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Sharon B. Majors-Lewis graduated MagnaCum Laude from National Universitywith a Bachelor of Business

Administration degree in 1980. Ms. Lewisobtained her JD degree in 1985 from theNational University School of Law, where shewas a member of the Student Honors AdvisoryProgram, and received American JurisprudenceAwards in Torts, Wills and Trusts, DomesticRelations and Administrative Law, and a CorpusJuris Secundum Award in labor relations andwas also an F. Lee Baily Moot Court Finalist.

Ms. Lewis was admitted to practice inCalifornia on December 13, 1985, and beforethe U.S. District Court for the Southern Districtof California on December 29, 1987.

In her sole practice she handled family lawand law and motion matters, provided pro bonoservices through the San Diego VolunteerLawyer’s program and represented indigentcriminal defendants by appointment of theCourt of Appeals under the AppellateDefenders assisted-case system.

Ms. Lewis was sworn in as a San DiegoCounty Deputy District Attorney in February1987 where she became a trial attorney special-izing in violent crimes including abusive headtrauma child homicides. She was promoted toAssistant Chief of the Family ProtectionDivision, a division that handled child abuse,domestic violence, elder abuse, statutory rape,and child abduction cases. She was cross desig-nated as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, forthe Southern District of California in theViolent Crimes Division from November 2994to May 1995. Majors-Lewis completed over 90jury trials during her career as a Deputy DistrictAttorney.

Ms. Lewis was promoted to Division Chiefof the Central Pretrial Division in March 2003,making her the first African American femaleDivision Chief in the San Diego DistrictAttorney’s Office. She later became the firstAfrican American female to become a ChiefDeputy District Attorney in the office In

January 2005. In addition to managing severaldivisions, she also handled sensitive specialprojects for the District Attorney and complet-ed other complex matters, including reviewinghomicide cases that were the subject of habeaspetitions. Majors-Lewis served on the CapitalCase Review Board, the attorney selectioncommittee, was in charge of the Certified LegalIntern and Graduate Law Clerk programs andhandled the office’s travel and training budget.

In February 2007, Ms. Lewis was appointedby Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to be hisJudicial Appointments Secretary. She is the firstwoman and first person of color to ever hold theposition in California. She served in that capac-ity until December 2010.

Governor Schwarzenegger appointedMajors-Lewis to the San Diego Superior Courton December 3, 2010. She took her oath ofoffice on December 20, 2010.

In 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, she wasselected by the Los Angeles Daily Journal asone of the Top 100 Leading Lawyers inCalifornia. In January 2008, San DiegoMagazine named her one of the top 50 Peopleto Watch.

Ms. Lewis received numerous other awardsfor her accomplishments as the JudicialAppointments Secretary for GovernorSchwarzenegger. They include, the BernardWitkin Award for Civic Leadership &Excellence as an Attorney, by the Law LibraryJustice Foundation, March 4, 2010. AnAssembly Resolution was presented byAssemblyman Mike Davis for a lifetime ofachievements and meritorious service tohumanity, January 15, 2010. The Daily Journalnamed her as one of the Top 100 Lawyers inCalifornia 2007–2010. She was one of SanDiego Magazine’s 50 People to Watch in 2008.Majors-Lewis received a key to the City ofMilpitas, CA, for her work in diversifying thebench. She received Assembly Speaker FabianNunez’s Certificate of Recognition as Attorneyof the Year and dedication to the advancementof diversity in the law, Feb 9, 2008. The John

Langston Bar Association Award ofRecognition for Attorney of the Year and exem-plary representation of the legal profession’shigh standards of excellence, integrity andhonor was presented to her in 2008. The EarlB. Gilliam Bar Association’s Reaching NewMilestones Award recognizing her dedication tothe advancement of diversity in the law, pre-sented on November 3, 2007.

The Charles Houston Bar AssociationAward recognizing her efforts to diversify, theCalifornia Judiciary was presented on May 7,2010. The South Asian Bar Association ofSouthern California Awarded her efforts todiversify the bar on June 13, 2008.

Ms. Lewis is a member or past member of sev-eral legal organizations that include the following:

• San Diego County Bar Association 1987-Present• California District Attorneys Association 1987-2007• San Diego County Deputy District Attorneys

Association 1987-2005• National College of District Attorneys Association

Alumni 1994-Present• Earl B. Gilliam Bar Association 1987-Present• Lawyer’s Club 1987-Present (Intermittent)• American Bar Association, 1985-1990• Congressman Jim Bates’ Judiciary Advisory

Subcommittee,1981-1985Ms. Lewis has participated in community organiza-

tions including:• YWCA Board of Directors, 2006-Present, Audit

Committee Chair 2010; Naval Dental• Officer’s Wives Club 1999-2006She enjoys theater arts, reading, and traveling.

A NEW JUDGE IN TOWN...THE HONORABLE JUDGE SHARON MAJORS LEWIS

A NEW JUDGE IN TOWN...THE HONORABLE JUDGE SHARON MAJORS LEWIS

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E D I T O R I A L

I Can Not Shake My Slave

ShadowBy Brian Pollard

I wanted to share my observations over the pastyear or so on the ‘State of our community”, so thisseems like the perfect venue.

Our national, state and local economy contin-ues to be in terrible shape in spite of ourPresident’s effort for Congress towork together, On a state levelGov. Brown is experiencing thesame type of issues. On a locallevel, the City just doesn’t havethe money. Hopefully theupcoming elections will bring tolight some creative ideas toaddress our local issue.

Regarding our community,unemployment remains high, wehave experienced an increase ingang related violence, and citybudget issues plague us all, how-ever we have had some success-es. Successes, because on certainissues our community has beeninvolved and developed some “issue-oriented”coalitions. A few months ago Cal-Trans was plan-ning improvements on our section of 805. Whenour residents realized this would eliminate an onand off ramp into our community, we stood up anddemanded they reconfigure the “improvements” torestore an on and off ramp into our community.

Some months ago our School Superintendentwas part of restructuring effort to change ourSuperintendent for the 4th straight year. Whenlearning of this decision by SDUSD numerousresidents embarked on a journey to change theminds of the Education Board and give our chil-dren consistency so the improvements to ourschools can continue. They were successful.

The most recent success was when informa-tion about the City’s redistricting efforts were pre-sented to our community, numerous members ofthe 4th District attended the meetings, supportedthe Task Forces, and the end result was a newDistrict that honors 95% of our communities ofinterests, adds numerous economic engines to ourDistrict, allows us to re-claim College Grove,increases the population of African Americans andincreases the diversity of our community byadding the Communities of Rolando Park andRedwood Village.

The consistent element in these recent success-

es has been we have “shown up” and joined forcesfor the betterment of our community. No one wasmotivated by “making a buck” but rather an hon-est desire to improve our District. We often don’ttake a minute and pause about our success, partlybecause we have had so little to celebrate. Our suc-

cess are very seldom available toread, see or hear in the newsmedia outside of our communityso for now we need to celebrateamong ourselves.Congratulations people!!!!

