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2010: Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards admits fathering a child during an affair before his second White House bid. After the admission, Edwards' wife, Elizabeth Edwards, would announce a separation from her husband, with an intention to file for divorce. Elizabeth Edwards died from breast cancer on Dec. 7, 2010. [ + - ]
2010: A bitterly divided Supreme Court, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, holds that the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent political expenditures by corporations and unions. [ + - ]
2009: U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is confirmed as secretary of state in the full Senate by a vote of 94-2. She took the oath of office of secretary of state and resigned from the Senate that same day, becoming the first former first lady to serve in the United States Cabinet. [ + - ]
2008: Worldwide stock markets slump in a day that will be labeled "Black Monday." The London Stock Exchange's FTSE 100 index saw its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst results since Sept. 11, 2001, and Asian stocks dropped as much as 14 percent. [ + - ]
2002: Singer-songwriter and actress Peggy Lee, who had a string of successful albums and top 10 hits in three consecutive decades and is best known for her hit cover of the song "Fever," dies from diabetes and a heart attack at the age of 81 in Los Angeles, California. Some of her other hit recordings included "Somebody Else Is Taking My Place," "Why Don't You Do Right?" and "Ma������ana." She also starred and sang in the hit films "The Jazz Singer," "Disney's Lady and the Tramp" and "Pete Kelly's Blues," for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. [ + - ]
1999: Blues singer and pianist Charles Brown, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member whose hits included "Driftin' Blues," "Black Night," "Merry Christmas Baby" and "Please Come Home for Christmas," dies of congestive heart failure at the age of 76 in Oakland, California. [ + - ]
1998: Actor Jack Lord, best known for starring in the TV series "Hawaii Five-0" from 1968 to 1980, dies of congestive heart failure at the age of 77 in Honolulu, Hawaii. [ + - ]
1997: The U.S. House of Representatives reprimands Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and orders him to pay a $300,000 penalty for claiming tax-exempt status for a college course run for political purposes. Gingrich was the first speaker of the House to be internally disciplined for ethical misconduct. [ + - ]
1997: Colonel Tom Parker, the Dutch-born entertainment impresario known best as the manager of Elvis Presley, dies at the age of 87 in Las Vegas, Nevada, a day after suffering a stroke. Parker is seen here with Elvis on the set of the 1969 film "Change of Habit." [ + - ]
1994: A jury in Manassas, Virginia, acquits Lorena Bobbitt by reason of temporary insanity of maliciously wounding her husband John Wayne Bobbitt. Lorena Bobbitt said her husband had come home intoxicated on June 23, 1993, and raped her. She then got a kitchen knife, severed his penis nearly in half and threw it in a field. After she called 911, it was recovered from the field and reattached. [ + - ]
1987: Aretha Franklin is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's second class along with 14 other performers (including Bill Haley, B.B. King, Marvin Gaye, Roy Orbison and Ricky Nelson), becoming the first woman to be inducted. [ + - ]
1985: The inauguration of President Ronald Reagan to a second term, already postponed a day because Jan. 20 fell on a Sunday, becomes the second inauguration in history moved indoors because of freezing temperatures and high winds. The parade was canceled altogether. Reagan is seen here being sworn in inside the rotunda at the U.S. Capitol. [ + - ]
1984: Soul singer Jackie Wilson dies from complications of pneumonia after spending more than eight years in a vegetative state caused by a heart attack he suffered on stage in 1975. Wilson, who had recorded more than 50 hit singles spanning R&B, pop, soul, doo-wop and easy listening, including "Lonely Teardrops" and "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher," was 49 when he died. [ + - ]
1981: Production of the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland. Featuring gull-wing doors and brushed stainless steel panels, the car became iconic after appearing as a time machine in the "Back to the Future" film trilogy. About 9,000 DMC-12s would be made before production halted in late 1982. [ + - ]
1977: A day after his inauguration, U.S. President Jimmy Carter follows through on his campaign promise and pardons nearly all American Vietnam War draft evaders, some of whom had emigrated to Canada. [ + - ]
1976: Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes. With engines twice as powerful as those of normal jets, the Concorde's 1,350 mph cruising speed was double the speed of sound and halved air travel time. Regular transatlantic flights from Europe began to Washington, D.C., on May 24, 1976, and to New York City on Nov. 22, 1977. The final commercial Concorde flight was on Oct. 24, 2003. [ + - ]
1976: Pop singer Emma Bunton, better known as "Baby Spice" of the English pop group Spice Girls, is born in North London, England. [ + - ]
1965: Rapper and musician Jam Master Jay, the DJ of the legendary rap trio Run-DMC, is born Jason William Mizell in Brooklyn, New York. He was shot and killed at age 37 in a recording studio in Jamaica, Queens, New York, in an Oct. 30, 2002, incident that remains unsolved. [ + - ]
1963: Hall of Fame basketball player Hakeem Olajuwon, who played 18 seasons in the NBA, all but one with the Houston Rockets, and led the Rockets to back-to-back championships in 1994 and 1995, is born in Lagos, Nigeria. He's seen here in 2014. [ + - ]
1960: Little Joe 1B, a test of the Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board. The Little Joe 1B flew to a height of 9.3 statute miles and a range of 11.7 miles out to sea. Miss Sam survived the eight minute, 35 second flight in good condition. [ + - ]
1959: Film director Cecil B. DeMille, best known for films such as "Cleopatra," "Samson and Delilah," "The Greatest Show on Earth" and "The Ten Commandments," dies of a heart ailment at the age of 77 in Hollywood, California. [ + - ]
1956: Actress Geena Davis, best known for her movie roles in "The Accidental Tourist," "The Fly," "Beetlejuice," "Thelma & Louise" and "A League of Their Own," is born in Wareham, Massachusetts. [ + - ]
1954: The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut, by first lady Mamie Eisenhower. [ + - ]
1953: Paul Allen, entrepreneur and co-founder of Microsoft, is born in Seattle, Washington. [ + - ]
1951: Eric Holder, who would become the 82nd United States attorney general under President Barack Obama in 2009, is born in New York City. [ + - ]
1950: British writer George Orwell, best known for the dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and the allegorical novella "Animal Farm," dies of tuberculosis at the age of 46 in London, England. [ + - ]
1950: Former State Department official Alger Hiss is convicted of having perjured himself over his testimony on his alleged involvement in a Soviet spy ring before and during World War II. Hiss would end up serving nearly four years in jail, but protested his innocence until the day he died. [ + - ]
1950: Grammy-winning singer Billy Ocean, who had a string of R&B international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s, including "Caribbean Queen," "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" and "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car", is born in Trinidad and Tobago. [ + - ]
1941: Tenor singer and conductor Pl������cido Domingo, known for his versatile and strong voice and one of the members of The Three Tenors, is born in Madrid, Spain. [ + - ]
1941: Folk singer and guitarist Richie Havens, known for soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, is born in Brooklyn, New York. Havens, who died of a heart attack at age 72 on April 22, 2013, is seen here in 1972. [ + - ]
1940: Golfer Jack Nicklaus, widely regarded as the most accomplished professional golfer of all time, is born in Upper Arlington, Ohio. Nicklaus won a total of 18 career major championships while producing 19 second place and nine third place finishes in major events on the PGA Tour over his 25-year career. He also ranks third overall on the PGA-tournament winning list, with 73 career victories. [ + - ]
1938: Georges M������li������s, the French illusionist and filmmaker famous for sparking many innovations in the earliest days of cinema, dies of cancer at age 76 in Paris, France. He was among the first filmmakers to use multiple exposures, time-lapse photography, dissolves and hand-painted color in his films. M������li������s is best known for his 1902 film "A Trip to the Moon" and 1904's "The Impossible Voyage." [ + - ]
1938: Radio disc jockey Wolfman Jack, who found fame in the 1960s and '70s and appeared as himself in George Lucas' "American Graffiti," is born Robert Weston Smith in Brooklyn, New York. He died of a heart attack at age 57 on July 1, 1995. [ + - ]
1924: Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, one of the leaders of the October Revolution of 1917 that led to the creation of the Soviet Union, dies of a stroke at the age of 53 in Gorki, Soviet Union. [ + - ]
1922: Actor Telly Savalas, best known for playing the title role in the 1970s crime drama "Kojak," is born in Garden City, New York. Savalas was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Birdman of Alcatraz" and also appeared in movies such as "The Greatest Story Ever Told," "The Dirty Dozen" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." He died of prostate cancer at age 72 on Jan. 22, 1994. [ + - ]
1922: Actor Paul Scofield, best known for his Academy Award-winning performance as Sir Thomas More in the 1966 film "A Man for All Seasons," is born in Birmingham, England. He died of leukemia at age 86 on March 19, 2008. [ + - ]
1905: Karl Wallenda, the acrobat who founded The Flying Wallendas, an internationally known daredevil circus act remembered for performing death-defying stunts, is born in Magdeburg, Germany. He's seen here, second from left, in 1965. He fell to his death on March 22, 1978, while attempting to walk between the two towers of the 10-story Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [ + - ]
1861: Calling it the "the saddest day of my life," Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate. The next month he would be selected as provisional president of the Confederate States of America. [ + - ]
1793: After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine in Paris. [ + - ]
1789: The first American novel, "The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature," is printed in Boston, Massachusetts. [ + - ]
1738: Ethan Allen, the American Revolutionary War hero best known for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the war (pictured, center) and as one of the founders of the state of Vermont, is born in Litchfield, Connecticut Colony. [ + - ]

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Girls costume designer Jennifer Rogien finds it a "relief" to style a "real-life character" on the show.
