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Black Florida | Black Miami
|Trailer 2 for The Black Miami, a documentary
based on
Black Miami
by Dr. Marvin Dunn
Big night for Florida Democrats ends in acrimony over chairman's racial remarks 6/18/2017 Miami
Herald: "The Florida Democratic Party's big annual fundraiser ended in acrimony
Saturday night after Stephen Bittel, the party chairman, dismissed anger from
lawmakers who didn't get introduced on stage as a "childish" complaint from
African-American legislators. Bittel also said that state Sen. Oscar Braynon of
Miami Gardens, the Senate Democratic leader who had expressed lawmakers'
unhappiness to the chairman, was acting like "a 3-year-old." Bittel has since
Black Dade Democrats angered by a lack of action, injustice 5/31/2017 Miami Times: "Black Democrats in Miami-Dade County say they are tired of party leaders ignoring issues on the Black agenda: discrimination, police brutality and economic justice. They say they are becoming more vocal about their displeasure with the party even if Miami-Dade Democrats call for the resignation of State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle."
OPENING ARGUMENTS IN THE BROWN CASE 4/26/2017 Black Viewpont, Jacksonville: "The Prosecutor went on to say this case is "all about lying, cheating, and stealing!" In the words of U.S. Attorney Tyson Duva ", she lied on her taxes about what she gave to her own church!" (Bethel Baptist) Their strategy is to paint Brown as an accomplished liar and a corrupt politician, who cares more about herself than disadvantaged kids.But the prosecution will have to prove a lot more than that to convict Ms. Brown! (Half the people we know, routinely lie on their income taxes and many others routinely lie on their tax returns about how much they gave the church! The Prosecution will have to do a more than paint the picture of being crooked it must be able to prove How she did it and How she spent it!"
I'm with AUDREY 4/26/2017 Folio Weekly, Jacksonville: "Eventually, the counternarrative emerged: Artiles was using a variation on the ethnic slur, and his claim was that it wasn't racial, it's just how people talk in Hialeah."
NAACP Releases Report Card: Florida Failing in Key Categories 4/23/2017 Blogging Black Miami: "The Diversity Matters Initiative examined the records of targeted cities, counties, school districts and private corporations statewide. The NAACP Florida State Conference examined their records on employment, advertising and spending with minority, women and veteran-owned businesses. The NAACP Florida State Conference conducts this review annually, proposes recommendations and releases its findings to the public."
Florida donors among Donald Trump inauguration backers 4/22/2017 Pensacola News Journal: "Florida Crystal Corps (West Palm Beach): $500,000" [Owned by the Fanjules, owners of Domino sugar and a pillar of the plantocracy in exile.]
Florida State Senator Frank Artiles Resigns After Racial Remarks 4/21/2017 NBC Miami: "Sen. Perry Thurston intervened and Artiles, a Cuban-American from the Miami area, used a variation of the "n-word" and used a vulgarity to describe Negron, according to the complaint filed Wednesday by Thurston."
Miami state senator curses at black lawmaker — and refers to fellow Republicans as 'niggas' 4/18/2017 Miami Herald: ""He said, 'If it wasn't for these six niggers,'" Gibson said. By way of explanation, he added, "'I'm from Hialeah,'" she said. "I said, 'OK, Perry, I'm done,'" Gibson said. Gibson left the conversation to go to the restroom. "I said, 'Dude, did you say 'niggers?'" Thurston recounted. "'No, I said 'niggas,'" which is different in his mind." But not in Gibson's and Thurston's, they said."
"GOOD OLD BOY POLITICS" 4/3/2017 Black Viewpont, Jacksonville: "Community activists like Denise Hunt and Biko Saboteur resound the growing distrust of JSO held by many in the black community. They've been critical of police-involved shootings and JSO's lack of transparency and accountability. The trust issue has been exacerbated by statistics that reveal an epidemic rate of JSO-involved shootings of unarmed African Americans. Just in the last six years, Jacksonville police officers have shot 54 people—40 of them black. Statistics like these led two community groups to file formal complaints with the Justice Department to investigate JSO for excessive use of force."
'People Power' comes to Miami 3/15/2017 Miami Times: "O'Brien and her friends — all Black females — were among thousands who jammed into the Watsco Center at the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables for resistance training, marking the beginning of a movement that the national American Civil Liberties Union dubs "People Power.""
The State of Black Broward: Starting the Conversation 3/9/2017 West Side Gazette: "Last week: "The dismal statistics presented at the recent "State of Black Broward" conference: only eight of the county's 90 judges are Black; Black motorists are stopped 1.9 times more than whites for seat belt violations; median household income is $74,000 for whites and $43,000 for Blacks; the unemployment rate last year was 4.4 percent but nine percent for Blacks; and, of the more than 800 firefighters in Broward Sheriff's Office Fire-Rescue, only 54 are Black. Combined with recent studies showing racial disparities in school suspensions and sentencing, there is but one conclusion: Broward has a race problem," stated Clarence V. McKee, president, McKee Communications in an op-ed in the South Florida 100- Sun Sentinel Sunday March 5, 2017."
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GALLON SALUTES THE ARTS VIA RECOGNITION OF CURRENT MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ALUMNI INVOLVED THE CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED FILM 'MOONLIGHT' 1/25/2017 Blogging Black Miami: "Miami-Dade County School Board Member Dr. Steve Gallon III will present an agenda item and resolution at the Board's upcoming monthly meeting recognizing several current and former students who were involved in the critically-acclaimed film, 'Moonlight' that chronicles the life of a young Black male from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in Miami's renowned Liberty City neighborhood."
Florida High School Students Stage Sit In To Demand African-American History Be Taught Year Round 1/12/2017 Vibe: "A student at Terry Parker High School in Jacksonville, Fla., organized a sit-in with about 10 other students in hopes officials will allow the African-American history elective be taught year round. Currently, students can take the class for a semester or half the year. Organizer Angelina Roque said the purpose of this protest was simply to get officials at the Duval County school to "make them hear us, make them see us [and] make them listen to us.""
How Oscar Favorite 'Moonlight' Subtly Illuminates the Erasure of Miami's Black Cubans 1/6/2017 Remezcla: "Lotta black folks in Cuba but you wouldn't know it from being here [in Miami]." Juan is referring to the fact that black Cubans tend to be invisible in Miami, and in the United States in general, their voices and experiences drowned out by the very vocal and largely white, anti-communist exile community."
BMe Community Giving Away Over A Quarter Million Dollars to Black Men Doing Positive Works in the Community 1/3/2017 Blogging Black Miami: "BMe Community wants to reward unsung "Black Men's Genius" in Miami. From now until February 21, black men who share their remarkable stories of creating opportunities for others will have a chance to become BMe Leaders."
IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Company to Expand Annual Festival with Prestigious 2016 Knight Arts Challenge Grant 12/17/2016 Blogging Black Miami: "IFE-ILE Afro-Cuban Dance Company, Miami's premier Afro-Cuban cultural organization, has been awarded a prestigious 2016 Knight Arts Challenge grant in the amount of $20,000 to expand its one-of-a-kind annual Afro-Cuban dance festival. IFE-ILE is a two-time winner of the Knight Arts Challenge."
Making America Great Again? Miami homeowner refuses to remove racially-offensive Halloween display 10/31/2016 Blogging Black Miami: "A Halloween display of a mock hanging of two men in the gated Miami community of Three Lakes has caused quite a bit of controversy. A Trump-Pence campaign yard sign is also near the hanging dark-hued dummies dressed in urban-themed clothing. The yard sign is actually in the adjoining yard of a neighbor and exacerbates an already racially-sensitive situation. Donald Trump has encouraged violence against protestors at his presidential campaign rallies and his campaign is closely associated with white nationalists."
Dummies Lynched Next to a Trump Sign for Halloween in Kendall UPDATED 10/28/2016 Miami New Times: "Donald Trump and his campaign have repeatedly denied that their dog-whistle politics have enabled white supremacists, racists, or anti-Semites. Trump's supporters — especially the Republican politicians who support him — have found convenient ways to dance around the fact that some portion of Trump's base is, by all indications, motivated by racial hatred."
In 'Moonlight,' Growing Up Black, Gay And Poor In 1980s Miami 10/18/2016 NPR: "And he was struck by the ways in which the men in the story interact, "the gentleness and the kindness of the character Juan. And knowing that he was based on something in reality," says Jenkins. "When I jogged my memory, I thought back on growing up in the village, there were these men who would every now and then just go out of their way to be like, naw, naw, naw, don't do that. Leave that guy alone, or this or that. The men give each other dap, you know?"
Miami-Set 'Moonlight' is a Heartwrenching Exploration of Gay Black Masculinity With Echoes of Cuba 9/30/2016 Remezcla: "As he teaches Little about life, we learn that Juan is of Cuban descent – an Afro-Cuban character at the heart of a film concerned with what it means to a black man.'
Miami shooting: Man shot by cops was lying down with hands up, lawyer says 7/21/2016 CNN: ""I'm like, 'Sir, why did you shoot me?'" Kinsey said he asked the officer. "He said to me, 'I don't know.'""
Cop Kills Civilian During Act of Road Rage — Officer Not Arrested, Gets Vacation Instead 6/20/2016 Free Though Project: "A 22-year-old man was shot dead in Palm Bay, Florida, by an off-duty Brevard County Sheriff's deputy in a fit of uncontrolled road rage late Sunday morning, marking the latest in incidents involving police coming unhinged and targeting civilians. Deputy Yousef Hafza, a veteran cop with 11 years in law enforcement, shot Clarence Mahogany X. Howard in an apparent case of road rage, though details about what took place remain murky, unnamed investigators told local ABC affiliate, WFTV 9."
Clarence Mahogany X Howard, 22 6/19/2016 EBWiki: "The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating after an off-duty Brevard County Sheriff's Office deputy fatally shot a 22-year-old man in an apparent road rage incident in the area of Emerson Drive and St. John's Heritage Parkway in Palm Bay."
