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"Reading is the foundation of all learning. The Striving Readers grants help more students get the skills they need to succeed in college, the workforce and in life."
Secretary Margaret Spellings
The No Child Left Behind Act is helping schools improve reading instruction and achievement in grades 3-8. Its emphasis on accountability, high standards and proven, science-based instruction has helped to raise test scores and narrow the achievement gap in states across the country.
- Among 9-year-olds, more reading progress was made in the last five years than in the previous 28 years combined, according to the Nation's Report Card.
- Reading scores for African American and Hispanic American 9-year-olds have reached all-time highs.
But some middle and high school students still struggle with reading. They need focused time and attention and research-based instruction to get back on track so they can read at grade level or better. This is critical to graduating from high school with the skills to succeed in college and the competitive workforce.
President Bush's Striving Readers Program answers this challenge. Its purpose is to help schools improve the literacy skills of adolescent students struggling with reading. President Bush has proposed a major expansion of this demonstration program to reach more secondary students in grades 6-12 who are reading below grade level and at risk of dropping out of school.
- The President requested a $70.3 million increase in the program for a total of $100 million in FY 2007.
- This follows previous one-year funding totals of $24.8 million (in FY 2005) and $29.7 million (in FY 2006).
Eight grants totaling $30 million will be awarded for the 2006-07 school year, reaching middle and high school students in Title I-eligible schools that serve large numbers of struggling readers. They will fund a wide array of research-based literacy strategies in diverse educational settings. The awardees include:
- Chicago Public Schools / District #299, Chicago Public Schools Striving Readers$24.5 million over 5 years
- Danville [Ken.] School District, Kentucky Content Literacy Consortium (KCLC)$16.2 million over 5 years
- Multnomah County [Portland, Ore.] School District #1, Striving Readers Project$23.5 million over 5 years
- Newark Public Schools, Newark Public Schools Striving Readers$13.9 million over 5 years
- Ohio Department of Youth Services, Striving to Achieve in Reading and Re-Entry (StARR)$14 million over 5 years
- San Diego Unified School District, Strategies for Literacy Independence Across the Curriculum$17.5 million over 5 years
- Springfield [Mass.] Public Schools, Springfield-Chicopee Striving Readers Program$16.6 million over 5 years
- Memphis City Schools, Memphis Striving Readers$16 million over 5 years
The benefits go beyond individual students:
Educators benefit from professional development and training designed to improve the overall quality of literacy instruction across subject areas and throughout the entire middle and high school curriculum.
Communities benefit as business leaders, charitable organizations, and parent and community groups form partnerships with local school districts and states to improve the literacy of young people.
Taxpayers benefit from an independent and scientifically rigorous evaluation of every Striving Readers project. The goal is to build a strong research base to determine program effectiveness and identify what works in improving literacy and reading achievement among students in grades 6-12.
The need to improve reading achievement among older students is real and serious.
- Half of high school graduates are not ready for college-level reading, according to ACT.
- Half of African American and Hispanic 9th-graders do not graduate from high school on time.
- Older students who struggle with reading are more likely to drop out of school.
Striving Readers complements the successful Reading First Program. One of the signature achievements of No Child Left Behind, Reading First builds on the influential findings of the National Reading Panel and more than two decades of research which tracked tens of thousands of students to determine how best children learn to read. Reading First translates these findings into practical instructional tools for educators.
- Reading First grants are benefiting more than 100,000 teachers and 1.5 million students across America.
- The President's FY 2007 budget proposes more than $1.1 billion for Reading First and Early Reading First.
The President's FY 2007 Education Agenda includes much more to help middle and high schools improve instruction, so all students can reach grade level in the subjects most critical to their future, and America's.
High School Reform Initiative ($1.475 billion) Formula grants would be provided to states to support targeted interventions and expanded high school assessments. This would improve accountability and meet the academic needs of more students at risk of falling behind or dropping out.
Math Now for Middle School Students ($125 million) and Math Now for Elementary School Students ($125 million) Similar to Striving Readers, Math Now would diagnose students' deficiencies in mathematics and provide intensive and systematic instruction to enable them to take and pass more rigorous coursework, such as algebra.
National Mathematics Panel ($10 million) Modeled after the National Reading Panel, the National Math Panel would convene experts to empirically evaluate the effectiveness of various approaches to teaching math, creating a research base to improve instructional methods for teachers.
Advanced Placement-International Baccalaureate (AP-IB) Incentive Program ($122 million) It would train 70,000 additional teachers to lead AP-IB math, science and critical foreign language courses over the next five years. It would also increase the number of students taking AP-IB tests to 1.5 million by 2012, tripling the number of passing test-takers while giving them the opportunity to earn college credit.
For more information about the President's Striving Readers Program, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/strivingreaders/index.html.


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Upon crossing the finish line, Megan Barnes tossed the sunflower she had been clutching into the air.
"This is all for you, Chelsea," shouted the 17-year-old San Diego runner as she looked up at the sky. "We miss you. You're in our hearts."
Barnes wasn't the only one feeling the spirit of Finish Chelsea's Run. An estimated 6,000-plus runners, walkers and stroller-pushers cheered, clapped and high-fived each other along the 3.1-mile course at Balboa Park on Saturday morning.
"I never met Chelsea, but I feel like I know her. She's a real inspiration to all of us," said Barnes, wiping sweat from her forehead. "I'm glad so many people are here to celebrate her."
The third annual 5K run/walk is dedicated to the memory of Poway teen Chelsea King, who was killed in 2010 by a registered sex offender while on a training run in Rancho Bernardo Community Park.
"Seeing all the people at the race just takes your breath away," said Chelsea's mother, Kelly King, who gave hugs and warm smiles to well-wishers at the event.
She, along with her husband Brent and son Tyler, came back to San Diego from Illinois for the run.
"I can't begin to describe what this has meant to our lives, our spirit and our souls," she said. "It's one of the most joyful things that has happened since we lost Chelsea."
The official starter of this year's run was Allison Cave, Amber Dubois' little sister. In 2009, Dubois was abducted and slain by the same man who killed Chelsea a year later, John Gardner.
The first Finish Chelsea's Run was in March 2010, when more than 3,500 local runners met at the Rancho Bernardo Community Park to complete the run the athletic Poway High School senior had started when she was attacked and killed just weeks earlier. That outpouring of support convinced the Kings to turn a spontaneous community event into an annual charity run in honor of their daughter.
"The race is not only a tribute to Chelsea, but it's also a tribute to this community with all its compassion and hope and spirit that says we want to protect our kids," Brent King said.
Proceeds from the run benefit Chelsea's Light, a foundation started by the Kings to award scholarships to San Diego students and spread awareness of Chelsea's Law, which calls for tougher sentences for sex criminals.
"This is my second Chelsea's Run. I'm doing this for my daughter and all children," said Allison Schuler of Chula Vista, as she pushed a stroller carrying her 18-month-old daughter, Kiera. "If doing something like this can help support better child protection and safety, then I'd do a run every week if I had to."
The foundation's Sunflower Scholarship Fund — named after Chelsea's favorite bloom — awards academic scholarships to 10 college-bound San Diego high school seniors annually. In the past two years, over $130,000 in scholarships have been awarded. Last year more than 300 students from 73 schools sent in essay applications, each read by the King family. The scholarships range from $2,000 to $10,000.
"We look for kids who love to give back and just want to brighten everyone else's day," Brent King said. "There's a whole lot of really incredible kids across San Diego, and they bring all of us hope for the next generation. These kids are the change-makers in action."
One of those kids is John Zamora, 18, a 2012 recipient of a Sunflower Scholarship.
"I'm am so grateful to be part of Chelsea's Light's mission — to help protect our youth," said the Poway High School graduate who now attends the University of Southern California.
In addition to academic scholarships, the foundation has awarded a number of Joie de Vivre, or "joy of life," scholarships to enable children with financial need to experience extracurricular activities that they otherwise couldn't afford.
"It's our way of letting kids know that there's more to being a student than just grades. There's joy and spirit and fun," Kelly said.
Academic scholarship applications for 2013 must be received by March 9, and Joie de Vivre applications may be submitted any time. Both applications are available at chelseaslight.org.
In addition to the run/walk, a family festival near the finish line featured healthy snacks and live music by the bands Kiley, Sleepless Pacific and Crossroads. There were activity stations for children to assemble wooden tool boxes, paint clay pots and have fingernails painted orange and blue, Chelsea's favorite colors.
So, what would Chelsea think of this yearly event in her honor?
Brent King smiled broadly: "She'd say, 'Hey, great job, but we have a heck of a lot more to do. We've only just begun.'"

