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A healthier kind of takeaway
Fast food fake news?
While October may have been a nutritionist's nightmare according to the media, the BBC's interpretation of the data i used tells a different story.
Firstly, Cardiff has only 71 takeaways per 100,000 people in comparison to the national average of 61.
This national average is dragged down by rural areas which have fewer takeaway restaurants. When compared to other cities, Cardiff does very well.
London is understandably highest in the country. Camden has 89 takeaways per 100,000 people and Westminster leads the pack with 127.
Blackpool, a town less than half Cardiff's size, is in second place with 97. Furthermore, Cardiff is not even highest in Wales – Swansea and Conwy both outscored it.
In fact Cardiff has fewer takeaways per capita than any other UK capital city. This puts to bed the "takeaway hotspot" claims.
"Takeaway capital" Cardiff has been heavily criticised in the media recently for having an unhealthy number of takeaway food outlets
Cardiff's notorious 'Chippy Lane' is home to several takeaways
Cardiff was accused last month of having an alarming number of takeaway restaurants, but one Cardiff food stall is fighting back.
The BBC's Shared Data Unit first analysed the data provided by the Office for National Statistics. The Independent's sister paper, i, then pinpointed Cardiff as a "takeaway hotspot" based on the data.
The boys at Puro Fit Food believe in fresh ingredients and real food
Daniel Ludlow and Shane Harris are adamant, however, that the words 'takeaway' and 'unhealthy' do not have to be synonymous. They run Puro Fit Food, a takeaway stall in St David's shopping centre.
A year ago they began a meal preparation service, delivering to health-conscious Cardiff customers. What surprised them was that it was not just athletes who wanted their food.
"We targeted the athlete market," said Daniel, "but we found the average person wanted a healthier option too."
Shane says, in the near future, the majority of us will eat more healthily. "A lot of people are making that change where they're eating better food daily," he said.
However, the food industry is yet to catch up with changing habits. "This is why we've started this," said Shane, "we wanted to get in early."
October also saw two American chains, Denny's and Slim Chickens, announce restaurant openings.
Meanwhile, the Guardian labelled areas of Cardiff as "food deserts", impoverished areas where it is easier to buy fast food than fresh fruit.
No regular Cokes to be seen at Puro
Two months ago, Puro Fit Food opened its St David's stall. "This is the first, but we're planning to branch out across the UK: London, Liverpool, Leeds," said Shane. "And we're going to expand the meal prep side of things too, to deliver nationwide."
As a former boxer, Daniel found it difficult to eat properly: "I always found it hard to prep food.
"That's why I ended up eating in Nando's everyday. There was nothing healthy available on the go."
Now, he and Shane hope to change this.
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We spoke with the unparalleled Jane Fonda at a Women's Media Center awards event about women in media, her documentary, politics, and democracy.
On the importance of female representation in media, Fonda made the point that it isn't just for the benefit of women, but for everyone.
Among the honorees at the WMC event was Cindy Holland — the woman in charge of all original programming for Netflix. Fonda stressed the impact of this role.
In addition to her Netflix series, Grace & Frankie, Fonda was recently the subject of an HBO documentary detailing her life, career, and influence on the world.
After a lifetime of political activism, Jane Fonda is uniquely qualified to comment on the upswell of engagement in our current political climate.
You can see Fonda in Grace & Frankie on Netflix and Jane Fonda in Five Acts on HBO.


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Posted on October 11, 2012 by Richard Wagner
Strippers pole-dance to appease the dead
DRESSED in miniskirts barely covering their hips, the two girls took to the neon-lit stage and moved vigorously to the loud pumping pop music. Their job: to appease the wandering spirits.
As the temple facade in the background changed colour from the fireworks lighting up the Taiwanese night sky, the show climaxed with pole-dancing and striptease in front of an audience consisting of men, women and children.
"This is hard work but I need to make a living," said 18 year-old En En, out of breath after stripping for the crowd during the recent religious festival.
En En had just earned Tw$3000 ($100) for her act, which began on stage, but ended as she mingled with the audience, letting men touch her for tips.
Folk religion in Taiwan is a unique mixture of the spiritual and the earthly, and one of its most remarkable manifestations is the practice of hiring showgirls to perform at festivals, weddings, and even funerals.
The girls work on "electronic flower cars" – specially designed trucks equipped with light and sound equipment that can become a stage, allowing them to travel to performances often held in smaller cities and rural areas.
"The groups attract crowds to our events and they perform for the gods and the spirits to seek blessings," said Chen Chung-hsien, an official at Wu Fu Temple, a Taoist landmark in north Taiwan's Taoyuan county.
"They have become part of our religion and folk culture."
At 26, Chiang Pei-ying is already a veteran performer with nearly 20 years of experience, travelling across Taiwan with her father and two sisters for their family business to entertain audiences – both alive and dead.
