| A Flip-Flopper’s Confession
Yes. I'm a flip-flopper. Of the first degree. Item #225 on the very long list of reasons I could never run for public office. The latest example: The proposed (and languishing, but not yet dead) expansion of the S-CHIP program. First, I was generally in favor of it. Then, I was soundly against it. And then … the factors that prompted me to change my position were challenged by certain astute TMV readers in the back-and-forth comments attached to the October 12 "Center of Attention" feature. So I decided to stop the lazy approach to forming an opinion on this subject (i.e., reading and borrowing the opinions of others) and do a little original homework of my own. Specifically, I decided to seek the input of Republicans who originally supported the expansion and still do, despite the President's veto.
Fort Lauderdale man faces uphill battle with a mountain of debt
Big student loans and a heap of credit-card debt, but a low-paying job. It's a mismatch so many people face when they're trying to live on starting salaries. For Jamell Vanterpool, the mismatch is hurting him and limiting his future prospects.
"I can't keep up with the bills," he wrote, seeking a South Florida Sun-Sentinel Money Makeover.
There are two big questions he faces: Can he live on his salary? The answer to that one is no. And what can he do about it? That answer depends on what Vanterpool does next.
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Designer baby despair
Latest Infertility Treatment Authority records show 17 children were born in Victoria in 2006 after having the screening. Hundreds more children have been born around the world using the technique. Monash IVF medical director Prof Gab Kovacs said yesterday he was unable to comment on the case because it was before the courts. The case is listed for a directions hearing at the County Court on March 31. Monash IVF was recently sold to the private equity arm of ABN Amro bank in a $200 million deal. Share this article What is this? .
Clinton notches win, Romney rolls to big victory in Nevada caucuses
Nevada's caucuses were moved up this year to bring more attention to Latino and Western issues, and yesterday's contest was the first test of the Democratic candidates' relative strength among Hispanics. For Republicans, the Nevada results were predictable. With 98 percent of the precincts reporting, Romney had about 52 percent of the vote to about 13 percent for both Senator John McCain of Arizona and Representative Ron Paul of Texas. Romney had been favored in recent polls, buoyed in part by the state's substantial Mormon population. An Associated Press entrance poll indicated that Romney had received nine out of 10 Mormon votes. And while other candidates headed to battle it out in South Carolina, Romney campaigned hard in Nevada. Romney learned of his Nevada victory while flying on his chartered campaign jet from Las Vegas to Florida, the next GOP battleground.
Chalk One Up For The Armchair Economists
Mike Arrington, over at TechCrunch, has written up a post about "The Inevitable March of Recorded Music Towards Free" which will sound mighty familiar if you're a Techdirt reader. It's pretty much the same thing I've been saying for almost a dozen years at this point, pointing out the economics and inevitable trends facing the music industry -- and also noting why that isn't necessarily a bad thing. While he's dealing with emotional responses in the comments (again, that'll sound familiar...), it's more interesting to watch an "industry analyst" trash Arrington as an "armchair economist" without backing it up... and then getting his own economics totally screwed up. In this case, we need to chalk one up for the "armchair economists." The analyst, David Card of Jupiter Research (the same analyst who incorrectly said that Radiohead's new offering would only work because the band was well known), dismisses Arrington's economics as "oversimplified analysis," but doesn't explain why it's actually wrong -- and that's because it's not.
Haggerty, MacKenzie star for McGill lacrosse
Unlike high school, when they played lacrosse during the spring season, Teagan Haggerty of Salem and Whitney MacKenzie of Hamilton have gotten used to playing their college lacrosse in the fall, due to the fact that spring comes so late in Canada.
Nevertheless, Haggerty and MacKenzie are coming off of outstanding seasons for McGill University in Montreal this past season.
Haggerty, a junior captain and goaltender, was selected as a Second Team All-Star for the Ontario University Athletic League. A third-year math major, she helped the Martlets finish the year 7-6-3, qualify for the playoffs and made 19 saves in a tough 7-5 loss to Western Ontario University in the playoff quarterfinals.
MacKenzie, who transferred into McGill from William Smith College in New York, contributed to the Martlets' offense as an attack wing.
Deborah Carter
We even have a new full-time HSA support person in each high school. It's crazy. Watch the BoE wrestle with setting the academic calendar sometime, as they try to accommodate everyone while entire months are pre-empted by the state for their tests. I've said it before: I signed on to be a teacher, not a test prep technician. The more experience I have in the field of education, the less satisfied I am with traditional tests as a means to measure what students have learned. It isn't just because of my own personal observation, although every year shows me more about how differently each child learns; we also have increasingly more information about the way the human brain functions. Tests have their place. In Latin, I need to know how much vocabulary a student has memorized, and tests are an easy way to find out.
Sub super against 'Dogs
Wright finished off Fresno State with nine seconds left, scoring his final two points at the foul line."We're not looking for any particular players to score," said Spartans coach George Nessman. "So when the opportunities are there, you're in rhythm, you knock them down."Hill and Wright did just that, catapulting Fresno State to its next road game, Saturday night at Hawaii.A ready replacementGraham, San Jose State's redshirt freshman, fractured his right elbow during Monday night's loss at Hawaii. Hill, the only San Jose State player to start all 30 games last season, hadn't started in 2007-08 since Dec. 19."I knew I had to step up," Hill said.The arc unkind to 'DogsEddie Miller struggled from the field, scoring eight points on 3-of-15 shooting. He also missed all but two of his 11 attempts from behind the arc, leading to a Fresno State's 18.5% shooting on 3-pointers (5 of 27).
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