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I emailed Nokia concerning the Firmware update, this is what I got!!!
Since June, we heard words from Nokia that the N97 will get an update soon to v30 but nothing happened!!
I can now find out that on your website, on the messaging IM how to page, "N97 (Firmware PR3 - 3x.x.x or later)"
Where is Firmware 3x?!!!
We have been waiting so long for response from nokia, please reply as soon as possible.
Their Reply:
We apologize if the softwarehas not been released yet. We appreciate your feedback a lot as product quality and customer satisfaction are really important for us. Products like Nokia N97 evolve over lifetime and we work hard to bring new features, functions and fixes to make your Nokia N97 even better. For this, your feedback is essential.
Rest assured that we will be forwarding the concern to the relevant department for soonest release of the newest firmware.
With regard to the Firmware PR3 that you saw on our website, this pertains to Nokia Messaging versions (e.g Nokia Messaging 3.0 Email supported devices)
My Reply:
Could you give us a time range for when the firmware would be release. Costumers are no longer happy with the attitude of nokia of keeping info away of them, and delaying them to god knows when, while people are already quiting nokia for android devices. I love my nokia but frankly i cant hold it much longer, i will have to quit nokia if thd way you treat customers with disrespect stays the same.
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As much as we would like to provide you the time frame in regards to the new software release, we are unable to do so as we are also waiting for advise coming from our software developer. You will be updated, either by website or an advertisement. Your patience is highly appreciated.
I am really **bleep** off, at the end of february Im going to buy an android phone, and "THROW" away my n97, I will not even try to sell it, just throw it in the garbage bin, thats where a nokia device deserves to be!!!
23-01-2011 11:36
23-01-2011 11:46
Sorry pal, but it's just copy and paste answers.
23-01-2011 11:51
Ask Nokia for money, and you will have something "answered" in Nokia language "you deserve the money you asked for, and we are working to get it, as soon as we have an answer from the Money Department we are getting in touch. You are a very important person for us".
23-01-2011 12:19
I will say something most disagree; anyway, I have a Nokia N97 mini, I use the phone every day, I expecience (is this word right?) no bugs (or no bugs I notice); have about just 20 programs, both freeware and bought. Have no games at all. Sometimes, let's say, once a month, I do have to take the battery out, because the phone freezes, what, I guess, it's because a no so well written software I bought, but have to use; this software works fine most of the time (oh, it rhymed!, nice). The reason I want an upgrade it is not because I have a buggy phone, I do not think it is the case; the reason I want an upgrade is different: why all the other Nokia phones have? I want it also. That's it.
24-01-2011 8:22
SLOW menu , MESSAGING & etc
WE need SOFTWARE UPGRADE!!!
25-01-2011 11:37
26-01-2011 20:08
Come on Nokia give us poor N97 users some info.
26-01-2011 23:32
Whenever i look at this i laugh....Nokia Nokia....i know someone from NOkia reads this forum....so i will get to the point.... I bought this n97 a day after release and i have to say ..Nokia really did some good advertising and it worked lets say fairy well...i mean the keyboard and all..and the first firmware update was good...then came horror....i loved the n97 that i set youtube channel helping people out and i even joined an n97 forum where i was top administrator.....i was among the first to hear v3.0 is coming out....we sent our expectations.....no reply......damn i gave up on my n97 ..it is just here i now use my iphone ....the only problem with these new phones ie iphone and android....they r social phones ....they are not working class phones....the n97 had that touch.....i gave up on anything called symbian.......up to now ....am just waiting to see the reviews of this new nokia OS ......lets hope it is good coz when i it doesnt live up...boys i might remain with iphone forever.......NOKIA I KNOW YOU HAVE MADE ERRORS BUT IT IS SIMPLE JUST ONE REPLY TO SAY NEW FIRMWARE NOT COMING SOON.....HURTS....I WAITED AND WAITED AND WAITED TILL I GAVE UP......IPHONE UPDATES ARE THE BEST ...NONETHELESS AN IPHONE ISNT A PHONE
27-01-2011 1:03
Lol troll. Supposedly an admin yet you can't write paragraphs? Tbh, the new CFW's for Nokia's are doing a better job than Nokia are with their fw. We get what we want, when we want! Pity no core or uboot or we would have ultimate control over our phones.
27-01-2011 8:23
Hello Nokia,
I have being following the discussion board for 1 year and i have not post any messega before. This is my first post. I picked this subject especially for my first.
First of all, i want to tell the story how i bought N97. One and half year ago, when i decided to change my phone, i compared two brand model, N97 and iphone 3GS. I made a check list at which there were capabilities of these two phones. At that list N97 had more pluses (+) than iphone. Finaly, I picked N97, because N97 promised more functionality to customers at advertisements and because i am an old nokia user.
Now, i am very un happy with my phone, i wish i bought iphone. It can not do anything efficiently as it promised. Always i afraid from it re-starts when i am talking with. I afraid from installing any application because of its low "C: memory". when i want to make something it always freezes. etc. I am sure that my next phone wont be a Nokia.
Finally, i see that Nokia have to make something immediately for this phone. But i can not see anything. This topic is almost most posted topic. Nokia, you should see this. If you have not scheduled any update yet, you should/must make one after this topic.
Nokia make my phone as the phone you promised me. I don not want much. Just do it as it should be.
27-01-2011 14:24
29-01-2011 4:55
JUST 3 DAYS remain till 1st Feb.
29-01-2011 7:19
29-01-2011 12:00
29-01-2011 13:11
...nothing would happen
29-01-2011 13:15
Maybe NEW firmware!
Exactly LIKE previous YEAR
29-01-2011 14:12
I have given up on the N97 despite my device being only a year old and have instead purchased the HTC Desire HD. Nokia is a dying company and I will never purchase another Nokia product ever again.
29-01-2011 23:04
Although Nokia is the largest mobile phone maker in the business in the past many have remarked that Nokia needs to move from Symbian to another platform in order to compete in today's smartphone market, and that may well be on the cards.
According to an article over on Daily Mobile by way of their forums, and the Wall Street Journal, Nokia may be contemplating a switch to another platform, which could end up being Android or even Windows Phone 7.
Apparently after Nokia's Q4 report at a conference call, Nokia chief exec Stephen Elop, apparently spoke about Nokia needed to change "rapidly" and should consider "multiple ecosystem patterns." This statement caused investors to believe that Nokia may be gearing up to adopt a new smartphone platform.
According to CSS Insight analyst Geoff Blaber, it was clear that Elop was hinting that either Nokia is considering or has already decided to adopt a new operating system and Blaber commented that the most likely would be Android.
On the option of going with Windows Phone 7 over Android, Blaber says that as Android is much bigger than Microsoft's Windows Phone 7, Nokia switching to the bigger platform is more likely.
So if Nokia was to adopt a new mobile operating system and finally wave goodbye to Symbian, do our readers think Nokia should opt for Android or go with the younger WP7 OS?
30-01-2011 10:58
Nokia: Hoping For Something On February 11th
Responses continue to dribble in regarding from Nokia (NOK), which was coupled with a forecast for revenue to decline this quarter more than would be expected for this time of year, and a forecast for lower operating margin.
Nothing said yesterday resolved concerns — among both bulls and bears — about how Nokia will keep its device offerings competitive. For that, analysts are now awaiting Nokia's Capital Markets Day in London on February 11th, when they hope to get an explanation of the strategy. That meeting, I would note, will be followed the next week by the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Still, analysts dutifully adjusted price targets and estimates today:
Jeff Kvaal, Barclays Capital: Reiterates an Overweight rating on the shares and a $14 price target. The company's weak Q1 forecast puts even more focus on capital markets day. He expects that meeting will offer a "meaningful boost" to Nokia's "long unfolding recovery story." He notes units of phones based on the Symbian version 3 operating system clocked in at 5 million, above his estimates for 3.5 million units, a good sign. Still, the quarter's revenue is being held back in part by component constraints and by a product portfolio that's gotten long in the tooth, he observes. He writes Nokia's "preference for owning its operating system appears to be softening, though confirmation must wait." Kvaal lowered his EPS estimate for this year to €0.83 from €0.97, while slightly raising his revenue estimate to $44.2 billion from $44.16 billion.
Didier Scemama, RBS: Maintains a Buy rating and a €10 target price on the ordinary shares, and urges investors to focus on the prospect of earnings recovery at Nokia "if the new CEO addresses the company's challenges." He doubts Nokia will chuck the Symbian OS overboard, though there've been calls to do so. The company has a lot invested in Symbian, has another version on the way, and wants to use it to differentiate less costly devices from those at the high end running its forthcoming MeeGo platform. He's expecting to hear some debate at the meeting, too, about the role of the Nortel-Siemens Networks infrastructure division within Nokia. Scemama raised his 2011 revenue estimate to $46.34 billion, but cut his EPS outlook to €0.61 cents from €0.68 cents, calling this quarter's forecast disappointing. He sees the prospect for Nokia to make €1 per share in 2012, on $50 billion in revenue, though for the moment he's only modeling $48.7 billion and €0.75.
