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Democracy in America Is a Useful Fiction
Posted on Aug 23, 2016
By Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges is on vacation and will return to writing his weekly Truthdig column on Sept. 5. While he is on break, we will republish some of his Truthdig columns. This one originally appeared on Jan. 24, 2010.
Corporate forces, long before the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, carried out a coup d'état in slow motion. The coup is over. We lost. The ruling is one more judicial effort to streamline mechanisms for corporate control. It exposes the myth of a functioning democracy and the triumph of corporate power. But it does not significantly alter the political landscape. The corporate state is firmly cemented in place.
The fiction of democracy remains useful, not only for corporations, but for our bankrupt liberal class. If the fiction is seriously challenged, liberals will be forced to consider actual resistance, which will be neither pleasant nor easy. As long as a democratic facade exists, liberals can engage in an empty moral posturing that requires little sacrifice or commitment. They can be the self-appointed scolds of the Democratic Party, acting as if they are part of the debate and feel vindicated by their cries of protest.
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Inverted totalitarianism represents "the political coming of age of corporate power and the political demobilization of the citizenry," Wolin writes in "Democracy Incorporated." Inverted totalitarianism differs from classical forms of totalitarianism, which revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader, and finds its expression in the anonymity of the corporate state. The corporate forces behind inverted totalitarianism do not, as classical totalitarian movements do, boast of replacing decaying structures with a new, revolutionary structure. They purport to honor electoral politics, freedom and the Constitution. But they so corrupt and manipulate the levers of power as to make democracy impossible.
Inverted totalitarianism is not conceptualized as an ideology or objectified in public policy. It is furthered by "power-holders and citizens who often seem unaware of the deeper consequences of their actions or inactions," Wolin writes. But it is as dangerous as classical forms of totalitarianism. In a system of inverted totalitarianism, as this court ruling illustrates, it is not necessary to rewrite the Constitution, as fascist and communist regimes do. It is enough to exploit legitimate power by means of judicial and legislative interpretation. This exploitation ensures that huge corporate campaign contributions are protected speech under the First Amendment. It ensures that heavily financed and organized lobbying by large corporations is interpreted as an application of the people's right to petition the government. The court again ratified the concept that corporations are persons, except in those cases where the "persons" agree to a "settlement." Those within corporations who commit crimes can avoid going to prison by paying large sums of money to the government while, according to this twisted judicial reasoning, not "admitting any wrongdoing." There is a word for this. It is called corruption.
Corporations have 35,000 lobbyists in Washington and thousands more in state capitals that dole out corporate money to shape and write legislation. They use their political action committees to solicit employees and shareholders for donations to fund pliable candidates. The financial sector, for example, spent more than $5 billion on political campaigns, influence peddling and lobbying during the past decade, which resulted in sweeping deregulation, the gouging of consumers, our global financial meltdown and the subsequent looting of the U.S. Treasury. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent $26 million last year and drug companies such as Pfizer, Amgen and Eli Lilly kicked in tens of millions more to buy off the two parties. These corporations have made sure our so-called health reform bill will force us to buy their predatory and defective products. The oil and gas industry, the coal industry, defense contractors and telecommunications companies have thwarted the drive for sustainable energy and orchestrated the steady erosion of civil liberties. Politicians do corporate bidding and stage hollow acts of political theater to keep the fiction of the democratic state alive.
There is no national institution left that can accurately be described as democratic. Citizens, rather than participate in power, are allowed to have virtual opinions to preordained questions, a kind of participatory fascism as meaningless as voting on "American Idol." Mass emotions are directed toward the raging culture wars. This allows us to take emotional stands on issues that are inconsequential to the power elite.
Our transformation into an empire, as happened in ancient Athens and Rome, has seen the tyranny we practice abroad become the tyranny we practice at home. We, like all empires, have been eviscerated by our own expansionism. We utilize weapons of horrific destructive power, subsidize their development with billions in taxpayer dollars, and are the world's largest arms dealer. And the Constitution, as Wolin notes, is "conscripted to serve as power's apprentice rather than its conscience."
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By John, January 27, 2010 at 1:14 pm Link to this comment
Charles Dharapak's satirical photo of the Supreme Court demonstrates both prejudice and ignorance by lumping a courageous minority dissent into the same stinking cesspool of the majority. Charles Dharapak hold be a bit less hysterical, less prejudiced and less bigoted.
To lump the courageous dissent with the majority they clearly disagree with is just plain ignorant prejudice. But to do it knowing they dissent is nothing less than bigotry. This does not facilitate the debate but slams the door shut.
By Michael Shaw, January 27, 2010 at 12:30 pm Link to this comment
Chris, you're right on the money! This article should be mandatory reading for the entire population. Sadly, however and as you point out, it would fall on mostly deafened ears.
By John, January 27, 2010 at 12:26 pm Link to this comment
I simply can not avoid reading anything by Chris Hedges. He is clearly one of the most powerful writers in America and I have frequently thrown his books against a wall. Not because he's wrong but because I fear he is right. I read him with caution for he has a rather sloppy habit of stating conclusions as facts that remain unsupported by any authority (e.g., he wrote elsewhere 'More Vietnam veterans committed suicide than died in the war." based on what authority?) and his vituperative and grossly unfair attacks on the so-called "new atheists" (in the screed called "I don't believe in atheists") was just plain ignorant and bigoted.
That said, Hedges remains a powerful (though too hysterical) voice that I can not make myself tune out. Perhaps someday he will have something to say other than "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!"
By gregorylkruse, January 27, 2010 at 8:44 am Link to this comment
I am going to discontinue donations to politicians except those who are fighting to save democracy. I will watch Olbermann until they take him off the air, and I will cease support of any website that drops the issue of corporatocracy. I am waiting to hear what Al Franken has to say, and I will put all my resources into Alan Grayson and Dennis Kucinich. I will not vote until this "decision" is overturned.
By AS, January 27, 2010 at 6:07 am Link to this comment
As always, Chris Hedges tells it like it is!
