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Considering Vegetables When Healing Rheumatoid Arthritis
Usually, when someone finds out that he or she is having rheumatoid arthritis, physicians prescribe not only drugs but they suggest a certain diet for a patient. If you are one of those patients, then you would definitely be interested in making a proper rheumatoid arthritis diet plan which can help your body.
If you want to ease the fatigue and pain you feel, try including fresh and healthy foods. For instance, many patients are considering eating Mediterranean vegetables when healing rheumatoid arthritis. Some experts are not sure whether it can help, but the truth is that it is better to eat healthy fruits and vegetables than highly processed food that does not give your body important nutrients. Mediterranean diet includes a lot of olives and olive oil, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and garlic. On Mediterranean, people eat a lot of fish, dried fruit as well as fresh fruit such as figs, orange, lemon and grapes. It is …
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A good drug rehab counselor must be determined to help his or her patients. They must have the spirit to walk with the patients through the whole program helping them to overcome their addiction problem. Your first visit to the rehab center will help you to know whether the counselor is fit for your patient or not. Secondly, a good drug rehab counselor must portray a great sense of patience. It is not easy to work with addicts. Some of them become rowdy and difficult to handle especially on their first days at the rehabilitation centers. A good counselor will be ready to handle them in this state with a sheer determination of helping the patients to overcome their craving.
A counselor must be academically qualified for you to fully trust him or her. He or she must have the necessary credentials which include a degree in addiction counseling. You cannot fully trust an unqualified individual to …
Human Knowledge – A Strange Tree
At primary, secondary, and popular teaching levels, where the customer is likely to be unfamiliar with much mathematical symbology, we have to fall back on verbal and pictorial analogies. One of my favorites of these is used often by Stephen Jay Gould in his efforts to point out that evolution is not a simple tree trunk leading from "lower" to "higher" life forms. He pictures a bush, and employs various verbal techniques to convey the complexity and randomness of its branching, the essentially endless variety of directions the growth may take, and lack of preference for any particular one of these – that is, the absence of an upward-thrusting trunk.
I like to apply the same evolution analogy to the growth of human knowledge. It applies nicely to my personal interest, science. I may be grazing one of Dr. Gould's analogy limitations when I do this, because there does seem to be a direction of sorts to…
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Finding The Best Services To Recover Poweredge RAID Servers
If you want the best services to recover a Dell Poweredge RAID, you have to do some things that can ensure your investment is going to be worthwhile. First, check to see if you can perform the recovery process all by yourself. This means that if you are capable of assessing the computer systems and repairing the issue, then you do not have to get outside help. Just simply turn off your computer and try to gather the necessary equipment needed for the recover the RAID. Once you are done with this, then you can successfully recover the lost files. Second, you can also purchase the right software for RAID recovery. Since numerous individuals are now using the computer every day, there are also several software available in the internet, which can greatly recover the files by just following the necessary instructions provided.
Third, you can also seek a good company that is an expert with this kind of specialized RAID recovery. You just have to make an effort of finding the best person who can recover the lost files without damaging other computer parts. Ensure that the job is done effectively and successfully so that you will not be wasting cash.
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The FutureShock: Network Security Through Science Fiction's Crystal Ball
It doesn't take a crystal ball to prepare for future threats to corporate network security. All it takes is a library card.From the larcenous potential of remote-control crime to the progressive obsolescence of every known security architecture, science-fiction writers have anticipated both the social factors and the big-picture technical developments that have shaped and directed the network manager's agenda. For at least two decades, high-tech adventure novelists and avant-garde "cyberpunk" renegades have demonstrated remarkable foresight.
It may be easier to get excited about the coming challenges by reading a believable story than by facing the daunting prose of a comprehensive reference on this subject. Nonetheless, Rita Summers' 1997 "Secure Computing: Threats and Safeguards" (McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-069419-2) is an excellent source of information.
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Should I Set Up A Donate Button On My New Blog?
It is really important to learn how to properly set up a blog and what tabs you need to put in your sites or maybe links. Setting up a blog is not easy especially if you are not familiar with HTML codes and the blog site you are using requires HTML codes. The more detailed your site is, the better. People would want to explore your website and go through some tabs and see what is in them. The most basic tabs you would want to include when setting up a blog are "About Us", "Contact Us", and lastly, "Privacy Policy".
All three need to be in the site since they are the basic links a site needs. The donate button will lead to many processes and pages so it is not advisable for people who recently learned how to create a site and make it work by using HTML codes. Setting up a blog is …
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Science fiction writers have been amazingly good at peering into the future. From computers to space travel to robots, all were predicted decades beforehand.
However, science fiction has had one great failing: cars.
Early sci-fi didn't have a clue. And by the time Detroit had brought the technology to life, sci-fi writers had become universally bored with ground transportation or angry at all of the traffic and fuss.
Moviemakers were a little more enthusiastic about the car of the future. But for the most part, the great envisioners were absolutely no help in shaping the auto industry.
But to give them their due, we offer here the best of the visions of the future that didn't come to pass. As it turned out, the Edsel, Lee Iacocca, Daimler-Chrysler and fuzzy dice all were too bizarre for the great writers anyway.
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The visionary: Theodore Sturgeon (1941)
The vision: Microcosmic God. It's not…
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The robotics industry is only now climbing out of a legendary bust that wiped out the majority of North America's robotics firms in just three years. But now the market is hot. In 1994, a survey of the Alliance of Manufacturers and Exporters of Canada showed that only 8% of member companies were using robots in factory processes. Today, the figure is 22%. Thirty-eight percent of the companies expect to be using robots by the year 2004.
Robots became fashion victims after they caught on in Japan in the 1970s. They became popular there for many reasons, one being the high price of labour in an expanding economy, another being that country's famous expertise in, and passion for, gadgetry. By 1980, with Japan seemingly poised to become the next Great Power, panicky foreigners imported Japanese industrial methods willy-nilly. In the automotive field, robots were a hit and the market matured relatively quickly. Elsewhere, they were a disappointment.…
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The first and most important step in constructing good science fiction is to start with a good idea. Science fiction is more idea-based than anything else. The idea for this story came from a comment I heard at a science fiction convention, that by the year 2000 everyone would have an electronic mail address. I wanted to point out that the recent explosion of the Internet into many people's daily lives did not mean free access to information for everyone. But, the basic concept I was interested in, the Internet, was no longer science fiction; it was real science.