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James Guthrie
James "Jim" Guthrie, age 76, beloved husband of the late Patricia Guthrie, passed away Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014.
He was the brother of Ken, Gene, and Keith Guthrie, stepfather of Debbie Hippchen, Melinda Saunders, and Jennifer Arnoult. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Lou McDilda; and a nephew, Mike Guthrie.
A memorial service will be held at the First United Methodist Church, Peabody, Kan., at a later date.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jim and Pat Guthrie Civil Engineering Scholarship, Kansas State University, 2323 Anderson Ave., Manhattan, KS, 66502.
Arrangements by Borgwardt Funeral Home, Beltsville, Md.


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National Science Digital Library
The National Science Digital Library (NSDL) was created by the National Science Foundation to provide organized access to high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning at all levels of science,technology, engineering, and mathematics education.
The rapid acceleration of information available via the Internet makes locating high-quality, accurate, and truly useful educational resources challenging for teachers and learners. Educators, in particular, need efficient and reliable methods to discover and use science and math materials that will help them meet the demands of instruction, assessment, and professional development.
NSDL was established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2000 as an online library which directs users to exemplary resources for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and research. NSDL provides an organized point of access to STEM content that is aggregated from a variety of other digital libraries, NSF-funded projects, and NSDL-reviewed web sites. NSDL also provides access to services and tools that enhance the use of this content in a variety of contexts. NSDL is designed primarily for K-16 educators, but anyone can access NSDL.org and search the library at no cost. Access to most of the resources discovered through NSDL is free; however, some content providers may require a login, or a nominal fee or subscription to retrieve their specific resources.
NSDL serves as a nexus for educators, researchers, policy makers and the public by building bridges:
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- Between the scientific, research and educational communities by applying advanced technologies to stimulate new ways for educators and learners to access and use scientific information
- Between teachers and learners at all levels, in all locations by supplying content and tools in open-access, non-propietary formats in an easily accessible online environment.
- Database Provider: National Science Digital Library
- Database Handout: NSDL Handout (PDF)
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Grand Consul
The Grand Consul is the president of the International Fraternity. He acts as chairman of the Executive Committee, the Grand Chapter and the Sigma Chi Corporation. He generally oversees the activities and operations of the Fraternity, and signs all charters and official documents. He has the power to fill any vacancy in the Executive Committee or Grand Council by appointment. He has the power to interpret, construe and enforce the Constitution, Ritual and Statutes. He appoints all standing and special committees, and by tradition appoints the two most recent International Balfour Award winners to serve on the Executive Committee
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1.This product is placed around the 2 angles , easy to use perspective, no hand-held;2.Mini USB interface, plug the data cable to the computer, you can synchronize IPAD, IPHONE, IPOD;3.Mini USB interface, plug the data cable to connect the charger, you can give IPAD, IPHONE, IPOD charge;4. Multi-card reader function, directly read SD, TF, MS, M2, CF card photos, supports standard image formats including JPEG and RAW;5.USB HUB, Standard USB2.0 (compatible USB1.1) interface, you can directly connect a digital camera, U disk, USB keyboard;6.HDMI output interface can be Apple IPAD / IPHONE / IPOD to play the video, pictures, music, converted into HDMI signal output to connected with any large-size displays, LCD TV, etc.;7.Color difference AV output interface, can Apple IPAD / IPHONE / IPOD to play the video, pictures, music, converted into color difference AV signal output to connect to any large-size displays, LCD television.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
TrackFighter 700c trick frame
Here are the first pic's of our new TrackFighter 700c trick frame , wile the frame pictured is still technically a prototype this frame turned out exactly as we wanted straight off . I was a little worried about the BB to ground measurement but after checking the proto's against every after market 26" and 700c fork we could find, there was only .25" difference from the shortest to the tallest forks available on the market . For this reason we wont be offering this frame with a fork. This choice has stirred up some controversy on the web forums we encourage you the end customer to use the fork you feel works best for your riding style, you wont have any trouble with this frame .
In the future their might be a aftermarket fork offering from us here at Nemesis Project , I've been saying this for years now but hey Chris King finally released their BB so anything's possible right ?
Pricing - $900.00 frame only
Please Email me! for availability and lead time on these frames .
Japan availability !
First production version will be shipped to our distributer Takashi Tuskamoto from Peakco. , so if your in Japan and don't know Takashi please Email Takashi from this link , he will make sure you get one of the first frames to hit Japan !!
Geo for the Trackfighter
Sizes available seattube center to center - 48cm , 50cm , 52.50cm , 54.50cm , 56cm and 57cm+ ( custom sizes also available)
Top tube - available in Regular and Long offering's more info on this after the drop
HeadAngle - 73.50
SeatAngle - 75.00
Chainstay center to center - 392.50mm fit's 35c's slammed !
Frame Features :
Internal 45x45 headset - proven BMX design , all our headtubes are made by SOLID bikes on their HASS CNC lathe.
Spanish BB- Press fit BB bearing system design to work with 19mm and 22mm bmx cranks . No threads No fuss !
MICRO Drops - CNC machined hooded dropout , these allow us to space the chain and seatstays out further than most normal dropout designs allowing for a stiffer rear end without added material or weight.
Post Weld heat-treatment - wile this is the new buzz word in all the internet forums, all Nemesis Project frames have been post weld heat treated from day 1 .
Externally butted seattube W/ 7075 bonded insert- This frame features a externally butted seattube that gets slighter larger at the BB end for BB stiffness without adding weight , this new seattube also features a full bonded 7075 insert to ensure your 27.2mm seatpost can be adjusted easily without scratching .
The TrackFighter frame was designed from the ground up to be a new offering in the fixed gear trick world . With GEO intended for todays of rear wheel tricks this bike is designed to sin and pick up easier then normal "GO FAST " designs .
Frame construction - Built from True-Temper supertherm tube set's this frame is designed and built to last !
Handmade!- Not made by idiot's with machines , or imported from another nation !
ALL Nemesis Project frames are handbuilt by skilled craftsmen with the finest tools available today . Snap-On hand files , Miller welders , Enco and Bridgport mills all assembled on a custom made Helfritch frame fixture ensuring you the customer recived a quaility product designed to outlast even the most abusive rider. Support U.S.A. based fabrication !!
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largegarlic wrote:I liked the finale, except for the flashbacks and lame last line. The flashbacks just seemed to sap the momentum out of any building dramatic tension. Everyone who has been watching the show since the beginning knows that Rick is conflicted about doing what it takes to survive in the post-apocalyptic world. We don't need 10 minutes of flashbacks reminding us.
Overall, this 4th season might have been my favorite, even if there were still some poorly executed parts. The character development and pacing of the plot was much better.
DelPen wrote:The talking dead preview the other night had a clip for season 5 of Tyrese and Carol. Some are speculating they know the rest of the group is being held in terminus and they are baiting the zombies to follow them to attack to plan an escape and realistically, that's the only way I can see them getting out before they get eaten is if there is mass confusion and an attack of thousands of walkers.
The comic book looks like it's getting interesting again, the last panel of the most recent issue is the most interesting it's been in months.
Digitalgypsy66 wrote:I get Kirkman updates in Goodreads - is Walking Dead published twice a month?
Hockeynut! wrote:I just wonder why the scientist doesn't tell everyone else the cure in case, you know, he gets killed before he gets to DC.
shmenguin wrote:The notion that we're supposed to believe that mullet knows the cure and that everyone else on the show buys it as well is gross. The comics are probably more campy, which makes him knowing something more plausible, but in the world that this show lives in, no one is believing this joker.
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Ubuntu: Pre-Install or Self-Install
I want to setup Ubuntu on my current laptop but as a Linux newbie I'm tired of worrying about hardware compatibility issues I've had in the passed like wireless cards. Even though the Ubuntu installation is easy as pie, it's tough to give an operating system a fair shake when you have a beginner installing, setting up, and customizing the system. I want an Ubuntu desktop solution that is professionally installed and works perfectly out-of-the-box. Does such a setup exist?
Yes, not only does it exist but it has for several years. Out-of-the-box Ubuntu systems that are installed to perfection can be found all over the internet. Today I want to look at one Ubuntu desktop/laptop vendor specifically. The Denver based, System 76, offers Ubuntu installed desktop, laptop and server hardware.
System76.com also supports the Ubuntu installs that they sell through a variety of online resources. The support page includes a large collection of how to articles collected on knowledge76.com and focused on common problems. Forums on the support page provide a link to a special section of Ubuntu forums where you can ask your own questions and seek answers about your System 76 Ubuntu installed system while the bugs section provides a link to Ubuntu bugs. System 76 also provides email support for its customers if needed.
