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Here's one idea to boost workers' wages: Cut corporate taxes. As a recent study by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concluded, workers bear 70 percent of the tax burden. And a 72-country study by the conservative American Enterprise Institute found that higher corporate taxes push down workers' wages.
It's a fascinating optionone I first tossed out a couple of weeks agothat I discussed last night on CNBC's Kudlow & Co. But one of the other panelists, liberal economist Jared Bernstein, raised a smart objection to the idea: With corporate profits booming and companies sitting on massive amounts of dough, it's not as if there's a cash crunch out there right now. Companies have plenty of money to pay workers more.
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My Position on Gun Control
I intentionally focus my public comments (op-ed pieces, blogs, etc.) on issues related to higher education and Catholic higher education. Often, I comment on social trends as they relate to higher education.
Like most college presidents, I have many other ideas and opinions. But I am always careful to limit my statements to those about which I legitimately have some knowledge and professional expertise.
Last week at an event I attended, I was chastised for not publicly supporting the gun control issue. The person who spoke to me was both uninformed and misguided. In fact, college presidents across the country have been actively involved in lobbying for more gun control legislation. And I am one of the presidents involved in this movement.
There have been two presidential initiatives to address concerns about gun control and gun safety. One initiative was led by President Lee Pelton of Emerson College and began with a letter sent to President Obama in December, 2012 which I co-signed with 255 other college presidents:
Dear Mr. President,
Following your eloquent remarks at the Newtown memorial service, I am writing on behalf of the many college and university presidents who have signed this letter in support of your plans to "use whatever power [your] office holds to engage [our] fellow citizens, from law enforcement, to mental health professionals, to parents and educators, in an effort aimed at preventing more tragedies like this."
We are writing to lend our individual assistance as well as that of our academic communities in supporting a long overdue national conversation about mass killings and gun violence.
We acknowledge, as you have, that these are complex issues that bring into play competing interests that will require us to balance the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms with the concerns of those calling for more stringent restrictions on gun ownership.
Nevertheless, we ask that urgent attention be paid to developing measures that would have the effect of curtailing easy access to assault weapons, especially guns that can hold up to 100 rounds of ammunition without reloading and have no place in the hands of civilians.
After the horrific tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School where young children and adults were gunned down in a blink of an eye by rapid fire weapons of human destruction, we believe that it would be nearly impossible for anyone with heads that think and hearts that feel to conclude that the status quo is acceptable.
We also ask that serious and sustained consideration be given to a comprehensive assessment of mental health and other societal issues in the United States that might have contributed to the numerous mass killings that our nation has endured in recent years.
History requires that we not stand idly by. We will be judged by our actions in the days and weeks ahead, by how we answered, as a nation and as individuals, the question "what will we do?"
Our nation looks to colleges and universities to solve its most pressing problems and these are issues on which we stand ready to provide a way forward.
We, therefore, pledge to do what we do best in our academic communities: engage thought leaders, faculty, students, staff, trustees and friends in meaningful debate and dialogue, which, in turn, might lead to positive action.
We write to you in the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the nation's most effective prophets and servers of the community, who said, "I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow."
The White House acknowledged receipt of the letter in late December. Subsequently, these presidents established a website: The College Presidents' Gun Violence Resource Center. The Resource Center has four main features:
- Permit signatories to post their campus events, news, and announcements about their efforts to lead discussions about gun violence.
- Enable signatories to view all posted campus initiatives.
- Provide links to speakers, gun violence research centers, news, and other information that will help signatories design, plan, and facilitate their campus activities.
- Offer a forum where signatories will be able to communicate with one another in confidence on topics of interest to them.
The second initiative also included a public statement in December co-endorsed by 350 of my colleagues:
December 19, 2012
On the same day our nation learned in horror that 20 first graders and six educators were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School, young people around the country were learning if they had been accepted to their favored colleges and universities. For many years now, our nation's leaders have engaged in fevered debates on higher education, yet lawmakers shy away from taking action on one issue that prevents thousands of young people from living lives of promise, let alone realizing their college dreams. That issue is gun safety.
Among the world's 23 wealthiest countries, 80% of all gun deaths occur in the United States and 87% of all children killed with guns are killed here. In 2010, 2,694 young people were killed by gunfire. 1,773 were victims of homicide; 67 were elementary school-age children. If those children and teens were alive today, they would fill 108 classrooms of 25 each.
We are college and university presidents. We are parents. We are Republicans, Democrats and Independents. We urge both our President and Congress to take action on gun control now. As a group, we do not oppose gun ownership. But, in many of our states, legislation has been introduced or passed that would allow gun possession on college campuses. We oppose such laws. We fully understand that reasonable gun safety legislation will not prevent every future murder. Identification and treatment of the mental health issues that lie beneath so many of the mass murders to which we increasingly bear witness must also be addressed.
As educators and parents, we come together to ask our elected representatives to act collectively on behalf of our children by enacting rational gun safety measures, including:
Ensuring the safety of our communities by opposing legislation allowing guns on our campuses and in our classrooms
Ending the gun show loophole, which allows for the purchase of guns from unlicensed sellers without a criminal background check
Reinstating the ban on military-style semi-automatic assault weapons along with high-capacity ammunition magazines
Requiring consumer safety standards for all guns, such as safety locks, access prevention laws, and regulations to identify, prevent and correct manufacturing defects
The time has long since passed for silence and inaction on the issue of reasonable and rational gun safety legislation. We hereby request that our nation's policy leaders take thoughtful and urgent action to ensure that current and future generations may live and learn in a country free from the threat of gun violence.
In January, the group involved with this initiative held an event in Washington, DC at the Capitol and a number of college presidents were joined by Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, as well as other national associations who share our views.
Next week, I will share why I joined these two initiatives. My reasons have to do with both my views on gun control, as well as my views on the role and responsibility of college presidents in the public square.
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BRADNER - A baked steak dinner will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Bradner American Legion, 209 W. Crocker St.
For reservations or carry-out, call (419) 288-3634.
Bill Kidd, director of support services, at Wood County Hospital will talk about the new Bowling Green State University Health Center which opens this fall.
The Kiwanis meet Thursday at noon, at Stone Ridge Golf Club.
Roast beef Friday at VFW
Bowling Green VFW Post 1148 will serve an open-faced roast beef dinner with mashed potatoes and grave Friday from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Saturday will be karaoke night from 8 p.m. to midnight.
PERRYSBURG - Perrysburg Christians United will host a book fair Saturday and Sunday at the 577 Foundation Book Center, 577 E. Front St.
