So im going to tell some stories, and you oregonians may know some of the stories, and you may not know others. But ill start with how i came to this story. And, actually, whats surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day. In 1836 when Washington Irving was commissioned by John Jacob Astor to write the story of these events 20 years after they occurred, irvings book, also called astoria, was a best seller of 1836. And those events have been largely forgotten in the american consciousness. I think you in oregon know a little bit more about them or im sure some of you know a lot more about them. But in the national consciousness, theyre largely forgotten, except among historians and people who really follow western history. So it is a really important story. Its historically significant, and its a great adventure story. And thats partly what attracted me to it. And its also a story that i feel needs to be told because those events have had a big impact on the sha
Recall that moynihan was complaining primarily about black families and his these is was that because of weakness in black Family Structure, blacks would not be able to seize the opportunities that were coming available to them as a result of the Civil Rights Movement. And i can tell you that what i am going to say to you is moynihans concerns now apply to hispanics and to whites, to the whole country. And here are the numbers. I got these by i recently analyzed the censuses. This is representative of the whole country. Here is what happened with family composition. First, marriage rates declined for every age group and every ethnic group every education group, with one exception thats quite fascinating, declined in 1970 and 1980 for College Educated women, but have been stable and risen a little for College Educated women. I think theres a lesson in that. For every other Group Marriage rates have declined. Now im going to tell you a fact demonstrated by social science. This fact will
To for the agency to meet statutory obligations. As dr. Sullivan fully described, i will not duplicate that discussion. I will close, though, speaking to results. Results afterall, what matters. The centers for Disease Control analyzed illnesses from all foods. Over the fiveyear period ending in 2010, cdc found that 141 of 122,000 that is 0. 001156 or 0. 12 illnesses caused by imported seafood. Most of us love baseball. Great day to be out for the nats game. But we recall going to the games with our dads. Hoipg to clutch that mitt and catch that foul ball. Unfortunately, we often came home crest fallen because we rarely ever did. The chance of catching the foul ball. 0. 001156 or 0. 12 . As an example of effectiveness of fda and while this is the hearing focus not only the fda captures program, i did want to acknowledge the leadership of senator shaheen and ayotte and others on this committee working in a bipartisan manner to eliminate a program that usdas own risk experts said will no
Wellfunctioning Charter Schools, there is still an issue of teacher burnout in those schools because we require a lot of Charter School teachers. These are teachers that often put in 10, 11, 12hour days. And theres issues there with still being motivated to continue to put many years in teaching. Weve had issues incompetence in Charter School management. Sometimes we have had issues with financial corruption with people who are misusing Charter School funds. And then of course, you always have issues with curriculum and standards that are not carefully thought through. And as a result, charters are closed down. But what id like to talk to mostly here is i come from the university system. And i can talk all day about barriers at the state, city, and school level but there are also barriers that are just as entrenched and formidable in our universities and colleges. This is the site where we train School Administrators social workers, School Psychologist and speech and language therapist
Presiding. Truman never learned anything from fdr or from staff. It was a transition with zero knowledge. That doesnt happen anymore. Got a phonecall from the white house, get to the phone right away so he picked up the phone and on the other and they said get to the white house as soon as you can. So he grabbed his hat and dashed out and he had a car of course. They gave him a chauffeur when he was Vice President. Went to the white house and was taken upstairs to the second floor. He was met by eleanor roosevelt, and he looked up and she said harry, the president is dead. He was in total shock and he said, what can i do for you . And she said, harry, what can we do for you . You are in trouble now. Now a forum on how the election affected the lesbian lesbians gay and transsexual population. This is an hour and a half. I have one roll tonight. My job is to welcome you. Thanks for coming tonight. Several months ago when my good friend said to me would you mind posting the postelection p