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Thursday, February 14, 2013
Teens Skeptical President Can Change Gang Mindset
. . . Black Journalists Pleased With White House Meeting
Maine Paper Drops Request for Gun Permit Records
Commentators Struggle to Explain Admiration for Dorner
Swimsuit Issue Criticized for Use of Exotic Human "Props"
Gay Journalists Challenge AP Style on "Couples"
Pew Study Confirms Blacks Lead in Twitter Use
A Plan to Boost Minority Ownership of TV Stations
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|President Obama, speaking at the Hyde Park Academy on Chicago's South Side, called the killings in Chicago "the equivalent of a Newtown every four months." (Credit: C-SPAN) (Video)
Teens Skeptical President Can Change Gang Mindset
"President Barack Obama returned to Chicago for a few hours Friday to address the high-profile gun violence that continues to plague his hometown and suggested the solution is not only more gun laws, but community intervention and economic opportunity in impoverished neighborhoods," John Byrne and Dahleen Glanton reported Friday for the Chicago Tribune.
"The president didn't delve into his specific call for an assault weapons ban and other gun control measures, instead choosing to illustrate Chicago's plight by comparing it to the December elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were shot. . . ."
Obama was responding not only to local residents but also to commentators who urged a personal visit by the president. Last weekend, first lady Michelle Obama attended the Chicago funeral of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, a baton twirler who participated last month in Obama's inauguration. She was shot and killed on Jan. 29 not far from the Obamas' Chicago residence after being caught in the crossfire between two rival gangs. Her parents attended Tuesday's State of the Union address.
". . . Obama's Chicago, our Chicago, is unhinged now, and rightly embarrassed," Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page wrote on Wednesday. "The street slaughter won't subside. . . ."
On Friday, Darlene Superville wrote for the Associated Press, "Obama sought support for proposals, unveiled this week in his State of the Union address, to increase the federal minimum wage and ensure every child can attend preschool. He also pitched plans to pair businesses with recession-battered communities to help them rebuild and provide job training. . . ."
Glanton prepared for the Obama visit by interviewing a dozen teenage African American boys at the Salvation Army's Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, youths "most likely to be hit by the gunfire that occurs almost daily in neighborhoods like Roseland, Englewood and Lawndale." They told Glanton that Obama can have little effect on gangs.
". . . While all of the young men at the community center said they had respect for the first African-American president, they noted that it would be difficult for anyone to penetrate the culture of violence," Glanton wrote.
" 'People look up to Mr. Obama more than he knows, but the one thing they need is their guns,' said Latwon Rufus, 18. 'It's about revenge, reputation and territory. That's the city of Chicago.' "
. . . Black Journalists Pleased With White House Meeting
In Washington, White House aides met with six black journalists Thursday to preview the "Ladder of Opportunity" proposals President Obama planned to discuss in Chicago Friday, and the journalists left impressed.
"I've attended every White House round table for black journalists since President Obama took office and this was the most engaging, and candid session yet," Michael H. Cottman of Black America Web told Journal-isms by email. "It signals, perhaps, a sea change in the way the White House plans to approach initiatives for black Americans during the next four years. The word 'black' is mentioned proudly and that didn't go unnoticed in our session. Valerie Jarrett said the White House will do a better job communicating its policies to African Americans and I believe that effort started with our interview this week."
Joining Cottman were George E. Curry, editor of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service; Jenée Desmond-Harris of the Root; freelancer Steven Gray; Leroy Jones Jr. of radio's syndicated "The PoliticalJones Show"; and Joyce Jones of Black Entertainment Television and Black Enterprise magazine.
They were briefed by Jarrett, senior adviser to the president; Cecilia Muñoz, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council; Danielle Grey, assistant to the president and Cabinet secretary; and Racquel Russell, deputy assistant to the president for urban affairs and economic mobility.
"I found all of the administration officials to be candid and very receptive to our questions," Desmond-Harris said. "Very helpful. Lots of insights," Gray said.
Curry said by email, "I agree with Michael that Valerie addressed the 'Why doesn't the president do more for Black folk?' question head-on. While the president has not moved from his rising tide lifts all boats approach, the White House seems intent on doing a better job of explaining how its policies and programs directly benefit African Americans."
Paul Farhi wrote in the Washington Post this week, "Obama has never consented to an interview with any member of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, an organization consisting of 210 African-American-owned newspapers, said Robert W. Bogle, the organization's former president."
"That criticism remains," Curry told Journal-isms by email. "I reminded Valerie after the meeting that we still want an opportunity to interview the president and said she is aware of our request but made no promises.
Asked whether meeting with the White House aides counts, Curry replied, "African Americans did not vote for his aides — we voted for him. We deserve to hear answers directly from the president rather than from his intermediaries. If President Obama can speak exclusively to the Latino media, as he has done on more than one occasion, and boldly advocate on behalf of gays and lesbians — and no one is suggesting that he should not have taken those actions — he should be willing to speak directly to the nation's Black newspapers.
"Valerie said the administration hasn't communicated its message as well as it should and I agree. This would be an excellent opportunity to correct that mistake."
Maine Paper Drops Request for Gun Permit Records
"The Bangor Daily News has rescinded its request for records about concealed weapon permit holders in the state of Maine," Anthony Ronzio, the paper's director of news and new media, wrote Friday. "We have informed the agencies who received our request to disregard it. We've informed the agencies who have responded that their records will be destroyed.
"We are disappointed with the reaction to our request, which we felt was with the best intentions to help study issues affecting Maine through an analysis of publicly available data. We will continue our reporting, but will use other sources of information to do so."
Ronzio added, ". . . The BDN never would have published personally identifying information of any permit holder in Maine, as a newspaper in New York had done," but said there were ". . . concerns about the concealed weapons permits process. Some callers to the BDN spoke of long delays in the review of applications. . . ."
Meanwhile, the Virginia state Senate voted 32-8 Thursday to bar circuit court clerks from disclosing to the public the names of people who have concealed handgun permits, Andrew Cain and Jim Nolan reported for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. The bill goes to Gov. Bob McDonnell (R).
- Jenice Armstrong, Philadelphia Daily News: Shocking blacks into action against violence
- Tenisha Taylor Bell, CNN.com: Chicago's violence took my dad, friends
- Esther J. Cepeda, Washington Post Writers Group: When violence hits a nerve
- Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune: The full truth about the Second Amendment
- Ta-Nehisi Coates blog, the Atlantic: The Social Trends Driving American Gangs and Gun Violence
- Michael H. Cottman, Black America Web: Obama Promotes New Plan For Black Neighborhoods, Mentors Young Black Men
- Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton with Michel Martin, "Tell Me More," NPR: Pain Is 'Indescribable' For Gun Victim Pendleton's Mother
- Stanley Crouch, Daily News, New York: Ignorance kills, education heals: Poor schools are a scourge as grave as gun violence
- George Curry, National Newspaper Publishers Association: African-American teens, gun violence and the specter of empty rhetoric (Feb. 13)
- Jenée Desmond-Harris, the Root: Obama's Sit-Down With Chicago's Young Black Men
- Fannie Flono, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer: Preschool benefits students and N.C.
- Keith Harriston, Washington Post: President Obama and Jay-Z: strange bedfellows during gun ban debate
- Michael P. Jeffries, the Atlantic: Obama's Chicago Speech Can't Address Gun Violence Unless It Takes on Race
- Merrill Knox, TVSpy: Bonten Stations to Air Series on Gun Violence
- Geraldo Rivera, Fox News Latino: Trayvon and Hadiya (Feb. 8)
- Eugene Robinson, Washington Post: Obama, winning the argument
- Michael Shepherd, Portland (Maine) Press Herald: Bangor newspaper's request for gun data causes uproar (Feb. 14)
- Nolan Strong, allhiphop.com: Chicago Police Says Gang Involved In Hadiya Pendleton Murder Named After Lil Wayne Lyric
Commentators Struggle to Explain Admiration for Dorner
California authorities now say Christopher Jordan Dorner, the fugitive ex-cop, killed himself as the cabin in which he was barricaded caught fire after a shootout with officers. His saga left some commentators struggling Friday to explain why some considered the killer of four, including two police officers, a martyr.
For those concerned about open government, the case "underscores yet again why transparency in officer misconduct cases is needed," the Los Angeles Times said in a headline above an editorial on Tuesday.
"A group of panelists on CNN tried to make sense of the phenomenon this afternoon," Tim Hains wrote Wednesday for Real Clear Politics.
" 'This has been an important conversation that we've had about police brutality, about police corruption, about state violence,' said Huffington Post Live host and Columbia University professor Marc Lamont Hill.
" 'They were even talking about making him the first domestic drone target. This is serious business here. I don't think it's been a waste of time at all. And as far as Dorner himself goes, he's been like a real life superhero to many people. Now don't get me wrong. What he did was awful, killing innocent people was bad, but when you read his manifesto, when you read the message that he left, he wasn't entirely crazy. He had a plan and a mission here. And many people aren't rooting for him to kill innocent people. They are rooting for somebody who was wronged to get a kind of revenge against the system. It's almost like watching Django Unchained in real life. It's kind of exciting.' "
Not to Ta-Nehisi Coates, who wrote Thursday on his blog for the Atlantic, "I don't really know how anyone, with any sort of coherence, adopts Christopher Dorner as a symbol in the fight against police brutality, given how he brutalized those two human beings. "I cannot understand, except to say that sometimes our own anger, our pain, becomes so blinding that we fail to see the pain of others. This is the seed of inhumanity, and inhumanity is the seed of the very police brutality which we all deplore."
Donner's online manifesto charged the LAPD with mistreating him and sanctioning racism, the L.A. Times recalled.
". . . Police disciplinary boards, where the most serious charges of misconduct are considered, were open to the public for years, and that helped the Los Angeles Police Department on its long trip back from ignominy to esteem," the Times editorial said. "Their closure in recent years, as well as the department's refusal to release the names of officers involved in shootings, threatens to undermine that slowly recovering public confidence.
" . . . L.A. has been reminded in the starkest terms that the price of closure is not just inconvenience for journalists; it's the threat that the public won't trust the institutions protected by such secrecy."
- Karen Grigsby Bates with Michel Martin, "Tell Me More," NPR: Why Do People Sympathize With Christopher Dorner?
- Jasmyne A. Cannick, EURWeb: Retired LAPD Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey: The Stress on Officers isn't the Public, it's the Department
- EURWeb: Civil Rights Leader Releases African-American LAPD Sergeant's Letter on Racial Retaliation in LAPD
- Josh Feldman, Mediaite: O'Reilly Tears Into Marc Lamont Hill Over Chris Dorner Remarks: You Gave 'Credibility To A Killer'
- David Cay Johnston, Salon: LAPD's indefensible Dorner pursuit
- Demetria L. Lucas, Clutch magazine: Do You Trust Reporters During Breaking News?
- Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: No way to twist Dorner's story positively
- Geraldo Rivera, Fox News Latino: Sympathy for the Devil? Don't Buy into Dorner's Campaign of Spite and Deceit
- Joel Rubin and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times: In wake of Dorner shootout, questions over use of 'the burner'
Swimsuit Issue Criticized for Use of Exotic Human "Props"
"The icy, hot Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue has prompted some controversy," Ann Oldenburg reported Thursday for USA Today.
"No, no one's complaining about Kate Upton's curves (that we know of, anyway).
"Jezebel.com stirred up chatter this week by pointing out that the issue features models posing with 'natives.' Writer Dodai Stewart goes on to say that 'using people of color as background or extras is a popular fashion trope, whether it's Nylon magazine, the Free People catalogue, British Vogue or J.Crew. But although it's prevalent, it's very distasteful.' She adds: 'People are not props.' "
SI swimsuit issue editor MJ Day replied, ". . . We pick these locations very specifically. That is because we can show people the world. How much of the population can access areas of the world we can access? We feel beauty exists on all levels as well. The beauty is in the people and the places. We want to immerse you as a viewer in these situations." Of the controversy, she dismissed it, saying, "There's nothing to it."
Gay Journalists Challenge AP Style on "Couples"
The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association is challenging a style memo from the Associated Press on same-sex marriage partners.
". . . What is troubling is the final sentence in the memo: 'Generally AP uses couples or partners to describe people in civil unions or same-sex marriages,' " Jen Christensen, NLGJA president, said in a letter Thursday to David Minthorn, editor of The Associated Press Stylebook.
"Such guidance may be appropriate for referring to people in civil unions, for which there are no established terms and the language is still evolving, but it suggests a double standard for same-sex individuals in legally recognized marriages. One has to assume that AP would never suggest that the default term should be 'couples' or 'partners' when describing people in opposite-sex marriages. We strongly encourage you to revise the style advisory to make it clear that writers should use the same terms for married individuals, whether they are in a same-sex or opposite-sex marriage. . . . "
Meanwhile, Linda Johnson Rice, chairman of Johnson Publishing Co., which produces Ebony and Jet magazines, endorsed same-sex marriage in an op-ed piece Thursday in the Chicago Tribune.
Chicago's WMAQ-TV reported, "The Illinois Senate advanced a bill legalizing same-sex marriage Thursday, voting 34-21-2 in favor of the measure. . . . Gov. Pat Quinn has already said he will sign the bill once it passes. The House still needs to pass the bill. . . ."
Johnson Rice wrote, ". . . My family has always made Chicago our home, and I care deeply about the values our company has espoused for decades. Fairness and equality means that what you are never limits who you can be. . . ."
- Michael Paul Williams, Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch: Anti-gay bigotry is bad for business.
Pew Study Confirms Blacks Lead in Twitter Use
