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Since it's THE maiden voyage arrival, let's follow her all the way to "all fast." Here were parts 1 and 2, which followed her from several miles out in the Ambrose Channel to the Narrows and then from there to mid-KVK.
Eric works the starboard and Ellen, the port.
The turn at Bergen Point is way more than 90 degrees . . . more like 135, and
takes well-timed thrusting at bow and stern. Notice Atlantic Concert just above Eric's stern?
Atlantic Concert is completing its clockwise spin here to line up its stern ramp, a maneuver
that Atlantic Star will replicate.
Here Eric McAllister is beginning the push on the stern to assist with that clockwise spin; Ellen and Atlantic Star's own three thrusters are also likely engaged.
Spin complete, Eric moves over to the port side to nudge Atlantic Star gently against the dock. I wrote about the reverse maneuver here some years ago.
Getting a profile of these two CONROs lined up . . . is not easy, since they represent nearly a half mile of ship.
Foreshortening helps a little.
I'll be watching for the remainder of the G4 vessels–Atlantic Sail, Atlantic Sea, Atlantic Sky, and Atlantic Sun.
All photos here by Will Van Dorp, with thanks to NY Media Boat.
Also many thanks to JS, a retired harbor worker who made this connection for me between Atlantic Container Line, their generation 2 vessels, and John A. Noble. The image below comes from pages 210 –11 of Erin Urban's Hulls and Hulks in the Tide of Time, a must-read for all students of the sixth boro work boats. Noble called the 1977 print "The Cinderella Passes the Occidental," and then writes his sense of this new container ship passing the hulk of 1874 full-rigged ship called the Occidental. He also alludes to having drawn the Atlantic Cinderella when she was brand new, but I have yet to locate copies of those drawings. Oh well. Many thanks to JS, whose previous contribution you might have seen here.
Let's pick up from yesterday and follow Atlantic Star from the Narrows to the part of the KVK called the "salt pile." To the right off the stern of Atlantic Star, that's lower Manhattan.
Ellen McAllister swoops in to deliver the docking pilot. The signature "G" on the stack points to Grimaldi Group, of which ACL is an associate. Grimali's West Africa service is a regular in the sixth boro with such vessels as Grande Morocco.
Seen from head-on, the bow is knife edged, but in profile it's plumb. Yes, that's the Statue of Liberty in the distance.
That's Robbin Reef Light and WTC1 just off its right. Atlantic Star and the other G4 vessels are operated by a crew of 16, compared with 21 for the G3 vessels like Atlantic Concert.
The cranes in the distance are at the MOTBY terminal.
We're now in the KVK with the salt pile to port and
the Bayonne Bridge ahead, and Atlantic Concert being assisted beneath.
Eric McAllister joins, and we'll pick it up there tomorrow.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, with thanks to the NY Media Boat for conveyance.
Here was Atlantic Star approaching the Narrows on Saturday, still a half hour outside the Narrows. She was launched at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard almost a year ago, and this maiden cargo voyage began in Hamburg on December 9, 2015. Note the FDNY escort boat just forward of her bow.
That's the Verrazano Narrows Bridge off her bow and a fog-beshrouded WTC off her stern.
The generation 4 (G4) Atlantic Star followed a G3 Atlantic Concert into port. Here and here are views from different perspectives of other G3 ACL vessels, all dating from the mid-1980s.
More photos of the arrival tomorrow.
For a comparison of the G3 and G4 vessels by the numbers, click here and here. For more detail on the vessel, click here.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, protected under creative commons license. Also, conveyance would not have been possible without the NY Media Boat; thanks Bjoern.
No, I haven't left the sixth boro. Just yesterday I crossed paths with Allie B here at Atlantic Salt, purveyor of a safety product and patron of the arts.
It took a gray day for me to notice that the house colors along the KVK are reminiscent of those in coastal Canadian maritimes towns. Allie B has been one of my favorite tugboats since I saw her depart on her epic tow here and here back in 2009.
Then I passed Evelyn Cutler, here with Noelle Cutler at Caddell Drydock. Those are basic Wavertree masts in the background. I first saw Evelyn
Here's a first good photo of Dylan Cooper, the Reinauer tug that arrived in the sixth boro later last year.
I hope to get another of her here in a few years when that bridge is completed.
I believe Eric is the newest of McAllister tugs in the sixth boro. And yes, here Eric is using her 5000+ hp to assist Atlantic Star, ACL's brand spanking new CONRO vessel into port yesterday on her maiden voyage. I hope to have a post dedicated to Atlantic Star completed for tomorrow.
Eric is a product of the same Rhode Island shipyard that produced Dylan Cooper. In the distance that's one of ACL's previous generation of CONRO vessels, Atlantic Concert. Here's an entire post dedicated to Atlantic Concert from 2009.
All photos by Will Van Dorp, with thanks to NY Media boat.
And yes, I still have more of Barrel's vintage USACE photos to share.
Sorry if I confused a few of you with the acronym GHP&W. You see how it expands above. I suppose this is a sixth boro gunkhole of an upscale sort, and I'll let you guess where at first. And given the date today, my misleading clue is "turkey sailboat."
I'll use relative cardinal directions: looking north,
back west,
looking southwest,
And five minutes later . . . looking west,
and east. That's Brooklyn over on the far side.
And . . . while staying in the channels, you could get to a Manhattan dock in less than 20 minutes from our initial photo.
Here's a chart view and here's
more context. See the two green diamonds at lower left of this image? The lower of the two is Teal Bulker, which you saw above. The blue diamond down there is a NYWaterways boat, just 17 minutes from Pier 11. And just north of the complex is a beach that might hint at what sixth boro coastlines once were.
All photos by Will Van Dorp. Oh, and that clue intended to distract, here it is, and it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving.
On a personal note, I'd like to thank all of you for reading tugster and contributing in so many ways. To everyone that I've crossed paths with in the past year and the foregone 2950+ posts, thank you.
Happy Thanksgiving today and every day. Life is precious and unpredictable.
Here was the welcome for 343.
Yesterday, Feehan arrived in the sixth boro. I miscalculated and missed the event, but New York Media Boat was there for the jubilation.
Many thanks to Bjoern Kils of the Media Boat for use of these photos.
