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JUDY WOODRUFF: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks. That is syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.
Welcome, gentlemen. It's good to see you both.
David, three days after Mitt Romney won New Hampshire, what shape is he in? He's been taking some heat on his former business career. How is he doing?
DAVID BROOKS: He's been taking some heat, and he hasn't been doing particularly well. He's been taking heat on the one issue that I do think he is actually vulnerable on, and that's Bain Capital. And I don't say that on the merits. I think, in general, Bain Capital and private equity in general do a lot more good for he economy than they do harm.
Nonetheless, A., there's the political perception. If ever Wall Street and financial guys are out of favor, this is the moment. And, B., he has not been particularly good at responding. He hasn't told a very good and swift story about what Bain did and how it turned people around.
He's had some, I think, overly broad rebuttals: If you attack Bain, if you attack LBOs, you're attacking capitalism.
Well, that's not true. There's good capitalism and there's bad capitalism. And he should really have a story to tell about: what we did.
And then people just may just not think he's our kind of capitalist. They might like the capitalists who builds a company, who loves a product, a Steve Jobs kind of guy, who you know where he lives. But the LBO guys are moving from company to company.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Leveraged buyout.
DAVID BROOKS: The leveraged buyout people. And so they're — you might just make people feel uncomfortable.
So I think this whole issue, this whole Bain issue, while I think he's right on the merits, is a political vulnerability.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, Mark, does that mean Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry have been successful, done a good job of going after him on this?
MARK SHIELDS: I don't know if they have exploited it, Judy, but there certainly is a real problem here.
And, historically, the two parties have been products and prisoners of stereotypes, the Democrats because they have been the party historically of the downtrodden, down with the rabble, perhaps the not totally civilized people, have delighted in nominating candidates for president who are well-born, who came from breeding, Franklin Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, Jack Kennedy.
Republicans, being the party of the well-born and well-off and being seen that way, like to nominate candidates who come from humble origins, whether it's Dwight Eisenhower, or Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan.
Mitt Romney would be the wealthiest candidate ever in the history of this country if he's nominated by the Republican Party. And he made his money himself, but he made it in a way that Americans don't understand. I mean, there's no face of private equity, other than private helicopters and private villas on the beach. That's the one side of it, and then company towns with working families who have been — lost their jobs.
And the story has never been explained to people why this is a good thing, and especially he's made it his credential to run for president. This is a man who was governor of a blue state who governed effectively with a legislature of the other party. He doesn't use that credential.
He's used the credential of, I'm a business guy, and, therefore, this is open — I agree with David. He has not been agile and he's not been convincing in the ways he's handled it and tried to say, oh, it's an attack of envy or it's an attack on the capitalistic system. That is not the response. He has to answer it.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But he's running these ads now. We showed a clip of one of them, David. He is fighting back.
Could these attacks by other Republicans, though, be doing him a favor by getting him in the practice of defending what he did?
DAVID BROOKS: Right.
I think he needs to give a Jeremiah Wright speech. I'm not sure this is as serious yet, but it could be. It's clearly the chief vulnerability. The White House, or the Obama campaign has already issued a four-page memo sort of jumping on the criticism. And so I think he needs to give a speech and say, this is what I did. This is why it was valuable for the country.
And, as I say, the studies show that when these private equity firms come in, in general, what they do is, they do fire people when they take over a firm. But then, over the long run, because they have improved the health — and they have every incentive to improve the health of a company — they do tend to increase employment in the long term.
There are some cases, though, where they just pile on the debt and then they take out the dividends. So there is some bad behavior in that industry. But he needs to really lay it out over a lengthy period of time, and people will accept it or not.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Can he turn it into a positive, Mark?
MARK SHIELDS: I don't think it's — well, I don't see it as a positive. He's a long way from doing that, Judy.
I mean, they doubled the return of their investors. I mean, Bain has been enormously successful. But David's right. There were cases where they did take dividends and big management fees for companies that eventually did go under.
And I think this is a — this is a real problem for him and for Republicans in particular. I mean, this is not a year you want to be seen as one of the 1 percent. And it's going to put greater pressure on him, on his tax returns, which he has been reluctant to reveal.
And I think it's going to show that he probably paid taxes and carried interest rate that private equity people — which is 15 percent, which means he, a multimillionaire of really remarkable dimensions, paid taxes at a lower rate than a steelworker or a schoolteacher or a firefighter. And I think that's, again, complicating.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Because it's a different rating. It's a different tax rate.
MARK SHIELDS: That's right. It's a different tax rate, just the same as Warren Buffett pays.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, the defense that he created 100,000 jobs is not — you're saying that's not going to fly?
DAVID BROOKS: Well, I don't really think that number is solid, all these — "I created this many jobs," all those numbers are bogus for every candidate.
But the sense that his company and his deals did do good on net, I think that's a pretty strong case. Of course he had failures at — those are failures. What the companies do, do is create — and they do create creative destruction, and there are real losers in these cases.
And he has got to explain his feelings about that and his feelings about the eventual gain. He's got to really lay himself out there. I should say, though, I think it's a vulnerability. I'm not positive about that. I'm actually going to go to South Carolina tomorrow to ask as many voters as I can, what do you think of Bain?
Because I'm — we can impute to people the view that they really don't like financiers and private equity people, but it's not clear so far from the polling. And it's also not clear from the other Republican candidates, who today seemed to be backing off some of this stuff. And so maybe they found it's just not as fertile ground as maybe some of us think.
JUDY WOODRUFF: You're saying not a positive among Republican voters in this primary?
DAVID BROOKS: Right. Right.
And then you go to the fall. But, again, I was struck. The White House, as I mentioned, the Obama campaign, Stephanie Cutter, one of the people there, sent out a four-page memorandum. I thought it was very — a very moderate thing compared to what Gingrich was unleashing.
JUDY WOODRUFF: We showed a clip of it.