Lee Simpson, Jefferies & Co.: Reiterates an Underperform rating on the ordinary shares and a €6.50 price target. Without a portfolio "overhaul," margins and market share won't survive, he writes. The company's at risk of continued pressure on prices from smartphone competitors and from competitors such as Samsung (SSNLF) and Huawei at the low end. He notes average selling price rose in the quarter, but unit shipments of 124 million fell short of the consensus 130 million. The result is a rut: Does Nokia hold onto market share, or hold onto profit. The sub-10% forecast for operating margin "speak of Nokia's ongoing concern." Simpson raised his estimate for this year to €46 billion from €44.8 billion previously, and cut EPS to €0.49 from €0.50.


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The settlement of Port Sullivan was one of many Texas villages that dried up and blew away into the chronicles of the Lone Star State's heritage.
It was added to historical marker lists and ghost town rosters, yet the 19th century settlement in east Milam County claims important ties to some Utah families and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In 1854, the Mormon church dispatched elder Seth M. Blair on a mission trip to the outpost near the confluence of the Little and Brazos rivers. Blair preached the Mormon doctrine and welcomed 50 new converts into the faith, using the Brazos River for baptisms. Blair also persuaded his newly acquired flock to make their homes in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory.
Blair, an attorney, veteran of the Texas War for Independence and celebrated figure in Utah history, was a respected leader in his church and friend of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Brigham Young.
Blair led his party of saints out of Port Sullivan on March 9, 1855, in a wagon train that moved slowly northward into Falls County purposely to accommodate latecomers.
Among Mormon saints departing Port Sullivan was Georgia native and former Texas state representative Nathaniel Hunt Greer, his wife Nancy and their children. Greer operated a prosperous sawmill in Milam County. The Greers sold their properties in Milam and Washington counties and bought wagons, oxen and supplies for their overland wagon train journey to Utah.
Blair's journal recorded his visit to Texas, events in Port Sullivan and the wagon train to Utah, according to documents at the LDS Church Library in Salt Lake City.
By March 25, the party was six miles north of Marlin. The weather was dry and windy, stunting grasses needed for livestock forage. Near Waxahachie, Blair expressed in his diary dismay because envy, jealousy, worldliness and loss of the spirit had crept in among his followers.
The slow-moving caravan departed Texas on April 22, crossing the Red River at Preston. They traveled through Choctaw and Chickasaw land, then joined a larger wagon train of Utah-bound Mormons in Atchison, Kansas Territory.
The overland wagon train of 89 people, 38 wagons, 480 oxen, 21 cows and 40 horses departed Atchison on June 15, only to be stricken with a cholera epidemic after traveling only 20 miles. In the first 24 hours, a dozen people died of cholera that eventually claimed 29 victims, 16 from Texas and 13 others.
The train continued leaving in its wake a trail of graves. Nathaniel Greer was among the casualties. His coffin was made from a wagon bed and he was buried on a hill close to Grasshopper Creek in Kansas. Another cholera-stricken Port Sullivan pilgrim wandered away from camp and was never found.
"The cry of the dying and shrieks of the living presented nothing but the true scene, even all the horrors of death imaginable. The gravediggers were employed both night and day," Blair wrote in his journal on June 14, 1855. When the party reached the Big Nemehaw River, many survivors renewed their covenants through re-baptism.
The train continued, but the people had to deal with a measles outbreak, distention, a few accidents and the threat of Indian attacks that terrorized travelers but never occurred. They reported they had fed a few Sioux.
Greer's grief-stricken family plodded on across the plains with the overland train arriving in Salt Lake City on Sept. 11, 1855.
A year later, some of Greer's offspring, heartbroken over the loss of their father and disheartened over the loss of cattle during a brutal Utah winter, returned to Texas and settled in Bosque County. Others stayed in Utah. One of Greer's granddaughters married Blair.
Blair, who had longtime friends in Texas, was reported to have corresponded with Sam Houston in the early days of Texas.
The Handbook of Texas Online sets Port Sullivan geographically on a low bluff downstream from a shoal of limestone boulders in the Brazos River about 25 miles east of Cameron in Milam County.
Officially, the village was christened Port Sullivan on Dec. 12, 1835, when August W. Sullivan gained title to the property.
In 1852, Port Sullivan boasted 200 residents, four stores including one stocked with New York-bought goods, a sawmill, warehouses, post office and offices for doctors and lawyers. By 1860, the town had grown to 680 and had its own college.
The 1870 census counted 1,423 people, but a decade later only 123 people remained. By the 1890s Port Sullivan had reached ghost town status, the unsuspecting victim of a temperamental river that could only accommodate steamboats during floods, and a casualty of 19th century transportation when railroads laid tracks at other sites isolating the village.
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The 2012 NBA Finals has been as compelling as any playoff series in a very long time. A showdown between the leading scorer in the league three years running and the league's reigning MVP, you know it's something special when Dwyane Wade and Russell Westbrook are just the second best players on their respective teams. The first four games have been hard-fought and close, featuring both come-from-behind victories and games decided in the final minute. It's been great.
The nature of sports coverage dictates that ultimately the series will be viewed as a referendum on LeBron James vs. Kevin Durant. If Miami wins, James will be the hero and Durant will be too young, too inexperienced. If Oklahoma City can somehow manage to come back from a 3-1 deficit (something very few teams have ever done in the history of the league, and none in the Finals) then Durant will usurp James' throne as the king of the league, while LeBron will be criticized as not being able to win the big one (again).
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In the four games so far, the team that has won the rebounding battle has won the game. The series on aggregate has been ridiculously close. Over the course of four games, the cumulative score is Miami 389, Oklahoma City 384. The Thunder have shot a slightly better percentage from the field (.467 to .450) but Miami has hit more threes and more free throws, giving them a very slight edge in True Shooting percentage (.552 to .539). All the other stats are equally close.
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Aggregate rebounding has been close as well, with Miami grabbing just eight more rebounds total in the four games, 160 to 152, a per game average of 40 rebounds to 38. But rebounding is the one line in the box score that has had a one-to-one correlation with the bottom line -- grab more boards and win the game, at least so far.
Two players loom very large in the rebounding discussion. Chris Bosh, still rounding into shape after returning from an abdominal strain at the start of the series, did not start in Game 1. He managed just five rebounds in that game, and the Heat lost. He was inserted into the starting lineup in Game 2 and has averaged nearly 12 rebounds per game in the three since, with Miami perhaps not coincidentally winning all three.
Meanwhile, Durant has suddenly disappeared on the boards. He grabbed eight in Game 1, the only Thunder victory, but has managed fewer than four per game in the three subsequent losses. He had a paltry two rebounds in Game 4. The problem is particularly urgent considering that Oklahoma City has been forced to go small to match up with the Heat, playing Durant at power forward for long stretches. A power forward averaging four rebounds is an issue.
Durant has made steady progress in his five seasons in the league, perhaps nowhere more so than as a rebounder. He averaged a career-high eight rebounds per game this season and was the most prolific rebounder from the small forward position in the league (though admittedly he did frequently play the four). In fact, Durant averaged more rebounds than Bosh did this year, who was at 7.9 rebounds per game during the regular season. So for Bosh to have 35 rebounds in the past three games compared to just 11 for Durant is very telling.
In a series between two such evenly matched teams, the difference may come down to effort. Rebounding is about hard work and concentration, and Durant and his Oklahoma City teammates simply need to do better. Keep an eye on the rebounding in Game 5, in particular Durant and Bosh. If the game follows the same pattern as the first four, the rebounds will tell the story.


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that act of grace whereby Christ took our human nature into union with his Divine Person, became man. Christ is both God and man. Human attributes and actions are predicated of him, and he of whom they are predicated is God. A Divine Person was united to a human nature (Acts 20:28; Rom. 8:32; 1 Cor. 2:8; Heb. 2:11-14; 1 Tim. 3:16; Gal. 4:4, etc.). The union is hypostatical, i.e., is personal; the two natures are not mixed or confounded, and it is perpetual.


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Bay City High School Crunk Squad! (2) by Jessica Russell - almost 2 years ago
"This is what we do at football games! Homemade noise makers and we cheer on our team-win or lose! We "pink out" the stands for Breast Cancer Awareness Month and hope to have pink shirts for October! All of this is student led and was started by a group of guys in honor of a player with cancer. We have decided to take it to the next level and have Crunk Squad at many sporting events! There have been 90 or so blue shirts ordered and we hope to have even more with the pink ones!"


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Tommy Mann Jr.
The Orange Leader
The latest United Way fundraising campaign is now under way.
The United Way of Orange County held its annual "Kick-off Breakfast" Thursday morning inside the Gillespie Building of First Presbyterian Church in downtown Orange to signal the start of its 2013-2104 campaign. The goal this year is to raise $850,000.
