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President Obama’s dramatic Sunday night announce-ment of the killing of Osa-

ma bin Laden recalled perfectly how Americans felt after the hor-rors of Sept. 11, when we “reaf-firmed our unity as one American family and our resolve to bring those who committed this vicious attack to justice.” And now, as the presi-dent said, “justice has been done.” The president deserves our thanks for the stable, secure and consistent leadership that he brought to this mission. Indeed, today the whole world is offering him high praise, and saying thank you to President Obama. And with bin Laden’s death, we once more feel the

same unity, as Americans cel-ebrate across the country. There is some sense of closure for the family members who lost loved ones on 9/11. People came to the White House sponta-neously to ex-press their ju-bilation that the

world has rid itself of bin Laden. He became the consummate evil; his intent and acts were of such a magnitude that put bin Laden in that rare category where exacting revenge against him was redemp-tive. President Obama de-serves our recognition for his steadfast hand in bringing down bin Laden. Notified in August about a major tip concerning his whereabouts, he painstakingly, carefully, cautiously and finally successfully led our nation’s military and intelligence forces -- in cooperation with the Paki-stan government and their intelli-gence agencies -- to finally locate and bring down bin Laden. No bravado. No fanfare. No rhetoric.

Bin Laden and the Return of Common Sense

Just results. But our celebration must be just as cautious and care-ful. Bin Laden’s chapter is now closed, but the book is still open. With the instability and turmoil across the world, the threat is not gone. We are on high alert today for good reason. Bin Laden was head-master of the school of terror-ism. Al-Qaida and other terrorist groups have evolved as a network in numerous countries around the globe. Bin Laden was the master-mind behind 9/11 -- but, since, primarily the figurehead of glob-al terrorism. He led the school, and the students remain active in all corners of the world. We must keep our guard up, and use this occasion to re-vive our common sense -- and to end the misnamed war on a tech-nique, “the war on terror.” The Bush White House invented the metaphor of a war on terror. Karl Rove was confident the president would benefit from being a “war-time president.” The neoconser-vatives around Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld expanded the hunt for bin Laden in Afghanistan into a war of choice: the invasion of Iraq. The Pentagon loved the war frame, for it provided rationale

for another surge in spending on weapons and security. But the term never made any sense. You can’t wage war on a tactic. A “war on terrorism” is a war without an end in sight, without a specified enemy, with-out a clear set of goals other than to fight everywhere or anywhere endlessly. Calling this a war on terror allowed our government to confuse Americans about Sad-dam Hussein and helped to justi-fy the costly ($3 trillion dollars in the best estimate) war of choice in Iraq. It now has led the admin-istration to try to build a nation in Afghanistan around a corrupt and incompetent central government complicated by tribal and eth-nic relations that we know little about, in a land across the world with a culture, language and his-tory that we have no relation to. Osama bin Laden’s physical death came after his extremist cause was beginning to flag. Al-Qaida had nothing to do with the popular uprisings that are transforming the Middle East. Constant pressure -- and good intelligence and police work -- has limited the ability of his followers to act success-fully. But al-Qaida’s zealots are still a threat, a clear and present

danger. We should sustain our ef-forts to track down the terrorists and bring them to justice. This requires international coopera-tion, skilled intelligence work, aggressive police work and the willingness to strike those who pose a real threat. We have little choice to continue to build that effort. But bin Laden’s death should enable us to take a clear look at our strategy, to reassert common sense. We need a for-eign policy that flows from our values and are not foreign to them. President Obama has shelved use of the term “war on terror.” Now it is time to reassert diplomacy and peaceful resolu-tion to world conflict. To reassert the principles of nonintervention and nonviolence, of self-reliance and self-determination. And fi-nally, to bring the excesses -- the invasion of Iraq, nation building in Afghanistan, the trampling of liberties here at home -- to a close. Justice, as the president said, has been done. Now let common sense be exercised as well. Share this story online at www.stylemagazine.com.

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Jets at Reliant Stadium on August 15. It will mark the third consecu-tive year the Texans have hosted a nationally-televised preseason game and the sixth time in the franchise’s 10 years of play it will be featured on a national broad-cast in the preseason. The re-mainder of Houston’s preseason schedule includes a home date against perennial preseason foe, the New Orleans Saints (August 20), and road games against the San Francisco 49ers (August 27) and Minnesota Vikings (Sept. 1).

wide weight-loss contest that will reward top-performing individual

teams with a total of $18,000 in cash prizes, while the winning employer will receive thousands, commensurate with the number of companies participating. Reg-istration is now open to all Hous-ton residents and businesses, and the contest officially commences with weigh-ins to be held at health club locations throughout Chicago on May 13, 2011.

small and contained, the HFD re-minds everyone how important it is to have a working smoke de-tector. According to the firefight-ers who made this incident, the smoke detector did not alert the resident(s).

On Sunday, April 4th The Museum of Cul-tural Arts Houston

(MOCAH) and The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice kicked off a four part mixed media mural project that celebrates the rich and vibrant religious and cultural diversity of Houston. Over the course of five Sundays (April 4th- May 8th), 25 students from 12 high school campuses across Hous-ton are working alongside art-ists Reginald Adams and Cherry Meekins to design and produce the four part mural series. The selected group of students have spent the past 12 weeks visiting 16 Sacred Spaces throughout the city. During the workshops, the students are transferring their collective experiences from the SSQ into a four part mixed media mural project.

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(TTIS) Pregnancy Risk Line, a state-wide non-profit that educates women about ex-posures during pregnancy and b r e a s t f e e d i n g , about 80% of new moms experience what’s known as the “baby blues.” The baby blues typically affect a woman three to five days after giving birth and can last for up to ten days, with symptoms that include unex-plained crying, irritability and sadness. “Women with ques-tions about depression during and after pregnancy are some of the most common callers to our information line,” said Lori Wolfe, Genetic Counselor and director of the TTIS Pregnancy Risk Line, which is based as the University of North Texas. “That’s why it’s so important new moms take some time for themselves after giving birth and what better time to remind

them of that than during Moth-er’s Day,” she added.

• Get outdoors, smell the flowers and enjoy the Spring! Have sun in your area? Boost your vitamin D with a 15 - 30 minute walk! “In one study, being outside for about 30 minutes in the peak day time produced 1000 I.U.’s of vitamin D,” explained Brenda Debus, the TTIS Pregnancy Risk Line senior counselor. “Several stud-ies, including a recent one out of Loyola University in Chicago, have suggested that vitamin D lifts mood,” she added. • Sleep. We know this isn’t easy for any new parent, however, getting quality sleep

to help you focus on your needs as well as the baby’s is crucial.

According to Debus, a 2009 Norwegian study found sleep dis-turbances and subjec-tive sleep quality were the aspects of sleep most strongly associ-ated with depression shortly after a woman gave birth. “Difficul-ty falling or staying asleep even when the baby is sleeping is an important sign of de-pression or anxiety,” added Wolfe. “I en-

courage women with pregnancy or postpartum insomnia to talk to their health care provider.” • Speak your mind! “Please cook me dinner.” “I need a night off.” Reach out to your partner, girl-friends and sisters/broth-ers for help with your new baby, so you can get some rest or take time for your-self in gener-

al. If they can’t watch the baby, they may be able to cook you a few meals, clean your house, massage your back or just keep you company. • Take a mental vaca-tion. A lot of new mothers sim-ply can’t get away. That doesn’t mean you can’t be creative! Take these steps for a men-tal vacation: Using all of your senses, close your eyes and vi-sualize where you would like to be. For example, walking along a beach near the ocean. Smell the ocean. Feel the breeze on your face. Listen to the sounds of the waves. Practice medita-tion breathing. Taking 5 to 10 minutes a few times per day can help you take a mental vacation from those baby blues. While many new moms

fall into the category of typical “baby blues,” about 15%- 20% suffer from post-partum depres-sion, which often carries more severe symptoms and requires immediate medical attention. For more information on post-partum depression and its treat-ments, contact your doctor or visit www.postpartum.net. Questions or concerns about anti-depressants or other medications to treat depression during pregnancy or breastfeed-ing can be directed to TTIS Pregnancy Health Information Line counselors at (800) 733-4727 or at OTISpregnancy.org. Outside of Texas, please call TTIS’ national affiliate, the Organization of Teratology In-formation Specialists, at (866) 626-6847.

