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Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
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Modern Languages and Literatures
Volume 1, Winter 1999
With this inaugural issue of its annual newsletter, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Cal State L.A. extends a warm greeting to all those interested in knowing about the accomplishments and activities of our students, alumni, and faculty. The Department, like the University, has undergone numerous changes over the past several decades. It has not changed, however, in the unique spirit of enthusiasm and camaraderie that students and faculty bring to the study of languages and cultures on our campus. In that respect, the Department continues to model not only the diversity of the Cal State L.A. academic community, but the harmony among people of different backgrounds that it seeks to promote. This newsletter has been created in that spirit.
Alumni from years past will note many new faculty names. Retirements and career opportunities have made room for the addition of colleagues who bring rich experience and talents to our programs. In four short years, we have welcomed Professors Kylie Hsu (Chinese), Catherine Ryu (Japanese), Gretchen Angelo and Christophe Lagier (French), and Ignacio López-Calvo (Spanish).
The face of the curriculum in Modern Languages and Literatures is also changing, as new elementary language programs have been approved in Korean, Thai, Armenian and Vietnamese, and a new B.A. program in Chinese will soon be offered. Also, thanks to the generous volunteer service of Dr. Charles Leyba of the Cal State L.A. Bilingual Center, the Department has been able to offer Latin during the past three years.
The Department is proud to be the first within the CSU system to have its Subject Matter programs in French, Japanese and Spanish approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, a testimony to the quality of its curriculum and faculty in the context of the preparation of secondary-school teachers. The publication of a literary journal, Revista Literaria Iberoamericana, the continued success of Teatro Universitario en Español, cultural events organized by the Hispanic Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi's local chapter, an annual poetry reading contest in Chinese and speech contest in Japanese, are among many learning opportunities available to students. Computers, linked to the World Wide Web, have been installed in the Language Laboratory. The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures is proud of what it contributes to the education of Cal State L.A. students; it is especially proud of the accomplishments of those of you whose lives and careers have been enriched by the study of another language and culture.
Joseph Chrzanowski,
Professor of Spanish,
and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
LANGUAGE AREA NEWS