And for the Obama campaign, it's obviously going to be a big issue in the fall. But they do not want to seem anti-business either. They have got the downside potential as well.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, meanwhile, Mark, a group of social conservatives, evangelicals, are putting together a meeting together in Texas this weekend. And we're told what they're doing is looking for a conservative alternative to Romney. What…
MARK SHIELDS: Did anybody show them the calender, Judy?
MARK SHIELDS: You're a candidate, okay? And you have been at the rotary club shaking hands in Keokuk, Iowa. You have been at the hardware store in Dixville Notch, N.H.
And now some people at a comfortable ranch in Texas are going to decide? No, no, David, you're not going to run. Judy, you're going to run.
I'm sorry, it's a little late in the ball game to be playing kingmaker. And it's very unseemly after all these candidates have run and have put everything on the line. And they missed what happened in 2008. Did they not learn anything from South Carolina, when Fred Thompson's entry cost Mike Huckabee winning South Carolina, and John McCain won South Carolina and Florida the following week and won the nomination with it?
I don't understand whom they think they're…
DAVID BROOKS: This is why Oliver Stone and Ron Paul are wrong about everything, because elites are never smart enough to run a conspiracy. These backroom deals, they're always too stupid to do it, to pull it off.
JUDY WOODRUFF: But if it so late, David, why are they doing it?
DAVID BROOKS: Well, they have a dream that — every — all the candidates have a dream.
The dream is, it's going to be me and Romney one on one. But they all have the same dream, so none of them are getting out. And so they're all waiting for the other people to say, okay, you can be the one-on-one guy. And so none of them want to get out.
Presumably, after — probably not even after South Carolina, maybe after Florida, they'll start dropping out. Then it could be too late, could well be too late.
MARK SHIELDS: There's only one candidate, other than Mitt Romney, who increased his vote from — between Iowa and New Hampshire, Ron Paul. And as long as Ron Paul is in the race, just say Ron Paul gets 20, 25 percent, which is about what he gets, and Mitt Romney gets 35 percent, okay, or 36 percent, that's 60 percent of the vote.
That leaves 40 percent for Perry, Santorum, Gingrich, Huntsman, you name it, to fight over. I mean, is one of them going to get 36? I don't think so. So the arithmetic just doesn't work. They can't get by Ron Paul to get one-on-one with Mitt Romney.
DAVID BROOKS: The Paul thing is crucial. Even if you look at the latest polls in South Carolina, you see Santorum coming down a bit, and that vote is going to Ron Paul, which crosses our ideological categories. But Ron Paul is this authentic thing. He has got great Web ads.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So, you're surprised by that?
DAVID BROOKS: I am a little. I mean I give him credit.
Charles Krauthammer wrote about this in a column in The Washington Post today. He believes in his cause. He's totally committed to the cause. And he's got a long-term vision. And it's quite attractive. It's attractive to young people. You know, there's Web ads. They're growing up spontaneously online. It's like Obama. There's a similar sort of fervor. It's is not as big, but it's — it echoes that.
MARK SHIELDS: In New Hampshire, all the young people, that was the campaign. At his phone bank, there were veterans making the phone calls.
I mean it was really an impressive, energetic, energized — not that the others didn't have good efforts, and they did. But, I mean, the Paul thing was distinguished by the youth that David's mentioned.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Interesting, because, as we reported, he took the second day in a row off the campaign trail today.
MARK SHIELDS: He did.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Maybe that's what works in your favor. You don't go out and campaign.
MARK SHIELDS: He didn't come to New Hampshire until Friday after Iowa.
DAVID BROOKS: He's not — he's going to Nevada this weekend, instead of South Carolina.
JUDY WOODRUFF: All right, money, a question about money.
The Obama campaign announced they have pulled in $68 million in the fourth quarter last year. Mark, that sounds like a lot of money compared to what — I guess, the Romney people took in $24 million in the same…
MARK SHIELDS: It does sound like a lot of money. It is a lot of money. But it's not 2008.
2008, Barack Obama had an enormous spending advantage over John McCain. Now, what does that mean? It means that you can then deploy resources to force your opponent to spend his limited funds to defend states like Iowa — like North Carolina and Virginia and Indiana, and instead of spending money, as McCain should have been doing, in Ohio and Florida.
He's not going to have that kind of advantage, the president is not, because whoever the Republican nominee is, is going to have more than enough funding, so the president — because we're off of public financing. The campaign is going to be privately financed, and there will be more than adequate funds for the Republicans.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Do you agree with that?
DAVID BROOKS: Yeah, I'm a skeptic about money in politics anyway at the presidential level.
I think once there are hundreds of millions of dollars floating around, each marginal hundred million dollars doesn't really make a difference. So, I think both campaigns will be completely well-financed and money will not decide a presidential election.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And one won't have a huge advantage…
DAVID BROOKS: No.
Obama had a huge advantage. And in their campaign's view last time, they wouldn't have won North Carolina and Indiana without that huge financial — I'm even dubious about that. But they think it helped them marginally.
But it's hard — in local elections, a big money gap can make a huge difference. But, in a national election, with all this free media, I'm dubious.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, we're not dubious about the two of you. We're just delighted to have you here every Friday, David Brooks, Mark Shields.
MARK SHIELDS: Thank you very much.


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While I try not to get too personal on here, because the Internet is such a public thing, but today I need to...
Last year, I found out that my blog actually did have regular visitors...including my Uncle Vinny. (Who was not just my uncle, but my Godfather and, ever since my dad died ten years ago, the closest thing I had to a father.)
Uncleness and second/Godfatherness aside, he was also one of my favorite people in the world.
He was getting chemotherapy at the time, and wasn't able to sleep after his treatments.
I learned that he'd stay-up at night and read my blog. He would start to make references to things and I could tell he really was, for some reason, reading everything I wrote.
(He even started listening to and enjoying Peter Cincotti because I was always mentioning him, even though he thought it was absolute blasphemy that I would list Peter Cincotti before Frank Sinatra on my list of favorites...I have since fixed that.)
He told me that he liked reading it...that I wrote well and was funny...and ever since then, I felt like I had an audience that I wanted to keep happy and kept writing because I knew Uncle Vinny was reading.
