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The Museum of Harlow uses objects, text, photographs and interactive exhibits to tell the story of the Harlow area from earliest times to the present day. The Museum is housed in an early 19th century stable block and set in attractive gardens.
Harlow Museum and Walled Gardens has five galleries packed with exhibits and activities which bring history to life. You can also visit the secret garden outside and enjoy the peaceful setting, sculptures and plants.
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The Museum is fully accessible with access to all galleries, gardens and toilets via ramps. Free car parking is available at the rear of the Museum. Nappy changing facilities on site.
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Annette Hanson bids goodbye
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Annette Hanson, a Sequim School District employee set to retire at the end of this month, is right at home in Railroad Bridge Park.
Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell
Annette Hanson would prefer very much that she stay on the viewer's side of the camera, the writer of press releases and not the subject, the spotlight holder and not the one on stage.
But she's not getting away that easily.
For more than 30 years, Hanson has been a constant with the Sequim School District. For more than 12 years, she's been the proverbial voice of Sequim schools as the public relations specialist and resource coordinator.
Now she's ready to let her voice be her own.
Departs on Friday
Hanson is retiring at the end of April.
"I could have kept working," Hanson says.
"I love my job. I love the people I work with and what I do in the community. It's not easy to let it go."
For more than three decades it's been plan this, schedule that, promote this, edit that. Hanson still is planning, of course, but for her future.
See, Hanson's got a sweetheart named Gary Poor waiting for her in Kalispell, Mont. That's where the two plan to make a home until he retires and she can convince him to move back to Sequim where she has family and a good part of her heart.
Deep roots
"My roots are deep here with both family and friends," she says. "I'm not willing to give that up totally ... so I will be back and forth."
Hanson was born and raised in Yakima, the daughter of a high school-teaching father. After graduating from Eisenhower High School in 1969, she attended Washington State University where she met her future husband Mark.
The two found in each other kindred spirits, a love for the outdoors and education.
"I wanted at first to be a P.E. teacher; I was really into sports," Hanson says.
"(But) I like to plan things so I went with the next best thing. I majored in program planning and recreation administration."
Here since '75
The two moved to Sequim in the late summer of 1975.
"I had worked out here at Camp David Junior (by Lake Crescent) back in my college days as a camp counselor, so I knew the area," Hanson says.
"I knew about the Banana Belt out here. I thought, 'That'd be a great place to live.'"
Mark took a job at the then-intermediate school as a sixth-grade teacher, then taught seventh- and eighth-grade science years later.
She was hired as a teacher's aide in the vocational department at the high school helping instructors in the metal, agricultural and wood shops.
Coaching, too
Hanson also took on coaching while at the high school, leading the varsity softball team and junior varsity basketball squad for a couple of years before she and Mark decided to expand their family - first with son Sean, then second son Aaron.
"The practice schedules are brutal," Hanson says. "I couldn't do that and have a baby."
Hanson moved to a position as a part-timer at the career center at the high school library and, in 1979, shifted to special programs secretary and resource coordinator.
Expands duties
With the blessing of then superintendent Lew Moorman in the late 1990s, Hanson was hired as resource coordinator and public relations specialist for a 10-month contract that became full time about four years ago.
Her role expanded for a five-year stint - from 2003-2008 - as she led the PROTECT coalition, a federally funded anti-drug and alcohol abuse group.
She continued to do a variety of jobs for the district, from writing press releases and helping write grants to working with media, being the district liaison to the city council, helping pass levies through the Citizens for Sequim Schools group, coordinating the Sister City program (and going on two trips to Japan in the process) updating an evolving Web site and more.
No neatnik
"I'm really happy with what I've been able to do with the position," Hanson says, as she readies her abundance of information to pass along to the district's next public relations employee.
"I'm not known for a very tidy desk - but I know where everything is," Hanson says.
"People sometimes tease me about how much stuff I keep. But they're glad I have it when they want the information."
Stayed for levy
With retirement in sight earlier this school year, Hanson eyed the district's maintenance and operations levy vote as a good time to bow out. If it failed, perhaps she would stay on and help the district formulate a second proposal that likely would come to voters in May.
If it passed, well - what a perfect time to bow out?
But she says she will miss the relationships she's made, the connections throughout the community, even the drive to work.
Home on the bridge
"It's gorgeous in Kalispell but it's gorgeous here, too," she says. "Every day I drive into work I see the Olympic Mountains."
