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What is Maneki Neko?
What is Maneki Neko?
Our Maneki Neko "Kitty" uses our school colors (green and purple) to beckon in "luck" in relationship to:
White (body): Positive things to come
Gold (bell): Prosperity
Purple (color/lantern): Creative Arts
Green (Bib/body accents): Education/Studies
(Our Maneki Neko also has the Japanese word "anime" in kanji Japanese characters) on it's bib.
History of the Maneki Neko
The maneki-neko (Japanese: 招き猫?, literally 'beckoning cat') is a common Japanese figurine (lucky charm, talisman), usually made of ceramic in modern times, which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. A common belief is that the left paw raised brings in customers, while a right paw brings good luck and wealth. There is meaning behind the different colors as well. Maneki-nekousually have some sort of decoration around their neck. This can be a neckerchief or a scarf but the most common attire is a collar, bell and decorative bib. These items are most likely in imitation of what was common attire for cats in wealthy households during the Edo period. Maneki-neko are sometimes depicted holding a coin; usually a gold coin called a koban (小判?) which ties into the cat's part in bringing good fortune and wealth.
Some believe the maneki-neko originated in Osaka, while some insist it was Tokyo(then named Edo).[1] While it is believed that maneki-neko first appeared during the later part of the Edo period (1603–1867) in Japan,[1] the earliest documented evidence comes from the 1870s, during Japan's Meiji era: It is mentioned in a newspaper article in 1876, and there is evidence kimono-clad maneki-neko were distributed at a shrine in Osaka during this time. An 1902 advertisement for maneki-neko indicates that by the turn of the century they were popular.[6]
Maneki-neko is the subject of a number of folktales. Here are five of the most popular, explaining the cat's origins:
The stray cat and the shop: The operator of an impoverished shop (or inn, tavern, temple, etc.) takes in a starving, stray cat despite barely having enough to feed himself. In gratitude, the cat takes up a station outside the establishment and beckons in new visitors, bringing prosperity as a reward to the charitable proprietor. Ever after, the "beckoning cat" has been a symbol of good luck for small business owners.[1]
The nobleman-warning cat: One day a luminary passed by a cat, which seemed to wave to him. Taking the cat's motion as a sign, the nobleman paused and went to it. Diverted from his journey, he realized that he had avoided a trap that had been laid for him just ahead. Since that time, cats have been considered wise and lucky spirits. Many Japanese shrines and homes include the figurine of a cat with one paw upraised as if waving, hence the origin of maneki-neko, often referred to as kami-neko in reference to the cat's kami or spirit. Depending on version, the story may cast the nobleman as one of various Japanese emperors, as well as historical characters such as Oda Nobunaga and the samurai Ii Naotaka.
The temple cat: This similar story goes that a wealthy feudal lord named Ii Naotaka was taking shelter under a tree near Gōtoku-ji temple (in Setagaya, Tokyo) during a thunderstorm. The lord saw the temple priest's cat beckoning to him and followed; a moment later the tree was struck by lightning. The wealthy man became friends with the poor priest and the temple became prosperous. When the cat died, supposedly the first maneki-neko was made in his honor.
The beheaded cat: A young woman named Usugumo, living in Yoshiwara in eastern Tokyo, had a cat, much beloved by her. One day, she had a visit from her friend, a swordsman. The cat suddenly went frantic, clawing at the woman's kimono persistently. Thinking the cat was attacking her, the swordsman severed the head of the cat, which flew through the air, then lodged its teeth into and killed a venomous snake on the support boards above, where it had been waiting to strike the woman. After the incident, Usugumo was devastated by the death of her companion, and would neither eat nor sleep. The swordsman felt guilty for what he had done and sad for the woman. He went to a woodcarver, who was called "the best in the land", who made him a carving of the cat, a paw raised in greeting. This cat image then became popular as the maneki-neko. When he gave the carving to her, she was overjoyed and lived her life again instead of suffering. A variant has the woman as a geisha, the swordsman replaced with her brothel's owner, and the wooden cat made by a client of the courtesan lady.
The old woman's cat: An old woman, living in Imado in eastern Tokyo, was forced to sell her cat due to extreme poverty. Soon afterwards the cat appeared to her in a dream. The cat told her to make its image in clay. She did as instructed, and soon afterward sold the statue. She then made more, and people bought them as well. These maneki-neko were so popular she soon became prosperous and wealthy.
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Letters to the Editor: 09.22.10
Support for Skurka
I was glad to read that Mark Skurka, the Democratic District Attorney candidate, received endorsements from the Corpus Christi Police Officers Association, the Nueces County Sheriff's Officers Association and the Corpus Christi Independent School District Police Officers over incumbent Republican Anna Jimenez ("Skurka gets support from three groups, Sept. 19).
I want Mr. Skurka to know that I cannot do the walk in passing out fliers, or walking the neighborhoods asking people for Mr. Skurka's vote, but I can do the talk. The talk always works. I can contact family members, friends and neighbors and remind them to vote for Mark Skurka for District Attorney in the November election. God bless you and good luck!
Flo Martinez
Solar energy
At the risk of perhaps being voted off the Island, I would like to offer a suggestion that since all the power on Padre Island is electric and that air conditioning is the greatest consumer of that power, doesn't it make sense that solar electric panels should be the standard for homes and buildings there? As a homeowner on Padre Island, I would like to see a strong promotion of solar energy throughout Sunbelt Texas with subsidies and tax incentives from property taxes. This would create jobs, stimulate the local economy and real estate market, and benefit everyone in the long run.
Robert F. Porath, Boulder, Colo.
Debate doubtful
Ortiz debating Farenthold, you have got to be kidding!
Ortiz used every excuse possible to avoid debating Willie Vaden.
There is no way Ortiz will "man-up" and debate a viable opponent like Blake Farenthold.
Victor Bird, Port Aransas
City manager ultimatum
The governing council of the City of Corpus Christi is now looking for a new City Manager. This seems to be good opportunity to begin to fix a major problem of our city – its STREETS.
One of the conditions required of any candidate for the job of manager should be that he or she will give primary attention to upgrading our streets. Then when a selection is made, the one selected should be required to sign an oath that they will endeavor to do their best to upgrade, fix and repair the streets of Corpus Christi and if at the end of the second year of their tenure no substantial progress has been made, their tenure will automatically terminate.
Corpus Christi is a major city of the state and it should act like one. Our city streets are a disgrace and a burden. I was in the small city of Rockport last week and enjoyed driving on its fine smooth streets. Why can't the citizens of Corpus Christi enjoy the same?
Charles R. Porter
Declines in discipline
Many of us remember when schools stopped effectively disciplining students. That was the late 1950s, when only "juvenile delinquents" would yell curses.
The theory was that the kids were poor and had been "deprived," which caused them to act up, and that not punishing them would cause the behavior to subside, leaving them normal. "Peer pressure" was supposed to help.