Uncle Vinny passed two days ago.
Everybody always teases me about what a huge smile I have and that you can count every single one of my teeth when I do so...but, I think Uncle Vinny's smile was bigger, and it was always on his face. (I can't say that about myself. I have my moody days.) It is the one thing everybody seemed to comment about him at his wake...what a beautiful and wonderful thing to be remembered for...for always having a smile.
He was always a favorite uncle among little kids...(my cousin even named one of her dolls "Uncle Vinny" when she was little...she says she still has it. She's 17 now.) When I was little, I remember him coloring with me in my coloring books and being impressed at how well he colored. He loved really old cartoons...which were soon dubbed "Uncle Vinny Cartoons" and he was able to imitate every cartoon character you could name. At his daughter's wedding eight years ago, he invented a funky "leprechaun" dance that we all picked-up and started doing that night.
(Don't worry, it's all caught on video.)
Just days before he died, his 3-year-old granddaughter Mia showed me how her grandpa taught her to put coasters over her head to make "Mickey Mouse Ears."
In the past five years, Uncle Vinny bravely battled his cancer and I can't imagine the emotional and physical toll that it took on him...but, during that time, he also got to meet his granddaughter three years ago...(who loved her grandfather very much. We will make sure she grows-up hearing stories about him)...he saw his son get married this past fall, and even got to dance with my sister at her wedding last year, for the dance reserved for the bride and her father.
Watching my own father succumb to cancer when I was a teenager changed me for life. I have finally got over wondering "what if what if what if"...what if my father hadn't died? It changed everything...and everyone. Living through my father's illness and death didn't make me any stronger or equipped to handle tragedy, like I feel it did for the people around me. In fact, it did just the opposite...it made me want to run the other way and hide. I know that, after my mom, sister and me, my aunt, uncle and cousins probably felt my dad's death the most...and I couldn't handle the fact that my family was going through this all again.
It took me a long time to come to terms with my uncle's illness, and I definitely held onto the belief that he'd be fine, (I tend to have an immature, naive "Rose Colored Glasses" complex) and that my family was due a break after watching so many people become ill and die long before their time...and then I realized it wasn't going to happen.
When I found enough courage to go visit him two weeks ago, I found that I was able to do it. I even saw him the night before he passed away, and right now, I am glad that I did and feel it's brought me to come to terms with my dad's death. I forgive myself now, and feel that I've been forgiven by both of them as well.
Now, I have to add that, even in the hardest times, my family manages to find things to laugh about. I believe certain things are sent to us in these times to keep us laughing through our tears. ("Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion!" Any excuse to quote Truvy from Steel Magnolias. "In a good shoe, I wear a size six...but a seven feels so good, I buy a size eight...")
At funerals and wakes, there will always be a well-meaning person who says something absolutely ridiculous that you remember later and laugh about...if you're really lucky, there will be a great-uncle whose cellphone goes off really loudly in church and he'll go on to have an entire conversation (very very loudly) while the priest is speaking...
And, of course, if you are really really lucky...the person that you are all remembering was somebody that made you all smile very much...and it makes it hard not to smile remembering them, despite how much it hurts to accept that they are gone.
(And at one point during the eulogy today, my mom's cousin grabbed onto my hand to comfort me. Now, I have very very crooked pinkies. I have to be very careful as to how I situate my pinkies...I need to tuck them under most of the time. It's the only way I am comfortable. Whatever, we all have our abnormalities...I kept thinking, "I can't let her think I don't want her holding onto my hand! She's being nice and supportive but MY GOSH MY CROOKED PINKIES I JUST CANNOT KEEP MY HAND LIKE THIS FOR MUCH LONGER!")
There was a DVD running photos of my uncle's life in the funeral parlor. There were several pictures of my uncle and my father together...they had found themselves in the same family by chance thirty-five years ago (they married a pair of sisters), and remained the best of friends for life...and they were very similar. (By the way, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera was playing in the background. What exactly were they trying to do to me?)
The priest who did the mass today, who has known our families for years, even mentioned my dad and remembered the crazy things my uncle and dad would do just to get a laugh...which made us laugh...and cry...a lot. By now, they've met-up again and are joking around, just like old times.
And that's how we have to remember them...the way they were smiling in those old photos, and not how they were towards the end...I feel like when somebody dies after such a long illness, you really do lose who they really were a while before they physically die.
I'm not sure if the following was a Little House on the Prairie original or not, but it was used in an episode, and, if there is anything I love to quote more than Steel Magnolias, it's Michael Landon.
Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you. If you can only remember with tears, then don't remember me at all.
I like that, and I know that's how my uncle (and my dad) feel about all of us...because as much as we've cried over the past few days, there's always a funny memory and a laugh not far away. I miss them both very much, but I'm starting to realize how fortunate I am to have the family that I do, and to even have people to love and say goodbye to and to miss. Many people aren't so lucky.
I have realized that a lot of people don't "get" my family because they haven't been nearly as blessed.
I have never really received a "sign" from a deceased loved one, and am envious of people who have...and I do watch Crossing Over every week and cry all over the place.
My uncle ALWAYS had Halls cough drops on him, and I remember if I ever coughed around him, he'd whip out a few packets and ask me what flavor I wanted. The day he died, I had it in the back of my head that I would suddenly smell an overwelming scent of Halls out-of-the-blue...I didn't...maybe signs don't happen if you look for them.
We would also always pass our hot peppers from our salads over to my uncle at dinners, since he was the only one who ate them. At dinner Thursday night, I looked down at the hot peppers in my salad and realized I didn't have anybody to pass them over to anymore.
Whenever I see a Halls coughdrop or a hot pepper or a crazy old cartoon...I will remember my uncle, my Godfather, most dedicated blogreader...
...with smiles and laughter...
Diana Rissetto


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Unregulated charter school finances wasting taxpayer money with rampant fraud.
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One of my objections to charter schools is that they get public taxpayer money, but they do not have to undergo close scrutiny like public schools do.
Another objection is that they make claims to be private when it suits their purpose, like preventing unions from forming. They make claims to be public when they need that extra financing.
