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Elizabeth Monroe
|Elizabeth Monroe
|First Lady of the United States
|In office
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
|Preceded by
|Dolley Madison
|Succeeded by
|Louisa Adams
|Personal details
June 30, 1768
New York, Province of New York, British America
|September 23, 1830
(aged 62)
Oak Hill, near Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, U.S.
|James Monroe
|Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay
James Spence Monroe
Maria Hester Monroe Gouverneur
|First Lady of the United States
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (June 30, 1768 – September 23, 1830) was First Lady of the United States from 1817 to 1825, as the wife of James Monroe, fifth President. Due to the fragile condition of Elizabeth's health, many of the duties of official hostess were assumed by her eldest daughter, Eliza Monroe Hay.
Birth, Parents, and Childhood
Born in New York city on June 30, 1768, Elizabeth was the youngest daughter[1] of Lawrence Kortright, a wealthy merchant, and Hannah (Aspinwall) Kortright.[2] Her father was one of the founders of the New York Chamber of Commerce. During the Revolutionary War, he was part owner of several privateers fitted out at New York, and it has also been documented that he owned at least four slaves.[3] He purchased land tracts in what is now Delaware county, New York, and from the sale of this land the town of Kortright, New York, was formed.
Elizabeth acquired social graces and elegance at an early age. She grew up in a household with four older siblings: Sarah, Hester, John and Mary.[2] According to the parish records of Trinity Church, New York, Elizabeth's mother, Hannah, died on September 6 or 7, 1777, at the age of 39. The cause of death was recorded as resulting from Child Bed.[4] An unidentified sibling of Elizabeth, age 13 months, succumbed to flux and fever a few days later. Mother and infant were both buried at St. George's Chapel in New York.[5] At the time of their deaths, Elizabeth was nine years old. Her father never remarried.
On August 3, 1778, almost a year after the death of Elizabeth's mother, the home of the Lawrence Kortright family was nearly destroyed by fire[6] during a blaze which caused damage and destruction to fifty homes near Cruger's Wharf in lower Manhattan. A historian later wrote that this blaze was due to the mismanagement of British troops while directing the firefighters.[7] Elizabeth, age 10, with her father and siblings, survived the fire unscathed.
Courtship and Marriage
Elizabeth first caught the attention of James Monroe in 1785 while he was in New York serving as a member of the Continental Congress. William Grayson, James Monroe's cousin and fellow Congressman from Virginia, described Elizabeth and her sisters as having "made so brilliant and lovely an appearance" at a theater one evening, "as to depopulate all the other boxes of all the genteel male people therein."[8] James, age twenty-seven, married Elizabeth, age seventeen, on February 16, 1786, at her father's home in New York City.[1] The marriage was performed by Reverend Benjamin Moore, and recorded in the parish records of Trinity Church, New York.[9] After a brief honeymoon on Long Island, the newlyweds returned to New York to live with her father until Congress adjourned. Their first child, whom they named Eliza Kortright Monroe, was born in December, 1786, in Virginia.[10]
Ambassador's Wife
In 1794, James was appointed United States Minister to France by President George Washington. In Paris, as wife of the American Minister during the Reign of Terror, she helped secure the release of Madame La Fayette, wife of the Marquis de Lafayette, when she learned of her imprisonment and threatened death by guillotine. The Monroes also provided support and shelter to the American citizen Thomas Paine in Paris, after he was arrested for his opposition to the execution of Louis XVI. While in France, the Monroes' daughter Eliza became a friend of Hortense de Beauharnais, step-daughter of Napoleon, and both girls received their education in the school of Madame Jeanne Campan, who had been an advisor on court etiquette to Marie Antoinette. This association led to a friendship between the family of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Monroes. James was recalled from his Ambassadorship in 1796, due to his support of France in the opposition of the Jay Treaty.
Governor's Wife
The Monroes returned to Virginia where he became Governor. A son, James Monroe, Jr., was born in 1799 but died in 1801. During this time, Elizabeth suffered the first of a series of seizures and collapses (possibly epilepsy), which would plague her for the rest of her life, and gradually cause her to restrict social activities.[11]
Life in Great Britain
In 1803, President Jefferson appointed James to be United States Minister to Great Britain, and also the United States Minister to Spain. The Monroes' third child, a daughter whom they named Maria, was born in 1803, probably in England. Elizabeth found the social climate there less favorable than in France, possibly because British society resented the United States' refusal to ally against France despite the governmental change. In 1804, James was sent as a special envoy to France to negotiate the purchase of Louisiana, in addition to remaining the Ambassador to both Great Britain and Spain. That same year the Monroes were invited by Napoleon Bonaparte to attend his coronation in Paris, as part of the official American delegation.
Return to Virginia and Washington
The Monroes returned to Virginia in 1807. James Monroe won election and returned to the Virginia House of Delegates, and also resumed his legal career. In 1811 Monroe won election to another term as governor of Virginia, but served only four months. In April 1811, his friend President James Madison appointed Monroe Secretary of State, and the Senate agreed. However, Monroe had little to do with the War of 1812, as President Madison and the War Hawks in Congress were dominant. During the War, Elizabeth stayed primarily inland in Virginia, on the Monroe family estates, Oak Hill in Loudoun and later Ashlawn-Highland in Albemarle Counties.
The war went very badly, so Madison turned to Monroe for help, appointing him Secretary of War in September 1814 after the British had invaded the national capital and burned the White House. Monroe resigned as Secretary of State on October 1 but no successor was ever appointed, so he handled both offices from October 1, 1814, to February 28, 1815. As Secretary of War, Monroe formulated plans to invade Canada a second time to win the war, but the peace treaty was ratified in February, 1815, before any armies moved north. Monroe therefore resigned as Secretary of War and was formally reappointed Secretary of State. Monroe stayed on at State until March 4, 1817, when he began his term as the new President of the United States.
