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President Hinckley Visits, Counsels Church Members
In a busy October post-general conference schedule, President Gordon B. Hinckley spoke at a Brigham Young University devotional, the dedication of the Ezra Taft Benson Science Building, a regional conference at Ricks College, and during two unannounced visits to congregations in Magna and Promontory, Utah.
Promontory Branch
On October 15, President Hinckley and his wife, Marjorie, surprised the approximately thirty-five members attending church meetings in the Promontory Branch in rural northern Utah by joining them for sacrament meeting.
"I'm here to keep my word," said President Hinckley, explaining that more than a year ago he'd met branch president Brent H. Larsen and, upon learning that there was a branch in the area located about one hundred miles from Salt Lake City, promised to visit. "I'm thankful for branches of this kind in little areas across the world," he said, pointing out that there are now branches or wards in more than 150 nations.
He went on to tell the members that if they had a question about a principle of the gospel, they should live that principle. "If you have any doubt of the truth of the law of tithing, pay your tithing. Live the law, and you will gain a testimony of the truth of that law. …
"So it is with every principle and practice of the gospel," he continued. "And it is because of that that the Church grows and appeals to people. It carries with it a conviction of its truth as we serve in the cause of the Lord. … Prove the Lord. That's all we have to do, through doing what He asks us to do. As we prove Him, as we test Him on that principle, there comes into our hearts a conviction of its truth and a knowledge of its certainty."
BYU Devotional
Two days later, President Hinckley spoke to an overflow audience of students, faculty, and staff at the Brigham Young University devotional. During his address, he paid tribute to the university's former president, Rex E. Lee, who was released at the end of last year.
"President Lee has become what he is because he has done what this church expects of each of us," President Hinckley commented. "He has walked the path of faith and prayer and obedience. He has walked with faith in the Almighty, with faith in the risen Lord, with faith in the eternal verities which come as the word of God. I urge each of you to do the same. God is our Almighty Father. He is our anchor and our strength. We can look to Him, we must look to Him, we must extend our thanks to Him and seek His direction and guidance and blessing."
During his remarks, President Hinckley also urged students to avoid pornography, "a vicious brew of slime and sleaze, the partaking of which only leads to misery, degradation, and regret."
"The Church is the great teacher and builder of values," he said. "Its precepts are designed to lead men and women along the way of immortality and eternal life, to make their lives more complete, more rich and happy while moving through this vale of tears, and in preparing them for the beauties and wonders of that which lies ahead. Keep faith with the Church. It is true. It is divine. He who stands at its head is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Redeemer of the world."
Ezra Taft Benson Building
Three days later, President Hinckley returned to BYU to dedicate the university's newest building, the Ezra Taft Benson Science Building. Accompanying President Hinckley were both of his counselors, President Thomas S. Monson and President James E. Faust, as well as President Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Elder David B. Haight of the Quorum of the Twelve.
"The Church has used sacred resources to construct this magnificent edifice dedicated to scientific teaching and research," President Hinckley observed. "Is it not a singular thing, I ask you, that a church should dedicate the kind of money that comes of the consecrated offerings of its people for the construction of a facility of this kind … ? It says much concerning the mandate of the Lord given to this people to promote education, to seek knowledge by study and also by faith, to learn of things in the earth, under the earth, and above the earth [see D&C 88:78–79, 118], to explore the great secrets of the mighty Creator, who was the designer of the world in which we live. …
"I am confident that President Benson would feel highly honored by this great facility which will carry his name. We remember him with love, respect, and appreciation and are pleased to dedicate this magnificent structure in his name."
President Monson and President Faust also spoke briefly at the ceremony, both mentioning President Benson. "President Hinckley and I had the privilege of serving for a number of years as President Benson's counselors," President Monson noted. "We knew him; we loved him. When he came here [to BYU] as a student, he was voted 'Most Preferred Man.' That phrase personified our feelings for him. He was the most preferred man in our hearts and in our lives, an example of the believers. …
"He was a man who could cry easily and who could defend vigorously, depending upon the nature of the topic and how close it was to his heart. He was a great prophet of love and a prophet of accomplishment."
During his brief remarks, President Faust gazed at a nearby enlarged photograph of President Benson and said: "I think this portrait is a very good likeness of President Benson. It catches his warmth, the gleam in his eye, his zest for living, and his love for humanity."
Magna Utah South Stake
A week after visiting the Promontory Branch, President Hinckley made another surprise visit to Church members, this time visiting the Magna Utah South Stake conference.
"I did not come here to preach," he said in his remarks at the conclusion of the meeting. "I just came to tell you that I love you."
He went on to tell the almost two thousand in attendance that "there is only one happiness for you, and that happiness will come if you live the gospel. The peace of the Latter-day Saints, the happiness of the Latter-day Saints, the progress of the Latter-day Saints, and, I believe, the prosperity of the Latter-day Saints will depend on their living the gospel of Jesus Christ in a world that is crumbling all around them. Be faithful and true."
Ricks College
A week later President Hinckley delivered a similarly powerful message to nearly ten thousand members during two October 29 overflow sessions of Ricks College's five college stakes. The Church President spoke without a prepared text and urged listeners to "love the Lord, cling to the Church, live the gospel."
"You are the greatest generation … ever in the history of this church," President Hinckley told the students. "You are better educated, you know the gospel better, you are the products of seminaries and institute programs, Ricks College, and so on. You're the youth of the noble birthright and the daughters and sons of our Father in Heaven."
He said that loving the Lord is not just good counsel, but a commandment. "Love of God is the root from which springs all other types of love. Love of God is the root of all virtue, of all goodness, of all strength of character, of all fidelity to do right."
Also speaking at the two sessions was Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, who said that natural man is not able to understand things that are spiritual. "Natural man is headed in the wrong direction," he said. "If you will keep the faith, then the Lord will bless you with the understanding that helps you get through."
Bishop Bateman Called to First Quorum of Seventy and as BYU President
Presiding Bishop Merrill J. Bateman has been called to the First Quorum of the Seventy and also named as the eleventh president of Brigham Young University, the first General Authority to lead the Church-sponsored university.
President Gordon B. Hinckley, accompanied by his two counselors, President Thomas S. Monson and President James E. Faust, announced the appointment during a 2 November 1995 press conference.
