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Admission Requirements
Admission requirements are those required by The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston. All applicants must take the General Test of the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE). (A Subject Test of the GRE is recommended but not required.) A GPA of 3.0 or greater is required. Successful applicants generally have a GPA of 3.5 or better and GRE scores in the 75% range. However, the UT GCP considers the entire application when selecting applicants to interview.
The following is strongly recommended:
• Client advocacy experience (crisis counseling/Planned Parenthood)
• Volunteer experience
• Genetic counseling internship/shadowing/exposure
•Undergraduate or graduate coursework in:
• Biology
• Psychology
• Genetics
• Chemistry
• Biochemistry
• Calculus
• Statistics
An interview in Houston is required for admission to this Program and will be arranged after the application is reviewed. The GSBS catalog is available on-line at the GSBS Web site. All application materials for the fall semester must be submitted by January 5 of that year (i.e., January 5, 2012, for Fall 2012 semester). International student applications are due by December 5 of the preceding year. Letters of admission will be mailed the beginning of May for the fall semester, in coordination with other genetic counseling programs. The four main criteria in consideration for admission to the Program are, in no particular order, volunteer and work related experience, the interview, cumulative undergraduate grade point average, and GRE scores. Please discuss relevant shadowing, volunteer, or advocacy work in your personal statement.
To submit an on-line application, please visit the Application for Admission. Make certain to read the instructions and note the special requirements for the genetic counseling program (the addition of three letters of recommendation and personal statement to the online application). For your information, the GRE code for UT Houston is 6907.
Financial Aid
Four $1,000 competitive scholarships are offered annually based on academic achievement of the incoming class. These scholarships qualify students for in-state tuition rates regardless of their residency status, thereby reducing the annual cost for students from approximately $13,000 (out of state) to $3,500 (in state). Two Dean's scholarships, one Willerson scholarship, and one Jacqueline T. Hecht scholarship constitute the four competitive scholarships awarded at the time of admission. Second year students are eligible to apply for the Barbara Kennedy scholarship, a need and academic-based scholarship. The scholarship award is $1,000 and qualifies the recipient for in state residency status if the student is not already classified as such.
Another path to in state tuition rates is the program's participation in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Academic Common Market (ACM). Students whose home state participates in the SREB ACM and do not have a genetic counseling program in their home state may apply to receive in state tuition at UT through the program. Participating states include: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. Please visit http://www.sreb.org/programs/acm/acmindex.aspx for more information.
Financial aid is offered to students through the UT-H Office of Student Financial Aid. It is strongly recommended that applications for financial aid be submitted by March 1 of the year for which you are applying. Applications are processed on a first-come, first-serve basis, as determined by the date the application is complete. To ensure that funds are ready by the first day of class, applications must be completed no later than six weeks prior to the first day of class. Students may submit application materials for financial aid prior to receipt of offer of admission. Application materials may e obtained from the Office of Student Financial Aid, UT-Houston, P.O. Box 20036, Houston, Texas 77225.


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Hong Kong
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News about Hong Kong, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Sep. 2, 2014
News analysis; Hong Kong democracy movement must decide how to carry out its threat to conduct sit-in protest now that China has put onerous restrictions on Hong Kong's voting plan; students and organizers will hold meetings in coming days to map out plan of protracted protests. MORE
Aug. 29, 2014
Officers from anticorruption agency in Hong Kong search home of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, a month after leaked documents suggested that he had made substantial donations to local pro-democracy parties and politicians. MORE
Aug. 23, 2014
Philippine police have arrested eight people suspected of being members of online syndicate accused of blackmailing more than 1,000 Hong Kong and Singapore residents after luring them into exposing themselves in front of a webcam. MORE
Aug. 18, 2014
Tens of thousands of people rally in Hong Kong to express their opposition to pro-democracy movement in China that threatens to bring Asia's biggest financial center to standstill if government does not open up nomination process for electing Hong Kong's top leader. MORE
Jul. 23, 2014
Hong Kong superluxury market remains bulletproof, even as government seeks to cool real estate sector with tighter mortgage rules and higher tax aimed at outside buyers of high-end properties. MORE
Jul. 16, 2014
Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying, presenting major report on revamping electoral system, says mainstream opinion in city is opposed to the direct nomination for chief executive candidates; item was key proposal of many pro-democracy groups. MORE
Jul. 3, 2014
Memo From Hong Kong; peaceful pro-democracy march held by a huge crowd of mostly young demonstrators shows the determination of many of Hong Kong's residents to preserve and expand freedom they inherited from British rule; protesters hope to change election rules to allow a civil nomination process for chief executive of Hong Kong. MORE
Jul. 2, 2014
Hundreds of thousands of protesters, mostly young, turn out for pro-democracy march in Hong Kong, defying Chinese government's dwindling tolerance for challenges to its control. MORE
Jun. 30, 2014
Unofficial referendum on making selection of Hong Kong's chief executive more democratic has attracted votes equal to more than a fifth of city's electorate; hopes are that higher-than-anticipated participation will, along with protest march, increase pressure on mainland Chinese government to give ground on issue. MORE
Jun. 28, 2014
Informal vote on how to select Hong Kong's leader reflects resentment that the Beijing-oriented political-business machine is rigged against the people; lawyers, bankers and former senior public servants to high school students say since Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, an elite beholden to the Chinese Communist Party has increasingly dominated the economy and opportunity, as well as politics. MORE
Jun. 23, 2014
Participation in informal poll to gauge Hong Kong's desire for democracy is exceeding expectations three days into 10-day voting period, with more than 689,000 ballots cast; organizers had hoped for at least 100,000 votes in poll, which has been condemned as illegal and invalid by mainland Chinese government. MORE
Jun. 12, 2014
Mark Simon, top executive at Hong Kong news media company Next Media Limited, says London-based banks HSBC and Standard Chartered have ended longtime advertising relationships with the company after being told to do so by the Chinese government; banks say their decisions were commercial. MORE
Jun. 11, 2014
Vast number of mainland Chinese traders and shoppers are pumping money into Hong Kong, leading to development of territory's border area; over $15 million worth of construction is planned, including millions of square feet of shopping and thousands of new apartments; more than 6,000 farmers and villagers may be displaced by projects. MORE
Jun. 10, 2014
A surge in lending to Chinese companies is leading Hong Kong regulators to impose strict financial rules four years before they are required under new global standards. MORE
Jun. 7, 2014
Saturday Profile of Chan Tat Ching, who helped create in 1989 a secret lifeline to freedom in Hong Kong after armed suppression of protests centered on Tiananmen Square in China. MORE
Jun. 5, 2014
Tens of thousands gather in Hong Kong to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, even as a stifling security presence in Beijing and elsewhere in mainland China appears to forestall protests; turnout is the largest since 1989, according to the organizers, and the second-largest, according to police estimates. MORE
May. 8, 2014
Court in southern China sentences Hong Kong publisher Yiu Mantin to 10 years in prison for smuggling industrial chemicals; Yiu's family and supporters say charges are political vendetta brought on by his plans to publish a book condemning Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping. MORE
May. 6, 2014
Chinese cargo ship laden with cement sinks near Hong Kong waters after colliding with a larger container ship registered in the Marshall Islands, leaving 11 people missing and setting off frantic search for survivors. MORE
May. 4, 2014
Hong Kong braces for demonstrations over voting rights, but its relations with mainland China have been overshadowed by a more pedestrian issue: how to react when toddlers relieve themselves on the street; video-recorded tussle when mainland couple allowed their child to urinate on street has ignited social media uproar; argument about child's behavior comes as local attitudes toward Beijing appear to be hardening. MORE
