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Center for Military Education (CME)
Excelsior counts more than 10,000 active duty military and veterans among its student population of over 36,000. Excelsior's deep commitment to servicemembers is embodied in the Center for Military Education, a unique full-service educational resource for military personnel, veterans, and family members. The CME supports military student success with a range of specialized benefits and programs. It is also the home of Excelsior College's Lt. Col. Bryant A. Murray Veterans Center.
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The Lt. Col. Bryant A. Murray Veterans Center
The Veterans Center offers resources, information, support, and place to interact with other Veterans at Excelsior.
Extended Education
Extended Education is a division of Excelsior College designed to be an incubator for innovative programs that expand Excelsior beyond the traditional degree programs for matriculating students. Extended Education at Excelsior College encompasses these programs:
Center for Professional Development (CPD)
The Center for Professional Development (CPD) offers 150 non-credit programs that can lead to professional certification in a variety of "portable" careers, and nearly two-thirds of courses qualify for veterans' benefits. Within CPD, the Center for Technology Leadership (CTL) provides professional development for new and aspiring information technology leaders in higher education.
Center for Educational Measurement (CEM)
Center for Educational Measurement (CEM) is the home of Excelsior College® Examinations and UExcel® exams, serving Excelsior's degree-seeking students and others seeking to earn credit by examination. In addition, CEM provides resources for other academic and non-academic organizations seeking expertise in various forms of assessment of prior knowledge and competency.
National Cybersecurity Institute (NCI)
The National Cybersecurity Institute is an academic and research center located in Washington D.C dedicated to assisting government, industry, military, and academic sectors meet the challenges in cybersecurity policy, technology, and education. The Institute's unique team of cybersecurity experts draws from different industries and organizations who are working together to educate and advise the public and private sectors on today's cybersecurity issues and needs.
Educators Serving Educators (ESE)
Educators Serving Educators (ESE) offers Excelsior's expertise in online education to other institutions seeking to explore and develop online education programs.
Hudson Whitman | Excelsior College Press
Hudson Whitman/Excelsior College Press is a small college press that will acquire, publish, and market a range of contemporary nonfiction books in areas academically important to Excelsior College. The goal is to publish high-quality projects on topics of contemporary interest that celebrate human endeavors.
The Presidents' Forum
The Presidents' Forum, established in 2004, is a collaboration of accredited, national, adult-serving institutions and programs which have embraced the power and potential of online education. The Mission of the Presidents' Forum is to advance the recognition of innovative practice and excellence in online learning. This is accomplished by providing a venue for leaders in higher education and stakeholders to share their knowledge and learn from others' best practices.


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Tickets out of the door, share-around ... kids processing the material and reflecting on what they have learned.
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Like other comments on this scoop, I really like this article, especially items #1 and #2. I really like those options because they are unconventional options that I still think would provide an appropriate level of challenge for the students as well as provide an alternative form of just a simple pencil and paper exam. I think option #1 is more feasible for elementary school because it would allow students to work on skills that are more age appropriate like consolidation of information and looking for quality source material.
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UPDATE: HANSON, Ky. (4/16/14) — Deputy Otis Chamberlain told SurfKY Wednesday that
the Hopkins County Sheriff's Office is working diligently to develop a
person or persons of interest in the April 14 robbery and bomb threat at U.S. Bank in Hanson.
Chamberlain said the Sheriff's Office is currently following through with leads gathered Monday and Tuesday as well as going through phone records and court orders.
"As with anything, it takes time to process," said Chamberlain.
The $10,000 stolen from the bank has yet to be recovered.
SurfKY will continue to give the latest information on this developing case.
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UPDATE: HANSON, Ky. (4/15/14) — The Hopkins County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that $10,000 was taken from U.S. Bank in Hanson during a robbery Monday, April 14.
According to Deputy Otis Chamberlain, at 9:32 a.m. Monday, the suspect called in a bomb threat. At 9:34 a.m., the bank manager placed $10,000 inside a white Nissan Murano parked outside.
By 9:36 a.m., the suspect took the money from the SUV and walked away. Officials believe the suspect got into a dark-colored SUV and headed toward the Pennyrile Parkway.
The Murano was dusted for prints and the investigation is continuing.
The three devices were fake bombs that looked like cell phones with wires coming out of them.
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Bank Bomb Threat UPDATE 3 p.m.
HANSON, Ky. (4/14/14) — Hopkins County Sheriff Frank Latham said bank photographs show a masked, white male wearing grayish-colored camouflage clothing at Hanson's U.S. Bank after bank staff received bomb threats at 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 14.
The caller indicated three devices had been placed at the bank, and that proved to be true.
Latham said all three devices were described by the caller, who demanded money. Latham would not divulge whether money was taken nor the amount.