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A dancer performs during a temple festival in northern Taiwan. Picture: AFP
Ms Chiang made her debut when she was in kindergarten because she liked singing and dancing on stage and has become a celebrity performer with her sisters, charging up to Tw$80,000 for a 20-minute show.
She said she enjoys her line of work, even if she has to deal with some odd requests from customers such as walking around coffins and singing for the deceased at funerals.
"I've watched this since I was little so it's nothing peculiar for me. Performing for the dead is just like performing for the living people," she said.
"They liked to sing when they were alive and their relatives thought they would have liked to have somebody sing for them in the end. For me, I get good tips and I hope I am accumulating good karma too."
Other performers, however, make much less money and tend to be more discreet about their job, especially those who still do striptease despite risking arrest.
Stripping nude is rarely seen in public now because it is a criminal offence, but partial stripping is still performed at festivals, private parties and funerals, people in the business say.
"Some people like going to hostess clubs, so when they pass away their relatives arrange striptease to reflect their interests while they were alive," said Chiang Wan-yuan, Pei-ying's father and a 30-year veteran in the business.
It is difficult to imagine a similar show going on outside a European village church, and some local critics have dismissed the practice, which emerged in the 1970s, as shocking and vulgar.
Others, however, see it as a natural extension of a traditional folk culture lacking in the sharp separation of sex and religion often seen in other parts of the world.
Marc Moskowitz, an anthropologist at the University of South Carolina, said the practice evolved out of the special Chinese concept of "hot and noisy", which brims with positive connotations.
"In traditional Chinese and contemporary Taiwanese culture this signifies that for an event to be fun or noteworthy it must be full of noise and crowds," said Mr Moskowitz, who shot a documentary "Dancing for the Dead" in 2011.
He added most people who watched his work appeared to enjoy it and recognise this practice as an "interesting and unique cultural phenomenon," which to his knowledge is only found in Taiwan.
"As I watched these performances I came to appreciate the idea of celebrating someone's life to help assuage the feelings of grief," he said.
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JEA Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Paul McElroy is leaving the utility.
Utility CEO leaves amid studies about privatization.
JEA Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Paul McElroy announced Friday he would not accept a new contract from the utility's board of directions and would step down when his current employment agreement expires Sept. 30.
His resignation ends a 16-year career at the city's largest independent authority that included six years as CFO. McElroy was promoted to the chief executive positon in 2012 after serving as CFO.
McElroy was not available Friday for comment and did not speak with media after the meeting.
Chief Financial Officer Melissa Dykes has been named interim CEO of JEA.
Contract discussions by the compensation committee are typically the first step for executives and their contracts.
Howard said he and board members did not ask McElroy to step down.
McElroy will step away immediately from day-to-day operations.
Howard named Chief Financial Officer Melissa Dykes as interim CEO. She is the first woman tapped to lead the utility since its creation in 1895.
Dykes joined JEA after serving as a vice president at JPMorgan Chase.
Howard said Dykes is qualified to fill the CEO position in the interim because of her role as CFO.
Friday was the first time the JEA board presided over McElroy's expiring contract since early 2017.
The compensation committee's previously scheduled meeting Feb. 13 was canceled as the utility prepared to host a joint meeting with City Council the next day to present a financial report on JEA's potential market value to private buyers.
Howard said then there was too much distraction to hold the subcommittee meeting.
At the March 20 meeting, board member Husein Cumber suggested McElroy deserved clarity on the status of a three-year contract extension with a $520,392 annual salary. The contract would have included 3 percent annual raises through 2021.
McElroy leaves as the discussion about privatizing the utility is dominating City Hall, specifically through a special council committee at which McElroy has appeared three times to answer questions.
"I understand why he may want to go out on top, particularly given the uncertainty surrounding JEA's future in the context of the current discussions," Howard said.
Along with council, the Jacksonville Civic Council is reviewing the aspects of selling the utility.
At his most recent council committee appearance Thursday, McElroy discussed details of the utility's 20-year power purchase agreement tied to the Plant Vogtle expansion in southeastern Georgia.
Howard said privatization talk presents a challenge when recruiting his successor.
"It will be difficult to attract top-notch talent if there's a fear that it's a short-term hire," he said.
Howard said that compounds the challenges faced by municipal utilities when competing with private companies that can offer stock options or large severance packages to candidates.
He said he did not want to comment on possible replacements before the next JEA board meeting, scheduled April 17.
"JEA will certainly survive this and move on to the next stage," said Howard.
In a statement released by Chief of Staff Brian Hughes, Mayor Lenny Curry said he appreciated McElroy's years of service and dedication to the citizens of Jacksonville.
"As Mr. McElroy opts to step down, we have full confidence that the board will select an executive to move this asset forward," said Curry.
McElroy was hired as CEO following the brief tenure of Joseph Belechak. Before serving as CFO, McElroy was JEA's vice president of financial services.
