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MILWAUKEE -- Monta Ellis recorded his fourth double-double of the season, scoring 21 points and dishing out 11 assists in the Bucks' 107-98 victory over Orlando Saturday at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Milwaukee snapped a two-game losing streak by taking advantage of a shorthanded Magic roster. The Bucks shot 47 percent from the field and had five players score in double digits, including Brandon Jennings, who finished with 20.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)- Head Start and Early Head Start aim to break the cycle of poverty by providing early learning opportunities for infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers.
But with sequestration cutting federal funding 5.27%, Topeka's Community Action faces some tough lessons.
"I started as Head Start director in 1987 and this is without a doubt the biggest funding elimination that I have ever seen," said Executive Director of Community Action, Phyllis Marmon.
To deal with the loss, Community Action is considering a plan that will close one pre-school class, eliminating 20 enrollment slots for pre-schoolers. And close one Early Head Start class, cutting 8 infant/ toddler slots.
In addition, instead of operating full-day, year-round, classes will be reduced to half-days, 4 days a week, during the school year only.
Republican Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins says the Head Start cuts are an example of the Democratic Obama Administration targeting the wrong areas.
"None of those cuts have to be made there. That is a choice made by the administration, so we are going to continue to pressure the administration. The whole purpose of making a 2% cut is for you to carve out waste. And every American family I know has had to cut 2% out of their budget," said Jenkins.
If the cuts stand, Community Action says 6 staff positions will be eliminated, and all staff will see hours reduced and face summer layoffs.
"It's just sad. We do a great service for families. We have a waiting list. That waiting list will be longer now," said Marmon.
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As many as seven large C-27 aircraft, military cargo and transport planes being phased out of the U.S. Air Force could find a new home fighting fires in San Diego County and other areas in the southwest.
Earlier this year U.S. Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and John McCain, R-Ariz., began urging the Department of Defense to authorize the transfer of seven soon-to-be-retired C-27s from the military to the U.S. Forest Service.
This week the San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to send a letter to the Defense Department urging the same thing.
"The Forest Service is in dire need of additional firefighting capabilities," Supervisor Dianne Jacob said. "Rather than allow these planes to just sit idle, these aircraft can be retrofitted and made available for fighting fires in our region where the fire risk is always high."
Board Chairman Greg Cox said he met with Feinstein two weeks ago, when he was in Washington, D.C., with about 130 other members of a San Diego delegation, and first heard about the available C-27s.
Each plane can carry a payload of 25,353 pounds which could translate to a fire retardant capacity of 2,000 to 2,500 gallons, Jacob said during a supervisors' meeting on Oct. 8.
"Ironically, I think most of these are probably newer aircraft than ones currently in use by the U.S. Forestry Service," Cox said.
"These could be a tremendous addition to our firefighting arsenal not just in San Diego County but in Southern California."
The Forest Service uses a number of different types of aircraft for fire duty, but according to recent news reports, its fleet has shrunk by 75 percent in the past decade. There are only 11 Forest Service air tankers in service today. Some are more than 40 years old.
The state of California has its own air fleet separate from the federal side.
Air tankers are planes fitted with tanks that carry large volumes of fire retardant to drop on a fire. According to the Forest Service's website, air tankers don't suppress fires, but they help firefighters on the ground by laying a line of retardant along the sides of a wildfire. The retardant temporarily cools the fire and slows it down giving firefighters extra time to construct a fireline to contain the blaze.
A report prepared for the forest service earlier this year offers both praise and caution about using the C-27 for firefighting.
"The C-27J aircraft design features are ideal for parachute operations, as well as low-level air tanker operations in diverse terrain," said the report, prepared by Convergent Performance of Colorado Springs.
However, it said retrofitting them to carry heavy loads of retardant could be costly because of their design.
The report also said the C-27 would be the most expensive aircraft in the Forest Service fleet to operate.
At last week's meeting, Jacob said she has been told by Feinstein's office that the aircraft could be available within a few moths for transport duty, but that it could take 18 months or longer to retrofit the planes for air tanker duty.


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Company aims to 'streamline' operations and 'enhance productivity.'
Government contractor Raytheon Co. announced Monday that it will lay off 200 employees and combine business divisions in an effort to streamline its operations.
The company said it will reorganize into four specific businesses: Intelligence, Information and Services, which will combine the Intelligence and Information Systems and the Technical Services divisions; Integrated Defense Systems; Missile Systems; and Space and Airborne Systems, which are being "expanded by the realignment" of the company's Network Centric Systems business. Raytheon said the move will save the company $85 million in 2013, and will be effective April 1.
"Our new structure will help us enhance productivity, agility and affordability in a challenging defense and aerospace market environment," said William H. Swanson, Raytheon's chairman and CEO, in a statement.
Raytheon posted net sales of $24.4 billion for 2012, down 1.5 percent from 2011. The Technical Services and Network Centric Systems divisions it plans to eliminate had a 10 percent and 3 percent decrease in net sales from the previous year, respectively.
Raytheon noted that the move will not affect its 2013 forecast. That forecast did not factor in the impact of across-the-board budget cuts from sequestration, but the company said in its earnings report that sequestration "could have a significant impact" on the aerospace and defense industry. Raytheon's "large international market presence" and diverse portfolio of programs could "mitigate the potential overall impact" of the cuts, the report said.
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If you have AirPods (2nd generation), you need at least one of these:
- iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 12.2 or later
- Apple Watch with watchOS 5.2 or later
- Apple TV with tvOS 12.2 or later
- Mac with macOS 10.14.4 or later
If you have AirPods (1st generation), you need at least one of these:
- iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 10 or later
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- Mac with macOS Sierra or later
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- If you have AirPods (2nd generation) and you already set up "Hey Siri" on your iPhone, then "Hey Siri" is ready to use with your AirPods. If you haven't set up "Hey Siri" already and you have AirPods (2nd generation), you'll be guided through the setup.
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- Open Control Center.
- Press deeply or touch and hold the audio card in the upper-right corner of Control Center to control audio.
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Click the volume control in the menu bar and choose your AirPods2 or other speakers under Output Device.
Control your device
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Rooney targets Liverpool showdown
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is already looking forward to the FA Cup fourth round tie against Liverpool.
