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PERSONAL DATA: Born August 29, 1960, in Statesville, North Carolina. Married to the former Ann M. Sanders. They have one daughter. Tom has private, instrument, aerobatic, and commercial pilot's licenses. He enjoys backpacking and mountain climbing, and in 1980 backpacked from Canada to Mexico along the Pacific Crest Trail. Tom also enjoys family activities, swimming, scuba diving, snowboarding, playing guitar, and reading.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Henderson High School, Atlanta, Georgia, in 1978; received a bachelor of science degree in physics from Davidson College, North Carolina in 1982; a masters in engineering physics from the University of Virginia in 1984; a doctorate of medicine degree from Wake Forest University in 1989; and a masters in medical science from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in 1997.
ORGANIZATIONS: Aerospace Medical Association; American Academy of Emergency Medicine; Aircraft Owners and Pilot's Association.
SPECIAL HONORS: NASA Superior Achievement Award, 1998. Space and Life Sciences Division Special Space flight Achievement Award, 2003 and 2004. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Superior Achievement Award, January 2004.
EXPERIENCE: After completing medical school, Dr. Marshburn trained in emergency medicine at the St. Vincent Hospitals emergency medicine program in Toledo, Ohio, where he also worked as a Life Flight physician. In 1992, after three years of training, he was certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He then worked as an emergency physician in Seattle, Washington, before being accepted into the first class of the NASA/UTMB Space Medicine Fellowship in Galveston, Texas. After completing the fellowship in 1995, he worked as an emergency physician in area hospitals in Houston, Texas, and at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. During this time he also worked as an attending for the emergency medicine residency for the University of Texas-Houston.
NASA EXPERIENCE: Dr. Marshburn came to NASA JSC in November 1994 as a flight surgeon, assigned to Space Shuttle Medical Operations and to the joint US/Russian Space Program. From February 1996 to May 1997 he served as a flight surgeon for NASA personnel deployed to the Cosmonaut Training Center, Star City, Russia, followed by work in the Center for Flight Control in Korolev, Russia in support of the NASA 4 Expedition to the Mir Space Station. From July 1997 to August 1998 he was co-chair of medical operations for the Shuttle/Mir Space Program. From 1998 to 2000, he was deputy flight surgeon for Neuronal (STS-98) and lead flight surgeon for the STS-101 mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
After spending 10 months as a NASA Representative to the Harvard / MIT Smart Medical Systems Team of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, he worked as the lead flight surgeon for Expedition 7 to the ISS in 2003, supporting from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Houston.
During this time until his selection, he served as Medical Operations Lead for the ISS. Activities included development of the biomedical training program for flight surgeons and astronaut crew medical officers, and managing the ISS Health Maintenance System.
Selected by NASA in May 2004. In February 2006, he completed Astronaut Candidate Training that included scientific and technical briefings, intensive instruction in Shuttle and International Space Station systems, physiological training, T-38 flight training, and water and wilderness survival training, and was qualified for various technical assignments within the Astronaut Office and future flight assignment as a mission specialist. Dr. Marshburn completed his first spaceflight in July 2009, logging more than 376 hours in space, and 18 hours and 59 minutes of EVA in three spacewalks.
Dr. Marshburn has been assigned to the Expedition 35 crew as a flight engineer and is scheduled to fly to the ISS aboard Soyuz 33 in March 2013.
SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: STS-127, ISS Assembly Mission 2J/A, Endeavour (July 15-31, 2009) delivered the Japanese-built Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) and the Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section (ELM-ES) to the International Space Station. The crew completed the construction of the KIBO Japanese Experiment Module, installed scientific experiments on its Exposed Facility and delivered critical spare parts and replacement batteries to the orbital complex, in addition to transferring 24,638 pounds of hardware and 1,225 pounds of water to the station. While the Shuttle was docked to the station, the mission featured a record 13 astronauts working aboard the Station representing all five ISS partners -- NASA, the Russian Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, the European Space Agency and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). Marshburn performed three spacewalks for a total of 18 hours and 59 minutes of EVA. The mission was accomplished in 248 orbits of the Earth, traveling 6,547,853 million miles in 15 days, 16 hours, 44 minutes and 58 seconds.


