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Brazen New Year Runs 5K 10K Half Marathon - 10K - Age GroupJanuary 2, 2011
Last updated on January 5, 2011
Brazen Racing - New Years Run 10K
Age Group Results
January 02, 2011
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Results By BUZZWORD Productions, Inc. / It's About Time Timing
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Men: 1- 1 2- 8 9-12 13-17 18-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-99
Women: 1- 1 2- 8 9-12 13-17 18-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-99
Overall Female Winners
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Nayeli Reyburn Brentwood CA 174
39
4
55:02
55:02
00:00
8:52/M
2
Kate Dougherty Fremont CA 579
34
7
56:09
56:09
00:00
01:07
9:02/M
3
Brooke Bray San Francisco CA 565
34
10
56:37
56:37
00:00
01:35
9:07/M
Top
NO AGE DIVISION
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Leslie Shenefiel Pleasanton CA 572
1
56
1:09:59
1:10:00
00:01
11:16/M
Top
Female 13 to 17
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Mary Harrington Berkeley CA 390
16
26
1:01:56
1:01:57
00:01
9:58/M
2
Whitney Welker Brentwood CA 521
17
169
1:32:21
1:32:44
00:23
30:25
14:52/M
Top
Female 18 to 24
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Victoria Collins San Rafael CA 334
24
24
1:01:52
1:01:55
00:03
9:58/M
2
Madeleine Harrington Berkeley CA 389
23
27
1:01:56
1:01:57
00:01
00:04
9:58/M
3
Elly Davids Elk Grove CA 342
19
37
1:05:22
1:05:42
00:20
03:30
10:32/M
4
Evelyn Hoover Moraga CA 403
19
65
1:12:26
1:12:48
00:22
10:34
11:40/M
5
Kellyn Hansen Pleasanton CA 383
22
101
1:18:41
1:18:55
00:14
16:49
12:40/M
6
Megan Snyder Davis CA 498
22
105
1:19:20
1:19:35
00:15
17:28
12:47/M
7
Danielle Silva Hayward CA 497
24
146
1:27:06
1:27:16
00:10
25:14
14:02/M
8
Jordan Triplett Brentwood CA 571
18
168
1:32:19
1:32:44
00:25
30:27
14:52/M
9
Taylor Laumann Hercules CA 425
24
179
1:39:19
1:39:32
00:13
37:27
16:00/M
10
Katrina Catipon Livermore CA 325
24
210
1:56:03
1:56:23
00:20
54:11
18:41/M
Top
Female 25 to 29
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Dina Brasil Oakland CA 314
28
19
59:43
59:50
00:07
9:37/M
2
Meghan Harrington Berkeley CA 391
25
31
1:04:05
1:04:06
00:01
04:22
10:19/M
3
Nicole Rink San Francisco CA 484
29
44
1:07:31
1:07:41
00:10
07:48
10:52/M
4
Heather Whiteman Alameda CA 525
26
55
1:09:46
1:10:00
00:14
10:03
11:14/M
5
Amy Lieu Emeryville CA 430
27
72
1:13:34
1:13:44
00:10
13:51
11:51/M
6
Denise Rankin Livermore CA 478
29
102
1:19:02
1:19:27
00:25
19:19
12:44/M
7
Cora Hardin Palo Alto CA 384
25
108
1:19:47
1:20:03
00:16
20:04
12:51/M
8
Amanda Linares Woodland CA 432
27
124
1:22:24
1:22:26
00:02
22:41
13:16/M
9
Shannon Carr Concord CA 322
28
127
1:22:56
1:23:12
00:16
23:13
13:21/M
10
Leanne Radosevich Marietta GA 477
27
140
1:24:59
1:25:02
00:03
25:16
13:41/M
11
Amerizza Quemada Fremont CA 476
29
143
1:25:39
1:26:04
00:25
25:56
13:48/M
12
Brandi Hollingsworth Fremont CA 401
26
164
1:32:04
1:32:24
00:20
32:21
14:50/M
13
Sarah Gehring Pleasanton CA 372
26
167
1:32:18
1:32:27
00:09
32:35
14:52/M
14
Tara Cuslidge-Staiano Tracy CA 340
26
172
1:34:18
1:34:26
00:08
34:35
15:11/M
15
Paige Leeds Mountain View CA 568
26
196
1:44:53
1:44:55
00:02
45:10
16:53/M
16
Shannon Gilbreath Lodi CA 374
29
204
1:46:47
1:47:06
00:19
47:04
17:12/M
Top
Female 30 to 34
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Kate Dougherty Fremont CA 579
34
7
56:09
56:09
00:00
9:02/M
2
Brooke Bray San Francisco CA 565
34
10
56:37
56:37
00:00
00:28
9:07/M
3
Kiyoko Ikeuchi San Jose CA 407
33
15
59:19
59:19
00:00
03:10
9:33/M
4
Ashley Rowson-Baldwin Concord CA 550
32
35
1:05:08
1:05:08
00:00
08:59
10:29/M
5
Danyel Vandiver Clayton CA 516
33
41
1:07:13
1:07:30
00:17
11:04
10:49/M
6
Elke O'Neill San Leandr CA 465
32
49
1:08:55
1:09:22
00:27
12:46
11:06/M
7
Lesley Podesta Oakland CA 472
33
84
1:14:32
1:14:50
00:18
18:23
12:00/M
8
Erin King Foster City CA 422
31
90
1:15:34
1:15:39
00:05
19:25
12:10/M
9
Nicole Salven San Ramon CA 490
33
120
1:21:51
1:22:01
00:10
25:42
13:11/M
10
Laura Nichols San Francisco CA 460
32
122
1:22:23
1:22:25
00:02
26:14
13:16/M
11
Livia Jenvey Walnut Creek CA 413
33
126
1:22:51
1:23:17
00:26
26:42
13:20/M
12
Emily Trimble Anchorage AK 513
30
134
1:24:26
1:24:39
00:13
28:17
13:36/M
13
Maida Maderazo Fremont CA 437
31
139
1:24:58
1:25:28
00:30
28:49
13:41/M
14
Elmare Botha Alameda CA 537
34
180
1:39:28
1:39:43
00:15
43:19
16:01/M
15
Janice Bolloso Union City CA 312
30
181
1:39:40
1:40:11
00:31
43:31
16:03/M
16
Koza Stewart San Lorenzo CA 584
32
190
1:41:36
1:42:03
00:27
45:27
16:22/M
17
Melissa Dimic Hayward CA 349
31
191
1:41:37
1:42:04
00:27
45:28
16:22/M
18
Amber Pasco San Ramon CA 567
34
197
1:44:53
1:44:55
00:02
48:44
16:53/M
19
Dawn Duspiva Lodi CA 352
32
203
1:46:46
1:47:06
00:20
50:37
17:12/M
20
Arlene Ongpin Walnut Creek CA 466
34
208
1:53:53
1:54:29
00:36
57:44
18:20/M
Top
Female 35 to 39
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Nayeli Reyburn Brentwood CA 174
39
4
55:02
55:02
00:00
8:52/M
2
Dianne Woolery Clayton CA 590
39
28
1:02:34
1:03:01
00:27
07:32
10:05/M
3
Rose Jefimenko San Francisco CA 410
36
30
1:02:49
1:02:49
00:00
07:47
10:07/M
4
Elizabeth Gutierrez Aromas CA 563
39
33
1:05:06
1:05:06
00:00
10:04
10:29/M
5
Samantha Harnett Oakland CA 387
35
39
1:06:10
1:06:11
00:01
11:08
10:39/M
6
Christina Fitzgibbons San Anselmo CA 587
38
60
1:11:06
1:11:28
00:22
16:04
11:27/M
7
Sarah Wharton Oakland CA 524
37
62
1:11:33
1:11:37
00:04
16:31
11:31/M
8
Catherine Brozena Oakland CA 317
36
66
1:12:31
1:12:49
00:18
17:29
11:41/M
9
Cathy Remick Orinda CA 481
38
83
1:14:29
1:14:47
00:18
19:27
12:00/M
10
Erica Kuhl Oakland CA 423
36
85
1:14:33
1:14:50
00:17
19:31
12:00/M
11
Erika Eastman San Ramon CA 353
35
97
1:18:08
1:18:32
00:24
23:06
12:35/M
12
Toni Schultz Danville CA 552
36
98
1:18:19
1:18:41
00:22
23:17
12:37/M
13
Anerien Botha Alameda CA 536
35
111
1:20:16
1:20:31
00:15
25:14
12:56/M
14
Somaya Bit San Ramon CA 310
35
112
1:20:16
1:20:38
00:22
25:14
12:56/M
15
Aniesha Sapp San Leandro CA 492
37
121
1:22:12
1:22:29
00:17
27:10
13:14/M
16
Dinda Hughes Sunnyvale CA 404
37
132
1:23:11
1:23:16
00:05
28:09
13:24/M
17
Melinda Berumen Castro Valley CA 309
38
141
1:25:24
1:25:42
00:18
30:22
13:45/M
18
Christy Bentivoglio Moraga CA 308
39
150
1:28:29
1:28:37
00:08
33:27
14:15/M
19
Erin Fitzgerald Concord CA 363
37
173
1:34:24
1:34:38
00:14
39:22
15:12/M
20
Ilana Kaufman El Cerrito CA 420
38
178
1:38:33
1:38:42
00:09
43:31
15:52/M
21
Maria Gillies Fremont CA 540
35
183
1:40:11
1:40:35
00:24
45:09
16:08/M
22
Olga Sandoval San Leandro CA 491
36
186
1:41:19
1:41:38
00:19
46:17
16:19/M
23
Tanya Hurley Castro Valley CA 542
39
192
1:41:54
1:41:58
00:04
46:52
16:25/M
24
Elaine Tran Santa Clara CA 554
35
213
2:00:46
2:00:52
00:06
1:05:44
19:27/M
25
Kari Rayford Livermore CA 562
39
223
2:30:07
2:30:13
00:06
1:35:05
24:10/M
Top
Female 40 to 44
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Carolyn Costamagna San Ramon CA 337
44
45
1:07:35
1:07:36
00:01
10:53/M
2
Shelly Wineinger San Ramon CA 528
42
51
1:09:09
1:09:29
00:20
01:34
11:08/M
3
Nicole Carey San Ramon CA 321
41
53
1:09:19
1:09:39
00:20
01:44
11:10/M
4
Laura Fairbanks San Francisco CA 359
41
61
1:11:21
1:11:56
00:35
03:46
11:29/M
5
Cindy Cooper San Jose CA 336
43
74
1:13:35
1:13:59
00:24
06:00
11:51/M
6
Nicole Chappelle Walnut Creek CA 329
40
77
1:14:11
1:14:27
00:16
06:36
11:57/M
7
Katherine Harris San Jose CA 392
41
86
1:15:04
1:15:12
00:08
07:29
12:05/M
8
Jean Tudhope Oakland CA 515
43
88
1:15:10
1:15:26
00:16
07:35
12:06/M
9
Tai Williams Danville CA 526
40
96
1:18:06
