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Increase Performance And Slash Power By 50 Percent With TI's MSP430FR59xx Microcontrollers, Based On Leading "Wolverine" Technology
DALLAS, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announces samples of the first of the world's lowest power microcontrollers based on its revolutionary "Wolverine" technology platform. TI's new FRAM-based MSP430FR59xx microcontrollers enable developers to add flexibility, performance and battery life to a variety of applications, including wireless sensing, energy harvesting, Smart Grid, industrial, consumer, building automation and security. MSP430FR59xx microcontrollers offer a rich feature set in support of these applications: Up to 64kB embedded FRAM, direct memory access (DMA) engine, 12-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC), analog comparator, capacitive touch IOs and UART, SPI and I2C serial interfaces. Developers can also add hardware, AES encryption, memory protection and hardware accelerated random number generator (DRNG) to their designs without the need for more central processing unit (CPU) performance, memory or power.
Power is more than just one number
Typical battery-powered applications operate in a variety of modes to extend battery life. Most of these applications spend a majority of their life in standby modes, leveraging analog-to-digital converters (ADC) to measure real-world signals, recording data to non-volatile memory for later use and active CPU processing for communications, decision making and simple math. Having ultra-low power in each of these modes is critical to enable maximum battery life, as power is more than just one number. MSP430FR59xx microcontrollers offer the "Wolverine" platform's ultra-low-power features in each of these modes, including 360 nA in real-time clock mode, less than 100 uA/MHz in active power consumption, fast wakeup time of 6.5us and high precision peripherals such as internal power management and 12-bit ADC at 75uA. The new devices also feature embedded FRAM, the world's first integrated unified memory technology and industry's lowest power non-volatile memory architecture, consuming 250x less energy per bit and writing more than 100 times faster compared to Flash- and EEPROM-based microcontrollers.
Jumpstart development with software, support, tools and technical documents
MSP430FR59xx samples and development kits are available today at www.ti.com/fr59-pr-lp and are fully compatible with all code and software resources developed for the MSP microcontroller platform. Resources include 1,000+ code examples, ULP Advisor™ software code analysis tool, Grace™ graphical initialization software and MSP430Ware™ with MSP430™ microcontroller peripheral libraries. The MSP-TS430RGZ48C target board is available from TI's eStore for easy programming. Additionally, developers can access a new security whitepaper, a migration guide from MSP430F5xx and MSP430F2xx series as well as datasheet and user's guide to help both experienced and novice users take advantage of the industry's lowest power microcontroller. TI also offers real-time support around the clock with more than a dozen different FRAM training videos, online workshops, wiki pages and forums in the E2E™ Community. Features and benefits of the MSP430FR59xx series- Based on "Wolverine" technology, the industry's lowest power microcontroller platform with a unique ultra-low-leakage process technology for the lowest total power consumption, enabling longer battery life and taking us one step closer to a battery-free world.
- Unified, non-volatile FRAM provides lowest power memory and flexible development space for simple and fast memory writes and the ability to treat any part of memory as data or program space.
- Intelligent, integrated analog and digital peripherals such as 12-bit ADC, enhanced serial interface supporting UART, I2C, and full-featured SPI simplify software writes, save memory size, increase battery life with the help of a flexible clocking system and reduce the need for external components to decrease development costs.
- Advanced security features such as AES256 hardware encryption accelerator, hardware DRNG, flexible firmware update options and memory protection with functional encapsulation offer a simple method for adding secure functions to applications, especially wireless networks.
- Supporting tools, free software resources and technical documentation to ensure developers get started quickly.
- MSP430 FRAM microcontrollers: www.ti.com/fr59-pr-lp
- MSP430FR59xx security video: www.ti.com/fr59-pr-v
- Security with MCUs whitepaper: www.ti.com/fr59-security-pr-mc
- MSP430F2xx to FR59xx migration guide: www.ti.com/fr59-2xx-guide-pr-td
- MSP430F5xx to FR59xx migration guide: www.ti.com/fr59-5xx-guide-pr-td
- MSP430 tools page: www.ti.com/fr59-msp-tools-pr-lp
- MSP430 software page: www.ti.com/fr59-msp-sw-pr-lp
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What is Arizona Gives Day?
Arizona Gives Day is a state and nationwide, 24 hour, online giving campaign that helps people find, learn about, and contribute to causes they believe in. Arizona Gives Day provides Arizona based non-profits with a way to share their story and engage the community through a unique online giving platform.
Thank you for your support!
You helped raise more than $8,500 for the non-profit Phoenix Zoo!
The 2014 Arizona Gives Day has concluded and thanks to your generous donations more than $8,500 was raised for the Zoo and we placed in the top 10 in the Most Donors Overall category, which will grant us an additional award. Your Arizona Gives Day donations will helps us achieve our mission, care for our animals and supports the many conservation and educational programs at the Phoenix Zoo.
Support the Zoo
To learn more about how you can further support the Phoenix Zoo please visit the Support the Zoo section of our website.
Why should I donate?
The Phoenix Zoo is one of the largest non-profit zoological parks in the nation serving 1.4 million guests annually. The Zoo opened its gates more than 50 years ago and continues to be a treasured destination for locals, as well as guests from far and wide. Nestled on 125 acres of beautiful desert and lakes in Papago Park, the Zoo provides natural habitats for more than 1,400 animals, including more than 30 different endangered or threatened species from around the world. The Zoo is proud to provide educational programs to more than 160,000 children and adults each year and supports conservation efforts locally and internationally.
The Zoo relies exclusively on its earned income and the support of members, donors and the local community to provide funds for operational support and capital improvements. Any donation amount you are able to make to the Zoo for Arizona Gives Day will go toward the care of our animals, the enhancement of our educational programs, support of conservation efforts, capital improvements and operating costs.
Thank you for considering a donation to the Phoenix Zoo for Arizona Gives Day 2014!
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Alonso, Raikkonen, Button missing from Spanish line-up
Formula One testing resumed on Tuesday, with the bulk of the teams in action at Barcelonas Circuit de Catalunya. This weeks test is the first of three major sessions scheduled to take place in Spain ahead of the Christmas break.
Ten of the 11 teams are expected to run during the course of this week, all of them on Bridgestone rubber ahead of the move to a single tyre supplier for 2007. For those teams who competed on Michelins this season, the focus of the test will be adapting their cars set-up to their new Japanese tyres.
Notable absentees in Barcelona will be world champion Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen. Neither is expected to be released from their respective Renault and McLaren contracts until the end of 2006, meaning they will have to wait until the New Year to begin testing for new teams McLaren and Ferrari.
No such problems for Mark Webber, who made his testing debut for new team Red Bull on Tuesday morning, after getting clearance from 2006 employer Williams. Webber is no stranger to the team, having driven for them during their previous incarnation as Jaguar.
Another man missing from this weeks line-up - though for very different reasons to Alonso and Raikkonen - is Hondas Jenson Button. The British driver managed to crack two of his ribs in a recent karting accident and has opted to sit out the test to avoid aggravating the injury.
Honda are running their car with a black livery in Spain, and do not be surprised if other teams are sporting new graphics this week in light of the ban on tobacco advertising from 2007.
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Model Exposure Control Plan
To Prevent School Employees' Exposure
To Bloodborne Pathogens
The following exposure control plan has been developed in accordance with the OSHA Standard on Bloodborne Pathogens, 29 CFR 1910.1030. It can be modified for your particular school by filling in the spaces and adding to it. The sections within this document that are italicized are informational.
The exposure control plan must be made accessible to employees. In addition, the OSHA standard requires that the components of this written document be implemented.
