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The Legend Of Winstone Blackhat by Tanya Moir
I'm utterly torn writing this review. My immediate reaction was to try to put this story behind me – I wished I had not ever heard of poor Winstone or his sad childhood. But I finished the book over four weeks ago, and the story is still with me. And I know this is a story that is potentially very real and the way Tanya Moir reveals the story is marvellous. That I even finished the book through its dire episodes, further dire episodes, and the direst episodes that fill the last pages of the book is entirely due to the story telling.
As each turn and twist occurs, the reader is gently entwined in the story. Winstone is a 12 year old Otago boy whose life is less than ideal. His father is angry, often fuelled by anger and rarely reasonable. His older brother is already an unpleasant protégé, and his little sister tiptoes through the violence, at times successfully. Their mother is long gone.
Both Marlene (the sister) and Winstone are immediate classroom outcasts at every school they attend. And there are many. You get the impression that soap, showers, and washing machines are rare treats in this family. These are dirty kids with dirty, yet hopeful lives.
Winstone escapes this life through a fantasy world where he is a brave young cowboy riding through a series of clichéd western films. Moir admits that the western movie was a major driver for this book. Her description of the vistas and adventures of Winstone Blackhat are superb. In his fantasy world, Winstone is a hero, he is in control, he survives.
Winstone's story is slowly revealed through his real-time adventures – living rough in hunters' lodges, and stealing food for survival. He has clearly run away and the reasons are revealed slowly. The third component that is interspersed throughout are his fantastical western adventures.
I think we all have dreams of how our lives can be. It makes sense to me that Winstone's dreams are completely far-fetched and ridiculous… It's the counterbalance to his wretched real life. As a reader this exquisite balance is the saving grace of what, otherwise, is a really sad story without a perfect happy ending. And it's the reason I am recommending it. This is a story that you may wish you didn't know; but it's a book that you will be glad you read.
The book also supersedes our outsider view of this situation. It shows what a child like this must endure. A child that is is ill-equipped to cope with predatory adults; he doesn't understand the basic rights and wrongs that responsible parents espouse; he has no roadmap. We view his world from our perspective, because we can do nothing else. Winstone views and behaves in the world the only way he knows how and it's simply not enough.
This is a terrific book of a terrible tale. Tanya Moir walks a fine line with her story-telling here and when you watch anyone on a tight rope it is an exhilarating experience of fear and surprise.
Auckland Writers Festival 2014
When I was asked if I would like to be a social media reporter at the 2014 Auckland Writers Festival on behalf of booksellers.co.nz I jumped at the chance. I write reviews for their blog, but this was new uncharted territory - tweeting, facebooking and blogging from the venue. I had a blast. My appointed day was Sunday and I got to listen to both Keri Hulme and Patricia Grace (both legends of NZ literature) and you can read about both events here.
I also particularly enjoyed the first session of the day with John Marsden whose books I admire very much. He was certainly on form and it was great to hear about his early writing career in particular. Next I went to listen to Dr Reza Aslan, an Iranian-born American-trained professor of religion. I have always been interested in the similarities between Christianity and Islam - 4 years living in the Middle East does that to you. I'm itching to read his books now. In a slightly more flippant mood was Sarah-Kate Lynch talking about her latest book - a non-fiction recipe for happiness called Screw You Dolores. You can read a bit more about these sessions and my thoughts here.
Interview with Author Jenny Pattrick
Jenny Pattrick's latest novel Heartland is a thoroughly rural New Zealand story that I found hard to put down. Manawa, a waning little village neighbouring the "real" townships of Ohakune and Raetihi and in the shadow of Mt Ruapehu, is the scene of this story. Unlike some of Jenny's historical books,Heartland is set in a recognisably modern era. But just like her historical novels, Heartland is a unique window into a community. I chatted with Jenny about Heartland, her characters, and writing.
The characters in Heartland are eccentric, lovable and thoroughly authentic. When you start a book like this, do you have your characters thoroughly defined, or do they reveal themselves as you reveal their story?
A bit of both really. Some of these characters were already defined in earlier radio stories. The three old sisters are rather like three old great-aunts of mine who lived together in Auckland and were daunting to me as a child. But usually I write a pretty detailed outline of my characters before I put them into a story. Then, if they are well thought out, they will of course develop a will of their own and I will bow to that will. My characters don't fit a mould, they are real people who do real things. They may seem larger than life, but there is no point writing about dull people.
Sticking with characters for a moment, I noticed that when Donny Mac behaved less than admirably, I found myself, as a reader, hoping he would not be caught. Is there a fine balance between an affable character and what they can get away with doing in a story?
Yes I suppose there is. I hadn't thought about it. I tend not to write black and white characters. It'd be hard to find a thoroughly bad or purely good character in my novels. There may be some readers who want Donny Mac punished. If so they may be rather narrow in their outlook, like Miss Roe!
I felt at times like you were inviting the reader to see this township through two different lenses – through the community that live there and the frequent visitors. Is this something you have experienced in small communities?
I have lived in this particular community off and on for 40 years. As a townie, I suppose. But my son has lived in our cottage there as an inhabitant for about ten years, so this gives me a way in to meeting and knowing some of the locals. So I guess I can look from both angles. Do you think I let my 'townie' lens take over sometimes? I didn't want to.
No not at all, I think you have a lovely way of showing how a townie and a local might see things differently. For example the Art Exhibition – the way Vera is portrayed as eccentric – almost as a town attraction by the townies and as a beloved icon by the locals. And the scene in which the young townie girl wants to interview her and her indignant mother thinking it's a right. I might have been one of those mothers once!
This is based on a real incident – one wet holiday time, there was an art exhibition and my own children probably took part. What the townies view as quaint and eccentric and weird is actually someone's life.
There are probably many dying little towns around New Zealand where there is no other reason for existence other it is home for a group of people living their lives authentically. These are real people with proper depth of character.
On the theme of communities, this, like some of your other books reminds us that communities are groups of people. When you approach this type of book do you have a real community in mind?
Well the real place this novel is based on is Rangataua, where our family has a cottage. But the community of eccentrics is entirely imaginary. There are, however other eccentrics living there! My publisher tells me I like to write about a community and I guess she's right. I have a big family and great group of friends; community is something very important to me.
When you are starting a new project, what comes first for you – the story, the setting, or the time period?
In most cases it's the setting. New Zealand has an amazingly dramatic landscape; strong settings have an identity of their own which are challenging to get down in words and which help contribute towards a dramatic narrative. The time period is also important as that suggests what events might contribute to the story. Then there will be a theme. The story comes last I think.
Your books have a strong New Zealand flavour. Are you ever tempted to make them less kiwi?
I suppose they would sell better outside New Zealand if I did, but no not really. Catching the Current is set to a large extent in Scandinavia and Inheritance in Samoa, but they both relate to New Zealand. There are plenty of good lines of investigation left in New Zealand and I live here and understand this place. Why would I want to write about elsewhere?