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● HERITAGE TEXAS PROPERTIES PRESENTS THE HOUSTON SOUND CONCERT SERIES AT MARKET SQUARE PARKHeritage Texas Properties Presents The

● CHEAPER TO KEEP HER AT THE HOBBY CENTERJe’Caryous Johnson’s hit musical stage-play returns to the Hobby Center! As ex-husband and ex-love face off with each otherto discover whether it’s cheaper to keep her or easier to love her as his wife.The Hobby Centerfor the Performing Arts800 Bagby Street, Ste. 300Houston, TX 77002 For more information vis-it www.thehobbycenter.org or call 713.315.2525.

● FOR THE SAKE OF ART: A WEAR-ABLE ART COMPETITION AND FUNDRAISEROn Saturday, May 7th at 7pm, the Uni-versity Museum at TSU will become an exciting venue for unique presentations by some of the most talented artists working today.The exhibition will remain on view through August 21st. Tickets for the event are $75.00 each. For further information please call Chrystal Robinson-Davis at 713-313-7120.

● MACY’S CELEBRATES ASIAN-PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTHA history of achievement, drive and ex-cellence will be celebrated this May at Macy’s locations nationwide in honor of contributions made by Asian-Pacific Americans.

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● 4TH SEMI ANNUAL WIENER DOG RACES PRESENTED BY PETCO AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARKSam Houston Race Park welcomes back Houston’s fastest wiener dogs for a fun-filled and family-friendly evening of live racing with the 4th Semi Annual Wiener Dog Races presented by Petco, Sunday May 8, 2011. Sam Houston Race Park 7575 N. Sam Houston Parkway West Houston, Texas 77064General admission: $6 Adults; $4 Senior Citizens; children ages 12 and under FREE. For more information visit www.shrp.com or call 281-807-8700.

● SLOW MOVEMENT FOR FAST TIMES: TADASANA VINYASA YOGA AT RICE GALLERYAll events free and open to the publicMondays, May, 9 May 16 2011, Noon Come to Rice Gallery for a 45-minute ses-sion of slow, contemplative yoga. Pam Johnson, owner and manager of the Heights School of Yoga, will introduce participants to a sequence of balancing movements matched to long inhalations and exhalations. For more information, visit ricegallery.org or call 713.348.6069.

● IFEST RE-TURNS TO HOUSTONCelebrating its 41st year, the 2011 Houston In-ternational Festi-val will spotlight The Silk Road: Journey Across Asia from May 7 - 8 throughout 16 acres in Down-town Houston. The 2011 Houston International Fes-tival is open from 12 -10 p.m. Satur-days, 12 - 8 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are on sale at the festival website at www.ifest.org and participating H-E-B Grocery locations. Prices are $12 in ad-vance, $18 at the gate, with kids 12 and under admit-ted free on Moth-er’s Day, May 8, courtesy of Cono-

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● THE ENSEMBLE THEATRE KICKS OFF ITS BLACK BOX SERIES ‘HI-HAT HATTIE: THE STORY OF HAT-TIE MCDANIEL’ AND ‘NO CHILD’The Ensemble Theatre presents its Black Box series featuring ‘Hi-Hat Hattie: The Story of Hattie McDaniel’ by Larry Parr and ‘No Child’ by Nilaja Sun with Opening Night and media reception, Thursday, May 5, 2011, 6:30pm.The Ensemble Theatre3535 Main St. Houston, TX 77002 For tickets and seating avail-ability call: 713-520-0055 or visit: www.ensemblehouston.com

● BRUNO MARS & JANELLE MO-NAE - HOOLIGANS IN WONDA-LAND AT RELIANT STADIUMWednesday, May 18, 2011 - 7:30pm - 10:00pmTicket prices are $29.50 - $35.00. For more information visit www.reliantpark.com.

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● 33RD ANNUAL BARGAIN BOOK SALE HOSTED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE HOUSTON PUBLIC LI-BRARYThe Friends of the Houston Public Library invites the community to its 33rd Annual Bargain Book Sale, Houston’s largest com-munity book sale, scheduled for May 13 thru May 15, 2010 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A, 1001 Avenida de las Americas, 77010. More than 80,000 books will be available to the public at “bargain” prices, with proceeds benefiting the Houston Public Library.Admission is free and open to the public Saturday, May, 14, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on the 33rd Annual Bargain Book Sale or to fill out an interactive volunteer form visit www.friendsofhpl.org or call 832-393-1387.

● URBAN SOULS DANCE COMPA-NY UNVEILS DANCERS THAT WILL COMPETE IN THE “DANCING WITH THE HOUSTON STARS” FUND-RAISING EVENT.The Houston Renaissance: Dancing with the Stars will be held on May 14, 2011 at the historic Eldorado Ballroom in the Third Ward (2310 Elgin).The festive night begins promptly at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $50 each. To reserve your tickets, please call Urban Souls Dance Company at (832)687-3928 or email us at [email protected]. Visit us online at www.urbansouls.org.

● CAPITAL ONE BANK CULTURE COLLISIONGuests will get all the info they need to in-corporate the arts into their lives for the next season. The evening also features a trapeze aerial dance performance by Vault and music by DJ Hardware with light bites by Phoeni-cia Specialty Foods, beverages courtesy of Republic Tequila and Saint Arnold Brewing Company and complimentary valet. Thursday, May 12, 20115:30 pm to 7:30 pmAdvantage BMW Midtown, 1305 Gray, Houston, TX 77002$5 suggested donation; 21 and up only. Visit www.houstonarts.org or Houston Young People for the Arts’ Face-book page at www.facebook.com/houston-arts for the latest event updates.

● CIVIL RIGHTS FILM SERIES PRE-SENTED BY THE AFRICAN AMERI-CAN LIBRARY AT THE GREGORY SCHOOLA Civil Rights Film Series is being presented by Houston Public Library’s African Ameri-can Library at the Gregory School every Sat-urday in May 2011 at 3PM. This Film Series is part an educational initiative “Freedom Now: Houston Retraces the Civil Rights Move-ment” commemorating the 50th anniversary of the year that galvanized the American Civil Rights Movement.The African American Library at the Greg-ory School is located at1300 Victor St. 77019, in Freedmen’s Town, Fourth Ward. These film presentations are free and open to the public. For more details please visit www.thegregoryschool.org or call 832-393-1440.

● CHRISTUS ST. CATHERINE HOS-PITAL HOSTS LIVEWELL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE 2011CHRISTUS St. Catherine Hospital will host Katy and west Houston’s first LiveWell Women’s Conference on May 12, 2011. Featuring keynote speaker Nao-mi Judd, the day-long event will comprise workshops covering topics of special in-terest to women, with a strong focus on achieving a balanced and healthy lifestyle.The LiveWell Women’s Conference will take place Thursday, May 12, 7:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. at the Omni Houston Hotel Westside and will feature 16 breakout ses-sions led by top physicians and other com-munity experts in their fields. Registration and conference information is now available at www.

