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I wrote a piece almost two years ago that got to the origins of this binary red/blue thing --
It all started on Oct. 22, 2000 on NBC's now-defunct show "Sunday Today," when co-host Jodi Applegate said to her colleague Tim Russert:
"Let's take a look at the electoral map, which, ultimately, I guess, is more important than the popular vote. And it's incredibly evenly split. You see the states favoring Bush are in red, the states for Gore are in blue. There are fewer of them, but they tend to be the more populous states."
This is the first reference to what has now become the most popular and pervasive political frame of analysis in national politics. It caught on fast. Three days later, on MSNBC's Equal Time, Oliver North (of Iran-Contra fame) pulled out his own red/blue map to prove to former Clinton aide Paul Begala, that Ralph Nader posed a real threat to Al Gore:
North: "Let me just look at the map of what your guy's real problem is. If you look at this map, this electoral scoreboard if you will, you've got in red the states that are going to go for Governor George W. Bush. You've got in blue the states that are going for your pal Al.
"But those states that are showing white in that map are the states that are the tossups, if you will, the battleground states.... The bad news is that Ralph Nader - and Nader's Raiders - in the Green Party are pulling big votes from your buddy Al...."
Ollie was right about the bad news, but setting that aside, the terms he uses - electoral scoreboard, battleground states, red, blue - are now mainstays of our contemporary political vocabulary.


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It's official. I am madly in love with Meryl Davis.
and well... I lost.
Spoilergoing to be axed.
About Owen ... yes and no? It's another shining example of Owen's lack of planning. I could see why he was a cleaner and not a field agent during his time.
He has a separate business arrangement with Gogol to find all the black boxes, kill the guardians and Percy but he is also working with Nikita at the same time. His only agreement with Ari is that Ari stays the hell away from Nikita or else! I think the motivation behind the deal is that Owen is frequently traveling aboard without any resources (which Gogol could supply) and the guardians fled their current locations since the imprisonment of Percy.
Seeing as the writers have been good with pulling out shockers and how the new Oversight guy has been promoted to regular (whereas Devon Sawa has not), I'm nervous for his character. Of the younger male characters, Owen (next to Birkoff) is so much more fun.
So what's with Percy's glass cell? To humiliate him by giving him no privacy? Is there a toilet in that well-lit cell? () Or is he so dangerous that he needs to be visibile from 360 degrees??
And what about Amanda's spitefulness? Having that agent killed just before Alex and Sean are ready to save her? Wow, don't mess with Amanda!
Wondering if Nikita will tell Michael that Max is his son. I understand Cassandra wanting to keep everyone safe. But I don't think secrets are good to have, they come back and bite you in the butt eventually. Plus they can put a divide between people, and I don't want to see that happen to Nikita and Michael. So I'm hoping Nikita finds a way to let Michael know, and that trying to have a relationship with his son could put them all in danger...
Final thought: is something brewing between Alex and Sean? I hope so!! He's hot and Alex needs some lovin'!
It's official. I am madly in love with Meryl Davis.
Did anyone see the Lifetime movie "Five"? It was five separate but interrelated stories about people diealing with breast cancer. Alex was in one of them as an exotic dancer who is worried that her husband (a small time mob enforcer) won't want to be with her after surgery. She did a good job in the role.
"The Devil is joining in, and that's never a good sign." Phil Liggett
I think it was more strategy. Amanda purposely made the guy angry so he would kill the agent and it would inspire Alex and Sean to kill the general as Amanda originally planned. Alex was asked to assassinate him but refused which was why the agent was sent in Alex's place.And what about Amanda's spitefulness? Having that agent killed just before Alex and Sean are ready to save her? Wow, don't mess with Amanda!
News outlets reported that he was a potential love interest for Alex when he was casted, so maybe! It's hilarious because he is the second male character introduced to the story that had some personality and motivation after Owen. Ryan and next-door-neighbor-Nathan were brought into be love interests for Nikita and Alex, respectively but both were poorly written and poorly-received by fans.Final thought: is something brewing between Alex and Sean? I hope so!! He's hot and Alex needs some lovin'!
OMG, my head is spinning. Nikita rules! Amanda wants to take down Oversight? And Sean is the Senator's son? I wonder who the dad is in all this.
Gaines also played a sleezy stockbroker type on Revenge. Obviously, the actor has found his niche.
Fantastic episode.
I don't think there's a single core character where we've meet both parents. We've met Nikita's foster dad and saw a pic of her foster mother, Alex's dad and mention of a mother, Sean's and Ryan's mother. In fact, even with side characters and guest stars, they're mostly single parents. I don't think it's strange since it often traces back to fairytales where one or both biological parents are gone as convenient plot devices.
I was wondering when Sean and Alex were in the park about whether Sean was a double agent. Looks like he's a good guy. I still want him and Alex to live happily ever after and make gorgeous babies. Which probably means he'll die sometime this season... However...
...I thought, "Ryan can't be dead!!" But when Nikita went to visit his mother, I thought, "crap...he's gone..." So I was surprised to see him in Amanda's lair. Perhaps Alex will find out about Ryan being alive and get word to Nikita.
As for Alex, I'm not sure why she has been given so much leeway within Division. Especially when she is so forward in stating how she is not with them. Is it because she has a tie to Nikita, who Division wants to take down? Any other reason Division has taken it so easy on her? Of course now Alex is on a very short leash of Amanda. (But Alex has escaped from Division before, right?)
It's official. I am madly in love with Meryl Davis.
I missed something. At the park bench with his mother (the first time), he said he was out, and he started to make a call on his phone. Then we see Amanda in her office able to hear the conversation. Did Sean call Amanda and intentionally let her hear the conversation? Or are we to believe that she bugged him in some way and he wasn't aware the Amanda was listening in?
So glad Ryan is still alive. I loved how he explained his process is simple - he finds the answer, passes it onto Nikita, and she find the bad guy and kicks butt
I can't figure out if Sean is lying to his Mom, or to Alex. I fear he's faithful to Momsy and is using Alex. But I want them to be a couple, so I hope I am wrong.
Funniest line of the night goes to Birkhoff (surprise, surprise). When he's on watch to see what's going on in London, he comments on Max's soccer game by saying, "...and Max just scored a goal at soccer. Holla!!"
I wasn't sure why Cassandra's handler decided to use violence in his interrogation of Michael. I get that the handler wants to know who Michael is and why he is involved, but Michael has only helped Cassandra, he has caused no harm to anyone. So why start with the violence??
