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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) requires states to annually report to the public the performance of each district on the targets in the State Performance Plan (SPP).These required reports must include the state targets for specified indicators, provide the district performance compared to those targets and indicate whether or not the district met the targets.
Data is based on 20 compliance and results indicators, 14 of which are district-based. These indicators include accountability measures filtered to include only students with disabilities, discipline data, least restrictive environment, early childhood transitions, and various process and compliance measures.
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The first lady will make an official visit to King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia of Spain per their invitation, but all activities on the trip are closed to the press.
The trip coincides with President Obama's birthday, which is Aug. 4. The day after, Obama will be in Michigan and his hometown of Chicago visiting auto plants.
Last June, the first lady privately vacationed with both of her daughters and mother in France and England. They visited French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla and later met with Sarah Brown, the wife of then-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Michelle Obama also took Sasha and Malia to the "Harry Potter" movie set for the former's birthday.


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Grace, Faith, Raegan or Rae, and Madison. Please help!
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Capturing the total number of people occupying seating throughout the day gives a quick overview of the space's daily use patterns. It serves as an initial level of understanding of the effectiveness of the space and answers the basic question if a space is even being used and if so to what extent. Managers of the space can immediately comprehend which areas may need further level of study and/or when and if they need to add additional programming or initiate potential design changes.[read more]
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Portland Mayor Charlie Hales has declared a state of emergency for housing and homelessness in the city. With a vacancy rate of 2.5-3.2%, less than half of that in a healthy housing market, and a 30% increase in rents in that last 5 years, it certainly feels like a state of emergency to everyone from the homeless to the working poor to artists and even to middle class professionals.[read more]
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JWoww Maxim Cover: Voluptuous, Ridiculous
JWoww and the rest of her guido/ette castmates are back in the U.S.A. (see Jersey Shore Season 5 trailer) and making their presence felt in a big way.
Case in point: Her January cover of Maxim.
JWoww and the rest of her guido/ette castmates are back in the U.S.A. (see Jersey Shore Season 5 trailer) and making their presence felt in a big way.
Case in point: Her January cover of Maxim.
Did Marcus Canty do enough last night to avoid another placement in the bottom two on this evening's X Factor results show?
The singer/dancer gave viewers twice the Marcus during an episode that featured a dance hit and a choice by each of the contestants. First up, Canty covered "Ain't Nobody." From there, it was on to "A Song For You" and mixed reaction from the panel.
Brooke Mueller wasn't just arrested last week in Aspen for cocaine possession; she was arrested for cocaine possession with intent to distribute. In other words: police believed the troubled reality star was acting as a drug dealer!
But Charlie Sheen has responded to the incident and given a reasonable explanation for why his ex-wife would never sell drugs. Because she's an upright, clean and sober citizen? No. Because she's rich!
Lauren Scruggs, the model and celebrity fashion blogger who was severely injured in a plane propeller accident on Saturday, is improving somewhat.
Just days after being severely injured by a propeller, she's back on her feet again. "Lauren walks!" reads an update on her Caring Bridge website.
Angelina Jolie is shedding pounds like a madman, according to a new tabloid report, and unlike many anorexic, waifish celebs, it has zero to do with vanity.
It's all about making a political statement, says a source.
Demi Lovato has a message for her fans: "Sometimes you just gotta have a little bit of..." she Tweeted last night, followed by a picture of her latest tattoo:
Daniel Craig is not a fan of the Kardashians.
He made this opinion known during a recent talk with GQ, referring to the reality stars as "f-cking idiots" for putting their public life in display... and then demanding privacy from the media when they saw fit.
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Mirego is a Canadian company that specializes in creating iPod, iPad, Android, or other mobile device apps that are specific and useful to you company and customers.
The company office is very bright, open, and colorful, with plenty of room for the companies employees to both work and relax. Their ping-pong area is primed and ready for competition. Each workstation is the basic table setup, with a good deal of screen space. The conference area is also nicely decorated and put together for planning sessions and meetings. The office is located in Quebec, Canada.
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Off-the-shelf medical device technologies can be integrated into medical programs with precision and speed. "These technologies ultimately benefit our customers with reduced development times and costs, and lower manufacturing costs," stated Jellison. "In other areas such as optics, microfluidics and sensors, we will look for companies that want to partner with KMC so that we can continue to provide innovation to our customers."
KMC has also implemented discreet event simulation allowing systems engineers to explore various concept architectures' ability to meet product requirements. "This provides our OEM customers with a high degree of confidence in how system variables affect product performance," commented Jellison. "This ultimately saves time and costs in medical device development and minimizes design risks early on in the process."
Jellison further stated: "The emergence of point-of-care (POC) instrumentation is driving the need for more focus on the relationship of instrumentation to the disposable or consumable. We are seeing more complex cartridge-based systems that are moving instrument functionalities to a single-test, single-result disposable."
About Elbit Systems of America, LLC
Elbit Systems of America is a leading provider of high performance products and system solutions focusing on the commercial aviation, defense, homeland security, and medical instrumentation markets. With facilities throughout the United States, Elbit Systems of America is dedicated to supporting those who contribute daily to the safety and security of the United States. Elbit Systems of America, LLC is wholly owned by Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT), a global electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs for innovative defense and commercial applications. For additional inform
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The Journal Sentinel's team of Packers beat writers provide the latest news, notes and analysis
Changes begin on defense
Green Bay - Aaron Kampman and Cullen Jenkins appear to be done for the night in base defense.
