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Fernández sees off Kunieda to win BNP Paribas Open de France title
Gustavo Fernández claimed a second wheelchair tennis title in Paris in eight days as he defeated world number one Shingo Kunieda to win the BNP Paribas Open de France.
Argentina's Fernández stormed to victory on the Roland Garros clay courts as he defeated Briton Gordon Reid in the French Open final last Saturday (June 8).
And against Japan's Kunieda he was in impeccable form in claiming a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Women's world number one Diede de Groot from the Netherlands backed up yesterday's doubles win by securing the women's singles title at Parc Départemental des Sports de la Grenouillère d'Antony.
Let's gooo!!!! I won my first ever Super Series 🏆 beating nr4 Lapthorne by 6-1 5-7 6-1 😁 It's been an incredible week and I've played a lot of strong opponents so to go home with the trophy is incredible 💪🏻
Thanks to everyone who helped organize this tournament, I'll be back! pic.twitter.com/olTZS0V3Up
— Sam Schröder (@SamWCTennis) June 16, 2019
Against her doubles partner and compatriot Aniek van Koot, De Groot stormed through the first set before edging a tiebreak to win 6-1, 7-6.
The men's quads final was won by Sam Schröder from the Netherlands.
Schröder took the first set against Britain's Andy Lapthorne, who had defeated top seed Australian David Wagner in the semi-finals, and although the Briton levelled the match it was the Dutchman who had the stamina to take the decider in a 6-1, 5-7, 6-1 victory.
The event was part of the International Tennis Federation Super Series.
June 2019: Fernández and Kunieda to renew rivalry in BNP Paribas Open de France final
June 2019: Top seed de Groot through to semi-finals at BNP Paribas Open de France
June 2019: Top seed Kunieda makes impressive start to campaign at BNP Paribas Open de France
June 2019: Gérard and Reid progress on rain-affected opening day at BNP Paribas Open de France
June 2019: Dutch player de Groot completes Grand Slam set with maiden French Open title
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Learning French through real-life situations
Students who graduate from McMaster's French department will now be able to work and teach in French anywhere in the world far more easily, thanks to a new curriculum currently being rolled out by French faculty members.
The new curriculum is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CERF), a set of international standards adopted by the European Union with respect to teaching, learning and assessing foreign language competencies.
After every language course, students will now have an opportunity to undergo French proficiency testing coordinated by the French Embassy in Ottawa.
If they choose to do so, upon graduation, they will graduate from McMaster with a diploma (Diplôme d'études de langue française – DELF or Diplôme approfondi de langue française – DALF) awarded by the French Ministry of Education. These diplomas grant a standardized language level to successful candidates. In Europe and other parts of the world, the DELF is often expected when applying for jobs as a non-native French speaker.
The new pedagogy also aligns with the best evidence on teaching foreign languages successfully. A short survey with the French department's students further confirmed that students prioritized conversational skills."Students don't want us to teach about French. They want to learn how to speak French and how to interact with French speakers in real-life situations," says French professor, Elzbieta Grodek, who is heading up the curriculum renewal.
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"They want to be and to act in the language, as opposed to having knowledge about the language – it sounds similar but is very different."
This method calls for learners – viewed as "social agents" – to participate in active interactions. For instance, they collaborate to complete a task that is based as much as possible on an authentic situation. Learners engage in communicative strategies in order to achieve a goal, realize a project, or find a solution.
"Students will now be able to engage and mobilize their linguistic and strategic resources to accomplish tasks that are practical, so hopefully also more interesting. Such constant practice of oral, written and mediating competencies will also give students more courage to speak in French," explains Grodek.
"We've had students who were perfect at filling in grammar exercises but froze when it came to having an actual conversation with a fluent French speaker. We hope this new approach allows them to practice oral French in a way that makes them more comfortable to use French in a meaningful way."
The curriculum also better aligns with how Ontario primary and secondary schools are now teaching French, which also now focus on a task-oriented approach.
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"In recent years some of our students were experiencing challenges in following how we were teaching French at the University because our pedogogical approach was different from the one they were used to [coming out of high school]," says chair of the French department, Eugène Nshimiyimana.
"We've shifted to accommodate our incoming high school students and to prepare our graduates to continue learning or to work in francophone countries around the world. We are one of the few Canadian university French departments who have done this."
The rollout of the new curriculum began in Fall 2020, after French faculty members underwent extensive training for how to teach and evaluate according to this new pedagogy.
"For me this means we are open to the world without compromising our high standards," says Nshimiyimana.
"It was a lot of work to change to this [method], but it's too valuable not to do. Now our students can leave our program knowing they can work and speak competently in French anywhere in the world."
BY ALLISON MULLIN, FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
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This Mulled Apple Cider is easy to make in a crock-pot and makes the entire house smell nice. Every fall gathering is better with a little cider!
Fall party season is in full swing for us now. Tonight we spent the evening playing Ultimate Werewolf with friends. If you have never played this think something along the lines of Mafia. It is a total hoot! Unfortunately, I can't get anything past my husband so when I'm the werewolf he knows off the bat. Oh well, I guess being a terrible lire is no great loss!
Along with parties come FOOD! We have been spending lots of time in the kitchen whipping up yummy fall treats to share with our friends. This afternoon I threw together my easy mulled cider to bring for werewolf night. I love that it goes together in a jiffy and then just sits on the counter all afternoon getting yummier and yummier. It's also a recipe you can do on the cheap if need be. Sometimes I buy the high end fresh pressed cider from a local farm, but in a pinch I use cheep frozen concentrate. Make sure to check on bulk options such as Winco to save money on whole spices. No matter your budget, the end result is always wonderful. Usually it disappears down to the last few tablespoons but if you happen to have any leftover try it cold. I think I might like that even better than hot. If you are planning on some parties this fall expect this recipe to be just right for 12-15 people.
Another of my favorite drinks is the wonderful Anne of Green Gables Raspberry Cordial. I find it is a big hit at fall parties.
In a large crock pot, mix apple juice concentrate with water according to package directions. Turn crock pot on high.
Add the spices. Cover the crock pot and leave on high for 3 hours.
Use a strainer to skim out spices if desired.
Wash the apples. Slice 1/8" slices down the length of the apple to reveal the star pattern of the core. Remove the seeds (they are poisonous). Add all the pretty slices to the cider. Eat or discard any slices that don't display the star pattern. Turn the crock pot to the "keep warm" setting to hold the cider for serving.


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LOS ANGELES – This time around, the Timberwolves didn't need veteran star Jimmy Butler to wear a superhero's cape.
This time, the Wolves beat the Los Angeles Clippers for the second time in three days, a 113-107 decision in which they were fourth-quarter contributions enough to go around.
On Sunday, Butler scored 20 of his 33 points all in the final seven-plus minutes at Target Center and the Wolves persevered to win by six points after they had led by no more than eight over a Clippers team missing four of five starters.
On Wednesday, the Wolves led by 19 points midway through the third quarter and by 11 points with 7:20 remaining. But they pushed back when the Clippers came close, countering the home team's 9-1 run by scoring the next eight points unanswered themselves.
By doing so, they won from opening tip to final buzzer for the first time this season.
By doing so, they have started the season 15-11, which is behind only Houston, Golden State and San Antonio in the Western Conference.
Last season, the Wolves didn't win their 15th game until Jan. 19 against the Clippers in L.A. Two seasons ago, they didn't win their 15th game until Feb. 3, also against the Clippers at Staples Center.
"Just finding a way to win was probably the most important thing," Wolves coach Tom Thibodeau said.
They found a way when young star Andrew Wiggins both started and ended that deciding 8-0 run with punctuating slam dunks while Butler scored the four points in the middle. They found a way when teammate Karl-Anthony Towns made what Thibodeau might call "winning" plays defensively when it mattered most. His 21-point, 14-rebound, 4-assist, 4-block, 4-steal game was the first in the NBA this season.
Big men DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis were the only players to reach those numbers across the board a season ago.
Towns blocked big man DeAndre Jordan's short shot when the Clippers were within five points with 3:27 and he blocked little man Lou Williams' driving layup with 2:14 in what was the Clippers' final gasp.
"Oh, they were huge, man," Wolves point guard Jeff Teague said. "He was battling DeAndre Jordan all night. For him to come up with some big plays down the stretch, we needed him to get this win."
Until those two moments, Jordan was on his way to a 18-point, 21-rebound night during which 12 of those 21 rebounds were on the offensive backboards. Williams followed a five-point first half on 2-for-9 shooting by scoring 18 of his 23 points after halftime.
"You just got to do what you got to do to win," Towns said. "For me, it's not going to be an offensive play I make for us every day. I have to make defensive plays if we want to win the game and I knew the game was on the line. I had to make those plays and I'm glad I was able to do it."
The Wolves shot 67.7 percent in the first half – their best for any half since the final game of the 2015-16 season – and 54.9 percent for the game. They also made seven of 19 three-point attempts (36.8 percent), including four by Teague, and won after Monday's loss at Memphis to a Grizzlies team that had lost 11 consecutive games before that.
"They're the same shots we had against Memphis," Thibodeau said. "The important thing is are we making the right play? If we're making the right play, that's all we can ask. Some night we shooting it better. Offensively, we're fifth best in the league, but we have a lot of work to do defensively if we want to be the team we say we want to be."
The Wolves won on a day that started with a morning shootaround at UCLA, which canceled classes Wednesday afternoon during finals week because a nearby wildfire – one of several that burned from Ventura, Calif., an hour north to Bel Air right next to campus – snarled traffic and prevented many from being able to reach campus.
"Terrible," said Butler, who owns a home in Malibu, Calif., in between the fires. "But I still love L.A."
Just three days earlier, the Clippers pushed the Wolves to the final minutes at Target Center, where they started two players on two-way G League contract and played without four starters including star Blake Griffin. On Wednesday, the Clippers welcomed back veteran forward Danilo Gallinari, who missed the previous 13 games because of a strained gluteal muscle.
His return to the starting power-forward spot moved rookie forward Jamil Wilson and gave the Clippers another to space the floor after teammates Austin Rivers and Lou Williams combined for 10 three-point shots -- OK, seven by Rivers – and 53 points Sunday in Minneapolis.
Rivers and Williams combined Wednesday for six three-pointers and 46 points, 23 points each.
The two teams hadn't played in the season's opening six weeks and now they have played each twice in those three days. "It's similar to a playoff setting," Thibodeau said before the game. "It's a little unusual, but it usually happens once or twice a season. It is a challenge, but it's a good one. Hopefully, it's a good one."
It turned out to be a good one on a night when Wolves veteran guard Jamal Crawford returned to Staples Center Wednesday to play for the first time since the Clippers traded him to Atlanta last summer during their summer roster makeover.
