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Dr. Jandris researches data, driven decision-making processes, education finance and leadership. He also teaches leadership, finance, education law, entrepreneurship and microenterprise development. Among his areas of expertise are educational policy and reform.
As the dean of the large and rapidly growing College of Graduate and Innovative Programs at Concordia, Dr. Jandris leads several graduate programs that are among the nation's largest, including Concordia's Educational Leadership program.
Before coming to Concordia, Dr. Jandris established Progress Education Corporation to provide staff development, school improvement planning, policy consulting and a line of proprietary, technology-based learning management tools to schools, districts and states throughout the nation. He previously was president of EDmin, Inc., a company that develops technology solutions to empower performance management in public education.
Prior to EDmin, Dr. Jandris was lead consultant to the governor of Michigan and the Detroit mayor's office during the reform takeover of the Detroit Public Schools. At the request of then Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Commissioner of Education Tom Gallagher, Dr. Jandris helped draft legislation to implement a constitutional amendment to restructure the governance of Florida's educational system.
He previously served as director of state services for the Education Commission of the States, directing policy consultants and technical advisors for the nation's governors, legislators and education leaders. He also was chief architect and leader of the commission's Urban Coalition and Corporate Partners Programs, and directed a three-year, national study of the governance of America's schools.
Dr. Jandris is a former urban schools teacher, principal and director of secondary education. A former U.S. Olympic team member and syndicated columnist, he also is a licensed psychologist who continues to teach at the graduate level. He had been a member of Concordia's faculty since 2006.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU women's swimming and diving team will return home Wednesday to take on Florida Atlantic in a non-conference dual meet at the FGCU Aquatics Center at 6 p.m.
The Eagles are 7-2 this season with non-conference victories coming against Miami, Georgia Tech, North Dakota and FIU. All-time, FGCU is 7-2 against FAU in dual meets, with its only two losses coming in its first two meeting against the Owls.
The Green and Blue recently defeated FIU 168-130 in a dual meet in Miami, Fla. on January 19.
FGCU is ranked No. 10 in the second edition of the CSCAA/CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Division I Swimming Poll and is the only team in the CCSA ranked in the Top 25. The Eagles were ranked No. 8 in the first edition of the poll. The Green and Blue were also ranked No. 44 in the top 100 fall performances, conducted by CollegeSwimming.com in late December.
Since joining the CCSA in 2007, the Eagles are 23-1 in conference action with its only loss coming at the hands of Georgia Southern back on Jan. 19, 2008.
FAU comes into the FGCU Aquatics Center with a dual meet record of 0-2 with losses coming at the hands of Denver and Florida. The Eagles competed against the Owls earlier this season at the All-Florida Invitational where FGCU took third and FAU placed fifth.
The Green and Blue has earned five CCSA Swimmer of the Week and three Diver of the Week honors in just 13 weeks and have won the most out of any school in the conference. Senior Maegan Butler (Orangeburg, N.Y./Tappan Zee/FAU) has garnered Diver of the Week two times this season while sophomore Cayla Collins (Largo, Fla./Osceola) received the award in the first week of voting. Sophomore Emma Svensson (Upsala, Sweden/Celsiusskolan) has garnered Swimmer of the Week, in each of the last two weeks while freshmen Jennifer Morgan (Edmonton, Alberta/Harry Ainlay), Julie Leth-Espensen (Vanloese, Copenhagen, Denmark/Falkonergaardens Gymnasium) and senior Eva Lehtonen (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams HS/Florida) have all received the award this year.
In the victory over FIU on January 19, the Eagles used 12 first-place finishes highlighted by Svensson and Leth-Espensen each collected three individuals victories. Svensson was also part of the 400-yard freestyle relay team that won, while Leth-Espensen was a member of the 200-yard medley relay team that took first. Junior Lindsey Meeder (Boynton Beach, Fla./Park Vista) was the only other Eagle to pick up an individual first-place finish. Meeder took first in the 500-yard freestyle event with a time of 5:04.48. Meeder also added a second-place finish in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:29.98. Lehtonen chipped in two second-place finishes in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.71) and 200-yard butterfly (2:07.79) events while Morgan added points with a third-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.54) and a second-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.08). In diving, Butler and Collins both collected second and third-place finishes, respectively, on both the one-meter and three-meter board events.
Results and recap will be available at www.FGCUATHLETICS.com at the conclusion on the event. Fans can also get updates from the team through twitter @FGCU_WSwim.


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Town Square
Republicans approve platform that would ban abortions
Original post made by Resident on Aug 28, 2012
" Republicans emphatically approved a toughly worded party platform at their national convention Tuesday that would ban all abortions and gay marriages, reshape Medicare into a voucher-like program and cut taxes "
"The party states that "the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed." It opposes using public revenues to promote or perform abortion or to fund organizations that perform or advocate abortions. It says the party will not fund or subsidize health care that includes abortion coverage."
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on Aug 28, 2012 at 11:25 pm
They also support abstinence only sex education:
"Republicans support consumer choice, including home schooling, local innovations such as single-sex classes, full-day school hours and year-round schools. It says Republicans renew their call for replacing family planning programs for teens "with abstinence education which teaches abstinence until marriage as the responsible and respected standard of behavior.""
