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I love the way Herman Cain speaks
Original post made by I am not a victim, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Oct 11, 2011
And isn't it funny that the only counter the other side has is to call names … LOL, pretty sad.
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Herman Cain offended by 'bad apple,' 'crack pipe' comments
By Kim Geiger
October 11, 2011, 9:06 a.m.
Republican presidential candidate and retired pizza chain executive Herman Cain didn't take long Monday to jump into a dispute over his views on racism.
In an appearance on Fox News' Hannity, Cain said he found "offensive" comments that were made by Harry Belafonte and Cornel West in response to his assertion that people use racism as an excuse.
"Because he happened to have had good fortune hit him, because he happened to have had a moment when he broke through – the moment someone blinked – does not make him the authority on the plight of people of color," Belafonte said in an interview with Joy Behar that will be aired in full Friday on HLN.
"Herman Cain is just the latest incarnation of what is totally false to the needs of our community and the needs of our nation," Belafonte said. "I think he's a bad apple, and people should look at his whole card. He's not what he says he is."
West said Cain, "needs to get off the symbolic crack pipe and acknowledge that the evidence [of racism] is overwhelming."
Cain took to Fox Monday night and called the statements "offensive."
"Look, I left the Democrat plantation a long time ago," Cain said in response to Belfonte's comment. "And all that they try to do when someone like me – and I'm not the only black person out there that shares these conservative views – the only tactic that they have to try and intimidate me and shut me up is to call me names, and this sort of thing. It just simply won't work."
He dismissed West as someone who "has been in academia too long."
"He is out of touch with the real world," Cain said.
"I don't have a lot of patience for people who want to blame racism on the fact that some people don't make it in America," Cain said, noting that he "was able to climb the corporate ladder" at Pillsbury and Burger King.
"If you put your mind to it and you don't play the victim card, you can do whatever you want to do in this country," he said. "I am walking proof of that."
Comments (44)
a resident of Livermore
on Oct 11, 2011 at 10:58 am
I have no intention or for voting for Cain. It's good to see an African American candidate. Too rigid for this one!
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Oct 11, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I liked what Cain was saying also until he belittled the Occupy Wall St group. Anyone that has bad things to say against this group does not have any empathy for the plight of average middle class citizens who have been screwed by their government, companies they work for, and by the financial institutions.
So this guy who makes probably 300 times the average worker, gets deferred income so he can pay deferred taxes, lifetime health coverage, lifetime executive pension, use of legal and tax attorneys at no cost, blind trusts so that he can make maximum benefit of large quantities of stock options, restricted stock with guaranteed payouts, etc, etc.....thinks that the average worker is on an even keel with him and his friends at the "good ole boys club"?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 11, 2011 at 2:05 pm
i challenge that notion Bill--how did Herman Cain make his way to the 'good ole boys club' you claim he belongs to?
if he did it, why can't any American do the same?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 11, 2011 at 3:06 pm
I like how he told everyone to quit whining about how much other people earn or have. If you think someone else makes too much money, that's YOUR fault for not making it. I cracked up when I heard that. Pretty well covered every TEA Party whiner on this board. Quit whining about the great deal someone else negotiated, and go get your own!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 11, 2011 at 3:20 pm
Isn't the Tea Party supposed to be racist? At least that is what all the left leaning bloggers tell me. If so, how do you explain this?
"Among Tea Party supporters — who make up half of all likely Iowa caucus-goers in the poll — Cain is ahead of Romney, 31 to 15 percent. And among those who "strongly" support the Tea Party, Cain's lead is a whopping 41 to 7 percent. "
It is amazing what BS is spread when someone states something you don't agree with. Just call them a racist - that will take care of them.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 11, 2011 at 3:36 pm
He's no role model!! He said on The View he believes being gay is a choice. Being born gay or straight is just like being born male or female - it's just not hidden any more because we're in the 21st century! Why people think like that is beyond me - just ignorance I guess and they can't help it - it's just the way they were born - just like gay people can't help being gay - it's just the way they were born too!
a resident of Highland Oaks
on Oct 11, 2011 at 3:50 pm
"No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby."
H. L. Mencken
'nuff said?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 11, 2011 at 4:40 pm
another notion to be challenged- i personally believe that whether or not people are born gay or not, they are free to be it if they choose, but the fact is norolemodel,only about 1/3 of Americans agree with you
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a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 11, 2011 at 5:35 pm
The TEA Party was delivered into my life as a plaything. I find great amusement in messing with you people.
a resident of Parkside
on Oct 11, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Bill, those incoherent drugged out new age hippies prorating everything they can't have because they won't work for it, are not, repeat NOT, middle class Americans who have been wronged by any corporation. Most are students, union members and professional protestors who can't agree what they are railing against, much less how to fix it. You should be worried that these are future adults that will be running things into the ground one day
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 11, 2011 at 8:58 pm
That's right, young man. Work hard and mind your manners, and you can live the dream, too. None of these noisy protests. They're so uncivilized.
a resident of Mariposa Ranch
on Oct 11, 2011 at 9:19 pm
"Among Tea Party supporters — who make up half of all likely Iowa caucus-goers in the poll — Cain is ahead of Romney, 31 to 15 percent. And among those who "strongly" support the Tea Party, Cain's lead is a whopping 41 to 7 percent. "
Sounds like Tea Baggers, like all racist slaveowners once upon a time, are all too happy to have an Uncle Tom looking after their white-boy interests. The irony is delicious.
Then b says with no small dosage of sarcasm:
"None of these noisy protests. They're so uncivilized."
The Mayor of Boston agrees after he stated this evening that he would "tolerate no civil disobedience [!] in his city." (Which would've kinda ruled out the Boston Tea Party, wouldn't it?) (Not to mention the long and respected tradition in democratic America of civil disobedience.) When the rich and their Tea Bagger sops are reduced to commenting on hippy-looking protesters who lack proper hygiene, any intelligent citizen recognizes the Tea Baggers have no valid ideas to offer.
Tea Baggers got what they wanted ... their Santorums and Bachmanns and Perrys and Palins and Cains and Pauls. All have now been exposed as the doofuss santorums they all are. Tonight's debate was hilarious, capped off with Gingrich wanting to lead a pitchfork wielding lynch mob against Democrats and arrest them all (while talking at the same time about liberty). And the Republicans eat up this swill.
Remains to be seen what OWS protesters accomplish, but they sure won't be rummaging through the Tea Bagger trash heap.
a resident of Parkside
on Oct 12, 2011 at 10:03 am
zorro, you valid ideas are linmited to calling patriots for smaller, more accountable govt tea baggers. I'm sure you are very familiar with what that term references in your circle of friends with similar lifestyles, but your use of the term is as useless as your suggestions to improve the country (what, no solutions?--only criticism of those providing a counter point to your childish rants?).
b-they can protest all they want. It gives these kids something to do and helps support the industry responsible for the sales of all those tents and sleeping bags. Maybe now is a good time to buy stock in Coleman Co.......but, don't ask adults to take these people seriously. If you've heard any of them being interviewed, they can barely construct a sentence that makes any sense, let alone formulate their stance for a better country. They are only interested in what's in it for them, they are not looking for ways to turn around the recession, but at least they are now starting to realize that obama is part of the problem. Maybe they are on to something.
a resident of Bordeaux Estates
on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:14 am
I noticed that too. All the college kids, the recently graduated students who are unemployed, the foreclosed upon, the bankrupt, the wiped out by medical costs, those innundated by credit card debt and school loan debt, the old pensioners on inadequately fixed incomes, the 70+ year-olds who refuse to get off their lazy butts and find a job for themselves (anyone out there ever hear of Walmart???). Yes, they all can barely construct a sentence. They should all take a hint from the highly articulate Steve from Parkside, who states, "you valid ideas are linmited."
