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By implication, what follows is an uncomfortable question for some.
"My name is Fountain Hughes … My grandfather belonged to Thomas Jefferson." Hughes then begins a wily standoff with his white interviewer, Hermond Norwood, digressing into his opinions about babies wearing shoes (-22:00) and buying things "on time [credit]," decrying the Yankees throwing flour into the river (-11:10) and, finally, declaring he would shoot himself rather than go back to slavery, where "you are nothing but a dog." (-10:00)
However, some slaves' disapproval of the Northern army was genuine. Ward writes of "astonishing empathy" for masters and mistresses and documents touching and deeply humane instances of slaves acting beyond the constraints of bondage, like carrying their masters' bodies over long distances to be buried at home. Furthermore, in the immediate human context of war, slaves' interests overlapped with those of slaveholders; they wanted to protect food and livestock from incoming troops not only because they had been ordered to, but because their own sustenance was at stake.
Not to mention the fact that, however cruel and twisted, intimate family bonds existed between black and white throughout the South. Adam Goodheart points out that at the dawn of the war, mixed-race slaves were more likely to join the Confederate effort (technically, the Confederacy never accepted them as enlisted troops but gladly put them to work): "Human nature is a complicated thing."
Harriet Smith's soft, melodic voice conjures up the image of her as a girl, sitting atop a white fence watching the troops go by, surprised by the sight of "colored soldiers in droves," and filled with wonder when a black orphan girl neighbor (who had had her arm cut off while operating a molasses mill) ran off with one of them. (-:55) (Part 2 of 4, -4:00) Approximately 300,000 black men would serve in the Union army (and thousands would also join the Confederate effort, including Fountain Hughes's father, who was killed at Gettysburg) but the sight was particularly shocking to all Southerners in the early days of the war.
Cecil Peterson had no history with the police. Even on the day the white stranger insulted his mother, Peterson simply wanted to eat lunch. He sat in his usual seat at the counter of the diner on Woodward Street and ordered his usual BLT and coffee. Somehow he caught the stranger's eye in the squinted way that begets immediate conflict between men. The stranger glared. Peterson was not one to walk away from confrontation, but he knew the implications of glaring back. One should not glare back at a white man. So he looked down. But the two men crossed paths again after Peterson paid his tab and walked outside. And then came the remark. And then came the fight.
Two white Detroit police officers happened to be passing by the diner that September day in 1966. They ran to the altercation and tried to separate the combatants. At that point, according to their formal report, Peterson turned on the officers and struck them "without provocation." According to the report, Peterson knocked one officer down and "kicked him in the side." A second police team arrived and assisted in apprehending the "agitated" Mr. Peterson. Medics took the first officers on the scene to the Wayne County Hospital emergency room. The ER physician's report noted that both officers had "bruises," though neither required treatment. The white stranger was not charged.
Peterson was twenty-nine, African American, and an unmarried father of four who worked the line at Cadillac Motor Company. He had not previously come to the attention of the state. He had not been diagnosed or treated for any physical or mental illness. Nor had he been held for crimes or misdemeanors. He had limited interactions with white people and preferred to stay close to home. But on that September day in 1966 his life changed along with his identity. He became a prisoner. And then he became a patient.
Goodbye Herman Cain. You will be missed.
Unable to weather repeated charges of sexual harassment and infidelity, the Herman Cain train has finally gone off the tracks. Yet, even by the unique and unconventional standards of the 2012 Republican presidential primary field, Herman Cain was a spectacle—and one with a unique advantage.
I signaled to Herman Cain's potential in February 2011 in a controversial essay on the online magazine Alternet, where after his break-out speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, I described it as a race minstrel-like performance. There, with everything but blackface cork, Cain channeled his dead black grand pappy with a semi-literate Southern drawl, told white folks that racism is a fiction (and that they are in fact the real victims of bigotry in the Age of Obama), and validated a belief that black people like Herman Cain—those who don't complain, make trouble, or participate in the Civil Rights Movement—are the way forward.
In total, Herman Cain was a fantasy projection and type of racism shield, an Anti-Obama, who could soothe the anxieties of racially resentful white conservatives. While Cain's shtick did not rise to the level of comedian David Chappelle's character Clayton Bigsby, black white supremacist; it was, in many ways, a genius performance. He was Sarah Palin mated with the Boondocks' Uncle Ruckus.
At the time, I was widely criticized for daring to suggest that Herman Cain was channeling such an offensive stereotype. My analysis proved prescient. In time, other observers either borrowed the meme, or were clearly inspired by it.
Unfortunately, many of those who ran with my suggestion that Herman Cain was performing as a race minstrel for the pleasures of his white conservative public, did not understand the depth of the claim. I was not trying to engage in name calling, or to get a snicker from the public, by calling attention to Herman Cain's racially infused Tomfoolery. Rather, my deeper point was that Herman Cain's race minstrel performance was a carefully crafted means towards an end.
Herman Cain was the mouthpiece for the unrepentant id of the New Right. He could advocate for the most extreme aspects of their ideology behind a mask of black incompetence, and "down home" mannerisms, that could potentially protect him from criticism. In addition, conservatives could deploy the race card at will to defend their chosen son: Herman Cain was a black cheerleader who could advance some of their most onerous and extreme policy positions.
The Herman Cain New Age Race Minstrel Show ended in the only way that it could. In keeping with the routine, Cain was brought down by his own arrogance and narcissism. He had grand plans and schemes that he could not fulfill. Because the race minstrel was a white supremacist fantasy that embodied fears about African Americans' citizenship and freedom in the aftermath of the Civil War, he was a bumbling fool, and an incompetent who was not fit for democracy. And of course, the race minstrel lacked impulse control. His libido and craven pursuit of white women—what was an unattainable prize—would be his ultimate undoing.
From his willful embrace of ignorance on matters of foreign policy, a "9-9-9" tax policy cobbled together by secret advisers (and likely borrowed from a videogame), dreams of electrified fences and moats to kill "illegal" immigrants, rampant and almost cartoon-like levels of Islamophobia and Christian nationalism, "whistling Dixie" demagoguing of blacks who are not Republicans as being "on a plantation," and of course his purported propensity for sexual harassment and adulterous behavior, Herman Cain played the role of race minstrel for the Tea Party GOP with aplomb and zest.
In all, the Herman Cain candidacy was a thing of ugly beauty. Cain began his presidential primary run with the priceless and under-used phrase "awww...shucky ducky," seasoned it with a spiritual sung at the National Press Club, and offered a funereal oratory for his campaign that concluded with a quote from the Pokemon cartoon series.
Herman Cain caught lightning in a bottle. He combined the worst aspects of Tyler Perry's various TV and film exercises in black buffoonery, the denigrating humor of Amos 'N Andy, and the tropes of 19th century race minstrelsy into one show. While some observers will try to divine some deep and symbolic meaning about race in the Age of Obama from Herman Cain's brief and shining moment in the 2012 Republican primaries, the lesson here, is in fact, more basic. Give people what they want. In this case, the white populists in the Republican Party wanted a black man who told them that they are not racists, Jim Crow wasn't that bad, and "our" blacks are better than "those other" blacks who happen to be Democrats.
Herman Cain, master of the racial authenticity game, fashioned himself as "a real black man" as compared to President Barack Obama. He reminded his audience of this "fact" at every opportunity. They lapped it up. Sadly for Herman Cain, just as Michael Steele and other black conservatives learned long ago, the love and affection of the White Right is instrumental, and the devotion to their mascots is temporary, with a limited shelf-life.
