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If the federal government would "man up" and vigorously prosecute the lowlife scum who steal and cheat the system there would be plenty enough to go around. By the way, the government workforce itself, from the President on down, is included. The "elephant in the livingroom" that nobody wants to address is the fact that the Congress makes deals with the thieves to feather their owns nests. Giving away taxpayer monies to the undeserving is buying votes, plain and simple. They do it all the time, they know they do it, we know they do it and they will get away with it until we, the people stop them.
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Veterans and military benefits are NOT an entitlement but EARNED benefits. Entitlements are those that are given by our politicians in exchange for nothing but breathing and a vote (maybe). As in "vote for me look what I did for you"
They lie and bleed us dry
- until we die.
Then the flag that draped us
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who bore life's strife
and slaved to build the knife
used to stab us in the back.
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Yet the Answer Options are NOT Presenting an Efficient Solution to the Problem.
3 of the 5 could be Applicable.
Does this issue or topic convince you that We have a Federal Government that has the least interest of it's Legal Citizens, at hand ? Do you feel it is of a Gangster related notion or Tyrannical in nature ? Do You feel that it would rather exclude itself with an Above the Law Concept ? Do you feel You're being Swept under the Carpet, once again ? Then just WHY, did You Vote for this Administration in 2008 ? 51% of America did ! Why did You elect a Candidate into Office, when he Promised to put $5 in Your Pocket, yet stood on a Platform of Taking Back up to 3 or 4 times in return. That means $15-20. FREE Loaders, that's WHY. A Generation of Welfare Dependent Recipients, simply. In a Farmer's analogy: You Reap, What You Sow ! YOU Helped Plant the Seeds of Deceit & Discontent. NOW You Complain that the other 49% is merely & plainly Resentful and even Hateful. Primarily because WE have & stand to lose EVERYTHING WE have EARNED, Legally from & in the Past years.
IMHO, Mr. Foor's response, with the capital letters and hyperbole, is reaping what has been sown. I see people who would normally be fairly objective reasoning citizens poisoned by a few years of worshiping the word of right-wing television personalities.
Many dismiss the rants like those of Mr. Foor as unimportant angry ramblings of someone who appears to be - so to speak - frothing at the fingers. That dismissal, however, turns the candle into a bonfire by making the writer feel they must escalate higher and higher to be heard. The same action turns shunned teens into school killers. So ignore Mr. Foor at your peril, for it is the foolish lion that ignores the ever-increasing maniacal laughter of the gathering hyenas.
The yahoos in Washington have the best health care,and the rest of the country is left at the mercy of the insurance companies.None of them said let`s not have a pay raise in these very serious economic times,they raised their pay straight away.PUBLIC SERVICE is what it means, they were elected on fear based idiocy and have run the country in the ground,yahoo Bush they gave him the power to declare war on a lie and he leaves office and a jumbo debt.Then they have the audacity to proclaim it`s some one else`s fault for this mess.There`s no doubt most of the yahoos in Washington should be physco analyzed for they are pathological liars,unfortunately a vast majority of the American public believe the fear based lies.Is it me or is the American public like sheep being led to slaughter.If you don`t stand up for you rights,you will lay down for any lie. JAMES TURNER JR. USMC VIETNAM COMBAT VETERAN
Mr. Turner paraphrases the warning "If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything".
He also names the biggest problem in America today - fear. Now that so-called "commentators" are given free reign to say anything that will increase ratings, TV programmers have turned the airwaves into a pool of lies that even the National Enquirer wouldn't swim in.
It is easy to scare someone who doesn't know that the boogeyman isn't in the White House, he's in the clubhouse. On May 3, 2010 in the Harvard Political Review, Max Novendstern writes: "My case is that final clubs are bad because they don't do good – because they exist in this community and yet never give back to it; because they have resources and yet work only for themselves; because they don't try to make this school (or this world) a better place."
Throughout history, power has been maintained by creating fear to distract the citizens so they don't see the man behind the curtain.
Whom do YOU fear?
Sometimes you have to wade through a bunch of bull to get any information from AL forums and feeds. This time, though, Mr. Collins above sends it right through the bullseye.
The country is suffering from the idea that words can mean whatever you want them to mean, and that using the right words in the right context isn't really necessary.
The fact is that if two people, much less a country, need to communicate they define words to mean certan concrete things. Vague definitions are the tools of people who want to manipulate, and people who don't insist on using definitions from the dictionary want to be manipulated.
The word "entitlement" has been confused with the phrase "a sense of entitlement". There is a huge difference. EVERY honorably discharged veteran has EARNED their benefits. That is entitlement.
EVERY person, NO MATTER WHAT, that beleives they are worth a million dollar or higher bonus and kept it without dying of shame has a "sense of entitlement".
If a nail got hit, you hit it stronger.
It was earned and it's treated like welfare. They should make it as hard for welfare as they do for VA benefits. That's only way some Vets make it and how do you compare Vets to politicians big difference?
It is always very interesting when Congress decides, in order to curb the Federal Spending problem, they should always include the DoD/VA Entitlements. Pay increases and benefits for DoD (civilian and military) have always been associated with either the prime rate or various circumstances affecting the current operations. Congress takes it seriously to cut what they consider fat; so, the military and other federal agencies that the public say are needed have to rely on basics; including substandard or no living conditions.Now, lets consider Congress or any public figure like them (e.g., Senate). Congress has to vote "NO" to deny pay increases to themselves. The first time they voted, guess what, a 35% pay increase; of course, this was justified to them because of the fact they had at least one residence in their home state and one in Washington, DC. Also, if a Congressman/woman finishes their time in office, they can leave with a pension.They get free medical care from DoD.Hello?
What kind of Government would force it Citizens to participate in an Entitlement such as Social Security, and deduct hard earned money from their paychecks, for a program that the Government did not want the Citizen to benefit from? Why not raise the age limit to 150 to ensure no one ever receives any benefits and take the money and pay down the Obama/Democrat debt. Oh the answer to that question in my opinion is the Bernie Madoff Government, that exempts all the Feds and those hard working Unions and their America Loving, Patriotic, Leaders.
You silly Republiturds, always yammering about the Democrat's deficit spending...
"take the money and pay down the Obama/Democrat debt"
You know, the one where we spent over 2 trillion dollars to find those imaginary WMDs. Or was it to get rid of Saddam? Or was it to bring democracy to the Iraqi People (those we didn't kill)? Or was it to get those pesky Al Qaeda that weren't in Iraq? Or was it to punish Iraq for causing 9/11 when they didn't have anything to do with it? WHICH OF THOSE LIES ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE?
YOU wanted that goddamned war so bad - YOU PAY FOR IT. I'll gladly pay my taxes so that every American can have health care. Will you pay yours (without whining) to cover the cost of the war?
illegals who are here sucking our country's life blood. Starting with the Idiot in Chief's Aunt who is an illegal alien, living in public housing and getting public assistance. How about starting with that?
Yes, I believe Congress should cut entitlements to help reduce the federal deficit....THEIRS!!! Every year you hear about Congress and Senate voting to give themselves raises and bonuses. When are THEY going to sacrifice something? Why can't they give up a few zero's on the end of their paychecks? I'd like to see how they would like trying to feed their families and mistresses and/or boyfriends and whatever else with less money in their paychecks? I'll bet you'd hear much more crying and whining from them than you do from us veteran's and other low to middle income people.
What kind of government would force it citizens to participate in a program such as Social Security, have hard earned money deducted from their pay checks, for a program that they did not want the citizens to benefit from as the Government stated they would? Why not raise the age to 150, that should ensure no more than one person will ever collect from it, and I would bet that person would be a member of Congress or someone in his/her staff. Oh the answer to the question in my opinion is a Bernie Madoff Government. What say you??
The term "Entitlement" is tossed around too broadly. There is a huge difference between earned and unearned entitlements that needs to be kept in any discussion about expenditures.


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We wouldn't want to deprive Gainer of his Florida time and do what he was elected to do.
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If Mr. Wharton and Mr Six do not want public scrutiny of their budgets by the Commissioners, perhaps they should not be in "public" office?