The lesson to learn is if weare to have a positive impacton our own lives we need to getinvolved and proactive. We asa community need to becomemore aware of the issues thatwill effect us. We can no longerafford to sit back with the atti-tude of “…it doesn’t mat-ter…”, because it does matter.These recent successes are

proof of that.We cannot overly depend on any elected offi-

cial to “solve’ our problems, we have to continueour momentum, that seems to be forming, voiceour concerns to make this the best Community itcan be.

Moving forward there are a couple of moreissues involving our community that will requireour input and involvement:

Our local NAACP www.sandiegonaacp.orgwill be focusing on “Getting out the Vote” for theupcoming elections next year which will includethe necessity of us getting to the polls for thiselection and in general. Please join them so youcan be “in the loop” with their activities.

The Coalition of Neighborhood Council(meeting dates) seems to be reclaiming theiroriginal Mission of supporting our neighborhoodTown Councils and neighborhoods.www.cnc.org

We have a long way to go, with our unem-ployment issues, affordable housing issues,health education issues, civic engagement, andour collaboration and effectiveness within ourNon-profits. I believe we have however the rightequation; involvement+education= success.

Remember; “Show up, tell the truth and keepyour word…”

State of our Community message…

Plaza Boulevard were owned by whites. Astime went on, that community to the northbecame heavily populated with Blacks. To thesouth it was the Filipino community. Today,that community is almost 100% Filipino withover 1,000 businesses to show for it. TheBlacks to the north opened virtually no busi-nesses in National City. You may be able tofind one or two, perhaps a barbershop or abeauty shop, but even to the north where busi-ness was in demand in the Black area the num-bers of Black businesses did not increase at all.The same thing happened in El Cajon. Now,many Blacks have moved and sold their homes.But the one thing they didn’t have to sell wastheir businesses because they didn’t build any.It is our slave shadow of depending on the mas-ter and somebody else to provide for us that isthe problem. Fifty years ago, the older Blacksbuilt businesses on Imperial Avenue, but theydied out. Their children didn’t carry on thelegacy. The notion that young Blacks are goingto straighten out this problem is foolish. ThoseBlack businesses died out on their watch.

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Farmers, plantation owners, and agriculturalindividuals know that if the groundhog sees hisshadow, it’s going to be a year of good weather.If the groundhog does not see his shadow, it’sgoing to be a tough year ahead. When you visitBirmingham, NYC, Atlanta, Philadelphia orLA and tour the Black areas of these cities, youwill be met by the “ghetto” or the “inner city”.In many of these big cities such as New York orChicago, thousands of Blacks may live in one,two, three, and four-story apartments stackedup on top of each other. What concerns meabout this is when you compare these enclavesto other ethnic communities, the talents to befound in these communities manifest in the sur-rounding businesses. But in the Black commu-nity, we congregate and live our lives, but thestores and businesses around us are owned bynon-Blacks capitalizing on providing for theneeds of the people that live in the inner city.You may or may not find any major food mar-kets in the Black community and certainly noneowned by Blacks.

For some reason, we Black Americans can-not shed our slave shadow of depending onsomeone else – be it the slave master or anoth-er nationality to provide life’s necessities forour families. We elect politicians, hireschoolteachers, elect mayors, and depend oninner city associations and organizations tohelp. I would say that 98% of all of these orga-nizations are government funded. A gentlemantold me, “You know, we are fighting to get anew YMCA for our community. Whoever getsit will be ever so popular. They’ll be able to runfor the council seat or any other office in ourcommunity because it would be a great mile-stone.” What? The individual that oversees asocial organization is the best we’ve got tooffer? Therein lies the problem as to why weare forever dependent on the system. This isjust a reflection of Black Americans’ slaveryshadow that tends to follow us around every-where we go.

Thirty years ago you could drive to NationalCity and the businesses on 8th Avenue and

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A New World PerspectiveGeopolitics, Globalization, and Terrorism

By Ezrah AharoneThere’s a political

and planetary solarsystem at work,where the earthrevolves around thesun, while it compris-es near-200 nationsthat revolve aroundvarious interests andideologies that cooperate, compete, and clash.

In short, regardless of norms or ideals, nogovernment or society has escaped the gravita-tional pull of geopolitics and globalization,which are bookend forces that configuretoday’s “balance of power” to the advantage ofselect nations while – either artfully or inadver-tently – breeding seeds of terrorism along theway.

Globalization in benign terms refers to theworld’s ever-growing interconnectedness viacommon markets, technology, and develop-ment. Within this necessary interdependencyhowever, colonial-like political and corporatearrangements are maintained whereby powerand wealth remain largely concentrated withinthe orbital grips of Western nations and institu-tions. This is reflected in the 67-year-old out-come whereby only Americans would head theWorld Bank and only Europeans would headthe IMF. Hence, the EU’s adamancy that for-mer-IMF chief (who resigned amid rapecharges) must unquestionably be replaced by aEuropean.

Geopolitics in benign terms concerns therelationship between geography and politics . .. a government’s legitimate activities in domes-tic and foreign territories. But from an opera-tional standpoint of certain governments tosafeguard or advance their economic, security,and foreign policy interests, geopolitics doublesas a sneaky codeword for the politicalmuscling, coddling, and/or finessing of particu-lar nations that have strategic value or posethreats, based on factors including location,resources, intelligence, terrorism and military

implications. Invariably, classified operations ensue that

the world public never knows or imaginesbecause, along with geopolitics comes foreignintrigue, domestic deception of citizens, andmanipulation of media, as governments jostlefor upsmanship in a globalized pecking-orderfor world power.

As such, the US has long played a danger-ous game of “geopolitical roulette” in placeslike Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan, which– not unrelated – are places that it now identi-fies as hotbeds for terrorist networks. PresidentRichard Nixon, who set modern precedents forAmerica’s geopolitical approach to foreignrelations, wrote in The Real War (1980) aboutmaintaining geopolitical leverage in the MiddleEast and Africa, saying early on Page 3: “Wehave to recover the geopolitical momentum,marshaling and using our resources in the tradi-tion of a great power . . . We must recognize therelationship between strategic resources andpatterns of world trade, between economic pro-ductivity and military might.”

Accordingly, in roulette fashion, the US hasno permanent enemies or permanent friendsaround Middle East territory, except for Israel.Even Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak became dispos-able after 30 years of expediency. Geopoliticalrelations have vacillated based on oil interestsand the degree to which Arab governments areamenable to US policies. Iran for examplereceived billions in support after a known CIA-engineered coup installed Shah Pahlavi (1967-1979). But once Ayatollah Khomeini ruledIran, America propped and supplied SaddamHussein in Iraqi’s war against Iran (1980-1988).