As of Saturday, Herman Cain was barely the flavor of the month. Black Walnut has melted; Cornbread is now stale; it is time to go home…or perhaps begin a second career as a traveling bluesman and motivational speaker, for Herman Cain's unlikely saga as a 2012 Republican presidential primary candidate has yielded more than enough material to last a lifetime.
At a gathering of Occupy Wall Street activists at a public space in New York on Monday, one young woman spoke of a bruising experience she had suffered the previous day. Angry and upset, she said she had been shouted down while attempting to facilitate a general assembly. There were nods of recognition and murmurs of sympathy from those seated in a circle around her.
But her battle was not with police officers or security guards. Instead, those who had treated her with disdain were fellow activists, every one of which was white and male.
"It was a really distressing experience having people policing and patronising me" she told the group.
In the aftermath of the eviction from their camp in lower Manhattan, the organisers of Occupy Wall Street are struggling to maintain order at the general assembly, the backbone of its decision-making.
At its heart was an "ongoing crisis for people of colour, women and the marginalised", according to Kanene Holder, a part-time teaching artist from Brooklyn who is active on several working groups.
"White males are used to speaking and running things," said Holder. "You can't expect them to abdicate the power they have just because they are in this movement."
One of the defining features of the leaderless Occupy movement – aside from the occupation itself – has been its horizontal decision-making in the form of its Arab spring-inspired general assembly. The simple idea behind it: that everyone has a voice.
But a quick glance through the paper, television and web coverage spawned since Occupy's first march on Wall Street in September reveals that some voices are louder than others. While images of women as victims have endured, those who speak about the ideas and actions have been predominantly male.
This week marked an important step. On Monday, after a number of women complained of "overly aggressive" men dominating events, OWS has, for the first time, instigated a series of female-led meetings where only women can speak. It was an opportunity for "males to listen and for female marginalised voices to be heard," Holder said.
The meeting at Wall Street, attended by around 20 women and 15 unusually silent men, was the first such gathering.
"There is a high level of awareness to include female voices" said Holder, who said the women-led meeting was voted on and agreed to by men.
At that point, as if to underline the issue, a commotion broke out as a white man burst into the centre of the female-led circle, demanding to speak, and angrily accusing all around him of sexism and racism.
"I'm allowed to speak," he shouted, as another man tried to usher him out of the circle. "You're allowed to be sexist? To get away with this crap?"
Holder insisted: "There is a learning curve. It exists because privilege is learned over a lifetime and cannot be erased overnight."
Rebecca Traister, author of Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women" about the 2008 election, said: "This idea that, by its nature, left-wing activism is inclusive is a myth. The left is continually plagued by gender problems.And class, sexuality, race, and other problems too.
Cain attempted to get out in front of the news Monday afternoon in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, in which he revealed that the woman will accuse him of an extended affair. According to a preview story posted by the Fox affiliate in Atlanta, the report is scheduled to air at 6 p.m. and will include an interview with Ginger White, a local woman who claims she had a 13-year affair with Cain. The preview promises "records that [White] says back up her story."[Well damn! I stand corrected. Herman Cain's "mistress" is a black woman. Dude is so old school--he marries a black woman, has a sister for a long term "secondary relationship," and harasses white women. Herman Cain needs to start writing blues songs. Seriously.
On CNN, Cain denied the charge. He acknowledged knowing the woman, whom he characterized as an "acquaintance that I thought was a friend." But he said there was no affair.


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The Utah State Parks Road Trip RV passed through Emery County on May 13 and 14. The first stop was the Huntington State Park where the trekkers were greeted by park manager Dan Richards and staff. Richards showed the visitors a scorpion and gave a quick lesson of insight into scorpion behavior and habits. From there the group jumped back on the RV and headed south to Ferron. In the Millsite State Park, Commissioner James Nelson described the wonders of Millsite and surrounding areas to the group. He told them how Millsite State Park is a major staging area for OHV riders as they park at Millsite and ride their OHVs on surrounding trails in the mountains and deserts. He said the golf course is an added attraction to park visitors as they can boat, fish, golf and ride ATVs all from one starting point.
From Millsite park the group headed off to Goblin Valley still within Emery County. In the land of the Goblin they toured around and had lunch at the pavilion among the hoodoos. From there they headed for points outside of Emery County, but reentered the county later that night and into the next day as they stopped at Green River State Park and golf course on their way back through. They were able to view Green River State park by moonlight and hit a glow ball at the Green River Golf Course.
The trekkers took on this tour to raise awareness for the state parks in Utah and to bring out what great and inexpensive mini-vacation sites these parks can be. The parks are close to home and offer many amenities and adventures as well as a great variety of scenery options.
Emery County residents are lucky to have four state parks within the county. Huntington Lake is a spot for wildlife watching, boating and skiing as well as fishing, swimming and picnicking. Richards said, "Our office is currently undergoing a renovation. We added space to the rear of the building. We are excited to be able to offer electricity at five of our camping spots. We have never had electricity in the park at the camping spots. This will enable people to stay as long as they want and be able to have electricity for their RV. We have had many of the people working at the power plants stay here in the park and adding electricity will be a benefit for them. We are proud of our fishery. Wipers were stocked here two summers ago."
Another attraction at Huntington Lake is the biking and walking trail that extends around the perimeter of the lake. The San Rafael Classic triathlon will be in its fourth year this summer on July 9, the swimming lap of the triathlon is completed on the lake, then bikers ride up the Mohrland road and back to the park for a run around the lake. There is a pavilion available to rent for family events.
Millsite State Park is popular spot for boating, fishing, water skiing and family reunions. The park is a staging area for the many ATV trails in the area.
Goblin Valley is the popular spot for hiking and camping. The park has been much improved over the past few years with new restrooms and showers as well as two large pavilions for family reunions. Goblin Valley is a jumping off spot for many hiking destinations and ATV riding.
Green River State Park is a lovely patch of green in the desert. It's many shady camp spots offer a respite from the blazing sun of Green River in the summer months. The park has a view of the Green River and the Green River Golf Course surrounds the park on both sides. Green River State Park is a launching spot for boat trips along the Green River. The Green River is popular for swimming, boating and fishing.
Huntington State Park was the 16th stop on the 43-state park tour that began at noon May 12 from Antelope Island State Park.
The group of six people piled into the RV and drove 2,200 miles visiting all 43 state parks and returning back to Antelope Island May 15.
"The idea of the road trip is to showcase the importance, beauty and diversity of Utah's state park system and rally Utahns to come out and support their favorite state parks, and state parks in their communities," said Barbara Riddle.
Riddle, Chris Dallin, Tim Hughes, Russ Smith, Bill Francis and Vaughn Jacobsen were the trekkers who shared close quarters in an RV as they visited the parks. The trip was funded privately and through in-kind donations: RV provided by All Access Recreation Club, cash from Chevron, promotion by KSL Radio, satellite communication by Skycall Communications and videography by The Imagination Company. During and after the trip, the Road Trippers will blog, and share video and photos through updates on their website at www.utahstateparksroadtrip.com.
"We challenge every Utahn to visit a state park this year, if we can do all 43 parks in three days, you can visit one," said Russ Smith with Skycall Communications.
The Road Trip coincided with the Utah Tourism Conference and National Tourism Week, and is an official Travel Day Event designated by U.S. Travel.
Tourism is one of Utah's largest industries, generating $6.2 billion in traveler spending every year and $625 million in state and local taxes. Utah's state parks alone host nearly 5 million visitors annually.
Established by the 1957 Utah Legislature, the state park system has been a recent target of budget cuts, stripped of $8.3 million in general funds over the last four years. With no new funding in sight for operations or replacement of aging facilities, the Road Trippers want to raise awareness about potential state park closures.