First Lady of the United States
Elizabeth began her tenure as First Lady on March 4, 1817, when her husband commenced his first term as the fifth President of the United States. However, the White House was still under reconstruction, so Elizabeth hosted the inaugural ball at their private residence on I Street, and part of the time the First Family lived in the Octagon House.[11] Since all the White House furnishings had been destroyed, the Monroes brought some from their private residences. Her husband was re-elected to a second term in office in 1820, and Elizabeth attended the inaugural ball held in Brown's Hotel. Therefore, she remained in her role of First Lady until March 3, 1825.
Although Elizabeth Monroe regained a measure of respect and admiration during her husband's second term, she compared poorly to her predecessor, Dolley Madison, who had captivated Washington society, setting a standard by which future First Ladies were measured.[12] Furthermore, Elizabeth and her eldest daughter may have sought to make access to the White House more socially exclusive, reflecting French practices, which were barely tolerated given American democratic values, although President Monroe's term was also known for the good feelings and relations. Still, Elizabeth had made such an impression upon General Andrew Jackson that her husband always mentioned her to him in their correspondence. Elizabeth also drew favorable reviews as the couple briefly hosted General Lafayette during his return tour through America.[11] During Elizabeth's illnesses, some of the social duties were carried out by her daughters, as discussed below. Furthermore, James or Elizabeth destroyed her correspondence, both between themselves and with others, before her death.
James and Elizabeth had three children:
- Eliza Kortright Monroe Hay (1786–1840): Eliza appeared to many a haughty, pompous socialite, quick to remind others of her good breeding and lofty station. In 1808 she married George Hay, a prominent Virginia attorney who had served as prosecutor in the trial of Aaron Burr and later U.S. District Judge. Their daughter, Hortense, was named in honor of her childhood friend, Hortense de Beauharnais, step-daughter of Napoleon. Eliza alienated most of Washington society for her refusal to call on wives of the diplomatic corps, as was the custom, and caused another social furor in closing her sister's wedding to all but family and friends. For all her apparent vanity, however, she demonstrated genuine compassion during the fever epidemic that swept Washington during her father's Presidency. She spent many sleepless nights selflessly caring for victims. Following the deaths of her husband and father, Eliza moved to Paris, France, where she died on January 27, 1840.[13]
- James Spence Monroe (1799–1801): The only son of the Monroes was sickly and died in early childhood. His name is merely educated speculation, as his gravestone reads "J.S. Monroe".
- Maria Hester Monroe Gouverneur (1803–1850) was still a child when her father was elected president. Maria finished school in Philadelphia before moving into the White House in 1819. On March 9, 1820, she married her first cousin, Samuel L. Gouverneur, in the first wedding of a president's child at the White House.[14] Many in Washington criticized the Monroes for keeping the wedding private; just 42 members of the family and close friends were invited. Friction between Maria's husband and her outspoken sister strained family relations thereafter. The Gouverneurs moved to New York City. Former President Monroe, upon losing his wife in 1830, moved in with them. President John Quincy Adams appointed her husband postmaster of New York City.
Death and legacy
After Monroe's terms as President expired, he and Elizabeth faced considerable debts from their years of public service, both from non-reimbursed entertaining expenses and because Monroe was forced to manage their various properties remotely. Monroe sold his plantation, Highland in Albemarle County to pay debts, and both retired to Oak Hill in Loudoun County, nearer Washington, D.C. and their daughter Eliza and her husband (although the Hays moved to Richmond in 1825 when he became the U.S. District Judge for Virginia). Although retiring, Elizabeth managed to travel to New York to visit her younger daughter, as well as other friends and relations, but made no further social visits. Sickly and suffering several long illnesses (including severe burns from a collapse near a fireplace a year after leaving the White House), Elizabeth died at Oak Hill on September 23, 1830 aged 62.
She was interred at the estate, but her husband later died in New York under their daughter's care and was originally buried in that northern state. His remains were moved 25 years after his death to become a key attraction during the development of Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Elizabeth's remains were reinterred there in 1903, where both spouses remain buried.
The First Spouse Program under the Presidential $1 Coin Act authorizes the United States Mint to issue 1/2 ounce $10 gold coins and bronze medal duplicates[15] to honor the first spouses of the United States. Elizabeth Monroe's coin was released in February 2008.
A gown in the collection of the James Monroe Law Office & Museum indicates Elizabeth was a petite woman, not taller than 5 feet.
Through her mother, she is a first cousin twice-removed to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (Franklin D. Roosevelt's paternal grandmother, Rebecca Aspinwall Roosevelt, was a first cousin to Elizabeth Monroe.)
