Wonderful Women Of The World
Posted by Michelle Moquin on April 16th, 2011
Good morning.
A few weeks ago I was reading the newspaper. I know, I know…how many people actually read the newspaper these days? The answer: My mother. When you don’t own a computer or have any desire to own one, you read the paper. By the way, is my mother crazy or smart for avoiding going tech? When she has questions about something and I offer to “look it up on my computer”, I think she’s crazy, she thinks I’m smart. When I think of how many hours I sit on my ass in front of the computer, I think I’m crazy and she’s smart.
Anyway, the cool thing is, my mother is like my own personal researcher. She knows my interests, so she reads and cuts out all of the articles that she knows I will find interesting, and gives them to me every week or so.
Sometimes I go into overload. But most of the times I am grateful that she hands me this little pile every time I see her because there is always a gem or two that I discover that I wouldn’t have necessarily discovered on my own perusing the web.
Here’s one that my mother passed along, and perfect for today’s Wonderful Women Of the World write (Thanks mom! Oh yeah, you’re not reading) :
Bita Daryabari a tireless advocate for Iranians
PHILANTHROPY
February 27, 2011|By Carolyne Zinko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Outside high society and high-tech circles, few people have heard of Bita Daryabari. Even inside, she has often been defined more for whom she was once married to, Google executive Omid Kordestani.
But Daryabari, who moved to the United States as a teen in the 1980s to escape repression in her native Iran, is on the ascent as a philanthropist fighting for human rights.
In 2006, she founded the Unique Zan Foundation, which works to improve education, health and professional opportunities for women in the Middle East. In 2008, she endowed a $2.5 million Persian studies chair and annual Bita Prize at Stanford University to promote Iranian art, literature, history and culture.
In October, she launched the Pars Equality Center in San Francisco, the nation’s first legal assistance center for Iranians. Her co-founder, Banafsheh Akhlaghi, a former Amnesty International director and legal expert, said that in the decade since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Iranian Americans have faced increased discrimination on the job and elsewhere, based on the misperception that Iranians were involved in the World Trade Center bombing.
(The key suspects in the bombings were al Qaeda operatives from Yemen, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, according to published reports.)
“This is for saving the dignity of Iranian Americans in the United States against any discrimination,” Daryabari said at a fundraiser Feb. 11, which drew 400 guests to the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood Shores.
Daryabari knows how it feels to be considered an outsider. In 1985, when she was 16, her father, a dentist, and mother, a homemaker, sent her to live with an aunt and uncle in St. Joseph, Mo. She had refused to wear a hijab – a veil that covers the body, except for the face – as required by law, and resistors faced jailing, or even death.
In Missouri, her high school classmates taunted her, calling her a terrorist, Daryabari recalled. It was four years after the Iranian hostage crisis, in which 66 Americans had been held captive for 444 days at the American Embassy in Tehran by militants.
Nazila Dorodian, an Atherton dentist who attended the fundraiser, met Daryabari at a party 15 years ago, and the two became friends. “She had a very sweet manner about her,” Dorodian said, “but she was always bothered by what was going on in Iran. She is very vocal about what she thinks is right, whether it is world politics, foreign policy or education – there’s no BS with Bita.”
The Pars Equality Center was years in the making, but not because Daryabari wanted to wait. Akhlaghi had created the National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement, serving clients from 24 Middle Eastern, north African and Asian nations.
After a stirring broadcast on Iranian TV about the plight of a deaf Iranian Jewish man whom the United States was trying to deport, Daryabari made an appointment to meet Akhlaghi. She wanted to help and asked for a separate support group for Iranians. Akhlaghi declined then, but by last year, with 68 percent of the National Legal Sanctuary’s cases involving Iranian Americans, she agreed that the time for the Pars Equality Center had come.
Of Daryabari, she said, “There are a lot of people like Bita who have access to financial means, but there are very few people who use them as a means for social change and social good.”
Moreover, noted Daryabari’s aunt, Kaynoosh Partamian, who is a psychologist, “She has always rooted for the underdog.”
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Readers: The last line really stuck with me. When I think of how many wealthy people there are in this world, and what could be done, that isn’t. Although we hear about the wealthy giving large amounts of money towards social good, statistics show that the average person gives more of a percentage of their income to social change, than the very wealthy.
This girl is obviously doing something good, and deserves today’s title.
Thoughts? Blog me.
