, the English test is sent out, the telephone interviews are held and the best candidates are invited to the Assessment Centre on 19th December for a session that includes a group exercise (space room), a business case study and individual interviews.
The minimum requirements for Banco Santander's internship program include completing 8 months of the program, carrying out three different projects and the option of choosing the division. In this respect, the internship department and the HR managers are responsible for managing the participants' rotation.
EAE is highly respected and ranks among the top schools for L'Oréal internships.


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The 10 most essential Miami bass tracks
Miami's booty-popping '80s and '90s soundtrack
Lewd, nasty, abrasive and raw in all the best ways possible, Miami bass was the go-to party sound of Southern Florida from the mid '80s up through the mid '90s.
Born out of the electro-funk era, Miami bass (or booty bass as many still call it) was the city's answer to New York and Los Angeles' distinct styles of hip hop. Craving an identity of their own, Miami rappers gravitated towards booming 808s, hissing cymbals, excessive scratching and raised dance tempos. This, paired with sexually explicit lyrical content that was considered "obscene" at the time, set the city's sound apart from everywhere else in the US.
The lyrical shock factor and fat low ends of Miami bass had a raucous poolside party appeal to it that, much to the chagrin of concerned parents slapping parental advisories on every hip hop album they could find, brought the genre national attention. Groups like 2 Live Crew, 69 Boyz and Splack Pack with their contagious call and response lyricism made the southern city look like the most debaucherous party capital in the world at that time.
Miami bass' place in the sun, however, burned out bright and quick. Overshadowed by the national hype and attention surrounding east and west coast gangster rap, Miami bass never fully made its way into the mainstream.
Despite this, the genre remains an unstoppable and pummeling dance riot to which much of the modern electronic music scene is indebted to.
Check out our 10 favorite slamming and obscene Miami bass hits below.
2 Live Crew
'Get Loose'
Miami bass music simply does not exist without 2 Live Crew. Brother Marquis, Mr. Mixx, Fresh Kid Ice and Luther "Luke" Campbell - the four members of 2 Live Crew - went from being a mediocre rap group in California to Miami's most famous hip hop export in 1986 with the release of their album 'The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are'.
They went on to create major explicit hits such as 'Me So Horny' and 'We Want Some Pussy' - tracks that brought national attention to the group for its "offensive" subject manner. Their 1989 certified gold album 'As Nasty As They Wanna Be' was so brash and sexual that a US district court judge ruled the album obscene and illegal to sell.
The controversy surrounding the LP landed a multitude of radio DJs in court for playing it out and one Florida store clerk in jail. He was charged with felony "corruption of a minor" for selling the album to a 14-year-old girl. In 1992, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overturned the obscenity ruling.
The Miami New Times once described 2 Live Crew as "the group whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech".
While their major hits like 'If You Believe in Having Sex' and 'Throw the D' are as lewd and essential as they come, the incessant scratching, funky breaks and saxophone on 'Get Loose' are well worth a listen.
'Tootsee Roll'
Released as the first single from their debut album '199Quad' in 1993, 69 Boyz's 'Tootsee Roll' sold one million copies, earned platinum certification from the RIAA and reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early January 1995.
Before viral dance moves like the running man or the floss, there was the tootsie roll which was, essentially, just an early and slower version of twerking.
Splack Pack
'Scrub Da Ground'
As Miami Bass traveled north and into Georgia, Splack Pack members Kue Dawg, Yung Joc and Kidd Money took Atlanta by storm with hyped up hits like 'Scrub the Ground and 'Shake that Ass Bitch'. Often nearing 140 bpm, the group's use of high-velocity Kraftwerk bloops and early 2 Live Crew samples were frantic club jams that lived at the center of Hotlanta's booty-centric music scene.
L'Trimm
'Cars That Go Boom'
Lady Tigra and Bunny D of the Miami bass hip hop duo L'Trimm created this adorable and fun ode to subwoofers in 1988. It reached number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and is a great tune for anyone who likes the boom.
'I Wanna Rock (Doo Doo Brown)'
Luther "Luke" Campbell of 2 Live Crew released his solo album 'I Got Shit on My Mind' in 1992 - an album that spawned the hit single 'I Wanna Rock' (better known more prominently as 'Doo-Doo Brown'), which became Luke's signature song. It peaked at #52 on the Billboard 200 chart and #20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Nothing says "lets fucking party" like high-octane breaks paired with call and response lyrics.
Freak Nasty
'Da Dip'
Reinterpreted time and time again by electronic music producers well into the 2000s, Freak Nasty's single 'Da Dip' is a '90s dancefloor classic. Produced in Atlanta in 1996, the track is not a true blue Miami bass tune per se, but it drew heavily from the flow and style that was born out of Florida years earlier. The single reached platinum in 1997 after selling over 1 million copies.
MC Luscious
'BOOM! I Got Your Boyfriend'
MC Luscious released her hit track "BOOM! I Got Your Boyfriend" back in 1991. The one hit wonder came back in 1997 to give her own rendition of Freak Nasty's 'Da Dip' for Atlantic Records who wanted to re-release the song with an added "female perspective."
10 K.A.N.S.
'U Need Dick In Your Life'
In 1995, the Miami bass staples 69 Boyz and 95 South teamed up to create the 10 K.A.N.S track 'U Need Dick In Your Life'. It was the only single the two groups made together but it was a smash hit for car stereos and clubs all over Miami.
95 South
'Whoot! (There It Is)'
Perhaps Miami bass' biggest and most mainstream hit, Tag Team's one-hit-wonder 'Whoomp! (There It Is)' - which reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1993 and has become a staple of sporting events everywhere - has a dirty little secret.
The much raunchier 'Whoot! There It Is' by rap group 95 South was released about a month before Tag Team came out with their "Whoomp!" version.
Tag Team's track downplayed the sexual element in their version, making it radio ready and bringing mainstream attention to the Miami bass sound. Members of 95 South claim that "Whoomp!" was a blatant rip off and that Cecil Glenn of Tag Team - who was a strip club DJ in Atlanta at the time - first heard their song when 95 South handed the track over to him so he could play it.
12 Gauge 'Dunkie Butt'
Starting off as a DJ in his home state of Georgia, 12 Gauge eventually moved to Florida to persue his music career. Another one-hit wonder born out the Miami bass scene, his 1993 track 'Dunkie Butt (Stand In A Line and Donkey-Donkey)' spent 21 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. The track earned a gold certification in 1994.