During the conference, Elder Bateman fielded questions from media representatives. He noted that one of the major functions of BYU is to be a teaching institution. "Our effort will be to increase the prominence of the university as a teaching institution," he said. "Research is important because we need the opportunity for faculty members to express their creativity and it makes them better teachers. But it will be primarily a teaching institution."
Regarding a question on academic freedom, Elder Bateman said that faculty members should be able to express their honest feelings with regard to various issues. "But it's very important that members of the BYU community support and stand behind the principles that are espoused by the Church, because it is a Church institution and it is expected to represent the values that the Church represents and teaches," he said. "If there is a conflict between those two things, the truth espoused by the Church is the important aspect that will dominate."
Elder Bateman noted that, in regard to hiring women or minority faculty members, BYU has no quotas or targets. "I see us trying to find the very best faculty members we can to serve the students," he observed. "The best being defined in terms of education and ability to teach and reach the young people and stimulate them in regard to learning, both in a spiritual as well as a secular vein."
When asked about the enrollment ceiling at the nation's largest private university, Elder Bateman replied, "I don't see more students on campus necessarily. But … with the technology changes that are occurring, there are many ways in which we can reach out to a broader community than just those who are in Provo and Hawaii. …
"Also there are other efforts in the Church, particularly in the institute programs, to reach many of these young people, both students and nonstudents." The number of nonstudents enrolled in these classes has grown dramatically, Elder Bateman noted. "That's one way in which the Church Educational System is reaching our young people."
As the first General Authority called as president of BYU, Elder Bateman said that it "clearly indicates the importance of the university to the leaders of the Church and indicates the importance of the university in terms of its role with regard to the young people in the Church."
Elder Bateman was sustained as Presiding Bishop of the Church on 2 April 1994 after serving as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy since June 1992. Prior to his call as a General Authority, Elder Bateman headed his own consulting and capital management company. He has also served as dean of BYU's College of Business and the School of Management. A native of Lehi, Utah, Elder Bateman earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah and received a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Elder Bateman's new appointment is effective 1 January 1996. Elder Bateman will succeed BYU President Rex E. Lee, who requested a release from his position because of continuing health problems.
President Monson Extols President McKay at Library Inauguration
A new library and community center in Huntsville, Utah, the birthplace of President David O. McKay, has been completed, and President Thomas S. Monson, First Counselor in the First Presidency, honored the Church's ninth leader during the opening ceremonies.
"I can't help but pay tribute to David O. McKay," said President Monson, who was called to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1963 by President McKay. "He was a great giant in this land, a wonderful representative of this community."
President Monson also commented on the importance of reading, mentioning the first two books he ever checked out of a library as a child: Chanko, the Homing Pigeon and Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with the Circus.
"To show you how the truth you take into your minds as a child through reading stays with you," he continued, "I still have some pigeons, and I went to the circus recently. … You have a diverse background in this valley. That's how it should be. This is a public institution. I'm happy this library is for all people, every religion, every ethnic background, every nationality. This is a house of learning. We should always remember that."
The new building includes an auditorium named for President McKay.
President Faust Rededicates Cannery
After extensive renovation, a Church-owned cannery in Murray, Utah, was rededicated by President James E. Faust, Second Counselor in the First Presidency.
During his remarks, President Faust recalled his experience as president of the Cottonwood Stake and chairman of the Jordan Valley Regional Welfare Committee at the time the facility was first built. "We rejoiced that this facility was here," he remembered.
President Faust spoke of the history of the Church's welfare program and repeated the counsel of past Church leaders to store food and other necessities to see members through emergencies and difficult times. He also related how his own family spent part of their vacation at a Church cannery.
"We canned the basic essentials: beans, wheat, rice, powdered milk," he said. "We got somewhere close to a year's supply of those essentials for our extended family. Our sons-in-law thanked us. It gave them some comfort. But our grandchildren had the time of their lives. … For our family that was as fine a family activity as we've ever had."
Also attending the rededication ceremonies were Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Elder Alexander B. Morrison of the Seventy and president of the Utah North Area, Presiding Bishop Merrill J. Bateman, and Relief Society General President Elaine L. Jack.
The Murray cannery was built in 1965, and an addition was built in 1972. In November, the facility was closed for renovation, which included a new setup to run cans, new continuous cookers, and other new equipment.
The cannery is one of eighty-four similar facilities that process about thirteen million cans of food a year; 75 percent of that food goes to bishops' storehouses. Most of the work at the canneries is done by volunteers. Individuals and families are also encouraged to use the facilities to secure a year's supply of some foods.
Elder Wickman Named Legal Services Leader
The First Presidency has announced the appointment of Elder Lance B. Wickman as managing director of Church Legal Services, effective 1 January 1996.
Prior to his call as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy in 1994, Elder Wickman was a partner in the San Diego office of the international law firm of Latham and Watkins.
A native of Seattle, Washington, Elder Wickman graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and from Stanford University Law School. He served a two-year mission to the Central States Mission and spent five years in the U.S. Army before enrolling in law school.
As an attorney, Elder Wickman has argued cases in both state and federal courts, including the California Supreme Court and the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court. He has served as a judge pro tem of the San Diego superior and municipal courts.
Elder Wickman has served as a bishop, stake president, and regional representative. He and his wife, Patricia Farr, are the parents of five children, four of whom are living.
In making the announcement, President Gordon B. Hinckley noted, "We are profoundly grateful to Wilford W. Kirton for the great service he has rendered [as general counsel for the Church for more than thirty years]. … It is anticipated that the firm which he founded will continue to serve the Church."
Church-Sponsored Pageant Schedule
A schedule of Church-sponsored pageants has been announced for 1996. Here are performance dates and locations:
March 30, April 2–6, Mesa, Arizona—"Jesus the Christ," Arizona Temple Visitors' Center
June 26–29, Independence, Missouri—"A Frontier Story—1833," Independence Visitors' Center
July 11–13, 16–20, Manti, Utah—"Mormon Miracle," Manti Temple grounds
July 12–13, 16–20, Palmyra, New York—"America's Witness for Christ," Hill Cumorah
August 1–3, 6–10, Castle Dale, Utah—Castle Valley Pageant, Mountain Amphitheater
August 2–3, 6–10, Nauvoo, Illinois—"City of Joseph," hillside adjacent to Nauvoo Visitors' Center
August 16–17, 20–24, Clarkston, Utah—"Martin Harris, the Man Who Knew," amphitheater in Clarkston cemetery
December 18–25, Calgary, Alberta—Calgary Nativity Pageant, Heritage Park
Additional details about any of the pageants may be obtained by calling (801) 240-2767 or by writing to Church Pageants, 430 West 400 North, Salt Lake City, UT 84103.
