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The new fad in central banking is something called macroprudential policy: targeting controls at particular areas of concern, such as raising minimum down-payment rules for home mortgages. WSJ's David Wessel explains.
In Seoul's upscale Gangnam neighborhood, made famous by pop star Psy's viral music video, government curbs on real-estate lending froze a market in which home prices had been rising as fast as 25% a year.
In Toronto, housing prices reversed their rapid rise and fell for five months after the government changed rules to effectively increase monthly payments on new loans.
But in Tel Aviv, home prices kept right on climbing—up 11% over the past year for a three-bedroom apartment—even after the central bank boosted minimum down payments and made mortgage lending less attractive to banks.
Central bankers everywhere else are watching these experiments closely, among them Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve. He and his counterparts around the world, seared by the worst financial crisis in 75 years, are searching for ways to halt borrowing binges before they morph into bubbles, and to push lenders to shore up their defenses before the next crisis arrives.
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Lifting interest rates to discourage borrowing has long been considered a blunt but effective weapon. But that isn't a step central banks are eager to take when inflation is low or unemployment is high—as they are in many places now.
So some central bankers are experimenting with targeting only pockets of financial excess. Because financial bubbles so often involve real estate—and because that sector was at the center of the last crisis—many are focusing on ways to control booms in housing prices by curbing mortgage lending.
That's not the only focus: Indonesia last year outlawed zero-down payment loans for motorcycles, for example, and South Korea has imposed levies to discourage banks from short-term dollar borrowing.
Thus far, the results trickling in from around the world are distinctly mixed. In some places, the experiments are producing the desired effects, while in others, they aren't.
The point of the new tools is to protect the entire financial system and economy, so economists refer to them as macroprudential. That distinguishes them from microprudential, which describes traditional oversight to assure safety and soundness of individual banks.
At the moment, such concerns are largely hypothetical for the U.S., Europe and Japan. Their central banks, for now, are trying to encourage more lending. But the Fed's pledge to keep interest rates low for a long time—as long as unemployment remains high and inflation low—has already fueled the return of some of the types of risky lending that preceded the 2008 crisis.
After the crisis, Congress expanded the responsibilities and authority of the Fed and other regulators, but it didn't give them all the powers that central banks in some countries have, such as the ability to set minimum down payments. Nevertheless, Mr. Bernanke has spoken favorably about a more targeted approach: "Explicit incorporation of macroprudential considerations in the nation's framework for financial oversight represents a major innovation in our thinking…one that is taking hold abroad as well as in the U.S."
The whole idea makes some economists uneasy. "Macroprudential tools are new, and little is known about how effective they can be," says Olivier Blanchard, chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, which has published 23 working papers that touch on the subject in the past three years.
The techniques have ignited a debate among central bankers, bank regulators and academics over whether they can do what proponents promise.
Some see "macroprudential" as a euphemism for the largely discredited practice of governments deciding where capital should flow.
But proponents say the cost of leaving everything to the markets was the worst financial crisis in generations.
"Many thought it was rather adequate to wait until a crisis breaks out and then clean it up," says Kim Choong-soo, governor of South Korea's central bank. "The crisis we faced was so enormous and had such an enormous impact on us that we began believing that prevention may cost less."
Underlying much of the debate is the question of when macroprudential tools should be used rather than broader interest-rate increases, which are seldom popular. Some critics recall that too much easy money has produced inflation in the past, and worry that the tools are an excuse for dillydallying on rate hikes.
Adair Turner, until recently Britain's chief financial regulator, counters that "the interest rate required to slow down a property price boom is probably so high that you'd really screw up some other bit of the economy long before you've slowed down the property boom."
While attractive to some in theory, the new instruments may prove politically treacherous in practice. Using interest rates to steer an economy, while sometimes controversial, is widely accepted by markets, banks, politicians and the public. Making it hard for families to buy homes isn't.
When Israel's central bank boosted the minimum down payment on a home to 30%, it made it 25% for first-time home buyers. Stanley Fischer, who stepped down as central banker on June 30, attributes that to "straightforward political reasons."
"It is inconceivable," Moshe Gafni, a member of Parliament, told Mr. Fischer at a hearing, "that a young couple can't get an apartment because they aren't rich."
South Korea
Determined to avoid a repeat of the wrenching Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s, South Korea's government, in concert with its central bank, has used macroprudential tools aggressively for the past decade. It wants home prices to rise, but not too quickly, so it has repeatedly adjusted down-payment minimums and debt-to-income maximums for home loans. It also has taxed banks to limit short-term borrowing in foreign currencies, hoping to protect banks from swings in global market sentiment.
In Gangnam, sometimes called the Beverly Hills of Seoul, and in other communities designated as "speculative," regulators required home buyers to come up with 50% down payments and show that mortgage payments wouldn't consume more than 40% of their income. To discourage speculators, taxes as high as 60% were imposed on sales by people who own more than one house.
The measures have had the desired effect, much to the displeasure of local real-estate agencies.
"Nothing moves at all," says real-estate agent Park Soon Seo. "The government intervened too deeply and almost destroyed the market."
Housing prices in Gangnam fell 5% last year.
On a recent afternoon, there were no customers or ringing phones at several neighborhood real-estate offices. Agents fiddled with smartphones and tended to potted plants. Maps on the walls showed property developments in the area, the newest of which is now four years old.
In April, with prices on the downswing, Korea's newly elected government loosened some down payment restrictions in Gangnam and other speculative zones. Mr. Park, the agent, says the move hasn't yet spurred sales.
A decade into the experiment, scholars and central bankers still aren't sure how the rules have affected the economy.
"We have a relatively short period of experiences," says Mr. Kim, the central-bank governor, adding that it is hard to know what would have happened had the controls not been imposed.
IMF economists Deniz Igan and Heedon Kang, formerly at the Bank of Korea, say the down payment and debt-to-income limits led to a decline in home-price appreciation and sales activity. "Furthermore," they said in an IMF working paper, "the limits alter expectations, which play a key role in bubble dynamics."
Kwanho Shin, a Korea University economist who was a consultant to the government, says the rules have a limited effect if house prices are rising fast: Borrowers can simply refinance into bigger mortgages. But when prices fall, the rules can make it harder for homeowners to refinance existing loans.
—Alex Frangos
Although Canada escaped the worst of the global financial crisis, it still had a recession. That prompted the Bank of Canada to cut its benchmark short-term interest rate to 0.25%. Rates have since inched up to 1.0%, but that didn't prevent a surge in borrowing by Canadians that the central bank last year called "the biggest domestic risk" to the economy.
The Toronto skyline features lots of construction cranes, including in a huge project along the Lake Ontario shoreline. After the government set out to make home buying more expensive, sales declined. Karen Johnson/The Wall Street Journal
The government had begun tightening the mortgage spigot in 2008, without much effect. In June 2012, the skyline of Toronto was dominated by construction cranes. House prices there, according to the benchmark Teranet-National Bank index, had been climbing at an annual clip between 5% and 13% in recent years.
With prodding from then-central banker Mark Carney, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty set out to make home buying more expensive. Government-backed mortgage insurance is required for any home purchase with a down payment of less than 20%—roughly 60% of purchases.