Jeremy Thompson (LE) and Daniel Muir/Conrad Bolston (RDT) have played most of the snaps as the Bengals ripped through the Packers defense on a 9-play, 80-yard scoring drive that ended with a 14-yard touchdown pass from Carson Palmer to Ben Utecht.
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- 16-year-old to promote healthy nutrition in partnership with Produce for Kids, Shuman Produce and Mastronardi Produce; departs from Marina del Rey,
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MARINA DEL REY, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Zac Sunderland, who at 16 years of age is seeking to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe solo, has announced that he will take with him on his around-the-world voyage a message of healthy eating.
The intrepid Sunderland has enlisted the support of Produce for Kids(R) (PFK), an organization that promotes the benefits of healthy eating and raises funds for Children's Miracle Network(R) (CMN) hospitals nationwide and PBS(R). Through PFK, additional produce sponsors have come on board to support the program including Shuman Produce (RealSweet brand), a produce marketing company specializing in the marketing and distribution of quality sweet onions from Vidalia, Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico; and Mastronardi Produce Ltd. (Sunset Produce brand including Campari Cocktail Tomatoes), the leading greenhouse marketing company in North America specializing in hot house tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers.
Sunderland sets sail at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 14 from the Marina del Rey Boat Show.
"The support of Produce for Kids, Shuman Produce and Mastronardi Produce is an invaluable part of this great adventure, and I'm thrilled to be taking with me a message that I hope can inspire people along the route to maybe eat a little better and stay healthy," said Sunderland.
On his 11-month voyage, Sunderland will benefit from the dietary counsel of Produce for Kids advisory board chairman, author and nutritionist Dave Grotto, one of the nation's leading advocates of a balanced diet. Grotto's book "101 Foods That Could Save Your Life!" was published earlier this year.
In recognition of the epic voyage, Produce for Kids will also make a
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Cuisines: Modern, American, Breakfast
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Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Price Range: Expensive
Dress: Formal
Noise Level: Intimate
Reservations: Recommended
Website: http://www.trummersonmain.com
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Titanic 13 cocktail; flour-dusted ciabatta; pumpkin soup with sweet lump crab, bay-leaf crumble, and pumpkin foam; frisée with curry vinaigrette and celery three ways (puréed, shaved, and steamed); vermouth-braised veal with rutabaga and vermouth cream; N
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Chef Clayton Miller's clever pairings--think foie gras and hushpuppies--could go awry. But he rarely sacrifices deliciousness to be different. Same goes for co-owner Stefan Trummer's cocktails, the most justifiably famous of which is the Titanic, a cross of vodka, sparkling wine, and frozen Champagne.
Silk-paddle fans and miles of French doors give the dining room a breezy West Coast feel. The tavern-like lower level--a scene most nights--has a more vintage look with its onyx-and-stacked-stone bar.
What to get: Lamb's-tongue salad with sweet-potato jam; smoked and roasted salmon; sirloin with potato confit; frozen banana mousse with caramel ice cream. At the bar: Parmesan popcorn; potato chips; pork-schnitzel sandwich.
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Welcome to the 2015 Whaling Days Web Site! This year's festival is July 24th-26th!
For a complete schedule of events for the weekend, please click here or see the bottom of this page.
Whaling Days is a non-profit festival run exclusively by Volunteers. Whaling Days is open to the public and everyone is welcome regardless of race, creed, color, nationality, religion or sexual orientation. Whaling Days has hosted a family oriented festival in "Old Town" Silverdale since 1972. Run exclusively by volunteers, this not-for-profit organization believes strongly in helping and supporting our Kitsap County community and has begun setting aside monies as available in the annual budget to "give back". It is the largest music festival in Kitsap County, and draws thousands of people out every year.
• Bring fun family appropriate entertainment to Kitsap county
• Raise the bar for audience expectations within the county
• Bring the finest National, Regional, and Local entertainment to Kitsap county
• Recognize audience diversity
Over the last 40 years Whaling Days has become a summer staple for families from all over the Kitsap County community. The festival is a Not-for-profit organization run exclusively by Volunteers. Each year Whaling Days donates proceeds to our local community through charitable contributions and scholarships. For more information, please check out our scholarships page.
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With local contributions, knowing what to wear in the morning could get a whole lot easier with the new aptly named app, Sunshine
Weather forecasting seems to be, let's face it, hardly ever on point. No matter which platform you put your trust into, they never quite get it right, leaving people without umbrellas when needed and in too many layers when not. According to the New York Times, "For years, when the Weather Channel said there was a 20 percent chance of rain, it actually rained only about 5 percent of the time." Sunshine, a San-Francisco-based startup, aims to combat these life woes with a new idea that could save millions of people and businesses all over the world a whole lot of inconveniences.
John and Heather McDougall are aiming to improve the world and our concept of manufacturing, one Bogobrush at a time
As the children of a dentist, John and Heather McDougall have always known the importance of a good toothbrush. So even as the market has been overwhelmed with a dizzying selection of high-priced electric models, the brother-and-sister design team focused on a much more elegant, and egalitarian, approach when they launched Bogobrush back in 2012.
