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Here's an op-ed running today on the AJC education page. This provocative piece is by Luis A. Velez, the parent of two children in the Coweta public schools. (Repeating again my request for op-ed submissions for the weekly education page. If you want to submit one, send it to me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Op-eds must run with bylines. )
Enjoy this piece:
By Luis A. Velez
A political firestorm regarding public education in Florida may soon hit Georgia.
What do you do if you're a public school parent who is fed up with the inferior quality of education your children are receiving? How do you deal with budget cuts that are crippling the system and even forcing teachers to beg for essential supplies, like crayons and pencils? If you're a public school parent in Florida, you sue the state.
The Florida Supreme Court recently made history by holding that the Florida legislature can be held accountable for the quality of the state's public schools. Specifically, the Court held that citizen-plaintiffs had stated a claim worth pursuing at trial, namely, that the Florida legislature is violating its "paramount duty" to provide and fund a "high quality" system of free public schools, as required by Article IX, Section 1 of Florida's Constitution.
The Florida lawsuit promises to be instructive to Georgians on several fronts. First, Florida's "paramount duty" to provide a "high quality" public education for its children sets one of the highest standards for state support of public schools in the nation. Most states only guarantee an "efficient" system of public education. In comparison, Georgia's Constitution requires the provision of an "adequate" education. The suit might help clarify the differences in each standard.
The lawsuit also calls into question the crucial issue of whether public school education represents a fundamental right, like Free Speech. If not, what is the state's legal duty to educate its children? The answers to these questions are of great interest to many disaffected Georgian parents of public school students who wonder what kind of education their children are being "guaranteed," and are prepared to challenge the "adequacy" of the education their children are being provided.
These issues were previously litigated. In the 1973 case of San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, the U.S. Supreme Court held that education is not a fundamental right and the Equal Protection Clause does not require absolute equality in school funding or prohibit "rational" disparities in educational funding. Thus, it refused to overturn Texas' educational funding system that provided public schools with a "foundation" level of state funding, and enabled districts to augment state public school funding using revenues from local property taxes. This created funding disparities between wealthy and poor school districts.
It may be time for the Court to revisit these issues. Part of what is driving the Florida suit is that the state's share of education funding has dropped from nearly 62 percent to about 44 percent, as lawmakers have shifted the responsibility for funding public schools to local communities through property taxes. This has made it virtually impossible for poor school districts to provide a "high quality" education. Even wealthy school districts are balking at their ever increasing funding burden.
What does all of this mean to Georgians? Before the parents of Georgia's public school students rush to file comparable suits, they should understand a few things. First, Georgia's Constitution only calls for the state to provide an "adequate" education, which is a much easier standard for the state to meet than in Florida. Also, in Georgia, state funds still account for over 60 percent of public education expenses, much higher than in Florida.
Nonetheless, the overall quality of public education in Georgia remains poor and its high school graduation rate is dismally low. Also, despite the Supreme Court's ruling in Rodriguez that education is not a fundamental right, the Court has consistently stated that education is, "perhaps the most important function of state and local government…and the very foundation of good citizenship." One wonders how can an uneducated populace properly exercise fundamental rights, such as First Amendment freedoms or the right to vote? Doesn't this place the right to an education on the same footing as these other fundamental rights? They seem inexorably linked.
Given the anti-government furor that is sweeping the nation, this may be enough for Georgian parents to have a Howard Beale moment, in which they throw open their windows and shout, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" To borrow a metaphor from Sarah Palin, perhaps it's time for Georgia's Mama (and Papa) Bulldogs, Panthers, and other public school parents to test the legal waters again to ensure our children receive an adequate public education. Some argue our kids deserve at least that much.
– From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
December 27th, 2010
9:18 am
The Georgia Constitution, Article VIII, Paragraph I:
Public education; free public education prior to college or postsecondary level; support by taxation . The provision of an adequate public education for the citizens shall be a primary obligation of the State of Georgia. Public education for the citizens prior to the college or postsecondary level shall be free and shall be provided for by taxation. The expense of other public education shall be provided for in such manner and in such amount as may be provided by law .
December 27th, 2010
9:23 am
Thank you again for perpetuating the assumption that all children in Georgia are receiving an inferior education in the public school system.
December 27th, 2010
9:40 am
So many variables: amount of funding, educational levels of the parents, socioeconomic status of students & parents, quality of teachers – what makes the biggest difference?
I still think the biggest fraud our state is perpetuating on students and parents is that of telling them that students who pass the CRCT and EOCTs are "proficient" in the subject matter being tested, when they could be anything but.
December 27th, 2010
9:55 am
Our politicians and policy makers will simply say that children aren't receiving a top-notch education because of poor teaching, rather than accepting their own blame for the inadequate funding that has been rampant since day one of the sonny administration.
December 27th, 2010
9:59 am
I agree ScienceTeacher – I always give a short assignment the first day of the term just to get a one-paragraph writing sample. Bear in mind, I teach seniors, so most of them have passed the GHSWT. I wonder how. Frankly, just to beat a dead horse here, since the Governor-elect is going to swear to uphold the Georgia Constitution, how can he (or any member of the General Assembly) ignore that clause that starts Article VIII?
December 27th, 2010
10:02 am
I think the parents of "regular" kids should sue for a free and appropriate public education for their students. Right now, many of them are not getting the "appropriate" part. That includes the adequate provision, and more. It seems like the children who come the closest to getting FAPE are sped kids.
December 27th, 2010
10:02 am
Remember the poor, rural school districts that tried to sue the state? They didn't get very far.
December 27th, 2010
10:02 am
I'll tell you how to give children a better education. Stop paying administrators in the Central Office, who never teach, speak or engage with the students, bloated salaries and pensions that will eventually bankrupt a system that is teetering on the edge.
The funds must be placed back into the classrooms and schools. These wonderful programs, like America's Choice, are scams of epic proportions, there is no data on the real return in investment these programs offer. It's time we take this money and place back into the school house.
December 27th, 2010
10:04 am
Will do no good. Most who would want to sue are the very ones who allow their kids to do nothing and blame everyone except who is responsbile, themselves and their jail-bound kids.
December 27th, 2010
10:05 am
We need to forget about educating these little vagrants and begin buildling more prisons in order to house them.
December 27th, 2010
10:06 am
@Atlanta Media Guy
Those CO administrators sucking up all of the available funds sound very familiar to all of the new administrative positions that will come with RTTT and will instantly take up half of the money that the state "won".