Apr. 26, 2014
Chinese Vice Pres Li Yuanchao calls Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong an illegal initiative that threatens Hong Kong's prosperity; it is bluntest warning yet from a Chinese Communist Party leader about possible protests in Hong Kong's financial district. MORE
Apr. 22, 2014
Several dozen members of Hong Kong's financial class hope to incite political awakening among bankers, stockbrokers and financial traders whose livelihoods have become increasingly enmeshed in mainland China's cash and influence; want more of their number to join Occupy Central, which plans protests demanding unfettered elections. MORE
Apr. 5, 2014
Editorial fears Chinese influence is limiting free elections and journalistic freedom in Hong Kong; says Hong Kong's position as a Chinese city with a free press and other rights has been central to its cultural vitality and success as a free-market economy; calls upon international community, particularly Britain, to remain vigilant in regard to Hong Kong's autonomy. MORE
Mar. 13, 2014
Hong Kong police claim a breakthrough in the investigation of a brutal attack on prominent newspaper editor Kevin Lau Chun-to, which sent chills through the territory's journalists; two men suspected of carrying out the attack were caught in mainland China and seven possible accomplices were arrested in Hong Kong. MORE
Mar. 3, 2014
Thousands of Hong Kong residents march through streets to voice support for freedom of the and to denounce violence against journalists; demonstration follows near-deadly attack on Kevin Lau Chun-to, former chief editor of newspaper Ming Pao. MORE
Feb. 18, 2014
Walt Disney Company says it plans to increase number of hotel rooms at Hong Kong Disneyland by 75 percent; 750-room hotel featuring the theme of exotic locations will open by early 2017 and cost about $550 million. MORE
Feb. 15, 2014
Op-Ed article by photojournalist Gratiane de Moustier warns that hundreds of thousands of Indonesian women face abuse and harsh living conditions as live-in domestic workers in Hong Kong and other Chinese territories; holds by upholding complex system of abuses, Indonesian and Hong Kong governments are responsible for a form of indentured servitude; calls on citizenry of both nations to demand change. MORE
Feb. 9, 2014
Barbra Austin reviews Serge et le Phoque restaurant in Hong Kong. MORE
Jan. 31, 2014
Protests break out in Hong Kong following announcement that Kevin Lau Chun-to, chief editor of independent newspaper Ming Pao, is being pushed out by paper's owners; some fear ouster is intended to appease Chinese government, which has sometimes been portrayed unfavorably by paper. MORE
Jan. 16, 2014
Chief executive of Hong Kong, Leung Chun-ying, calls for greater government spending on education from kindergarten through college in his annual policy address, but says little in response to appeals here for greater democracy and does not clarify whether Hong Kong would allow all adults to vote in next election. MORE
Dec. 18, 2013
Hong Kong developer Daryl Ng is promoting a hydroelectric turbine that generates power from excess pressure in buildings' water systems. MORE
Nov. 1, 2013
A switch to cleaner-burning vehicles has in one respect actually worsened smog in Hong Kong, forcing the city to modify its effort. MORE
Nov. 1, 2013
Former Philippine Pres Joseph Estrada, now Manila's mayor, plans to travel to Hong Kong to apologize for a botched rescue attempt in 2010 that left eight tourists from there dead. MORE
Oct. 17, 2013
Memo From Hong Kong; famine that gripped China from 1958 to 1962 is widely judged to be the deadliest in recorded history, killing 20 to 30 million people or more, and is one of the defining calamities of Mao Zedong's rule; with the approach of 120th anniversary Mao's birth, some of his supporters are playing down the devastation. MORE
Oct. 15, 2013
Hong Kong Journal; popularity of century-old tram system in Hong Kong is holding strong, despite predictions that speedier counterpart Mass Transit Railway system would make it obsolete; many riders like the convenience and rock-bottom cost of the tram system. MORE
Sep. 28, 2013
Hong Kong is increasingly becoming a difficult place to live for unskilled or semiskilled residents; in city with some of highest living costs worldwide, those at bottom of income ladder are resorting to almost inhumane living conditions, with cupboard-like spaces housing dozen or more to an apartment. MORE
Sep. 25, 2013
Clifford A Hart Jr, United States consul general in Hong Kong, reiterates American support for universal suffrage in Hong Kong but says he will not take any position on how it should be achieved. MORE
Sep. 14, 2013
Hong Kong announces that it will no longer allow shark fin to be served at official functions, bowing to years of pressure from environmental groups. MORE
Aug. 19, 2013
Sotheby's is set to announce sale of rare multimillion-dollar blue diamond as part of its regular twice-yearly auction series; 7.59-carat gem is expected to bring about $19 million and will be sold in Hong Kong, underlining importance of Asia as consumer of luxury items. MORE
Aug. 8, 2013
Hong Kong customs officials seize illegal shipment of ivory tusks, rhino horns and leopard skins worth more than $5 million; haul is second seizure of endangered species parts in a month in the city. MORE
Jul. 28, 2013
Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan reviews Butterfly on Victoria, boutique hotel in Hong Kong. MORE
Jul. 20, 2013
Customs officials in Hong Kong announce one of their largest seizures of smuggled ivory, intercepting 1,148 tusks weighing in at 4,800 in a container coming from the West African nation of Togo; incident highlights pervasiveness of trade that conservationists describe as an all-out crisis for elephant populations in Africa. MORE
Jul. 4, 2013
Rapid growth and sweeping economic changes have pushed up retail rents in many of Asia's largest cities, but nowhere have they reached the stratospheric heights of Hong Kong; rent increases have squeezed out many of the colorful mom and pop stores that form large part of city's business ecosystem, changing the face of many neighborhoods in process. MORE
Jul. 2, 2013
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents take to the streets, demanding resignation of their Beijing-backed leader Leung Chun-ying, and pressing for promised democratic changes. MORE
Jun. 25, 2013
Edward J Snowden, who planned his escape from Hong Kong from cramped home of a local supporter with help of several lawyers, apparently made his decision to leave based on questions of asylum, extradition and computer access. MORE
Jun. 24, 2013
Edward J Snowden arrives in Moscow from Hong Kong, as American officials press Russia to turn him over on charges of espionage; has been aided in his escape by Wikileaks and is considering potential destinations including Ecuador; frustrated Obama administration warns countries in Latin America not to harbor Snowden or allow him passage, escalating international hunt that threatens to strain relations on three continents. MORE
Jun. 24, 2013
Analysts say Chinese government made final decision to allow Edward J Snowden, former National Security Agency contractor, to leave Hong Kong, keeping Beijing from being ensnared in long legal battle with United States and maintaining diplomatic ties. MORE
Jun. 23, 2013
State Department is asking Hong Kong to extradite Edward J Snowden to face espionage and theft charges in the United States, setting off what is likely to be a tangled and protracted fight over his fate. MORE
Jun. 22, 2013
Edward J Snowden, whose release of classified files has sparked a debate over the proper limits of government monitoring, is charged with violating the Espionage Act and theft of government property; United States asks Hong Kong, where Snowden is believed to be in hiding, to detain him while indictment and extradition requests are prepared. MORE
Jun. 13, 2013
Edward J Snowden, former National Security Agency computer technician who has acknowledged leaking highly classified documents about United States government's monitoring of Internet and telephone communications, tells Hong Kong newspaper that he plans to stay in the city and fight extradition. MORE
Jun. 12, 2013
Hong Kong's old Kai Tak Airport will reopen as Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, accommodating world's largest cruise ships; decision to spend $1 billion to convert old airport site into cruise terminal is bet on Asia's growing appetite for travel. MORE
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General Information on Hong Kong
Official Name: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Government Type: Limited democracy
Population: 6.98 million
Languages: Chinese and English as written; Cantonese, Mandarin and English as spoken
Year of Independence: None; special administrative region of China
Web site: Gov.hk
Hong Kong Paper Drops Pro-Democracy Column
The columnist's supporters said The Hong Kong Economic Journal's decision was a blow to the city's beleaguered media freedoms, a criticism the newspaper rejected.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON HONG KONG AND: Hong Kong , China , Occupy Central , Democracy (Theory and Philosophy) , Hong Kong Economic Journal
Hong Kong's Democracy Dilemma
Beijing's plan to control elections in Hong Kong has opened a new era of civil disobedience.
