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Legislation for a major shake-up of the child care system will go before Parliament this week but changes to make the system "fairer" have so far failed to convince Labor and the Greens.
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Grandparents will have more access to government-subsidised child care while payments to high-income earners will be scaled back under a revised package to go before Federal Parliament this week.
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Welfare organisations say hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding cuts have hit hard, stretching an already under-funded sector to the limit.
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A children's respite care centre in Tasmania's north is moving to Victoria, over concerns an NBN tower will be built nearby.
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The West Australian Government has been accused of trying to bribe remote communities into signing up to a trial of the cashless welfare card.
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Superannuation policy is never far from the headlines.
Assistant Treasurer Kelly O'Dwyer recently claimed that super was designed to be an alternative to the aged pension, introduced so people would not receive a full or part pension.
But is she correct? ABC Fact Check takes a closer look.
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A man who took a home-made gun to a Centrelink office in Melbourne's north is on the run, after fleeing from police.
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A study commissioned by the Federal Government finds its work for the dole trial led to just a 2 per cent increase in job placements.
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More people than ever are visiting the emergency food hub in a Burnie-based produce supplier, and according to the founder, it is not the best record to have.
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The Federal Government finalises an agreement to trial its cash-restricted welfare debit card in the East Kimberley, calling the initiative a "full-frontal assault" on abuse fuelled by drugs and alcohol.
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Some Ceduna locals remain sceptical about the benefits of a cashless welfare card ahead of a federal trial in their town beginning in February.
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More than 11,000 West Australians have their seniors cards suspended amid claims of rorting.
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The idea that DSP numbers or spending are growing out of whack with the population or the economy is fallacious. We need to stop stigmatising people who often lack the political clout to fight back.
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A coalition of 15 community organisations wants the Tasmanian Government to limit poker machine losses, and move to phase them out of pubs and clubs.
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The number of children in interim state care has ballooned in the past year and "something is seriously wrong", South Australia's Guardian for Children says.
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What opportunities are there for Tasmanian food processing workers who lose their jobs after decades of work in the one job?
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In this episode: The ice scourge in regional WA, advances in genetic sequencing, when age effects driving and Melbourne's homeless find social media fame. #AustraliaWide.
Topics: health, aged-care, drugs-and-substance-abuse, unemployment, welfare, youth, homelessness, brain-and-nervous-system, medical-research, australia
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The number of calls to Centrelink that have gone unanswered increases by 61 per cent to 22 million calls a year, with bureaucrats saying smartphone dialling apps may be partly to blame.
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Independent Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie says she is not likely to vote for the Federal Government's revised welfare cuts.
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Dumped treasurer Joe Hockey is set to see another of his budget measures axed as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirms his Government is working on a revised family payments reform package.
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The proposed Healthy Welfare Card isn't identical to the regimes that stole Indigenous people's wages in the 1960s, but with that still fresh in our collective memories this new concept has forced many to revisit old trauma.
Topics: government-and-politics, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, welfare
Ceduna Mayor Allan Suter says the go-ahead for a trial of a new cashless welfare card is a landmark move that should save lives.
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Legal Aid Western Australia warns State Government budget cuts could impact its ability to deliver services throughout the state.
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The Federal Government is accused of rushing through new laws that pave the way for a trial of welfare quarantining, after the Senate passes the bill last night.
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The Federal Government's bill to trial a new cashless welfare card passes the Senate.
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Though he has shown a softer side in the weeks leading into his UFC 116 main event with Shane Carwin on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Brock Lesnar believes reports of an attitude changed have been largely overblown.
Once the cage door closes behind him, the UFC heavyweight champion vows to lean on the menacing approach that made him the promotion's top box office draw.
"I'm just going to be a big teddy bear," Lesnar said sarcastically at the prefight news conference on Thursday. "What do you think I'm going to be? You think my life has changed? No, it hasn't."
Lesnar has separated the newfound humility in his personal life from the aggression that defines him as a professional, though his life- and career-threatening bout with an intestinal disorder in late 2009 left him more appreciative in both areas.