"The popularity of Twitter and Instagram among blacks in American is surging, while white women under 50 continue to pin away on Pinterest, according to a demographic survey released Thursday," Roger Yu reported Thursday for USA Today.
"The survey, by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, also confirmed what parents of college students already know — 83% [of] Internet users ages 18 to 29 use social media.
". . . Asian Americans weren't included in the Pew study because there were not enough respondents to draw statistically reliable conclusions.
"Among the Pew findings:
- "Twitter, Instagram are popular among blacks. Among black Internet users, 26% use Twitter, far outpacing whites (14%) and Hispanics (19%). In August 2011, 18% of black Internet users were using Twitter. . . ."
A Plan to Boost Minority Ownership of TV Stations
It's a growing trend in the television business: holders of separate TV licenses agree to share news or other departments. When the decision to share is made, it can lead to the elimination of the entire staff of one of the stations, as happened in Tucson, Ariz., in 2011.
These arrangements are called "shared services agreements" and "joint sales agreements."
They coexist with a more stubborn trend: Reporting on broadcast ownership, the Federal Communications Commission reported in November that while station ownership by whites increased, the minority numbers were declining. Blacks went from owning 1 percent of all commercial TV stations in 2009 to just 0.7 percent in 2011. Asian ownership slipped from 0.8 percent in 2009 to 0.5 percent in 2011. Latino ownership increased slightly from 2.5 percent to 2.9 percent.
As the CommLawBlog points out in defining "shared services agreements" and "joint sales agreements," "To some, they're a godsend, sustaining stations that would otherwise be dead-and-gone. To others, they're an anti-diversity scourge, a disingenuous device reflecting all that is wrong with Big Media Consolidation. . . ."
On Friday, Harry A. Jessell, a longtime observer of the television business and publisher of TVNewsCheck, endorsed "an idea floating around Washington" intended to make both diversity advocates and television station owners happy.
"Broadcasters eager to double up in markets often bring in third parties and help them buy stations in the markets with the intention of operating them under JSAs and SSAs. The help usually comes in the form of loans or loan guarantees.
"The idea is that the FCC would say that JSAs and SSAs are allowable only if the third parties are minorities and women. This would act as a powerful incentive for broadcasters to seek out such partners rather than the assortment of mostly white men we have today. . . . "
FCC commissioner Mignon Clyburn, who has been pushing for greater minority ownership and is the first African American woman on the FCC), ". . . has a real opportunity here to increase ownership by segments of our society that were not just disadvantaged, but essentially shut out from getting a broadcast license in the days when they were available for the asking," Jessell wrote.
- Peter B Collins, Truthout: An Insider's View of the Progressive Talk Radio Devolution
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- "Facebook Inc., operator of the world's largest social-networking service, is seeking a global head of diversity, as the quickly expanding company's recruits people from different backgrounds to foster creativity," Brian Womack reported Wednesday for Bloomberg Businessweek.
- ". . . The extraordinary pace and scale of globalization have led visionary multinationals to evolve dramatically, to broadly redefine diversity and raise it to a higher global level than ever before," Edward Iwata wrote Wednesday for the Seattle Times. ". . . The cross-border diversity practices of multinationals such as AT&T, American Express, IBM, Intel, Cisco Systems, Procter & Gamble — plus Washington-based Microsoft, Starbucks, Weyerhaeuser, Amazon.com and others — are changing the corporate world in modern and emerging countries alike. Intel executive Rosalind Hudnell calls it 'the new calculus of diversity.' . . . "
- Writing about rapper Lil Wayne's widely condemned description of sex as "beating it up like Emmett Till," columnist Jarvis DeBerry of NOLA.com and the Times-Picayune in New Orleans ". . . wondered if I'd think differently of it if had been spoken by an artist I like." He cited "So Fresh, So Clean," a 2000 release by Outkast, which included the lines, "You're so Anne Frank. / Let's hit the attic to hide out for 'bout two weeks. . . "
- "For over a decade, the Arab television broadcaster Al-Jazeera was widely respected for providing an independent voice from the Middle East. Recently, however, several top journalists have left, saying the station has developed a clear political agenda," Alexander Kühn, Christoph Reuter and Gregor Peter Schmitz wrote for Germany's Spiegel. ". . . Since the Arab Spring, though, many former dissidents have risen to power across the region — and these fledgling leaders often show little respect for democratic principles. Al-Jazeera, however, has shamelessly fawned upon the new rulers. . . ."
- "The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled that redacted state police records of racial profiling complaints can be made public under the state's Public Information Act (PIA)," Kathleen Kirby wrote Feb. 3 for the Radio Television Digital News Association. "The case is significant because it dismisses the notion that certain categories of records exempt from disclosure cannot be redacted and released. . . ." RTDNA joined other news organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief.
- Herman Cain, the former Republican presidential candidate, is Fox News' newest contributor, the network announced on Friday, the Huffington Post reported. "Cain will contribute analysis and commentary on Fox News, as well as Fox Business Network. . . ."
- "As K-State celebrates its 150th year, many in the community are taking a closer look at its past," Melvin Fatimehin and Jakki Thompson wrote Friday for the Collegian at Kansas State University. "One piece of K-State's long history is the Uhuru, a newspaper originally created by the Black Student Union for African-American students at K-State, which has made its return to the K-State campus with a modern twist. . . . "
- ". . . A new study from the University of Missouri School of Journalism shows that American newspapers, and specifically newspapers geared toward an African-American audience, frame stories on obesity in a negative way," Nathan Hurst wrote for the university. Researcher Hyunmin Lee reported, "Our study shows that the majority of obesity news stories are written in a negative tone, mainly attributing individual responsibilities to overcome obesity, which means many African Americans in need of weight loss could be discouraged by what they are reading in newspapers, instead of being inspired by positive success stories about overcoming obesity or other health problems. . . ."
- Eva Coleman, media technology teacher at the Career and Technical Education Center in the Frisco, Texas, Independent School District, has been selected as Teacher of the Year by the Student Television Network, the network said this week. Long active in the National Association of Black Journalists, Coleman is vice president of the Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists and volunteers with the NABJ High School Journalism Workshop.
- In Newport News, Va., "Alveta Ewell, who has anchored newscasts at WAVY-TV for almost a quarter-century, announced her retirement on Wednesday night, the Daily Press reported Thursday. " Ewell, whose 30-year career in Hampton Roads also includes time on the radio and at WVEC-TV, will do her last newscast on Feb. 26. . . . "
- ". . . On Monday, February 11, 2013, Ebony Magazine published a freelance environmental science piece by Dr. Marshall Shepard: Are African-Americans More Vulnerable to Climate Change? AND the digital editors seem very interested in more science-related pitches," DNLee blogged Thursday for Scientific American. "Until we get more professional science writers to pitch to media outlets like Ebony, scientists who communicate will have to fill the gap. So, please, please, please submit your pitches, everyone and anyone. . . . "
- Reporting on the annual "State of Indian Nations" report by Jefferson Keel, president of the National Congress of American Indians, writer Mark Trahant noted Thursday, ". . . Indian Country has something that the rest of the country is missing: Young people . . . . Except. This advantage is coming at the same time as this massive wave called austerity is hitting. . . . I still think this is a moment of real possibility. A serious moment of possibility. But that success will come from tribes finding every dollar [they] can and investing it in young people. This is the future, not the Congress, especially a Congress with factions bent on intergenerational destruction."
- At Marquette University, "While preparing for graduation, Marissa Evans, senior in the College of Communication and president of the Marquette chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, is hoping to fill an underrepresented part of media discussion," Emily Wright reported Thursday for the Marquette Tribune. "Last month, Evans launched InHue, an online magazine that focuses on health issues for women of color.. . .
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Submitted by princeeditor on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 14:25.
I have heard that Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. Other cities such as DC do as well, yet the number of deaths by guns in these cities remains repugnant. So, what good will more gun laws do? When guns aren't legal to begin with and gun laws and penalties are not enforced, what good are the president's pronouncements? This president like those of the past 40+ years, can't see the forest for the trees and are trying to put band aids on internal bleeding to appease the communities where this savagery is a way of life.
If you want violence to go down in Chicago and everywhere else, end the war on users of the 'wrong' drugs. If we can live with legal killer alcohol, surely we can live with legal marijuana, at least.
Let addicts have their drugs at non-black market prices as long as they don't cause society any problems. That would be one hell of a carrot for them to not cause society any problems. The extreme disparity between the way we treat people addicted to alcohol compared to the way we treat people addicted to other drugs is ridiculous, and extremely offensive to justice, and the cost of such fascist crap justice is being paid in blood every day.
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aunt negrem
The only solution for the south side is to declare a state of city, county, state and national emergency, surround it with overwhelming force,,move thru house to house, take the illegal guns,,serve the warrants,,take the drugs,,etc then permanently secure the perimeter,,even the baggers couldn't disagree.
Good idea but wrong location. Washington would be a better place to do it, starting with Congress.
The Second Amendment comes to mind. The people have 'the right to keep and bear arms', and that right 'shall not be infringed' Also there's another amendment that prohibits 'illegal searches and seizures'. You need to read through the amendments before you make 'suggestions' of this nature.
We don't have enough police, national guard, or active military to do what you are suggesting. This is not just a problem in Chicago and DC, it is a way of life in every city across the country. It is a societal problem, but society only gives lip service. It's not just the politicians, it's us, the people who turn a blind eye to the problem. When communities have to say enough. When the last member of the neighborhood dies, then perhaps the problem will be solved. Until then, we will be like Hillary Clinton, when someone says look at the number of dead and how and why did they die? Her answer as society's is "They're dead. Who cares?".
Audrey Bam Jackson
African Americans should be paid reparations for number 1 # reasons is we was America citizen and America enslave its our citizen.
Obama does not respects the fact that African America worked picking cotton, tobacco and farming everyday without pay .President Obama support that Germany pays an estimated $25 billion in reparations to Israeli Holocaust survivors.
Why not support the citizen of this country and pay reparations is for the years labor receive
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aunt negrem
As Abe Lincoln wanted to do in 1866, Repatriation back to mother africa for the slaves, not reparations that will never happen.
Audrey Bam Jackson
why not ,we was born citizen, of America . America demanded the Germany pay the Holocaust survivors. when you read the census you will see that Mattie the slave work without pay and if he was here everybody would demand for her to be paid .well apply that frame of though to yesterday . I don want to go back to Africa ,too many of my people died here. this president support the Holocaust survivors, why not Obama is a america president why not support American
If you are going to hold your breath waiting on that to happen you will soon be dead and forgotten. Never going to happen.
Audrey Bam Jackson
that the problem black accept not getting nothing , well i learn from the Israeli Holocaust survivors. don't accept . what kill me is the same African america will stand up up the Israeli Holocaust survivors. and not for yourself . as long as we got this president Obama in office and we are in america and this is america history I going to ask him to stand up for american (African america )
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I think you are absolutely correct, Audrey. The time has come to change the things we can't accept, rather than live with them. Keep pushing and fighting for what is legally due us as the ancestors of millions of black people who worked their entire lives for free, so a bunch of lazy, greedy racists could enrich themselves, as they have always done when they were allowed to get away with it.
t ElFuego
Another The Root's article that sputters and fizzles out The only way the President can stifle gang violence is by an Executive Order of Marshall Law. Then he becomes a dictator. The failure of the churches, corrupt policemen and self-serving local governments consider gang violence fodder for profit. The local thugs must be dealt with be the communities that they terrorize. We expect Big Bro to wipe our butts continuously but we cry about the loss of privacy. Democracy just don't work in a drugged out, it's-all-about-me society.
really? we live in a drugged out society?
aunt negrem
Quite a few do,,well said fuego
Obama's failed urban policies
Submitted by Greg Thrasher (not verified) on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 12:12.
The obvious reason for the crime carnage unfolding in Chicago is the lack of economic opportunities. The absence of a stable economy in urban venues create behaviors that become criminal .
The post industrial world has created a culture of urban hopelessness and decay. The platform to address the malaise in urban venues across the nation includes a tangible national urban policy with a defined set of objectives from immediate economic safety nets to a decriminalization of urban behaviors on reaction to poverty.
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California's new law adding gay history to the curriculum also requires teaching the history of disability rights activists, reports Sign On San Diego.
Helen Keller is an icon in the blind and deaf community and, thanks to "The Miracle Worker," hers is one of the most recognizable names in American history.
But few social studies courses relate the role activist Justin Dart played in passing the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act that has changed the lives of millions of those who are blind, use wheelchairs or cannot hear.
It's only the gay part that's controversial, but what I can't stand are the mentioning mandates. Mention disabled heroes, mention noble gays ("Frank Kameny . . . fired from the Army Map Service because he was gay"), mention labor leaders (also specified by California law), mention business leaders (added to balance labor), mention women and listed minorities . . . And after all this hagio-trivia, be sure to teach critical thinking.

