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ARRA Outreach
Elevating the Teaching Profession
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NAEP 2009: Math Assessment
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ARRA Outreach
On October 6, Secretary Duncan announced the Department's proposed priorities for grants under the $650 million Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund. The fundpart of the historic, $5 billion investment in school reform in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)will support efforts to start or expand research-based innovative programs that improve student achievement for high-need students. Eligible applicants include school districts and non-profit organizations in partnership with districts or schools. Applicants must address one or more of the core reforms embedded in the ARRA (absolute priority). Applicants might also address other aspects of the President's education agenda: improving early learning outcomes; supporting college access and success; and better serving the learning needs of students with disabilities, English language learners, and students in rural districts (competitive preference).
Under the proposed priorities, grants would be awarded in three categories:
- Scale-Up Grants. This largest possible grant category (up to $50 million) is focused on programs and practices with the potential to reach hundreds of thousands of students. Applicants must have a strong base of evidence that their program has had a significant effect on improving student achievement.
- Validation Grants. This next grant category (up to $30 million) is focused on programs that have good evidence of their impact and are ready to expand within their own and other communities.
- Development Grants. This final grant category (up to $5 million) is designed to support new and high-potential practices whose impact should be studied further.
All grant recipients will be required to match federal funds with public or private funds and demonstrate how their programs will be sustainable after their federal grants are completed.
The Department is currently collecting public comment on the proposed priorities (through November 9). The plan is to publish a final application in late winter/early spring 2010, accepting proposals in the spring. All the funding must be obligated by September 30, 2010. (Note: Among the resources online, there is a recording of a webinar led by Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Jim Shelton discussing the proposed priorities.)
Also: The Department recently revised its guidance for recipients of ARRA financial assistance that clarifies and elaborates on the Office of Management and Budget's Section 1512 reporting guidance.
Elevating the Teaching Profession
Days later (October 9), the Secretary told students from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education that they are answering a call that is as important as any career available to them now and in the future. "To make the American dream of equal educational opportunity a reality, we need to recruit, train, learn from, reward, and honor a new generation of talented teachers," he said. "This call to teaching as a great public mission of our time is very much in keeping with Thomas Jefferson's own views of education.... I believe [teachers] are absolutely the unsung heroes of our society. There is a reason why so many people remember a favorite teacher, even decades later. A great teacher can change the course of a student's life. They light a lifelong curiosity, a desire to explore, and a hunger for knowledge. It's no surprise that studies document that the single biggest influence on student achievement is the quality of the teacher standing in the front of that classroom." The Obama Administration considers elevating the teaching profession and expanding the pool of talent as critical to closing the achievement gap and promoting the nation's long-term prosperity. As such, the Secretary will speak with teachers as well as teacher candidates three times this month. Next, on October 20, he will convene a group of teachers from the Washington, D.C., metro area for a virtual town hall meeting on evaluating the teaching profession. Then, on October 22, he will deliver a speech at Columbia University's Teachers College on the needs of the country's colleges of education.
Also: This week, the Secretary delivered remarks at the Wallace Foundation's Annual Conference, saluting school principals and emphasizing the importance of quality leadership in promoting education excellence.
Conversation on Values
In the wake of the fatal beating of a Chicago high school student, Secretary Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder met with students, parents, city officials, and community leaders and issued a call for a national conversation on values to address youth violence. "Youth violence isn't a Chicago problem, any more than it is a black problem or a white problem," the Attorney General stated. "It's something that affects communities big and small and people of all races and colors. Today is the beginning of what will be a sustained, national effort on behalf of this administration to address youth violence and to make our streets safe for everyone." The Secretary announced that the Department is working with Chicago Public Schools to award a $500,000 grant to help Fenger High School and the elementary and middle schools that feed into Fenger restore learning environments. Funds for this grant are from a program entitled Project SERVSchool Emergency Response to Violence. (SERV grants have also been awarded to districts in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York this year.) However, "This is not about the money," the Secretary explained. "Money alone will never solve the problem. It's about our values. It's about who we are as a society. And it's about taking responsibility for our young people to teach them what they need to know to live side-by-side and deal with their differenceswithout anger and violence."
Also: Underscoring the nationwide challenge, the Department of Justice released a new survey that found more than one in 10 children 14- to 17-years-old said they had witnessed a shooting in the past year.
Promoting Student Well-Being
Last week, Secretary Duncan, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, and Jay Butler, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) H1N1 Vaccine Task Force, joined students receiving the H1N1 vaccine at a school-based clinic in Dodge Park Elementary School (Landover, Maryland) and issued guidance on setting up a school-based clinic.
This week, Secretary Duncan, his wife Karen, and members of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team visited D.C. Prep Edgewood elementary and middle school campuses in northeast Washington, D.C., to commemorate National School Lunch Week. ("Fueled and Fit: Ready to Learn" is the Department-led campaign to highlight the research-based connection between proper physical fitness and nutrition and student achievement. The idea is that healthy bodies equal active and creative minds. Department officials will be visiting schools over the next six weeks to highlight the importance of wellness.)
To celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month, the Department's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is highlighting projects and initiatives funded by OSERS' Office of Special Education Programs, Rehabilitation Services Administration, and National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitative Research.
NAEP 2009: Math Assessment
The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009 details the achievement of fourth- and eighth-grade students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), administered by the Department earlier this year. The report compares national results in 2009 with every prior assessment year back to 1990 and state results back to 1992 at grade 4 and 1990 at grade 8. For the first time since the assessment began, fourth-graders showed no overall increase at the national level, although scores were significantly higher in 2009 than 1990. Among eighth-graders, scores were higher when compared to both 1990 and 2007. These nationwide patterns held for most student subgroups, and none of the achievement gaps in either grade narrowed from 2007 to 2009. Further, compared to 2007, scores in four states and the District of Columbia increased in both grades, scores in three states increased in grade 4 only, and scores in 10 states increased in grade 8 only. Scores decreased in four states in grade 4. No states showed declines in grade 8. (The Secretary's statement on the report card is available online.)