You can call this "Capt. Log gone; Chandra B arrived." Log out or log off . . . might work also. Anyone know if Capt. Log, launched 1979 and retired at 0000 hrs on 1/1/15, has sold and if so to whom? Click here for a Professional Mariner article on the vessel.
But the real story here is that a new appropriate-sized double-hulled tanker has taken her place in the sixth boro. Welcome Chandra B.
Here she fuels up
Positive Carry, a Feadship, on the Upper Bay.
Many thanks to Bjoern of New York Media Boat for these photos.
Here was the first of this sad series.
The photo below–taken by Bjoern Kils of New York Media Boat–shows what a half year under the water does.
Again, thanks to Bjoern for sharing this photo.
There've been plenty of people I've wanted to chance re-encounter, but it doesn't always happen. I've been to Southwest Harbor long ago, but I've never seen a Good Idea before.
I saw this WLB come into the harbor the other day and just assumed it was Katherine Walker, WLM-552. But I was wrong. Voila Elm, WLB-204, 50 feet longer than Walker, and out of Atlantic Beach, NC, where I saw it a few years back.
Alice Oldendorff . . . I heard her crew talking with the Sandy Hook pilots the other day . . . . I wish I knew how many voyages she has made into the sixth boro in the past decade!!
The Blue Peter . . . I saw it a month ago in Narragansett Bay, but got close enough for a good photo only after they'd dropped sail.
Liberty II . . . our paths haven't crossed in quite a while.
Sea Lion . . . is a busy boat.
New York Media Boat . . . another busy boat in duplicate.
No Wake . . . our paths have never crossed that I recollect, but I wonder whose she has. She seems to have some age.
All photos taken in the past week or so . . .


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AMERICAN LEAGUE: ROUNDUP; Homers Lift Indians To Victory
By The Associated Press
Published: April 4, 2000
Having Mike Hargrove in the dugout on opening day did not produce a discernible change in the Baltimore Orioles, who experienced the same problems they encountered last year.
And it did not change the Cleveland Indians, who looked very much like the same team that last year romped to its fifth straight American League Central title with Hargrove as manager.
Baltimore's ace, Mike Mussina, retired 23 of the first 25 batters he faced, but Travis Fryman and Kenny Lofton hit solo homers to lead the Indians to a 4-1 victory yesterday in Baltimore.
During his 8 1/2-year run in Cleveland, Hargrove built the Indians into an offensive-oriented unit that relied heavily on the long ball. He was fired in October, but that philosophy remains under Charlie Manuel, who won his debut as a major league manager.
''It doesn't really matter who we play as long as we win,'' Manuel said. Beating Mike doesn't play a big part in it. We beat the Baltimore Orioles. ''That's the way I look at it.''
That's what he told reporters, anyway.
''Charlie was all excited, saying, 'Thanks man, thanks man,'' Lofton said. ''I said, 'Charlie, it's only the first game.''
Lofton, who tore a rotator cuff in the playoffs last year, initially was expected to be out until the All-Star break. His homer in the sixth broke a 1-1 tie, and he drove in a run in the eighth when the Indians pulled away by scoring two runs on four straight two-out singles.
The Orioles, meanwhile, displayed two annoying habits they exhibited in 1999 under former manager Ray Miller.
Baltimore, which ranked third in the AL last season in leaving runners on base, stranded nine against the Indians and went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.
The Orioles also went 1-9 against Cleveland last year, a trend that continued on opening day. This time, however, Hargrove was on the losing end.
The view from the other dugout was rather routine for Hargrove, who is attempting to turn things around for a franchise coming off two straight losing seasons.
''It was normal. Everything I saw them do, I've seen them do for the last eight years so it didn't surprise me,'' Hargrove said. ''The only un-normal thing about it was that we didn't win.''
Down 2-1, the Orioles had two on and two out in the seventh before Cleveland's Omar Vizquel ran from shortstop to medium left field to make a diving catch of a blooper off the bat of Delino DeShields.
''In watching Omar all these years, nothing he does surprises me,'' Hargrove said. ''I was just wishing he had been six inches to his left when the play started.''
Mussina pitched well, but it wasn't good enough to give Hargrove a victory in this much-anticipated matchup against his former team. Mussina allowed only two hits through the first seven innings -- both homers -- before tiring in the eighth.
Singles by Fryman, Sandy Alomar and Lofton put Cleveland up 3-1 and chased Mussina. Mike Trombley, making his debut with the Orioles, subsequently allowed an RBI single to Vizquel.
Winner Bartolo Colon allowed one run and three hits in five innings, walking six and striking out six. Steve Karsay, the fifth Indians pitcher, worked the ninth for his second major league save.
The Orioles went up 1-0 in the second when Colon walked two and Brady Anderson hit a two-out RBI single. After another walk, B.J. Surhoff struck out with the bases loaded.
''You walk guys, you're living on the edge. If I'm able to get a hit there, it's a lot different game,'' Surhoff said.
Mussina retired the first seven Cleveland batters before Fryman tied it in the third by driving a 2-0 pitch over the wall in center. Mussina then mowed down the next 10 batters before Lofton connected.
Cal Ripken, who entered the game needing nine hits to reach 3,000 for his career, hit a bloop double in the second inning and went 1-for-4. His hit total, posted in large block numerals on the warehouse beyond the right-field wall, now stands at 2,992.
Notes: Baltimore's Will Clark singled in the fourth and has hit safely in all 14 of his opening day appearances. He scored the Orioles' lone run and walked twice. ... It was Lofton's first career homer at Camden Yards. ... Fryman has a .357 average and four homers in 56 at-bats against Mussina. ... Mussina's sixth opening-day start tied Jim Palmer for most in Orioles history.
Gabe Kapler is not wasting any time making Texas Rangers fans forget Juan Gonzalez.
Kapler became the first player to homer in his first two at-bats as a Ranger, added an R.B.I. single and showed some strong defense and aggressive baserunning in leading the host Rangers.
Ivan Rodriguez, the American League's most valuable player last season, chipped in with two homers and five R.B.I., and Kenny Rogers was superb in his return to his original team, giving Manager Johnny Oates and the largest regular-season crowd in Rangers history even more reasons to smile.
''This was one of those days where a lot of things went right for us,'' Oates said.''For some reason, I've got that gut feeling that we're going to be a little bit better than most people think. And we were today.''