"There is more story to this," said Latham. "But I want to wait for bank officials. The bank officials have not been in the bank since the incident happened."
An active search for the suspect has been in effect since the incident began, said Latham. The FBI, Kentucky State Police and the Owensboro Bomb Squad have been on the scene assisting the Sheriff's Office.
"It is a bit unusual," said Latham. "One bomb is enough but if you have a subject with more than two - that's highly unusual."
The three packages described by the caller were located in the areas the caller indicated. A bomb squad robot was used to deactivate the devices.
Hanson Elementary School has been on lockdown and students will be leaving the school around 3:30 p.m., said Latham. The buses will not turn downtown but take the Pennyrile Parkway and then head to usual routes.
Taylor Riley
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HANSON, Ky. (4/14/14) — According to the Hopkins County Sheriff's Office, the bomb threat was called in at 9:36 a.m. Monday, April 14.
A bomb squad robot has disarmed a suspicious device in the front of the bank and is proceeding to two more suspicious areas in the back of the bank.
SurfKY News Reporter Taylor Riley is still on the scene and will provided further updates when available.
UPDATE — HANSON, Ky. (4/14/14) —The hazardous device unit from the Owensboro Police Department is on the scene of the bomb threat situation at U.S. Bank in Hanson.
HANSON, Ky. (4/14/14) ― The Hopkins County Sheriff's Office is looking for a solitary, white male dressed in camoflauge clothing in connection with the bomb threat called into U.S. Bank in Hanson Monday, April 14.
According to Sheriff Frank Latham, the caller was demanding money.
Kentucky State Police are assisting in the investigation and an FBI unit is on its way along with a bomb squad, Latham said. A police K-9 unit is also on the scene.
Hanson Elementary School, which is several hundred feet away from the bank, is also on lockdown, according to the Latham. Until further notice, school officials advise no one will be allowed in or out of the school.
Latham said all businesses surrounding the bank have been notified of the situation.
"This is kind of an unusual event even for a bomb threat," said Latham.
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As New York continues to weigh the pros and cons of natural gas development, the State's Department of Environmental Conservation says that communities that have locally banned hydraulic fracturing will be taken into consideration, IF the State ultimately allows the process.
Yesterday Governor Cuomo announced that the State would invest heavily into energy efficiency.
After the redistricting process was finalized, there was a 63rd State Senate seat created by the Senate Republican Majority. The New York State Court of Appeals heard a challenge on the constitutionality of that seat yesterday.
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Located just off Michigan Avenue Road, the homes have their own distinctive features on the exterior.
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Once inside these dwellings, beautiful, rich hardwood flooring was used for the main living area.
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Ceiling fans are also utilized throughout the house to keep energy costs down.
In the galley-style kitchen, rich cabinets and granite workspace countertops will allow the cook of the family to prepare meals with ease. Stainless steel with black-accented appliances are furnished.
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Each townhouse has its own garage and storage space.
A concrete drive and sidewalks add to the landscape already in place. Each townhouse is priced separately.
The center homes are priced at $139,900 while the outside home is priced at $146,900.
An open house is set for Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m.
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Not every Chicago teen loves Chief Keef
BY JON SEIDEL Staff Reporter firstname.lastname@example.com October 20, 2012 1:36AM
Torrin Clifton (left) and Danielle Miller talk about Chief Keef and Lil JoJo and their influence at Robeson High School, 6835 S. Normal in Chicago. Clifton, a senior, says he's not a fan of rap music. | Al Podgorski~ Sun-Times
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Chicago's latest bad-boy, hip-hop export doesn't thrill every teen at Paul Robeson High School on the city's South Side.
But that doesn't mean Chief Keef isn't taking up space on their iPods.
"I actually got a song of his on my phone," sophomore Jamise Parish said. "I don't listen to it, but it's on there."
Parish said her brother downloads her music, and she doesn't know how to delete the track. Actually, she's no fan of Chief Keef, calling him a "negative influence on our neighborhood and our community."
She tires of hearing classmates quote his music; the gang-related lyrics make her uncomfortable. And she can't even walk to the store without hearing it, she said.
Robeson is a hot spot for the ongoing rap feud between allies of Chief Keef and rival rapper Joseph "Lil JoJo" Coleman, 18, who was killled last month in a hail of bullets. Coleman had attended Robeson.
Police are investigating whether Coleman's killing had anything to do with a war of words between him and Chief Keef, who has not been implicated in the slaying.
Coleman's mother has said he grew up in Englewood and went to Robeson with an ally of Chief Keef's.
Parish said tensions at the school are still high, noting that Chief Keef's music apparently prompted jeers at homecoming while JoJo's drew applause.
"It calmed down for a little bit," Parish said.