Saddam later fell from geopolitical gracewhen his 1990 attempt to annex Kuwait jeopar-dized US oil stability. He thereafter becamethe terrorist face of “What’s Wrong With theWorld,” until 9/11, when Osama Bin Ladenunforgivably bit America’s geopolitical handthat fed him during the Afghan Mujahideen war

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Neighborhood House Association helps thousands of individuals and families every day improvetheir quality of life by providing vital social services within the community. This year, NeighborhoodHouse Association (NHA) will provide hope to San Diego County residents who are in need of vitalsocial services such as child development, health, emergency food and other human services.

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What happened to Theodoric C. James?He served 10 presidents, but died alone in squalor:

By Christian DavenportTheodoric C. James Jr. was clearly in

trouble. He wasn’t showering anymore. Hewore the same ragged clothing day after day.Rats rummaged through the weeds andmounds of trash in his yard. He started goingto the bathroom in buckets on his frontporch.

His neighbor Alex Dobbins was afraidthat something terrible was going to happen.They had been friends since their days atHoward University and had lived in adjoin-ing rowhouses in the 16th Street Heights sec-tion of Northwest Washington for 37 years.

But this was not the man he had known.The man who had served in the White Housefor almost 50 years, under every presidentfrom Kennedy to Obama. The man who readand catalogued many of the documents thatflow through the Oval Office: memos to thepresident, letters, pieces of legislation, nomi-nation packets, even classified material thatrequired him to have a security clearance.

This man was inexplicably living insqualor, seemingly without electricity or run-ning water, and hiding under a hooded over-coat and multiple layers of clothing no mat-ter how hot it got. He wasn’t just a publicnuisance but, Dobbins feared, a danger tohimself. For more than two years, Dobbinsand James’s family members in Mississippirepeatedly called every city office they couldthink of — the Department of Mental Health,Adult Protective Services, his council mem-ber, the mayor — hoping to get James helpand prevent the worst.

Then, on Aug. 1, after the punishing heatwave that pushed the heat index to 112,Dobbins woke up worried because he hadn’tseen his friend in two days. He knocked onthe door loudly with a baseball bat. Therewas no answer. He checked the Rite Aidwhere James bought his breakfast, whichwas often green tea and Doritos, but no onehad seen him.

So once again, he picked up the phone

and called 911. The firefighters who respondedhad a hard time getting the door open.Something was blocking it. Something heavy,like a body.

The medical examiner would later deter-mine that James, 71, died of heat exposure.

At least that much is known, but there is nosimple answer for how a once-fastidious,much-praised civil servant came to this end.Social services officials won’t comment on hiscase specifically but say they are often con-strained when adults refuse help, even when itis evident that they need it.

Now family, friends, former colleagues atthe White House and D.C. officials are left towonder: Could James’s death have been pre-vented?

* * *Education was always important to the

James family. Theo James’s grandfather isthought to have been the first African Americandoctor in Columbus, Miss., and his home is fea-tured as an attraction on the city’s conventionsand visitors Web site. James’s father, a brickmason, attended boarding school and TuskegeeUniversity, according to Avee James, his sister-in-law.

When Theo James was a senior in highschool, his family sent him to live with his auntin the District, where they thought he could geta better education at Western High School —now the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.After graduation, he attended HowardUniversity, and in the early 1960s he startedworking part-time for the White House, filingdocuments. In 1970, he gained admission toHoward’s medical school but attended for oneyear, deciding that his grandfather’s professionwas not for him. Instead, he took a full-time jobwith the White House in the Office of RecordsManagement.

He served 10 presidents, but died alone insqualor: What happened to Theodoric C.James?

He worked his way up to the classificationsection, which handles “the more-important

documents at the White House — all the thingsthe president sees, with some exceptions,” saidPhil Droege, the office’s director.

That meant that during his career, Jameslikely had an inner look at some of the mostimportant moments in history: the civil rightsmovement, Watergate, Vietnam, Iran-Contra,the Sept. 11 attacks.

“Whenever we had new people or interns,everybody is busy here, but he would take thetime to have a chat with them and tell them thehistory of this place,” said Droege, who workedwith James for 19 years. “He lived a goodchunk of it.”

James, known to close friends as “Sonny,”was quiet and dignified. “Whether he wasspeaking to the president of the United States orthe cleaning lady, he treated them with the sameamount of respect and interest,” Droege said

He was so self-effacing that some of hisneighbors had no idea that they were living neara man who worked in the EisenhowerExecutive Office Building, had met every pres-ident since Kennedy and had pored over someof the most sensitive material of their adminis-

Theodoric James Jr. worked in the White House for almost 50 years. His Northwest Washingtonneighbors never knew he catalogued important, sometimes sensitive, documents.

trations. “He never talked about his job,” saidBernadette Sykes, who for nearly 20 yearslived two doors away from him.

Instead, he talked about philosophy andjustice, current events and history. “It wasnever about what the weather was like,” shesaid. “It was serious, and it would go on forhalf an hour.”

James never married or, as far as Dobbinscould tell, dated. A slight, skinny man and anearly riser, he visited rare-book stores andcollected books and magazines. He had littlefurniture, and the only television he ownedwas an old black-and-white set Dobbins gavehim 25 years ago. Occasionally, he smoked apipe while sitting on his porch.

In 2006, he was making $62,566 a yearand would have built up a solid pension. Hegave generously to Catholic Charities.

Evenings after work, he would sweep andrake in front of his home at 1208 Madison St.and then continue on, cleaning up the rest ofthe block. “We would tell the kids not to lit-ter because Theo would have to clean it up,”

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THE GOP NOMINATIONS ARE IN, AND THE RACE FOR THENEXT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY OF 2012 HAS BEGUN

As of August 11, 2011, eight can-didates—with the exception ofone candidate Rick Perry (R-TX)—announced to the world

(on national television) their candidacy forPresident in 2012 at the Iowan Debate inAmes, Iowa. In a time of economic tur-moil—experiencing the biggest drop in theDOW Jones stock market, and the loss of14 million jobs in America—the GOP wereasked the hard questions; some of theirresponses were well thought and otherscompletely irrational. But let us introducethe main contenders of the GOP party andhow they will change the face ofRepublican politics:

Mitt Romney, Former Governor ofMassachusetts: the front runner and headof the Republican Presidential Campaign.Already scoring high in the poll ratings, heis promised to have a strong standing inthe primary elections. Pros— Strong nameidentification; experienced campaign teamwith proven fundraising ability; success asa businessman. Cons—The Massachusettshealth care law that was enacted during histenure as governor, especially the contro-versial measure of individual mandates.His religion (Mormon) is still seen bymany as an impediment to greater appealamong socially-conservative evangelicalChristian primary voters.