Rogien is responsible for dressing Lena Dunham and her co-stars on the refreshingly true-to-life program.
Girls has been praised for its realism and the fashion mogul also revels in the fact that curvy Dunham has a normal body shape.
"Normal is what she represents," Rogien explained to British magazine Grazia.
"It took a while to readjust to that, but actually, it's a relief. I'm styling a real-life character."
Dunham plays Hannah, who is known for her poor fashion choices and mismatched items of clothing.
String vests and dresses that are far too short all feature, but Rogien feels the show has managed to strike the right chord.
"My concern was that she'd look ridiculous, but she looks lovingly dishevelled - a direct reflection of her character," she smiled.
"My job is usually about making the leading lady look her best, but not here. Hannah clearly doesn't know much about fashion. And we put a lot of thought into conveying that message."
Set in New York like popular series Sex and the City it was clear the two shows would draw comparisons.
Whereas the program that made Carrie Bradshaw a style icon is glossy and idealistic, Rogien explains Girls was never trying to compete.
"We were very aware of Sex and the City and that our audience might be similar," she revealed.
"But style-wise it's deliberately different. Girls is about realism."


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Time Requirements
Your MPA degree will certify that you have mastered a set of knowledge and skills as of the date you are awarded your degree. Thus timeliness of degree completion is fundamental to the integrity of your degree. UIS policy on graduate work creditable toward the MPA is governed by the six-year rule. All graduate credits taken as an MPA major and applied toward the MPA degree must be completed within six years from your first semester of entry in the program, excluding prerequisites.
Please note that the six-year clock only starts running when you enroll for your first UIS course creditable toward the 40 hours required for the MPA. UIS accepts transfer credit going back five years before your first semester of MPA enrollment, and the program routinely accepts UIS graduate work taken five years prior to your first semester of MPA enrollment if these credits were not counted towards another degree. Also, no matter which term you may have applied, the clock will not start as long as you enroll in prerequisites only. Thus, you could take your entire conditional admission year doing only prerequisites and still have six full years to complete the 10 courses or 40 semester hours required for the degree without violating the six-year limit.
Finally, should you stop out and not complete all requirements for full admission to the program within a year of your original application and enrollment in the program, and then apply for readmission to the program at some later date, that later term of entry will constitute your first term of program entry.
It is in your interest to complete your degree within six years. As long as you finish the degree within six years, degree requirements affecting you arise mainly from the term you entered the MPA Program; as you go beyond six years, the requirements affecting you derive mainly from the term you graduate.
If you exceed the six-year limit, the following conditions apply:
- only those transfer credits earned within eight years of your graduation date will be counted toward the degree; and
- any UIS graduate courses that you took prior to your admittance into the MPA Program and that will be more than eight years old on your MPA graduation date will be ineligible to meet MPA degree requirements.
In addition, exceeding the six-year limit may require you to retake any or all UIS courses completed after you were admitted to the MPA Program that are over six years old. You may also be required to retake MPA courses in areas where there has been a significant upgrade in content as reflected in the UIS catalog in force for the term you graduate, even though you may have taken the course within the last eight years.
Six-Year Rule Extension
Students may request an extension of the six-year rule. An extension will not help you avoid the loss of transfer credits or courses taken prior to MPA entry that are going to be over eight years old by the time you graduate. However, an approved six-year extension, submitted in a timely fashion, can protect you from losing other courses over six years old taken while you were an MPA major. It can also possibly relieve you of the need to take potential upgrade courses if you complete the degree during the time period approved in your extension request. Extensions are generally granted for a maximum of two years.
Leave of Absence
If after you have been granted full admission to the MPA Program, it becomes clear that you must interrupt your MPA studies for longer than one academic semester, contact your faculty adviser to discuss petitioning for a leave of absence from UIS.
Leaves of absence are serious business; they are not granted lightly. From the program point of view, a leave is best viewed as a six-year rule extension granted mid-course. The mid-course part of the idea is very important. A leave of absence essentially blocks out the period for which it was granted within the six-year rule. Leaves of absence must be requested on a semester-by-semester basis. Because leaves of absence have the potential to seriously erode the intent behind the six-year rule and thus treat some students coming up on the six-year mark very differently than others, requests for them attract close program scrutiny.
Should you require a leave, your faculty adviser needs to know about the specific situation you are facing, the duration of the leave requested, and how the leave can help alleviate the situation that might justify granting it in the first place.
Finally, assuming you are granted a leave, it will be approved for a specific period of time. If you decide to enroll for UIS course work before the leave expires, your six-year clock will resume with the term you start taking classes again.


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The legend behind the Crosslake-Fifty Lakes American Legion
Alvin Elmer Potz, the oldest son in his family, planned to take over his family's farm on County Road 3 in Fifty Lakes. But in 1950 he was drafted to the Korean War, losing his life in the fight in April 1951. He was 24 years old.
Today Alvin's memory is honored as the namesake to the Crosslake-Fifty Lakes American Legion Potz-Heartland Post 500.
Alvin's brother, Dale Potz, still lives on land his family owned. He said Alvin was a hunter and a fisherman. His sister, Inez Lind, lives in Baxter.
"They were farm boys who went fishing and bicycling," she said of her two brothers.
She remembers Dale and Alvin going fishing and coming home with sunfish or large speared fish.
Alvin attended the Fifty Lakes School for grade school, and then went to Pine River High School. Lind said that both their parents spoke German, and when Alvin went to school he spoke better German than English. Alvin's teachers asked his parents to speak more English in the home so Alvin could better learn the language.
Dale said that Alvin was first drafted after World War II, but that the Army wouldn't take him because of a health issue. But, when the Korean War started, Alvin was accepted and called to fight.
Alvin wrote a letter to Lind dated April 12, 1951. He describes the scene as he's on a train to Korea.
"They (the Koreans) sure have a rough life to live. I'm writing this letter on a train, we're going up to the front lines pretty soon. I seen lots of Korean houses that are shot down and a lot of trucks and trains that are all wrecked," Alvin wrote to Lind.
Alvin also comments in his letter that all his candy and cigarettes are now free, and mailing letters is too.
He ends his letter, "Don't worry about me just because I'm in Korea. Love Alvin."
Lind wrote two other letters to Alvin, but they were returned to her as Alvin was missing in action before the letters made it to Korea.
Lind said that Alvin's time in the service was short. He finished basic training in the fall and the following April he was sent to Korea. He was missing in action on April 24.
Lind also said that nothing was ever recovered of Alvin's body or belongings.
"Not anything at all. Not a thing," she said.
There's a headstone for Alvin in the Emily cemetery, but nothing's buried there. Lind said her family didn't have a memorial service for Alvin.
"I guess my parents just didn't want to give up hope, especially if he was a prisoner of war, that they might someday hear news of him. But they never did," Lind said.
Dale was in the Navy at the time of the Korean War. He said that he was supposed to meet his brother, but plans changed and they never saw each other while they were both in the service.
"He was a hard worker, an honest person. I sure miss him," Dale Potz said.
The first American Legion was chartered by Congress in 1919, according to the American Legion website. There are now 14,000 posts worldwide. Minnesota has around 560 posts.