My favourite behind-the-scenes player of the week. Shane West's tailor. I have not seen pants fit someone so well since Jeremy Abbott.
Couple of things in regards to Max. First, when Cassandra and Michael go for a walk, they talk all kind of heavy-duty stuff with Max right there. Yes, he won't understand most of what they are talking about, but kids do pick up on some stuff, even if some of it is just about the tone of voices. He'll sense that there's problems and dangers. It's not right for adults to do that to children. Plus, at the end of the episode, Max hugs Michael and says he will miss him. Guess they spent more time together than the few awkward minutes we saw them share??
It's official. I am madly in love with Meryl Davis.
Whoa! Amanda is easily the scariest person on television (even scarier than Victoria on Revenge!). Her "WHAAAATTTTTT?!?!?!?" made me hide underneath my blanket.
I am so relieved about Birkhoff. He and Nikita were so sweet.
Finally got to see last week's epsiode the other day. And now I see there's no new episode tonight...
Thoughts about last week:
Loved Nikita's freak-out when she called Michael and told him that Birkhoff had been taken by Division. I don't think I've ever seen her out of control. What I liked about it was that she finally showed that she cares about Birkhoff. Kind of surprised that Michael didn't jump on the first plane back to America to do whatever he could. And at the very least, support Nikita. Or is his son and his Mom in danger, so Michael needs to stay there to protect them?
Amanda. Wow! Now I always knew she was a bad guy. But putting a drill up inside of Birkhoff's head? That's totally whacked-out psycho. I've just never seen her character this far off the deep end...
Note to Nikita: You need a bigger team. Start recruiting!! Birkhoff should never be in the field for you. He's the brains and the money. He shouldn't be playing super-agent, even if he wants to take a turn doing so. (Doubt he'll want to after that hell he went through! Hope his hand heals!!)
Loved Nikita's response when Birkhoff thanks her for getting him out of Division: "You are so worth it." Awww!!!
It's official. I am madly in love with Meryl Davis.
So, Division is behind Oversight, so who is behind Division?
That fight amongst Owen, Michael and the Guardian ruled. And I loved the reunion between Nikita and Alex. And I love the budding relationship between Ryan and Percy.
And I love how the Guardians dress.
Nikita rules. It is so underrated.
It's official. I am madly in love with Meryl Davis.
Guardian attire is very snappy and practical. at the guardian without a box
Percy bitch-slapping Ryan was amusing but at the same time, Ryan spent the entire episode trying to demoralize Percy without getting any real info.Wasn't Percy inferring violence upon Ryan at first? And then Percy is almost charming later in the episode?
At least the black box concept isn't like the Rambaldi device from Alias. That whole plot contrivance killed that show IMO. Nikita needs to stay away from mythology.
OMG, OMG, OMG!!! This episode so rocked! I cannot believe I have to wait TWO WEEKS for the next episode. Unfair!
And I want to know who Amanda called on her ultra secret cell phone. Gogal? Semek?
And thank you for a shirtless Sean in his skivvies while tied up. This show is bringin' it like no other!
I would love for Amanda to phone up Ari Tasarov. Both of them don't like their "superiors." Excellent acting from Melinda Clarke.
I guess I am alone in my for the guardian with that really cute Canadian accent (well the actor is Canadian)
It's official. I am madly in love with Meryl Davis.


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MANKATO — Local veterans who served their country aren't being underserved by federal government sequester cuts — at least not yet.
The two main areas of community impact — programs for homeless disabled vets and for active military receiving tuition assistance — are so far staying ahead of the fiscal fallout, program officials said.
"We were encouraged to prepare for this in advance," said Sue Worlds, regional director for Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans. "Actually, we did a cut to prepare for a cut."
Worlds said the Department of Housing and Urban Development told her last fall the cuts were likely to arrive.
The only local council program affected by the 3 percent sequester cut is a Mankato townhome housing facility near River Hills Mall for 11 disabled and formerly homeless vets.
Worlds said inconsistent funding goes with the territory of operating nonprofit organizations, and being proactive is key for dealing with anticipated shortfalls.
"It's very difficult. First, you look at your overall budget and try to make it up with cuts or with fundraising, which we are doing."
She said absorbing the sequester-induced cuts involve more prudent attention to utilities usage and ratcheting up the organization's fundraising.
"We make sure (the cuts) don't affect the veterans as individuals."
At Minnesota State University, the sequester's impact on a federal tuition assistance program for students in the military is "fairly minimal" so far, said Dave Schrader, regional coordinator with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.
Schrader said at MSU the program affects students in the Army Reserve and National Guard, whose tuition aid for the current semester had already been locked in before the sequester went into effect.
Schrader said the students' assistance will be virtually unaffected if the suspended program kicks back in before the next funding period rolls around.
The military tuition assistance program gives student soldiers up to $4,500 annually to work toward high school and college diplomas, and up to $250 per credit at schools on semester systems.
Nationwide, 200,000 soldiers used the program in 2012 at a cost of $373 million.
Earlier this month $85 billion in overall federal government sequester cuts went into effect.
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By Helen Boertje
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Pella —
Brownlee school stands on its original site two miles south of Knoxville near Hwy. 14 at approximately 1620 130 Pl.
According to a story by Ruth Kenney, her aunt Emma Dennison was one of the first girls to teach a winter term. She writes Uncle Steve Jenkins tells of a school master who always hung his coat on a certain hook. Pupils thought he didn't have any switches in the school house but one day they tried his patience too far and he pulled out two switches from under the coat.
I talked with Linda Caulkins Mason who attended this school through 6th grade when it closed. She said she loved the school and the teachers and feels so privileged to have gone to a country school. Her father Harold Caulkins also attended Brownlee.
The school was down in a valley. She walked on a gravel road to school but sometimes the creek below the house flooded and her father would have to drive the children into Knoxville and then take them back on another road to get to the school.
Like students from many other country schools. Linda remembers fixing potatoes for lunch on a little wood stove, having to carry water from a neighboring farm, and playing games such as baseball and fox 'n geese.
One of Linda's treasures is the bookcase from the school which she refinished by stripping it of three coats of green paint. (At one time, schools and other institutions seemed awfully fond of green paint. Was this a fad or simply a bargain purchased in quantity?)
