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2011-04-18T08:56:00.000-07:00

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Those who are interested in volunteering, keeping abreast of the relief efforts, learning about Haiti and helping the country get back on its feet after the Jan. 12 quake can find a lot of new books to help them. They are able to learn more about the Haitian culture and languages. With the publication of 'Sak Pase? N-ap Boule Textbook,' doctors, diplomats, aid workers and those interested in volunteering in Haiti can start learning Haitian Creole or Kreyol from the comfort of their homes. Not only can they purchase the textbooks, but they can also listen to the digital files of the books audio or MP3 formats made available at KouteKreyol Multimedia Press.

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A Song for Change: Euphoria and the World Cries over Obama

2008-11-06T07:07:00.000-08:00

A Song for Change

Complete Euphoria all over the world!

I am in tears and so are my friends and the rest of the country

Cries of joy indeed!

The tough among us have been softened by a new set of realities

The World rejoices and cries over the first Black President of the United States

It is not a victory about one man, it is a victory for the people and the world

It is a victory brought by hope and change

A catharsis, a great symbolism that has washed away the sins of our founders

JFK's prophecies have come to pass: In 40 years or so, an African-American will be

President of the United States of America. Hard to Swallow but true

Anything is possible in the United States, indeed! Hope is reborn

The promise of this country remains intact: Through hard work, discipline and organization

One can achieve most of his/her dreams

What a collective moment for us, Americans, and the world!

More than the Superbowl, more than the Olympics, more than the Pope,

And more than any war or other calamity could have done, a victory by Obama

Created a transformative moment for us all

The world symphony takes center stage: A new maestro is about to enter

The Inhabitants of our planet are eager to witness the new direction we take

Sonnet for the Audacity of Hope

Sonnet for the Aftermath of Change

Symphony for the collaborative effort and renewal of spirits

The past appears to be buried with this landslide victory. The stings of racism, Jim Crow, Discrimination

And other social, political inequities must take back seat to the hope and promises,

And possibilities offered by this great country of ours

``A hundred years ago, he would have been a slave. A hundred years on, he is the president. That's massive,''

``A new broom sweeps clean. The new president may introduce concrete measures to fix the financial crisis. Once things improve in the U.S., the world improves and China improves.''

"Obama's victory marks ``a historic change which shows that the United States is an entirely exceptional power, completing a fundamental social revolution in the space of two, three generations.''

``A new face offers Europe a new chance to remarry America.''

Dreaming Wide Awake: (Historical Fiction Writing) Part 1

2008-11-02T22:36:00.000-08:00

Dreaming Wide Awake: Fiction Writing

Fiction is about making things up. So the fiction writer imagines and makes up stories. A writer can dream the same dream for a long time or for the duration of the story over many days. The fiction writer takes both personal and collective history memories into account.

Mini Story/Short Story

The St. Louis's Old Courthouse Auction

(On an October 19, 2008 campaign rally, biracial Presidential candidate, Barack Obama, addressed 100,000 people on the steps of the Old Court House where Slave Auctions were once held.)

Days before the auction was to take place on the steps of the Old Court House, heralds were trying to drum up sales by promoting the quality of the goods. Right in front of this prestigious building, a temple of the legal system, potential buyers, merchants, planters and farmers were going about their business. They were minding their own business for the day. They knew the weekend spectacle or mini-carnival was about to come to town from the nearby plantations. The heralds walked up and down the steps with a long list of heads of cattle in their hands.

Small and large farming communities had an excess of heads of cattle. They could not afford to keep them on the land. They had to get rid of some of them in the next auction. Trading slaves was a quick way to make money in those times. Ox-driven carriages and wagons were loaded with extra slaves who were heading to the auction on the steps of the St. Louis Old Courthouse. After all, the planters and various brokers and middlemen had bills to pay to the bank. They could not afford to feed the new crops of slaves that were born on their farm and grew up the maturity age.