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Oct 12, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Our parents thought that our generation was crazy for protesting the Viet Nam war. The same language was used back then, "just a bunch of crazy hippies". You know, the crazy people actually were the ones running the war, like Robert McNamara, who supposedly was a brilliant business executive but was a complete failure when it came to running government.
Just because someone is rich and powerful doesn't make them wise. The only thing Herman Cain left out from his comments towards the common people is "Let Them Eat Cake". And you know how that ended for Marie Antoninette.
a resident of Birdland
on Oct 12, 2011 at 1:23 pm
What I really really like about Cain is his ability to tell big lies without even cracking a smile. Like the doozy about he'd be dead from cancer right now if "Obamacare" had already been implemented. Of course, any knowledgable citizen knows that Cain's insurance plan under "Obamacare" would be no different than the plan he currently has. But undaunted by that mere fact, he stood in front of the camera and lied. What a guy! I'm votin' for him! We need more liars like him in the White House!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 12, 2011 at 1:54 pm
Like I always say, you shouldn't let facts, logic and common sense get in the way of a good TEA Party rant.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Oct 12, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Kenny, Herman Cain is not an elected official, so I'm unclear as to what coverage you feel would have stayed the same. So if he speculated about being covered by Obamacare; he could also speculate as to how things might have turned out for him (he was 61 at the time). Can't exactly call that a "doozy."
a resident of another community
on Oct 12, 2011 at 3:21 pm
jimf01 is a registered user.
If you want to look at the facts, logic, and common sense, then let's examine what Herman Cain said, instead of accepting what the anonymous left-wing trolls say Herman Cain said.
Fact: Herman Cain is a Stage 4 colon cancer survivor
Fact: Herman Cain said that if Obamacare had been in effect when he was first being treated for cancer
Herman Cain stated that he was able to get tests, treatment, multiple surgeries, and chemotherapy in 9 months. With a 30% chance of survival, his Dr told him fast treatment was necessary to save his life.
Common sense: any process that is handed over to government bureaucrats becomes slower and more cumbersome. Name us one that isn't?
Fact: Medicare has a higher claim rejection rate than most all large private insurance companies
Logic dictates that a process that is handled by a smaller, profit driven organization is going to be more efficient than government bureaucrats.
Fact: Many employers have already gone on record stating that Obamacare requirements will force changes to existing employees plans, and increase costs.
Herman Cain made a perfectly reasonable assumption in making this statement. But left-wing anonymous trolls on this board will tell you that everything that anyone with an (R) next to their name says is a lie. And if that person is favored by the Tea Party, well, of course they are not only liars, but racists to boot.
Seems Herman Cain is living proof that the left-wing anonymous trolls on this board are the liars.
a resident of Birdland
on Oct 12, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Under "Obamacare" people are not forced to relinguish the coverage they already have, dearie. The multi-millionaire Cain would not be expected to relinguish the coverage he already purchases. He's a liar. To say that Cain not being an elected official changes the nature of the lie demonstrates either disingenuousness, sheer stupidity, or both. Now, you want to compare a cancer patient being treated under Obamacare being poorer off than uninsured emergency room treatment, you go right ahead with that and all so much other foolishness.
A lie is not an assumption, sweetpee. Oh, and your "logic" isn't, and to say it is is to offend any reasonably thinking individual.
There's plenty of room in the world I live in for Uncle Toms to kiss up and kick down as they do. It is the lying I'm chafing at, and Cain told a big one that was slurped up by the Republicans like it was liquid gold running down the alleyway. See for example the slurper KR.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Oct 12, 2011 at 7:20 pm
I'll stand by my comment--CAIN didn't say HE HAD to have Obamacare; he said HAD HE HAD to have it. And it's his opinion. Not defending the man, just saying it's not a lie.
a resident of Remen Tract
on Oct 12, 2011 at 8:32 pm
I watched the debate, Kathleen. And Herman Cain said if he had to have had Obamacare, he wouldn't be alive today. He didn't mention that he wouldn't (and won't) have to have had Obamacare. By so omitting that important caveat, he clearly conveyed that Obamacare would have contributed to his death. A pure fabrication, if you want my opinion on the matter.
Also, Mr. Cain did not express an opinion, as you misleadingly state, Kathleen. He stated it as a fact. An opinion isn't a lie. An intentional statement of fact, uttered as a truth when it is known to the speaker to be false, is a lie.
I agree with The Kenny. Herman Cain proved himself to be a liar that night.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 12, 2011 at 9:53 pm
There are plenty of other reasons not to vote for Herman Cain in the primary.
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That he doesn't apologize for the behavior of the Federal Reserve (his former employer) says a lot.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 12, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Sounds like some people around here don't even understand this healthcare bill they call Obamacare. That dude would've been dead if he'd been one of the millions of uninsured citizens of this kingdom he wants to rule. Clearly, he has no clue what goes on outside his castle. He would've been better off living in Canada than being one of the underemployed and uninsured.
a resident of another community
on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:09 pm
?, Cain is NOT ahead of Romney ! The only people who believe that are Iowans, and some politically ignorant evangelicals. Iowa nominated the so-called Rev Pat Robertson, over soon-to-be president Papa Bush !. Last time, in '08, tent revivalist huckster Huckabee won Iowa...so totally out of step with the country.
Nobody is even close to Romney in the legitimate national polls. If anybody else is nominated, incumbent Obama stays right where he is.
Voters have to decide...keep Obama or not....your choice.
a resident of Dublin
on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Whether he's a Mormon holy-long-johns wearing used car salesman who talks out of both sides of his mouth or a lying Uncle Tom telling black people they are "indoctrinated" and "racist" doesn't matter to me. They're the best that the Republican Party can come up with? Think about it. These are the BEST the Republican Party can come up with? Tells you quite a bit about Republicans and their party, doesn't it? Obama wins: Game ... Set ... Match
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:22 pm
But just as sad, Obama is the "best" that the Dems can come up with.
Neither side should be throwing stones
a resident of Dublin
on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Maybe so, but there's Obama and then there's the Republican Clown Club. It's no contest.
Can you tell us how a "better" president would overcome systematic, partisan obstruction in congress? And please, try to do so without appealing to the bi-partisan myth.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 12, 2011 at 11:56 pm
No, I can't. I think 98% of all national representative are corrupt. Corrupt in the sense that they follow the money. Not necessarily taking it directly, but in the sense that they all want to get reelected so they make decisions based on that (campaign funding, more money for the district, etc) versus making decisions based on what is actually best for this country. I only say 98% because I want to believe there are at least a few good people out there, but who knows.