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I agree with Mr.Six.Too much micromanaging. If DUNN & GAINER would do the job that they were elected for instead of trying to avoid it they would not be in the paper almost every day.You were elected to do a job now do it instead of complaining all the time.It,s plain to see neither of you want the job.I feel sorry for the people that work for the county 40 hrs. a week that has to listen to you two wine like little children that don,t want to do something.
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Mr. Six apparently does not understand he does not rule the county. Mr. Couch is 100% right to keep an eye on OUR taxpayer money and serve as a watch-dog or checks and balance. Anyone, including Six, who suggest otherwise should be met with suspicion and if an elected person, then voted out of office.
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Many things went wrong during Britain's 2001 foot-and-mouth disease crisis. Initial efforts at identifying infected animals, slaughtering them, and burying their carcasses within 24 hours--the tried-and-true method for containing the disease--were sluggish at best. And the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAFF), still reeling from criticism about how it handled the country's decade-long mad cow disease epidemic, was unprepared for the severity of the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
Both failings contributed to the assemblage of an ad hoc group of mathematical modelers, who were tasked with helping develop policies to contain the epidemic. Ultimately, they used mathematical models to devise a controversial "contiguous cull" slaughter policy that killed nearly six million animals. (Four million animals were slaughtered for disease-containment purposes, while an additional two million animals were slaughtered because the animals couldn't be moved to pasture due to movement restriction policies or were no longer marketable.)
The 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak is one of the first cases in which mathematical models were used to develop real-time response policies during an epidemic. Of course, it's open to debate whether the models helped or hurt the situation."
The outbreak began sometime in January 2001 at a farm in northeast Britain where the farmers fed their pigs "swill," or in layperson's terms, untreated garbage. Swill is supposed to be boiled for four hours to inactivate viruses, but in this case, it wasn't. The infected pigs excreted virus into the atmosphere, spreading it to seven adjacent farms. One of these farms, Prestwick Hall Farm, is believed to have been responsible for much of the disease's rapid spread by sending sheep, which were infected but not showing signs of illness, to be sold at a market with 3,800 other sheep and 85 cattle.
Weeks afterward, on February 19, a veterinarian at Cheale's Abattoir, a slaughterhouse, first detected the outbreak when he discovered distressed pigs with mouth blisters. By this time, at least 57 farms in 16 counties were infected. The government ordered that all livestock markets and slaughterhouses be shut down and banned the export of livestock and animal products.
As additional infected farms were identified, the MAFF minister and Britain's chief veterinary officer repeatedly assured the press and public that the crisis was "under control." Obviously, each newly identified case undermined their credibility.
(Some pertinent background on foot-and-mouth disease: Sheep spread it easily because they show minimal signs of illness. Pigs generate large numbers of viral particles and spread the disease through their secretions and excretions, but cows suffer the most from the disease. Young animals often die.)
Peter Jenkins, a member of the public, published a letter in the Times of London with suggestions for an effective government response: "I was brought up on a farm which fell victim to foot-and-mouth in 1961 and 1967. Two points trouble me about the way the current outbreak is being handled. First, I note from my teenage diary of 1967 that a vet confirmed our farm had the disease on the morning of November 8, and that our animals were slaughtered by evening without waiting results of any test, a delay which gives the disease further time to multiply. Secondly, troops moved in on the morning of November 10 to help disinfect and cleanup. In view of the fact that authorities are now losing the logistical battle to dispose of infected animals, isn't it time to call in the army again? Or would that be a political admission of a crisis out of control?"
Part of the problem was staffing. Since the 1967 outbreak, which Britain contained by slaughtering a relatively small 434,000 pigs, sheep, and cattle, the MAFF had reduced its ranks of state veterinarians by two-thirds and outsourced livestock inspections to private-practice veterinarians. The number of veterinarians practicing large animal medicine had decreased as well. Exacerbating the situation was the fact that the country's sheep population had increased by almost 60 percent over this same time period.
The shortage of veterinarians became an especially critical factor in 2001 because after a veterinarian and his or her team walked onto an infected farm, they were classified as "dirty" and couldn't work at another farm until after a specified period of time as they can inadvertently spread the disease on their clothes and shoes. Inanimate objects and vehicles can spread the virus as well. This meant that the number of veterinarians needed to work on infected farms increased dramatically as the number of identified infected farms grew.
Farmers were required to remain isolated in their homes. At least three of them committed suicide during the crisis because they couldn't cope and were worried about their animals. One farmer complained that carcasses remained on his farm for four days and that the smell was "diabolical." Another said it took five days for his herd to be slaughtered, which gave the virus plenty of time to spread. With no end in sight, some farmers rioted, demanding that the government get rid of infected livestock more quickly and stop the slaughter of uninfected animals. They also demanded that the army be brought in to help.
On March 15, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that there would be a massive cull of animals throughout Britain; on March 21, the ad hoc group of mathematical modelers met and concluded that the foot-and-mouth outbreak was out of control. They stressed that there would likely be thousands of new cases and predicted that the outbreak might not peak until early May. Their models suggested that infected animals be slaughtered within 24 hours and that healthy animals on contiguous premises be preemptively slaughtered within 48 hours. This finding formed the basis for the contiguous cull policy.
After the contiguous cull policy was implemented, a group of veterinarians from Devon, a county in the country's southwestern region, sent a letter to the government denouncing it as needlessly slaughtering thousands of healthy cattle on farms neighboring those with infected herds. Instead, they wanted to save the cattle by keeping them in barns and culling the sheep. They warned that Devon was on the verge of a "civil war."
Ultimately, the policy changed on April 25, after a calf was found under a pile of slaughtered animals in Devon. Intense media attention on the calf's well-being led to public outcry that it be allowed to live. Five months later, the last confirmed case of foot-and-mouth disease occurred--221 days after the first identified case. On January 22, 2002, the World Animal Health Organization declared Britain free of foot-and-mouth disease, and two weeks later, all export restrictions were lifted.
The estimated economic losses to Britain's gross domestic product as a result of the epidemic were 2 billion pounds. Farmers received approximately 1.34 billion pounds for compensation of their lost livestock. Export losses of agricultural products were around 355 million pounds, and auction markets, food processors, and slaughterhouses lost an estimated 170 million pounds. The tourism industry lost 183 million to 218 million pounds.
More salient to this discussion, the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak is one of the first cases in which mathematical models were used to develop real-time response policies during an epidemic. The policies helped contain the outbreak, but at a high price: Millions of healthy animals were slaughtered. The public's concern for animal welfare put an end to that strategy. In other words, ethics trumped the policies developed from mathematical models.
Mathematical models now are being used to help plan and prepare for deadly epidemics such as pandemic influenza. Naturally, policy recommendations for epidemics involving humans--where quarantine, isolation, vaccines, and medications would be used would be vastly different than disease containment strategies for animals. Nevertheless, if the public believed that policies, regardless of how they were derived, involving quarantine, isolation, vaccination, and medication administration were unfair, unethical, or unlawful, they would likely revolt.
In a previous column, I discussed some of the challenges in modeling disease spread. For instance, modelers must make assumptions when they input parameters such as the contagiousness of the disease and at-risk populations.
Refining models to improve precision requires additional assumptions. Each added assumption adds complexity to the model, and there is a trade-off between simplicity versus complexity when developing models. Complex models with many assumptions can increase the risk for errors. And since developing mathematical models require making assumptions, there will likely be challenges to their conclusions. (See "Rescinding Community Mitigation Strategies in an Influenza Pandemic" and "Pandemic Influenza, Reopening Schools, and Returning to Work.")
Indeed, challenges were issued to the models used in the 2001 British crisis. One foot-and-mouth disease virologist went on television to criticize the methods used to develop the contiguous cull policy. (See "Use and Abuse of Mathematical Models: An Illustration from the 2001 Foot-and-Mouth Disease Epidemic in the United Kingdom.") A subsequent editorial in the Times of London concluded: "[T]he research it seems was wrong, the science outdated, the slaughter unnecessary, the policy unethical, and the strategy ineffective."