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They should talk to Sarah Palin - she can explain to them the abstinence only teachings that helped her daughter... but wait, her daughter got pregnant as a teen and is now a single mom...hmmm
on Aug 29, 2012 at 6:13 am
Yeah, the Republican party is out of touch with most of America. They would be better off sticking to fiscal conservatism, and dropping the social conservatism line.
Not that they have much credibility when they tout fiscal conservatism, though. Note that no Republicans are trying to remind us of the George W. Bush years and his track record at controlling government spending.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 8:57 am
"It opposes using public revenues to promote or perform abortion or to fund organizations that perform or advocate abortions. It says the party will not fund or subsidize health care that includes abortion coverage."
If, as supporters keep screaming, that abortion is a personal choice made by women only, they shouldn't have a problem with this statement. After all, if you don't want the govt involved in decisions about your body (and the results of your poor choices), then you should fund the correction to your mistakes without Uncle Sam's intervention.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 10:10 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Hehe, "consumer choice" except for birth control!
on Aug 29, 2012 at 10:16 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Hello, how may I help you today with your birth control needs? We have several different selections you can choose from. We cater to our customers' very demanding tastes to bring you only the best. Would you like to try abstinence, abstinence, or abstinence?
on Aug 29, 2012 at 11:48 am
"If, as supporters keep screaming, that abortion is a personal choice made by women only, they shouldn't have a problem with this statement. After all, if you don't want the govt involved in decisions about your body (and the results of your poor choices), then you should fund the correction to your mistakes without Uncle Sam's intervention. "
OK, let's say that we leave abortion legal but without federal funding (complete no govt intervention), fine... but let's be equal all around: that means that all those backward thinking seniors, including Ryan's mom, have to give up their GOVERNMENT assistance (aka Medicare)
Goes both ways! Republicans are such hypocrites: want no government yet they want their Medicare (but only for people like Ryan's mom, the heck with the younger ones), their right to control women's bodies, their right to teach their backwards views on sex ed in public schools, etc....
The GOP is truly out of touch and makes less sense as time goes by!
on Aug 29, 2012 at 12:13 pm
"If, as supporters keep screaming, that abortion is a personal choice made by women only, they shouldn't have a problem with this statement. After all, if you don't want the govt involved in decisions about your body (and the results of your poor choices), then you should fund the correction to your mistakes without Uncle Sam's intervention. "
And if you are OK with the GOP not funding or subsidizing health care that includes abortion, then what about funding for couples like the Santorums, whose backwards views on birth control resulted in an accidental pregnancy (mistake) that then resulted in the birth of a child with severe defects and very expensive medical needs?
Do you suggest that the woman who was raped or choses not to have a baby with such severe defects not be given coverage, but Santorum's wife (who should know better than to get pregnant at such an old age) should indeed enjoy said coverage?
And what about health care which covers ED drugs? (yes, ask your beloved RL about his viagra)
Can't have it both ways! Women have as much right to get health care coverage for abortions as other people have right to have their health care needs met.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 1:01 pm
"innocent" said: "If, as supporters keep screaming, that abortion is a personal choice made by women only, they shouldn't have a problem with this statement. After all, if you don't want the govt involved in decisions about your body (and the results of your poor choices), then you should fund the correction to your mistakes without Uncle Sam's intervention."
I think that what "pro-choice" supporters are primarily "screaming" about is the issue of whether it's a personal choice or not. Actually, that's true of "pro-life" supporters, too.
If "pro-choice" supporters were to agree to relinquish any and all claims on public funds for abortions in return for "pro-life" supporters accepting the view that abortion is a personal decision, do you think that "pro-life" supporters would agree to that and leave "pro-choicers" alone?
Nah. Me neither.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 2:15 pm
I'm a resident too...a legitimate resident. You have about 20 page long skreeds on this topic, since your last abortion thread on Aug 21. Resident is way beyond a 'single issue' voter. In fact Resident is a clever tag to use for a non-resident to throw mislead us. Sad to abuse this PW Forum with such a great volume of tiring repetition. I dare say this "resident" is in the Chicago political pit and being paid to write these volumes campaigning to keep 'single'issue' women in the fold. Since many are unemployed, that might be a bit more relevant issue in their own big pictures.
I just watched our very smooth 'campaigner-in-chief' on a college campus begging for student votes that he depends on so much. For me, having a competent president is so much more important than a slick campaigner-in-chief. We've learned presidential performance does not always equal campaign performance. I'll choose a performer over a talker.
We have to be so careful with Obama, since we heard Obama tell Putin he'd 'have more leeway to do whatever he wants after the election, since he wouldn't have to worry about re-election any more'...beware he can go hog wild once he's turned loose.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 2:59 pm
What's amazing is that many Republicans have said this is a State's right. If they believe it is, then why is part of their national platform?
Same with same-sex marriage
Another inconvenient fact.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 3:57 pm
Because, NOBODY EVER READS IT ! ! ! ONLY, the most ignorant PARTISANS and the 96% DEM PRESS ! ! ! ! diddle with your 'facts' all you want. Obama looked HIS support in their eyes, saying he'd never do anything about marijuana....So?? he lied. and that's just for starters ! ! Platforms for guides written by a few activists and newer read or practiced...get real.