Hanson seems right at home here on this bridge, a restored railroad bridge now carrying pedestrians, bicyclists and the like near the Dungeness River Audubon Center.
She should feel at home. She helped build it.
Her late husband, Mark, was into taxidermy and, by all accounts, pretty good at it. He'd fill up his classrooms with bird after bird after bird.
At some point, the collection got to be too much for the Hansons - and enough for everyone else - so that, along with volunteers and the Audubon Society, they created a natural history museum and housed it in the old Sequim High School building (now known as the Performing Arts Building) from the mid-1980s-1992.
'My sanctuary'
By the early 1990s, with the school district seeking to use the room that housed the museum, the Hansons and others sought a new home for the collection and found it at the site of the restored railroad bridge.
Combining forces with the parks department, the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, the Rainshadow National Sciences Foundation (renamed twice since then), the Olympic Audubon Society and national Audubon Society and other volunteers, locals created a unique learning center now known familiarly as the Dungeness River Audubon Center and Railroad Bridge Park.
"This place is my sanctuary," Hanson says, her eyes scanning the lush, wooded forests and gurgling Dungeness River.
Planning and construction of the River Center interpretive building finished in 2001. Now the 1,600-square-foot building provides exhibits, classrooms and labs, meeting spaces and more.
Montana and beyond
That, she says, will be tough to leave behind.
Though Mark died in the fall of 2005, Hanson has many ties in the area. In fact, she points out that after she and Mark moved to the area, the rest of her family seemed to follow, including her parents for a time, two sisters and a cousin. While not residents,
her two brothers own property here.
Even her sons, now fully grown, remain nearby. Sean, now 30, is head purser on the MV Coho while Aaron, 27, works at Sherwood Assisted Living.
Invitation to dance
But a chance encounter last year has Hanson looking eastward. At Eisenhower High's 40-year reunion, Hanson bumped into Gary Poor, an equipment technician who serves dentists and dental offices across Montana.
A Yakima native until five years ago, Poor attended Eisenhower along with Hanson but the two didn't know each other then.
"He asked me to dance," Hanson says, grinning.
The pair stayed up with friends until 4:30 a.m. one morning during the reunion and simply hit it off.
"We talked a lot about what we like in life, what we like to do," she recalls. "So we found out we had a lot in common."
Long train trips
For several extended weekends since then, Hanson's commuted by train to Whitefish, Mont., a 17-hour shuttle, to see her love.
"We kind of knew it could be long-term within two months," she says.
They don't have a wedding date set yet but they each have a ring.
Hanson plans to start moving her stuff in June and try life in Montana until both can claim the retired life.
Hanson has this saying, this dictum, she keeps ready when things get a little crazy.
"'The friendship of those we serve is the foundation of our progress.' It's kind of my motto. It kind of grounds you back in, 'Why am I doing this?'"
She'll be missed
Others say Hanson will be sorely missed.
"I feel like Annette has put her heart and soul into working in the school district," Sequim schools superintendent Bill Bentley says, "and doing what she can to advance the causes and the needs of the school district. It's been her passion. We're going to miss her."
Loanna Torey, the superintendent's secretary, has worked with Hanson for more than 20 years at the district office.
"I was very fortunate to start with Annette," Torey says. "She is my go-to person. It's going to be a big loss for the district."
Hanson says simply, "It was time."
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BOSTON- Eric J. Tetler, 41, of Derry, N.H., pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf to making false statements to federal law enforcement agents.
At today's plea hearing, the prosecutor told the Court that on several occasions during October 2006 and November 2006, Tetler knowingly made material false statements to individuals he knew were special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Internal Revenue Service who Tetler knew were conducting a criminal investigation of Joseph Pingaro, Jr. (who was subsequently indicted separately). The evidence would have proven that Tetler knowingly gave a false account of why his company Windfield Alloy had issued a $75,000 check to Pingaro's company J&J Metals and of what Tetler received in return for the $75,000 check.
Judge Wolf scheduled sentencing for Feb. 22, 2012. Tetler faces up to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine.