Other students at Robeson admire Chief Keef's success story.
Chief Keef, whose real name is Keith Cozart, launched his career off his single "I Don't Like." He now has a deal reportedly worth millions with Interscope Records, the label of 50 Cent, Eminem and Dr. Dre. He's touring and working in the studio.
But that success hasn't made his problems go away.
Chief Keef appeared Wednesday in juvenile court, where prosecutors asked a judge to put him in juvenile detention for allegedly violating the terms of a probation sentence he received for pointing a gun at a Chicago cop. The judge put off the decision until next month.
The feud between Chief Keef and JoJo, as well as Chief Keef's rising stardom, has drawn national attention to Chicago's South Side.
Robeson senior Torrin Clifton said that doesn't affect him — he's not a fan of rap and doesn't live in the neighborhood — but it doesn't mean it sits well with him, either.
"I don't want them to think that it's like we're just getting killed out here, you know, everyone's dying," Clifton said outside Robeson. "And for the wrong reasons, or for dumb reasons, in my opinion."
Chief Keef obviously has his fans. Robeson sophomore Ramel Green, for example, said "everybody just be singing his music."
And sophomore Malika McToy defended the rapper, saying, "He's just trying to make his money."
At court this week, Chief Keef posed for pictures and even signed an autograph for a courthouse worker who said she chased him down for her daughter.
Somes teens have taken note of Chief Keef's success, as well as his handsome record deal. That doesn't mean his peers all see him as a model, though. Parish, for example, said she writes music and likes gospel and R&B.
She's not about to put a video on YouTube as Chief Keef did, though. She worries she could say the wrong thing.
"Anything could happen," Parish said.


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(08-30-2012 01:09 AM)cardariffic Wrote: Does anyone else think we should have information on not just how many there are of one particular grade in the population report (9.5, 9.0) but we should be able to hover over each amount in each graded category and get a breakdown of how many there are of the four different sub-grade combinations there can be for EACH GRADE. For example on a card graded 9.5 there can be 4 different kinds of this particular grade. 10,10,9.5,9.5 10,9.5,9.5,9.5 9.5,9.5,9.5,9.5 9.5,9.5,9.5,9 Knowing this information would GREATLY affect the values of the cards. We as buyers and sellers NEED TO KNOW THIS INFORMATION!!
(09-12-2012 07:48 AM)nolan5000 Wrote: There's one more combination: 10,10,10,8.5 This one also yields a 9.5.
(09-13-2012 12:20 AM)cardariffic Wrote: Thats right, so, do you agree that we should be getting that information and that it would be a good thing for the card industry?
(10-05-2012 05:15 PM)cardariffic Wrote: Actually, wouldnt that grade a 9 because they dont go over .5 of the lowest grade on the card?
(10-06-2012 01:26 PM)cardariffic Wrote: Weird, wonder why Ive always been told and seen many examples that the final grade cant be more than .5 of the lowest subgrade...hmmmm
(10-07-2012 03:26 PM)cardariffic Wrote: I havent...so does this mean that the fourth grade could go as low as 8.0 and still have a final of 9.5?


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Women's football | From Amish heartland, FC Indiana builds 'multicultural vision'
Lafayette, Indiana | FC Indiana in four years has become a force in women's club soccer in the United States, winning two Women's Premier Soccer League titles and one U.S. Open Cup. But despite origins within a Midwest Amish agricultural enclave, its influence extends worldwide, illustrated by its high standing, currently third, in one global ranking and frequent links with high-profile international players such as Women's World Cup stars Marta and Cristiane of Brazil, Cynthia Uwak of Nigeria and Inka Grings of Germany.
Some of FC Indiana's multicultural talent—now headed for the W-League playoffs starting Jul 25—gathers for a 2008 preseason photo opportunity: top row, left to right, Ria Percival (NZL), Veronica Phewa (RSA), Christie Shaner (USA), Fatima Leyva (MEX), Kristin Luckenbill (USA), Kelly Parker (CAN), Laura Del Rio (ESP); bottom row, left to right: Lena Mosebo (RSA), Aivi Luik (AUS), Julianne Sitch (USA). (Photo courtesy PDA | FC Indiana) |
The story of this juggernaut begins in the north central Indiana town of Goshen (pop. 30,000), where horse-drawn buggies vie with sport-utility vehicles for right of way. Goshen lies at the center of Indiana's Amish and Mennonite communities, Anabaptist Christian denominations with roots in 16th-century Europe. Some congregations shun modernity, avoiding electricity and telephones in the home, and use horses for farming and transportation.