I don't think we currently have a good leader as President and I do not see one on the horizon.
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Oct 13, 2011 at 12:03 am
Penny, exactly who is on Obamacare today? Cain believes he would have died if that was his plan at the time. He could be right; he could be wrong. It was opinion and speculation. Again, not defending the guy, but I don't see why he'd be called a liar on that point. As Patriot points out, there are other reasons to not choose Cain.
a resident of Dublin
on Oct 13, 2011 at 11:14 am
Well, then, lazzboy, if you can't state how a "better" president might effectively overcome partisan obstructionism aimed at doing nothing more than derailing the other party's future election prospects, then your criticism of Obama and potential others seems a bit toothless, it seems to me.
Your criticism of pols being beholden to money doesn't do much better. Although I agree with you, simply tossing out 98% as a figure is a bit facile, don't you think? What might be more interesting is if you looked at 'big money' contributions v. 'little people' contributions (e.g., less than $100) to various campaigns. I think you'd find one party consistently is getting more 'big money' than the other, and that that other is receiving consistently more 'little people' money. So, what I'm suggesting is that money itself isn't the evil, as all campaigns need money. I personally cut checks to candidates I support, but I don't expect them to cater to my every whim once they're in office. The problem is the ungodly sums contributed by large corporate interests and the expectation that the pol must then meet with their lobbyists on a twice-weekly basis.
a resident of Parkside
on Oct 13, 2011 at 11:37 am
tennis anyone-"Can you tell us how a "better" president would overcome systematic, partisan obstruction in congress?" Let's start with the first two years of the current WH occupants stay. He had a 'mandate' with control of both the houses on Congress...and yet....
Part of the challenge he faces today is directly related to his policies and blatant partisan idealogy that directly resulted in the landslide defeat of democrat candidates in 2010. So, obama brought on the 'obstruction' in Congress himself, by doing things like ramming through obamacare without concensus from both parties. Heck, even members of his own party in the Senate rejected his 'jobs bill' for another round of failed stimulus spending. He can try to curry favor from those of his ilk by blaming R's for every setback he incurs, but in the end he's sealing his own fate by presiding over a failing economy.
a resident of Civic Square
on Oct 13, 2011 at 12:28 pm
The above post shows the need for increased tutoring programs and civics programs aimed to uplift citizens' general intelligence.
For starters, there are not two houses on the Hill, but one -- House of Representatives. There is another legislative body, called the Senate. (It is not a house.)
Second, how ironic it is that someone so hamstrung by a rigid ideology is unable to spell it. (When a poster's spelling is so atrocious, it immediately waves a warning flag about the poster's ability to read and comprehend what he is reading.)
Third, a genuine majority in the Senate is 60+. Obama didn't have that, and doesn't now. Hence, Obama has never had "control of both houses" [!!!] as above poster erroneously claims.
One wonders how someone can even begin to form rational judgments when the level of ignorance is so high.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 13, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Wish, your intellectual pettiness hinders in fully understanding or solving anything. yuk ! As I see it, reasonably informed voters can say Obama controlled 2 'houses'. Pelosi was Speaker over a DEM majority 'House' chamber, and DEM MORMON holy-long-johns Harry Reid was chosen 'Leader' over that DEM chamber. All THREE bodies pretty much ruled the WHOLE show for almost three years! That includes the ramming through of obamacare, the blocking of all 'energy' except for loosely named 'green' winners like Solyndra. Legacy is not so great. Of course both 'houses or chamber's were TOTALLY CONTROLLED by DEMS who did exactly as they wanted the two years before that !
They didn't so things they should have, and they badly botched the things they did try.
Petty name calling dribble by 'Tennis' ranks below a teen-aged smart ass. The only thing Tennis had right was 'BIG' money controls one party,...can't get much bigger than the whole of Hollywood $$, and all union $$, plus free full-time,in-kind union campaigning. Those two monopolies have bought off most all the Dems in both "houses".
a resident of Vineyard Hills
on Oct 13, 2011 at 10:20 pm
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Back to Herman Cain.... Gee, I can hardly wait to start paying 18 percent sales taxes on all my purchases (state plus herman cain taxes), just so that corporations and the rich can pay 9 percent income taxes. What a bunch of crazies the Tea Party put into the race this time around....!!!!
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Oct 13, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Alas, repeating one's demonstrated ignorance makes it no less ignorant when repeated a second time around. The conservative Burke might have been right after all about not allowing ignorant riff-raff as citizens into the Republic. As a life-long Republican, I'm embarrassed by so much of what passes as Republican apologia on these postings.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 14, 2011 at 9:42 am
You're right, franco. The greedy GOPers are always complaining that the poor don't pay their fair share of taxes. They conveniently overlook how, in fact, the bottom 20% already pay an average of 11% of their income to taxes, while the upper 20% pays an average of 8% of their income to taxes. Cain wants to add to the working-class burden, and the image of kids starving in America's streets seems to be one Republicans get all frothy-mouthed about.
a resident of Vineyard Avenue
on Oct 14, 2011 at 11:54 am
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I guess that you Cain supporters must all be rich?
Cain is an apologist for the Federal Reserve that gives free money to banks so that they can play the Wall Street casino while not paying anything to American who have savings in the bank and not lending money to main street businesses who need it to operate and bails out the banks when they fail while letting them evict millions of Americans who fell for their predatory loan schemes.
It is amazing that people don't see though this sham and applaud his blaming victims and even telling them that they aren't victims.
How are Americans supposed to get ahead when jobs are being outsourced, bubbles are created that cause you to lose money on stocks and your house, money is printed causing price inflation, rules are changed so that the rich and corporations don't pay their share of taxes, corporations are given civil rights equal to your own and our tax money is spent on needless wars instead of rebuilding our infrastructure.
On top of all of this when some people have the courage to occupy Wall Street this mouth piece of the rich oppressing class tells them off and calls them anti capitalist when what they are against is financial fraud, not capitalism. What a creep.
No nation survives the debasement of their currency and the take over of the economy by financial manipulators. Learn your history and fight for change or prepare to be the new poor.
a resident of Dublin
on Oct 14, 2011 at 8:52 pm
jimf01, politics is about compromise. How else do you think our founding fathers got it worked out? Cain, like Arnold S. , is use to issuing commands. Therefore, like other potentates, strongmen and authoritarians, Cain fits the bill. Issue edicts. And, screw things up more.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 14, 2011 at 10:38 pm
@tennis - "then your criticism of Obama and potential others seems a bit toothless, it seems to me."
So, I am not allowed to make an observation and form an opinion without having a solution?
Call it what you want, but if it looks like a duck, smells like a duck and quack like a duck, then I will call it a duck even though I may not have any idea of what might be better to replace that duck.
