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WASHINGTON — An ambitious leader who tends to see opportunity in crisis, President Obama has been criticized, even by some supporters, for attempting to do too much too soon. But it took the Arizona controversy to force his administration to consider tackling comprehensive immigration reform before the mid-term elections.
With the electorate roiled by the recession and rattled by the deficit, Democrats are looking at significant losses in November. They've already been bruised by a vicious (but necessary) fight over health care, and they aren't in the mood for another battle royale.
And, let's face it, the debate over immigration reform will be contentious, protracted and polarized, uglier, in all likelihood, than the polemics over health care. After all, immigration raises the specter of race and ethnicity — subjects that don't lend themselves to low-key, thoughtful discussion.
But those charged with responsibility for the public weal don't always get to choose the most politically opportune moment to act. Sometimes, if you're an elected official, you just have to do the right thing when the time comes. And the time has come for comprehensive immigration reform.
By passing an ugly law that practically mandates racial profiling, the Arizona Legislature brought the problem to the doorsteps of Congress. Its members would be complicit in the shameful Arizona conduct if they refused to pass legislation that secures the borders while giving illegal workers a pathway to citizenship. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs called the Arizona law "a wake-up call for the federal government to act."
With the blessing of then-President George W. Bush, Congress tackled immigration reform in 2007. But the effort died when the GOP base rebelled against efforts to naturalize illegal immigrants already here.
Republicans have been reluctant to offer a pathway to citizenship since then. As Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) put it Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," ". . .Until you secure the border, trying to really have an overall reform package on immigration just simply can't be done."
That's not to suggest Democrats are uniformly in favor of a comprehensive plan. They're divided — reflecting the unease many of their voters have with illegal immigration. In cities and towns across the country, from Iowa to Georgia, schools have been overwhelmed by children who don't speak English; hospital emergency rooms have been overstretched by uninsured immigrants; and neighborhoods have been transformed by transient populations of working-age men living together in single-family dwellings.
The irony is that the United States practically invited undocumented laborers into the country during the go-go '90s, when houses needed to be built, hotel rooms needed to be cleaned and babies with working moms needed to be tended. Back then, agribusinesses, construction companies and carpet-makers, among others, demanded a steady supply of cheap labor.
Many of those workers started families, paid taxes and even established small businesses. Lawn care workers started landscape companies. Maids started cleaning businesses. Nannies opened childcare centers. The nation that thinks of itself as the "shining city on a hill" would be downright mean to suggest that those workers don't deserve a path to citizenship after several years here.
"God has been good to America, and we need to love all of God's children," said Rev. Gregory M. Williams, president of Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment, a non-profit which advocates for social justice. "It's a complicated issue, but we have to start somewhere to rectify this broken system."
Williams, pastor of Holsey Temple CME Church, is among the leaders of a pro-reform "faith walk" and rally planned for Saturday in Atlanta, one of several rallies planned around the country. He and other advocates hope to persuade Congress that the time to do the right thing is right now.
April 28th, 2010
8:10 am
Oh ya…Great Idea! In this manner all the illegals who would become legal could vote for Obama and his inept cronies (Thats the Dems idean anyway). The AZ law is not ugly nor wrong. It is the illegals who are wrong, hence, the name.
Seems bait and switch has become the democratic mantra.
If it takes racial profiling then that is what it will take. Its time they observe and abide by the laws or be tossed out on their behinds. Them and their anchor babies…
April 28th, 2010
8:13 am
What about all the LEGAL workers that are already here that don't have a job? Or do you not care about those people, Cynthia? And you call yourself a Christian…..
April 28th, 2010
8:16 am
Or hey, I got it!! Quit your job for 6 months and live in a legal, unemployed American's shoe. Then we'll see if you still write these articles. And you wonder why the Democrats are labeled as un-American.
April 28th, 2010
8:20 am
I agree. But put our troops on the border and prevent ALL new illegals from coming in – PERIOD
April 28th, 2010
8:23 am
Or how about we put LEGAL Americans to work right now. Build a fence along the US/Mexico border. Add an electric current. Problem solved. Comprende?
April 28th, 2010
8:24 am
I'm sure there are plenty of legal US citizens who are unemployed and losing jobs to illegals. Which means criminals. And Cynthia not only wants us to not throw these people out, she wants to reward them. For taking jobs from people who have lived here their whole lives.
The left doesn't care about you, it only cares about power. If they cared about you, the average American, then they wouldn't try to reward criminals for breaking the law. But those criminals are likely to vote for Democrats, and that means power, all the left cares about, the power to control and force everyone to act how the left wants them to act.
April 28th, 2010
8:27 am
First: IF we gave these workers a path to citizenship, how many MORE amnesties do we have to put up with
Second: When is the border going to be closed? When will we treat illegal Mexicans like the Mexican government treats other Latin American border jumpers?