Proceeds received from the weekend will be used to help supply food to the PCU pantry.
Donations of books and magazines may be dropped off at the center.
During the book fair two non perishable food items will be accepted for one book.
Benefit dinner Saturday
A taco benefit dinner will be held for the family of Haven Rush, Saturday from 3 to 11 p.m. at the Eagles, 1163 N. Main St., Bowling Green.
The event will include live music, raffles and a 50/50 drawing.
For more information, call Daisy at (419) 601-4431 or Cris at (567) 377-3270.
Rush died earlier this year.
Way Public Library will present a music and movement program, "Read to the Beat," Wednesday from 10-10:45 a.m.
All children ages 3 to 6 are welcome. This lively program will include singable books, action songs, dances, instruments and more. Youngsters will be up on their feet and movin' and groovin' to the music at this special storytime.
Please register online at www.waylibrary.info or call (419) 874-3135, ext. 116, and a librarian will gladly assist you.
Lake Erie is Ohio's largest and greatest natural resource. But how much do you really know about it?
Visit Magee Marsh State Wildlife Area in Ottawa County on Saturday at 10 a.m. to learn fascinating facts about the lake through displays and beach activities.
Meet at the Wildlife Beach at Magee Marsh. This program is free family fun and is co-sponsored with the ODNR Office of Coastal Management.
Magee Marsh is located at 13229 W. State Route 2, Oak Harbor.
Way Public Library will show the recent feature film 'Lincoln' Tuesday at 2 p.m. on the library's lower level.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, this acclaimed film is a gripping account of the final days of the Civil War, as time was running out on President Abraham Lincoln's historic bid to abolish slavery. Daniel Day Lewis won the 2013 Best Actor Oscar for his mesmerizing portrayal of our sixteenth president.
This free, adults-only event is part of Way Library's 'Show Me the Movie' contemporary film series which is sponsored by Skotynsky Financial Group, LLC.
Reservations are not needed, and light refreshments will be served.
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Top Ten Restaurants in RI
Many friends when visiting RI ask me where they should dine. So here you go. My top ten list in RI plus a few others(in no particular order).
Chez Pascal
New Rivers
Castle Hill
Al Forno
10 Steak and Sushi
Capital Grille
Mill's Tavern
Local 121
The interesting thing about this list is that tourists alwats want to venture to Atwells Ave and not one restaurant from the Hill has made this list. Many good options there but none good enough to be on any top ten list.
Best Burger: Paragon
Best Pizza: Al Forno
Best "Old School" Italian American: Old Canteen
Best Casual French: Loie Fuller
Best Fries: Tini
um, I don't see Haven Bros. on your list.
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re: foodjunkie1991
On a decidedly downscale note...
Aunt Carries
1009 Oaklawn Ave, Cranston, RI 02920
George's of Galilee
250 Sand Hill Cove Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882
Aunt Carrie's Restaurant
1240 Ocean Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882
Wes' Rib House
38 Dike St, Providence, RI 02909
re: okra
Wein-o-Rama is a classic. It's been featured in a Zippy the Pinhead strip (as has the Modern Diner, BTW). The 1962 "Googie" sign is a hoot.
okra, how do you think Iggy's compares to Aunt Carrie's and George's?
Modern Diner
364 East Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860
Aunt Carrie's Restaurant
1240 Ocean Rd, Narragansett, RI 02882
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I tried Iggy's at Oakland Beach a couple years ago. I don't get up to RI too often and I was really craving clamcakes so as soon as I got my car (since I was feeling very "Vo Dylan" I got a white Mustang LOL) at the airport I drove over. With online coupon in hand I stupidly ordered a dozen.
The first few tasted awesome, then I hit the inevitable wall and had to quit at ten. Why oh why didn't I just get a half-dozen and some chowder? LOL
The verdict: Excellent clamcakes (at least when they are fresh and hot, like mine were), but it's been so long since I've been to George's or Aunt Carrie's that it would be unfair for me to compare. I would definitely give Iggy's a try. Supposedly the doughboys are really good too.
Clamcakes would make a great Man v Food challenge for Mark Richman. They must expand to 3x their original size once they hit your stomach.
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I think Zippy the Pinhead strip was referring to Olneyville...
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LOL Zippy has been to both places. Check out this awesome web site.
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Food qualtiy, consistency, smoke/rub/sauce, service - not many good things to say about Wes's. Cornbread is good..... after that im at a loss.
Nice list Agree with 75% of them
Pascal --never been hear all nice things about it
New Rivers --Good
Castle Hill --Excellent
Al Forno-- Na
10 Sushi--NA
Capitol Grill-- give me 30 min with a 10 year old kid and he or she can flip a steak
Mills-- long time ago was good have not been there in a while
Local 21-- again never been but heard all nice things.
and no ne mentioned Weiner Rama
I would agree with most of these (in an admittedly Providence-centric list), but with some modifications:
Chez Pascal - Yes
New Rivers - Yes
Castle Hill - Yes
Bouchard - Haven't been
Al Forno - Not in the top 10 in my visits...
Gracie's - Yes
10 Steak and Sushi - I'm a big fan, but top 10? Not sure...
Capital Grille - Definitely not in my visits...
Mill's Tavern - A case can be made, yes...
Local 121 - Again, a big fan, but top 10? In decor yes, but food is hit and miss...
I would replace 10 Steak and Sushi with Siena on Federal Hill, and Local 121 with Loie Fuller, where I've had some really outstanding meals.
And I know this may be controversial, but I've had some dishes at the mid-range Rasoi (Indian-fusion) that are among the tastiest and most creative I've had anywhere.
As for your other categories:
Best Burger: Paragon - Wow, everything I've ever had at Paragon is absolutely mediocre. Perhaps the biggest letdown of any restaurant in the entire city. I tell people to avoid at all costs...
Best Pizza: Al Forno - Possibly... No RI pizza has blown me away except for the late, lamented Park Ave Cafe in Cranston...
Best "Old School" Italian American: Old Canteen - Maybe... As someone who grew up in an Italian heavy area in NY's Hudson Valley, I think all of the red sauce places I've had here have been middling at best...
Best Casual French: Loie Fuller - No issues here
Best Fries: Tini - Absolutely in the running... I'm a fan of Red Stripe's in Wayland Sq.
My $0.02.