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Good afternoon, Chairman DeFazio, Ranking Member Duncan, and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to testify before you. I am pleased to describe how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is working to make the nation's highways safer through better commercial vehicle operations. 2005 enjoyed one of the lowest large-truck fatality rates in 30 years. This means that despite more trucks traveling more miles, the proportion of fatalities was down. In addition, preliminary numbers for 2006 indicate that the number of people killed in commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes decreased for the second consecutive year. There are estimated to be 3.7 percent fewer deaths attributed to crashes involving commercial vehicles in 2006 than in 2005. However, we know that despite these gains, the drop in overall highway fatalities has not been consistent.
To meet this challenge we are expanding the use of proven strategies while simultaneously developing and implementing new and improved approaches. We are increasing our effectiveness and efficiency as we continue to coordinate safety strategies with our State partners. We are working closely with stakeholders from the trucking and motorcoach industries and the committed safety organizations through our newly chartered Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee.
The FMCSA is committed to saving additional lives on our nation's highways. Our approach is risk-based targeting carriers with poor performance and placing special emphasis on motorcoach companies and carriers registered as hauling hazardous materials.
Identifying motor carriers that pose the greatest risk to the motoring public and applying a vigorous compliance review (CR) and enforcement program are integral parts of the strategy FMCSA and its State partners use to reduce crashes involving CMVs. Through the use of available highway performance and compliance data, FMCSAs Motor Carrier Safety Status Measurement System (SafeStat) continues to serve as a valuable tool to identify high-risk motor carriers for prioritization of CR resources.
SafeStat is a reliable tool for identifying high-risk carriers. FMCSA's research has shown this conclusively and it has been confirmed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The 2004 OIG report noted that CR results support the ability of SafeStat to identify high risk carriers and in a June 19, 2007, letter to Congressman Thomas Petri (WI), the OIG noted that FMCSA has made improvements in the underlying data quality that supports SafeStat. In addition, i n a June 2007 report on SafeStat, the GAO indicated that SafeStat works approximately twice as well as selecting carriers randomly and, therefore, has value for improving safety.
The GAO has also suggested methods of improving SafeStat. The Agency appreciates the constructive nature of the GAO recommendations and is examining how to best implement the findings of that review into our targeting system. FMCSA has been involved in a continuous process of examining the results of SafeStat and studying and implementing improvements to the system since it was originally developed in the mid-1990s. In 2002, the agency lowered the threshold for identifying high-risk hazardous materials carriers to address the additional risk posed by the materials being transported in these trucks. We are implementing a change to the targeting system to better identify unsafe passenger carrier operations.
While SafeStat is FMCSAs primary method of identifying high-risk carriers, it is not the Agencys only method of identifying unsafe carriers. FMCSA also conducts CRs in response to complaints received by the Agency, serious crashes, or to support other initiatives such as our current national initiative to conduct CRs of approximately 1,700 unrated and high priority motorcoach companies by the end of 2007.
The FMCSA partners with the States to enforce commercial truck and motorcoach safety laws through roadside inspections, CRs, and new entrant safety audits.
The FMCSA's oversight programs are producing results. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, FMCSA and our State partners conducted 15,177 CRs a 33 percent increase over the number conducted in 2004. As a result of these CRs, FMCSA initiated 4,195 enforcement actions. FMCSA found 1,035 companies so deficient that we placed their operations out-of-service. We know from past analysis that carriers improve their safety operations after a CR. We estimate that the CRs conducted in 2004 resulted in over 2,700 fewer crashes, approximately 1,900 fewer injuries, and over 100 fewer fatalities.
In addition to conducting reviews of carrier operations, the FMCSA and our State partners conducted almost 3.3 million roadside inspections on vehicles of high risk carriers during FY 2006, a 9 percent increase over 2004. As a result of these inspections, we placed approximately 220,000 drivers out-of-service until serious violations could be remedied. We also removed approximately 547,000 unsafe vehicles from our highways. Again, we know from previous analysis that roadside inspections prevent crashes and save lives. We estimate that roadside inspections conducted in 2005 resulted in over 18,000 fewer crashes, approximately 13,000 fewer injuries, and approximately 700 fewer fatalities.
In addition to these proven enforcement tools, in 2003 the FMCSA implemented a program to address the safety of new motor carriers entering the industry. In 2006, FMCSA and our State partners conducted almost 40,000 new entrant safety audits. This program ensures that all new motor carriers become aware of the safety regulations. FMCSA has also proposed revisions to strengthen this program; we are analyzing comments to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) with our goal that a final rule will be issued in 2008, and ensure that new entrant audits like CRs and roadside inspections result in unsafe carriers being removed from service.