United's reward for overcoming league leaders Manchester City is a trip to Anfield to take on The Reds, the first meeting between the two sides since Luis Suarez was banned for eight games for racially abusing Patrice Evra.
While Suarez won't be available for the tie, Rooney will be hoping to make a impact similar to two goal salvo against neighbours City on Sunday.
"What a draw for next round – another big game. Can't wait for it already," he said.
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Since the reports, both United and Rooney have strongly denied the story, with the England forward claiming he wanted to end his career at the Premier League champions.
"Sir Alex is the greatest manager of all time. Of course I would like to play under him for the rest of my career," said Rooney.
"He's a great manager and is a big reason why I joined Manchester United. If I could finish my career playing under Sir Alex then I won't have gone far wrong.
"As I said before he is, in my eyes, the best ever. His success and his trophies speak for themselves. He's an incredible manager and has done so much for football and so much for my game as well.
"His every-day commitment to his job is what makes him stand out.
"He's in before the players every morning and leaves after you. His commitment, his desire to win and his dedication is incredible."News Now - Sport News


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Nerves remain as Boston residents look ahead
Many shops near blast site remain closed
Marian Wilson picked over her tuna sandwich on rye as men in white jumpsuits slowly paced the street behind her looking for evidence.
She tried not to notice.
"I just go in and out of being completely freaked out," Wilson said, sitting alone with a book in the outdoor patio of Stephanie's on Newbury, a restaurant a block from the site of Monday's bombings that left three dead and more than 170 wounded.
Many of the area's shops and outdoor cafes re-opened under bright sunny skies Wednesday, but the return to normalcy, for Wilson and thousands of others who live and work in this Back Bay neighborhood, was only beginning. One street over, a seven-block swath of the normally-bustling Boylston Street was shuttered as investigators scoured the area for clues. Scores of National Guard troops gathered among armored Humvees in the nearby Boston Common. And hand-written signs declaring "Boston will overcome" hung outside Newbury Street's high-end boutiques.
Wilson, a 40-year-old teacher who felt the blasts from her nearby apartment, lunched alongside blue police barriers as passersby clicked photos and others left flowers to honor the victims.
"I still can't process it," Wilson said, visibly shaken and staring at her Bloody Mary. "It's just so sad."
Pat Wynn, a 24-year-old bartender from Nantucket, sipped a beer outside The Rattlesnake Bar and Grill, a Boylston Street establishment allowed to open Wednesday as investigators began to narrow the restricted zone.
"It's almost like walking through a dream," Wynn said as people gathered a block away to take pictures of the deserted street that marked the Boston Marathon finish line 48 hours earlier.
Elsewhere, television trucks clogged parks and intersections as media from across the country packed into the area.
Marjorie Bowes, a neighborhood resident for the last 50 years, sat alone on a park bench along the Commonwealth Avenue mall as a television camera crew tossed a baseball and puffed cigars to pass the time between live shots.
She was listening to the roar of the marathon crowd through an open window on Monday, just before the bomb blasts scared her cats and shattered a crystal bowl.
"It was just a horrible sad feeling. I try not to think about it," she said in a forest of television satellite trucks.
Back at Stephanie's on Newbury, Wilson said she's torn between the memories of that day and the need to look ahead. With a smile, she pointed to the words scribbled in blue chalk on the pavement next to her table: "Keep your head up and your heart strong."


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Click on a Rank to browse winners according to Readers' Choice 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place, as well as Critic's Pick.
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- Create an alias to give ddc the path to its libraries and (static) runtime.
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Vander Meer's feat still amazing 75 years later
They remember Johnny Vander Meer in Midland Park, N.J., where a youth league ball field bears his name and a wooden chest in the library bears the mementos of his Major League career.
But many of those who had more than just a passing understanding of Vander Meer's importance in baseball lore have been lost to time.
They remember Johnny Vander Meer in Midland Park, N.J., where a youth league ball field bears his name and a wooden chest in the library bears the mementos of his Major League career.
But many of those who had more than just a passing understanding of Vander Meer's importance in baseball lore have been lost to time.
"It's all hearsay now," says Garberdina Nywening, with a hint of resignation in her voice.
She is Johnny's sister and, at 90 years old, one of the few remaining links connecting us to a man most know only for his baseball record -- one that will never be surpassed.
Seventy five years ago this weekend, Vander Meer tossed his second no-hitter in as many starts. He did so while representing the Cincinnati Reds in the first night game ever played at Ebbets Field, and, by the end, the vast majority of those in attendance were rooting for him to finish the job against their beloved Brooklyn Dodgers.
Garberdina and a large contingent of Midland Park residents were also in those stands that night, witnessing a singular, unbreakable achievement that ensures Vander Meer's name will never be forgotten in baseball lore.
"Every once in a while," she says, "a kid will find it in an encyclopedia. He'll say to his mother, 'Did you know Johnny Vander Meer lived in Midland Park?' And grandma will say, 'Yeah, and I knew him!' They'll get excited. I think it's kind of cute. It's nice to think about him, to keep his name alive."
The man behind the name left us in 1997, and he left very little behind. Vander Meer buried his wife, Lois, and both of his daughters, Evelyn and Shirley. He died broken-hearted.
"That hit him hard," Garberdina says. "He would say, 'My wife, when she went, that was bad enough. But when you lose your children, that's bad.'"
So on this diamond anniversary of his double no-hitters, let's remember Johnny Vander Meer not just for what he did but who he was. Let's celebrate the man behind the name.
Vander Meer was born in 1914, to parents of Dutch descent. Both sets of grandparents had immigrated to America from the Netherlands, and Vander Meer's parents settled into Midland Park, where the population was roughly 80 percent Dutch, when he was 4 years old.
Johnny was in the first grade at Midland Park Christian Reform Church School when he won a spelling bee and received a baseball as his prize. Thus began a lifelong fascination with the game, which he would play on the vacant lot near his house against boys often much older and bigger than he. The strong, young left-hander quickly took a liking to pitching, and, even in his earliest days on the mound, Vander Meer proved hard to hit.
"They never made a hit off me," he would tell biographer Paul Lichtman years later. "They couldn't. I walked them all. I could throw hard in those days, but I was terribly wild."