Pursuant to Mass. Gen. L Ch. 149, section 6, the Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards (DLS) is charged with enforcing health standards at all county and municipal workplaces and with recommending controls to eliminate occupational health hazards. Although public sector workplaces in Massachusetts are not covered by OSHA standards, it is the policy of DLS that public sector employers comply with the same requirements.
Note: the exposure control plan should be reviewed and updated at least annually and whenever necessary to reflect new or modified task and procedures which affect occupational exposure and to reflect new or revised employee positions with occupational exposure. The employer shall solicit input from workers as to effective work practice and engineering controls and shall document this in the exposure control plan.
- Exposure Determination:
An employer must make an exposure determination about which employees may incur occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). OPIM include the following body substances: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids. Potential exposure to human bites also constitutes an exposure. Employees are considered to be "exposed" regardless of the frequency of exposure and even if they use personal protective equipment.
Within this school, everyone in the following job classifications are considered to be exposed to blood or OPIM (e.g., all school nurses, custodians)
If there are some job classifications in the school in which some, but not all, employees may have occupational exposure, then the following should be listed.
Within this school, employees in the following jobs are considered to be exposed if they do the following tasks (e.g., teachers who clean up blood, vomitus, or who are designated to provide CPR):
Job Classification | Tasks/Procedures | |
2A . Compliance Methods: Universal Precautions
Regardless of the perceived or known health status of the student(s) or staff that employees are dealing with, universal precautions will be observed. All blood or OPIM will be considered potentially infectious and steps will be taken to avoid direct contact with blood or OPIM. Alternatively, body substance isolation may be used; this is when all body fluids or substances are considered to be potentially infectious regardless of whether there is visible blood mixed in or not.
Universal precautions (or body substance isolation) is utilized by this school. Indicate which: ______________________________________
All individuals will be considered potentially infectious regardless of how much is known about the person's health status.
2B. Compliance Methods: Engineering and Work Practice Controls
Engineering controls (controls that isolate or remove the hazard from the workplace) and work practice controls will be utilized, as appropriate, to eliminate or minimize exposure to employees of the school. Where occupational exposure remains after institution of these controls, personal protective equipment shall be used.
The following engineering controls will be utilized as appropriate (all may not apply to your department; indicate which do apply):
- Contaminated sharps (e.g., broken glassware or other sharp object) will not be picked up by hand. For example, a dustpan and broom will be used instead. List the method used by the school: ________________________________________________________________
- If needles are used, safer needle systems (e.g., retractable needles) will be used. Define the type(s) used by the school:_________________________________ ________________________________________________________________
- Sharps containers will be readily available if there is the potential for dealing with needles and/or other sharps. Define the various types used: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- If applicable, other engineering controls that are used by this school are: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The following work practices will be followed (as they apply to the school). (Indicate which apply):
- Washing with soap and water immediately after skin contact with blood or OPIM or immediately after removal of gloves. Washing facilities are located at _________________________________________________________________________________.
- If soap and water are not immediately available (e.g., in the school buses), then waterless, antiseptic hand cleanser will be made readily available. Indicate the type of hand cleanser available:_____________________________________. Soap and running water will be used as soon as feasible.
- Mucous membranes will be flushed with water immediately or as soon as feasible after contact with blood or OPIM. Flushing facilities are located at (e.g, nurse's office, local hospital). Indicate where____________________________________________________________________________.
- No eating, drinking or smoking is allowed in areas where blood or OPIM could be present.
- Gloves will be inspected for holes/tears when put on. They will be replaced if holes or tears are present.
- Gloves will be replaced as soon as possible if they become ripped or soiled. Employees should wash their hands as soon as possible after removing gloves.
- Any non-disposable equipment or surface that becomes contaminated with blood or OPIM shall be decontaminated with an approved disinfecting agent and air dried unless the employer determines that this is not feasible. Indicate the type of disinfectant used: _________________________________________________________________________________
- Contaminated items, other than sharps (such as blood soaked bandages) should be placed in the regulated waste container. Indicate where the container(s) are located (e.g., the nurse's office): _________________________________________________________________________________
- Contaminated needles and other contaminated sharps will not be bent, recapped removed, sheared or purposely broken.
- Contaminated sharps shall be placed in the puncture resistant, leakproof, labelled waste container located _________________________________________________________________________.
- Contaminated equipment will not be cleaned in living/eating areas. Indicate where the equipment is cleaned: _________________________________________________________________________
- Other work practices that are appropriate for our school include:
2C . Compliance Methods: Personal protective equipment
All personal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided at no cost to employees of the school. PPE will be chosen based on the anticipated exposure to blood or OPIM. The PPE will be considered appropriate only if it does not permit blood or OPIM to pass through or reach the employees' clothing, skin, eyes, mouth, or other mucous membranes for the duration of time that the PPE will be used.
The responsible person for seeing that the PPE is provided and replaced as needed at no cost to the employee is (indicate who is responsible): _____________________________________________________________
The equipment consists of:
- Gloves for exposure to blood and OPIM: available in different sizes and different materials (e.g., nitrile or vinyl) if individuals are sensitive to latex
- Gloves (utility or heavy duty) for when disinfecting surfaces
- Chin length face shields or goggles and a surgical mask to protect the mucous membranes
- CPR shields; list others: __________________________________________________________
- Disposable, fluid resistant clothing (e.g., one-piece disposable coveralls; disposable gown).
The decision to use one of these items vs. other protective gear that is available will be dependent on the nature of the task. The decision is left to the individual worker but the various types of PPE are available.
- Other as follows: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- PPE is kept (indicate where: e.g., main office, nurse's office, school bus, custodian's area): __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Contaminated PPE should be placed in the regulated waste container or regulated waste bag located in _______________________________________________________________________________________
Disposable gloves are replaced as soon as practical when they become contaminated or as soon as feasible if they are torn, punctured, or when their ability to function as a barrier is compromised.
Utility gloves may be decontaminated for re-use provided that the integrity of the glove is not compromised. Indicate method for cleaning: _______________________________________________________________
2D. Compliance Methods: Disinfection
Decontamination of surfaces and equipment will be done as soon as possible after contact with blood or OPIM. Decontamination will be done by utilizing the following substance(s): _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Note: A solution of one part bleach to ten parts water is effective as long as it is made on a daily or an as needed basis; it begins to lose its effectiveness within 24 hours after being made up. A commercial disinfectant must be an EPA approved tuberculocidal and should be used in accordance with the manufacturer's directions.
If there is equipment that would potentially need to be disinfected, the designated area for disinfection in this school is: (indicate, for example, where disinfection of equipment is done). Also, indicate whose responsibility it is to disinfect
2E. Compliance Methods: Regulated Waste
Regulated waste will be disposed of in accordance with the MA Department of Public Health Regulation 105 CMR480.000 (Storage and Disposal of Infectious or Physically Dangerous Medical or Biological Waste) in addition to the OSHA standard on bloodborne pathogens. Regulated waste would include liquid or semi-liquid blood or OPIM; materials that are saturated or dripping with blood or OPIM; items that are caked with dried blood or OPIM; contaminated sharps.
- Regulated waste, other than sharps, shall be placed in the regulated waste containers or regulated waste bag located _____________________________________________________________.
- Contaminated sharps will be discarded in the sharps container located at: ___________________________________________________________________________
- It is the responsibility of (indicate who) ___________________________ to see that regulated waste containers are not overfilled and that they are properly disposed of. The waste container is emptied when ________________________________________________________________ (indicate, for example, when the container is half full or when it is filled up to a certain line).