Chez Pascal Restaurant
960 Hope St, Providence, RI 02906
Local 121
121 Washington St, Providence, RI 02903
Red Stripe
465 Angell St, Providence, RI 02906
Rasoi Restaurant
855 Worcester Rd Ste 24, Framingham, MA 01701
Capital Grille
1 Union Sta Ste 1, Providence, RI 02903
Old Canteen
120 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI 02903
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Garris, have you tried Twin's Pizza in North Prov.? My brother and I hit it last year and were very impressed. Similar style to Caserta's, but the menu is broader and includes RI favorites like snail salad, grapenut custard pudding, and "a side of peppiz." 8<D
Also, I cannot believe that the food at the Old Canteen could be nearly as good as what Mike's is turning out. I have fond memories of birthday parties at the Old Canteen but you can't eat memories, as many of us find out when we revisit old favorites.
Twin's Pizza
1000 Mineral Spring Ave, North Providence, RI 02904
Old Canteen
120 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI 02903
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I think a great "Old School" Italian joint is Mike's Kitchen in Cranston. I know it's not in Providence proper, but it's so close! Best chicken parm of my life, plus a fun atmosphere and I like taking out of towners there because it makes me look like I'm really "in the know."
Mike's Kitchen
170 Randall St, Cranston, RI 02920
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Two years ago my brother Lurker W and I made the mistake of having lunch at Mike's and then having supper at Chez Pascal that night. After the outstanding home cooking at Mike's -- including the polenta! -- my stomach was simply not ready for the wonderful food at CP. I was very upset.
Chez Pascal Restaurant
960 Hope St, Providence, RI 02906
You need some breakfast on the list!
Modern Diner
Nick's on Broadway
For a nice taste of the East Side, Rufful's in Wayland Sq.
Rufful's Restaurant
208 Wayland Ave, Providence, RI 02906
Modern Diner
364 East Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860
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Rufful's certainly isn't awful... It's a very basic, inexpensive, longstanding greasy spoon for breakfast for the neighborhood... Nothing more, nothing less... Definitely not a "destination" restaurant like Nick's or the Modern. It is what it is...
As for the Liberty Elm, I so *badly* want to love it, but can't, at least not yet. The setting is great, but the food is *very* average. Nothing bad, but at least two notches down from the Modern, Nick's, Julian's et al. A great experience, but not yet a great meal. It's kind of to South Providence what Ruffles is to Wayland Sq...
I forgot to give a shout out to Ebisu in my own first post here... Also some of the most creative, tasty dishes I've had here...
Ebisu Restaurant
Providence, RI, Providence, RI
Rufful's Restaurant
208 Wayland Ave, Providence, RI 02906
Liberty Elm
, Providence, RI 02903
Here's my best attempt.
New Rivers
Chez Pascal
San Vivaldo Trattoria
Castle Hill
Loie Fuller
These are the only 8 that really stand out to me right now.
Best Burger: Pour Judgment or Luxe
Best Fries: I've got a soft spot for Wright's Farm
Best Pizza: Bob and Timmy's
Best Clam Cakes: Champlain's
Best Weiners: Wein-o-Rama
Chez Pascal Restaurant
960 Hope St, Providence, RI 02906
Wright's Farm Restaurant
84 Inman Rd, Harrisville, RI 02830
San Vivaldo Trattoria
570 Providence St, West Warwick, RI 02893
I can only come up with six:
Al Forno - hand's down the only consistently excellent restaurant in RI
The Deck (Newport)
Mama Luisa (Newport)
Castle Hill
La Masseria
Chez Pascal - I guess it's pretty good, but for me the one time we went, it was so-so.
New Rivers - always excellent
Castle Hill - haven't been
Bouchard - never heard of it, where is it.
Al Forno - good, but over rated
Gracie's - THE BEST. Love it, always have a great meal.
10 Steak and Sushi - Nothing special about the steak and if I want sushi I go to Haruki... much better
Capital Grille - Really? For me it's just another steak house.
Mill's Tavern - ditto
Local 121 - Want to love it, but it's always up and down.One visit is terrific, then the next is mediocre.
I'd agree with adding Rasoi, and where the hell is La Laiterie? That's one of the best in Providence right after Gracies.
So my list is...
La Laiterie
Red Fez
New Rivers
Al Forno
The bar at Local 121 and the bar at Cook and Brown... food in both is a bit all over the place.
Red Fez
49 Peck St, Providence, RI 02903
Chez Pascal Restaurant
960 Hope St, Providence, RI 02906
Local 121
121 Washington St, Providence, RI 02903
La Laiterie
184-188 Wayland Avenue, Providence, RI 02906
Haruki Restaurant
1210 Oaklawn Ave, Cranston, RI 02920
Rasoi Restaurant
855 Worcester Rd Ste 24, Framingham, MA 01701
Capital Grille
1 Union Sta Ste 1, Providence, RI 02903
Agree with several already mentioned, but if I had to make a list, I'd roughly put them in this order:
La Laiterie
Matunuck Oyster Bar
Chez Pascal
Up River Cafe
DeWolf Tavern
Broadway Bistro
Castle Hill (never been, but will throw it a bone based on what I've heard)
We definitely gravitate toward the restaurants that try to locally source their food...
Best Burger: Crazy Burger in Narragansett, all the way!
Best red sauce Italian: Andino's
Best pizza: is there such a thing in RI? Though I've heard great things about the new 5 Star Pizzeria in Pawtucket, I haven't tried it myself...
Chez Pascal Restaurant
960 Hope St, Providence, RI 02906
La Laiterie
184-188 Wayland Avenue, Providence, RI 02906
171 Atwells Ave, Providence, RI 02903
Up River Cafe
37 Main St, Westerly, RI 02891
Bacaro Restaurant
262 S Water St, Providence, RI 02903
Broadway Bistro
205 Broadway, Providence, RI 02903
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re: LMWW
Wow, how did I miss La Laiterie? Definitely should be on the list...
I'm not sure about DeWolf Tavern... I've now had two meals there and have been really disappointed with both in all phases of the experience... Others disagree I know...
From the comment below, I really like Apsara, but top ten overall? I don't think so...
La Laiterie
184-188 Wayland Avenue, Providence, RI 02906
Apsara Restaurant
716 Public St, Providence, RI 02907
re: Garris
Haha! Garris, with the absence of La Laiterie, I was thinking that you were starting to slip! And to be fair, we've been to De Wolf only once, and several years ago. On a cold winter night, the warmth of the setting was particularly memorable.
Bummer about Up River, though. We need a new seafood restaurant like we need a hole in the head!
