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Archive for April, 2010
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Friday, April 30th, 2010what do you think about Mr. Reynolds controversial allegations??
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010*** Bush Defector to demolish 911 lie *** On May 6 (04-18-06). . . “The former senior economist in the Bush Department of Labor, Morgan Reynolds, will speak on the 9.11 at work inside the State Historical Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison Saturday, May 6. The film will be Loose Change displays and snacks, from 1 p. m, and Reynolds will speak at 3:00.. …. “Dr. Reynolds, who has three degrees from the UW-Madison and is currently Professor of Economics at Texas A & M University, presented evidence that senior Bush administration officials orchestrated the controlled demolition of World Trade Center, and the murder of nearly 2,500 Americans as a pretext to launch a pre-planned “long war” in the Middle East videos . Il and more information on speech and sixth of May, Dr. Reynolds, is available on the event’s sponsors, Muslim-Jewish-Christian Madison-based Alliance for 9 / 11 Truth: [link to mujca. com]
What myths about affirmative action do you believe?
Friday, April 23rd, 2010Myth 1: The only way to create a colorblind society is to adopt policies daltonici.Anche if this seems intuitively plausible, the reality is that color-blind policies often put racial minorities at a disadvantage. For example, ceteris paribus, systems of color-blind seniority tend to protect workers against dismissal of white working because older workers are generally white because of historical discrimination. Similarly, the college admissions colorblind white students because of their earlier educational advantages. Unless preexisting inequities are corrected or not taken into account, color-blind policies do not solve racial injustice – that rafforzano.Mito 2: Affirmative action is not successful in increasing women’s representation and minoranze.Diversi studies have documented important gains racial and gender equality as a direct result of affirmative action. For example, according to a Labor Department report of the United States, affirmative action has helped 5 million minority members and 6 million women of the white minority and advance in employment. Similarly, a study sponsored by the Program Office of Federal Contract Compliance showed that federal contractors (who had to take affirmative action goals) added Black and White officers and directors of women at twice the rate of non-entrepreneurs . There were also a number of well documented cases in which large companies (eg AT & T, IBM, Sears Roebuck) increased employment of minorities, following the adoption of policies of action 3 affermativa.Mito: positive action was needed 30 years ago, but the playing field is fairly level oggi.Nonostante progress, the playing field is anything but level. Women still earn 76 cents for every dollar men. Blacks still have twice the unemployment rate of whites, largely due to discrimination, according to data collected by EEOC.Mito 4: The public no longer supports affirmative action. Polls show most Americans support positive, especially when the polls avoid an all or nothing choice between affirmative action in its current form and not any affirmative action. For example, a CNN / Time found that 80% of people consider “affirmative action programs for minorities and white women should continue at some level.” What the public opposes are quotas, set-aside, and “reverse discrimination.” For example, when the same poll asked people whether they favored programs “requiring businesses to hire a specific number of shares or of minorities and women, 63% opposed such a plan. As these results indicate, most members of the dissident racial preferences that violate notions of fairness – is not contrary positiva.Mito Action 5: A large percentage of white workers lost if affirmative action is not the government support continuato.Statistiche this myth. According to the Department of Commerce of the United States is 1. 3 million unemployed black civilians and civilian employees 112 000 000 White (U.S. Bureau of Census, 2000). So even if all unemployed blacks in the U.S. . were going to move a white worker, only 1% of whites would be affected. Moreover, affirmative action only applies to applicants for skilled jobs, so the actual percentage of affected Whites would be a fraction 1%. The main sources of employment loss among workers have to do with factory relocations and labor contracts outside the United States, computerization and automation, and corporate restructuring. Two white are all qualified for the positions they hold?! No.Mito 6: If the Jews and Asian Americans can rapidly advance economically, African Americans should be able to make the comparison stesso.Questo ignores the unique history of discrimination against blacks in the United States. As a historian Roger Wilkins said, blacks have a history of 375 years of this continent: 245 slavery, 100, legalized discrimination, and only 30 involving anything else. Jews and Asians, on the other hand, are populations that immigrated to America North and included doctors, lawyers, teachers and businessmen in their ranks. Moreover, European Jews are able to work as part of the white majority. Wait black to show the same upward mobility as Jews and Asians is to deny the historical reality social and blacks faccia.Mito 7: You can not cure discrimination with discriminazione.Il problem with this myth is that it uses the same word – discrimination – to describe two very different things. employment discrimination based on prejudice and exclusion, that affirmative action is an effort to overcome prejudicial treatment for inclusion. The most effective way to cure society of exclusionary practices is to make a special effort of integration, which is exactly what affirmative action does. The logic positive discrimination
Things To Do In San Francisco
Monday, April 19th, 2010Top 20 things to see and do in San Francisco
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With so much to see in San Francisco, where to start? Here are the Top 20 destinations, including visitors from San Francisco, according to statistics compiled by the San Francisco Visitors and Convention Bureau.
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Fisherman’s Wharf shops, stores and a large amount of seafood restaurants line the waterfront, showing the remains of old fishing boats used by Italian immigrants who brought spring to life after the gold rush.
Chinatown is home to the largest urban population of Chinese people outside China, Chinatown is so authentic, you forget you’re in San Francisco.
Golden Gate Bridge has been in movies, television, books and postcards – now go ahead and take a ride in it! And do not forget your camera.
Union Square, the best shopping is found here with heavyweights such as Macy’s, Tiffany’s, Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. Side streets hide some great surprises as well.
Gondola ride that I can really say I was in San Francisco without a ride on a cable car noisy? And nobody thought it would work again in 1873. . .
Dungeness Crab
Golden Gate Park is an oasis in the heart of a vibrant city with museums, gardens, a lake – even a herd of bison.
