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Policy Paper
Getting Back to Business… as Usual? Legislative Spending in the 113th Congress
October 30, 2013
Policy Paper No. 172 BillTally Report 113-1 October 31, 2013
Getting Back to Business … as Usual? Legislative Spending in the 113th Congress
I. Introduction
Many Americans may be hoping that Congress and the White House can get back to business after the government shutdown and the temporary resolution of the debt ceiling crisis. The government re-opened, but "business" is neither normal nor sustainable. The debt limit was effectively raised, but the underlying problems that continually require Congress to increase it were not addressed: the government still spends more than it collects, and the long-term outlook remains grim for social welfare programs such as Social Security and Medicare. In the absence of pro-growth regulatory and tax policies, our elected leaders will have to find a way to tackle the unfunded liability gap for these and other entitlement programs. Rather than work with Congress to confront the nation's near- and long-term fiscal imbalance, the President has thus far preferred to press ahead with other unfinished spending proposals such as immigration reform and the farm bill.
Moreover, the additional borrowing authority granted in H.R. 2775, the Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2014, will only provide a lifeline through early next year to continue Washington's chronic deficit spending. It is estimated that on February 7 the government will once more have reached its new debt limit. As Yogi Berra said, "It's like déjà vu all over again."
What is to be done? Everyone seems to have an answer. There are countless editorials and public pundits urging Washington to get its fiscal house in order. The question is how? Policymakers do have a starting point: legislation that has already been drafted and introduced in the House and Senate. According to National Taxpayers Union Foundation's (NTUF's) analysis, the savings proposals offered during the first six months of this Congress would, if enacted into law all at once, would decrease annual expenditures by $452.8 billion. However, these reductions were dwarfed by $1.736 trillion in plans to boost spending.
Since 1991, NTUF has computed the legislative spending agendas of Members of Congress by analyzing the costs – and savings – of the bills that they sponsor and cosponsor as part of our BillTally research project. BillTally is the only comprehensive look at the potential cost to taxpayers of what each lawmaker wishes to spend, independent of floor votes.
This report covers the total cost of Congress's agenda, and provides analysis by policy topic. Included are the cost estimates of 438 House bills and 230 Senate bills from the first six months of the current Congress that would affect outlays by at least $1 million.[1] Under BillTally's methodology, overlapping proposals that would enact the same program are not double counted. For example, there are numerous bills to repeal all or some of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Similarly there are also multiple measures to increase federal expenditures relating to granting full representation in Congress for the residents of the District of Columbia. Only the largest increase or savings among these sets of related proposals are counted.
In addition, there is complex legislation that impacts outlays over multiple issue areas. In some cases these are duplicative of either stand-alone bills or sections of other legislation. For purposes of this analysis, some of these types of bills were split into their component parts to track spending by issue area and to properly account for sections that contain overlapping proposals.
II. Findings
A. Ratios and Cost of All Bills in the House
Table 1 includes the number of bills introduced in the House and Senate during the first six months of the 113th Congress. For each cut bill in the House there were over four increases, and there were nearly six increases per cut in the Senate.
As a point of comparison, the table also shows the number of bills scored during the First Session of the 112th Congress, and the cumulative total for the First and Second Sessions combined. In both Chambers, the ratio of increases to cuts is higher now than it was during the previous Congress. If last Congress's trend rate continues this year, it is unlikely that the quantity of increases to cuts would become more balanced. The House's ratio was essentially unchanged by the end of both years of the 112th Congress, having started out at 3.88 and barely dropped to 3.87. The Senate's ratio of hikes to cuts rose from 4.37 to 4.60, representing a slight drift from the focus on finding ways to save taxpayers' money.
Moreover, the interest in identifying budget cuts waned over the course of the preceding Congress. In several instances, there is a lag between the time a bill is introduced and when a cost estimate becomes available for it. A closer examination of the timeline of the introduction of bills in the previous Congress (House and Senate, combined) that would have reduced spending shows that 53 percent of the savings were drafted in the first six months, 77 percent by the end of the first year, and 92 percent by the 18-month mark. Unless there is a major news event that focuses attention on budgetary waste or the magnitude of the federal debt level, the Congressional agenda moves onto other issues – which tend to require new federal funding.
B. Ratios and Cost of All Bills in the House
Table 2 shows the House bills that were split up to keep track of spending by policy area and to account for duplicate proposals. NTUF identified 494 separate spending or saving measures of which 434 were non-overlapping, unique proposals. Among these, there were 361 increases and 73 cuts: a ratio of nearly five to one.
Together, the savings measures would reduce spending by $356.5 billion.[2] If these cuts were enacted, it would result in a 9.7 percent reduction in FY 2013's outlays of $3.69 trillion. However, the increases drafted by Representatives would yield a hike in outlays of over $1.56 trillion: a 42 percent increase relative to the budget baseline. For each $1 in cuts, House measures included $4.22 in increases.
A large portion of the spending proposed in the House would result from enactment of proposals to establish universal health care programs. There are two related bills in the House, H.R. 676, the Expanded & Improved Medicare for All Act, that would create a single-payer program under which the government covers all health care costs, and H.R. 1200, the American Health Security Act of 2013, that would establish a state-based program primarily supported with federal funding. H.R. 676 currently has the largest price tag of these proposals and would increase outlays by $1.16 trillion once fully implemented (a phased-in cost estimate is unavailable).[3] Excluding these proposals, new spending would still exceed budgetary reductions, but by a much smaller figure of $37.5 billion.
By the end of the first year in the previous Congress, NTUF identified a net total $1.12 trillion in new spending that would result from non-overlapping legislation, very close to the figure in the last Congress at just the half-way point in the Session.[4] But the dollar amounts were arrived at somewhat differently: the net cost of the increases came out higher ($1.72 trillion then compared to $1.55 trillion now) as did the reductions ($601.4 billion vs. $356.5 billion).
C. Ratios & Cost of All Bills in the Senate
While the net effect of legislation in the House – with or without the two universal health care proposals – would be to drive spending upward, the Senate's cumulative bills through the first six months would lead to net budgetary reductions amounting to $46.8 billion, or 1.3 percent of current outlays. Although there were five times as many measures to increase spending as there were to reduce them, the net value of the reductions exceeded the new spending. And compared to the House, there were fewer measures whose price tags topped $100 billion (such as proposals to further overall the health insurance sector or to enact another round of federal "stimulus" spending for job creation).