When one of the NYTimes op-ed columnists recently wrote yet another column about our President and his actions that do not reflect his promisses to the American people, I responded with the following comment:
For better or worse, Mr. Obama's one year long presidency, has already proven what Andrew J. Bachewich (a professor of history & international relations at Boston University) had written in his 2008 superb book- "The Limits of Power/The End of American Exceptionalism"-:
When in November of 2008, I finished my reading of this book, I had no choice but to agree with the multitude of reviewers who stated that Mr. Bachewich "writes with a passionate eloquence and moral urgency…(that he depicts) the Washington's establishment's dangerous delusions of omnipotence…"
My own impression was that if Mr. Bachewich were to be proven right, America, its people and perhaps the world at large, must be in big trouble, for according to Mr. Bachewich (page 182) "Americans appear determined to affirm Neibuhr's axiom of willful self-destruction."
By Rorschach, January 26, 2010 at 10:00 pm Link to this comment
"And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."-Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Stephens Smith
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. The infrastructure (ie communites) that allowed for true reform in the past, has been destroyed. The democratic system is undermined. Protest only serves to embolden our rulers. What options are there for the common people?
By nick, January 26, 2010 at 9:11 pm Link to this comment
I am concerned that sites like this are a cul de sac for armchair
By nick, January 26, 2010 at 7:08 pm Link to this comment
Gerard, im with you, I have recently started making comments on truthdig, and
By mark prichard, January 26, 2010 at 4:23 pm Link to this comment
unmask the photo of the FASCISTS. Excellent article.
By Timmay, January 26, 2010 at 3:58 pm Link to this comment
It was in the 1880s when the Supreme Court ruled that a corporation is a "person." Yet, so many of you are acting acutely surprised at this new ruling. You want Kucinich and pals to start a new party? Look to yourselves for this solution. Why, because it was also in the 1880s when the Populist Party had tens of thousands of well trained orators traveling the country spewing truth to power. The robber barons where truly scared of these people because they did it all themselves through discussions within their communities.
There are so many of you Truthdig frequenters who would have easily joined those ranks then. But you are a far more impotent lot because of this information age. Many of you were searching for an alternative news source. You found this one, and others, and then felt special. What now, gripe and whine like its the end of days? Stop alienating yourselves from you neighbors and co-workers because you think they won't get it. You are a worse flock of "sheeple" because your inaction renders you more pathetic.
How many of you have even phoned or wrote an elected official?
By Mike, January 26, 2010 at 2:13 pm Link to this comment
Like they haven't always been running the show.
But now the population is so highly distracted and digressing twittering, blogging (talking to themselves in nowhere-space), and watching moronic TV and movies, that the corporations figure they might as well just make it official since no one will know or care.
By nobodysaysBOO!, January 26, 2010 at 9:09 am Link to this comment
Remember KENT STATE? I do.
By Keep Left, January 26, 2010 at 7:47 am Link to this comment
Chris Hedges criticisms of American Liberalism are limited by his own liberal perspective, even if he is more "radical" than your run-of-the-mill Democrat. Mr. Hedges needs to do a serious study of Marxism and its history, and then commit himself to working with one of the Marxist groups in the US. (PSL, ISO, SEP, etc) This is the only way to free oneself from the extremely insular and fatalistic perspective of American liberalism and radicalism.
By gerard, January 26, 2010 at 7:44 am Link to this comment
socrates, Shore were fucked, but that doesn't mean we should sit back and take their bullshit. If this garbage happend in the sixties there would be an outporing of descent, and people would take notice and fight back.It's time to fight back,instead of bending over and over again and again.
By elwoodpdowd, January 26, 2010 at 6:51 am Link to this comment
"Mass emotions are directed toward the raging culture wars. This allows us to take emotional stands on issues that are inconsequential to the power elite."
I've talked to people who actually voted for a presidential candidate totally on where they stood on gay marriage. We are out of our friggin minds! I picture us now, animated and raging about gays in the military while we stand freezing on endless unemployment lines. What a heritage we are leaving our children. Obscene.
By murphthesurf, January 25, 2010 at 8:58 pm Link to this comment
Last week's SCOTUS ruling gives foreign powers an enormous amount of power in determining American political life.
Here is a good (bad) example: Aramco, a corporation owned by the Saudi Arabian government, will have enormously more influence in choosing your senator than you will.
Saudi Aramco is the state-owned national oil company of Saudi Arabia. It is the largest oil corporation in the world with the largest proven crude oil reserves and production.[2] Headquartered in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia,[3] Saudi Aramco also operates the world's largest single hydrocarbon network, the Master Gas System. It was known as just Aramco between the years of 1933-1988, an acronym for Arabian American Oil Company.
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Want to guess how interested this company will be in controlling our energy policy? Our environmental policy? Our trade policy? ....Our research and development policy?....Our international banking policy? ....Our Middle East Policy regarding Israel, Iran, Muslim Fundamentalism?
By nick, January 25, 2010 at 8:28 pm Link to this comment
I agree this cite preaches to the choir. If the writers are the leaders they need to
By doublestandards/glasshouses, January 25, 2010 at 7:25 pm Link to this comment
The shamelessness of corporate institutions is matched
By mot, January 25, 2010 at 6:26 pm Link to this comment
Where to begin?....
Every mothers son & daughter who has, or expects to have, a pension, mortgage, auto loan, other bank loan/line of credit, credit card, air miles card, "reward" card, and/or is an investor in any "my money works for me" scam is a corporatist, you know, like aiding & abetting, as well as "guilt by association".
As JB used to say: "How you like me so far?"
Stop the whining, hand wringing and preaching to the converted….
Stop this sickness you call "being a good citizen".
There are other ways, unsafe to be sure, but you're being marched down the road to slavery… the good times are gone… who wants to be a slave in the bad?
By doublestandards/glasshouses, January 25, 2010 at 5:58 pm Link to this comment
I forgot to mention sit-ins (highly effective). And
By Joe, January 25, 2010 at 5:58 pm Link to this comment
Our democracy is a sham, but it has nothing to do with the supreme court ruling our campaign ads
Its more due to the fact that as an american citizen, you will never be allowed to directly vote on any issue of national importance, ever.
By doublestandards/glasshouses, January 25, 2010 at 5:43 pm Link to this comment
Two things were most effective in the civil rights
By robert puglia, January 25, 2010 at 5:31 pm Link to this comment
as prophecized in the film "brazil";
By William, January 25, 2010 at 5:11 pm Link to this comment
The United States was founded with the requirement that only white men with
When you accurately describe democracy as it is and then write that it is really
It is engaged in a racist colonialist expansion paralleling the historical racist
We are given the evidence every day of the reality of the practices of a
Of course they do. That is what a democracy is—-it is what it does.