It's hard to believe with all the methods available, that there would even be any need for abortions in 2012...don't most people know by now, where babies come from ? ? ? ? so many pills, condoms, IUDs, and more, how would anybody not? See, I think condoms or an IUD appointment should be included with every welfare check....I'm a fiscal conservative.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 4:39 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
The number of methods available for birth control is irrelevant to the need for abortions.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Resident too, so you are saying that the Republican leadership are jerking the delegate's chain?
And, " ONLY, the most ignorant PARTISANS and the 96% DEM PRESS !" this sounds like an excuse.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 5:02 pm
" Resident is a clever tag to use for a non-resident to throw mislead us. Sad to abuse this PW Forum with such a great volume of tiring repetition. I dare say this "resident" is in the Chicago"
I hate to disappoint you, "Resident too," but I live in Pleasanton. As for tiring repetition: I think you should talk about that to the backwards thinking conservatives who have taken over the GOP... they are the ones who continue to talk about abortion and other social issues.... Akin's remarks, then the "GOP platform," and now the convention! (and that is just recently). I agree with a post above that the GOP should focus on fiscal issues, and yet the "base" and tea party types do not allow that: they keep talking about social issues because they want to impose their backward views on the rest of the nation.
"It's hard to believe with all the methods available, that there would even be any need for abortions in 2012"
Not hard at all to believe. Your beloved Palin has a daughter who..oops, got pregnant as a teen (unplanned). Yeah, with the GOP's "abstinence only" teachings, I am pretty sure that many unwanted pregnancies would take place among GOP women. As for other non-GOP women, unless you believe the nonsense that Akin said about rape, you will know that a rape can lead to pregnancy.
" I think condoms or an IUD appointment should be included with every welfare check....I'm a fiscal conservative."
Hmmm, you must not be paying attention. The GOP wants "abstinence only" for teens, wants to get rid of Planned Parenthood (where many low income women get birth control)....
on Aug 29, 2012 at 6:55 pm
it's a woman's body and she makes the final decision what she wants to do with HER body...got it?
tee hee...
if you don't like what women decide, then go back to where your ancestors came from...
on Aug 29, 2012 at 6:57 pm
there are strawberry and pineapple flavored rubbers...what do some of your prefer....hmmmmmmmmmm...
on Aug 29, 2012 at 7:08 pm
sam is so wise...wonder what flavor rubbers he uses...corn chip flavor or tortilla with green salsa! tee hee...
on Aug 29, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Cholo said: "sam is so wise...wonder what flavor rubbers he uses...corn chip flavor or tortilla with green salsa! tee hee..."
Oooh! I just thought of a witty rejoinder.
But unfortunately this is a family newspaper......
on Aug 29, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Well, the Republican party has done it yet again. First, they alienate female voters with their stance on abortion, and now there's an ugly "peanut" incident at the Republican National Convention that's going to turn off a lot more voters.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Peanuts? No, no. It's supposed to be an aspirin between the knees, not a peanut.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 10:13 pm
If we don't have a vibrant economy, none of the rest of this stuff matters. It's just a political diversion.
I listened carefully to the major RNC speeches this week and will do the same next week during the DNC. I'll go with the ticket that has the better pro-growth story.
I sure hope the DNC answer is not just to increase revenues so that they can redistribute. Taking more from the 60% (remaining productive economy) and giving more to the unproductive 40% has never been the answer. And yes, history shows over and over again that government is inherently less productive than private industry.
So squabble all you want over these diversionary issues. We all know that the election will be decided on the question of who is best able to get our economy growing.
on Aug 29, 2012 at 10:54 pm
now that "another independent" brings up the top of vibrators in his first sentence, i may as well ask sam if he has one...tee hee
but, since this is a fambly newspaper, i won't dare ask...
oh my...i must be witty!
on Aug 29, 2012 at 11:11 pm
"Another independent" said: "I listened carefully to the major RNC speeches this week and will do the same next week during the DNC. I'll go with the ticket that has the better pro-growth story."
You're going to go with the ticket that has the better "story"? LOL! OK, Mr. Gullible. Good thinking.
Hey, your comment just got me thinking that maybe the Republican party should come up with some slogan to highlight how well the economy has grown under Republican Presidents as opposed to economic growth under Democratic Presidents. You know, something like "Vote Republican and you can get a Republican President who will fix the economy like the great President George W. Bush fixed the economy!" What do you think?
on Aug 29, 2012 at 11:45 pm
Nothing jerk Akin says is going to stop anybody from getting an abortion. Nothing in any party's platform is going to stop anybody, from anything !! marijuna or anything else...nothing! enough of the dramatics
I'm with you Independent, without a vibrant economy, nothing else matters anyway.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 7:17 am
If I go the Republican route, which I'm leaning towards now, I'm not betting on a party but a leader in Mitt Romney who has proven over and over again success in business/markets/economy.
Republicans and Democrats have proven the only thing they can do well is crony capitalism. On this dimension Obama is no different than Bush.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 7:53 am
I am not interested in any of the reasons making abortion illegal by statute. Not until the fundamental question is answered. So maybe all of the posters here can respond to the question
"When is it OK to kill a baby?"
Please be courteous and thoughtful before you respond...no screeds...
on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:12 am
Jed, that is the struggle point here and all who have had an abortion will tell you that they know they killed their own child. For those who are pro death they stay away from framing this discussion. The discussion never centers on life because it is an argument which cannot be won.