Indeed, it was Vander Meer's wildness that would come to define much of his early career. But his impressive strikeout totals as an amateur caught the eye of Fred Pidmore, a New Jersey oil salesman who had some Major League connections, and this led to an invitation to train with the Dodgers in their Miami Spring Training camp in 1933.
In fact, the 19-year-old Vander Meer -- tall, handsome and the son of a blue-collar industrial worker -- so fit the framework of the archetypical rookie with big league dreams that he was selected to star in a short documentary film on the subject, titled "A Typical American Boy." And truth be known, there was nothing truly atypical about Vander Meer's climb up the ladder to the bigs. Certainly nothing that would lead you to believe he was bound for the glory of those back-to-back no-hitters.
Vander Meer had some bouts with arm trouble as he bounced around the low Minors, his rights purchased and swapped by several teams along the way. And though he struck out an eye-popping 295 batters in 214 innings in the 1936 season with Durham, of the Piedmont League, the strikeouts came with the toll of 116 walks.
Still, the dazzling strikeout total alone was enough to compel the Reds to buy Vander Meer's rights from the Nashville Vols in 1937. They told him to report to camp, and Vander Meer made his Major League debut that May. But his first brush with the big leagues wasn't overly encouraging. Vander Meer had the same control woes as always, and he even sparred with Charlie Dressen when the skipper told him he wasn't pitching with "guts."
It wasn't until 1938, under the careful tutelage of new manager Bill McKechnie, that Vander Meer began to turn his control problems around. And this was the year Vander Meer pulled off his phenomenal feat.
The seeds of the double no-hitters were sewn on June 5, 1938, when Vander Meer, still technically a rookie after his 19 appearances in '37, went the distance in a win over the New York Giants, allowing just one run on three hits. This was the start that convinced him he had the stuff to not just survive but thrive in the Major Leagues. But nobody could have imagined what would follow.
On June 11, a Saturday, the Reds faced the Boston Bees (a temporary name change for the Boston Braves) at Crosley Field, and Vander Meer was dominant. He faced the minimum through three innings, then walked Gene Moore to start the fourth. Moore would be gunned down in his attempt to steal second, as would Tony Cuccinello after his walk in the fifth. The only other batter to reach base also walked in the fifth but was stranded at first.
It was after the seventh, when no Bees batter had yet reached second base, that Boston manager Casey Stengel taunted Vander Meer.
"So, you've got a no-hitter in your hands?" Stengel reportedly said. "Well, you won't get it because we're going to get you in the next inning."
Stengel's words stunned Johnny. Not because he paid any mind to Stengel's prediction but because, up until this point, he didn't even realize he had a no-hitter going.
Neither, by the way, did the fans in the stands. Crosley Field's scoreboard showed only the run totals and not the hits. So while Vander Meer finished the job by retiring the side in order in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings, the crowd was largely clueless as to what was actually taking place. Still, the next day's newspaper reports ensured that all of baseball now knew the name Johnny Vander Meer.
"Before the no-hitter against Boston," Vander Meer would say, "I was just a rookie that nobody but Bill McKechnie knew."
His name now known, Vander Meer still wasn't the supposed star of the show for his next start, June 15 at Ebbets Field.
The Dodgers pulled out all the stops for what was, by 1938 standards, a major marketing ploy on the part of executive Larry MacPhail. MacPhail had brought night baseball to Crosley while with the Reds in 1935 and now made the Dodgers the second team to accommodate their fans working 9-to-5. And that June 15 debut for the Ebbets lights was an over-the-top production. Olympic legend Jesse Owens was hired to race several Dodgers players around the field, to the delight of the crowd, and Babe Ruth was on hand to make the stirring announcement that he had signed on as a Dodgers coach.
Vander Meer, therefore, was an afterthought to most. But not to the several hundred folks who made the 30-mile commute from Midland Park to recognize "The Dutch Master" for his no-hitter four days before.
"I sat with a group of his friends," Garberdina says. "I didn't sit with my mother and father. I was with Lois, who was his girlfriend at the time. They were more excited [about the first no-hitter] than I was, because I don't get excited as quickly. Maybe I didn't realize it was as important as it was."
And what nobody realized was that Vander Meer was about to do it again.
The game began late, as the lights took over an hour to fully illuminate after they were switched on at 8:35 p.m. The Reds took a quick 4-0 lead, and the Dodgers -- perhaps affected by the lighting conditions -- couldn't get anything going against Vandy, despite the many deep counts on a night where he clearly didn't have his best control.
As the innings progressed and the Reds added to what looked to be an insurmountable lead, the announced crowd of 38,748 began to pull for the rookie visitor. In the ninth inning, Vander Meer walked the bases loaded, and McKechnie visited him on the mound. The crowd booed vigorously, worrying that McKechnie would pull Vander Meer with the no-hitter still intact. But McKechnie merely told the kid to stay focused and throw strikes.
The next batter, Ernie Koy, rolled a grounder to third, and Lew Riggs threw home for the force out. Two away.
Leo "The Lip" Durocher stepped to the plate, and Vander Meer got ahead of him, 1-2. His next pitch was a fastball on the outside part of the plate, and Durocher let it pass. Home-plate umpire Bill Stewart called ball two, quickly quieting the raucous crowd, which had assumed it was a called third strike. But Vander Meer kept his composure and tossed Durocher another fastball, and this one was hit high to center field, where Harry Craft gloved it for the final out.
History was made.
"Nice going, kid," Ruth said to Vander Meer as he shook his hand, and the compliment would ring in Johnny's ears for years to come.
On that night, Vander Meer became immortal, in a sense. Because no matter where life took him -- and it would indeed take him down some difficult roads -- his name would be remembered, his amazing accomplishment held in high regard.
"What is the old adage that you can only be struck by lightning once?" says John Thorn, MLB's official historian. "To get struck by lightning twice defies the odds. But it's not a model of consistency. It is a constellation of conspiring events."
The events never again conspired to lift Vander Meer to that level of greatness. But he was an All-Star in '38 and again in '39, '42 and '43, and he led the National League in strikeouts three times. Vander Meer was a member of the Reds' World Series championship club in 1940.
With the no-hitters, though, came an aura of expectations that were impossible to live up to. And though Vander Meer had a solid 13-year career (losing two years to his Navy service during World War II), he certainly was no candidate for Cooperstown.