Jenny, you have been described (appropriately) as a great storyteller, and I wonder whether that's how you define yourself. And, is there a difference between storytelling and writing?
I try not to define myself! I was depressed when my wonderful editor at Random House told me I was a popular writer not literary. I tend to read so called literary novels. I don't like labels for writers. In my mind,there is absolutely no difference between good storytelling and good writing of any other sort. I am as concerned, I think, to make my writing come off the page in a rich way as does a good literary writer. There are some 'storytellers' whose writing is dull; where the story is all and the words are simply there to get the narrative moving. I don't like reading those novels, though there are many worthy readers who do. I would feel particularly depressed if my writing was considered to be like that!
Heartland could be a YA novel, since the 2 main characters are young adults. Have you any plans to write for that audience?
I would like to write a YA novel, and have an idea for one. In this novel my voice is in a yarning style – telling the story pretty straight. Sometimes I use different voices, but in this one it is simple approach start to finish. This approach could suit itself to YA genre.
Your characters in Heartland have fallen on hard times, but they are survivors.
Yes I'm interested in writing about survivors. They are more interesting than those who succumb to hardship. Or more uplifting, perhaps,
I think you write books about communities…
My publisher tells me that and I think its true. Community responsibility is a theme in my books, something I feel strongly about.
How many of your novels are in print still?
That's incredible success. How about The Denniston Rose – the book that started it all? How many copies of those are still in existence do you think?
There are about 60,000 sold and over 100,000 of that trilogy.
That means that literally hundreds of thousands of readers have read your work, and still are enjoying it. Do you think you have become a 'safe brand" for readers?
I don't really want to be put in a box, and although I have had success with my historical novels, I don't want to be confined to that. Heartland is not historical but it is still a book about a community and their lives.
Dappled Annie and the Tigrish by Mary McCallum
Annie, or more correctly Dappled Annie, and her littlebrother Robbie live in a remote (and idyllic) location; their father is the lighthouse keeper. I know this is supposed to be the lighthouse at Castlepoint (the afterword tells me so) but it could be anywhere along the New Zealand coastline. For me, it's Burgess Island in the Mokohinau Islands of the Hauraki Gulf. A place so remote as to be perfect.
With busy parents, the two children in this book only have each other and their imaginations to fill the long summer days. Annie likes to get close, very close, to the natural world. When she stands surrounded by the interleaving branches, the individual trees come alive. To Annie, the trees are alive; she hears and converses in their language. I found the way the trees come alive a little forced, but in reality, how else do you make trees come alive? The wind brings a pivotal creature – the Tigrish – into the story. And the adventure begins. It was easy to get swept up in the tale and by the end I came to view the hedge as alive as Annie herself. After all, who hasn't seen faces in a hedgerow or a tree trunk? And noticed the dappled light as shadows come, grow, and eventually disappear?
I love the way Mary McCallum brings a wonderful child-level view to the world. For example running through a pine forest dodging the pinecone grenades that drop from the sky. She captures the exaggerated nervousness that can only occur in one's own mind:
"Annie heard a sound on the stairs as if someone was following her. Out of the corner of her eye something flickered. A moth? A mouse? Something bigger?"
She captures the bravado of a child:
""I'm ready," she said again, which meant she wasn't really ready but was trying to be."
And she captures the musings of a child eavesdropping on a fantail family as they "Pick! Pick! Pick! Me!" The baby fantails call to their father as they jostle for the next unlucky insect he brings. Annie hears the yearning and angst of that family.
It's a lovely original story. Children with vivid imaginations, who love playing outside (like we all used to do), will find some synergies with delightful Annie. All children need to push themselves outside of their comfort zone and Annie and her brother do that – facing their fears and embarking on a unique adventure. This is a thoroughly New Zealand adventure and delightful story.
Published by Gecko Press
This review was first published on the booksellers.co.nz blog
Dolphins of Aotearoa by Raewyn Peart
When I first picked up this book, I was anticipating a coffee-table book full of pictures with accompanying text, and much to my delight what I found was a compelling story of a community. A community of dolphins. The book almost doesn't focus on the dolphins per sé – of course there is the obligatory scientific and identification stuff in the beginning – but rather the book focuses on our interaction with New Zealand dolphins. Our historical interaction; our current interaction; and the potential (or not) of future interaction.
The dolphins are the centre, and focus, of this book, but the main characters seem to be those that interact and care and spend their energy protecting them. From the Cook Strait ship masters who enjoyed almost ritual interactions with Pelorus Jack in the early twentieth century; to the children who nearly half a century later played with Opo in the Hokianga Harbour. From treasure hunter and ecologist Wade Doak who spent years swimming and communicating with dolphins; to Dr Ingrid Visser who will jump on a plane after a single phone call to help a team of dedicated individual rescue beached Orca. Many people, like Ingrid, have dedicated a lifetime to helping dolphins and this book is about them as much (maybe more) than the dolphins.
The human interaction with dolphins in Aotearoa started long before Europeans landed in Aotearoa – Maori have always respected and revered the dolphins. Interactions, of course, increase significantly as we take to the water; and the faster we go, the more likely we are to be accompanied by a dolphin riding the bow wave. That we may have these interactions in the future is not necessarily a given and Raewyn challenges us to transfer our passion for these highly intelligent and social creatures into a call for action. It is hard to imagine that one of these species (Maui's dolphin) is nearly extinct.
Although conservation is at the heart of this book, it never gets in the way of a captivating story.
Published by Craig Potton Publishing, RRP $59.99
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, By Jeff Kinney
This is the eighth book in this hugely popular series and delivers completely. Series fans and newcomers will be equally entertained by Jeff Kinney's clever interpretation of everyday life. If you have not encountered this series, or the movies, before, the main character and narrator, whose diary this purports to be, is Greg Heffley. Greg is a typical boy in many ways – adventurous, mischievous, and at times utterly hapless and out of luck. At other times, pure genius and the luckiest boy at school. These books remind us what is to be a child trying to fit in and find a yet to be determined niche in the world.
In order to connect with young readers and be "believable" children's authors are required to tap into the expectations and psyche of their readers. This is not that different for any writer, you need to know your audience, but for an adult writing for a primarily much younger audience this can be a tricky pathway to tread. Kinney is a master at this. I remember once being in a writers' workshop with the wonderful Joy Cowley who encouraged us all to meditate to take us into our own childhoods; to evoke a memory and the feelings associated with that memory; to imagine ourselves as a child of that age. It wasn't totally unsuccessful and I could see immediately this was a very useful tool for any adult writing a children's book. But Jeff Kinney seems to have surpassed even this phase – in capturing Greg's story he seems to not so much been remembering but living Greg's life. This is powerful and engaging narrative at its best. My own children have devoured all of the books in this series, and although they have moved onto more sophisticated texts, they both paused to read this book cover to cover one evening and loved the humour, and dare I say it, comfort, of another Wimpy Kid book.
If you are a kid, have ever been a kid, or a parent, then these books will trigger a memory or two. If you do not find something that resonates with your own life I would be surprised. This particular book is about wider families and the idiosyncrasies that always accompany them; it's about friendships and the waning and waxing and rekindling of them; it's about the challenges of being a loving parent and wanting to do the best for for your most beloved children whilst not smothering their individuality. But most of all it's funny and entertaining. You will laugh at Greg, his friends, his family and yourself. If you don't laugh at yourself, then you need to try harder. To laugh that is.