Whether you're in the market for the 12.1″ Darter Ultra or the 17″ Bonono Professional laptop. System 76 has large, small and everything in between. The company offers Ubuntu Linux desktop, Ubuntu laptop and Ubuntu certified servers. With about 15 animal theme named products and seemingly adequate support for Ubuntu installed systems, this is looking like a good alternative to installing Ubuntu on my laptop and worrying about the headaches.
Don't get me wrong I have faith in Ubuntu and how easy it is to work with and install, even for a newbie like me. My big thing is having a system that is perfectly setup for Ubuntu to minimize small annoying conflicts and problems. I've successfully installed Ubuntu numerous times on my current Dell Inspiron laptop but had problems from wireless compatibility to mouse drift! These problems were all eventually fixed with the help of the Ubuntu community but not without plenty of valuable work time lost. As I prepare to make this purchase from System76.com I am curious to know what others have experienced with the popular vendor. Surely someone out there can tell me if the Ubuntu installed laptops from System76.com are optimized for less hiccups and if all that support is really what it's cracked up to be. What types of advantages have you Ubuntu users experienced from buying pre-installed Ubuntu systems online?


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Orlando Family Outfest
Converge Orlando launches Family Outfest™
Converge Orlando Inc., the LGBT Convention and Visitors Bureau for Central Florida, just announced the launch of its very first annual Event for the Modern Family: Family Outfest
The event is set to take place from July 1st to July 7th and sponsors include Walt Disney World Resort, Macy's, Hilton (Orlando Lake Buena Vista), and Nickelodeon Suites Resorts. Passport Magazine, Connextions Travel Magazine and Curve Magazine as the media presenting sponsors. The first of its kind, it is designed to bring LGBT and Straight Allied families together to experience the beautiful city, theme parks and other family friendly activities found in Central Florida. At Converge Orlando, we call this an event for the modern family, where ALL families of all backgrounds and all walks of life are welcome.
"Our organization has been working hard at not only promoting Orlando as an LGBT friendly destination but also at making sure we create events that bring opportunities for the community, its businesses and its members. Family Outfest is one of the many we have in the pipeline and we are extremely excited to be bringing this inaugural event to Central Florida" said Mikael Frank Audebert, Executive Director of Converge Orlando.
Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resort will be the host hotel while two additional properties (The Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista and the Nickelodeon Suites Resort) will serve as official hotels to welcome hundreds of families from around the World.
Official events will bring local communities and travelers together. These will include a Welcome Reception, a Parents Night Out, Nick After Dark, The Fun Spot, daily theme park activities and an Independence Day Festival at Gaston Edwards Park on July 5th closing with a fireworks show over Lake Ivanhoe.
Converge Orlando was created 3 years ago to solely concentrate on enhancing the LGBT-friendly perception of Orlando and Central Florida and improve the visibility of the destination to gay and lesbian visitors. Orlando is fortunate to be in the top 10 most popular travel destinations for LGBT travelers. There are many opportunities to put us on at least parity to other competitor US destinations in the outreach to this market. The short-term goal of Converge is to increase LGBT expenditures here by at least 25 percent.
Converge Orlando is a non-profit membership organization that receives no tourist tax or public funds.
More information about Family Outfest can be found at http://www.familyoutfest.com / http://www.orlandogaytravel.com / Twitter: @FamilyOutfest
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The Lakewood Subdivision Ordinance information can now be found on its own web page.
The Lakewood Zoning Ordinance (Title 17 of the Lakewood Municipal Code) governs land use and development throughout the City of Lakewood. The Zoning Ordinance was amended on December 12, 2016 and became effective January 30, 2017. The Lakewood Zoning Ordinance implements the city's future vision as outlined in the comprehensive plan. The zoning ordinance is intended to simplify the land development process while balancing changes in land use patterns and technological advancements. The Zoning Ordinance and Official Zoning Map are available for download in Adobe PDF file format. If you have questions about the Zoning Ordinance, please contact the City of Lakewood Planning Department at (303) 987-7571.
You can visit our historic ordinances and maps page for more information about past ordinances and maps.
A PDF version of the complete zoning ordinance is also available.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Fresh off a trip to the 2010 Division II College World Series, the Georgia College & State University baseball program and head coach Tom Carty are hosting Bobcat Baseball Camp June 14-17 at John Kurtz Field on West Campus.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, youngsters have the chance to learn the game or fine-tune their skills and have more than a little fun in the process. The previous two-week format has been condensed to a single week, allowing aspiring baseball players from ages 9-to-12 a chance to learn from members of one of the best baseball coaching staffs in the southeast.
Head coach Carty was named the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) and NCBWA Southeast Region Coach of the Year this season, guiding the team to the NCAA Championship Finals, finishing third. In Carty's three seasons as head coach, he's already amassed over 100 wins and taken the Bobcats to the NCAA Tournament twice.
Registration is still available. For more information about, or to register for Bobcat Sports Camps in tennis, baseball, basketball, softball or soccer, visit www.GCSUCamp.com or call 478-445-6341.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Georgia College prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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SCHOLARSHIP: Bo Kolinsky journalism scholarship deadline looming
High school seniors face a mid-February deadline to apply for the 2013 Bohdan Kolinsky Memorial Journalism Scholarship, awarded by the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance.
Applications must reach the Alliance at Box 70, Unionville, 06085, by 9 a.m. on Feb. 19 or be postmarked no later than Feb. 15. The winner will be announced in late March and will be honored at the Alliance's Gold Key Dinner on April 28 at the Aqua Turf in Southington.
Named for a longtime scholastic sports editor of the Hartford Courant who died in 2003, the Kolinsky Scholarship is designed to aid students seeking careers in sports journalism. The winner receives $1,500 to use for freshman-year costs at an accredited college, and further grants are possible in the remaining undergraduate years if the student meets certain standards of progress. Over four years the student may receive a total of $8,500.
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Application forms have been sent to high school guidance offices and may also be obtained via email from Robert Barton, scholarship chairman, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Carolyn tried a new fall muffin recipe this morning and it was a hit. Here's the reccipe:
Pumpkin Muffins
Grease 12 muffin tins. Preheat oven to 375.
Mix together following dry ingredients in a large bowl:
1 1/2 cups chopped dates or dried cranberries
1 cup toasted pecans, chopped in large pieces
2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
In separate bowl, whisk together the following wet ingredients:
2 eggs
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup unsweetened pumpkin
1/2 cup plain low-fat yogurt
Gently blend wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Do not overmix! It's okay if a bit of flour remains unmixed. Fill muffin tins. Sprinkle tops with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until lightly browned and toothpick pushed into center of muffin comes out clean. Let rest in pan 5 minutes before removing to rack.


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Guest: Tyler Drumheller, Robert Baer, Michael Brown, Howard Dean
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Stop the plane.
Let's play HARDBALL.
Good evening. I'm Chris Matthews up in New York. Leading off
tonight: We got him. Faisal Shahzad was minutes away from taking off for
Dubai when federal authorities pulled him off the plane at JFK. Shahzad is
a naturalized American citizen. He was born in Pakistan and was charged
today with five counts in the Times Square incident, including trying to
explode a weapon of mass destruction. At the top of the show, tonight, who
is this man? Who was he working with? And how close was he to getting
away with it?
And what we know is there was a Pakistan connection. Shahzad traveled
there last year and trained at a terror camp. And today, Pakistani police
arrested as many as eight people suspected of helping him. What has U.S.
officials worried is the fact that a lone wolf, an American, may somehow
have joined up with international terrorists bent on killing other
One thing you can be sure of, the right-wingers, the Rush Limbaughs,
the "dittohead" tea party crowd, won't praise the government for catching
Faisal Shahzad. That "blame Obama first" gang will try to find some way to
hold the president responsible for the fact that an act of terror was even
attempted. We'll talk to Howard Dean about that one.
And remember this guy?
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Again, I want to
thank you all for—and Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.
MATTHEWS: Well, Brownie is now doing a heck of a job criticizing
President Obama about delaying action, as he put it, on the gulf oil spill
in order to stir up what he says is opposition to offshore drilling. What
will the right think of—well, what will they think of next?
And let me bring you up (ph) tonight with three cheers for people
who've been maligned daily by the right wing but who last night got their
man, the federal government.
Let's start with the latest on the arrest of the suspected Times
Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, and the arrest of as many as eight others in
Pakistan. "Newsweek's" Michael Isikoff is an MSNBC contributor and Roger
Cressey, of course, is an NBC News terrorism analyst.
Roger, I want you to go first. How did we catch him?
ROGER CRESSEY, NBC TERRORISM ANALYST: Pretty simple, Chris, by using
Craigslist and using an e-mail address, and then ultimately a phone number.