Rick Perry, Governor of Texas: chiefchallenger in the presidential bid for 2o12.Even though he may have announced hispresidential bid later than others, he hasalready captured the media press with hisTexan talk: “Don’t attack my dog or you

might get shot.” Pros— Compelling eco-nomic story to tell about Texas and jobgrowth; tea Party appeal and credentials;strong donor base; executive experience aslongest continuously serving U.S. gover-nor; proven campaigner who has repeated-ly defied the political odds. Cons— “Myway of the highway” style may turn offindependent voters, who are desperate forWashington to stop fighting and start com-promising. Jobs record isn’t without someblemishes, including tax credits and subsi-dies for employers who ultimately createdfew jobs. Has spent more than 25 yearsgiving his opponents a treasure trove ofmaterial to mine for controversy.

Michele Bachmann, Congresswomanfrom Minnesota: Chief Challenger inPresidential bid for 2012. With no historyof true political action in Congress, but shehas proven herself to have better smartsthan Sarah Palin. Pros—Minnesota basegives her great access and credibility inIowa; proven ability to raise money.Cons—A polarizing figure, no governmentat all.

Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of theU.S. House: Chairman, AmericanSolutions for Winning the Future, and col-lege professor. Pros—Name ID; Goodwillamong party base; skilled grassroots orga-nizer. Cons—messy personal life, includ-ing multiple divorces; ability to raise fundsfor 527 groups.

Ron Paul, Congressman from Texas:Ran for president in 1988 as a Libertarianand in 2008 as a Republican. Strong stand-ings in the polls—likely to go head to head

with Mitt Romney. Pros—committed coreof supporters who will cast a ballot forhim; ability to raise big money online fromthose who are attracted to his libertarianphilosophy. Cons—positions onIraq/Afghanistan and legalizing drugs puthim at odds with a majority of GOP base.

These are the candidates of which I feelare strong contenders for the presidentialelection race in 2012, and all of them willexceed America’s expectations of potentialpresident candidates. This race will be themost anticipating and challenging race in2012. Not because of its political drama,but for the first time in years we are goingto see wit and intellect butt heads fromboth political parties.

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Starting From Scratch!The Nehemiah Project Finance 101 Educational Campaign on September 6th, at 6:00

p.m., at the Urban League. 720 Gateway Center Drive. Then every first and second Tuesday –same time, same place.

With the housing crisis and the economic downturn (spelled: r-e-c-e-s-s-i-o-n) in full swing,many, many Black people have lost MOST of the wealth we had ten years ago. Economist callit the “Lost Decade”. Well, for some it may be a decade, but for folk barely one generation outof Apartheid, it is a lost GENERATION! Before the downturn, in 1995, white people had 7 timesas much wealth as Blacks, on average. Now they have 20 times as much wealth as us, becausewhen most of us lost our houses, we lost our largest asset. What the headlines didn’t tell you isthat our loss was their gain. The value of our real estate assets transferred to the balance sheetsof banks and other financial institutions. White people own stocks and bonds in these financialinstitutions. So when the banks got assets by foreclosing on Black-owned real estate, thewealth became part of the white stockholder’s portfolio.

So, many of us are back to scratch – Scratch on our balance sheets. Scratch in our bankaccounts. Scratching our heads. What do we do next? There is a poem by Rudyard Kiplingcalled “If.” One line says, “If you can bear to watch the things you gave you life to broken, andstoop and build them up with worn out tools…you’ll be a man!” (Or, for some of us, a woman.J )

So, now it’s time for us to start again from scratch. But let’s not make the same mistakes wemade before. Mistake #1: Relying on someone else to know what we should know ourselves –like when NOT to get a mortgage to buy a house. Mistake #2: Not fighting tooth and nail toKEEP what we had – by any means necessary. Mistake #3: Being fragmented rather than unit-ed in how we handle our money. Mistake #4: Letting other people control what happens in ourcommunity.

DON’T HATE! Don’t hate the player. Don’t hate the game. Learn how to play! Every othercommunity bands together, pools their resources, and protects each other. We have to do thesame. That’s how the game is played. They also use their natural advantages to their own ben-efit. Black people – People of African Descent – are the cultural leaders of the world.Everything we do culturally, others seek to imitate. How can we use this to our benefit? Haveyou been to the World Beat Center lately? (http://www.worldbeatcenter.org/) Our culture hasgreat value! What are we doing with it? See you on Tuesday. J

CMH [Man in the Mirror – M.J.]clovis.honore@yahoo.com

GEOPOLITICSContinued from page 6against the Soviets (1979-1989).

Once Bin Laden went turncoat, the USplayed roulette with Pakistan’s General PervezMusharraf, ignoring all warning signals . . .Musharraf already had active sanctionsimposed for his 1999 coup; his government wasone of few with d iplomatic relations with theformer Taliban government in Afghanistan;and Pakistan had violated international armsagreements by obtaining missile technologyfrom China and conducting nuclear weaponstests.

On September 11th 2001 Musharraf wastherefore ostracized as a “military dictator.”Nevertheless, by September 12th 2001 in hasteto avenge Bin Laden, the US began to geopo-litically reincarnate the “military dictator” intothe honorable stature and media image of“President Musharraf.” He was coddled andgift-wrapped over $1 billion for his allegianceagainst terrorism, and Pakistan was seducedwith over $20 billion since.

After a near-decade of this wobblycourtship, along with thinking Bin Laden wasa desolate cave-dweller in Afghanistan; he was

paradoxically caught and killed in – of allplaces – Pakistan, where he’d lived unbotheredfor years with his family in a million dollarurban compound in – of all places – a militaryneighborhood.

While the US consequently suspectsPakistan of consorting with al-Qaeda, Pakistanresents that the US conducted the raid unan-nounced. To teach America a geopolitical les-son in return, Pakistan denied the US furtheraccess to the compound and refused to han-dover wreckage of the abandoned “” for 2weeks. Eye-for-eye, it’s well plausible thatPakistan even accommodated China’s suspect-ed overtures to “reverse engineer” the copter’stechnology, especially knowing China hassince awarded Pakistan 50 .

The world is locked into a rotational axiswhere geopolitics, globalization, and terrorismare fixed realities. And since America’s glob-alized-edge is predicated upon strategicresources like oil, the US cannot discontinueits risky proneness of trying to rent or convertArab allies who are just as diametric toAmericanization as Americanization is tothem. So irrespective of the president’s color,America will duplicitously continue to abetregimes that it may afterwards seek to violent-ly dismantle – under the pretext of “fighting forfreedom.”

JAMESContinued from page 8said Peggy Kennedy, another neighbor. “Andthen suddenly, he stopped. It was like he was adifferent person.”

He started to withdraw at work, too, andreluctantly retired in 2009.

“It may have been that he realized he washaving problems that were going to make it dif-ficult for him to continue working at the WhiteHouse,” Droege said.

After retirement, he cut himself off fromalmost everyone. He stopped the long sidewalkchats with Sykes. He lost touch with his co-workers. He stopped calling Mississippi tospeak with his brother and his two nephews andniece, even as his brother’s chronic anemiaworsened. His family wrote him letters, beg-ging him to come home, where they could lookafter him. But he demurred.They wanted tocome to Washington to get him, said AveeJames, the sister-in-law. But they had threechildren to worry about, their means were lim-ited and James’s brother was in and out of thehospital. They were in almost daily contact withDobbins and repeatedly calling the same cityagencies that Dobbins had been trying.

