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(No. 295 - September 16, 2010 - 11:45 a.m. ET) The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement on the upcoming 2010 Afghan parliamentary elections:
"Today marks the end of the campaign period for the 2010 elections to the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the National Assembly in Afghanistan. On behalf of all Canadians, I would like to congratulate the candidates who campaigned and are actively taking part in Afghanistan's electoral process.
"On September 18, millions of Afghan men and women will exercise their democratic rights by participating in these historic elections—the first Afghan-led parliamentary elections since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
"The elections are taking place under difficult circumstances and amid ongoing security challenges in parts of the country. Despite this, Afghans are courageously organizing and mobilizing to campaign and vote in the elections. We encourage all Afghans to take part in this important process in a peaceful and constructive manner, and to support a secure and transparent electoral process. Afghans deserve to have their voices heard in this democratic process.
"The parliamentary elections are an important step in the country's ongoing democratic transition, as the Government of Afghanistan continues to strengthen good governance and democratic institutions. Canada and its international partners continue to support Afghan-led efforts to build on lessons learned in the 2009 elections.
"Canada is engaged in Afghanistan at the request of the democratically elected Afghan government, and as part of a UN-mandated, NATO-led mission. Canada's continuing objective is to help Afghans build a stable and secure country based on the fundamental values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law."
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Backgrounder - 2010 Wolesi Jirga elections
Afghanistan will hold elections for the Wolesi Jirga (lower house of the Afghan National Assembly) on September 18, 2010. These are the second parliamentary elections in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, but the first to be led by Afghans. Afghanistan held its first parliamentary elections in 2005 in a joint Afghan-UN effort. The 2010 elections are organized by the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), with the support of the international community.
Canada and its international partners continue to support Afghanistan's efforts to build on lessons learned in the 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. For example, the IEC has sought to strengthen anti-fraud measures, including by bolstering ballot tracking systems and improving counting and tallying systems.
There are currently 406 female and 2,105 male candidates, including 50 candidates in Kandahar, 10 of whom are women. They are competing for 249 seats in the Wolesi Jirga, including 64 that are guaranteed for women under the Afghan constitution and ten for the nomadic Kuchi community.
The IEC has announced plans to open 5,897 polling centres throughout the country, including 209 in Kandahar, contingent on security conditions on polling day.
Security on polling day is the primary responsibility of the Afghan national security forces. The Afghan National Police will play the lead role in providing security, supported by the Afghan National Army where necessary. The International Security Assistance Force will maintain a broad presence.
As one of its six priorities in Afghanistan, Canada is helping to advance Afghanistan's capacity for democratic governance by contributing to effective, accountable public institutions and electoral processes. Canada supports Afghan-led efforts to hold elections that are perceived as credible by Afghans.
Canada is contributing $25 million over three years to the United Nations Development Programme's Enhancing Legal and Electoral Capacity for Tomorrow project to support the core functions of the 2009 presidential and provincial council elections and the 2010 parliamentary elections.
With $1.3 million in Canadian support over two years, the National Democratic Institute has provided legal, procedural, campaign and fund-raising training to nearly 80 percent of women candidates and elected officials in both the provincial council and parliamentary electoral processes.
Canada is providing an additional $2.2 million to the United Nations Development Fund for Women to support a resource centre, information hotline, materials, media access and training for women candidates in the 2009 and 2010 Afghan elections.
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|(Lychnis coronaria), Rose Campion. I don't believe it is a native, but someone else might know for sure about that.
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The Pep Boys – Manny, Moe & Jack (NYSE: PBY), the nation's leading automotive aftermarket service and retail chain, announced the appointment of Chris Adams as Senior Vice President – Store Operations. Mr. Adams will lead our 19,000+ associates serving customers in more than 700 Pep Boys locations. Mr. Adams is expected to start with Pep Boys in early March 2013.
Since 2010, Mr. Adams has served as Chief Operating Officer of CarGroup Holdings LLC d/b/a webuyanycar.com, where he was responsible for launching the U.S. operations of the successful U.K.-based car-buying service. Mr. Adams began his career at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, where he progressed from a management trainee to becoming one of the executives selected to open up and lead Enterprise's U.K. operations. In between his tenures at Enterprise and CarGroup Holdings, Mr. Adams served as Chief Operating Officer of The BabyPlus Company, a manufacturer and distributor of a prenatal education system, and Holland Partners, a developer and manager of multifamily communities.
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August 13, 2008 - 6:07 AMSwedish authorities say parents can now name their newborns "Budweiser" or "Metallica" if they so wish.
For decades, Swedish tax authorities had banned parents from naming their children after fast food chains, rock bands or their favorite brand of beer.
But tax authority spokesman Lars Tegenfeldt says the guidelines have been relaxed. He says "there is nothing negative about a name like Coca-Cola or McDonald's today. In the 1970s, maybe it was."
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After putting together one of the most dominant seasons ever recorded in Missouri, the defending Class 2 soccer champion Priory Rebels will look much different this fall. Much different.