Most kids didn't consider themselves peers of hoodlums and learned that if they resisted the pampered delinquents, the authorities would punish them and not the troublemakers. This led inevitably to more and more kids imitating the "troubled youth" and getting away with it, losing respect for the spineless authorities and learning to use the quack social theories.
Since this is an election year I won't point to the party most responsible for the deterioration of schools and society. I will draw a lesson from verifiable history and note that they weren't conservatives.
David C. Morrow
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Playing Scrabble, enjoying brunch, wearing bad sandals -- they look just like fuzzy little people!
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St. Patrick's Day looms; Leprechauns will eat Mittens, Mom's greedy with the gold, and the dog's asleep on clean laundry. See the texts!
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NBA: Playoffs-Atlanta Hawks at Indiana Pacers
Apr 24, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana Pacers forward Paul George receives the Most Improved Player Award before playing against the Atlanta Hawks during game two of the first round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Indiana defeats Atlanta 113-98. (Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports)
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Eyesore in the garden: Now you see it, now you don't.
(Read article summary)Make your garden eyesores disappear, with a little landscaping 'sleight of hand.'
Courtesy of Lois J. de Vries
Most homeowners deal with the necessary-but-ugly utility equipment in the garden by building a fence around the objects, or constructing a box to house them. But the only thing these "solutions" accomplish is to substitute one visual blight for another.
Large eyesores, such as a 300-gallon propane tank, 2-ton air-conditioning compressor, pool mechanicals, etc., require a magician's talents on a grand scale; the kind of sleight-of-eye that makes the monstrosity "vanish" while still in plain sight.
The stock-in-trade of magicians who specialize in coin, card, and other sleight-of-hand tricks is to get you to look at one hand, so that you don't notice what they're doing with the other one.
Like the magician who performed at my brother's recent birthday party, you can employ this craft right under the noses of garden guests, with none of them being the wiser.
The most satisfying approach is to eliminate the eyesore entirely but, as with a propane tank, that may not be practical. Our tank has to be in the front yard, in order for the delivery person to be able to access it in ice and snow from our steep, winding driveway.
How to 'hide' a propane tank
For many years, the otherwise pleasant view across my front yard lavender garden, from both the driveway and the house, came to an abrupt halt at that ugly utilitarian object --- a nine-foot-long by three-foot-diameter puice cylinder that we called "the yellow submarine" long after I had painted it brown to try to make it blend in.
Something had to be done. I discovered that it would cost less than $200 to move: $50 for a permit; $40 for two trenching tools; and $106 for the propane company to send two installers and a boom truck to swap out the old tank for a new one.
By moving the tank back just 10 feet, but out of constant view from the living room/office window, we reduced my level of irritation with it by at least 75 percent.
I quickly dubbed the new white version "Moby Dick." Poor Moby still loomed large as he floated above the landscape, accosting our aesthetic sensibilities every time we drove in, or gardened in the front yard.


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In the bathroom of Jeffrey Needle's law office on W. Oakland Park Boulevard is a pencil drawing by Elledge. Needle, now a collections lawyer with a computer screen saver that reads, "Leave cash on the desk or get out of my office," was a certified legal intern at the Broward County Public Defender's office when Elledge came up for resentencing in 1994. Needle did much of the grunt work on the case, interviewing Elledge about his life story and explaining to him the legal technicalities of the upcoming trial. The pencil sketch is a bucolic scene, with trees and homes. But closer inspection reveals one odd characteristic: Everything in the picture is enclosed. The windows of the homes have bars in them, as do the doors. There are numerous fences surrounding the homes. There appears to be no way out. This is the world as seen through Elledge's eyes.
"I think that Bill Elledge, because of his parents, because of the environment he grew up in, had no other way to go," says Needle. "The man was safe only in his mind."
Elledge's mind now appears to be a somewhat cloudy place. He at once offers remorse for what he has done and then doles out blame to everyone but himself. He says of Strack, the 20-year-old whom he raped and strangled to death: "God rest her soul, and I'm sorry for what I've done. But, it doesn't change the facts of the case." Elledge then goes on to recount how Strack is somehow to blame for his actions because she sexually teased him but then refused to have sex. "When this woman come on to me and tried to turn me off like a water tap after I was turned on, I snapped. I don't try to justify my actions. I admitted my guilt. At the same time, I wonder why she did what she did."
I wonder why she did what she did. The dead woman. It's her fault.
Billy Elledge now says he doesn't want to die. He doesn't want a date with Old Sparky. He realizes that, even if his death sentence is somehow lifted, he will spend the rest of his life in orange prison garb.
Elledge believes that he belongs in prison. He claims that all he wants is the ever-present threat of electrocution lifted from his head. "Do I deserve to be let out?" he asks. "No. I'll be the first one to tell you that. Because of what I've done and because no form of rehabilitation has been provided to me. I do not belong on the streets until the problems that put me here are resolved."
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YACHATS, Ore. — The Lane County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man they say assaulted his roommate and then doused him in lighter fluid.
Deputies say the alleged victim, Herbert Purol, told them this happened as he and Buddy Valentine were in their home on the 95-thousand block of Highway 101 in Yachats. Purol said they were listening to music in the living room when Valentine attacked him.
Medics rushed to Purol to Peace Harbor. He was later taken to Riverbend Hospital for multiple injuries. His condition is unknown.
The 62-year-old Valentine has a number of aliases including Byron McArthur& Byrom McArthur. There are several variations in the spelling of the names.
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5 At Last, Everything is Right at Once!Fleedleflump | 14/06/2007 | See all Fleedleflump's reviews (58)Top 100 Reviewer Top 100 Games Reviewer Top 100 Music Reviewer Top 10 Books Reviewer This is definitely the Hitman game that us fans of the series have been waiting for. I had waited for this with baited breath, as the Hitman games are all on the very short list of games that I have every played right thr way through to completion (ie without getting either fed up with the game or distracted by something else coming out!)Whilst I enjoyed all of the earlier games, I had concerns after Contracts that the series was doomed, as that game wasn't as good as the second one. However, as information was released about this, the fourth game, I started to hope that it could be really good.Thankfully, it is. Third person sneaking and shooting has never been so much fun. For the first time, there are enough options and approaches to each scenario that you're not tempted to just blast your way through it (like I did with almost every mission in Hitman: Contracts). The new "accidental deaths" are hilarious and rewarding to discover. The weapon upgrades are great fun, and allow you to concentrate on your preferred tools of the trade. Combat both close and distanced feels assured and responsive.Standout missions for me include the private hospital, the suburban street, and the playboy's mansion.Most fun you can have in this game: Seeing how many people you can "off" and hide before those left start to realise you're a very bad person!Graphics and sound are spot on, and if IO INteractive can reel out another game with this many imporvements and ideas, then the next Hitman will be well worth a look too!