December 27th, 2010
10:09 am
teacher&mom- Yeah, Ole Sonny Perdue stopped that lawsuit real quick!
December 27th, 2010
10:15 am
And I have always said that there are many, many students in poorly performing schools that are getting great educations because they have excellent teachers and they work hard to get that education.
That broad brush paints an overall dismal picture, doesn't it? Yet there are many success stories throughout Georgia that only their families and employers know. I guess we'll just keep on focusing on the failures that are often brought on by small specific groups/individuals who can't or won't achieve.
December 27th, 2010
10:17 am
@d…they ignore it because we allow them to ignore it. "We" being the voters and parents.
Teachers have been shut out. If we complain, we're reminded of our "place" with snippets like….49th in education, teachers are the problem-not the solution, teachers are the lower one-third of all college graduates, etc.
Parents are manipulated through token promises of vouchers, school choice and charter schools. The reality is for most rural districts this will never be a realistic option.
Local control is being eroded by focusing the public's attention on the dysfunctional boards.
I have a friend who is a former legislator. He says that an unhealthy number of folks in the Gold dome quietly resent education funding.
December 27th, 2010
10:19 am
"He says that an unhealthy number of folks in the Gold dome quietly resent education funding."
This is not surprising at all, given the high number of state legislators who don't or didn't use public school for their own children.
December 27th, 2010
10:25 am
Actually, I think you may have something, Maureen. The districts sued for equitable funding (well, sort of). Parents trying a class action for adequate education might have a shot, especially if the case could get beyond the business as usual state courts. Don't know where the legal horsepower would come from though, given the costs involved and that the plaintiffs wouldn't be suing for direct reimbursement.
December 27th, 2010
10:26 am
In Kansas, litigation has proven time and time again to be the only way to get lawmakers to uphold their constitutional obligation to fund public education. Here's a multi-part look at the current lawsuit: http://www.examiner.com/k-12-in-topeka/schools-for-fair-funding-files-lawsuit-on-election-day
December 27th, 2010
10:29 am
You're right: we have many great public schools- just not enough. We have too many poor schools graduating poorly prepared people.
Science Teacher671 and d,
You're right, too. We have kids who pass our CRCTs, GMSWTs and GHSGTs but who can't read, calculate, write et al. as well as their peers in other areas of our country. Unfortunately, many of these students and their parents don't appreciate this unseemly fact until the former can't find jobs or gain admission to bona-fide colleges after high school graduation.
Furthermore, many other students and parents don't realize the poor quality of the educational opportunity many of our public schools provide until these students have obtained worthless degrees and formidable debt loads from nominal colleges.
The remainder may never figure out that they and our larger society have been shortchanged.
December 27th, 2010
10:31 am
I recall a colleague who was a school board member in Texas talking about the 'Robin Hood' method of school funding, i.e. take from the wealthy districts and giving to the poorer ones. His observation was that it did not signficantly improve the educational outcomes for the receiving districts.
This is where I must agree with Dr. Trotter, ensuring our schools are disciplined environments can go a long ways towards improving education for all. I'm sure this would not cost much.
December 27th, 2010
10:33 am
Because of your Sarah Palin quote, I will NEVER read your blog again Maureen. But given the fact that a Georgia public education is of such low quality, I guess quoting HER would be appropriate.
December 27th, 2010
10:38 am
Atlanta Media Guy,
We do need ongoing audits of the efficacy of each and every program- no matter how appealing its name. Throwing dollars at problems is not enough to solve them. Intensive audits of each program provide the best way to insure that the overwhelming majority of any money is spent to solve the problems at hand, not on administrative salaries and perks.
December 27th, 2010
10:41 am
@ ScienceTeacher671- please do everyone a favor! When you talk or write about the CRCT, EOCT, or the Georgia High School Graduation test, please refer to them as a minimum standards test.
@ Mikey D- Accepting responsibility for failure is not in the politicians and policy makers Handbook.
@ Dr NO- building more prisons in order to house them is not the solution. Holding their parents responsible, and making parents in general a larger part of the process will go a long way in solving the challenges.
December 27th, 2010
10:46 am
if you want to reduce the cost of funding georgia schools – stop letting the kids of no taxpaying illegal immigrants get free schooling. please visit socal to see where georgia is quickly headed. Atlanta is LA East.
December 27th, 2010
10:46 am
After spending 31 years in GA classrooms, I'll have to agree with you and Dr. Trotter that offering a disciplined environment contributes substantially to a school's success as an institution of learning. How much of the under-performance of our students on national tests is attributable to the disrespect, disorder and disruption which characterize many of the publicly-funded schools in which I've worked and which I've visited. How about a lawsuit to address this shortcoming of many- if not most- of our public schools?
December 27th, 2010
10:57 am
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December 27th, 2010
11:04 am
@Bruce Kendall, they are supposed to be minimum standards tests, but as currently written, they aren't even that. Therein lies the fraud.
December 27th, 2010
11:15 am
@ Dr NO- building more prisons in order to house them is not the solution. Holding their parents responsible, and making parents in general a larger part of the process will go a long way in solving the challenges."
You have a very valid point Sir. However, these sorry parents have no interest in their own welfare, let alone that of their children. In a true utopian society your solution would be best and perhaps one day this may come to fruitition and everyone might be contributors.
Sadly I see that day never coming, hennce, we must be prepared to house these "animals" accordingly.
December 27th, 2010
11:16 am
I am confussed, "The overall quality of public education in GA remains poor and it's graduation rate is dismally low". Maureen, didn't you recently run an article stating that Ga graduation rate is climbing and more children are passing GA high school graduation test? One day it seems like GA is the worse state in education and then another GA is king of the hill. Which is it???
December 27th, 2010
11:18 am
@ ScienceTeacher671- If you are referring to 70% as being a minimum standard you are correct. I have copies of last years cut scores. I will refer to the tests as sub-minimal tests in the future.
December 27th, 2010
11:24 am
Cobb Teacher
December 27th, 2010
10:33 am
Because of your Sarah Palin quote, I will NEVER read your blog again Maureen. But given the fact that a Georgia public education is of such low quality, I guess quoting HER would be appropriate.
Given your lack of reading comprehension skills, it would be better if the thing you would "NEVER" do again was changed to teach. But then you know that in that you acknowledge your lack of proficiency in your last sentence. I mean, one would infer from your screen name that you are a teacher, in Cobb County Georgia to be exact, and you state it is a FACT that Georgia education is of poor quality.