That began a process that ultimately led to Shahzad's arrest. What the FBI
did with NYPD and a few other folks is pull the string on his electronic
communications after interviewing the individual who sold Shahzad the
Nissan Pathfinder. That was the first big break in the case.
Once that happened, then they're able to quickly move to the point
where, through additional phone number checking and—between Pakistan and
here, ultimately led them to Shahzad, and that's why he's in custody today.
MATTHEWS: And how did we stop him from flying away? How did we catch
him on the plane? Who gets responsibility for catching him?
CRESSEY: Well, the last line of defense there was the Department of
Homeland Security. It was Customs and border police. They were the ones
that picked him up. And I think there's going to be some discussion about
how did he get from the FBI monitoring him, surveying him, to the point
where he ultimately got on the plane. There may have been a disconnect
there at some point.
But I frankly think some of the discussion we've heard now about how,
if he got on the Emirates plane, he would have gotten away is overblown.
That is a flight I've taken a lot. It's a 13-hour nonstop. It either
could have been redirected back to JFK, it could have been diverted to
London, other friendly airports, or if it ended up Dubai, our level of
cooperation with the Dubai police is strong enough, we could have taken him
there, so...
MATTHEWS: Why wasn't he on the watch list that was looked at by the
Emirates airliner? Why didn't they catch him when he—when his name
showed up on the—on the—on the schedule—on the—when he had a
reservation? The minute he got a reservation, why didn't they catch him?
CRESSEY: Right. So I think there's two things here. The first is
things were moving so fast, I think there was a coordination issue,
particularly at the very lower levels. He was only added to the no-fly
list within a period of hours after his name was identified. And then I
think there was a disconnect somewhere in the broader JFK security
perimeter, and we don't know the answer as to why that happened yet.
MATTHEWS: OK, let me go to Michael Isikoff, who's very good on
getting to the heart of some of this—well, let's see what happened here.
Was this just a good job by the cops, they caught the bad guy?
MICHAEL ISIKOFF, "NEWSWEEK," MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR: In part. There was
some good police work there, as Roger indicated. One element that he
didn't mention is, you know, it started with getting the VIN number on that
Nissan truck that had the bomb. And they—it had been—it had been
deleted or altered on the front of the car, but the cops went under and
found the PIN number—the VIN number underneath. And that's how they
were able to link it up with the Craigslist app (ph).
MATTHEWS: Which is—the story to tell there is that you have a
vehicle identification number, a VIN number, hidden throughout your car,
apparently, right? It's there...
ISIKOFF: Yes.
MATTHEWS: ... in a number of places, and you can't find all the
places where it is. So the police always going to be one step ahead of you
in finding one more place on your car where there's a Vehicle
Identification Number.
ISIKOFF: Right.
MATTHEWS: That's the lesson here.
ISIKOFF: Look, there are—look, I think, you know, basically, this
was good police work, good detective work, good intelligence work, putting
all these pieces together.
But—and I do want to throw in a "but"—you know, there are some
questions about him getting on the plane. My understanding is that the—
his inclusion on the no-fly list wasn't added, wasn't downloaded by the
airlines quickly enough, so that he was able to pay cash and board the
plane, even though he was on the no-fly list. I think there are going to
be some questions about that.
But more broadly, there's still a lot of things we don't know here.
He—Holder, at his press conference said—Attorney General Holder said
that he's providing useful information after being questioned by the Joint
Terrorism Task Force, first without having been read his Miranda rights,
then read his Miranda rights. He waived them. And they say he continued
to talk, he continued to cooperate.
And while he has admitted that he had been in Pakistan, northwest
Pakistan, last year during his five-months trip to that country, his native
homeland, and received some training there, he insists that what he was
doing here in this plot, he was acting alone.
And I've talked to some intelligence and law enforcement officials
today who are skeptical of that, who—one said, I don't think anybody
believes that. Now, he may be telling the truth, he may not be. But until
we know whether he was working with other people...
ISIKOFF: ... in the United States, you know, we're going to have to
reserve judgment as to how big of a success this was.
MATTHEWS: Well, his name is Faisal Shahzad, and here's some of the
things we know about the fellow. He's a 30-year-old naturalized citizen.
He's originally from Peshawar region of Pakistan and has family there. He
traveled to Pakistan last year, spent eight months over there. He's
already confessed to training at a terrorist camp in Waziristan, which is
where the Pakistan Taliban operates.
You know, as an American, as all three of us are, Roger, nothing is
more depressing than the prospect that people who choose to join us and
become naturalized Americans then choose to betray us, to try to kill us.
I mean, you'd like to think that when a person goes through the process of
naturalization, they made a commitment to us as a country. And here's a
guy who changed his mind.
CRESSEY: Well, what I hope doesn't happen, Chris, is that there's
this broad pendulum swing saying, Aha, now we need to be on the lookout for
every naturalized American that comes from an Islamic country because
that's foolish, too. The issue's going to be—and he's going to...
MATTHEWS: Well, get to my point, not to your point. My point—
please don't change the point...
CRESSEY: No, I...
MATTHEWS: ... to a general concern...
CRESSEY: No, no. I'm not changing the point.
MATTHEWS: ... about profiling. That's not what I'm talking about.
CRESSEY: No, I know that, but...
MATTHEWS: I'm disheartened to hear that an individual in this case
changed his mind. Do you know why he changed his mind?
CRESSEY: No. None of us do yet because he's still being questioned.
He's still being questioned. We're going to find out the answer to that.
Was he radicalized before he became a naturalized American? Did he get
radicalized after that? I mean, that's a fundamental question in the
ISIKOFF: Chris, it's also conceivable that he had been radicalized
before and he went through the naturalization process because he knew that
that would give him greater access to things.
MATTHEWS: Wow.
ISIKOFF: You know, I mean, we don't know. I'm just...
CRESSEY: Yes, that's true.
ISIKOFF: And this is speculation at this point. But we don't know.
MATTHEWS: Well, let me ask you about the training. How did we—did
we get all this from the—is he the singing terrorist? I mean, Roger,
we're finding out a lot just from him.
CRESSEY: Well, primarily, you know. Much like the Christmas Day
attempt, Chris, with Abu—Farouk Abdulmutallab, he volunteered all the
information, and he was pretty accurate with what he said.
ISIKOFF: But Roger, as we reported a little while ago, there's still
some skepticism as to whether he's telling the whole story...
CRESSEY: Oh, yes. No, no, no, no, no...
ISIKOFF: ... and I think that's a cautionary point to make.
CRESSEY: Mike, no, I get that. All I'm saying is that, you know,
sometimes these guys do tell a modicum of truth. It's not the whole story.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
ISIKOFF: Right.
CRESSEY: And in this case, Shahzad is going to say things that we're
going to be able to verify. It's about corroboration with Pakistani
officials and for our own intelligence community.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
CRESSEY: So you're going to get a lot of it firsthand, and then
you're going to start to pull the string through the electronic
information, telephone and e-mails, and interviews with people in Pakistan.
So that's going to paint the broader mosaic of who worked with this guy,
what drove him to put—no pun intended—to put that Pathfinder in Times
Square on Saturday.
MATTHEWS: Yes. You know, it seems to be—Roger and then Michael.
There seems to be an intuitive tendency on our part, a penchant, to think
if it's a well-organized plot, if it's something like 9/11, or even the '93
plot on the World Trade Center, it seems to have a international element—
in other words, a lot of thought went into it, a lot of people, a lot of
minds, preparation, organization, et cetera. And when it's a real kind of
a screw-up like this, when everything seems to be wrong, then you assume
it's one person operating as an individual. Is that a fair way to look at
it, I mean, the fact that it was such a screw-up, that it may possibly not
have been coordinated?
CRESSEY: Well, you know, we use the term "sophisticated" a lot when
we talk about terrorism plots.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
CRESSEY: And it doesn't—it doesn't have to be sophisticated just
because there are multiple pieces of coordination. It can be sophisticated
for other reasons. In this case, this wasn't a sophisticated device. It
was a crude device that wasn't going to work. So his capability was not
that impressive. But his intent was actually...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
CRESSEY: ... very, very serious.
ISIKOFF: Right.
CRESSEY: So we've got to split those two and understand each one.
MATTHEWS: So we know, Michael...
ISIKOFF: But...
MATTHEWS: Michael, let me ask you about this because I guess when it
gets to criminal charges, we're going to learn down the road how serious of
a charge this guy gets hit with. But I just am wondering—I guess
because it was so badly handled by him and putting—I'm not going to join
the comedians and how we make fun of how badly he put it together. But was
there an attempt to kill hundreds of people? What do you think this was
ISIKOFF: Oh, clearly. I mean, look, he was trying to kill as many
people as he could. And you know, there's sort of a good news/bad news
aspect to this. I mean, the good news is it was so primitive. And you
know, in that sense, the guy is a screw-up. But on the other hand, it is
worth sort of taking a step back.