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“Though bin Laden is dead, al-Qaida is not. The terrorists almost certainly will attempt

to avenge him, and we must — and will — remain vigilant and resolute. But we have struck a heavy blow against the enemy. The only leader they have ever known, whose hate-ful vision gave rise to their atroci-ties, is no more. The supposedly uncatchable one has been caught and killed. And we will not rest until every last one of them has been delivered to justice.”— CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, in a statement to agency em-ployees

“This momentous achievement marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace

around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001. The fight against terror goes on, but tonight America has sent an unmistakable message: No matter how long it takes, justice will be done.”— Former President George W. Bush, in a statement Sunday night

“Innocent people, most of them Muslims, were targeted in markets and mosques, in

subway stations and on airplanes, each attack motivated by a violent ideology that holds no value for human life or regard for human dignity. I know that nothing can make up for the loss of the victims or fill the voids they left, but I hope their families can now find some comfort in the fact that justice has been served. … At a time when the people across the Middle East and North Africa are rejecting the extremist narratives and charting a path of peaceful progress, based on universal rights and aspirations, there is no better rebuke to al-Qaida and its heinous ideology.”— Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

“Osama bin Laden was respon-sible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen

— for 9/11 and for so many attacks, which have cost thousands of lives, many of them British. It is a great

1957 Born in Saudi Arabia1979 Goes to Pakistan to meet CIA-funded anti-Soviet Afghan guerrillas1984 Opens base in Peshawar, Pak-istan, for Arabs arriving to fight Soviets1986 Develops Afghan camps; helps build CIA-funded tunnel complex near Khost, Afghanistan1988 Forms al-Qaida to overthrow corrupt Muslim governments with Egyptian Islamic Jihad and other militant Muslims1989 Returns to Saudi Arabia after Soviets leave Afghanistan1990 Works in family construction business; criticizes Saudi govern-ment for inviting U.S. troops to expel Iraq from Kuwait1991 Expelled from Saudi Arabia for anti-government activities; goes to Afghanistan briefly, then Sudan1992 Bombing of hotel used by U.S. troops in Yemen; two Yemenis trained in Afghanistan arrested1993 Car bomb at N.Y. World Trade Center kills six; 18 U.S. troops in Somalia killed; Somalis trained by bin Laden supporters suspected1994 Saudi Arabia revokes bin Laden’s citizenship, seizes much of his property1995 Bombing of Saudi National Guard station in Riyadh kills five Americans, two Indians1996 At U.S. request, Sudan ex-pels bin Laden, who moves to Afghanistan; car bomb kills 19 at U.S. military housing in Saudi Ara-bia; Taliban rebels financed by bin Laden control Afghanistan

success that he has been found and will no longer be able to pursue his campaign of global terror. … It is also a time too to thank all those who work round the clock to keep us safe from terrorism. Their work will continue. I congratulate President Obama and those responsible for carrying out this operation.”— British Prime Minister David Cameron

“The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that foreign countries now have no excuse for mili-

tary buildup in the region to fight terrorism.”— Islamic Republic of Iran For-eign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast

“I hope the death of Osama Bin Laden will mean the end of terrorism.”

— Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai

“It doesn’t mean that this is the end of all terrorism and all dangers.”

— Israeli President Shimon Peres

“I commend all those people behind the successful tracking down and killing of Osama bin

Laden. His killing is an act of justice to those Kenyans who lost their lives and the many more who suffered injuries.”— Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki

“It is a historic d e v e l -

opment and v i c to r ious milestone in the global war against the forces of terrorism. The world must not let down its united effort to overcome terrorism and eliminate the safe havens and sanctuaries that have been provided to terrorists in our own neighbor-

1997 U.S.-Saudi commandos re-cruit Afghans and Pakistanis to cap-ture bin Laden; plot later called off1998 Bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania kill 220 peo-ple; U.S. missiles attack al-Qaida headquarters in Afghanistan1999 U.S. presses Taliban to turn over bin Laden; he is moved to se-cret location2000 Bombing of U.S. destroyer Cole in Aden, Yemen, kills 17 sail-ors2001 Four bin Laden followers con-victed in U.S. embassy bombingsSept. 11, 2001 Hijackers fly jetliners into World Trade Center and Pentagon; U.S., U.K. and anti-Taliban Afghans mount air and land attacks on al-Qaida and TalibanDec. 22, 2001 Shoe bomber Rich-ard Reid, a British-born follower of bin Laden, tries unsuccessfully to blow up a Paris-to-Miami flight 2002-03 Broadcast of video-, au-diotapes of person who purportedly is bin Laden; Feb. 2003 message urges Muslims to attack 2004 For three days in March, U.S. and Afghan forces pound mountain caves in Tora Bora in search of bin Laden, but fail2009 Accuses President Barack Obama of planting seeds of “re-venge and hatred toward America” in the Muslim world2010 Purportedly claims responsi-bility for Dec. 25, 2009, attempted bombing of a U.S. plane May 1, 2011 Killed by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan

hood. The struggle must continue unabated.”— India’s External Affairs Min-ister S.M. Krishna, alluding to the presence of several terror groups in Pakistan, such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba, which master-minded the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.

“Despite the difference in opin-ions and agenda between us and them, we condemn the

assassination of a Muslim and Arab warrior and we pray to God that his soul rests in peace.”— Ismail Haniyeh, prime minis-ter for the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip

“The Iraqi government is feel-ing greatly relieved over the killing of Osama bin Laden,

who was the planner and director behind the killing of many Iraqis and destroying the country.” — Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh

“With bin Laden’s death, one of the reasons for which violence has been practiced in the world

has been removed. It is time for Obama to pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq and end the occupation of U.S. and Western forces around the world that have for so long harmed Muslim countries.”

— Essam al-Erian, a member of The Egyp-tian Muslim Brother-hood

“B i n Laden’s a c t s

r o b b e d us free-dom to talk and move around. He turned us into targets at home and

suspects in every foreign country we traveled to.”— Mohammad al-Mansouri in the United Arab Emirates

Global leaders remark on what Osama bin Laden’s death means for the fight against terrorism

Events in the life of the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks:BIN LADEN TIMELINE

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One of Osama bin Laden’s daughters has told Paki-stani interrogators that she

saw her father be shot and killed by U.S. forces, a senior Pakistani intel-ligence source said Wednesday. The daughter, believed to be 12- or 13-years-old, was among those left behind at the compound after Monday’s U.S. raid, the source said. Pakistani officials are in-terrogating a number of people left behind, the source said. Among them were two or three women, including one be-lieved to be bin Laden’s wife -- a 29-year-old Yemeni citizen, the source said. U.S. officials have said bin Laden’s wife was in the room with him and rushed at U.S. spe-cial forces, who then shot her in the leg. U.S. officials have not publicly identified the wife nor anyone else at the compound aside from bin Laden. Eight or nine children were also left behind, the Pakistani The Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that mem-bers of bin Laden’s family were “in safe hands and being looked after in accordance with law. Some of them needing medical care are un-der treatment in the best possible facilities. As per policy, they will be handed over to their countries of origin.” The Pakistani intelligence source told CNN Wednesday that four men at the compound were killed in addition to bin Laden: bin Laden’s son, two men who were brothers, and an unknown man. That conflicts with informa-tion provided by the White House, which said Tuesday that three men and one woman were killed in the operation, in addition to bin Laden. Bin Laden had 500 euros (about $745) in cash and two tele-phone numbers sewn into his cloth-ing when he was killed, a congres-sional source present at a classified briefing on the operation Tuesday told CNN Wednesday. Another congressional source also said bin Laden had money sewn into his clothes. Questions are mounting about why Pakistan failed to locate or bring bin Laden to justice. According to two sources at the briefing Tuesday, CIA Direc-tor Leon Panetta told lawmakers that Pakistani officials either “were involved or incompetent. Neither place is a good place to be.” The senior Pakistani in-telligence official said there is now “total mistrust” between the United

