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...admire Gilbert's ability to "quietly" endure her father's views; some of us cannot reach that level of mature acquiescence. We give in to our political passion, albeit childishly. I waited until my McCain-lovin' parents left town, then put Obama signs all over their front lawn. True, there was a verbal barrage when my father returned, stunned by the signs of Obama love. But for this 40-year-old liberal, it was well worth it. Jennifer Loman, CHICO, CALIF...
Cambridge residents turned out in large numbers to celebrate the current state of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender relations in the city and to advocate for further progress at a town hall meeting last night. Community members gathered at the Cambridge City Hall to provide recommendations to a GLBT Commission that was formed in February 2004 by the Cambridge City Council. The 15-member committee is responsible for monitoring the city’s policies and practices with regard to sexual orientation and gender identity. A third of the meeting was devoted to group discussions. Participants were asked to respond...
...familiar fairy tale: small town girl gets big gig - and the clothing to go with it. We see it in Hollywood and in the fashion and magazine publishing businesses all the time. But Sarah Palin's recent run-in with designer merch at high-end emporiums like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue to the tune of about $150,000 is unacceptable simply because she has spent so much time campaigning against elitist attitudes. And now here she is, crossing the tarmac in a pair of Cole Haan boots, showing up at Ground Zero in what definitely looks like...
...places like Ennis, a town in southwest Ireland, immigrants are beginning to claim those assets for themselves. Like Lucan, the town?s population has also radically diversified over the past decade. Schools have shifted gears accordingly, setting aside a minimum of 5% of places to foreign-born students. The town's Irish language school, Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg, surpassed the figure this year, with 10% of its admissions made up of children of immigrant parents - Nigerian, Polish, Dutch, Ghanaian and Spanish among them. Initially, says principal Dónal O hAinif...
...percentage of foreign-born residents in Ireland grew from around 1% to almost 12%. "People choose gaelscoileanna for all kinds of reasons, but realistically it would rarely be the first choice for newly arrived immigrants," says Colette Kavanagh, a principal at Esker Educate Together School in Lucan, a commuter town outside of Dublin...