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Army Pensions Legislation—Motion.
Friday, 14 January 1944
Seanad Éireann Debate
That Seanad Eireann is of opinion that the Government should take steps immediately to amend with retrospective effect Section 7 of the Army Pensions Act, 1943 (No.14 of 1943) so that sums payable in accordance with the terms of Section 7 by way of Special Allowance in respect of a wife or children and because of the needy circumstances of the family while the husband pensioner is living, shall not be discontinued on the death of the husband when inevitably the general family needs and financial difficulties have become greater.
The case I have to put before the Seanad is a very brief and a very simple one.
The section of the Act of 1943 was spoken of by the Minister when introducing the Bill on the 4th March, 1943, in the following terms (column 959):—
[532]"...the fifth purpose of the Bill is to deal with the very special problem created by the passage of time and by economic circumstances of men and women who fought during Easter Week, 1916, and who are now incapable of self-support by reason of age or permanent infirmity. Section 7 applies to every person who is in possession of a military service certificate in respect of service during Easter Week, 1916, or who is in receipt of a disability pension in respect of a wound or injury received or a disability contracted during that week, provided that the person is incapable of self-support by reason of age or permanent infirmity of mind or body and that his or her yearly means from all sources do not exceed a certain sum. For a single man or woman that sum will be £78 a year; if married, £97 10/- a year, and for each child the sum is raised by £10 8/- a year. In other words, if a single person be totally destitute he or she will be entitled to £78 a year, or if married of £97 10/- a year and £10 8/- a year will be added in respect of each child. On the other hand, if the person be not totally destitute, but be in receipt of a service or disability pension, his means will be brought up to the scales of allowances mentioned. It will thus be seen that every person qualifying under this section will be entitled from all sources, if single, to 30/- a week, if married, 37/6 a week, and to an additional sum of 4/- a week in respect of each child."
The Minister took this action because, as he indicated, a very special problem arose with regard to a limited number of people who are entitled to recognition for service during 1916 and whose means were inadequate. Now, the Bill was introduced on the 3rd March, 1943, and it became law on the 27th April, 1943. Normally, it might be thought that no very special difficulty would arise under it but, in actual practice, a very serious defect has been shown up. I submitted an amending Bill to deal with the matter in a systematic and clear way, but the decision was given the other day that that Bill could not be introduced [533] because it was a Money Bill. I am now asking the Seanad, after hearing the details I am going to put before them, to ask the Minister to amend the Bill so that grants which the Minister considered should be provided even while the father was living, should not be discontinued simply because the father dies. Since the passage of the Bill one particular case has come to my notice. This was the case of a man who, about 1941, met with such an accident that he became permanently disabled for life. Under the Work-men's Compensation Acts he got a sum of £300 or something less than £300, and after two years maintaining himself and a wife and seven children under 15 years of age, there was very little of that money left. He had a pension of £35 a year and, in fact, immediately before he died his pension was being supplemented by a payment of 25/- a week from the home assistance authorities in the City of Dublin.
If he lived until the Act was passed, he would have been entitled to have his money increased so that he would have a total income himself of 30/- a week. Actually, his pension amounted to about 13/- a week, but in addition to that 30/- from the pension and supplementary pension he would have been getting 7/6, as well as seven times 4/-, or 28/- a week for his family. Between the additional allowance for himself and his wife of 7/6 and his allowance of 28/- he would have received in respect of his wife and children 35/- a week and that income would be coming into the house because of his wife and children as well as his basic income of 30/- a week. The family were looking forward to this measure and to the additional income they would obtain, but about three weeks before the Bill was passed, the man died, and even if he had been in receipt of a pension at the time of his death, the whole pension in respect of himself and his children would have stopped. The proposal made in the Pensions Act was deliberately put forward for a special class and special circumstances and it dealt with the case of a man himself, his wife and children. It meant that there was nothing coming into the house.
Under a non-contributory pension [534] scheme the widow would be able to get 7/6, the same amount as is contemplated in the Army Pensions Bill, but, in respect of the first child, she would receive only 3/6 and in respect of the other children only 1/6. Under the widows' scheme she would only receive 20/- a week, and contributions will be paid only up to 14 years of age or to 16 if her children were going to school. Under the Army Pensions Act they would be paid up to 18 years of age. Again, under the non-contributory widows' scheme that 20/- would be reducible by 1/- a week for every 1/- the family was able to earn in any kind of way up to 12/6. If the man had been a little longer disabled, the widow would have come in under that scheme, but due to the particular length of the period he was disabled, and, I think, due to the friendly ingenuity of Senator Foran, who has considerable experience of national health insurance and widows' pension matters, it was decided that the widow was entitled to a contributory widows' pension. Under the contributory widows' pension she was entitled to 10/- a week, for the first child 5/- a week, and for each of the six others 3/- a week, so that actually by the chance of the husband not having been too long disabled and the friendly advice of Senator Foran she was getting 33/- a week.
Under the Army Pensions Bill she would have got 35/6 a week, but children's allowances under the contributory widows' pensions scheme are payable only for children under 14 years of age, or under 16 if they are going to school. In fact she was able to get one of these boys employed as a telegraph messenger. He is just 15 years of age, and inside the next 12 months he will be entitled to sit for an examination that may make his employment permanent, but if he does not pass the examination, he will be affected by the Post Office rule not to keep on young fellows over 16 who are not eligible for continuous employment by the Post Office. There is just a chance that the boy may find himself disemployed at the end of the year and, instead of 4/- a week paid to the [535] widow in respect of the boy, the boy will be able to get nothing. In a very special way, the Minister makes provision that the children's allowances should cease completely because the man is dead. That is both unreasonable and unsound. If it was considered under the Act that, when the man was living, the seven children should be entitled to 28/- a week for their maintenance with his basic of 30/- a week to keep the house over them, it is wrong that the widow should now be reduced to 23/- a week with the man dead and the basic 30/- that would keep the roof over their heads gone. There is the additional disability that the grants will relate only to children under 14 years of age or 16 years of age if going to school. The Act contemplated that, if the man were alive, the increased grants would be continued up to 18 years of age. I think it is a great weakness when we consider the small number of cases—I doubt if there can be a single other case in which actual payments are made. I do submit that the Seanad should urge on the Minister to make the amendment I suggest to the Act, and to allow that the children should get the allowances contemplated after the man's death and so long as his children are under the age of 18.
