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The U.S. Department of State has named Nestor Tedesco, an Argentine alumnus of the Fulbright Foreign Student Program, as State Alumni Member of the Month. Tedesco was selected in recognition of his outstanding commitment to opening the doors of opportunity to Argentinean youth through music. His efforts enrich the lives of both Argentineans and Americans.
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Tedesco notes that beyond the practical aspects of professional experience, international exchange participants "recognize different points of view in order to understand and employ them, we learn, and we learn how to learn in order to teach, and finally, we feel solidarity in the first person and discover that this is an essential element of human construction. I believe that all of this was encompassed in my Fulbright experience."
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Manon in Singapore writes:
Congratulations Nestor, you deserve it!
Palgye in South Korea writes:
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Japan is difficult country to understanding.
Secret intention when there is a mistake of past and thinks with the opinion which is personal that there must be position expression which is official. official.
Specially now,
When the U.S. army base problem is solved well. Japan appears the thing to be thinking too easily?
I am not also the specialist and is not also the fact that is the knowledge which is special. As it is to speak a secret intention opinion.
Specially from the Orient from Japan, so far social rank or honor the human relation which becomes known at the same surface, importantly, there is a tendency which thinks.
"Thinks, did a best."
Was defeated from election to is sad.
Is sorry.
Thinks that "area people(?)" where our method and the person are not wants the person which and the method which wins that appropriately harmonizes the person which we select.
What kind of all decisions in every case, follows and believes.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Dear to reader.
Indonesia and Philippine Islands
To initially 13 and they were +1 ors +2, but now appears the thing to be being a time must change an order. When starts a financial reform, routine (insider's trading?)Case the familiar speculative capital will conduct repelling. Selects the nation which hits to the physiology of like this capital and thinks investing to under method. Promises the position which degree is monopolistic, is a direction which goes wrong hung knows, but closes a dispute from the inside, thinks that a little is insufficient by force of the inside which reconstructs a US economy. When the economic effect the outside becomes supporting and thinks that effect is doubled.
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Hikohadon wrote:Triple-S wrote:Weeds ain't lasting the Detroit game, that much is clear.
It is?
Methinks it much more likely Weeds starts the rest of the year than any other option. Doesn't matter what we think.
Just too much hyperbole and use of absolutes regarding the QB position nowadays (and I've been as guilty as any).
If he's not dead he's the guy.
But I took SSS to mean he might be killed by the Lions or fragged by his teammates


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Skip to comments.California teachers suing to end mandatory union dues
Posted on 07/01/2013 7:54:01 AM PDT by george76
A group of California teachers is preparing for a Supreme Court battle to overturn forced union dues in a groundbreaking lawsuit filed in June.
For nearly three decades, the Supreme Court has allowed closed-shop unionism, in which public employees must pay dues to labor groups handling collective bargaining negotiations.
The Supreme Court established Beck Rights in 1988 allowing workers to opt out of union dues for political activities, while continuing to pay for union negotiating expenses. The teachers are hoping to take that battle one step further by putting an end to all coercive union dues.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Walker/Cruz '16!
Good luck to them. It will be an uphill battle with courts stacked with liberal Rats who get tens of millions in campaign contributions from unions.
My former DIL is part of this group.
"it's just a tax"
This shows that they realistically do not hold out any hope of winning in the 9th Circuit.
Very realistic on their part; they have no chance in the most reversed Federal Circuit Court in history.
That should be 9 Circuit in the first line.
Then Kennedy will knock it down again to the lower courts. 2 of my friends here belong to the nurses union and they should do the same.
OMG! What! Do these people intend to bring professionalism back to classroom teaching? They will ruin our children by bringing them under authority!
Thank you Scott Walker. A leader with the courage to get the ball rolling.
With unions being part of the life blood of the dimoKKKRAT party this unlikely to happen.
Those aren't dues, they're taxes. Case dismissed.
Whose going to pay the teachers' pensions?
Oh yeah...taxpayers via bailouts.
Interesting and somewhat related to Wisconsin.
Good luck with that. Even if you get a majority of voters to put that in your state Constitution, all the facists have to do is find ONE judge to nullify it, and SCOTUS will make that the law of the land.
Silly Americans, your vote is worthless and weak....you are ruled by black robed kangaroos now, dontcha know.
If this is going straight through the federal courts, the judges have no political campaigns to contribute to, because they're appointees approved by the Senate. If it's going through state courts, to be removed to SCOTUS by writ of certiorari, then campaign contributions are a factor.