5 Best Hitman YetBrausch | 02/06/2007 | See all Brausch's reviews (187)Top 100 Reviewer Top 100 DVD Reviewer The first Hitman game to get everything right. Sneaking is no longer painfully slow, disguises work and there are a nicely varied number of ways to tackle each mission. Graphics are excellent. Thoroughly enjoyable
5 A HIT MANsomethingfishy | 11/12/2007 | See all somethingfishy's reviews (58)have just played kane & lynch from the same creators of this game i though i give this a go.how did kane & lynch go so wrong hitman blood money not only look better plays better i mean what great ways to take people out (barbecues poison nickers shooting the bottom of a glass hot tub out)this game is every thing kayne and lynch is not it's playable for a start the controls work theirs no stupid log in system to play the game so if you want to buy kane & lynch dead men buy this at £6.99 save a tenner your thank yourself for it
5 Replayable and uniquemattmachine | 26/07/2008 | See all mattmachine's reviews (6)I have always been a big fan of the Hitman series, and this one is as you would expect - the best one yet. The graphics are nice, and it is still really is original as although there are no shortage of stealth games, there are none wuite like this.You can play the game the way you like, shoot'em up or sneak around and devise intricate plots to take out your targets. I love the freedom of the game and the vast arsenal at your disposal. The huge freedom means a nice amount of replayability, I must have played all the levels time and time again.There is the slight issue of the combat AI. The AI in the game is good generally, but when it comes to out an out firefights, their tactics consist of rushing you until their numbers overwhelm you. However this is marginal, and shouldn't detract from what is still a good game even by todays standards.
5 BrilliantJoansean | 07/12/2008 | See all Joansean's reviews (1)Graphics are good, and the environments are fantastic. Loved the Mardi Gras levels with all the people walking aboutVery high replay value as well, you can do every hit 10 times and each time you do it differently.


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To save money and time, many college students cook creatively in their dorms.
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When it's dinnertime at George Washington University, most students head to the dining hall. Not Rebecca Slotkin. She and her roommate are more likely to be in their room, cooking everything from veggie burgers and pasta to fresh vegetables.
"College food is usually described as ramen noodles and Easy Mac," says Ms. Slotkin, a sophomore. "We've just taken it to a whole new level."
Call it dining à la dorm, an increasingly popular activity on campuses. Armed with simple ingredients, small appliances, and a measure of culinary creativity, some students, like Slotkin, cook because they want nutritious food and a change from institutional fare. Others use microwaves and minifridges as a convenient way to eat in a hurry or satisfy a hankering for snacks during late-night study sessions.
Whatever the motivation, their interest is spawning classes in dorm-room cooking and books such as "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the College Diet Cookbook."
"Students are pressured for time," says Michelle Stern, owner of What's Cooking, a cooking school in the San Francisco area. "They'll often choose foods that are more convenient than healthy. That, combined with the fact that they're studying hard and are sedentary, can contribute to the 'freshman 15,' " the legendary first-year weight gain.
To prevent that, Ms. Stern encourages students to consider their food choices. "If they cook and prepare some of their own foods, they're the ones in control of ingredients," she says. "When they're starving and the dining room is closed, instead of ramen noodles or middle-of-the-night pizza delivery, they can take matters into their own hands. Even though they can make things that are fast and simple, they don't have to sacrifice nutrition."
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WASHINGTON, July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Lewin Group today released a new report assessing the financial impact and administrative burden that out-of-network claims pose in Medicaid managed care. The authors of the report recommend a federally mandated payment standard for Medicaid health plans similar to that used in the Medicare Advantage managed care program.
The report, "Medicaid Non-Emergency Out-of-Network Payment Study," was commissioned by Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA) and the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP). The report examined Medicaid non-emergency out-of-network payment policies in Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. Investigators found that out-of-network claims represented at least 8 percent of total Medicaid claims costs, with most out-of-network claims disputes coming from hospitals, pediatric subspecialty providers, academic medical centers and other public hospitals.
The study notes that Medicaid is unique with regard to out-of-network services and payment because providers cannot "balance bill" Medicaid members for covered services. "In the absence of a clear payment policy, providers will often bill the health plan for full charges and an unwelcome negotiation then ensues as both parties seek to arrive at a mutually acceptable amount," noted Debbie Kilstein, ACAP's Director of Quality Management and Operational Support.
Evelyn Murphy, the Lewin study's principal author, emphasized that "Ultimately, states and taxpayers are the ones paying at commercial, or even above-commercial, levels for much of the out-of-network
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FINAL ISSUE!!! The Lone Ranger and Tonto have sworn to serve justice in a harsh, often lawless landscape. Now, this landmark issue answers the question: are the most iconic heroes of the Old West really willing to die rather than kill? Guns will blaze on the Main Street of a small town, and the ultimate sacrifice will be made.
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Artist: Flo Rida
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Fans of '80s pop are likely to burst out laughing upon hearing the hook to Flo Rida's latest single – Right, Round takes its inspiration from Dead or Alive's 1984 hit, You Spin Me Round (Like a Record), changing the lyrics to describe the rapper's reaction to a pole-dancing performance. Flo describes the head-spinningly beautiful stripper who has him throwing his money around (to the tune of several grand). The emcee may be dismayed at the lightness of his bankroll in the morning, but this energetic cut is catchy enough to convince listeners that it was all worth it. Mr. Luke goes all-out on the production tip, packing his propulsive beat with a dizzying array of synths, and the result is a record that's sure to get its share of spins in clubs nationwide. If Right, Round is any indication, Flo Rida's forthcoming sophomore LP, R.O.O.T.S. (Routes of Overcoming the Struggle) will offer fans ample opportunity to get out on the dancefloor when it hits stores in April.
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LeakedTT: Windows 8.1 screenshots show Start button is making a return
Leaked Windows 8.1 screenshots show that the much-loved Start button will be making its return to the desktop. In the screenshots posted by Paul Thurrott, we can see just how Microsoft plans to implement the Start button. (Hint: it's not exactly the same as the current Windows 7 Start button)
In the screenshot above, you can see that the Start button has returned to its usual location in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. The Start button is currently unable to be disabled, but it's not clear if there will be an option when Windows 8.1 is officially released.
In the above screenshot, you can see how the new Start button will function. It will still make use of the new Start screen that was introduced in Windows 8, which is unfortunate for those who love the old Start button. Users will be able to have the desktop wallpaper as the Start screen background, though that is an option that defaults to off.
Apple CEO Tim Cook says that iOS could open up to third party customization
During a talk at the D11 conference this afternoon Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, hinted at the possibility of opening up iOS a little more to developers. Apple's software is more closed than its biggest rival Android, which hinders what developers can and cannot do with iOS based devices.
"On the general topic of opening up APIs, I think you'll see us open up more in the future," Cook said, "but not to the degree that we put the customer at risk of having a bad experience. So there's always a fine line to walk there, or maybe not so fine."
Cook was also asked about Facebook Home, specifically about rumors that Facebook had first approached Apple who shot the social networking giant down. Cook did not confirm or deny the rumor but said "We think the customer pays us to make choices on their behalf. I've see some of these settings screens, and I don't think that's what customers want. Do some want it? Yes."