“They said they couldn’t do anything unlesshe agreed to it,” Avee James recalled. “Theysaid they couldn’t force him.”

A spokeswoman for the D.C. Department ofMental Health declined to comment on anyinteraction it might have had with James, citingprivacy concerns.

But in a statement, she wrote: “A person hasthe right to refuse mental health services likeany other health service (a person with cancercan refuse chemotherapy). And the law is clearthat government can only commit a person to apsychiatric facility against their will if there is aclinical assessment of danger to self or others.If we think mental health services would behelpful but commitment is not called for, wemake every effort to encourage treatment.”

* * *In the months after James’s retirement, his

condition got worse. When Dobbins boughthim a new pair of pants, he put them on over thefetid, stained pants he was wearing. The trashinside his home grew to three feet high. Thegrass in his front and back yards grew waist-high. The rear first-floor windows cracked andfell out. James started drinking and chain-smoking cigarettes.

Dobbins outfitted his own home with ninesmoke detectors in case the trash in James’shome caught fire from the cigarettes.

If James had running water or electricity, hedidn’t use it. He would go to McDonald’s or toDobbins’s home to charge the disposable cell-phones he occasionally bought. Dobbinsbelieves that the utilities were shut off (citingprivacy concerns, Pepco and DC Water wouldnot say whether James had water and electricservice).

Back at James’s old office, retirement lettersflowed in.

President George H.W. Bush wrote: “Youleave with pride for having served with honorand distinction.”

Nancy Reagan wrote: “You have every rea-son to be proud.”

President George W. Bush wrote: “Lauraand I send our best wishes as you move on tothe next chapter of your life.”

James ignored entreaties from former col-leagues to get in touch. He never saw the let-ters.

* * *Dobbins and James’s family continued to

call city agencies, but it was clear that Jamesdidn’t want help from anyone: He shooed awaythe social workers and mental-health coun-selors who showed up on his doorstep, Dobbinssaid. He told them that he was fine and gotangry at Dobbins for calling them.

Last year, Dobbins stepped out his frontdoor and saw James slumped over on his frontporch, suffering from malnutrition and dehy-dration. Shortly afterward, Dobbins found himagain in a state of exhaustion on his porch.“Please call 911,” James whispered. Bothtimes, he was hospitalized.

By then, Dobbins was exasperated — withthe city and with his old friend. He wrote themayor’s office a lengthy letter detailing James’sliving conditions and efforts to get him help: “Ibelieve that the unhealthy and unsanitary con-ditions constitute a public nuisance and pose animminent danger to Mr. James and to his adja-cent neighbors.”

Numerous city agencies responded toDobbins’s pleas to help his friend. But he saidhe remained frustrated that James wasn’t get-ting the help he needed.

In response to an inquiry from TheWashington Post, a spokesman for the city’sAdult Protective Services unit said that it“aggressively investigates reports of allegedabuse, neglect and exploitation of frail, elderlyand disabled adults and intervenes to protectvulnerable adults who are at risk of harmingthemselves or being harmed by others.

“We are very concerned about this tragicdeath, and are conducting an investigation of allcircumstances surrounding this matter.”

On Saturday morning, James was buried inColumbus, not far from the home he grew up in.

* * *Last summer, the city sent a hazmat crew to

remove 10 buckets of human feces and urinefrom James’s porch, charging James $1,895.Earlier this year, it sent a contractor to fix therotted wood on his deck, scrape away peelingpaint and repaint the wood surfaces. For that, itcharged him $6,035.

When James did not pay either bill, the cityplaced a lien on his house; it has not beenremoved, and accruing interest has added morethan $700 to the bill.

On Wednesday, nine days after James wasfound dead, someone from the city’sDepartment of Consumer and RegulatoryAffairs affixed two $500 citations to the ply-wood board that the city put up to cover hisfront door.

One was for “Excessive vegetative growth.”The other: “Excessive trash, debris, and

unsecured vacant property. Hazard to humanlife.”

Staff researcher Magda Jean-Louis con-tributed to this report.

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I went to Savannah Georgia over the Fourth of July weekendfor my brother’s wedding. While there I met a woman who was abreast cancer survivor who spoke of her experience sharing withme a letter she wrote in a breast cancer survivor contest. Whatstood out for me was how she signed the letter “Mrs.

Mobley, life uninterrupted” and of course it made me take alook at life and

ask the question – Am I living a life uninterrupted? While I pon-der the notion

I ask you, are you living a life uninterrupted or are you living alife that has been interrupted – halted? So many things and issuescan enter our lives that bring our lives to a screeching halt. Thetruth of the matter is we actually control whether our lives areinterrupted or not.

As a gentle reminder these articles are never meant to minimal-ize or marginalize your pain, your frustrations, or

your disappointments. They are meant to encourage you, giveyou hope, calm your fears and give you a brighter outlook on yourfuture — so as always bear with me.

I think each of us can look at almost every situation that hasarisen in our lives and make the lucid statement: “Yep that inter-rupted my life”. Momentary interruptions are a part of every one’slife. So the question isn’t exactly have you lived a life uninterrupt-ed but how long have you allowed interruptions to take place? Anexample is a boxer who gets hit in the gut and his wind is knockedout of him, he only has 10 counts to stand up and continue fighting or he is knocked out. So I wouldsuggest a better title for this article might just be has your life been interrupted or knocked out.

Here are ten steps to living a life uninterrupted:1. Determine the value of the incident and ask yourself if it’s worth your time and

energy? Take the time to look into the situation and evaluate how you got to this place.Look at the role you played in the situation –forgive yourself and them and move on.Failing to forgive yourself or them keeps you in limbo.

2. Stop repeating bad behavior. Learn from lessons learned. 3. Eliminate things and people from your life who have a tendency to cause inter-

ruptions – before they knock you out.4. Focus on and only allow those things in your life that will build you up and

encourage you.5. Learn to identify the signs that cause interruptions and stop them before they take

root. Quick example – in relationships there are some behaviors you know off the batthat lead to unhealthy outcomes. Just simply say “NO”. You deserve better.

6. Purpose in your heart that you will only accept the best that God has for you.Let’s make this clear anything that you have to demand to receive is not genuine.Genuine attitudes and behaviors are a natural part of the person’s character which youreceive freely. If you have to demand then you are trying to change behavior which isnot your responsibility to do unless of course it’s your child.

7. Find extreme value in you. Understand that if you don’t value yourself then howcan you truly expect someone to value you.

