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Big yellowtail at Guadalupe Island
Daniel Powell 10:30 a.m., Dec. 10
My three-year-old daughter has a beautiful Afro. It's big and round (unless she's leaned back in her car seat and flattened it), and most importantly, she loves it. After I use the pick to roundify it, I adorn it with one of the brightly colored headbands I purchased at the Rite Aid on Adams Avenue ($4.99 for a pack of six). My daughter runs to the full-length mirror in my bedroom, where she dances and sings, "I'm a princess! Shake your booty!"
I'm overjoyed that she loves her hair. I'm also afraid there will come a day when she tells me she wishes it were long, straight, and yellow.
Yesterday, on the way to her gymnastics class at the Toby Wells YMCA in Kearny Mesa, we saw a little girl with Afro puffs on both sides of her head walking through the parking lot hand-in-hand with her mother. My daughter pointed and shouted, "Look, Mommy! She looks like me!"
And a month or so ago, on a walk through Bird Rock, we saw a black woman with a mass of curly hair ride past on a bicycle. That day, too, my daughter pointed and said, "Look, Mommy! She has hair just like you!"
I have to control an impulse to run after these people, to ask them to come and populate our world. Back in March, when two little black girls showed up at the ballet class my daughter takes at the YMCA in Chula Vista, I went out of my way to introduce myself to their mothers. I probably came off as an eager beaver.
My husband and I have had a thousand conversations about whether we should move our family to New Orleans, where he grew up and where the majority of his gigantic family still resides. Our recent move from City Heights to Eastlake has both postponed that conversation and made it more poignant — postponed because we've purchased a house, poignant because Eastlake isn't exactly Diversity Central.
A few weeks ago, my husband had a talk with J, our 14-year-old son. "The only people who romanticize the ghetto," my husband told him, "are those who have the option of not living there. If I win the lottery, you think I'm going to buy a house in Southeast San Diego, just because there are other black people living there? Hell, no. I'm going to buy a house with an ocean view in La Jolla. You know why? Not because I want to be white or because I'm not proud of who I am. I'm gonna buy a house there because that's where the ocean view is."
That sums up our move to Eastlake — we wanted all the view and the square footage our money could buy. And while I love the handful of options for strip-mall sushi here, I miss the taco shops and Somali restaurants around the corner from our old place in City Heights. Every option has pros and cons. We knew this before we moved.
I drive 50 miles to get my daughter to and from her preschool in Kearny Mesa each day. While she's there, I do my work at coffee shops. My husband reminds me that I could add a useful hour to my workday (it might allow me to get the exercise I complain I have no time for) if I put her in a school closer to home, but I want to maintain a connection with San Diego's urban experience: coffee and stewed goat meat in City Heights, craft beer and gourmet soup in North Park, green tea and mochi in Kearny Mesa.
San Diego's populations are segregated, but some schools here are more diverse than any I saw during my years in New York. I might have happy visions of my daughter walking to a neighborhood school with friends, the way I did growing up, but the place I have my sights set on for her, once she's of age, is a Chinese-language immersion school, where the population is 40 percent Hispanic, 22 percent white, 16 percent African-American, and 6.5 percent Asian. Her friends will be Ethiopian, Korean, and Mexican. Some will have hair just like hers.
I'm Oozing Geometry
Late one afternoon in April, I'm at my friend Delicia's apartment in Bay Park, where she lives with her family. Out the living room's sliding-glass, past the lime tree and jalapeño peppers growing on the balcony, stretches a wide view of Mission Bay. We're sitting around the table with her husband, Jerry, and their two kids. The subject of school comes up.
August and Zoe, who call themselves Halfrican-American because their mom is black and their dad white, started their school years at Pacific Beach Elementary. They represented half the school's black population.
"At Pacific Beach, there were no completely black people," Zoe clarifies.
My daughter has yet to meet Zoe, but when she does, I know she'll be smitten. At age nine, the girl is all drama, as hyper-talkative and bubbly as her 13-year-old brother August is careful and reserved. At one point, when I tell Zoe she's cute, she responds, "I know." Delicia looks at me, eyebrows raised. "See what I have to deal with?" she says.
Today, the top layer of Zoe's hair is a combination of cornrows and straight. A few days from now, she'll wear a curly ponytail. The last time I saw her, all of it hung down in waves.
"There were four," Jerry says, meaning the total number of black students at Pacific Beach Elementary. "I saw the data, and there were four. All of them were half-black. The black achievement at that school was off the charts. They all got good grades. The black achievement outpaced all others."
The family calls up memories of the other black kids: Sammy with the Afro and some kid with dreads that Zoe can barely remember. There might once have been a fifth child, Joquan…something.
August and Zoe left that school two years ago, and August recently finished seventh grade at Millennial Tech Middle School in Southeast San Diego, off Euclid and Market. He chose it for its robotics program; he's already weighing options for high-school robotics.
I have read this article over and over trying to figure out how the cover page has anything to do with the content of the article? With that being said I would also like to know where the information was gathered to write the assumption that nobody likes the black girls? You know what happens when you ASSume?! I am extremely offended with the cover page and the message that it sends. Its seems as though your statement was more of an opinion and less of educated researched topic of discussion. To be completely honest it is a reality check for those people who believe that we have made so much progress and that racism doesn't exist. Well your cover page just made it painfully obvious that the color lines are still present in 2012! To the author of the cover page I would invite you to take your blinders off and realize that there are more non-black men who are interested in black women than you may think. Let me also refresh your memory to slavery times when there were more slave owners who were trying to get a lot more than a good servant from the women he purchased.
I agree the article has little to do with the what was said on the cover?? But you know there is truth to the statement... that's why you read it as I did!!
I agree, after reading the blurb on the cover I expected something entirely different. But truth be told, I probably wouldn't have been as interested had the title and soundbite been less deceiving.
ccastellanos ,I am with you on this I seen this the cover on FB and got upset becouse I know that is was a unture statement and I to was offended the frist thought that came to my mind was that it was propaganda and it hurt my heart that they would stoop so low to get someone to read the article and those that just look at the cover and believe it !
I agree. The cover is sad misrepresentation of Salaam's article, meant to capitalize on the current Earth vs. Black Women media frenzy. I'm going on the record as having said The Reader should do better. I used to love this magazine when I lived in San Diego. Pretty disappointed.
I read this whole article as well, and didn't see any point to the blurb on the cover that said nobody likes Black girls...This upset a lot of my friends yesterday on FB, including me. I have many Black girl friends that only date White men or non Black men exclusively, and the majority of men that approach me to ask me out are non Black. Black women have always been hated by our society and media, yet we have so many other races plumping up their lips with fillers, tanning their skin, making their hair curly, and even getting butt implants to get curves that most Black women have naturally. I'm tired of people perpetuating the stereo type that Black women are not beautiful and nobody likes them. This is completely false. Black women are beautiful and strong women that many men are too intimidated by to approach because we are so confident. Too bad for us we're so strong and beautiful I guess.
In addition, I think it's up to parents of all colors to teach thier kids to appreciate all races and ethnicities. The media is not helping by making negative images of Black woman, and other races, and teenagers like J are easily influenced by the media. Teenagers want to be liked, and are followers, (like making fun of the Black American idol contestants) so parents need to teach them to be leaders and not to be closed minded. If they were educated by the schools on our history from slavery to freedom, and learned our accomplishments and success, maybe they would have a better understanding of why we are so hated and treated negatively.
-A Black woman in San Diego that Black and Non-Black men like
Nothing like poor choice in quote selection to get folks talking! JEEZ I'm not sure it was a fair choice,for the author or the young man that made the statement, to use that quote in such a manner that is misleading and taken out of context. Don't editors & journalists have a code of ethics or a sense of social responsibility?
I agree, that was a poor choice of quote. It was taken totally out of context. But I also fault the author for not having a clear direction for this article. It's all over the place and I kept trying to figure out how to tie in what I was reading with the title and the quote. What's worse, there was no explanation for why the young man made that statement. It's understood he wants his sister to be in an environment that is supportive of her, but what made him make that statement? Did the author not ask him to elaborate? The entire article was pretty surface, as there were many points that needed to be elaborated on.
