Jordan at 23

Jordan and Jamie at the 2009 Rede Reunion in Portland

In the next hour or so I expect to hear the front doorbell ring and there, standing on the porch will be my youngest son and his wife.

As hard as it was for me to come to terms with being 58, it won't be a big deal to have Jordan turn 23. The number seems to fit him. Since getting married in November 2009, he's seen a lot and done a lot, thanks to the military, and done a lot of maturing, thanks to his sweet bride, Jamie.

After they got married, they moved to El Paso and the ironically named Fort Bliss, where life was anything but. Jordan went on training manuevers in the desert mountains north of El Paso and, to the west, the barren terrain of New Mexico. He tried out for the Special Forces (Army Rangers)  in North Carolina and then, earlier this year, he got transferred to Joint Base Lewis-McChord outside Olympia, Washington, about 100 miles north of us.

It doesn't surprise me that Jordan is able to take all the physical training and tedium of the military in stride. He's always loved physical activity and challenges, whether it's skateboarding or wrestling, snowboarding or camping, and he's generally a patient person, although, I'm sure, even he has his limits when asked to inventory the same items he and his fellow grunts accounted for the day before.

Most of all, it seems he has settled nicely into the role of a young husband who's loving toward and supportive of his wife.

It's fun to think back on his different phases and interests, such as ... When he dyed his hair blond and did all kinds of skateboarding tricks in middle school. ... When he took up break dancing, then progressed to mixed martial arts. ... When he lived alone for a few weeks on our Orcas Island cabin, subsisting on part-time summer jobs helping out on a local farm and working in a restaurant kitchen.

Killer Burger baskets

As he's grown older, it's nice to see the bond he has with Nathan and Simone grow ever stronger. I think there is mutual aspect amongst the three of them, who each bring different talents and personalities to the table. They've taken him under their wing in certain ways but there's no doubt that he's flying on his own now: A married man, serving in the all-volunteer Army, and training to be part of a Stryker Brigade at the same time that he remains a kid at heart, laughing out loud at "Elf," guzzling root beer and cuddling his orange-and-white kitten, Mr. Biggs.

If all goes according to plan, we'll take him out to dinner at Killer Burger -- his first time there -- and then come back to tear into his favorite dessert, a chocolate wafer cake with layers of whipped cream.

Vestidos

Lights out

NECC

Earlier this week, we signed up to become members of LA | Fitness. It was a long time coming but it made sense for a number of reasons.

Although Lori owns her own gym, there's limited time and space for her to work out, considering that she has two trainers, a yoga instructor and a massage therapist in there at different hours as subcontractors. As for me, I've kept my membership at the Northeast Community Center (the old YMCA) in our former neighborhood, out of loyalty and a fondness for the old-school vibe. It is, after all, the gym where our kids played Y basketball and indoor soccer and where I continue to swim two or three days a week and occasionally lift weights.

By joining LA | Fitness, we'll get a better deal (just a few dollars a month more for the two of us versus my dues at NECC) and it'll be just four blocks from our home, with expanded hours and newer facilities. Plus, we can go together from time to time.

I suppose it was inevitable that we'd make the switch. Two things happened this week that made me realize it was time:
-- After a swim on Monday, I went to the sauna, noticed the room was pitch black and flicked on the switch. Nothing. Just a deep voice from the darkness. "The light's out. You can come in." Uh, OK. "Where, exactly, are you? Top bench? Lower bench?"
-- Thursday, I got up earlier than usual and got to the pool about 6:10. Only other one swimmer was there, not yet in the pool, but then the lifeguard approached. "There's a water aerobics class starting in five minutes. It lasts till 7. You're welcome to stay." Uh, thanks, but no thanks. Not my thing.

Yeah, I should have known better about the schedule, but it was a reminder that I have to work around the times when the pool is not open to lap swim. That shouldn't be a concern at the new gym. Nor the lack of a light bulb in the men's sauna.

Heading out now to take Otto for a walk. Then off to the pool for the last swim of 2010.