Jeff Kinney has been described as a rock star in the publishing world, and one of the most influential (top 100) people in the world by Time magazine. The key reasons for his publishing success are an amazing ability to tune into the lives of young people; and a very accessible way of writing and drawing that looks incredibly easy, but clearly requires consummate skill. this is a book for everyone, and after you read this go back and read the early books in the series, if you haven't already. You won't be disappointed.
published by Puffin
Brave Company, by David Hill
Brave Company sees our main character, a teenage naval recruit, travelling aboard a New Zealand naval vessel towards an increasingly hostile Korean War in 1952. Amongst his baggage is the intangible need to prove his worth. Worth that is both bolstered and challenged by a family tradition of bravery in the armed services.
Russel, the main character, lives with his mother, and the memory of an uncle who was a decorated war hero. Or was he? Did he die with honour? Or was he a coward? Russel finds evidence to convince him of the latter, so he joins the forces in part to reinstate the honour his uncle has destroyed. Russel is a young man with a point to prove.
Russel finds himself in foreign territory that he knows little about. He knows the enemy are communist and that the world needs to be saved from their power so he is willing to fight for freedom. Mostly, the role of this NZ navy ship is a support one, and little active fighting is encountered. Which is a good thing, as Russel realises quickly how inexperienced and ill-prepared he really is.
When Russel finds himself in the midst of active warfare, he quickly learns the truth – the truth about his uncle, the enemy and himself.
Drawing on the "not everything is really as it appears" approach, David Hill has written a pacey story with action and adventure. Along the way, the readers will become attached to the characters, especially Russel, and his story will feel authentic and real. Readers can't help but wonder why Russel and his NZ naval crew were even in this war, and about the fine line between cowardice and bravery, and between right and wrong.
Published by Penguin NZ
Dear Vincent by Mandy Hager
I was drawn to the bright cover of this book, but immediately fearful that it might be a dark teenage read about suicide. It most definitely is not the latter, and I should say at the outset that I loved it. I loved the story, I loved the characters and I loved that it made me cry.
The book's main character is 17 year old Tara, an ordinary young woman with extraordinary artistic ability. Her family background is bleak – there is not just financial poverty but a poverty of spirit, which is not quite explained until near the end of the book. Tara's mother is emotionally hard, brutal to her daughters, and pretty unlikeable. Her father is bed-ridden by a stroke. Tara and her mother are the main bread-winners and care-givers. Northern Irish immigrants they are making the most of their lot, but sadly leaving the emotional needs of their two daughters unmet.
One of these daughters has already removed herself from this world, and Tara with a robust fascination with Vincent van Gogh finds herself unravelling both van Gogh's tragic life, and her sister's short life (conveniently named Van) at the same time.
This book has a theme of death running through it – both self-inflicted and natural – but it never becomes burdensome or heavy to the reader, although it does for Tara who does tackle it head-on.
Tara and her family are utterly believable, and the story that unfolds helps to explain why Tara's family are paralysed by their own lives. Tara however is a survivor, and she finds support where she needs it, and crucially when she needs it the most.
This is a powerful and emotional story, with characters that felt real, and a resolution that was satisfying and believable, and just unanticipated enough to be a surprise.
Published by Random House
ISBN 9781775533283 (e-book)
Two Girls in a Boat by Emma Martin
I'm not really a fan of short stories. I often find them lacking – I get to the end and feel dissatisfied that the story stops, with so much unsaid and so much more to be said. I had attributed this to my love of longer fiction and decided I just guiltily wanted more. But reading this debut collection from Emma Martin, I have discovered that great short fiction is in another league altogether. That's is possible to connect with a character and still feel satisfied when they leave your conscious after only 20 pages.
This collection is about women, young and old, all at different stages of their lives, all with different challenges to conquer. The characters are recognisable in a way that many could be me; my friends; or my family. Or yours. I felt I knew them all by the end of the book. And although I cared enough about the fate of many, I did not crave more pages since these life segments were complete. Exquisitely complete.
Strong and interesting women of all ages populate this book – a woman who returns to NZ after an exciting OE and settles for a nice and good man; a 1960s teenager who finds herself whisked off to the city to await the imminent birth of her first child; a contemporary couple whose mildly dysfunctional relationship results in unpredictable disaster.
The events that unfold are simple everyday occurrences that many of us could find ourselves sin the midst of, but the observation of the fallout of these seemingly simple activities, events and decisions, is perfect. Emma Martin is an adept observer of the interesting titbits of which everyday life is comprised. It is perhaps not surprising that she won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the story from which the book takes its title.
I am already eager to read her next collection.
Published by Victoria University Press
Red Rocks by Rachael King
It takes quite a lot of trust and faith in your reader to mix a thoroughly ancient legend, in this case about mythical selkies, with a modern of coming of age story. Half of the main characters in this book by Rachael King are in fact seals; seals that, in keeping with Scottish legend, turn into beautiful young women when they cast their skins aside to walk on land. The mythical selkies. The other characters are one half of a modern day separated family trying to get on with life as best they can. It also takes a good storyteller to pull it off.
Surprisingly perhaps, I found myself suspending disbelief; and I became entranced by this book and its characters. And it happened so subtly that I didn't even notice. The main character Jake is a little lost – his parents are divorced, his mother remarried with a new baby. He visits his father who is living a nomadic writer's existence on the Wellington coast. But the school holidays are never much fun without friends, so the adventurous Jake takes off to explore the rocks of the Wellington coastline. He makes friends with another equally lonely young girl and an old man and attracts the interest of some local bullies. But it is when he finds an abandoned seal skin which he hauls home that the trouble really begins. The taking of the skin is the key turning point in this book as it unravels the story and importantly prevents its rightful owner from going to back to the sea.
Hindsight is a great thing. And of course, I can tell you now that I knew all along which characters were human and which were seals, but what's clever is the way this realisation subtly unfolds. There is not a moment of mass revelation, you just suddenly begin to understand who the characters are and how they inter-relate and it feels natural. I guess that's why it easy to believe in all of the characters in this book; they just work.
Interestingly, I just handed the book to my eleven year old saying it was great and I think you will like it. He read the back (which mentions seal skins but nothing about selkies) and he asked "What's up with selkies? This is the third book this year that's had slekies in it."
Really? I had no idea. Apparently, his teacher has been reading these books to them in class.
"What time period have they been set in?" I asked.
"Ancient of course" was his reply. "And all in Scotland."
"What about one set in Wellington in modern times. Could that work?"
"Hmm, maybe."
But there is no maybe about it. This book works and it's a gripping page-turning tale.
The book should appeal to any reader (young or old) who is able to suspend reality briefly, but after all isn't that what reading is all about?
I review books that appeal to me and focus on New Zealand titles. I do review across different genres, including non-fiction, kids' books, and general fiction.