Mr. Flaherty said insured loans would have to be paid off in 25 years instead of 30, which meant larger monthly payments. He set a minimum down payment of 20% on any home costing more than one million Canadian dollars, or about US$946,000. And he reduced the size limit on refinancing loans to 80% of a home's value, from 85%.
"Some of the builders…were worried that people were buying too much house, and paying too much for condos," Mr. Flaherty explained at a recent parliamentary hearing. "So we have tried to tighten up on that."
Home sales nationwide have dropped about 8% from last spring, says Adrienne Warren, economist at Bank of Nova Scotia BNS.T -0.35% Bank of Nova Scotia Canada: Toronto $62.96 -0.22 -0.35% Dec. 12, 2013 4:00 pm Volume : 1.89M P/E Ratio 12.11 Market Cap $76.37 Billion Dividend Yield 3.94% Rev. per Employee $339,497 12/12/13 Scotiabank's Porter Sees Littl... 12/11/13 Canada Stocks to Watch: Encana... 12/06/13 Canada Stocks to Watch: Scotia... More quote details and news » in Toronto. According to the Teranet-National index, home prices in Canada's six biggest cities fell between September 2012 and February of this year. They have since begun to rise, but in May were still a hair shy of the August 2012 peak.
Sales of condos in Toronto in the first three months of this year were 55% below year-earlier levels, says Urbanation, a Toronto-based research firm. The Bank of Canada's latest Financial System Review said the number of unsold high-rise units under construction in Toronto remains near the high levels observed since early 2012.
"I actually think what the government did was good," says Jesse Banwait, a Re/Max Legacy Realty Inc. agent in Toronto. "We saw a lot of buyers entering the market and getting preapproved financing when they shouldn't have been."
Mr. Carney, who has since become governor of the Bank of England, was pleased with the initial result. "We are now seeing household debt levels stabilize—albeit at high levels," he said in April. The Bank of Canada said recently that while the pace of household borrowing has slowed since late 2012, it remains "elevated."
Many mortgage brokers say Mr. Flaherty overdid it. "We were already in a soft-landing housing market during the first half of 2012. Prices had stabilized…and credit growth was starting to taper off," said Will Dunning, chief economist with the Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals.
—Paul Vieira
With interest rates very low in much of the world, cheap money is everywhere, even flooding into smaller economies such as Israel's. The money is driving up Israel's currency, threatening its important export sector.
That presents Israel's central bank with a dilemma: Raising interest rates would likely exacerbate the problem by boosting the currency further, but low rates can fuel a borrowing binge, particularly for home buying.
Stanley Fischer, until recently Israel's central banker, tried unsuccessfully to cool a sizzling real-estate market. Bloomberg
For three years, the Bank of Israel and bank regulators have been trying to cool the sizzling real-estate market—both home prices and rental rates have been rising rapidly—without raising interest rates. So far, they haven't had much success.
The central bank limited the use of adjustable-rate mortgages tied to the low Bank of Israel short-term rate. It forced banks to set aside more capital for certain mortgages. Last October, it set the minimum down payment at 30% for most home buyers, and at 50% for investment properties.
"It's all going in exactly the opposition direction of what they [the Bank of Israel] wanted,'' says Micha Goldberg, a banking analyst with Nesuah Zannex Securities Ltd.
Israeli home prices rose 3.2% in the four months ended in March, according to the most recent government data, an annual rate of more than 13%.
The new rules have slowed the home-buying process in some cases.
Nachshohn Carmi, a father of two, says he was turned away by his bank when trying to buy his first home in Jerusalem's Arnona neighborhood. A mortgage broker found a different lender, and he eventually got a loan to buy the home.
The lending restrictions can't overcome the forces of supply and demand: Israel's population is growing at a much faster rate than new homes are being built, so home prices just keep climbing.
"There's so much pent-up demand that the regulations are being washed away,'' says Bernard Raskin, director of the Israeli branch of the Re/Max real-estate broker, which enjoyed a 17% increase in commission revenue in the first quarter.
"Evidently the measures we have imposed have not been strong enough to reduce the demand for housing sufficiently to stop prices rising," the former central banker Mr. Fischer concedes.
—Josh Mitnick
When Indonesia ended no-money-down motorcycle financing, sales fell. Bloomberg
In Indonesia, a booming economy has put motorcycles within reach of millions. In 2000, fewer than one million were sold. In 2011, more than eight million sold, three-quarters on credit, many with no money down.
The central bank worried that banks might be overdoing it—making loans to consumers who wouldn't pay them back. In June 2012, it began demanding that motorcycle buyers put at least 25% down. Sales last year fell by 12%, to about seven million. The Indonesia Motorcycles Industry Association predicts sales will fall further this year.
Tjio Hok Sie, 45, an electrical technician, recently bought a $1,400 orange-and-black Honda scooter, financing it with a loan that requires 16 monthly payments of $95. He says he would have preferred to avoid the down payment, but understands the government's rationale. "Many people bought motorcycles without paying down payments, but they could not pay the installments," he says.
Some motorcycle buyers figured out a way around the requirement—one of the hazards of using targeted tools instead of sweeping rate increases. The ban on no-down-payment loans initially didn't apply to Islamic Shariah-compliant lenders. Their lending business boomed—until Indonesia's central bank extended rules to cover them in April.
Muhammad Ikhwan, sales manager at a Honda dealership in central Jakarta, has seen a 20% drop in business.
"As a citizen, I agree with the government," he said. "Higher down payments means fewer cases of bad debt. But as a motorcycle salesman I disagree because it means less income."
—Alex Frangos and Ahmad Pathoni
In Switzerland, where the central bank is struggling to protect the economy from the euro-zone recession next door, mortgages are extraordinarily cheap and domestic debt is growing in relation to the economy.
"The large increase in leverage…the elevated property prices and the evidence of high-risk appetite translate for the Swiss economy into a state of high vulnerability," said Jean-Pierre Danthine, vice chairman of the Swiss National Bank, SNBN.EB 0.00% Schweizerische Nationalbank Switzerland: SWX CHF1046.00 0.00 0.00% Dec. 12, 2013 2:47 pm Volume : 7 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap CHF104.60 Million Dividend Yield 1.43% Rev. per Employee N/A 11/11/13 Swiss Central Bank Tightens Ru... 11/08/13 UBS Pulls Away From State 10/31/13 Global Central Banks Reach Sta... More quote details and news » in April.
Swiss banks, pushed by their regulators, last year began requiring home buyers to put down at least 10% of the purchase price of a house in cash. Previously, they could take money from their pension funds to cover the entire 20% minimum down payment. They also began requiring homeowners to repay at least one-third of the principal over 20 years.
Unhappy that those and other measures—including a dollop of central banker rhetoric—weren't making much difference, the Swiss National Bank in February decided to require banks to hold additional capital equal to 1% of every residential loan they make. The policy, which doesn't take effect until September, is intended to make it less attractive for banks to issue mortgages.