|Monroe family tree
|First Lady Elizabeth Monroe, C‑SPAN[16]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Saturday, February 18, 1786, Independent Journal (New York, N. Y.), No. 232, page 2: "On Thursday evening [February 16] was married at her father's house in Great Queen-Street, the Hon. Colonel JAMES MONRO, Member of Congress for the State of Virginia, to Miss ELIZA KORTWRIGHT, youngest daughter of Lawrance Kortwright, Esq; of this City."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 COURTRIGHT (KORTRIGHT) FAMILY [1] by JOHN HOWARD printed by ABBOTT TOBIAS A. WRIGHT Printer and Publisher 150 Bleecker Street, New York 1922
- ↑ March 10, 1750, Record of Purchase of Slaves, from the Estate of Adolph Philips, Manor of Philipsburg, New York, Compiled by J. M. Haley in The Slaves of Philipsburg Manor Upper Mills, HHV, 1988: "Sampson - sold to Lawrence Kortright, New York City, for 75 pounds; Kaiser - sold to Lawrence Kortright, New York City, for 75 pounds"; June 27, 1763, The New-York Mercury, No. 609, page 3, (Advertisement:) "RUN-AWAY, From on board the Snow CHARMING NANCY, Francis Haines, Master; a Molatto [sic] Negro, about 18 Years of Age, his Hair curls much, speaks good English. Had on when he went away, a striped Waist-Coat. Whoever takes up said Negro, and will bring him to Lawrence Kortright, shall have Forty Shillings, and all reasonable Charges, paid. N. B. All Masters of Vessels are forwarned not to carry said Negro off". September 11, 1780, The New-York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1508, page 3 [Advertisement:] A REWARD. RUN-AWAY about 15 days ago, my Negro Man PARIS, about 21 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches high, he is rather remarkable, having one bandy leg, so much that one knee knocks against the other when he walks and is much addicted to liquor. Whoever takes up said Negro Man, and will deliver him to me, shall have a reward of Five Dollars, and all reasonable charges paid them. LAWRENCE KORTRIGHT. New-York, 9th September, 1780"
- ↑ September 7, 1777, Trinity Parish (New York, N. Y.), Parish Register [Burial Record:] "Mrs. Kortright, died September 7, 1777, aged 39 years, in Child-Bed. St. George's. [Burial site]"; September 8, 1777, The New-York Gazette and the Weekly Mercury, No. 1350, page 3: "Departed this Life the 6th Instant, Mrs. HANNAH KORTRIGHT, the Wife of Mr. Lawrence Kortright, in the 39th year of her Age, much lamented by all her Acquaintances."
- ↑ September 10, 1777, Trinity Church (New York, N. Y.), Parish Register [Burial Record:] "Child Kortwright, died September 10, 1777, age 13 mos. of Flux & Fever. St. George's [Burial site]"
- ↑ August 26, 1778, The Pennsylvania Evening Post (Philadelphia, Pa.), Vol. 4, No. 522, page 309: "A list of the houses burnt in the late fire at New York, the third inst.... Mr. Isaac Low's house, and that of Mr. Lawrence Kortwright, adjoining, greatly damaged..."
- ↑ James Grant Wilson, The Memorial History of the City of New York, [(New York): New-York History Company, 1892], Vol 2, page 540: "Another fire occurred August 3, 1778, on Cruger's Wharf, and about fifty houses were destroyed. It was said the loss was increased by the ill-advised attempt of the British officers to direct the firemen..."
- ↑ Harlow Unger, The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness (Boston, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press, 2009) page 61
- ↑ Thursday, February 16, 1786, Trinity Church (New York, N. Y.), Parish Record - [Marriage Record:] February 16, 1786, James Monroe to Elizabeth Kortright, Minister: Benjamin Moore"
- ↑ Letter, April 10, 1788, James Monroe (Richmond, Virginia) to Thomas Jefferson (Paris)The Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.: "...I think I mention'd to you in my last Mrs. M[onroe] had made us happy by giving us a daughter who is now 16 months old an[d] begins to talk..."
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=5
- ↑ "First Lady Biography: Elizabeth Monroe". Canton, Ohio, USA: National First Ladies' Library. Retrieved 2015-10-03.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ February 3, 1840, The Observer (London, England), page 1: "BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS...DIED... [January] 27th, at her residence in the Champs Elysees, Paris, Mrs. Elizabeth K. M. Hay, relict of the late George Hay, Esq., of Virginia, and daughter of the late James Monroe, Esq., formerly President of the United States of America.",
- ↑ "Presidents & First Ladies". While House History web site. The White House Historical Association. Retrieved March 13, 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ U.S. Mint: First Spouse Program. Accessed 2008-06-27. "The United States Mint also produces and make available to the public bronze medal duplicates of the First Spouse Gold Coins."
- ↑ "First Lady Elizabeth Monroe". C‑SPAN. March 18, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
External links
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/em5.html
- Elizabeth Monroe at Findagrave
- http://archive.org/stream/courtrightkortri00abbo/courtrightkortri00abbo_djvu.txt
- Elizabeth Monroe at C-SPAN's First Ladies: Influence & Image
|Honorary titles
|Preceded by
Dolley Madison
|First Lady of the United States
|Succeeded by
Louisa Adams
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- 1768 births
- 1830 deaths
- James Monroe
- First Ladies of the United States
- Spouses of United States Cabinet members
- First Ladies of Virginia
- American people of Dutch descent
- American people of English descent
- Spouses of United States Senators
- People from Loudoun County, Virginia
- People from New York City
- Burials at Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)
- Monroe family
- 18th-century American people
- 19th-century American people
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ELECTIONS: Next scheduled election is Tuesday, November 6th, 2018. Polls open at 6:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. Early voting begins October 23rd through 30th, 2018 at the ROV's Office. The ballot will present U.S. Representative, School Board Members and special election for District Judge Seat, Division "D".


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This evening I had the pleasure of attending the launch of the Footpatrol x PONY collaboration. Guests were given a presentation by PONY Director, Arthur and Footpatrol store manager Jimmy, detailing the history of PONY and Footpatrol respectively, and we were also given an insight into the thinking behind the design choices for the collaboration.
The collaboration sees 2 silhouettes from the PONY archive, the 'TopStar Ox' & the 'TopStar Hi' receive a Footpatrol twist, bringing the basketball scenes of London and New York together in a modern take on a classic. The collaboration is due to be launched at Footpatrol this coming Saturday (27/07/13) in-store in limited quantities. Sizes ranges from UK5-UK11 meaning even some of us with smaller feet can get our hands on a pair!
Find out more about the collaboration here, and keep your eyes peeled for a more in-depth review of the trainers in the next few days!


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Meet my great grandpa.
Isn't he just the cutest?
Wouldn't you love to know more about him?
The picture probably lends itself to be asked…
Did he love fishing?
Was he a happy soul?
Did he love the outdoors?
The answers?
But what about the rest of his story?
What did he do daily?
What was life like in 1920?
I can tell you right now, I know those answers because he kept a record. Tiny little brown journals where he recorded the weather and little lines of what he did each day as a farmer in Idaho.
