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Addressing Western Asian alienation : exploring the application of multiculturalism in B.C. government messaging to address the rise of anti-Asian racism in B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Despite multiculturalism serving as a policy for more than 50 years in Canada and 30 years in British Columbia to build acceptance of cultural diversity, the COVID-19 pandemic has served as an impetus for a resurgence of anti-Asian racism in Canada, particularly in B.C. This study explores how the policy of multiculturalism has been applied in Canada’s westernmost province to address anti-Asian racism, examining its application from a communication perspective and its unique sub-national context. Using a pragmatic, mixed-methods approach, the study involved a survey of Canadians of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean backgrounds living in B.C., and a content analysis of B.C. government messaging related to multiculturalism and anti-Asian racism within the fiscal periods of 2017-18 and 2021-22. The study finds that the provincial government application of multiculturalism focuses on the fundamental acknowledgement of the existence and value of cultural and ethnic diversity rather than on a more advanced application promoting belonging and integration of immigrants into Canadian society. The findings suggest opportunities for government messaging to strengthen its focus on values related to inclusion that are of importance to Canadians of East Asian descent, and a need for the application of multiculturalism to focus on strengthening the sense of belonging between Canadians of all cultural backgrounds and ethnicities to collectively recognize the common values we share as a basis of a common civic identity.
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Three new artists are set to be added to the Country Music Hall of Fame for the 2017 induction ceremony!
With 26 Billboard No.1 Country Singles to his name, Jackson is a living legend in the country music industry. His 2001 hit, “Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning),” even won him a Grammy for Best Country Song. With a career that’s spanned three decades, he’s always followed one simple phrase: “Keep it country.” It’s no surprise he’s joining fellow greats like Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Glen Campbell, and Loretta Lynn.
Jerry Reed and Don Schlitz are also very deserving of their inductions. Reed is three-time Grammy winner, noted for his extreme talent with the guitar and frequent collaborations with fellow country star Chet Atkins. Schlitz, other the other hand, made a name for himself as one of the predominant songwriters in country music, writing hits for many fellow Hall of Fame members like Reba McEntire, Alabama, and Garth Brooks, as well as earning two Grammys during his long career.
Watch the announcement video below and let us know if you agree with the Country Music Hall of Fame’s choices!

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text: For Yolanda is an ongoing exploration of portraits and possessions from my late grandmother, Yolanda. In 1994, two years before my birth, she succumbed to a brain aneurysm. Following her death, my grandfather compiled photographs, documents, and other mementos for posterity. The pieces allow me to envision my grandmother as a living being who migrated from Mexico as the daughter of a Diplomat to begin her life in America. This fragmented legacy has led me to investigate heritage, loss, and how imaging can construct new realities.

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Dunkin’s New Peeps Coffee Is Like Diving Head-First Into a Pool of Marshmallows
Peeps-flavored coffee is what Dunkin’ is rolling out for Easter, because we all need more marshmallows in our life. Before you write it off as way too sweet or not for you, let us tell you that we tried it and love it! While the Girl Scouts cookie coffee is still a fave, this Peeps option is just to delicious to pass up. Here are the details.
Starting April 1, get your hands on Peeps-flavored coffee and espresso in Dunkin’ shops nationwide. The coffee itself is rich and creamy and has just a subtle hint of marshmallow flavor. It tastes as if you dropped a Peeps or two into your morning coffee for a little extra zing. We’ll just say it’s more Peeps-y than the Peeps cereal, for sure.
If you want to get involved with a real Peeps mallow, you can also get a vanilla donut with a mini Peeps on top of it. It comes with vanilla icing and colorful sprinkles too.
Pairing the Peeps donut with the Peeps coffee might give you a sugar overload for the day (we would know; we did it), but it’s a fun splurge and worth doing at least once. You can find all the new Easter offerings in Dunkin’ shops starting today for a limited time and while supplies last.
(Photos via Dunkin’)

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Le Labo Baie 19 Travel Tube Kit
Includes: 1x travel tube, 1x fragrance 10ml
Can’t leave home without your favourite scent? Le Labo has created a vintage, metal travel tube to protect your 10ml spray while you’re on the go. Echoing that distinct scent that comes from some heavy rainfall after a long dry spell, (called petrichor, by the way) Baie 19 grasps the earthy aroma with a combination of juniper, patchouli and green leaves.

