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Talking about Inside Edge 3, while the second season saw Vikrant waiting in the shadows and laying the foundation to strike back, the third season revolves around Vikrant's saga and how he avenges the betrayal. The new season will stream on Prime Video from December 3.
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The upcoming season of 'Inside Edge 3' will showcase Vivek Oberoi's character of Vikrant Dhawan seeking revenge from his mentor, who cut him loose in Season 1. The actor, who has been getting rave reviews for his portrayal of the character, revealed as to what his parents think of his performance in the series. Inside Edge 3: New Season Of Vivek Oberoi, Richa Chadha, Aamir Bashir's Show To Premiere On Amazon Prime Video On December 3 (View Poster).
Talking about his mother Yashodhara Oberoi's opinion about his work, the actor said, "My maa is my biggest supporter and die-hard fan. However, she is yet to watch the second or third episode of season one. The reason being, she can't see her son as the meanie that he is in 'Inside Edge'". Inside Edge Season 3: Akshay Oberoi Starts Dubbing for Amazon Prime Video's Sports-Drama Series.
Meanwhile, Vivek Oberoi's father, the veteran actor Suresh Oberoi has watched all the episodes of both the seasons. Sharing as to what his father thinks of his work, Vivek adds, "Unlike my mother, my father is my biggest critic. While he is supportive of my work, given the fact that he is one of the finest actors in the industry, he also views my work through a critical prism."
"I look forward to his feedback and his words have always stood me in good stead in the long run. As for my turn as Vikrant Dhawan, I think my father liked my portrayal. My performance is inspired by his role in the 1981 film 'Shradhanjali' which won him innumerable awards during that time. The negative character he essayed in that film had an easy, cool and smiling demeanour, unlike the villains of the times who wore their villainy on their sleeves", he concluded.
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Legendary southern rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd have announced that they will play three shows in the UK next year.
The Sweet Home Alabama singers are set to gig in Manchester, Glasgow and London in April 2015.
"People may say, 'they need the money,' well I don't think any of us need the money, it's just that we love the music, it's bigger than the money, it's not even about that any more. We have to make a living, sure, but it's about the legacy of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and what it stands for, what the fans are all about. There's nothing like getting out there playing a great show with Skynyrd and seeing people love this music." – Van Zant
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50 years have gone by since the days the juvenile Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs wandered the streets of Hannover, which was just awakening from post war paralysis, with a barrow carrying their instruments and amplifiers. In these 50 years, they have become Germany's, or rather Continental Europe's most successful rock band, the living proof that not only VW, Mercedes or BMW are able to compete internationally, but classic rock music made in Germany as well. Countless bands, including the Smashing Pumpkins as well as Green Day, Korn, System Of A Down or Queensryche have covered songs by the Scorpions throughout the years. "Rock You Like A Hurricane" on its own was covered over 150 times by different musicians.
Expressing a career like the one of the Scorpions in mere numbers is almost impossible. However, one number that should still be mentioned is more than 100 million records sold to date. This makes the Scorpions the most successful rock band of Continental Europe by far.
Below, there is a small – far from complete – selection of further milestones from fifty years of Scorpions history:
Records sold worldwide: more than 100,000,000 units
Certified album sales in the four most important markets: 22 million
First album in the US Billboard 200: 1979 Lovedrive (#55)
Top Ten positions in the US Billboard 200:
1988 Savage Amusement (#5)
1984 Love At First Sting (#6)
1982 Blackout (#10)
Billboard top hard rock albums (Top Ten only):
2010 Sting In The Tail (2)
2012 Comeblack (#7)
2014 MTV Unplugged (#7)
Billboard hit singles (Top Ten only):
1982 No One Like You (#1)
1991 Wind Of Change (#2)
1989 I Can't Explain (#5)
1988 Rhythm Of Love (#6)
1990 Tease Me, Please Me (#8)
1991 Send Me An Angel (#8)
1993 Alien Nation (#10)
In Germany, the Scorpions have sold more than one million copies of "Crazy World" alone – and with this, in the rock genre easily draw even with Nirvana (Nevermind), AC/DC (Back In Black) or Guns'N Roses (Use Your Illusion I). They deservedly received double platinum for it in 1991. Like in Switzerland and Canada as well, by the way. Additionally, "Sting In The Tail" (1991) and the single "Wind Of Change" (1991) were awarded platinum in Germany. Incidentally, the latter was No.1 in seven countries! The complete inventory of worldwide gold awards is simply too extensive to be listed here.
However, countless silver, gold and platinum awards are only one side of the Scorpions' history. Another is their unabated desire to travel. No other rock band of their caliber after so many years takes to the stage as often as the Hannover natives. They have played thousands of concerts in all corners of the planet: in Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Moscow, Washington, Dubai, Paris or Berlin.
In 1988, they were the first Western rock band to play sold-‐out shows five days in a row in the then still Soviet Leningrad. Pioneering achievements elsewhere as well: through very early concerts in China and Southeast Asia, they have opened doors for many other Western bands.
They've swept the board big time in Brazil in 1995 at the legendary "Rock in Rio" festival, when other German bands could at best dream of foreign countries. The performance is documented on the epochal live album "World Wide Live", which was the band's final breakthrough in the US, for all time cementing their reputation as one of the planet's hottest live bands.
And then there was the 1989 "Moscow Music Peace" festival, where the Scorpions ultimately conquered Russia, inspiring Klaus Meine to write the track that not much later became the theme song to the Iron Curtain's final fall: "Wind of Change".
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MANILA -- Chef Sharwin Tee is a reluctant celebrity.
After completing his AB Communications degree from Ateneo de Manila University, he entered culinary school and graduated with honors from the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts in Vancouver, Canada in 2003.
Opening his own restaurant, hosting a cooking show on TV and launching a book were not foremost in his game plan. Although those things are not far from his mind, Tee cannot be any happier and more thrilled about his present culinary fame.
The Quirky Bacon was his restaurant that opened in San Juan and ran for a couple of years. The dining place undeniably captured the kitchen philosophy of Tee.
His first book, "Curiosity Got the Chef," released in 2014, was a cookbook of recipes tied to Tee's former show of the same title that ran for seven seasons on the Lifestyle Network.
Recently, he came out with his second book, "So, You Want To Be A Chef?" and offered it initially to traditional publishers around.
Finally, Anvil gave its nod. The book just came out on bookstores last week.
"So, You Want To Be A Chef?" is a memoir detailing Tee's journey from a six-year-old kid mesmerized by a cooking show to becoming a chef and a TV host of a cooking show.
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With the new book, Tee aims to give aspiring chefs a real glimpse of the food industry.
"If you're unsure whether or not you want to become a chef, read this book first," Tee said. "The book is cheaper at only P350. You pay half a million for a culinary course, but midway into the course, you will say, 'Ayoko na. Hindi ko pala kaya.' I suggest you read the book first."
