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...Juan Lara was a Latin dancer and singer before being introduced to woodworking. Regarding this work as an essential like food, by 1986 he apprenticed to a cabinetmaker and seven years after toiled in a basement shop. In 1995, he became owner of this storefront showcase and workshop. Letter holders, games, and pencil holders sell for $25. Beds, bookcases, tables, entertainment centers, coat racks, computer desks can be custom ordered in modern or country style...
...social change through sports, and when he heard about its support of the Richmond, Virginia-based Midnight Basketball program, he insisted on seeing it in action. A barely publicized event in mid-April promised little in the way of image-polishing, but Becker went to Richmond anyway, attended a workshop, gave a pep talk, borrowed some socks and sneakers and played ball - all before an audience of only 100 people. A month earlier, he had spent two days working in a Berlin program for juvenile delinquents. He still wants to make a difference. "He's taken a beating," says former...
...group exercises every morning at 10. Falun Gong practitioners once conducted their own meditation sessions to musical accompaniment in the factory yard. Then came the Beijing protest two years ago. Days later, managers drew up lists of practitioners. They fired those who attended any demonstrations, including three in a workshop run by a foreman surnamed Lai. Today, Lai is responsible for watching the several practitioners who remain on the job. If any of them protest, he says, "I lose my bonus, face demotion and could even be fired." To ensure compliance, Lai holds weekly meetings at which practitioners read aloud...
Bergen said that the workshop received about 100 applications, but that there were only 35 funded positions for graduate students (each of which will receive a $500 stipend for their participation) and about 10 additional places for faculty participants...
Support for the workshop was granted by the Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Instructional Technology...