La Laiterie
184-188 Wayland Avenue, Providence, RI 02906
Up River Cafe
37 Main St, Westerly, RI 02891
Coming into this late, but Mill's Tavern has definitely slipped as has Local 121. Still love the bar there though. Have to add Bacaro and for breakfast Julian's. Capital Grille still good, especially for the steak tartare that you now have to ask for since it's off the menu, but they still make it. That, a glass of Chateau Simard Bordeaux and I can't ask for any more.
Local 121
121 Washington St, Providence, RI 02903
Bacaro Restaurant
262 S Water St, Providence, RI 02903
Capital Grille
1 Union Sta Ste 1, Providence, RI 02903
She (he?) qualified the list as My Top 10 right? Arguing or lambasting a list of personal favorites is silly (and or rude). If someone's favorite Beatles record is Yellow Submarine, you cant argue with them. If they said the BEST period, thats different (tho still just an opinion).
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re: invinotheresverde
I highly doubt foodjunkie created this post thinking that everyone would agree with him/her, rather they posted it to see how other felt about some of their favorites and to spur on discussion of the top restaurants in RI.
And for the record, if somebody said that Yellow Submarine was their favorite Beatles Album, they deserve what they have coming to them!! = ) I was born in 1981 and know better than that!
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According to Entertainment Weekly, Demi Lovato's current treatment may not get in the way of her show Sonny with a Chance, which will resume shooting without her if it needs to:
The producers will focus on the show-within-a-show, the comedy/sketch/music-variety "So Random!" It will feature guest stars, comedy sketches, musical performances and digital shorts. The fix will allow the show to resume shooting in January even if Lovato, 18, isn't available. "This allows her the time she needs to get well, without distraction or pressure," a Disney Channel spokeswoman said.
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About FDA
MedImmune, UK, Ltd., 483 Inspectional Observations, Liverpool, UK, dated 03/26/2007
CBER/OC/Division of Inspections and Surveillance, HFM-650
1401 Rockville Pike, Suite 200-North
Rockville, MD 20852 (USA) (301) 827-6220
3/21-23, 26-29/07
TO: Mike Austin, Senior Director, Site Operations
MedImmune UK, Ltd.
Plot 6 Renaissance Way, Boulevard Industry Park
Speke, Liverpool L24 9JW
Vaccine Manufacturer
1) Regarding control over product bioburden:
A) Per Technical Report #UKTR/0244 dated August 30th 2006, "During the 2006 commercial campaign [Redacted] batches of the Filtered Frozen FluMist were manufactured. Out of these [Redacted] batches there were 6 in-process bioburden excursions [Redacted] involving, 8 sub-lots from a total of [Redacted] manufactured". All of these microbial action level monovalent sub-lots/lots were released for further manufacturing into the trivalent FluMist drug products. Microbial organisms such as, Pseudomononas stuizeri, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus were isolated. Below are examples of monovalent sub-lots with test results that are above microbial action levels at the [Redacted] processing step:
B) Regarding bioburden control for year 2007 FluMist campaign, the firm has manufactured [Redacted] monovalent lots. Of these one was aborted and the last two manufactured lots contained bioburden levels in excess of the action [Handwritten: insert "or alert limit" between action and limit, MSL 3-30-07] limit, as follows:
i) FluMist monovalent lot [Redacted] possessed a bioburden of 760cfu/ml (Action limit: [Redacted] at the [Redacted] step and a bioburden of 14,000 cfu/ml (alert limit [Redacted] at the [Redacted] step. (Lot disposition has not been made)
ii) FluMist monovalent Lot [Redacted] possessed a bioburden of 570cfu/ml at the [Redacted] stage (Alert limits: [Redacted] (Lot disposition has not been made).
C) Examples of excursions during the manufacturing of lot 600157 are as follows:
i) Per deviation #3089, with discovery date of April 20th 2006 eleven (11) environmental monitoring plates from the Downstream Processing Room [Redacted] were found to be contaminated with molds and adverse trend for the isolation of mold was noted in the processing environment.
ii) Per Deviation # 3258, during microbial environmental monitoring of lot 600157, action level excursion of too numerous to count (TNTC) (Action limit [Redacted] [Handwritten: insert plate MSL 3-29-07] were noted in [Redacted] the trolley track floor contact on April 21st 2006.
iii) Per Deviation #3455, during [Redacted] in the [Redacted] Room on April 25th 2006, action level excursion of 13cfu/
ml [Handwritten: cross out ml and insert plate MSL 3-29-07] (Limit [Redacted] [Handwritten: insert plate MSL 3-29-07] was raised for an operator left hand plate taken during [Redacted] of lot 600157.
iv) Per Deviation #3456, in the downstream processing room on April 25th 2006 action level excursion of 16cfu/
ml [Handwritten: cross out ml and insert plate MSL 3-29-07] (Limit [Redacted] was raised for a second operator right hand plate during [Redacted] taken during [Redacted] [Handwritten: insert plate MSL 3-29-07] and sampling activities of batch 600157.
v) Per Deviation #3457, during the [Redacted] on April 25th of lot 600157, action level excursion of 252cfu/
ml [Handwritten: cross out ml and insert plate MSL 3-29-07] was raised for the center of the [Redacted] table #12 in [Redacted] Room (Limit [Redacted] [Handwritten: insert plate MSL 3-29-07].
vi) Per Deviation #5043, during QA review, it was noted that pre-cleaning for [Redacted] and [Redacted] pipette controllers have not been completed on some equipment used in the harvesting process for batch 600157.
2) Regarding investigations conducted into the above microbial action levels of monovalent lots with high bioburden levels:
A) There is no documentation of the review of the validation of the effectiveness of disinfectants used in the cleaning of the facility including product contact and non-product contact equipment.
B) There is no documentation of the review of Flu Mist manufacturing equipment cleaning validations, i.e. the [Redacted] Incubators, Biological and Dispensing Safety Cabinets, Silicon Rubber Housing of the Candling Lamps and Pipette Controllers.
C) No documentation that the audit of the egg supplier [Redacted] was conducted to review the farm's sanitation practices and if actions could be taken to minimize microbial contamination of eggs.
D) There is no documentation of the review of the same manufacturing processing operator conducting the pre-cleaning of the manufacturing area followed by manufacturing activities and post clean activities on the same day. For example:
i) An operator could conduct pre-cleaning activities, harvesting of eggs and then post-cleaning activities.
ii) An operator could conduct pre-cleaning activities, inoculation preparation, eggs Inoculation and post clean activities.
E) There is no documentation of literature review in regards to organisms that were isolated at the [Redacted] step and the effect that these organisms could have if present in the released FluMist.