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Kid Creators
Category: Kids
Location: Children's Program Room
Registered program for Kindergarten-2nd graders. Explore a new topic each week and create an interesting art project. An art show is held at the end of each session to display the participants' creations. Runs seven weeks, through 3/5/2014.
Limited to 15 children.


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A brick of Milk
A brick of Milk
This past summer I get a call from BBDO Montreal to work along with five other visual artists on particular project for Le Lait (Milk), among them were Isabelle Arsenault and Pascal Blanchet.
We were asked to sketch what was our take on comforting, having in mind we would have to paint it later on a huge 3D milk brick.
Since the project was to have a true 3D aspect, the pack were to be exhibited in the 6 different subway stations, I thought rather than to paint pannel after pannel with a linear lecture, it could be different to add another dimension, a fake one, but thatt would give a kind of simplistic trompe l'oeil that would give the viewer a stranger and funnier perspective.
Sketch #2 with type
After the sketch was approved, we all get to work in august, for a litlle less than a week in a huge loft near Jacques Cartier Bridge and the Molson Brewry, downtown Montreal.
The packs were installed, with our names above, coffee maker, fridge, breakfast,... and heavy metal covers all day, since we were above rehearsal studios. One thing for sure, not everybody can sing like Rob Halford!!!
The 4 days of painting were really great and so was the ambiance.
I wasn't sure how I could handle the whole thing with the painting, but after the first afternoon, I had already outlined with acrylic all the elements, and applied the blue background on the 4 sides. Nothing was guaranteed, but at least I knew I could finish it on time.
We were filmed for the website , where you can see a 3 minutes movie of the making of, per artist, in french only, pictures of the process, etc...
It had been such a long time I hadn't painted on something bigger than my regular 12 inches illustrations.
It was so great to concentrate only on the painting and nothing else, no e-mails, no phone, nothing... I wish I could do that more often.
If only it had been Arcade Fire in the studios.
Mélanie, the art director, and illustrator too.
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I've heard some mixed opinions regarding how water that's been boiled too long/re-boiled affects tea. Apparently whenever water is boiled, oxygen evaporates, leaving the tea brewed from said water tasting flat. Frankly, I don't see the logic behind this. If the oxygen is boiled out, doesn't that just leave hydrogen on its own, which isn't even water? If this is a misconception, does re-boiling water affect the tea in any way? If it isn't, can someone explain the chemistry behind it?
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Program: Democratic Convention Coverage
Date: Monday to Thursday, 8/25 to 8/28
Time: 7 p.m.
PBS' convention coverage, anchored by Jim Lehrer of The Newshour, includes extended uninterrupted coverage of podium activities and speeches; reporting from the floor of the convention; newsmaker interviews; political analysis and historical perspective. The Newshour senior correspondents Gwen Ifill, Ray Suarez, Judy Woodruff and Margaret Warner will join Lehrer. Political analysis will be provided by New York Times columnist David Brooks and syndicated columnist Mark Shields. Presidential historians Michael Beschloss and Richard Norton Smith will add historical perspective; Andy Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, will update viewers with the latest polling information.
Some highlights planned for each night's coverage include (subject to change):
Monday, August 25:
Coverage begins from the Pepsi Center in Denver
Speeches by Michelle Obama, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA) and Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO)
Convention's daily theme is: the importance of the West in the political landscape.
Tuesday, August 26:
Speeches by Sen. Hillary Clinton (NY) and former Gov. Mark Warner (VA)
Daily theme: economy and energy.
Wednesday, August 27:
Speeches by the presumptive Vice Presidential nominee and by former President Bill Clinton
Daily theme: national security and foreign policy.
Thursday, August 28:
Events move from the Pepsi Center to Invesco Field at Mile High
A tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. begins the evening, followed by musical performances and speakers. Presumptive Presidential nominee Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver his acceptance speech at the close of the evening.


