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by TCKteacher
May 26, 2008
I'm entering public school after many years in a private (read: white, middle-/upper-class) school. I'm studying how race plays out in the classroom. I'd like to hear from other teachers -- specifically teachers who did not grow up white, middle-class -- about how to reach children who are a different color or culture from me.
Obey The Sign Or Double Pay The Fine.
Are the PLT nad Praxis I for Reading/Writing generally accepted as core content examinations? Has anyone run into problems transferring credentials and test scores from one state to another?
by The Apprentice
Jun 23, 2008
What do you all think of this alleged pregnancy pact by a bunch of highshcool girls in Mass.?
Do you think the media is to blame? What about this new Baby Borrowers show? Do you think it will be effective teaching tool for teens?
You might want to rethink who you are voting for in the election.
SPECULATORS IN OIL AND GAS – SAME AS THE SPECULATORS IN THE MORTGAGE MARKETS [link removed]
More proof; Wall Street is its' own separate nation, unconcerned with the good of the United States; Street lobby working furiously to head off any regulation or oversight ...See MoreYou might want to rethink who you are voting for in the election.
SPECULATORS IN OIL AND GAS – SAME AS THE SPECULATORS IN THE MORTGAGE MARKETS [link removed]
More proof; Wall Street is its' own separate nation, unconcerned with the good of the United States; Street lobby working furiously to head off any regulation or oversight of oil speculation:
".....In a pair of lengthy and sometimes testy closed-door sessions in the Senate last week, executives from Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, two of Wall Street's largest investment banks, made the case that their multibillion-dollar investments in energy contracts have not led to higher oil prices. Rather, they told Democratic staff members of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee that the trades allow international markets to operate efficiently and that the run-up in oil prices results not from speculation but from actual imbalances of supply and demand. ....." [link removed]
GAS PRICES – THE FACTS!!!
- Republicans and Democrats have a fundamentally different approach to tackling high gas prices
- Republicans offer the same old tired slogans that they have touted throughout the Bush years and that haven’t done anything to combat the increase in gas prices
- More Drilling: Domestic drilling has not led to lower prices. Since 2000, drilling has increased dramatically – climbing about 66 percent– while gas prices continue to increase. and gas companies have shown that they cannot keep pace with the rate of drilling permits that the federal government is handing out – over the past 4 years they have received and are sitting on nearly 10,000 permits that they aren’t using to increase domestic production. Since 1999, drilling permits for oil and gas development on public lands increased more than 361 percent.
- OCS: The vast majority of federal oil and gas resources located on the OCS are already open for development - of all the oil and gas believed to exist on the OCS, nearly 80% of oil and 82% of natural gas is located in areas already open for leasing. In 2006, the federal government opened 8.3 million new acres in the Gulf of Mexico to drilling, yet gasoline prices have increased by $1.69 per gallon. Only 10.5 million of the 44 million leased offshore acres are actually producing oil or gas.
- Open ANWR: EIA estimates that if we open ANWR today, twenty years down the road, at peak production, gas prices would be lowered at the maximum by $1.44 per barrel, which translates to only a few cents a gallon. Increased conservation and the use of alternative technologies in the last three years have cut the projected need for imported oil between now and 2050 by more than 100 billion barrels (EIA) – ten times more benefit than what we might be able to get a decade from now from ANWR.
- More Refineries: We have excess refining capacity. Last week, our refineries were running at 89% capacity – well below the 95-98% capacity use rates we’ve seen this time of year for the last decade. Republicans argue that environmental regulations are preventing new refineries from being built in the U.S. From 1975 to 2000, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received only one permit request for a new refinery, which was approved. In addition, oil companies are regularly applying for – and receiving – permits to modify and expand their existing refineries.
- Democrats are being aggressive today to lower prices and reduce dependence on foreign oil while thinking ahead to tomorrow
- Working to Address Rising Gas Prices
- Enacted legislation to increase oil supply by temporarily suspending the fill of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the nation’s crude oil stockpile. (H.R. 6022)
- Gave the FTC new authority to crack down on those manipulating wholesale energy markets to keep prices high in the Energy Independence and Security Act (H.R. 6)
- Approved the Gas Price Relief for Consumers Act (H.R. 6074) to hold the OPEC monopoly accountable for price fixing that flouts the free market and artificially drives up the cost of crude oil.
- Passed the Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act (H.R. 1252) to investigate price gouging by retailers who may be using the cover of high prices to unfairly inflate their rates even further.