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Shorewood — The School Board on Tuesday approved a $8,000 contract for a five-year financial model and authorized an actuarial study to update the amount of the district's retirement benefit liability.
Produced by PMA Financial Network, the financial planning tool will use five years of historical data and allow detailed projections five years into the future. The $8,000 contract will need to be renewed each year to continue the service.
"You can spend more time strategically thinking about decisions," Board Member David Cobb said of the forecasting. "It will be a good tool for the School Board."
The updated actuarial study will refresh the estimate of how much the district will owe to current and future retirees over the long-term. Interim Business Manager Mike Garty said he will shop around for quotes on the study.
He expects the cost to come in around $4,200.
Anaba Tea Room to close;
Asian eatery will fill space
Shorewood — Anaba Tea Room is closing its doors.
The 10-year Shorewood staple will close shop for good on Dec. 29, according to an Anaba news release. The separate, upstairs Garden Room will remain open.
Taking Anaba's place will be TOCHI, a modern Asian fusion restaurant specializing in Japanese ramen. TOCHI will offer a wide selection of teas. Anaba Tea Room gift cards will be honored by the new restaurant.
Student council
collecting memorial funds
Shorewood — The Shorewood High School Student Council is leading donation collection for the memorial fund of recently deceased Deundra Hemphill, whose two siblings attend Shorewood schools.
Those interested in donating to the memorial fund can drop off their gift at the Shorewood High School principal's office, and can contact SHS Principal Tim Kenney at (414) 963-6920 with questions.
Checks should be made payable to Shorewood High School with "Deundra Hemphill" on the memo line.
Guidance counselors are available for any student in need of support.
Board adds to façade
improvement program
Shorewood — The village will allocate at least $50,000 in additional funds in 2014 to its façade improvement program, which offers grants to local businesses to spruce up their properties.
The Village Board on Monday considered the funding request from the Community Development Authority, but decided not to immediately allocate all the money.
Rather than designating $150,000 in Tax Incremental Financing District 1 funds for the program through 2016 as requested, the board opted to start with a $50,000 allocation, with the understanding that it would review the TIF finances in a joint meeting at the beginning of the year to determine if additional funding should be granted.
Jim Plaisted, executive director of the Shorewood Business Improvement District, which manages the façade improvement program, said it has been "enormously popular" among business owners, primarily due to how easily accessible it is.
The program offers two types of grants to business owners: concept design grants, which cover 90 percent of design projects up to $2,000, and façade improvement grants, which cover 50 percent of eligible improvement costs up $25,000. To date, the CDA has awarded 55 small and large grants through the program.
The additional funding granted by the Village Board will primarily be used to help business owners complete smaller projects, Plaisted said.
For information, including eligible projects and how to apply, visit www.shorewoodwi.com, go to the "BID Info" tab and select "Programs for BID Businesses."
Few try to pay wrong
tax amount in Shorewood
Shorewood — Since mailing out miscalculated tax bills earlier this month and quickly correcting their mistake, the village says fewer than 100 people have attempted to pay the wrong bill.
Village Manager Chris Swartz updated the Village Board on Monday concerning the issue, in which Shorewood sent out statements that showed an estimated 5 percent reduction from last year's tax bills, due to a clerical error.
Staff caught the error quickly, but not before a majority of the incorrect bills were mailed.
Although the correct bills, which were promptly posted to the village's website and mailed out last week, reflect a higher amount owed, residents have been very gracious, Swartz said.
The fact that most bills were still 1 to 2 percent lower than the previous year's tax bills likely helped the situation, Village President Guy Johnson noted.
In the future, Swartz said the village will take precautions to verify the accuracy of its tax bills, such as having them reviewed by the village's financial advisor as well as internal staff.
Trustees commented that no matter how many checks and balances are in place, mistakes can still happen. They praised Swartz for taking responsibility for the error and working to correct it.
Shorewood, Bayside
ratify NSFD formula
The Shorewood and Bayside village boards this week ratified the proposed North Shore Fire Department funding formula that was approved by the NSFD board in November.
The proposed formula is the product of 10 months of work among NSFD board members, city and village administrators, the Southeastern Wisconsin Public Policy Forum, and, recently, some tense negotiations among NSFD member communities. If approved by all member communities, the new funding arrangement takes effect in 2016.
So far, all the member communities except River Hills have approved the formula. River Hills is expected to vote on the formula at its upcoming January meeting.
Thiensville to
switch recycling
Thiensville — Beginning Jan. 1, the village will switch to bi-weekly recycling pickup and new service provider Waste Management will deliver 96-gallon rolling bins to homes.
When the new carts are dropped off in January, residents will have 90 days to decide whether they want smaller carts, after which they would have to pay a $25 fee to make the switch.
According to Public Works Director Andy LaFond, the Waste Management arrangement should save the village about $6,000 annually beginning in 2014, and by the end of the 10-year contract, about $10,000 annually.
Thiensville to solicit
beer garden bids
Thiensville — The Village Board on Monday authorized village staff to solicit proposals for a village park beer garden.
A request for proposal will be distributed by the village on Jan. 15 and proposals are due back by Feb. 15, Village President Van Mobley said.
A Village Park beer garden had been the subject of debate among the Village Board over the summer but did not materialize in 2013. If approved, the beer garden would likely open in summer 2014 at the two concession stands along the river at Village Park.
Footbridge Friends
pass 75 percent mark
Fox Point — Due to generous donations from the Ralph Evinrude Foundation and Wisconsin Energy Foundation, nonprofit fundraising group Footbridge Friends has passed the 75 percent mark of its original $625,000 goal.
The group was tasked last year with raising the $625,000, or half of the estimated cost, for a new footbridge across the Bridge Lane ravine, as well as $30,000 to repay a seed grant from the village.
The Evinrude Foundation donated $7,500. The Evinrude family was a longtime resident of Fox Point and is considered on of the village's founders, according to a Footbridge Friends news release.
The Wisconsin Energy Foundation donated $1,000.
Both donations will be matched by an anonymous donor who is matching all donations of $1,000 or more through Dec. 31.
In the release, Footbridge Friends President Barbara Schwartz noted that the group may actually be closer to its goal if recent cost estimates hold true.
Bayside approves
chiropractic, insurance offices
Bayside — The Bayside Village Board on Tuesday approved the operation of a chiropractic and insurance office.
The board approved a conditional-use permit for Knut Feiker on behalf of the Healing Point Chiropractic to operate a chiropractic office at 500 W. Brown Deer Road, Suite 220.
The board also gave the green light to Bruce Gendelman to operate an insurance agency at the same location, in Suite 101.
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We are excited to be leading our 25th Hawaii retreat at Kalani Honua. These retreats have exceeded all our expectations, and have been truly life-changing for each couple that has attended. We focus on seeing our partner with new eyes, healing dysfunctional patterns, renewal, communication, making amends for past hurts, deepening the sexual relationship, and filling the cup of love with our partner. We have couple meditations and yoga, inspiring music, laughter and thrilling sight-seeing – in short, an extraordinary heart-opening experience for you and your partner in the presence of dolphins, whales, a beautiful black sand beach, the nearby active volcano, steam vents, thermal warm ponds, and snorkeling with a kaleidoscope of fish and giant sea turtles.