Generally, some expert epidemiologists question the utility of using mathematical models. Michael Osterholm, a public health expert and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health told me in July: "My primary conclusion about statistical modeling is that we have an unfortunate outbreak of it occurring. In my 33 years of frontline disease surveillance and outbreak investigation (including 47 credit hours of graduate level statistics), I have found most of them to be a major nuisance. Occasionally, a study will come along that actually is based in reality and provides all the caveats that are appropriate. Because almost no lay non-statistician can understand them, the 'black-box people' get away with a lot of mumble jumble that means very little when it comes to real life."
Certainly, Britain's experience during the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease outbreak should give policy makers pause before contemplating the use of mathematical models during a crisis. Mathematical models are useful research tools, but as Osterholm cautions, in the real world, when time is of the essence, the most important strategy for outbreak containment is a simple, fair, and ethical one that everyone can understand.


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Saturday's letters: Moral Monday'
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To the editor: Wow, the Moral Monday police are alive and well. Moral Monday, as they have dubbed themselves, seems like an oxymoron to me. They profess to care about childrens education yet think nothing of terminating a fetus (a child who wont have the opportunity to experience an education) and are now suing to extend it beyond 24 weeks (six months).
Liberals consider same-sex marriage to be moral as well.
Both, in my opinion (and Im entitled to that regardless of what liberals believe), are amoral in nature. Obviously their definition of moral and mine are completely opposite. The only difference between them and me is I believe you have the right to your opinion. They think if I dont agree with theirs, Im wrong, and it must be done their way. What hypocrisy!
Liberals have learned their lessons well from Barack Obama lie, distort the facts, attack conservatives relentlessly, and blame everything on the Republicans regardless of whether they might actually be right. And dont even consider working with conservatives to help resolve the mess this administration has gotten us into.
The problem with liberals is theyre not interested in real facts. Why? Facts are often times just an inconvenient truth.
Barbara Briley
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To the editor: Why would a state senator want to refer to a nonviolent expression of First Amendment rights as crap? Why would any person who claims to love democracy vote to restrict the right to vote? What would motivate a public servant to cut classroom assistants and take away teacher tenure? This senator, Tom Apodaca, is one of the prime sponsors of the bill that denies Medicaid to 500,000 citizens in need in North Carolina.
Fear could be one factor. Fear of the others, the fear that the world of the ruling class is threatened by the growth of immigrants, people of color and people with divergent views all kinds. This fear results in setting us back decades on the path of moral justice that started with Lincoln, and was carried on by the Rev. King and LBJ.
Sen. Apodaca needs to hold some town hall meetings. If he is proud of what he has done, should he not want to share his reasoning and accomplishments with his constituents?
The Moral Mondays that our senator referred to as crap may just be that. CRAP: Catching Republicans Assaulting the People.
Keith Dalbec
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To the editor: Why is it that so many men take up the cause of pro-life? They dont have a horse in this race.
Its a womans world when it comes to choice. A statement that polls show the majority leans toward pro-life is flawed. Men are included in these numbers, and they should not be counted.
When a man sneezes and a woman catches his flu, she must cure herself. In a couple of weeks, nature does this for her. Or she may opt to shorten this experience by using Tamiflu. The same for pregnancy. It cures itself in nine months, or she may elect to shorten this by choice. By the same token, women are in no position to advise men regarding a vasectomy or a prostate exam.
Any law that insists that all embryos must be born to possibly suffer by neglect, abuse, torture, and then allowed to die on the heap of ignored humanity is not humane. Choice provides a pathway to avoid this.
Decision for abortion is never convenient nor taken lightly. It is one that will last and haunt for a lifetime. However, it is hers.
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According to Ridge Writers president Gary Hareland, "This is a new idea. For years we've hosted widely published authors and other accomplished presenters, who spoke on the first Wednesday evening of each month. Then they sold and signed books at the end of their programs. Also, totally unrelated to Ridge Writers, Ridgecrest has had several successful groups where people would read designated books then get together and discuss them with each other. Now we'll combine the two approaches. Participants will read the books in advance, then get together with the people who wrote them to talk about them in detail, and they'll leave with personally autographed books."
The remaining two titles in the three-month schedule will be Robin Maxwell, April 3, author of "Jane: The Woman Who Loved Tarzan" and Michael Mallory, May 1, "The Stratford Conspiracy." Participants should sign up at Red Rock Books far enough in advance to give the bookstore time to order the books and themselves enough time to read them. The cost of 35 dollars per program includes the book, tea and scones at My Enchanted Cottage & Tea Rooms and a seat for the event. Each participant will also receive one entry per attended session for a gift basket drawing. The prize will be awarded at the end of the May 1 gathering.
"This will not replace our evening meetings," notes Hareland. "People can do one or both. Even though our afternoon speaker will be the evening speaker too, content will be very different. Like our evening meetings, these afternoon book discussions are definitely not limited to members. The public is welcome and we want them to come. Depending on the level of community support, we have another series planned for the fall."
Ridge Writers (www.ridge-writers.org) is the East Sierra Branch of the California Writers Club that began in the Bay Area among Jack London and his friends 104 years ago. Evening meetings are generally held on the first Wednesday of each month at Ridgecrest Presbyterian Church. Admission to the evening general meetings is free.
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A former sheriff's deputy in Arizona accused of driving to North Dakota to beat up a man who had an affair with his wife is to stand trial late this winter.
The jury trial for Timothy Abrahamson has been scheduled for March 12 in state court in Fargo.
Abrahamson has pleaded not guilty to an aggravated assault charge in the incident last September in West Fargo in which authorities say the victim suffered a torn ear, facial cuts, swelling and bruising.
Abrahamson is a former detective for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department in Arizona.
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1. What are the admissions requirements for the undergraduate IAS majors?
2. Is there a minimum gpa required for admission?
3. How does IAS make admission decisions?
4. Does IAS admit students who have not completed the world languages requirement? May a student make up world languages requirement while majoring in the IAS Program?
5. I am interested in applying for Summer Quarter. Is that a possibility?
6. If I am admitted, when will I be able to register?
7. What is the Interdisciplinary Studies option in Individualized Study?
1. What's the best way to contact my advisor or schedule an appointment?
2. How can I contact my professor?
3. Where can I find the major checklist sheet?
4. I have an uneven number of credits needed to complete my degree. How can I take care of this?
5. How many lower division (100-200 level) courses can I take at UW Bothell?
6. Where can I find out what classes will be offered next quarter?
7. How can I get into a course that is full?
8. What is an entry code? How do I get an entry code?
9. When is the last day for me to drop a course?
10. What does "Prerequisites (cancellation in effect)" mean? Does it mean the class is cancelled?
11. Can I change my major or option?
12. Do I need prerequisites for my major or option?
13. How do I apply to the Interdisciplinary Studies option in Individualized Study?
14. What is independent study?
15. Can I get credit for doing an Internship?
16. What are the IAS Minors?
17. When do I apply to graduate?
18. What is BIS 499: Portfolio Capstone? Do I have to take this course?
19. What is the IAS Degree Portfolio?
For information regarding admission requirements and prerequisites for the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, please visit: http://www.uwb.edu/environmentalscience/applybs.
For information regarding admission requirements for the following Bachelor of Arts, please visit: http://www.uwb.edu/IAS/admissions/applyba.
• American Studies
• Community Psychology
• Culture, Literature and the Arts
• Environmental Studies
• Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
• Global Studies
• Interdisciplinary Arts
• Interdisciplinary Studies: Law, Economics and Public Policy
• Interdisciplinary Studies: Media and Communication Studies
• Science, Technology and Society
• Society, Ethics & Human Behavior
A 2.5 minimum cumulative gpa is expected. Special circumstances may allow for admission of students with lower cumulative gpa's (between 2.0 and 2.4).
In addition to specific admission requirements, the IAS Undergraduate Admission Committee looks for coursework relevant to the IAS curriculum (see http://www.washington.edu/students/crscatb/ and review course descriptions under the BIS, BISAMS, BISCP, BISCLA, BISGST, BISIA, BISLEP, BISMCS, BISSTS, BISSEB and BES prefixes), and a well-written goal statement that addresses:
• The reason(s) why the applicant wants to complete the particular major to which they are applying
• Long-term goals and aspirations
• Evidence that the applicant is a good fit for IAS and their chosen major
• Any special circumstances
Grades are considered, with more weight given to grades in relevant coursework and grades in later coursework.
