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Monday, September 26, 2016
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From ew, Denzel Washington and Antoine Fuqua are enjoying one of the biggest opening weekends of their respective careers as The Magnificent Seven, based on Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic Seven Samurai, opens to a solid estimated $35 million in North America.
Opening on 3,674 screens, The Magnificent Seven earned an A- grade from audiences on CinemaScore, a decent rating for the fall blockbuster, which looks to steadily decrease atop strong legs on its way to recouping a lofty $90 million budget by the end of its run. The film notches Washington's third largest opening since the beginning of his film career in 1981, unadjusted for inflation, while it tallies the biggest weekend debut for any title in Fuqua's filmography.
he pair previously conjured box office magic together on 2014's The Equalizer ($101.5 million) and 2001's Training Day ($76.6 million), the latter of which won Washington his second Academy Award.
Debuting at No. 2 with a soft $21.8 million is Warner Bros. Animation'sStorks, a family comedy featuring the voices of Andy Samberg, Jennifer Aniston, and Ty Burrell. Though exit polling indicated general audience satisfaction (it currently has an A- grade on CinemaScore), the film stumbled in its efforts to replicate the success of the studio'sThe LEGO Movie, which made over $257 million domestically in 2014. Still, animated movies tend to sprout longer legs than their live-action counterparts, and Storks was produced on a manageable budget in the $70 million range. With an extra $18.3 million coming from around 33 international territories this weekend, Storks should clear its production costs by the middle of October.
Falling to No. 3 after leading the pack for two weeks is Clint Eastwood's Sully, which stars Tom Hanks as Chesley Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who successfully performed an emergency landing of an Airbus on the Hudson River in 2009. The Warner Bros. film continues to flex its muscles with older audiences, shedding a mere 36 percent from week two to week three for an estimated finish of $13.8 million. Its domestic total now stands at $92.4 million ($126 million internationally), and it should clear the $100 million mark in the U.S. and Canada in a week's time.
Rounding out the top five are Bridget Jones's Baby, the Renee Zellweger-starring threequel released 12 years after the Bridget Jonesseries' previous installment, which falls 47 percent to an estimated $4.5 million, and Oliver Stone's Snowden biopic, which loses 48 percent of its debut audience for a sophomore weekend gross of $4.1 million.
In limited release, Disney's chess drama Queen of Katwe, which wasone of the runner-ups for the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival's People's Choice Award, premieres to a muted $305,000 on 52 screens with a per-theater average of $5,865. The Mira Nair-directed film stars Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo in a fact-based tale of Phiona Mutesi, a Ugandan chess prodigy who became a Woman Candidate Master following stellar showings at the World Chess Olympiad competition.
Year-to-date box office is up around 5.1 percent from the same frame last year. Check out the full Sept. 23-25 weekend box office chart below.
1. The Magnificent Seven - $35 million
2. Storks - $21.8 million
3. Sully - $13.8 million
4. Bridget Jones's Baby - $4.5 million
5. Snowden - $4.1 million
6. Blair Witch - $4 million
7. Don't Breathe - $3.8 million
8. Suicide Squad - $3.1 million
9. When the Bough Breaks - $2.5 million
10. Kubo and the Two Strings - $1.1 million
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- Johnny Sweatpants said...
Wow, Suicide Squad is still in the top 10? I feel like that came out years ago.
- September 26, 2016 10:07 AM
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Our 2nd year of vigorous study begins Thursday, August 16, 2018. Join us in 9:00 Mass when you can! Class is held in the Ed. Building Rm 3 right after Mass. We are motivated by our motto "dig deeper, reach higher and stretch more broadly to learn what we didn't know we didn't know." Working together, we use techniques that enrich our learning experience to create a "take home lesson" for each session. In our primary program this fall semester, we'll be listening in as Dr. Brandt Pitre, Professor of Sacred Scripture at Notre Dame Seminary, New Orleans, teaches seminarians about the 7 Mysteries of Jesus: The Biblical Roots of the Sacraments. (Use the url to view a trailer for this series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chCLSDUNOhI )
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Simon Winchester's The Professor and the Madman describes a relationship between two logophiles (i.e., lovers of words) that developed poignantly and under peculiar circumstances.
The monumental Oxford English Dictionary, begun in 1879, was perhaps the first work to employ crowdsourcing to complete a seemingly impossible task. Dr. James Murray (a.k.a., "The Professor") oversaw the work and, for nearly thirty years, beginning in 1885, Dr. William C. Minor (a.k.a., "The Madman") was one of the most prolific and invaluable contributors of quotations to it.
For six years, Minor submitted work to the project from his home just an hour away, and communicated with Murray on a regular basis, with the two men never meeting face to face. It was not until a visiting librarian and scholar innocently commented on the fact of Minor's residence at the Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England that Murray understood why.
After their first meeting in 1891, the two men became friends and saw each other regularly for almost twenty years as Minor contributed tens of thousands of quotations to Murray and his staff, closely following and aiding work on the dictionary as it progressed.
