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"Black Caribbean pupils are being subjected to institutional racism in English schools which can dramatically undermine their chances of academic success, according to a new study. Researchers have uncovered evidence that teachers are routinely under-estimating the abilities of some black pupils, suggesting that assumptions about behavioural problems are overshadowing their academic talents. The findings, based on a survey which tracked 15,000 pupils through their education, add weight to the theory that low achievement among some black students is made worse because teachers don't expect them to succeed." - RAPatton via Bookmarklet
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A productive, consistent, and *very* visual FFer. If you don't know Mahdi, you should check out his stream. - Chris Baskind via Bookmarklet
Thank you Chris. you are so kind ‫♥ - Mahdi Ebrahimi
i highly recommend his stream for anyone who wants to put on some weight. kidding - Cee Bee
Thank *you* Mahdi. :-) - Chris Baskind
Cee Bee: you are welcome but i am in diet :) ☺☺☺☺ - Mahdi Ebrahimi
Ditto...Mahdi always has something visually appealing in his stream... - JA Castillo
Yes, a great eye! - Anthony Citrano
emm, I've been thinking about Mahdi, I don't know what to say .. Honestly.. He is one of my best and dearest friend.. with fantastic taste, neat n sweet sight n heart, Thankfully for him. - A.Diba
JA Castillo: your vision is great. thank you - Mahdi Ebrahimi
Anthony: it is your favor. - Mahdi Ebrahimi
Thank you Mahdi and keep it coming! - Anthony Citrano
Anybody besides me see the heart by Mahdi's name in the 2nd comment? How'd that get there? Not how to type the heart icon, but how it got to the right of his name. - Paul Reynolds
@paul good question - Gregory Lent
I am glad to see more of you coming over to my way of thinking. Mahdi gives good feed. ;-) - Mathew A. Koeneker
lol @ gives good feed - Lindsey Smith
Paul: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥writing comment like heart or smile is so easy. you must only know the simple trick. if you use desktop computer just take Alt+1 in the right numbers of your PC. for example Alt+3=♥,Alt+1=☺ and ..... you will see many different type of sign. also you can copy and paste them. with this trick you can use many sign ins FF and other Blog.♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ if anymore question please don't hesitate to ask. ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺ - Mahdi Ebrahimi
I love it when people recommend other FFers. Great way to share the love. - Evangeline
Thanks Mahdi! Now tell me how it got to the far side of your name instead of in the comment!! ♥ - Paul Reynolds
About second question i really don't know what's happen. maybe because of different language style.!!! - Mahdi Ebrahimi
What up Mahdi? Just subscribed to you. Some beautiful photos you've posted. - Ryan
Ryan- I also subscribe to you. you are welcome :)♥ - Mahdi Ebrahimi
Awesome, subscribed! - Shey
Shy: I subscribed you Too - Mahdi Ebrahimi
Evangeline: FF has very warm and friendly environment. i like FF too much - Mahdi Ebrahimi
My dearest Friend A.Diba: yo are one of the first friends in FF that encourage me to Share more Photos and i really appreciate you. thank you so much - Mahdi Ebrahimi
agree, Mahdi is my most interesting friend in friendfeed too :) - saeedeh
Dear Saeedeh: you are also my most interesting friend in friendfeed. i never forget you are the first person that encourage me to share my picture To FF. - Mahdi Ebrahimi
مهدي جان. ما نيز همراه با برادران و خواهران غربي، شما را بسيار دوست مي‌داريم :) - mhmazidi
‫دکتر مزیدی عزیز، شما روح بسیار بزرگی دارید و اگر تشویقها و لایکهای شما نبود شاید ما هم هیچ فعالیتی در فرند فید نداشتیم. امیدوارم همواره فعال و با نشاط به فعالیتهای وب ادامه بدید و افراد بیشتری رو به محیط مجازی بیاورید.‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥‫♥ - Mahdi Ebrahimi