Teachers were Lottie McClymond 1886, Lora Myers, Helen Herrick 1895, Helen Herrick 1896, Stella Winegardener 1898, Stella Winegardener, Bula Sniff 1899, Bula Sniff 1900, Bula Sniff, Victoria Noftsger 1901, Mabel Reynolds, Edith Dawson 1903, Alice Bittenbreder 1904, Beatrice Smith, Myrtle McArthur 1905, Walter E. Kester 1906-07, Genevia Nittel 1908, Jen Gardner, Carol Swayne 1909, Verna King 1910, Lottie McClymond 1911, Hilda L. Bowman 1912, Jo Mendenhall 1913, Mrs. Rosa Smith 1914-15, Grace Patterson 1916, Ethelle Bruce, Catherine Mott 1917, Grayce Rowland 1918, Lora Flanders 1919, Mrs. Geneva Morse 1920, Mrs. Geneva Morse, Ione Dotson 1921, Irene Chrismore 1924, Charlene Orr 1925, Lena Willets 1927, Kathryn Bybee 1930-31, Juanita Covey 1932-35, Atha Kincaid 1938, Velma Vanden Berg 1939, Martha Louise Whaley 1940-41, Violet McDonnell 1942-45, Miss Doris Burton 1947, Mrs. Mildred Lundy 1948-49, Beulah E. Hayes 1951-53
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(((Bonita)))) hope you will get some more definite answers soon, and also ((((backspin))) for dealing with similar issues. Sending both of you positive and healing thoughts.
(((Bonita)))) hope you will get some more definite answers soon, and also ((((backspin))) for dealing with similar issues. Sending both of you positive and healing thoughts.
hang in there bonita
sending you loads of postivie and healing thoughts for your family - and a better year ahead
((Bonita & Mr. Bonita))
I had Stage 2 Hodgkin's Lymphoma almost six years ago. I underwent 4 months of chemo and last fall was told by my oncologist he didn't ever want to see me again There are many positive outcomes for lymphoma. I found things much easier to deal with after I got into the routine of chemo and had got past the diagnosis/staging part of things. If you have any specific questions, please ask or pm me. Everyone deals with illness and crisis slightly differently and I think the thing I tell everyone who asks for my advice/experience when going through something similar is that your feelings are valid. Some people are sad, some people get angry, etc... It's all valid. I had a lot of people offering sympathy and a lot of friends/family were a lot more upset than I was. I really hated that. My attitude was totally this sucks, let's deal with it. But people told me I wasn't upset enough, and that I was deluding myself. Not helpful. You might very quickly find that you have to be a gatekeeper of sorts for your husband. Chemo exhausts you to your very core and a lot of really well-meaning people in their 'helpfulness' are really not helpful. It gets hard to be polite to people and deal with people when your body doesn't feel like your own anymore and everyone wants to share their latest miracle cure or whatever. Finally, make sure you take care of yourself. Don't try to take on the caretaker role in its entirety by yourself. Ask for help when you need it (even if it's just an ear to listen when things get tough, which it probably will). I'll be keeping you both in my thoughts and prayers.
"Beautiful things don't ask for attention." -The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Thank you all for the positive encouragement and info. We really need it. I'm going to forward this thread to "Mr. Bonita," LOL.
Bonita, there wasn't very many options back when my mom had cancer. But because of her and many others that volunteered to try experimental chemotherapies back then, the treatments have come a long way. Keeping "Mr. Bonita" in my thoughts and prayers.
I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work. ~ Thomas A. Edison
My mom died of cancer too, so sucks losing your mom. My mom was on a med with a freaking co-pay of $500/month and still died.
No advice, just sincere well wishes for you and your husband. My mom battled cancer last year. It's not an easy road, but there are some very effective treatments and no reason at this time to think that your husband will not have a very good outcome. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.
The American Cancer Society has a wealth of information and help. As posted earlier, I just want to keep bringing them up. Also if you need help, don't be afraid to ask friends and neighbors. I've been a 'neighbor'.
My husband finally has a diagnosis. He has Hodgkins mixed cellularity. The doctor told him it is one of the more treatable ones, we'll see. He's going to treat at the Dana Farber in Boston with a lymphoma specialist who is a friend of a friend.
Backspin, I tried to send you a PM, but your message box is full up!
Thanks for updating us Bonita, and while all of this is scary, I'm glad your husband has a relatively good diagnosis and that he is going to such a leading and accomplished facility for treatment. This sounds very positive, but I'll keep him and you in my thoughts.
"The Devil is joining in, and that's never a good sign." Phil Liggett
Sending encouragement and support to both of you.
I'm glad that your husband is being treated in a facility that is at the cutting edge of current research.
Bonita, I cleared my box so you can send a message now!
Hi Bonita, hugs and best wishes to both you and your husband. I also sent you a pm with some information that might help.
just my two cents...
Positive thoughts
((((Bonita and her family))))
Sorry that I could only provide prayers and good wishes to your family.
Thanks for updating us and it is a good thing to be able to see some of the best doctors. Keep us posted on how he is doing, and of course how you are doing. Sometimes having a place to vent that is not with family or rl friends is one of the best things.
Do try to stay positive, though I know it's frightening. We are all wishing for the best outcome for you both.
I hear outside a million panicking birds, and know even out there comfort is done with; it has shattered even the stars, this creature at last come home to me.
Prayers for your husband. And for you as well.
Give me one more quiet night, before this loud morning gets it right, and does me in.
Sending prayers and positive thoughts you and his way.
Prayers for both you and your husband, bonita.


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Just a reminder from Patch: The application deadline for the "Your Big Break" talent contest is drawing near.
Presented by Gold Coast Acoustic Cafe, the contest is open to musicians, ages 12-25, who do not have a recording or publishing contract.
From online submissions, semi-finalists will be chosen to perform in one of two upcoming talent showcases at the Great Neck Arts Center to be held Nov. 10 and Dec. 8. Contest finals will be Jan. 12 at the Great Neck Arts Center.
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Two local performers have been chosen as headline acts for the contest. Great Neck's own international recording artist and Berklee School of Music attendee, Michelle Raitzin will perform Nov. 10. Charlie Dane, a 13-year-old music prodigy from Oyster Bay, will take the stage Dec. 8.


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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Its stupid to throw a party and worry about the guest that doesnt show. With so many good golfers playing at Augusta National Golf Club this week, why write about the golfer that is not?