All the thousands that go with the student to charter schools are no longer available for the public schools.
These are just the Pennsylvania charter schools with fraudulent finances, there are many from other states as well once investigations are started.
Frontier Virtual High School In Pennsylvania Shuts Down After Failed Years
The online charter school Frontier Virtual Charter High School promised students internship opportunities and language learning when it opened last year.
There's more:
Philadelphia Charter School Mogul, Charged With Defrauding $6.5 Million In Tax Dollars
Philadelphia charter school mogul Dorothy June Hairston Brown was charged Tuesday -- along with four colleagues -- with defrauding three charter schools of more than $6.5 million in tax dollars.
And another:
Nick Trombetta, Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School Founder, Has Office Raided By FBI Agents
FBI agents on Thursday raided the office of Pennsylvania Charter Cyber School founder Nick Trombetta, who is suspected of misusing Pennsylvania tax dollars to fund his out-of-state ventures, KDKA News reports.
Let's not leave Florida out of the picture. Several Imagine Charter Schools are being threatened with closing for huge taxpayer debt and very poor grades.
And in July another Florida charter school was shut down, leaving the parents in confusion. Many of them sounded angry during interviews on the news that night. I don't blame them. There's been a lot of manipulation and lying going on.
A.T. Jones Academy officially closed; letter emailed to parents, faculty
CARROLLWOOD - Dozens of teachers and hundreds of families learned Wednesday afternoon they must find new jobs and a new school for their children to attend because A.T. Jones Academy does not have the finances to open its doors this year.
Just find myself wondering where these kids would go if public schools keep losing funds to charters and vouchers. We often got students back from those schools which can cherry-pick. We had the job then of building back up some very bruised egos and helping kids get back their self-confidence. They came back to us feeling like failures.
They were not failures, the charter schools were failing them.
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Thu Jan 17, 2013, 01:51 AM
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Angry Dragon (30,990 posts)
2. Prison for all of them
freeze all their assests
take their houses
that is the only way they will learn ........... call it schooling the scum
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Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:12 AM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
4. Many people would get jail time for stuff like this.
But the reformers just keep on keeping on with what they are doing, protected by the Dept. of Education and the media.
Response to Angry Dragon (Reply #2)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:50 AM
Sunlei (20,258 posts)
12. agree! that person who guessed palins email got 3 years federal prison & these scammers get away.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 01:56 AM
HiPointDem (20,729 posts)
3. so many charter school fraud cases, so little time -- and the amounts stolen are getting so large...
because charter school regulations leave so much more room to steal than regulations & oversight surrounding real public schools...
Response to HiPointDem (Reply #3)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:13 AM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
5. Yes, the amounts of money stolen are getting larger.
And they just keep getting to do it.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:43 AM
ReRe (10,593 posts)
6. I read the title of the OP and knew it was you....
.... madfloridian. Wow...how bad does this have to get before it comes up in Congress and hearings are held? Where's Arne Duncan??????? Who's running the Education Committee? Does the Republican Party even have one of those in the House anymore? Or did they do away with it since the Charter Schools were supposed to solve all the education problems? I bet you this continues to cost us umpteen billions of dollars until the Democrats get the House back. How much you want to bet? Of course the Republicans aren't going to admit what an abysmal failure their fucking idea was, i.e. to privatize education. Meanwhile, the kids are getting the brunt end of this whole deal. I wonder what their Republican parents think about all this? I'll tell you what I think of it:
Response to ReRe (Reply #6)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:53 AM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
7. Exactly, where's Arne?
Unfortunately both Arne and Obama are urging more charter schools. Yes, there should be hearings.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:17 AM
awoke_in_2003 (34,582 posts)
8. Arne Duncan, appoint by Obama. nt
Response to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #8)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:00 PM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
21. And serving with him during 2nd term. Will allow privatization to continue.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:24 AM
dem in texas (1,750 posts)
9. Charter Schools in Texas
There's been lots of fraud and abuse in Texas Charter schools. And the teachers in Charter schools in Texas do not need a college degree, only a HS diploma. The Texas legislature is in session, all geared up and ready to give more funds to charter schools after cutting millions from public school funding the last session.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:44 AM
Sunlei (20,258 posts)
10. huge fraud with online scams
Here is the google search for "high school diploma online" as you can see plenty of websites where it is FREE for people to take the easy open book 'test' first and pass..then you pay the fee and are guaranteed a diploma. Somehow fraudsters game the vouchers for private school online.
Around here we pay almost the same amount, thousands for property tax and public school tax. It is a horrid feeling to know that tax money could be stolen and no children educated at all.
These online schools are also scamming our returning military out of their one time grant for education. Another fraud for our federal and state taxpayer money.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:47 AM
gtar100 (3,427 posts)
11. Jesus H. Christ - do republicans have to fuck everything up?
They cry and whine about wanting charter schools and then they turn around and abuse the money they receive for them. My god, they are so predictable. You know that charter schools might actually work if they really took them seriously and actually tried to educate children - all children. But they can't handle it, can they. They get this idea that government money is free money and spend it so irresponsibly. So predictable.
Response to gtar100 (Reply #11)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:08 AM
greymattermom (3,208 posts)
13. free stuff from the government
Yep, that's exactly what they want, and they get it too. Much more stuff than a few meals.
Response to gtar100 (Reply #11)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:52 PM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
23. Actually charter schools are the policy of this administration.
It is their stated policy.
Response to gtar100 (Reply #11)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:13 PM
theaocp (2,128 posts)
26. You think this is a fuck-up?
It's not a bug, it's a feature. This is what is INTENDED. Take money from the public schools and they struggle. Give the money to your corporate buddies and they do whatever the fuck they want with it. Enjoy!
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:10 AM
cstanleytech (14,889 posts)
14. I am not arguing in favor of charter schools at all
(in fact I dont trust them as far as I could throw them) but on the other hand I cant help but wonder whats the % difference if any from these cases of fraud say vs when its a public school?
In other words is there less, equal or greater cases of fraud in public schools?