Well looky here. We have a teacher who can't read blaming it on a journalist because she (the teacher) couldn't comprehend the article. if you can't read, how can you teach?
Or maybe you CAN read, but "big words" and concepts are beyond you. Concepts like "Guest Op-Ed's." Concepts like having the "big word" BY followed by a name (By Luis A. Velez:) means that the person who wrote the piece is the same as the name following the BY.
Maybe you should spend less time on "politics" and more on learning to teach there Teacher in Cobb…………
December 27th, 2010
11:36 am
Dr. Spinks, thanks for your reply. The question would be, who do we file the lawsuit against? As suggested by some in the past, the easiest solution could be through legislation and policies, i.e. empowering the teacher/school to take necessary action against persistently disruptive students. Obviously there would need to be some type of balance to ensure students rights are not being violated by an overzealous teacher. Assuming we can find this balance, a legislative remedy could be the ticket.
December 27th, 2010
11:37 am
@ Really amazed- Georgia has the fifth largest number of Dropout Factories in the nation with 120 high schools where less than 60 percent graduate.
If you use the Cohort Method of calculating the graduation rate – a process that our current Governor agreed to use, but does not – last years graduation rate was 65%. However, the state uses a different formula which puts the number at 80.9% (If memory has not failed me). What happened to the 49,000 plus students that started out with the class of 2010, but did not graduate? The current procedure does not account for them.
State standardized test are sub-minimal standards tests, because to pass most of them you only need to get 48 to 58 percent of the answers correct. Nowhere is there a requirement to answer 70 percent correct to meet standard.
December 27th, 2010
11:39 am
It's just a matter of time until a parent sues the school system for failing to adequately prepare their child for college.
December 27th, 2010
11:41 am
meet standard, should have been "meet standards."
December 27th, 2010
11:41 am
According to Public Education Finances (2008, the most recent report from U.S. Census Bureau, http://www2.census.gov/govs/school/08f33pub.pdf):
Funding for elementary-secondary public school system in Georgia was $11,345 per pupil and ranked 26th (Table 11 in the report). The average for US was $12,028. FL was 27th with $11,338 per student.
Funding for elementary-secondary public school system in Georgia calculated as amounts to $1,000 personal income was $56.59 per pupil and ranked 7th (Table 12 in the report). Average was $49.00. FL was $42.04 and ranked 44th.
December 27th, 2010
11:41 am
@ Bruce Kendall, when an 8th grader who is reading and doing math on a 4th grade level can pass the CRCT, I think that's less than minimal, and for the state to say that such a student is even borderline "proficient" I believe is fraudulent.
When a 9th grader who gets 43% of the questions correct on an EOCT can still pass, in my opinion it's fraudulent to say that such a student is even minimally proficient. When the state says that a student who gets 64% of the questions correct "exceeds expectations", I think that either our expectations are entirely too low, or again, the GaDOE is perpetuating a fraud.
Sub-minimal tests is a better designation than minimal….
December 27th, 2010
11:53 am
@ ScienceTeacher671- See we do agree, once we agree on the definition of the words used!
December 27th, 2010
11:53 am
@Bruce Kendall, thank you. I keep hearing how all of my friends and families children are in the gifted program, Straight A students, exceed on crct but somehow do very average when given national test itbs. We struggle financially every year about keeping our children in private or moving them to public. I understand that at a local middle school that the advanced content classes, which I understand is the middle level is basically the very average level. The basic class is for those that are behind. We aren't seeing the straight A's anymore for my high school son, however he also isn't given a watered down education either. Other child not yet in high school, still straight A's. When friends and family tell us about there children's Straight A's we say good for them. They always wonder how our kids are doing. We don't say unless they ask. Then we say…they are doing good considering the challenging curr. I would like to say…we are more impressed with our children truly learning and being able to get through college than to just get to it.
December 27th, 2010
12:18 pm
I agree with Fred in that most teachers are very very stupid, should be fired and keep there mouths shut. Just a group of enabling excuse makers and molly coddlers.
December 27th, 2010
12:21 pm
From a Dekalb mom who's son graduated in 2009: After thoroughly researching academia I chose the very best of offerings. I made certain my child was on task and he ended his high school career as a semi- finalist for the National Merit scholarship scoring 1990 on the SAT. Parents must be involved from birth throughout their childrens lives in order to make certain a very good education is obtained by all. We as parents have always had high expectations for our son. College has always been our goal for him, which he attends to this day. Rather than be a complainer, we chose to get and stay involved. The rewards have been very gratifying……Good Job Son!!!!!
December 27th, 2010
12:31 pm
I'm confused by two statements in Mr. Velez's piece:
"state's share of education funding dropped from nearly 62 percent to about 44 percent" and "state funds still account for over 60 percent of public education expenses"
Those seem to be contradictory. Going by the revenue reports from 1996-2010 on DOE, the state high was 1998 and the low, no surprise, was 2010. In 2010, the state and local share are 43% each and the federal portion 14%. In 1998, the local share was 37%, the state 58%, and the federal 5%.
The difference in funding per FTE from local and state revenue may be clearer for some. Looking at the era of austerity cuts before the meltdown, 2002-2009, local revenue per FTE increased $1128 and state funding went up $310 per FTE.
The level of state funding looks very different district by district. APS' funding was only 16% state in 2010 but Trion City was 76%.
Maureen made an excellent point yesterday about a court case. Go to court to what end? Who would fund the parental side? The state can keep it tied up a long time — just ask those districts that sued — and that is expensive. If it made it to court and the parents prevailed, the legislature and Gov would still have to agree to an appropriation.
A good place to start would be funding based on the current formulas. At least include in the budget the amount that should have been appropriated based on the formula and the amount actually appropriated for QBE, equalization and transportation.
December 27th, 2010
12:38 pm
@Angela Palm, read again. I think in one case he is talking about Florida, and in the other, Georgia.
December 27th, 2010
12:45 pm
Science Teacher671,
Thanks for spreading the word about the fraudulent academic achievement standards set and publicized by our GDOE!
Really Amazed,
Congratulations to you and your husband for providing your offspring access to more challenging educational opportunities than are available in many of our public schools!
December 27th, 2010
12:47 pm
Bruce Kendall, yes, I think we do agree!