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JK Rowling better received when she hides her identity as a man
The Times of London revealed Sunday that JK Rowling is the author behind “The Cuckoo’s Calling,” a detective novel published in April under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Galbraith’s bio admitted the name was a pseudonym and claimed the author was a first-time writer and ex-military police investigator.
“The Cuckoo’s Calling” released in April to excellent reviews but tepid sales just seven months after Rowling’s debut adult novel “The Casual Vacancy” received just the opposite—fevered sales but luke-warm reviews at best.
As the New York Times points out, something doesn’t add up. Sure, it’s possible that Rowling just happened to write one mediocre book and then a fantastic one immediately after. But by all counts the criticism centering around “The Casual Vacancy” seemed to center on a lack of nuance and sophistication—in short, it seemed to imply Rowling was a great kids’ writer, but just didn’t have the stuff to write for adults.
The narrative appears that, seeing the “meh” reviews for “The Casual Vacancy” and with another book on the way, Rowling decided to call out our bias by publishing anonymously—to see if we’d like her work better if we weren’t prejudiced against it being by JK Rowling. And it appears she was exactly right.
It also seems interesting that Rowling chose a male identity for her pseudonym. If only for gender equality being particularly potent in the zeitgeist this year, with the “Lean In” sensation and reproductive rights coming center stage in Texas, it seems an odd contrast that the world’s most famous female author can’t get a good review for her own work, but an unknown military police investigator scores rave reviews.
Interestingly the only author to top “The Casual Vacancy” for adult fiction sales is Dan Brown, who wrote his first (much less successful) book under the female pseudonym Danielle Brown.
“I had hoped to keep this secret a little longer because being Robert Galbraith has been such a liberating experience,” Rowling said this weekend. “It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different name.”
Of course, the trick is all part of a great marketing play for Rowling’s publisher Little Brown. Within hours of revealing Robert Galbraith’s real identity “The Cuckoo’s Calling” shot to the number-one spot on Amazon’s wish list. And now Little Brown has got a triple threat up its sleeve: A JK Rowling book, with great reviews, with a sequel on the way. Little Brown announced Sunday a follow-up in the Galbraith series will release next summer.
So there you have it: Rowling leaning in, by first leaning out.