Hm, not only is your article completely lackluster, but obviously the cover title is ridiculous and idiotic as well.
Now, my question is...how do the two correlate? You sat up one night and said "hmmm, how should I introduce people to my new article entry? I need something that would stand out. I know! I'll put something ignorant on there! That will get people to support my work! :D"
To print something like this, says a lot about you. Says a lot about the paper you write for. I will never support this publication, EVER, and I will be making noise to ensure others don't either.
Writers have no control over the cover art or quotes pulled to go along with their articles. The cover quote is one sentence taken out of a lengthy article. I thought Elizabeth did a beautiful job on this piece.
Siobhan, please explain how Elizabeth did a good job on this piece? Offensive cover quote aside, the article seemed to have no real point. She started with discussing how excited her daughter gets when she sees other women with a similar hair texture. Then she goes on to explain (at length) how certain areas of San Diego are more diverse than others. Finally, she concludes with a mini-biography of her close friend Delicia and her mixed-race family.
What was the purpose of the article?
Does every article need a purpose? Cant something just be fun and light? Y'all so serious!!
Even if it's one piece taken out of a lengthy article, the point is, it's not relevant. If you're going to have a small sentence like that on the front of a magazine for the world to see, it needs to be a topic or at least tie in to the story. So evidently The Reader put this on the cover to try to offend Black girls, because if they would have read this article, they would have used a sentence more related to this story, not "Nobody likes Black girls" Foolishness.
And you know this because?
Did you read the article?
i agree. It was an interesting anecdote and analysis of the writer's concerns
What was the purpose of this article? Terrible job by E. Salaam and terrible job by The Reader. I feel offended by the cover and annoyed I wasted my time with this horribly written article.
As a black woman, formerly a black girl, I was extremely offended by the cover and title. It is disgusting that the reader would put out anything that offensive. It does show how the color of a person's skin or the type of hair associated with their race still matters greatly in this country. Whether or not E. Salaam had control over the cover, she did have control over writing that article that lacked any substance.
Amen and Amen!!
I really found this article simply a muddled mess of foolishness. I am the product of a white father and a black mother and let me tell you this, my mother made sure that I was a woman who possessed strength that stemmed from the love of self. My mother didn't look for validation for her choices or make excuses for them either. As the mother of what appears to be two bi racial children, I suggest that you and your husband get over the fad of being a mixed raced couple, living in Eastlake and pay attention to the messages that you are sending your children. Unfortunately, I believe that the messages that your children will get will be as mixed up and non sensical as this "story". As the parents of bi racial children, teaching them to run away from that portion of their DNA which will be the most prominent, is pathetic and you as a black woman should be ashamed of yourself. Prepare your children for the real world that they will have to exist in, the real world that will see their blackness and never acknowledge the bit of white that attempts to peek through.
I thought it was just fun.. and since everyone feels like they need to announce who they are, Im a big white homo!! Lighten up!!
And sooo let's say we exchange the last sentence to "no one likes homosexuals" how would that make you feel? You would probably be outraged. Don't feed me any oh I would have laughed because that's highly unlikely.
not everyone gets angered by people saying that they dont like them. lol. I would shrug if someone says "No one likes Black men". Or i might say "Hey. thats probly true. But im not every Black man."
I have to agree that I'm not sure what this story is about-- except a lot of public soul-searching. It's one thing to use yourself as a subject, but using your children's experiences to explore your own issues about race seems exploitative to me as a mom. Next time consider more real research and a clearer topic. (And I would make sure my daughter NEVER saw the cover of this story. )
I agree, I think she is the one that is having issues. I am mix race as well, and I have never feel as free to have my hair as puff as I am right now, all the time, everywhere.
No one needed to see this article!! I found it very offensive!!
replace LIKED with LOVED
I am not sure how this article is "fun"...it must be due to one's inability to see this story through a lens other than their own...and to tell everyone to calm down is simply insane when it comes to deep sensitive social issues and HISTORY...especially when it hits a nerve that is FOREVER being hit while simultaneously individuals and organizations work diligently to try to OVERCOME such nonsense over and over again. Trust, if you were a "black" girl...the cover of this month's issue would lead you to feel as if, once AGAIN, society has announced that they think something is WRONG with you...it stems from a long bloodline of painful memories related to racism, sexism and those who still think this does not exist. Whether covert or overt, and yes, even one who is "black" can have this mentality. The part that is most hurtful is that the writer somehow may feel that she has enlightened us with a series of experiences, using her children to keep this topic as "light" as possible (although I actually appreciate their honesty and observations just not the way the ADULTS used it), but it is obvious that a true sense of culture has been stripped away by what they have managed to accomplish (not taking anything away from the accomplishments, just saying)...and using Southeast as a basis for, and apparently the only place, "where you can find your roots" in San Diego is ignorant. Culture is everywhere, Honey...and there is ONLY one race and that's the HUMAN RACE. Yes, there are other "smart black kids" in San Diego and some of them live in Southeast...you can also pick up a book, or visit a museum, or look up some of the people who invented some of the products you're using. Anyway, without going to town on this article because I do speak this in LOVE...the cover was very misleading and the article truly let us know that we still have a long way to go.
First of all.. to say lighten up by another comment is clearly missing the point. To say that this person wrote a great article or that perhaps there something was taken out of context and the writer has no control over what is on the cover is completely irrevelant. The point is it was irrespoinsible for editor of this publication. The cover simply insites a whole host of misconceptions. Even if the cover was meant to create a shock factor for people to read the magazine is inexcusable. I get it but not socially responsible. There is freedom of speech, but there is also I feel a journalistic responsibilty to be conscious of the information you are disseminating and the message it sends. I believe there should be an embarrasment that there should be such carelessness with the cover and then to follow that up with fact that article was not only irrevelant but poorly written. I am not one to bash anyone, but facts are facts...it was not a quality piece and was difficult to follow and understand it's message.It was personal opinion that could and should have been in a blog. Not in the Reader. I was waiting for it to make some sense or disprove me from believing that the offensive cover was a complete misleading slap in the face of all black women. I am extremely dissapointed that the Reader is this desperate to have a piece fill their paper or rally readers. Someone thought this was an insighful thought provoking cover and article. Well they were wrong. Couldn't be further from the truth. Thank you for continuing the ignorance. There is no need to defend the beauty of black women. Let it speak for itself and with that said there is no need for this paper to take it in it's own hands to address this issue since obviouslythey are ill equipped. Stick to current events, restaurant reviews, and botox ads.
insult to injury; a white homosexual male is telling black women to chill and that it's all just "fun" having a blurb on the cover of a publication widely circulated in places where young black girls will be naturally drawn to the photo, then assaulted by the text. unbelievable.
comment on something you have a clue about.
This article kind of reads more like a diary entry than anything. Being mixed-race myself, and having lived for a few years in a 99% white area, I can see where this article could have made some excellent points. It didn't, though.
"I'm overjoyed that she loves her hair. I'm also afraid there will come a day when she tells me she wishes it were long, straight, and yellow"
Why do I think she is the one that have some issues, as a mixed race myself, I have never listen my mom wondering I will like to turn myself white and pretend to have my hair yellow. Offensive.
The cover is beyond messed...especially the blurb that is really has nothing to do with this story and is definitely reaching. It's obvious you're looking to push people's buttons and what a waste, because the article actually made some interesting points from it's biracial writer who was trying to make a valid point about feeling that Black identity has to be a trade off for success.
The article scratched the surface of a very important issue that this magazine could have chosen to acknowledge...instead, you turned it into link bait and hate against Black women.