"I love my family. I love God. I'm in a great place," he said. "Six months ago, literally, I was on my deathbed, and here I am. It's a damn miracle."
Carwin -- who has in recent days opened up more about his dislike for the manner in which Lesnar carries himself -- plans to set his personal feelings aside when he enters the Octagon for the most significant mixed martial arts match of his career.
"I don't take any of these fights personally," Carwin said. "I go in there to perform. This is what I love to do. It's the ultimate sport on Earth. I think inside the Octagon Brock and I can be very similar. We're both very competitive, both athletic. But outside of it, we might treat people different. Those are the instances I spoke of."
Much of the prefight talk has surrounded the wrestling credentials the two behemoths wield. Lesnar was a four-time collegiate All-American and won a Division I national championship in 2000 as a heavyweight at the University of Minnesota. A decorated amateur in his own right, Carwin captured a national title at the Division II level.
"As far as my credentials as a wrestler, I guess he's talking partially about his team, too," Carwin said. "I know he trains with a Division II national champion, who won it after I won it, and a runner-up. And frankly, right now, as USA Wrestling stands, the No. 1 and 2 guys in the world are Division II wrestlers, so you tell me."
Lesnar's illness provided him with the chance to evaluate his progression in MMA. The former WWE superstar hired former Golden Gloves champion Peter Welch as his boxing coach and brought in Luke Richardson for strength and conditioning. Welch has worked extensively with two-time lightweight title contender Kenny Florian; Richardson served under the Jacksonville Jaguars umbrella in the NFL.
"I had to sit back and analyze my whole life and my pursuit to greatness in this sport," Lesnar said. "You have to evolve, so I've had to change a few things. I didn't just take a backseat. I approached this as a new chapter in my life, [a chance] to move forward. I want to go down as the greatest heavyweight in the world."
Lesnar, in his first fight in nearly a year, will face arguably the division's most potent finisher when he locks horns with Carwin. Rooted at the Grudge Training Center in Colorado, the 35-year-old Carwin has stopped all 12 of his opponents inside one round. He has 22-, 29-, 31-, 44- and 49-second wins on his unblemished résumé.
Still, some question his place as one of the world's premier heavyweights. Doubters seem to have had little impact on him.
"It doesn't bother me at all," Carwin said. "All of the first-round stoppages -- I don't think about that. I don't think about the undefeated record. There's little room for error, and anything can happen in there when you put four-ounce gloves on heavyweights."
A headliner for the first time in his UFC career, Carwin pays no attention to the names on the marquee.
"No added pressure for me," he said. "The UFC and the heavyweight division [are] full of a bunch of top heavyweights. I don't care who you're fighting next; it's going to be tough. I know every fight I get into will be a tough opponent, and I better be prepared for it."
Lesnar expects a stern test and remains aware of other young heavyweights, most notably Junior dos Santos and Cain Velasquez, who are nipping at his heels.
"I don't fear much of anything, really," Lesnar said. "Like I said, I feel blessed to be here. Shane's a stand-up guy. He's a tough heavyweight. There [are] no slouches in the heavyweight division. There really [aren't]. When [UFC President] Dana [White] decided to run with me, I think things were a little bit different at the time in the heavyweight division; there [are] a lot of studs in there, and that's a good thing."
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Indie goes alien: Filmmakers preview 'Skyline' at Comic-Con's Hall H
What makes this monster/alien invasion film different from the rest?
Aliens the size of a mid-sized hotel. Violent blue lights that send tremors into Los Angeles like an earthquake. Intense facial deformity and stampedes from invasion.
The scale of "Skyline" is quite big, but the budget was small. The alien-invasion film was financed and paid for independently by some famous friends (like Brett Ratner) and its creators, The Brothers Strause, who were on hand along with the film's principals at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con.
"So if you guys hate it, then we can't blame anybody else," Colin Strause quipped.