Howie: I have only seen a few clips but perhaps I will rent the movie.
Zen Lill: I tried posting a comment on your site to see if it was working but sorry to say, it isn’t. Oh and by the way, the recipe calls for 6 oz of apple juice not 5. :) I think I e-mailed you the correct amount (?). Anyway thanks for the mention! I HOPE you get your tech issues resolved soon.
Just Wondering: Your story makes me sad, and yet it is so beautiful. Everyone can relate to missing the one they love…being separated from their love. I HOPE you get to be with your love soon. A ship for one doesn’t sound like much fun. Have you asked her to go with you? Would she be able to? I bet she feels just as lonely without you as you do her. I wish you a safe return back to Earth, where I bet her arms will be waiting. Perhaps you’ll get an answer from her here that will bring you solace.
Almas: You are welcome. Please be very careful. I send you and the other women best wishes and safety.
Everyone enjoy the weekend!
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April 16th, 2011 at 10:54 am
Work Out Better with a Buddy
Cedric X. Bryant, PhD
Whether you plan to walk briskly around the neighborhood each morning or train for a triathlon, an exercise partner may be just what you need. Advantages of working out together…
Exercising is more fun when you play, chat or engage in friendly competition with another person.
You’re less likely to skip a workout when someone is counting on you to show up.
A partner minimizes your risk for injury — spotting as you lift weights, correcting your body alignment in yoga poses.
You work muscle groups and deepen stretches in ways that are difficult to do on your own.
You save money by sharing equipment, swapping fitness DVDs or carpooling to the tennis court.
The key to success is to make a good match — so your best friend or nearest neighbor may not be the optimal choice. Ask yourself if you and a potential partner are similar enough in these key areas…
Fitness level. Is she interested in a leisurely bike ride around the park, while you want to train for a cycling trip through France? That’s not a fit.
Schedule. If you’re a morning exerciser and she’s a night owl, can you find a compromise — such as lunch hour?
Temperament. Do you both like to talk while you lift weights, or would one of you find the other’s chatter distracting?
Commitment. Is she game to jog in any weather, while you run for shelter when clouds roll in?
There are no right or wrong answers to the questions above — it’s just a matter of compatibility. If you have doubts, keep looking…
Check the bulletin board at a local community center, spa or gym.
Ask a personal trainer for a referral. She even may offer you and your new partner a two-for-one discount.
Search http://www.exercisefriends.com... or http://www.craigslist.org (look under “community” for your city) for a match.
Important: Always check with your doctor before beginning a new exercise program.
STRENGTH TRAINING FOR TWO
Many strength-training moves can be adapted for partners. Here are examples of exercises for the upper, mid and lower body. For more techniques, experiment with your buddy or consult a trainer.
Medicine ball push. Equipment: A four- to 10-pound medicine ball (a weighted ball about the size of a basketball, sold at sporting-goods stores, about $20).
Partner 1: Stand facing your partner, about three feet apart. Hold the ball between your hands at chest level, a few inches in front of you, elbows bent and pointing out to the sides.
Step forward with the right foot and gently throw the ball, using a pushing motion, so it arcs just above head height.
Partner 2: Extend arms to meet the ball, bending elbows as you catch it to bring the ball toward your chest.
Both partners: Take turns throwing and catching 10 to 15 times, alternating the foot that steps forward as you throw. Modification: If you have bone loss or wrist problems, use a ball no heavier than six pounds.
Stability ball crunches. Equipment: A 21-inch-diameter inflatable stability ball (about $20 at sporting-goods stores). If you are shorter than five feet tall, use a 17-inch ball… if taller than five feet, seven inches, use a 25-inch ball.
Partner 1: Kneel and face your partner, one arm extended forward at chest height, palm facing away from you to create a “target” for your partner to clap. Between each of her “crunches,” move your palm to a slightly different location — giving her a moving target.
Partner 2: Recline face-up, low to mid-back pressed against the ball, knees bent at a 90-degree angle, feet shoulder-width apart and close to where your partner is kneeling.
Hold your hands a few inches in front of your chest, elbows bent. Using abdominal muscles, do a crunch by lifting your upper body up and away from the ball… at the top of your crunch, straighten one arm and clap your partner’s palm… lower back down. Do 10 to 15 crunches, alternating the hand that claps.
Both partners: Switch positions. Modification: If balance is a problem, lie on the floor instead of the ball to do crunches.