"Vander Meer had good but not great stuff," Thorn says. "You look at his career, and there aren't the spikes, like a 20-win season."
There was, however, a man universally regarded as good and decent and hard-working. A man who loved the game enough to stay in it after his Major League playing days were done. Vander Meer managed and played in the Minor League levels after his release from the Indians in 1951. And while serving as player-manager for the Tulsa Oilers in 1952, 14 years after his double no-hitters, he no-hit the Beaumont Roughnecks of the Texas League.
Vander Meer would spend his later years working in sales for the Schlitz Brewing Company, settling in Tampa, Fla., and retiring with a pension from Schlitz in 1982. Baseball and beer had provided him with a comfortable life, but his retirement years would be marked by the unimaginable tragedy of losing his oldest daughter, Evelyn, to an aneurysm at the age of 32 and his youngest, Shirley, to complications from diabetes at 41. In between came the loss of Lois, who suffered a stroke in 1988. When Vander Meer died from an abdominal aneurysm at the age of 82, he left behind two grandchildren, one of whom has also since passed away.
"The family's all gone," Garberdina says. "I don't get the phone calls I used to get. Everybody's gone."
There is a sadness, then, to the way Vander Meer's life played out in his later years. But there is also some solace in sports' ability to take an ordinary man and hold him up in an extraordinary light. Because no matter where baseball or life took Johnny Vander Meer after June 15, 1938, and no matter how few voices are left to tell his tale, there is no question that he will not be forgotten.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.


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Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup
Can I tell you one thing that makes me unreasonably happy on a day-to-day basis?
Strangers smiling at me.
Even better?
Strangers waving, or nodding, or offering a pleasant hello, or even (my favorite) the ol' one-finger-raise-on-the-steering wheel.
For whatever reason, I always notice those little things and they make me so happy for a moment or two. Actually, I think the best way to say it is that my heart genuinely feels warmed. And I'm reminded how much I just really like people. And how cool it is that two complete and utter strangers can make an encouraging connection in this big world, however fleeting. And how a moment so brief can have the power to make your day just a little brighter…just like that!
Crazy. And very cool. And call me cheesy, but it makes me want to return the favor to the world and smile or wave or say hi to strangers more often. Yes. That is exactly what I want to do.
What does that have to do with this soup? Nada. But it's wonderful and also makes me smile, and it will keep you feeling warm and happy all winter long. Here's how to make it…
Actually when I had the craving to make a batch of chicken enchilada soup, I took to Facebook to ask all of you if you would prefer a slow cooker or a 20-minute version. Both are quick and easy, but I couldn't decide…and apparently, neither could you! It looks like the responses were pretty much split down the middle.
So because I aim to please and make you smile, and because there's no such thing as too much chicken enchilada soup in my world, I went ahead and developed both recipes! Thus, today you get the slow cooker version. And if you tune back in on Wednesday, it'll be a stovetop 20-minute cheesy version that a slightly different flavor variation too. (Actually it's a copycat take on my old-time favorite chicken enchilada soup from Chili's — you'll have to check it out!)
Today, though, it's all about the slow cooker. And I think this may be a winner for one of the easiest slow cooker recipes I've ever published on this site. You basically just toss everything in the slow cooker. (Or if you love color as much as I do, you can line the ingredients all up to look extra pretty…which is also pretty much 100% useless but…pretty!)
Then add in the key ingredient — enchilada sauce.
Since it is the key ingredient and will basically serve as the seasoning for the soup, I can't recommend enough that you use a really good enchilada sauce for this recipe. And — ahem — I happen to have a homemade red enchilada sauce recipe on here that is my all-time-forever-and-ever-favorite. So if you are so inclined, I highly suggest you make a batch of that. But any enchilada sauce will work.
Then just let it cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours — whatever fits your schedule.
And once it's done, shred the chicken and you're ready to go!
Seriously, just look at that! I can hardly believe it only took about 10 minutes of prep time.
SO good, so much flavor, and it's actually pretty light and good for you too.
You can either serve it just plain…
…or garnish it up with whatever toppings sound good. (I've included a mega list of suggestions below if you like to go topping-crazy.)
However you serve it, I'm pretty sure that this one will make you and your friends and family smile. And then we can all go on with our days and pass on the smiles to some other people.
Slow Cooker Chicken Enchilada Soup
This slow cooker chicken enchilada soup recipe only takes about 10 minutes of prep time, and it is oh-so-delicious and comforting.
- 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound)
- 2 cups good-quality chicken stock
- 1 1/4 cup (or 1 10-ounce can) red enchilada sauce*, homemade or store-bought
- 2 (14-ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 (14-ounce) can fire-roasted diced tomatoes, with juice
- 1 (15-ounce) can whole-kernel corn**, drained
- 1 (4-ounce) can diced green chiles
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 white onion, peeled and diced
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon salt, or more/less to taste
- optional garnishes: chopped fresh cilantro, diced avocado, diced red onion, shredded cheese, sour cream, tortilla strips/chips
- Add all ingredients to a large slow cooker, and stir to combine. Cook for 3-4 hours on high heat or 6-8 hours on low heat, until the chicken is cooked through and shreds easily. Use two forks to shred the chicken.
- Serve warm, with optional garnishes.
- You can also refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 5 days. Or freeze it for up to 3 months.
*If you are making this soup gluten-free, be sure to use gluten-free enchilada sauce.
**If you don't like that much corn, just use half a can, drained
If you make this recipe, be sure to snap a photo and hashtag it #gimmesomeoven. I'd love to see what you cook!
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For the past several years I've made a conscious effort to avoid canned beans due to the high amount of sodium and other preservatives. How would you tweak this to use dry black beans? (I usually soak them in water overnight in the fridge). Thanks!
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I read this as '110 oz can' not '1, 10 oz can' ha! My husband called me from the store and said 'are you sure you want 6 enchilada sauces??'


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Thousands of ethnic Hungarians call for autonomy
TARGU SECUIESC, Romania (AP) — Thousands of ethnic Hungarians held rallies on Sunday to demand autonomy for their minority group in the areas where they live in Romania.
