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Skip to comments.CATO Institute lambastes President Bush
Posted on 08/01/2003 6:05:23 PM PDT by Harlequin
The Bush administration's newly released budget projections reveal an anticipated budget deficit of $450 billion for the current fiscal year, up another $151 billion since February. Supporters and critics of the administration are tripping over themselves to blame the deficit on tax cuts, the war, and a slow economy. But the fact is we have mounting deficits because George W. Bush is the most gratuitous big spender to occupy the White House since Jimmy Carter. One could say that he has become the "Mother of All Big Spenders."
The new estimates show that, under Bush, total outlays will have risen $408 billion in just three years to $2.272 trillion: an enormous increase in federal spending of 22 percent. Administration officials privately admit that spending is too high. Yet they argue that deficits are appropriate in times of war and recession. So, is it true that the war on terrorism has resulted in an increase in defense spending? Yes. And, is it also true that a slow economy has meant a decreased stream of tax revenues to pay for government? Yes again.
But the real truth is that national defense is far from being responsible for all of the spending increases. According to the new numbers, defense spending will have risen by about 34 percent since Bush came into office. But, at the same time, non-defense discretionary spending will have skyrocketed by almost 28 percent. Government agencies that Republicans were calling to be abolished less than 10 years ago, such as education and labor, have enjoyed jaw-dropping spending increases under Bush of 70 percent and 65 percent respectively.
Now, most rational people would cut back on their spending if they knew their income was going to be reduced in the near future. Any smart company would look to cut costs should the business climate take a turn for the worse. But the administration has been free spending into the face of a recessionary economy from day one without making any serious attempt to reduce costs.
The White House spinmeisters insist that we keep the size of the deficit "in perspective." Sure it's appropriate that the budget deficit should be measured against the relative size of the economy. Today, the projected budget deficit represents 4.2 percent of the nation's GDP. Thus the folks in the Bush administration pat themselves on the back while they remind us that in the 1980s the economy handled deficits of 6 percent. So what? Apparently this administration seems to think that achieving low standards instead of the lowest is supposed to be comforting.
That the nation's budgetary situation continues to deteriorate is because the administration's fiscal policy has been decidedly more about politics than policy. Even the tax cuts, which happened to be good policy, were still political in nature considering their appeal to the Republican's conservative base. At the same time, the politicos running the Bush reelection machine have consistently tried to placate or silence the liberals and special interests by throwing money at their every whim and desire. In mathematical terms, the administration calculates that satiated conservatives plus silenced liberals equals reelection.
How else can one explain the administration publishing a glossy report criticizing farm programs and then proceeding to sign a farm bill that expands those same programs? How else can one explain the administration acknowledging that entitlements are going to bankrupt the nation if left unreformed yet pushing the largest historical expansion in Medicare one year before the election? Such blatant political maneuvering can only be described as Clintonian.
But perhaps we are being unfair to former President Clinton. After all, in inflation-adjusted terms, Clinton had overseen a total spending increase of only 3.5 percent at the same point in his administration. More importantly, after his first three years in office, non-defense discretionary spending actually went down by 0.7 percent. This is contrasted by Bush's three-year total spending increase of 15.6 percent and a 20.8 percent explosion in non-defense discretionary spending.
Sadly, the Bush administration has consistently sacrificed sound policy to the god of political expediency. From farm subsidies to Medicare expansion, purchasing reelection votes has consistently trumped principle. In fact, what we have now is a president who spends like Carter and panders like Clinton. Our only hope is that the exploding deficit will finally cause the administration to get serious about controlling spending.
Remind me what he did in Lebanon and what federal departments he eliminated. And how would you characterize the Senate Bush has had to work with, more than half the time under the leadership of Daschle? Regardless of how much Bush is spending, it is far less than what the Dems have asked for. Sure, the House has had a Republican majority but of what good is that when bills go to conference.
What is the answer? Who to the right of Bush can even get elected. Meantime the Dems are out campaigning on rolling back the tax cuts, the extremist judicial appointments, the lack of funding on education and homeland security, the environment, etc.
I'm fine with that...it helps to keep you folks off the charts.
and Reagan GOT 75-80%! GWB is giving up 90%
The blame for the unnecessary domestic spending goes to the Democrats beholdenness to special interests: teacher unions, labor unions. True, W failed to find some other way to neutralize them. As others keep saying, he's been somewhat busy. Do we have a right to expect opposition party not to push so hard? Maybe. But they are a party out of control.
Hey, thanks for sharing the CATO secret...cut, paste and ignore reality. I like this...and it is easier then I thought.
Hey, thanks for sharing the CATO secret...cut, paste and ignore reality. I like this...and it is easier then I thought.
Yes. Good job.
I don't expect anymore than that
I agree. That would be about enough. That is why the huge expansion of government power, scope and cost in the areas such as the education bill, farm bill, Medicare bill are rightfully criticized.
Even the most fervent Bush person should be willing to say those are bad ideas. Otherwise we can anticipate more of the same.
(How long will it take CATO to catch up?)
Reagan reduced non-military discretionary spending by 14%; Bush has increased non-military discretionary spending by 18%. And, that 18% won't include the prescription drug entitlement because entitlements are non-discretionary.
And how would you characterize the Senate Bush has had to work with, more than half the time under the leadership of Daschle?
Much friendlier than the House Reagan had to work with under Tip O'Neill.
What is the answer?
For Bush to behave as a fiscal conservative would.
Of course not, and there isn't a conservative in the Presidency right now either. It's all a matter of perspective. Most people consider President Bush to be conservative,
Well most Democrat certainly do. Are you a Democrat too?
Most people don't consider increasing a department (that should have been abolished within a week of Bush being elected) budget by 70% in 2.5 years to be conservative. Let's look at what that department facilitates.