The Chinese Studies Center
The Chinese Studies Center sponsored its Seventh Annual Chinese Poetry Recitation Contest on March 9, 1998. Sixty-three contestants from California universities and colleges participated. Cal State L.A. winners were Michelle Chan, Daniel Hernandez, Patsy Rahn and Cynthia Aguilar.
Mrs. Major Tsai donated $500 to the Center for the establishment of a lecture series on "Comparative Chinese and Western Cultures" in 1998.
On February 16, 1998, the Chinese Center sponsored a lecture by Professor Longxi Zhang (UC Riverside) on "The Further One Goes, the less One Knows: Dialectical Reversal in Religion, Philosophy, and Literature." It also co-sponsored the annual September 27 celebration of Confucius' birthday on the Cal State L.A. campus.
Chunfeng Wu and Steven Tseng are this year's recipients of a Major Tsai Scholarship for Chinese studies.
"Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men." (Confucius)
1997-98 Faculty Activities
· Dr. Qingyun Wu, Chinese Coordinator, made two presentations on women's literature themes: "Changing Faces: Female Body Confronts Patriarchy in China" and "Same Sex Love Among Chinese Women." The latter formed the Basis of an article, "Taking Off the Veil of Chinese Lesbian Mystery," which was published in the Sing Tao Newspaper, February 24, 1998.
On September 27, 1998, representatives of the local Chinese community awarded a plaque to Professor Wu in recognition of her service and contributions.
· Dr. Kylie Hsu
In addition to seven talks and conference presentations during the past year on applied Chinese linguistics, Dr. Hsu published a book, A Discourse Analysis of Temporal Markers in Mandarin Chinese: The Interaction of Semantics, Syntax, and Pragmatics, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1998.
Dr. Hsu received a Cal State L.A. Innovative Instruction Award to create a WebCT Course in Business Chinese.
JAPANESE The Japan Club
During Asian Heritage Week in May 1998, The Japan Club sponsored a Japanese flower arrangement workshop, hands-on lessons in the Art of lkebana (flower arrangement), a Taiko drum performance, and Origami (paper folding) lessons. The Japan Club's web site may be
accessed at: /orgs/japan/
Thomas Prebe was awarded the 1998 Alumni Certificate of Merit in recognition of his outstanding academic achievement as an undergraduate.
Akike Harumi received a scholarship to attend the California Language Teachers Association Summer Workshop held on the campus of UC Santa Barbara, August 1-7, 1998.
· Dr. Eri Yasuhara, Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Letters, received a $50,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to organize and present a series of symposia on the topic, "Re-visioning Asian and Asian-American Studies" under the new Ford initiative "Crossing Borders: Revitalizing Area Studies." The Cal State L.A. grant seeks to stimulate a fundamental rethinking of traditional Asian and Asian-American studies, on a new intersectional model.
· Dr. Sachiko Matsunaga,Japanese Coordinator, made eight conference presentations on applied linguistics topics. She also published two articles, "The relationship between spatial ability of native speakers of Japanese and their coding strategy when reading kanji." Computer Assisted Language Learning, 10.4 (1998): 321-338; and "The linguistic nature of kanji reexamined: Do kanji represent only meanings?" The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 30.2 (1998): 1-22.
Dr. Matsunaga was the recipient of a Cal State L.A. Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Grant Award during the winter quarter, 1998. She also received a grant from the Japan Foundation to organize the first annual Cal State L.A. Japanese Speech Contest, which was held on April 11, 1998. The next contest will take place on February 20, 1999.
· Catherine Y. Ryu
Professor Ryu joined the Cal State L.A. faculty in September 1998 and will begin teaching during the spring quarter, 1999. A native of Korea, Professor Ryu received the B.A. in Art/Art History from Pomona College, Claremont. She also holds M.A. degrees in Asian Art History and Japanese Language and Literature from the University of Michigan, where she is completing her doctoral studies. The topic of her dissertation is "Configuring Female Authorship in Japanese Cultural History: The Case of Ono no Komachi." Professor Ryu has also studied at Gakushûin University in Tokyo, and at Nanzan University in Nagoya.
"One does not live in a country, one lives in a language. A fatherland is nothing more than that." (E.M.Cioran)
Sigma Delta Pi
For the sixth time, the Cal State L.A. Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi Hispanic Honor Society (Gamma Psi) was awarded a national Certificate of Honor in recognition of its excellence. Founded in 1947, the Gamma Psi chapter has been under the direction of Dr. Domnita Dumitrescu, its faculty advisor, since 1989.
On October 2, 1997 the Gamma Psi chapter sponsored a lecture by Professor Jacques De Bruyne. A member of the Spanish Royal Academy, director of the Cátedra Carlos V at the University of Ghent (Belgium), and Director of the Institute of Hispanic Studies at the University of Antwerp (The Netherlands), Professor De Bruyne spoke on word formation in Spanish.
On March 5, 1998, with approximately 100 persons in attendance, a record number of 28 Cal State L.A. students were initiated into Sigma Delta Pi. Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo, who was initiated as an honorary member, delivered the keynote address on "El pensamiento de Paulo Freire en Un día en la vida, de Manlio Argueta."
Cristián Horacio Ricci, 1997-98 Chapter President, was awarded the Gabriela Mistral Prize in recognition of his outstanding undergraduate record. The chapter presented certificates of appreciation to Drs. Joseph Chrzanowski and Alfonso González for their support of chapter activities and Cal State L.A. students. The artistic program featured the Ballet Folklórico "Las Estrellas" and an inspiring tango performance by professional dancers Jorge and Mónica Visconti. Special guests included the Consul General of Spain in Los Angeles, the Honorable Herminio Morales, and his wife, as well as the Consul for Cultural Affairs of Mexico.
Chapter officers for 1998-1999 are Edith Rincón, Fidel Nava, and Alicia Gómez-Román.
1998 Sigma Delta Pi Initiation:
(l-r) Ms. Herminio Morales, Hon. Herminio Morales,
Dr. Joseph Chrzanowski, and Dr. Dale Carter.
Teatro Universitario en Español
In 1998, Teatro Universitario en Español presented Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murrieta, a play by the Nobel-prize winning Chilean writer Pablo Neruda. Directed by Pedro Ortiz, and with the assistance of Dr. Jeanine Gaucher-Morales, Dr. Alfredo Morales (founders of T.U.E.), Dr. Felipe Díaz, and Mr. Phil Brocato, it was among the most successful of T.U.E.'s 21 productions. On May 16, 1998, Teatro Universitario en Español presenteda Symposium on "Art and History in Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murieta." Panelists included: Dr. Linda Elden, Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo, Dr. David Maciel, Pedro J. Ortiz, Dr. René Aravena, Gema Sandoval, Francesca Wilson, and
Phil Brocato.
(Scene from Fulgor y muerte de Joaquín Murrieta)
Reflecting the growing campus interest in Hispanic drama, beginning this academic year Teatro Universitario en Español will be guided by an Interdepartmental Hispanic Production Committee. Members are: Dr. Roberto Cantú, (English/Chicano Studies), Chair and T.U.E. Director, Dr. René Aravena (Music), Drs. Felipe Díaz and Jeanine Gaucher-Morales (Modern Languages and Literatures) Gema Sandoval (Director, Danza Floricanto) and Phil Brocato (graduate student, Sociology)
In 1999, Teatro Universitario en Español will produce Bodas de sangre by Federico García Lorca to celebrate the birth of the internationally renowned poet and playwright in 1898. Performances will take place in the campus' State Playhouse on April 8, 9, 10, 16, and 17.
· Dr. Joseph Chrzanowski continues to serve as president of the California State University Foreign Language Council and is on the Board of Directors of the California Language Teachers Association. During August, 1998, Professor Chrzanowski served as a visiting professor at the Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (Santa María de la Rábida, Spain). His participation in the course "Educación de calidad y desarrollo iberoamericano"included the presentation of a paper, "Retos y respuestas a una educación de calidad." He also made a presentation, "Getting Started Professionally," at the Fourteenth Annual Seminar for Foreign Language Teachers, University of California, Santa Barbara, August 1997. In June 1997, he served as Question Leader for the Advanced Placement Spanish Literature Examination.
· Dr. Felipe Díaz Jimeno served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of California, Irvine during the fall quarter, 1998. During 1997-98, he served as Director of Teatro Universitario en Español and Faculty Advisor for Revista Literaria Iberoamericana. Dr. Díaz also served as a Peer Reviewer for the Fulbright Grant Program.
· Dr. Domnita Dumitrescu
In addition to four conference presentations, Dr. Dumitrescu published four studies on applied linguistics and literature topics, and one book review. She also co-authored and published two studies with Dr. Mario Saltarelli, University of Southern California. Professor Dumitrescu organized and chaired the session: "Rediscovering Benjamin Fondane: A Centennial Celebration" at the 1998 MLA Convention in San Francisco. In 1997, Dr. Dumitrescu was awarded the "Orden de los Descubridores," the highest distinction of the Hispanic Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi. She was also a recipient of a National Science Foundation Travel Grant ($1,200), from the Linguistic Society of America, to participate in the XVI International Congress of Linguists (Paris, July 1997).
Dr. Dumitrescu holds the following offices in professional organizations:
- Associate Editor, Hispania, the journal of theAmerican Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
- Member, Executive Committee, Division of Language Theory, Modern Language Association of America.
- Vice-president for the West, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi.
- Member, Executive Committee, Linguistic Association of the Southwest.
· Dr. Jeanine Gaucher-Morales presented two papers, "De Emilio Carballido a Sabina Berman: la mujer frente al machismo en el teatro," at the Instituto Cultural Mexicano in Paris; and "Le surréalisme et la femme chez Frida Kahlo" at the Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain in Nice, France. She also gave a lecture at the School of the Alliance Française in Paris. Her book, Miguel N. Lira: Teatro completo, co-authored with Dr. Alfredo O. Morales, Emeritus Professor of Spanish, is currently in press.
· Dr. Alfonso González
In June, 1998, Dr. González delivered a lecture "The 'Cinco de mayo' and the Second Mexican Empire" at the Young Presidents Association Inc. in Laredo, Texas. In addition to two studies on contemporary Mexican literature and a book review, Dr. González published two books: Cuaderno de Ejercicios: Español para el hispanohablante, Lanham, MD: UP of America, 1998 (co-authored with M. A. González); and Voces de la posmodernidad: Del Paso, Galindo, Montemayor, Puga, Solares, México: UNAM, 1998.
Dr. González is completing a two-year term as Regional Representative to the General Assembly of the Modern Language Association.
· Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo presented ten papers on Spanish-American poetry, fiction, andtheater. In addition, he published four poems, a book review, an online study on Ariel Dorfman, and three journal articles. His study, "Los curas nuevos en La cruz invertida: la obra de Marcos Aguinis a la luz del pensamiento de la liberación," appeared in the book La gesta literaria de Marcos Aguinis. Ensayos Críticos, Ed., Juana Alcira Arancibia, Costa Rica: Instituto Literario y Cultural Hispánico, 1998.
Professor López-Calvo is co-organizer (with Dr. Enrique Ochoa, Latin American Studies) of the next meeting of the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies, which will be held on the Cal State L.A. campus. He also created and maintains the Modern Languages Resources Web Page: /sites/default/files/faculty/ilopezc/modernlanguages/
· Dr. Grant MacCurdy presented a paper, "Psychotherapy with AIDS Patients in a Hospice Setting," at a State-accredited HIV/AIDS workshop held at the Valley Family Center, San Fernando, October 1998.
INTERNATIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM
By Dr. Hildebrando Villarreal, Associate Chair and Spanish Coordinator.
Last academic year, six Cal State L.A. students participated in the International Studies Program in Spain. Thomas Chastain, Zu-lin Castro, Alina Hernández, and Fidel Nava enrolled at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and John Evenhuis and Celedina Rodríguez at the Universidad de Granada. All agreed that their experience in Spain was exciting and unique. Although Madrid suffered severe weather, it did not chill their enthusiasm for one of the best years of their lives. They enjoyed their classes and they all soaked up as much Spanish culture as possible by attending a number of plays, lectures and other events, as well as by traveling. Thomas, Zu-lin, Alina, and Fidel said that their apartment became a central meeting place for other Cal State University students and that there was never a dull moment. Celedina and John liked the less hurried feel of Granada and were impressed with the friendliness of the Spanish people. Everyone said that, if they had the opportunity, they would return to Spain immediately. Thomas Chastain described his experience in Spain in the following way: "Last fall I had the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to study abroad, in Madrid, Spain, with the help of the Cal State International Program. I am a Spanish major here at Cal State L.A.; however I am not a native speaker of the language. Therefore, I looked forward to this as a chance to immerse myself in a foreign language environment to improve my fluency. At first, I was fairly nervous for I had never traveled outside of the United States. After my first month I felt at home in my new surroundings. Through my studies at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid I increased my knowledge of the language and its literature. I also made new friends and explored the cultural marvels that Spain has to offer. Above and beyond my studies, I learned how life outside the U.S. is both similar and different. I feel a new understanding for this country and the world. The only constructive criticism that I would offer would be to suggest a more individual study experience. I attended a majority of classes with other Americans, while others consisted wholly of Spanish students. I feel that if I had taken only courses in the regular university, I would have learned even more. Now that I have returned and am preparing to graduate in the spring of 1999, I cannot help but look forward to more chances to study abroad. In closing, I would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped make this experience possible: the International Program, my professors at Cal State L.A., the faculty of the Universidad Complutense, and the IP Director in Madrid."
"The accent of one's country dwells in the mind and the heart, as well as on the tongue." (La Rochefoucauld)
Cristián Horacio Ricci was awarded the 1998 Alumni Certificate of Merit in recognition of his outstanding academic achievement as an undergraduate student.
Francesca Wilson was awarded the 1998 Alumni Certificate of Merit in recognition of her outstanding academic achieve-ment as a graduate student.
Maribel Gutiérrez received a scholarship to attend the California Language Teachers Association Summer Workshop held on the campus of UC Santa Barbara, August 1-7, 1998.
Froylan Cabuto and Juan Orlando Ramos won the first and second place literary prizes, respectively, for their creative work published in El Cid, a literary journal for Sigma Delta Pi members.
On November 28, 1998, Dr. Lagier brought the Anderson String Quartet to his French 100A class. Students from other languages and non-language courses were present to hear the Cal State L.A. artists in residence. The musicians, who worked in France for a year, played the four movements of the only quartet composed by Maurice Ravel. They paused to explain their interpretation of each movement of the composition. With a great sense of humor, they also shared anecdotes about their French stay.
On December 3, 1998, Dr. Christophe Lagier took several members of The French Club to a French performance of Molière's "Les précieuses ridicules" at the Globe Theatre.
After a hiatus of several years, the French M.A. program has attracted several new students, and French faculty are engaged in outreach activities that promise a revitalization of the program.
· Christophe Lagier
Professor Lagier received his M.A. degree in French from San Diego State University, and Ph.D. from Princeton University. His area of specialization is Post-WWII French Theater. Prior to his appointment at Cal State L.A., Dr. Lagier was a Visiting Professor at Oberlin College in Ohio. He has also served as Linguistic Attaché for the French Consulate in Miami, Florida.
Dr. Lagier's book, Le théatre de la parole-spectacle: Jacques Audiberti, René de Obaldia et Jean Tardieu will be published by Summa Inc. in the fall of 1999. The book explores the nature of the word play inherent in the work of these authors within the period between World War II and the 1960's, and offers a reevaluation of their importance to French theater.
"French: an ideal language for delicately translating ambiguous feelings." (E.M.Cioran)
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures hosted the Sixth International AIZEN Conference and Fourth International Film Festival, October 23-25, 1997. (AIZEN is the Association International for Multidisciplinary Approaches and Comparative Studies related to Émile Zola and his Time, Naturalism, Naturalist Writers and Artists, Naturalism and the Cinema.) More than 55 participants from North and South America, Europe and Asia discussed Emile Zola, Naturalism and the influence of Naturalism in diverse countries. Contributing to AIZEN's goal to develop and expand the study of Cinematic Naturalism, a special Forum dealt with three examples of the New American Naturalist Cinema: Casino, Leaving Las Vegas and Under the Sign of Saturn.
Larry Cohen, independent American filmmaker, was a special guest at the conference. Two of his films were shown as part of the Film Festival: Black Caesar (1973), and Original Gangstas (1996). Also featured in the Film Festival were: La terre (Antoine, 1921), an extremely rare silent adaptation of Zola's novel; Call of the Wild (Wellman, 1935); and Caught (Young, 1996).
Professor Tony Williams, author of Larry Cohen: The Radical Allegories of an Independent Filmmaker (McFarland & Co.) was also present. He and Larry Cohen were honored at a reception for conference participants.

