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So what happened is that independent candidates were the most popular and they won a lot of seats, says Harb. But after the elections, the NDP drew a large portion of those independent candidates to their ranks and they became members of the NDP, despite the fact the people voted for them as independents. About 60 percent of the population are totally alienated from the NDP; keeping in mind that the percentage of people who vote is rather small. So there was a gap on the political arena; there was a political void. In any society that claims to be a democracy, this political void must be filled and there have to be political parties representing the political powers and the silent majority. We call for this silent majority to speak up and participate in the political arena. .
3500 pupils can’t speak English
When that has been done we can use the partnership that exists between councils and the government to identify the gaps in resources and pull together a national strategy for addressing these challenges." A Scottish Government spokeswoman said: "Under the Budget agreement with local authorities there should be sufficient money to deal with these issues." .
Stop Chasing High-Tech Cheaters
Opening up The New York Times last week, I stumbled across an article that outraged me. "Colleges Chase as Cheats Shift to Higher Tech" detailed the struggle of some academics against new, high-tech forms of "cheating" that are based in Internet use, iPods, cellphones, and PocketPCs. The tone of the article was one of dismay at the collapse of morality in education. As I watched the article climb the "most e-mailed list" on the Times Web site through the day, my outrage increased. .
THE VISA IPO--AN INVESTMENT IN THE NEXT BIG THING (TO CRASH)
Visa said Monday that it is looking to raise as much as $18.8 billion in what would be the largest initial public offering ever for a U.S. company. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Visa said it plans to offer 406 million shares at $37 to $42 each, with an option for the deal's underwriters to buy an additional 40.6 million shares. If it goes well, the Visa IPO would give a boost to its member banks, which include Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase, HSBC, Capital One and Citigroup. Some banks have been hit with billions of losses on subprime mortgage-related securities and have actively been looking to raise capital. --read entire article-- ____________________________________________________________ The banks are too scared to loan to each other, Bank of America and Citigroup are on the edge of disaster and even the Arabs and Chinese are wary of being the next patsy for Wall Street's various cooked-up frauds.
Is there enough silver for that many screens?
University Cinemas, 8; and Normal Theater, 1.Having 41 screens marks an all-time high for the Bloomington-Normal market, whose numbers have always trailed far behind neighboring cities like Peoria (44), Springfield (33) and Champaign Urbana (36).Come late fall, another 14-screen complex at north Normal's Constitution Trail Centre, the Starplex Cinemas, will push the total to 55 screens — and put Bloomington-Normal well in the lead among downtown markets of a comparable size.But can the community put bodies in front of 55 screens 365 days a year to make this dramatic upswing in options profitable?“I don't think this market needs that many screens or theaters, said Steven Holmes, CEO and president of the Texas-based Starplex Cinemas. “If it follows the historical pattern for one (a market) this size, something will probably close."Whether Bloomington-Normal holds true to history remains to be seen, he added.A persistent rumor in recent years is that the Carmike-owned University Cinemas in Normal — the first and oldest multiplex theater in town — would be the prime candidate for closure.Three weeks ago, a spokesman for the Atlanta, Ga.-based Carmike Cinemas scotched the rumor by noting the 35-year-old venue was the recipient last fall of a $1 million digital projection makeover.“We wouldn't have done that if we were closing it," he said.Also the recipients of expensive shifts to digital projection during the past year: Carmike's somewhat younger Parkway Cinemas, which opened in 1990, and the Palace Cinemas, which opened in 1999.Holmes' “historical pattern" prediction held true, more or less, when those two complexes opened.Around 2½ years after the Parkway opened, the three-screen Eastland Cinemas in Bloomington's Eastland Mall closed; within two years of the Palace's arrival, the four-screen College Hills Cinemas in Normal went dark.Meanwhile, the first of the new arrivals isn't making any kind of forecast.“I really can't predict what the competition will do out there," said Ron Kruger II, Wehrenberg Theatres' president of operations, as he helped ready the Galaxy 14 for its grand opening today.
Jackets edge Sens 3-2 in O/T
You think teams have picked up on something here? The Columbus Blue Jackets were in the interesting position of scoring four times to the stick side on Senators goaltender Ray Emery in a 3-2 win over the Senators at Scotiabank Place last night.
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Internet Family Sues MySpace After Teen Commits Suicide
While the Internet has a wealth of good things going for it, there are some bad points as well. Social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook illustrate these points well. Most users of MySpace and Facebook use the sites as they were intended -- a place to meet friends and find like-minded people to chat with and make new friends. However, both Facebook and MySpace have had problems with sexual predators preying on unsuspecting children using the sites. DailyTech reported earlier this month that Megan Meier, a 13-year-old girl, had committed suicide after a cyber-bully tormented her on her MySpace page. In the case of Meier, the local district attorney said charges were unlikely to be filed. The Dallas Morning News reports that another young girl, a 14-year-old identified only as Julie Doe from California killed herself in July of 2006 after being sexually assaulted by a 30-year-old man that she had met on MySpace named Kiley Ryan Bowers.
Beyond the Arc: Winthrop smacks MVC’s rep
That's what the guys at ESPN — Digger Phelps, Jay Bilas and Rece Davis — discussed during Tuesday night's College GameDay. And it was enough to make me wish I had a transcript of the whole thing. What unnamed team has a better résumé, Team A (RPI 49, SOS 16, 4-6 vs. the RPI top 25) or Team B (RPI 68, SOS 249, 0-4 vs. RPI top 25)? Should the final 10 be a consideration for the tournament? Should close losses be a consideration? All of it interesting stuff, even if it was stuff that general fans might glaze over. (Then again, the way people care about the BCS makes me think that as long the information is presented, people will have an interest.) Bilas covered most of what they talked about in his blog last week (in the latest installment of the brilliant back-and-forth he does with SI's Grant Wahl), which, for Bilas, came down to three things that should change when considering the 65 teams that make up the NCAA Tournament: the seeding committee's members, the RPI and criteria.
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