Mr. M. Hayes: I second the motion.
Leas-Chathaoirleach: The Minister.
Minister for Defence (Mr. Traynor): I thought I might hear what Senators had to say before making my reply.
Mr. M. Hayes: The whole purpose of the motion is to hear the Minister. There is nothing controversial or difficult about it.
Mr. Traynor: I would like very much to have heard the case for the motion, and it may be that it is better tactics to hear what I have to say than to allow me to listen to what I would like to hear. However, the position is something like this. First of all, I would like to say that Senators should try to appreciate the intent and purport of Section 7 of the Army Pensions Act of [536] 1943. In order to do that it is necessary to understand the reasons why it was introduced.
For a considerable time before its introduction, it was represented to the Government by various organisations that a number of men who had fought during Easter Week, 1916, were in distress because on the one hand they were incapable of self-support by reason of age or permanent infirmity of mind or body, and because on the other hand their military service pensions were in themselves inadequate. Certain specific cases, mainly of pensioners resident in Dublin, were brought forward, and after due investigation it was decided that the complaints were reasonably well founded, and that something should be done to relieve the distress of the persons concerned.
The question then arose as to the best means of dealing with the problem. The obvious way to do it was by amending the Military Service Pensions Acts of 1924 and 1934 so as to increase the pensions payable to all persons who were in possession of military service certificates in respect of Easter Week, 1916, but on investigation it was found that this solution though simple was open to grave objections. For one thing it might easily have led to the belief that all pensioners were equally entitled to have their grants increased, and for another, even in the restricted category of 1916 men, it would give increased pensions to men who were in comfortable circumstances. At this stage it became apparent that if the problem was to be solved with due consideration for public funds some form of means test would have to be introduced, and as the introduction of any such test would be repugnant to the spirit and tenor of the military service code, it was deliberately decided not to touch that code, but to increase the military service pension by means of a special allowance under the Army Pensions Code. That code already provided for a means test in certain cases, so that by dealing with the 1916 problem under it there was no danger of introducing undesirable precedents.
[537] It is quite clear, therefore, that the special allowance provided in Section 7 of the Army Pensions Act, 1943, is in effect an increase of military service pension in certain cases of distress, for the military service certificate is the basis of the allowance. If the increased pension had been given by amendment of the Military Service Pensions Acts, it would not have been possible, therefore, I think, to bring forward this motion because the question of passing it on to the widow could not have been put forward, for it is a principle inherent in those Acts and in all similar service Acts, whether military or otherwise, that the pension is personal and dies with the recipient.
Even from the point of view of the Army Pensions Acts, this motion, if accepted, would introduce a new and undesirable precedent. Under these Acts the pension cases on the death of the pensioner, but another pension, technically called an allowance, becomes payable provided that the pensioner has died from a disease or injury attributable to service. That principle obtains in the case of a 1916 man in receipt of a disability or wound pension even though he may also because of his needy circumstances be in receipt of a special allowance under Section 7 of the 1943 Act. This motion, however, would grant such pensions or allowances to the dependents of 1916 men even though the death of the latter had no connection whatsoever with his military service, and it thus cuts across the principles not only of the Military Service Acts, but also of the Army Pensions Acts, and would introduce a new and unprecedented principle into both codes.
For the reasons outlined, I am unable to recommend to the Government the terms of the motion. If the principle be conceded that a military service pension does not cease with the death of the pensioner, then we may have to face the contingency of continuing of pensions to the dependents of deceased pensioners and it would be impossible to measure the financial implications of such proposals and I would seriously suggest that Senators should, therefore, hesitate before accepting the motion under discussion.
[538]Mr. M. Hayes: I want to give the Minister every possible credit for Section 7 of the Army Pensions Act, 1943. When he introduced it, I am sure he was running absolutely counter to Civil Service advice and had fought and won a hard battle with the Department of Finance. That Section 7 is meant to meet a very difficult and, presumably, unique situation. There is a particular flaw in it, which is disclosed by the terms of the motion before the House. The Minister's answer is that the motion involves the breaking of a principle under which pensions are granted and paid. In other words, having, in that Section 7, brought in something which was not a Civil Service idea, having done something entirely creditable to himself, to his colleagues and to all of us, the Minister is now proceeding to argue on the basis of "keeping the file right." The whole basis of his argument is that, if he did this for a very small and diminishing group of people, the file would not be right in the Civil Service Office. I have had that kind of argument put up to me before and I understand it perfectly. I suggest that the Minister is not only doing an injustice to a small number of people, but is also doing an injustice to himself and to the line he took when he put Section 7 into the Act of 1943.
Let us see how much and, indeed, how little the Minister is being asked to do by this particular motion. The number of people who were out in the Rising was very small—not more than 1,000 men and women in Dublin. It is 28 years ago, and many of them are dead. Quite a number, like the Minister and myself, are in quite good circumstances. The Minister brought in a provision in the Act of 1943 to deal with a small number who were in bad circumstances. We received that warmly and thought it a credit to the Minister. He broke a principle, because he augmented the pension instead of amending the Army Pensions Act. He provided for a small number of people. He is now asked to deal with the children of those people who are in bad circumstances and who are under 18—or, if he likes, under 16. He is only asked to deal with the children, as the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions [539] Act deals as well with the widow as if she were dealt with under the Army Pensions Act, 1943. Therefore, this narrows it down to the orphans, who get the special allowance provided for in Section 7. There is only a small number: perhaps the Minister could say how many there are. I know quite a number of 1916 men, and very few have children under 16.
The Minister is doing himself a wrong by refusing to seek the very small amount of money which would be required to make this Section 7 absolutely flawless. He refuses simply by quoting a Civil Service principle in the Pensions Act. The only difference between this Act and the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act would be with regard to the provision for the orphans. The Seanad cannot make this change, and it is quite clear that, if the Minister does not agree to do so, there is no use in passing the motion, so we must try to convince the Minister rather than force him. Section 7 says that you can calculate the means of the person and then add to the means. The Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act payments would be means. What Senator Mulcahy and myself ask is that the means should be supplemented for the children under 18, if they are in needy circumstances. That was not our own idea: it was put into legislation for the first time by the Minister himself. We merely ask him to go a short step further. This request is to deal only with the children of 1916 men, to deal only with the children of needy 1916 men, to deal only with the children of needy 1916 men who die, and to deal only with those orphans who are under 18 years of age.