Third: IF we gave these people citizenship, THEN , on average, they would become burdens to our society. On average, they would receive free healthcare, free food, free housing assistance and pay no Federal income taxes AT ALL.
I remember the last Amnesty when the people of the U.S. were PROMISED that it would be the last if we agreed to it.
The last amnesty drastically INCREASED illegal immigration. We cannot permit another amnesty unless/untill the border is shut down. Since Democrats REFUSE to shut the border, there can be no path to citizenship for illegals.
April 28th, 2010
8:30 am
If you cross the N. Korean border illegally, you get 12 years of hard labor;
If you cross the Iranian border illegally, you are detained indefinitely;
If you cross the Afgahan border illegally, you get shot;
If you cross the Saudi border illegally, you will be jailed;
If you cross the Chinese border illegally, you may never be heard from again;
If you cross the Venezuelan border (except if your Sean Penn) illegally; you will be branded a spy and your fate will be sealed;
If you cross the Cuban border illegally, you will be thrown into a political prison to rot;
Now if you cross the U.S. border illegally, you get a job, a driver's license, SS card, welfare, food stamps, credit cards, subsidized rent or a loan to buy a house, free education, free health care, a lobbyist in Washington for your cause, and in many instances you can vote. I don't where you came from or what language you speak, I shouldn't have to press 1 for English.
April 28th, 2010
8:34 am
"illegal immigrants took jobs that US residents wouldn't take"
That sounds just a Republican talking.
April 28th, 2010
8:34 am
while we're at it, lets give tax cheats, bank robbers and murders amnesty too!
April 28th, 2010
8:35 am
…just LIKE a Republican…that is.
April 28th, 2010
8:35 am
If we need legal workers, let them come in the legal way.
April 28th, 2010
8:36 am
Unfortunately the Democrat version of "comprehensive immigration reform" equals amnesty.
A number of issues here, including Republicans see labor while Democrats see votes, seems Arizona's "ugly law" is only enforcement of existing Federal law and not quite that ugly, there IS process for legal immigration which others comply with, a continuing drain by illegals on our societal resources, secure our borders first – then worry about what to do with the current illegals, and "Illegal is Illegal — end of discussion"!!!
BTW, seems CT's "An ambitious leader who tends to see opportunity in crisis" should read "tends to create crisis and respond with if we don't act… Seems, as usual, we have very different positions and recommendations of what the "right thing to do" is…
April 28th, 2010
8:39 am
CT at 8:31 — There's plenty of research which shows illegal immigrants took jobs that US residents wouldn't take.
Curious – does the "research" say why US residents wouldn't take those jobs?
April 28th, 2010
8:42 am
Cynthia, the Democrats have always demanded "comprehensive reform" that has never seriously attempted to shut the border. A significant number of Republicans DO support amnesty, so this is not just a Dem/Republican battle. But the Republicans, at least, can be persuaded to try to do something about the border, while Democrats are unwilling to do anything at all.
Frankly, I have been disingenuous. I don't believe that the border can be shut (due to the nature of it), and therefore any amnesty will lead to more illegal immigration and more amnesty. The 1986 amnesty PROVED this. Illegal immigrants are here to stay. We cannot afford them, and we cannot afford to ignore them. The best way to handle them is to limit their choices, not allow them to hold jobs, and encourage them to leave and not come back.
April 28th, 2010
8:42 am
Republicans and Democrats have both failed to CLOSE and SECURE the border…waiting…
April 28th, 2010
8:43 am
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April 28th, 2010
8:44 am
"There's plenty of research which shows illegal immigrants took jobs that US residents wouldn't take."
When was this research done, 10 yrs ago when the economy was doing great? Do that same survey now and I guarantee it'll be different.
April 28th, 2010
8:49 am
This article is wrong, wrong, wrong. My husband is a legal immigrant from Canada (American Indian) and we have spent many hours on paperwork, visiting immigration offices and thousands of dollars on fees for him to live in this Country; even though it took a lot of sacrifice to do so; as we are of extremely modest means by anyone's standards. Why should anybody bother to do it legally if people are just going to be able to get in illegally, anyways? What you're suggesting is a slap in the face to all those who take the legal path to citizenship and my husband will be the first to tell you that- he has very strong feelings on the subject.
Illegal is illegal is illegal. Period.
April 28th, 2010
8:49 am
Illegal aliens are being knowingly employed are probably being payed less than the law allows, because they are undocumented. They are also probably not given the same worker protections that citizens and documented aliens are given. Hence, any sensible American would not take such a job. Giving citizenship to more illegal immigrants just gives more voting power to allow more illegal immigrants to come into our country. Unions did't fight and die for workers rights to have foreigners steal it from them.