1. Producing homosexual sensitivity videos for first and second grade children
2. Holding round table discussions that refer to parents as bigoted, while school officials and peers tell children homosexuality isn't any more or less acceptable than heterosexuality
3. Trashing our founding fathers for being slave owners, yet refraining from explaining why the nation and documents they created were special
4. Replacing teachings of the founding fathers and our nation's inception with instruction regarding Martin Luther King, lending support to the idea that he was more important than they were
5. Failing to educate our children to read
6. Failing to educate our children to write
7. Failing to educate our children to execute simple math
8. Failing to emphasise why a constitutional republic is different and more superior than democratic rule
9. Openly supporting the democrat party through treachings
10. Failing to teach the difference between right and wrong (moral relativism rules)
That's enough for a start.
and well...they would consider you to be a nincompoop.
No problem there bud. Democrats have always thought very little of me.
I'm fine with that.
Partner, with your lack of intelligence, I can live with your opinion too.
83 posted on 08/01/2003 7:21 PM PDT by CWOJackson (go pat go,,,going, going....gone)
That fight was never lost and it isn't over.
BTW the tax cuts don't even make up for the unfunded fed mandates the states have to pay for and are taxing us for.
Of course you can, it reflects in your own political choices. I wouldn't expect less of you.
I agree in part, but some of that spending is the result of Bush's proposals. There is also the matter of the four letter word...VETO.
Jesus, man, he's got bigger things to fry than YOUR pet issues, which resonate with a whole...1% of the electorate.
Since when are Conservative Republican issues that were considered rock solid for decades, my pet projects?
So, you want him to divert his energies to make you happy, when he's got a war on terror and a hostile Democratic Party to contend with?
Oh but the man sure has time to support a new trillion dollar medication suppliment to Medicare. I guess you forgot.
Your expectations are ridiculous.He has to focus on the BIG things, not your things.
Once again, these have been rock solid conservative issues for at least the last twenty five years.
91 posted on 08/01/2003 7:26 PM PDT by habs4ever
Not to worry. The Libertarians only got 380,000 votes in '00.
Sounds like a parrot of the mainstream press.
I was awake and paying attention during the reagan years - he had a big mess on his hands and showed what leadership can do. He won the cold war! What everyone said could not be done, what everyone said he couldn't do with military strength. He defied the conventional wisdom again and again. The Dems didn't like him - but they also followed him - they feared him. He didn't follow poll data out of fear - he led. He was a man - not someone's BOY like GWB.
So, when you ask But what's the point, so you can feel better about bitching?
The answer is not, I don't feel a bit better. It is, as I said
say those are bad ideas. Otherwise we can anticipate more of the same
Translation: I'll whine and complain and hold my breath until someone else brings me a solution in a silver platter.
Translation: This is supposed to be a conservative forum. Big government is not conservative. Just because you're fool enough to settle for trillion dollar Medicare suppliment enhancements, and 70% Education Department increases in 2.5 years, and borders so out of control we have no idea how many or what level of terrorists are entering, it doesn't mean everyone is. Your silver platter is tarnished bud. Wake up.
By the way, if that type of a conservative reaches the level of national recognition that a political candidate needs to have in order to stand a chance at winning, who do you think will get him there? You won't, you just said that you will do nothing until he shows up.
I didn't say I wouldn't help get him lofted, I just said I wouldn't until one was lofted. I can work for a guy, but if he isn't the nominee that doesn't mean I'm going to vote for the DimPublican anyway.
We will.
I'm so impressed.
Funny thing is, at that point you'll jump up put of the sofa and claim title to that victory.
Luis, you don't know what I do or don't do. Your comments are off base, which isn't unusual for your ilk.
87 posted on 08/01/2003 7:22 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez (Yo soy la Cuba libre.)
But you guys can give it your best shot next time around...I'm sure you will.
I love Reagan, he's by far the best president that I believe I will ever see in my lifetime, but Reagan did not win the cold war by himself, he pushed it over the edge, but you can no more say that he WON it, than you can give sole credit for the Allied victory over Nazi Germany, to the people who landed in Normandy.
It was a war, many fought, all helped.
Be seeing you around.
"Partner, with your lack of intelligence, I can live with your opinion too."
Of course you can, it reflects in your own political choices. I wouldn't expect less of you.
116 posted on 08/01/2003 7:41 PM PDT by CWOJackson (go pat go,,,going, going....gone)
This is the second reference to Pat. Your tag line has mentioned him both times.
I seldom talk about other forum participants intelligence, but you and Luis try to take leadership roles through badgering of other forum participants, so the gloves are off. In 1992, 1996 and 2000, Pat Buchanan tried to get the border and immigration issues resolved. I didn't support him in 1992, but by 1996 I recognized that he was right. Our borders were out of control.
It wasn't just the illegal immigration that was out of control. There were troubling signs of other problems. Some of the people immigrating to our nation were from terrorist states in the middle-east.
After 2001, I would think that someone who professes to be as intelligent and all knowing as you do, would know better than to avoid damning Pat Buchanan. If we would have tightened up our borders, and screened immigrants as Buchanan demanded starting around 1990, we could have avoided 09/11/01, a war on terrorism and a multitude of other problems.
I know you won't admit this, but then again that is but a very firm confirmation of my opinion of your abilities.
"I'll be more than happy to support a conservative when one is eventually lofted for us to support again."
Then you said this:
"I didn't say I wouldn't help get him lofted."
What then did you mean by "WHEN ONE IS LOFTED FOR US"?
"Luis, you don't know what I do or don't do."
Hell Ron, YOU don't know what YOU are saying, or NOT saying anymore, let alone what you're doing.
Down 20 percent from 96.
And I obviously need to swing by Burger King and order a Whooper...it's going to take me a while before I can fabricated anything like this.
Later guy.
If you had some proof, like a Novemeber 2002 blowout loss, or massive tanking in the polls that showed Bush wildly unpopular, then I maybe think you know what you are talking about.You've confused what animates you with what everyone else OUGHT to be focusing on, whence your anger and outrage.
Would you say you're an ideologue?
129 posted on 08/01/2003 7:52 PM PDT by habs4ever
I've never seen the anger and outrage tags thrown around more than by the Bush supporters. If you disagree with Bush you have to be angry. Okay let's say I am.