He came to JEA after serving as vice president and general manager for Bombardier Capital Corp. in Jacksonville and Colchester, Vermont.
Before that, he served in management positions with Pitney Bowes Credit Corp.in Norwalk, Connecticut.


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I wanted to be a physician since I was a child. Our wonderful family doctor made house calls to attend to my various maladies of measles, mumps and chicken pox for which no immunizations were available in the 1940's. Contrary to my desire to study medicine, I enrolled in engineering at Queen's in 1957 at my father's insistence. Fortunately after my first year, Queen's administration worked with me to transfer into Arts & Sciences where I majored in chemistry while completing the prerequisites to enter medicine, graduating with a B.Sc. in 1961. I had been a diligent saver as a high school student and, with assistance from my parents, completed eight years at Queen's, graduating from medicine in 1966. I was certified in Family Medicine in Canada in 1972 and in the U.S. in 1975.
After a very satisfying career as a medical educator, practicing physician, and administrator, I retired in 2006. Within six months I returned to patient care (my first love) on a part-time basis, in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Along with other health care professionals, I provided medical services to the Dene people in the Sahtu region of the Northwest Territories, where access to care is challenging and the practice of medicine very rewarding.
It was while practicing in the Northwest Territories that I decided to "give back to Queen's in some fashion". Subsequently I collaborated with Queen's to create the "Dr. Ronald A. Ferguson Award" to provide assistance to a medical student in need, who also volunteers in community service projects at Queen's or in the Kingston area.
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Aisha Aliyu known by the stage name Aisha Aliyu Tsamiya is a Kannywood actress and producer who came into limelight in the film salma.

Career
The actress featured in Zeenat as the lead cast where acted as the daughter of a rich father.

According to her interview with blueprint newspaper, the Kannywood actress ventured into business and modelling during the COVID break .She was into affiliate marketing whereby fans used her influence to sell products. Aisha later established her beauty shop in Kano on Gwarzo Road.

Filmography

 So
 Tsamiya
 Dakin Amarya
 Hanyar Kano
 Ranar Baiko
 Salma
 Zeenat
 Uzuri
 Husna
 Ina Kika je

Personal life
The Kannywood actress married  Alhaji Buba Abubakar on 25 February 2022 after controversy on the wedding date came up. A different date was put in the invitation date just to distract her fans while the wedding held at the stated date.

Nomination and award
Aisha Tsamiya won the Best Actress  at the city people awards in 2014.

Footnotes

1992 births
21st-century Nigerian actresses
Actresses from Kano State
Actresses in Hausa cinema
Living people

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One of the 26-year-old volunteer's most memorable patients was a boy named Saidou.
Saidou was three years old when, while working in the fields with his father, a strong wind blew on their camp-fire and it burned out of control. He was badly burned causing severe damage to his arms, chest and neck.
In a developed nation Saidou would have been rushed to an intensive care unit but, like most people in Benin, his family had no access to either medical care or pain relief. Against all odds and despite the lack of treatment, he stubbornly clung to life. The agonising burns gradually healed, and scarring contracted each joint it crossed. He grew up with restricted upper body movement and for the following eight years Saidou's jaw was pulled so tight, he could make only garbled sounds. The little boy was trapped in an immobilised body, unable to speak through the remaining tiny O-shaped mouth. Yet despite the trauma that constricted every part of his life, Saidou was indomitable. He defied pity – endlessly fascinated with the world around him and often creating his own world of make-believe. Somehow this remarkable child was both even-keeled and happy despite all.
After years of saving the family eventually scraped together enough money for treatment which failed. They were demoralised as Saidou's condition worsened.
When they heard the news that Mercy Ships was coming to Benin to provide surgery and rehabilitation free of charge, Saidou and his parents gained new hope.
After assessment by the one of the ship's surgeons, Saidou was admitted for complex burns contracture release and plastic reconstructive surgery. He was placed in Deborah's ward for his long post-operative recovery.
Deb did far more than simply tend Saidou's wounds to help him heal
The eleven-year-old's upper body was swathed in casts and bandaged to restrict any upper body movement while his skin grafts healed. 'I took care of him over a series of shifts,' explains Deborah. 'On the afternoon of my third shift looking after him, I felt like we had built a great rapport. He recognised me and we had developed little ways of communicating. He was one of the bravest patients I have ever encountered. He enduredmany IV insertions blood tests, and movement which would have been incredibly painful due to his surgery, yet he hardly ever cried. Some of the treatment he received was painful, yet he was so brave.'
As Deborah and the nursing team cared for Saidou during his long weeks of recovery, they made sure to take time to play games with him. They encouraged him and prayed for him and, with the help of the ward translators, told him about all the new things he would be able to do when he finally went home.