The pair's visual effects resume includes credits on "2012," "Avatar," "Aliens v Predator," "The Day After Tomorrow," "Terminator 3," "The X Files" and beyond, giving them a leg up on themes of extra-terrestrials, the End Times, destruction of Los Angeles and all combinations therein.
In a panel moderated by HitFix's own Drew McWeeny, Colin and Greg Strause plus Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas, Donald Faison and Brittany Daniel were able to introduce the trailer and a two-minute clips of the flick, which comes out on Nov. 12 this year. Only about 120 people were part of the cast and crew for "Skyline," and the majority of it was shot in, on and around the Strause's apartment building in Los Angeles' Marina neighborhood. One of their screenwriters, for instance, was also a cameraman and the animation supervisor. There were no crew trailers.
"It's been efficient," Greg said. "There were about five people making the decisions."
The result: two couples in the heart of Los Angeles trying to enjoy a vacation, when spaceships roll into town overnight and, naturally, chaos ensues. As vessels hover over the city, what appears to be debris rises into the blue lights; upon closer inspection, however, it appears that it's humans that the aliens are after. "Like moths to flame," says Colin, human beings are drawn to disaster, and the earth's new visitors are taking advantage of it.
The creatures are what the directors and producers call organic, crystalline structures, and gigantic at that. "We wanted Transformer-sized aliens. We've seen an eight-foot alien. We wanted a 55-foot tall one," Colin said, alluding to his former project "Avatar." "I've seen 'Cloverfield,' 'King Kong,'... the premise of the movie is mass abduction on a global scale. [The aliens] don't shoot bullets or laser beams. That's not their MO."
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Fun boutonniere's and cake toppers from Etsy seller Mosey Handmade…see them at the Renegade Craft Fair this weekend! [via Poppytalk]
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Fun boutonniere's and cake toppers from Etsy seller Mosey Handmade…see them at the Renegade Craft Fair this weekend! [via Poppytalk]
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Maybe some of you remember my post a few months ago about Sara and Ev's amazing wedding…I definitely bookmarked the photos as inspiration for my own wedding. Anyway, Kathryn gave me a heads up on Alison Hotchkiss, the event planner behind this amazing affair, and I asked her to share a little info about the day.
Sara and Evan came to us wanting something different, modern and well designed which is very much a reflection of the couple….They wanted amazing food with emphasis on vegetarian dishes since the groom was a vegetarian so they hired Paula le Duc, the no brainer choice on high end cuisine yet down home and delicious. They wanted to have there ceremony outdoors and the party indoors and the De Young Museum was the perfect site for this. They walked down the aisle to their favorite rendition of a flaming lips song played by a local jazz band…..dinner was served in the Dewilsey court which has a beautiful high ceilings and a gigantic piece of art that went perfect with their decor…..all the tables were square with crisp white linens square chargers and centerpieces were also in crisp whites pea green and the containers were varying modern white ceramic. Gaucho, a local band, played gypsy/jazz music during dinner as the guests were served 2 courses paired with wine….after dinner the couple danced their first dance to a local dj and the party began. Mini cupcakes and ice cream cones were served in the lounge area…a photobooth kept guests attention and guests danced the night away….at the end of the night the guests loaded up the mini coaches and were given a hang-over bag filled with water, aspirin, their favorite sticky buns bought that afternoon, candies and other treats…
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Tuxes: MW Tux
While ordering the tuxedos for our guys were easy, there were lots of mistakes when we picked them up. Sizes were wrong, some accessories were rusty, suspenders were broken, my father in law had to BUY a new tux shirt since they ship everything in and didn't have his size….essentially it was a bit of a mess. But, in the end, the guys all looked pretty good, and thats whats important.
Chad's tux: Rothmans – John Varvatos
Chad looked hot in his Varvatos tux, and the guys at Rothmans were very easy to work with. They also provide tailoring free of charge, so that was a nice bonus. We had his tux within a few weeks. [hubba hubba]
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I saw Erin Ruth's giftwrap collection over at Poppytalk Handmade and thought they were really great! I want to wrap EVERYTHING in these amazing papers! She's also got notecards and ribbons to match…
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How the heck do you beat a squirrel bride or a giraffe groom? These cake toppers by Etsy seller Melabo are hilarious!