Only four Clippers remain from the team for which Crawford played last season and the team honored Crawford's five seasons there – the longest he has played for any in his 18-year NBA career – with a scoreboard video tribute during a first-quarter timeout. Crawford crossed his hands over his chest and bowed to the crowd after they gave him a standing ovation after the video played.
"It was special," Crawford said. "You don't get those often and it's very, very humbling. I know my game isn't for everybody, but I left my heart and soul out there every time I played and the fans were appreciative of it, so I'm thankful."
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BOXSCORE: Wolves 113, Clippers 107
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Short Is Sweet
We all know that short is sweet, small is beautiful and the best things come in small packages…and the same applies to pop singles. It's those classic singles that are under 3 minutes long that are very often the best singles of all time.
But why is this? Well, it stems from the fact that when 78 rpm were the standard records for pop music there was a limit to what could be put onto a shellac record. Initially these brittle discs were limited to about 2 minutes playing time, by the 1920s 10" records were virtually all 3 minutes or under. In 1923 when King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, the band that included Louis Armstrong, recorded 13 sides at Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana, the records were almost all between 2' 30" and 3" minutes long.
With the coming of the vinyl age in the late 1940s and the 45 rpm single the trend continued. RCA Victor had nearly gone bust in the 1930s trying to develop a long playing record, but it was RCA that came up with the 45 rpm, 7 inch, single to rival the 78rpm. Some dynamic marketing executive had the idea of colour coding the RCA releases. Bizarrely their Blues and R&B records came out on orange vinyl, among the seven different colours were, popular music on Blue, while country records, rather appropriately, were green. Their first Blues 45 was Arthur Crudup's 'That's All Right' which ran 2 minutes 55 seconds… a few years later Elvis covered the song…the rest is history.
Most 45 rpm singles in the 1950s and early 1960s were around 3 minutes in length, the majority less than 180 seconds. This was both a historical hangover, but it was also down to the fact that AM radio liked their records to be short as well as a technological necessity in that this allowed the records to be as loud as possible; putting more grooves on a 45 to pack in more music meant that they played quieter.
We've picked 50 of the Greatest Pop Singles under 3 minutes long as testament to what is the most popular art form on the planet… Pop Music! Who can resist Martha and The Vandellas clarion call to have us all 'Dancing In The Street'? Running time 2 minutes 39 seconds. Or The Beach Boys and 'God Only Knows' (2 ' 53") – and not the first single to have God in the title as is often cited, but certainly the best.
Rock and Rollers liked their singles even shorter. Elvis' s 'Heartbreak Hotel' is just 2' 8", while Del Shannon's classic, 'Runaway' is 8 seconds longer. Eddie Cochran's 'Summertime Blues' and Ray Charles's 'Hit The Road Jack' both run for just 1 minute and 58 seconds. And it's not just older artists who like 'em short. Blur and Elvis Costello both have great singles that run for little over 2 minutes.
The Beatles, naturally, kept to the formula and 'From Me To You', 'Yesterday', 'Eleanor Rigby' 'Can't Buy Me Love', 'Lady Madonna' and many of their other hits all run for under 3 minutes; we've chosen 'I Feel Fine', 2 minutes 19 seconds to represent their genius.
Likewise, The Rolling Stones released a strong of short ones, with their debut, 'Come On' running just 1' 48". In the same way as 'Not Fade Away', 'Get Off My Cloud', 'Have You Seen Your Mother Baby' and 'Mothers Little Helper' all following the formula. On our list of the 50 Greatest we've gone for 'Honky Tonk Women', which just creeps under the wire at 2' 59".
Anyway, time to dive into the wonderful world of the greatest pop singles under 3 minutes…some of the finest music ever committed to vinyl…
What are your favourite singles under 3 minutes?
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15 Best Things to Do in North Haven, CT
Blake Walsh
Dec 6, 2022 • 9 min read
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North Haven is a beautiful town in New Haven County, Connecticut, with a rich history and plenty of activities to keep visitors busy.
Located on the Connecticut River, North Haven has several parks and recreation areas perfect for spending time outdoors.
The town is also home to several museums, including the North Haven Historical Society.
North Haven offers a variety of independent boutiques and antique stores for those interested in shopping.
Here are the best things to do in North Haven, Connecticut.
Stop by the Serene Wharton Brook State Park
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Wharton Brook State Park was founded in 1918 and served as a pit stop for travelers.
They could get their car serviced and enjoy a quiet picnic lunch here.
This park was the first of its kind to offer rest areas, an idea that would later be developed by the State Department of Transportation.
Wharton Brook State Park is mainly wooded with sandy raised areas.
The main attractions are the 96-acre Allen Brook Pond.
This pond is open for swimming during the hotter months and becomes a skating rink in the winter.
There are picnic tables and grills near the water, accessible on a first-come, first-served basis.
Take in the scenery of Wharton Brook State Park on your next visit!
Learn Local History at the North Haven Historical Society
The North Haven Historical Society, based in the North Haven Cultural Center, is a non-profit organization run by volunteers.
This group's primary goals are to preserve, collect, and share research about North Haven's history.
The Society has artifacts from thousands of years ago up until the mid-1900s, like furniture, photographs, books, tools, clothing, sketches, and paintings that hold historical significance for North Haven.
There are also cookware and fine china displayed here.
You will be amazed at the size of the collections in this museum.
Likewise, every item can tell many tales about North Haven's past.
Visiting the North Haven Historical Society will be worth your time!
Take a Picture at the Martha Culver House
It is astonishing how a few houses from centuries ago still stand today.
The Martha Culver House is an example of the care and precision that went into brick home construction back in the day.
It was built in 1858 by Ammi Culver, a wealthy brickyard owner, for his family.
The house is two stories tall and has features of the late Greek Revival architectural style.
The main structure has a full-width wood porch on the front and a one-bay porch and door on the wing, complete with gabled roofing.
The walls are made of local brick and stone, covering an interior wood frame.
Both porches boast ornamental wood trim with concrete slab floors, and the window openings sport brownstone lintels and sills, while the rear and south sides use granite or bluestone.
With a beautiful exterior design, this house on Quinnipiac Avenue in the Montowese section is perfect for anyone who loves taking pictures.
The next time you're in the area, take advantage of this photo opportunity and snap some shots of the stunning structure!
Taste the Sumptuous Dishes at Bellini's Italian Cuisine & Pizza
If you are looking for Italian cuisine, this restaurant will give you what you wish for.
The owner of Bellini's Italian Cuisine & Pizza has worked for the past 24 years to create delicious recipes and menus that have satisfied customers.
To his credit, his love for cooking was rewarded when the Connecticut Magazine voted this restaurant "one of the best Italian cuisine and pizza establishments in the area."
The chicken parmigiana, veals, and seafood options for lunch are worth trying.
The pasta and pizza menu is also excellent if you want something different.
You'll find a fully stocked bar at Bellini's with plenty of beer, wine, and liquor selections.
The dining room is comfortable and elegant, and private space can be reserved for banquets or parties.
What are you waiting for? Drive to Bellini's Italian Cuisine & Pizza and eat the best Italian dishes.
Hike to the Top of Peter's Rock Park
Peter's Rock Park is great if you want to go to a place that will give you majestic and outstanding views.
Locals have called Peter's Rock many names over the years.
For example, they have called it Great Rock and Rabbit Hill or Rabbit Rock because of the many cottontail rabbits that reside there.
It was first discovered by settlers who described it as a Native American lookout post and named it "Indian Rock."
Peter's Rock is the highest North Haven peak at a whopping 373 feet above sea level.
The quarry is one of many disrupted trap rock sites spanning 20 miles and offers climbers and hikers stunning views of Connecticut and Long Island Sound.
Peter's Rock is not only a recreational hotspot, but it has also served the surrounding area for many years.
See a Movie at Cinemark North Haven and XD
If you're looking for a great place to see the latest blockbusters, check out Cinemark North Haven and XD.
Located in North Haven, this state-of-the-art theater features all of the latest amenities, including high-definition projection and surround sound.
Plus, with spacious auditoriums and comfortable seating, it's the perfect place to relax and enjoy your favorite movie.
The theater also offers a variety of food shops, so you can indulge in your favorite snacks while you catch the latest release.
Cinemark North Haven and XD is the perfect destination whether you're a movie fan or just looking for a night out with friends and family.
Go Fishing at Chapman-Sinoway Park and Pond
North Haven is an ideal destination for those who love nature.
The Chapman-Sinoway Park and Pond has become a nature trail through the efforts of the North Haven Trail Association.
This park has a one-kilometer trail containing nine acres of woodland with beautiful scenery.
It also has a stream and pond on the property open for fishing anytime, so don't forget your poles to get the full experience.
Consider camping overnight at the park.
Wander the Quinnipiac River State Park
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Quinnipiac River State Park was first established in the 1930s when the State Highway Commission purchased a parcel of land during the construction of the Wilbur Cross Parkway.
The Quinnipiac River flows 38 miles, starting from Plainville and ending at New Haven.
Quinnipiac River State Park is a 320-acre natural paradise that offers visitors the chance to hike and walk along six miles of winding trails next to the river.
The forested floodplain habitats are home to abundant wildlife, making it a perfect place for nature lovers and birdwatchers.
The clean waters of this river attract animals to build their habitat in the park.
As you wander along the park trails, you might see deer, otters, wild ducks, owls, and many more.
Bring your camera to capture the stunning wildlife and scenery of Quinnipiac River State Park.
Let Your Kids Swim at Walter Gawrych Community Pool
The Walter Gawrych Community Pool on Linsley Street is a fantastic place for cooling off during the summer with the family.
The pool offers a wide range of amenities in North Haven, including a spacious deck, a vast eigh-lane pool, and a kiddie pool.
Their snack bar and picnic area make it the perfect spot for a family outing.
It also serves as a venue for swimming competitions in the area.
The Walter Gawrych Community Pool is the perfect place to take a dip on a hot day or enjoy time with your family.
Drop by and spend some time swimming with the entire family!
Get Active at North Haven CrossFit
If you are looking for the best place to get fit, North Haven CrossFit is the place to go.
North Haven CrossFit is a top-notch, results-based fitness center that occupies 10,000 square feet, providing ample space to grow and have the best workout experience possible.
The staff understands that working out should also be enjoyable.
If you prefer personalized programs, they can accommodate you.
On the other hand, if classes with other people suit you better, you can join those until you reach your fitness goals.
Try exercising at North Haven CrossFit!
Enjoy a Picnic at Montowese Park
Montowese Park is a beautiful green space in North Haven where you can spend time with your family.
The park features picnic tables and a vast grassland where you can place picnic blankets.