You know, a few years ago, all the terrorism—almost all the
terrorism cases that the FBI had made in this country were sort of lone
wolves inspired on the Internet without any apparent connection with people
MATTHEWS: Yes.
ISIKOFF: And we have had quite a few over the last year in which it's
precisely the opposite. It's people who have connections, who've been to
Pakistan, who've gotten training and then come back.
And I think there is a sense among counterintelligence officials that,
you know, this is part of a pattern, part of a trend, that they are sending
everybody they can back into this country, or you know, using what assets
they can have in this country to wage attacks. And that Pakistan Taliban
video over the weekend in which it was claimed that they will retaliate for
the drone attacks—I think there is an aspect of that that does make
people a little nervous.
MATTHEWS: Well, for that blow-back, it seems to be heavily
incompetent. Are you surprised, Roger, that if they're very angry, as they
might well be, at our use of drones effectively over in that region, the
Northwest Frontier—do you think that they would send back such an
CRESSEY: Well, that could also be a reality of what they have to work
with these days. I mean, if you play out Michael's theory here, we've had
such great success with the Predator program and with the Pakistani
military in attritting that capability over there, you know, the talent
pool that they have at their disposal to come back to the United States...
MATTHEWS: Wow.
CRESSEY: ... is simply as good as they may have hoped. So part of
the good news story here is that even though this was a serious attempt,
like the attorney general said, he wasn't that good, and that may be a sign
of the type of threat we have to deal with. It doesn't mean the threat's
not real, it just means the talent pool used to staff it is not what we're
used to, 9/11 and even with Najibullah Zazi most recently.
MATTHEWS: Well, thank you for your thinking and analysis, and thank
you so much for your experience, as well. Roger Cressey, it is fabulous to
have you on. Michael Isikoff, I love it. I'm going to be reading more
from what you have to say.
We're going to cover this story throughout the show tonight, by the
way. Coming up, we're going to look at the Pakistan connection, eight
arrests over there. We're going to talk to two former CIA officials. How
much of that came from simply blow-back from what we're trying to do, catch
the bad guys over in that region of Pakistan?
But in one minute, during this commercial break: The race gets tighter
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MATTHEWS: Two weeks to go now, two Wednesdays from now, a big primary
in Pennsylvania, where Senator Arlen Specter is hoping to hold off
Congressman Joe Sestak. And a new Quinnipiac poll shows Sestak making a
run. Specter's lead has been whittled down to just 8 points among likely
voters. Last month, Specter had a 21-point lead. That's the second poll
in two days that shows Sestak within single digits. What an upset this
would be, Democrat Joe Sestak beating 30-year veteran, Arlen Specter.
Be right back.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. We now know that the Times
Square bomb suspect trained at a terror camp in Pakistan. What does that
tell us about the current state of play in the world of terrorism? Quite a
lot, I'd expect.
Tyler Drumheller served as chief of operations for the CIA In Europe,
and Bob Baer was a CIA field officer. Tyler, you first, just your general
big thoughts, based on your experience, what this all adds up to, eight
months of training over there in Pakistan, a faulty attempt to cause real
mayhem in Times Square.
TYLER DRUMHELLER, FMR. CIA EUROPE OPERATIONS CHIEF: I think—in my
opinion, I think this is—what's happening now is what happened in Europe
about five, six, seven years ago, that you have people who are getting
caught up in this general idea of the United States being at war with
Islam. And people are either being recruited off the Internet or they're
fascinated or they have some problem here that leads them...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
DRUMHELLER: ... back to their homeland/ And then when they get
there, they're indoctrinated. They're given some training. I suspect this
guy wasn't given a tremendous amount of training because the bomb wasn't
very effective. Then they're released back in, and without a great battle
plan, but to carry something out and with some sort of context, because,
obviously, they knew he was going to do it because they took credit for it
ether right before or shortly after it happened.
MATTHEWS: Yes. Let me go to Bob on that. Same question to you, big
picture, what's it about?
ROBERT BAER, FORMER CIA OFFICER: Well, we're at war in Pakistan. We
just can't forget that. We're killing, you know, dozens of people every
week with these Predator attacks. We've taken sides in that war. And it
doesn't surprise me that these—these clans and families living in the
United States are fighting against the United States. It's just almost
inevitable. And this is what we're facing in this war. The longer it goes
on, the more likely we are going to get attacked. And I'm afraid the next
ones are going to be successful.
MATTHEWS: Are you surprised they send a klutz to do this job in Times
BAER: Well, you know, I'm a bit of a dissident on this opinion. You
know, if he had made a couple adjustments to those propane tanks and the
rest of it—I don't need to get into it—they might have gone off. And
the kill radius in that car, if those tanks had really caught fire, would
have been 50 feet. He would have done—you know, killed a lot of people.
MATTHEWS: Really. So you're open to the idea that maybe he may have
been well trained and missed a couple steps?
BAER: It's dicey, getting these things lighted. If he had been
lucky, as the mayor said, Mayor Bloomberg, we would have had a lot of
casualties. So yes, he was a klutz, and they could have made a lot better
bomb. But when these people are trained on the fly and recruited on the
fly, a lot of these operations are going to fail.
MATTHEWS: You know, Roger Cressey made a point earlier, Tyler, along
the lines you're talking about, about how they recruit overseas. We've
been very successful, and I know we are, about assimilating people. It's
our great strength. You can become an American in very few years. You
learn a bit of the language, you make an effort to really become an
American, you get into our culture, you get into our values, you're an
American damn quick.
And the danger, of course, is some people don't have that motive, that
they may be doing all kinds of things to hurt us. In this case, this guy,
radicalized, how do you figure? How do you figure the radicalization
DRUMHELLER: Well, I think this is—I think the assimilation of the
Islamic community in the United States has protected us to this point. But
I think as things go along—I mean, in his case, it could be an economic
problem. It could be...
MATTHEWS: Yes, I think you're onto it.
DRUMHELLER: ... all sorts of things, and...
MATTHEWS: I think you're onto the economic problem.
DRUMHELLER: ... he—his house was being foreclosed on. It's the
same thing if you—what you saw in Europe—I keep going to that because
that's what I—I think that's an important lesson to learn. You have a
group of disgruntled people or a disgruntled guy, and all they need to do
is run into one person that's a serious recruiter or a trainer or something
like that. And then, like Bob said, they end up in a camp, they get a
degree of training, they go back.
And for the Pakistani—for the people on the end in Pakistan,
they're—they see this as a war with us. I mean, we—we—we should
not think that we can attack them, and they're not going to retaliate.
And, so, this, it's—I—I think it would be a mistake to think that
we're looking for a specific plan, like go to Times Square and blow it up.
But I think the—what they said was, probably train him and said, at
an opportunity, do something like this, which makes it much more dangerous.
It would be easier if it was a highly-organized thing, because that's
easier to penetrate.
MATTHEWS: You know, Bob, everybody knows about people that emigrate,
some successfully, and others not. A lot of people came here from Ireland,
for example, and most made it in America, and some had to go home. They
didn't make it here. They didn't fit in.
Is this an opportunity for recruitment?
ROBERT BAER, FORMER CIA OFFICER: Absolutely.
Immigration is going up. We're getting a lot more people. The State
Department effectively does not screen people immigrating to this country.
It's barely—it's cursory. We don't know who's inside our borders.
We're nothing like Israel, who keeps track of people, for obvious reasons.
We're still a very non-militarized, liberal country.
But we simply don't know who is within our borders. A lot of people
still don't speak English, and their primary loyalties are outside the
MATTHEWS: Yes, but people coming from Pakistan generally do speak
English. That wouldn't be the problem here, would it?
BAER: A lot of them don't. A lot of them just speak Urdu and Pashto.
MATTHEWS: Right.
BAER: They don't speak it very well, and they're not integrated.
They're moving out into communities in Connecticut and New Jersey, and
they're sticking together, and we don't really know who they are.
This is a big statement. But we—the FBI, let's put it this way,
cannot keep track of every immigrant in this country.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
BAER: What happened at Times Square was not an intelligence failure.
In fact, it was a brilliant wrap-up of this guy. And—but what I'm
really afraid, Chris, is the next time one of these guys are going to get
through, and what's it going to do to this country? It's going to rip it
apart, because people are going to be looking for quick, immediate answers.
MATTHEWS: How so?
BAER: You know, they're going to look, you know, to crack down on—
who knows where it's going to end up. You're going to see the Tea Party
being strengthened. You're going to see people blaming the White House for
a situation it didn't create.