- Regulated waste will be disposed of in the following manner: ______________________________________________________________________________
(indicate the name of the licensed waste hauler or indicate the name of alocal hospital or other organization with which the school has an agreement/contract to dispose of the waste).
2F. Compliance Methods: Laundry
If there is potential for laundry to be contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM), then it will be handled as little as possible. Such laundry will be placed in appropriately marked bags. Employees who handle contaminated laundry will utilize personal protective equipment to prevent contact with blood or OPIM.
- Laundry that becomes contaminated is the responsibility of the school. The laundry will be cleaned at __________________________ (indicate whether washer/dryer is available or whether there is a contract with a laundry service). If the laundry is being sent off site, then the laundry service accepting the laundry is to be notified.
- Hepatitis B Vaccine
All employees who have been identified as having exposure to blood or OPIM will be offered the Hepatitis B vaccine, at no cost to the employee. The vaccine will be offered within ten working days of their initial assignment to work involving the potential for occupational exposure to blood or OPIM unless the employee previously had the vaccine or wishes to submit to antibody testing which shows the employee to have sufficient immunity.
Employees who decline the vaccine will sign a waiver which uses the wording in Appendix A of the OSHA Standard (see attached appendix A on page 14).
Employees who initially decline the vaccine but who later wish to have it may then have the vaccine provided at no cost.
Doing a titre or providing a booster will be done in accordance with recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Note: CDC currently recommends that a titre be offered one to two months after the third shot for those health care workers who are potentially exposed to blood or needlestick injuries. Persons who do not respond to the primary vaccine series should complete a second three-dose vaccine series or be evaluated to
determine if they are HbsAg-positive. Revaccinated persons should be retested at the completion of the second vaccine series. Persons who prove to be HbsAg positive should be counselled accordingly. Primary non-responders to vaccination who are HbsAg-negative should be counselled regarding precautions to prevent Hepatitis B infection and the need to obtain HBIG prophylaxis for any known or probable parenteral exposure to HbsAg- positive blood.
Indicate who has the responsibility to ensure that the above will be followed: _______________________________________________________________________________________
- Post-exposure evaluation and follow-up
The follow-up will be in accordance with OSHA and the MA Department of Public Health regulations.
When an employee incurs an unprotected exposure to blood or OPIM, it should be reported to _______________________________________________________________________________________.
Any forms specific to the school will be filled out. These include the following: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Any follow-up or evaluation of the exposed employee(s) will be done by (indicate where the employee may receive care (e.g., hospital or clinic or his/her own physician). _______________________________________________________________________________________
Option should be given to employee of dealing with his/her own physician. However, a copy of the OSHA standard should be provided to the physician and the physician must be familiar with CDC guidelines for post-exposure.
The follow-up will include the following:
- Documentation of the route of exposure and the circumstances related to the incident
- If possible, the identification of the source individual will be obtained. If consent from the source individual is obtained, his/her blood may be tested for infectivity and results of any testing will be made available to the exposed worker. (A rapid HIV test is currently available and should be considered for use).
- Note: The employer does not obtain the source individual's blood test results. It is the employer's responsibility to ensure that steps are in place to try to obtain consent and to make arrangements for the blood results to be available to the exposed employee.
- The following means will be used to contact the source individual and try to obtain consent for HIV, HBV, or HCV testing as soon as feasible: ______________________________________________
- If consent is not obtained from the source of the exposure, it shall be documented that consent cannot be obtained.
- The employee will be offered the option of having his or her blood collected for testing of his or her HIV/Hepatitis serological status. The blood sample will be preserved for up to 90 days to allow the employee to decide if the blood should be tested.
- The employee will be given appropriate counselling concerning precautions to take during the period after the exposure incident. The employee will also be given information on what potential illnesses to be alert for.
- The medical evaluation and follow-up will be in accordance with the current recommendations of the U.S. Public Health Service.
- The following person has been designated to assure that the policy outlined here is effectively carried out as well as to maintain records related to this policy: _________________________________________________________________________________.
- Other policies and procedures for the school include: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Employer Interaction with the Healthcare Professional
The school (indicate who has responsibility ) ___________________________________________________shall obtain a written opinion from the healthcare professional who evaluates the employee and the healthcare professional who administers the Hepatitis B vaccine series. The opinion shall be limited to:
- Whether the Hepatitis B vaccine series is indicated and if the employee has received it.
- Indication that the employee has been informed of the results of the medical evaluation.
- Indication that the employee has been told about any medical conditions resulting from exposure.
Note: The written opinion to the employer or his/her designee does not reference any personal medical information.
_________________________ (indicate who) will be responsible for maintaining all medical records. _____________________ (indicate who) shall ensure that these records are kept confidential and that they are not disclosed or reported without the employee's expressed written consent. These records shall be for the duration of employment plus 30 years.
- Training
Training for all employees who are reasonably anticipated to have occupational exposure to blood and OPIM will be conducted prior to the initial assignment and annually. Training will be conducted by a qualified person (indicate the responsible person)______________________________. Training records will be maintained by (indicate the responsible person)_________________________________________
__________________________ for three years from the date on which the training occurred.
Training will include:
- The OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
- Epidemiology and symptoms of bloodborne diseases
- Modes of transmission of bloodborne diseases
- This exposure control plan, i.e., points of the plan, lines of responsibility, how the plan will be implemented, etc
- An explanation of appropriate means of recognizing activities and procedures that may result in exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials
- Control measures
- Personal protective equipment available in this school and an explanation of the basis for its selection and use
- Post-exposure follow/up and evaluation
- The reporting procedures that an employee of the school should follow
- Signs and labels used in this department for biohazardous materials
- Hepatitis B vaccine program
- Other:_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Recordkeeping
A sharps injury log will be established and maintained by the employer for the recording of percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps (those that break the skin). The log shall contain:
- The type of device involved;
- Where the incident occurred;
- How the incident occurred.
All records will be maintained by _______________________________________________________________________________________.
This document has been prepared by:
The Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards
Workplace Safety and Health Program / Indoor Air Quality Program
1001 Watertown Street
West Newton, MA 02465
Tel. No.: 617-969-7177
Appendix A to Section 1910.1030:
Hepatitis B Vaccine Declination
I understand that due to my occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials I may be at risk of acquiring hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. I have been given the opportunity to be vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine at no charge to myself. However, I decline hepatitis B vaccination at this time. I understand that by declining this vaccine, I continue to be at risk of acquiring hepatitis B, a serious disease. If in the future I continue to have occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials and I want to be vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine, I can receive the vaccination series at no charge to me.
Hazard Info Bulletin 410, Exposure Control Plan for Schools
Publish Date: 11/2003
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Department of Labor Standards
Workplace Safety and Health Program
1001 Watertown Street
West Newton, MA 02465
Phone: 617-969-7177


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Mrs. Tawana Janeene Williams
Department of Visual and Performing Arts
Janeene Williams is an Instructor of Music at Angelo State University where she teaches Studio Voice and directs the Opera Music Theatre program.
Ms. Williams earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Pedagogy from The University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Boston University. She also completed an intensive two-year Meisner-based acting program at The Acting Studio in New York City, and worked professionally as an actor for the next few years. She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
In addition to teaching at Angelo State University, Ms. Williams maintains an active performing schedule. As a professional soprano soloist, she specializes in oratorio, concert, recital and new/contemporary music. Recent performances include such perennial favorites as Bach's B-minor Mass, Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's Mass in C-Major and Mozart's Mass in C-minor. Ms. Williams is also a proponent of "new" music and has performed numerous works, including Sparrows by Schwanter, Vocalissimus by Currier, Juliet at Her Window by Godfrey, as well as Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. She has also collaborated with concert pianists Anton Nel and Frederick Moyers. Ms. Williams has been a member of the Grammy-nominated, professional chamber choir, Conspirare, since 2006.