You and your family can enjoy the stunning views of trees that complement the lively green bushes of plants.
You can let your kids play in the sand area of this park while you read your favorite book.
Montowese Park should please you with a relaxing place to spend time with your family.
When you visit North Haven, have a fun picnic with the family at Montowese Park!
Find Your Next Favorite Book at North Haven Memorial Library
The North Haven Memorial Library is a lively community hub in North Haven.
Silas L. Bradley from Auburn, New York, left $1,000 for North Haven in 1883 to start a library that is accessible to everyone.
The library offers various services and resources to residents of all ages, including a children's section with storytime programs and an extensive collection of books.
The library also provides wifi, computers for research, and printing services so you can print your papers.
The librarians and staff are always friendly and willing to help, so don't hesitate to ask for assistance.
In addition to being a great place to find materials for school or work, the North Haven Memorial Library also hosts regular events such as book clubs and other programs.
Whether you're looking for somewhere to spend an afternoon or evening or need a quiet place to study or work on a project, the North Haven Memorial Library is the perfect place.
Unwind at Todd's Pond
The best way to escape the bustling and tiring life in the city is to reconnect with nature.
Todd's Pond offers fresh air and a peaceful surrounding that will help you relax.
It has stunning views and lush greenies while you stroll in the trails as you spend time alone.
Or you can have your picnic event on the picnic tables available here with your family for some quality time.
You can also enjoy fishing in the pond here.
Todd's Pond provides breathtaking views, so don't forget your camera and snap some shots!
Make Your Way along the Beautiful Tidal Marsh Trail
The Tidal Marsh Trail is a 1.8-kilometer out-and-back track near North Haven that offers breathtaking views of the local area.
Though it's a short, 20-minute trail, many believe the visit is worth it.
Explore the trees and abandoned railway tracks of Cedar Hill Rail Yard.
Likewise, the Tidal Marsh Trail provides picturesque views.
You can explore the route anytime, as it is open all year round.
North Haven isn't the only town with something to offer.
These other nearby places with recreational activities you can enjoy.
Follow the Trail to the Sleeping Giant State Park
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North Haven has a strange, protruding landform on its northern boundary that piques its visitors' interest, eight minutes away from North Haven.
This popular feature in the south central Connecticut skyline in Hamden, Connecticut, is a mountain resembling a large man lying down.
This shape is where the Sleeping Giant State Park got its name.
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Designated as a state park in 1924, the one-and-a-half miles of scenic trail and stone observation tower on the peak of Mt. Carmel provides an excellent view of Long Island Sound and the New Haven area.
The state park is perfect for hiking its natural trails and camping to gaze at Connecticut's night sky.
You can also enjoy doing picnics at the Sleeping Giant State Park.
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If you're looking for a lively community to join and explore, North Haven is the perfect place.
From the North Haven Memorial Library to the Sleeping Giant State Park, there's no shortage of places to explore in this vibrant town.
Try the best things to do in North Haven, Connecticut, on your next vacation!
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A few months back, a different friend told me that he was reluctant to try online dating because he didn't want to get hurt. Entering the dating arena placed him and his vulnerability front and center as easy prey.
We say: Timing is everything. And, while it's true that timing is everything, we don't get the luxury of picking the when.
But are we ever ready for life as it unfurls before us? Isn't that part of the fun, not knowing what lies just ahead, around the slight bend and just out of sight?
Furthermore, what constitutes our readiness for things?
In the end, isn't it the suddenness or element of surprise that gives us an extra mite of joy in receiving the gifts of life? We adapt, softening and often delighting in the new puppy or meeting and getting to know a special person. Furthermore, isn't it that things and events always turn out a little different than what we have imagined (hopefully for the better)?
On the other side of the coin, we pay individuals with psychic gifts to hopefully gain insight about what lies ahead, shrouded in the mists of our future. Do we really want to know? If we are told to expect the arrival of our perfect prince, how does that change the way we view life and the near future? Contritely, what if we are involved in a wonderful relationship and are told that it is about to come to a dramatic end?
In my experience, we are never really "ready".
About five years ago, I was not dating. I had "taken myself off the market" or whatever you'd call it. Just being single.
A few weeks before Christmas 2015, my good friend was hosting a holiday party in Orlando. If you know me, you know that I loathe driving, and even on its best day, Interstate 4 is hellacious. The trip would've been approximately three hours each way, which really isn't a big deal. But, I have a valid airmen certificate and an airplane ready to fly – and it's a short 35 minute flight. It was December 4th, 2015, and I woke to sparkling sunshine, clear skies and light winds. With travel options, I chose to fly to Orlando, instead of driving.
When I fly, I always patch in my iPhone so I can listen to music. With good music playing, I lifted off from runway 5 around 10:30 am; once airborne, I executed a gentle turn to the east. My route of flight would take me directly over a small airport called "Pilot Country", but other than that, it was an easy, direct path to Orlando Executive airport. I leveled off in the smooth air and settled in, enjoying the sights and sounds of the flight. As I approached Pilot Country airport from the west, I keyed in their frequency and made an announcement that I would be over-flying the field from west to east at a thousand feet. It was a Friday morning and I didn't observe any other traffic, so I expected to continue my route of flight, uninterrupted. In that moment, how was I to know that my whole life was on the brink of changing forever?
A gentleman's voice replied on the frequency, announcing that he was also in the vicinity, flying a Pitts. We deconflicted, and then he asked if he could form up on my wing? A Pitts is an aerobatic biplane and has always been one of my favorites. And in so far as forming up on my wing? Ummm, sure? This isn't normal, but it happened so quickly – and I'm always one for some impromptu fun.
A black biplane popped up next to me, just as quickly and unexpected as could be. I snapped some pix with my iPhone, and the cheeky aviator asked if I'd kindly text those to him. He proceeded to give his phone number over the frequency, and I sent them along, realizing I had just given my number to a stranger, possibly the stalker-type. We flew along in a loose formation for a few moments before he pealed off, zooming off into the blue sky from which he'd emerged only seconds earlier. I continued to Orlando, the rest of the flight uneventful. I met my friend and recounted the strange encounter I'd just had.
The photo that started it all!
The mysterious Pitts flyer and I began exchanging text messages. I had no idea who he was, just a fellow flyer on a sunny day. Intrigued, I agreed to meet him at a small area airport a week later.
On the day we planned to meet, it was another lovely day, warm for December but good for flying. I arrived at Zephyrhills airport before him and parked Daisy, the Champ, near the main runway. I always keep a blanket aboard for such occasions and spread it below the wing to sit and wait. A few moments later, I heard the authoritative sound of a powerful engine, and the black Pitts roared down the runway, abruptly pulling up into a steep climb and making a turn to re-enter the pattern. The Pitts landed and taxied up, parking next to me. I was suddenly kind of nervous! The moment of truth had arrived: who was this mysterious charmer?
The canopy opened, and a dark-haired man pulled himself from the narrow cockpit. I froze, staying seated right where I was, totally losing my cool. Seconds later, he finally stood before me: a handsome, clean-cut guy around my same age named Mike. I observed no wedding ring, another good sign. We were both nervous to meet one another, I could tell! He sat upon the blanket beside me and we got to talking, sharing a beautiful afternoon in each other's company.
Mike, the bold Pitts flyer, and I were married on February 22, 2018 – and if you put those digits down, they make up the radio frequency on which we met (122.8). I might not believe that story if it were not my own — but you just never know what life has up its sleeve. Was I ready to meet Mike? I would've probably said that I wasn't, but we were obviously meant to meet. I have often wondered at the timing – two minutes in either direction and we could've missed one another.
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Rights instead of Alms (tags)
It is time to champion a basic right to housing and ensure its reality. "An authentic faith that is never comfortable and individualistic always includes the deep desire to change the world," wrote Pope Francis.
The Montrose Peace Vigil at 12 Years (tags)
Last January marked the 12-year anniversary of the Montrose Peace Vigil. It continues every Friday from 5:30 to 7 at Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard.
Archbishop and Religious Groups Hold Puerto Rico Prayer Vigil at US Capitol (tags)
As Congress considers recovery and relief packages for hurricane-hit Puerto Rico, the island's Archbishop and national religious groups are holding a vigil in a Congressional office building on Wednesday.
The Eagle Rock Peace Vigil Marks 15 Years (tags)
Reflecting on 15 years of weekly vigils both in Eagle Rock and elsewhere in SoCal.
Peace Vigils (tags)
Peace Vigils in Los Angeles
Activists at Jonah Rief Prayer Vigil Demand Justice for Michael Brown (tags)
At a Sunday prayer vigil held in downtown San Diego for Jonah and Tammy Rief, activists toohk time out to demand an end to police misconduct and for justice for Michael Brown.
Southern California Joins Worldwide Wave Of Action (tags)
Silver "Lake" Protests Invasion of Syria (tags)
Pictures/report: MoveOn vigil in Silver "Lake."
Monday MoveOn Peace Events (tags)
Copied this from MoveOn.
Vigil for a Just Immigration Reform (tags)
Vigil for Just Immigration Reform for All at the Placita Olvera
Idle No More Returns to CNN (tags)
March 20 was a Day of Ceremony and Resurgence for Idle No More. In Los Angeles, a vigil was held for two hours in front of CNN. This was Idle No More's second visit to CNN within a week because of continued failure by the mainstream media to cover this world-wide movement.
The death of Shaima Alawadi (tags)
The death of a Muslim woman is exposed as domestic violence, and the world is silent
Schiff Happens (tags)
Report back on a monthly vigil that occurs outside the Pasadena office of Congressman Adam Schiff.
Occupy LA / Day 10 / Candlelight Vigil for Presidential Jobs Plan (tags)
Occupy LA / Day 11 / Candlelight Vigil for Presidential Jobs Plan
TMI Anniversary-anti-nuke (tags)
Three Mile Island anniversary...LA, Monday protest
Anti -nuke JAPAN vigil (tags)
Anti-nuke candlelight vigil at Westwood Federal Building sidewalk, Mon. night, 7, March 28--Greenpeace, Coffee House Teach-ins
Georgetown Students Serve Uribe Subpoena (tags)
"Last week, students at Georgetown University in Washington, DC succeeded in serving Colombia's ex-president Álvaro Uribe with a subpoena to testify about paramilitary ties in Colombia. The Adios Uribe Coalition has campaigned since September to get Georgetown to drop Uribe as a 'Distinguished Scholar."
Vigil for Mr. Ruelas, a great teacher, on Monday November 8 (tags)
A vigil for a great teacher whose memory is even now being smeared by the Los Angeles Times.