The marches — with people singing, waving Hungarian flags, and riding horses and carriages — were held Sunday in 14 communities of Transylvania, including the town of Targu Secuiesc.
In Budapest, Hungary, thousands marched to the Romanian Embassy carrying a sign reading "Territorial autonomy for Szeklerland" referring to the stretches of Romania where ethnic Hungarians are concentrated. Others chanted, "Szeklerland is not Romania."
There were also rallies held in the Hungarian cities of Debrecen and Szolnok.
The Civic Cooperation Forum, which organized the demonstrations, said it would send a petition to the European Union and the Romanian government to call for the cause of Szekler autonomy to be taken into consideration.
Transylvania was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire until after World War I, when the ethnic Romanian majority in Transylvania created Romania.
Today, ethnic Hungarians make up about 6 percent of Romania's population of 19 million. Community leader Kelemen Hunor told The Associated Press on Sunday that they want territorial autonomy to maintain their ethnic identity and grow economically.
Romanian politicians have opposed granting the minority that privilege.
Pablo Gorondi in Budapest, Hungary, and Alison Mutler in Bucharest, Romania, contributed to this report.


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Carmona's covert campaign in Ariz.
TEMPE, Ariz. — At a gritty American Legion post, Army Special Forces veteran Richard Carmona confides to a room full of voters that he's been running a "covert operation" this year: his campaign for U.S. Senate.
Indeed, the Arizona Democrat, who served as George W. Bush's surgeon general, has come out of nowhere to contend for a seat that was practically etched in the GOP column.
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Polls show him in a dead heat against Rep. Jeff Flake, a tea party-backed Republican best known for his crusade against pork-barrel spending in Congress, and millions of dollars in outside money is suddenly flooding into the race.
As recently as the spring, President Barack Obama's campaign talked about this being the year Obama could capitalize on the surge in Hispanic voter registration and flip a state as red as a Sedona sunset. Arizona has seen 160,000 new Hispanics, who lean Democratic, added to its voter rolls since 2008. But Obama never made a play.
Now Carmona, the Spanish-speaking son of Puerto Rican-born parents, is in contention to do what Obama could not in two election cycles.
( Also on POLITICO: Heidi Heitkamp puts North Dakota in play)
He is harnessing his up-by-his-bootstraps biography: A poor kid from Harlem and high school dropout who became a decorated Vietnam War veteran, SWAT team leader and the nation's 17th U.S. surgeon general. He is capitalizing on Arizona's changing demographics and tapping into anger over the state's anti-immigrant policies.
And Carmona, 62, is appealing to independents like Dick Anderson, who comprise a third of Arizona's electorate and will almost certainly swing the outcome of the Senate contest.
"I'm tired of the vitriol from the far right. They are going to ruin our country," said Anderson, 66, who like Carmona is a former Army medic who served in Vietnam. After hearing the candidate at the Tempe veterans hall, Anderson was certain he'd vote for Carmona, and so would his wife, a registered Republican.
Carmona's "open to ideas. He's willing to listen. He's willing to compromise. He doesn't say 'my way or the highway' like Flake."
Yet Carmona is still the underdog in his race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Jon Kyl. Republicans have a 6-point voter registration advantage over Democrats and control every statewide office and the Legislature. Carmona, who has lived in Tucson for nearly three decades, isn't well known in the Phoenix metro area, which includes Flake's district and where 64 percent of Arizona's population resides.
"We've got a great ground game, we have good support and we're right on the issues," Flake said in a phone interview from Salt Lake City, where he was attending a Mormon Church conference and raising money.
The last Democrats to win statewide office here were Janet Napolitano and Terry Goddard, who were elected governor and attorney general in 2002. Both won reelection in 2006. But the two were based in Phoenix: Napolitano had been the sitting state attorney general, Goddard a former Phoenix mayor.
"There will be a wave of folks who will walk in the door and vote in the presidential race who have never heard of Carmona," Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) said in an interview. "It hurts him a lot."
Carmona's clandestine campaign strategy was revealed during his weekend swing through Maricopa County, a sprawling landscape of 12-lane freeways, strip malls and saguaro cactuses. Sporting a blue polo shirt and khakis, Carmona stopped at an "Amigos por Carmona" rally and a community center in Phoenix, an elementary school in affluent north Scottsdale, and the American Legion in Tempe, where on Wednesday night he'll stump with Bill Clinton on the Arizona State University campus.
"What we really wanted to do here is stay below the radar as long as we can. Quietly, through psychological ops, infiltration, and start taking away what [Flake] thinks is his," Carmona told 75 people at the veterans hall, in a speech peppered with military metaphors.
"We go in. We change the environment, and then your adversary wonders, 'How did they do that? What happened?'"


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By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman
The Bold and the Beautiful: I'm not going to apologize or use nice words. My favorite character on B&B is "Dollar" Bill Spencer because he has balls, something almost all the men on this show in its 25-year history have lacked. Unlike the romantic ping pong balls that have been Ridge and Bill's son Liam (the biggest wuss of all) Bill has strength and is aggressive. He's a manipulator. Lately, he's been taking his poor excuse for a son (who spends all his time on earth bouncing between Steffy and Hope) and trying to make him into a man. Sure, it's been weird — he's forced Liam eat steak and smoke cigars. But at least someone's been trying to make Liam strong enough to choose between his two young women and determine his own fate. Will Bill succeed? In real life he probably would, but since the ratings are so high for the interminable young triangle, Bill will probably be force-feeding spinach to Liam in perpetuity.
With his silver jewelry, sexual swagger and often bared chest, you'd think Bill was a soap joke. But Don Diamont, who started soap life as Liz's (Glorina Loring) boytoy on Days of Our Lives three decades ago, makes Bill's ever-aggressive nervous energy seem quite real. Let's face it — soaps are still a women's medium, (go ahead and write me) and uber strong masculine men are few and far between. Think usually liberated Marlena is being a bit backward here? No — forceful people (men and women) make the world go round. And the soap world too!