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I hadn't ridden in...oh, ten years, till I moved to NYC last month. In the interim, I've turned into quite a (gasp) motorcyclist, and I'm having all sorts of issues on my bike confusing the levers (in case you don't know, on an MC the right lever is the front brake, a foot pedal is the rear). I still ride my MC as much if not more than my MTB and it's gotten to the point where I'm routinely grabbing the rear brake and instinctively tipping my right toe forward to stab at the phantom rear pedal.
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Yesterday, I received a mail from MS regarding the Win8 ugrade path. You probably don't recall that I was very positive about that.
It was so ridiculous I even checked for some spoofing. I'm currently inclined to think this is genuine. I knew my country was considered a 2nd class citizen but this is beyond lame. So I checked the english version.
But... I found no instructions on how to deal with Vista and 7. I'm tempted to just try buying to see if it works but I guess I won't do that.
Buy a Windows 7 PC and get Windows 8 Pro for £14.99
The offer is for customers (e.g. Home users, students, and enthusiasts) who purchase a qualified PC. A qualified PC is a new PC purchased during the promotional period with a valid Windows 7 OEM Certificate of Authenticity and product key for, and preinstalled with:
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Called by Keyshawn Johnson this morning on ESPN.
Jacksonville has a very poor pass Defense as it is, but with Mathis out we would be foolish not to light Crabtree up all day.
According to Footballoutsiders.com, Jacksonville is 28th vs. #1 WRs and 29th vs. #2s. JAX allows 35% more yards per attempt vs. #1s than the NFL average.
I feel pretty confident that Crabtree will breakout, and I'm starting Crabs over Roddy White today.


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My 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe (91,000 miles) is not down shifting right. When I let off gas to coast, it acts like its either going to die or down shifts hard. Been doing this through 3 or 4 tanks of gas, so I know it is not bad fuel. Also, rpm is running high.
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Rifles, shotguns, pistols, longbows, compound bows, recurve bows, crossbows and birds of prey (falcons, hawks and great horned owls) may be used. Longbows, compound bows, recurve bows must have minimum draw weights of 35 pounds. Hand-held releases may be used. Arrows used to take deer, turkeys or hogs must be equipped with broadheads having at least two sharpened edges with minimum widths of 7/8 inch. Air guns may be used to take gray squirrel and rabbit only.
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And to all a good night...
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Quick(-ish) blog post, just to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, that is, if you celebrate the holiday, and to get the obligatory list of "stuff I got" out of the way:
From mom:
- Kingdom Hearts RE: Chain of Memories
- Finding Neverland DVD (didn't ask for it, but it's Johnny Depp, so I can't complain)
- Resident Evil: Extinction DVD (I'm a sucker for the films, so sue me)
- Wall-E DVD
- Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest DVD (one of my favs as a kid - haven't seen it in years)
- Sweeny Todd DVD
- Short Circuit 2 DVD (another cheesy movie, but I just can't help myself with them, hehe)
From sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew:
- Caddyshack DVD (how I didn't already have this one in my collection is beyond me - GREAT movie)
- Enemy of the State DVD
- Pathfinder Unrated DVD
- 28 Weeks Later DVD
- Transformers DVD
- Lucky You DVD
- Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Special Edition DVD
Sensing a pattern yet? My mom also bought me a watch, but it didn't fit right, so I'm going to take it back...whether I buy another one with the refund money is yet to be seen, as there are other things I want more than a new watch.
After opening presents and eating lunch with the family, my niece, nephew and myself played Wii Sports, and my nephew surprisingly did quite well. He's only 5, but somehow managed to fluke his way into a birdie in golf and a turkey in bowling. My niece didn't fare as well, but a fun time was had by all. Also got around to watching the new Hulk DVD, which my nephew received from my mom, and the new Disney Tinkerbell movie, which my niece received from her parents. Both were thoroughly enjoyable.
Since the last time I posted, I actually made quite a large gaming purchase (which is definitely rare, as I am the cheapest person I know) in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. Meijer had the Wii bundle marked down by $50, and also had a special coupon in their ad worth $8 off an item priced $39.97 or more, making the entire bundle cost me only $32. A great deal if you ask me, as Target had the exact same bundle on sale this week for $88.
So, I've been playing the game like crazy, as it is my first Guitar Hero game, and the novelty is still incredibly new with me. I'm satisfied playing in the easiest mode for now, until I build my skills up, but am already hooked on the "hardest" song in the game: Through the Fire and the Flames. I know it might not sound that impressive, but I've gotten to the point where I miss around 10 notes each time I try, out of around 1100, and most of those are just stupid mistakes, not anything caused by my being overwhelmed. I know there are those who have mastered the song even on Expert, and those people may laugh at me if they wish, but you have to remember that I'm still a beginner, and it will definitely take a lot of time for me to master the game entirely. In the meantime though, I'm having a lot of fun!
Again, Merry Christmas to everyone out there! I hope the day brought you everything you expected and more!


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- Note: Famous for alpine and cross country trails.
- Season: November - April
- Location: On the border of Inner Mongolia (Province) in China and Mongolia itself, 3-4 hours by bus/train from Ulanhot.
- Skiing Market: Suitable for skiers of every level.
Alshan Skiing Resort surrounded by tree-clad mountains is one of the best ski resorts in China after the Yabuli and one of the training bases for the Chinese Olympic skiing team.
The ski resort contains two parts: the West Hill Ski Terrain for ski racing and training and East Hill Terrain for fun. The West Hill Terrain is built in accordance with the standard of international ski racing, suitable for competition and training. This part covers around 5.5 square kilometers with a great many alpine and cross country trails.
The East Hill Terrain has alpine drops, runs for middle-level skiers and beginners trails. It has something for every level of skier. Ski machines have been set up to help the novices to improve their skills and enjoy the excitement.
Alshan Skiing Resort has advanced facilities. There is one middle-level alpine lift, 800 meters in length with an average drop of 22 degree with the biggest drop of 22 degrees and 3 primary lifts average 6 meters in drop, totaling 1000 meters in length.
Alsha has abundant ice and snow resources with a 5 months snow coverage period.
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- multitude of snowfall, long snow cover period make ski time last from Nov. to Apr.