By msgmi, January 25, 2010 at 3:06 pm Link to this comment
Democratic capitalism is in a free fall. Hubris has extended its tennacles from Wall Street to K-Street to Capitol Hill amid the blessings of C-Street. Now the Supreme Court has been infected with the plague, giving corporate entities 'freedom of speech' license and carte blanche maneuver to influence political elections. The porters in black robs have failed the writers of the constitution and the document it stands for.
By The Revd Craig Bustrin, January 25, 2010 at 2:37 pm Link to this comment
In a world where the sound-bite is king, I'd like to suggest a pithy meme to
By don knutsen, January 25, 2010 at 2:17 pm Link to this comment
If our society was even alittle bit informed anymore , or interested, in what and who the real people in power represent, then you might see this as a welcome testiment to how absurd the whole idea of "We the people" has become. As if the Supreme Court was doing us a favor by shoving right in our face that we no longer need pretend that the people have any power in this country.That its been given over, lock stock, to industry and the decisions made are only for industry, the banking, pharma, oil and not let us forget the huge military support industry that we were warned of from a former president, a republican ironically over 50 years ago, an industry that would be insatiable and would ultimately be the catalyst itself of future wars. People like the Bush's and Cheney do very well in this kind of New World Order climate. They were the architects of it in large measure, and its been designed for them. But rather then call them the treasonous bastards they are, we still see them flapping their gums on TV, illuminating us with their weighty opinions via a media that is determined to keep the public in the dark with "infotainment". If we had a functioning news media and it were made public knowledge, the amount of outright criminal profit our supposed leaders have made theu their political decision making while the country continued to spiral down, would we put up with it ? I'm not altogether sure we wouldn't..there are so many that still would rather have others think for them, that reserve little curiosity for themselves beyond where to park at the monster truck rally ot tea-party event. so maybe then we fuckin' deserve it. I guess its a oot point cause its all already played out for the most part…we can finally stop pretending. That idea of a democracy has been bought by corporate interests who placed shills like Cheney and Bush, Clinton, in office to do their bidding. They were paid well after leaving office, in some cases while still in office. Their incentive was certainly not in the best interests of the people, what an absurd naive idea..With the help of Saint Reagan the our society shifted. While the rich got richer, the middle class shrunk and the poor increased in their numbers. The homeless multiplyed and we all saw it happen but did little but drive by alittle faster. Education costs have skyrocketed, health care costs, on and on it goes.. They've all left office, wallets fattened considerably and our political machinery can produce nothing else.
By Bob, January 25, 2010 at 12:36 pm Link to this comment
Mr Hedges, as always, you paint a clear and moving—albeit apocalyptic and perhaps one-sided—image of the political and social landscape. But, as Christian96 points out, you again neglect to suggest meaningful paths of action. Clearly, having personally witnessed for many years the actuality, you don't support armed revolution, and although we continue to play our hollow role, voting has become an empty farce. So what are our options?
By blueinmo, January 25, 2010 at 12:01 pm Link to this comment
ALL hail the mighty Fascist United States of Amerikkka.
The same men and corporations who wanted to overthrow FDR back in the 30's should have been executed for treason for they are the same ones who just got the Scotum's to make this decision.
Their baaaack. FDR's Attorney General let them go because they were white, rich and owners of corporation's. The grandchildren succeeded where their grandfathers failed, fascism has come to 100% power in the USA.
I for one blame Harry Reid for blocking the filibuster of Alito and Roberts. Does everyone remember fighting the appointment of these 2 men? I do and millions of us were against them.
The Scotum has successfully married our government to all foreign corporation's too. Our next president will be bought and paid for by Wal Mart with their cheap labor from China.
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time just as the needs of others around us change over
Sometimes, just when we think we have a handle on
life, something changes and we have to start from
Let me define
my view of balance. I believe we achieve balance when we
meet our own needs as well as the needs of those who
depend on us. What are our needs? Needs can be physical
(our general health), emotional (happiness, joy, love),
and material (housing, clothing). Some may want to add
spiritual needs as paramount in their lives as well.
Are caregivers meeting their own needs? Caregivers often
neglect their yearly check-ups although they would never
skip one for their loved ones. Caregivers often put
aside their own emotions as they devote their energy to
their loved one. Caregivers put off buying themselves
new clothes, or items needed because it is so hard to
get to a store by yourself and for yourself. When
attention is paid to caregiver needs, the caregiver
often thinks "Am I doing enough for my loved one?" and
this starts the guilt process.
How do we create a system to ensure that caregivers and
their loved ones both have their needs met? I suggest
keeping an accounting of sorts so that care you provide
for another can be matched with care you provide for
yourself. You can start with a journal and divide each
page in half. Put your loved one's name on one side and
your name on the other. Did you help your loved one in
the shower? You can list that on the side under your
loved one's name. Did you take the time to take a shower
yourself today? If yes, then list it on the side with
your name. If you enjoyed a nice lunch with your mother
today, you can list it on both sides. If you prepared
her lunch but never sat down yourself to eat, then your
side will run a deficit.
The activities you are writing down do not have to match
perfectly. For example, you may have played cards with
your father for his enjoyment. However, if this is not
relaxing or enjoyable to you personally, you cannot put
in on your side of the page. In this case, you need to
find a source of relaxation that you can put on your
side. For example, maybe you read for 30 minutes before
going to bed. This may be your source of relaxation.
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Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - A day after it was reported that members of the Lopez family-a wealthy dynasty of business owners-were excluded from the Philippines' Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) top 500 individual taxpayers list, a taipan has come forward to show that he, too, had paid a large amount of taxes to the government.
Both incidents mark what could be the beginning of a trend where the country's wealthiest businessmen-once eager to stay below the taxman's radar-are now eager to be seen as having contributed generously to the state's coffers.
Like many of his wealthy peers, businessman Andrew Tan did not find his name on the Bureau of Internal Revenue's (BIR) top 500 individual taxpayers' list, but his tax payments were enough to catapult him over showbiz personality Kris Aquino, who is No. 1 on the roster.