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About the Author: Tom Weinz serves as the dedicated Foreign Service Liaison Officer for Pacific Partnership 2010.
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns posted a DipNote blog earlier this week from Jakarta, "U.S. Commitment To Building a Comprehensive Partnership With Indonesia," in which he stressed the significant progress we have made in "people-to-people" relations between Americans and Indonesians. I often wish that readers of these pieces could spend a day interacting with the people we meet while on this mission. Pacific Partnership 2010's primary mission in Indonesia is to work with counterparts in disaster relief to prepare for future assistance missions in the region, so there are more local doctors, dentists, and support people working with us than in Cambodia and Vietnam.
The mission here is separated into three phases, which has provided an opportunity to practice rapid deployment and withdrawal, as would be necessary in an actual disaster relief situation. For example, we have deployed a surgical final-screening team within hours of arrival at a destination, which begins to send patients to Mercy for surgery in the shortest possible time frame. And as Mercy was literally leaving Tobelo at three in the afternoon of July 17, our two helicopters were picking up the medical personnel and supplies from an outreach site and transporting them to the moving ship.
Secretary Clinton is also in the region this week, leading the U.S. delegation to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum Ministerial in Hanoi, Vietnam. What I find encouraging in all the current activity is the cooperative focus of the participants, and the consistency of U.S. Government efforts, from Pacific Partnership to the Peace Corps, U.S. Embassy, and our U.S. Consulates.
We spent five days in Tobelo and Morotai, and arrived here in Ternate on Tidore Island early July 18. We enjoyed a memorable opening ceremony: U.S. Consul General Kristen Bauer, who only arrived at her post in Surabaya on July 15, offered opening remarks. A guest of honor was a local man named Thamrin, who is the last surviving Ternate veteran who fought with General Douglas MacArthur's allied forces during WWII. Mr. Thamrin delivered a letter to MacArthur from the Sultan of Ternate (in whose residence we held our opening ceremony), which eventually led to the Sultan's family being rescued from Japanese detention. Another reminder of how different the world was within this man's lifetime, how far we've travelled towards a more cooperative and democratic relationship, and the historic ties that bind the United States and Indonesia.
You can trace the Mercy's journey from its initial announcement to preparations for launch, setting sail, arrival in Vietnam, work in Vietnam, farewell to Vietnam, arrival in Cambodia, community outreach in Cambodia, celebrating U.S. Independence Day in Singapore, and returning to Indonesia.