IAS will not admit students who are deficient in any of the core requirements (world languages, intermediate algebra, English composition, and quantitative and symbolic reasoning). If a student is in the process of completing a core requirement at the time of application, and is otherwise admissible to the program, IAS will admit the student contingent upon successful completion of the core requirement. The student will not be allowed to register until official documentation of successful completion of the deficiency has been received.
Due to the limited number of course offerings, IAS does not admit new students for Summer Quarter.
Newly admitted students may register during Registration Period 2. In order to register they must attend the mandatory new student orientation, submit the Measles Immunization Verification form, and pay the Enrollment Confirmation fee. Students with deficiency holds (see #4 above) are not allowed to register until IAS receives documentation of successful completion of the requirement.
The Individualized Study (IS) option within the Interdisciplinary Studies major is designed for highly-motivated students who want to create their own course of study. Students can't apply directly to this option. If interested, student apply to the IS major in their junior year after they have completed at least one quarter of coursework in IAS, including BIS 300 Interdisciplinary Inquiry. For more information on the IS major, please click here.
A student may either e-mail email@example.com or make an appointment by calling the IAS office at (425) 352-5350. For quick questions we encourage students to email. Generally, during peak registration times the IAS Advisors get booked with appointments. For complex questions and planning, in-person appointments are often best. During the heavy registration periods students should schedule their appointments in advance. Drop-in advising is not available. We want to be prepared when we speak with you. That said, the IAS Advisors do have Walk-In advising available for quick questions during the first week of every quarter as well as the first week of Period One Registration.
IAS faculty contact information is available through the IAS home page (http://www.uwb.edu/ias/faculty-and-staff). A current professor's office number, office phone, and e-mail address are all provided. Contact information may also be obtained by consulting the on-line directory located on the UW Bothell home page (www.uwb.edu). Most professors prefer to be contacted through e-mail.
You can find your major checklist sheet on the webpage for your major: http://www.uwb.edu/ias.
Students may choose to take any available two (2) credit courses or may speak to a faculty member about arranging an independent study (1-5 credits). Students may also look at credit courses from other departments as options to fulfill elective requirements, if needed.
If you are an IAS student, you can apply up to 35 credits of lower division (100-200 level) coursework toward the 90 credits required for an IAS major. A limit of 15 credits of lower division IAS coursework may count in your designated major.
Current quarter class offering can be found on the online Time Schedule http://www.uwb.edu/registration/time
If a course is full, monitor the web for current enrollment information. Enrollment numbers may fluctuate throughout the registration period. Instructors may grant permission for a student to register for a class that is full by asking the IAS office to issue an entry code. To obtain an entry code from the IAS office, written permission from the instructor is required.
In the first week of any quarter, students have the ability to add and drop courses. After the first week of the quarter, students are required to have an entry code to add a course. To receive an entry code, the student must have written or e-mail approval from the professor who is teaching the course. Once the student has received the professor's approval, they deliver it to the IAS program office located in UW1 390 or forward that e-mail to email@example.com. An entry code will then be given to the student in person or via e-mail.
Typically, the last day to use your Annual Drop for autumn, winter or spring quarter is the 7th week of the quarter on a Sunday. For a detailed list of all deadline dates, please refer to the UW Bothell Academic Calendar: http://www.uwb.edu/calendars.
It simply means that the system will screen for prerequisites. If the student has not taken the prerequisite(s), the system will not allow her to register for the course. If the student believes she has adequate preparation to succeed in the course, she should contact the professor.
Yes, students can change their IAS major or option. However, we do not recommend that students change their major (or option) in their senior year. Students must meet with an IAS Advisor in an advising appointment to change to another IAS major or option. Students who wish to apply to another major outside IAS must contact that program, school or college advisor.
Prerequisites are courses needed beyond the general admissions requirements for IAS. If you are applying for the following majors or pathways you will be required to complete prerequisites prior:
The Individualized Study (IS) option within the Interdisciplinary Studies major is designed for highly-motivated students who want to create their own course of study. If you are interested in the IS degree option, you should begin by obtaining the agreement of an IAS faculty member to serve as your mentor. You will consult with your mentor on drafting a Statement of Intent describing the goals of the Individualized Study. For more information on the IS major and application process, please click here.
Independent study (variable credit) allows a student to work on a research project under faculty guidance for credit. Students who are interested must have a topic in mind before approaching a professor to ask for permission to enroll. Once permission is received from the professor, the student and professor must complete the Variable Credit Form (available through the IAS program office or at http://www.uwb.edu/ias/experiential/opportunities), the student must return the signed form to the IAS Office to obtain an add code to register for the independent study. For each credit awarded, a student must complete the equivalent to five pages of writing. For example, a student would need to complete work equivalent to a 25-page paper to receive five credits.
Yes, the IAS academic internship course is BIS 495. It is a 2-6 variable credit non-repeatable course offered every quarter except for autumn. Students need to find their own internship site, but the Career Center can assist students in identifying possibilities and applying to or interviewing for them. Also, students need to apply to take the internship course mid-way through the prior quarter. For more information on academic and (non-academic) internships, please visit: http://www.uwb.edu/ias/experiential/internships.
There are three minors in IAS: Ecological Restoration, Human Rights and Policy Studies. For more information on these minors, please visit: http://www.uwb.edu/ias/minors. It is possible to complete a minor from another program at UW Bothell or from another campus. Students interested in a minor should meet with that program or school advisor as early as possible.
Both Bachelor of Arts (BA) AND Bachelor of Science (BS) students will need to schedule an advising appointment with an IAS Advisor to complete a Graduation Application 3 quarters before the anticipated quarter of graduation. This will give the student Graduating Senior Priority when registering for classes in the last two quarters.
Bachelor of Arts students are required to take BIS 499: Portfolio Capstone in their last quarter. BIS 499 is a 3 credit course that is capped at 24 students. Go to this link: http://www.uwb.edu/ias/iasdegreeportfolio to learn more about the IAS degree portfolio and capstone course.
Bachelor of Science students are required to complete BIS 499 and either the 10 credit Capstone in Restoration Ecology or a 10 credit Approved Independent Research. The Capstone in Restoration Ecology consists of BES 462, BES 463 and BES 464. Students take BES 462 in autumn quarter, BES 463 in winter quarter and BES 464 in spring quarter for a total of 10 credits. To sign up for the Capstone in Restoration Ecology, contact Professor Warren Gold at email@example.com . To sign up for a 10 credit Approved Independent Research contact a faculty member (http://www.uwb.edu/ias/faculty-and-staff). Go to this link http://www.uwb.edu/environmentalscience/capstone to learn more about these two options.
The IAS Degree Portfolio is introduced in BIS 300: Interdisciplinary Inquiry and completed in BIS 499: Portfolio Capstone. Students are also encouraged to take BIS 399: Portfolio Reflection at some point after BIS 300 and before BIS 499. For more information on the Degree Portfolio, please visit: http://www.uwb.edu/ias/iasdegreeportfolio
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Marlon Walker intended to take up space so a teammate could make a play, but instead it was the Berkeley High School linebacker's own hands that made the difference.
Walker slipped through the Castro Valley offensive line and blocked a 32-yard field goal attempt as time expired to help Berkeley secure a win over the visiting Trojans on Friday and the inaugural West Alameda County Conference-Foothill Division title.
"We are not out there playing for stats," said Walker. "We are out there to make plays and to play for each other."
Walker hoped to occupy two defenders so teammate Akil Bordelon could make the play. But when the Trojans focused on Bordelon, Walker slipped through.
Berkeley (5-4, 5-0 WACC-Foothill) trailed for all but 7 minutes and 12 seconds of the game, but took the lead with 1:22 left on Doug Stewart's 1-yard run that capped a 10-play, 60-yard drive and set the stage for Walker's heroics.
Castro Valley (5-5, 3-2) drove 65 yards on 10 plays, keyed by quarterback Luke Huerta's 19-yard pass to Robert Taylor and Patrick Cheek's 10-yard run to put the ball at Berkeley's 15-yard line with 4 seconds left.