Alcatraz A visit to this foreboding island and you’ll know why escape was so appealing! notorious criminals have time here: Al Capone and George “Machine Gun Kelly,” to name a few.
Museums / galleries of some of the best museums and galleries around the world resides in San Francisco, from SFMOMA to the Asian Art Museum DeYoung € “all offer a great diversity of artistic expression.
Union Street between the elegant shops and restaurants, enjoy the brightly painted Victorians and secret courtyards. More fun at night as during the day.
Broadway / North Beach, founded by Italian immigrants, the area offers excellent Italian cuisine and old world charm © s Café The after-effects of immigrants makes this neighborhood a fascinating mix of history and gastronomy. And talk about nightlife!
Fishermen fishing fleet – Wharf
Yerba Buena Center / Moscone Convention Center in this area south of Market Street is the city’s main meeting and exhibition space, the Museum of Modern Art, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the latest addition, the Museum Jewish.
Haight Ashbury District nerve center of the 1968 “Summer of Love”, the neighborhood is more commercial today than it was then, but still worth a stroll for its history and exceptional architecture.
Mission District, so named because of the presence of the Mission Dolores “(the oldest mission in the state), the area remains largely Hispanic in its population and feel. Truly authentic Mexican food is here, in particularly at 16th and Valencia.
Central Japan since 1968, this quiet complex of 5 hectares have the best of Japanese life: a spa, shops, furniture, and of course very good restaurants. Two public parking spaces available.
South of Market With the proliferation of Internet companies in the Bay Area, South of Market (SOMA) is now considered one of the trendiest neighborhoods in the city. On the California Historical Society, the Jewish Museum and the center of the photograph of Ansel Adams, too.
Mission Dolores
Most of Castro Street for the life of the gay and lesbian community and working in this neighborhood. Enjoy a fascinating variety of shops, restaurants, pubs and a spectacular great old movie palace.
Live Theatre The theater district (not far from Union Square), offers a wide range of shows, both plays and musicals. And good food is close for comfort.
San Francisco Zoo Located near the southern end of Ocean Beach, the zoo is an ideal destination for family fun, 365 days a year. Admission is free the first Wednesday of each month.
Wine tasting in San Francisco
Collective visit to the winery is the first multi-room cellar tasting in San Francisco, focused on boutique wineries. This unique experience that lets you taste wines from dozens of small wineries in California, right in San Francisco without having to travel to each of the wine regions
Concerts, sporting events and Performing Arts Blessed with a fine symphony, an opera season, much revered, and acclaimed ballet company, San Francisco offers something for everyone. San Francisco is home to two outstanding parks: famous chandelier and the new Pac Bell, a land flowing home in San Francisco Bay.
High Boat Festival
Things to do outside of San Francisco
Car Rental in San Francisco
Muir Woods Sausalito and Tiburon A walk takes you to beautiful Sausalito Ferry (Bayside village hidden in the hills of the bay) and Shark (now former railroad town atmosphere similar to Sausalito). Take a car or a trip to Muir Woods, the 560-acre park, where redwoods more than 1,000 years, is high.
Wine Country Napa and Sonoma is known for its vineyards, the climate is mild and sunny soil. Well less than two hours from San Francisco, Wine Country is a perfect day trip.
Caramel and Monterey for a romantic weekend, few places offer the charm of Caramel in Monterey Peninsula. Fila experience famous Monterey Cannery, Fisherman’s Wharf and the Aquarium.
Yosemite National Park in the three-hour drive through the gate of the countries of Gold to the most spectacular National Park. Yosemite is home to North America five highest waterfalls, Yosemite Falls, Niagara Falls and Sentinel Ribbon. See the images captured by Ansel Adams – Half Dome, Cathedral Rocks and El Capitan 3500 feet.
Berkeley and Oakland Berkeley is home to the first University of California campus and a unique history in American universities. College Avenue, Fourth Street and Telegraph Avenue are your best bets. In Oakland, take a look at Jack London Square, the historic Paramount Theatre (art-deco movie palace) and the Oakland Museum.
Reno and Lake Tahoe Located on the highest concentration of ski resorts in North America with courses of no less than 40 golf courses and numerous casinos, Reno / Lake Tahoe offers plenty of recreational opportunities within a few hours from San Francisco.
Parks and beaches in the region of San Francisco has its fair share of beaches (Mar, Baker, and China), but do not expect to do a lot of sun worship – is rarely hot enough to bare all. Go north and explore Point Lobos, or south to enjoy one of the college / beach town of Santa Cruz.
Parks always a hit with families, San Francisco has three regional parks. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Bonfante Gardens and Paramount Great America.
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Thursday, April 15th, 2010
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
A short doc produced for a traveling museum exhibit entitled “Who’s Minding the Store” by the Jewish Historical Society of Metrowest. The subject is Zal Venet, the adman behind New Jersey based supermarkets Kings, Shop Rite, and Pathmark.
Mary Fellman and the Nebraska Jewish Historical
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
If Not Now, When? If Not Me, Then Who? In the early 1980’s, Mary Fellman had an idea, and from that idea, Mary Fellman, Oliver Pollack and the Omaha Jewish Community started and over 25 years have grown The Nebraska Jewish Historical Society. This video is an edited version (to meet You Tube standards) of the video that was produced by the NJHS for its 25th Anniversary. Approximately 4 minutes of pictures have been deleted, and I hope to provide a full version in the future.
Unpacking on the Prairie- Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Sunday, April 4th, 2010
Unpacking on the Prairie was an exhibit in partnership with the Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest and the Minnesota Historical Society focusing on Jewish women in the Upper Midwest. A traveling version of the main exhibit toured for seven years and the award-winning Web exhibit — www.jhsum.org remains an important resource today.