"We met our goal last year for the first time in several years," said Dave Young, campaign chairperson. "But we have to find a way to get the rest of the community to share our passion for this campaign. We have got to do our part to help this community because it's a great community."
This year's campaign theme is "Building a Community." Funds donated to the United Way of Orange County are invested by a network of experienced volunteers into the "basic building blocks" for a good life and programs which produce results in area of education, income, health and basic needs.
"We take this job seriously," said Brian Beach, president of the United Way of Orange County. "Dave (Young) and his team of volunteers will help us reach our goals, with the help of the community."
The United Way of Orange County assists 23 agencies across the area with funding which is donated by businesses and individuals. Some of these organizations include Orange County Action Association, Southeast Texas Hospice, Salvation Army, Vidor Children's Fund, Habitat for Humanity, Boy Scouts of America, Camp Fire USA, Girl Scouts, OCARC and many others.
During the 2012-2013 campaign year, funds were used in a variety of ways to assist Orange County residents.
Approximately 23,158 meals were prepared and delivered to home or congregate feeding sites throughout Orange County five days per week, while 665 senior citizens were able to stay in their homes by receiving home delivered meals five days per week.
The United Way of Orange County and its agencies were able to assist 160 children from low income families by providing a safe environment with after school care and day camp, while another 118 children with special and exceptional needs received various types of therapy, tutoring or mentoring through much needed programs.
More than 120 individuals and families received emergency financial assistance to pay their rent or mortgage. Also, 918 low income individuals with mental health issues received counseling services and 631 victims of domestic violence or sexual abuse received more than 1,800 hours of assistance.
"People don't know a lot about the United Way and what it does, but there are a lot of good agencies out there that need the support of the United Way of Orange County," Beach added.
The 2013-2014 United Way fundraising campaign is already off to a good start after the first day as several area businesses have already made contributions to the project.
As of Thursday morning, a total of $153,000, or 18 percent, of the fundraising goal has already been donated. Businesses making contributions already include Akrotex, Bridge City Bank, Chevron/Phillips Chemical Company, DuPont Sabine River Works, Entergy, Firestone, First Financial Bank, International Paper, INVISTA, Lanxess, PrintPack, Sabine Federal Credit Union, Sabine River and Northern Railroad, Steirman Whitfield, CPA and the staff of the United Way of Orange County.
Visit www.unitedwayoforangecounty.org or call 409-883-3591 for more information on the United Way of Orange County.


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These animal-themed games make it fun to learn about animals' characteristics and habitats. Students can even create their own new species!
Switch Zoo - Make New Animals
Visitors to this unique zoo make their own new creatures by switching the animals' heads, legs and tails. While students play, they can read facts about each of the animals that comprise their new beast. Visit our lesson plans section for classroom ideas.
Your students can learn more about the animals in Switch Zoo by reading their Profiles in the Resources section below.
Learn how to make new animals in Switch Zoo by taking the Guided Tour: Make New Animals. It's a hands-on, step-by-step guide so you will make animals while you learn!
You can also click the How To button on the fence to open the hidden How to Play panel and find out about everything you can do in the zoo.
Feeding Time at Switch Zoo
Your students will have fun learning about carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, and scavengers with three games based on animals' diets.
Scavengers Hunt
Can your students spot a scavenger in a crowd? They can have fun finding out by choosing scavengers and non-scavengers from groups of animals. The answers can be surprising.
Meerkat Grab-a-Snack
Your students can score points by catching insects, worms, scorpions and other meerkat delicacies when they pop out of holes in the ground. Created for Meerkat Manor, a documentary series on Animal Planet.
Where Do I Live?
This animal geography game will challenge your students' knowledge as they move the animals to their natural homes. Students can use the Animal Homing Device to see the answer for animals they can't locate.
Lesson Plans
For art, science, creative writing and persuasive writing projects. These lesson plans use Switch Zoo animals to spark interest and creativity.
Medieval Art Mixed Breed Animals
Art teacher Linda Woods shares her great lesson plan that references fantastic beasts in myth and legend, and uses Switch Zoo to generate ideas. To see drawings created by fifth grade students using the lesson plan, go to Mixed Breed Animal Drawings.
More Lesson Plans
Visit the Lesson Plans page for simple science and creative writing plans for younger children, and links to Switch Zoo Lesson Plans off-site.
For on-site research: 142 animal profiles, a US endangered species map, and stories about unusual animal feats and ablities in the Zookeepers' Blog.
Animal Profiles
142 animal species inhabit Switch Zoo and they are all profiled here, so students have easy access to interesting facts about the real animals that make up their fictional combination animals. Use the Google search tool on any page to quickly find animals.
Endangered Species Map
This interactive map of the United States provides information about the endangered species of each state. The color key includes descriptions of the biomes.
Visitors' Pages
Switch Zoo visitors contribute funny and creative animal names, mixed animal drawings, stories and poems about the animals, and comments.
Mixed Breed Animal Drawings
Enjoy this collection of beautiful "mixed-breed animals" created by students at St. John's Lower School, in Houston, Texas. Art teachers — don't miss the Art Lesson Plans.
Stories and Poems
Students at Philip Livingston Magnet Academy in Albany, NY wrote these wonderful stories and poems. English teacher, Mary Paley, shares her Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans in the Lesson Plans section.
The Hall of Names
A collection of funny and creative names visitors have given the animals they made at Switch Zoo.
Visitors' Comments
A sampling of email received at Switch Zoo.
Animal Research Resources
Find a wealth of interesting and informative animal information sites to conduct research for stories, reports, and field guides.
Educators' Resources
These sites offer resources for teachers and other educational professionals.


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NEW PALTZ — The Plattsburgh State baseball team had eight hits and were the recipients of nine walks Friday afternoon.
The Cardinals, however, were only able to score four runs with all those baserunners and that was the difference in a 6-4 loss at New Paltz in SUNY Athletic Conference play.
"We had a lot of opportunities," Plattsburgh coach Kris Doorey said. "We played very well, but couldn't get that one big hit.
"We did a good job working the count and the game was setting up well for us. Our focus was better today."
David Lostaglio led the Hawks (13-14, 9-6) with three hits and four RBI, while Anthony Repetto, Matt Prescia and Matt Kaldon added two hits each in a 12-hit attack.
Chris Chismar got the pitching win, despite allowing four hits and seven walks over the first 5.2 innings. John Schmidt went the final 3.1 scoreless innings for the save, despite allowing four hits and two walks.
"Our objective was to get Chismar out of the game as quickly as we could and keep the game close in order to have an opportunity to win," Doorey said.
"If we could have gotten a couple of more hits early on, we would have gotten him out of the game quicker. He's the best pitcher in our league and we needed to find a way to win the game. We didn't take advantage of what was given to us."
Luke Weaver and Shane Houppert paced the Cardinals (9-18, 4-9) with two hits apiece.
New Paltz jumped in front with three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Plattsburgh rallied to tie it, only to have the Hawks take the lead for good with two runs in the third. The Cardinals got back to within one run in the sixth, but that would be as close as they would get the rest of the way.


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Charles B. Rangel
- 1 Early life
- 2 Education
- 3 Political career
- 4 Harlem Democratic Party
- 5 National Conference of Black Lawyers
- 6 Ruth Gage-Colby Testimonial Committee
- 7 Cuba recognition drive
- 8 Committees
- 9 Congressional Progressive Caucus
- 10 Congressional Black Caucus
- 11 Communist Party connections
- 13 Voted against support for "Contras"
- 14 "Congressional Pink Caucus"
- 15 Hiroshima Day, 1993
- 16 Cuba Bills
- 17 Peace for Cuba Appeal
- 18 Welcoming Castro
- 19 Controversial Cuba trip
- 20 DSA endorsement
- 21 Sponsored Communist Party "Jobs Bill"
- 22 Cuban Humanitarian Trade Act
- 23 Opposition to Iraq War
- 24 Supporting medical training in Cuba
- 25 Supporting Lucius Walker
- 26 Brit Tzedek
- 27 J Sreet endorsement
- 28 Introduced Universal National Service Bill
- 29 Fred Ross award campaign
- 30 Immigration rally arrest
- 31 Lifting travel ban on Cuba
- 32 Congressional Letter for Neutrality, 2014 Salvadoran Elections
- 33 Controversies
- 34 Staff
- 35 External links
- 36 References
Charles B. Rangel is a far left Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 13th district of New York.
Early life
Charlie Rangel was born in New York on June 11, 1930. Raised by his mother and maternal grandfather, an elevator operator, Rangel grew up in the streets of New York. After dropping out of high school, Rangel served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, where he was seriously wounded in battle and received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart[1].
After his return from Korea and near-death experience, Rangel enrolled at New York University, earning a B.A. in 1957 and receiving his law degree from St. John's University Law School in 1960[2].