Apple's upcoming iOS 7 to be 'black, white and flat all over'
According to some anonymous sources of 9to5Mac, iOS 7 is going to be the biggest change to Apple's mobile OS yet, where we should expect it to be: a flattened, minimalistic, anti-skeuomorphic UI poured uniformly atop its next-gen mobile OS.
Jony Ive is the man responsible for this big change, with his design chops resulting in what we have with the iPhone, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMacs and MacBooks. Both Ive and Jobs were very close, where Jobs' biographer, Walter Isaacson labeling the two men as "soul mates". There have been teases of iOS 7 in the past, but we haven't heard about the black and white aspect of it yet, which would be a huge jump.
9to5Mac's sources claim that iOS 7's home screen icons will ditch their shadows and gloss, replacing it with flatness. The icons to Game Center and Note will lose their older-themed look (such as green felt, leather-like trim, etc) and in replacement, we'll have solid color and style. We shouldn't have to wait long for iOS 7, which should be unveiled at WWDC.
Nexus 4 spotted running Android 4.3, still called Jelly Bean and features retooled camera interface
Android 4.3 has reportedly been spotted in the wild at a mobile expo currently taking place in Thailand. The new operating system was spotted running on a Nexus 4 and appears to remain nearly unchanged. The only noticeable user interface difference appears to be the camera app, which sports controls in different locations:
Android 4.3 is seen running with a build number of JWR45B, indicating that it is a completely new build. The operating system also had the Jelly Bean Easter egg found in the About section. We still don't know when Google will release the new operating system, though it shouldn't be too far off in the future.
Google announces 900 million Android activations to date
During the keynote address at this morning's Google I/O conference, the company announced that its Android mobile operating system has surpassed 900 million activations to date. The company said that "While this number is large, there is still six billion more people in the world to reach."
Android is about to enter its 5th iteration very soon and it is highly expected to be debuted at some point this week during Google I/O. Stay tuned to TweakTown for full Google I/O coverage and Live Blogs of select I/O events as they take place.
Windows Phone won't be revamped until 2014, Windows Phone users feeling 'blue'
Windows 8 is receiving an update in the coming months pushing it to Windows 8.1, which was called Windows Blue. But, there have been questions of whether we would see an update to Windows Phone 8 or not, which was answered in a report by Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet.
The report states that we won't see an update version of Microsoft's mobile OS until 2014, with Foley's sources stating that Windows Phone will see three smaller updates to roll through before the end of 2014 in preparation of a bigger update that'll arrive in 2014. These updates will include "support for CalDAV and CardDAV, so that it will continue to work with Google contact and calendar syncing services" and will "reintroduce support for FM radio... a feature which was part of the Windows Phone 7 operating system platform, but which was cut for Windows Phone 8".
Microsoft makes it official: Windows Blue will be called Windows 8.1 and will be a free update
Microsoft has made it official: The upcoming Windows Blue update will be referred to as Windows 8.1 and will be available free to all Windows 8 users. The first public preview of the software will be available in June in conjunction with Microsoft's BUILD conference. This remains the same as previously reported.
Windows 8 has been seen somewhat as a failure. While it was received with much fan-fare, sales of the operating system have been quite low. Around 100 million licenses have been sold, but the install base is actually quite a bit less than that. Many are upset with the removal of the Start button, which is rumored to be coming back in 8.1.
Microsoft has gone with the Windows 8.1 nomenclature to indicate that it is just an update, not a whole new version. It's somewhat akin to a service pack. We'll be sure to get you the full technical details as soon as Microsoft details what they've changed for Windows 8.1.
Windows 8 may have 100 million licenses in the wild, but install base sits at an estimated 59 million
Microsoft may have sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8, but this doesn't mean that those licenses are all installed onto consumers' PCs. ComputerWorld talked with Patrick Moorhead, a principal analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, who estimates that the actual number of Windows 8 devices being used is closer to 59 million.
This is according to the most recent data from Net Applications shows that Windows 8 is being used on around 4.2% of all Windows PCs. There are over 70 million PCs in the wild still running Windows Vista, which is a number that needs to change.
CyanogenMod 10.1 reaches Release Candidate stage
CyanogenMod 10.1 has reached a step closer to being a proper 'stable' release, reaching Release Candidate (RC) 1. The final release is now close, according to the team.
CyanogenMod 10.1 RC1 is now available to download for compatible devices, and if you aren't aware of what it is, it's an OS based from Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, but has a huge cache of additional features. This is the perfect way to upgrade your device if your manufacturer hasn't bothered to do so. The compatibility list, is below:
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iOS 7 shows up in website logs, suggests Apple is testing out the new mobile OS ahead of WWDC
Apple's iOS 7 beta has started to show up in website logs, suggesting that Apple is testing out the new operating system ahead of its rumored WWDC debut. This isn't the first time that operating systems have shown up in website logs ahead of their launch.
Onswipe, for instance, has seen massive spikes in iOS 7 traffic to the sites they manage. The majority of the iOS 7 traffic is coming from San Francisco and Cupertino, 18.75 percent and 17.9 percent respectively. 75 percent of the iOS 7 traffic is coming from iPhones and 25 percent is coming from iPads.
Apple is widely expected to announce iOS 7 at the WWDC. It's not clear what changes will be included, though there has been talk that it will feature a flat visual design. If iOS 7 makes an appearance at WWDC, you'll be sure to hear about it here.


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Review: Air Drive allows you to move files and photos between your desktop & iPhone
Connect to your iOS device and move files back and forth with this app.
Air Drive is a file management tool for your iPhone that allows you to connect through a desktop browser and move files or photos back and forth. Because of the limitations of iTunes for file management on an iOS device, this free app is a great tool that, while not as powerful as some other file managers, worked well in all of our tests.
Installation of Air Drive takes only a couple of minutes. Open the app and turn on the server with the switch of an option listed on the homepage and you can connect with the IP address provided in the app. After entering the address on your desktop's Web browser, you can upload files, download photos, or manage your files from this interface. All files you upload will appear in the app and can be moved around or you can grant access to your photo library and download files from there to your desktop, as well, bypassing iPhoto entirely. Transfers were decently fast for the connection speed, and we had no dropped or failed file transfers in our tests.
If you need a free tool that can move files between your iPhone and your desktop PC or Mac, Air Drive is a good option. There are some other free and paid options that offer more advanced file management tools, but for what this app promises and what it manages to provide in the interface, Air Drive is a solid option for your transferring needs.


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It would be pretty easy for Minnesota to look past today's game against San Antonio. The Scorpions are last in the league by some distance, and have given up 18 goals, six more than the next-worst team in the league. They've fired their coach, their captain got suspended for most of the year after the postgame fracas that followed United's trip to Texas a few weeks ago, and in four road games this fall, they have managed just one point.