After weeks of physiotherapy, Saidou is now able to move his arms and begin to regain lost movement. He can move his head and neck from side to side. But the most poignant achievement of all was when Saidou began to speak in complete sentences for the first time—ever.
His parents were deeply moved to simply hear his voice. Saidou was finally able to express things he had been thinking throughout those long, silent years of his childhood. He had a lot to catch up on. He was so excited to call his mother – 10-hours-travel away – and actually talk to her. His dad was consistently kind and gentle, staying within arm's reach for the 134 days his son received care from Mercy Ships. He took enormous delight in declaring that his son was now a chatterbox!
Deborah was both impressed and challenged by the patients she met on the surgery ship. 'My favourite part of this whole experience was the people: I loved the patients, their families, the day crew, and the locals I met!' she declared 'Often the patients looked at me with confusion because, being from Nigeria I can understand Yoruba, which some of the people in Benin also speak. It was awesome being able to converse in Yoruba. It really deepened our connection and the level of trust they had in me. Being a nurse of African origins on the ship I found a lot of the patients were drawn to me. In a way I felt like they were proud of me. It was as if some of the parents looked at me thinking if I can do it, so can their child.'
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Interview: Melanie Safka
March 27, 2014 Paul McBride	1 Comment
NEW YORK-BORN Melanie Safka – better known simply as Melanie – is true singer-songwriter royalty. Having been thrust into the spotlight as a relatively unknown 22 year-old folk singer by an appearance at the now legendary Woodstock Music Festival in 1969, she has gone on to make a long career out of music and songwriting. An upcoming tour of Australia will allow fans the chance to hear classic songs 'Brand New Key', 'Ruby Tuesday' and 'Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)'.
What can fans expect from your shows on your upcoming tour?
They can expect me to do some of my new ones and some of my old ones. They do not have to fear that I will do a jazz version of 'Brand New Key' or something. Some people get older and think it will be very clever to do jazz versions of their songs, but I won't be doing that. It'll be a good cross section of hits and things that were maybe not even released. Usually I'm really in touch and I'll often decide at the very last minute what I'm going to do, but I don't want to disappoint people so I'll do songs that people know. Honestly, I've sometimes got real die-hard Melanie people who don't want to hear 'Brand New Key' and want to hear the newer or more obscure things. There will be something for them too.
How much new material do you have?
I write all the time and I have a new album, which was quasi-released. I'll be bringing some CDs with me to have at the shows; it'll be like Melanie's garage sale. The new album is called Ever Since You Never Heard Of Me. My son and I write together and he just produced a new single called 'Make It Work For Me'. I'm thinking that we live in a world where people just download a song they like, so I decided to do it that way. But of course, for those people who want a concept album, we've been working on an orchestrated Melanie piece. My son is a real composer and has toured all over the world as a solo concert guitarist, and he'll be with me as well as an Australian contingent. It should be a lot of fun.
Could your new material be called classic Melanie material, in terms of style?
I don't know; I've never really identified myself. When you really think about it, my hits were all over the place; a pretty eclectic mix. One record was a gospel hit, with 46 gospel singers and the next was a little whimsical thing and the next was 'Beautiful People', or however chronologically it goes; I know they're all in there somewhere. I'm always a little all over the map, so is there such a thing as a 'classic' Melanie song? They're all me, I guess.
You'll probably forever be associated with Woodstock and the hippy movement. What are your main memories of the festival?
I remember everything; I could take three days to talk about it. When I arrived I was totally not an experienced performer. I didn't have any hit records, just one recording that was being played on underground radio, and if even one percent of that audience had ever heard it, it would have been amazing. I was terrified, and on top of that I was really an introvert – and still really am, but I've learned how to handle it. The terror mounted all day long. I went to the festival with my mother, as I was working on a film score in England where my husband was producing and we had been working together. I almost thought that maybe I shouldn't do this Woodstock thing, but decided that I suppose I should go. I thought it was going to be like a little picnic in a field with arts and crafts, and families with picnic blankets; I had no clue. Communications then were so different; the hype hadn't hit England and at the last minute my mother picked me up and we drove to Woodstock. We hit some traffic and I thought there was maybe an accident or something, and when I finally got to a phone booth and got someone on the phone, we realised the traffic had something to do with this festival thing; it wasn't just weekend traffic or anything like that. Then I began to shake, and when we got to the rendezvous place someone told me to go to a helicopter, and I'd never been in a helicopter and asked them why we can't just go in a car like everybody else. My mother and I went towards the helicopter and somebody stopped us and said 'Who's she?' I replied 'It's my mom,' and they told us she couldn't come; it was bands and managers only. So I got into the helicopter alone, having said goodbye to my mother, and I get brought to this field where I didn't even know what this 'stuff' was underneath me. I asked the pilot what it was, and he said 'It's people!' I'd never seen anything like it; it was incredible. I was led to a tent where I didn't have even as much as a backstage pass, so if I wandered too far from the backstage area, Hell's Angels types would pick me up and bring me back out to the crowd. I would have to say 'No, no, I'm an artist, I'm supposed to sing!' and I would sing a line from 'Beautiful People' or something, and they took me back. By night time it began to rain and I thought everyone would surely go home, and the announcer made a statement saying that someone was passing out thousands of candles and some inspirational little note. Then someone came in and said 'You're on next'. I really, really thought I was going to die; I can't even say how terrified I was. All day long I was waiting, and people had been telling me all day that I was on next before postponing it, and this time I was waiting for the postponement, but it didn't come. I went on and had an out-of-body experience and rejoined myself somewhere during 'Beautiful People'. The thing was, because it started to rain and the announcer was talking about the candles being passed out, I'm forever linked with the lighting of things at festivals even before the song 'Candles In The Rain'. It was an amazing camaraderie that everyone wanted to continue, and then I wrote that song and bringing something that lit to a Melanie show became the thing to do.