1:18:28
00:22
10:31
12:35/M
10
Debbie Delisle Livermore CA 348
41
107
1:19:38
1:20:02
00:24
12:03
12:49/M
11
Rosetta Cheung San Ramon CA 539
40
113
1:20:30
1:20:51
00:21
12:55
12:58/M
12
Kirsten Johnsen Walnut Creek CA 543
41
129
1:23:02
1:23:15
00:13
15:27
13:22/M
13
Ade Echizenya Dublin CA 354
41
135
1:24:30
1:24:42
00:12
16:55
13:36/M
14
Debbie Stone Pleasanton CA 503
44
137
1:24:33
1:24:54
00:21
16:58
13:37/M
15
Jenny Baie Lafayette CA 303
40
148
1:27:34
1:28:02
00:28
19:59
14:06/M
16
Marilou McDonald Crockett CA 444
40
153
1:29:02
1:29:30
00:28
21:27
14:20/M
17
Norma Stark Walnut Creek CA 502
43
155
1:29:04
1:29:18
00:14
21:29
14:21/M
18
Lisa St.claire Piedmont CA 501
44
159
1:30:49
1:31:20
00:31
23:14
14:37/M
19
Lisa High Pleasanton CA 395
41
162
1:31:00
1:31:12
00:12
23:25
14:39/M
20
Susan Barber Fremont CA 305
44
175
1:35:03
1:35:32
00:29
27:28
15:18/M
21
Carey Rufino Castro Valley CA 489
40
177
1:37:36
1:37:40
00:04
30:01
15:43/M
22
Jennifer Johnson San Ramon CA 414
42
185
1:40:42
1:40:46
00:04
33:07
16:13/M
23
Carmela Barrera San Lorenzo CA 574
41
205
1:47:02
1:47:23
00:21
39:27
17:14/M
24
Luana Matus-Ritchie Fremont CA 440
40
209
1:55:20
1:55:27
00:07
47:45
18:34/M
25
Shauna White San Leandro CA 556
41
215
2:02:37
2:03:08
00:31
55:02
19:45/M
26
Anna Lissa Tran Pleasanton CA 512
40
218
2:07:57
2:08:04
00:07
1:00:22
20:36/M
Top
Female 45 to 49
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Johnna Davis Martinez CA 344
47
25
1:01:54
1:01:57
00:03
9:58/M
2
Betsy Zimpfer Pleasanton CA 573
48
32
1:04:47
1:05:08
00:21
02:53
10:26/M
3
Sally Baldwin Fairfield CA 304
48
36
1:05:22
1:05:22
00:00
03:28
10:32/M
4
Kelly Emo Campbell CA 358
46
40
1:06:30
1:06:30
00:00
04:36
10:43/M
5
Teresa Hillstrom Fremont CA 577
48
42
1:07:18
1:07:20
00:02
05:24
10:50/M
6
Terrie Fontes Fremont CA 570
48
59
1:10:29
1:10:31
00:02
08:35
11:21/M
7
Patricia Lowry Walnut Creek CA 434
46
63
1:11:33
1:11:47
00:14
09:39
11:31/M
8
Paulette Schafir Berkeley CA 557
45
68
1:12:58
1:13:17
00:19
11:04
11:45/M
9
Tracy Gomez Palo Alto CA 541
49
70
1:13:12
1:13:53
00:41
11:18
11:47/M
10
Janet Ferolito San Jose CA 362
47
75
1:13:36
1:13:59
00:23
11:42
11:51/M
11
Julie Emmett Pleasanton CA 357
45
76
1:14:11
1:14:18
00:07
12:17
11:57/M
12
Cynthia Hamilton Walnut Creek CA 380
46
87
1:15:05
1:15:21
00:16
13:11
12:05/M
13
Kathleen Pastor Pleasant Hill CA 470
45
92
1:17:06
1:17:22
00:16
15:12
12:25/M
14
Kirsten Cherry Walnut Creek CA 331
46
93
1:17:24
1:17:35
00:11
15:30
12:28/M
15
Beth Mikesell Pleasant Hill CA 450
46
95
1:17:59
1:18:13
00:14
16:05
12:33/M
16
Alesia Woods Oakland CA 532
45
100
1:18:39
1:18:56
00:17
16:45
12:40/M
17
Gail Palin Hayward CA 469
49
116
1:21:28
1:21:39
00:11
19:34
13:07/M
18
Donna Woll Oakland CA 530
46
118
1:21:33
1:21:51
00:18
19:39
13:08/M
19
Robin James San Leandro CA 409
49
125
1:22:27
1:22:46
00:19
20:33
13:17/M
20
Gerry Lavin Pleasanton CA 544
47
128
1:23:01
1:23:14
00:13
21:07
13:22/M
21
Torrey Turner 575
47
136
1:24:32
1:24:54
00:22
22:38
13:37/M
22
Diane Hoh Concord CA 398
48
138
1:24:49
1:25:08
00:19
22:55
13:39/M
23
Kristin Chambers Walnut Creek CA 328
47
154
1:29:03
1:29:18
00:15
27:09
14:20/M
24
Sally Brown Los Angeles CA 316
49
165
1:32:13
1:32:52
00:39
30:19
14:51/M
25
Sydnie Nishiyama Alameda CA 461
45
184
1:40:40
1:41:05
00:25
38:46
16:13/M
26
Susan Noel Fresno CA 462
47
189
1:41:25
1:41:43
00:18
39:31
16:20/M
27
Wendy Samiljan Pleasanton CA 558
49
193
1:42:25
1:42:59
00:34
40:31
16:30/M
28
Donna Dao-Willins San Ramon CA 341
48
194
1:42:26
1:42:59
00:33
40:32
16:30/M
29
Vimala Venugopalan-Mark Fremont CA 520
48
207
1:52:07
1:52:17
00:10
50:13
18:03/M
Top
Female 50 to 54
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Patricia Barton Oakland CA 306
51
81
1:14:21
1:14:42
00:21
11:58/M
2
Linda Harrington Berkeley CA 388
51
109
1:20:00
1:20:02
00:02
05:39
12:53/M
3
Sui-Fen Liao Richmond CA 114
53
123
1:22:23
1:22:31
00:08
08:02
13:16/M
4
Maureen Sullivan Berkeley CA 506
52
157
1:30:24
1:30:49
00:25
16:03
14:33/M
5
Mimi Mugler Berkeley CA 456
50
187
1:41:24
1:41:49
00:25
27:03
16:20/M
6
Bernie Rossi Oakland CA 487
54
188
1:41:24
1:41:49
00:25
27:03
16:20/M
7
Ann Malko Pleasanton CA 438
50
195
1:42:27
1:42:59
00:32
28:06
16:30/M
8
Paula Jenkins Castro Valley CA 412
54
199
1:45:37
1:46:05
00:28
31:16
17:00/M
9
Sarah Gallagher Crockett CA 369
52
200
1:45:58
1:46:28
00:30
31:37
17:04/M
10
Theresa Armada Oakland CA 301
52
201
1:46:02
1:46:31
00:29
31:41
17:04/M
11
Linda Port Oakland CA 473
50
202
1:46:26
1:46:54
00:28
32:05
17:08/M
12
Diane Lucas Redwood City CA 435
52
212
2:00:16
2:00:42
00:26
45:55
19:22/M
13
Cathy Thoni Castro Valley CA 511
53
214
2:01:01
2:01:19
00:18
46:40
19:29/M
14
Jen Taylor Redwood City CA 507
54
219
2:10:01
2:10:22
00:21
55:40
20:56/M
15
Shawna Martin Oakland CA 439
52
220
2:11:29
2:11:52
00:23
57:08
21:10/M
Top
Female 55 to 59
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Barbara Bauer Manteca CA 307
58
130
1:23:06
1:23:17
00:11
13:23/M
2
Mary Serna Mountain View CA 494
55
152
1:28:54
1:29:01
00:07
05:48
14:19/M
3
Ronica Shelton El Sobrante CA 496
55
174
1:34:35
1:34:47
00:12
11:29
15:14/M
Top
Female 60 to 64
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Patricia Penton Monrovia CA 547
61
182
1:40:11
1:40:22
00:11
16:08/M
2
Helen Holdbrook Milpitas CA 399
63
217
2:03:54
2:04:00
00:06
23:43
19:57/M
Top
Female 65 to 69
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Mary Gee San Ramon CA 371
68
171
1:34:13
1:34:40
00:27
15:10/M
Top
Overall Male Winners
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Brian Collett Moraga CA 576
26
1
43:05
43:05
00:00
6:56/M
2
Christian Wirth San Jose CA 529
34
2
50:51
50:51
00:00
07:46
8:11/M
3
Ric Rodriguez Fremont CA 549
45
3
50:59
50:59
00:00
07:54
8:12/M
Top
Male 9 to 12
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Rei Echizenya Dublin CA 355
12
21
1:01:12
1:01:14
00:02
9:51/M
Top
Male 13 to 17
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Nicholas Strohl Benicia CA 505
15
6
56:02
56:02
00:00
9:01/M
Top
Male 25 to 29
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Brian Collett Moraga CA 576
26
1
43:05
43:05
00:00
6:56/M
2
Dan Patry Walnut Creek CA 471
28
8
56:24
56:27
00:03
13:19
9:05/M
3
David Rink San Francisco CA 483
29
43
1:07:30
1:07:41
00:11
24:25
10:52/M
4
Justin Gaerlan Fremont CA 368
29
73
1:13:35
1:13:45
00:10
30:30
11:51/M
5
Geovanni Linares Woodland CA 433
27
80
1:14:21
1:14:24
00:03
31:16
11:58/M
6
Babtunde Iroko Antioch CA 583
28
156
1:29:50
1:30:21
00:31
46:45
14:28/M
7
Marchal Monckton Fremont CA 453
29
163
1:32:03
1:32:24
00:21
48:58
14:49/M
8
Lance Reynolds Fresno CA 559
26
170
1:33:11
1:33:21
00:10
50:06
15:00/M
Top
Male 30 to 34
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Christian Wirth San Jose CA 529
34
2
50:51
50:51
00:00
8:11/M
2
Edwin Ortiz Marietta GA 468
31
11
57:21
57:24
00:03
06:30
9:14/M
3
Josh Maitland Concord CA 586
33
23
1:01:26
1:01:57
00:31
10:35
9:54/M
4
Joshua Hunt Castro Valley CA 406
31
29
1:02:38
1:02:42
00:04
11:47
10:05/M
5
Morgan McGuire San Jose CA 448
32
38
1:05:51
1:05:59
00:08
15:00
10:36/M
6
Paul Vandiver Clayton CA 517
34
64
1:11:38
1:11:55
00:17
20:47
11:32/M
7
Justin Tse San Francisco CA 514
33
69
1:13:08
1:13:28
00:20
22:17
11:47/M
8
Martin Hoehenr Richmond CA 397
33
103
1:19:03
1:19:31
00:28
28:12
12:44/M
9
Clifford Fong San Francisco CA 364
31
151
1:28:35
1:28:35
00:00
37:44
14:16/M
10
Daryl Bolloso Union City CA 311
32
221
2:16:46
2:17:20
00:34
1:25:55
22:01/M
11
Eric Ongpin Walnut Creek CA 467
34
222
2:16:57
2:17:30
00:33
1:26:06
22:03/M
Top
Male 35 to 39