December 27th, 2010
1:01 pm
Dr. NO,
THIS "stupid" teacher at least knows the correct use of the forms of "there" (sic), how to punctuate an abbreviation, how to properly use commas, how to construct a complete sentence containing a subject and a predicate, and how to use proper subject/verb agreement. Fred could use a few lessons on use of capitals, how to offset a transitional word with a comma, and how to avoid beginning a sentence with a conjunction.
I am not about to argue there are not poor teachers out there. They make my job much more difficult. I once watched a fellow teacher tell her students about the location of the White House while pointing to the state of Washington as opposed to Washington D.C. – oy! However, if you are going to be generally critical of teachers for lack of skills and intelligence, you should at least proof read your own post.
As to the topic at hand…
"This created funding disparities between wealthy and poor school districts." I have seen this disparity first hand, and it is, in part, one of the reasons so many schools in lower SES areas are failing. I have taught in schools where we did not have enough books for each child to use one, and our science texts were so outdated that they spoke of the "intentions" of the United Stated to eventually send men to the moon! Even a child with involved parents, and a strong drive to gain an education, would have trouble getting an adequate education under those circumstances. On the other hand, getting funding for education is becoming very difficult. The overall impression seems to be that the whole system is so horrible, why bother funding it anymore.
December 27th, 2010
1:03 pm
Should parents sue the state?? How about the state suing the parents? They're the ones who go along with the state's "adequate" philosophy, and the one's (mainly) responsible for the breakdown of discipline and respect in the classroom (NB: responsible administrators would not put their employees in such situations, but since promotions are based on office and/or electoral politics, we get what we've got.).
I would have, for most of my life, agreed with the statement that we need an educated citizenry to run our democracy. I don't any more: ignorance rules. The "founding fathers" were educated, but the citizenry at the time was not; however, they seem to have made at least as good choices as we have in contemporary times, Indian genocide and slavery notwithstanding.
December 27th, 2010
1:17 pm
You're right. Oops. Wonder where he got the GA number. What's happened here is close to the FL numbers.
December 27th, 2010
2:02 pm
@ Dr. Yes … it's called Plyler vs. Doe … look it up. Schools do not check and will not check immigration statuses.
@ I love teaching … Thanks for representing English teachers, well.
@ Really Amazed … You give an excellent example of the difference between a standards based test like the CRCT & a nationally normed test like the ITBS. Your kids learned well the GA standards thus scoring a 3 on their CRCTs; however, in a nationally normed test (not being taught the test/curriculum expected) they still did well scoring better than 50% of all students taking the test in the country.


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The Marathon and the Mile
Also, remember what I said before about my being a track geek? Well, the nerd coils are burning pretty hot underneath this article as well. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Chasing Roger Banister
Part 3: The Marathon and the Mile
This spring, I find myself at a curious crossroads in my training regimen. My favorite race, April's Big Sur Marathon, is rapidly approaching, yet my mind is dwelling to my main objective for the year: training to run a five-minute mile this summer.
The close proximity of these dates has triggered a cognitive drift between the two events, which represent bookends in the catalog of classic distance races. Both have a wealth of history, tradition, and drama. Both are fairly well known and appreciated by casual observers, and both offer easily identifiable barometers of one's ability.
The marathon has the most famous origin of any athletic event. In 490 B.C., the vastly outnumbered Athenian army, after defeating the mighty Persians in a crucial battle at the city of Marathon, dispatched their messenger Pheidippides to carry news of the victory back over 24 miles to Athens. As the legend goes, he arrived at the city, uttered the exclamation "Nike!" (meaning, "victory" – or possibly foreshadowing the rise of an athletic company juggernaut some 2400 years later), and promptly died of exhaustion.
Ever since its inclusion in the modern Olympiad, the marathon has had a remarkably colorful history. For the first three Olympic Games, the distance of the race varied - anywhere from 24.8 miles to 25.4 - based on geographic logistics of the host cities. Prior to the 1908 London Olympics, King Edward VII established the official distance by the least scientific means imaginable: he lengthened the race to the modern-day standard of 26.2 miles so that the royal family would have the luxury of watching the race start in front of their home at Windsor Castle, and the finish in front of the Queen's viewing box at Olympic Stadium. (On a related note: if you've ever bonked in the 26th mile of a marathon, feel free to direct your cursing towards the British royal family.)
Marathoners were long considered the rogues and misfits of the running community. Competitors in the early 1900s often took mid-race breaks to indulge in cigarettes and brandy, which was thought to improve their stamina. Through the years, the race has attracted more cheaters than any other sporting event, as would-be tricksters have tried to steal the glory of a victory by cutting the course, hopping on horses or subways, or hiding in the bushes before emerging ahead of the pack in the final miles.
Obviously, the marathon's checkered history hasn't limited its popularity, as participation levels have exploded in recent years. As more runners take part in the event, many become focused on benchmark times that have gradually seeped into the popular conscience – of which the most obvious example is the list of qualifying times for the Boston Marathon.
Aside from Boston, however, round numbers offer the most enticing goals. To both participants and observers, running a 2:59:58 seems far superior to a 3:00:05, with vastly more significance than the mere seven seconds would indicate. The hour marks (whether it's 3, 4, or 5) are highly visible milestones that many runners strive for years to attain – as I can attest to from personal experience.
At one point, my marathon PR was 3:03, and for more than a year I was obsessed with the quest to dip under 3 hours. It took several attempts and a few agonizing misses, and I wasn't content to stop the chase until I finally nailed it. The fact that my eventual breakthrough race was a 2:56 seemed relatively insignificant; I would have been equally satisfied in the result even if it had taken up to three additional minutes.
Similarly, the mile has its own symbolic benchmarks - measured in even minutes instead of hours – and the first-ever four-minute mile is the most classic example.
Think about it: would we celebrate Roger Bannister and remember his name 50 years later if he had run the distance just 7/10ths of a second slower (4:00.1 instead of 3:59.4) that day in 1954? The time still would have been a world record – but it was the round number that had, over the years, acquired a mystique far larger than the simple act of running around the track faster than anyone in history. Even to this day, despite the passage of 50 years and an ever-increasing number of runners who have reached it, the four-minute mile remains one of the most glamorous accomplishments in athletics.
For recreational runners, other minute barriers loom just as large. Many high schoolers frame their entire season around beating a five-minute mile, while older athletes would be thrilled, just for one time, to run a mile under six or seven minutes. Being somewhere between "high school" and "older", I frequently imagine that I'm capable of a 5-minute mile, although I've never actually tried it.