Alvin's photograph hangs inside the doors of the Crosslake-Fifty Lakes American Legion on County Road 3 in Crosslake.


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Town Square
What is The Problem? The GOP is The Problem.
Original post made by Tom Cushing, Danville, on May 9, 2012
The second thing to understand is that these guys have been navigating the shifting currents of the Potomac for more than 40 years each; their expertise is beyond serious debate, their credentials are impeccable, their reputations firmly established.
Which is why it's extremely important to take note of their recent book "It's Even Worse Than It Looks." In it, they lay blame for the current policy morass in Washington directly, unequivocally at the feet of one political party: the Republicans. In a blistering indictment, they write:
"The GOP has become an insurgent outlier in American politics. It is ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition."
"When one side moves this far from the mainstream, it makes it nearly impossible for the political system to deal constructively with the country's challenges." Wow – you just don't see that decisive kind of language every day, especially in the sober stylings of scholars.
Indeed, it had become fashionable in this era of urgent information overload, to assume that "both sides do it" – the familiar "you're one, too" defense of the schoolyard aggressor. Thus when Dems complained about Republican recalcitrance on ObromneyCare (originally a GOP idea) or the utterly meaningless and deeply self-destructive debt ceiling debate, the first response has always been "it's just politics as usual." Except it's not.
Our fragmented media have fallen into the trap of letting the reader decide – assuming that both sides have some merit, and often giving equal time to preposterous positions, unhinged to reality. While there's something to be said for balance, when that approach is uncritically applied it gives equal weight to, say, scientific consensus on one side, and the Department of MSU on the other (that's "Making Stuff Up"). The 5th Estate can't abdicate analysis – it must recall the admonition of every J-School prof: "If your subject says he has a mother, check-out the claim." Paraphrasing these authors: you can't have a balanced treatment of an unbalanced situation without distorting reality.
Recognizing this failure to fact-check, partisans have felt a new freedom to prevaricate: thus, we have the GOP nominee's claim of actual credit for resurrecting the automobile industry, a contention directly contradicted by his published writings at the time. As above, facts apparently don't matter.
The Republican Party's processes have been devoted not to governing, but to the obstruction thereof, on policy and on nominations – as to the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Agency, a demonstrably needed, duly enacted initiative that could not implement its mission without its initial senior staff. When a senior Senate leader (McConnell) describes the number one policy mission of his organization as "ensuring that Obama (best defined on the political spectrum as a centrist, in my view) is a one-term President," you know his train has left the track. The Constitution that every legislator swears to uphold requires more, and the American People deserve better.
As with other eras in which an extreme element captures the flag, their tenure is usually short-lived. GOP Representative Allen West's recent, ridiculous assertion that there are some 75-80 card-carrying Commies among his Democrat opponents hearkens-back to the McCarthy Era of the 1950s. Joe McCarthy's influence was temporary – but real people got hurt, they're being hurt now. It's also instructive that there was no groundswell of GOP condemnation of West's slander. Nor did the slow-afoot nominee rise to correct a supporter's charge that Mr. Obama should be charged with treason (as the honorable Mr. McCain did, forcefully and immediately, in 2008).
There may be early signs that this GOP is overplaying its hand by purging its endangered moderate elements: witness 6- term moderate Senator Lugar's parting warning today, after losing the Indiana primary:
"If Mr. Mourdock is elected Senator, I want him to be a good Senator. But that will require him to revise his stated goals of bringing more partisanship to Washington. He and I share many positions, but his embrace of an unrelenting partisan mindset is irreconcilable with my philosophy of governance and my experience of what brings results…In effect, what he has promised in this campaign is reflexive votes for a rejectionist orthodoxy and rigid opposition to the proposals of the other party…
"This is not conducive to problem-solving and governance. And he will find that unless he modifies his approach, he will achieve little as a legislator. Worse, he will help delay solutions that are totally beyond the capacity of partisan majorities to achieve [prominently including the federal deficit]." It remains to be seen whether this GOP purge will "O'Donnell" the state party as its Delawareans did in 2010, but one can hope. It is pretty clear that Mr. Lugar deserved better.
Election season is upon us. 2012 will be different because of the increasingly strident partisanship –at-all-costs described by Messrs. Ornstein, Mann and now Lugar. It will be abetted by Super-Pac practices that will make us yearn for the relative truthiness of the SwiftBoaters. There are also early indications that Mr. Obama will drop the gloves and articulate a sharply contrasting, inclusive vision for the country – one that will capture the Great Middle Ground. Through it all, it will be crucial for citizen voters – and most especially those who consider themselves "moderate Republicans" to recall the wisdom in the Ornstein-Mann warnings about the games being played, the intentions of the players and the consequences of their actions.
a resident of Danville
on May 10, 2012 at 8:22 am
To suggest that all the problems in our country are due to one political party, the Republicans, shows your bias and lack of intelligent critical analysis.
I grew up in Indiana, and am very familiar with the Hoosier state political landscape and ideology. Senator Lugar was voted out of office for several reasons, including the fact that he forgot during his 30 years in Washington about whom he was elected to serve: The people of Indiana. He lost touch with the citizens of the state, he lived in Virginia,only came back to Indiana for election reasons, and actually tried to illegally write off hotel expenses when visiting the state he allegedly lived in. He was more concerned with hobnobing with foreign diplomats, the Washington elite, and the liberal press, than listening to the concerns of his constitutents. Increasing taxes, law suit abuses, illegal immigration, and anti-business legislation were concerns to his constitutents, but not to him, so he was elected out of office. That is how our country is supppose to work, you serve your constitutents, or they find someone else who will. That is not a "problem", that is a solution.
If you want to talk about "problems", and "blame", the Democrats must be included in that conversation. Follow the John Edwards trial, listen to the facts about people like John Edwards. He was an ambualance chasing lawyer who actually did more hurt than good, in creating many counties in the south where no doctor would deliver babies due to fears of lawsuit abuses and run away verdicts. This so-called populist, "man of the people", spent $400 on haircuts, cheated on his wife, lied under oath, all for his own selfish ego. President Obama's health care laws, of course, have no teeth to stop frivilous medical malpractice lawsuits, which really drives up insurance premiums, because the Democrats are so closely aligned and in debt to the Trial Lawyers Association.
To suggest that one political party is to blame for all of our problems, shows either a lack of intelligence, dishonesty, or perhaps both.
a resident of Alamo
on May 10, 2012 at 9:24 am
Perhaps before you pass summary judgment on these two scholars, who have invested their life's work in the insightful analysis of Washington politics, you might do them the courtesy of Actually Reading their book. The evidence they cite is overwhelming. You might also revisit Mr. Lugar's words of advice for his victor.
And can you explain to me what the unelected John Edwards' hair has to do with any of this? No one is claiming that Republicans are bad people, or Dems the opposite. The authors claim, and I agree, that one Party's processes have fallen victim to their most extreme wing, whose tactics have undermined the governance process to everybody's detriment. That Party is the tea-addled GOP.
I do not expect this to be a popular message -- but I think it needs saying. And if some soul-searching follows, then good.
a resident of Danville
on May 10, 2012 at 2:11 pm
As a native Hoosier, I do not need a "Scholar" to tell me why Senator Lugar did not get re-elected in Indiana. A politician who spends too much time in Washington, ignores his constitutents concerns, and becomes out of touch with the realities of life back home, will not get re-elected, whether a Republican, or a Democrat. This is the same exact reason Pete Stark, a local Democrat, will likely be voted out of office by his own party.
Although it is hard to believe, it is very likely that if the National Inquier did not break the John Edwards love child story, he would have been nominated by your party, the Democrats, as their presidential candidate, or at a minimum, the VP. His $400 hair cuts are probative of the problem that the Democrats are causing our country. While claiming to be populist, concerned about the little guy, the 99%, those in power are snob, elitist, who are completely out of touch with mom and pop business owners, who have to deal with the red tape bureaucracy, increasing taxes, and anti-business legislation. The $400 hair cut is a symbol, of an out of touch elitist, who has no clue what most small business people go through, trying to create jobs, and help our country.
The ambulance chasing trial lawyers association pulls the moderate Democrats to the far left extreme, and does more damage, than the so-called extreme tea party faction of the Republican party, who simply want tax reform, and cuts in government waste. We would not need President Obama's socialized medicine plan, if the Democrats in power stood up to their allies in the trial lawyers assocaition, and created real tort reform, and limits to frivilous medical malpractice lawsuits that cause doctors to practice defensive medicine, and drive up the costs of insurance premiums.
