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Christian Bailoni has thrown just five interceptions in seven games. He'll try to lead Kean past Cortland State on Saturday.
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Open the floodgates. After this week, no one can fault you for talking about the playoffs too early. Why's that? Because, with a win, we might see the first playoff competition officially enter the field.
You'll have to read below to find out exactly who we're talking about.
But there is lots more than that to discuss. Pat Coleman, Keith McMillan and Ryan Tipps bring you upset picks, teams with losing records that are worth watching and other surprises.
Game of the week.
Ryan's take: No. 20 Illinois Wesleyan at No. 9 North Central. Can the Titans rebound after squandering a lead and losing last week to Wheaton? The fact is, last week's game against Wheaton was arguably the first real test IWU faced this season – and they slipped up. Meanwhile, North Central has faced and toppled stiffer competition ever since the Week 1 loss against UW-LaCrosse. Both teams are statistically among the absolute best in the nation defensively. It will be interesting to see which team does the best job in motivating the offense to getting in the end zone. Both teams have been adept at not just putting points on the board after reaching the red zone but also actually getting touchdowns. But can IWU still do so without quarterback Rob Gallik? He's out for the season with an ACL tear, and his backup's only pass attempt last week resulted in an interception. That puts North Central heavily in control.
Pat's take: No. 23 Cortland State at Kean. Cortland, which floated below the radar all season after losing at Buffalo State on Sept. 1, announced its return last week with a home win against Rowan. These two teams have taken the past two automatic bids from the league and are both unbeaten in NJAC play coming in. Remember the great game these two played last year? And it means more in Week 9 than it did last year in Week 3. Cortland is rolling up record numbers of points, while Kean has two offensive standouts as well in Darius Kinney and Deandre Fowlkes.
Keith's take: No. 5 Wesley at No. 16 Huntingdon. Will someone clinch here? Technically, no, but effectively yes. This is a Pool B play-in game, in my opinion, because the Wolverines' strength of schedule makes it a no-brainer if it finishes its games against D-III teams with just a seven-point loss to No. 2 Mary Hardin-Baylor. On the flipside, Millsaps might finish with a better record than Huntingdon, but the Hawks' last game, two weeks ago, was a 45-24 win against Millsaps. QB Neal Posey and RB Trevor Manuel power the high-octane Hawks offense (43.3 points, 444 yards/game) but Wesley's been quietly good on defense (16 points per game, No. 24 against the pass). Much of the preseason talk about the Wolverines centered on QB Justin Sotillare, but Wesley's getting contributions up and down the roster, on offense (five players, not including Sotillare, generating at least 53 all-purpose yards per game), defense (LB Sosthene Kaepepula, 9.43 tackles/game) and even special teams (Sean Hopkins, 19 yards per punt return). So many other games this week could fit the G.O.T.W. bill.
Surprisingly close game.
Ryan's take: Carnegie Mellon at Washington U. You have to go back to 2005 to find a matchup between these two teams that hasn't been separated essentially by more than a touchdown. Entering this year with inverse 5-2 and 2-5 records, CMU is the clear favorite thanks to a nicely stacked backfield. Yet when the Bears play a good team, it's amazing how much they step up into the role. Just ask Coe and Wabash. Wash U. may not get the win, but they'll make it fun to watch.
Pat's take: Westminster (Pa.) at No. 25 Waynesburg. Shoot, pretty much every Waynesburg game has been close and pretty much every Westminster game has been close as well. I'd actually think about this in the next category down, but Waynesburg has somehow found a way to be resilient.
Keith's take: FDU-Florham at Misericordia. The first-year Cougars are basically a JV team playing against full-fledged varsity teams, and the results have reflected that. Their closest game was a 55-17 loss to King's, which is 1-6 and lost, 30-14, to FDU-Florham. I wouldn't suggest that Misericordia's going to win, even though the 1-6 Blue Devils have been outscored 128-21 in their past three games and rank 200th or worse in 10 of the main 17 statistics tracked by the NCAA. But that's just it; knowing they should win going in leaves an opening for the Blue Devils to be lackadaisical even when they should be hungry for a victory, and it might result in the best two or three quarters of Misericordia's inaugural season before FDU-Florham gets serious and puts the game away.
Most likely Top 25 team to get upset.
Ryan's take: None. End of story.
Pat's take: No. 11 Wabash. I actually think Ryan is on the right track here, but I feel like I should pick someone. (Someone other than the Waynesburg pick I obliquely referenced earlier.) Wabash at least has a decent shot of losing, just because Ohio Wesleyan is playing better than it has in years, but if you look at the Around the Nation column we posted on Thursday, you'll see the comparative scores don't favor OWU.
Keith's take: No. 19 Coe. Way too many great games this week to think the top 25 will get through unscathed. There are three top 25-on-top 25 matchups, and another six games where a top 25 team is playing a five-win team. Maybe they'll all come through, but the odds aren't in their favor. Based on common results against Simpson (a 20-19 Wartburg loss, a 47-7 Coe win), one wouldn't suspect an upset. But the Knights allow just 48 rushing yards per game, while Coe depends on the ground attack for 233 of its 479 yards per game. Plus, an outright conference title and simple Weeks 10 and 11 seems so un-IIAC. Coe would put the league title in the bag with a win, but the IIAC seems like it's always got a tiebreaker coming into play. I'm betting on that more than I'm betting against the Kohawks.
They'll be on your radar.
Ryan's take: Millsaps. The Majors go up against a Trinity team that has been up and down all year – convincing win over Texas Lutheran and narrower one over Birmingham-Southern; yet also big losses against Sul Ross State and Centre. Millsaps, on the other hand, is riding a 6-1 record into the stretch, and still has B-S lying in wait. A playoff spot isn't out of the question if they can win out.
Pat's take: Middlebury. This is a team with some talent, especially on offense. You should have read about quarterback McCallum Foote, especially in Kickoff, as well as tight end Billy Chapman in a Team of the Week this year and right tackle Ryan Moores, an NFL prospect. Playing at Trinity (Conn.) is about the biggest challenge you can get in the NESCAC in any given year. While last year the Panthers lost this game 42-7, Foote did not play.
Keith's take: Heidelberg and Willamette. For simple reasons. The Student Princes have hardly been challenged, and we really have no idea if they're a team that can give Mount Union a game — with the nation's No. 11 scoring offense (42 points per game, behind No. 1 UMU's 55.3), a team that can beat another league champion in the first round of the playoffs, or one that is going to stumble this week and against either John Carroll or Baldwin Wallace and miss the postseason entirely. Until I watch the SportsTime Ohio rebroadcast at 11 p.m. on Saturday night, I still won't really have any idea how strong this Heidelberg team is. The stats (The Student Princes are the nation's No. 2 scoring defense, at a little more than eight points per game, behind No. 1 Mount Union, who's got six straight shutouts) suggest a great game, but also that the OAC has been very poor challengers this season as well. Willamette I'm interested in because the loss to Pacific Lutheran puts a three-way tie on the table in the NWC with a win at No. 3 Linfield, which seems unlikely. The Bearcats also put the NWC's chances at a second playoff bid, which once seemed strong, in danger with a loss.