MATTHEWS: Yes.
BAER: It could affect the—could affect the United States for a
long time. Look, it got us into a war in Iraq we didn't need to be in,
9/11 did.
MATTHEWS: Yes. Well, I agree.
And, by the way, I think, coming up on airplanes, I thought this, with
the Christmas bomber—Tyler, you on this—I thought there was going to
be—well, I will predict it right now. We get a real bad airplane
situation in the next couple years, we're going to have all kinds of stuff
going on about who gets on airplanes. We're going to be so close to Israel
in the way that they do it, don't you think?
DRUMHELLER: I think it's going to...
BAER: Oh, absolutely.
DRUMHELLER: Yes.
BAER: People are going to demand it.
MATTHEWS: Go ahead, Tyler.
DRUMHELLER: I think it's going to go more and more in that direction.
And I think the other thing to worry about is the reaction—again, this
is going back to your—this is the reaction of the extreme right to that,
that you have a counter-reaction against these communities.
And just adds to bring in more recruits for these...
MATTHEWS: Yes. Explain how that happens.
DRUMHELLER: Well, it's because, as—as these attacks occur, it
feeds a certain—certain part of the extreme right that looks on
immigration as a threat to American identity. And then they react—and a
violent fringe of that reacts violently against Muslims in some part of the
And then the next thing you know, then the recruiters or the people on
the Internet who—if they're doing it remotely, play on this and say,
see, this is America hates Muslims.
I mean, and you hear that more and more when you talk to young
Muslims, that—it's not add it's not a majority, but it's a—and Bob
knows more about this—about that part of the world than I do.
MATTHEWS: Yes, I know. I know.
MATTHEWS: You know, Bob, the problem is really not so much people who
have a lot of contact with people from the Middle East or from South Asia,
like I do. It's people who don't meet anybody. So, they make the
generalization, I assume.
BAER: Yes.
DRUMHELLER: Yes.
MATTHEWS: Obviously, they can't differentiate among the 99 percent
that are wanting to become Americans and the small element that just are
misfits, basically, and are open to recruitment. It's a situation that
takes a little bit of thought to put into it.
But, I tell you, when it comes to airplanes, people aren't going to be
so discriminating. They're going to want to know who's getting on that
airplane, if we have another problem like Christmas.
Tyler Drumheller, every time I have you on, I worry, because I know we
had you on for a reason. And it's usually not a good reason. It's not
exactly like Christmas Eve around here.
Anyway, thank you, Bob Baer. Same with you.
We have you guys on when we have trouble.
MATTHEWS: Anyway, that seems to be—all you have got to do is watch
the screen on MS and know what is going on, because you see your faces.
But, gentlemen, in all seriousness, it's great to have expertise.
Thank you.
We will have more on this story tonight as we go along with HARDBALL
tonight. It's the story. They caught the bad guy, it looks like, at the
airport just as he was getting on a plane to the Emirates. Good police
Up next: How much does Florida's Republican Party dislike Governor
Charlie Crist? Well, check out the "Sideshow." They really don't like
this show.
You're watching HARDBALL. Good-time Charlie isn't too popular with
the Republicans down there. You're watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Back to HARDBALL.
Now for the "Sideshow."
Jon Stewart and Steve Colbert both mocked reaction to the failed bomb
plot in Times Square. Here they go.
JANET NAPOLITANO, U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY: It was a rather
amateurish type of bomb.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG (I), MAYOR OF NEW YORK: Looked amateurish, I think,
is a nice way to phrase it.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This was an incompetent bomber.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I mean, this was, frankly, pretty pitiful.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This was really so incompetent. It was a failure,
STEPHEN COLBERT, HOST, "THE COLBERT REPORT": No, guys, it was scary,
COLBERT: Hi, Mr. Terrorist, whoever you are.
COLBERT: Those people are just jealous.
COLBERT: That was a wonderful bomb, and we're all sufficiently
COLBERT: There's no need to try again. OK.
BLOOMBERG: At about 6:30 this last night, an alert T-shirt vendor who
is a Vietnam veteran noticed an unoccupied suspicious vehicle. He alerted
police officer Wayne Rhatigan of the NYPD Mounted Unit, who was on his
horse, Miggs, patrolling Times Square.
JON STEWART, HOST, "THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART": I'm sorry. Mr.
Mayor, Mr. Mayor, Jon Stewart, "Daily Show." What type of vendor, and what
war did he serve in? And, I'm sorry, what was the name of the horse?
STEWART: And do you have any information that matters?
STEWART: By the way, I'm not trying to tell the mayor how to do his
job, but the best look for the bomb scare press conference probably isn't
the old Richie Rich.
MATTHEWS: Hey, it's just Mike Bloomberg being mayor of Gotham.
Next: Don't Tase me, bro. Last night, at the Phillies-Cardinals
game, a 17-year-old Phillies fanatic ran out onto the field and made it for
quite a bit before being brought down in front of 40,000 fans by a Taser
gun. Authorities are now investigating whether use of the stun gun went
too far.
Editorial point here: I know Philly fans are tough, but couldn't they
have just tackled the guy?
Finally, cleaning house. The Republican Party of Florida has just
posted an oil painting of Governor Charlie Crist on eBay. The portrait was
originally commissioned for party headquarters in Tallahassee.
But Governor Crist's decision to drop out of the Republican Senate
primary and run as an independent has made him persona non grata within the
party. Case in point, catch the painting's description on eBay—quote—
"Canvas is naturally sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity, just
as Charlie Crist's political convictions are subject to fluctuations in
poll numbers," which brings us to tonight's "Big Number."
What's the going rate on eBay for Charlie Crist's painting? Six
thousand dollars. You've got six days to make your bid for a portrait of
good-time Charlie. Six thousand dollars, going once, going twice—
tonight's "Big Number."
Up next: Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, the guy blamed for
bungling Katrina, says President Obama deliberately delayed action on this
oil spill in the Gulf to stir up opposition to offshore drilling. Michael
Brown, the inimitable, joins us next.
You're watching HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
JULIA BOORSTIN, CNBC CORRESPONDENT: I'm Julia Boorstin with your CNBC
"Market Wrap."
A major sell-off today, as investors flock to the dollar on new
concerns about European debt—the Dow Jones industrial averages plunging
more than 225 points, the S&P 500 tumbling 28 points, and the Nasdaq
getting the worst of it, losing 74.5 points.
The dollar soaring against the euro on concerns that the Spanish
economy could be next in line for a bailout. Investors are worried about
crumbling regional banks, a crushing deficit, and skyrocketing
Adding to the unease, worries about a growing property development
bubble in China—one analyst describing the Chinese economy as—quote -
"addicted to development."
Investors shrugged off a pair of positive economic reports, home sales
and factory orders both rising more than expected in March.
And drugmakers were among the very few winners, Merck gaining 1.5
percent after beating profit estimates, and Pfizer adding 2 percent on a
huge jump in first-quarter revenue.
That's it from CNBC, first in business worldwide—now back to
DANA PERINO, FORMER WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY: What will be
interesting to me—and I'm not trying to introduce a conspiracy theory—
but was this deliberate? You know, you have to wonder...
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You mean sabotage?
PERINO: Yes, if there was sabotage involved.
RUSH LIMBAUGH, RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: What better way to head off more
oil drilling, nuclear plants, then by blowing up a rig? I'm just—I'm
just noting the timing here.
MATTHEWS: Welcome back to HARDBALL. Those are some of the comments
from people on the right about the oil spill in the Gulf yesterday.
On Neil Cavuto's show, former FEMA Director Michael Brown said this.
Only now is the president appearing to be engaged.
And I think the delay was this. It's pure politics.
You know, they don't say these things without it being coordinated.
And so now you're looking at this oil slick approaching, you know, the
Louisiana shore. According to certain—NOAA and other places, if the
winds are right, it will go up the East Coast.
This is exactly what they want, because now he can pander to the
environmentalists and say, "I'm going to shut it down because it's too
MATTHEWS: Michael Brown, you have a thought here. Why don't you
repeat that again live? What do you believe is going on here in the Gulf
in terms of the president's behavior, the whole—the whole business right
down there?
BROWN: Hey, Chris, I think there's two things.
I think, one, we're seeing the Rahm Emanuel rule number one taking
effect. And that is, let no crisis go unused. So, this is an opportunity
for a president who wants to bankrupt the coal industry and basically get
rid of the oil and gas industry to shut down offshore drilling in the Gulf
of Mexico.
I think the other thing that we're seeing is, is this—I don't know
why it is in this country, but we have a plan from 1994 that says how we're
going to deal with these fires and these platforms collapsing. Janet
Napolitano did not implement that plan until seven days after the leaks
first started.