Squats. Both partners: Stand back-to-back, keeping your torso firmly pressed against your partner’s from shoulder blade to hip throughout the exercise.
Together, slowly bend knees and lower hips while moving feet forward until thighs are parallel to the floor (as if sitting on a chair) and knees are directly above ankles.
Hold for about 30 seconds. Then slowly straighten knees and raise hips while walking backward until you are standing once again. Rest for about 15 seconds. Repeat five to 10 times.
Caution: If you have knee problems, limit the depth of your squat to your pain-free range.
TANDEM STRETCHING
For safety, always move slowly and gently, clearly communicating when your stretch has reached the desired level of intensity.
Do the stretches below after your aerobic or strength-training workout, as part of your cooldown. Finish with the breathing exercise.
Chest-opening stretch. Partner 1: Stand erect, arms reaching behind you, elbows straight but not locked, palms facing each other.
Partner 2: Stand facing your partner’s back, just beyond her outstretched hands. Grasping her wrists, pull gently and steadily toward yourself to open your partner’s chest… hold for 15 to 30 seconds… rest… repeat two to four times.
Both partners: Switch positions.
Straddle stretch. Both partners: Sit on the floor facing each other. Holding hands, spread legs as wide as possible, knees straight, toes up, feet pressed against your partner’s feet.
As one partner slowly leans forward, the other leans back… then switch, continuing the forward-and-backward movements. After about 30 seconds, widen your straddle if possible. Repeat several times.
Yoga breathing. Both partners: Sit cross-legged on the floor, facing away from each other, backs touching, spines straight.
Breathing through the nose, inhale deeply, pause for a few seconds, then exhale slowly. Continue for one minute, matching the rhythm of your partner’s breathing.
Then switch, so that one partner inhales as the other exhales, continuing for another minute. Use this meditative breathing technique to calm your mind and prepare for the rest of your day.
Women’s Health interviewed Cedric X. Bryant, PhD, chief science officer, American Council on Exercise, San Diego.
He has served on the exercise science faculties of Arizona State University, Pennsylvania State University and the US Military Academy at West Point and has authored or coauthored numerous books, including Strength Training for Women (Human Kinetics).
April 16th, 2011 at 10:59 am
Wow! Never in my life time, I would’ve thought. But this could happen.
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Political status question could be on ballot
by Sabrina Salas Matanane
Guam – Senators Tina Rose Muna Barnes and Frank Blas, Jr. have introduced a bill that would require a non-binding straw poll question on political status be included on next year’s general election ballot.
If enacted into law, voters would be asked whether their preferred political status for Guam is Free Association, Independence or Statehood.
According to Senator Barnes, she supports the Chamorro-only vote but “listening to our neighbors is the Chamorro way”.
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It appears to be gaining momentum.
Hafa Adai
Anna
April 16th, 2011 at 11:10 am
AH, is that your “Bita?”
April 16th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Michelle, Zen Lill and all. The suspense involved in attending the extracurricular activities surrounding the british royal wedding is maddening.
But it helps us to plan a secure affair for that jet happy daughter of mine. This “I hate flying” daughter of mine suddenly has found her true delight. Jetting from one place to another with friends.
She is keeping Harris’s corporate jets running full time with all her scurrying around. So much so that I hardly ever get to see her or many of my other daughters as she is always being accompanied by one or the other.
She just snatches my children away in shifts. They beg and plead for me to allow them to go, what’s a mother to do?
It is all I can do to keep up with their itinerary. Between that and Anonz wanting to be briefed on the security arrangements for them and Evelyn& GR(Big Red) the girls’ nick name for Harris. He has nick names for each one of them and they insist that I call address them as such. I am going insane!
Now that we know that Evelyn&GR are having twins(boy&girl), Name picking is a nonstop event around here, among others, like What to wear for a 7 day wedding. I’m for eloping already.
The expense is crazy. Anonz has insisted he pick up all the expenses as Evelyn’s stand in father. I am trying to be respectful of his generous offer, but this is crazy. We have spent $23 million and that doesn’t count the cost for the two Islands bought or the two rented or the security expenses for anything.
Evelyn is no help. She floats around as if Anonz is her billionaire father and NOTHING is too good for her. Harris is insisting on contributing he badgers me almost daily about doing something financially to alleviate the expenses that just keep piling up.
Anonz refuses to accept his overtures, I am just caught between two men who’s pride is about who pays for what. For Anonz he says I have a blank check and that is that.