Switzerland is the first country to use such a technique. Some politicians have protested, arguing the policy would hurt smaller banks that rely more on mortgage lending than giants UBS AG and Credit Suisse Group AG CSGN.VX -0.38% Credit Suisse Group AG Switzerland: SWX Europe CHF26.15 -0.10 -0.38% Dec. 12, 2013 5:30 pm Volume : 4.69M P/E Ratio 16.56 Market Cap CHF41.88 Billion Dividend Yield 0.38% Rev. per Employee CHF779,726 12/05/13 Credit Suisse to Sell German P... 12/05/13 Europe's Stocks to Watch: Merc... 11/28/13 Newcrest Must Act to Stem Cash... More quote details and news » .
In the 12 months ended in March, Swiss condominium prices rose 2.9%, less than the 6.3% increase in the year-earlier period, according to consulting firm Wüest & Partner. Developers and real-estate brokers say demand is shifting toward the middle and lower end of the market.
"In the midrange segment, there are still a huge number of buyers," says Matthias Meier, spokesman for the Allreal ALLN.EB -0.25% Allreal Holding AG Switzerland: SWX CHF121.00 -0.30 -0.25% Dec. 12, 2013 5:30 pm Volume : 15,103 P/E Ratio 21.37 Market Cap CHF1.93 Billion Dividend Yield 4.55% Rev. per Employee CHF1,425,180 More quote details and news » Gruppe AG, a Zurich-based real-estate developer.
—Marta Falconi
Hong Kong
The government of Hong Kong has made at least 15 separate policy moves since late 2009, by the count of property brokers Knight Frank LLP, to try to restrain real-estate prices, which have been climbing at double-digit annual rates.
It has raised real-estate transaction taxes, increased the supply of land available to developers, required higher down payments, levied a tax on foreign buyers and extended curbs on loans to commercial properties, including purchases of parking spaces.
That has made the former British colony a laboratory for testing macroprudential tools.
Each time the government moves, property prices have tended to cool for a few months, if at all, then resume their climb. Residential property values have more than doubled since 2008. It is possible, of course, that prices might have risen even higher without the controls.
Rock-bottom interest rates have fueled the boom. Because Hong Kong pegs its currency to the U.S. dollar, it effectively imports U.S. Federal Reserve interest-rate policy. Also lifting prices is strong demand from mainland Chinese buyers, who see Hong Kong's independent financial and legal system as a way to get their money abroad.
There are some signs the market is cooling. U.S. interest rates are creeping up, and thus Hong Kong's. China's economy is slowing, keeping mainland buyers at bay. Property transactions are down sharply since the latest government cooling measures were put in place in February.
The situation has made real-estate agents steaming mad. In early June, hundreds protested in front of the government's headquarters with placards decrying "interference" in the market.
"It's like breaking the city's leg," said Alex Yu of Bo Fung Property Agency.


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The research is conclusive: Providing a high-quality early childhood education is crucial if we are to reach our state and national goals of educational equity and excellence, preparing children for college and career. CEE and CCI release a report that provides a detailed roadmap for making high-quality, full-day pre-K available for all three and four year olds in New York State over an eight-year period.
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In the New York Daily News, the professor of education and law and a lead attorney for the Campaign for Fiscal Equity case in New York, argues that Governor Cuomo's proposed budget violates New York State's constitution.
- CEE releases 'Building a Sustained School Facilities Remedy: Arizona's Innovative Blueprint for Capital Funding'
The Campaign for Educational Equity releases today the third report in its Education, Equity, and the Law series, "Building a Sustained School Facilities Remedy: Arizona's Innovative Blueprint for Capital Funding" written by Molly A. Hunter, the director of Education Justice at the Education Law Center. "Building a Sustained School Facilities Remedy" analyzes the success of Arizona's statewide process for financing and building school facilities, which is a result of the 1998 Students FIRST Act, an education quality lawsuit that established the Arizona School Facilities Board. The author gives an overview of this litigation and its effects in Arizona, including the progress of the School Facilities Board in funding new building and renovation, and areas where the funding mechanism still falls short. [download report]
- Stimulating Equity? A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of the Federal Stimulus Act on Educational Opportunity
The final version of the Campaign for Educational Equity's 20-state report entitled "Stimulating Equity? A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of the Federal Stimulus Act on Educational Opportunity" was released last month. Written by Michael A. Rebell, Jessica R. Wolff and Daniel A. Yaverbaum, a draft version of the paper was presented by the authors at the Campaign's Fifth Annual Symposium, held on February 8-9, 2010. The final report is available for download here.
- Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in Efforts to Close the Achievement Gap
The Campaign for Educational Equity releases today the latest report in its Equity Matters series,"Healthier Students Are Better Learners." The report focuses on "educationally relevant health disparities" in seven areas -- vision; asthma; teen pregnancy; aggression and violence; physical activity; breakfast; and inattention and hyperactivity -- that disproportionately affect the educational opportunities and outcomes of urban minority youth.
- Equity Symposium Asks: Where Is $100 Billion in Education Aid Going?
The federal government is showering states with $100 billion in aid to schools. This year's Equity Symposium, February 8 and 9, examines whether that money is going toward improving schools for poor children.
- TC's Rebell Says Governor's School Budget Cuts are Unconstitutional
New York Governor Paterson announced on Tuesday five-percent cuts to state allocations to public schools. Michael Rebell, Executive Director of the Campaign for Educational Equity at TC, says the cuts would violate New York State's constitution.
- Updated Chart: Equity Campaign Analysis: Federal Stimulus Funding for Education: Are States Meeting the Goals?
The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) has now approved the applications for initial federal stimulus funding under the American Recovery and Renewal Act of 2009 (ARRA) for 49 of the 50 states; Pennsylvania, which has been involved in a protracted dispute with federal officials over funding for state-related universities, is the only state whose application is still pending approval. The information the states have submitted raises serious questions about whether the stated purposes of the Act -- stabilizing education funding, facilitating the continuation of equity and adequacy formula adjustments and promoting education reforms to boost student achievement -- are being met.
- Substantial Yet Not Sufficient: Kentucky's Effort to Build Proficiency for Each and Every Child
You can now read the second report in the Equity Campaign's Education, Equity, and the Law series, "Substantial and Yet Not Sufficient: Kentucky's Effort to Build Proficiency for Each and Every Child." Written by Susan Perkins Weston, independent consultant working on Kentucky education issues, and Robert F. Sexton, executive director of the Prichard Committee, the report provides an analytic overview of the origins, impact and implications of Kentucky's landmark educational adequacy litigation, Rose v. Council for Better Education . It provides important new material and insights regarding the political mobilization for school reform, legislative action, statewide implementation, and recent fiscal difficulties that have occurred over the past 20 years since the case was decided. The authors make their case that Kentucky's 1989 court ruling and 1990 legislation unquestionably led to substantive improvement for all students in the state. Based on their experience, they also share a set of thoughts about what counts as successful work to build school systems that serve all students well.