September 3, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON HONG KONG AND: Hong Kong , China , Democracy (Theory and Philosophy) , Elections , Demonstrations, Protests and Riots , National People's Congress (China)
Q. and A.: Ren Jianming on the Fight Against Corruption in China, and His Own Solution
Ren Jianming, one of China's leading experts on corruption, discusses the enormous scale of the problem and the challenge of keeping government functioning while pursuing it "to the end," as President Xi Jinping has vowed.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON HONG KONG AND: Hu Jintao , Jiang Zemin , Ling Jihua , Ling Zhengce , Mao Zedong , Wang Qishan , Wen Jiabao , Xi Jinping , Zhou Yongkang , China , Guangdong Province (China) , Hong Kong , Shanxi Province (China) , Communist Party of China , Independent Commission Against Corruption , People's Daily , Transparency International , Tsinghua University , Bribery and Kickbacks , Corruption (Institutional) , Income , Wages and Salaries
National Goals Still Murky After Zhejiang Church Razings
The pulling down of crosses and churches in Zhejiang Province could point to the beginnings of a national campaign against Christianity, according to an adviser to the Anglican archbishop in Hong Kong.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON HONG KONG AND: Xi Jinping , China , Hong Kong , Zhejiang Province (China) , Communist Party of China , Three-Self Patriotic Movement (China) , Christians and Christianity , Crosses and Crucifixes
Chinese Company's Shares Suspended on Critical Report
Anonymous Analytics, a faction of the hacking group Anonymous, claimed that Tianhe Chemicals overstated its revenue and profit. Tianhe said it would make an announcement "in due course."
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
Democracy Backers in Hong Kong Face Tough Choices
Students and organizers planned strikes, legal obstruction and a sit-in after the national legislature placed strict limits on how the city may pick its next leader.
September 2, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON HONG KONG AND: Hong Kong , Occupy Central , China , Demonstrations, Protests and Riots , Communist Party of China , National People's Congress (China) , Elections
Foreign Forces in League With Hong Kong's Democrats Include Gandhi, King, Jesus
Hong Kong citizens pushing for more democracy are indeed, as People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party newspaper, said, colluding "with external forces." At the top of the list of foreigners influencing the movement: Gandhi, the Rev. Dr....
September 1, 2014, Monday
MORE ON HONG KONG AND: Gandhi, Mohandas K , King, Martin Luther Jr , Mandela, Nelson , Thoreau, Henry David , Zen, Joseph , China , Hong Kong , People's Daily , WhatsApp Inc , Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
China Restricts Voting Reforms for Hong Kong
China's legislature laid down strict limits to proposed voting reforms in Hong Kong, drawing battle lines in what could be a deepening confrontation over the future of the city and of China.
September 1, 2014, Monday
MORE ON HONG KONG AND: Hong Kong , National People's Congress (China) , Elections , Demonstrations, Protests and Riots , Communist Party of China , China
Hong Kong Prepares for Decision on Election Rules
The territory will learn on Sunday the framework for its next vote for chief executive, including whether and to what extent the candidates will be vetted by a nominating committee.
August 29, 2014, Friday
MORE ON HONG KONG AND: Ip, Regina , Lee Cheuk-yan , Beijing (China) , China , Hong Kong , Independent Commission Against Corruption , Next Media Ltd , Occupy Central , Corruption (Institutional) , Elections , Relocation of Business
On Hong Kong, Democracy and Protecting the Rich
In an unusual theoretical leap, a leading Chinese academic said democracy in Hong Kong must be limited in order to protect the interests of its capitalist class.
August 29, 2014, Friday
MORE ON HONG KONG AND: Jiang Zemin , Wang Zhenmin , Beijing (China) , China , Hong Kong , Communist Party of China , National People's Congress (China) , Tsinghua University , Elections
Hong Kong's Democracy Movement
A pro-democracy march underlined the determination of residents to preserve and expand the freedoms that they inherited from British rule.
Hong Kong Challenges Beijing
On Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of people held one of the largest marches in Hong Kong's history to demand democracy.
Scenes of Protest in Hong Kong
In what may be the biggest demonstration in a decade, hundreds of thousands of people marched in Hong Kong to demand greater democracy.
Tiananmen Vigils in Hong Kong and Taiwan
Outside mainland China, tens of thousands of people gathered to mark the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters 25 years ago in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
China tech titans take battle to U.S.
The war among China's Internet giants is heating up, with some heading to the U.S. to drum up cash for more land grabs back home. But which should investors be betting on? Jane Lanhee Lee reports.
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2:10pm Thursday 10th January 2013 in Bexley By Mark Chandler, deputy news editor
A CARE home needs to take urgent improvements over the way its elderly residents are protected from abuse risks, inspectors say.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has issued Brook House Care Centre, in Meadowford Close, Thamesmead, with a formal warning following an unannounced inspection in November.
Despite, the home meeting a range of standards, inspectors said reasonable steps were not always being taken to identify the possibility of abuse, prevent it occurring, or respond appropriately when allegations of abuse were made.
Deputy director of CQC in London Matthew Trainer said: "The problems found here needed to be put right by the provider immediately.
"Our inspectors will return in the near future to carry out another unannounced inspection. If we find that the home is not making the required progress we won't hesitate to use our legal powers further to protect the people who live there."
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Houston (8-4) vs. Vanderbilt (8-4), noon CST (ESPN)
At Legion Field, Birmingham, Ala.
Line: Vanderbilt by 2 1/2
Series Record: First meeting.
Vanderbilt is looking for its second straight bowl win and only its fourth overall and is trying to close its season with five straight wins. A young Houston team is trying to gain momentum for 2014, when it opens a new stadium. Houston's two-deep depth chart includes only eight seniors.
Vanderbilt safety Kenny Ladler vs. Houston wide receiver Deontay Greenberry. Ladler, a senior, leads the Southeastern Conference with five forced fumbles and ranks second with five interceptions and 60 solo tackles. Greenberry, a sophomore, led the Cougars with 76 catches for 1,106 yards and 10 touchdowns and is a big reason Houston scored in its first 32 quarters of the season.