And then we find out we don't have the equipment. I mean, to me, it's
like Katrina all over, because people at the top are not paying attention
to what's going on, on the ground.
MATTHEWS: What do you make of BP's role here with regard to the
blowout preventer, and the fact that that was sort of the—the final way
to deal with a situation as horrific as this? Do you think that they had
the right management? Were they following procedure? Where is the blame
lie in terms of letting this catastrophe occur in the first instance?
BROWN: Yes, I don't think we know yet, Chris, because, you know, I—
I heard the clip from Dana Perino and the others.
I think we have to get the robots on the sea—on the seabed, get
that equipment up above sea level, get it on to some docks, and let's see
what happened. Right now, I don't know. You either had faulty equipment.
You had some problem with BP. And—and, as some people speculate, maybe
there was some sabotage.
MATTHEWS: Well, what do you make of that? What do you make of that
MATTHEWS: What do you make of that speculation about sabotage?
BROWN: You know...
MATTHEWS: Why would somebody sabotage something that would cause this
kind of damage to our planet, really?
BROWN: Well, because I think there are terrorists in the world who
would like to do that sort of thing. Terrorists don't give a rat's butt
about the ecology or anything else. All they care about is hurting
MATTHEWS: Well, do you think, based upon what we know, there's any
indication of terrorism?
BROWN: No, not yet. There's not.
BROWN: And I'm not saying that there will be.
MATTHEWS: Well, what do you make of the—what do you make of the
political charge from the right that it—that the president or one of his
supporters did this in order to discredit offshore drilling? Do you make -
do you give any credibility to that?
BROWN: I—no. No. They—and, in fact, they did not do this.
But I think that, if you use Rahm Emanuel's rule, they're taking advantage
of it.
MATTHEWS: What do you—how do you...
MATTHEWS: Let me ask you, we started off with your quote, Michael.
BROWN: Sure.
MATTHEWS: And I just wonder how you know things like this.
BROWN: Yes.
MATTHEWS: You say only—only now is the president appearing to be
You—what do you know about him not appearing to—you're
suggesting he's not really engaged in leading this effort to deal with this
catastrophe, he's faking it.
You are saying appearing to be engaged. Do you think he's not engaged
in this effort to try to prevent this disaster?
BROWN: Look, in politics in the White House, it is about appearances.
MATTHEWS: But do you think he's faking it; he's not trying to deal
with this horrific situation?
BROWN: No, no. I think—no, no, Chris, now I think he is. I think
MATTHEWS: OK. So, you didn't mean appearing to be. You say, I think
the delay was...
BROWN: I think he was disengaged, like another president we know.
MATTHEWS: No, but you say it was pure politics, the timing of his
activities here.
You say he systematically or deliberately paused to allow this
wreckage, this terror, this horrible environmental damage to occur, that he
systemically chose, for—as you put it, pure politics, timed his actions
to be slower than they should have been? Are you serious?
BROWN: I think he was very—he was very ill-served, Chris.
He should have known exactly...
MATTHEWS: You're saying I think the delay was this—it is pure
politics. Are you saying that he somehow delayed his response to encourage
a worse disaster here, worse damage to the environment?
BROWN: No, one, he didn't want people to die. He doesn't want to see
oil on the shores. He doesn't want to see any of that. But I do believe -
I believe this very sincerely. When he comes out and says he would like
to see the coal industry bankrupted, I think they see a crisis like this
and they say, how can—because this is Rahm Emanuel's rule number one,
how do we take advantage of this situation. And I think—
MATTHEWS: You're leaping there, Michael. You're leaping so far away.
You're saying this—the president delayed his reaction to this disaster
so that he could hurt the coal industry? I'm confused.
BROWN: No, no, hang on. He said in 2008 that he wants a cap-and-
trade bill that is so onerous that carbon-based industries like the coal
industry, if they try to do anything new, they'll go bankrupt. The
president is very anti-carbon energy. I understand that. I get it. I
just disagree with it.
I think in this case, he saw an opportunity to say, look how bad oil
and gas drilling is. Look at all this harm it's causing.
MATTHEWS: He just came out for offshore oil drilling.
BROWN: Chris, I'm glad you asked that. He came out and said, look,
I'm going to approve oil and gas drilling. And all you guys are going to
say, look what a great guy he is, trying to reach out to everybody else.
All he did was he approved two existing leases on the northeast coast, and
shut down all the other proposed leases on the west coast and the southeast
coast. There was nothing new in what he did.
MATTHEWS: Don't you know what you're saying to a third party, not
somebody like myself or somebody like yourself, listening to you, thinks
that you're sounding insane. You're saying that the president of the
United States went into slow-mo here, somehow—or somehow seemed to be
working faster than he really was, but was really quite slow to get there,
because he saw an opportunity to exploit a disaster so that he could reap
discredit on to the coal industry.
And by the way, a couple of weeks ago, he came down for offshore
drilling so that he could discredit it when this thing occurred. Are you
somehow suggesting he knew this would happen and that's why he came out for
offshore drilling? Is that what you're saying? It sounds crazy.
BROWN: Chris, the way you just put it, it sounds crazy to me, too.
MATTHEWS: Let me rephrase your thoughts, you said the president came
out for offshore drilling so he could discredit it. But the only way he
could discredit it, if we had this oil spill.
BROWN: No, he came out for offshore drilling in an attempt to appease
those on the right who want more drilling.
MATTHEWS: He came out for a compromise.
BROWN: Which was not a compromise at all. He only approved existing
leases that were already in effect. You guys failed to report that what he
announced was nothing. Now, he announced that so he could get, you know,
health care passed or something else.
MATTHEWS: I think he did it so he could get a climate bill passed as
part of an energy bill. That's what I think he was trying to do.
BROWN: Yeah, absolutely. You're right. The climate bill. But then
what happens is, this crisis occurs in the Gulf. Janet Napolitano does not
even implement the Oil Spill Response Plan of 1994 until I think like April
27th, seven days after the disaster. There's no explanation for that
MATTHEWS: OK. I just think—I think it's dangerous for people like
Dana Perino to say there was sabotage by the left here. Dangerous for Rush
Limbaugh to say the president or one of his supporters somehow blew up that
oil rig to create havoc and somehow have some sort of a bounce out of it.
I will tell you, Michael, I think your arguments are not strong about
the coal industry, because I don't think this relates to coal. I think you
could have made the case you just made—I think you made a case there
that he wants to discredit offshore drilling—if he didn't anticipate
this catastrophe. And I don't know how you can accuse this president of
such powers as knowing this catastrophe was coming down the line.
BROWN: Chris, I don't think he anticipated this catastrophe at all.
I think they took advantage of it, which is what Rahm's rule is, take
advantage of a crisis.
MATTHEWS: Thanks for coming on, Michael Brown. Great to have you on.
Up next, will the right-wing praise the Obama administration for
catching the Time Square terrorist? Give him a little credit? The fact
that an attack was even attempted, he might get blamed for that. Howard
Dean joins us next to assess the politics of everything that's going on
right now.
And in one minute, a lot of support for that new illegal immigrant law
down in Arizona. Surprising national support, you might say, if you're on
the liberal side of things. It may disturb you to hear how strong the
support is for that bill. This is HARDBALL, only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Well, take a look at this poll number from "the New York
Times"/CBS News poll: when asked about that new illegal immigration law
down in Arizona, 51 percent said it's about right. Tack on another nine
percent who say the law doesn't go far enough, and that's six in ten
American who support the new law.
This is a tough attitude country right now. Six in ten, a good
indicator why politicians on both sides, right and left, are afraid to go
after this baby. HARDBALL will come back in a moment.
MATTHEWS: We're back. In the same week that some Republicans are
suggesting that the Obama administration purposely slowed down the response
to the Gulf oil spill disaster, now some Republicans are questioning
whether the Obama administration deserves credit even for capturing the guy
in the Times Square bombing incident out at the airport tonight. Here's
former New York Governor George Pataki on MSNBC.
GEORGE PATAKI, FMR. GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK: This is another case where
this administration, we are responding after something is attempted. We
saw it with the Christmas day airplane bomber. We saw it in Times Square.
We were lucky in both cases. And then we saw it in Fort Hood, where we
were not so lucky, and 13 of our great young heroes, who put their lives on
the line to defend us, were murdered.
I think this administration just has got to change its approach.
MATTHEWS: That's what happens to an office-holder when he runs out of
staff and has to think up this stuff on his own. We have joining us now a
man who needs no staff to help him, doctor, governor, chairman Howard Dean,
the former governor of Vermont, former chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, a medical doctor and a CNBC contributor.