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California education officials have adopted rules governing how school districts will be able to spend the money they get based on how many disadvantaged students they have.
The State Board of Education unanimously approved the regulations on Thursday after hearing from more than 320 superintendents, school board members, parents, students and other supporters of Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to direct more of the state's education dollars to students who are low-income, learning to speak English or living in foster care.
The rules require districts to devote the extra money they receive for their high-needs student populations to improving and expanding services specifically for those students. But they also give local officials latitude to decide which programs and strategies would work best.
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Skip to comments.Head Start Is Closing Down All Over
Posted on 02/25/2011 6:49:18 PM PST by A CA Guy
My sister who works for Head Start says next Friday is it in CA. They had a meeting today saying they are all gone. She was told it is all closing at least in this state and maybe across the nation at least in part.
Sure, budget issues is the way it goes, but how long before we get more bonds and BS (FOR THE CHILDREN)?
The Los Angeles times in the source link is there to show you they already blamed Republicans even though in this state the Democrats run the show.
(Excerpt) Read more at articles.latimes.com ...
Head Start is something I haven't thought of in years. I used to be involved in the weekly 4 hour live uplink that went nationwide. Talk about dull air.
My mother was one of the earliest employees of head start and worked for them for nearly 20 years. It became all about the grant money.
Just one more federal money hole and social programing nursery.
Sittin' here chuckling at that great tagline.
Head Start is supposed to provide great academic support for young disadvantaged students. It doesn't. The advantages are very short term and the advantages disappear in a couple of years. This is a true liberal feel good program. And it is as effective as most true liberal feel good programs.
And of course White parents pay for the vast majority of the program.
The Welfare state is failing, and with it much of "minority achievement" - a fantasy made up of special programs, welfare, affirmative action and government jobs will dispear with it. Much of the black middle class will disapear with FedGov, thought the NFL and NBA guys will still be making the big bucks.
It's gonna be an interesting decade.
She may know the name Carolyn Dorell, she was the presenter of nationwide Head Start video uplinks that went on for years.
My mom made me breakfast until she taught me how to cook my own.
When my mother finally walked away she was transportation director for this region. It was the unionista bus drivers that finally drove her out. Bunch of vicious drunken animals demanding more money than was in the budget.
Minorities are raised believing that makeing it in the middle class is a government job of ANY sort. They are taught that these are the only jobs they cannot be fired from no matter how bad the economy or how piss poor their performance.
I walk into a Federal building in a 95% white area and 50% plus of the employees are minorities. Some places it's more like 80%.
Where immigrants (any immigrants) come from, government jobs are about the only ones that aren't "black market," and there for subject to extortion, clearance, or jail time.
Sort of like the US is getting to be. Want to braid your friends' hair for a little snack money? Don't try it!
"Hope the Democrats don't wiggle this into politics"
I assure you politics is the reason Head Start was chosen for closure first.
The media wants red meat and the Dems serve it up. Angry mothers without government-supplied baby-sitters will be sicced on Republicans.
"Women and minorities hardest hit" the first phrase taught in J-school.
I think that it was really meant for those children who needed early intervention but then it just became a free babysitting service.
Now they have to have other government funded programs for special needs children.
They serve the shortest stint possible in the military to collect military benefits for life, then work one government job after another for the absolute minimum to collect retirement benefits for life (in many cases at nearly full pay). By the time they are done, they are collecting 3 or more retirements, getting free healthcare at the VA, and collecting social security disability on top of it all because at some point along the way they hurt their back *cough*
It makes me sick.
The Los Angeles times in the source link is there to show you they already blamed Republicans even though in this state the Democrats run the show.
The people I have experience with at the federal and state jobs are usually born and raised here. Mostly blacks from different cities willing to move anywhere for what they have been taught is success. A government job. My main point isn't that they are bad it's that this is all many have "learned" growing up. That is sad in this great country.