- Reframing Family Involvement in Education: Supporting Families to Support Educational Equity
The Equity Campaign releases the latest paper in its Equity Matters series in which authors lay out a reframed approach to family involvement as a key component of comprehensive learning. The authors present a detailed review of the research and evaluation literature through this lens and tackle questions such as: How do families support academic development, and what kinds of supports are demonstrably related to academic development and school success? Is there evidence that family involvement interventions in fact pay off in better outcomes? What are the implications of the research and intervention literature for developing more strongly evidence-based approaches to family involvement?
- New Jersey's Decades-Long School Finance Case: So, What's the Payoff?
In its pathbreaking Abbott v. Burke decision in 1990, the New Jersey Supreme Court laid the groundwork for providing extra state resources for 32 poor, urban school districts, dubbed the Abbott districts. On November 11 at a forum at Teachers College, four legal and education specialists assessed how successful the Abbott districts have been in providing equitable educational opportunities, and what the future holds for them as they lose their special-funding status.
- Abbott v. Burke: Has the Landmark School Funding Case Improved Student Outcomes? (11/13/2009)
- CEE Director Speaks before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Michael Rebell, director of the Campaign for Educational Equity, was a featured speaker in Geneva this week at an expert seminar for the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The two-day meeting aims to inform the Committee on issues related to its future role in the implementation of the "Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights."
- From English Language Learners to Emergent Bilinguals (4/2/2008)
- Emergent Bilinguals: How Policy Has Misunderstood a National Resource
English language learners are making scant progress in overcoming the achievement gap, not only because of inadequate funding, but also because federal and state educational policy actually create stumbling blocks by prohibiting or discouraging the use of the educational practices that research has clearly shown to be most effective for their needs. This was the basic message that Ofelia Garcia, Professor of Bilingual Education at Teachers College, Columbia University delivered to a standing room only audience on January 30, 2008. - Can After-School Programs Help Level the Playing Field for Disadvantaged Youth? (10/26/2009)
- New Book Acclaims Adequacy Litigations
Countering the recent slew of books by Eric Hanushek, Al Lindseth, Paul Peterson and other critics of education adequacy and sound basic education litigations, a new book by Michael A. Rebell argues that successful outcomes in these cases, which have been initiated in dozens of states, is essential if the United States is to achieve its stated policy goals of eliminating achievement gaps and providing equal educational opportunity to all children.
- New Report: Can After-School Programs Help Level the Playing Field for Disadvantaged Youth?
The Campaign for Educational Equity releases today the latest report in its Equity Matters series, "Can After-School Programs Help Level the Playing Field for Disadvantaged Youth?" (Research Review No. 4). The report was written by researchers Margo Gardner and Jodie L. Roth of the National Center for Children and Families (NCCF), and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, the Virginia and Leonard Marx Professor of Child Development and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and co-director of NCCF.
- Campaign for Educational Equity Announces "Stimulating Equity?" Project
The Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University recently launched an in-depth research effort to evaluate the impact of the ARRA on state education systems around the country. The ARRA has created a unique opportunity for nation-wide education reform, as it infuses billions of new dollars into state education funds and includes specific language in support of adequacy and equity. The Campaign seeks to evaluate States' efforts to advance reform in four key areas outlined in the act...
- Has NCLB Improved Teacher Quality?
At a forum hosted by TC's Campaign for Educational Equity, a former Bush Administration education official argues that the "highly qualified teacher" provision of Bush's signature No Child Left Behind law has had no demonstrable impact.
- American Early Childhood: Preventing or Perpetuating Inequity? (4/8/2009)
- Stimulus Bill Promotes Stable, Adequate Funding
The $789 billion federal stimulus bill recently passed by Congress allocates roughly $100 billion for educational purposes. This figure is almost double the U.S. Department of Education's $59.2 billion discretionary budget---and gives promise to education advocates that the Obama administration will live up to its commitment to reform and improve education in the United States.
- Rebell Op-Ed: Slashing the city schools budget is illegal, unfair and unwise
Michael Rebell has written an opinion article in response to New York State's move to cut education funding to address the state's looming fiscal deficit. In it, Rebell asserts budget cuts for New York City's schools is in violation of the compliance order in the state's school funding suit. He presents a solution with national implications, linking school funding shortfalls with a national agenda to stimulate the economy.
- Obama and Comprehensive Educational Equity
While on the campaign trail, President-elect Barack Obama pledged to revise and improve the quality of education in the United States. In July 2007, he announced a plan to address simultaneously the problems of poverty and education by creating twenty "promise neighborhoods" based on the model of the Harlem Children's Zone. This announcement was a significant step in advancing the concept of comprehensive educational equity, i.e. the notion that to overcome the achievement gap, the broad needs of children from poverty backgrounds in areas like the health, nutrition, and early childhood education must be met.
- Thinking Big About How to Close the Gap
At TC's Fourth Annual Symposium on Educational Equity, a star-studded cast of researchers, educators and policymakers argued for nothing less than a full-scale attempt to combat poverty and its attendant ills. Michael A. Rebell, Executive Director of TC's Campaign for Educational Equity, which organized and hosted the symposium, argued that access for children and families to what he calls "comprehensive educational equity" -- in essence, a full range of services -- should be viewed as a moral, statutory and constitutional right.
- Researchers Target Poverty as Key Barrier to Closing U.S. Education Gap
To overcome its education achievement gap, America must institute a comprehensive program of educational and social services to address the broad effects of poverty on millions of the nation's schoolchildren. Such a program could be delivered to 1 million students from families whose incomes fall within 75 percent to 125 percent of the federal poverty line at an approximate cost of $15,000 per student. These and other findings will be presented at TC on November 17th and 18th at the College's fourth annual Symposium on Educational Equity.
Moving Every Child Ahead: From NCLB Hype to Meaningful Educational Opportunity by the Equity Campaign's Michael Rebell and Jessica Wolff is being called a "rare" contribution that "advances an intellectual and legal framework for how the federal role might actually be re-shaped." - Rebell: "No Child" Being Left Behind in the Presidential Race
For the next president, one of the first domestic challenges will be to reshape the No Child Left Behind law, hailed six years ago as a bipartisan solution to America's education troubles. But in their race for the White House, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.) are distancing themselves from what has become a tainted brand.
- Rebell Op-Ed: NYC Breaks Faith with Schools
NYC's schools are looking at drastic budget cuts for the 2008-2009 school year - $428 million total. Yet, the irony is that after years of litigation against the state to provide additional funding and a historic $5.2 billion settlement, it's now the city that plans to shortchange its own schools.
- Student Conference Highlights Equity Issues Faced by Students at TC and in Public Schools
What is the difference between barely passing and barely failing an exam? Technically, just mere points, but for students taking high school exit exams, it can mean the difference between graduating and dropping out, even when there are opportunities to retake the test. Such were the findings of a study presented at the 1st annual Student Research Conference on Educational Equity at Teachers College in April.
- Tough Questions, Provocative Answers, Lively Debate
TC's Equity Forum Are Packing in the Crowds-'"and Outlining the Future of Education Research
- Student Research Conference on Educational Equity
On April 24, the Campaign for Educational Equity held its first Student Research Conference on Educational Equity. This conference was designed to showcase ongoing student work on equity issues in all departments and to increase discussion among students and faculty across disciplines.