"We had opportunities and did not take advantage," said Castro Valley head coach Nic McMasters, whose team was seeking its first league title in 15 seasons. "(Berkeley) did and they were the better team tonight."
The Trojans scored first on Demareyeh Lane's 5-yard run with 6:50 left in the first quarter to give Castro Valley a 6-0 lead.
Stewart responded for Berkeley with a 2-yard run midway through the second quarter to tie the game at 6-6.
Castro Valley's Huerta added a 16-yard touchdown run with 3:20 left in the first half to give the Trojans a 13-6 lead.
Berkeley capped the scoring with a 42-yard field goal by Samuel Boyden in the third quarter and then Stewart's touchdown run in the fourth.


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- Oct 30:
- Coroner releases cause of death for BART workers
- Legislature to hold special hearing on BART worker safety
- Oct 29:
- Oct. 30 Readers' letters: The danger of fracking, the BART agreement and the San Jose mayor's race
- Oct 28:
- Barnidge: There's a good reason BART wanted control of overtime expenses
- Oct 26:
- BART raises follow similar pay bumps for Bay Area workers, especially in government
- Oct 24:
- BART: Controversial 'simple approval' work practice eliminated
- Oct 23:
- Roadshow: Should BART workers be allowed to strike?
- Oct 22:
- BART strike deal: how it happened and who gets what
- Mercury News editorial: BART caved with 16.4% pay increase, few gains on rules
- Oct 21:
- BART tragedy: Trainee was operating train that struck and killed workers, NTSB says
- Oct 20:
- National Transportation Safety Board takes over BART tragedy investigation
- Oct 19:
- Two BART workers killed during maintenance work as strike moves into third day
- Jul 2:
- Data Center: Current and projected average BART wages
- Jun 9:
- BART's top-paid worker of 2012 never worked a day
The second BART strike of 2013 enters Day 3 on Sunday, and a growing number of beleaguered commuters, business owners and politicians are asking whether state law should block BART and other public transit workers from walking off the job.
It's a hotly debated question that even some Democrats are rethinking in light of Friday's shutdown after months of contract talks abruptly ended last week without a deal. States including New York and Oregon forbid their public transit workers from striking, and some cities like San Francisco have it built into their own charters, but California law -- which does prohibit strikes by police and firefighters -- is silent on transit strikes.
Yet with stations shuttered, BART workers picketing and Monday's commute looming, calls to change that are heating up in the Legislature and on the campaign trail.
"I'm pro-rider, not anti-union," said Democratic Assembly candidate Steve Glazer, an Orinda councilman and political adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown who was at the Walnut Creek BART station early Friday morning asking commuters to sign his online petition urging the Legislature to ban public transit strikes.
Glazer won't say how many signatures he has collected since launching the petition last month, but said he got 4,000 just from when the BART strike was announced Thursday night through late Friday morning. When BART workers strike, "they're saying nobody else matters except for us, and that's not a message that's easily swallowed by Bay Area folks, including Democrats," he said.
State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, chairman of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee, in July said he was looking into a state law to ban transit strikes, as Oregon and New York already have. On Friday, he said what Glazer is doing "is popular, but the reality is more complex than that."
DeSaulnier, D-Concord, said he's interested in an idea advanced by Stanford Law Professor Emeritus William Gould IV -- who chaired the National Labor Relations Board in the Clinton administration -- to enact a law providing for arbitration and prohibiting strikes in public-transit disputes. "But I'm not going to do it if it has no chance of success, if both sides are against it," he said.
BART unions and management couldn't agree late Thursday whether part or all of their dispute should go to arbitration, leading to the strike.
BART management might believe public opinion is on its side, and it might be right. An Oct. 9 KPIX 5/SurveyUSA poll of 550 Bay Area adults who said they'd been following the BART negotiations found 76 percent opposed workers going on strike, with a large majority saying they were strongly opposed and only 12 percent saying they strongly supported a walkout. Of a larger sample of 800 Bay Area adults, 53 percent said they supported changing state law to ban strikes by public transit workers, while 38 percent said state law should be left alone.
Republican state lawmakers on the last day of this year's legislative session, Sept. 12, introduced Senate Bill 423, which would compel only BART's unions -- not all transit workers -- to honor the no-strike clause in their expired contracts. On Friday, they renewed their call urging Brown to call an emergency legislative session to act on the bill.
"Common sense dictates that if other provisions of their contracts, such as salaries and benefits, are being fulfilled, then the no-strike clause should also be honored while negotiations continue," Senate Republican Leader Bob Huff, R-Brea, and Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway, R-Visalia, said in a joint statement.
"There are nearly 400,000 daily BART riders who can't get to work or school, and it doesn't have to be this way. We are ready to step in and take action, but the governor must act."
But Brown spokesman Evan Westrup said Friday that BART management and workers "can arbitrate right now and they should."
"An extraordinary special session, at this point, would not lead to the quick solution the people of the Bay Area want and deserve," he said.
State Senate President Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, agreed.
"We need a solution, not a political talking point,'' he said Friday.
Labor unions -- always a potent force in California's Democratic politics -- of course "will continue to support BART workers in their fight for a fair contract," Art Pulaski, the California Labor Federation's executive secretary-treasurer, said in a statement issued Friday.
Glazer said he started his petition knowing it's a heavy lift, yet "every day that the strike goes on, the political dynamic changes."
Dublin attorney Catharine Baker, a Republican candidate for the same 16th Assembly District seat Glazer seeks, issued a statement Friday urging Brown to call the Legislature back into session and urging lawmakers to pass the Republicans' bill to bar BART strikes. "Public service used to mean just that -- public service," she said. "It should not mean making the public miserable until you get what you want."
Dublin Mayor Tim Sbranti, another Democrat seeking the 16th Assembly District seat, didn't return a call Friday. But Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich, another Democrat in that race, said his fellow candidates are engaging in "political gamesmanship."
"For us who are running to create a story to try to make a name for ourselves is irresponsible," he said, noting none of the candidates has been privy to the negotiations. "To suggest a change (in law) during the course of something like this is, I think, inappropriate."
Josh Richman covers politics. Contact him at 510-208-6428. Follow him at Twitter.com/josh_richman. Read the Political Blotter at IBAbuzz.com/politics.
other cities' and states' transit strike laws
New York state: It enacted a law in 1967 that bars public employees from striking. When 33,000 New York City subway and bus workers went on strike in 2005 anyway, a judge fined the union $2.5 million and threw its president in jail for a few days.
Oregon: It enacted a law in 2007 making it "unlawful for any employee of a mass transit district, transportation district or municipal bus system to strike or recognize a picket line of a labor organization while in the performance of official duties."
San Francisco: The City Charter bans Muni workers from striking, as does those workers' contract lasting through June 2014.
Missouri: It forbids public employee strikes. Transit workers who threatened a strike against St. Louis' Metro system this year were ready to argue that they're not public employees because the state provides only a tiny fraction of Metro's funding. The parties are still negotiating.
Chicago: An Illinois law that prohibits transportation workers from striking because they provide an essential service hasn't kept Transportation Authority employees from threatening to strike a few times in the past decade.


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Age Group(s): preschoolers (ages 3-5), children with an adult
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Start Time: 10:30 AM
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Early literacy begins with you! Help your preschooler develop the six pre-reading skills that every child needs to succeed. This storytime celebrates a love of reading through books, music, and activities.Library: Thurmont Regional Library
Location: TRL Community Room
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No registration needed.Contact: Lesa Zuke
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Why Selling Ads Like TV Networks Will Cost Web Video Companies
Now that the digital NewFronts and TV upfronts are over, Web publishers are excited to finally have a chance to compete for TV ad dollars. The online ad industry is moving to sell inventory the way TV networks do. One issue: they can't yet say, with any certainty, who exactly is watching their content.
Measuring online video audiences turns out to be a super complex problem that no has fully solved. TV ad buyers are accustomed to buying spots aimed at very specific demographic groups — women ages 18 to 49, for example, or men 18 to 34. But according to buyers and sales executives, that isn't yet possible on the Web.
"No one really knows who you are online," said Scott Ferber, CEO of the video ad technology firm Videology. "A Web publisher doesn't know which impressions are 18 to 49."