Against this placid background, FC Indiana in Jun 04 played its first game, a 1–0 defeat of an Australian national team then preparing for the Olympic Games in Greece. In 2005, FC Indiana joined the WPSL, won the league championship and added the domestic cup. What has always differentiated FC Indiana is its ability to attract talented players, many from overseas. Coach Shek Borkowski had played soccer at the University of Akron, for the Canton Invaders of the American Indoor Soccer Association, as well as in the second division in his native Poland. Borkowski says that he and his coaches want players who buy into the club's vision, regardless of nationality:
When you are evaluating you have to get players who represent the values of the club. At FC Indiana we have a multicultural vision. I like the commitment of the U.S. game, the pace and speed, but, coming from Europe, I like to add some technical values. What is good in soccer is that you don't need to share the same language. A Russian, a German or a Mexican can play with an American if they both have the same vision. I think that our success stems from our environment in which we successfully fuse different soccer cultures and strengths.
Aivi Luik, Lena Mosabo, Ria Percival, Veronica Phewa and Fatima Leyva speak in FC Indiana offices before the 2008 season. "Here we just get the ball, go forward—quick," says Mosabo. "That's the difference from South Africa." (9:03; © 2008 FC Indiana) |
That philosophy also extends to Borkowski's staff, which includes coaches from the United States, Mexico, Ecuador, Serbia and Bulgaria. In 2005, FC Indiana mixed internationals Paty Perez and Fatima Leyva of Mexico and Tasha St. Louis and Leslie Ann James of Trinidad and Tobago with American college players from the University of Kansas and Notre Dame. The side also brought in ex-WUSA defenders Julie and Nancy Augustyniak, who chose FC Indiana over Swedish and German clubs they had played for the previous year while waiting for the defunct WUSA to re-form.
In 2006, FC Indiana's reliance on American college players created a problem. The club missed the playoffs. Management realized it had to chart a different direction to continue to be competitive. The college students frequently had other commitments (camps, classes, trips, etc.) that kept them away from games.
Goshen, too, was a problem. "Not one good American player is going to Goshen when she can go to San Diego, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver or Tampa," says general manager Anton Maksimov. "When you are a 20-year-old woman, would you rather go to Goshen, Indiana … or Boston?"
Former Notre Dame defender and Pennsylvania native Christie Shaner says, "Not many people know of Goshen. I didn't myself until I played there." The club's selling point has always been its superior coaching and emphasis on player development. Players practice twice a day; some WPSL and W-League teams practice twice a week. FC Indiana decided to pursue players who had already graduated from college, focusing on international players who didn't care about Goshen's rural setting.
FC Indiana's Diaspora Dozen
Name | Position | Previous club | Int'l caps | Int'l goals |
Laura Del Rio (ESP) | F | Levante | 35 | 40 |
Annie Hamel (CAN) | F | Ottawa Fury | - | - |
Anna Laue (GER) | F/MF | Gütersloh 2000 | - | - |
Fatima Leyva (MEX) | MF | FC Indiana | 82 | 6 |
Aivi Luik (AUS) | D/MF | FC Indiana | - | - |
Lena Mosebo (RSA) | MF | Tuks HPC | 50 | 2 |
Marie-Eve Nault (CAN) | D | Ottawa Fury | 8 | 0 |
Monica Ocampo (MEX) | D | FC Indiana | 25 | 11 |
Kelly Parker (CAN) | MF | Ottawa Fury | 1 | 0 |
Ria Percival (NZL) | MF | Lynn Avon Utd | - | - |
Veronica Phewa (RSA) | F | Durban Ladies | 86 | 66 |
Maria Ruiz (ESP) | F | FC Indiana | - | - |
"They don't come for the entertainment or anything," says Maksimov. "They want to come to play soccer." Maksimov feels that the internationals bring a different soccer mentality:
The American girls enjoy playing for fun. Other places in the world, the culture is different. They live soccer, they watch soccer, read about it, it's everywhere. Here it's not that way. They [American players] do their own thing—watch American Idol or things like that. They don't have that soccer culture.
The club's extensive global scouting network is the envy of other organizations. Borkowski and Maksimov scouted the 2006 U-20 World Championships in Russia and have developed links with clubs in Russia, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico and Nigeria. Borkowski says, "It is crucial that we keep identifying top young players to come to FC Indiana and not just from overseas. There are many people at FC Indiana who work with these young women, identifying them and bringing them to the club. I'm very proud of our youth identification at the moment."
Ambitions within the club's top tier are lofty enough that, before the 2007 season, FC Indiana held talks with Marta Vieira da Silva of Umeå IK through her agent, Fabiano Farah. "She decided to stay in Sweden," Borkowski wrote by e-mail in Dec 06.