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Could someone PLEASE tell me how to get rid of earwigs. They are like a plague in my roses. This is the first time that I have seen them in such numbers. Is anyone else having this problem? I need to do something quick. Thanks for your help. Janen |
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I've hardly ever seen earwigs in the rose garden. Are you sure they are harmful? I think not. I think they are insect predators and scavengers who are nocturnal so they are probably just hiding in your roses during the day. Or you may have some rain damaged rotten blooms which they are eating. I have seen them in the bloom compost pile so I know they like dead roses. |
- Posted by cupshaped_roses 6b (My Page) on Tue, May 12, 09 at 21:33
Do you have some small pots? About 5-8 inches deep - fill them with a little long dry grass forming something that looks like a birds nest. Place the pots bottom up different places on the ground where you see the earwigs do damage. Once every day (mornings) - take the pots and shake or tap the grass and earwigs into a bucket. Poor boiling water from an electric kettle over them, in the bucket to kill them. Only worry I have is - this tecnique works well here where we have no poisonous critters - I don´t know if other critters in your area will seek shelter in the pots too and give you a scare when you lift the pots with hay. |
I am told that it will also work to put cantaloupe rinds upside down at night, and pick 'em up in the morning. My only reservation is that, when I see earwigs (UGH!) they are in blooms, maybe 6 ft in the air. Jeri |
- Posted by karl_bapst_rosenut 5a, NW Indiana (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Wed, May 13, 09 at 0:59
Earwigs eat decomposing mulch, leaf litter, and other organic material. Aside from being ugly and scareing the hell out of you when they pop out of a bloom, they are harmless. I've heard from others they eat leaves on the bush but I've never see that. Lots of them in your roses means you have lots of mulch and organics. Relax, soon you'll have Japanese beetles and you won't even think about earwigs. Just keep them out of your ears! |
I am having the same problem, mass earwigs! Ewwww! One bloom had 5 in it! I went to smell it and UHHCH! Just lovely. Mind you these are brand new raised beds. They are eating my rose buds. I read: "The easiest way to remove earwigs from your yard would be to put down some rolled-up damp newspapers in the garden. The earwigs will be in the folds of the paper the next morning and you can haul them off.." Good luck to us! |
- Posted by cupshaped_roses 6b (My Page) on Wed, May 13, 09 at 7:38
Jeri great idea with the cantaloupe-rinds! I will use that tip since it will also work against the horrible killer slugs (start out small - but grows big and looks like crawling dogpoop. They eat and damage everything if allowed to take hold - ferramol garanula (non-toxic) has proved effective keep the numbers down. Earwigs do cause damage on roseplants holes in leaves and petals chewed with holes. Damage other ornamental gardenplants too. The damage is mild to severe. I keep their numbers down but allow a few and tolerate a little damage. BUT: When I worked as doctor at the ER I saw why they are Called "EAR" wigs. Some patients had woken up in the middle of the night, feeling a bug crawling in their ears - I have seen grown men cry in discomfort and hysteria wanting to get rid of them - but couldn't get them out since they sat in a fold near the tympanic membrane. This is not a rare incidence in summer time, when people go camping or sleep with their windows open in the summertime. The big black beetles that were able to crawl in, but unable to back out, because they can´t turn were however worse ..... I hope it never ever happens to me ....... |
Thanks for all the good suggestions - I'm willing to try anything. I like your humor Karl - relax, worst things are coming soon! Yes, the JBs are much worse. These earwigs just look so icky. I tried to pick some beautiful blooms to give to a friend and there are all these icky bugs coming out of them. Alas. |
BUT: When I worked as doctor at the ER I saw why they are Called "EAR" wigs. Some patients had woken up in the middle of the night, feeling a bug crawling in their ears - I have seen grown men cry in discomfort and hysteria *** Does anyone, other than me, remember that starkly-horrible episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Jeri |
- Posted by karl_bapst_rosenut 5a, NW Indiana (email@example.com) on Wed, May 13, 09 at 15:38
Jeri, I remember that episode well, especially the part where the earwig was a female and laid eggs in his brain. The resulting munching noise in his brain as the eggs hatched and the larva were eating their way out was creepy. |
It sure was -- and the memory pops up everytime I see an Earwig. ICK! Jeri |
Oh man!!!You guys! I was sitting here munching on a snack while reading this. I can't finish my snack now......the brain munching larva part got to me. Sandy |
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What is exactly is fragrance? Defined by the dictionary in simple terms, fragrance is a sweet or pleasant odor. The thesaurus says that words like fragrance are aroma, bouquet, perfume, and scent.
Fragrance comes in all types of scents and packaging. We have much from which to choose, solids, liquids, incense, perfumes, sprays, reed diffusers, candles, soaps, etc. Sometimes the choices can be overwhelming, but once you know what you like, and what you dont, the choices do get easier.
We have fragrances that make people smell better, or more attractive. There are fragrances that help mask bad odors. Sometimes, just to relax, we will surround ourselves with certain scents to help change our mood.
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Aromatherapy is the use of fragrant oils extracted from herbs, flowers and fruits. More broadly it is the use of aroma to enhance a feeling of well-being.
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And what did the GOP's brilliant consultant class conclude from this resounding defeat? They declared that the GOP must embrace amnesty. The Republican National Committee dutifully issued a report calling for a "comprehensive immigration reform" that would inevitably increase the flow of low-skilled immigration, reducing the wages and living standards of the very voters whose trust the GOP had lost.
Over the past four decades, as factories were shuttered and blue-collar jobs were outsourced or automated, net immigration quadrupled. Yet the corporate-consultant class has pronounced that an insufficient level of immigration is the problem. A more colossal misreading of the political moment has rarely occurred.
Perhaps the most important political development now unfolding in the U.S. is the public's growing loss of faith in our political and financial elites of both parties. To open the ears of disaffected voters, the GOP must break publicly from the elite immigration consensus of Wall Street and Davos. Republicans have a clear path to building a conservative majority if they free themselves from the corporate consultants and demonstrate to the American public that the GOP is the only party aligned with the core interests, concerns, and beliefs of everyday hardworking citizens.
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Read the title and vote. I like cookies beacuse they're choclaty.
Cupcakes because they are just so cute!!
My favorite is the chocolate creme brulee in the France Pavilion at Epcot.
CAKE!!! Especially chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting!!
I love me some Bananas Foster!!!
i love store bought birthday cake with that cool whip icing and choc cake!
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream. It's just something I don't let myself enjoy when not on vacation. As soon as I get to Disney, it's ice cream every day I'm there and it has to be the good stuff, not the kind you get out of a cart
Ice cream, it's gotta be icecream, sugar,milk/ cream and some other good stuff thrown in. A variety of forms flavors and add ons. One of the most perfect desserts there is!
Ice cream, I just like it alot!:D
Cake it doesn't matter what kind i just love cake.
I uhm.... I.... :blush: I... voted for them all.
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Are bonuses from your place of employment around Christmastime considered a gift, or part of the wages?