Kapler was a big reason for it, going 3-for-4 with three RBIs, three runs and thousands of new fans won over in his first game replacing Gonzalez in right field.

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I am pretty new to iOS development and I stumbled upon several issues for which I couldn't easily find any answers yet:
General Setup: I'm using a ScrollView with PageControl inside a TabBarApplication
Is it possible to have the PageControl within the same area as the content of the pages? For me it always gets hidden by the SrollView's Views, but due to display space being rare I really need it on the same height as the actual content.
I've fooled around in some Sandbox-Project and whenever I first started to implement a button into the View of a ScrollView-Page the Pages of the ScrollView wouldn't show immediately anymore, but only after the first scroll attempt. I'd post some code about that but its basically only autogenerated from IB.
This is a general Question about possibilities again: The main design of the Project should be a TabBarApplication with a NavigationController letting you go deeper into sub-menues like it is pretty common. Now in one of the Tabs there should be the PageControl, in which you can then again go into sub-menues by pushing Views on a NavigationController stack . Is this possible?
Some Code for 2.
- (void)viewWillAppear:(BOOL)animated {
[super viewWillAppear:animated];
NSMutableArray *controllers = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (unsigned i = 0; i < kNumberOfPages; i++) {
[controllers addObject:[NSNull null]]; // [TaskPageViewController new]];
self.viewControllers = controllers;
[controllers release];
// a page is the width of the scroll view
scrollView.pagingEnabled = YES;
scrollView.contentSize = CGSizeMake(scrollView.frame.size.width * kNumberOfPages, scrollView.frame.size.height);
scrollView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = NO;
scrollView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = NO;
scrollView.scrollsToTop = NO;
scrollView.delegate = self;
pageControl.numberOfPages = kNumberOfPages;
pageControl.currentPage = 0;
- (IBAction)changePage:(id)sender {
int page = pageControl.currentPage;
// load the visible page and the page on either side of it (to avoid flashes when the user starts scrolling)
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page - 1];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page + 1];
// update the scroll view to the appropriate page
CGRect frame = scrollView.frame;
frame.origin.x = frame.size.width * page;
frame.origin.y = 0;
[scrollView scrollRectToVisible:frame animated:YES];
// Set the boolean used when scrolls originate from the UIPageControl. See scrollViewDidScroll: above.
pageControlUsed = YES;
- (void)loadScrollViewWithPage:(int)page {
if (page < 0) return;
if (page >= kNumberOfPages) return;
// replace the placeholder if necessary
TaskPageViewController *controller = [viewControllers objectAtIndex:page];
if ((NSNull *)controller == [NSNull null]) {
controller = [[TaskPageViewController alloc] init]; //WithPageNumber:page];
[viewControllers replaceObjectAtIndex:page withObject:controller];
[controller release];
// add the controller's view to the scroll view
if (nil == controller.view.superview) {
CGRect frame = scrollView.frame;
frame.origin.x = frame.size.width * page;
frame.origin.y = 0;
controller.view.frame = frame;
[scrollView addSubview:controller.view];
- (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)sender {
// We don't want a "feedback loop" between the UIPageControl and the scroll delegate in
// which a scroll event generated from the user hitting the page control triggers updates from
// the delegate method. We use a boolean to disable the delegate logic when the page control is used.
if (pageControlUsed) {
// do nothing - the scroll was initiated from the page control, not the user dragging
// Switch the indicator when more than 50% of the previous/next page is visible
CGFloat pageWidth = scrollView.frame.size.width;
int page = floor((scrollView.contentOffset.x - pageWidth / 2) / pageWidth) + 1;
pageControl.currentPage = page;
// load the visible page and the page on either side of it (to avoid flashes when the user starts scrolling)
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page - 1];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page];
[self loadScrollViewWithPage:page + 1];
// A possible optimization would be to unload the views+controllers which are no longer visible


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Rebel Cup
Rebel Cup & Team of the Year Procedures and Policies
The UNLV Campus Cup — otherwise known as the Rebel Cup — is the year long points competition for the UNLV campus to gauge which groups of students are the most successful across the complete Intramural Sports calendar in each sub-league (Open or Greek). Each sport is scored separately, and organizations/groups wishing to enter multiple teams have the ability to earn points for all teams entered in all leagues. Each Rebel Cup group/organization is also included in the Team of the Year competition, which crowns the most successful group/organization in each league (Men's, Women's, Co-Rec).
2014–2015 Standings
Congratulations to the 2014–2015 winners — ZBT, ADPi, and Ball is Life. The teams posted 934, 516, and 282 points, respectively, to claim the divisional titles.


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... near a 14,000 foot above sea level mountain – Pike's Peak, and very unusual geological formations. Within the year, the town was laid out in a grid. A road linked the town to the mineral springs 6 miles west. Many of the younger sons of English gentry arrived and brought with them polo, cricket, riding to hounds, gentleman's clubs and Tudor architecture. The town was called Little London! ...
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Among a group of bird nuts, discussions range from the latest binoculars to the latest bird species to arrive this spring. Occasionally more introspective categories are covered, such as why we don't find magpies in Cass County or the reasons horned larks are so successful. To the average person, most of this talk sounds like gobbledygook, much as I would be lost among nuclear physicists arguing over the mass of the newest subatomic particle. But to interested individuals it means something. One interesting challenge among bird finders is speculating about the next great sighting.
The company airplane made a day-trip to Duluth last week. I always enjoy getting to the North Shore and at least briefly, experiencing the hustle and bustle of a port town. Plus the views are of a kind not found here on the Great Plains: steep rocky terrain, an unending fetch of water, thick forested land, and large ships plying the waters of the Great Lakes. For bird nuts there is an added bonus. Duluth has a rich history of numerous and interesting bird sightings; more than any other location that I know of for hundreds of miles in any direction.
"O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on." So wrote William Shakespeare in the third act of Othello. A simpler, more watered-down and easier to understand modern version goes: "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." It afflicts us all at one time or another I suppose - that feeling of jealousy. Or at least a certain desire for something else; something we don't have. This brings us to the point. Birders are a loose collection of folks from varying backgrounds representing every income level.
Now that we are finally shedding this cloak of winter, waterfowl, raptors and a few songbirds are starting to show up. It's an exciting time for us residents of the northern plains, with thoughts of summer activities already playing around in our heads. Never call us anything if not optimistic. Of the few avian species that have made a showing so far, perhaps none is more surprising to some than the Eastern bluebird (Sialia sialia).