3) The following were observed during the set-up, sterile filtration, and/or aseptic dispensing of A/Wisconsin Monovalent Batch 600163 in the Dispensing Room (Room [Redacted] on March 28, 2007:
A) Operators working in the ISO Class [Redacted] (Class [Redacted] area which supports the ISO Class [Redacted] (Class [Redacted] Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC) (which is used to receive the sterile filtered monovalent and to dispense the sterile monovalent into [Redacted] bottles) were observed with exposed skin near the eye area.
B) An operator was observed cleaning his/her personal prescription glasses in the ISO Class [Redacted] area.
C) An operator was observed to sample his/her fingers onto a touch plate and then immediately (without re-gloving or sanitizing gloves) pick up the container within the BSC containing the sterile filtered monovalent in order to mix it.
4) Regarding disinfectant effectiveness studies:
A) The acceptance criteria of [Redacted] reductions for C. albicans and A. niger of the diluted [Redacted] used as a disinfectant in the facility was not met during the disinfectant effectiveness studies dated November 2003. The [Redacted] disinfectant effectiveness study that was suppose to demonstrate sporicidal effectiveness was also found not effective on dried coupon of A. niger, However, the firm continued the [Redacted] use of [Redacted] to disinfect its manufacturing facility since the disinfectant validation of April 2003.
B) There are no assurances that the currently used [Redacted] disinfectant is effective against fungi and molds. Per Protocol #VF-41283 dated May 2nd 2002, for the disinfectant effectiveness study for [Redacted] the assay test method validation was for [Redacted] recovery rate. However, the data obtained during the performance qualification demonstrated that the minimum of [Redacted] acceptance criteria established per protocol (VF -41282R) was not consistently obtained during the positive control recovery studies. As such, the post execution acceptance criteria of the studies were changed to recovery of within [Redacted] of the inoculums content.
C) No disinfectant efficacy study has been conducted for the [Redacted] solution used to decontaminate outer egg shells at time of virus harvest.
5) The FluMist Master Production Record (batch record) lacks specificity. For example,
A) The validated [Redacted] hold time for the [Redacted] Ultracentifuge (Equipment #s [Redacted] rotor is not specified as per the Master Production Record for B/Malaysia Batch 600169.
B) No time limit has been established for the [Redacted] step as per the Master Production Record for B/Malaysia Batch 600169.
6) Sterile filtered FluMist monovalent bulks are dispensed into [Redacted] bottles at the following volumes: [Redacted] for storage at [Redacted] Regarding the [Redacted]study justifying the container closure integrity of these containers (Study LT-060174 & 060175):
A) The study did not evaluate the effect of the [Redacted] fill volumes on the integrity of these containers.
B) The lowest torque documented as applied to the test container caps in the study was [Redacted] The allowable range in actual use as per the Master Production record for B/Malaysia Batch 600169 is [Redacted]
7) Regarding warehousing activities:
A) There is no written procedure for the control of keys in the warehouse area (Room [Redacted] On 3/21/2007 a secure storage area (caged area) in Room [Redacted] containing process material was observed secured with a padlock. In order to open this lock an employee was observed obtaining a key to a nearby key lock box (located in Room [Redacted] fiom another employee. The key to the secure storage area padlock was retrieved fiom this lock box. There is no written procedure governing this process.
B) There is no written procedure governing the control of access to a MedImmune warehouse area used for the receipt and storage of raw materials located at the [Redacted] The [Redacted] facility is not owned or operated by MedImmune.
C) On March 21st 2007, rejected products were observed in reject bin commingled with released and unreleased products in the QC liquid media storage area in the warehouse room [Redacted]
8) Regarding Product Contact Cleaning validations, there is no documentation of cleaning validations for the following product contact equipment in accordance with the associated SOPS. For example:
A) Cleaning validation of the silicone rubber housing per SOP #UKP0154 dated March 27th 2007. Technical Report study of R/0264/10/00 dated December 6th 2000 note that the highest level of contamination was recovered from the silicon rubber housing candling lamps.
B) Cleaning validation for the [Redacted] per SOP #UKP0143 dated November 11th 2006. The [Redacted] is used to score the specific pathogen free (SPF) eggs prior to harvest.
C) Cleaning validation of the [Redacted] Pipette Controllers per SOP #UK0142 dated October 25th 2006. The pipette is used in the dilution of inoculum and to extract the allantoic fluid fiom the eggs.
D) Cleaning validation of the [Redacted] Filter Integrity Tester per SOP #UK0144 dated March 22nd 2007. The integrity tester was noted as the root cause of the source of 11 microbial plate mold excursions during the manufacturing of lot 600157.
E) No validation studies were conducted to the support cleaning of the [Redacted]
9) Not all manufacturing ISO Class [Redacted] rooms, Biological Safety Cabinets and manufacturing equipment have documentation of cleaning validations. Per Validation Report #VL-400003-PQP-AI-R1 dated March 20th 2007 provided as cleaning validation documentation for the above ISO Class [Redacted] Biological Safety Cabinets states: "this validation was to demonstrate that the Production Process Rooms Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) System, Identification Number [Redacted] located in the floor utility area of MedImmune's [Redacted] Bulk FluMist Production Facility, in Speke UK continues to operate in a safe and effective manner in association with MedImmune procedures for material, personnel and equipment flow following the modifications performed to the [Redacted] facility". However, the number of microbial surface samples taken during the above Validation (#VL-400003-PQP-AI-R1) were the same number of samples taken under normal monitoring process of these areas per SOP #UK0192, Environmental Monitoring Program for MedImmune [Redacted] Manufacturing Facility. The following areas were covered by Validation Report #VL-400003-PQP-AI-R1:
A) ISO Class [Redacted] (Class [Redacted] Dispensing Room
B) [Redacted] ISO [Redacted] (class [Redacted] Downstream Microbiological/Dispensing Safety Cabinets and [Redacted] Laminar Flow units
C) [Redacted] and [Redacted] Incubator Units
D) [Redacted] Eggs Chiller Rooms
10) Regarding the Purified Water System:
The firm discontinued the microbial sampling of [Redacted] sampling points for the Purified Water System on November 2006 even though the microbial levels at these sample points were higher than the prior site incoming water sampling point microbial level. Per Technical Report #UKTR/0203 dated March 6th 2006, "During the performance qualification of the purified water system it was evident that the limits that had been set for points [Redacted] were not achievable and therefore no limits were applied". (Set limit of [Redacted] Microbial sample results of the discontinued valves compared to the prior incoming city water valve [Redacted] with microbial limit of [Redacted] are as follows:
2005 max CFU/ml
2006 Max CFU/ml
11. Per SOP #MSP-QA-0056 dated September 6th 2006, titled: Deviation Reporting and Management, manufacturing deviations are to be closed within a defined period of [Redacted] calendar days of initiation unless otherwise noted through documentation requests. However, there is no defined period for the closure of corrective and preventive actions that are implemented as the result of deviations that are to be closed within [Redacted] calendar days. It was noted that from March 2006 to March 2007 that the firm had 261 deviations. The Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) associated with
and [Handwritten: cross out "and" MSL 3-29-07] 66 (25%) of these were closed within [Redacted] days. For the remaining 195 (75%), some remained open for up to 8 months. For example:
i) Deviation #4953 discovered June 28th 2006 regarding batch #300639 showing scanning errors on SAP for bottle [Redacted] which was identified as [Redacted] should have read [Redacted] Similarly, [Handwritten: insert comma after Similarly MSL 3-29-07] bottle of [Redacted] the same batch identified as [Redacted] should have read [Redacted] The deviation was created on June 29th 2006 and the deviation portion of the investigation was closed on July 10th 2006. However, the CAPA portion remained opened for 8 months and was not closed until February 9th 2007.