April 28th, 2010
8:49 am
peabrain…now you claimthat no one need be unemployed, that only the lazy were unemployed and there should be no entitlements. Now you want some sort of "we were here first" entitlement? (which we were not, unless you are native american).
April 28th, 2010
8:52 am
I am so glad to hear that one of the Georgia officials want to enact the Arizona law here.
April 28th, 2010
8:55 am
"that only the lazy were unemployed"
Never claimed that. Nice try though.
April 28th, 2010
8:56 am
I have a Hispanic friend he is legal,and he say's that he doesn't have a problem with showing his papers,he is very proud of them. He also told me that the Illegals have brought this on to them selves by not seeking the legal way to enter the USA. I am proud to be his friend.
April 28th, 2010
8:58 am
I sorry but this is bull—t, here we go again rewarding people for breaking the law. We will never get controll of our borders this way. It's time to stop rewarding these people for entering the country illegally and start forcing them to abide by the law.
April 28th, 2010
9:00 am
"because it included a pathway to citizenship."
Good they got booed. We've got plenty of legal Americans here that are out of work. Cynthia, are you going to do what I suggested at 8:16?
April 28th, 2010
9:01 am
Cry me a river Cynthia! Many of those illegal workers paid taxes? What do you consider many? 100? 300? Got news for you…you are wrong. I guess you are also for arresting the crack dealer but letting the buyer that is breaking the law as well go free?
All humans deserve the right to a better life. If coming to the US is the dream, then we welcome them with open arms. Allowing illegal aliens to break the law then be rewarded with a golden parachute is flat out wrong. They need to do it the proper way. If they don't learn how to be responsible now, how can you ever expect them to respect our other laws once comfortable here?
You're left wing kook commentary is what is wrong with this country now.
April 28th, 2010
9:02 am
Isn't it time to tell the truth, illegal immigration has done a great deal of damage to many towns and neighborhoods. I watch them as they leave for work and return at 5pm everyday. Yet, I know so many who can't find a job. I live in a town that is 80% Hispanic and a good portion of that are illegals that came to work here on agricultural visas but quit the fields within a month or so to get the better jobs. They're working ALL the fast food jobs here, supermarkets, motels you name it, they are there. And you can't get a job here unless you speak Spanish. Even the American born Hispanics that don't speak Spanish can't get a job. You talk about an invasion, we are saturated with illegals.
April 28th, 2010
9:10 am
Let's not forget Saxby Chambliss' courageous Onion Field Stand. When the INS came to arrest illegal workers, he showed up at the behest of his federally-subsidized farm friends to stop the INS from doing their job. And y'all wonder why more illegal immigrants followed? It's the jobs, stupid. No doubt some would like to escape the U.S. funded drug wars too.
April 28th, 2010
9:12 am
We have a path. It is to go through the legal process (while waiting in the country of origin), and when approved and nationalized, can enter and become citizens.
The laws have been on the books for 90 years. Why is it so hard? lawbreakers are lawbreakers.
It is a shame that in Arizona they feel the need to pass a law that says we should enforce an existing law. Why is that necessary?
April 28th, 2010
9:13 am
Just like the Cubans were determined to take over Miami (and they did), some groups of hispanics are determined to take over the rest of the USA.
April 28th, 2010
9:13 am
I swear, you can't get into this debate without some bonehead bringing up that old, tired "illegal immigrants take jobs that other people won't again". Bull. What, you think nobody cut grass, did laundr, painted houses, dug ditches, or harvested crops before they got here? Do you honestly think that if the illegals suddenly disappeared that all these jobs would sit unfilled? Oh, please. No, illegals don't take jobs nobody else wants: they take jobs and get paid less than a LEGAL immigrant or an American citizen would have taken and probably been paid better for. Yes, getting your grass cut would be a little more expensive, but it's money that would be staying in this country instead of being sent home to Mexico every month. It would be pumped back into OUR economy, not theirs. What's more it might just prompt one or two lazy folks to get out and cut their own grass for a change. Illegal aliens are not "immigrants" – they are criminals by the very definition of the word. Cynthia, the path to citizenship is already there: it's called "the same rules everyone else has to play by". Liberals live by finding ways to bend and break the rules – or abolish them altogether – for their own political aims. Round 'em up, send 'em back, charge the fence, shoot a few trying to cross, and enforce the good laws we already have: don't make exceptions to make yourself falsely appear kind and compassionate.
April 28th, 2010
9:13 am
The American government, whether they be Democrats or Republicans, deal with many problems including immigration like the problem was of electronic in nature. You don't fix it properly, you smack it until it works and if that doesn't work, you throw it away and buy a new one.
April 28th, 2010
9:14 am
If you want to be an immigrant, do it legally- go back to your home country and go about immigration the right way. Otherwise, we don't need you.
April 28th, 2010
9:17 am
Agreed, go home and apply for a visa just like everyone else must do.