Does it matter if it's a gift card or check? I figure if it's cash then it's taxable. I'm concerned that if it was supposed to be factored in with the year-end taxes. |
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At my employer, bonuses (such as they are) are "grossed up" so that the taxes and other deductions made to income are extracted without affecting the stated amount of the bonus (for example, I recently got a $50 bonus that was grossed up to around $70). That will be considered income come tax time. If you see no indication that there were taxes paid for the value of the bonus, I would treat it as a gift, not as wages. n.b., I am not a tax attorney, accountant, or the IRS. :-p |
I recently got a $50 bonus that was grossed up to around $70). That will be considered income come tax time. If you see no indication that there were taxes paid for the value of the bonus, I would treat it as a gift, not as wages. I talked with someone else about this before checking for a reply. So I'm putting yours & his reply together. It was a gift card to a mass retail store. So it was a gift. Just like if a relative or friend gave it to me. However, if it was added into the regular pay check, then it would be taxable. And if it were a separate check deposited into an account to add interest, then it would be taxable, but not if cashed. I think I understand. |
I think you should check with your employer if he is accounting for that in your W2. |
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p463/ch03.html I was a bit annoyed when the $10 gift card showed up on my paystub. Mostly because it was to somewhere I had no itention of going. |
- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Thu, May 3, 07 at 9:42
ooh, that's mean--putting the $10 gift card on the paystub. I'd be really tempted to write an anonymous note and drop it interoffice to the HR department. Not nasty or anything, but just pointing out that it wasn't much of a gift, what with being taxed, AND being to some place you'd never go. I mean, honestly, $10? The gas to go to the store would eat up the money left over after taxes. One year we got a $100 gift card at Christmas, and I don't remember if that was on the paystub or not; i didn't look, but I had assumed it wasn't. When we get year-end BONUSES, that's given to us as a paycheck, w/ taxes taken out (and our employer does NOT "gross it up," or add on that they are payng the taxes; I've never had that happen, even w/ a $500 "merit" bonus) |
In all honesty, they did aslo put an extra $3.60 in cash in the check to cover the taxes. It was still a WTH? |
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- Posted by talley_sue_nyc (My Page) on Mon, May 7, 07 at 14:03
what kind of store was it? At some stores, you'd have to pay $5 MORE to be able to buy much of anything, bcs everything costs more than $10. I'm w/ saphire; about the only way to make that worthwhile is to REgift it to someone who would use it. But even then, you only come out ahead if that's a person to whom you would have given that gift anyway, and you're simply mpving your assets around. That link doesn't tell much that relates; it says businesses CAN deduct gifts as legitimate business expenses, but I'm not sure that means "payroll," and it also has no bearing on whether they MUST count gifts as "compensation." |
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WWF Prepare the Largest Reintroduction of Bison in Europe
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WWF celebrates Earth Day in The Green Heart of Europe
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Re: INSIGHT - VZ01 - popularity down, possibility for unrest up
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Email-ID | 1094102 |
Date | 2010-12-20 23:31:37 |
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to one of the polling groups.
On 12/20/10 4:27 PM, Reginald Thompson wrote:
It'd be interesting to know where that approval rating came from, cause
it's way, way lower than anything that was put out after the legislative
elections. As for the whole mess in southern Lake Maracaibo, it's pretty
interesting, because the gov't attempt to seize some farmland there was
effectively stopped by farm owners and workers blocking access to the
lands. It would look pretty bad for the gov't, to just send the riot
cops after these guys (given the fact it would probably be a relatively
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Subject: INSIGHT - VZ01 - popularity down, possibility for unrest up
ATTRIBUTION: Stratfor Source in Venezuela
SOURCE DESCRIPTION: Venezuelan economist in Caracas
SOURCE Reliability : C (solidly anti-chavez and continuously doomsday
about the chances of the regime)
DISTRO: Analysts
SOURCE HANDLER: Karen
I had a meeting with colleagues and political analysts this morning
and the following scenarios for next year will make it truly a hell
The relevant facts are the following:
The government found out recently that the president's popularity has
shrivelled own to 23% : Therefore, it can't win the 2012.
The financial fiscal outlook is definitely not good. The government even
when it counts with about US$ 30 billion, it can just ".hang on". The
president doesn't have the fiscal largesse enjoyed during the oil boom
years and rain created quite a great deal of damage he can only expect
to spend his accumulated wind fall on would be voters so as to
restitute them back to their original insatisfaction levels before the
rains hit them. Rains served as the excuse to destabilize the country's
economy , justifying emergency measures.
Still, and as Reva assessed, the government insulated itself with the
enabling laws, this will not impede its eventual political implosion.
He then tries to intimidate the population into submission and
accelerates the path to a communist regime announcing the forceful
acquisition of 47 productive farms South of the Maracaibo
lake area wwithout consulting its owners, who as well as the laborers
who worked in them coalesced and put up fierce resistance. They
piled trucks and tractors, effectively impeding National Guard
tanks taking over.
The issue reached a standstill, as Chavez afraid of igniting an all
out rebellion backed down, we suspect its just a tactical move to buy
The Maracaibo incident and a similar showdown in Lara state where
determined Polar laborers botched a govrnemnt's bid to forcefully enter
the company's premises bodes ill for the government.
In this same order of ideas, the government toned down and rendered
basically innocuous the new legislation affecting Internet services, by
eliminating contentious articles (sole Internet government controlled
source ),
On the laws regarding communications, also the most contentious articles
were eliminated.
We are awaiting the results of legislation affecting universities and by
January we'll be looking at student rallies along other academic bodies
chiming in.
Bottom line, basically exacerbate tensions leading to the breaking point
would be the rational response for Chavez as he lacks votes to win
in 2012 and his actions will keep alienating popular support. In
addition, inflation, scarcity and unemployment will do the job his
government didn't consciously do. The political parties know it and thei
are playing for the long term They will play conservative as they
could benefit on the rising popular discontent, creating a dynamics on
its own.