Because the golfer is Tiger Woods, and even though he might no longer be the best player in the world, he still is the most important.
You know how youre aware when some people enter a room? Youre aware when Tiger fails to.
Tiger had back surgery March 31, and will miss several tournaments after the Masters, among them next months Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte.
Its a weird feeling not having him here, isnt it? Phil Mickelson asks Tuesday after his practice round. Hes been such a mainstay in professional golf and in the majors. Its awkward to not have him here. I hope he gets back soon.
I mean, I hope hes back for the other majors. And as much as I want to win, and I know how great he is and tough to beat, it also makes it it makes it special when hes here in the field and youre able to win.
Tiger has played in every Masters since 1995. Hes won four, the last in 2004. Hes played 17 Masters and finished in the top 10 in 13. The past eight years hes finished starting in 06 third, second, second, sixth, fourth, fourth, 40th and fourth.
Starting the tournament without Tiger is like starting the baseball season without the New York Yankees. The Yankees might not be the best team in baseball, but they are the most famous. When you beat them, it matters.
The Tiger effect on golf has been huge from the mid-90s up to now, says Rory McIlroy, like Mickelson one of the favorites in Augusta this week. I think any sport benefits from a dominant figure like that to not really drive the game forward but to maybe be the legend LeBron James, for example, at the minute in basketball, or Christiano Ronaldo in (soccer), or (Lionel) Messi.
Its been Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal in tennis, people like that, people that win on a regular basis and people you can look up to as heroes.
Tiger also is the anti-hero, and bad guys real and contrived enhance any athletic endeavor. If you find Tiger cold, or pompous, and hold past infidelities against him, he offers somebody to dislike.
And dont sports need this? Do you like LeBron and Kevin Durant, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady, the Carolina Panthers and New Orleans Saints, the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox?
Golf fans embrace Mickelson. Tiger fans embrace Tiger.His gallery, by golf standards, is a mix. Its black and white and, when youre part of it, it feels like a movement.
When I write about Tiger in Augusta, I need to see him. The only way to guarantee a good view is to walk at least two holes, and perhaps three, in front of him, and post up next to the tee. Nobody else, not even Mickelson, requires that.
Even at 38, even after injuries to his back, elbow and knee, Tiger drives the sport.
Hes driven the bus because hes brought increased ratings, increased sponsors, increased interest, and we have all benefited, says Mickelson. But nobody has benefited more than I have.
Tiger will be missed Thursday and Friday. But by Sunday, his presence will have faded. Every Masters creates its own intrigue and drama, stars and surprises, and as big as Tiger is, hes not as big as this.
By then, it will be about the guests who made the party and the top of the leader board.
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Saturday, May 20, 2006Valparaiso saw the 2006 season come to a close on Saturday afternoon as the Crusaders were on the short end of a pair of one-run ball games, dropping a doubleheader to Western Illinois 4-3 and 3-2 in Macomb, Ill.
The Crusaders jumped in front in the top of the first of the opener. Matthew Augustine (Muskego, Wis./Muskego H.S.) singled home Michael Arensdorff (Park View, Iowa/North Scott H.S.) and Ryan Manthei (Kenosha, Wis./Tremper H.S.) later scored on the back end of a double steal attempt.
The Leathernecks answered with two in the second on back-to-back RBI hits by Nick Simmons and Mike Triumph. Travis Check then led off the bottom of the third with a homer to left-center as Western Illinois took its first lead of the day.
Manthei tied it at three with his team-leading ninth homerun of the season to leftfield to lead off the fourth but Matt Newquist's homer in the fifth provided the winning run for the hosts.
Ryan Schmidgall (5-4) went seven innings for the win for the Leathernecks, scattering six hits and three runs while fanning six without a walk. Harvey Yergin (Akron, Ohio/Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy) went 6.1 innings for the Brown and Gold, suffering the loss to fall to 2-8 on the year.
Manthei and Arensdorff each had two hits for Valpo while four different Leathernecks had two hits for the Leathernecks.
In the series and season finale, Western Illinois jumped in front with two in the second and another in the third before Valpo rallied. Manthei's single up the middle plated both Arensdorff and Kevin Perri (South Bend, Ind./Adams H.S.), but the Crusaders would leave runners on second and third to end the threat.
Bobby Mahon (5-5) went five innings for the win for Western Illinois (30-30, 14-8 Mid-Con), as he struck out nine and allowed just five hits. Matt Gillikin (Chesterton, Ind./Chesterton H.S.) went the distance for the Brown and Gold, allowing seven hits and striking out two while finishing the season 1-4.
Valparaiso closes out the 2006 season with a 17-34 record overall and a 9-14 mark in the Mid-Con.
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There is no doubt that Syrians in the United States searching for a role in Syrian current events must carefully avoid reifying American imperial power without eschewing their ethical duty to stand against the killing, injuring, arrest, and other abuses of protesters, the vast majority of whom have been peaceful despite the ruthlessness of the security services.
That space is difficult to find when the past decade has seen a U.S. establishment that is perpetually waiting for the next opportunity to undermine the Syrian government, not because it cares about the welfare of Syrians or wishes to weaken dictatorships as a general matter, but because Syria has not knelt to American and Israeli agendas in the region — despite its participation in the war on Iraq, its cooperation with the War on Terror through the extraordinary torture of people like Maher Arar, and its satisfaction with the status quo with regard to Israeli apartheid and the occupation of the Golan Heights.
What should be certain, though, is that today even a single word in defense of the Syrian government's actions is morally indefensible. That maxim must also extend to indirect actions that function to deceptively embellish the government's image while it continues to pursue an agenda of violence and brutality against the Syrian people.
It is outrageous, then, that, according to Syria News, a "delegation of Syrian-Americans" recently met with Bashar al-Assad (I will not call him 'president' today) and rendered free propaganda services for the regime. The event was clearly a public relations stunt by the Syrian government meant to whitewash the crimes that have led to the death of 1,300 protesters, not to mention the deplorable state of Syrian affairs overall. In organizing the event, the Syrian government sought to convey the image that Syrian-Americans stand by the government even as thousands of demonstrators stand against it.
Even more troubling is the fact that, according to Syria News, this so-called delegation included Jay Salkini and Assad Jebara, two board members of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). While I doubt that they intend their actions to reflect a personal endorsement of regime violence, even if the publicity around it conveys that image, their meeting represents a style of elite political engagement — one, perhaps, that many other upper middle and upper class Syrians would gladly partake in — that must be done away with.