WORLD HOMELESS DAY 10/10/10 (tags)
Set your clocks and calendars for World Homeless Day 10/10/10 - Volunteer for a food program that serves all year or hold a vigil in your neighborhood. Connect with the International Homeless Forums. www.worldhomelessday.org
NEWS FROM EL SALVADOR (tags)
Los Angeles-- The EPCC News learned from news sources in El Salvador that on Friday, July 30, hundreds students from the University of El Salvador took to the streets, accompanied by professors, staff and other sectors of the social movement. The march, filled with street theater, papier-mâché tanks and a 9-foot gorilla, was a commemoration of the university student massacre that occurred on July 30, 1975. Thirty-five years ago, university students took to the streets to protest military incursions on the Santa Ana campus and the repressive policies of the military dictatorship in power at the time.
November Vigil 2010 - Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia (tags)
November 18-21, 2010: Close the SOA and take a stand for justice in the Americas.
Emergency Vigil in Support of Haiti (tags)
An emergency vigil was held asking people "to donate money to go to grassroots women and their families, and therefore communities, rather than to thieving elites and their corrupt NGOs."
"Peace on Earth" vigil 2009 (tags)
This was the sixth consecutive year (a conservative count) that the Northeast LA Radical Neighbors have held vigils on December 25. The last several vigils have been a joint collaboration with the weekly Montrose Peace Vigil.
Vigiling in the Rain (tags)
At the Eagle Rock peace vigil, disgust with imperialism and our callous society seems to be increasing.
Powerful Weekend Resisting Violence & Oppression (tags)
This weekend was a truly inspirational and powerful gathering made possible only by the collective work of thousands of activists like you. Four Line-Crossers Arrested; Hundreds of Demonstrators Penetrate Police Barricades
Nov. 20-22 Mass Mobilization to Close the SOA (tags)
Join DC activists for the November vigil in Georgia.
Call for re-enforcements - Anti-abortion crowd has shown up to counter a pro-choice vigil (tags)
Call for re-enforcements - Anti-abortion crowd has shown up to counter a pro-choice vigil at Family Planning Associates 601 S. Westmoreland Ave. Los Angeles CA 90005 (Near Wilshire and Vermont)
TIMELY: Anti-abortion crowd is at pro-choice vigil (tags)
Large anti-abortion crowd has shown up to the pro-choice vigil on 6th & Westmoreland.
Photo Set 2 - TERMINATORS ILLEGAL VETOS spark HIV Protest and Vigil in Downtown L.A. (tags)
Photo set 2 Original article and Photo-set at http://la.indymedia.org/news/2009/08/229582.php
TERMINATOR'S ILLEGAL VETOS spark HIV Protest and Vigil in Downtown L.A. (tags)
Governor Schwarzenegger's Blue Pencil Pulls The Trigger on California's Aids Patients. Photoset of the Los Angeles HIV Vigil of August 11th. Set one of two
People for Immigrant Rights holds a vigil and march in Pomona (tags)
Friday, June 12, 2009 POMONA, California--A new immigrant rights group, People for Immigrant Rights, is all about putting a new, younger face on the movement for the human rights of immigrants. Today they held their first demonstration.
Silent Vigil to End the Occupation (tags)
Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 19, 11 AM--silent vigil to end the occupation--end the war--end the conflict. bring signs. Westwood Federal building sidewalk....Veteran and Wilshire...
Local Groups Join Forces to Oppose Gaza Offensive (tags)
Demonstration at the Federal Building in downtown L.A.
Xmas Day Vigil 2008 (tags)
"Some of us were a bit reticent to go out in the rain on a holiday, but activism isn't always about doing what one wants or feels like. Also, speaking for myself, I truly feel the holiday spirit once I'm actually out and demonstrating."
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers (tags)
A private vigil at a SWOP-LA members house to remember and honor the violence that sex workers face every day and to remember the victims who have already fallen.
Halloween at the Glendale Peace Vigil (tags)
Peace vigilers who wouldn't take Halloween off.
Don White Remembered at Weekly Vigil for Haiti (tags)
Don White was one of the organizers and regular participants of the weekly vigil calling for the release of Haitian human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine. In the wake of Don's passing on June 19th, the vigil has been paying tribute to him.
This Friday 5pm Echo Park Vigil - No Justice No Peace (tags)
Meet at the corner of Sunset Blvd. and Echo Park Ave for a two hours peace vigil Afterwards meet at Café Mariposa 1/2 block East of Echo Park Ave for the LA-IMC film night.
A Weekly Vigil is Launched for Haiti and Kidnapped Human Rights Activist (tags)
On Thursday, May 8, the Ad-Hoc Working Group for Haiti launched a weekly vigil outside the Brazilian consulate in Beverly Hills for the return of Haitian human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antione. A weekly fast, begun last November and practiced around the world, continues.
Orange County Candlelight Vigil for 4,000 Fallen (tags)
VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, ORANGE, CA USA: Military Families Speak Out, Gold Star Families, Iraq Veterans Against the War, & supporters gathered together on March 24, 2008, for a candlelight vigil to both remember and honor the fallen and raise public awareness of the needless loss of lives in the United States' unConstitutional occupation of Iraq.------------------------------ EXCELLENT ARTICLE AND VIDEO OF THE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/killed-lemieux-orange-2005062-war-soldiers
Vigil to Honor 4,000 U.S. Troops Killed (tags)
This Thursday, will will be holding a vigil to honor the now 4,000 U.S. Soldiers who have been killed in this illegal and immoral war. This event will be part of our weekly counter-recruitment protest that takes place in front of the U.S. Military recruitment center in Santa Monica. Join us to send the message, NOT ONE MORE DEAD. BRING THEM HOME!
4000 death vigil Downtown LA Federal Building (tags)
Activists vigil after 4000 US soldiers die.
Orange County: Candlelight Vigil Marking 4,000th Death (tags)
Pasadena Protest against the Iraq War (tags)
Protesters visited Rep Schiff's office to demand an end to the US occupation in Iraq after 5 years of bloodshed.
Candlelight Vigil (tags)
Code Pink OC Chapter will be hosting a Candlelight Vigil to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the start of the Iraq war!
S.O.A. vigil Jan 12, 2008 (tags)
The story of the School of the Americas, or School of the Assassins is a disturbing tale of such organized and planned terrorism; one would never believe it was real. Every year in Fort Benning, Georgia the people protest. This year we brought it to LA.
Interfaith Peace Vigil in Claremont, CA (tags)
Peace-making Task Force of the Claremont United Methodist Church is sponsoring an Interfaith Peace Vigil on January 6th, Sunday evening at 5:30.
Xmas Day Peace Vigil in Northeast L.A. (tags)
Some of us in the peace movement couldn't take the day off.
March and Vigil to Save the San Francisco Peaks (tags)
The struggle to save the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona from development (which would include recycled sewage for "snow") came to Pasadena on December 11. A march across town preceded the hearing, and a vigil occured outside the courthouse.
The Eagle Rock Vigil Enters its Sixth Year (tags)
Reflections, a retrospective, and a (mostly-accurate) list of film screenings at Flor y Canto from 2003-2005.
La activists travel to Fort Benning, Georgia for anti-militarization mobilization (tags)
Join LA area activists at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia at the vigil and nonviolent direct action to close the SOA and to change U.S. foreign policy.
48 Hour Health Care Vigil Downtown (tags)
It's Our Healthcare is protesting the Governor's veto of AB 8 and his proposed "health care" plan.
Oct 22 Stop Police Brutality Protest to March to MacArthur Park this Year (tags)
So that the victims of police violence against the peaceful demonstration on May Day of this year are not forgotten the October 22 march to stop police brutality will march to MacArthur Park this year.
Vigil for transwoman who died in ICE custody (2 of 2) (tags)
page 2 of 2 images from tonight's vigil
Vigil for HIV+ transwoman who died in ICE custody (tags)
Victoria Arellano, 23, died on July 20 while in the custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) . She was denied medications necessary to treat HIV.
SAME LAST NAME, A DIFFERENT ICE VICTIM (tags)
Vigil for another woman named "Arellano". This one transgender, died in ICE custody. Protest her murder tonite @ LA Fed. Bldg. 6-9 pm. Monday August 27 -: 6:00 to 9:00 PM 300 N. Los Angeles St
Another woman named "Arellano". This one transgender, died in ICE custody. Protest her murder tonite @ LA Fed. Bldg. 6-9 pm.
emergency vigil for Elvira Arellano (tags)
AJLPP JOINS U.S.-WIDE VIGIL FOR GABNET 3, NOW FROM RETURNING HOME (tags)
The Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (AJLPP) forces joined the women's group GABRIELA Network USA (GABNet) last night that held a US-wide vigil to demand the immediate release of the GABNet 3--Dr. Annalisa Enrile (Chairperson), Ninotchka Rosca (Founding Chair, writer) and Judith Mirkinson (International Relations Officer, founding member)--who've been placed by the Philippine Department of Justice in a "watch" list and barred from returning home to the US. The mass actions in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco were held in front of four Philippine Consular offices in the United States on August 13, 2007.
AJLPP JOINS U.S.-WIDE VIGIL FOR GABNET 3, BARRED FROM RETURNING HOME (tags)
U.S.-WIDE VIGIL FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF GABNET 3--U.S. CITIZENS / PERMANENT RESIDENT BANN (tags)
RALLY AND VIGIL IN SUPPORT OF THE GABNET 3
The Roving Counter Demonstrator Strikes Again! (tags)
"This was his first visit to Highland Park, and he must have gotten wind that we were planning to observe Hiroshima and Nagasaki days as he brought signs supporting the use of nuclear weapons: one praised the Enola Gay for its involvement in nuking Japan, another thanked General Leslie R. Groves for overseeing the Manhattan Project."
Vigil for Ferd Eggan on Sunday 07/08/07 (tags)
Ferd Eggan, activist, revolutionary, and former AIDS Coordinator for the City of Los Angeles, died this morning of complications related to HIV and liver cancer.
Antonio Villaraigosa and Fabian Núñez at Back to the Park on Thursday??? (tags)
Read Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Speaker Fabian Núñez and radio host El Piolin are billed as participants in a Thursday procession and candlelight vigil for immigration reform at MacArthur Park. If this true..count me out!
Virginia Tech Vigil @ CSUN Today! (tags)
CSUN will host a vigil in memory of lives lost in the Virginia Tech tragedy.
"Resurrect Peace" Demonstration in Highland Park (Report + Photos) (tags)
Altogether, at least 12 activists were involved in demonstrating and/or bringing food. Five to seven homeless people ate with us.
4th Anniversary Vigil Wilshire & Veteran (tags)
4th Anniversary anti-war vigil at the Westwood Federal Building, same corner where many of us gathered on the first night too.
Vigil for Peace at Pasadena City College (tags)
Vigilers call for end to US military recruiting on campus and US troops to leave Iraq!