April 28th, 2010
9:17 am
so we're worried about our budget, but democrats don't see anything wrong with giving illegals (on average) $3-4 for every dollar they pay in taxes?
And then we can make them legal citizens, and guarantee them social security and health care for life????
This seems seriously flawed
April 28th, 2010
9:18 am
Vyper3000; GREAT post! You nailed it!
April 28th, 2010
9:19 am
Want a broken system? I witnessed it myself a few months ago. A young graduate from GA Tech had to go back to her home country because lawyers were unable to obtain a work visa. She was highly skilled and followed the proper process and went through considerable expense.
I'll take this person any day over a person who is coming here illegally, contributing little, but taking plenty in social services.
Why are we defending the low skilled worker that snuck in while ignoring the high skilled worker that gets rejected after following the rules and waiting in line??
April 28th, 2010
9:20 am
Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me
I'm with that guy.
April 28th, 2010
9:22 am
Cynthia- there already is a path. What you are really saying is that you want that path to be much easier and streamlined. You just want to let everyone in. Maybe you could adopt a few.
April 28th, 2010
9:22 am
In my opinion, there is already a path for non-citizens to become a citizen. This has been very successful for decades and I do not see a need to change it.
The problem that I have is with the word "illegal". This means that they have broke a law – and they have. They entered the US illegally.
You don't reward someone that has broken a law by giving them what they want.
I don't have all of the answers, but to me it just doesn't make any sense to reward "illegal" aliens with US citizenship. They need to have some sort of punishment…. and I don't necessarily mean shipped back to their own Country.
April 28th, 2010
9:26 am
Since when do the Feds get to tell Arizona how to run their state?
April 28th, 2010
9:28 am
If you come across the border illegally, you've already committed a crime. If you want to come into this country, do it the right way. Learn english and become part of the solution instead of the problem.
April 28th, 2010
9:30 am
No way, no how. If you add 30 million now, you will have millions more flock to the US and then in 10 years we'll have the same issue.
April 28th, 2010
9:32 am
I laugh everytime ignorant people say that Illegal immigrants take away jobs from Legal Americans. Yeah like Americans want to pick up fruit and vegetables under extreme temps. Yeah like Americans want to clean toilets, do landscaping, drywall, cook at restaurants and babysit for less than minimum wage. To the uniformed ignorant people, Ilegal do pay taxes when they buy stuff, pay taxes when they renew their tags, pay taxes on their houses, and even pay taxes when doing money transfers to their countries which is the highest revenue the american goverment has. Income Tax? they do pay it but they dont know about it because the LEGAL American owners of those companies do deduct taxes from their paycheck in order to not get in trouble with the IRS and get more deductions. That is the American Double Standard. companies hire illegals to get cheap labor but when they get caught, they say they didnt know they were illegal. Get "Legals" to build your house and pick up fruit and landscape and nobody will be able to afford the price. Happy 5 de Mayo fools!


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She seems like she's just decided this during her interview with Jimmy Kimmel on her show, but perhaps Honey Boo Boo Child has been cheering for Barack Obama all along.
'A Charlie Brown Christmas' might be the best-known Peanuts television special, but the gang's Halloween special also cemented its place in television history. Sure there wouldn't be a Halloween cartoon without the holiday one, but there wouldn't be a Peanuts gang on television for more than 40 years without 'The Great Pumpkin.'
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RBC I The Rangely and Meeker cross country teams competed last Friday at the Grand Junction Cross Country Invitational, along with 15 other schools. There were 173 boy runners. Rangely boys' team placed 10th. Here are the individual finishes for the Panthers: William Scoggins, 10th, 17:51 (He was the first 2A runner); Blake Wanstedt, 69th, […]
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While I didn't dislike this recipe, I wasn't super impressed either. The proportion of greens to polenta (even considering that I ended up with more like 14 c. total) was a little light for my family's tastes, and the polenta (which I made without milk due to lactose issues - water instead) was spicier than I had anticipated (not bad for me, but it made it inedible for my toddler, who handles light spiciness well) which was a bummer because I think she would have really liked it. Had I made it with milk, I think the milk probably would have balanced some of the kick. It tasted good, though, and was a nice accompaniment to some simple oven-roasted salmon fillets -- so a good recipe, but not my favorite.