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Buhari lifts Twitter ban after 222 days' suspension
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posted on Jan. 12, 2022 at 11:33 pm
Sami Olatunji and Temitayo Jaiyeola
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has lifted the ban imposed on the operations of Twitter in Nigeria, effective from 12am, January 13, 2022.
This was disclosed in a press statement on Wednesday signed by the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency and Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement, Kashifu Abdullahi.
The statement read in part "The Federal Government of Nigeria directs me to inform the public that President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the lifting of the suspension of Twitter operation in Nigeria effective from 12am tonight, January 13, 2022.
"The approval was given following a memo written to the President by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ibrahim."
The Federal Government had suspended Twitter operations in the country on June 5, 2021, about 222 days ago.
The President subsequently established a seven-man Presidential Committee to engage Twitter, and another 20-member technical committee comprising all relevant government agencies was established to engage directly with the Twitter team.
According to the statement, the Federal Government asked Twitter to meet up with some conditions before the removal of the ban, and the social media company has agreed to the conditions, with the execution of the agreement starting this week.
"The FGN has asked Twitter to fulfil some conditions before restoring its services. These conditions addressed legal registration of operations, taxation, and managing prohibited publication in line with Nigerian laws.
"Twitter has agreed to meet all the conditions set by the FGN. Consequently, the FGN and Twitter have decided on an execution timeline, which has started this week.
"Our engagement with Twitter opens a new chapter in global digital diplomacy and sets a new operational template for Twitter to come back stronger for the benefit of Nigerians," the statement read.
The statement further listed the conditions that have been accepted by Twitter.
"Twitter has committed to establishing a legal entity in Nigeria during the first quarter of 2022. The legal entity will register with the Corporate Affairs Commission. The establishment of the entity is Twitter's first step in demonstrating its long-term commitment to Nigeria.
"Twitter has agreed to appoint a designated country representative to interface with Nigerian authorities. The Global Public Policy team is also directly available through a dedicated communication channel. Twitter has agreed to comply with applicable tax obligations on its operations under Nigerian law."
According to the NetBlocks Cost of Shutdown Tool, Nigeria's economy loses N104.37m ($250,600) every hour to the ban on Twitter. The ban lasted for 5,328 hours (222 days). This means that between June 5, 2021 and January 12, 2022, the Nigerian economy lost N556.11bn.
While the Federal Government announced the suspension of Twitter on June 4, telecommunication companies didn't block access to the social networking site until June 5 after receiving a directive from the Nigerian Communications Commission to that effect.
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India-China Competitive Coexistence: A New Era of Strategic Partnership
Sudeep Kumar
Keywords: India, China, Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, International Relations
India and China are civilisational states with historical boundary disputes, whose roots lie in the colonial past. In modern times, both modern nation-states have taken a different politico-economic model in the global comity of nations. Both Asian powerhouses are separated by mighty Himalayan ranges geographically, but modern communication and transport technology have filled these geographical gaps. As a result, there is increasing Indian engagement in South-East Asia & East Asia; whereas Chinese engagement in South Asia and Indian Ocean region has brought them together to shape the Asian equilibrium in the multipolar world order. Over the years, both countries have transformed their relationship towards a cooperative framework in economic and military affairs for improving mutual trust and mutual understanding in their bilateral diplomatic relations. Furthermore, many developmental issues of common concern and global governance are acting as a catalyst to work towards their mutual benefit in regional and multilateral forums. Indeed, the India-China strategic partnership seems to be moving towards comprehensive partnership in the field of politics, economy, military, cultural and people to people contact. It is in these backdrops, one might wonder about the future trajectories of India-China bilateral relations in shaping the Asian equilibrium as well as the crucial role of their national interest in it.
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Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos--Captain Keith Colburn Takes the Virtual Plunge
Written by John Gaudiosi
Captain Keith Colburn did his own voice in the game
Fans of Discovery Channel's hit show, "Deadliest Catch," can now try crab fishing first-hand. Crave Entertainment has released its new Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii game, Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos. Captain Keith Colburn of Redmond, Washington worked with the game developers to bring his real-world job into the gaming realm.
Colburn has been captain of The Wizard for the last 14 years. The Wizard is actually a World War II-era ship that was converted into a fishing vessel in 1978. She's one of the largest ships in the fleet at 155 feet in length and is a perennial top five producer every season when it comes to catching crab. Colburn talks about his own gaming background and what players will experience when they take control of a virtual crab boat in the new game.
What was your involvement with the videogame?
They use a lot of the voices of captains and crews that actually work up in the Bering Sea on the TV for voices that will interact with the players as they're working and trying to achieve fishing objectives during the course of the gameplay. So will be hearing my voice. I don't know if I'll be yelling at you. You may be hearing me telling you to hurry up.
What's it like to see yourself as a character in a videogame?
To be a character in a videogame is pretty bizarre. Videogames, in general, have become so life-like and real these days. The evolution is amazing from the days when I used to play Pong -- that's what I played -- to what my Son Chandler, who's 14 – and what he's playing. It's staggering what's out there. I think it will be interesting to try to play my son a game of Sea of Chaos and see if I can actually beat him at my own job, but I don't know if I can. You know I can beat him out here. I can beat him right here, but I don't think I can beat him at home on the video screen.
Does he know what your job is really like and how tough it is?