Response to cstanleytech (Reply #14)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 12:37 PM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
19. I doubt you would find that much rampant fraud in regulated public schools.
I have heard of the occasional money problem. But it's hard to get that obvious when you are run and regulated by a local district.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:12 AM
SunSeeker (25,635 posts)
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:43 AM
secondwind (6,051 posts)
16. Five charter schools in AZ are owned by one woman... teachers have to clean the
bathrooms themselves. They buy their own supplies, etc..
It's a business, like anything else. The Walton Family is going to "run" over 30 charter schools in California... these people are like a cancer on our country.
Response to secondwind (Reply #16)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 10:48 AM
Sunlei (20,258 posts)
17. The for profit prisons did the same thing. lied there would be jobs for locals, instead..
the prisoners do all the cleaning, cooking, general labor everything except head guards. They pay them $1.00 and charge a fee to prisoners for things like toilet paper, decent food, shampoo, phone use so the prisoners have to spend their $1.00 back to the for profit prison.
These private for profit schools and prisons are raking in all the state and federal taxpayer money. That's the reason some states are broke now..some signed 30 year contracts with these profiteers.
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 11:06 AM
Coyotl (15,262 posts)
18. This can only lead to one thing, first grade in a Wal*Mart between tires and garden supplies
When education is all about business and profits, why not hold school in a mall?
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 12:39 PM
hay rick (4,591 posts)
20. Enabling.
A couple of popular memes enable these fraudulent schemes.
Oversight is just big government. Professional administrators are costly frills that nobody needs.
"Choice" promotes quality. If we take resources from public schools to also fund separate private schools, the proliferation of choices will promote competition and quality. Sadly, the same meme helps support the dazzling array of American health care plans. We have plenty of choices- they just all happen to be bad.
Education should build character. Religion should be an integral part of character-building, so why not teach it in schools? If you develop character you can acquire skills on your own- in front of a computer monitor. Professional teachers may be qualified to teach "subjects", but that kind of learning is incidental to a real education.
These memes enable a whole bunch of snake oil salesmen.
Response to hay rick (Reply #20)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 02:39 PM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
22. "Choice" is the propaganda word.
Are the words "school choice" public code words for the movement to privatize public education?
From Frank Luntz a warning not to use choice...
"The GOP language strategist, Frank Luntz, warns about using the words "school choice", and tells the GOP what words to use.
13. School Choice - Parental Choice/Equal Opportunity in Education
NEVER SAY: School Choice
INSTEAD SAY: Parental Choice/Equal Opportunity in Education
Americans are still evenly split over whether they support "school choice" in Americas schools. But they are heavily in favor of "giving parents the right to choose the schools that are right for their children," and there is almost universal support for "equal opportunity in education." So frame the issue right and you get the support you need.
Luntz 2006: 14 Words Never to Use"
Actually the reformers are doing quite well using the word "choice".
Response to hay rick (Reply #20)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:32 PM
Starry Messenger (32,191 posts)
27. This.
And what choices will there really be when charters suck all the money out of the public system and it dies? Charter proponents are explicit that their endgame is to totally replace public schools with free market "stores" where education is a commodity.
The traditional urban public school system is broken, and it cannot be fixed.
It must be replaced.
Given urban districts unblemished record of failure over generations, youd think these statements would be widely accepted and represent the core of the education-reform strategy. But somehow, just about everyone working in this area assumes that the traditional school district is essential and immortalthat because of its age and standing, it must be the focus of reform. Few recognize the anachronism of a model created by historical circumstancesmass immigration, industrialization, and Progressive Era-idealismrather than todays social realities and educational priorities.
First, we must see chartering not as a sector and not even as a system but as the system for urban educations future. The systemic practices it has introduced into public education must be the playbook for how urban school portfolios are managed. Second, we must accept that the full flourishing of this new system requires the permanent demotion and the potential cessation of the district.
Conservative education "reformers" want to deregulate the schools, the way the airlines were deregulated in the 70's, and have the DOE just be an oversight office like the FAA.
Response to Starry Messenger (Reply #27)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:43 PM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
28. Thanks for the link.
Andy Smarick, why does that name sound so familiar.
Response to madfloridian (Reply #28)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 05:03 PM
Starry Messenger (32,191 posts)
29. I've written about him before, he drives me nuts.
I think he's also Christie's Deputy SOE but don't quote me on that. Smarick wrote his blueprint for destroying education back in 2008.
He really says the thing about the FAA, like children are just like airline ticket customers.
Charter advocates should strive to have every urban public school be a charter. That is, each school should have significant control over its curriculum, methods, budget, staff, and calendar. Each school should have a contract that spells out its mission and measurable objectives, including guaranteeing that all students achieve proficiency in basic skills. Each school should be held accountable by an approved public body.
So, while the governments role would still be significant, it would no longer operate the citys entire portfolio of public schools. Instead, it would take on a role similar to the FAAs role in monitoring the airline industry or a health departments monitoring of restaurants. Today, we take airline safety for granted and make our choices based on service, connections, and so on. Similarly, we know all restaurants have fire exits and meet food safety standards, so we choose based on our tastes and schedules. A well-regulated chartered school system could guarantee that all public schools were providing a safe, high-quality education and properly managing operations, thereby allowing families to choose a school based on other criteria.
No government entity likes to lose control of any of its components and the budget and prestige that go with them, especially when the loss suggests a failure by the organization. But shifting from an operator into an authorizer would mean cutting hundreds of central office jobs as well: since charters handle their own transportation, facilities, staffing, and more, district employees filling those responsibilities would become redundant. Such a shift, then, would be vigorously opposed by district staff and those who represent them. Countless powerful organizations, like unions, book publishers, and service providers, would also be adversely affected by a decentralized system of schools.