- great variety of activities including appreciating snow, playing with snow, football on snow, adventure trip on snow fields, ski race, ski training.
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The Possibility of Cloning Extinct Species
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We are not magicians. It is still science. No matter how far technology and science will have advanced, the laws of nature will ALWAYS apply and they will put a limit to what we can do. Your genes is your body. It will have a completely different personality and mind. Body and mind are separated and you cannot possibly clone that. We can barely speed up the growth process of plants without them being genetically deformed/mutated/modified to the extreme - how would that work with a human being? Not to mention it would get cancer everywhere, it just isn't a realistic idea at all. Also, it will HAVE to have a personality, it can't not have one, or do you just expect a half-dead lump of flesh?
And yes obviously it would be exactly the same as you physically once it would have grown to that age, but it will obviously not right off the bat be that? You just don't seem to understand the basic concept and the limitations to that or realize that science abides the laws of nature. Anyway this has almost nothing to do with the topic anymore so I'm gonna drop it.
Well alright then...
I should say that none of this really got off-topic. It was still related to how cloning works, and what scientific capabilities we have with it, so I'd say it's all good.
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Even those who like to buy the actual games download the games to try them before buying, like a demo. But unfortunately that's not possible with the PS3... yet!
Even those who like to buy the actual games download the games to try them before buying, like a demo. But unfortunately that's not possible with the PS3... yet!
I am one who definitely want the backup loader to run games off of my HD. You know how much money that will save a consumer? i have at least 50 ps3 games, countless number of blu-rays and most importantly 3 ps3's with a disk reading error.
One has been sent in to be fixed at 187 US dollars because as sony says "with the economy being down they were forced to implement their new 29 dollar shipping charge. Now honestly, i have the resources and brains to fix my lasers on my lonesome, but we are talking 3 60 gigs that i would rather have fixed by sony rather than me tearing the seal off only to wait another 3 months and have an unfixable ps3 on my hands that i wouldnt be able to send in to get fixed.
These guys are doing more than just allowing the mass to become "pirates", they are actually turning the tide and putting the consumer in control. With that rant said and done, i commend these guys for the incredible drive to even still be working on this machine for as long as they did and if they can save me money i am more than happy to help and do my part "however small that may be" by HV review, donations or whatever.
I was honestly thinking of buying a FGPA and somehow contacting cjpc to mail it to him. So thanks to the people involved and i will say the pressure you are under from the "people" wanting a miracle overnight must be ridiculous, so take your time, and do what you do best, and if there is anything i can do donation-wise im more than up to it. If your gonna save my hard earned cash from being pocketed by sony, i'm sure i can find some laying around to help out with the cause!
Gosh, we have to start new thread about everyone's opinion on using backup launchers
LOL you know my view of it.
Not really, The #1 reason people want a game is to play online. scea knows this. I'm pretty sure they will implement disc ID's once again. the technology has been there since PS2, look at the Socom series, no matter what you did, you could not get online with a backup copy of it, even if you injected an ID into the file. so i think a lot of people will be disappointed. But then again thats just a opinion also...
i'm pretty sure that piracy won't effect the ps3 scene. sony will implent an account activation. that games have to be injected into the online acount and thats it, trought a disc key, injected into the online account and you have no problems.
you can play your games through hdd, and piracy will be only available for older games.
okay its a dream off me, but i will hope, i like backup launcher for saving the disc from beeing dmged, but i hate piracy. sony dont desreve to get kicked by piracy.
I somehow doubt that's the #1 reason. I don't even remember the last time I played a game online. I couldn't care less if I could never go online again with my PS3 once I finally get a chance to mod it.
Nice one. Next thing of interest would be a memory map of the HV area. Keep it up
Last time i checked playing SNES games via an emulator is also pirating.
There are Demos out on PSN. That's no excuse here, the demos they already offer are feature-rich and would indeed be good enough to "try before you buy".
imo, I hope they don't release a backup laucher. ISO, sure, but backup DVD launcher = no.
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Slumber Party Pie Recipe
This breakfast pizza with a unique name is great to serve to teenagers after an all-night slumber party. It's one of my favorite dishes because it uses ingredients I often keep on hand.
- 1/2 pound bulk pork sausage
- 1 tube (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent rolls
- 1 cup frozen shredded hash brown potatoes
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 5 eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1. In a skillet, cook and crumble the sausage until browned; drain. Separate crescent roll dough into eight triangles and place on an ungreased 12-in. round pizza pan with points toward the center. Press over bottom and up sides to form a crust; seal perforations. Spoon sausage over crust. Top with potatoes and cheddar cheese.
- 2. In a bowl, beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper; pour evenly over all. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes. Yield: 6-8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 serving (1 piece) equals 288 calories, 19 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 161 mg cholesterol, 647 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 12 g protein.
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- 1 package lemon cake mix (regular size)
- 4 eggs
- 1 can (15-3/4 ounces) lemon pie filling
- 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- In a large bowl, beat the cake mix and eggs until well blended. Fold in pie filling.
- Spread into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
- In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Spread over cake. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 30-35 servings.
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"Fantastic! Perfect for pot lucks! First, I beat the eggs on medium for 3 minutes until whites/yolks were completely combined. Added cake mix next and mixed on medium high for a few minutes, stopping several times to fold in unmixed portions of the batter. I do not like to over mix, but this was a very thick batter and tough to get a thorough mix. Finally added pie filling, and did lots more mixing/folding. A bit of a pain and a thick batter, but it came out the perfect sponge cake! Used my go to cream cheese frosting (family preference). Plate was licked clean! Thanks!"
"Very Heavy cake. Hope to find a better lemon cake recipe."
"For some reason, the lemon pie filling seems to congragate in the center of the pan and it is one large gooey mess. The rest of the cake is outstanding and my friends rave about it.. What am I doing wrong?"
"My aunt brought this to a family function and I had to have the recipe. I've taken them places and people always like them. My husband and kids love them for a change of pace from my "old stand by" cookies and bars. I use a slightly different cream cheese frosting, but that is just because it is tried and true, rather than trying a different one."
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- Alicante airport: 25km
Modern holiday home that offers a higher standard of comfort and includes a large terrace, roof solarium, private garden communal pool.