Harris says he is already married to Evelyn legally and legally he should be responsible for his wife’s debts. He says I should take his side in this as he is my son in-law.
Evelyn refuses to get involved because she says it is only money and they have plenty. She should know as she has spent $millions on bags, shoes, jewelry, gifts for the girls, friends, whoever.
She no longer works, of course, but she has even less time to spend with her mother. She says “Don’t worry you will have the babies to take care of.” I told her “I already have 13 and counting you and GR, make that 15.”
I haven’t been able to keep up with your blog. I have it on automatic save. Anonz sent me 31 personal secretaries. I wonder how he expects me to get a break with 31 secretaries. It’s like meeting with a small company each morning. By the time I finish being caught pu, two hours have passed already. In between the girls running in and out asking for permission to do this or that, I can hardly focus on the information the meeting is about.
Anonz says “Learn to delegate, Ruth.” He tells me that when I ran 4 of his companies for him while he was off being the soldier of fortune, super hero and now the most wanted man in the world, dead or alive, preferably DEAD.
His security that is a whole other matter. Thank God that I am not responsible for that. But everyone is involved in it, one way or another. The girls love being little spies for Anonz. It is just another exciting game for them.
I have been this close to asking you to come out sooner to help, but I’m ashamed of the lack of support that I am getting from Evelyn. It is as if she suddenly discovered the advantages of wealth and power. I’m afraid my daughter is lost to its lure.
Harris is such a good son. What would I do without him? He says he feels responsible for what I am going through that is why he took a sabbatical from work to be by my side. The son I never had and any mother would pray for.
He has moved in and he is always there when I need him. The girls adore their big brother. I adore him. Evelyn is never around. We have to make an appointment to see her. I give all my dates to Harris because he gets so sad when she is off and doesn’t call.
The girls try to keep him cherry with stories of their adventures with Evelyn when they return. I try to coordinate the things I ask him to do with the things that Evelyn will do to insure they have some private time together.
There is much more to tell so much more. Gossip galore to share about the royals and Evelyn’s friends when you get here. OOOOOUUH, the girl talk will be blistering!!!
Great to hear that your blog is so highly successful. The top 100! Fantastic.
Love
Ruth
April 16th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Do I have to move to America to get a chance to have an affair with an alien? If that is the requirement, I will move.
I love that letter from Just Wondering. It was so Indian. Aliens, come to India if your hearts are being broken by american women. Indian women are not better but why shop in only one store.
Bring your hearts to the land of enchantment. We are the home of the Karma sutra. Love is our culture.
Jaya
April 16th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Misha, great article, yes I love people with money, power and influence who use it this way. A woman after my own heart. I love that your mother doesn’t ‘compute’ I often think that same thing, who’s crazy bc my moter doesn’t have one either, no interest, I remember readng the thick Sunday paper cover to cover and lovin’ it, maybe some brekkie in bed to go with that lovely hour, why’d I stop that practice…?!
Ruth, now – that was a fun read, I was smiling or lauging the whole time. I’m so glad Evelyn is enjoying her pregancy to the fullest. I hope she’s interviewing lovable nannies : ) bc she’s NOT going to want to stop the fun travel. Why not take Big Red once in a while? Just a thought…she could totally ignore that question if she wants to. I’ll stay out of that bidness : ) that’s hubby/wife stuff.
I hope Anonz the sweet pea can handle his own security, he’s so diligent about protecting everyone else’s safety, it’s his that concerns me. So far, it seems, the universe has heeded my requests for back up coverage in the event he requires it ; ) I send out requests for my own as well, I still have a lingering small group of unwanted followers (started w 1 semi-stalking) but no death threats, just your basic emails of the ‘I’m watchin’ you’ variety – and my response: ‘yeah, that’s nice enjoy the view’ hahaha…one of them sent bk: ‘do you know who your dealing with?’ my response: ‘Yes I traced your IP and my question is do you know who YOUR dealing with?’ along with a link to my site, maybe they’re jealous and need some Zen-ish advice – ahhahaha…can’t wait for the response to that! I think it’s just a twisted crush thing going on…people can be obsessive.