What has my opinion got to do with this? Seriously.
Is big government spending and blown out budgets conservative?
Is support for a socialist education system, in fact a 70% increase in their budget, conservative?
Is support for open borders against our current laws and ideas of fair and equitable global immigration to the US, conservative?
Is allowing immigration from terrorists states to continue, conservative?
Is demanding Israel to aquiese, compromise and submit to terrorist demands conservative?
Is reinforcing some of Clinton's land grabs, conservative?
I could go on, but why should I have to? I am willing to congratulate Bush on the WoT. You aren't even able to take an honest look at these things and tell me they trouble you. Instead I'm supposed to be an angry ideologue for having the timerity to mention this. It doesn't make any difference to you that much of what Bush is doing goes against decades of conservative dogma. Yikes. Perhaps you can throw out a few more choice insults.
The infinitesimal tax cut means little compared with the HUGE increase in the cost of government. I suppose you think the democrats will pay the bill in the end?
The question is where is the money coming from? And the answer is we are spending the good will (used here in the accounting sense) that my parents and grandparents left us.
The dollar is over valued today because it is the most trusted currency thus we get a lot for our dollar. But, the trust of the dollar is being pushed to the limits one of the reasons the Euro is now here. (It took enormous pressure to get Germans to give up their mark and that pressure came from US fiscal irresponsibility).
Now the rest of the world IS watching and understand that there is getting to be more and more risk in the dollar and one day there will be a better exchange tool. If the Republicans keep us fiscally responsible we will have a better standard of living and a more stable world to live in.
The rate of growth that current Republican controlled government has instituted is unsustainable. If government grows at 10% per year (as it is doing and even accelerating) in a very few years we will all work for mother D.C. I dont want my children to end up in a socialist world.
They both take your money and try to buy your vote with it.
Correct. But neither party, and especially not a 3rd party, can compete by not doing it when the other is doing it.
That's one reason the push for campaign finance reform was so un-utterly stupid compared to the real problem.
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Every year, hundreds of discarded cows bound for slaughterhouses from dairy farms are caught under the influence of drugs—illegal levels of antibiotics, that is.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned that those antibiotics are making their way into the cows' milk. The agency had planned to start expanding its testing of milk for unsafe levels of antibiotics and other drugs this month, but—wait for it—the dairy industry threw a fit. Shocker.
Throwing out every cockamamie reason that it could think of, the industry managed to stall the FDA—but hopefully not for long. "The agency remains committed to gathering the information necessary to address … this important potential public health issue," the FDA said in a statement. "F.D.A. is concerned that the same poor management practices which led to the meat residues may also result in drug residues in milk."
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I heard of almond milk, I want to give it a try.
Cow's milk is just gross all around (unless you are a baby cow). I drink almond milk instead, and enjoy knowing that I have no part in any of this.
I believe animal milk should be banned from human consumption as it is just ethically uncalled for, how could drinking milk that was intended for someone's baby be healthy for us. Milk contains all the necessary nutrients for the young of these animals NOT for humans! P!nk was spot-on in here latest music video 'Raise Your Glass' when she showed people hooked up to a breast milk contraption feeding the cows. That is the way I always seen it.
Did'nt Jesus toss the business men out of the temple for their greed..should the living things that are sold as cash for food and inhumanly killed deserve this in the name of greed. I was always taught that greedy was a naughty word..Take a look at the cattle that live on factory farms that go crazy from being locked up in crates …all…their..lives ..only to be slaughtered in the name of greed….I cry everyday..
I totally agree with Tom's comment 100%
Reading these sorts of things makes my stomach churn. Eventhough I am not vegan, I am vegetarian therefore I still consume dairy I make sure that all my dairy is organic so as to not consume these sorts of harmful chemicals. The FDA shouldn't be able to be "stalled". They should barrel through those so called "dairy" companies because they control their products and they are trying to make sure that they are following the standards they have set for them!!
All dairy products, injected with Monsanto's Posilac, fed GMO's, organic, raw or other still carries great risk to human health… not to mention the tremendous suffering to these animals. Their calves are taken at birth for veal meat, and these mothers are milked literally to death and ground up for fast food beef. They are fed an unnatural diet, injected with antibiotics, due to overcrowding, plus standing in their own feces. They basically lack all humane rights to a normal life.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I sure as heck would much rather have a lovely meal of rice or potatoes with colorful roasted veggies, tossed salad and whatever else that doesn't involve a "face" or it's "mother".
Oh, and for anyone that wonders "so where do I get my protein and calcium"… just put the above quote into a Google search… chances are it will open your eyes, big time.
Dairy is liquid meat – no matter what anyone says… it's loaded with 80+ hormones, bioidentical is the growth hormone with humans. Gee, now how is this a bad thing you might ask? It seems to stimulate cell growth, however it goes straight to cancer cells. Dairy promotes cancer cell growth
Got Milk ? NOT !
Just a few thoughts on life for everyone. Do you think that milk straight from the cows that were absolutely never treated with hormones doesn't have hormones in it? FALSE. All milk (including human breast milk, as a matter-of-fact) has hormones that are naturally produced by mammals. Also, antibiotics, when used properly are probably the most effective means for treating diseases in dairy cattle; it's the same way we use antibiotics to treat humans. It would be a far greater tragedy to allow animals to wither away and die in pain because of an illness that could have been fairly well prevented and treated.
How many commercials are coming up now a days airing about the goodness of milk? My guess is their getting desperate cause people are getting smarter. Cow's milk belongs to her calf, duh!! And with all the toxins that are associated with it why would any body want to do that to their bodies??
Milk never hurt anyone accept the ones who need dietary suppliments ya'll know science is not always right dont believe others statistics.