Minor's psychological affliction (now called schizophrenia) was considered incurable and untreatable at the time, but in a very real sense, his part in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary—"one of the great romances of English literature" (NYT, 1928)— and the friendship he established with Dr. Murray, were his therapy.


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Comments: If you find staring at hunks like Jason Statham or Ray Liotta or girls like Leelee Sobieski and Claire Forlani if that is your orientation satisfying enough then by all means go see it. If you want a plot and something more to get your neurons running you shouldn't bother. But she did have great dresses…
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"...never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man." -Alexander Hamilton
One of the many titles I considered for this article was something along the lines of "All I want for Christmas is my 6% back…" hoping, in this environment, that prospective readers would think of stock, bond, or general portfolio returns. What I really want is something different, something of a cultural-academic revival. I want a return to the days of economic antiquity (when I was at university ;-). I want a return to the days when 6% was considered the *natural* level of unemployment (not that long ago really). Through history, theories have varied (and semantics with them) but in the late 1980s early 1990's there seemed to develop a consensus (based on all records to date) that roughly 6% was the level at which a normal or fluid amount of exit and entry into and out of the labor force occurred and by which unwanted amounts of inflation were not induced (more commonly known today as NAIRU, Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment). A consortium of far more gifted sociologists, psychologists, and economists would have to explain why it seems that 6% is the natural level of "transition" in this country (some have argued that the natural level can be different among countries based on social and structural differences – that's well above my pay grade). Nonetheless, the premise may be never more valid given our current experience. In order for our country and the world to effectively recover in any lasting manner, we need to return to and endeavor to maintain that mysterious 6% unemployment. To that end, and in an effort to preempt those who would accuse us of trying to arbitrarily "keep some number of people impoverished", I'll continue while talking in terms of maintaining 94% *employment*.
Before too many dismiss this view as too simplistic, please understand that I recognize the employment level as being an effect in and of itself and not a cause without conspirators. As counterintuitive as this statement may seem given the above thesis, I fall squarely into the very same camp as those reading this who twitch and shift uneasily wanting to shout, "what about the Community Reinvestment Act, Financial Industry Deregulation, the absence of oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, unproductive federal spending, the allowance and/or encouragement of predatory and/or irresponsible lending/borrowing…" The bottom line is that all of these actions and activities affect the level of employment and the grand scheme of things cannot be addressed in a matter of sound bites as
From 1948 onward, seemingly with the single exception of the early '80s recession/recovery deliberately engineered by Paul Volker and Ronald Reagan, every time that employment rose above 94%, some varying period of time later, a recession of differing lengths and depths ensued, usually commensurate with how far above and for how long we employed too many in the labor force. But for some reason, with the advent of the recovery from the c1991 recession, we started to believe that things were different. Our economy was suddenly better, faster, stronger and could sustain employment levels well above previously acknowledged norms or limits.
Today's economic condition is another data point highlighting our collective hubris. On a positive note, the natural challenge we have in maintaining roughly 94% employment (and not too much more), is that we are a country of aspiring doers, seekers, makers, and contributors… We use phrases like "why not" and "follow me". More people here than anywhere else in the world want to get ahead, want their children to get ahead, and have absolutely no doubt in the possibility. If there is any "special sauce" in the grand experiment called the
Today, we are clearly in difficult times. Regardless of how many people refused educate themselves on mortgages and personal finance, and gleefully bought the snake oil that Congress began drilling with the Community Reinvestment Act and the addictive cheap money they pimped through FannyMae & Freddy Mac, people innocent and otherwise, are feeling great pain as a result of lost homes, jobs, and businesses. Not terribly unlike the S&L crisis, the country is reeling from a hangover caused by many consecutive nights of self induced drunken binging on easy credit (no matter how well intentioned the source may have been).
Efforts to buoy the economy, namely the economic stimulus package, seem to suffer from some serious inconsistencies and shortcomings. In one sense I commend the stimulus package for purporting to create 3.5million+ jobs. From the 8.1% unemployment level (roughly 12.5million unemployed at the signing of the bill) an increase of this number of jobs would get us pretty close to the magic level. The unfortunate side of the calculation is that many of those jobs "created" by the stimulus are simply jobs that won't be cut, offering no benefit to those currently unemployed. It also doesn't seem to consider the fact that unemployment, at the moment, is still rising. That means that we wouldn't hit the magic 6% even if the "new" jobs were true additions. The only extenuating circumstance that might offer reprieve from my condemnation is the possibility that the monetary stimulus is intended to make up the difference. We'll have to wait and see since none of this has been touted as the intended course of action. On the contrary, public officials and pundits again have noted the likelihood of the employment situation getting much worse before it gets better (speculation being unemployment could reach 10-15%).