The net cost of all non-overlapping legislation was lower at the midway point of 2013 than it was by the end of the First Session of the previous Congress. By that point, NTUF identified 58 non-overlapping Senate proposals that would have reduced outlays and 364 non-overlapping increase proposals to hike spending. If all of the bills had become law, expenditures would have risen by a net $405.4 billion. A key difference is that as of the end of June of this year, there were no universal health care bills offered in the Senate. Last year's data included S. 915, the American Health Security Act of 2011, a companion to H.R. 1200 of the current Congress (see above). The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) completed a cost estimate for the American Health Security Act in 1993. In the absence of newer information, adjusting CBO's figures for inflation showed that it could cost $796.7 billion annually.[5]
D. Cost of All Non-overlapping Proposals in Congress
As noted, many sets of companion legislation are introduced separately in each Chamber. By comparing the non-overlapping proposals across the House and Senate, NTUF identified 556 measures – 85 percent of which would increase outlays. If all of these 470 proposals were enacted into law, spending would climb by nearly $1.74 trillion. This would boost total budget outlays by nearly half as much as the current level.
Out of all of the savings bills and measures offered by each Chamber, 86 were unique and non-overlapping. In total, these would cut outlays by $453 billion, leaving a net budgetary cost of $1.28 trillion if Congress passed every single one of the bills it drafted. For each dollar that would cut spending, proposals in Congress would increase spending by $3.83. Setting aside the plans to establish a single-payer health care system, the net impact of all unique proposals would add $123.8 billion annually to the budget.
The net cost of all the measures in both Chambers is very similar to what it was at the conclusion of the previous Congress. But so far in this Congress, Members have offered half as much new spending and less than half as many new budget cuts. In the 112th Congress final BillTally report, NTUF identified 1,141 unique measures to increase spending between the House and Senate.[6] If all of these proposals were enacted into law, spending would have climbed by nearly $2.5 trillion. Out of all of the savings bills offered by each Chamber, 198 were non-overlapping. In total, these would cut outlays by $1.2 trillion, leaving a net budgetary cost of $1.28 trillion.
E. Closer Look at the Spending Proposals
Where would the House and Senate direct your tax dollars? Table 5, above, lists the various policy and agenda issues where the non-overlapping legislation in each Chamber would increase spending (a summary of the savings proposals is available below). Data includes information on the total annualized and average costs of proposals addressing the listed topic.
Previous BillTally data has shown that bills addressing health care tend to be among the most expensive legislation from year to year, and the same is true for 2013. This is not a surprise in the House's roster of legislation, which includes a single-payer plan. Yet, the combined cost of health care proposals in the Senate – which does not include a universal health care plan – is still over four times greater than its next most expensive issue area: $115.3 billion compared to $27.3 billion for education-related spending. Other major proposals in this category would raise spending on research, including a $108.5 billion annual program to create a Medical Innovation Prize Fund (S. 627), a related $3.9 billion prize program for HIV/AIDS treatment (S. 626), and $3 billion to supplement research programs at the National Institutes of Health (H.R. 1301).[7] Other health-related proposals include a bill to repeal a provision in PPACA that cut payments to certain hospitals (H.R. 1920, $1.6 billion), a plan to open up the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to non-federal workers (included in H.R. 779, $7.5 billion), several approaches to increase the size of the health care workforce, and provisions to increase mental health spending in schools.
Education proposals are among the most numerous in Congress; they stand as the fourth most expensive agenda item in the House and the second most in the Senate. H.R. 1617, the Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act, included nearly $48 billion in new annual spending related to education, including funding for school modernization, additional maintenance costs, new teachers, and a student job corps. Other education-related initiatives focused on extending the reduced interest rates for federal student loans (the biggest price tag for which was $6.4 billion per year), making education tax credits refundable (S. 835, $6.1 billion annually), and providing for full funding of special education programs (S. 108, $4.6 billion per year).[8] Multiple bills were introduced with the intent to improve academic performance and track student progress in secondary schools.
There were some notable large differences between the House and Senate in a few areas:
F. The Sequester Cuts
One of the more contentious issues over the course of this year concerned the automatic budget cuts also known as sequestration. This mechanism was originally part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, but was triggered once a specially appointed bipartisan commission made up of 12 Members of the House and Senate failed to agree on a deficit reduction plan (in turn failing to abide by the spending caps created in the law). News coverage early in 2013 was dominated by stories predicting disastrous consequences if the sequester cuts for Fiscal Year 2013 were allowed to kick in starting on March 1.
Some legislators responded by drafting different bills that would delay, partially cancel, or fully cancel either or both rounds of the scheduled cuts. Some of these would have partially or fully replaced the across-the-board cuts with more targeted reductions, or with new taxes. Based on the latest estimates, sequestration was set to trigger $71.4 billion in cuts from the FY 2013 budget and another round that is estimated to total $109.3 billion from the FY 2014 budget. [10] However, in either case, the Congressional Budget Office determined that the outlay effects would occur over several years. At an annualized rate, repealing the remaining FY 2013 sequester would have cost $14.1 billion a year, while full repeal of next year's round would cost $26.4 billion annually within the five-year budget window.
Among the nine sequester-related bills that had determinable cost estimates, only S. 18 would more than offset the cost of repealing the automatic cuts. If enacted, the proposal would reduce outlays by a net of (i.e., greater than sequestration) $4.6 billion annually. Other repeal or delay legislation would cost between $852 million (H.R. 857) to $20.8 billion (H.R. 699) per year. H.R. 505 would repeal both rounds of sequester (annualized cost of $40.5 billion) and also included 22 other provisions (a combination of cuts and increases) with an additional net cost of $24.1 billion.