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August 30 at 11:23 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with sub-machine guns drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched the homes, seizing computers, journals, and political pamphlets. Last night, members of the St. Paul police department and the Ramsey County sheriff's department handcuffed, photographed and detained dozens of people meeting at a public venue to plan a demonstration, charging them with no crime other than "fire code violations," and early this morning, the Sheriff's department sent teams of officers into at least four Minneapolis area homes where suspected protesters were staying." - Cecily Walker via Bookmarklet
What?!?! What is going on here? This should not be happening in my Cities. - Martha
Wow. WTF? That doesn't sound like my town at all. - Wayne Loftus
welcome to Orwellian world... - silpol
The feds are involved, it's not your town - Michael W. May via twhirl
@Wayne, Martha: Bob Fletcher one of yours? rnc-stasi-sweeps-a-bob-fletcher-special: http://firedoglake.com/2008/08... - Mark Stiarwalt
Police state now: arbitrary arrests of activists (and *journalists*) to prevent legal protest. Man, I can't believe this kind of thing is happening in the city I knew as a little boy, and the country I used to call home. - Chuck LeDuc Díaz
Welcome to Russia :-\ - 9000
wow, this is AWFUL - Marshall Kirkpatrick
Oh, it's going to get worse - Bwana McCall
The powers that be are starting to realize their time is up. Won't be long now. - Tsega Dinka
There are some very informative, in-depth video reports on the Twin Cities indymedia site. A good resource for the coming week. - joneilortiz
you can spread information even to whole world -- it won't change anything... if they were able to manipulate government machine into buying mercenaries for Iraq operations (in private interests), then making orders to police to make raids looks like tiny baby hiccup. - silpol
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August 29 at 3:54 pm - Link
You're old media now. You've just outmoded yourself ;) - Jason Carreira
@Jason ROFLMAO .. not with my spelling and grammar :) - Steven Hodson
Congratulations, Steven. I saw the Guardian's story and it was good to see you quoted. - Louis Gray
thanks Louis - Steven Hodson
Steven's going global, b*tches! -- oops, please excuse my potty mouth. I'm feeling a tad rambunctious tonight ;) - Mona N.
@Mona - I take my small wins where I can but global .. not quite yet methinks :) - Steven Hodson
Congrats, man. That's gotta feel good. I still love albums more though. I am old school. But since you like(d) Yes and ELP I say we can still get along ;) - Josh Haley
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August 29 at 8:26 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
Version 0.1: Displays "online" friends (subscriptions) who have posted, commented, or liked within the last 10 minutes. - Hao Chen via Bookmarklet
Legend. No rush & don't mean to be cheeky - but any luck with the profile one? - Zee at WeDoCreative
superb work with this Hao, bloody good. You looking for work at the mo? - Zee at WeDoCreative
I'll take a look at that soon. - Hao Chen
super like hao! great work as usual. ;) - AJ Batac
+1 Hao... You are officially my top LinkedIN friend..your award is in the mail - Kyle Lacy
Sweet, but it doesn't work for the beta? - Lindsay Donaghe
Updated to v0.11 for beta.friendfeed.com support. - Hao Chen
Thanks, guys. Note to self: need a way to show/hide it. - Hao Chen
superb & yep to show/hide - Zee at WeDoCreative
hao; firefox's paint delay is 100ms in FF3 and 250ms in FF2; if you set your initial setTimeout to 251ms it won't block the page loading in FF2 - Michael J Cohen
Thanks for the tip, Michael! I'll put that in there. - Hao Chen
Hao, thanks this script rocks!! - Susan Beebe
thanks Hao .. just installed it ,, looks like another winner .. - fotographic
Updated to v0.12: added show/hide button - Hao Chen
brilliant. - Zee at WeDoCreative
Hao, you are very fast. ---> http://friendfeed.com/e/0d7fa5... : )) - Erhan Erdogan
Hao, I commented on US.o http://userscripts.org/scripts... - LouCypher
@Caroline, you need Firefox browser with Greasemonkey extension to use this script - LouCypher
What I need is a bot to auto like any scripts written by Hao :) - Mark Krynsky
Lou, commited your changes, thanks! Lol, Mark. - Hao Chen
um, i'm always on... - Mona N.