Casa Oliva is set on the hillside of La Marquesa Golf Course situated between Rojales and Ciudad Quesada and set just a ten minute drive from the divine waters of Guardamar del Segura and La Marina beaches and only a 30 minute drive from airports at Alicante and Murcia.
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Accommodation includes a good sized lounge & dining room with two sofas, dining table, UK Satellite TV, Radio and CD player and air conditioning.
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The villa has two double bedrooms, one with a double bed and one with two single beds. Both rooms have fitted closets and night tables.
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Surrounding towns and places of interest
Rojales is a traditional farming village which lies on the Segura River in the heart of the Vega Baja valley which has amazing views of the Crevillente and Callosa mountains. In order to optimize agricultural production it concentrates on growing citrus fruits which account for 70% of the cultivated land.
There are plenty of sports facilities which make it possible to practice such as bowling, football, basketball, volleyball, tennis and swimming. The major sport of the Costa Blanca is golf, of which Rojales is home to La Marquesa. This 18 hole course spans 5.840 meters and has facilities including practice courses, golfing school, social club and plenty of restaurants.
The history of the town dates back from the time of the Moors. The water wheel was built at the end of the last century and is protected by monumental stone work to stave off the damages of river flooding which is still working to this day.
One of the most representative symbols of Rojales is the 18th century of bridge of Charles III which is characterised by the workmanship of the stonework crossing the Segura River using three wide arches.
One of the most interesting features in Rojales are the cave dwellings which date back to the middle of the 19th century. Today there are four districts of cave houses. They are located at the sides of several hills surrounding the south of the town. You can visit the caves of El Rodeo where t his is an extensive handcrafts market. It has become a hub of activity where courses, fairs and exhibitions of all things handmade are organised.
A must see is the House of Shells which is the work of Manuel Fullenda Alcarazs patience and perseverance. This can be found next to the caves of El Rodeo. Manuel will welcome you into his home for a friendly tour.
Benijofar is a small village next to Rojales which over the past few years has been transformed from a run down village to a desirable place to set up home. Market day is on Tuesdays.
Ciudad Quesada is a small town with plenty of restaurants and bars, banks, chemists, supermarkets, newsagents and China Bazars.
Torrevieja is a bustling town on the Costa Blanca coast. Many traders are now located 5 minutes out of town to Centro Commercial. Visit the open air Haberneras shopping mall with plenty of high street names and Carrefour, the largest hypermarket in the area.
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In a 2004 speech, Bill Cosby spoke frankly about the problems he saw in black communities.
"The lower economic and lower middle economic people are not holding their end in this deal," he said. "In the neighborhood that most of us grew up in, parenting is not going on." As a result, he continued, children are dropping out of school at an alarming rate, more and more teenage women are getting pregnant — and raising their children alone, and prisons are full to, or past, capacity. The theme of his speech, on the anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision, was responsibility, which he encouraged everyone — children, parents, and grandparents, to take:
I'm talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. Where were you when he was two? Where were you when he was twelve? Where were you when he was eighteen, and how come you don't know he had a pistol? And where is his father, and why don't you know where he is? And why doesn't the father show up to talk to this boy?
That speech reverberated through black communities across the country.
Bill Cosby and his long-time friend, Dr. Alvin Poussaint, of the Judge Baker Children's Center at Harvard Medical School, have written a new book, Come On People: On The Path from Victims to Victors. They'll join us in the first hour to take your questions. Here's what we want to hear from you: How have Bill Cosby's arguments changed the conversation about black America?
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I agree with most of the message, but I couldn't stand the lack of rachmones shown by Mr Cosby---he seemed like many rich people who don't seem to understand that you can spend your entire life following the "high road" and still end up poor and at rock-bottom.
Alone of the Western democracies, we believe that the poor _need_ mistreatment...and it's because of race.
This a conversation that is long overdue. I do not now nor three years ago have difficulity with the statements made by Mr. Cosby, and now along with Dr. Poussaint. I pray this conversation continues and would love to take part.
Prior and during the Civil Rights era African Americans were very focused on economic, social and legal improvement of their status as citizens. In a very real sense we embodied so-called middle class values. Today entertainers are espousing quite a different message. Where is the voice of leaders who can combat negative stereotypes that are heaped on blacks in this country outside of the entertainment industry, as the NAACP and Urban league are not effective.
Most people think that Bill Cosby is just a funny comedian (he is funny). But, I feel that Bill Cosby, Phd. Ed. is probably the single most thoughtful, intelligent person in America when it comes to youth thru late teen issues and "practical" learning. Although his remarks in 2004 were harsh, they needed to be harsh! The education of young people is too important, too difficult for teachers to do it alone.
Parents MUST be actively involved! Parenting is a lifelong commitment.
Unlike marriage, your children are in your life forever.
I would have to agree with Dog H on this one. There are many problems whith Black communities. It is not like we cant see them, we dont see them on purpose because it is easier to displace the problems. No i do not agree that there should be liquer stores on every corner. No i do not think the its the "white man" that is keeping communities down or people for that matter. I could go on and on but i dont need to really the proof is in the pudding. What are we going to do about it. Too much complaining and not enough action. Its similar to a war. If you want these so called obstacles in communities gone and more positive influences brought in, then why do you...WE fight for it harder?
May I suggest this -- there is an incredible artice in Harper's Magazine Sept. 1997 "On the Uses of Liberal Learning: A Weapon in the Hands of the Restless Poor" by Earl Shorris. He describes the Clemente Course and it is incredible. This course is being taught in Chicago and it is transformative. It supports all you argue for. And, it give a tangible example of how learning can be. I have witness this course and it is incredible to see the engagement in learning and how that learning affects the lives of those who engage this. I can send you the article if you would like.
You can make parents more activist by empowering 'em with vouchers. You can't make the parents do anything under the present system -- but you can put them in the position where they actually have to make a choice. If they're staring at an actual voucher in their hands, the choice has been literally placed in their hands. Their next act is either to take that voucher to the same school that's been failing their kids, or to another school who's motivated to vie for that voucher by providing a better track record in a system of open comparison and evaluation. If federal laws can't light a fire under schools butts, let the market light it up.
The problem is that Black politics has been allied with the party of the public school unions. And guess who's been more powerful? Think about it. Which lobby is more powerful -- The Democratic party's Black constitutency, or the teacher's unions?
I just note that the latter's perpetuation of the status quo has served them well, and the former poorly.