ii) Deviation #3234 with discovery date of April 27th 2006 regarding three objectionable organism excursions for hand plates from one operator was created on April 27th 2006. The deviation portion was closed on
July [Handwritten: cross out July MSL 3-29-07] May 24th 2006. However, the CAPA portion remained open for 6 months and was not closed until October 6th 2006. [Handwritten: MSL 3-29-07]
iii) Deviation #5028 with discovery date of July 3rd 2006, regarding three microbial excursions raised for environmental monitoring of the Disinfectant makeup Room was created on July 5th 2006. The deviation portion was closed on August 14th 2006. However, the CAPA portion remained open for 6 months and was not closed until February 6th 2007.
12) Raw data generated in the Quality Control Laboratory is recorded onto uncontrolled data sheets. For example QC release test data for B/Malaysia Monovalent Batch 600169 was recorded onto forms with no tracking or serial number or other apparent means of control other than a date stamp showing the date the forms were generated.
13) SOPs used in the testing of FluMist Monovalents lack specificity. For example:
A) SOP UKC0220 Version 2.0 entitled "Response to Central Chart Recorder Alarms by Quality Control Department" does not specify the amount of time Quality Control Laboratory incubators, refrigerators, and freezers may be out of specification for temperature or humidity before a deviation must be written for expected alarm conditions.
B) Growth promotion testing of microbiological media is not necessarily performed under conditions consistent with the actual use of the media. For example, SOP UKC0043 Version 10.0 entitled "Growth Promotion and Sterility Testing of Microbiological Media" indicates that [Redacted] Media (used for water testing) and [Redacted] Media (used for environmental monitoring) are incubated for [Redacted] depending on organism. SOP UKC0167 Version 6.0 entitled "Microbiological Analysis of Water" indicates that [Redacted] agar cassettes are to be incubated [Redacted] SOP UKC0004 Version 14.0 entitled "Receipt and Testing of Viable Environmental Monitoring Samples and Reporting of the Monitoring Results" indicates that [Redacted]
14) Regarding Aseptic Processing Simulation of Sterile filtration of CAIV-T (Cold Adapted Influenza Virus-Trivalent):
A) There is no documentation in the [Handwritten: line to insert "media fill" between the and batch, MSL 3-29-07] batch records or SOP #UKC0278 dated February 2nd 2007 titled: Performance and Evaluation of Aseptic Processing Simulation of Sterile Filtration of CAIV-T, regarding the performance of planned, unplanned and or worst case interventions during any of the aseptic media fills that has been simulated.
B) There is no documentation of batch records review for unusual occurrences during normal aseptic processing for consideration/incorporation into media fill simulations as interventions.
EMPLOYEE(S) SIGNATURE [Signed]
Mihaly S. Ligmond
Omotunde O. Osunsanmi
Steven A. Rubin
EMPLOYEE(S) NAME AND TITLE (Print or Type)
Mihaly S. Ligmond, CSO
Omotunde O. Osunsanmi, CSO
Steven A. Rubin, Staff Scientist
FORM FDA 483 (4/03) PREVIOUS EDITION OBSOLETE (PSC Media Arts (301) 443-1090 EF) INSPECTIONAL OBSERVATIONS
The observations of objectional conditions and practices listed on the front of this form are reported:
- Pursuant to Section 704(b) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or
- To assist firms inspected in complying with the Acts and regulations enforced by the Food and Drug Administration.
Section 704(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 USC374(b)) provides:
"Upon completion of any such inspection of a factory, warehouse, consulting laboratory, or other establishment, and prior to leaving the premises, the officer or employee making the inspection shall give to the owner, operator, or agent in charge a report in writing setting forth any conditions or practices observed by him which, in his judgement, indicate that any food, drug, device, cosmetic in such establishment (1) consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or (2) has been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered injurious to health. A copy of such report shall be sent promptly to the Secretary."
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March 2 Baseball roundup
Fri. March 01, 2013 at 11:10 p.m. | By Staff Reports
Dragons blank Ledford
Sophomore Justin Freeman earned an impressive win as West Davidson downed Ledford 3-0 in the season opener for both teams at Ledford on Friday.
The Panthers only recorded two hits, and committed three errors. West made its hits count, as the Dragons only got six hits themselves. Freeman led the Dragons at the plate with a pair of hits. Duke Boger took the tough-luck loss for the Panthers. West visits South Davidson on Thursday. Ledford visits Central Davidson at 5 p.m. Monday.


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Martin Luther King Jr., whose life is today marked by a holiday, changed that, with nonviolent demonstrations, with eloquent speeches, with a passionate devotion to his cause.
And yet today, in the country and in North Carolina, we see evidence that there is a retreat from progress. Voter I.D. laws are in part an attempt to suppress the votes of the poor and the elderly, two groups likely to vote for more moderate Democrats. School vouchers, using public money to allow people to send their kids to private schools, would drain the public schools of resources and likely hurt poor and minority families who count on public education to fulfill their dreams for their children.