And yes, I will throw out random statistics because I could twist every statistic to make it mean something different especially in politics. But if you want some stats, unemployment has gone up with Obama in the WH. National Deficity has increased with Obama in the WH. Of course we can twist all these around to blame someone else and that's my point.
a resident of Happy Valley
on Oct 14, 2011 at 10:44 pm
"Third, a genuine majority in the Senate is 60+."
Could you explain that to me? I thought a normal majority would be 51 and a supermajority would be 67, is there something called a "genuine" majority?
a resident of Carlton Oaks
on Oct 14, 2011 at 11:21 pm
Classic from Happy Valley.......
Under Senate rules, it takes a vote of 60 senators to end debate, or, in Senate parlance, "to invoke cloture."
This means that 41 senators can stop a nomination or a bill from being brought to a vote, effectively killing it. (See filibuster)
Tennis oldster probably meant by "genuine majority" de facto majority. Either way, most legislation in the Senate needs the new "super majority" before it even can be voted on. The new "super majority"? 60+. The effective change from 67 to 60 occurred a few decades ago, I think. There's lots written on this on the internet, or can be found in any basic civics textbook.
Which all means that, as per usual, steve doesn't know anything about anything. Hang around a while and you'll learn that there are a lot of right-wing idiots spewing ignorance with a heavy venomous streak in it. Speak a little bit of truth to them and they go scurrying back under their rock.
a resident of Carlton Oaks
on Oct 14, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Lizzboy ... (what a name!)
I'm going to take a stab at this one, too. I don't think anyone is telling you you're not allowed to form opinions. (Although the right-wingers here frequently mount censorship campaigns against those who have ideas different, and better argued, than their own.)
But your metaphor doesn't serve you very well. You haven't been calling Obama a duck. You've been calling him something that doesn't measure up to something -- whether it be 'duck', or 'good president', or 'better president'. Tennis asked you what a 'better president' would look like, and you admitted that you didn't know.
Well, that seriously weakens your opinion that he's not a very good president. For when someone makes such a claim, audience expectation is that the opiner -- in this case, you, aka lizzboy -- have either a standard against which to make such a claim or perhaps even an historical president against whom we could be some reasoned comparisons.
But to simply say Obama needs to be replaced by someone "better," without standard for comparison and judgment, comes across as an ill-formed opinion. What did tennis call it? Toothless? I'd have to concur.
a resident of Dublin
on Oct 15, 2011 at 3:37 pm
"Like Romney, Perry is suffering from an inability to raise money from a broad base of supporters, usually measured by the number of small-dollar donors. Perry raised $13.4 million of his $17.2 million from donors giving between $2,500 and $5,000. He only raised $698,820 from donors giving less than $200, which was 4 percent of his total contributions, the lowest percentage for any current presidential candidate."
As for Cain, does he even have a campaign team? Or is he simply in this to sell his books? 9-9-9 ... and 30% of Republicans drank up the snake oil! What did Barnum say? There's a sucker/Republican born every minute.
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#11 Wed 14 Nov 12 9:17am
Re: The Art of Good Health and Well Being
I often think of it, my baker's shop is a well being centre: there are two ladies vending, the owner and wife of the baker and a girl, people come sometimes all at one time and while waiting recipes are shared as well as sorrows and joys, I do not know how tired or angry or sad the girls are while slicing ham or pancetta, waiting to know which panino or ciabatta they must add to the usual weigh of bread each one they know, wants in their paper bag that day, but the stress and weigh of listening and digesting people's problems or the happiness of being happy with good news or jokes is shared and mixed up among many of us and equally diluted so that everyone goes away with a bit of this and that .......... and his good bread of course , it's only a little shop in a little village but it makes a difference for many
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#12 Wed 14 Nov 12 9:25am
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Re: The Art of Good Health and Well Being
What a great video Danny, well done to you for the wonderful work you do with them. Good luck with the conference and I'm sure you will be an inspriation to so many people.
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Thanks everyone for contributing and also for viewing my film - you may understand now why I have made it my life's mission to tell as many people as I can about San Patrignano and to promote the great work that they are doing : )
#14 Thu 15 Nov 12 8:51am
Re: The Art of Good Health and Well Being
still thinking about the fact that these ragazzi feel well if they are occupied with ordinary jobs and work that has to do with growing, cooking, baking, producing real things, the other face of the medal is that they need(ed) something that helped them to live in a sort of irreale world.
Like in mines there were little birds that gave the alert when the air was not safe for men to stay down there, we should start thinking the malaise of young generations is an alert for us all, we are living more and more in a way which is not fit for human beings, for robots, maybe, but it will take centuries to cancel from our memory what is good and sound
good luck Danny for your conferenza and let us know
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Re: The Art of Good Health and Well Being
It must be terrible to feel that you have no-body to talk to , to feel so alone .
I said to someone recently .. Someone who knows that they will be left alone for much of the day is the not too distant future as their husband is terminally ill.
" you need never be lonely if you have the Internet "
I know this to be true , the community of this forum has developed into some close freindships , we might not have met each other in person but we know each other well , bought together initially by a common interest and through 'popping in and out ' of forum as we had a few minutes to spare, we check up on each other and can often tell if one of us is not as cheerful and happy as normal.
I think this is also true of other forums as well but here , I know I always have friends .
What I love about this forum is the way that ifthere is a problem with one of the forum members everyone rallies round as if they are in a close knit community .
This was very apparent just a year or so ago when Marie was very ill , we came together as a unit to help raise money and support her in trying to get the treatment that might give her hope. In the end , that's what happened , she had the hope that she would get better , sadly she never did get better ,but she died knowing that we were all trying to help her .. a bunch of people whom she had never met but she knew well and that must be one of the greatest things about being part of a forum like this one .
It is a strange thing really that a website that is primarily about food can bring people together , not just for freindships but also as a way of supporting each other .
I have just watched your film Danny , it was very moving and so inspiring . Yes I agree food is like a magic glue , it can bring people together and as we have seen at Fifteen and San Pat ' it can ge a real glue and give people a reason to come together .
Yesterday at the supper club when I asked one of the graduates who were cooking what they really considered to a valuable part of their training I got told " Life's lessons " . It wasn't what I had expected to hear but I was told that one of the greatest things that had been learned was the ability to believe in the self again , to do something worth while , to learn to work with and most importantly to support a team the they we part of .
But the biggest impression left with me was that as part of the team there was a feeling of satisfaction in achievement , of freindships and family , of doing something worthwhile and receiving the acknowledgement that this was happening from others .
I have been privelidged to see first hand how the training at Fifteen has literally ' turned lives around' . Given the young people involved a reason to fight back at any issues that they may have had in the past , given them a chance to get back on track.
Something as simple as sitting round a table and sharing a meal together having a chat is invaluable , it could even just be sitting at the table enjoying a cup of tea , it does not matter . It's always theraputic.
If I spot someone in need , I often stop by that person who may be 'sleeping rough ' possibly through being homeless , maybe through illness or other reasons , I often stop by them and pass them something to eat . Often quickly bought from a shop near by. This is because I feel that it is better to pass them an item of food than it is to pop a few coins into a little pot that is by them. I always get a smile and often a word of thanks.
