Immigration TALK: President Obama's Vision for Fixing the ...

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By: Attorney Gail S. Seeram

This past week, many Americans and observers from around the world watched President Obama get re-elected for a second term to serve as President of the United States.? The voting statistics show that a majority of the Latino voters and newly naturalized citizens voted for President Obama over Governor Mitt Romney ? obviously favoring President Obama?s approach on immigration.
President Obama campaigned on the need for immigration reform and his deep commitment to fixing the broken immigration system.? Now that he has won his re-election campaign, it is important to know what we can expect from another four years of him being President.
Here is President Obama?s vision for a 21st century immigration policy in the United States (further details on can be found on www.whitehouse.gov/issues/fixing-immigration-system-america-s-21st-century-economy):
1.?? ?Responsibility by the federal government to secure our borders: Today, our borders are more secure than at any time in the past several decades, and the Administration continues to refine and strengthen its strategy. Enforcement resources should be focused on preventing those who would do our nation harm from entering our country.
2.?? ?Accountability for businesses that break the law by undermining American workers and exploiting undocumented workers: Employers who deliberately hire and exploit undocumented workers must be held accountable. At the same time, we must give employers who want to play by the rules a reliable way to verify that their employees are here legally.
3.?? ?Strengthening our economic competiveness by creating a legal immigration system that reflects our values and diverse needs: Our immigration laws should continue to reunify families and encourage individuals we train in our world-class institutions to stay and develop new technologies and industries in the United States rather than abroad. The law should stop punishing innocent young people whose parents brought them here illegally and give those young men and women a chance to stay in this country if they serve in the military or pursue higher education.
A smart 21st century system should also provide farmers a legal way to hire the workers they rely on year after year, and it should improve procedures for employers who seek to hire foreign workers for jobs if U.S. workers are not available.
4.?? ?Responsibility from people who are living in the United States illegally: Those people living here illegally must also be held accountable for their actions and get on the right side of the law by registering and undergoing national security and criminal background checks, paying taxes and a penalty, and learning English before they can get in line to become eligible for citizenship.
Being a citizen of this country comes not only with rights but also with fundamental responsibilities. We can create a pathway for legal status that is fair and reflects our values.

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Michele Harps joins Coldwell Banker Bain?s Edmonds office as new broker

Michele Harps

Coldwell Banker Bain has announced the addition of real estate broker Michele Harps to its Edmonds office.

Harps returns to real estate after owning and operating her home staging business from 2004-2011. She was a broker with Windermere from 1993 to 2005.

She studied Fine Arts at the University of Washington and worked as a women?s clothing buyer for The Bon Marche (now Macy?s) before entering the world of real estate.

In addition to her home staging business, she renewed her art career during the past few years, owning and operating her studio in Edmonds. Several of her paintings are on display at the Edmonds? branch of 1st Security Bank of Washington.

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Missouri Republican Akin loses after comments on rape

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri Republican U.S. Senate candidate Todd Akin, who sparked a furor in August with comments about "legitimate rape," was defeated by Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill on Tuesday.

Until the rape comment, Akin was considered the favorite to beat McCaskill in a state that has trended Republican and voted for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday.

But the race reversed course after Akin's comment to a television station that women have natural defenses against pregnancy from "legitimate rape." The comment drew scorn from state and national Republican leaders who called on him to drop out of the race.

Akin apologized for his remarks but refused to withdraw. He regained support of some top Republicans but lost significant financial backing.

"There is something close to a consensus that he did himself in," said John Petrocik, a political science professor at the University of Missouri. "She was one of the most vulnerable Democrats."

McCaskill had drawn heat for failing to pay taxes on a private family plane, which did not sit well with state residents, Petrocik said.

People interviewed at St. Louis-area polling stations on Tuesday said Akin's rape comments were important to their vote.

"Seeing Akin's attitude toward woman in general, voting for him would be impossible," said Mary Mitchell Bartley, a St. Louis historic neighborhood preservationist who had backed previous Republican candidates.

Akin's loss was another blow to Republicans, who had hoped to make a net gain of four U.S. Senate seats to take the majority in the upper chamber.

(Additional reporting by Patricia Rice in St. Louis; Editing by Mary Wisniewski, Greg McCune and Bernard Orr)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-republican-akin-loses-comments-rape-043435569.html

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Visual Yoga | Multimedia Newsroom

By: Bianca Moragne, Lexy Simmons, Charlie Pearce

There are around 60,000 Austinites who are Deaf or hard of hearing. Many of whom care about their fitness and health but do not have access to a comfortable place to learn and workout. Total Wellness Austin?s new Visual Yoga classes offer a solution.

Visual Yoga, taught by speech language pathologist Megan Sears, makes yoga accessible to Austin?s large Deaf community and those with and without hearing impairments.