The Highland Park Vigil Marks Four Years (tags)
"Besides protesting U.S. imperialism and reminding people about global warming, participants also brought food, which was given to the local homeless."
'Oscar for Peace' Anti-War Vigil and Awards Ceremony (tags)
Support Our Troops! Bring them home now, and take care of them when they get here!
"Oscar for Peace", an Anti-War Vigil and Awards Ceremony (tags)
Studio City "SAY NO TO ESCALATION!" VIDEO (tags)
3 1/2 minute video of last week's Thursday night rally in Studio City against the surge. IMPEACH chorus line (people holding individual letter signs) moving through intersection...celebs...hot cider...and tons of people and honks. Please view video here, or if it doesn't load, go to YouTube.
SURGE FOR PEACE! - San Fernando Valley (tags)
[ And now, a message from the President of the United States: "After mah special speech on surging Eye-Rak, in which i'll be talkin bout my big plans fer VICTORY in that there country, which will include sending - oh, around twenty thousand more of yer kids to protect our oil fields - i hope you all will be inspired enough ta stay home and watch some good 'ol Merican telivision, or maybe go shoppin ta support my war effert. Just be sure NOT ta excersize yer right ta free speech - you wernt using that 'ol thing anyway - by going to tha Thursday Night SURGE FOR PEACE Vigil in the San Fernando Valley hosted by all them thar peace-niks. Jus go along with mah war plans, and everythin will be jus fine 'n dandy. Anyway, that's what Jesus done whispered in mah ear tha other night." ]
24-Hour Vigil Pics, Military Families Speak Out! (tags)
24 Hour Vigil Commemorating 3,000 (tags)
Our Memorial and Vigil for the 3,000+ American Deaths in Iraq - going on now in Garden Grove! Time: 9:00 AM Saturday Jan 6th to 9:00 AM Sunday Jan 7th. Location: 12262 Harbor Blvd. Garden Grove - between Chapman and Lampson on Harbor (across the street from Target and the CC Camperland RV-Park). Sponsored by: Military Families Speak Out Orange County and South Bay Chapter
3000 DEAD (tags)
Vigil to mark 3000 U.S. Dead
Recruitment Center Closed for Peace (tags)
Thursday, Dec 7th 8 AM - 11:50 AM Signs & Presence for Peace on Colorado Blvd. 12 PM - 1 PM Student Rally on Pasadena City College Campus Meet at Sculpture Garden 12:45 PM Press Conference @ Armed Forces Recruitment Station 1 PM - 8 PM Support Members Engaging in Direct Action And Candlelight Vigil @ Recruitment Center
Close the SOA! This weekend: Converge on Fort Benning, GA (tags)
Nov. 17-19 Vigil and non-violent direct action to close the SOA (WHINSEC).
VIDEO: Dia de Los Muertos Vigil at MX consulate (tags)
Nightly vigils and protests continue at the Mexican consulate uploaded in video from Thursday night's Dia de Los Muertos Vigil.
Oaxaca Solidarity Demonstrations in the US on Thursday, November 2nd (tags)
"The only thing worth globalizing is dissent." - Arundhati Roy
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Mexican Consulates in the U.S. & Canada
http://elenemigocomun.net/128
Call to Action Across the US Against Mexican Consulates
Chicago: Arrests Fail to Deter Protest-Vigil for Oaxaca at Mexican Consulate (tags)
Seventy-five people gathered in front of the Mexican Consulate in Chicago Monday for a solidarity protest to oppose the state repression and violence being carried out against the people of 0axaca, followed by a memorial vigil for murdered New York City IMC journalist Brad Will.
Photos of Mex Consul in SD at Oaxaca Vigil (tags)
Sunday Evening, October 29, 2006 Luis Cabrera, Mexican Consul in San Diego came to the vigil. His displeasure with the protestors in defense of the people of Oaxaca was apparent. He kept pacing around, talking on his cell phone and conferring with police. At one point he turned to a protestor who was doing nothing except standing there and said in Spanish: "Can you get the fuck out?" To which the anglo protestor answered in Spanish: "Can you get out of Oaxaca?" The vigil in front of the Mexican Consulate in San Diego on India Street calls for an IMMEDIATE STOP to Mexico's State repression, violence and assasinations in Oaxaca. Luis Cabrera, consul de México en San Diego vino a la vigilia. Su desagrado con los manifestantes en defensa del pueblo Oaxaqueño era evidente. Se la pasó caminando de un lado para otro, hablando por su teléfono celular y con la policía. A un manifestante que no estaba haciendo nada excepto estar presente el consul volteó y le dijo: "Puedes dejar de joder?" A lo cual el mismo manifestante anglo le contestó con acento pero bastante buen español: "Puedes dejar de Oaxaca?" ¡OAXAQUEÑOS NO ESTAN SOLOS!
SOUTHCENTRALFARMERS Monthly Solidarity and Friday Vigil (tags)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS EVENT! A special Friday vigil is scheduled for THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH AT SOUTH CENTRAL FARM BEGINNING AT 7:30PM. Religious/spiritual groups and community activists will be coming in delegations to visit the Farm. All friends and supporters are invited at the Farm to welcome our visitors!
Dispatch from Ground Zero (overview-link to series of posts) (tags)
Week of 09/11/06 - 5th anniversary portests
Dispatches from NYC - week of 09/11 (tags)
Images from the Granny Brigade's Weekly Vigil in NYC
ANTI-WAR VIGIL THIS THURSDAY - Downtown (tags)
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 - 4:00-6:00 pm Downtown L.A. Vigil & Banner Display
Emergency Peacemaker Vigil for a Cease Fire in the Mid-East (tags)
Emergency Peacemaker Vigil for a Cease Fire in the Mid-East!
Statement on Farm from Tezozomoc (tags)
South Central Farmers June 13, 2006 Greetings!
Farmers to be evicted by??? (tags)
Tezo says reason to beleive farmers will be evicted
Dancing Upon Injustice (tags)
Photos of evening concert vigil at the largest urban farm in the United States. Supporters patrol area into the night, calling all to participate in a 24 hours a day vigil to protect the South Central Farmers from the sheriff's eviction.
Farmers holding Vigil at the Farm Now: (tags)
Update 7:50 pm - A caller from the farm reports:
Abril 10 - Protesta HR4437 (tags)
Two places to go:
List of local places to protest the execution tonight. (tags)
Ninth circuit court refuses stay of Morales execution. The execution is set for midnight tonight. Death penalty opponents plan protests and vigils. Here's a list of protest sites in the Southern California area:
VIGIL FOR COMANDANTE RAMONA! (tags)
Community Vigil at UCLA for Comandante Ramona of the EZLN who has recently passed.
Stop execution by the state: Save Clarence Ray Allen (tags)
Clarence Ray Allen, a Choctaw Indian, faces execution in California on Jan. 17, 2006. Allen's execution date is the day after his 76th birthday. 75-year-old Allen uses a wheelchair to get around. His advance case of diabetes has left him blind.
Video of December 18th Vigil (tags)
A.N.S.W.E.R. held a gathering and vigil in Hollywood on December 17th to protest the Iraqi war and call for U.S. troops to return home for the holidays. Ron Kovic, Vietnam war veteran, author, and screenwriter of Born on the Fourth of July was there to speak. But in this video something else happened... 3:50 minutes
Blase Bonpane speech. ANSWERLA vigil (tags)
Blase Bonpane mp3 from the Dec. 17 antiwar vigil at Hollywood and Highland
ANSWER LA vigil. (tags)
Photos from the peace vigil Sat. night at Hollywood and Highland
Ron Kovic speech, ANSWER LA vigil (tags)
Ron "Born on the 4th of July" Kovic spoke at the ANSWER LA Peace Vigil last night at Hollywood and Highland in the heart of Hollywood.
December 17 Anti-War Protest Vigil (tags)
Join us for a Protest Vigil to "Stop the War & Bring the Troops Home in Time for the Holidays!"
Vigil going on right now in Leimert Park. (tags)
Vigil in Leimert Park starting now
MON. 6PM: Vigil at the Federal Building in Westwood (tags)
MON. 6PM: Vigil at the Federal Building in Westwood If the Terminator Doesn't Grant Clemency for Tookie
MON. 6PM: Vigil at Gov's Mansion in Brentwood If He Doesn't Grant Clemency for Tookie (tags)
Last-Ditch Emergency Protest and Candlelight Vigil to Save Stanley Tookie Williams Bring Tookie's Death to Gov's Doorstep...Don't Let Him Hide if He Does Not Grant Clemency WHERE: Governor Schwarzenegger's Brentwood Mansion WHEN: Monday, December 12th @ 6PM
Vigil for clemency at gates to Gov's estate (tags)
Saturday, Dec 10th - A vigil was held in front of the gates to the governors mansion in Brentwood today calling for clemency for Tookie Williams.
Candlelight Vigil Against the Scheduled Execution of Stanley Williams (tags)
SANTA MONICA – 50 activists seeking clemency for Stanley "Tookie" Williams hold a candlelight vigil on Sunday, December 4, at 7 PM in front of the restaurant founded by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. A small press conference was held by the organizers and their supporters who urged the governor to grant clemency to death row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams.
GABNet Holds Emergency Candlelight Vigil to Protest Crimes Against Humanity in the Philipp (tags)
Women's group GABRIELA Network commemorates Philippine Women's Day of Protest, holds emergency nationwide candlelight vigil to protest human rights violations perpetrated by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and US President Bush's so-called War on Terror.
Photos from the West LA Vigil (tags)
West LA Neighbors for Peace and Justice staged a vigil on the corner of National & Westwood last night. About 25 people held an hour long candlelight vigil. This was one of 1,000's of such small gatherings held around the country yesterday.
A Light in the Darkness: An Antiwar Vigil (tags)
A report from the Vigil for 2000 at Wilshire Blvd and Veteran Ave
SUN 10/30: Arlington West Marks 2,000th U.S. Troop Death in Iraq with Candlelight Vigil (tags)
On the Occasion of the 2,000th U.S. Troop Death in Iraq Veterans for Peace Invites the Public to Attend Special Candlelight Vigil Sunday October 30th at Arlington West in Santa Monica
SGV 9-11 Truth Movement Gets Rolling (tags)
Approximately 20 9/11 Truth activists and concerned individuals from around the area turned up at the corner of Main and Garfield in Alhambra on Sunday morning to draw attention to the glaring inconsistencies, distortions and omissions in the official government version of the events that attempt to explain the tragedy of September 11, 2001.
Video from Cindy Sheehan Vigil (tags)
Video from Cindy Sheehan Vigil
Photos from peace vigils in support of Cindy Sheehan (tags)
About 30 people attended a vigil on the corner of Westwood and National this Wednesday.