That said, this is the same San Antonio team that won its last five games of the spring, going from the bottom of the league to just missing out on the championship. And last week, the Scorpions got their first win of the fall, beating Carolina 2-1 at home.
United head coach Manny Lagos brushed off suggestions that his team might not have their minds on today's game. "We're so far into the season right now, and we know where we are in the table, and the importance of each of our remaining games," he said. "San Antonio is very dangerous. They're a good team. They've had some unlucky results and they had an unlucky start to the second half of the season, but they certainly have played really well the last couple of weeks and have taken four points out of six."
The highlight for the Scorpions has been their two forwards; Hans Denissen leads the league with 12 goals in 2013, and Polish striker Tomasz Zahorski came in during the summer and has scored six times in eight matches in the fall. The two might be the most dangerous striker pairing in the NASL at the moment.
Lagos knows the key to the game is stopping those two. "If you watch their last couple of games, including the game where we beat them down there, they have a relationship which is very dangerous and is free-flowing," he said. "Particularly with the kind of confidence they have right now, we have to be aware of it as we approach the game."
Time for another playoff run?
Kevin Friedland reminded me earlier in the week that Minnesota is on a three-year streak of making late-season runs to get into the playoffs. Each of the last three years, Minnesota strung together results in the late stages of the year - something that Brian Kallman, who was here for it all, couldn't quite explain. He advanced a few theories - gelling as a team and the weather chief among them - before getting down to the most plausible explanation: "Maybe it's just the last part of the season and it kind of clicks in everyone's mind that if we don't get in gear then we're not going to be playing in the finals," he said. "We have to look at these last six games as our playoffs so that we're able to play in the finals."
Kallman, the Minnesota native who has been with the club since 2006, is optimistic about the team's chances. I think we have all the ingredients to make a run for sure. "This is the deepest team that Minnesota's ever had in my seven years here," he said. "There are guys that are sitting on the bench right now that have played overseas and in MLS and all of that. The quality of the players is a lot higher than it has been."
Another keeper down
Daryl Sattler had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his hip over the summer, and now, another United keeper is laid up. Peter McKeown, who has functioned this year in sort of a fourth-string, practice-keeper, part-time-equipment-manager role, broke his ankle in training last week. Starter Matt Van Oekel and backup Mitch Hildebrandt are still healthy, so United is not yet facing a keeper crisis - but this may go some way to explaining why Miguel Ibarra donned the gloves after training last week.
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This is an adorable baby hat from DMC Threads you can crochet yourself. The tassels really add a little something. This makes for a great baby shower gift. Free crochet patterns are great when they're for babies.
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Gauge: 12 rows pat st = 2", 14 pat sts = 2"
ch = Chain
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hdc = Half Double Crochet
pat st = Pattern Stitch
sc = Single Crochet
sl st = Slip Stitch
sp = Space
st = Stitch
Pattern Stitch:
Ch 1, sc in 1st st, *hdc in next st, sc in next st, rep
from * across. Turn.
Decreasing Pattern Stitch:
To Work Decrease Sc over two stitches:
Insert hook in next st, yarn over and draw up a loop.
Insert hook in next st, yarn over and draw up a loop.
Yarn over and pull through all three loops on the hook.
To Work Decrease Hdc over two stitches:
Insert hook in next st, yarn over and draw up a loop.
Insert hook in next st, yarn over and draw up a loop.
Yarn over and pull through all three loops on the hook.
Note: Procedure for dec in both sc and hdc is the same.
Ch 41, sc in 2nd ch from hook, work pat st in ea ch
across. 40 sts.
Cont in pat st until 88 (96) rows completed. Fasten off. Sew starting ch to last row worked.
Rnd 1: Join with sl st along edge of first row worked on Hat Side. Work pat st in same row and next 10
(11) rows, *skip 11 (12) rows on Side, work pat st in next 11 (12) rows, rep from *, end with sl st in 1st st.
44 (48) sts. Turn.
Rnd 2: Work in pat st.
Rnd 3: Working in pat st, *sc, hdc, dec sc, rep from * around. 33 (36) sts.
Rnd 4: Work in pat st.
Rnd 5: Working in pat st, *sc, dec hdc, rep from * around. 22 (24) sts.
Rnd 6: Work in pat st.
Rnd 7: Work dec sc around. 11 (12) sts.
Rnd 8: Work dec sc to last sc, sc in last sc. Fasten off leaving a 6" length for sewing. Weave through sts and pull tight to close.
Sew seams closed at corners of hat.
Join with sl st in any row edge at bottom of hat. Ch 1,
sc in same st and in ea row around. End with sl st in 1st st. Fasten off.
Tassels: Make 4
Wind thread 50 times around cardboard. Slip off and fasten top with length of thread. Wind a 6" piece of
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This was an E-Mail that I received a few days ago and am just answering it. As with all of my pieces, I speak for me, and me only, - I do not speak for all Black people, all Leftists etc.. so my words herein are not to be attributed to the ideologies that reside within "leftism" nor to all Black people as a whole.
"Good day to you, young brother
I do not have a Deviant Art account and was shown a piece of yours entitled "Why Socialism" by my son who has an account on the site and who follows most of your work. When reading this piece, I found, that there were some things that I could agree with you on within it, as well as other pieces that you linked to towards the end that you have written about your political views, and views on religion in general. I also read your piece on African Americans and reparations, well written. [WHILE HE DID NOT LINK ME TO IT, HERE IS THAT PIECE atheosemanon.deviantart.com/ar… ] I decided to email you and ask you a few simple questions, but before I do, allow me to give you some background information.
I was born in 1939, in the state of Mississippi.I have served my country proudly in Vietnam and have not regretted it. I support our country even if I do not support the man in office at times. Though I have read that you are of mixed race, for the moment please allow us to focus on African-Americans for the moment. I am a Baptist, life-long follower of our Lord Jesus Christ. I am also a conservative African-American man who am often called "Uncle Tom" by other African-Americans because I am a conservative and a Republican. I have voted for Republican for most of my adult life. The first election that I voted in was the 1960 election to which I voted for Mr. Kennedy, but every election since then I have voted for the Republican ticket.
My question to you is, why do most African-Americans in America have a negative view of conservatism, to the point that it is deemed racist to espouse a conservative idea, or to the point that I am called an "Uncle Tom" because I am a conservative Republican.
In 2008, I voted for John McCain, a fellow vet, and while I did not like the what I saw as hatred that some had towards Obama, calling him a terrorist and the like.. in 2012 I did not vote at all. The Republican party did not seem the party I remember.
My son tells me that you often answer people's emails so I figured, since my son follows you and reads everything that you write that I would pose a question on the negative views of conservatism by African-Americans in this country.