Feliz 2011

Censored in 2010: Defense of Mother Earth, the racist right, US torture and collapse of the media

Censored in 2010: Defense of Mother Earth, the racist right, US torture and collapse of the media
By Brenda Norrell/Censored News/http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com (Photo: Dine Water Rights/march 2010)
What was censored in 2010 on the issues of Indigenous Peoples and human rights? Due to the collapse of the media and the proliferation of the racist right, there's too much to print, but here are ten of the most censored issues.


1. The United States -- the last country in the world to support the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- fooled many people when President Obama announced the US would support the Declaration. However, the US did not "endorse," "adopt," or "sign on" to the Declaration. The US only announced "support," and attached a lengthy list of limitations from the US State Dept.


2. None of the elected Native American leaders from the United States joined Bolivian President Evo Morales in his push for new global standards to protect Mother Earth at the climate summits in Cochabamba or Cancun. Carbon trading scams continued, allowing the worst global polluters to continue to pollute. Even though coal-fired power plants are a leading cause of global warming and destruction in the Arctic habitat of wildlife, the Navajo Nation continued to push for another coal fired power plant, Desert Rock. Other Indian Nations continued the push for oil and gas drilling and other polluting industries. The Navajo Nation gave away Dineh water rights in Arizona and uranium mining companies continued to target Navajo, Lakota and other Indian lands.


3. The proliferation of the racist right fueled anti-migrant hysteria in Arizona and elsewhere. Along the US Mexico border, profiteering from migrant prisons and border security contracts continued. The shooting deaths of American Indians by city and county police in Washington State, South Dakota, and elsewhere, along with the arrest in Virginia of a Mohawk film crew, exposed the malignant racism in US law enforcement. The white superiority mindset of the Ku Klux Klan continues in the US, both within white cloaks and police uniforms. It also continues in state legislatures, including Arizona, and in Indian bordertowns.


4. President Obama spent only about 30 minutes with the 12 Native American leaders invited to the White House, and only about 30 minutes with the 565 Native leaders invited to the Interior Building, during the White House Tribal Nations Conference in Dec. It was originally proclaimed as a welcome to the White House for all Indian leaders, last year. Again this year, the 565 Native leaders did not get that handshake and welcome to the White House.


5. The US State Dept. wasted a great deal of time and money of grassroots Native people by holding "Listening Conferences," on human rights issues in numerous locations in 2010. In the final US Periodic Review to the United Nations, almost all were ignored. Even the online State Dept. summaries were pathetic, lacking key names and issues.


6. The United States, George Bush and Dick Cheney, were not held responsible for US torture, in violation of the Geneva Conventions, in 201o. US drones continued to be used for rogue assassinations and the killing of civilians. The US continued the School of Americas, Guantanamo, secret black sites of torture and the training of military soldiers from other countries in torture.


7. The pathetic collapse of the news industry left the industry on life support. Many journalists became, or continued to be, armchair journalists. Some continued cheerleading for the US war in Afghanistan, urging young people toward death, for a bogus war, without examining the truth behind this war. Still others focused on divisive politics, or simply collapsed into the Internet, plagiarizing, rewriting press releases, and making a few phone calls.


8. While the US media pointed its clean white fingers at Mexico's drug war, few reporters pointed out that there would be no drug war in Mexico if it were not for the demand by US citizens for illegal drugs. Few reporters pointed out that the Zetas, the most notorious murderers in the cartels in Mexico, were originally trained as human killing machines of the US special forces.


9. US Border Patrol agents, immigration agents and the US military continue to smuggle drugs and weapons, and murder and rape, with impunity, along the US/Mexico border. The US Army Special Ops continues to post online its operating manual, showing that it provides weapons and support to guerrillas to destabilize governments, and continue war. Ultimately this means the US is responsible for killing its own citizens, along with other innocent women, children and elderly.
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10: While global enforcement agencies focused on Wikileaks, rather than the perpetrators of the crimes, these agencies ignored the murdered and missing women and children in Canada, and the widespread global trafficking of women and children. Meanwhile, Wikileaks shed light on the white privilege mindset within the cables, as the US and its partner multi-national corporations continued to assassinate and make homeless Indigenous Peoples living on lands targeted for mining, dams and deforestation around the world.
Here are the most popular links on Indigenous Peoples and human rights from Censored News 2010:

This week: Wikileaks on Indigenous Peoples: US white privilege
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/12/wikileaks-on-indigenous-peoples-us.html
Past six months:
Wikileaks: Canada's unauthorized wiretaps of Mohawks (5,448 views)
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/08/wikileaks-canadas-unauthorized-wiretaps.html
Video: Virginia police attack Akwesasne film crew in 'Mississippi Burning' style attack
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/11/video-virginia-police-attack-akwesasne.html
Tewa Women United at US Social Forum (Fighting the nuclear industry on sacred lands in northern New Mexico)
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/06/video-tewa-women-united-at-us-social.html
Tohono O'odham Mike Wilson responds to threat of poisoned water at migrant water stations
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/08/mike-wilson-tohono-oodham-responds-to.html
The Border: O'odham Ofelia Rivas to National Guard: 'We do not want you on our land'
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/08/oodham-to-national-guard-we-do-not-want.html
Secret negotiations released on Navajo water rights settlement
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/09/secret-negotiations-released-on-navajo.html
AIM video highlights: San Francisco conference 2010, recordings by Earthcycles http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/11/aim-conference-video-highlights-2010.html
Peltier family accuses US of medical neglect
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2010/11/leonard-peltier-family-accuses-us-of.html
Top video by Earthcycles/Censored News 2010
Southern Border Indigenous Roundtable, hosted by the Indigenous Alliance without Borders
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/10935828

Virar as costas ao 2010

111 Navy Chair, CLÁSICO COMPROMETIDO CON EL MEDIO AMBIENTE

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La silla

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El pelo corto no es para todos. Hay varias cosas que uno debe considerar antes de tomar un atajo, lo que incluso su forma de la cara, así como el cuerpo y la condición de su cabello.

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Let there be Wild !

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Elegir el peinado derecho como un adolescente puede ayudar en una multitud de niveles para inspirarse de las siguientes fácil de hacer cortes de pelo que le ayudará a buscar en minutos.

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Peinados para una boda

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Modoc Nation: State Dept. contradicts Obama's statement of UN Declaration

December 30: Issaquah, Washington
Analysis and Commentary by Two Eagles (Perry Chesnut)
Secretary of State, Modoc Nation

State Department White Paper Contradicts Obama’s Statements at Tribal Nations Conference – Shows U.S. Endorsement of UNDRIP Really Means Politics and Business as Usual
By Modoc Nation, Sec. of State Two Eagles (Perry Chestnut)

On December 16, 2010, President Obama met with more than 300 tribal leaders at Blair House for the second White House Tribal Nations Conference. In his opening remarks (transcript issued by the White House Office of the Press Secretary), the President surprised almost everyone by announcing that the United States is changing the position it has held since September of 2007 concerning the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) – from a position of outright rejection to a position of “lending its support to this declaration.” The President’s announcement was met with tremendous applause. Camera flashes filled the room, and hundreds of participants captured the moment by video on their cell phones.

It is worthwhile to read the actual words the President spoke just following this announcement, worthwhile because they raised the hopes and aspirations of not only the conference participants but also all Native Americans who have heard or seen the media reports that the U.S. has changed its position and will now support UNDRIP. But sadly, as I shall point out below, the President’s promises and platitudes may turn out to be nothing more than just empty talk. First, the President’s words from the point at which he announced support for UNDRIP:

“And as you know, in April, we announced that we were reviewing our position on the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. And today I can announce that the United States is lending its support to this declaration. (Applause.)

The aspirations it affirms -- including the respect for the institutions and rich cultures of Native peoples -- are one we must always seek to fulfill. And we’re releasing a more detailed statement about U.S. support for the declaration and our ongoing work in Indian Country. But I want to be clear: What matters far more than words -- what matters far more than any resolution or declaration -– are actions to match those words. And that’s what this conference is about. (Applause.) That’s what this conference is about. That’s the standard I expect my administration to be held to.

So we’re making progress. We’re moving forward. And what I hope is that we are seeing a turning point in the relationship between our nations. The truth is, for a long time, Native Americans were implicitly told that they had a choice to make. By virtue of the longstanding failure to tackle wrenching problems in Indian Country, it seemed as though you had to either abandon your heritage or accept a lesser lot in life; that there was no way to be a successful part of America and a proud Native American.