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Debates of April 3rd, 2003
House of Commons Hansard #84 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was war.
- Points of Order
- Government Response to Petitions
- Terrorism
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Supply
- The Environment
- Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries
- Juno Awards
- Pita Aatami
- Juno Awards
- Parthenon Marbles
- National Post
- Daffodil Month
- Joseph Kobolak
- Iraq
- National Post
- Aboriginal Affairs
- First Nations
- Peter Nygard
- Firearms Registry
- Canadian Alliance
- Le Salon du livre de l'Outaouais
- Anti-War Protestors
- Iraq
- Member for LaSalle--Émard
- Iraq
- Taxation
- Member for LaSalle--Émard
- Iraq
- Health
- Guaranteed Income Supplement
- Citizenship and Immigration
- National Defence
- Iraq
- Health
- Member for LaSalle—Émard
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- Dairy Producers
- Canada Elections Act
- Natural Resources
- Agriculture
- Official Languages
- Perth—Middlesex
- Chambord Plant
- Infrastructure
- Taxation
- Business of the House
- Supply
- Message from the Senate
- Free Trade Agreements
- Automotive Pollution Reduction Act
Joseph Kobolak
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Tony Tirabassi Niagara Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to praise my constituent, Joseph Kobolak, who received the Minister of Veterans Affairs Commendation Award.
Mr. Kobolak, a former member of the Royal Canadian Army Services Corps, has been an advocate for veterans and has dedicated his time and effort to their well-being for most of his adult life.
An active member of the Royal Canadian Legion since 1948, he has held senior appointments in the legion and has chaired and been a member of many committees.
Mr. Kobolak has also received the legion's Certificate of Merit and its Meritorious Service Medal. His exemplary leadership on behalf of veterans and his contributions to the commemoration of their achievements and sacrifices are testament to his profound commitment to help others.
Congratulations, Joseph, and thank you for your continuing dedication to our veterans.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Grant Hill Macleod, AB
Mr. Speaker, many people living in North America remember the price they or their loved ones paid for the liberties we enjoy today. Fortunately for all of us, our forefathers defended the principles of democracy, freedom and equality without consideration of political correctness. Our leaders actually led the country rather than waiting to see what the most appropriate reaction should be.
In Canada many of our citizens, especially the younger generation, have never had to fight for the rights we take for granted. As a result of our privileged life, we have lost that perspective.
Our two closest friends and allies are the United States of America and the United Kingdom. We share with them the same principles and ideals. We owe it to them to help defend these ideals throughout the world.
As a result, we the people of Canada ask the Liberal government to pledge this nation's unwavering support to the United States of America led coalition to liberate Iraq and to help free the world of tyranny and terrorism.
National Post
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Georges Farrah Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-De-La-Madeleine—Pabok, QC
Mr. Speaker, as a proud Quebecker and Canadian, I want to express my outrage at an editorial published in the National Post today. This editorial suggests that widespread anti-Americanism in Quebec is behind its opposition to anything British or American.
In reality, the people of Quebec have very strong personal, commercial and historic ties with their neighbours to the south. Quebec is very attached to the United States. Just remember how extremely supportive Quebeckers were after the attacks on September 11.
Making such remarks about Quebeckers is unacceptable; they, like all Canadians, are tolerant, open-minded and respectful, and their choices are just as entitled to respect as the Americans'.
Aboriginal Affairs
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Judy Wasylycia-Leis Winnipeg North Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the member for Winnipeg Centre. For more than 23 hours the member kept up his fight in the committee to stop the arrogant Liberal government from ramming through Bill C-7, the first nations governance bill.
The bill is bad enough, but preventing opposition parties from doing their job in committee is absolutely disgusting. The only thing stopping this bill from being rushed through committee is the stand being taken by the member for Winnipeg Centre. That is why the Liberals tried to shut him down.
In the wee hours of this morning the committee tried to cut the member off as he took a stand for democracy and first nations.
Although Liberal members tried to stifle the member for Winnipeg Centre, they cannot stop the fact that this bill is fundamentally flawed and that they will be hearing about this for a long time to come.
I hope the member for Nickel Belt lost some sleep last night. He certainly should have after chairing the fiasco to ram the bill through.
On behalf of the NDP caucus and the first nations of Canada, I say congratulations to the member for Winnipeg Centre. Keep up the fight.
First Nations
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Yvan Loubier Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Liberals imposed a gag on the future work of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs, Northern Development and Natural Resources, in order to prevent opposition members from freely expressing their views on Bill C-7. This bill is liable to create a dramatic and devastating situation, in that it is offensive to the dignity and rights of first nations.
While the government claims to have consulted the first nations before drafting this bill, the majority of witnesses we have heard say the opposite, and see Bill C-7 as an attempt at assimilation akin to the 1969 white paper.
This same government claims that this bill improves the situation of the aboriginal people, whereas in reality it offers no response to any of the serious problems with which they are confronted.
We now know that the Prime Minister, once Minister of Indian Affairs, wants to end his career the way he started it, that is by listening to no one but himself, totally thumbing his nose at the first nations, and realizing his old dream of 1969, that is presiding over the extinction of the rights of the first nations, and their assimilation.
Peter Nygard
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Judy Sgro York West, ON
Mr. Speaker, 35 years ago, Peter Nygard, the son of Finnish immigrants, started a small clothing company in Winnipeg that has become Canada's largest women's fashion manufacturer, employing thousands of people and with millions of dollars in annual sales. The Nygard label is one of the most recognized in the world.
Peter Nygard was inspired by an idea. The risks he took to make his business grow and prosper are the kinds of values that Canadians know and understand. His achievement was built on a strong entrepreneurial spirit, wise investments and a great deal of hard work.
With headquarters in Canada and offices around the world, Peter Nygard's company is indeed a global empire.
Please join with me in congratulating Peter Nygard for having the vision and the drive to lead his company over 35 years to become a true Canadian triumph. We wish him many more years of growth and much success.
Firearms Registry
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Greg Thompson New Brunswick Southwest, NB
Mr. Speaker, a headline in the Ottawa Citizen says it all: "Liberals withdraw firearms registry bill: Decisions over legal complications could raise cost of program even further".
One week after beating the Liberal caucus into submission and approving another $59 million for the gun registry, the government is now forced to withdraw Bill C-10A. The government is attempting to avoid further legal and political complications.
Stay tuned, Mr. Speaker. The billion dollar boondoggle is not over yet. One billion dollars, a failed registry and still counting.
Canadian Alliance
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Jim Pankiw Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK
Mr. Speaker, Canadians should know about the hypocrisy and political cynicism of the Canadian Alliance and its leader.
I am no longer a member of that party because of my principled outspoken opposition to the costly and discriminatory government schemes of special race based privileges for Indians, forced bilingualism and racist hiring quotas.
By contrast, the Alliance leader has been mailing misinformation throughout Saskatchewan in a desperate attempt to hide his ineffectiveness and his betrayal--
Canadian Alliance
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
The Speaker
Order. The hon. member knows the rules. He may not use Standing Order 31 statements to attack other hon. members individually, which he appears to be doing. I therefore will move on to the hon. member for Hull—Aylmer.
Le Salon du livre de l'Outaouais
Statements By Members
April 3rd, 2003 / 2:10 p.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, the 24th Salon du livre de Outaouais was held this past March 26 through 30. This major cultural event enjoys an enviable reputation within the publishing industry.
Close to 31,000 faithful readers attended this year's event. Nearly 600 publishing houses and over 300 authors were showcased to celebrate books of all kinds.
I would like to focus particular attention on the excellent work by the book fair's chairwoman, Estelle Desfossés. The salon is such a popular cultural event because of her energy and enthusiasm. Thanks to the devoted efforts of Mrs. Desfossés and her team of volunteers, the salon is a wonderful celebration of books and of reading.
Congratulations to everyone on the organizing committee and long life to the Salon du livre de l'Outaouais.
Anti-War Protestors
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Jason Kenney Calgary Southeast, AB
Mr. Speaker, we have become inured to the odious images of anti-war protestors slurring elected leaders like Tony Blair and George Bush as butchers and Nazis because of their use of force as a last resort to protect international security, while not uttering a word of protest against Saddam's genocidal regime.
Indeed, a new poll shows that a third of Frenchmen hope that Saddam defeats our allies. Elements of the anti-war left, particularly in Europe, have shown ugly strains of bigotry and anti-Semitism, evidenced by the many recent desecrations of Jewish graves in France.
But now these purveyors of hatred have done the unthinkable. Last week the monument of the Commonwealth war cemetery at Étaples, France was desecrated by anti-war protestors with graffiti that read, "Dig up your dead", "They soil our soil", "Death to the Yankees", and "Saddam will conquer and spill your blood".
Mr. Speaker, 11,000 soldiers lie in that cemetery, including 1,148 Canadians who gave their lives to liberate France. Their sacred memory is disgraced. Shame on those who have done so, and shame on those who have inspired them.
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Canadian Alliance
Stephen Harper Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, U.S. military officials have said that Canadian sailors in the gulf region are involved in the search for Iraqi military and government officials. However, the defence minister said yesterday that Canadian sailors are not mandated to intercept, detain or transfer suspected Iraqi officials.
Is the defence minister saying that American officials are lying?
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
John McCallum Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, I cannot speak for everything that appears in the media, but the truth of the matter is absolutely clear that we have not detained any Iraqi officials. The mandate of our task force does not include the capture, holding, or transfer of any such officials. Our task force is uniquely mandated to seek out terrorists and to turn those people over to the Americans in accordance with the war on terrorism.
In any case, our ships are miles and miles away from Iraq.
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Canadian Alliance
Stephen Harper Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, let us ignore for a second the different reports from the ground.
The government's current position is that Saddam's regime is guilty of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. It now says apparently that he should face prosecution.
Is it the government's position that if Canadian naval personnel see Iraqi personnel, Saddam or his henchmen or whomever, they would just wave and let them go?
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
John McCallum Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, I can only repeat what I just stated as to the mandate of this task force. It does not include the seeking out, detention or transfer of officials of the Iraqi regime. That is because our mandate is to be involved in the war against terrorism.
As I have said many times in the House, the country and the government are absolutely 100% committed to the war against terrorism. That is the mandate of our task force and that is what our navy is assiduously doing at this moment.