Yeah. My son has got a good indication of what I do. I don't know that my son will end up being a fisherman. We're hoping that he's got aspirations to be something a little different, but he's got a pretty good indication of what I do for living, how difficult it is, how long we work, some of the obstacles we're up against constantly. I talk to my son all the time on the phone, which is this thing right here, and he gives me the weather pretty much daily. So he's kind of living it with me periodically, and when he starts calling on the radio for a northeast 50 and heavy freezing spray, even though he's not out there with me and the boat icing up, he still has an idea of what we're going through.
Did you ever think this show would become so popular that they'd turn it into a videogame?
No. You know, it's really staggering to see the evolution of the show and the popularity of the show. Ten years before this show existed, if I was on a plane talking to people, and they would ask me what I do for a living, I would tell them I worked in Alaska as a crab fisherman. And the first thing would say is, "Wow, I heard that's really dangerous. I'd usually end up telling them about crab fishing for the next two hours on the plane. So there was already a fascination with the ocean and with the real danger that we face, sometimes on a daily basis. I think that's compelling for people to watch on TV.
What do you and your son think of the new videogame?
We're waiting for this game to debut so my son can actually get his hands on it and see what he thinks. I think it's going to be pretty strange for him to be playing a game and actually hearing his Dad's voice at the same time. I think that will be the eeriest thing for him. In fact I asked the guys when we were doing the voice work for the game if they could put in some type of special thing in there. Like at the two hour mark, where all of a sudden my voice comes up and yells at my son to start doing his homework or something, but they opted not to do it. I really wanted that in the game and it didn't happen. I'm sure he'll probably take a razzing at school from his buddies, hearing me yelling at his buddies when they're playing the game or coaxing him into to trying to do better at what they're trying to do out there.
What type of input did you give the game creators for Sea of Chaos?
Well, most of my input was just on trying to keep it realistic. Keep it to where people can actually get a feel for what we do and be able to do it themselves, but do it in the safety of their own home. That was one of the things that I felt was important. I know very little about videogames, but I thought the realism would really enhance this game and make it that much more lifelike. I also gave them some sound bites that they probably won't use. They're trying to keep this family-rated and a little bit below the language that we use in the Bering Sea.
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'Ban wood burning stoves? I think not.
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by Geoff Royle October 25, 2021 3 min read
BBQ Climate Change Environment News Outdoors Wood Burning Stoves
Time to take a reality check about stoves and air quality. We recently came across this well-considered article 'Ban wood burning stoves? I think not' by Michael Bye at Ceramic Glass. In it he perfectly and reasonably challenges some of the hysterical press and TV coverage about stoves. If you love your stove (what's not to love?) then we would urge you to take three minutes of your time to arm yourself with some facts so that you too, like MIchael, can reasonably question some of the misleading statements the next time you come across them.
Ban wood burning stoves? I think not
by Michael Bye at Ceramic Glass Limited (reproduced from Michael's Linkedin post October 2021
A recent flood of articles in the press suggesting that a ban on wood burning stoves is a necessary step to prevent air pollution, use questionable science to support their assertions, and have 'experts' contributing nothing more than biased opinions to the journalists who write them.
It is simply common sense that air pollution is unlikely to be caused for the most part by wood burning stoves. How can it be? Stoves are seasonal products, and so will only contribute to particulate emissions for 4-6 months of the year, at the very most. They are often used to serve one or two rooms in the house, and are unlikely to be used every day anyway. Does it sound realistic that they can be such a big polluter in this context?
And here is a thing about domestic wood burning: wood isn't only burned in modern clean and efficient stoves. It is also burned in old appliances that are ready to be changed, it is burned on open fires, it is burned on bonfires, in chimeneas, on BBQ's, and in pizza ovens. Do these other sources of domestic burning somehow not contribute to air pollution? Why do the press and the people they seek opinions from ignore these obvious sources of emissions, and focus exclusively on stoves?
Did you know, for example, that modern stoves emit 90% less particulate emissions than open fires, bonfires, chimeneas pizza ovens and BBQ's? And that 70% of solid fuel burned in London alone is on open fires? Press articles never seem to mention these facts. It is always stoves that are at fault.
Another dog whistle often printed is that 'stoves emit more pollution than HGVs'. Do they? What evidence is there for this? If you look at the top of a chimney where wood is being burned in a modern stove, there is usually nothing to see. What about the exhausts of all the millions of vehicles on the UK's roads that operate every day of the year? Is it logical that the combined effects of all this exhaust adds-up to less emissions than from a few wood burners?
Also overlooked regarding road transport is that exhaust emissions are not the only source of emissions from vehicles. There is also the wear on tyres and brakes, which again contributes to their total daily.
Wood burning is a fantastic carbon neutral source of heat, and our climate desperately needs a reduction of carbon going into the atmosphere. With that in mind, the UK is in the process of decommissioning coal fired power stations, for example, to produce energy that is less carbon intensive. Stoves help in this process; they don't hinder it.
But the UK also has another problem: we are running out of holes in the ground into which we can dump domestic household waste. But local councils are offering a solution to this. They are granting permission for waste management companies to incinerate thousands of tonnes of waste on a daily basis. Pure logic and common sense tell us that the impact to the environment of this strategy is entirely detrimental. Incinerating such a colossal volume of mixed waste including non-recyclable plastics will lead to awful particulate emissions. And yet stoves continue to be a target in the press when they are far from being the problem. Thankfully, the majority of the British public can see such ridiculous arguments for what they are; namely biased, wrong-headed, and attention seeking.
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František Krček (8. října 1869, Lvov, Halič – 12. března 1916, Veliký Novgorod, Rusko), též Franciszek Krček, byl česko-polský slavista, filolog, folklorista a překladatel.

