(Chicago) — The Honorable Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, sailed passed other contenders and solidly won re-election to a third term in office, garnering 68% of the votes cast in last night’s election.
Disregarding the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times’ endorsements of her opponents, more than 1.2 million people voted to return Clerk Brown to office.
“Obviously the citizens of Cook County are more aware of the progress that has been made at the Clerk’s Office during my tenure, than are these newspapers, neither of which interviewed me nor conducted any fact-finding by visiting the Office,” said Clerk Brown.
6 listopada 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Clerk Dorothy Brown Praises Obama Victory została wyłączona
During her election night celebration, Clerk Brown leads applause for Obama win
(Chicago) — The Honorable Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, hosted a victory party last night, as election returns indicated her solid re-election to a third term, and she shared her elation about the prospect of Illinois Senator Barack Obama becoming the 44th President of the United States.
“This is his day,” Clerk Brown said to her cheering supporters, regarding Obama. “But it is our time!”
Clerk Brown spoke emotionally about the fact that President Elect Obama carries the hopes, dreams and aspirations of all the individuals who have come before—especially the descendents of African slaves and poor black, Southern sharecroppers, the murdered civil rights workers and hoards of tireless marchers and demonstrators—who valiantly struggled for equal opportunity in America over the course of hundreds of years. She also spoke of her deceased mother and father, both of whom she said, “faced discrimination courageously and literally worked themselves to death, so that their eight children could have a better life.”
6 listopada 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Governor Blagojevich Congratulates President-elect Obama and Discusses U.S. Senate Seat została wyłączona
To fill President-Elect Barack Obama’s Senate seat, Governor will use deliberate process to select suitable replacement
CHICAGO – After congratulating President-Elect Barack Obama on his decisive victory, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich announced today that he will take his time and use a diverse senior staff made up of key members of his administration who will assist him in selecting a suitable replacement for Obama.
“Last night’s victory was bittersweet for Illinois – as we gain a great President, we lose a great Senator. And it goes without saying that our next Senator has big shoes to fill. Because it’s important that the best person for Illinois is selected, I want to be clear that the calendar won’t dictate our search. Instead, I want to ensure that Obama’s successor will understand and fight for the needs of average Illinoisans,” Governor Blagojevich said.
Chicago celebruje fenomenalne zwycięstwo naszego senatora Baracka Obamy w wyścigu o fotel prezydenta Stanów Zjednoczonych.
Senator Barack Obama mieszka i reprezentuje Chicago i stan Illinois, gdzie mieszkamy. Znamy go dosyć dobrze.
We wtorkowychwyborach Sen. Obama oddał swój głos w Chicago. Senator z Illinois głosował rano w komisji wyborczej w szkole podstawowej Shoesmith Elementary w dzielnicy Hyde Park, w pobliżu Uniwersytetu Chicago. Towarzyszyły mu żona Michelle oraz córki Malia i Sasha.
Z częściowych wyników wyborów prezydenckich w USA, ogłoszonych w USA wynika, że 44. prezydentem (elektem) USA jest reprezentujący Partię Demokratyczną Barack Obama. To historyczny moment w dziejach Ameryki. Po raz pierwszy bowiem najwyższy urząd w państwie obejmie czarnoskóry Amerykanin.
5 listopada 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Agreement between Polish and American University została wyłączona
The IllinoisStateUniversity and Opole University of Technology (Politechnika Opolska), Polandsigned anAgreement on cooperation. The event took place in Opole on Oct. 7, 2008. Dr. Al Bowman, the President of ISU and Prof. Jerzy Skubis, Rector of Opole University of Technology signed the official document.
The agreement talks about developing strong academic cooperation in teaching, research and other areas of academic interests related to both academic institutions.
[caption id="attachment_27300" align="alignleft" width="610"]Dr. Al Bowman (right) , the President of ISU and Prof. Jerzy Skubis, ( left) Rector of Opole University of Technology signed the Agreement on cooperation between ISU and PO [/caption]Dr. Al Bowman led to Opole, Poland a 10. member delegation from the state Illinois. It shows a high commitment from the American academic institution. IllinoisStateUniversity has about 23,000 students. It is the state of Illinois‘ first public university, founded in 1857. The official documents for the inauguration were signed by Abraham Lincoln, who later became the President of the United States.