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This is not only a Black American issue... I find that most parents today, rich, poor, black, white, etc... have busied themselves with their lives that children come in last in the list of importance. I recently has the Secretary of the PTA of which I am president resign her job because she had signed up for a class and was not going to have the time to do this job. This job required her to type up minutes of a 1 hour meeting once a month... I told her to apologize to her child, not me.
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Someone once asked me who I???d want to have lunch with ??? dead or alive- and my response was Bill Cosby???.
Mr. Cosby. Many of our genius???s in this country came from the depths of poverty ??? Louis Armstrong who I point to as my hero (and I???m not African American) is one of the most important persons this country ??? if not the world has known.
If our popular music culture can sway these kids to the negative - in your opinion why aren???t these types of figures studied when trying to educate our kids these days ??? regardless of skin color.
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I constantly reflect back on one video clip I saw of you back in the late 80???s when you emceed the Thelonious Monk Institute show. You said to the parents to bring these kids to these shows even though they didn???t want to. One day when they grow up they???ll be able to say .. ???I was at this show???.
I think many people take your guest's message as excusing past wrong-doings onto the African American community. But I see the message as a rational message to the targeted audience on what must be done in order to improve the current condition of the African American community. If so, is it fair to compare this to something I heard from an a journalist in Kenya (I believe it was Kenya) who said that Kenya must not rely on foreign aid because in doing so the people and infastructure of the country becomes reliant on these handouts rather than developing a means for sustaining growth and economic success from within. He said that doing so is the only way to become independent and self-sustaining as a country in this sense and in the message of Mr. Cosby and Dr. Poussaint, a self-sustaining people/community. If it does not come from within, current trends will never stop.
Within the black community, in the more succesful group, is there a concerted effort to provide a deliberate "role model" program that promotes this educated self discovery of cultural esthetics and values that cultivates the self pride that will "self perpetuate" this growth.
I love Bill and Alvin's message of self-responsibility and encouragement. I think defensiveness and the culture of victimhood in the black community get in the way of hearing that this is all essentially a recipe for improvement. I'd like to hear Bill and Alvin's take on John McWhorter, another person who's views and insight I respect.
Capitalism is about winners and losers. What makes you think that the people with the worst resources and habits have a reasonable chance of being a winner?
My wife and I lived in Hawaii for a few years, recently. We loved Hawaii and being around 'people of color'. Recently, we find that we seemed to be viewed a bit different than previously. My wife believes it has to do with Rap music and DVD's being played on TV like BET. Somehow, I think that she is right about this. Is it possible that we are being judged by what people see on TV?
As an African American male who is well educated, I feel that Dr. Poussaint and Cosby did a poor job of defending their arguement. Instead they used this radio broadcast to endorse sales of their book. The best and hardest question was deflected.
No one in our community will say we don't need to improve our living situations, but Cosby's suggested remedies are a reflection of his social status. Blame will not cure an infection.
I can still remember the original speach in 2004 and my wife and I smiled in excitement. Since then I have gone back to school to get a leadership degree so I could either teach in higher ed or work as an administator in a school.
Politics aside as I feel they are too far removed from what people really do on a daily basis, what we're dealing with is quite complex. First off, lower socio-economic people be they black, white, or other, have behaviors in and of themselves. I learned this is a poverty class about 4 to 5 years ago. Most lower s-e people want to be entertained over saving money. They live day to day and paycheck to paycheck so much of what want to see in them change, they are patterned out of by their life they are living. How to solve this? Well, that depends on the individual. Ultimately all of this depends on that one thing, the individual. I just spent a few weeks learning about motivation in one of my classes and what I learned both made me happy, but it made me realize the old saying, "you can lead a horse to water, but..." Motivation comes in 2 areas with 2 subsections. First you have those people who are mastery motivated or who want to know because they value knowledge. The two kinds here are high and low or those that keep their minds open to knew knowledge etc. Low motivation can be seen as those who are good at tests but fail in class work. Why work when you can pass the test? sort of people. The others can be too far the other way and not know when to stop studying. Now the other big area is performance. High performance people in school want all the high grades, but they tend to forget the information soon after because only the grade matters to them. Now what Mr. Cosby has been seeing in much of the community are kids who are performance avoidant or won't work out of fear of failure or who wait to the last minute to study and fail. Then they say, "but look how good I did considering I only studied an hour."
Change must come from within the individual. Motivation must be intrinsic not always extrinsic. Even if parents do get involved, which they should, that is still external motivation. Kids must feel ownership in their education from the beginning. I read some disturbing articles from Educational Psychology and The Journal of Educational Psychology that shows that we lose kids in middle school and the transition to high school. This is because most schools have become institutions of performance and not schools of mastery. Kids must feel they are a part of the education or they are just being extrinsically motivated to do well, and most teens will simply give up if they don't feel intrinsic connection to their own thoughts.
Enough for now.
The "high road" doesn't guarantee success, but here's what guarantees staying off rock bottom:
1)Hope. Somehow the people who see no chance of success around them need to see opportunity.
2)Support. Lots of it. Sustained.
3)Hard work.
My dad was white trash without hope. Lucky for him he was really smart and had a nice voice. A high school choir teacher filled out his college application and he found hope that way. He's a retired professor now. But 50 years later, my Dad still has a feeling that he's not quite a middle class guy. That "they don't want you over there." We middle class people born into families with hope have no sense of what an advantage that's given us.
I have been an educator for 15 years. I see the issues Mr. Cosby is addressing as more global. It is a class issue.
No matter where I have taught, I have encountered parents and students that make excuse after excuse for their lack of action for a better life. I am not African American, but I am a first generation working class person who took student loans and despite my academic abilities many of the scholarships available in my area were for ethnic minorities. I support the scholarships, but the thing I tell my students is that I would check to see about the scholarship recipients and many times there were no applicants!
When I was a graduate student working on my doctorate in education, I ran a mentoring program where we went into a housing project provided fun educational activities for the African-American community. We drove 45 minutes to be there by 9AM and provided breakfast. Every week for two years, we had to still go door to door to the kids who were signed up and get them to come out even though once they were there they did not want to leave.