Casi 60 arrestos en el primer día del festival urbano de Miami Beach 5/29/2016 Cibercuba: "No obstante, la Policía de Miami Beach percibe que hasta el momento esta fiesta espontánea que se inició el viernes y atrae a miles de personas a las calles de Miami Beach, en su mayoría afroamericanos, transcurre con normalidad y sin mayores incidentes."
On Memorial Day Weekend in Miami Beach, Black Tourists Are Second-Class Citizens 5/24/2016 Miami New Times: "The goal seems to be to rob African-Americans blind, lock up as many of them as possible, and occasionally use some for police target practice. (Remember the 2011 killing of Raymond Herisse, in which 12 officers fired more than a hundred rounds, four others were wounded, and no one was charged?) If Memorial Day weekend were treated like a convention coming to town, Miami Beach would get hotels to block off rooms and give visitors discounted rates. The city, the county, the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, and commercial airlines would kick in money to help support the event. Government officials would work with the event promoters to provide comped rooms to celebrity entertainers and comped ballrooms for panels and events. Meanwhile, in cities like New Orleans and Toronto, government officials are rolling out the red carpet for events that cater to a predominantly black clientele."
The McDuffie Riots 5/11/2016 Miami Times: ""If the jury was half Black and half white would there have been a riot?" Dunn asked the room at HistoryMiami museum last week. "It was the most difficult thing I have seen in 75 years. It was worse than the 1926 hurricane. The hurricane damaged property. This damaged souls.""
Focus on the harsh realities of black Miami 4/13/2016 Miami Herald: "It is my hope that a coalition of willing parties is prepared to join us. If you want to be apprised of the details, I would invite you to review the expected video of the proceedings on my office's web page and visit http://www.stateofblackmiami.org/ for updates."
State of Black Miami Forum delivers solutions for economic challenges 4/7/2016 Bizjournals: "At a time when South Florida's economy is growing with new jobs and steadily higher incomes, a large segment of the black community has not shared in those benefits."
16-Year-Old Suicidal Teen with Toy Gun Killed by Florida Police 3/23/2016 Atlanta Black Star: "A Black teen was killed Sunday night in Florida after calling police to say he was going to commit suicide. It took one hour for police to show up, and they shot and killed Robert Dentmond in front of his apartment building. Nine Gainesville Police Department officers and Alachua County Sheriff's deputies shot at the 16-year-old in the parking lot, where bullets flew through the building and affected residents there, according to Fusion."
Remembering Miami Beach's Shameful History of Segregation and Racism 3/10/2016 Miami New Times: "Miamians like to think of themselves as a separate world from the Deep South, but the fact is Dade County has its own long and hideous history of discrimination — particularly in Miami Beach, where wealthy elites could enforce their biased whims."
Black Miami police officers protest Beyoncé boycott 2/20/2016 ABC: "Do whatever is necessary" to put a stop to Ortiz's "antics" and "long pattern of irresponsible behavior," as he continues to portray African-Americans "in a negative light with thinly veiled racist overtones," Moore said in the letter."
#BlackLivesMatter ignores us, some mothers say 2/2/2016 Miami Times: "Marvin Dunn, a retired Florida International University psychology professor, understands that sentiment. He said other Black men cause more killings of young Black men, even though the police involved shootings trigger the large-scale protests that capture public attention. "I agree with these mothers. Far more Black lives are taken by other Blacks than are taken by the police," Dunn said. "The tragedies of police shootings of Blacks is indeed a critical issue, but Black on Black violence is a far more serious problem. "If we want Black lives to matter to the police, they must matter even more to us."
Tipping a Hat to H.T. Smith, a Rebel with a Cause, at the Gay8 Festival 1/13/2016 Miami Herald: "H.T. Smith is no stranger to discrimination. His long career of service has had him chair the Coalition for a Free South Africa — leading the charge to convince local governments and universities not to do business with companies that did business with apartheid South Africa — head a tourism boycott against Miami after local officials snubbed Nelson Mandela during his historic visit; champion the amendment that explicitly gives women and people born outside the U.S. equal legal protection; and co-chair the Miami-Dade Say No to Discrimination referendum, fighting for equal rights for all people regardless of their sexual orientation."
A Breakdown of the 71 People Killed by Police in Florida in 2015 1/7/2016 Miami New Times: "There are some notable findings for Miami-Dade: The county had by far the most police-involved deaths, with 15 last year. The county with the next highest number was Jacksonville, with just six. The Miami-Dade Police Department led the state in deaths, with seven tied to department officers, while the City of Miami was third, with three."
Black in Time: Neighborhood historic sites on hallowed grounds 1/6/2016 Miami Herald: "If you wish to learn about local history, explore the community on a self-guided tour. Begin with the sites below."
Why Angela Davis Came to Miami 12/23/2015 Observer: "That a famous Communist and vocal supporter of the Cuban Revolution was coming to Miami, a city not only defined by neoliberal excess, but also ruled by anti-Castro Cuban exiles, was in itself a spectacle to behold."
The Ocoee Massacre 11/5/2015 Weekly Challenger: "The siege of Ocoee claimed numerous African-American victims. Langmaid, an African-American carpenter was beaten and castrated. One mother, named Maggie Genlack, died with her pregnant daughter while hiding in her home, their bodies found partially burned under their home. Roosevelt Barton, an African-American hiding in July Perry's barn, was shot after the mob set fire to the barn and forced him to flee. Hattie Smith was visiting her pregnant sister-in-law in Ocoee when her sister-in-law's home was set on fire. Smith fled, but her sister-in-law's family was killed while they hid and waited for help that would never come."
South Florida Black-owned media companies team up to address advertisers 10/29/2015 West Side Gazette: "For the first time, all of the top Black-owned media companies in South Florida have joined forces to show a united front and to prove to advertisers that doing business with them is more than worth it. The group members, nine media organizations, named themselves the Black Owned Media Alliance (BOMA) and put on their first symposium as a way to educate media buyers and advertisers. It was the first in a series of planned educational outreach in an attempt to get the respect shown to even smaller media companies that are non-Black."
Historic Boycott Miami forced long-overdue changes, proved the power of the black community 7/16/2015 Miami Herald: "Improvements for the African-American community directly and indirectly attributable to the boycott were both numerous and notable: court-ordered single-member districts for better representation of minorities, the creation of the Visitor Industry Council to expand African-American participation in the county's tourism industry, scholarships for black students to attend Florida International University's hospitality program, an investigation of Haitian protesters' treatment by police during a rally in July 1990, and the establishment of a black-owned, convention-quality hotel in the Miami Beach area." [No critical discussion here. The hotel was sold for 127 MM, how did that benefit the community?]
Overtown Rising: Gentrification and the Fight to Thrive 7/8/2015 Dream Defenders: "Enter: Overtown. A neighborhood once home to some of the most well-to-do black folks and businesses in the country. Today it has vastly changed from the historic place it once was.[5] Homelessness, drugs, dilapidated housing, poor schools, and increased crime have taken over with many to blame: the dirty politicians who only worry about themselves, the federal housing policies that target vulnerable communities of color, and the local residents who have been misinformed."
Fla. Prosecutors Drop More Than 36 Cases Linked to Racist Cops 4/11/2015 The Root: "The Broward County State Attorney's Office has abandoned more than three dozen criminal cases connected to four former Fort Lauderdale police officers entangled in a racism scandal."
Post-racial Miami: Black federal judge mistaken for "the Help" by white political candidate 4/6/2015 Blogging Black Miami: "Surely Bay Harbor Islands Town Council candidate Ken Eskin wishes he'd never ever uttered the words "What family do you work for?" when he encountered Marcia Cooke in the condo parking lot, as she placed items in her car and he distributed campaign materials. Eskin, who is white, assumed Cooke, who is black, was the help. Cooke has lived in the area for twenty years and has been a federal judge for 11 years. "
Black Cubans: Restoring US Ties Is Cool, but America, Keep Your Hang-Ups About Race at Bay 1/21/2015 The Root: "Elia Espuet: Yes—I'm inclined to believe that as relations with Cuba and the United States go forward, the rich white Cubans will marginalize the black Cubans on the island. Unfortunately, I don't see things becoming better for black Cubans."
Study: White Floridians Are Pretty Racist 12/10/2014 Miami New Times: "Florida scored a 0.436 (1 would represent totally racist, 0 would be totally not racist). Granted, that's slightly less racist than the stretch of deep south state from Louisiana to South Carolina just above us, but its nothing to be proud of. We're more racist than Texas! "
Anniversary recalls Congo rescue by Miami Cubans 11/15/2014 Miami Herald: "Fifty years ago, a group of Cuban exiles working for the CIA rescued American hostages amid fierce firefights in the Congo. Sunday, some of the surviving warriors and hostages will reunite in Miami."
Q&A with Eric Knowles, president of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce 8/10/2014 Miami Herald: "A new building, a master plan for the county's urban core, and making the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce relevant to young black professionals are among the goals of G. Eric Knowles, who now leads the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce."
Black Miami – The History You Never Learned 3/9/2014 World or Bust: "I decided to write this post as many people in Miami (or elsewhere) have no idea how the Magic City came about, especially in regards to its black populations who were the real catalysts for settlement and growth."
The Decline of Cuban Power in Miami 2/27/2014 Miami New Times: "If you don't know that, you don't know where you're living." Miami is where it is today, he added, "because of the Cubans who came here." Those comments prompted this response from Commissioner Dennis Moss: "That's part of what's wrong with Miami-Dade County. We're not about fairness. We're about power and money." Moss also noted, "Black folks built this community. To simply say that, well, Latins came to this town and all of a sudden this town is what it is — I resent that. My ancestors were helping build this county while other people were other places."
MLK Day celebration features history author 1/24/2014 Suncoast News: "The headliner was Marvin Dunn of Miami, whose book "The Beast in Florida: a History of Anti-Black Violence" is going for more than $100 on eBay and Amazon. The book, published in the spring of 2013 by the University Press of Florida, only had one printing, so copies are hard to come by. Dunn stayed afterward to sign those brought to the event."