Odds and Ends
On October 5, Secretary Duncan was interviewed on the Colbert Report. Before the show, he and Stephen Colbert played a game of horse outside the studio. Highlights include bank shots off a wall, an apparent foul by the Secretary, and an long shot Colbert sank from the studio steps.
Earlier that day, the Senate confirmed the nominations of Alexa Posny as Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and Brenda Dann-Messier as Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education.
Yesterday (October 15), the Secretary joined President Obama and three other Cabinet officials for a discussion on rebuilding and recovery in New Orleans.
The Department recently announced $11.25 million in grants for 29 projects to aid working adults and displaced workers pursuing degrees and credentials in community colleges.
"Postsecondary Institutions and Price of Attendance in the U.S.: Fall 2008, Degrees and Other Awards Conferred: 2007-08, and 12-Month Enrollment: 2007-08," a series of First Look reports prepared by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), uses Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System fall 2008 data to examine institutions by a variety of characteristics. For example, during the 2008-09 academic year, in-state undergraduates at public four-year schools paid an average of $6,070 for tuition and fees, while out-of-state undergraduates paid more than twice that amount (an average of $14,378).
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"Our role in Washington is to support education reform by bolstering efforts to set high standards, by encouraging bold approaches to helping struggling schools, and by reducing the dropout rate, closing achievement gaps, and boosting college access. All of this must lead to more students completing college. Exactly how we are going to accomplish all of these ambitious goals is an important federal, state, and local conversation that lies ahead.... I recognize that we have a lot of work to do at both the federal and state level. It won't be easy. We won't always agree on the path to take. But we will move forward, working together in our country's unique federalist experiment."
|Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (10/16/09), in remarks to State Board of Education members
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The Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching is the highest award a K-12 math or science teacher may receive for outstanding teaching in the U.S. The President officially names up to 108 teachers annually. Awards alternate between elementary and secondary teacherswith elementary teachers eligible in 2010and are given to teachers from each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the outlying territories, and Department of Defense schools. The deadline for 2010 award nominations is May 1, 2010.
Next week, the Department will exhibit at the National Future Farmers of America (FFA) Convention in Indianapolis (October 21-24). If you are attending this event, please stop by the Department's booth.
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NCLB Update (http://www.nochildleftbehind.gov/)
On April 27, in Philadelphia, Secretary Spellings kicked-off the first of several No Child Left Behind summits, discussing the role of teachers and administrators in ensuring every child is capable of learning on grade level by 2014. "Business as usual doesn't always serve the needs of teachers or students," she said. "For example, today, you're likely to find the most experienced and qualified teachers in our wealthiest communities. But, in high-poverty middle and high schools, only half of math teachers majored or minored in the field they're teaching. For science teachers, that number drops to only a third. We don't serve teachers or students by placing our least experienced teachers in our most challenging environments. Nor do we serve teachers by asking them to teach subjects they don't know much about." To support teachers, the Department is spending more than $3 billion this year. The Secretary also highlighted two specific initiatives to the audience of 300 education leaders: free Teacher-to-Teacher workshops (https://www.t2tweb.us/Workshops/About.asp), by which "teachers may even obtain highly qualified teacher status without ever leaving their homes," and the newly created $100 million Teacher Incentive Fund (http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherincentive/applications are now available), to encourage more experienced teachers to go to high-poverty schools and reward them for results. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/04/
Supplemental Student Aid
To ensure the implementation of the program this coming school year and to allow current high school seniors and college students to understand if they might be eligible, the Department has issued interim guidelines for Academic Competitiveness (AC) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) grants. In general, Pell Grant-eligible students who have completed rigorous coursework in high school OR who are pursuing degrees in STEM fields or critical languages are eligible for a slice of the $790 million in new federal funding for higher education. However, there are some other statutory requirements.
Under the AC Grant programup to $750 for a first-year student, up to $1,300 for a second-year studentstudents must have completed rigorous programs of study in high school. By statute, these programs are to be established by states or school districts and recognized as rigorous by the Secretary. The Secretary is also required to recognize at least one program in each state. Therefore, to provide multiple options to all students (including private and home-school students), the Secretary is immediately recognizing four options for eligibility:
- Advanced or Honors diploma programs. The agency estimates that 19 states already offer such diplomas upon completion of certain coursework.
- State Scholars Initiative requirements. Fourteen states participate in this program, with eight more states chosen for participation yet this year (http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/04/
- Course requirements similar to the State Scholars Initiative. This program includes four years of English, three years of math, science, and social studies, and a year of a foreign language.
- Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) coursework and scores. This program requires two AP or IB courses and a minimum passing score (AP-3+, IB-4+) on the exams for those courses.
Moreover, states that wish to identify alternative programs of study for 2006-07 have the option of submitting proposals to the agency by June 1. Any state that does not submit a proposal by this date will signify its affirmation of the options listed above.
Under the SMART Grant programup to $4,000 per year for third- and fourth-year studentsinstitutions of higher education already have most of the information that is required to determine a student's eligibility. The Department has published a list of eligible majors in STEM fields and critical foreign languages at http://www.ifap.ed.gov/.
After an initial two years, the Secretary hopes to increase the requirements for a rigorous program of study, to even more accurately reflect what is required for success in college. This is expected to be accomplished through formal rulemaking. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/05/
New Tools For Parents
The next "Education News Parents Can Use" broadcast (May 16, 8:00-9:00 ET) will underscore the latest tools for parents under No Child Left Behind and provide tips on how parentsespecially those from disadvantaged backgroundscan access information on the performance of their children's schools and exercise the full range of options available to them under the law. Indeed, through tailored report cards and other items, the law supplies parents with more information than ever before. Thus, today, parents are more effective educational advocates and consumers: the number of students in free tutoring programs increased five-fold in the first two years of the law; charter schools (with some federal aid) have grown from 2,000 nationwide in 2001 to over 3,600 in 2005; and, in Washington, D.C., a federally funded opportunity scholarship program is giving 1,700 low-income students the chance to attend the school of their choice. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/. (You can watch live and archived webcasts at http://www.connectlive.com/events/ednews/.)