4 listopada 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania Letter from Presidential Candidate Senator John McCain to Polonia została wyłączona
October 29, 2008
Mr. Frank Spula President Polish American Congress 1612 K Street, NW Suite 410 Washington, DC20006
Dear Mr. Spula,
I share your concern about Poland’s exclusion from the U.S. visa waiver program. Poland is not only a steadfast and valued ally of the United States, we have the potential of growing to be much closer partners than we are now. Requiring visas from Poles seeking to travel here is inconsistent with our current relationship, not to mention the deeper and broader relationship we must work together to foster. I support the inclusion of Poland in the visa waiver program and will make it a top priority of my administration to make it happen.
T’was 30 years ago that a wisp of white smoke wafted o’er the Vatican City and in a flash the Word circled ‘round the world.“We have a non-Italian Pope, Karol Wojtyla of Poland!”Almost immediately, Diana Kwiatkowski saw in Pope John Paul II “a poetic spirit with a powerful impact on the people of a troubled time as relayed by modern day poets.”
Inspired by the thought, she undertook to edit and publish an anthology, which took a year to gather.In the introduction to the book, THE POET POPE (KAROL WOJTYLA) Pope John Paul II,(Gusto Press 1980), Ms. Kwiatkowski explained that “In this book, forty poets, from all walks of life, and many religions, and from many countries, including far-away India, write about the Pope, a fellow-poet Pope – who has touched not only the world, but themselves individually, and they show how the ordinary man and woman has been affected by this sensitive, humanistic, lovable, and at times, humorous man.”She goes on to write, “Through the hearts and talents of 40 gifted contributors, we poetically present a portion of his life and work to you.”
Przez chwilę, po posiedzeniu Rady Gabinetowej wydawało się, że prezydent Lech Kaczyński potrafi słuchać argumentów merytorycznych i w swojej działalności kierować się odpowiedzialnością. Niestety z jego ostatnich wypowiedzi wynika, że wrócił do stronniczej retoryki politycznej, w dodatku szkodliwej.
Straszenie ludzi wzrostem cen w wyniku wprowadzenia euro i dodatkowo podkreślanie, że miałoby ono w największym stopniu dotyczyć ludzi ubogich, jest wprowadzaniem społeczeństwa w błąd i utrwalaniem szkodliwych stereotypów.
Nie ma żadnych rzetelnych opracowań, które mogłyby potwierdzić, że euro doprowadziło do znacznego wzrostu cen. Inflacja w państwach przyjmujących euro była często wynikiem innych czynników, a wspólna waluta doprowadziła przeciętnie do wzrostu inflacji o 0,14-0,29 proc. (wg Eurostatu). Podobne wnioski dotyczą doświadczeń najnowszych członków strefy euro, tj. Słowenii, Malty i Cypru.
Joan Hammel was honored this month by the RecordingAcademy for her years of membership and for supporting its education, advocacy and human service initiatives.It was presented at the Hotel Sax in Chicago during a special event celebrating membership.Ms. Hammel was one of four recipients that evening presented by the Chicago Chapter President Peter Strand and the Executive Director Tera Healy.
[caption id="attachment_27268" align="alignnone" width="500"]Recording Academy Chicago Chapter President Peter Strand with Joan Hammel / Photo by Theresa Carter [/caption] Ms. Hammel Chaired the Education Committee of the Grammy Awards organization for many years in Chicago including planning the Grammy in the Schools initiative where music professionals in different fields spend the day with high school age students.This program, started in Chicago, is now a national program for the organization reaching thousands of kids annually.She served on the Grammys Board of Governors, and was a part of the first all female President/Vice President team in Academy history.Her music as a vocalist and songwriter were on the Grammy Awards Nominations Ballot in different categories over several years.
28 października 2008@polishnewsMożliwość komentowania AT&T Announces New Service Line For Polish – Speakers in Midwest została wyłączona
AT&TCallCenter Launches New Dedicated Polish-Language Line for Polish-Speakers in Midwestern U.S. Region.
[caption id="attachment_27260" align="alignnone" width="400"]AT&T representatives helping customers in language[/caption] CHICAGO, October 27, 2008 — As part of ongoing efforts to provide customers with services that are relevant and convenient to them, AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) today announced a new service support line available to Polish-speakers throughout the Midwest region.
The new service line provides billing and technical support, and offers the ability to order AT&T products and services in the customers’ native language. AT&T’s Polish-speaking customers will be able to dial 1-800-417-1588 to access additional support services in-language, including U-Verse and AT&T Wireless.