The last man of this strength on B&B was Bill's father, Bill Spencer Sr., as played by James Storm at the beginning of the show. He was the only figure in the show's history to match la Stephanie in the cojones department. (They were friends.) It puzzles me, however, how Katie, one of the most intelligent women in soaps, stays married to [Read more…]


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Moon Reef or Makalati is known to the "yavusa" (tribe) called Lau in the village of Silana. The village of Silana is located in a north easterly direction to, and which can be seen from the retreat. Their forefathers believed that when a person dies, his/her spirit is sent to paradise. The journey starts off with the spirit going to Udukula Point. At this point, there is a series of steps which lead to two large stones. Oral tradition has it that souls use the large stones as diving boards to jump to the Moon Reef.
As a Marine Prtoected Area, it is forbbiden to discard rubbish into the reef.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 190 diseños de 47 diseñadores freelance.
Sociably Grown
We sell a smartphone app that allows users to learn the story of their food by using their phone to scan a barcode found on the food item.
Our company is called Sociably Grown and it is a smartphone app that connects people with where their food comes from. By scanning the barcode available on your produce you can learn its story - from the name of the farmer and his or her growing practices to how far the food item had to travel to reach the store. (Similar to the Good Guide app except for fresh food - fruits, veggies, milk, eggs, meat,) Our vision is to create a more sustainable farming system in America where farmers who are doing the right things and growing delicious produce can earn recognition and increase their revenues. There is a social media function built into the app that allows users to rate the deliciousness of a particular farmers product, which will be made available to other users before they buy the product.
We are targeting the organic, local, and sustainable movement. These individuals place great importance on the quality of their food and how it was grown. Most likely these individuals have a higher level of education and discretionary income. We believe white females, between the ages of 30 and 50, are the most likely to care about what they consume and the societal impact their food has on the world.
Part of our vision is to dream big and change the world for the better! We would love this message to be conveyed by our logo.
Working Slogan: Know Your Food (This does not necessarily have to be included in the design)
Check out: http://patternoftheday.com/2008/07/ - For pictures i've come across that I think are pretty cool.
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2013: (Indoor): Finished fourth in the high jump at the Tufts Stampede (2/02) with a 6-02.00 … jumped the same distance at the New England Division III Championships (2/16), coming in tenth.
2012: Finished third in high jump (6'02 1/4") at the New England Division III championships (indoor) ... secured fifth in 400H (59.72) and sixth in high jump (6-02) at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference championship (outdoor) ... received the bronze medal in the 4x400 relay (3:20.22) at the NE Div. 3 championships (outdoor) ... Division III All-New England for high jump.


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24 Jun 2011 9:00am - 25 Jun 2011 5:00pm
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A major history-genealogy-heritage event for Queensland - and anyone with research interests in the region.
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Krull Corp.'s Mirtchev discusses Russia-Ukraine supply dispute
As Russia and Ukraine continue to disagree over natural gas pricing and shipments to Europe, Russia's growing influence in the region is becoming very apparent. How will the Russia-Ukraine natural gas partnership affect Europe's foreign and energy policies? What does Russia's growing influence in the energy sector mean for the United States? During today's OnPoint, Alexander Mirtchev, founder and president of Krull Corp. and a top international consultant on energy and oil markets, discusses the details of the Russia-Ukraine natural gas partnership and explains why Europe will continue to face shipment disruptions. Mirtchev also discusses Russia's expanding influence in the energy sector and how this will affect the foreign policy decisions of European nations and the United States.


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Obama seeks to mend fences with Netanyahu in Israel
President Barack Obama plans to soon make his first trip to Israel as US leader to confer on the Iranian nuclear showdown and to soothe his delicate relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The White House said Tuesday that Obama also plans to stop to talk to Palestinian leaders in the West Bank and to travel to Jordan on his trip, which will bring him close to the turmoil threatening to tear Syria apart.
It will also come as the United States mulls whether to make a new effort to revive stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, though political conditions on neither side seem conducive to dramatic progress.
The president faced fierce criticism during his re-election campaign last year for not having visited Israel as president, though George W. Bush also waited for his second term to visit Israel.
Obama has a fractious relationship with Netanyahu, and there has been open disagreement between the two men on the imminence of the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program, and Israeli settlement building and talks with Palestinians.
The White House said that Obama discussed a visit to Israel with Netanyahu on the phone on January 28, and will likely arrive after the Israeli leader finishes assembling his new governing coalition after last month's election.
"The start of the president's second term and the formation of a new Israeli government offer the opportunity to reaffirm the deep and enduring bonds between the United States and Israel and to discuss the way forward on a broad range of issues of mutual concern, including Iran and Syria," said National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor.
"Additional details about the trip -- including the dates of travel -- will be released at a later time."
Israeli media reported that Obama would begin his visit to Israel on March 20.
White House spokesman Jay Carney meanwhile said that Obama would also travel to the West Bank, which is ruled by the Palestinian Fatah faction and to Jordan, where he will renew his friendship with King Abdullah II.
The itinerary mirrors a portion of a trip Obama made when he was a senator running for president in 2008, but the region has changed out of all recognition as violence and dislocation have followed the Arab Spring uprisings.
A high-ranking Palestinian official said on condition of anonymity that the Obama visit would follow a trip to the region by his new Secretary of State John Kerry between February 15 and 16.
"We hope the visit will permit a relaunch of talks on a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders," the Palestinian official said.
There was no immediate confirmation on the date of the Kerry visit from the State Department.
Obama angered Netanyahu during his first term by arguing that the shape of a future Palestinian state should be based on Israel's 1967 borders with land swaps to ensure a contiguous territory.
Netanyahu's Likud emerged as the strongest force after the Israeli election but the surprisingly robust showing by the centrist Yesh Atid party, which backs a two-state solution, may put pressure on the Israeli leader to countenance talks.
A statement issued by Netanyahu's office said the Obama visit would be an opportunity to underline the strong support and partnership between the United States and Israel.
At the top of the agenda will be the threat posed by Iran and the notion of either an Israeli or US military strike should international talks fail on what the West believes is Tehran's nuclear weapons program.
Obama and Netanyahu have been at odds over the impact of nuclear sanctions, which Washington says are hammering Tehran's economy -- though they have yet to prompt the Islamic Republic to fold at the negotiating table.
Israel has refused to rule out a unilateral military strike and Netanyahu warned at the United Nations in September that Tehran could have enough material for a first bomb by the middle of this year.
Obama, wary of another Middle East war, wants more time for sanctions to squeeze Iran into concessions, but has not ruled out the use of force.
