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Malala’s autobiography, I Am Malala, is out on Tuesday.

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The Face of Courage One year ago, Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban. Inside, her own story of that terrible day—and how her remarkable recovery is providing hope for girls everywhere.

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What happens to the natural fiber content of fruits and vegetables when they are canned?

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It stays right where it is (apart from any peels, stems, etc., that are removed). Though canned fruits and vegetables may be softer, texture is not what makes foods fibrous. The impression that their fresh counterparts have much more fiber is incorrect. Fiber (also known as roughage) is simply the part of plant foods that is not digestible by our gastrointestinal enzymes. This has no relationship to a crunchy bite.

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Bravest Girl In the World

IN THIS EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT FROM HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, I AM MALALA, YOUNG ACTIVIST MALALA YOUSAFZAI RECOUNTS THE DAY SHE WAS SHOT BY THE TALIBAN

n a country that’s seen more than its share of violence, the fate of one teenager might not seem to count for much. But somehow Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan has managed to become an international inspiration. She was only 11 when she took on the Taliban, demanding that girls be given full access to school. Her campaign led to a blog for the BBC, a New York Times documentary (watch it at parade.com /malala), and a Pakistani peace prize. But all that was only a prelude to even more extraordinary events. Last October, Taliban assassins attacked Malala, then 15, on her way home from school, shooting her in the head. Here, Malala describes that day and offers her hopes for the future.

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tuesday, oct. 9, 2012, wasn’t the best of days to start with, as it was the middle of exams—though as a bookish girl I didn’t mind them as much as some of my classmates did. That morning we arrived in the narrow mud lane off Haji Baba Road in our usual procession of brightly painted rickshaws sputtering diesel fumes, each one crammed with five or six girls.

Since the time of the Taliban, our school has had no sign and the ornamented brass door in a white wall gives no hint of what lies beyond.

For us girls, that doorway was like a magical entrance to our own special world.

As we skipped through, we cast off our head scarves and ran helter-skelter up the steps. At the top of the steps was an open courtyard with doors to all the classrooms.

We dumped our backpacks in our rooms, then gathered for assembly under the sky, our backs to the mountains.

The school was founded by my father before I was born, and on the wall above us, “Khushal School” was painted proudly in red and white letters. We went to school six mornings a week, and as I was in Year 9, my classes were spent chanting chemical equations or studying Urdu grammar, writing stories in English with morals like “Haste makes waste” or drawing diagrams of blood circulation—most of my classmates wanted to be doctors.

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The Yousafzai family—(from left) Khushal, Ziauddin, Malala, Atal, and Tor Pekai—outside their new home in Birmingham, England.

Opposite, Malala as a toddler with her brother Khushal in Mingora, Pakistan.

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It’s hard to imagine that anyone would see that as a threat. Yet outside the school lay not only the noise and craziness of Mingora, the main city of the province of Swat, but also those, like the Taliban, who think girls should not go to school.

Because it was exam time, school started at 9 instead of 8 that morning, which was good, as I don’t like getting up and can sleep through the crows of the roosters and the prayer calls of the muezzin.

I slept in the room at the front of our house. The only furniture was a bed and a cabinet that I had bought with the money I’d been given as an award for campaigning for peace in our valley and the right for girls to go to school. On some shelves were the gold-colored plastic cups and trophies I had won for coming first in my class.

There were a few times I had not come out on top—both times I was beaten by my class rival, Malka-e-Noor. I was determined it would not happen again.

The school was not far from my home and I used to walk, but since the start of the last year I had been going with other girls in a rickshaw and coming home by bus. It was a journey of five minutes along the stinky stream, past

Right, in a photo taken before the attack, Malala is reading a story on the whiteboard at her school in Pakistan. Today, her friends keep a desk waiting for her (above).

the giant billboard for Dr. Humayun’s Hair Transplant Institute, where we joked that one of our bald male teachers must have gone when he suddenly started to sprout hair. I liked riding the bus because I didn’t get as sweaty as when I walked, and I could chat with my friends and gossip with Usman Ali, the driver, whom we called Bhai Jan, or “brother.” He made us all laugh with his crazy stories.

I had started taking the bus because my mother worried about me walking on my own. We had been getting threats all year. Some were in the newspapers, and

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some were messages passed on by people. I was more concerned the Taliban would target my father, as he was always speaking out against them. His friend and fellow campaigner Zahid Khan had been shot in the face in August on his way to prayers.