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Pocházel z česko-polské rodiny usazené ve Lvově. Jeho otec František Krček pocházel z Čech a v haličské metropoli působil jako člen divadelního orchestru. Česky se naučil až v dospělosti. Po maturitě (1887) studoval nejprve právo a poté klasickou filologii, polonistiku a slavistiku na filozofické fakultě lvovské univerzity. Studium ukončil získáním doktorátu roku 1893 (prací Modlitewnik Nawojki: Studyum językowe), v 90. letech 19. swtoletí studoval rovněž na univerzitách v Praze (mj. u Jana Gebauera a Josefa Zubatého), Lipsku a Berlíně. Během lvovských studií byl v akademickém roce 1890/91 předsedou tamní Akademické čítárny. Na lvovské univerzitě se v roce 1908 habilitoval prací Grupy dźwiękowe polskie tart i cir(z)ć, jako odpowiedniki starobulgarskiej trit, oraz ich donioslość dla odbudowy wokalizmu praslowianśkiego i praindoeuropejskiego. Převzetí univerzitní stolice slavistiky (jako nástupce zesnulého Antoniho Kaliny) ve Lvově ztroskotalo kvůli Krčkovým osobním rozepřím.

Vyučoval na gymnáziích ve Lvově a v Jarosławi. V roce 1895 ve Lvově s Antonim Kalinou, Stefanem Ramułtem a jinými polskými folkloristy a jazykovědci založil Etnografickou společnost (Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze, dnešní Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze). Byl členem krakovské Akademie věd a umění (Akademia Umiejętności, zde fungoval od roku 1898 jako člen její Jazykové komise), jedním z redaktorů etnografického časopisu Lud a členem představenstva lvovské Literární společnosti Adama Mickiewicze (Towarzystwo Literackie im. Adama Mickiewicza), založené roku 1886 za účelem výzkumu, dokumentace a zpřístupňování Mickiewiczova díla a života. Věnoval se jazykovědným, a po r. 1908 hlavně folkloristickým a literárněvědným studiím. Sestavoval bibliografie obsahu dobových lvovských časopisů. Za terénním výzkumem dojížděl mj. do haličských Tater, v Zakopaném (a švýcarském Davosu) pobýval též z léčebných důvodů.