During March 1998, the Department of Modern Languages and the Consulate General of Romania in Los Angeles co-sponsored the visit of Ana Simon, noted Swiss writer, filmmaker, and member of the Société des Gens de Lettres of France. Ms. Simon presented four of her most recent films in the newly-inaugurated Maxwell Theatre: "Epitaphe pour le sculpteur Gh. Anghel;" "Triptyque;" "Les Simons: Père et Fils;" and "La présence."
In the discussion sessions that followed the screenings, several members of the audience commented on the artistry of the films, as well as on their emotional impact. "A part of my life was in these films," said former French professor Françoise Pasques. "I left enriched." The Honorable Iulian Buga, Consul General of Romania, also addressed the audience.
Ana Simon has just finished a film on the Romanian poet Benjamin Fondane, who lived and wrote in France in the first part of this century, and died at Auschwitz. The film will be shown on the Cal State L.A. campus during the spring quarter, 1999.
"A translation is always like the back of embroidery: all the threads are there, of course, but the subtlety of the color and design are missing." (Okakura Kazuko)
The Department celebrated the granting of tenure and the promotion to Associate Professor of Dr. Qingyun Wu (Chinese) and Dr. María Costa (Spanish) at the home of Dr. Gretchen Angelo, September 13, 1998.
The newest addition to the Department's family are Tyler and Evan Iwamoto, twin sons of Tracy and Sam Iwamoto. A baby shower was held at the home of Professor Alfonso González on September 19, 1998.
The Department welcomes María Murillo as Department Secretary in the absence of Tracy Iwamoto. María comes to the Cal State L.A. campus after a lengthy career in hospital administration.
"I think, therefore I am." (Descartes) "I do not think much, therefore I might not be!" (Christophe Lagier)
Professor Christophe Lagier, clad in becoming rags and trying to pass his French accent as Shakespearean, was spotted playing the third shepherd in Dean Selkin's recent production of The Second Shepherd, a medieval farce based on the nativity story.
FROM THE LANGUAGE LAB
By Roger Dorrel, Lab Director
The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures' main lab, which is used for independent practice, holds thirty-five Sony 5030 audio units that use standard cassette tapes, 18 Macintosh computers, and eight Panasonic AG-500R video playback units. This lab allows the simultaneous use of 35 audio, 18 computer, and 8 separate video programs.
Besides the multiple copies of taped materials used daily, the Department possesses more than 600 recordings of music and literary works in Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish. A video library consisting of nearly 500 titles is also available, as well as a collection of more than 15,000 slides. A growing library of CD and computer programs round out the Language Laboratory's rich resources.
The classroom lab in KH D1055 is used increasingly by language instructors, as well as by the Spanish and Chinese Court Interpreters Program. It is also the site for assessment of new majors and candidates for the Single-Subject Credential in Languages Other Than English. Each May, this lab is used to administer the Advanced Placement Test in French and Spanish to local high school students. In 1998, the examinations were administered to more than 350 students. An ad hoc departmental committee is preparing a proposal for a major upgrade of this facility that will include new computers and an independent server linked to the World Wide Web. It will allow students remote 24-hour access to stored materials.
by Dr. Dale Carter, Professor of Spanish, Emeritus
(With apologies to Marcel Proust)
Some of you, students and faculty alike, were no doubt surprised (not shocked, not stunned) to see me appear for duty this fall. Thanks to FERPing, I and others like me are able to fade gradually away after a long and satisfying career. For most of us, just to have abruptly walked out of that last class would have been an experience far too wrenching for our aging hearts. At any rate, I'm glad to be back in front of students once again.
When I decided to retire, I was not at all certain how I would cope with ending a career that had lasted nearly 40 years. In fact, it was difficult for me to believe that so much time had passed. Yet after my retirement party, the best one in my memory, by the way, I came to realize that everything has to end, and I have been fortunate enough to be able to postpone my arrival at the end of the road for a little while longer. For that I am profoundly grateful--but I'm glad I "pulled the plug" when I did. Free time while one is still young enough to enjoy it, and freedom from the freeway--which is what ultimately caused my departure, are treasures that slip through our hands all to quickly.
While it is always great to see old friends, I am especially delighted to see all the new faculty who arrived after my departure and proud that all those I was instrumental in hiring have been promoted and have earned their tenure. The strength of this department has always been its faculty, faculty who work long, hard hours for inadequate compensation and for little recognition from the public. I hate to admit it, but I have to agree in part with former Governor Jerry Brown's "psychic income" theory. Not that "psychic income" can take the place of pecuniary rewards, but it certainly does ease the pain to realize that we do make a difference in our students' lives. It is our good luck that so many are willing to continue "toiling in the vineyards"--at least that way, we can have a glass of wine now and then.
With any luck, I expect to be around for a while, and I will look forward each year to my return to campus and to the invigorating experience of renewing old acquaintances and making new ones among the faculty and students alike.
Dr. Dale Carter making his "farewell address"
at the retirement party held in his honor at the
Castaway Restaurant on January 10, 1998.
"A novel is like a window open to an infinite landscape where the written word records memories which cannot be blown by the wind." (Isabel Allende)
RECENT Ph.D.'s IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS:
· Jorge Marí, M.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D. from Cornell University, currently Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University.
· Elvira López-Vilches, M.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D. from Cornell University, currently Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
· Lola Proaño-Gómez, M.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D. from UC Irvine, currently full-time faculty at Pasadena City College.
· Javier Galván, B.A. from Cal State L.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from USC, currently full-time faculty at Santa Ana City College.
· Rafael Del Valle, M.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D. from USC, currently visiting lecturer at USC.
OTHER RECENT Ph.D.'s:
· Eduardo Cabrera, M.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D. from UC Irvine.
· Marcelo Willcham, M.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D. from Arizona State University.
DEPARTMENT ALUMNI CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN Ph.D. PROGRAMS
· Maya Alvarez, B.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D candidate at USC
· Deborah Jean Gill, B.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D candidate at USC
· Paul Fallon, M.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D candidate at the University of Kansas
· Eric Rydman, B.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D. candidate at UC Berkeley
· Elizabeth Gárrate, M.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D. candidate at UCLA
· Mercedes Limón, M.A. from Cal State L.A., Ph.D. candidate at UCLA
· Marguerite Cattán, M.A. from Cal State L.A., doctoral student at Georgetown University
· Gloria Arjona, B.A. from Cal State L.A., M.A. from USC, doctoral student at USC
· Marcela Piérola, M.A. from Cal State L.A., doctoral student at UC Riverside
JUST ACCEPTED INTO A Ph.D. PROGRAM:
· Cristián Horacio Ricci, B.A. from Cal State L.A., began his graduate studies at UC Santa Barbara in Fall 1998.
OTHER ALUMNI NEWS
· Dr. Alejando Morales , M.A. from Cal State L.A., is currently Chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UC Irvine
· Dr. April Dale Koike, M.A. from Cal State L.A., is on the faculty at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
· Dr. María Antonieta Gallegos-Ruiz, M.A. from Cal State L.A., is on the faculty at Cal State San Bernardino.
· Dr. Héctor Calderón, M.A. from Cal State L.A., is on the faculty at UCLA.
· Dr. Renee Cardenas, M.A. from Cal State L.A., is on the faculty at Mount San Antonio College.
· Renata Buscaglia, M.A. from Cal State L.A., is currently Chair of the Foreign Language Department at East L.A. College.
· Elva Hernández, M.A. from Cal State L.A., graduate studies at SUNY Stony Brook, is currently on the faculty at East L.A. College.
· Othón Olivas, M.A. from Cal State L.A., graduate studies at the University of Kansas, is currently on the faculty of Lincoln High School.
· Diana Muñatones, M.A. from Cal State L.A., is spokesperson for the LAUSD.
"Accent is the soul of a language: it gives feeling and truth to it." (J.J. Rousseau)
The Language Mirror is distributed to alumni who have majored in one of the Department's programs and to others in the academic community. The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures will appreciate your assistance in publishing future issues of The Language Mirror and in supporting the Department's activities. Donations may be made by check to: University Auxilary Services/MLL, Cal State L.A. Mailing address: Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Cal State L.A., 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032. Contributions are tax-deductible and will be acknowledged by Cal State L.A. For information,please call Larry Horne at (323) 343-4001.
The editors of The Language Mirror welcome comments and suggestions:
Dr. Joseph Chrzanowski (jchrzan@calstatela.edu)
Dr. Domnita Dumitrescu (ddumitr@calstatela.edu)
Dr. Christophe Lagier (clagier@calstatela.edu)
Dr. Ignacio López-Calvo (clagier@calstatela.edu)
Department phone: (323) 343-4230