How Miami's Shrewd Black Leadership Turned The Mandela Snub To Local Advantage 12/5/2013 WLRN: ""South Florida, meanwhile, was getting some hard facts about its tourism industry. Basically, it was discovering that while black travelers and conventions were a mainstay of Miami tourism, the industry had few ownership, management or even employment opportunities for African-Americans. 'We needed something to get national support. We were looking for something to ignite a movement.' Twenty percent of the conventions that had come to Miami the year before Mandela arrived were black, recalls H. T. Smith, a lawyer with deep Miami roots. It was a market segment worth hundreds of millions of dollars and local blacks couldn't even get hired as waiters or bartenders, he said."
Afro Cuban Relations with Florida 11/16/2013 Havana Times: "Can anyone imagine Jazz, professional baseball, Latin American and Caribbean literature, without Afro American and Afro Cuban close collaboration?"
Does Miami Beach Need A Reality Check On Racism? 5/29/2013 WLRN, Miami: "Once you actually broke through traffic surrounding the neighborhood, the South Beach streets themselves were largely quiet and un-trafficked, due to all the road closures. Even foot traffic was restricted, as barricades lined all major avenues. Officers from various departments and private security guards stood guard on practically every corner, sometimes even outnumbering weekend revelers. Paddy wagons were parked in highly-visible locations, as police towers hovered over the mostly uneventful scene below."
Owning the Revolution: Race, Revolution, and Politics from Havana to Miami, 1959–1963 6/1/2012 eScholarship
The Black Miami: Black Influence in South Florida from the 1800s to the '80s Riots 5/24/2012 Miami New Times: "Carlton Smith: I met another producer, Michael Williams, through work, and we had talked about doing side projects together -- particularly, we wanted to do a documentary. He had been reading this book, Black Miami in the 20th Century, and he said it would make a really great documentary. I read the book myself, at which point we decided to take it on as a documentary project. We called the author of the book, Dr. Dunn, who lives in Florida and is a retired professor from FIU. We said that if he was on board, we would definitely do it. He joined us as an interviewee and an associate producer, which was a win-win."
The Black Miami: Black Influence in South Florida from the 1800s to the '80s Riots 5/24/2012 Miami New Times: "That's why the new documentary The Black Miami has piqued our interest. Based on Dr. Marvin Dunn's book, Black Miami in the 20th Century, the film describes the history and significance of blacks in South Florida. Regardless of your background, you're sure to be captivated by the stories of The Black Miami, many of which you've likely never heard."
Parsing the Memorial Day shooting in South Beach 6/5/2011 Beached Miami: "They do not report where they found the gun — on the "floorboard behind driver's seat," according to David Smiley, the Herald reporter covering the story — until Saturday afternoon. The delay here is odd since a lot of people immediately speculated that the police had fired more than 100 rounds at an unarmed black man, and this speculation reportedly worried the Head Honcho. In one of his articles, Smiley said Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega was "concerned about the publicity surrounding the shooting" and that he "called the gun's discovery 'great news.'"
Miami's Spate of Cop Shootings of Black Men 3/25/2011 Color Lines: "The black men were all killed by Latino police officers, the New York Times reported."
Miami's Continuing Color Problem 12/14/2010 The Root: "There were too many police shootings of unarmed black men in Miami for my taste, and in the prior decade, one of the most notorious police shootings had led to violent riots. There was not a visible black middle-class community, although middle-class blacks were scattered about, but there were plenty of visibly poor and badly deteriorated black neighborhoods. African Americans were mostly politically marginalized and had even less economic power. Cuban Americans -- many of them fair-skinned "white" conservative Republicans, uninterested in power sharing -- were politically ascendant. (Afro-Cubans and other Afro-Latinos, for the most part, blended into the African-American community.) Non-Hispanic white residents were fleeing Dade County and heading to whiter suburbs in northern counties."
Miami Shootings Stoke Racial Tensions 8/30/2010 NPR Jacksonville FL: "Since July, the city of Miami has experienced four fatal police shootings of African-American men. While law enforcement has defended the shootings, community activists question what they say is the excessive use of lethal force. Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito says the four incidents, while unfortunate, do not represent an significant uptick in police shootings."
Inner-City Garden Plants New Hope in Miami Neighborhood 3/9/2010 VOA: "As a university professor in Miami, Florida, Marvin Dunn launched an inner-city garden to give his students an outlet for volunteer activity. Now his vision has grown into a year-round urban farm that produces scores of vegetables and fruits. Marvin Dunn grew up in Overtown, a historical black neighborhood in Miami. He knows it once saw brighter days. "Overtown was a popular, healthy, wonderful place to live," said Marvin Dunn. "There was no unemployment here. And then over the years the community declined."
Only in Miami: Omara Portuondo Compared to the Ku Klux Klan 2/13/2010 Cuba Now: 'It seems that Mr. Prieres' "school of thinking" does not admit that a Cuban figure as Omara Portuondo can freely sing in the United States. I guess that Mr. Prieres' "environment" excludes the over 11 million Cubans living on the island. It seems to be an institution of poor education and thinking. According to Miami New Times magazine, the organization Vigilia Mambisa declared that Omara "is accomplice of the regime," and anti-Cuban activist Emilio Izquierdo Jr. made this incredible comparison: "Brinign Omara Portuondo to Miami is like taking the Ku Klux Klan to Liberty City". Perhaps Izquierdo does not know, or means nothing for him, but the Ku Klux Klan is a racist, terrorist organization founded in the US to kill, torture, or intimidate black, Jewish or other groups, including Catholics, peace activists, and unionists. Omara Portuondo is a Cuban woman of mixed race with unique voice and international prestige resulting from her huge talent. Comparing her to the Ku Klux Klan is like comparing Luis Posada Carriles to Bola de Nieve."
Apartheid protesters got it right 9/20/2009 Miami Herald: [Another fine example of the Miami Mafia debasing imagery from the Black struggle.]
Invoking MLK and Rosa Parks in Cuban Exile Politics 5/30/2009 AfroCubaWeb: "The Miami Mafia has supported Antúnez' struggle, as have Ibero Spanish politicians in countries such as Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Argentina, as well as the Pope, who asked for his release when he was incarcerated. Antúnez has been adopted by the Miami based Directorio Democrático Cubano (DDC), which is supported by USAID and NED - they provided 89% of its budget in 2002. The 3 leaders of the Directorio are Javier de Céspedes, Orlando Gutiérrez Boronat, and his wife Janisset Rivero Gutiérrez, who according to the Cuban press are veterans of numerous terrorist and far right campaigns against Cuba. Gutiérrez was a leader of the terrorist/freedom fighter group Organización para la Liberación de Cuba and a supporter of the death squad related ARENA in El Salvador."
Black Vs. White - Miami Remains The Same 5/27/2009 Miami New Times: "As much as I hate it when politicians play the race card when they are facing possible criminal charges, I can't just dismiss it either in the case of Spence-Jones. After all, Sarnoff is the city's only Anglo commissioner and Arriola is one of the most prominent Anglo Cuban Americans in Miami. Together they initiated a criminal probe into the city's only black, and only female, commissioner."
Police arrests Miami students for peaceful protest 3/7/2008 Party for Socialism and Liberation: "Miami Edison High School is 90 percent Black—a high percentage of students are Haitian and Haitian-American—and 9 percent Latino. Sixty percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, attesting to the student body's primarily working class background."
Miami students protest police invasion of their school 3/5/2008 SF Bay View: "Monday morning 300 students boycotted attending Miami's Edison Senior High, the first school day after police brutally beat and arrested masses of students on Friday. The mostly Black and largely Haitian-American youth are organizing to demand the arrest of Assistant Principal Perez for assault on a student, the dropping of all charges against the students arrested Friday, no retaliation against students and the institution of restorative justice as a problem solving model, instead of arresting more young people in the future. This level of organizing is unprecedented and deserves community support."
Students Protest and Police Riot- Edison Sr. High School 2/29/2008 Take Back the Land: "The mostly black and largely Haitian-American Miami Edison students organized a protest this morning at the school courtyard. According to all accounts, the protest was peaceful, possibly including civil disobedience (Miami Herald: "The incident apparently began as a peaceful protest, according to a teacher inside the school, but got out of hand." CBS4: "The student said police were called to the school to respond to the protest, and when students objected a scuffle broke out, escalating quickly into an all out fight between students and officers."). Police were called in to break up the protest and when the students refused- exercising their right to protest- school and city of Miami police attacked them and the students defended themselves against attacks by police."
Miami Protesters Say: Jail Killer Cops!" 12/1/2007 Socialist Action: "Rage over the deaths of four unarmed Black men by Miami cops over a 19-day period has sparked angry protests against police brutality. The rash of deaths began on Oct. 25 when a young Haitian man, Gracia "BG" Beaugris, was shot three times while walking home with his father's laundry. While Miami officials promise an investigation, the state attorney's office has not convicted a single cop involved in the death of an African American in 20 years, despite many such cases. No indictments in the recent deaths have been filed."
The Arthur McDuffie Riots of 1980 8/12/2007 Miami Beach 411: "The Miami race riots (also known as the Arthur McDuffie Riots) of May 1980 were the first major race riots after the end of the civil rights movement. The Miami Black community, long abused and neglected by civic leaders who, among other things, placed I-95 straight through the cultural center of their neighborhoods, was getting angrier by the day. Recently arrived Latin and Haitian immigrants were taking jobs and social benefits that had traditionally belonged to Blacks. Cuban refugees wielding money and power were beginning to take control of the city, and as such were awarding minority contracts and jobs to Cubans instead of African-Americans. This, combined with the continuous poverty and degradation of their neighborhoods, had Miami's Black community ready to snap."
Exiled Cuban Pilots Remember the Congo War 7/29/2007 NBC: "More than one hundred pilots did tours with the secret air force. Most were recruited in Miami, and despite being bitter about the defeat at the Bay of Pigs, the CIA was able to find plenty of exile pilots willing to take another shot at Fidel Castro. This time they won."