I do not suppose any motion ever asked for a smaller amount of money, but this is for a special class of people whom the Minister has at heart as much as I have. I am not arguing about that at all: the Minister has shown his interest and, I think, from his own point of view and from that of legislation, it is worth while bringing in this very small amendment to make this right. It deals with such a small number of people that, if I were Minister, instead of arguing against this on [540] a Civil Service principle, I would argue that there are so few cases that they would not be worth dealing with. The Minister argues on a principle which he has broken already—the Minister is a sinner who has committed mortal sin against the Civil Service, but the more sins committed against the Civil Service from that point of view, the better. It is in the national interest that these few people in needy circumstances should be dealt with and I suggest that the Minister, having inserted Section 7 in the Act of 1943, should make it absolutely right and thus do credit to himself and show that he is able to act on his own, as I am sure he did when he brought in that section.
Mr. Colgan: As an old 1916 man, I think it will be agreed—without taking from anyone who took part in that historic fight—that, as in all cases of fights and revolutions, a large proportion of the people involved were men and women of no property— Fintan Lalor's "men of no property". Many of them lost their employment after the Rising and were hit very hard from the economic standpoint.
I want to pay tribute to the Minister. I am supporting this motion and I believe that, if it is at all possible for the Minister to put it into force, he will do so. I know his sympathies have been with the 1916 men and with Old I.R.A. men generally: they have much to be thankful for since he became Minister for Defence. Many of these men have been in poor circumstances and, when they die, there is always the problem of the children left behind. I will not elaborate the point, as I know that, if the Minister can do anything to meet the wishes of the mover and seconder of the motion, he will do so.
General Mulcahy: The Minister speaks of a principle and, in talking of principle, I would not be even too hard on the Civil Service. I think it is an atmosphere rather than any particular person or class that is involved in this matter. What will the cost of it be? I know only of an amount to the extent of about £13 a year. If the Minister has had the representations he speaks about, I imagine he would know how [541] many cases are involved. I know of one case where a little woman of 40 years of age is left with seven children, whose ages are 15, 13, 11, 8, 6, 4 and one year.
Mr. Traynor: Is she the widow of a 1916 man?
General Mulcahy: Yes: he died after this Bill was introduced and before the Bill was passed.
Mr. Traynor: Then his dependents could not benefit in these circumstances.
General Mulcahy: He was one of those expecting such a Bill to come along and the Minister was taking his case, with others, into consideration. To these people, in effect, he says: "You are unfortunately incapable of earning a living; you met with an accident which makes it impossible for you to earn your living. I am going to see that your income is raised to 30/- by a special allowance for yourself, with an additional 7/6 for your wife and 28/- a week for your children, and I am going to guarantee that the children will have that 28/- a week until they are 18 years of age." Then this particular man dies and, instead of all these things coming to the people for whom the Minister was preparing them—and I take it the Minister was preparing them for these people under the special conditions—the position that I have already indicated came about. The family for whom this man was working are deprived of benefit because the man dies.
I think the principle involved in the Minister's speech and in the section ought to be made wide enough to include the children of a man in that position, a man for whom the allowance was going to be made. By so amending the Bill, the children of 1916 men who would be qualified under the section, and who have died, will be provided for until they are 18 years of age. I think that is merely keeping in touch with the spirit intended in the section.
So far as this case is concerned, I know it will cost for the one family— and I doubt if there is another—£13 a year. Such action as is suggested will indicate to that little woman who has [542] that family around her that she will not be cut off in her allowance, her widow's pension, when the children are 14 or 16 years old. It will tell her, if her boy is not able to pass the examination that will qualify him to remain in the employment of the Post Office after 16, that her income will be assured. There may be one or two cases of that sort, but I submit that this particular case is really deserving of earnest consideration. Anybody who walks into a house of that kind cannot but realise how humane was the provision as originally intended. Apparently, now the flaw is that the head of the house dies, the basic income of 30/- a week is gone——
Mr. Traynor: I feel I am at a grave disadvantage now. Apparently I will be unable to reply to the Senator's observations.
Mr. M. Hayes: There will be no difficulty of that sort.
Cathaoirleach: The Minister may speak again, with the consent of the House.
General Mulcahy: I leave this matter entirely to the decision of the House. Perhaps there are other Senators who feel keenly about it and who may wish to express their opinions. I do not want to press this to a division, but I feel it is necessary that I should draw attention to the situation.
Mr. Traynor: I want to make it clear, as regards everything that Senators Hayes, Colgan and Mulcahy have said about these individuals, that I feel all these sentiments myself but, however lightly we may talk of principles, we have to recognise that the principles are there and they must be guarded. There are approximately 15,000 people drawing pensions in this State for military service, and of that number there are possibly 2,000 who are 1916 men.
Mr. M. Hayes: Are the 2,000 still alive?
Mr. Traynor: I would not say they are all still alive. There are some among the 15,000 who may not be alive. I could not indicate the number alive [543] at the present time, but the figures I have given represent the numbers who were originally granted pensions.
I could not possibly recommend the terms of this motion to the Government for the simple reason that every individual who is drawing a pension may, when he dies, leave behind him a widow and orphans, and the dependents concerned would feel as justly entitled to have a continuing pension as would the individuals whom this motion covers. That is one of the things that I, as a Minister, however my sentiments may run, must recognise. However this particular situation might be met, in my opinion it cannot be met by establishing a precedent the results of which none of us could foresee.
It is admitted the sum of money that would be involved is almost negligible. If it were merely a question of the money involved in this case the simplest and easiest method for me to adopt would be to accept the motion. It might be a dishonest way of doing it, but it would be the easiest way. However the case covered by the motion may be settled, in my opinion it cannot be settled in the way Senator Mulcahy suggests. I am not going to be too dogmatic in this statement, but I believe there is no nation in the world to-day that grants a service pension to the widow of a soldier, and why this nation, which has so often been described in our own Legislature as being in an impoverished condition, should be asked to do it baffles me. There may be other ways of doing it, out at the moment I cannot suggest what they are. I cannot see it being settled through the method that has been suggested.
Mr. Hayes: Does the Minister not see a method by which the matter can [544] be dealt with? Has he not broken the principle already in the Act?
Mr. Traynor: I have not broken the principle. I have certainly done something that I suppose has not been done before. It was a situation that created so much difficulty in the minds of myself and the officials of the Department of Defence, that that was the only way we could see to deal with it. We took advantage of the Army Pensions Act of 1943 to do it.