Which team with a losing record has the most left to play for?
Ryan's take: LaGrange. Besides any team with a Week 11 rivalry? (DePauw, Mount St. Joseph, Williams, I'm look at you guys.) Aside from a rivalry game, the other great factor is a conference championship, and LaGrange is actually in the driver's seat for the USA South's automatic qualifier. The team's only conference loss is against Averett, which is at the bottom of the conference and is no threat to compete for the AQ. In their first year in the USAC, the Panthers took down perennial conference power Christopher Newport and now enjoy a 3-1 conference record, despite being just 3-4 overall. Methodist is this week, but it's Ferrum and a rising Greensboro that will be the biggest challengers to LaGrange.
Pat's take: Marietta. It is just pride that they're playing for, but this is one of those times where a team should really look further down the schedule. Baldwin Wallace and Otterbein come up next, but the season-ending game against Muskingum is where Marietta needs to peak. The Pioneers haven't gone winless since 1991, and this young team needs to pull together with its eyes on avoiding that.
Keith's take: St. John's. You've got to dig through the record book to find the last .500 (4-4-1, 1986) or sub-.500 (3-5, 1967) team coached by John Gagliardi. You don't become the all-time winningest coach (487) or program (.705 winning percentage, per a claim on the Johnnies' website) by having many of those. At 3-4 currently, coming off a bye since a win that followed a four-game losing streak, the Johnnies finish their home slate with Gustavus Adolphus, before playing at Hamline and at Bethel to end the season. Given that the final two weeks are probably a win and a loss, this week marks the difference between 5-5 and 4-6. Below .500, or the lack of a strong three-week finish, could make the calls for Gagliardi to finally retire grow louder. I've never heard John say anything that would suggest he would ever hang them up without being forced to, but I'm not sure how much he calls his own shot in that regard. Winning couldn't hurt, and so the Johnnies, who have scored 21 or more in all but one game this year, welcome Gustavus, who averages less than 20, to town for a clash, to, oh, preserve the Johnnie legacy, keep its legendary coach in place and simply win.
Which "state of mind" are you drawn to?
Ryan's take: Cortland State. The Red Dragons will clinch a playoff berth with a win over Kean this week. How can we not be drawn to that? But, since I'm the first of our trio to make his Triple Take picks, it's possible one of my colleagues will have already mentioned Cortland higher up. Sooooooo, Castleton State, which lines up against a Gallaudet squad that's playing better than ever, is also a good one to watch.
Pat's take: Illinois College. This week's game at Monmouth should be interesting, because Michael Bates hasn't come back since the game in which he got injured against Lake Forest. I'd really like to talk about the state of Defiance, but I don't see them beating Franklin.
Keith's take: Framingham and Bridgewater States. The Rams (No. 4 total defense nationally) have a lower yards-per-play (3.3) than anybody but Mount Union (2.12) and have won seven in a row since a seven-turnover opening-week debacle against Endicott in which the Gulls returned two interceptions for scores. Coast Guard, a surprising 4-3, hosts Framingham State, while Bridgewater State (No. 9 total defense nationally) hosts punchless Maine Maritime (0-7) hoping for a stumble and a chance to sneak back into the Bogan Division race. The Bears only loss came 16-0 at home against the Rams, so they'd be pulling for Worcester State (5-3) the following week if Framingham State does stumble. The Rams' name to know is Melikke van Alstyne, a running back rushing for 148 yards per game.
Which game are you surprised means as much as it does at this point in the season?
Ryan's take: Guilford at Hampden-Sydney. With Guilford having swept through Bridgewater and Randolph-Macon over the past two weeks, the team that was 2-8 last season could put themselves in prime position with a win over Hampden-Sydney this week. H-SC may be slightly down compared with recent year, but I emphasize "slightly." The Tigers are still going to take advantage of opponent miscues as well as come up with creative play-calling. The Quakers probably won't emerge from this with a win, but just the fact that they're in a position to compete for the ODAC title in Week 9, that's an impressive stride over their recent seasons.
Pat's take: No. 17 Heidelberg at No. 1 Mount Union. And this is not just because the two teams are unbeaten, although that's obviously a big part of it. This is also bigger than expected because neither team has particularly been challenged this season, because Ohio Northern is unexpectedly 2-5 and Capital has struggled. (By the way, on the opposite side, surprised that Concordia-Chicago at Benedictine doesn't have more riding on it. Would not have expected Benedictine to be 1-3 in the league.)
Keith's take: No. 11 Wabash at Ohio Wesleyan. Let's be real. There are probably some team Moms, videographers and backup linemen that didn't expect a 7-0 start for the Battling Bishops, who haven't finished above .500 since 2005. The national praise has been slow to come because of Ohio Wesleyan's competition; If we're all waiting for them to beat a serious opponent, they don't come much more serious than the Little Giants. Defensive linemen James Huddleston and Johnathan Valentine have propelled OWU to the top of D-III in sacks this season, Miles McKenzie leads the nation in field goals and QB Mason Espinosa is top 15 in passing. If OWU pulls off the upset, it's not only in the driver's seat for the NCAC automatic bid with two games to go, it makes Coach Tom Watts a favorite for the North Region coach of the year and puts the 2002 Hanover graduate on the short list of young D-III coaches on the rise.


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America's weight problems threaten future military strength, retired Navy rear admiral says.
Improving school lunches and nutrition education are a key way to get Americans healthy enough to join the military, and a badly divided Congress might be amenable to cooperating on this one issue, obesity policy experts said said Wednesday.
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It has been another crazy whirlwind of a month, with this weekend set to be the first in five which I get to spend in Transition Town Home, having spoken recently in Bungay, Glastonbury, Belsize Park and the Forest of Dean, as well at the Transition Conference (I hate that name, can't we call it a 'Gathering' or something?) in Battersea, and at the Sunrise Celebration Festival.
One highlight for me was watching the world première of the movie "In Transition" and being surprised and delighted to find that I was in it (having completely forgotten the quick interview they grabbed with me at my book launch!). Another was meeting an A-Level teacher who is already using my book as a teaching aid for his Environmental Design students.