Miami's Royal Palm Sells For $127.5m 2/1/2005 Black Enterprise: "The Royal Palm Crowne Plaza Resort, a black-owned luxury Miami hotel, is changing hands now that developer R. Donahue Peebles has agreed to sell it to The Falor Co. for $127.5 million. Peebles stands to make a hefty profit, as he reportedly spent $84 million to acquire the 417-room, oceanfront resort, which opened in 2002. His company, Peebles Atlantic Development Corp. (No. 42 on the BE INDUSTRIAL/ SERVICE 100 list with $82 million in sales), was named the BLACK ENTERPRISE Company of the Year in 2004. Peebles' acquisition of the Royal Palm was a high-profile venture because its sale to an African American developer was a concession by Miami Beach to end a three-year tourism boycott." [Sold to a white developer.]
Questions over felon `purge list' threaten Florida governor 7/4/2004 Knight Ridder: "As thousands of Floridians learn that a state list could wrongly bar them from voting, Democrats have found a rallying point for the November elections and proof, they say, of long-held suspicions that Gov. Jeb Bush's elections machinery is rigged against them. More than 2,100 people, many of them black Democrats, remain on the list of potentially ineligible ex-con voters despite winning clemency - and the right to vote - after their crimes, The Miami Herald reported Friday. Democrats and activists call it a "purge list" - a phrase that deeply irks the governor."
Miami Mayor to Apologize for 'Mandela Moment' 7/12/2003 Fox News: "Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas (search) said Monday he would make an official apology to former South African president Nelson Mandela (search) next week. "If Mandela were in Miami today, I think he would receive an official welcome." Penelas said. Thirteen years ago, that was not the case. In June 1990, Miami's politically powerful Cuban exile community protested a visit by Mandela, newly released from a South African prison, for his praise of Fidel Castro (search), arch-enemy of Cuban exiles but friend of the anti-apartheid movement. Despite pleas by local African-American leaders, the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, along with Miami-Dade Country, refused to recognize Mandela when he visited the area for a labor conference. The Miami City Commission rescinded a proclamation honoring Mandela. Tourists angry at the Mandela snub launched a boycott that cost the city $25 million in lost revenue. Business leaders helped end the boycott in 1993, but tensions continued in the 1990s between blacks and Cubans after several incidents where Miami police roughed up Haitians."
Trial to begin for 11 Miami officers 1/6/2003 Boston Globe: "Based on information from two retired officers who pleaded guilty to conspiracy in September 2001, 11 other officers were indicted on federal corruption charges alleging coverups in four police shootings in which three men were killed… ''The history of Miami has been characterized by ugly police-community relations,'' said Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. ''There is a loss of confidence, if not outright hostility, by the minority community because of the great number of shootings of typically unarmed black young men.'' …The four Miami shootings involved the killings of three black men. A fourth man was wounded, and another man involved in the shooting was not harmed."
Miami Beach: Black-owned hotel ends boycott, begins hope 5/18/2002 Houston Chronicle: "The former Washington resident, who built his business developing commercial office space, swooped into Miami Beach in 1996, bought a dilapidated hotel and won a municipal bid to build another in an adjacent oceanfront lot. The venture was at the center of a settlement between activists, city officials and lodging executives ending a three-year black tourism boycott of South Florida. It cast Peebles as the nation's first African-American to develop and own a major convention-resort hotel… The hotel will be able to draw a good chunk of the black tourism market, worth $36 billion last year, according to industry watchers. It is sold out for Memorial Day weekend, booked the Black Film Festival in June and an NAACP conference next year, marketing director Velton Showell said."
Afro-Cuban Delegation Meets With Congressional Black Caucus 8/1/2001 CNS News: "A delegation of Afro-Cubans, four from the Miami area and two from the Washington, D.C. area, spent Tuesday on Capitol Hill meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus, hoping to convince them that Fidel Castro is bad for Cuba and should improve his human rights record there. Omar Lopez Montenegro of the Cuban Civic National Union was among the delegation. He was told by the Castro government to leave Cuba several years ago and has lived in the United States ever since."
Black, Cuban Racial Chasm Splits Miami 3/23/1997 LA Times: "We are very much on edge here, and it's getting worse because of the constant elimination of African Americans from jobs and political offices," warned Nathaniel J. Wilcox, executive director of a civil rights group called People United to Lead the Struggle for Equality, or PULSE. "They are becoming the oppressor."
Miami Police Officer Is Acquitted In Racially Charged Slaying Case 5/29/1993 NYT: "In a decision met with anger and dismay among blacks in Miami, a Hispanic police officer who was convicted there in 1989 on two counts of manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two young black men was acquitted today in a second trial on the same charges. William Lozano, the 33-year-old, Colombian-born police officer who has been the focal point of the most racially charged case in Florida in the last decade, threw his arms up in joy and embraced his lawyers when the verdict was announced late this afternoon. But relatives of the men he killed broke into tears and left the courtroom of Judge W. Thomas Spencer, saying they were at a loss to explain the decision of the six-member jury."
Miami Journal; Boycott Over Visit Of Mandela Lives On 7/13/1991 NYT: "The City Commission rescinded a proclamation welcoming Mr. Mandela, and Mayor Xavier Suarez and four other mayors from the region openly criticized Mr. Mandela for not denouncing human rights violations in Cuba. Miami's blacks, who make up about 21 percent of the city's 359,000 residents, took that as a snub of royal proportions, an insult added to decades of economic, social and political injury. In response, on July 17, 1990, a small group of the city's black leaders began an economic boycott against the tourism industry, arguably the region's most important business. Now almost a year old, the boycott continues, and organizers recently declared their intention to turn up the heat a bit by sending out videotaped messages highly critical of Miami to organizations around the country likely to hold conventions or refer people to the area. The videos will urge them to keep their convention and vacation business away. Giant cruise ships still glide silently through Biscayne Bay and rental cars still seem to take up more than two-thirds of every parking lot, but the boycott has taken its toll. A spokesman for the boycott group, H. T. Smith, a lawyer, estimated that the campaign has cost the area $27 million in convention business. Officials from the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau estimate that of more than $200 million in convention business annually, about 19 conventions or meetings worth about $8 million have been canceled." [The real number was likely far higher.]
In 1959, "white" Cubans started emigrating to Miami on a massive scale and pushed aside the then thriving Black American and Bahamian communities, who many still remember had then built Miami. Black jobs and neighborhoods were taken over by the federally financed refugees while Blacks were relegated to the ghettos of Overtown, Liberty City, and Opa-Locka, among others. There should be a good reparations case for this ethnic cleansing that started only 60 years ago.
Cubans coming to Miami continued to be mostly of Ibero-Spanish origin until Mariel in 1980 and the balseros who followed. Even then, many Black Cubans blended in with Black Americans or moved to New Jersey and New York, rejected by their white Cuban counterparts. This was recently referenced in the Academy Award winning film, Moonlight: "Lotta black folks in Cuba but you wouldn't know it from being here [in Miami]." (How Oscar Favorite 'Moonlight' Subtly Illuminates the Erasure of Miami's Black Cubans 1/6/2017 Remezcla). This same article references a 2016 book, Miami's Forgotten Cubans by Alan A. Aja, which is one of the few studies of AfroCubans in Miami.
From the start of the Cuban invasion, the two wealthiest and most important Cuban American families, the Bacardis and the Fanjuls, who own Domino Sugar, funded terrorist groups such as Alpha 66 that attacked Cuba repeatedly and killed over 3,000 civilians. They form the exiled plantocracy, complete with their stable of politicians: the Diaz Balarts, Ileana Ross Lehtinen, Marco Rubio and their cohorts.
Throughout this process, many Black Americans were killed every year by Florida police, whose officers were increasingly Cuban Americans or Latinos.
In 1990, the Miami City Commission rescinded a proclamation welcoming Nelson Mandela to the city during his tour of the U.S. after his release from prison in South Africa. The city's Cuban-American mayor and four other Cuban-American mayors from the area publicly criticized Mandela for not denouncing human rights violations in Cuba. Of course they ignored the fact that Mandela was out of jail because of the Cuban victory in Southern Africa. The response from Black Miami, then 21% of Miami's 359,000 inhabitants, was swift: they declared a national boycott that cost Miami anywhere from $40 million to $3 billion in lost revenue and forced a settlement 3 years later.
As more and more balseros or raft people poured in from Cuba throughout the 90's, US intel agencies took notice that many were Black and sent out memos to their Cuban American client organizations to start integrating Black Cubans in a classic imperial divide and conquer approach. CIA agent Jose Basulto took the lead and trained his people in nonviolent protests at the Martin Luther King Institute (Invoking MLK and Rosa Parks in Cuban Exile Politics 5/30/2009). Having devastated Black Miami, the exiled Cuban plantocracy appropriated US Civil Rights icons in their struggle to regain influence over the now largely Black homeland. The exiles are using race as their main wedge issue to try and destabilize Cuba, and we have been tracking this since at least 2001.
These facts are not in dispute. The real question is why this whole process, especially the ethnic cleansing of Miami, has been so ignored, both in Cuba and the US, and what can be done about that.
-- Andy Petit
The White Man's Burden (1899)
Rudyard Kipling
Take up the White Man's burden,
Send forth the best ye breed
Go bind your sons to exile,
to serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild—
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.
En 1959, muchos cubanos "blancos" comenzaron a emigrar a Miami y dejaron de
lado a las entonces prósperas comunidades afroamericanas y bahamianas, que se
acuerdan bien como habian construido Miami. Los negros y sus barrios fueron
asumidos por los refugiados financiados por el gobierno federal, mientras que
los negros fueron relegados a los guetos de Overtown, Liberty City y Opa-Locka, entre otros.
Debe haber un buen caso de reparaciones por esta limpieza étnica que comenzó hace sólo 60 años.