- Class-Size Reduction: Policy, Politics and Imlications for Equity (4/2/2008)
- TC's Equity Research a Presence at AERA
Teachers College made a significant contribution to the body of research on educational equity at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting this April.
- The Campaign Launches Major Equity Research Initiative
Based on its commitment to a comprehensive approach to addressing educational inequalities, the Campaign for Educational Equity has launched a major Research Initiative, under the direction of Professor Amy Stuart Wells, Deputy Director for Research. Read More...
- Smaller Classes: They Can Help, But They're No Silver Bullet
Ask the average parent or teacher what change they'd most like to see in their school, and there's a good chance the answer will be "smaller classes." Now a new review of major research on the subject finds that reduced class size is far from a universal panacea...
- Reassessing the Achievement Gap: Fully Measuring What Students Should Be Taught in School
On February 21, the Equity Campaign hosted the Equity in Education Forum, "Reassessing the Achievement Gap" in which Richard Rothstein presented a report commissioned by the Campaign for Education Equity that details his ideas for reforming the National Assessment of Educational Progress to more accurately demonstrate student achievement.
- Beyond NCLB Hype: A New Agenda for the New Administration (4/2/2008)
- Assessing Achievement Gaps Comprehensively
The problem with a "what-gets-measured-gets-done" approach is that "what doesn't get measured doesn't get done," says Richard Rothstein, Research Associate at the Economic Policy Institute and Senior Researcher at the Campaign for Educational Equity.
- NCLB Should Ease Universal Proficiency Targets, New Book Argues; Focus Instead on Greater Educational Opportunity
On March 5th, Michael Rebell will make recommendations for reforming NCLB. Moderated by Arlene Ackerman, incoming Superintendent of the Philadelphia Public Schools, the event will feature Jack Jennings of Center on Education Policy and Thomas Rogers from the NYS Council of State Superintendents as respondents. - Ed Week: Researchers Want NAEP to Measure More Than Academics
On February 21, the Equity Campaign hosted the Equity in Education Forum, "Reassessing the Achievement Gap" in which Richard Rothstein presented a report commissioned by the Campaign for Education Equity that details his ideas for reforming the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The following article on Rothstein's report appears in Education Week.
- Recommended Readings
Since 2005, Equity Campaign has hosted an annual symposium to advance the conversation on how we can close the achievement gap and have real equal opportunity for all. The following are recently published books that have stemmed from these conversations that we recommend to anyone interested in educational equity issues. - EdFunding Matters Blog: New Hampshire's Imprudent Attempt to Tamper with Constitutional Principles
The New Hampshire legislature is currently considering a proposal by Governor John Lynch to adopt a ludicrous constitutional amendment that would repeal the two-centuries-old provision that imposes a duty on the state to provide a constitutionally adequate education to every child and to guarantee adequate funding. Read More...
- Pursuing equal educational opportunity in a post-Brown world
TC's Equity Symposium asks: Can the state finance suits fill the gap as the Supreme Court retreats on integration?
- Can School Finance Suits in State Courts Safeguard Brown v. Board of Ed? Should They?
The 2007 Equity Symposium: Nov. 12-13, 2007 at Teachers College, Columbia University
*Watch the live webcast or listen to audio podcasts here * - Rebell: 'Adequacy' Movement Is Alive and Thriving
Contrary to the assertions of Alfred A. Lindseth, the education-adequacy-litigation movement is alive, well, and achieving extraordinary successes.
- Book Reviews: School Funding Wars
"Courting Failure: How School Finance Lawsuits Exploit Judges' Good Intentions and Harm Our Children" edited by Eric A. Hanushek
"School Money Trials: the Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy," edited by Martin R. West & Paul E. Peterson - Reauthorizing NCLB: New Recommendations from the Leaders of The Campaign for Educational Equity
Michael A. Rebell and Jessica R. Wolff have released a summary of a far-reaching set of recommendations for changing the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which is up for Congressional reauthorization this year.
- Welcome to The Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College, Columbia University
The Campaign for Educational Equity is an exciting new undertaking for Teachers College. Read how we envision working together to promote equal educational opportunity and make an impact in the city and the entire nation.
- Educational Equity and the U.S. Constitution
On September 17, Michael Rebell of the Campaign for Educational Equity will host a Constitution Day forum to discuss how the U.S. Constitution has shaped the opportunity for educational equity in our nation's schools.
- Making the CFE Money Matter in NYC Schools
Unhappy with New York City's efforts to lay out a sound plan for how they will spend the hard-fought CFE funds this year, Michael Rebell went on the record to criticize the NYC Department of Education's Contract for Excellence (C4E).
- TC's Equity Campaign Teams with the Harlem Children's Zone
TC's Campaign for Educational Equity is partnering with the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ) to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of HCZ's system of early and progressive interventions aimed at improving health and educational opportunities for preschool-aged children.
- The Gaps Don't Seem to Be Closing
Teachers College President Susan Fuhrman set the stage for a two-day marathon in which researchers presented new data about NCLB and debated whether and how to fix the law, which was first enacted in 2002.
- Rebell and Hanushek Clash on Role of the Courts
Debating before a packed plenary session at the annual American Education Finance Association Conference in Baltimore last Saturday, Michael A. Rebell and Erik Hanushek presented radically different assessments of the courts' ability to contribute to essential educational reform.
- Bipartisan NCLB Commission Releases Final Report and Recommendations
The bipartisan Commission on No Child Left Behind, established by the Aspen Institute, released their long awaited final report this week detailing the "shortcomings" of the law and proposing a series of recommendations for improving NCLB as it comes up for reauthorization this year.
- Rebell Criticizes Mayor's New Funding Formula
Campaign Executive Director criticizes Mayor Bloomberg's proposed funding formula in today's Daily News. "The plan unveiled last week by Mayor Bloomberg for further restructuring of the New York City school system has many good points, but the proposal to alter the city's school financing system is not one of them," said Rebell.
- Booker's Bottom Line: It's a Question of Desire
Not long after he became Mayor of Newark this past spring, Cory Booker took two young men to dinner who had spray-painted death threats to him on the wall of their school. The dinner went well -- "they were good kids," Booker told his listeners at the close of TC's second annual Symposium on Educational Equity -- but at one point, the Mayor realized that his guests couldn't decipher their choice of entrees.
- Only the Bathwater -- Or the Baby, Too?
If there was a central question at issue during the College's recent two-day symposium on the federal No Child Left Behind Act, it was if the country should set its sights on more realistic achievement targets than NCLB presently endorses.
- Mayor Cory A. Booker to Keynote Second Annual Equity Symposium
Newark, New Jersey's Cory A. Booker will deliver the closing keynote address on Tuesday, November 14th at 4PM at the Campaign for Educational Equity's second annual symposium, "Examining America's Commitment to Closing Achievement Gaps: NCLB and Its Alternatives."


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Hearing the word "peach" reminds me of the Macinaw Peaches, from Oregon, that are ripe for just two weeks every year. Eating them brings your taste buds alive, like having a circus in your mouth. Macinaws are a miracle of nature, like the Aurora Borealis. Well, almost. Peaches do bring your taste buds alive and are one of many miracles of nature ... but, Mackinaws only exist in the land of Seinfeld.