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You don't have to spend much time in the company of ice scientists before you notice a marked generational divide. Those older than 50 got into the field when you needed to be a mountaineer to conduct meaningful research — to travel to the globe's end, to stick a pole in the ground and to suffer through brutal weather while the data accumulated. But the most profound insights, over the past decade, have come from satellite data. "Remote sensing technology has become so powerful that it allows us to observe the ice sheets in ways that would be impossible to replicate in the field," Eric Rignot, senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, says with a hint of triumph. The younger ice scientists seem less like explorers and more like mathematicians. The new aim is to build a computer model that more perfectly mimics the Earth; if you take 10 graduate students in glaciology, each of them will be eager to go into the field, but only two or three will have the mathematical brain to synthesize the data. The older ice scientists always thought about ice — where it forms, how it moves, its fundamental properties and underlying mechanics. The younger ones are trained to think in terms of climate. And if you are thinking about the climate, you consider everything.
David Holland, director of the Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science at New York University, falls firmly on the modern side of this divide. Holland started out as an academic by building mathematical models of the movements of oceans, but slowly, over time, he found himself drawn to the rhythms of fieldwork — the adventure and the engineering challenge. Holland, who has a clipped Canadian accent, is ironic and contrarian. He grew up in Newfoundland, raw country strafed by the storms of the Labrador Sea; there are holes along the cragged coast where the same molecules of water have lain for hundreds of years, too dense and salty to get out. It is a place that impresses upon you the power of the ocean to shape the land and the society built there.
In 2006, Holland got a call from Bob Thomas, who ran NASA's polar science division. Something was bothering Thomas about the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland. Since scientists had documented the glacier's speedup, the assumption had been that its cause was the warming climate, which had melted pools of water on top of the ice sheet. That meltwater, the theory went, had drained through to the bottom of the ice and lifted the glacier off its rocky bed, sending it rushing to the sea, as slick and purposeful as a python.
But Thomas had spent nearly a decade studying Jakobshavn, had noticed something else. The glacier hadn't just sped up. The edge of it that lay in the water, the floating ice tongue, had thinned dramatically. At the time, thinning of a few feet a year was considered remarkable. Jakobshavn was thinning by more than 250 feet a year. The meltwater alone couldn't account for that much thinning. Something else must be helping to melt the glacier. What separated the ice tongue from the rest of the glacier, Thomas observed, was that it lay in the ocean. What if the key change hadn't happened on top of the ice sheet but beneath it? What if the larger problem wasn't warm air attacking the ice sheet from above but the ocean swallowing it from below?
NASA's satellites can't penetrate salty water, so Thomas couldn't see what was happening underneath the glacier. Was there a way, he asked Holland, to get into the polar fjord off Disko Bay where Jakobshavn's thinning tongue was bathing, to measure the water there and to see if something had changed?
Holland and Thomas talked through the problem. Even in summer, the fjord is too clogged with icebergs for a ship to get in. Thomas suggested giving instruments to the natives who went out on the ice by dog sled, digging holes to fish for halibut.
Holland had a better idea. In Ilulissat, a nearby town, he rented a helicopter and had the pilot fly over the fjord, dropping down low to clear a hole of ice with wind generated by the whirring rotors. Then, as the helicopter hovered 500 feet above the water, Holland leaned out the side and released a small metal probe, the size of a can of Coke. Sometimes he missed the hole, and the probe stuck in the surface ice, its small parachute flopping in the wind. But when he managed to drop the probe into the water, it left an FM radio transmitter on the surface before sinking to the bottom of the fjord, sending back temperature, salinity and depth readings as it went. Holland got the readings on his laptop instantly. In most places in Greenland, he knew, the water was about 34.7 degrees. But everywhere he looked in the fjord, it was 37.9 degrees. "For a glacier," Holland says, "that's absolutely intolerable."
The unexpected thing about the oceans is that their movements are as regular and fixed as subway lines. The physics of the atmosphere conspire to sort water into giant bands called currents — each hundreds of feet deep and thousands of miles long — which share the same temperature and salinity. Like subway lines, ocean currents may pass over or under one another, but the water inside one seldom mixes with another. When a buoy in Greenland detects that the water passing by is slightly saltier and slightly warmer than it has been for decades, it doesn't just mean that some water has sloshed around in the bay. It means that something more fundamental has changed: An entire subway line has moved. If Holland was right — if the ocean was responsible for melting Jakobshavn — then the threat extended far beyond Disko Bay. Warm air alone would never melt Antarctica. But if warmer water could find its way to Greenland and destroy the ice shelves, it could do the same in Antarctica, the world's great lockbox of ice.
When he returned from Greenland at the end of the summer, Holland and some colleagues built a computer model to try to predict how much ice the warmer water from Disko Bay might melt. In each experiment, the model produced melting rates of more than 250 feet a year — the same amount of thinning that Thomas had observed by satellite. "Now we knew that it was the oceans that were driving the ice," Holland says. "And the question became, what is driving the oceans?"
That winter, by e-mail and phone, Holland and a few other scientists tried to find all the data they could on the waters around Disko Bay. When, precisely, had it gotten warmer? They had little luck. Then a Danish oceanographer named Mads Ribergaard mentioned another source of data. For two decades, as fishermen trawled for cod and shrimp along the bottom of the continental shelf in Western Greenland, as much as 2,000 feet below the surface, they had attached small sensors to their nets that measured temperature and salinity, and then returned the sensors to the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, which was using the data to build a record. When Ribergaard and Holland assembled the data, they noticed a single, stunning change. During the early years of the program, the temperatures at the mouth of Disko Bay were steady, at about 34.7 degrees. Then, in 1997, the temperature jumped, to 37.9 degrees, and stayed there. The next summer, the speedup at Jakobshavn had begun. "To see a graph like that is very rare in ocean science," Holland says.
Holland looked more closely at the data set. He could see in the records that this pulse of warm water had crept north during the summer of 1996. This was, he knew, a branch of the Gulf Stream called the Irminger Current — very heavy, very warm water that usually cycled back into the North Atlantic far south of Disko Bay. But in 1997 something had changed; instead of turning back, this pulse of warm water had crept along the Greenland Shelf, farther and farther north. In other places in the fisheries data, you could see oblique references to this pulse: One species of cod, which favored warmer waters, began appearing in unprecedented numbers up the coast, and another species, which prefers the cold, was retreating. Something had changed the Irminger Current.
There is an international set of weather data that has been building for 50 years, composed of wind patterns collected by ships crisscrossing the sea and weather balloons launched at airports. Scientists have subjected this data to a rigorous analysis, plugging it into massive computers to build a model of the Earth's wind field over time. It is a clean model, beautiful in its simplicity, the best that climatologists can construct. Among many other features, it provides a record of the North Atlantic Oscillation, a mysterious element of the climate that governs the power of the winds that blow across the North Atlantic, from west to east: For 10 years or so, those winds will be strong, and then in the course of a month, they will inexplicably shift to weak and may stay that way for another decade.