My former boss told me that when he was young and working through college he worked either in a hospital or a clinic which performed abortions and his job was to get rid of the "remains". He told me that it was at this point in his life he was against abortions because he said he looked at them and they had little hands, fingers, toes, etc.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:17 am
Stacey is a registered user.
What has that question to do with abortion? It's an incendiary, unthoughtful, and screedy question because you used the word "baby".
When is it ok to take away a woman's right to her own body?
on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:25 am
Stacey is a registered user.
If you really value life, you don't devalue a woman's life by taking away her rights. It is up to the woman to decide irregardless of whether or not you think she made a bad or wrong decision.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:40 am
liberalism is a disease is a registered user.
"When is it ok to take away a woman's right to her own body?" You give it up to the man who impregnated you and choose not to be responsible about birth control. I guess that's being pro-choice....choosing to forego precautions that would prevent the death of an innocent by-product of bad decisions.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 10:41 am
liberalism said: "You give it up to the man who impregnated you and choose not to be responsible about birth control. I guess that's being pro-choice.."
So I take it that you're OK with abortion in the cases of rape or incest? You know, cases where the girl or woman had no choice about the pregnancy?
Or maybe you adhere to the views of Akin and say that the pregnancy is the woman's fault in those cases, too, because if she were truly traumatized by the event she wouldn't be pregnant.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 10:55 am
Stacey is a registered user.
What this is about is the Republicans wanting to use the power of government to take away the rights of ALL WOMEN, regardless of the circumstances. Sorry, this isn't about an individual woman making a poor choice to be irresponsible about sex and no woman gives up the right to her own body through sex (OMG did you really suggest that a woman loses her rights to the man who raped her?!). She doesn't suddenly become the playtoy of the man she had sex with. If you believe that rights are lost by sex, what's to stop someone from claiming that the man becomes the woman's playtoy property?
I think abortion is a tragedy. The end results are disgusting and I hope that I'm never put into a position where I am faced with that choice. But my personal beliefs and preferences in no way excuse me from devaluing human life by taking away all women's God-given right to their own body using government power.
Some of you may think this subject is a distraction from the economic issues and you're right. Yet Romney picked a socially backwards politician as his running mate. The Republicans adopted it as their platform. That's the only reason this subject is being discussed. So good luck with trying to reclaim economic discussions.
The Republicans claim to value the Constitution yet they want to trample all over it when it comes to this subject. A woman has inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government. Government is always restricted in such instances by due process. What due process is there in legislating that all abortion illegal, even in cases of rape? All the talk about Constitutional values and principles are just lip service when you believe that a woman doesn't have a right to her own body.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 11:28 am
50% of those babies being killed are females. What about their rights? Taking it a step further take a look at the stats of the ethnicity of babies being killed. One might call it racial genicide.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 11:53 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Phyllis, I reject your ideological redefinition of the word "baby". You can call me lexically conservative.
Do you support capital punishment for murderers?
on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:01 pm
Stacey, no matter how you slice it left unkilled or unaborted to make it more acceptable it would be a baby or child. In answer to your question, no I do not support killing convicted murderers. Killing is killing regardless of a baby or a murderer.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:31 pm
""When is it OK to kill a baby?""
Jed: it is not OK to kill a baby, or a child, or a teen, or an adult or anyone. But we are not talking about killing here. We are talking about abortion, and as I said on another post, not everyone thinks that life begins at conception because religious views and values are different for everyone. Even Romney's son and daughter-in-law used in vitro fertilization (IVF) where embryos are created and some are thrown away/destroyed...so you see, it seems that even Romney's family does not think that an embryo is a baby or that destroying an embryo means "killing a baby" - otherwise they would not have used IVF since the procedure involves destroying some embryos. Either that, or the republican hypocrisy can be seen here, big time: want to ban abortions because they believe an embryo is a baby, yet they think nothing of going through IVF where many embryos are destroyed.....
". I guess that's being pro-choice....choosing to forego precautions that would prevent the death of an innocent by-product of bad decisions."
And how exactly is a victim of rape supposed to protect herself from getting pregnant (as a result of the rape)? I suppose you believe Akin's non-scientific statements that a woman has a way to prevent pregnancy in cases or rape? Wow! This is absolutely unbelievable, and the reason why we need all backwards thinking GOP politicians as far away from Washington as possible! We need to make sure that Romney/Ryan do not win, but also that we have a majority of intelligent politicians in the senate and house (ie, good-bye Akin et al).
on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Even though using the word baby makes it easier for you to call abortion murder, notice that the key phrase in your sentence is 'would be'. Potential babies don't have rights any more than dead people have rights. The government doesn't give out rights. It can't take rights away from children or adults. It can't grant a right to a fetus. Rights are only asserted by those who have been born and are still living. Babies can assert themselves (sometimes; failure to thrive comes to mind). Fertilized eggs and fetuses cannot.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 12:59 pm
I am curious, Phyllis, since you think this way, how do you view Romney's son in vitro fertilizaiton, given that, those embryos that were disposed of in the process, according to you, if " left unkilled or unaborted to make it more acceptable it would be a baby or child."
Why is it OK for Romney to say he would support undoing Roe v Wade, thus making abortion illegal, but he is OK with his son using not once but twice, IVF where embryos were destroyed? (and more than one of his sons used IVF)
Plus Romney does not agree with the creation of embryos for stem cell research but is okay with the "leftover embryos from IVF" to be used for research. You can look it up on various sites and online papers, but here is an article about it:
""The former Massachusetts governor attempted to explain away his wildly divergent public comments on IVF embryos as recently as May, when he was asked in an interview about his new twin grandsons.