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In late June, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to halt most family separations at the border and to reunify all families that had been separated. U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw told the government to have all families back together by July 26 and to reunify children under the age of five with their parents by July 10.
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The Justice Department asked for deadline clarifications and whether it can be excused from them. Judge Sabraw declined to ease the deadlines and urged the government to streamline processes where it can. On Monday he said he is encouraged by the government's progress and is optimistic, despite the fact that not all children will be reunited by the deadline. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that as many as 3,000 children are still separated from their parents.
Guest host Anita Rao talks to Franco Ordoñez about how the U.S. government plans to reunify these families, and how it is going so far. Ordoñez is a White House correspondent who covers immigration and foreign affairs for McClatchy Newspapers.
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I have written about Gospel4Grampian before but there is an update. Previously the station was broadcast from the home of Rob and Helen Rowe in Aberdeen. But recently the stations broadcast studio moved to the Assembly of God Church in Aberdeen where Rob can now prepare the play lists and edit shows. I was at the church on Friday when Mary and I attended a wedding (see two post ago) and I was shown around the church facilities by my good friend Dr Ian Duthie who is also the pastor there. When he showed me the recently refurbished office are here was Rob working at the radio editig suite! I could not resist publishing this photo or him which shows him just as he is in real life – no he does not wear a kilt all the time – but he does generally support but smile.
It is possible to listen to the stations broadcast which are now available 24 hours per day by clicking the following ling which you need Windows Media Player installed to access.