Ladue's Lex Kaplan follows through on a home run swing during Saturday's game against SLUH at Ladue. Paul Kopsky photo
Erwin Claggett could do without the yips. An avid golfer, Claggett plays three or four times a week in the summer. His putter, though, hasn't been good to him the last couple of times out.
Dan Tlapek sat under a canopy and rang the sweat out of his shorts. It wasn't just hot on the artificial turf at Lindenwood University. It was the oven that's behind the barbecue in the back of hell's kitchen. Hot would have been pleasant. This was torture.
ANDREW JANSEN / JOURNAL Daniel Tiapek, SLUH, celebrates his game winning goal in the Jr. Bills 7-6 win in the division 1 state championship game.
Sam Erlinger is on another level. Whether it's in the pool, the classroom or the lab, the St. Louis University High senior water polo standout excels. He was one of four students in his class to score a perfect 36 on his ACT. "I took it twice. I got a perfect score the second time," the 6-foot-2, 200-pound Erlinger says. "There was a little moment of disbelief."
RICK GRAEFE / JOURNAL Sam Erlinger of SLUH lead the Junior Billikens with 7 goals in their 17-6 victory over Kirkwood Friday night at St. Peters Rec Center to earn a berth in tomorrow night's championship game.
Tom Beckmann couldn't take his eyes away. With his hands on his head, a runner-up medal between his fingers, Beckmann looked through the net as the Francis Howell Central boys' volleyball team celebrated with its fans. They hoisted the championship trophy high in the air, cheered and then cheered some more.
RICK GRAEFE / JOURNAL SLUH's Tom Beckmann readies to defend a volley from Vianney's Danny Lohse during Wednesday evening's match at SLUH. The Junior Billikens won the match in two straight sets.
Simply put, Joe Allen was a brick wall last Saturday night. Allen, the Parkway West water polo goalie, stood tall and proud against a vaunted SLUH lineup in the Missouri Water Polo state championships. Allen treaded water for the entire 37 minutes as the Longhorns came away with an 11-10 victory in sudden death. "You watch movies, and it's kind of like every athlete's dream to go out and win state your senior year, especially in this fashion," Allen says. "It just went back and forth and back and forth and fortunately for us, it went forth at the perfect time."
Alex Groesch has fleet feet and nimble fingers. A sprinter for the St. Louis University High track and field team, Groesch is an accomplished cellist. He somehow finds the time to balance his athletic, musical and academic endeavors while performing at a high level in each (he's carrying a 4.1 grade point average). "I stay up super late," Groesch, 17, says. "I stay up as late as it takes."
Paul Baudendistel relished the past week. The head coach of the St. Louis University High water polo team, Baudendistel and the Junior Billikens had a week with no games, no worries and no stress. They did not, however, have the week off. Instead, SLUH's polo players went through an intense week of fitness and conditioning. They treaded water for five minutes with just their legs and intermittently were told to do jumping jacks. There were walls squats, squat jumps and hard lap after hard lap. "It's our last chance to do hard conditioning and gear up for one last push," Baudentdistel says.
RICK GRAEFE / JOURNAL sluh's Michael Savio pushes the ball towards Parkway West's end near the end of the the first 3 minute overtime period Wednesday afternoon at parkway West where the Junior Billikens prevailed in overtime, 10-8.
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Thomas Place lives to make goalies miserable. His perfect day involves a blue sky, a perfectly manicured lacrosse field, a never-ending supply of scoring chances and a goalie with more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese.
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Louisiana's Governor Bobby Jindal held a press conference today to announce that the state is dropping its participation in PARCC and Common Core. He directed the state board to develop its own standards and assessments.
A judge tossed out a significant part of Governor Bobby Jindal's law denying due process for teachers. The judge said the teacher did not have a fair hearing.
In 2012, Governor Bobby Jindal rammed through the legislature his compleat program of privatization of public schools and dismantling the teaching profession.
But things have not gone well since then because of the judiciary.
The funding if the voucher program was held unconstitutional and so was the act that outraged teachers.
The latter was overturned a second time.
The courts continue to be the guardians of due process. They have a habit of sticking to the state and federal constitutions.
Bobby Jindal thought he could launch the nation's most sweeping privatization program in Louisiana but he has run into unexpected obstacles. First, the Louisiana courts struck down the funding for Jindal's voucher plan, then they struck down Jindal's multi-faceted plan to destroy the teaching profession. Then, The results from the voucher schools were disappointing–their scores were worse than the allegedly failing public schools. Of course, it didn't help Louisiana's image when some of the fundamentalist texts at the voucher schools made the state an international laughing stock.
Now parents are getting angry as they see Jindal's charters move into their local school district. In Lafayette Parish, two moms have started a group to support public schools.
"LAFAYETTE — Two Lafayette Parish public-school parents, who fought last year against for-profit charter operators opening schools here, have organized a new watchdog group called Power of Public Education Lafayette.
"Parents Kathleen Espinoza and Ann Burruss organized the watchdog group Swamp BESE last year in protest of two charter groups' applications to the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to open charter schools in Lafayette Parish.
"After the Lafayette Parish School Board rejected the applications, the groups then applied to the state board, which approved the applications.