Stop listening to "scholars", and go talk to normal, mom and pop business people. If Senator Lugar took this advice, he would still be in office.
a resident of Danville
on May 10, 2012 at 2:11 pm
As a native Hoosier, I do not need a "Scholar" to tell me why Senator Lugar did not get re-elected in Indiana. A politician who spends too much time in Washington, ignores his constitutents concerns, and becomes out of touch with the realities of life back home, will not get re-elected, whether a Republican, or a Democrat. This is the same exact reason Pete Stark, a local Democrat, will likely be voted out of office by his own party.
Although it is hard to believe, it is very likely that if the National Inquier did not break the John Edwards love child story, he would have been nominated by your party, the Democrats, as their presidential candidate, or at a minimum, the VP. His $400 hair cuts are probative of the problem that the Democrats are causing our country. While claiming to be populist, concerned about the little guy, the 99%, those in power are snob, elitist, who are completely out of touch with mom and pop business owners, who have to deal with the red tape bureaucracy, increasing taxes, and anti-business legislation. The $400 hair cut is a symbol, of an out of touch elitist, who has no clue what most small business people go through, trying to create jobs, and help our country.
The ambulance chasing trial lawyers association pulls the moderate Democrats to the far left extreme, and does more damage, than the so-called extreme tea party faction of the Republican party, who simply want tax reform, and cuts in government waste. We would not need President Obama's socialized medicine plan, if the Democrats in power stood up to their allies in the trial lawyers assocaition, and created real tort reform, and limits to frivilous medical malpractice lawsuits that cause doctors to practice defensive medicine, and drive up the costs of insurance premiums.
Stop listening to "scholars", and go talk to normal, mom and pop business people. If Senator Lugar took this advice, he would still be in office.
a resident of Danville
on May 10, 2012 at 2:25 pm
If you really want to know what drives up health insurance premiums, it's now the few frivolous lawsuits. It's a combination of several factors: (1) operational inefficiencies of the highly concentrated insurance industry (Have you ever tried to deal with the mazes that these scoundrels construct to deter people from having legitimate medical expenses paid? It can literally take years to get them to corect their mistakes!); (2) the immense greed of the insurance industry (Have you seen the compensation packages of the "genuises" that run these companies?); (3) underemphasis on preventive care; and (4) failure to include all people in the insurance pool, so that poor people will be encouraged to use routine (and preventive) medical services, instead of the emergency room (which increases the costs for the rest of us).
Fortunately, President Obama's health care reform will begin to address some of these problems.
a resident of Alamo
on May 10, 2012 at 3:07 pm
Dear HT: do you know what's the most enjoyable thing about writing these columns? It's when folks come into the Comments and fly waaaay off-the-handle, making it bloody obvious that they never read past the headline. It's even more fun when they manage to include an accusation of stupidity and dishonesty. It makes me proud to have carefully crafted the article, when it's appreciated so thoroughly.
Now, I have a dilemma. I can depend for my understanding of a complex and important policy issue on two eminent scholars from mainline institutions, who've written an exhaustively researched and documented book -- or some anonymous guy on the web who reads nothing but claims to have been born in Indiana. You know ... I think I'm gonna have to go with Mann and Ornstein on this one.
Finally, I would also ask you to consider the possible applicability of the following statement, as this may be the first time you've seen it: "ideologically extreme; scornful of compromise; unmoved by conventional understanding of facts, evidence and science; and dismissive of the legitimacy of its political opposition."
Does that sound like anybody you know? Think about it while shaving.
a resident of another community
on May 10, 2012 at 3:13 pm
As a registered independent and one who worked for his GOP state senator, I have seen the transformation of this party from an inside and outside perspective. It has become a party of self-loathing and simple loathing. Its sense of pragmatism, fiscal conservatism, and definition linking it to mainstream america has devolved exactly as described by Mr. Cushing above. It is infused with the same special interests that it faulted in its opposition and it is disingenous about its claim to conservative values, while confusing them with the liberal concepts of decentralized small government, individual freedoms,and constitutional rights. It has been hijacked by the radical right and those who believe their moral pejorative trumps good government and the will of the people. It is one very sick elephant and those who thrill at its blind mad charge will not be immune from being trampled by it.
a resident of Danville
on May 11, 2012 at 7:31 am
Tom: It must be nice to have all the answers, and not need to ever listen to ideas, information, thoughts, from people with real life experiences not found in some text book.
Put your outdated text down, open your ears, go out and listen to real people, struggling to pay their bills while dealing with increased taxes, and government bureacracies.
I have noticed over the years that often the people we truly can learn the most from, are not those with fancy, inflated scholarly titles, but the unassuming individuals, who quietly work hard, provide for their families, and create jobs.
Good example of inflated "scholar" is DR. Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden. She INSISTS on being called DOCTOR, even though she does not have a medical degree, but instead teaches English at a community college type school. Watching the media interview her and Michelle Obama, and refer to them as "Dr.Biden" and "Mrs. Obama" is infuriating, as "Mrs. Obama" has a juris doctorate(J.D.)and is just as much as a "Doctor" as "Dr. Biden". Truth be told, I am sure that Mrs. Obama has more real life experiences, more to teach us, than the scholar "Dr. Biden".
In summary, for you and your scholarly friends to blame the Republicans for all the problems facing our country, shows you to be "ideologically extreme".
a resident of Alamo
on May 11, 2012 at 11:46 am
Dear HT:
A few thoughts on your latest comment:
1 – "Put your outdated text down, open your ears, go out and listen to real people, struggling to pay their bills while dealing with increased taxes, and government bureacracies."
Just for the record, the book I used was published last week, and taxes are remarkably low. You could look it up, but you probably won't.
Are you aware that, just this week, the House Republicans put forward a proposal to avoid Pentagon cuts that would (a) kick 2 million real people off of food stamps, (b) reduce the eligibility of another 44 million (count-em) struggling Americans, (c) end a program that allows disabled older people to live at home and out of institutions, and (d) cuts money that helps low-income families buy health insurance? THOSE are the real, struggling Americans whose suffering resonates with me.
2 – " … the people we truly can learn the most from, are not those with fancy, inflated scholarly titles, but the unassuming individuals …
I think that's a false choice, as we can learn from both kinds of people. I think you're using it as an excuse to be uninformed, yet influential. You may have to settle for the fact that your vote counts every bit as much as the vote of anyone else. Is this a great country, or what?
3 – The whole "Biden" paragraph.
Like John Edwards' hair yesterday, this whole paragraph – nearly half your post – comes out of the weeds in deep left field. Even if it happened to be true, which I doubt but who cares, how is it possibly relevant to much of anything? It's just a personal attack on an accomplished woman whose husband is an elected official. It's just a big "so what?" Reading it, I feel like the AFLAC duck. Web Link
4 -- "… blame the Republicans for all the problems facing our country …
So, still haven't read the actual article, eh? It says, big as day: "… they lay blame for the current policy morass in Washington …" on the GOP. That's not all the problems we face as country, far from it. But it's true. You could look it up.
a resident of Danville
on May 12, 2012 at 5:55 am
You know the GOP's in trouble when a reliable conservative like Orrin Hatch is facing a primary challenge for not being conservative enough. ha ha.
Tom's got a point about Republicans. Look at Romney. Instead of trimming the military's $680 billion / yr. bloated budget, he wants to INCREASE military spending by an additional $2 trillion over the next decade.
And Romney wants to lower taxes by 20%.
What kind of fantasy land does that guy live in?
Meanwhile, back on planet earth, we've got some bills that need to be paid. Notably, we've got to somehow come up with $50 to $70 trillion to make Medicare and Social Security solvent. This is a serious problem, folks.
Democrats share some of the blame about our fiscal solvency. This is an issue which Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen has called, "The greatest threat to our national security." It is THE issue of our times.
When Obama was elected, Democrats controlled Congress and the Presidency. Instead of getting our fiscal house in order, Democrats decided to go on a $1.7 trillion spending spree by enacting Obamacare. They also continued a bloated military budget and other reckless spending.
Few politicians are being truthful on the kinds of sacrifices that will be required of Americans both in terms of increased taxes and spending cuts in order to get our fiscal house in order.
Democrats mislead the public, telling them the rich can pay for it all, that the poor and middle class can get ever more benefits without sacrifice.
