Immigrants’ advocates look to churches
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- Pentagon Says Funding Delay Would Affect Rotations, Training, Repairs
- Special to The Seattle Times
- How Hard Is It?
- Golding bats for social partnership, labour market reform
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Immigrants’ advocates look to churches
USA Today – Apr 1, 2007
He quoted the New Testament book of Matthew, in which Jesus Christ suggests that his followers will be judged by “what did you do for the least of these?”
Land, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, echoed Kennedy’s views. He said the nation has “a biblical mandate to act compassionately” toward “hard-working and otherwise law-abiding immigrants. ” While they may have come here illegally, they have plenty of home-grown co-conspirators in the form of “employers who knowingly hire and exploit them,” Land said. Other religious conservatives are more nuanced in their statements on the immigration debate. Sinful immigration
Christian Coalition Chairwoman Roberta Combs says on the group’s website that it is a sin “to ignore or disrespect national boundaries. ” Jim Backlin, a lobbyist for the coalition, said most of the group’s 2. 5 million members support requiring illegal immigrants to leave the USA before applying for citizenship — a controversial proposal that would “likely bring hardship to many immigrant families and could potentially strand heads of households in distant countries,” according to the Fair Immigration Reform Movement, an immigrant rights group.
Pentagon Says Funding Delay Would Affect Rotations, Training, Repairs
Washington Post – Apr 1, 2007
Originally it was for 50 Iraqi translators who helped the USA come here after a security check of 4-6 months. I have no problems with them coming in as refugees. But the records of the House Refugee Comm. , which are public record, reveal that the meeting last week of their comm. Gary Ackerman, Rep. Howard Berman, Rep… And only permitting women and children who feel threatened to come? I feel threatened by any male Muslim, I dont care how old they are. So Will Sweden let me in? And Documentation proves that Native born Muslims seem to become the worst terrorists of all a la Canada and Britian. The Subway Bombings by home grown Muslim terrorists are forgotten. This is insanity! The people who live in Rep. Chabots district have a treasure in that man. He cares about all of you. You should send him to the Senate.
Special to The Seattle Times
Seattle Times – Apr 1, 2007
“To me, that’s not a good sign. As an athletic director you want positive buzz around your program, and that’s an indication that we were losing our foothold with fans and supporters. ”
Turner also mentioned how much home-grown talent has left Washington to play elsewhere. Tenth-ranked Arizona State, a No. 3 seed in this year’s tournament, starts an all-Northwest lineup, including three players from the Spokane area. He also pointed out “hundreds of thousands of dollars” invested by the university in practice facilities, renovated locker rooms, salary increases and additional support staff. “We’ve got a phenomenal environment for basketball success in Washington,” Turner said.
How Hard Is It?
Jamaica Observer – Apr 1, 2007
The legacy that should be left by Henzell’s film is that of a thriving Jamaican film industry. He showed that through true grit, it can happen and be a worldwide success. So where are those captains of industry and governmental bodies who could really get this thing going (some were in the shadows at the screening )? Why do they not come forward and support a home-grown film business in Jamaica in the spirit that was invented in the early 70s on the set of Henzell’s film? How hard is it ?
The documentary is available as an extra on the re-released DVD of The Harder They Come, which also includes the classic soundtrack album. A must for anybody with an interest in Jamaican culture worldwide. Talk Back
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Golding bats for social partnership, labour market reform
Jamaica Observer – Apr 1, 2007
He said that while the JLP had rejected the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica’s (PSOJ) proposed Partnership for Progress, as “too wishy washy”, the party recognised the need for a partnership for social and economic development. The JLP leader was particularly severe on government’s input into such a partnership, however, suggesting that it should be committed to much more than controlling inflation. “I want a domestic, home-grown agreement that has the same weight on the government as an IMF agreement,” Golding said. “They have gotten rid of the IMF, let us impose the disciplines on ourselves. Let us say to the government, now look, if you are expecting the workers to do so and so, if you are expecting the private sector to do so and so, you must come to the table too and state what you are prepared to commit yourself to,” he said. Golding was speaking to a large audience of trade unionists and workers at the quarterly luncheon of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU), at the Medallion Hall Hotel, Kingston on Thursday. He recalled that the PSOJ had made persistent attempts to enlist the support of the JLP in creating the Partnership for Progress.
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Providence Journal – Providence Journal (subscription) – Apr 1, 2007
, is large enough for an adult to enter — if their pint-sized knights let them. Lilliput Play Homes typically cost from $15,000 to $40,000. When Krystal and Hal Barkate decided to buy a second home last year, they wanted something just like their yellow colonial. So the couple hired a builder to create an exact replica — right down to the cream trim, covered front porch and pitched roof with gabled dormers. The big difference: The house, which also has a fireplace and an open-plan kitchen, is a 10-foot-tall playhouse for their two kids, ages 5 and 3, and sits in their backyard in Ladera Ranch, Calif. The Barkates paid $15,000 for the pint-size colonial, and that doesn’t include what they spent on the little garage and roof deck they added this summer. “People think it’s crazy,” Krystal Barkate acknowledges… House-proud Americans have a new way to show off their trophy homes. Taking the pricey playhouse concept to the next level, some homeowners are building Mini-Me McMansions for their kids. The lavish replicas, which can include such grown-up amenities as hardwood floors and media rooms with satellite TVs, generally cost from $10,000 to $100,000. Some run even higher than that, exceeding the median price of a single-family home ($218,000 in November). In some areas the playhouses are running afoul of local zoning ordinances, building codes and housing-development covenants, racking up substantial fines, not to mention annoying neighbors who object to the backyard estates. Annual playhouse sales numbers, including this pricey niche, aren’t available, but manufacturers say demand for the custom-made replicas is growing. Lilliput, a playhouse manufacturer in Finleyville, Pa.