"Three of the five new charter schools planned for the parish are set to open in August.
"The new group formed by Espinoza and Burruss is policy-focused and has an interest in advocating for public policies that promote public education free of privatization.
"There needs to be an alternative voice to that movement," Espinoza said.
"Espinoza said while the charter school issue served as a catalyst for the group, its focus is on advocacy to ensure all students receive an equitable education.
"It's about empowering teachers in the classroom and protecting the democratic engine of public education," she said."
Parents get it. They get that there is a movement to destroy what these moms eloquently call "the democratic engine of public education."
The tide is turning.
When the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against Louisiana's voucher program, on grounds that it threatened to undermine court-ordered desegregation, Jindal went on a well-publicized rant against the DOJ, claiming politics. Suddenly, Jindal presented himself as a leader of he civil rights movement, trying to save poor black kids from failing public schools. His op-eds appeared in the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and other media. Shocking that the U.S. Department of Justice was upholding court orders intended to protect the roghts of black children!
Jeb Bush rushed to Jindal's side, claiming that the voucher program was already showing amazing results. So did GOP leaders in Congress, including John Boehner.
Of course, none of this was true.
The courts in Louisiana said the funding for the voucher program was unconstitutional. So many voucher schools taught creationism and lacked qualified teachers that the voucher program made the state an international laughingstock.
The test scores of the students in the voucher schools were appallingly low, but, hey, there's always next year.
Here Louisiana blogger CenLamar shows how cynical Jindal was.
He writes: here about Jindal's claims:
"Unfortunately, that's just not true. None of it. The truth is, from the very beginning, Bobby Jindal and John White worked with a group of highly-paid political consultants to market the voucher program, almost exclusively, to African-Americans. The Louisiana Black Alliance for Educational Opportunities (or LA BAEO) was created, seemingly out of thin air, by a national organization of conservative "school choice" activists, and they spent months touring the state and recruiting African-Americans to participate in the program, with very little understanding of the public schools they were attempting to disparage as "failures." For example, about a year ago, I got into a Twitter exchange with one of LA BAEO's principal consultants over remarks he had made about Peabody Magnet High School in my hometown of Alexandria. Peabody may not be an academic powerhouse, but it is a damn good school with an amazing campus and a deep connection with its community. But nonetheless, LA BAEO held town hall meetings in Alexandria in an attempt to convince parents to take their kids out of Peabody and, instead, enroll them in voucher schools. It didn't seem to matter that the voucher schools in Central Louisiana are, with only a few exceptions, fly-by-night church schools with shoddy facilities, questionable finances, and uncertified teachers.
"See, the real issue– and how Bobby Jindal duped John Boehner– is that, on the whole, Louisiana's voucher schools are significantly worse than the public schools. Jindal and Boehner both argue that Louisiana's voucher program provides students with the opportunity to seek a "better education." In reality, however, Louisiana's voucher program is comprised, in large part, of unaccountable and completely unregulated schools, many of which rely on thoroughly discounted, ahistorical, and anti-scientific curricula.
"Last year, voucher students scored thirty points less on the LEAP test than their peers in public schools. Notably, while Superintendent White and Governor Jindal love to use test results as a way of gauging the performance of public schools, neither of them were willing to make the same argument against the dramatically worse performance of voucher schools."
CenLamar sums up Jindal's voucher program: "We're not sending 91% of Louisiana's voucher students to the best and most important voucher schools. This is not about integrating African-American students in traditionally and well-established and high-performing private schools; this is nothing to do with integration and almost everything to do with quietly re-codifying segregation."
When questioned about the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit against Louisiana's voucher program, Secretary of Education Duncan said he was "not familiar" with it. DOJ is suing to block vouchers in districts that are under desegregation orders. DOJ recognizes that vouchers will exacerbate racial segregation.
This was reported on politico.com's morning education edition, a valuable resource for breaking news:
"DUNCAN 'NOT FAMILIAR' WITH DOJ VOUCHER LAWSUIT – The Education Secretary made the rounds for back-to-school interviews Wednesday and ducked a question about the U.S. Department of Justice's lawsuit (http://bit.ly/15cDXFA ) over Louisiana's voucher program. The department is trying to block vouchers for the 2014-15 school year in districts under desegregation orders, arguing that the vouchers set back desegregation efforts. It's been the focus of a high-profile campaign by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, both Republicans, who accuse the Obama administration of trapping poor, minority students in failing schools. "I'm not familiar with that lawsuit," Duncan said in response to a question on public radio's Diane Rehm Show. "That's between the Department of Justice and the state of Louisiana." Jindal's Wednesday op-ed for the Washington Post is here: http://wapo.st/1dHSDFK"
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal went into a partisan rant before a far-right audience, complaining that the U.S. Department of Justice had sued to block the state's voucher program.
The legal action was taken to prevent vouchers from undermining desegregation in counties (parishes) that remain under court order.
In a bizarre twist, Jindal portrayed himself as a champion of the civil rights of poor children, helping them escape the state's "failing schools" to flee to religious schools, some of which have uncertified teachers and use textbooks that teach creationism and Bible-based interpretations of history. The school that received the most voucher students has already been kicked out of the program for defrauding the state.