Our elders tell of a simpler time. One closer to the land, closer to each other and closer, even, to what really matters. The days before MySpace, digital photography, and microwave dinners were certainly different. My grandfather told of pulling farm implements with a team of horses. Today, horsepower measured in the hundreds is towing huge multi-row implements around fields measured in the thousands of acres. The great outdoors has felt the onslaught of the technology boom also.
The bait was presented with a near perfect alignment of circumstances. The timing was impeccable. Plus the location was almost too good to be true. This was one I couldn't pass up. Ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) was one of those species that represented nothing more tangible than a photograph or illustration in a field guide; an almost mystical Arctic creature akin to a unicorn. Most of my cohorts had never seen one and few had realistic thoughts of ever doing so, short of an expensive foray to far northern latitudes.
Peregrine falcons have been getting all the press here in the Fargo area for several years now. It's easy to see why. The bird is one of the prime ambassadors for reintroduction efforts after population declines a few decades ago. We've been blessed with an urban nest site that has been occupied by nesting peregrines for many years running. Plus, it features a web camera. Watching these raptors on the Internet and knowing the birds are right here in town doesn't get old.
Ask any knowledgeable bird person in town about the public accessibility of forested land and you'll likely hear some grumbling. Carefully examined, we have to admit there is very little of it outside of city parks. For outdoors enthusiasts, it's quite limited in fact. A couple years ago I spent several months in the state of Nevada. The federal government controls 86 percent of that state, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages 67 percent of it. For those seeking recreation, it means nearly the entire state of Nevada is a playground.
Winter can be a grind on all of us. This recent bout with sub-zero temperatures has had a subtle but noticeable affect on our January existence. Just two weeks ago I was seeing bundled up pedestrians and joggers on a fairly regular basis. The numbers have dwindled. Instead, folks are tucked warmly in their heated homes going about their lives indoors. When they do get out, many leave cars idling in parking lots so as to return to a relatively warm vehicle. This is all good and well, and comes with the idea of living in the northern plains.
For whatever reason, snowy owls (Bubo scandiacus) seem a little scarce this winter. I know of only one seen in either Cass or Clay counties just before the new year and it hasn't been relocated. Not that our little corner of the northern prairie is a magnet for these giant owls, but we usually have a few more. There have been some winters in the recent past where a short trip down any direction on the Interstate highway would produce one or two sitting along fence posts. Just what makes these magnificent predators appear common some winters yet scarce to absent in others is a mystery.


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The University of Chicago announced Wednesday that it would receive $100 million to create a research institute to study global conflicts. The gift from the Thomas L. Pearson and the Pearson Family Members Foundation is the second largest in the university's history.
The donation is "transformative," said Robert Zimmer, the university's president. "Importantly, the study of global conflicts is a field ripe for groundbreaking research approaches, and the Pearson Institute will seek to inform more effective policy solutions for resolving violent conflicts to make a lasting impact around the world," he said in a written statement.
Senator Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, and Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, this week introduced a bill that would create a new "outcomes-based" accreditation system. The proposed legislation, which builds on previous ideas from the two senators, would allow alternative education providers -- as well as traditional colleges and universities -- to access federal financial aid programs if they can meet a bar for high student outcomes. Those measures would include student learning, completion and return on investment.
"We need a new system that encourages, rather than hinders, innovation, promotes higher quality and shifts the focus to student success," Bennet said in a written statement. "The alternative outcomes-based process in this bill will help colleges, new models like competency-based education and innovative providers, and is an important step in shifting the current incentives and creating the 21st-century system of higher education we need."
Rubio, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, has hammered on the current higher education accreditation system while speaking on the campaign trail, calling it a "cartel." The alternative system he and Bennet proposed, Rubio said, would be based on higher quality standards.
The bill would allow colleges and providers to bypass a wait to receive federal-aid eligibility while they seek accreditation, instead enabling them to enter into contracts with the U.S. Department of Education, but only if the institutions "are generating positive student outcomes."
After three universities rescind honorary degrees they awarded to Bill Cosby, 23 other institutions mull whether to follow suit.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a lower court's decision that National Collegiate Athletic Association rules that limit what college athletes can be paid violate antitrust laws. But the appeals court tossed out the original judge's recommendation that athletes receive deferred compensation of up to $5,000 per year.
"The NCAA is not above the antitrust laws, and courts cannot and must not shy away from requiring the NCAA to play by the Sherman [Antitrust] Act's rules," the three-judge panel wrote in its decision. "In this case, the NCAA's rules have been more restrictive than necessary to maintain its tradition of amateurism in support of the college sports market. The Rule of Reason requires that the NCAA permit its schools to provide up to the cost of attendance to their student athletes. It does not require more."
In January, using a new governance structure that granted them greater autonomy to create their own rules, the five wealthiest athletic conferences passed a measure allowing -- but not requiring -- colleges to offer scholarships that cover the full cost of attendance.
Calvin College, which has been fighting to stabilize its budget, is cutting a number of humanities programs, saying that they are not attracting enough students, MLive reported. Among the programs being ended: theater, art history and the languages of German, Greek and Latin.
One of higher education's most influential organizations has tapped veteran public university president Mary Sue Coleman as its next leader.
Coleman will begin leading the Association of American Universities -- a group of 60 U.S. and two Canadian selective public and private research universities -- in June. She was previously president of the University of Michigan for 12 years, retiring in 2014, and president of the University of Iowa.
Coleman will replace Hunter R. Rawlings III, who has led the AAU since 2011. While president at Michigan, Coleman served as chair of the AAU for the 2011 academic year.
She co-chairs the Lincoln Project, an initiative of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences to support public research universities, and serves on the board of trustees of the Society for Science & the Public. She's also a member of the Johnson & Johnson Board of Directors.
"Hunter Rawlings has done an exceptional job as AAU president in advancing our collective impact as research institutions," Coleman said in a written statement. "I am eager to continue the work of elevating the American research university as essential to our nation's prosperity, security and well-being."
Number of undergraduates earning a first college credential falls as economy rebounds, according to new National Student Clearinghouse Research Center report.