Report from Campo - Anti-MM Action (7/23) (tags)
Approximately 60 activists from around the region converged on the border area south of Campo, CA to peacefully make the point that the Minutemen are not welcome in California.
FRI. 7/15: Candlelight Vigil for Baby Suzie Lopez at Parker Center 4:30 - 7pm (tags)
WHAT: Candle light vigil for Susie Lopez and her father. LAPD Assistant Chief George Gascon will also be having a community meeting in the auditoriun at the same time. WHEN: Friday 15 from 4:30 to 7pm WHERE: In Front of LAPD's Parker Center 150 North Los Angeles St. (@ 1st Street), Downtown Los Angeles
Darfur Vigil at Federal Bulding 7/21/05 (tags)
Join several LA grassroots organizations at a vigil in front of the Westwood federal building to show the US government that we will not stand by while thousands are being murdered each day in Darfur.
WAKE AMERICA UP! Independence Day Vigil (July 3) (tags)
Observe Independence Day by exercising free speech (while it's still possible)
GABRIELA Network & Allies Across the U.S. Protest War "Of" Terror in the Philipp (tags)
GABRIELA Network, a US-Philippine women's solidarity mass organization est. 1989, leads first nationwide protest against human rights violations and political killings in the Philippines.
Fri. 4/29: CodePink-LA Mourns Loss of Friend Marla Ruzicka (tags)
CodePink LA is honoring 28-year-old Marla Ruzicka and her Iraqi colleague Faiz Ali Salim with a vigil and memorial commemorating their lives and work on behalf of civilian casualties of war the war in Iraq and Afghanistan on Friday, April 29.
Peace Activists Arrested at NTS (tags)
A pacifist Priest and Catholic anarchist were arrested for trying to communicate with workers at the Nevada Test Site this week. Four people were part of the new vigil for peace and disarmament called the Easter Desert Witness, which ends on Pentacost (May 15th).
RESURRECT PEACE vigil on Easter Sunday (tags)
Special Easter peace vigil this Sunday
TSUNAMI - Global Vigil 3,000 Candles at Ocean Beach, San Francisco (tags)
We need 3,000 virtual candles lit online at our website with your accompanying words and reflections by Wednesday in time for a giant 1,000 foot wide Candlelight Tsunami Global Vigil for the Global Village.
Pending Actions & 9th Circuit Page on Beardslee Possible Execution 1/19/05 (tags)
On Jan 19, 2005 at 12:01 a.m., the State of California will murder a human being, Donald Beardslee, with our tax dollars, unless we do everything we can to stop this barbarism, the death penalty, which has been abolished in Europe, and is rarely used except in the most backward countries, like the USA.
Tsunami Global Vigil for the Global Village (tags)
Global Vigils will take place on Sunday, 9 January, Monday, 10 January and Wednesday, 26 January 2005 in cities across the planet. The earthquake and tsunami hit Asia on Sunday December 26th, 2004. We did not mourn immediately because we knew so little. Soon, a fuller understanding of what happened crossed our consciousness. We realised that the earthquake and tsunami HAD hit Asia – but it had also hit the whole world.
contact info for local vigil groups (tags)
I put a flyers showing contact info including phone number and e-mail addresses for local vigil groups.
Photos of Orange County Veterans For Peace Demo (tags)
Photos of OC Veterans For Peace Demonstration and Candlelight Vigil Orange Circle, Old Town, Orange, CA U.S.A.
9/25 10 AM: LOS ANGELES DREAM BREAKING FAST CEREBRATION (tags)
After 2 weeks, the DREAM Fast Vigil will be coming to a close. Please come out and support the DREAM Act.
Los Angeles DREAM Fast Vigil (Day 5) (tags)
DREAM Act Fasters Highlight the Importance of Voting
9/15: Los Angeles DREAM Fast Vigil (Day 3) (tags)
[Los Angeles]	Day 3 of the DREAM Fast Vigil kicked off with the theme "Higher Education Day." The highlight of the day came through paintings that fasters drew that tied higher education to the DREAM Act. Fasters also drew pictures depicting their thoughts and feelings. These will be hung as part of the existing visuals at the fasting site throughout the 2 weeks. The fasters are also engaged in daily journals and writing daily letters to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and to President Bush.
9/14 Los Angeles DREAM Fast Vigil (Day 2) (tags)
Los Angeles, CA - Across the street from an institution of higher learning, the Los Angeles DREAM Fast and Vigil participants continued their efforts to inform the public about the significance and necessity of passing the DREAM Act.
9/13 Los Angeles: DREAM Fast Vigil Day 1 (tags)
[Los Angeles]	At the corner of Jefferson Street and Hoover Boulevard, with the University of Southern California as the backdrop, over 40 supporters, allies, students, and community leaders gathered for a press conference to kick off the DREAM Fast Vigil Campaign.
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL SANTA MONICA (tags)
This Santa Monica candlelight vigil was one of many held around the United States tonight to honor men and women, soldiers and civilians, who have lost their lives in the war in Iraq.
Los Angeles Solidarity Peace And Justice Vigil (tags)
Can't go to New York? Get involved right here! (Santa Monica, 8/29, 2 PM, Ocean & Colorado)
Join A Peace Vigil Near You, They Rock! (tags)
A friend of mine jokingly refers to vigils as "seances." Well, in one way they are seances. We, in the movement, have been working hard lo these past months to lift and remove from power all the zombies now taking up dead space in Washington. THE VIGIL MOVEMENT ROCKS!
Alhambra Vigil Grows (tags)
The Alhambra Vigil asked for help from the community, and got it. The street vigil, which normally numbers 25 to 35, grew large, probably to around 100 people, and got more raucous than ever before.
The Alhambra Vigil needs a big turnout this Friday (tags)
Turn out to support eastside activists facing opposition!
TODAY: 4:30-6:30 PM Vigil Honoring Those Died or Harmed by Reagan Policies-Leimert Park (tags)
SPREAD THE WORD!!!! Vigil Honoring Those Died & Harmed by Reagan Policies Join Us if you are tired of the network and newspaper coverage of Reagan death that has brought forth a chorus of praise from Democrats and Republicans. Much of the reporting and commentary we see on TV news' has represented a dramatic revision of the history of the Reagan years in office. Let's tell the real story!! Friday, June 12 -4:30-6:30 PM in Leimert Park
Solidarity Vigil with Guadalajara Political Prisoners (tags)
SOLIDARITY VIGIL WITH POLITICAL PRISONERS IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO.
Buck Fush Neighborhood Vigils Connect With Public (tags)
Saturday's Buck Fush Mass Street Vigils distribute loads of truth to a public starved for facts by the corporate controlled media...
Street Corner Peace Vigils continue all over LA (tags)
Street corner vigils continue all over the LA area. This photo is from the Mar Vista vigil taken 4-30-04. For a peace vigil in your area see http://www.neighborsforpeaceandjustice.org/
Alhambra Vigil attacked (tags)
La Times covered the Alhambra Vigil in the California section of the sunday paper. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-protest11apr11,1,7920734.story?coll=la-headlines-california
3rd Annual Drug War Vigil Film Festival (tags)
Send us your films of 30 minutes or less on any topic related to cannabis, drugs and the drug war, and/or Harm Reduction. Only submit in plain old VHS tape or Hi-8 or digital-8. The films will be screened and judged by participants at the Drug War Vigil Film Festival Sept 24-25th as well as viewers of WWW.Pot-TV.Net The film chosen for first place will receive A Grand Prize of $2000 US.. 2nd place $1000.00 3rd place $500.00 New Special 500.00 Prize for best short, a short being 5 minutes or less. You must register your film for entry by to be eligible. Registration is FREE and only requires you email us at dwvfilmproject@hotmail.com with your intention A.S.A.P. and projected length of your work. We will need to receive the finished film by September 10th 2004 Watch the web page for further details relating to with confirmed dates and actually attending the event: cost, entertainment etc. It is our hope to inspire independent and amateur film makers to produce inspirational works. e-mail us at dwvfilmproject@hotmail.com Send your entry in to: D.W.V. c/o BCMP Bookshop 307 W Hastings Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1H6 CANADA
Night of Remembrance in Temecula, March 20 (tags)
Peace Works! in Temecula Valley held a peaceful candlelight vigil, braving angry Republicans and meeting a friendly duck. This is how it happened -- with hyperlinks and pictures.
March 19th L.A. K-Town Peace Vigil (tags)
Young Koreans United (YKU) of Los Angeles will hold L.A. Koreatown Vigil for Peace from Iraq to Korea on March 19, 2004.
In Honor of International Women's Day (tags)
Online video footage of Code Pink Vigil and arrest of Alice Walker, Medea Benjamin, Amy Goodman and others. Also, Code Pink meets Hillary Clinton 2003.
Maria Suarez Vigil at Schwartzenneger's (tags)
Video of Aztec dancers protesting the continued detention of Suarez.
Candelight Vigil to Remember Victim of Police Brutality-1/27 (tags)
Candlelight Vigil & March, 1/13/04 @ 5:30 pm, Santa Ana, CA (tags)
Candlelight Vigil and March to bring the troops home now and end the occupations!
Candlelight Vigil and March, 01/13/04 @ 5:30 p.m., Santa Ana, CA (tags)
Candlelight Vigil & March @ 5:30 P.M., 1/13/04, Santa Ana, CA (tags)
Bring the troops home now and end the occupations!
Kathy Kelly at the Vigil to end Occupation of Iraq (tags)
Kathy Kelly speaks at the Vigil to end Occupation of Iraq
(2) Vigil to End the Occupation in Hollywood (tags)
Candlelight Vigil to end Occupation of Iraq, Saturday, December 13th, in Hollywood.
Candlelight Vigil & March in Santa Ana on Tuesday, January 13th, 2004 @ 5:30 P.M. (tags)
Bring the Troops Home Now! End the Occupations!
Anti-Vivisection Vigil 12/16/03 (tags)
What: Anti-Vivisection Vigil ~~Rain Does NOT Cancel!~~
Help Justice for Janitors for T-Day (tags)
This is being reposted by an IMCer. A report back from the GWS anti-Bechtel demos, and news about janitors looking for some support.
Glendale Film Forum: BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE tomorrow, Nov 14th (tags)
The Glendale Peace Vigil presents a screening of Michael Moore's Oscar award-winning documentary, "Bowling for Columbine," tomorrow night at the Glendale Central Library.