Los cubanos que vinieron a Miami siguieron siendo en gran parte de origen ibero-español hasta la onda de Mariel en 1980 y los balseros que siguieron. Incluso entonces, muchos cubanos negros se mezclaron con negros americanos o se mudaron a Nueva Jersey y Nueva York, rechazados por sus homólogos cubanos blancos. Esto fue recientemente mencionado en la película ganadora del Premio de la Academia, Moonlight: "Mucha gente negra en Cuba, pero no lo sabrías por estar aquí [en Miami]." (How Oscar Favorite 'Moonlight' Subtly Illuminates the Erasure of Miami's Black Cubans 1/6/2017 Remezcla). Este mismo artículo hace referencia a un libro de 2016, Miami's Forgotten Cubans de Alan A. Aja, que es uno de los pocos estudios de los AfroCubanos en Miami.
Desde el comienzo de la invasión cubana, las dos familias cubanoamericanas más ricas e importantes, los Bacardis y los Fanjuls, propietarios de Domino Sugar, financiaron grupos terroristas como Alpha 66 que atacaron a Cuba y mataron a más de 3.000 civiles. Ellos forman la plantocracia en el exilio, con su conjunto de políticos: los Diaz Balarts, Ileana Ross Lehtinen, Marco Rubio y sus cohortes.
A lo largo de este proceso, muchos estadounidenses negros fueron asesinados cada año por la policía de la Florida, cuyos oficiales eran cada vez más cubano-americanos o latinos.
En 1990, la Comisión de la Ciudad de Miami rescindió una proclama dando la bienvenida a Nelson Mandela a la ciudad durante su gira por los Estados Unidos después de su liberación de la prisión en Sudáfrica. El alcalde cubano-americano de Miami y otros cuatro alcaldes cubano-americanos de la zona criticaron públicamente a Mandela por no denunciar las violaciones de los derechos humanos en Cuba. Por supuesto, ignoraron el hecho de que Mandela estaba fuera de la cárcel debido a la victoria cubana en el sur de África. La respuesta de Black Miami, entonces el 21% de los 359.000 habitantes de Miami, fue rápida: declararon un boicot nacional que costó a Miami de $40 millones a $3 mil milliones en ingresos perdidos y obligó a un acuerdo 3 años después.
A medida que más y más balseros llegaban de Cuba a lo largo de los años 90, las agencias de inteligencia estadounidenses advirtieron que muchos eran negros y enviaron memorandos a sus organizaciones clientelares cubanas para comenzar a integrar a los cubanos negros en una clásica división imperial. El agente de la CIA, José Basulto, tomó la iniciativa y entrenó a su gente en protestas no violentas en el Instituto Martin Luther King (Invoking MLK and Rosa Parks in Cuban Exile Politics 5/30/2009). Después de haber devastado a Black Miami, la plantocracia cubana exiliada se apropió de los iconos de los Derechos Civiles de los Estados Unidos en su lucha por recuperar la influencia sobre su patria hoy en gran parte negra. Los exiliados están utilizando la raza como su principal problema para tratar de desestabilizar a Cuba, y hemos estado rastreando esto desde al menos 2001.
Estos hechos no están en disputa. La verdadera pregunta es por qué todo este proceso ha sido tan ignorado, tanto en Cuba como en los Estados Unidos, y qué se puede hacer al respecto.
-- Andy Petit
Police Killings in Florida
The 1923 Rosewood Massacre
South Florida Black Journalists Association
Visit Florida Where to Learn About Florida's Black History
History of Florida/Modern Florida, 1900-1945, WikiBooks
Dr Marvin Dunn, historian, organizer
Black History In Early Miami
History of Overtown
Look Back at Miami's Vibrant African American and Caribbean Heritage, Miami and Beaches
Black Archives, Miami
The Bahamian Influence on the South Florida Shotgun House, Kisla Foundation
"If the family represents the soul of the community, then the house is the soul's vessel. In West African culture, religious rituals made clear the belief that the traditional clay artifact – the home – contained the soul of the ancestors. In many ways, the simple nature of the shotgun houses – long, straight and narrow – found in Miami and other southern cities, affirms the lives of intimacy that the Bahamian builders' West African ancestors led. The structure of the shotgun house is illustrative of cultures where concepts of personal space suggest a closeness among family members that was uncommon in Western societies."
Miami, 1959 - 1980, USC
Miami History, Soul of America
"The federal government designated Miami to be the point of embarkation and assistance for Cuban immigrants. To use a chess metaphor it was a "Queen" in the Cold War Cuba Policy directed at Russia. Towards America's Cold War objective, the U.S. government awarded 50 times the amount of business loans and grants to immigrant Cuban businesspersons than to black Miamians in the 1960s. The federal government also persuaded Miami, Dade County and Florida officials to award public service jobs and more home loans to Cuban immigrants. As a result, U.S. government leaders could parade successful Cuban immigrants to Latin America as an example that Democratic-Capitalism works better than Communist-Dictatorship.
Anglo-Americans could own businesses and live anywhere in South Florida. Like the rest of America, many chose new suburban communities with larger homes, new malls and jobs nearby. New freeways to suburban communities were built. The first purpose of the Interstate Highway System was to easily transport military equipment and forces nationwide, so extending I-95 Freeway to Miami was a top priority. Given the unprecedented geo-political-racial-transportation climate, swift policy decisions with bad unintended consequences were inevitable.
Since Black Miami was a Pawn on the chessboard of Cold War Cuba Policy, federal and state governments permitted construction of a major freeway interchange in the heart of economically stable Overtown. The freeway interchange had a dagger-like effect on the black community. With only historic churches remaining as anchors, Overtown became a worn-out husk of its former self. Middleclass residents moved from Overtown to Broward County, points north or out of state. City officials offered the poorest Overtown residents opportunity for public housing in Liberty City. As a unincorporated district without a tax base or political power, despair in the concentrated poverty of Liberty City was palpable.
The federal, state and city government did not develop a comprehensive plan to preserve & enhance black businesses and middleclass homes in and adjacent to Overtown concurrent with Cuban Immigrant assistance. When urbanologists and historians look back on 1959-1990 Miami, they can easily document how Cold War Cuba Policy destabilized Miami's black community."
A Timeline: Black History in the Miami Valley 1798 to 2001, Dayton Daily News
Orlando Minority Media Outlets
Central Florida Black Journailst Association
Cuba and Florida
The US, the Exiled Plantocracy, and Race
Cuba's Plantocracy: Cuban American business and terrorism
Questions about Black Cubans in Miami, City-data.com
Ife-Ile Afro-Cuban Dance Company, Miami
Miami's Forgotten Cubans by Alan A. Aja
Race, Racialization, and the Miami Afro-Cuban Experience, Palgrave MacMillan, 2016
This book explores the reception experiences of post-1958 Afro-Cubans in South Florida in relation to their similarly situated "white" Cuban compatriots. Utilizing interviews, ethnographic observations, and applying Census data analyses, Aja begins not with the more socially diverse 1980 Mariel boatlift, but earlier, documenting that a small number of middle-class Afro-Cuban exiles defied predominant settlement patterns in the 1960 and 70s, attempting to immerse themselves in the newly formed but ultimately racially exclusive "ethnic enclave." Confronting a local Miami Cuban "white wall" and anti-black Southern racism subsumed within an intra-group "success" myth that equally holds Cubans and other Latin Americans hail from "racial democracies," black Cubans immigrants and their children, including subsequent waves of arrival and return-migrants, found themselves negotiating the boundaries of being both "black" and "Latino" in the United States.
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I'm looking to get a new PC here at work.. I currently have a HP XW8200 and it is pretty dated.. I need something with some POWER as I usually have a ton of stuff open (Outlook 2007, Firefox w/ multiple tabs, IE w/ multiple tabs, Dreamweaver CS3, WMP, Sophos SEC, Active Directory Users & Computers, and Remote Desktop are ALWAYS open)..
I haven't kept up with the CPU market so not sure what's good and what's not.. Price range is around $1,500..
It has to be from CDW and it has to be HP.. I run Windows 7.
Thanks everyone!
Mar 30, 2010 at 9:46 UTC
Who knows.. He seen "Pavilion" and said it's their "consumer" line..
I sent him this one: http:/
We'll see what he says..
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Mar 30, 2010 at 9:03 UTC
I would suggest to use one with Intel core i7 processor, but I don`t know if HP offers models with this.
Mar 30, 2010 at 9:12 UTC
HP Pavilion Elite!!!
Awesome PC! Win 7 (32 or 64bit) Large hard drive with room for expansion, lots of RAM!! (Upgradable) Very quick!!
Mar 30, 2010 at 9:14 UTC
This one looks nice: http:/
Mar 30, 2010 at 9:16 UTC
The standard one is a great machine!! The one you have picked looks AWESOME!!!!!
Mar 30, 2010 at 9:18 UTC
try a i7 cpu for sure
Mar 30, 2010 at 9:22 UTC
Well I just sent it to my boss and he considered it a "Home PC" .. He said to look for something in their workstation line.. Ugh...
The search continues!
Mar 30, 2010 at 9:44 UTC
Did he look at the spec and read "7 Home premium" and assume its a home pc?!
To be fair we brought an upgrade to ultimate and its an incredible machine!!
Mar 30, 2010 at 9:46 UTC
Who knows.. He seen "Pavilion" and said it's their "consumer" line..
I sent him this one: http:/
We'll see what he says..
Mar 30, 2010 at 9:51 UTC
looks prittttty =)
Let me know!!
Mar 30, 2010 at 10:21 UTC
Build your own PC. Highly suggest this.
Mar 30, 2010 at 10:27 UTC
Would in a heartbeat but we are a business and they wouldn't even entertain the thought.. Build my own at home every time though..
Mar 30, 2010 at 4:23 UTC
I recommend HP DC5800's. These are used by our engineers for 2D and 3D drafting and building modeling (AutoCAD and Revit), plus other heavy-duty modeling and simulation apps. I have replaced the graphics cards on them to support multiple monitors, but no other special hardware. These machines have been super reliable over the time they've been in production here. No complaints or hardware issues ever!