Byl znalcem, propagátorem a překladatelem české literatury do polštiny, zvláště děl Aloise Jiráska – přeložil mj. jeho Ráj světa (Raj świata: Obraz dziejowy Alojzego Jiráska, Krakov 1897) a Filosofskou historii (Dzieje filozofów: Powieść, Lvov 1912). Dále přeložil Legendu o sv. Prokopu (Legenda o św. Prokopu, Lvov 1900), práce Jaroslava Vrchlického, Jakuba Arbesa a dalších českých autorů. Pro polskou Velkou všeobecnou ilustrovanou encyklopedii (Wielka Encyklopedia Powszechna Ilustrowana), vydávanou v letech 1890–1914 ve Varšavě, psal medailony o českých spisovatelích. Přispíval do polských odborných a populárních časopisů (mj. Pamiętnik Literacki, Tydzień, Kwartalnik Historyczny, Gazeta Narodowa, Gazeta Lwowska).

Začátek první světové války ho zastihl na ruském území v okolí Novogrodku v minské gubernii, kde pobýval v domě rodiny své ženy Aleksandry rozené Lipnické. Jako rakouskému státnímu občanovi mu byl znemožněn návrat do vlasti a zabaven pas. Krček byl internován ve Velikém Novgorodě, stále mu však hrozil nucený přesun za Volhu. V Novgorodě se mu prudce zhoršil zdravotní stav a následně zemřel na srdeční záchvat.

Kromě samostatných knižních publikací je autorem asi 200 studií, článků, vědeckých zpráv a recenzí. Některé z nich podepisoval zkratkou "Dr Fr. K.".

Dílo
 Modlitewnik Nawojki: Studyum językowe, Kraków 1894.
 Jasełka Krośnieńskie z roku 1661, Kraków 1900.
 Pisanki w Galicji (3 svazky), Lwów 1893–1895.
 Grupy dźwiękowe polskie tart i cir(z)ć, jako odpowiedniki starobulgarskiej trit, oraz ich donioslość dla odbudowy wokalizmu praslowianśkiego i praindoeuropejskiego, Lwów 1907.
 Zbiór powieści i legend, Lwów 1908.