But perhaps of wider interest was the fact that Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, turned up at the Transition Conference as a 'keynote listener', but still managed to drop a few bombshells. Read more »


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I spent an hour and a half sleeping while my lashes were applied, and then I woke up, Sleeping Beauty style, and saw the new, improved, doe-eyed me in the mirror. That's also a bit of a lie, because my eyelashes don't look insane. Or particularly doe-y. They look really, really natural – which is what I wanted – and I look a little like a totally normal person, blessed with long eyelashes. Which is what I wanted all along!
I love to get 'Mimied' at Mimi's! Being a busy Mum, this one-stop-shop, where I can get all my bits beautified under the one roof, in no time at all, is like a little slice of paradise in Sandymount. I can get a mani, pedi, lashes, tan etc transforming me from a Scummy Mummy to a Yummy Mummy! I can't say enough good things about the wonderful staff who are always full of helpful tips and tricks and incorporate all their expertise to offer the best and most suitable treatments for each individual person's needs. Best of all it's an affordable salon offering fantastic prices and monthly special offers. So next time you have an event coming up or need a bit of a lift, go and get yourself Mimied and see what I'm talking about. You won't be disappointed!
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Last night Colombia defeated Mexico 2-0 in a friendly played in Miami. Today I asked Rapids and former Colombian National Team midfielder Jaime Castrillon if he aims to get back on his country's squad. He says his only concentration right now is to do well with the Rapids, and then who knows if that will help him get back in the mix for his country.
Jaime has scored five goals with the Colombia national team, and you might be surprised to learn what two of those goals have in common with the Rapids.
Goal #1: July 17, 2005. The opener for Colombia in a 2-1 win over Mexico in the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup Quarterfinals in Houston's Reliant Stadium, thus eliminating Mexico from the tournament.
Goal #2: December 28, 2005. The lone goal in Colombia's 1-2 loss to Comunidad Valenciana in a friendly played in Spain.
Goal #3: July 2, 2007. Against Argentina in a 4-2 loss in group play of the 2007 Copa America played in Venezuela. His goal made the scored 3-2.
Goal #4: July 5, 2007: Against the United States in a 1-0 win in group play of the same tournament. He beat now teammate Drew Moor (right) to the ball before heading it in the goal. CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO OF THE GOAL:
Goal #5: August 22, 2007: The game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Mexico in a friendly played at Dick's Sporting Goods Park (watch below):


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It took a lot of help from the man upstairs to keep Ciara and Russell Wilson's hands off each other before they tied the knot.
During her cover interview for the April issue of InStyle, the "Level Up" singer got real about her and her husband's premarital sex life, explaining that it was non-existent. Citing religious reasons, Ciara said she and Russell abstained from premarital sex during their courtship, a challenge she said "took a lot of prayer."
"It was hard. I can't lie," she added.
The mom-of-two previously opened up about their decision to wait for marriage to have sex, telling Cosmo South Africa in January 2017 they were focused on building a friendship first. "I really believe that when you focus on a friendship, you have the opportunity to build a strong foundation for a relationship," she explained. "Once you know you're really great friends and you're what we call 'equally yoked,' where you share the same values or the same outlook on life, it kind of sets the tone... You shouldn't feel like you have to give your body away to get someone to like you."
"I have to give credit to my husband for sharing those views," she continued. "It's awesome how it all worked out."
The 33-year-old singer additionally discussed how she dealt with her 2014 split from Future, the father of her four-year-old son and whom she was engaged to before Russell. "If you want to get somewhere in life, you've got to have a compass. You've got to know where you really want to get to. And my heart, soul, spirit, and mind just desired to be loved. To be truly loved the right way," she said. Adding that finding out what she wanted was just as important as discovering what she no longer could put up with. "I knew I didn't want to cry tears of hurt anymore," Ciara admitted. "I didn't want to keep going around in circles."
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February 25, 2004
Ms. Martha Holloway
State School Nurse Consultant
Department of Education
Gordon Persons Building
P.O. Box 302101
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-2101
Dear Ms. Holloway:
This is in response to the information you provided this Office on January 23, 2004. Specifically, you faxed us a memorandum dated April 22, 2003 from Donald E. Williamson, M.D., State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health (DPH), that was addressed to superintendents and head masters. In the memorandum, Dr. Williamson noted that concerns had been raised regarding the "sharing information with the [DPH] regarding immunizations." Dr. Williamson went on to state that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) applies to students' immunization records and that HIPAA permits schools to disclose these records to the DPH. He also stated:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), who promulgated the HIPAA regulations, and the Centers for Disease Control [and Prevention] (CDC) recently emphasized the public health exception to HIPAA in guidance issued on April 11, 2003. The guidance states that covered entities may disclose protected health information to public health entities, without patient authorization, for the conduct of public health surveillance, investigations, or interventions, as well as for the purpose of preventing or controlling diseases. Additionally, the HHS Office of Civil Rights guidance issued on July 6, 2001 states that covered entities may rely on the judgement (sic) of a public health entity when requesting a disclosure as to the minimum amount of information that is needed by Public Health.
When I was in Montgomery and Birmingham in January conducting training sessions on the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), I received several questions concerning the applicability of FERPA to immunization and other health records maintained by schools subject to FERPA. You asked that we comment on Dr. Williamson's assertion that student immunization records are covered by HIPAA and whether or not FERPA applies. As you know, this Office administers FERPA. See 20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 C.F.R Part 99 (2003).
FERPA is a federal law that protects privacy interests of parents in their children's "education records," and generally prevents an educational institution from having a policy or practice of disclosing the education records of students, or personally identifiable information contained in education records, without the written consent of the parent. The term "education records" is defined as all records, files, documents and other materials which contain information directly related to a student and are maintained by the educational agency or institution or by a person acting for such agency or institution. 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(a)(4)(A); 34 C.F.R § 99.3 "Education records."
Additionally, the records of a student that pertain to services provided to that student under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are "education records" under FERPA and are subject to the confidentiality provisions under IDEA (see 34 C.F.R §§ 300.560-300.576) and to all of the provisions of FERPA. When a student reaches the age of 18 or attends an institution of postsecondary education, the student is considered an "eligible student" under FERPA and all of the rights afforded by FERPA transfer from the parents to the student. 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(d); 34 C.F.R § 99.3 "Eligible student."
A K-12 student's health records, including immunization records, maintained by an educational agency or institution subject to FERPA, including records maintained by a school nurse, would generally be "education records" subject to FERPA because they are 1) directly related to a student; 2) maintained by an educational agency or institution, or a party acting for the agency or institution; and 3) not excluded from the definition as treatment or sole possession records, or on some other basis. 20 U.S.C. §1232g(a)(4)(a).