Out of 380,000 students eligible to receive vouchers, only 8,000 applied. No stampede there.
The funding for the vouchers was already struck down as unconstitutional by state courts because they took money dedicated in the state constitution to public schools.
We are in bizarro world when a rightwing champion of market-based education claims to be a civil rights champion.
This post by one of Louisiana's great bloggers reports that the state's voucher program undermines federal desegregation orders. Pesky things, the Constitution, the law, and court orders.
Cenlamar writes:
Yesterday, the United States Department of Justice asked Judge Ivan Lemelle to issue an injunction preventing the State of Louisiana from providing taxpayer-subsidized school vouchers in 2014 to students residing in any of the thirty-four parishes currently subjected to federal desegregation orders. In simple terms, Governor Bobby Jindal, Superintendent John White, and the Louisiana Department of Education have been completely unable and unwilling to provide the federal government with sufficient evidence that their controversial school voucher program complies with the law. Because Superintendent John White and his team at the Louisiana Department of Education could not or would not provide the federal government with documentation demonstrating their compliance, the Department of Justice was, essentially, forced to go to court. Quoting from the lawsuit (bold mine):
Only after filing multiple motions in this case and receiving an order of this Court (see Record Docs. No. 109-202), did the United States finally receive, in March of 2013, the information and data it requested from the State. After analyzing the data, the United States determined that the State's voucher awards appeared to impede the desegregation process in 34 schools in 13 districts. On May 17, 2013, the United States sent a letter to the State… requesting that the State cease its practice of awarding vouchers to students attending school districts operating under federal desegregation orders unless and until it receives approval from the presiding federal court. The State has not responded to that letter and, on information and belief of the United States, has already awarded vouchers for the 2013-2014 school year to students attending school districts operating under desegregation orders.
To date, the State has awarded vouchers for 2013-2014 to students in 22 of the 34 school districts with pending federal desegregation orders. See supra at notes 3-4 and Exhibit E. Upon information and belief, the State did not seek the approval of the appropriate federal court prior to awarding the vouchers to students in these districts. Further, the State did not contact the parties to the federal desegregation cases prior to awarding vouchers. Upon information and belief of the United States, the State did not evaluate the impact the vouchers would have on the desegregation process in any of the school districts operating under a federal desegregation order.
Lance Hill of Néw Orleans, who has a long history in the civil rights movement, notes that Governor Bobby Jindal has been routing the "comeback" of Néw Orleans, giving credit in part to its privatized schools.
Lance points out that Forbes ranks Néw Orleans as 198th of 200 US cities in job growth. No miracle there .
Governor Bobby Jindal eliminated a $4 million program that provides home care for people with developmental disabilities. You know, the state can't afford it.
But the state treasurer pointed out that the Louisiana Department of Education spent an astonishing $615 million on consultants in the five years from 2005-2010.
According to the local media:
"State Treasurer John Kennedy gave Gov. Bobby Jindal an idea last week of where to find dollars to expand home services for the developmentally disabled.
"Jindal vetoed $4 million that would have allowed more disabled to get care that keeps them out of institutions.
"Kennedy said in his "opinion column" that even though "money is tight" there is a way to restore the funding. A "good start" would be for Jindal to reverse his axing of a legislative plan to cut $2 million in consulting contracts.
"The state Department of Education pays tens of millions of dollars to consultants each year, many of whom are out-of-state," Kennedy wrote. "In fact, from 2005 to 2010, the department issued 5,499 consulting contracts worth $615,773,580.74."
Some of the $615 million spent for consultants:
Contract #662421; "Create a public awareness campaign targeting multiple
audiences in Louisiana to establish a positive image of high school
redesign;" $341,465.48.
Contract #655743; "Contractor to provide services related to interactions
with media, arrange interviews and provide reporters with information, draft
written materials;" $100,000.
Contract #663689; "Contractor will select and train focused individuals from
within education, as well as former educators, to become leaders in the
Contract #672113; "Contractor to provide program that will assist students
to learn valuable social skills through organized play on their recess and
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Oh Bern, I spent my afternoon at the skate park. I hate the skate park, I didn't want to go to the skate park, but once we were there and Dec was happily off chucking occies or whatever it is he does I got in the car and read, undisturbed, for 2 hours, with just a bag of choc honeycomb I found in the glovebox (Ok, ahd put there earlier) for comapny. Then went home and told my husband what a hero I was for taking Dec to the skate park.
I have never been so glad he doesn't read your blog. You are a saint!! Very funny piece xxxx
At least there was no blood. I hope.
Im sorry but I laugh-cried my way through reading this, the funniest post ever! It sounds like my every Sunday, the excitement of what can be, inevitably turning into hubby and I looking for the nearest liquor outlet.
A bit different from last Sunday?! We spent the day at the school fair, which could be a form of torture on sugar steroids but no matter how much crap the kids eat - or give you - there is a bar with a cold drink at the end of the day. God love a Catholic school.
The words of Kenny Rogers and The Gamble come to mind. Mostly the chorus bit. Now breathe...