One cannot draw an analogy between this meeting and the recent conference of Syrian opposition figures in Damascus, where the dissidents — many of whom have served jail time – were unrestrained in their criticism of the government. In contrast, Jebara remarked in an interview with Syria News that the meeting was "very positive" and that "President Bashar al-Assad was very realistic and open to all opinions, reaching the limits of candor and honesty." Here, Jebara himself reaches the limits of flattery and obsequiousness!
Salkini continued to promise al-Assad that Syrian-Americans would call on Congress and the American government to give Syria a "chance to implement reforms adopted by the Syrian government." Had the Assad regime presented its people with a credible plan for reform, Salkini's statement might not have been so objectionable. As of yet, however, endless committees continue to "study" reform at a snail's pace, even as the government swiftly and ruthlessly mobilizes the army and security services to attack its people. It seems this government is more competent at some tasks than others.
Reprehensibly, Salkini told Syria News that Syrian-Americans would aim to support Syria's economy with more investments, especially because "the tourism industry was harmed most by the events in Syria." Were it that such a callous phrase never left his mouth to remind us of March 14th's disgusting whining about the tourism industry while Israel was bombarding Lebanon in 2006, killing over a thousand people!
It is truly embarrassing for Jebara and Salkini to participate in this event, given that they are board members of the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). How unbecoming of people who defend Arab civil rights in America to function as allies of a government that recognizes civil rights for no one. In doing so, they give fodder to anti-Arab factions in the United States who accuse people who criticize United States and Israeli policies of hypocrisy in order to distract from the egregiousness of those policies. Jebara, Salkini, and other members of this "delegation" insult the Syrian protesters and, in Jebara and Salkini's case, further damage the credibility of the ADC, which is barely recovering from the last Syria-related flap, the dis-invitation of Malek Jandali.
Of course, Jebara and Salkini's meeting with Bashar al-Assad has nothing to do with the ADC. It has nothing to do with civil rights. It has everything to do with preserving and protecting social, political, and business ties. Salkini and Jebara are well within their rights to feel, despite mounting evidence and mass graves to the contrary, that al-Assad is capable of leading the country on a path to reform. They are well within their rights to feel that supporting al-Assad's endless reform committees is the best way for Syrians. But they should not do so in their capacity as representatives of Syrian-Americans nor while they are board members of an organization that needs impeccable credibility to be an effective champion of Arab-American civil rights. And they certainly should not do so while protestors continue to be killed in the streets.


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I cover sports business with rare dip in education & local economies
There's a reason they call boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. "Money." He fought twice during the past 12 months, knocking out Victor Ortiz in September and winning a unanimous decision in May against Miguel Cotto. He spent less than one hour in the ring to dispatch his two foes.
His combined payday for the bouts: $85 million.
That helped make Mayweather the world's highest-paid athlete over the past year, unseating Tiger Woods, who has been the top-earner since 2001. Woods ranks third this year with earnings of $59.4 million.
Mayweather maximizes his earnings by also acting as his own fight promoter through his company Mayweather Promotions. He collects all of the revenue from tickets, pay-per-view and sponsorships and covers the costs, including the purse for his opponent. His take home per fight is typically at least 50% higher than what his rival Manny Pacquiao earns.
Being a wildly polarizing figure doesn't seem to have hurt his earnings. He charmed old ladies as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars in 2007 and provoked outrage with his racially charged, hate-filled rant against Pacquiao in 2010. His antics create buzz, and the result is both boxing fans and people who are normally indifferent to the sport pay up for his bouts. He has been a part of the four biggest non-heavyweight PPV events in boxing's history. The Cotto fight generated $94 million in PPV receipts.
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Pacquiao ranks second with earnings of $62 million. Over the past 12 months he fought Juan Manuel Marquez and Tim Bradley. The bouts netted him $56 million, including money he gets from their broadcast in the Philippines. He also made an estimated $6 million over the past year outside the ring through endorsements with Nike, Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard, Monster Energy and Hennessy.
Woods' total earnings dropped $16 million from last year to $59.4 million and have been sliced in half since their peak in 2009. Despite his collapse in this year's U.S. Open, Woods is playing much better on the course and his prize money doubled from the prior 12 months. But the $2 million bump in prize money does not offset the loss of sponsors like Tag Heuer and Gillette.
Woods' golf course design business has also struggled. Development of his Dubai course was shut down last year and the developer of his North Carolina course, Cliffs Club & Hospitality, filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
LeBron James leads the 13 basketball players that made the cut. James ranks fourth overall with earnings of $53 million. James, like all NBA players, had his salary sliced 20% by the NBA lockout, but he continues to make a mint off the court from sponsors like Nike, Coca-Cola, State Farm and McDonald's. James' income also got a boost when he received cash as part of his marketing partnership with Fenway Sports Group last year, through which James received a stake in the soccer club Liverpool.
I hope he doesn't become the next athlete to be inducted into the Did Everything But Think (D.E.B.T.) club.
Why don't you guys include hockey players on your list, I know they don't make as much as other athletes, but come on, please add them, and Kurt how much do you think Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin made in the past year?
Hello Kurt.
On Ronaldo's slide you wrote he has more Twitter followers than any other athletes. This is incorrect as his Real Madrid team mate Kaka has more. However, Ronaldo has comfortably many more Facebook fans.
P.S. How can he have more followers than any other athlete in the world when he doesn't even have the most on his own team. Lol. Sorry, couldn't resist.
how come basketball players get too much endorsement earnings compare to other sports athletes?
what about IPL i heard its the 2nd richest sports league after NBA
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NAIROBI, KENYA — During an emotion-packed visit to his father's homeland in 2006, Sen. Barack Obama took time from family reunions and official visits to chastise Kenya's government for failing to stem corruption and tribalism, irking his hosts in the process.
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Harold Carmichael has been a longtime fixture in area youth baseball.
From his many years of coaching and working with the Halifax County South program to his most recent involvement with the Dixie Boys and Dixie Junior Boys programs, Carmichael is a familiar figure in local baseball.
Carmichael is now a member of the board of directors of the Cardinal Youth Baseball program recently formed by South Hill residents Shep Moss and Doug Ezell.
