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Calif. teen takes $100K national science prize

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Made in the "USA"

HEY GUYS I FOUND THIS SHORT CLIP ABOUT USA MADE PRODUCTS AND CREATING MORE JOBS FOR CITIZENS. INTERESTING stufff THIS MORNING!! THOUGHT MOST OF YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED, SO FEEL FREE TO CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW !

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11-28-11 Articles

I very much enjoyed reading the articles that were posted on our blog this week. The most interesting one to me was bout the Hispanics and the drop out rate. Its quite remarkable to see how much some students work their butt's of for the better for themselves and how it will pay of later in life. But then again there are some slackers out there. I didn't know that Hispanics have a huge number when it comes to the drop out rate in NY! I didn't even think there is over 20 percent of drop out rate in the city of the students. Kind of sad to hear, but there are issues that come up with people now days and sometimes not all can be done to prevent it. There isn't the right kind of help and assistance to some individuals out there either when they need it... In the same way it's very inspirational to see the students that are doing good, going to school, pursuing a higher education and a degree, and looking for the better of their future!

I also checked out the last website and looked at the family tree from Heather Greenwood's family. I found it so interesting how much of a crayon box her family is. From Asians, whites, Blacks, and a mixture of all the race individuals in her family are! Both her parents are white of course she was of adopted, but so cool to see the other races that are so closely associated with her come in so many different colors!

Turkey is a MUST, but Butter Chicken is always on the menu!

Each year for Thanksgiving my family always has a traditional sit down turkey lunch and dinner this is one of the three holidays that we celebrate together and take time to cook up some of the most yummiest meals. Each year I have a tradition of making all the appetizers and desserts. Spinach dip, potato salad, and the sweets are always up to me. Not to mention I love to cook and bake! We also have a tradition of having butter chicken, since it is more on the heavier side eating this dish once a year does not hurt :D . Below I have shared with you all my families "secret" recipe for butter chicken. Happy Thanksgiving ALL!

My Families SECRET Recipe to 

Butter Chicken!

Ingredients

-1 tablespoon of chili powder

- 1/4 shallots of onion (finely cut up)

- 1 squeeze of lemon (for tangy taste)

-1 teaspoon of garlic paste

-1 tablespoon of olive oil

-1 packet of chicken breasts (cut up breasts into fine small pieces)

-1 teaspoon of garam masala

-1 teaspoon of ground cumin

-1/4 teaspoons of cayenne pepper

-2 pinches of salt and pepper

-1 packet of Indian butter (Makni)

-1 one packet of yogurt

-1 tablespoon of cornstarch

- 1 cup tomato sause 

Preparation

When preparing the butter chicken. First, take a pot and put 2 tablespoons of olive oil and the whole stick of the Indian butter. Along goes the lemon juice, ginger paste, garam masala, chili powder, and cumin. Then she gets the onions and mixes it until it gets golden brown, get the fine cut chicken and mixes all the ingredients together. Wait for about ten minutes to put in the yogurt. When it begins to get thick, she puts in the cornstarch, so the consistency can get a little more gravy like. Cook for about 15 mins and your butter chicken should look like a nice gravy, beautiful orange like color. 

Preferably eat with Nan, roti, or Jasmine rice. 

ENJOY!!!!!! 

 

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Alabama Article

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Immigration, the Justice Dept. and Alabama's schools

November 15, 2011 |  5:01 pm

Alabama schools had until Monday to comply with a federal request for information about its Latino students. And so far, it appears as if local officials are working to meet the deadline despite threats to the contrary by some state officials.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that it is working with 39 local school districts to obtain data on student absences and other information. The Obama administration says it needs the information to determine whether a new state law is discouraging Latino students, including U.S. citizen children, from attending school.

Alabama enacted a controversial anti-immigration measure earlier this year. A key provision requires school districts to check the immigration status of all students. That has led to legal challenges, including one brought by the Obama administration. A federal appeals court has put the measure on hold pending a trial.

Alabama Atty. Gen. Luther Strange, however, isn't happy about the government's intervention. He has repeatedly questioned the Justice Department's authority. And this month he wrote the Justice Department demanding that officials provide his office with the legal justification for requesting the student data. That prompted  DOJ's top civil rights attorney, Thomas Perez, to write back that he has authority under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Now, it turns out that it's the attorney general who may not have legal standing to intervene.  Strange's office said it represents Alabama's schools superintendent, not the individual school districts.

The federal government has repeatedly warned school officials around the country that they must comply with Plyler vs. Doe,  the 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established that students cannot be denied an education because of their immigration status.

In the end, it may not matter who has legal standing if the only thing that is achieved is turning Alabama's schools into a battleground. 