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A digital framework and mixed-use facilities offer suburbanites a healthy and connected way of living
Southern California has historically defied traditional city models. The region's expansive suburban communities and various activity hubs have provided economic and urban amenities for both families and young professionals. Now, SoCal's largest new master-planned community, Ontario Ranch, is developing a connected gigabit infrastructure, business facilities, and an innovative water replenishment system to add to this dynamic.
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Full-sized sculpture comprised of 1,700 precision-cut card pieces features a fully fitted interior, functioning doors, and rolling wheels
Lexus has revealed an origami-inspired car that ditches the sheet metal, glass and plastics for precision-cut card. The replica of a Lexus IS saloon is a driveable, full-sized sculpture exploring the manufacturer's promise of 'Creating Amazing' and showcasing the human craftsmanship that goes into each Lexus vehicle.
Fjord's Living Service would improve life for everyone by leveraging pools of data collected by fitness wearables and mobile apps
Life changed for Jonas Hoglund and his family when his 5-year-old son Max was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Suddenly, they not only had to administer insulin to Max, they had to keep a close watch on his daily life. "You need to know all the variables around you," Hoglund says. "What he's doing, what he's eating, how he's sleeping and so on." But the means did not exist to track and evaluate such data. So Hoglund, service design director at design firm Fjord Stockholm, set about creating it. The resulting project, Fjord Fido, is meant to assist not only individual diabetes patients but all of them.
A shift of the shoulders or a slight acceleration is enough indication for Robo Brain and Brain4Cars' system to sound an alert or take over the wheel
Some of us can't wait until driverless cars are a reality so we can sit in the back watching movies during our commute. Others view computers controlling a fundamentally autonomous act like driving with suspicion. We still have a decade or more to wait before we see how it turns out, but meanwhile the Robo Brain project, in collaboration with partner Brain4Cars, has moved computer-assisted driving a giant step forward.
Enhanced editions of the famous wizardry tale will feature interactive animations, elaborate artwork and J.K. Rowling annotations
Apple has made enhanced editions of the Harry Potter books available exclusively on the iBooks Store for readers to enjoy in a new and immersive way on their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or Mac.
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All of the group's tunes are head arrangements. They don't use charts.
The Chicago Hot Six features Roy Rubenstein on trombone, Sarah Spencer on tenor saxophone, John Skillman on clarinet, and a rhythm section of banjoist John Kuncl, bassist Art Hovey and drummer Mike Albiniak.
The sextet has no trumpet or cornet player.
"In the more than 30 years that this band and its predecessor existed, we've had only two trumpet or cornet players," the bandleader said. "One died after many years with the band, and the other retired from music and moved away from the Chicago area, again after many years with the band. So far we haven't found anyone else who fits in so well with the style of jazz that we play, so we started to play without a trumpet player, and we liked the sound."
While the musicians all take leads, the bandleader stresses ensemble work. "I much prefer playing ensembles, two people playing together, that sort of thing," he said.
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"By deciding how the past is presented and memorialized, museums not only preserve the past, they also play an important role in the construction of our ideologies, identities and the understanding and interpretation of ourselves," Larkin writes in a caption that accompanies the picture series. "The architecture and design of many of these places still show the influence of Egypt's French and British colonialism. These are museums that should be in museums."
This year's judges for the Newman Prize include TIME Magazine deputy photo editor Paul Moakley, Susan White, Photo Director at Vanity Fair magazine and Michael K. Komanecky, chief curator of the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine.
"Photography is usually so focused on capturing 'the moment,' but Jason Larkin's gentle photographs move the viewer to contemplate the artificial nature of trying to preserve the past," notes Paul Moakley when asked about the significance of Larkin's work.
"Having spent my entire professional life working in and traveling to art museums across the United States and Europe, I am intrigued by the subject of Jason Larkin's Past Perfect photographs," explains Farnsworth Museum Curator, Michael K. Komanecky. "What his photographs also suggest is how museums create, consciously or unconsciously, narratives that affect their visitors and staffs alike."
Originally trained as a photojournalist in London, Jason Larkin has worked extensively in the Middle East, where he forged a successful career as a documentary photographer in Cairo beginning in 2007. In his recent work, Larkin has moved away from the day-to-day activities of journalism to develop larger bodies of work that engage and reflect on current affairs, and exploring how identities fluctuate as environmental and social conditions shift and evolve.
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"Next fall I'll be taking my talents to East Stadium."
"You know how Kyle Flood still has a job? Yeah, all Jourdan."
"Next fall I'll be taking my talents to East Stadium."
His decision will air on a show beginning at 5:00 PM on ESPNU.
You better be right Bouncing Bobby Hill. Mitch could be our biggest recruit since Chris Webber.
Ward was the #1 overall recruit back in 1995. People keep forgetting Ward
Ward is unforgettable. Coming out of high school, he could hit 3-pointers with equal accuracy with his right or left hand. As turned out, he continued that trend in college -- about 20%. He was supposed to be the next Scottie Pippen -- unfortunately he was the Scottie Pippen who played after MJ retired
"He scores like we breath".
But he was really more Benard King, after the knee surgery. Because man, that kid couldn't stay healthy. (I was going to say "couldn't get a break", but he probably had one of those over his career).
until I hear from Ace Williams
started on what that guy had to say earlier. The other Ace Williams came on 247 and put his thoughts on Zach Banner. I keep forgetting that we have two Ace William's. One who knows what he is talking about and the other.....well, i have no clue why he even exist.
The Ace here is Ace Anbender.
