Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Italian food for the "chef" in you



I love Italian food but can't cook.    So reading about it is the next best thing to eating those wonderful dishes.   I found this fascinating or beans in Italian dishes....



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Angel Ruiz, Cuban American success story

We always enjoy reading about Cuban American success stories. Let me tell you about my friend Angel Ruiz:
“In 1968, 12-year-old Angel Ruiz heard those words from his father, who had awakened him and his 8-year-old brother, Carlos, in the middle of the night as they slept on the floor of Cuba’s Havana Airport. The father told the boys that he and their mother were being taken away for searches they had to undergo as part of a program to get the family out of the country that Fidel Castro controlled. He added that he did not know exactly why they were being taken—or whether the boys would ever see them again.Nearly five decades later, that 12-year-old boy now runs a large portion of the U.S. and Canada operations of Sweden-based Ericsson, one of the two biggest suppliers of hardware and software used in telecommunications networks of companies like Verizon and Dallas-based AT&T. (The other dominant player is Nokia.) Of Ericsson’s roughly 16,000 North American employees, 9,500 report to Ruiz, including most of the 3,600-plus people at the company’s North American headquarters in Plano. The 59-year-old leader, whose title is head of Ericsson Region North America, saw annual revenue for his piece of the company hit $8 billion in 2014—compared with $500 million when he took the helm in 2001. “
You can read the whole story here! It’s worth sharing with your friends.  Angel has met many challenges with courage and a wonderful personality.
In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve known Angel for many years. My brother, Angel and I spent a lot of hours listening to Alvarez-Guedes LPs and eating our mothers’ Cuban dishes.
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Dues, Teachers, and Unions that always support Democrats


We don’t know how the Supreme Court will decide the issue of teachers forced to pay dues. According tonews reports, the Court is ready to scrap it:
During more than an hour of oral arguments on Monday, the high court’s conservative justices seemed likely to side with a group of California teachers who say those mandatory fees violate the free-speech rights of workers who disagree with a union’s positions.
Again, oral arguments do not translate into a ruling, as we remember from all of those predictions about Obama Care.  
Beyond constitutional issues, the problem is that the public sector unions are cash registers for the Democrat party.   
For example, The National Education Association donated 99% to Democrats in 2014. Are you telling me that 99% of educators voted for Democrat?   
The American Federation of Teachers donated 100% to Democrats.   
It was about the same in 2012 when the aforementioned NEA gave 96% to Democrats.   
We don’t know for sure how teachers voted in 2014 or 2012. Let’s assume that most of them voted Democrat. However, my guess is that it was closer to 60-40% than 99-1%.    
Therefore, it’s easy to understand why so many teachers do not want to be forced to pay dues that only support one political party or won’t represent the wishes of its members.
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A look at Iowa less than 30 days away with George Rodriguez.






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