At what point did you realise you'd been part of such an iconic cultural phenomenon?
Maybe when we started doing reunions I realised it was such a monumental thing. I mean, it was a festival and then I did every festival; I became like a festival queen. Every time there was a big festival, Melanie had to be there. I guess the [idea] of me at Woodstock was that I went onto the stage as an unknown and came off as a celebrity. I think that was part of the mystique; after all, there were lots of other people at Woodstock, but I'm so linked to it because of that.
What are your plans for the rest of the year and beyond?
I've written a musical based on the life of my husband and I. My husband passed away three years ago; he was my manager and producer for all my albums as well as being the father of our children. So it's a whole new universe, and from the day he passed away I started thinking of this incredible story. He always wanted me to write my journal and memoirs as an autobiography, and I always said I don't know what to write or that I didn't have a lot of pictures as I was always so shy that I would run from the photo op. I just don't think I'm a person who should have a book. On our last road trip he gave me a leather-bound journal and told me to just write. He said it doesn't matter where you start; at the middle or about single events that happened in my life, or from singing at the United Nations general assembly or different situations and moments. When he passed, I looked at this empty journal and started to write. My first line was 'Sometimes you don't know it's a story until it has an end'. Then I wrote our story, which is really a strange one. We were married for over forty years, working in a business that is relentless and at the same time we were totally opposite [types of] people. I was very young and he just swooped me up, you know? I looked at it from the perspective of forty-three years later against the backdrop of historic events like the war in Vietnam and it all came together as a musical, with some old songs and some new. We did it once, and I'm still looking to do it; it's a really amazing show. Maybe we'll get some theatre people in Australia involved.
MELANIE BRINGS HER 'PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW' TOUR TO AUSTRALIA FOR THE FOLLOWING DATES:
Adelaide Cabaret Festival, SA – Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide
Saturday, 7 June 2014, Sunday, 8 June 2014 and Monday, 9 June 2014
Tickets available from http://www.bass.net.au and 131 246
Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Qld – Thursday, 12 June 2014
Tickets available from http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.org and 07 3358 8600
Star Court Theatre, Lismore, NSW – Saturday, 14 June 2014
Tickets available from http://www.starcourttheatre.com.au and 02 6622 5005
The Clarendon, Katoomba, NSW – Wednesday, 18 June, 2014
Tickets available from http://www.clarendonguesthouse.com.au/whats_on.html and 02 4782 1322
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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore." American poet Emma Lazarus wrote those words in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. Ms. Lazarus' poem exemplifies that the United States has always been a refuge for immigrants. Indeed, the United States is a country built on immigrants. From the founding of the United States until now, immigration has played a vital role in the formation of the United States.
Immigration Before and During the Founding of the United States
By the early 1600s, several immigrant groups had settled in the United States. British immigrants had settled in Virginia and New England. Dutch immigrants had settled in New Jersey and New York, and Swedish immigrants had settled in Delaware. As early as 1619, slaves from the Caribbean and Africa were also brought to the new world. Finally, indentured servants who traded seven years of unpaid labor for a ticket to the new world and convicts from English jails immigrated to the new world.
In 1776, the 13 American colonies signed the Declaration of Independence and severed their ties to Great Britain. In 1783, Britain recognized U.S. independence by signing the Treaty of Paris. Primary sources from this period indicate that the founders of the United States approved of immigration. Founding Father Thomas Paine called the United States "the asylum from the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe." The first census to take place in the newly formed United States showed that the English were the largest group and that 20% of immigrants were of African heritage. Irish, Scottish, and German immigrants were also well-represented in the census.
The 1790 Naturalization Act and the Steerage Act of 1819
In 1790, Congress enacted the first Naturalization Act, which was essentially the first immigration law. It stated, "…any alien, being a free white person, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States…" Immigration happened slowly until the war of 1812 was over in 1814. At this point, British, Irish, and Western Europe immigrants became more common. Many immigrants were sick or dying when they arrived. In response, Congress passed the Steerage Act of 1819. This Act required captains of ships to keep detailed records of immigrant passengers and to provide more humane conditions to immigrants coming to the United States on ships.