Leas-Chathaoirleach: Is this motion being withdrawn?
General Mulcahy: I hate to put the Seanad in the position that it would negative the idea contained in my motion. I would be prepared to withdraw the motion if the Seanad were not prepared to accept it unanimously. If the House accepts it unanimously, I shall let it go to the House.
Leas-Chathaoirleach: I take it that that means the motion is withdrawn?
Mr. O'Donnell: Would the difficulty not be solved if the Minister would give an undertaking, because it is evident that he is just as sympathetic to the point of view involved in the motion as the movers are, to give the matter some consideration at some future date?
Mr. Traynor: I, unfortunately, can give no undertaking. At all times when it is possible to do something, I try to do it, but I cannot give any undertaking.
The Seanad adjourned at 5.40 p.m. until 3 p.m., Wednesday, 26th January.
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Salman Bashir (Urdu: سلمان بشیر ) (born 4 March 1952) is a Pakistani retired diplomat and ex-Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 3 May 2008 to 3 March 2012.[1] Bashir did his masters in History and LLB before joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan in February 1976. He belongs to the Third Common Training Program, and he won overall first position in his batch but preferred to join FSP instead of DMG or Police service. He then served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a section officer (1976–1980), Director (1985–1987), Director General (1995–1999) and Additional Foreign Secretary (2003–2005).
His foreign diplomatic assignments included: Pakistan Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva (1980–1984), OIC Secretariat Jeddah (1988–1995), Ambassador of Pakistan to Denmark and Lithuania (July 1999 to February 2003).
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Bashir is married with two sons and daughter. His brother, Admiral Noman Bashir, is the former Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy.[4]
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It's overwhelming, chaotic, and is, itself, a sensory overload
None of your discoveries contain any joy. Instead, these objects conjure up bad memories and day-to-day conflicts that Arielle has to deal with. Finding the mirror has her reveal that constantly staring into it has led people to believe she was vain, but in fact, she was trying to work out who was staring back at her, and she's still not sure.
Before reading on, it's best you play What Now? first, as it's a sensory experience with a surprise, which is used to convey its message, as will be discussed below. Be warned that it contains loud repetitive noises and comes with a seizure warning, and it also makes reference to PTSD, depression, and social anxiety.
Your experience with What Now? will vary depending on how fast you move. If you rush around, the vibrant noise of the pulsating glitch art will overtake the screen in seconds. It's overwhelming, chaotic, and is, itself, a sensory overload and representative of the real-life equivalent.
"The breakdown/meltdown comes when you do not heed the signs, and take in too much at once, and all the information and emotions overload the player character and take over the game itself," Arielle told IndieGames.com.
It probably won't be long until you opt to quit out, ending your suffering. Escaping from that attack is a privilege you have as a player, but not one that you have in life—at least, not without dire consequence.
If you take it slower, you'll be able to absorb the sight of all of Arielle's objects with her monologue alongside them. This allows you to build up an idea of what might lead Arielle to the wall of noise you experienced before. For Arielle, What Now? is in some way cathartic; as she explained to IndieGames.com, it is "a way to cope with [her] day-to-day experiences, and to ignite an emotional reaction in others."
What Now? can be downloaded directly from this link. You can support Arielle through Patreon, where she also offers other creations as incentives for funding.


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G & J Cartage Company was started in 1954 by James Nadeau, Sr. and Gerald McCahill. Originally the company was limited to providing local deliveries for the steel industry in the metro Detroit area.
Today G & J is a regional transportation company which continues to be family owned. The primary focus of the company is providing flat bed transportation service throughout the Midwest states. Over the years the company has continued to specialize in just-in-time delivery for the construction and steel industries.
In addition to transportation services the company provides warehousing, local distribution, trailer rental, industrial property rental and employee leasing.


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Episode #1105
Stead, Colombian Music, Ben Frost
Friday, January 29, 2010
The 12-year-old heroine of When You Reach Me navigates 1970s New York City all by herself. Pop music from Colombia gets global attention. And the composer Ben Frost uses wolf cries and other scary sounds to make beautiful haunting tunes.
Unchain My Heart
Our redesign of Valentine's Day moves full steam ahead. We hear from the husband-wife team who run the Austin design firm, Under Consideration. Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio work to upgrade this fraught holiday. Studio 360 commissioned them, but they consider ...
When You Reach Me
Rebecca Stead just won the Newbery Medal for her children's novel When You Reach Me. Stead tells Kurt how she based her heroine, a sixth-grader named Miranda, on her own latchkey childhood in gritty 1970s New York City. There's a time travel twist to the plot ...
Aha Moment: John Zorn with a Schmear
Niki Russ Federman, fourth generation of the smoked fish dynasty Russ & Daughters, resisted joining the family business. She explains why she owes her career choice to hipster klezmorim and the musician-composer John Zorn. Produced by Studio 360's
Welcome to His Nightmare
Australian (and now Icelandic) composer Ben Frost creates music that is electronic, classical, beautiful, and scary all at the same time. Kurt talks to Frost about his new album, By the Throat.
100% Colombian
The buzz around Colombian music is growing, and the country's biggest rock band, Aterciopelados, is up for a Grammy this weekend. Studio 360's Rob Weisberg explains how Colombia's coolest pop draws on old traditions that used to be called "grandpa's music."
Musical Magician
Producer T-Bone Burnett has worked with everyone from Emmylou Harris to Elvis Costello. This weekend Burnett is up for two Grammys, including Producer of the Year. He's getting all kinds of acclaim for his soundtrack to the new film "Crazy Heart." Kurt talked to Burnett in ...
Design for the Real World: Moped
Nathan Isherwood owns a moped repair and retail shop in Brooklyn. He loves the modest motorbikes because they're easy to fix and they get 100 miles per gallon. Produced by Matt Frassica.
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Ka'Deem Carey is like Myles Jack, but faster
UO coach Mark Helfrich has high praise for Arizona's star running back
Oregon coach Mark Helfrich talks about Wednesday's practice and preparing for Arizona running back Ka'Deem Carey, who is second in the FBS, averaging 150.3 yards per game. The junior has 3,707 yards rushing and is 117 yards shy of matching the school record held by Trung Candidate.