In "So, You Want To Be A Chef?," Tee acknowledged celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain, to whom he dedicated his second book. "To Tony Bourdain, whose words always echo what's in my heart," Tee wrote. "He was an inspiration to me."
ADVENTUROUS CHEF AND FOODIE
Tee has become known for his quirky and innovative twists on traditional Filipino food and Chinese-Filipino cuisine. He also has web shows like "Bet You Didn't Know" and "Not Safe for the Hungry."
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He cooks in "weird" places, like on top of a volcano in Camiguin. "I'm no daredevil, but the house is there. We just cooked outside the house near the volcano," he allowed.
Asked how he differs from other chefs around, Tee insists he's not a stickler for rules. "Even in the cuisine, I'm a very democratic chef. I don't believe in authentic things. I feel like authenticity depends on the maker. If it's authentic to you, then it's authentic."
Undoubtedly, he's an adventurous chef. "I promised to eat everything at least twice," Tee pointed out. He has no qualms about trying everything, from mole crickets – "camaro, they're actually very good" – to frogs and even crocodiles, "which tastes like chicken."
In Australia, Tee tasted kangaroo. "It's very good. It's similar to beef." In Africa, he remembers eating zebra. "Parang matigas na beef. Very exotic."
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When he was younger, Tee swears he had the "not-so-pleasant experience" of eating snake. "I had the soup. I think it was not only cooked that well."
Still, he will not stop trying out different food and exploring dishes. "What could be kadiri to you could be a delicacy or a tradition to some people," Tee reasoned. "For me, you should try whatever is given to you."
To date, Tee has cooked for a number of celebrities, including former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, erstwhile Eraserheads vocalist Ely Buendia when he had a heart issue many years ago, singer Dia Frampton of "The Voice" and more recently, Vice President Leni Robredo in her New Manila office.
"During the campaign, VP Leni traveled everywhere," Tee shared. "I messaged her, 'You need a break.' The campaign was really tiring and tedious. I told her, 'When you're no longer busy, let me cook for you.' A few months after she won, she found time and I did get to cook for her."
COOKING FOR BEA ALONZO
Two years ago, Tee had the thrill of his life when he cooked for actress Bea Alonzo, to fulfill a two-decade long dream since he was in college.
"When I graduated from college, Bea started on TV," Tee recalled. "I told my friends, 'This girl is really my crush. I'll give myself 20 years and find a way to really know her and cook for her'."
Tee's friend, TV director Katski Flores, who directed Alonzo in a teleserye before, told him, "Mabait naman si Bea. Why don't you just post something on Instagram?"
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Subsequently, Tee came up with a gimmick. "I cooked 40 dishes and I posted every dish on Instagram. Whatever she likes, she can pick her choice," he offered.
"I tagged her in every post. The first one I posted was scallops with broccoli. Then I did prawns with butter and an okra dish with beef, because I learned she likes okra."
One fine day, when Alonzo's schedule matched with Tee's, the chef got to cook for the actress. He described his meeting with Alonzo as "crazy." There was no TV coverage or any reporter around to document the moment. Alonzo came with her manager and a few people from Star Cinema.
Tee was simply so grateful that cooking for Alonzo did happen. "I didn't even want to post anything about it to make myself famous," Tee explained. "So, there was really no video of that meeting."
Tee has become a guest chef for Discovery Shores in Boracay, the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao and the Holiday Inn in Makati. He also works as a restaurant consultant, doing research, staff training and development menu composition for soon-to-open restaurants.
To date, Tee has held over 20 successful pop-up dinners in the country and abroad, including sold-out stops in San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis.
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Easy Healthy Comfort Food: Chicken Picatta, an easy weeknight dinner recipe that you can make in less than 30 minutes! Perfect for weeknight entertaining too!
Life can get crazy but you still want to eat good food. Today's recipe for Easy Healthy Comfort Food: Chicken Picatta is favorite at our house. The recipe can be made in about 30 minutes and it fits the description of New Comfort food! Being made in lest than 30 minutes with just a few ingredients. It's easy and it's healthier than most options. The recipe is a lighter take on a classic recipe so you can indulge without guilt! New Comfort Food fits with in todays lifestyle with balance in your life.
We love chicken in our family! We like it any way: fried, baked, grilled or sautéed just to name a few. But we're watching our calorie intake so Im trying to avoid making a lot of fried foods. This recipe for Easy Healthy Comfort Food: Chicken Picatta not only isn't deep friend, but you use a boneless, skinless chicken breast so its a little bit healthier too.
This Easy, Healthy, comfort Food: Chicken Picatta is comfort food at its best without all the time it usually takes to make our families favorite recipes. This recipe is made from start to finish in less than 30 minutes! I love that because no matter how stressful and busy my day has been I can still make a great tasting meal at home instead of going out!
When I was researching what piccata origins are I thought it was interesting that it isn't really in many Italian cookbooks. This article from Seattle PI talks about how they found that most people think piccata was invented by Italian Americans in the 1930's. What everyone does agree on whether it be made with Veal or Chicken is that it is very thin pieces of meat, lightly breaded and sauteed in butter with a lemon added to the sauce. All I can tell you for sure is that it is delicious!
This recipe is an updated version of one I found in one of my Mom's old cookbooks. The original recipe called for 1/3 cup of butter. I lightened this recipe up by using olive oil, and a LOT less than 1/3 cup. When I made this recipe I had purchased the full size chicken breasts so I cut them in half (to make them thinner) to shorten the cooking time.
This recipe for Easy, Healthy, comfort Food: Chicken Picatta uses a very small amount of flour, but it is enough to give you a thickened sauce to spoon over your meal. I mean look at it, its velvety smooth, but is light enough you won't feel guilty eating this new comfort food!
Easy/Hard: Easy, the hardest part of this recipe is cutting the chicken breasts to make them thinner.
Make Ahead: No. This recipe takes about 30 minutes, so you can make it and serve it immediately.
Suggestions: This recipe for Easy Healthy Comfort Food: Chicken Picatta is great to make if you are having some company on a weeknight. Because you have most things in your pantry to make it, and it takes less than 30 minutes its easy to make after a long day of work. The meal looks impressive, and the velvety sauce is loved by all who have it. Serve it alone with a veggie, or atop pasta.
Cocktail Suggestion: Use the rest of the bottle of wine you used to make it. I use a Prosecco or a light white wine.
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Heat a large skillet to high, then add 2 tablespoons olive oil and swirl to coat entire skillet.
Dredge chicken breast to coat both sides evenly in flour.
Leaving plenty of room between the breasts, place floured chicken in skillet cooking in batches until golden brown on each side, about 5 minutes.
Remove chicken to plate and finish all chicken.
Reduce heat to medium and add last tablespoon of olive oil to pan then add shallots and cook for 5 minutes, add flour and cook one minute more.