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Catherine Van Laeren was highly regarded as a planner in local government until her unfair and political removal from Mid-Western. Mid-Western Regional Council, of course, remains the subject of an ongoing investigation by the ICAC.
We ran a section 106 for Catherine, confidentially settled it, and are delighted that since her departure from Mid-Western she has shot through the stratosphere.
Her professionalism as a planner, her capacity as a manager and director, and her vision for the future (qualities not appreciated by the majority group of councillors at Mid-Western) were initially recognised with employment at the Planning Assessment Commission and, more importantly, Catherine has now been appointed as the Director of Sydney Region West for the Department of Planning and Environment. Woohoo, go Catherine!
Those unpleasant old bastards at Mid-Western must be so, so humiliated.


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HISTORY OF MIGRATIONS TO AMERICA
The Asian has a strong work ethic. Many Asian entrepreneurs who own fish markets, convenience stores, and green groceries make the 40-hour work week look like a vacation.
(Asian population data are included in an Appendix) Useful web sites for information on Asian Americans and Asian Indians: http://www.indnet.org
http://factfinder.census.gov/bf/_lang=en_vt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTP3_geo_id=01000US . html APPENDIX
Filipino 1.4m 1.8m Indian 815 K 1.7m Korean 799K 1.1m Vietnamese 614K 1.1m Japanese 848K 797K
Alaska 723 Arizona 14,741 Arkansas 3,104 California 314,819 Colorado 11,720 Connecticut 23,662
Idaho 1,289 Illinois 124,723 Indiana 14,685 Iowa 5,641 Kansa 8,153 Kentucky 6,771
Minnesota 16,887 Mississippi 3,827 Missouri 12,169 Montana 379 Nebraska 3,273 Nevada 5,535
North Dakota 822 Ohio 38,752 Oklahoma 8,502 Oregon 9,575 Pennsylvania 57,241
Utah 3,065 Vermont 858 Virginia 48,815 Washington 23,992 West Virginia 2,856 Wisconsin 12,665
Asian Indians by State, 1990 Census California 160K New York 141K New Jersey 79K Illinois 64K
All other States 184K Total of all states 815K FOR OTHER ARTICLES ON THE WEB BY THIS AUTHOR, VISIT: www.uwf.edu/lgoel
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The history of mankind is a saga of migrations. At the dawn of civilization, humans numbered only a few million. Today at the beginning of the 21ST century the population is over 6 billion. As a result of migrations, Homo sapiens now occupy almost all of the terrestrial globe, except for the polar reaches.
Humans migrate for a variety of reasons: e.g., to escape environmental deterioration, political and religious persecution, economic hardship, and to fulfill their sense of adventure. A few examples will suffice to provide elaboration for these causes of migration.
Environmental deterioration has been a major factor in the movement of people. The area now covered by the sands of the Sahara was once lush, green, productive, and occupied by a substantial population. Desecration occurred, water courses shriveled, trees died, the topsoil blew away, and the people left.
The earliest settlers in America -- Native Americans-- migrated from the Orient because of severe climatic changes. When glaciers advanced, the sea level fell, and the shallow waters of the Bering Strait became a land corridor which allowed people to walk to North America. Columbus 'rediscovered' America in 1492. Just as environmental austerity or opportunity may facilitate migration so will man's inhumanity to man.
The Pilgrims who landed in Plymouth, MA, in 1620 came to America to avoid religious persecution in England and to worship according to their beliefs. In our time, political persecution is a major spur to migration. Many of the 20th Century migrations have been caused by tyrannical regimes. The extreme right and the extreme left are equally intolerant to human rights.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews, Gypsies, Poles, and others who did not belong to the "master race." Those who were lucky escaped to England, France and to North and South America. In 1956, America received Hungarian political refugees, and in the 1970s and 1980s, thousands fled the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia and communist regimes in Vietnam and Cuba.
People also move for economic reasons. They abandon their homes to avoid starvation or simply to improve their economic status. Millions of Irish men and women came to America in the middle of the 19th Century to avoid starvation caused by the Potato Famine. The British Government refused to ship food to assist the starving Irish because it did not wish to interfere with the economic laws of supply and demand. Even in the best of times, people may move because of overcrowding or in response to a spirit of adventure.
In brief, people move to escape the negative effects of climatic and environmental changes, to run away from religious and political persecution, and to improve their economic conditions. Few people move for capricious reasons.
The history of America is a history of waves of migrations. People have come here from all known civilizations. The blood that flows in American veins has received sustenance from every bloodline. In the 17th century, the English Puritans settled in the New England States as the Spanish settled in Florida. Early in the 19th century came a great flood of Irish and Germans -- 2 million Irish and 1.5 million Germans came to America between 1815 and 1860. The next wave brought some 10 million to America's shores between 1880 and 1890. These were mostly Western European -- English, Dutch, Swedes, and Norwegians. The third wave was even bigger: 16 million from 1890 to 1914. Most of the newcomers (80%) were Eastern and Southern Europeans -- Sicilians, Greeks, Poles, Czechs, Italians and Russian Jews. A small number of Asians also entered the United States in the 19th Century. Nearly 200,000 Chinese laborers came to the West to build the railroads, but in 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act eliminated this flow.
Then in 1924, immigration was severely curtailed and almost eliminated for certain countries. The 1924 National Origins Act established quotas for each country outside the Western Hemisphere. The 1924 Act was directed against Eastern Europeans, and it was particularly prejudiced against Asians.
The 1924 Immigration Act is a remarkable document because it sought to freeze the ethnic composition of America. Those allowed to enter were primarily the British, Germans, Irish and the Scandinavians. Those from Southern and Eastern Europe were limited to smaller quotas. Asians were banned altogether. The British historian, Arnold Toynbee, remarked that the 1924 Act cut off America from the world's poor, tired and huddled masses.
Pressure built up after the War to change the unfair immigration policy. The pressure came from the Eastern and Southern Europeans. Jews, Italians, Greeks and Poles fought to bring their families and their co-religionists to the U.S. Sweeping changes in immigration policy were enacted in 1965 under President Lyndon Johnson. The new law eliminated ethnicity and race as factors in immigration. Every nation regardless of size, race, religion, and political ideology was allowed 20,000 immigrants with a total for all countries not to exceed 170,000 per year. For the first time, Italy and Poland as well as India and China were placed on the same footing as Germany and England.
The number of Asians migrating to the U.S. was not expected to be large. In the hearings before the U.S. Congress in 1964, the then Attorney General Robert Kennedy, estimated the number of Asian immigrants expected to enter the U.S. to be about 5,000. Although the 1965 bill sought to benefit future Eastern and Southern Europeans, the Asians actually benefited the most. Without the sweeping changes enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1965, most Asians in the United States would not be here.