The FMCSA relies on enforcement tools provided by Congress. In FY 2006, we placed 531 carriers out of service for receiving an Unsatisfactory Safety Rating, 943 carriers out of service for failing to pay fines, and one carrier out of service for imminent hazard for a total of 1,475 carriers. We have also implemented the maximum penalty provisions contained in Section 222 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999. This section allows FMCSA to assess maximum penalties for carriers that demonstrate a pattern of non-compliance. In 2006, FMCSA used this authority to assess maximum penalties against 21 carriers and 7 drivers with demonstrated patterns of safety violations. In addition, we are working to strengthen this program to address recommendations by the Office of the Inspector General and anticipated recommendations from an almost completed audit of our enforcement programs by GAO.
The FMCSA is actively evaluating our enforcement tools and corresponding limitations with an eye toward developing a reauthorization proposal that will continue to strengthen our enforcement posture and ensure that, when appropriate, the agency can take focused action to change unsafe carrier or driver behavior.
The enforcement programs discussed previously generate and rely on safety performance data to target carriers that pose a high crash risk. Therefore, it is appropriate to discuss what FMCSA has done and will do to ensure that the data we rely upon to direct our resources is as complete, timely, and as accurate as possible.
The FMCSA has been working with States on complete, accurate, and timely reporting of large truck crash and inspection data for several years and has implemented a variety of data quality programs and efforts to improve reporting. Since the beginning of these efforts, there has been significant improvement in State-reported large truck and bus crash and inspection data. Specifically, between calendar years 2001 and 2006, large truck crashes reported to FMCSAs Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) database have increased from 109,248 to more than 144,000 annually, an increase of 32 percent. During this same period, the total number of large truck fatal and injury crashes has actually decreased according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), demonstrating that the increase in crashes shown in the MCMIS database represents more complete and accurate reporting by the States to FMCSA than in the past.
One of the most important aspects of our State Data Quality Program has been the State Safety Data Quality Map, or SSDQ, which displays the performance of individual State crash and inspection reporting efforts according to measures of accuracy, timeliness and completeness of reporting. Ratings are updated each quarter and individual State performance is portrayed through a color-coded map, with ratings of Green (good progress), Yellow (marginal progress), and Red (improvement needed) based on overall performance. Between 2004 (the date of inception) and 2007, the number of States achieving green on the map has increased from 25 to 40, while the number of States rated as red has been reduced from 12 to 3. Specifically, between 2004 and 2006:
States have made significant progress in recent years to improve the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of large truck crash and inspection data reported to the Agency.
However, we recognize that the reporting of large truck crash data in particular States is still incomplete, particularly regarding non-fatal large truck and bus crashes. Working with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), FMCSA will be adding a new performance measure to the SSDQ map that focuses on the reporting of non-fatal large truck crashes by States, something not previously captured. The new measure represents a ratio of non-fatal to fatal crashes reported by States to FMCSA. States will be rated via the standard green, yellow, red scale based on the number of non-fatal large truck crashes, measured as a percent of fatal crashes, reported to FMCSA.
The FMCSA has developed two new performance measures, both of which address the completeness of data within individual crash and inspection records. Focusing on driver-specific and vehicle-specific information, respectively, States will be rated on the completeness of the data contained in crash and inspection records reported to FMCSA. The new measures will be implemented in FY 2008, incrementally weighting the new values in order to allow States time to make improvements. Beginning in FY 2009, the relative weight of the new non-fatal crash completeness measure will increased.
Other FMCSA Data Quality Efforts to Assist States
The FMCSA is engaged in many efforts to improve the quality of State reported crash and inspection data. The following are a few examples:
As mentioned previously, FMCSA's efforts to improve commercial vehicle safety are conducted in coordination and partnership with the States. The States represent a force multiplier and maximize the impact of FMCSA programs. In addition, States have roles in regulating commercial vehicle transportation that make them uniquely able to implement key safety programs.
TACT Programs
SAFETEA-LU authorized Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) grants to be used for traffic enforcement on CMVs without an accompanying safety inspection. The authority also allows reimbursement of State traffic enforcement activities against non-CMVs when such actions are necessary to improve CMV safety (i.e., cars driving unsafely around trucks).