Data from the tycoon's office showed that the founder of the Megaworld Corp. real estate empire, who was one of the Filipino billionaires named by Forbes magazine, paid 60.1 million pesos (US$1.4 million) in taxes for all his sources of income for 2011.
Kris, the youngest sister of President Aquino, paid 49.8 million pesos in taxes due, to a large degree, to her earnings from commercial product endorsements.
Tan was the third businessman who sent word to the Inquirer that he should have been on the BIR list of the country's top taxpayers.
Sources within the Lopez group of companies on Tuesday pointed out that family patriarch Oscar Lopez and his brother Manuel had paid 37 million pesos and 11 million pesos in taxes, respectively, for 2011.
"In the last few hours, our office has been receiving inquiries about the taxes that our chairman and CEO ... has paid to the BIR," said Megaworld chief financial officer Francis Canuto in a letter to the Inquirer Wednesday, which came with documents showing Tan's tax payments.
"There has been a lot of interest generated in the last few days about the payment of individual income taxes," Canuto added. "This is a very positive development for the country because such an interest is creating awareness on our obligation as Filipino citizens to pay taxes and do our part in feuelling economic growth."
Tax on dividends
In 2011, Tan-who also chairs conglomerate Alliance Global Inc.-earned 518.1 million pesos in cash dividends from his stock holdings. On this income, he paid 51.8 million pesos in taxes, representing a 10-per cent final withholding tax that is, in practice, excluded from one's income tax return filing.
During the period, Tan also earned 22.2 million pesos in salaries from the companies he owns and worked in, for which he paid 7 million pesos in income taxes-an effective tax rate of 31.5 per cent.
Finally, the tycoon earned 3.8 million pesos in director's and consultant's fees, resulting in additional tax payments of 1.2 million pesos.
His total income for 2011 from all three sources amounted to 544.2 million pesos, compared with his combined tax levies of 60.1 million pesos for the period.
Revenue Commissioner Kim Henares explained why certain people were not on the list of top taxpayers.
"Only those who filed income tax returns (ITRs) will find themselves on the top 500 list," the BIR chief said on Tuesday.
"If you did not file an ITR-if you had a 'substituted filing' where your company withheld income taxes for you and remitted it straight to the BIR, just like regular employees-it doesn't matter how big your salary and tax payments are. You will not appear on the list," she added.
The annual list of billionaires released by Forbes magazine shows that Tan is the Philippines' fourth-richest man for 2012, with an estimated asset base of $3.95 billion.
"Dr. Tan is very supportive of the continuous efforts of the BIR in putting good governance in place," Canuto said. "He also believes that through the leadership of Revenue Commissioner Henares, tax collections will improve, and taxpayer compliance and satisfaction will increase."
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Origins and Evolution
R. Parthasarathy
Edited by Shoaib Sultan Khan
Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2009, pp. 502, Rs. 725.00
VOLUME XXXIV NUMBER 4 April 2010
TheAga Khan Rural Support Programme: A Journey Through the Grassroots Development by Shoaib Sultan Khan is a narration of the author's fifty-four years of experience working in the rural development sector in South Asia. The book is presented in an interesting narrative distinct from academic writings and is divided into three sections. The main focus of the book as the title suggests is the second section which is dedicated solely to the evolution of the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) and the author's experience. The preface clearly indicates the circumstances that led the author to the writing of the book, the role of his friends and co-workers and a few highlights of his experience in the field presented through photographs. The book's treatment is very distinct from the works on development and rural studies in both the representation and narration. The first part of the book 'Origins and Early Experience' is the autobiography of the author, his career and his experiences in the field of development. Khan with his writing skills blends a very detailed biographical note in chapter one to a methodical scientific description in chapter two on the Daudzai project in Pakistan. The third and fourth chapters, 'The Personal Diary of a UN Consultant' and 'Letters from Sri Lanka—The Mahaweli Ganga project' read like a travelogue with emphasis on important projects inter alia. It highlights how the visits to the various rural areas have added to the author's understanding of challenges in rural development while as he puts it—'working within the system and living within the means'. The second section is organized into nine chapters starting with a brief introduction of His Highness the Aga Khan and his visions about AKRSP. Various interesting moments shared with His Highness add a personal touch to the chapter. The author's beginnings in the programme as the Managing Director of AKRSP is presented in the chapter, 'My Introduction to AKRSP.' In chapters 8–13, the author details the goals, operating principles, impact and role of various partners in the programme. This section highlights the role of AKRSP in fostering village organizations to develop into small scale entrepreneurs and thereby ensuring social justice and equitable distribution of the fruits of development. The objectives and functioning of AKRSP described by the authors allows the reader to draw similarities with the author's experiences in Sri Lanka and Japan ...
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Arnaoutis in action Thursday!
Jr welterweight contender "Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis is pumped and ready for his June 25 return at North Bergen, NJ's Schuetzen Park. Arnaoutis (21-3-2, 10 KOs), will be fighting in Pound 4 Pound Promotions' "Summer Rumble" 10-round main event this Thursday night against Puerto Rican knockout artist Doel Carrasquillo (12-11-1, 10s KOs). Arnaoutis is coming off a loss to Victor Ortiz on HBO this past March. For this fight Arnaoutis has rejoined trainer Bill Johnson in Atlantic City.


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The Garfield Heights City Schools is a dynamic public educational
institution that prioritizes academic achievement, a commitment to the arts,
student leadership, athletic involvement and community partnerships. The
district serves approximate 3,600 students each year, and is comprised of seven
facilities as its total campus, including one high school, one middle school
(serving grades 6, 7 and 8) and three elementary schools (serving grades K-5).
Moreover, Garfield Heights City Schools is home to nearly 400 administrators,
teachers and staff members, all dedicated to the mission and vision of the
district. Our vision is to transform lives by instilling 21stCentury
Skills. Below are a number of ways that the Garfield Heights City Schools has
dedicated itself as a public school in Northeast Ohio, to the fulfillment of
that vision.