With the crowning of Queen Alexandria Victoria in 1837, the Victoria, era of jewellery began. This was the longest ruling monarch in the United Kingdom. The early years was the start of the Romantic jewellery period as the Victoria era of design and fashion combined several different influences of motifs from the Gothic, Classical, and Elizabethan era as well as others like Rococo and Romanticism designed for the new version of the ideal woman.
Early Victorian years for fashion diamond jewellery, which lasted until 1860, were also known as the Romantic period. This is the period during which the Queen was married to Prince Albert. The jewellery carried a move away from the aristocratic lifestyle and more on the dreams and emotions of the people. Pendants and brooches were very popular during this time period as there were symbols used such as flowers, birds, and grapes to help encourage the romantic feeling of the time period. Becoming standard during this particular time period you would have seen hair jewellery or memorial mourning brooches worn by people as well as pendants with polished agate gemstones known as Scottish pebble jewellery.
After the sudden passing of Queen Victoria's husband, the romantic period ended giving way to the Grand or Mid-Victorian period where jewellers where using darker stones like black onyx and jet to symbolize the national mood of the times. Celtic Revival Crosses were also popular during this time period as it was worn as either a pin or pendant. The Mid-Victorian times saw a rise in urban middle class as more jewellery pieces were being created for both everyday use and collectors during the Victorian era as well. Jewellery also saw the influence of the Far East, Indian, and Eastern motifs press forward into the European jewellery designs and art designs.
As for the late Victorian period that lasted from 1885 until the Queen's death in 1900, there was a new spirit and style of fashion jewellery that swept across Europe swiftly. The idea that jewellery could be fun and exciting again was back into the minds of people as the Queen's daughter-in-law brought out some of the best of the times with wonderful jewellery trends. The discovery of the Kimberly diamond fields in South Africa helped the period reach its pinnacle with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. Diamonds were plentiful in this era of the Victorian time period, and there were a lot of different styles of jewellery. It is possible to find diamonds in fashion with pieces ranging from diamond earrings, diamond necklaces, diamond brooches, and many more diamond jewellery pieces.


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Q: Loading a div only after parent div loaded correctly I am developing for a pre existing PHP based system.
I am trying to load this bit of code

    <marquee>This is some scrolling text
more text
more text</marquee>

Problem is, for a split second, when a visitor loads the page he sees the entire <marquee> content, and only after a second the parent div loads and fits the <marquee> into the bordered div.
How can I avoid this?
Note: I cannot use jQuery as it conflicts with many other loaded js files that are loaded to that page (even when using jQuery.noconflict()).

A: Note: I cannot leave comments yet...
Can you try putting the style directly in the marquee?
<marquee style="border:1px solid;height:20px;">text</marquee>

and like the previous commenter said, marquee is not recommended to use (and it's really annoying most of the time)

A: A q&d solution for these kinds of cases - I'm not saying it's the best for yours, or especially elegant - is to declare the marquee with visibility:hidden and unhide it by script at the end of the page, or at the end of whatever onload codd you have. And if it still unhides too soon, envelop the unhiding code in a setTimeout(function(){ ... }). That will usually force the browser to do a layout before running the code.

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Could Pacific Northwest Heat Wave, European Floods Have Been Caused by the Sun?
By: Admin - Climate DepotJuly 27, 2021 8:27 AM
https://www.scienceunderattack.com/blog/2021/7/26/could-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-european-floods-have-been-caused-by-the-sun-82By Physicistg Dr. Ralph Alexander
The recent record-shattering heat wave in the Pacific northwest and devastating floods in western Europe have both been ascribed to global warming by many climate scientists. But an alternative explanation, voiced by some climatologists yet ignored by the mainstream media, is that the disasters were caused by the phenomenon of jet-stream blocking – which may or may not be a result of global warming, and could instead arise from a weakening of the sun's output.
Blocking refers to the locking in place for several days or weeks of the jet stream, a narrow, high-altitude air current that flows rapidly from west to east in each hemisphere and governs much of our weather. One of the more common blocking patterns is known as an "omega block," a buckling of the jet stream named for its resemblance to the upper-case Greek letter omega, that produces alternating, stationary highs and lows in pressure as shown in the figure below. Under normal weather conditions, highs and lows move on quickly.
According to the blocking explanation, the torrential rains that hovered over parts of western Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands came from a low-pressure system trapped between two blocking highs to the west and east – the opposite situation to that shown in the figure.
Precipitation tends to increase in a warmer world because of enhanced evaporation from tropical oceans, resulting in more water vapor in the atmosphere. So with a blocking low stuck over the Rhine valley and the ground already saturated from previous rainfall, it's not surprising that swollen rivers overflowed and engulfed whole villages.
A similar argument can be invoked to explain the intense "heat dome" that parked itself over British Columbia, Washington and Oregon for five blisteringly hot days last month. In this case, it was a region of high pressure that was pinned in place by lows on either side, with the sweltering heat intensified by the effects of La Niña on North America. Several Pacific northwest cities experienced temperatures a full 5 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit) above previous records.
There's little doubt that both of these calamitous events resulted from jet-stream omega blocks. Blocking can also induce cold extremes, such as the deep freeze endured by Texas earlier this year. But how can blocking be caused by the sun?
Over the 11-year solar cycle, the sun's heat and visible light fluctuate, as does its production of invisible UV, which varies much more than the tenth of a percent change in total solar output. It's thought that changes in solar UV irradiance cause wind shifts in the stratosphere (the layer of the atmosphere above the troposphere), which in turn induce blocking in the tropospheric jet stream via a feedback effect. Blocking can also stem from other mechanisms. In the North Atlantic at least, a 2008 research paper found that during periods of low solar activity, blocking events in more eastward locations are longer and more intense than during higher solar activity.
Right now we're entering a stretch of diminished solar output, signified by a falloff in the average monthly number of sunspots as depicted in the next figure. The decline in the maximum number of sunspots over the last few cycles likely heralds the onset of a grand solar minimum, which could usher in a period of global cooling.
However, climate scientists are divided on the question of whether global warming exacerbates jet-stream blocking. Computer climate models in fact predict that blocking will diminish in a warming climate, though the frequency of past blocking events has been simulated poorly by the models. Many climate scientists admit that it's not yet clear how large a role is played by natural variability – which includes solar fluctuations.
Adherents to the global warming explanation got a boost from a just-completed attribution study, claiming that the deadly US-Canada heat wave was "virtually impossible" without climate change. The study authors used 21 climate models to estimate how much global warming contributed to excessive heat in the areas around the cities of Vancouver, Seattle and Portland. Their conclusion was that the heat wave was a one-in-1,000-year event, and would have been at least 150 times rarer in the past.
But such a highly exaggerated claim is based on dubious computer models, not on actual scientific evidence. June's scorching temperatures in the Pacific northwest were no match for the persistently searing heat waves that afflicted North America in the 1930s.
And despite the hoopla over the European floods, it's not the first time some of the flooded areas have suffered catastrophic flooding. For example, the Ayr valley in Germany, struck again this month, experienced major floods in the same locations on June 12, 1910, when at least 52 people were killed.
Next: Has the Sun's Role in Climate Change Been Trivialized?
Filed under: astrology, heatwave, sunspots