Peripheral interest to Wisconsin
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
Who would of thought it would be coming from California?
From The Free Beacon.com by Bill McMorris:
"Ten California schoolteachers are challenging Californias policy of forcing all public employees to pay union dues for collective bargaining. The Center for Individual Rights (CIR) is aiding their suit. The CIR views the issue through the lens of the Constitution, rather than as a contest of labor policy.
Our efforts are not anti-union; we are trying to solidify the First Amendment rights of public employees to freely assemble, CIR president Terry Pell said.
The plaintiffs filed a preliminary injunction on Tuesday asking the court to waive the teachers union dues during the ongoing trial. Pell is certain the motion will fail, which is all the better for the plaintiffs because it will fast-track the litigation to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and eventually the Supreme Court.
This is a piece of strategic litigationwere trying to get the issue of compulsory union dues to the Supreme Court as quickly as possible, he said. We know that lower courts cant overrule Supreme Court precedent, but this will expedite us through the system.
The Roberts court opened the door to ending coercive unionism last year when it ruled 5-4 that Service Employees International Union improperly charged non-union members for political activities. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority in Knox v. Service Employees International Union, said the forced dues on non-union members were indefensible
Public-sector unions have the right under the First Amendment to express their views on political and social issues without government interference But employees who choose not to join a union have the same rights, Alito ruled. The First Amendment creates a forum in which all may seek, without hindrance or aid from the State, to move public opinion and achieve their political goals.
The California plaintiffs take this reasoning a step further. They argue that negotiations between teachers unions and state officials are a political act in and of themselves. Paying money to aid in union negotiations, Pell says, violates the rights of teachers who object to union goals of maximizing expensive benefits, such as Californias underfunded pension plan.
All public-sector union bargainingon issues like pensions and pay and leave and seniority rulesare claims on the public Treasury, an inherently political act, Pell said. Some union teachers may think this is a good thing, but our clients say that unions shouldnt be collecting more and more of the public pie while the parents of their students are struggling.
The Obama administrations labor policies have only exacerbated the tension between First Amendment rights and financing the political activities of unions.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled in December 2012 that non-union employees should be forced to pay for lobbying expenses as an apolitical activity, if the costs lead to improvements for all employees.
The NLRB crossed over the line, Pell said. Union collective bargaining or union ads and lobbying that promote increased education spending are overtly political.
The teachers are not alone in their fight. The National Right to Work Foundation, which won the Knox case, is waging a similar battle in Texas where six airline employees filed a class action suit challenging the concept of exclusive bargaining as an encroachment on the freedom of assembly and speech.
Union bosses have abused their extraordinary government-granted power to automatically compel workers to fund their political activities unless workers objecta power granted to no other private organization in our countryfor far too long, Mark Mix, president of National Right to Work, said in a statement. The First Amendment right of workers who refrain from union membership to automatically refrain from paying union dues at all and especially for politics is long overdue.
Dollars to donuts the woman holding that sign is not now voluntarily paying monthly Union dues.
Got my vote.
Each and every single one of them will vote democratic until the day their miserable, sub-human, filthy butts dies. Guarandamteed.
Fantastic, love that story. Get Democrats throwing each other under the bus.
A faint glimmer of light from California? Maybe? Lord knows the left screwed that state up so much it'll take generations of people of the Golden State to clean that mess up; if they ever can!
Pigs are flying by my window as I read this ...
What great news! Always makes me smile when I hear about teachers realizing that Unions are no help to them OR the children they serve.
Forcing workers to pay union dues to demented Marxist crooks in some States but not others in order to work is a violation of the equal protection clause
Its high time the SCOTUS ended this slavery and gave all Americans the right to work
Its high time the SCOTUS ended this slavery and gave all Americans the right to work
Yeah, whatever happened to freedom of association?
This has been to court before (though I don't know how it was resolved); I believe it was in relation to the specific portion of the dues that were plowed into Dem campaigns.
Go teachers!
What, the union extortion racket ending in CA. No way that will that happen.
Somebody call the dogs. The sheep are getting off the plantation. Isn't there something written in blood that they are not allowed to speak for themselves?
Can't do it. Whatever gains are made, a court will overturn it.
Yeah. Hm. Well, when I was studying to be a teacher at Syracuse U in 1956-58, NEA was a professional organization, there was no AFT, nor were there any teacher unions. State standards for teachers was very high, and the universal New York State Regents' Examinations for all 8th graders guaranteed minimum requirements to graduate into high school. Failure kept you back. No excuse. No misplaced compassion.
