![]() Hosoi invented the Christ Air and Rocket Air. Hosoi later claimed that he "almost quit" Alva Skates following an argument over Hosoi's allegation that Alva "cheated out" of the fish-tail board shape, which Hosoi claimed to have conceptualized and shown to Alva. After leaving Sims, Hosoi joined Alva Skates with the idea of launching his own company through Alva. ![]() Christian turned pro at the age of 14 with Sims Skateboards. Shortly thereafter, Dogtown went out of business. He left Powell Peralta a year later when they would not allow him to turn professional and joined Dogtown Skateboards. In 1979, as an amateur, Hosoi was sponsored by Powell Peralta. His father, Ivan "Pops" Hosoi became the manager of the Marina Del Rey Skatepark, and Christian quit school and spent his time there where he developed his skill. Hosoi started skating at seven or eight years old with veterans such as Shogo Kubo, Tony Alva, Stacy Peralta, and Jay Adams as his idols. Hosoi was born on Octoto a father of Japanese descent from Hawaii, and a mother of European and American descent. He is also known by the nicknames "Christ" and "Holmes". ![]() Christian Rosha Hosoi ( / h oʊ ˈ s ɔɪ/ hoh- SOY born October 5, 1967) is an American professional skateboarder. ![]()
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A decision has been made to repel the average citizen from gaining certain knowledge or opportunities. The forms are confusing, and the record keeping is ass-backward because it reflects a policy choice. ![]() ![]() ![]() “The theory goes that governmental agencies don't accidentally make accessing information or resources difficult. ![]() ![]() ![]() So I remembered reading about these two young girls, the Relf sisters, who had been sterilized without the consent of their family. So, you know, at this time, when birth control was becoming more widely available to women, it was sort of a double-edged sword for Black women because, on the one hand, it promised reproductive control and freedom, but, on the other hand, it was possibly going to be used as a form of repression and eugenics. Can you talk about that true story that inspired this novel? ![]() RASCOE: This is your third novel, and it draws upon history for its premise. And she's very excited about this job which she thinks is going to help women in her community control their reproductive lives. She's a Black, middle-class community member. And she gets her first job at a family planning clinic in Montgomery, Ala. Civil is a recent graduate of the nursing school at Tuskegee. ![]() RASCOE: So start by telling us about your main character, Civil Townsend. Thanks for being here.ĭOLEN PERKINS-VALDEZ: The pleasure is mine. ![]() "Take My Hand" is the latest novel by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. What does it mean to help people in need, especially when those people are also the most vulnerable to being victimized by the systems meant to help them? That's the question that protagonist Civil Townsend, a Black nurse in 1970s Alabama, has to grapple with when the federally funded clinic she works for causes irreparable harm to two of her young patients. ![]() ![]() ![]() Three things people might not know about me are: I love salt and vinegar chips over chocolate (is that heresy amongst writers?), a single malt over wine, and I studied ballet for thirteen years.Ĭurrent reading: The Tenderness of Wolves by Stef Penney, then on to The Light Between Oceans by M.L.Stedmanįavourite movie: Other than B&Ws, movies like Kate and Leopold, Hysteria, SKYFALL!!!!! Oh look, more people liked the Mosaic Mini I pinned… I procrastinate by: Playing solitaire, one more game then I’ll just check the emails. We have to hit Paris again now she’s grown up enough to enjoy more than the EiffelTower! 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Amarone, liver and fava beans give way to Barolo, truffles and tongue – this is haute cuisine in gloriously bad taste. By a country mile, t his is the most fun we’ve had in the company of a flesh eating gourmand since Hannibal Lecter got creative in the kitchen. Hell hath no fury like a love-scorned celebrity chef and as you might expect there’s a particularly gruesome form of revenge on the menu. A niche sub-genre maybe, but it’s wicked funny if you have the stomach for it. Chick-lit cannibalism is how Chelsea G Summers describes her new dramedy thriller – and that gives you a flavour of it, the novel is a tongue-in-cheek fable. ![]() ![]() ![]() He also directed: Coma (1978), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Looker (1981), and Runaway (1984). In 1973, he wrote and directed Westworld, the first film to utilize 2D computer-generated imagery. Several novels, in various states of completion, were published after his death in 2008.Ĭrichton was also involved in the film and television industry. ![]() Initially writing under a pseudonym, he eventually wrote 26 novels, including: The Andromeda Strain (1969), The Terminal Man (1972), The Great Train Robbery (1975), Congo (1980), Sphere (1987), Jurassic Park (1990), Rising Sun (1992), Disclosure (1994), The Lost World (1995), Airframe (1996), Timeline (1999), Prey (2002), State of Fear (2004), and Next (2006). from Harvard Medical School in 1969 but did not practice medicine, choosing to focus on his writing instead. Many of his novels have medical or scientific underpinnings, reflecting his medical training and scientific background.Ĭrichton received an M.D. His novels often explore technology and failures of human interaction with it, especially resulting in catastrophes with biotechnology. 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