Immigrants in my area? maybe 1% and they work mostly for the local farms and ranches. Paid housing in good homes, good wages and freedom.
Thee mother5s need to stay home and be mothers. It is criminal to drop kids off at age 3. These women should be prosecuted.
One or two months ago, there was a report that the White House requested from the OMB, "grading" Federal Programs from 0 to 100% effectiveness. Anything below 70% can safely be considered questionable; under 40% is a clear "FAIL".
As I recall, Head Start was in the mid 30s.
Unfortunately, the bureaucracy sees to it that any embarrassing data like that is virtually impossble for the ordinary citizen to obtain. I spent a couple of days trying to download the data in the form it was presented on cable news, but failed.
OMG! I just tried again and here it is...
Rating Decades Old Ongoing Failed Federal Programs
Worth poking around, even if the site forces you to find the data for each of the gazillion Federal Departments separately. And the numerical rating is not given; however, ineffective pretty much covers it.
I laugh when the elected and appointed criminals in the Executive Department ask us with moronic expressions, "where do you want us to cut?
Are you s******g me?
These mothers need to stay home and be mothers. It is criminal to drop kids off at age 3. These women should be prosecuted.
Good. Shut it all down.
Local and moved-in black people are a large percentage of government employees here, too. They're favored for hiring. We have a significant percentage of immigrants, legal and illegal, but they have "real" jobs. Eastern Europeans tend to have mechanic skills, such as fixing the dryer. Mexicans or Central Americans are in agriculture or building/repair trades.
However, a "legal," secure job in Mexico or Egypt is a government job. It will be interesting, if the system holds up that long, to see if the Post Office is staffed by the American-born children of today's illegals, in 40 years.
Expect more of the same 'blame game' in days to come.
Republicans will be painted over and over and over by the
the leftist media whores as the ones to blame for everything
that pops up.
Who cares. It's not like we can't get the truth out there...for now.
Our grandkids (who live with us) attended Head Start for 2-3 years. It was a positive experience, definitely, but then schools and teachers are pretty good in this area while people complain vehemently about them in others.
Believe me, it wasn't a babysitting service for us. We love every minute with the kids (well, almost) and I had to drive two 20 mile round trips each day to drop them off and call for them. Burned a bunch of gas and a Geo Metro!
When was this exactly? How many more years has the total waste of money scam been going until somebody said, "Hey! Wait a sec here..."
See my post #20.
Yeah, I think I should be prosecuted, too! (post #25).
Just so I get free meals and health insurance for life in a prison like the one Madoff is in.
BTW, the kids are turning out fine.
Kids can get a lot out of a preschool program. Several of my children went to church preschool, before it got too expensive.
However, there is a difference between observing that a child had a good time and learned something in preschool, and proving that it had long-term educational advantages over not attending. The justification for Head Start as a federal program was that it would produce life-long improvements in outcome for children from poor families.
Seems like it's mainly an expensive Day Care program.
My mother walked away around 20 years ago.
Just filthy business all around. You sell your soul writing grant requests for programs like that.
So they moved to take over the public schools and younger kids - but dang it, too many of them also either stayed with or reverted to their upbringing.
So, they got the movement going to get women out to work - and then provide headstart to help for 'babysitting.'
the rationale for Headstart?
DIRECT QUOTE from one of their conference manuals: "We must get to them [children] starting by age 2 BEFORE THEIR PARENTS HAVE INSTILLED THEIR VALUES IN THEM."
As far as the mantra that Headstart gave kids a better start in school, studies showed that by 3rd-4th grade, kids were so burned out of being in school that they lost ground.
Children need their first few years at home to have time to get a good sense of themselves as an individual, not just one of a group.
And we know how the commies feel about individualism.
Sometime in the 70s welfare was attached to the "Public Employee" system at all levels, and became the 60-pound tail that wags the 80-pound dog.
I have visited the Engineering and Planning Departments at many County offices for decades, and on a more than a few occasions, right in the middle of of a transaction, she/he (union member) has said, "I have to go now; it's time for my scheduled break." Negotiated Union Rule?