He sat with Moss and Ezell at the head table during Saturday's meeting of area baseball league representatives, offering support for the new program. After the meeting, he said it was frustration with the Dixie program that led to his involvement with Cardinal Youth Baseball.
"I've been frustrated with the Dixie Boys and Dixie Junior Boys program for several years," Carmichael explained.
"In my opinion, there is a lack of organization, a lack of structure, and the morale is down. You go to the state meetings, and everybody sits there and complains, but then they (the officials and directors) go back and do the same stuff again.
"I had been involved with Shep and Doug for several years through Dixie Youth Baseball," Carmichael continued.
"When they approached me about this idea, knowing the way they run our district in Dixie Youth, to me it was a no-brainer. Their character, their morals and the way they do things was exactly what I was looking for."
A long-time advocate of youth baseball, Carmichael said just because Cardinal Youth Baseball is what he is looking for doesn't necessarily mean that it is what the South Boston Dixie Junior Boys and Dixie Boys programs are searching for.
"Their board will have to decide that," he pointed out.
"But, this program, in my mind, is the way the youth program for ages 13 through 18 should be run. There are so many positives. The people, the organization, the way they do things is what I think is their strong point."
Carmichael points out that local baseball programs in some localities are losing ground. Halifax County and South Boston, he says, remain strong.
"Everybody complains they are losing kids for whatever reason," Carmichael said.
"South Boston-Halifax County is in the minority in that regard with respect to baseball. We are still thriving. But, if you let the grass grow under your feet and don't change with the times, you get left behind. I feel Cardinal Baseball will take you to the next step.
"Halifax County is very fortunate with its (baseball programs)," continued Carmichael.
"Even though we are split up in so many ways that a lot of people in the county don't understand, the county is thriving with young people playing baseball, whether it be with Harrison (Conner) and the folks with the Babe Ruth program or with the Dixie Majors or the Dixie Boys and Dixie Youth programs. We've got to keep it that way. "
With that being said, Carmichael says he sees the beginnings of some slippage here.
"I see it in other areas, and I can see it slipping here a little bit," noted Carmichael.
"I felt like this (Cardinal Youth Baseball) is a way to extend it at the very least, if not to continue on with it.
"I'm worried about the Hugh Moores, the Addison Marables, the Harrison Conners, the Charlie Moorefields and the people like them and all of the hard work they have done," added Carmichael.
"They have put a lifetime into youth baseball in this community. I feel like it's somebody's responsibility to try to continue that. It's America's pastime. It's the greatest sport there is."


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The South Paulding High School band could be less than a month away from winning $5,000—but only if it earns enough online votes in an Atlanta-based radio show's contest.
The "Spirit of South Paulding" has once again advanced in The Bert Show's "Battle of the High School Marching Bands." It was one of 28 high school bands to begin the contest; the third round of online voting ended Sunday night, and South Paulding earned more votes than Hendersonville High School in Tennessee to move on to the fourth round of four schools.
The local band is now competing against that of Walnut Grove High School in Loganville, and Bert Show listeners and band supporters who visit the contest website can view videos of the two bands performing and then vote on their favorite in that matchup and three others. Voting in the fourth round of the contest ends Sunday, Dec. 2.
The two bands that win their fourth-round matchups will go head-to-head in online voting Dec. 3-16, with the winner announced Monday, Dec. 17. The winning band will receive $5,000, according to the radio show's Facebook page.
You can vote in the South Paulding-Walnut Grove matchup here.
The first round of the contest also had the Hiram High School "Band of Gold" competing against Hillgrove High, but the latter ended up advancing in the contest.
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Three pieces in Charles Bernstein's "Attack of the Difficult Poems" (University of Chicago Press, 2011) bear immediate relevance to this (Friday) evening's "UB Poetics at Two Decades" Roundtable Discussion and Poetry Reading at 7:30 p.m. at the Western New York Book Arts Center, 468 Washington St. (at Mohawk St.) in Buffalo. The event is free and open to the public.
In "Poetry Scene Investigation," a 2002 conversation with critic Marjorie Perloff, Bernstein responds to a question about the formation and first decade of the program by pointing out that it was a particular response to the situation poetry found itself in during the late 1980's and early 1990's: ignored and dismissed (except as a curiosity) by the mainstream print media, self-marginalized by what Bernstein had already famously derided as "the Official Verse Culture," and segregated into separate poetry reading and poetry writing curriculums and cultures at most colleges and universities.
"Poetry is too important to be be left to its own devices," he observes in the interview, and pointedly adds, "Maybe close reading [i.e., reading that demands the full attention of the reader, but does not presume the hegemonic authority of the text] would get a better rap if we called it PSI: Poetry Scene Investigation. Of course, that would mean treating the poem as crime, but maybe it is: a crime against mass culture."
In his essay "A Blow Is Like an Instrument: The Poetic Imaginary and Curricular Practices," Bernstein points out that the roots of the Poetics Program can be traced back to UB English Department of the 1960's , where then chairman Al Cook hired Leslie Fiedler, Robert Creeley, Charles Olson and a list of other literary artists too long and illustrious to be included here, not primarily to teach creative writing courses, but rather to teach literature classes, and, in particular, literary classes in a Ph.D. program.
After Bernstein and Susan Howe--who had been scheduled to participate this evening's 20th anniversary event, but had to withdraw due to illness--joined Robert Creeley on the UB English Department faculty in 1989, they sought to formalize the creation of a Ph.D. program in Poetics that did not force students to chose between becoming either poets or scholars (however much of a professional double bind that may imply), but rather, suggested as Bernstein writes, "that the one activity may enhance the other, for those so inclined."
In "The Practice of Poetics," an essay that does not refer specifically to the UB Poetics Program, but can be read as a justification for foregrounding the study of poetics in any liberal arts curriculum, Bernstein observes that "Poetics is an ethical engagement with the shifting conditions of everyday life."
Contrasting ethics ("a dialogic practice of response in a civil society") with morality ("a fixed code of conduct and belief"), he writes: "Ethics is ironic, morality sincere. Ethics secular, morality religious. Poetics is the ethical refusal of morality in the name of aesthetics."
The essay opens with two paragraphs that speak directly not only to Bernstein's influence on the UB Poetics Program, but also on the larger community of Buffalo area writers and artists his ideas have had a significant role in shaping over the past two decades:
While poetics brings to mind a long history of laws of composition, poetics can also stress poiesis--the actual making or doing: poetry as process. Every doing carries the potential of something new, emergent, something not already predicated by poetics. Practice overtakes theory, practice changes theory. And not just writing practice but also performance.
