Give2Attain

Raising social involvement, self awareness and self improvement topics, because our communities are the sum of our personal beliefs, behaviors, action or inaction. Only "we" can improve our family, work place, school, city, country, etc.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

EPA Moratorium and Ads

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I just heard a radio ad that was attacking Erik Paulsen for siding with the lobbyists to in essence "pollute our air and harm our child...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

RAS STEAM and Transportation

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First off...  Sorry for being an irresponsible and inconsistent blogger lately.  Hopefully in ~3 wks my life will return to somewhat normal....
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Please Let Me Lower Stds

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Well, if not raising funding each year is considered a cut...  Is not raising standards each year considered cutting standards? If so, the...
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Monday, August 8, 2011

The Emeperor's New Clothes

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When I heard the news the weekend, I thought it is about time...  There have to be some consequences to this "spend more than we raise...
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Monday, August 1, 2011

Debt Mgmt and Women's Health

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I found these comments by Daniel Mitchell very interesting in a cynical sort of way. CNN  Debt Deal: Politicians Win, Middle Class Loses ...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Please Help Me !!! I'm Powerless !!!

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I'll make this one short.  I thought it was odd that the President of America asked for TV airtime to plead his case to raise taxes and ...
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Friday, July 22, 2011

Parents United Liberal Editorial

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I know I should not have expected any different, yet I had hope.  However as is often the case, PU is taking shots at the GOP. Parents Uni...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Finland and Education

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Annie posted this link and comment recently: Salon: How Finland became an Educational Leader "A new documentary is being released on...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Kitchen Table Economics and Natl Debt

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This sounded kind of familiar...  Any thoughts where this potential train wreck is headed? MSNBC Kitchen Table I always enjoy leading te...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Compromise Reached in Minnesota

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Well, it looks like compromise was finally achieved in Minnesota.  I may get to see those MCA II and AYP results sooner than later... Now ...
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Parents United Wants to Revise NCLB ?

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What Timing...  I post regarding the Gold Std yesterday (ie MCA, AYP, NCLB, etc) and some folks from Parents United drop me an email asking ...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

A Reason to End the Shutdown...

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RAS MAP Results: Promising Now I am anxious for the end of the shutdown...  I mean MAP testing is beneficial in some ways...  But the gold...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Minnesota Critical Services ?

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Like the Energizer Bunny, the gridlock keeps going.  I find the discussions regarding "Critical Services" and "Self Funded En...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Email Etiquette

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Well, I am cursed with the responsibility of creating and distributing minutes/updates and action item lists for each of my ~9 active projec...
Thursday, June 23, 2011

RAS FAC Maintains Independence?

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I looked through the Financial Advisory Council's year end presentation and found it a bit anemic.  Now I have not sat in on a mtg for o...
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John
I am married and we have 3 adult daughters. We live in Plymouth MN. My interests are learning, communicating, home improvement projects, motorcycling, boating, and other outside activities. Thank you for reading my blog and have a great day !!!
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