Sicilian-Style Greens over Polenta
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Amount per serving
- Calories: 336
- Calories from fat: 20%
- Fat: 7.3g
- Saturated fat: 2.4g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.6g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.6g
- Protein: 12.3g
- Carbohydrate: 55.8g
- Fiber: 5.4g
- Cholesterol: 10mg
- Iron: 3.7mg
- Sodium: 662mg
- Calcium: 340mg
- Cooking spray
- 4 cups chopped Belgian endive (about 4 ounces)
- 4 cups chopped kale (about 4 ounces)
- 4 cups chopped turnip greens (about 4 ounces)
- 1/3 cup golden raisins
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
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- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated fresh Parmesan cheese, divided
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup dry breadcrumbs
- 4 teaspoons pine nuts, toasted
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add endive; cook 1 minute or until endive begins to wilt, stirring constantly. Add kale; cook 1 minute or until kale begins to wilt, stirring constantly. Add turnip greens; cook 1 minute or until greens begin to wilt. Stir in raisins and salt. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 6 minutes or until greens are tender; set aside.
- Combine cornmeal and pepper in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Gradually add broth and milk, stirring with whisk; bring to boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes; stir occasionally. Add 1/4 cup cheese.
- Heat oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add garlic; cook 1 minute or until lightly browned, stirring constantly. Stir in breadcrumbs; cook 1 minute or until golden brown, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; stir in remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
- Spoon 1 cup polenta onto each of 4 plates; top each serving with 1 cup greens mixture. Sprinkle each with 2 tablespoons breadcrumb mixture and 1 teaspoon pine nuts.
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"I'm not planning on voting; I have a lot going on right now." Those were the words of Sheila, a young African-American woman I met recently, when I asked her if she intended to vote in November. I understand why Sheila wasn't going to vote. With all the struggles people are experiencing, it can be easy for them to give up.
For the past month, I've been knocking on doors in Reno, Nevada, to get out the vote for Barack Obama. When I was offered the chance to work for President Obama's re-election, I knew I had to do it. In September I took a leave of absence from my job at the Hyatt to spend two months on the campaign trail talking to voters like Sheila.
I started working as a housekeeper at the Hyatt Andaz West Hollywood in 2010. I had just completed two bachelor's degrees with honors from Cal State the previous year. When I graduated, the bottom had fallen out of the economy, so I was unable to find a job in my field. Being an older woman with grey in my hair didn't help either. I was working part-time at Kohl's, but they were only giving me four hours a week, so I was also collecting partial unemployment. Eventually my unemployment began to run out. If it hadn't been for President Obama signing the extensions to unemployment, I would have been homeless.
While I continued to look for other jobs, a friend told me about a diversity council that had been formed to welcome African-Americans back into the hotel industry. I was chosen to be a member, and I went through a hospitality industry "boot camp." By this time, I was out of federal unemployment, so when I was offered a job as a hotel housekeeper, I took it.
Knocking on doors and talking to voters is hard emotionally and physically, but it is easier than housekeeping. I had no idea how badly hotel housekeepers were treated until I became one. The working conditions for housekeepers have not changed since the 1950s. It took me about a week to decide I had to be active and speak out for better treatment at work.
I've been a social justice activist in one way or another all my life. I started out in the Civil Rights movement. Now with my union, I am fighting to improve working conditions not just at Hyatt, but for all hotel housekeepers.
I see knocking on doors here in Reno as an extension of that fight. The people we elect have a huge impact on our rights as workers. I want people to get out and vote and use their voice. It doesn't matter if you are white, African-American, Asian or Latino. We can all work together to improve our working conditions and fight injustice. My advice to everyone is, if you see a good fight, get in it.
I also want to give back to President Obama. He gave me a much needed lifeline when he signed extended unemployment benefits. The extended unemployment allowed me to stay in my home and keep the lights on until I was able to find a job.
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Changes could be in store for a classroom of Grade 5 and 6 students dutifully reciting phrases in Dakota with teacher Vivian Anderson.
If the Whitecap Dakota First Nation has its way, all of its students will be pupils of Saskatoon Public Schools as of September - and some won't even have to leave the reserve 30 kilometres south of Saskatoon.
"It makes a lot of sense. At the end of the day, where do our kids end up? They end up in the Saskatoon public school system," Whitecap Chief Darcy Bear said.
The school division and First Nation have signed a memorandum of understanding, and are close to hammering out an agreement that could be unique in the often siloed worlds of provincially-run and federally-funded education. If plans proceed as hoped, Saskatoon Public Schools will operate the Whitecap elementary school next year as a pre-Kindergarten to Grade 4 school. Teachers will be public school division employees, and other school and support staff will be supplied by Whitecap. A band employee will continue to teach the Dakota language and culture to children.
"The whole focus is going to be on the best primary teaching experience we can deliver," Bear said.
Students in Grades 5 to 12, meanwhile, will be bused to city schools - likely John Lake and Buena Vista elementary schools, and Aden Bowman and Walter Murray high schools.
Right now, Whitecap teaches students in pre-K through Grade 6. Middle years students are bused to Caswell school, and high school students to Bedford Road.
Ultimately, when a new elementary school opens in Stonebridge - expected in 2017 - Bear said older Whitecap elementary students will attend there, shortening their bus ride.