[Name Removed]"
First of all, sir, I would like to thank you for your email, [to which I shall link you to this post once it is posted] I would also like to thank your son for pointing you in my direction and allowing you to read some of my stuff. With respect to you being a Republican is rather understanding from my perspective given the time you were born and the state you were born. While many of today on my the right say that they do not know how any Black person could support the Democrats, I think you more than most would understand the reasoning. Particularly in the south, it was the Democrats more often than not, not the Republicans who were the ones attempting to do away with voting or putting excessive tests in order for Blacks to vote in the south. It was the Democrats which usually went by or were referred to as Dixiecrats to distinguish themselves from the more moderate or liberal democrats, to which, the dixiecrats were certainly known as the more conservative of the two in general. But ideological and party affiliations were quite different in parts of the North where in states like Indiana you had D. C. Stephenson, a well-known Republican, and Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.. yet in your state, many of them happen to be Democrats so that is why I open up with understanding your party affiliation as during that time in history many Blacks in the south joined the Republican Party. Even Martin Luther King Sr. was a lifelong Republican, his son, Martin Luther King Jr. as far as we know according to many fact checkers had no part affiliation. What we do know is that he surrounding himself with many who were clearly "leftists" his top advisor being Bayard Rustin, a former member of the Young Communist League USA, who left after they abandoned civil rights, and then he became a well-known socialist, and that MLK surrounding himself with people who were of both parties, and some of no parties… I do apologize, sir, I am going off the handle here.
With respect to them calling you "Uncle Tom" this has to be one of the best attacks against Blacks by Blacks … started by Whites. I think to understand the insult, we must first understand the man, Who was Uncle Tom? By most accounts, Uncle Tom - whose real name was Josiah Henson [went by or was called Uncle Tom] was a Black man that should be greatly respected. Here you have a man who was promised by his Master that if he could raise $450.00 [1830 money, which would be around $11,250 today]… After years of working, he had raised the money for his freedom, but when he went to give his Master the $450.00 to buy the freedom for him, his wife, and their four children.. only to find that the Master had raised the price from $450.00 to $1,350.00 or around $34,000 in today's money. Rather than work for many years more, Mr. Henson escaped to Canada, where he started his own business trying to help escaped slaves by teaching them laboring skills to which would allow for them have a skill and find employment once they got up North.
At this time, being called an "Uncle Tom" by a White person meant that the Black person was seeming uppity, or raising above their status set in life.. in a sense, of acting "White" … over the centuries sadly, many Blacks in this country have used this as an insult, which, in my opinion, is more of a disgrace to the memory of Mr. Henson that they believe that escaping slavery with your family, starting your own business and helping others is "acting White" so with respect to them calling you Uncle Tom – I have been called this but as a child I was already taught who the man was thus when called this I took it not an insult - but took comfort in their ignorance, lack of knowledge within them; and their calling me or equating me to a man of his stature. So, the next time anyone calls you that, might I suggest telling them to go read up on who Uncle Tom aka Josiah Henson was… and if they still think it an insult - then merely smirk at their ignorance and move on.
Now to get to the crux of your email as to why do I think most blacks have an issue with conservatism. I would say that I do not think "most blacks" have an issue with conservatism per se, I think most blacks in America have an issue with the way that so –called conservatives have used racial issues to show blacks in a negative light. Let us look at Nixon and the "Southern Strategy". I ask you sir, what is the southern strategy? It was stoking up the racism and negative views of White voters against Blacks in order to win favor with them and gain their comfort. It started in the late 1940s when the Democrats started adding voting rights for blacks as a part of their party platform which is where the whole dixiecrats thing started… anyway, it worked wonderfully for Nixon where he won the South rather easy by stoking racial animosity between the races. Between Nixon and Hubert Humphrey, Humphrey was clearly the more left leaning of the two, Nixon had foregone over 85% of the black vote in the south by using the "Southern Strategy" to which you could say that started and some may argue the reason today why most blacks in America do not self-identify as Republicans or conservatives.
Humphrey also started the Americans for Democratic Action, which is a progressive leaning group which since its founding in 1947, has advocated for social and economic justice through grassroots methods.. at its founding. While often smeared as communists by conservatives.. ironically enough the Union for Democratic Action, which was the group in which the ADA grew from...actually were very anti-communist and even banned communists from joining the group..
But with respect to why most blacks have a negative view of conservatism… I grow very worried when using most , while you may be correct I will simply say that many blacks have a negative view of conservatism because of the southern strategy to which has always tried to solidify the white vote by demonizing blacks. This is one case to which I think many blacks in this country have a negative view of the so-called conservatives.
Then you had Ronald Reagan and his whole "welfare queens in the south side of Chicago" which showed or implied that all or most Blacks merely wanted handouts and who were they taking money from…. Hard working Americans, wink-wink..
While I do NOT think Atwater was being racist nor even intended to be in this interview, he opens up a segment on socioeconomic issues and race to which would allow me to better address or rather be a lead in to my next points.
Atwater: As to the whole Southern strategy that Harry S. Dent, Sr. and others put together in 1968, opposition to the Voting Rights Act would have been a central part of keeping the South. Now [the new Southern Strategy of Ronald Reagan] doesn't have to do that. All you have to do to keep the South is for Reagan to run in place on the issues he's campaigned on since 1964 and that's fiscal conservatism, balancing the budget, cut taxes, you know, the whole cluster.
Questioner: But the fact is, isn't it, that Reagan does get to the Wallace voter and to the racist side of the Wallace voter by doing away with legal services, by cutting down on food stamps?
Atwater: You start out in 1954 by saying, "Nigger, nigger, nigger." By 1968 you can't say "nigger" — that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites. And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me — because obviously sitting around saying, "We want to cut this," is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than "Nigger, nigger."
This leads me to my next point of why some blacks have a Distrust for conservatives or the modern Republican Party.
While Reagan is pumped up as this big tax cutter, and one Republican said, to which had me laughing that the "first thing" Reagan did when he got into office was cut taxes to "record lows"
Sir, you were alive then, might I link you to this
As you can see from that link which has the tax rates going all the way back to 1913… while in my Why socialism piece that your son let you read here, atheosemanon.deviantart.com/ar… I also did a piece entitled conservative logic 101 here atheosemanon.deviantart.com/ar…
As you can see there, with respect why I poke fun at them today, many Republicans today say we had a recession and depression because the Democrats ran up the debt and we had high taxes…. As the picture shows, the great depression started in 1929, ten years before your birth… you had Republican presidents from 1021-1933 and had Republican control of the House of Representatives from 1917-1933, and Republican control of the US Senate from 1919-1933…. So to blame liberals, democrats etc for it, is laughable.