Once upon a time I'd considered 3 a good number but that soon sorted itself with experience. Today Mr 11 kept stalling from leaving the park so on frustration my husband took Miss 4 to the car and began to drive off to scare him. She screamed her head off and cried, he finally noticed and ran behind, screaming and raising all public hell. Where was I? At the movies on my own for the first time, blissfully unaware of the spectacle. Now that's what I call quality time.
Peace be with you Bern.
Hee hee hee.
I'm sorry but your shitty Sunday is my Sunday giggle.
Not at you, right? With you.
All great intentions and all that.
Sounds positively shit!! I probably would have started to suck the beer off the table and wringing the Peroni out of Jack's top!!
Oy! I hate going out to eat with kids. It's always a nightmare for us too.
And you know what's really bad? One day, these will be the "good old days". *Sigh*
This post made me laugh. I guess the up-side is that today is Monday and they're all at school.
This line is classic: "I also may have said they were a bunch of ingrates."
Oh Bern. Move to Adelaide. They can run feral over the oval at the bottom of my garden whilst you and Phil sinks beers from my back deck...xxx
Oh no.....I'm laughing....I'm so so so sorry!!! ;) xx
Oh the joy of the generations ...and you seem to have them all. Cannot think of this Sunday as anything other than "well at least you got a great blog post out of it". Which it is.
Some days (read most days) just start crap and end up even worse! Oh thank God that is over! No wonder Mothers drink ;)
Yep and it's usually days like that when I announce I'm off shift and let the kids sort themselves out Lord of the Flies lite style.
Love & stuff
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And so it begins... x
I love a good sob story - and I sobbed with you. my empathy and commiserations xx
That was a sob story where I was
I hope you fed them all foot long Dagwood Dogs at the Ekka so that they fell into cholesterol comas when you got home...
Hilarious! Love your wicked humour. It'll be the only thing that can save you in situations like this. I think you perfectly described many a family outing. I call my extended family outings and travels the Griswald adventures, a la National Lampoon.


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Penton Media's recent purchase of Aviation Week triggered a reorganization of the company's aviation media assets. The reorg includes the launch of three new products—an app, a magazine relaunch and a flight-planning partnership with RocketRoute.
Going forward, the group will continue to "launch and attract other products and opportunities," says Warren Bimblick, Penton's senior vice president of strategy and business development.
"Penton had strong assets here with AC-U-KWIK, Air Charter Guide, airportdata.com and Aircraft Bluebook," Bimblick said at 2013 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Conference Monday. "The acquisition in August of Aviation Week, including Business & Commercial Aviation, makes us the behemoth in business aviation."
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For those who haven't been following a little back and forth taking place on the social networking site Twitter, let me bring you up to speed. A band of conservative Twitter users have been organizing around a project started by Michael Patrick Leahy called Top Conservatives on Twitter or #TCOT (On twitter # is used to signify a hashtag to organize discussions). This organizing is based around a list that counts how many Twitter followers conservatives have ranking them on the #TCOT Web site. All of us participating are encouraged to follow others on the list giving those users who participate in this project an easy way to gain readership.
Some use the site simply as a vehicle to promote their accounts, their blogs or their messages. Many participate in discussions, make friends, and recently Leahy and others began encouraging the creation of projects where #TCOT users organize into small groups and accomplish tasks. Additionally a Web site modeled after the Drudge Report follows the list and pushes news.
Yesterday something took place that was a bit jarring to several members on the list and myself. Leahy weighed in on the RNC chair race by scorning current chairman Mike Duncan and declaring he should withdraw from the race. In his blog post Leahy made frequent mention of #TCOT and its ranks. What most startled myself and some others was the following:
"I speak only for myself, but as co-founder of #TCOT I can say with complete certainty that my views represent the vast majority of the #TCOT community."
Leahy's actions to promote the article, putting it as a giant header on TCOTreport.com and filling the #TCOT discussion with notes of Duncan's ineptitude followed. Leahy also appeared to suggest on Twitter that Duncan's lack of response to his posting or appearance on #TCOT was further evidence he should withdraw. This appeared like a unilateral action by Leahy using the list as leverage to further his agenda.
Later that night it was revealed on The American Resolve that this statement was actually supported in #TCOT conference calls with a few members of the list. I did not hear an exact number of participants on these calls but have been lead to believe only a handful of the 1500+ on the list were engaged.
Yesterday I voiced my concern to Leahy on Twitter. Because the site is a built around short communication it was difficult to express them fully. I am providing my thoughts below to hopefully continue a discussion that was started and continues with other #TCOT members. I did want to add that this is not an attack on Leahy who should be applauded for his efforts to bring all of us together on Twitter. Also this is by no means an endorsement of Mike Duncan.
First and foremost I believe it is important to consider just what #TCOT is. When I signed up the name appeared self explanatory; Top Conservatives on Twitter. I gleaned there were only two ideology's; those on the list were conservative and they agreed promoting technology and the use of the Internet to the Republican Party was imperative. Beyond that the list appeared to be a service where following conservatives on the list could lead to more followers for yourself.