Throwing out every cockamamie reason that it could think of, the industry managed to stall the FDA…. WOW! I can now see just how much the FDA REALLY cares about the average person. Accepting those ridiculous excuses is beyond my comprehension. Why would the FDA wait to test cattle – why not go ahead with the tests right there and then? I know exactly why the dairy industry halted the FDA's investigation. It comes in two parts. Either they wanted to purchase untainted cattle for the FDA to test or they are hoping the drugs will work there way out of the cattles system before the FDA returns. Either way our governments suck for their ability to always ALWAYS slither away from their responsibilities. Just another reason why… I WILL NEVER VOTE!
There are ways to reduce the amount of antibiotics children take in by using organic milk. Cow's milk is still necessary for some children who are allergic to soy and nuts and who's mother's can't produce milk. to "ban" cow's milk isn't realistic.
Nursing mothers are advised to consult with a doctor before being prescribed antibiotics, medications, or even using OTC meds due to concerns that what they consume could be harmful to their child. So why is it that the dairy industry can pump cows full of antibiotics and growth hormones yet claim that these substances aren't affecting the health of humans who consume cow's milk?
and they force it into babies!horror!
Do people really think the FDA cares about them, and is trying to help? The FDA is chaired by some of the SAME people that work at the big dairy, meat, and agriculture businesses. I highly recommend watching 'Food, Inc'. As for the milk, since I became a vegan over 1 year ago (I was previously a vegetarian) I have only had the flu ONCE this past year. I used to get strep throat and tonsillitis at least 4 times per year. So I'm convinced that the antibiotics and everything else they put in milk products was making me, or aiding in the process of, making me ill.
Can we just go back to the old fashioned way to get milk?? why do people have to add antibiotics in there?? Stop this for the sake of humanity and for the animals' sake!!
Milk has become a deadly concoction now. It's important that we spread awareness about it and ban its sale altogether. It's important that everyone gets to know about the true face of the dairy industry
I don't believe that milk should be banned but the hormones and chemicals that the FDA says are safe for us to consume should definitely be banned as they are in Canada, Japan and all of Europe.
Thankfully organic milk does not have these antibiotics. Love the milk at Trader Joes!


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I Voted - And I voted in a way that my vote was not purchased through income re-distribution by the federal government or through a four to one commercial buy on television. The Main Stream Media did not suppress my vote or depress this voter even though I live in a bankrupt Blue State that is 18 Billion dollars in debt. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (2008)
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Opportunity will forever spelled with a small "O" because the big "O" will have been taken up with the tax-giveaway space that a Barack Obama presidency occupies.
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Can current creditors pull through freeze when you app? Any experinces?
Does what work? I think you should clarify your question.
In my own experience, it worked for me with Chase. When I originally got my Chase Freedom, they pulled EX for me in New York. A few months later, I requested a CLI, they tried to pull EX again, but couldn't since it was frozen, so they pulled TU on a manual review when I requested them to during my phone call with a Chase credit analyst in their underwriting department.
Existing creditors can SP from all three, even if frozen. Existing creditors cannot HP for either a new acct or CLI via EX/EQ however they can HP via TU for CLI. TU is the only exception, they can HP when you initiate a CLI even if frozen.
Thanks for the info
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By Masa Takaya on 22/03/11 at 10:38 pm
While the ITU Triathlon World Cup Series is just getting started down under, the Winter Triathlon season is about to reach its peak in snowy Scandinavia with the 2011 ITU Winter Triathlon World Championships. The World Championships in Jämijärvi, Finland are the climax of the Winter Triathlon series, which has been running over the Northern Hemisphere winter. The event is the first time that Finland will host an ITU World Championship event.
OPEN SLATHER FOR WOMEN – The Women's field is set to be close, with 14 of the world's best winter triathletes to line-up at the start. Sarka Grabmullerova (CZE) is currently ranked as the top ITU Winter Triathlon World Cup athlete, but it was Norway's Borghild Lovset ranked second, who beat Grabmullerova to the line for gold in last weekend's 2011 Ostersund ETU Winter Triathlon European Championships. It wasn't a small margin either, Grabmullerova won by 1minute35 seconds. Other contenders will be Tatiana Charochkina (RUS), who finished in third at the European Championships last week, and Giuliana Lamastra (ITA), who is ranked eighth in the world cup standings. But don't discount the non-Europeans in the field, particularly after last year's result when American Rebecca Dussault became the first non-European women in win a Winter Tri world title.
SVANEBO THE MAN TO BEAT – Reigning men's champion Andreas Svanebo of Sweden, who ended Norway's four-year run of world title wins last year, is currently ranked first in the ITU Winter Triathlon World Cup series. But Russian Pavel Andreev is hitting form at exactly the right time, he beat Svanebo to the line by 40seconds to win last weekend's European title. Others to watch include two-time World Champion Sigi Bauer (AUT), ranked second in the overall standings, and 2009 bronze medalist Daniel Antonioli (ITA), currently ranked fourth. Bauer is an accomplished multidiscipline triathlete, he also competed in the 2009 and 2010 ITU Duathlon World Championships. Bauer won his two Winter Triathlon world titles in 2004 and 2005. A total of 25 athletes are expected to compete for world Winter Tri men's title.
Winter Triathlon is a multi-discipline winter sport composed of running, mountain biking and cross country skiing - all on snow. Course distances are set on the day to achieve a winning time of around 80-90 minutes, after taking into account the geography and the snow conditions. The 2011 ITU World Championships will be decided across a 6km Run, 11.4km Mountain Bike and 10km Cross Country Ski.
ITU has been long committed to the development of the Winter Triathlon. Athletes are vying for a bonus pool of $10,000 USD at this end of the series. For European athletes competing in European Cups, an additional 5,000 EUR bonus pool is up for grabs. Inclusion of Winter Triathlon in the Winter Olympic Games programme is ITU's long-term dream and showing it's importance to the federation, ITU President and IOC Member Marisol Casado will attend the event this weekend.
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We'd sailed a similar ship to Alaska in 2005 and found it to be comfortable and quite a bit more upscale than others we'd taken. Delicious dining options in addition to prepaid tips and soft drinks make it so appealing. Most of the ports sounded interesting (Canakkale was a waste of time) and spending a couple of days in Istanbul was fabulous. Friends researched it well and made plans for a guide in Istanbul and for excursions (not through the ship)in many of the ports.