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Sunday, April 21
Introducing a New Debate.
My blog has been vacant the last few months because I believed I had nothing new to say. To start with, I read the internet news every day and it's not making me happy.There is nothing I care to add to the flood opinions out there. The news is about getting a reaction out of the reader that is geared to making one afraid or making one's blood boil.
As a result seemingly rational adults are reduced to childish fits. Name calling and sensational attacks have replaced sensible, calm disscussion. We have reverted to the level of fourth graders taunting each other at recess. Instead of polite, vigorous debate on many issue I see overgrown children spewing anger and hatred while hiding behind anonymous screen names. It's easy to be a bully that way.
I want to stand back from these tantrums and look at subjects with a critical eye to what is missing in the discussions and engender constructive responses to them. This includes scrutinizing the media s well.
For example, our country is sagging under crushing debt, an inept congress that doesn't agree on anything and an increasingly Orwellian authoritarian state. Yet the main subject the media is concerned with is same gender marriage. This is a distraction, a diversion that is the least of our problems.
At the same time the debate is the most important issue but not for the usual reasons. While more people realize that gays should have equal rights, it's opponents become more outrageous as they flail about in desperation. Perverts, deviants, sinners are terms we expect from medievelists not 21st century rational thinking. The gay marriage issue merely illustrates the current approach to any subject. Moral objection, rants and faulty logic instead of reason and fact.
Perhaps with this new debate we can learn once again to engage in honest adult conversation on the bigger issues -that's a good thing-rather than a selfish screaming contest.
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CARLSBAD—The California Energy Commission held a public workshop on Aug. 7 to get input on NRG Energy’s proposed peaker style power plant, which may replace the existing Encina Power Station.
NRG officials want to put in a lower profile plant that has six gas-fired turbines, which will rise 60 feet above ground. The Encina Power Station’s smokestack currently rises 400 feet above ground.
The proposed plant will replace the Encina station and will run during peak times of energy use, if approved by the commission.
NRG originally planned to build a power plant with no commitment to sell the energy locally or to tear down the current plant. Carlsbad city officials got involved in negotiations to ensure the city would benefit in some way.
“Basically, there was no local benefit to having another power plant on our coastline so we, in good conscious, could not support that,” Mayor Pro Tem Mark Packard told the commission.
City officials began negotiations with NRG and SDG&E, which own a portion of the site. The conversation changed after the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station shut down in 2013.
In January 2013, the San Onofre nuclear power plant went offline. Owners of the nuclear plant, Edison, announced in June 2013 that it would be permanently shut down because of structural issues.
NRG was originally approved by the California Energy Commission in May 2012 to build the peaker style plants.
Even though city officials opposed the project, they had no jurisdiction to deny it because the site is already zoned for energy usage.
The closure of San Onofre meant a need for power locally so NRG worked with the city to come to an agreement.
NRG has amended their project application from May 2012, which is now being reviewed by the California Energy Commission.
NRG Environmental Director Greg Piatnka gave a presentation to the commission discussing the proposed project. He said the new power plant would have less impact on the air quality than the current plant and would use less water. It will also use reclaimed water instead of ocean water.
If the plan is approved, the new Carlsbad Energy Station will be built within two years of approval.
NRG will tear down Encina by 2020, once the other energy plant is built, if it gets approval from the commission, said Piatnka.
“This proposal was made with much compromise and the collaboration should be applauded,” Assemblyman Rocky J. Chavez said in a statement.
Carlsbad residents attended the workshop to both support and oppose the project.
“Is (the plan) perfect? No. Is it fair? In my opinion, yes,” Carlsbad resident Michael Bart told the commission.
Chair of Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Carmen Rene also voiced support for the project.
“In addition to cleaner energy being produced in our community, the Carlsbad Energy Center would provide millions of dollars in local tax revenue annually and create hundreds of jobs during construction,” said Rene.
Kathy Fredinburg said she was opposed to any new plant pollution producing at the site and is thinking of moving from her home in Capri because of the proposed plant.
“I think it’s going to have a severe psychological effect on the citizens of Carlsbad who perhaps hadn’t paid attention up until now,” Fredinburg said. “Suddenly the plant is running more, suddenly they’re seeing the pollution, suddenly they’re aware that this is not this clean wonderful area that they wanted to live in.”
The commission will meet again Aug. 25 in Sacramento to decide whether or not the amendments to the original proposals should be packaged together or separately.
Currently, there is one amendment to remove tanks on the site and another one to change the approved natural gas combined generator to the peaker style plant with six turbines.
The city is also working with NRG to move SDG&E’s operations yard on the site to a new site in order to free up coastal land for public use.


The State Board of Education took a step further this week in its support of charter schools, as it established guidelines for a bond program expected to save charters millions of dollars.
The board wrestled with policies for its Bond Guarantee Program for Charter Schools, which was created earlier this year under House Bill 885. Under that law, charter schools, if approved, will have certain bonds guaranteed by the state and its Permanent School Fund, a $28 billion endowment for public schools.
Bonds help charters build and improve their facilities, which many say is one of their biggest challenges to date. Lawmakers gave charter schools limited access to a bond program in 2011. The new law expands that access, by guaranteeing refinanced bonds and allowing certain bond money to be returned to charter schools for instructional purposes.