I don't feel like I am doing anything special , I just think if we all thoughts little then a big difference could be made.
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Oh dear .. I do waffle on !
#17 Fri 23 Nov 12 6:01pm
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I was thinking to bump or what was it ?
to bring this post in prima fila and you did it brava mummzzzzz
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Those are good points mummza!
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Thank you everyone for your comments. I am in Fremantle now attending the conference. I will let everyone know here at the conference about this conference thread so that they may want to contribute as well.... It's nice to be home... : )
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The Starfish Rig
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Note: The rig in itself is useless unless a rigged character with a skeleton consisting of at least 9 bones and an inverse kinimatic setup is present to drive the Starfish Rig. Novice riggers are advised to gain further experience in the field before continuing. However for philosophy everyone is urged to read on.
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To optimize is a philosophy. Sometimes a production is of dire need of optimization, other times it's a matter of attitude.
There are many ways of optimizing a humanoid character for game purposes. One of the most severe forms of optimization is to simply have a billboard which just consists of a flat plane with a drawing of the character on it.
However if the goal is to greatly optimize a rigged humanoid - to a level where almost no more optimization is possible - the artist will have to get creative.
The first step in optimization is obvious: polygonal count ~ the amount of triangular faces the character visually consists of. Every artist knows this, and almost all games rely on ways to keep the poly-count to a minimum. There are different ways to keep the poly-count minimal, I'll not dive into that, since that is well practiced among developers and artists.
The rig however can be a powerful way to keep the character simple. The engine that the game is running on needs to take care of the skinning of the characters on screen. Each character consists of a geometrical representation, known as a mesh, a skeletal rig, and the skinning of said mesh to the bones of the skeleton.
Usually a main character is made up of 20 bones for a simple rig, and 30 bones for a rig with smaller details such as one skeletal bone for each of the clusters of toes, maybe an extra spinal bone, and some bones for rigging some hair or clothing. If fingers are part of the rig, add 10 bones to the mix. Toes?
The computer needs to take care of all these skeletal bones and skinning of the mesh each frame of the game. Furthermore each point on the mesh, called a vertex, can be weighted onto more than one bone, which takes even more time to process. So there is a good reason to take it down a notch. Maybe not on the main character, but with crowds it is an absolute necessity.
What to cut away to make this rig simpler?
Bones which can be deleted from a rig without really hurting its plausibility are wrists (hands) and a couple of spine bones. Feet are hard to get rid of because they constantly have direct contact with the ground. To optimize further one could delete all (or almost all) spinal bones, clavicle bones and the neck. Many would stop there. Retaining the major and most important bones of the human body in the skeleton; Head, a couple of spinal bones, upper arms, lower arms, hip (root), upper legs, lower legs and feet. That would be a greatly optimized humanoid rig. However there is more to be gained.
What is the most needed features of the human skeleton? Well we, the human being, have two legs and two arms, each separated into two large bones. There is no way we can get rid of those. Feet and hands we might be able to cut away, since they are quite small and are not really used for unimportant characters. Of course it would be nice to know that the character's feet always visually nails it to the ground, but it is also two extra computational cycles of rigging and skinning per frame, and I reckon that those cycles are well saved to be spent somewhere else.
The neck is gone, and the spine is not needed either. Yes the character will be a bit stiff in the back ~ but long live optimization!
We're down to this:
10 bones in total is pretty good. This is a completely ordinary piece of optimization. Nothing to get all too excited about though. To optimize this even further there has got to be something drastic for us to do.
And there is. Of course there is. Polygons can create a much needed illusion.
Polygons are a flat piece of geometry that consist of triangles. Those pieces of geometry form the surface of the character like paper would in a piece of origami. Each triangle is made up of three points also called vertices. Each of those vertices is attached to a bone. So if one vertex is attached to your hip, and the other two vertices are attached to your knee, that triangle will stretch, like a rubber membrane, when you move your knee. This can be exploited, not to say cold bloodedly utilized to our advantage. So the stretching of polygons is only good for between bones. Which means that extremities cannot be tampered with. That means lower arms, and lower legs. However upper arms and upper legs could be visualized by stretching polygons between shoulder/elbow, hip/knee only. Cutting away the shoulders and hip bones is definitely the answer we were looking for to make this rig super optimized.
It looks weird I'll admit that, but the functionality is outstanding. It now looks like a starfish as well.
There is a Root bone in the middle of it all, that bone makes sure that the torso, shoulders and hip do not move out of place. Then there are 5 bones, one for each extremity. The bones in the arms take care of the elbow and out, including the hands. The same goes for the knee bones. The head has been spoiled with its own bone - this can be debated, but I'd argue that having no spine requires something on the spine to be animated to give the illusion that there is spinal activity. The head can fake that, not perfectly, but enough to keep the character alive.
To make the rig usable it is of course constrained and driven by a normal rig with inverse kinematics for both arms and legs, and all sorts of bajingle. Animation goes as smoothly as it would with other characters.
Some shortcomings present themselves in the mesh. With no bones to keep track of the upper legs and arms, the mesh has a tendency to flatten out. Like a balloon being twisted.
Bending the knee with no upper leg bones to keep the width of the leg, results in an unacceptable flattened leg. However making sure that the edge going around the knee is angled from low behind the leg to high above the knee on the front of the leg, some of the flatness can be avoided.
That will take care of the most critical misformation. When the leg is bent even further back to a 120 degree angle, the upper leg is completely flattened anyway. Originally I thought there was no way to deal with this. However a couple of days of testing and using this rig made me realize that there actually was something that could be done.
Knees and the width of the legs have a hard time when it is being bent. To somewhat deal with that we have to create a vertex inside the leg, right above the knee. Like so:
The vertex is of course fully skinned to the only bone available in that region, which is the knee, and when bent the vertex just pops out creating an illusion of a knee. This can be applied to the elbows as well. While it doesn't fix the problem entirely, the flat legs become a minor flaw.
The starfish rig is super simple to create and very easy to maintain. It might suit a flat shaded aesthetic more, where the dent in the knee and the elbow will not show at all. But for crowds a fully textured character would wear this fashionably.
Floating feet is a critical shortcoming, but acceptable when taking into account that two bones are saved. With some vertex shading, a clever shader might be able to take care of the feet. The artist will never miss the wrists in my experience - given that this starfish character is not used for complicated interactions.
One will learn to live and overcome the stiff spine in clever ways. Head animations can fake alot of the liveliness originally provided by the spine.
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I did not invent this! Though I've never seen anyone ever do anything like this, I'm certain that all studios with the need of highly optimized characters has come across something similar if not identical.
About the Author(s)Andreas N. Grontved is the Lead Animator at Playdead - creators of yesterdays indie hit Limbo.
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#41 Tue 21 Jul 09 4:37am
Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
I just realised the recipe I thought I would follow has 7 eggs in it. Eep! So I have been seeing how others compare. Isn't the internet wonderful for this sort of thing!
I found this Utube
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and am thinking now about oil instead of butter and 4 eggs instead of 7.
The recipes seem to use flour instead of matzo meal, so I am trying to work out now breadcrumbs or flour?