You my friend, win the most awesome pic in relation to the thread topic award.
Well done, very well done.
Buckled. Up.
(and saying prayers)
(with fingers and toes crossed)
GTFO my court
O for on?
I would trade my whole bag of Halloween candy for Mitch Mcgary. And I got TWO king size Butterfingers.
I will now have MITCH MC GARY, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP running through my head for the next 2+ days.
Maybe McGary's decision to go Blue sways Zach Banner to bring his talent to the gridiron and hardwood in Ann Arbor. Holy crap, what a team that would be.
Obviously crazy speculative but has a player ever won national championships in both major sports? Given our recruiting classes it wouldn't be completely out of the realm of possibility for banner and we would probably give him one of the better shots at it.
But I do believe that Charlie Ward was the closest. National championship in football for FSU, and his basketball team made it to the sweet 16.
I don't really want to go through and look, but the list of schools with titles in both sports goes like this:
Florida, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio, Syracuse, UCLA.
So if someone has done that, it couldn't be at any other school.
Given the timing I would be surprised if it were not Michigan. If it dragged on longer I would be worried.
on ESPNU REcruiting Nation at 5pm on Thursday. The link below has some additional information that is very nice, but I will refrain from conveying such information due to any potential bad luck that I may bring about! Fingers Crossed!
Great Article, thanks for posting this! I can't wait till Thursday!
liveblog at 4:30?
I can has McGary?
This may not be a Fab Five-level class...but McGary sure is a Fab Five-Star recruit. You know what you need to do Mitch.
but from what I've read this has been a stressful process for Mitch and his family, so while fingers and other appendages are crossed for him to join the M Family, I'm also hoping his decision provides some welcome peace and quiet. Best wishes on your choice, young man.
Glenn Robinson III is his good friend, right? If so, that can only help us even more.
Hey guys checkout this mini magazine I created to show Michigan's support for Mitch McGary.
Share it out, lets try to get Mitch to see it.
God I hope this happens...I will take such a hearty drink if we pick this guy up...
No one else knows this, because no one else is as much of a BBall junkie as I am. Yet, it is uber-awesome, and needs to be said.
MM was recruited by Coach B a LONG time ago, back when he was a '11 recruit. Yes, he was a '11 recruit, and not a highly ranked one at that. (I don't have a link, but ask Dylan from UMHoops.com. It was on there a few years ago.) Dook wasn't recruiting him, UNC wasn't recruiting him, heck, IU wasn't even recruiting him.
We all talk about how Coach B is an outstanding evaluator of talent. But let me put this into perspective. He picked:
2*s: Dougless, Novak
3*s: THJ, Robinson (at the time), MM (at the time), Buke (at the time), Morgan
I know I'm leaving a few out, but the point is made. Coach B knows both whom and how to recruit. The most important part is he knows how to coach talent in the offseason and during practice. He's simply one of the best coaches out there in recruiting.
Caveats: He hasn't picked up anyone big (yet.) Regardless, his classes have been getting better and better each and every year. (HT: espn) '12 will (dur) be the best one yet.
And in case you missed it: Coach B is a good recruiter, talent evaluator, and coach. That is all.
identifying talents before they explode. Smotrycz is a great example. THJ, GRIII are another example.
It's time to trust JB's evaluations if you haven't already by now.
some of the gravitas of a John Wooden, but a unique individual, too. Coolest thing about him: how open he is to his players' and assistants' ideas.
Right half of me: "It's too early you idiot!!!"
Left half of me: "I can't help it."
Right half of me: "What the fuck are you doing? It's 2011!!
Left half of me: "But what if..."
Right half of me: "---what if?! What if this right nut. There is no reason to be thinking of this!!"
Left half of me: "Do you think Hardaway will stay?"
Right half of me: "I can't believe you just asked that."
Left half of me: "Does GRob3 start as a freshman?"
Right half of me: "La la la...I can't hear you! La la la...I can't hear you!"
Left half of me: "But wait, listen!"
Right half of me: "I'm not listening!"
Left half of me: "Yes you are, you just answered!"
Right half of me: "No I'm ----"
Left half of me: *punches right half and knocks it out for 30 seconds*
2013 Starting Lineup
C- Jordan Morgan
PF- Mitch McGary
SF- Glenn Robinson III
SG- Tim Hardaway Jr.
PG- Trey Burke
Key Reserves
PF- Evan Smotrycz
SG- Matt Vogrich
SG- Carlton Brundidge
C- Jon Horford
SF- Nick Stauskas
Right half of me: *begins to wake up*
Left half of me: *quickly presses save*
It's not too early. All but one of those players have already committed. The future is bright regardless, but dang would that be a scary lineup with McGary.
I don't follow basketball closely that much anymore. Isn't McGary believed to be a "one-and-done" guy? How much of an impact could he have for UM in just one season?
Even if he is a one-and-done, it would be a huge boost for the 2012-13 year. With the team we have already and GRIII, Stauskas and McGary coming in, it wouldn't be unreasonable to call us a national contender.
McGary's a consensus top 5 recruit in the nation. He's also eligible for the 2012 draft if he wanted to enter and some people seem to think he'd be a top 5 pick there if he was inclined to be a part of it.
McGary would play a big part in making M bball relevant nationally again. Even if he left after one year, that perception wouldn't go away as quickly.
Recruiting one-and-dones is pointless. It's why Kentucky is such an irrelevant program
is it possible to get muppets for a committment?