This Giesser BestCut X55 Slicing Knife 9.75" (serrated) is part of the exceptional premium knife range endorsed by the Guild of Chefs. Everything about these knives exudes quality, from the aesthetically pleasing design to the hand finished cutting edge and high carbon steel for best performance. Once you use these knives you'll appreciate how good they are, get one to try-you won't be disappointed. German manufacture of the highest standard, every knife hand finished and inspected. Beautifully balanced and sharp enough to handle any situation.


The CMS-3 is a field, in-helmet, CO monitor/alarm for air respirators and can be moved from helmet to helmet. They are available in monitor/alarm form only or with a package complete with connector and test gas.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an odorless and colorless gas that is produced from burning fuel or any materials containing carbon. When hooking up a diesel-powered air compressor to a supplied-air respirator, there is a danger of CO poisoning.
If the breathing air is supplied from an air compressor, this hazard can occur from either the breakdown of oil lubricants in the compressor or contamination from diesel exhaust. These products will help to ensure your safety on the job.


The following domain model will be used for this example.
The @XmlNamedObjectGraph annotation is used to define the object graph for the root class, and @XmlNamedSubGraph is used to define the object graphs for the subclasses. We have indicated that we do not want to include any of the properties from the super class.
Address is a subclass of ContactInfo.
PhoneNumber is also a subclass of ContactInfo.
In the demo code below we will leverage the object graphs that we defined via annotations to output a subset of the data to XML and JSON.
In the demo code below we will ignore the object graphs defined via metadata and create an equivalent object graph programatically. One instance of ObjectGraph is created, and for each mapped property that we want a subset of we will create an instance of Subgraph. When the properties type has subclasses we can create an instance of Subgraph for each class in the inheritance hierarchy.
The XML below was produced by the exact same model as the previous XML document. The difference is that we leveraged a named object graph to select a subset of the mapped content.
Below is the same subset as the previous XML document represented as JSON.


Do any of you men ever feel the need for Christian fellowship with other men beyond the Sunday morning Worship Service and/or Sunday School? Or do any of you simply have a desire to learn more about the Bible and God's plan of salvation through Jesus Christ for each one of us? If you have any of these needs or desires and wish to satisfy them, an opportunity exists every third Tuesday evening of the month when a group called "Men of Faith" meets.
The Men of Faith group is a gathering of men who want to "Encounter" God's Love. We meet for fellowship and learning in order to "Understand" God's Love and to help each other through prayer and supporting one another in our daily walk and in times of trouble. When meeting as the Men of Faith, we also grow into a closer friendship as men and we "Practice" God's Love by helping others in their needs by showing Christian friendship. Our "Practice" ministry has been involved in several local mission projects during the past years.
The Men of Faith group formed several years ago at Paxtonville but now includes attendees from Trinity UMC in Middleburg and, from time to time, other men from local communities and churches. The group alternates its monthly meeting sites between Paxtonville and Trinity churches and all meetings begin at 7:00 PM. The worship and study sessions are open to all men of the area whether they regularly attend church or not.
Please feel to join the Men of Faith group for some good discussions about Bible truths and their applications for your daily living. Dennis Yeater and Harold Kratzer serve as co-leaders. You may speak to them if you would like more information about the Men of Faith group.


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Duvalier's Lawyer Says Former Haitian Dictator Has Presidential Aspirations
Haiti's former dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, left, greets supporters from the balcony of his hotel room in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Jan. 19, 2011. At right is Jouvert Pascal who is part of Duvalier's entourage. (AP Photo/Ramon Esp
A lawyer for Jean-Claude Duvalier says the former exiled leader of Haiti plans to stay in the country and hopes to run for president.
Reynold Georges told reporters Wednesday that Mr. Duvalier has the right to stay in Haiti, because it is "his country." Likewise, Georges said Mr. Duvalier is a politician at heart and has hopes of getting involved again in the political arena.
The former dictator made an unexpected return to Haiti Sunday after living 25 years in France.
Corruption charges
On Tuesday, he was charged with corruption, embezzlement and other abuses of power during his brutal 15-year rule. And Wednesday, a former U.N. spokesman and three other prominent Haitians accused Mr. Duvalier of crimes against humanity, including torture, in criminal complaints.
Human rights groups have long pressed for Mr. Duvalier to face justice for alleged human rights abuses, including the torture and killings of thousands of people. He also is alleged to have stolen millions of dollars in public funds.
But it is not clear whether there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Mr. Duvalier for atrocities during his rule.
This newest controversy comes at a time of political crisis in Haiti. A disputed election has triggered protests and allegations of fraud and a runoff election planned for this past Sunday was postponed.
Mr. Duvalier, known as "Baby Doc," took power at age 19 after the death in 1971 of his father, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, who had ruled Haiti since 1957 and also was accused of brutality.
The Caribbean nation, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is still struggling to recover after the January 12, 2010 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people and left more than a million others homeless. Hundreds of thousands of people still live in tent cities, and many parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, remain in ruins. The country also is battling a deadly cholera epidemic.
Haiti's Duvalier Charged With Corruption
Human rights groups urge Haitian authorities to prosecute Duvalier for abuses committed during his 15-year rule
Rights Groups Call for Duvalier's Prosecution
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, say thousands of people were killed and tortured while Jean Claude Duvalier was in power
Duvalier Makes Surprise Return to Haiti
Former leader, known as 'Baby Doc' kissed the ground and said he is back in Haiti 'to help'
Aristide Says He Wants to Return to Haiti
Days after former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier's surprise return, ousted president says he wants to return from exile


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Camp Roosevelt has a rich Scouting history and tradition that prides itself on delivering a top notch, quality program that Scouts deserve! Diverse program offerings ensure there are quality programs for Scouts of all ages and experiences.
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I am really happy with having my Trainer come to my house instead of going to the gym. I'm making good use of available space in my home and spending the drive time doing small household chores like emptying the dryer or dishwasher. Starting this Friday, a Pilates Trainer/Occupational Therapist will be coming to the house as well and I'll be very happy to begin making use of my Pilates Reformer. The next logical step is to cancel my gym membership completely. I'm having trouble with this for some reason. There is a social aspect of going to the gym that I have enjoyed. These days I have several other opportunities for socialization; Church and OLLI for starters. CorePower Yoga has a schedule that is much more convenient than the Marsh, so I can't even justify my membership for the Yoga. I've belonged to the Marsh for 20 years and it's hard to let go, yet perhaps time to move on. || I am spending the afternoon with our new Accountant, who was our old Accountant. The year 2009 is winding down.


