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Sprouta Control #160 mph, as she is known in the central Vermont roller derby world. Outside of that realm, she is Kate Dwyer-Frattalone, 20, of Montpelier.
Kate Dwyer-Frattalone sort of broke the mold.
She could've done it with her writing, dancing, singing, art, modeling, or as a young businesswoman. Chances are, though, it was the roller derby.
"My favorite thing to do is skate. Regardless of what type," the 20-year-old Montpelier resident said. "Each kind has its merits."
So, that means we need to change gears. Now we need to talk about Kate through a different lens.
Kate Sprout definitely broke the mold. "Sprouta Control #160mph" is her roller derby name.
Sprout is 5-feet, 4-inches tall. She's 115 pounds. She's slight. She's petite but that's probably irrelevant; she's skilled.
"It's still that but now it's this deep concentration that comes over me whether I'm working on a skill or on my speed. I think that's what draws so many people in and why we get obsessed. I have to breathe and remind myself I love doing other things, too, sometimes," she said. "I skate because there's a kind of meditation that comes with it. There's nothing happening except the here and now. When I started it was because I was so focused on not falling down. ... Burnout is pretty common and the only way to avoid it is to change things up."
Many of the women skating with Sprout are much larger, and far more experienced. And while the premise of the game is easy, it's rough.
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members on quad skates, skating around a track. Game play consists of a series of two-minute "jams" in which both teams designate a scoring player (the jammer). Wearing a star on their helmets, they score points by lapping members of the opposing team. The teams attempt to assist their own jammer whilst blocking the opposing jammer, playing offense and defense at the same time.
Across central Vermont, roller derby has gained attention because of Twin City Riot's ongoing success.
Sprout (as most people know her today), found roller derby in July 2012, when she attended a Twin City Riot bout at the BOR in Barre with her father.
"Neither of us understood any more than the basic rules, but we loved it. I liked how fast-paced it was, and the palpable excitement."
After that, she went to her first Wrecking Dolls session at the Recreation Center in Montpelier (5 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, bring your own mouth guard), which is the non-contact learning aspect of the Central Vermont Roller Derby (CVRD) league.
"Now I still skate at Wrecking Dolls to keep my basic skills up, but I skate with the Twin City Riot who are the 'bouting aspect' of CVRD," Sprout said. "Hopefully you'll see me bouting with the Riot this season. Our first home bout is at the BOR on June 8 against the Green Mountain Derby Dame's Black Ice Brawlers."
Other than a few bruises here and there, Sprout has had no serious injuries.
Is Sprout intimidated by derby and the risks involved?
"Well, I never really thought much about being intimidated. Along those lines, I've had a couple people refer to me as fearless as of late because I just sort of threw myself into the world of derby, especially reffing which demands a lot of you mentally, but I'm not sure I identify that way because there isn't any real reason to be scared of something like that. You get out what you put into it and I might not know every rule by heart yet or be the best skater on my team but I'm sure going to try to do a better job at each practice," she said.
"I guess I've just seen skaters my size and smaller who knock girls twice their size down simply with skill and in many ways as far as jamming goes, being tiny means you can fit through smaller holes. ... And as far as speed goes, size might make a difference when you're starting out but as you get better it's simply about form, how hard you train and strength."
"Being a skater asks something different from me," she said. "As a jammer it's, 'get through the opposing blockers, score points, stop the other jammer from scoring points.' As a blocker it's, 'get my jammer through, stop the other jammer from getting through, use strategy to control the pace of the game.'"
The team-building has also generated connections and personal relationships.
"What I love about roller derby is that it brings together so many different kinds of people. I have friends I never would have never gotten to know had it not been for derby. And there's a web of people all over the world who love it as much as I do. So when I go to Oregon, I'll go see what the Rose City Rollers have going on. Or to Ireland or Australia. It's all over the place and spreading like wild fire. It's a world-wide community. We call it 'derby love.'"
Sprout has taken such an interest in the sport itself, she now is one of the derby's referees.
"I got interested in reffing because at the time CVRD had a 21-plus rule, and I'm 20, but I wanted to be involved in derby. So I started to study under the Vermont Men's roller derby head ref Gritty Purl. Since then CVRD has changed our age minimum to 18-plus so now I'm lucky enough to continue to learn how to both skate and ref."