For the beginning teacher, a Bachelor's degree, with ongoing progress toward a Master's degree was necessary for a temporary license, with a permanent license upon completion within a maximum, under state law, of five years from initial employment. Failure to accomplish this goal resulted in permanent cancellation of the teaching license.
For this kind of teacher qualification we paid almost as high beginning salary as we did for a janitor or low-wage factory employee. There were no idiot teachers, and the PTAs weeded out poor performers in the first three years before tenure upon the fourth year's rehire cut in. After that, there was job security.
With this kind of pay, in an economy where most households did not have two paychecks, generally for a decent life a male teacher only had to moonlight on another job or two to make ends meet.
Also, in those days, THERE WERE NO COLLEGE LOANS. To get an education, you had to give up at least four years of your life's earning span, and pay for it. However, in New York State, the tuition at State operated teacher's college was zero! zip! nada! so entry there was open to students from low-income families who otherwise could not afford it.
Regarding the performance of primary and secondary students, Regents Examinations for each secondary school subject preparatory to college acceptance gave assurance for a college future with a Regents Diploma. Even for a non-Regents course, I saw low-skill students finally get a diploma at 19 or 20 years old after extra coaching. It was a prerequisite to meaningful employment almost anywhere.
At that time, home schooling was not thought of, nor was it needed. Parents were vitally involved in the operation of the local schools, and the teachers answered to the parents--not vice versa. Every school district had a truant officer and, up to one's 16th birthday, irregular attendance put the child into a reform school, with the parent being responsible for the child's attendance or else his incarceration.
Are you beginning to get the point of why unions got a foot in the door, and why we have poor teachers today? IT IS BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD GOOD PROFESSIONALLY PERFORMING TEACHERS, WE WOULD NOT PAY A LIVING WAGE FOR THEM! Now, we've got exactly what we deserve. What did we say then? "Them that can, do; them that can't, teach." What a brilliant estimate of the situation. (/sarc)
It is we who are at fault. We had no gratitude for professionals when we had them. Now we moan because we don't.
Thanks george76.
they will make opting out as hard as possible and then the thugs will start showing up at your house
How much are teachers' annual dues in California?
Gov't union breaking, will not happen.
Years ago my cousin worked for a state agency. She said that she didn't want to join the union but did because dues was removed from her pay whether she joined or not.
Freedom OF Speech also means Freedom FROM Speech. No one should be forced to contribute time, effort, or money to support speech that they oppose.
Well said
Fox news needs to hire someone who knows the difference between a closed shop and a union shop.
You're right, of course. I was about to say they'd actually have a chance in the 8th.
My Dad used to say that he'd spent thirty years in inner city schools, then looked carefully at his certificate one day and realized it said "teacher" not "warden", so he quit.
The 8th grade I was in had gotten a real bad reputation of unruliness and trashing teachers. The worst of us was Freddie. It was well known that he could and would really hurt you in a fight, with relish. And he was clever in frustrating the teachers, who had all been women.
So the principal hired a WWII P-51 pilot, a man that had been a reform school teacher for a few years. On the fall school opening day, his first words to us were:
"I'm Mr. Peck. You are mine and this is my room. If any of you boys give me any trouble, you will meet Freddie after school. Freddie, if you give me any trouble, you will meet me after school. Do you all understand this, as of right now? Yes, or -- No?"
There were no "Noes" and we spent the rest of our school careers as governable class members. Mr. Peck later became Vice Principal. He attended our 35th high school class reunion, having finished his years in that school.
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OnwardNovember 7th, 2012 . by economistmom
Well, now that that's over, it's time to get to work. The Concord Coalition's executive director, Bob Bixby, explains it this way in a Concord blog post:
If the country is on an unsustainable fiscal path, which it is, and if continued partisan bickering will not solve this problem, which it won't, and if divided government has been re-elected, which it has, then the only choices are calamity or compromise.
The Concord Coalition urges compromise.
That must begin immediately as the two parties negotiate a responsible alternative to the "fiscal cliff" – a combination of tax increases and spending cuts that will hit with such suddenness that it could throw the still-fragile economy back into recession.
But they can't just kick the can down the road — again. The year-end fiscal cliff is bad, but eventually we will need the longer-term deficit reduction produced by the policies comprising the fiscal cliff. It just needs to be phased-in in a more rational way as proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles and Domenici-Rivlin recommendations…
Solutions will be impossible if both parties retreat to their partisan corners and stubbornly insist that compromise is only something for the other side to do and that any calamity is only the other side's fault.