would be awesome if it worked in fluid, but still :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev
Very nice. - atzmon
You too, Hao - LouCypher
All kinds of awesome. - Nick Munson
Thank you! Hey, I was thinking about changing it to comments, likes, and only FF internal posts, instead of all posts because posts from other feeds don't necessarily mean you're online. What do you think? - Hao Chen
Nice one Hao.... - Live4Soccer
I think FF internal posts, comments and likes is the only way to "confirm" that someone is online. Great job! - Tim Hoeck
@Hao, yes, that makes sense. Also please use relative links in nicknames, I don't want to switch from beta to non-beta. - LouCypher
LouCypher, good call. - Hao Chen
Updated to v0.2: counts likes, comments, and only FF internal posts. Uses relative links. - Hao Chen
Wow. I missed this. Found it under Show best of Week. - Russellreno
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August 29 at 12:02 pm - Link
agree on that. - Thomas Hawk
I'm with you there, either way we're making history! - Aaron Krug
i thought bill clinton was america's first 'black' president. silly me. lolz - .LAGizmoto
It's not just about making history - it's about setting the world back on the right track - Chris Saad via twhirl
McCain needs to keep the votes from those who would have voted for HRC, had she made it to be the dems candidate, but were moving towards him once the nomination was lost. Not much more information about Palin this side of the pond, but it sounds a bit like a last minute contingency plan to me. - dario
Just consider: Palin as commander-in-chief. You nervous yet? How about the military brass? - Glenn Batuyong via twhirl
Well-said, Chris. - Matthew Davidson via twhirl
McCain's choice of running mate is obvious pandering to get just that reaction from voters. Palin is a weak candidate, maybe weaker that Quayle who we remember couldn't spell potato or some such ridiculous thing. - Rafael Robayna
half-caucasian. either that, or we can just say he's black (versus *non*-caucasian) like everyone else. sorry, feeling nitpicky today. - Kamilah Gill
Except that Palin is staunchly anti-abortion. What may seem like a win for equality would in effect be a loss for women's rights. Firsts in gender or race may have novelty, but let's not forget there are long term results from our choices here. - Sherard Ewing
Good point. It will be a "change" - Eric_T
For me it's more about what's the right thing to do, who represents the best opportunity for a better America? Who is going to dig us out of the hole Dubya dug so resolutely? That's what gets me excited. It's nothing to do with race, gender, religion or whatever. I'm now an Obamacan because I genuinely believe he will offer this country the best chance right now. - Sally Church
Yep this is shaping up to be a very pivotal election. We're presented with two very different ideas of the "american dream" (yes, it seems we don't all agree on this means) - and how to achieve it. - Jason Kaneshiro
I agree with Chris. It's nice that we're making history, but much more is at stake than history. - Chieze Okoye
It will be interesting for Mcain and his running mate. I mean he doesn't even think women should get paid the same as men. - PC Easy via twhirl
not an Obamacan or a McCainiac, I'm an American - Jeff Quinton
For most jobs in the tech sector, you can't actually do much to guarantee that women will get paid the same as men. Most of the time the people working alongside each other have no idea what the other people are getting paid. And employers should be allowed to base pay on experience and merit. I don't see how you can equalize pay in most non-unionized jobs where there isn't a set pay scale. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
I'm not against the idea of women getting paid the same as men for the same job given that they both have similar experience and performance, but I don't see how this can be effectively regulated in industries where people are salaried. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
I can like that! - JMS
I realized that too -- very cool indeed. - Tamar Weinberg
Exactly what I told my kids over lunch today. Historic and way overdue. - Kevin C. Tofel
There are firsts and there are meaningful firsts -- I'll take the Obama first over the Palin first any day. - Mitch Ratcliffe via twhirl
Couldn't have said it better myself, Chris :) - Mona N.