Candle light vigil for the victims of police brutality (tags)
There will be a candle light vigil in memory of all the victims of police brutality at CSUSB on Oct. 22, 2003
9/11 Peace Vigil and Home Event featuring Dennis Kucinich (tags)
A Peace Vigil in remembrance of 9/11 will be held in Santa Ana , CA, leading into a Home Event featuring dennis Kucinich
Be At the Westwood Federal Building This Friday (tags)
"Occupy the Occupiers" - U.S. Troops Out of Iraq! BRING THEM HOME NOW -- VIGIL AND RALLY -- THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 - WESTWOOD FEDERAL BUILDING - 12 NOON - 10 PM. BE THERE!
OnGoing Anti-Bush and Peace Vigil in Woodland Hills, CA - WE NEED YOUR HELP! (tags)
We have continued this Weekly Vigil Every Sunday in Woodland Hills, CA Against Bush and For Peace... WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! EVERY SUNDAY 6:30 PM - 8 PM NORTH EAST CORNER OF TOPANGA CANYON AND VICTORY ** MEET UNDER THE WESTFIELD TOPANGA MALL SIGN ! SEE YOU THERE!
Report On Patriot Act CandleLight Vigil (tags)
The dubiously named USA Patriot Act has moved hundreds of people to a candle light vigil last Friday July 19, 2003 to call for the return of our civil liberties.
(1) Photos: HOLLYWOOD VIGIL (tags)
(1) Photos: HOLLYWOOD VIGIL
July 19th PROTEST in Hollywood to repeal "Patriot Act." (tags)
Come to a Candlelight Vigil to Defend Civil Liberties! DEFEND OUR RIGHTS! STOP THE REPRESSION! An Injury to One is an Injury to All!
West Valley Needs You (tags)
Sundays weekly vigil in Woodland Hills met with super white conservative pro bushies.
Inland Empire Peace Activists Targetted by Violence (tags)
A peace protester is assaulted in a drive-by attack in Riverside -- hit in the face by a two-inch bolt, causing a gash requiring stitches. This is part of the same pattern of violent intimidation aimed at the peace movement -- but we won't let it scare us.
Mar Vista Vigil, JOIN US today from 5 PM to 7 PM (tags)
The Mar Vista weekly Vigil is located at the corner of Palms & Mclaughlin. Please come Friday, April 18th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Bring a placard or a banner or borrow mine. Tell your friends.
Mar Vista Vigil Against the Colonial Occupation of Iraq, Friday 11th between 5 p.m. and 7 (tags)
Mar Vista Vigil Against the Colonial Occupation of Iraq, Friday 11th between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. More than hundred people are expected to show up at the Mar Vista Vigil at the corner of Palms and McLaughlin in Mar Vista. I'll see you there. My placard will say "No Colonial Occupation of Iraq." All these pictures were taken last Friday.
Vigil for Peace this week (tags)
Hold up signs for peace and the end of illegal occupation of Iraq.
Photos of Mar Vista Peace Vigil, Saturday, April 4th (tags)
About 60 people showed up Saturday April 4th at the corner of Mar Vista Park in Mar Vista to protest against the war on Iraq. The turn up was much larger than last week, despite a chilling wind and a temperature of only 51 degrees. A lot of people passing by in their cars showed their support against the war by honking their horns. The Mar Vista weekly Vigil is located at the corner of Palms & Mclaughlin. Please come next week from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Bring a placard or a banner. If the war is over my sign will read "U.S. out of Iraq," or "Stop U.S. Imperialism in Iraq."
Report from Vigil in Brea (tags)
Peace vigil with counter demonstrators in Brea.
Peace Vigil For George Bush (tags)
Tuesday Peace Vigil for George Bush
Pro-War right wingers try to stop Peace Vigil (tags)
The weekly Peace Vigil at the corner of Topanga & Victory has been targeted by Right-wing extremist radio talk show host Larry Elder. Come support the Peace Vigil!
Mar Vista Park Vigil Fri, March 28 6 p.m. (tags)
Neighborhood Peace Vigil at Mar Vista Park (at Palms and McLaughlin) Every Friday From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Please come and bring candles next Friday.
Peace Vigil Sat & Sun (tags)
Come to Brea in Orange County to hold a sign for peace Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm. On the corner of Imperial Hwy. and Brea Blvd. in Brea
48 Nonstop Vigil Comes to Completion Despite Harassment (tags)
Peaceful anti-war protesters verbally and physically attacked in Ventura County, CA.
All night vigil in Brea (tags)
Vigil tonight at Imperial Hwy. and Brea Blvd. in Brea going ALL NIGHT until 6PM Sunday
Join us in an all night vigil in Brea!
Silent Vigil in San Pedro (tags)
Spontaneous vigil in San Pedro (Los Angeles Harbor) on the first day of war. 20Mar03
Over 250 protest in Riverside amidst heavy police presense (tags)
Over 250 protesters congregated to demonstrate against the war, and dozens of police officers from three law enforcement agencies showed up
Family of Rachel Corrie to Attend Vigil in Front of Israeli Embassy (tags)
The family of the 23 year old peace activist who was deliberately crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer on Sunday in the Gaza Strip, will be attending a candlelight vigil in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. this evening at 5:30 P.M. (EST).
Pasadena Candlelight Vigil (tags)
Some pictures of the Pasadena candlelight vigil. Info on what to do if the war starts.
Candlelight Peace Vigil in Costa Mesa (tags)
On a Sunday evening in Costa Mesa, over 100 folks came out to make a statement for peace.
Candlelight Vigil: Murrieta, California (tags)
In Murrieta tonight, we held a candlelight vigil that was, to the best of my knowledge, the first organized peace event in the valley between Elsinore and Temecula. A total of 72 people attended, everyone united with a common cause: peace.
ACTION ALERT: CANDLELIGHT VIGILS FOR PEACE 3/16/03 (tags)
From MoveOn.org, a candlelight call for peace.
Pasadena #2 Vigil Report (tags)
Dear Indymedia, Our vigil is an example of a totally grassroots effort. One week there were two participants, the following week five, and then there were 29.
People in Black Vigil in Ojai (tags)
Attached is a photo of our People in Black vigil in Ojai, CA. We are from a small town, and typically about 10-15 people stand with us weekly.
Pasadena Peace Vigil #3 (tags)
Pasadena #3
2nd Annual Drug War Vigil Film Festival (tags)
The Drug War Vigil Memorial Group is holding the 2nd Annual Drug War Vigil Film Festival in Vancouver B.C. Canada on May1-4/03. Please visit www.cannabisculture.com/articles/2680.html for info. Please get involved so we all can put an end to the human tragedy we call the War on Drugs. Peace.
HUNGER STRIKERS PROTEST INS DETENTIONS (tags)
>While most Southern Californians are celebrating the holidays at tables >crowded with food and drink, a small group of people have vowed not to >eat at all until Middle Eastern men detained last week by the >Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) are released.
San Gabriel Valley Neighbors Peace Vigil Report (tags)
Weekly Peace Vigil in the SGV, every Friday, 5:30 to 7:00, Main and Garfield in Alhambra. Please go!
Santa Catalina Island/Pimu Peace Vigil (tags)
Join island residents and visitors
Hollywood Blvd. Peace Protest! (tags)
Hollywood comes alive December 14th when peacenics will line the Blvd. to say, NO TO BUSH'S WAR!
Antiwar Protest against Iraq in Glassell Park (tags)
When we protest: Every Saturday, from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Where we protest: In Glassell Park, at Eagle Rock Blvd. and El Paso Ave. (near Albertson's supermarket)
Listing of local Peace Vigils (tags)
A short listing of weekly peace vigils in the L.A. area. Bring signs and banners!
UP COMING ACTION: Candle Light Vigil for Peace (tags)
Five hundred marched from the Federal Building to Westwood United Methodist Church. West Los Angeles 11/10/02. See photos.
LA Transgenders Mourn Gwen, Scorn Corporate Media Coverage (tags)
Hundreds of Transgenders and straight & gay allies marched in memory og slain teen Gwen last night in Hollywood; speakers scorned press coverage of the murder, and the memorial.
9/11 Silent Peace Vigil (tags)
These are photographs from the 9/11 Silent Peace Vigil at Palisades Park.
9.11.02 176 Peace Events in Seven Countries (tags)
Here's a short summary of a few of the events closer to home.
LACRC PATIENT HUNGER STRIKE AND VIGIL (tags)
We've issued two demands: 1)A fair and just settlement of LACRC legal issues and claims 2) Meaningful goodfaith dialogue to resolve the state/ federal impasse. We will continue our vigil until they are met. We want George Bush, John Ashcroft and DEA chief Asa Hutchinson to know that we are serious.
Join "Peace Is Patriotic" Vigil on 4th of July (tags)
On July 4th, the Coalition for World Peace will hold a "Peace Is Patriotic" vigil from 6:45pm--9pm at Lincoln Blvd and Mindanao Way, Marina Del Rey. Please join us. Show your independence by standing up for peace, human rights,freedom and justice.
INTERFAITH VIGIL TO FREE AMERICAN DOCTOR DETAINED IN ISRAEL (tags)
humanitarian mission to assess the health needs in the Palestinian territories.
Placentia Residents Want Action on Police Abuse (tags)
Demo is Tuesday, May 7
Vigil 2/20 Nat'l Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants (tags)
National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants - Candlelight Vigil Wednesday, February 20, 7 p.m. USC Campus on the corner of Jefferson & Hoover.
Candlelight Peace Vigil in Huntington Beach (tags)
In September, about 50 Orange County residents held a candlelight vigil for peace at the Huntington Beach pier, organized by the Coastal Convergence Society.
Desktop Theatre online vigil<3rd screenshot> (tags)
This is the third screenshot of an online vigil against war that took place at several virtual communities. In these online communities, people at home chose a character (avatar) and wonder through virtual landscapes interacting with other avatars.
Desktop Theatre online vigil <2nd Screenshot> (tags)
At various times, these women were participating: karla ptacek, vicki smith & paolo grippa, helen varley Jamieson, adriene Jenik, Ann Snitow, Connie Samaras, Lisa Brenneis. To participate, each woman logged into the virtual community with a cartoon image of a woman in mourning as their avatar (representative) and wandered through the virtual landscape.
Desktop Theater online vigil <2nd Screenshot> (tags)
This is the second scren shot of an online vigil against war that took place at several virtual communities. In these online communities, people at home chose a character (avatar) and wonder through virtual landscapes interacting with other avatars.
Desktop Theater-Women In Black On-line protest (tags)
The following performance stills were taken from a series of "vigils" performed in the public chat space/application "The Palace" specifically in "Mt. Olympus" and "FireBirdz Forest". We performed it three times on 9/15/01 and then a few more times after that. Some of the women are in New York, and some in New Zealand & Italy. We walked a silent vigil across rooms with people in them.