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If you're struggling with morning sickness or finding it hard to get out of bed in the mornings, then having a nutritious breakfast is probably the last thing on your mind.
But breakfast really is the most important meal of the day and getting a good kick start will help see you through until lunch.
Porridge consists of crushed grains including oats, wheat, rice and barley. It's rich in fibre and has a high protein content. Making your porridge with milk also means you and baby will both get a good serving of calcium too.
If you're suffering with morning sickness try having just a small amount, the warm cereal will be gentle on your tummy and you might find it helps with the nausea.
Rather than adding lots of sugar, try topping your porridge with fresh or dried fruit. Chopped banana will give you a big energy boost or try a sprinkling of raisins for more added fibre.
For more information on pregnancy health and advice go to www.nhs.uk/Start4Life
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Easy ways to make healthier food choices during pregnancy.


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Want tips on tweeting live at events? Want to start a blog with a solid game plan? Want to know the common qualities of viral videos? If you're looking for insights about those topics, this week's 5 on Friday can help. Plus, you'll get the scoop on the upcoming Web.com Small Business Forums in Jacksonville, Florida, and Dallas, Texas. And to put you in the holiday spirit, we've added tips on boosting sales with a layaway program.
1. 12 Tips on Effective Live-Tweeting From an Event
Want the ins and outs about live tweeting? Monika Jansen shares tips for before, during, and after an event. [Hint: We'll be tweeting live at the #smallbiz forum in Jacksonville, Florida, on October 19—see info below. Want to join us?]
2. Small Business Owners in Jacksonville and Dallas: Join Us for a Free Forum on Online Marketing!
We're taking the Web.com Small Business Forum to various communities on the Web.com Tour, and our last two stops in 2012 will be in Jacksonville, Florida, and Dallas, Texas. So if you're looking for ways to increase traffic to your website or market your business on Facebook, Twitter, or Google, then you'll want to join us at one of the forums! The registration links are below . . . and each attendee gets 2 free passes to the local Web.com Tour event. How cool is that!
- Friday, October 19, in Jacksonville, Florida: Register for free
Plus, each attendee gets 2 complimentary passes to the Web.com Tour's Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open presented by Planters! - Thursday, October 25, in Dallas, Texas: Register for free
Plus, each attendee gets 2 complimentary passes to the Web.com Tour Championship at TPC Craig Ranch!
Know small business owners in Jacksonville or Dallas? Spread the word about the forums!
3. How to Create a Viral Video
Want your next video to go viral? Monika Jansen highlights some common characteristics.
4. How to Capture Holiday Sales by Offering Layaway
Looking for ways to boost your holiday sales? Consider a layaway program, recommends Rieva Lesonsky, who outlines some benefits and steps to get started.
5. 6 Tips for Creating a Successful Blog
Is blogging in your future? Get some insights and lessons learned from Monika Jansen.
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In social media and news stories, we continue to hear about tragedies involving drivers who thought they could manage it.
A bereaved family in Colorado is sharing a photo of the phone showing their son's last text conversation in the hope that it will help prevent others from making the same mistake.
"Ya that's cool lol no worries"
"Hey man I had to run out for like an hour"
"Sounds good my man, seeya soon, ill tw "
The Centers for Disease Control is studying the problem under the heading "distracted driving," which includes texting, talking and reading email while behind the wheel. In a 2011 study, the CDC found 31 percent of US drivers aged 18-64 reported they had read or sent text or email driving messages at least once in the past month. And in 2010, distracted driving was a factor in almost a fifth of the accidents that involved an injury.
Those are alarming statistics
AT&T, one of the communications giants providing cellular telephones and services, is taking steps to try to help train the public to make safety a priority. Last week members of the company's "Texting & Driving: It Can Wait" team visited Fayetteville High School to try to help people there better understand the danger involved.
Students used a driving simulator to demonstrate what could happen while texting. They were also asked to walk the length of a gymnasium blindfolded – the distance a car travels in one second at 55 miles per hour. The average text takes five seconds.
A survey commissioned by the company indicates that while 97 percent of teens know texting while driving is dangerous, 43 percent of them admit to sending a text while driving — and 75 percent say the practice is common among their friends.
To bring attention to this issue, AT&T produced a 10-minute documentary titled "The Last Text," featuring stories of real individuals whose lives have been adversely affected by texting behind the wheel.
The company is also making videos and other material available on its website dedicated to educating the public on the subject, itcanwait.com.
State government has also gotten involved. Last May the Alabama legislature passed, and Gov. Bentley signed into law a bill making it illegal to text while driving in the state.
It was a common-sense bill that needed to be passed.
But it took House member Jim McClendon of St. Clair County six years to get it through the legislature.
If it takes our elected representatives that long to get the message, we can be sure its also a message that bears repeating to our younger drivers — and to some who aren't so young.
We appreciate all the efforts being made to make the public more aware of the dangers of distracted driving. In modern societies, vehicular travel is so commonplace, we give very little thought to the potential dangers involved. Every driver should give full attention to driving, every time, every day.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2006 CITY MAILS OUT PROPERTY ASSESSMENT NOTICESFOR 2007Owners of more than 270,000 parcels of real property will receive their 2007 real property assessment notices over the next several days. The total gross assessed valuation of all real property on "Islandwide, property assessments are up over last year, but by far less than last year's 26 percent increase," said Budget and Fiscal Services Director Mary Pat Waterhouse. More than half of the $191.6 billion – $115.2 billion – is for single-family properties, whose assessed valuation increased by 11.8 percent islandwide, with new parcels and additions to existing parcels adding another 2.1 percent. Apartment and condominium property values ($43.8 billion) increased by 14.9 percent islandwide, with new parcels and additions/alterations to existing parcels adding another 3.5 percent. Hotel and resort property values increased by 12.2 percent, with new parcels and additions/alterations to existing parcels adding another 4.2 percent, while commercial property values increased by 11.6 percent, with new parcels and additions/alterations to existing parcels adding another 3.3 percent. Industrial properties rose in value by 16.5 percent with new parcels and additions/alterations to existing parcels adding another 3.0 percent. The change in assessed value for a specific parcel of property will likely differ from the islandwide percentage for that classification. "While the 2007 assessments are based on sales data up to June 30 of this year, we have reviewed sales since then," said Gary Kurokawa, Real Property Assessment Division chief. "We're seeing a flattening of sales prices, as opposed to the skyrocketing trend of the past few years. This data will be reflected in the 2008 assessments." The assessment notice is not a tax bill, but simply a statement of what the City has determined to be the property's value. The notice includes information on deductions for which the owner is eligible. Beginning with the 2007 assessment, the new standard homeowner's exemption is $80,000. That rises to $120,000 for homeowners 65 and older who have applied for and obtained the exemption for age. Subtract the applicable exemption from the assessed valuation to get a property's net assessed value. That net assessed value plays a major role in determining the amount of taxes for a parcel next fiscal year (July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008). The actual amount of taxes owed on an individual property is determined by multiplying the net assessed valuation by the appropriate tax rate, which will be set by the City Council next spring as it finalizes the budget for fiscal year 2008. If you wish to dispute your assessment, the deadline for filing an appeal is January 16, 2007. The City is mailing nearly 278,000 assessment notices out today (Friday, December 15). Property owners who have not received their 2007 Assessment Notice by December 31, 2006, are advised to contact the Real Property Assessment Division at: (Phone: 527-5539 or 527-5510) (Phone: 692-5541) Real property information regarding the new assessed values and exemptions, as well as tax billing information, is available at www.honolulupropertytax.com. You can e-mail the Real Property Assessment Division with questions concerning your assessment notice at email@example.com. -30- CONTACT: Bill Brennan, 527-6928 Mark Matsunaga, 527-5767 |
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These chewy treats are like caramel apples in candy form, combining the tangy-sweet flavor of cider with buttery caramel. To create your own spin on them, use a flavored apple cider or add different spices, like ground ginger or black pepper.