G. Closer Look at the Savings Proposals
Table 5 shows a breakdown of where Members of Congress would cut spending. The largest cut proposal, under the Miscellaneous category, was offered in S. 547, the One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2013. The bill specifies an FY 2014 ceiling of $3.3 trillion, which would then be reduced by one percent annually (creating caps through FY 2016). In subsequent years, outlays would be limited to 19 percent of GDP. BillTally's methodology maintains a skepticism regarding Congress's ability to adhere to such caps over the long term. Thus, only the first two years are included. NTUF determined the proposal would reduce federal outlays by $166 billion in its first year, and by an additional $33 billion in the second year.[11] A related proposal and the fifth-largest cutting item, offered as H.R. 57 (also under Miscellaneous), would enact across-the-board 15 percent rescissions in discretionary spending excluding defense, homeland security, and veterans programs for annual savings of $53.9 billion.[12]
The second largest savings proposal would reform the Tax Code by enacting a flat tax and eliminating refundable credits. These are tax credits which result in spending because they are available to individuals who pay little or no income tax. S. 173, the Simplified, Manageable, And Responsible Tax Act, would decrease spending by $85.8 billion annually. Related proposals have been introduced in each of the last several Congresses and the savings total has increased as the expenditures for the refundable portion of these credits has steadily risen each year. In the 112th Congress, this legislation would have saved $77.2 billion in outlays.
The third largest savings proposal, offered in H.R. 45 and S. 177, would repeal the controversial PPACA.[a] Based on information released by CBO in 2012, this could result in savings of up to $63.9 billion per year.[13] The Congressional Budget Office has not yet completed a new cost estimate for repeal.
The above proposals chiefly have Republican cosponsors. The two largest savings proposals offered by Democrats – which round out the list of the ten largest cutting bills in this Congress – are H.R. 1506 and the companion bills H.R. 1588 and S. 740. H.R. 1506, the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures Act (also included as a partial offset to new spending in H.R. 505) would reduce military spending on nuclear-related weaponry, research, and aircraft for a savings of $10 billion annually.[14] The other pair of bills, both introduced as the Medicare Drug Savings Act of 2013, would force pharmaceutical companies that sell drugs to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries to "rebate" an additional portion of their earnings to the Treasury. The "rebates" would be scored in the budget as receipts. Based on information from sponsors of the legislation in the previous Congress, this could provide an offset of $10 billion per year (though with the potential for lost revenues elsewhere as the companies' research spending, and therefore growth, could be slowed in the future).[15]
III. Conclusion
During the 112th Congress, which saw an influx of Tea Party freshmen, BillTally data tracked an upswing in the number and size of cutting proposals in both the House and the Senate. Supporters of small government were able to cheer aspects of the Budget Control Act that initiated the first significant budget cuts since the 104th Congress. Both the right and left were able to claim partial victories with the passage of the American Taxpayer Relief Act, which preserved some of the 2001 and 2003 taxpayer relief laws but boosted tax burdens elsewhere. Despite these spending cuts and tax hikes, deficits persist. Even with the rosy economic and tax revenue projections over the next ten years contained in the President's latest budget, deficits still would average over $520 billion per year.
The latest budget showdown over the funding of the so-called Affordable Care Act and the debt ceiling crisis essentially ended in a tie. An opportunity to immediately tackle head-on the impending entitlement funding crisis was squandered. Instead, yet another committee of Members of Congress was tasked with working out the short-term budget. Many Americans are hopeful, but not optimistic, that it will have better success than its predecessors in reaching an agreement.
Long-term issues and chronic deficits still need to be addressed. BillTally data for this Congress is showing that significant budget cuts have been introduced, yet they are on pace to fall short of the levels seen in the previous Congress. And, as the recent budget battle showed, there is a significant level of resistance to additional cuts among members of both parties' establishments. In post-shutdown Washington, taxpayers concerned about deficits and dysfunctional government definitely don't equate "back to business" with "business as usual."
Demian S. Brady
Director of Research
The data and analysis in this report were compiled with the assistance of Research and Outreach Manager Dan Barrett and Policy Analyst Michael Tasselmyer.
End Notes
[a] There were also several other versions of this proposal introduced in Congress, as well as separate bills to repeal parts of the legislation.
[1] The next BillTally report, in early 2014, will include cost estimates for all bills through the entire First Session of the 113th Congress, and will include analysis of sponsorship and cosponsorship of proposals to increase or decrease spending.
[2] Office of Management and Budget, Appendix: Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2014, "Summary Tables," April 2013. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2014/assets/tables.pdf.
[3] National Taxpayers Union Foundation, "The Taxpayers Tab: Vol. 4, Issue #8," March 4, 2013. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/taxpayerstab/4-8.html.
[4] Demian Brady, "Reading the Tea (Party) Leaves: The First Session of the 112th Congress," National Taxpayers Union Foundation Policy Paper #170, May 15, 2012. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/billtally-report-112-1.html.
[5] HR 1200, American Health Security Act of 1993, Congressional Budget Office, December 16, 1993. http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/ftpdocs/79xx/doc7945/93doc08b.pdf.
[6] Demian Brady, "Getting the Budget Under Control? Legislative Spending in the 112th Congress," National Taxpayers Union Foundation Policy Paper #171, May 28, 2013. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/billtally-report-112-3.html.
[7] National Taxpayers Union Foundation, "The Taxpayers Tab: Vol. 4, Issue #16," May 3, 2013. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/taxpayerstab/4-16.html.
[8] This edition examined competing proposals addressing student loan interest rates: National Taxpayers Union Foundation, "The Taxpayers Tab: Vol. 4, Issue #21," June 14, 2013. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/taxpayerstab/4-21.html.
[9] National Taxpayers Union Foundation, "The Taxpayers Tab: Vol. 4, Issue #10," March 22, 2013. http://ntu.org/ntuf/taxpayerstab/4-10.html.
[10] Congressional Budget Office, "Estimate of the Budgetary Effects of S. 18, the Sequester Replacement and Spending Reduction Act of 2013, as introduced on February 27, 2013," February 28, 2013. http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/s18.pdf.
Loren Adler and Shai Akabas, "A Guide to the 2014 Sequester," June 3, 2013. http://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/2013/06/guide-2014-sequester.
[11] National Taxpayers Union Foundation, "The Taxpayers Tab: Vol. 4, Issue #15," April 25, 2013. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/taxpayerstab/4-15.html.
[12] National Taxpayers Union Foundation, "The Taxpayers Tab: Vol. 4, Issue #2," January 18, 2013. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/taxpayerstab/4-2.html.
[13] National Taxpayers Union Foundation, "The Taxpayers Tab: Vol. 4, Issue #18," May 17, 2013. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/taxpayerstab/4-18.html.