Sears uses ASL in Visual Yoga class ? Photo Credit: Lexy Simmons

Total Wellness Austin is one of the only centers in Austin that provides Yoga classes and a welcoming environment for the Deaf community.

?I try to create a welcoming environment for everyone, those with hearing or with hearing impairments,? Sears said. ?So hopefully they are enjoying it and I think they are.?

The biggest challenge for Deaf people trying to stay fit or get into shape is the communication barrier, said?Deaf UT sophomore and member of the Deaf community, Christy Hediger.

?American Sign Language is very visual and even though we are also fluent in English, we may not perceive the verbal or written instructions the same way as hearing people without visual aids,? Hediger said.

Sears aspires to one day learn American Sign Language in order to communicate to the Deaf during class. For now, she uses visuals to help the members into their postures by using cue-cards and pictures, models the

poses and then assists them with their own movements by manipulating

their bodies.?When one of my students who is hearing impaired has their head down, I have to make sure they are with my by physically touching them or find a way to gain their attention,? Sears said. ?There are a lot of challenges, so I have to go beyond just using auditory cues and actually manipulate the movements of the students.?

Picture cues, models and the use of a whiteboard aid Deaf students?during Visual Yoga ? Photo Credit: Lexy Simmons

Life-long swimmer and a profoundly Deaf member of the Deaf community, Duggan Baker, has always faced great difficulty following his coaches? instructions that were directed towards hearing swimmers in the pool.

Baker usually wears powerful behind-the-ear hearing aids, and can hear fairly well in most situations, but can?t in the pool so he ?s had a hard time understanding spoken instructions. Despite those difficulties, Baker swam for the U.S. Deaf Swim Team in the Deaflympics in Taipei, Taiwan in 2009. There he noticed the ease that ASL?instruction?can offer both Deaf and hearing.

?Our coach communicated through ASL. The difference between the coaching I received from my hearing coaches on my high school team and the coaching I received at the Deaflympics was remarkable,? Baker said.

?Due to the visual nature of sign language, I could understand technique instructions in sign language better than I could understand spoken instructions. There are situations where it is harder for the Deaf or profoundly Deaf to understand spoken instructions, especially when you are focused on working out and breaking a sweat. It becomes difficult to divide attention between trying to understand spoken instructions and exhausting yourself physically.?

Sears assits students into positions ? Photo Credit: Lexy Simmons

Baker hopes the same benefits of ASL usage will be seen in the Visual Yoga classes.

?It just makes it easier for those who need to receive instructions in ASL rather than spoken English. I?m sure it would be much easier for deaf yogis to improve their yoga technique and increase the value of their overall yoga experience,? Baker said. ?The same sentiment applies to all other athletic classes. Technique and effectiveness of exercise can only increase with an increased understanding of the instructions given for each individual sport. I think everyone deserves equal access to good coaching and instruction when it comes to athletic classes such as these.?

According to Lori Massud, owner of Total Wellness Austin, one of her main goals when starting a business was to be involved in the community and provide them with something that would benefit their health. Starting a Visual Yoga class seemed to be the perfect move.

?The Deaf Community was trying to find a place where they could take classes, but there was no one that would let them in,? Massud said. ?I just felt like well, I have an opening in my time and why not share it with someone that wants it.?

Lori Massud ? Photo Credit: Charlie Pearce

Sears first got involved with Total Wellness Austin as a student and said that the response so far has been well and above anything else they imagined.

Taking time to assist each individual member requires that there be enough space for the instructor to move about easily. Massud said the class sizes are small in order to provide the best experience for everyone.

?I don?t want someone who is hearing impaired to be struggling because they can?t see or they couldn?t get the teacher?s attention,? Massud said. ?So we keep the class small and intimate and there is a high level of communication going on between the teachers and the students.?

Sears and Massud hope to continue using Visual Yoga as a way to encourage the Deaf community to continue improving their lives by staying healthy and fit.
They hope to expand the program even more and purchase a projector that will allow videos to be played with captioning. Sears said she would love for Yoga teachers to eventually be able to go out to the Deaf school.

?Visual yoga can provide several benefits, not only is it a positive activity to get into or stay in shape, it allows Deaf and hearing people to come together and actively participate in something that is healthy,? Hediger said.

Visual Yoga ? Photo Credit: Lexy Simmons

Visual Yoga Photo Slideshow

Disclaimer: Due to the?uncontrollability?of Visual Yoga?participation?there is no Deaf or hard of hearing student in the photos or video.

Source: http://multimedianewsroom.us/visual-yoga.htm

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Minnesota Colleges Ordered to Turn Over Syllabi for Teaching Programs

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities must provide copies of course syllabi requested by a Washington-based education group under the state's open-records law, a Minnesota district judge ruled on Wednesday.