When we came across those journals, it was truly like finding a pot of gold.
I can tell you, without out a doubt, that your life is interesting.
Your life is gold.
Your posterity will want to know all your stories growing up.
You may think you've forgotten,
but The History Project can help you recall and write those memories.
Your story is important.
Your story is you.
There's no time like the present to write about the past.
Class starts August 24 and enrollment ends August 31.
What are you waiting for?
The time is now.
Don't leave this life with your family yearning to want to know more about you like I do about my mom. Because when you're gone, your stories are gone too because you didn't write them down.
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September 07, 2016
» Movie Reviews
SCIENCE FRICTION Luke Scott's feature debut tells the story of a genetically modified girl who turns on her creators.
Every now and then in Hollywood, an apple falls far from the tree. Really far. Like, different planet far. Such is the case of Luke Scott, son of Ridley, who's made his directorial debut with a film that highlights his ineptitude by boringly touching on themes that his father long ago touched on brilliantly.
Blade Runner (1982) is an indisputable masterpiece about the perils of playing God and creating artificial intelligence, beings that appear to be human but are not. Morgan is about exactly the same things, only it's an indisputable mess. The problem isn't that it has nothing new to say. The problem is that it has nothing to say at all.
A shadowy corporation (yup, like the one in Blade Runner) has set up a bunch of scientists and researchers in a remote facility, where we find them conducting yet another experiment in genetic engineering. Talented actors like Toby Jones, Michelle Yeoh and Jennifer Jason Leigh play smart people who do some of the dumbest things you'll ever see on-screen. If there were a basement in this concrete and glass lab, they'd elbow past one another to be the first into it.
Anya Taylor-Joy is Morgan, the subject of the experiment being conducted for reasons never quite made clear. The shadowy corporation has developed a synthetic DNA, and she's the walking, talking prototype of the breakthrough. Initially, things look promising to her handlers (who take pains to refer to her as "it," as though their choice of pronoun matters a whit). She impresses them as extraordinarily precocious.
A few years later, though, things take a turn for the troubling. Morgan may be a chronological toddler, but physically, she's a young woman with — you guessed it — superhuman intelligence and strength. You know she's a threat to humankind because she always wears a hoodie. Accordingly, she's kept behind a glass wall like Hannibal Lecter's long-lost niece.
The time arrives to determine whether the increasingly violent hybrid should be terminated. This decision is left to a pair of rather ridiculous characters. Paul Giamatti is squandered as a psychologist with a death wish. His aggressive interview of Morgan is one of the silliest sequences in science-fiction history. Kate Mara plays a risk-management expert employed by the shadowy corporation. She packs a gun and wears her hair like Suze Orman, so you know something's up with her.
Not surprisingly — well, except to the scientists, psychologist and risk-management pro — Morgan doesn't take to the idea of being terminated and — you guessed it — goes into superhuman butt-kicking, lab-trashing mode. Incredibly, the last third of the film is one long fight scene. Except when it's one long car chase. Both of these can be entertaining when executed with imagination, of course, but neither Scott nor writer Seth W. Owen displays an iota.
One of the picture's countless shortcomings is its failure to explore any of the ethical or philosophical questions that "man playing God" movies explore when they're created by talented, thoughtful filmmakers. The makers of Morgan are far more interested in gun fights and grisly slayings than in the implications of for-profit genetic monkey business. The film with which critics tend to compare this is last year's gorgeous and provocative Ex Machina, but the movie it really should be measured against is 2011's masterfully conceived Hanna. Morgan is virtually the same story. Only without the masterful writing, acting and direction.
Scott's debut flopped big-time on its opening weekend. Ironically, though, having made Morgan may prove beneficial to him on his next project, a retelling of the Donner Party saga. It probably won't hurt to have had firsthand experience of a disaster.
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Happy Easter, friends!
He is risen!
Today we celebrate the hope that we have in Christ Jesus. The hope that we can change. The hope that we can become the men and women that God has created and called us to be! Fresh starts all around, I say!
The day started off with excited little girls coming up the stairs to discover that the little tomb we made (with a step stool and white table cloth) was empty! Alleluia! They also found some new shoes and treats to enjoy in these next few weeks.
We got to mass and the girls were each given a little 'Alleluia' flag to wave around during the songs/hymns. They thought that was great and I had to keep reminding them not to get too enthusiastic with their waving since they kept brushing against our neighbors heads! Oliver wore real clothes for the first time today (as in not pajamas) and he is such a handsome little man. I can't help but smooch his little cheeks so hard!!! As mass began I couldn't help but smile at all we have been given in these little miracles and how much we have to be thankful for! I felt a little differently by the end as they were seriously testing my patience but that's all part of the journey, eh? God said to bring them! He never said they would behave 😉
Afterwards we headed to my mum's for brunch and a visit with my sister and her family. They all met Oliver for the first time at their son Jude's birthday party yesterday but this was the first shot of all the kids with Nana! So sweet. We had a really lovely day together but I think we have reached the decision that it is time to start celebrating the holidays at our house…all day! It will be much easier on the kids who still need naps to get through the day and easier on us to be in our home, not carting everyone back and forth.
We finished the day off with a simple supper at home and our Easter tradition of Easter Sundaes! Previously we have only done the sundaes on Easter Sunday but I think this year we will do them each Sunday of the Octave. So simple and yet the kids have a blast putting together their own little dishes. Speaking of dishes, I found these little ice cream dishes at Value Village last week and they are perfect for our little tradition.
I hope you have had a lovely Easter surrounded by people you love, treats to enjoy and the hope and love of our Savior to fill your heart!! Many blessings,


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Reviving a Consumer Watchdog
More than 25 million toys have been recalled in the United States in the past nine months, involving such well-known brands as Mattel and Hasbro and affecting such popular toys as Thomas the Tank Engine and Dora the Explorer. Hazards include lead and magnets that can be fatal when swallowed. Much attention has focused on the fact that many of these products were made in China. But problems with product safety regulation in this country run much deeper.