There was nothing to suggest the list would subscribe users to any one politician or ideological camp within conservatism. Additionally there was nothing to suggest being a part of this list would lead to your name being leverage to further anyone's career or make demands of career politicians. There is a fundamental issue to address here. Is #TCOT simply a list owned and operated by Leahy for his own promotion and the aggregation of his ideas or is it a grassroots organizing tool that promotes a broad set of principals but does not subscribe to just one ideological viewpoint or candidate with Leahy simply managing and promoting discussion?
Leahy was correct to say he only spoke for himself in the blog post but that clarification was followed by a suggestion that a "vast majority" shared his beliefs. His use of TCOTreport.com to promote that post only heightened this perception. Leahy finally leveraged the list later by using it to suggest that Mr. Duncan should step aside because he was not addressing #TCOT or his post.
I personally was appalled to find #TCOT being so directly associated with a call to the RNC leader to withdraw from the race and suggestions that he was incompetent.
Some might look to this specific instance and see it as a trivial issue. Mike Duncan is an easy whipping boy and Leahy has every right to express his opinion; I am not suggesting otherwise. What I am suggesting is that #TCOT should never be used to take a stand during internal party debates or to endorse any one specific policy, candidate or ideological position other than conservatism as a whole and the use of technology. I believe addressing this now and clarifying the purpose and use of the list is important.
How would members feel if their name were leveraged for a candidate they do not support during the presidential primaries or to find Leahy using the list to demand someone they support drop out of the race? Additionally how would we feel if #TCOT became engaged in abhorrent political attacks like those leveraged by MoveOn.org or become a place that collectively legitimizes the kind of radical and vile sentiments associated with sites like DailyKos?
This issue is a big deal not because of Mike Duncan but because of what it represents and where it could take us in the future.
Second I cannot shake the memories of this last election or ignore the lessons we may not be learning. A very large number of technology enthusiasts gave their support willingly to Senator Barack Obama simply because he uttered the words "network neutrality." He offered no definitive plan on how to achieve the goal, no real understanding of the issue; he just had to utter the words or suggest he would support "science" and many followed him blindly. We cannot just support the candidate who best utilizes the Internet for their campaign; it would be disasterous to take the Democratic route and base their leadership on Facebook followers and empty promises.
Finally a commitment to technology in politics cannot be evident only through the use of one tool such as Twitter or Facebook. A candidate or leaders absence in one platform is not evidence they are not engaged throughout the Internet. Leahy appeared to be suggesting that yesterday on Twitter.
This point will become more important as candidates are fielded for various elections in the next year and then the 2010 midterm elections. I have a fear that those candidates who embrace specific social networking platforms like Twitter may be the only ones promoted. Just as Leahy attacked Duncan I fear we will find similar attacks on other candidates who do not share Leahy and a minority of users specific vision of the world. We will no doubt be asked for financial and grassroots support of candidates who are perceived to be "engaged" and find their opponents regularly reviled. I cannot even imagine bypassing a competent and experienced leader simply because they don't have the time or inclination to get on Twitter or build an iPhone application.
Once again this is not an indictment of Leahy or a declaration of support for Duncan, those are not the issues. Instead I hope this is a part of a much larger conversation about how we move forward and how we will organize and maintain a disciplined, principled and vibrant community.
Update: Both The American Spectator & NRO have thoughts from their writers on the subject. Check them out and join in on the conversation.


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This is the best piece of satire I've read in a long while Joe. Having said that is it true that Missouri actually has democrats in the legislature that are willing to act responsibly? If so I'm shocked.
This is the best piece of satire I've read in a long while Joe. Having said that is it true that Missouri actually has democrats in the legislature that are willing to act responsibly? If so I'm shocked.
Why back in my day, if you didn't get a beating or two per day it meant you were unloved. Also too, they wore onions on their belts because duh… fashion at the time. When I have children I will be using Dr Michael Pearl's book To Raise Up a Child to make my curtain climbers obey me like it should be. DO NOT GOOGLE HIM, you're forewarned.
I figured you would enjoy a good spanking Jess my trampy friend.
Missouri's legislature is dominated by good Christian men and a few women who gladly submit to their husbands and only became legislators because their husbands allowed them to Rachel. These are the good ones. Of course a few bad ones from liberal St. Louis got in there but the good ones have silenced them other than this misguided ban on beating sense and discipline into children. At least they still have the good sense to try and break unions that think safe workplaces and fair wages and benefits are somehow good for people.
Depends on who is doing said spanking Joe, as always I let you know here… trampy Jess is not the insult you expect it to be. It's not a bad thing you know
Probably should watch myself. look at all the trouble Clinton got into trying to minister to the ladies. Sadly us guys can no longer get away with "ministering" as an alibi for loutish behavior. Dang Clinton and that dude from South Pacific.
I know it's your term of endearment being the good Christian you are, you just want to warn me and all the ladeez of immoral behavior right? It's for my own good and the good of everyone that I be a "nice" lady. Hey what dude from South Pacific, that was way before my time and only thing I know about that movie is I'm gonna wash my hair or something like that.