Ryan Thorburn covers Oregon football for The Register-Guard. Thorburn came to Eugene from Boulder, where he covered the Denver Broncos (2000-'07) and Colorado athletic department (2007-'13) for the Daily Camera. In 2013, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for beat writing. Follow Ryan on Twitter @rgduckfootball.


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- Send-Out
- Start Date
- Expiration Date
- Synonyms
- FDP, FSP, Fibrin Split Products
- CPT Codes
- 85362
- Site
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- 25231
- ATLAS Test Code
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Blue, Citrate
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1.0 ml
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Promptly centrifuge 15 minutes
Carefully transfer plasma portion of specimen to separate plastic tube using a plastic pipette
- Fasting Required?
- False
- Patient Instructions
- Reference Range
Less than 5 µg/mL
- Methodology
Latex Agglutination
Clinical Significance
Fibrinogen is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 340,000. It is composed of two peripheral areas, D and a central domain, E.
In vivo, thrombin converts plasma fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin, the fibrin clot being stabilized by Factor XIII. Plasmin splits fibrinogen as well as fibrin into various degradation products. The fragments X and Y constitute the early split products from fibrinogen and from non-crosslinked fibrin. Fragments D and E are the late split products. The degradation of the stabilized fibrin by plasmin leads to the formation of complexes named C-oligomers (YXD/DYX, YY/DXD, DY/YD, and finally to the terminal product D-dimer.
Under normal conditions, the fibrinolytic process is localized on the fibrin clot, since alpha-antiplasmin and the plasminogen activator inhibitors prevent fibrinolysis from spreading. During disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), fibrinolysis spreads and becomes systemic, in which case the degradation of circulating fibrinogen will occur. Fragments that are produced are very heterogeneous: products derived from fibrin, soluble complexes, degradation products from fibrinogen and from non-stabilized fibrin.
An abnormal fibrinolytic and/or fibrinogenolytic activity shown by high levels of FDP in plasma can also be found in clinical states, such as: eclampsia, alcoholic cirrhosis, carcinoma (promyelocytic leukemia), post-operative complications, cardiac, renal, and hepatic disorders, fibrinolysis, pulmonary embolism, and deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
A persistently elevated level of FDP indicates that the fibrinogenolytic or fibrinolytic process is continuing and suggests that the causative agent continues to exert its effect.


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Valentine's Day: Seven Ideas for Budget & Eco-Friendly Romance.
Wasn't it just Christmas? Aren't taxes due soon? This time of year money can be tight so finding the right gift for your sweetie can be tough.
However, experiences trump material gifts any day!
Why not create a great day or weekend where you get to spend time with your Valentine, showing them just how much you love being with them? Well, I've got some ideas that are not only healthy and green but will also make such a statement that your sweetheart won't care about that diamond encrusted chocolate heart anymore!
1. Morning Glory. Nothing is more romantic than surprising your Valentine with a lavish breakfast in bed! Be sure you plan ahead to make sure you have everything you need to create your tasty menu. Be sure you let your sweetie know that they are the VIP and should lounge until breakfast is served. Perhaps turn on their favorite movie or show, have an assortment of magazines prepared for them and/or start them off with a yummy almond milk latte or fresh squeezed juice until the meal is served. Try sweet potato pancakes, a fabulous tofu scramble or even decadent cinnamon rolls!
2. Romantic Camp Out. Plan a romantic getaway to your back yard! Pitch a tent and fill it with your fave bedding and bring your wifi enabled TV or tablet for smooth tunes or to cuddle and watch a great flick. Or, if you have an SUV or can borrow one, put down the seats and turn the back into a luxurious bed, park by the ocean, river, or great mountain spot. Either way, don't forget to bring a great meal, snacks, dessert and/or some wine and bubbly!
3. Al Fresco Dine n' Hike. If you and your honey are the outdoorsy type, find a hiking trail you haven't tried out yet. Make a day of it by packing a great picnic so when you reach the perfect spot in the hike, you can relax and enjoy the scenery along with a tasty treat.
4. Be A Hometown Tourist. Looking to get the juices flowing? Try planning a bike or walking tour of your city. Find an area you would like to explore and plan a bike tour with your Valentine. Roam a new part of town, stop in cute shops or eateries and have fun trying something new together.
5. Kitchen Action. For the foodie couple, try preparing a meal together. Nothing is sexier than cooking an aromatic meal together since you know it's made with love! Try out a fun new menu from all the way from drinks and appetizers to dessert. Digest by cuddling and watching a great movie and don't worry about the dishes until later!
6. "Creating" Memories. If you and your love are the creative types, try to start a fun project. Be it a painting you work on together, a piece of furniture or even planting a garden, whatever you create will be a lasting symbol of your special day together.
7. Pampering Powwow. If you are in the mood to pamper and relax, turn your bathroom into a spa! Get your bathroom ready for a luxurious bath by lighting candles, adding floral arrangements having slippers and robes handy as well as some champagne. Give each other spa services such as massages, mani/pedis, body scrubs and more!
The possibilities are endless and ultimately, regardless of budget, spending a special day or weekend together is what's most important. Get creative, have fun and indulge in love!
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This Portland State University area cart's simple motto, "what's of earth is good," and standard ingredients—rice, beans and lentils mostly—belie the complexity of its food. Trinidad native Qausu Thwaites and her husband, Ghanaian reggae artist Paapa Wastik, serve Afro-Caribbean plates laced with complex and delicious spices, which means you won't miss meat for a minute at this all vegan/vegetarian cart. The heavy use of plantains is welcome, whether fried or as part of the spinach-and-boiled-plantain meal. Sucking down its cousin in a peanut butter and banana smoothie isn't bad either. The cart's Gold and Green meal is shockingly good for what's basically a take-out carton of yellow rice (vegan yet somehow buttery), beans and greens. Those creamy red beans—stewed with coconut milk, tomato and spices—are addictive. Devour it for lunch and it'll fill you with good feelings all afternoon. The cart's biggest drawback is its daunting prices. At $9, a large portion—more than you'll eat in one sitting, but not enough for a second meal—is an expensive lunch choice, and while you can fill up on a small meal ($6) if you toss in an Ital sambusa ($2), it's still far from the pinchpenny deals of nearby carts.
- Best bite: An order of "fry plantain" ($4) isn't going to fill you up, but the bananalike nubbins' mushy, sweet-burnt goodness is unbeatable.
- Cheapest bite: Sambusas are $2, though these fried lentil-and-potato pockets lack the flavor punch of other choices.