Political career
In 1961, Attorney General Robert Kennedy appointed Rangel assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. In 1967, Rangel won election to the New York State Assembly, and in 1971 he ran against the famous Reverend Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. in a historic election. Rangel's victory inaugurated the first of his seventeen consecutive terms as Harlem's representative to Congress.
His tenure in Congress has been marked by a continued activism and concern for his constituency. Rangel was one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus and served at one time as its chairman. He has also been active on issues of trade and human resources. In 1987, Rangel, one of the leading opponents to South African apartheid, pushed the Internal Revenue Service to eliminate tax credits for taxes paid to the apartheid government of South Africa. In 1995, he helped to create a federal "empowerment zone" in Manhattan and authored the low-income tax credit to stimulate the development of affordable housing in urban areas. Early in 2003, Rangel proposed the reinstatement of the military draft as a way to deter the use of force and promote a peaceful resolution to the War in Iraq[3].
Harlem Democratic Party
David Dinkins rose through the Democratic Party organization in Harlem and became part of an influential group of African-American politicians that included Percy Sutton, Basil Paterson, Denny Farrell, and Charles Rangel.[4]
National Conference of Black Lawyers
Rangel was a founding member of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.[5]
According to the National Conference of Black Lawyers website[6];
- In 1968, young people of African descent in America were growing impatient with the slow pace of social change. Despite modest advances brought on by two decades of non-violent resistance, from one end of the country to the other, the cry for Black Power was raised in the midst of a sea of clinched fists. At the same time, this new militant spirit had moved many to don black berets and carry rifles. On street corners in practically every Black community, passers-by heard demands for Nation Time and Power to the People!
The National Conference of Black Lawyers and its allied organization, the National Lawyers Guild are the U.S. affiliates of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers.[7]
The IADL, was a "front" for the former Soviet Union and is still dominated by communist and socialist lawyers and legal organizations.
Ruth Gage-Colby Testimonial Committee
A letter invitation was send out in the Fall of 1970 by the Ruth Gage-Colby Testimonial Committee, a group of communists, radical marxists, liberals and liberal dupes to honor Ruth Gage-Colby, one of the top communist-sympathizers in the Hanoi Lobby and "a longtime leader of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom" WILPF, which was under heavy CPUSA influence, if not dominance, much like Women Strike for Peace WSP was.
A description of her activities from this pamphlet will appear in the Keywiki section under her name. Needless to say, her record of support for communist fronts and causes, both CPUSA and Socialist Workers Party SWP, i.e.NPAC, is extensive and well documented.
Among the "Patrons" for this January 20, 1972 testimonial dinner was:
- Rep.Charles Rangel
Located at 150 Fifth Avenue, Suite 911, New York City, NY, 10010, this invitation letter was signed by:
- Bella Abzug - Representative and one of the top CPUSA supporters (and reported secret member) in Congress
- Coretta Scott King
- Frank Rosenblum
- Sen. Vance Hartke - Senator D-Ind and a public supporter of NPAC protests, including a telegram of support
- Rt. Rev. Paul Moore, Jr. - Reverend the perfect clergy dupe for various communist fronts and causes
- Prof. George Wald - Professor a key member of academia's part of the Hanoi Lobby. His wife Ruth Wald was a sponsor of the Ring Around the Congress
Among the other "PATRONS" of this "testimonial" were the following CPUSA* and SWP** members (identified or open) and Soviet agents of influence:
- Leonard Boudin*
- Debbie Bustin** - SWP
- Leon Davis* - 5th Amendment[8]
- Ossie Davis - avowed supporter of Soviet communism
- Ruby Dee - Davis' wife with as long a record of support of CPUSA fronts and causes as his
- Abe Feinglass*
- Jerry Gordon* - Labor Youth League, CPUSA front, and then NPAC
- Corliss Lamont*
- David Livingston*
- Florence Luscomb*
- Ruth Myers*
- Victor Reuther - avowed "socialist"
- Pete Seeger*
- I. F. Stone* - both CPUSA and Soviet agent of influence (paid)
- Dalton Trumbo*
Others also have long records of support for CPUSA and SWP fronts and causes. There were very few genuine liberals on that list of 57 people, including 15 present or recently retired U.S. Representatives and Senators. They will be listed on the Keywiki site for Ruth Gage-Colby and under their own names.
Cuba recognition drive
In 1972, a coalition of congressmen, radical activists and some communists spearheaded a drive to relax relations with Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Under, the auspices of Sen. Ted Kennedy (D.- Mass.) and Sen. Harold Hughes (D.-Iowa), a two day conference of liberal scholars assembled in April, in the New Senate Office Building to thrash out a fresh U.S. policy on Cùba.
Among congressional sponsors of the seminar were Sen. J. William Fulbright (D.-Ark.) and Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R.-N.Y.), both influential members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Sen. George McGovern (D.-S.D.), Rep. Bella Abzug (D~-N.Y.) and Rep. Ron Dellums (D.-Calif.).
Other sponsors included Senators Alan Cranston (D-CA), Mike Gravel (D - Alaska), Fred Harris (D - OK), Philip Hart (D - MI) and Frank Moss (D - UT)
Congressmen Joseph Addabo (D - NY), Herman Badillo ( D - NY), Alphonzo Bell (R -CA), Jonathan Bingham (D - NY), John Brademas (D -Indiana), Donald Fraser (D - Minn.), Seymour Halpern (R - NY), Lee Hamilton (D - Ind.), Michael J. Harrington (D - MA), Patsy Mink (D -HI), Parren Mitchell (D - MD), Charles Rangel (D - NY), Thomas Rees (D - CA), William Fitts Ryan (D - NY), Ogden Reid (D - NY), Benjamin Rosenthal ( D - NY), Morris Udall ( D - AZ).
Secretary of the New York State Communist Party USA, Michael Myerson was among the observers.
One panelist, John M. Cates, Jr., director of the , Center for Inter-American Relations, matter of factly remarked during the discussions: "So why are we here'? We're here so Sen. Kennedy can have a rationale to get our country to recognize Cuba."
The conference was financed by a New York-based organization called the Fund for the New Priorities in America, a coalition of groups clearly sympathetic to many pro-Communist causes.
The Fund was virtually the same group as the Committee for Peace and New Priorities, a pro-Hanoi group which bought an ad in November 1971 in the New York Times demanding Nixon set a Viet Nam withdrawal date. Both the Fund for the New Priorities and the Committee for Peace, were located at the same address in New York.[9]
"Progressives' on "Ways & Means" committee
In 2008, the U.S. Congress' most powerful committee, "Ways & Means" was heavily influenced by members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus including Chairman Charles Rangel, Pete Stark, John Lewis, Xavier Becerra and Jim McDermott.
Congressional Progressive CaucusVice Chairman Raul Grijalva and Danny Davis, joined "Ways & Means" late in the year.
Congressional Progressive Caucus
In 1998 Charles Rabgel Democrat was listed as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[10]
As of February 20 2009 Charles Rangel was listed as a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.[11]
Congressional Black Caucus
Charles B. Rangel is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 113th Congress:[12]
Communist Party connections
World Peace Council
Rangel was associated with the Soviet front World Peace Council.
The first official World Peace Council conference in the U.S. was the Dialogue on Disarmament and Detente held January 25-27, 1978, in Washington, DC.
It was sponsored by a small committee including and World Peace Council Presidium member Communist Party USA functionary and Amalgamated Meatcutters Union vice-president Abe Feinglass.
A luncheon was held to honor World Peace Council president Romesh Chandra that was attendedby California Congressmen Philip Burton, Don Edwards, Ron Dellums and New York rep. Charles Rangel.[13]
WPC delegation members included President Romesh Chandra, KGB Colonel Radomir Bogdanov and Oleg Kharkhardin of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union International Department.[14]
First Annual Fannie Lou Hammer Awards Dinner
According to an article, "Plan award's dinner to honor activists", Daily World, Feb. 19, 1983, p. 4.
"Women for Racial and Economic Equality will honor civil rights activists Julia Wilder and Maggie Bozeman at its First Annual Fannie Lou Hammer Awards dinner on Saturday, February 26."
"Ms. Bozeman and Ms. Wilder were unjustly convicted of vote fraud when they helped elderly people vote in Pickens County, Alabama. They were jailed but later released due to nationwide protests. Currently, ms. Wilder and Ms. Bozeman are on parole and denied the use of their voting rights..."
"Joing WREE will be city and state officials; leaders from civil rights organizations and liberation movement, and representatives from church and women's groups."
- Judge Bruce Wright
- Ruth Messinger - City Councilwoman (i.e. NY City)
- Representative Charles Rangel
- Garaldine Daniels - (possibly of NYC)
- Josephine LeBeau - of the Coalition of Labor Union Women CLUW (a heavily CPUSA infiltrated organization)
- Cathy Andrade - of ILGWU
- Elombe Brath - of the Patrice Lumumba Coalition (i.e. a veteran marxist activist), will be among the participants."