It has been a good spell since we had a Hello post…. We're due
It has been a good spell since we had a Hello post…. We're due
Why couldn't he join after Christmas? If he's going to leave early anyway, why not see if he wants to play an extra semester?


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Scrappy Doo is a three and a half year old Chihuahua mix. Scrappy's previous owner was caught in the criminal act of abandoning this poor boy. She simply drove into a local neighborhood, opened the car door, and set out the carrier containing Scrappy, on the side of the road.
Luckily, a resident saw this crime being committed, and she immediately stepped in to help the dog. When she confronted the criminal, and asked what she was doing, the criminal responded that she didn't want the dog anymore and then simply drove away. Unfortunately, because of how things happened, the criminal got away with her crime, and the kind resident found herself with a dog that she could not keep.
When Scrappy was brought to CCHS by the "hero" who rescued him, we simply could not turn him away. He is very, very sweet and just loves everyone he meets. He is always happy, and actually seems to be smiling at times. This adorable little guy will make a great best friend and couch companion! For more information, please call Clayton County Humane Society at 770-471-9436.
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President Obama will come to Washington-Lee High School on Sunday to campaign for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.
The rally will start early Sunday afternoon. Tickets to the event are being distributed to the public on a first-come, first-served basis starting today (Wednesday) at noon at the following locations:
This is not the first time President Obama has held an event at Washington-Lee. Last May, the president spoke to a more than a thousand Washington-Lee students in the school's gymnasium while pushing Congress to act on extending federally-subsidized student loans.
McAuliffe, a Democrat, is facing Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Libertarian Robert Sarvis in the race for the governor's mansion. Election day is this coming Tuesday, Nov. 5.
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Given the proposed constitutional amendment in MN, I really feel the need to tell a story…
It's a story that a lot of you have heard, but a lot of you haven't. It is something that we haven't hidden, but also have been fairly politic about who we tell it to.
The more I hear about the gay marriage debate, and more I hear about people who seek to impose a narrow definition of "family" upon the rest of us, the more I feel the need to shout our story from the rooftops.
It should not be a secret. It is a beautiful story about how four people came together to create one amazing family…
Josh and I were married on Midsummer in 2008. We honeymooned in Spain, and not long after we returned home, we got a call from our friends Molly and Emer inviting us to dinner. I had gone to college with Emer, though I graduated the year before Molly started at Grinnell. They were good friends who we enjoyed spending time with, when time allowed.
We enjoyed a lovely dinner on Molly and Emer's porch, telling tales of our travels in Spain and generally catching up. After we had finished eating, Emer topped off our wine glasses, and gave Molly a significant look.
"There's something we'd like to ask you." Emer said.
Molly and Emer began to talk about their desire to start a family, and how they had been approaching that challenge as a lesbian couple. They were really hoping that they could find a donor that they knew, so they would not have to go through the overly-medicalized process of using a sperm bank.
Then, they nervously got to the point: Would we, Josh specifically, be willing to father their child?
This request was not a total surprise – I had known that Molly and Emer were hoping to start a family soon, and I had once, a few months ago, casually mentioned the idea to Josh. At the time I had no idea they were considering asking us. I knew that they were starting the process of looking for donors, and they were hoping to find someone they knew. I thought that since Josh and I did not want to have children of our own, maybe we would be able to help someone else become parents. I remember mentioning it to Josh as an aside one night – "Hey, I know Molly and Emer are starting to think about having kids, do you think that is something you might be interested in helping them out with someday?" I hadn't thought about it since then.
That night at dinner, Molly and Emer told us about their hopes for their future family. Josh considered it, and told them that he needed some time to think about it.
For the next few weeks, I tried really hard not to push Josh about it. I knew that as his spouse it was a significant decision that involved both of us, but in reality the decision had to be his. I was all for it, but I knew that he had to reach his own decision. This was something that would happen to us as a couple, but really I was just a bystander, a supportive person in something very significant that wasn't actually happening to me.
After some time thinking it through, Josh reached his decision: Yes. Yes we would help Molly and Emer start the family they so desperately desired.
We started talking about logistics. We wanted to keep things friendly, and not too awkward, but we also realized that we were starting down a path that held a lot of huge unknowns. The four of us sat down one night and drew up a contract. Molly and Emer wanted to make sure that no matter what, the child would be fully theirs, and that neither Josh nor I had any legal claim to him. Josh and I wanted to make sure that we could not be held liable for any medical complications or outcomes related to the pregnancy. Really, we came up with a lot of legal-sounding stuff that covered what we considered to be all the eventualities of pregnancy, labor, birth, and child-rearing. We all wanted to make sure we considered every possibility – what happens if Molly miscarries? If she develops complications in the pregnancy? What if something should happen to either of the child's mothers – at any point in his life? Do Josh and I have any say in how they raise him? In how they educate him? What if they decide to move to another state? What if, god forbid, both Molly and Emer are killed? Are Josh and I considered guardians? Can we have any claim to anything that happens in the life of the child? Can Molly and Emer blame us if anything goes wrong?
Looking back now, the detail of our contract seems a bit excessive, but I'm glad we went through with it. We had no idea what this experience would be like, and we were smart enough to know that there were a lot of unknowns that we might have to deal with. We had a lawyer friend look over our contract, we all signed it, and we were ready to go.