This new option is consistent with the findings of the FMCSA's Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS), and related research that have identified driver behavior as the leading factor in crashes. These studies have also revealed that the non-CMV driver is a causal factor in a majority of CMV/non-CMV crashes. By expanding MCSAP traffic enforcement authority, FMCSA and its State-partners are able to reach out to a broader population of law enforcement organizations in an effort to improve program delivery and reduce CMV-related fatal crashes.
In cooperation with the NHTSA, we recently piloted the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks or "TACT" program in the State of Washington. Working with the State trucking association, troopers conducted a high visibility enforcement campaign to reduce unsafe driving behavior in and around large trucks. The program included a high profile media campaign to build awareness and educate drivers about the hazards of driving around CMVs. Combining education and enforcement has been proven successful at increasing seat belt usage and reducing drunk driving. FMCSA is now applying it to the commercial vehicle safety problem in this country.
The first TACT pilot program was successful in large part due to the cooperative efforts of DOT, State, and local law enforcement agencies that were involved. The evaluation showed a considerable reduction in unsafe driving behaviors on the designated enforcement corridors. Based upon TACTs initial success, FMCSA is expanding the program to States with the highest fatality and crash rates. TACT is currently underway in Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Kentucky. Kansas, Missouri, and Ohio are also implementing traffic enforcement programs with many features of the TACT program and 13 other States are conducting traffic enforcement aimed at unsafe behaviors by non-CMVs around trucks and buses.
To assist the States, the FMCSA is printing and disseminating a TACT "How To" guide to State Agencies nationwide. We are encouraging all MCSAP States to adopt this successful program or some form of non-CMV enforcement allowed by SAFETEA-LU. FMCSA is also moving forward with development of the TACT State Peer Exchange Network (SPEN). The purpose of the group is to share best practices and strategies to reduce crashes between passenger vehicles and CMVs. SPEN will be comprised of States conducting TACT programs currently as well as States with low to moderate crash rates.
Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM)
PRISM began as a pilot project mandated by Congress under ISTEA in 1991. The goal was to explore the benefits of using State commercial vehicle registration sanctions as an incentive to improve motor carrier safety. Congress authorized funding through the TEA-21 and SAFETEA-LU to expand PRISM nationally on a voluntary basis.
The FMCSA provides PRISM grant funding to the States primarily to enable each State to establish information system connections among vehicle registration agencies, roadside law enforcement, and FMCSA. This allows States to check the safety status of motor carriers prior to issuing or renewing International Registration Plan (IRP) license plates and during roadside inspections. PRISM grant funds are also used to deploy roadside technologies such as bar-code readers that automate the population of data requirements in roadside inspection software and wireless access to our Query Central system for more efficient roadside inspections.
PRISM creates a new Federal-State partnership that improves safety and strengthens Congressionally-mandated enforcement policies such as those related to the consequences of unsatisfactory safety ratings (Section 4009 of TEA-21), failure to meet new entrant requirements, and failure to pay civil penalties (Section 206 of MCSIA). One of the fundamental tenets of the PRISM program is that State vehicle registration agencies will suspend a motor carriers IRP license plates in conjunction with an FMCSA order to cease interstate operation and/or deny renewal of IRP license plates to any motor carrier that is prohibited from operating in interstate commerce by FMCSA.
The Federal-State PRISM partnership provides an automated enforcement mechanism to ensure that motor carriers meet the requirements for biennial data updating under Section 217 of MCSIA (Form MCS-150). Put simply, participating State systems automatically check the carriers MCS-150 date of last update and deny renewal of IRP license plates if the MCS-150 data of the carrier responsible for the safety of a vehicle will expire (i.e., exceed 24 months) before the new license plate expires.
To date, 45 States plus the District of Columbia have signed grant agreements with the FMCSA to implement the PRISM program and twenty-seven States are presently PRISM capable, with four states in the process of implementation, with fourteen states and DC committed to implementing the program in the near future. Of critical importance, 23 States now actively exercise their authority to deny, revoke, and or suspend a carriers registration, and four states await enabling legislation to impose registration sanctions.
As we move forward, the FMCSA will be addressing key priorities to increase safety including: 1) testing our Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010) initiative, which will provide a new approach to the safety fitness rating and allowing a broader enforcement exposure to the motor carrier industry; 2) continuing our focus on driver safety in all programs, by conducting even more driver roadside enforcement and inspections in cooperation with our State and local partners; and 3) intensifying our focus on motorcoach safety by prioritizing our MCSAP and Federal activities in this area, while also focusing enforcement efforts on high-risk curbside bus operators.