The deal would also give Whitecap students access to public school division professionals, like educational psychologists, counsellors, and speech language pathologists.
Growing closer
The agreement is a natural extension of a 20-year relationship that has grown closer between Whitecap and the public school division, the chief said. The reserve, which has a population of about 500 people, is home to about 160 school-aged kids.
Years ago, Whitecap students who moved into the public school system were about a year behind their new classmates in literacy and math, Bear said.
"We didn't think it was fair to our students."
Now, they use the provincial curriculum at Whitecap, and as of Jan. 1, the school's teachers and principal are public school division employees. That switch makes it easier to recruit teachers to the reserve, who now get the employment benefits of membership in the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, Bear said.
Students from Caswell visit Whitecap, and Whitecap students visit Caswell before the children reach Grade 7, so they already have a relationship with their new classmates.
The transition is going much more smoothly now, Bear said.
Separate to the agreement, the band has drafted plans to expand the school, adding two more classrooms and a staff room, and a new early learning and child care centre to the southeast corner of the building. The nearly $4-million addition will ideally be ready by September 2015.
The deal is not a move to cede a First Nation's control of its own school, Bear said. It's about kids, not jurisdiction.
"We want to see our children succeed. We always talk about all the growth in Saskatchewan, and the opportunities.
We want them to be part of those opportunities," he said.
The plan and the money Whitecap's band council and the public school board have both approved the plan. The hurdle that remains is a bureaucratic one. Saskatoon Public Schools must expand its Ward 7 electoral boundaries to include Whitecap - a step that must be approved by the provincial government.
A ministerial order is needed to change the boundary, which involves the education minister consulting with Saskatoon public, Whitecap, and the neighbouring Prairie Spirit school division, an education ministry spokeswoman said. It should take about a month for the minister to make a decision.
Board chairman Ray Morrison said any boundary change will not affect Saskatoon city council's boundaries.
"We're not taking money away that we collect from the local tax base or the province and putting it toward the students from Whitecap. This is solely funded by the federal government," Morrison said.
Stickhandled by former public schools director of education George Rathwell, the five-year pilot project arrangement is the first such one the school division has entered into, Morrison said.
Although the final details have yet to be ironed out, the move is likely to see education
funding flow directly from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) to the division.
The federal government has in recent years come under fire for allotting far less money per student at First Nations schools than provincially-funded schools receive.
Although he didn't give specifics, Morrison said the funding per Whitecap student "must look very similar to the provincial government number and not the federal government number."
There are a few other examples of co-operation that Whitecap and Saskatoon's public could learn from. In Manitoba, the Waywayseecappo First Nation has struck a co-governance agreement with the Park West school division to operate Waywayseecappo's school. Teacher salaries jumped, class sizes dipped, and students' literacy skills and behaviour improved.
An organization called the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre also works with bands in that province to tailor provincial curriculum to each First Nation's needs. It's been able to strike new arrangements that get more funding and tools for First Nations schools.
The Prairie Spirit school board, which surrounds Saskatoon, also has a board trustee to represent each of Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and Mistawasis First Nation.
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A friend recently recommended that I read the bio of St. Maria of Paris. I've been pleasantly surprised by how engaging the story of her life and ministry have been to me this week. I'm still reading her story, but I want to share some of her wisdom that has spoken to me.
"No amount of thought will ever result in any greater formulation than the three words, 'Love one another,' so as long as it is love to the end and without exceptions." - St. Maria of Paris
What would it look like if I, for even a day, loved without exception?
"If someone turns with his spiritual world toward the spiritual world of another person," she reflected, "he encounters an awesome and inspiring mystery… He comes into contact with the true image of God in man, with the very icon of God incarnate in the world, with a reflection of the mystery of God's incarnation and divine manhood. And he needs to accept this awesome revelation of God unconditionally, to venerate the image of God in his brother…" - St. Maria of Paris
What would it look like if I, for even a day, encountered those I meet in a way that venerates the image of God within them?
I'm thankful for St. Maria and the prophetic voices proclaiming love in the face of the broken world all around us.
"… can we call God trustworthy, much less trust that God will provide? Can we trust that God established creation in such a way that all life can be nourished, that no one need go hungry?… I believe that we can trust God to provide because God has provided. God has provided the garden of this world. God continues, moment by moment, breath to breath, to sustain life itself. There is enough here for all. But all do not have enough, not nearly enough. It is not God who needs to be overcome in order that all may eat. It is human greed, human grasping, human violence that must be overcome. It is human sin, in which we all have a share…
What would manna look like in our day?""
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* Soulstones can now properly be used on party and raid members who have already died.
I find it unfair that rebirth and soulstones share the same resurrection category without soulstones currently being usable on dead targets. With Deathknights now getting the ability too, it's time the soulstone change gets fully implemented.