"I believe that when a couple gets together and decides that they want to bring a child into the Earth, and they go to a fertility clinic to do so, and if they're going to be through that process a leftover embryo or two, that they should be able to decide whether to preserve that embryo for future use or to destroy it," he said, adding that those embryos can be utilized for "research and experimentation."
"And so for me, that's where the line is drawn. Those surplus embryos from fertility clinics can be used for research.""
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I think that the GOP is always an advocate for what benefits them or their members (Medicare for Ryan's mom, IVF for Romney's son), but the same thing is not okay, in their view, for everyone else (Medicare for those now younger than 55 once they retire, the use of the morning after pill for victims of rape).
I am curious to hear what you think, Phyllis, because to me, it does not make sense at all.
I am pro choice and pro stem cell research, and find the position of the GOP quite extreme, and I also find these GOP guys to be hypocrites (say one thing like opposing abortion because they believe an embryo is a baby but at the same time, use IVF where embryos are destroyed, for instance)....plus Romney backs health insurance coverage for IVF but not for abortions.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
After the Republicans re-criminalize abortion, expect an explosion in the designer baby industry.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 1:39 pm
I am against using embryos for stem cell research or invitro fertization and I am not a republican nor a democrat. Killing is killing and call it what you want if it makes you feel better but at the end of the day I think you and I know it is wrong that is why you are lashing out here.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
As you know, each zygote and sperm cell is a potential baby with rights. The government should pass a law that all discarded eggs and semen will need to be frozen to protect the innocent. Anyone who fails to submit eggs or sperm for freezing will be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 2:13 pm
As you know, each zygote and sperm cell is a potential baby with rights. The government should pass a law that all discarded eggs and semen will need to be frozen to protect the innocent. Anyone who fails to submit eggs or sperm for freezing will be prosecuted under the fullest extent of the law."
I hope you are being sarcastic, Stacey. But yes, if the republicans get their way, what you say is possible. Have you read the Ryan "personhood" bill?
And Phyllis, you keep calling it killing but it is not. We are talking about abortion, often in the first trimester, and a potential life is not a baby (not capable of surviving on its own outside the womb). I assume then, that you do not agree with Romney or Obama on this issue but are in complete agreement with backwards thinking Ryan?
on Aug 30, 2012 at 2:20 pm
And Phyllis, does that mean that every pregnant woman can claim the child tax credit even if they get pregnant at the end of december?
How about child bearing women in general? (since after all, we have viable eggs)... can we claim the child tax credit because of the potential life we carry?
Sounds pretty ridiculous, doesn't it?
on Aug 30, 2012 at 2:24 pm
"child bearing women in general? "
childbearing AGE
on Aug 30, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Kathleen Ruegsegger is a registered user.
Pregnancy happens even when precautions are taken--99% effective means sometimes prevention fails.
The problem I have with those who wish to overturn Roe v Wade is there isn't a plan for what happens to all the actual children that are carried to term by someone(s) who didn't want a child. Newborns are still left in dumpsters and toilets. Children are still neglected, abused, abandoned, and murdered. There's the cost of welfare, food stamps, and foster care. And then there are the moms (and sometimes the dads) who may have poor employment choices: "A CDC study showed that only 50 percent of teen moms will get a high school diploma by the age of 22, HealthPop reported." Web Link More info here on abstinence only states: Web Link
It seems government money would be better spent on preventing the pregnancies in the first place so the discussion/education about abortion becomes less divisive because it is no longer being used as a birth control method. Sex is happening; it's how we all got here.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 3:13 pm
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Criminalizing the discarding of zygotes and semen is not sarcasm, but taking the idea to its logical conclusion to show how absurd it is. If we allow that a potential baby has rights, why is conception the arbitrary dividing line? Each and every egg and sperm has the potential to become human life too.
If a woman loses her right to her own body when she becomes pregnant, then what happens if she is murdered or killed? Maybe the fetus could sue for wrongful death and loss of habitat. And if she's killed by the man who impregnated her, well then, no crime was committed at all!
on Aug 30, 2012 at 4:57 pm
Since there is so much heartfelt disagreement over when life begins, perhaps we should allow each woman in this situation to decide for herself.
Oh wait...the Supreme Court already agreed with that.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Maybe the supreme court did but not the supreme lord. Feel very sorry for many here because it will not end well
on Aug 30, 2012 at 6:29 pm
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Why, Phyllis? It is no sin to speak out against the Republican agenda to ban _all_ abortions. The debate may be settled in your mind that life begins at conception and abortion at any time is therefore murder, but not even Christians are all of the same mind on the theology of the issue. You really want to question the piety of others?
on Aug 30, 2012 at 7:03 pm
"Maybe the supreme court did but not the supreme lord."
Whose "supreme lord" are we talking about? Religions vary and are many, so which teachings do we follow? Yours or mine or the neighbor's? You have the right to believe abortion is wrong for you, Phyllis, but others have the right to believe that under certain circumstances, abortion is the solution.
"Criminalizing the discarding of zygotes and semen is not sarcasm, but taking the idea to its logical conclusion to show how absurd it is. If we allow that a potential baby has rights, why is conception the arbitrary dividing line? Each and every egg and sperm has the potential to become human life too."