THE CHANGE THAT IS BEING REQUIRED BY SCHOOL OFFICIALS NOW TO BE A CHALLENGE. SO MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT KIDS ARE BEING DEPORTED BACK TO THERE HOMELANDS. ". A key provision requires school districts to check the immigration status of all students. That has led to legal challenges, including one brought by the Obama administration. A federal appeals court has put the measure on hold pending a trial" (LA TIMES). SINCE THE STATE DOES HAVE MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS HOW ARE THEY SUBJECTED TO CHECK EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL? I DO FEEL BAD FOR THE KIDS, THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THERE PARENTS HAD DONE TO GET HERE WAS FOR THE BEST OF THERE FAMILIES.

FEELS LIKE THE SCHOOLS ARE IN A RACE WITH ALL THESE CHECKINGS OF STUDENTS. ALABAMA IS NOT THE ONLY STATE DOING THE CHECKINGS, BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD TOP UNIVERSITY STUDENTS BACKGROUNDS BEING CHECKED. I FEEL LIKE IF THE STUDENT IS NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG, THEY ARE ACHIEVING A HIGHER EDUCATION TO BETTER THERE LIVES, THEN WHY NOT LET THEM LIVE IN A COUNTRY WITH OPPERTUNITIES?

Chapter 16 & 17

Reading through chapter sixteen showed many of the old information being brought up in to much more better understanding and perspectives. There were few sentences that I liked very much and wanted to bring them up in my blog.

"The United States is a nation without meaningful control of its borders. So many Mexicans are crossing U.S borders illegally that Mexicans are reclaiming Texas, California, and other territories that they have long claimed the Gringos stole from them". 

"The argument was an old one: Germans, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, French Canadians, Italians, Jews, and almost every conceivable immigrant group have been, at one time or the other, accused of lowering the American standard of living, and the question of the impact of immigration on the standard of living is a debate without one". 

"After five years of debate congress finally passed the immigration act in 1986 following same last compromises". 

"Amnesty was the carrot of the 1986 act (eligibility requirements and sanctions against employers who persisted in hiring illegal aliens contrary to law)".

"Law specified three different kinds of documents, A,B, and C. A was established eligibility and identity was the best, Americans possessed them. B and C were lists that established employment eligivility and identity respectively. Chinese can be B and C there restaurant fashion, they use a list then a document from list C be4 they can be hired illegaly. List B also consisted of Social security card. List C consisted of DL". 

"Unlike Haitians the Irish were well educated".

"Since most of the Irish illegals came here after Jan 1, 1982, cutoff date in 1986 amnesty law- only few hundred were granted amnesty". (Irish Immigration Reform Movement). 

"There is one further reason to believe that immigration will retain its central position on the American agenda". 

(Daniels) 

Chapter 17 talks more in detail about immigration.

 There are many reasons illegal immigrants cross borders and such circumstances they do because of better oppertunity in a certain state or country. There are many ways they do it and succeed. The one downside about immigration is if you are here living illegally, there is no guarantee you will remain in the state you are in. Officials do catch people and they do not have much sympathy for people when it is time to deport them back. For example, the "Dream Act". There are so many illegal immigrants that are going to school, finding better jobs, and oppetunities. They are striving for the best, the only downside about them is they are classified as "illegal". Does not matter how much you are working hard to support your family or where you are going to school if you are caught you are deported back without and second chances.

Chapter 15

Chapter five teen has a lot of interesting information regarding the Caribbean's, Central Americans, and the Soviet Jews. The section of the chapter that drew interest to me was reading about the Dominican and Haitian people. I found out that Dominicans people had entered in the US  by tourist visas and many of them had came. The Dominican American population were high in the East coast areas mainly in Long Island and New York area. Most of them came here in by migration and most of them worked in garment factories. The book also stated that most women worked as maids. In our community, we do not really see many Dominican people, but in the East Coast is where most of them are. I remember watching MTV and some of the episodes of the TV shows are consisted of much more Italian people along with Puerto Ricans and Dominicans. 

The Haitian people are in contrast with the Dominicans. Haiti is known as one of the most poorest countries in our world today. It is described as one of the "desperate" countries. There is not very many Haitian people in the US, but the areas that there is the most are communities in Miami which is known as "Little Haiti". The Haitian community has grown much more than the 1980's in various parts of the US. The biggest natural disaster that had struck Haiti a few years ago was a very sad and traumatic event that had disrupted and damaged so many people in the country. Think about living in a country that is poor as it is and they don't have much resources, just got struck by a natural disaster. Thankfully, many countries including the USA at the largest helped the community with food, clothing, water, construction ,and rebuilding the country for the people to living in and be happy is the biggest change someone (s) can contribute.