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Total Time: 2 hr 45 min
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- 2 quart(s) apple cider
- 3 cup(s) heavy cream
- 1/2 cup(s) sweetened condensed milk
- 4 cup(s) sugar
- 3/4 cup(s) light corn syrup
- 1/4 cup(s) water
- 1.50 teaspoon(s) Kosher salt
- 1 stick(s) unsalted butter, cold, diced
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
- 1 pinch(s) ground allspice
- 1 pinch(s) ground cloves
- Neutral oil, such as canola or grapeseed, for brushing
- In a large saucepan, simmer the apple cider over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until reduced to 1 cup, about 1 hour. Pour the reduced cider into a bowl.
- Line a 9- by- 13-inch rimmed pan with foil and coat the foil with nonstick cooking spray. In a medium saucepan, combine the heavy cream and condensed milk and bring to a simmer over moderate heat; keep the mixture warm over low heat.
- In another large saucepan, combine the sugar with the reduced apple cider, corn syrup, water, and salt and bring to a boil. Simmer over moderate heat until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Carefully whisk in the butter until melted. Gradually whisk in the warm cream mixture until incorporated. Cook over moderately low heat, stirring frequently, until a golden caramel forms and the temperature reaches 245 degrees F on a candy thermometer, about 45 minutes. Stir in the cinnamon, allspice, and cloves and scrape the caramel into the prepared pan. Let cool completely, then refrigerate the caramel overnight.
- Lightly brush a sheet of parchment paper with oil. Invert the caramel onto the parchment and peel off the foil. Using a sharp knife, cut the caramel into 1-inch-wide strips, then cut the block crosswise into 1/2-inch rectangles. Wrap each caramel in a square of parchment paper or a candy wrapper and twist the ends to seal. Serve or pack the caramels into boxes.
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It would be interesting to know the percentage of North Carolinians who would currently like to seceed from the union or own slaves. I'm sure they're pretty much all the same people who took the poll above. Its too bad that we can't kick the Carolinas out because they've been dragging this country down since they lost the civil war. If you guys want to seceed now I doubt many people in the North would fight to keep you. Why not go for it? »
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The Racialicious Links Roundup 10.10.13: Malala, Oneida Nation, Sleepy Hollow And Saudi Arabia
- Malala Yousafzai and the White Saviour Complex (Media Diversity UK)
When Malala Yousufzai was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen simply because she wanted to gain an education it sent shockwaves around the world.
The Western media took up the issue, Western politicians and the public spoke out and soon she found herself in the UK. The way in which the West reacted made me question the reasons and motives behind why Malala's case was taken up and not so many others.
There is no justifying the brutal actions of the Taliban or the denial of the universal right to education, however there is a deeper more historic narrative that is taking place here.
This is a story of a native girl being saved by the white man. Flown to the UK, the Western world can feel good about itself as they save the native woman from the savage men of her home nation. It is a historic racist narrative that has been institutionalised. Journalists and politicians were falling over themselves to report and comment on the case. The story of an innocent brown child that was shot by savages for demanding an education and along comes the knight in shining armour to save her.
The Racialicious Links Roundup 10.3.13: Love for Scandal, A Love Letter to Chicago, and Herman Wallace
- Herman Wallace: Surviving 40 years in solitary (BBC News)
Some prisoners are placed in solitary confinement because they have assaulted or killed another inmate or a guard. Others are held there because they are gang members – and are considered dangerous.
Prisoners in solitary confinement are held in their cells on "average 23 hours a day", according to Craig Haney, a University of California professor who testified at the June 2012 hearing.
"Prisoners go for years – in some cases for decades – never touching another human being with affection," he said. "The emptiness and idleness that pervade most solitary confinement units are profound and enveloping."
Some prisoners in solitary confinement commit suicide. Others hurt themselves. One man in New Mexico, said Haney, "used a makeshift needle and thread from his pillowcase to sew his mouth completely shut".
Last summer 30,000 California prisoners went on a hunger strike to protest against solitary confinement. State lawmakers said they would examine the issue – and the strike was cancelled. Years ago, inmates at the Angola prison were disturbed at the way that Wallace and others were treated in their isolated cells.
- Presumed Incompetent (Inside Higher Ed)
The 30 essays in "Presumed Incompetent" expose a nasty truth about Academia: it is not above the realities of everyday American life. It, in fact, reproduces and reinforces society's inequalities, stereotypes, and hierarchies within its own walls.
That academic women, especially academic women of color, are often presumed incompetent, is probably not surprising to most. The virtue of this book is that it enables the reader to see that these experiences are not individual experiences nor are they the result of individual flaws. Keeping this insight in mind, these essays become more than just "stories" or anecdotes. They point to the larger structural and cultural forces within Academia that make the experience of being presumed incompetent for women of color far too common.
The book is a collection of various types of essays: scholarly literature reviews of the experiences of women of color, personal narratives, and interviews. The content is divided into five parts: "General Campus Climate", "Faculty/Student Relationships", "Networks of Allies", "Social Class in Academia" and "Tenure and Promotion". As one can tell readily from the themes, the book isn't directed at students, nor is it meant primarily for use in a classroom (although there are several chapters that would be a good fit in courses that cover race, class, gender and sexuality issues). The book's primary audience is faculty and administrators. It not only highlights the cultural and structural obstacles facing women of color in Academia, but proposes strategies and recommendations aimed at faculty and administrators. Several essays do this effectively, but Niemann's concluding essay provides a particularly valuable summary of strategies and advice.
- Men Who Love "Scandal" (The Root)
Thursday night is date night at my apartment.
Nothing special, just drinks — a glass of water for me, red wine for her. We have not seen each other in months, and I'm excited to be reunited.
Her name is Olivia Pope.
We will meet in my living room, where she has shown up promptly at 10 p.m. on and off for the last 18 months. I will be on my couch. She will be in my television set.
She is not real, but my love for her, as she is played by Emmy-nominated actress Kerry Washington on the hit political drama "Scandal," is very real.
Olivia and I will pick up where we last left off tonight with the season 3 premiere, and I will remain devoted to her week in and week out. I will tweet about Scandal incessantly while it airs. I will cut off any real dates with real women on Thursday nights by 9, and I will start every conversation on Friday with, "Did you watch 'Scandal' last night?"
- A Love Letter To the Hood (The Toast)
I've been trying to write about Chicago violence for a good two months now. The facts are easy to obtain from any major news source, though the way in which those facts are presented leaves a lot to be desired. Context matters, though, and it appears to be completely missing from most discussions concerning my city. If you were to take a map of Chicago marked with the neighborhoods with the highest rates of violence, and overlay it with a map of school closures, you might begin to see a pattern. Add in yet another map of cuts to public transit–including the decisions to shut down train lines for repairs for months or years at a time–and a picture emerges of neighborhoods that have been systematically isolated.