Just as they did for the marathon, the round numbers of the mile entice me like a siren's song. What's worse, somehow I already know that if one day I run a 5:03 but never go "under the zeroes", it would be a haunting conclusion to my season's toil. The benchmark times are like beacons that continually call us beyond the measures that we would otherwise consider acceptable, and won't let us rest comfortably until we arrive.
Sadly, while the marathon has broadened its appeal in recent years, the one-mile race hovers on the brink of extinction. Almost all major national and international championships today race the "metric mile" of 1500m, which for many reasons is unforgivable (as I'll describe in a future article). Thankfully, a handful of meets still exist where world-class runners gather to race the mile. These contests are typically the headline events, with sentimental monikers such as the Miracle Mile (in Vancouver), the Dream Mile (Oslo), or the Golden Mile (Rome). Others are named after track and field giants, such as the Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon.
Finally, the question I've been pondering lately: Is it possible for a runner to excel at both the mile and the marathon?
At the international level, the answer is a definite "no". Nobody has ever won world championships in both events – although two legendary men have come close. Finland's Paavo Nurmi won Olympic gold in the 1500m in 1920, and later set a world record for the 20K (13.4 miles). Perhaps the greatest distance runner of all time, Czech Emil Zatopek (at right), set an unprecedented triple by winning golds in the 5K, 10K, and marathon at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. However, the marathon and one-mile "double" has remained unattainable to all who have tried to accomplish it.
It's not hard to understand why. The two events feature dramatically different physiological and psychological demands; one requires explosive bursts of speed and precise race strategy, while the other rewards a prolonged, calculated effort that gradually builds to maximal exertion. That's not to say that runners can't find satisfaction in pursuing both disciplines – just that it's nearly impossible to simultaneously do well in both.
So it is that I find myself training for the marathon, but thinking about the mile. And since I've spent the vast majority of my running years at one end of the distance spectrum, I feel like a relative newcomer to this brave new world of one-mile racing.
Honestly, that's a huge part of the mile's appeal. Much of my satisfaction this summer will be in knowing that I took on a new challenge and gave it my best effort, regardless of the result. Unless, of course, the end result is that I run a 5:01 - in which case my only reward will be whole new set of neuroses.
While that's not exactly what I need, at least it might provide continuing fodder for my writing career.


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Vanecko, 39, will serve 60 days behind bars at the McHenry County Jail, remain confined to his home with electronic monitoring for 60 days after that and will be on probation for 30 months. He also has to pay the victim's mother Nanci Koschman $20,000 for expenses, as well as apologize to her in court. Those terms we laid out in a plea deal approved by McHenry County Circuit Court Judge Maureen P. McIntyre, who also handed down his sentence.
On April 25, 2004, then 28-year-old Vanecko punched 21-year-old Koschman in a drunken altercation in the Rush Street nightlife area. The older man took off in a cab and was later identified by a friend who had been with him.
The blow caused Koschman to strike the pavement on Division near Dearborn when he hit the ground. He never woke up. The Mount Prospect man was hospitalized for 11 days leading up to his death. Police and prosecutors initially decided not to file any charges in Koschman's death.
The victim's mother was present at Friday's hearing in Rolling Meadows, but had her back turned to Vanecko when he walked in.
The meeting was originally scheduled for the judge to consider pre-trial motions with attorneys, regarding the high-profile case set to begin on Feb. 18. Vanecko's team had previously gotten court permission for the 39-year-old Costa Mesa, Calif. resident to skip the hearing altogether.
Nanci Koschman was sitting with her sister Sue Pazderski and lawyers Locke Bowman and G. Flint Taylor, who successfully argued for a special prosecutor to be appointed to pursue a criminal case against Vanecko.
The case had remained in limbo until a series of reports in the Chicago Sun-Times in 2011 prompted the court-ordered appointment of former U.S. Attorney Dan K. Webb as a special prosecutor.
Webb took it to a grand jury, which indicted Vanecko in December 2012, finding that the 6-foot-3, 230-pound Vanecko had used "physical force and, without lawful justification, recklessly performed acts which were likely to cause death or great bodily harm" to the 5-foot-5, 125-pound Koschman.
Webb also investigated the conduct of the police and the Cook County state's attorney's office in the case — a probe that ended last fall with his announcement that he would not be bringing charges against anyone other than Vanecko.
Vanecko's indictment had marked a stunning swing in a case that current and former police officials and prosecutors had insisted didn't merit criminal prosecution.
"There's no basis for criminal charges," then-police Supt. Phil Cline said in May 2004.
The police reinvestigated in early 2011, prompted by a request from Sun-Times reporters to review the case file. Again, they declined to seek charges. They said Vanecko — who jumped in a cab with a friend after the incident and never spoke with investigators — acted in self-defense.
"Absent evidence that would enable us to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, there is not a good-faith basis to bring charges," Sally Daly, Alvarez's press secretary, said then.
But Cook County Circuit Judge Michael P. Toomin, hearing Nanci Koschman's didn't buy it.
"The system has failed" Koschman, Toomin said in April 2012 when he granted the request by Nanci Koschman for a special prosecutor.
The judge ripped "the fiction of self-defense" that he said was "conjured up by police and prosecutors," and he questioned why Vanecko wasn't charged.
"He's identified as the killer — make no mistake about it," the judge said then. "This is not a whodunit . . . When you have a dead body, someone's going to jail. Not in this case."
Weeks later, when he appointed Webb, he made clear he wanted him to look beyond Vanecko, to also "investigate whether criminal charges should be brought against any person in connection with the homicide of David Koschman . . . and whether . . . employees of the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County state's attorney's office acted intentionally to suppress and conceal evidence, furnish false evidence and generally impede the investigation."
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According to FBI crime statistics released this week, Flint, Michigan's seventh-largest city, saw an overall rise in violent crime in 2012, while Detroit saw a small drop. According to the data, there were over 2,700 violent crimes reported in Flint in last year. That's nearly 400 more than 2011's total.
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- Address:
31 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011Neighborhood:
Gramercy / Flatiron
- Cuisine:
MediterraneanPrice: $31 to $50
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://aldearestaurant.com/
- Phone: 2126757223x
- Hours of Operation:
Monday-Thursday 5:30-10:00pm
Friday-Saturday 5:30-11:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Spanish, Mediterranean, Portuguese
- Executive Chef: George Mendes
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Chef's Table, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
- Special Events: We offer private dining options for 8 to 25 people.
Please call the restaurant for details!