Shammy I like that apricot kugel recipe!
Luvmegrub choux pastry! great idea!
#42 Tue 21 Jul 09 4:38am
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Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
I found this article on the history of Kugel on this site. - http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/rfcj/categ … ory=KUGELS
Brief Explanation of Kugels - Archivist's Notes
Those who keep the laws of the Jewish sabbath are prohibited from kindling
fire on the sabbath, since it comes under the category of _work_.
Sabbath-observant Jews are not prohibited from allowing a fire to burn
which was kindled prior to the start of the sabbath, however.
By the same token, food is not to be prepared on the sabbath, since that
would constitute work. With these two constraints, it became a challenge,
therefore, to come up with dishes which would not be perishable and which
might even be warm for eating.
The two which are best known and which arose from these limitations are
_cholent_, a slow-cooking stew, and kugel. They can either be cooked long
and slow in a warm oven or on top of a metal plate placed over the burners
on the stove top, with a low flame beneath. (Lesser known, but in the same
category of slow-cooking dishes is charlottes.)
Kuegel, pronounced as if there were an umlaut over the u, is probably the
most correct pronunciation of the word. Depending on one's origin, it is
usually pronounced either KOOgel or KIgel. Fundamentally, it is a baked
pudding, in the style of the British puddings, as opposed to a light
dessert such as rice or chocolate pudding.
Koogel actually means _ball_ in German. It came to have this name because
of the small round pot in which such puddings used to be cooked. This
round, covered pot would be placed in the larger pot of cholent, a
slow-cooking stew of chunks of meat, marrow bones, beans, barley, potatoes
and the like. On Friday afternoons, in Eastern-European towns, homemakers
would be seen carrying their pots of sabbath stew to the village bakery,
where they would place it in the large bread ovens, still warm from baking
the braided loaves of challah, the festive sabbath bread. They would
return on Saturday at noon, to collect their fresh meals.
Eventually, the kugel started to be prepared separately and in larger
pans. Classic ones are made with noodles or grains -- sometimes even
leftover bread. They often have a sweet ingredient such as raisins or
apples, but some are savory. Today, they are even made with a variety of
vegetables in a style reminiscent of quiche or casseroles. What is
characteristic of all of them, though, is that they are made without
water, using fats and/or eggs to bind the ingredients, and they still are
capable of being either slow-cooked or of being kept warm on a warming
#43 Wed 22 Jul 09 11:28am
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Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
Tonight I made Fish Kugel.
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Flavour was fine, potatoes cooked unevenly, cream and eggs made a watery sauce at the bottom of the pan.
I would pre - cook potatoes next time and make a white sauce, cheese or bechamel to cook the ingredients in, and also add the cheese topping again.
"Not up to my usual standard", were my OH's comments.
#44 Wed 22 Jul 09 11:48am
Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
Shammy I am sorry it was disappointing, it looked like a wonderful dish. And the step by step photos are great.
My recipe calls for the potato to be grated and then left for a bit and then all the liquid squeezed out, so I hope that will make a difference re wateriness. (I like the experimenting idea but O I hate it when it doesn't work!)
Mrs M I am so glad you put that explanation up.
Also, because it is a traditional passover dish - a time when all the flour has been got out of the house, matzo meal is the replacement.
#45 Wed 22 Jul 09 11:52am
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Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
I must admit I had my doubts about the potatoes as I normally par boil for such dishes, but hey it was a challenge to follow the recipe to the letter.
Flavours were fine, just the packaging was a bid defunct.
#46 Thu 23 Jul 09 1:23am
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Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
Shammy it came out looking amazing, I'm sorry too to hear about the down side. I made that chicken and potato pie for the chicken breast and potato challenge and my potatoes came out under cooked too. I'll consider grating or parboiling when I try pie with potato again. Ditto on the pics, they look fantastic.
I'll be trying this one this weekend
#47 Thu 23 Jul 09 1:29am
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Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
I haven't given up hope, going to have some leftovers for lunch today, and like most things I am sure it will be better the next day.
I poked my potatoes a number of times during cooking to check the doneness and cooked the dish longer than was required, so I guess we live and learn
#48 Sat 25 Jul 09 1:21pm
Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
I finally found this thread again. (I will subscribe to it now).
Great delicious fantastic success with my Potato Kugel! I am so pleased!
#49 Sat 25 Jul 09 1:27pm
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Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
Well done Joy
I'll have to give yours a go sometime soon
#50 Sun 26 Jul 09 1:34am
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Re: Ready, Set, Cook Discussion Thread
I have copied your recipe joy & will try it out on the fam asap but of course I can not call it kugel until after they eat it as they wouldnt bother with it after the other disaster.


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People having a bad day may sometimes encounter that funny adage: "Have a banana!" The fruit has come to represent how you can have a bright and cheery disposition inspired by the most mundane things. And with the many health benefits the banana has to offer, everyone's favorite pick-me-up has, for centuries, also become one of the world's most delicious all-natural beauty secrets. Here are five ways you can use bananas to stay beautiful.
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Bananas are rich in potassium, Vitamin A, B, C, and E, as well as natural oils. All of which play a vital role in maintaining the health and elasticity of the skin. To prevent or reduce wrinkles and age spots, try this all-natural banana face mask. Just mash one-half of a ripe banana and mix it with half a teaspoon of natural honey for extra emollient properties. Apply the rich mixture gently on the face. After 25 to 30 minutes, wash off the mask with warm water. Use cold water for the final rinse to tighten pores. For best results, do it three times a week.
Banana + Brown Sugar Scrub
Bananas are loaded with anti-oxidants that help get rid of dead skin cells and leave skin feeling rejuvenated. Combined with sugar, which is a natural source of alpha hydroxy acids, bananas make for a fantastic body scrub. To make a gently exfoliating banana mixture, mash one ripe banana and combine with one-fourth cup of sugar. Add vanilla or almond extract for an aromatic bath experience. Slather the banana and brown sugar mixture over your body and gently massage on your face. Wash the concoction off with lukewarm water.
Banana Hair Treatment
Bananas have minerals such as silica, which improves hair thickness, and vitamin B, which helps in the prevention of split ends. Aside from that, they have the ability to promote hair recovery and rehabilitation through other nutrients, making bananas the perfect ingredient for a homemade hair growth treatment. To promote healthy hair growth, combine three ripe bananas with three tablespoons of yogurt or milk in a blender. Apply the smooth paste on wet scalp and hair. Rinse thoroughly after 15 to 20 minutes. Use this treatment once a week for best results.
Banana Peel Teeth Whitener
Ripe banana peels contain high amounts of potassium, magnesium, and manganese, which work together to remove stains and whiten teeth. They are also rich in calcium and vitamin D, which help in the absorption of minerals for healthier and stronger teeth. To make your teeth whiter and stronger, rub the inner skin of the banana peel on your teeth for two to four minutes, and then brush with your regular toothpaste. Do this twice daily for best results.