The number of Asian and Pacific immigrants has increased rapidly since 1965. First to benefit were people from Philippines, Taiwan, and Korea. Political repression in Indo-China added Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Laotians. Many students from India took advantage of the changed law and settled down in the U.S. instead of returning home. In 1984, six of the seven top countries, after Mexico, to send immigrants to America were Asian countries.
As the century closes, Asians have become the nation's fastest growing ethnic minority. High birth rates and legal immigration have contributed to this growth rate. In 1986 alone, some 300,000 Asians entered the U.S. legally. This figure does not include those who entered illegally. The 1990 Asian-American population in the U.S. was 7 million - or nearly 2.5 percent of the total u.s. population. In 2000, this increased to 11 million or approximately 4.1 percent of the U.S. population. See Appendix for the population data.
The major Asian nationality groups in America are ranked as follows (2000): Chinese (2.4m), Filipino (1.8m), Indians (1.7m), Koreans (1.1m), Vietnamese (1.1m), Japanese (797k) and a smaller number of Cambodians, Laotians, Malaysians, Thais, Pakistanis and Bangladeshi's. Interestingly, the Japanese play no major role in the current wave of Asian migration. Most Asians settle in California, followed by New York, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Florida. Military bases in Northwest Florida have contributed to the settlement of Asians in the Pensacola area, including Ft. Walton Beach and Panama City.
Although the total Asian population in America is small (only 4.1 percent in 2000), Asian immigrants are compiling an amazing record of achievement. The enrollment of Asian students at the nation's elite colleges far exceeds their population share. On the average, Asian students constitute 14 percent of the freshmen class at Harvard, 20 percent at MIT, 21 percent at the California Institute of Technology, and 25 percent at the University of California at Berkeley. In 1987, nine out of 40 of the Westinghouse's Science Talent Search came from Asian families.
Partly as a result of their academic accomplishments, Asians are climbing the economic ladder with remarkable speed. Their average family income now exceeds both white and black incomes in America. Only the Vietnamese have depressed incomes.
Asians are well represented in the professions, management, and in business. A survey in Chicago indicated that 39 percent of Asians in that city were either managers or professionals which is twice the number of whites in these positions.
What accounts for the remarkable success of Asians in America? No single factor will suffice as an explanation, although the Asian family structure and a well developed work ethic are part of the explanation. Asian families are close: parents make many sacrifices for their children, and brothers help brothers. Chinese grocery stores, Indian motels, and Vietnamese fishing boats are usually acquired by pooling together extended family resources.
Unlike the earlier European mass migrations, which originated from the working class poor, the post-1965 Asian immigrants tend to be highly educated. The Asian movement is largely middle class. Except for the Indochinese refugees, new Asian immigrants have, on average, twice the educational skills of native Americans.
The best explanation for the Asian success story is perhaps the psychological factor. Like previous immigrants, the Asian immigrant brings with him drive and motivation to succeed at all costs. A personal example will illustrate the point.
I arrived at New York Harbor as a youth of 20 with insufficient fare to reach my destination to the University of Oregon. I collected the $500 or so necessary for the sea voyage from India to New York through contributions from half a dozen relatives and friends. In New York, I had to borrow $15 to pay the bus fare to my destination out west. I worked my way through college, sometimes working 12 hour shifts at $1 per hour (1960s) in the peach orchards of California in 110 weather.
Education was a dream in spite of the fact that my father had seventh-grade education, and my mother was completely unlettered. Success came in response to persistence and hard work while failure always lurked in the background. I graduated first among a dozen doctoral students enrolled in the program at the State University of New York, Buffalo. At the University of West Florida I achieved promotion to the rank of Full Professor rapidly. I have published four books and have received the University's Distinguished Research and Teaching Awards. These accomplishments have come in spite of difficulties with English, notwithstanding a brown skin in a white world, and in spite of a different cultural background. I am an American resident now and I love America, but I still derive my greater strength from my Indian heritage. Most members of the larger Asian community can share similar stories of hard work leading to success.
Many Asians complain that they are victims of racial discrimination. They have to work harder than native-born Americans to compete for the same jobs or to get promotions. Ivy-league colleges use negative quotas to keep the number of Asian students down. In some xenophobic communities, buying or renting a home may cause problems. Although racially motivated physical violence is rare against Asians, it does occur.
Native Americans have always been ambivalent about and somewhat hostile to new immigrants. What is meted out to Asians is a part of the long American tradition of suspicion about new immigrants. In 1751, Benjamin Franklin asked, "Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us, instead of our Anglifying them?" (Time, July 8, 1985). In 1930, Boston Mayor Ted Lyman called the Irish, "a race that will never be infused into our own, but on the contrary will always remain distant and hostile" (Time, July 8, 1985). The hostility faced by members of the Asian community is no worse than hostility faced by Italians three generations ago.
America is a country that endlessly reinvents itself. The secret to American genius is that it adds new bloodlines every generation, thus renewing and refurbishing the entire genetic pool. The energy of new combinations produces something different and better. The faces of immigrants are different now, mostly brown and yellow. They do not arrive at Ellis Island as previous generations did; they come through customs at Kennedy. The end result is the same - a more vigorous and vibrant America.
(Asian population data are included in an Appendix)
Useful web sites for information on Asian Americans and Asian Indians:
http://www.indnet.org
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/foreign98.html
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/api.html
www.indianembassy.org/indusrel/comm.htm (Indian American Community–A Story of Achievement)
www.thingsindian.com/history.htm (History and demographics)
www.demographics.com (Demographics)
www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/dp1/2khus.pdf
http://factfinder.census.gov/bf/_lang=en_vt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTP3_geo_id=01000US.
ASIAN POPULATION IN THE U.S. (ROUNDED)
1990 Census 2000 Census
Total Asian 7.0 m 11.0 m
Chinese 1.6m 2.4m
Filipino 1.4m 1.8m
Indian 815 K 1.7m
Korean 799K 1.1m
Vietnamese 614K 1.1m
Japanese 848K 797K
All Other 924K 2.1m
Asian Indians by State, 2000 Census
Alabama 6,900
Alaska 723
Arizona 14,741
Arkansas 3,104
California 314,819
Colorado 11,720
Connecticut 23,662
Delaware 5,280
District of Colombia 2,845
Florida 70,740
Georgia 46,132
Hawaii 1,441
Idaho 1,289
Illinois 124,723
Indiana 14,685
Iowa 5,641
Kansa 8,153
Kentucky 6,771
Louisiana 8,280
Maine 1,021
Maryland 49,909
Massachusetts 43,801
Michigan 54,631
Minnesota 16,887
Mississippi 3,827
Missouri 12,169
Montana 379
Nebraska 3,273
Nevada 5,535
New Hampshire 3,873
New Jersey 169,180
New Mexico 3,104
New York 251,724
North Carolina 26,197