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
John Harnett Oakland CA 386
36
9
56:28
56:29
00:01
9:06/M
2
Armando Bettencourt Walnut Creek CA 588
39
12
57:56
58:32
00:36
01:28
9:20/M
3
Toi Wong Alameda CA 531
35
18
59:39
59:45
00:06
03:11
9:36/M
4
Shawn Reyburn Brentwood CA 482
39
78
1:14:12
1:14:22
00:10
17:44
11:57/M
5
Brian Ladrillono Union City CA 424
35
94
1:17:35
1:17:44
00:09
21:07
12:30/M
6
Jess Reid Saratoga CA 480
37
104
1:19:09
1:19:16
00:07
22:41
12:45/M
7
Patrick Hughes Sunnyvale CA 405
37
131
1:23:08
1:23:13
00:05
26:40
13:23/M
8
James Wilson Cupertino CA 527
38
160
1:30:50
1:31:24
00:34
34:22
14:38/M
9
Claudio Martinez San Leandro CA 546
37
166
1:32:14
1:32:46
00:32
35:46
14:51/M
10
Andrew Fragoso San Leandro CA 366
39
206
1:48:37
1:48:46
00:09
52:09
17:29/M
Top
Male 40 to 44
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Chris McCoy Redding CA 443
40
13
58:23
58:26
00:03
9:24/M
2
Bernie Gee Geneva NY 370
40
20
1:01:10
1:01:15
00:05
02:47
9:51/M
3
David Rippon New York NY 485
41
22
1:01:14
1:01:14
00:00
02:51
9:52/M
4
Jeffrey St.claire Piedmont CA 589
44
34
1:05:06
1:05:35
00:29
06:43
10:29/M
5
Gary Holder Walnut Creek CA 400
43
47
1:08:13
1:08:25
00:12
09:50
10:59/M
6
Luis Villaroel 560
42
52
1:09:15
1:09:18
00:03
10:52
11:09/M
7
Morris McDaniel Birds Landing CA 585
43
58
1:10:10
1:10:25
00:15
11:47
11:18/M
8
Henry Caldwell San Francisco CA 538
43
89
1:15:27
1:19:13
03:46
17:04
12:09/M
9
Brian Hoover Moraga CA 402
44
91
1:16:16
1:16:38
00:22
17:53
12:17/M
10
Edmund Sanchez San Jose CA 551
42
99
1:18:34
1:18:37
00:03
20:11
12:39/M
11
Patrick McGlynn Walnut Creek CA 446
42
106
1:19:28
1:19:42
00:14
21:05
12:48/M
12
Vincent Mijares San Pablo CA 449
43
144
1:26:00
1:26:19
00:19
27:37
13:51/M
13
Jason Baie Lafayette CA 302
40
147
1:27:34
1:28:02
00:28
29:11
14:06/M
14
David Dippon Milpitas CA 350
44
158
1:30:24
1:30:58
00:34
32:01
14:33/M
15
Patrick High Pleasanton CA 396
43
161
1:31:00
1:31:12
00:12
32:37
14:39/M
16
Timothy Hamp Pinole CA 381
41
211
1:57:19
1:57:34
00:15
58:56
18:53/M
Top
Male 45 to 49
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Ric Rodriguez Fremont CA 549
45
3
50:59
50:59
00:00
8:12/M
2
Hongdeok Kim Pleasanton CA 421
49
17
59:34
59:34
00:00
08:35
9:36/M
3
Randy Hogan Walnut Creek CA 566
47
48
1:08:43
1:08:45
00:02
17:44
11:04/M
4
Rich Hahn Cupertino CA 569
49
54
1:09:27
1:09:27
00:00
18:28
11:11/M
5
Alan Burnett Mountain View CA 318
47
57
1:10:03
1:10:15
00:12
19:04
11:17/M
6
Marty Vaughan San Jose CA 555
49
114
1:20:49
1:20:52
00:03
29:50
13:01/M
7
Greg Byrne Dublin CA 319
47
115
1:21:19
1:21:58
00:39
30:20
13:06/M
8
Rich Schnetlage Plesanton CA 493
49
117
1:21:30
1:21:56
00:26
30:31
13:07/M
9
Gary Clark San Jose CA 581
48
133
1:23:45
1:24:24
00:39
32:46
13:29/M
10
Larry Catipon Livermore CA 326
49
145
1:26:26
1:26:47
00:21
35:27
13:55/M
11
Chris Falco Berkeley CA 360
46
176
1:36:00
1:36:26
00:26
45:01
15:28/M
Top
Male 50 to 54
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Mark Haight Fremont CA 578
52
5
55:24
55:26
00:02
8:55/M
2
Steve Sdol San Jose CA 580
54
14
58:37
58:37
00:00
03:13
9:26/M
3
Steve Cherry Walnut Creek CA 333
52
50
1:09:04
1:09:15
00:11
13:40
11:07/M
4
Jeff Mikesell Pleasant Hill CA 451
53
67
1:12:51
1:13:06
00:15
17:27
11:44/M
5
Steve Davids Elk Grove CA 343
53
71
1:13:20
1:13:42
00:22
17:56
11:49/M
6
Jojo Chavarria Pleasant Hill CA 330
53
82
1:14:26
1:14:53
00:27
19:02
11:59/M
7
John Leroux Woodland CA 545
50
149
1:27:38
1:28:17
00:39
32:14
14:07/M
8
Chet Lievre Oakland CA 431
50
216
2:02:52
2:02:53
00:01
1:07:28
19:47/M
Top
Male 55 to 59
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Dino Cardiasmenos Castro Valley CA 564
58
46
1:08:04
1:08:04
00:00
10:58/M
2
Mark Shelton El Sobrante CA 495
56
79
1:14:18
1:14:30
00:12
06:14
11:58/M
3
Andrew Morozovsky Castro Valley CA 455
55
198
1:45:28
1:45:56
00:28
37:24
16:59/M
Top
Male 60 to 64
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Jim Dougherty Fremont CA 351
64
110
1:20:01
1:20:05
00:04
12:53/M
2
Michael Gilson Lafayette CA 375
63
142
1:25:33
1:25:38
00:05
05:32
13:47/M
Top
Male 65 to 69
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Ross Travis El Sobrante CA 206
68
16
59:25
1:34:41
35:16
9:34/M
2
Dan McGuire San Jose CA 447
66
119
1:21:34
1:21:41
00:07
22:09
13:08/M
Top
Male 75 to 79
Place
Name City Bib No
Age
Overall
Chip Time
Gun Time
Diff
Time Back
Pace
1
Frank Nolte Pleasant Hill CA 463
76
224
2:49:05
2:49:18
00:13
27:14/M
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The KOM League
Flash Report
For
July 19, 2019
Anyone curious as to what possibly could be left to write about, regarding the KOM league, there are two items in this week’s report One contains old news and the other a current event.
www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/48317007492/
Over the course of documenting the history of KOM league players there are some names that have a question mark beside them. In those instances the old batboy is relatively sure he has found the former player but has no conclusive evidence that would stand up in court.
A former player meeting those criteria was a short-term pitcher for the Bartlesville Oilers that was identified as Joseph Radamacher. Many trips have been made through Ancestry.com files and about a half dozen years ago it was believed the fellow was Joseph John Rademacher Jr. of Escanaba, Michigan. That name went on the KOM database with a question mark attached thereto.
In the past week a birth announcement was found in the January 3, 1928 Escanaba Daily Press that Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Rademacher of Escanaba had given birth to a 10-pound boy the previous day.
There were numerous references to Joseph Jr. as he made his way through grade and high school. He attended St. Joseph’s High School in Escanaba. The Escanaba Daily Press reported on December 17, 1946 that Joseph Jr. had been accepted to attend the Bartow, Florida baseball school from January 6 through February 13, 1947. The supervisor for the school was George “Snuffy” Stirnweiss, Yankee second baseman www.google.com/search?q=snuffy+stirnweiss&oq=snuffy+s...
He was assisted by Fred Vaughn of the Washington Senators, www.google.com/search?q=Fred+Vaughn+baseball&oq=Fred+...
Burt Shotten of the Brooklyn Dodgers, www.google.com/search?q=burt+shotton+baseball&oq=Bert...
Ed Murphy coach at Holy Cross www.google.com/search?q=Ed+murphy+holy+cross&oq=ed+mu... and Doc Meek the trainer of the Newark Bears.
By January 27, 1947 the Escanaba newspaper reported Rademacher had been tagged as a youngster with talent and was offered a contract by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The article stated he had been given the choice of signing a Class B or C contract and chose the lower classification in order better himself in a career he envisioned would put him in the major leagues later on.
After extensive research all that could be found, for 1947, was his brief appearance with the Bartlesville Oilers.
In a May 18, 1948 article a headline in the Escanaba Daily Press stated “Ford River Hurler Wins First Game in Kentucky: Will Stay.” The article that followed read “Joseph Rademacher Jr. of Ford River, who left a month ago to play baseball with the Jenkins, KY team, has informed friends here that he intends to stay. He pitched the season opener for Jenkins a few days ago and the team won.”
It appears that the stay at Jenkins, in the Mountain States league, was brief for he was back in Michigan for most of the summer of 1948 pitching for Channing, a semi-pro team, in the Northern Wisconsin-Michigan league.