It's long past time to stop such unrealistic nonsense.
There must be spending cuts, including reform of our major entitlement programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. And there must be tax reform that broadens the base, maintains progressivity and increases revenues. And all of this must be, and indeed can be, done in a way that enhances economic growth.
Neither side has a monopoly on wisdom for how this should be accomplished, and neither side has a mandate, or the votes, to ram through its own purist agenda…
So the message to policymakers is this: Do your job.
And yesterday (on Election Day) the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted this video conversation I had with editor David Hayes during my visit to Wisconsin last month. It's another talk about dealing with the fiscal cliff and the longer-term fiscal outlook and how we need the public to get more engaged and vocal about it.


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Walking into the Sylvia Plimack Mangold exhibit at the Norton Museum of Art is like walking into a forest, one that is simultaneously experiencing a summer's birth and a winter's death. Though you can hear the clip-clop of heels on museum floor, the sights are that of the Hudson River Valley. It's a poetic moment.
Sylvia Plimack Mangold: Landscape and Trees opened to the public on December 9, and is on display through March 3. As the second installment in the Norton's RAW (Recognition of Art by Women) initiative, the exhibit illustrates the great skill of a female landscapist operating during the time of male-dominated minimalism. This collection of 60 paintings, drawings, watercolors and prints highlights Mangold's ability to apply minimalist concepts to nature painting.
"Nature is comfort - it is liberating to be surrounded by fields and sky and trees where sound also comes from the wind or the birds...For me it is important not to be imposed upon - so I seek this refuge to work in and because of my personal need to concentrate on a subject that embodies these qualities. That is why I do what I do. It is all very subjective. But my adherence to what one sees is not." —Sylvia Plimack Mangold
This description, which Mangold penned in a 1989-1992 collection of artist's notes, embodies her artistic philosophy and progression. Born in 1938, Mangold studied at Yale and first commanded attention in the 1960s for her painstaking portraits of floors, walls and mirrors. Later, her trompe l'oeil depictions of measures and tapes garnered her praise for her artistic prowess.
In the late 1970s, Mangold fell in love with the landscape of the Hudson River Valley, where she had purchased a home. The acrylic painting "January 1977" marks a transition in Mangold's career. A small rectangle outlined in tape (created by layers upon layers of paint) houses a winter landscape and occupies a portion of the massive white canvas. This piece holds all the remnants of Mangold's early work as well as the promise of her future compositions.
The majority of pieces in the exhibition focus on a single tree. Mangold, whose studio looks out upon the amazing New York foliage, chooses to paint outside, adjacent to her subjects. A maple tree, with branches resembling embracing arms, is one of her favorite subjects. Walking between the three gallery rooms of the exhibition, you see the tree transform throughout the years and seasons.
When looking at the work in this exhibit as a whole, you can see the transformations in Mangold's artistic sensibilities. By 1992, she'd forsaken the trompe l'oeil tape, turning her attention solely to her trees. Though the trees add a string of consistency, Mangold often employs different painting styles. Where one depiction may be done in a loose-hand watercolor, the next will be a tightly realistic bundle of leaves. This variety excites the eye and propels you from one piece to the next. It also keeps in step with Mangold's appreciation of space and materials.
Her exploration of the limitless nature of materials extends to her prints. Though they make up a large chunk of the exhibit, you'd be hard-pressed to pick out the prints from the paintings; they are all that good. During a private tour, Norton's Curator of Contemporary Art Cheryl Brutvan noted the seamless transition from portrait to print in Mangold's work. "Not often can you take a group of prints and hang them with paintings," Brutvan said.
It would be easy to dismiss Sylvia Plimack Mangold's work as a grouping of landscapes. To do this, however, trivializes her subtleties as an artist. Mangold understands the freedom found in becoming intimate with one topic. In her maples, oaks, locusts and elms, she finds a voice that speaks to the process of painting. She needn't search for the grandiose to make a statement; she simply looks outside her window.
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She was only 18 when she married the love of her life. She was a physically beautiful woman, but more importantly, beautiful inside. She was also a brave woman. I say brave because she not only married at a young age, she also took on the responsibility of four young children, one of them an infant boy whom she later lost. To her this was not a responsibility, these were her children. She never considered them "step" or "his" children. They were "my" children or "our" children. She loved them as most blood mothers love theirs.
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The world recently lost her; and as I attended the visitation, I talked to so many people that had the same words and feelings as I had about her.