Major #DiversityFAIL
very offended this is so disrespectful towards black women
Black boys and men do walk around saying what this young man said that was quoted on the cover...it BREAKS MY HEART when I hear it being said, but its real, the article does drag and rambleat different times, but I totally understand...Yes, we have "OVERCOME" I guess, but this topic is a seed that was sown centuries back, for the BLACK family to be non existent, WE have been strategically programmed to hate our beatiful black skin, so here in San Diego the article was daring of her to write and not a surprise, BELIEVE, plenty of Black women have had this topic on their tongue, a topic that is painful...No offense to those of mixed race, or in a interracial relationship, the only one that could feel the pain or sting of the word s on the cover of this magazine could be a BLACK woman...it was a topic that was.desperately needing to be brought up, Can We Stop Getting along just to Get along and Keep it Real on some things!
Really now? Tell that to the overwhelming numbers of black men (87%) that marry black women. I know people like to make themselves feel special, but can you try not to do it at my expense?
I'm surprised no one has called you out on your statement :
**> " Let me also refresh your memory to
slavery times when there were more slave owners who were trying to get a lot more than a good servant from the women he purchased."**
So rape is an indicator of the desire of a non black man to have a truly meaningful relationship with a black woman? Your attempt to discredit the author with that example is appalling . Try again.
I think the biggest problem with this article is that the author meanders around an issue without directly tackling it. I surmise it is worry that her children will not have the "black experience." Or not embrace their color, culture, be intersted in dating someone of their own raceetc. Whatever. I agree with an earlier commenter who says the author rambles. She does.. A lot.
On the cover & headline:
The editor picked the most controversial quote from the piece to use on the cover.I get it. It provokes a reaction from people and gets their attention. A better headline could have been chosen for the title of the article.
Let it also be noted - the author waxes poetic in the first several paragraphics about her child's afro, women and other children with afro's she sees while out and about. So an editor on deadline, skims the article, picks out the most controversial phrase, remembers the writing about kids and afro's, slaps in a quick picture of a young girl with an afro and quickly headlines it "afro puffs."
It appears there just wasn't enough thought put into the cover presentation due to perhaps deadline pressures.
The paraphrased comment by the teen does hold some weight. A quick internet search about race & dating pulled up this result -
Race does play a factor in dating - and according to the statistic listed on this dating website- black women have the lowest reply rate. Meaning if they message a non black person - they are less likely to get a reply back.
While this isn't census data, as a dating site - it does have validity in the sense of people choosing whom to write & reply to in order to form relationships.
This article was a case of much ado about nothing. Perhaps the editor thought that the catch phrase on the cover would sell magazines or garner public attention, however, it is an insult to African-Americans to publish a cover like that and pass it off as an introduction to what turned out to be an assinine article! What can one expect? It's the San Diego Reader, absolutely no social conscious whatsoever. If the author is truly concerned about a certain type of experience for her children, then quite frankly, they might consider forgoing the ocean view property, and move to a neighborhood that does have the diversity she desires, better that than trying to undo the damage to the psyche by being the only "one" in your school, neighborhood, etc.
In response to Randomgirl: Duh, I found a statistic on an internet blog site supporting my argument, it must be true...smh! Maybe instead of a "quick" internet search, you should dig a little deeper for your research.
The cover language is a ridiculous, divisive, untrue and completely offensive! I have no idea why that snippet was chosen to be on the cover when the implications of what it says are so down right degrading! It doesn't even describe what the article is about. The words on the cover do nothing more than perpetuate sterotypes and that is NOT what we need in this day and age. Shame on you San Diego Reader!
Thank you Elizabeth Salaam for writing this piece. It was very very relevant to what black parents who live in San Diego go through when choosing the proper schools and neighborhoods to raise their children. You really have to be a black parent with school-age children to truly appreciate what the author is saying about diversity in San Diego. San Diego has a very small black population and of the black children being born, most are of mixed race. Being a fully black child vs. a mixed black child can carry two different experiences. Its not fun and can be quite uncomfortable being the only one of your race at work or school, but particularly while in school. We live in City Heights but I commute every morning to send my son to a charter school downtown. When choosing elementary schools for my son of course I looked at API scores and took tours and whatnot. But one thing that stuck out in my mind when searching for a school that met my sons needs was how diverse schools were, namely how many black students there were, and would he be the only black student in his class. Turns out he was the only black kid in his class and one of only two in all of kindergarten, and surprise, the other student was half white. Because of this I especially appreciate the example of the friends who live in Bay Park. Like them, I too am grappling with whether to keep my son in his predominately white charter school up to a certain grade, and when, if ever, to send him to a school where he is not the only smart black boy.
Regarding the cover the author is merely stating what is pretty darn obvious in the dating world of interracial relationships, many many black men dating every other race of women, but not so much black women. Quite frankly the high percentage of black women being snubbed by black men can sometimes be attributed to our hair. My example, a couple of years ago my husband and I were talking with his two younger brothers, one in high school, the other in middle school, about dating and what kind of girls they like. Their response: "We want a mixed girl or a mexican girl, they are the prettiest." We asked them why, and they responded, "we don't want no black girl with nappy chicken head hair." So those who thought this article was offensive to black women need to understand black women are looked down upon as unattractive and less beautiful by societies standards of beauty. The statement that " the white girls like the black guys, and etc." is merely an observation of what we see in the world, and I have heard many folks make the same observation too, its not new at all. I too have a daughter and one thing I have decided is to send her to a school where there are other little girls who look like her. And that is simply because she needs to feel good about her hair and her beauty. If you don't get this piece, well its cause you haven't lived it to understand it.
I can't believe how many times race is brought up in this article. The fact that a mom would even know the percentage of black, mexican and white kids at a school is disturbing. You can't teach your kids to be color blind if you yourself see everyone as a color.
The day when we see people as just people, not a race, is the day that racism disappears.
Food for Thought: Could you imagine if this piece were written by a white woman? How would it come off if the article stated that a mom was shopping schools looking for a higher percentage of white kids? hmm...
The article was lacking, period. Who cares if the author was white, gray, or purple? The cover sparked controversy. That's life.
Not only is this cover in incredibly bad taste, its just plain inaccurate! Black girls are beautiful, and they grow up to be beautiful women too. We need to stop spreading these ignorant messages. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and thank God that not all men are attracted to the same size, shape, hair color, skin color, eye color etc. You get the idea. There are many black men, white men, latino men, etc.who find black women very attractive...that is the right message to send.
EH, the arthur more than likely has no one reading her articles, so she has to make strong headlines like this. She thinks she is credible because she lives in San Diego and only sees interration couples. Now what she needs to do is leave her little world in San Diego, the world is much larger than this one city! And she shall see that there are plenty black women that are married to black men..like me, my friends, family etc....just because she has one bff that may be an angry bitter black woman does not represent all the black women in the world.
This is a topic that makes most people on this blog Uncomfortable....Most people who don't agree with the Cover, DID NOT read the article...If you are on this Blog and you are not a Black girl, You can never know how it feels and what the author is trying to explain or what the author is searching for....Bottom Line is that here in San Diego, this topic is VERY relevant because of the small Black Community....I AM SO HAPPY about this Cover and the reactions it is getting...I am a dark skinned Black Woman with nice hair that is considered Long or Cornsilk textured, I know firsthand what black men and women admire, I have been made to feel uncomfortable plenty of times with my race of people coming up to me asking "What im Mixed with?" or "You have pretty hair", "if we had kids, our kids would have Long hair"....it always raised a Bigger question for me when being asked this because of my modest attitude, I would jokingly answer with "im mixed with Black and Perm", lol, I dont have a perm....but Black dudes (in San Diego at least) want children with nice hair, IT IS SAD, but REALITY...so why is everyone on here twitching in their seat, I AM ONE BLACK FEMALE that is SICK AND TIRED OF MY RACE MAKING PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE, so they want to AVOID the subject by singing Kumbaya, WE HAVE OVERCOME! #NOT....!
And herein lies the problem. You, as a black woman, say that "Black dudes want children with nice hair"... as if the only "nice hair" is "long or cornsilk textured". Thanks to the fantastic job of brainwashing by a white supremacist society, even WE are convinced that the kinks we are naturally BLESSED with are not "nice hair". So we pass these ideas down (even if subconcsiously) to our children to give them the same narrow-minded ideas we've been trained (brainwashed) to believe.