Membership Milestone Reached in Dominican Republic
We ask thee this morning in all humility, Heavenly Father, that thou will pour thy Holy Spirit out upon this people. We ask thee to bless them that they might hear and know the truth and recognize it as it is presented to them by the members of the Church and the missionaries. We acknowledge that we have but a handful of members now, but pray thee to bless and prosper, Heavenly Father, this land that from this humble beginning many thousands of thy children might find the truth and that stakes of Zion might be driven down here in this land and that this land might prosper as we seek out the righteous and the honest in heart who desire to know the truth.
Even now those prophetic dedicatory words, offered by Elder M. Russell Ballard, currently serving as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, are being fulfilled in this Spanish-speaking country of almost eight million inhabitants. Since that 7 December 1978 dedication, the Church there has grown to nearly fifty-five thousand members and now includes eight stakes, three missions with eleven districts, forty-one wards, and ninety-eight branches.
For the Saints who inhabit this nation of almost nineteen thousand square miles, the Lord's hand has been apparent since Christopher Columbus discovered the land. Dominican Saints believe that the country's first liberators, headed by Juan Pablo Duarte, were inspired. Called the Father of the Republic, Duarte carried a white, red, and blue banner with the words "God, Land, and Liberty" scrawled on it, much as Moroni did in the Book of Mormon (see Alma 46:11–14).
Local Latter-day Saints believe that the Lord's hand is still apparent in the establishing of the country and in its preparation for the gospel. The same year that Elder Ballard dedicated the Dominican Republic for the preaching of the gospel, John E. Rappleye and his family were transferred from the United States to work in Santo Domingo. The Rappleye family contacted Church leaders and discovered that the closest branch met in Ecuador, a three-hour flight from the Dominican capital, so they obtained permission to hold Church meetings in their home. They also loaded up on hymnbooks, class manuals, Church videocassettes, pamphlets, and copies of the Book of Mormon to give away to persons showing interest in the Church. A mission president mentioned to them that one other family, Eddie and Mercedes Amparo, native Dominican members, had just moved from California back to their native land.
Remarkably, Brother Rappleye met Sister Mercedes Amparo at the airport in Santo Domingo when he was going through customs. The Amparo family was overjoyed that other Church members were now in their country.
One of the first people Brother Rappleye met was Rodolfo N. Bodden, a coworker and, coincidentally, a friend of the Amparo family. Through the next few weeks, Brother Rappleye and Brother Bodden had many conversations, and their talks almost always focused on religion. In August 1978, Rodolfo Bodden was baptized.
Membership increases have been rapid since that baptism. In 1979, 354 people were baptized. The Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Mission was organized in 1981; there were twenty-five hundred members at the time. By 1986, membership reached eleven thousand, and membership numbers now are nearing fifty-five thousand. The country's first stake was organized 23 March 1986, and the second mission was created in Santiago on 1 July 1987.
The first temple in the Caribbean, to be built in the capital city of Santo Domingo, was announced by President Gordon B. Hinckley in December 1993.
Brother Bodden and his family have played essential roles in establishing the Church in the nation. Brother Bodden remembers traveling throughout the island fulfilling his priesthood responsibilities. He served as a counselor to the president of the first branch and was president of the first district. He currently serves as the first patriarch in the country.
"As a family, we recognize that during the age in which we learned about the Church, our children were young," Brother Bodden says. "As they grew to adulthood, the Church has been a great blessing. We have not suffered any of the evils that exist in our society. The Church has, without a doubt, served as a vehicle that has kept us more united than we might have been, strong in the faith, in our lives, and in the truth."
Another example of the Lord's hand in the lives of Dominican Saints is the conversion story of Felix Sequi Martinez, a former Catholic priest. A native of Spain, Brother Martinez felt misgivings about religion and began searching for answers at a young age. Eventually he forsook his priestly vows and began studying philosophy. In 1972 he moved to the Dominican Republic, where he met and married Lubian Amaro. He and his wife, a health teacher, attended a health fair organized by Church members and held in Santiago. The couple was impressed with the clean habits and lifestyle espoused by this religion and accepted visits from missionaries.
"Because of my deep philosophical and religious thinking, I required a long time to completely accept the gospel," says President Martinez, now a stake president. "But I owe so much to the Church for having opened the door to a new life."
Conversation on Using the Church's Audiovisual Materials
As members know from the high-quality audiovisual materials that reach them, the Church places a high priority on communicating its message via modern media systems. For an update about the Church's efforts in this area, the Ensign spoke with , managing director of the Church's Audiovisual Department.
Question: Audiovisual materials seem to be an important part of the Church's work. Why?
Answer: Whether delivered in live or recorded form, audiovisual materials allow the leaders of the Church to communicate with many people in a very personal way. As the Church grows in membership and geographical reach, audiovisual materials and broadcasts help make Church leaders more accessible to members.
Consequently, in 1991 the Church formed an audiovisual department to bring together all the Church's audiovisual efforts in areas such as missionary work, Church education and public affairs, and curriculum. The department also manages the audiovisual technology in temples and visitors' centers and the satellite system of the Church, which now includes more than three thousand receiving stations throughout North America, Europe, and parts of Central America.
Q: How can members benefit from Church satellite broadcasts?
A: Live, in-person media opportunities to hear the words of the Brethren are becoming increasingly available. These include not just general conference, which is probably the Church's most important audiovisual effort, but also firesides and training seminars for audiences ranging from priesthood and auxiliary members and leaders to young adults, missionaries, and Church Educational System students and teachers. It is hoped that members will value and attend these satellite broadcasts as if General Authorities or auxiliary leaders were coming to speak to them in person, because in a very real sense that is exactly what is happening.
Q: What about using Church audiovisual materials in the home?
A: Many of the Church's audiovisual materials are designed as models of Christlike behavior to help strengthen family relationships and individual worthiness. Others are designed to teach viewers and listeners about Church history and doctrine, scriptural history, and the lives of modern-day prophets. Because much of what is available on television and radio and from video stores is not uplifting, members can use Church audio and video materials in their homes as an alternative to worldly forms of entertainment.