At the start of the 1949 season Rademacher was in the Blue Ridge league playing for the Elkin Blanketeers. He posted a 2-4 record in 11 mound appearances and left that team prior to mid-July. I suspect he was unconditionally released for he was free to try out for another team
On July 14, 1949 the Chicago White Sox held a tryout camp where three boys from Escanaba attended. Of the three only Rademacher made an impression. There were “rave” comments about him in the press and it stated the 6’ 2” 195 pounder had the appearance of the making of a good major league pitcher. The news coming from that tryout was the White Sox signed him for one year and that he would report, in the spring of 1950 to their minor league training facility in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The word was that when he made it in that organization he would be assigned to the Class C Superior club in the Northern league. Nothing indicates that he played in 1950 but records do show that he was in the Korean War by 1951.
A number of articles, bearing his name, appeared in the Escanaba Daily Press, over the years. He was active in civic affairs and even in building baseball fields for youngsters in his home town. His occupation appeared in city directories as a sheet metal worker.
Joseph John Rademacher died October 25, 2011 in his native hometown. In searching other files something was found that I hadn’t expected. On a family site was his photo which was probably taken when he was in his 60’s. www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/48317007492/
A comment was posted on the site where the photo was found and possibly a member of the family will be in touch. No baseball record book shows he ever played in the Mountain States or KOM leagues and its possible no one in his family ever knew about it either. By the time he was married, in 1949, his baseball days were over and his first child was not born until 1957.
If you think the name Rademacher rings a bell, it probably does. The bell rings in a boxing ring when, in 1956, a young man by the name of Pete Rademacher was the. Olympic heavyweight boxing champion. magazine.wsu.edu/2016/04/29/pete-rademacher/
He had a bout with champion, Floyd Patterson, after the Olympics and got his bell rung. Now, if you think I’m going to tell you Pete and Joseph Rademacher were brothers, you would be incorrect. Were they kin in any manner? That I don’t know as the boxing Rademacher was from the State of Washington. But, if they were kin it will probably take me another 25 years to determine. Just as it has taken that long to document some aspects of the life of Joseph John Rademacher.
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The Bionic Bob Speake
During this past week an e-mail was received from the daughter of Ray Etzel who pitched for the Chanute, Kansas Athletics in 1946. Etzel was a native Topekan and lived there until his passing in May of 2006. My wife got to know his wife while working at the VA Hospital in Topeka but neither realized a common link until they met at a KOM league reunion a number of years later. Since the death of her mother and dad, Sharon has kept in touch with the KOM league news through the Flash Reports. Here is what she shared. “Hi John: We enjoyed your photos of the deer. You probably already know this, but Bob Speake is being inducted into the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame tonight. I’m sending a link to the article in today’s Topeka Capital-Journal.”
www.cjonline.com/sports/.../speake-parlayed-baseball-into...
After opening the aforementioned link I sent the following note to Bob and Joan Speake. “I got a notice on the e-mail a few minutes ago about Bob being inducted into the Shawnee County Ball Hall of Fame tonight. I enjoyed the article except for the part where the writer had Bob playing for Joplin in the KOM league. Hope you are all doing well.”
Upon arising from a night of not much sleep I was made to feel better by this note from Joan Speake. “Haven't been on the computer for a couple of days but was just sitting down to write you and tell you a woman sent Bob a note saying she had sent you a link so you could see the article. There WERE a few mistakes, the first one being Joplin instead of Carthage!! The man was very nice and he and Bob had a long time together here and he was taping their conversation so how he got Joplin I don't know. Also, we have 8 grandchildren, not only 4 and Bob has never called me Joanie ...ever! His family does and all my friends in Springfield but not here because he never called me that and so our friends here always called me Joan. So another ? as to where Joanie came from? Outside of that, the rest of the article was very good, I thought. The event is a fund raiser for youth baseball in Topeka and there was a pretty good turnout.
We are doing ok. Bob is due to have cataract surgery soon, have to get that set up. We have the consultation date set. He has a pace maker now so he is getting close to being the bionic( is that the word?) man.
Hope you both are doing well and still keeping up with those cute little ones. We now have 4 great grandsons and expecting another boy in Jan. which will make 5 under the age of 4. They all live here and pretty close to us which is nice.
We miss the days of the Reunions but could not keep up with it now. Bob isn't much of a traveler any more but lots of good memories. We keep in touch with Frank Hungerford some and Paul Nichols occasionally since they were school buddies of ours and I think Barb and Gale Wade are coming through some time this year but I hope they aren't traveling in this hot weather! 114 heat index today!! Stay cool! Love, Joan and Bob.”
It was my intention to share the Topeka Capital Journal article and then point out the factual errors as it pertained to the KOM league. But, Joan took care of that in her note. In all deference to sportswriters of 2019 it is only fair to point out what transpired in 1949 is now ancient history. However, as the unofficial historian of the KOM league it does seem incumbent upon me to point out obvious errors. It could be that in another few years someone will write about the KOM league and show Joplin as a member of it with Bob Speake being their first baseman. That would cause old Carthage Cub fans to roll over in whatever place they might be by that time.
For those who care to see how Bob Speake appears today and to read the article from the Topeka Capital Journal they can click on the site cited. For those who don’t click on URL’s this is the article.
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Sluggers capable of chasing Mickey Mantle for a league home run title certainly possess some prodigious power.
Bob Speake, however, used more than just his bat to challenge the Yankees icon. He also engaged the Mick in foot races.
Those skills eventually helped Speake reach the major leagues. On Tuesday, the longtime Topeka resident will be inducted into the Shawnee County Baseball Hall of Fame during a 5:30 p.m. banquet at the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center.
While playing for Joplin in the KOM League as a Class D player in 1949, Speake slugged 14 homers to seven for Mantle, who played for Independence. A year later, both played in Topeka while in the Class C Western Association. Mantle flexed his power and topped Speake in homers that year.
However, a different pregame exhibition — this was the minors, after all — is what Speake, 89, remembers best.
First, a 60-yard dash was contested down the baseline.
“Zoom,″ Speake recalled, “I remember seeing that No. 7 on his back. So, he starts giving me the what-for and I told him, ‘I’ll get you on the next one.’ ″
That contest had Speake running from second base to home; Mantle from home to second. The first to get to his destination, running the same distance, prevailed.
“Well, I had a crossover technique in running the bases,″ Speake recalled. “Of course, he’s starting at home plate with a dead start. I’m pushing off the bag. So, I won and I told him, ‘That one’s for you.’ ″
Baseball would not become the kind of career bonanza for Speake that it was for Mantle. But when he retired after the 1959 season, Speake leveraged his time in the game.
As one of the founding executives of American Investors Life, Topeka has been home to Speake. He and his wife, Joanie, raised three children here. They have four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Speake learned all he could about the all-important marketing arm of business when he teamed with other businessmen in his hometown of Springfield, Mo. Automatic pinsetters had just been introduced to bowling centers and the group wanted to capitalize on what was then a growing sport.
“I said, ‘Now, you guys are all businessmen. If you want to talk baseball I can talk all night. But if you want to talk business, talk slow,’ ″ Speake recalled.
“Baseball gave me a front relating to people. Business is all about marketing. My time in the bowling business gave me an education, because when I went into starting the (insurance) company, I could contribute.″
The baseball stories Speake shares to this day are wonderful, beginning with the contests against Mantle after growing up in the same region of the country at the same time.
Both were talented, though the appraisals they received from big-league scouts grew clear one day when both were in line for their Army physicals.
“Mickey had a briefcase and I didn’t have anything,″ Speake said. “I went through, and he went back to New York.″
The Army stint kept Speake out of professional baseball for two years. While training at Fort Riley, Speake played 8-man football for the base team, a natural fit since that sport was his first love and one he played collegiately for one season at what is now Missouri State. While overseas, Speake played baseball for his base team.
Eventually, Speake played all or part of nine professional seasons.
When he got his first crack at the majors in 1955 with the Chicago Cubs, he was asked by manager Stan Hack if he ever played outfield. Hank Sauer, the 1952 MVP of the National League, was out and a replacement was needed. Speake, a first baseman, recognized the opportunity.
“I played outfield one game in the service, but I wasn’t lying to him,″ Speake said. “We were in Brooklyn and after that game I played left field. I went to the public library and picked out books on playing the outfield. So, I became an outfielder. You don’t say no.″
The Cubs were glad he didn’t. That May, Speake slammed 10 home runs, though the left-handed pull hitter was not well-suited for the prevailing wind in Wrigley Field.
Speake eventually bounced between the big leagues and Triple A, hitting .256 at all levels with 137 home runs. During the era in which he played, Speake also saw first-hand the Hall of Fame impact Jackie Robinson had breaking the color barrier.
With the Cubs, Speake played with Ernie Banks. After he was traded to the Giants, he played with Willie Mays. As one of the original San Francisco Giants, the prospect of playing regularly seemed promising — until the Giants brought in Bill White, Orlando Cepeda and Willie McCovey as first basemen.
“So, my time with the Giants (81 games in 1958 and ’59) is because the Jackie Robinson experiment was successful,″ Speake said. “Now, not successful from my perspective, but for the good of the game. The writing was on the wall.″
As a successful businessman who was one of the original investors in the diamonds that have long housed the Ken Berry League, Speake still made the most of his baseball career. And he made far more than the $400 bonus he received to sign with the Cubs organization and the $10,000 stipulated in his top big-league contract.
“Again, baseball was my front,″ Speake said. “I don’t pretend to be any more than a baseball player with a few good games. My dad, when I signed my first contract, said, ‘Boy, I want to tell you one thing. Always remember, whatever your dream is, there’s always room at the top.’ ″
Eventually, Speake ascended to that very spot, as a businessman.
Ed comment:
One other item catching my eye was Joan Speake’s mention of Barbara and Gale Wade coming this way in the near future. They have to pass through Columbia, Mo. on their way to Topeka and eventually Bremerton, Washington. In times past the Wade’s have called my wife and I and we have met at a local eatery to savor some “great” food such as Scorned Woman hot sauce. Gale loves the tongue scorching, belly burning elixir. When I know his automobile will be headed west on I-70 I’ll be sure to have some on hand and we can douse or breakfast eggs or lunch barbecue with it.
Joan mentioned the past reunions in her note and stated she missed them but it wouldn’t be likely they could attend any if they were held. It dawned on me that the last one was held 11 years ago and if we scheduled one now it would be tough to find enough attendees to fill a telephone booth. But, in the era of cell phones it would be tougher to find a telephone booth than in locating enough people to fill it.