Borkowski places a priority on players with ambition and who are committed to improving their game. "We can only help someone who wants to achieve something. All we can do is give them a method to help them achieve that. That's the real part of coaching. We try to be very selective when looking for players and afterward make the players conscious of what we want to achieve. … Long-term success comes from continuity of coaching, tactical approach, stability and shared vision."
FC Indiana's undefeated run against touring national teams from Australia, New Zealand and Trinidad and Tobago and U-20 sides from Canada and Mexico also has attracted attention from top-class players.
In 2007, the team brought back Australia native and University of Nevada–Reno graduate Aivi Luik, Leyva and Shaner to play with new imports Monica Ocampo of Mexico, Elisabetta Tona of Italy, Maria Ruiz of Spain and Elena Danilova and Elena Terekhova of Russia's U-20 team. Along with a late signing at goalkeeper—U.S. international Kristin Luckenbill, who won a WUSA title in 2002 with Carolina Courage and an Olympic gold medal in 2004—the Lionesses captured their second WPSL crown, 3–0, over New England Mutiny. A few weeks later they again reached the U.S. Open Cup final but lost to California-based Ajax America, 1–2.
In 2002, Elkhart County officials dedicated a nearly half-mile-long gravel road so horse-drawn buggies could access the Goshen Wal-Mart without contending with motorway traffic (John W. Fountain, "Amish Find Gentler Road along Busy Highway," New York Times, 22 Nov 02). |
Following the '07 season, FC Indiana made a number of important changes, moving from Goshen to Lafayette after acquiring a 60,000-square-foot indoor training facility and switching its home ground to Kuntz Memorial Stadium in Indianapolis. The team joined the W-League, accepting a limit on signees outside North America following a period of no limits with the WPSL. (Anna Laue and Ria Percival presently do not count against the roster cap of seven non–North Americans, given their eligibility for training and cup matches only.)
Competition for spots ahead of the 2008 season was intense. Current Mexican national-team forward Tanya Morales, for example, could not secure a position.
FC Indiana's owners are Gary and Dale Weaver, who until 2007 operated a Goshen-based manufacturing center for trash-bin liners, which generated some $3 billion in annual turnover. They have also invested in the Chicago franchise of the new Women's Professional Soccer league, set to launch in seven U.S. cities in Apr 09. Indiana maintains a technical alliance with Chicago and will continue to develop players for possible transfer.
The club operates an academy and fields a team in the men's Premier Arena Soccer Leagues, which plays in a small-sided, fútbol rapido format. The W-League team offers supreme entertainment value: $49 ($11 youth) for a season pass to all Indianapolis and West Lafayette matches, including an invitation to a "meet the team" soiree at Hookah!, a Middle Eastern–themed restaurant near Purdue University.
The WPS is in the players' sights, and they feel FC Indiana can help get them there.
Percival, an 18-year-old winger, joined the team fresh from New Zealand's appearance at the 2007 Women's World Cup. Most players her age would focus on gaining a scholarship to an American university, but Percival says that if she returns to school it will be in New Zealand. Her goal is to join WPS and to "see where it takes me."
Her veteran teammate Luik, in her fourth season with the club, counts her blessings that a planned transfer to a Florida club in 2006 did not work out:
Good thing it bombed. I was kind of bored and wanted a change. I am so glad I didn't end up going there. I think [FCI] is the best team in the country, club-wise. Not only that but they treat me so good every year. There is not too much to do in Lafayette, but it's really not where you are, it's who you're with.
FC Indiana marketers, on the club website, engage in some cheeky gender marking. |
FC Indiana bills itself, before the WPS launch, as the only fully professional women's club side in North America. Although the season lasts just over two months and generates tiny home gates—attendance for Indiana's home regular-season finale on Jul 17 was 325—the club reimburses players for expenses and provides lodging as well as a small monthly stipend. In Goshen, the players lived in a Ramada Inn; in Lafayette, they have apartments.
Club organizers pay attention to cultural differences. Veteran players help the newcomers adjust to the team and to the United States. The team schedules social events such as movies and dinners to help everyone appreciate each other's uniqueness. FC Indiana provides English-language classes but, at practices and games, coaches or players translate tactical instructions.
"We've had unbelievable talent. I've learned a lot from the internationals," Shaner says. "Hopefully they've learned a little from the Americans about our style of play."
So far in 2008, to say that FC Indiana has gelled would be an understatement. Its regular season complete as of Jul 17, the club, with 40 points from 14 matches, having scored 67 goals and allowed three, finished in first place in the W-League's Midwest Division. Playoffs begin Jul 25; FC Indiana must survive two Central Conference opponents before reaching the league's North American semifinals Aug 1 in Virginia Beach.
Off-season restructuring no doubt will be required when the side loses many of its most talented players to the relaunched professional league. "The idea is for us to find undervalued assets in an inefficient market," Borkowski tells the FC Indiana website. He also alludes, cryptically, to a forthcoming venture to survey young talent in Chile.