So were does that leave us? I'd say with some pretty darn tasty peaches - everywhere! We're in full fledged peach season right now with a couple of varieties to choose from: white peach, yellow peach, white and yellow nectarine and peacharine. Peaches and nectarines are essentially the same fruit, only nectarines have a smooth skin. A peacherine is a cross between the two. Each sweet and juicy with a hint of tartness.
Peaches are another of the many foods that are so good for you. Low in calories with virtually no fat, they are a great source of Vitamins A, C and also B-carotene, the pro-vitamin that converts Vitamin A in to your body. You can find them year around, but they are in season from May through October. So now is the time to get them!
Peaches can be used in many different ways: the ubiquitous pie, tarts and muffins; the Bellini, a Prosecco and peach puree cocktail originating in Venice, to name just a few. They can be eaten raw, grilled, baked and blended. As always I decided to look for another way to use this ingredient, other than the typical application.
To read the rest of my blog post and to see my easy recipes using peaches click here.
If you are around on Wednesday July 25th I will be demoing these peach recipes at the PepsiCo Farmers Market in Purchase. Stop by for a taste between 11:30 and 1:30.


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There is an absurdity to National Signing Day in the way it is presented and covered. For many, this annual segue from high school to college football is an exciting and glorious thing. For me and perhaps others, it is closer to National Sighing Day — an exercise of excess that makes us shake our head and wonder how it got to this point.
The perfect National Signing Day story, for me, happened around this time in 2008, in a high school gymnasium in Fernley, Nev. There, a burly prep offensive lineman named Kevin Hart revealed to a large crowd and to local TV cameras his college football choice by dramatically choosing a Cal cap to wear instead of an Oregon cap.
The one minor flaw was that Hart had not been recruited by Cal, Oregon or any other school, but had decided his 15 minutes of fame outweighed the resulting shame.
My next-favorite signing day story happened Wednesday, right here, as highly recruited South Plantation running back Alex Collins prepared to sign his National Letter of Intent with Arkansas at his school as fans and media looked on. The glitch here? His mother, preferring he go to Miami, not only refused to sign the letter but also ran off with it!
Collins on Thursday got his father to sign his letter to Arkansas while Mom considered legal action by engaging the law firm founded by O.J. Simpson counsel Johnnie L. Cochran. (If the letter of intent does not fit, you must acquit!)
Over stiff competition did I choose these two tales.
I could very easily have gone with the former Tennessee recruit, Derric Evans, who lost his scholarship after he signed his letter while sipping wine in a hot tub.
Might also have mentioned how Miami Carol City's Willie Williams revealed all sorts of lavish treatment in a 2004 recruiting diary for The Miami Herald, which led to a violation of his probation, which in turn led to the revelation he'd been arrested 10 times.
Originality points also are due 2009 recruit Bryce Brown, whose adviser, an ex-con, charged $9.99 a month for Internet updates on Brown's status and college leanings.
Answers sought
The common thread in all of this invites a few questions, such as:
Why are TV cameras on in the first place when 17- and 18-year-old students decide where they'll play college ball? Why did ESPNU nationally televise 18 signing day ceremonies Wednesday?
Why is there a cottage industry of recruiting websites feeding the mania that forced capital letters on National Signing Day and made it a metastasizing phenomenon of too, too much? (And when will these websites realize that speculating on where top 11-year-old athletes might star in high school is an as-yet untapped market?)
Why is The Miami Herald (we're not alone) devoting all or most of seven pages to signing day coverage?
And finally, this question:
What are we, nuts!?
I guess the general answer to the excess is that "the interest is there." But is it, really? I rather think we're just Pavlov's dogs. ESPN is ringing the bell and therefore we convince ourselves that somebody named Robert Nkemdiche choosing Ole Miss is national news of the highest import.
Sure, college fans should be interested in who their school signs.
I can see Miami Hurricanes fans being excited UM landed Oakland Park Northeast receiver Stacy Coley, or being disappointed because Miami lost Booker T. Washington linebacker Matthew Thomas to Florida State.


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Weather column: It had been a relatively quiet spring in regards to severe weather across the United States and particularly across the Upper Midwest. The cooler temperatures had kept the severe weather at bay, but all of that changed last week and over the weekend.
Tornadoes swept across parts of north Texas last Wednesday leaving several people dead. Up to 100 people were also injured from the twisters.
Then on Sunday, tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Kansas, and Iowa. At least one person was killed in Shawnee, Oklahoma from that storm system. Tornadoes, hail, and strong thunderstorms with damaging winds also did damage across parts of the Central Plains and Upper Midwest.
We actually have a week with no snow in the forecast! We knew it had to happen sooner or later as the sun angle is getting just too high for snow to keep popping up in our forecast.
On Monday of this week we started things off with high temperatures in the 60s and even lower 70s. A few spotty showers did pop-up in the afternoon heat across mainly in Central Minnesota.
Weather column: Record low temperatures were recorded across much of Minnesota on Saturday. In addition to doing this weather column, I also work at KXRA-AM and KX92 in Alexandria. While doing the Saturday morning show, I watched as the temperature in Alexandria at the airport fell to 10 degrees at
6:22 a.m. This set a new record low for this date for Alexandria. It surpassed the previous record low of 16 degrees set back in 1966.
This sign sums up Minnesota's attitude toward snow (toward the bottom of the vertical sign). "Mother Nature: We Give Up" is what the sign at
Schmidty's Tesoro in Kimball reads. This photo was taken in the midst of last Thursday's snowstorm, April 18. Staff photo by Jean Doran Matua.
Weather column: This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week. It is difficult to think about tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail, and lightning when we are dealing with slick roads and snow drifts still around our houses. However, it is critical to be prepared, because the season will arrive–eventually.


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Spider-Man wants to destroy the Symbiote, but first, he has a dinner date.
It's the most wonderful time of year for the Avengers! But with the core team splitting up to enjoy some time off, will Cap be able to hold the homefront against an unexpected threat?
The Seeder is the new Avatar of the Green, but where does that leave Alec Holland?
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The world did not intervene to stop Jean-Bedel Bokassa or Idi Amin or a dozen other despots in sub-Saharan Africa. The West did not intervene to prevent the deaths of more than 2 million Christian black Africans in the southern Sudan over several decades. Nor has it intervened to prevent or halt the murder, by the same northern Muslims (who call themselves "Arabs") to murder or drive out a million or more black Africans in Darfur. After the attacks on Christians in northern Nigeria, when the independent state of Biafra was declared in response to the "jihad" (Col. Ojukwu's words in the Ahiara Declaration of July 1969), the West not only extended no aid to the Christian side (while Egyptian pilots in Egyptian Migs gaily strafed Ibo villages, killing tens of thousands of helpless villagers), but took the side of the Muslims. According to the Scott Report, the government of Great Britain gave twelve times as much military aid to the Nigerian government's troops as had been given before the Biafra War.