Houston: QB John O'Korn threw 26 touchdown passes, the most of any true freshman in the nation and only two behind Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater for the American Athletic Conference lead. O'Korn made his first start in the third game of the season against Rice and has six games with three or more TD passes.
Vanderbilt: Senior wide receiver Jordan Matthews set a Southeastern Conference record with 107 catches this season as he earned All-SEC honors for the second straight year. Matthews also set SEC records with 257 career receptions and 3,616 yards receiving.
Vanderbilt is playing in its third straight bowl game for the first time, all under coach James Franklin, and only its seventh bowl overall. ... A win would give the Commodores back-to-back nine-win seasons for the first time. ... Vandy beat Georgia, Florida and Tennessee in the same season for the first time. ... The Commodores closed the regular season with four straight wins. ... Houston leads the nation with its plus-25 turnover margin and 40 forced turnovers. .... The Cougars are making their eighth postseason trip in the past 11 seasons. ... Houston joined the American Athletic Conference in 2013 after 17 years in Conference USA. ... Since 2006, Houston has the most total offense (53,396 yards) in the nation. Oregon and Oklahoma rank second and third, respectively, in that span. ... Houston led the AAC with 15 plays of 40 yards or longer.


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Bobcats begin laying off workers amid NBA lockout
This report from Mike Cranston details that at least seven Bobcats' employees were let go of by the team during the past week. One of these employees was the Bobcats' radio play-by-play guy, Scott Lauer. These moves may be related to the recent NBA lockout. Read the report for further explanation.


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As a Québécois of Haitain ancestry, it is quite human of me to be happy that Barack Hussein Obama, a biracial African-American man, has become president of the United States and how his historic election may enable Americans - white and black, Northerner and Southerner - to see and treat themselves differently in ways we cannot yet fully imagine.
However, as both a left-wing progressive and a critical thinker, I've always prefered that Obama be elected without any radical illusions. As Matt Taibbi of RollingStone.com reminded us with a cold shower way back in February 2007, Obama is first and foremost a politician regardless of how good a politician he has proven himself to be. Furthermore, although he will stir the US away from some of the authoritarian policies of the Bush administration, it doesn't change the fact that he, like Bill Clinton, is a "Third Way" centrist Democrat that will most probably govern from the American political center rather than the left.
So in order to be a credible force that can hold Obama to his liberal campaign promises, American progressives (and their allies and sympathizers in other countries such as myself) must resist getting swept up in the "Obamania" spreading all over the globe by remaining informed, engaged, and, most of important of all, critical.
This is why I very much appreciated this excerpt from an AlterNet.org article entitled Why Iraqis, Afghans, Palestinians, and Others Might Be Nervous About President Obama where Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! interviewed Australian investigative journalist, bestselling author, and documentary filmmaker John Pilger for his response to the election of Barack Hussein Obama as president of the United States:
John Pilger: Well, my response, Amy, is that really anyone was better than Bush and the Bush administration. Having experienced election night in the United States and then seeing the response here [in Britain], I feel that it's time that analysis and critical thinking took over and that those of us who wish to think that way, who wish to think critically, really should start addressing the -- this rather manipulated emotional response. I don't, in any way, cast doubt on the sincerity of the way people are speaking about the election of Obama around the world [...]. But I do think we have to consider President-elect Obama as a man of the system.
Michael Moore had it right when he said the other day, let's hope that Obama breaks all his election promises, as politicians generally do, because all his election promises, in terms of foreign policy, are a continuation of business as usual. And even if there is a return to what used to be called a multilateral world, I think there has to be critical analysis of the return to the pretensions of America as a peacemaker around the world. We had to endure this, and I mean endure it during the Clinton years, and I don't think that we, in the rest of the world, ought to have to endure it now through the Obama years, so that we have a continuation, if you like, of liberalism as a divisive, almost war-making ideology, being used to destroy liberalism as a reality, because that has gone on under so-called liberal presidents, from Kennedy to Clinton, Democratic presidents. And President-elect Obama suggests to us, in his promises, that he is going to continue that, bombing Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Someone said to me -- in fact, I was talking to my daughter when I got off the plane from Houston this morning, and she said, "What was it like over there?" And we were discussing it, and I said, "Well, it comes down to, I suppose, asking an Afghan child how they feel when their family has been destroyed by a 500-pound bunker-busting bomb dropped by the United States and dropped by President Obama, as he continues that war. I think that's the reality that we really have to begin to discuss now, having celebrated, and rightly celebrated, the ascent of the first African American president of the United States.
JG: And, John Pilger, what sign would you look for in these early days now, as Obama begins to move into a transition period, that would indicate to you that he would be trying to break, in one way or other, from this neoliberalism of the Clinton years?
JP: Well, it's difficult to know. Breaking from the Bush years is going to be the first, and I suppose breaking from the Bush years means actually talking to people and negotiating. I think breaking from, let's say, the Democratic years [...] the Clinton years will mean giving us a sign that the ideological, rapacious, war-making machine that has been built over many years and reinforced, as perhaps never before during the eight years of Bush, that that ideological machine does not transcend a loss of electoral power. You see, that's really the central issue here, that a kind of ideological consensus has been built under Bush. Now, yes, Obama has been voted in, but will that vote, will that -- will a new president transcend this ideological machine?
You know, during the campaign, there was almost nothing between McCain and Obama in foreign policy. Indeed, Obama went further. I mean, he even declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel. He threatened Latin America. He, at times, seemed to be going further than Bush. And, of course, people, realists, the so-called realists, would shake their heads and say, "Well, yes, he has to do that."
Look, in answer to your question, I think he has to -- in order to show that he is in any way different -- he has to start dismantling this machine, for example, going against his promise to continue the embargo on Cuba, to drop that; to reach out to the governments of Venezuela and Bolivia and Ecuador, each of which is under attack, subversive attack by the United States; to face the reality that Afghanistan is a colonial war; and to not let the so-called withdrawal from Iraq be a sham, that it leaves these so-called enduring bases. That, any one of those, any change in one of those, would indicate that Obama is truly different.


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Is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane? Nope? OK, is there is anyone in Hollywood who knows how to make a good airplane movie?
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Obama, Romney to resume campaigning in Wisconsin
La Crosse - President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are resuming their campaign battle for Wisconsin this week after putting overt campaigning on hold on Monday and Tuesday and turning their attention to superstorm Sandy, which has killed more than 50 people on the East Coast.
Romney had canceled an appearance Monday night in West Allis because Sandy was expected to make landfall around the same time. He scuttled his plans shortly after President Barack Obama announced he would not appear Tuesday in Green Bay because of the storm. Romney instead helped collect relief supplies in Ohio; Obama spoke with governors and mayors in hard-hit areas. »Read Full Article(631)
Obama campaigning in Green Bay on Thursday
President Barack Obama will make a campaign stop in Green Bay at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Austin Straubel International Airport, his campaign announced Tuesday night.
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Northridge might be sold to Penzeys Spices
Milwaukee's former Northridge Mall, a drag on the surrounding shopping area since its 2003 closing, might be sold to Penzeys Spices, which plans to use the building for its rapidly growing business.
If that happens, Penzeys would move a large portion of its operations, including its Wauwatosa distribution center and Town of Brookfield offices, to the vacant former mall. That would amount to a huge investment in the dormant property and could help attract other developments to the surrounding area, city officials said. »Read Full Article(151)
Bill Clinton in Eau Claire on Wednesday
Former President Bill Clinton will be stumping for President Barack Obama's re-election Wednesday in Eau Claire, the Obama campaign announced Tuesday night.