8. Set standards and stick to them - in all relationships. 9. Refuse to be defeated. 10. Affirm yourself daily – affirmations: “ I am fearfully and wonderfully made

marvelous are His works that my soul knows very well” (those marvelous works areyou!), “I am complete in Christ no one takes away or adds to me”,” I am the apple ofGod’s eye and He desires to be with me”, ”

If God is for me who can be against me”, “I can do all things through Christ whostrengthens me”, “My God shall supply all of my needs according to His riches andglory” and “I daily embrace my life with excitement and expectation”. Add your ownaffirmations to these.

So I salute you beloved as you live a life uninterrupted never to be knocked out.

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TEN MAIN CAUSES OF DISEASE & DYSFUNCTIONBy Lady Topaz

With few exceptions,disease and dysfunction donot develop quickly.Disease and dysfunctiontend to develop slowly,usually over many years assubtle, and overt, signs thatmark loss of health whichare ignored.

I have found that many people feel that they arefine until they get diagnosed with a named conditionlike diabetes or hypertension. The reality is thatdegeneration is a fact of life - with each passing day,we lose some of our health potential. It is the pace atwhich our bodies degenerate that we influencethrough our daily choices. By understanding the maincauses of disease and dysfunction, we can makedietary and lifestyle choices that promote longevity.

The main causes of acceleration of disease anddysfunction can be categorized into three groups:

InjuryToxicityDeficiencyLet us take a close look at each of these categories

of causes of disease and dysfunction:INJURYThere are four main types of injury that contribute

to disease and dysfunction:Cellular Damage by Unhealthy FoodsGross or Repetitive Stress InjuryEmotional InjuryElectromagnetic InjuryCellular Damage by Unhealthy FoodsSome foods - or more accurately, some heavily

adulterated foods and food-like chemicals - are capa-ble of causing direct injury to our cells. Other highlyprocessed foods cause indirect injury to our cells bydeteriorating the health of our major organs and bloodvessels.

Some of the worst offenders include:Deep-fried foods like donuts, French fries, and

most varieties of potato chipsMargarine and shorteningArtificial additives like MSG and aspartameSugar-laden snacks and beveragesHot dogs, most varieties of sausage, bacon, and

highly processed luncheon meats that contain nitritesGross or Repetitive Stress InjuryA gross physical injury like a strained back or

sprained ankle is an obvious cause of dysfunction.What is not so obvious in such cases is that if injuredjoints and muscles are not properly stretched and con-ditioned post-injury, the result may be scar tissue for-mation and joint dysfunction that may cause problemswith mobility and flexibility over the long term.

Emotional InjuryEmotional injury refers to cellular damage that is

caused by chronic emotional stress. As a direct causeof disease and dysfunction, this category is not giventhe attention that it deserves because it is difficult tocome up with standardized treatments that can addressevery person’s personal sources of anxiety and fear.

My view is that our emotional health status is thesingle most important determinant of our overallhealth, since it is the foundation from which all of ourdaily choices are made. Plus, our emotional health sta-tus affects the tone at which our autonomic nervoussystem hums day and night. Over many years, the toneof our autonomic nervous system is a huge determi-nant of our overall health status.

Electromagnetic InjuryIn an early draft of a report issued in the spring of

1990, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) inthe United States recommended that electromagneticfields (EMF’s) be classified as a class B carcinogen -a probable human carcinogen. Unfortunately, by thetime that the EPA released the final draft of this report,the words “class B carcinogen” were deleted.

Despite their change of opinion on electromagnet-ic fields, the EPA included the following thoughts onEMF’s in their report:

“In conclusion, several studies showing leukemia,lymphoma and cancer of the nervous system in chil-dren exposed to EMF’s, supported by similar findingsin adults in several occupational studies also involvingelectrical power frequency exposures, show a consis-tent pattern of response that suggest a causal link.”

There is plenty of evidence in the scientific litera-ture that has me convinced that electromagnetic fieldscan be a significant cause of disease and dysfunction.

X-rays, mammograms, and other forms of ioniz-ing radiation are also capable of accelerating diseaseand dysfunction.

Clearly, it is not practical or possible for a lot of usto live off the grid to dramatically lower exposure toEMF’s. But we can take steps to minimize our expo-sure to some of the following, most common threats:

Talking for long stretches of time with a cell phonepressed against our heads.

Living close to cell phone towers and broadcastingantennas.

Working for many years in a profession thatinvolves being in close proximity to devices that emitionizing radiation.

Regularly lying in tanning beds.With each passing year, electronic devices like flat

screen TVs and computer monitors are becoming big-ger and more pleasing to the eyes. While all of thesedevices are not guaranteed to emit significant amountsof electromagnetic radiation, common sense dictatesthat it’s wise to be modest in our choice and use of alldevices that require electricity to run.

TOXICITYThere are two main types of toxicity that con-

tribute to disease and dysfunction (as discussed in lastweek’s article):

Exogenous ToxicityEndogenous ToxicityExogenous ToxicityExogenous toxins are chemicals that are made out-

side of our bodies that can harm our cells if they areingested, inhaled, or absorbed into your bloodstream.

While it is unrealistic to live and work in an envi-ronment that is completely free of exogenous toxins,we can minimize our exposure to exogenous toxins bybeing aware of the most common household toxins.

Over-the-counter, prescription, and recreationaldrugs are all exogenous toxins.

Endogenous ToxicityEndogenous toxins are toxins that are produced

inside of the digestive tract by microorganisms. Whilesome endogenous toxins are eliminated as gas, somemake their way into our bloodstream by travelingthrough our intestinal walls, and once they make itinto our bloodstream, they can access our cells andcontribute to toxic burden.

The best ways to minimize the amount of endoge-nous toxins that are produced in our digestive tractsare to chew our foods well, eat mainly fresh, mini-mally processed foods, and ensure exposure to friend-ly bacteria.

DEFICIENCYDisease and dysfunction are accelerated when we

are deficient in any of the following:NutrientsPhysical and Emotional RestSunlight and Fresh AirLove and Life PurposeNutrients

To be optimally healthy, our cells need enoughenergy (calories) to carry out everyday metabolicactivities - these calories are obtained by burning oneor more of the following macronutrients: protein, fat,and carbohydrates.

Our cells also require a steady supply of the fol-lowing micronutrients: vitamins, minerals, andenzymes. And to be optimally healthy, we require ade-quate intake of water, fiber, and phytonutrients.Phytonutrients are organic components of plants thatare not essential to health, but are needed to experi-ence optimal health; examples of phytonutrientsinclude flavonoids (found in citrus and raw, organiccocoa), carotenoids (found in carrots and spinach),and indoles (found in Cruciferous vegetables likebroccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower).

The best way to ensure optimal nourishment ofour cells is to eat nutrient-dense foods - these are foodsthat are highly concentrated in vitamins, minerals,enzymes, and phytochemicals. Nutrient-rich foodsinclude fresh vegetables, legumes, fruits, wholegrains, nuts, and seeds. Organic eggs and wild fish arealso healthy, micronutrient-rich foods that are well tol-erated by many people.