Three former University of Minnesota at Duluth coaches are suing the Minnesota Board of Regents alleging gender, sexual orientation, national origin and age discrimination by university administrators. All three women are openly gay, including Shannon Miller, the successful women's hockey coach whose contract was not renewed last year amid much controversy after university officials said they could no longer afford to pay her salary. The other two coaches -- Jen Banford and Annette Wiles -- coached softball and women's basketball. Banford's contract was also not renewed, and Wiles said she was "forced to resign" due to a "hostile and discriminatory environment."
At a news conference on Monday, Miller said "sexism and homophobia are alive and well" at the university. In a statement, the university said that it "continues to refute the allegations and claims of discrimination and will aggressively defend ourselves in the lawsuit."
In a rare unanimous opinion in August, the National Labor Relations Board overturned its Chicago regional director's controversial decision that Northwestern University football players are employees -- and therefore are entitled to unionize and to bargain over the terms and conditions of their employment. But the NLRB ruling avoided the case's substantive issues, resting instead on a discretionary refusal to exercise jurisdiction.
For the Northwestern football players who brought the case, the issue is over. There is no right of appeal from the NLRB's ruling. The impounded union election ballots that the 76 eligible players cast were never counted, and they now will be destroyed with no one knowing the outcome.
Yet we would argue that the real and continuing importance of this case lies in what it has contributed to the long overdue, and now increasingly intense, national conversation about the treatment of athletes in college sports -- especially how athletes can influence the rules that control their competitive and academic lives and the level of financial aid and other benefits they receive.
The College Athletes Players Association (led by former athletes, including a Northwestern football player) and other union advocates argue that the door is still open to reform college sports through unionization, a means that most in the college athletics establishment disfavor. The NLRB ruling painstakingly repeats (seven times) that the board reached no decision whether college football players ever might be allowed to unionize.
Yet the rationale for the NLRB's decision not to rule -- that team sports require common rules with leaguewide applicability, but the vast majority of colleges and universities with major football and other sports programs are public institutions not covered by the National Labor Relations Act -- makes it hard to envision that the NLRB would reconsider this issue anytime soon.
The board's refusal to decide the merits averted what undoubtedly would have been an abrupt and enormous transformation of college sports. Athletic and other leaders at Northwestern University, the University of Notre Dame and Stanford University already had hinted at withdrawing from big-time athletics had their players been allowed to organize as employees. But the decision still leaves open at least two major and related issues at the center of current discussions of college sports reform:
How to give college players a direct voice in determining how they are treated. The National Collegiate Athletic Association's member colleges and universities develop both institutional and national policies that govern what they think is the right experience for their athletes. But as former athlete Ramogi Huma, president of the College Athletes Players Association, observed, "How do they know? They haven't asked the players." If not through unionization, then some other regularized means must be developed, besides litigation, whereby college athletes can participate directly in the conversation about the rules that apply to their sports.
The existing campus model would be something akin to academic and staff councils, created to give official voice through elected representation to the concerns of constituents, and allow for formal recommendations to be made to the governance structure on their behalf. Some argue that this type of input is not enough.
In January, the NCAA began experimenting with actual student seats with full voting rights on bodies that determine policy. How well that will work and whether it will be considered enough remains to be seen. The College Athletes Players Association will not likely be satisfied with anything less than fully equal representation.
How to fairly shape the college athlete's total experience. We emphasized "besides litigation" above because what we see as the second major issue -- how to allocate the skyrocketing revenue that players help produce in big-time college athletics and determine what players' educational, health and financial aid experiences should be at all NCAA levels -- has already found its way into the courts in multiple ways. It is now a race to see if voluntary reforms can outpace litigated results.
In 2014, a California federal judge ruled in a class action brought by former UCLA basketball player Ed O'Bannon that NCAA regulations limiting players' commercial rights to their own names and likenesses violated antitrust laws. The Ninth Circuit recently issued a stay on that decision until the full appeal can be heard. In the meantime, the Pac-12 conference proposed that the NCAA vote in January on a proposal that would allow athletes to use their names, images and likenesses to promote their own nonathletic business ventures. Two other antitrust claims addressing NCAA rules limiting athletic "grants in aid" are also making their way through the courts. The NLRB ruling cited the beginning of some scholarship reform within the NCAA as additional support for declining jurisdiction in the unionization fight.
The stakes are not small -- for athletes or their institutions. Northwestern's program generated $30 million in the 2012-13 academic year from ticket sales, broadcast contracts, stadium rights and merchandise sales (not including football-inspired donations from alumni and others). And those numbers are at the lower end for institutions in the five most powerful football conferences or other conferences in the Football Bowl Subdivision, all of whose revenues will continue to increase from their unprecedented long-term media rights contracts.
As those revenues have grown, colleges and universities have made ever greater demands on their athletes for more effort -- sometimes up to 40 or 50 hours per week in addition to their studies. And, in response, athletes are increasingly questioning whether athletic obligations are impeding their academic opportunities.
The Northwestern players had the chance to graduate debt-free -- an opportunity that many of their fellow students would envy. They were awarded scholarships estimated at $61,000 per year, covering their tuition, fees, books, and room and board -- but limited by the NCAA rules until recently to these items alone. For the first time this year NCAA rules permit athletic scholarships to cover the higher "full cost of attendance" at an institution, which is the value of a full need-based or academic scholarship.
In these circumstances it is not surprising that the NLRB regional director questioned the contention of NCAA and college and university officials that Northwestern football players are really students and not employees.
What may surprise is that the Northwestern athletes who brought the unionization petition did not ask for the opportunity to bargain for additional compensation or direct funding -- even though athletes throughout Division I have watched their institution's additional revenues handsomely enhance coaches' salaries, create new staff positions and support significant overhead across athletic departments. Rather, the Northwestern athletes sought an expansion of other benefits and protections related to the traditional view that college sports are as part of the athletes' educational experiences (and consistent with their institutions' tax-exempt purposes). They called for enhanced academic support, broader medical coverage for all sport-related injuries before and after graduation, measures to minimize and compensate for traumatic injuries, and guaranteed four-year scholarships to protect against involuntary ineligibility.
This concern with their overall college experience, and how it affects preparation for their future lives, resonates with athletes throughout the NCAA membership, not just those at the high-revenue institutions. But, to concerned athletes, the only avenues to pursue these issues seem to have been to ask to be declared employees -- rather than students competing as athletes -- or to bring other adversarial lawsuits under laws designed to regulate commercial economic activity. Whatever one thinks of collective bargaining as a process, that avenue now appears closed. But these issues will not soon go away.