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Halvorson calls on Kelly to 'come clean' as tensions flare in 2nd District race
BY NATASHA KORECKI Political Reporter February 17, 2013 2:56PM
Robin Kelly after announcing she is running for former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s 2nd Congressional District seat. | Al Podgorski~Sun-Times
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Tensions flared in the 2nd Congressional District race on Sunday after a key candidate suddenly dropped out and threw her support behind former state Rep. Robin Kelly.
Toi Hutchinson, of Olympia Fields, bowed out of the race for Congress with just nine days to go, releasing a statement on Sunday that announced her support for Kelly.
"Robin is a friend, and has captured momentum in pulling our community together," Hutchinson said in a statement. "I am simply unwilling to risk playing a role going forward that could result in dividing our community at [a] time when we need unity more than ever."
The announcement brought questions from one candidate and another accused the Kelly campaign of trying to pressure candidates to "clear the field."
"I don't know how they got Toi out, they've got to come clean. Nine days left? Why would you get out?" said former U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson, who's also running in the special election. "This district deserves honesty and transparency, this district deserves better. This poor district has been pulled over a barrel for so long. . . . My phone has been ringing off the hook. The people who did go out on a limb for [Hutchinson] are livid."
Ald. Anthony Beale's spokeswoman, Delmarie Cobb, accused Kelly's campaign of "a desperation move" — trying to pressure other candidates to clear the field — and claimed that more than $1.4 million in SuperPAC money attacking Kelly's opponents isn't having intended effect. Cobb said the Beale campaign got a call Saturday night asking if Beale would drop out of the race.
Kelly said she knew nothing of the call.
Kelly is a front-runner in the race, having outraised her opponents and received a steady stream of endorsements. Cobb said despite New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Independence USA SuperPAC pouring $1.4 million into attack ads in the race, ostensibly to benefit Kelly while attacking Halvorson, internal numbers show that Halvorson's numbers are mostly holding.
"By now, Debbie should be destroyed," Cobb said of the attack ads. "We know for a fact that the needle isn't moving. Robin's numbers aren't increasing, and Debbie's are going down very slowly."
Cobb would not release the campaign's internal numbers. However, she said:
"I'm just telling you, we feel fine," Cobb said. "All the activity that's going on in this race, is reinforcing what we believe: We are contenders in this race."
Early voting began Feb. 11 for the 2nd District special primary election, meaning some voters already have cast a vote for Hutchinson, whose name remains on the ballot. The special primary election is Feb. 26. Hutchinson's departure this close to the election is yet another stunning turn in the ongoing story of the 2nd Congressional District U.S. House seat. The seat is open because U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned in disgrace last November. He had coasted to re-election last year even though he had been absent from office for five months. One front-runner who aimed to replace Jackson, state Sen. Donne Trotter, quit the race after he was arrested and charged with having a gun in his luggage while traveling through O'Hare. On Friday, Jackson was federally charged with using his campaign fund to lavish himself with hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts.
A recent poll released by Kelly showed she and Halvorson in a statistical dead heat with Hutchinson coming up next. Kelly has far outraised other candidates, reporting about $400,000 in receipts last week. Halvorson has raised about $30,000, while loaning herself an additional $25,000.
Asked what she thought about her chances against Halvorson, Kelly said: "I wouldn't be in it if I didn't think I could win."
Besides Halvorson and Kelly, another lead contender is 9th Ward Ald. Beale, who is expected to pull much of the city vote from the district, which stretches into Will and Kankakee counties.
Kelly has benefitted from an infusion of $1.4 million from Independence USA SuperPAC, which has barraged the campaign with attack ads against Halvorson because of the past "A" rating with the NRA. Halvorson does not a support a ban on assault weapons but is for universal background checks, a federal gun-trafficking law and other measures that she argues would do more to curb violence in the district.
The political action committee, headed by Bloomberg, endorsed Kelly on Friday and is expected to spend $2 million when all is said and done.
On Sunday, Kelly said in an interview she's far from starting any early celebrations.
"I take nothing for granted, I am working hard, I will have my nose to the grind until 7 p.m. Feb 26. My staff is working hard, my volunteers are working hard," Kelly said.
She said Bloomberg's support of anti-gun candidates is rivaling the National Rifle Association, which has spent millions backing pro-gun candidates for years.
Halvorson said the TV ads unfairly attack her and misstate her position on guns. She said she hasn't sought the NRA's support in this election.
"I haven't asked for their support. I'm not being supported by them," she said. I did not fill out a questionnaire. No support, no endorsement, no nothing. You will see by the end of the day when I win, we will have been outspent 30-1."