Our street could not be reached by car. I would get off the bus on the road below, go through an iron gate and up a flight of steps. Sometimes I’d imagine that a terrorist might jump out and shoot me on those steps. I wondered what I would do. Maybe I’d take off my shoes and hit him.

But then I’d think that if I did that, there would be no difference between me and a terrorist. It would be better to plead, “Okay, shoot me,

but first listen to me. What you are doing is wrong. I’m not against you personally.

I just want every girl to go to school.”

I wasn’t scared, but I had started making sure the gate was locked at night and asking God what happens when you die. I told my best friend, Moniba, everything.

We’d lived on the same street when we were little and had been friends since primary school. We shared Justin Bieber songs and Twilight movies, the best facelightening creams. Moniba always knew if something was wrong. “Don’t worry,” I told her. “The Taliban have never come for a small girl.”

When our bus was called, we ran down the school steps.

The bus was actually a white Toyota truck with three parallel benches. It was cramped with 20 girls and three teachers. I was sitting on the left between Moniba and a girl named Shazia Ramzan, all of us holding our exam folders to our chests.

Inside the bus it was hot and sticky. In the back, where we sat, there were no windows, just plastic sheeting, which was too yellowed to see through. All we could see out the back was a little stamp of open sky and glimpses of the sun, a yellow orb floating in the dust that streamed over everything.

Then we suddenly stopped.

A young bearded man had stepped into the road.

“Is this the Khushal School

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PHOTO: COPYRIGHT © UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; USED WITH THE KIND PERMISSION OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN BIRMINGHAM. EXCERPTED FROM I AM MALALA

During her stay in the hospital, Malala received thousands of letters and cards, many of them from children.

bus?” he asked our driver.

Usman Bhai Jan thought this was a stupid question, as the name was painted on the side. “Yes,” he said.

“I need information about some children,” said the man.

“You should go to the office,” said Usman Bhai Jan. As he was speaking, another young man approached the back of the van.

“Look, it’s one of those journalists coming to ask for an interview,” said Moniba.

Since I’d started speaking at events with my father, journalists often came, though not like this, in the road.

The man was wearing a peaked cap and had a handkerchief over his nose and mouth. Then he swung himself onto the tailboard and leaned in over us.

“Who is Malala?” he demanded.

No one said anything, but several of the girls looked at me. I was the only girl with my face uncovered.

That’s when he lifted up a black pistol. Some of the girls screamed. Moniba tells me I squeezed her hand.

My friends say he fired

three shots. The first went through my left eye socket and out under my left shoulder. I slumped forward onto Moniba, blood coming from my left ear, so the other two bullets hit the girls next to me. One bullet went into Shazia’s left hand. The third went through her left shoulder and into the upper right arm of Kainat Riaz.

My friends later told me the gunman’s hand was shaking as he fired.

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n the year since that fateful day, Malala has undergone a recovery that is nothing short of miraculous.

The bullet narrowly missed her brain, and doctors at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, where she was brought in a medically induced coma six days after the attack, marveled that she was able to stand within a week of her arrival. Malala underwent multiple surgeries and spent nearly three months in the hospital (which specializes in treating wounded soldiers), though mercifully it was found she had suffered no major permanent neurological damage. The ordeal did, however, solidify her will: “It feels like this life is not my life. It’s a second life. People have prayed to God to spare me and I was spared for a reason—to use my life for helping people.” continued on page 16

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Legal Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action and Determination of Good Faith Settlement Relating to Vanguard- and Viega-brand brass plumbing components A Settlement has been reached with Vanguard Piping Systems, Inc., VG Pipe LLC and Viega, LLC (collectively, “Viega”) about allegedly defective plumbing fittings or other components and sub-components made from UNS C36000, UNS C37700, UNS C36500 brass, or similar copper alloys with a zinc content of 15+% manufactured and/or distributed by Viega or affiliated entities described in the Agreement (“Viega Brass Fittings”). The Settlement covers certain leaks, occlusions (a blockage that reduces water flow) and damage to class members’ properties that occurred as a result of alleged dezincification of the Viega Brass Fittings.

The Los Angeles Superior Court will hold a hearing to decide whether to give final approval to the Settlement, so that the benefits can be issued. It will also determine whether the Settlement is a Good Faith Settlement under CCP § 877.6 and similar laws. Those included in the proposed class have legal rights and options, such as submitting a claim for benefits or excluding themselves from or objecting to the Settlement.