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Ram Dass calls Joyce and Barry Vissell "true bhaktis," a couple who live the yoga of love and devotion. They are a nurse and medical doctor deeply in love for 45 years, who have raised three children and "walk their talk." Their model of relationship and deeply heart-oriented approach have made a unique impact upon many thousands of people's lives. As a result of the world-wide interest in their books, The Shared Heart, Models of Love, Risk To Be Healed, The Heart's Wisdom, and Meant To Be, they have been conducting talks and workshops on relationship, parenting and personal growth. They are the founders and directors of the Shared Heart Foundation (www.sharedheart.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to changing the world one heart at a time. The Vissells write a monthly column on 'living from the heart' that appears in about 80 publications worldwide.
"Special guest musician Charley Thweatt is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, and recording artist who has opened thousands of hearts around the world with his musical gifts. His intuitively chosen songs accelerate soul healing for the couples."
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Phone:(831) 684-2130
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Workshop Fees
Fees include workshop, meals, accommodations, and use of Kalani's facilities including pool, hot tub and sauna.Pricing based on per couple.
|Fees per person:
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|6 - Cottage
|$ 4400
|5 - Tropical Loft
|4 - Tree House Room
|$ 3770
|3 - Bungalow Room
|$ 3770
|2 - Lodge Room (private bath)
|$ 3560
|1 - Lodge Room (shared bath)
|$ 3336
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Published by: Warner Bros. Interactive
Developed by: NetherRealm Studios
Genre: Fighting
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United States: November 12, 2013
Australia: November 12, 2013
UK: November 12, 2013
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Also known as: Injustice: Ultimate Edition
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Are you a One Piece Fan? Then click HERE, you wont regret it!!!
yeah.....but wasn't that becuase of his TEKAI (hardening technique) mixed with Shiggan (finger)
ill re-read, thanx
There is not going to be any 4th gear. If there was, it would have been shown during Enies Lobby like the other two were. Luffy will get other sorts of self altering power-ups that will be named different.
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Actually, Luffy is already set with just the two Gear. Gear 2 ups Luffy's speed and Gear 3 ups his strength. Fighting people like the Bluegori requires speed; while fighting the Sphinx he would need strength. He might need to use any as it looks now.
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monkey D Luffy , is also an haosaku haki user. as he develops his haki, he will be getting stronger day after day. now, gear fourth may exist , but it should be something like becomin' a spine man like mr's 1 partner.( using his gomu gomu no mi abilities ). the only thing we can do is to wait till the new episode of it , or , to contact the japanese creator of ONE PIECE !
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it will be a combination of 2nd and 3rd gear but it wouldn't be called gear 4th. It will be just his new fighting style. With this plus haki he could probably own almost everyone in one piece. there's no need for seastone and potion shit. All Luffy has to do is to master all his gear to reduce it's side effects specially gear second where his speed dramatically decreased in the end of his fight with rob lucci. I don't think he will fully master his haki


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(July 21) Today we're celebrating . . . National Get Out of the Doghouse Day
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day
Oh Oh. Screwed up again? Have you been banished to the doghouse?
Well today's the day to ask for forgiveness and try to work on getting yourself back in the "house." Good luck!
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Musicals, comedies and mysteries are performed August-May at this civic center located in Byron High School.
A.G. Spalding: From Byron to the Big Leagues Exhibit
Located at the Byron Museum of History, this exhibit features Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Albert Spalding, from his youth in Byron to his league pitching career and the founding of the Spalding Sporting Goods Company.
This natural history museum displays prairies, woodlands, wetlands and other interesting exhibits illustrating life as it existed hundreds of years ago in Northern Illinois. Be sure to make a stop at the museum gift shop.
Byron Museum Of History & Lucius Read House
The Byron Museum Complex consists of a large Exhibit Hall and the historic Lucius Read House, which was on the Underground Railroad and is a listed site on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The Read House features a permanent exhibit entitled, 'From Shackles to Freedom: The Underground Railroad' which shines a spotlight on Byron's participation in the Underground Railroad. We are happy to accommodate group tours outside regular hours. Tours are free and are self-guided or a docent can be arranged. We also have ample meeting space available.
View the stars and planets every Tuesday and Saturday. Free public viewing is guided by our staff. Closed if cloudy.
Dan Edler, a nationally known artist, creates fine art glass and sculpture. Collectors have been acquiring his work for over 45 years. Visitors are welcome Monday thru Friday: 10 am - 4 pm, or by appointment for large groups.
This museum is located in an 1889 school building and features a permanent exhibit honoring Jane Addams, who was born and raised in Cedarville. Miss Addams was an internationally famous humanitarian and social work pioneer who founded Chicago's Hull House and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Museum exhibits include personal items and memorabilia from her life and the life of her family. There are also changing exhibits on topics of local historical interest and a research center and a research center. Open: May thru October: Saturday and Sunday: 1 pm - 4 pm; or by appointment.
Jane Addams, born and raised in Cedarville, was an internationally famous humanitarian and social work pioneer who founded Hull House and won the Nobel Peace Prize. She is buried in this lovely old hillside cemetery.
Explore five permanent galleries: European (19th century paintings, sculpture), Art of the Near and Far East (Egyptian, Chinese, and Southeast Asia), Native American (pots, baskets and Kachina dolls), African and Oceanic Art (masks, ceremonial pieces and textiles), and Contemporary (prints and paintings). Two galleries feature new exhibitions every 8-12 weeks and are devoted to regional art or national exhibitions. A student gallery features aspiring young artists from local schools. The museum also offers educational programs, performances, and special events. Open: Tuesday thru Friday: 10 am - 5 pm; Saturday: Noon - 5 pm. Free admission, but donations are appreciated.
Located on the campus of Highland Community College - features a variety of fine arts programming including vocal and music concerts, live theater, special performances, and the popular Summerset Theater Program, a community performing arts theater.
This famous statue was designed by Leonard Crunelle and was presented to Freeport at the 71st anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate on August 27, 1929, by local industrialist W. T. Rawleigh. It is located in Taylor Park.
For model railroad aficionados -- and everyone else who ever enjoyed model trains -- this model railroad is something to see. The Fever River Railroad is a 120X24-foot HO scale model with detailed scenery, rail yards, factories, and interchanges with many other railroads. The Fever River Railroad is an ongoing project with upgrades to the layout and scenery that provides an exciting model railroad experience. A collection of railroad memorabilia and pictures, many from the surrounding area, are on display throughout the facility. The Stephenson Society of Model Trainmen, who operate the railroad, host an open house twice a year. Groups are welcome by prior appointment.
This historic movie theater, built in 1922, features first-run movies presented in the latest 4K digital projection and sound on nine screens. Stadium seating, digital 3D and party room.
Enjoy this store offering over 7000 bolts of the finest quality 100% cotton quilting fabric, quilt books, patterns, supplies and classes. Original designs and patterns plus kits galore. Open: Tuesday thru Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm; Sunday, Monday and Evenings: by appointment.
The Ferguson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Highland Community College features, in the Fine Arts Theatre, a variety of programming including vocal and instrumental music concerts (Royal Scots, Big Band, Concert Band, Chorale), live theater, special performances, and the popular Summerset Theatre program, a community performing arts theater. The Center is also home to the Highland Gallery, classrooms and studios. A seasonal listing of performances and exhibitions is available by calling the box office or visiting the website.
This exceptional art gallery features local artists - paintings, photography, ceramics, woodworking and much more. Also offered are children's art classes as well as pottery classes. Open: Monday thru Saturday: 10 am - 7 pm.
This small shop offers a wide variety of yarns, needles and accessories. Classes in knitting, crochet and weaving are also offered. Open: Monday, Thursday, Friday: 9 am- 5 pm; Tuesday: 11 am - 9 pm; Wednesday and Saturday: 9 am - 2 pm.