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The Bad and Good Retirement News for Women
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A PBS Next Avenue article, which was picked up by Forbes and The Chicago Tribune, shared insights from a Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) conference where Maliz Beams was a keynote speaker. The article features the ING U.S. Retirement Revealed research on women's lower retirement plan savings levels and quotes Beams who encourages every woman over the age of 50 to complete a retirement-income analysis and update it annually.
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14th annual Big Free Backpack Give Away
Starting off the school year right, means having all the right tools.
So on Sunday, July 21, the Multicultural Centre is welcoming all area children to celebrate diversity together with a Big Free Backpack Give Away Event held at Harborside Convention Center in Fort Myers.
What started out as a small community gathering and backpack give away more than fourteen years ago, has grown into a major event thanks to local supporters and community leaders who volunteer their time, and donate items to the Multicultural Centre event each year.
"This is an opportunity for students of many cultures to come together, and have fun together, and learn from each other. We've helped more than 30,000 kids in the past fourteen years," said Leonardo Garcia, the Founder of the Multicultural Centre.
"In general, we have about 15,000 people attend, and we'll have 2,300 back packs to give to the children," explained Garcia.
And Garcia has four hundred volunteers to ensure everyone is enjoying the activities.
Community celebrities will help kick off the festivities. Governor Rick Scott will be there to help in presenting backpacks, along with Lizbeth Benacquisto, Member of the Florida Senate, which represents the 30th District.
"We will have free haircuts for children in attendance, and free eye exams, and there will be live entertainment throughout the day. We would like to thank our main sponsors, such as Walmart, Dendas Law Firm, and Fuccillo Motors donated four hundred t-shirts for all of our volunteers, " said Garcia.
One lucky child will receive, a "golden ticket" for an Ipad mini and a $100 gift card in a backpack thanks to another generous event sponsor Heather Fitzenhagen, Florida House District 78.
A special visit from the Lee County Book Mobile will provide library cards to Lee County Children, and the Lee County Sherriff's Office will be on hand to make sure families have a chance to participate in a safe kids fingerprinting program. There will also be plenty of bounce houses, and activities for all ages of children who attend.
"We ask that all elementary school age children arrive with a parent or a guardian to participate, and we will have games and performances offered throughout the day," said Garcia. The event is for elementary age children ages five to twelve years old, and backpacks will be given away on a first come-first serve basis, so families should try to arrive early.
The event comes as many families are noticing the price of certain back-to-school items rising.
"I just paid $20 for a backpack for my daughter this year, and last year we paid $17," said Bonita Springs resident Nicole Downey, who is budgeting for back-to-school shopping for her Second Grader, Kaytlin, who will be attending Three Oaks Elementary School this Fall.
According to the Multicultural Club website, families need to be in attendance to receive a free backpack chock full of school supplies, which will include notebook paper, pens, pencils, folders, and glue. However, those who can not attend the event, but still require assistance with school supplies, can visit the United Way 211 Hotline for assistance, too.
"We're super excited that school will be starting soon, and for the backpack giveaway" quipped Courtney Williams, also of Bonita Springs. "I've been looking at Pinterest to get ideas for healthy lunches, and for school supplies so my son is prepared to attend VPK this year."
The Big Backpack Event will start every child off on the right foot this Fall, and most importantly instill important lifelong values of the Multicultural Center's philosophy.
If You Go:
WHAT: The 14th Annual Big Backpack Event
WHEN: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, July 21
WHERE: Harborside Convention Center,1375 Monroe Street, Fort Myers
Information: Children must be present with parent or guardians to receive a backpack.


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Isalys Qt. Milk Bottle Ohio St. Fair 1940
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Old Isalys Quart Milk Bottle. The red around the Bottle is readable but has faded/worn over the years. The bottom is embossed The Isaly Dairy Co., Youngstown, Ohio with a big I in the center. Although rough, Bottle also has its original tin cap on top. There is some roughness around the bottom edge as well as some on the outside lip edge (not on drinking lip edge, but lip edge below it). Inside is still a little dirty and not certain how much more it would clean up. Make a nice display with ones vintage Kitchen décor or Milk Bottle collection. Buyer to pay shipping.
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Download Pattern From Craftsy Here
The many pockets are a lifesaver for me, I don't want my handbag to be a black hole where all my stuff rides jumbled about in a crazy mix and nothing can be found. One pocket for each thing, phone, compact, pens, nail file, key loop etc. I've really optimized this bag for me and hopefully, you'll find that it fits you just as good as it fits me!
It's not big which is one of my key requirements for a bag (you know what it's like - if there's room I will fill it and kill my back lugging it all around), but I can fit all the stuff I need in it - including a pocket book - so it's perfect for me, I use mine everyday. Which is why I felt I really had to share this pattern with you all! =)
Edit2: It was brought to my attention that what seam allowance to use was a little unclear in places so I've updated the pattern to clearly state what seam allowances to use where, basically 1/4" unless otherwise noted and in Step 2 use 1/2" to be able to fit the elastic later (it became a little unclear with the compressed pictures in the PDF I'm afraid).
If you choose to download the pattern I'd love if you let me know what you think of it by leaving a comment. If you make a Bia Bag, I'd love if you add it to my flickr group and thereby share it with me and the world so we all can enjoy it and be inspired by it:
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Feb. 9, 2013
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AMES, Iowa - Deanna Latham needed only to clear a few hurdles Friday to break a major barrier.The Wisconsin sophomore put up a historic performance at the Cyclone Classic in Ames, Iowa, breaking Wisconsin's school record in the 60 hurdles with a run of 8.39 seconds.Latham set the record, and finished with the top time in the field, in the preliminary round of the 60 hurdles at the Lied Recreation Center.
The performance broke Melissa Talbot's all-time mark of 8.41 from the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships. The showing ranks Latham 31st in the nation and places her fourth in the event among Big Ten athletes.Latham entered the weekend ranked 34th nationally in the hurdles after she recorded the time of 8.42 seconds at the Bill Bergan Invitational in Ames on Jan. 26. That performance was the second-fastest time in Wisconsin history.