Many of the Church's films have been packaged together on inexpensive videocassettes to make purchase, storage, and viewing more convenient. Audiocassettes of general conference proceedings and compact discs and audiocassettes of hymns, Primary songs, and other worshipful music are also available. For members who choose not to purchase their own personal copies, meetinghouse libraries are becoming a more widely recognized and available source for borrowing Church audiovisual materials.
Q: The Church provides many leadership-training videos. How are these intended to be used?
A: Leadership-training videos produced under the direction of Church leaders are intended to be used more than once. Leaders often study handbooks over and over again, but sometimes they forget that training videos are also sources of information and inspiration that should be viewed over and over. Leadership-training videos such as Continue to Minister may be shown periodically to remind ward and stake leadership councils and priesthood quorum presidencies of their duties and to strengthen them.
Q: What are other ways members can use Church audiovisual materials?
A: Audiovisual materials can be used effectively as missionary tools and by home teachers to help activate members. Watching Church films with or loaning copies to nonmember or less-active friends can be a significant door-opener and help them feel the Spirit. Audiovisual materials are a great and important teaching tool of the Church.
By Their Works
Roof over Her Head
When Bruce Bybee, a member of the Selma Ward, Hanford California Stake, read in the newspaper about a widow who was in need of a new roof and a new front door, he knew that ward members could help. With the bishop's approval, Brother Bybee began organizing the project.
Members of the ward volunteered their labor, and some businesses in the community donated materials and instructions. The response was overwhelming. Approximately 150 people were involved in the project from beginning to end.
A twenty-person crew started work on the project by removing the roof on a Friday afternoon. The next day another crew finished removing old shingles, repaired areas of dry rot, and made other repairs. The crews were led by volunteer contractors from businesses in the community.
As the job progressed, it became obvious that the repairs were going to be more extensive than originally thought. The actual value of donated materials and labor ended up five times higher than the original estimate.
Although professional builders had been skeptical that a church group of volunteers could complete the task in a reasonable time frame, the entire project was completed in about a week.
"I never could have believed something this great could come to me," wrote Jean English, the home owner, in a letter thanking those involved in the project. "I am so thankful. May God bless each one of you and thanks."—, Kingsburg, California
Building Bonds of Sisterhood
In an effort to make temple attendance a high priority, Relief Society sisters in the Kingwood Texas Stake spent six months preparing for a stake Relief Society temple trip. "Our stake president, Raymond D. Steward, invited every sister to fast faithfully once a month in the six months prior to the trip to contribute to the success of this temple day," explained stake Relief Society president Dianna Evans Hanson. "We wanted the Spirit of the Lord to touch each of our sisters' lives in a way that would bond us together as sisters in the gospel and give each of us a renewed commitment to ourselves, our families, and the Lord," she said.
After preparing and planning for six months, 250 sisters boarded six buses and traveled more than five hours to spend a day in the Dallas Texas Temple. Fourteen of the sisters received their own endowments, and several others attended to participate in baptisms for the dead.
"There were sisterhood bonds that were established," Sister Hanson said. "It was a high point in our year, and we are already making plans for next year's trip."


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Given America's national unemployment rate of 8.5% (December 2011), some might advocate that in times like these, it's better to stay in school than to brave the job market. However, the 66% of 2010 graduates who left college in debt might say otherwise. Although higher education is still an advantage in the workforce, the price is steep: $25,250 on average, to be exact.
The exponential rise of student debt has been a growing problem in the last decade. Not only are students graduating with debt more frequently, but they are graduating with higher debt. As tuition costs rise due to state and local budget cuts for public schools and lack of federal student loan awareness in private schools, so do debt levels among recent graduates. The infographic below depicts historic trends in student debt, some of its root causes, and how to avoid debt as much as possible.
Although the White House claims to have legislation in the works to help student loan borrowers, we individuals need to fight educational budget cuts so we can prevent further student debt. You can contact your congressman or congresswoman about this issue here.

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Putin is back – but what does this mean for Russia? How a major uprising might be closer than first thought
Rebecca Magnus on how bloggers like the notorious Alexandr Navalny typify the disaffected middle class citizens who are calling for a complete overhaul of the current system. They don't just want a genuinely new leader (as opposed to recycled version), they want a new system of government, a new body of laws.
…He's Back!
The election results are in and…Putin is back! What a shocker of a result! With 63.75% of the vote, it has been assured to resemble a decisive win. Of course, he never really left the building so to speak, his agreement with Medvedev to do a 'switch up' in 2012 an open political secret. This will be Putin's third run as president, with a possible constitutional amendment meaning that Russian politics will be dominated by Putin's peculiar brand of overly-sexualised machismo and uncooperative foreign policy could continue until 2024, and not everyone is elated at this prospect. In light of recent events, it is interesting to examine how the election has panned out and pose a pertinent question – exactly how long can this man cling to power?
This is the moment when Putin declared a glorious victory for Russia over all obstacles and opposition parties, in 'an open and honest fight' which has heralded a decisive victory for United Russia. Putin rose through the ranks of the KGB in the 80s, where he undertook an ordinary intelligence posting in Dresden. Following Gorbachev's reforms in the early 90s, which Putin refers to as the greatest geo-sociological catastrophe of the century, he began his political career in City Hall, St Petersburg. It was here where he met many of his future cronies, including Alexei Kukrin, the Finance Minister and his hand-picked successor and mentee, Dmitri Medvedev. And now, Putin is making history with this 'unprecedented' third term. It was emotional.
But before we all break open the vodka and toast to the glory of the motherland, why don't we examine those two statements. 'Open' would imply that there was complete objectivity in the political processes which allow opposition parties and candidates; however tough electoral legislation which dictates the number of signatories necessary for an official opposition makes it very difficult to compete. I'm not sure the term 'open' applies either when one of the main 'opponents' of the party is allegedly a Kremlin project installed to appease the communist vote and loyal personal friend of Putin. Sergei Mironov, I'm talking about you.
Honest would imply that the elections were fair and there wasn't mass election fraud in major principalities or multiple accounts of intimidation by officials for students and employees to vote 'the right way'. Of course, there are hundreds of accounts on the vibrant Russian blogosphere of voting fraud and so we can infer that these elections, like the December elections, were probably not honest. Ballot box stuffing, in which 'impartial' polling staff put extra votes into the boxes for United Russia, has been reported across the whole country and in some instances even supposedly caught on camera phone. Then there are the voting carousels, where groups of students and employees have been given the day off and in some instances even paid to take a bus round the various polling stations in their cities and cast votes at every one for United Russia.