Experts on Chicago (who often are neither from Chicago or remotely educated about Chicago politics or Chicago history), often disparage the people in the community. And no, I'm not making excuses for gang violence. But when we talk about violence in the communities where gangs are most common, we have to talk about the economics of crime. We have to talk about the impact of poverty, of police brutality, of school closures, of services being cut over and over again to these neighborhoods. We have to talk about the impact of racism on wealth building in communities of color. We have to talk about politicians who think the solution to crime is to throw civil liberties out the window. We have to talk about why the institutional reaction to white-on-white violence was settlement houses, while the institutional reaction to violence in predominantly Black and Latino communities is to bring in the National Guard.
It's easy to forget that the people living in those neighborhoods are more complex than a sound bite, when those sound bites are often all that make it into the mainstream media. There's this idea that the community is responsible for fixing itself, as though these things are happening because the people living there have dozens of choices and they choose the ones that leads to violence.
- I Wasn't Invited to the Talk-About-Race Deal. Good. I Didn't Want to Be. So There! (Dallas Observer)
The basic model of a racially monochrome neighborhood does not come from anything good. It is not a legacy of pride. It is a legacy of racial segregation. And segregation is always bad in the long run.
Here's what I found from my years of taking part in talk-about-race deals. They don't do any good. Something about race simply eludes verbal exposition. Race isn't a philosophy. It's mental astigmatism, a distortion of the glorious reality that is our sameness, our absolute and fundamental equality as human beings.
I don't know why, but you just can't talk your way out of racism. You have to live your way out of it by working together, refereeing your kids' fights and sleep-overs, hugging through your shared heartaches and victories, touching, seeing, feeling each other's shared humanity. You have to live next door to each other, not across the river.
That's not the story of "Raisin in the Sun." If there is a white person alive who still goes to see "Raisin" in order to get black people, he needs to give up, go home and, every little chance he gets, stay quiet.
The Racialicious Links Roundup 9.26.13
- For Migrants, New Land of Opportunity Is Mexico (The New York Times)
Some Mexicans and foreigners say Europeans are given special treatment because they are perceived to be of a higher class, a legacy of colonialism when lighter skin led to greater privileges. But like many other entrepreneurs from foreign lands, Mr. Pace and his partners are both benefiting from and helping to shape how Mexico works. Mr. Rodríguez, the former Interior Ministry official, Cuban by birth, said that foreigners had helped make Mexico City more socially liberal.
And with so many Mexicans working in the informal economy, foreigners have little trouble starting new ventures. Many immigrants say Mexico is attractive because it feels disorderly, like a work in progress, with the blueprints of success, hierarchy and legality still being drawn. "Not everyone follows the rules here, so if you really want to make something happen you can make it happen," said Ms. Téllez, 34, whose food business served more than 500 visitors last year. "No one is going to fault you for not following all the rules."
Mr. Lee said that compared with South Korea, where career options were limited by test scores and universities attended, Mexico allowed for more rapid advancement. As an intern at the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency here, he said he learned up close how Samsung and other Korean exporters worked. "Here," he said, "the doors are more open for all Koreans." He added that among his friends back home, learning Spanish was now second only to learning English.
The results of that interest are becoming increasingly clear. There were 10 times as many Koreans living in Mexico in 2010 as in 2000. Officials at a newly opened Korean cultural center here say at least 12,000 Koreans now call Mexico home, and young Mexicans in particular are welcoming them with open arms: there are now 70 fan clubs for Korean pop music in Mexico, with at least 60,000 members.
- Brad Paisley and the Politics of Offense and Offense-Taking (The Atlantic)
If you accept that the Confederacy fought to preserve and expand slavery, then you might begin to understand how the descendants of the enslaved might regard symbols of that era. And you might also begin to understand that "offense" doesn't even begin to cover it. Reading Penthouse while having Christmas dinner with your grandmother is offensive. Donning the symbols of those who fought for right to sell Henry Brown's wife and child is immoral.
It is important to speak this way. Nothing is changed by banishing the Confederate Flag out of a desire to be polite or inoffensive. The Confederate Flag should not die because black people have come to feel a certain way about their country, it should die when white people come to feel a certain way about themselves. It can't be for me. It has to be for you.
- Census data mask poverty suffered by some Asian American groups (The Los Angeles Times)
"There's always been a recession in our community," said Lian Cheun, executive director of the nonprofit Khmer Girls in Action. "The pain has always been there. It's just not well known."
Tongan Americans have even more stunning poverty rates, the report found, with more than half estimated to be living under the poverty line countywide between 2006 and 2010. Because the community is so small, the estimates are rough and the actual poverty rate might be somewhat lower — but still far above the county average.
The new report seeks to uncover such problems, using U.S. Census Bureau and other government data to poke holes in the "model minority" stereotype and illustrate the changes sweeping such communities.
Asian Americans have become the fastest-growing group in Los Angeles County, which now has not only the biggest Chinese and Korean communities in the country, but also the largest number of people of Thai, Indonesian, Sri Lankan, Filipino, Cambodian, Burmese and Taiwanese descent, the report found.
As the recession barreled down, their growing numbers also meant more people in need. In Los Angeles County, the number of Asian Americans who were jobless jumped 89% after the downturn, according to the report. Among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, the number more than doubled.
- Burning The Bridge (Grantland)
The writers of "The Bridge," parked out in California, don't know Juárez well enough to realize this. The show's pilot opens with one upper and one lower torso dumped on the Cordova Bridge. One of the torsos, female, belongs to the conservative judge from El Paso. The other torso, as the cliché demands, is half of a pretty young girl from Juárez. According to a message relayed by the shadowy killer, the Juárez victim, Cristina Fuentes, "died 14 months ago. Nobody investigated. Nobody cared. Just another dead girl."
But now that the El Paso police are involved, somebody finally cares. Specifically a beautiful, blonde detective with Asperger's syndrome named Sonya Cross. (She's played by Diane Kruger.) Her cohort from the Chihuahua State Police, Marco Ruiz (Demián Bichir) has to explain to her why Fuentes's disappearance wasn't looked into. She was "only one of 250 girls who disappeared last year. They go missing from buses, factories, always 15 to 20 years old. Dark hair, beautiful."
"So you have a serial killer?" asks Cross.
"Nobody knows," Ruiz responds. "There's just too many. The chiefs, they really don't want us to investigate. Easier that way."
Not mentioned: More men and boys disappear every year in Juárez than do women and girls. And, crucially, if this really were Juárez, on the day Fuentes's body was discovered the remains of as many as nine men and boys might have been found, too. And nobody would have investigated the deaths of those male victims, either. Gender has nothing to do with this police failure. To ignore this context is to grotesquely misrepresent what's happening in the city.
- Playing 'Indian' and Color-Blind Racism (Indian Country Today Media Network)
Natives do experience the covertness of color-blind racism that limits life opportunities. Under the logic of colorblind racism, if I don't make as much money as a white woman who does the same job, it's because I'm not as experienced or competent. If Natives, on average, have less college attainment, it's has nothing to do with the 500+ years of internal colonization and genocide or the eras of removal, relocation, reservation internment, and forced boarding school attendance. It's because Indians are lazy drunks. No thought is given to historical context or constrained opportunities. Race scholars admit that marginalized groups still experience inequality, but argue that racism is expressed increasingly without direct racist terminology.