Let me be more Clear or Correct myself....SOME black men, especially here in SAN DIEGO, tend to be, like you say, Brainwashed into what they consider "NICE HAIR" or ATTRACTIVE....I AM NOT SAYING what NICE HAIR IS....I LOVE MY FOLKS AND ALL TEXTURES OF HAIR WE HAVE, FROM DREADS, CORNROWS, FADES, FROS...I ESPECIALLY LOVE A CHOCOLATE BROTHER, (OOH HOW I LOVE DARK SKINNED MEN, where you don't know where the chocolate begins or ends because its so BEAUTIFUL) anywho.....I HAVE NEVER felt more SUPERIOR or SPECIAL because of my hair, I ESPECIALLY HATE when people notice and talk that way about what they consider "GOOD HAIR".... I was pointing out HOW SAD it is when I get my folks coming up to me, ADMIRING my hair, then comparing their hair to mine, IT IS SAD when you have OUR young men stating what was stated on this cover, BUT ITS BEING STATED ALL AROUND THIS CITY, this article should raise awareness with us as a People, the Brainwashing/OPPRESSION really worked,.... I have had young and old black Men tell me the same "I don't date Black Girls" "I want my daughter to have Pretty hair"....Its A DAMN SHAME...You are getting the wrong idea, just like most people are getting about Ms. Salaams' article, but I GET IT, I dont believe California is for US anyhow, thats why you have so many moving down South where this would not be an issue.. So I hope this clarifies what im trying to say!! WE AS BLACK PEOPLE IN SAN DIEGO, even though we are a small community, NEED TO LOVE OURSELVES, KINKS, DARK SKIN, LIGHT SKIN, ETC..WE NEED TO TEACH OUR YOUNG NUBIAN KINGS HOW TO BE PROUD OF THEMSELVES AND OUR NUBIAN WOMEN, TEACH THEM OUR HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY AND WHERE WE COME FROM SO THEY NEVER FORGET IT....even if they want to date another race!
why not just love everyone?
Hmm. Generally speaking, the headline might be true.Personally speaking, the average Black chic that i come into contact with, i want nothing to do with. She is a walking stereotype of some mess that I see on Love & Hip Hop. All "extra" and mess. It is what it is. And i think people know this to be true. I think the average Black man that finds himself with a Black chic really doesnt like her that much, but messes with Black chics out of comfort and the whole race loyalty thing. But hey, this is just my opinion and opinions are like aholes. Another point i want to make is that i dont see why Black chics get offended so easily. I see everyone saying that theyre offended by the headline. Are Black women really as strong as they claim to be? Clearly not. I really think it's a self esteem thing. No bullsh*t. That article in Psychology Today a year or so ago had Black chics all pissed because some dude that they dont even know concluded that Black women are the least attractive... Um okay. Who cares? Not to mention that the same women could probably readily give their opinion on how another race of women is unattractive or aspiring to be like Black women.
And whassup with Black folks always being like "I love my Black skin" and "I love Black people"? lol. If White folk said the same kind of stuff about their ethnicity, they would be thought of as weird at the very least. People need to be the change that they want to see in the world and stop letting ethnicity guide so much of their consciousness IMO. Do people have to say these things in order to remind themselves or something? I never saw a White person say "Man i frickin love my White people"
"I love my Black skin" and "I love Black people" is an expression of pride. Duh??? White Power came long before that. Do your homework, dumb ass.
"Race" is a bogus concept. Color is simply one form of variation. "Character" is one of those loose concepts that eludes precise definition, but is very real. It produces a kind of beauty that can be developed through effort. Color is not, in itself alone, a barrier to the development of character, but can be a factor, depending upon context, in the level of difficulty in developing character. It can be the grit that polishes one up or grinds one down.
Dignity in the face of prejudice of any kind is a potent antidote to hate.
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I cannot figure out what this hodgepodge rambling article is actually about. What I have garnered: some lady burns way too much gasoline in an effort to avoid...living closer to where she feels comfortable? Same lady also spends way too much time concerned with pointing out the differences in people, rather than the similarities, which only serves to fan the flames she claims to want to douse. . Same lady's husband is deluded to think that the future "math and robotics" studies of his son will position him "whiter & whiter"...try Chineser & Chineser. Our American universities actually recruit from Asia for math & engineering students. hello?
How people are still so frackin concerned about their genetic lineage is mind boggling. We're all mutts at this point. Every. Last. One. Of. Us.
And enough with the hair! I see so few African Americans actually embracing their real hair, that a large percentage of the hair "blame" needs to be put on the African American culture itself. Getsoreal. I have no idea why the Nicki Minajs & Beyonces etc of the world all go to great efforts to sport fake blond locks. I think they look stupid and tired compared to the killer fro they could be sporting yet aren't. Seems like keepin it real would also take a fraction of the time & money too. So great article about how you are collectively being culturally & financially gullible?
Oh & if there is a fourth grade teacher in CA that doesn't know what grits are, I challenge anyone to find them. Since corn is so exotic & all...
I wish the author could explain by what she means by no one likes black girls? It seems like to me that you are contributing to what the media and music is doing. Trying to demonized and degrade and classify black women as we are unwanted. When based on my understanding of the article talk about you concerned about your daughter's hair and you are afraid that she may change it to be straight and blonde as she advances in age. I do understand that you want diversity in that particular area, but Mrs. Salaam, why would you label the article like that. It seems like to me you are speaking on something entirely different that the title of the article.
First let me say I am on the east coast but originally from San Diego and I had the cover of this magazine texted to me last week and saw other postings on Facebook about it and the offense that some took to the cover quote. I thought the cover and the article were definitely connected and right on!! This comes from a black girl who grew up in s.d. and southern California and I have found though conversations (often heated) with many southern Cali black men who expressed their preference for everything otter than black!! I tell people all the time the exact same thing as it relates to California. The correlation of that statement to the article is finding appreciation and acceptance in your surroundings and often times having to seek it out. I got tired of being the token Black girl in school the one who was looked on to defend all things seemingly black and often times extremely uncomfortable moments. But this is a mother who realizes that it is important for her daughter and kids to embrace and understand their culture as well as the culture of others. This mother and her friend have made it her responsibility to make sure her kids know and are comfortable in their culture. For me my desire for this and to know more and be around more people like me and to be the preference brought me to the east coast. Chocolate city (DC) to be exact without having ever set foot here prior to my plane landing, and I have never felt more excited about my culture and others!! It is awesome to see well to do black people as the norm and not the exception to the rule as it seemed in Cali! Thank u for the article and while your story may not be the story or experience of everyone reading this article, there are those who Can relate.
I totally get the quote, because, growing up in San Diego, I begin to feel the same way when I entered JHS/Middle school. Black boys would date the least attractive white girl or Mexican but when it came to a black girl they wanted her to look like Vanessa Williams or Ananda Lewis. I had a family member tell me he didn't go with "whole black girls" only "mixed" girls. I am mostly offended that Ms. Salam would discuss a community, South East San Diego, and is totally ignorant about the community. Most people who live in SE have southern roots from Texas and New Orleans, these people moved to San Diego in the late 50's and 60's for jobs. South East San Diego is a community in which people knew each other by their family's last name. The writer lives in East Lake a fairly new community in San Diego, near the Mexican Border, with a nice share of people affiliated with Mexican drug cartels. I personally know Black successful/rich/wealthy/educated people who have no desire to live in La Jolla, so Ms. Salaam's husband is totally wrong about no one with money would want to live in South East. Growing up in South East San Diego I was in close contact, with the "influential" black folks, we only had 5 black judges and I knew who there were. Living in the "ghetto", I went skiing annually with NBS during winter carnival, my 3 cousins participated in the AKA debutante ball all while living in South East. Living in South East, I knew of Black doctors, Attorneys,Radio Station Owners, Chemist, Teachers, Post Men,Professors, Politicians and City School Superintendent, etc... Now living in NYC im so happy I grew up in a black community like South East where the poor, middle and upper middle class co mingled, it gave me the opportunity to believe black people were successful and that we could do anything we wanted to do. So maybe Ms, Salaam should come hang out in the "hood" of South East so her daughter and son can experience some positive images of Black people.