Russia Today, an English-language Russian news outlet, has recently reported accounts of official intimidation of two polling officials who refused to take part in election fraud for Putin. The state's favoured intimidation method seems to be the fabrication of criminal cases against dissidents, notably ex-CEO of Yukos and political dissident, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who has languished in jail on suspiciously convenient charges of fraud. Nobody would call these dirty tactics honest. The European Parliament passed a resolution in light of the alleged voting discrepancies, highlighting abnormalities in the vote counting, multiple counts of election fraud and calls for the reinstatement of a disqualified candidate, Grigory Yavlinksky.
Vladimir Chizhov, the permanent Russian envoy to the European Parliament, essentially answered with 'you aren't exactly great yourself, whatever.' One thing which many western media outlets fail to recognise or report, is that the Russian political establishment doesn't care what European institutions or politicians or media say. I do not believe that Putin is interested in the concept of fairness in the way that we understand it. Even the Russian words for fairness, 'spravedlivost'' or 'chestnost'' don't carry the same weight that it does in the English language. It is simply not a concept which pervades their political landscape.
Having lived in St Petersburg myself, I find it hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel in terms of an open, free and democratic society in Russia. I remember that on my first flight over, I had to bribe the security staff 4000P (£20) just to get normal drugs through customs. I could buy a driving license for about £50, despite not being able to drive in the UK. Normal procedures which we take for granted in the UK are not straight forward in Russia – only an idiot posts his letters and parcels through the state postal service. Russia is 143rd out of 157 countries in terms of corruption; it sits with the likes of Somalia, Belarus and Afghanistan. For a modern European country, this is an embarrassment. Putin's party have thrived on this corruption however, the monopoly that they share over state-owned oil/gas is far too profitable for them to let go. Most of the seats in the Duma are held by politicians whose pockets have been lined by state profits from natural resources, they are not about to cease supporting their benefactor.
Considering all this, it is hardly surprising that people are protesting. What is surprising is how long it has taken them to get on the streets. Revolution is hardly unprecedented in Russia; their history is a series of revolutions which produce different autocracies. Traditionally, the majority of Russians attribute the strength of their nation to the power and unity of their government, which can only be guaranteed by a centralised bureaucracy spearheaded by a strong, male figure. This figurehead is interchangeable according to the political climate, which has resulted in Tsars, communist dictators and ultimately, Vladimir Putin. He is a modern Russian leader: a tough, alpha male public persona with an iron grip on the Kremlin's collective balls. What is different about this situation is that a small percentage of the populace is calling out for the genuine freedom of choice, and that this small percentage is middle class. Unlike previous revolutions, where an oppressed working class rises up against their bourgeois masters, Putin's main goal for this election was to consolidate his support base of working class voters. The people on the streets are often university educated, they speak foreign languages, they earn decent wages and they want to engage in politics.
Bloggers like the notorious Alexandr Navalny typify the disaffected middle class citizens who are calling for a complete overhaul of the current system. They don't just want a genuinely new leader (as opposed to recycled version), they want a new system of government, a new body of laws. They are no longer happy with the paternalistic autocratic style of Putin/Medvedev, they want a real choice. The blogosphere is one of the only mediums that the state does not currently control, and so political activism has flourished uncensored. With roughly 50% of the country with access to an internet connection however, the scale of change which can be accomplished through this medium is limited. Still, Navalny holds sway with many of the protesters who are out on the streets, and their numbers are continually growing. Putin has six years in power, he could yet be ousted out through a populist uprising. It happened uncomfortably close in Ukraine in the Orange Revolution, 2004, if things continue on their current trajectory it could yet happen again on home soil. The 'condom' revolution is coming.


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Perchlorate is regarded as an emerging persistent inorganic contaminant. It is widely known that perchlorate is an endocrine disruptor as it competitively inhibits iodide transport in the thyroid gland. As drinking water is the major source of human exposure to perchlorate, its occurrence in commercially available bottled waters purchased in different regions of Italy was investigated. Perchlorate was measured using the rapid, sensitive, and selective LC-ESI-MS/MS (liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry) method by multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) of the transition 98.8→82.8, which corresponds to the loss of one oxygen atom in the perchlorate ion (ClO4−→ClO3−). The chlorine isotope ratio (35Cl/37Cl) was used as a confirmation tool. The limit of quantification (LOQ) for this method was 5 ng/L, and the recovery ranged from 94% to 108%. Perchlorate was detected in 44 of the 62 drinking waters tested, with concentrations ranging from <5 to 75 ng/L. These values are similar in magnitude to those reported in drinking water from the USA and do not pose an immediate health concern.
Since its discovery in 1997 in a number of water supplies in the western United States, perchlorate has become an important environmental issue. Sources of this emerging contaminant include the military and commercial application of perchlorate salts as oxidizers in propellants, flares, munitions, matches, fireworks, blasting agents, and other materials [
Health concerns arise from the ability of perchlorates to disrupt the thyroid gland's use of iodine in metabolic hormones, which could affect normal metabolism, growth and development [
Due to its high solubility in aqueous media, perchlorate is persistent and ubiquitously present in the environment. Since the late 1990s, perchlorate has been detected in surface, ground and drinking water throughout the United States [
A variety of analytical methods have been developed for the determination of perchlorate [
In this study, we investigated the occurrence of perchlorate in Italian bottled water using high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) [
Sodium perchlorate was obtained from Sigma (>99.5% purity). Water, acetonitrile and formic acid were LCMS Optima Grade from Romil (Waterbeach, Cambridge). Standards were prepared using a serial dilution of a 100 mg/L stock solution of perchlorate to 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 ng/L solutions. The standards were prepared in deionized water.
Drinking water samples were prepared by elution through one barium cartridge and one silver cartridge (CHROMAFIX® PS–Ba2+ and PS–Ag+ cartridges, Macherey-Nagel, Düren, Germany) in series. The cartridges, were first prepared by flushing with 5 mL of deionized water. Samples were eluted with the first 4 mL discarded and the following 1 mL collected for analysis.