Details of Clinton's appearance were not immediately available, the campaign said. (12)
Gold Glove drought continues for the Brewers
Despite posting the best fielding percentage in the National League, Aramis Ramirez was beaten out in his quest for his first career Rawlings Gold Glove Award tonight.
Chase Headley of the San Diego Padres won the award. David Wright of the New York Mets was the other finalist in the National League. »Read Full Blog Post(60)
Insurers brace for superstorm claims
The powerful gales of superstorm Sandy will cause ripples - if not waves - of claims for some Wisconsin-based insurers.
Several property insurers from Wisconsin said they already are getting claims from states affected by the storm, but probably won't have solid damage estimates until waters recede enough for adjusters to evaluate the destruction. »Read Full Article
No Gold Glove for Braun
For the second straight season, Ryan Braun fell short in his bid for his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award.
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UW-Madison scientists had key role in forecasting Sandy
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison played a key role in helping forecasters accurately predict superstorm Sandy's landfall in New Jersey on Monday, likely saving countless lives by providing adequate early warning.
While the scientists at the Madison-based Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies aren't forecasters, they pull and package critical data from satellite imagery - data such as wind speed, temperature and moisture - that forecasters depend on to pinpoint the path and intensity of a tropical cyclone, said Chris Velden, a senior researcher for the center. »Read Full Article(3)
Romney in West Allis Friday
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will headline a campaign rally Friday morning at the Products Pavilion at State Fair Park.
Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and the program begins at 9:30 a.m., according to an invitation that appears on the Romney campaign website. »Read Full Article(19)
Brown Deer police ask state for domestic violence training
Brown Deer Police Chief Steven Rinzel has asked the state Department of Justice for training on how to handle domestic violence situations - a request that comes as his department deals with sharp criticism for how it responded to calls involving Brookfield spa shooter Radcliffe Haughton and his wife.
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced Tuesday that Rinzel made the request not just for Brown Deer police but also for all law enforcement in the Milwaukee area. »Read Full Article
Teen killed in Sheboygan County crash
A 16-year-old boy was killed in a traffic crash shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday on Highway Road south of County Highway N in the Town of Lyndon, the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office said.
The boy, who was driving, was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger, the boy's 14-year-old sibling, was not injured, the sheriff's office said.
Driver inexperience and gravel road conditions contributed to the crash, the sheriff's office said.
Stock trading to resume Wednesday
Don't look for any big moves from stocks once trading resumes on Wednesday after a two-day hurricane hiatus, market professionals say.
Investors are squarely focused on the presidential election, which takes place in six days, and while the storm left behind a huge mess on the East Coast, it isn't likely to have a long-term impact on the markets. »Read Full Article(1)
Biden to visit Beloit, Superior on Friday
Vice President Joe Biden will make campaign appearances on Friday in Beloit and Superior, campaign officials said Tuesday.
Biden will appear at Aldrich Middle School in Beloit. Doors open for the event at 9 a.m. Tickets are available at Obama for America campaign offices in Beloit and Janesville.
The event in Superior will take place at Superior Middle School, where doors open at 1 p.m. Tickets for that event are available at Obama for America campaign offices in Superior, Ashland and Duluth, Minn. (11)
Federal judge rules Milwaukee County could shift some health costs to retirees
Milwaukee County's move to charge its retirees for some health care costs - a change made in 2012 that shifted millions of dollars in costs from taxpayers to retirees as well as active employees - was upheld in federal court Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge William E. Callahan Jr. ruled against Esther Hussey, who retired from the county in 1991 after 35 years and said she was promised free health insurance. She worked primarily in the register of deeds office. »Read Full Article(73)
Obama team asks Van Hollen to review Romney poll watcher info
The top lawyer for President Barack Obama's campaign asked Tuesday for Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to look into a report that Republican challenger Mitt Romney's staff is training poll watchers using inaccurate information.
But a staffer for Romney's campaign dismissed the Obama team's letter to the Republican attorney general as political spin. »Read Full Blog Post(261)
Former Monroe County jailer sentenced on sex assault charge
Sparta - A former Monroe County jailer has been sentenced to probation on a sex assault charge.
Judge Mark Goodman on Monday sentenced Jerry Friedl, 27, to four years' probation. »Read Full Article
New Baldwin, Thompson ads hit the air as Senate race enters final week
One week before the election for U.S. Senate, a flood of new television ads hit a state already awash in political advertising.
At least five spots rolled out on Tuesday alone. That followed three on Monday - and more are expected before the Nov. 6 election. »Read Full Article(8)
Man allegedly sells friend's jewelry, car for crack
Ronald Kramer, a 48-year-old Greenfield man, was charged Oct. 27 with felony theft for selling his friend's Cadillac and $61,000 worth of his friend's jewelry.
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Fiserv's third quarter profit rises 9.4%
Fiserv Inc. posted an earnings increase of 9.4% in the third quarter as revenue rose for the Brookfield-based financial technology firm.
Net income was $139 million, or $1.02 per share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30. That compares with $127 million, or 89 cents per share, in the third quarter of 2011. »Read Full Article(1)
Spooner named president of Columbia St. Mary's hospital division
Columbia St. Mary's has named Allan M. Spooner president of the health care system's hospital division including Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee; Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee; Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute; and Columbia St. Mary's Women's Hospital.
Spooner's appointment was effective Monday. »Read Full Article
Judge strikes down law giving Walker new powers in setting DPI rules
Madison - A portion of a law giving Gov. Scott Walker veto powers over rules written by the state schools superintendent was struck down Tuesday by a Dane County judge, the latest in a series of legal skirmishes between the GOP governor and public employee unions.
In the case, parents of students and members of the Wisconsin Education Association Council and Madison Teachers Inc. challenged the law approved last year giving Walker the power to veto administrative rules written by any state agency. »Read Full Article(433)
Details shared on downtown Oconomowoc apartments
City of Oconomowoc - Officials Tuesday shared details on the five-story, 60-unit Worthington Apartments that will be built across from the new community center.
The project, developed by Bob Felker, will include two levels of enclosed parking, a common area, private fitness room, a second-story landscaped courtyard and will rise to 60 feet at building peak along Wisconsin Avenue. »Read Full Article(1)
Baldwin stumps at diner, criticizes Thompson
Democratic U.S. candidate Tammy Baldwin stopped at Miss Katie's Diner on Tuesday to meet customers and look for votes in the close election.
"I need every Democrat and independent I can get," she told a diner as he left the restaurant. »Read Full Blog Post(34)
Woman awarded $32,500 in age discrimination case
A Shawano woman was awarded $32,500 in an age-discrimination lawsuit settlement, federal officials said.
Sharon Passon, 60, was fired as the billing specialist for Computer Systems LLC, of Shawano, in April 2010, while the company kept a 34-year-old employee who was less qualified for the job, according to a complaint by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Passon had worked for the company for 38 years. »Read Full Article(4)
Pediatrician in Boy Scouts molestation case surrenders medical license
A Greendale pediatrician on Tuesday surrendered his medical license after professional regulators began an investigation into his admitted 1987 molestation of two Boy Scouts.