The HIPAA Privacy Rule at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164 provides additional guidance with respect to the treatment of student health records including immunization records. Specifically, the HIPAA Privacy Rule establishes guidelines to protect the privacy of Protected Health Information (PHI). PHI is defined as: "individually identifiable health information: (1) except as defined in paragraph 2 of this definition that is: (i) transmitted by electronic media; (ii) maintained in electronic media; or (iii) transmitted or maintained in any form or medium. (2) Protected health information excludes individually identifiable health information in:
(i) Education records covered by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1232g;
(ii) Records described at 20 U.S.C. 1232g(a)(4)(B)(iv); and
(iii) Employment records held by a covered entity in its role as employer." See 45 C.F.R. §160.103.
Thus, education records, including individually identifiable health information contained in such records, that are subject to FERPA, are specifically exempt from the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The reason for this exemption is that Congress, through FERPA, previously addressed how education records should be protected.
Therefore, student immunization records that are maintained by an educational agency or institution subject to FERPA that directly relate to a student or students are considered to be education records under FERPA and are not subject to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Accordingly, HIPAA neither authorizes nor permits the disclosure of these records.
Under FERPA, there are a number of several specific statutory exceptions to the general rule against nonconsensual disclosure that are set forth at 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)-(j) and 34 C.F.R § 99.31. However, there is no exception to FERPA's prior consent rule that would permit a school subject to FERPA to disclose health or other immunization records to a State health agency such as DPH under the circumstances described in Dr. Williamson's April 22, 2003 memorandum. A very limited exception to FERPA's prior consent rule allows educational agencies and institutions to disclose personally identifiable non-directory information to appropriate officials in connection with a health or safety emergency. Specifically, FERPA provides that education records may be disclosed without consent:
in connection with an emergency [to] appropriate persons if the knowledge of such
information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other persons.
20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(1)(I). However, the regulations implementing this provision at 34 C.F.R §§ 99.31(a)(10) and 99.36 indicate that these conditions will be "strictly construed."
The exception to FERPA's prior written consent requirement was created with the first FERPA amendments that were signed into law on December 13, 1974. The legislative history demonstrates that Congress intended to limit application of the "health or safety" exception to exceptional circumstances, as follows:
Finally, under certain emergency situations it may become necessary for an educational agency or institution to release personal information to protect the health or safety of the student or other students. In the case of the outbreak of an epidemic, it is unrealistic to expect an educational official to seek consent from every parent before a health warning can be issued. On the other hand, a blanket exception for "health or safety" could lead to unnecessary dissemination of personal information. Therefore, in order to assure that there are adequate safeguards on this exception, the amendments provided that the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement this subsection. It is expected that he will strictly limit the applicability of this exception.
Joint Statement in Explanation of Buckley/Pell Amendment, 120 Cong. Rec. S21489, Dec. 13, 1974. (These amendments were made retroactive to November 19, 1974, the date on which FERPA became effective.)
This Office has consistently interpreted this provision narrowly by limiting its application to a specific situation that presents imminent danger to students or other members of the community, or that requires an immediate need for information in order to avert or diffuse serious threats to the safety or health of a student or other individuals. While the exception is not limited to emergencies caused by terrorist attacks, the Department's Guidance on "Recent Amendments to [FERPA] Relating to Anti-Terrorism Activities," issued by this Office on April 12, 2002 provides a useful and relevant summary of our interpretation (emphasis added):
[T]he health or safety exception would apply to nonconsensual disclosures to appropriate persons in the case of a smallpox, anthrax or other bioterrorism attack. This exception also would apply to nonconsensual disclosures to appropriate persons in the case of another terrorist attach such as the September 11 attack. However, any release must be narrowly tailored considering the immediacy, magnitude, and specificity of information concerning the emergency. As the legislative history indicates, this exception is temporally limited to the period of the emergency and generally will not allow for a blanket release of personally identifiable information from a student's education records.
Under the health and safety exception, school officials may share relevant information with "appropriate parties," that is, those parties whose knowledge of the information is necessary to provide immediate protection of the health and safety of the student or other individuals. (Citations omitted.) Typically, law enforcement officials, public health officials, and trained medical personnel are the types of parties to whom information may be disclosed under this FERPA exception….
The educational agency or institution has the responsibility to make the initial determination of whether a disclosure is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other individuals. …
In summary, educational agencies and institutions subject to FERPA may disclose personally identifiable, non-directory information from education records under the "health or safety emergency" exception only if the agency or institution determines, on a case-by-case basis, that a specific situation presents imminent danger or threat to students or other members of the community, or requires an immediate need for information in order to avert or diffuse serious threats to the safety or health of a student or other individuals. Any release must be narrowly tailored considering the immediacy and magnitude of the emergency and must be made only to parties who can address the specific emergency in question. This exception is temporally limited to the period of the emergency and generally does not allow a blanket release of personally identifiable information from a student's education records to comply with general requirements under State law. Certainly an outbreak of diseases such as measles, rubella, mumps, and polio not only pose threat of permanent disability or death for the individual, but have historically presented themselves as epidemic in nature. Thus, disclosure of personally identifiable information from students' education records to State health officials for such reasons would generally be permitted under FERPA's health or safety emergency provisions.
In disclosing the information to a State health agency, a school should advise the agency that personally identifiable information disclosed by the school may not be redisclosed or shared with any other party outside of the appropriate officials at that agency, unless such disclosure is done with the prior written consent of parents or eligible students or is done on behalf of the school for the same purpose it was disclosed to the agency. See 34 C.F.R § 99.33. Further, FERPA establishes a recordkeeping requirement for educational agencies and institutions in 34 C.F.R § 99.32. Briefly, this section states that an educational agency or institution (1) shall maintain a record of each request for access to and each disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records of each student and (2) shall maintain the record with the education records of the student as long as the records are maintained. The record of disclosure must also include: (1) the parties who have requested the information from the education records, and (2) the legitimate interests the parties had in requesting or obtaining the information.
Please note, however, that FERPA does not prohibit an educational agency or institution from disclosing "non-personally identifiable information" to State health officials. Rather, FERPA specifically prohibits the disclosure of personally identifiable information from education records without the prior written consent of parents and students under 34 C.F.R § 99.30. The FERPA regulations at 34 C.F.R. § 99.3 define personally identifiable information to include:
(a) the student's name;
(b) the name of the student's parent or other family member;
(c) the address of the student or student's family;
(d) a personal identifier, such as the student's social security number or student number;
(e) a list of personal characteristics that would make the student's identity easily traceable; or
(f) other information that would make the student's identity easily traceable.
In order to make sure that information is not personally identifiable, the disclosing educational agency or institution would need to remove the name, identification number, and any other identifier that would permit the identity of an individual student to be easily determined.
Finally, nothing in FERPA prohibits school officials from obtaining parental consent in order to disclose personally identifiable information on students to State health officials. The written consent required before an educational agency or institution may disclose personally identifiable, non-directory information from education records should:
(1) specify the records that may be disclosed;
(2) state the purpose of the disclosure; and
(3) identify the party or class of parties to whom the disclosure may be made.