Can you imagine any private-sector employee ever doing that to a customer? and keeping their job?
The good news is, there will be a sudden surplus of short buses for unemployed and illegal immigrant families to live in.
Yep. This needs to go away as it is wholly a waste of money and an empowerment of the nanny state (literally).
It is designed to give the mothers a head start on the next fatherless baby.
Well...shouldn't that ol' playin' field be about leveled by now?!?
I have to say, it's pretty amazing that CA would cut Head Start rather than work on public sector union costs.
I am not attempting to make a generalization to any other kids, or any other Head Start facility, not am I referring merely to the "fun" quotient.
But in our case we can trace back to where they began to learn letters, for example, in Early Head Start (with reinforcement at home, of course), to whole words in Head Start, on through the progression to the present day. The socialization function also was important, since as grandparents we weren't in contact with other small children. In this manner of looking at the kids' development longitudinally the longer term benefit is there; we see it also in the comments on their report cards. Believe me, none of their counterparts in their father's family get compliments like that!
Yes, they would have acquired the intellectual and social skills eventually anyway (probably), but a head start is always an advantage.
There's been enough studies to show that Head Start is useless, as the kids drop to average within maybe two years of getting out.
It would be something entirely different if they actually made an effort to teach the kids reading as I did for my kids when they were that age (psst...PHONICS!!!!), but that is not politically correct - so they never actually learn to read, and thus are unable to take off on their own and stay ahead.
It's just another waste of government money, added to our debt.
Sounds like a typical state agency too.
Probably true in many cases (I think I read an abstract of the study also), but as I've alluded to, our kids' grades are improving each year through elementary school. Much better now than you ever would have thought possible.
The key is that you need followup from the parents and the school system.
These Indians do not seek employment whether government or other so I don't include them in any local work statistic. They have welfare and whatever tribal payment they get from oil, gas or farm leases from their chosen area. Pennies really compared to even a modest job. They live in houses that disinigrate around them while they compete for the worst house move to the top of the federal repair or replace list.
What's horrible and sad is that it takes 8 to 12 years for these dilapidated structures to be fixed. Also there is absolute horror to be put upon any poor dog or cat that these people have. Peta should live on an Indian reservation for one week. If they really cared about animals they would be puking after one hour.
Head Start is a big deal here too. Just a bunch of people hanging out to stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer.Kids? Oh yeah that's what this is all about.
Phonics were/are used in our local Head Start.
There's nothing to prevent them from actually learning before age 5. We exposed my daughter to reading, and she learned to love reading before she started school. She remained several years ahead of her age group all the way through university.
All without the benefit of "Head Start," or any other government indoctrination program.
It is now called "Collective Salvation" or *snicker* "Restoring the American (Gravy Train) Dream.
Yep. I'm hoping against hope that Wisconsin de-funds 4-year old Kindergarten that our EX-Gov 'Diamond Jim' Doyle signed into law as the door was hittin' him in the @ss on the way OUT last November!
If there's one person left standing after the relentless mayhem in 'The People's Republik of Madistan' of these past two weeks, they SHOULD be able to connect the dots between Unions, the Democrats, Election Funding and (lack of) Education in this state!
For a State that touts itself as being so much 'smarter' than all the others, we're really failing on all fronts - our kids can't read or do simple math, and the taxpayers are BLIND to the dollars that have been sucked out of their pockets for DECADES on end by the Unions! Grrrr!
And if not, they're a Fool's Fool...or your basic Democrat voter, LOL!
Good! I have no respect for parent(s) who teach their kids nothing but they're names.
Or how to use homonyms.
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During World War 2 Rome was declared to be an "open city" but I do not know what this means. What rules are there in an open city? Who controls it or is it neutral? I want to know what happens when a city is declared an "open city".
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If you google Open City, you'll find the answer
An open city is not contested; the city government declares that they have no intention of resisting the occupier.
Basically that the city has abandoned defense. It was done because of the history of the city and the desire not to have it bombed.