But I bring this up to you because of the tax claim, the Republicans and conservatives claimed that the great depression happened because of … high taxes, as the tax foundation link clearly shows in 1917 when Republicans took over both the House and Senate,. We had a top tax rate of 67% it rose to a high point of 73% in 1920… When Harding ran for office, one of the main things he ran on was lowering taxes. When he got into office the top tax rate went from 73%-58% and was like that for the next few years… while the government was already running deficits because of a lack of revenue… they, the conservatives at the time, to which most people would say that Harding, Coolidge and Hoover were conservatives for their day. After the death of Harding, Coolidge seeing that the government did not have enough revenue, using the SAME conservative argument of today that if we just cut taxes, that would increase revenue.... he cut taxes from them 58% that Harding had supported… and in 1924 the top tax rate went from 58%-46%... and in 1925 it went from 46%-25%.. so sir, you see from 1920 a tax rate of 73%, to which I would argue is rather high… to just a year later dropped it by 15 points to 58%.. and just a year or so later from 58-46%...and then to 25%.. so in the span of just 4 years between 1921-1925 the top tax rate had dropped from 73%-25% … and yet they wondered why the government was not taking in enough revenue. While tax rate may be a factor when dealing with a high tax rate of 73% it is clear that merely lowering it without changing anything was not the solution.
You may argue, or I have heard some argue that … but hey, they lowered taxes on the poor as well…. Which is true, but as the father of modern Capitalism said in his book "The Wealth of Nations"
"The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their little revenue is spent in getting it. The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal expense of the rich, and a magnificent house embellishes and sets off to the best advantage all the other luxuries and vanities which they possess. A tax upon house-rents, therefore, would in general fall heaviest upon the rich; and in this sort of inequality there would not, perhaps, be anything very unreasonable. It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion"
-Adam Smith
So while it is true that the tax rate of the poor were also lowered, it is also true that they were making smaller and smaller shares of the pie with each new tax break, thus their "buyability" also decreased after each tax cut, as more and more wealth flowed to the top… now sir, since you were born during this time, let us say and be honest in such that most of the most impoverished then and now where Blacks, with respect to which racial group had higher unemployment then and now.
After the Great Depression and FDR and Dems were elected.. .what you saw was investments in impoverished areas, mostly with things like the WPA which put poor people to work building roads, and the like, which saw great strides in investments in race relations with respect to blacks and the FDR administration, but thanks to some government programs which got poor people of all races to work doing things that the country needed, infrastructure.
While sir, I know you are a conservative and a Republican, and you of course may not have agreed with the WPA and the like… we did, thanks to many of these programs set up by FDR get out of the great depression [some conservatives argue we would have been out many years before if FDR had not been elected… then again they say the same thing now about Obama Administration]
But with respect to the debt, deficit, tax policy and Reagan,
When Reagan came into office the tax rate on the top was 70%... one of the first things he did do was cut taxes, from 70% to 50% .. but it was not to "record lows" because as previously shown before the great depression we had a top marginal tax rate of 25%... but even then, with a tax rate of 50% we, the United states were running high deficits… and debts, so in "fiscal conservatism" [I consider myself a fiscal pragmatist, not fiscal conservative.. I consider the fiscal policies of conservatives to be quite hilarious…. ] anyway, after several years of 50% and running up the deficit and debt… the tax rate was then lowered and the 1987 was lowered from 50% to 38.5% … and in 1988, it was lowered even further from 38.5% to 28%... Reagan, while the right loves to tout the jobs created under which was 16.1M jobs in 8 years… [I always point out that in 4 years 10.3M jobs were created under Carter… ] but if you look at PERCENTAGE, Reagan raised the debt and deficit more by percentage than any president in US history, to which the right conveniently forgets.
But keeping with the theme of your question, what else did Reagan do, sir? … He cut the Department of Education by 18.6% .. now many conservatives argument say, good, the DOE should be cut. But this was in his first year, in a time where you saw millions and millions of kids going to school… to cut the education budget by nearly 20% .. meaning schools have to do a lot more…with a lot less. Now. While this is not the major factor of race relations and the conservative party… you can also look at things like his ramping up social program cuts, his greatly increasing the ever failing war on drugs, increasing punishments for drug offenses. Now, while of course this is not indicative of why blacks in general do not hold a favorable view of conservative policies.. the fact of the matter is, it is more profitable to open a school instead of a prison and yet we seem to spend on average 4x more housing prisoners than we do on the average school child. You may say this should not be a reason, and I would agree, but in general sir, when you have such measures these police are more so going into the inner cities where mostly blacks live.
During his second time, he cut the Department of Housing and Urban Development by 40.1% in his second term, To which as you know, this program generally helps poor people get into homes.. yet in typical neocon fashion, he did raise defense both years. This is another thing, to touch back on the Sherrod quote that it is not about black and white, but rich and poor…. The conservative argument is that if we just cut social programs those on social programs would be better off, if we just give more and more tax cuts to the wealthy then they will create jobs which the trickle down economy has never worked. Why? Because a trickle down works on the premise that if the wealthy have low taxes and such that the wealth will flow down.. it acts counterproductive to most economic structure of a trickle up economy to which rich people do not become rich unless they have people buying their products and when you continuous offer tax shelters, loop holes, cuts etc this does nothing but increase the wealth at the top and generally hurts the lower to middle class person. Look at the wealth sir, of the wealthy people since the 1980s, their wealth and income has grown greatly while the middle class person has seen his wages barely move and in some cases decrease, while I said this for me is about poor people, not exclusively black people I would lend that this is another reason that many blacks do not trust, not conservatism per se, but how race is often coded within it.
But with respect to Reagan specifically, sir, we mustn't forget his time as governor of California when he angered many blacks with his banning of loaded firearms in public because the black Panther party was telling people, a view I agree with somewhat, that if the police are not going to protect you, and let us be honest sir, in the 50s and 60s… the police officers were generally more feared than the thugs in many neighborhoods.. then when you have the Mulford Act, which many black groups at the time saw as trying to stop them from protecting themselves
You also had COINTELPRO… which as I am sure you know sir, was counterintelligence operations conducted by the FBI for years, with respect to this one thing and the Black Panthers, the selling drugs, the stoking faction violence between groups .. keep them occupied fighting each other as not to organize.
But touching back on Reagan, if you recall, What did Mr. Reagan do within months of being president? He pardoned the only two FBI agents that were convicted of crimes during the COINTELPRO operations.. there were many black leaders who saw this somewhat as an injustice that he would pardon these men after what they had done, at the time was said to help destroy Black communities. … so this, further stoked the flames of distrust between many blacks and so called conservative leaders.
If you recall the Pigford v. Glickman 1999 supreme court case, this was a Department of Agriculture case basically that also started under the Reagan Administration which discriminated against black farmers for farming grants making many of them eventually lose their farms whereas they had equal to greater collateral than some of their white counterparts, but the "scale" used for grants were quite different.
The socioeconomic views of race in America…
As Bernie Sanders, who is my favorite senator, said, that politifact rated as true
"Mr. President, in the year 2007, the top 1 percent of all income earners in the United States made 23.5 percent of all income," Sanders said. "The top 1 percent earned 23.5 percent of all income--more than the entire bottom 50 percent. That is apparently not enough. The percentage of income going to the top 1 percent has nearly tripled since the 1970s. In the mid-1970s, the top 1 percent earned about 8 percent of all income. In the 1980s, that figure jumped to 14 percent. In the late 1990s, that 1 percent earned about 19 percent."