[14] National Taxpayers Union Foundation, "The Taxpayers Tab: Vol. 4, Issue #27," July 25, 2013. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/taxpayerstab/4-27.html.
[15] National Taxpayers Union Foundation, "The Taxpayers Tab: Vol. 2, Issue #39," November 8, 2011. http://www.ntu.org/ntuf/taxpayerstab/2-39.html.


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Memo to All AP Propagandists: It's Okay to Call It 'ObamaCare' Now
Apparently most reporters at the Associated Press, aka the Administration's Propagandists, lost the memo that Reuters got ("Obama Campaign: Obamacare Not a Bad Word After All"). Either that, or they haven't been paying attention their Obama For America emails.
OFA and President Obama himself both say it's now okay to call the fraudulently named Affordable Care Act which became law in March 2010 "ObamaCare"; the only matter in dispute is whether one should capitalize the "c." Jeff Mason at Reuters, which was already a bit late with its own report, tried to explain it all Monday evening, but "somehow" forgot what may be the most obvious motivation, namely that the "affordable" part of the original bill's title has been proven to be anything but:
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President Barack Obama's campaign has embraced the term "Obamacare," seeking to turn the negative name Republicans assigned to his healthcare reform effort into a positive branding tool just as the Supreme Court studies the law's constitutionality.
"Happy birthday, Obamacare," Jim Messina, the president's campaign manager, wrote in an email to supporters last week to note the anniversary of the reform becoming law.
"If you're tired of the other side throwing around that word like it's an insult, then join me in sending a message that we're proud of it," he wrote.
David Axelrod, the president's top campaign strategist, was more blunt.
"Hell yeah, I like Obamacare," he said in an email to Obama supporters, encouraging them to express the same sentiment by clicking on a link to a campaign website and typing in their email address and zip code.
It was not always this way.
The White House has referred studiously to Obama's signature legislative accomplishment as the "Affordable Healthcare Act" for most of the two years since it passed.
Meanwhile, Republicans coined "Obamacare" to tie the president to the law, which polls show is still very unpopular with many Americans.
Axelrod's email went out Friday evening. The servers at the Associated Press must be really slow.
In a report time-stamped early this morning, the wire service's Connie Cass wrote:
All four GOP presidential candidates now promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which they call "Obamacare." Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum calls it "the death knell for freedom."
In a Monday morning item about ObamaCare arguments occurring later that day at the Supreme Court, Jesse Holland wrote that the Affordable Care Act is "derisively labeled 'Obamacare' by its opponents."
It turns out that Cass and Holland didn't even read their own employer's related stories, or they would have known that in a dispatch time-stamped early Saturday morning, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar quoted Obama himself as saying that calling it "Obamacare" is now okey-dokey:
"Call it Obamacare - that's OK, because I do care," he said to cheers at an Atlanta gathering. "That's why we passed it. I care about folks who were going bankrupt because they were getting sick."
As noted earlier, I believe that the biggest problem is that the word "affordable" in act's original name has turned into a laughingstock with the latest reports coming from the Congressional Budget Office. Leftists would rather we forget that anyone ever said that state-run health care would be affordable.
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ObysmalCare, Barry Blunder's Waterloo
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 1:21pm.
You just can't shine a turd.
This is hilarious, now that Barry Blunder's campaign dweebs think that they can reverse the innuendo by copping the insulting nickname at this late date?
Barry: Everybody thinks I am an idiot.
Plouffe: Yes they do and yes they are.
Barry: Hey, I have an idea... let's defuse this insult...
Plouffe: Really, how?
Barry: My new nickname is President Idiot.
Plouffe: Youre an idiot.
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Considering that Team Obama
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 1:47pm.
Considering that Team Obama IS sellling T-shirts that say 'Obamacare' on them.............and even 'it's a BFD'............I guess we were right all along. And buy one, and explain to your 8 year old daughter what BFD' means, while you're at it.
Oh, and now you can buy an official Obama 'hoodie'...........................I'm guessin' (Obamaspeak) that they'll soon be offering 'Mom's jeans' too...............and maybe some trademark masks of Trayvon Martin, so that you can look JUST LIKE the son that Boy Baraka never had!!!
You can't make this crap up................
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So we now call it ObamAA+DoesntCare
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 1:56pm.
There. All fixed.
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Free stinker should work on my car!
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 2:08pm.
He has a habit of fixing things right!
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Professional reporting
Submitted by redfish on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 2:27pm.
Professional reporting shouldn't use nicknames like that in place of the real names of the acts anyway.
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You've IDed the problem, Red.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 2:37pm.
"Professional reporting" ceased to exist a few years ago.
They're all just hackers and crackers lately.
I did decide to name my favorite cookie after Obama since the "white Hispanic" incident by the NYT, however.
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Actually, bubba, they ARE
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 3:04pm.
Actually, bubba, they ARE 'professionals', since they get paid a helluva lot more money than you or me, probably - and they DO 'report'.........but it's usually their opinion and their bias and their agenda, which more often than not goes contrary to the 'real news'.
And the name of your favorite cookie is?????
I don't eat them, but we could call Boy Baraka a 'twinkie'.............or even a 'ding dong'.
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There is already a cookie named after the RBFSOB.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 3:59pm.
Black and White. Very tasty.
I've got to give it to you, though. Ding Dong seems to apply, too.
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Only racists don't like black
Submitted by redfish on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 8:43pm.
Only racists don't like black and white cookies!
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I've got a black-and-white
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 2:12am.
I've got a black-and-white cat named Oreo.............is that 'racist'??? She is about as straight-forward and honest as you can imagine - and she is HELL on mice and rats and vermin!!! And anyway, Boy Baraka is black and white and RED all over!!!
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Memo to AP Propagandists: It's OK To Call Barry a Failure
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 3:13pm.
Look, as long as we are getting on the Revised Rhetoric Train...
Maybe we could start calling a disaster a disaster. ( I couldn't say "calling a spade a spade...")
Barry Obysmal = Train Wreck
ObysmalCare = Job-Killing-Welfare-Program
ObysmalCare Defeated in SCOTUS = Barry Blunder's Watershed Moment & First Day Of The Rest of Our Lives
Barry Obysmal = One-Termer, Jimmy-Carter-Lite
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Submitted by Blonde on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 3:33pm.