Getting there
- Cross Street: Between 5th and 6th Avenues
- Public Transit: The restaurant is 2 blocks from Union Square/14th Street with access to all major subways, including: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, L, N, R & Q trains.
F & M trains at the 14th st stop.
- Parking: Public Lot
- Parking Details: Two parking lots are located on 17th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.
A word from Aldea
In May 2009, Chef George Mendes opened Aldea in Manhattan's Flatiron neighborhood. Named after the Spanish word for village, the restaurant's menu is inspired by the Iberian Peninsula and Mendes' heritage. The chef adds a modern, seasonal approach to create a menu perfectly balanced between rusticity and refinement.Continued
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerFit for Foodies
- Diners' Choice WinnerMediterranean
Aldea reviews from OpenTable diners
147 reviews since May 27, 2014
- Food4.4Service4.4
- Ambiance4.1Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (116)special occasion (84)romantic (61)neighborhood gem (44)notable wine list (42)good for groups (24)hot spot (15)late-night find (8)great for lunch (6)vibrant bar scene (6)great for brunch (3)great for outdoor dining (2)kid-friendly (1)scenic view (1)Show More
- Fabulous every timeOpenTable Diner Since 2004VIPDined on 9/22/2014Aldea is one of our favorite NYC restaurants, especially for their tasting menus. The service has always been excellent and the food delicious.Special Features:
- Good food, service slowAJiLVIPDined on 9/19/2014Octopus appetizer was really good, the diver scallops were pretty good as well. The salted cod was okay, nothing amazing. The service was slow and our waitress was a little snippy sometimes which sucked, but the food is decent. Space is nice too.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- inconsistent serviceBfoodieVIPDined on 9/13/2014Sat at the bar for dinner. Bartender was nice enough and able to explain the menu. However, he offered inconsistent service. The rest of the folks dining at the bar got bread and bar snacks. Not me! I don't think it was deliberate on his part, as he seemed nice enough. But the inconsistency is still not OK and makes me not want to return. Food was good from start to finish and just the right portions.Special Features:
- disapointingjohnDined on 9/12/2014does not deserve a michelin star it has declined. the lamb was greasy and terrible needs a new chefSpecial Features:
- Good food/service, not best valueliluaidezDined on 9/12/2014We reserved a table at Aldea, after seeing their online menu. We were not disappointed - the food was as advertised, well prepared from excellent ingredients, the decor beautiful, and the service attentive and accommodating. Two main issues prevented me from giving 5 stars: first, for the portion sizes, Aldea is overpriced. With tax and tip, we ended up with an almost $200 bill for two starters, two mains, 1 cocktail, 1 dessert and water. I'm not one for stuffing the guests, but had we been bigger eaters we would not have been full. Second - saltiness of dishes, which slightly hindered us from experiencing the full range of additional flavors in them. I would return, and recommend it to others, but this constitutes fair warning.Special Features:
- ERVUESERVUESVIPDined on 9/11/2014Expensive - trying too hard and missing the basics - several amuse bouche that were almost tasteless - had the trout - dry and did not taste at all fresh.
- maravilhoso restauranteFoodieVIPDined on 9/6/2014An excellent choice for perfectly prepared, interesting food, great service, and beautiful setting. Highly recommended, but don't tell everyone or it will be too hard to get a reservation.Special Features:
- Aldea lives up to reputationrich1178Dined on 9/6/2014Outstanding food and service, had baby squid, soup and tomatoes as apps all very good, entrees we had cod, pork chop, and lamb. Incredible flavor especially cod was out of this world.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- MalMDined on 9/5/2014Very friendly vibe. The staff have time for you: that's rare.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Never failsDrSteveBDined on 9/5/2014This is the highest food quality for the price asked to pay for it in Manhattan. Chef Mendes gives new meaning to consistency. I brought two very wealthy friends to dinner Friday evening who can afford to eat anywhere they want in Manhattan. They were very impressed and then the check arrived and they were impressed again. You will be very happy after an evening at Aldea so get going and make a date to dine thereSpecial Features:
- Another excellent meal at AldeaKenBVIPDined on 8/30/2014My wife and I dine at Aldea every month now for four years. Yesterday we had another excellent meal there and will be back soon for another, and another, and another.Special Features:
- Great ChoiceGreatFindDined on 8/29/2014My wife and I were looking for a nice dinning experience and found Aldeas. Great choice! Friendly and food was amazing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great food...rushed from the startWLNY7VIPDined on 8/28/2014When booking online there were 9:30pm and 9:45pm available. I took the 9:30pm slot and my guests arrived 5 min early. As soon as they sat down they were asked when I was coming (I arrived 1-2 min before 9:30pm) as their kitchen is closing. If they wish to close the kitchen early then they should not list either time slots as available. None of us were late but were pressured to order as soon as we sat down - this wasn't even the last seating according to the listing online. I have spend three birthdays at this restaurant and loved every experience - this time was a disappointment even though the food was great as always. Not what I expect from a top NYC restaurant.Special Features:
- Good but not as edgey as when newKwdinerVIPDined on 8/23/2014Our second visit here after several years when it was new. Seems to have lost the edgey vibe and energy. Wine list not kept current - they were out of our first selection. Server was not at all familiar with list - for a 1 star I was surprised. The wine person on duty simply pointed at other " popular" bottles without really trying to pair with food choices - never even asked about what we'd be eating which was disappointing at this restaurant. Food was delicious but the wine choice experience subpar. Also the bare tables - seemed wrong and I don't recall that from when it was new.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fun dinner in NYCWinedinnerVIPDined on 8/14/2014Interesting, eclectic Mediterranean menu. Great service and small but very well chosen wine list. The open kitchen is great. Would definitely come back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OUtstandingRolstoDined on 8/9/2014From start to finish, an exceptional meal with impeccable service. We did the tasting and wine pair (and a beer thrown in too with the octopus course), and we loved the entire presentation.Special Features:
- It was fine.meandhetravelDined on 8/9/2014Service was terrific, the tables are small for serious eaters, the space is nice. Bacalao croquettes were very smooth but benign. Squid ala plancha was gooey/pasty and we didn't care for the overpowering sauce with the grilled octopus. Scallops were very nice, excellent hen of the woods mushrooms. Smoked trout was prepared perfectly but the confit potatoes were so bland and unsalted - it could have been a perfect dish, The thinly slice apples added a fresh, interesting, crunch. Very nice, reasonably priced wine list. Everything was original and the thought behind it evident, not always well executed, generally lacking salt and texture. We really appreciated the quality of the service. So much potential here to be a great restaurant.