In America in general, we have 50M or 1/6 Americans living below the poverty line. With respect to blacks, in a 2010 study found that 27.4% of Blacks lived in poverty, nearly 25%...of Latinos you have 26.6%...compared to the 9.9% of Whites and 12.1% of Asians who were in poverty..
For me, and while I will touch back on this later, I take the Shirley Sherrod view of … it is not about black people, or white people.. but about poor people.
Now with respect to .. or rather in continuing on with the question of why do many blacks have an issue with conservative views..
What we know is that the number 1 way or rather the best way that one can raise themselves from poverty is a good education. Yet when you look at education in inner cities often has more students yet are greatly underfunded. When you hear conservatives speak most, the first thing they wish to cut most are social programs and the department of education yet I rarely hear a realistic alternative.. if you wish to reform the system… it is best to lighten the load and not remove it completely.
With this I mean that if you want to cut social programs or education… something that I do not agree with, but the idea that we will cut it to the point that it is on its knees in one year, vs gradually decreasing the budget until it phases out… while implementing programs or whatever that could then take up the slack of the cuts.
With respect to George W. Bush, while in general with respect to race, I think he faired quite well… until Hurricane Karina where the federal government was rather slow on the pick-up of the ball on that issue. After this, it once again stoked racial issues, rightly or wrongly, of who was head of certain positions that were not qualified, such as the FEMA guy, and some on the right praising of the president for his handling of it… while in general not a race thing, it did stoke racial issues of some things ordered, such as the police officers shooting looters, and how they portrayed blacks and whites differently. Speaking specifically of a picture of a white male and female walking down the flooded streets with bags of food said to be surviving by foraging for food and such and similar pictures with some blacks saying that they were looting stores etc.. and the ways some on the right spoke of it which angered some groups of blacks to further made a somewhat distrustful atmosphere of why some blacks have a distrust of conservative policies and the modern day Republican party.
The Last Republican President that I enjoyed, but was not alive during his term being born in 1987… was Dwight Eisenhower .. if I may share a few quotes of his
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.
-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, l954
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
Dwight Eisenhower
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
I believe if the Republican Party espoused these similar ideas and views of today that they would garner much more support of lower and middle class people, and maybe even black people but the fact of the matter is, as the Republican party continues to move further and further to the right, I do not see that happening.
I am for one not a Democrat or Republican and have praised Jeb Bush's 1 trillion dollar one time education reform budget which would allow for on average 10M dollars per public school to renovate and modernize. When you have some inner city schools using 15 year old text books, and you have overcrowding class sizes and the like… it is of no mystery as to why they do worse off in general with respect to individual cases… yet if you look at most educated states overall, I found it a bit to the needle with respect that according to fox business
of the 10 best and worst educated states..
ten out of ten voted for Obama of the most educated states and 1/10 of the worst educated states voted for Obama… while I merely used this as a leeway, I wish to try and wrap this up
You said you voted for McCain in 2008 and did not vote at all in 2012.. I do recall, as you may all of the racial stuff thrown at Obama from comparing him to a monkey, the racist emails that were forwarded by several top state Republicans to which two of whom that I can recall apologized and resigned.. the n in 2012 you had Rick Santorum saying "I don't want to make black peoples lives better by giving them somebody else's money" he claims that he did not say that.. but sir, please look up the video and judge for yourself. Then you have the Reagan-esque welfare queens thrown at him with calling him of the food stamp president and using typical Chicago thug as he is called and the like… this type of stuff usually thrown at him from the right is why I do not think many blacks in this country hold a favorable view of conservatism in general.
Speaking from my perspective, I think, As former GOP Chairman Michael Steele said that the message is not conservatism it is the way that many who are conservatives convey it. This may very well be true, I make no secret that I am a liberal, progressive, democratic socialist to which I sum up with National Conservative [not to be confused with American view of conservatism or neo-conservatism] But as I have tried to show why the past few decades especially as to why blacks may distrust conservative views in general with respect to economic policy, because whether under Republican or Democrat aka Dixiecrat, it was often seen as more conservative views that are against their interest.
You spoke of your belief, I do not think that matters with respect to ideological allegiance. Most Republicans are Christians just as most blacks in America are Christians. I would wager that most Republicans and most Blacks, are against gay marriage, which for me is a shame. While I am a heterosexual sapiosexual.. I see nothing more troubling than a group that was denied their rights for so long turn around and deny the civil rights to another group based on something that their bible says…remembering that religion was also a driving cause for keeping them down or many arguments there in were of then if god this and that.
With respect to social policy is where a major shift comes, many blacks [well poor people in general] want more investing in our education and it would seem the going talking point is cut education, many blacks want sensible social safety nets, and yet on the right we hear, cut cut cut!!
With respect to welfare, they, blacks, do not like always being portrayed as being drains on the system, and yet are often the race mentioned when spoken of welfare.. even though the majority of people on welfare, are not black.
I personally want welfare and prison reform. With similar things reforming them, if you are on welfare or in prison and you have no High school education, then you institute GED programs and have it available for them. If you are on welfare or in prison and the highest level of education you have completed was High School or GED, then have the ability for them to attend community colleges for those on welfare and have college level courses in prisons.. while you may say, TYPICAL LEFTIST THROWING MONEY AT THE PROBLEM, what is it that we know, sir? The higher the level of education you have completed, the lower the unemployment rate is. What do we know about prison. For both have work study programs
Those who get a HS Diploma/GED are twice as likely not to return to prison, those who get college level courses, or a skill that they can utilize on the outside, mainly woodcutting/labor type fields almost never return to prison/.
With respect to welfare, more education listed on a resume increases the likelihood of being hired, and if they can pick up skills for that particular field, which are recent and up to date that would also help them find employment and get them off of welfare.
I have always said it is about values and history…
Let us look at history
When we invested heavily in education we had low crime rates, low poverty rates, low prison population, low dependence on governmental programs and innovation was at its highest margins
Yet, when we cut education every few years
We then had higher crime rates, higher poverty rates, higher prison population, high dependence on governmental programs, no longer investing in American innovation..
As stated sir, while for me, it is more about poor people than what race they happen to be. While in my long-winded nature, I did tend to go on about the venture of the impoverished, somewhat more-so than the issues of blacks and the conservative platform, I do hope in this text that you have found your answer…or at least my opinion as to why the black vote generally does not go to the Republican party.
While, I respect you being a conservative Republican, and respect your service for this country, I do not know your particular views on the issues to say if I would agree with them or not. The Republicans I wish the party would hold favor with are Teddy Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Barry Goldwater - - to which I honestly believe if Goldwater ran and won office in 1980 and again in 1984.. I think with his support of gays in the military, support or rather being pro-choice/thinking government should stay out of it that the party may have a better name than it does currently. While
I did not agree with many of his views, I found him to speak his mind and respected him for such.
Good day to you, sir.


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