In addition to her record-breaking performance in the 60 hurdles, Latham also recorded a win in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 9 feet, 8 3/4 inches. The mark puts Latham sixth on UW's all-time performance list.Also for Wisconsin, senior Jessica Flax finished third in the 60 hurdles prelims with a time of 8.63, while sophomore Katelyn Malcore finished 32nd in 9.15.Both Latham and Flax will race in the final of the event Saturday. In the 60 meters preliminary round, junior Sophie Roth finished 19th with a time of 7.87 and Malcore took 39th, finishing in 8.26. Redshirt freshman Colleen McNulty took 14th in the 3000 meters with a time of 10:08.79.Junior Rachel McNally placed fifth in the mile, finishing in a time of 5:00.72. Junior Lavinia Jurkiewicz took eighth with a time of 5:03.40.Wisconsin also saw strong performances in the 600 yard run, with sophomore Elizabeth Duxbury and junior Abbie Weigel finishing 1-2 in the event. Duxbury won the race in a time of 1:25.48, while Weigel took second in 1:25.48. Sophomore Grace Heglund-Lohman finished sixth (1:27.60) and senior Carrie Edmunds took eighth (1:27.98). In the non-seeded field events, sophomore Jessica Vardas finished second in the pole vault with a clearance of 11-2 1/4 and junior Abby Lueck took second in the shot put with a mark of 46-4.Action at the Cyclone Classic continues on Saturday. Event finals and seeded field events resumes at 11 a.m., so make sure to check back to UWBadgers.com for updated information on their performances.
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Ventura cancer treatment trials offering patient hope
Richard Stubstad just wants more time.
The 68-year-old engineer and sometimes trout fisherman from Oak View is a willing guinea pig. He is the first patient in a cutting-edge medical experiment that uses the body's natural immunities to push back cancer that has spread from his prostate to three sites in his lower abdomen.
Without treatment in a clinical trial at Community Memorial Hospital in Ventura, Stubstad thinks he would have had a 50-50 chance at three or four more years of life. He has no idea what the new treatment will bring, hoping only that it continues the battle that started when he was diagnosed with cancer about seven years ago.
"I'm not dumb enough to think this is going to cure me," he said. "I don't think anyone with advanced prostate cancer has ever been cured but I am hopeful for remission. Am I hoping for three or four years or better? Yeah. I'm hoping for better."
The clinical trial, led by Dr. Duke Bahn of the Prostate Institute of America at Community Memorial, is aimed at a small group of people who don't have other options except for chemotherapy. Their cancer has spread from the prostate, meaning surgery likely won't work. They haven't responded to hormone therapy that involves blocking the body's production of testosterone.
More than 50 percent of them will probably die within a year, said Bahn, an internationally known diagnostic radiologist and medical director of the Prostate Institute.
The trial combines a freezing technology called cryosurgery with therapy in which white blood cells known as dendritic cells are multiplied more than 1 millionfold and used to activate the body's defenses, fighting the cancer wherever it has spread.
The same blood cells are the driving force in a medicine called Provenge that may be approved by the Federal Drug Administration this week and has been billed as a breakthrough in immunity therapy. Clinical trials suggest the drug extends the lives of people in the last stages of prostate cancer by four months.
Bahn believes his treatment may be more honed to combat the unique characteristics of cancers in different people. The trial is a combined phase one and two study, meaning that if found effective it could be three or more years away from FDA approval. He won't say how long survival rates could be extended.
"That's why it's a clinical trial," he said.
Stubstad, who has been married for 34 years, isn't looking for guarantees, rather for hope. He was diagnosed in 2003 and was told the next year he may have a 50-50 chance of surviving 10 years.
He has tried several types of hormone therapy but his body has developed resistance to all of them.
"The only other option I have is aggressive chemotherapy," said Stubstad, who instead chose to be the first of 26 patients to undergo surgery in Bahn's clinical trial.
Early Thursday morning at Community Memorial, small needles were used to circulate argon gas into his prostate, freezing the cancer tissue to negative 180 degrees Celsius.
It's a type of cryosurgery that Bahn, a native of South Korea, has used for 15 years and triggered controversy when he first arrived in Ventura some seven years ago. Other doctors questioned his reliance on the therapy for types of prostate cancer they thought required different treatment, though Bahn defended his practice as effective and meeting medical standards set by Medicare.
Arguments over when cryosurgery should or shouldn't be used still continue. But area urologists and oncologists said they're also intrigued at the idea of teaming the deep freeze with immunity therapy.
"It's stretching the boundaries. It's looking for a better way," said Dr. Cedric Emery, a Ventura urologist, adding he has no idea if the concept will work.
Used on only part of the prostate to mitigate the possibility of incontinence and other side effects, the deep freeze was designed to kill the cancerous cells in Stubstad's prostate. Then the white blood cells — previously harvested and then multiplied into an army of 1 million cells or more — were injected back into his prostate.
"Dendritic cells are the detectives. They're the ones that identify the cancer cells as an entity that doesn't belong," Bahn said.
The dendritic cells migrate to the lymph nodes where they pass on their information to the soldiers in the body's immune system, called T-cells. The T-cells then seek out and fight the cancer wherever it is.
Bahn describes the process in war terms — identifying an enemy and training an army to attack. Stubstad thinks of it differently.
"We're trying to fool the immune system is what we're doing," he said.
If the treatment works, Bahn thinks the potential is unlimited, reaching far beyond prostate cancer.
"It will open the door to any other cancer in the body," he said.
Bahn said the immediate goal is to extend people's lives. His ultimate aim is to help develop a cure.
Other people wince at the "c-word." The way to think about experimental treatments and drugs such as Provenge are in terms of extending survival, said Martin Kast, a professor of immunology and microbiology at the USC Keck School of Medicine.
There are no cures, he said, conceding eventually that may change.
"One day, yes," he said. "Is it going to be in the next couple of years? No. It's a lengthy process."
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Viewing convention Program information from 2013
Session Details
459. Teaching Arabic Literature
Tuesday, 5 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., 207, Hynes
Program arranged by the MLA Publications Committee
1. "Teaching the Modern Arabic Poem in Translation," Muhsin J. al-Musawi, Columbia Univ.
2. "Proxidistant Reading: Teaching the Modern Arab Renaissance in the United States Comparative Literature Classroom," Shaden M. Tageldin, Univ. of Minnesota, Twin Cities
3. "Empires, Politics, Aesthetics: Teaching Season of Migration to the North under the Auspices of the CIA," Elizabeth M. Holt, Bard Coll.