Palin is a joke conservative so I disagree. Obama needs to win to change this country for the better and for the future - Photo Larry via twhirl
That's exactly what my History teacher said. - OekelWm
I am just hoping that the disgruntled Hillary supporters are not taken in by the "yay, another woman" sham being propagated by McCain. Palin is anti-choice, anti-science (supports creationism in schools and doesn't believe climate change is man-made), anti-wildlife (supports drilling in ANWR, opposed classification of polar bears as endangered, supports hunting from the air - yeah, that's real sporting..) - Marci Maleski
Marci, why take the negative? I'd say she's pro-human survival (against killing our own or protecting animals at the cost of our economy), and pro-not having your opinion ridiculed because someone else's opinion is accepted as a matter of public policy. At least creationism can explain first cause and the origin of matter and energy...and the disappointing shortage of transitional species. - klecu
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The only problem I can see is that there is no motivation to play it after the initial curiosity has settled. If users could create cross-system accounts or could leave initials/name (arcade style) for high scores then it would draw repeat customers. From the way the article reads, it has one game with one advertisement. If the advertising is as deeply embedded as the article makes it seem, users will feel as if they just had to interact with a sales pitch as opposed to playing a game with advertising in it. - xero
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I want do the same things - accesine
Somebody had better fix Craigslist, or it will be gone very soon. - Rod Bauer via twhirl
Congratulations :) - Anush Shetty
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congrats on your new executive title! :) - imabonehead
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August 24 at 8:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God's law unto the heathens and the sodomites. We call upon all Christians to join the crusade against Long John Silver's and Red Lobster. Yea, even Popeye's shall be cleansed. The name of Bubba shall be anathema. We must stop the unbelievers from destroying the sanctity of our restaurants.." - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet
Too. Freaking. Funny. - Steven Perez
I use this with fundamentalist bible-thumpers and they seem to really get confused. Many don't even know it's there. There's a lot of other fun stuff in Leviticus, but the shellfish thing is one that really seems to paralyze fundamentalists. Because they won't cave and say that the old laws don't apply anymore, yet they can't reconcile that all that shellfish they've eaten has them Hellbound... - Anthony Citrano
Hmm, I am most certainly going to hell. - abacab
Ah, inconsistency :) - Michael W. May
NOT KOSHER! - Rochelle
bottomfeeders - Gregory Lent
Old Testament cultism -- it also happens to be the driving force behind neoconservatives and Christians Zionists and their many delightful policies (including the Iraq War, the Clash of Civilizations, World War IV and a domestic police state and theocracy). This is very serious stuff indeed -- it doesn't get more serious. - Sean McBride
Some are pretty crazy. Leviticus is old testament and doesn't apply. With the arrival of Christ, the old laws were replaced. Any normal Christian knows this stuff. - Jason Shultz via twhirl
Let me add that there are many good and positive strains in the Old Testament -- the emphasis on social justice, truth seeking, compassion, philanthropy, etc. -- but fundamentalists focus only on the most ignorant and violent strains. As far as ancient texts go, the OT is probably less benighted than most. In other words, putting an antisemitic spin on the dark side of the OT is as misguided as believing in the most unscientific superstitions in the work. Christian Armaggedonists like John Hagee do not understand what the best of the Jewish tradition is all about. - Sean McBride
Well I would guess if you are an Orthodox Jew this still holds true, but beyond that the majority of people that follow the Book, understand that the old law was fulfilled at least from this perspective. No reason to shun the tasty little creatures now. - Robert
"Normal Christian"? What does that mean? Seventh-day Adventists (and other Christians) don't eat unclean foods. Also, the idea of "clean" and "unclean" foods has been around at least since the time of Noah. The way I see it, the Levitical laws were to remind the children of Israel about principles they might have forgotten while they were in bondage, IMHO. - Harvey Simmons
Just by nature of being raised Buddhist, i'm in the doghouse by default with the Old Testament. So I may as well call up my gay friend today for a shrimp salad lunch. :D - Christine Lu
Further point: thoughout modern European history, many Jews have been in the forefront in ditching the dreck from the OT, while amping up the most enlightened themes. Another reason to blow off any antisemitic exploitation of some disturbing OT beliefs. (Of course, Christian fundamentalists often use these "subversive" intellectual activities on behalf of Enlightenment modernism to try to whip up antisemitism.) - Sean McBride
+1 Harvey - Jason, if you study this, you will see that this PARTICULAR issue is outside of the laws that were replaced (or, rather, fulfilled). Even Christ said it Himself - "I have not come to abolish the them but to fulfill them. Until heaven and earth disappear, no the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will be any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished." While the Mosaic law is no longer in effect, dont confuse that with meaning that all old laws are Mosaic... - Andru Edwards