The failure of Climate Change legislation also cannot be solely laid at the foot of Republicans either. Key Democrats loaded exemptions into the legislation for the coal industry, delayed serious carbon cuts, and ultimately voted against it. Democrats have also supported expensive Ethanol subsidies and mandates that have the unintended consequence of raising world food prices and exacerbate climate change and pollution. Obama and Democrats have shown no leadership on climate change. Not a single U.S. politician attended the Climate Change summit in Rio de Janeiro this year.
Obama and Democrats continue the pointless war on drugs, incarcerating millions and spending hundreds of billions on this failed effort during the Obama presidency. And what about that pointless war in Afghanistan, the war on terror, TSA, Guantanamo, etc.?
Sorry Tom. I think if you remove your partisan blinders for a moment, you will agree that Democrats share some of the blame for the critical issue of fiscal responsibility and some of our other current problems.
a resident of Alamo
on May 12, 2012 at 10:41 am
Thanks SP, for bringing a thoughtful comment to the board (I'm never sure which SP is going to show-up, but this was a good-un). I agree that the Romney call for a military so mighty that all will tremble before us is naïve, misdirected, a poor way for the US taxpayers to spend their money -- and downright Old Testament. I tremble when I ponder foreign policy generally in the hands of such an Administration.
Where you and I part company is that I think this country has an employment crisis and a series of budget problems; if I interpret correctly, you'd put the latter in the crisis column, and not give a rat's patoot for the former ("…that the poor and middle class can get ever more benefits without sacrifice."). As I've written early-on in this series, I think the middle class has been remarkably resourceful since the 1970s in vain attempts to try to (even) stay even. We've been sacrificing since those '70s, and if anything, have been too tolerant of policies that funnel abundance upward, without corresponding benefit to our depleted circumstances.
I'm surprised you picked on ObromneyCare instead of the stimulus, and quoting only one side of the ledger does you no credit when the CBO has clearly stated the law is deficit-neutral. Frankly, I don't believe that'll completely come to pass, either, but as a numbers guy, you know better. So, by your silence may I infer that you agree that the stimulus: 1 – worked, and 2 – would have worked better had it been larger?
The point of the article was never that one party has a monopoly on wisdom, or mistakes. Again, as written -- clearly and distinctly – it "…lay[s] blame for the current policy morass in Washington directly, unequivocally at the feet of one political party: the Republicans." Bringing in specific issues of climate change and the inherited war(s) becomes irrelevant when it would not matter what was proposed, the GOP would oppose it if support might mean Obama would get credit for something. I think that's a horribly wrong way to approach governance, and it was expressly what the Republicans did as.a.matter.of.baseline.policy.
You also neglect to mention that Obama has repeatedly tried to address fiscal issues on the revenue side, but has been Grover'd every time. Like you, the GOP only seems to see one side
of the ledger. And when that baseline strategy screams "starve the beast," morass ensues.
I have disagreed with much of what the Administration has done – I think the President has bargained too generously and repeatedly settled for too little. I think he's very late to the party on gay marriage – lots of other things.
At the end of the day, I'm guessing that you and I really differ in what kind of government we'd like to see – and I'm guessing that your own "partisan blinders" lead you way from empathy. Anyway, more on that next week.
a resident of Alamo
on May 14, 2012 at 6:33 am
It always amazes me when the leftist "elites" are completely clueless about anything but their talking points and agenda. This President has done more to destroy our wonderful country than any other leader. We are broke, weakened, divided, laughed at by many leaders of other countries, lost our triple A rating, less safe now than ever before with terrorists coming in from the southern border and legally because of the politically correct increased immigration of people from terrorist countries, half of all college graduates unable to get a job, more unemployed no longer even trying, the real unemployment rate probably in the 20 percent or more range but definitely not 8.1 % (fuzzy government math) and worst of all, a president who is anti Israel and pro Muslim Brotherhood and Black Panthers (terrorist groups by their own admission of wanting to kill people)....the list goes on. So,the liberals/progressives will continue to fool themselves and think they know what is best for us, because after all, you believe we need your help for everything (see Julia chart). You do have one thing right...if you can give enough free stuff to takers, they will vote for you. The problem is, you will run out of other peoples money and then, we are like Cuba.
a resident of Alamo
on May 14, 2012 at 6:53 am
Tom... it must be hard for you to needing to be "right" all the time. It's obvious that you're more programmed to respond rather than to listen. When did you stop listening... and learning? As I see it, one of the biggest problems our society faces is that of "scholars" who are clueless in real world situations... "scholars" who apply text book principles to real life issues... and "scholars" who fancy themselves as teachers and attempt to drill their own idealogical, narrow minded perspectives into our children.
a resident of Danville
on May 14, 2012 at 8:47 am
I read the article and I must say that what has created the entitlement society we live in is not the fault of the GOP. They've been trying to rein in the spending to no avail. Currently, about 150 million Americans receive some form of government funded(taxpayer)subsidy or entitlement and by my estimate that is about 1/2 of the population. That figure is growing under the current leadership. Where did the 16 Trillion dollar debt come from? Whether you blame Democrats or Republicans it cannot continue at this pace or we will end up like Greece and Spain. Start growing your own food or you will need barrels of money to pay for it. Welcome to the Entitlement society and start putting your hands out cause you will get some too.
a resident of Danville
on May 14, 2012 at 9:50 am
Well, Tom, at least you tried.
After the last 3 comments, it is clear why our country is in so much trouble. We just have too many ignorant, extreme people like Linda, George, Louise, and HT who spew unsupported garbage as if it were fact. They want our elected leaders to listen to "real people" instead of "scholars;" however, these "real people" try to disguise bald assertions as facts, then think they have more credibility than those who thoroughly analyze very complex issues and reach conclusions based on facts and analysis.
Your patience in trying to respond to their unsupported, oversimplified, illogical, conclusory statements is admirable. Unfortunately, some of your audience has clearly already made up their minds, and will not be deterred by logic or fact.
Keep fighting the good fight, and let's hope a majority of the voters in November are more sensible.
a resident of Alamo
on May 14, 2012 at 10:31 am
Exasperated... Can't wait! See you at the polls.
a resident of San Ramon
on May 14, 2012 at 10:55 am
The progressive dems helped get us in the current mess. As business owners, we will NOT hire more people with Obama"care" on the horizon. We will terminate 5 more if it is held up. Lugar was a RINO. Good riddance. Hopefully, the good people of Alameda County will throw nasty Pete Stark out as well. Even the liberal local press has had the intelligence to NOT endorse this weasel.
a resident of Alamo
on May 14, 2012 at 11:51 am
Whew, the ol' mailbag is getting a little heavy. Given that my choices are to not respond and be accused of retreat to my ivory tower, or to respond and be accused on not listening, I guess I'll take the latter.
Linda, I fear your best course would be to change the channel and swear-off caffeine. There's just no point in proceeding, sorry.
George, I'll try to listen if you'll support your claims with actual examples of what you mean. Everybody wants to believe s/he's a good listener -- myself included. So kindly give me a chance, and as long as your concern relates to neither Mr. Edwards' hair nor Dr. Biden's degree, I'll try to respond thoughtfully.
Louise, thanks for reading it. Your concern about dependence seems genuine, but I wonder if a lot of what those 150 million people have is inter-dependence. Many folks both contribute to the tax base and draw some benefit from it -- and isn't that what a community does to take care of itself? There seems to be a virulent sentiment abroad on this board that the government is somehow the enemy -- to me, it's not. Anyway, more on that in future weeks.
Mary, thanks for sharing.
Exasperated -- I appreciate your support. Cognitive Dissonance is an uncomfortable state to be in -- I try to remember that, at some level, being blamed for putting someone there constitutes progress.
a resident of San Ramon Valley High School
on May 15, 2012 at 8:35 am
Bravo! Bravo! Highly entertaining missives! I always enjoy the deep thinkers vs the Archie Bunkers of the world! Again....Bravo!
a resident of Alamo
on May 16, 2012 at 11:27 am
All: I believe I just heard that Messrs. Mann and Ornstein will be on Forum tomorrow AM, on KQED, 88.5 FM -- probably the 9 AM segment, but not certain. There's obviously a lot in the book that is not in my post.