- Investing in a Sustainable, Energy Independent America
- Enacted the landmark Energy Independence and Security Act (H.R. 6) that raised vehicle fuel efficiency for the first time in 32 years and increased the renewable fuels standard.
- Passed the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Act (H.R. 5351) to end unnecessary subsidies to oil companies making record profits and invest in clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency.
- Approved the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (H.R. 6049) to renew and expand tax incentives for renewable energy.
- Passed the Food and Energy Security Act (H.R. 2419) that promotes the development of biofuels, including those from non-corn sources.
- We are continuing to talk with Committees about further possible action.
FLASHBACK - THE ENRON SCAM [link removed]
DARK MARKETS [link removed]
Perhaps 60% of Oil prices are driven by speculation [link removed]
ICE ICE BABY - PART ONE [link removed]
ICE ICE BABY - PART TWO [link removed]
THE HOUSING BUBBLE WAS CAUSED THE SAME WAY!! [link removed]
Housing rescue bill could be slowed by Republicans [link removed]
Now banks need bankruptcy protections! [link removed]
Even as two former Bear Stearns managers DO THE PERP WALK [link removed]
ECONOMY
Deciding between food or gas? The winners in our global wealth redistribution these past 8 years are enjoying $200 hamburgers. [link removed]
The futility of 'Drill Now. Save Money'; Time outlines a timeline [link removed]
"...... even if tomorrow we opened up every square mile of the outer Continental Shelf to offshore rigs, even if we drilled the entire state of Alaska and pulled new refineries out of thin air, the impact on gas prices would be minimal and delayed at best. A 2004 study by the government's Energy Information Administration (EIA) found that drilling in ANWR would trim the price of gas by 3.5 cents a gallon by 2027...."
Fine! More offshore drilling. THERE ISNT EVEN ENOUGH SHIPS TO GET THE DAMN OIL! [link removed]
New mental health centre marks a return to institutionalized care
A new mental health facility will open its doors Friday at the old Willingdon youth detention centre in Burnaby, marking a move back to institutionalized care.
"It's a significant departure," newly named Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman said yest...See MoreNew mental health centre marks a return to institutionalized care
A new mental health facility will open its doors Friday at the old Willingdon youth detention centre in Burnaby, marking a move back to institutionalized care.
"It's a significant departure," newly named Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman said yesterday. "Some people would call it reinstitutionalization, and I don't actually argue with that."
Coleman said he hasn't ruled out making changes to the Mental Health Act to allow for more powers of committal.
A new mental health facility will open its doors Friday at the old Willingdon youth detention centre in Burnaby. A similar facility is scheduled to open at the old Riverview Hospital site in Coquitlam by the end of this year.
For some, a move to institutionalized care may conjure memories of abuse or mistreatment, but Coleman said it is the right approach.
"We have a group of people that are very badly addicted to something who also have severe mental health issues," he said, explaining there are about 300 people in the province who he thinks need the high-care level Willingdon can provide.
"We need to be able to put you in a place where you have to stay, where you are going to be taken care of -- we're going to address your alcohol and drug addiction issues -- and we'll give you the time, a couple of years in some cases, to actually address these issues," he said.
Coleman said Willingdon will have capacity for about 100 clients who will come to the facility voluntarily, through a mental-health worker or through the community courts as an alternative to incarceration.
The goal of the program will not be to cloister people with mental health problems away from the world, but instead to "stabilize them long-term within our society."
A similar facility is to open at the old Riverview Hospital site in Coquitlam by the end of this year.
Elizabeth Zoffman, a psychiatrist who used to work at Riverview, said Coleman's announcement raises "more questions than it answers."
"What about the fact that you can't certify people who aren't mentally ill? And you can't certify people who are simply on drugs and alcohol? What about the fact that judges can't mandate treatment? What about the fact that no matter how long they stay, there isn't any place for them to go?" she said.
New Democratic Party critic for homelessness and mental health David Chudnovsky had other concerns.
The province falls short in serving the entire mental health community, and a few hundred beds will only be the beginning, he said.
"They're opening this facility, and it's a good idea to provide that intensive treatment option, but there are thousands of people who need less intensive treatment who aren't getting what they need."
Yet another victim of the relentless cost cutting tactics of Gordon Muir Campbell. R.I.P. Citizen Advocacy and thank you for all your generous support for the past 33 years.
You are kidding, aren't you? The "facts" as you see them are posted on this e-mail. This is the same libral media stuff we hear all the time. Try getting all the facts and not just the facts you think we should hear to come to your side. That would be refreshing!
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