Add wine, wait 30 seconds then add lemon juice and chicken broth stirring constantly.
Place Chicken breasts back to the pan into the sauce.
Continue cooking until chicken has cooked through completely, about 10-15 minutes.
Serve Chicken on a plate, spoon sauce over the top.
If you are using capers as your garnish, add the capers at the same time you add the lemon juice.
This was always one of my favorite recipes at my parent's restaurant and I rarely make it myself because I don't think it can live up to my mom's. I took a chance and made this recipe and it was better than hers! SHH don't tell!
One of my absolute favorite foods is chicken picatta but I have never made it before! I have to give your recipe a try!
When I worked at an Italian Restaurant, chicken picatta was the most popular recipe. Your recipe looks so much better than restaurant version. I bet it tastes even better. Great recipe, Michele.
Chicken piccata is one of my favorites and yours looks so delicious!
This looks good! Chicken Picatta is one of my favorite dinners!
Chicken picatta is one of my family's favorites! I make it on Christmas Day!!
We made this dish and it was amazing. That chicken is like nothing I've ever made. This will be a repeat in our house. Thank you for sharing.
Such a classic recipe. My family will love it when I make this for them.
We love chicken piccata, and I always forget about it when I'm doing my meal planning. I might have to throw it on the list for next week!
Your recipes look so tasty but I wish you would add the nutritional info to them,we are cutting back on carbs and sugars and it would make it so much easier for us.
The sauce on this is to die for! Love love love this!!
I can see why it's a favorite!
Yum, yum, yum! There is something about chicken picatta that I find addictive!
Chicken picatta is indeed a real comfort feed and your version does indeed look very velvety-looking. Nice recipe.
I love how comfort food can still be healthy – this looks like my kind of meal!
I've never made Chicken Picatta, but it sounds delicious and easy. I am going to have to give this a try. I think my family will love it.


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Michael Butter has been Professor of American Literary and Cultural History at the University of Tübingen since 2014. He received his PhD from the University of Bonn in 2007 and his Habilitation from the University of Freiburg in 2012. He is the author of four monographs: The Epitome of Evil: Hitler in American Fiction, 1939–2002 (New York: Palgrave, 2009), Plots, Designs, and Schemes: American Conspiracy Theories from the Puritans to the Present (Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2014), Der »Washington-Code«: Zur Heroisierung amerikanischer Präsidenten, 1775-1865 (Göttingen: Wallstein, 2016), and "Nichts ist, wie es scheint": Über Verschwörungstheorien (Berlin: Suhrkamp, 2018), a German introduction to conspiracy theories aimed at a general audience which was translated into English as The Nature of Conspiracy Theories (London: Polity, 2020). Translations into Portuguese and Polish were published in 2022.
He is the Principal Investigator of the ERC project "Populism and Conspiracy Theory" and one of the PI's of the CHANSE project "Researching Europe, Digitilisation and Conspiracy Theory".
Michael Butter's research interests include conspiracy theories and populism, the colonial period and the Early Republic, popular culture, the poetics of contemporary TV shows, the construction of heroes and their cultural functions, and American culture after 9/11. From 2016 to 2020, he was Vice Chair of the COST Action "Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories." Since April 2020, he has been Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded project "Populism and Conspiracy Theory." His expertise is frequently sought by media outlets in Germany, Europe and North America, and he has contributed op-eds to, among others, Die Zeit, FAZ, Der Spiegel and The Conversation. He serves on the advisory board of veritas, which offers counseling for people affected by conspiracy theory, and the project Decoding Antisemitism. In July 2021 he was awarded the Tübingen Prize for Knowledge Communication.
(ed. with Peter Knight) Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective. London/New Yord: Routledge, 2023. Available in open access: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003330769/covid-conspiracy-theories-global-perspective-michael-butter-peter-knight
(with Peter Knight) "Introduction: Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective." Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective. Ed. Michael Butter and Peter Knight. London: Routledge, 2023. 3-12.
"Conspiracy Theories in Germany, Austria and Switzerland." Covid Conspiracy Theories in Global Perspective. Ed. Michael Butter and Peter Knight. London: Routledge, 2023. 208-20.
"Conspiracy Theory after Trump." Social Research: An International Quarterly 89.3 (2022): 787–809.
"Verschwörungstheorien zu 9/11." Asiatische Studien – Études Asiatiques. Zeitschrift der Schweizerischen Asiengesellschaft – Revue de la Société Suisse-Asie 76.2 (2022): 231–46.
"Eine gute Ausgangsposition. Verschwörungstheorien als Herausforderung für die Demokratie." Zur Zukunft der Demokratie. 36 Perspektiven. Ed. Frank-Walter Steinmeier. München: Siedler, 2022. 141-148.
"Bad History, Useless Prophecy: The 'Paranoid Style' Revisited." symploke 29.1/2 (2021): 21–42. [Peer- reviewed]
"Conspiracy Theories – Conspiracy Narratives." DIEGESIS. Interdisciplinary E-Journal for Narrative Research/Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung 10.1 (2021): 97–100.
(with Birte Christ) "9/11 – Der 11. September 2001." Die Geschichte hinter dem Bild. Ed. Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen. Erfurt: LZT, 2021.
"Why Do We Believe in Conspiracy Theories?" Cicero Foundation Great Debate Paper 23.3. (2021): 1–16.
"Das Bild Amerikas in Hollywoodfilmen und Fernsehserien." Länderbericht USA. Eds. Andrew Denison et al. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2021. 311–320. Print.
"Verschwörungstheorien: Eine Einführung." Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 71.35–36 (2021): 4–11. Print.
The ERC-funded project "Populism and Conspiracy Theory (PACT)" investigates the significance of conspiracy theories for populist movements in four European countries and two in the Americas. The project is scheduled to run until March 2025. The PI, Michael Butter, and his team (one postdoc and four PhD students) will employ a combination of discourse analysis and ethnographic methods to study the connections between populism and conspiracy theories in online and offline discourses in Austria, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Brazil and the United States. Michael Butter will focus on right- and left-wing populism during the 2020 presidential election campaigns.
The CHANSE-funded project "Researching Europe, Digitilisation and Conspiracy Theory (REDACT)" analyzes how digitalization shapes the form, content, and consequences of conspiracy theories, including online sociality and offline actions and effects. Rather than see digitalisation as a process that has universal outcomes, or conspiracy theories as the same over space and time, REDACT considers online conspiracy theories and counter-publics in different European regions (Western Europe, Central Europe, the Baltics, and the Balkans) in order to make robust and nuanced recommendations about conspiracy theories—a particularly durable form of mis- and disinformation—for policy makers, media regulators, fact-checking and extremism-monitoring organisations, as well as the internet companies themselves.
Michael Butter is currently writing From Panem to the Pandemic: An Introduction to Cultural Studies. The book, which is under contract with Narr and scheduled to be published in fall 2023, aims to introduce first-year students to the basic concepts and methods of cultural studies.