Recognition Programs
Last week, in a South Lawn ceremony with President Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, and Secretary Spellings, Kimberly Oliver, a kindergarten teacher at Maryland's Broad Acres Elementary School, was named National Teacher of the Yearthe 56th recipient of the nation's top teaching honor. The National Teacher of the Year program, which is sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, ING, and Scholastic Education, designates an outstanding representative of the nation's teachers from among 56 State Teachers of the Year (representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia, four outlying territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activitysee http://www.ccsso.org/projects/
National_Teacher_of_the_Year/). Oliver was selected by a panel representing the 14 leading national education organizations. For more information, please go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/04/
This week, as part of Celebrating Teachers Week, the First Lady and Secretary hosted a teacher roundtable in Columbus, Ohio. Also, the Secretary published a statement honoring teachers: http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/05/
05022006a.html. And, on May 1, the Secretary launched National Charter Schools Week with remarks at the Department's charter school showcase: http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2006/05/
Then yesterday, Secretary Spellings announced the selection of Presidential Scholars. The Presidential Scholars program was established by Executive Order in 1964 to honor outstanding academic achievement and was expanded in 1979 to identify students who demonstrate exceptional talent in the creative, visual, and performing arts. Each year, 141 students are named, including at least one young man and woman from each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. families living abroad. Another 15 students are chosen at-large, and 20 students are scholars in the arts. Over 2,700 candidates qualified on the basis of strong ACT or SAT scores or nomination through the nationwide Arts Recognition and Talent Search. The Commission on Presidential Scholars, appointed by the President, chooses the finalists. Scholars will be honored June 24-27 in Washington, D.C. Each scholar will invite the teacher who had the greatest impact on his/her success to participate in the ceremony and receive a certificate of appreciation. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/programs/psp/awards.html.
Special Education Toolkit
Striving to help all students achieve to high standards, the Department recently released a new state toolkit on fully implementing the accountability provisions of No Child Left Behind for students with disabilities. The "Toolkit on Teaching and Assessing Students with Disabilities," a joint effort of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, bestows up-to-date guidance on assessing the achievement and progress of special education students. It also includes a series of technical assistance products that offer practical, research-based approaches to the challenges schools are facing in instruction, assessment, accommodations, and behavioral interventions. For more information, please go to http://www.osepideasthatwork.org/toolkit/.
Global Literacy
First Lady Laura Bush has announced an upcoming Conference on Global Literacy to be held in September in New York. The conference will take place prior to the opening of the new session of the United Nation's General Assembly. For more information, please go to http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/Archive/2006/Apr/25-37813.html.
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"The No Child Left Behind Act has brought out the best in our teachers. And they have brought out the best of this law, turning high standards and accountability into real results for our children. Across the country, test scores are rising while the decades-long achievement gap is beginning to narrow. As we expand the successful reform principles, we must not forget the vital role our teachers play. The course they set now will determine our nation's success in the future."
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings (5/2/06)
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The Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education will hold its fifth and final meeting in Washington, D.C., on May 18 and 19. For more information, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/hiedfuture/.
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Jim Regan, a Braintree Democratic town committee member, says he did nothing wrong in allowing his inlaws to invite Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez to their apartment in his house May 13. "This has gotten all blown out of proportion," Regan said. "It was their kitchen table."
It's a case of mistaken identity -- the kitchen table was not his, but belonged to his inlaws and was in their apartment, which is in his home, Jim Regan, a member of the Braintree Demcratic town committee, said Saturday.
Facing heat for allowing Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez to come to his house May 13 and explain his political views and policy positions, Regan said the invitation came from his inlaws, David and Pat Lear, ages 84 and 76, who live in an apartment in Regan's house on Hobart Road.
The meeting took place in their apartment. Gomez is opposing Democratic U.S. Rep. Edward Markey in the contest for the special Senate seat next month.
"I did absolutely nothing wrong," Regan said Saturday afternoon, as his other phone lept ringing with incoming calls.
"I have been getting calls all day, because the story just grew and this has gotten blown out of proportion," he said. "All put together, it makes me into a bad Democrat and I know I am a good Democrat."
Regan said his mother- and father-in-law, registered Democrats, wanted to meet the Republican hopeful Gomez, who lives in Cohasset. Regan said his inlaws supported U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch over Markey in the Democratic primary, and Regan did the same. He said they were interested in hearing another viewpoint. Regan's son, Dan, a college junior, was also at the meeting.
"They sat down at their kitchen table with Mr. Gomez and I was in the room, but not at the table," Regan said " I made a point of saying that I was not part of the discussion. They had asked me if I was going to join them."
The May 13 meeting, covered by The Patriot Ledger and other media, was arranged by the Gomez campaign, he said, and they arrived with press representatives who had not been expected. Regan said his inlaws had expected Gomez, his press aide and another aide, but when at least three reporters arrived, his inlaws agreed to allow them ito remain.
Regan said that after his inalws sat down and began talking with Gomez, he remained, bacause his inlaws are elderly and the event was taking place in his house, if not his own living area. He said they had a chance to discuss the views of Gomez with him, found the discussion "refreshing and impressive," and that a balanced budget was one of the topics. He was he pointed out that as a memebr of the town Democratic committee, he should not join the discussion.