All perfect except your last....let me fix it for you.
Barry Obysmal = One -Termer, Jimmy Carter - Cubed.
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Blonde, Grazie, Prego on the "Fix"...
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 4:22pm.
Hopefully, by November, he will be equally-reviled to the Peanut Farmer
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I listened and read everything in regards to today's testimony.
Submitted by jdripper on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 3:24pm.
If I was Obama I would not want to hoist the pennant of look what we did in regards to this. Who cares what it is called. Justice Kennedy with his opening questions destroyed the solicitor general.
The two on this who had not made up their minds before today, Justices Roberts and Kennedy, asked great questions.
Jeffrey Toobin from CNN called it a train wreck. The consensus opinion from the Harvard Law School said the opposition carried the day. When the liberals who began the day saying that the law would be held up are heading to the nearest bar you know this was a terrible day for them.
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Ain't it interesting?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 4:04pm.
Nobody EVER mentions the four liberals who are in the tank, as being in the process of "making up their minds." They came in knowing what they were going to do.
The only ones who are "in play" are all on the conservative to moderate Constitutionalist side.
Seems like we could just get rid of the four hand puppets and save a lot of time and money and just assume four votes for the liberal, unconstitutional issues.
The conservatives would still have to look at the issues and decide.
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Question To AP Propagandists: What Does This Picture Say?
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 11:22am.
Does it say Moosechelle will do anything to avoid kissing Barry Blunder? It's really funny. When you Google "Obama kissing his wife, almost every picture that comes up shows the Moose turning away.
Does Barry have bad case of smoker's breath?
Does Moosechelle just hate him?
Why is he kissing his enemies on the lips?
Is this better than bowing?
Please help me, AP.
I just want to know how to spin this.
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Larry Diamond - Stanford University
On 15-16 November 2002, the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law of the Institute for International Studies at Stanford University sponsored a workshop in Stanford, CA on "Regime Transitions from Communist Rule in Comparative Perspective." Over 40 individuals attended the workshop, including many notable American and international scholars. The six individual sessions of the workshop examined a variety of issues: the transitions model two decades later; whether transitions from communist rule are distinctive; theoretical perspectives seeking to explain the variation in outcome among post-communist regimes; and regional perspectives examining the variation in outcome in Central and Eastern Europe, the Slavic Region, the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. The workshop also sought to determine whether there is a compelling intellectual rationale for a larger scale, multi-year project on transitions from communism or if the workshop itself represented the capstone event.
The workshop was organized by Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Michael McFaul, Hoover Institution and Political Science, and Gail Lapidus, Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Studies. Workshop participants included scholars at many of the leading political science and government departments in the United States, as well as scholars associated with international academic institutions, governments, and development organizations. This report summarizes the presentations given as part of the workshop, and the discussion that followed. Every effort has been made to portray accurately the range of opinions expressed; however, space and organizational considerations resulted in omissions and paraphrasing. Kathryn Ducceschi, who served as a rapporteur during the meeting with John Cieslewicz, authored this document, and the workshop organizers served as editors.
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Juniper Black Ale (JBA) - Beer Camp #16 (Best Of Beer Camp) - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
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3.35/5 rDev -14.8%
Picked up the Beer Camp 12 pack first time I saw it.
Poured into SA perfect pint glass.
A- Pours a rich brown hue, a big foamy mocha head forms. Beer sits black in glass. Head resides to a nice filmy & rocky mix that leaves good lacing.
S- Nice wiff of roasted dark malt, bittersweet chocolate. Mostly cocoa in nose, some very slight pine in background. The smell is dark but light in body. Smells like a single chocolate stout.
T- A quick smooth roasted malt taste upfront that transitions into a irish stout tanginess. Caramel, some toffee, cocoa nibs first. Some mild bitterness, but more metallic tang. Rather basic.
M- Medium-light bodied, rather wet which only sightly dries. This is a good tongue twister. The semi-bitter tangy feel resides on tongue for a while. Some chocolate in finish. Quite light for how the color would indicate.
O- A very nice sessionable brew. Nice and easy to drink. I would like some more body. A good beer to try.
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8%ABV.Winter Warmer..uh nope.This American Black ale infused with juniper poured near pitch black except for a ruby tinge when held right up to the light,a 1/2 finger off white head atop.Piney hop and more piney hop in the nose,unsweetened chocolate really comes thru as well,the juniper gives off a similar pine aroma but it stands out from the hops.Earthy tones and unsweetened chocolate set the table for the beer,pine resin as well as a light pine cone note.This is a cool beer, highly hopped and "dark" tasting,as I drink more a French roast coffee flavor really lingers,I like it alot because of its complexity.
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12-08-2013 01:49:38 | More by aszatk01
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My second foray into Beer Camp. In a Sam Adams pint glass the beer was a very dark brown, almost black, color. A tan head left some lace.
Roasted malt aroma. Juniper. Earthy.
Coffee and a bit of chocolate. Piney hops. And juniper, which kind of takes over.
Nice beer, medium to full bodied. This was one of those beers that need to be drunk one at a time.
07-31-2011 19:13:01 | More by lordofthewiens
3.53/5 rDev -10.2%
12oz bottle. Pours a dark black/brown with a big rocky light tan head that retains well and laces the glass.
The aroma is roasted malts with some char, some dark fruits, black licorice and some juniper and floral notes.
The flavor is roasted malts, black licorice and a little dark fruit with a big bitter finish. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with smooth, slightly watery, carbonation.
Overall, an interesting beer. A little too charred and unbalanced for me.
09-27-2011 05:00:03 | More by Beaver13
New York
3.75/5 rDev -4.6%
08-29-2012 11:34:25 | More by generallee
5/5 rDev +27.2%
12-09-2011 05:53:58 | More by iemailjack
New Jersey
3.75/5 rDev -4.6%
05-18-2013 05:47:49 | More by megamass
4/5 rDev +1.8%
The beer pours a dark brown to black color with a tan head. The aroma is heavy on the roasted malt and chocolate with some juniper and resiny pine notes mixed in. The flavor is more of the same. I get a lot of chocolate and bitter roasted malt, as well as some pine and juniper notes. Low to medium bitterness. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation.