Not all slaves were transported in covered wagons to the auction site. Some slave-owners and merchants thought they could fetch higher prices by parading their goods. So wearing restraint necklaces and chained at their ankles, the heads of cattle as slaves were referred to, started walking around the streets of St Louis en route to the Steps of the Old Court House. Children and adults of the free society stopped whatever they were doing to take a good look at these men, women and children. The slave drivers were nearby on their horses. Vicious barking dogs were following them. They were there to keep the defile of misery moving forward and in check (to be continued. If you want this history series to continue, write to livetutoronline at gmail.com)

Friends' Poem: Express the good Feelings, Emotions While You Have Time

2008-10-27T03:58:00.000-07:00

Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Remember to always say what you mean.
If you love someone, tell them.
Don't be afraid to express yourself.
Reach out and tell someone what they mean to you.
Because when you decide that it is the right time it might be too late.
Seize the day. Never have regrets.
And most importantly, stay close to your friends
and family, for they have helped
make you the person that you are today.

Gardasil for U.S. Residents and Female Immigrants: What are the Side Effects

2008-10-27T03:55:00.000-07:00

ardasil Vaccine Required for all Female Immigrants to the U.S.A Guards Against Human Papillomavirus, HPV or Prevents Cervical Cancer

It is a vaccine that is recommended to all female immigrants coming to the US and prevents against Human Papillomavirus, HPV, a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer. 11 and 12-year old girls, U.S residents up to age 26 can take the vaccine. It is still unknown to many immigrants and health advocates. What is Gardasil's cost and safety? The Food and Drug Administration approved it in 2006. It blocks strains of the Human Papillomavirus of HPV.

For female immigrants, the requirement went into effect on August 1, 2008. In the U.S., about 4,000 women die of the disease each year. The vaccine works best if given early or before a young woman is sexually active and already might have contracted the virus.

September 2007 Hot Books: Alan Greenspan's The Age of Turbulences: Adventures in a New World

2007-09-16T12:41:00.000-07:00

This month, there is a series of good books that will be coming out. Among them, Mr. Greenspan's book, "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World" is sure to be a bestseller as soon it comes out tomorrow morning. In it, Greenspan criticizes the Bush Administration for not responsibly handling the nation's spending and racking up big budget deficits. Mr. Greenspan who has served more than 5 presidents before retiring last year and was replaced by Bernanke did not mince his words. He is free to say and write whatever he wants to. "Greenspan takes his own party to task for forsaking conservative principles that favor small government. "My biggest frustration remained the president's unwillingness to wield his veto against out-of-control spending," Greenspan wrote.

So far, critics are saying that it is one of his best books. It will stand as his legacy. "The Age of Turbulence is Alan Greenspan's incomparable reckoning with the nature of this new world - how we got here, what we're living through, and what lies over the horizon, for good and for ill-channeled through his own experiences working in the command room of the global economy for longer and with greater effect than any other single living figure."

Another book you may have heard so many things about is "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. It is a book about her search for good foods in Italy, spiritual connection or renewal in India and love in Bali where she met her future husband, a Brasilian businessman who swore he would never marry again. But in order to live with Elizabeth in the US, he had to marry her. That was the catch.

Another book I am reading is "If I Did It: The Confessions of a Killer" written by O J Simpson, but acquired and published by the friends of Fred Goldman. Lo and behold, Simpson is back in the news this weekend. He is arrested by armed robbery in Las Vegas over some memorabilia at Palace Station.

Other books to check out: Inquiry into Daniel Goleman's Social Intelligence, Raising Smart Kids and Becoming Successfu and Young Man, Go West: Eat, Pray, Love, Shop and Dance

New Rules Against IIlegal Immigrants: Employers are Responsible for Ratting Them Out

2007-09-02T17:09:00.000-07:00

llegal Immigrants Can Choose to Stay, Work Underground or Leave; But the Choice is not Easy.

The current administration is dealing with illegal immigration. On August 10, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff announced that it is up to employers to fire workers who are unable to clear up problems with their Social Security numbers within 90 days after they've been notified in a "no-match" letter. There will be heavy fines exacted against employers who turn their back on the new rules. They face fine of at least $2,200 and possible criminal penalties. These new measures clearly show that the current administration is cracking down on employers who fail to verify the legal status of their workers.