Immigration During the Industrial Revolution
Many new immigrants came to the United States during the Industrial Revolution. Immigrants from around the world found work on the transcontinental railroad, in the bustling harbors of major cities, and the growing number of factories. Many Irish immigrants immigrated in the 1840s and 1850s to escape the potato famine in Ireland. Eastern European immigrants also immigrated through Eastern U.S. ports. Chinese immigrants started to arrive in large numbers in the 1850s through the port of San Francisco.
An anti-immigration political party called the Know-Nothings sprang up in the 1850s. The party promoted anti-Catholic and anti-immigrant policies. Nonetheless, the Republican party platform in 1864 stated that "Foreign immigration which in the past has added so much to the wealth, resources, and increase of power to the nation…should be fostered and encouraged."
In 1880 – 1930, the U.S. Saw a Rise in Immigration
From 1880 to 1930, an astounding 28 million immigrated to the United States. Most of the immigrants were from eastern and southern Europe. Americans held a prevailing view that immigrants were necessary to support American's economic boom. Most Americans also thought that immigrants should undergo "Americanization." Nonetheless, cultural and ethnic differences remained powerful throughout American history.
In the 1880s, male immigrants made up a majority of the immigrant population. Many new immigrants migrated to Latin America in the winter months to engage in agricultural work. Many immigrants intended to work to send money back to their families and then eventually return.
In 1875, Congress passed the first law that restricted immigration. The Page Act of 1875 effectively prohibited Chinese women from entering the United States. The 1875 law is significant because it was the first law that ended the United States' policy of open borders. The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act banned Chinese men from entering the United States.
In 1920, nearly 12 million people in the United States were foreigners out of a total of 105 million people. In 1907, the U.S. entered into a Gentleman's Agreement of 1907 which restricted Japanese immigration. After WWI, Congress passed the Quota Act, which limited the annual number of immigrants the U.S. would accept to 3% of immigrants already residing in the U.S. with that nationality.
U.S. Immigration 1942 – Present
The state of California created the "Bracero Program" in 1942, which allowed agricultural employers to allow two million Mexican nationals to be field laborers temporarily. California used this program in the 1960s. Nonetheless, between 1939 and 1954, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) deported three million documented and undocumented Mexican immigrants and U.S. citizens through "Operation Wetback."
Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) in 1986. IRCA imposed sanctions on employers who hired an undocumented immigrant. The law also provided legal status to immigrants who entered the U.S. without documentation before 1982. The Act prohibited the U.S. from discriminating based on citizenship. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 made permanent residents and undocumented immigrants ineligible for federal benefits. Finally, the Illegal Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 allowed for enhances enforcement authority for removing undocumented immigrants. It also allowed for quicker removal of undocumented immigrants.
In 2000, Congress passed the Legal Immigration and Family Equity (LIFE) Act. The LIFE Act allowed new temporary visas for the children and spouses of legal permanent residents. It also granted new temporary visas for U.S. citizens' spouses who married abroad. Finally, it protected certain Haitian refugees.
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During her closing statement during her debate with Democrat opponent Raphael Warnock, Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler argued her vision for the U.S. is "American Dream" while her opponent's is "socialism."
"Well, thank you to everyone who tuned into this important debate. You can see what is at stake," Loffler began her closing remarks "There are two visions for our country: mine, the American dream, my opponent, socialism. This is what is on the ballot on January 5th — the American dream. I was born and raised on a farm; I grew up working in the fields. I built my career, became a job creator right here in Georgia. I have been blessed to live the American dream."
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Oil companies win some tax relief
The leaders of Norway's three largest opposition parties in Parliament finally struck a compromise with the government on Monday that offers some tax relief to oil companies on the Norwegian continental shelf, but not as much as they wanted. The goal is to preserve jobs, even as the country works to reduce its economic dependence on oil.
Norway's offshore oil industry has plunged into some darker days, because of the Corona crisis, the fall in oil prices and ongoing climate concerns. On Monday it got some relief from the government and Parliament. PHOTO: OED/Arvid Samland
Tax relief proposals for the historically profitable oil and offshore companies has been highly controversial. Debate has raged in recent weeks, and formed more highly unusual political alliances. The conservative, free-market oriented Progress Party once again allied itself with the protectionist Center Party in arguing in favour of supporting the oil industry. Both argued that the state needs to encourage more offshore investment, not least to save jobs within Norway's large oil supply and offshore construction sector.