Parents across America are wondering if they can trust the toys on store shelves not to injure their children, or worse. They are asking who's in charge and what are they doing to keep dangerous toys from being sold.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is in charge, and what it's doing isn't enough. The commission is a small federal agency with an enormous mission: ensuring that the products used at home, at school and for recreation are safe. The agency oversees about 15,000 types of products that are associated with about 27,000 deaths and 33 million injuries each year, costing the nation more than $700 billion annually.
The commission was established in 1973, during the height of the consumer movement. Health experts and consumer rights advocates argued that the federal government had an important role in protecting children and families from faulty products whose life-threatening hazards were often hidden.
In its early years, the commission enjoyed bipartisan support, which resulted in steady budget and staff increases. Its activities involving just three types of products -- baby cribs, baby walkers and child-resistant cigarette lighters -- are estimated to save the United States about $2 billion and prevent more than 300 deaths and 10,000 injuries annually.
But the era of downsizing government changed things. Ronald Reagan and many members of Congress believed they were elected with a mandate to decrease domestic spending, no matter how beneficial to citizens or cost-effective that spending was. The commission's budget, like that of many agencies, was slashed, and its powers were reduced.
The commission has never recovered from those changes. Proposed 2008 funding is about $63 million, with only 400 full-time staffers -- which would make the agency less than half its size in 1978. Today our economy is global; more products enter our stores from other nations than ever before, yet we have far fewer resources dedicated to ensuring their, and by extension our, safety.
This history helps explain how we got to our current situation, where millions of toys have been recalled in the past year. What is the commission doing? According to recent news reports, the agency is "negotiating" a plan with the toy industry to keep dangerous toys out of stores. Not bringing action to enforce the law, not assessing penalties, not writing regulations. Negotiating, because it is too small and underfunded and because it lacks the will to do much else.
The commission has no chairman and has lacked a quorum for months. Without a quorum, it cannot bring a lawsuit, assess a penalty or enact new regulations to address hazards in the marketplace. Congress recently passed legislation to give it a quorum for six months, but after that, if no chairman has been approved, the commission will again be effectively unable to act.
Now is the time to revitalize the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The fact is, Americans have never rejected the notion of spending money for cleaner air, unadulterated food or safe appliances. Judging from the dangerous foods and products that have made their way to consumers, industry is doing an unacceptable job of policing itself. That government regulation is necessary has already been accepted -- tainted pet food and pharmaceuticals from China prompted legislation to strengthen the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to keep dangerous items from being imported. Product safety regulation needs similar measures.
First, President Bush should immediately nominate, and Congress should confirm, a chairman with a background in product safety and a commitment to consumer protection.
Second, Congress should pass emergency legislation to ban lead in children's products. There is no reason to tolerate even a small amount of lead in any product intended for use by children. It should also require pre-market testing of all children's products before they can be sold in the United States, making those that sell products in this country responsible for ensuring compliance with safety standards.
Finally, the agency must be given adequate budget and staffing levels to meet these new responsibilities.
The United States has an agency with the authority to keep our families safe, but it has been neutered almost to the point of uselessness. The recent recalls have reinforced to a new generation the need for an extra layer of protection from companies that are unscrupulous or merely careless. The commission can provide that protection if it is empowered and enabled to do its job.
Ann Brown and Pamela Gilbert served as chairman and executive director, respectively, of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission during the Clinton administration.


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Shelly Sorem came to know and
love the Lord in 1999 and He has been the guiding force in her life
since. From the time she accepted Jesus Christ into her life, everything seem to change. God changed what was important to her and how she lived her life. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education and spent three years teaching second grade. She also has a Masters degree in
counseling psychology and was a counselor at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in the pediatric and adolescent clinic for three years. It was during this time that the Lord called her into ministry.
Shelly began working at her
church in children's ministry where she was in charge of Sunday
school for
children from preschool through 5th grade. Her first assignment was to write a lesson on Noah and the rainbow. Shelly will never forget the panic she felt when she was asked to do this because she had heard of Noah and the flood but she had no idea about a rainbow. Shelly didn't grow up knowing the Lord and had never read the Word of God until she became a believer in 1999. Shelly loves learning and dug into the Word of God and read and studied about the life of Noah in order to write the lesson plans. This is where the love of the Word of God came alive in her and she studied each week in order to be able to write the lesson plans and teach the students.
After three years in children's ministry, Shelly was asked to be the youth pastor at her church. She was scared to death to work with teenagers, especially teenagers who knew more about the Word of God than she felt she did, but God called her to the job and equipped her to do it. Being a youth pastor was one of the biggest blessings in her life. She loved working with the teenagers and seeing their passion for the Lord. During her time as youth pastor, several students came to know the Lord and it was something that inspired Shelly to try to reach more people for Christ.
After two years as a youth pastor, her husband Bill was transferred to Doha, Qatar and the family moved
there with him for four years. Shelly and Bill knew God wanted them to move to Doha, but they had no idea why or what was in store for them. It was in Doha, literally in the middle of the desert that the Lord again changed Shelly's life. He drew her into an intimate relationship Him and taught her to trust Him with every aspect of her life. Without friends and family close by, Shelly quickly learned to lean on the Lord. He took her out of her comfort zone to help her realize her dependence
upon Him.
In Doha, Shelly became actively involved in the Women's Ministry and served as prayer team leader, planning and events coordinator, Bible study facilitator and Bible study leader. It was during this time the Lord shifted her focus from serving children and teens to women. Shelly feels as though the Lord had her studying and teaching people who were on the same level with her spiritually, beginning with small children, then teens and finally graduating to adults. Serving in the Women's Ministry ignited her passion for women and helping them come to know and love the Lord the way she did. She has since been a speaker at women's conferences and retreats and in Doha, The United Arab Emirates, India and Malaysia.