When speaking of someone she would always say, "little Linda", or when talking to me about my mom, "your little momma".
If there is any goodness in me as a step-mother, I owe it to her. She became my role model. I wanted to be just like her in this capacity and did my best to pattern this part of my life after her.
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She may not have had a washing machine with all the buttons and whistles but she had the one possession sorely lacking in so many. She epitomized love.
-- Posted by geezerette on Tue, Dec 7, 2010, at 9:22 PM
Very inspirational and timely during this Christmas season. This kind of love is the agape love described in ICorinthians 13 and throughout IJohn. The greatest example was seen in God's love toward His human creation by sending His Son to die for us. No doubt your hero knows for she is already enjoying her heavenly reward for her love in action!
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This is not so much about winning for Patrick, even though he said he wanted another title too. It's another important experience before Worlds Part of the process.
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I heard her say that the other day. It appears to me to be a State by State issue. I don't think Missouri law or constitution would allow the marriage to be recognized. At this time, the marriage would not be recognized as a legal marriage by the federal government. Some very interesting situations could arise because of this. Since it is not recognized by the State of Missouri could a person who has a same sex marriage in CA come here and have a legal marriage to a person of the opposite sex. No matter what this is going to be interesting.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Sat, May 24, 2008, at 9:39 PM
The courts actually caused a problem. No more excuses, it isn't against the law anymore. There is going to be some arguments now.
Corey I can't really understand your question, but what I think the court said was if you don't want same sex marriage fix your constitution.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Fri, May 23, 2008, at 9:34 PM
Corey Noles' response:That's an interesting question, too then. If that was the court's intent, will people rush out and do it now before a constitutional amendment? Would they be able to later nullify those marriages after the fact? I read the other day that Ellen Degeneres is planning to marry soon, so I'm curious to see how this all pans out.
Good point, I.B. Besides, I hate to be in the minority, but why on earth should I care if two people of the same sex want to get married? It seems like much ado about nothing to me.
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, May 22, 2008, at 9:30 PM
You know, I don't believe in same sexxx marriage but the judges took none of my liberties away by overturning a law that probably really is unconstitutional in California. I guess they gave some liberties to some people.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Thu, May 22, 2008, at 9:00 PM
Corey Noles' response:That's an interesting take I haven't heard yet. The California court did not take any liberties from us, but did give new liberties to some people.
Soooo, is it not hypocritical to want a smaller government that stays out of your business with a court system that defends your liberties...or...do you think that doesn't apply to everyone?
That's not directed at you specifically, Truth, I'm just curious to see how other people take to that idea.
Okay, swift, we give up! Would you like to explain "judicial fiat"?
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, May 22, 2008, at 6:32 AM
Yes, DWB! Actually we are a nation run by judicial fiat. Judges can overturn anything the people pass. This is judicial activism! Obama, if elected, will appoint liberal judges. Congress, The Democratic Congress will vote for everyone of them.
-- Posted by swift on Fri, May 16, 2008, at 3:07 PM
FJ Guy? By then it will be to late. Our activities here and everywhere else will be stopped when the Democrat is President. Just look at CA. The PEOPLE voted and passed a decision and the Liberal COURTS overturned. That is NOT government BY the people, it is goverment TO the people. We have few liberties left now and it is only going to get worse.
-- Posted by D.W.B. on Fri, May 16, 2008, at 1:50 PM
GL, I've encountered a number of people who firmly believe the male Democratic candidate is a Manchurian Candidate.
Corey's notation that Barack Obama's appearance was a corporate sponsored event raises a much too ignored question, which is to what degree are each of the candidates beholden to the influential people and organizations behind the scenes that are indispensable to their candidacy? In reality we will not know the answer to that question for any of the candidates, so it is impossible to really know who and what you are voting for -- until after he or she takes office.
-- Posted by FJGuy on Fri, May 16, 2008, at 12:44 PM
Corey, thanks for the update: I just scrolled back up and saw it.
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, May 16, 2008, at 7:14 AM
Well, I know which one SHE thinks is, but I'm sure everyone has a different idea.
-- Posted by goat lady on Fri, May 16, 2008, at 7:11 AM
It certainly is a dilemma, I admit. Yesterday I was with my sister-in-law in a nearby city, and she actually insisted that one of the candidates was the Anti-Christ! She was serious.
At the risk of sounding like Marge Simpson, "Oh, my!"