On Thursday, Regan said, he was approached by state Rep. Mark Cusak of Braintree, chairman of the town Democratic committee, at the retirement party for the Braintree school superintendent, Peter Kurzberg. Regan said Rep. Cusack told him the Markey campaign was upset that Gomez was invited to Regan's house with media attention and that the Markey campaign wanted to know what Cusack was going to do to discipline Regan.
Regan said he was very upset at the statement and that Cusack told him he wasn't going to do anything, but that the message was delivered. "He delivered the message, but I think he did it badly," Regan said. He immediately told 30 or more people at the event what had happened.
"I was stunned," Regan said. "There was no endorsement, this was just a discussion. This is an example of the rancor and partianship that is so rampant today. I it is a microcosm of the poison affecting our politics today."
Regan said that he has not decided who he will vote for in the Senate race but that "more than likely I will pull the Democratic lever."
"You should feel honored to have a Senate candidate in our house," he said.


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Writer:fashion Date:2013-10-15 10:28 Tuesday Categories:Louis Vuitton
Louis Vuitton Taps Michelle Williams For Its Latest Ad Campaign
Celebrity casting choices don't often catch me by surprise after all, most designer deck out their future ad girls in the brand's wares for months before their partnerships are formally announced – but here we have Michelle Williams, starring in the ad campaign for two Fall 2013 Louis Vuitton W Bags – the Louis Vuitton W Bag and the Louis Vuitton Capucines Bag.
The W Bag will likely remind many of you of the Celine Luggage Tote, with its flared gussets, double top handles and north-south central panel shape. The design chooses to over-emphasize the gussets in a couple of ways; first, by bringing them into the body of the bag itself, and also by outfitting them in contrasting Louis Vuitton monogram canvas on the ad version in particular. The W Bag is also available in versions that have tonal monogram at the gussets, but the contrast of print between the gussets and the body of the bag is ever-present.
The two preview ads we were given don't depict the Capucines Bag, but longtime LV fans know what it'll look like – the slim, trim shoulder bag with a long strap has an old Vuitton favorite, and it's just the latest design to be reinvigorated as the brand looks to capitalize more heavily on its heritage to attract more high-spending customers.
The images, lensed by Peter Lindbergh, are pretty beautiful. I normally prefer actual models to do the work of models, but Williams looks gorgeous and has the kind of face that can do the subtly expressive work that big-campaign still photography requires. What do you think? This bag isn't my favorite of the brand's offerings, but I'm looking forward to seeing the images of the Capucines when the full campaign is released.
With Louis vuitton bags renewed interest in high-dollar, logo-wary customers has come a bevy of new products that are set to take the brand in a new, more sophisticated direction for Fall 2013. First came the wide-gusseted W Bag, which had commenter reactions seemingly split right down the middle, and now we have the Louis Vuitton Capucines Bag, which borrows the name and a detail or two from a classic Vuitton bag but expands on them to form something ladylike and luxurious.
We first spotted this Louis Vuitton Capucines Bag M48864 on the arm of Angelina Jolie a couple of weeks ago, and it's a perfect pick for her style – neutral, elegant, understated. The bag is an important addition to louis vuitton's lineup, because not only is it all leather , but its minimally branded. The LV that you see above is totally optional, and if the wearer prefers, it can be covered by a flap that's tucked inside in promotional photos.
Instead of the well-known letters, it bears a more subtle star motif that plays a secondary role in the iconic Vuitton monogram print. It's still LV, but it's not a literal lv, which is an important distinction for many of the most high-end customers.
The bag comes in two sizes, MM and GM, with a 1.5 inch difference in width between them and a price difference of $450 . That kind of pricing puts the brand firmly in Hermes territory, a comparison that Vuitton is likely hoping to draw with its new leather offerings and their attendant prices.
Currently, the GM only comes in two colors , while the MM comes in a range of six shades, including one that's strikingly similar to Hermes' signature orange. The bags' hardware varies between silver and gold, depending on the leather color.


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Remember one-time Assistant Secretary of State and multiple-times Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes? He is the person responsible for the website Kung Fu Monkey creating the 'crazification factor', i.e., for quantifying exactly what percentage of the US population is so nuts that it will buy into any proposition, however extreme. That figure is 27%.
Keyes had been out of the limelight for a while but it turns out that he is still crazy after all these years. This time he is saying that Obama and the Democrats are trying to take away guns as a prelude to unleashing a massive global slaughter of human beings because they want to reduce the population to less than a billion.
But that is not the frightening thought I had in mind with the blog post title. That was about what the love child of Keyes and Orly Taitz might be like. The world is simply not capable of dealing with someone who has that deadly combination of DNA.


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Warning: this post is all about the questions. It doesn't include the answers. Asking the right questions is a good first step to getting the answers.
Theoretically we should be able to measure the ROI (return on investment) of anything we do in our business. We talk about ROI, and return, and payback when we look at an ad campaign, direct mail, product development, purchasing some big-ticket item. We make assumptions about ROI all the time. But it's not always easy, and our assumptions are not always correct.
What about social media ROI? I've been searching the web. Some smart people are working in this area, of course. But it's a hard nut to crack. Everybody seems to like the idea, but is there a formula to apply? I'm not sure.
I think of social media as 1.) amplified word of mouth; 2.) earning a voice instead of buying a voice (a reference to the fact that with social media you can engage large numbers of people based on the value of your content, rather than on how much you paid for the advertising); and 3.) a new addition to business marketing that should follow basic fundamentals.
Wikipedia defines ROI as:
(gain from investment – cost of investment) / cost of investment
We talk about ROI in percentages. For example, if we bought the share of stock for $10 and sold it for $20, then ROI is (20-10)/10 = 100%. Or if we spent $25,000 on a direct mail campaign that generated $35,000 in sales, the return is (35,000-25,000)/25,000 = 40%.