A Commitment to Academics
The Garfield Heights City Schools remains on the cutting edge of various proactive academic approaches. Some of these ideas have included The K-5 Transition, which has transformed three of our elementary buildings into institutions that serve students in grades Kindergarten thru Five. This has dramatically changed the elementary dynamic of the school district by permitting a student to enter into one building and remain there for up to six years. This consistency and continuity combined with the nurturing academic environment created in the process, will prove successful in the years to come. In addition, the district has made a concerted effort to appeal to our youngest students and attempt to educate them for an entire day. The institution of All-Day Kindergarten and Pre-School in the district fulfills the belief that if the GHCS can capture a student at a younger age, that it has a greater likelihood of positively impacting his or her academic careers.
In today's public education world, academics and technology are intertwined. The Garfield Heights City Schools has also made a conscientious effort to expose our younger students to technology at earlier ages. Going into the 2015-2016 school year, all K-1st Grade classrooms have at least 5 ipads in each room, and each 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms have at least 7 chrome books per room. Technology has been, and will continue to be, a top priority for the Garfield Heights City Schools at all ages of development. While technology has served as a major focus, the GHCS continues to make investments in textbooks with teacher input and professional development so that our students receive cutting edge education and information. Great students emerge from great instruction, and that's why the Garfield Heights City Schools continues to promote a late-arrival Thursday concept, whereby students arrive to school approximately one hour later, which provides an opportunity for teachers and staff members to seek improvement and develop.
Promoting the Arts
Advancing the arts in Garfield Heights is a top priority, and students are able to become acclimated with such opportunities throughout their entire high school experience. From our award-winning performing arts programs to the visual arts, and even an emphasis on classroom instruction in courses that are unique to the Garfield Heights City Schools, the arts is an important part of the fabric of the Garfield Heights City Schools.
Bulldog Athletics
Garfield Heights High School is proud to offer 18 varsity sports to its student body including football, boys and girls cross country, volleyball, soccer, boys and girls tennis, golf, boys and girls basketball, wrestling, boys and girls bowling, hockey, baseball, softball and boys and girls track and field. Garfield Heights Middle School offers 15 sports to its students. The Bulldog Athletics program has been highlighted by Boys Varsity Football, which made the State Playoff Tournament during the 2014-2015 School Year, and also the Boys Varsity Basketball Team, which advanced to the State Final Four Basketball Tournament for the second time in the last five years.
Continual Upgrades to Our Facilities
Learning and co-curricular involvement takes place in state-of-the-art facilities throughout the Garfield Heights City Schools, where classroom and other learning amenities are first rate. The district's High School is just over ten years old, and the elementary schools have benefitted from a combined $18 Million in renovations in the last five years from an Ohio Schools Facilities Commission funding. The district has recently focused its attentions to upgrades to the cafeteria and gymnasium at the Middle School. The Garfield Heights City Schools is also looking to renovate the outdoor athletic complex and transportation area at the high school as a permanent improvement to the entire campus.
Safety and Security Upgrades
The GHCS has hired two police officers to the district, one at the high school and one at the middle school, to promote safety and security. Doing so has kept the GHCS on the leading edge of utilizing the Student Resource Officer concept. Additional security personnel throughout the district, technology and camera upgrades have all been included to keep our school safe. This has been, and will continue to be, a major focus.
Community Engagement
The Garfield Heights City Schools attempts to engage more people, businesses, community organizations and other stake holders today than ever before. We send out more information to more people. We continue to invite our parents to the buildings for donuts for dads, muffins for moms, family engagement nights, concerts, literacy nights, elementary recognition nights and AllPro Dads. We have good standing with our major corporate citizens, such as Marymount Hospital and Overdrive. And, the relationship with the City of Garfield Heights is fantastic.
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LiverKick Throwback: Kohi vs. Nitta K-1 World MAX Japan Finals 2005
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The world of kickboxing has a rich history to fall back upon so we here at LiverKick figure, why not? Why not give a glimpse into some of the fights from the past that have made up this wonderful sport and tie it all in to the present. The kids on the Instagram and Twitter like to call Thursdays "Throwback Thursdays," I'm just going to say that this is a LiverKick Throwback.
Today we go back to 2005, we go back to a time when Japan was the undoubted home of kickboxing and K-1 was king. K-1's MAX division was on fire and K-1 had a legitimate star in Masato. The past few weeks I've been thinking about how much I miss the days when Japan was the epicenter for the sport of kickboxing and the best way to sum up what is missing is to look at the K-1 MAX Japan tournaments. Masato was K-1's MAX star, but there were a host of other Japanese fighters who got a big push from K-1 to be that big star. There was Kozo Takeda, Taishin Kohiruimaki, Yuya Yamamoto, Yuichiro Nagashima, Yasuhiro Kido and Yoshihiro Sato.
Each fighter had varying results, some showed more promise than others, while you had guys like Kozo Takeda who just went down swinging as a cult hero that nobody had huge expectations for in the end. If there was ever one guy who had that chance, it was Taishin (also known as Takayuki) Kohiruimaki. Kohi won the K-1 World MAX Japan tournament a whopping three times, in 2004, 2005 and 2009, but still failed to really catch on with Japanese fans. In fact, he was often-times booed by fans.
Kohi had the look, the ability, but his personality and fighting style just weren't up to snuff when compared to Masato. Masato was exciting, personable and charismatic, while Kohi fit more into the mold of a Remy Bonjasky in the ring and he wasn't that great of an interview or public figure.
All of this being said, Kohi was still an awesome fighter and while he may have "choked" a bit whenever he got to the big stage, he really was one of the kings of the MAX Japan tournaments. What better way to highlight that than his awesome, awesome fight against Akeomi Nitta in the K-1 World MAX Japan 2005 Finals?
Dave Walsh
Dave Walsh has been covering MMA and Kickboxing since 2007 before changing his focus solely to Kickboxing in 2009, launching what was the only English-language site dedicated to giving Kickboxing similar coverage to what MMA receives. He was the co-founder of HeadKickLegend and now LiverKick. He resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he works as a writer of all trades.
His second novel, Terminus Cycle, is available now via Kindle and Paperback.
Dave (a) LiverKick dot com | @dvewlshWebsite: www.dvewlsh.com


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Local Women To Join Vigil At President's Ranch
Families Of Fallen Soldiers Want Audience With Bush
SAN DIEGO -- Two San Diego women will join the mother of a fallen California soldier in a peace vigil outside President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.