Mar 31, 2010 at 2:35 UTC
Thats the PC I use and would reccomend it too!! Although i still love the Pavillion Elite my boss' boss has!!!
Mar 31, 2010 at 8:34 UTC
If I'm not mistaken anything with an I7 in the Workstation line is going to blow your budget. I like the one you have quoted, although I wouldn't go less than 8GB with 64 bit IMO.
Apr 6, 2010 at 7:26 UTC
Finally got approved and ordered! http:/
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"Stop." An unbearable sob wracked through my body at the loathsome spectacle laid before my eyes.
He chuckled darkly in reply and hiccuped, evidently drunk.
"Stop what? Who I've become? All the unruly mess I've made?" He slurred, crouching down next to the man he slaughtered.
"Oh, darling. Those actions are a little late to be undone."
• • •
How could such a beautiful human being be such an arsehole?
That was one of the many questions that popped into Maddie's mind when she saw the difference between the man she helped in the alley, and the man who she witnessed had killed 'innocents'.
Maddie moved to New York City, in hopes of forgetting the painful memories that were buried within her. Normal as she can ever be, that was where things pan out differently.
The Capo of the most wanted and unstoppable Mafia organization knew Maddie's life was nowhere near ordinary; it was as tangled as a spider's web. Also not to mention that she was worth eighty billion in prize and almost every organization wanted to get their hands on her.
Informed that her mother had operated with the Russians decades ago, Maddie was the only one that could fix her Mother's mistakes. It was simple; get Maddie to finish signing the contracts, and untangle her from his life full of twisted complications.
But he kept her for a bit too long to the point where the ruthless Mafia Capo started to feel.
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Talk About My Man © 2016 Kitykitcat
WARNING: (Recommended to 14+) This book contains mature content, strong language, violence and parts that may be uncomfortable to some readers.
(Slowly) under major editing - LOTS & LOTS OF GRAMMATICAL ERRORS, READ AT YOUR OWN RISKS.
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Having a short memory following mistakes was generally a boon to Southern's offense Saturday night against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
It was especially effective for true freshman quarterback Austin Howard.
Despite two turnovers, Howard turned in the best overall game of his just-beginning Southern career, directing the Jaguars to a 51-36 Southwestern Athletic Conference win over the Golden Lions.
"I was pleased with the way Austin played," Southern coach Dawson Odums said after Howard completed 14 of 22 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns.
The only blemishes were an interception of a tipped pass and a fumble that turned into a UAPB touchdown.
"(Howard) still has to value the football and make the right reads," Odums said. "He fumbled right there on a sprint-out when he had a chance to get the ball to a wide receiver. He's just got to let the ball go."
With Southern nursing a 7-0 lead and possessing the ball near its own goal line, Howard was sacked. The hit caused Howard to fumble backward into the end zone, where Arkansas-Pine Bluff's Kyle Walker recovered for a touchdown that briefly tied the score.
Howard's other turnover came midway through the fourth quarter when his pass to Willie Quinn was tipped into the air. It held up long enough for UAPB's Kevin Rucker to make the interception. Rucker returned the pick 30 yards to the SU 12-yard line setting up a short touchdown drive.
"Those are quarterback mistakes," Odums said. "Everybody says he's a freshman, but if you've been playing the game as long as he has and taken as many snaps as he has this year, then it's just understanding the offense and making your plays.
"I thought he did a good job of that tonight."
Following the first-half fumble, Howard responded by completing 10 of his next 12 throws, including a 27-yard scoring toss to Samuel Altman with 42 seconds left in the half. He piloted the Jaguars to 17 second-half points to put the game out of reach.
The main benefactor of Howard's efforts was wide receiver Reggie Travis, who snared five passes for 156 yards and three touchdowns. Travis' three scores were the most for a Southern player in a single game this season and the most since Lee Doss had three in a game last season.
Howard and Travis had talked all week in practice about hooking up for a touchdown pass, and the two didn't wait long to get the job done. On Southern's second play from scrimmage, Howard threw long down the left sideline for Travis.
After UAPB defender Kavin Alexander fell on the play, Travis made the reception near midfield, outmaneuvered one more defender and raced home for a 79-yard touchdown. Travis caught his second score early in the second quarter, this one a perfectly thrown ball to the left corner for an 11-yard score.
Travis got his third TD off a halfback pass from Willie Quinn in the third quarter, this one a 41-yard strike with no one near him.
"All week, we were talking about getting our first (touchdown)," Travis said of the banter between himself and Howard. "Right before the game I said we're going to get two, and then we got two. It was crazy."
It was also a confidence-builder for an offense that needs a confident leader.
"It's not just my confidence. It helps build up Austin, it helps (offensive coordinator Chad) Germany," Travis said. "It helps the whole offense, really.
"It wasn't just me. It was the offensive line blocking, the quarterback making the right reads. We just put everything together."


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Obituary for Eloise BushBorn: Nov. 13th, 1922
Passed Away: Jun. 20th, 2014
VisitationMonday Jun. 23rd, 2014
6:00pm to 8:00pm at Throop Funeral Home
Directions to Throop Funeral Home
ServiceTuesday Jun. 24th, 2014, 2:00pm at Coopersville Reformed Church
Directions to Coopersville Reformed Church
ObituaryBush, Mrs. Eloise Bush aged 91 of Coopersville was called home by her Lord and Savior Friday June 20, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband Howard, daughter Janete Eloise Bush, and son Ronald Conrad Bush. She is survived by her children, Stanley (Lisa) Bush, Karen (Gary) Rollenhagen, Kenneth (Catherine) Bush, and daughter in law Karen Bush and Jim Lambers. 10 Grand Children and 11 Great Grand Children, Brother in law Ernest (Donna) Bush, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday June 24, 2014 at 2 pm at the Coopersville Reformed Church, Rev. Greg Stamm officiating. Burial Coopersville Cemetery, Relatives and Friends may meet the family 6 to 8 pm Monday June 23, 2014 at the Throop Funeral Home 214 Church St. Coopersville. Also one hour prior to services Tuesday at church. Memorial Donations may be made to Coopersville Public Schools Athletic Fund.
Burialat Coopersville-Polkton Twp Cemetery
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No one knows exactly how or when fudge was first invented, but culinary legend says it was likely produced by accident in the United States sometime in the nineteenth century.
The main ingredients are sugar, butter, and milk. Here at the Hebert Candy Mansion we still make it the old fashioned way; by hand in small batches in our copper kettles. We love fudge, so we've decided to put together some fun facts about it for you to enjoy.
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I have a docucolor 8000. I would like to know the meaning of three errors that I am receiving: 094-312, 010-310 and 072-101.
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Apr 13, 2011 at 5:33 UTC
You can look up fault codes here: http:/
The link above is presuming a Fiery RIP, but if you have another setup, search for it here first: http:/
Then go to Support, under your model. Finally, click on "fault code search". Check out the "tips on searching" as this may help pinpoint the area where the error originates.
It won't always find something, so you might be better off calling Xerox Support on 0870 900 5501 (UK).
Hope that helps.
Apr 26, 2011 at 11:02 UTC
Great link Adam ,
Apr 27, 2011 at 3:08 UTC
I'm glad someone thought so ;-)
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I ve been playing with docker and fig for a rails application being built for scripted. This is my first time using docker in an actual project and I came across an issue that doesn't readily have an answer out there even though in retrospect the answer was staring at me in the face.
Essentially after getting the containers built and running, I was not able to connect to the docker container at all. Everytime I tried connecting to the container, I would get a connection refused error.
~/P/r/schoolio ❯❯❯ boot2docker ip The VM's Host only interface IP address is: 192.168.59.103 ~/P/r/schoolio ❯❯❯ curl -i 192.168.59.103:3000 curl: (7) Failed to connect to 192.168.59.103 port 3000: Connection refused
My Dockerfile looks like
# Choose the official Ruby 2.1.2 image as our starting point FROM ruby:2.1.2 # Run updates RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get install -y build-essential libpq-dev sudo openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev ncurses-dev automake libtool bison nodejs RUN useradd -ms /bin/bash deployer RUN echo "deployer:deployer" | chpasswd && adduser deployer sudo RUN mkdir -p /home/deployer/schoolio && chown -R deployer:deployer /home/deployer/schoolio ENV HOME /home/deployer RUN echo "%sudo ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers USER deployer ENV DOCKER true RUN ruby -ropenssl -e 'puts OpenSSL::X509::DEFAULT_CERT_FILE' # Set up working directory WORKDIR /home/deployer/schoolio # RUN sudo gem update --system # Set up gems ADD Gemfile /home/deployer/schoolio/Gemfile ADD Gemfile.lock /home/deployer/schoolio/Gemfile.lock RUN sudo chown -R deployer /home/deployer/schoolio/* RUN bundle install ADD . /home/deployer/schoolio
My fig.yml looked like this:
db: image: postgres ports: - "5432" # redis: # image: redis # ports: # - "6379" web: build: . command: rails s volumes: - .:/home/deployer/schoolio ports: - "3000:3000" links: - db # - redis
When I tried to run, the server started fine but wouldnt let me connect to it at all.
~/P/r/schoolio ❯❯❯ fig up Recreating schoolio_db_1... Recreating schoolio_web_1... Attaching to schoolio_db_1, schoolio_web_1 db_1 | LOG: database system was shut down at 2014-12-07 13:50:32 UTC db_1 | LOG: autovacuum launcher started db_1 | LOG: database system is ready to accept connections web_1 | => Booting Puma web_1 | => Rails 4.2.0 application starting in development on http://localhost:3000 web_1 | => Run `rails server -h` for more startup options web_1 | => Ctrl-C to shutdown server web_1 | Puma 2.10.2 starting... web_1 | * Min threads: 0, max threads: 16 web_1 | * Environment: development web_1 | * Listening on tcp://localhost:3000 ~/P/r/schoolio ❯❯❯ curl -i 192.168.59.103:3000 curl: (7) Failed to connect to 192.168.59.103 port 3000: Connection refused
Docker showed two containers running and an the correct ports
~/P/r/schoolio ❯❯❯ docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 8e0b1fe500b8 schoolio_web:latest "rails s" 14 seconds ago Up 13 seconds 0.0.0.0:3000->3000/tcp schoolio_web_1 0283bd6147c6 postgres:9 "/docker-entrypoint. 16 seconds ago Up 15 seconds 0.0.0.0:49153->5432/tcp schoolio_db_1
After searching far and wide, I stumbled upon this issue on github and that pretty much solved the issue. All that need to be changed was the rails server startup command. specifically in the fig.yml,
command: bundle exec rails s -b 0.0.0.0
The problem was that rails was trying to listen on localhost while the server was running on 0.0.0.0 . Hope this helps someone else out there.