It was not black Africa, but rather two Western powers, former colonial rulers, that started the anti-Gbagbo ball rolling. The French have not always played a malevolent role as colonial powers, but in West Africa, both France and Great Britain always favored the local Muslims. Many Ibo and Christian Hausa resent how, when it came time for Nigeria's independence, Great Britain turned power over mostly to northern Muslims. And the indigenous peoples of French West Africa know how the French favored local Muslims, perceiving (and misperceiving) them as steadier local enforcers of colonial authority.
Black Africans merely followed suit. But among the Christians in Nigeria, in Togo, in Benin, in other countries in West Africa -- and especially among the Christians in distant Angola (a country whose administrators are keenly aware of the Muslim threat in black Africa) there is not great hostility to Gbagbo, and even (as in Angola) support that has simply not been reported in the Western press. It is as if the Western governments decided that the worry, by the Christians, that they were being demographically swamped, and electorally having their own country taken away from them (if they could not vote in much of the country, and if illegal Muslim immigrants could, surely that means their country is being taken away from them), had no validity. They do not dare to take the side of the Christians, as they did not in the case of Biafra, or in the case of the Sudan. The pusillanimity, and geopolitical heedlessness, combine to create what may not be yet, but may well be down the line, a disaster for black African Christians and for Western interests, rightly understood.
One of the African neighbors now so indignant about Laurent Gbagbo is The Gambia. Why should the ruler of The Gambia care about the well-justified fears, among the Christians who built the Cote d'Ivoire, that their country is being taken over by Muslims who have held the north, and allowed in still more illegal Muslim immigrants to swell their ranks and to intimidate Christians in the rebel-held territory and, still more important, tilting -- through their intimidating tactics and their fiddling with voting -- the recent elections to the Muslim side.
Here's a bit more about the Gambian president, possibly king, perhaps someday, if he plays all his cards right, the Emperor of All Gambia And Of Ice Cream, to boot:
ARTIS HENDERSON AP News
Nov 08, 2010
Gambia's president once claimed to have developed a cure for AIDS that involved an herbal body rub and bananas. His administration rounded up nearly 1,000 people last year in a witch hunt. And now he may soon have a new title in this tiny West African nation: His majesty.
Tribal chieftains are touring the country to rally support for President Yahya Jammeh's coronation.
"The president has brought development to the country, and for that he deserves to be crowned King of The Gambia," said Junkung Camara, chief of the western region of Foni Brefet. "This is the only way the Gambian people can express our gratitude to a leader who has done a lot for his country."
Like many rulers in this part of Africa, Jammeh, 45, came to power in the wake of a coup. He was elected president [what kind of free and fair election do you think that was?]two years later, and is currently serving his third elected term in the tiny country surrounded on three sides by Senegal.
If he were crowned king, he could dispense with the formality of elections altogether.
For a ruler who likes to be called His Excellency the President Sheik Professor Alhaji Doctor Yahya Jammeh — identifying himself as a doctor, scholar, and elder, among other honorifics — "king" would suit him well.
"It's image construction," said Abdoulaye Saine, professor of political science at Miami University in Ohio who specializes in Gambian politics. "He's not a scholar, he's not a doctor, he's not a professor. But he covets these titles."
Saine says Jammeh's coronation would give him a new title but would not change anything politically.
"Jammeh is already king," Saine said. "He practically owns the country of Gambia. He controls the press, the opposition, the clergy, and the coffers of the state."
While sub-Saharan Africa has just one remaining absolute monarchy — in the southern African nation of Swaziland — other leaders have tried to similarly solidify their role. Idi Amin, the brutal dictator who ruled Uganda during the 1970s, titled himself His Excellency President for Life. And Central African Republic's Jean-Bedel Bokassa crowned himself emperor in 1977.
The call for Jammeh's coronation is the latest in a series of controversial events that have marked his presidency. In 2007, the ruler claimed to have developed a cure for AIDS and insisted that patients stop taking their antiretroviral medications so his cure could have an effect.
More recently, Jammeh's administration rounded up nearly 1,000 people last year in a witch hunt that spanned the nation of 2 million. Authorities forced the supposed witches to drink a hallucinogen that caused diarrhea and vomiting. The unidentified liquid led to serious kidney problems, and two people died after the forced treatment, according to international rights group Amnesty International.
Sam Sarr, editor of the main opposition newspaper Foroyaa, says Jammeh's move to be crowned king will never work.
"It's unconstitutional," Sarr said. "According to the constitution, his position is an elected position. Sovereignty resides in the people."
Not that making Jammeh king would change much.
"The presidency is already like a monarchy," Sarr said. "As far as power is concerned, he has absolute power."
I think the actions of Gbagbo not to submit to the results of a free and fair election, is enough reason to demand that he allows Quatara to be declared the legitimate president of the Ivory Coast. To bend the rules of democracy to suit a particular religious group would be step backwards.


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AARP is a private marketing organization masquerading as a ´not-for-proft´ senior ´advocacy´ outfit.How so many seniors fall for their tripe astounds me .....
Wasn´t AARP initially BIG supporters of Obamacare? Then they must have read the bill after it was signed to disc over what it really was about. Seniors do need to be aware of the pitfalls coming to Mesdicare and SS.
drop aarp! there are other organizations. i joined AMAC.
I cut up my AARP card. AARP sided with the wretched and horrid 0bamacare. I will never give AARP another dime in my lifetime. AARP has proved themselves to never be trusted.
AARP, AMA, Pharma, and the hospital associations all made secret agreements with the Obama administration. All are getting screwed but because the agreements were secret, all they can do is attempt to salvage what they can. They are doing this by fighting the governors who are the only players representing the People and are trying to walk away.
Never understood why the insurance commissioner in every state did not go after AARP for marketing UHC as their own policy. On page three it says they receive 4.5% of every premium dollar going to ´their´ UHC Medigap policy. Greedy considering most group health agents have had their livihood taken away thanks to Zippycare.Not only are seniors leaving AARP, but giving up UHC because of the cost.
Funny.... AARP had no problem when ObamaCare took $500B from Medicare to cover medicaid! Obozo put his buttboy in charge of AARP in early 2009. AARP is just like MoveOn.org now.I think this is a warning sign that Obozo will use AARP to spread his lies on all the MSM shows, explaining how the GOP wants to rob seniors so the rich get richer.
This article really helped me. Now I know that every AARP-branded item contains a kickback to them (generalizing on what was in the article actually). So now I know who to NOT buy. If it´s them, don´t. ´Course I cut up their card years ago. Geez! They´re just like the euphemistic ´Planned Parenthood´.
I cut up their junk mail and send it back to them in their pre-paid envelope. Join the fun!
How typical of a Lib run organization...totally corrupt and in business strictly to get rich on OUR money!
The AARP could save a fortune in paper, printing and postage overhead if they stopped sending so much junk mail.I probably get half a dozen mailings a week ... directly from mailbox into shredder.


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I still prefer Harrison Barnes over Dion Waiters.