States and Pakistan, and that if Pa-netta made such a statement, it is “totally regrettable. (Panetta) of all people knows how much we have been doing.” In an interview with TIME magazine, Panetta said “it was decided that any effort to work with the Pakistanis could jeopar-dize the mission. They might alert the targets.” Sen. Richard Lugar, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he thinks many Pakistanis might have known where bin Laden was, including people in the govern-ment. “This is one reason we did not in-form the Pakistanis of our actions,” he said Tuesday, noting “there were probably many who were very uncomfortable about the presence likewise.” Sardar Latif Khosa, governor of Paki-stan’s populous Punjab prov-ince, said Wednesday that bin Laden was not only respon-sible for deaths in the United States but also for the deaths of thousands of Pakistanis. “Osama’s hands were colored with the blood of innocent people. How could we give shelter to him?” he said. Still, some people around the world mourned bin Laden’s death. In Indonesia, the hardline Islamic Defend-ers Front planned a prayer ser-vice for bin Laden Wednesday, two days after the world’s most wanted terrorist was killed in attack at his compound in Pak-istan. In a text message to the media, the Islamic Defend-ers Front announced its service will take place in Ja-karta. The radical Indo-nesian Muslim group is known for attacking Jakarta nightclubs and threatening West-erners, according to Jane’s Terrorism & Se-curity Monitor. Meanwhile, Americans -- and the rest of the world -- await the possible release of a post-mortem photo of bin Laden, which could both silence skeptics of and inflame passions against

the United States. Panetta said Tuesday he thinks a photograph of bin Laden’s body will be re-leased at s o m e

point, but that it is up to the White House to make the final call. “I just think it’s impor-

tant, they know we have it,

to re-

lease it,” Panetta said. A senior administration official told CNN that no decision has been made yet as to whether to release the photo. House Intelligence Com-mittee Chairman Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan, said he was conflicted over whether the ad-ministration should release an im-

age of bin Laden. “It’s something that we’re gonna have to work through,” Rogers said. “We want to make sure that we maintain dignity, if there was any, in Osama bin Laden, so that we don’t inflame problems other places in the world, and still provide enough evidence that people are confident that it was Osa-ma bin Laden.” Officials have said DNA testing shows it was bin Laden who was killed.

But the Taliban ques-tioned the assertion. “(U.S. President Barack) Obama has not got any

strong evidence that can prove his claim over killing of

the Sheikh Osama bin Laden,” Tal-iban spokesman Zabiullah Moja-hed said Tuesday. “And secondly, the closest sources for Sheikh

Osama bin Laden have not con-firmed” the death. Investigators are poring over a lode of materials gathered from bin Laden’s compound, homeland security advisor John Brennan said. The haul includes 10 hard drives, five computers and more

than 100 storage devices, such as disks, DVDs and thumb drives, a senior U.S. official told CNN.

The materials might provide clues on al Qaeda members

and potential plots for future at-tacks. Obama plans a visit Thursday to New York City’s “ground zero,” where the twin

towers of the World Trade Cen-ter once stood. The towers fell in September 11, 2001, when al Qaeda hijackers flew commercial planes into them. Former President George W. Bush was invited to at-tend, but declined to join Obama. “President Bush will not be in attendance on Thursday,” Bush spokesman David Sherzer said. “He appreciated the invite, but has chosen in his post-presidency to remain largely out of the spotlight. He continues to celebrate with all Americans this important victory in the war on terror.”

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By Jo-Carolyn GoodeEditor-at-Large

MOTHER’S DAY

Greatest Mom in the WorldMost children think mom

is the greatest. What makes them come to

this conclusion? The many acts of love, sacrifice, and support moth-ers demonstrate in providing for their offsprings, of course, is the primary reason. Who else but a mom would cheer her child on in whatever activity he/she is in-volved whether he/she is winning

or losing. Who else but a mom would shower her baby with kisses and wipe away the tears

when the child gets a boo – boo making her baby forget why he/she had tears in the first place. When illness strikes who else but mama would burn the midnight oil. Most moth-ers would also spend their last dime to make sure their chil-dren have ev-erything they need and most of the things they want. Mothers sup-port their chil-dren in most

of the things they do with no expectation of repay-ment or reward. With these thoughts in mind Houston Style Magazine asked read-ers why they think Mother is the greatest. What follow are some of the readers responses.

Queen E. Anderson thinks her soon to be seventy-seven year old mom, Colita Gil-lespie, is great because she is what she knows every woman should be. “She came from great wealth, learned how to build her own through struggling without the help of her family to raise five

outstanding children. She demon-strated to me how to successfully demonstrate what being a woman is all about, being a true Chris-tian, having class (character), and being a good citizen. She taught me (as well as my siblings) tough and unconditional love especially to our neighbors and that no one is a stranger.” It is hard enough rais-ing one child so raising twins is mind blowing but it is a job that Mrs. Rogers fulfills with pride. Her twin sons Jordan and Zach-ary Rogers don’t think their mom is the greatest, they know that she is. Only problem is their mom does not realize her greatness. By day she handles the problems of others as a social worker for AliefISD and at night she is ful-filling her dream of being an en-trepreneur of her own public re-lations business. Despite juggling her hectic schedule and keeping herself together as she battles an autoimmune illness, Lupus, Twin A and Twin (their jokester mom calls them) say that their mom is never too busy for them. “She al-ways manages to be there to sup-port us in everything we do! She

has never missed anything that we were involved and has always managed to do little things for us that mean a great deal. For exam-ple, although we are 17, she still makes us Easter

ba ske t s ! ” said Jor-dan. M o s t moms do w h a t e v e r possible to ensure that their child e x c e e d s in life, but how many m o m s help their children’s f r i e n d s exceed as well? Ju-lius Jack-son’s mom, Mary Sias, does exactly that. “My mom helped me

to earn scholarship offers of over $271,000 and at the same time helped my classmates to earn over $150,000 in a 4 year period,” said Julius. Her generosity didn’t stop there. Through her com-munity organization, Sias raised over $15,000 at a community fes-tival to help the H i r a m C l a r k e P o l i c e S t o r e -f r o n t upgrade t h e i r comput-er equip-ment and purchase m o u n -t a i n b i k e s . C u r -r e n t l y , Sias is s e w i n g d r e s s e s from pil-lowcases for little girls around the world. Always volunteering, Sias is a mom who stays active

and helps whenever she can in spite of having Lupus and Rheu-

matoid Arthritis. O f t e n t i m e s people are con-fused when they see Gale Chargois with her mom and her sister. They think they all are sisters instead of mother and daughters. “She just turned 65 and looks fabulous!” said Gale. Her mother’s good genes are not the reason she thinks her mom, Patri-cia Richardson, is the greatest in the world. She is great because Gale would not be the woman she is today if it were not for her mom. “She is one of

the most unselfish people on the planet with an incredible and giv-ing spirit.” Gale continued, “For as long as I can remember my mother has given up her time re-lentlessly for the sake of family.” Noting that her mother works nights at Walmart just so she will be able to take care of her grand-children during the day. “She

continu-o u s l y goes out of her way to help oth-ers and puts her-self last.” E v -ery one t h i n k s t h e i r mom is great be-cause she is their mom and t h e i r s a l o n e . H a p p y Mother’s

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U.S. officials issued a revised version of the nighttime raid that killed

the world’s most-notorious ter-rorist, including additional de-tails that revealed other options were on the table before settling on the assault. The 40-minute raid early Monday in Pakistan left Osama bin Laden dead, along with four others in the complex that sits on a mountainous region near the capital. Bin Laden was not armed during the raid, but he put up resistance when U.S. forces entered the compound, the White House said. Officials had earlier said that bin Laden was an ac-tive participant in the firefight, implying that he was armed and gave the U.S. Navy SEALs little choice but to shoot him down. After the operation, U.S. forces departed with the al Qaeda leader’s body, nearly 10 years after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States. “It was a staggering undertaking and there was no one else, I believe, other than an American group of military warriors who could do it,” U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday. “And the world is a safer place today, not only for the American people but for all people.” Officials on Tuesday of-fered new details about the raid and clarified earlier accounts. U.S. military personnel arrived on two helicopters, at-tacked the residence and started moving methodically from room to room, said White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. They were engaged in a firefight throughout the opera-tion, he said. There were no armed guards around the compound, according to a U.S. official who is not authorized to speak on the record. Original plan CIA Director Leon Pa-netta told PBS “NewsHour” that the original plan was for two Black Hawk helicopters, carry-ing 25 people, to go into the com-

pound. The first was to go over a courtyard, while the second was to go over the roof. But the first helicopter had problems and had to set down on the ground, prompting the second one to do the same, he said. “Both teams immedi-ately went into the compound itself. They had to breach about three or four walls in order to get in there,” he said. “They were able to do that and they imme-diately then went into the com-pound itself and fought their way up to the third floor.” Officials called the U.S. operation a surgical raid -- and said it was conducted by a small team and designed to minimize collateral damage. The compound is in Abbottabad, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. The city sits in a region where most resi-dents are army personnel. When it was first built, the compound was secluded and reachable by only a dirt road, of-ficials have said. In recent years, more residences were built around it, but it remained by far the largest and most heavily secured prop-erty in the area. The compound had out-er walls up to 18 feet tall topped with barbed wire, with two secu-rity gates and a series of internal walls that sectioned off different portions of the compound, se-nior administration officials have said. Bin Laden “didn’t hold his hands up” Months of intelligence work determined that the com-pound was custom-built to hide a high-value terrorism suspect, almost certainly bin Laden.