Whatever! This is by/about somebody who wants to be relevant, jumbled up an article and convinced somebody to print it. There's so much self-hatred and so many stereotypes in this piece I wouldn't even know where to begin to critique the writing. Somebody needs counseling!
This is a very sad article and frankly I don't see why this made the cover of the Reader magazine. What's even sadder is that this newspaper HAS NOT APOLOGIZED for such a degrading and offensive article directed towards black women. I WILL NEVER READ THIS MAGAZINE AGAIN AND I POSTED IT ON MY FB. I wonder how our First Lady would view this article??? I thought CHANGE HAD COME and it has, just not for the writer its seems - Seriously Ms. Elizabeth Saleem very sad!
If some people don't like you because of some physical characteristic, that's a reflection on their character, not yours. Any kind of grit in your oyster is an irritation, but you can let it grind you down or polish your pearl. Having some physical characteristic that some people don't like has the advantage of keeping the riff-raff away from you.
"Valuing the Self," by Dorothy Lee, is a pretty good book to read . . .
I was at work and passed this magazine as I often do, but this time I was compelled to actually pick it up because of the cute little black girl on the cover. Upon closer inspection, was the caption on how everyone likes black guys (including black men), but no one likes black girls. My first thought was Yeah right! As a black woman I've dated NOTHING but white and hispanic guys my whole life! And have an adorable 16 month old son by a white man. I posted a picture of the cover on my facebook page and a LOT of my friends (black, white, male & female) were shocked and pissed to say the least. But that's only one issue. After seeing that bs I figured reading the article would give me some insight as to why that was written on the cover. Boy was I wrong. The article couldn't have been any farther in left field from the cover caption and picture!!! This article and cover picture was an ignorant attempt to get more people to pick up your magazine. Yes, it worked. A**hole.
Want "race" to go away? Ignore it. Want to perpetuate racism? Keep letting yourself fall for the bait.
I read the article and I did not find anything offensive. Even though the cover is telling the truth I think most sistas is taking it out of context. The article has nothing to do with the cover. One thing sistas have to understand is there is a difference between a man wanting to be with you or just be intimate with you. I've work with and still do work with man of other nationalities and one thing I've always notice when we get on the discussion of women all want to sleep with sistas or brag about how "they once slept with a black chick" but none say how they was in a relationship with or took a sista to meet their mother or friends. Don't get fooled and deceived because they court you by taking you on dates or trips that they may seriously want a future with you, that's just their culture. Not trying to generalize but just something I notice. Black love is beautiful. (Deuteronomy 7:3) Shalom.
Maybe I'm the only one, but I found the article rather racist. Try going back through the article and replace the word "black" with the word "white". Then it would appear as if the article had been written by the KKK.
I read this when it was released and haven't been able to stop thinking about it. I feel SO bad for this little girl. How will she every grow up to realize how beautiful with a mother who believes her daughter isn't likeable enough because of her race. Sort of funny that the family photo that accompanies an article about her the uniqueness of hair shows mom with her hair straightened.
I live in Chula Vista. My son, whose skin is white, has about 5 non-white friends for every white friend. He goes to a public high school, which has less than 6% white students. To paint this community as segregated or to suggest that nobody likes black girls is to promulgate racism and falsehood. Both of my sons like girls of any color--especially if they are confident and fun to be around.
I grew up in brown-skinned in a white town. My mother was educated in a segregated school, but she taught me to feel good about myself and never tried to fill me with ideas of inadequacy or unattractiveness.
A couple tips for the author: Why not try resolving your own issues, instead of passing them onto your daughter. Also, next time your son needs a haircut, I suggest he try Superior Cuts on Brandywine. You won't have to drive so far, because it's in your 'hood. In the meantime, stop practicing your own kind of segregation so that your daughter can learn that people do like black girls.
As a Caucasian woman with African American children who now attend a predominantly white school, I get this article 100%! I went to a very diverse high school. My children would have gone to the same school. However, times change. Not quite the same school system. I chose to send my youngest son to the "country" for high school. His first couple of months were rocky. He would hang out with his "city" friends on the weekends and try to convince me that he was uncomfortable at his new school. I knew he would adjust. He's that kind of kid who gets along with everyone. The peacemaker. As I knew he would, my son thrived at his new school. Teachers, parents, as well as community members loved my GOLDEN boy! Not so much when each of my two daughters entered the same school. Daughter #1 has rolled her eyes and smacked her lips as long as she's been walking! Although very respectful of adults, she'll cut into another kid at the drop of a hat! Everyone expected her to be like her brother. She's not an athlete, she's a writer. "But she's Cameron's sister, she has to be athletic! " No, and please stop stereotyping. She's always been a thick girl. Small waist, big bottom, big top. Not a lot of the white boys at school like her but enough to keep her the slightest bit confident. Daughter #2 enters. Fresh from the predominantly black city school of performing arts. A singer. No choir class at the new school. She's chubby and has full beautiful lips and long, thick, curly hair. She makes friends easy. Not a problem. But the boys? Outside of the ones who are her friends, awful! When your child tells you that an older boy called her "fat, black, and ugly", you are ready to do whatever it takes to make.her pain go away. We can't change how other people act or feel. We can, as Mrs. Salaam is doing, reinforce our children's self esteem and identity. I tell people all the time, until you have truly loved a person of color, I mean loved with all your being, you will NEVER understand what non-white folks may endure. Don't be so simple minded, folks. Don't judge an article by its title.
To all the insecure, emotionally damaged blacks who can't get over this dumb article: I'm a white Italian. I could care less if you call me a wop, a dago, a spaghetti snapper, a honkey, or a cracker. It doesn't bother me in the least. But if you say something negative about a black person, they act like you've condemned the whole race. Get over it! The dog that gets hit with the most stones yelps the loudest.


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The IBM format floppies
I have a case of those. They are Junk. They are not 1.4MB floppy disks. 512K sounds about right. I use Cool Disk Floppy Disks. I don't know if they are available in NZ though.
Good thing about the IBM floppy disks I got. I got them for free from the sales lady because she like my free nascar baseball cap so we traded.
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Hi, BJF,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you have working CD-Rom and Win98 installed already. One option is to make frugal install by booting Win98 and copying the Puppy SFS, vmlinuz and initrd files in a folder on your hard drive. Then you can use some boot loader like grub4dos to make dual boot. At least you will have a chance to see how different puppy versions will work on your hardware. I would create also swap file from puppy.
When you test which puppy will be best choice for your hardware you can start thinking how to make full install or just to keep your dual boot as frugal.
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If you have 98 installed booting in safe mode to a dos prompt IS DOS.
There are only two standard sizes for 3.5 inch floppies 720K and 1.44 Mb . The 1.44 has two holes in it the 720k only one.
You cannot use a partition tool with a floppy.
Dos Format with or without parameters is the way to go.
Scandisk on a diskette from DOS will do a surface check.
Floppy drives often fail to work because the heads get mis-alligned
"Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush" - T Pratchett
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Posted: Thu 27 Sep 2012, 06:43
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Formatting via DOS finds an error on track 0 and aborts, grumbling about the disk not being suitable and offering to try again. Endlessly. Big bottoms! (Sorry, shouldn't say things like that on a Forum).
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If you're trying to format a 1.44mb floppy as 720k it will do that, but you shouldn't be.
Typing "sys a:\" (no quotes!) at the DOS prompt should make a DOS boot disk if you're using "real DOS" -- which may or may not be the case. I don't remember how much they stripped out of that for Win98.
The other possibility is that you're suddenly in the market for a new set of disks.
...er, it's a pity that laptops rarely came with two floppy drives after the 80s ended -- otherwise I could give you instructions on making Plop Boot Manager disks from a DOS floppy. The problem is that DOS doesn't copy itself into RAM at boot like Puppy does, so at some point you either need to overwrite your OS (which will not produce a working disk of any kind) or you simply are out of luck without a second drive. Note that USB support in DOS is rare and buggy at best -- and that's working from Command Prompt in XP, not any "real" DOS! You would need an (antique) parallel port external floppy drive! (Good luck finding that.)