More information is in the detailed notice, motion for preliminary approval and good faith settlement determination, and Settlement agreement available at www.verdejosettlement.com.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? Plaintiffs in this lawsuit claim that Viega Brass Fittings installed in plumbing lines could leak, create occlusions, and cause damage to property as a result of corrosion. Viega denies all of the claims and allegations in the lawsuit and maintains that the Viega Brass Fittings are not defective. The Court has not made a final determination about the strengths or weaknesses of the allegations and claims or any of Viega’s defenses. Instead, the parties have entered into a compromise Settlement to end the litigation.

WHO IS INCLUDED? The Court created a Settlement Class INCLUDING: All Persons that own or have owned buildings, homes, residences or any other structures located in the United States that contain or have ever contained Viega Brass Fittings. Also included in this class are all such Persons’ spouses, joint owners, heirs, executors, administrators, mortgagees, tenants, creditors, lenders, predecessors, successors, subsequent owners or occupants, lessees, trusts and trustees, attorneys, agents, and assigns and all Persons who have vested legal rights such that they have legal standing and are entitled to assert a claim on behalf of such Settlement Class Members. Insurance carriers are members of the Settlement Class if they paid insurance claims for a Failure prior to September 5, 2013 and thereby obtained legally vested subrogation rights.

Persons who seek contribution or indemnity from Viega on past Settlements of claims with Settlement Class Members also are members of the Settlement Class for those Failures if they paid those Settlements prior to September 5, 2013 and thereby obtained vested legal rights to pursue such contribution or indemnity claims. To the extent there may in the future be subrogated insurance carriers or Persons who seek contribution or indemnity from Viega because of vesting of legal rights that occurs after September 5, 2013, they shall not be Settlement Class Members, but the rights that they take through a Settlement Class Member shall be limited by all of the terms, time periods, releases, caps, prohibitions on overlapping or double recoveries, and other provisions of this Agreement.

You are EXCLUDED from the Settlement Class if you: (a) validly and timely exclude yourself, using the procedure set forth in Section 7 of the Settlement Agreement; (b) have settled with, released, or otherwise had claims adjudicated on the merits against Viega that are substantially similar to those alleged in this matter; (c) have only personal injury claims as a result of the defects alleged; (d) except as expressly included, are an insurer or other provider of extended service contracts or warranties for the Settlement Class Structures; (e) are the Honorable William F. Highberger or a member of his family.

WHAT DOES THE SETTLEMENT PROVIDE? Viega will provide a Limited Warranty covering water leaks caused by dezincification or drops in water flow capacity of fixtures due to zinc oxide build-up as a result of dezincification in a Viega Brass Fitting that causes the water flow rate to drop below the minimum requirements as set forth in Section 604, Table 604.3 of the International Plumbing Code (IPC) (2012) measured for unrestricted flow via a flow meter ahead of the fixture in question. The Limited Warranty shall run through 13 years from the date that the Viega Brass Fittings were installed.

Viega will also pay claimants for reasonable costs and expenses related to eligible Failures falling within the Limited Warranty, which were not otherwise paid to claimants, including: (1) the reasonable proven incurred or anticipated costs associated with repairs due to the eligible Failure; (2) the reasonable proven material and proven incurred or anticipated labor costs to repair or replace damage to real property in which the failed Viega Brass Fittings were installed; (3) the reasonable proven incurred or anticipated costs to repair or replace other property damaged by the eligible Failure; and (4) the reasonable proven incurred or anticipated costs related to temporary housing caused by the eligible Failure.

In return for the Limited Warranty, approval of this Settlement will result in a release of claims against Viega and its other related entities that arise out of or are related in any way to the claims against Viega in this litigation. You also will not be able to recover against any third parties on claims allegedly attributable to the actions of Viega and relinquish the rights described in the Agreement as to such claims.

Details regarding reimbursements, the release of claims, and the Settlement are in the Class Action Settlement Agreement and Release, which are available at www.verdejosettlement.com.

HOW DO YOU ASK FOR BENEFITS? To obtain any benefits from the Settlement you must fill out and submit a Claim Form within the Claim Period. Claim Forms are available at the website, or by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to Verdejo v. Vanguard Piping Systems Claims Administrator, P.O. Box 43206, Providence, RI 02940-3206. For all claims accruing prior to September 25, 2013, Claim Forms must be submitted by December 24, 2013. Claims accruing September 25, 2013 or after must be submitted within ninety (90) days of accrual. All Claim Forms that are not timely submitted will be found invalid and denied.