Dr. Dean, it seems to me that the Republicans are so desperate—we
just saw an example of Michael Brown saying the president was slowing down
his efforts in the Gulf of Mexico so he could attack the coal industry.
That is a bank shot even I can't follow.
HOWARD DEAN, FMR. GOVERNOR OF VERMONT: Well, you know, first of all,
the question is why is Michael Brown, given his track record, on television
talking to anybody.
MATTHEWS: We invited him and he came.
DEAN: You can't put everybody off the street on television.
MATTHEWS: He was head of FEMA for all of those years.
DEAN: Precisely the point, precisely the point, and look what they
did. So he may have been reflecting on how things were run in the previous
White House, but I don't think he has much knowledge about how they are run
in this White House.
Look, I think the president is doing the best he can. He has got a
big job. Not just this oil spill and not just the terror attacks, but he's
beginning turning the economy around. We've got a health care bill, that
despite it's being not so popular, is eventually going to reform health
I think he's accomplished an enormous amount. And to—it's sad to
see what lengths the Republicans will go to. If you want to question his
policies, be my guest. But don't question his motives. What Pataki said
reminds me of the people on the fringe left who used to claim that Bush
knew about 9/11 before it happened. This kind of stuff has no place in our
society. It's ridiculous nonsense, and someone like George Pataki
shouldn't be talking like that.
MATTHEWS: I was surprised at Pataki. I've always had a lot of
respect for him, but that performance—
DEAN: That's the influence of the Tea Party in the Republican party.
People feel like they have to say such outlandish things because they're
interested in running for office. It's ridiculous. And it doesn't serve
the country well.
MATTHEWS: Don't you think that Beck is pulling even people that are
sort of pretty far right, but not crazy like O'Reilly and Sean Hannity—I
think Beck is pulling them all further over, and then pulling the
Republican party with them. It's like Grashom's (ph) Law, bad money drives
good money out of circulation. They're driving good ideas out of
circulation by going so far right, that party.
DEAN: This is why Michael Steele made an enormous mistake early in
his term as chairman of the Republican Party when he backed down to Rush
Limbaugh and began to cow tow to him. You've got to stand up for what you
believe in at all times. You may not always believe what the rest of the
American people believe, but you've got to stand your ground.
This stuff is not only going to hurt the country, it's going to
destroy the Republican party. Because who is going to vote for this kind
of stuff? There will be some, because there is a lot of anger out there,
but the fact of the matter is the country is not going to be taken over by
a far right conspiracy theorist, I don't think. And if it is, lord knows
the country is in deep trouble.
MATTHEWS: Let's talk about the two parties. You're a Democrat, a
progressive. Let me ask you about the stakes. It seems to me if something
screws up under the government when the Republicans are charge, they can
say we told you government sucks, we told you it was going to screw up,
because government is not really effective. Democrats have a stake,
though. They're the government party, because they believe in what
effective government can achieve, progressive policies. So therefore it
seems to me a higher standard. Is the president meeting it? With
DEAN: I think he is. Look, even Senator Sessions, certainly very
conservative, anti-government senator from Alabama, on his trip with the
president in the south where the—all the terrible oil damage either is
occurring or about to occur—said that the government really needs to
step up to the plate here. People need to rely on government when times
are really bad. And all this anti-government rhetoric is silly.
It was the government that the got us out of the Depression in 1932.
And—or not 1933, when it began. And now—actually, excuse me, it
began in 1929, but when Roosevelt came in, it was the government that
turned around. Government is important at times like this. Government was
important to stop terrorism. And you can complain all you want, but the
fact is, the president and the New York City Police, and a very alert and
terrific couple of American citizens on the street, we did avert a tragedy
in Times Square. And government responded and government did its job, and
government got that guy off the plane.
MATTHEWS: OK. How much score, one to 10, performance with regard to
the Times Square terrorist.
DEAN: Performance, what?
MATTHEWS: How are we doing? How is the government doing?
DEAN: I think they get an eight on that one. I really do.
MATTHEWS: How about dealing with the Gulf catastrophe, with the oil
spill? How are we doing on that, one to 10.
DEAN: we don't know yet. The truth is, this is really a huge
potential national disaster. People said this could never happen. It has
happened. It is going to require reassessing drilling and so forth and so
DEAN: it's a huge problem. We don't know how the government has done
on this one yet.
MATTHEWS: I agree with you. I agree on all counts. Thank you very
much, Governor Dean, for coming on HARDBALL.
When we return, I'm going to have some thoughts about the people who
got their man last night, the federal government, despite daily criticism
from the right wing. They got the job done. You're watching HARDBALL,
only on MSNBC.
MATTHEWS: Let me finish tonight with that arrest at John F. Kennedy
airport. You know, it's good to know that our government can do the job.
People like competence. Men like men who are competent. Women like men
who are competent. Women like women who are competent. Men like women who
are competent. Everybody likes competence.
The era of the Cutie Klutz (ph) this isn't. We don't want a Woody
Allen character running the country or our household. Annie Hall,
remember, was a comedy.
What killed President Bush's credibility? His utter claim that the
reason we went to war in Iraq was to search for nuclear weapons. Because
he and his people were dishonest enough to make that claim, he ended up
looking like an incompetent when we fought our way into that country and
are still fighting our way out, only to find there were no nuclear weapons
on hand.
The incompetence became down right staggering when the commander in
chief pranced on to an aircraft carrier with that mission accomplished
banner flying overhead. The bozos couldn't even get the PR right.
Katrina, need I recall the words of the high commander on that front.
"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."
Competence. We're still watching what happens in the Gulf of Mexico.
Still watching the operation to cap that gusher a mile down in the water.
But at least we have nabbed that guy heading off from the New York Airport.
You know, the big change in American attitude since the halcyon days of
World War II to the early 1960s was the belief that government could do the
job it set out to do. We beat the Nazis. We built the Interstate Highway
System. We built a middle class. We got to the Moon.
We did what we set out to do, and it showed up in the polls. Three
quarters of the country said the government could do what it set out to do.
Well, it's an American thing, catching that guy at the airport. Real
"Dragnet" stuff. And don't you think people like it. We love to see we
can do what we set out to do.
And that's HARDBALL for now. Thanks for being with us. Right now,
it's time for "THE ED SHOW" with Ed Schultz.
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The Coromandel is a natural paradise for outdoor adventure.
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The Coromandel offers a range of activities perfect for those seeking adventure.
This is one of the biggest and most exciting adventures in New Zealand. A vertical descent of over 300 metres down a steep set of waterfalls involving abseils-rappels of up to 80 metres, exhilarating water slides, and jumps of up to 13 metres into deep dark pools guaranteed to thrill.
Stand up paddle boarding to Donut Island (Whenuakura Island)
Get on board and have a go at the fastest growing water sport in the world, STAND UP PADDLE BOARDING or "SUP". Paddle board with Surf SUP Whangamata out to Donut Island, the secret beach awaiting your discovery.
Cathedral Cove Kayaking
Rated by NZ's leading tour companies as one of the best sea kayaking trips in the country, the "Cathedral Cove Classic" has got it all. Paddle through amazing sea caves, explore volcanic islands in the Marine Reserve and enjoy a cappuccino at our exclusive Cathedral Cove beachfront cafe.
Dive Zone Whitianga
Dive Zone Whitianga are a full service PADI 5 Star IDC Dive Shop offering outstanding dive charter trips and providing an excellent range of hire equipment, retail goods. Dive Zone Whitianga also offer a full range of training from PADI Open Water courses through to full PADI Instructor programmes.
Cathedral Cove Dive and Snorkel
Take the PLUNGE for the first time and experience the wonderful underwater world in the Cathedral Cove Marine Reserve. Get up close and personal with the massive crayfish, huge snapper and friendly fish. Certified divers can book on our specialised dive boat,Snokellers welcome on the trips or call into our store in Hahei and hire snorkel gear. Quality PADI dive courses.
Bularangi Motorbike tours and rentals (Harley Davidson)
Bularangi Motorbikes is a Harley Davidson Rental and Touring company operating nationwide throughout New Zealand, with their headquarters in Waihi on the Coromandel. Bularangi offer Harley Davidson rentals, independent tours and self ride guided tours for those with a motorbike licence. For those without a motorbike licence they offer chauffeured passenger tours where you can sightsee the beauty of New Zealand from the back of a Harley Davidson.
Epic Adventures
Epic Adventures specialise in targeting big Coromandel kingfish, widely regarded as the Coromandel's 'go-to' fishing operator. All fishing trips include top of the line sportfishing gear. Custom built sportfishing boats, personalised trips with some of NZ's top fishing guides.
For more information on these activities take a look at www.thecoromandel.com.


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