Illegal immigrants live with a perpetual fear of being deported. They have no driver's licence and no possibility of establishing credit in this country. They can not even cash a check. Some illegal immigrants resort to borrowing or stealing social security numbers. Others are just too happy to work a family member or a friend's social security number. Many illegal immigrants have tried to avoid immigration rules by working for themselves. They do gardening, home repairs, window washing, car washing, yard sales and other vocations that allow them elude detection. They may avoid living in areas with high concentration of illegal immigrants. They try to blend in until they have to speak English or get stopped by a police officer to whom they have to show their driving licence. To this date, ICE made 745 criminal arrests and 3,561 administrative arrests of employers and employees.

Are there employers who are immune from arrests? ICE is saying that nobody is immune from complying with the nation's laws, regardless of industry or location. So American farmers who crow large varieties of crops may be in trouble. Where will they find workers to work their fields? Are Americans ready to go to the field to work in the California heat to harvest peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots in the Central Valley, lettuce in Salinas, and Cotton grown all over the Valley?

The rules announced by the Bush Administration officials will require employers to fire employees unable to clear up problems with their Social Security numbers 90 days after they've been notified of such discrepancies in what is called "no-match letters." It means that hiring undocumented workers, illegal aliens has been illegal for two decades, but until now, employers have had it easy due to lack of enforcement. It also means that their employees were not held liable for fraudulent documents. Now, the rules are saying that employers who fail to comply will face fines and sanctions.

Will all the immigrants start the self-deportation process? It remains to be seen wether people who have only known the good life in this country will pack up and return to their countries of origin where they have no more roots. In some cases, some of their own countries do not want them back. Whose problems is it going to be then? Countries of origin will be highly impacted by the rush to absorb people who had left the country for decades, people who have had some criminal lifestyle and engaged in gang activities, for example. El Salvador had to absorb many gang members from major U.S. cities such as Los Angeles, San Diego and New York. They export their criminal lifestyle to their new country.

This is a wait and see time. If employers or farmers have to pay more to work their fields and harvest their crops, will the US consumers be ready to pay more at the supermarkets? In everything, there is a price to pay. Who is willing to pay $5 for a head of lettuce? Who is willing to pay double for a house built mostly by the hands of Mexican workers? There may be a domino effect coming up. Even in the high tech sector, there are illegal immigrants who are waiting for a change in the rules in the Silicon Valley.

No matter what, something must be done to regulate our immigration laws.

Oprah's Father is Cashing in with Things Unspoken

2007-05-24T06:59:00.000-07:00

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Things Unspoken is a memoir gossip about the media mogul. When Oprah was made aware that the book is being peddled to agents, she was shocked and disappointed. What should Oprah do? Buy the book and never publish it? Or just fill him with money? Which one should be the answer. The book is set to reveal some painful moments in the superstar's life. Most of them were already made public by herself on the show. But the father feels there are some other episodes that would rivet the public.

"Our daughter was out of hand, an unruly child," Vernon quotes Oprah's mother, Vernita, as saying, "She said she stayed out all times of the night and lied regarding her whereabouts, said she made herself known to boys," he writes.

That interesting euphemism is just the beginning.

"She had secrets," writes Oprah's father. "Dark secrets," he continues. "Some I didn't discover till she was a grown woman, till it was too late."

The New York Daily News gave a heads up to Oprah who was not too happy about her father's dealings. "The memoir gossips about Oprah as a child, when she was living in Milwaukee with her mother and visiting her estranged father in Nashville, Tenn."

Is this a way to cash in?

Read about the Best book of the year: The Kindly Ones or Les Bienveillantes

2006-12-17T11:35:00.000-08:00

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On this side of the Atlantic, many people may have not had any way of reading the best book of 2006. It is published by an American citizen carrying a French passport and who was denied French citizenship on two previous attempts. Les Bienveillantes which has been acquired by HarperCollins was initially published in French by Gallimard under the pseudo of Jean Petit. So far, American Jonathan Littell has become somewhat of a celebrity in France and the French-speaking world with his first or maybe last book. Les Bienveillantes or The Kindly Ones has received two of France's highest honors, Prix Goncourt and Prix de l'a Academie Francaise. For some of us who appreciate books in other languages, we are having a good time reading a book by a Jewish American author on this side of the Atlantic.