The case of Thomas Kowalski, 75, was revealed in secret Boy Scouts of America records that became public recently as part of litigation against the organization in California, and was reported locally Oct. 20. »Read Full Article
Weyco Group posts quarterly earnings gain
Profits rose almost 18% for shoemaker Weyco Group Inc. in the third quarter as revenue grew, especially for its Florsheim, Bogs and Umi brands.
Weyco had net income of nearly $5.2 million, or 48 cents per share, compared with $4.4 million, or 40 cents, in the same period last year. »Read Full Article
European economic slowdown hammers Johnson Controls results, outlook
Citing the slowdown in Europe and uncertainty over the U.S. "fiscal cliff," Johnson Controls Inc. on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss and warned weakening end markets would lead to declining sales and net income in the next two quarters.
The Glendale-based firm reported fourth quarter sales of $10.4 billion, down 4% from $10.8 billion in the same period last year. Sales of car seats and related products fell, as did sales in the company's building efficiency business. Sales from the power solutions business were unchanged. »Read Full Blog Post(7)
Shawano County man pleads insanity in father's death
Shawano - A Shawano County man accused of killing his father has entered a plea of not guilty by reason of mental disease.
The defense for Joshua Johnson called two doctors to the stand Tuesday in Shawano County Circuit Court. They testified that Johnson suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. They said Johnson told them he was hearing voices and getting messages from his television screen telling him to kill his father. »Read Full Article
PolitiFact: Testing competing Medicare claims in Senate race
New today from PolitiFact Wisconsin:
In the U.S. Senate race, we check Tommy Thompson's claim that he "had nothing to do with" prohibiting the government from negotiating prices for prescription drugs in Medicare Part D.
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Woman died after having a stroke while driving in Tosa, police say
A 65-year-old woman had a stroke while driving in the 10700 block of West North Avenue on Oct. 22, causing her car to crash into a fire hydrant, according to a Wauwatosa police report. She died while receiving medical attention shortly afterward.
Also in the report: »Read Full Article
Wave forecast reduced, so Pleasant Prairie calls off evacuation
Superstorm Sandy is losing its punch in Lake Michigan, no longer posing a major threat to the shoreline village of Pleasant Prairie near the Illinois border.
The village discontinued an evacuation advisory from 95th St. south to the Wisconsin/Illinois state line and east of 3rd Ave., and instead posted a flood advisory from 110th St. south to the Wisconsin/Illinois state line, east of 2nd Ave. »Read Full Article(18)
Highway 59 re-opened in both directions after crash
A stretch of Highway 59 just east of Highway 83 that was closed in both directions in Waukesha County because of a three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning has been re-opened.
The accident scene was cleared at 11:28 a.m., and all lanes of traffic are now open, according to the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department. »Read Full Article(1)
5 Wisconsin lawmakers settle suit with groups seeking ALEC emails
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As part of the settlement, the Center for Media and Democracy in Madison and the national group Common Cause will receive $2,520 in attorney's fees and costs from the state and the lawmakers will turn over any records from their email accounts that fit the groups' open records request. »Read Full Article(45)
Police say disgruntled painter stole $2,500 worth of goods from Wauwatosa garage
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Benjamin Flores of Milwaukee was charged with felony theft in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Friday. He is accused of taking $2,500 worth of items - ranging from a snow blower and lawn mower to a card table and lawn games - from a Wauwatosa family's garage. »Read Full Article(2)
Sheriffs complain of 'misleading' radio ads
Sheriffs around Wisconsin are up in arms about a radio ad that appears to solicit donations for sheriffs but has nothing to do with them.
Sheriffs from Dane and Grant counties call the ad from a group called the National Constitutional Sheriff's Association "misleading" and are trying to get it pulled off the air. »Read Full Article(9)
Bill Clinton in new ad for Tammy Baldwin
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If you've never checked out the Wind Map, this is a great day to take a look.
The map makes it clear that the wind pushing you down the street Tuesday morning in Milwaukee is coming from superstorm Sandy, which is making its way through Pennsylvania. »Read Full Blog Post
With nuclear plant shutting down, ATC to rethink power line upgrade
American Transmission Co. will go back to the drawing board on a nearly $200 million power line project in eastern Wisconsin, because of the planned shutdown of the Kewaunee Power Station.
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Waukesha State Bank to open branch in New Berlin
Waukesha State Bank said it plans to open its first branch in New Berlin.
The new full-service banking office will be at 14000 W. National Ave. in a building that previously housed a BMO Harris Bank branch. The branch is expected to open in the spring.
The New Berlin branch will be Waukesha State Bank's 14th full-service location. Waukesha State Bank also has branches in Brookfield, Delafield, Mukwonago, Muskego, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, Sussex and Waukesha.
Appleton man charged after kick kills puppy
An Appleton man who kicked and killed his roommate's puppy when he realized there was no more beer in the refrigerator has been charged with a felony count of animal mistreatment causing death, according to a story in the Appleton Post-Crescent.
Charles J. Vander Wielen, 25, told police his memory of the 2:45 a.m. incident was sketchy. But he remembered going to the refrigerator, realizing there was no beer, and pacing around the apartment angrily, according to a criminal complaint. He then kicked something like a football.
Vander Wielen later admitted to killing the dog and referred to himself as a monster and a danger to society, the complaint says. (4)
Three Menomonee Falls cross country coaches suspended on suspicion of alcohol use
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According to District Public Relations Officer Mitchell Maersch, there will be a special closed session committee meeting held on Thursday morning where the issue will be discussed further. The committee will likely make a recommendation to the school board about any further disciplinary action for the trio. »Read Full Article(9)
New Berlin officials could loosen dog rules
New Berlin - New Berlin officials seem to be moving away from the city's limit of four dogs per home without a dog fanciers license and away from the fanciers license all together.
Both were enacted by the Common Council last year as part of a comprehensive reform of the rules affecting dogs. »Read Full Article(1)
Waves in Lake Michigan nearly 19 feet Tuesday morning
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration buoy in the middle of Lake Michigan east of Kenosha is recording waves Tuesday morning as high as 18.7 feet with winds of 35 knots.
Farther north and northeast of Fish Creek in Door County, a buoy is recording waves as high as 10.5 feet with winds of 33 knots. »Read Full Article(15)
Sci-fi giant Orson Scott Card visits local bookstore Wednesday
Sci-fi great Orson Scott Card, winner of the both the Hugo and Nebula awards for his novels 'Ender's Game" and 'Speaker for the Dead,' visits Milwaukee's Boswell Book Company at 7 p.m. Oct. 31 to sign copies of his new young-adult novel, 'Ruins: Pathfinder Trilogy, Vol. 2.'
In his new novel, three time-shifting youth have passed beyond a wall that divides their planet into different evolutionary experiments. They encounter intelligent machines that have been shaping their people's fate, and the threat of even greater dangers. (1)
Webcams let you eye Sandy's waves along Lake Michigan
Many are keeping their eyes on Lake Michigan on Tuesday because of predictions of 18-foot waves along the coastline, pushed by superstorm Sandy.
You can see parts of the shoreline from your office by checking out the webcams by Lakefrontcam.com. the site has cameras covering Bradford Beach, the North Shore and the South Shore.
Update: it appears this blog post generated enough traffic to crash Lakefrontcam.com. We guess you might have a better chance of viewing their cameras later in the day. (3)
Icahn selects 'slate of friends' in Oshkosh takeover
As part of his unsolicited takeover attempt of Oshkosh Corp., billionaire investor Carl Icahn has selected "a slate of friends" for nomination to the board of directors, the company says.