Puffy Eye Banana Remedy
The potassium present in bananas helps to regulate the fluid levels under the eyes. In addition to that, the rich Vitamin A content of the fruit restores the lost moisture and repairs the damaged, dull, and dry skin around the eye area. To draw out excess fluid from under the eyes, mash half a banana and apply generously around the puffy eyes. You can also try putting banana peels on your eyes in place of cucumber slices. Wash off with cool water after leaving them on for 20 minutes. Just as eating bananas helps in keeping our bodies healthy, applying bananas on our skin can work wonders as well.
Still having a bad day? Forget about all your wrinkle-causing worries and have a banana!


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Three Pulaski Technical College students have been awarded scholarships from the Rotary Club of Little Rock's Club 99 Foundation. Congratulations to the following:
Cheniqua Reynolds of North Little Rock was awarded the Eugene M. Pfeifer, Jr. Scholarship. This scholarship, in honor of Eugene M. Pfeifer III's father, E.M. Pfeifer, Jr., is awarded to a Pulaski Tech associate degree graduate transferring to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Reynolds, who served as Pulaski Tech's Student Government Association president for 2006-07 and was a Student Ambassador, graduated May 18 and plans to pursue a Bachelor of Arts in Business at UALR beginning this fall.
Karen Ware of North Little Rock received the 2007 Rotary Scholarship. Ware is a single-parent student at Pulaski Technical College and is working on an Associate of Arts in Teaching. Her goal is to teach special education to pre-kindergarten through fourth-grade students.
Stephanie Drake of Jacksonville, a second-year Associate of Science student with a 4.0 grade-point average, was awarded the Frank White Scholarship. Drake plans to continue her education and pursue a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
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Minnesota Announces FastTRAC Adult Career Pathway Model
Minnesota recently received legislative approval to implement its FastTRAC adult career pathway model. FastTRAC—training, resources and credentialing—is a collaboration among state, local, and national partners to align their resources to achieve long-term outcomes for adult learners and to meet the common skills needs of Minnesota businesses. By 2013, community and technical colleges may offer FastTRAC programs and Minnesota's Adult Basic Education (ABE) system will be a required partner in all of them. Pairs of ABE and college instructors will co-teach bridge and integrated courses for credit. To make attaining a postsecondary degree manageable and to ensure employment, the program provides basic skills, targets occupations in high demand by local employers, and is tailored to adults who are managing many responsibilities, such as working full-time and taking care of a family. Thus, it offers career and academic advising and support services, such as childcare and transportation.
To date, 88 percent of participants in FastTRAC credit-bearing, integrated ABE/postsecondary courses have successfully completed them. In contrast, traditional approaches result in a lack of basic skills among about 25 percent of adult learners who are completing their remedial coursework. And only 4 percent complete a degree or certificate within five years of enrollment. In addition to the FastTRAC website, visit All Hands On Deck, Minnesota's blueprint for strengthening its workforce and closing its skills gap.
March 22, 2012- Correction: The March 8, 2012 edition of OVAE Connection ran the article, Minnesota Announces FastTRAC Adult Career Pathway Model. That article incorrectly stated that the FastTRAC adult career pathway modelhad already received legislative approval from Minnesota. In fact, legislative approval for the FastTRAC program is still pending there.
Report on Opportunities for Immigrant Students From CCCIE
The Community College Consortium for Immigrant Education (CCCIE) is a network of 23 community colleges and other professional and research entities hosted by Westchester Community College, in Valhalla, N.Y. CCCIE has issued the report Increasing Opportunities for Immigrant Students: Community College Strategies for Success to raise awareness of the role community colleges play in delivering educational opportunities to immigrants and to expand the range and quality of programs and services for immigrant students among community colleges.
The featured colleges recognize the contributions of immigrants to their communities' economic growth and cultural diversity. With the aging of the U.S. population, immigrants and their children will be an increasing proportion of the labor force. As a consequence, the report argues, educational access and success by immigrants are essential to increased U.S. college completion, improved workforce readiness, and sustained productivity. The report illustrates how CCCIE colleges are improving educational and employment outcomes for immigrant students, including accessibility, affordability, degree or certificate completion, and job placements. In addition, through their English as a Second Language (ESL), career, and academic programs, the colleges are addressing community and regional skills shortages.
The colleges profiled are diverse not only in location and size, but also in the populations they serve, which have a wide range of English language proficiency, educational and skill levels, and countries of origin. Their immigrant student populations often come from low-income backgrounds and include older adult students who must immediately meet work and family responsibilities, learn a new language, adjust to new educational and community services systems, and acclimate to a new culture.
The report describes the Framework for Supporting Immigrant Student Success, which identifies 11 key factors in the programs of the CCCIE colleges, including executive commitment and follow-through; proactive community outreach; multi-sector partnerships; redesign of ESL and ESL faculty professional development; and development of immigrant student leadership skills.
Welcoming America for Welcoming Immigrants
Welcoming America describes itself as "a national, grassroots-driven collaborative that works to promote mutual respect and cooperation between foreign-born and U.S.-born Americans." The organization says that its "ultimate goal … is to create an atmosphere—community by community—in which immigrants are more likely to integrate into the social fabric of their adopted hometowns." Welcoming America was founded in 2009 to establish a network of affiliates across the United States to spread the message that "immigrants make us stronger." It was inspired by the recent high immigration rates in small cities and towns that had little experience welcoming different languages and cultures and where tensions had begun to rise. The Welcoming America founders noted that, while organizations assisted immigrants in adjusting to life in the U.S., few helped U.S. communities to be receptive to their new neighbors.
The model used in the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, an initiative of Welcoming Tennessee, was awarded the E Pluribus Unum prize by the Migration Policy Institute in 2009, and has been adopted by Welcoming America. It emphasizes counteracting negative messages by disseminating positive messages and using face-to-face contact to build mutual respect and understanding. The model prepares local leaders to develop plans suited to the locality's circumstances and to form a welcoming committee to lead those planned efforts. The communitywide communication of positive messages leads to thoughtful conversations across different cultures and builds an understanding and appreciation of values, commonalities, and differences. Welcoming America has active affiliates in 20 states, from California and Idaho in the West, to Alabama and Tennessee in the South, Iowa and Illinois in the Mid-West, and New York and New Hampshire in the Northeast.


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From the Telegraph Clearly, the Chelsea supporters had decided to make their point soundlessly. The Shed and the Matthew Harding Upper and Lower were largely restrained, restricting their show of dissent towards Benítez to some chants after 16 minutes, noting Di Matteo's old shirt number, and at the end. The main f-word heard was "Fulham, Fulham".
The visiting fans were terrific, in fine form throughout, beginning by mocking the Bridge announcer's request for them to sit down by all standing up. They then serenaded the hosts' interim first-team manager with "Rafa Benítez, he works where he wants". The Fulham glee club then disagreed with a (fair) decision by Anthony Taylor with a chant of "We want Mark Clattenburg"
I tried to tell everyone yesterday how bad this game was.
the annoucers said at halftime "that could have been the worst half of football in England this year"
on the other hand, one of my favorite past times is watching train wrecks.
I'm guessing it wasn't amicable?