Technically, ROI calculations ignore time. Doubling our money in a day is 100% ROI, but so is doubling it over 10 years, also 100% ROI. But the return on the 10-year doubling is only about 7% per year. So that's why the more technical measurements, like net present value and internal rate of return, take the amount of time into account. In this post, however, I'm talking just about ROI, not those more sophisticated analyses.
Problem 1: Measuring the gain
What's the measurable business impact of social media? In dollars? Ultimately it's obviously an increase in sales or a decrease in costs. But how do you measure an increase in sales if social media generates new customers walking through a physical door? How do you measure a decrease in costs if you can't track which parts of the costs were cut by using social media? Maybe the advertising you didn't do?
Take the example of the taco truck using Twitter to broadcast locations hour by hour: Obviously this increases sales, but can you pin that down to specific numbers?
There are some business types that lend themselves to measurement: Web traffic leading to web visits and conversions, for example.
Some businesses build measurement into the social media content, by using promotion codes or specific ties to Facebook likes or ads.
Problem 2: Measuring the costs
The social media platforms are mostly free. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn (depending on options), Google+, and Pinterest. But the time you spend isn't free.
As a general rule of thumb, an employee costs a company per hour but 1/1000 of the annual gross salary. That's because the overhead costs double the annual cost, roughly; and then you divide by 12 months, 52 weeks, and 40 hours per week. Overhead costs include payroll taxes, work space, computers, electric power, bandwidth, etc. So the $50,000-per-year employee costs the company roughly $50 per hour.
So, if nothing else, the cost of social media is the cost of the time invested.
- We can't measure everything that's valuable in business.
- We can't rule out social media because it's hard to measure
- But we can, if we focus on getting the right information, and using realistic estimates, get a very useful estimate of social media business ROI.
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The Central Connecticut men's soccer team opened its 2012 season with a convincing 2-0 shutout win over Yale on Friday night. CCSU is now 1-0, Yale is 0-1. The Blue Devils held a dominating 19-3 edge in total shots, and a 10-1 edge in shots on goal.
Junior forward Eddy Bogle netted Central's first goal of the season in the game's 17th minute. The goal came off of an assist from senior Reece Wilson and was put in by Bogle off of the rebound.
Central's second goal of the game came in the 53rd minute of action from senior midfielder Jesse Menzies. The goal came unassisted on an individual effort from Menzies who beat the keeper and placed his shot into the top of the net.
Senior keeper Anthony Occhialini played every minute in goal for the Blue Devils on the night of their home opener. He recorded his first shut-out of the 2012 season and the 11th of his career as a Blue Devil. Occhialini, with help from his stout Central defense, tallied one save from one shot-on-goal.
The Blue Devils handled the majority of shooting on Friday night posting 19 shots to the Bulldog's three. Central came out firing in the first period dominating the shot column nine to one. In the second half, Central did not let up taking 10 shots compared to zero from Yale.
This Tuesday, September 3rd the Blue Devils will be back in action on the road facing in-state rival Hartford.


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It has had all the ingredients of an epic Silicon Valley collision between fierce rivals. Billions of dollars at stake. Powerful, high-profile executives at the epicenter. And accusations of technology theft that strike at the heart of the software industry's culture.
And, no, it is not the patent feud between smartphone competitors Apple and Samsung.
This seven-year legal war involves Oracle and SAP, the world's top two business software titans, which are set to square off again Tuesday in a federal appeals court in a case that riveted the valley when it went to trial in 2010. With $1 billion hanging in the balance, the outcome will decide whether a record judgment in a copyright infringement case holds up.
In arguments before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Oracle will urge a three-judge panel to restore a $1.3 billion verdict against SAP that is believed to be the largest ever for violating a competitor's copyright protections. A federal judge concluded after trial that the amount was excessive, scrapping the verdict, rejecting Oracle's damages theory and setting the stage for the 9th Circuit's review.
SAP, meanwhile, will argue that the judge was correct, saying the jury relied on "inflammatory" and "prejudicial" evidence to punish the German software power for a now-defunct subsidiary's theft of Oracle business information. For SAP, winning in the 9th Circuit is about damage control, as Oracle and outspoken CEO Larry Ellison have been able to use the case to give their chief competitor a lingering public relations black eye.
Legal experts say the case is unique, so it may not establish much legal precedent in the technology sector, but the size of the stakes nevertheless continue to captivate the valley.
"There's $1 billion at risk in this case, and that's a big enough number to get anyone's attention," said Eric Goldman, a Santa Clara University law professor.
Kathleen Sullivan, the former Stanford University law school dean arguing the case for Oracle, and Gregory Lanier, SAP's lawyer, declined to comment on the case.
The Oracle v. SAP showdown has reached the appeals court in an unusual posture.
After U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton set aside the original verdict, the companies agreed that SAP would pay Oracle $306 million in damages plus $120 million in legal costs to avoid a retrial. As part of the pact, Oracle was permitted to ask the 9th Circuit to restore the $1.3 billion award, or at least to get a new trial based on its theory of damages.
What is not in question is SAP's liability. Before the trial, SAP conceded that workers at its TomorrowNow subsidiary had downloaded thousands of copies of Oracle software and used them for TomorrowNow customers without paying Oracle for a license. Those accusations led SAP to plead guilty to federal criminal copyright infringement charges in 2011.
During the trial, Ellison told the jury he believed the cost of the infringement was as much as $4 billion. SAP CEO Bill McDermott also testified, apologizing for the conduct but insisting that TomorrowNow's actions had not financially harmed Oracle that much. He estimated damages at about $40 million.
At the center of the appeal is Oracle's contention that it was entitled to billions of dollars for what SAP would have paid for licensing the software; much of the $1.3 billion in the jury's verdict was attributable to that licensing calculation.
However, Hamilton concluded that Oracle would never have issued such a license to a direct competitor and stripped the Redwood City tech giant of the ability to recover damages for that licensing. Among other evidence, she cited the testimony of Oracle President Safra Catz, who told jurors it would have been "unprecedented" to license a direct competitor such as SAP.