Fade Away, the forthcoming album from NYHC/thrash merchants Ache, is streaming now. The album will be released this Friday, December 16th through Dead City Records. Listen to Fade Away in full below.
Lyrically influenced by real life tragedies and issues, the band’s influences of hardcore, ’80s thrash and crust punk fully reflects turmoil and strife of their environment. Outlets that champion underground and aggressive music No Echo and Idioteq have premiered songs from the album and praised the band’s album.
Ache has also just announced a record release show for January 6th to take place at the Lucky 13 Saloon in Brooklyn, NY. Support bands include The Krays, Rest Assured, Mase and None Above All. More info on record release show can be found here.
Playing shows through the east coast over the past few years the band has built up a loyal following performing alongside notables including Trap Them, Agnostic Front, Subhumans, Cro-Mags, Eyehategod, Killswitch Engage, H2O and Ringworm.


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A busy spring travel season at coastal areas led travel and tourism experts to set high expectations for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.
"Everyone's excited to see the uptick in visitors this spring and optimistic that will continue into the summer," said Charlie Clark, a Hilton Head Island, S.C., visitor bureau spokeswoman.
Compared with the same weekend in 2010, visitors to the beach have increased, Clark said. Hotels, villa rentals and restaurants will be at capacity, she said.
Georgia's Savannah and Tybee Island still have some hotel and rental availability for last-minute travelers, said Joseph Marinelli, the president of Visit Savannah.
The spring tourist season in the Savannah area brought record-breaking hotel tax revenue for February, March and April, Marinelli said.
"We're keeping our fingers crossed that that will continue," he said.
"No vacancy" signs should be a familiar sight at Myrtle Beach, S.C., where Sen. John McCain will be the Memorial Day parade's grand marshal.
Many vacationers planned to cut short their trips and stay fewer days in hotels to compensate for higher fuel prices, said Kimberly Miles, a Myrtle Beach convention and visitors bureau spokeswoman.
"Our area is primarily a drive-to destination," Miles said.
A slight decrease in the number of people traveling by car is not as sharp as expected, given gas prices about $1 higher than last year, according to AAA Auto Club South. Fuel prices are predicted to fall a few more cents before the weekend.
Air travelers for the weekend will spike by 11.5 percent this year, and AAA attributed the increase to more travelers having higher incomes.
Sarita Cross, of Augusta, has a trip to San Diego planned with her husband and two children.
"We got a good price on airfare, and we are staying with family," Cross said.
Cross planned the trip two months ago using Priceline for plane tickets, and she said staying with relatives helped offset the costs. "If we weren't going to San Diego," she said, "we would go someplace else to escape the hot weather."
Lauren Kerbelis, an agent for Southern Travel Agency, said planning helped customers take advantage of low prices on cruises.
"There isn't a rush this week. People already know what they're doing," Kerbelis said.

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Washington, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Representative Stephen F. Lynch, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform and U.S. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, released legislation in direct response to President Donald Trump’s removal of Acting Pentagon Inspector General Glenn Fine as Chairman of the new Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.
The new committee was established in a provision offered by Chairwoman Maloney and Senator Gary Peters in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in order to provide robust oversight of trillions of taxpayer dollars that will be spent in response to the coronavirus crisis.
When releasing their legislation, the Members issued the following statement:
“Pursuant to the law Congress just passed, Mr. Fine was chosen to be the Chairman of the new Pandemic Response Accountability Committee—with widespread support in Congress. Yet the President almost immediately removed him for no apparent reason.
“We are proposing legislation to respond directly to President Trump’s abuse of authority. Our legislation would allow the chair of this new committee to be selected from any of the Inspectors General or other senior officials in Inspector General offices.
“We must not allow President Trump to openly flout the oversight measures that Congress put in place. There are literally trillions of taxpayer dollars at stake, and Americans across the political spectrum want those funds to be spent without waste, fraud, abuse, or profiteering.
“We urge the Senate and House to include this proposal in the next legislative package that is considered.”
On March 30, 2020, in full compliance with the provisions in the CARES Act, Michael Horowitz, the Chairman of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, selected Mr. Fine to serve as Chairman of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee. Mr. Fine was serving at the time as Acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense.
On April 7, 2020, Congress learned that President Trump removed Mr. Fine as the Acting Inspector General of the Pentagon, forcing him back into the position of Deputy Principal Inspector General. This action effectively overturned his appointment as Chairman of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee since the law requires the chair to be an acting or permanent agency Inspector General.
The legislation released April 8th, 2020 would provide Mr. Horowitz with the authority to select a chair from any of the Inspectors General on the Committee, any Deputy Principal Inspectors General, or any senior staff from the office of an Inspector General.