Large theater with seating for 850
Explore the largest Oliver Hart-Parr collection in the Midwest, including farm toys, advertising, and collectibles dating back to 1860, and real antique tractors and machinery. Bus and group tours are available, but should be scheduled in advance.
CITY:German Valley
Visit this delightful kitchen store full of artisan-quality, handmade, wooden spoons, spatulas, spurtles and other kitchen products all made on site.
Built in 1896, the 100-foot-tall tower is believed to be one of only three in Illinois of similar construction, and has become the symbol of the Village of Lena.
McConnell Area Historical Society & Museum
Items on display in this local town museum include a mill stone, ox yoke, McConnell telephone switchboard, and other items relating to the history of McConnell and Waddams Township. There is a large collection of family histories, obituaries, and genealogical materials. Special activities and exhibits are planned for each of the open dates.
Illinois' oldest continuously-running professional summer stock theatre. Live performances June-August. Reservations required. Children's program July-August.
CITY:Mount Carroll
At this real haunted house, built in 1870, you'll hear about the inn's spooky history on a tour that takes you through the twists and turns of this creepy building.
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K folks thats how the game works: Just name a person from real life or a Manga/Anime Charackter, the next Poster has to decide if he/she rather would kiss that Person or kick her/him in the ass. Its pretty simple and maybe takes the boredom away. (at least a bit...)
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Jordan, Kidd / Drake, Hamid / Parker, William
Palm of Soul
Label: Aum Fidelity
Released in: USA
AUM Fidelity had wanted to produce an album with New Orleans' saxophonist/teacher/role model Kidd Jordan in trio with fellow master musicians William Parker and Hamid Drake for some time. Everything came together in Summer 2005. The recording session was set for the 3rd week of September and flights to NYC from New Orleans and Chicago were booked. Then Katrina hit. Kidd's home was of the more than 100,000 wiped from the map of Louisiana. When we were finally able to reach Kidd after the storm and ask if he would still be able to make the session, he said simply,"Yeah man, let's do it!"/
"Though he's been recording since the 1950s, Kidd Jordan has never made anything like Palm of Soul. This trio session, recorded less than a month after Hurricane Katrina chased the 70-year-old saxophone master from his native New Orleans, is a testament to a life steeped in the deepest reservoirs of American music and fully committed to the moment. Completely improvised, the date brings Jordan back together with a pair of treasured colleagues, consummate players with whom he enjoys a rare connection: drummer Hamid Drake and bassist William Parker.
The delicately shifting sonic space of these pieces, awash in the sensory cues of Asian, African and Indian folk forms, evokes the exploratory tradition of 1960s innovators such as trumpeter Don Cherry - with whom both Drake and Parker were affiliated early in their careers - while the mercurial glimmer of Jordan's soulfully considered lines reflect the essential fact of jazz: At its truest, it is the sound of someone thinking on their feet, an evanescent confluence of breath, heart, intellect and nerve. Jordan navigates the rhythmic shimmers and hovering tone-clouds created by Parker and Drake with a tenor that can sear like an erupting sunspot or cascade as softly and unpredictably as a leaf slipping down an autumn breeze."-Aum Fidelity
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Recorded September 23, 2005 at Systems Two Studio, Brooklyn, NY
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DH: I love being in a region where the growth is so dynamic. This is where business is happening right now. Asia is leading the globe out of the macroeconomic crisis. Growth trends have rebounded, and there's so much upside potential with the consumers here. It is a lot of fun to do business in a place that's growing, that's dynamic, that's vibrant, versus some other parts of the world where things are a little bit more stagnant.
DH: If you're going to be playing on the international scene in business or in government, you have to look at the whole globe, and if you're doing that right now you are seeing a contrast between the problems in the developed world and the incredible upside opportunity in the developing world.
DH: Sometimes I think the developed world tends to be too insular, and this is a mistake. The crisis of 2008 caused everybody to become more myopic, to focus on fixing their own issues. That's understandable, but it's also shortsighted. The US, for example, can't fix its economy by being insular because, relative to the rest of the world, we don't have enough people to be self-sustaining anymore, and the world is too interconnected. And so what the US government and business leaders need to be doing is thinking about how they can participate in Asia's growth.
DH: Some businesses will be more nationalized and have a little bit more of a regional focus, and that's great. But the bulk of businesses are either going to have to think about being global or about supporting global companies in their international expansion. In that way they can tap into the economic growth in Asia.
DH: Yes, but organizations like the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)2 are changing that by getting governments to refocus on opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region.
DH: Well, at Procter & Gamble, we're looking to capitalize on the cultural and consumer diversity that's present in Asia. From a consumer perspective, as a large multinational company, we strive to provide propositions for all the segments in Asia, from the wealthiest billionaires to the people making less than a dollar a day. Developing a product portfolio that can meet the needs of these extremes represents a huge business opportunity. From a cultural perspective, it's important to find your way through a complexity of nationalities, tastes, and religions to find your way to simple, scalable solutions that enable and generate profitable growth. So, in the end, it's successfully managing a dichotomy between serving the region as a whole while still connecting with local consumers.
DH: Yes. One of the most challenging aspects of doing business in Asia is the notion of recruiting and retaining the best employees. At P&G we believe people are our greatest asset. We have to, because we are a build-from-within company.
DH: It is. The people we hire today are the people who are going to be the future leaders of the company. This puts a high premium on us finding and then hiring the best and the brightest. In Asia, we're making really good progress on this front. I think we've got strong, healthy relationships with some of the top universities here, which is a great conduit to the best talent in the region. We've also developed what we call the employee value proposition—EVP for short.
DH: This program integrates all that the company has to offer to develop our employees into future leaders in a way that meets the needs of our Asian employees as reflected in the outcome of our annual employee surveys. We take as much care and pay as much attention to building our employee value proposition as we do to building a brand for our consumers.
DH: It has. In fact, in 2010, P&G Asia was among those that received the Asian Human Capital Award for our EVP program, which was cited as a breakthrough in people innovation. So that's some of what we're doing to make sure that we attract more than our fair share of the best and brightest in Asia.
DH: I think so. We really try very hard to work on the multicultural aspects of leadership, and there's no better place to develop those skills than in Asia because there is such diversity—so many different cultures. Asia is like a microcosm of the world, with every culture, religion, and nationality represented. Asia also has both highly developed markets as well as emerging markets operating next to each other. So there is no better place to stretch people and to develop different leadership skills.
DH: I see a direct relationship. First, diversity can be a great source of innovation. If you have a group of "like thinkers" in a room, you're probably going to get one answer to a business problem. If you have a group of "diverse thinkers" with diverse ideas, you're going to get many possibilities for solving business problems. You can take those and build on them to get an even better solution.
DH: I think dealing with diversity forces you not only to figure out how to solve problems, but also to do so in a simplified way.
DH: Asia is incredibly diverse. If you were to try to develop the perfect business solution for every nationality and every culture in Asia, you would drown in complexity. So in Asia, diversity is not only a source of ideas and the means to continually improve those ideas, but also a driver of simplified solutions, that is, leveraging the similarities to the greatest degree possible. That's where you're going to get scale, lower costs, and, ultimately, profitable business growth.
DH: Absolutely. The global innovation model for most big MNCs has largely involved innovating in the West and taking your ideas to the East. I don't think that model works anymore. There will be some times when innovation will work that way, but there's going to be an equal number—if not a greater number—of times when innovation is going to start in Asia and go back to the West.