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That does it for this time around
If any reader has something to share, do so. The old brain of the Flash Report editor has about atrophied to the point where nothing much emanates from it that is worth reporting.
schweizercomics: Advent Calendar Day 10: Balthazar Over the next month, I’ll be offering thoughts on the Nativity set model, a large papercraft crèche that you can find and download here: gumroad.com/l/ThkR In yesterday’s write-ups I discussed why we default to three as the number for the magi; today I’ll touch on why we give them kingly status. Early Christian writers (including some of those who penned the New Testament) made a concerted effort to tie Christ with scripture of the past, and the magi-as-kings interpretation is a post-Biblical example of this continued theological tradition. Though Psalm 72 (including the verse pertinent to this write-up, “May all kings bow down to him, may all nations serve him”) is clearly a literal blessing/prayer from David to his son Solomon, it becomes viewed around the 600s as a prophecy about Christ, a complete departure from its original intent, but one that quickly cements itself in the Church. The problem is that, as prophecy, it leaves some holes, especially a notable lack of kings bowing before Christ. For some, EVENTUAL bowing hundreds of years later by kings and emperors was enough, but some thought it ought to reflect events during his lifetime. Thus, we see the magi transformed into kings in order to account for this theological addition. So this creates some obstacles: the kings are probably not from the same country, or else they would not be true kings. So the all-Persian/all-Babylonian grouping disappears, and we begin to see the varied ethnicity that has become such a staple of nativity depictions. In the 700s, global sociology, at least for Christians, was viewed through a Noahic lens, with the assumption that all of the world’s population descended from the three sons of Noah: Japeth populating Europe, Shem populating Asia, and Ham populating Africa (this latter notion would be used to justify slavery in the United States, citing that Noah’s curse on Ham’s son extended to all his offspring, and that this curse is slavery). With the world thus divided, the kings best serve prophetic purpose by operating as a stand-in for their continents as a whole. So we see each given a fixed position and clear ethnicity, elements which exist to some degree or another to this day. And while two of the kings, Melchior and Caspar, are all over the place, race-wise, Balthazar has been consistently depicted as Sub-Saharan African for the last six hundred years (a likely result of the increased presence of black people in Europe), though his blackness finds its way into writing and art as far back as the 1100s. Balthazar, whose name, along with those of the other two kings, comes from an early 4th century Greek source, serves a symbolic function beyond the geographic. Like the other kings, he takes on the responsibility of being a stand-in for a third of mankind, and as such represents the first stage of life. Balthazar is young, about twenty, the avatar of youth. And though I’ve never read commentary saying so, I’d like to think that this gives added bravado to the gift of myrrh (each of the named gifts is associated with a specific king, traditionally, and myrrh is linked with with Balthazar). Myrrh is an embalming fluid, and I’d like to think that it’s a statement on the cavalarity with which the young regard mortality. Balthazar is sometimes depicted riding an elephant, but I don’t like that approach. It doesn’t make much sense for someone from Nubia/the Sudan (my take) to be riding an Indian elephant, and there’s little precedent for domesticated African elephants. The latter also gives a kind of Africa-as-fantasy vibe that I think has bad social repercussions. I gave him a dromedary, which would have been abundant in Nubia. And the color palette? Yanked from Franco Zefferelli’s Jesus of Nazareth miniseries, in which Balthazar is played by James Earl Jones. I’ve always been a big fan of Zefferelli’s color choices (both in film and his art direction for opera) and thought this would be a good place to give a nod to his influence. Adoration of the Magi on MPoC The Adoration is the second most-painted scene in European art history, behind only the Crucifixion. One of the Magi, Balthazar, is almost always depicted as a Black king. For those who are curious, here’s James Earl Jones as Balthazar in the Jesus of Nazareth Miniseries:
A pen designed to look like the Buddha, seen at the awesome toy store in Ginza, Hakuhinkan Toy Park. We had a ton of fun at this place playing with their sample toys (most which didn't work properly, great for a laugh) and taking pictures of silly things like this. I think we spent over an hour in this place just goofing around and having some laughs. Good times.
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Country Insights India: City and Village Life
By: Jennifer Kumar
Want to know how the average person in India lives? What is it like to live in village India? How does living in the village or in the city create a unique way of life? David Cumming attempts to answer in his forty-eight page book, Country Insights India: City and Village Life, while providing an overview of India’s modern culture.
Through stories of life in the city of Bangalore (Karnataka state) and the village of Thrickodithanam (Kerala state), the reader gets a good impression of how an average person lives; their triumphs, their struggles, their opportunities and desires for change. The narrations are accompanied by vivid, colorful and realistic images of daily life of average people. The photos of average people quoted throughout the book are not models, they are everyday people doing everyday things- eating their dinners, walking barefoot to school and sweating in the heat. These images may not be glamorous, but provide a raw, tangible aspect to the book. This is real life, whether it is India or America or any other country- there are people of all kinds of backgrounds living different lifestyles and making their lives successful with the knowledge, skills and resources they have or aspire to have. This is one of the lessons I have learned from the book.
I really enjoyed reading the quotations accompanying the photos. People of all ages share some interesting aspect of their life in one or two sentences. The children’s perspectives are always so simple, sweet and bring a smile to my face. For example, Ashok says, “We have to wear a uniform, like all school children in India. I’m going to be in trouble because I’ve lost my tie.” (p. 31) More cute quotations are on pages 12, 25, and 38.
As India is so diverse and difficult to describe in kid-terms, I give kudos to the author for achieving this. Though the book reduced stereotypes by focusing on individual people and telling their stories, there are parts of the book that I felt could be improved.
Throughout the book, the terms ‘rich’ and ‘poor’ are used. It is true these descriptors have a grain of truth- but for whom? Why should, for instance slum dwellers or villagers be labeled as ‘poor’? Is this a label they created for themselves or the author has created for them? And to what is this compared to? It is true that many villagers and slum dwellers do not make a lot of money, but being a graduate of a social work program in India, I do not call these people ‘poor.’ In some ways the villagers and slum dwellers taught me an important lesson in prosperity. When visiting their homes, they had few food or drink items. It is also true they had little money. But, as it is considered puniya (good luck) to serve something to guests, they would do anything to offer us any food or drink item, preferably tea, with milk. Villagers would come together and pool ten or fifteen rupees (US .20-.30) to buy a packet of milk to feed tea to me and my friends. To me this is a wealth beyond financial definitions. Their spiritual, mental and emotional wealth helped them temporarily overcome any financial challenges they were facing. Impressive! A specific example of judgmental wording is seen in the photo descriptor on page 20. Next to a picture of a man in a village sitting next to his one room house made out of what appears to be scrap pieces of wood reads, “None of the people in this Colony have the money to build a good home.” In this sentence are two words I contest: “none” and “good house”. To illustrate my contention with these terms, I will share one more story. There was a person in a Chennai slum who wanted a new house. Their house would be a one room wood construction with mud walls. This person was so proud, happy and appreciative to provide a roof over the head of his family. He had been saving for months to have a new home. I met the builders of this house. They were happy to provide this service for this man and his family and were also happy to have a job so they could provide for their own families (see a picture of these construction workers here). It is true, if you put a person like me into that situation to live, I may feel lack or need, but the people who live in these situations may not feel this way at all.
I understand it is difficult to write any book, story or blog from a true non-judgmental or biased viewpoint. As humans we write from our viewpoint, which is inherently biased in someway. It is often the reader’s intuition and worldliness that inspires questions. This can be done as an adult, but can children always make this discrimination? Would children question the words ‘poor’ and ‘rich’ especially when coupled with powerful images (such as the man sitting next to his house)? This is important for parents to do when reading books and when sharing any type of media with their children. Because I believe it is a rare find to read or watch something truly unbiased with your children, rather than not share it, share the questions that come up in your mind as you read it with your children. Ask them what they think ‘poor’ and ‘rich’ means or any of these black or white descriptor words. Have a discussion with your children, see the world through their eyes and keep teaching each other about the world around you!
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Agra is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is 378 kilometres west of the state capital, Lucknow, 206 kilometres south of the national capital New Delhi and 125 kilometres north of Gwalior. With a population of 1,686,993 (2013 est.), it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most populous in India. Agra can also refer to the administrative district that has its headquarters in Agra city. It is a major tourist destination because of its many splendid Mughal-era buildings, most notably the Tāj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpūr Sikrī, all three of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Agra is included on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, along with Delhi and Jaipur; and the Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc, tourist circuit of UP state, along Lucknow the capital of the state and Varanasi. Agra falls within the Braj cultural region.
The city was first mentioned in the epic Mahābhārata, where it was called Agrevaṇa (derived from Sanskrit (अग्रेवण) meaning "the border of the forest"). Legend ascribes the founding of the city to Raja Badal Singh, a Sikarwar Rajput king (c. 1475), whose fort, Badalgarh, stood on or near the site of the present fort. However, the 11th century Persian poet Mas'ūd Sa'd Salmān writes of a desperate assault on the fortress of Agra, then held by the Shāhī King Jayapala, by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. It was mentioned for the first time in 1080 AD when a Ghaznavide force captured it. Sultan Sikandar Lodī (1488–1517) was the first to move his capital from Delhi to Agra in 1506. He governed the country from here and Agra assumed the importance of the second capital. He died in 1517 and his son, Ibrāhīm Lodī, remained in power there for nine more years and several palaces, wells and a mosque were built by him in the fort during his period. Finally being defeated at the Battle of Panipat in 1526. Between 1540 and 1556, Afghans, beginning with Sher Shah Suri ruled the area. It achieved fame as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1658.
DEMOGRAPHICS
According to the 2011 India census, Agra city has a population of 1,585,704, while the population of Agra cantonment is 53,053. The urban agglomeration of Agra has a population of 1,760,285. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Agra city has an average literacy rate of 73.11%, lower than the national average of 74%. Literacy rate of males is considerably higher than that of women. The sex ratio in the city was 875 females per thousand males while child sex ratio stood at 857. Agra district literacy rate is 62.56%. Agra is dominated by Yadavs and Jats.Hinduism, Islam, and Jainism are three major religions in Agra district with 80.68%, 15.37%, and 1.04% of the population following them. And others are 1.5% 52.5% of Agra's population is in the 15–59 years age category. Around 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
HISTORY
Though Agra's history is largely recognised with Mughal Empire, the place was established much before it and has linkages since Mahabharat period so Mahirshi Angira in 1000 BC.[citation needed] It is generally accepted that Sultan Sikandar Lodī, the Ruler of the Delhi Sultanate founded Agra in the year 1504. After the Sultan's death the city passed on to his son Sultan Ibrāhīm Lodī. He ruled his Sultanate from Agra until he fell fighting to Bābar in the First battle of Panipat fought in 1526.