34 C.F.R § 99.30(b); see 20 U.S.C. § 1232g(b)(2)(A).
If requested, the agency or institution must provide a parent or student with a copy of the records disclosed. 34 C.F.R § 99.30(c).
I hope that this letter adequately explains the requirements of FERPA as they relate to the disclosure of personally identifiable information to the DPH by educational agencies and institutions subject to FERPA. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact this Office at the following address and telephone number:
Family Policy Compliance Office
Office of Innovation and Improvement
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20202-5901
(202) 260-3887
LeRoy S. Rooker
Family Policy Compliance Office


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It's beginning to look more like Christmas everyday. The neighborhood lawns have turned into what could be classified as a center for a source of energy sucking devices of blown up snowmen and millions of lights that you could land a jet airliner with if you had to. Not complaining that the countryside has been created as a clone of Opryland in my field of vision, but disturbed that I have yet to put up my half-dozen lighted reindeer and flashing Snoopy this year. I still have until Christmas Eve and maybe the blown up Donald Duck in the Santa hat will go on sale so I can add him to my collection of yard art.
I do miss the days of traditional Tennessee Christmases around the farmstead however. One of my favorite country Christmas songs is "Tennessee Christmas" and in that song the chorus uses the lyrics, " A tender Tennessee Christmas, is the only Christmas for me." That is what I think of when Christmas time comes around each year. Family visiting, country ham cooked in a lard stand, coconut cake, jam cake, candles in the window and a real Tennessee Christmas tree.
We would put our tree up after we all got out of school for Christmas vacation. I never saw a Christmas tree until at least two weeks before the special day as a kid. And it would always be a cedar that we would walk for hours in our woods to locate. We must have looked at thousands of trees before finding the perfect one. They would either be too tall, too short, double-forked, one side missing branches, or too many branches at the bottom that when you sawed one off to put it in the stand, a giant hole would appear. It was a tough job to find the perfect tree, but it also was a Tennessee Christmas tradition.
The lights we would put on it would be different colors and the size of nightlight bulbs. For years, until a bulb shot, the paint would be cracked on many of them, which would cause interesting shapes to form on the ceiling at night when the tree was lit. That was okay because it seemed to make part of the atmosphere of our Tennessee Christmas.
The aroma the cut cedar would give off was a smell that was an aroma of Christmas. Today, just breaking a cedar branch while walking in the woods and releasing that smell will make my thoughts instantly return to Christmases of long ago.
Today, not everyone has a farm to locate their perfect tree on and the lights are now tiny with many being white on most trees. You no longer have to worry about a bulb shooting with the entire strand going out like we did back in the "old" days and spending hours searching for the shot bulb. You can still make your own traditions and a Tennessee Christmas can be whatever you want it to be. You can even still keep the Tennessee tradition of cutting your own tree by visiting a Tennessee Christmas tree farm. Tennessee Christmas tree farmers know that cutting your own tree is about an experience, the kind you'll always remember and add to your Tennessee holiday traditions.
By visiting one of our Christmas tree farms, your family can have as much fun as I did growing up, plus with more quality trees to select from. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture reports that many offer hot cider or other refreshments at their farms and sell natural wreaths, roping and garland in addition to trees. They say that some farms feature wagon rides, educational tours for groups, petting zoos or gift shops on site with all sorts of holiday décor inside.
Besides the sentimental reasons, it's important to remember that by choosing local trees the cost of transportation is not included in the price of a tree that's never left the farm, and there's no tree fresher than the one you just cut yourself. You can find local Christmas trees at www.picktnproducts.org.
Now, where did I put that extension cord for Frosty last year?
Pettus L. Read writes for the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation. He may be contacted by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com


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TSA mulls cellphone use post-LAX shooting
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Transportation Security Administration is considering a policy change that would allow airport security screeners to carry cellphones so they can quickly call for help in an emergency.
The proposal is part of an ongoing review of the response to a November shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport that left a TSA officer dead, according to an agency official close to the investigation who requested anonymity. The official wasn't authorized to speak publically about the investigation because it is ongoing.
Officials need to decide whether the ability for agents to quickly call for help in an emergency trumps the potential distraction from the phones.
In the November shooting, TSA officers — who are unarmed — fled the screening area without hitting a panic button or using a landline to call for help. It took a call from an airline contractor to a police dispatcher, who then alerted officers over the radio — a lag of nearly a minute and a half, the officials said.
The Los Angeles shooting refocused the public's attention on airport security. Despite many changes since the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, it's almost impossible to stop a gunman from simply entering a terminal.
Minutes before a gunman opened fire in November, the two armed officers assigned to the area left for breaks without informing a dispatcher as required.
The Los Angeles Airport Police Department officers were outside Terminal 3 when authorities say Paul Ciancia opened fire with an assault rifle, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The officials requested anonymity, saying they were briefed on the shooting but were not authorized to speak publicly about the ongoing investigation.
Before officers could get to the scene, Ciancia fatally wounded TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez and then headed to the screening area where he shot two more agents and a traveler, authorities said. Ciancia was subdued after being wounded by officers in the gate area of the terminal.
The new details about the whereabouts of the two officers and communication issues come as authorities review the overall response, including whether emergency medical personnel were forced to wait longer than necessary to remove Hernandez so he could be taken to a hospital. The AP earlier reported that Hernandez did not receive medical care until 33 minutes after he was shot. A coroner's release said he was likely dead within two to five minutes.
At LAX, armed police officers are assigned to each terminal and allowed to roam the vast expanses looking for suspicious people and items. When the Nov. 1 shooting started, the two law enforcement officials say one of the armed officers assigned to Terminal 3 was at or just outside an adjacent terminal. One of the officials said the officer was on a bathroom break while the other officer was in a vehicle on the tarmac outside Terminal 3, headed for a meal break.
Departmental procedures require that officers notify a dispatcher before going on break and leaving their patrol area in order to ensure supervisors are aware of their absence and, if necessary, a relief unit can be brought in to cover their area.
Airport police union chief Marshall McClain said the officers assigned to Terminal 3 still were in position to quickly respond. He's spoken with both and confirmed one was "going to the restroom or coming back from the restroom," and the other was headed out on a meal break but still within his patrol area.
"He hadn't gone on break yet. He was going to go on break," McClain said. What typically happens is, "if you're going to go on a lunch break, you get to your location and you tell them that you're there." Officers do this so travel time doesn't cut into their break time.
Within a minute of the dispatcher's call, that officer had stopped someone who ran out of the terminal and the other officer was heading toward the shooting, McClain said.
According to investigators, Ciancia arrived at the airport with the intention of killing TSA workers. Authorities have said Ciancia had a grudge against the agency, but they have not indicated what prompted it.