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Reference

Literatura
 Stanisław Urbańczyk: Krček (Krczek) Franciszek, in: Polski Słownik Biograficzny, díl 15, Wrocław 1970, s. 258 - 259.
 Kazimierz Nitsch: Ze wspomnień językoznawcy, Kraków 1960.
 Jerzy Śliziński: Z korespondencji Alojzego Jiráska z Polakami, Wrocław 1955.

Externí odkazy

 František Krček v polské Encyklopedii PWN (polsky)
 Nekrolog Františka Krčka od B. Dybowského z 10.4.1916 (polsky)

Muži
Narození v roce 1869
Čeští slavisté
Polští slavisté
Čeští folkloristé
Čeští filologové
Polští filologové
Čeští překladatelé
Překladatelé do polštiny
Narození ve Lvově
Úmrtí v Novgorodské oblasti

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My mother could never have imagined I would one day be married to a Chinese citizen and living in China.
What if my mother could have seen me in China? What if she could have met my Chinese husband John?
The question taunted me a few months back when I encountered this post by Susan Blumberg-Kason (my friend and author of Good Chinese Wife), recounting one time when her mother and father flew to Hong Kong to spend time with her. This was a regular thing for Susan's parents, who loved to travel and longed to see their daughter more often than her occasional jaunts back to her hometown of Chicago. My heart ached as I scrolled through photos of her mom and dad smiling at the camera, knowing I could never have posted pics of my parents together in China.
After all, my mother had passed away long before I first boarded that Air China flight in 1999 headed straight for Beijing.
A pained expression flashed across my face as I recalled 1994, the same year my mother lost her battle with a late-stage skin cancer that had aggressively metastasized all over her body.
Weeks before she passed away, she gifted me with an Audubon guide to the Eastern birds of North America – a reflection of my career aspirations at the time, the hope that I would one day become an ornithologist. I spent huge chunks of my summers chasing after warblers, swifts and ospreys with a pair of binoculars, and dreamed that I might earn a PhD one day from Cornell, which housed America's preeminent laboratory of ornithology. Even though I studied a foreign language, it was Spanish – and I viewed it as little more than fulfilling a requirement to graduate. I only wrote poetry or in my trusted journal, where I felt freer to pour my heart out than with anyone else. And when it came to my adolescent love life at the time, I dated a string of gangly, shy white guys – never daring to kiss outside my own race.
In short, my mother carried a very different image of me to her grave.
A painting of my mother done by my sister.
How did I end up in China? That's a long story in itself – but suffice to say, I arrived in this country knowing hardly a phrase in Mandarin and little about the culture or history, never expecting I'd find a new career, a husband and a future for myself. I never expected I'd shed away much of the girl my mother once knew, turning into a completely different woman.
My greatest regret is that my mother will never be able to meet the person I am here in China – or, for that matter, to meet my husband John. Second to that, it saddens me to think that she'll never be able to read my blog or anything else I've written – from the articles I've published elsewhere to essays I've contributed to two anthologies. What would she think of my decision to be a writer? How would she react when hearing me chortling away in Mandarin? Most of all, would she love my husband John? Would she see the same indomitable spirit in him that made me want to marry him?
I'll never know the answers. And sometimes, when I contemplate these questions, I can fall into a melancholy funk, even crying. It's funny that so much time has passed and yet, at times, it can feel as if my mother died just yesterday.
In light of all of that, here's the strangest thing – I also don't know who I would have become, had my mother not passed away.
Before her death, fear was my almost constant companion whenever I ventured into foreign settings. (I famously cried quite a lot during a high school trip to Spain without my parents, and I swear that were it not for the really caring teacher in charge of us, I never would have survived the entire journey.) I was such a homebody back then, so completely attached to my parents…and especially, to my mother. Deep down, I realize that her passing forced upon me one of the scariest things a young girl could ever face – and as a result, the fears I once had about living far from my parents and home eventually fell away. Without that experience, I don't know if I would have had the courage to leave my own country for one I barely even knew.
A fortune teller in Taiwan once advised me that I had the ability to turn the bad things in life into something better. Was my unlikely detour towards China in the years following my mother's death yet another example of this?
On this coming Mother's Day, I'll once again remember my own mother. And I know that, as much as I wish she could have been here to see me now, she's still shaping the person I am in subtle and yet remarkable ways. That the legacy of being loved so deeply by a mother never really ends, even when the direction of my life takes me to places she never could have imagined.
Wow, this brought tears to my eyes. What an incredibly beautiful and bravely honest piece. My dad died when I was a teenager and I often wonder what he would think of me now (including my Chinese fiance). Thank you for sharing this. For what it's worth it think you are a pretty incredible person (and I've never even met you!) so I'm sure your mother would be very proud!
Oh, Jocelyn, I feel you! I wonder the same things, all the time. My mother never got to see me dance, or graduate with honors, or meet my Chinese-American guy. But I sometimes wonder if I would have done any of these things if she had lived.
I wouldn't trade the life and love I have now, not for anything, and at the same time I know my life would be very different if she hadn't died when I was in high school.