Given that current rhetoric from both sides of the isle suggests job creation is priority #1, shouldn't every effort be made to *create jobs*? If so, then why, according to the Congressional Budget Office, is only 23% of the $800+ billion stimulus being spent in fiscal 2009. Furthermore, if it's realistic to believe that the economy (GDP) is going to grow 3-5% in 2010 as projected by the Obama budget currently under consideration, why are we spending any of this money at all. If the economy does happen to recover at the same time the other 77% of the stimulus kicks in, the level of potential inflation could rival that of 1920s Germany and 2000s Zimbabwe.
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International contact center employees
International employees in a call center are equipped with educated undergraduates who have the basic knowledge about the English language and can speak fluently; moreover, they are adept at performing computer functions, which is a crucial practice among call center agents. Countries, where the outsourcing industry run in full-power have a huge educational background but due to lower resources these countries are unable to provide with proper jobs and thus it is outsourcing that pays their bills.
Eventually, there is a generous effort to create an inspiring environment for various employees within the contact center to maintain the unsurpassed talent in the industry while encouraging fresh innovation, teamwork and maintaining extraordinary standards of eminent performance.
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Floods have had a "shocking impact" on South Carolina farms and crops still in the fields, Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers said Thursday after touring the state by aircraft.
Early, conservative estimates of the crop loss is $300 million, he said. The figure was determined in consultation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Farm Service Agency and the Clemson Extension Service.
Thousands of acres remain under water with farm buildings such as barns and silos reduced to "islands in the water," he said. Farm roads have been washed out.
"The storm has had a significant statewide effect and it appears that low-lying farmland adjacent to river systems and creeks was most severely impacted," Weathers said in a statement.
The crops affected include peanuts, cotton, fall vegetables, soybeans and some timber, Weathers said. In addition, poultry farmers have to repair roads to get feed in to their stock, Weathers said.
Only about 20 percent of the peanut crop has been harvested at this point and virtually none of the cotton crop, said Drake Perrow, who has a 2,200-acre peanut and cotton farm in Cameron. He also operates a peanut warehouse and a cotton gin.
"These bottoms where water has been sitting, those peanuts are rotted," Perrow said. Final financial impacts won't be fully assessed until farmers are able to get back in the fields and finish harvesting, he said. "In reality, I think this is going to affect the cotton more than it does peanuts."
Peanuts are generally harvested starting in late September to Thanksgiving, while cotton is harvested from early October to Thanksgiving. Perrow, who consults with about 30 farmers in the region, said the worst-hit areas are around Summerton and Manning. Farms from Holly Hill to Charleston also suffered damage.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263322070880907502.post7804441675387283067..comments2018-02-04T08:07:03.934-08:00Comments on Sherry Hegstrom - Emerging Technologies in Education: Why do You Teach?shegstromhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-8263322070880907502.post-53641218982629141652013-04-20T18:43:05.489-07:002013-04-20T18:43:05.489-07:00You know, I thought answering this question would ...You know, I thought answering this question would be easy, but it's not. I know that I love teaching philosophy (higher ed) above anything else about being a philosopher, but articulating why is hard.

Teaching got me through my PhD program. Several times I was going to quit, and I said to myself: okay, I'll just try being a TA and see if I like it. I did. Then: Okay, I'll just try teaching my own classes and see if I like it. I did. And I managed to finish the program.

Then, I got two job offers after grad school: one that would have led me down the path of research, and one that led me down the path of focusing on teaching (a teaching job). I chose the latter, because I knew that's what I loved to do. And I moved from there into another teaching-focused position, where I expect I'll stay forever.

But WHAT do I love about teaching? All the things you mention above, yes. And also some more selfish stuff: I love reading and thinking about and talking about philosophy, and I get to do that over and over, every day, with new people who have such great things to say about it. I love talking about this stuff with people for whom it is new, especially (first-year students), for some reason. I think it's because they really see it with fresh eyes, and this gives them such an interesting perspective on the ideas. They relate it more to their everyday lives, which is when I think philosophy is most interesting. I also learn a LOT by reading, re-reading, re-thinking about the same texts over and over. It's like being in university myself, all the time. I feel I'm really understanding things so much better by teaching them.

I hate to just focus on the stuff I get out of teaching for myself like this, but you've done a great job of pointing out the other great things too. I, also, love watching students grow, struggle with things and then work them out on their own. Why is that so great? Because you know if they can become self-sufficient like that, they are going to do so much better in their lives. That's what I struggle with most as a teacher--not leading too much, but hanging back and letting them figure things out. That's hard to do.

Thanks for providing a space and an excuse to reflect on why I teach!Christina Hendrickshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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Elle Style Awards
Some photos from the Elle Style awards bash (mentioned below). It all came together rather well I think, certainly weeks of paper folding paid off!
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Kuhn discusses the fact that since 1980, the Democrats have not been able to hold more than 38% of the white male vote, that, from 1948 through 2004, Democrats barely lost any support from women, but saw a 25% decline in white male support among the lower income group. Among middle class whites, Dems l ost 15% of white women but 29% of wh ite males.