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Today: Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Applied Materials reach 52-week highs after the world's largest chipmaker revealed that PC sales have been picking up. Also: OpenTable agrees to $2.6 billion acquisition by Priceline, but could bigger bids be on the way?
The Lead: PC stocks soar after Intel increases sales forecast
A series of 52-week highs struck Silicon Valley companies deeply invested in the personal computer industry Friday, after Intel revealed that sales of personal computers to businesses have been more brisk than expected.
The Santa Clara chipmaker revised its forecast for sales in the current quarter Thursday afternoon, explaining that strong enterprise sales of PCs had added about $700 million more than expected to its quarterly revenue total. The news was welcome for the PC industry, which has been drubbed by investors and analysts as sales suffered thanks to the growing popularity of mobile computing devices such as smartphones and tablets.
Those same analysts and investors welcomed the news Intel shared, as evidenced by new 52-week highs for the world's largest chipmaker and chip-equipment provider, and the biggest PC manufacturer in the U.S. Intel stock gained 6.8 percent to $29.87 and hit an intraday high of more than $30; Applied Materials sold for as much as $22.42 before closing with a 2.9 percent gain at $22.37; and Hewlett-Packard rose as high as $35.20 and closed with a 5.3 percent gain at $35.16.
"After 2.5 years of decline, we think corporate PC shipments are improving as companies refresh an aging installed base," Jefferies analyst Mark Lipacis wrote in a note that raised his price target on the stock from $35 to $40. "Consumer demand is also improving as Intel introduces tablet-like form factors targeting the sub-$500 market."
Much of the credit for the gains were placed at the feet of Microsoft, which ended support for its Windows XP operating system earlier this year, forcing businesses that still relied on machines running XP to upgrade or face security concerns; the Washington tech giant came up just short of its 52-week high Friday, closing with a 1.6 percent gain at $41.23.
"We continue to believe the outperformance in enterprise PC is being driven by the end-of-life XP refresh cycle," FBR analyst Christopher Rolland wrote, later adding that the large number of companies still running XP could mean the current uptick in purchases "has legs for some time to come."
"Overall, while earlier headwinds in PC have been discouraging, we believe that Moore's law is considerably more durable than any one form factor and presents as good a business plan as any in the technology industry." Rolland added in the most optimistic review of Intel's business of the day.
Not all analysts were sold on PC stocks after Intel's revelation, however, with some analysts budging their price targets up but keeping them lower than Intel's going rate due to expectations that the enterprise PC refresh run will not last long.
"The pace of Windows XP upgrades appears much faster than our expectations, but still unsustainable in our view," Nomura Equity Research analyst Romit Shah wrote while raising his price target from $25 to $27.
"While the company will likely continue to benefit from a commercial PC upgrade cycle over the next couple of quarters," Raymond James analysts wrote, "we believe this is likely a short-term dynamic."
SV150 market report: OpenTable agrees to $2.6 billion acquisition
PC stocks' gains helped push Wall Street to an overall increase on Friday, along with excitement about a big Silicon Valley merger as OpenTable agreed to an acquisition that some believe could spark a bidding war for the San Francisco company.
Priceline agreed to acquire OpenTable for $103 a share, about 46 percent higher than the 16-year-old restaurant-reservations site's closing price on Thursday. Investors seemed to believe that the final price to buy OpenTable could be higher, as indicated by the company's stock surpassing the price Priceline agreed to pay early in the session and staying higher than $103 the rest of the session, closing with a 48.4 percent gain at $104.48. CNN Money put forth that large Silicon Valley companies could challenge Priceline for the company, with Google and Facebook most prominently mentioned. Companies engaged in similar businesses to OpenTable also experienced strong gains Friday, including fellow San Francisco company Yelp, which soared to its highest prices in two months and closed with a 13.8 percent gain at $74.92.
LinkedIn gained 2.9 percent to $169.30 despite learning that it must defend against a lawsuit against the company's practice of gaining access to users' email address books and corresponding repeatedly with their contacts, thanks to a ruling from Silicon Valley's most prominent judge, Lucy Koh. Netflix added 1.3 percent to $427.71 as the Federal Communications Commission announced it would investigate inconsistent streaming speeds, an issue that has led to fights between Netflix and Internet service providers; the Los Gatos company also showed off a new logo and redesigned website. After losing two executives Thursday in an ongoing reorganization, Twitter gained 0.3 percent to $36.90 Friday while broadening its use of Bing translation services. After a report from IAB and PriceWaterhouseCooper showed Internet advertising sales jumped 19 percent in the first quarter, which the report deemed "historic," Silicon valley's ad-sales leaders gained slightly: Google added 0.2 percent to $560.35, Facebook moved 0.3 percent higher to $64.50, and Yahoo gained 0.4 percent to $36.94. Apple declined more than 1 percent for the second consecutive session, dropping 1.1 percent to $91.28 despite a price target boost from Raymond James that predicted record highs for the Cupertino company.
Up: Yelp, Intel, HP, SolarCity, Splunk, LinkedIn, Workday, Applied Materials, SunPower, Salesforce, Pandora, Symantec, Tesla, Electronic Arts, Netflix, VMware, eBay
Down: Apple, Advanced Micro Devices, Juniper, SanDisk
The SV150 index of Silicon Valley's largest tech companies: Up 10.41, or 0.71 percent, to 1,484.62
The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index: Up 13.02, or 0.3 percent, to 4,310.65
The blue chip Dow Jones industrial average: Up 41.55, or 0.25 percent, to 16,775.74
And the widely watched Standard & Poor's 500 index: Up 6.05, or 0.31 percent, to 1,936.16
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In high school I got invited to a formal dance by a young man who I was glad to go with because he was a lot of fun, but he was on the short side. If I wore my normal (for then) 3 to 4 inch heels, I'd tower over my date.
To solve this dating dilemma, I borrowed a cute little mandarin-style dress from my friend who was 2 inches shorter than me and I bought some super cute flat shoes. The shoes were black, satin sandals that were held onto the feet with long, satin ties that tied around the ankles like ballet slippers. As I said, super cute.
So I went on my date, thinking that this date would be great and my outfit was the cat's meow. As is so often the case in life, expectations were far greater than the actuality. I spent the majority of the evening bending over and retying up the silly ribbons that held my shoes on. I guess if I'd thought it through, I'd have known that satin's defining characteristic is slipperiness and a satin ribbon holding on a shoe was not a good design. I finally took the shoes off altogether and my date put them in his pocket and although my toes did get trod on a wee bit, we had a much better time.
This pie reminded me a bit of that date because sometime you never can tell how something's going to work until you try it out. I found the recipe for the rhubarb curd on Patricia's beautiful site (be sure to check out her gorgeous artwork in her shop!). I had the brilliant thought of putting it into my favorite strawberry pie, combining two great flavors together.