But we know this is a false choice. To accept it is to believe that we can’t and won’t do better. And I don’t accept that. I know there is not a single person in this room who accepts that either. We know that, ultimately, this is not just a matter of legislation, not just a matter of policy. It’s a matter of whether we’re going to live up to our basic values. It’s a matter of upholding an ideal that has always defined who we are as Americans. E pluribus unum. Out of many, one.

That’s why we’re here. That’s what we’re called to do. And I’m confident that if we keep up our efforts, that if we continue to work together, that we will live up to the simple motto and we will achieve a brighter future for the First Americans and for all Americans.”

President Obama wants to be clear: “What matters far more than words . . . are actions to match those words,” and action is the standard to which he expects his administration to be held. He derides the “false choice” that previous administrations have given Native Americans - that “you either had to abandon your heritage or accept a lesser lot in life,” and he rejects outright the basis of that false choice – the belief “that we can’t and won’t do better.” In perhaps the finest words of all he said: “We know that, ultimately, this is not just a matter of legislation, not just a matter of policy. It’s a matter of whether we’re going to live up to our basic values. It’s a matter of upholding an ideal that has always defined who we are as Americans. E pluribus unum. Out of many, one.”

The problem with the motto “Out of many, one” is that it reminds indigenous peoples of the dark and unrelenting history of eradication that has been the policy (at times stated but mostly unstated) of the United States concerning the indigenous peoples who inhabited this land for millennia before there even was a United States. The motto reminds us of genocide, at first by slaughter and, continuing even today, by assimilation. Of course, the President did not have this in mind when he said it; he meant it in the most positive sense.

However, within hours of the President’s remarks, the U.S. State Department issued its 15-page white paper titled “Announcement of U.S. Support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Initiatives to Promote the Government-to-Government Relationship & Improve the Lives of Indigenous Peoples.” (see attached .pdf file if the following link does not work U.S. State Department’s statement about U.S. support for UNDRIP) This document, not the President’s fine words, reflect the real position of the United States on the extent to which it has changed its position on and is willing to support UNDRIP. And folks, it isn’t good. It is so cleverly written that one commentator (Rudolph Ryser, writing for the Fourth World Eye, a publication of the Center for World Indigenous Studies) referred to it as “verbal sleight of hand.”

Let’s take a look at how the U.S. State Department, indeed, the entire Executive Branch of government, intends to “support” UNDRIP by lip service alone.
Click for more:
http://censored-news.blogspot.com/2010/12/modoc-nation-us-state-dept-contradicts.html

Easter Island Police attack Rapanui women and children Dec. 29

BREAKING NEWS - PRESS RELEASE FROM RAPA NUI
December 29, 2010
Today, December 29th just before 7 PM, an contingency of 200 armed police began violently dislodging the Rapanui Parliament from their headquarters in the enter of the town of Hanga Roa, Rapa Nui. The police have beaten dozens of Rapa Nui with clubs, including children and women. They have arrested at least two dozen people.
This action was a unilateral decision made by the Regional Indendent, Raul Celis. The operation was directed by the Police Commander, Oscar Salazar who confirmed, "Celis gave the order."
Lola Tuki, who was there said that it was "unbelievable to see the degree of violence and inhuman treatment and prejudice. The police were
cursing at the women calling them, "Goddamn indian bitches", and grabbing them violently.
Many of the people taken from the Tuki and HIto clan were defending the President of the Rapa Nui Parliament, Leviante Araki.
This is a developing story.
CONTACT:
Lola Tuki 011 569 62144264
Santi Hitorangi 845 596 5402

In the Street Series

BURN YOUR F%ING BRA !

Vestidos oreiro

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Para que tu estilo y personalidad se vean únicos tu figura amerita unos buenos vestidos ya que el lucir bonita y bella siempre te ha caracterizado, con ese toque que solo tu sabes agregar al elegir lo mejor para ti, aquí te dejamos algunos diseños que te serán de mucha ayuda y te veras súper femenina.

Porque necesitas un vestido que valla de acuerdo a tu estilo y forma resaltando tu figura, checa estos diseños te encantaran, estos son vestidos oreiro modernos.