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, May 15, 2008, at 6:09 PM
I can't spell right because I am mad that I know that I am being hoodwinked by all three individuals and there is nothing I can do about it. I will eventually have to vote for one.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Thu, May 15, 2008, at 12:03 AM
He, he! We love our I.B., don't we, Ducky?? He doesn't fool us: He's too much of a gentleman to use bad language!
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, May 14, 2008, at 10:07 PM
Ok GL, faint. If I had wrote what I was really thinking you couldn't have corrected it because I am sure you never heard that kind of language. So Corey, you didn't answer, did you (faint)?
I heard ole BO say on TV the other night that he was going to spend a lot of time in Missouri and win it during the general election.
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Wed, May 14, 2008, at 8:44 PM
Corey Noles' response:I responded to this yesterday, but for some reason it looks like it didn't post. I'll try again.
No, I didn't faint, however, I did get a glimpse of how excited people get about simply being near him.
Inside the event I didn't notice anything,but afterwards outside when I went to get some more shots he walked over to us and shook some hands. Some simply smiled and were very cordial and some screamed repeatedly. Even after he was gone. It wasn't the circus I had expected to see, though.
The real circus was inside and that was the media coverage. There were probably 30 or more tv crews. I won't even take a guess at newspaper and radio coverage, but to say that it was in the triple digits. People with laptops were everywhere uploading stories as he spoke For me that was really cool. I visited with a photographer from The Washington Post named Jahib and a couple guys from NHK. NHK is to Japan what the Associated Press is to us. The funny thing is, they told me that it was a pretty small press crew compared to other campaign stops they had made.
I must say that I am glad to see a candidate visit Southeast Missouri regardless of whether we all agree with everything he has to say. The fact ism we live in a part of the state (country) that is always neglected during Presidential campaigns. I would be really surprised if anyone else came to the region, but you never know. He did say that he would be back in Southeast Missouri during the election, so we'll just see.
I've got a feeling he's not going to visit rural Missouri. I bet goat lady's right when she says the Obama team has its own rules for the media reporters. I don't trust these elitist intellectuals such as Obama very well.
-- Posted by swift on Wed, May 14, 2008, at 3:11 PM
Now GL, maybe I.B. said exactly what he meant. It could be that Corey did have to feint just to be able to get in a question. Either way, it's good to see I.B.
-- Posted by Ducky on Wed, May 14, 2008, at 12:17 PM
"Faint," I.B.... "Feint" means to make a move one way and then go the opposite - like on the BB court.
Sorry, the English teacher in me sometimes can't stay still...
Love ya, anyway!
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, May 14, 2008, at 8:47 AM
I just saw the coverage of his appearance on KFVS and was mightily disappointed. All we heard was the KFVS crew and some long-winded fellow at Thorngate (didn't show his face). I didn't want to hear Kathy Sweeney summarize what he said - I wanted to hear it from him.
I guess the Obama people must have set the rules for the news crew to follow, and the rules must have specified no audio and hardly any video!
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, May 13, 2008, at 6:22 PM
Corey Noles' response:Well, I should have a lot more than that. I took well over 100 pictures and virtually every question posted here was answered before I ever got near him.
I did get just a minute for a question immediately after it ended, but there will be a full story in tomorrow's edition of The Daily Statesman.
A couple things I will say. Of the 10 or so questions he took, 2 came from Dexter residents Ron Yersak and former Senator Jerry Howard. From where I stood, the questions didn't see scripted, so I was fairly impressed. Also, instead of the fluffy answers we've seen so far, he gave detailed plans for educations jobs and several other things.
More to come tomorrow because I have to organize all of this tonight haha.
As always, thanks for following my blog.
Well, it's too late to ask a question for him now, but I think it would help his campaign and image if he'd visit some of the small towns here in Missouri. I'm not satisfied with either party, and I disagree with many of Obama's views, but I think we'd be honored to have him visit our county after he gets the Demo nomination.
-- Posted by swift on Tue, May 13, 2008, at 2:58 PM
Well, it's too late to ask a question for him now, but I think it would help his campaign and image if he'd visit some of the small towns here in Missouri. I'm not satisfied with either party, and I disagree with many of Obama's views, but I think we'd be honored to have him visit our county after he gets the Demo nomination.
-- Posted by swift on Tue, May 13, 2008, at 2:58 PM
Corey, how about asking him if he's going to be real with us? I know that's simple, yet it can cover a great deal of topics, but we have had everything sugar-coated for us before. I want to know what's REALLY going on in the economy, and others aspects...not have someone be afraid to speak the word recession, among others. How can we prepare if we don't know what's REALLY going on???
