Young Ik Suh
Assistant Professor at Claflin Unviersity- Columbia, South Carolina Area | Higher Education
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Cabinet Meeting
Today, President Obama held his first full Cabinet meeting since the election took place.
He first thanked Cabinet members for doing “a remarkable job on behalf of the American people, across the board, on a range of issues” including growing our economy, putting people back to work, and keeping Americans safe around the world.
But there’s still much work to be done, he reminded them. In today’s meeting, President Obama said the Cabinet would discuss efforts to help communities recover and rebuild after Hurricane Sandy, as well as something that’s on the minds of many American families across the country: making sure taxes on the middle class don’t go up.
There is no reason why taxes on middle-class families should go up. It would be bad for the economy. It would be bad for those families. In fact, it would be bad for the world economy. And so I think it’s very important that we get that resolved, and I am very open to a fair and balanced approach to reduce our deficit and provide the kind of certainty that businesses and consumers need so that we can keep this recovery going.
Obama
Barack H. Obama is the 44th President of the United States.
His story is the American story — values from the heartland, a middle-class upbringing in a strong family, hard work and education as the means of getting ahead, and the conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others.
With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his grandfather, who served in Patton's army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle management at a bank.
After working his way through college with the help of scholarships and student loans, President Obama moved to Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants.
He went on to attend law school, where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago to help lead a voter registration drive, teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago, and remain active in his community.
President Obama's years of public service are based around his unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose. In the Illinois State Senate, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years, cut taxes for working families, and expanded health care for children and their parents. As a United States Senator, he reached across the aisle to pass groundbreaking lobbying reform, lock up the world's most dangerous weapons, and bring transparency to government by putting federal spending online.
He was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008, and sworn in on January 20, 2009. He and his wife, Michelle, are the proud parents of two daughters, Malia, 14, and Sasha, 11.
Daniel girls slam Wildcats
Woodmont came out aggressive behind the strong post play of Lasha Mangle, who scored 14 of her team-high 19 points in the first half. The Wildcats kept the game close for most of the first half and would have been down by single-digits heading into the locker room at halftime if not for a Dotson three-pointer at the buzzer that put the Lions up by a dozen.
The Lions used a 12-0 run to extend their lead to 52-27 midway through the third quarter. That stretch featured six points apiece from Allison Droddy and Dotson.
Daniel 67, Woodmont 39
WHS 12 10 9 8 — 39
DWD 14 20 18 15 — 67
Woodmont (39) — Mangle 19, Downs 9, Olivieri 9, Wilson 2.
Daniel (67) — Dotson 23, A. Droddy 15, L. Droddy 12, Schmidt 11, Brown 2, Kaiser 2, Qualkinbush 2.
Claflin Univ. Track/Field The Beginning
From left are Larry Brunson, LaQuan Priest, Latycia Milton and Zach Giles. They are among Claflin athletes named to the USTFCCA All-South Region Team.
Claflin athletes earn region honors; 5 qualify for NCAA Championships
Claflin University track and field continues to receive postseason recognition.
Five athletes on the women’s and men’s track and field team have been named to the USTFCCA All-South Region Team.
For the women, Lashaquita Mangle in the hammer throw, Janet Gaddist in the heptathlon, Tanekka Brown in the 100m and 400m murdles and Latycia Milton in the long jump and triple jump.
The men who received the honor include Larry Brunson in the 110m hurdles, Zach Giles in the 400m dash and LaQuan Priest in the triple jump.
Five Panthers have qualified to participate in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Representing the women will be senior Latycia Milton in the triple jump. Milton, who goes into the championships ranked eighth in the country, received an automatic invitation after her record setting triple jump of 12.46 meters in the SIAC Championships in April. Tanekka Brown earned her way into the championship field ranked 16th in the nation with a best time of 1:0082 in the 400m murdles.
On the men’s side senior, LaQuan Priest will be competing for the third time in the NCAA Championships. This year he comes into the field ranked fifth in the nation in the triple jump, with a jump of 15.43 meters. Joining Priest will be junior Zach Giles, ranked 16th in the nation in the 400m dash with a best time of 47.23. Rounding out the Panthers’ qualifiers is senior Larry Brunson, a 110m hurdler who comes into the championships ranked 17th in the nation with a time of 14.23.