You have a point, and with the criminalizing you speak of would come other issues: do we give ourselves the child tax credit because we are still young enough to have babies and therefore carry potential life? Do we give a woman a child tax credit this fiscal year even if she gets pregnant on december 20? The GOP's agenda is very scary and has the potential to get out of control (it already is actually).
I agree that we need to invest more money on "preventing the pregnancies in the first place," but as you have seen, the republicans, in addition to their desire to ban abortions even in cases of rape/incest, want to replace sex education for teens with "abstinence education which teaches abstinence until marriage as the responsible and respected standard of behavior."
That would be a big problem: not only will teens be sexually active regardless, but once married, then what? No birth control too? Sounds highly unrealistic to me. Not many would embrace the Santorum's views and ways of doing things: I would personally not risk getting pregnant if I were the same age as Santorum's wife, but without birth control like the GOP and some religions suggest.....
The GOP should have been able to win this election easily by focusing on the economy, and yet they are struggling because they have alienated independents and women with their backwards and extreme social views, and with the selection of such a hard core conservative like Ryan. It is amazing to see people like Huckabee, Santorum be "welcome speakers" at the RNC, at a time when Romney is trying to win public support, especially from women and independents.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 8:04 pm
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Resident, Point taken. I mentioned education but I certainly do not agree that abstinence is the only option. It is sad, on either side of the aisle, that platforms are most often driven by the most extreme members of their respective parties.
on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:54 pm
If you want save and protect lives, why not worry about people who are already here? There are plenty of children who could use your help who have already been born.
By the way, I don't know of any "Supreme Lord" who said that discarding an embryo was the same thing as murdering a person.
on Sep 1, 2012 at 8:48 pm
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It sounds like some people need a child development lesson. A pregnant woman is not carrying a "baby", she is carrying a "fetus". A fetus cannot live on it's own outside the woman's body. A fetus is "unborn". A baby can survive without the host (mother's) body and is a "born" person. Of course when we are pregnant we don't use the technical term "fetus" because when we want a baby, we humanize the future person growing inside us. We refer to it as "baby" even when it's simply a zygote. But, it's not a baby, it's a fetus.
I am surprised to hear that (if it's true) there are those who support embryos from IVF being destroyed, and yet cry murder when a woman seeks to end her pregnancy (same end result...destroy an embryo).
If I remember correctly (it has been a while) I was not able to count my fetuses as dependents on my taxes. And how ironic, that's when they were the MOST dependent on me! I don't know any couple, awaiting the birth of their first child, who refers to themselves as a "family of three". When is that distinction made? When the fetus is born.
I am ethically opposed to abortion, but am politically pro-choice. While I do not consider abortion the same as murder, I also do not consider it the best birth control method. I would not wish the need for an abortion on anyone.
on Sep 2, 2012 at 9:22 am
"I am surprised to hear that (if it's true) there are those who support embryos from IVF being destroyed, and yet cry murder when a woman seeks to end her pregnancy (same end result...destroy an embryo)."
It is true. Romney is among those who support IVF but condemn abortion. This is what Romney said:
"And so for me, that's where the line is drawn. Those surplus embryos from fertility clinics can be used for research."
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So Romney is OK destroying embryos if those are leftover from IVF (of course, his son used IVF), but he is against creating the embryos for research, as his official website states:
"When confronted with the issue of stem cell research as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney chose to support life by vetoing a bill that would have allowed the cloning of human embryos. Quite simply, America cannot condone or participate in the creation of human life when the sole purpose of its creation is its sure destruction."
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And this is what Romney says about abortion, also on his official website::
"Mitt believes that life begins at conception and wishes that the laws of our nation reflected that view. But while the nation remains so divided, he believes that the right next step is for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade"
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Basically, Romney, and most republicans, are OK when certain things are done (destroying embryos for instance) if they benefit them or their friends or family, but are quite against it (morning after pill, stem cell research, abortion even in the early stage) when it would benefit others.
Same with his VP pick Ryan: he wants to keep Medicare intact for his mom, but wants those currently under 55 to never benefit from Medicare and instead use a voucher system.
The republicans are against everyone else, and are just looking for their own well being. Watching the RND convention confirmed that.
The country needs new leadership, and yes, Obama has not done a good job, but Romney is not the answer. Romney/Ryan can only make things worse, and the two, if elected, have promised to undo Roe v Wade, set women's rights back to the dark ages, have promised to undo what they call "Obamacare" but want to leave Medicare as is for Ryan's mom (do they not realize that Ryan's mom's Medicare is simply "Obamacare for seniors"?)
Obama must get re-elected, there is no other choice. And hopefully, the GOP will continue to alienate independents and women. And hopefully, the senior citizens will realize that once Medicare is undone for everyone else, they are next, because there is no way an entire country of people younger than 55 will continue to be happy about being taxed to finance the current Medicare recipients, knowing the program will never be available to them, and knowing that healthcare for many young people will continue to be unavailable (if Romney and Ryan get elected)
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DUDLEY Kingswinford remained detached at the bottom of SSE National League Division Two North after suffering a slender 18-15 defeat against second from bottom Sheffield Tigers.
Hopes were high that DK's could register their first success of the season following an encouraging show at Preston the previous week.