In this episode TC and the gang welcome Boston Celtics #1 Superfan Aztec Gino. Learn secrets of the man who pumps up the crowd every game as he brings his trademarked dancing to After Hours. Don't miss the banter of Doctor McMurphy, Professor Infestation, Uncle Frank, and a bizarre mind meld with Colonel Bull Montana.


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Former Oregon Ducks lineman Kyle Long heads into NFL combine a hot commodity
Updated: Jan. 10, 2019, 9:09 a.m. | Published: Feb. 22, 2013, 10:53 p.m.
Oregon offensive lineman Kyle Long answers a question during a news conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013.
By Aaron Fentress | The Oregonian/OregonLive
Kyle Long took a long, winding, unconventional path -- Tallahassee, Fla., to Mission Viejo, Calif., to Eugene -- to get to this week's NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.
So much so that at times the pitcher turned dropout turned lineman ponders where he's come from.
"Sometimes when I'm sitting around thinking about stuff I think about where I might be today," the 6-foot-6, 313-pound Long said from Indianapolis. "A baseball player, or whatever. But I wouldn't trade where I am today for the world. I did take the Lewis and Clark route to get to here, though."
The journey appears to have been worth the trouble.
Long is one of five Oregon Ducks and two Oregon State Beavers who were invited to the combine. Players began arriving on Tuesday. Workouts begin today with offensive linemen, tight ends and specialist taking the field at Lucas Oil Stadium.
After just one season at Oregon, Long is projected as a likely second-round pick in April's NFL Draft. His rise speaks volumes about his pedigree, being the son of Hall of Fame defensive lineman Howie Long, and the brother of St. Louis Rams defensive end Chris Long. It also demonstrates just how much Kyle Long stood to lose had he not straightened out his life in time.
A two-sport high school star growing up in Charlottesville, Va., the left-handed pitcher who had been a 23rd-round pick by the Chicago White Sox in the 2008 MLB Draft, chose to pitch at Florida State rather than follow the path of his father and brother.
At FSU, Long partied more than he studied and an arrest for driving while intoxicated followed in January 2009. He ultimately left FSU to re-evaluate his life. The self-examination led him to return to football. In 2010 he enrolled at Saddleback Community College in Mission Viejo to play defensive end. The following year he moved to offensive tackle, a position his father said he felt his son could excel at the most.
Kyle Long's junior college coach, Mark McElroy, agrees. Last year he predicted Long would one day be drafted in the first few rounds of the NFL Draft.
Long didn't start right away at Oregon as he took time to master the Ducks' system. But once he got on the field full-time, he began to show why McElroy could be proven correct.
So what makes Long so special? It's simple: a rare combination of size and athleticism.
One NFL scout, speaking anonymously, said Long showed great promise in his one season at Oregon and his physical gifts can't be ignored. But playing just one year of high-competition football is a red flag that teams must consider when considering how high of a pick to use on Long, the scout said. But he certainly sees Long going in the second round.
Rob Rang, senior draft analysis for NFLDraftScout.com, also predicts Long to go high.
"He has phenomenal upside to him," Rang said. "I think that he has a chance to go in the second round if he demonstrates the athleticism at the combine."
Rang said Long has "world-class athleticism" for his size but is an unfinished product because of his inexperience.
"If he had started more games he might have had a chance to be in the first-round mix," Rang said.
December 31, 2012 - Oregon Ducks offensive linesman Kyle Long (74), interviews coach Chip Kelly during media day in Scottsdale, Ariz., December 31, 2012.
Long petitioned the NCAA to get an extra year of eligibility but was denied. At the Fiesta Bowl he said he wished he could return for one more season. Now, he realizes that moving on proved to be the best thing for him.
"If I had it my way I'd never leave Eugene," Long said. "I loved it there. I love my teammates. I loved the guys. I loved (offensive line) coach (Steve) Greatwood. But it's time to move on. I'm just really looking forward to what the next year will bring."
The other red flag is Long's past. The NFL scout said teams certainly would do their research on Long, but noted the fact that he demonstrated the resolve to redirect his life and then take a long, hard road to Oregon is a positive.
Long said he expected probing questions during the week's interviews.
"It's these people's jobs to grill you and find out what you're all about," Long said.
He said what they'll discover is that Long is all about football, just like his father was and his older brother is.
Chris Long, the No. 2-overall pick in the 2008 draft, told his brother to "shut his head off," as in, not overthink the event, according to Kyle.
Long went to Indianapolis prepared. He had a strong week at the Senior Bowl even though he spent several days feeling ill. He then spent a few weeks training in Los Angeles.
Long arrived at the combine feeling loose and prepared to show the NFL what he has to offer.
"I've been watching the NFL combine for a long time," he said. "I've always wanted to get out there and show people what I could do."
If he does well, Long could become the first Oregon offensive lineman to be selected as high as the second round since Seattle selected Max Unger in 2009. No Oregon offensive lineman has been selected in the first round since Hall of Famer Gary Zimmerman in 1984.
Long said he doesn't care what round he is selected in or what team he plays for. Just being in this position one year after leaving Saddleback is more than he could have imagined.
"The things that have happened to me they were the best thing to happen to me ever," Long said. "I've been through tough times and I've come out of the other side stronger."
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Ernst von Salomon (25 September 1902 – 9 August 1972) was a German novelist and screenwriter. He was a Weimar-era national-revolutionary activist and right-wing Freikorps member.

Family and education
He was born in Kiel, in the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein, the son of a criminal investigation officer. Salomon attended the Musterschule gymnasium in Frankfurt.

Military service
From 1913 Salomon was raised as a cadet in Karlsruhe and in Lichterfelde near Berlin; during the German Revolution of 1918–19, he joined the paramilitary Freikorps ("Free-Corps") unit under Georg Ludwig Rudolf Maercker suppressing the Spartacist Uprising. Later in 1919, he fought in the Baltic against the Bolsheviks and the Estonian and Latvian armies. With his unit he took part in the Kapp-Putsch in March 1920. He also fought against Polish insurgents in what the Poles call the Silesian Uprisings of 1921.

Political activity before and during WW2
After the Freikorps units had been officially dissolved in 1920, Salomon joined the Organisation Consul and received a five-year prison sentence in 1922 for his part in the assassination of Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau – he provided a car for the assassins. In 1927, he received another prison sentence for an attempted Feme murder (paramilitary "self-justice"), and was pardoned by Reich President Paul von Hindenburg after a few months – he had not killed the severely wounded victim, Wagner, when he pleaded for his life, which was noted by the court.