IMAGES: San Diegans Join Texas Peace Vigil
Tiffany Strause and Julie Decker arrived at San Diego's Lindbergh field early Tuesday. They said they would to fly to Texas to join Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who is holding a roadside peace vigil near President Bush's ranch. Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Calif., has vowed to follow the president until she can personally ask him what her son died for.
Neither Strause nor Decker have family members serving in Iraq, but both said they support what Sheehan is doing.
"You don't have to have a personal investment to feel strongly about human life, American, Iraqi, civilian or otherwise," Strause told NBC 7/39. "I really do feel strongly that it's time. It's not early pullout. It's been over two years."
"We're going to support her, to try to get other Americans involved, to get support in Crawford, Texas, for her, and to put a spotlight on that story," Decker said.
Sheehan has been in Crawford hoping to talk to the president since Friday. Her son, Casey, was killed in Sadr City, Iraq, on April 4, 2004. Dozens of peace activists and others who have lost loved ones in Iraq have joined her vigil.
Since then, she said, various government and independent commission reports have disputed the Bush administration's claims that Saddam Hussein had mass-killing chemical and biological weapons -- a main justification for the March 2003 invasion.
"All of those reports prove my son died needlessly," said Sheehan. "This proved that every reason George Bush gave us for going to war was wrong."
Sheehan, who formed a group called Gold Star Families For Peace and has spoken out against the war across the nation, talked for about 45 minutes on Saturday with Steve Hadley, Bush's national security adviser, and Joe Hagin, deputy White House chief of staff, who went out to hear her concerns.
Appreciative of their attention, yet undaunted, Sheehan said she planned to continue her protest along the road during Bush's stay through the end of the month.
"If he doesn't come out and talk to me in Crawford, I'll follow him to D.C.," she said. "I'll camp on his lawn in D.C. until he has the courtesy and the integrity and the compassion to talk to somebody whose life he has ruined."
Strause and Decker told NBC 7/39 that they are prepared to stay with Sheehan as long as it takes for her to get her audience with the president.
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Do you agree with what the Drylok rep told me?
I'm redoing the walls in my basement (vapor barrier + paper faced batt = yucky mold). I had to grind the existing paint/drylok off the cinder block walls because it was peeling off in big chunks (not from moisture, but because they painted the drylok on top of paint) and I am planning on gluing rigid foam against the walls.
I put on two new coats of drylok and I e-mailed the company asking how long I should let it dry before gluing the rigid foam against the walls. This is the response I got:
They are wrong. No air space, do you need links?
Some AHJ require foamboard fire-stopped every 10' horizontally rather than at the studs gap, and cover tops, check locally; http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/ic...002_par017.htm
Per location for your Zone ?; http://energycode.pnl.gov/EnergyCode...jsp?state=Ohio
Add a strip of fb under the plate (may not require pt now) for a thermal/air/capillary break from the slab/earth below; http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/...-building-code
PS. Closest city?
2" fb may be overkill.....
I kept wondering if 1-1/2 XPS would work "well enough" for me, especially since I'm on a tight budget and I'll likely have to do this in more rooms in my basement. But it looks like I won't meet code for the R value.
That is for one OR the other.... Fb alone, with furring strips (hard to wire outlets) = R-10 OR meet code (R-13) cavity insulation) with frame wall and only enough foam to lower dew point in cavity against condensation. With 68*F room air, R-5 (unfaced XPS or ESP) Code suggested minimum; http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...r-requirements to prevent cavity condensation above grade (below grade is way less due to air/water/wind blockage of concrete wall).
Figuring dew point: 68*F room, Delta T at foam/cavity insulation is 42*F due to placement at 3/4 the way in wall from inside, with a dew point of 39% Relative Humidity. Safe at/below that percentage, if more humid and without a dehumidifier, thicken the fb to R 7.5 XPS (unfaced) + R-13 cavity = 44%RH. R-10 = 49%RH.
If the fb. cost is prohibitive, use R-5 (1" XPS) to stop condensation keeping the RH in room at/below 39%RH with R-13 fiber or R-15 Roxul ($$$). Use fb under plate won't need pt ($), check with AHJ. It stops air, stops wicking water/moisture from slab/earth, and stops the "heat sink" effect (thermally) of wall on slab. 2" XPS is R-10, less after aging 25 years. Polyiso is R-13 or so, better because "greener" at manufacturing but don't use any with facer coverings to stop the moisture drive.
"Search" foam board, basement insulation, rim insulation, etc. for proper way to install in search box at top right side every page. Or just click on my name (in blue) and read posts answered by me (only about basements in title thread), lol.
From what I've read, 2" XPS moves me to a better class of vapor retardant (class II), than the 1" XPS plus unfaced batt. However, 1" XPS plus unfaced batt is much cheaper and would easily meet my R requirements for this region and still allow me to be able to feed my kids.
I see no signs of water issues on my walls (I know some water will always work it's way in, but my walls show no signs of excess water problems). Is the 2" XPS worth the extra cost in my case? Or would I be throwing money away for little to no benefit?
Next question - the rim joists. There is no insulation there, and in order to be able to reach in there and add insulation I would have to remove some of the drywall along the ceiling, creating more work. What's the best way to address that?
Lol, thank you for the compliment, we are here to help!
I forgot to mention the figures I used for your location specific dew-point calculations were taken from the three months lowest averages temps- both high and low;http://www.weather.com/weather/wxcli...ly/graph/45385
So if you have a furnace with its own supply air and room so it wouldn't be adding extra humidity- or wood stove, clothes washer, deep sink, etc. that add humidity, quality windows, etc.... you may not need a dehumid. and rely on thicker fb to be safer. Check your RH in the room....with hand=-held unit.