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Introducing the Mad Life Panel
Hi ladies,
We'd like to introduce you to the Mad Life Panel.
Some of you may already be familiar with CafeMom co-founder Andrew Shue!
Andrew is dad to three boys, step-dad to two daughters and married to Amy Robach, a correspondent on ABC's Good Morning America. Before becoming an internet entrepreneur, Andrew starred in Fox's Melrose Place as Billy Campbell and played professional soccer in the US and Zimbabwe. The inspiration for Mad Life came from Andrew's own introspection on his crazy life and his desire to help himself and other parents lead happier, more fulfilling lives.
Also joining us is Joanie Robach!
Joanie Robach is not a parenting expert, but she knows what worked for her and she's not afraid to school a new generation of parents on how to raise happy, well-adjusted children. When she's not in Manhattan visiting her grandkids, she lives in the Midwest where she's enjoying retirement after years of teaching high school English.
Of course, last but not least we'd like you to meet Chuck Nice!
Chuck Nice may seem familiar because he's on your TV A LOT... He's a regular contributor to the Today Show, host of HGTV's Home Strange Home, and has also been seen on Vh-1's Best Week Ever, WE TV's Cinematherapy, The CBS Early Show, The Mike & Juliet Show, Tru TV's World's Dumbest Criminals, and more. Chuck brings a hefty dose of humor to Mad Life discussions, but equally important are his insights and honest reflections on his own crazy life.
Sounds like a diverse and interesting group of people. Looking forward to hearing more.
I love Amy! She is awesome! So I bet her MOM is even MORE AWESOME! LOL!
I thought I recognized Chuck Nice! SO excited to hear from the Mad Life panel!


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Trilateral Statement Japan, Republic of Korea and the United States
Today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara are holding a Trilateral Ministerial in Washington, D.C. They are discussing the recent developments on the Korean Peninsula and their impact on regional security, as well as other regional and global issues. This meeting demonstrates the extraordinarily close coordination between the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan and our commitment to security on the Korean Peninsula and stability in the region.
Secretary Clinton said, "This meeting takes place at a time of grave concern in Northeast Asia amid the provocative attacks from North Korea. We are committed to our partners and we are committed to the preservation of peace and stability in Northeast Asia and on the Korean Peninsula."
You can read the Secretary's remarks with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan here.
Herman L. in Kansas writes:
The loss of military and civilian lives in the recent attack by the North Koreans is regrettable. Now more than ever, the US must stand with its regional allies to demonstrate our commitment to regional security in Northeast Asia. This meeting between Japan, South Korea, and the US is a good start. However, it might have been better to involve the Chinese and the Russian governments in the recent meeting. Undoubtedly, the Chinese and Russian governments have much more influence or leverage on the North Koreans.
H.W. writes:
Well surely there will be Russian unconditional support through Berlusconi.
why not Engage Iran and Islam as well on N.Korean Irresponsible attack?
Palgye in South Korea writes:
For victims of yeonpyeong island, a silent tribute for fitting to, I will cry. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Moment of silence when I just seulpeotneunde, Sec Hillary Clinton gets wet with tears of mourning in me to create. Forever, will never forget.
Julian in New Jersey writes:
Did you take DNA samples and credit cards from the fellows in that picture?