A 1525 binary pump (Waters, Milford, MA, USA) was used for all analyses. All analytes were separated using a 100 × 2.1 mm Kinetex–C18 column with a 2.6 µm particle size (Phenomenex, Torrance, CA, USA). The Kinetex–C18 particles consist of a nearly monodisperse 1.9 μm solid (non-porous) silica core surrounded by a 0.35 μm porous silica shell [
A Quattro micro API (Micromass, Manchester, UK) triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometer operating in the MRM negative ion mode was used for the detection of perchlorate. Data acquisition was accomplished by MassLynx version 3.5 software (Micromass, Manchester, UK). The following conditions were found to provide the optimum signal: ion source temperature, 120 °C; desolvation temperature, 300 °C; cone gas, 30 L/h; desolvation gas, 800 L/h; cone voltage, 40 V; collision energy, 30 eV; collision cell pressure, 2 Pa; and capillary voltage, 2 kV. Two multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) transitions were analyzed:
For this study, 62 commercially available bottled waters, purchased from various local merchants, were collected from 15 of the 20 regions of Italy. Twenty were purchased from northern Italy, 16 from central Italy and 26 from southern Italy. The analyzed perchlorate concentrations in the drinking water samples are presented in
In our opinion, because perchlorate is currently not regulated in Italian drinking water, these results could provide a national basis of perchlorate level in bottled water and represent a baseline for future risk assessment evaluation.
Perchlorate concentration in bottled water from different Italian regions.
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|Valle D'Aosta
|7 ± 0.3
|13 ± 0.4
|9 ± 0.2
|9 ± 0.4
|9 ± 0.2
|13 ± 0.3
|15 ± 0.3
|6 ± 0.5
|15 ± 0.6
|21 ± 0.2
|7 ± 0.1
|8 ± 0.3
|8 ± 0.3
|11 ± 0.3
|13 ± 0.5
|8 ± 0.3
|8 ± 0.4
|7 ± 0.3
|7 ± 0.4
|6 ± 0.3
|8 ± 0.3
|8 ± 0.3
|8 ± 0.2
|8 ± 0.2
|Friuli V. G.
|14 ± 0.4
|75 ± 0.5
|21 ± 0.4
|9 ± 0.3
|9 ± 0.5
|9 ± 0.2
|5 ± 0.4
|8 ± 0.3
|5 ± 0.3
|13 ± 0.3
|8 ± 0.3
|25 ± 0.4
|8 ± 0.2
|13 ± 0.4
|26 ± 0.2
|8 ± 0.3
|9 ± 0.2
|7 ± 0.2
|11 ± 0.3
|17 ± 0.5
Note: a Average of triplicates.
We compared these results with those of tap water from different regions of Italy and we found that in all cases values of these latter were higher than those of bottled water (roughly one order magnitude) probably because of different conditions of the water sources and different biogeochemical processes governing perchlorate behavior in groundwater. Moreover a recent study has found that small amounts of perchlorate and other contaminants may be added during disinfection by municipal water treatment facilities that employ sodium hypochlorite [
Box and whisker plot of perchlorate concentration in bottled water from northern, central and southern Italy.
Map of sample regions of Italy. Perchlorate concentration is represented by bars.
Mass spectra of 1 mg/L stock perchlorate in high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) eluent acquired with a collision energy of 20 eV (
The optimization of ESI–MS/MS analysis was used for monitoring two multiple reactions. The transition is a result of oxygen loss from the molecular ion of perchlorate, ClO4−→ClO3−, whereas the transition for the 35Cl and 37Cl isotopes is
High performance liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS/MS) of 100 ng/L perchlorate standard. (
When ESI is used for quantitative analysis, the effect of ionization suppression or enhancement must be considered. The presence of common ions in the sample can have a serious suppression or enhancement effect (matrix effect) on the analyte of interest. Improved sample clean-up, selection of the separation column, matrix dilution, and the addition of an isotopically labeled internal standard have been used to minimize matrix effects. A key to reduce suppression is to ensure that the analyte and high concentrations of matrix are well separated and do not enter the ion source and interface at the same time. In addition to ion suppression in the source, the analysis of perchlorate was also hindered by isobaric interferences attributed to minor sulphate isotopes (H34S16O4− and H32S16O318O). Pre-treatment of water samples and the selection of separation columns are critical for the reduction of sample bleed and efficient separation of high levels of interfering ions, particularly sulphate.
In general, IC-ESI-MS/MS is a superior technique for the separation of coexisting anions from perchlorate because the IC system is designed to separate ions. However, sodium and potassium-based aqueous solutions are usually used as eluents in IC-ESI-MS/MS; therefore, a suppressor is required to remove these non-volatile ions. Moreover, an organic solvent, such as acetonitrile, must be mixed as a post-column solvent with an additional LC pump to improve sensitivity [
The effects of common anions on perchlorate analysis were studied by analyzing a series of solutions containing 10 ng/L of perchlorate and the common anions (fluoride, chloride, nitrate, carbonate and sulphate) at different concentrations ranging from 50 to 200 mg/L. The studied concentrations were generally higher than the concentrations of these common anions that were detected in drinking water.
The studied concentrations of fluoride, chloride, nitrate, carbonate and sulphate were 50, 100, and 200 mg/L.
HPLC-ESI-MS/MS of 10 ng/L of perchlorate and 200 mg/L of coexisting common anions. (
A pre-treatment of drinking water samples using silver and barium cartridges in series for chloride and sulphate removal was adopted to reduce instrument contamination and maintenance. Influence of sample pre-treatment on perchlorate recovery was subsequently studied.
Perchlorate standards at 5, 10, 25, and 100 ng/L were pre-treated by elution through one barium and one silver cartridge (Macherey-Nagel) in series prior to analysis. These cartridges were evaluated before use and were not found to retain perchlorate. The data presented in
The limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantification (LOQ) were determined from seven replicate analyses of the four lowest calibration standards (1, 5, 10, and 25 ng/L). LOD and LOQ were calculated as 3
Effects of pre-treatment on perchlorate spike recovery.
|Perchlorate (ng/L)
|Recovery a (%)
Note: a Average of triplicates.
A fast, sensitive, and selective reversed-phase LC-ESI-MS/MS method was developed for the determination of perchlorate anion in drinking water and was applied, for the first time, in the determination of perchlorate in bottled drinking water from Italy. Italy has no regulatory limit for perchlorate in drinking water, therefore the U.S. equivalent reference dose was used as the standard. The use of a different column packing and a new mobile phase composition provided accurate quantification by compensating for matrix effects without developing laborious clean-up procedures or performing standard additions for each sample. Perchlorate was detected at trace levels (<5 to 75 ng/L) in 70% of the analyzed samples. These perchlorate concentration levels are similar in magnitude to the drinking water samples reported in the USA and are unlikely to be an immediate health concern. The presence of common anions had no significant negative impact on perchlorate recoveries, which were in a range of 94%–108%. Monitoring the 37Cl and 35Cl transitions by MS/MS improved the specificity of the method. The LOQ of the method was calculated to be 5 ng/L and was adequate to collect useful data on perchlorate levels in drinking water samples.