Staff could not have been nicer. We had trouble to find anything that didn't meet our high expectations! Internet was very pricey and we tried to find it in town at cafes when possible. We planned to have dinner in some of the ports, but the local menus didn't look interesting enough and we headed back to the ship every night instead. After busy days in each port, dinner "at home" was great and we enjoyed the Prime C and Aqualina Restaurants very much.
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"I'm an optimist," declared Microsoft and Gates Foundation founder Bill Gates during his standing-ovation-receiving keynote address this morning at the South by Southwest Education Conference. Gates was, in part, talking about his belief in the power of innovation to transform everything from poverty to health care to toilets.
The he focused on the topic at hand: "In just the past few years technology has finally become part of our schools in a big way, and it's only getting bigger."
Gates' influence in seeding the ed-tech ecosystem represented by this conference, now in its third year, can't be overstated. [Disclosure: I was a Gates education grantee in 2011.] His interests in standardized testing, charter schools, and technology are at the core of the bipartisan national education reform agenda. In just the last two years his foundation has bestowed $170 million on schools, districts, and startups that are building and testing the potential of data, analytics, game-like adaptive learning platforms, and connectivity to personalize learning, engage students, and get more of them to graduation. That compares to about $410 million in venture investment over a similar time frame.
"What's really changed in the classroom isn't much at all," Gates argued. "We've gone from a blackboard to a whiteboard."
But this market, Gates argued, is about to hit a "tipping point" due to growth in demand from parents, students, and teachers for learning experiences that better resemble the rest of our wired lives. Taken together, it could be worth $9 billion a year just in public K-12 spending.
In the past, some Gates grantees, like Khan Academy's library of videos, have been viewed as trying to "teacher-proof" education. Perhaps to counter that perception, Gates focused today on the potential of technology to help teachers—enabling them to collaborate, share best practices, give each other feedback, and allowing them to direct individualized instruction to large groups of students. "Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students," he said.
He closed with a plea for great educators and great technologists to work more closely together, the same way that scientists work alongside developers in the biotech industry.
Gates shared the rest of his keynote with three of the ed-tech entrepreneurs he's supported. Each represented a different piece of the learning and technology ecosystem. Iwan Streichenberger is the CEO of InBloom, a nonprofit that is building a system to host student data in the cloud and make it more easily accessible to states and districts. Jessie Woolley-Wilson runs Dreambox Learning, an adaptive online math program. Diane Tavenner founded Summit Public Schools, a network of charter high schools in California with extraordinary results graduating and preparing underserved kids for college. It was featured in the documentary Waiting for Superman.
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Since Marian McPartland taped her first Peabody Award-winning Piano Jazz radio program nearly 25 years ago, she's hosted just about every important pianist in the business, as well as some, like the late singer Carmen McRae, for whom the piano was a secondary medium. Ideal for the role, McPartland is able to elicit insights into her guests' personalities and their music that cannot be found elsewhere. These four segments-two previously issued on CD and two new releases-make a valuable contribution to our understanding of the work of four extraordinary musicians.
Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson prove to be excellent interviewees, eager to discuss their influences, technical and theoretical aspects of their playing and the development of their styles, as well as just to chat about events in their lives. Chick Corea is cordial and forthcoming on his third visit to the program. And the often irascible McRae appears to be having great fun talking, singing and dueting with her host.
Both Evans and Peterson speak of studying classical piano as youngsters before getting into jazz and being affected by the star pianists and horn players of their youth, but, interestingly, they also cite the big-band arrangers as important influences on their development. Corea acknowledges the continuing influence of classical piano on his music. After performing his "Brasilia," he responds to McPartland's comment that "it sounds like a classical piece" with the revelation that he has been playing Mozart piano concertos recently and that the composer serves as one of his inspirations, along with "Bud and Monk." Monk's name also comes up when McRae says that listeners often detect his influence in her own piano touch. She goes on to say, however, that even though she started out as a pianist and still sometimes accompanies herself, she prefers not to do so because of the difficulty in coordinating all the parts.
Bill Evans demonstration on "All of You" of how he consciously works on developing a technique of rhythmic displacement in his improvisations is especially informative. He follows it a bit later with an illustration on "The Touch of Your Lips" of how he structures a solo from the basic harmonies up.
Only in the relaxed informality of this setting would such a fine performer as Marian McPartland be likely to acknowledge not being able "to find the chords" at one spot in her backing of McRae's vocal on "Sweet Lorraine." Instead of editing out the goof, the two of them joke about it and admit that such occasional lapses are a normal professional hazard. In another instance of easy humor, Peterson laughingly tells of fooling friend George Shearing with an arrangement of "Satin Doll" that involved a conducted tempo change. The blind pianist, not being able to see Peterson conduct the passage by moving his head, complained that for the life of him he couldn't figure out the meter. Peterson never told him why.
To complement the wealth of information, half or more of each recording contains some fine music. Although unrehearsed and impromptu-often an added attraction in itself-it all bears the stamp of the superb McPartland, who plays a solo on each occasion, and of her outstanding guests, who sometimes play alone and sometimes in duet with their host.


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When you are about to embark on a dating journey it's important that you are emotionally and physically prepared; especially if you're an older woman looking to date a younger man. Taking care of yourself is crucial in that it tells the world how you feel about yourself. You don't have to be a supermodel; you just have to be healthy.
Taking care of yourself emotionally means taking the time for yourself to relax and rejuvenate. Take a bath after work, take a day off for a spa day or do some journalling. Taking care of yourself physically is important too. You don't have to be a trained athlete; but get your butt off the couch one in a while and move. Do something for your body that will make you feel better. Not only is it great for stress; but you'll feel better about yourself too.