Communist Party award ceremony
On November 4, 1999 New York State Assemblyman Richard Gottfried presented State Assembly citations to four honorees, Iris Baez, founder and president of Community and Parents Against Police Violence, Ron Daniels, Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Elizabeth Hall, a member of the National Committee of the Communist Party USA and Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees, and Bobbie Rabinowitz, a founder of the New York City Labor Chorus at the Peoples Weekly World 75th anniversary celebrations at the Henry Winston Unity Auditorium in New York. Event co-chairs were Maria Ramos of the United Federation of Teachers and Carolyn Rummel, managing editor of the Peoples Weekly World. [15]
US Rep. Charles Rangel sent a letter regretting that he was unable to attend, but congratulated the honorees and the World.[16]
2000 PWW award luncheon
On October 22, 2000 the Peoples Weekly World held its 4th annual celebration luncheon in New York, at the Henry Winston Auditorium.
Awardees were;[17]
- Ernesto Jofre, president of UNITE Local 169
- International Longshoreman's Association, Local 1814
- Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence
Speakers included City Councilmembers Bill Perkins and Christine Quinn, Assemblymember Richard Gottfried, State Senator Tom Duane, Larry Moskowitz of the Communist Party USA and Working Families Party and Elena Mora for the Communist Party.
US Rep. Charles Rangel sent greetings and State Senator Eric Schneiderman sent a letter of commendation to the honorees.[18]
Henry Winston's centenary celebration greeting
A standing room only crowd gathered in Winston Unity Center, New York, on the occasion of Henry Winston's centenary celebration. Winston, who was born in 1912, was the national chairman of the Communist Party for two decades until his death in 1986.
The multi-media celebration of this great African American leader included speeches, music, slideshow and greetings from former coworkers and friends - including one from New York Congressman Charles Rangel. It was streamed live to a national audience and hosted by Judith LeBlanc, the national field director of Peace Action.
Noted scholar and political activist Angela Davis brought the multi-racial audience to its feet in her moving tribute to Winston.[19]
In 1981 Charles Rangel was a Vice President of Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization[20].
Voted against support for "Contras"
The Congressional Record of February 3, 1988 shows that the following leading Democratic Party Congressmen voted against aid to the Nicaraguan Freedom Fighters - the "Contras"- then fighting against the Marxist-Leninist Sandinista government of Nicaragua:
- Les Aspin
- Les AuCoin
- Ed Boland
- David Bonior
- Don Bonker
- Barbara Boxer
- George Brown
- John Conyers
- George Crockett
- Ron Dellums
- Tom Downey
- Mervyn Dymally
- Don Edwards
- Mike Espy
- Barney Frank
- Sam Gejdenson
- Richard Gephardt
- William Gray
- Lee Hamilton
- Charles Hayes
- Robert Kastenmeier
- Joseph Kennedy
- Pete Kostmayer
- Jim Leach
- Ed Markey
- Nancy Pelosi
- J. J. Pickle
- Charles Rangel
- Peter Rodino
- Dan Rostenkowski
- Gus Savage
- Patricia Schroeder
- Steven Solarz
- Gerry Studds
- Morris Udall
- Ted Weiss
- Howard Wolpe
- Sidney Yates
"Congressional Pink Caucus"
In October 1989 the Nicaraguan Sandinista Government announced that they would no longer comply with the 19 month-old cease-fire agreement with the Contras. This had been considered a prime step forward for the "peace process" that was progressing slowly as part of the Arias Peace Plan.
A resolution was introduced in Congress deploring the Sandinistas' action. The Senate voted unanimously in favor, but in the House the vote was 379-29. All the 29 Congressmen voting against the resolution were Democrats.
The Council for Inter-American Security dubbed these 29 people the "Congressional Pink Caucus":
- Jim Bates (CA)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- William Lacy Clay, Sr. (MO)
- George Crockett (MI)
- Cardiss Collins (IL)
- Peter DeFazio (OR)
- Ron Dellums (CA)
- Mervyn Dymally (CA)
- Don Edwards (CA)
- Lane Evans (IL)
- Floyd Flake (NY)
- Henry Gonzalez (TX)
- Charles Hayes (IL)
- Joseph Kennedy (MA)
- Pete Kostmayer (PA)
- Robert Kastenmeier (WI)
- John Lewis (GA)
- Major Owens (NY)
- Nancy Pelosi (CA)
- Charles Rangel (NY)
- Gus Savage (IL)
- Louis Stokes (OH)
- Gerry Studds (MA)
- Esteban Torres (CA)
- Edolphus Towns (NY)
- Jolene Unsoeld (WA)
- Ted Weiss (NY)
- Alan Wheat (MO)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Hiroshima Day, 1993
On August 6 1993, a rally to commemorate Hiroshima Day was held at the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjold Park, New York. The rally was designed "to kickoff a national campaign to collect a million signatures supporting a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, commend president Clinton for extending the nuclear testing moratorium, urge renewal of the Non Proliferation Treaty, urge swift and complete nuclear disarmament."
The event was sponsored by the Metro New York Peace Action Council and several other "peace' groups.[21]
Speakers included;
- Leslie Cagan, Cuba Information Project
- Elizabeth Holtzman, NYC Comptroller
- Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
- David McReynolds, War Resisters League
- Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President
- Congressman Jerrold Nadler
- Sonja Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council
- Congressman Major Owens
- Congressman Charles Rangel
- Congressman Edolphus Towns
- Lloyd Wallisch, World Court Project, U.S. branch
- Alyn Ware, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Cuba Bills
In mid 1993, a National Network on Cuba meeting in Chicago endorsed a call for strong lobbying support for HR 1943, the Free Trade With Cuba Act, introduced into Congress by Charles Rangel.[22]
In December 1993 Rev. Jesse Jackson and Local 1199 president Dennis Rivera spent a 5 day holiday in Havana Cuba. the two Rainbow Coalition leaders pledged their support for HR 2229, introduced into Congress by Rep. Charles Rangel, to end the blockade and normalize relations.
Jackson was invited by the Cuban Ecumenical Council. The pair met with Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina and Finance Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez.[23]
Peace for Cuba Appeal
In 1994 Charles B. Rangel was an initiator of the International Peace for Cuba Appeal, an affiliate of the Workers World Party dominated International Action Center.
Other prominent initiators included Cuban Intelligence agent Philip Agee, academic Noam Chomsky and Congressman John Conyers[24].
Welcoming Castro
Charles Rangel attended an October 1995 meeting in Harlem to welcome Cuban leader Fidel Castro to New York.
According to Communist Party USA paper Peoples Weekly World[25];
- Almost 1,600 Harlemites and solidarity activists packed the Abyssinian Baptist Church to give a hero's welcome to Fidel Castro, the president of Cuba.
- The mainly African American audience, which included New York Democratic representatives Charles Rangel and Nydia Velasquez, enthusiastically greeted the Communist leader with a 10-minute standing ovation. Chants of "Cuba si, Bloqueo no!" resounded from the rafters and sent a strong message of protest to New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and President Clinton for excluding the Cuban leader from their sponsored events.
- The audience erupted in shouts of "Fidel, Fidel" when Elombe Brath, head of the Patrice Lumumba Coalition and chair for the meeting, asked the audience, "Who would you rather come to Harlem, Fidel or Giuliani?"'';
Controversial Cuba trip
Rep. Charles Rangel, a frequent critic of the U.S. embargo against Cuba, met with Fidel Castro on a trip to the island in 2002, but only acknowledged that the Cuban government picked up part of the tab when a watchdog group began making recent inquiries.
The New York Democrat changed his travel disclosure form for the April 2002 trip and reimbursed the Cuban government and a New York grocery store owner $1,922 for his son's expenses after the Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan group that focuses on open records, raised questions about the trip. House ethics rules permit private sponsors of lawmakers' trips to cover the cost of the member of Congress and one relative -- in Rangel's case, his wife Alma, who also went on the trip.
The government watchdog group, which released an extensive review of congressional travel, noted that congressional travel disclosure forms "are supposed to make the sponsor and purpose of privately funded trips transparent to the public.
But according to the group, Rangel initially listed a group that was conducting a bird study in Cuba at the time, the Minneapolis-based Sian Ka'an Conservation Foundation, as the sponsor of the trip. On an amended form -- filed in April -- Rangel added the Cuban government and grocery owner John Catsimatidis as sponsors.
Rangel's chief of staff, George Dalley, told the center that Rangel and his staff did not know the Cuban government had paid for part of the trip until they were contacted by the group.
The most important thing is that Rangel corrected the mistake he made, Dalley told the group. Calls to the congressman's office were not returned.
The report also suggests that Rangel may have violated another House ethics rule. His office did not say whether it had filed a required report that a foreign government paid for some of his trip.
Some Cuba observers, however, said they have wondered whether the Cuban government has paid some expenses in an effort to foster relationships with members of Congress, which in recent years has batted down efforts to relax the embargo that prevents most U.S. companies from doing business with Cuba.