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Leslie Pritchard, owner of Dallas-based furniture shop Again & Again, revamps a vintage find.
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Again & Again owner Leslie Pritchard looked past this Chesterfield sofa's tattered, sun-washed facade and saw good bones. She took the tufts out of the down bench cushion for a clean, modern look and then reupholstered the piece in bold red velvet.
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I always loved the look of him in the Filmation cartoon, and I would love to have yet another member of The Horde. So post here if you would like to see him!
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Re: MORE* - G3* IRAN/US/KSA/IRAQ/CT - Iran: US plot allegations resemble Iraq WMD claims
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the veracity of any of the claims, these are two different types of
1. The Iraqi WMD thing was a broad analytical question, something like
"Does Iraq have a WMD program?" So various pieces of intelligence and
evidence were presented to show that a widespread program existed.
2. The KSA ambo assassination plot is a specific criminal case (though
also an analytical question, it is not so broad), something like "Did an
Iranian-American collude with a member (or members) of the Quds force to
try and kill the KSA Ambo?". That is much more specific and easier to
prove than something like "Does Iran's Quds force have a worldwide
assassination program?" which would be more similar to the WMD question.
In this case, investigators and prosecutors are only trying to prove a
single case.
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Subject: MORE* - G3* IRAN/US/KSA/IRAQ/CT - Iran: US plot allegations
resemble Iraq WMD claims
Part of the interview A-Dogg did on AJ, full video at link. - CR
Ahmadinejad rejects US 'murder plot' claims
Last Modified: 17 Oct 2011 23:07
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, has said that an alleged plot
to kill the Saudi ambassador to the Washington was fabricated by the US to
cause a rift between Tehran and Riyadh, and to divert attention from US
economic problems.
In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera in Tehran on Monday, Ahmadinejad
said that anyone who hears the claims "laughs", but warned the US to be
mindful of the allegations it makes.
"We're not worried about expressing our opposition ... The US
administration is sorely mistaken. The US administration might want to
divert attention from what's going on inside the US," he said, speaking
through a translator, during an interview broadcast live.
"The economic problems of the US are very serious, and by accusing Iran
it's not going to solve any problem."
Categorical rejection
Pressed to give a firm answer as to whether or not the US plot allegations
carried merit, Ahmadinejad said: "We have categorically rejected this
"Terror is for people...who don't have any logic. The people of Iran are
pro-logic," he said.
Last week US authorities charged that two Iranians were involved in the
"plot directed by elements of the Iranian government" to kill the Saudi
ambassador as part of a major "terror" attack.
Eric Holder, the US attorney general, said factions within the Iranian
government were involved in the plot, which was "conceived, sponsored and
directed from Iran".
Despite the significance of the allegations, Ahmadinejad said that Tehran
would not launch an investigation into the matter.
On being told that Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, had told the
UN chief that there was strong evidence linking Iran to the murder plot,
Ahmadinejad described the UN and its Security Council as undemocratic.
"The Security Council is dominated by the US, and the US has been against
us for 30 years. The UN is not really the UN because the General Assembly
is not the decision-making body. At the UN everything is ruled by a body
in which there are five countries," he said.
US 'interference'
Ahmadinejad also claimed the US "terror plot" allegations were constructed
on false evidence designed to cause conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran
and "create some conflicts and discord" within his country.
Geneive Abdo, of the National Security Network in Washington DC, told Al
Jazeera that Ahmadinejad's claim that the US was trying to cause a
regional rift was weak.
"There has been a ... rift between Iran and Saudi Arabia for many years
now, so that was a bit ludicrous," she said.
"I think that was probably one of his weakest arguments in the interview
... That was a very, very sort of a lame argument."
Later in the interview, the Iranian president said that Iran and the US
were not on a collision course, but that the core of the issue between the
two nations is America's "interference" in the region.
Addressing the US, he said: "Keep your interference to yourself" - before
clarifying that Iran has "always had respect for the people of the US. We
love them. We love Americans".
On 10/18/11 9:08 AM, Clint Richards wrote:
Iran: US plot allegations resemble Iraq WMD claims
Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:58pm EDT
TEHRAN, Oct 17 (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday
U.S. allegations of an Iranian assassination plot resembled its claims
of weapons of mass destruction that formed the basis for the 2003
invasion of Iraq, and would prove to be equally untrue.
Ahmadinejad said Washington had fabricated the plot of an Iranian
seeking to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington in order to
cause a rift between Tehran and Saudi Arabia and dominate the oil-rich
"In the past the U.S. administration claimed there were weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq. They said it so strongly, they offered and
presented documentations and everyone said 'yes, we believe in you, we
buy it'," Ahmadinejad said in a live interview on Al Jazeera television.