“Hard work has paid off for these student-athletes of which I am extremely proud. Dedication to the sport as well as their respective events displayed this past season has given these athletes the recognition they truly deserve” head coach Harry Freeman said. “They really have represented themselves their families and the university with high regard and respect, and I wish them nothing but success in their future endeavors.”
The championships will be held May 24-26 at the Neta and Eddie DeRose Thunderbowl in Pueblo, Colo. Colorado State University will serve as the host institution.
Five athletes on the women’s and men’s track and field team have been named to the USTFCCA All-South Region Team.
For the women, Lashaquita Mangle in the hammer throw, Janet Gaddist in the heptathlon, Tanekka Brown in the 100m and 400m murdles and Latycia Milton in the long jump and triple jump.
The men who received the honor include Larry Brunson in the 110m hurdles, Zach Giles in the 400m dash and LaQuan Priest in the triple jump.
Five Panthers have qualified to participate in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Representing the women will be senior Latycia Milton in the triple jump. Milton, who goes into the championships ranked eighth in the country, received an automatic invitation after her record setting triple jump of 12.46 meters in the SIAC Championships in April. Tanekka Brown earned her way into the championship field ranked 16th in the nation with a best time of 1:0082 in the 400m murdles.
On the men’s side senior, LaQuan Priest will be competing for the third time in the NCAA Championships. This year he comes into the field ranked fifth in the nation in the triple jump, with a jump of 15.43 meters. Joining Priest will be junior Zach Giles, ranked 16th in the nation in the 400m dash with a best time of 47.23. Rounding out the Panthers’ qualifiers is senior Larry Brunson, a 110m hurdler who comes into the championships ranked 17th in the nation with a time of 14.23.
“Hard work has paid off for these student-athletes of which I am extremely proud. Dedication to the sport as well as their respective events displayed this past season has given these athletes the recognition they truly deserve” head coach Harry Freeman said. “They really have represented themselves their families and the university with high regard and respect, and I wish them nothing but success in their future endeavors.”
The championships will be held May 24-26 at the Neta and Eddie DeRose Thunderbowl in Pueblo, Colo. Colorado State University will serve as the host institution.
Boat Race
Dragon Boat Racing (Sai Longzhou)
 |
| Dragon Boat Race |
According to legend, the race became the custom following the rescue of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan
in the Warring States Period (476 BC - 221BC) which shows just how old
this custom is. As far back as the Sui Dynasty, the Emperor Yan sailed
in a large-scale dragon boat with the height of 15 meters (49 feet) and
the length of 67 meters (220 feet). The boat contained halls and 120
cabins. It is recorded that there were nine boats, each three storeys
high, in use at this time.
In competitions the
dragon boat race often appears as a group item. Nowadays the boat is
usually around 20 meters (66 feet) long and 1 meter (3.3 feet) wide. A
participating team will have oarsmen or oarswomen, a coxswain, a gong
beater and a drummer. The oarsmen will row and keep stroke, following
the rhythmical drumbeats.
To maintain and
encourage the development of these colorful sports, provincial and even
national meetings have been held. China's National Games of Minority
Nationality's Traditional Sports is one example and is now held every
four years. The seventh of these very successful meetings was held in
2003.
Valerie Adams 'nearly officially divorced'
Champion shot putter Valerie Adams says she is "nearly officially divorced''.
The Olympic gold medallist took to her Twitter account today to tell her loyal followers of her excitement at signing divorce papers.
She posted a photo of herself holding the papers, giving the camera a thumbs up and smiling widely with the message: "Nearly officially divorced woop woop'', followed by a smiley face.
Adams announced in 2010 that she and husband Bertrand Vili, a shot putter from New Caledonia, had separated.
In an interview earlier this year Adams said her divorce and parting ways with her trainer in the same year were two of the largest obstacles she had overcome in life.
Today's news, which Adams sent to her more than 5000 followers, earned congratulations from her fans.
"This is my tweet of the day. Love it!'' one person replied.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)