There was no telephone or Internet service at the dwelling, which was valued at more than $1 million. Its occupants burned their trash rather than leave it out for collection as other area resi-dents did. Besides the bin Laden family, two other families lived in the compound, according to

Carney. On the first floor of the building, two al Qaeda couriers were killed in addition to a wom-an caught in the crossfire, he said. Bin Laden and his family lived on the second and third floors, and they were cleared last, with bin Laden killed toward the end of the siege, Carney said. Bin Laden was not armed but did put up resistance when U.S. forces entered the compound, he said. According to the U.S. official, who is not authorized to speak on the record, bin Laden “didn’t hold his hands up and surrender.” A woman in the room with him -- be-lieved to be bin L a d e n ’s wife -- r u s h e d U.S. forc-es and was shot in the leg, but not killed, said Carney. Officials had earlier said that bin Laden was shielded dur-ing the shooting by women, in-cluding his wife. Five of the approxi-mately two dozen people in the compound were killed -- the two couriers, the woman, bin Laden and his son, said the U.S. official who sought anonymity. Panetta told PBS he didn’t think bin Laden said any-thing to U.S. forces before he was killed. “To be frank, I don’t think he had a lot of time to say anything. It was a firefight go-ing up that compound and by the time they got to the third floor and found bin Laden, I think this was all split second action on the part of the SEALs,” he said. Team practiced on a

replica of the compound Prior to the assault, U.S. intelligence officials provided

d e t a i l e d s a t -

ellite images of the compound, which was enough to construct a replica, according to a senior de-fense official. Team members prac-ticed on that mock-up, and knew the height of every wall, and which gates to go through, the official said. Obama and senior ad-ministration officials have said that no U.S. forces were harmed during the operation. According to the senior administration officials, intel-ligence work determined at the beginning of 2011 that bin Lad-en might be at the compound in Pakistan. By mid-February, the intelligence was strong enough to begin considering action. To discuss that intelli-gence and develop a plan, Obama chaired five National Security

Council meetings from between March and April, with the last two on April 19 and April 28 -- last Thursday. The next day, on Friday, Obama gave the order for the mission, the officials said. Multiple options A U.S. official said mul-tiple options were considered be-fore settling on the assault. “A bombing would not have risked American lives but it might have left questions” as to whether bin Laden was killed, the official said. National security of-ficials agreed “the best option is the one that gives proof,” the of-ficial said. The key break involved one of bin Laden’s trusted couri-

ers, according to various officials.

About two years ago, intel-l i g e n c e w o r k identified where the courier and his brother lived and operated in Pakistan. It took until August of last year to find the

compound in Abbottabad, they said. “When we saw the com-pound where the brothers lived, we were shocked by what we saw -- an extraordinarily unique com-pound,” one senior administra-tion official said. “The compound sits on a large plot of land in an area that was relatively secluded when it was built. It is roughly eight times larger than the other homes in the area.” Noting that the courier and his brother had no discernible source of wealth to live at such a property, intelligence analysts concluded the compound was “custom-built to hide someone of extraordinary significance,” the official said, adding: “Everything was consistent with what experts thought Osama bin Laden’s com-pound would look like.”

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On Sunday, May 1, 2011, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at Project Row Hous-es and the House of Dereon for Lemonade Day 2011. An estimated 50,000 youths experienced their hand at being an entrepreneur when they open lemon-

ade stands around the Houston area learning how to start and operate a business. Young business men and women are encouraged to save a little of their profits, pay back their investors, and give a portion to charity. Some enjoying lemonade were Paula Harris, “Lemonade” Lucy Bremond, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Tina and Mat-thew Knowles, Pastors Rudy and Juanita Rasmus, Angelica Adams, Pam Evans, Staci Fullmighter, Regina Carrington, Tamara Cubit, Nkenge Berry Owens, Rita Roberts, Elnora Flewellen, Lillian Bourgeois, Holly Harris, Yolanda Murdock, Ta-sha Grey, Beverly Dancer, and Patricia Brown.

Macy’s Produces Brentwood Fashion Show


On Sunday, May 1, 2011, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Hilton Ameri-cas Hotel for the Brentwood Community Foundation’s(BCF) Fashion Show/Luncheon Scholarship Benefit. Since 1987 the 501©(3) nonprofit organization

has raised more than $900,000 to help support over 1,500 students in their higher edu-cation endeavors. This year taking the theme “A Kaleidoscope of Colors,” BCF partnered with Macy’s for their annual fundraiser. Macy’s debut their Spring 2011 line to the delight of attendees. Some in the audience were Ed Smith, Francis and Kristyn Page, Sherry Williams, Dr. Austin, Dr. Ward, Betsy Zenio, Lamar Frazier, Mrs. Doris Gardner Ratliff, Dr. Albert Lemons and Regina Garcia.


As the old saying goes “A son is a son ‘til he takes him a wife. A daughter is a

daughter all of her life.” A new na-tional survey shows mothers may indeed believe that saying, counting on their daugh-ters as they age. Just in time for Mother’s Day, the national poll found 70% of mothers with both a son(s) and a daughter(s) would o v e r w h e l m i n g choose to move in with their daughter over their son if they could not take care of themselves. 68% of mothers say that, as they age, daugh-ters will take better care of them than sons will. And 65% of mothers say their daughters, over their sons, would most likely want them to move in. The newly released na-tional survey polled 335 Ameri-cans over age 55. The survey was commissioned by Senior Helpers, one of the leading in-home provid-ers of senior care and the creators of the Stay At Home Score Quiz. It’s an eight question quiz that

determines if the elderly can live independently in their own home. Adult children take the short quiz to help them deter-

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Raymond, President and CEO, Lupus Foundation of America.

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• Almost 70% of both mothers and fathers say their chil-dren (both sons and daughters) would pay out of their own pockets to care for them as they age. • An overwhelming 94% of both mothers and fathers say they would rather live in their own home as they age instead of mov-

ing in with any of their children or to a nursing home or assisted living facility.HowThe StayAt HomeScoreQuizHelps “The survey clearly shows that most aging par-ents have faith in their chil-dren to take care of them as they age, but they almost always prefer to stay in their own homes ,” says Dr. John Bowling, senior

care and positive aging expert, and creator Senior Helpers’ Stay At Home Score Quiz (www.sta-yathomescore.com). “Aging par-ents may insist they’re well enough to live in their own homes even if they’re not. I developed this quiz to give adult children a guideline to determine their parents’ needs, whether they are self-sufficient, if they can live at home with help from an in-home caregiver, or if

it’s time to move them to a place where they can get round-the-clock care.”