As a ref, her derby name is Bossyboots.
"Whether I'm reffing or skating with my team it's the same, even though they're two totally different jobs that ask a mix of things from me. Reffing forces me to see the big picture,literally. There's no focusing on just one skater. I never know what the score is or what's happening off the track because I get so zeroed in on what's happening there. I'm always running things I see through my head because there are so many rules, though the concept of derby is fairly basic, and so many different things you have to always be watching for in a bout."
Sprout acknowledges this is only her first year in the derby, and she has plenty to learn from her teammates and mentors.
She grew up in Woodbury, and is known locally as a musician, photographer and artist. She also runs Four Paws Inn, which offers doggy daycare, boarding and grooming, with her mother.
"For most of my life, I've considered myself more of an artist than an athlete. Taking dance classes, writing and performing in the Hungry Rat Revue. I've had art and photography shows hung around Montpelier and collaborated for a long-time with (former Montpelier artist) Rachael Rice, with whom I played in multiple bands as well as shared art shows."
The derby has only emphasized that creative side.
"Roller derby was never expected or planned to take over so much of my life. I was in the middle of trying to get my writing published when the derby bug bit. I'm still a writer and a creative, I'm just not as active at the moment. To be frank, derby careers are stopped short by injury more often than anything else and while I hope to still be able to ref once I can't play anymore, I know my artistic skills will always be there for me when my body starts to give out."
In fact, this April, she will have a photography show coming up at Coffee Corner in Montpelier that is made up of portraits of the people in Vermont that help make central Vermont's roller derby.
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This Thursday we're talkin' about old-time sounds that have been around since someone somewhere first blew across the lip of a jug.The "Allis After Hours" music comes courtesy of Michael Ammons the the Water Street Hot Shots, which plays not only vintage jug band songs, but classic blues and original music. They're the instructors and the entertainers who present tonight's installment of the Charles Allis Art Museum "American Roots Music" series.
Explore some of the roots of heavy metal music at the Queensryche show tonight. »Read Full Blog Post
Marcus Theatres expand fall line up with indie films
Marcus Theatres is upping the ante in its alternative movie programming this fall, adding a bucket of old comedy favorites and some limited-run showings of art-house fare that had little or no big-screen time in Milwaukee to the occasional concert and special-event shows that turn up regularly in its theaters.
The programming is from The Theatre Entertainment Network. Marcus Theatres announced late Thursday that it was formally launching the network Monday. »Read Full Article
SURG cutting off relationship with Ryan Braun; Graffito to close at end of 2013
SURG has ended its business relationship with Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun, and the restaurant bearing his name in the Third Ward will close at the end of the year, the restaurant group announced today, further fallout from Braun's suspension.
His name will be removed from the restaurant at 102 N. Water St. Braun's name already has been removed from the restaurant's website, including from the URL. The restaurant now is called simply Graffito instead of Ryan Braun's Graffito. »Read Full Blog Post(83)
New DVDs for release Sept. 10
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (Paramount) J.J. Abrams' sequel to his successful reboot of the popular sci-fi franchise jettisoned everything that was distinctive and engaging in the 2009 movie in favor of effects, a too-familiar villain and an onslaught of insider jokes and references to past "Trek" mythology — boldly going nowhere new. With Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Karl Urban. (PG-13; violence, scenes of terrorism) ★★ »Read Full Article
Milwaukee movies off the grid: Sept. 6-11
'Ted' at Fish Fry & a Flick
"Ted," Seth MacFarlane's coarse yet cuddly comedy about a man and his foulmouthed teddy-bear pal, is showing at dusk Friday in the Point Fish Fry & a Flick series outside Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Drive. »Read Full Article
UWM, LGBT festival offer fine alternatives
The enthusiasm for world and art-house cinema and other alternative programming at the Milwaukee Film Festival is shared by two other film-savvy local institutions: the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union Theatre series, with screenings nightly, and the Milwaukee LBGT Film/Video Festival, which is in its 28th year.
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This year, the Union Theatre, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., has switched to month-to-month schedules, and so far has only released its September lineup. It features dramas, documentaries, world cinema, classics and experimental films, many screened on DVD. »Read Full Article
Off-the-grid films were among summer of 2013's best
Did fan culture kill the summer movie blockbuster?