A good way to become deficient in the micronu-trients that we need to prevent disease and prematureaging is to eat highly processed foods that fill us upbut do not provide us with substantial amounts of nat-ural micronutrients - soda and foods that are madewith white flour belong in this category.

If we regularly eat micronutrient-rich foods butwant extra insurance against developing nutritionaldeficiencies, we can include nutritional supplementsmade with whole foods in our diets.

Physical and Emotional RestAdequate physical rest is critical to preventing

premature disease and dysfunction, as the endocrinesystem relies heavily on restful sleep to function prop-erly.

Adequate emotional rest goes hand in hand withthe section above on emotional trauma. Taking time torest the mind and nervous system via meditation,prayer, journaling, or any other activities that help usfeel calm can promote optimal autonomic nervoussystem tone, which is an essential requirement for get-ting and staying well.

Sunlight and Fresh AirPromoting optimal Vitamin D status by exposing

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The summer months are popular for vacations, tourism, weddings and Family Reunion’s.A good family reunion will unite, define, enlighten you on your historical background and giveyou a push for greatness. I found out some amazing facts about my family that I would nothave known if I didn’t go to the family reunion. It has been years since we have had a familyreunion because all of the matriarchs and patriarchs have died off.

A new dawn has arisen and the younger generation is trying to pull together the family asa unit and dissipate all of the past rivalries, tensions and petty arguments that have disenfran-

chised the family. Isn’t it thought provoking thatone generation can pull together and fight for free-dom, education, civil rights, women’s rights andhumanity and another would be so selfish to undueeverything that has been sacrificed for them?

I have teamed up with my cousins to host ourfamily reunion in San Diego July, 2012. We under-stand that we will have to do everything by our-selves and have to stick together to ensure that wecommunicate, respect one another and get the jobdone. The first thing we have done is formed a com-

mittee that will vote on facilitating the family reunion. Now that the date has been chosen thenext step is to send out Save the Date letters with reply cards so that we will know how manypeople to expect. In the mean time, I have located a gorgeous hotel to host the family reunion,the Marriott Courtyard Liberty Station.

The Marriott Courtyard Liberty Station is gorgeous and is located in the heart of San Diego.The hotel sits adjacent to the ocean and is in walking distance to the Rock church, severaleateries and a Massage Envy. It is the perfect location to host a Family Reunion because it isnext door to a park which makes it convenient for the closing ceremony which consists of bar-becuing. You know it would not be a family reunion without a cook out, dominoes, spades andpotatoe sack races. The hotel rooms facing the water are simply breath taking. The rooms arelarger and boast of balconies that overlook the pool, patio and the San Diego Bay. If you getanother room it is adequate but it is nothing like sitting on your balcony sipping the drink ofyour choice watching the sunrise or the sunset while listening to the sounds of the water.

If you are in need to a plan a vacation, wedding or family reunion I strongly suggest usingthis venue. I will gladly assist you in making your event stress free.

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By Grady P. Anderson, Jr., M.D.This is part 4 of my series on diabetes. In

the last couple of installments I gave youinformation on Dr. Joel Wallach, BS,DVM, NP. talks about the use of “ColloidalMinerals” to prevent and cure disease.Now the nice thing about the use of his sug-gestions is that he has set up a direct sellingprogram that offers a money back guaran-tee. Does your prescription drug companyoffer a money back guarantee? In additionto the fact that you are able to earn addi-tional cash because you referred someoneelse who bought his product. If you oryour family member has a health challengeand you care about them. Then you shouldinvestigate what he has to say.

Now to talk about the “EssentialSugars.” Sugars were originally felt toonly supply the body with energy. Well thatis only part of what sugars do the otherfunction is that they control a lot of thefunctions that your body and every cellneeds to help you stay alive and healthy.All of this occurs at a cellular level. Withthe aid of your Immune System whichworks like our military or police depart-ment whose job it is to seek out and destroyor apprehend those things that will do US(you or me) harm. These things are virus-es, toxins and such and they more virulentday by day.

The “8 Essential Sugars” can be foundon the web site www.glycoscience.comwhere there is an extensive amount ofresearch by a world wide group of scientist.This site is full of lots of health relatedmatters. Now the information on these sug-ars is contained in the books MiracleSugars that Heal, Harper’s Biochemistryand ACTA Ananatomica just to name a fewtextbooks ad reference materials. The easyone to understand of the three listed here isSugars That Heal where you can get ahard cover copy for just $0.01 fromwww.amazon.com . The book is authoredby Emil I. Mendoa, MD and Mindy Kitei.This is a paperback and is an easy read.

The combination of”Colloidal Minerals”and “The 8 Essential Sugars” is a lotcheaper and are nontoxic than prescriptiondrugs.

The other two are textbooks and arerather difficult to understand even for somedoctors. Part of this problem is that95% of your doctors have not heard aboutthis new technology is because it was notvalidated before 1996. So if your doctorfinished medical school before 1996 heknows nothing of this technology. Hewould have to have completed all histraining in 2006 to be exposed to thisnew information. Now I have given thisinformation to no less than 800 people inthis group were included family members,doctors, lawyers, teachers and scores ofother people. If they had looked at theinformation then some of them would stillbe alive. A young lady who is being seenat the San Diego Hyperbaric Center onGateway Center Way took Ambrotoseand her doctors were not able to find anysigns of her Type 2 adult onset Diabetes.I asked her why she stopped the one thingthat worked. She said “I didn’t think Ineeded it any more.” Wrong! I said, “Youneed it for the rest of your life if youintend to stay healthy!” The person whointroduced her to the product failed to fullyeducate her on its benefits. Until nexttime.

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Born in the bad old days when African-Americans had to step off the sidewalk forwhites in her Mississippi town, L’ToskaPowell moved to Chicago, studied hairstylingunder pioneering inventor Marjorie Joyner,and at 97, she could still recite the alphabet ...backwards.

When word got around about how gifted“Tos” was at fixing hair, she started attractingclients who were in town to appear at the ClubDeLisa, a Bronzeville hotspot and one of theera’s pinnacles of African-American nightlife.

Soon Mrs. Powell was working on theheads of some of the most famous and chicblack women in the world. Lena Horne,Mahalia Jackson, and Dinah Washington wereamong her clients, relatives said.

At the end, Mrs. Powell’s life came full-circle. Her mother died when she was 17, soshe stepped in to raise her 3-year-old brother,Moses “Lucky” Cordell — who went on tobecome a famed disc jockey and general man-ager at WVON radio.

When Mrs. Powell grew older, her brotherasked her to move in with him, and he built hera chairlift so she could get up and down stairs.

She lived with him and his family for 14years, having her customary coffee and toasteach morning, reading her Bible, and watchingTV’s Wheel of Fortune each evening. On thenight Barack Obama was elected president,she dozed now and then, but insisted on stay-ing up for his speech in Grant Park.