I feel oddly disloyal, being happy and knowing my life turned out this way because I lost her. I find the painful loss of the past and the happiness of the present difficult to reconcile at times.
But ultimately, I think my mom just wanted me to be happy. And I hang onto that.
What a moving piece spoken from the heart. I am sure she would be very proud of the person you have become and all that you have accomplished!
This article is so heartbreaking. As clichè as it sounds, I am sure your mom would be incredibly proud of all your accomplishments. You are a great woman doing great things Joceyln and you deserve every bit of the success and happiness your are achieving.
Such a touching article, Jocelyn! Maybe your mother's watching you from somewhere (and if from nowhere else, she's watching you from that special place you've reserved for her in your heart). I'm certain that she'd love the person you have become just as much as she loved you when you were growing up.
What a beautiful tribute to your mother. I second all of the other comments above. Your mother sounded extremely proud of you and it seems like she has shaped– and is continuing to shape–who you are today. Big hugs and love from Chicago.
Joss, I remember 1994, having known you for just a handful of months before your mom passed. You were a very interesting and good person then, and that has easily transitioned to today. I know your mother would have been proud of you. I barely remember talking to her before then, when I first became friends with you and Sue, but I seem to remember a warm person. The painting by Sue reminds me of photos I'd seen of her.
This post makes me think the same thing about my wife, who is (of course) Chinese and lost her mother to brain cancer in 1991, long before she boarded a plane to come here to Pittsburgh, PA, USA, to marry me. I'll have to share this post with her when she returns, as she is in Guangdong right now. But then again, she didn't have warm, supportive parents like you did/do, so I'm sure her story is different.
Keep a stiff upper lip, and hey, how about a post on the birds you are getting in China! Peace.
You hit upon one of the saddest things about losing loved ones too soon: they can't continue to share our lives or even know what we've become. It doesn't seem right. You were so close to your mother, and yet she doesn't know what you've become.
My husband was only 59 when he died. It's hard to believe that he wasn't around when one daughter graduated from law school and another got married. He adored our first two grandchildren, but he only knew them as toddlers and now one is in college and the other is graduating from high school. The third grandchild wasn't even a blip on the radar when he was alive. I wish they could have known him.
I don't know what it's like to lose a parent and it must be all the more heart-breaking when you yourself aren't even yet into adulthood. My husband lost his dad to cancer in 2004, the year before we met. It saddens my husband that his dad will never know me or our son (luckily he was able to see my step-daughter as a newborn right before he passed away). Sometimes I feel sad too. I wonder what his dad was like, what his voice sounded like, what kind of grandpa he would have been.
A very moving and straight from the heart post.
A mother'a love is unconditional and never ends, no matter what.
You are a great person Jocelyn and you have accomplished so much. I believe that people are never really gone. They live on in our memories and heart.
What a touching post, Jocelyn, it is incredible to see your conclusion of how such a terrible thing has led you to John and to this new life. I am sure your mother would be incredibly proud of all that you have achieved!
Really amazing post J…… brought me to tears.
I often wonder the same thing – our ancestors could have never imagined the paths we would have traveled, and marrying a foreign partner was so unheard of back then, however I like to believe that they watch over us as guardian angels and travel with us in our hearts. My grandparents are now deceased but when amazing things happen in life (wedding, travels, baby) I often talk to them in my head and say "wow grandpa, look at this view…" or "grandpa, guess what happened?" They live on in our hearts….
She would be definitely visiting you in China. You would be more than happy to welcome your mom to your new found home in East Asia. That's for sure.
For now, you're doing great from all those life events given to you.
Jocelyn, this was a truly heartfelt post. I am at a loss as to what I should say, but your story simply moved me. I know your mom would be so proud of you, and if she were alive today would definitely enjoy all of those trips to China–and most of all, be delighted to meet John.
I'm glad you're a writer–and more than that, you're a warm and positive figure that has brought so many of us together here on this little piece of the Internet. You've been a friend and mentor to so many, and I think your mom would be glad that you found your calling in life.
Best of wishes to you on Mother's Day, and never forget.
Jocelyn. This was such a beautiful read and I was teary eyed. It's evident that you love your mother a lot, and you love her as much now as you did back when she was still by your side. Sometimes feelings never fade, memories never fade – and they will stay within us for the rest of our lives. As you said, she is still shaping who you are as a person today – so in a sense a part of her is still with you.
My grandparents have passed on a long time ago. I was never really close to them, but I often wonder what if I was, would life turn out different had I spent time with them. Probably, and I would probably have found out why my grandma chose to buy me a Gameboy with a big chunk of her savings all those years ago.
I didn't know any of this about you! A touching post, and thank you for sharing with your readers.
damnit that was touching. it made me tear.