Many of the summer's films were sci-fi-centric, and most of them looked the same. Perhaps the sheer number of them guaranteed that not all would do well at the box office. »Read Full Article
2013 Milwaukee fall movie preview
All films are created equal until you see them. Then the cream rises to the top and the others sink like a stone.
The list below contains some of both, for those opening in Milwaukee from now through the Friday before Thanksgiving. Time will tell which is which. As usual, their release dates are subject to change. »Read Full Article
'12 Years a Slave' brings Oscar heat
It was pushing 100 degrees in Los Angeles last week.
"It's global-warming nasty out there," said John Ridley Jr. »Read Full Article(1)
'Ultimate Life' finds inspiration in lessons twice learned
What do you do when you've learned what you really need to know? How about learning how your teacher learned the lessons he taught you?
That's the idea, anyway, behind "The Ultimate Life," the sequel-prequel to the 2006 faith-based melodrama "The Ultimate Gift" — both based on the inspirational novels by Jim Stovall. »Read Full Article
Chef-author visits reaching all-time high
No time to hibernate: Autumn and winter will bring an array of prominent cookbook authors to Milwaukee, including a Michelin three-star chef, a restaurateur from the Deep South, a co-founder of Chicago's French Pastry School and an expert on wild foods.
More than books will be involved — where there are chefs, there will be food. Milwaukee restaurants will be the hosts for book dinners as their chefs cook for guests. »Read Full Article
David HB Drake's 'Wiscon-Sing' live show captured on CD
There aren't many opportunities for folk singers to go full time, but David HB Drake found a way to make it work, while also celebrating our state's history and teaching multiple generations of Wisconsin children a thing or three.
The 66-year-old Waukesha resident has been performing "Wiscon-Sing," a musical history of the state, for 33 years. »Read Full Article
This week's concerts
5 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday, 2013 Paramount Blues Festival, Lime Kiln Park, 800 S. Green Bay Road, Grafton. $10 in advance for the weekend, $20 at the gate; single day tickets $10 at the gate. See graftonblues.org. »Read Full Article
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'Riddick' stays true to sci-fi roots
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It's hard not to be prejudiced against 'Austenland'
Jane Austen would spin in her nearly 200-year-old grave at the crude and broad movie made in her name.
Knowing it already has the attention of the hardcore fans of her books such as "Persuasion," "Pride and Prejudice," and "Sense and Sensibility," "Austenland" sets its sights on the mass audience — and fails both groups. »Read Full Article
Weekly entertainment calendar
Bar Louie Bayshore: Nora Collins, 7 p.m. Sept. 11, 5750 N. Bayshore Drive, Glendale. »Read Full Article
Cage the Elephant playing free Exclusive Company show
Cage the Elephant doesn't have a show booked for a Milwaukee venue (that's publicly known anyway), but the high-energy, Kentucky-based rock band is playing in town anyway--at the Exclusive Company, 1669 N. Farwell Ave., at 7 p.m. Sept. 29.
Not only is the performance-which will include an autograph session--in a more intimate setting than the band's generally playing these days--the show is also free. »Read Full Article
Katt Williams coming to U.S. Cellular Arena
Does comedian Katt Williams finally have his act together?
People are willing to bet money on it. Williams is hitting the road for a comeback tour this fall that includes a Nov. 1 show at U.S. Cellular Arena. »Read Full Article
On Tap Today: Free entry at MAM, Parachute at the Rave, Butterflies at MPM
This weekend will be your last chance to check out the Milwaukee Art Museum's 30 Americans exhibition, and today, you can get in for free.
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Brinley lives with a rare genetic auto-inflammatory disease called TRAPS HIDS, which causes recurring fevers.
Though she is only 4- years-old, Brinley's parents encouraged her to learn how to administer her own injections of Kineret and today it something she does on a daily basis.
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A Chinese property developer has reportedly paid close to $2 million for a golden-haired Tibetan mastiff puppy. The lion-looking dogs have become a status symbol for China's very rich.