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Rutgers secures second consecutive victory
It was a game for the record books.
The Rutgers field hockey team posted a season-high five goals against Villanova Friday afternoon at the Bauer Track and Field Complex, defeating the Wildcats by a final score of 5-2 and advancing to 4-1 this season.
Junior midfielder Alyssa Bull and senior forward Nicole Imbriaco tallied two goals apiece, with junior defender Sofia Walia's one goal rounding out the Scarlet Knights’ offensive fire for the day.
After a messy 4-2 victory over Monmouth early last week, the Knights readjusted and revamped, to say the least.
“I’m really proud of the team for coming out and get a win against Villanova coming off of a battle against Monmouth on Wednesday,” said head coach Meredith Civico. “Scoring five goals today and four goals against Monmouth was just a really awesome feat by the team. We’ve been working a lot on committing numbers forward and creating offensive overloads and finishing in the circle. That’s been something we’ve been focusing on since last spring so to see it translating is awesome.”
After a strong start, Rutgers headed into halftime with a 2-0 lead thanks to a pair of goals from Bull and Imbriaco, with an assist from junior Rachel Yaney.
But they weren’t satisfied with just that.
Imbriaco found the back to the cage again not even five minutes into the second half, pushing the Knights to a 3-0 lead. Although the Wildcats were able to answer with two goals of their own, Rutgers put its set pieces to action, tallying two more goals, both off penalty corner plays, to salt the game away.
Seniors Ali Stever and Katie Champion assisted a shot on goal blasted by Walia from the top of the circle. Stever and Imbriaco kept their offensive contributions rolling from there, assisting Bull in the final goal of the game, a fifth and final insurance goal.
With the win over Villanova, the Knights have scored at least three goals in every game this season and have outshot every opponent they've faced thus far. The team leads the Big Ten with an average of four goals scored per game and 13 players now have at least one point on the season.
Feeding off of one another’s individual accomplishments, Rutgers continues to be propelled toward collective success. The results are both renowned and transparent.
A captain this year, Stever’s two assists against the Wildcats pushes her to a career-high three assists and 5 points on the season.
The overall enhancements generated so far prove that despite only graduating two seniors, this is not the same Rutgers team from last season.
“From the first whistle at this game, we were just at them and I think the fact that we’re scoring five goals a game is a huge improvement from last year to this year,” Stever said.
Consistently maintaining their own game is a crucial factor contributing to successful outcomes for the Knights. Rutgers is proving something with every game it plays, gaining confidence in its own ability each time it steps on the field.
“I think that this game really just showed and verified that we can find a way to win," Stever said. "Villanova played a very different style than we’re used to or the way that we like to play so I think we adjusted really well and stayed composed and played together as a team. It’s really just proving to ourselves that we can play that way despite what our opponent is doing.”
Stever is among many Knights to be earning early milestones.
This was Bull’s second multi-point game of her career, with the first one dating back in 2012. The midfielder now has a career-high of three assists on the season.
Friday’s match up was also Imbriaco’s first multi-point game of her career and pushed her to a career-high with 12 points on the season. The Clark, New Jersey, native now has five goals on the season in just five games, already tying her career-high set last season through 19 total games.
There is no shortage of triumphs to feed off of. The team now looks forward to carrying its strong momentum into its first conference game against No. 15 Iowa next weekend.
“I think coming out being 4-1 right now is just awesome, it’s a great start and to have that 4-1 record right now going into our first Big Ten game is huge,” Imbriaco said. “We can’t let down whatsoever but I think it’s a great positive start and it’ll give us that energy and kind of motivation to keep this going.”
For updates on the Rutgers field hockey team, follow @TargumSports on Twitter.