Oh, and I can safely say that God doesn't hate shrimp. If I create something for a specific purpose, and tell my son not to eat that thing, that doesn't imply that I hate what I made. It just means that it isn't food. - Andru Edwards
+1 Christine :) - Michael W. May
+1 Harvey and Andru - Shey
Robert, you're wrong. Torah, including the kashrut laws, were not replaced for Jews of any stripe except for Messianic Jews (but that's another story all together). The Covenant with Jesus (which was, remember, designed some fifty years after Jesus' death by Paul of Tarsus) has everything to do with creating a path to G-d for the gentiles. The idea that it somehow supplants the Torah for the Jews is just a failed marketing ploy as most Jews of the time said and still say, 'Eh, no thanks, we're not buying.' - Akiva Moskovitz
+1 Harvey. Most daily laws for Jews are there as constant reminders. The Jewish approach is quite Buddhist, too; each physical act is a reminder to be in the moment and to drop one's ego. - Akiva Moskovitz
Always fun to watch piecemealing... carry on. Christine, +1 - Cyndy
+1 Andru. But, keep in mind the clause 'until everything is accomplished'. Everything has not yet been accomplished. Jesus was talking about the coming of the second kingdom (which Jews equate with the coming of the Moshiach). Essentially, those laws have not been replaced (Peter's vision in Acts of the Apostles notwithstanding, I suppose). The Torah still stands (even the icky parts). - Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva -- but Buddhism is not an ethno-religious nationalist ideology, after the style of, say, Chabad-Lubavitch. Buddhism is universalist, egalitarian, trans-ethnic, trans-nationalist, etc. Buddhism is not about your ethnic or nationalist self-identification and self-interest. Buddhism is for humanity as a whole. In some ways, it is the most modern religious philosophy ever developed, and fully compatible with Enlightenment universalism. - Sean McBride
I have to say I love fresh seafood - not in the same league as those nasty junk food outlets, which I avoid, and Red Lobster sure turns good seafood into junk. - Ian May
Ian, living in Seattle provides me with an endless supply of obscenely fresh seafood. I could eat sushi and plank-cooked salmon every day for the rest of my life. - Akiva Moskovitz
Dietetic dialectic. - Jay Tannenbaum
Ian, I think you nailed it. Led Robster is teh suck. - Harvey Simmons
Wait - does this mean cock isn't kosher? I mean it's not shellfish, and usually it's not unclean. Usually. - Sparky
Red Lobster's dining atmosphere sucks. I feel like I'm on a discount airline crammed into their dining room. And they don't take reservations. Poor dining experience, poor customer service. I won't eat there. :( - Jason Shultz via twhirl
Akiva - we don't do badly for seafood here in Charleston, SC either - as long as you avoid the likes of Red Lobster of course :) - Ian May
Also, what does G-d have against Detlef Schremp anyway? - Akiva Moskovitz
mmmm... Dead Lobster cheesey biscuits. :) - Bill Sodeman
can you blame him? - Morgan
Akiva, have you ever seen the Maverics actually play? :) - Harvey Simmons
You guys make me this: happy. - Akiva Moskovitz
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"In her current best-selling book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise Of Disaster Capitalism, journalist Naomi Klein takes aim at Chicago School Of Economics guru Milton Friedman's notion that "only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change." Around the globe, Klein finds examples of how the implementation of what she's coined "the shock doctrine" is used to exploit a public reeling from natural or man-made disasters to implement economic and social policies to which they would never have otherwise submitted. "Disaster capitalism," as she calls it, has cropped up in post-tsunami Sri Lanka, the occupation of Iraq, and of course, our own backyard in the aftermath of September 11. On the eve of the Beijing Olympics and the increasing noise of our Presidential campaign, Klein sat down with The A.V. Club to discuss offshore oil drilling, the price of gas, Barack Obama, Fox News, Lou Dobbs, and the shame of the Summer Games." - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet
I just finished that book, and it was awesome. A great explanation for what's been going on in the last few decades. - Ben Turner
it totally makes sense. the trend has gone on too long to not be acknowledged. she was the first to actually put it into a concise and easily-understood manner. i really like what she has to write and talk about. - Cee Bee
She's a good writer, but I find her logic often to be reactionary and unsubtle and often ignorant of inconvenient facts. While one can't argue against the notion that 9/11 galvanized all sorts of policy madness, disasters have often been a force for major progressive change. Let's see: the Triangle sweatshop fire in lower Manhattan in the early 1900s helped spawn the early progressive movement. The Great Depression led to the New Deal. The post-war Marshall Plan that helped rescue Western Europe. - Dan Kaplan
It's not necessarily about capitalism, but about the leadership and social sentiment of the time. Think about how different the world would look if Gore had been Pres after 9/11, instead of the crazies we have now. - Dan Kaplan
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