The colleges and universities that make up the NCAA have little time to come to terms with the twin challenges we've raised; the search for meaningful solutions to the right treatment of athletes is now part of the terrain of college sports. And unless the college sports establishment can find the correct balance quickly, and provide athletes with a meaningful and continuing voice, these issues will most likely be decided outside of the academy -- with the potential to totally and suddenly upend the world of college sports in ways that may not well suit the college and university environment.
Christine Helwick is former general counsel for the California State University system and now advises college and university clients at Hirschfeld Kraemer. Jeffrey Orleans is former executive director of the Ivy League, which competes in the NCAA's Division I, and now advises college and university clients at Hirschfeld Kraemer.
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Packer swimmers take seventh at Section 1A 'true team' meetPublished 8:49am Sunday, October 13, 2013
The Austin girls swimming and diving team took seventh place out of ten teams at the Section 1A 'true team' meet in Northfield Saturday.
Merideth Fritz took ninth in the 200-yard freestyle and sixth in the 100-yard butterfly for the Packers and Autumn Laury took fourth in diving.
The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Fritz, Maddie Kinney, Heather Johnson and Mikayla Finney took fifth and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Fritz, Kinney, Johnson, and Finney took sixth.
The Packers totaled a score of 1314 points and Visitation won the meet with a score of 2135 points.
200-medley relay: Emma Kleis, Sarah Hillson, Hannah Schwemmler, Abby Gogolewski (17th, 2:10.04); Elora Hughes, Zoe Dolan-Peterson, Katelyn Hillson, Paige Sunderman (26th, 2:16.30); Olivia Leuer, Francina Rocamora, Kaya Feist, Hannah Burkhart (29th, 2:19.99)
200-freestyle: Merideth Fritz (ninth, 2:07.83); Kristina Thorson (23rd, 2:18.80); Hannah Burkhart (26th, 2:20.82)
200-individual medley: Maddie Kinney (17th, 2:30.93); Hannah Schwemmler (25th, 2:39.27); Kaya Feist (31st, 2:45.85)
50-freestyle: Heather Johnson (14th, 27.08); Mikayla Finney (18th, 27.58); Emma Kleis (21st, 27.82)
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200-freestyle relay: Merideth Fritz, Maddie Kinney, Heather Johnson, Mikayla Finney (fifth, 1:46.28); Abby Gogolewski, Hannah Schwemmler, Hannah Burkhart, Paige Sunderman (25th, 2:01.30)
100-backtstroke: Maddie Kinney (12th, 1:08.59); Emma Kleis (20th, 1:10.35); Katelyn Hillson (34th, 1:21.40)
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COLUMBUS ---- Mary J. London, 71, of Columbus, passed away at 9:05 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, 2003 at Columbus Regional Hospital.
Born March 19, 1932 in Bloomfield, she was the daughter of Harley A. and Anna Vesta Blevins Anderson.
She was co-owner of Columbus Nutrition Shop with her husband. She was a former Bartholomew County Welfare case worker and was a former cook for Bartholomew county schools. She was a member of Faith Temple Church and of the Red Hat Society.
Survivors include two sons, James W. London of Franklin and Michael A. London of Hope, Ind.; two sisters, Hazel Thompson of Bloomington and Cora Sue Long of Springville; and six grandchildren, Robert A., Joanna M., Christina M., B. Austin and Aaron M. London and Tracy M. Godby.
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Very good racer, but with it's fair share of annoying faults,
This review is from: Project Gotham Racing 2 (Xbox) (Video Game)
This game has been described as the finest driving game ever made, and that it is nearly perfect. Well, it is very good indeed, and one of the finest racing games in history, but it is by no means without its faults. First though, the good points. The graphics of PGR2 are simply astonishing, and prove yet again the superiority of the Xbox as compared with the PS2. Just check out the leaves blowing around as you power by, or the real-time reflection on the body of your motor. Simply superb, they set a new visual benchmark in videogames. The sound effects are also magnificent, and the ability to play your own pre-recorded songs from the hard drive is the icing on the cake (far too few games allow you to do this, but the original PGR did and this sequel is no different). The variety of cars is also massive, with over 100 cars to choose from, from the basic Mini Cooper to the fastest road car never to be built, the TVR Cerbera Speed 12. Each car is good in at least one aspect and there are no cars put there purely for show, unlike in the Gran Turismo franchise where some of the motors you can choose are completely useless and unable to win even the easiest event. The range of races available is also unprecedented, with somewhere in the region of 170 different races in single player mode, with many more if you attach your Xbox to the Live service.
However, despite all of this glowing praise, the game is by no means perfect. For starters, some of the collision detection is shockingly unrealistic. If a computer car pulls up alongside your vehicle and starts to push against you, you will invariably spin towards him, smashing you into a wall whilst he carries on on his merry way. If you try the same trick against him, it will still be you who comes off worse. This soon becomes very frustrating, as computer controlled cars can send you spinning with impunity, but you can't do the same thing to them. This was a feature of the original Project Gotham Racing a couple of years ago and you would have expected it to be sorted out this time around, but to no avail. This problem is exacerbated by the AI of the computer opponents. In short, they don't have any. If you are stopped on the racing line with an opponent approaching, they will never attempt to drive around you, they will always smash straight into you. If you are blocking where they want to go, they won't try to get by another way, they will try to push their way through, usually sending you spinning out of contention. Highly irritating. And one last gripe, the American Muscle Car series is about as much fun as you'd expect it to be, i.e. none. Apart from these problems though, PGR 2 is still one of the finest racing games yet to be released, but with just a little more work on the part of the developers, it could truly have been an all-time classic.
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BRISTOL — The Newfound Area School District will provide opportunities for residents to meet the two finalists for the principal's position at Newfound Regional High School. Christopher Lord will be at the high school media center on Thursday, March 26, from 4 to 5 p.m., while Paul Hoiriis will be there on Thursday, April 2, during the same hours.
The informal sessions will allow the community to meet the candidates and to provide their impressions to the interview committee.
Christopher Lord is co-leader of the High School Principal's Think Tank, based out of Merrimack College. The think tank provides opportunities for the principals to meet and discuss current topics of interest. Lord previously served as the principal of the Andover (Mass.) Public Schools and, for nine years prior to that, he was principal of Shea High School in Pawtucket, R.I.