But this certainly does not hold true for Indigenous Peoples in the U.S. We also routinely experience overt racism in the form of racial epithets like redskin, injun or squaw and horribly distorted depictions of Natives as mascots, reminiscent of the propaganda used against black, Irish and Jewish people in the 19th and 20th centuries. And this overt racism is not confined to hate groups, but is visible in everyday communication and throughout the media.
We still live under the prevalence of Native misrepresentations in the media, archaic notions of Indianness, and the federal government's appropriation of Indian names and words as code for military purposes. Racist informal statements are common expressions—statements like being an "Indian-giver," sitting "Indian-style," learning to count through the "one little, two little, three little Indians" song, or getting together to "pow wow" over a business idea.
The Racialicious Links Roundup 8.14.13: White Friends, "The Butler", Education
- The Politics Of Being Friends With White People (Salon)
I had only begun to have white friends the year prior when I found myself newly "tracked" into the higher-achieving second grade class based on superior reading ability. Scattered into a predominantly white classroom among only a handful of black students left me desperately wanting to culturally fit in and sound like my peers, especially since the vast majority of black children I knew stayed concentrated in the "B" and "C" tracks. My awkward attempts to fit in resulted in me being teased mercilessly by my black peers, who from then on through the better part of high school both accused and found me guilty of "talking too proper," "acting white" and, perhaps most egregious of all, "thinking I was white."
- "Lee Daniels' The Butler": An Oscar-Worthy Historical Fable (Salon)
I'd be hard-pressed to describe "Lee Daniels' The Butler" as a good movie. It's programmatic, didactic and shamelessly melodramatic. (Danny Strong's screenplay is best viewed as fictional, although it's loosely based on the true story of longtime White House butler Eugene Allen, who died in 2010.) Characters constantly have expository conversations built around historical markers, from the murder of Emmett Till to the Voting Rights Act. Every time Cecil serves coffee in the Oval Office, he stumbles upon epoch-making moments: Dwight Eisenhower (Robin Williams) debating whether to send federal troops to desegregate the schools in Little Rock; Richard Nixon (John Cusack) plotting a black entrepreneurship program to undercut the Black Panthers; or Ronald Reagan (Alan Rickman) telling Republican senators he plans to defy Congress and veto sanctions against South Africa. Cecil and Louis, the warring father and son played by Whitaker and Oyelowo, might as well come with labels: Cecil is following in the footsteps of Booker T. Washington; Louis in those of W.E.B. Du Bois.
- 50 Years After the March On Washington: The Economic Impacts on Education (HuffPo Black Voices)
…one of the most troubling aspects of higher education inequality is its economic dimension. A recent paper by Demos found that African Americans are 15 percent more likely to incur debt when obtaining higher education and 15 percent more likely to carry more debt on average. As a consequence, higher education debt is disproportionately weakening African Americans' retirement savings and household equity, key sources of wealth.
The Racialicious Links Roundup 7.24.13: Ethnicity, Trayvon, Devious Maids and Marc Anothony
By Joseph Lamour
- How to Ask Someone About Their Ethnicity Without Being an Asshole (Jezebel)
…I am Not a White Person. This means I am a walking version of this fun little game called "What Kind of Not White Person Are You?" Here's how it goes: I introduce myself to you at a party or some such social gathering. You introduce yourself as well. In an attempt to get to know me better, or maybe just keep the conversation going, you want to know exactly how I am a Not a White Person. Which is totally fine at the right time and place, because I love gabbing on about my immigrant parents and how much I love mango pickle. It's all good fun in post-racial America, like wearing a red, white, and blue dashiki on the fourth of July (who knew you could don a dashiki and be patriotic at the same damn time?!)
But the majority of the time I play this game, supposedly well-intentioned people curious about my brownness go about asking it in the wrong way. No, not the wrong way- the ASSHOLE way. I get it, really. You grew up in a suburb of Indianapolis and no one ever taught you how to not be an asshole. That's actually my life story, too, but you can't always throw Indianapolis under the bus as your excuse for being ignorant.
- The Curious Case of George Zimmerman's Race
Gustavo Arellano, editor in chief of OC Weekly and the syndicated columnist behind ¡Ask a Mexican! bristles at the idea that Latinos are responsible for explaining Zimmerman's actions. "Latinos have acknowledged that he's half-Peruvian and that makes him Latino. But no one is going out there to say, 'He's one of us,' just like Muslims don't go out and say, 'Osama Bin Laden was one of us.'"
- Obama, Trayvon and the Problem That Won't Be Named (Colorlines)
Obama rightly claimed that he could have been Trayvon Martin 35 years ago. Those who immediately took to Twitter to remind us that Obama didn't grow up in a ghetto are correct. But they should be reminded that Sanford, Fla., is a majority white, yet mixed neighborhood—and far from a ghetto. Those who remind us that Obama attended private schools should know that racism remains alive and well in those institutions. Yes, Obama attended Columbia University in the early 80s—during a time when a whites-only fellowship was offered; in fact, the fellowship never went away. And yes, Obama attended Harvard University, just up the street from where professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct four years ago—on suspicion that he was breaking into what turned out to be his own home. Those who think that racial profiling somehow only happens in "ghettos," which in this case is code for black neighborhoods often orchestrated for poverty, should be informed that black bodies are even blacker among white ones.
But Barack Obama hasn't only attended institutions that have historically created unfair advantages for white students, or questioned black professors who teach there.
Barack Obama has been a politician in the United States where, for the past five years, he's been continually harassed about this citizenship. A convincing rumor originally started by Hillary Clinton's supporters in 2008, Obama's dark skin and lineage cast doubt on his ability to campaign for president. Unlike any other candidate, Obama was forced to provide a copy of his birth certificate in order to illustrate his capacity to serve if elected. And unlike any other president, the rumor that the president may have been born in another country persists. That's because Obama truly is unlike any other president—he's a black one. And Friday's remarks remind us that he, too, remembers what it's like to not only be the nation's first black president, but also what it's like to be the black man in an elevator when a white woman clutches her purse.
- Marc Anthony On Latino Stereotypes: The Entertainment Industry Doesn't Owe Us Anything (HuffPo Latino Voices)
Adding to a viewer's video question concerning any upcoming projects on film or television, Hill alluded to the "Devious Maids" stereotype controversy and asked the singer whether he believed there was "space to have a different kind of Latino representation."
"Is that the show with the fine maids?," Anthony asked before answering the question.
"As far as people being in uproar, they don't owe us anything. The industry doesn't owe us anything, networks don't owe us anything. You have a complaint? Educate yourself, take up writing, become a producer, direct it," the salsa singer told HuffPost Live. "You know what I'm saying? Get up and do it — write good material, produce good films. I'm not of the mind that we're owed [anything] because 'oh every Latino on TV is either criminal…then get up and do better."
The Racialicious Links Roundup 6.13.13
- Trayvon's Dad: 'My Kid Was Perfect to Me' (The Root)
My kid was perfect to me. As a father, it hurts to see how Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, has tried to twist the truth. And I can't defend my son, who has been killed. It's demoralizing. How do you blame the victim?What they don't understand is that Zimmerman didn't only murder my son — he destroyed an entire branch of my family tree. I looked forward to the possibility of having grandkids from Trayvon. And that's something that can never happen now. But as far as the attacks on Trayvon's character, it certainly isn't true, and therefore doesn't affect me personally. I just hope it doesn't work with the jury and the public.O'Mara has tried to focus attention on whether or not Trayvon had smoked marijuana in the past. First, that's irrelevant to the facts of the case. I recently read a government report that showed 36 percent of American high school seniors had tried marijuana in the past year. And white kids do it more often than blacks or Hispanics. Is that a reason to shoot a kid? Would Zimmerman have shot a white kid in that neighborhood?