IMO, use the 1/2" with ADA drywall; http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...wall-approach/
Rims should be f.b. first, then any fibrous cavity insulation to meet/exceed min. code for "floors" location specific per links. Canned foam the XPS (cut 1/2" smaller than needed) with a good bead all around to make air-tight. I'd go with 2" there because of the cavity fill added afterward puts the dew-point farther into the wall; (thicker cavity fill = thicker foamboard required) pp. 16-18, notice pp.7 also- thickness of fb are both same Class 2.... http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...ting-sheathing
IMO, cut the ceiling back 16" (to fit 16" rips from drywall 4x8 = times three pieces) that gives more room than 12" to work in. You need a fire-stop on the joist bottoms before adding frame wall to prevent fire from floor cavities running across ceiling, up a plumbing hole at vent you forgot to air-seal, and reaching attic, burning house down-and up same time. http://publicecodes.cyberregs.com/ic...002_par017.htm
Excellent read; #21, 22; http://www.diychatroom.com/f98/how-f...-37190/index2/
As per your other thread on faced fb (PIC) or not... third paragraph below map; http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...r_code_changes
Basically, FOIL faced will work fine at/below grade but cause condensation above grade areas with summertime moisture drives. With the ff (vapor BARRIER on all concrete wall, moisture has no outlet from inward vapor drive after saturation and wicks upward to rot the sill plate unless there is enough exposed concrete at exterior above grade to dissipate to outside air. Rather risky to figure percentages- beyond my expertise... safer just to use faced at grade and below to "frost-line" per location, and unfaced on rest of wall; Figs. 11 and 12; http://www.buildingscience.com/docum...lation-systems
To me adding Dryloc just slows/stops the water, redirecting it down (gravity) on the exterior of wall to pool on the footing/wall joint (above drain-tile) where liable to enter there. Use a compatible foamboard adhesive, apply in 1' square grids pattern to limit air travel if you missed a 1/16" perimeter crack somewhere...lol. Budget wise, use some caulking where possible as part of the grid pattern other than adhesive requiring bond 16"oc. Make grids continuous; The air-sealing part is the most difficult of finishing a basement. Pages 10-11; https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q...GIwFLQF3YvmyFw
Foam board air gaps; http://joneakes.com/jons-fixit-database/743
Yes, long tapcons if going minimum code= R-10 first 2' in from exterior wall perimeter; http://energycode.pnl.gov/EnergyCode...jsp?state=Ohio
Though, 1" of EPS would slow the heat sink loss through the wall/slab by 79%, XPS by 84% using R-3.6 per inch; http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...,d.cGE&cad=rja
Doubt you would get condensation: with 68*F inside temp and 55*F slab temp- with R-13 cavity, only 10*F difference between slab/room, as 6' below grade warmer by 11*F. http://www.epa.gov/athens/learn2mode...enrys_map.html
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July 05, 1961
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Life is wonderful!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
thank you for posting the picture! never saw the nest before..i hve hummers all summer.
on the video..momma is feeding them now..
I don't know that I have ever seen a hummingbird nest!! Reminds me of the story my dad told me when I was little. I asked him where did the hummingbirds go in the winter and he told me that they rode down south on the Canadian geese's backs!!!! I'm pretty sure that was a lie...
You know not a lot of people ever see a hummers nest. They are so tiny. You are lucky to find this. They grow real fast after they hatch.


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Hi All,
I was hoping to find email address of Philips international, since I couldn't find one I'm posting my application here.
I hope to find my solution here.
To Whom It May Concern,
I bought Philips Essence 42PES0001D LCD in July 2011.
Now, one year later it was taken to the lab for repair twice in last month and it still malfunctions.
Id expect Philips high-end TV will be worthwhile but I was disappointed to find out basic functions fails.
Recently all HDMI ports stopped working and the TV was fixed under warranty, after a week I got it back from the lab with repaired main card and HDMI chip tests with PlayStation3 showed all ports worked and supported 1080p resolution.
About half an hour later when I finished wiring my set, it stopped working again!
My set includes 2 HDMI connections - PS3 & PC and 1 RCA connection - standard public transmission receiver.
Then I had to go through all the process again - calling the service, having it taken to the lab, waiting 3-4 days, all for telling me its the same problem again according to the technician HDMI chip was burned-up.
Currently, I refused receiving the TV back from the lab without a solution as the lab manager claimed its a problem in my equipment and every fix from now on isnt cover by warranty.
That said, while my Philips TV was malfunctioning I used my secondary LCD, Samsung LA32R81, that was able to operate successfully with my PC+PS3+public transmission receiver (the very same set) using the same cables.
In addition, I contacted Philips online support about my problem a few days ago with no further help they referred me back to the local lab for support.
I was already hazard 4 times waiting for a technician-service visit, missed working hours and endless phone calls as a result of this issue.
Id expect a premium TV with HDMI ports to support HDMI connections fluently (as Samsung does).
Id appreciate Philips taking care solving this issue.
It seems that local support offices has nothing to offer regarding this limitation.


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text: Seems to have originated in the west country of UK- Wiltshire, especially, Devon. Today, this is still the area of the greatest concentration of Maslen surnames. However,variant spellings existed in London from the mid 1600s, possibly taken there by WIltshire agricultural labourers seeking to make a living in the city when land enclosures, and other changes to agriculture, dispossessed them of any right or means to live in the countryside. There seems to have been another influx of Maslens into London when the creation of the railways and the resulting economic growth there attracted another influx of rural poor seeking work opportunities. Outside of the west country and the greater London area the name remains rare even today, although it occurs in the USA and in Australia as a result of emigration in the 1800s. The name occurs also, as an isolated example, in a Suffolk taxation record of the 1300s. The person recorded is a servant to a local landed family. He may well have been taken there with the household of the local landowner who may have had other land holdings in the west of England. It is found once in the abbey records of St Benet of Holme, before the dissolution of that monastic house. In UK records it has a number of spellings; Maslen, Maslin, Maslyn(e), Masselyn, Mazlyn for example. There seems to be a Maschellein variant in Belgium and others in Germany. Generally thought to be possibly derived from 1)the occupational name of makers of maple wood bowls (mazelaine) 2) activities associated with the mixing of two grains together.(mescelin). 3) to be a derivative of the word ' mathal' which also gave rise to the Maskelyne group of surnames. Here it is supposed to mean something to do with the speaking of wisdom. It is variously given as derived from Old German or Old French.


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Dearest Vampire and Darling Mummy,
By the time you read this, I will be far, far, far away. Know it is not because I do not love you; rather, it is because I love each of you too much.
You, my sweet, sweet Count, with your snooze function and LCD screen. And you, my handsome Pharoah, with a backlight and a digital fact alarm clock. Like the same man, almost, from different eras. Is it any wonder I cannot choose?