Between 2016-2020, The COST Action "Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories" synthesized and moved forward the European research on conspiracy theories. The network comprised more than 160 scholars from 40 countries and over a dozen disciplines. In March 2020, the Routledge Handbook for Conspiracy Theories was published which provides the most comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon to date. Additionally, recommendations for dealing with conspiracy theories, educational material and an extended bibliography of academic research on conspiracy theories have been made available for the project website.
In 2016 and 2017 Michael Butter worked on a general introduction to conspiracy theories which was published to great acclaim in 2018. The updated and revised English translation was published by Polity Press in fall 2020.
Between 2012 and 2016, Michael Butter was a member of the Collaborative Research Center "Heroes – Heroizations – Heroisms" at the University of Freiburg and directed a project on "New Washingtons? The Heroization of American Presidents from the Revolution to Reconstruction." He wrote a short monograph about this topic as well as articles on the heroization of William Henry Harrison and Donald Trump. Another important outcome of the project is a database of nearly 2,000 poems written on American presidents between 1789 and 1865.
Between 2009 and 2012, Michael Butter worked on the history of conspiracy theories in American culture from the Puritans to the present. The resulting monograph, which focuses on the 19th century, was published in 2014.
Between 2005 and 2008, Michael Butter was a member of the network "The Futures of (European) American Studies," which discussed possible venues for the discipline in the 21st century. Funded by the German Research Council, the project organized a number of conferences and edited a collection of essays.
Between 2004 and 2007, Michael Butter pursued a PhD project that investigated how American literature employs the figure of Adolf Hitler to negotiate genuinely American concerns. The project resulted in a monograph published in 2009 and a number of articles on literary and visual representations of Hitler, Nazism and the Holocaust and the genre of alternate history in which they frequently occur.
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The Karen, pronounced Kah- Ren (emphasis on the second syllable), are indigenous to the Thailand-Burma border region in Southeast Asia and are one of the many ethnic groups in Burma. There are Karen people throughout the country presently known as Burma or Myanmar. The Karen people live in the hilly eastern border region of Myanmar, primarily in Karen State, in Kayah State (Karenni State), southern Shan State (MoBye Region), Ayeyarwady Division (Irrawaddy Division), Southern Kawthoolei (Tenasserim Coastal Region) and in western Thailand. Karen State, "Kaw Thoo Lei", is a heavily forested, mountainous strip of land that forms a divider between Thai and Burmese people, as well as between the people and the Irrawaddy delta within Burma/Myanmar.
Traditionally, most Karen people are farmers who cultivate "hill rice". They live in villages that are small clearings in the forest. Houses are made entirely of bamboo and thatch. A nearby stream or river may provide a place for villagers to bathe, do washing, and collect drinking water. Life follows a seasonal pattern of planting and harvesting rice.
Each year in Karen state, usually during the dry season, the Burmese military attacks Karen villages. The military often burns down the entire village, destroying rice stocks and supplies that enable a community to survive. If the residents of these villages are able to escape, they go into hiding as Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the surrounding forest. Life as an IDP is extremely difficult and many people become malnourished and infected with malaria. It is quite common for Karen people to have become IDPs several times in their lives. They often return to their villages when the Burmese army leaves the area.
Nearly half the population in Burma's Delta that was hit by the cyclone in May 2008 was ethnic Karen. Many of the new arrivals in the U.S. have family in this area and it must be very difficult for them not to be able to help or contact their family members in the country.
Little is known about the early history of the Karen. There are various theories regarding their migration from Tibet, China and through SE Asia most likely in stages. The Karen are an ethnic group historically and currently differentiated from neighboring populations including the Burmans, Thai, Mon and Shan. However, when the British colonized the area of contemporary Burma/Myanmar in 1886, the various ethnic nationalities were grouped within one country.
Throughout British rule and particularly around WWII, tension between the Karen and the Burmans was intensified. During WWII, the Karen aligned with the British and the Burmans with the Japanese. With the Japanese invasion of Burma, many atrocities were committed against the Karen by the Burmans as well as by the Japanese. When the British were negotiating independence after WWII, the Karen advocated for independence from Burma and for their own land. The Karen National Union (KNU) was established in early 1947. However, the British promise to consider the case of the Karen went unacknowledged upon Burma's independence in 1948.
For a brief period after independence, the Karen attempted to live peacefully with the Burman majority, and some Karen even held government and army positions of leadership. However, in the fall of 1948, the Burmese government sponsored political militias known as Sitwundan, separate from the regular army. In January 1949, some Sitwundan attacked Karen villages and later that month, the Army Chief of Staff General Smith Dun, a Karen, was removed from his position and imprisoned. The Karen National Defense Organization (KNDO) fought to protect communities.
A stable government was never established within Burma/Myanmar. Any attempts at negotiations among the ethnic groups including the Karen were destroyed by assassination and military oppression. The Karen were joined by many other ethnic groups including the Shan, the Chin, the Kachin and the Mon in the development of ethnic resistance armies.
A military regime has been in power in Burma since the 1962 coup. It has increased the size of the military to 400,000 soldiers. In Karen State, the regime created a "Four Cuts Campaign" in which forced relocation and free-fire zones were employed to take away life-sustaining resources from the civilian Karen population. When the Burmese military takes over an area, the local people are forcibly removed to relocation sites, forced to labor for the military and used as human?land mine detectors. Women are often raped.
More well-known to the outside world, the military regime oppresses its internal Burman population. In 1988 there was a student uprising and many people were killed. Many students fled to the border regions and were taken in by the Karen. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was democratically elected in 1990 and the military placed her under house arrest until this day. There are many political prisoners in Burma. The monks' uprising of 2007 was in response to the regimes oppression. While these developments have occurred, the military regime continues to enact what some have termed "genocide" policies in the ethnic areas.
There are three main Karen languages and many dialects. The Main types are S'ghaw (pronounced Skaw) Karen, Eastern Pwo Karen and Western Pwo Karen. Sometimes people also have different accents that make it difficult to understand each other. For interpretation purposes, one should ask if the patient speaks S'ghaw or Pwo Karen. The common language will generally be S'ghaw as a lot of the Pwo Karen will also speak S'ghaw, but the S'ghaw Karen don't necessarily speak Pwo. It is very important to have interpreters available who speak S'ghaw. Some of the Pwo Karen from the city don't speak S'ghaw at all, but will speak Burmese. Most of the people from the border do not speak Burmese. I t is the language of the Burmese military oppressor and should be used only as a last resort in interpretation with Karen refugees. If it is the only option for communication, then the patient should be consulted and given the choice of accepting the interpretation or not. A small percentage of Karen speak Thai. Around 1830, a written script for the Karen was created from the Burmese alphabet by an American Baptist missionary.