To practice poetics is to acknowledge the inevitability of metaphor, the linguisticality of perception, the boundlessness of thought, the passion of ideas, the beauty of error, the chains of logic, the possibilities of intuition, and the uncanny delight of chance. In contrast to the syllogistic rationality of expository writing, poetics is situational, shifts with the winds, courts contradiction, feeds on inconsistency...
While tonight's round-table discussion was originally intended to provide a colloquy between Bernstein and Susan Howe on their perceptions and observations about the UB Poetics Program at age 20, in Howe's absence, UB Gray Chair Professor in Poetry Steve McCaffery and former director Professor Myung Mi Kim will join Bernstein for the discussion and subsequent reading.
--R.D. Pohl


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A recent report from the U.S. Department of Education presented a summary of three recent studies of the differences in the effectiveness of teaching provided advantaged and disadvantaged students (with the former defined in terms of value-added scores, and the latter in terms of subsidized lunch eligibility). The brief characterizes the results of these reports in an accessible manner – that the difference in estimated teaching effectiveness between advantaged and disadvantaged students varied quite widely between districts, but overall is about four percent of the achievement gap in reading and 2-3 percent in math.
Some observers were not impressed. They wondered why so-called reformers are alienating teachers and hurting students in order to address a mere 2-4 percent improvement in the achievement gap.
Just to be clear, the 2-4 percent figures describe the gap (and remember that it varies). Whether it can be narrowed or closed – e.g., by improving working conditions or offering incentives or some other means – is a separate issue. Nevertheless, let's put aside all the substantive aspects surrounding these studies, and the issue of the distribution of teacher quality, and discuss this 2-4 percent thing, as it illustrates what I believe is the among the most important tensions underlying education policy today: Our collective failure to have a reasonable debate about expectations and the power of education policy. Read More »


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police say Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Javon Belcher fatally shot his girlfriend early Saturday, then drove to Arrowhead Stadium and committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager.
Police spokesman Darin Snapp confirmed it was Belcher, a fourth-year player from West Babylon, N.Y., who played college ball at Maine. The woman's name has not yet been released.
Snapp said authorities received a call Saturday morning from a woman who said her daughter had been shot multiple times at a residence about five miles away from the Arrowhead complex. Snapp said a call was then received from the Chiefs' practice facility.
Upon arriving, Snapp said that police witnessed Belcher in a car with a handgun to his head talking to two Chiefs officials. That's when police heard a gunshot.
Arrowhead Stadium has been on lockdown since about 8 a.m.
"We can confirm that there was an incident at Arrowhead earlier this morning," the Chiefs said in a statement. "We are cooperating with authorities in their investigation."
The season has been a massive disappointment for the Chiefs, who were expected to contend for the AFC West title. But they're just 1-10 and mired in an eight-game losing streak that has been marked by devastating injuries and fan upheaval, with constant calls the past few weeks for general manager Scott Pioli and coach Romeo Crennel to be fired.
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I asked Velvet Wedding what was popular with their brides and for any themes that they saw becoming popular….
"The Vintage wedding theme has always been popular for us with our Hanging Heart Tealight Holders and Wicker Hearts being the best sellers for a shabby chic reception. Couples are definitely becoming more creative in their approach to venue décor, we've noticed an increased interest in Union Jack and Colourful Ethnic wedding requests from our local demographic"
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Nader Disses Obama, Press
Nader hits Obama for failing the hopes of civil rights leaders.
At 74, this might be Ralph Nader's last bid for the presidency, so he's not holding anything back. And he's not just focusing on his big issues like energy conservation and "corporate welfare." Today, he took on Sen.Barack Obama and race, and slammed the White House press corps for being timid and cynical.
On Obama, Nader, who once hit the Democrat for trying to "talk white" to win their votes, said the presidential candidate is a disappointment to civil rights advocates. He noted that during the civil rights fights, activists dreamed of a day when an African-American president and congressional committee chairs would focus on the unforgotten poor. "People who have fought the civil rights battle economically, politically, legally, as we have since the '50s, would often talk about, 'Look what would happen if we have an African-American president or chairmens or chairpersons of major congressional committees.' It doesn't look like it's going to be what we all thought it was going to be," he says. The old vision, he says, was that a black would understand the plight of minorities. "There would be a real crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos and poor rural areas. The poor pay more, they die more earlier, healthcare, et cetera, and African-Americans with seniority or in positions of power we thought would really pay attention to that," he says. But he could only cite hearings by white Rep. Dennis Kucinich who delved into those areas. "Where's the Black Caucus?" he asked. "It's very disappointing." He also said that Obama's move to the middle or even toward McCain on issues such as offshore oil drilling is "blurring" who the Democrat is.
And on the press, he charged that reporters are too cynical and filter too much out of stories. "The media is in a cultural rut," he says. "I'm talking about the questions they don't ask, the questions they ask. Give me a bunch of 10-year-olds instead of the White House press corps, and the president would be far, far more upset and anxious than [he is] now." He also slammed the press as "incredibly cynical" and urged a change. "Don't be so cynical about small starts. If nature was like you, seeds would never have a chance to sprout," Nader says, offering his candidacy as an example. "I wasn't dropped here by a UFO and yet NBC, ABC, CBS have devoted 10 seconds to this campaign."


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Collective Wisdom
Summer reading recommendations from 13 seasoned educators with 344 years of combined Messiah experience
What happens when you ask
a group of people to provide individual input on a particular subject? You get an assortment of contributions that, when considered in the aggregate, is far more diverse and usually more innovative than any one person could have provided. It's a phenomenon known as collective wisdom (an idea that has risen in public consciousness since the 2005 release of New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki's intriguing book The Wisdom of Crowds).
On the following pages, you will find the collective wisdom of 13 Messiah professors. Each contributor is one of 43 faculty members who has served the College for at least 20 consecutive years. We asked this group of seasoned educators to share their collective wisdom with you, in the form of book recommendations, for this year's summer reading article. As always, the list of books recommended in this annual feature crosses many genres and is sure to provide you with countless hours of reading pleasure this summer—and beyond!
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Recent research on labour and social policies from trade union researchers and academics around the world
International journal on social security/social protection issues
30 June 2014
This report highlights the challenges faced by workers living with HIV and their households in accessing social protection programmes, examines the effects of such programmes on their lives and makes evidence-based recommendations.