The FMCSA strives to improve how it does business. While our enforcement programs have been successful in improving safety, we recognize that we need to do more if the Department is to meet its safety goals. With that in mind, FMCSA is nearly midway through development of its CSA 2010 effort, which generates a more comprehensive, effective and efficient approach to carrying out compliance and enforcement programs. CSA 2010s goal is to contact more regulated entities through a broader array of enforcement and educational interventions while optimizing FMCSA resources.
The CSA 2010 Operational model that has been developed and will be pilot tested in 4 States during 2008 will measure carrier performance in seven Behavioral Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (known as BASICs). They are unsafe driving, fatigued driving, driver fitness (training/experience/physical qualifications), drugs/alcohol, vehicle maintenance, improper loading/cargo issues (including hazardous materials violations), and crashes. FMCSA will use all safety violations to assess carrier safety in these areas, not just a limited list of violations that have been determined to be critical or acute. By including all violations in a motor carriers safety fitness determination, we will be addressing one of the National Transportation Safety Boards (NTSBs) Most Wanted items for FMCSA.
The use of these BASICs will also allow FMCSA to identify and focus its efforts on addressing specific safety problems, and will result in the Agencys employment of a systematic, progressive set of interventions designed to change unsafe behavior. Additionally, their use could result ultimately in a carrier being declared unfit and placed out-of-service if there is no demonstrated improvement in performance.
Another important feature of this new model is that safety assessments and fitness determinations will be updated monthly based on performance data. FMCSA will no longer rely solely on the results of an on-site CR to make a safety fitness determination. This will allow the carriers safety fitness status to reflect on-going activity, not a snapshot of the operational safety at the time of an on-site review.
Driver Focus
Recent studies, including the LTCCS, continue to emphasize the part that drivers play in crash causation and avoidance. In the LTCCS, CMV driver action or inaction was determined to be the critical reason for the crash in 87% of the crashes where the responsibility for the crash was attributed to the CMV. In FY 2008, FMCSA will address driver safety knowledge gaps found by the National Agenda for Safe Driving, a technical working group of government and private partners. The working group will hold public listening sessions and a major public conference to define actions that will address these knowledge gaps and obtain stakeholder commitments to partner with FMCSA to act quickly and efficiently on yet to be identified items. FMCSA will also work with our State partners to ensure that they conduct driver inspections at the roadside as specified in their respective Commercial Vehicle Safety Plans.
Medical Oversight Program
The FMCSA's focus on drivers also includes initiatives to improve oversight of medical conditions that affect CMV safety. These initiatives will increase safety by helping to reduce the number of drivers with medical conditions which adversely impact their ability drive safely. Additionally, NTSBs Most Wanted List contains several recommendations which will be addressed by these activities. We currently have three major initiatives under way:
Medical Review Board (MRB)
FMCSA is evaluating all of its medical regulations to ensure that they reflect the most up to date scientific information. The MRB is a five-member panel of experts, authorized by SAFETEA-LU, who advise FMCSA on medical standards and emerging medical issues. We announced the selection of the MRB members last year and the Board will be holding its fourth public meeting later this month. Presently, the Boards agenda includes review of diabetes, cardiovascular issues, and Schedule II controlled substance medications.
National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners
Our second initiative, also supported by SAFETEA-LU, is the rulemaking establishing a National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners. The Registry will provide a list of medical examiners who are authorized to perform the physical qualification examinations for the more than 6 million truck and motorcoach drivers operating in interstate commerce. Our goal is to require ongoing competency of medical examiners through training, testing, certification and recertification. This will ensure that medical examiners fully understand, and remain competent to perform medical examinations for commercial vehicle drivers.
Merger of the CDL and Medical Certificate
The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published by the Agency will merge drivers medical information with the CDL data system. Under the new system, a drivers medical certification would be sent to the State's division of motor vehicles, which would then be required to include on the CDL record that the driver continues to be medically certified. If a drivers medical certificate expired, the State would be required to downgrade the CDL until the driver provided proof of his or her medical qualification to operate commercial vehicles in interstate commerce. Presently, we are analyzing comments made to the NPRM as we finalize the Final Rule.
Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) Modernization
The modernization of CDLIS required by SAFETEA-LU will enable FMCSA and the States to take advantage of new technological advances and expand CDLIS storage capacity while increasing system performance, responsiveness and adaptability to meet current and future requirements. Related to this effort is the development of the CDL learners permit rule to establish uniform procedures for State issuance of learners permits and CDLs, including Social Security Number verification requirements and fraud prevention initiatives. Publication of the CDL learners permit rule will also address the trucking requirements of the SAFE Ports Act of 2006. Finally, a CDL Task force has been established to take advantage of the knowledge, experiences, and energies of various interest groups to identify ways to improve the effectiveness of the CDL program.
Motorcoach Safety
Several highly visible and tragic incidents underscored for all of us the importance of motorcoach passenger safety. Even so, we should keep in mind that mile for mile, motorcoaches are the safest form of commercial passenger transportation. Motorcoaches account for more passenger traffic in the United States than all other commercial modes of transportation combined. In response to recent motorcoach incidents, FMCSA has increased its motorcoach safety enforcement activities by increasing MCSAP and Federal activities in this area; by improving the method for selecting passenger carriers to inspect; by performing more CRs of motorcoach companies; and by improving training for motorcoach drivers.
In FY 2006 the FMCSA and our State partners conducted over 125,000 bus inspections. By the end of 2007, we expect to conduct a CR on every motorcoach operator that has not been rated. In addition, the FMCSA has taken important steps to focus on enforcing regulations that apply to curbside bus operators providing fixed-route service among major cities in the northeast such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC. FMCSA and a coalition of State and local police agencies have formed a strike force performing both roadside inspections and CRs and, where necessary, taking enforcement actions against these companies. This initiative will continue into 2008.
Mr. Chairman, I wish to express my appreciation for all that the Committee has done in supporting the FMCSA. In our seven years as an independent modal Agency within DOT, the dedicated women and men of FMCSA and our partners in State and local law enforcement agencies have made substantial progress in reducing fatalities and injuries on our nations highways. Your continued investment in the Agency will enhance these efforts, further increasing safety. I look forward to working with you to achieve our mutual goals and would be happy to respond to any questions you may have.
In FY 2007, the FMCSA has provided over half a million dollars in MCSAP High Priority Grants to the 3 remaining red States to assist in data improvements.
See attached map for complete list of States conducting traffic enforcement aimed at unsafe behaviors by non-commercial vehicles around trucks or buses.


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The enclosed, climate-controlled, RTS Transit Center will be located on Mortimer Street, between North Clinton Avenue and St. Paul Street. Its unique design and user-friendly features will transform Rochester's public transportation service and provide convenience, comfort and safety for customers as well as visitors to downtown Rochester.
The more than 20,000 daily downtown RTS customers will be able to transfer and wait for all RTS buses indoors - replacing the outdoor lineups that now occur along downtown streets. The 30 bus bays will accommodate up to 100 buses per hour, helping to keep passengers on their way and on time to their destinations. The RTS Transit Center is scheduled to open November 28, 2014.


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April 8, 2013 Free Agent WatchNational League, Week TwoEach week, two members of the BP fantasy team will provide a rundown of potentially valuable players that are available as free agents in most fantasy formats across the major platforms. We will run one column on the National League and one on the American League each week, with Josh Shepardson tackling the senior circuit on Mondays and Paul Singman focusing on the junior circuit on Tuesdays. Evan Gattis, C, Atlanta Braves Gattis made the highlight reel by hitting a homer in his first start in the majors, but he has the bat to be more than a one-hit wonder. Gattis burst onto the scene with a strong minor-league season in 2012 and followed it up with a big showing in both winter-league play and spring training. He's currently splitting time behind the plate with Gerald Laird, while Brian McCann is on the disabled list recovering from offseason shoulder surgery. McCann won't begin playing in rehab games until at least April 16, and that will allow Gattis some time to carve out a role for himself with the Braves. Because McCann will eventually be returning and reclaiming the starting catching role, Gattis' value is limited to NL-only leagues, large mixed leagues that use two catchers, and dynasty leagues. That said, in the short-term, he has a chance to help teams as a second catcher. Welington Castillo, C, Chicago Cubs Castillo is more likely to have staying power on fantasy rosters in redraft leagues than Gattis. He's the starting catcher for a rebuilding Cubs team, and the two catchers behind him are nothing more than backups. Castillo flashed his power in the bigs last year, smacking five homers in just 190 plate appearances. He strikes out too often to be expected to build on his .265 average from last year, but his track record in the upper minors suggests he might be able to cut back on the whiffs a bit. He has recorded at least one hit in three of the four games in which he has played, and he's a solid option at catcher in NL-only leagues and 12+ team mixed formats that use at least two catchers. Chris Heisey, OF, Cincinnati Reds
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A new method reveals the natural long-term resistance of timber
More international competitiveness for the timber industry and measuring instrument manufacturers
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a method that indicates
the natural long-term resistance of wood. The method measures substances that
volatilise from the wood, whose large amount provides the basis for the
resistance of the timber to humidity and mould. The method is unique in the
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Volatile substances are analysed
The method developed by VTT is based on a chemical analysis of the substances volatilising from wood. This reveals significant characteristics promoting the wood's long-term resistance to humidity and mould that do not show on the outside. Currently, sawn timber is classified according to its appearance (knottiness, among others) and mechanical strength.
