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Monday, February 21, 2011

I think it was on Good Morning America that I saw an interview 'Parents Trigger'  ...  I know one of the guys was from Good Magazine.  Is it one of those thingys where the opposition gets in the lead?  hmmmmmmm  ...cal

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_14401934

Parents pulling Trigger on School
Excerpt:
After five years of getting nowhere with Los Angeles Unified officials, fed-up parents in Sunland-Tujunga are using a new state law to force change at a long-troubled middle school.
Parents and community members say problems at Mount Gleason Middle School, which has been on a federal list of under-performing campuses for a dozen years, go beyond failing test scores.
"There is an unsafe atmosphere

http://www.good.is/post/why-the-compton-parent-trigger-lawsuit-is-a-good-thing/
Why the Compton parent trigger lawsuit is a good thing
Excerpt:

With the filing of a class action lawsuit against Compton Unified School District, the legal battle over the first invocation of California's new "parent trigger" law has officially begun.
In a nutshell, the "parent trigger" allows parents who are tired of their local school's chronic academic failure to band together and petition the school district for the right to take control of the campus. The law first came into being in 2010 when California was attempting to prove it was ready for education reform so the state could qualify for some of the $4 billion in money the Obama administration was doling out as part of its Race to the Top competition.
California didn't win any of the federal dollars, but the law stayed on the books. Last fall it was used for the first time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_(magazine)
Excerpt:
Good (trademarked GOOD in caps) is a media platform that promotes, connects, and reports on the individuals, businesses, and non-profits "moving the world forward."[1] GOOD produces a website (GOOD.is), a quarterly magazine, and online video content covering a variety of topics, including the environment, education, urban planning, design, food, politics, culture, and health.
GOOD was founded in 2006 by Ben Goldhirsh, son of entrepreneur and Inc. Magazine creator Bernie Goldhirsh.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inc._(magazine)
Excerpt:Inc. was founded in Boston by Bernie Goldhirsh and its first issue appeared in April 1979. Goldhirsh was an MIT-trained engineer who worked at Polaroid and on ballistic missiles before becoming an entrepreneur and founding Sail magazine, which he sold for $10 million, using the profits to found Inc.[2] Goldhirsh kept a low profile, and longtime editor George Gendron was the "public face" of the magazine for two decades.[3] Though long considered the younger upstart compared to most business publications, Inc. suffered following the dot-com era as titles like Fast Company seemed to grab more attention, but the tech crash and subsequent retrenchment saw the magazine stabilize its circulation and image.[3] In 2000, widowed and battling cancer, Goldhirsh sold the magazine to Gruner + Jahr[3] for a price reported over $200 million.[2] Goldhirsh's devotion to the principles of entrepreneurism led him to create the Goldhirsh Foundation and a unique trust run by his children.[4] The magazine was purchased in 2005 by Morningstar founder, Joe Mansueto, and Inc. and its sister magazine Fast Company constitute the publishing arm of Mansueto Ventures.
The magazine is now based in New York City, and its chief editor is Jane Berentson.
Founder Bernie Goldhirsh's son, Ben Goldhirsh, is the founder of Good Magazine.[2]

http://www.answers.com/topic/casino-jack-and-the-united-states-of-money-1
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Excerpt:
Sam Black - Associate Producer, Alexandra Johnes - Co-producer, Alex Gibney - Director, Alison Ellwood - Editor, Tim Wheeler - Editor, Mark Cuban - Executive Producer, Todd Wagner - Executive Producer, Jeff Skoll - Executive Producer, Diane Weyermann - Executive Producer, Benjamin Goldhirsch - Executive Producer, Bill Banowsky - Executive Producer, David Robbins - Composer (Music Score), John McCullough - Musical Direction/Supervision, Maryse Alberti - Cinematographer, Alex Gibney - Producer, Alison Ellwood - Producer, Zena Barakat - Producer, Alex Gibney - Screenwriter

Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there's some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

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