Misch, my computer is still in the shop (yep, I’m annoyed) but I just commented on my site from my kids computer and got in, how weird, I’ll have my one of my peeps take a looksie hopefully tomorrow. Volunteers are so unreliable : )
Today at my site, ‘bollywood bootay, anyone?’ check it, I love Indian dance moves and they’ve got curves, gorgie hair and costumes, beautiful people : ) I want to go to Mumbai and Delhi someday…
Luv, Zen Lill
April 16th, 2011 at 3:46 pm
Michelle, Bita looked better in the Chanel she wore to the opening of Barney’s New York in San Francisco see the link.
http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/3252#nysdtop
April 16th, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Virginia City, Nevada, has lost its favourite madam. The beautiful Creole,Julia Bulette, came to Nevada aged 27 in 1859.
She entertained miners on her floor before her shack was completed, and rapidly became the most popular “game” in town. Soon she employed six girl assistants.
Within a few years she opened an elegant house of Ill-fame, with fresh flowers brought in daily, and imported French wines.
As an honorary member of the City Fire Company she led the annual Fourth of July Parade from a firetruck. During the Civil War she pawned her jewels for the soldiers’ medical fund, and turned her bagnio into a hospital.
Julia is said to have charged $1,000 for one night’s enjoyment of her personal favours. But on January 20 she was found strangled in her bed, with most of her valuables riffled.
Furious enquires by the heartbroken miners and civic dignitaries have so far failed to uncover the killer. Had they done so, he would without a doubt have been lynched on the spot.
As it is, Miss Bulette was given a splendid civic funeral and buried in a solid silver coffin. Every business in town closed for the day.
The Metropolitan Brass Band headed a procession in which hundreds of weeping men attended this much-loved lady to the cemetery under festoons of black bunting, while their wives shuddered disapproval form behind shuttered windows.
And when julia was finally buried. the whole town marched home again to the rollicking happy strains of “The Girl I Left Behind Me.”
April 16th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Eve, that’s a great look for her also, very chic, but black is black and teal and red is smashing, but I love color : ) thanks for the link. – ZL
April 16th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
That was the year 1867. Couldn’t wait to discover if the murderer would be apprehended.
We are in the year 1868.
Golden-HEARTED prostitute Julia Bulette’s murderer has been caught, “Trail louse” John Millain was found with her jewels in his possession, and after a quick but fair trial, was convicted and hanged.
The so called “virtuous” women of Virginia City, teted this brute in prison, and tried unsuccessfully to his sentence commuted.
April 16th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Jaya, I love the Indian culture and food, I managed to make friendsw with some Indian women while living in Singapore. Just an fyi…Some of us here in the US have read the kuma sutra as well, now if the males would read it also, we’d have happier women here as well : ) – ZL
April 16th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
Why So much Cowboy/Western from AH?
It was Adam and Tony who discovered how to modify the Duc so that it became an effective time traveling device. Tinkering with the linear formula for acceleration they discovered a way to move fast enough to overtake the original linear sequence for acceleration from one point to the next. It was as if they were lapping themselves in on an oval tract. They discovered that they could stop anywhere along the original length after they lapped and observed themselves making the original journey.
Azza refused to part with Tony. But she allowed Adam to experiment with the discovery and the resulting changes to the device which they dubbed the Duc. This is how Time Travel Was Born.
Adam, like most Aliens coming from his sector of the Universe has been receiving Cowboy Movies constantly from various parts of the Milky Way Galaxy. This explains the big interest in all things Western about our past. Most Aliens fully expect to arrive on earth in a time when the Native American was in full control of his environment. Imagine their disappointment to arrive in a time of modern pollution and no free Native Americans or Western Cowboys to be found anywhere.
So Adam and AH are filling the imaginations of Aliens everywhere with tales of the Wild, Wild West. Of course Michelle’s Many blog readers may be puzzled as to why Adam focuses on mainly western characters. He is simply allowing AH to entertain Aliens rather than humans for a change.
HOWIE
April 16th, 2011 at 10:10 pm
Damn Howie. That was fantastic! Never head that before. Bet somebody is reading a script. How do you get those great ideas?
April 16th, 2011 at 10:18 pm
Kelvin, I just make it all up. It is simple. Either that or I have a source who informs me of these things.
If you have read the blog a bit you would know who that is.
Is my previous comment correct Adam? Am I telling the truth or writing from a prewritten script AH?
HOWIE
April 16th, 2011 at 10:22 pm
Howie, that is what we experienced. Now we know that you people just shot a lot of movies out into space. We received many episodes of a singing cowboy who appeared to get along quite well with the Native American.