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ORP Balance Sheet Tells A Tale Of Debt And Raises Many Questions
Several members of the Ohio Republican Party State Central Committee sent Third Base Politics an email from Treasurer Tracey Winbush. She is seeking to retain her position at Friday's meeting.
There is one part of Winbush's email that made it worth reporting, a crudely constructed balance sheet. Numbers aren't personal. They are just numbers, but these numbers tell a tale. It shows a party that appears to be operating beyond its means and a Chairman who isn't a prolific fundraiser.
There are several things that stand out in the numbers below. There are more questions than answers here and that is what members of the committee stated when they forwarded the email. Some of these members have been Borges loyalists but are now questioning their support.
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Bob Bennett passed away over two years ago, but the Ohio Republican Party is blaming $65,000 of debt on the former Chairman's credit card.
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Prior Chairman Kevin DeWine paid off the mortgage, but under Chairman Borges' leadership, there is almost half a million dollar mortgage and line of credit on the building.
Speaking of the building, the Ohio Republican Party has it valued just shy of $1.6 million. According to the Franklin County Auditor's website, the building is assessed at $900,000.
The Ohio Republican Party still owes Quicken Loans Arena $165k for the first presidential debate in August 2015. This feels like someone who has a big expensive wedding without considering the financial destruction on the marriage.
The party and the Chairman were openly hostile to the Republican presidential nominee. In a letter to the State Central Committee, Member Dave Johnson exposed Borges' behavior during the RNC. This likely impacted fundraising. Why would donors open their wallets to a party with a Chairman who is combative towards the nominee?
Borges is operating the party at a million dollars in debt while Jane Timken raised Donald Trump over a million dollars. She could quickly turn the ship around.
Matt Borges is claiming that rumors are being spread about him, but he can't say that about this. These are simply numbers. Numbers sent out by his Treasurer. Numbers aren't rumors. They are numbers. And the numbers likely won't be on Team Borges' side in Friday's vote.
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.image {
    -moz-box-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #666;
    -webkit-box-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #666;
    -box-shadow: 3px 3px 3px #666;
}

#titletext {
    font: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;
    font-size: 12px;
    position: absolute;
    height: 420px;
    width: 300px;
    top: 100px;
    left: 500px;
}

/* ---------------------- */
/* thumbnails - 8 of them */
/* ---------------------- */

#images {
    position: absolute;
    overflow: 0px;
    height: 400px;
    width: 700px;
    top: 600px;
    left: 100px;
}

.thumb {
    height: 150px;
    width: 150px;
}

#1 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 33px;
    left: 20px;
}

#2 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 33px;
    left: 190px;
}

#3 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 33px;
    left: 360px;
}

#4 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 33px;
    left: 530px;
}

#5 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 203px;
    left: 20px;
}

#6 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 203px;
    left: 190px;
}

#7 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 203px;
    left: 360px;
}

#8 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 203px;
    left: 530px;
}

Any light shed on this would be much appreciated.

A: Why use position: absolute on the ID of each image? That doesn't seem like a very scalable solution.
Instead, because your thumbnails are of a fixed size, you may as well add display: inline-block to your .thumb style.
Here's the fix: http://jsfiddle.net/hCkBz/
Also, the reason the ID CSS styles aren't working is that an ID isn't allowed to start with a number. http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/types.html#type-name

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