- Opinion: The problem with "Devious Maids" goes far beyond Hollywood (NBC Latino)
It is not wrong to be a maid, or even a Latina maid, but there is something very wrong with an American entertainment industry that continually tells Latinas that this is all they are or can ever be.My grandmother was a maid in Cuba; my biological grandfather was her employer. My father, never claimed by his bio-dad, was a janitor when he first began working in the United States, as a teen immigrant. My father went on to get his PhD, sort of a real-life Good Will Hunting, and became a leading sociologist. He raised me to believe in myself and my voice; I went to Columbia, and I'm a bestselling author Tom Wolfe called one of the most important social critics of our time.We don't see stories about people like me or my dad. Indeed, network executives say to my face that I don't exist. That's the problem.
- The Dangerous, Infectious Logic of National Security (Colorlines)
It is comforting to believe these things have nothing to do with one another, to insist that the administration's shocking spying program is a distinct issue from the trends we've witnessed in communities of color for years. But the logic used to defend secretly collecting the communications data of people not accused of any crime is the same logic used to defend NYPD's stop-and-frisk program and Homeland Security's deportation apparatus. The logic of "national security" was developed and honed by law enforcement practices inside communities of color. It is one of the more striking examples of a basic truth: racial injustice is cancerous; it eats the national body from the inside out.
The Racialicious Links Roundup 6.6.13
- Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests, Federal Data Suggests (The New York Times)
Advocates for the legalization of marijuana have criticized the Obama administration for having vocally opposed state legalization efforts and for taking a more aggressive approach than the Bush administration in closing medical marijuana dispensaries and prosecuting their owners in some states, especially Montana and California.
The new data, however, offers a more nuanced picture of marijuana enforcement on the state level. Drawn from police records from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the report is the most comprehensive review of marijuana arrests by race and by county and is part of areport being released this week by the American Civil Liberties Union. Much of the data was also independently reviewed for The New York Times by researchers at Stanford University.
"We found that in virtually every county in the country, police have wasted taxpayer money enforcing marijuana laws in a racially biased manner," said Ezekiel Edwards, the director of the A.C.L.U.'s Criminal Law Reform Project and the lead author of the report.
- Why We Need to Talk About Race In Adoption (Bitch Magazine)
While "colorblindness" in adoption has been widely challenged, however, not everyone is convinced – like the adoptive mother who recently told me, "I don't see my son's color. Race is just not an issue for us."
Some people maintain that any cultural loss is unimportant compared to what children gain through adoption. But in both mainstream media and personal conversations about adoption, cultural and racial identity need not be pitted against a child's right to love, safety, and security.
This unfortunate "either-or" framing of the issue finds frequent expression in discussions of transracial adoption. Michael Gerson—whose wife is a Korean adoptee—wrote in the Washington Post: "Ethnicity is an abstraction…. Every culture or race is outweighed when the life of a child is placed on the other side of the balance." In a National Review article criticizing Kathryn Joyce's book The Child Catchers: Rescue, Trafficking, and the New Gospel of Adoption, adoptive father David French dismissed "the 'culture'" (note the mocking quotation marks) of internationally adopted children as "the culture of starvation, of rags, of disease, and of abandonment."
In his veto message, Scott noted that Congress never approved the policy enacted by President Obama last year to allow children brought to this country illegally to seek reprieves from deportation. "Although the Legislature may have been well-intentioned in seeking to expedite the process to obtain a temporary driver's license, it should not have been done by relying on a federal government policy adopted without legal basis," the governor said.
The last-minute block and tackle suggests Scott's sensitivity toward conservative activists, who were aghast when the onetime crusader against Obama's health care law embraced in February the administration's proposed expansion of Medicaid. The proposal to accept millions in federal dollars to insure poor people was beaten back by state lawmakers but not without leaving a mark on Scott, who is expected to face a tough reelection campaign in 2014 against former governor and newly minted Democrat Charlie Crist.
Scott's veto also highlights the Republican Party's struggle to boost its appeal within the fast-growing Hispanic community. The bill's sponsors said the governor's veto flies in the face of the millions of dollars the Republican Party is allocating to minority outreach and candidate recruitment.
"Make no mistake about it: This will be an anti-Hispanic bomb if he vetoes this bill,'' said Democratic state Sen. Darren Soto, one of the legislation's sponsors. "The vast majority of my peers understand we need to encourage immigrants to become working members of our society. It makes no sense that the Scott administration would veto something it's already doing."
- 'Love Thy Neighbor': Tyler Perry makes Oprah look mean (The Los Angeles Times)
Cantankerous oldsters are, of course, a staple of comedy. But the trick is to evoke the anger, prejudice, exasperation, fear or simple confusion with which one generation often regards the next without losing the character's essential humanity.
Although she has a Madea-like quality in that she is played by a much younger woman, there is virtually no humanity in Hattie. As we watch her berate and deride daughter Linda (Kendra C. Johnson) — whom we learn Hattie first threw out of the house when Linda was but 17 (hahaha)— and grandson Danny (Andre Hall), a college graduate having difficulty finding a job in a tough market (hahaha), one is left to wonder how much Perry hates his own grandmother.
Only her brother-in-law and business partner Floyd (played with admirable comedic grace by Palmer Williams Jr.) seems immune to Hattie's hatefulness. Linda certainly is not; at the end of episode one, she discovers that her husband is cheating on her. Again.
Hattie predictably explodes with a chattering rage when Linda asks to move back home. By episode two, she is considering a reconciliation because she feels she is unfit for anything other than an unhappy marriage.
Wow, wonder why? Surely, there was an episode of Oprah based on just this sort of unhealthy relationship.
Boiling down zoot culture to one set of beliefs, variables, or ethnicity and race, rather than looking at its pluralistic totality, has been at issue when discussing it. Participants did not move in lock-step and carried differing, if often overlapping, views of the zoot suit's meaning. While most zoots would agree that their fashion operated as a claim of public dignity denied them by white society, how each zoot defined such "dignity" varied: "dignity for a black male zoot suiter in New York … was often not the same as dignity for a Mexican American female zoot suiter in Los Angeles," Alvarez points out. Moreover, some zoots, as previously noted, opposed the war and others actually joined the military to fight.
The focus on male zoots often obscures the numerous women active in the scene. For all its poignancy in capturing the fate of Montoya Santana, as noted by Carmen Huaco-Nuzum, in "American Me," its female characters operated as foil for the movie's larger discourse on Chicano masculinity. Though the film attempts to break free from gendered assumptions regarding Chicanas, with the exception of one female character, the movie remains bound to an image of Mexican American women as "subservient" and passive, dutifully enduring their oppressed fate. Borrowing from intellectual Octavio Paz, the film, Huaco-Nuzum argues, perpetuates the "legacy of being 'la chingada,' or the violated woman — the passive, long suffering female in servitude to the macho."
Earlier popular productions broadcast similar themes. Luis Valdez penned "Zoot Suit" in the late 1970s, originally as a play focusing on the injustice of the Sleepy Lagoon Trial. In 1981, it became a movie starring Edward James Olmos. Utilizing court records and reports from the Los Angeles Times, Valdez constructed a narrative sympathetic to the defendants but one that virtually ignored the trial's female participants. According to Catherine Ramirez, Valdez flattened subtleties present in news accounts and court records, depicting female zoots within a Madonna/whore binary of Mexican American women, thereby consolidating the domestic concepts his sources encouraged and constructing a popular model that others would draw from perpetuating the errors of his initial sourcing decisions.


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