“I never thought I’d live to see it happen,”she said.

Mrs. Powell, 97, died Wednesday atKindred Chicago Lakeshore Hospital.

She was born in Grenada, Miss., to a fami-ly filled with triple cousins. Her father Maxiemarried her mother, Eloise, and MaxieCordell’s two brothers married Eloise’s twosisters. Eventually the three families all jour-neyed north to Chicago to seek a better life.

L’Toska arrived in Chicago in the early1930s. Her family first lived at 3717 S.Cottage Grove. For a teen-aged girl raised dur-ing hard times in the rural South, it was like

paradise, said her brother — the nightlife, thefashions, the bustle.

Still, she had responsibilities. In addition totaking care of her brother Moses, she mindedthe two children of her sister Frankie, whodied young. “She never raised any children ofher own, but she raised many children,” herbrother said. “She was the go-to person foryears. That’s why I was so happy to be able tobring her here and live with me.”

L’Toska graduated from Morgan Park HighSchool and studied hair styling under MarjorieJoyner, the inventor of a wildly successful per-manent-wave machine. Joyner was a protégéof Madam C. J. Walker, a beauty product pio-neer who became the nation’s first African-American female millionaire.

Mrs. Powell did volunteer work forCongressman William L. “Big Bill” Dawson,a savvy South Side political boss. She wasactive with South Shore United Methodist

Church.“She was quite a Bible student, and read

the Bible everyday and could quote it. And lis-ten to this — my sister, at 97, could recite thealphabet backwards,” her brother said, “andnot miss a beat.’’

She married her husband, Al, in 1954. Theyoperated a gas station at 71st and Wabash for

many years.She could cook all the staples of soul food,

but “my favorite that she made, and no one canmake it but her, was lemon-cream pie with agraham cracker crust,” her brother said.

Mrs. Powell is also survived by her niecesPamela Brown and Patricia Cordell, and hercousins Viola Turrett and Opal Nealy.

L’Toska Powell counted Lena Horne, MahaliaJackson and Dinah Washington among clients,relatives say.

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Life’s mysteries never allows you tohave any insight into what may layaround the next corner, better yet the

reasons for these shocking occurrences lifebestow upon us. That is why when December26, 2010 the death of Jean Byrd or Ms.Byrdto the students she’s influenced throughouther 25 year career as an educator came as asurprise. It is often hard to comprehend deathand even more so loss of life coming to soonto those who don’t deserve such a fate. Attimes life has no rhyme to reason especiallyon the ill-fated day the tour bus in which JeanByrd was riding on as she was on the wayfrom Aswan to visit the Temple of AbuSimbel in Egypt had crashed leaving 8 peopledead and 21 injured.

As a teacher within the San Diego schooldistrict and co-founder to ERILCS (TheEvangeline Roberts Institute of LearningCharter School) it has always been the utmostpriority to inspire the next generation intoachieving greater heights. Much is expectedof teachers now and it takes a rare breed ofindividuals to succeed at such a demandingfield. A tremendous amount of devotion anddedication must come with the territory andJean Byrd possessed both these qualities andmore. Never falling short of a smile forevery student that would walk in her class-room; never a negative word spoken about ortoo any of her pupils; never just ok greatnesswas always expected from each of her stu-dents: this was the type of women she wasand the persona she wished to instill withinevery student she would come into contactwith.

Being an intrical part of the of EvangelineRoberts Institute of Learning Charter SchoolJean Byrd worked tiredlessly towards thegoal of presenting the urban youth of todayan alternative route to an ailing school sys-tem. Like the other founders of ERILCS, Ms.Byrd saw that in order for us as a society toprogress it must first start with the childrenfor they are the ones who will one day takethe reins and become the educators of tomor-row. And it is only right we prepare them forsuch a task at hand. In order to break a cycleof negativity, positivity must be interjectedand that is the legacy in which Jean Byrd hasleft; a path of contagious smiles and endlessaspirations for better days.

In Loving Memory of Jean Byrd or Ms.Byrd to her students.

In LovingMemory ofJean Byrd

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product development and productivity improvement in the manufacturing area. This includes initiating, evaluating and implementing solu-tions to design and production problems, as well as coordinating design changes and improvements necessary to improve manufacturability.SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:. Coordinates introduction of new and redesigned products, coordinates special projects and performs feasibility studies to improve quality,performance and cost effectiveness of products. Position involves travel overseas for product transfers and support.. Support production through timely documentation, process analysis & improvement, defect analysis, and other technical support.. Participate in projects to improve existing process and product designs, including equipment, and assist in product transfers.. Supply technical support for overseas facilities as required.. Provide project leadership and technical training.. Formulates proposals for projects to design and implement new of processes, equipment, and (where appropriate) mechanization of pro-cesses.. Assists and manages subcontractor companies in developing, piloting and implementing manufacturing systemsPOSITION/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:. B.S. in Material Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering plus minimum 3 years experiencein a manufacturing environment. Personal computer skills and knowledge of associated applications.(Experience with windows based environment, word processing, spread-sheets, manufacturing programs (simulations and mathematical), drafting, documentation and MRP systems.. Internal manufacturing (assembly and test processes, and experience leading product design teams with responsibility to transfer productsinto production). Demonstrated ability to solve issues effectively and efficiently; process and change oriented. Good multi functional skills. Willingness to travel overseas for 3-6 weeks at a time to support manufacturing operations (travel requirement will not typically exceed15% annually). Strong analytical skills, experience in statistical process control (Six Sigma certification desirable), DOE, and other statistical techniques. Understanding of the ISO 9000 requirements. Experience working with mechanical fixtures and tooling prints. Strong oral and written communication skills, influencing and negotiating skills, ability to work effectively on a team; self-directed andmotivated; and strong interpersonal skillsDesired:. Process knowledge with familiarity in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering techniques and high volume assembly. Experience in supplier subcontracting. Good understanding of documentation required for design and manufacturing processes. Knowledge of acoustics/acoustic analogs. Experience training engineers, technicians, and production personnel. Formal training in Project Management techniques. Ongoing training in Project Management skills will be encouraged.. Experience in preparing capital cost justification and performing payback analysis for proposed projectsA Plus:. Thick Film and Hybrids experience using ceramic substratesRequirements:1. B.S. in Material Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Manufacturing Engineering.2. 3 + years of experience in a high volume electronics manufacturing environment.3. Experience with internal manufacturing (assembly and test processes, and experience leading product design teams with responsi-bility to transfer products into production).4. Six Sigma certification and understanding of the ISO 9000 requirements.5. Experience working with mechanical fixtures and tooling prints.6. Thick Film and Hybrids experience using ceramic substrates is a plus.7. Knowledge of acoustics/acoustic analogs is a plus.PLEASE SEND YOUR DETAILED RESUME WITH REFERENCES TO:Carmen MinerHYPRESS CONSULTINGEMAIL: minerceda@aol.comPHONE: 619.726.3404

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