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A new platform focused on house music has been born.
LOCUS is the name of Enzo Siragusa’s new project along with the team behind FUSE. This record label comes to light with a first EP courtesy of the Italian DJ and producer KOKO.
The project, as they explain, will serve as a home to explore all the nuances of house music offering a window to both, stage stars and rising producers alike.
‘I am excited to launch our new LOCUS label, which will focus on a more direct house sound from our global community. We will be working with some new artists and some familiar faces as we explore a new musical direction’, Siragusa said of the announcement.
You can purchase the first EP by KOKO, titled ‘Love Me Asap’, here.


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It meant that it was three wins from three as Maurizio Sarri continues his fine start with the Blues but it was not without trouble as Joselu answered back for the hosts after Hazard had given the Blues the lead.
The visitors had dominated much of the game, however, it took a dubious penalty and an own-goal for the London side to get their first win at St. James’ Park since 2011.
Rafa Benitez’s side were completely dominated by the possession from the Blues, however, they had managed to keep themselves in the game for the majority of the 90 minutes.
Chelsea dominate but find it difficult to make the most of the possession
Chelsea had over 80% of the ball, however, their failure to make the most of their chances could have cost them during the game on a different day.
It was not until the latter part of the second half when Marcos Alonso was brought down in the penalty box from a challenge by Fabian Schar, although there was an opinion that the defender had won the ball before bringing the Spaniard down.
The Switzerland international slid in and appeared to win the ball first, however, he gave the referee a decision to make with the type of challenge and he decided to point to the spot.
Eden Hazard comfortably despatched the ball from 12 yards out, however, the Blues were left looking for a second goal to secure the three points with just under ten minutes remaining.
Newcastle make life difficult
DeAndre Yedlin managed to dig out a cross into the Blues' penalty area with Joselu managing to get onto the end of the ball and heading home past Kepa Arrizabalaga.
However, that goal was not without its controversy, as the Newcastle right-back appeared to elbow Olivier Giroud when he ran towards making his cross.
Despite that, Chelsea boss Sarri could not be happy with the way his side defended.
David Luiz was caught on his heels and was easily beaten by Joselu for the ball, leaving Chelsea on the edge of taking just a point from the game that they had dominated in.
However, the Blues stepped it up a notch and managed to get a winner in the dying minutes of regular time when Alonso had a shot that was turned into the net by Yedlin.
Newcastle will have a tough encounter with Nottingham Forest in the League Cup in midweek before they travel to Premier League champions Manchester City next Saturday.
Chelsea will host AFC Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge as Sarri looks to make it four wins from four.

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Schertz, TX – A six-year-old boy was killed Thursday afternoon when he was struck by a stray bullet during an officer-involved shooting.
Kameron Prescott was accidentally killed following a lengthy manhunt for a suspected car thief on Dec. 21, according to KSAT.
The incident began when Bexar County deputies responded about 11 a.m. to a call for a woman who was believed to have stolen a car in Schertz.
Police said that when they confronted the suspect, the woman claimed to have a gun and threatened to shoot them.
“The suspect indicated to the deputies, ‘I have a weapon, I’m going to shoot you.’ At that point, she actually brandished the weapon toward the deputy,” Sheriff Salazar said at a Thursday evening press conference.
The suspect fled into the woods, Sheriff Salazar said, and the officers gave chase.
Police tracked her to the Pecan Grove Mobile Home Park off FM 78 in Schertz, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said.
“At one point, the suspect actually crossed a creek that was there. Two of the K-9 deputies also crossed that creek, also on foot with their dogs,” the sheriff said.
Sheriff Salazar said that a police helicopter was assisting with the chase, saw the woman who was fleeing, and said that personnel on the helicopter described seeing the woman reaching for her waist as if she had a weapon, according to ABC News.
Deputies eventually opened fire on the woman, who was trying to break into the trailer where six-year-old Kameron lived.
The suspect refused to surrender, and was fatally shot while she stood on the porch of the trailer, according to FOX News.
The boy was sitting inside the trailer, and he was struck in the abdomen by a stray bullet that pierced the wall from the outside. He was rushed to University Hospital where he died, police said.
The suspect died at the scene. Her name has not been released, but police said she was known to officers and had outstanding warrants.
The sheriff said they have not yet determined who fired the bullet that killed the child.
Sheriff Salazar said the deputies involved in the shooting have between two and 27 years of experience on the department, and said they were “pretty shaken up.”
“I can definitively tell you that myself and the deputies involved, not a single one of us who wouldn’t trade places with this child if we could,” Sheriff Salazar said.
“We don’t want to leave any stone unturned,” he said. “We want everybody to have answers here. Right now, it’s just too soon to tell.”
Police have not yet found the suspect’s weapon, but said the woman was a known felon, and investigators continued to look for her weapon on Friday. They asked anyone who finds it not to touch it, and to stay near it and call the Sheriff’s Office.
Kameron attended Weiderstein Elementary in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District, according to school district spokesman Ed Suarez.
He said he expects extra counselors will be on hand when school resumes in early January.