The Karen are addressed by given names. Traditionally, they do not have family names. This causes confusion with the system in the United States that identifies people by last names and may switch the order of the names on documents (you may find your patient by a search for their "first" name). Married couples do not share a same name. Usually Karen names mean something. For example, Bway Paw means Dew Flower. Sometimes if there is a significant event, a child will be named after the event (e.g. "uncle came"). People may have given names, and then nicknames. Sometimes people take on Western names as well. Karen are often addressed by their first names and a title that shows the relationship to the speaker. In S'ghaw Karen these titles are: Grandma (Pi) and Grandpa (Pu), Older brother (Jaw), older sister (Naw), auntie (Muah) or uncle (Di). Thra and Thramu are used for teachers and pastors. Saw is Mr. and Naw is Ms.
For those who are animists, if they have had children die, they may name a new child an unpleasant name so that the evil spirits will not want to take the child.
Elders are respected as well as teachers, pastors, priests and those with education. In the villages an elder may know traditional medicine.
Many Karen have a cultural value of not imposing on others or being quiet or less talkative. Doctors have high social status so patients may not be comfortable questioning them or expressing dissatisfaction with their treatment. Health care providers should ask open ended questions and allow opportunity for Karen patients to follow up with additional questions about their healthcare at a later time. Generally, patients consult with members of their own community about healthcare-related matters and then will have more information to follow-up with their doctor again.
Traditionally, Karen do not shake hands or bow. With experience with Western culture, people shake hands. Karen might shake with their right hand, supporting the right forearm with the left hand as it is a sign of respect to use both hands to shake.
In Sghaw Karen, people will say Good morning (Kaw Leh Ah Gay), Good Afternoon (Ni Leh Ah Gay), Good evening (Ha Leh Ah Gay) and Good Night (Na Leh Ah Gay).
When you are walking by someone, you duck and bow your head to be lower than others in the room especially if you are walking between two people having a conversation. One should avoid walking in front of those who are seated. One should walk behind them or ask for permission first.
Direct eye contact is sometimes not considered polite as it is a sign of equal status.
Normally Karen walk behind those who are elders or senior to them.
Pointing with the feet or showing the bottoms of one's feet and touching the head is disrespectful.
One does not pick up something belonging to another person. When handing something to someone, it is respectful to use two hands rather than one.
One refuses invitations to eat with each other first as a manner of respect, and then accepts modestly.
Saying "no" is often a way of being modest.
Being direct is culturally considered rude. Many Karen find American directness, loud speech, and body language uncomfortable. Decisions are usually made by consensus. Confrontation is avoided, and problems may be addressed in a group or by an intermediary. Displays of anger are not respected and should be avoided. Politeness can sometimes lead to misunderstandings of Karen within American culture, as they may not directly inform you if their needs are not being met or if they disagree.
Men and women don't traditionally touch in public. Women are very affectionate with each other, as are men with men. This might include holding hands or hugging, but not kissing. Such displays of affection do not indicate gender preference.
"The Karen are more conscious of people as opposed to time. Making and sticking to strict schedules is a difficult adjustment for many. We (Americans) might see rushing from one appointment to the next as efficient, while they (Karen) might see it as being rude to the person who is being left behind.
Related to the point above, making long range plans and setting goals is a rather new concept for most. As a rule, the Karen will take life as it happens to them.
For additional information see also "Cultural tips and trends" at Karen Konnection.
Traditionally, some marriages are arranged. If a male is interested in a female, he will usually write a letter to her expressing his interest. Wedding ceremonies depend on the religion they practice: Christian, Buddhism, or Animism. Christian ceremonies are done in a church and Buddhist ceremonies are done in the temple. Animist wedding ceremonies usually last over several days and is often a long process for the bride to prepare. The average age for people to enter into marriage is in their 20's. Not everyone has marriage certificates especially if the ceremonies were not done in the church.
After marriage, a husband will come to live with his wife and her parents. If one is married, traditionally, he or she will not be able to go to school. Although it is rare, divorce occurs and the children will stay with the mother. Males and females typically will not live together before marriage, but this value is changing with time.
Patients will generally feel more comfortable with same-gender interpreters due to the healthcare issues that may be discussed during their hospital visits.
People in the past have had many children. It is common for many generations to live close to each other. Children are watched by everyone in the community. Due to the conflict in Karen state, family members have often been forced to live separately from loved ones. A patient should be asked about family involvement in their healthcare. If a patient is unconscious, families should be involved in making healthcare decisions.
Although it is more common for the daughter and her husband to stay and take care of her family, the son can also assume this responsibility. Adoption of a child is socially acceptable, especially if the birth parents are no longer able to take care of their child.
The infant mortality rate is high in Burma. As family planning is addressed in the refugee camps, people are familiar with it and some chose to use birth control such as the pill or Depo Provera. There is some opposition to birth control due to Christian beliefs. "Kids are given by God" and the use of birth control is not seen as following traditional culture. A Karen couple may want to have many babies.
In the past, when some women delivered babies as illegal migrants in Thai hospitals, they underwent forced sterilization. The doctors told them that they shouldn't become pregnant because of their health and did sterilizations. Thus, some women were afraid of this happening when they went to the hospital.
Perinatal Hepatitis B has been common for the Karen who have resettled in the US previously. Education about stopping the transmission from mother to child via medication has been conducted in Minnesota. When mothers are pregnant, they should be checked for Hepatitis B.
There is a lot of respect for pregnant women although pregnancy outside of marriage is frowned upon. When women get pregnant, there are certain things that they shouldn't do- like eat some traditional spicy foods.
A study done on Karen women in a Karen refugee camp revealed that home births with the use of traditional midwives was preferred over delivering in the hospital. Of the 89 total mothers who participated in this study, 66 women reported that shame was the reason for avoiding hospital care and delivery. For example, vaginal examinations, leg exposure from not being completely covered by their sarongs, and male health staff being present were contributors to the shame of hospital visitations and stay. Furthermore, the comforts of family and friends where there is already an establishment of close relationships and understanding were key factors in preferring traditional delivery.
Traditionally, people do not recognize birthdays. Many refugees will put their birthdays on official documents as January 1 and a year estimated to be the year of their birth.
When women deliver babies, they are treated "like queens" and there are restrictions on how much work and movement a woman does in the post partum period. In order to maintain her health, traditionally women rest for one month. For the first three days the mother should not move so the father of her children has to serve her food and shower/bathe her twice a day. A fire is put by the mother's beside to keep her warm.
Women can move around a little bit after a week but they are not allowed to go outside for about a month. This practice is meant to help a woman's body return to normal and prevent her from getting sick. It is said that in the villages where there is "nothing to help your body return to normal," women sometimes "get sick forever". (Neiman, 2007) But the women who stay indoors for a month don't get sick. During this time, they never touch cold water, and they drink and take a shower with hot or warm water. This tradition has changed some for the Karen community in the U.S.