In court papers, Oracle argues that setting the "hypothetical" worth of a license would allow competitors to escape fully paying for copyright violations. While Oracle does not admit that it would never have licensed SAP for the software, it argues that it is irrelevant, particularly given "the massive scope of SAP's infringement."
"The jury's $1.3 billion award was therefore reasonable," Oracle told the 9th Circuit. "And (Judge Hamilton) should not have substituted (her) view of that evidence for that of the jury."
SAP, meanwhile, argues that the case gives the 9th Circuit an opportunity to rein in excessive damages demands in copyright and patent feuds, as such conflicts have become increasingly common in the tech industry. The company maintains that Oracle should not be entitled to damages for a license it would never have given its "chief competitor SAP."
"There was no licensing opportunity to lose," SAP argued.
Howard Mintz covers legal affairs. Contact him at 408-286-0236 or follow him at Twitter.com/hmintz.


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- CMUCL/SBCL's SERVE-EVENT
- IOlib
- cl-event (libevent for Lisp, using cffi; three years old)
- cl-async (also using cffi libevent wrapper, actively developed)
I was ready to dive in and get things current, when one last Google search turned up cl-async. This little bugger was hard to find, as at that point it had not been listed on CLiki. (But it is now :-)). Andrew Lyon has done a tremendous amount of work on cl-async, with a very complete set of bindings for libevent. This is just what I had been looking for, so I jumped in immediately.
As one might imagine from the topic of this post, there's a lot to be explored, uncovered, and developed further around async programming in Lisp. I'll start off slowly with a small example, and add more over the course of time.
I also hope to cover IOlib and SBCL's SERVE-EVENT in some future posts. Time will tell... For now, let's get started with cl-async in SBCL :-)
In a previous post, I discussed getting an environment set up with SBCL, I the rest of this post assumes that has been read and done :-)
Getting cl-async and Setting Up an SBCL Environment for Hacking
Now let's download cl-async and install the Libevent bindings :-)
With the Lisp Libevent bindings installed, we're now ready to create a Lisp image to assist us when exploring cl-async. A Lisp image saves the current state of the REPL, with all the loaded libaries, etc., allowing for rapid start-ups and script executions. Just the thing, when you're iterating on something :-)
Example: Adding a Signal Handler
Let's dive into some signal handling now! Here is some code I put together as part of an effort to beef up the examples in cl-async:
Note that the as: is a nickname for the package namespace cl-async:.
As one might expect, there is a function to start the event loop. However, what is a little different is that one doesn't initialize the event loop directly, but with a callback. As such, one cannot set up handlers, etc., except within the scope of this callback.
We've got the setup-handler function for that, which adds a callback for a SIGINT event. Let's try it out :-)
Once your script has finished loading the core, you should see output like the above, with no return to the shell prompt.
When we send a SIGINT with ^C, we can watch our callback get fired:
Next up, we'll take a look at other types of handlers in cl-async.


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Colon pitches past Astros for the sweep
Houston, TX – Bartolo Colon turned 40 on Friday, but on Sunday, he was pitching like he was 25.
Colon threw seven shutout innings and the Oakland Athletics swept the Houston Astros with a 6-2 win, in the finale of a three-game series at Minute Maid Park.
Colon (5-2) allowed nine hits and had nine strikeouts in his outing to help the Athletics win their 11th straight game over the AL-worst Astros.
"He knows how to make a pitch when he needs to," said Athleticss manager Bob Melvin. "I thought his stuff was as good today as we've seen all year."
Nate Freiman had a home run and three RBI while Seth Smith, Coco Crisp and Josh Donaldson each drove in one run.
J.D. Martinez and Chris Carter had an RBI apiece while Jason Castro went a perfect 4-for-4 for Houston. Starter Dallas Keuchel (1-2) give up six runs -- four earned -- on nine hits and a walk over six frames.
"I don't know, baseball is a funny game," said Keuchel. "Sometimes, somebody is going to kick your butt and you're going to kick their butt. But they (the Athletics) got our number right now and we got to do something about it."
The Athletics scored five runs in the fourth. Cespedes started the inning by reaching second on a throwing error by Jose Altuve and then scored on a single by Donaldson. Following a single by Jed Lowrie, Smith and Freiman connected on back-to-back doubles. Three batters later, Crisp delivered an RBI single.
Freiman homered with one out in the sixth to make it a 6-0 game.
Houston finally got on the board in the eighth. With one out and one on, J.D. Martinez ripped a double to left center, scoring Castro. Chris Corporan was walked and Carlos Pena singled to load the bases. Carter hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Martinez, but Matt Dominguez's grounder towards the shortstop ended the Astros' rally.
Sean Doolittle pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for Oakland to end the game.
Game Notes
Colon is the fourth pitcher in Oakland history to start a game at 40. The last to do so was Tom Candiotti, whose last start came in 1999 ... Chris Young was 0-for-5, snapping a 16-game hitting streak against Houston ... The Athletics were 4-for-10 with runners in scoring position.


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NORTHFIELD, Vt. – For the second time in three years head coach Colleen Harris' Beacons will be facing the Valiants of Manhattanville College in the ECAC East semifinal round scheduled for Saturday, March 2 at 3:00 p.m. from the Kreitzberg Arena on the campus of Norwich University.
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During the regular season, each team skated away with a victory. Both games were played at the Clark Athletic Center due to damage caused to the Valiants home rink because of Hurricane Sandy. In their first meeting, which was also the season-opener, Manhattanville defeated UMB by the final of 4-1. Two months later it was the Beacons turn to notch a victory, as they upset the then eighth ranked Valiants by the final of 5-3.