North Dakota 822
Ohio 38,752
Oklahoma 8,502
Oregon 9,575
Pennsylvania 57,241
Rhode Island 2,942
South Carolina 8,356
South Dakota 611
Tennessee 12,835
Texas 129,365
Utah 3,065
Vermont 858
Virginia 48,815
Washington 23,992
West Virginia 2,856
Wisconsin 12,665
Wyoming 354
Total: 1,678,765
California 160K
New York 141K
New Jersey 79K
Illinois 64K
Texas 55K
Florida 31K
Maryland 28K
Pennsylvania 28K
Michigan 24K
Ohio 21K
All other States 184K
Total of all states 815K
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A Clash of Civilizations
China Threat--A View from India
Indo-American Relations in a New Light
A Few Observations on Japanese Culture and Politics
The God of Small Things—A Review
The Myth of Aryan Invasions of India
Sri Aurobindo on the Indian Epic Ramayana
Sri Aurobindo on the Future Role for India
Religious Tolerance and Hinduism
On Human Unity
Oneness in Hinduism
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Inside windsor castle throne room?
1 Where is the throne room located in a castle?
2 How many bedrooms does Windsor Castle have?
3 What rooms are in Windsor Castle?
4 Is there a throne room in Buckingham Palace?
5 Does the queen ever sit on a throne?
6 What rooms are inside real medieval castles?
7 Does anybody live in Windsor Castle?
8 Is White House bigger than Buckingham Palace?
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10 What is special about Windsor Castle?
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Where is the throne room located in a castle?
A throne room or throne hall is the room, often rather a hall, in the official residence of the crown, either a palace or a fortified castle, where the throne of a senior figure (usually a monarch) is set up with elaborate pomp—usually raised, often with steps, and under a canopy, both of which are part of the original
How many bedrooms does Windsor Castle have?
With an incredible 1,000 rooms, Windsor castle has been in continuous occupation for more than 900 years.
What rooms are in Windsor Castle?
Windsor Castle is one of three official residences of The Queen and has been home to the Sovereign for over 900 years. The castle, after centuries of alterations, contains about 1,000 rooms and occupies 13 acres of land. Windsor castle contains many dungeons which were occupied by many famous prisoners.
Is there a throne room in Buckingham Palace?
The Throne Room at Buckingham Palace summons up the history and pageantry associated with the working Monarchy like no other space in the building. Over the past two centuries, the room has had many uses: from the setting for spectacular balls in the reign of Queen Victoria to Investitures held by King George V.
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Does the queen ever sit on a throne?
Queen Elizabeth II becomes first British monarch to sit on the throne for 25,000 days.
What rooms are inside real medieval castles?
Rooms in a Medieval Castle The Great Hall. Bed Chambers. Solars. Bathrooms, Lavatories and Garderobes. Kitchens, Pantries, Larders & Butteries. Gatehouses and Guardrooms. Chapels & Oratories. Cabinets and Boudoirs.
Does anybody live in Windsor Castle?
A Royal home and fortress for over 900 years, Windsor Castle, the largest occupied castle in the world, remains a working palace today. Every year The Queen takes up official residence in Windsor Castle for a month over Easter (March-April), known as Easter Court.
Is White House bigger than Buckingham Palace?
Like the White House in Washington, it acts as the administrative headquarters for the nations' leaders, but Buckingham Palace is over 15 times bigger than the White House. In total, it spans a mammoth 829,000 square feet compared to 55,000 at the White House, and features 775 rooms while the White House has 132.
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Windsor Castle was used as a refuge by the royal family during the Luftwaffe bombing campaigns of the Second World War and survived a fire in 1992. It is a popular tourist attraction, a venue for hosting state visits, and the preferred weekend home of Queen Elizabeth II.
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The distance between Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle is 20 miles. The road distance is 22.1 miles.
Is Buckingham Palace free?
Though the Palace is generally not open to the public, during summer you can visit its State Apartments (admission charge) and see the Queen's large garden and collection of artwork. You can however see the Changing of the Guard for free at 11.30 am every morning during summer and every second morning during winter.
How expensive is Buckingham Palace?
For the first time, new figures revealed today have put a value on Britain's most famous residence, Buckingham Palace – revealing HM The Queen's official London home to be worth a whopping £935 million (£935,031,012).
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What are the 4 stages of estrus?
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3 What is the last stage of the estrous cycle?
4 What is estrous cycle PDF?
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10 What is the difference between menstrual and estrous cycles?
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Estrus is the period when high amount of estrogen is presents in the blood. The estrogen produces the behavioral signs of estrus, such as the mounting of other cows, the willingness to stand while mounted by other cow, and general increase of activity. Estrus is followed by a 3 to 4 day period referred to as metestrus.
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What is estrous cycle PDF?
The Estrous Cycle The estrous cycle is defined as the time between periods of estrus (heat,). For the cow , heifer , and water buffalo this period averages 21 days, with a typical range of 18 to 24 days in length .
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The females of placental mammals exhibit cyclical changes in the activities of ovaries, accessory ducts and hormones during the reproductive phase.These cyclic changes are called oestrus cycle.It is sen in non-primates such as cows,sheep.
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estrus, also spelled Oestrus, the period in the sexual cycle of female mammals, except the higher primates, during which they are in heat—i.e., ready to accept a male and to mate. One or more periods of estrus may occur during the breeding season of a species.
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Estrus. Period of the estrous cycle in which the female is receptive to the male. Ovulation. Occurs, and the animal is said to be in heat. This also is called standing heat.
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What is the difference between estrous and estrus?
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It is similar to the human reproductive cycle, commonly called the menstrual cycle (ovarian and uterine cycles). The estrous cycle has four phases, namely proestrus, estrus, metestrus and diestrus and lasts for 4 to 5 days [4] (Table  1).
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The Canal du Nord (, literally Canal of the North) is a  long canal in northern France. The canal connects the Canal latéral à l'Oise at Pont-l'Évêque to the Sensée Canal at Arleux. The French government, in partnership with coal-mining companies in the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments, developed the canal to help French coal mining companies withstand foreign competition. Construction of the canal began in 1908 but halted in 1914, because of the First World War. The war caused widespread destruction of the canal and the French government made no attempt to resume construction until 1959. Construction recommenced in 1960 and the waterway opened to the public in 1965. The Canal du Nord and the Canal de Saint-Quentin may be supplanted by the Seine–Nord Europe Canal, a projected high capacity link between the Oise River at Janville and the high capacity Dunkirk-Escaut Canal.