After his release from prison, Salomon committed himself to the support of Feme murder convicts and began to publish feuilleton articles in the national conservative Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, which earned him the attention of Conservative Revolutionary and National Bolshevist circles around Friedrich Hielscher and Arnolt Bronnen.

In 1929, he backed his elder brother Bruno in his struggle for the Schleswig-Holstein Rural People's Movement by simulating a bomb attack on the Reichstag building in Berlin. He had to spend three months in investigative custody, during which time he finished writing his first novel The Outlaws (Die Geächteten), published by Ernst Rowohlt.

Unlike many other German writers and poets, he did not sign the Gelöbnis treuester Gefolgschaft proclamation of loyalty to Adolf Hitler. He had been arrested after the Nazi Machtergreifung, together with Hans Fallada, but was released after a few days. Suspiciously eyed by the authorities, who suspected him to be an adherent of Otto Strasser's "Third Position", he earned his living by writing film scripts for the German film company UFA. Salomon wrote the screenplay for the 1941 anti-British propaganda film Carl Peters.

He supported Ernst Rowohlt after he had received a publishing ban for employing Jewish personnel and temporarily corresponded with conservative resistance circles around Arvid Harnack and Harro Schulze-Boysen. His lover, Ille Gotthelft, was Jewish but he was able to protect her from persecution by passing her off as his spouse. In his autobiographical The Answers he described how both were arrested and seriously mistreated in 1945 by American soldiers when they were arrested, and called "Nazi swine!" and "despicable creatures". Salomon was interned by the American Military Authorities until September 1946.

In 1951 he published the book The Questionnaire (Der Fragebogen), in which he gave his ironic and sarcastic "Answers" to the 131 point questionnaire concerning people's activities between 1933-1945 which the Western Allied Military Governments in Germany issued by the tens of thousands at the end of the war. A famous public discussion of the book took place in the main train station of Cologne, organised by bookseller Gerhard Ludwig. Although Liberals and the Left condemned it violently, the book was a sensation in Germany and between its publication in 1951 and 1954 by which time it had sold over 250,000 copies.

Death
Ernst von Salomon died of heart failure at his home near Hamburg on 9 August 1972. He was 69 years of age.

Selected filmography
 Men Without a Fatherland (1937)
 Carl Peters (1941)
 The Endless Road (1943)

Bibliography
(Note: this bibliography is incomplete.)
 Die Geächteten (translated as The Outlaws) (1930), a fictionalized account of Ernst von Salomon's adventures as a Freikorps fighter.
 Die Stadt ("The City" – translated as It Cannot Be Stormed) (1932)
 Die Kadetten ("The Cadets") (1933)
 Putsch ("Coup d'État") (1933)
 Der Fragebogen (The Questionnaire or Answers to the 131 Questions of the Allied Military Government.) (Germany 1951). English edition, by Putnam, London, 1954.
 Die schöne Wilhelmine ("The Beautiful Wilhelmine") (1965)
 Der tote Preuße ("The Dead Prussian") (1973)

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1902 births
1972 deaths
Writers from Kiel
People from the Province of Schleswig-Holstein
German male screenwriters
German Peace Union politicians
Organisation Consul members
20th-century Freikorps personnel
Conservative Revolutionary movement
German male writers
People educated at the Musterschule
20th-century German screenwriters
20th-century German criminals

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Gary Coker
Born December 11, 1943 - A pioneer of high school sports coverage, Gary Coker was part of a three-man team, who brought changes to not only sports sections in DeKalb County and the Sand Mountain area but across North Alabama. A1961 graduate of Geraldine High School, Gary began covering Geraldine and Crossville High School sports in 1968. Soon enough, his articles were picked up by daily newspapers, increasing high school sports coverage across North Alabama. His writings have carried from local schools to the University of Alabama head football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's, and to interviews with NASCAR racer Richard Petty. Still dedicated to local sports almost 40 years later, it's unlikely anyone his age has seen more games or written more stories about DeKalb County teams. As a youngster, Gary played on Crossville's very first Little League Baseball team, and later not only coached but was the director of Crossville Dixie Youth Baseball. He played in his first independent baseball game, when he was 12 and played for over 16 years. He also played independent basketball for 12 years, and the softball team he coached and played on for 13 years won over 800 games.
Acie "Lefty" Edmondson
Born December 9, 1941 - Rodney played basketball at Fort Payne High School 1957 - 1960. He started every year as a guard. During his senior year in the NEAC Tournament game with Albertville the Gadsden Times described Rodney's game as "the most amazing bit of accuracy seen on the Sansom hardwood..ever". According to the Times with three minutes to go Rodney hit seven straight shots from the 15-20 foot range and two free throws. He scored 26 points. Rodney was named All-Conference for the 1959-60 team and for the 1958-59 team. He was recruited by Jacksonville State and actually given a scholarship without head coach Tom Roberson ever seeing him play. He started all four years at Jacksonville. He hit 126 consecutive free throws in a team practice breaking a 10 year school record. Rodney led his team to records of 16-6, 12-8, 15-5 and 12-8. Rodney graduated with honors in math and after receiving a masters in math at the University of Alabama he returned to Jacksonville State where he taught for 35 years in the math department.
Heather Mayes Powell
Born November 18, 1976 - Heather began her sports career at Fyffe High School where she was a six year starter in basketball and volleyball and a five-year starter on the softball team. She won three 2A basketball state championships as a player in 1992, 1993, and 1995. Her volleyball teams won three state championship runner-up awards. Heather was selected All State five years in basketball and four years in volleyball. She was three time 2A "Player of the Year", Three time "State Tournament MVP", "Super All-State" two years, "Miss Basketball 1995", "Gatorade Player of the Year 1995", and "Volleyball State Tournament MVP" in 1993. Heather was a participant in the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star Classic and Senior Volleyball All-Star Game. She is a Bryant-Jordan recipient as well as Academic All-State. Heather set state records for points (4149) and three point field goals made in a career, season and game. She played basketball one year at Western Kentucky University, setting a school record for three-point percentage. She played one year of college softball at Snead State Community College where she was honorable mention All-American. She also played basketball at Jacksonville State University earning All-TACC, All TACC tournament honors. In 1999 Heather led NCAA Division 1 in three-point shooting percentage. She was volleyball assistant coach at Sylvania (2000 State Champs), Head basketball coach at Susan Moore, Paul Bryant High School. Heather was named head basketball coach at Plainview in 2004.
Willie Lois (Bill) Nichols
Ms. Nichols passed away in January 1971. She was the leading scorer at Geraldine in 1925-26-27 on two district champion teams that played in state tourney. The team was runner up and she was all state. In 1928 she transferred to Jacksonville where she played on both the high school and college teams. In 1929-30 she played on a team that went undefeated. She scored 63 points against Southern Miss. She was an avid tennis player. She coached tennis at Jax State. An excellent golfer she played on the day she passed away. She is a member of the Jacksonville State Hall of Fame.
DeKalb County (Alabama) Sports Hall of Fame