Condition Yourself – Physically And Emotionally
If you are one hundred percent sure that you are ready to meet other people then by all means go! But ensure that you are ready in the both aspects of your physical and emotional health. Looks may not be important to you but it is important for some men you may find interesting. We may not look like beauty queens or the next top model but we can certainly try and look like a fit and healthy versions of ourselves. Looking and essentially feeling fit will give you the self confidence you need to go out there and find yourself a good looking guy by your standards. Exercising and eating a balanced diet will not only make you look good but also make you feel good about yourself and your health.
Aside from your physical well being, you ought to make sure that your emotional health is at balance. The answer to a healthy emotional state is putting the past behind and moving forward to a brand new chapter of your life. This is sometimes harder than what many other senior women dating and or looking for somebody in the process have expected. If you want to start new, start with a clean slate. No matter if it's your fault or not, forgiveness and being able to let go of negative emotions from the past are good signs that you are already in a good and healthy emotional state. You should be open to new possibilities in your life. Do not let your past mistakes hunt you. Alternatively learn from them. Healthy emotional state means accepting that you did some mistakes or wrong decisions in the past.
Stop Distressing – Enjoy!
It is a given that women over 50, dating and available have some amount of pressure to instantly find somebody they are interested in and who in return is also interested in dating them. But this shouldn't worry you. You should be able to take your time and be able to go into a serious relationship once more in your own terms and in your own pace. Nobody should rush you into committing into something you do not feel like doing.
You have a chance to improve your life so do the things you adore. Get yourself busy in valuable activities that will not only improve and develop your skill but also can be financially rewarding. This way you will be less crabby and you are more productive. Men are watchful for women who can inspire them and not those who will just slow them down. They do not want to spend the next 30 or 40 years of their lives being jaded.
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Interview After being delayed by a flat tire, Eataroma arrives.
Edible Arrangements The challenge: Eat five Hungry Man dinners in nine minutes.
Ready With shovel spoon in hand, Eataroma is ready to dig in.
Nom Eataroma immediately dismisses his spoon and digs into his challenge with his bare hands.
Hydration Like all semi-professional athletes, Eataroma knows that hydration is essential to successful competition.
Trays Stacking the empties.
Finish Eataroma sees the bottom of his fifth tray. Did he get to it in time?
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The Shooting – an UpdateSeptember 26th, 2008 by Celeste Fremon
The next installment of the new series begun here last week, titled The Shooting, about the death of Michael Domaloan, was to have appeared this week.
However, I am still working on it so the new installment will now appear during the first week of October.
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|OLTL: So awesome right now
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|Sep 9 2007, 07:15 PM Post #1
|Just wanted to throw a topic out there, not seeing much OLTL discussion here. Still a lot of fine tuning, I do agree that John is on a lot, somehow he does manage to weasle his way into every storyline but this storyline has managed to incorporate a large amount of the unappreciated canvas, not to mention the fact that balance is at a very decent level right now. The past 3 weeks have been awesome for this show. I LOOOVE that I can tune into this show and almost always have a CLIFFHANGER. It's what soaps are about. Hickland has been awesome as has St. John. Finally Kathy Brier has been given a chance to re-shine after a few years of supression. Just so awesome. I'm loving OLTL it is really keeping my faith alive in soaps.
|Sep 9 2007, 07:32 PM Post #2
Thanks for starting this, Ridge. OLTL has been good all summer and it's only going to get better. We know the custody battle is going to be interesting, especially with the good acting we've been seeing from Kathy Brier, Nathaniel Marston. And Trevor St John's acting is mesmerizing! And rumors say the custody battle is going to bring Blair and Todd closer together. Catherine Hickland has been amazing as well. Farah Fath begins her stint on OLTL, I believe in the third week of October. As for John, I know he's onscreen a lot, but I'm a huge fan of Michael so that doesn't bother me. So lots of reasons to watch in the upcoming months. Don't forget Viki is somewhere, most probably in lots of trouble. OLTL is the soap to watch during the Nov sweeps! Plus, in my opinion OLTL has the hottest men in daytime TV. :)
|Sep 9 2007, 07:44 PM Post #3
#1 Fan of Daytime Psychos!
I'm so excited about what Ron is going to do with the show. I'm back to loving it just like I once did. I really like every single story and the only thing I really FF through is Cole and Marty...who no matter what they do, I'll always find boring.
I LOVE that after years of no stories, Marcie, Lindsay, and Nora are all back to being on on a daily basis. It's great. And it couldn't have picked a better time to get to being good again, since I now need a regular soap to watch in place of Passions. :lol:
As a side note, I don't know how Todd has any fans. The man is absolutely barbaric!
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|Sep 9 2007, 07:52 PM Post #4
Todd has been written totally barbaric for years now. I have hated him for so long now and not a love to hate either.
I agree that OLTL is getting better. As soon as they cut back on John's air time (if that ever happens) I can give it a 100% go but until then it just gets a B-
|Sep 9 2007, 10:53 PM Post #5
The Queen
|Thanks Ridge, thats good to know....I've been thinking about checking out of Salem and returning to Llanview.
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October 2008
The Sinatra Project
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Ten years have passed since Frank Sinatra's death, and it has been a decade filled with tribute albums of just about every stripe. But trust Michael Feinstein, firmly established at the quarter-century mark of his career as the world's foremost excavator and preservationist of the Great American Songbook, to come up with something unique. First, Feinstein has sidestepped the signature hits, figuring the world doesn't need another copycat version of "Come Fly With Me" or "That's Life." Second, Feinstein isn't interested in attempting to replicate the Sinatra sound. Instead, his goal is to explore the iconic, industry-altering style defined and evolved by Sinatra in association with the likes of Nelson Riddle, Billy May and Axel Stordahl. Third, Feinstein, goes a giant creative step further by blurring the Sinatra eras, resetting, for instance, "Begin the Beguine" (recorded with Stordahl in 1946) in a swingin' Riddle groove, and engulfing "Exactly Like You" in thundering waves of Billy May brass.