Lord obtained his bachelor of science and master of arts degrees from Tufts University. He received his master of arts degree in Educational Administration from California State University and his doctor of philosophy degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Connecticut.
He was the Rhode Island Parent Information Network's Principal of the Year in 2004 and was a finalist for the Rhode Island Principal of the Year award in 2011.
Lord has a strong teaching background and has multiple years of administrative experience.
The other candidate, Paul Hoiriis, is the current assistant principal at NRHS. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Political Science from Baylor University and received his juris doctorate from Boston University School of Law.
After serving in a variety of legal positions, Hoiriis found his calling in education. He began his teaching career as a para-educator and quickly moved to a seventh grade Social Studies teaching position at Newfound Memorial Middle School. He began the assistant principalship at NRHS in 2011.
The NH Association of School Principals New Hampshire named Hoiriis Assistant Principal of the Year for 2015 and Hoiriis also received the Carole J. Estes Community Leader Award from Communities for Alcohol and Drug Free Youth (CADY).
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Skip to comments.NY-26 Special Election Results (Updating)
Posted on 05/24/2011 6:48:01 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
With eleven per cent of precincts reporting.
Hochul (D) - 16,334/50% Corwin (R) - 13,487/41% Davis (TP) - 2,770/8% Murphy (GR) - 272/1%
With four per cent of precincts reporting.
Hochul (D) - 6,004/47% Corwin (R) - 5,077/41% Davis (TP) - 1,320/11% Murphy (GR) - 81/1%
Get up-to-the-minute results at WGRZ.
With three per cent of precincts reporting.
Hochul (D) - 3,988/47% Corwin (R) - 3,419/40% Davis (TP) - 977/12% Murphy (GR) - 67/1%
With one per cent of precincts reporting.
Corwin (R) - 1,444/44% Hochul (D) - 1,409/43% Davis (TP) - 390/12% Murphy (GR) - 20/1%
--Original Post--
Voting has now ended in New York's 26th congressional special election. I will be updating the election results all night long. Stay tuned.
Jane Corwin (R) - 0 Kathy Hochul (D) - 0 Jack Davis (TP) - 0 Ian Murphy (GR) - 0
(Excerpt) Read more at punditpress.blogspot.com ...
Where in NY is NY26?
Seeing the numbers that the RAT is pulling in Erie County... I don't see how Corwin can win this. This is pretty much over and will be a RAT pickup.
55% reporting
Hochul (D) - 48%
Corwin (R) - 43%
Davis (TP) - 8%
What a shame. I am so mad at that Chris Lee. What a dope. Now the media and the Dems will be crowing about their huge victory, and he helped hand it to them. But I thought this was a majority Republican district. What is with voters there turning blue now?! Do they want to go back to the days of the Pelosi Congress?? If they are so timid that the GOP Congress has them so scared then what hope is there.
The American people are just not yet ready to deal with entitlements. This nation is still wedded to the social welfare state and there is real clear evidence that people are willing to ween themselves from it.
there is no way a Dem can win in today's climate in these kind of areas unless there is a massive fraud.
I thought up there was a more conservative area too .
The only reason why this is happening is the fake Tea Party Candidate..
It is the third party candidate that is doing the trick...
Looks like you only have to fool 8% of the people part of the time, on Election Day.
That was my thought, also - cannot see a taxpayer voting D.
Former congressional seat of Jack Kemp
Using fraud as an excuse is just not gonna cut it. This is a very heavily conservative district. If we lose, it won't be because of fraud.
There is fake Tea Party candidate drawing 5-10% of the vote and the American people do not seem willing to even reform Medicare - let alone curtail entitlements.
41 + 8 = 49
49 < 50
And the scumbag NY GOP gets the loss that it was screaming for yet again.
The Dem is close to 50% anyway. Unless every vote went from the fake TP guy to the Republican it looks like she might have lost anyway. Too bad. Sounds like Corwin would have been an asset to the House GOP.
So now the Dems will think they can use this to take back their majority next year? If the American people are that weak willed then we are in big trouble.
we have so many problems so there is no way any idiot except the socialist, commies and lay abouts/ union hacks would vote Dem right now and even if this third party is a fake tea party then surely the voters up there cannot be this stupid can they?
Exactly. Until we have a President who will look the American people in the eye and tell them the truth rather than demagogue, this nation will continue to go the way of the Euro-Socialist model of a stagnant economy and confiscatory taxes. The young people are screwed.
then the people cannot be this stupid if this is a fake tea party hack, surely up there the GOP would have gone after this phony.
For crying out loud we lose a seat in todays climate and all the problems and still the voters are stupid
WTH is wrong with people, are people not speaking up tot heir family , friends, etc?
This will be a good indicator for the Dems also that they have to play dirty tricks like running a fake Tea Party candidate in order to split the GOP vote. Watch for it to happen in races next year. So when do we start to fight fire with fire, as they say? Maybe it's time to fund some Republicans and have them run as fake lefties. Why not? Trying to be moral and not use dirty tricks has hurt our side a lot.
if they're running fake tea party members then why is the GOP not going after him with charges etc?
What is it with the GOP in the north east, are they this stupid or lazy all the time?
To lose to the Dems today is pure voter stupidity and the GOP needs to address this instead of relying on the Soros media to tell the truth
we're taking fists to a gun fight for crying out loud the GOP had better get balls and stop playing nice .
The left are lying, doing fraud, putting in fake candidates etc, then we have to combat this.
if the left likes race and class politics then put a black person acting as a Dem in their race, put a person using class warfare in their race and then they can change their vote for those years in power.
I'm sick to death of the cowardly GOP being nice while the Soros media and the left piss all over us, do fraud and lie and we just take this crap.
Uh, because this is a free country and you are allowed to run under different ballot lines. There is nothing to "bring charges" for. While underhanded, what he did was perfectly legal.
I don't think this is necessarily the people being stupid. I've read reports that the Tea Party sympathizers know this is a dirty trick and aren't falling for it. Also, Corwin ran a LOT of ads pointing out the dirty trick.
I see this as the result of two main issues: 1) backlash against the Republicans in general because Chris Lee behaved so badly and 2) Medicare scare tactics which will be repeated in every congressional race in the country in the next election so the GOP better be ready to counter it.