George: I'm Still just sitting here, listening. But here's one for you -- when I want to hear about life experience, I'll gladly call on Aunt Edna. But when I need a hip replaced, Aunt Edna, in the pantry, with a butter knife just won't, well, cut it. Perhaps think of Mann and Ornstein as surgeons. They've earned it.
a resident of Alamo
on May 16, 2012 at 12:34 pm
Archie Bunker was a Democrat. Google is your friend...
a resident of Danville
on May 16, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Yes, Linda's comments give us a clear example of how determined Republicans can be to ignore facts that don't fit with their point of view (usually parroted from Faux News).
For example, she complains about "terrorists coming in from the southern border." What is she talking about??? Illegal immigration is down, thanks to the poor job prospects in the US and the Obama Administration's stepped up efforts to increase border security (far more than Bushie did). But, those facts don't fit in with the anti-Obama meme broadcast daily on Faux News.
a resident of San Ramon
on May 16, 2012 at 4:42 pm
San Ramon Oberver is a registered user.
Michael Krasny will be interviewing Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein tomorrow morning at 9 am on KQED Forum, 88.5 FM
9am Forum with Michael Krasny
The New Politics of Extremism
Political scientists Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein join us to discuss their new book "It's Even Worse Than it Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With the New Politics of Extremism." Ornstein is a political scientist and resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and Mann is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
This is a call in show, so if anyone wants to speak to Mann, Ornstein, or Krasny the phone number is 866-733-6786 or Email: email@example.com
a resident of Danville
on May 17, 2012 at 8:24 am
Well Tommy Boy, maybe you should have titled your piece differently as opposed to the name you gave. Your story is about the two "scholars," not so much the GOP? You also go into detail about a book no one in this message board has read. Hey, people can only respond to the information that you give. I can't debate the book with you because I have not read it myself; however, I can debate the points YOU bring out because it's all I have to go on. If you're of the persistent mindset that we should all read the book before we pass judgement, then maybe you shouldn't go into so much detail. After all, the title of your article is a tad confrontational to say the least.
a resident of Alamo
on May 17, 2012 at 8:53 am
If I put the whole article into a headline, then it wouldn't be a headline, would it?
There's also a big intertubes out there, replete with articles about the book. Here's a condensation they wrote for the Washington Post: Web Link , and there are many other articles, including rebuttals, even. You're not so helpless, unless you want to be.
And here's a reminder -- the Forum appearance of Mann and Ornstein at 9 today, KQED 88.5 FM. You could listen, or remain intentionally uninformed.
a resident of Danville
on May 17, 2012 at 9:40 am
Then your headline is misleading, or an attention grabber; I'm not sure which. But what's with the constant sarcasm? Seems to me you're a bit touchy when someone disagrees with you. I never said you were wrong, but there are always two sides to every story. You need to keep that in mind when talking about politics. The Dems and Repubs have both had there share of bad streaks: Bush with Iraq and Kennedy with Vietnam. See?
a resident of Alamo
on May 17, 2012 at 12:18 pm
Yeah, I could've gone with the headline that Mann & Ornstein used in the Washington Post: "Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem." Oh, wait.
I'm not sure why I personally become the target, except that it's consistent with the theme of demonizing the opposition (You suck! No, YOU suck!!). Okay, fire away. And if you want to be annoying, use a condescending term like Tommy Boy to address me -- it's a great start to a searching discussion of ideas. You might also attach your real name to your comments (if you're not) -- it makes a difference.
Finally, and again, this article is limited to responsibility for the Policy Morass in Washington. After all, Lincoln freed the slaves.
a resident of Danville
on May 17, 2012 at 1:01 pm
Sir, was all that really necessary?
a resident of Alamo
on May 17, 2012 at 3:46 pm
Who's Axin'?
a resident of San Ramon
on Jul 25, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Tom, it seems you like to think of yourself as an all-knowing deep thinker. You say the GOP is the problem, all-inclusive. I'm one of your father's Republicans, and I disagree with radical extremists on the right as much Democrats. Yet with your all-inclusive approach, you would have to be lumped with all Democrats, who as a group, I would oppose.
In your citizens united screed, I saw no mention of the reason and need due to the hands off acceptance of union money, power, and influence in all elections in this 21st century. Councils, Mayors, Supervisors, Assemblymen, Governors, Presidents, bought and paid for by today's all-powerful PUBLIC unions. Corporations are about 50-50, so Democrats still have the majority of power and money. SEIU's Andy Stern has a desk in Obama's West Wing. Nationally, public employee unions have been running ads and controlling elections for decades.
I never heard any outrage on their corruption of our process. Now they are destroying our cities and country. Much of their destruction may never be corrected.
a resident of Alamo
on Jul 26, 2012 at 11:14 am
Hi Anti: a very similar point was made yesterday about the public employee unions -- I think there's a structural problem with government worker unions that is different from the private sector -- there's no invisible hand to slap anybody who over-reaches at the table (put another way, the taxpayers aren't at the table and it's too easy for the "Management" side to give-in, esp. as to debts, like pensions, that won't come due for years). It's playing itself out now, as I wrote here last year (see The Great American Shake-out).
Where you and I differ is that I do not see it as a problem similar to, or of the same level and scope, as that of the big business lobby (of which I was once a part, so I've seen something of how it looks and thinks, from the inside). It's a problem -- it's working its way through the system, painfully, but I don't think it's a crisis or "destruction [that] may never be corrected."
Anyway, those are my Deep Thoughts and Unassailable Truths on the subject, fwiw.


text: With college soccer season here, Elm Grove Soccer Club has a heavy presence in many of the local university rosters.In fact 13 of the 16 seniors that played on the Elm Grove U18 Team that won a fourth straight State Cup under coach Ben Shepherd have gone on to receive scholarships to play at the next level.This is more than any other club last year in Wisconsin and continues the growing trend of players that have developed through the Elm Grove system to then earn the opportunity to play at the next level. In fact eight members of last year's team are currently on NCAA Division I rosters, one at an NCAA Division II school and four at NCAA Division III schools. Here is a list players and the schools they are attending from the Elm Grove U18 State Championship team.NCAA Division I — University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee: Stuart McBain, Mark Heydt and Daniel Lemus; UW-Madison: Joe Naughtan; Marquette University: Mac Wheeler, Nate Rohde; Drake University: Jimmy Grunert and Duquesne University: Nick Biasiotta.NCAA Division II — UW-Parkside: Evan Carlin.NCAA Division III — Catholic University: Nico Bartolomeo; UW-Oshkosh: Jack Ballestreri; Concordia University: Keegan Van Dusseldorp; UW-Whitewater: Justin Loncaric. "Elm Grove has a great coaching staff and a huge part of the reason I developed so much as a player," Heydt said. "Coach Shepherd was one of the best coaches I've ever played for and he helped me tremendously in playing soccer at the next level."Breider came over from FC Milwaukee USSDA."I knew coach Shepherd would help me get recruited," he said. "His past recruiting record is impressive, and I'm looking forward to playing with this group of guys."Biasiotta credited Shepherd with believing in him even though he had a knee injury."Even though I was coming off a knee injury he still had the upmost confidence in me," Biasiotta said. "And that helped me to motivate myself to come back. Coach instilled a sort of drive in me that I can't explain. He inspired me and was truly professional with everything he did."Recruiters started calling Vandusseldorp once he joined Elm Grove."I decided to join Elm Grove my senior year and last year of club soccer because of its reputation in producing players to play at the college level," he said. "Before I moved to Elm Grove I wasn't being recruited very heavily but as soon as I started playing at Elm Grove many recruiters started contacting me."Ben Kosmider, who has been an Elm Grove player since he was U14, is looking forward to playing his senior year as he looks forward to playing at the next level."The coaches in Elm Grove will help me realize my dream of being recruited and playing Division 1 soccer," he said. "I'm looking forward to working with coach Shepherd and know he will help me help me succeed."


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Damn. I want a gyro now, but there's no way I'm walking a mile to get one, lol.
I have to say that even though I don't like working in restaurants, I do love the fact that it has expanded my palate. There are things that I absolutely love now that I hated years ago (for example one of the ingredients for a gyro, feta cheese. I used to hate feta, but have grown to love it by repeated tasting). I think the ability to repeatedly try things without risk (i.e. spending money on it) helps out a lot. I mean, it's a lot easier for someone who works with food to try things many times, as opposed to someone who doesn't that might have to pay $18+ a plate for something that s/he may not like (or risk buying it on their own and not preparing it properly).


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Thursday, May 7, 2009
Busy busy days!!