DH: Innovation is absolutely fundamental to business success in Asia. And there are three reasons why I feel that way. First, innovation is going to be key to improving the quality of life for people. There are incredible challenges in Asia—environmental, social, and political challenges—and most of these are going to have to be solved with innovation—be it product innovation, process innovation, or policy innovation. Second, innovation has always been a key driver of our success and growth at P&G. Third, innovation has the potential to lift people out of poverty. I think companies that are able to help pull people out of poverty, are able to help fuel growth for an economy, and improve the quality of life by dealing with some of the challenges that the planet faces, are the companies that are going to emerge as leaders of the future.
DH: Absolutely. Our company's vision is really simple. Our vision is to improve the lives of more consumers in more parts of the world more completely. Everything we do, whether it's designing a product, coming up with a go-to-market program, or developing and implementing our social responsibility and sustainability initiatives, it is all geared toward a single question: Are we improving the lives of consumers? If the answer to that is yes, then it's within our company's purpose. If the answer to that is no, we don't do it.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)3
The ASEAN governments are going to have to come together almost as a single market and production base so that they can better compete with some of the larger and faster-growing Asian economies. And while they've made pretty good progress in a number of areas, there is still more that can be done. One good example is the ASEAN Cosmetic Directive, which really helped standardize the regulatory requirements for cosmetics across the region. This is the kind of small but critically important step that is going to make it significantly easier for companies to do business in the region.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)4
This initiative addressed by President Obama at the recent APEC summit is an incredibly strong trade initiative that will attempt to deal with emerging trade issues in areas like services and digital commerce. US participation in TPP is very welcome by business. American companies stand to benefit from the ambitious standards that TPP negotiators are aiming to achieve, especially in areas like speed to market, regulatory coherence, improved consumer value, and green growth solutions. By removing trade barriers, TPP will greatly simplify the way business gets done within Asia-Pacific and will help companies lower costs and grow their businesses.
Being the first female chairperson of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC)5
It was an incredible honor and challenge to step into that role. And while most of my work for ABAC is gender-neutral, my role does occasionally enable me to bring a woman's perspective to an important issue facing the Business Council. For example, one of our objectives this year was to focus on the barriers to success being encountered by small business enterprises (SMEs6). As part of that effort, we put a focus on women because many SMEs are run by women entrepreneurs. So I and the other eight female members of the Business Council formed the ABAC Women's Forum, which provided outreach efforts to connect with female entrepreneurs, business leaders, and business students. We then created a Web-based application that's going to attempt to create a more regular conversation and dialogue among women in business.
Giving back
Giving back to a region that offers so much in the way of business opportunity is the right thing to do. So, for example, we have a program at P&G we call Live, Learn, and Thrive, which is our corporate social responsibility program, and through that we offer many programs that are geared toward the health and education of children. They include our Hope Schools in China—we just built our 200th school. And because clean water is so important, we distribute water purification packets as a part of our disaster relief efforts in Asia. This water purification product is a P&G innovation which we created using our in-house technology to address one of the world's biggest health problems: access to clean drinking water. The product not only eliminates all of the material residue that might be in the water, but also removes bacteria, viruses, and even low levels of arsenic. These are just a few of the ways we are helping to reduce poverty and to improve the lives of people in Asia.
Lessons learned from being a mom
Being a mom comes in really handy in running a business. I always tell my children you've got to look at your glass as half full, not half empty. So, I remind them, when disappointments happen, look at your glass as half full. I ask them what other things are going right in their lives, and then maybe the obstacles or the disappointments are a little bit easier to take. And I think this applies to global business. If you are focusing on all the problems that need attention in the developed part of the world, you are looking at your glass as half empty. But we've also got to keep encouraging people to look at the glass as half full. And the glass that's half full is the upside potential and opportunity that there is in Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.
1 Executive summary, PwC's 2011 APEC CEO Survey—The future redefined: Asia Pacific at an inflection point.
2 According to its mission statement, "APEC is the premier Asia-Pacific economic forum. Our primary goal is to support sustainable economic growth and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region." The full statement is available at http://www.apec.org. Ms. Henretta is the first female chairperson of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC).
3 Consisting of 10 member states, the aims and purposes of ASEAN are available on its website at http://www.aseansec.org.
4 The "broad outlines" of this agreement among the leaders of the nine Trans-Pacific Partnership countries can be found at http://www.ustr.gov/tpp.
5 Information about ABAC can be found at https://www.abaconline.org/v4/index.php.
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President Obama will take to the road on a bus tour to promote lowering college costs.
President Obama gets back on the bus Thursday with both a short-term and a long-term agenda.
Over the next two days, the president plans to discuss proposals to lower college costs as he rolls through upstate New York and northeastern Pennsylvania.
In the longer term, he is getting ready for potential budget battles in September, including the prospect of a government shutdown.
Starting with an appearance Thursday morning in Buffalo, Obama "is going to talk about his vision for ensuring a better bargain for the middle class," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
Administration officials did not divulge details of revamped plans to cut higher education costs, though Obama has said that the federal money for colleges and universities should be based in part on whether those institutions are working to keep down their prices.
In an e-mail to supporters this week, Obama said college affordability is a key to the middle class, and "we have to fundamentally rethink about how higher education is paid for in this country. We've got to shake up the current system."
Obama's bus trip comes 2 1/2 weeks before Congress returns from its summer recess and 5 1/2 weeks before the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30 -- the same day the temporary spending resolution currently funding the government expires.
Without a new spending plan, the government would be looking at a shutdown starting Oct. 1.
Some conservative Republicans insist they will only support a spending plan that de-funds Obama's health care plan, also setting up the prospect of a shutdown.
Republican congressional leaders have said they don't want a shutdown either, but the Obama administration needs to follow through with sufficient spending cuts in a new budget plan, pursuant to previous budget deals.
"The budget debate this fall would be a lot simpler if the president would stop trying to reverse the commitment we made to the American people -- and that he signed into law and bragged about during the campaign," said Don Stewart, a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Congressional Republicans said they also await the details of the president's budget plan.
"With this struggling economy, a good education is more important than ever," said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. "So we look forward to hearing the president's solutions for reversing the ongoing spike in college costs."
The New York-Pennsylvania bus trip is the latest in a series of Obama events on what he calls his middle class agenda. Previous events in Illinois, Missouri, Florida, Tennessee and Arizona have focused on such issues as jobs, housing, infrastructure and manufacturing. In some of those speeches, he also discussed other budget issues coming down the pike, including health care and the prospect of a shutdown.
The emphasis on higher education begins with the Thursday morning event at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Then it's off to a high school in Syracuse.
Friday brings a town hall at Binghamton University, also a part of the State University of New York.
Obama wraps up the tour Friday with a stop at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pa. That event will feature an appearance by one of Scranton's favorite sons, Vice President Biden.
Along the way, expect stops at a diner, an ice cream shop or some other local eateries.
The college tour is in some ways a follow-up to comments Obama made in his State of the Union address Feb. 12.
That night, Obama said that "skyrocketing costs price too many young people out of a higher education or saddle them with unsustainable debt."
The president asked Congress for new legislation so that "affordability and value are included in determining which colleges receive certain types of federal aid."
The administration has also released a new "college scorecard" to assess where parents and students can get what Obama called "the most bang for your educational buck."


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A fiesta-in-a-bowl, this stew gets vibrant colors and flavor from scallions, carrots, jalapenos, tomatoes, cilantro and a whole ear of corn. Top it with diced avocado, hot sauce or salsa.
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Diabetes Appropriate
Gluten Free Diet
Healthy Weight
Heart Healthy
High Potassium
Low Calorie
Low Carb
Low Cholesterol
Low Sat Fat
Low Sodium
Serves 2
Prep Time 25 min
Total Time 30 min.
Step 1
Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate.