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The white backlash against liberalism, of course, predated the 1980 election. It was Lyndon Johnson, 16 years earlier, hours after signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, who turned to Bill Moyers and said, 'I think we have just delivered the South to the Republican Party for a long time to come.'"
Kuhn cites Lyndon Johnson confidant Harry McPherson, who suggests that the white men are responding to the Democrats the way a henpecked husband responds to his wife. When the Democrats raise their issues of inequality, the message white men hear is similar to "the language many wives use in speaking to their husbands, particularly toward the end of marriages. You never think of the children, or of my mother, or of me; only of yourself."
Kuhn observes,
As portrayed by the new breed of liberalism, the white man held all the cards, and everyone else's bad deal was his fault. The problem was that the bulk of white men did not feel like dealers or players. They felt like pieces on someone else's table, and their livelihood, their family's very stability, was in richer men's hands, as well. Increasingly, as Reagan assumed the presidency, many white men, particularly those in industrial trades, found their lives marked by instability. This was true in the home, as cultural changes refashioned the role of women and the place of sex in popular culture. And it was especially true in the workplace, as many once-secure union jobs disappeared.
These men are seen as failing to capitalize on "white male privilege."- Those who felt powerless, like so many women and minorities, were told they were indeed powerful.
...Conservatives came to validate a struggle many liberals had demeaned as merely the anger of the "angry white male."-
"Liberals didn't realize they had a whole constituency of disenfranchised people without rights who were called standard masculine men,"- Harvard University social psychologist William Pollack explains. "I'm not saying that all liberal Democrats saw these men as the enemy, but they didn't see them as the victim "" but these men felt more and more victimized."-Today, many white men continue to feel disempowered, distant from liberal mores and unmoored from the stability that their fathers and grandfathers enjoyed. Like others, white men feel controlled by bosses and compelled by fiscal responsibility. They take on thankless work to meet their obligations, and it often creates a sense of compromised manhood.- Advertisement -
I've written about this, about cuckolded, impotent, angry white men, who use Bush's bragadocio like Viagra.
I See Stupid White Men. What Makes Them That Way? observes how white, Christian men between 25 and 50 are most likely to show little interest in the issue of voting integrity, when pretty much all other demographics demonstrated interest.
Back, in February, 2006, I wrote about exactly what Kuhn describes, the emasculated white male... and I was not very tolerant, probably angrier and more cruel than I'd write nowadays. But back then, things were very dark and looming fascism, with Republican control of both houses of congress... The message of the article concluded that the right wingers actually contribute to an maintain the loser, little-dick mentality.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Right Wing Little Dick Syndrome Like the dumb souls, called "little heads" in the movie, Defending Your Life, I see "little dicks" as dumb white men who use their support of pseudo-macho Bush and his stupid war and the whole range of right wing causes to feel more manly. There is a cure.
About the same time, in Feb 2006, I wrote, Redneckville "How would you feel if you could travel back in time and visit a rally in Germany, supporting Hitler. Would today's stupid white men have been Hitler Supporters"
"Like a time traveller seeing Hitler supporters in the 1930's, I see these average to below average intelligence, sports fanatic, gun toting, self righteous, hyper masculinized guys as a major part of THE problem. I see them as unconscious puppets, easily manipulated by the dark, corporate fascist forces that have been shaping the US since Bush stole the presidency. Call me paranoid. Tell me to lighten up. But I am no longer willing to be cheerful and friendly with these failures of democracy, these losers who have sold out our precious freedoms so they can, even if it's at a subconscious level, feel more manly, more tough, by buying into Bush's war, his pseudo tough, stupid, cowboy talk about evildooers, swamps and caves. These men ARE the swamp and cave dwellers, and they are actively helping to send the US into a third world era."
Back in July, 2004, I wrote this article, Cuckolded by Bush. Then I reprinted it in November 2006, just before the most recent election. The article description read, "Part of the trashing of a cuckolded man, part of the shame and embarassment that is part of being cuckolded is the reality that the cuckold chose his mate. He made a decision to commit to someone who ended up cuckolding him. Likewise, the person who voted for George Bush, or for slimeball congressfolk has been cuckolded-- betrayed, embarassed, dishonored, emasculated, taken advantage of, made a fool of...."
I believe its message is a powerful one that democrats could use VERY effectively. Here's a sample.
Part of the trashing of a cuckolded man, part of the shame and embarassment that is part of being cuckolded is the reality that the cuckold chose his mate. He made a decision to commit to someone who ended up cuckolding him.
Likewise, the person who voted for George Bush, or for slimeball (George Bush Senior's word) senators or congressmen (or women like Katherine Harris) has been cuckolded-- betrayed, embarassed, dishonored, emasculated, taken advantage of, made a fool of....
The cuckolded mate may rationalize, to avoid facing the reality of the mate's betrayal. "She made a mistake," or "she used bad judgement," or "she took bad advice, " or "here hearts in the right place and she still loves me."
But after two, three... five or ten times, the cuckold finally says "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" And finally, the cuckold leaves the life of the fool behind.