- Loved it!mnkyboyVIPDined on 8/9/2014We did the tasting menu with wine pairing & everything was delicious!! The staff really took care of us!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very good restaurantOtavioSFarahVIPDined on 8/8/2014Everything really nice. Good food, good service in a nice place! Recommend!!Special Features:
- the perfect orchestraJessyloveDined on 8/8/2014The place is smaller than what I saw online but the staff was amazing... Very friendly, they work as a team to ensure our table was clean between each course, our drinks ready. The food was fantastic drinks were really good. I didn't think it was pricey a little over $300 for four celebrating a birthday is very good to me. Food range from $8 snacks to $30 dinner. Overall, I loved it and would go again for sure.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- GastonSingeVIPDined on 8/8/2014The octopus appetizer was really good. The rest of the food (shrimp appetizer, Arroz De Pato, etc) was kind of bland and uninteresting. Very surprising given what we had read about the place. Not likely to return nor to recommend to others. Service was strangely rushed although the manager was quite responsive to this issue.
- Good, but not a good valuenjsfDined on 8/8/2014The shrimp appetizer was ok, a tad too garlicky and I did not care for the saffron sprigs. The duck rice deconstruction from the traditional dish did not deliver. The rice had an unpleasant acidic aftertaste, the chouriço slivers were minuscule and crackling instead of the traditional moist and flavorful and generous. The duck itself was very nicely done a good departure from the traditional twice cooked breast. The codfish was the most disappointing dish, as it was bland and the charred corn did not balance the dish.
- Five course / Five StarsRobbobVIPDined on 8/7/2014My special occasion was made extra special by the exceptional cuisine we enjoyed at Aldea. We ordered the prefix five course menu and enjoyed it along with the two additional tastings offered by the kitchen. At every turn there was a new experience in taste. Each dish was a complete surprise to the senses. Aldea helped ensure that my special occasion was not only special, but memorable as well.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AwesomeGeobehDined on 8/2/2014Excellent food, service and atmosphere. No doubt I will be backSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always A FanJay89Dined on 8/1/2014Aldea is deserving of its accolades by having the makings of every great restaurant. By each natural restaurant dimension they perform well. The Mediterranean cuisine is thoughtfully and carefully prepared and the flavors are wonderful. Have been several times and expect to do the tasting sometime in the future when the time is available.Special Features:
- Outstanding!ElaineVIPDined on 7/30/2014Aldea is a jewel of a restaurant. The decor is sophisticated, spare and easy on the eye. The food is a delight. The noise level is such that four people can converse over dinner as though at home, i.e., mercifully quiet. I had the scallops, my husband had the delicious gazpacho and lamb shoulder, I don't recall what our friends ate, but we all had clean plates by dinners end and were well beyond happy and satisfied. With the exception of our waiter, the wait staff could not have been nicer. He had an unfortunate personality being officious when asked a question. He was the only clunker in an otherwise sterling evening.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Hidden gem in ManhattanrestaurantmavenDined on 7/30/2014The cooking by Aldea chef George Mendes rivals that of the "big deal" restaurants in town that are impossible to get into. He is awesomely talented and the preparations his kitchen turns out are delicious -- you want to stop talking and savor every single bite.Special Features:
- Amazing and delicious!cmbuDined on 7/25/2014From the hostesses to our server and everyone in between the service was outstanding. Food was delicious and we were so glad we went for the pix-fixe menu. Great cocktails and loved the Portuguese and Spanish wine selections. Sat at the chef's counter and had a wonderful time! We will definitely return!Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/18/2014food varied from very good to excellent and the squid outstanding. tables a bit close together--perhaps that is new yorkSpecial Features:
- Simply amazingMunchi8VIPDined on 7/17/2014Came here with a friend on a Thursday evening, received the best seat in the house (chef's counter). I personally love the open kitchen concept, enjoyed watching the chefs work their magic. Every dish was nothing short of amazing. I have to say my fave was the Spanish octopus. The buttery uni will melt in your mouth, indulge in a beautifully plated Portguese sardines, warming up to a generous portion entree wild stripe bass (thumbs up) and their signature sea salt Chatham cod, can't forget the scrambled eggs with bacalao(innovation at its best). Dont forget to check out the dessert menu, to all the yuzu lovers please try the honey sponge cake. Had a fantastic evening at Aldea would definitely come back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent imaginative and uniqueDazzled1VIPDined on 7/17/2014Everything we ordered from the unique gazpacho twist , to sea urchin toast , to the amazing custard tartlets to finish the meal was first rate !Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- One of a kind experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 7/17/2014Went here for my girlfriends birthday. Aldea exceeded every expectation. The service was outstanding. The food and presentation was top notch. Not one dish on the tasting menu was less than perfect. Great cocktails and wine selection with a knowledgable staff.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Alert re $75 prix fixe dinnerWestchesterFoodieDined on 7/14/2014Be careful about ordering the $75 4-course prix fixe dinner. Depending on what you choose for each course, it may cost less to order the same choices a la carte. Of our two prix fixe dinners, one would have been $77 a la carte but the other would have been $71. Desserts were spectacular.Special Features:
- Another excellent mealKim1VIPDined on 7/11/2014With a table for four. Service and food all of the highest standard.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Perfect EveningElaineDined on 7/11/2014We needed a place near Union Square to meet some friends so we could talk and get better acquainted. We got our reservation same day for Friday night, and the whole experience great. The most remarkable thing about the restaurant was that it was quiet enough that we 4 50-somethings could hear through the whole 2 and 1/2 hour dinner even when 2 large parties were seated by us an hour in. The food was delicious--extraordinary bread, lovely mussel soup, trout, diver scallops and arroz con pato all outstanding. The flan and sherbet desserts also excellent: the flan brought an unusual twist to this old standard and delighted us. The decor was subdued but lovely, and contributed to our sense of calm and rest at the end of the work week.Special Features:
- My best meal in NYC!Lablover123VIPDined on 7/9/2014The flavors of each dish were just outstanding! The food was beautifully presented, served and absolutely divine. I'd give this place 10 thumbs up!Special Features:
- Another wonderful dinner at Aldea..KenBVIPDined on 7/5/2014My wife and I have had another wonderful dinner at Aldea. I ordered by usual 2 eggs as a pre-appetizer and the octopus as an appetizer. For my entree, I had the lamb and treated myself to scoops of brunt bread ice cream and pear and orange blood carrot sherbet for dessert. We have never left unsatisfied and always look forward to our next meal by Chef Mendes. Try it...you'll like it!!!Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2006VIPDined on 7/2/2014My wife and I went to Aldea for my birthday. My wife had seen George Mendes on a food show and was impressed. We had the Chef's Tasting Menu, which was excellent. That way, we were exposed to the variety of his food. All of the courses displayed his creativity. The seafood reminded us of the Italian feast of seven fishes. This is the Portugal version. The duck breast was also excellent. The pre-dessert and the dessert were delicious. The service was superb. The restaurant was very quiet, which we like. They knew it was my birthday and they showed that at dessert time by inscribing Happy Birthday on my plate and inserting a candle in my dessert. A perfect dinner!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent serviceerobithaDined on 7/1/2014We were visiting whilst on vacation, having found out this restaurant had acquired a Michelin star. We weren't disappointed with the quality of the food or service. We found the staff attentive and well-mannered. We had the set menu and were very satisfied. Standout dishes were the Sea Urchin on Toast, Pork Belly & Duck confit.Special Features:
- RecommendedGeneDined on 6/30/2014We had a party of 6 and we were all blown away by great food and service. Will be back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Morton Pumpkin Festival
"Home of the Nestlé Libby's Pumpkin Canning Operations, Morton is proud to say that over 80% of the world's canned pumpkin is processed right here. Each September, in celebration of the pumpkin canning season, Morton hosts the Morton Pumpkin Festival. This year's event will be the festival's 48th year. Our theme is Pumpkins of the West. From our opening day Balloon Release to the Pumpkin Festival Parade, the Morton Pumpkin Festival is a Central Illinois attraction. In fact, the festival draws over 70,000 people each year to downtown Morton. The Morton Pumpkin Festival includes daily live entertainment, a carnival with over 30 rides, the Pumpkin Craft Faire, Pumpkin Expo, Pumpkin Grille, Pumpkin Sweet Shoppe, Pumpkin Classic Run/Walk and over 20 special events and activities that range from pageants to sporting events. Many of our visitors come to taste our homemade foods. You will find a wide variety of high-quality and homemade items to sample at the Pumpkin Grille including our famous butterfly pork chops, ribeye sandwiches, brats, hot dogs, pumpkin baked beans, and pumpkin chili. Our Pumpkin Sweet Shoppe is a popular location to try homemade pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin fudge, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin donuts. The lines are always worth the wait! You won't want to miss this year's Morton Pumpkin Festival, the premier hometown festival of Central Illinois! You will enjoy every minute...and every mouthful!" This year's theme is "Pumpkins of the West".
CITY: Morton
Atlanta Fall Festival
A small town festival has carnival rides, a petting zoo, car show, pie and cake baking contest/auction, bingo and bands nightly that are sure to entertain the whole family!
CITY: Atlanta
Evergreen Cemetery Walk
The Evergreen Cemetery Walk brings the voices of McLean County's history to life. Costumed actors portray individuals representing all walks of life from the county's past on the beautiful grounds of Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. Put on your walking shoes and bring your family to participate in this fascinating, award-winning outdoor theatrical program. Evergreen Memorial Cemetery is one of the richest historical resources in our community. People from all walks of life are buried in this over 150 year old cemetery. Rich, poor, famous, infamous, loved or forgotten alike, they are all buried here. Evergreen provides an honorable resting place for all members of our community. This annual event is a collaboration between the McLean County Museum of History, Illinois Voices Theatre and Evergreen Memorial Cemetery.
CITY: Bloomington
Festival of Lights
Smile, laugh, be de-lighted at the East Peoria Festival of Lights! The festival features the fantastic Folepi's Winter Wonderland lighted drive-through display, open from Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve, and many other events during December including a competitive run, gift show, theatrical productions and more. The Festival of Lights annual Parade of Lights covers three miles of Washington Street starting on one side of the city and ending just past downtown. The parade features floats shaped entirely from lights, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the chopper motorcycle float illuminated with LED lights, a 70-foot long float of the famous Clydesdale horse team pulling a delivery wagon, Frosty the Snowman, the starship Enterprise illuminated with 48,000 LED light bulbs, and the 95-foot-long smoke-spewing China dragon.
CITY: East Peoria
Get Lit New Year's Eve Fun Run
Now in it's 13th year, Get Lit is a fun way to "run" in the new year! Open to men, women and children, this event is a non-competitive run/walk on a two-mile paved course through the Folepi's Winter Wonderland drive-through display.
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NCI, FDA Sponsor Biomarker Meeting
NCI and FDA jointly sponsored a meeting February 2-4 at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to develop new strategies for integrating biomarkers into cancer clinical trials. Participants focused on how best to speed discovery of biomarkers and translate their use into clinical practice.
NCI Director Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach noted that the oncology field is poised for a quantum leap that may change the outcome of the cancer process, in which normal cells become malignant ones.
Biomarkers are characteristics that are measured and evaluated as indicators of normal and disease processes or responses to therapy. For example, prostate-specific antigen and CA-125 are biomarkers for prostate and ovarian cancer, respectively.
As researchers learn more about cancer at the molecular level, biomarkers could be used to:
The sequencing of the human genome and emergence of proteomics has spurred the search for biomarkers, but the field has not developed as quickly as expected, according to Dr. Leland Hartwell, president, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, especially with regard to the discovery of protein biomarkers. Dr. Hartwell noted that broad-based initiatives with teams of scientists supported by large-scale information technologies will be needed to successfully meet the biomarker discovery challenge in proteomics.
The speakers described the current technical challenges in the field, particularly the need to identify and quantify the many proteins affected in cancer. Many of the speakers also called for standardized methods, new technologies, and common reagents to identify and validate potential biomarkers to ensure comparability across laboratories.
Collecting, archiving, and annotating human blood, serum, and tumor tissue samples is a current challenge. Wide variability in collection techniques and annotation methods is a major obstacle. Participants agreed that common databases are needed to enable the best use of available data.
Dr. Anna Barker, NCI deputy director for Advanced Technologies and Strategic Partnerships, ended the meeting, noting that, "The development of biomarkers for integration into clinical trials is both a scientific and regulatory challenge. Therefore, it is gratifying that the FDA has participated so fully in this meeting, as advances in science can inform biomarker development through FDA's Critical Path Initiative."