He has repeatedly warned he will not allow Iran to get a "nuclear weapon" -- a more elongated timetable than Israel's position that Tehran should not be allowed to reach the "ability" to make such a bomb.
Netanyahu wants Washington to establish a "red line" for Iran but Obama has been unwilling to publicly box himself in.
Talks between Iran and world powers are due to resume in Almaty, Kazakhstan on February 26 and Britain said Tuesday the Iranians would receive an "updated and credible" offer.


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Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the US to earn a MD degree in 1849.
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Elizabeth Blackwell was not only the first woman in the United States to graduate from medical school, earning an MD degree, she also graduated first in her class. Blackwell served as a doctor for the Union Army during the Civil War. After the war, she founded the Women's Medical College in New York with her sister Emily Blackwell, who had also become a doctor. Elizabeth Blackwell died May 31, 1910.
Elizabeth Blackwell applied to 16 colleges before she was admitted to the Medical Institution of Geneva College, in New York. When she died in 1910, more than 7,000 women had earned medical degrees, and all of them had Dr. Blackwell to thank for going first and working as an advocate for women in the medical profession.
With your class, explore other famous firsts. Begin by brainstorming a list of people who have done something "first" (i.e., the first person on the moon, the first woman to run for national elected office, the first Latino to win the Nobel Prize). To start your list, check out this month's entries on Amelia Earhart and Jackie Robinson. Once you've collected a list of firsts, divide your class into small groups to conduct some research into the lives of one of these people. Have each group design a multimedia presentation to report their research results to the rest of the class.
- Elizabeth Blackwell: America's First Female Doctor
This site, from Social Studies for Kids, includes a biography of Blackwell and information on her family's work to end slavery and to support women's suffrage.
- Elizabeth Blackwell, America's First Woman M.D.
This National Library of Medicine online exhibit focuses on Blackwell's achievements and includes links to related historical documents, maps, and photographs.
- Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians
Explore the contributions of the physicians who have followed in Dr. Blackwell's footsteps on this National Institutes of Health site, which includes interactives, book lists, and lesson plans.
- Letter, Elizabeth Blackwell to Baroness Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron
The Library of Congress provides the text of a letter Blackwell wrote in 1851 discussing the importance of women's rights.
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Literature as a Catalyst for Social Action: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
Students are invited to confront and discuss issues of injustice and intolerance in response to reading a variety of fiction and nonfiction texts.
Grades 9 – 12 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Critical Literacy: Women in 19th-Century Literature
Reading historical selections will give students the perspective they need to compare the author's purpose and voice of two separate writers.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Let's Talk About Stories: Shared Discussion With Amazing Grace
Make space for critical literacy and engage students in meaningful, thoughtful discussions. Using Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, students dig deep into themes such as prejudice, courage, and self-confidence.


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Sadik Warfa was a wide-eyed teenager from a crowded refugee camp when he came to the United States in 1993, part of a first wave of Somalis fleeing a homeland ravaged by warring clans.
As a group, the refugees lacked money and education. Many barely spoke English. But they had strong clan loyalties, a knack for entrepreneurship and drive.
Now those same Somalis are becoming a political force in Minnesota. They are registering to vote, volunteering for campaigns, running for office and even forming a basic building block in U.S. politics -- their own political action committee. Warfa, after graduating from college and opening an accounting business, ran for office in the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2010.
The growing political activism of Minnesota's roughly 70,000 Somalis -- the largest single population of Somalis in the United States -- is causing Minnesota DFLers and Republicans to take notice.
"I've been really amazed at what's happened," said Minnesota DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin. "It would be a real danger for political parties to ignore this newfound muscle."
State Republican Party Chairman Pat Shortridge said the Somalis may be fresh territory for the GOP. "There are tremendous opportunities for Republicans among all Minnesotans," he said, "but especially among new Americans and immigrant communities."
State Republicans recently tapped a Somali-American to lead the party's Immigrant Relations Committee and the DFL now has a Somali-American Caucus.
In Minneapolis, which boasts the state's biggest Somali population, activists have gotten busy.
"We cannot just sit on the sidelines and wait for someone else to fix our problems," Mohamud Noor told Somalis celebrating the recent launch of a new political action committee.
But Somalis know they face many hurdles on the journey to upward political mobility.
Years of living under a military dictatorship without free elections, followed by a bloody civil war that pitted clans against one another, have left those who escaped Somalia traumatized and wary of government.
'Unpack your suitcase'
Many Somali refugees clung to a "suitcase mentality" years after their arrival, said Hashi Shafi, executive director of Somali Action Alliance, a nonprofit group that pushes the importance of voting. They believed that someday they would return to their homeland, so there was no need to get involved in U.S. politics.
Shafi challenged that mindset on local Somali TV programs. It's time, he said, to "unpack your suitcase and get involved."
These days, many Somalis consider Minnesota their home, he said. A new generation is growing up fully invested in the only homeland they have known.
Some of them can be found at the tiny office of the Somali Action Alliance, on Minneapolis' E. Franklin Avenue. There, armed with clipboards and rolls of address listings for previously registered voters, they doggedly canvass Somali neighborhoods every week, encouraging them to vote.
At times, it's a tough sell.
"Some of them back in the Third World country where they came from, the government instead of serving people are oppressing them," said Sadiq Mohamud, a volunteer.
But every now and then, they get a fresh burst of inspiration. In a special primary election for a state Senate seat last year, mainstream power groups were startled by the vigorous challenge put up by Somali-born Mohamud Noor against the better-known and better-funded Kari Dziedzic.
A political neophyte, Noor nevertheless galvanized Somali voters and snatched some key endorsements out from under Dziedzic. He managed to capture 95 percent of all votes cast in one Somali-dominated precinct and 26 percent of all votes cast in the primary. Dziedzic ultimately eked out a win with 32 percent in the five-way primary. But Noor's showing served notice that Somalis had power in their collective voice.
"For the first time, the East Africans have woken up to the fact that we are a large segment of the city and our vote is important," said Abdulkadir Warsame, who campaigned for Noor.