DKs always had Raise Ally. However, they've put a heavy nerf on an already useless ability by making it share the restrictions as the other Combat resurrections.
Essentially, what was useless before is now even more useless. And don't tell me that a ghoul that dies from 4 ticks of passive AOE from bosses and deals roughly 2k DPS in its maximum duration is useful.
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"Raise Ally has been redesigned to be a battle resurrection, analogous to Rebirth. It is instant cast, but costs 50 Runic Power to use, and has a 10-minute cooldown. It shares the same global battle resurrection cap with Rebirth and Soulstone."
That change is on the latest patch notes, last updated February 28, 7:30 PM PST. The classes that will be capable of providing a resurrection while in combat when 4.1 drops are Druids, Warlocks, and Deathknights. All three share the same cooldown in a fight. As it currently stands, Rebirth and Raise Ally are able to be cast on dead opponents so you never "waste" a combat resurrection. Soulstones need to be planned out ahead of time and are almost insulting in a sense.
"Out of all the healers in the raid, I think you'll be the one to die first."
Soulstones worked fine with their current design when they were meant to be a wipe recovery tool and a somewhat "if your guess is lucky, it's just as good as a Rebirth" aspect. But now that Rebirth, Raise Ally, and Soulstones are meant to perform the same function, they should all have the same basic benefits.


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This week, prepare yourself for the world's first pure milk vodka, a napping desk for the office, Saw IRL, poisonous beer, road rage cleavage, a gory gift at Wrigley Field, a dancing plant and a sleepy cat. Let's get weird with the strangest videos of the past seven days.
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Terms like "bipolar", "autistic" and "schizophrenic" are often used in jest to describe character traits. But how harmful is it to bandy the names of such conditions about?
It's a common form of hyperbole. The neighbour who keeps his house tidy has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). A socially awkward colleague is autistic. The weather isn't just changeable, it's bipolar. Such analogies are so familiar they surely qualify as cliches. They are also inaccurate and, to many, deeply offensive.
As Mental Health Awareness Week begins, campaigners are targeting what many say is an increasingly common practice - deploying the language of clinical diagnosis to describe everyday personality traits.
Using these terms metaphorically is just a joke, not to be taken seriously, argue some. Others, however, warn that this serves to further obfuscate conditions that are widely misunderstood and stigmatised.
Facebook has been criticised for not removing a controversial page which victim support charities say trivialises and jokes about rape.
The group page, called "You know she's playing hard to get when your chasing her down an alleyway", has 194,370 likes on the social networking site.
Victim support groups have called it "disgusting". Companies that advertise on Facebook have demanded their adverts be removed from the page.
Orlagh, a 22-year-old student from Belfast who did not want to disclose her full name, saw the page and became concerned. She said: "This is not just a joke. There are people on there who are advocating rape and there are people on there apparently confessing to rape. Facebook is a significant social force and it gives quite a worrying picture of how they view women if breastfeeding is considered obscene and rape is not."
On its terms and conditions Facebook said: "You will not post content that is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence."
Tinamarie Smith agrees with Facebook and said it was about freedom of speech. She said: "This group has nothing to do with rape its only a bit of fun if u don't like it then don't read it… I'm not saying rape is a good thing its very bad but when ur stressing someone about a joke then u really need to get a life."
So, what I have concluded from this is that some people think rape is hilarious and some female users of facebook think that rape survivors should, "get a life" if they find jokes about rape offensive. What a lovely thing to say, seeing as rape normally ruins people's lives.
The breastfeeding element that Orlagh speaks about is Facebook banning pictures of breastfeeding mothers deeming them 'offensive'.
This is disgusting. I can't help thinking if this were a race hate related joke page it would be taken down immediately. Any hate/violence condoning groups or pages should be removed. Especially when it openly dismisses rape as a joke. I'm not laughing.
"The government has indicated it is committed to changing the law to allow gay marriage by 2015.
While civil partnerships were a "welcome first step", she said the party was committed to confronting "prejudice and discrimination in all its forms".
The recent riots which broke out across England prompted Prime Minister David Cameron to say he wanted "rocket boosters" under efforts to turn round the lives of thousands of troubled families.
"You wouldn't believe how many parents don't know how to cook even a simple meal."
"Some of these parents, you ask them when was the last time that they cooked, and they say 'I think it was in April'," she adds. "You have to take them to the shops and tell them what to buy because they just live on takeaways."
The borough of Sandwell borders the city of Birmingham and is one of the poorest in the country. It is here that Rachel's client lives, a 34-year-old unemployed woman who had so many problems in her previous neighbourhood that she was eventually moved by the Sandwell FIP to another house elsewhere in the borough… … But although her family life improved, her children stopped menacing their neighbourhood, and her FIP ended, she has recently been referred back to it, because she began a relationship with another man, became pregnant by him - and he too became abusive towards her. This raised concerns about her children's welfare.