The National Council on Teacher Quality, a research and advocacy organization, sued the state's colleges and universities for refusing to fulfill an open-records request seeking information on teacher training programs. The request asked for course syllabi, as well as documents relating to the organization and evaluation of student teaching assignments within each program.

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Officials from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system submitted most of the documents requested prior to the lawsuit, but declined to provide course syllabi, citing intellectual property rights. Researchers from NCTQ could view the syllabi, but not copy them, officials from the university system said.

But a judge disagreed, noting faculty members created the documents as part of their teaching duties. Since state colleges and universities are funded by the public, the documents are government data and available under the fair use provision of the Federal Copyright Act, which grants access to government data for research purposes, the judge ruled.

"Any way this case is analyzed, NCTQ is entitled to the syllabi copies it seeks," the judge wrote.

NCTQ requested documents from teacher preparation programs at 1,139 public and private institutions and sent open-record requests to 435 public schools that declined to submit the materials. The majority of those open-record requests have been fulfilled, according to Arthur McKee, managing director of teacher preparation studies at NCTQ.

State university systems in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Missouri refused to comply with the records requests. While the case in Minnesota is now resolved, NCTQ is still in legal negotiations with the University of Wisconsin system and filed a lawsuit last month against the University of Missouri school system.

The organization plans to use the information collected, as well as course catalogs and information about admissions and program requirements, to create a national ranking of the programs.

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"The more information that aspiring teachers, district and school leaders, teacher educators and the public at large have about the programs producing classroom-ready teachers, the better all teacher training programs will be," McKee said yesterday in a post on the organization's website.

U.S. News has been working with NCTQ to develop the methodology and publishing strategies for top teacher preparation programs, which are expected to be available in the spring of 2013.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-colleges-ordered-turn-over-syllabi-teaching-programs-194241228.html

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AT&T launches cloud-based storage service, offers 5GB of free space

AT&T Locker

These days, cloud storage options are pretty plentiful. Dropbox, Box and even Google Drive all offer up pretty reasonable amounts of storage for free but now AT&T is tossing their hat into the mix with the freshly announced AT&T Locker service.

AT&T Locker has been released for both iOS and Android, AT&T is offering 5GB of free storage to customers wherein they can not only store but also share files such as videos and pictures.

  • Easy access from your phone and computer - Now you can access content on your phone anytime from virtually anywhere. AT&T Locker provides easy access to all your photos, videos, documents and music. And uploads are synced and organized so it's easy to find what you want when you want it.
  • Sharing is fast and and easy - No matter what you want to share ? first birthday videos, new puppy photos, important documents ? with AT&T Locker, it's easy to share via email, Facebook and Twitter.

Just in case 5GB isn't enough for your needs, AT&T does offer paid plans as well. Upgrades to 30GB are priced at $3.99/month or 100GB for just $9.99/month. AT&T customers can download the app right now from the iTunes app store for free and its supports devices starting with the iPhone 3GS and up.

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Interesting Resident Evil Facts in Latest ?Did You Know Gaming ...

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The latest episode of Did You Know Gaming? is a Halloween special, covering little-known facts about the Resident Evil franchise. If you?ve never heard of DYKG? before, its a brilliant Tumblr website dedicated to providing gaming facts that even hardcore gamers wouldn?t have heard of.

This Resident Evil episode comes from their awesome YouTube channel. Even as a veteran fan of RE since childhood, even I didn?t know some of the facts here. This time it is voiced by YouTube gamer and review ProJared, and previous episodes have featured Game Grumps stars Egoraptor and JonTron.

The video covers the mystical and highly-desired beta in the Resident Evil community Resident Evil 1.5, as well as early development ideas and in-game secrets that you can access yourself.

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avatar My name is Reece, and I'm an aspiring writer from England. I've been into gaming since I was about 4 years old, playing the Game Boy, PSOne and Sega Mega Drive (Genesis to you Americans!). Having these systems around during my youth lead to the greatest and most-anticipated Christmas ever - the year I got my N64! Open to any system and genre, I remain completely unbiased as a proud owner of a Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and 3DS. Come on Vita, give me more reasons to buy you too! My favourite games are Resident Evil 2, Zelda: The Wind Waker, Streets of Rage 2, Left 4 Dead, Final Fantasy VII, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Yoshi's Island. I also write news for Explosion.com. You can catch me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReeceH92

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Hurricane Sandy: Stars Share Stories from the Storm

If you experienced some flooding from Hurricane Sandy, you're not alone. Celebs all over the New York City area have been sharing photos, videos and stories of their storm experiences -- which range from water-damaged property to a missing pony.

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