In the Street Series

Modernas invitaciones de boda

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Si ya decidieron casarse, una de las primeras acciones es elegir las invitaciones de boda. Al visitar las tiendas especializadas en este producto, podrán darse cuenta que hay estilos y modelos para todos los gustos, para los novios conservadores, para los novios exóticos, para los novios divertidos, etc. Todo dependerá de las características y personalidad de la pareja y del tipo de boda que quieran realizar.

Hoy en día son cada vez más las parejas de novios que deciden usar invitaciones divertidas para su matrimonio, como que esta de moda salirse del patrón de las antiguas costumbres, en donde las invitaciones eran de un sólo color, bastante sobrias y sin imágenes.

Hemos obtenido unos modelos de invitaciones de boda muy divertidas y refrescantes, ideas de una página web especialista en este rubro dentro de España, algunas de las cuales las mostramos a continuación:

Invitación de boda usando las imágenes de una baraja de cartas. ¿Se ven súper divertidas verdad? Anímate a usar este modelo.

¿Encontraste a tu media naranja? Imaginamos que si y que por eso te casas.

Si quieres expresar que estas con la persona correcta, este modelo es el indicado. Tus invitados tendrán una sonrisa al abrir tus invitaciones.

Y ahora que se casan, ya no son dos, sino uno. Este cierre con los nombres de los dos refleja la unión próxima de vuestros cuerpos. Una invitación rústica y creativa.

Si quieres que tu invitación no sea leída y guardada en un cajón, pues este modelo con un rompecabezas incluído es el elegido. Necesita colocarse dentro de una caja para mejor presentación. Podría ser divertido también para los niños (hijos de tus invitados).

Esta invitación de boda es para novios románticos, aquellos que saben que el matrimonio los hará ver las estrellas y sentirse como en las nubes.

Observa que la invitación esta compuesta de cuatros partes unidas por un lazo.

Si quieres brindar a tus invitados un paquete más completo, puedes hacerle llegar la invitación en unas minis cajas con unas tarjetas pequeñas, y adicionalmente colocarles una bolsita con arroz para cuando sea la celebración.

Lo peculiar de esta invitación de boda es que esta puesta en una caja rectangular y dispuesta en un rollito amarrado por un lazo, como si fuese u comunicado de la antigua Roma.

Via: webdelanovia.com

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Peinados novias con trenza

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Una de las tendencias más populares en peinados para novias 2011 es agregarle trenzas al peinado de boda. Las trenzas le dan un toque sofisticado al peinado y hacen que se destaque sin la necesidad de utilizar herramientas de calor o productos de peluquería.

Los peinados recogidos son un clásico entre las novias, pero sin duda al agregarle trenzas le damos un toque moderno y fino al peinado. Hay una gran variedad de peinados para novias con trenzas 2011 que puedes probar o usar como inspiración:

El flequillo trenzado le añade un toque de glamour a un estilo convencional, además los peinados trenzados no requieren mantenimiento, ya que las trenzas son una herramienta firme.

Añadir varias trenzas delgadas en todo el cabello ayuda a lograr a un look romántico.

Las trenzas pueden ofrecer un estilo estructurado a un peinado, pero al mismo tiempo ofrecen encanto clásico y refinado. No hay reglas en cuanto a trenzas, puedes comenzar con una idea y terminar con un resultado que puede ser el perfecto para ti. Tómate tu tiempo para crear el peinado trenzado que más satisfaga tus deseos.

Puede que las trenzas eliminen la necesidad de usar accesorios para el pelo, siendo así una gran opción para aquellas que tienen un enfoque más minimalista en cuanto a accesorios.

Una trenza colocada en la corona de la cabeza supone una tiara natural o una corona natural. Siempre atraerá mucho la atención. Puedes hacerlo con pelo natural si tienes el pelo largo, sino puedes usar extensiones de cabello.

Los grados de complejidad en peinados con trenzas 2011 son variables. La combinación de diferentes estilos como las trenzas francesas y trenzas cola de pescado es otra de las opciones perfectas para una novia elegante.

Via: noviasybodas.cafeversatil.com

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