This was the point when all attempts to pretend it wasn't awkward went out the window. When your husband is trying to impregnate another woman, you kind of just have to embrace the awkward. We did decide to do the whole process ourselves, with no formal medical intervention. Molly charted, and Josh showed up at their house on the appropriate days. A receptacle was left in the bathroom. You all can imagine the rest.
After a couple of months, Molly was getting tired of tracking her cycles so closely, and we were all starting to get burned out. She decided to not do all the tests, to take it easy, and just use basic female intuition to guess when she was ovulating. Of course, that was the month that worked.
Molly was pregnant.
We were thrilled. We were overjoyed. We started trying to figure out how to navigate this new phase – how to be happy for our friends, and involved in the process, but not too overbearing. This was the point where it became Molly and Emer's pregnancy, but it was still ours, too.
I don't know that I've ever seen Josh so out of sorts – those of you who know him know he is a person who is very sure of himself, but this was something totally new for him. He was so worried that something would go wrong – not that it would be his fault, but that this thing we had decided to do would result in harm to people we loved. It was a new kind of stress.
The months went by. We helped host a shower, we did what we could. Finally the day came when Molly went into labor. It was a long one. No complications beyond time, which took the birth from home to the hospital after over 48 hours. On July 26, Jasper was born.
And so a new family was started. We visited Jasper and his happy, excited, tired moms the day after he was born. He was a very big baby, which must have been Josh's fault because Molly is a very small woman. Everyone at the hospital was awesome, and no one flinched at having two moms in the delivery room, or not putting a father's name on the birth certificate.
Of course, the actual birth of Jasper brought us into the next step of our journey – Josh was absolved of certain legal responsibilities because his name wasn't on the birth certificate, but one of Jasper's actual parents had no legal rights regarding him. We knew this would be part of the process, but it was still frustrating to have to deal with.
As the non-biological same-sex parent of the child, Emer would have to apply to adopt her own son. This required court filings, and affidavits and witness statements testifying to her fitness as a parent. Josh went to the family court hearing for the adoption to witness on Emer, Molly, and Jasper's behalf. He came home later that day telling how awesome the judge was – as a family court judge, she usually had to deal with custody disputes and other nasty things that happen to families, and had been genuinely happy to have a case where two people so obviously deserved to get what they were asking for. For the judge, it was a welcome change to not be facilitating pulling families apart, but to be knitting one together.
At some point not long after Jasper was born, Emer's dad sent us a card. He thanked us for helping all of them redefine what "family" meant. Reading that card still brings tears to my eyes.
We had no idea what we were getting into when we decided to do this, but I can truly say it is one of the best things I have ever done. It strikes an especially meaningful chord for me, because I myself was adopted as a baby. I really know nothing about my biological parents, but I do know that the people who raised me are all the family I have, and I am one of them. My parents are devout Catholics who chose adoption when having children of their own wasn't an option. My mother is a woman who attended the wedding of my brother's college roommate, (who was marrying his longtime partner,) in a wheelchair. Nathan's parents wouldn't come, and my mother declared that – despite the fact that she had just had a hip replacement a few weeks before – she would be there, because every groom needs a mother at his wedding. My parents taught me that family is what you make it, not what you are given, or what the bible or the government tells you it should be.
Jasper just turned three. He loves trucks of all kinds, is a voracious reader, and is one of the cutest damn kids I've ever known. He has my husband's nose, and his mother's eyes. We are hoping to give him a sibling someday. Molly and Emer are amazing parents, and I am so proud that I was able to help them build their family.
Ultimately, what it comes down to is this – Molly and Emer have just as much right to decide TO have children as Josh and I have NOT to. Their family is amazing, and watching them raise their child is inspiring. They are a family, and it is right. Jasper is growing up in a world where some of his friends have one mom, or one dad, or a mom and dad, or two of both. He has no idea that any of those combinations might be wrong, because they aren't. All he knows is that he loves his Mamma Molly, and he loves his Mama Emer, but he also loves it when Uncle Josh comes over. Because Uncle Josh never gets tired of playing trucks with him.
And that's alright.
This post was originally published by the Internal Ledger and is republished with permission.
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As I have said many times, my blood family is who I am related to. My "other family", is who I choose to be accepting of, and loving with all my heart.
I see no difference except that my blood family, I can choose to ignore, when they act like idiots!
Who's to say what truly makes up a family in today's world? You not only have the "nuclear" family, you have many other varieties. You have families where the children are being raised by grandparents, aunts, uncles, adult siblings, etc. You have families where there is a single parent due to death, divorce, the "father" bailing out the second the test turned positive, etc. You have "step" families that result from subsequent remarriages. You have families where the children are adopted. You have families where the children came from donor eggs/sperm or surrogacy.
It doesn't matter how the family came to be or how it's made up. What matters is that there's love.
Just a shout out to all the people who think they had the traditional family all through the line. You've probably never done and genealogy, and you don't know what your ancestors did in bed.
They weren't all honest. ;3
Way to go judge, for supporting the idea of family and adoption! It takes a village to raise a child, enen though we may encounter the idiot who attempts to rant and rail about what a 'real' family is.
Thank you for this wonderful story :)
Wonderful story. Best wishes to all of them.
Sounds very loving and considerate to me. My 2 cents worth :-)
Imo we shouldn't think 'either/or' but 'and/and'. And: the child has loving (care) parents, And: the child will some day likely want to meet and socialize (and maybe more, maybe less) with all of his biological origins (+ e.g. grandparents etc.).