All we asked the adult in the house was to get the kid out the door to the picnic area/activity room. It was really disheartening how few parents actually got the kids to us. But I have seen this in all the economically deprived areas I have worked and I think it is a learned class behavior. And I can tell you first hand being the first one to get an education in any family comes with its share of social repercussions that are not always positive.
Currently I teach at a two year college and there are many many scholarship programs at our school where students just have to have their attendance signed to keep their full scholarship. Some can make it to class and I feel like all my student loans are worth it when I can help someone reach a potential. Unfortunately, there are many more students, despite living on campus (sometimes also paid for) who can not make it to class. That is just plain sad - they are taking the money from another person who was turned down. Our school has several professionals involved in retention and I honestly have never worked anywhere else where people try so hard to keep students coming to class.
I have to say in this day and age, if a student really wants a college education and especially if a student is an ethnic minority, he or she can get at least partial funding. And without the loans I had to take.
That really is the reality of it and anyone who is not finding the help they need to get a start on an education is not looking hard enough.
I have worked with so many many student who have reached goals and are successful and the main difference between those who do and those who don't across all color lines is really the attitude, dedication, self-advocacy, and responsible commitment to a goal.
I am glad that Dr. Cosby is addressing this situation. I, myself, is a minority, coming to this country without speaking English and had to go through so much to get to where I am. My parents had to work all day and went to school at night to learn English but they always taught us the right values and to get a good education is the way to get out of our situation to better our lives. I think this problem need to be addressed by parents, school officials and politicians need to give back the power to parents to discipline children. Parents need to discipline and teach their children value from infancy on and need to teach them to think and not to be taken or influenced by media (songs, MTV etc)and most importantly to take accountability and be responsible for own action. Nowaday, a good portion of our society no longer take pride in working hard nor take responsibility for their decision or action. They are always looking for the easy way to get things and tend to blame others for their problems. I think that our society need to have a paradigm or cultural shift toward civility, strong work ethic and know that people who succeed usually have to work hard even in the face of discrimination and most of all they are not victims (Dr. Cosby, Oprah Winfrey and others who are doing well socially and economically) I don't think this problem only affect "African-American" but all other races as well. Kids need to learn self respect and think about the consequences of their action on others and self. I have been teaching my own child about the lure of the media etc. on a daily basis and will pass on the lessons that my parents have taught me.
Dr. Cosby is ignorantly overlooking the bigger problem at hand. With uneducated parents, what teenager is going to appreciate the value of an education? If they do embrace education, who is going to fund it? In reality, pursuing an education that will make a difference in someone's life requires that they work, and study. Obtaining a job that will cover living expenses, and still leave time for an education, is not an opportunity available to most minorities. The approach that Dr. Cosby is taking is a direct insult to all of us who were not blessed with the same opportunities and support that he was. Dr. Cosby also discusses the importance of eating well in his book. This is another ignorant suggestion when you consider that most impoverished minorities cannot afford to grocery shop the way that he advises, and that they usually survive on fast foods, which are more affordable to the struggling family.
Dr. Cosby, get your facts straight.
Taking responsibility for your words, thoughts, and actions should not be a new concept. Isn't it what we are taught as children?
A lot of what Cosby and Poussaint are saying is obviously helpful. Its shortcoming, however, is its overly simplistic analysis of what is a truly complex reality. To not take into consideration the structural institutions such as education, employment, criminal justice,finance that treat black people unfairly is to blame black people for being victimized.
That said, I would not discount Cosby's prescription altogether.
While I felt that Cosby and Poussaint made some good points, I agree with the first commenter here that they came across like many of the upper class who simply don't understand what life is like for the poor. I am a white, middle class, educated person but for reasons of available housing, I currently live in an all-black, poverty stricken neighborhood. There are certainly some parents in my neighborhood who most definitely need to spend more time and energy on their children. However, there are others who work full time at minimum wage to support their families. Often they don't have an "aunt" (as Cosby suggested) who could take children to extra curricular activities while the parent(s) is(are) at work. I think the Cosby and Poussaint views would change were they to spend a lot of time living in a neighborhood such as the one where I live, getting to know how and why the people live the way they do.
No, I don't think so. We're taught to blame others for our screw ups. It's not as bad in America as it is in other places, but when I look at kids, they're selfish only when it comes to the good stuff. Something bad happens and "it wasn't me!" Fear and immaturity reliquish responsibility.
I (recently) learned the joy of taking responsibility for Me. The idea...just thinking about how much power I have over where I go and who I become and what I can do makes it within my world, when at one time it seemed just a dream.
I'm 26 and I know I've got a long ways to go, but if the message in the book/series or whatever is primarily that if people take responsibility for their choices/actions, they will be better for it, it's true. The prospect of being a fully autonomous adult is empowering - imagine actually achieving it. :D
Yes, I think Dr. Cosby and Dr. Poissant have very good points in their book, the fundamentals of which, if followed, could significantly impact black Americans. But what a stinker of an interview. Neal, I have no idea why you let Dr. Cosby blather on so; you are ususally so asutue at pointing out when your interviewee doesn't answer a question or respond to a point. It is best noted by Dr. Cosby's response, after a woman called in with the most substantive, impassioned statement of the show, "And you have a good Mayor!" What?
Mr. Zelarayan, Cosby's "facts" as you call them are straight. Do you think all of Mr. Cosby and his age group peers had educated parents? I highly doubt it considering that many higher learning institutions didn't even have any minority students (I am thinking of some Southern universities in my vicinity). But I know these uneducated parents had a sense of responsibility and they strived to instill that in their children so that when the opportunity was available their children would take it. As for the diet I find it hard to believe that if a parent can afford to spend 5 dollars on a cheeseburger meal they can't spend that 5 dollars on green vegetables, fruit and fish or some other meat. What it comes down to is that it is easier to give that child 5 dollars and have them run off to McD's then it is to cook a healthy meal and sit at a dinner table...
Mr Cosby's comments are relevant NOT ONLY to blacks!!! But to too many "poor me"s of all races! "Poor me, My parents didn't parent me". I have purchased copies of Come On People" to present as required reading to the irresponsible WHITE bio-parents of a child I am raising.