We got room darkening shades for the boys room and it's really made a difference! They both have been sleeping in longer. Keeghan woke up screaming again this morning, and ended up in our bed in the middle of the night, which is unusual for him. He was definitely awake though so I don't think it is night terrors. Kassidy had those as a baby and it was awful!!! Someone mentioned molars, and I didn't think about that. I tried to look in his mouth but he wouldn't let me... go figure! haha We'll see how tonight goes.
Kassidy and Kameron have Field Day tomorrow. It was supposed to be last Friday but it got rained out. I'm really praying it doesn't rain tomorrow too. They are SO looking forward to it!!!
Anyway, I guess that's about it. I have pictures to post still from Keeghan's birthday party, but it's going to have to wait until tomorrow. I can hear my pillow calling my name. I must be getting old! HA!
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Idk, maybe he felt...lonely???? lol :O) Maybe I will understand this better when I have kids. lol :O)
ps. THANK YOU! I got my cards today! I'm probably going to give the Mother's day card to my step-grandmother...she'll like that! :O)
- Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7:50:00 PM MDT
Oh! I forgot something: When is Mr. Frank being deployed again? I hope it isn't very soon! And when does Kass and Kam's school get out? Our local school goes out May 22nd. Is that the same with you guys?
- Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 7:52:00 PM MDT
- mom2natnkatncj said...
Ahhh, don't you love the end of the school year craziness? Well, I hope things settle down for you soon. Wanna come shampoo my carpets, hehehehe?
Molars could be the problem with Keeghan I suppose. A call to the doctor might not hurt though. If it's only happening when he gets up I wonder if the tubes aren't draining the fluid correctly. Hopefully it's something simple and he gets a good nights sleep. I hate when they can't tell you what's bothering them.
Is the weather looking like it will be good for Field Day tomorrow? Hope so. I have a hard time wrapping my head around the thought that my kids should be having field day already. Do you know theres isn't until June 11th? I'm still working on ordering the t-shirts for it. The craziness of the end of the year has already begun though.
- Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 8:14:00 PM MDT
- ♥Lisa♥ said...
I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow for field day.
maybe bad dreams for keeghan?
Matthew had a bad dream last night and when he told me about it today he started crying because it seemed so real. (there wasn't enough room in the car for him, so he couldnt get in with all of us) how sad is that. poor baby.
- Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:04:00 PM MDT
- momof4as said...
Ooh I'm jealous of your clean carpets... I just bought my 3rd cleaner the other day (we're hard on them apparently - in fact I would say so since Jason RAN OVER our last one) and am yet to take it out of the van...
So sad and frustrating when the kids are upset and you don't know why - hope it eases up soon!
- Friday, May 8, 2009 at 5:47:00 AM MDT
- Lu, Poppies Blooming said...
Reece's Rainbow is now on twitter.
Please follow them and post for people to follow them on your forums (even if you are not on twitter!)
If you want to tweet #FollowFriday @ReecesRainbow today that would be brilliant!
Thank you!
- Friday, May 8, 2009 at 5:51:00 AM MDT
- Tammy and Parker said...
Clean carpets? Sleep? You get all the good stuff. ;D
Tammy and Parker
- Friday, May 8, 2009 at 9:25:00 AM MDT
I never thought about teething...but you know...I wonder if it could be. Olivia and Keeghan are about the same age and for the past 3days she hasn't been wanting to eat much. I thought about her teeth as that's how she gets when she's teething. Has his appetite changed? Maybe he's also going through some separation anxiety????
- Friday, May 8, 2009 at 11:53:00 AM MDT


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The unfortunate thing is that owners will say, we have superbowls but what they dont realize is that this team is immensely talented and when we win, its despite people like gilbride and fewell not because of them
Killdrive calls a solid pass attack game against the Packers who can't defend and what does he do yesterday? Try to run through their throats the second half. This guy is a clown.
If this were the only game in which I questioned Gilbrides game calling I wouldnt blame him so much - but the fact of the matter is he has been bad for a long time. If not for two super bowl rings he would be out of here. Like Dvaey Johnson of the Mets who managed a greatb team "down" to 90 wins.
Say what you want but I think we need to live and die with Eli's arm. Set up the run via the pass. Offensively and defensively we are as plain vanilla as any team in the NFL. With some innovation we could dominate on both sides te ball.
If you actually believe that pissing away down after down on draw plays for no gain....putting Eli in constant 3rd and long situations is a recipe for success, then I'd say that you are clearly delusional bordering on deaf, dumb and blind!!!!!!!
Stop blaming KG, I know you are upset, so am I. the reason our team got beat in the second half is that the Redskins stopped our run, meaning they beat our blockers at the point of attack, and they ran the ball over our defense, meaning they beat our linemen and backers at the point of attack. And KG didn't have anything to do with all of the penalties. Some you you want to blame someone because you are pissed, like me. However let's face it our team got beat by a team that executed better last night. But for all the apparent domination on their part in the second half, they still only one by one point, which makes it even more frustrating. Just remember these tough games hardened this team last year, and made them ready for the playoffs.


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Before the U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations, Ralph Regula, Chairman
April 26, 2001
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:
I am pleased to appear before you today to discuss the President's fiscal year 2002 budget request for Education Research, Statistics, and Assessment activities administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). The President has requested a total of $382.1 million for these activities in 2002. This is $66.6 million, or 21 percent, more than is available in fiscal year 2001 for the comparable activities. The request does not include funds for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs currently administered by OERI. Those programs are included in the consolidation proposals described by my colleague from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
The President and the Secretary firmly believe that, in order to improve student achievement, educators must seek out and use effective, research-based practices and programs. They are not alone. For some years now, parents, teachers, and administrators have increasingly demanded specific, evidence-based guidance for improving schools. The Federal Government must invest in research and data collection and in developing, testing, and evaluating strategies and programs, in order to support the Nation's education improvement effort and ensure that the larger Federal investment in education is spent on programs that work.
The request for OERI is focused exclusively on what we consider the core OERI functions:
Research and development --To support research, development, and evaluation related to education;
Statistics and assessment -- To collect and analyze data and compile and report statistics on the condition and progress of education, including student achievement;
Dissemination -- To provide parents, educators, policymakers, and the public with information and research findings related to education; and
Technical assistance -- To provide assistance to educators and others in the use of research-based information to solve problems and improve education.
These functions comprise a vitally important Federal role in education as the Nation works to improve the quality of instruction and the level of achievement found in America's schools.
Research, Development, and Dissemination
We are requesting $188.1 million for research, development, and dissemination activities. This includes support for the activities of our five national research institutes, our interagency research efforts, our regional educational laboratories, and a variety of dissemination activities. Our request constitutes an increase of $2.5 million over the appropriation available in the current fiscal year for these activities.
The funds we are requesting will support the sustained, focused programs of research carried out by the university-based, national research and development centers we support. These centers are carrying out research in areas such as early childhood development, assessment of student achievement, teacher development, education policy and finance, and adult learning. The centers are a core component of our overall research program. Solutions to many of the critical issues in American education -- such as ensuring that all children, irrespective of their backgrounds and socio-economic status, learn to high standards -- are developed over time, as ideas are tried out, refined, and tested, and center funding allows for such sustained activity. One of our centers is presenting a seminar in the Longworth Building two weeks from tomorrow on the topic of fixing failing schools. I hope some of your staff might be able to attend. The work of another of our centers is the basis for much of an eight-hour public television series set to air next fall.
Another important component of our research portfolio is field-initiated research studies. The research topics and methods the investigators propose are subjected to high quality peer review and evaluation before funding decisions are made. In addition to encouraging and supporting ideas about new research from the field, this program helps to build capacity for education research.
Of particular note are our interagency research efforts. Recognizing the need to improve student achievement in reading, mathematics, and science, the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development have worked together to establish a program of methodologically rigorous research that advances our understanding of how schools can more effectively help students fully realize their potentials as learners. The interagency education research initiative places a high priority on research that focuses on understanding the practical complexities of large-scale implementation of effective instructional practices. As part of an overall effort to broaden the impact of education research, studies performed under the initiative typically involve large numbers of schools, students, and teachers. One project is currently collecting data on 4,500 students each year over a four-year period in order to examine the effectiveness of an instructional intervention designed to promote scientific literacy. Another study, using a longitudinal design, will track 3,600 students from 16 different schools across grades 3, 4, and 5 to examine the effectiveness of a specific reading comprehension program. More than any other federally-sponsored research effort to date, the interagency education research initiative is designed to increase our knowledge about how educational interventions are implemented in the complex environments of schools. In the two years it has been in existence, this initiative has supported 22 projects.