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An escaped inmate is wanted in connection with the theft of a fire truck stolen from a central Oklahoma fire department, said a Boley police official. The truck was last seen on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike headed toward Missouri
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- Magliocchetti, Manuela; Maddox, Stephen J.; Hawkins, Edward; Peacock, John A.; Bland-Hawthorn, Joss; Bridges, Terry J.; Cannon, Russell D.; Cole, Shaun; Colless, Matthew; Collins, Chris A.; Couch, Warrick J.; Dalton, Gavin B.; De Propris, Roberto; Driver, Simon P.; Efstathiou, George P.; Ellis, Richard S.; Frenk, Carlos S.; Glazebrook, Karl; Jackson, C. A.; Jones, Bryn; Lahav, Ofer; Lewis, Ian; Lumsden, Stuart; Norberg, Peder; Peterson, Bruce A.; Sutherland, William J.; Taylor, Keith
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- The clustering properties of local, S1.4 GHz ≥ 1 mJy, radio sources are investigated for a sample of 820 objects drawn from the joint use of the Faint Images of the Radio Sky at 20 cm (FIRST) and 2dF Galaxy Redshift surveys. To this aim, we present 271 new bJ ≤ 19.45 spectroscopic counterparts of FIRST radio sources to be added to those already introduced in our previous paper. The two-point correlation function for the local radio population is found to be entirely consistent with estimates obtained for the whole sample of 2dFGRS galaxies. From measurements of the redshift-space correlation function Θ(s) we derive a redshift-space clustering length s0 = 10.7-0.7+0.8 Mpc, while from the projected correlation function ζ (rT) we estimate the parameters of the real-space correlation function ζ (r) = (r/r0) -γ, r0 = 6.7-1.10.9 Mpc and γ = 1.6 ± 0.1, where h = 0.7 is assumed. Different results are instead obtained if we only consider sources that present signatures of active galactic nucleus (AGN) activity in their spectra. These objects are shown to be very strongly correlated, with r0 = 10.9-1.2+10 Mpc and γ = 2 ± 0.1, a steeper slope than has been claimed in other recent works. No difference is found in the clustering properties of radio-AGNs of different radio luminosity. Comparisons with models for ζ (r) show that AGN-fuelled sources reside in dark matter haloes more massive than ∼1013.4 M⊙, higher than the corresponding figure for radio-quiet quasi-stellar objects. This value can be converted into a minimum black hole mass associated with radio-loud, AGN-fuelled objects of M BHmin ∼ 109 M⊙. The above results then suggest - at least for relatively faint radio objects - the existence of a threshold black hole mass associated with the onset of significant radio activity such as that of radio-loud AGNs; however, once the activity is triggered, there appears to be no evidence for a connection between black hole mass and level of radio output.
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- 2004
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- Active galactic; Angular-correlation function; Black-hole masses; Continuum; Cosmology; Distances; Emission-line galaxies; Galaxies; Host galaxies; Luminosity function; Nuclei; Observations; Quasars; Radio; Redshifts; Spectral type; Starburst; Statistics; VLA sky survey
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The "skinny kid with a funny name" -- as President Barack Obama referred to himself in his 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address -- made history in 2008 by becoming the first black man to be elected President of the United States.
Breaking racial barriers is nothing new for him, however. Obama has been trying to find his place in society as an African-American starting in elementary school and continuing through his college years.
Obama's diverse background and strong foundation of American principles matches the melting pot appearance of the country he hopes to lead.Barack Obama -- Barack means "blessed" in the Central African language of Luo -- was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Ann Dunham and Barack Obama Sr.Obama's father was born in the Nyanza Province, Kenya, and grew up herding goats with his own father. In 1959, at the age of 23, Barack Obama Sr. won a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and study economics at the University of Hawaii. It was there that he met Ann Dunham.
Dunham grew up in Wichita, Kan., where her father worked on oil rigs during the Depression and marched across Europe in Patton's army. Her mother worked on a bomber assembly line during World War II. After the war, the family moved to Hawaii.
Obama's parents met at the University of Hawaii. They were both students when they married and Obama was born in 1961.
In 1963, when Obama was 2, the couple separated when his father moved from Hawaii to Boston with a scholarship to finish his Ph.D at Harvard. Barack Sr. returned to Kenya after his schooling with the goal of bettering his poverty-stricken country. Besides visiting his son once, Barack Sr. remained in Kenya until his death in a car accident in 1982.