Finally, Feinstein unearths two Sinatra rarities: a dreamy ballad called "How Long Will It Last," included in a late '40s recording session but not completed; and the heartbreaking "The Same Hello, the Same Goodbye," commissioned from Alan and Marilyn Bergman and John Williams by Sinatra near the end of his career, but never performed or recorded. Add that Feinstein, too often accused of being overly buttoned-up, achieves a genuinely Sinatra-esque ease from start to finish, and the cumulative result is the finest of the 24 albums he's delivered to date.


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The lawyer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman last month entered a plea Wednesday.
Jon Evenson, 37, stood silent as a not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf. He faces seven felony charges.
Police said a 22-year-old Madison college student was given Ecstasy and sexually assaulted on State Street in the early morning hours of Sept. 5.
According to police reports, a man approached her, took her to his downtown business office and later to his home on the west side. The man allegedly sexually assaulted the woman at both locations.
Evenson admitted to having sex with the woman, but said it was consensual, according to the criminal complaint. He also said the woman took Ecstasy voluntarily.
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Sound: Bassist and vocalist Johnny screams Viking death metal! Viking death metal! on the third track, Wir Kapitulieren Niemals, and that's really as quick a rundown of Unleashed's sound as you'll get. In 3:27 you get the core of their sound, the raw old school death metal production, the lyrical approach and the general take-no-prisoners attitude. The production is fairly raw by modern standards but it still manages to retain a bit of air between the instruments and Unleashed is the type of band that benefits a great deal from not having a polished production. // 7
Lyrics: Any time you more or less pigeonhole yourself to a certain genre, be it musically or lyrically, you had better deliver the goods. Unleashed have been doing the viking lyrics since 1066 or thereabouts, and at this point you either can't stand it anymore or you're a hardcore fan and still dig it. It's not so much the Viking imagery that bothers me, but the actual lyrics and imagery just comes across as forced and cheesy on As Yggdrasil Trembles. As for examples, just give the lyrics to Wir Kapitulieren Niemals a read and you'll understand my point. // 5
Overall Impression: As Yggdrasil Trembles retains some of the charm and brute attitude found on Hammer Battalion, but it's still somewhat mind-boggling when you consider how little this band has changed or evolved in their 20+ years of existence. If you've heard an album or two by this band, you've definitely heard the style presented on As Yggdrasil Trembles.
Unleashed's death metal is like eating at McDonalds. It's reliable, dependable and regardless of which menu (read: album) you choose, you know what you're gonna get. But therein lies the problem, because after 20 years of eating the same menu, the burger is pretty damn stale. // 5
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October 22, 2008-- Casual Living,
The Coleman Company has signed a licensing agreement with Tampa, Fla.-based Living Water Products to manufacture hot tubs and spas. The Coleman line will be available to dealers Nov. 15.
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Tasmanians live where there are no jobs and no prospects because of the way the GST is carved up, WA Treasurer Mike Nahan says.
Instead they should be moving to States such as WA that prop up Australia's growth.
In a speech to an economics forum yesterday on how Australia can move towards a more effective federation, Dr Nahan described the distribution of GST as a "dead weight on the growth of the nation".
He said 65 cents in every dollar earned in WA was redistributed to other States when WA needed the money for infrastructure to promote the State and for growth.
"(The Commonwealth Grants Commission) is telling Tassie 'if you lock up all your forests and lock up all your minds and destroy growth, you will get compensated for it from the proceeds of WA'," Dr Nahan said.
"Tasmania has very high unemployment rates. It's a beautiful place, I sympathise for them, but in reality it is better to put a dollar of investment in Karratha than in north-west Tasmania."
He said a dollar invested in Karratha "will create many hundreds of jobs and a dollar in north-west Tasmania probably won't create any".
Dr Nahan also criticised stamp duty as a source of State revenue as a dumb and inefficient tax.
But he said the Government had no plans to overhaul stamp duty because it did not have an alternative source of revenue.
Stamp duty on housing was WA's biggest tax base after payroll tax and he said "a tax on people moving house is about as dumb as you can get".
"Even when the GST was put in it was agreed that stamp duty is among the worst, particularly transfer fees on housing," Dr Nahan said. "It's a bad tax but it's a very important tax to us and we have no alternative."
He wanted to use the GST debate to try to change the way the tax was distributed. In four years, he expected WA to get no more than 11 65 cents of every GST dollar back.
Shadow treasurer Ben Wyatt said Dr Nahan's comments were an echo in a Government that was out of ideas. He said there was no point complaining about stamp duty after the Government recently moved to increase it.


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Grant, renewal and duration of authorisations
Section 43: General rules about grant, renewal and duration
236.This section sets out the general rules for authorisations, including their granting, renewal, and duration.
237.Subsection (1) provides that, in urgent cases, an authorising officer may give an oral authorisation. All other authorisations must be in writing.
238.A single authorisation may be given, combining two or more authorisations under this part. When this occurs, the provisions of this Part which relate to one type of activity only shall apply to those parts of the authorisation which authorises that type of activity. Further provisions for combined authorisations are in section 33(5), 42(2) and 44(7).
239.Oral authorisations and those granted by officers entitled to act in urgent cases in the absence of the authorising officer or his designated deputy will expire after 72 hours, beginning with the time when the grant or renewal of an authorisation takes effect.
240.Except where granted or renewed orally or by an officer entitled to act in urgent cases, authorisations for the conduct or the use of covert human intelligence sources will last for 12 months, beginning with the day on which the grant or renewal takes effect.
241.In all other cases (except those made under the special provisions for the intelligence services contained in section 44), the authorisation will last for 3 months, beginning with the day on which the grant or renewal takes effect.
242.Subsection (4) provides that an authorisation may be renewed at any time before it ceases to have effect by any person entitled to grant a new authorisation of the same type. The same conditions attach to a renewal of surveillance as to the original authorisation. However, before renewal of an authorisation for the use or conduct of a covert human intelligence source, subsection (6) requires there to be a review of the use made of that source, the tasks given to that source and the information so obtained.
243.Subsection (8) enables the Secretary of State, by order, to provide that certain authorisations will cease to have effect after a shorter period of time than is otherwise provided for.