Our budget also includes funding for a research initiative on language minority learners. An expansion in fiscal year 2002 will build on the early successes of a research initiative launched in fiscal year 2000 on developing English literacy in Spanish-speaking children. This effort was designed to increase understanding about the critical factors that influence the development of English-language reading and writing competencies among children whose first language is Spanish. The initiative, jointly organized and funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, will be expanded in 2002 to address issues that affect other groups of students whose first language is not English. The fact that language development is affected by a range of social, familial, and linguistic factors is well established. Building on this knowledge, projects currently funded are working to understand how the factors influence the language development of young children, both prior to school and during their early school years.
Finally, I want to mention another of our major research efforts, our program of research and development in comprehensive school reform. We began this work several years ago in response to a desire on the part of the appropriations committees for capacity-building work to support the comprehensive school reform demonstration program the committees had initiated. We are currently supporting both the development and refinement of new models for the comprehensive reform of middle and high schools and research on the effectiveness of existing models. In an attempt to maximize the accumulation of knowledge from these investments, we are promoting opportunities for the contractors and grantees to expand collaborative efforts in this field of research and work together on common challenges and methodological issues.
Although research centers and many of our other research grantees carry out their own dissemination activities, the Office of Educational Research and Improvement also supports the National Library of Education and the Education Resources Information Center or, as it is more popularly known, ERIC. ERIC is a system of subject-based clearinghouses and other support activities that maintain the world's largest and most used education database. Our request includes funding for both the Library and ERIC.
Our request also includes $65 million in funding for our network of ten regional educational laboratories. The laboratories conduct applied research and development, disseminate research-based products and strategies, and provide training and technical assistance. In general, their particular priorities are determined by their own regional governing boards. They give priority to high-poverty school districts and to schools that most need to improve student achievement. The laboratories play a critical role in linking research, policy, and practice.
The National Center for Education Statistics
We are requesting $190 million for the activities of the National Center for Education Statistics and $4.1 million to support the National Assessment Governing Board. This represents an increase of $74.1 million over current funding, of which $69 million will be devoted to an expansion of the State-representative testing conducted as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Reliable data are critical to inform decision-making in efforts to improve education in America. The mission of the first Department of Education, created in 1867, was to "collect such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and territories." While today's education and the task of assessing its scope, quality, and impact are immensely more complex, the National Center for Education Statistics continues to carry out this core function for the Department and the Nation. The Center collects, analyzes, and reports data on all levels of education from pre-primary education through graduate study, including adult education. The education policy issues addressed by its data collections are equally wide ranging, including enrollment trends, access of minorities to postsecondary education, the academic achievement of students, comparisons of the U.S. education system with education systems in other countries, and the effects of education on employment and economic productivity.
For the activities of the Center, exclusive of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the request is $85 million, $5 million over the appropriation for this year. This increase is needed to maintain the current program of the Center. Without the increase, the sample for the National Assessment of Adult Literacy, to be conducted next year, will have to be scaled back to such an extent that it will be impossible to report results for small, but important, subgroups of the population.
The President's request for the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the National Assessment Governing Board is $109.1 million, an increase of $69.1 million over the current level. The National Assessment, also known as The Nation's Report Card, is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what American students know and can do. It has become an integral part of the Nation's measurement of educational progress. Nationally representative data are collected every two years for students in grades 4, 8, and 12, and State-representative data are collected for students in grades 4 and 8 in States that choose to participate.
One of the accountability proposals in the President's No Child Left Behind initiative requires States to participate in these State-representative assessments on an annual basis. As is the case with the current assessments, these annual assessments would involve only samples of students in each State. Students in the fourth and eighth grades would be tested in reading and mathematics. The results of these assessments would be used in conjunction with results from the States' own assessments to determine which States receive rewards or sanctions under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Because States will be required to participate, the Federal Government would assume all costs associated with this annual, State-representative testing of fourth and eighth graders. The increase in our request for the National Assessment of Educational Progress represents the increase in costs associated with this testing.
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, my colleagues and I will be happy to respond to any questions you may have about the President's request for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. Thank you.


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Safe Place Near Sinchon & Hongdae - #5
Maximální počet hostů2
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Floor No.(with elevator)
- Klimatizace
- Pračka / sušička
- Televize
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- Výtah v budově
- Uzamykatelný pokoj
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|120-100 Seoul, Jižní Korea
|Typ nemovitosti
|Ident. objektu
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|A month ago
The main purpose of this building is for students who are in need of nice, clean, safe, and cheap places to live with everything private to use inside their room. If you're coming as exchange studetns, this is the right place to stay and for travelers who are looking for nearby Sinchon & Hongdae stations with cheap and safe place to stay are all welcome.
Although it's a small studio, there are private single bed, toilet, refrigerator, washing machine, TV, and a big kitchen to share in the floor and other facilities. Both WIFI and wired internet are available :) This is a very safe area with residence so it'll be good to take a rest and sleep after a long day in Seoul.
There's a building manager Mr.Kim who speaks fluent English to help you with any questions.
$550 for a month stay and no deposit.
*From Sinchon Station: Take Bus # 7611 and it will take 20-25 minutes.
*From Hongdae Station: Take Bus #7612 and it will take 15-20 minutes.
Domovní řád
|Monthly rate for 1 guest
|502 €
|Cena za více než 1 ubytované(ých)
|5 € Cena za osobu/noc navíc
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Everything was described, and Mr. Kim tried very hard to explain everything and make me comfortable.
The hostel is really a nice place to stay. I have stayed there for a month and the room is well-equipped. The air-conditioning is in good condition. There are conventient store and supermarket nearby, which are easy to buy food and general stuff. I am looking forward to staying in this hostel when I travel to seoul next time.
Mr Kim is very understanding and communicates in English very clearly. The place is safe and very good value for money. Local merchants are nice, too.
When you arrive, just make sure that all equipment in the room selected for you, like kitchen taps, are working well because repairs can take a while.
I would definitely stay there again. Thank you, Mr Kim.
Mr kim was very helpful and was a good host the accommodation was exactly how i expected it and what i needed it was clean and had good transport links.
I stayed here for 3 months and the actual place matched the pictures. There was virtually no need for me to get out of my room because everything I needed was inside! The apartment's clean, comfortable and located in a safe and convenient neighbourhood - the supermarket was a mere 2 min walk away and even though it closes on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month, there's a 7-11 just behind the apartment which stocks many essentials and ready-to-eat meals. Buses that serve the area go to Hongdae station, Yonsei University, Sinchon station and even to town, though it does take a long winding route. Mr Kim was really helpful, patient and prompt with my requests. I really enjoyed my stay here and would recommend it to anyone who wants an affordable, clean and comfortable stay in Seoul.
*There was no WIFI available during my stay though there was wired Internet, so if you need to use WIFI, it would be advisable to get a data plan.
I stayed here over a year ago and was so pleased with the service - Mr Kim is very communicative, gives great instructions on how to access the building and very kindly showed me around before I moved in. The rooms are beautifully clean, modern, private, secure- well sized for the economic traveller or student (with foldout desk, bathroom/toilet, generous cupboard and shelve space) and in a lovely neighbourhood. I recommended this property to 2 other friends who have stayed here also and loved it! Thank you Mr Kim!
The building and the area are both very nice, the room has all the equipment you'll need! I was very satisfied with the place and the building manager, Mr. Kim, is really friendly and helpful! I recommend this place to anyone who wants to stay in Seoul either for short or long term.
Great place for a long stay in Korea...all basic things are included: internet, washing machine, etc..
You need to take the bus to go to down town Seoul.
24H possible contact with Mr. Kim through internet.
The location is good, the apartment is very clean and very cosy. Mr Kim is a nice & hospitable building manager. I really enjoyed my stay and would highly recommend this to anyone!
A great place to say, long as well as short-term. 10-15 minutes to Hongdae with the bus and just a minute away to the closest seven-eleven and Lotte supermarket.
The Myongji area is mixed with many different kinds of restaurants and stores and has a pretty calm atmosphere.
The apartments are small but well planned. You might want to have a couple of extra blankets if you live here during the colder time of the year. I truly recommend a stay here and don't be surprised if Mr Kim invites you to a dinner or two – accept and enjoy.
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