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...actually, I think I had a small brain fart in that last post.
Here's what you do (this assumes that Win98 works and so does the floppy drive, AND you go get a working disk -- you only need one)...
Get RawWrite for Windows (rename file to rawwrite.zip) and unzip it* -->
Get Plop Boot Manager (rename file to plopboot.zip) and unzip it* -->
Stuff a (working) floppy in the drive and run RawWrite. You want to find the plpbtin.img file within the unzipped Plop Boot Manager download -- should be in a folder labeled Install. That is the floppy boot image. Let RawWrite do its thing and at the other end you should have a working boot floppy.
*if you need an unzip program, I recommend pkunzip. Go
and click on the word "here" in "If you don't have...". Download it to the root of the C:\ drive. To use it, first run the EXE (a self-extractor) from within a DOS window. To unzip a file type
pkunzip filename.zip
(so for RawWrite, if you followed my instructions and renamed the file, you would type
pkunzip rawwrite.zip
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Posted: Fri 28 Sep 2012, 12:29
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That will only produce a working diskette if the diskette itself or the drive is OK.
He needs to get a working diskette in that machine.
"Just think of it as leaving early to avoid the rush" - T Pratchett
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This is getting confusing. Originally, BJF was making a boot diskette on a Linux machine with a USB floppy drive and the dd command.
Then he switched to formatting a diskette through DOS on the target machine.
If these diskettes are any good, then Puppy should have detected the USB floppy drive and made a desktop icon. Then the dd command should have worked.
I suspect that the floppy drive on the target machine is bad. That's not unusual.
You can format the diskettes through the USB drive in Puppy with:
ufiformat /dev/sdb
mkdosfs -I /dev/sdb #use an upper-case 'eye'
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In all of this and formatting of a floppy disk, one could also use the GUI I made for formatting floppy disks be they internal or USB external ones.
It has the option to format a 1.44meg disk as a 720K disk also.
If one wants to make a specific floppy from an image, the dd command is good.
But again, one wants to be sure that they know how to use the dd command since with the wrong parameters, one could end up formatting their hard drive as a floppy and in effect, overwrite anything and everything on it.
My formatter can be found at
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If you ever get this working, take a look here... I didn't know about this
it takes a lot of work away.
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Once you get the floppy drive straightened out, you might want to try MenuetOS or KolibriOS, runs off of one diskette:
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Sorry. Been away.
PupnGo looks like the most likely contender. I have burnt the .iso to CD and run it on a Compaq NX9005 with 256Mb as a LiveCD, and it's FAST! And pretty. Seems to have all the fruit too.
BUT: Can't get any sense out of the A:\ drive. Not with these floppies anyway. I've tried formatting them in Puppeee, but the Dell won't recognise them as formatted and says there's something wrong with the bit where system files ought to go if I ask for a system disk.
So if I'm prepared to toss Win 98, does anyone have a plan to get PupnGo to install itself from either a non-booting CD by somehow getting a sympathetic bootloader aboard to get the CD drive recognised, or by copying PupnGo system files into a partition and formatting and installing out onto the rest of the HDD from there? I have totally no idea how to make Grub4DOS do anything meaningful now that I have it unpacked onto a CD, and also in a folder on C:\ drive.
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Pull the hard drive and install it in another system. You will need an IDE adapter that converts the 44pin (2mm spacing) connector on the laptop's drive to a 40pin (2.54mm/0.1" spacing) connector for a desktop. You will also likely need a spare berg connector (floppy power connector) off your power supply. Make sure that the power connection is not at all loose. (Especially if it is a regular Molex --optical drive-- style, the pins can be loose and that WILL kill the drive fairly quickly. I've done it!)
Boot pUPnGO. Install to the drive.
Then put the drive back in the laptop.
If your Compaq NX9005 has a USB port or two, you can skip the above converter (cheap on eBay BTW) and get a different one -- a USB to IDE/SATA drive adapter (type in "usb ide sata" on eBay and they'll pop right up). A word about eBay: don't buy stuff from Hong Kong, it'll take a literal month to show up AND you might have to pay customs fees! Get it from the sellers who say "shipped from USA" because they've already gone through that mess so that you don't have to
The USB IDE/SATA adapter will probably come with a driver CD (or a link to a download) that you do not need at all. I've NEVER needed that driver!
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This might be a quiet whoo-hoo moment!
The NX has usb ports. There's a Dell and a Compaq desktop in the study/server room with ports and they all run various flavours of PCLinuxOS, and there's the Eeep with Jemimah's Puppeee aboard that talks to a usb CD drive happily and has ports all over the place. It's sounding like the way to go. Of course the Dell Laptop drive matches nothing I have on hand at all. Time to go shopping.....
Thanks Starhawk.
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One deep and meaningful thought: the HDD is an 1997 item it says, and has a connector that takes the form of pins on about 1mm spacing arranged top and bottom inside a hollow socket 25mm x 4mm (approximately). That is quite different to the IDE drive in the 2005 NX9005 Compaq. I don't like it when you say "EEK!" like that. It's disturbing. Does that description mean that finding an adapter is not going to be a simple matter?
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However, Williams said she is baffled by her coach's revelation.
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Williams had suggested she was treated more harshly than her male counterparts, a notion former tennis great Billie Jean King agreed with when she claimed the controversy surrounding the incident was the result of a "double standard".
Williams, who would have equalled Margaret Court's record with a 24th grand slam title had she won at Flushing Meadows, added that she was keen to move on from the incidents.
She said: "Even a man, if you want to express yourself in a way where you're not using profanity or you're just being yourself, and you're at this moment where you've worked for since you were three years old and you're on the cusp of this amazing moment...your female you should be able to do even half of what a guy can do.
"I feel like right now we are not, as it's proven, in that same position. But that's neither here nor there. I'm just trying to recover from that and move on."
17 de diciembre 2018
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If you've ever used the Internet, it's a good bet that you've used the Domain Name System, or DNS, even without realizing it. DNS is a protocol within the set of standards for how computers exchange data on the Internet and on many private networks, known as the TCP/IP protocol suite. Its basic job is to turn a user-friendly domain name like "howstuffworks.com" into an Internet Protocol (IP) address like 220.127.116.11 that computers use to identify each other on the network. It's like your computer's GPS for the Internet.
Computers and other network devices on the Internet use an IP address to route your request to the site you're trying to reach. This is similar to dialing a phone number to connect to the person you're trying to call. Thanks to DNS, though, you don't have to keep your own address book of IP addresses. Instead, you just connect through a domain name server, also called a DNS server or name server, which manages a massive database that maps domain names to IP addresses.
Whether you're accessing a Web site or sending e-mail, your computer uses a DNS server to look up the domain name you're trying to access. The proper term for this process is DNS name resolution, and you would say that the DNS server resolves the domain name to the IP address. For example, when you enter "https://www.howstuffworks.com" in your browser, part of the network connection includes resolving the domain name "howstuffworks.com" into an IP address, like 22.214.171.124, for HowStuffWorks' Web servers.
You can always bypass a DNS lookup by entering 220.127.116.11 directly in your browser (give it a try). However, you're probably more likely to remember "howstuffworks.com" when you want to return later. In addition, a Web site's IP address can change over time, and some sites associate multiple IP addresses with a single domain name.
Without DNS servers, the Internet would shut down very quickly. But how does your computer know what DNS server to use? Typically, when you connect to your home network, Internet service provider (ISP) or WiFi network, the modem or router that assigns your computer's network address also sends some important network configuration information to your computer or mobile device. That configuration includes one or more DNS servers that the device should use when translating DNS names to IP address.
So far, you've read about some important DNS basics. The rest of this article dives deeper into domain name servers and name resolution. It even includes an introduction to managing your own DNS server. Let's start by looking at how IP addresses are structured and how that's important to the name resolution process.