The authors wish to acknowledge financial support from Italian Minister of Research MURST-CNR 60%.
The author declares no conflict of interest.


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A jet-lagged Glyn Schofield found himself switching between the World Cup final and replays of Press Report's impressive trial win on Monday morning - and then declared himself fully fit to return to race riding this week.
Having just flown back into the country from an injury-enforced European holiday, Schofield snr will be the first of the father-son riding duo to return to saddle duties during the next couple of months.
His son Chad, recovering from neck fractures after a nasty fall at Cranbourne in June, returned to Melbourne on Sunday night after starting his rehabilitation in Sydney to be close to family.
The four-time group 1 winner will have further scans next week to determine a timeline for his return.
Glyn has been given the all-clear to resume riding from his own facial fractures and nerve damage after being tossed onto concrete by a flighty two-year-old before a Warwick Farm trial in May.
"There was a bit of nerve damage and there's still quite a bit of numbness, but the pain's gone," said Schofield, reduced to purified food for the first three weeks of his recovery.
"I wouldn't have gone hell for leather in winter and probably would have taken a bit of time off anyway. In one aspect it's given me a good freshen-up before the spring and a really good break, but I'm really looking forward to getting back into it."
And he will have no better chance to return a winner at Rosehill on Saturday than with the Lee Curtis-trained two-year-old Press Report. The filly is still yet to win in four career starts, but resumes with enviable formlines before a big-race tilt in spring.
In her four starts she has been beaten by Mossfun, Bring Me The Maid, Believe Yourself and Memorial, all of whom subsequently finished in the first five in the Golden Slipper.
"I had a look at the trial [on Monday] morning and it looked like she trialled pretty well," Schofield said. "Obviously trials are just an indication and she obviously does have good ability.
"If she's taken some progress and improved from her spell she'll be a very smart filly to be going into the spring with. She has a lot to learn and hopefully she has learnt from that.
"She was tall, lanky and quite narrow so she probably has three-year-old written all over her. I haven't laid eyes on her yet and I'll be jumping on her [Tuesday] morning to see how she feels."
Schofield, who hoped to have an improved spring after a self-confessed quiet autumn, said he would shy away from taking a full book of rides in his first couple of weeks back.
Meanwhile, Sydney's winter of discontent over field sizes is set to continue after nominations for all eight races on Rosehill's Winter Stakes card were extended on Monday.
Only 90 entries were tabled for the entire day and no race received the required amount of entries to fill its maximum field size. The $100,000 listed Winter Stakes had just nine nominations, including four from the all-conquering Chris Waller stable.
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This state-of-the-art facility was built in 2008 and is home for Vikings football, soccer, lacrosse, and track. The playing surface is Field Turf, and there is a world-class track that surrounds the field. Kavanagh Stadium has lights that allow football, soccer, and lacrosse all to play games at night. A state-of-the-art scoreboard was installed when the stadium was overhauled, and there is seating for 1,250 fans.
Not only is Viking Field one of the premiere baseball stadiums in the Catholic League, it's one of the best in high school athletics. Viking Field was completed in 2008. Amenities include in-ground dugouts, a brick backstop, a two-story press box, two turfed batting cages, and a three-mound bullpen. The field also has a 14-foot tall berm spanning from left-field to center-field that is a great place for watching games. Atop of the berm is a large state-of-the art 9-inning scoreboard and message center.
The spacious gymnasium has been recently updated with new bleachers and a fresh coat of paint. Also, brand new main and auxiliary scoreboards have been installed for the basketball, wrestling, and volleyball seasons. The gym holds 1,600 and has a great environment for Catholic League sporting events.
The 2,500-square foot Charles Grunhard Fitness Center was made possible by Tim Grunhard, class of '86 and former Pro-Bowl center of the Kansas City Chiefs. The fitness center is equipped with exercise machines and weights that can accommodate up to 65 people.
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We're homeschooling now but I'm considering school for next year. DS will be in 2nd grade. The school district here is awful. I always swore I'd never send him here. I had friends when I was a teen that went to school here and they confirmed it's as bad as everyone says. The graduation rate is awful and they are cutting their budget left and right. My friends with kids here currently are looking at their options to get them out as well. If you have any sort of SN or giftedness, you are out of luck, you just won't get what you need. I just can't go from being passionate about homeschooling and his education and just tossing him to the sharks (well, that's how I see it).
As it stands I will already have to drive DS to and from school. It's too far to walk and the route is along roads with no sidewalks and lots of curves, then up the busiest street in town. It's 1.5 miles there and back. I will be starting school in the fall and plan to schedule my classes around drop off and pick up times because I don't see another option (no busing due to budget cuts). We have a bunch of school districts within the 10-15 mile range. Some do not do open enrollment and some do. The best one (and closest) in the area does not, unfortunately. I'm wondering what other parents think is a reasonable commute time to get their child in a good school? I know my mom did 30 minutes each way for one year when we had to move out of the school district. That seems like so long to me, but I do appreciate that she did that for us. But with gas prices these days...eek!
There are other factors:
do you have younger children that get to come along for the ride?
You say you are going to school next year - any schools on the way to your school?
If my child's school was on my way to school - 1/2 an hour.
If I had to drive the child to school and then drive home before starting my day or had to bring little kids in the car - no more than 20 minutes each way. 1/2 an hour each way would mean 2 hours in the car total for my commute - which is just too much if it can be avoided.
I would also take into account any drop off procedures (there was a thread on TAO awhile back on parent pick up and drop offs and some schools are nasty - you will spend more than just your drive on pick up and drop off). I would also take into account the road conditions where you live. Where I live, roads can be unpleasant 4 months out of the year - and yes, those are school months. I regularly take 1/3 longer to go to work in winter than in summer.
Our dcn's charter is 13 miles away. Dh takes them in the morning since he passes it on the way to work--takes him 20-30 minutes depending on the traffic. It takes me about 15 minutes in the afternoon. If they hadn't gotten into this charter but the other one we applied to, it would have been about 40 minutes in the morning, plus the round trip for me, and about 20 minutes both ways in the afternoon. We live in a good district but had a bad experience in ds' K year.