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Ditsy Radio Host Randi Rhodes Confuses Palin's Support for Israel With Religious Conversion
Bush Derangement Syndrome never really went away. Nowadays it's directed at Sarah Palin instead.
A good example of Palin's uncanny ability to unhinge liberals could be heard on a recent Randi Rhodes' radio show.
Rhodes, who infamously derided Hillary Clinton as a "big f***ing whore" during the 2008 campaign, was angered by Palin wearing a Star of David pendant during a stopover in New York City on her bus tour. (audio clip after page break).
Here's how Rhodes described it, after initially complaining about Palin keeping her distance from "lamestream media" (audio here) --
RHODES: Why are we gonna ask her difficult questions? And she knows she doesn't ever have to talk to the media and if she wins the primary and gets the party's nomination, then the next time we'll see Sarah Palin will be in a debate. And that is the only time that Sarah Palin will answer any questions. She's going to go through this entire thing without answering any of the 'lamestream media's' questions. That's just a tactic.
But you know what you really should have noticed? The day before she goes to New York, she's a biker chick dressed in black leather from head to toe with a helmet. Then she goes to New York City -- suddenly, she's a Jew! (pause for effect) Did you see she was wearing a giant diamond Star of David around her neck?
CALLER: No, I missed that. Is that when she was eating pizza?
RHODES: Yeah, she's actually wearing a giant Star of David around her neck in New York City. I mean, the nerve of this br-, she is like, she's like a chameleon! She rides with the bikers, she wears biker garb. Then she goes to New York, she becomes an uber-Zionist and she's wearing a Jewish, a giant, giant Star of David.
Never let it be said that size doesn't matter to Rhodes, at least when it comes to Palin's "giant" jewelry.
What Rhodes neglects to mention is the reason that Palin wore a Star of David, as stated by Palin. According to the Jerusalem Post --
Palin, who visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island with her daughter Piper, told NBC New York that she was wearing the Star of David in honor of Jerusalem Day, which marks the city's reunification under Israeli sovereignty during the Six Day War in 1967.
Observers have suggested that she wore the necklace in order to drum up support among Jewish New Yorkers for a possible 2012 bid for president.
While it may be more than Rhodes can fathom, devout Christians like Palin have been among the staunchest defenders of Israel for decades and this is unlikely to change anytime soon. Palin did not leave her religion behind by her choice of pendant, any more than a Catholic does by wearing a yarmulke to a friend's synagogue.
Christianbook.com, a site "serving the Christian community for 30 years," sells Star of David jewelry and few among its regular visitors consider this unusual.
Brian Maloney at The Radio Equalizer nailed it in his analysis of Rhodes' remarks --
Combine impromptu stops deep in (forbidden) blue country with (truly forbidden) symbolism and the result is "progressive" derangement.
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Submitted by kinijane on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 8:42pm.
Lamestream media and liberals are having a hard time coming up with new things to bitch about. Geeze they might have a wreck following her around, her pendant, Paul Revere, the way her daughter looks, the way she is dressed, keep digging folks, your looking mighty foolish.
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Randi Rhodes (I'm just
Submitted by ReaganRuled on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 8:56pm.
Randi Rhodes just thought she was SO much smarter than "that idjit" Sarah, and yet it was Sarah who knew that it was a significant day for Israel. As to the "conversion" .. many devout Christians are as (more so than Liberal-voting Jews) pro-Israel as Jews. "Rhodes" is a Jew, and yet she apparently didn't even know about it.
It's hilarious to watch these "enlightened" Statists (Progressivism IS a mental illness, after all) continue to shoot themselves in the foot (with guns that they wish to deny us).
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Mrs. Brian Williams
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 8:51pm.
She was "too busy with more 'important' stuff" to cover weiner boy.
Mrs. Williams then spent 8 minutes parsing Palin's comments about Paul Revere picking out some egregious errors.
Thanks Mrs. Williams.
That was really important.
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Submitted by jessieH on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 9:38pm.
Everyone has a blond moment, sometimes. ( I apolagize to all blond ladies). I think she dyes her hair. ( my spelling sucks, too).
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Submitted by gailannr on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 11:18pm.
she has false teeth and if she doesn't change her ways she going to hell anyway so who cares a diddly what she thinks. Go sleep it off Randi!
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We seem to have a doctirn within the Republican candidates.
Submitted by syvyn11 on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:09pm.
You mess with Israel, you mess the the USA seems the right thing to do.
That it's driving the Palestine loving left nuts, makes it all the better.
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They are desperate and obsessed
Submitted by Benjamin on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:11pm.
with finding ways to attack Sarah. She wore biker garb? (gasp) What would they have said if she rode on the back of a Harley in a skirt?
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My Thought
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:26pm.
I do not know what they would say but I do know that she would look better than Hilary or Nancy!
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Heh, that's the truth :)
Submitted by Benjamin on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:47pm.
But she would have had to ride side-saddle.
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I just had a thought about Nancy Pelosi
Submitted by Benjamin on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 11:15pm.
on a Harley. The bugs would actually "bounce off" her face. ;-)
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good evening Benjamin
Submitted by cocodrie on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 11:27pm.
Any thought about Pelosi puts your mind right in the gutter.
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Well, Randi, besides the fact
Submitted by ant on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:28pm.