Freshmen Samantha Fallon (Pembroke, Mass.) and Casey Schaejbe (Arlington, Mass.) played a huge part in the victory, as Fallon recorded a pair of goals, while Schaejbe made 30 saves to give the Beacons their first conference regular season win over Manhattanville since November 29, 2011 when they earned a 3-1 victory.
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For the Valiants they are looking to earn their second conference title in the last three years. Last season, they were defeated by Norwich University by the final of 6-3. In 2011, they defeated the Cadets to earn their school record 11th trip to the NCAA Division III tournament. They will also be looking for their ninth ECAC East tournament title as well this weekend.
Manhattanville will skate into Saturday's contest currently ranked eighth on both the USCHO.com and D3Hockey.com Top-10 National Polls, which was the same ranking the Valiants had when they last met the Beacons during the regular season.
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Going into this weekend's festivities, senior Emily LaRosa (Weymouth, Mass.) leads UMB with 17 points having fired home eight goals, while also tallying a team-best nine assists. Classmate Alli Greenberg (Stoughton, Mass.) sits second on the team with 14 points (6g, 8a). Sophomore Emily Howard (Terryville, Conn.) has produced a team-best 10 goals this season and sits third on the team in points with 12. Her three power-play goals are also a team-best as well.
Defensively the Beacons are going to look to Schaejbe to anchor the back line for UMB. After taking over the starting role in the beginning of the season, the freshman netminder had to go through some growing pains in the first couple of weeks. However in the second half of the season, she has shown that she has the makings of one of the top goaltenders in the country. The lone Beacon to earn an ECAC East postseason honor (All-Rookie Team), Schaejbe has played over 976 minutes this season and sits at 461 saves for a .902 save percentage.
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I have been organizing Tea Parties, petitioning my Congresswoman and Senators, Assemblywoman and State Senator, and I have come to the conclusion that the only way to solve California's problems is to get rid of everyone in office and replace them with grassroot people like us. In order to do this, we need many volunteers to step up to the plate. This is a grassroots movement politicians. How does the unemployment line look now?
I have met so many talented people while in Long Beach, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and through the internet and on conference calls. I believe there are enough of us to do what needs to be done.
Many may ask (or say) that we have no experience in politics. For some of us this is true, others of us have helped at campaigns. Those of us who have helped at campaigns I believe are sick and tired of elected liars and have been very disappointed at all the broken promises.
So what and who am I? I am a Conservative who loves animals, sports, family, the Military, the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. I am a pro-life, Evangalical Christian who believes the government has crossed the line. Which one, you ask? Good question, since they've crossed so many.
No government has the right to deprive a city, town, or individual of their livlihood without fair compensation [See 5th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States]. This has been so distorted that there are citizens within our Central Valley that have ZERO water because of a stupid ALIEN fish. That is correct. It's origins are NOT the Delta. So why don't they catch them all and let them go somewhere else? Because that makes sense!
That is just one example of government intrusion. How do you like these new showerheads that moniter how fast the water is coming out? I'll tell you what, I'm tired of running around in the shower trying to get wet!
There are 5000 committees which pay very nicely (we have 5000+ cases of 'taxation without represention'), some or most receive over $100,000 per year for meeting once a month. Yes, these are termed-out politicians. They all need to be shut down. That includes you too, CARB [California Air Resources Bureau(?)]. TURN THE WATER ON!
I question whether or not I am a free marketer, or if the people who use that term realize what an oxymoron it is. Let's take a quick look at China. That country that sold and/or watch as almost all of nuclear arms flowed into N. Korea's warchest. We don't charge China for the junk they bring into our country to undercut our own manufacturers, yet we have to pay tarriffs and wonder still if they will come and take our companies. Hmm. Is that free-marketing? Not in my eyes. If I'm wrong, please explain to me why trading with an enemy of America is 'free'?
I am interested in foreign policy issues, but I believe our state is in much more need of fixing. Although someone should still run against Congresswoman Richardson. She has stayed in office only because no one opposes her.
In the State of California, we should have a Right to Work Law. As most of us have seen, ACORN is a corrupt organization, and they have their tenacles everywhere, such as the SEIU and other unions. I do not believe Californians should be penalized or forced to have their money stolen from them when they choose not to belong to a union. However if they choose to belong to a union, that's a different story. But it should not be any of our business! Don't we have enough to fix?
Well, I've addressed only a few of my concerns. I'd really like to talk about the schools and my easy solution to some of the problems. Make the principle the boss. Let the teachers teach reading, writing, math, history, American History, languages if they choose, art, sports, Excercise, etc. Teachers are closest to their students so they know what is needed. You will never be able to convince me that someone in DC knows what is better for our students than do our parents and teachers. Never.
So, should I run for California's State Assembly District 54? I would like your feedback. If I receive a good amount of comments, I will start an exploratory committee. Until then, I have to wait. Why? I don't know too many people. Yes, I know this is a drawback, but that's what hitting the pavement is for! On the brighter side, I have fresher ideas and the passion to go along with them. Being a Citizen Representative may be just the shot in the arm this state needs. What say you?
I'd like to thank all of you in advance for your comments, suggestions, critiques, etc. I cannot eccept any money yet, so don't ask why I don't have it set up yet. Without officially opening the exploratory committee, I cannot receive monies for this purpose. I'll let you know where to find the site I set up so you contribute once everything is in motion. God bless you, and be safe.
PS. Platform? Drill here, drill now. Cut taxes and stop stealing property taxes. Fire the 5000+ 'committee employees' who work one hour per month. Get a real job you lazy politicians! TURN THE WATER ON! More to come...maybe.
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DOVER (May 3, 2013) – To achieve public compliance through education and enforcement actions that help conserve Delaware's fish and wildlife resources and ensure safe boating and public safety, DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife Enforcement agents between April 23 and 30 made 1,082 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 144 boating safety/fishing regulation compliance checks. Agents responded to 40 complaints and issued 15 citations. Incidents of particular note included:
· On April 28, Charles J. Knofski, 49, of Milton, was cited for unlicensed crabbing and tampering with commercial crab pots in connection with an incident involving removing crabs from a pot he did not own. Knofski has the option of paying the $182 citation or requesting a court date.