Shelly and her family returned to the United States in 2010 where she has written and taught a women's Bible study on trusting the Lord, Sunday school lessons, led a small group and continued to speak at women's events. She has just published her first book Deeply Rooted which is a 365-day devotional geared at helping people jumpstart their quiet time, develop a passion for the Word of God and grow closer to the Lord.
She and her husband, Bill, live in Katy, Texas with their two teenage daughters, Allison and Emily. Allison is a freshman at Texas A&M University and Emily is a senior in high school. Next to her family, Shelly counts her friends as her biggest blessing. Her sisters in Christ love and encourage her as well as challenge her and hold her accountable to being the person God created her to be.
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Wave REST API Moves into the Limelight
The Wave REST API moves from Pilot to Generally Available. All endpoints and representations are now version 36.
Refer to the Wave REST API Developer Guide.
To set up access to the API, select Enable the Wave API for all Wave users on the Wave Analytics Settings page.


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So thankful for a donation received this week from someone who saw the LBFOL article in the East Prairie Eagle paper! I am thankful for the people who listen to that "inner' voice and respond with love through donations to help us bless others. We also received a letter from a disabled couple who are needing some help. We are getting more information and will get some stuff for them this week. We are also getting some information about delivering baskets to another Senior Citizens group in a different town just east of us. They will help distribute baskets to the elderly and families who are struggling from day to day.
This last week was filled with many trips to Walgreens, Fred's, & Super D Drugs to get some deals. All the items I got this week averaged out to be less than $1.00 each. I think that is awesome (if I do say so myself). I was also able to buy more laundry baskets.
I delivered 3 more baskets to the Foster Grandparents this morning. They also started a Grandparents program in a town near us. That makes 6 towns that will be blessed with the LBFOL that we deliver to the Foster Grandparents group. Thanks to all who have donated and helped bless the lives of those who are struggling to make ends meet each month! The seniors from the 6 different towns along with the Nutritional Center are so thankful and appreciate it so much. If you would like to help just check out the How can I help page and I know you will be blessed!
Thank you and God Bless each of you,


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Charlie Moon and Zara Gross Served Lunch to the Delaney School.
Mrs Fuller's class Wrote a healthy lunch menu in Health class.
3rd grade field trip to Plimoth Plantation!
Kindergarten Information
Kindergarten Alternatives Evening
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 6-7 p.m. Vogel Auditorium
Program alternatives will be explained and K teachers will give an overview about the curriculum and a typical day.
Kindergarten Registration Day
Thursday, April 6, 2017 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Vogel Auditorium
Needed to Register:
· Proof of residency
· Birth Certificate
· Record of last physical and immunizations
· Enrollment forms
Tuition Assistance is available. Please contact Mrs. Gilbert in the Business Office.
All conversations and documents are confidential.
Half Day Kindergarten: Free
Full Day Kindergarten: $325 per month
Kindergarten Screening:
Friday May 19, 2017 (by appointment made during registration)
Delaney Library Volunteers
Library volunteers are desperately needed to re-shelve books. The Delaney library is very busy and the book cart gets full very easily. It is so important to have the books back on the shelves as quickly as possible.
Times are flexible and you can stay as little as 20 minutes or more if your schedule allows.
If you are interested please email me at email@example.com must have a CORI on file to volunt
T'is the Season for Giving…
to benefit the Wrentham Food Pantry
For over 25 years the Holiday Cookie Collection
has brightened the season for many local families.
Join us in continuing this wonderful tradition!
Friday December 16 8:00 am- 2:45 pm.
Securely wrap baked goods, breads, confections as well as store bought
goods will be welcomed in the Delaney School, Annex, and Roderick School
Your non-perishable food donations for the Wrentham
Food Pantry are also greatly appreciated!
Contact Jackie Robison (508.320.5402) with questions about the collection or to arrange
alternate drop-off times.
Thank you for your generosity!
Inclement Weather Information
Delayed Arrival means:
No Morning Preschool
No Half Day Kindergarten
Full Day Kindergarten-Grade 3 report at time announced on Connect Ed or News media
Please note that buses may be late on their routes if conditions are poor.
Please note that buses may be late on their routes if conditions are poor.
Students that are being dropped off or picked up in the office during the school day due to unforeseen circumstances...
Please plan to pick up your student at their respective office!
Grades 2 and 3 at the Janelli Annex Office (Mrs. Dumas)
Pre-K, K and 1 Delaney Office (Mrs. Rando, Mrs. Goddard)
Please direct any bus plan requests to the office staff, Mrs. Rando and/or Mrs. Goddard.
Grade 3 MCAS 2017 TENTATIVE schedule
Tentative Grade 3-ELA dates are 4/25, 26, and 27
Tentative Grade 3-MATH dates
are 5/16-5/17
Tentative Grade 3-ELA dates are 4/25, 26, and 27
Tentative Grade 3-MATH dates
are 5/16-5/17
A Note from the office!
If your little cherub is sick for a day or two, there is no need to notify us by phone. You could send an email to the teacher if you'd like.
Buckets are located in the cafeteria!
Please send in your box tops! Our school earns "free" money!
Thank you so much to the PTO for our new exciting banners! Mr. Gillespie hung them up last weekend and they are showing everyone what the core values are at the Wrentham Public Schools!
Thank you so much to the PTO for our new exciting banners! Mr. Gillespie hung them up last weekend and they are showing everyone what the core values are at the Wrentham Public Schools!
We are not collecting plastic bags anymore!
Please donate your non-perishables in any school lobby!
Don't miss this event!
It's a ton of fun for a great cause!
January 28th, 2017, 7pm-midnight.
Showcase Live, Patriot Place, Foxboro.
$50 per ticket. All proceeds fund educational grants at WPS!
What is School Committee?