LITTLE TOKYO VIGIL #5 (tags)
Around 400 people gathered in L.A.'s historic Little Tokyo district Friday evening (28th), for a candlelight vigil against hate crimes.
Women In Black Vigil Oct 5 (tags)
This is a call for solidarity vigils on October 5th. The group calling for this is The Coalition of Women for Peace, an Israeli/Palestinian womens' organization working for peaceful solutions to the conflict.
Little Tokyo Candlelight Vigil - Fri. 28th (tags)
Join the Japanese American community of Los Angeles in a candlelight vigil. Remember Manzanar! Stop Racist Attacks against Arab Americans!
LITTLE TOKYO CANDLELIGHT VIGIL (tags)
Come to a Candlelight Vigil sponsored by LA's Japanese American community, calling for the preservation of our Civil Rights and an end to Hate Crimes against the Arab American community.
Anti-war rally in downtown LA draws hundreds (tags)
An emerging anti-war movement in Los Angeles held its second vigil Thursday evening in Pershing Square in downtown, drawing 300 to 400 people.
San Diego Vigil (tags)
Peace Vigil in San Diego at Horton Plaza Saturday, Sept. 22 at 2:00 PM If the U.S. uses force before Saturday, there will be a demonstration that day at 5 p.m., at the above location.
Houston IMC Vigil Photo (tags)
Houston IMC Vigil Photo
NY Vigil Photo (tags)
NY Vigil Photo
Thousands of Latinos Rally for the United States (tags)
At Olvera Plaza yesterday night, a crowd of about 5,000 Latinos gathered for a vigil to commememorate those who died in Tuesday's tragedy and show their support for the United States. One of the participants told me the event took the place of a celebration of Mexico's Independence Day.
Building Bridges Internet Radio-"The NYC Candlelight Vigil for Peace" (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report in Exile brings you this 25 minute internet radio piece on the "Candlelight Vigil for Peace" held at Union Square Park, Friday, Sept 14 - 6-8PM Building Bridges is broadcast on internet Radio WBAI IN EXILE-www.wbix.org-Wednesdays 8-9PM EST
Global Exchange's Statement on the violence of September 11 (tags)
Global Exchange's statement on the the violent events of September 11. Followed by an announcement of a vigil that was held in San Francisco on the evening of September 11.
solidarity vigil - "ain't no power like the power of the people..." (tags)
13.25 second audio clip of supporters yelling "ain't no power like the power of the people 'cuz the power of the people don't stop!" in front of twin towers during the vigil to show solidarity with those still in jail from mayday.
solidarity vigil at l.a. county jail - candles (tags)
supporters brought candles to the vigil
Picture from OC Anti Drug War Vigil (tags)
Orange County activists protest the Drug War at November Coalition Vigil, March 9, in Laguna Beach.
Orange County Vigil Opposes Drug War (tags)
On Friday, March 9 a vigil to bring public attention to the failure of current US drug policy was held at Main Beach in Laguna Beach, CA. Organized by the November Coalition, an advocacy group for prisoners of the Drug War and their families, the event was supported by apx 25 participants and was held from 4 to 6 pm. Reaction from passing motorists was enthusiastic, marked by many honks, victory signs, and thumbs up!
Photo: Orange County Candlelight Vigil for Lori Berenson (tags)
Thursday, November 30 was the five year anniversary of Lori Berenson's imprisonment in Peru. In Costa Mesa, people held a candlelight vigil, educating passersby about her case and what they could do to help. For more information on how you can help Lori Berenson, go to http://www.freelori.org/.
Orange County Alliance for Global Nuclear Disarmament candlelight vigil (tags)
On Saturday, November 4, just before the election, about 100 people attended a candlelight peace vigil at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. This event was sponsored by the Orange County Alliance for Global Nuclear Disarmament. Signs urged people to vote for candidates who support peace and nuclear disarmament.
Candlelight Vigil For Anthony Lee, Victim of the LAPD (tags)
Please come to a candlelight vigil tonight for Anthony Lee. He was shot by one of L.A.'s finest for no good reason on Friday night.
Jailed Activists on Hunger Strike Need You! (tags)
About 50 activists are still being held at the LA County Twin Towers jail. They are on hunger strike to protest inhumane treatment of the prisoners. Supporters are holding a 24-hour vigil in front of the visitors' entrance to No. 2 tower. Ten of us are also on hungerstrike in solidarity with the prisoners. We will stay here until they release our comrades, and we are asking you to stop by the vigil, and to make a few phone calls. Read on for details:


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Fantasies of forced sex are common. Do they enable rape culture?
Mark Hay
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus (c1618) by Peter Paul Rubens. Alte Pinakothek/Wikimedia
is a writer on culture, faith, identity politics and sexuality. His work has appeared in Esquire and The Economist, among others. He is based in Brooklyn, New York.
Edited by Pam Weintraub
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'Rape fantasies,' says M, an American kink educator, 'are one of the most common fantasies for women.' Studies attempting to quantify just how common yield wildly different results, likely thanks to their limited sample sizes, varied methodologies, and the risk of response bias when answering questions about taboo subjects such as sex and desire. But the research suggests that up to 62 per cent of women experience fantasies about some sort of non-consensual sexual encounter at least once in their lives, 14 per cent of them have these fantasies at least weekly, and 9 to 14 per cent consider them their most frequent or favourite fantasies. Some women, such as M, play out these fantasies with their partners; part of M's work is teaching people how to do so in negotiated, safe and comfortable scenarios.
Justin Lehmiller is an American social psychologist and sex researcher who has studied these fantasies, most recently for his book Tell Me What You Want (2018). 'To be clear,' he says, 'the vast majority of people with forced-sex fantasies have not been sexually victimised.' In fact, rape fantasies appear to be common across most demographics. That is likely why non-consensual sex is (and has long been) a cornerstone of mass-market women's erotica. Patricia Hawley, a professor at Texas Tech University who studies power and gender and co-authored a major paper on this topic a decade ago, says that this fantasy 'is so normative … that it is vanilla'.
But, though common, such fantasies can be uncomfortable for those who experience them, and cultural critics perpetuate that feeling. Some say that the fantasies are a protective mechanism for women taught to believe that they should not have sexual urges. Others have claimed that they are direct reflections of rape culture, internalised as one's own desires – patriarchal brainwashing. Others still argue that, for women who develop these fantasies after sexual abuse, they are manifestations of their assailants' continued control over them. Rape fantasies, Hawley stresses, 'have been pathologised for a century' by thought influencers.
The question of how to balance, as M puts it, 'feelings of "fuck the patriarchy" with … feelings of "fuck me, daddy"' is especially salient in the modern cultural climate, after years of increasingly widespread anti-rape-culture activism, and two years into the modern #MeToo movement and its deep scrutiny of sexual norms.
'The #MeToo movement makes things confusing,' says Hawley. She stresses that she is a part of the movement, but argues that elements of its cultural narrative can contribute to the pathologisation of forced-sex fantasies. So how can the many women who experience rape fantasies, but reject rape culture, reconcile their erogeny and ideology, especially in an era of heightened cultural scrutiny?
This is an especially difficult task, given that academics and cultural critics have offered many different possible explanations for rape fantasies – some of them pathologising, and some of them not – but few have backed their ideas with evidence. Some scholars, Hawley points out, base their theories on their own personal interpretations of fantasies. However, it is not easy, she acknowledges, for everyone to dig into that literature and deconstruct each explanation and its merits or demerits.
It might be tempting to reject the notion of rape fantasies as toxic cultural conditioning by swinging the other way and arguing that they are an inherent part of our animal nature: males are dominant and females are submissive, naturally. But such evolutionary arguments, Hawley points out, often rely on slim, over-interpreted evidence. And, adds M, they might not be that convincing for those exploring such fantasies – people who do recognise some reflection of contemporary culture in their desires. Many evolutionary arguments are still ultimately pathologising, when they argue, for example, that submission and rape fantasies evolved as coping mechanisms in our female ancestors to survive systematic rape by our male ancestors.
Plus, they do not account for the reality that both Hawley and Lehmiller note: men can also have fantasies about being dominated by forceful women or men – experiencing sex with varying degrees of non-consent or violence. Men's experiences, Hawley suggests, simply aren't questioned by cultural critics, or even studied as often by academics, as women's.
And anyway, as the Californian sex therapist Susan Block puts it: 'Most human fantasies are acculturated by our culture. They're not just natural.' Even if these fantasies might not exist in a sexual utopia free of gendered hierarchies and widespread sexual abuse, it is OK, as M argues, to feel and explore them – because they are vastly different from rape itself.
The majority of rape fantasies involve someone the fantasiser actually desires, often despite persistent resistance to them, and sometimes only without clear consent. These fantasies ultimately give the fantasiser power, whether that means total control of one's own daydream, or the more limited but still potent control of negotiating a lived sexual scenario with a trusted partner.
Even in a rape-laden culture, there is no single explanation for rape fantasies. Some people, M notes, might use such fantasies to process their feelings about all the sexual violence they observe in the world. ('Overturning hierarchies,' notes Block, 'is always a part of human sexuality. Transgression is part of what wakes us up and makes us feel sexual.') Some who have directly experienced sexual violence might use such fantasies to reassert their sexual agency and control. Others might have these fantasies because dominant people like others who are dominant, as Hawley's research suggests. Or, as some sex therapists have noted, dominant people might want to relinquish their dominance and feel submission in controlled mental or physical spaces.
Block finds it easier to reconcile rape fantasies with anti-rape beliefs than she does to understand why people 'get a gas out of horror movies, watching people get chopped up and brutally murdered. How do people square that [with their personal values]?'
Resolutions might be hard to reach as long as we label these thoughts 'rape fantasies', despite the clear line between them and actual rape. 'Having this harsh, laden term for something can make it sound very shameful,' explains M. That is why there is growing support for shifting the terminology towards something like 'consensual non-consent' (CNC), a common term in the kink world, or 'forceful submission fantasies', the term Hawley adopted in her research.
M notes that it would be great if people with rape fantasies had the space to openly deconstruct them. Others in kink and academic circles worry that talking openly about forceful fantasies could pour fuel on anti-#MeToo reactionary movements. M adds that 'it could be feeding something to defence lawyers', who could use these fantasies against alleged victims. 'If I were to be sexually assaulted by someone who knows me, I would have almost zero chance of any sort of justice – even less so than your average woman – because of my interest in CNC.'
That is a sad reality, because talking openly about these fantasies is likely key to helping many who experience them avoid any confusion and self-recrimination, and instead learn to explore their thoughts safely and constructively. But that is where our culture is today: in a state of flux, and a state of discomfort, in which it still takes pain and (often) isolation for many to learn that the sexual thoughts in their heads are not only common, but also valid.
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