"Now is everyone asking them, were those claims true? Did they find any
weapon of mass destruction in Iraq? They fabricated a bunch of papers.
Is that a difficult thing to do?
"The truth will be revealed ultimately and there will be no problem for
us at that time," Ahmadinejad said.
U.S. President Barack Obama hopes the foiled alleged plot will lead to
tighter sanctions against Iran -- already under several rounds of U.N.
measures over its nuclear programme -- and repeated that all options are
on the table to deal with the Islamic republic -- a tacit threat of
possible military action.
When asked whether he thought Iran and the United States were on an
inevitable "collision course" towards military conflict, Ahmadinejad
replied: "I don't think so.
"I think that there are some people in the U.S. administration who want
this to happen but I think there are wise people in the U.S.
administration who know they shouldn't do such a thing."
Nevertheless, the commander of the Iranian army ground forces said his
troops were "fully prepared and ready to give a quick response to any
aggression on Iran's soil".
"Today America is too unsteady to even think about launching an attack
on Iran," Ahmad Reza Pourdastan told the semi-official Fars news agency.
Saudi Arabia, Iran's main rival in the Gulf and with close ties with
Washington, requested the United Nations look into what it called the
"heinous conspiracy" and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he
had passed correspondence about the affair to the Security Council.
Ahmadinejad called on Saudis not to fall for a U.S. strategy which he
said aimed to divide and conquer the Gulf.
"If the U.S. administration is under the impression that by doing this
it can create conflict between us and Saudi Arabia then I have to say
the U.S. administration is sorely mistaken.
"The U.S. administration is not interested in Iran or in Saudi Arabia.
They see their interests in having a dispute between Iran and Saudi
Arabia -- they want to dominate our region," he said.
Iran's relations with Saudi Arabia have been strained by the events of
the "Arab Spring" as each tries to assert its position in the region
amid a welter of sectarian and geo-political rivalries.
Even before the Arab uprisings began, a leaked U.S. cable published on
WikiLeaks said Saudi King Abdullah had urged the United States to "cut
off the head of the snake" by launching military strikes to destroy
Iran's nuclear programme.
The plot furore appears to have killed any chance of a rapid return to
talks between Tehran and world powers concerned about its nuclear
programme , but Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran would
examine the allegations.
"We are prepared to examine any issue, even if fabricated, seriously and
patiently, and we have called on America to submit to us any information
in regard to this scenario," he was quoted as saying by the official
IRNA news agency.
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Greetings Imbibers, Miss Flighty here, recovering from a super fun night at the first annual Independent Spirits Festival in San Francisco. Put on by world famous whisky maven Riannon Walsh, of Celtic Malts fame, this event was launched as a way for her to get back to her roots and reconnect with the independent bottlers and distillers that inspired her passion for spirits in the first place.
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Its called progress stop standing in the way of it. The problem with this government is its filled with old time white settlers that have got so old and covered in cobwebs they think only they have a right to be in this country even though they stamped and robbed a nation of Indians in the first place for it. These anti-American leaders that continuously stand in the way of progress and immigration stone walling at every sniff of change are what is really wrong with this country. It is no secret to the undocumented that the immigration system is designed to do one single thing and that is to extract large amounts of fees keep applicants in the dark for decades whilst continuously extracting fees like a boiler room operation and either wait the applicant out so long that they get old and die or no longer care or simply look for the tiniest of angles to delete their file once it seems apparant after decades the applicant is still waiting. Actually the immigration department is the only organisation in American that is allowed to commit a felony which is to defraud large groups of people of fees exceeding $350 and give nothing in return the illegal definition if you care to look it up is Common Scheme or Plan to Defraud. If the system processed applications in a humane manor in a time frame that fits within the longevity of the human body maybe their would not be so many that actually have legal path not bothering to apply.
Greg, it seems there's a little misunderstanding here. Our panel at the workshop and the broader ag coalition all agree on precisely the content and strategy for getting immigration reform through Congress this year. And, we're reasonably optimistic. The ag agreement in the Senate bill is solid and that's what we're advocating for. We also know the House must pass a bill -- any bill -- and we are working to help that process too. But to be clear, no one in ag is trying to get a different deal in the House -- we just want to encourage the House to pass a bill. Finally, no one would argue against representing one's constituents. For many Republicans, their constituents are beginning to see that comprehensive immigration reform is good for the US economy and jobs, and is the KEY to preventing future illegal immigration. I'm confident that old fears are fading and we can see good legislation this year.
Tom, I agree, the panel was mostly optimistic about getting some sort of immigration bill through the Senate and House. It's my opinion that the House won't pass any useful immigration legislation this year for agriculture, but especially anything similar to the provisions in the Senate bill.
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