Responding: Vilashini Cooppan, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
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Senator Mike Lee (R.-Utah) is trying to drum up support for an effort to defund Obamacare in the continuing resolution to fund government that will be debated this fall. Unfortunately, cowardly and/or big-government-loving CINO (conservative in name only) Republicans are, as usual, siding with Democrats and corporatists and saying it's a fool's errand.
Lee has 11 Senate co-signers: Marco Rubio (Fla.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Jim Risch (Idaho), Rand Paul (Ky.), Jim Inhofe (Okla.), David Vitter (La.), John Thune (S.D.), Jeffrey Chiesa (N.J.), Mike Enzi (Wyo.), Debra Fischer (Neb.) and Chuck Grassley (Iowa). Five others, John Cornyn (Texas), Roger Wicker (Miss.) and Mark Kirk (Ill.), signed the letter but have since reneged. About 60 House members are taking up the fight there.
Almost 60 percent of Americans now oppose Obamacare, according to a recent FOX News poll. Since Obamacare's passage, Republican politicians have repeatedly indicated their desire to repeal it. Yet when push comes to shove, the majority of the Washington, D.C., Republican elected class slink aside, stab the people in the back and cozy up to big insurance, big pharma and the medical-industrial complex.
Obamacare is costing jobs and creating a part-time world. Worse, it constrains Americans into a deathcare system that denies them choices about how they want their medical issues treated. Even the Internal Revenue Service head and IRS employees — who are charged with regulating who has signed up and penalizing those who haven't — are trying to opt out.
Once again, the Republican elected class is showing its true colors. Senator Tom Coburn called the strategy "dishonest." Senator Richard Burr called it "the dumbest idea" he's ever heard of. Coburn also said such a strategy will cause Republicans to lose the House. What Coburn, Burr and their ilk are ignoring is the fact that conservative Americans are realizing that if Republicans don't become an opposition party and actually begin to oppose Obama's egregious and unConstitutional policies, having Republican control of the House and Senate is worthless.
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"Hospital A and hospital B could have the same inpatient and outpatient per beneficiary spending, but the physicians [of] hospital A could rely more frequently on skilled nursing and rehabilitation while hospital B's physicians could rely more on home health care. This will make hospital A look far more costly than B, even the source of the spending is outside of the control of the hospital," Premier's senior vice president for public affairs Blair Childs wrote CMS.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney yesterday outlined his proposals for education and, like his economic platform, Romney's proposal centers on failed policies of the past while attacking teachers. He even says class size doesn't matter.
While at a labor-management conference of more than 400 teachers, administrators and other educators working together on school reforms, AFT President Randi Weingarten said Romney had "squandered an opportunity to participate in a meaningful discussion of real education reform by attempting to disguise attacks on teachers and public education as meaningful policy proposals."
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She pointed to the labor management collaboration as the approach that can achieve meaningful education improvement that focuses on students, "but Romney wants to divide the people who work most closely with kids every day from students, parents and the community.
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Romney was pressed on his stance by a music teacher at the charter school who questioned the research Romney cited.
"I can't think of any teacher in the whole time I've been teaching, for 10 years, 13 years, who would say that more students would benefit them," the man said. "And I can't think of a parent who would say, 'I would like my student to be in a classroom with a lot of kids with only one teacher.' So I'm kind of wondering where this research comes from."
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One large study in Tennessee, which was conducted over a nearly 30-year period, showed students who were placed in a smaller-sized classroom made measurable gains and performed better even when they were put back in larger classes.
Other studies show that smaller classes lead to higher achievement for minority students and students living below the poverty line.
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Once again MItt the Twit is caught talking through his hat -- his silk hat. (Or is it his silk underwear?)
The ONLY things Romney (yuck) cares about is corprations and greed.
Well as racism looms as the underlying issue with this Presidental race it really leaves me stammering and unable to speak that this country would think of allowing the likes of Mitt Romney to that the said office.But like I said I believe that the main reason is Obamas skin color.Shameful in this day the fear of black folk still exists.The backward thinkers have most of the keys to the state and federal so we are in deep trouble if this takes place.My wife and I and our handicapped son will more than likely be looking for another place to live.They are already taking more services SO the rich can have more.So what can we do.Stay untill he has nothing.But truth be told if they vote him in they will get a good taste of what they really don't want.While the estates get larger ,the jobs will pay less and less if there are any.Oh yes the education sysyem will be bare bones.So much for the advancement of the US or us.So vote your little hearts out folks.Pay back will be a bitch.HAVE FUN.
EVERYTHING about the Rethuglican Party is a pooch-screw of failed ideas, not just their attitude towards education! If by some nightmare they get elected to take over not just the House, but also the Presidency and the Senate, then this country is DOOMED, especially for the freethinkers, the non-Christians, the women, the working-class and poor, and LGBTs.
Emigration is not something I would normally think about, but if this country turns into a real-life version of "The Handmaid's Tale," I would be forced to flee for the sake of not just my life, but our two daughters as well!
If Romney wins in November, I am moving out of the United States (for real). Not because he would utterly destroy what remains of the United States of America (after Reagan and W. Bush thrashed it within an inch of its lifewhich Romney WOULD do) but because of the absolute, undeniable, horrific, irredeemable stupidity of the American peopleand I just couldnt live in a country that was THAT full of stupid people. (Though, we had 8 rock solid years of Reagans dysfunction and corporate de-regulation and 8 rock solid years of Bushs lies, illegal war(s) and even further corporate/environmental de-regulation which Crashed the countryso Im packing my bags).
You can not educate minorities, they are too set in their stupid ways. Send them all to prison where they belong.
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Bush was not reelected either. Thanks to Diebold.... Iowa
Romney is NOT concerned with education quality. He is promoting privatization, turning education into a private corporate business so that corporate concerns have more control over what is taught, and they can earn money from it. Republicans are promoting the illusion that big government is the cause of all of our problems, when it is government that keeps the insatiable greed of Big Business from imprisoning all of us under a corporate dictatorial need to keep us in subjugation.
This "man " knows nothing about education, classes need a small ammount of students in each class, up to a certain ammount so each child gets time with the teacher, as needed, to learn. Mitt Romney does not care about our kids, their education, their needs for a healthy lunch. or anything really important to children, his idea of education is NO education. everyone who has CHILDREN, if you care ANYTHING FOR your babies for their little sakes DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS MONSTER!!!!!!!. DO NOT VOTE FOR ANY REPUBLICIAN/TEAPARTY. Just a warning, GOP is out to destroy our country, how better to do it than ruin education. Diana.
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