Rafa has been there a week and
It wasn't a tactical benching from what I've read. The guy is tired. His place in the XI is safe.
You let Mata make that choice.
Why is Chelsea run by the players? It seems like every manager has to ask permission from the locker room to do anything around the bridge.
I remember having this discussion on here before...
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quote: strangled 8 kids at Chuck E Cheese last night.
quote:With the rising amounts of obesity in children these days I bet you had to use two hands instead of just one for some of them didn't you?
quote:Well at least you didn't have to worry about them being too fast and running away from you.
quote:I have a magnet on my fridge that says "Fat people are harder to kidnap"
quote:One was in a Walmart scooter.


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One of our colonies is officially dead and they left capped honey stores behind.
I have a Nuc in a divided 10 frame box which is packed with bees.
It has two deep boxes with four frames in each box.
I had planned to winter this nuc on top of another hive.
Should I add another divided deep with 4 frames of honey from the dead hive?
I could wrap them with with felt paper and leave them by themselves.
Or stick with the original plan?
The aren't too many days left when the temps will be in the 50's


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Jesus Christ the just picked up Shanicoe? How are they able to pick up all these players and not go over the cap? also I consider this buying a championship Boston usually accuses us for buying a championship when the Yanks sign some big name player. Some people say they are going 16-0?
I know they're good but I can find at least 3 losses for them in the regular season. I think they lose to the Ravens in the AFC championship this year Giants v.s. Ravens SB 47 we get our revenge for the year 2000


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Pros / The Kindle Fire HD offers a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and dual-band, dual antenna for quicker downloads. It also offers Dolby audio and dual-driver speakers for virtual surround sound.
Cons / Because of the LCD screen, this device allows you to select your choice of brightness levels instead of actual gray scale levels.
Verdict / If you are searching for an eReader you can play games and watch movies on, this is the best choice.
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The Kindle Fire HD is taking the eBook Reader world by storm. This device allows you to read your eBooks, magazines and newspapers. However, it is much more than that. You can also surf the net if you are connected to Wi-Fi, and you have the option to download and watch your favorite movies or television shows in high definition. Additionally, you can download and play your favorite games. Amazon also now offers the Kindle Fire HD that is 8.9 - inches and an 8.9 - inch version that also offers 4G.
This eBook Reader has an LCD, high-definition 7-inch display, measured diagonally. Additionally, it offers the best resolution on our lineup at 1280 x 800. This screen will bring your movies to life while still allowing you an excellent reading experience. Weighing in at 13.9 ounces with a 7.6 x 5.4-inch facade and a 0.41-inch thickness, the Kindle Fire HD is still small enough to throw in your backpack and take just about anywhere with you. This device also comes with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and dual-band, dual antennas. This allows you to download your content much quicker than older versions could. Additionally, the Kindle Fire HD comes with Dolby audio as well as dual-driver speakers, which creates a surround sound effect.
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Because this eReader also functions as a tablet, it comes with an LCD display. You can select the brightness of your screen; however, you do not have the traditional gray scale levels that are on the older Kindle models. The LCD screen offers you more choices when selecting the best brightness level for your eyes.
The Kindle Fire HD offers a host of new features never before available on an eReader. This new eBook reader offers X-Ray for both movies and books. The new X-Ray feature allows you to tap the screen during movies and it will bring up the list of actors that you are currently viewing. It also allows you to view other movies in which the actors star in as well. X-Ray for books allows you to look up character information such as biographies and information from Wikipedia.
The Kindle Fire HD is a completely new experience for eBook readers. The device allows you to view your movies in the best quality HD we have seen on an eReader, while also allowing you the best options for reading. The new X-Ray feature for searching information on actors and searching Wikipedia for book information allows the Kindle Fire HD to really stand out. While it does not offer specific gray scale options, you do have the ability to choose the brightness level that is most comfortable on your eyes with this eReader.


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Complaints filed over city's hiring process for new position
Former Crosslake City Clerk/Treasurer Jenny Max and another city employee filed complaints against the city of Crosslake over its method of hiring its new finance director/treasurer. The council was informed of the complaints at a meeting on Wednesday, May 29.
The city advertised the position at $50,000-$55,000 a year, but hired the position at $70,000-$75,000.
"I do not believe equal opportunity was given to the public in advertising for the position of finance director/treasurer," Max stated in her letter, which said she is lodging a grievance against the city. "By misrepresenting the salary range, the city council specifically discouraged qualified female candidates from applying, including me."
She requested that the council re-advertise the position with the updated salary range, giving all interested candidates the opportunity to apply.
The other complaint against the city was not released to the press. A response to the second letter, written by the city's labor attorney, Steve Fecker, was displayed at the meeting but was not released to the press as of Tuesday, June 4.
When displayed, Fecker's letter expressed that final decisions of pay were ultimately up to the determination of the council.
The council requested that Fecker send a letter of response to Max's grievance.


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Lawson Magruder III
Lawson Magruder to speak at alumni breakfast
By Marcia Mattingly
Office of Alumni Programs
(March 27, 2007)--The UTSA Alumni Association hosts Lawson Magruder III, UTSA research professor in the Institute for the Protection of American Communities and retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, at the next Connections Breakfast at 7:15 a.m., Tuesday, April 3 at the Marriott Northwest hotel, Loop 410 at Interstate 10.
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Magruder will speak on "Leading in a Disconnected World: Effective Leadership in the Information Age." UTSA President Ricardo Romo will make introductory remarks.
For more than four decades, Magruder has coached professionals, mentored leaders and built highly efficient professional teams. He led soldiers in combat in Vietnam and Somalia and commanded three Army organizations.
After 32 years of service, Magruder transitioned from the U. S. Army into the corporate culture, building enduring research partnerships in homeland security, sharing his leadership journey at seminars and conferences, and serving as a personal coach for business leaders.
He and his partners developed the Authentic Leader Institute, a unique program developed for mid- to senior-level leaders committed to building passionately engaged teams by raising the bar for effective leadership.
Admission to the Connections Breakfast is $20 for UTSA Alumni Association members and UTSA students, $25 for non-members. Breakfast is at 7:45 a.m. with the program beginning at 8 a.m.
For more information on sponsorships or to make a reservation, visit the UTSA Alumni Programs Web site, or call (210) 458-4133.


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Through the early morning haze that rolls past the jungle border of the Siem Reap River, Angkor Wat rises out of the distance, a towering and sprawling mass of turrets and temple walls that can't help but inspire anything but wide-eyed reverence. And with this nine-day, seven-night Escape to Cambodia courtesy of Globotours, you'll get an insider's look into this Southeast Asian kingdom that remains, in many respects, frozen in time.
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Korean Mobsters origin is unknown but known throughout San Fernando Valley mainly northridge. It's also known throught LA in koreatown. Theirs numbers are 44 and are also known as westside 44 mobsters. Their colors are not blue nor red but black. Black Rag also known as "villians". They used to be one of the most feared gang in the valley area. There main fueds are with Asianboyz, Mentalboyz, Seoulboyz, and Asian Criminals
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b:onhhhh you mean korean mobsters!
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