A new brand
Warfa trained, American style, for his latest campaign, for his Minneapolis district's DFL nomination for the state Senate. He hired consultants to help polish his oratory skills and tame his Somali accent. He still remembered to greet Somali shopkeepers with a warm "Salam alaikum" (peace be with you), but his dress was every inch the American politician on the rise -- dark power suit, shined shoes and the requisite American flag pinned to his lapel. For debate prep, Warfa studied clips of the famed 1960 presidential debate between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
He even fine-tuned his brand of politics, calling himself a business-minded Democrat with an independent streak.
Warfa lost, but he remains undeterred and is already setting his sights on a Minneapolis council seat next year.
"I still have a deep desire to serve the state of Minnesota in some capacity," Warfa said. "I have not given up. I can really see that I will be a great leader."
Somali political activism has evolved so much that Warfa has already drawn a competitor -- fellow Somali Warsame, who helped draw Minneapolis' political map after the 2010 census.
Key moment
Like other immigrant groups in America, Somalis started at the bottom. But their refugee status may have accelerated their political involvement, said U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress.
"If they came here as an educated class, as doctors and engineers, then you probably would see deferred political engagement because they'd be more about making sure their businesses grew," Ellison said. "But because they come here with few tools, they use the tools they have, which is a vote."
The first lesson in activism came in 2002. U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, who started as a community organizer from way back, began dropping in on East African community events. Facing a tough re-election against former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman, Wellstone came early, stayed late and talked with all comers.
"He used to tell them it doesn't matter the numbers, what matters is that you believe in the process and you show up," said Hussein Samatar, a Minneapolis school board member who, in 2010, became perhaps the nation's first Somali-American elected official.
Soon, Coleman followed suit, enlisting well-known activist Mahamoud Wardere to head his efforts. Wardere had made his own run for Minneapolis mayor a year earlier.
That Senate election, Samatar said, "was the first key moment or trigger, if you will, for the community to feel that they could actually vote for someone that they cared about."
Wellstone died 13 days before that election and Coleman won. But even after becoming senator, Coleman nurtured his connections with Somalis, hiring Wardere for his staff.
The insights Wardere gained on that job reinforced how important it was for Somali immigrants to engage in politics. "If you are not at the table, you are missing everything," he said. "Just being at the table is power."
A matter of time
Though the community has yet to win a major office, Ellison said he believes it's bound to happen. "I think it's a matter of time because they're doing all the right things," he said.
While most politically active Somalis are involved with the DFL Party, political allegiances are still forming.
"Now I think your average Somali person is looking at the world through the eyes of a new American, ... through the eyes of a person of color, ... through the eyes of a low- to moderate-income person. So they're Democrats," Ellison said, laughing. But, he said, "as the community grows and matures, political ideology will spread and you'll have a wider and more diverse point of views coming out of the Somali community."
Dan Severson, a former Republican legislator, now does minority outreach for the party, acknowledges that his party got a slow start with Somalis.
"When I started reaching out to the community, we sat down at a table with a lot of the community leaders there and they basically said, 'We didn't even know there were Republicans.' ... I'll be the first to admit that the Republican Party has been delinquent in that."
But Severson has been meeting with imams and other Somali leaders to sell them on the GOP's values and gathers weekly with groups of Somalis and other minority members at party headquarters.
Samatar, a DFLer, said that Somalis have "a long, long way to go." But, he added, "I feel that we can actually win seats now ... maybe in two years, maybe in four years. I can really see that happening."
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Force the paupers as Kings create history
Old habits have died hard for the NSW Waratahs. But the Western Force are hurting even more as Super Rugby's paupers after being punished by the fledgling Southern Kings.
The Force face another long and tough year ahead following an ignominious defeat to South Africa's unwanted new boys - the hot favourites for the wooden spoon.
The Kings, who have replaced the Johannesburg-based Lions, instead created history by becoming the first expansion team in the competition's 17-year history to triumph in their debut match on Sunday morning (AEDT).
The Perth franchise were made to pay for their inaccuracy, bleeding 17 unanswered second-half points to lose 22-10 after holding the momentum at 10-5 up at halftime in front of 30,000 at Port Elizabeth.
New coach Michael Foley could also rue poor first-half goalkicking while skipper Matt Hodgson bluntly said the whole team performance wasn't up to scratch.
The Force, second last in 2012, now face a huge challenge to bounce back against the Bulls in Pretoria, while they must wait until round six for their first home game.
The Waratahs' Michael Cheika era also started with a loss - their ninth straight in Super Rugby - after they failed to finish off a wobbly Queensland Reds at Suncorp Stadium.
NSW lost eight matches by less than a converted try last year, and Cheika bemoaned his team's inability to cope under pressure again after they stormed back from 17-3 down to 17-all on Saturday night.
"We've got to learn how to play under pressure," said the new coach, whose side produced a mixed bag in executing his attacking game plan in the 25-17 defeat.
"We showed that we have got potential. We showed that we are prepared to work hard. We showed that we're prepared to play a new style of game, even maybe sometimes to our own detriment.
"But we're committed to doing that because we believe it's the way to teach ourselves to go forward."
Cheika was fuming post-match after Reds fullback Mike Harris felled Adam Ashley-Cooper with an off-the-ball shoulder charge that resulted only in a penalty.
Ashley-Cooper (neck) remains in doubt for Friday night's clash with the winless Melbourne Rebels but has been cleared of major damage.
The Rebels, beaten 30-13 by the Australian conference-leading Brumbies, are also sweating on the availability of playmaker Kurtley Beale (shoulder) who is desperate to play his old side.
Beale has been cleared of further damage to pre-existing shoulder troubles but may well be kept on the sidelines after seeing Wallabies medics in a two-day pre-Lions logistics camp involving 30 leading players in Sydney.
Stand-in Queensland skipper James Slipper will be free to play the Hurricanes but coach Ewen McKenzie is determined to gain a better understanding of concussion protocols after the enthusiastic prop was prevented from returning to Suncorp Stadium in the second half.
The Hurricanes are coming off a 34-20 home upset to the Blues, while the defending champion Chiefs won the other Kiwi derby with a cracking 41-27 bonus-point victory over the Highlanders.
Last year's finalists, the Sharks withstood a late Cheetahs fightback for a 29-23 win in Bloemfontein while the Bulls beat the Stormers 25-17 in Pretoria.