Here, in short, is one roadmap for charterings way forward: First, commit to drastically increasing the charter market share in a few select communities until it is the dominant system and the district is reduced to a secondary provider. The target should be 75 percent. Second, choose the target communities wisely. Each should begin with a solid charter base (at least 5 percent market share), a policy environment that will enable growth (fair funding, nondistrict authorizers, and no legislated caps), and a favorable political environment (friendly elected officials and editorial boards, a positive experience with charters to date, and unorganized opposition). For example, in New York a concerted effort could be made to site in Albany or Buffalo a large percentage of the 100 new charters allowed under the raised cap. Other potentially fertile districts include Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Oakland, and Washington, D.C.
He explicitly lays out how to starve out and destroy public education. And also how to manipulate the policy environment to create a "charter friendly" business climate that will ease the path. This article is from 2008, but I see many of the things that he laid out coming to fruition now. This has always been the plan.
Will the massive (and predictable) theft and waste from this scam ever turn public opinion around against charters?
Response to Starry Messenger (Reply #29)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 06:25 PM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
30. He's so open about it, so arrogant. Nervy.
Now you have me started on looking up stuff about him. Glad you posted that link.
Response to madfloridian (Reply #30)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 06:44 PM
Starry Messenger (32,191 posts)
31. I hope you do an entry on him some day.
I know, it is so open! It's why I get so angry when people say that charters are "public schools", have no agenda, etc. There are people who are very open about their intentions about replacing the public system with a for-profit network.
How can this be about school choice when charter advocates are allowing corporations in to take away a public choice? Corporations tend to lead to monopolies anyway, so it will be soon when school "choice" means you get to pick between Walmart and Time-Warner as the school manager...
Response to madfloridian (Original post)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 03:55 PM
Recursion (50,978 posts)
24. I was suckered by the charter school idea
And I still think there are a few places that do it right (Virginia comes to mind: there are four in the state and they really are all "laboratories". But all told, the idea as a whole is just a scam.
Response to Recursion (Reply #24)
Thu Jan 17, 2013, 04:06 PM
madfloridian (88,114 posts)
25. I think the idea behind them had merit.
Trouble is that public education is a huge field that wasn't yet for profit.....and once the corporate raiders moved in the goals changed. From being in the best interest of the students, it changed to the best interests of the charter management companies.


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Jolene Blalock is the new "babe" of Star Trek. She plays T'Pol, a Vulcan, on the new spin-off Enterprise.
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Jolene will next appear in the made-for-TV movie, On the Edge, along with Alyssa Milano, as well as the miniseries, Diamond Hunters.
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Erus Hotel and Restaurant Boracay
Erus Hotel and restaurant is a typical Boracay budget hotel offering clean and decent bed, no fuss amenities and unpretentious service with a touch of
Simple elegance. Their rooms are unique and meticulously furnished to suit a guest's diverse interests and personalities. The staff is friendly and attentive to your request as well.
The hotel is non-beachfront but it only takes a five minute walk to enjoy the beach. Its location is also near bars, restaurants and shops where tourists could experience the island's variety of cuisine and enjoy a few drinks or listen to fine music. However, the hotel is located along the main road, for guests whose rooms face the main road, the passing tricycles and other motor vehicle could be annoying and disturbing to your holiday. For guests who would like to stay at this hotel, it is advised that you request a room not facing the main road.
Hotel room rates from Php 3,500 to Php 5,000 a night.
Hotel Rooms
- Modern Retro
- Modern Baroque
- Modern Pop Art
- Modern Classical
- Modern Country
- Super Deluxe Modern Zen
Hotel Room Rates
Regular Season (June 1 through November 15)
Php 3,500 Modern Retro
Php 3,500 Modern Baroque
Php 3,500 Modern Pop Art
Php 3,500 Modern Classical
Php 3,500 Modern Country
Php 3,800 Super Deluxe Modern Zen
Season Rates (November 15 through December 15, January 3 through May 31)
Php 4,000 Modern Retro
Php 4,000 Modern Baroque
Php 4,000 Modern Pop Art
Php 4,000 Modern Classical
Php 4,000 Modern Country
Php 4,500 Super Deluxe Modern Zen
Peak Season Rates (Christmas through Chinese New Year, Holy Week through Labor Day)
Php 4,500 Modern Retro
Php 4,500 Modern Baroque
Php 4,500 Modern Pop Art
Php 4,500 Modern Classical
Php 4,500 Modern Country
Php 5,000 Super Deluxe Modern Zen
Hotel Information
Address: Manggayad, Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan
Telephone(s): +63-36-288-3442
Fax: +63-36-288-3441
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.erusboracay.com


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Fort Worth, TX, United States, 2013/10/03 - Aviation Search Group, an executive style, direct-placement search firm dedicated to the aviation and aerospace industries, announced the promotion of Jason Zelenak to Sales Manager - AviationSearchGroup.com.
In his new role, Zelenak will be responsible for continuing customer support and identifying new business opportunities.
Zelenak has a degree in Secondary Education and Social Science from the University of Pittsburgh. He joined the Aviation Search Group team in January of 2012 and his early success quickly earned him a Senior Search Coordinator position. Zelenak's recent, successful assignments include: CEO / Managing Director for an International Fixed-Wing Cargo Charter Operator, Sr. Manager of Training for a Global Helicopter Operator, Sr. Manager of Engine Starting and Operability for a World Class Aircraft Engine and Parts OEM, and CFO for a leading Part 145 Helicopter MRO, to name a few.
"Jason's track record of success, as well as his commitment and passion to customer service, made him the perfect choice to spearhead our new business development efforts," says Grayson Barrows, Director of Sales for Aviation Search Group. Barrows goes on to say,"Jason's performance and drive to meet client expectations has been instrumental in Aviation Search Group's growth the last two years."
Aviation Search Group has allowed me the opportunity to experience enormous professional growth," says Zelenak. "I am excited to step into a role that will allow me to immediately impact our customers, enhance our brand in the industry, and leverage every opportunity to develop new business relationships."
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One of most common question asked by the users of the Outlook Custom form is How to simplify the process to open Custom Forms in Outlook?
Below mentioned articles describes various methods that you can use to make a custom Outlook form more accessible to users:
How to simplify the process to open Organizational Forms in Outlook
How to Open a Form from a Toolbar Button
However, there is a know issue when distributing the VBA macro code to other users as per article mentioned below; so creating a small COM/VSTO add-in is way to go.