Even the country's national librarian Aslak Sira Myhre, known for a radical left-wing past, sided with right-wing Progress, claiming in a commentary in newspaper Dagsavisen late last week that "the most important crisis package for Norwegian cultural life is the one that goes to oil and industry." He noted how oil revenues have fueled all the affluence Norwegians now enjoy, not least allowing Norwegian art and literature to flourish not just at home but abroad as well. He hoped the Parliament would secure the oil industry's ability to "continue to finance not only cultural life but also health care, schools, welfare and transport during the next decade, too."
Oil firms compared to Kodak
Opponents have argued just as vigorously that it's unfair if "the businesses that get the most (crisis aid) are those that are the richest and best organized." Erling Dokk Holm, a Norwegian researcher and political scientist on the faculty at NMBU, warned about the power of oil industry lobbyists in newspaper Aftenposten on Sunday but also about the risks of continuing to invest in fossil fuels. He equated oil to an industry without a long future ahead of it, writing that "just because something has functioned well in the past doesn't mean it will in the future. Just ask Kodak."
Holm, whose column summed up much of the arguments against offering relief for oil, also accused politicians of being "weak" and even lacking integrity: "The worst is how the Center Party and the Progress Party applaud the industry's arguments. They have uncritically swallowed all arguments from the petroleum industry and like to pose as oil's best friend."
Prime Minister Erna Solberg fought back on Monday, claiming that Norwegian politicians have earlier proved that they indeed have the "backbone" to resist the oil lobby, and undertake an "independent evaluation" of how things should be, regardless of the pressure they put on us." She worried over the weekend that Norway will face a jobs crisis after the Corona crisis, but her minority government earlier opposed special tax relief for oil. She and her finance minister, Jan Tore Sanner, only partially gave in to some measures (like temporarily being able to write off investments over just one year instead of six) when they realized they lacked a majority in Parliament for their initial position.
But then the opposition parties teamed up and wanted to offer much more tax relief, even, for a while, a reduced company tax (selskapsskatt) for oil that the government feared would set a precedent and be demanded by other non-oil companies as well. The government was soon under seige, with Labour Party waffling in the middle but also in a position to propose compromises.
Weekend 'time-out'
The party leaders ultimately called a "time-out" Friday afternoon. "Then we can each think things through, also across party lines, and see how we can take up discussions again on Monday," Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Støre told reporters heading into the weekend. He stressed that no one had left the table, apart from one of his usual allies, the Socialist Left party (SV), along with the Greens and Reds parties, which were firmly opposed to tax relief for the oil and offshore business.
In the end there were two different models for taxation, one that would cut company tax for oil (which the industry badly wanted) and another that would provide extra tax deductions. Newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) reported that there would be no changes in the company tax after all but there will be "temporary changes" in how oil companies are taxed. Oil companies will be allowed to earn more money before paying oil taxes of 56 percent, effectively a larger tax deduction on investments this year and next, along with deferred taxes that collectively are estimated to cost the state NOK 8 billion over the next six years. An eight-point plan presented by Solberg's Conservatives also includes measures for so-called "green investments" and emission reductions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, and makes plugging of wells a priority.
'Broad agreement'
"We're very glad to be able to present broad agreement about these temporary tax changes to secure jobs and activity in Norway's most important business," Trond Helleland, head of the Conservatives' parliamentary delegation, said at a press conference Monday afternoon.
Labour and Progress claimed to be pleased as well. "The Corona crisis and fall in oil prices have created a very demanding situation for oil, gas and the supply industry," Labour's Støre said. Progress leader Siv Jensen also defended the compromise: "I know that some have claimed this is a big gift to the oil companies, but I strongly deny that. This is first and foremost a solution that contributes towards the entire industry …. getting a more secure framework in a very uncertain situation."
'Loss for the state, and climate'
Others remained critical. "This is a loss for the state and a loss for the climate," claimed Kari Elisabeth Kaski, finance policy spokesman for SV. "This is one of the most short-term decisions I have seen in Norwegian politics in recent years." No fewer than eight professors of economics at the University of Oslo seemed to agree, after publishing a lengthy commentary in Aftenposten over the weekend noting that "subsidies to the oil industry won't help restructure the economy."
Kjersti Haugland, chief economist at DNB Markets in Oslo, has earlier noted, however, that Norway's dependency on the oil industry is already greatly reduced from it was before the last oil price dive in 2014. The Corona crisis can still prod along the need to restructure the economy more away from oil, but oil companies' costs have declined, they're less reliant on the record high oil prices several years ago and far fewer people work in the oil industry now than they did in 2014.
Oil and gas exports accounted for 51 percent of total exports in 2008, but now just 33 percent. And while oil accounted for 26 percent of gross national product in 2008, it accounted for 14 percent last year, according to state statistics bureau SSB.
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By Joab Jackson
While Microsoft has not announced the release date, or even the official name, of its follow-up to Windows 7, an early pre-beta version of the OS has surfaced on the Internet, the second version to appear within a month.