What is this book about?

Les Bienveillantes is a memoir that is about a former SS officer who leads a hidden life in a French town. Most of the people who have read it so far have said that it is a troubling novel that causes all of kinds of conversation at work and public places. It shows the journey of SS Officer Maximillien Aue, Sturmbannführer whose mission was to improve the production of camps. Some of his superiors described him as a stubborn man who said that the inhumane does not exist. Yet, he contributed to the creation of hell on earth for thousands of Jews. That is the man Jonathan Littell was trying to bring out of his hole by talking about the wrong acts he committed in his life. Others saw him as somebody who was bragging about what he did under Hitler's regime. This book has admirators and detractors. The latter can not understand why a Jewish writer wants to be in the skin of Nazi to write this book. They wonder whether he can replicate this feast of literature. They also wonder whether his father, Robert Littell, a famous writer and author, wrote the book. They have more criticism of the 38-year-old author who refuses to give intereviews and has since has been seen in Spain playing with his child and family.

We can not wait to see this book around here. If you can read French, you will do a good job of reading in that language. Does this book make you think of late Styron's Sophie's Choice? Go ahead and read it here too

William Styron's Books

2006-11-24T07:09:00.000-08:00

William Styron, one of the great modern writers of the US, has died. However, his books will live on. More importantly, his writings will continue to give pleasure to many people. He was one of the fine writers and storytellers whose books were read and re-read by many. He knew how to write.

Here is a list of his books just in case you are interested in reading them:

Lie Down in Darkness was written in 1951. Nine years later, he published The Confessions of Nat Turner which earned him a Pulitzer Prize. His next book came in 1979. Sophie's Choice drew a lot of fire for examing the Holocaust from the point of view of a Polish Catholic. In 1990, he released Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Darkness.

With Oil Money, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Who Loves to Read Might Make a Dent in Textbook Publishing

2006-09-24T18:16:00.000-07:00

If Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez loves books so much, then he can do something that could help millions of students worldwide. With the oil money that keeps pouring into his country, he can help students get cheap books by supporting and/or creating a publishing company that will work with textbook teachers and publishers to lower the price. Would this not qualify as wishful thinking? Well, it could be. It may be that the president ends up reading this blog someday. One of his adherents may see it and forward a copy to him. Besides promising cheap heating oil to poor US neighborhoods, he can show his love of books by making textbooks available to millions of students and parents who just can not afford them.

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Oprah Could Make Textbook Authors and Publishers Sell Cheap Textbooks to Students

2006-02-08T17:21:00.000-08:00

May the day come when Oprah realizes what is happening in the textbook market! Please remember this blog which intends to cause publishers, authors and influential people to do something about this problem! The same way she is a major factor in the book industry, she can help alleviate the pain of college and university students who have to take loans to buy textbooks. A lot of them can not afford these books. Parents often have to foot the bills. Some teachers may not let them into their class without the right textbook. So Oprah can do something about this. If she agrees to select a textbook every day on the show with the condition that the author and publisher will lower their prices, she can make giant steps in solving this problem.

Who else can do something to help poor, hard-working-low paying students?

Just put in your two cents.

What If There Was a Cheap Textbook Store to Shop at?

2006-02-07T06:50:00.000-08:00

Textbooks costs are keeping students away from classes. Well, they often have to get loans to be able to afford the expensive textbooks that professors and teachers assign to the class. How about finding alternative ways to buy cheap textbooks? That would be a boon to the textbook publishing. Authors of textbooks and publishers would still make money. The reason is that there will always be a demand for books. More students would be able to buy their books instead of finding a friend to study with and borrow textbooks from.

I was a student too. I found out that depending on the discipline and subject matter, textbooks prices may vary between $175 and up to $400. Now, that's a lot of money to spend on materials which may not all be used in the classroom. Students are getting frustrated over the costs. They want to have spending money to buy other stuff and put gas in their car.

I will write this blog based on my experience with the school system.

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