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5 Minute - Double Layer Chocolate Pie
READY IN: 5mins
Top Review by Shelly Morton
We liked this but didn't think it was outstanding. It is, after all, just instant pudding and Cool Whip. The recipe is very easy, which is a big plus. Thanks.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 graham cracker pie crust
- 1 1⁄4 cups cold milk
- 2 (3 1/2 ounce) packages chocolate flavor instant pudding and pie filling mix
- 1 (8 ounce) container frozen non-dairy topping, thawed and divided
Directions See How It's Made
- Beat milk, pudding and 1/2 of the whipped topping in medium bowl with wire whisk 1 minute. (Mixture will be thick.) Spread in crust.
- Spread remaining whipped topping over pudding layer in crust.
- Enjoy immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve. Garnish as desired.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3156?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#action_12540205 ] Knut Anders Hatlen commented on DERBY-3156: ------------------------------------------- Hi Vemund, The patch generally looks good. A couple of comments/questions: 1) Do the original tests run with the client driver? It seems to me they don't, so I think it's okay to run them only in embedded mode. 2) I think it would be good to null out the fields when the test has completed (in tearDown()) so that the objects they reference can be garbage collected. 3) Instead of using File.deleteOnExit(), perhaps it's cleaner to delete the files explicitly in tearDown()? Seems that it would also remove the need for the runNo field. 4) I'm wondering if this code + new File(getSystemProperty("derby.system.home") +"foo", + makeStreamFilename("file")).getCanonicalPath()); // erroneous path would be more robust if it was written as new File(new File(getSystemProperty("derby.system.home"), "foo"), ...) As it is now, I think it depends on derby.system.home ending with the path separator character. > Convert testing of derby error stream to JUnit > ---------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-3156 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3156 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Test > Components: Test > Reporter: Vemund Østgaard > Assignee: Vemund Østgaard > Priority: Minor > Attachments: 3156-diff, 3156-diff.stat, 3156-diffv2, 3156-diffv2.stat > > > Convert the tests that are related to derby error stream properties and functionality. > Seems to be these two tests: > lang/logStream.java > lang/errorStream.java -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Rapid City School District To Conduct Drinking Water Test
The Rapid City school district is going to check for lead in the drinking water at its schools.
The district officials have ordered a test on school drinking water fixtures that's expected to be performed in November.
A routine survey finished in July shows also that asbestos remains in 23 district buildings.
District spokeswoman Katy Urban says the drinking water test and the asbestos survey aren't cause for concern.
Kit Cline, manager of buildings and grounds, says he's waiting for price quotes from testing agencies.


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I would say that almost everyone can't control their feelings but, i feel like i can and maybe I'm not the only one. All my friends tell me they can't but i can.
This is what i mean:
When i meet a woman that is attractive to me and that is single, of course im interested in her and as i get to know her i get even more interested if we have a lot of things in common. At that point its when i can let my feelings either move forward or stop. Say she was too young or for whatever simple reason i cluldnt date her but could be friends with her, then i will put whatever i felt at that moment on hold and i dont allow myself to like the person more. Instead i start to look at her as a friend and not as a person i would date. And thats how i control them because i dont allow myself to go past that point.
Im not sure if everyone is like that but none of my friends are like that. Can you control your feelings?
- Yes, I canVote A
- No, I can'tVote B
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I think that we can't control our feelings, it's impossible, we just feel what we feel. However, we can control our reactions to our feelings and our actions according to what we feel. In other words, reason should lead us, not emotion. If we control our actions and reactions too much, the feelings may eventually disappear because reason convinced us that it wasn't the best option.10|10|0
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Hothead and Other Episodes is a fan-fiction VHS/DVD Release featuring one My Life As A Teenage Robot episode, one Thomas and Friends episode, one SpongeBob SquarePants episode, one Courage The Cowardly Dog episode, one Pokemon episode and one Rugrats episode.
- Speak No Evil (My Life As A Teenage Robot)
- Harold and The Flying Horse (Thomas and Friends)
- Texas (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Hothead (Courage The Cowardly Dog)
- Sparks Fly For Magnemite (Pokemon)
- Pedal Pusher (Rugrats)
- Distributed by USA Home Entertainment.
VHS/DVD Artwork
Front Cover
- Top: Eustace (with a red face)
- Bottom: Chuckie from "Pedal Pusher"
Back Cover
- Ash, Misty and Brock screaming from "Sparks Fly For Magnemite"
- Pegasus from "Harold and The Flying Horse"


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Once the launch iDevice in first time there was a huge disadvantage because there was no an option to customize the Device as users wish. After then Saurik introduced Cydia third-party application installer to Apple Device to get Apple none relates applications to device customize.
Except Device customizes there are huge advantages of jailbreak. Some users do not have the clear idea about jailbreak and why should jailbreak the iOS device. So read here to get all information.
Why Should Jailbreak?
install iOS features without updating
Apple unveils so many new features with new iOS release. Example Apple released new features with iOS 10 beta / iOS 9 / iOS 8 and etc.
However, jailbroken users can install most of Apple new features without update device to latest iOS releases. See how to install Apple new features through jailbreak support.
iOS 10 features
support Cydia tweak
|Raise to Wake
|Stickers in Messages
|Control Center pages
|3D Touch on Weather App
|Drawing in Messages
|Removing stock apps
|HideMeX, Springtomize
|Lock Screen Widgets
|Control Center redesign
|Colorization of CC toggles
|3D touch on quick launch apps
|Clear all notifications
|3D Touch To Clear all Notifications
|Notifications redesign
|Dark Mode Clock app
iOS 9 features
support Cydia tweak
|support Cydia tweak
|Live photo
|PhotosLive / EnableLivePhotos
|Emoji icons
|Slide over
|Medusa /Splitify
|Split View
|Splitify /Medusa
|Picture in picture
|Medusa / VideoPane
3D Touch
Tether / Snakebite / 3D Touch Notifications /
Forcy /appendix /revealMenu / Tactful
iOS 8 features
support Cydia tweak
|Search in Settings
|Quick Reply for Messages
Notification Center Widgets
NCWeather / Social Sharing Widget
QuickMemo / WeeKillBackground
FavoriteContacts / BBSetting/WeeSearch
|Third Party Keyboards
|Hipjot / TouchPal
|QuickType KeyBoard
Touch ID
BioProtect / iTouchSecure / UnlockID
BioLaunch / Touchy / AppScan
BioLockdown /Applocker
Device customize
Customization is the main target of the jailbreak. With the Apple default settings, users cannot install any none relates Apple application to change the Device configuration. After the jailbreak, users can open up remove Apple restrictions.
Jailbreak Applications for Device customize – Themes / Wallpapers / Icon Changer / Doc customize applications available on Cydia and here are few of them.
Themes –- Jelly / Cherry / Flawless HD 9 / Golden / Ayka / Ace N iOS 9 / Ambre / 0bvious / VisioHD / BlackEdition / Soft for iOS 8 / UltraFlat / Ayeris / Andora
Wallpapers – vWallpaper 2 / iWallpapers / Live paper / iDynamic
Icon changer – Icon masks / IconHarvster / Icon Resizer / Bigify+ / Athena 2 / Barrel 2
Doc customize – Infinidock / DockShift / TransparentDock / DockColor / Dock&Roll
Change System font
With iOS Default settings, users cannot change system fonts. Therefore, you should be jailbreak iOS Device to change system font. In the jailbreak store, there are applications, which are supports to change system fonts.
Jailbreak fonts – Baumans / BytaFont 3 / ChinaCat / Exo / Lilly / Ness / Love Is Complicated Again
Change Boot logo animation
Stock iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users cannot change default White color Apple boot logo. However, if you interest to change it, you can do it through jailbreak. There are unlimited tweaks available to replace custom Boot logo and animation. So iOS users must perform Devices through jailbreak to change custom Boot logo and animation.
Guide – How to Change Boot logo?
To run Flash animation
These days every web site has flash animation such as videos and games. So Adobe Flash is the main gateway to run flash content. However, Adobe Flash not supports to iOS powers iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Devices because of several reasons. So jailbreak is the only solution to run Flash animations on iOS Devices.
Guide – How to install Flash with Jailbreak?
Install missing Safari functions
Safari is the default browser for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch Devices. However, Apple not included some valuable functions to Safari Web Browser such as cannot Download files / Close all open tabs one time / Tab Count / File upload. So iOS users should perform Devices through jailbreak to use those missing Safari functions.
Jailbreak tweaks for Safari – Safari Download Enabler / SafariTabCount / CloseAll / ColorSafariProgress / QuickSwipe / LinkCollector / SafariSearchHider / SafariAlwaysPrivate8
Increase Music Application features
With iOS 8.4 version Apple introduced Music Application and Live radio application for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users. However, Apple not included some valuable functions to Music application. Therefore, iOS users should use jailbreak to install missing features. Missing Features – Lyrics function / Landscape support / Equalizer missing / cannot Download own Music / Mini Player not available.