This has distorted the market badly. Web publishers often serve up extra ad impressions in an effort to reach demographic goals brands have specified– essentially giving away freebies because they don't have the precision to target their ads better. That is a huge opportunity cost. Mr. Ferber says that some campaigns end up wasting 70% of the ad inventory they deliver.
"Over serving impressions means waste and that means lost revenue," explained one ad sales executive, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
How can this be happening? Haven't measurement companies been developing tools to put online publishers on similar footing to TV networks? Yeah, sort of. Nielsen has launched its Online Campaign Ratings, and comScore has its Validated Media Essentials — but of which aim to give video companies insight into how to deliver campaigns to specific audiences.
But these products are new and not necessarily in wide use–let alone completely understood by the market. "We have been trying to give publishes tools to help them in transition," said Anne Hunter, comScore. "There is an assumption with ad targeting that you can hit exactly who you want. We are trying to educate the market that that is still not technically feasible."
Ms. Hunter said that to date, video supply is misunderstood, resulting in lots of missed targets. For example, comScore found that only 43 percent of ads aimed at women 18 to 49 hit their intended target across multiple campaigns during the first quarter of 2014.
That dynamic creates a real economic issue for publishers right now, said Eric Franchi, co-founder of the ad network Undertone. Often a publisher's internal data on its audience doesn't match either Nielsen's or comScore's data. "They feel like they are being under-counted…and if they don't hit their goals they have to deliver makegoods," Mr. Franchi said.
Ad to that the fact that the mobile audience for many top video companies has exploded; it's 40% of YouTube's audience, for example. Currently, Nielsen and comScore's ratings tools are at best imperfect for tracking mobile ad impressions. All of that creates one discombobulated marketplace.
"Measurement in the PC space is most developed right now," said Jonathan Carson, Vevo's Chief Revenue Officer, who touted the video site's huge mobile app audience. "It's not necessarily fair to somebody like Vevo. It causes some pain."
For mobile, Mr. Carson said that many publishers and advertisers are coming up with their own proprietary ways of estimating audiences, while trying to marry those projections with Nielsen and comScore data. But those custom solutions are not ideal for moving large dollar amounts to the Web. "It's essentially trial and error," said Vik Kathuria, global chief media officer at Razorfish.
Some publishers are electing to pay for comScore and Nielsen's new tools. Yet media buyers say those costs can get passed on to brands. "Couple that with already typically higher costs for video compared to TV and the argument for shifting ad money from TV becomes less compelling unless you put all your money with large publishers who have lots of demo registration data," said Mr. Kathuria.
Indeed, sites like Yahoo and YouTube are said to have an advantage in this market, since a portion of their users bases register using their real names. Thus, these companies may be able to better steer an advertiser's campaign to the right users–at or least the right sex.
Meanwhile, lots of companies are angling to help alleviate these problems. Nielsen has partnered with the video ad technology company FreeWheel, for example. Through that partnership, Nielsen claims publishers will be able to deliver ads with more accuracy and reduce waste significantly. Nielsen has also signed up broadcasters like ABC and the CW, as well as AOL, to start using the researchers Digital Program Ratings tool aimed at making better delivery guarantees.
At the same time, Google has elected to integrate comScore's VCE data directly with DoubleClick, Google's widely used ad serving technology. A Google official said that this should help publishers better adjust campaign targeting in real time, rather than having to reconcile targeting goals after the fact. Vevo said it is testing this tactic. If anyone has a chance to shape the way the online ad market operates, it's Google.
It's not as if there isn't any waste in TV advertising. But there's essentially only one data vendor–Nielsen–and most networks have years of history to go on. Over the next year or so, the Web video is likely to endure necessary growing pains.
Keith Richman, president of Defy Media, which manages Web video brands like the animation-oriented Shut Up Cartoons, said that the Internet's complexity can be its own worst enemy. "Right now, there are so many different technologies that you need to integrate, learn to understand, and then work together," he said. "It would be great if a winner would simply emerge. Either way, it's going to take a while but we think all this trouble is going to be worth it for the industry."


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Teachers offered discount for 'The Little Prince'
Published: Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 5:09 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 5:09 p.m.
As part of Flat Rock Playhouse and YouTheatre's mission to support education in the community, this weekend is a "teacher appreciation" weekend and all teachers will receive a $5 discount off their ticket cost for "The Little Prince" at Playhouse Downtown.
"The Little Prince" is a story of enduring charm and innocence and tells the tale of an amusing, challenging and odd adventure. In a world moving so fast that an entire month may be lived in a single day, this classic tale of imagination, whimsy and unrequited love reminds us that "what is essential is invisible to the eye."
"The Little Prince" is onstage through Sunday. Playhouse Downtown is at 125 S. Main Street in Hendersonville NC. Hendersonville. This offer is available to teachers in all counties.
Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for children/students and can be purchased by calling the
Playhouse box office at 828-693-0731, toll-free at 866-732 8008 or visiting www.flatrockplayhouse.org.
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The Indian Wells Valley Water District Board of Directors will meet Monday at 7 p.m. to consider 2012-13 general fund budget midyear revisions.
The district will also swear in new Director Chuck Cordell as well as Directors Don Cortichiato, Leroy Corlett and Don Jo McKernan at 6:30 p.m.
Revisions include the rate increase scheduled for February 2013, and to commit $530,000 of the year-end net revenues to complete the tank-coating project and telemetry replacement in 2013-14.
The board will consider sending the remaining $2,500 to the Inyo-Mono Regional Water Management Group for funding-replenishment assessment.
The district had originally budgeted $10,000 for the IRWMG and has $2,500 remaining in that budget.
Also on the agenda is a resolution accepting the dedication of water-system improvements for an approximately 215-foot 8-inch mainline extension to the Leroy Jackson Park expansion.
The meeting will take place in the district boardroom at 500 W. Ridgecrest Blvd., and the public is invited to attend.
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Tea-Party Group Attacks Cantor for Agreeing to Attend Super PAC Retreat on Amelia Island
The latest battleground in the civil war between the Republican establishment and the conservative grass roots is a tony Florida island with 13 miles of coastline and six golf courses.
Amelia Island is playing host this weekend to the annual retreat held by the Republican Main Street Partnership, an arm of a super PAC that helps Republican incumbents fend off tea-party challengers. Some conservatives are agitating about the scheduled attendance of two top-ranking House Republicans, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy.
Brent Bozell, who heads the ForAmerica conservative nonprofit, warned Mr. Cantor in a letter that his participation would "permanently destroy any credibility you have left with conservatives." ForAmerica is also using social media to urge supporters to "call Eric Cantor and tell him to stop attacking conservatives." Mr. Cantor is next in line to be the House Speaker if the GOP retains control of the chamber in the 2014 elections.
A spokesman for Mr. Cantor, Douglas Heye, said his participation in the policy-oriented retreat is in line with conservative goals. "This is classic judging a speaker by the audience," Mr. Heye said. "We need to present conservative solutions to all audiences, and grow both our grass roots and our majority so we can stop President Obama and Nancy Pelosi's liberal agenda."
Why would conservatives like Mr. Bozell see Republican Main Street Partnership–which counts about 51 House Republicans as members–as an enemy? First of all, they don't like that the super PAC takes money from labor unions, at least $350,000 this year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Conservative blogger Erick Erickson wrote Wednesday that the "group is funded by the vast left-wing conspiracy."
Tea-party leaders also don't like the group's interference in races where the Republican incumbent has been deemed insufficiently conservative. This cycle, the super PAC has spent $200,000 to defend Republican Rep. Mike Simpson (R., Idaho) against a tea-party challenger, and $44,000 to attack Republican Matt Lynch, who is trying to unseat Rep. Dave Joyce (R., Ohio) in the Republican primary.
Mr. Joyce is the successor to former Republican Rep. Steve LaTourette, president of the super PAC and a board member of the affiliated group hosting the retreat. Mr. LaTourette called the objections "beyond ridiculous."
He added, "Republican leadership attending the conference doesn't mean we're going feed them Kool-Aid and make them squishy moderates. They just want to be inclusive and listen to what we have to say."
