http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2011/10/countdown-to-euroday-oct-23rd-another.html
Early today, the Guardian reported: France and Germany ready to agree €2tn euro rescue fund
But later in the day, right before the close, Dow Jones reported: EU Source: No EFSF Deal Til Friday, EUR2 Trillion Number 'Simplistic'
Also Moody's downgraded Spain. From Bloomberg: Spain’s Rating Cut to A1 by Moody’s
And from the NY Times: France Defends Its Credit Rating After Moody’s Warning
The discussions have taken on greater urgency since Moody’s warned late Monday of a possible downgrade to France’s flawless credit rating.And from the
Raising the sense of urgency, the French president added: “Allowing the destruction of the euro is to take the risk of the destruction of Europe. Those who destroy Europe and the euro will bear responsiblity for resurgence of conflict and division on our continent.”
The markets ignored it.
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Single-Sex Schools: Separate but Equal? - Room for Debate
A new study debunks the benefits of segregation by sex in the classroom, and says the practice does more harm than good. Should it be illegal?It appears that it is unlawful if federal money is accepted. -
Bucking the Trend at Women's Colleges - Room for Debate
Cultural forces lead many young women to believe that there are some fields of study that just aren’t for them.I am terribly sorry that Bryn Mawr students feel that way.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IXThis is a very difficult thing to dodge.Bryn Mawr must be very well endowed. -
Higher Premiums for Everyone - Room for Debate
To mandate that insurers provide coverage for residential treatment for such conditions could create far more problems than it solves.I have no interest in protecting insurance company profits.No one spends more time in residential treatment than is required.Payment is part of psychiatric treatment. -
A Necessary Option - Room for Debate
Single-sex schooling is not for everyone, but it is legal and cannot be compared to racial segregation.Untrue.-
Don't Be Tempted
Verna L. Williams, law professor
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What Our Research Shows
Richard Fabes, professor of child development
" However, scientific data do not support these claims, and, indeed, many single-sex advocates have recently backed away from them. Nonetheless, such advocates have already trained hundreds of teachers (often at taxpayer expense) in mythic “gender-specific learning styles” that make a mockery of Title IX’s requirement to eliminate sex discrimination in schools."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX"Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a United States law, enacted on June 23, 1972, that amended Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2002 it was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, in honor of its principal author Congresswoman Mink, but is most commonly known simply as Title IX. The law states that
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance..."—United States Code Section 20, "
Unequivocal. It can only be done by schools that take no federal aid. -
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The Toilet of Tomorrow?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clivus_multrum"Clivus multrum is a type of composting toilet and the name of a company that markets this brandname of composting toilets. "Clivus" is Latin for incline or slope; "multrum" is a Swedish composite word meaning "compost room," thus a "Clivus Multrum" is an inclining compost room."
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Are Americans More Prone to A.D.H.D.? - Room for Debate
The high-energy, risk-taking traits of attention deficit disorder may be part of the nation's pioneer DNA. Or maybe we're just overmedicated.The diagnosis is recent. The behavior is as old as schools for children. -
Don't Be Tempted By Single-Sex Schools - Room for Debate
While the law may permit single-sex schooling in some circumstances, it’s not the magic bullet proponents proclaim.-
Don't Be Tempted
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What Our Research Shows
" However, scientific data do not support these claims, and, indeed, many single-sex advocates have recently backed away from them. Nonetheless, such advocates have already trained hundreds of teachers (often at taxpayer expense) in mythic “gender-specific learning styles” that make a mockery of Title IX’s requirement to eliminate sex discrimination in schools."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX"Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a United States law, enacted on June 23, 1972, that amended Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 2002 it was renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, in honor of its principal author Congresswoman Mink, but is most commonly known simply as Title IX. The law states that
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance..."—United States Code Section 20, "
Unequivocal. It can only be done by schools that take no federal aid.
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elehr
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Broadway-Set 'Smash' Gets a Spot on NBC's Fall Roster
“Broadway-Set 'Smash' Gets a Spot on NBC's Fall Roster - http://nyti.ms/jEXrJi”February. Show me.
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Occupy Wall St. Learns From Globalization Protests - Room for Debate
This movement does not yet know how powerful it is. The answer will determine what demands are possible.
"A lot of people seem very agitated about the fact that this movement doesn’t have a list of soundbite-ready demands and media-ready spokespeople. Personally I’m delighted that Occupy Wall Street hasn’t given in to the hectoring for a list of “demands.” This is a young movement still in the process of determining just how powerful it is, and that power will determine what demands are possible. Small movements have to settle for small reforms: big ones have the freedom to dream."
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/o/occupy_wall_street/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=Occupy%20Wall%20Street%20&st=cse
They are finding some traction.This one looks like real grass roots.No astroturf here.It is still in the formation stages.I will see how it does in colder wetter weather.