For about one month after delivery, women often eat only rice and a soup that is a little bit hot and spicy. Turmeric, or tumeric, is a root found in the ginger family, and is dried and ground into a yellow spice commonly used in curries. Tumeric is often placed on the skin of babies, and may be mistaken for jaundice.
Babies are generally breastfed. Some are breast fed for about three years but the average is 1 ½ years. When birth control isn't used, a woman might stop breast feeding when she becomes pregnant again.
The Karen are used to their children being able to run through villages and refugee camps safely (without the fear of traffic). Karen people watch each others' children and it truly takes a village to raise a Karen child. Thus, it may be difficult for people to adjust to US child rearing practices and the restrictions on movement.
See also: Refugee Families from Burma a cultural backgrounder focused on early childhood, produced by Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (BRYCS) and the Office of Head Start's National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness (NCCLR). This resource provides general cultural information, while recognizing that every family is unique and that cultural practices will vary by household and by generation.
Education is highly respected in Karen culture. Children go to school from 5-20 years old, although some children do not start school until 10 years of age. Kindergarten is two to three years. During adolescence, some children must stay at home to take care of their younger siblings to allow their parents to work in the field. Sometimes the teenagers must work in the fields with their parents. School can get disrupted when armies invade villages and the people must flee for safety. There are no ceremonies to mark birthdays or rites of passage into adulthood. Adulthood is considered to begin around the age of 20 when people marry. All the children are responsible for their elderly parents in their old age.
The Karen people are highly skilled farmers. Crops include rice, vegetables, corn, sesame and chilies. It is not uncommon for neighbors to help one another farm. Planting tobacco near rice fields keeps the insects away. Tobacco is used for this purpose as well as for smoking. A "living fence" is used between fields to separate and maximize the space for farming. A typical Karen dish consists of rice with a variety vegetables and meat on occasion. V egetables include cucumbers, squash, bamboo shoots, eggplants, mushrooms from the forest and edible wild vegetables. Often times, families will raise livestock such as chickens, pigs and cows. If fishing is an option, they will include in their diet a very famous dish among the Karen known as "nya u" or in Burmese "ngape"? a strong-tasting dish of fermented fish pounded into a fish paste that is usually served with rice and vegetables to add flavor. Karen often flavor their meals, such as curry dishes, with chilies and add spices such as turmeric, ginger, cardamom, garlic, tamarind, and lime juice.
There are many food taboos that exist in traditional Karen culture, especially in regards to illness. For example, people who have hepatitis are told to avoid yellow foods and papaya is thought to trigger malaria. It is important to address dietary concerns with patients when an illness is diagnosed.
The Thai Burma Border Consortium provides all refugees in camps along the border with a monthly food ration. For more information on vitamin deficiencies and the disease burden experienced by the Karen and other ethnic groups from Burma, see Background on Potential Health Issues for Burmese Refugees by Office of Global Health Affairs (http://www.cacvoices.org/organizations/irrc/burmese).
A diet composed mostly of rice, salt, chilies, and some vegetables contributes to a lack of protein and vitamin deficiencies. A clinical manifestation of vitamin deficiencies in children is the appearance of lighter colored hair. Thiamine deficiency is commonly seen in pregnant women, post-partum lactating women, and young children in the villages. Thiamine deficiency can cause congestive heart failure in infants and children. Vitamin A deficiency is an important factor contributing to blindness and respiratory infections.
Patients should be encouraged to consume more foods that contain vitamin B1. Such foods include green peas, spinach, liver, beef, pork, navy beans, nuts, pinto beans, bananas, soybeans, whole-grains, enriched cereals, breads, yeast, and legumes. Vitamin B1 aids in the body's metabolism of carbohydrates and fat to produce energy.
The Karen may drink whiskey, chew tobacco, and smoke cigarettes and cheroots. Smoking is part of the culture, and some male children can begin as early as 10 years in age. Unlike some other ethnic groups from Burma, the Karen are not traditional opium producers. Some Karen villages produce marijuana, mainly harvested to sell for profit or to feed elephants and other animals. On the other hand, the prevalence of amphetamine (ya ba) use is increasing in the refugee camps. A contributing factor is the exposure of amphetamines to villages - the military distributes drugs in order to corrupt ethnic hill tribe villages, as part of the ruling SPDC's ethnic cleansing policy. The Karen also chew a seed called betel nut, which comes from the Betel Palm tree. Betel nut, containing relatively high levels of psychoactive alkaloids, is chewed for its mildly euphoric stimulant effects. However, the teeth and gums can become stained red as a result of regular betel nut chewing. Betel nut was once believed to prevent cavities, and even at one point was put into toothpastes. However, the increase in mouth ulcers and gum deterioration (leading to total loss of teeth) caused by betel chewing outweigh any positive effects. Betel nut is a carcinogen and causes oral cancer.
See also: Understanding Alcohol Use in the Karen Community (2012), a report prepared by Kaela Glass, University of Minnesota, in partnership with International Institute of Minnesota.
The Karen have five known religious beliefs: Animism, Buddhism, Christianity, the Lehkai, and Telahkon. Of these five, the majority of the Karen are Animist, Buddhist, or Christian. Christian Karen make up the leadership of the resistance to the Burmese. There has been some religious tension between the Christian and the Buddhist Karen. A Buddhist faction broke with the Christian leadership and aligned with the Burmese military.
The religious conflict between Christianity and Buddhism alongside ethnic inequality between the Pwo and S'ghaw races is the major factor in the split between the Karen National Union and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Organization (DKBA).
Before the introduction of Christian missionaries in the 1800s, many Karen worshipped a form of animism. They believed that every living thing had a K'la, or spirit, and that there was a Lord reigning over every place, rivers, forests, or mountains. Each of these Lords had a number of servants, or ghosts, created from the spirits of people who had died violent deaths, that would roam around the Karen homeland smoking pipes and armed with spears and swords. It was believed that touching them, even accidentally, would strike the victim with disease with the only cure being blood sacrifices.
Other similar legends tell of the animal spirit Na, who in ancient times had ordered the Karens to eat a mixture containing the flesh of every creature. If the Karen failed to eat each kind of flesh, then the spirit of that creature would in turn consume them. Since that time, sickness and death have come upon the Karen because they were unsuccessful in consuming the flesh of every creature.
However, the most dangerous of the spirits are a particular seven who kill the Karen. One spirit kills by the use of a tiger's mouth, another by sickness, one by old age, another by man, one by falling, another by drowning, and finally one by any other way possible.
The main belief of the Karens is that there are two separate parts to the body, the tha (soul) and the K'la (shade). The tha forms the conscience, and so deals with moral nature. On the other hand, the K'la is the flesh, concerned mainly with maintaining life. The spirits mentioned above constantly attack the K'la , therefore making protective herbs and charms a necessity in guarding against these malevolent spirits. When the body dies, the K'la is believed to leave the body and come back as the K'la of a newborn child. Furthermore, when the body sleeps, the K'la departs from the body, and so care should be given not to awaken the body before the K'la returns or else death will follow soon after.