LEGAL Mathis’ MindDonald Gets Trumped

After weeks of allegations, led by Donald Trump, that he was not born in the U.S.

and, as a result, not legally able to serve in the nation’s highest of-fice, President Obama released his long-form birth certificate to the public. According to the official document, the President was born in the U.S., Hawaii to be exact, and not in Kenya or Indonesia, as his critics would have you believe. Fringe groups have been alleging that Obama wasn’t born in the U.S. since he announced his run

for the presidency three years ago. At the time, he submitted an official re-cord of birth, a document most states give to anyone seeking a copy of their birth certificate, as proof of his citizenship. But the birthers–those who main-tain Obama was not born in the U.S. - didn’t accept that document; they want-ed to see his original birth

certificate. The President, who chose to rise above the foolishness, said it was finally time to dispel the ru-mors because the media was giving more attention to this non-contro-versy than it was to important na-tional issues, such as the economy and public safety. When Obama released the document, he point-edly compared those who were making an issue out of where he was born to side shows and carni-val barkers…and he was right; that is exactly what Trump has become. No one outside of the fringe is tak-

ing Trump seriously as a presiden-tial candidate. Instead, people tune in to see what shock-ing thing he’ll say next. Amer-icans aren’t l o o k i n g to Trump to leader-ship – they are looking to him for laughs. Now, Trump wants to see the President’s school tran-s c r i p t s , saying he d o e s n ’ t know how the President, who admitted to not being the most studious youngster, was accepted into Harvard Law. Trump maintains the President got

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Unveiling of 5th Edition of Who’s Who in Black HoustonCasa de Esperanza 2011 Annual Gala

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On Monday, April 25, 2011, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the George R. Brown Convention Center for the unveiling of Who’s Who in Black Hous-ton. Highlighting the accomplishments and achievements of successful citizens of

Houston, Houston Area Urban League’s Judson Robinson wrote the forward for the fifth edition of the publication that was published by Vernita Harris. KPRC-TV’s Khambrel Marshall emceed the reception. Some who were in attendance were City Controller Ron Green, Francis Page Jr., Annette Cluff, Dr. Reagan Flowers, James Harris, Larry V. Green, Jerome Love, Omar Reid, Dallas Jones, Dwight Boykins, Genora Boykins, Thomas Jones, Stephen Brown, Pastor D.Z. Cofield, Dr. Lovell Jones, Carla Lane, Carmean Thomas, Ivan Butler, Courtney, Deidre and Terence Fontaine.

On Sunday, May 1, 2011, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts for the Casa de Esperanza 2011 Annual Gala. Casa de Esperanza is a house of hope for children in crisis due to abuse, neglect or the ef-

fects of HIV/AIDS. They provide residential, medical, and psychological care for each child and counseling for their parents. Donations are needed to continue to do their work. One way funds are raised is through their annual gala. In addition into raising money, several were honored for their commit to and support of Casa de Esperanza. The 2011 honorees were Mark and Susan Papa, Houston Garden Centers, Kevin Strickland, Isla Jor-nayvaz, Ali West, and Elizabeth Gino. Lucia and Michael Cordua were the hosts of the event chaired by Cam and Rod Canion and Sarah Jane and Ross Canion. Some in attendance were Ed Smith, Judge Vanessa Gilmore, Scott McClullen, Sharon Ow-ens, Dorothy and Mickey Ables.


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HEALTH Natural Relief During Allergy Season

Itchy eyes, sneezing, coughing and congestion – these are just some of the symptoms

that millions of people have to deal with every day, all from allergens be-ing inhaled through the nasal passages. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly one in three Americans suffer from sinus related symptoms, and that number continues to grow. “Allergy sufferers require lon-ger term care, so I try to recommend all-natural solutions that keep the sinuses clear for extended periods of time,” said Dr. Rohit K. Katial, MD, staff physician and professor at National Jewish Health in Denver and Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immu-nology. “One of the most useful practices allergy sufferers can undertake is to use a daily sinus rinse, which helps relieve allergy symptoms naturally.” Sinus rinse has been used in other parts of the world for hundreds of years and is a practice that is recom-mended by approximately 98 percent of all ENTs and allergists, according to Lynx Research Consulting. “Just like washing your hands, it’s important to rinse out your sinuses as part of a daily routine to stay healthy,” said Dr. Katial. “With all the sinus wash products available on the market, I rec-ommend Waterpik’s line of sinus rinse products, Waterpik SinuSense, because of ease of use, e r g o n o m i c feel, soft tip for seal-ing and the flow c o n t r o l valve.” K a t i a l s a y s t h a t

Waterpik SinuSense offers a natural, easy, effective and BPA-free option for the treatment and prevention of sinus-related symptoms. In addition to sinus wash, there

are some simple tips to follow that help reduce and prevent exposure to aller-

gens: • Vacuum of-ten – Vacuuming once or twice a week may reduce the surface dust mites; and make sure your vacuum has a HEPA filter to capture dust and allergens. Also, wear a mask when doing housework, and consider leav-ing for a few hours

after you clean to avoid inhaling aller-gens stirred up in the air. • Control dust mites – You can’t get rid of them, but you can take steps to help keep them under control and lessen your exposure to them. Consider cover-ing mattresses and pillows in zippered, dust-proof covers. Launder sheets and blankets every week in hot water – to kill dust mites, the water needs to reach at least 130°F. • Reduce pet dander – If you don’t want to part with your pet, keep it out of the bedroom. It’s also recommend-ed that you have someone without a pet allergy brush the pet outside to remove dander as well as to clean the litter box or cage. Additionally, bathe the pet fre-quently to reduce the allergen levels. • Limit pollen exposure – Pre-vent pollen from entering your home by keeping your windows and doors closed. Set your central air conditioning to “re-circulate,” which can keep some pollen and mold from getting into the home, and use a HEPA air filter. And limit your out-

door activity dur-ing high pollen and mold counts – find out the pollen count through local

weather reports or on sites such as www.pollen.com.

• Avoid mold spores – If you re-duce the moisture

in the bathroom and kitchen, you will reduce mold. Fix any leaks inside and outside of your home, and clean moldy surfaces. De-humidifiers will also help reduce mold.

It’s impossible to completely avoid exposure to allergens – so what else can you do to help relieve symp-

toms? Talk with your doctor about the best all-natural treatment options for you and the allergy sufferer in your life. Find out more at www.WaterpikSinuSense.com.


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You just don’t know what to do. There’s this problem you have to deal with, but it’s kind of thorny

and you’re at a loss. You can’t ask your Mama because, well, she’s your Mama. Your best friend is always good at advice, but she can talk and with a sensitive issue like yours, that’s the last thing you need. Can’t afford a counselor. Can’t take this to your pastor. So you throw your-self on the mercy of a voice that sounds like its owner knows what she’s saying. And in the new book “The Strawberry Let-ter” by Shirley Strawberry (with Lyah Beth LeFlore), you’ll see that you’re not alone. It was not cool to be smart back

“ The S t r awbe r r y Le t t e r ” by Sh i r l ey S t r awbe r r y w i t h Lyah Be th LeF l o r e

Style Book Reviewwhen Shirley Strawberry was growing up in Chicago, but her uncle made her proud of her brains. Every chance he got, he made sure to show her off, and he inspired her to continue her education. But radio called and Strawberry went for air. There were a few bumps in the road before she became co-host of The Steve Harvey Morning Show and there are a few lingering regrets, but radio was in her blood and so was advice-giving. When she started getting Dear Shirley letters and began reading them on-air, she discovered that listeners loved it. This book – long re-quested – continues the advice… Perhaps because she has her own regrets, Strawberry says to remember what you dreamed about when you were young-er, then bring the dreams back. That will get you out of your comfort zone, which is “essential for… growth and survival.” Look your best at all times and keep yourself updated on world issues. Embrace your creativity, express your ideas, and “don’t let the skepticism of others stop you…” If you’re older, help someone younger in her career. If you’re younger, don’t act like you can’t learn from

anybody. In matters of love, don’t get “stuck on stupid.” Make sure your man knows the requirements of a relationship with you. Step up and teach him. Be willing to work on your relationship. And understand that sometimes love means walking away. Looking for meaningful advice for a problem you’ve got? You might find it here, but you’ll have to dig a bit. Without a doubt, “The Strawberry Letter” is a good little book. Author Shirley Strawberry is as enjoyable in print as she is on the radio, and it was fun to learn about her life, her thoughts, friends and family, wishes and regrets. Strawberry isn’t at all reluctant to let readers know about her personal disappointments and she uses her own life as example. But there’s the complication: many of the letters “answered” in this book just led to personal anecdotes that go off-topic and never completely return to the is-sue at hand. That’s great - unless the ques-tion asked was your question, too. If you’re looking for a quick book to read, this one is very high on entertain-ment value. But if you’re looking for solid