-- Posted by mrsdolphin on Tue, May 13, 2008, at 10:23 AM
I still can't understand why they're calling this a town meeting if the town isn't invited! Cape doesn't get a lot of notables visiting, so when they do they need to be visible.
My question was about the gas prices, and of course, where does he stand with the farm bill? As a Republican, I'm about ready to get upset with McCain's view of the farm bill!
-- Posted by lovebooks on Tue, May 13, 2008, at 8:30 AM
Corey Noles' response:Thanks! The Farm Bill was something I hadn't remembered until you mentioned it.
About the event, while I first heard invite only, apparently the majority of the people will be the employees of Thorngate, Ltd.. It's my understanding that's why it's not open. So, apparently, it won't be just Democrat party invitees. Besides, why preach to the choir?
I.B.'s question goes hand in hand with the question of oil company profits. The companies say their profits are so high because they're such big companies. That may be, but if the percentage of profit has risen phenominally over the last few years, that doesn't have anything to do with company size.
It's not likely that Obama wants to irritate the Big Guys, but he'll have to keep an eye on them. Is he willing to do that?
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, May 13, 2008, at 7:04 AM
Corey, you know everyone wants to know what he expects to be able to do get gas prices down, but I want to hear specifics. Exactly what can be done and what will he do? If something can be done,why does he think it isn't being done now?
-- Posted by I.B. Le Truth on Mon, May 12, 2008, at 9:12 PM
Corey Noles' response:Nice question, Truth. Thanks for the input. That is certainly the topic on everyone's lips right now.
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All year long, blueberry farmers toil on their precious fruit, waiting for early April.
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But this spring, as soon as the blueberries started to ripen, it wasn't just the moms and dads who showed up to pick at Brenda Short's Berry Barn in Hudson.
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Short couldn't afford to just sit and watch the birds destroy her precious berries, which sold for more than $3 a pound.
After all, the 3-acre farm is part of her and her husband Jerry's retirement plan.
Some farmers have lost as much as 30 percent of their blueberry harvest to the birds. Short, like other area blueberry farmers, has been using an air cannon to shoo the birds.
"They don't get rid of the birds, " she said. "But it keeps them stirred up so they don't damage as much fruit."
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska –Sen. Mark Begich and his Democratic allies have attacked GOP Senate front-runner Dan Sullivan as an inauthentic Alaskan.
Now with two weeks left before the Republican primary, Mr. Begich is getting help from Mr. Sullivan's leading Republican opponent. Out of money but within striking distance of Mr. Sullivan, Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell on Tuesday opened fire on Mr. Sullivan, saying he "just got here" – the same anti-Sullivan message Senate Democrats have spent nearly $4 million bombarding Alaskans with in super PAC advertisements.
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Mr. Treadwell said Mr. Sullivan, who held appointed positions as attorney general and state natural resources commissioner and is the Washington GOP establishment's choice to challenge Mr. Begich in the general election, owes his Alaska accomplishments to Mr. Treadwell and Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell.
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Mr. Treadwell's attacks come as he finds his campaign essentially broke. The Alaska Dispatch News in Anchorage published a story Tuesday detailing how Mr. Treadwell is not paying his campaign manager and is down to seven paid staffers and volunteers who live in a home he owns. The campaign isn't airing TV ads. Mr. Treadwell loaned his campaign $200,000 in July, but said he's not planning to give more. His operation doesn't have the funds to mount a broad turnout effort beyond what volunteers can canvass.
Yet Mr. Treadwell said he's optimistic that he can win the Aug. 19 primary. He ticked through a history of underfunded Alaska politicians defeating opponents with more money. And he said he trusts that his 36-year record and roots in the state will outdo Mr. Sullivan's comparatively shorter tenure.
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Training Notes: Sanchez, Glauber, Oduro And More
The Columbus Dispatch - February 04, 2013 09:29 PM
The first of two days in central Ohio brought a handful of new faces to Crew training today at SuperKick in Lewis Center.
First, Argentine midfielder Matias Sanchez is in camp and will train with the Crew for the next few days. If all goes well, technical director Brian Bliss said, he will then officially be offered a contract.
"He's training with us these two days here and probably three or four in Florida and at that point we have to make a decision whether we want to sign him and move forward," Bliss said. "He's getting a good feel for the club. His agent is here and all that. What we know about the player, if he does and looks the player that we think he is then I think it's something we'll move forward with."
The Crew will leave Wednesday for Orlando, where it will train until Feb. 23.