There was an Indian and a cowboy that rode together helping others who were wronged by the new immigrants of whites. We did not know that there were other races on your planet until we arrived.
W63453e
April 16th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
We enjoy AH’s experience. It is more exciting than living among beings who pollute their environment, abuse their fellow beings for profit or murder them for entertainment.
Iola
April 16th, 2011 at 10:35 pm
Howie, It makes so much sense when you explain it so simply. I can almost see the excitement in Adam and Tony’s faces when they discover they could time travel.
The concept is intriguing, but the doing it must be a thrill beyond imagination.
Robert
April 16th, 2011 at 10:37 pm
Howie who is Tony? And why didn’t Azza let him go?
April 16th, 2011 at 10:47 pm
Howie, I think what Kelvin meant to say was there are probably plenty of people out there scheming to steal the story line. I think he meant to say they were readying a script.
I know I am making an effort to put this together for my purposes. It is a fabulous opportunity. To start an intelligent Star Wars.
You could do better working with me. No one would know. I would keep your confidence.
Harold
April 16th, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Here’s some sci-fi for you. The next time an agent working for some department of the federal government is told that he should violate the law because it is in the national interest. He/she should know that the only interest he/she is protecting is the interest of one of his superiors not to go to jail.
April 17th, 2011 at 7:15 am
Howie some clarification is necessary. How did Adam and Tony know that it was a time traveling device in the first place. And how did it come into their possession?
Thank you
Jean
April 17th, 2011 at 7:58 am
Howie, if we can agree to call the original device a Time Machine(™), then we can have a frame of reference for this discussion.
According to our understanding from your narrative Tony and Adam had in their possession a device (™) that was in itself capable of time travel, but they improved upon it. How was it improved? What could they do with it after the improvement that they could not do before?
We have invested more than a million years in time travel research. We have never been able to construct a device that would allow one to isolate a linear measurement between six points in space such that the distance between them could be lapped in the same frame of progress. All our devices allowed the progress between the two set of coordinates (time) to leak out. Hence lapping was never possible.
The device would also have to be able to in a word “freeze” time. It is our belief that the (™) was such a device. We are anxious to know why it needed “tinkering” to improve it.
DM
April 17th, 2011 at 8:15 am
Hafa adai
We need to revise the Chamorro language. “Our language is dying out. During my generation, we couldn’t speak our language at school. They were teaching us how to speak English, so our (Chamorro) language was never taught.”
Chamorro began making a resurgence about 15 or 20 years ago, but since the generations in between weren’t fluent speakers, children growing up on the U.S. mainland know just a few phrases.
It is my belief that we as Chamorros can use our language as a rallying point to bring us together.
Peter
April 17th, 2011 at 9:21 am
Howie, I always wondered what happened to all those movies and music videos that we piped into space.
April 17th, 2011 at 9:24 am
Better College Visits
Arthur Mullaney
For better college visits ask how the school supports its freshmen as they make the transition from high school.
Check campus security, including whether escorts and shuttle buses are available late at night. Find out how the college cares for students who become ill.
Visit the local community to find out about shopping and dining and to see how welcome students are. Sit in on a lecture, preferably in a subject your child is considering, to evaluate class size and student participation.
Eat a meal in the dining hall to observe the quality and variety of foods offered. Read the student newspaper, and look at bulletin board postings to get a sense of campus life.
Personal interviewed Arthur Mullaney, publisher, College Impressions, a newsletter for secondary-school counselors, and a former high school director of guidance to college admissions, Kingston, Massachusetts.
April 17th, 2011 at 10:19 am
Howie, why did the aliens come to earth to time travel. Why not on their own world?
April 17th, 2011 at 10:26 am
I agree Zen Lill. that teal and red is smashing. Her Birkin bag is beautiful. I wish I could afford one.
Linda
April 17th, 2011 at 10:34 am
Howie:
I tune in for the alien stuff. I was up late last night reading your post and the subsequent comments to it. Then I could hardly sleep. I kept getting up to check for your answer.
What’s up it is 1:30 pm and no answer. I can’t find a later installment of this blog so I’m guessing this is still the latest one.
So are you waiting for the 17th’s post by Michelle to answer. I can wait. I’m going to get a pizza to eat with I while I take in some golf on cable.
I hope you will be responding though. Okay Michelle the balls in your court. When are you going to publish?
Ron
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