That's all it takes to stop being a cuckold-- a cuckold who says he won't take it anymore is no longer a cuckold. Facing the reality about the cuckolding partner and either stopping her (or him) or leaving the relationship ends the time as a cuckold. If you are a cuckold, then you have fallen down in stature, in self esteem, in respect, you allow yourself to be made a fool of. You can stand tall again when you stop allowing yourself to be cuckolded.
There are millions of people who George W. Bush and the Republican party have been cuckolding. And there are also million of Americans who have always seen Bush and his party for the cuckolders they are. These Americans have not been shamed by Bush. They have been disgusted by what he has done to the cuckolds he has duped and abused.
...Like money-changers in the temple, Bush and his cuckolding cronies donned the raiment of the holy, but underneath their shallow disguise, the Bushies were ready for treachery and betrayal.
Are you a Bush cuckold? Did he seduce you with his failed claims of fighting terrorism, or his false piety and political, not pious position on abortion? Or is he playing you, like another good 'ol boy, though he's really a rich new englander whose daddy has saved his ass time and again?
Any way you look at it, you've been suckered and you're a Bush cuckold. Worse, your participation in being duped by Bush has threatened the most basic principles of this nation.
Wake up. Stop being made a fool of. Throw the bastard who is cuckolding you out. Half of the population of America see you as a cross between a brainwashed fool and a stupid ass. Even more people outside the US see you as a supporter of the most despised man in the history of the world. Yes-- there are more people in the world now and so, Bush is despised by and hated by more people than Stalin, Hitler, Idi Amin or even Osama Bin Laden.
What do you think of the people who supported them? Know that there are Billions of people who think that of you-- that you are a fool, a cuckold supporting the most despicable person the planet has ever known. Wake up
Kuhn's certainly correct. If the dems want to hit a home run in November 2008, they need to wake up the rest of the white men. Michael Moore titled his book "Stupid White Men." But they're not stupid. They're pathetic victims, as Kuhn says-- angry, frustrated, feeling more at home with right wing macho talkers who take advantage of them and pass legislation emasculating them even more than they do with the Democrats who have grown to target women, blacks and gays.
Hillary has the right idea talking tough. But coming from her mouth, the message won't reach these guys. She's the enemy-- the strong woman-- who has played a major role in taking down their world-- at least, so they perceive.
The NRA gets it. The swiftboat ad creators get it, when they use narrators with ultra deep bass voices to make their dripping with contempt comments on liberals.
I'm not sure the white men who hold liberals in hated contempt are salvageable. But here are plenty of white men who haven't reached that point, who can see what lost souls the dregs of the white male far right have become-- blind, angry, impotent-- and those who can still see, who have not choked and died on the koolaid are redeemable.
Maybe we ought to show footage of the despicable white male Gathering of Eagles (GOE) losers who beat up and kicked gold star father Carlos Arredondo-- after he tackled the cretin who stole his deceased (killed in Iraq) son's photo from the coffin he was towing at the peace demonstration. These goose-stepping neo-nazis are where right wing white men go when they hit bottom, beating up fathers of heros-- fathers who have the courage to speak the truth about the war.
Kuhn, to his credit, at least in the article, does not glorify these white men. I like the way he gets us to see them as victims too. But victims who commit crimes, like the GOE losers, should be imprisoned, just as there are millions of Black victims of social injustice, who are incarcerated. Instead, Bush honors these jack-booted neanderthals.
In 2008, though, if the Dems are smart, they will give the GOE all the media they can, and will show them as the stupid neanderthals who support George W. Bush and his rubberstamping right wing nuts. There's a reason Ron Paul is doing so well on the net and with contributions. There is a groundswell of people who are sickened by the right's willingness to throw away the constitution. Smart campaigners will paint the dregs of the right wing white men as dishonest, hypocritical, like Larry Craig, corrupt and brutally anti-american, embracing fascism and fear.
The Right wing lost last november because white men began waking up. Some will never wake up. We can use them to demonstrate where the ones with hope have come close to going. It's wake up time for the white man.


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But is Beenie man still married to D'Angel or Divorced? Will that be enough to support Marco Dean? Does this latest development suggest that they may actually be a prenuptial agreement between the two?
Currently, D'Angel has released her new single called "Blaze" produced by Arif Cooper of Fresh Ear Productions
D'Angel just returned from New York doing promotions and recording new tracks for her up-coming album. She was featured on a remix with Alicia Keys on her new track titled "No One". She was also the special featured guest at the Reggae Twins Fashion & Style party at the Club Carib in New Rochelle, NY over the weekend.
D'Angel is putting together her album for 2008 and is now busy in the studio working with some of Jamaica's top producers such as Wee-Pow (Stone Love), Sly & Robbie (Taxi Gang), Arif Cooper (Fresh Ear), Steve McGregor (Big Ship), and Don Corleon, amongst others including some international producers. Prior to her new single, D'Angel's catalogue stems back to several chart hitters including her break out song "Downtown Girl (Living Uptown)", One Man featuring Beenie Man, and Baby Father with Vybz Kartel.