I snipped bits of this article, but it talks about the program and what it does, it's worth a look.
I find this whole thing outrageous on two levels. One, that people are having kids who obviously can't take care of them and secondly that this is being allowed to happen, parents trying to raise children with a severe lack of help I mean. You shouldn't be allowed to have children unless you can take care of them properly. And by properly that means providing them with education, proper food etc etc. This is a privilege issue and the government needs to start properly helping the poorest people in the poorest communities. Birth control needs to be widely available and given free, abortion and adoption should be given in equal measures as an alternative to birth.
I feel as though the whole reason the government is doing this is to cut costs on damage caused by riots/anti-social behaviour etc which I think is disgusting. Every damn child deserves equal opportunity regardless of the costs! It's not just children, it's the mothers too. The mothers which are often beaten and abused in their own homes by the fathers of their children. They need help! The priorities in this country and America are all wrong. It starts with the people, then you can work up.
The lifetime ban on blood donations by homosexual and bisexual men will be lifted in England, Scotland and Wales.
Ministers have agreed to let men who have not had sex with another man in the past 12 months to donate from November…. …However, the latest medical evidence presented to a government panel argued the [total] ban could no longer be justified.
"I can't actually see what the point of it is. I've been in a committed relationship for 16 years, my blood is as good as anyone's. It still seems very discriminatory." Sean Calvert, Milton Keynes
"A gay man in a monogamous relationship who has only had oral sex will still automatically be unable to give blood but a heterosexual man who has had multiple partners and not worn a condom will not be questioned about his behaviour, or even then, excluded."
"I can't believe it could have taken 30 years to lift such a discriminatory practice. How many people may have died because our blood wasn't good enough?" Anthony, Edinburgh
As much as this is such a wonderful and HUGE step forward I'm still disgusted that this is still an issue. I am very well aware that it is said that gay men are at a much higher risk of HIV than any one else, but honestly I've never seen proof of this. Especially now in the 21st century where condoms and other forms of protection are widely available and more people have been educated about HIV.
I'm just so annoyed that it's a gay man's issue. Surely by that reckoning, any one who's been sexually active is at risk for HIV, not just gay men. You do not have to be a homosexual male to get HIV and I'm at loss to reasons why homosexual men could give blood but then that blood be tested; at least then he can give and that blood be put to good use if it's clean (which I'm sure it would be in the majority of cases.) I'm forever seeing adverts about the shortage of blood, and I'm aware that HIV is obviously a big risk but it's a risk! Just like anything else when it comes to medicine and the human body. Malaria can lie dormant for years and so can other conditions that can be transferred by blood, why are gay men alone subjected to these rather ludicrous measures? If sex is the problem then disqualify any one who's had unprotected sex.
For all the faults in this, I guess this is the start of the steps in the right direction.
Ivory Coast: UN presses Ouattara over Duekoue massacre
The UN secretary general has urged Ivory Coast's internationally-backed president to investigate hundreds of deaths blamed partly on his supporters.
"They're still finding more bodies here - local Red Cross volunteers searching the undergrowth, trawling through streets lined with burned and looted buildings.
And it's still tense - UN soldiers guard the teams as they drag out the corpses and bury them in mass graves. One soldier tells me he's seen four dead children. He turns and scolds a group of local fighters lounging at a nearby roadblock. "No more killing," he says. They nod.
In the centre of town some 40,000 civilians are packed into a church compound. "I'm scared to go home," one man tells me, pointing out onto the street towards dozens of young, heavily-armed men."
Hundreds of arts groups lose funding
"More than 200 organisations that received regular funding from Arts Council England have missed out after "a series of painful decisions".
About 1,300 venues, theatres, galleries and arts groups applied for grants from the council, which had its budget cut by £100m in October's Spending Review.
"Insurers cannot charge different premiums to men and women because of their gender, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.
The decision means that women can no longer be charged lower car insurance premiums than men, and the cost of buying a pensions annuity will change."
This pisses me off.
Women have been unfairly treated monetarily for years. Even now, it is more common for men to get paid a higher wage than women for doing the same job. Even if both people have the same qualifications and do the job exactly the same. Suddenly now people are paying attention because it's men under discrimination. It's not even discrimination really. (On average) Men get into more car accidents than women, and that's the only thing that matters for insurance. But when it comes to jobs, wages and fairness in that- oh, no one cares.
Blue Valentine film 'opened censorship debate'
"It's started a big discussion in America about why is sex taboo and why is violence okay. I think the MPAA has to re-evaluate its stance on things.
"I feel like my kids will see far worse things during commercials on football games - violence and guns. Blue Valentine is just about intimacy and emotion. There's very little nudity in the film. It's more about naked emotions."
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