The military rumblings are sound bites to leave a tacit understanding
that they would intervene, only to restore order against Chavez.
The government would love to see the opposition heading a social
rebellion and reedit the 11-13 - 2002 April uprisings. Then,
either possibilities could follow:
1. Hang on to power even in the face of an electoral defeat, ultimately
recreating the Ivory coast crisis scenario , which is unfolding before
us right now. Chavez knows that The Hague court would be waiting for
2. The second possibility is that knowing he can't win, provoke as much
troubles and political tensions as posisble, tempting the society and
the military to rebell and overthrow him. He knows he doesn't have a lot
to go for, as numbers are alreay crushing him and the best way out
is leaving with an aura of martyrdom.
In this case, Cuba still serves as an ideal place to sit tight with his
ill gotten gains.
as a conclusion, the nexte six months would prove quite crucial for us
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CRNA profession saturation and new graduate CRNA?
1Dec 20, '09 by aukewusI was hoping to get some feedback from CRNAs out there about the future of the nurse anesthesia profession. I have talked to a few SRNA and some docs who feel that soon the field of nurse anesthesia is going to be saturated and there wont be many jobs. I am starting anesthesia school this year and am wondering about job opportunities when I graduate. On the other hand, I also hear that most CRNAs are reaching retirement age so new CRNAs will be needed, and if a healthcare reform bill ever gets passed, CRNAs are less expensive and there will be additional 40 million people who didnt have health insurance that might now be having elective surgeries when before it wasnt an option. Any thoughts on all this? Also, what do hospitals look for when hiring new graduate CRNAs? How do you stand out from other SRNAs during school? Thanks!lindarn likes this.
0Dec 20, '09 by studentnurse2175I would love an answer to these questions also. In addition to the afore mentioned questions, I would also like to add: I've heard that health care reform will reduce the salary for doctors. Will it also reduce the salary for CRNA's
4Dec 20, '09 by RB2000I would say don't worry about it. This may come off the wrong way, and it isn't meant to be offensive to anyone. The truth of the matter is that most of the people that want to become a CRNA will not attain that goal.
I am not saying that you cannot or will not make it. What I am saying is there are a lot of people that think they "want" to be a CRNA, but do not realize the amount of work, time, money, and self-sacrifice that is required to accomplish this goal.
Many see the $$$ that is possible and they want that. Many have seen the $$$ that a athlete, or a rock star make and dreamed about that as well at some point in there life. They do not think about the many long hours of school and work that have to go into it first. Additionally, they do not think about the on calls and crazy hours, and all the other joys of the job.
If this is something that you really want than go for it! Don't concern yourself with saturation, because the crowd is smaller at the summit. Few will make it to the door step of CRNA school, fewer witll get in, and even fewer will finish school. You have made it this far, so just look forward my friend. : ) -
1Dec 21, '09 by JenPen2332I don't have the answers for you, but I must say that it is smart for you to be looking into this. I only wish I would have been better prepared for the job shortage for RNs before I graduated this May. I've thought quite a bit about perusing CRNA in the next 5-10 years. Now I am much more hesitant after the shock of being unable to find work as a new grad for 6 months.
It's very scary to enter into such a difficult and expensive program without knowing what the job market will be like in the future. I have seen several job postings for CRNAs which all say 2 years experience, which made me wonder if the same thing that is happening with new grad RNs will also be the same case for CRNAs, if its not already.
About the statistics that speculate there are a large number of CRNAs looking to retire, this surprises me. It seems everywhere I've worked that the CRNAs are the youngest people in the room! Many seem to go back to school asap after graduating. I hope this is true...
What program did you enter? ( if you don't mind answering)
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0Dec 21, '09 by RNYCCRNA admission is entirely elite...best anyone can do to attain the goal is to push their undergraduate GPA as high as humanly possible which is easier said than done. Getting a 3.8-4.0 doesn't guarantee admission either. Then, the experience, personality, and recommendations kick in. The quality of the entire application is a big deal - not just GPA. That being said I know someone admitted with a 3.3 GPA and 5 yrs cardiac ICU and they applied several times to get into a school in nyc.
2Dec 22, '09 by stanman1968No there will not be too many. The only thing that will happen is areas that EVERYBODY wants to live in eg large urban areas factory type of conditions (shift work, hourly pay overtime etc.etc.) will intensify. Outside of these areas all will be well.
As for an RN not finding work that would be due to an unwillingness to MOVE!!!!!milkamnesia and NurseKitten like this. -
5Dec 22, '09 by loveanesthesiaQuote from aukewussorry, I wasnt asking how you stand out from other anesthesia applicants. I have already been accepted. I am wondering how to stand out from other newly graduated CRNAs. What do hospitals look for when hiring one new graduate CRNA vs another?
Behave like a professional at all times. One thing to remember is many CRNA positions are not as hospital employees, and your reputation is very important in the anesthesia community. A professional does not 'clock in, clock out' but stays until the case is done. Seek out learning opportunities, push to learn as many techniques as possible, be a hard worker, don't call in sick, accept criticism, get along with people. You've already picked your program, but a program that will provide you with a wide variety of clinical experiences will give you an advantage. If you have the opportunity to go to clinical rotations, do so. There are new grads who have done the minimum to get into a nurse anesthesia program and the minimum to complete a program and those will be the people who may struggle. Do more than the minimum. -
0Dec 30, '09 by lmdscdI'll say it yes to many schools and students just look at job websites jobs are down 75% from couple years ago. Salary's are down all around me and job sites, hospitals know this too . I know some Rn's making in low 100k true travel nurse still good money for 4 years school verses 6 or 7 and soon dnpa's.I'm a crna and know with looking around if i move I'll take a pay cut. And as earlier stated don't do short cuts do all you can to look better .