GOOD FAITH SETTLEMENT DETERMINATION. As to all alleged or potential joint tortfeasors, Viega provides notice of the Settlement discussed herein. Other documents relating to the good faith settlement determination, including the application and proposed order, are available on the Settlement website www.verdejosettlement.com. If you wish to oppose the good faith settlement determination, you must file (and serve on all parties, per CCP section 1005(c)) your opposition and any evidence you rely upon, in accordance with the procedural requirements of the California Code of Civil Procedure by November 15, 2013. Like the Fairness Hearing, the good faith motion also will be heard on December 2, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. in Department 307 of the Court. If you do not oppose the motion as prescribed by the Court and the Code, your opposition will be rejected.

YOUR OTHER OPTIONS. If you do not want to be legally bound by the Settlement, you must exclude yourself from the Settlement Class by November 9, 2013, or you will not be able to sue Viega in connection with the legal claims this Settlement resolves, ever again. If you exclude yourself, you cannot get any benefits from the Settlement. If you stay in the Class, you may object to the Settlement by November 9, 2013.

Exclusion or opt-out rights may be exercised by counsel representing you, in which case your counsel must satisfy additional requirements set forth in the Class Action Settlement Agreement and Release.

In any instance of exclusion or “opt out” where there is no single individual or entity that owns the right to make a claim on the Viega Brass Fittings (e.g., where the opt-out is a homeowners association or real estate investment trust), the opt-out shall: (a) be accompanied by proof that the individual/entity opting-out has received a valid assignment of the claims sought to be opted out (e.g., by providing the assignment agreement, relevant provision of in-force CC&Rs, or a contract); (b) attest that the opt-out is exercised by the person(s)/entit(ies) validly authorized to do so under the assignment; and (c) attest that the assignee has given notice of its opt-out and the consequences thereof to all persons who might otherwise receive benefits under the settlement, but for the assignee’s opt-out (e.g., notice shall be provided to unit owners in a case where a homeowners association exercises the opt-out right granted under a valid assignment). Such opt-outs also shall include a clear specification of all premises sought to be opted-out (e.g., by address, unit number for units, by designation of boundaries for unnumbered premises).

To exclude yourself, you or your counsel must send a letter that includes (a) your name, current address, and telephone number; (b) an identification of the address of the building or structure that you wish to “opt out” and your status as a person who would be a Settlement Class Member but for the “opt-out,” if your current address differs from the address for the property for which you have asserted a claim; (c) an identification of the owner of the building or structure if you are not the owner of the building or structure; (d) a statement indicating your election to be excluded from the Settlement Class; and (e) your signature. Your written request to exclude yourself from the Settlement must be sent to Verdejo v. Vanguard Piping Systems Claims Administrator, P.O. Box 43206, Providence, RI 02940-3206.

You will only be excluded from the Settlement if your request is postmarked on or before November 9, 2013, and includes the required information. The date of the postmark on the return-mailing envelope shall be the exclusive means used to determine whether a request for exclusion has been timely submitted. If you fail to submit a valid and timely request, you will be bound by all terms of the Settlement and the Final Order and Judgment, regardless of whether you have requested exclusion from the Settlement.

To object to the Settlement, you must send a letter to the Claims Administrator and: (a) set forth your full name, current address, and telephone number; (b) identify the address of the building or structure giving rise to standing to make an Objection and establish your status as a Settlement Class Member, if your current address is different; (c) identify the owner of the building or structure if you are not the owner of the building or structure; (d) set forth the basis for your conclusion that the building or structure contains Viega Brass Fittings; (e) state that you have reviewed the Settlement Class definition and understand that you are a Settlement Class Member, and have not opted out of the Settlement Class; (f) set forth a complete statement of all legal and factual bases for any Objection that you wish to assert; and (g) provide copies of any documents that you wish to submit relating to your position. In addition, you must state in writing whether you intend to appear at the Fairness Hearing either with or without separate counsel. No Settlement Class Member shall be heard at the Fairness Hearing or shall be permitted to object to the Settlement, and no written objections or briefs submitted by any Settlement Class Member shall be received or considered by the Court at the Fairness Hearing, unless the requirements in this Notice and the Settlement Agreement are met.

You must send your objection on or before November 9, 2013 to the Verdejo v. Vanguard Piping Systems Claims Administrator, P.O. Box 43206, Providence, RI 02940-3206.

The Court will hold a hearing in this case, Verdejo v. Vanguard Piping Systems, Inc., Case No. BC448383 (L.A. Sup. Ct.), on December 2, 2013 at 11:00 a.m., to consider whether to approve the Settlement, and a request by Class Counsel for attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses of no more than $2.95 million. Payment of attorneys’ fees and expenses will not reduce the benefits to Settlement Class Members.