Later, Dunham was remarried to Lolo Soetoro, a University of Hawaii student from Indonesia. In 1967, the whole family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia. Here, Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng was born in 1970.
While living in Indonesia, Obama found an American magazine article that showed blacks using skin-bleaching agents to make themselves lighter.
Obama told A&E, "I first realized that I was an African-American (at that moment), but also there were all sorts of implications to race and there were power relationships in race. ... I remember feeling shocked by that."
This event would trigger Obama's journey to find his identity in the black community.
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In 1971, 10-year-old Barack, commonly known as "Barry" in his early years, returned to Hawaii to live with grandparents Madelyn and Stanley Dunham. According to David Mendell, a Chicago Tribune reporter, being separated from his mother was a dramatic experience.
He said, "he missed her greatly at times."
Obama was enrolled in the fifth grade at the esteemed Punahou Academy after returning to Hawaii and graduated with honors in 1979. He was one of three black students at the entire school.
His half-sister Soetoro-Ng said that Obama felt the first stirrings of loneliness while attending this school. It was the first time that "there was nobody there that completely understood him," she said.
When Obama was in fifth grade, Barack Sr. visited Hawaii, but the intended joyous trip only caused a disruption. Soetoro-Ng said it was confusing for her half-brother and that he did not feel his father was entitled to make decisions about his life.
Before Barack Sr. left, he gave Obama records of African music and a basketball, which also failed to bridge the gap between father and son, according to the A&E video.In 1972, Obama's mother separated from her second husband and returned to Hawaii with Maya to complete her masters in anthropology at the University of Hawaii.
Dunham taught her children the lessons she learned in her studies, especially those of the underprivileged, according to the A&E video. Soetoro-Ng said that her mother had dolls that were "all the colors of the rainbow, and in fact, that is what our family looked like."
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Obama's high school years were filled with continuous efforts to find his place within the society around him. Mendell wrote that Obama tried to mimic what he thought was "black behavior," including slacking off in schoolwork, playing basketball and experimenting with alcohol, marijuana and cocaine.
Although his grades were not excellent, Obama was still admitted to Occidental College in Los Angeles. Obama made several black friends at school, but he still did not fully understand what it meant to be a black American, which left him feeling like he did not belong, according to the video.
After his sophomore year, Obama transferred to Columbia University in New York, where he eventually graduated in 1983 with a degree in political science.
While at Columbia, Obama walked through many ethnic neighborhoods and tried to understand the "societal forces around the issue of race," according to the A&E video. Obama eventually knew that he wanted to be a community organizer, a job he hoped would allow him to confront the kind of racism and poverty that had troubled him for most of his life.
After graduation, Obama moved to Chicago's South Side to help with the Developing Communities Project and the Altgeld Gardens public housing development. After successfully completing projects in school reform and hazardous waste cleanup, and establishing a job-training center, Obama set his sights on Harvard Law.
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Sparse crowd hears Dylan play it his way
Bob Dylan may be one of the most influential musicians of all time. But he's no Justin Bieber.
At least, not in terms of live audience demand in Milwaukee. Bieber sold out the BMO Harris Bradley Center in less than an hour. For Dylan on Thursday, the arena was mostly empty, with the 400 sections curtained off and entire rows of seats in the 200s without a single occupant. I've never seen the arena so empty for a concert. »Read Full Article(22)
Singles Scorecard: Hear new songs from Prince, Coldplay and Jack White
After finally making amends with Warner Bros. Records, Prince will release a new album on the record label that will include his recently-released single "The Breakdown." Associated Press photo by Jakob Joergensen. »Read Full Blog Post
LaCage celebrates 30 years of dancing, drag queens and nightlife
"Back in 1984, LaCage was a safe space for LGBT and LGBT-friendly people to meet, hang out and have fun while making new friends," said Kris Heindel, who has owned the club with Michael Jost since 2005. "LaCage remains a safe space and fun, but its value has been enhanced through the years by greater societal acceptance and welcoming everyone to the LaCage experience and what they have been missing."
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Throngs of believers are flocking to a home in northern Israel to see a statue of the Virgin Mary that some say is weeping oil.
Members of a Christian family in Tarshiha are calling the statue a miracle, according to The Associated Press.