· On April 30, a Newark man was cited in connection with an incident near Milford Neck for failure to register a wild turkey and one count over the limit of wild turkey. He pled guilty to the charge of over the limit and paid $357 in fines and court costs.
· Increased Enforcement presence in the C&D Canal Wildlife Area accounted for two citations and four written warnings this week. Enforcement plans to continue close monitoring of the area, which includes the new recreational trail under construction.
Citations issued by violation type included the following, with the number of charges in parentheses:
Wildlife Conservation: Failure to register wild turkey (1), and taking over the limit wild turkey (1), Kent County; operating a motor vehicle off an established roadway in a state wildlife area (1), Sussex County.
Fisheries Conservation: Recreational: Unlicensed fishing (7), New Castle and Sussex counties; Illegal use of net near spillway (1), Sussex County.Commercial: Tampering with commercial crab pot (1), Sussex County.
Boating Safety: Operating a vessel with insufficient number of life jackets aboard (2), and excessive vessel speed/no wake violation (1), Sussex County.
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With spring fishing season in full swing, the Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Section would like to remind recreational anglers who fish, crab or clam in tidal or non-tidal waters statewide that they must have a valid 2013 Delaware fishing license. A resident annual fishing license costs $8.50 for ages 16 through 64. Higher license prices apply to non-resident anglers. Anglers under the age of 16 and residents age 65 and older are not required to purchase fishing licenses in Delaware. Exempt persons may purchase fishing licenses if they so choose to help support fisheries management in Delaware.
"Funds from fishing license sales in Delaware directly benefit anglers by supporting the state's fisheries programs and helping to construct and maintain public fishing piers and boat ramps," said Sgt. Gregory Rhodes of Fish and Wildlife Enforcement. "Unfortunately, some anglers do not observe state fishing license requirements – and if they are caught fishing without a license, they discover that buying a resident license for $8.50 to be much cheaper than $106, which is the minimum fine plus court costs they face."
Recreational anglers fishing Delaware waters also are required to obtain a Delaware Fisherman Information Network (F.I.N.) number; this number is generated automatically on all individual fishing licenses sold through Delaware's electronic licensing systems. License-exempt anglers, including Delaware residents 65 and older; non-resident boat fishing license holders who do not have an individual license; and individuals fishing on licensed boats who do not have an individual license, must obtain their free F.I.N. number by visiting www.delaware-fin.com or calling 800-432-9228 toll-free.
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1. Baked Oatmeal
Inspired by a recipe [16] from Heidi Swanson [17]'s cookbook Super Natural Every Day [18], baked oatmeal is a great example of a breakfast that's made in advance and then reheated for subsequent mornings. It's hearty, filling, and you can add different nuts, seasonal fruits, or other toppings (coconut and mango, perhaps?) to entice children to sit down for a warm and soothing breakfast.
2. Chia
We've talked about chia before as a super snack [20], but we think it bears mentioning again as a tasty, protein-packed breakfast. It can also be made the night or day before and, although it's not as portable as a pop-tart, it's a lot healthier – and an older child can handle eating it in a bowl while being driven to school if that dreamy sit-down breakfast never materialized.
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Granola somehow strikes us as a fancier, more appealing cereal, even though we basically use it with the same accompaniments-soy or almond milk or a vegan Greek yogurt. Find basic recipes here [22], but feel free to try adding different nuts or seeds into the flavoring mix. It's an especially good breakfast for moms and dads on the go as well!
4. Pancakes
All those bowls? All that mess? Nope, pancakes don't have to be a hassle at all. I first found a recipe in Vegan Yum Yum [24] for pancake batter that can be made and kept overnight in a blender. My kids love pancakes and ask for them multiple times a week, so this recipe is a life (and time) saver. This particular recipe uses spelt flour, which I love about it, and you can also substitute whole wheat flour or perhaps even brown rice flour.
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The Lebanese restaurant near us serves all types of flatbreads (known as manakeesh) for breakfast, including savory and sweet. While breakfast is often associated with sugary cereals and sweet pastries in the U.S., it is often a savory meal in other countries (think beans and rice). Make your own savory style flatbread or pizza and top with scrambled, organic free-range eggs or scrambled tofu, sliced veggies, and a little sauce or ketchup. We also like sauteeing some seitan with onions and tomatoes to top our breakfast pizzas.
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Congressional candidate Ken Fortenberry today called on U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry to quit protecting his corrupt colleagues and immediately cosponsor legislation that would prohibit insider trading of securities by members and employees of Congress.
"It's time for Mr. McHenry to end his silence on this important issue and to start doing the right thing for the people he represents," said Fortenberry, the congressman's Republican opponent in next May's primary. "The politicians in Washington continue to get the gold mine while the people get the shaft.
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McHenry, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, is not supporting the legislation and has remained silent on the issue.
Insider trading by lawmakers attracted national attention and outrage with the recent publication of a new book, "Throw Them All Out" by Peter Schweitzer and featured on the CBS News program "60 Minutes." The book outlined unethical activity by members of Congress, and pointed out at that Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Alabama, made more than 40 stock trades in his personal account in the months before the U.S. economy collapsed in 2008. Bachus is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and received "insider" information about the failing state of the U.S. economy.
"After he received a private briefing on the impending collapse of the economy and the U.S. financial system from the Federal Reserve and Treasury officials, Rep. Bachus bought and sold securities that nearly doubled his money," said Fortenberry.
"Rep. Bachus should resign today, and Mr. McHenry should show him the door – right after McHenry signs on as cosponsor of the STOCK Act," said Fortenberry.


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