Grow up! Stop whining, presenting excuses and otherwise relinquishing responsibility for personal choices! You MADE a human! Stand up, grow up and face the truth! YOU, I, WE are each called on the assume personal responsibility for our choices. Most especially when we make the CHOICE by our ACTIONS to create an INNOCENT new human! Stop The whining & start being an advocate for your own children. Jeepers, creepers. When did this Great Nation become a hot bed of excuses and whiners... One in twelve AMERICAN children are being raised by a GRANDPARENT! If you aren't prepared for the challenge and responsibility of parenting - then KEEP YOUR PANTS ZIPPED! Thank you Mr Cosby and Dr Poussant for standing tall on this issue. I'm for a strong America that starts with children that have participating, healthy, non-whining parents.
Bill Cosby???s way of living provided spirit saving inspiration and guidance at three key times in my life: When I was a child with malnutrition living in foster care, a college student and a struggling adult. It is with great appreciation of his positive contribution to the lives of many people that I also hope we do not miss the true sources of his or others??? ability to make relatively good choices.
Ironically, in his own autobiography Mr. Cosby points to the sources of his bootstraps, even while he takes those sources somewhat for granted by not acknowledging their absolutely vital role in his ability to thrive and others??? inability to do so. He now enjoys seemingly individual ownership of bootstraps that were initially borrowed for decades from many motivated caretakers (and their caretakers) and that even now depend on those early experiences for continued sustenance. Recent developments in neuroscience are beginning to cast some light on why the sources of good choice making are so naturally taken for granted by recipients such as Mr. Cosby.
In his autobiography Mr. Cosby refers to the love and support his mother provided. The specific???s of that and other supportive relationships are what nurtured his potential (that 99.8% of humans share at birth) to deal with adversity though ???good??? choices "on his own" later. 'Bootstraps' are fashioned by a group effort and only when provided via intimate, multi-sensory, emotional experiences do individuals then acquire a specific sense of familiarity with those tools, their benefit (and thereby motivation to use them) and a sense of permission to access them. Lower socioeconomic folk turn to immediate gratification for the same reasons as everyone else - a sense of powerlessness, no intimate social-emotional experience with better options.
In one foster home we were kept in a basement without TV, in others the TV was our only connection to optional, albeit, unrealistic models of living. The Cosby show was a great and often singular source of humor and hope. Due to poor environmental conditions, of which my parents were only one factor, at age 16 I was a pack a day cigarette smoker, had used nearly every illicit drug in existence, had been pregnant twice and was waitressing full-time and living on my own.
Many years later, at 5:30 am jogging around the track at the college I would soon graduate from, U.C. Berkeley, I felt a sense of anxiety as a man in a hooded sweatshirt jogged behind me. When he, clearly decades older and yet in better shape than I was, turned his head to say hello it was none other than Mr. Cosby! For a moment, my years of experienced gained ???instinct??? of a predominantly dangerous world were dramatically supplanted by a living breathing vision of better possibilities and probabilities that for a moment seemed more real, filled with feeling, and more therefore more attainable than ever. Some students had grown up with dinnertime conversation and newspapers and communities that gave them a sense of the importance of an institution like Berkeley. I however felt the connection between Berkeley and a better life on that track in ways I could not have anticipated nor knew I had been missing. Many years later I was an adult still struggling with basics, although I had fared better than many of the children I lived with in foster care and who had worse parenting and community care than I had. I read many autobiographies, including Mr. Cosby???s. I love books and I also have read enough to know that one can die of thirst reading about water. TV, books and preaching concepts will never replace the hands on, up close and personal social understanding needed for quality support.
According to general empathy we know that folks don't wake up in world of good vs. evil and choose the latter. Neuroscience tells us now that:
1) The brain area called the amygdala is a key route through which the brain takes in information. The amygdala and associated brain systems can and do send much of that information input to action centers that BYPASS both conscious awareness and verbal areas so that behavior is NOT so simply a matter of choice nor something we can simply articulate.
2) The brain is physically still developing the physical capacity to 'choose' well into our early 20's.
We are in many ways designed to gain tools (positive or otherwise) from our environment, whatever it may be, in ways that bypass conscious choice in order to act with the assuredness and rapidity of instinct. How ironic then that the flip side of that capacity to store knowledge and skill in the background, below consciousness, makes such learned behaviors likely to be taken for granted by folks like Mr. Cosby who gained them in the most seamless way???without conscious awareness as a child when there is the greatest chance of having the time to learn intimately and nest of a caring environment.
Perhaps it will take even more or at least equal effort and understanding of what creates motivation and character rather than judgment and complaining about individuals for us as a community to support adults who were not so lucky to have been taught intimately the menus from which better choices are made. Communities raise children and we either take responsibility for supporting and raising the individual adults upon whom the children depend, or neglect both.
It's about time..I have been almost lynched by fellow Blacks by daring to say we have a responsibility to ourselves and our children to determine our destiny; it should not be determined by the White race or by their so-called mercy and permission to co-exist on this planet.
As it often occurs in these types of debates, both sides have some truth on their side. I agree that all of us have a responsibility to take care of our children, especially as men. It is unacceptable for any man to father a child without helping the mother to raise that child. The other side of the coin is that we must provide the resources and the motivation for parents to help their children. We must show our poor that we are serious about helping them. They have been convinced through generations that no matter what they do, they can not succeed. It is an illogical feeling but it is how they think based on generational experience that goes back several generations. So, the solution is not one or the other but both things must happen. We must encourage indeed demand personal responsibility yet we must provide convincing proof that we are serious about helping these citizens. Ultimately, we have an absolute obligation to help. Mr. Cosby has the dialogue started and that's a good thing.
Mr Bryan; beleive it since some of these neighbourhoods dont have grocery stores in them. People need to take the bus to buy fresh food and vegetables. The stores are in the suburbs where the majority of the people with money live in and not in the areas of high crime; poverty; etc where they cant make as much money!!!
I'm always reluctant to comment on a discussion like this because I don't know what the correct answer is to the problem. Yet, this is a discussion that must continue and expand to include the people that it affects the most. I regret the people that would benefit most from this are not listening to NPR or taking part in this forum. Does anyone have a 'effective' idea in how to expand this discussion beyond NPR listeners and to the people that are the subject of this discussion.
Why not look to other discriminated and repressed groups' successes, see what they did, and emulate them? Few groups suffered more than Jews during the 20th century, yet they recover by doing exactly what Cosby advocates: strong family cohesion, educational achievement, hard work. They are, against many odds, disproportionately successful, and are often hated and resented for this. I am tired of hearing that seeking self-identity (that leads to destruction) is more important than actual success.