In Karen animism, there are also many spiritual beings. The more important spiritual beings have human attributes and have the power to control the destinies of mankind. A few in this group are spirits, some who have divine, god-like powers, who are responsible for the crops, or another that is considered the ruler of hell. Even though many Karen may consider themselves as Buddhist believers, a large proportion continues to follow and believe in the traditions of animism, and often times mix the two beliefs.
Based on religion, practices differ concerning death. Christian Karen bury their dead, while Buddhists and Animists perform cremations. When a person dies, a feast is prepared and there is often chanting and drinking. Spirits are encouraged to leave the area rather than hang around the community. Ghost stories are related about deceased members of the community who have been offended and continue to haunt an area.
The idea of organ donation is very foreign. There is an idea that one's body should be kept intact when one dies.
The Karen traditional medicine borrows from both Indian Ayurvedic systems, including Alchemy, and Chinese medicine. The Karen from the remote jungles also exhibit a diversity of other folk healing traditions. Herbal medicine remains of great importance in Burma due to the lack of money for occidental medicine and the anti-imperialist (and anti-modernization) notions of the Military regime.
However, the Karen refugee community is accustomed to accessing health care through a clinic setting, as they have lived in the refugee camps where health care is provided by NGOs (non-governmental organizations). The majority of refugees prefer the services of the International NGO health centers in the camps. Still, there are traditional services available, though in insufficient quantity. There is a small network of traditional healers along the border.
Healing traditions of herbalism have been somewhat opposed by the Christian Karen, though there are efforts to revive the ancient practices. Barriers include a lack of access to the needed plants, a general resignation to apathy in the camps, and a decreased value placed on tradition especially by the youth. The health NGOs have contributed to this by not working with local healers or encouraging proven traditional practices, and prohibiting traditional midwifery.
Some people believe that modern medicine can cure their ailments, while others would prefer to use their traditional remedies if available. Sometimes people think they have bad blood and need to be bled.
There isn't a fear of occidental medicine found in other ethnic groups. Most Karen refugees have had enough contact with Western people and doctors to understand their ways quite well, and these populations probably won't have as many problems adjusting to Western care upon arrival in the States. However, refugees coming who haven't lived in the camps for very long or at all will be more likely to be afraid of any modern practices.
One interesting note is the confusion between vitamins and other medications. Karen use the same word for both and only a few people understand the difference.
Karen have a certain leaning for bitter and sour foods, especially vegetables, and many of these are eaten as a preventative. There are concepts of hot and cold, and if one is sick, it is good to have things that are thought to make the body hot. Tumeric is used medicinally both internally and on the skin. There are many food taboos (e.g. if you eat papaya it will trigger malaria). As in Thai and Ayurvedic traditions, food plays a major role in healing and maintaining health. Help adjusting to the American diet would be important for Karen.
Many Karen have experienced stomach problems and diarrhea.
A major issue among the Karen is the prevalence of gastric ulcers. It seems that it is mainly the result of mental stress in their lives and a diet high in hot chili peppers. Many meals in the past may have been simply rice and chili.
A lot of people have intestinal parasites. They don't have energy even though they eat. Some common parasites include hookworm, which can contribute to iron deficiency, and giardia.
Most Karen people have had malaria. Other health issues may be complicated by residual effects of malaria. In Thailand, malaria is rare but in the IDP areas, malaria is rampant. If one gets malaria and medication is available, a seven day course is taken and the symptoms of the disease is gone. However, many Karen think that that when they have a fever that they have a reoccurrence of malaria. In Karen, the terms for malaria is (Ta Nya Gho) and for fever is (Ta Go Taw). Malaria is so rampant that any fever is automatically considered malaria though it could be dengue fever or any other kind of fever. If you want to ask about malaria, you have to ask clearly do you have malaria with the kind of parasite that you have to take quinine treatment for. This can be very confusing for doctors as patients may come to the doctor saying that they have malaria.
Hepatitis A, B, and C are common and people are aware of Hepatitis but there is little testing for it in the refugee camps and people don't really understand the disease. The Karen Community in Minnesota related that the doctors are very sensitive when they tell a Karen person that they have Hepatitis and explain that they are carriers of the disease (if B or C). The doctors tell them not to worry and the patients feel more comfortable if the doctor will tell them directly what to do. They listen to the doctor, have check ups every six months and the doctors let them know that they can have medicine if they are bothered by the symptoms.
When people find out they have Hepatitis, they will have many questions about food. In Karen culture, there are a lot of rules about you can eat this, you cannot eat that. With Hepatitis, one can't eat any yellow fruit. As Karen have pretty limited knowledge about Hepatitis, they see one's eyes turn yellow with Hepatitis so food that is yellow is avoided. Hepatitis is called "liver disease". There is fruit and meat you cannot eat. One cannot eat fish paste. If people hear that they have Hepatitis, they will think, "now I cannot eat this" so it's good for doctors to explain food and diet information.
The Karen refugee population is tested for active TB in the refugee camps before resettlement in the United States. There are programs to treat TB. However, many of the refugees who come to the United States, will test positive for latent TB when given a PPD skin test. Medication is prescribed that needs to be taken for 9 months to lessen the chance that they will develop active TB.
Anemia, especially mild anemia with microcytocis, is a commonly encountered problem among recently arrived Southeast Asian immigrants. Unnecessary work-ups, including hemoglobin electrophoresis get ordered if the clinician is not aware of the increased prevalence of these lab findings in an otherwise normal person. (for more details see a landmark paper on the topic by VF Fairbanks, 1979 - see reference below). The newborn screening program in WA state makes excellent information sheets available on their web site: Washington State Department of Health. The information sheets for providers include detailed information about how to interpret results, workup cases, statistics (so far only 3 significant hemoglobinopathies in 2008 in WA state) and also parent handouts are available in many languages (Khmer/Cambodian, Chinese, English Laotian, Spanish, Vietnamese).
Backpack Relief teams bring cross border aid and medication into the conflict areas. These backpack medics are often targeted by the Burmese military.
There is a clinic located on the Thai- Burma border called the Mae Tao clinic or "Dr. Cynthia's clinic" (after the woman who started the clinic as an emergency measure to treat those affected by the massacres following the 1988 uprising) and sick individuals often walk for days to this destination.
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) run clinics in the camps including Medicine San Frontiers, American Refugee Committee, International Rescue Committee, Malteser of Germany. These clinics provide limited healthcare, maternal and child health, family planning information, vaccinations and nutrition programs. People can be tested for TB and HIV/ AIDS.
For more about tuberculosis program services in the camps, see on EthnoMed: Evaluation of Tuberculosis Program Services for Burmese Refugees in Thailand Resettling to the United States, May 2007.