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Modern Table Linens for the Holidays
This is the year that I decided it is time to be a grown-up and invest in real table linens. No more paper napkins for this holiday season. Hosting my new in-laws for Christmas and thinking about how to make the best looking table setting spurred on this transition into adulthood. Check out my search for modern table linens after the jump...
Here is a roundup of table linens that have my modern sensibilities and are anything but frilly.
Top Row: (from left to right)
1. A modern twist on a traditional table cloth, this one is pricey but will last for decades. Fabel Tablecloth by Matteo Home, $295
2. Basic linen table napkins from H&M home, £3.99
3. Silhouette placemats by French Laundry Home, $95 for 4
4. Lotta Jansdotter Striped Runner, Fishs Eddy $24.95
5. No need to worry about the dry cleaning bill with this metal runner, Z Gallerie, $29.95
Bottom Row: (from left to right)
6. A modern interpretation on a snowberry by Marimekko $34.95
7. Washed Linen table runner, Williams-Sonoma, $69.95
8. Medieval style dining with a metal chain mail inspired silver runner, Sur La Table, $40
9. Vintage Ticking stripe napkins, Pottery Barn $18 for 4
10. To bridge the gap between paper and cloth napkins, try out a roll of perforated tear off napkins that wash up to 6 times, CB2 $19.95
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 9th Apr 2013 16:40 UTC
"Google announced an update to its Google Play mobile app on Android - its online store for apps, music, books, magazines, movies and TV shows - today, one that is aimed at cleaning up the UI and optimizing it for different device types. It's a model of clarity and discoverability, not to mention scalability, features that are sorely lacking in Microsoft's Windows Store." As a Surface RT owner, I couldn't agree more with Paul Thurrott.
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Rob Chudzinski never had the clout of the coach Jimmy Haslam needed to hire in 2012, and needs to land now. An analysis.
I didn't love the Chud hire to begin with.
After going through experimental head coaches Romeo Crennel, Eric Mangini and Pat Shurmur — with miserable results — I was convinced a splash move was the way to go.
Open the wallet ... until it hurts. Arrange the organization as needed. Bring in the big fish.
Bill Cowher has an affinity for Ohio. Jon Gruden was a Browns fan in Sandusky and a quarterback for the Dayton Flyers. Nick Saban coached at Kent State and with the Browns.
My thought was that if Jimmy Haslam is that much better an owner than Randy Lerner, he could prove it by finding a way to deliver such a coach.
That didn't happen. What did turned out poorly.
The next line of desirables after Cowher/Gruden/Saban — throw Andy Reid in there, too — was Chip Kelly and Bruce Arians.
While NFL teams were interviewing Kelly, he was scrutinizing them. We don't know for a fact that he picked the Eagles. That's our guess.
Arians would have come to Cleveland. In retrospect, he should have been invited. Arians is the same age as Nick Saban, 62, but he's not Saban, and we're guessing his age worked against him in the figurings of Joe Banner and Jimmy Haslam and — we're guessing he was involved in an advisory way, even though he wasn't hired until after Chud was — Michael Lombardi.
This got to be like Major League, with Wild Thing unable to find the strike zone, and Harry Doyle announcing, "Ball four .... ball eight." Instead, as the right candidates fell by the wayside, it was strike three ... strike six.
Chud is a good and bright man who has forgotten more football than I'll ever learn, but most of us can see or sense charisma, most would agree it is a good thing for a head coach to have, and most would agree that it is lacking in him.
Experience, charisma, a track record, The It Factor ... who doesn't want most of that in a head coach, and what a relief it would be in Cleveland to have all of it.
Signs point to Bill O'Brien and Josh McDaniels. They are from the Belichick school, and maybe, unlike Belichick graduates who have failed and run out of time, maybe they could be the ones who combine their own style with learnings from the master and make it work.
If you're asking me, I'd bounce right back to last year's priority list, ranking on my wish list Gruden first, Cowher second and Saban third.
Maybe Mr. Haslam doesn't see this, but I grew up on the Browns and have covered them for a long time. I believe this is true:
If he found a way to make Gruden, Cowher or Saban say yes, he would win back a huge chunk of his fast base with the snap of a finger, largely because fans would believe success was on the way.
O'Brien or McDaniels would be fascinating projections, but a much tougher sell.
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OLPC Uganda
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... and thanks for visiting the pages for OLPC related matters in Uganda. OLPC is the One Laptop Per Child Universal Primary Education project and largest educational project undertaken by Humanity ever. Supported by United Nations, OLPC is an "Open Commmunity" project, similar to the Wikipedia and Open Source Community projects, like Linux, OpenOffice, etc. and it is working along Agenda 21 and Millennium Development Goal nr.2: Bringing Universal Primary Education. To edit text on this page or add pages, log in and and "edit page / save page" button will appear.
- 2' video - OLPC Intro part 1
- 2' video - OLPC Intro part 2
- 7' video: Impact on teachers, parents, kids, society.
The aim of this educational project, is on one hand to bring Universal Primary Education by 2015 as - anno year 2000 initiated - United Nations Millennium Development Goal nr.2. On the other hand, OLPC's mission is to manage the open hard and software project, to bring forward the best possible laptop combination for education: the XO-XServer combination. For this and above approach, - and also a lot of lobbying by the right persons on the right places and time - the United Nations is a Partner in this Open Community project! It is the largest educational project undertaken by Humanity ever, and deemed by many as one of the most inspiring projects out there. 2008, saw the first countries with a 100% roll out to all of their kids aged 5 till 15: Peru, Uruguay. Several Island States have a 100% deployment too; Rwanda and Australia are following at fast pace too. Every XO can load over 100 ebooks on its memory and has a choice of over 86.000 eBooks available, as well as many (educational) games, all éducation disciplines covered, etc. etc.. things are moving fast indeed.
Many inhabitants look for their fortune elsewhere. Therefore there is a very very large diaspora. We hope that this diaspora will work their way to these pages, set-up, link-up their projects with OLPC, coordinate projects and that they can inspire many in their host countries to come along. It is so difficult in these host countries to develop additional value and hence make money. In many regions in the home country however it is so easy as everything is to be developed.
Also the societies from the host countries will benefit from the Uganda diaspora who has one leg in the host country and another still in their countries of origin. Maybe it will start by developing leadership for OLPC, but soon it will be accompanied by exporting technologies, know-how and experience from the host countries along Agenda 21, the MDG's and together you will be able to accelerate bringing the level of quality of life in Uganda to a level that will inspire others, existing generations and generations to come.
Please feel free to create links, (sub-)categories or list or start collaborating, teaming up and expanding our and your projects, existing and new ones in one of these (sub-)categories.
Uganda is one of the 18 partner countries of Belgian governmental cooperation were selected on the basis of their degree of poverty, aspects of good governance and Belgium's potential for providing meaningful support. The precise criteria for selecting countries are set out in the law on international cooperation, which limits the maximum number of recipients to 18 partner countries. More: http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/policy/development_cooperation/countries/partner_countries/
Uganda is a Least Developed Country as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Least_developed_country
Suggested Links and categories
- Uganda
- OLPC Uganda
- Uganda Looking Backward to what has been done
- Brainstorming how to get the Uganda Gvt interested in OLPC
- What every government should ask itself when considering an ebook deployment
- Stages and Budget
- Uganda Stages and Budget
- Uganda Budget for Phase II, Data Retrieval Phase
- FAQ Uganda
- Who's Who OLPC-Uganda
- Uganda Meetings
- OLPC Africa
- OLPC Afrique
- Deployment Guide
Who's Who OLPC-Uganda
- Kayiwafred is starting OLPC Uganda.
- from an chat with Sven AERTS, Kayiwafred said "I'm dissapointed in OLPC ... in 2008, SOME one came to uganda we spend a week writing a proposal and flling his questionaires about getting OLPC he ended up taking the project to Rwanda. i dont have the documents any more. "
- SvenAERTS
- sent an email to link up to info at givedirectly.org --SvenAERTS 15:27, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
Intro to Uganda
In Uganda there are many tribes and languages but the most spoken local language is Luganda. However, each region has got its local language but the official language country wide is English and this makes it easy for the primary kid in school to learn the OLPC
Larger issues in Corruption and Ignorance are corruption and a fairly substantial commitment to and investment in "hand-me-down" obsolete hardware, technologies and proprietary software by the government and existing NGO's.