But you have to credit Grant for what he has pulled off this offseason.Jarrett Jack was a sensible, and excellent, acquisition, and Earl Clark could start more games this season than rookie No. 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett.The impending signing of enigmatic center Andrew Bynum is the perfect cap to the Cavs' unexpected offseason spending spree.We knew they coveted cap space and draft picks, and they told us they planned to make the playoffs in 2014, but the latter element was difficult to believe after the team spent all of $7 million in free agency the previous three summers and seemed to be doing everything it could to leave plenty of room under the salary cap for next summer's blockbuster free-agent crop.By agreeing to a contract with Bynum, Grant was able to convince a fickle fan base the Cavs are serious about both — building assets for the future, while contending now.Bynum's knees are so bad even bowling is a risky endeavor, but the Cavs, according to reports, are only on the hook for $6 million guaranteed.If Bynum reaches incentives in 2013-14, he could make $12 million.And if that happens, the Cavs could be one of the top five or six teams in an Eastern Conference that, aside from the Heat, Pacers, Nets and maybe the Bulls (depending on the health of Derrick Rose), is far from imposing. As Jason Lloyd of the Akron Beacon Journal pointed out in a story that is linked above, the Cavs' are capped out this year, but will have room to sign a free agent to a max contract in 2014 — and pick up Bynum's $12 million team option for 2014-15.Bynum might never play a game for the Cavs.He might play in 50-plus contests and show signs of the All-Star who averaged career highs of 18.7 points and 11.8 rebounds under then-Lakers coach Mike Brown in 2011-12.With the 7-footer whose hair is as much of a wild card as his knees, anything is possible.The Cavs are taking a chance.It's a very welcome one.
The Indians continue to be a hit on television, if not at the turnstiles.Monday's loss to the Tigers on SportsTime Ohio garnered an 8.5 rating — the Tribe's best since opening day. The contest was also the Indians' highest-rated non-opener since Aug. 31, 2011, when the Tribe topped the Athletics in 16 innings.A Fox Sports Ohio source says the Indians' average rating through Tuesday was 10% better than at the same point in the 2012 season.
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If you have to stay in a Windows environment, you still can save money with Linux. That's the thinking behind Thin Computing's WinConnect, a "Remote Desktop Protocol" that lets you use a generic Linux workstation—even cheap or recycled iron—for Windows 2000 terminal sessions. Thin Computing is at www.thincomputinginc.com.
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Less obvious is how the Chinese government, representing more than 1.2 billion people, is expressing its own love of Linux by encouraging adoption of its own distribution: Red Flag Linux.
Red Flag was created in 1999 by the Academy of Science, which is headed by Jiang Mianheng, son of President Jiang Zemin, with financial assistance from the government-owned Shanghai NewMargin Venture Capital.
Red Flag's purpose is to prevent increased domination of the Chinese computer market by Microsoft's Windows operating systems. The best way to do that, as the Chinese government sees it, is to promulgate an already popular alternative with "full transparency in terms of underlying code", as one commentator described it. They are doing this by encouraging state institutions and state-owned companies to adopt Red Flag Linux.
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According to Gartner, the Beijing municipal government gave contracts to six local vendors and rejected the seventh: Microsoft. One of the six was Red Flag.
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On a recent trip to China, I noticed that many of the Intel-compatible PCs for sale in several major department stores had a slightly different appearance than usual, apart from the language differences. I looked closely and realized they were running GNU/Linux
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'Pill mill' doctors deserve more timeApril 26, 2013For about a year and a half, Dr. Fernando Gonzales-Ramos made quarterly trips from his home in El Paso, Texas, to a rundown building in Logan, W.Va.... AntipoopAnother example of how the prescription pill problem in this state has won again. It's bigger than the doctors. There's no treatment for addicts. The so-called "Drug-Court" just gives the offenders an avenue to smuggle drugs into the regional jails. And they do. Want to help? Too bad. You see, it's not just the pharmaceutical companies profiting off of this. It's the county and local government. They need the revenue of these programs as well. Why do you think it costs more to fight a bologna ticket than it is to pay it. Same goes for drug convictions. 0 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » TruthSeekerNow NO radical liberal democrat or progressive will ever LEGALLY be allowed to own a gun. Priceless. Liberals have NO idea what they write in their bills or pass. They proved that one with Obamacare. Bwahahahaha.....Can't get dumber than a radical liberal. 1 Agrees | 1 Disagrees | Report Abuse » LevelheadedYes,the sentence is too light. It should be three times five. What's worse is this guy won't show for the sentencing. He'll be in Mexico. 3 Agrees | 0 Disagrees | Report Abuse » TruthSeekerHead of Psychiatry changed definition of "mentally inept." It now includes anyone who 'has outbursts of anger.' LOL. HOw funny considering that includes Obama/Biden/Pelosi/Reid/Barney Frank/ and most of the democrats in congress and WH administration at this time. I told you liberals were funny to watch and hear. They say the funniest things; and usually don't realize it's all about themselves. They just ADMITTED they were insane!! I agree! WOW; something we agree on. 1 Agrees | 2 Disagrees | Report Abuse » TruthSeekerThe liberal psychos are running the asylum. But not for long. They WILL be fired next election. 1 Agrees | 4 Disagrees | Report Abuse » TruthSeekerSince the LIBERAL psychos in the psychiatric dept have 'declared' without any EVIDENCE that those "outbursts of anger and yelling" are now included as being "mentally deficient" I guess NO member of the liberal party will be allowed weapons. Bwahaha......the nuts on the left just keep getting nuttier.... Liberalism: A now KNOWN mental disorder...thanks to their own psychiatric "experts." LOL. Liberals are too funny. 1 Agrees | 4 Disagrees | Report Abuse » PuremagixNope, not worried at all. However, as I said, these people don't know any more than your average Joe off the street, and no one should feel comfortable when they have the right to decide whether or not you should own a firearm. There are millions of people who have oddities about them, but that doesn't mean they should be denied the right to own a gun. If that's the case, most of congress falls into that category, as well as our president. The Discovery channel ran a program called "The Medicated Child" you should watch. The psychiatrist treating these children admitted they were experimenting with the drugs, using children as a guinea pig. There's no clear definition of insanity, and the medical community keeps it that way so there are no limits on their interpretation of sanity. It's the same device used by the anti-gun community when defining certain firearms. It makes it easier to ban them all. 2 Agrees | 5 Disagrees | Report Abuse » WhatMeWorryWhat's the matter? Are you afraid that you will end up losing your concealed carry permit because of psychiatry? 2 Agrees | 3 Disagrees | Report Abuse » PuremagixIs Ramos any worse than than your run of the mill, local psychiatrist? They have been ruining the lives of millions of young children for decades, and no one does anything about it. The medical community has been allowing teachers of all people, to say whether or not a child needs to be medicated. A completely untrained, person diagnosing your child. They have no formal medical training whatsoever, and they're making a call that could kill your child. And the psychiatrist are no better. They hand out pills like candy to children on an experimental basis, using your child as a guinea pig, because they have no idea what works, or how much of a drug your child can tolerate. I have a sister inlaw who tried to commit suicide by taking an overdose of pills, and the psychiatrist they sent her to put her on a much more powerful drug than the one she tried to commit suicide with. Psychiatrist are nothing more than legalized dope peddlers. 3 Agrees | 5 Disagrees | Report Abuse » Showing 9 of 9 comments
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