Code Does Not Work After You Distribute a VBA Project
In order to know how to develop an COM/VSTO Outlook add-in refer to KB322145
Section: Creating a Component Object Model Add-in Solution.
Hope this helps!!! Have great 2010!!!


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Briggs & Stratton CorporationOwners of Briggs & Stratton Corporation (NYSE: BGG) shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 12 cents per share. At a price of $25.18 as of 9:35 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 1.9%. The average volume for Briggs & Stratton Corporation has been 471,800 shares per day over the past 30 days. Briggs & Stratton Corporation has a market cap of $1.2 billion and is part of the industrial industry. Shares are up 19.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. EXCLUSIVE OFFER: Jim Cramer's Protégé, Dave Peltier, only buys dividend stocks that have the potential for a 3% to 4% yield and 10% growth. Get his best picks for less than $50/year. Briggs & Stratton Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, and services air cooled gasoline engines for outdoor power equipment worldwide. It operates in two segments, Engines and Power Products. The company has a P/E ratio of 100.32. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Briggs & Stratton Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates Briggs & Stratton Corporation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income. You can view the full Briggs & Stratton Corporation Ratings Report now.
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Last week, OWN announced that Bill Duke's controversial documentary Dark Girls, which explores the colorism faced by dark-skinned women, would be heading to the network in June. I refer to it as controversial not because of the very important issue it tackles, but because I recall the discussions that the 10-minute trailer started when it hit the Internet.
Every black news site or blog worth its page views chimed in on Dark Girls, which was the whole point, according to Duke. In a 2012 interview with The Root DC, he stated that the film's purpose was "to create a discussion, because in discussion there's healing, and in silence there is suffering. Somehow if you can speak it and get it out, healing starts."
I believe Duke had good intentions in creating this documentary — either that, or like Chris Rock's Good Hair, he knows colorism is a hot-button issue that will bring people out to theaters in droves and get them talking, good or bad. Still, there's a part of me that cringes at the film's concept. I'm fine with the airing of black folks' dirty laundry — and that's largely because colorism isn't solely a "black issue." But frankly, I don't think we as a community are ready to really handle it without some serious therapy.


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FOXBORO, Mass. — Every tight end on the Patriots' roster has been asked about getting increased reps at practice with Rob Gronkowski out with his back injury and Aaron Hernandez gone. And all have answered with some form of "I'm just trying to work hard and get better every day."
They won't say it, but it's valuable for Jake Ballard, Daniel Fells, Michael Hoomanawanui, Zach Sudfeld and Brandon Ford to run more routes and take more snaps. And although they won't expound upon the increased participation, Bill Belichick will.
"As always, unfortunately, when the players that are on your team can't perform, it gives more opportunities to somebody else, wherever that is," Belichick said. "Then what those people can do with that opportunity, sometimes it comes at different levels but we've all seen it be, the people take advantage of those opportunities. I think that Mike Hooman and Zach have done that. They've worked hard, they've certainly taken advantage of the reps that they've gotten and they've definitely gotten more because some of the players that would normally be at the position weren't participating. That's good for them."
Ballard is taking more reps with Tom Brady than any tight end on the roster. If Gronkowski can't start the season, Ballard would likely take on the role as the team's starting tight end. As the rhetoric goes, Ballard is just trying to get better in Gronkowski's absence.
"I feel like I have a good opportunity to be on this team, and there are a lot of things going on, but I'm not worried about that," Ballard said Friday. "I'm just worried about myself and what I can do, and how I can get better every day."
Belichick said there wasn't much risk in signing Ballard last season after the tight end had torn his ACL in the Super Bowl. The head coach saw a good player available and snatched him up, even if he had to sit a year.
"He was a starting tight end in the National Football League," Belichick said. "I don't think it was a big gamble. He was a good player at a young age. We played against him. He was a good player. He was available. "
There should be healthy competition for the starting role or roles this season if Gronkowski has to miss time. Hoomanawanui, Fells and Ballard have all been starting tight ends in the league, and Sudfeld hasn't looked like a rookie during the spring or summer so far.
"We've got a lot of capable tight ends right now, and we're going to do whatever they ask us to do," Ballard said Friday. "It's not like the tight end's a disappearing position. … I'm not worried about the other guys as much as what I can do to improve."
Belichick has seen improvement from the fourth-year tight end, especially in recovering from the ACL tear he suffered in Feb. 2012.
"I think he has good, solid, physical characteristics; works hard, smart kid, he's got a good attitude, works hard on his preparation and he's worked very hard on his rehab," Belichick said. "I'd say it's great for him to be able to make that kind of progress, get back out on the field, attain that goal of just being able to get back out and play competitively on a field."
Belichick used (or didn't use) one of his favorite metaphors when talking about the tight ends replacing Gronkowski. But the Patriots head coach said now is the time for the tight ends to be taking advantage of their opportunities.
"I don't want to say this is Wally Pipp and Lou Gehrig, but that's the classic story," Belichick said smiling. "We've all gotten opportunities because of one reason or another, of something that happened to somebody who was in front of us and being able to take advantage of those opportunities is — it's there if they can do it."
Sudfeld isn't concentrating on how he's getting his reps, he's just happy to be playing football. The undrafted rookie dealt with multiple injuries at Nevada, but excelled in his senior season. It wasn't enough to get drafted, but Sudfeld looks like a natural out on the practice field so far. He's also fallen in well with the Patriot Way of saying all the right things.
"Well, I think that no matter what, my mentality coming in was just to go out and compete and do my best, really," Sudfeld said. "Regardless of what happens with any other situations — so I feel very fortunate to just have an opportunity to be here with the Patriots organization and play."
Fells didn't want to talk about taking first team reps while Gronkowski is out, but he did say the increased participation was good to get him back in game shape. The Patriots had nearly a month and a half between minicamp and training camp.
"You know, a little rusty," Fells said. "Just trying to get a feel and knock the rust off, get back into the flow of things, go out here and showcase what we can all do."