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CULINARY

Start Mother’s Day off right with a beautiful breakfast in bed. A pret-ty tray set with some of the good

dishes and real linens, a fresh flower, and some delicious food will put a smile on

mom’s face that will last all day. Golden Sunrise French Toast is made extra special with evaporated milk

and a splash of vanil-la extract. Make sure you use firm bread so the toast doesn’t end up soggy. If she loves eggs, making Scram-bled Eggs with a little evaporated milk gives them such a creamy texture that she’ll want to eat them this way all the time. Add one table-spoon of evaporated milk for each egg used. Pour her a

Mock Mimosa by mixing sparkling lime juice or gin-ger ale to orange juice. Garnish

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Comcast Houston Volunteers at BARC Comcast Houston Volunteers at the Boys & Girls Club of Houston Holthouse Club

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On Saturday, April 30, 2011, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at BARC Animal Shelter for the Comcast Cares Day. More than 340 Houston Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteered along with join David Atencio, deputy

assistant director of BARC, Linda Barrett, chair of BARC Foundation, and other prominent city officials at BARC Animal Shelter to revitalize the BARC facility and provide much need-ed love and care to the animals as they wait for adoption and foster care. Volunteers also planted trees donated by Trees for Houston, clean dog runs and made ID cards for incom-ing animals. Comcast Houston donated $25,000 to BARC so they may continue their work. More than 1, 800 Houston Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteered throughout Greater Houston area participating in 8 community projects. Nationwide more than 62,000 Comcast volunteers participated in the day of service. Others in attendance were David Cohen, Executive Vice President, Comcast; Doug Guthrie, Senior Vice Presi-dent, Comcast Houston Region; and Ray Purser, Vice President Government Affairs and PR, Comcast Houston Region.

On Saturday, April 30, 2011, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Boys & Girls Club of Houston Holthouse Club for the Comcast Cares Day. More than 320 Houston Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteered along

with join Brooke Johnson, president of Food Network, Sunny Anderson, Food Network “Cooking for Real” host and prominent city officials Club to create Houston’s first Food Network Good Food Garden. Once completed, the Good Food Garden will be a tangible way children can learn where their food comes from, how to grow it, and experience dif-ferent types of fruits and vegetables. Volunteers also painted benches and landscape the property. More than 1, 800 Houston Comcast employees and their families and friends volunteered throughout Greater Houston area participating in 8 community projects. Na-tionwide more than 62,000 Comcast volunteers participated in the day of service. Other in attendance were David Cohen, Executive Vice President, Comcast; Doug Guthrie, Senior Vice President, Comcast-Houston; Ray Purser, Vice President Government Rela-tions and PR, Comcast-Houston; Angela Hodson, President and CEO, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Houston; Brooke Johnson, President, Food Network; Sunny Anderson, Food Network Host “Cooking for Real”; and Sheila Jackson Lee, Congresswoman.


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AIG reported a first quarter loss Thursday, moving the insurer back into the red after the bailout recipient

showed s i g n s of life with a s t rong f i n a l quarter to close o u t 2010.

A I G reported a loss from continuing operations of $1.41 per share for the first three months of the year, compared to a profit of $2.16 per share over the same period a year ago. For U.S. taxpayers, the loss is bad news. Here’s why: The Treasury Depart-ment owns a 92% stake in AIG, the result of a 2008 bailout of the too big to fail insurer. In 2008, the giant insurer struggled under the weight of credit default swaps issued by its Financial Products division before ending up on the receiving end of a $180 billion lifeline extended by the Feds. AIG has returned a large chunk of that to the Treasury, raising money through asset sales. But Treasury still has $47.5 bil-lion in cash invested in AIG through the in-surer’s common stock. Due to a plunging stock price that has lost 46% of its value since the start of the year, that taxpayer investment is in dan-ger of slipping into the red.

The breakeven stock price for that investment is around $29, just a few dollars below where the stock has been trading in recent weeks.

All too often, we overlook honoring those who have fought the defini-tive fight, and won!!! Side of Style

(S.O.S.) is honor-ing one l u c k y winner of its “En-h a n c e H e r ” g i v e -a w a y ,

honoring Cancer surviving women. S.O.S. will be accepting write-ups from women, telling of their journey, and how surviving has changed their stance on life and pur-pose. The contest begins May 1 and will run through May 31, 2011. If you, or any-one you know is worthy of the recognition, please submit their name with a detailed write-up. The winner will receive a day of enhancement, including makeup, styling, a photo shoot, etc. For more info, please e-mail Side of Style at [email protected].

What’s in a name? The New MET-RO Board of Directors aims to find out as it invites you to help name

the new light-rail stations. The public can be-

gin providing suggestions today with the first round of submissions due by June 30th. The public will then have an opportunity to review the successfully submitted entries before the METRO Board gives final approval later this summer. METRO hopes the station naming process will capture the spirit of the light rail communities with the opportunity to incor-porate key cultural institutions, public spaces and historical landmarks into the project. The primary focus will be ensuring that customers of the service can easily identify where they are within the system. The names submitted must conform to METRO board-approved criteria calling for simple names that are easily understood and remembered by the public, both locally and by visitors who are using the system for the first time. Names must be single, short names with less than 26 characters. Stations may not be named for persons living or dead unless the name is already in use for a street intersec-tion, a historically significant landmark, or a widely recognized landmark, neighborhood, or commercial trademark. More information and a submission form, covering the do’s and don’ts of station naming are available on the GoMETRORail website. Residents and businesses on MET-RO’s new East, North and Southeast light rail lines are asked to contact their Community Outreach Offices to learn more about submit-ting ideas for station names or visit gometro-rail.org today.

In the days leading up to Mother’s Day, construction crews of female volunteers will pound nails and raise walls at Habi-

tat construction sites across the country in recognition of National Women Build Week, April 30 through May 8.

In Houston on Saturday, May 7, Lowe’s Heroes and female volunteers in Houston will work on the Shorter family’s new home. Lowe’s is providing Houston Habitat a $5,000 Lowe’s store gift card, as well as in-store volunteer training, in support of this one-day build. Lowe’s, the underwriter of Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build program, is awarding more than $1.3 million to over 250 Habitat affiliates across the United States during National Women Build Week. Ap-proximately 10,000 female volunteers are expected to build at Habitat for Humanity construction sites during this time. Habitat’s National Women Build program recruits, educates and inspires women to build decent and affordable homes for low-income families in their communi-ties.Saturday, May 7, 20117:30-2:00 Construction in progress All day photo ops: Volunteers put-ting up trusses and beginning roof work; vol-unteers building sheds from the ground up. Female volunteer leaders. Mother-daughter pairs. • Lowe’s Meyerland representative and Board Member, Gerilynn Gibbs Harrell • Volunteer Construction Leader and Board Member, Beth Daliege • Houston Habitat for Humanity Executive Director, Algenita Scott Davis • Future Houston Habitat hom-eowners 9814 Graniteville, Houston, TX 77078, 8801 Sterlingshire, Houston, TX 77078

General Motors has recalled 154,112 Chevrolet Cruze models in North Ameri-ca to inspect for proper installation of the steering wheel, the automaker said late Wednesday.

Of those 2011-year models, 120,295 with automatic transmissions will be checked for proper installation of their transmission shift linkage. Vehicles on dealer lots will also be inspected. The re-called vehicles were built in Lordstown, Ohio, and sold in the United States and Canada. To read more go to stylemagazine.com.