I am not agreeing or disagreeeing with Mr Cosby. However, you have generations of black families who did not benefit from the civil rights movement. Many of the people are disadvantaged financilly but black and disadvantaged, America looks at this as being just as bad as a prison sentenced. By offering to open up, what Mr Cosby calls our dirty laundry offers no solution to these problems. I agree, there is a problem in black America. There are school districts with a drop out rate of 70 percent. Does Mr Cosby feel that this is the student's fault or the poor parent who really works two jobs who barely has enough time to sleep. We have schools that are failing our students academically and socially. The statistics become to high to say it's the student's fault. It's also not easy to concentrate on school when your hungry. Now that we have identified there is a problem, the philosophical questions is now what? Your interview with Mr. Cosby was dissappointing because he offered opinions not solutions.
It's unfortunate that so many viewed what Mr. Cosby brought to the fore as "blame"...be it on the families, the systems, and/or individuals of our failing Black communities. I on the other hand heard a call to individual and collective accountability and responsibility for the results of the apathy, and acceptance of mediocrity rampant in the lifestyles of many African Americans (some poor, and some not so poor). If our children are not being educated, who's problem is it, really? Who makes up the village that it takes to raise even one child to productive citizenship? WE ALL DO! What happened to "each one, teach one", and "If I can help somebody...my living won't be in vain". It's time out for the "Blame Game"! There are far too many opportunities in the Black community for each and everyone of us (regardless of color, as there's only one, the Human Race) especially those who've commented here, to roll up our sleeves and put forth the effort to make our communities better. Starting right where we are with other like-minded people around us. How many of us know youth in our own families and neighborhoods who've dropped out of school or are in the prison system? I've heard it said "many are called...few choose." I've chosen to accept the call. What about you?
I get fatigued with those of us lucky enough to have the resources not to have to deal with the everyday realities of the majority of us jumping on the blame-the-victim banwagon. Parents who work more than one job or long hours barely have time to take care of the basics for their children, let alone be able to keep up with every community activity, when they exist. If people in the community who are retired or not required to spend so much time trying to make enough of an income to cover the basic necessities would step up and know that ALL the children are ours, not just the ones with our individual surnames, we would be much better off. Rather than sitting from some perch saying what a parent should do that is barely keeping the household together, Why don't YOU do something, other than CRITICIZE EMPTILY.
Mr. Cosby's advice on how to deal with detractors is common advice given to any high school student who is being teased. Sadly, it works just as well for adults as it does for children. . .meaning it doesn't help at all.
I agree with the thoughts and ideas of Both Dr. Bill Cosby and Dr. Poussant. I agree that we as African Americans or Black people or whatever name (except a derogatory one) can make a change. I was raised in a poor home,but I always had clean clothes, even though they were made over from my Aunt's clothes or made from chicken feed sacks by my grandmother. My family has a history of being ready to learn, take action in the community etc., none of us were rich, until they made a way for themselves by eating a farmer's gift of a truckload of chicken and cantelope for a week in order to continue their education. (That Aunt could make a banquet out of left overs). After surviving, getting an education, and living the life of the underpriviledged, she and her husband had more clout, but they didn't wait til then, they began where they were even when poor. They became, as fast as they could - no grass growing underfoot, a physician and an English professor both with PhD's and all on a few cents here and there and a lot of hard work. When my uncle passed, he left 30K to each of 3 nephews and nieces plus a lot more to the community and others. He did not charge some for his medical care, and sat at the hospital all night with his sickest patients. It can be done if your heart is in it and if you really WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I FEEL IT REWARDING TO HELP even just ONE PERSON AT A TIME, TO SEE SOMETHING BESIDES THE SQUALLOR THEY SEE ON A DAILY BASIS. Teach some child manners, another way of seeing the world. He or she may be my doctor, lawyer, or President some Day with the right encouragement! Each one should get off their back sides and get busy not expect other people(other races, the government, etc., to give it to them.
I had a hard time listening to this show. Cosby is so arrogant and blatantly cuts people off when they are talking. When asked what could be done about getting his book to several prisoners, he put answering the question off on Alvin Poussaint and didn't offer to provide any help. By the way, having a Ph.D does not mean that the individual is intelligent. I have a graduate degree and work around professors daily.
I agree that many people need to step up and take ownership of their lives, but I couldn't care less for Bill Cosby.


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St. Louis Police Have Trouble Recruiting Enough Minorities
Freeman, Gregory, St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO)
I CERTAINLY wouldn't want the jobs of Lt. Col. Raymond B. Lauer or human resources director Larry L. Brockelsby these days.
Those two work with the St. Louis Police Department. Their job? Recruiting people to become part of the city's finest.
These days they're focusing on recruiting more minorities to the police force.
That effort's a noble one. In a city where the population is approximately 50-50 black-white, minorities make up 31.4 percent of the force. Not bad, compared with some years back, but not really that representative of the city's makeup.
Their job is made harder these days by all sorts of things; much of it has to do with the fighting between City Hall and the Police Department. Many officers are disgruntled because the city maintains a residency requirement that all police officers must live in the city; many more are angry because City Hall types refuse to loosen the purse strings to give the cops a decent raise, even though it's clear that for the first time in years the city has the money.
St. Louis police are paid less than officers on many suburban forces, even though they often face many more dangers.
It's with this as a backdrop that Lauer and Brockelsby are trying to recruit.
It hasn't been all that easy.
While the two have been recruiting locally, they've also found the need to look elsewhere in the Midwest.
"We don't exactly have long waiting lines here," Brockelsby said.
In efforts to especially find minority candidates for the police force, the St. Louis department is recruiting as far away as Chicago, which has a long waiting list. Brockelsby and Lauer are pleased with some of the candidates they've found, such as a black man who was a graduate of Northeast Missouri State University and a captain in the Army.
"He's excited about becoming a police officer and we're excited about him," Brockelsby said.
In fact, Lauer said, men and women who have served in the armed services tend to be good candidates for police work because they usually have the maturity and self-discipline for the job.
Some might suggest that the police department should be looking for officer candidates period, and not minority officers in particular. Lauer and Brockelsby disagree.
"We're trying to become a more and more diverse police department because we've become a more and more diverse city," Brockelsby said. …


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