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The extractives content of spruce and pine logs, and the sawn timber processed from them, indicate the biological resistance of the sawn timber. In the near future, the method developed by VTT will allow the industry to classify sawn timber more precisely into raw material for indoor cladding panels, outdoor cladding boards, and fences and terrace furniture for demanding outdoor conditions, for example. The intention is to develop VTT's method further to be directly suited to a production process.
The method provides benefits for the industry and consumers
VTT's method is expected to bring new international production and competitiveness to the timber and measurement instrument industries. The method also facilitates more and more precise standardisation of the timber industry and, at the same time, the construction industry and consumers will more certainly receive high-quality products designed for a certain purpose of use.
The research was financed by Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation – Wood Focus Oy, Tikkurila Paints Oy, Tikkurila Coatings Oy, Honkarakenne Oyj, Lappset Oy, VTT and the Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla). The University of Kuopio was also involved in the project. A further study on the subject is being prepared.
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Since The Deadpool and Cable series is coming to an end, has there been any confirmation on a new Deadpool series?
Since The Deadpool and Cable series is coming to an end, has there been any confirmation on a new Deadpool series?
Not that I've seen, but people say Way will be writing one (will be announced in the Summer).
At least for now, we have Wolverine: Origins.
Axel Alfonso confirmed in an interview at Marvel.com that Deadpool will get a new solo title in December. I'm hoping that the rumored Way/Dillion team is not true.
Wizard had an exclusive about it awhile back.
It's true.
Marvel has put one of my least favorite writers and artists on one of my favorite characters but dammit, I'm going to find a silverlining in this book.
(such as the fact that Deadpool is getting a new ongoing at all)
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Why no Fabe on this? Cause he wrote a great Deadpool?
Maybe Fabe is off writing that Bob, Agent of Hydra mini I have been praying for.
Sigh.If they put off Deadpool,then there's no more quirky lines from Deadpool and it'd be boring.We have to wait till summer for them to launch a new title.Noooooo.
If Bob, Agent of Hydra is not in the Deadpool series in some way, I will be severely angry! Those two characters work sooooo well together!
Marvel has a talent for putting sucky people on good books. I still can't bare to see Humberto Ramos destroy my beloved Runaways with his (in my personal opinion) horrible ridiculous-looking art.
I don't really read and X-titles. I have to say though, I don't know why Deadpool is going to be on such a back-burner. Everyone I know or talk with at my LCS only gets Cable and Deadpool for the merc, and has no interest in the new Cable series. Is my LCS so out of touch or is there something I'm not getting as to why Cable is getting a book soon and Deadpool is not till Dec?
Because Deadpool with be in Wolverine Origins and Marvel Comics Presents arguably the worst creative and comercial titles Marvel is releasing at the moment.
If Cable was an ongoing but its a maxi-series. So when it ends Deadpool will begin... do I like it.... no .....do I like seeing my favorite comics eliminated for titles that seem shallow
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I don't read a lot of X-Titles either, so it was a long road for my friend to get me into Cable and Deadpool. But I was convinced very early on in the series that it was a great series. As for Cable getting his series....I understand why he is getting a series before Deadpool, since he's such an important part of all that Messiah Complex nonsense running around right now. And that is also why he had to leave Cable and Deadpool. I get it.
As long as Deadpool comes back in his own series and not just ridiculous nonsense like the various Wolverine things (prepping for the movie, which Deadpool is supposed to appear in), I will be satisfied.
If Bob is in it as well, I will be ecstatic!