Step 2
Add the remaining 1 teaspoon oil, garlic, scallion whites, carrot, jalapeno, salt and pepper to the pot and stir to combine. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and cook until the vegetables begin to soften, 1 to 2 minutes. Uncover, add cumin and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add broth, tomatoes, corn and the cooked chicken; increase heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Cover, reduce heat to maintain a slow simmer and cook until the vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in scallion greens, lime juice and cilantro.
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Summer Arabic Program
برنامج اللغة العربية الصيفيّ بجامعة هانتر
Hunter College will offer Beginning Arabic 1 (ARB 101; 3 credits) and Beginning Arabic 2 (ARB 102; 3 credits) in the summer of 2016 in 2 intensive 5-week sessions.
ARB 101 will run from 6/1 to 7/6 and ARB 102 from 7/11-8/11. Classes meet Monday through Thursday from 10 to 11:53 am.
As in the academic-year program, ARB 101 and 102 are each 3-credit courses. For more information about the courses, please see the courses section of our website.
ARB 101 and 102 are not open to native speakers/heritage students as determined by the Arabic program at Hunter. If you register for either of the courses and you are a native speaker/heritage student (meaning that you grew up in an Arabic-speaking household) you will be dropped from the course. If you have any question about whether you are a native speaker/heritage student please contact Professor Alex Elinson. If you are a native speaker/heritage student you may be eligible to take Beginning Arabic for Heritage Learners (ARB 148) in the fall of 2015 or Intermediate Arabic for Heritage Learners (ARB 248) in the spring of 2016. Contact Professor Elinson about placement.
- Brustad et al. Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds (3rd edition). Georgetown University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9781589016323 (1589016327).
- Brustad et al. Al-Kitaab fii ta'allum al-'Arabiyya A Textbook for Beginning Arabic Part 1 (3rd edition). Georgetown University Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781589017368 (1589017366).
- Hans Wehr. The Hans Wehr Dictionary for Written Arabic. Spoken Language Services, 1993. ISBN: 9780879500030 (0879500034).
- You can expect to reach approximately chapter 3 of al-Kitaab part 1 by the end of ARB 101 and approximately chapter 9 of al-Kitaab part 1 by the end of ARB 102.
It is possible to skip ARB 101 and join the class for ARB 102 only with permission of the Arabic Program.
For non-CUNY students, information about applying as a non-degree student can be found here.
For tuition information please go here.
Non-CUNY students: please note that the deadline to apply as a non-degree student is April 1, 2016.
Both courses will be taught by Adjunct Assistant Professor Hassan Eddahabi.
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Skip to comments.Students Suspended For Playing With Pellet Gun in Own Front Yard, One Mother Called Because It Made
Posted on 09/24/2013 10:37:23 AM PDT by matt04
WAVY, the NBC affiliate in Hampton Roads, Virginia asks has zero tolerance gone too far? as it reports this story:
A suspended seventh grade Virginia Beach student will find out soon if he is expelled for the rest of the year for shooting an airsoft gun.
Like thousands of others in Hampton Roads, Khalid Caraballo plays with airsoft guns. Caraballo and his friend Aidan were suspended because they shot two other friends who were with them while playing with the guns as they waited for the school bus.
The two seventh graders say they never went to the bus stop; they fired the airsoft guns while on Caraballo's private property.
Aidans father, Tim Clark, told WAVY.com what happened next lacks commons sense. The children were suspended for possession, handling and use of a firearm. The fire in firearm, of course, refers to gunpowder, which a pellet gun doesnt have. Six children were playing in the Caraballo front yard all together, and the school suspended three it said had discharged the firearm near the school bus stop. The school found out about the kids playing around because a neighbor, the mother of one of the children not suspended, called 911. WAVY tracked her down:
(Excerpt) Read more at reason.com ...
They should be homeschooled or in a private or parochial school anyhow. Problem solved.
Let's be very clear. This is NOT a lack of common sense. this is purposefully brainwashing the children of American into being afraid of guns.
I smell a juicy civil rights case......
The mother who called 911 needs to be publicly flogged. The principle who suspended the boys needs to also be publicly flogged.
These people are idiots and need to have the idiocy beaten out of them.
Spot on!
We need to do away with our socialized, single payer, school system and replace it with a free market system.
The trouble is, far too many people refuse to give up their entitlement.
The zombies are getting their revenge.
The zombies are getting their revenge.
Another thread on this quotes a letter from the school, that the boys shot other children at the bus stop with pellets, in which case doing it from their own yard is no excuse at all, and there should be criminal prosecution as well as school suspension.
I'm a big believer in public flogging. I'd also like to see the stocks brought back; public humiliation is a great corrective tool.
"The zombies are getting their revenge."
I disagree.
Matter of fact, that rumbling sound in the distance is probably a stampeding herd of lawyers, all at a dead run towards the home of the parents of that boy.
"We need to do away with our socialized, single payer, school system and replace it with a free market system."
OMG, you are right. Look at how horrible our public schools have become. And we are now facing socialized, single payer medicine. The analogy between schools and medicine is chilling. Neither will end well if we, as a country, stay on this path.
During a hearing Tuesday morning, Aidan Clark and Khalid Caraballo were expelled in a unanimous vote. Clark was offered the option of attending an alternative school, but his father, Tim, told WAVY News' Andy Fox he will be homeschooled.
Caraballo will attend an alternative school.
Update: Seventh Graders Now Expelled For Playing With Pellet Gun Off School Grounds
This toy is made to shoot a very small light weight plastic pellet and a very low velocity. You can do much more damage to someone or something with a child's slingshot.
If you go to the link and look at the picture of the kid holding this "toy", you can clearly see that the muzzle is orange. That is how Toys must be marked so law enforcement knows the difference when they respond to a stupid and ridiculous call like this one.
If my child had one of these on my property and the school or a neighbor publicly stated that he/she had a firearm I would sue the crap out of them. It is not a firearm under any nomenclature, law, or known definition.
Anyone claiming that this is a firearm is guilty of telling a bold faced outright lie. Stupid people?? No, these are left wingers with an anti gun agenda and they and the media who reported it as a firearm are just liars.
More evidence of the stupidity of the media - a pellet gun and an airsoft gun are very different beasts.
But lets get back to the story's core - these kids were playing with an AIRSOFT gun, AT THEIR HOME - NOT AT SCHOOL... and got suspended (and may be expelled) from school? Might be the best thing to happen to those boys! That school obviously isn't someplace I would want my children.
I know quite a few young folks who play paintball regularly - should they too be suspended/expelled from school?
The parents should sell their house to a group of radical, militant muslims from Somalia and move to a gun friendly state where their son will be able to grow up around sane people.
This dingbat mother is one of those female voters who will soon elect Terry McAuliffe governor of her state. Probably loves abortion too.
Zero tolerance, sensitivity training, political correctness nonsense is literally straight out of a North Korean prison camp. It was scientifically developed and tested on American POWs during and after the Korean War.
Thank you. The obfuscation about guns is rampant enough in the powder-burner world - let's at least try to get it right when referring to airguns.
But again - we have inconsistencies - pellet gun or airsoft? And no - I do not condone shooting other children with anything (outside of them being active and willing participants in a game).
Most states consider bus stops to be "school property" for the intent of school children. IF this is the case - and these boys were shooting kids getting off the bus - then something needs to be done.
But I'm not yet convinced that expulsion is the answer.
Shooting each other is the whole purpose of an airsoft gun.
Its intended use is by kids to shoot one another.
Say what you want, but those things hurt even through clothing and winter coats.
I agree. What law in any state gives the school district jurisdiction to tell you what you can and can't do on your own private property. Are people really that stupid to think the school district has legal standing in this case?
