New Alameda police chief hails from Oakland
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Caption: City of Alameda officials announced May 17 that Nishant Joshi will become the new police chief effective June 8.
ALAMEDA, Calif. - A deputy police chief in Oakland will become the new police chief in the city of Alameda next month, city officials announced Monday.
Nishant Joshi will step into the chief s role June 8, replacing interim Chief Randy Fenn, who came out of retirement. The choice of Joshi follows a nationwide search. Nishant Joshi has a deep understanding of the issues we are committed to addressing and is the right person to work with our community and lead the department forward, City Manager Eric Levitt said in a statement.
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“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is one of the most controversial books in the American literary canon, particularly because of its frequent use of the N word. But for Enrique Salmon, a young Native kid trying to master the English language, “Huckleberry Finn” was the book that launched his lifelong love of reading.
I m Enrique Salmon. I m a professor of American Indian Studies at California State University East Bay. And I ve also written the book, “Eating the Landscape,” and I have a book coming out right now about American Indian ethnobotany called “Iwígara.”
When I was growing up, I couldn t really read or write or speak English very well, up until like 11th grade. It was amazing I even made it to 11th grade. And then there was a teacher, an English teacher, Mrs. Anderson, who decided she was going to bring me up to speed with regards to being able to read and write in English. And she introduced me to Mark Twain, and more specifically,
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Johannes Wallmann is a pianist and composer, recording artist on Fresh Sound New Talent Records and Shifting Paradigm Records, and the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Born 1974 in Germany, Johannes Wallmann was raised on Canada s Vancouver Island. He studied jazz piano and composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston (B.Mus., 1995) and at New York University (M.A., 1997; Ph.D., 2010), while winning numerous national music competitions and scholarships, as well as two Canada Council artist grants. After moving to New York City in 1995, he quickly established himself as a versatile and in-demand sideman in a wide-range of musical styles.