I don't think so - my bet is voter fraud. Why would a tea party have a candidate to split the vote?
look at what happened in CA over fakes
It is the establishment elitist crap which have no problem with any of this and that is why many conservative are pissed off with how the left does things while the GOP stay silent and not do anything back
Corwin ran a lousy campaign. She flipped and flopped over Ryan's plan, and was very late to grasp that Ryan's plan was not popular in her district.
She didn't do any independent thinking.
then the GOP need to attack those who tell lies and use the scare tactic.
Now the Soros media and the left will use this to say we are winning and where exactly is the tea party ?
Do they just piss off after the main election now?
Yea I'M PISSED OFF as the media, sorry the propaganda wing of the left will use this as a platform.
Bingo. What they don't seem to understand is there is only a small window to salvage their precious welfare state with a minimum of pain. Four more years of Obama and the democrats and another 5+ trillion blown. By the end of the decade they will know what real pain is, living in a country where the dollar is in free fall and double digit inflation is the norm and China is dictating our financial policy. The government will be forced to slash entitlements, not the rate of growth stuff that Ryan is talking about, but REAL cuts in the 30%-50% range just to cover the interest payments on the national debt and good luck finding a doctor who will even accept medicare, by then the government will only be able to reimburse doctors pennies on the dollar.
There is a cruel part of me, that almost wishes to see this scenario occur just so these folks can learn the hard way about personal responsibility and not to depend on government. However, I realize a lot of innocent people would be hurt in the process and there is a good chance the country might not recover for decades if ever.
Based on what I read the GOP candidate did go after him and try to expose his leftism. If not enough people were paying attention and voted for him because they thought he was a good guy then they are more stupid than we think. Almost makes 2010 look like a fluke. I guess these voters have no problem with Pelosi care either. So now they get a liberal Democrat rep. so they get what they deserve. When she votes down the line with 0bama and Pelosi no Republican who voted for her or Davis has any right to complain, IMO.
indeed but it seems one or two does think so on here of all places.
There is no way the Dems should win with all our problems unless there was something going on.
You might not have heard but Jacksonville also got a Clinton hack as mayor last time I checked the other day too.
We're talking about a more conservative/ republican area and in today's climate the Dems are winning, no way . I know of not one person who is happy with the Dems and yet they seem to get local elections just in time for the big one and after a massive vIctory to the GOP
doesn't make sense
Ryan and the GOP giving away their budget plans way too far in advance was STUPID TOO !
Bonehead needs to GO NOW !
the problem is with the media and bow they have been paid off by Soros.
People are not being told the truth and that is why the Dems will get votes.
If the GOP does not go after and call out the media then we might as well not run anyone against obama.
They do have a problem with Pelosi etc but when they do not know and only heard quick messages then they have no clue as to what they're voting.
I know of not one person who is happy with obama or the Dem right now but they seem to be wining local elections. COME ON NO WAY.
the GOP better get guts and stop playing nice guy , look at me media i ma nice please like me crap
putting out this plan played right into the left and now the left does no budget and the have plans for the next 4 years.
The GOP should have shut up, told the voters what they wanted to hear and then done the deeds once in power and when we have a majority
All we did was to play into their hands, talk about a Christmas gift for them when they wee so low in the polls.
Now it will be look at republicans they want to get rid of your medicare etc and because they have a media paid off by Soros then this will go viral.
reading your profile
welcome back to the south , wish you had come to the north east FL though as we need your votes here in this state due to the snowbirds form liberal la la land.
I was told that a local radio talk shown host was promoting the Tea party millionaire fraud non stop.
Frankly , the GOP killed the base morale with Bonehead not stopping Obamacare in the Pelosi BUDGET !
He is a disaster and needs to GO.
Bonehead is a K street darling and they want Obamacare !
Yes, the NE Dems who destroyed their home moved to FL to recreate the nightmare and the Dems from Dade, Broward , and Palm Beach keep moving to Sarasota ,Ft Myers etcc and to screw it up too.
Voters gave the GOP the House last November because voters expected that the GOP would take IMMEDIATE and CONCRETE action on pushing back the insane and out of control growth of the government, especially entitlements.
The GOP, including Ryan, are doing EXACTLY what the voters put them in office to do.
Yet you're complaining about it and saying the GOP should be reneging on the promises they made to the voters in November for political gain. If they did that, where would the voters turn after they were lied to yet once again.
Direct your anger at Democrats, not at Republicans who are walking the walk and talking the talk we expected them to do when we voted for them.
This is the time when leadership is crucial and doing what is right MUST be done. Politics as usual is taking this nation the way of Greece.
I'll take 100 Paul Ryans any day rather than a bunch of mealy mouthed, sleazeball demagogues who only care about getting re-elected.
"Medicare scare tactics which will be repeated in every congressional race in the country in the next election so the GOP better be ready to counter it."
The GOP already has the counter and they are not using it. It is not demagoguery to repeatedly focus on how unserious the dems are about fixing the problems. Barry's lack of cuts and fairy tale "budget", over 700 days without a senate budget, etc., etc.
McConnell should be blasting his "good friends across the aisle" at every opportunity. Boehner should refuse to extend the debt ceiling beyond Dec 31st under any circumstances and make it a central Presidental campaign issue.
But instead these beltway RINO's are tip toeing toward disaster in 2012.
way I look at it
the Dems are like locusts .
They ruin an area.
They then ruin their new area.
They make it look like their old area.
They then move on again to do the same thing.
It is based out of ignorance here in this state.
They are old union hacks, "I've always voted Dem" or just "I like JFK" like my MIL.
The only place where my state is Dem is the south east where illegals etc and snowbirds moved to.
Thankfully I'm in the north east
BTW WELCOME back to the south
Stuidass Davis threw it to Hochul buy claiming to be a 'tea party' candidate
I bet he got a otn of democrap funding
no you miss the point, the voters wanted cuts but for crying our loud ask a old person if they want medicare cutting and the answer is no
Think about it.
The Dems never put a budget, why? Because they they're smart.
We were thinking after the win we had it and we never did ,.
Hell even a kid can understand this
This is not about what you or I want this is about getting power and there is the problem.
WE have to get the word out and then call them out and then get power to pass laws .
Is it true she doesn't even live in the district?
There is a reason the young people are fleeing the state of New York.
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