I have long suspected that the Cuban regime illegally finances and arranges travel and other activities for members of Congress, said Rep. Lincoln Díaz-Balart, a Miami Republican who is a staunch defender of keeping economic sanctions against Castro in place.
Rangel, who met with Castro as far back as 1988 as part of a congressional trip, reported the 2002 trip was for "education and fact finding.
According to the center, the group attended talks about bird conservation, dined at the U.S. Special Interests Section (the American diplomatic mission in Cuba) and met with Castro. The center noted that Catsimatidis was interested in traveling to Havana "to familiarize himself with preparations for the consecration of a Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Old Havana.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur, an Ohio Democrat who was also on the trip, said at the time that she and Rangel met with Castro and discussed the case of an American who fought in the Cuban Revolution but was later executed.
Kaptur said at the time that top Cuban officials assured her they would consider returning Yanqui Comandante William Morgan's remains.
His body has not been returned.[26]
DSA endorsement
In July 1996, the Democratic Socialists of America Political Action Committee endorsed Charles, NY 15 in that year's Congressional elections.[27]
Sponsored Communist Party "Jobs Bill"
H.R. 950, the Job Creation and Infrastructure Restoration Act of 1997 was introduced in the 105th Congress on March 5, 1997 by Congressman Matthew Martinez of California. It had 33 original co-sponsors, including Charles Rangel. The primary purpose of this emergency federal jobs legislation was to provide much needed jobs at union wages to crisis ridden cities by putting the unemployed to work rebuilding our nation's infrastructure (schools, housing, hospitals, libraries, public transportation, highways, parks, environmental improvements, etc. $250 billion is authorized for emergency public works jobs over a five year period.
Congressman Martinez had previously introduced this bill in the last Congress (as HR 1591) at the the request of over 50 prominent Labor leaders who formed the Los Angeles Labor Coalition for Public Works Jobs, which is why it is often referred to as the "Martinez Public Works Jobs Bill."[28]
- This is the most significant jobs legislation introduced in Congress since Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal established the Works Progress Administration (WPA). This bill is the WPA-type program for today. It has strong provisions which will put hundreds of thousands of unemployed building trades workers to work as well as provide jobs for victims of plant closures, welfare recipients who are parents, youth, and the long term unemployed. The public works projects which will be established under this bill will be built in communities with the highest levels of unemployment and with the greatest needs.
- The goal of the New York Coalition for Public Works Jobs is to build the movement to pass the Martinez Jobs bill as part of the National Labor Coalition for Public Works Jobs. You can help by asking your union, community organization, or local government body to to join those who have already passed resolutions to endorse the bill. Such a resolution has been introduced in the New York City Council. Calling on additional Congressional Representatives to co-sponsor the bill is very important. We will be organizing petition campaigns, visits to elected officials, and demonstrations and other actions for a public works jobs program.
The leaders of the Los Angeles Labor Coalition for Public Works Jobs and its only affiliate New York Coalition for Public Works Jobs, were all known supporters or members of the Communist Party USA.
Los Angeles, National Labor Coalition For Public Works Jobs:
- Jerry Acosta - Chairman
- Art Rodriguez - Coordinator
A New York affiliate, New York Coalition for Public Works Jobs, c/o Utility Workers Union of America Local 1-2:
Cuban Humanitarian Trade Act
The Cuban Humanitarian Trade Act, a bill introduced in 1998, in the U.S. Congress, would ease some restrictions on trade with socialist Cuba, solidarity activists say.
The legislation would lift sanctions on sales and donations of food, medicines and medical supplies to Cuba.
While it falls far short of ending the illegal U.S. blockade, the legislation does meet an important Cuban requirement. It says that trade is an appropriate relationship between the two countries.
The 37-year U.S. blockade has meant great hardship for Cuba's 11 million people. President Fidel Castro said in July that "We contend that the economic blockade should be considered among the main war crimes committed against a people."
The Cuban Humanitarian Trade Act has 129 sponsors in the House and 25 in the Senate. It is supported by members of the Congressional Black and Latino Caucuses, including Sen. Carol Moseley Braun and Reps. Maxine Waters, Nydia Velasquez and Charles Rangel.
IFCO/Pastors for Peace, organizers of the U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment caravans, testified on behalf of the legislation in May.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Wheat Association, the Medical Devices Manufacturers and other business groups also testified in favor of easing the blockade.[29]
Opposition to Iraq War
Rangel was an early and vocal opponent[30]of the Iraq War, with his colleague Major Owens.
- Hundreds of thousands of people filled the streets March 22 in a spirited demonstration against the war on Iraq. The huge protest, held just two days after the start of the war, was proof positive that the peace movement – "the other world superpower" – is strong and growing here, one of the sites of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
- Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) said "there has been no evidence presented to Congress that Iraq is connected to 9/11. We support the troops but we don't support the president." Rangel was flanked by Rep. Major Owens (D-N.Y.), and many other state and city elected officials.
CBC 33rd Legislative Conference, 2003
Anger at the Bush administration for waging war abroad and attacking rights at home bubbled up at the Congressional Black Caucus 33rd Legislative Conference in Washington DC, Sept. 24-27, 2003.
"Collective Leadership: Challenging A Bold New World" was the title of the conference, which attracted thousands of participants in 53 plenary and workshop sessions.
A standing-room crowd at a session titled "The Iraq War: America Speaks Out" convened by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), cheered Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), who recently accused Bush of "fraud" in tricking the U.S. into war. The White House reacted with rage to that blast.
But Kennedy did not apologize. "If your son or daughter is in the National Guard or Reserves, you know they are going to be called up and sent over to serve in Iraq," Kennedy thundered. "They are asking $87 billion for the war in Iraq and they cannot find enough to fund 'No Child Left Behind.'"
Kennedy read from the Pentagon's 28-page draft plan sent to Capitol Hill after weeks of protests from lawmakers that the occupation is floundering. "Locate and secure weapons of mass destruction," was the goal one week. A week later, again, "Continue to locate and secure weapons of mass destruction." The crowd groaned and Kennedy flung the draft in the air, calling it "an insult to our troops serving over there."[31]
Supporting medical training in Cuba
Teresa Glover, a 27-year-old medical student, told me during a recent visit to her medical school. "Nobody in my family has ever had the chance to be a doctor." Glover's mother is a teacher, and her father a dispatcher for the New York subway system. Her background is a mix of African American, Barbadian, and Cherokee. She graduated from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. "I wanted to be a doctor, but I wasn't sure how to get into medicine. I had decent grades, but I didn't have any money, and even applying to medical school cost a lot."
In her third year, Glover is negotiating the classic passage from the laboratory to the clinic. . She is enrolled at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM, which is its Spanish acronym) in Havana - a school sponsored by the Cuban government and dedicated to training doctors to treat the poor of the Western hemisphere and Africa. Twenty-seven countries and 60 ethnic groups are represented among ELAM's 8000 students.
In 2004, there were 88 U.S. students at ELAM, 85 percent of them members of minority groups and 73 percent of them women. Recruitment and screening are handled by the Interreligous Foundation for Community Organization , a New York-based interfaith organization.
The Bush administration's restrictions on travel to Cuba have been a thorn in the side of the program from the beginning. Since the Cuban government pays the students' room, board, tuition, and a stipend, the ban was not initially applied to them. But the administration's further attempts to curtail Cuban travel threatened the students and sent their families scrambling for political help. Representatives Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) led a campaign of protest, and 27 members of Congress signed a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell asking that the ELAM students be exempted from the ban. In August, the administration relented and granted the students permission to remain in Cuba.[32]
Supporting Lucius Walker
On Sept. 17 2010, Harlem's Convent Avenue Baptist Church filled with people celebrating the example, ongoing legacy and life of the Rev. Dr. Lucius Walker. Walker, 80, died suddenly Sept. 7 at his home in New Jersey.
The headline in Granma, the daily newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party, announcing his death stated, "We do not want to think of a world without Lucius Walker."
"Joining the wide representation of Cuba solidarity, socialist and progressive activists" were Cuba's United Nations Ambassador Pedro Núñez Mosquera; Nicaraguan Ambassador María Eugenia Rubiales de Chamorro; many members of, and the spirited choir from, Walker's Salvation Baptist Church; New York City Councilperson and Freedom Party candidate for governor, Charles Barron; Ramsey Clark; and Akbar Mohammed of the Nation of Islam. Messages and resolutions from churches, individuals and elected officials, including congressional Reps. Charles Rangel, Jose Serrano and Maxine Waters, and author Jane Franklin were acknowledged.[33]
Brit Tzedek
In July and August 2008, radical Jewish "peace" organization Brit Tzedek chapters held more than a dozen home district meetings with their Congressional representatives. Meetings were held in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Washington.
Brit Tzedek members Ralph Selinger, Chana Silberstein, Shirley Rausher, Gil Kulick and Adam Esrig met with Charles Rangel[34];
- Ralph Selinger, Chana Silberstein, Shirley Rausher, Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Gil Kulick, and Adam Esrig
- "It was so exciting to have Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) meet our delegation at Brit Tzedek's NYC office. He was enthusiastic and positive about our work."