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Hal Horvath
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A Church Mary Can Love
I heard a joke the other day about a pious soul who dies, goes to heaven, and gains an audience with the Virgin Mary. The visitor asks Mary why, for all her blessings, she always appears in paintings as a bit sad, a bit wistful: Is everything O.K.?"Mary reassures her visitor: “Oh, everything’s great. No problems. It’s just ... it’s just that we had always wanted a daughter.”"http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=Sex+scandal&x=16&y=6&type=nyt-
Times Topics: Roman Catholic Church Sex Abuse Cases
4 days ago ... Raniero Cantalamessa, the official preacher of the papal household, who equated the criticism over the priest sex abuse scandal with ... -
In Kansas City Churches, No Mention of Abuse Scandal
2 days ago ... In Kansas City Churches, Tiptoeing Around the Latest Scandal ... a crime stemming from the sex abuse scandals that have engulfed the church ...
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Times Topics: Roman Catholic Church
2 hours ago ... In Kansas City Churches, No Mention of Abuse Scandal ... overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Portugal — legalized same-sex marriage last year. ...
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In Kansas City Churches, No Mention of Abuse Scandal
With news of charges against Bishop Robert Finn and the diocese still fresh, priests struggled on whether to broach the subject, and how, in their sermons.October 16, 2011MORE ON ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SEX ABUSE CASES AND: CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, SEX CRIMES, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, KANSAS CITY (MO), CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, FINN, ROBERTKansas City Bishop Charged With Failure to Report Abuse
The indictment of Robert Finn is the first of a Roman Catholic bishop in the 25 years since the scandal over sexual abuse by priests first became public in the United States.October 14, 2011MORE ON ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SEX ABUSE CASES AND: SEX CRIMES, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, PRIESTS, KANSAS CITY (MO), ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, FINN, ROBERT, RATIGAN, SHAWNCanada: Catholic Order Settles Sexual Abuse Suit for $17 Million
After initially denying allegations of sexual abuse at three Quebec schools it operated, a Roman Catholic order said that it had settled a class-action lawsuit by the victims.October 7, 2011MORE ON ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SEX ABUSE CASES AND: SEX CRIMES, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, PRIESTS, CANADA, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHVisiting Berlin, Pope Benedict Faces a Combative Homeland
Pope Benedict XVI will be greeted with demands for change on celibacy for priests, women’s role in the church, gay rights and aid for abuse victims.September 22, 2011MORE ON ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH SEX ABUSE CASES AND: SPEECHES AND STATEMENTS, CELIBACY, SEX CRIMES, GERMANY, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, BENEDICT XVI -
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Gaelle Bausson
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Broadway-Set 'Smash' Gets a Spot on NBC's Fall Roster
“Broadway-Set 'Smash' Gets a Spot on NBC's Fall Roster - http://nyti.ms/jEXrJi”
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Hoping for the Next Big Show, TV Ups the Ante
Clockwise from top left, scenes from "Smash," "Once Upon a Time," ... NBC's “ Smash,” a drama set backstage at a Broadway musical, was first ...
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/business/media/hoping-for-the-next-big-show-tv-ups-the-ante.html?scp=2&sq=Smash&st=cse"It’s true at other networks too. NBC’s “Smash,” a drama set backstage at a Broadway musical, was first previewed in May, and it will not have its premiere until February."Show me.
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Alabama's Immigration Law Is Permissible and Sensible - Room for Debate
The Alabama law will provide the research that Texas failed to obtain in Plyler v. Doe.We have developed a group of monsters.I can only hope they are seen for what they are. -
Hard Work Is What Immigrants Do - Room for Debate
Americans will always look to a fresh wave of immigrants to do the work that we can’t or won’t do.Raise the rate of return to the point at which people with choices can take the work. There will be enough willing to do it. Americans are as able as any.
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Are Voters Looking for an Isolationist? - Room for Debate
Mitt Romney wants more intervention abroad. Can another candidate court the voters who don't?Voters are a very diverse group.If enough of them want a Great Wall, there will be a great wall of the United States.The world will still be there when all of them are dead of old age. -
Work Ethic and the Government's Role - Room for Debate
U.S. policies are nudging farm-related jobs in fields, at animal operations and at slaughterhouses in an evermore unappealing direction -- one that is more industrialized and chemical intensive.When wages rise to the point that people with choices can take the work there will be plenty of warm bodies.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Societyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Society#War_on_Povertyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Butz"In his time heading the USDA, Butz revolutionized federal agricultural policy and reengineered many New Deal era farm support programs. For example, a program he abolished paid corn farmers to not plant all their land. This program had attempted to prevent a national oversupply of corn and low corn prices. His mantra to farmers was "get big or get out," and he urged farmers to plant commodity crops like corn "from fencerow to fencerow." These policy shifts coincided with the rise of major agribusiness corporations, and the declining financial stability of the small family farm."I was not watching closely. This points to the Nixon administration. -
What Our Research on Single-Sex Education Shows - Room for Debate
Single-sex education fails to produce academic benefits and inflates gender stereotyping.
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What Our Research Shows
"For nearly a decade, proponents of single-sex schooling have argued that boys and girls differ so fundamentally in brain functioning, sensory abilities, interests, stress responsiveness and more that they cannot be taught effectively in the same classrooms. However, scientific data do not support these claims, and, indeed, many single-sex advocates have recently backed away from them. Nonetheless, such advocates have already trained hundreds of teachers (often at taxpayer expense) in mythic “gender-specific learning styles” that make a mockery of Title IX’s requirement to eliminate sex discrimination in schools."
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not to worry about this one.
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