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Milwaukee Brewers +128 vs St. Louis Cardinals -133 (Total: 7.5)
Yovani Gallardo vs. Kyle Lohse
Very quietly and with next to no fanfare, the Milwaukee Brewers have crept back to seven games back in the wildcard chase; two games closer than the St. Louis Cardinals were a year ago today. I don't think they have quite enough left in the tank to leapfrog all the teams in between them and the post-season, but this weekend's series with the Cards will go a long way in determining if we have an interesting race, well, brewing in the National League.
Both teams send their aces to the hill to kick off a fantastic weekend set. Yovani Gallardo became the de facto ace after the Brewers shipped Zack Greinke to Anaheim, and while his won/loss record is respectable, the rest of his numbers are not exactly ace-like. His 3.89 ERA is nowhere close. His last three starts have been indicative of his season; a 2-0 record, despite a 4.89 ERA and a WHIP of 1.45.
Kyle Lohse has been phenomenal all season long. He enters with a 14-2 record, 2.81 ERA and a WHIP of 1.10. He is a legitimate Cy Young candidate and deserves some strong consideration. However, he has also showed some signs of slowing lately. He is 2-0 in his last three starts, but like Gallardo, has benefited from some strong run support, as a 4.58 ERA doesn't usually garner a perfect record.
So who has the edge tonight? Let's look at some interesting stats to find an edge…
The Brewers can hit. And not just bad pitching. In fact, they are 4-0 in their last four games against a starting pitcher with a WHIP under 1.15. Once you get down to 1.15 WHIPs you are talking about the top 10 or 15 pitchers in the league. The Brewers also seem to win when Gallardo takes the bump. They are 13-3 in his last 16 starts and have won six in a row against NL Central foes.
Sounds good for Milwaukee, right? Here's why I'm wagering Cards.
The Cardinals are 7-1 in Lohse's last eight starts as a favorite between -110 and -150. They are 14-3 in his last 17 starts at home against a team with a losing record. Those stats basically neutralize the Brewer's stats with Gallardo. The difference make to me is the fact that the Brewers are 1-8 in Gallardo's last nine starts as a road underdog. With Lohse opposing him, they are a definite underdog tonight.
Don't be seduced by the line begging you to take the Brewers with big-name Gallardo on the mound. This year, his reputation has easily outpaced his production. Take the Cards to win at home.
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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has agreed a two-year contract extension that extends his previous deal until 2013.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
Rites of spring
It's that time of year again. The days are longer, hardy daffodils emerge from the ground and Goochland's school administration is girding for battle with the Board of Supervisors over next year's budget.
For the past few years, the supervisors have requested the schools to prepare proposed budgets based on expected revenues. Instead, the schools demand more money than is available giving little justification for the increase. Each time the supervisors ask for line item salary information about all school employees, especially those in the central office, they get vague response and all salaries lumped into one line item.
At budget time, the school board and Superintendent Dr. Linda Underwood become combative. What should be a reasonable discussion turns ugly.
In recent years, the schools have manipulated parents to harass the supervisors into increasing school funding. Parents are told that if the school budget is cut, their children will suffer. Believing that their children's education is at risk, the parents fall into line. It's hard to fault their concern.
For example, the follow email was circulated among parents and teachers on February 25, 2011.
"The agenda packet for the Board of Supervisors meeting for Tuesday has been posted.
The proposed school budget is $1.425 million less than the School Board requested. Working from the PowerPoint slides in the packet, I only see the bottom line, not the by-category recommendation.
The $1.425 million consists (roughly) of the $693,000 reduction requested by the county at the beginning of the process, the $444,000 VRS increase, and the increases requested to restore 2 furlough days and the math specialist.
I usually have plans b, c, and d in my back pocket. Many of you have heard me say that I just don't have those plans in this case. The only place we have left to go is (again) positions to make up that kind of shortfall. We will certainly have to look at some of the possibilities rejected earlier in the budget planning process in order to perhaps reduce the number of positions we will be forced to eliminate.
The Board of Supervisors may set the tax rate at the Tuesday meeting. That means that it will be too late to do anything about revenues after that date. If anyone wants the supervisors to hear his/her opinion on school funding or the tax rate, Tuesday could be the last chance.
If you need to forward this email, feel free.
Thank you -Linda
Linda A. Underwood, Ed.D.
Goochland County Public Schools"
This tactic is very reminiscent of psychological warfare, sometimes referred to as psy ops.
Wikipedia comment on this form of battle:
The U.S. Department of Defense defines psychological warfare as:
"The planned use of propaganda and other psychological actions having the primary purpose of influencing the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of hostile foreign groups in such a way as to support the achievement of national objectives."
Underwood's message contains at least one piece of information that is false.