The golden age of the city began with the Mughals. It was known then as Akbarabād and remained the capital of the Mughal Empire under the Emperors Akbar, Jahāngīr and Shāh Jahān. Shāh Jahān later shifted his capital to Shāhjahānabād in the year 1649.
Since Akbarabād was one of the most important cities in India under the Mughals, it witnessed a lot of building activity. Babar, the founder of the Mughal dynasty, laid out the first formal Persian garden on the banks of river Yamuna. The garden is called the Arām Bāgh or the Garden of Relaxation. His grandson Akbar raised the towering ramparts of the Great Red Fort, besides making Agra a centre for learning, arts, commerce and religion. Akbar also built a new city on the outskirts of Akbarabād called Fatehpūr Sikrī. This city was built in the form of a Mughal military camp in stone.
His son Jahāngīr had a love of gardens and flora and fauna and laid many gardens inside the Red Fort or Lāl Qil'a. Shāh Jahān, known for his keen interest in architecture, gave Akbarabād its most prized monument, the Tāj Mahal. Built in loving memory of his wife Mumtāz Mahal, the mausoleum was completed in 1653.
Shāh Jahān later shifted the capital to Delhi during his reign, but his son Aurangzeb moved the capital back to Akbarabād, usurping his father and imprisoning him in the Fort there. Akbarabād remained the capital of India during the rule of Aurangzeb until he shifted it to Aurangabad in the Deccan in 1653. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the city came under the influence of Marathas and was called Agra, before falling into the hands of the British Raj in 1803.
In 1835 when the Presidency of Agra was established by the British, the city became the seat of government, and just two years later it was witness to the Agra famine of 1837–38. During the Indian rebellion of 1857 British rule across India was threatened, news of the rebellion had reached Agra on 11 May and on 30 May two companies of native infantry, the 44th and 67th regiments, rebelled and marched to Delhi. The next morning native Indian troops in Agra were forced to disarm, on 15 June Gwalior (which lies south of Agra) rebelled. By 3 July the British were forced to withdraw into the fort. Two days later a small British force at Sucheta were defeated and forced to withdraw, this led to a mob sacking the city. However, the rebels moved onto Delhi which allowed the British to restore order by 8 July. Delhi fell to the British in September, the following month rebels who had fled Delhi along with rebels from Central India marched on Agra but were defeated. After this British rule was again secured over the city until the independence of India in 1947.
Agra is the birthplace of the religion known as Dīn-i Ilāhī, which flourished during the reign of Akbar and also of the Radhaswami Faith, which has around two million followers worldwide. Agra has historic linkages with Shauripur of Jainism and Runukta of Hinduism, of 1000 BC.
Tāj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri are all UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
PLACES OF INTEREST
TAJ MAHAL
The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world, the mausoleum of Shah Jahan's favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is one of the New Seven Wonders of the world, and one of the three World Heritage Sites in Agra. Agra is commonly identified as the "City of Taj".Completed in 1653, the Tāj Mahal was built by the Mughal king Shah Jahan as the final resting place for his beloved wife, Mumtāz Mahal. Finished in marble, it is perhaps India's most beautiful monument. This perfectly symmetrical monument took 22 years (1630–1652) of labour and 20,000 workers, masons and jewellers to build and is set amidst landscaped gardens. Built by the Persian architect, Ustād 'Īsā, the Tāj Mahal is on the south bank of the Yamuna River. It can be observed from Agra Fort from where Emperor Shāh Jahān gazed at it for the last eight years of his life, a prisoner of his son Aurangzeb. It is an acknowledged masterpiece of symmetry.[citation needed] Verses of the Quran are inscribed on it and at the top of the gate are twenty-two small domes, signifying the number of years the monument took to build. The Tāj Mahal was built on a marble platform that stands above a sandstone one. The most elegant dome of the Tāj Mahal has a diameter of 18 m, and rises to a height of 24 m; directly under this dome is the tomb of Mumtāz Mahal. Shah Jahān's tomb was erected next to hers by his son Aurangzeb. The interiors are decorated with fine inlay work, incorporating semi-precious stones.
AGRA FORT
Agra Fort (sometimes called the Red Fort), was commissioned by the great Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1565, and is another of Agra's World Heritage Sites. A stone tablet at the gate of the Fort states that it had been built before 1000 but was later renovated by Akbar. The red sandstone fort was converted into a palace during Shāh Jahān's time, and reworked extensively with marble and pietra dura inlay. Notable buildings in the fort include the Pearl Mosque or Motī Masjid, the Dīwān-e-'Ām and Dīwān-e-Khās (halls of public and private audience), Jahāngīr's Palace, Khās Mahal, Shīsh Mahal (mirrored palace), and the Musamman Burj.
The forbidding exteriors of this fort conceal an inner paradise. The fort is crescent shaped, flattened on the east with a long, nearly straight wall facing the river. It has a total perimeter of 2.4 kilometres, and is ringed by double castellated ramparts of red sandstone punctuated at regular intervals by bastions. A moat 9 metres wide and 10 metres deep surrounds the outer wall.
Chhatrapati Shīvajī visited the Agra Fort, as a result of the conditions of the Treaty of Purandar entered into with Mirzā Rājā Jaisingh to meet Aurangzeb in the Dīwān-i-Khās (Special Audience Chamber). In the audience he was deliberately placed behind men of lower rank. An insulted Shīvajī stormed out of the imperial audience and was confined to Jai Sing's quarters on 12 May 1666. Fearing the dungeons and execution he escaped on 17 August 1666.
The fort is a typical example of Mughal architecture, effectively showing how the North Indian style of fort construction differed from that of the South. In the South, the majority of forts were built on the seabed like the one at Bekal in Kerala.
FATEHPUR SIKRI
The Mughal Emperor Akbar built Fatehpūr Sikrī about 35 km from Agra, and moved his capital there. Later abandoned, the site displays a number of buildings of significant historical importance. A World Heritage Site, it is often visited by tourists. The name of the place came about after the Mughal Emperor Bābar defeated Rāṇā Sāngā in a battle at a place called Sikrī (about 40 km from Agra). Then the Mughal Emperor Akbar wanted to make Fatehpūr Sikrī his headquarters, so he built a majestic fort; due to shortage of water, however, he had to ultimately move his headquarters to Agra Fort.
Buland Darwāza or 'the lofty gateway' was built by the great Mughal emperor, Akbar in 1601 CE. at Fatehpūr Sikrī. Akbar built the Buland Darwāza to commemorate his victory over Gujarat. The Buland Darwāza is approached by 52 steps. The Buland Darwāza is 53.63 metres high and 35 metres wide. it is made of red and buff sandstone, decorated by carving and black and white marble inlays. An inscription on the central face of the Buland Darwāza demonstrates Akbar's religious broadmindedness, it is a message from Jesus advising his followers not to consider this world as their permanent home.
I´TIMAD-U-DAULAH
The Empress Nūr Jahān built I'timād-Ud-Daulah's Tomb, sometimes called the "Baby Tāj", for her father, Mirzā Ghiyās Beg, the Chief Minister of the Emperor Jahāngīr. Located on the left bank of the Yamuna river, the mausoleum is set in a large cruciform garden, criss-crossed by water courses and walkways. The area of the mausoleum itself is about 23 m2, and is built on a base that is about 50 m2 and about one metre high. On each corner are hexagonal towers, about thirteen metres tall. Small in comparison to many other Mughal-era tombs, it is sometimes described as a jewel box. Its garden layout and use of white marble, pietra dura, inlay designs and latticework presage many elements of the Tāj Mahal.
The walls are white marble from Rajasthan encrusted with semi-precious stone decorations – cornelian, jasper, lapis lazuli, onyx, and topaz in images of cypress trees and wine bottles, or more elaborate decorations like cut fruit or vases containing bouquets. Light penetrates to the interior through delicate jālī screens of intricately carved white marble.
Many of Nūr Jahān's relatives are interred in the mausoleum. The only asymmetrical element of the entire complex are the tombs of her father and mother, which have been set side-by-side, a formation replicated in the Taj Mahal.
AKBAR´S TOMB IN SIKANDRA
Sikandra, the last resting place of the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, is on the Delhi-Agra Highway, only 13 kilometres from the Agra Fort. Akbar's tomb reflects the completeness of his personality. The vast, beautifully carved, red-ochre sandstone tomb with deers, rabbits and langurs is set amidst a lush garden. Akbar himself planned his own tomb and selected a suitable site for it. To construct a tomb in one's lifetime was a Turkic custom which the Mughals followed religiously. Akbar's son Jahāngīr completed construction of this pyramidal tomb in 1613. The 99 names of Allah have been inscribed on the tomb.
MANKAMESHWAR TEMPLE
The Mankameshwar Temple is one of four ancient temples dedicated to Lord Shiva located on the four corners of Agra City. It is located near the Jāma Masjid and is about 2.5 kilometres from the Tāj Mahal and less than 1 km from Agra Fort. Being located in the old city, the temple is surrounded by markets, many of which date back to the Mughal Era.
INDRABHAN GIRL`S INTER COLLAGE
It is widespreadly considered to be the birthplace of great poet Mirza Ghalib. It is located near the Mankameshwar Temple and is about 3 kilometres from the Tāj Mahal and less than 1 km from Agra Fort. Being located in the old city, the College is surrounded by markets. Approximately four or five years back, the birth room of Mirza Ghalib was hidden behind the wall by the Management of the college to keep the identity of the place secret.
GURUDWARA GURU KA TAAL
Guru ka Tal was originally a reservoir meant to collect and conserve rainwater built in Agra, near Sikandra, during Jahangir's reign next to the Tomb of I'tibār Khān Khwājasara in 1610. In the 1970s a gurudwara was erected here. Guru ka Tal is a holy place of worship for the Sikhs. Four of the ten Sikh Gurus are said to have paid it a visit. Enjoying both historical and religious importance, this shrine attracts a large number of devotees and tourists. Boasting elaborate stone carvings and eight of the twelve original towers. It is located by national (Delhi-Agra) highway-2.
JAMA MASJID
The Jāma Masjid is a large mosque attributed to Shah Jahan's daughter, Princess Jahanara Begum, built in 1648, notable for its unusual dome and absence of minarets. The inscription at its entrance shows that it cost Rs 5 Lakhs at that time for its completion.Notable for its Persian influenced dome of blue glazed tiles, the Chīnī kā Rauza is dedicated to the Prime Minister of Shāh Jahān, 'Allāma Afzal Khāl Mullā Shukrullāh of Shiraz.