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Understand the issues associated with sex trafficking including debunking the myths that trafficking only involves the crossing of state or national borders and that only foreign nationals can be victims. Learn how victims of human trafficking include men, women, adults and children -- including U.S. citizens and foreign nationals -- and how trafficking can occur entirely within one country, state, city, borough or neighborhood.
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University Hospital Bonn
Bonn, Germany
Treatment of spinal stenosis in combination with instability by decompressive laminectomy and the stabilizing operation (2-3 segments) (program ID: 87975)
Hartmut Vatter
Department of Neurosurgery
Specialized in: neurosurgery
The Department of Neurosurgery at the University Hospital Bonn is one of few neurosurgical centers in Germany, which offers the entire spectrum of modern neurosurgery at the highest level. Thus, the Department under the direction of Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Hartmut Vatter with its annual 2,600 operations and 3,000 inpatients is one of the largest neurosurgery centers in Germany. Therefore, it has a really unique experience acquired due to the treatment of various numerous diseases.
The main tasks of modern neurosurgery can be divided into 3 major areas: treatment of tumors of the brain and spinal cord, treatment of cerebrovascular diseases and diseases of spine. The Department at the University Hospital Bonn has 4 operating rooms, equipped with the most state-of-the-art technology, for carrying out minimally invasive surgery. Along with modern surgical microscopes and the so-called neuro navigation, the Department also uses neuro endoscopy and intraoperative MRI. The neuro intensive care unit is also equipped according to the modern technology and provides treatment of patients with severe craniocerebral traumas or cerebral hemorrhages.
Special focuses of the Department, headed by Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Hartmut Vatter, are vascular neurosurgery, tumor, skull base and pituitary surgery, spinal surgery, epilepsy surgery as well as functional and pediatric neurosurgery. Due to these focuses the University Hospital Bonn has an excellent reputation in Germany and abroad.
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Those ever-rising gas pricesPosted Monday, March 3, 2008, at 9:41 AM
Ahh, spring! Time for sunshine, blue skies ... and higher gas prices.
Those sunny days are, I'm sure, one of the millions of excuses Big Oil uses for pumping up pump prices.
I'm looking at a fax from the AAA Auto Club South. It says prices will rise as the interest rate falls (devaluing the U.S. dollar) and because oil refineries will shut briefly for spring maintenance and to switch from winter to "more expensive" summer blends.
The AAA includes a chart showing the national average has risen from $2.45 to $3.16 since this week last year.
Meanwhile, from our Associated Press wire this morning: ..."Light, sweet crude futures rose as high as $103.95 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (today), reaching an inflation-adjusted record high."
Boycotting gas isn't the answer; we've got to keep moving. A mass move to smaller vehicles with higher gas milegae wouldn't help, because gas companies would likely use lower profits as an excuse to raise prices (as in "We have to have a certain income level to operate our refineries" or something similar.
Is there anything middle-income Americans can do to defend ourselves against profit-mad firms driven by bonus-mad multi-millionaires who could less about how high prices affect the non-rich? Sometimes I doubt it.
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I tried to post a blog this morning & don't know if I goofed up (probably) or what happened.
Here is my question, which runs right along with your concern.
Has any presidential candidate of any political party addressed the cost of oil? I don't recall hearing this as an issue.
If someone mentioned working toward a solution to reduce the cost of crude oil and thereby reduce the cost of gasoline, and it seemed that this person was sincere and knowledgeable about what he or she needed to do, wouldn't the voters rally behind that individual?
Everyone talks about health care, which is a major issue. The subject of troops in Iraq is another topic. No one mentions the ever increasing cost of gasoline, which affects not only our driving expenses but also the costs of goods we purchase.
Why is the cost of crude oil not an issue in this election? Perhaps that will be part of Ralph Nader's platform.
-- Posted by bettyhbrown on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 10:22 AM
The president has virtually no power to reduce the cost of fuel oil short term. Crude oil price is driven by speculative markets. Investors drive up the price by speculating it will go higher. The only cure is either reduce consumption or increase production. Either of these will drive the cost back down. The president can't affect either short term. Long term is a different story.
-- Posted by Tim Baker on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 10:38 AM
I think Hilary Clinton mentioned it in a few speeches in Ohio and how high it is and how the middle class Americans are struggling to deal with it and that government needs to work on dealing with that issue. I don't remember her offering any plans or solutions so she might have just been playing the crowd but at least she acknowledges the problem with gas prices.
I added up my fuel costs for a month and it came somewhere between $140-$160 and that is just me living in Wartrace and driving to work in Shelbyville and maybe going to Tullahoma or Murfreesboro once a week in a mid size sedan. I can't imagine what people pat who travel more or drive bigger vehicles have to pay. I would have never thought I would spend that much for fuel in my life. It is crazy.
-- Posted by jaxspike on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 10:38 AM
We actually have access to plenty of oil right here in this country.
Oil is not in short supply ... the will to drill is in short supply.
-- Posted by Brian Mosely on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 10:44 AM
In my opinion nothing will be done about the cost of oil.
Brian Mosely's post & link is one example of something our government could do to reduce the US dependance on foreign oil. however when your top two government officials make millions or possibly billions off of oil, then it is unlikely to happen. In addition one has to wonder how many in the House & Senate are also making money off high oil prices.
Too bad we don't have another TX oilman running for
-- Posted by HorseGentler on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 11:01 AM
One thing I'd really like to know is why the United States government is supporting a monopoly. According to our federal laws, monopolies are illegal, yet we continue to support a foreign-based monopoly (OPEC) by refusing to drill domestically and buying our oil from OPEC countries. We've got enough reserves to drill and supply ourselves for way longer than OPEC could survive without us being their consumers.
-- Posted by Thom on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 11:37 AM
How much are the top two executives making off oil? I've never seen any numbers.
-- Posted by Tim Baker on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 11:40 AM
Here are lists of salaries for hundreds of chief executives:
-- Posted by David Melson on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 12:19 PM
My bad I meant the two top chief executives as in president and vice president.
-- Posted by Tim Baker on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 1:04 PM
Those emails got deleted along with all of the other things. No problem I sent a letter Certified Mail stating I can get that data back with no problem if they allowed me access to the hard drive.
-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Mon, Mar 3, 2008, at 2:59 PM
I drive 120+ each day to work
from Bell Buckle to Mt. Juliet.
Just hope it will come down soon but that is not likely to happen.
-- Posted by roadrunner on Tue, Mar 4, 2008, at 3:03 PM
I just don't like those little fuel saver cars like the Toyota Prius and the like. They are too expensive for no more driving than I do and some guy with a diesel truck could pick the thing up and take it away. I want, but have yet to get, an SUV. If I have to drive with semi trucks, I want to think I or my passengers could survive if involved in an accident with one.
-- Posted by mmp84 on Wed, Mar 5, 2008, at 1:52 PM
You probably mean tractor-trailers by "diesel truck," mmp84, but think about this: A diesel 3/4 ton or one-ton pickup truck, like those people use to pull horse trailers, supposedly can get up to 20 mpg and the engine will last several hundred thousand miles.
Go to Europe and you'll see small, economy cars with diesel engines.
Today's diesels run smoother, with less of the rattle and smell they once had.
A few more diesels are going to be offered in smaller SUVs and regular cars in the next year or two, some auto enthusiast magazines have reported.
If Americans could adjust, diesel could save a few dollars. Of course, the gas companies would probably hike the price of diesel fuel.
-- Posted by David Melson on Wed, Mar 5, 2008, at 2:06 PM
If Americans could adjust, diesel could save a few dollars. Of course, the gas companies would probably hike the price of diesel fuel.
-- Posted by David Melson on Wed, Mar 5, 2008, at 2:06 PM
*Hate to be the bearer of bad news but diesel is already outrageous!
-- Posted by LauraSFT on Thu, Mar 6, 2008, at 11:11 AM
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Jan Porter Memorial Awards
July 5, 2012 – Lincoln, Neb. – Jan Porter Memorial Awards
Beginning with the 2012 Indoor National Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska, four $250 Jan Porter Memorial Awards will be given out. The first place male and first place female in elementary and freshman will be the recipient of the Jan Porter Memorial Award. To claim the award, the recipient must attend a USARS developmental banked track clinic within one year of receiving the award.
Lou Alcorn initially developed the fund with the intent of helping to send one individual each year to a developmental banked track clinic. Lou stated, "grassroots development was really important to Jan and I wanted to do something to keep that alive."
Jan Porter loved roller sports and was very actively involved in roller speed skating right up until she passed away in 2001. Jan died suddenly of brain aneurysm while coaching a speed practice at Roller City (her family-owned roller skating rink) in Cheyenne, Wyo. Some of Jan's speed involvement included managing the World Team (1993, 1994, 1999, 2000), coaching a successful Junior World Team (1996, 1997,1998) and coaching local speed skaters, with her husband Rick from 1975-2001. Jan was inducted into the USARS Coaches' Hall of Fame with her husband Rick Porter in 1995 and the couple was inducted into the Distinguished Service Hall of Fame in 2001. Jan was elected to the Board of Directors for a three-year term as Grassroots Director, but was unable to serve her term due to her death.
The Porter family is extremely grateful to Lou for starting the fund and is excited to see it expand to reach more skaters. The family also wants to send out a big thank you to everyone that contributed to the Jan Porter Memorial fund at Jan's funeral, Brandi's funeral (Jan's youngest daughter)* and any other time throughout the years.
*Jan's youngest daughter, Brandi passed away in 2009 from complications from a knee surgery. Brandi was a national-champion speed skater and the fund in her mom's name was extremely important to her. The Jan Porter Memorial fund received contributions at Brandi's funeral to help its continued growth in an effort to provide financial assistance to more speed skaters.
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I just got it for Christmas cause I'm a big fan of the first two films.
I wanted to say if you're a fan of Superman then it is an absolute must see....different start and different end with alot of Marlon Brando in between. This is the actual story the legendary Mario Puzo wrote.
Brando ofcoarse wasn't in the Richard Lester theatrical cut because the producers didn't want to pay him.
Much better film now.