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Malala’s Life Today Malala and her family—father Ziauddin, mother Tor Pekai, and younger brothers Atal and Khushal—live in a house in Birmingham. With the Taliban reportedly vowing to try again to kill Malala, it was clear the family needed to relocate, at least for the foreseeable future. Ziauddin was offered a job as the education attaché at the local Pakistani consulate, and in April, Malala gratefully returned to her studies (physics is her favorite subject) at an all-girls high school. Yet she has admitted to being plagued by loneliness.

To relieve the sense of isolation, she regularly Skypes with friends in Pakistan. (The two other schoolgirls wounded in the attack, Shazia Ramzan and Kainat Riaz, have recovered from their injuries; Shazia has also emigrated to Britain, and Kainat is awaiting a British visa.)

Meanwhile, Malala has become a worldwide celebrity. She was nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize, and in July—on her 16th birthday— she delivered an address to the United Nations General Assembly, exhorting youth delegates to make education a reality for every child around the globe. (To watch her speech, go to parade .com/malala.) An estimated 57 million schoolage children receive no education. This fall, Malala is launching the Malala Fund to help girls fight for their right to education.

For Malala, one of the saddest ironies of her experience is that in her native country, to which she wants to return someday, she is widely viewed with skepticism and even outright hostility, as a threat to the nation’s traditions. But those perceptions will not slow her down. As she told the UN: “They thought the bullets would silence us, but they failed. And then, out of that silence, came thousands of voices.” —Bill Hewitt

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It changed everything,” says Phillip Phillips of the whirlwind year he had in “I’M THE 2012, when he was cataSAME NORMAL GUY I’VE ALWAYS pulted from working in his BEEN. I JUST parents’ pawnshop to winHAPPEN TO PLAY MUSIC FOR A ning the 11th season of LIVING.” American Idol. His first single, “Home,” sold almost 5 million copies and became the theme song for the U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics team.

Now the Georgia native, 23, is touring with John Mayer; his album, The World From the Side of the Moon, will be rereleased Nov. 19 with three new live tracks. Phillips spoke to Jessica Wozinsky before going onstage for a show in Raleigh, N.C.

Does your girlfriend, nursing student Hannah Blackwell, come on the road with you?

Yeah. It’s good to have her around. She helps me with business decisions—she’s the brains, I’m the guitar player. [laughs] We try to have date nights on the road; we’ll go bowling or to a restaurant so we can remember who we are as a couple.

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They always come through, but I get nervous that it’s just going to be silence. [laughs] You wrote or cowrote most of the songs on your album. Why was that important to you?

If I don’t have any say in the music, then I don’t have any connection with it. The label respected that. They said, “Let us give you three songs, and you can have the rest of the album.”

My next record will all be from me, with some cowrites. My imprint will be on every song.

The star who made us feel at “Home” opens up about date nights and why he doesn’t watch Idol How is fame different from what you expected?

When people write things on the Internet about me that aren’t true, it’s tough to deal with. Even if you’re the most mellow person in the world, stuff like that bothers you eventually.

Did you watch American Idol last season?

No, I’m done. That was a time I’ll always remember, and it’s helped me get to where I am today, but I don’t watch it. More power to the next ones.

Of the stars you met on the show, who was your favorite?

Stevie Nicks. She’s a sweetheart,

and she actually did her homework. Unlike some of the other mentors, she was up at six that morning listening to everyone’s songs. She really cared and gave us great advice.

After you won, we learned that you had suffered from kidney stones during the competition.

Sometimes [the pain] was too much to bear and I thought about quitting. I had a six-hour procedure [after the show ended], but now I’m doing great and just enjoying myself.

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How do you like touring with John Mayer?

It’s amazing. He treats the crew like we’re one big family. I get scared playing before him because I’m opening for someone who’s won seven Grammys, is an amazing guitar player, and is known for his live shows. I’m working my way up to that.

What scares you?

I don’t want to let the fans down.

I’m nervous about the second album because that’s the one everyone looks at and says, “All right, let’s see what he’s got.” I want it to be my best and to grab people’s attention.

Where would you like to be in 10 years?

Hopefully, I’ll still be making music people want to listen to.

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What’s your favorite way to spend Sundays?

Sleeping, watching movies, and eating Chinese food. I’m into zombie movies like World War Z and the shows Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. And whenever I have General Tso’s chicken, I’m a happy guy.

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