When you met me, I was just a delicate ceramic unicorn in a canopied bedroom. Today, I am so much more. I have you to thank, the pair of you, for teaching me that life's darkness could also be beautiful. But I can not longer endure the shame. And yet, who could blame me? For how could anyone decide between two such marvelous timepieces?
When I look back on these days, I won't think "Hey, isn't giant minifigure an oximoron?" Instead, I will whisper both your names with a smile, and pray that the heartbreak I have heaped upon you is soon forgotten.
Never before has a ceramic unicorn loved such as I have loved, my darlings. I hope you carry on, but I know that my heart shall ever more be entangled between my sweetest monsters. And every time I look at the clock, I will see your faces, just above the time.
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Seven of the best wine lists in Asia
With a fine dining scene and burgeoning wine industry to rival world's best, we count down China's most impressive wine lists as decided by China's Wine List of the Year Awards.
The Wine List of the Year awards were first established in 1994 in Australia to recognise and reward the "enormous investment in time, skill and resources that go into developing the best quality wine lists in any specific country."
2013 marked the first year of China's Wine List of the Year Awards, sponsored by Domaine Barons de Rothschild, which sees a panel of experts, including Master Sommeliers, Masters of Wine and wine writers, judge China's finest restaurants, hotels, cafes, brasseries and bistros, pubs, wine bars and clubs seeking out the best wine lists.
Co-Chairman Peter Forrestal, said: "As we have moved into the second year's judging of China's Wine List of the Year, the progress made has been the source of much delight. With many lists, it is clear that sommeliers have learnt a great deal and gained confidence from the experience of being involved in the Awards.
"Standards of presentation have risen, more emphasis is being placed on lists by the glass, and sommeliers are showing more national pride by celebrating China's own, increasingly impressive wines.
"There is no question that the best wine lists of China deserve to be ranked among the world's finest. These Awards show them to the world in all their splendour."
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A rosary is scheduled for 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, for Johnny Joseph Bartlett, 68, who passed on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center surrounded by the love of his family. A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, at Church on the Move. Burial will follow in South Park Cemetery.
Johnny was born in Roswell, July 24, 1944, to Bonney and Lupe Montoya Bartlett. His parents preceded [auth] him in death. Also preceding him in death were his brother Bonney Bartlett and stepdad Santos Giron.
Johnny was a member of the U.S. Army Reserves with Company D, 35th Armor Division, as armored driver; truck driver with 1117 Transportation Co. of 96th ARCOM. Johnny's father Bonney L. Bartlett served in World War II and was killed in action in 1945.
Those left to cherish his memory are his wife Gloria Bartlett, of the family home in Roswell; daughters, Barbara Gluck and husband Jay, Valerie Cornejo and husband Othni, and Angel Bartlett; Johnny Bartlett Jr. and wife, Angel Bartlett, Raul Lopez, Michael Lopez, Lori Maldonado and husband Angel, Francine Lopez, Freddy Lopez and wife Debbie, and Francisco Lopez; grandkids, Crystal Lopez, Francee Josh Whitaker, Jessica Maldonado, Angel Maldonado Jr., Raul Maldonado, Vanessa Lopez, Victoria Bartlett, Sandra Lopez, Freddy Lopez, Alexis Lopez, Narcy Cordova, Cisco Cordova, Manuel Cordova, Anthony Lopez, Devin Lopez, Mariah Cornejo and Johnny Lopez; great-grandkids, Julian Lopez, Josh Lopez Jr., Lorena Moya, Ramon Moya, Manuel Cordova Jr., Eziah Cordova, Angel Cordova, Heaven Cordova, Santos Cordova, Nevae Fox, Jenesay and Taniece; sisters, Delia Bartlett, Nancy Giron Hernandez and husband Juan R., Birdie Giron-Raper, and Mary Ann Giron Peterson; sister-in-law Helen Bartlett; and many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
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The first ACT test date of 2013 took place Feb. 9. But it will be on March 19 that ACT scores will count for more than college readiness.
This is the first year that all Louisiana juniors will be required to take the ACT along with any seniors who have not yet taken it. Test results will go toward School Performance Scores.
The state will pay for public school students in grades 8-11 to take ACT tests beginning this year as part of the Louisiana Believes plan. Students' test scores will used to determine student progress and help schools prepare them for life post-high school.
BESE Board Member Holly Boffy said the state is also in the midst of shifting to the Common Core Standards as well as preparing a test that may not be ready until the 2014-2015 school year.
"There has been research that once kids take this test and do well on it that this puts them in a position to consider options they might not have considered before," Boffy said. "As of now the most rigorous test that exists is the ACT and so this gives our high schools an idea of where the bar is with these new standards and it's the first step to move us to where we need to be."
Students in grades 8 through 10 will take ACT prep tests and high school juniors will be required to take the actual ACT test. The tests cover five subjects areas — English, mathematics, reading, science and writing — to measure student achievement. Students will receive individual scores for each subject as well as a composite score for all the subjects.
Students in eighth grade took the EXPLORE test — it is scored on a scale of 0 to 25 — in November and December 2012 while ninth-graders will take the same test March 19. Tenth-graders will take the PLAN test, which is scored on a scale of 0 to 32, on March 19 as well. These ACT-type exams are used to measure students' academic progress and help schools gather data about strong and weak subject areas.
"The EXPLORER and PLAN are just sort of like benchmark predictors of how the student will score on the ACT if they continue to make academic progress," Director of High School Curriculum Pat Deaville said. "The state came up with a way of awarding schools with bonus points if children actually met the projections; it proves the schools actually did move the child forward at the appropriate academic pace."
Deaville said high schools are implementing Response to Intervention to prepare students for testing and help them improve their scores. RTI is used to help students who are struggling in certain subjects, and addressing the courses they are taking by tracking progress and zeroing in on trouble areas.
The ACT scores, scored anywhere from 1 to 36, will count toward 25 percent of the School Performance Score in high schools, with 2.8 points earned for each one point increase in scores between 18 and 36. Schools can receive additional points for students who improve with each series of ACT tests.
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"I believe that this is going to give kids an opportunity to take the ACT test that never would have had the opportunity," Supervisor of Assessment Mary Lou Caldarera said. "I just don't know if all of these students are ready to focus on an ACT test when it is not tied to their grade or their ability to graduate from high school."


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