RAM BAGH
The oldest Mughal garden in India, the Rām Bāgh was built by the Emperor Bābar in 1528 on the bank of the Yamuna. It lies about 2.34 km north of the Tāj Mahal. The pavilions in this garden are designed so that the wind from the Yamuna, combined with the greenery, keeps them cool even during the peak of summer. The original name of the gardens was Ārām Bāgh, or 'Garden of Relaxation', and this was where the Mughal emperor Bābar used to spend his leisure time and where he eventually died. His body was kept here for some time before sending it to Kabul.
On Ram Bagh to Tundla road near Etmadpur, there is a famed Yoga Ashram of Mahaprabhu Ramlal ji Maharaja (First Guru Gaddi), Yogeshwar Mulakhraj Ji Maharaja (Second Guru Gaddi) & Yogeshwar DeviDayal Ji Mahadev(Third GuruGaddi) blessed Swami Chandra Mohan Ji Maharaj named Shri Siddha Gufa Sawai. Thousands of devotees and seekers visit this holy place.
MARIAM´S TOMB
Mariams Tomb, is the tomb of Mariam, the wife of great Mughal Emperor Akbar. The tomb is within the compound of the Christian Missionary Society.
MEHTAB BAGH
The Mehtāb Bāgh, or 'Moonlight Garden', is on the opposite bank of the River Yamuna from the Tāj Mahal.
KEETHAM LAKE
Also known as Sur Sarovar, Keetham Lake is situated about 7 kilometres from the Akbar tomb in Agra, within the Surdas Reserved Forest. The lake has an impressive variety of aquatic life and water birds.
MUGHAL HERITAGE WALK
The Mughal Heritage Walk is a part of community development programme being implemented with support of Agra Municipal corporation, USAID and an NGO; Center for Urban and Regional Excellence. It seeks to build sustainable livelihoods for youth and women from low resource communities and improve their living environments through infrastructure services and integration within the city.
The Mughal Heritage Walk is a one-kilometre loop which connects the agricultural fields with the Rajasthani culture, river bank connected with the ancient village of Kuchhpura, the Heritage Structure of Mehtab Bagh, the Mughal aqueduct system, the Humanyun Mosque and the Gyarah Sidi.
THE CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agra.
PALIWAL PARK (HEWITT PARK)
Paliwal Park, during the British Raj was known as Hewitt Park, is now renamed in memory of Shri Krishna Datta Paliwal, Who was the first finance minister of Uttar Pradesh, when Shri Govind Ballabh Pant was the Chief Minister of U.P State.
Paliwal Park is located in the heart of Agra, India. It is spread over an area of around 280,000 m2. It also has a small lake and has vast variety of trees.
Paliwal Park links the residential areas of Vijay Nagar Colony & Gandhi Nagar to the financial Hub of the city i.e. Sanjay Place.
John's Public Library, also known as the Agra Municipal Library, is also located here and one can find rare books on diverse topics here.
Many people come here for morning walk, as a result this place is full especially during the summer holidays when youngsters play all sort of different games.
ECONOMY
Due to the presence of the Taj Mahal and other historic monuments, it has a tourism industry as well royal crafts like Pietra Dura, marble inlay and carpets
Today 40% of the population depends largely on agriculture, and others on the leather and footwear business and iron foundries. Agra is the second most self-employed in India in 2007, behind Varanasi, followed by Bhopal, Indore and Patna. According to the National Sample Survey Organization, in 1999–2000, 431 of every 1,000 employed males were self-employed in the city, which grew to 603 per 1,000 in 2004–05. Tourism contributes to the economy of Agra. Agra is home to Asia’s largest spa called Kaya Kalp – The Royal Spa, at the Hotel Mughal in Agra.
Agra has many industries. Uttar Pradesh's first plant biotech company Harihar Biotech is located near the Taj. There are about 7,000 small scale industrial units. Agra city is also known for its leather goods, the oldest and famous leather firm Taj Leather World is in Sadar bazar . The carpets, handicrafts, zari and zardozi (embroidery work), marble and stone carving and inlay work. Agra is known for its sweets (Petha and Gajak) and snacks (Dalmoth), garment manufacturers and exporters and an automobile industry. Carpet making was introduced to the city by Moghul Emperor Babur and since then this art has flourished.
The city centre place at Agra has jewellery and garments shops. The silver and gold jewellery hub is at Choube Ji Ka Fatak. The Shah Market area is an electronics market while Sanjay Place is the trade centre of Agra.
WIKIPEDIA
Whenever possible, I would commission or buy a sample of writing from the scribes I interviwed for my field work. Here, one of the scribes writes a colophon on a sample of his work that was surplus to another project.
A candidate writes notes at a study hall during the Expert Field Medical Badge competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 10. Before the EFMB candidates take the actual testing they all must go through the standardization phase. During this portion the service members are taught what they must do at each of the different lanes so they understand what to expect before the actual testing phase. Passing rates for the badge range from 5-25 percent of candidates, making the EFMB a distinctive mark in a Soldier's records. About us: U.S. Army Europe is uniquely positioned to advance American strategic interests across Eurasia and has unparalleled capability to prevent conflict, shape the environment and, if necessary, win decisively. The relationships we build during 1000 theater security cooperation events in more than 40 countries each year lead directly to support for multinational contingency operations around the world, strengthen regional partnerships, and enhance global security. (Photo by Sgt. Michael Reinsch, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)
Io dico "street Art".
E' la locandina affissa su tutto il perimetro della lokation dell'evento, dove i writes sono esibiti per 2 giorni.
Molte volte, ed in genere, i repotage hanno il tempo necessario per indagare l'evento in causa. Mi ha stupito quel poco che io sono stato a fotografare, l'assenza della gente comune, "cioè che non amano questa disciplina" Lignoranza, ancora una volta ha vinto. Ho solo parlato con un gruppo simpaticissimi della Romagna, e tutti i presenti erano disponibilissimi, e affiatati.Writes che pagano caro la loro arte, lasciando messaggi per tutti, provabilmente vengono ignorati, giudicandoli ancora....
the iconographer writes:
"That icon was painted last year and had many sources. The water was 100% from a Medieval illumination, the boat and apostles from two different illuminations, the sail, sun and rain cloud from my imagination. It took me a while to settle on the orange background and the yellow dots on the left but not on the right."
from a letter Nancy sent to the iconographer:
Dear Jack,
I am Jim Forest's wife. Jim has asked me to drop you a note to let you know how he is doing, and to thank you once again for the remarkable icon you sent of Christ calming the waters. We believe that icons know just where they want to go, and that's certainly the case with yours. On the day yours arrived, February 17, Jim was having a particularly tough time with pain in his lower back and upper legs. You can see it in his face in the photo I took of him holding the icon. That night he was admitted to the hospital, where he spent 19 days. They administered a series of tests, one of which was a spinal tap, and that revealed a serious infection. So they put him on IV antivirals and antibiotics, and slowly he began to recover. He still has a lot of issues and he's very weak, but you can see in his face and eyes that he feels much better. He came home on Monday, March 8.
It's absolutely astonishing that this particular icon should have arrived on that particular day. As Jim says, "It's hard to be an atheist."
Once again, we both send our enormous gratitude.
In Christ,
Nancy Forest
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A couple of weeks ago I took this photo from my balcony but wasn’t sure if it would turn out good or not, and I also felt that there is something I could write about this photo! After I uploaded it to the computer I realized I could talk about work!
I have overdone the contrast in this photo as you can notice, but for some reason certain shots look better to me if they are over contrasted such as these:
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Don’t you agree?
In high school I was determined I wouldn’t go to university or college until I found out God’s will for my life, so when I graduated in 2003 I started looking for a job, any job. Of course my family, and the Christians who knew me, thought I got mixed up in the way I understood Christianity, and they could be right. But when I became a Christian in 1999 I was so attracted to the God of the Old Testament, so I was determined to experience His work in my life just as clearly as He worked in the lives of the Israelites of the Old Testament! I won’t go into details about returning to school and applying to university, because I wrote about it extensively here: www.flickr.com/photos/001fj/2271047134/ (by the way my writing about school here is by far my dearest text writing ever!) And my school writing probably fills in a lot of the holes showing up in this, work, writing!
So sometime in the summer of 2003, I think July I finally realized that I was not going to school in September like all my friends! And that I needed a job! So I applied to a couple of Work Agencies, but I didn’t want to apply to one of them, because I had already applied to two, and the third one required me to buy work shoes (steel toed shoes) which I didn’t want to do! But then I kept sensing the need to buy those shoes and apply to that agency or I wouldn’t find any job, since I had only high school degree!
So some time later I got a call from one of the first agencies to go work in some pasta factory, and I did so for a couple of weeks then they didn’t need me anymore. After a week of waiting for a call to go work somewhere I grew desperate and after chatting with a friend at the time, she asked me “Have you found a job yet?” and I realized that I may go like this without finding a job for a long time! So I said by to her and went to pray. I knelt and I cried to God telling Him that I was out of school because I wanted to follow His will for my life, and now I can’t even find a job; it was Sunday night. Monday morning I got a call from the third agency, the one I didn’t want to apply to, to go work in some warehouse so I took the directions and went; that was in August 2003.
I went there and a Chinese gentleman met me and showed me what to do, he was the supervisor. Of course, the work was general labour, in other words I did whatever they asked me to do: clean, sweep, cut empty boxes, lift boxed, pack boxes, load boxes, unload boxes, carry boxes, recycle boxes…yea a lot of boxes! The manager of the warehouse (the company is made of two parts: head office, and a warehouse) a Chinese gentleman liked my work so he told me that he wanted to hire me, and I was of course happy!
You see, in Toronto there isn’t such a thing as you go to a company and you give them your resume and they hire you—at least not in the general labour positions! You have to go to an agency and they send you to companies are required. The reason being is that work depends on seasons so companies don’t want to hire and pay full time workers when they only need them for certain seasons of the year. Of course, this is very frustrating for people who want full time jobs and have families to support.
At the time I didn’t know this, so I didn’t know how blessed I was to be hired after 6 months!
I had determined few things in regard to work and I carried them out:
1) I got paid by hour therefore I worked by hour.