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Where do I even begin. It has been another exhausting, pain staking, emotional but beautiful and life changing experience to birth my second daughter. I wouldn’t change the way she entered the world or the way she has filled our lives with so much love and gratitude for anything.
This birth story was very different in so many ways to my first. And I am so glad I was able to experience what I did.

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Last night the Danish Night Champs were organized in Guldborgland near Viborg. I've never been in this terrain before, so I didn't really know what to expect, but the terrain lookes quite open and fast on the old map. But before the start, people talked about, that it would be quite dense vegetation, and challenging for night orienteering.
I have always found it difficult to estimate how far around you can go and still be faster or at least minimize the risk of making a mistake, without loosing time in night orienteering. I didn't even consider going around to the first control, but still lost 25 seconds. I tried to get a good start, but I was surprised by the dense vegetation to the 2nd control, and suddenly I got stuck in the middle of the leg, and had to run out to the track. After that I was more careful when I chose my routechoice, because the light green and even white forest could a lot in runnability and visibility. I did a quite good race until 9th control, but then we went into a area (10-15), which looked very tricky on the map. I managed to avoid big mistakes on the first 4 controls in the area, but it was almost impossible to read and understand the way of maping the vegetation and keep the direction, because the white forest was not always very white... You had the feeling of being lucky every time you saw the next control, but my there was no more luck left for me on the way to 14th and 15th, and I missed 1min and 1½min here. I worked hard to accept the negative thoughts on the way to the next controls, but also made some small mistakes on control 18 and 19. On the long legs I tried to push harder, but wasn't very good on keeping the direction, but still managed to do quite well until 26. I had some problems seeing the 26th control, and again to 27 I missed the control in the dark green with almost a minute, and lost the lead to Søren, which he kept the rest of the way and won by 29 seconds. He had the advantage of catching Rasmus Thrane to the 5th control, and I guess it was better to be two runners out there to keep up the speed, and to spot the controls in the dark.
But I am not really satisfied with my performance. Even though I was maybe one of them who lost less time in the tricky area, I didn't manage to gain control of my race after that, and made a lot of small mistakes in the 2nd part of the race. Physically it wasn't my best day either, and I felt quite tired during the race. But in a period of a lot of basic training, you can't expect to feel strong in every competition, so I don't worry to much about that.
I don't know what I think about the terrain and the course, because normally I really like when it's tricky and you have to read and understand your map carefully to succeed. But in this tricky area during the night, I didn't think it was possible to navigate according to the map, and when you can't see long, it becomes a question of coincedences and luck. It might be ok to use in day-orienteering, when you can see and avoid the bushes and fallen trees... Otherwise it was a good course, and the terrain was surprisingly interesting. And by having the long easier legs in the end of the course it was still possible to make mistakes, because you were tired.

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