QUES: Until March 1, 2009, the Borough President of the Bronx was Adolfo Carrion Jr., elected as a Democrat in 2001 and 2005 before retiring early to direct the White House Office of Urban Affairs Policy. His successor, Democratic New York State Assembly member Ruben Diaz, Jr., who won a special election on April 21, 2009 by a vote of 86.3% (29,420) on the "Bronx Unity" line to 13.3% (4,646) for the Republican district leader Anthony Ribustello on the "People First" line, became Borough President on May 1.

When did Carrion Jr. retire as Borough President?
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ANS: March 1, 2009
QUES: Proponents of affirmative action argue that by nature the system is not only race based, but also class and gender based. To eliminate two of its key components would undermine the purpose of the entire system. The African American Policy Forum believes that the class based argument is based on the idea that non-poor minorities do not experience racial and gender based discrimination. The AAPF believes that "Race-conscious affirmative action remains necessary to address race-based obstacles that block the path to success of countless people of color of all classes". The groups goes on to say that affirmative action is responsible for creating the African American middle class, so it does not make sense to say that the system only benefits the middle and upper classes.

What does the AAPF believe the goal of affirmative action should be?
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ANS: to address race-based obstacles that block the path to success
QUES: Sentient beings always suffer throughout samsara until they free themselves from this suffering (dukkha) by attaining Nirvana. Then the absence of the first Nidanaignoranceleads to the absence of the others.

The absence of ignorance leads to what?
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ANS:
the absence of the others