I'm basing this on 1. the observation that by far the most adopted children someday want to do same, and 2. kids from divorced parents are much happier when they can retain abundant contact with both their biological parents, plus perchance having 1 or 2 more 'parents' (the new partners).
I'm suggesting that the option, the possibility, should always be there for him. Plus telling him everything about the background of his own existence in this life whenever he asks and/or as seems appropriate, and that this be a normal topic of conversation. No secrets, no 'protecting'. It's >his
Family; where does it say that it means a father and a mother? When I looked up the root of the word family it actually referenced household slaves and affiliated groups. Family for most of us is where we were loved and accepted, where our needs were met and we felt part of something. When it comes down to it, really comes down to it, we turn to the family we have cultivated, for me, that is far broader than genetics.
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So an adopted child is not really "adopted," then? His adopted family isn't his real family, the adoptive parents aren't his real parents. He's just kind of on long-term semi-permanent loan from the "real" parents -- the ones who gave him up because they either couldn't or didn't want to take care of him.
And that would make the adoptive parents...what, exactly? Fake parents? Pretend parents? Imaginary parents? If the only choices you recognize are "real" and "not real," that doesn't leave an adoptive parent much standing in your eyes.
If adoption didn't make you a "real" parent, why would ANYONE ever adopt a child? If the "real" parent and his/her extended family are the ones who really count, why do the hard, grinding work of child rearing? There's no reason to bear that burden and expense for a child who isn't really yours. There's no reason to take on the drudgery and the heartache if the child isn't really yours.
I'm pretty sure both adoptive parents and adopted children are going to join Dotti in a chorus of "stuff it, Steve" when they hear the crap you just shoveled into this thread. You'd be better of shoveling that stuff around your roses; it makes them grow.
Steve R...You are quite right..some things ARE written in stone....things which CANNOT be changed...things which are part of who we are...The structure of family has very basic fundamentals which are inbuilt into our genetics and are things which children need in their growing lives for balanced respect and outook because they are all born either male or female.And ONLY mum and dad can provide that.Just because biological parents often fail in their responsibilities in raising kids,nothing changes in that respect.But the decisions we make will ALWAYS AFFECT the kids.A mother and father is just a basic fundamental to forming a family as thy are both NEEDED to produce offspring and neccessary to raising that offspring for they both bring neccesary requirements to what constitutes a family.It has aleays been that way and always will be even if many wish to interpret " family" to mean what suits themselves.It is why the context of this story presents support or opponents to for it's message.
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The Bush administration's effort to wage a war of ideas against terrorism is hampered by divisions among agencies and by a lack of focus on winning Muslim support.
"On the battle of ideas, we have unilaterally disarmed," said Marc Ginsberg, a former ambassador to Morocco. "We have abandoned the playing field to the [Islamist] radicals and we have failed to empower our allies in the region with the tools they need to confront the radicals by themselves."
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said in an interview last week with The Washington Times that the United States is not doing enough to counter extremist ideas, and polls have shown that public support for America has declined sharply in the Middle East since 2000.
"We are in a war of ideas, as well as a global war on terror," Mr. Rumsfeld said, noting that "ideas are important, and they need to be marshaled, and they need to be communicated in ways that are persuasive to the listeners."
"In many instances, we're not the best messengers," Mr. Rumsfeld said, adding that the Bush administration should consider setting up a "21st-century information agency."
In Iraq, the Pentagon has spent about $30 million on a ground-based television system known as the Iraq Media Network, but little on programming, or on satellite television, which is the province of anti-U.S. networks.
Arabs in large numbers are watching the Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite television network, to which Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network have sent tapes and messages for broadcast. Another major satellite network is Tehran-based Al Alam, which U.S. officials view as anti-American.
"Most Muslims think the global war on terrorism is a war against Islam," said Mr. Ginsberg, adding that more should be done to get Arabic-speaking Americans on Middle East television and radio.
Several recent studies by the Congress and academic institutions have stated that the State Department, the lead agency for promoting American ideas, lacks direction for influencing foreign and especially Muslim publics in ways favorable to the United States.
"Despite the best efforts of American officials, [Iraqi] media are not getting the U.S. story," according to a State Department report on public diplomacy in the Muslim world. It also said that the White House "should provide for more coherent messaging and better overall coordination."
The report, issued Oct. 1 by an outside advisory group, said the department spends about $600 million annually in promoting the United States and $540 million on broadcasting, but only $25 million on attempting to influence the estimated 1.5 billion people in the Muslim world.
The key to defeating terrorism is to "isolate and ultimately defeat al Qaeda" by uniting people of all cultures by informing and educating them that the war against terrorism is aimed at killers and not Muslims, said Shibley Telhami, a Brookings Institution scholar who was a member of the advisory group.
"Most people in the Arab and Muslim world like most of our basic values and in particular democracy and freedom and our technology," Mr. Telhami said. "But they are clearly frustrated with our policies."
Mr. Telhami said recent comments by Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin, a senior Pentagon intelligence official, reinforced stereotypes about Americans among the publics in the Middle East and undermined U.S. efforts to gain support among Muslims for the war on terrorism.


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This castle is the home to 100 people trying to save the planet! So cool.