The Wrentham School Committee is responsible for setting Policies for the District and approving the District Budget on an annual basis. The School Committee is responsible for hiring and supervising the Superintendent of the Wrentham Public Schools. In private business terms, the School Committee is the Board of Directors of the District and the day-to-day operations of the District are operated by the Superintendent and his Administrative team. The Committee consists of 5 Members, each elected for staggered 3 year terms in the annual April Town elections.
Next Meeting: Tuesday December 13, 2016
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SOUTH BEND -- A group of about 190 migrant workers living in a former nursing home on the city's west side can rest assured they'll be allowed to stay there for the remainder of the harvest season.
Interim City Attorney Aladean DeRose said in a statement Friday afternoon that officials have been concerned that the West Park Health Care Facilities building does not have fire sprinklers, but they will work with the owner on a plan to ensure fire protection on the property.
"Meanwhile," she said, "the residents of 5024 W. Western Ave. can be assured they will not be forced to vacate the building and that the city will take no action whatsoever to remove or cause the residents to be removed from the property."
According to Geoff Polk, an attorney for the building's owner, MFC South Bend Holdings LLC, officials from the city's legal department told his clients Thursday that they needed to vacate the building by Monday morning. City officials said it had been a misunderstanding.


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Morning Plenary Sessions
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions
Presenter: James Spencer, Managing Director, Portland FuelSession Description: Be certain not to miss this interesting tale of how you can fix your diesel fuel costs for one year and beyond. James Spencer, Managing Director of Portland Fuel will review how the commodity price of diesel fuel is established. James will also detail how the local pump and delivered prices are directly affected by Global supply and demand, the Canadian dollar and world events. James will also review 'hedging' and how this simple financial tool mitigates your fuel budget risk. James will be available for question and answer at the end.
Session Description: Representatives from MTO's Road Users Safety Division will provide updates on various programs including:
Presenter: Frank Healey, Healey TransportationSession Description: : In addition to ISBOA's aggressive defense of independent operators against ill-conceived RFPs, ISBOA's input to the Ministry of Education has also focussed on the fact that school bus rates are unsustainably low (ISBOA's response to the 2012 Drummond Report - PDF) and are at risk of compromising student safety. This session will give operators the tools to participate in discussions at the provincial and local level about the need for reasonable negotiated rate increases.
Presenter: Jeannie Lee and Barb Breston, MTO Municipal Transit Policy Office
Session Description: MTO is planning to introduce a Community Transportation Pilot Grant Program (CT) to provide financial assistance to municipalities across Ontario for the planning and implementation of local, coordinated community transportation projects. It is a voluntary, application-based grant program, open to all incorporated municipalities in Ontario. Applications for funding can only be made by a municipality. Municipalities that apply are required to collaborate with at least one community organization, including, but not limited to, health agencies, social service agencies, other public transit systems and school bus operators, to propose a community transportation project. This is a pilot program that will allow the Ministry to explore the effectiveness of a community transportation model in serving a wide-range of Ontario communities. MTO staff will walk interested School Bus Operators through the program design and applications process.
Presenter: Charlie Charalambous, Training Specialist - Risk Services Solutions, Northbridge Insurance
Session Description: The Northbridge Insurance® High-Risk Driver Program is a revolutionary new process, designed for the transportation industry by transportation safety professionals. This innovative program will provide participants with a new approach to cost-effective driver performance management.
In this one-hour workshop, participants will learn:
6:00 – 7:00: Cocktail Reception and Silent Auction
7:00 – 8:00: Dinner
8:00 – 9:00: Program and Speaker
9:00 – 11:00: Band and Dancing
Guest Speaker: Jonathan Lisus, Lax O'Sullivan Scott Lisus LLP
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This is by far the best professional development I've ever attended. Not only did it change my outlook on teaching mathematics, but I was able to walk away with engaging lessons for my students.
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Because I was taught by his type of system not to be bold and assert myself with authority, I just nodded and sold them a decorative oak shelf. Here's what I wish I would have asked the superintendent about his star kindergarten teacher, Mrs. P.:
- Will Mrs. P. sit down with my daughter on her lap and read her really good stories every day? Will she welcome each question, even if it's right in the middle of the story?
- When Addy is inspired by an idea, will she drop the day's lesson plan (or the week's or month's!) and dive right into it head first?
- Will she base the curriculum on what excites Addy and helps her develop as a person, or will she be so worried about meeting state standards in specific areas that the life is drained out of it?
- Can Dori come to the classroom every day, too, and take a spot right next to Addy so they can love and learn from each other, developing the kind of deep relationship sisters should?
- Will she clear her classroom from the typical pop culture icons that send the wrong messages to developing young minds?
- Will children in her classroom value people before things, self-esteem over group acceptance, words over fists? How about on the playground? On the bus? Little children are learning and need loving guidance every time. Will Mrs. P. be there on the bus, in the lunchroom and on the playground to provide it?
- Will she uphold our family's values?
- Will she spend all the time Addy needs to learn a concept without ever rushing her, labeling her or sending her off to a special classroom? Is she willing to drop months of lesson plans if Addy is ready to zoom on to something new?
- Will she promise to never squelch Addy's love of learning by filling her time with busywork? Can she promise not to make her wait to be called on when she is eager with a question or idea?
- Will she come to my home so she can continue to discuss what they're learning at the dinner table, in the car and at bedtime?
- What will she say when Addy asks the hard questions, about God, or sex, or dying?
I really do want to know these sorts of things. I am very open to hearing from others, even if (maybe especially if?) they disagree with me.
* I was at the school for a public event. Behind a cute facade and inviting lobby, office and board room, down the hallways I saw cinderblock walls, solid steel doors and cold lockers. Not that I care.


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I knew this! I have always given beauty tips and maintained that they will give you the results. Getting famous with my beauty tips, people from Parliament came to see me, asking for help to give a facelift to "Taj Mahal".