It took Holland only a few minutes of paging through the records to discover what he was looking for. In December 1995, the oscillation changed, and the winds suddenly shifted from strong to weak. By the next summer, the Irminger Current had crawled so far north that it was just outside Disko Bay. The summer after that, the ice at Jakobshavn was racing for the sea. "It's all right there," Holland says. "That's how it works. The atmosphere controls the ocean. The ocean controls the ice. You could see it right in front of you."
On a recent afternoon, Holland sat in his office at NYU, overlooking Washington Square Park. He had just come back from a month in Antarctica, where he had gone hoping to install a weather station and some GPS devices on Pine Island Glacier, one of the continent's largest rivers of ice, already moving rapidly through its basin, already thinning at its edges. It had been a frustrating trip. Antarctica is a complicated logistical operation, run by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. military, and day after day Holland had sat at an airfield, waiting for a flight to the glacier's edge. One day the planes couldn't fly because of the storms. The next, a fuel pump was broken, and they had to wait for new parts. Then the pilots had to take a rest day. After a month of waiting, Holland wound up spending only four hours on Pine Island Glacier.
The experience made him sensitive to the limits of polar exploration. As he sees it, the oceans themselves are resistant to clear descriptions of cause and effect, and some of the most essential questions remain shut inside black boxes: How fast does the wind blow in the seas that surround Antarctica? How will ocean currents respond to the changing climate? We don't know, because the effort to figure it out has been spotty; too many of the critical spots in Antarctica haven't even been mapped. If we took the problem seriously, Holland thinks, then science wouldn't be delayed a year because a plane in Antarctica had a broken fuel pump, the scientists stranded in a base camp, anxiously watching the winds.
"Let me show you this," Holland says. He has Google Earth up on his computer screen, and he rotates the satellite photos so we are looking at a tiny outcropping on the coast of Antarctica. "This is called Sulzberger Ice Shelf, after the publisher of The New York Times," he says. "We know there's warm water here, warm enough to kill an ice shelf." He traces his fingernail across the screen, to the right. "Thirty miles away is the Ross Ice Shelf — the largest in the world," he says. If it were to flow into the ocean, the Ross would release enough ice to alter the shape of the world's map.
There are two alternatives at the Sulzberger shelf, Holland explains. "Either the warm water stays where it is," he says, "or the warm water moves. You could say, 'The warm water's been there a long time, and it hasn't come in yet, so it's unlikely.' On the other hand, we are changing the ocean's circulation in ways that we don't understand and whose consequences we aren't prepared for." The unique feature of Antarctica, he points out, is that much of the ice lies on bedrock that has always been beneath sea level. "It's a question," he says, "of whether the ocean wants its territory back."
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CWLA's new foster youth outreach coordinator entered foster care due to her parents' drug abuse and mental illness. Despite struggling with dyslexia, she graduated high school as an honors student. She eventually became a foster parent to her autistic brother, and she now attends Yale University.
Dorman Colby is determined to improve the foster care system. She has written a handbook for foster youth about how to apply for college, and she served as an AmeriCorps volunteer helping first-generation college-bound youth apply for college. To get involved with her efforts, contact email@example.com.
Can you talk about your experiences in foster care?
Iwent permanently into foster care when I was 12. I went through five homes in the first couple of years. I went from two friends' families to two foster homes. The first was a really restrictive environment and then the second foster home was a really friendly environment. The commute to school was really difficult to and from that second foster home--an hour and a half each way. Halfway through my freshman year in high school, I moved to where my brother was staying, with his friend's family. I stayed there until I turned 18.
Why do you feel that it's important to reform foster care now that you're no longer in the system?
I think there are a lot of things that can go wrong in foster care. For example, I had friends' families who wanted to take me in, but because of minor regulations, they weren't able to. These were people who knew me, loved me, and cared about me.
When you're trying to make sure kids are safe, you set rules that tend to make sense in isolation. But sometimes there are cases when they don't make sense. For example, in California, you had to have a lid on the garbage can to make sure a child doesn't crawl in and eat garbage. While the rule was designed for babies, it was not age-specific, and one of my foster mothers almost lost her license because she didn't have a lid on the garbage can when I was 17 years old.
Some of these rules prevent kids from learning how to be independent. For example, at 17 technically you're not allowed to be home alone, but then by 18 you're completely on your own. It's a ridiculous expectation; you have a lot of kids who are not allowed to gain responsibility and not allowed to do things during their teenage years, but at 18 they're supposed to be able to do everything on their own without any help. It's not surprising that a lot of foster kids have a very difficult time transitioning to adulthood. We have awful statistics--high rates of homelessness, unemployment, incarceration--and that's not acceptable. That's not in the best interest of the child.
I care about working on foster care reform because I know there are a lot of kids who need more support, who need to find loving families and get adopted, and who need help dealing with learning disabilities or physical disabilities so they can have a chance at success. I had a mentor when I was in foster care who helped me apply for colleges, helped me study for the SATs, and read over my college essays. I was able to get into Harvard, Princeton, and Yale because somebody was supporting me. I think every kid deserves that kind of consistent support.
What will you be doing in your new role at CWLA?
Last summer I was as an intern in CWLA's public policy department. I really wanted to work on the White House Conference on Children and Youth. This is a bill that would bring about a presidential conference on children and youth. The conference would have a long process leading up to it, during which child welfare experts, social workers, foster youth, and foster parents would give recommendations for change. The White House Conference would talk about that reform and make recommendations for federal policy reform.
During my internship, I reached out to youth to get them involved in the call for a White House Conference. I contacted a number of foster youth-serving organizations like the Orphan Foundation of America, Foster Club, and Foster Care Alumni of America. I talked to a number of youth and got some of them to write letters to their senators and representatives about the bill.
Now, as a part-time youth outreach coordinator, I am trying to get more youth involved by starting a group to address this bill and to discuss foster care in general. The goal is not to be a separate entity from youth advisory boards at other foster youth-serving organizations, but to work with those kinds of organizations to build consensus. It is a great opportunity to allow youth to speak up about why we care about reform. It's so important to us, to our siblings who are still in care, and to all the other kids who are or will be in the foster care system. We've tentatively named the group the 2 Percent Club, which comes from the statistic that only 2% of foster youth graduate college. That's something we want to change. So although we care about lots of things, this is a way to highlight that we care about educational outcomes.


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