Jailbreak tweaks for Apple music – MusicRotator / LyricForMusic / EqualizerEverywhere / MiniPlayer
Device can turn to Personal hotspot
After jailbreak, users can install tweaks, which are supports to make Device as the personal hotspot. After converting it, you can share internet connection with other Devices with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
Jailbreak Tweaks for Personal Hotspot – TetherMe
To unlock levels of the games
There are lots of games on iTunes as a free and some amount. While playing those games, would be asked to purchase points or unlock to move next levels, and users cannot remove it with free. Every purchasing requires game has iAP file which let you move next level. However, if you're familiar to jailbreak, you can unlock further levels and play games as free.
In the Apple, Devices have the limited number of Ringtones and users cannot install third party ringtone without remove Apple default limitations. However, after enabling Cydia application, users can get large no of Ringtones even users can create any Ringtone or can create the own voice to ringtone.
Jailbreak Applications for Ringtone make – AnyRing / UnlimTones / ToneEnabler / MyTones
File Access
After successfully jailbroken the Device users can be deep view and deep access into Device file system. So after install File Access relate applications users can view and modify directly all file type such as Movies / test / sound / PDF / Zip / HTML / Microsoft files.
File Access Jailbreak Tweaks – iFile / FileBrowser / SpotFile
Siri customize
Siri is the intelligent personal assistant application, which belongs to Apple. With Siri Application, users can make voice command to send a message / make a call, and / Sending mails / searching Web / make Facetime call and much more. However, users cannot customize Siri Application. In the default settings, Apple provided language change / Voice gender change only.
However, with Cydia application iOS users can customize the Siri.
Jailbreak applications for Siri customize – Neurocube Siri / Lingual / SiriToggles / Hands Free Control / Sara / Neurotech Siri / AssistentExtensions / AssistentConnect / AssistentConnect 4S / MyAssistent / Spire / Sireet / Custom Siri Background / Siri Mic Colors
Space managing
iOS Device has limited storage, and users have to manage space batter Device performance. After familiar with the jailbreak, users can increase Device performance jailbreak applications.
Jailbreak Applications for Device space manage – Cleaner Pro / Disk Pie / iCleaner Pro
Increase battery life
Battery life drain issue is the biggest problem of Apple Devices. Sometimes stock battery life will not be enough to complete ongoing work. In the Default settings, there is not any option to increase Battery life, and users can increase battery life by changing device settings such as reduce Device brightness / Background Apps running kills / turn off location service.
However, after jailbreak, users can increase battery life more than before even without setting changes.
Jailbreak Applications for increase battery life – BatteryPeek / 360 Battery Saver pro / iControl / Auto3G / BattSaver
why should not jailbreak?
Jailbreak is the only way to remove Apple default limitations running on iPhone / iPad and iPod Touch Devices. After jailbreak iDevices, users will have Cydia store access to install third party applications. So this is the main advantage of the jailbreak, and even there are too many reasons. Why should not jailbreak iOS Devices?
Most of the jailbreak applications now are on as default applications.
Exsample – FaceOff / Eclipse/StickerMe/Auxo / QuickCenter /3D Touch To Clear all Notifications / WatchNotifications / Medusa / Splitify / VideoPane / F.lux Cydia applications now support as default applications.
Invalidate Warranty
As per Apple, Jailbreak is the illegal process because it is directly removing Apple default rules and regulations, which are running on iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch and Apple TV. So after jailbroken, the Device no more belongs to Apple warranty.
iOS users can claim Apple warranty anytime after remove jailbreak. Read below can be removed jailbreak content for more info.
OTA updates not receiving
After released new iOS version, OTA updates not receiving for jailbroken users. Every time General tab showing Software updates. However, after click software update button not displaying anything.
iOS users have two options for software update one is OTA, and another one is iTunes. So jailbroken users can upgrade devices through iTunes support. Even some jailbreak tools not compatible with OTA. So iTunes upgrade is the best option for iOS upgrade.
Battery drains issue
Battery drain is the biggest problem of the iDevices. Jailbroken users are always complaining single battery charges not enough to cover even one day.
Jailbroken users can increase battery life more than stock device users with support of Cydia tweak.
Cydia tweaks for battery incraese – Power Saver Mode / BattSaver / 360 Battery Saver Pro / BatteryDoctorPro
Less security
Recent past all iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users has been attacked by XcodeGhost Malware.
At that time Pangu jailbreak team released XcodeGhost Malware remove tool before Apple involves removing this issue. So jailbreak can make your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch more secure.
Guides – YiSpecter Malware
Guides – XcodeGhost Malware
Can be removed jailbreak?
Most of the users think jailbreak cannot be removable. It is wrong. Jailbreak is 100% reversible and do does not worry if you're facing unexpected errors while using jailbreak.
A little while ago Saurik introduced a new application to remove jailbreak completely without having iTunes support. It is Cydia Impactor. With the initial release, support only iOS 8.4 and iOS 8.1 versions, and now Saurik is busy to develop it up to iOS 9.1 jailbreak.


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Ishbel's Party After her horrific experiences in Beirut, it was imperative for Bethan to have a perod of convalescence, but it was a cruel coincidence that took her so close to Merrifields, the scene of her humiliation so many years ago. But Bethan's employer was kind and her duties light so she had much to be thankful for - until Fraser Laurie re-entered her life and all the old wounds were opened again.
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June 1986 : UK Hardback
|Title: Ishbel's Party
Author(s): Stacy Absalom
ISBN: 0-263-11125-3 / 978-0-263-11125-5 (UK edition)
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When you look at the Rhineland-Palatinate map you can quickly see why it is such a wonderful place to holiday, especially if hiking, biking, fine food and wine are high on your list of priorities. The physical map shows the volcanic, mountainous area of the Eifel or the deep ravines around the Rhine. A historical map shows old Roman trading routes with ancient cities such as Trier, some of Europes finest. The rail map shows a vast network that links towns with trails, cultural heritage with natural heritage. And the wine growing map shows that this is one of the biggest in Germany.
Cultural highlights tour of Traben-Trarbach
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I did find a small issue with Tree Style Tabs. The tab sidebar size will drastically reduce until I 'customize' the toolbar (which temporarily places the tabs under the navigation toolbar) and click 'Done'. This makes everything look perfect. It is not a deal breaker for me, but it can be for less computer literate people (non-programmers). Noteworthy, this behavior is not reproduced with the Vertical Tabs addon.
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This is a brief reflective documentary that introduces viewers to Australia's Muslim Cameleers.
Journey Through History: Makassar to Arnhem Land (Documentary film)
The Muslims from Makassar (South Sulawesi) had been visiting Australia's north since the 1600s. The harmonious contact between the Makassans and the Aboriginals brought about mutual benefits as well as ongoing friendships.
Muslims in Australia: The Tremendous Encounter of 1803
Matthew Flinders is one of the most famous navigators in Australia's history. But, how many Australians are aware of his encounter with Muslims in Australian waters?
Australia in Early Muslim Maps and Literature
by Abdul Shaheed Drew It is Allah who subjected to you the sea so that ships may sail upon it by His command and that you may seek of His bounty; and […]
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Trench Layering
By: Erich and Olivia
Trench Layering is when The parent plant is planted at an angle (30-40 degrees) so new shoots can be pegged down in shallow trenches and covered with soil. When rooted, the shoots can be detached from the parent plant and planted out. Trench Layering is a subgroup of Layering. Woody ornamentals such as azalea, camellia, magnolia, oleander, and holly can also be propagated by Trench Layering.
Steps for this method:
Step 1. Gather Materials
Step 2. Choose a point on the plant's stem for encouraging new growth
Step 3. Cut the plant's stem at the location you've selected
Step 4. Apply rooting compound to the wound
Step 5. Wrap the wound in the plant's stem
Step 6. Replant the new plant when it is ready
Materials needed for method:
1. A sharp knife
2. Thick cotton thread
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How To Crochet Helena's Potholder StitchThese instructions assume you know how to crochet at least a little. For instructions on the basics of crocheting, see the Crochet Network web site.
|Make a chain of loops one chain stitch longer than you want the resulting article to be wide.
|Insert the hook in the top side of the second-to-the-last loop (the yarn highlighted in yellow in the photo) and make a single crochet stitch. Repeat across the row of chain stitches. Make sure you always use the same side of loops on the original chain. At the end of the row, chain stitch once.
|Hold the work vertically, with the newest stitches at the top, as in the photo. See how my thumbs are pointing to two stitches I've highlighted in yellow? You'll be doing a row of single crochets, but instead of putting the hook through loops in the top row of stitches, you will put it through these two loops instead.
|Carefully insert the hook in both loops, starting with the front loop from the row of single crochets and then the second loop from the chain row (this is why you need to make sure to always use the same side of the chains on the first row of single crochet stitches). Complete a single crochet stitch, drawing yarn through both loops.
|Repeat across the rows. I find that the first pair of loops in a row is often the hardest loops to see; when you finish the first single crochet, the rest of the loops seem to "zip" together, like a zipper.
|Repeat for as many rows as you want. The result is a dense "cloth" that feels thick and spongy -- perfect for potholders and cosy afghans.
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Please who can help my cakes still look bumpy under the fondant, I tried cooling the cakes after i cover in buttercream and then laying the fondant, I also tried spraying the with water after cooling then laying the fondant and it still looks bumpy. How do get cakes to look so straight and level under the fondant. Any one who can help thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Txcarebear
Dam your buttercream between the layers. Also, I chill my cakes for overnight-24 hours to let them set up and firm up.
Use a fondant smoother.
Sugarshack has a great video on covering cakes in fondant: www.sugaredproductions.com, I think.
Thnks!!! Next time I'll leave it overnight and see how it comes out.
The only advice that worked for me was in the sugared productions/sugar shack fondant video. The main points for me were: dam your filling, crumbcoat with the bc instead of full layer and make your cake "perfect" before putting the fondant on. This dvd has made a huge difference, it's full of pointers and clear instruction. No more bulges for me
What did I learn from SZ's dvd. After cake has been torted, filled, crumb coated and settled....bend over and trim that cake again. The settling will make it bow and bulge. Trim it for a straight up and down even sides.
Just watached SZ's 'Fondant' DVD the other day. Wonderful!! It would be well worth your time to get it, and it will make a huge difference in your efforts!