17th Century marble mausoleum, built by Mughal emperor Shahjahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz is turning yellow. Air pollution monitoring and curbs on nearby industrial activity have failed to prevent India's famed monument to love, the TajMahal.
Ten years ago Delhi Supreme Court imposed a ban on motor vehicles in the vicinity of the marble monument and ordered regular monitoring of the air quality around the monument. Vehicles cannot drive within 1.5 miles (2km) of the site and many of its three million annual visitors make their way to the TajMahal on horse-drawn carriages or battery-operated buses.
I have made myself very clear to the Indian authorities about my suggestions and help, it will cost them big. The process is not cheap it will come some where around $230,000 (£116,000).
Tonnes of Multani Matti (fuller's mud), tonnes of lime juice, mix it make a paste and apply it on the TajMahal.
After the clay mixture has fully dried in the sun, it is washed off, taking the layer of dirt with it and exposing pristine white marble beneath. The process takes about two months.
After two months TajMahal will shine and I will be rich… (jusssssssssssssst kidding).
But the news of the face lift of Taj Mahal and cost for it, Is true!


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Monday, March 17, 2008
School Corruption: Here and Now
It is time to address this huge problem. School budgets have reached the point where too many people have their hands in the pies, and when people mix with other people's money, we should always expect problems.
Armand Fusco, former superintendent and author of "SCHOOL CORRUPTION," writes, "School corruption takes many forms, but it falls into three main categories: I: cheating and deceit, II: waste and mismanagement, and III: fraud and stealing." He should know. Many people sense that the schools are dishonest, but few will admit it about the schools in their community. Take a look at ours.
Category I: cheating and deceit. Let me count the ways:
About 60% of my town's tenth graders fail the state test of basic skills based on information taught up to eighth grade, but the employees tell us that they are delivering "excellence in education." The terrible results tell us that the school system has the children for ten years to provide an eighth grade level schooling, and still only 40% can pass according to the state. Are we being deceived about the quality of the schooling offered? Is 60% failure a high quality result?
Next, who benefits when 75% of middle schoolers are placed on the honor roll? If we know that only about 40% are at their grade level, then we know that a large portion of the kids on the honor roll are below their grade level. What's going on? It's called cheating by the schools, just like the times when teachers change the students' tests in order to show a higher percent of achievement. I'll get back to this a little later.
Are we justified in calling it cheating by the employees? You bet. It deceives the children; it deceives the parents; it deceives the community. This practice of putting failing students on honor rolls is fraud, and fraud is a form of corruption. The same goes for all the occasions when courses are dumbed down and children who do little are given passing grades. Maybe the worst example: the brightest students are ignored. They are cheated and used by the employees. Is that corrupt? You bet.
"Edspeak" is the language of school employees. It is a language designed to deceive.
There is another big category of school corruption. It is the corrupting of the very purpose of school-- that is, the education of our children. The government has never been interested in truly educating our children. Its schools' original purpose, back in 1840 was to turn out the millions of factory workers for the industrial revolution, plus a good supply of soldiers. Government officials were clear in their requirement that the masses should not be too well educated…their goal was to train obedient workers and predictable consumers. That has not changed, in fact, academic instruction has been steadily watered down over the years while psychological conditioning has emerged as a main goal today, training our children to have certain government-approved attitudes and opinions, but not to have the creative intelligence to become leaders or innovators.
The result is a total corruption of the very idea of education. Conditioning to certain ideology is the opposite of education. Education is training children how to think; while the methods our state-run schools use are therapy, or mind-changing methods.
I'll get to catagories II and III later.
10 comments:
- Mrs. C said...
Ned, have posted an excerpt of your article and a link on my blog.
- March 18, 2008 at 4:57 PM
- A Bishops wife said...
I found you through mrs.C's blog.
I am putting up a link on my blog if you do not mind. You have some very important things to say.
These are some of the very reasons I began to home school my kids.
- March 19, 2008 at 3:50 AM
- Ned Vare said...
To a bishop's wife and all,
I don't mind. In fact, the point of this is to spread the word, so I encourage you to do that, with thanks. Ned
- March 19, 2008 at 10:42 AM
- christinemm said...
Ned thanks for another great post.
I am so surprised that Fusco wrote that book. What a turn around from working as a superintendent to exposing corruption from within the education system itself.
The freaky thing about Fusco saying those things is that the town he worked for was a quiet suburb where there was not scandal about the education budget and so on. If Fusco knows of corruption from his experience as a superintendent then such things were going on then the public was not even aware of them.
- March 21, 2008 at 4:49 AM
- Gen from the purple of Texas said...
Here's my issue: the blame is always passed onto teachers, from the top all the way down... teachers are the scapegoats for everything. The administrators are corrupt. It is frightening. There is no recourse for a teacher when they stumble upon corruption. You keep your mouth shut, or you are bullied all the way out the door.
- April 26, 2009 at 9:13 PM
- Andriy said...
I agree with all of this. I am above my level, but the schools have held me back because they are addicted to money. A school discriminated against my brother because he wasn't the brightest, so they tried to get him expelled so that they could be classified as an "A" grade school.
- October 5, 2009 at 4:38 AM
- KARL said...
Good for you. I agree with your comments. I finally quit my post as a jr hs social studies teacher at a public school after 13 years. I am sick of being part of the lie that we call public education in this country.
- January 1, 2010 at 6:13 PM
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- February 19, 2012 at 8:21 AM
- Kevin D. Palma said...
Shit's real bro I applauds whoever wrote this but you also should mention that they took prayer outta school and that there is little to no freedom allowed in the public school system. If you disagree, you look like a fool by those who invest both their money and trust in this frivolous system
- February 4, 2015 at 8:39 AM
- Kevin D. Palma said...
But yeah besides all of this, the real issue here is the fact that we need Jesus Christ in our lives. I only wished that they taught people about God in school but this won't happen for another lifetime~
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