- Shirley Rausher, New York, NY
J Sreet endorsement
In 2008 Rangel was endorsed by JStreet PAC.[35]
Introduced Universal National Service Bill
On July 15, 2010, Rangel introduced his Universal National Service Bill to the House of Congress. The bill - if enacted would reinstate a compulsory military draft, or alternative national service, during times of war, for men and women, aged 18 to 42, who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States.[36] Rangel commented at the time,
- ""What troubles me most about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is the total indifference to the suffering and loss of life among our brave young soldiers on the battlefield," Congressman Rangel said. "The reason is that so few families have a stake in the war which is being fought by other people's children. The test for Congress, particularly for those members who support the war, is to require all who enjoy the benefits of our democracy to contribute to the defense of the country. All of America's children should share the risk of being placed in harm's way."
The bill can be read here.
Fred Ross award campaign
In early 2013, mainly Democratic Socialists of America aligned activists, together with many elected officials across the United States came together to urge President Barack Obama to award posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the legendary organizer, Fred Ross, Sr.. The Saul Alinsky trained radical was the first to organize people through house meetings, a mentor to both Cesar Chavez and DSAer Dolores Huerta, and a pioneer in Latino voter outreach since 1949 when he helped elect Communist Party USA affiliate Ed Roybal as Los Angeles's first Latino council member, "Ross' influence on social change movements remains strong two decades after his death in 1992".
Congressional endorsers of the proposal included Charles B. Rangel.[37]
Immigration rally arrest
More than 20,000 people - including thousands of unionists -- who marched down the Washington, D.C., Mall on Oct. 8, 2013, to demand the U.S. House immediately pass comprehensive immigration reform. And 200, including 90 union leaders and union members and eight members of the House of Representatives were arrested when, in an act of civil disobedience, they blocked a street in front of the Capitol.
Arrestees included Lisa Bergmann, SEIU 1199 member Delphine Clyburn and activist Joelle Fishman, both also from Connecticut, Communications Workers Secretary-Treasurer Annie Hall and Political Director Yvette Herrera, The Newspaper Guild's president, Bernie Lunzer, and Paul Booth, the top assistant to AFSCME's president. Among the nation's top labor leaders also taken into custody were AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre, AFT President Randi Weingarten, Unite Here President D. Taylor and Maria Elena Durazo, executive secretary treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.
Among the lawmakers arrested were Reps. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), John Lewis (D-Ga.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Joseph Crowley (D - N.Y.), Al Green (D-Texas), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.).
Unions, led by contingents from the Service Employees and their Local 32BJ, the Laborers and Unite Here, contributed a large share of the demonstrators. Other unions represented included AFSCME, the Communications Workers/TNG, Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, AFT and the United Farm Workers. [38]
Lifting travel ban on Cuba
A May 03, 2013 Press release from the radical controlled and Institute for Policy Studies affiliated Latin America Working Group's Cuba Team stated:
- Due to your action/emails/phone calls we have 59 signatures from House representatives urging President Obama to support travel to Cuba by granting general licenses for ALL current categories of travel.
- By eliminating the laborious license application process, especially for people-to-people groups, that is managed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the majority of the bureaucratic red tape that holds up licensable travel to Cuba would disappear and actually facilitate what the President wanted to see in 2011, liberalized travel regulations.
Signatories included Rep. Rangel .[39]
Congressional Letter for Neutrality, 2014 Salvadoran Elections
On Monday December 16, 2014 Reps. Juan Vargas (D-CA), Mike Honda (D-CA) and Mark Pocan (D-WI) sent a letter to Sec. of State John Kerry – signed by 51 Members of Congress – calling for a public statement of neutrality by the State Department before the first round of El Salvador's presidential elections on February 2, 2014.
The letter, highlighted several "important steps" that the current government has taken to "strengthen its democratic system and expand the right to vote to all citizens," including those living outside of the country, who will be voting by absentee ballot for the first time in February. Since the election of Mauricio Funes, the first President from the Marxist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party, the government has increased the number of polling places four-fold to increase accessibility, especially in rural areas.
"We're glad to see so many Members of Congress expressing respect for the right of the Salvadoran people to determine their own future. That's an attitude that's sorely lacking in much of the US' policy in Central America, especially with regard to economic policy," said Alexis Stoumbelis, Executive Director for the pro-communist Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), in Washington, DC, which has observed every post-war election in El Salvador, starting in 1994.
Signatories included Rep. Rangel.[40].
Censured by the House
On December 2, 2010, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 333-79 to "censure" Rep. Charles Rangel. Next to expulsion, this is the most serious sanction that can be taken by the House against an individual member. This censure vote followed an investigation by the Committee for Official Standards of Conduct, which finally convicted Rangel on 13 ethics violations, including:[41]
- Forgetting to pay taxes on $75,000 in rental income he earned from his off-shore rental property. (Rangel was formerly in charge of the committee responsible for writing tax policy.)
- Misusing his congressional office, staff and resources to raise money for his private Rangel Center for Public Service, to be housed at the City College of New York. (He also put the squeeze on donors who had business before his House Ways and Means Committee, and used the congressional "free mail" privilege to solicit funds.)
- Misusing his residentially-zoned Harlem apartment as a campaign headquarters.
- Failing to report $600,000 in income on his official congressional financial disclosure reports, which contained "numerous errors and omissions."
The following are past and present staff:[42]
- Stephanie Baez
- Albert Beckett (Al)
- Dan Berger
- Holly L. Biglow
- Paul A. Brathwaite
- Joyce S. Brown
- J. Zamgba Browne
- James E. Capel (Jim)
- Robin H. Chappelle Golston
- Donald L. Covington
- George A. Dalley
- Myra Lynette Dandridge
- Geoffrey P. Eaton
- Michael B. Elazier
- Miriam Falcon-Lopez
- Wendy M. Featherson
- Brian S. Fernandez
- Elbert Garcia
- Eulice Brandon Garrett (Brandon)
- George H. Henry
- Isiah Horton
- Renee Jones
- Vivian E. Jones
- Aruna Kalyanam
- Hannah Kim
- David J. LaPorte
- Joe E. Jr. Leonard
- Jeffrey A. Margolies
- Edgardo R. Marrero
- Andrea D. Martin
- Ernestine McRae (Tina)
- Emile A. Milne
- Annie Elisa Minguez
- Vincent S. Morgan (Vince)
- Miosotis Munoz
- Melvin Norris
- Robin Moses Peguero
- Mark S. Perkins
- Reba Ann Raffaelli
- William E. II Reese
- Kristen N. Rice-Jones
- Ophelia F. Rivas
- Johnny C. Rivera
- Angelica Rugino
- Maritza Sanchez
- Irene B. Schwoeffermann
- Jonathan R. Sheiner (Jon)
- Michelle A. Sherwood
- Socrates S. Jr. Solano
- Brenda Kay Swygert
- Terri Marie Viers
- Jeanne Patrice Willoughby (Patrice)
- Marisa Ann Zapaia
External links
- ↑ http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=595&category=PoliticalMakers&occupation=U.S.%20Congressman%2C%20New%20York&name=Charles%20Rangel
- ↑ http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=595&category=PoliticalMakers&occupation=U.S.%20Congressman%2C%20New%20York&name=Charles%20Rangel
- ↑ http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/biography.asp?bioindex=595&category=PoliticalMakers&occupation=U.S.%20Congressman%2C%20New%20York&name=Charles%20Rangel
- ↑ Former NYC mayors.com, Dinkins bio
- ↑ Founding members
- ↑ http://www.ncbl.org/history.htm
- ↑ http://www.nlg.org/news/statements/SouraniStatement.htm
- ↑ Subversive Involvement in the Origin, Leadership, and Activities of the New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and Its Predecessor Organizations, Staff Study, House Internal Security Committee, HISC, 1970, P. 3, but on pp. 40, 44 and 52 he was listed as an identified member of the CPUSA, in [[Subversive Influences in Riots, Looting and Burning, part 4,Newark, NJ., HCUA, April 24, 1968, p. 1917.
- ↑ Human Events, April 29, 1972, page 3
- ↑ DSA website: Members of the Progressive Caucus (archived on the Web Archive website)
- ↑ Congressional Progressive Caucus website: Caucus Member List
- ↑ Congressional Black Caucus: Members (accessed on Feb. 24, 2011)
- ↑ Information Digest Vol XI #4 2/24/78, pp.62-65
- ↑ Communists in the Democratic party, page 65
- ↑ PWW "PWW celebrates 75 years and honors activists"December 11, 1999 page 2
- ↑ PWW December 11, 1999 page 12
- ↑ PWW October 7, 2000, page 2
- ↑ PWW, ...in NYC, November 4, 2000, page 2
- ↑ PW, Angela Davis headlines tribute for CPUSA's Henry Winston, by: Sam Webb February 23 2012
- ↑ IVI-IPO Letterhead July 23 1981
- ↑ Peoples Weekly World, June 31, 1993
- ↑ People's Weekly World, July 10, 1993, page 10
- ↑ PW R'bow coalition leaders call for end to blockade, Jan. 8, 1994, page 15
- ↑ International Peace for Cuba Appeal - letterhead, Nov. 14, 1994
- ↑ http://www.pww.org/archives95/95-10-28-2.html
- ↑ [http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y06/jun06/08e6.htm, CUBA NEWS The Miami Herald, Castro pitched in for lawmaker's visit, By Lesley Clark. firstname.lastname@example.com. Posted on Thu, Jun. 08, 2006.]