Our school is 11 miles away, 20 minutes in perfect conditions. I average about 25 minutes each trip. Drop off takes an hour out of my morning, with pick up, I have to be at least 10 minutes ahead of school getting out to find parking, more time sitting and waiting. This is our third year doing this with no end in sight, we probably will do doing this for all of my kid's schooling lives. It wears on you, I do have 4 kids, 1 in school full time, 1 part time, and the other two are a baby and 2 years old. I do feel bad because we spend so much time in the car, add in after school activities that are all on the opposite side of town from the school and it is a lot of driving! We are very happy with the school so the sacrifices have been worth it.
DD is 4 and disabled. She has in-home nursing. I would schedule them to work any time I needed to be gone. They generally work 12 hour days which would cover pick up and drop off, plus the time I'm in school. The school I'll be attending is literally within walking distance from the house. Roads can be bad, but they do generally call off school for really bad weather.
One of the ones I'm considering is almost 11 miles away, and google maps says about 18 minutes. It's pretty much highway the whole way. It's the same school my friend is probably going to enroll her kids in next year, and I could ask her do bring him along, maybe give her gas money, but she has 5 kids of her own attending, plus a 2 year old, so I'm sure she won't have room for a tag-a-long, unless she leaves the baby at home with someone and let's the oldest ride in the front seat.
I need to call the school district for the next town over and see if they do open enrollment. That school is only 3 miles away and I've heard it's decent. ETA: Nevermind, they don't.
Right now i drive 30 mins one way to a school 12 miles away (mornings usually bad traffic). i also go to school and plan my classes around pick up and drop off AND volunteer time (i just have one).
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Our school commute is all highway after we get out of our subdivision; that helps a lot. The route I would have likely taken to the other school has a lot of traffic lights and I avoid it whenever possible. Our school also has beforecare and aftercare.
I think it depends on how extreme the situation is. My kids go to a private school, and 30 minutes each way is normal. In a lot of families, one parents drops off and the other picks up. Many families use the before care or after care to get the schedules to work.
One child at our school has a 40-45 minute commute each way -- and her mother does all the driving. She has special needs and has been to other schools. This is the last resort. The mom is spending 3 hours a day just driving school, but her DD is doing well, which I why I said it depends on how extreme the situation is. No body should do I drive like that without trying other things first.
She's not the child at our school with the longest drive, though. That honor falls to a girl who lives 60-65 minutes away. Her parents work in town, though. So they drop her off and pick her up as part of other driving. Again, this was not their first choice for a school. They tried closer schools first.
But we did something more extreme -- we moved to be close to the school.
but everything has pros and cons
This falls under 'it depends'. Most schools have a 'carpool' list where you can find folks near you to join up with making your drive less. I would do an hour, which is what I do for activities for DS who is homeschooled. However that hour needs to be on my route to something else, work, school, an activity or carpool. 4 hrs a day is too much just for driving everyday, UNLESS its a last resort type of thing.
I also take into consideration miles. 60 miles each way can be an hour or 10 miles each way can be an hour. I would be more willing to do 10 miles for an hour vs 60 miles each way. I would also 'test' the drive, sometimes by adjusting times by 5-10 minutes you can save so much drive time. Say leaving at 700 vs 715 (700 gets you there at 730, 715 gets you there at 815 type of thing, drop off early and let the kids have time on the playground etc).
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That is where we are at. I would LOVE to move closer to the school, we are not leaving this school anytime soon but our house lost so much in last couple years that we are stuck. Still a dream of mine for someday.
Last year we drove 30-35 min each way for 1st grade for ds1 and preschool for ds2. If I wanted to spend any time in my home during the school day, it meant dd & I were in the car for 2 hours a day. Ds2 used to cry about being in the car so much. It was soul-killing for me. This year we are 5 minutes from the elementary school and 15 minutes from preschool and I feel there is so much more time in the day! 15 minutes each way would be my max if there is any possible way I could manage it.
We live 20miles away from DS' school. That's about 35-40 minutes drive each way. The price of gas definitely hurts. We plan our trips nowadays and we also carpool.
yup that's what we did too. got the opportunity and moved now - for middle and high school (which will be 3 mins by bicycle). dd has one more year to go in elementary. so we have one more year of long drives still to do. she is in a decent elem. school and i wont move her now but instead choose to drive (or sometimes take the public bus - just to be different)
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We'll be looking at a half hour drive come grade 9 to get them to the bus that then takes them to school, but we can work that into our commute many days. That can make a big difference. Another factor is how close your schools are. Being in a rural area, it is not uncommon for some families to be an hour from the closest school, so in some cases we do have parents that drive over an hour to get to a preferred school. I try to do as much within my community and with less driving as possible, and there are some sports and activities my children do that are in walking distance or less than a 15 minute drive. We do lots of things that a rural location helps with (hobby farm, big garden, fishing, hiking, canoeing, sailing) but the price we pay is more driving. Some suburbs of large cities have similar issues (parts of suburban Toronto come to mind, I'm sure there's American equivalents). Anyway, the tolerance for driving is higher if it's part of your daily necessity. We have an amazing P-7 school in our location (truly a favorite across the school board) and the kids have a quick 15 minute bus drive there, so we have convenience for now. It's completely worth it to me that I'll have to drive them further to have a better high school. And, like Linda, we have considered moving closer when the time comes if it's feasible house selling and buying wise. But, if we can't, I'll roll with it. I want my kids to have choices (great science and math programs, interesting open level credits like agriculture, IB program, lots of languages) and I won't be able to give them those choices without driving.
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We presently drive about 20 mins each way and so far it has worked for us. While my DS is in school I run errands in town. I do have another little one and we have started doing a mom and baby class together. I think it all depends on if you feel the sacrifice is worth what you are getting.
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There's a new Robertson on the scene but his passion is politics, not duck calls and reality TV. Zach Dasher, the nephew of Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson, will be running for Congress in Louisiana's 5th Congressional District and while his calling in life may be slightly different from the rest of his clan, he's every bit as serious about God.
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The Council on Teacher Education met at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23, 1999, in the Arcola/Tuscola Room of the MLK Union.
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The recall of Parliament today, the procession to lying-in-state in Westminster Hall on Friday and the funeral itself on Tuesday will be shown live on BBC television, with the funeral also being broadcast live online on BBCi.
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