03 June 2014
The report presents the latest social security trends and provides information on social protection systems, coverage, benefits and expenditures in more than 190 countries.
20 May 2014
The study investigates the underlying factors that drive forced labour, of which a major one is illegal profits. Figures will include a breakdown of profits by area of forced labour and by region.
25 November 2014
The Global Wage Report 2014/15 analyses the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends and relative purchasing power globally and by region.
This annual report presents an in-depth analysis of current employment and social issues globally.
This report presents social security trends and information on social protection systems, coverage, benefits and expenditure globally.
This biennial report focuses on wage developments, offering a review of global and regional wage trends.
Published annually, this report offers global and regional data and projections for key indicators of the labour market.
This valuable wide-ranging reference tool meets the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work.
First in the series Advances in Labour Studies, this book is an international and interdisciplinary response to the neoliberal ideologies that have shaped labour market regulation in recent decades.
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Much like Facebook and Twitter, Tumblr said it will now show its mobile users "sponsored posts" on its Dashboard news feed. The sponsored posts are blogs that companies have paid to show up in between content posted by Tumblr bloggers.


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From the author of more than a dozen New York Times best sellers and his son, comes the second installment of a brand-new fantasy trilogy written just for young readers.
Though robbed by a masked spellcaster and left for dead by a demon, Maimun refuses to give up the magic that rightfully belongs to him. Convinced that Drizzt Do'Urden holds the key to recovering the Stone of Tymora, he tracks the dark elf across the Calim Desert all the way to the docks of Calimport. There Captain Deudermont offers the boy refuge aboard his ship -- without realizing the deadly price he will pay for his loyalty. As perilous storms rock Sea Sprite and vicious pirates bombard its decks, a mysterious force gathers in the Moonshaes, threatening to bring Deudermont's ship -- and Maimun's quest -- crashing to an end on its shores.
Best known for his epic tales of Drizzt Do'Urden, one of the most beloved fantasy characters of all time, The New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore, along with his son Geno, has crafted yet another swiftly paced saga set in a world filled with magic, menacing monsters, and clanging swords. In this second book of The Stone of Tymora trilogy, the Salvatores continue their gripping tale of a boy who learns, under the watchful eye of Drizzt, how to stand against the darkness to fight for his friends -- and for himself.
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- Pinch of salt
- 2 cups (480ml) chopped fruit or whole berries of your choice
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (120ml) sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp orange juice
- Mix all ingredients together in a large mixing bowl.
- Strain the batter to get rid of lumps, then put in refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Brush 12 inch (30cm) pan with butter. Ladle batter onto pan as if making crepes. leave space for spreading.
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How to Use Obama's College Scorecard
The new tool is a good starting point to weigh college options, but lacks context, experts say.
President Obama wasted no time fulfilling one of the promises made in last night's State of the Union address, releasing the administration's new College Scorecard earlier today.
The interactive tool, designed to help parents and prospective students determine which college will give them "the most bang for their education buck," shows consumers how a school stacks up in terms of cost, graduation rates, student loan default rates, and median borrowing.
[Find out which school's graduates have the least debt.]
One of several college-choice websites offered via the Department of Education's College Affordability and Transparency Center—which houses the government's College Navigator and Net Price Calculator Center—the scorecard should be used in tandem with other resources, says Justin Draeger, president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
"[It] may be a starting point, but certainly shouldn't be the end point," Draeger says. "You can go in; you can get some very basic information, recognizing that the data being used to populate the scorecard is federal data, which isn't comprehensive."
Noticeably absent from that data: employment rates and average earnings for graduates, as noted by Amy Laitinen, a former education policy advisor at the Department of Education and White House.
At first glance, College Scorecard looks good. But a big blank where employment outcomes should be 1.usa.gov/11Fen0n. #freethedata
— Amy Laitinen (@amylaitinen1) February 13, 2013
The mere inclusion of an employment section—which the administration hopes to update with data in the future—is a step in the right direction, notes Rachel Fishman, a policy analyst with the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank.
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"By putting an employment section on the Scorecard, the Department is sending strong messages to institutions, students, families, and taxpayers that employment data is necessary to understand the outcomes of our institutions of higher education," Fishman writes in a recent blog post.
Students should dig through other resources—including the U.S. News college directory, an institution's website, and, eventually, the Financial Aid Shopping Sheet—and fill out the FAFSA in order to get a better picture of which school is going to be the best fit, says NASFAA's Draeger.
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Additional research will be especially important for so-called nontraditional students, ages 25 and older, who account for roughly 50 percent of college enrollment, Draeger says, adding that the scorecard focuses on traditional, dependent students.
"This is giving you a snapshot based on very basic federal data," he says. "It's incumbent on the student then to follow up … asking the school directly … 'How is a student like me reflected in this data?'"
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LAFOLLETTE—The first reading of the LaFollette city budget was unanimously approved by city council Tuesday even though expenditures exceed anticipated income by $30,570.
TENNESSEE—Gas prices in the state made modest declines last week and the discount at the pump is likely to continue in the near future.
LaFOLLETTE—A local writer has recently published a book about angels — but not the ones who wear robes and halos.
LaFOLLETTE—A man who drove into a parked car on E. Central Avenue Friday, May 23 was arrested by LaFollette Police after failing a field sobriety test.
LAFOLLETTE—The LaFollette Police Department arrested a man May 23 for allegedly urinating then shaking his genitals in front of his neighbors.
LAFOLLETTE—At the request of LaFollette resident Jen Hopkins, the city government will look into a new ordinance that would allow residents to keep chickens on their property.
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Editor's Note: The following announcement comes from Hopkins Public Schools.
Hopkins Public Schools is hosting an Information Fair on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. for families who would like to learn about the District and the options available to them. Principals and staff will be available to answer questions and provide information. The event takes place at the Eisenhower Community Center (1001 Highway 7, Room 164, Hopkins) in room 233.
The Information Fair is designed to showcase the variety of programs that Hopkins Public Schools offers. Families will be able to learn about STEM, digital curriculum, Chinese immersion, and Juntos Spanish Immersion, early childhood education and much more.
The deadline for families who live outside the Hopkins Schools District to open enroll in is January 15, 2012. Families can open enroll after that date, but may be placed on a waiting list.
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