By the time it hits CNN, the weapon in question will be "A fully-automatic assault AK-47 machine-BB gun". furthermore, they'll probably claim that the kid bought it at one of those "unregulated Texas gun shows where they sell weapons to escaped mental patients, kids and blind terrorists".
Fight to replace socialized, singe payer schools with a capitalist school system.
Like thousands of others in Hampton Roads, Khalid Caraballo plays with airsoft guns. Caraballo and his friend Aidan were suspended because they shot two other friends who were with them while playing with the guns as they waited for the school bus.
Jeez, these F'ing educators are STUPID.. what is next --- you can't eat MEAT in your own home...?
It was probably an assault-style airsoft weapon. The journalist must be having a bad day to have not thrown that into the horrible account of what the terrorized children, and that mother of a neighbor, had to endure.
According to the school, he was suspended for shooting and hitting kids waiting at a school bus stop.
Not once the school brings up that he was suspended for shooting and hitting kids waiting at a nearby school bus stop.
They were shooting at and hitting kids who were waiting at a school bus stop. They weren't expelled for playing with guns they were expelled for shooting them at people.
One of these days the media is going to be right when they report a pissed off right winger went off his rocker with a REAL gun.
When I was a kid we'd go into the woods and play war with BB guns. And no one lost an eye.
And there's another problem. The term 'Swat Team' being turned into a verb.
"When I was a kid wed go into the woods and play war with BB guns. And no one lost an eye."
Back in the idyllic '50s when I was a lad, more to be feared than BB gun fights were rock fights - they were sometimes very scary.
Luckily, rocks are no longer available to our youth...
I think it should be treated like a kid who is throwing sticks or pepples at another kid.
If no one was hurt (like blinded by gettng shot in the face), then the matter should be handled at home.
If someone was blinded, the parents should pay medical bills. Not sure what should be done to stupd kids.
If the kids did it on purpose (aiming at someone's face), then I think something should be done to the kids.
I would feel the same way if some kid was aiming and throwng sticks at another kid's face with the intent to harm.
My pellet rifle probably looks like a real gun from across the street.
Plus you could put your eye out with that thing kid.
She needs to be shunned - the entire neighborhood needs to divide between decent people who pretend that she and her children do not exist and the parasites who cower in fear with their tattletale leader. The whining mother needs to be excluded from decent society, and her children need to be shunned as well. Good people cannot lie down with dogs, or we (and our kids) will get up with fleas.
I think you and I are the only ones that read the article...
The article doesn't actually say that. The language is slippery. See quote following: "Six children were playing in the Caraballo front yard all together, and the school suspended three it said had discharged the firearm near the school bus stop." Don't know what really happened, but I wouldn't put it past the school to shade the truth, especially when challenged publicly.
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By COREY BLUEMELStaff Writer
At the recent public lands council meeting, Bob Mascaro, who represents Solitude Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, gave an informative presentation concerning the landfill to be built near Green River. Mascaro said, "Since the annexation, the Solitude Landfill property is no longer in Grand County, but is now in Emery County."
"We are in the business of solid waste handling. Landfill licensing standards are lengthy and tough in Utah and Green River City also has its own strict standards. We have upgraded our license from Class 1, which is licensed for only waste to come from inside the state of Utah, to a Class 5. Our landfill can take municipal solid waste from outside the state. Although this permit does not allow the acceptance of hazardous or radioactive waste.
"The landfill construction will be totally on private property. We have 320 acres, eight miles outside of Green River. The site is not visible from I-70 or from the town of Green River.
"All waste will come into the facility on rail cars. The surface roads to the landfill will be for employee access only. There are no water rights associated with the property and there is no surface or ground water at the site. Neither is there any historic recreational use of the property.
"Solid waste from the Wasatch Front area will be processed and baled at transfer stations in those locales and then shipped via railroad car to the Solitude site. Our operation at the landfill site will be the storage of the waste only.
"The climate and geology of the area are ideal for this type of disposal site. We can accommodate 19 million cubic yards of waste, and with the new technology available to us for compaction and storage of waste, it is projected that there will be an 18 year life-span of this facility. We are in the process of acquiring tracts of adjacent property from SITLA and the BLM, to lengthen that life-span.
"All recyclable items will be removed from the waste at the transfer station sites in the municipalities prior to baling and shipping to our facility. We will employ 8-10 people per shift and run two shifts daily. Another benefit to our process is that there is no methane produced.
"The bales are bar coded with identifying information pertaining to the source of the waste and the date of it's processing.
"This is going to be good for the town of Green River. It will bring industry, technology and money into the community. We want all the employees and services to come from Green River or Emery County," said Mascaro.
In giving the history of the site, Mayor Glen Dale Johnson said that this particular parcel of land was secured by previous Green River Mayor Rey Lloyd Hatt in 1989 with the idea of pursuing industry of some sort. On through the next administration, Mayor Judy Ann Scott pursued the idea of storage for Sharon Steel. None of the projects came together for the use of this property.
Then two years ago, Solitude came to Mayor Johnson with the proposal for the landfill. After some investigation and planning, the landfill is going on the property.
"Our goal and hope is that this comes to pass. It will help Green River City financially," said Mayor Johnson. "With the baling process and storage of the waste, it is a possibility that at some point in time in the future, that a use will be developed to utilize these waste bales as fuel for electrical generation," said Mayor Johnson.


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Mactweets time again, and a pattern repeats itself, Deadline today? Start making macarons today. Which explains the night time photos.
I'm not sure if it's the weather, or busyness or just a general feeling of blahness, but my desire to cook, bake and blog has taken a drastic downward spiral of late.
As for writing, it seems frivolous to write an upbeat happy post about baking, when so much of the world is in anguish.
But baking is what I did, 3 dozen cupcakes for Mr. Kitchen Hand to take to a work function. It seemed to be the "unbalanced force"* I needed to pull me out of the "state of rest" I'd fallen into.
I'd forgotten how peaceful time spent in the kitchen could be. A chance to switch off the brain and concentrate on the task at hand. I've fallen in love all over again. With blogging, and baking and cupcakes and macarons.
Green tea macarons (I used the ratios I mentioned in last month's macaron post, and added 2 scant tablespoons green tea powder.) .
Have a safe and happy weekend wherever you are. (The Red Cross has set up an NZ Quake appeal for anyone who'd like to help)


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Early childhood education leaders highlight benefits of Pre-K
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- The 4-year-old students at Fair Park Early Childhood Center will blow you away.
"There's a wreck on 430. He ran into a sign. Somebody got hurt but they're still alive," said 4-year-old Cline, who is using the FOX16 microphone to give a traffic report.
Early childhood leaders say they're all bright because of the wealth of knowledge they're getting at this tender age. Kindergarten teacher Alicia Atwood says it will serve them well for years to come.
"I hear the stories now of these kids that are graduating high school and are going to college that I taught and I know for a fact that those programs made a difference in those little ones' lives," Atwood said.
Early childhood leaders say students who go to Pre-K have a higher graduation rate than those who don't start school at four years old. But with no additional funding available for the programs, leaders can't expand, which makes it hard to reach low-income children, who would really benefit.
"At-risk children, having limited resources in their homes like books available to them, they can start 18 months behind their peers so it's hard to catch up even with a great kindergarten teacher," said Geania Dickey, a member of the Invest Early Coalition.
Dickey hopes the numbers will bring more funding so all Arkansas students can get that early boost.
Pre K gives students a great advantage in their education but education advocates say learning really starts when they're infants. For parents with babies, click here.


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