Burlingame, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 30, 2011
I am bewildered by this abrupt change in our mother-daughter relationship. I have pleaded for an explanation; there's never any response.
Eight other people who were thrown into the water were injured. The cause of the mishap was under investigation.
The video: Georgia school officials are investigating a curious third-grade assignment at Chesney Elementary in Duluth.(see clip below), the teacher's lesson featured a multiple choice question asking, "What does the U.S. do with illegal aliens?" The answers included: "A. The U.S. puts them to work in the army; B. The U.S. shoots them into outer space; C. The U.S. puts them to death; D. The U.S. sends them back where they came from." After Kelly Avalos, elder sister to one of the students, saw the quiz and found answer C "very disturbing," she alerted the local NBC affiliate. A spokesman for the local school board has since said the quiz was "not appropriate," and promised an investigation into who approved its use.The reaction: It's bad enough when children have to "imbibe hate speech through TV," , but it's "much more atrocious" when it comes "from a source they trust and possibly look up to," as part of their education, no less. Yes, "this is just plain wrong," . The teacher apparently got the quiz from a popular "education website." But before we reflexively cry anti-Hispanic racism, it's worth noting: "The teacher, according to the student's family, is Latina." Watch the news report below:
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The latest entry in the Twitter comedy sweepstakes was @BronxZoosCobra, a Twitter feed which purported to be that of the Bronx Zoo's escaped Egyptian cobra that amassed more than 200,000 followers in less than four days.
The project will be located at "Block 119" off Danang city and the adjacent Quang Ngai province, the Vietnam News reported, but it was not immediately clear if the drilling was in a disputed area claimed by both countries.
The two did not cross paths at the forum on capital markets in the chamber's stately Washington headquarters, situated within view of the White House, but their remarks reflected the intensity that still characterizes the issue.
The maker of the boat, however, believes the boat carrying 10 people was overloaded and questioned whether a water ballast, which helps the ship automatically right itself, was properly filled.
Armitage, due to arrive late Sunday, will exchange views with Ma over Taipei's ties with Washington and fast warming relations between the island and China, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Especially if the Irish have to play without suspended star receiver Michael Floyd.
Obama was speaking at Ballou High School in southeast Washington as part of a Women's History Month mentoring program. Responding to a question from a student about what she would tell a teen mom who wants to go to college, the first lady said she would tell the teenager "good for you." But she also told students they needed to have a plan and think about what kind of job training they need for the career they want.
Fish, who has been treating a thyroid condition since the Australian Open, dispatched Gasquet 6-4, 6-3 at Crandon Park.
While the United States, France and Britain have raised the possibility of arming the rebels, they have all stressed that no decision had yet been taken.
In a milestone for gay-rights supporters, more than half of Americans — 53 percent — say in a new poll that they . This marks the first time a majority has approved the idea in a decade of ABC News/Washington Post surveys. Just five years ago, when George W. Bush supported a federal amendment to ban same-sex marriage, only 32 percent approved of same-sex weddings. The new poll also revealed a stark age divide — young people are much more likely to support gay marriage, while the elderly still resist the idea. Gay marriage has been banned by voters in 31 states, and is legal in only five. But with public opinion — and demographic trends — swinging toward acceptance, are same-sex marriage supporters destined to prevail?
Almost 400 of the green tubes, filled with millions of microscopic algae, cover a plain near the city of Alicante, next to a cement works from which the C02 is captured and transported via a pipeline to the "blue petroleum" factory.