05-08-2011 20:28:58 | More by Mora2000
3.75/5 rDev -4.6%
05-12-2012 19:46:23 | More by Skye1024
New Jersey
3.68/5 rDev -6.4%
Poored from bottle into a pilsner (what i have).
Poors an opaque black with a thick tan head that lingers. Some lacing though not much.
Some juniper scent with plenty of coffee and roasted malt smell.
Taste is a litte more bitter than initially espected, but not terribly so. Roasted malt flavor is apparent. Some juniper is present though neither hidden or overpowering.
Despite its appearance, the black ale is not creamy in the mouth. Plenty of carbonation.
Overall, a pretty solid beer. A good kick that is well hidden. Would recommend this one.
06-24-2011 01:06:59 | More by lostandwandering
3.93/5 rDev 0%
Best of Beer Camp #16: Juniper Black Ale
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Nonic Imperial Pint. Bottled on 1098 (April 8, 2011)
Appearance: Near black with a garnet hue. Nice tan head that leaves lacing lines down the glass.
Smell: Chocolate, coffee, spicy hops and a light gin-like character.
Taste: Roasted backbone of semi-sweet chocolate and coffee. Finish is piney and spicy with a long juniper aftertaste reminiscent of a gin and tonic.
Feel: Smooth, somewhat full body with low carbonation. Oddly dry finish from the juniper.
Overall: While pretty good overall, I am going to go old school and rate this metric on drinkability. While interesting, the juniper is more of a distraction than an asset, especially on the aftertaste. Still, must give some credit for this experiment, which some may enjoy immensely.
05-08-2011 02:34:52 | More by bsp77
New York
4/5 rDev +1.8%
11-15-2011 04:30:16 | More by mjtiernan
New York
4.13/5 rDev +5.1%
2011- the best of beer camp #16- juniper black ale
12 oz bottle at fridge temp poured into a snifter.
pours out pretty much completely opaque black with a nice thick 1 1/2 fingers of khaki colored head that eventually settled to a thin retentive layer which is easily roused by a light swirl. some sporadic sticky lace all over.
not much juniper in the aroma, maybe a slight fruitiness. mostly roasted malt mingling with pine and citrus hops. alcohol is evident, but nothing overpowering.
not a whole lot of the juniper berries at first. a slight woody/ herbal fruitiness comes in the more it warms, but the taste is mostly roasted malt with pine and citrus hops in the finish. lots of lingering bitterness in the finish as well, which im assuming some comes from the juniper berries.
medium bodied, a nice carbonation for the style. creamy and smooth feeling with a palate impacting lingering bitterness.
overall: a super drinkable beer. not super complex, but lots of hops and slight nuances of juniper make for a great beer. id buy this again if SN made it avilable on its own in 6 packs.
06-19-2011 20:06:13 | More by dogfishandi
4.03/5 rDev +2.5%
Bottle (2011)
Oceanside, CA
A dark, nearly black pour with dark brown edges. Thick and persistent tan head. Thick and consistent lacing down the glass.
Roasted malt and piney, floral hops combine for a strong and unique aroma. There's some chocolate scent and just the slightest hint of sweet berry. I've certainly never smelled anything like it. It seems like a hoppy stout with just a touch of sweet fruit added. Interesting.
More piney hops in the flavor than I would have gathered from the aroma alone. Although it's full of flavor, it's actually incredibly well balanced by strong roasted malt and coffee flavors. I don't taste much, if any, juniper berry.
Rich, relatively heavy mouthfeel. But it feels like a Sierra Nevada beer, and that is always a good thing.
A unique and interesting stout/black IPA/porter hybrid. A lot of interesting flavors and a wonderful beer, but not one I could drink a lot of.
06-24-2011 21:01:41 | More by ehammond1
4.08/5 rDev +3.8%
Poured from 12 oz. bottle into a Samuel Adams perfect pint glass.
Appearance: Very dark brown and black with a little color shining through the bottom. Big three finger tan head with very good retention and lots of lacing.
Smell: Aroma of earthy, grassy hops backed by dark roasted malts. Strong hints of dark chocolate and coffee as well as some sweet dark berries.
Taste: Grassy, piney hops and dark roasted malts up front give way to the sweet juniper berries with hints of chocolate and coffee. Finishes with some more hop bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with a moderate level of carbonation. Fairly smooth and creamy.
Overall: A very interesting and tasty version of a black ale.
06-28-2011 05:40:21 | More by MattyG85
4.33/5 rDev +10.2%
Low white frothy head tops a dark and nearly opaque brownish black. Inviting aroma of toasty malt, cocoa and leather. Rich
Flavors of darkly toasted malt and cocoa, paired with floral notes and flavorful bitters. Notes of juniper berry, freshly trimmed cypress, and pungent bitters. Slightly tannic mouthfeel, a bit powdery. Great beer.
09-19-2011 11:44:50 | More by far333
3.95/5 rDev +0.5%
Wow, winter warmer? This is a straight black ale if you ask me. Pours black, big tan head coming out of it. Great aroma, bitter, pine, hoppy, and juniper more than a nuance (although I've had it after some hoppy beers that make the juniper a little tougher to detect). Trees.
Taste, bitter, but roasty, taste profile of a stout at times, but the viscosity of a black ale/ipa. Bitter juniper mouthfeel. Hides the alcohol quite well. Dry.
Good price point for an 8.5% beer. Would recommend.
06-06-2011 17:40:48 | More by Beerandraiderfan
West Virginia
4.18/5 rDev +6.4%
Appears a dark roastd malted barley with a light tan head forming thick, the body has ruby brown highlights when held toward the light. Head leaves behind chunky bands of lacing. Aroma has herbal highlights with an earthy air of juniper additions, herbal pine mix of hops very nice smelling stuff with dark roasted malts this maybe the beer that actually makes it into produection. No offense but this kicks their Porter, and Stouts ass. Creamy dark chocolate flavor with piney/herbal hop bitterness blending together with a dry dark coffee finish. I've really enjoyed the Best of Beer Camp 2011 release this is #16 and I can't wait to see more of these exciting mixed 12 packs with different more experimental styles than their mainstream offerings. Mouthfeel finishes dry with dark malted barley bitterness, medium to fuller bodied even carbonation going on. Overall I think I said it best when I think this beer will make it into production.