I didn’t understand how important this point was until the work slowed down and everybody started just sitting around. I continued to work even if we were not receiving shipments anymore and the warehouse was almost completely empty! I realized when you do general labour work never really stops! I started sweeping the building and it was huge, the size of two soccer fields! Then I cleaned the racks we put the boxes on. I fixed broken tables, and carts. I build things we needed. And I was done I went and swept outside of the building (our shipping decks were lower than the street so when it rained in the winter the rain would bring all the garbage from the street and dumps it at the decks!). Then I went around the building and emptied the garbage bins. And I tagged things, and sorted others…the point is that I worked as long as the clock was ticking! The Bible says in Proverbs 12:24:
“Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labour.”
2) Break time is for making phone calls, and going to washroom! I made this decision because most workers would go rest in the break time, and when it is over, they would go the washroom and make their phone calls. I thought this was being a dishonest worker and stealing from the company because we were getting paid in those minutes! God commands us in Exodus 20:15:
"You shall not steal.”
3) 8 o’clock is the time I start work not the time I punch in! I made this decision because a lot of workers including very “religious” ones from different religions would come after 8 o’clock punch in at 8:05 (because the company allows 5 minutes being late), then they would go to the washroom, and then change their shoes, so they start at around 8:15…they cold do this because our managers started later than us, and the supervisor simply could not watch everyone (beside he is a really nice gentleman).
4) Help anyone who needs help especially the women, and new workers. This was important because many of the women worked there could not do the heavy lifting, and their jobs did not require that but occasionally had to and the boss had told them to ask for help when they needed to, and somehow they always asked me! But sometimes they would be shy to ask so I tried to be observant and notice who needed.
The idea of my mom, or future wife requiring help with something heavy and not having someone to help them bothered me a lot, and I knew that those women are someone’s mom and wife, so I tried to apply Luke 6:31:
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”
5) I determined to be nice, and helpful toward the new workers. Because we had new workers coming in every week I knew they didn’t know when the break and lunch times were; what time do we start and end; how they get paid and how often; where are the lockers, lunchroom, and washrooms; how do they make a phone call; if they are coming to work next day or not; where to get this or that; what the boss meant by do this; which door to use when they come in; where do they get a punch card and how they punch in and out…etc! And I never forgot how difficult it was for me when I first started working as I didn’t know anything about the company and the Bible says in 2 Corinthians 1:3-4:
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.”
6) I determined to be respectful and obedience of my bosses. So whenever he asked me to do something I tried to do it the best I knew how, and he kept asking me doing things, and go help someone and go to this lady in the office she asked for help, etc. I also determined to take some of his responsibilities, so since he came around 8:30 to work I thought I would tell the new workers about the things they needed to know about the company and work hours, and tell them what to do until he came. So they wouldn’t just stand by for 30 minutes not knowing what to do, and believe me they didn’t like that. This way when he comes to work he doesn’t have 5 people looking at him waiting for him to teach them where the washrooms are, how to punch in, etc. Also because his lunchtime and the supervisor had longer lunch hours (they didn’t take breaks) sometimes the new workers would finish their jobs and have to wait 45 minutes for him until they know what to do next, so I would ask them to do something until he came back from lunch. I simply tried to follow this verse, Colossians 3: 23-24:
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”
7) Sick days were for sick days! Not for ‘I want to sleep in late’ days, or ‘don’t feel like going to work’ days, or ‘I want to extend my vacation one more day’ days! So in four years I had taken only 2 sick days, (while most co-workers magically got sick 6 days every year); to me it was being dishonest and completely un-Christ like to call in sick when I was not sick. Amazingly, those 2 days in early 2004 were the last 2 days when I got sick and missed a work day or school day! I just hate staying home doing nothing.
I had all those verses posted on the inside of my locker so that I remember to work by them everyday, because the job was very physically challenging and even mentally exhausting. Believe me carrying 500 boxes a day, each weighting 25-50 lbs is not easy! Actually most of those work rules I came to through the sermons of Dr. Stanley. I would listen to his sermons then find the verses he talked about, and decided how to apply them to my life. Actually, most of the time we can do the right thing without even knowing why, because the Holy Spirit leads us to do these things, and then we find out that there are verses that speaks directly to our situations!
Of course I didn’t just wake up one day and decided to follow those biblical principles, it took me time to realize them and be able to apply them. And even when I realized them it was hard applying them, because sometimes my co-workers thought I was putting on a good front to work even when we had “nothing” to do. And after a while my co-workers gave me all the responsibility that deals with new workers because they hated to deal with new people everyday and memorize new names! I didn’t mind, I thought it was a wonderful thing to meet new people and get to know them!
Pretty much this simple verse was my daily work motto (I memorized it and reminded myself of it every morning):
“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” (1 Corinthians 10:31)
And believe me it is very possible to sweep a very dusty and dirty warehouse floor and do it for the glory of God. Because even in cleaning you can do your best, as if you are working for God, or do a lousy job, and nobody will notice. But God will notice and I’ve learned He is the only One that really matters, because humans can do so much, but God can do all things.
One day a new gentleman in his 30s came to the warehouse and as usual I got to know him and after 3 days I asked him, “Alex, what did you back in Cuba?” He replied, “I was a neurosurgeon.” I was stunned! But I had to make sure, “I asked him, neurosurgeon as in brain surgeon?”, and he replied, “Yes.” When I got to hear his story I was absolutely stunned! The last I heard from him he was working as a security guard! I mean, we had engineers (all kind of engineers), a piano teacher, an accountant, a scientist (a leading scientist as a major chemical company), a computer programmer (it is so hard to suddenly lose your job and work in a warehouse and get paid 1/7th of your previous job!), and a neurosurgeon!
Anyway, in February 2004 I got hired as a full timer, and a couple of months later the company had its annul review (which I had no idea what it means!) The warehouses manager (or boss as I call him) called everyone to give them their annual review and how much raise they got. The standard raise was 3% (I know, it is very little especially when you get paid minimum wages). He called me to his office (I had no clue why!), and he said, “Fadi, the policy of the company is that a worker must have worked at least a year as a full timer before he/she gets a raise, but I want to help you, so I told my boss in the head office and she said that it is ok. So I will give you a 6% raise.” I was really happy! I mean, I didn’t expect a raise until next year! And somehow I got a raise now and double!
Later on that day my co-workers asked me how much I got, and I told them, and they got upset because it turned out that they got 3% and they had been working there from 5-10 years! And for the next couple of weeks threw any extra responsibility on me because of my raise! I learned to keep quite for the next three years when it came to how much the company paid me, because by the end of the three years I worked there as a full timer my boss had increase my pay 40%! The last year, the fourth year, I had quit because I had returned to school and was working there as a part-timer, so I wasn’t eligible for a raise, but my boss kept me on the companies payroll because he didn’t want me to be enrolled in an agency to work there because they would deduct a couple of dollars from me for every hour, and he kept my pay the same—didn’t reduce it to the minimum wages they pay part-timers. When I found out that the last year, the fourth year, most co-workers got only 1% raise, I knew to get 40% raise in 3 years was a miracle!
I made some wonderful friendships there with all kind of people from so many backgrounds of cultures and education, and all ages! The older ladies always bought me chocolate (they knew I have a sweet tooth!), and cake, and whenever they baked something they would bring me some! My supervisor brought me classical music because he loved classical music too, and bought me fone-lee-su (LOL! It is “pineapple” cake in Chinese which I really like!)
When I told my boss that I was quitting he was very sad, and disappointed, he closed his eyes and looked up and said, “Come on! Don’t say that! You are joking, right?” Then he said, “Where I am going to find someone else like you?” I smiled and replied, “The agency?” And he laughed and said, “Yea, right! You know the workers the agency sends! Oh, yea, you came from the agency!” Then when he found out that I was going back to school he got really happy. He and the supervisor even gave me rides home, or to a doctor’s appointment! Nice, eh? I miss that place a lot, especially the forklift…it is so cool! It looks like this one: www.malinihs.com/images/Raymond/ReachFork2.jpg cool, eh? (By the way, “eh”, is a truly Canadian thingie!)
They were by far the best 4 years of my life for many reasons but I won’t get into that there. It is an awesome company to work for, the manager and supervisor are so nice and generous, and the co-workers are so nice too. The employees in the head office were so nice to me, and they even bought me gifts when I went back to school!
I know that I know THAT I KNOW it was God answering my prayer who provided me with that job, and he blessed me more than I deserved, and for that I will always be thankful to Him.
I really can’t talk in details about those four years, then I will have to talk about love, wonderful friendships, patient, answer of prayers, perseverance, finding God’s will, etc. I even lost 65 lbs working there! Don’t ask, that’s a completely new topic! And it was through those 4 years that God transformed me from a believer in Him to a follower of Him. It was through those 4 years that I got to know who God really is.
Thank you heavenly Father for your mercy, provision, protection, wisdom, guidance and fatherhood. Who would have thought working as a general labourer/forklift operator, getting paid minimum wages, would be the most blessed experience I’ve gone through? Blessed because through those 4 years I got to know God like never before and know His will.
PS: God really blessed me financially, even though I barely made more than $1000 a month I was able to pay God more than His 10%, sponsor a child through World Vision, and donate money to Christian charity organizations, buy what my mom and I needed, pay all my bills, and have enough to go on vacations, see my loved ones, and buy them gifts! I was even able to get braces, pay all my medical bills that are no covered by the health care. I even managed to send my dad money whenever he needed, and on top of that I managed to save money! I’ve been in university a year now and I still have savings for future needs. God is good and sometimes even though He doesn’t give us millions, He blesses the few dollars we make so much that it feels like we have millions. Family members sometimes think that I don’t care about money, I do! It is just not something I worry about, because I know that God provided for me and He can do it again, and again and again! The principles I followed with the money God provided me with were very simple, and mostly I learned from D. Stanley’s sermons! (Haha! Him again, eh?):
1) Give God His portion first, that means He got 10% of every cent I earned, and when you calculate that you round up not round down! And pay Him His portion before you touch the rest of the money!
2) Give to the poor and in need.
3) Provide for family members.
4) Buy only what I need (it is amazing when we apply this principle, we find that there is so much we want but very few things we need!) Do I want a DSLR? You bet! Do I need one…hmm…no :(
5) Buy with my credits cards only what I KNOW I can pay on time. In other words, I used my credits cards (and I have few of them!) only to build my credit history not to buy things I cannot afford!
6) Save, save, save! I cannot emphasise how important it is to save!
7) Absolutely no gambling, betting, or lottery! If you are going to be so careless with the money God entrusted you with, what makes you think He can trust you with more in the future? The Bible says in Luke 16:10:
“He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.”
(Toronto, ON; spring 2008.)