I made a crumb crust (too lazy to do the regular kind, plus I didn't want the crust to get soggy with the curd), spread in a layer of the curd, piled on sliced strawberries, and covered it in a beautiful strawberry glaze. I took some pictures of the pie after it had chilled, then prepared to get the money shot - the gorgeous piece of pie standing tall on it's plate.
I sliced and, um, no, that's not going on the blog. It oozed. I couldn't slice the pie. I had to scoop it out like a cobbler. It wasn't lovely at all. But it was sooooo good. Not one person complained about the look of the pie. Instead there were intense discussions about whether the stomach could hold seconds. Or thirds.
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Strawberry Rhubarb Curd Pie
1-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1/4 cup sugar
6 Tbsp butter, melted
Rhubarb Curd:
2 cups of rhubarb cut into small pieces
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
4 teaspoons lemon juice
4 egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
Strawberries and Glaze:
2 to 3 cups strawberries, cleaned, hulled, and sliced
3/4 cup water
1 cup sugar
3 Tbsp cornstarch
1- Preheat oven to 375 deg.
2- Combine all the crust ingredients in a bowl; mix well. Press firmly on the bottom and up the sides of a deep 9 inch pie plate.
3- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, or until the edges are brown. Allow to cool to room temperature.
4- To make the curd, combine the rhubarb, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water and lemon juice in a non-reactive saucepan. Bring to a boil over med-high until rhubarb goes completely mushy. Remove from the heat and let it cool to just warm. Put the mixture into a blender or food processor and process until smooth.
5-Whisk the yolks and sugar together in a heat-resistant bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Add the cooled rhubarb and the butter in pieces and stir until it is all combined and thickens. Cool completely and it will thicken some more.
6- To make the strawberry glaze, place one cup of the strawberries in a non-reactive saucepan with 3/4 cup water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
7- Mix together the sugar and cornstarch; add to the strawberry liquid and cook until clear. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
8- Spread the cooled rhubarb curd over the crust. Arrange the remaining strawberries over the curd. Pour the cooled glaze over the strawberries, completely coating the top.
9- Refrigerate until serving time.


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Tracey Letts may not be a name you're instantly familiar with, but you might know some of his work. As an actor, you might recognize him as Sen. Lockhart, the newly appointed head of the CIA, from the most recent season of "Homeland." As a playwright and screenwriter, he has adapted three of his plays for the silver screen: The incredible "Bug," the so-so "Killing Joe" and the Pulitzer Prize-winning "August: Osage County."
Bev and Violet Weston (Sam Sheppard and Meryl Streep) live outside Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Violet has cancer in her mouth, and has subsequently become addicted to several different types of painkillers. Bev deals with this by drinking. One evening, Bev leaves and doesn't return, so Violet calls her daughters back to the homestead. While Ivy (Julianne Nicholson) still lives in town, Barbara and Karen (Julia Roberts and Juliette Lewis) live in other states. Barbara is dealing with a separation from her husband, Bill (Ewan McGregor), and the effect it's having on their 14-year-old daughter, Jean (Abigail Breslin). Karen has gotten engaged to Steve (Dermot Mulroney), a man 10 years her senior with the libido of a man 20 years her junior. Five days after everyone arrives, the sheriff comes by to tell them they found Bev's body in the local lake where he drowned himself. During these days that the family is forced to spend with each other, many demons are purged, usually courtesy of the effects that Violet's many drugs have on her.
With additional support from Chris Cooper, Margo Martindale and Benedict Cumberbatch as the extended members of the family, "August: Osage County" is full to the brim with great performances. It truly takes talent like this to deftly handle the sometimes instantaneous swerves in tone from comedy to drama. The dialogue is quite realistic. It will have you laughing hysterically one moment, then have you gasp and say, "Oh, my…" with the very next sentence. It really captures the love/hate that large families can have, especially when they aren't around each other that much.
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Josh Mandel campaign says Sherrod Brown owns Ohio's horrendous job numbers
Throw the bums out, because they've had enough time and this country (or state) is still a mess (if not more of a mess).
There it is in a nutshell: The case against any politician in office for the last four years or more. Josh Mandel, Ohio's treasurer who aspires to be in the U.S. Senate, will use it repeatedly in the next year against incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Mandel spokesman says.
The mess, of course, is the state of employment. Non-farm employment fell dramatically over the last few years, and although the trend is reversing, the recovery is painfully slow. Or as Mandel spokesman Joe Aquilino said in a news release on Sept. 28, 2011, "Perhaps most staggering: during Sherrod Brown's past decade as a D.C. politician, more than one out of every four jobs that has left America, left from Ohio. This is a shocking statistic. Sherrod Brown's policies are not working for Ohio."
Promising that this message will not go away, Aquilino said, "Simply put, Sherrod Brown will own these horrendous Ohio job numbers next year."
PolitiFact Ohio is all for ownership, as is the print side of this operation, The Plain Dealer. That's only fitting, because Aquilino says that The Plain Dealer is a primary source for the statistic. So let's check out the components of the claim:
The jobs picture
The Plain Dealer on Sept. 5 published a Labor Day weekend story on Ohio's loss of jobs over the course of a decade. The story focused heavily on a new report by Policy Matters Ohio, a liberal-leaning think tank that studies economic and social justice issues. Titled "The State of Working Ohio 2011," the report examined a number of economic measures, concluding that "wages are shrinking, jobs are elusive, and workers are being left behind."
Aquilino cited this report as well as The Plain Dealer in his criticism of Brown. It is quite a day when a spokesman for a conservative Republican cites Policy Matters, and Aquilino appreciates this as much as anyone. Rest assured that Mandel disagrees with the group's proposals to use tools such as more stimulus spending to turn things around.
Aquilino also pointed to a chart that went with the Plain Dealer story. The chart listed a number of metrics related to jobs and wages over the course of a decade, none of them positive for a majority of workers, and said, "Between July 2000 and July 2010, Ohio lost nearly 600,000 jobs, accounting for more than one-fourth of all jobs lost in the nation."
PolitiFact Ohio went back and checked the numbers with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. They were correct: Ohio lost 590,300 jobs during that 10-year span when the nation lost 2.07 million. Keep in mind that these were net job losses, based on the number of people working at given point in time. If 100 people lose their jobs at Company A, while Company B hires 20 people who were unemployed, the net job loss would be counted as 80.
Also note the time frame measured in the September 2011 newspaper article -- a 10-year period from July 2000 and July 2010. This made sense for the newspaper story because a number of other measures being examined also came from this period and were not yet available for more recent months, according to a reporter and editor who assembled the data. It was a way to make sure that all the economic comparisons covered identical periods.