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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will offer a workshop titled, "Electronic Navigation for Non-Technical People," from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Dec. 6.
The Miles River Yacht Club Foundation has elected five new members to its Board of Directors, to guide the non-profit foundation in raising funds and providing grants to non-profits that provide children with maritime-oriented competitive sports or educational activities on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Fall is a great time of year for fishermen. The feeding activity of fish picks up, making them easy pickings for the fishermen who pursue them. I've fished the upper bay tributaries for a couple of decades and found that it is not uncommon to catch a largemouth bass and a striped bass within feet of each other, a few casts apart, and on the same lure. You may find this box similar to last month's; however, these baits have an appeal to both species.
By DANI SHAE THOMPSON
CAMBRIDGE —The area's biggest and best vessels will sail into Cambridge for an annual event that draws hundreds to Dorchester County year after year.
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels will host OysterFest, a celebration of the Chesapeake's oyster, on Saturday, Oct. 25.
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is inviting women to expand their woodworking skills with a three-day intermediate woodworking class to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 17-Sunday, Oct. 19.
This month's tackle box is chock full of lures often used on the Patapsco and Gunpowder River skinny water. However, they've also been productive for me from the Susquehanna River to the coastal bays of Ocean City.
ST. MICHAELS — The 32nd Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival comes to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5, bringing a collection of small craft to the museum's Miles River waterfront, along with live music, scenic river cruises, food, beverages and more.
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I enjoy reading letters whose sentiments on various subjects seem to come from out of what is commonly called "left field." I am especially interested in the logic, or lack thereof, of those who vilify the American way, democracy, capitalism, etc., because it is interesting to hear what some say that is not popular or "party line" rhetoric.
Does supporting two parallel school systems make sense?
To all those people who are willing to put their lives at risk by protesting on our highways: I have a suggestion. Instead of using barrels of cement to chain yourselves to, try taking a cue from the Buddhist Monks of the 1960s.
Regarding Mark Reynolds's Jan. 23 article ("ACLU says Providence Police take video to intimidate protesters; Police disagree").
Professor Charles Liu applies science to the controversy over pressure that has followed the Patriots' win for the American Football Conference championship game. He uses gas laws to conclude that the reduced pressures were not natural (New York Times, Jan. 26). Belichick said he was not a scientist and left it to others to do the physics. Well, I am a scientist and find that Professor Liu's science deficient and Belichick's guess right on, if only partially so.
D.H. Lawrence observed, "The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic and a killer." American soldiers do not spread good will and chocolate bars to people around the world, and our police, prisons and courts are foreboding and brutal.
As a mother of two special-needs children, I was appalled reading the Jan. 26 article ("Boy's mom appeals for benefits").
John Hill's Jan. 25 article ("Providence's North Burial Ground is running out of room") unearths a problem that can only get worse. A Seattle designer with family roots in South County has proposed a new resting place for the dead that specifically addresses the issues of inadequate space and the environmental degradation of conventional burials and cremation.
Football deflation, blizzard inflation. Now what?
Tom Harris and "historical climatologist Dr. Tim Ball" claim that due to measurement uncertainties, 2014′s global temperature increase of 0.69 degrees isn't bigger than 2010′s estimate of 0.65 degrees ("NOAA, NASA lied on 'warmest' records," Commentary, Jan. 23). They need better statistics.
The recent beach cleanup at Pheasant Drive was a successful undertaking, with over a ton of refuse removed from the beach (really, over 2,000 pounds!). I've been enjoying getting to know my new hometown and discovering the beaches and shoreline here in Portsmouth. I've been pleasantly surprised at all the beach and coastal trails hidden along our shores.
In his Jan. 23 letter ("Women have babies"), the Rev. Richard Bucci, a priest in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, stated that Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo held an extreme position on abortion.
Listening to Bill Belichick explain on Saturday, Jan. 24, how the Patriots' footballs might have become deflated reminded me of the explanation by President Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, about an 18-minute gap in the White House tapes pertaining to the Watergate scandal.
The 12 percent surcharge on revenue collected by vendors on business related to T.F. Green Airport is indicative of how Rhode Island is not a business-friendly state for companies or the consumer.
In their Jan. 25 Commentary piece ("Protests shouldn't imperil public safety"), Rhode Island Rep. Ray Hull, D-Providence, and Lou Raptakis, D-Coventry, present their argument for making the act of shutting down public streets and highways, without a permit, as a means of protest, a felony.
I urge support for the Twin River casino hotel proposal, which needs the approval both of the State of Rhode Island and the Town of Lincoln.
The Jan. 18 editorial "Religion and speech" alludes to Pope Francis's recent remarks about free speech by writing: "But he (the Pope) went on from there to argue that there should be limits to expression that offends those who hold religious beliefs."
The Jan. 21 article "Gist is finalist for position" suggests that Deborah Gist has achieved many good things in her role as the Commissioner of Education in Rhode Island. With the state Board of Education failing to notify Ms. Gist of her fate six months before the expiration of her contract this June, is it any wonder that she polished off her resume?
In his Jan. 23 Commentary piece ("NOAA and NASA lied on warmest records"), Tom Harris goes to great lengths to show how minute are the differences in temperatures during the 20th century, and he may be right. But so what? Does he suggest that we simply ignore what we do know, that CO2 and other emissions into the atmosphere mean nothing and we should just keep dumping these gases into the atmosphere?
Three Jan. 23 articles illustrate perfectly why Rhode Island's economy always appears to be lagging the rest of the country.
I agree with the Jan. 20 editorial ("Trolley a folly, for now") about the proposed streetcar line for Providence. I would add that a Rhode Island Public Transit Authority bus route would still be needed to parallel the trolley route. Otherwise, some riders beginning and ending travel outside the short route would need to transfer back and forth.