I thought it was South Pacific where the Godly dude tried to save the woman of loose morals. He then made a pass at her and was rejected so he killed himself. YOu women have been trouble since The Garden of Eden.
I once got sick in school on Guam and the nun wouldn't let me leave the classroom to go puke. I puked on her and while I was puking she was hitting me. I think I got the best of that deal.
It's okay Joe. I have ordered my burqa and hijab stuff already, so I personally will not be anymore trouble when I get those in the mail. I am sorry for all the trouble we ladeez have caused all you men since the beginning of time. I am on a quest to get everyone into a burqa. I am even going to turn in my short wetsuits and get a burkini, so I don't tempt the menz while I am surfing also too, they are showing off the legs you see and that is very bad. It's what I should do and if you all have suggestions as far as colors I am happy to hear them since most of you are big macho menz here You are welcome.
Stop it now woman! All this talk of burqas and burkinis is giving me sinful urges that God demands be repressed!
Hmmm. Jess in a little black burqa baking apple pie and patiently waiting for me to come home from work with my newspaper and pipe at the ready. Yes.
Damn you foul temptress! I must go to Confession now.
Wow! I need to go back in time and report all of those people for child abuse, except, course, those two words did not get used together. As I have often tried to explain to people beating on a child has little effect on how good or bad the child is going to be. If your child loves you and respects you, the mere fact that they disappoint you is the most severe punishment there can be.


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Definitions for virgaˈvɜr gə
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vir•ga*ˈvɜr gə(n.)
streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground.
Category: Meteorology
* (used with a sing. or pl. v.).
Origin of virga:
1935–40; < L: rod, streak
Princeton's WordNet
light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity)
A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail.
A streak of rain or snow that is dissipated in falling and does not reach the ground, commonly appearing descending from a cloud layer.
Origin: From virga.
In meteorology, virga is an observable streak or shaft of precipitation that falls from a cloud but evaporates or sublimes before reaching the ground. At high altitudes the precipitation falls mainly as ice crystals before melting and finally evaporating; this is often due to compressional heating, because the air pressure increases closer to the ground. It is very common in the desert and in temperate climates. In North America, it is commonly seen in the Western United States and the Canadian Prairies. Virga can cause varying weather effects, because as rain is changed from liquid to vapor form, it removes heat from the air due to the high heat of vaporization of water. In some instances, these pockets of colder air can descend rapidly, creating a dry microburst which can be extremely hazardous to aviation. Conversely, precipitation evaporating at high altitude can compressionally heat as it falls, and result in a gusty downburst which may substantially and rapidly warm the surface temperature. This fairly rare phenomenon, a heat burst, also tends to be of exceedingly dry air. Virga also has a role in seeding storm cells whereby small particles from one cloud are blown into neighboring supersaturated air and act as nucleation particles for the next thunderhead cloud to begin forming.
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of the world's premier providers of research for solving complex environmental challenges and protecting natural resources. We are making your water, soil and air cleaner by finding effective ways to treat and dispose of waste and environmental contamination.
Our focus in this area started with the nation's nuclear weapons mission, which began in the 1940s. Scientists at PNNL and its predecessor organizations helped discover new knowledge and develop improved methods for chemical processing and nuclear materials separations. Their work led to major advances in plutonium production and related research at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site.
Today we leverage this expertise and integrate it with other capabilities to address a monumental 21st century challenge: remediation of radioactive and hazardous waste contamination at Hanford, as well as at other contaminated sites across the nation and around the world. We specialize in:
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Approximately 55 million gallons of nuclear waste from Hanford's plutonium production days reside in 177 underground tanks. The waste is a complex mixture, with composition varying from tank to tank, and its presence poses a substantial risk to the environment, particularly the Columbia River. By the end of this decade, DOE plans to start the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), which will use vitrification technology to encapsulate the waste in glass to enable safe, long-term storage. Successful vitrification and treatment requires resolution of a number of issues, ranging from approaches for waste mixing and transport to immobilization and disposal. PNNL is working with DOE, other national laboratories, university partners and Hanford Site contractors to resolve these issues and move the WTP toward startup.
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Waste management practices evolved over time at Hanford, from the rudimentary—releasing waste directly to the soil or burying it—to more environmentally sound approaches. Some of these practices have led to significant contamination in Hanford's "vadose zone"—the area below the surface, but above groundwater. We tap a suite of subsurface science research disciplines—as well as computer and conceptual modeling—to better understand the location of contaminants and how they travel underground. In turn, this informs development of remediation strategies and technologies to remove contaminants or bind them in place so they do not reach the groundwater. These advances will significantly reduce risks and accelerate cleanup at Hanford, as well as sites across the nation.
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(14 persons with 5th bedroom, 14 -16 with 6th bedroom)
-5 bedrooms $625 a night, 1 week= $4375 + $306.25 (7% tax) = $4681.50 25%.... deposit $1170.25............. Balance $3511.
