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EDUCATION MINISTER IN TAMPA -- Roxanne Escobales
07/31/06Three days before Hillsborough County schools open their doors to students, the Florida education commissioner visited two elementary schools in the district to applaud their improved performance on the FCAT. But, as he told WMNF’s Roxanne Escobales, the commissioner had a stark message for area schools: teaching just to pass the FCAT is the wrong path to travel if schools want to achieve excellence.
ACT: Palm River went up 109 point...
Be the first to commentLocal Pro Choice advocate cautiously optomistic on Federal Govt.'s about face on Plan B by Mitch E. Perry
07/31/06In a surprise development, the government revived efforts today to widen access to the morning-after pill, but only to women 18 and older, issuing an announcement that it was reconsidering over-the-counter sale of the emergency contraceptive almost a year after it was thought doomed.
The Food and Drug Administration notified manufacturer Barr Pharmaceuticals early today that it wanted to meet within seven days to iron out new steps the company must take in its three-year battle to s...
Be the first to commentTHE HUMANURE HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO COMPOSTING HUMAN MANURE
07/31/06This edition of the Sustainable Living program featured an interview with Joe Jenkins the author of THE HUMANURE HANDBOOK. Joe was a graduate student when he wrote a graduate thesis on sustainable systems. One of the systems was a toilet which uses no water and could generate useable compost. The thesis became his book and on today's program he discussed the technique he has championed.
Be the first to commentTampa Jewish Federation places ad in Tampa Tribune supporting Israel by Mitch E. Perry
07/31/06Today the Tampa Jewish Federation showed their support for the people of Israel by purchasing a full page ad in the Tampa Tribune.
The ad, which features a picture of the Israeli flag with the words, “help, give, hope�, begins by saying that the Federation, along with the entire North American Jewish Community, stands with the people of Israel as they fight terrorism and attacks.
Daniel Staffenberg is the Chief Development Officer for the Tampa Jewish Federation. ...
Be the first to commentEMPOWERMENT HOUR
07/30/06Features guest Ms. Carolyn Lighty-Dwayne Hamilton and Life. Grassroots discussion "Nothing More Nothing Less".
Be the first to commentThe Sunday ForuAvon Park Immigration Issue
07/30/06Discussion issues regarding illigal immigrants with Guest Blanca Gonzalez-President and Oscar Salas of Immigrants United for Freedom
Be the first to commentInterview with Mark Wright after returning from an Israeli Solidarity Mission
07/30/06Tampa attorney Mark Wright joined the Sunday Simcha in studio on Sunday. Mark just returned from an emergency solidarity mission to Israel, sponsored by the United Jewish Community. He shared some of the sights that he saw in everyday living, and described some of the places that he visited after missile attacks. Mark also took some phone-in questions. He brought with him some photos that will soon be posted on the Sunday Simcha website (www.myspace.com/sundaysimcha). In addition to his ...
Be the first to commentTROOPS HOME FAST - Diane Wilson w/ Mary and Arlene, Women's Show
07/29/06DIANE WILSON of Code Pink. Hear the weekly update as Code Pink continues their historic hunger strike in Washington, D.C. in front of the White House. Many people around the world are joining them for one or more days. Code Pink is also calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel and Lebanon. Medea and Diane update us on the latest implications and actions, including the upcoming meetings in Iraq.
Be the first to commentCrude Awakening - Oil Over Women? - Martha Burk w/ Mary Glenney, Women's Show
07/29/06MARTHA BURK is a political psychologist and women's equity expert who is co-founder and President of the Center for Advancement of Public Policy, a research and policy analysis organization and Director, Corporate Accountability Project, National Council of Women's Organizations. She has written the cover article of the latest MS Magazine, “Crude Awakening: U.S. Policies in Afghanistan and Iraq Sell Out Women in Favor of Oil.� She says that “Whether supporting gender apartheid abroad,...
Be the first to commentTatyana McFadden, Nation's fastest wheelchair racer at age 17 w/ Mary Glenney, Women's Show
07/29/06TATYANA McFADDEN, Nation’s Fastest Wheelchair Racer. Adopted at age 6 from a Russian orphanage, this young girl with spina bifida learned to walk on her hands to compensate for the lack of a wheelchair, She is in Tampa for the National Junior Disability Championships and has already won the 5,000 meters, 1,500, 8000, 200 and 100 – and shattered national records for her class/age division (the 400 is Saturday morning). She also won the pentathlon and a table tennis competition. At 15 sh...
2 commentsTampa Bay World Peace Concert - Sigrid Tidmore w/ Mary and Arlene, Women's Show
07/29/06SIGRID TIDMORE, Executive Director, Patel Foundation for Global Understanding, Savita Society. Sigrid will talk about the upcoming Tampa Bay World Peace Concert to benefit Character Development. The concert, featuring four word renowned musicians, is to raise awareness of how connected we are to the rest of humanity. After the concert, the program will continue in The Grand Ballroom with local visual artists, cultural foods, international dancers, global musicians, local non-profits, artist...
Be the first to commentLOOK BEYOND THE FCAT TEACHERS TOLD By Roxanne Escobales
07/28/06Hillsborough County public school teachers gathered today in downtown Tampa for a bit of praise and a bit of direction before the start of the school year. 18,000 teachers crowded into the St. Petersburg Times Forum to hear a leading educationalist tell them that if they wanted to succeed they had to look beyond the FCAT.
ACT: Star spangled banner
Hillsborough County bus driver Cheryl Kegler opened the teachers rally this morning. Guest speaker and accomplished educationalis...
Be the first to commentPAT DOWNS AT BUCS GAMES RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL AGAIN-Andrew Stelzer
07/28/06This afternoon, a federal judge ruled in favor of Gordon Johnston, a high shool civics teacher who didn’t think it was legal for fans to be subject to pat down searches on their way into Bucs games at Raymond James Staduim in Tampa.
The pat-down searches began at the start of last years season, but Johnstons lawsuit put them on hold, a decision that was upheld by the Second District Court of Appeal. The Tampa Sports Authority, the government agency that runs the football stadium for the...
Be the first to commentSEWAGE SPILLS GOING UNREPORTED IN FLORIDA-Andrew Stelzer
07/28/06A new report finds that the public isn’t being properly informed about sewage and wastewater spills in the state of Florida. The clean water action fund did a study in 2005, and found that both public and private facilities were not always properly reporting potentially toxic spills to the public, or to the proper government agencies. They contacted all the relevant agencies afterwards, and then checked back in a year later to see if their recommendations made a difference. According to ...
Be the first to commentMARTY O'CONNELL ON COLLEGES THAT CHANGE LIVES-Andrew Stelzer
07/28/06In the next few weeks, millions of American teenagers will head off to college for the first time. Many of them have engaged in an increasingly competitive and stressful process of applications—competing to get accepted to a short list of elite colleges and universities. But a new book by Loren Pope who’s been writing about and studying higher education for more than 40 years, says there’s no need to chase the ivy leagues, and in fact, its smaller, more intimate and experimental sch...
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