Fells received praise from his head coach for how he performed during OTAs and minicamp. Fells is not only taking snaps inline at tight end, but also split out wide in Hernandez's old spot.
"He had a good spring. It looks like he's in good condition," Belichick said. "I'm sure that he's looking to build on his spring here and full training camp and feel the same way."
Fells only took 338 snaps with the Patriots last season. He played heavily while Gronkowski and Hernandez were out but he was sharing time with his former teammate in St. Louis, Hoomanawanui. With Hernandez gone, Fells has a chance to take on an increased role. If he can beat out Sudfeld, Hoomanawanui and Ballard, that is.
"I'm a competitor, so I wanted to go out there and compete," Fells said about last season. "I wish I could have participated a little bit more. Ultimately, they're going to put whoever on the field that they see fit. So I gotta show them that I'm fit enough to do it."
Competition can breed success out on the football field, and even if Gronkowski isn't out there, the Patriots have competition to spare at the tight end position.
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New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan never has a dull press conference. Saturday's post-practice conference shook things up more than usual.
Instead of fielding questions at the podium as he would normally do, Ryan acted as a reporter and allowed ESPN New York beat writer Rich Cimini to field questions.
Ryan initially asked about the Jets' injury report, to which Cimini replied with a typical Rex Ryan answer: he needed to check with the team doctor. Ryan also asked Cimini how tough it is to write an article when the team has a boring day.
"When we have a boring, flat day like you said, we come into the press conference hoping, counting on that you will give us something to write about," Cimini said jokingly, via NJ.com. "Giving us a good quote, or some news, a headline. But I think today is one of those days where we're really not helping the cause."
The two would go on to discuss what it's like to be a reporter and, of course, the infamous "Tebowmania" that took over when quarterback Tim Tebow was a member of the Jets during the 2012 season.
Check out the two videos below to see the full press conference.
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SoycomplexBeans closed lower as mid-day weather forecasts re-iterated a welcome rain event for the Midwest next week after a couple of weeks of dryness. "Upper Midwest field moisture has become depleted with sharply reduced rainfall. Less than half of normal moisture has accumulated the past 2 weeks over much of the farm belt, not only the Upper Midwest but also the Great Plains," said Martell Crop Projectons. Safras e Mercado estimated Brazil's 2014/15 soybean planted area at 31.213 million ha, up 4.4% versus last year. Planting usually begins in late September. They forecast the 2014/15 Brazilian crop at a new record 94.451 MMT, up 9% versus last year's production of 86.613 MMT. There's talk that a possible Argentine debt default tomorrow would lead to a further weakening of the domestic peso, encouraging farmers to hold onto their beans as a hedge against inflation and the falling value of the local currency. Beans are essentially a dollar-based commodity. The trade is expecting that tomorrow's weekly export sales report will reveal another week of robust interest for US beans and meal, with bean sales forecast to be around 1.0-1.2 MMT and meal sales of 550-750 TMT. Aug 14 Soybeans closed at $12.20 1/2, down 6 cents; Nov 14 Soybeans closed at $10.81 1/4, down 13 3/4 cents; Aug 14 Soybean Meal closed at $387.60, down $7.80; Aug 14 Soybean Oil closed at 36.05, down 20 points.CornThe corn market closed with little change. There's some talk of this year's US corn crop almost being "made" now that we've reached the end of July, but there's still a fair way to go yet. "Corn crop ratings have continued mostly favourable in July due to prevailing cool temperatures. Soil moisture was conserved while corn was pollinating and for soybeans starting to set pods. Corn would be less damaged by August drought, should it develop," said Martell Crop Projections. Dr Cordonnier said that unusually wet weather in Brazil's Mato Grosso has slowed harvesting of their safrinha corn crop to around 50% complete. The USDA attaché in Russia estimated corn production there this year at 13 MMT, that would be an increase of nearly 12% on a year ago. There's some talk of heat/dryness issues developing for Russian corn. Ukraine Weather Forecasters estimated this year's corn crop there at 29.0 MMT, down 6% from last year's record, although still the second highest ever. New crop Ukraine corn offers continue to hover around the $188-190/tonne mark on an FOB the Black Sea basis. US ethanol production this past week came in at 954,000 barrels/day, a 5,000 bpd fall on a week ago, although that was the second highest weekly output of the year so far. Trade estimates for tomorrow's weekly export sales report for corn are quite robust at 800 TMT - 1.2 MMT. Sep 14 Corn closed at $3.61 3/4, up 1/4 cent; Dec 14 Corn closed at $3.71 1/2, up 1/2 cent.WheatThe wheat market ended around 2 to 7 cents higher across the three exchanges. Egypt bought all Russian wheat in it's tender, although US wheat was said to be the cheapest on an FOB basis, it was the freight that kicked it out. The FOB prices paid were similar to last week's tender, although freight rates were a dollar or two higher. The trade is pondering what effect increased Western sanctions against Russia might have on their ability to conduct "business as usual" on the international grain market. The trade is also weighing up what sort of wheat quality we will end up with in Europe this year. Germany's DBV released a crop update, but didn't forecast wheat yields or production. In what has been cut already yields vary "very strongly" they said. "The weather in the coming days is crucial for the remainder of the winter wheat crop," they added. There are said to be question marks over quality in Poland and Romania too, as well of course as France. A Canadian crop tour came up with potential yields of 59.0 bu/acre versus 55.0 bu/acre a year ago and 43.0 bu/acre on average. The USDA attaché in Russia estimated the wheat crop there at 52 MMT, unchanged on last year, but 1 MMT lower than the official USDA figure. The USDA announced 205,500 MT of US wheat sold to Nigeria. Trade estimates for tomorrow's weekly export sales report are around 350-550 TMT. Sep 14 CBOT Wheat closed at $5.27 1/4, up 7 1/4 cents; Sep 14 KCBT Wheat closed at $6.17, up 5 1/2 cents; Sep 14 MGEX Wheat closed at $6.12 3/4, up 2 1/4 cents.
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