The most common medication given is paracetemol (like our acetaminophen) and the Karen will often ask if you have any 'PARA'?
Karen people are mostly from rural areas. They may be ashamed, embarrassed and hesitant to tell information to their health care providers, and this may be true especially for female patients. Most Karen agree with and accept the western health care system and practices, but still are very hesitant to visit American doctors. The patient-provider interaction may benefit from having a Karen caseworker, when possible, consult with the patient after they see the doctor, to clarify confusion or misunderstanding and discuss issues in preparation for next doctor's appointments.
Refugees living in the border region are not allowed out of the refugee camps and cannot work. However, refugees serve on camp committees which are the "administrative and management bodies of the camps. They coordinate the day-to-day running of the camp and its services in collaboration with local officials, and provide the main link between the camp population, NGOs, UNHCR and local Thai authorities." (Thailand Burma Border Consortium, 2007) Committees organize the storage and distribution of supplies such as food, fuel and other items and work on safeguarding the camps' physical environment and infrastructure. Committees oversee community health clinics, support the school system, run camp security systems and oversee the administration of justice. Women's organizations are active. People maintain traditional crafts such as weaving.
A report providing historical timeline of country history, brief descriptions of common methods of torture, and synopses of current conditions and pertinent issues related to torture.
More information about Karen culture, history, kinship, religion, economy. Section on Religion and Expressive Culture gives information about spiritual beliefs, practitioners, ceremonies, arts, medicine and afterlife.
Information about the Karen-Burmese refugees culture, living conditions and health risks. Series of 3 Power Point presentations (PDFs) from Queensland Health, Australia. 2006.
Respiratory Diseases: What is Tuberculosis?; Live Longer: Quit Smoking Now!
Food and Nutrition Handouts from USCRI designed to communicate basic nutrition information to refugees and immigrants in order to help develop positive nutrition and lifestyle habits.
(pp. Verbal communication with members of Minnesota Karen Community). Minneapolis.
VF Fairbanks, G. G., B Brimhall, JA Jereb and EC Goldston (1979). Hemoglobin E trait reexamined: a cause of microcytosis and erythrocytosis. Blood, 53, 109-115.
Ward, J. (2002). If Not Now, When? Addressing Gender-based Violence in Refugee, Internally Displaced and Post-conflict Settings. A Global Overview. 2002 The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children and the International Rescue Committee.


The Johnson County Community Foundation (JCCF) is proud of the work done by our local organizations to improve the quality of life in Johnson County. Please join us in congratulating those whose projects and programs earned a JCCF grant.
Awarded to help fund improvements for the Child Advocacy Center to make it more welcoming and to purchase a forensic camera, strangulation training, and a neurofeedback subscription to benefit individuals throughout the county who have dealt with violence.
Indiana Parent Education Project. Funds will help provide for the Indiana Parent Education Project in Johnson County. The Indiana Parent Education project provides Information, Peer Support, and training and education for parents of children with special needs.
Stop Diabetes Outreach-Johnson County Funds will provide for the Stop Diabetes: Outreach for Senior Hoosiers in Johnson County. To supply educational materials for trainings for individuals and families of individuals with diabetes to learn about the risks of diabetes. These funds are to be used in the Edinburgh and Bargersville locations.
To implement the Collaboration of the Generations program throughout Johnson County that will connect children with local seniors for a learning experience culminating in a family event.
To support the building of a training facility to give critical trainings that every firefighter needs at a local facility.
To provide fetal Dopplers for Johnson County women to use during their high risk pregnancies and to support coordinator training for bereavement counseling.
To purchase the necessary items to implement a LEGO activity wall in the Club.
STEM Program Funds will provide for the STEM Program that they have piloted with Sylvian Learning Centers. The grant will purchase equipment to be used by all club members interested in participating in the STEM program.
To help start the Bridges out of Poverty program in Johnson County.
To fund creation of comfort kits for patients from Johnson County undergoing chemotherapy treatments at Franciscan Health Indianapolis and Community Health Network South.
Care Net Pregnancy Centers of Central Indiana, Inc.
Earn While You Learn: Be the Best Parent You Can Be!
To purchase child safety items such as oven locks, cabinet locks, window and smoke alarms, etc. which will be provided to Children's Bureau Clientele.
To support the start-up of a micro-business job training program.
To fund two art installations in the alleyways adjoining the Franklin Elks Club and The Historic Artcraft Theater during the inaugural Franklin Art Fair.
To help provide a book a month to children in the Franklin area.
To provide for the upholstery materials and labor for 40 chairs and to support the purchase of a large capacity range for the Center.
To expand the current capacity of Project Lifesaver by adding 100 tracking bands for individuals who have Autism or Alzheimer's Disease in Johnson County.
Awarded to provide funds for inclusive playground equipment in the new play structure (Unity Park) in Blue Heron Park.
To support the SMART Choices! program that will provide the Work It Out and Redefining Beauty curricula to girls in the juvenile probation system.
To build a Fire Themed Play Pocket at Station 91 in Greenwood that will connect to the other parts of the park through a play trail.
To purchase a box truck with a lift gate to be used for the Habitat ReStore.
To support the Best of the Fest film screening at The Historic Artcraft Theater.
To support Canines for Kids and implement their Pawsitive Influence programming.
To insulate a new multi-purpose building at the Center to be used for activities and field trips when there is inclement weather.
To support expansion of services at the new pantry location.
To purchase a medication cart to be used in the new Nursing School facility at their Franklin campus.
To purchase bike playground equipment for the new Bike Playground located in Johnson County Park.
To provide 90 days of guest scholarships for Johnson County residents to take part in the Adult Day Care Program, and to increase program marketing in Johnson County.
To help KIC-IT clients supply their new homes with household essentials that they otherwise would not be able to purchase.
Awarded to fund the purchase and processing of pork to be distributed to food pantries that Midwest serves in Indiana. Johnson County receives around 12% of the total distribution each year from Midwest Food Bank.
Awarded to fund the implementation of the Strengthening Families program for students who currently attend Indian Creek High School and live in Johnson County. The 14-week course helps at risk students and their families.
Funds will provide for the continued ramp building for those with limited mobility in Johnson County.
To help build ramps for those in need in Johnson County.
To expand the Rock Steady Boxing Program for individuals suffering from Parkinson's Disease.
To purchase new sports equipment for new programming, including the addition of cycling and snow shoeing and the expansion of the volleyball program.
To help fund five new laptops for clinic use.
To purchase 23 new trees of varied species, replacing trees lost to an ash borer infestation.
To purchase new waterline equipment to expand the community garden.
To provide training and materials specifically for the growing Burmese population in Johnson County; including materials translation, printing, and cultural-specific training.
To support Agency Co-Location Initiative to relocate four local nonprofit agencies who work close together to support Johnson County residents in need.


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