Dr. Anjanette Wyatt chosen to par-ticipate in a program which Mayor Parker Announces to be a $25 Million

Partnership with Gold-man Sachs 1 0 , 0 0 0 Small Busi-nesses Ini-tiative in H o u s t o n . The initia-tive will unlock the growth and job-creation p o t e n t i a l of 10,000

small businesses across the United States through greater access to business education, mentors and networks, and financial capital. Dr. Anjanette Wyatt is one of 60 in Houston selected to participate in the Gold-man Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Initia-tive program. She continues to represent the Minority Community as a prominent business woman who gives back to the community. Dr. Wyatt was recently recognized by the Nation-al Association of Professional Women in busi-ness and received the 2011 NAPW Woman of the Year Award. In March 2011, Dr. Wyatt was honored by the Texas Women’s Empow-erment Foundation (TWEF) as one of the leading National Business and Community Woman in Houston. Congratulations to Dr. Anjanette Wyatt.

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HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE TO PROPOSERS

The Houston Independent School District located in the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center at 4400 West 18th Street Houston, Texas 77092 will accept proposals, until the stated date and time deadlines, in the Board Services Office, Level C1 ‘

• Project 11-04-14–RFP– Child Care Service Providers – with a deadline of 2PM May 18, 2011. The pre-proposal conference for this project will be in Room 2NE32 at the above stated address on Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 10 AM.

• Project 11-04-15 - RFP - Food – Concession Foods - Athletics – with a deadline of 10 A.M. May 25, 2011. The pre-proposal conference for this project will be in Room 2NE32 at the above stated address on May 9, 2011 at 10am.

Proposals are available on the HISD web-site at www.houstonisd.org.The District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, or, to accept the proposal that

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Construction Subcontractor Proposals Requested

Drymalla Construction Company requests proposals from qualified subcontractors for inte-rior and exterior renovations on the HISD Waltrip High School Renovation, 1900 W. 34th Street, Houston, TX 77018. We are seeking 20% or greater M/WBE participation. Fax all proposals to Drymalla Construction, 979-732-3663 no later than Noon, May 19, 2011. Direct all questions to Sharon Fisher at 979-732-5731 or [email protected] .

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Project Number 11-04-03CS

Houston Independent School District

The Houston Independent School District will receive Competitive Sealed Proposals from contrac-tors for renovations at Wharton K-8 Dual Language Academy. The work includes but is not lim-ited to abatement, major bathroom renovations, painting, science lab updgrades, disabled access upgrades, electrical power and lighting upgrades, HVAC upgrades, technology upgrades and gen-eral renovation work. Proposals are due no later than Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at 2:00 PM at the Board Services Offices, 4400 West 18th Street, Office of Board Services, Houston, Texas 77092. The price proposals will be opened and the amounts read aloud.

Wharton K-8 DLA is located at 900 West Gray, Houston, TX, 77019.

The Request for Competitive Sealed Proposal (RFCSP), which includes plans and specifications, will be available beginning Saturday, April 30, 2011, and may be obtained from Gurrola Repro-graphics Inc, 6161 Washington Ave., Houston, Texas 77007, Phone (713) 861-4277, Fax (713) 861-8635 contact is Brady Hefner, [email protected]., upon refundable deposit of $100.00 for each set of plans and specifications. Documents in portable document format (pdf) are also available from Gurrola on disk for a deposit of $50.00. Deposit checks should be made payable to HISD. Any questions regarding bid documents are to be addressed to PARRA DESIGN GROUP, ARCHITECTS, 4020 KOEHLER, Houston, 77007, CAMILO PARRA or TIM O’LEARY v. (713) 942-8346, f. (713) 942-8349.

The Competitive Sealed Proposal process will be utilized as authorized in Senate Bill 669, Section 44.039 of the Texas Education Code. The Competitive Sealed Proposal process enables HISD to select contractors on the basis of price and qualifications/methodology.

M/WBE Forms, schedules and statements, as required by Section AB of the RFCSP and in accor-dance with the Office of Business Assistance, will be received at 12:00 noon, Thursday, May 19, 2011, at the Board Services Office, 4400 West 18th Street, Office of Board Services, Houston, Texas 77092. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED WITHOUT M/WBE FORMS, PROPERLY COM-PLETED, WILL BE CONSIDERED NOT RESPONSIVE.

A pre-proposal conference will be held on 9:00 AM, Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Wharton K-8 DLA, 900 West Gray, Houston, Texas 77019. A walk-thru of the project will be conducted after the Pre-Pro-posal Conference. For additional information regarding this project, please contact Mr. Elvis Eaglin, at 713-746-8256, or [email protected].

Drawings and Specifications for the RFCSP may be reviewed at the Reed Construction Data Electronic Plan Room and the following Houston locations:

Associated General Contractors, 3825 Dacoma Street, (713) 843-3700McGraw Hill Construction Dodge Plan Room, 10106 Hempstead Rd., Ste.110, (713) 316 9411Associated Builders & Contractors, 3910 Kirby, #131, (713) 523-6222Revive Houston Plan Room, Roland W. Smith Bldg., Rm. 122, 5555 Community College Dr, Houston 77013, (281) 704-9269HISD Construction Services Office (Bond), 3500 Tampa, Houston, TX 77021, (713) 746-8256

Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR)

Renovation Work at Jefferson Elementary School

Project Number: 11-03-06CS

Houston Independent School District

The Houston Independent School District will receive Competitive Sealed Proposals from contrac-tors for the renovation Work at Jefferson Elementary School The work includes but is not limited to abatement, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, roof repairs, hardware, code compliance scope, and general renovation work. Proposals are due no later than Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at 2:00 PM at the Board Services Offices, 4400 West 18th Street, Office of Board Services, Houston, Texas 77092. The price proposals will be opened and the amounts read aloud.

Jefferson Elementary School is located at 5000 Sharman, Houston, TX, 77009.

The Request for Competitive Sealed Proposal (RFCSP), which includes plans and specifications, will be available beginning Monday, May 2, 2011, and may be obtained from A&E The Graphics Complex, 4235 Richmond Ave., Houston, TX 77027 / Phone (713) 621-0022 / Fax (713) 621-2537 upon refundable deposit of $100.00 for each set of plans and specifications. Documents in portable document format (pdf) are also available from A&E on disk for a deposit of $50.00. Deposit checks should be made payable to HISD. Any questions regarding bid documents are to be addressed to CORGAN+PBA, 1314 Texas Ave., Houston, 77002, Bruce Walck or Jeanette Robards, v. 713-224-0456, f. 713-224-0457.

The Competitive Sealed Proposal process will be utilized as authorized in Senate Bill 669, Section 44.039 of the Texas Education Code. The Competitive Sealed Proposal process enables HISD to select contractors on the basis of price and qualifications/methodology.

M/WBE Forms, schedules and statements, as required by Section AB of the RFCSP and in accor-dance with the Office of Business Assistance, will be received at 12:00 Noon, May 20, 2011, at the Board Services Office, 4400 West 18th Street, Office of Board Services, Houston, Texas 77092. PROPOSALS SUBMITTED WITHOUT M/WBE FORMS, PROPERLY COMPLETED, WILL BE CONSIDERED NOT RESPONSIVE.

A pre-proposal conference will be held on 2:30 PM, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Jefferson Elemen-tary School, 5000 Sharman, Houston, TX 77009. A walk-through of Jefferson Elementary School will be held after the pre-proposal meeting. For additional information regarding this project, please contact Mr. Elvis Eaglin, at 713-746-8256, or [email protected].

Drawings and Specifications for the RFCSP may be reviewed at the Reed Construction Data Electronic Plan Room and the following Houston locations:

Associated General Contractors, 3825 Dacoma Street, (713) 843-3700McGraw Hill Construction Dodge Plan Room, 10106 Hempstead Rd., Ste.110, (713) 316 9411Associated Builders & Contractors, 3910 Kirby, #131, (713) 523-6222Revive Houston Plan Room, Roland W. Smith Bldg., Rm. 122, 5555 Community College Dr, Houston 77013, (281) 704-9269HISD Construction Services Office (Bond), 3500 Tampa, Houston, TX 77021, (713) 746-8256


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