Events in France have me worried for the fate of freedom of speech around the globe. Acts of terrorism against innocent civilians is nothing new to us, but it is terrifying that his horrific event was done over only the controversial articles and images of Charlie Hebdo.
The House of Representatives is inviting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to address the nation about Iran. It intends to scuttle the negotiations to disarm Iran's nuclear arsenal. It amounts to a "no confidence" vote on President Obama's foreign policy, a public humiliation.
I was at the very first game in Schaefer Stadium (monumental traffic jam, bad toilets, etc.), sat on aluminum benches, and have lived and died with the Patriots ever since then. I have been on a terrific ride with them for about 14 years.
The Dec. 26 editorial "Fired up over energy" describes the competing positions of electricity ratepayers and renewable energy advocates. It puts Rhode Island's precarious energy position in perspective: "Clearly, the region needs a reliable energy supply, one that comes from a variety of sources, including nuclear, wind, geothermal and solar, as well as gas." The recent 24 percent increase in National Grid electricity rates approved by the Public Utilities Commission certainly verifies that position.
Why is everyone acting so surprised about the controversy regarding Patriots allegedly deflating the footballs last week in the American Football Conference championship game?
I can't say I'm not disappointed in my beloved New England Patriots for their choice of using an unethical approach to the game of football. The scrutiny that comes with success cannot be ignored, and should serve as a catalyst for the utmost decorum in all situations. Shame on them.
Interesting how the right wing sees the world ("Class divisions wont help heal America," letter by Lewis Prescott. Jan 22). It's fine for big business and the wealthiest few to rig the system on their behalf with special tax breaks and loopholes and even government subsidies. But raise the tax rate on the wealthiest few to the same level it was during the Reagan years and help people get health care or kids to go to college? Why, that's socialism! Others have called it Marxism, communism and, of course, the ever-popular right-wing clichés of "class envy" and "the redistribution of wealth."
Recent articles have documented improvements that have been made to Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence. Descriptions of the alterations paint a very attractive picture. However, despite the upgrade to the plaza, there is something that is still missing.
Your lead Jan. 21 editorial ("Cape Wind becalmed") provides readers with a good review of the continuing challenges to development of offshore wind energy, but omits a very important fact that, curiously, has received no attention in the Rhode Island press.
Revising the tax code appears to be a hot topic. In my opinion, there is no fairer income tax than the flat tax, where all income above a certain amount (increasing for dependents)is taxed at the same rate. No itemized deductions or credits.
It has been widely observed that President Obama's plan to tax the rich is "dead in the water." What, the One Percent won't hear it? But we are all one united patriotic family in the struggle against Islamic extremism and terrorism ?
President Obama was correct to point out that middle-class incomes have not risen at their historic pace. He has proposed certain "solutions" to this "problem."
I thank Mark Patinkin for acknowledging two remarkable Rhode Island government officials ("Two public servants who fought for what they believed in," column, Jan. 20) who will be leaving their positions.
Five years ago, a group of Rhode Island parents who adopted children from Ethiopia went looking for a new venue to hold Timkat, an annual Ethiopian celebration.
One of the most memorable moments for me at the American Football Conference championship game at Gillette Stadium last Sunday evening occurred even before the kickoff, when seemingly all of the 68,000 spectators in attendance joined in boisterously singing the Star-Spangled Banner.
In his Jan. 14 Commentary piece ("Rhode Island Republicans join State House machine"), Sam Bell indicated that House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello would not put partisan politics before what is right for the state, which is exactly correct.
In his Jan. 16 Commentary piece ("Government should protect young from marijuana"), Samuel Robillard has not made the strongest case for his position, especially concerning correlations and government intervention.
It appears that Barack Obama is once again trying to take us down the road to socialism with his nifty new "middle class economics" program ("President to propose 'middle-class economics,'" news, Jan. 19).
Regarding his Jan. 19 Commentary piece ("Tax code benefits political insiders"): Does Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., not include himself? I'm sure he has a few tax experts involved in his Internal Revenue Service preparations, using every loophole possible. I don't visualize him hunched over his computer with TurboTax installed.
The Jan. 19 Commentary piece by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. ("Tax code benefits political insiders") is another rehash of a condition long recognized by most, even senators. The piece is replete with the customary nostrums, and hypocritical posturing.
The thoughts of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., are good ones in his Jan. 19 Commentary piece ("Tax code benefits political insiders").
Twice a week, I, like others with respiratory-pulmonary issues, go to Miriam Hospital's Center for Cardiac Fitness, at 208 Collyer St. in Providence, for rehab. There is parking for the handicapped.
Much has been written concerning Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo's professed Catholicity, coupled with her extreme pro-abortion stance. This conversation obviously picked up steam after her profoundly extreme statements at Providence Planned Parenthood headquarters during her campaign last year.
The Journal deserves credit for its sensible stance on marijuana in its recent editorials ("Put pot on hold," Jan. 6 and "A state of intoxication," Jan. 14). There are many leaders in Rhode Island working together to raise awareness about the harmful effects of youth marijuana use and the harm on communities.
As one who usually criticizes Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse as Rhode Island's one-note senator — "the climate senator" — I now applaud him for his interest in our tax system. Everyone knows the system is unfair and needs a change.
Regarding the Jan. 13 article "East Providence ramps up effort to sell, develop waterfront site": This is why East Providence will never recover from its economic woes.
To encourage the International Olympic Committee to choose Boston to host the 2024 Olympic Games, Rhode Island and Massachusetts should form a partnership and build a personal rapid transit (PRT) line from Quonset Point to Foxboro's Gillette Stadium along the Amtrak and the MBTA right of ways. Massachusetts could then build PRT lines that connect to nearby Olympic venues.