Users of the Beta Archive Web site are claiming that the service's FTP servers contain a developmental copy of the next generation of Windows, Windows 8 version 6.2.7955.0 milestone 2. Access to the servers requires a user account.
This is the second milestone release that has showed up on the Internet this month.
Microsoft Milestone releases are early pre-beta versions of its products, usually meant for internal use and testing. The first public beta release of the software may happen as soon as within the next few months, according to the WinRumors news site.
Users of this Windows 8 software have said it features a Ribbon-based user-interface, similar to the one used in recent editions of Microsoft Office. This specific milestone build also has software for a Webcam, a new task manager, a PDF reader and an immersive browser.
Microsoft is also developing a version of the software to run on ARM processors, in order to address the rapidly growing market for tablets.
The news of the leaked software comes a week after Microsoft announced that, in the 18 months since its release, Windows 7 has sold more than 350 million licenses worldwide.
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Microsoft declined to verify the authenticity of the milestone release.
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Here are some old love-to-hate goodies and some new material on life and times in Yerevan, Armenia.
– Buffets! Pronounced "boof-fet" and not "buffay", these are cafeteria-like eating joints. Maybe I had never come across them before for my own part, but they seem to be the latest thing. I have been to two, and there are doubtless more. They are generally inexpensive and the food is ready to be eaten on the spot. Convenient.
– Persian! There is a lot more Farsi to be seen and heard on the streets of Yerevan than ever before. I saw a random flyer stuck to a street light entirely in Persian, and those kiosks everywhere where one may pay utility bills or add money to one's cellphone number are available in Farsi as well. Kheyli jaleb.
– The old roller-blading dude! Does anyone know his story? I don't think I knew he existed until last summer. And here he is, randomly roller blading around, all over the place. I overheard him talking to a Far Eastern-looking person in English, and his language didn't seem too broken – at least he had it in him to use certain choice words. Is he from around here? Bewildering.
– Square-cut asphalt. Who repairs roads as per quadrilaterals in the world? Who, I ask you? This has been a long-standing problem, as the folks who repair the roads demonstrate. Not what it's cut out to be.
– The skvaznyak. I have never been able to understand the irrational fear that accompanies the people of Armenia when it comes to drafts. It is a fatal error, in the opinion of many, to find one's self on the path of moving air. Somebody explained to me once that if one were wet or sweaty, then a draft might indeed cause a cold or something. But the skvaznyak! Would the skvaznyak be satisfied with a mere cold, I ask you? Check out https://www.facebook.com/skvazniak. And beware the skvaznyak.
– Cleansing aspersions. What is up with spreading water around for no reason? I know I have asked about this before, but it is still not khelki mod for me to accept that sprinkling water will either clean a place, or cool it down significantly, or make dust settle. This practice makes no sense to me. Whatever happened to mops and brooms?
I really knew that I had returned to Washington when I saw a political ad in the airport moments after stepping off the plane. It is a characteristic element of life here, especially for someone who takes the metro as often as I do.
I usually don't give them a second thought, as the causes and agendas are pretty clear, sometimes altogether blatant enough to be off-putting. This one below, however, was particularly thought-provoking. Not because there is something poignant or moving about it, but because it made me think over and over again on what it could possibly mean.
In reading just the tag line, my first reaction was, "So what? Is America being touted as a police state?".
My second thought was, "Well, the figures may or may not be exactly accurate, but perhaps there is something to be said about rule of law, about the real enforcement of consequences to crimes".
And then I continued to read: "Let's build a better America together", and I figured, "Oh, I see. The ad is calling upon people to avoid a life of crime, to get educations, work hard, live the American Dream, etc., etc.".
And then I finally read the signature – the NAACP.
And I didn't know what to think.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The name itself suggests that it is an advocacy organisation for the blacks for the most part. I am not familiar with their work; perhaps the moniker "coloured people" applies to a broader range. But I thought that this reputable organisation might be highlighting or somehow capitalising on the fact of a stereotypically prominent black presence in the country's jails. So, again, I didn't really know what to think.
On April 7th, the NAACP released a new report, Misplaced Priorities, that examines America's escalating levels of prison spending and its impact on state budgets and our nation's children.
Misplaced Priorities tracks the steady shift of state funds away from education and toward the criminal justice system. Researchers have found that over-incarceration most often impacts vulnerable and minority populations, and that it destabilizes communities.
The report is part of the "Smart and Safe Campaign," and the NAACP is urging everyone to sign its petition to urge governors to adopt a set of recommendations that will help policymakers in all 50 states downsize prison populations and shift the savings to education budgets.
Below are profiles of the six cities studied in the report, as well as three profiled individuals.
I wish the message had come across on a first read, though.


His current 2,500 square feet is fine, Shirkey says, though he says he lacks storage.
Shirkey says he also likes Delano and the redevelopment happening there.
Shirkey says his west-side space, which he owns and is now trying to sell, has great street presence.