Jocelyn Stoller's curator insight, August 7, 11:12 PM
I love how designers think beyond the possible. Last year, researchers at Virginia Tech found sweet success with a bio-battery that's powered by sugar – an energy-storage powerhouse. What's equally fascinating is that this refillable battery is 10 times more energy-dense than a lithium-ion battery of the same size. From cell phones to video games to tablets, the sugar-powered battery could hit the commercial electronics market in about three years, says associate professor Y.H. Percival Zhang, who spearheaded the project. In June engineer Seokheun Choi, from the University of Binghamton, used something more abundant than sugar to reach a new milestone in battery technology: microbes. He applied the Japanese art of origami to build a battery that draws energy from microbial respiration. Dirty water, which teems with organic matter, works like a charm on this battery, Choi says. A single drop of dirty water can generate enough power for a biosensor. For five cents a piece, the battery could be a game-changer if it is successfully commercialized.
These are important micro trends...and maybe just in time for the breakout of Tesla's mobility revolution.
Jocelyn Stoller's curator insight, August 7, 11:19 PM
The Wharton School of Business looks at the business implications of a new study by James Hansen, formerly at NASA and perhaps the world's foremost climate scientist, and 16 co-authors...it suggests that ice shelves and glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica may be melting 10 times faster than previous consensus estimates suggested. That would lead to a rise in sea levels of 10 feet in as little as 50 years. To understand the potential new risks, Knowledge@Wharton spoke withErwann Michel-Kerjan, executive director of Wharton's Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, to discuss this new study.
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Its so inspiring to hear the story of social entrepreneurs such as Chris Ategeka born in a small village in Uganda. He witnessed both parents die of Hiv/Aids...so Chris knew it, just how important access is....I remember when I was in Uganda with my son Daniel Cooperrider and we were working with healthcare providers--and just getting there, to the care setting, was half the challenge. In contexts like this we know:
99% of all maternal deaths occur in developing countries. Maternal death is higher in rural areas and poor communities. (Source: World Health Organization)
Almost 70% of children under five years old who die can be treated and survive with proper medical attention.
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David Cooperrider & Chris Johnston's curator insight, June 30, 9:25 AM
It was an exciting step. Just a couple days ago we were at the world summit for Principles for Responsible Management Education with the UN in New York, and Chuck Fowler, Chairman of the Board of Case Western Reserve University and the person behind the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit shared the vision for something "more than a Nobel like Prize" for lifting up the most important business and society innovations leading to a world of full spectrum flourishing. The idea was contagious and PRME and LEAP business schools all over the world invited their students to go into their countries and regions and do ai interviews with leading entrepreneurs and business leaders--pathfinders, showing the way to business a force for "doing good and doing well."
The students were so moved by their interviews--it changed their views--that many were in tears as they shared stories of humanity, courage, hope, and creative new sources of value. These intergenerational interviews are a distinguishing feature of the prizing process where any student, anywhere in the world, can download the appreciative inquiry questions and go into their region and discover the most important and inspiring business and society innovations in their local settings. My sense is that once we get to two million inter generational interviews using appreciative inquiry and the new myActions platform together, we will see an "exponential inquiry effect"--a tipping point--where we see a shift from slow evolution or even conscious evolution, to a kind of conscious co-elevation. When we co-elevate the best and think beyond the possible we experience what JonathonHaight calls the emotions of elevation...and the students doing these interviews, are experiencing exactly that, along with a new vocabulary of business as an agent of world benefit.
At the end of the UN Global Compact PRME summit a declaration was officially adopted by delegates. Among the declarations is the Flourish Prizing for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. It is exciting. Its a start at something important. I will continue to report on it in this scoop it. It will be in high gear by 2017.
Loretta Donovan's curator insight, June 30, 9:54 AM
Appreciative Inquiry inspires new world prize. Kudos to @David Cooperrider & Chris Johnstonr
Jocelyn Stoller's curator insight, August 7, 11:13 PM
The vision of green jobs to help turn around the economy is a wonderful sight to see. If you think the idea of a new, clean-energy economy or the notion of green jobs are just rhetoric, take a trip up to Buffalo, New York. Have a look at the 1.2 million-square-foot shell of SolarCity's recently-completed manufacturing plant that lies nestled in a crook in the Buffalo River, just a mile or so before it empties out into Lake Erie.
Jocelyn Stoller's curator insight, August 7, 4:13 PM
Climate change denial is getting harder in the face of so much consensus in the scientific community. Lobbying organizations such as Alec are losing longtime supporters. Alec is reportedly facing a funding crisis after losing many of the world's biggest corporations from its stable in recent years. Amazon, Coca-Cola, General Electric, Kraft, McDonald's, Walmart, Google, Yahoo, Facebook, eBay and Yelp all left the group
Leng Sereywath's curator insight, July 30, 10:27 PM
Germany will reap the benefits of clean renewable energy for years to come and is setting the pace. It just got 78% of its electricity from renewables (the US gets about 13%)--and with 78% as a new record Germany is signaling that all the new talk of a world at 100% renewable energy is no longer utopian. That's exciting.
David Cooperrider & Chris Johnston's curator insight, June 30, 9:32 AM
Headlines like this from leading investment advisors tell us what it means when we hit the sustainable value and win-win place between moral imagination and economic development. I love this lead:
"Environmentalists love energy companies that don't pollute. That should be obvious. Not so obvious: So do investors."
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The most profitable companies are moving towards environmental, social and financial success. They seem to go hand in hand.
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