I read with interest your series last year, "Middle Class Squeeze," which described how a tough economy has made the middle class suffer and dwindle. The paper has been right on target in detailing this decline, most of which has come from some very shortsighted legislation over the past 30 years or so.
Do any of the simpleminded liberals who tied up traffic realize that no one truly cares about them, since most of us are very busy working two jobs just to stay ahead of the Obama Express? Also, many of us believe that the police are all that separates us from the law of the jungle and total anarchy.
Regarding the Jan. 12 Commentary piece by Susan Shapiro ("My pot addiction nearly ruined my life"):
Eight million women ages 21 to 65 years have not been screened for cervical cancer in the past five years, according to a recently released Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Rhode Island alone, the incidence rate of cervical cancer is between 4.5 and 6.2 per 100,000 women.
Daniel McKee's Jan. 14 Commentary piece ("Competition could ease electric bills"), about National Grid's electric rate increase in Rhode Island, is on the mark. The economic implications from the recent rate increase remains a major concern for everyone. My Nov. 20 letter to the editor raised many of these same concerns.
I fear House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello's plan to exempt Social Security and other retirement income from taxation ("Bill would exempt retiree income," Jan 8.) is another Rhode Island special-interest perk, this time a feel-good bone to the very vocal, very voter-engaged AARP set. His claim of huge public support certainly doesn't include me and many other middle class working stiffs tired of ever-increasing taxes, especially property taxes, that support exorbitant public salary, health, and pension benefits not often seen in the private sphere.
I am very proud of the decision of Rhode Island's Catholic bishop, Thomas Tobin, to decline to attend the inauguration ceremony of Gov. Gina Raimondo.
After reading Edward Fitzpatrick's Jan. 7 column ("Don't miss a chance to unite against poverty"), I thought about how Pope Francis might have reacted to it. When the good pope was just a diocesan bishop in Argentina he too was often subjected to criticism and calumniation by the press for his outspoken support of human life and human dignity.
I am amused by the complaint of John Harbaugh, the Baltimore Ravens' head coach, that the New England Patriots used a legal deception involving the substitution rule in their playoff game. Football playbooks are full of deceptive plays: fake punts and field goals, fake hand offs, draw plays, pump fakes, screen passes, etc. It is up to coaches to prepare players to recognize these deceptions and react accordingly.
In a Jan. 6 Commentary piece ("Waterboarding is little like the 'water cure'"), Mackubin Thomas Owens takes issue with my assertion, verified as "true" by PolitiFact, that CIA waterboarding was essentially the same thing that American soldiers were court-martialed for during the Philippine insurrection. While conceding that the "water cure" used in the Philippines was torture, Mr. Owens argues that waterboarding was different: "While waterboarding simulates the sensation of drowning, the water cure actually forced potentially deadly amounts of water into the victim's stomach through the nose and mouth."
With regard to Mark Patinkin's Jan. 12 Commentary piece ("Paris murders more about fear and desperation"), which examined the terrorists' motivation for the Charlie Hebdo killings:
Back-up safety Duron Harmon Saturday made a crucial interception that pretty much insured that the Patriots would prevail and play again next Sunday. I wonder if anyone has calculated just how much that catch was worth to the coffers of Providence and Rhode Island.
David Morowitz' defense of the Staten Island Grand Jury's failure to indict members of the New York Police Department in the Eric Garner case ("Grand Jury made right decision in Eric Garner case," Commentary, Jan. 11) misstates the role of the grand jury in the criminal process.
Regarding President Obama's proposal for letting students attend two years of community college for free, please explain this:
Finally, President Obama has suggested something that I can really agree with. Free two-year community college for all high school grads with a 2.5 average would be great. Although we don't know how it would be funded, giving students free education would really enable more of them to get jobs, even better jobs, and maybe we taxpayers would pay less for welfare.
In response to the Jan. 9 letter by John Leistritz ("Questions about police"): As a retired police officer who served her community for 21 years, I think I can help.
Bishop Thomas Tobin refused an invitation to the inauguration of Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, a Democrat. He said he did not attend because of the governor's stance on abortion rights.
David Morowitz's defense of the failure of a grand jury to indict the New York City police officer in the murder of a Eric Gardner is laughable ("Grand jury made right decision in Eric Garner case," Commentary, Jan. 11).
Much ink has been spilled over the many difficulties of doing business in Rhode Island. Unfortunately, I am about to add to that long list.
It's not surprising — this being Rhode Island — but it is truly disgusting when someone such as Arthur C. Norman writes a letter like "Waterboarding is indeed torture" (Jan. 11).
Regarding Dennis Byrne's Jan. 8 Commentary piece (What ever happened to Islam?") on Islam's Golden Age: The same story was related by famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson at a symposium in San Diego in 2006.
I miss Shirley MacLaine playing Mrs. Isadore Levenson on the PBS show "Downton Abbey." She made her entrance, brash, vulgar, not intimidated by all the elaborate grandeur at dinner parties. Her daughter had married the lord of the manor and saved it from financial ruin. Clearly, she was depicting a wealthy Jewish American from Newport.
In his Jan. 11 letter "Waterboarding is indeed torture," Arthur C. Norman disparaged a Jan. 6 Commentary piece by Mackubin Thomas Owens ("Waterboarding is little like the 'water cure'"), in which he argued that waterboarding was not torture under the definitions of the term then in use.
In her Jan. 9 letter ("Pro-choice really pro-life"), Rosalyn Sinclair asks Bishop Thomas Tobin to open his heart and mind to the undeniable fact that if abortion were not legal, we would see women once again receiving coat hanger abortions, resulting in horrible consequences, even death.