Today marked the first day of training for defender Glauber, who signed with the club two weeks ago, as well as the first day of training in central Ohio for defender Agustin Viana.
"I wanted to come here the first day of training," Glauber said. "I wanted to start training as quick as possible, but the visa didn't come in as quick and I had to wait a little. Now it's OK and I'm excited to start the training.
"I've seen some games and I know what we need to do to qualify and be champions. I didn't know so much, but when I signed here I went on the internet to see tapes and watch games. I know a little (now)."
Viana joined the Crew for its stint in Bradenton, Fla., and played left back in a pair of exhibition matches. Bliss said the team will look at his versatility in Orlando.
"I think he's done all right," Bliss said. "He's filled in nicely over there at left back. He gives us some experience over there. He's a pretty good passer of the ball. I think he's got to learn our league in terms of some of the guys he's going to match up against if he's going to be left back, because there are some guys out there with pace and speed.
"I still think we need to take a look at him in the center midfield as well in the Orlando camp just to know where we are with him and know that he can fill in there. That's up to (head coach) Robert (Warzycha)."
Although he expressed no preference for a specific position, Viana said he is familiar with the league and one Crew legend from watching television in Uruguay.
"It's a league that is improving a lot," he said. "You can see stars like (Thierry) Henry, (David) Beckham, Guillermo Barros Schelotto. He was very well-known in our country because he's famous and he's a great player. This is a nice opportunity to show what I can do."
Schelotto and Viana have never met, however.
Bliss said that should the Crew come to terms with Sanchez, they would likely be done adding outside pieces to the club for now.
"We've probably got a little bit of money left but not enough to really go and get a significant foreign signing," he said. "For us to go sign a guy from outside just to sign a guy, I don't think we'll do it. I think we're pretty much good with what we've got other than evaluating some of the draft picks and a few invitees for the last 2-3 spots."
Oduro coming
Today, the Crew and Chicago Fire officially confirmed that they had pulled off a long-discussed trade. In return for midfielder Dilly Duka, the rights to midfielder Robbie Rogers and allocation money, the Crew received speedy forward Dominic Oduro.
Oduro will join the Crew on Wednesday in Orlando after admitting that the last few weeks have been a bit strange.
"At the end of the day, I just stayed focused," he said in a telephone interview. "This is all part of the game, the ups and downs. Obviously I heard the rumors but I didn't let that get to me. I just stayed hard and worked hard and if it happened, I'd be really happy. If that wouldn't have happened, I still would have been working on my game.
"At the end of the day I'm very excited to be with the Columbus Crew. I'm looking forward to a new beginning and hopefully I can get there, score some goals and help the team get to a championship."
I asked Bliss if Oduro would line up alongside Jairo Arrieta with Federico Higuain playing underneath. The technical director said that is one option Oduro brings to the Crew.
"Potentially you could (do that) if you wanted to play a diamond in the midfielder and Higuain as the head of the diamond," he said. "That's not out of this world. That's up to (head coach) Robert (Warzycha), how he decides to deploy his guys on the field, but we could do that.
"He could play wide right probably. It's probably not his forte but I think he could play over there. He could certainly play wide right in a 4-3-3 as a winger. We used (Emilio) Renteria a little bit in that role and Dom has more speed than Renteria and a similar skill set on the ball. It's not out of this world that we could play him over there, but it's not the reason that we brought him in."
As for playing with Higuain and Arrieta, Oduro said, "I'm really excited. With the Chicago Fire, we would spend as much time as possible trying to defend those guys. Higuain is a fantastic player. I haven't seen Arrieta as much but I'm excited to play alongside them."
Trialists no longer
Bliss confirmed three names who are no longer in the Crew's plans.
"We broke off from (Brett) Brettschneider, we broke off from Nate Bascom, we broke off from Sergio Guvenisk," he said. "I think that's about it."
However, Guvenisk might resurface once his injured hamstring heals.
"We didn't think he'd be available when we went to Orlando," he said. "Maybe we revisit that 10 days from now when he might be healthy."
Goalkeeper search
With Andy Gruenebaum and Matt Lampson both under contract, the Crew continues to search for a third goalkeeper for the 2013 season. The team will carry three this season, and although Daniel Withrow was selected in the supplemental draft and has reportedly impressed the coaching staff so far the Crew will bring in at least one more candidate during its Orlando trip: Samir Badr.
You can read more about Badr's unique situation here.
In addition, Bliss said midfielder Jordan Gafa from North Carolina will join the team. Gafa participated in the MLS combine but was not drafted.