The supervisors will not and cannot set the tax rate on March 1. The tax rate will be voted on by the supervisors at their April 5 meeting. A public hearing on the county budget, which includes school funding, will be held on March 29 at 7 p.m. In past years the rate and budget allocations have been changed, literally, at the last minute.
In an ironic twist Underwood complains that the county budget does not contain by item budget recommendations, something that she and her stooges on the school board have refused to supply to the supervisors for years.
The proposed county budget is upfront on its website www.co.goochland.va.us. The proposed school budget may be lurking somewhere on the school system's website www.glndk12.va.us but it's not readily accessible. How is that transparent operation?
As Goochland County prepares to enter yet another fiscal year with declining revenues the attitude of school administration is troubling. Public education is a worthy expenditure of tax dollars. However, there must be a high level of trust that those funds are well and wisely spent. The lack of transparency in the school budget, especially in difficult economic climates, does nothing to dispel concerns that the money is not going where it is needed the most.
We all need to remember this nonsense at the polls in November.
10 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Clearly some thought provoking points... particularly about detailed line items.
I'm not sure I'd agree that her letter was psy ops. That's a bit of a stretch. It's her job to advocate for the schools. She's doing what she's paid to do.
I'm also not convinced that her letter was "false." She said the BOS "may" set the tax rate. By this I assumed she meant that if the BOS is going to propose an increase, they will likely make it known at that meeting. Of course it will take discussion and voting before it becomes final; but how often do those numbers change once they are put out there for the record...?
Sandie, I think you're asserting 'falsehood' where nothing intentional of that nature exists. Sort of a psy ops of your own, perhaps?
And, are the members of the school board her stooges? Or is she theirs? And just who elected the Board? We always want to blame government for what we do with our votes.
You finish your post by reminding us to think about what we do at the polls in November, but Underwood is not up for election. I think you're upset with the wrong person or people. How about investigating our school board representatives. We hear about Underwood because she's the paid, public face of the administration. But who is really in charge? And again - who put them there? Time to start working on your fellow citizens instead of making Underwood the scapegoat for our personal failures as involved citizens.
- February 28, 2011 at 4:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Seems like the Superintendent and School Board are content with sending a budget (just like last year) that is over what the BOS is asking for. How did that work for the schools last year? I agree with Sandie in that Dr. Underwood has launched a psy ops campaign to win the hearts and minds of parents and try to make the BOS look like the "bad guys". I am not the biggest fan of the BOS, but the budgets the schools have proposed the past couple of years seems to try and take the fiscal responsibility for their monies from the school system and put it on the BOS.
Businesses all over have had to make reductions while maintaining customer satisfaction. It's called doing more with less and the private sector seems to do this better than the public sector. Why is the school's budget void of a line item analysis? Corporations have to document what they are spending? I don't want to go so far that there is improper handling of the money, but I do believe that GCPS is top heavy compared to other systems. How many cuts really came at the central office last year versus positions being shifted around? Why can't the budget and it's cuts by position be laid out for all to see?
Hopefully when the dust settles after this budget cycle, there is minimal impact on our county's students and our education system as a whole. It's hard to imagine people putting political games ahead of our young people.
- February 28, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- Patrick said...
I had a quick exchange with Ms Underwood. She stands by her email and offers a few points that I will share:
1) The school's budget is put out in the same detail as the county's. The public sees the same budget detail she does.
2) The School Board's position is that they adhere to VA's code. They have to submit a budget that represents what the schools need for the coming year. She asks (a bit sarcastically) if the Board should submit a budget that doesn't represent what the schools need...
3) She points out that when she wrote her email Friday afternoon the county's budget was not yet posted. The first time they were able to see the detail of the county's budget was Monday. So there was no false-hood.
4) She agrees that it is her job to 'rally the troops' and it's not her favorite part of the job, but it's a critical one since nobody else will speak in favor of the schools. She reports that last year only one person from the community spoke FOR the school's budget at the BoS meetings. Does this lack of public support mean that the community doesn't support the schools? Let's hope not.
5) So what is in stock for us as a county? People moved here because we have (had) good schools. We have no tax base aside from residential development, so what happens if the schools continue to deteriorate as they have in the last couple years? Will this improve our economic growth? Will people continue to move here if the school quality degrades? If they stop moving here, then where is the revenue going to come from to fix the problem? We're on our way back to the 1980s'.
You know, it's not that hard to get 'the rest of the story.' All you have to do is ask.
- March 1, 2011 at 11:34 AM
- The Truth Teller said...
People don't come here for the "good schools" they come here because of the low tax rate. A good percentage of residents don't even send their children to Goochland Public Schools. Leave the tax rate alone (unless you are going to lower it). Having said that no one should blame the Sup or the School Board for doing what they can to build their kingdom. The blame should always be leveled at those who fall for all of the "End of Days" messages that are spewed year after year by those same kingdom builders.
- March 1, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Linda Wise said...
I have not followed the Underwood horse and pony show this year, but after going to many of the School Board meetings and BOS meetings last year, I agree wholeheartedly with Sandie's assessment of the School budget process.