Well, Randi, besides the fact that most of Christianity supports other western cultures and feels a kinship with Judaism, you've let one glaring example of chameleon-like behavior go by the wayside; Obummer wore an American flag lapel-pin at one point, but most of us now know how he really feels about the country. Maybe you should have been as observant and concerned about BO before you idiots voted for him.
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Randi's just jealous SHE can't get circumcised.
Submitted by Tailgunner on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:52pm.
CANDIDATE Obama: 'Yes, we CAN'.
PRESIDENT Obama: 'BECAUSE we CAN'.
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Wrong. Why do you think she has those ridiculously long bangs?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 11:08pm.
That's right, you guessed it.
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Submitted by Ozconservative on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 8:46am.
Well if she wanted to I'm sure the muSSlims she loves so much would be able to take care of it
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So now you have to be jewish
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 10:59pm.
So now you have to be jewish to support Israel? What's that? Oh, only liberals believe that. Ok.
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Star of David
Submitted by justbob223 on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 11:02pm.
I have been a Christian for 46 years and a Christian minister for 40. I, too, wear a Star of David around my neck. I do so because I love the Jewish people and the State of Israel and pray God's purpose for them be fulfilled according to His Word.
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Ms "Rhodes" (does it get any
Submitted by HockeyKid on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 6:01am.
Ms "Rhodes" (does it get any more fake than that?) doesn't understand the simplicity of history. Judaism is the beginning; Christianity is the completion. Jesus in His incarnation was descended from David.
Tack on her utter ignorance of Jerusalem Day, and you have Randi Rhodes wandering into Special Ed Schultz territory.
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Rhodes? Ditsy? That's a
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 9:33am.
Rhodes? Ditsy? That's a helluva understatement.
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Submitted by Unsane on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 10:22am.
I'm not religious but I support the State of Israel. Why? Again, yet again:
They are very much like another place out of history: West Berlin. They are an island of sanity in a sea of insanity. They are worthy of our support.
It's really not that hard to grasp.
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An interactive map of the HIV epidemic in Memphis is now available for the first time on AIDSVu, the most detailed publicly available maps of HIV prevalence in the United States. The Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University launched AIDSVu's new interactive online maps showing the latest HIV prevalence data for Memphis and 19 other U.S. cities by ZIP code or census tract on National HIV Testing Day as a part of the AIDSVu annual update.
AIDSVu is a compilation of interactive online maps that display HIV prevalence data at the national, state and local levels and by different demographics, including age, race and sex. The maps pinpoint areas of the country where the rates of people living with an HIV diagnosis are the highest, including urban centers and in the Northeast and the South, visualizing where the needs for prevention, testing and treatment services are the most urgent.
Our National HIV/AIDS Strategy calls for reducing new HIV infections by intensifying our efforts in HIV prevention where the epidemic is most concentrated. AIDSVu provides a roadmap to identifying those high-prevalence areas of the HIV epidemic and showing where the local testing resources are located," said Patrick S. Sullivan, PhD, DVM, Professor of Epidemiology at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, and the principal researcher for AIDSVu. "The addition of new city data means that AIDSVu now displays data from 20 U.S. cities including Memphis. This expanded city information is critical because most HIV diagnoses in the United States occur in cities."
The free, interactive online tool's new data and features include:
National maps displaying 2010 data at the state-and county-level, the most recent national HIV prevalence data available from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Interactive maps of HIV prevalence data by census tract for Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
New ZIP code level maps for five U.S. cities – Memphis, Orlando, San Diego, Tampa and Virginia Beach; and updated ZIP code maps for Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles County, Miami, New Orleans, New York City, Palm Beach, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Juan, and Washington, D.C.
HIV prevalence maps alongside social determinants of health – poverty, lack of health insurance, median household income, educational attainment and income inequality – in side-by-side map views for 20 cities, in addition to the existing state views.
AIDSVu maps illustrate the geographic variations in the HIV epidemic across the United States:
The national map shows significantly higher rates of people living with HIV in the Northeast and the South than in much of the rest of the country. AIDSVu's city maps demonstrate that, in many cities, there is a pattern of heavily impacted urban cores with relatively lower impact in areas further from city centers.
The data on AIDSVu's maps can be viewed by race/ethnicity. AIDSVu shows that HIV disproportionately affects black and Hispanic/Latino Americans, and that these disparities exist in both major metropolitan areas and rural areas.
AIDSVu also provides downloadable and printable resources – including slide sets of the various map views available on the site – to help those who work in HIV prevention and treatment educate others about the U.S. epidemic.
Information about HIV prevalence at the local level – as shown on AIDSVu – can help individuals understand the impact of HIV in their communities and the importance of getting tested. The AIDSVu testing locator helps users find a place in their community to get tested for HIV.
The state- and county-level data displayed on AIDSVu were obtained from the CDC and compiled by researchers at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Data on HIV prevalence at the ZIP code and census tract data were provided directly by state, county and city health departments, depending on the entity responsible for HIV surveillance, and were also compiled by Rollins researchers. The project is guided by an Advisory Committee and a Technical Advisory Group with representatives from federal agencies, state health departments and non-governmental organizations working in HIV prevention, care and research. Financial support for AIDSVu was provided to Emory University by Gilead Sciences, Inc.
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The Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH) is part of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The school houses six academic departments, 20 multidisciplinary centers – including an NIH-supported Center for AIDS Research – and over 160 full-time doctoral-level faculty members.
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