History
Until the construction of the Canal du Nord, the Canal de Saint-Quentin was the only waterway linking the Seine basin to the north of France. The rise of the coal industry in Pas-de-Calais eventually saturated traffic on the Canal de Saint-Quentin and necessitated a new transportation link to the Île-de-France region to ensure that the northern French coal mining companies could effectively compete against their Belgian and English equivalents. In 1860, the principal coal companies in the Pas-de-Calais département grouped themselves into a , responsible for coping with transportation problems. The group expanded into the  in 1878, and began taking steps towards obtaining fundamental improvements in water connections.

A special commission of the French Ministry of Public Works conducted their first study in 1878 to find a "suitable means of putting the coal mines in a position to withstand foreign competition". The concept of the canal was included in the Freycinet Plan, a public works project whereby the government purchased railroads and built extensive new railways and waterways. Plans for the canal were presented to the Chamber of Deputies in 1882.

On 23 December 1903, the French government authorized construction of the Canal du Nord, a 93 kilometre long canal from Arleux to Pont-l'Évêque. The Canal du Nord would accommodate barges up to 300 tonnes and because it both increased waterway capacity and decreased transport distance, it was expected to decrease freight costs by up to 30%.

In 1908 construction began on the canal. Under the plan, coal-mining companies contributed one-third of the construction cost and by 1914 this amounted to 23 million francs of the total 72 million francs in incurred expenses. Three quarters of the excavations, 11 locks and all of the bridges were complete, with work well advanced on the tunnels, when World War I forced a halt in construction. The war resulted in widespread destruction of the canal and the French government did not attempt to resume building until after World War II, when the rapid economic growth experienced by France in the 1950s saw a marked increase in bulk transport requirements between the Seine basin and the north, and it again became urgent to complete the project. The works were carried out in the early 1960s and the canal opened to navigation in 1966.

Future
The canal is expected to be abandoned and possibly even infilled in sections, when the projected parallel Seine-Nord Europe Canal has been built, as currently planned over the years 2018-2024.

Battle of Canal du Nord

The Battle of the Canal du Nord was part of a general Allied offensive against German positions on the Western Front during the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I. The battle took place along an incomplete portion of the Canal du Nord and on the outskirts of Cambrai between 27 September and 1 October 1918. To avoid the risk of having extensive German reserves massed against a single Allied attack, the assault along the Canal du Nord was undertaken as part of a number of closely sequenced Allied attacks at separate points along the front. It began one day after the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, one day before an offensive in the Flanders region of Belgium, and two days before the Battle of St. Quentin Canal.

En Route
 PK 0 Arleux
 PK 14 Mœuvres
 PK 48 Péronne, connection with Grande Somme
 PK 60 Épénancourt
 PK 66 Voyennes, connection with Petite Somme
 PK 92 Noyon
 PK 95 Pont-l'Évêque

See also
 Canal de l'Est
 List of canals in France

Notes

References

 Edwards-May, David. Inland Waterways of France, 8th edition (2010). pp185–187. Imray.

External links
 Canal du Nord with maps and details of places, moorings and services (by the author of Inland Waterways of France, Imray)
 Navigation details for 80 French rivers and canals (French waterways website section)