Yet job numbers change month by month. So we moved the time frame forward, comparing 10 years worth of net job losses from January 2001 through December 2010, and then through January 2011, to see if the earlier measure was an aberration.
It was not. Ohio's job losses still represented about a quarter of those nationwide, with 570,400 Ohio jobs lost using one of the periods (out of 2.2 million nationwide) and 563,300 in the other (out of 2.1 million nationwide).
However, the job picture has grown a bit rosier as 2011 progresses, even if it lags demand as more people enter the workforce. If the comparison were made using August 2011 as the end point, Ohio's 10-year job losses would be 407,000.
But wait a minute. Suppose Mandel, The Plain Dealer or anyone else wanted to compare Ohio's job losses with the nation's during that most recent 10-year period. Let's see how Ohio stacked up: Ohio lost 407,00 jobs out of the nation's loss of 531,000.
That's an astounding ratio -- and if you used it (you should not), you'd say that four out out every five jobs lost in the United States came from Ohio.
How is that possible?
We asked BLS, and the answer leads us to the problem with these comparisons: Data examining one state's decline over the years is useful when examining trends, such as Ohio's loss of its manufacturing sector (a primary focus of the Policy Matters study and The Plain Dealer story). But simultaneous events in just a few large states can bring the state-to-national ratios down or up and skew the comparisons.
Take Michigan and California. Each lost more jobs than Ohio. If you compared their combined job losses during the most recent 10-year period available, their totals would actually exceed the nation's job losses.
That would be impossible, of course, were it not for the fact that some other states were gaining jobs during that time. Rick Perry will gladly discuss what some call the Texas miracle and how Texas added jobs, although we'll leave it to PolitiFact Texas to assess whom should get credit.
You can play with these numbers until your head spins. The point is that it really helps to understand what was going on elsewhere before using a single comparison to compare one state with the nation.
So OK, Ohio lost a lot of jobs. Mandel cited a September 2011 Plain Dealer story that, for reasons mentioned already, used a job-loss measure ending in July 2010. We accept ownership; the data showed a trend that was correct, and the raw numbers were accurate.
Is Brown to blame?
Should Brown "own these horrendous job numbers," as the Mandel spokesman says?
We asked Aquilino to specify what Brown did that contributed to the job losses. In an email exchange, he mentioned ongoing controversies over the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions; over the National Labor Relation Board's power to tell a company whether it may open a factory in South Carolina if it believes the location was chosen to bypass unions in another state, and over efforts to change labor laws in a way that would make it easier for unions to increase membership. Brown also supports raising taxes on millionaires. Aquilino said entrepreneurs fear that each of these will damage the business climate or hamper their ability to grow and hire. Brown has refused to join Republicans in pushing back against these measures.
We have little doubt that these fears are real. Business owners and managers have told as as much. But for the most part, these are prospective fears. While fear about the direction ahead may drive the election, Aquilino's claim here relies on job losses as far as 10 years back.
Aquilino had more on his list: Brown voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, casting what many consider to be the single vote that enabled the stimulus bill to pass. Republicans said it has washed $1 billion down the drain, but many economists say it helped pull the country out of a tailspin. Whether it was properly focused or partially wasted or could have achieved more is what's still hotly debated.
Brown also voted to revamp the nation's health insurance laws, which Republicans say will create another drag on the economy. Although portions of it are already in place, the law's main features won't kick in until 2014.
Brown has voted against free trade deals consistently, saying they lead to higher unemployment, but he has been on the losing side. While Republicans say positions like Brown's slowed passage and stood in the way of growth, the most far-reaching trade bills were Clinton-era deals for trade with China and Mexico. They passed despite Brown -- and during a time frame preceding the job losses mentioned in the Mandel news release.
Republicans have other raps against Brown: He backed the Dodd-Frank financial reforms, which required more stringent consumer financial regulation. Some businesses see these measures as creating bureaucracies that will stand in the way of hiring.
So Brown has caused these job losses, yes? No, says Amy Hanauer, executive director of Policy Matters Ohio. It might seem odd to ask the head of a liberal think tank to comment on criticisms made by a conservative opponent of a liberal senator. But the Mandel campaign credited Policy Matters, of all organizations, with pointing out Ohio's big job losses.
What does Hanauer think?
"I think the Ohio job loss is primarily due to the recession, which in turn is attributable to the housing bust, brought on by excessive deregulation," she said in an e-mail. "I think if we'd had more regulation of the financial sector we'd be in much better shape. In general, I'd view Sherrod Brown as appreciating the role of regulation in helping markets function better. Secondly, job loss in Ohio, particularly in manufacturing, stems from more reliance on trade with China and other low-wage countries. Here, Senator Brown is clearly among the strongest voices for a different approach."
We are not taking Hanauer's side, nor are we taking Aquilino's. The blame game requires deeper analysis. For example, of the 10 years measured, Brown spent six and a half of them in the U.S. House of Representatives. It was under Republican control that entire time, with Dennis Hastert as House speaker. Brown and his fellow House Democrats simply lacked the power to pass anything the GOP didn't want..
That changed in 2007, when Brown joined the Senate. That chamber's Democratic majority has since taken the actions listed above. And if elections are about the future, voters will have their say in 2012 as to whether they think Brown or Mandel will offer a brighter one.
That leaves us here: Aquilino's claim on job losses over 10 years is pretty accurate, given the above-mentioned caveats. But he links 10 years' worth of hurt to a lawmaker who spent more than half that time in the minority party, and that's where the claim overreaches.
BLS data shows that Ohio lost 190,900 of those jobs cited by Aquilino when Brown was a Democrat in a Republican Congress, affording him almost no power.
Aquilino backs up the claim by listing recent laws or policies supported by Brown in the Senate. Yet the effects of most of those policies, whether negative or positive, are yet to come. The claim, while mostly accurate on the aggregate job losses, leaves out a considerable amount of information -- veering in large part toward inaccurate -- when saying Brown owns these horrendous numbers.
That renders the claim in its entirety Half True.
Our Sources
News releases from Josh Mandel, Sept 28 and Oct. 13, 2011
Policy Matters Ohio, "The State of Working Ohio 2011," September 2011
Email exchange with Joe Aquilino, communications director for Josh Mandel, Sept. 30 throught Oct. 13, 2011
Telephone and e-mail exchanges with Amy Hanauer, executive director, Policy Matters Ohio, 10-12 and 10-13-2011
The Plain Dealer, "Ohio's hourly pay fell fastest in decade," by Olivera Perkins, Sept. 5, 2011
Bureau of Labor Statistics, databases for state and national employment, accessed Oct. 12 and 13, 2011
U.S. House of Representatives, office of the clerk, "House history"
United States Senate, "Majority and minority party leaders and whips"
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