The congressmen seem unlikely to be dissuaded from going. But Mr. Bozell's protest may extract some gains: visitors to the ForAmerica website viewing a copy of his letter to Mr. Cantor are directed to make a contribution.


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5.152 Evans identified several curious features about this note and its provenance: it is undated; it bears no signature; the addressees are not listed in the conventional manner; it appears to come from a file containing miscellaneous documents about Jews which was put together after 1945 by the prosecutors at Nuremberg. Not all the documents in the file deal with the same subject-matter. Despite these unsatisfactory features Evans accepted that the memorandum is an authentic copy or Abschrift of an original document which has gone missing. He does, however, add that it is no more than speculation that Schlegelberger is the author of the memorandum.
5.153Evans canvassed the possibility that the note dates back to 1941, in which case the view attributed to Hitler would be consistent with the attitude towards the Jewish question which he was advocating at that time, namely to postpone dealing with it until after the war was over. In support of this theory Evans drew attention to figures appearing on the document "17.7". If the document is dated 17 July 1941, that would be the day after an important meeting at which arrangements were set in place for the administration of the Eastern territories.
5.154Another possibility recognised by Evans is that document did come into existence in early 1942 in the wake of the Wannsee conference, at which the Defendants (basing themselves largely on the admissions which were made by Eichmann in the course of his interrogation by the Israelis) contend the extermination of the Jews was discussed and the means of achieving that end were in broad terms agreed upon. Evans accepted that on balance it is more likely that the date of the memorandum is 1942 rather than 1941.
5.155He expressed the opinion that the subject matter of the note was probably not the Jewish question generally but rather the narrower issue of mixed marriages between Jews and gentiles and the children of such marriages (mischlinge). This contentious question had been discussed at the Wannsee conference in January 1942, at which time no decision was arrived at how mischlinge should be treated, although the policy of deportation of 'full Jews" to the East had already been agreed upon.
There is, according to Evans, evidence that active discussions thereafter took place within the Ministry of Justice as to what policy and classification should adopted in relation to the mischlinge. A further conference was called for 6 March 1942 with a view to hammering out a solution. It is an important component of the Defendants' argument that, as the minute of the meeting on 6 March shows and as Schlegelberger testified at his trial, it was devoted exclusively to a discussion of the mischlinge problem.
5.156Various proposals were canvassed, including suggestions that sterilisation should be undertaken and that mixed marriages should be annulled by law. But the meeting was inconclusive. At the meeting on 6 March it was decided that the issue should be referred to Hitler for his decision. Evans stressed that, odd though it may seem with the Nazi army in dire straits in Russia, the problem of mischlinge was taken extremely seriously. Contemporaneous documents reveal Shlegelberger to have been seriously concerned at the ramifications of one of the proposed courses of action, namely deciding on a case by case basis what should be done with individual mischlinge Jews. Suggestions such as sterilisation and the annulment of mixed marriages were also a cause for concern within the Ministry which would have the responsibility for the supervision of whatever policy was decided upon.
5.157Accordingly Schlegelberger wanted to raise the matter with Lammers and did so on 10 March 1942. It is not clear whether Lammers did in fact consult Hitler on the issue. The language of the memorandum does not suggest that Lammers went to Hitler and obtained a fresh ruling from him on the specific question of the mischlinge. In any case the likely reaction of Hitler to the complex issues raised by the many problems surrounding the question of half and quarter Jews would have been to postpone their consideration. Whether or not Hitler was consulted, the natural inference, according to Evans, is that the memorandum is confined to the question of mischlinge. The description in the memorandum of the discussions as "theoretical" is also suggestive of the fact that the subject matter is confined to Mischlinge. Hitler would not have agreed to the postponement of the Jewish question in its entirety, argued Evans, so soon after the Wannsee conference. Moreover, added Evans, it was Hitler who had set in train the policy of deporting the Jews to the Eastern territories. That policy had been implemented over the previous months. In those circumstances Hitler is unlikely to have ordered that the whole Jewish question be postponed until the end of the war.
5.158Evans concluded that it is very likely that the Schlegelberger note should be interpreted as addressing the limited question of the solution to the problem of half Jews. Longerich concurred with this opinion.
5.159Evans was critical of Irving for the way in which he describes the memorandum in Goebbels:Evans regarded that passage as a complete misrepresentation of the memorandum. There was no ruling by Hitler. In any case the deportations and killings continued unabated, which would scarcely have happened if Hitler had ordered their suspension.
"Hitler wearily told Lammers that he wanted the solution of the Jewish problem postponed until after the war was over, a ruling that remarkably few historians now seem disposed to quote".
5.160But Evans reserved the main thrust of his criticism for the account of the memorandum in Hitler's War, where the reader is clearly given to understand by the passage at p464 that the note is "highly significant" because it shows Hitler to be wanting to put off the entire Jewish question until the end of the war. Irving regards the note as so important that he includes the following reference to it in the introduction:Evans maintained that evidence of actions taken within the Ministry of Justice and elsewhere belie Irving's claim. Moreover, if Hitler had indeed given an instruction to postpone the final solution of the Jewish question until after the war, how, asked Evans, is it that the extermination programme pressed ahead in the remaining months of 1942 and thereafter.
"Whatever way one looks at it, this document is incompatible with the notion that Hitler had ordered an urgent liquidation programme".
5.161The Defendants argue that no reputable and objective historian would nail his colours to the mast in the way that Irving has done by admitting only one possible interpretation of the note. The nub of their criticism is that Irving treats the Schlegelberger memorandum as if it permitted of only construction, namely that it evidences Hitler ordaining the postponement of the Jewish question until the end of the war. Irving glosses over the many doubts which exist about the document. He ignores the alternative construction of which the memorandum is equally susceptible (to put it no higher), namely that it is confined to the problem of the mischlinge. An unbiassed historian would have placed squarely before his readers the problems and doubts about the document. It is, say the Defendants, another instance of deliberate distortion.
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A school district in Florida is being forced to rehire an elementary school teacher who was fired last year after she allegedly force-fed hot-sauce-soaked crayons to a special needs student.
Lillian Gomez denied feeding the crayons to students, but confessed to soaking the crayons in hot sauce for several days before placing them in a bag labeled with an autistic boy's name.
She claimed it was in an effort to deter the child from eating the crayons.
Following her termination from Sunrise Elementary School in Kissimmee, Gomez appealed the decision before an administrative law judge, who ruled in her favor.
The Osceola County School District refused to rehire Gomez, so she took her case to the Fifth District Court of Appeal, and won again.
The judge ruled that Gomez's actions were "not so egregious" [pdf] that her "effectiveness" as a teacher could be decided in a court of law.
"We lost the appeal, so by law we have to comply by the courts," a school district spokeswoman told ABC News. "We don't want to come out and say anything bad about the teacher or say anything to worry parents."
It remains unclear when Gomez will be rehired or where she will work.
Though she will not be returning to Sunshine, the district's spokeswoman said she will be placed in an elementary school environment to provide "support" to other teachers, including teachers of special needs children.
"She proved already that she's a danger inside a classroom," Jose Holguin, the father of Gomez's autistic victim, told WFTV. "What else can she do to prove to the system that she doesn't have it?"
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi Baseball program completed the annual fall world series on Saturday, with the Blue Team rallying for a 5-3 final and a clean sweep of the three-game event.
The Blue Team (3-0) got a strong start from Tim Keller on the mound, with the senior going 6.0 innings while allowing three runs on six hits with one walk and one strikeout. Trevor Belicek got the start for the Green Team and was tagged with the loss, going 6.0 innings as well, while giving up five runs on eight hits with two walks and five punchouts.
Josh Cruz led the way offensively for the Blue Team, picking up three hits and an RBI in the game. Brandon Guilford, Russell Vaughan, Dalton D'Spain, David Tittle and Stafford Brantley got one hit apiece, with Guilford, O'Shea Dumes, Jacob Hubert and Jonathan Gonzales each notching an RBI.
For the Green Team, Cody Stephens and Jared Simbles both went 2-for-4, while Simbles added an RBI. Jordan Lee, Eric Weiss, Chris Cano, Zacarias Hardy and Nick Lerick contributed one hit each, while Lee and Weiss also had RBI in the game.