Educational or other institutions need to be educated on the value of adopting and supporting new and cutting edge technologies and projects like OLPC.
A Free Internet initiative is spreading WiFi over many schools
Reliable internet access is no longer an issue, a free internet initiative is spreading WiFi over many schools. The only issue is getting computers to the students.
Major Languages
Source: Ethnologue
- Acholi
- Ganda [lug] 3,015,980
- Nyankore [nyn] 1,643,193
- Chiga [cgg] 1,391,442
- Soga [xog] 1,370,845
- Lango [laj] 977,680
- Teso [teo] 999,537
- Tooro [ttj] 488,024
- lugubara
- Lugishu
- Lusamia
- Lulamongi
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When travelling with children to a foreign country, there are several things to bear in mind. Travelling with children often means travelling at a different pace and in some cases, staying for a shorter or longer period of time in one location, than other visitors would do.
Most people agree that Iceland is a country of extreme beauty, rich in culture and scenery. In fact the main reason why people come to Iceland in the first place, is precisely because of the nature. The Icelandic countryside is a treasure chest of natural phenomena awaiting exploration and memory-collection. Fiery volcanoes, spouting hot springs, majestic waterfalls, geothermal pools, expansive glaciers and fascinating coastlines are the main reasons people are attracted to the country. Iceland is a land of adventures too. Popular activities include, white river rafting, kayaking, snowmobiling, snorkeling, horseback riding, ice climbing and glacier hiking.
However, would you or could you come to Iceland and participate in such activities with your family? Is there something for everyone to see and do? The answer is quite simply: Yes. Adventure activities in Iceland are plentiful and of various levels of difficulty. The choice is entirely yours. You can join a scheduled day tour by coach or jeep, rent a car or cycle as some do and discover the island at your own pace. What are you interested in? Walking on a glacier, sailing on a beautiful fjord or on a glacier lagoon, hiking on a moon-like surface or riding through moss-covered lava fields? Playing golf in the midnight sun, going fishing at sea or in lakes, whale watching or bird spotting? Bicycling or walking? Not to forget for an even slower pace, a walk to the seaside to explore the seashells and seaweed is always interesting or feeding the ducks at a local pond. All of the above are tours and experiences well suited for families.
Even if you are bringing your family to Iceland and you find you don't have time to explore and experience all or some of the Icelandic nature outside the city, then there are several options within Reykjavík that might suit you.
In Reykjavík, you will find almost everything that a nice small or mid-size city would have. There are a multitude of fun things to do, such as sunbathing and/or swimming in the sea, in Reykjavík's man-made beach Nauthólsvík. The water is warm (yes, they pipe geothermal water into the sea), the sand is golden (imported) and it's free. Another option, extremely reasonably priced is to go swimming in any of Reykjavík's swimming pools. In all, there are 17 places to swim in Reykjavik alone.
There are several parks in Reykjavík, but one which has caught the eyes of many a visitor, is Laugardalur, the center for sports and recreation. Laugardalur has all kinds of everything, including an Olympic size outdoor thermal swimming pool. This pool has various hot pots dotted around the pool, Jacuzzis, thermal steam baths and a really fun waterslide. Around the pool, there are good paths for jogging or walking. Laugardalur hosts the Botanical garden, where all the flowers and plants that grow in Iceland can be seen. A great place for leisurely walks or summersaults if that's your thing or a picnic. Next to that Húsdýra- og fjölskyldugarðurinn, a domestic animal park (domesticated animals and wild animals) with a family amusement park attached – hours of fun! And Reykjavík's main sports stadium is also located in Laugardalur and a multipurpose indoor venue along with other sports facilities, such as running tracks, football fields and indoor skating rink.
So to answer the question above: Would you or could you come to Iceland with your family and are there things for everyone to do and participate in, then the answer is again, yes.
For more information or bookings for family activities in Iceland, contact [email protected] or visit the website: www.icelandishot.com
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Memocheck Sim CYP03D is the flexible service and qualification tool for all applications. It simulates definable values and supports you in installation, commissioning or troubleshooting. Memocheck Sim is connected instead of the sensor and checks the complete measuring chain from cable coupling to the process control system, proving that measured value transmission is error free. With the optional quality certificate, you can use Memocheck Sim for full measuring point qualification.
Fast and reliable functions checks: Freely definable measured values or value ramps offer full flexibility during installation, commissioning, troubleshooting or plant qualification.
Suitable for controlled environments: Quality certificate and traceable calibration certificate are available on request.
Safety for your measuring chain: Checks signal transmission from cable coupling to the process control system.
All parameters in one tool: pH, ORP, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, chlorine, turbidity, nitrate, SAC.
Approved for hazardous area use.
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Memocheck Sim allows flexible and reliable checks and qualification of measuring systems during:
Plant qualification
Installation and commissioning
The all-round tool is suitable for all industries.
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The veteran forward struck twice, either side of a fine finish from Luis Muriel, as the Zebrette began the New Year in emphatic style at the expense of Andrea Stramaccioni's side
Antonio Di Natale opened the scoring against the run of play midway through the second half and Luis Muriel doubled the hosts' advantage when he slotted home not long after being hacked down by Juan Jesus, who was shown a second yellow card for his indiscretion.
Udinese then put the seal on a resounding win when Di Natale added his second late on, heaping further misery on struggling Inter in the process, with Andrea Stramaccioni's men now having gone four games without a win in Serie A.
The first real chance of an intriguing encounter fell to Muriel, but his effort was from too tight an angle and comfortably gathered by Inter shot-stopper Samir Handanovic.
At the other end, it was midway through the first half before Inter finally mustered their first shot on goal. An Antonio Cassano corner was headed to the back post by Rodrigo Palacio and eventually found its way to Esteban Cambiasso, who fired his half volley over the bar.
Nerazzurri front-man Palacio was judged to have dived and received a booking following a coming-together with Maurizio Domizzi moments before Di Natale crashed a stunning free kick against the bar, leaving Handanovic rooted to the spot.
Inter again looked to test Zeljko Brkic as Walter Gargano strode forward from midfield. The Uruguayan fired his effort towards the near post, but the Udinese goalkeeper was on hand to tip around the post.
Di Natale had the opportunity to test Handanovic with five minutes of the half remaining from another free kick. However, his strike failed to test the Inter No.1, who saw his curling effort drift over the crossbar before Giovanni Pasquale blasted out for a goal kick from distance.
Inter began the second half the stronger of the two sides and perhaps should have taken the lead five minutes of the restart, Jonathan somehow side-footing wide from six yards out of Brkic's goal when it looked easier to score.
Freddy Guarin then tested the Serbian international from close range, but the Udinese shot-stopper was able to get down low to deny the Colombian, before Palacio saw his effort blocked by Brkic moments later.
Inter continued to dominant proceedings and Palacio perhaps should have done better after some good work by Guarin. The Argentine appeared to slip before firing his effort away and blasted wide.
Moments later, Udinese took the lead, arguably against the run of play. Di Natale was played in behind the Inter defence by Andrea Lazzarri before firing across goal. Handanovic got a hand to his shot, but it was too powerful for his former team-mate as the Italian's effort nestled into the bottom corner.
Things went from bad to worse for the Nerazzurri minutes later after Juan fouled Muriel to receive his second booking of the encounter and was subsequently red carded. Di Natale stepped up to take the free kick, but Handanovic was equal to the striker's effort this time around and held onto the ball well.
However, the Zebrette made their one-man advantage count with 15 minutes to go. Muriel was played in by Dusan Basta and the Udinese striker fired past Handanovic with a goal identical to Di Natale's opener.
Di Natale then netted his second and Udinese's third five minutes later, poking home from close range after being picked out by Lazzarri from the left.
Inter pressed for a late consolation, but were made to rue Jonathan's miss five minutes into the second half as the hosts coasted to an impressive 3-0 victory.