Jan. 9 is the 102nd anniversary of the birth of President Richard Milhous Nixon. Yet because of the Watergate scandal, the text books in today's schools contain very little information on his accomplishments.
I read an interesting fact in the Jan. 5 "Yesterday and today" column, which said "Construction began on the Golden Gate Bridge" and "was completed four years later."
Rhode Islanders should be concerned with our new governor's plan to appoint a non-clinician to head the Department of Children Youth and Families. We should be equally concerned that this decision appears to be based on cost overruns and not the welfare of children. Yes, the deficit needs to be trimmed, but not on the back of the safety and health of children and their families.
David Gorman, president of the International Association of Firefighters Local 3372, has shot himself in the foot, and has done great damage not only to the citizens of Coventry, but to those who protect the welfare and safety of our townspeople.
The outrage in some circles over the administration's détente with Cuba has me puzzled ("U.S., freedom-loving Cubans take a hit," Commentary, Jan. 7).
We have just witnessed a horrific and inexcusable act of terror take place in Paris. Having close friends and family living in Paris, I am shaken to the core by the heinous attack by gunmen at the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. As a Muslim, I unequivocally condemn this barbaric act that has nothing to do with the Islam I know and love.
If Elizabeth Warren is elected to the White House, will she be the first Native American president?
In her Jan 6 letter ("Pro-choice is really pro-life") Rosalyn Sinclair states simplistically that abortion is "a fact of life" that will always be with us as though that fact alone justifies the practice.
Regarding the Jan. 6 Commentary piece ("Time to end $2.89 subminimum wage"): While serving in the Rhode Island Senate (1992 to 2002), I participated in a number of discussions concerning raising the minimum wage. The issues always included adding the servers and others who relied on tips to increase their take home pay.
After reading Trudy Rubin's Dec. 31 Commentary piece ("The end of Iraq's Christian communities?"), all I can say is that I am very glad I do not subscribe to any of the major religions that have come out of western Asia. All those religions seem to be good at is starting wars in the name of religion.
I have never been as proud of Rhode Island as I am with the inauguration of its new governor, Gina Raimondo.
There aren't too many things I enjoy more than sharing a meal with family and friends, be it breakfast at a diner or dinner at a fancy restaurant. And there's nothing that annoys me more than seeing people partaking of a meal with heads bent down, checking phones and Ipads, completely ignoring the other people at the table.
The Journal sent an ill-advised message to state lawmakers when it urged them to hold off on adopting legislation to regulate and tax marijuana like alcohol ("Put pot on hold," editorial, Jan. 6).
Would somebody please explain how the State of Rhode Island can find enough money in its budget to give 8.11 percent raises to recently elected politicians when it can't find enough to pay contractually obligated 3 percent cost-of-living adjustments to retired state employees, many of whom paid into the system for more than 30 years?
Christopher Daniel asks in his Dec. 30 Commentary piece ("Don't let the radical Islamists win"): "Where are the moderate Muslims and why are they silent?" That is one question that should be put to Muslims here in this country. One would think that the perversion of the Muslim faith by the world's radical extremists such as ISIS, al-Qaida and the Taliban would certainly draw the public condemnation of the truly faithful.
The reason it is increasingly difficult to find heroes like Joshua Chamberlain today ("Joshua L. Chamberlain, American superhero," Commentary, Jan. 6, by Daniel F. Harrington) is the same reason that the author found it necessary to explain to the readership that "fix bayonets" meant "attach knives (sic) to their guns."
So "enhanced interrogation tactics" cheerleader Mackubin Thomas Owens wants us to believe that waterboarding is not torture and offers as his proof that some U.S. armed service members have been waterboarded as part of their training ("Waterboarding is little like the 'water cure,'" Commentary, Jan. 6). Such hubris!
I found the Jan. 5 letter by Devone R. Tucker ("Climate skeptics are on the losing side") quite amusing. His faith in human-induced climate change seems to have been strengthened in 2014 by the apparent conversion of two politicians and an economist to the notion that the climate is changing.
For the first time in years (decades?), I have a hopeful feeling about the direction and well-being of Rhode Island. At last, we have a governor and House speaker who seem to truly want what's best for our state. By being from the dominant party in this state, they will have the numbers to pass or repeal legislation that would help us improve our poor standings in many categories, especially business.
Now that the beatification of "Gina from Rhode Island" (news, Jan. 4) is completed and the gubernatorial coronation has been held, what can the average Rhode Island worker/pensioner expect? It certainly won't be the 8.11 percent raise given to our newly elected officials!
One of the greatest pitchers of all time, Pedro Martinez, has been elected to The Hall of Fame on his first ballot. He was both fearless and dominating when he took the mound.
I should have sat down before reading David Cicilline's Jan. 1 op-ed piece in The New York Times, ("Teach Congress a Lesson"), because I nearly fell to the floor in laughter while reading it.
In her Jan. 6 letter ("Pro-choice is really pro-life), Roslyn Sinclair claims that Bishop Thomas Tobin's opposition to abortion jeopardizes women's health. This is based on misinformation spread by pro-choice advocates since Roe v. Wade in 1973.
Regarding "Bishop Tobin rejects inauguration invite over Raimondo's support of abortion rights" (news , Jan. 5):
In the midst of a prolonged economic malaise, a condition perpetuated primarily by politicians who are not savvy economically, the 8.11 percent pay increase for the top five Rhode Island state officials is disgraceful.
The Jan. 6 editorial, "Put pot on hold," completely ignores one of the biggest issues about legalizing marijuana: race.
After reading Linda Borg's Dec. 25 article ("R.I. college savings gifts top $1 million"), I wanted to see how Rhode Island's 529 college savings plan was rated.