Several members of GEPA and many citizens like Sandie and myself, did alot of detailed study and research concerning Underwood's budget last year and found her attitude arrogant and her presentation of the so-called facts to be more than questionable. Last year her attempts at manipulation and propaganda failed to a great extent, thanks to concerned and informed parents and citizens who took the time to really look into the details of Underwood's budget proposals and cut through the smoke and mirrors.
She was uncooperative and less than forthcoming with information and in fact many of us had to use the FOIA threat in order to get any information from her and her staff at all. Even then they found ways to deny us the information we are entitled to.
One of you "anonymous" folks talked about not blaming poor Underwood, but blaming the School Board instead, since surely she is the pawn of the Board. If you ever attended a School Board meeting or a presentation by Schools to the BOS, you would surely know how wrong your assumption is and how right Sandie is. Sandie once wrote that you could almost see Underwood pulling the strings, and it's true.
There is no question that the School Board members should ask more questions and do their own research instead of always taking Underwood's word on things, and they are certainly very much to blame for the mess we are in; for the misuse of taxpayer money; and for good teachers losing their jobs. But Underwood and some of her staff are unquestionably the ones who develop this buget, so the bulk of the blame lies with her.
By the way, there's certainly no question in my mind that Underwood knows very well what the BOS agenda is and when tax rates are set. I've seen her innocent victim act before, but apparently some of you fell for it.
And lastly, any Superintendent who continues to refuse to cut the waste and excess at the top (administrative positions) and instead cuts instructional positions, should hang her head in shame. And yet this woman defiantly dares you to question her authority and continues to show nothing but contempt for parents who respectfully attempted to develop a dialogue with her and took the time to be involved and to care about their children's educations.
All of you naysayers take a look sometime at the list of existing positions and salaries in our schools and you'll see what Sandie means. Oh wait.....that is if you can find it anywhere. Tranparency and honesty from Underwood and her Board......you've got to be kidding.
Linda Wise
- March 1, 2011 at 3:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
The tax rate has stayed the same and the schools have deteriorated and no one has come to Goochland. You do the math . You assert that no one sends their children to public schools here in Goochland . Wrong our buses go to every neighborhood and pick up kids. The private school ratios are dramatically down in the last three years.
There is a huge portion of this county who function solely on the "I don't have a dog in this race "theory. Based on your comments you would only allow residents to move here who are over the age of 50 and rich. I don't know where you find your truth but it is certainly not in the facts.
- March 3, 2011 at 6:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
Dear Truth Teller,
Do you actually LIVE in Goochland?
You see, 2009 census figures put children under age 18 as 19.9% of our population of 21,311. That comes to 4241 kids. Current GCPS enrollment is approx 2500. Keep in mind some of these "kids" are still babes in their mothers arms.
You may be the truth teller, but you're certainly not a math major.
- March 3, 2011 at 3:11 PM
- The Truth Teller said...
Hey now don't hate the Truth Teller, hate the truth.
First off yes I live in Goochland (and have for many years). What do you think I am some kind of conservative or libertarian plant sent to GOMM just to cause trouble? Great day in the morning!
Secondly when you have about 2K children attending Goochland County Public Schools (as Sandi states in her blog) and over 4200 children in the county (even taking into account those who are not school age yet) it is more than fair to say, as I did in my original post, that "A good percentage of residents don't even send their children to Goochland Public Schools."
And in conclusion please allow me to make one last point. People always equate more money with better schools. There is absolutely no data to support that conclusion when it comes to public education.
- March 6, 2011 at 7:29 AM
- jd said...
Truth Teller (Mr. Eads)-
I encourage you to check the facts before making statements about whether the school population is rising or not, and whether new residents consider the school systems before arrival.
Since I'm an actual parent, and know many in the same age range, I can attest that ALL of them I conversed with (and I talk alot) considered the school system before moving into the county. That fact isn't mutually exclusive to consideration of the tax rate, but it is noteworthy.
The number of students within the school system has consistently risen for a decade at least. Many parents who once sent their kids to private schools are now sending them to GCPS due to economic hardships.
When was the last time you set foot in the schools during the day or a PTA event? I've never seen you there, or heard of it either. Such an event would be news in the truest sense of the word.
Last, do you truly think that when comparing Goochland's tax rate with all of the surrounding counties, that $0.55/$100 of assessed value makes it any less attractive than the neighboring counties? Heck, we would still be the "cost leader" if that were the case. That is, if the potential buyer can afford to pay more per acre in the first place. And if they can pay more per acre in the first place, does 2 cents/$100 really put a dent in their wallet that they can't afford?
- March 10, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- The Truth Teller said...
Well actually I never made any claim about the school population increasing or decreasing so I am a little confused by this latest attack jd. And no (just for the record) I am not Jim Eads.
Really the only message I have is what could be referred to as the silent majority point of view.
In other words the wallet of the taxpayer is dented quite enough already.
- March 11, 2011 at 10:53 AM


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