05-08-2011 22:35:05 | More by WVbeergeek
South Carolina
3.93/5 rDev 0%
12 oz bottle from 2011 Beer Camp pack served in a pint glass.
Opaque black with a reddish brown fringe and a very ample and durable frothy tan head.
A fine hoppy aroma with an unusual evergreen sappy note I assume is juniper. Fairly strong aroma. Alcohol evident after warming.
T - plenty of hop flavor as well as medium and dark roasted malts. A bit herbal and earthy. An odd bitter finish with notes of coffee, reflecting the mix of hops, juniper and, perhaps malts. Rather strong flavor which, with the evergreen component, approaches the challenging level.
M - medium body with good carbonation but a small bite in the semi-dry finish.
O - This Black IPA may work best if treated as a Imp. stout or a winter warmer, but it worked fine for me at the end of this exceptionally hot day.
06-01-2011 01:09:42 | More by chinchill
4.15/5 rDev +5.6%
Bottle from the mixed 12-pack purchased from Green's on Ponce in Atlanta.
Pours black with a tan head leaving solid lacing.
Smells of smooth roasted malts with good amounts of unsweetened chocolate with hints of citrus hops and lighter hints of herbal juniper.
Tastes similar to how it smells, though not quite as robust. Robust roasted malt flavors up front are quickly tempered by semi-sweet chocolate. The citrus and pine hops and juniper hit their stride midway through, carrying through to a solidly bitter ending. Mouthfeel is very good, with smooth carbonation.
Overall this was different than I was expecting, with the juniper playing a small part and the roasted influence stronger than I was expecting. A solid beer that's worth a shot.
07-04-2011 03:08:06 | More by glid02
4/5 rDev +1.8%
11-24-2011 13:36:14 | More by dsauter
3.88/5 rDev -1.3%
ST: 12oz poured into an oversized wine glass.
A: Very dark brown with a thin head that collects around the edge of the glass. It does not have great retention, but it does leave nice spot lacing.
S: Coffee, roasted malt, smoke, chocolate, bread, some juniper, and grapefruit.
T: Lots of roasted malt character join espresso bean, char, smoke, and grapefruit. The finish is very bitter with a mix of grapefruit, juniper, and smoke that lingers on the tongue.
M: On the heavy side of medium bodied and dry.
O: American Black Ales should have a strong hop profile, and Sierra Nevada delivers in this ale: It is very bitter. However, this beer also has a lot of darker stout characteristics: lots of smoke and roasted malt. Because the beer is on the heavier side and is bitter, it is not a beer to be consumed in multiples if one is not a hop head.
07-09-2011 19:43:16 | More by ianjsullivan
3.68/5 rDev -6.4%
(Served in an American pint glass)
A- This beer pours a jet black body with a creamy deep tan head that last for a good bit. There is a carbonation of big bubbles gliding to the surface.
S- The green leafy aroma has hop pellets blended in and some mellow roasted black malt notes to finish. The beer has a new sneaker smell to the malt that grows as the beer opens up.
T- The bitter herbal flavor is followed by some much softer roasted malt notes and a green bitterness in the finish that has a strong pungency and a bit of a pith character.
M- The medium mouthfeel has a gentle alcohol heat that grows as the beer warms.
O- The green flavor is not distinctly hops with more of a pungent herbal flavor and not much support or balance from other flavors.
06-24-2011 19:58:20 | More by rhoadsrage
New Mexico
4.18/5 rDev +6.4%
Pours black and appears to be clear if one could see through it, a big tan/light brown head rests without much thought to receding above this moderately carbonated ale.
Aroma is light dark roasted malt with something else very far off but can't really discern what it is.
A rich dark roasted light chocolate malt taste with light accents but overpowered by the roasted malt, a very rich taste and mouthfeel, a very worthy drink.
Light to moderately dry aftertaste that brings the rich roasted malts right along with it.
A little heavy for me but a bottle or two of these are definitely worth the venture, check out a beer camp 12 pack before their gone.
07-04-2011 01:51:26 | More by LXIXME
Juniper Black Ale (JBA) - Beer Camp #16 (Best Of Beer Camp) from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
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"Super-easy and elegant, this is one of my favorite special-occasion dishes," writes Sandra Woolard from DeLand, Florida. "It's absolutely delicious!"Sandra Woolard, DeLand, Florida
- 4 slices Canadian bacon
- 2 slices Swiss cheese
- 4 Eggland's Best® Eggs
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Minced chives, optional
- Coat two shallow oval 1-1/2-cup baking dishes with cooking spray. Line with Canadian bacon; top with cheese. Carefully break two eggs into each dish.
- In a small bowl, whisk sour cream, salt and pepper until smooth; drop by teaspoonfuls onto eggs.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until eggs are completely set. Sprinkle with chives if desired. Yield: 2 servings.
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I watch baseball for a lot of reasons. I enjoy the symmetry of the game and its dimensions -- how a chopper to short perfectly straddles the line between hit and out. I'm fascinated with the isolation of the hitter/pitcher match-up, which is something unique in the major team sports. I like watching mascots in foam costumes run around the perimeter of a ballpark because sometimes they trip.
Mostly, though, I watch baseball because I want to be entertained. It's why you watch it, too. There are different ways you can be entertained, but that's the reason we watch. And on Tuesday, two entertaining (if unrealistic) scenarios were shot out of orbit.
The first had to do with Roger Clemens, 50-year-old man and known rascal, possibly considering a comeback with the Houston Astros. Clemens is a pretty odious individual by most accounts, but as a man who proudly wears this t-shirt, I err on the side of being entertained first, and worrying about personalities second, if at all. And Clemens pitching in a major-league game would have been pretty damned entertaining.
How would his stuff look? Would he get shellacked? Would he look like the Clemens from five years ago? Would he pitch again if the first outing was successful? What if he finished the season with a string of successful outings? Who do you think would win in a fight, Roger Clemens or Brett Farve?
Alas, we'll never know what a Clemens cameo would look like in the year 2012, as he has ruled out a return to the majors. He says he's just having fun in the Atlantic League, and while he might be fibbing, this is probably as close as we'll get to answering any of those hypothetical questions up there.