244.Subsection (9) clarifies the time from which a grant or renewal of an authorisation takes effect. It synchronises the duration of authorisations with those given for interference with property.
Section 44: Special rules for intelligence services authorisations
245.This section sets out special provisions in relation to authorisations granted to or by the intelligence services.
246.Under subsection (1), a warrant for intrusive surveillance or a renewal of such a warrant will not be issued except under the hand of the Secretary of State. However, in an urgent case, where the Secretary of State has personally authorised it, a warrant can be signed (but not renewed) by a senior official. This is the same urgency procedure as is provided in section 7(2)(a) for interception. Where this has happened, such a warrant will cease to have effect at the end of the second working day following its issue, unless renewed under the hand of the Secretary of State.
247.Subsections (4) and (5) relate to the authorisation of warrants for the intelligence services and for the authorisations and renewal of authorisations for directed surveillance where the authorisation is necessary in the interests of national security or in the interests of the economic well-being of the UK. Such warrants or authorisations last for a period of six months. Where this is a renewal, the period will start on the day when the previous authorisation or warrant would have expired. This is consistent with the provisions of the Intelligence Service Act 1994.
248.Subsection (6) enables the Secretary of State, by order, to provide that certain authorisations will cease to have effect after a shorter period of time than is otherwise provided for.
Section 45: Cancellation of authorisations
249.Subsection (1) sets out when the person who granted or renewed an authorisation must cancel it.
250.Subsection (2) sets out who else is responsible for cancelling the authorisation eg the person who would have granted it if it had not been an urgent case or been granted by a deputy. However, an authorising officer's deputy (defined in subsections (6) and (7)) is also under a duty to cancel an authorisation in those cases where he would have had the power to grant the authorisation on the authorising officer's behalf.
251.Subsections (4) and (5) provide for the Secretary of State to make regulations setting out how the duty for cancelling authorisations should be performed where the authorising officer is no longer available, and on whom such a duty should fall.
Section 46: Restrictions on authorisations extending to Scotland
252.This section prevents the granting or renewal of an authorisation under this Part for activity by a public authority in Scotland if all the conduct authorised is likely to take place in Scotland, unless the authorisation is one for which the Act is (under subsection (2)) the relevant statutory provision. Thus it does not prevent:
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Mayor Tari Renner
Tari Renner was elected Mayor in April of 2013 and was sworn into office on May 1, 2013. His previous service as an elected official includes three terms on the McLean County Board representing District 8 (1998-2010).
Tari Renner is currently a Political Science Professor at Illinois Wesleyan University. Dr. Renner was hired as Chair of the Department in 1994. Tari Renner has also served on the faculty of Duquesne University and Washington College.
From 1986 until 1988, Renner was the Director of Research for the International City/County Management Association. His research interests have focused upon local government policy-making structures and American elections. Dr. Renner received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from American University. His B.A. in Political Science is from the University of South Florida.
Tari Renner was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He is the proud father of two sons, Max and Alex Renner.
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6 Key Moves for Unilateral Strength Training
Question: How many single-limb exercises have you been incorporating into your workouts?
If you said none, it might be time to re-think your approach. Training both sides of your body at once may be good for the ego, but it enables your weaker side to hide behind your dominant side—and ignoring that can set you up for injury. In fact, research shows that strength and coordination differences between limbs can range anywhere from 3 to 25 percent.
See also: Unilateral Training Guide [VIDEO]>>>
"It's one thing to do a basic squat on a balanced base of support," says Neal I. Pire, MA, CSCS, FACSM, founder of PUSH at Volt Fitness in Glen Rock, NJ. "It's a whole other thing to perform the same basic movement on one foot. Deep hip and core stabilizers have to fire to keep your unsupported hip from collapsing downward, and stability of this type allows us to walk and climb stairs more efficiently—and reduces injury potential."
With that in mind, these six training combinations will help you incorporate unilateral exercises into your workouts. You'll want to start with the basic bilateral version of the move, and then follow up directly with the unilateral exercise, says Pire. He also recommends that you consider your goals when determining the best weight to use: aim for 8 to 10 reps (per leg for all) for strength, 4 to 6 reps for power, and 12 to 15 reps for hypertrophy (growth).
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COMBO #1. Squats to...Single-Legged Squats
A. Balancing on your right leg, bend your left knee and lift your left foot off the floor.
B. Slowly squat as if you're about to sit, keeping your right knee pointed forward, in line with your ankle and hip.
C. Return to start, then repeat on other side. Work up to 10 reps on each leg.
COMBO #2. Stiff-Legged Deadlifts to...Single Stiff-Legged Deadlifts
A. Stand on right leg, holding a dumbbell or kettlebell in right hand.
B. Keeping right knee slightly bent, perform a stiff-legged deadlift by bending at the hip, extending your free leg behind you for balance.
C. Continue lowering the weight until you are parallel to the ground, and then return to the upright position; repeat for desired number of reps and then switch sides.


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LI Damage and DEC Response Photos
Commissioner Martens and Army Corps Col. Paul Owen address reporters and town officials at Cupsogue State Park.
DEC Commissoner Martens and Colonel Paul Owen of the ACOE discuss the strategy to repair the breach.
This dredging equipment will get the sand that will be used to close the Cupsogue and Smith Point County Park breaches.
The hurricane tore these Fire Island ocean-front houses from their elevated platforms, moving them inland.
DEC ECOs and Army personnel unpack pallets of drinking water and food for residents of East Hempstead.
A residential street buried in four plus feet of sand. An access has been cleared for emergency vehicles.
The storm eroded the backyard of this residence, damaging the deck and undermining other structures.
A Forest Ranger in an air boat assists the Long Island spills team searching for loose oil tanks after Hurricane Sandy.
Forest Rangers help the Region 1 spills program locate and secure floating fuel tanks after Hurricane Sandy.
A Massapequa, NY search and rescue mission led by Lt. Gadomski with help from ECO's Krug, Unger, and Oliver.


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