Oshkosh confirmed in a statement that it received Icahn's nominees, and said 12 of the 13 are employees or affiliates of Icahn-controlled entities or repeat nominees from his previous proxy fights. »Read Full Article(8)
White's conviction for soliciting juror's death reinstated
A federal jury convicted William White of soliciting the murder of a juror in another trial, in which a white supremacist was convicted of going after a federal judge.
But U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman granted White's motion to set the conviction aside, agreeing that prosecutors failed to present enough evidence for the jury to legally reach the conclusion White was guilty, in a case that mixed First Amendment claims, abhorrent views and the power of the Internet. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Paul Ryan, Ann Romney events set
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan will make two appearances at campaign offices in Wisconsin later Tuesday before embarking on a full day of campaigning around the state Wednesday.
Ryan is due to appear at GOP victory centers in La Crosse and Hudson on Tuesday to collect donations for storm relief efforts. »Read Full Blog Post(35)
One lane of I-43 reopens after 7-vehicle crash
A seven-vehicle accident early Tuesday morning closed both southbound lanes of Interstate 43 at Brown Deer Road for a half hour.
There were no injuries in the 6:45 a.m. crash, and one lane of traffic was re-opened by around 7:15 a.m., said Fran McLaughlin, public information officer for the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department.
Deputies were still clearing the scene shortly before 8 a.m.
Mayfair Collection financing plan has first hearing on Thursday
A proposal for the city of Wauwatosa to help finance The Mayfair Collection shopping center will have its first public hearing on Thursday.
The plan will be reviewed the Community Development Authority, with the meeting to begin at noon. The plan will also need Common Council approval, with the council to review the proposal later in November. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap Today: Superstorm Sandy vs. Michael Myers
Superstorm Sandy may have sidelined Mitt Romney's scheduled West Allis rally Monday, and pushed back a Tuesday debate at Marquette University between Lynn Cheneye and Howard Dean to Thursday, but there is one person this storm will not mess with -- cinema's most terrifying, silent serial killer, Michael Myers. (Sorry, Jason, Myers is just scarier.)
John Carpenter's classic slasher flick "Halloween" (not that awful Rob Zombie version) is showing at multiple movie theaters in the area--just in time for Halloween Wednesday.


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BROOKLYN AND PATCHOGUE, N.Y. – October 24, 2013 - St. Joseph's College is pleased to announce that the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) recently completed its periodic evaluation of the College's Adolescent Education and Child Study programs and has awarded them their highest certification.
"I congratulate all the members of the Department of Education— both child study and adolescent education— on this exceptional achievement," said SJC President S. Elizabeth A. Hill, C.S.J., J.D. "While I am not surprised, because I know that we have superb programs, it is wonderful to have that confirmed by a group of peers."
Under the leadership of S. Nancy Gilchriest, S.S.N.D., Ed.D., chairperson and associate professor in the Department of Education at SJC, a comprehensive brief submission addressed the College's programs in relation to the five standards of accreditation used by CAEP to measure the quality and effectiveness of teacher preparation. This brief, which took two years to compile, assessed both undergraduate and graduate programs at SJC. Following its completion and evaluation of this review, the Council recertified the College's programs for the next seven years, the maximum permissible period.
"Our faculty did a magnificent job, not only in the preparation of the brief, but every day in the classroom and in advising and guiding their students," said S. Elizabeth.
For more information about this or SJC in general, please contact Michael Banach at 718.940.5584.
About St. Joseph's College
St. Joseph's College has been dedicated to providing a diverse population of students in the New York metropolitan area with an affordable education rooted in the liberal arts tradition since 1916. Independent and coeducational, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, aiming to prepare each student for a life characterized by integrity, intellectual and spiritual values, social responsibility, and service. With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College offers degrees in more than 29 majors, special course offerings and certificates, affiliated and pre-professional programs.


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A good sports bra is as crucial to sports performance as a good pair of trainers – and this Freya sports bra is an excellent option.
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By Andrea McCann
Zionsville Times Sentinel
Zionsville —
Since 2006, Hayat Nooristani has been shot at under small arms and mortar fire, blown up by improvised explosive devices, and pulled U.S. soldiers and Zionsville resident Dennis Norris out of harm's way while assisting the United States in war-torn Afghanistan. In retribution, the Taliban has killed many of the Afghan man's family members, forced the rest into hiding and kept Nooristani on the run to preserve his own life.
"He's a war hero," Norris said. "He's got me out of a few scrapes, and I've got him out of a few scrapes."
Nooristani has worked for the U.S. military, for Norris under a government contract, and now for the military again, yet the U.S. government refused three times to grant him a special immigration visa (SIV) that would allow him to move to the United States, where he could live in relative safety.
A Zionsville resident who met Nooristani while working in Afghanistan, Norris is helping the young man in his fourth attempt by facilitating the SIV application process as much as he can and agreeing to be his U.S. sponsor.
According to Norris, who met Nooristani in 2010, the Afghan national became eligible for an SIV in 2007 and applied then for the first time. In 2008 when he met a senior State Department official, he asked about his application.
"She told him it was conveniently lost because he was too valuable an asset," Norris said. "Hayat speaks seven languages."
One of those is Pashai, which is rare. That's key, Norris said, because Taliban forces moving from Pakistan through Afghanistan's Nuristan Province, where Nooristani is from, hire local guides; they speak Pashai, so Pashai speakers are very valuable to the military for translating the Taliban guides' radio traffic. At the time Nooristani first applied for an SIV, Norris continued, a lot of battles still were being fought and the U.S. military needed Nooristani.
"To have someone with Hayat's skills is important," Norris said. "I get it."
But he doesn't agree with it. He said the SIV program was put in place to bring as many as 1,500 Afghan translators to the States annually because their devotion to the U.S. puts their lives and those of their families in danger. However, only 35 interpreters received SIVs in 2011 and 50 in 2012, according to The Daily Beast; Norris wants to know why.
Nooristani's path to freedom has been full of obstacles, and Norris has been a human bulldozer, removing one obstacle at a time.
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It's the story that has stirred controversy in Michigan.
Workers at a Taylor Bar are now getting death threats over a sign they have posted outside their business.
The sign reads no "colors" allowed and video of the sign has gone viral on Facebook. Many believe the sign has racial overtones and that black people are not welcome at the bar
But the bar's owner sets the record straight
"The sign says it's no colors allowed. It's for like biker club colors or gang colors and some guy posts a video on Facebook saying there's no coloreds allowed with a "d" which would mean black people and that's not what we do here because a lot of our customers are black, and that's not what we're about," says CO-Owner of Beer Belly's Bar & Grill, Aaron Stevens
So far, the video has been shared over 3,000 times on Facebook.


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Drinking tea has so much benefits to bring. It is really an awesome drink like its cousin, coffee. Aside from antioxidants, it is well known to provide mental alertness and concentration. But make sure that what you are drinking is actually a tea. For the record, there's only four varieties of it namely, white, black, green and oolong. Other teas such as those "herbal tea" aren't actually pure tea as they are infused with other plants.