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Canals opened in 1965

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Study Of The Novel The Bluest Eye
Study of the novel the bluest eyeIn the tragic novel, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Pecola Breedlove, an eleven-year-old black girl is a victim of racial self-loathing and rape by her father which results in pregnancy. Pecola grows up in an abusive and unloving family. She longs to disappear from the face of the Earth to rid her of her problems. Writers often highlight the values of a culture or a society by using characters who are alienated from that culture. In the tragic story, The Bluest Eye, the writer shows existing social problems throughout the story. Through the life of Pecola Breedlove, the protagonist, the writer provides a clear example of how widespread racism, sexism, and ...view middle of the document...
The Jim Crow law made it legal to segregate the races in public facilities (Beth). In a white person's point of view of that time, black people were nothing, not even human. Even a young boy in the society was taught to be racist. This young boy is seen to be bullying Pecola for being black in public places such as the playground."It was their contempt for their own blackness that gave the first insult its teeth. They seemed to have taken all of their smoothly cultivated ignorance, their exquisitely learned self-hatred, their elaborately designed hopelessness and sucked it all up into a fiery cone of scorn that had burned for ages in the hollows of their minds - cooled - and spilled over lips of outrage, consuming whatever was in its path (101)"During the nineteen century, people in America generally had the wrong concept and a wrong standard for beauty, as they thought that only people with white skin are beautiful, which is racism. This racial stereotype can be seen through Pecola because she does not find herself beautiful, as she was taught to believe that only white is pretty. Pecola will not learn to notice her own beauty, because no one else will support her into believing it. At one point Pecola passes a patch of dandelions as she walks into Mr. Yacobowski's store. She got confused when she remembered that people say "Why, she wonders, do people call them weeds? She thought theywere pretty" (47). Yet after suffering the embarrassment of Mr. Yacobowski's disapproving stare, the faint glimmer of happiness Pecola sees in dandelion is destroyed. When she passes the dandelion again she says, "They are ugly. They are weeds" (50).She has unloaded society's dislike of her to the dandelions. Beauty is a very important thing to everyone although "It had occurred to Pecola some time ago that if her eyes, those eyes that held the pictures, and knew the sights-if those eyes of hers were different, that is to say, beautiful, she herself would be different" (46). The narrator states if what Pecola believed changed, her life would be different. If her eyes were beautiful, then her desire for blue eyes is completely unnecessary, as she wants to reach what people believed to be beautiful. It is also noted that she would be treated evenly within the white society, if she thinks she had blue eyes.Sexist views exist within the life of Pecola Breedlove; many of which are not the fondest of memories. All women that are born with Pecola's ethnicity are abused both by the white male and female characters. In this period of time, women were not equals of man. Sexism is still as prominent in the mid 1900's as the early 1900's. Even the most innocent of kids had created dark memories in Pecola's life. In The Blues Eyes, a group of boys was seen harassing Pecola because she was a black female. Morrison illustrates in an interview that Pecola's life is an imitation of the real experiences of a black female....
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BASEBALL SPORTS
Softball finish week strong away from home
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After struggling out of the gate, the team finished the week winning three of their last five games
The Maverick softball team had a long week of play this past week, with five games being played within a stretch this past weekend with back-to-back losses.
The first set of games of the week took place on Friday, where they experienced devastating losses to both Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern State.
Despite throwing a career-high eight strikeouts, Mackenzie Ward suffered a loss at the hands of the Gorillas.
Cori Kennedy batted in the only run of the night for the Mavericks in the third inning, sending Jessica Miedl home to score the lone run.
Kennedy, along with Esselman and Bastian, had two hits.
Freshman Julia Bastian tripled in one of her two at bats.
In the second game of the day versus Missouri Southern State, there was a lot more action at the dish. The Lions defeated Minnesota State, 13-11. The Lions got out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first before the Mavericks responded back with 6 runs of their own. The highlight of the inning was a two-run home run by junior
McKenzie Paap, the first of the season for the outfielder.
Following a one run inning by the Lions, the Mavs came out gunning. In particular, sophomore Amber Kral homered to bring the lead up 8-5. Despite the aggressiveness at the plate by the softball squad, Missouri Southern State responded even stronger, tying the game at 8 in the 4th and driving in 4 more runs in to take a 12-8 lead going into 6th. Unfortunately, the team fell short trying to rally, falling to defeat 13-11.
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Zhong Ding, Karin F.K. Ejendal, Monica Soto Velasquez, Michael P. Hayes, Nicholas Santoro, Martha J. Larsen and Val J. Watts
Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics December 19, 2019, jpet.119.261255; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/jpet.119.261255
Zhong Ding
Purdue University;
Karin F.K. Ejendal
Monica Soto Velasquez
Michael P. Hayes
Martha J. Larsen
Val J. Watts
Heterologous sensitization of adenylyl cyclase (AC) is revealed as enhanced or exaggerated AC/cAMP signaling that occurs following persistent activation of Gαi/o-coupled receptors. This paradoxical phenomenon was discovered more than forty years ago and was proposed as a cellular mechanism to explain the adaptive changes that occur following chronic exposure to drugs of abuse. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of heterologous sensitization of AC remain largely unknown. In the present study, we performed a genome-wide cell-based RNA interference (RNAi) screen as an unbiased approach to identify genes associated with heterologous sensitization of AC. Following a series of validation and confirmation assays, three genes that form an E3 ligase complex, CUL3, NEDD8, and RBX1, were identified as specific modulators of heterologous sensitization of AC. Furthermore, based on the downstream actions of these genes, we evaluated the activity of proteasome inhibitors as well as the specific NEDD8-activating enzyme inhibitor, MLN4924 (Pevonedistat), in AC sensitization. We demonstrate that MG-132 and bortezomib treatments could mimic the inhibitory effects observed with gene knockdown, and MLN4924 was potent and efficacious in blocking the development of heterologous sensitization of endogenous and recombinant AC isoforms including AC1, AC2, AC5, and AC6. Together, by using genetic and pharmacological approaches we identified, for the first time, cullin3-RING ligases and the protein degradation pathway as essential modulators for heterologous sensitization of AC.
SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The present study used genome-wide cell-based RNA interference (RNAi) screening against >18,000 individual genes to identify three genes that form an E3 ligase complex, CUL3, NEDD8, and RBX1, as specific modulators of heterologous sensitization of AC. The effect of CUL3, NEDD8, or RBX1 siRNAs on heterologous sensitization was recapitulated by the small molecule proteasome inhibitors, MG132 and bortezomib, and the specific NEDD8-activating enzyme (NAE) inhibitor, MLN4924. These results suggest a novel hypothesis where protein degradation is involved in the sensitization of AC signaling that occurs following chronic activation of Gαi/o-coupled receptors.
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In recent years, I have noticed a substantial increase in the use of native shrubs for the home garden. Many are diverse and beautiful while growing well in local climates, and those with winter interest have the added benefit of year-round beauty. Quite a few native evergreen shrubs from our region have exceptional landscape value.
In my own neighborhood, I have seen an interest in native plants, both from the average gardener that plants a just few natives to the avid gardener that plants all natives. While the intention is noteworthy, there are a few cultural requirements that homeowners must consider beforehand. Just because a plant is a local native does not mean it is the right plant for the home garden. If you are going to plant natives, do some research native plants in your area and their natural habitats. Consider the soil, elevation, and location of the plant with respect to sun and shade before planting it in your yard. Shrub size and habit also matter.
Another option is relying on the knowledge and experience of others. Here are seven Pacific Northwest native plants that I can recommend. They all look good and perform well in home landscapes, and many have berries (some edible and some not) that are enjoyed by birds and other wildlife. One or more might be suitable for your garden.
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The Oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium) is the state flower of Oregon. It is well known in American landscapes with its glossy, green, holly-like leaves and early clusters of yellow flowers that are followed by stems with blue fruit. The early yellow flowers are an important source of food for hummingbirds, and the fruits are of favorite of native birds.
Salal (Gaultheria shallon) is one of the best known of the native landscape plants from this region. Shrubs usually reach only 1 to 2 feet in height, making it an excellent shrubby ground cover. Long clusters of white or pinkish flowers appear in spring, followed by blue-black fruits that are attractive to many birds. Its evergreen leaves look clean and attractive through winter.
The semi-evergreen salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis) is a thorny shrub with a growth habit similar to that of raspberries. It is very easy to grow and has reddish-pink flowers that are followed by raspberry-like berries that vary in color from yellow to red. Salmonberry can form dense thickets that provide good cover for many native birds in addition to fruits. The berries are also edible to humans, but they are somewhat dry and not as tasty as raspberries, blackberries, or loganberries.
The native greenleaf manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula) is another well-known garden plant that is tough enough to be used in highway landscaping. Hummingbirds gravitate to the pinkish early spring flowers. Manzanita leaves are usually green to gray-green, and the small, bell-shaped flowers look pretty early in the season and develop into edible summer fruits. One of the outstanding features of this shrub is its coppery bark, which adds to its showy evergreen leaves.
Coast silk tassel (Garrya elliptica) can reach 12 to 15 feet in height and is sometimes trained as a small tree. Plants have either male or female flowers, so you need to plant more than one if you want the fruits provided by the female plants. The notable male catkins (tassels) can reach 6 to 8 inches long. Purple fruits hang on the female plants later in the season until they are eaten by birds. This is an excellent foliage plant that needs well-drained soil. For a shrub with exceptionally long catkins, plant the male variety 'James Roof'.
These are just some of the many native evergreen shrubs that are being used in western home gardens and landscapes. Many more choices exist, and with just a little research, you should be able to find one that will fit well into your garden.


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Read This with Cydney 6:55 am on June 4, 2018
New Read Mondays
Hey there THS readers,
This Monday I am actually going back to the last couple of books I haven't finished. Some I just lost interest in because I felt the author was setting up the story to continue without giving me my happy ending, and who doesn't love a happy ending, or I wasn't swept up in the thrill of the story. This week I am going to try my best to push through most of these stories and of course get one step closer to my reading goals.
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Hey TH*S readers, it's Friday!
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