The second unrealistic scenario had to do with former Cubs outfielder Adam Greenberg, who was previously a baseball footnote before this video started making the rounds last week:
The video might seem a little mawkish and heavy-handed until you distill the story to its essence: In Greenberg's only major-league plate appearance, his career ended when he was drilled in the head. As a plot point to a movie, that seems unbelievable. But it happened. And a few years later, it lead to an online petition, asking the Chicago Cubs to give Greenberg one more at-bat.
The Cubs' response: No, thanks.
The stories of Clemens and Greenberg aren't similar in the slightest until you dig a bit. This was about being entertained, even if by a couple of publicity stunts. These were chances to debate and watch baseball in unique, once-in-a-generation ways.
At first, I was disappointed that neither one was going to happen. But a line in the Chicago Tribune's article on Greenberg slapped me straight.
To make a team's 40-man roster, Greenberg would have to get someone else removed, perhaps spoiling that player's big league dreams.
There's a consequence to these potential public-relations bonanzas. Professional baseball -- and the salaries and careers that go along with it -- is serious business. And, by extension, those 40-man roster spots are pretty serious, too. A player on a 40-man roster has a much better chance of getting called up, even if as back-of-the-roster fodder for a week. The Giants have given Francisco Peguero seven at-bats this year. Why? Not because he gave them their best chance to win, but because he was already on the 40-man roster and they needed a warm body.
If Peguero wasn't on the 40-man roster, he certainly wouldn't have been called up. And considering his unimpressive minor-league track record, that could have meant there was a chance he never would have been called up. When a fringe player is removed from a 40-man roster -- or blocked from ever being added in the first place -- his path to the majors goes from difficult to completely unlikely.
I wanted Clemens to pitch. I wanted Greenberg to get another at-bat. I wanted to be entertained. But upon closer reflection, I want baseball to be the same meritocracy that I'm used to. And that meritocracy allows for brief cameos from players we'll never remember, but who will have a game or two they'll never forget. That's not a bad trade-off. Being entertained for a few minutes is overrated in comparison.


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For this outfit, I went for a look with an overall geometric vibe. Do you see it? It kinda reminds me of algebra as well, with all the grids and curves. I'm particularly fond of this cropped top, and I'm excited to wear it again. Maybe with wide-leg trousers or high-waist shorts next time? I love that something as playful as a cropped top was made using a very structured fabric design. That way, it has a much more sophisticated vibe to it, instead of looking trashy or too sexy. You can find this top on stylemoi.nu!
This look, in my opinion, is a variant to your print-on-print trend. When donning different patterns together, I often stick to just one color palette. I did the same for this look, but to add a little twist, I decided to match these neutral accents with a bold red hue. I love that the plain fabrics in this look stand out because of their color, and that the prints stand out as well against a contrasting background.
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Teachers at Sheridan Hills Elementary School are hoping for a banner year of academic achievement after making the best progress in the metro last year at improving test scores.
Classes don't start until Tuesday, but teachers say they are ready to get going.
"I'm looking forward to getting to know all of my students," said Theresa Halpern, a second-grade teacher who hopes to raise the grade again this year. "We are definitely heading in the right direction."
It might seem odd to find optimism in the halls of Sheridan Hills after the Department of Education singled it out as one of the worst-performing schools in the state -- but the big gains made last year have the school looking toward the future with enthusiasm and hope.
Minnesota is now measuring its schools on a multiple measurement rating, or MMR, that replaces the old No Child Left Behind. The rating looks at student data and measures them on a number of criteria -- including proficiencies, achievement gap and student growth.
The rating is then used to qualify a school as "priority school" if it needs extra work, but teachers at Sheridan Hill are making remarkable progress under the new system.
Test scores show math proficiencies jumped 52 percent last year; reading proficiencies rose by 23 percent. Both those gains were among the highest improvements in the metro -- especially for a school were 68 percent of students are minorities.
School officials say the secret was focusing on what teachers call "first-time instruction."
"That means: If a teacher is wanting to teach a lesson on multiplication, that when the teacher is providing the instruction from the curriculum… it is in a manner that can be absorbed from the students the first time," explained Sheridan Hills Principal Jodi Markworth. "If [students] need additional support, that would happen in small-group instruction."
Teachers say the success can be attributed to an increased focus on individual attention during instruction.
"We've really honed in on what each child needs and tried to develop teaching practices to meet those specific needs," Halpern explained.
Now, Sheridan Hills Elementary hopes to be the first school to jump from a priority school to a rewards school.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Referring to what it calls "highly charged and emotional threats" from the University of Louisville, Norton Healthcare is suing the university, intending to establish that U of L does not have the legal right to evict Norton from Kosair Children's Hospital.
That's after U of L claimed Norton is violating an agreement by possibly teaming up with the University of Kentucky. The announcement came last month that Kosair Children's Hospital and Kentucky Children's Hospital could merge. The announcement said the partnership between Norton and UK would better meet the healthcare needs and interests of Kentucky's children.
But University of Louisville officials say it was not consulted before the announcement. David Dunn, Executive VP for Health Affairs at U of L, said at the time that a 1981 agreement between Norton and the state stipulates that the land the hospital occupies must be used to the benefit of U of L.
Norton says U of L threatened to evict Norton from its own hospital, in which it has invested $500 million, unless Norton's talks with UK stopped. Norton also says offers to negotiate with U of L have been declined.
For its part, Dunn released a statement Friday morning saying, "We have no intention of evicting Norton, and sincerely hope to continue working with them for many years to come. In order to do that we need to settle some serious issues."
Dunn went on to say U of L requested a meeting with Norton Healthcare CEO Stephen A. Williams, but instead received a "nasty note" from a Chicago lawyer.
Williams, in a news release sent out on Friday, says, "Now is not the time for U of L to begin a monopoly on providing all physician services at Kosair Children's Hospital, to demand $24 million we don't owe, or if we don't agree, to try to have us evicted from the children's hospital we own...U of L has never had exclusivity at the hospital and exclusivity is not what's best for the Commonwealth's children."
Earlier in the dispute, Dunn said he believes Norton is motivated by money, but Norton representatives said that's not the case. "To say it's motivated by profit ... we don't even know what the numbers are," said Michael Gough, Chief Financial Officer for Norton Healthcare last month.
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