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Government Modernizes Words Describing Asian-Americans

Edit Opposing Views 23 May 2016
The words “Oriental, “Negro,” and “Eskimo” will no longer be used in federal legal language to describe people of Asian descent ... The bill, which was sponsored y Democratic Rep. Grace Meng of New York replaces “Oriental” with “Asian Americans” in two sections of U.S ... “Our country is a rich tapestry of cultural backgrounds, and Americans of all backgrounds deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.”....

Royce-Supported Bill to Remove Term "Orientals" from Federal Law Signed By President (Ed Royce)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. Ed Royce). Today, the President of the United States signed legislation first authored by U.S ... 4238, also removes the terms 'Negroes,' 'Indians,' and 'Eskimos' from federal law ... Our country is a rich tapestry of cultural backgrounds, and Americans of all backgrounds deserve to be treated with dignity and respect,' said Rep. Royce, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee ... Meng, author of the bill ... ### ... (noodl. 33670053) ....

Hanson's Hop Jam boasts big Tulsa fun, even bigger crowd

Edit The Oklahoman 23 May 2016
Hanson raffles off a guitar at downtown Tulsa's Hop Jam Beer and Music Festival. [Photo by Nathan Poppe, The Oklahoman]. Don't let that hit song fool you because Hanson is anything but a one-hit wonder ... Oh, and beer. An incredible amount of craft beer, too ... Thousands of people turn out this celebration ... [Photo by Nathan Poppe, The Oklahoman]. 1 ... There was a maze of lines and it wasn't easy to squeeze though the finely knit drunken tapestry ... ....

Tarry awhile at Fishing Camp, in Colorado's last best wilderness

Edit The Miami Herald 23 May 2016
"If you've tried three flies and still haven't hooked one of these guys," said Scott Tarrant, wading farther out into the Tarryall River, "remember what the old timers say. Foam is home. Follow the bubbles." ... "Fishermen would know that a line of bubbles is where two currents meet ... " ... But spartan it isn't ... Tapestry-sized Navajo rugs hang on the walls, surrounded by last century's western memorabilia....

Third Ward Was Once a Bustling, Vibrant Area; What Will It Take to Return to Glory?

Edit Houston Press 23 May 2016
A A. Facebook-. Twitter -. More shares recommend reddit email -. - ... In the joint venture between the School of Art's Graphic Design Program and the Gerald D ... Professor Rogers pointed us to a Wordpress post by Adelle Main recapping the project. ... According to the historical Sanborn maps of 1950, the street had a tapestry of functions, the epitome of a bustling neighborhood, and the 1949 Houston City Directory tells the same story ... Roger Wood ... ....

Social Studies: Sublime sips for Thirst-y patrons

Edit Boston Herald 22 May 2016
... sip concoctions created by 30 of the city’s top bartenders, including Tenzin Samdo (Trade), Sean Frederick (Yvonne’s), Will Isaza (Tapestry), Kevin Mabry (Capo), and Ran Duan (The Baldwin Bar)....

Inclusion plus development

Edit The Hindu 22 May 2016
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s conquest of Assam is momentous not only for its scale but also for the hopes that accompany it. Its first electoral win in the State was comprehensive ... It was Mr ... Mr ... The BJP insists that Assam has voted “for change, for prosperity, for peace, for good governance” and that the secular identity of the State would be preserved. Mr ... The State needs a development narrative in its social tapestry....

Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Clip

Edit Billboard 21 May 2016
It normally takes a lot to knock out Captain America, but this weekend all it may take is some Angry Birds. After three weeks as the highest-grossing movie, Captain America. Civil Wars may be forced out of the catbird seat by Sony’s The Angry Birds Movie ... “Some of them are distorted, some of them are backwards.”. “The score is a true tapestry of melodies,” he continued in a statement ... ....

Overspending? I can think of 12 better reasons to give yourself an electric shock

Edit The Guardian 21 May 2016
Technology is no longer one of life’s benign helpers. I blame the Microsoft paperclip. He started it, with his incessant questions ... Don’t open my kitchen cupboard ... I bought a jar of bee pollen last week ... After all, what would a night on the razz be if you didn’t wake up with a massive hangover and an inexplicable and illiterate series of texts on your phone? That hideous sinking feeling is simply part of life’s rich emotional tapestry ... ....

Jerad Finck and the long road to Criminal

Edit The Examiner 21 May 2016
You only need to talk to singer-songwriter Jerad Finck for a few minutes for one aspect of his personality to emerge more brightly than all others. This man is a perfectionist. “Perfectionist might be the wrong word; maybe control freak,” he laughs ... “Finally” may be the key word too ... “That’s literally it,” he laughs ... “The studio is that time and place to really work and be a perfectionist and create my tapestries as intricate as I can....

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni peels back the layers of a family

Edit The Miami Herald 20 May 2016
Prolific Indian-American novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni proves herself adept with all the tools in the writer’s toolbox. Many fiction writers are specialists. They can only write poetry or fiction or the short story or the novel ... And yet Divakaruni generates a novelistic momentum that carries from story to story, chapter to chapter, as she rolls out the tale of Sabriti and her daughters like an heirloom tapestry ... ....

Welcoming remarks by Simon Brault: Opera America Conference (Canada Council for the Arts)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
(Source. Canada Council for the Arts). Welcoming remarks. Opera America Conference ... We are proud to support opera companies like Tapestry Opera in Toronto, who are doing significant work in one of that city's most disadvantaged inner-city neighbourhoods. Tapestry offers a full scholarship program that gives participants the chance to work with composers, playwrights, and hip hop artists in dance, spoken word, rap, beat-boxing, and DJing....

Meng Bill to Remove the Term "Oriental" from U.S. Law Signed by President Obama (Grace Meng)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016
(Source. Grace Meng). Legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) that removes the derogatory and antiquated term 'Oriental' from federal law was this afternoon signed into law by President Obama ... Code - and replace the word with 'Asian Americans.' ... Senator Mazie K ... Rep ... 'Our country is a rich tapestry of cultural backgrounds, and Americans of all backgrounds deserve to be treated with dignity and respect ... Title 42 of the U.S....
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