- ↑ Democratic Left, July/August 1996, page 21
- ↑ [1] The Job Creation and Infrastructure Restoration Act of 1997 (H.R. 950)From the New York State Communist Party 16 March 1997, email list, accessed June 14, 2010
- ↑ Workers World, Will Congress allow trade with Cuba? By Greg Butterfield, Oct. 22, 1998
- ↑ http://www.pww.org/article/view/3173/1/152
- ↑ PWW Black Caucus hears call: Defeat Bush, GOP, by: Tim Wheeler October 3 2003
- ↑ Fitzhugh Mullan, M.DAffirmative Action, Cuban Style, New England Journal of Medicine Volume 351:2680-2682 December 23, 2004 Number 26
- ↑ [http://www.workers.org/2010/us/lucius_walker_0930/ Workers World, Lucius Walker built solidarity with Cuba By Cheryl LaBash New York Published Sep 26, 2010]
- ↑ http://ga3.org/btvshalom/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=30125326
- ↑ J Street 2008 Annual Report
- ↑ Charles Rangel's website: Congressman Rangel Reintroduces Bill To Reinstate Military Draft, July 15, 2010 (accessed on July 26, 2010)
- ↑ Momentum Builds for Honoring Legendary Organizer Fred Ross, by Randy Shaw, 2013-03-05
- ↑ [PW,More than 200 arrested at immigration rights rally in D.C. by: Mark Gruenberg October 9 2013 http://peoplesworld.org/more-than-200-arrested-at-immigration-rights-rally-in-d-c/ ]
- ↑ Update on Cuba Travel: We Gathered 59 Signatures, The LAWG Cuba Team: Mavis, Emily and Karina on May 03, 2013
- ↑ CISPES press release, Press Statement: 51 Members of Congress Call for US Neutrality in Salvadoran Elections December 16, 2013
- ↑ Judicial Watch: Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2010, Dec. 2010 (accessed on Dec. 22, 2010)
- ↑ http://www.legistorm.com/member/436/Rep_Charlie_Rangel_NY.html. Accessed 12/14/2011
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- Democratic Socialists of America
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Constant contact: Davidson only team JU has played each year
In its 15th year of football, JU has only had one constant on its schedule. That constant is this week's opponent Davidson College.
The small Liberal Arts School from just north of Charlotte has been a staple on the Dolphins schedule since losing in JU's inaugural game back on Sept. 12, 1998. The Dolphins won that game 19-14 and since the teams have met 13 more times with JU holding an 8-6 advantage in the rivalry.
The series has been highlighted by many record plays and by numerous personal and team records.
Current Dolphin D'Andre Randle returned a punt 94 yards for a touchdown last season to help lead the Dolphins to a 56-13 win.
One year early, Elliot Finkley found the end zone against the Wildcats on an 84-yard touchdown pass from Josh McGregor for the longest touchdown pass in JU history.
Maybe the most impressive record set against Davidson was on Sept. 8, 2001, when the Dolphins intercepted five passes in a 45-3 rout of the Wildcats.
While the rivalry has had its share of record days and blowout wins, seven of the 14 games have been decided by eight points or less. The Dolphins have won the last three meetings in the series tying the 2006-2008 streak set by the Wildcats for longest in the rivalry.
Perhaps the most memorable game in the series is the 2004 game played at Davidson where the Dolphins ran 91 offensive plays and rushed the ball 61 times in a 29-26 win.
"We were a team that had to run the ball to win,'' former coach Steve Gilbert said. "We were effective running inside that day and that takes pressure off your defense."
The 2008 loss at Davidson left JU at 2-3 and seemingly heading to another sub .500 season. However, the Dolphins won their final seven games and captured their first Pioneer Football League Championship. A game that was just seen as just another loss quickly turned to a rallying point and possibly changed the path of the program.
This year, the Dolphins enter the contest at 5-1 overall while Davidson is 0-5. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. at Richardson Stadium for the 15th game in the series.


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HERE Maps API - How to cluster map markers
This article explains how to create clustered markers and reduce cluttering on the map when dealing with a very large number of markers .
When displaying a very large number of markers, it is likely that the map display will look very cluttered. It can be difficult to understand geographical distribution of the given data set, and performance will be reduced as each marker will take time to be rendered. What is required is a method of display the data appropriately at different zooms, showing more details as the user drills down to display a smaller area. Marker clustering achieves this by summarizing the data at higher zoom levels. An illustration of the problem and its solution can be seen below.
| Map at low zoom displaying 2000 Markers distributed between
Texas and the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S.A.
| Cluster Map at low zoom summarizing 2000 Markers distributed between
Texas and the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S.A.
|Cluster map at a higher zoom, showing the Eastern Seaboard only
Code Commentary
The coded example provided is based upon an Original Library for the Google Maps API. Fortunately, the code is available under an Apache License, which means that it can be freely modified provided that an attribution remains. The Nokia Maps example is a derivative work which has been modified to work with the Nokia Maps API.
The code works by making a re-calculation whenever the view port is moved, or the zoom level changed, this can be achieved by adding in a eventListener to the mapviewchangeend Event and an observer to the zoomLevel property,
var eventHandler = function (evt) {
map_.addListener("mapviewchangeend", eventHandler);
map_.addObserver("zoomLevel", eventHandler);
When the view port is changed, the array of all markers is distributed into two buckets, those withing the current view port and those left outside - Only those which remain on screen are processed further. Each marker left on screen is tested to see if it is close to any markers processed previously. If so it is added to that cluster, otherwise it is added to its own cluster. Essentially the flow of this code is unchanged form the original example. If a cluster has more than one marker, the cluster is rendered using SVG graphics
var markerIcon = createIcon(this.getTotalMarkers());
clusterMarker_ = new nokia.maps.map.Marker(center_ ,
{icon: markerIcon}
map_.objects.add ( clusterMarker_);
The SVG graphic consists of three concentric circles with the marker count within it.
'<svg width="39" height="39" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">' +
'<circle stroke="#FFF" fill="__MAINCOLOR__" cx="19" cy="19" r="19" stroke-width="2" />' +
'<circle stroke="#FFF" fill="__MAINCOLOR__" cx="19" cy="19" r="15" stroke-width="2"/>' +
'<circle stroke="#FFF" fill="__MAINCOLOR__" cx="19" cy="19" r="11" stroke-width="2"/>' +
'<text x="19" y="23" font-size="10pt" font-family="arial" font-weight="bold" text-anchor="middle" fill="#FFF" textContent="__TEXTCONTENT__">__TEXT__</text>' +
The color and marker count placeholders are filled in when the image is returned:
var stops = {
"0": "#8A8A8A", //Grey for 0-10
"10": "#CACA00", //Yellow for 11-50
"50": "#00CC00", //Green for 51-100
"100": "#0000CC", //Blue for 101-200
"200": "#CC00CC", //Purple for 201-500
"500": "#FF0000" //Red for over 500
var svgParser = new nokia.maps.gfx.SvgParser();
createIcon = function (count, mainColor) {
for (var i in stops) {
if (count > i){
color = stops[i];
var svg = iconSVG[digit]
.replace(/__TEXTCONTENT__/g, count)
.replace(/__TEXT__/g, count)
.replace(/__MAINCOLOR__/g, color);
return new nokia.maps.gfx.GraphicsImage(svgParser.parseSvg(svg));
How to use the marker clusterer library
The marker clusterer library is available as a separate JavaScript file. To use it, include a link to the file in the <header> of your page.
<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" src="./markerclusterer.js"></script>
To add the markers place them into an array, and then create the MarkerClusterer as shown, passing in the MapDisplay and the array.
var markers = [];
for (var i = 0; i < size; i++){
var marker = new nokia.maps.map.StandardMarker (randomPointNear (lat, long , spread) );
var markerCluster = new MarkerClusterer(display, markers);
The Code Example adds 7000 random markers to a map and demonstrates the use of the MarkerClusterer on a Nokia Map. This is a client side library which works reasonably well for a large number of markers, but performance is reduced when the number of markers reaches the tens of thousands, where it starts to trigger "slow Script" dialogs in Internet Explorer for example. 'The performance of client side libraries is inextricably linked to the performance of the web browser used. For even larger numbers of markers the only solution would be to trigger the calculations server side instead, to introduce view port based marker management.