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Rocky Bible Fellowships (formerly ABF's)
Click here to see a current list of classes.
"Bible Fellowship" is the name for Rocky's discipleship classes that meet at 9:00 am concurrently with Children's Sunday School.
Bible Fellowships are foundational to the ministry of our church. Each Rocky Bible Fellowship (RBF) provides a time of Bible study, prayer, discipleship, and fellowship for every adult and youth in our church. As an option, students (grade 6-8 & 9-12) can attend a class tailored to that age group. There are several classes to choose from each semester. Semesters usually go for about 11 weeks. Visit our Welcome Booth in the Worship Center Foyer and our greeters will help recommend a class that will be a good fit for you.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (121 votes).
In short: 2nd year and its was not 10k again!! My Garmin 205 made it 9k on the nail - even shorter than last year and they had changed thec course. Surely the Army chave access to proper measuring equipment. However it;s a good run with plenty of undulatio, aDate of review: November 4, 2007
In short: A lovely run spoilt with poor organisation and muserable marshalls.In full: ^ toilets for 700+ runners is not good, no loo roll, no soap to wash your hands and quite dirty. The course is nice but not one person cheered or clapped, no encouragment and a few catty coments from a marshall at the end. Not one I would choose to do again.Date of review: November 4, 2007
In short: Great location, challenging run.In full: The location certainly made the race - not often you see a tank driving round while you race, and some of the hills were pretty special! Would have less fun had it been wet.While there weren't enough toilets, delaying start by 20 minutes because of the toilet queues only meant that those who'd got there in enough time were left standing round getting cold before the start.Though I'm chuffed with my time, that's tempered by previous comments which suggest the distance was short - shame.Date of review: November 4, 2007
In short: Not bad for a non 10K!In full: I always enjoy supporting local races and local good causes, so if nothing else hopefully the Stars appeal will have done really well. However, either my Garmin is wrong or I am going stupid, but did anyone else notice that the course was about 3/4 mile short of a 10K, only 6 toilets for over 700 runners and thier supporters! On the up side the parking was very good and the course was very challenging and scenic, the dog tag medal is a great idea. Date of review: November 4, 2007
In short: Great day hard race in placesIn full: Very challenging course in places but if you keep a steady pace for the first few hills and not get taken away at a fast pace to start. Then just go for it on the last few kms you will soon make it up (because you will find every one slows down at the end:)Date of review: November 4, 2007
In short: Some nasty little hills to keep you honestIn full: Well run and a good course, although the first 2km is all up hill. Could be nasty if it had been a freezing November, but as it was it was glourious. Although I did not do the 3km fun run, runnning 10 laps of 300m would have made me lose count! Perhaps a bigger loop and less laps would be a good idea.Date of review: November 4, 2007
In short: Amazing event, I will always enter this one. Organisers wereso friendly and made the day the best . Fast route with some wicked hills and puddles. .In full: My first race and my best. Other runners were friendly and the atmosphere was friendly and relaxed. If you srtuggle someone is there to cheer you on and get you motivated. The best I've done out of 20 other events.Date of review: September 1, 2007
In short: Good Mulit Terrain eventDate of review: November 17, 2006
In short: .In full: sunny,autumn run totally enjoyed.challenging hills but also ideal for beginners .good t-shirt and dog tag.really well organised[well done].be back next yearDate of review: November 10, 2006
In short: Good event-even if under distance.Course is interesting rather than scenic,but well organised and its all for a good cause ... Date of review: November 6, 2006
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About the Author: Garrett Wilkerson serves as a Cultural Affairs Officer at U.S. Embassy Dhaka in Bangladesh.
Stepping up to the microphone, Charlie cleared his throat and asked for a moment of silence. On June 4, 2010, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a devastating fire struck the middle-class neighborhood of Old Dhaka. The loss of more than 100 lives left the country stunned and in shock and a national day of mourning was announced. The Charlie Porter Quartet, a jazz group welcomed to Bangladesh by the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka as participants in the Rhythm Road Series, wanted to pay tribute to those lost, and show that Americans cared.
As the moment of silence drew to an end, Charlie took his trumpet and played the first notes of "Dhonodhanye Pushpey Bhora," a classic Bengali song about the beauty and strength of Bangladesh. Quartet members Adam, Scott, and Jon took their instruments and joined in. The crowd of 700 was mesmerized. The band continued to play and murmurs of surprise spread throughout the audience. Charlie asked the audience to sing the lyrics, and the crowd enthusiastically joined in. The moment was intense. As the song drew to an end, emotions ran high. The Charlie Porter Quartet, as musicians and Americans, had not just played a song. What they did that night was speak to the hearts of countless Bangladeshis in a most unexpected way.
Video footage of the group's performance can be found here.
If you are interested in more information about South and Central Asian Affairs, follow @State_SCA on Twitter and Facebook.
Flavius in Virginia writes:
"What they did that night was speak to the hearts of countless Bangladeshis in a most unexpected way."
Countless? Let's rewind a bit, shall we?
"The crowd of 700 was mesmerized."
Now, last I checked, 700 is not "countless." It is not even a small fraction of "countless." 700 is a pretty good turnout for a jazz show in Bangladesh. Heck, it's a pretty good turnout for a jazz show in the U.S. But let's not make this out to be some sort of history changing event that will shatter the barriers between our two nations.
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I cannot wait until Saturday. 2 of my favorites of all time going head to head.
At the press conference today, Shane and Fernando made a $100,000 side bet on who will knock who out.
It is going to be a non-stop action backyard brawl.
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Topic: Running Old Rails App
I am very new to rails.
Have old rails application assigned to me
Installed Net beans.
How to recreate the database.
Need help...
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I am very new to rails.
Have old rails application assigned to me
Installed Net beans.
How to recreate the database.
Need help...
1 - check Rails version used for the application (either in Gemfile or in config/environment.rb file if Rails vesrion < 3.*).
2- Configure your environment (by downloading needed gems either manually or by running bundler).
3 - run from your terminal or console:
#to create a database
rake db:create
to run all the migartions
rake db:migrate
See more details on Rails guides
for rails3.*: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/
for rails < 3.0: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/v2.3.11/
Hope this helps.
Last edited by Javix (2012-07-24 06:06:59)
Thanks for the reply...Environment.rb look like this .... but version is not mentioned
# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file
# Specifies gem version of Rails to use when vendor/rails is not present
#RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '2.3.4' unless defined? RAILS_GEM_VERSION
# Bootstrap the Rails environment, frameworks, and default configuration
require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'boot')
Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
# Settings in config/environments/* take precedence over those specified here.
# Application configuration should go into files in config/initializers
# -- all .rb files in that directory are automatically loaded.
# Add additional load paths for your own custom dirs
# config.load_paths += %W( #{RAILS_ROOT}/extras )
# Specify gems that this application depends on and have them installed with rake gems:install
# config.gem "bj"
# config.gem "hpricot", :version => '0.6', :source => "http://code.whytheluckystiff.net"
# config.gem "sqlite3-ruby", :lib => "sqlite3"
# config.gem "aws-s3", :lib => "aws/s3"
# Only load the plugins named here, in the order given (default is alphabetical).
# :all can be used as a placeholder for all plugins not explicitly named
# config.plugins = [ :exception_notification, :ssl_requirement, :all ]
# Skip frameworks you're not going to use. To use Rails without a database,
# you must remove the Active Record framework.
# config.frameworks -= [ :active_record, :active_resource, :action_mailer ]
# Activate observers that should always be running
# config.active_record.observers = :cacher, :garbage_collector, :forum_observer
# Set Time.zone default to the specified zone and make Active Record auto-convert to this zone.
# Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding time zone names.
#config.time_zone = 'UTC'
# The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
# config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}')]
# config.i18n.default_locale = :de
Last edited by rabinprithvi (2012-07-24 06:54:00)
Actually, I want to run the app and see what it looks like,
I have only the source and nothing else
Project Details - Rails 2.3.10 , MySQL server
I have just started learning rails and MySQL
What It takes to run the existing project
Any help would be useful
According to your environment.rb file your app uses 2.3.4 version:
RAILS_GEM_VERSION = '2.3.4' unless defined? RAILS_GEM_VERSION
And you hav 2.3.10. So to be able to run the app, you should either to install the exact rails version used by it (2.3.4 in your case) or try to modify it to yours one (instead of 2.3.4 type in 2.3.10).
After you get your environmeent set up, just run migration as I explained earlier.
If everything is OK, you can run the server:
$ script/server
#or on Windows
c:/your_app_folder/> ruby script/server
You can find all the details at Rails 2.3.11 Guides
And the correct tags to post your code snippest is
code and /code surrounded with brackets.
Last edited by Javix (2012-07-24 15:34:47)
Thanks Javix...
After getting tired with this old project ... I have switched to another old rails project to try my luck there
But this time , greeted with different errors
When I run ruby script/server, I am informed to install missing gems
When I run........ rake gems:install
I get following error
can't activate activerecord (>= 3.0.3, runtime) for ["thinking-sphinx-2.0.12"], already activated activerecord-2.3.10 for ["rails-2.3.10"]
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
I am tired of rails....... why is it so difficult even to run a project .... forget Hello World !
Any help ?
Rails is not difficult at all compared with Java for example. The problem is that there is a GREAT difference between rails 2.3* and 3.0 versions done in project structure and how the things are linked together.
- Try first to configure your environment to use Rails 2.3.* version as I explained earlier (install all minimal needed gems to create a Rails application)
- Check if everything works fine by creating a simple RoR project using the same DB adapter as you project does.
- Then try step by step to identify your project configuration problem.
As you know, there is a gem runtime dependency, so try to check it for every gem used by your project by going to http://www.rubygems.org and finding the needed gem. Every time, once a gem found, you can see its runtime dependencies; So just try to install them.
Sure it is enough tedious. I agree that it was more difficult at that time to manage gems used by a project; Now thanks to bundler it is more easy. like with Maven tool in Java world.
Thanks Javix...second project is working now.
Followed your advice....gained confidence after running a sample ROR project.
Nice to see someone helping me.
Thanks a lot dude.
I will try to run the first project in a few days...
By the way what is the difference between rake task and bundle install
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Topic: RJS file runs but page doesn't update
I've got what I think is a simple bit of Ajax/rjs which won't work. I've got something very similar working elsewhere but for some reason this won't. According to Firebug the rjs code is being run but the page itself isn't updating. Here's the various bits of related code:

Tip list

<%= render :partial => 'tip', :locals => {:bgcolor => "#ccc"}, :collection => @tips %>
<%= render :partial => 'new' %>

Submit a new tip

<% form_remote_for :tip, Tip.new, :url => {:controller => 'tip', :action => 'add'}, :html => {:id => 'tip_form'} do |f| %>

Tip

<%= f.text_field 'name' %>

More Info

<%= f.text_area 'description' %>

<%= submit_tag 'Add' %>
<% end %>
def add
@tip = Tip.create(params[:tip])
@tips = Tip.find(:all)
page.replace_html :tips, {:partial => 'tip', :locals => {:bgcolor => "#ccc"}, :collection => @tips }
My development logs show that the partial 'tip' is being rendered when I click on the "Add" button. Firebug shows a response of: Element.update("tips", "..."); where the "..." is the rendering of the partial. And yet nothing gets replaced... I've tested this in both Firefox and IE.
Any ideas?
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