While the original tea lacks variety, you can find so much health benefits from it. It is believed to come from tea's natural substance called polyphenols. Besides being a great refreshment, here are some of the thousands of benefits you can get from drinking tea:
- Do you know that drinking three cups of tea everyday can keep you mentally alert even at a very old age? There are studied revealed that drinking tea can help in maintain brain's mental state. In addition to that, theanine, a compound found in tea, could prevent the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease.
- Boosting endurance shouldn't be a problem if you are an avid tea drinker. Scientists discovered that a substance found in tea called catechins have been proven to burn fat to act as a fuel, which will greatly increase muscle endurance.
- Tea does have caffeine and most of us believe that it dehydrates us. But tea is really miraculous as it doesn't dehydrate us, instead it does the opposite.
- As we all knew, tea is loaded with antioxidants and is proven to help us lower the risk of getting a lot of chronic diseases and cancers. This includes, but not limited to breast, colon, colorectal, skin, lung, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, pancreas, liver, ovarian, prostate and oral cancers. If you work in an industrial setting, this is crucial. For instance, working as a house painter will undoubtedly lead to a build up of these types of toxins.
- It helps lower the risk of getting Parkinson's disease. It has been proven, along with good lifestyle, that regular drinking of tea can significantly lower the risk of getting this chronic illness.
- Drinking green tea can help your eyes see well. The eye, just like any other part of the body can suffer from oxidative stress. Thus, it makes our eyes vulnerable to diseases. There's a 2010 study that proved drinking tea can positively affect eye tissues, especially the ones in the retina.
- It is high in oxygen radical absorbance capacity which helps combat free radicals. Free radicals can damage DNA in the body. While we have our own mechanisms to fight free radicals, they are not 100% effective. Drinking tea can help us fight these free radicals which are known to be the link to cancer, heart diseases, neurological degeneration and others.
- People suffering from type 2 diabetes can greatly benefit from drinking tea. Studies have revealed that compounds found in teas could help diabetics process sugars.
- Tea is calorie free. If you are looking for alternatives for a satisfying and calorie-free drink, then tea is a top choice.
- Tea increases metabolism and thus, it could be a great drink for people who wants to lose weight.


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Three true leaders in the lighting industry have been nominated for the 2002 Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award: Imero Fiorentino, James (Jimmy) C. Fuller, and John McGraw, all of whom have made outstanding contributions to the industry over the past few decades. The 2002 Wally Award will be presented as part of the LDI2002 Awards ceremony at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Saturday evening, October 19, as LDI celebrates its 15th anniversary as North America's largest entertainment technology show.
Lighting designer Imero Fiorentino launched his career in 1950, working on such programs as Omnibus, US Steel Hour, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse, and the Bolshoi Ballet's first televised appearance in the United States. He formed his own company in 1960, and has supervised the lighting for hundreds of TV specials, stage productions, commercials, concerts, and industrial shows. He has been the lighting and design consultant for 14 national political conventions, served as consultant to every US president since Dwight Eisenhower, and also lit the very first pictures that were transmitted live to outer space and back to earth via Telstar. Fiorentino's team designed the environmental lighting for the World Showcase Pavilions at Disney's EPCOT Center.
James (Jimmy) C. Fuller was president of the IATSE Toronto chapter for almost 40 years; for almost 30 years chief electrician of the O'Keefe Center in Toronto. During this period he also found time to run Canadian Staging Projects, the premier stage lighting and sound rental company of Canada.
John McGraw founded Production Arts Lighting with Peter Forward, one of his college instructors. The second president of the Theatrical Dealers Association (precursor to ESTA), he has worked on important milestones in the history of both associations, including creating the code of conduct for ESTA members.
To vote for the Wally Russell Award, go to www.lightingdimensions.com or submit ballots to Deanna Andrews, Entertainment Design/Lighting Dimensions, 32 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011; phone: 212-229-2965 ext. 815, fax: 212-229-2084, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Voting deadline is August 16, 2002.


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will these earpods fit my 3rd generation ipod shuffle
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No, the earpods will not fit with the iPod Shuffle 3. I have the earpod and iPod Shuffle 3 and the remote of the earpod don't work.
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The earpods will only work with the 4th generation shuffle and newer. I purchased the earpos hoping they would work, not realizing there appears to be different models of the 'remote', they only worked with my 6th generation nano and 1st generation iPad, but not my 3rd generation shuffle which really bums me out.
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No, the remote will not work on the 3rd generation shuffle even though the documentation that came with it says that it will work with 3rd generation shuffle or later.
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They will partly fit. You can't use the volume-bottoms :(
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Brent Brown
Greensburg Daily News
Greensburg —
A festival of food, fun and spirits at Arbor Grove Village this weekend is set to give a shot in the arm to Greensburg's Meals on Wheels program.
The second annual "Wine for Wheels' runs from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and includes ample wine sampling opportunities throughout its three hours, in addition to a pork chop dinner, all of which is covered by the cost of a single ticket. The proceeds at this weekend's event will go directly to Greensburg's Meals on Wheels, a nonprofit organization aimed at providing food to those unable to leave their homes throughout the Decatur County community.
Greensburg's Meals on Wheels, as it exists today, was founded by Audrey Navarra and Herb Scheidler in 1975, the latter of whom served as president of the organization. Diana Robbins, the present director, took over those responsibilities in the early '80s. Robbins and her cousin, new Meals board member Debbie Dinsmore, are granddaughters of Audrey Navarra, carrying on her legacy of delivering low-cost meals to those in need.
Wine for Wheels is one of two fund-raising events those associated with Meals on Wheels hope become annual attractions for the local community, the other being the popular "Dancing With the Stars" which brought a large crowd of supporters to Aspen Place back in February. Both events are intended to inject a little fun into the nonprofit group's monumentally important fund-raising process. Funding, overall, has decreased for the Meals on Wheels program, which relies on donations, grants and fund-raisers. Robbins mentioned the Thrive Alliance and the Decatur County United Fund as two of the group's largest grant contributors.
The work itself is accomplished by a group of 25 volunteers, the importance of whom has never been lost on the program's organizers.
"We have an amazing group of volunteers," Robbins told the Daily News Thursday. "If not for them, there would be no Meals on Wheels."
Last year saw approximately 125 individuals sample the wares at the inaugural Wine for Wheels, according to Debbie Dinsmore. The group is hoping to see at least 200 individuals attend this year's program.
Those hoping to take part in the fun may purchase tickets at WTRE, Arbor Grove Village or through any Meals on Wheels board member. Ticket costs are $15 for one, or $25 for two.
Additionally, Robbins told the Daily News that cards offering year-long discounts at a variety of local shops and restaurants are presently available for purchase through her, Decatur County Memorial Hospital or any Meals on Wheels board member. The cost for these discount cards is $5 each.
This weekend's spectacle brings noted winery Chateau Pomije to the Tree City, alongside popular local band Skeeter McGee. Wine samples, of course, are restricted to individuals age 21 or older, and the area offering spirits for sale and for sample will be roped off, Dinsmore said.
The rest of the Arbor Grove lawn is open to attendees of any age who wish to spend the evening outside with a pork chop dinner and live music. Homemade desserts will be provided by Just Loafin'.
Robbins described the intended atmosphere as "Jimmy Buffett-style," relaxing tunes mixed with a day of fun in the sun. Tents are also planned to be set up throughout the lawn.
For more information, contact Diana Robbins at 663-6099 or Debbie Dinsmore at 662-7259.
Contact: Brent Brown 812-663-3111 x7056