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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 kn...

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 decli...

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 cre...

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, charter...

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 shoc...