Blue once again got out to a fast start, picking up a run in the top of the first for the early lead. Cruz started the scoring effort off with a double to right, moved to third on a Vaughan single and came home to score on a Dumes sacrifice fly for the 1-0 lead.
Green responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first for the first lead of the series. Stephens doubled to open the rally, and was followed by an RBI triple from Lee to tie the game at 1-1. Weiss followed with an RBI groundout to second base that scored Lee for the 2-1 lead.
The core remained unchanged until the top of the fourth when the Blue Team broke the game open with four runs on five hits to make it a 5-2 lead. D'Spain started the inning off with a single down the right field line and advanced to second on a Tittle single. A Brantley bunt single loaded the bases for Hubert, who hit a sacrifice fly to right to even the game at 2-2 as D'Spain scored and Tittle moved to third. After Brantley stole second base, he moved to third and Tittle scored on a Gonzales followed sacrifice fly to make it a 3-2 lead for the Blue Team. Guilford started another rally with a single to right to that scored Brantley, and came around to score on a Cruz double to left to make it a 5-2 score.
The Green Team got a run back in the bottom half of the inning when Cano started the inning with a bunt single and advanced around to third base on a throwing error by Keller during a pickoff attempt. Zacarias Hardy walked to put runners on the corners, but was thrown out trying to steal second base for the second out. Looking as if the scoring opportunity would go by the wayside, Simbles came up with an RBI single up the middle to score Cano and make it 5-3.
The Green Team threatened multiple times, but the Blue Team pitching staff that consisted of Keller, Nolan Holland, Tim Beard and Matt Danton held them scoreless after the fourth inning. Danton picked up the save in the ninth without allowing a run despite giving up three hits.
With the series complete, the fall practice schedule is also complete for the Islanders Baseball team. Spring practice for Texas A&M – Corpus Christi will start on Jan. 25, with the opening day of the season falling on Feb. 15 against Texas – Pan American at Chapman Field.
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Beautiful day for a run today, only moderate win. Set a new PR and chopped a minute and 3 seconds off my last run. 26:01 in today's Run For Gold 5K. Essentially 8:39 miles. Running a 19:59 5K will require 6:31:9 miles....I have some work to do. I am fighting a very sore left hip flexor, my Chiropractor got me to the point where I could tolerate running roday.....but it hurts like a biatch now.....daggers in the hip joint. A few days of rest and stretching and heat/ice are in order. Then back to "work," I have to admit - this is the most fun I have had in a long, long time. I am going to do some basic strength work too.
Any suggestions from you with lots of mileage and/or coaching?
As usual, congratulations on your improvements! (63 seconds are a lot of seconds in a 5k!)
I would advice going easy on injuries, rest and if you absolutely "have to" run do it slowly. Once this is done, you can probably benefit from increasing your weekly mileage (again, build up slowly) and do some speed work in order to increase your pace awareness and get more comfortable with the distance.
I would suggest considering taking up swimming. It is often overlooked as a cross training exercise for runners but it will help you improve your lung capacity and will give you a much less agressive exercise to do for those days when your legs could use some rest from running.
I have not had much experience with strength training, but I did some core training and thought it had a noticeable effect.
Current PB:
5k: 19:53 (December 31st 2014)
10k : 42:30 (March 9th 2014)
Half Marathon: 1:32:40 (February 1st 2015)
Marathon: 3:33:31 (March 15th 2015)
Completed my first marathon! Feeling like getting some more!
Thanks YD! That all makes sense. I have been thinking about swimming. I have never done much, on the other hand - I hadn't run much until a year ago. My hip flexor is still pretty sore. My chiro warned me that it would be.
Almost 2 months to recover from the hip flexor problem. I am certain it was caused by my show switch. Been running again
for about 2 weeks with no major flexor pain....as Leonard Cohen sings, "Hallelujah!"
Looking for a So Cal race about 30 days from now to see if I can make some progrss on down from 26:01.
I have a similar goal although it is to just break 20:00 in a 5K. Have you had anyone look at your form? I was slowly inching my way down...29:57, 28-something, 27-something, 26:18 then I started "natural running" and just started lopping off time during my training runs. I still don't have it down pat but my first 5K only a week after starting it was 23:47. Later I shaved 15 minutes off my Half PR *while cramping for the last 4 miles*. I'm talking, for the last two miles of it, every other block I was leaned on a tree working out a cramp and still blew my old PR away.
Form is extremely important and I suspect overlooked by most if not all new-ish runners. Both for speed and injury prevention.
Hi Andy: Tell me more...what do you mean by "natural running?"
I bought a pair of Newtons for myself over Christmas. They came with instructions lol. I thought that was kind of wierd, everyone already knows how to run. But I tried the instructions and the results aren't even really debate-able.
There's lots of info out there on it (just google "natural running") and I am far from an expert but what I took away from it is:
1) Don't overstride - your feet should land directly under your center of gravity. If you keep your head level, pointed at the horizon, you should not be able to crank your eyeballs down and ever see your feet.
2) This will increase your cadence which it should. From what I've read good runners shoot for 180 steps/minute which is 3 steps/second. NOT what I had envisioned when I started running distances.
3) This is the hardest part for me - you lean forward at the ankles (not the waist) and I would describe it as basically a constant controlled forward fall. I still have trouble doing it correctly on flat or especially downhill surfaces but it seems like I've got it when going uphill. Its almost like I can't go fast enough yet to do it right otherwise. I'm at the point where I think I probably need some coaching.
4) Another way to think of it is your legs should be *pushing* you forward never pulling. Don't reach out and pull, but land underneath your center pf gravity and push off. You should land mid/fore-foot (some would argue landing on your heel is still OK, I dunno), your heel lightly bounces off the ground and then you push off.
Sounds difficult, I will have to do some research!
Had a good week, slowly getting my mileage back up, and speed and endurance are coming along too. 10 miles this morning. I feel ready for the next step in my quest which is 25:30 in a timed event 5K , ultimately on my way to 19:59. Looking for a good, flat, fast event in SoCal about 3 weeks out.
OK campers, I am still very much a newbie in the running game - about 18 months in from the first time I tied on a running shoe. I have built my way back up from the hip flexor injury and my mileage is increasing with my longest day still being Sundays (15 miles last week, 16 tomorrow)....but I had my first set timing back in my goal of running a 19:59 or better 5K. I "ran" a flat, fast course on July 4 and I did it in 26:14.....13 seconds slower than my last timed 5K. It was very hot 95 degrees plus, but that is little comfort...I have no excuses.
Obviously, I am going to have to adjust my tactics ( find a good coach to help me devise a specific plan, lose another 10-15 lbs <I am down to 175 from 190, 6'3" tall> look at a specific nutrition plan, and do some strength training.....and probably a few other things.)
Anyway, I love running, but it is also intensely humbling.
Did 17.6 miles this past Sunday morning, I have been adding 1 mile per week to my long (and very slow) Sunday runs. I am casually eyeing the Santa Clarita Marathon on the first weekend of November just for fun.
My real goal remains chopping down my 5K time. I am getting ready to schedule a run in another organized 5k, to see if I can get back on track to my long term goal of a 19:59 5K.
Hey Dean,
Great log and amazing progress, I'm impressed.
Regarding yoru disappointment on your 04-Jul race when the OAT was 95; don't discount how much heat can impact your time, heat is a time killer as your body pumps much more blood than normal to the surface of your skin for cooling, and that means less blood/oxygen for your muscles.
I too was born in one of those years you can run (1957), and while I'm not a new runner by any stretch, I am newly back into running after nearly 20 years of career and family responsibilities seriously impacting my "me" time. I started running again this last April when I was roughly 250 pounds (I'm only 5'8"), and have managed to lose some 40+ pounds; this last Thursday I ran my first 5K in 34 years. While it is a given that my 16:20 5K days are decades gone, I was encouraged enough my my time last week to wonder to myself if I could "run my birth year", and then I found this thread; go figure.
My goal for next year is to "place" in a large race, and if I had run a 19:57 last Thursday at the Cigna/Elliot (Manchester, NH) 5K (with some 5,500 participants), I would have finished 3rd in my age group (Men's 55-59).
Keep us posted on your progress to your ultimate 19:59 goal.
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