--5 nights= $3125 + $218.75 (7% tax) = $3343.75 25% deposit= $835.93...... Balance $2507.81
-6 bedrooms $750 a night, 1 week= $5250 + $367.50 (7% tax) = $5617.55 ........25% deposit= $1404.37 Balance = $4213.17
-- 5 nights= $3750 + $262.50 (7% tax)= $4012.50 25% deposit = $1003.25....... Balance $3009.37
5% energy surcharge is added for running air conditioners 24/7.
A deposit of 25% is required for reservation. Deposits and the balance 30 days prior to arrival.
( $1,000 refundable deposit for events or weddings. No weddings for over 30 persons)
Early morning arrivals (Between 12 am to 6am) will be charged full night.
We prefer checks, but can take credit card. Checks must be received within 10 days of making reservation or reservation dates will be open again. No cashier's checks!
Rates subject to change without notice. No reservations should be assumed until the initial deposit or payment is made.
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I just wanted to say thank you for the article. It really hit home ("Become A Moral Compass, PRB Jan.). After hearing some news from my doctor (which I've heard before), I finally said I'm tired of it because it's things that are under my own control. I stopped goofing around and have been exercising daily instead of once in a while, quit eating (you know the list), and already I feel better! But still, reading your articles is always a joy. Thanks!
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Adventure Golf Services has teamed up with Joravision, both known for creating miniature golf venues that engage the senses, are launching a joint effort for the creation of miniature golf and related products in the European and Asian markets.
Revel Match, LLC, the parent company of RAVE Sports announced the acquisition of the assets of AVIVA Sports, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ShoreMaster of Fergus Falls, Minn.
Jacobsen, a turf equipment manufacturer, hired Tony Whelan as Director of Sales – Western Region. Mark Williams, who previously held this position, joins the Corporate Accounts team as Director of Corporate Accounts.
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US GAMES, a division of BSN SPORTS, announces the addition of Danny Radd as Western Regional Sales Manager. With over nine years of experience working in the physical education industry, Radd will work with schools to aid their physical education curriculum and Adapted PE programs.
Jason Tyner has been promoted to Eastern Regional Sales Manager for the commercial pool products business at Hayward Commercial Pool Products. Jason, who previously held the position of District Sales Manager for North and South Carolina for the residential side of the business, will work closely with commercial distributors, builders, pool architects and aquatic design companies.
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Brown County Mountain Biking wrote on Facebook: "Great article with a little history behind mountain biking at Brown County State Park and other trails in Indiana in this month's edition of PRB Magazine!" (February 2012)
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Public Health News Roundup: September 3
AAP: Children Should Be Immunized Against Influenza As Soon As Possible this Season
Parents and caregivers should have all children ages 6 months or older immunized against influenza as soon as possible, according to new updated recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Immunization options include the trivalent vaccine that protects against three influenza strains and the new quadrivalent vaccine that protects against four strains. "Parents should not delay vaccinating their children to obtain a specific vaccine," said pediatrician Henry Bernstein, DO, FAAP, the lead author of the flu recommendations. "Influenza virus is unpredictable, and what's most important is that people receive the vaccine soon, so that they will be protected when the virus begins circulating." Other vulnerable groups that should definitely be vaccinated include children with chronic health conditions, children of American Indian or Alaskan Native heritage, health care workers, pregnant women, women who may become pregnant or are breastfeeding and people who have contact with children in high-risk populations. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that between 135 million and 139 million doses of vaccine will be manufactured for the 2013-14 influenza season. Read more on influenza.
HUD: $37M to Oklahoma for 'Unmet Needs' of Disaster Recovery
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has allocated approximately $37 million in disaster recovery funds for the state of Oklahoma and the City of Moore, Okla., which were severely damaged by extreme storms—including an EF5 tornado—on May 20. Dozens were killed and more than $1 billion in property damage was caused. The grants are part of HUD's Community development Block Grant Program, which supports long-term disaster recovery efforts in places of "unmet need." "The May storms cost the lives of dozens of Oklahomans and over $1 billion in property damage. "We are steadily rebuilding, but many families are still struggling to get back on their feet," said Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin. "The disaster relief grants provided by HUD—along with continued work from state and local governments and non-profits—will make a big difference in the lives of those affected by this year's tornadoes. They will be particularly helpful as we work to provide assistance to low income Oklahomans, many of whom are uninsured." About $26.3 million of the funds will go toward Moore, with the rest going toward the state. Read more on disasters.
Boys Faced Higher Death Risk than Girls from Multiple Causes
Boys on average face a higher risk of death than girls—not just from traumatic events such as accidents, homicides and suicides, but also from cancers and diseases of the heart, lungs and nervous system. The study found that from 1999 to 2008 there were about 76,700 more deaths among boys than girls, and that boys from infancy to age 20 were 44 percent more likely to die. The findings appear in the latest edition of the journal Pediatrics. The findings are not entirely surprising, as past research has indicated that girls have a certain survival advantage and experts already knew that boys are at increased risk of developing certain chronic health conditions. Still, the question is why. "This could be a story of resilience and ability to overcome," said study author Chris Feudtner, MD, a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Maybe there's some robustness factor that males are missing." Feudtner said that learning why boys faced these higher risks—and for chronic diseases in particular—could help health care experts better understand and treat the conditions. Read more on mortality.