Osama Khoury told the AP his family bought the statue last year but only recently did his wife recently find it "covered with oil."
"She then wiped the oil, she was scared," Khoury said. "She called our neighbor and told her to come and see what she saw. The neighbor came and looked at it and found that it was real oil, and then she held my wife's hands and told her not to be afraid, that it was a blessing that had come into your house."
Khoury's wife, Amira, said the statue also "spoke" to her and told her not to be afraid.
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A waitress was stiffed on a nearly $100-dollar restaurant check because the family she was waiting on objected to her perceived "gay lifestyle."
Dayna Morales, a server at Gallop Asian Bistro in Bridgewater, N.J., was waiting on a woman and her family, when the woman made a disparaging comment about Morales' short hair, according to the Huffington Post. Morales is a former marine.
The family left the restaurant and paid no tip on the $93.55 bill. The family instead wrote a note on the receipt: "I'm sorry but I cannot tip because I don't agree with your lifestyle and how you live your life."
Morales posted the receipt with the message on Facebook with this (edited) message: "I am THOROUGHLY offended and hurt that THIS is what her kids will grow up learning and that I served in the Marines to keep ignorant people like them free. Sorry lady but I don't agree with YOUR lifestyle and the way you're raising your kids."


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Nadal cruises in Madrid for fifth title since comebackBy RAPHAEL MINDER
The New York Times | May 13,2013AP Photo
Rafael Nadal falls to the ground in celebration after winning the Madrid Open against Stanislas Wawrinka Sunday.MADRID In front of an adoring crowd and on his cherished clay surface, Rafael Nadal defeated Stanislas Wawrinka to win the Madrid Open on Sunday, securing his fifth title since returning in February from a knee injury.
Nadals 6-2, 6-4 victory was a one-sided exhibition of clay-court mastery, particularly in the first set, which Nadal won in half an hour. Nadal, of Spain, used heavy topspin to keep Wawrinka running far behind the baseline. When Wawrinka risked a net approach, he was usually beaten by Nadals fierce passing shots.
After being sidelined for seven months, Nadal has reached seven consecutive finals, winning five. He now has three Madrid titles, but this victory is even more special considering how complicated this year has been, Nadal said.
Wawrinka has long played in the shadow of his Swiss compatriot Roger Federer, but he has been one of the most impressive players this season. He arrived in Madrid after winning a clay tournament in Portugal a week ago. He lined up strong performances on his way to the final, leaping to 10th from 15th in the rankings.
Wawrinka acknowledged the superiority of Nadals game, but he also said he felt out of juice by the time he took the court against Nadal. Wawrinkas grueling Madrid schedule included a quarterfinal victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-2, 6-7 (9), 6-4, that ended after 1 a.m.
If youre not completely there, then hes killing you, like he did at the beginning of the match, Wawrinka said at a news conference, referring to Nadal. He was always dictating the points.
In the second set, Wawrinka briefly managed to keep pace with Nadal and make better use of his one-fisted backhand, one of the best on the tour. At 3-3, however, he served two straight double faults, handing Nadal a decisive break. Wawrinka never had a break point of his own.
Earlier in the day, Serena Williams defended her No. 1 ranking and her 2012 Madrid title by coasting past Maria Sharapova in the womens final.
Williams completed her 6-1, 6-4 victory in slightly more than 1 hour 15 minutes, then celebrated her 50th career singles title by performing a pirouette for the crowd.
If Sharapova had won, she would have passed Williams for the top ranking. Before Sunday, Sharapova had not dropped a set in the tournament, and she had won 25 straight matches on red clay.
But Williams has not lost to Sharapova since 2004. Sharapovas game unraveled Sunday from the start, when she failed to hold serve as Williams took a 4-0 lead. Even in the fifth game, which Sharapova won, she had three double faults and sent two backhands well beyond the baseline, symbolic of an afternoon in which she rarely found any rhythm.
Starting the match like that isnt going to get me anywhere, Sharapova said at a news conference. A lot of things were slow; I wasnt reacting well and not moving well.
Asked to compare Williams with other top players she had faced in her career, Sharapova said, She is certainly the strongest, physically the most powerful and the biggest hitter.
Williams repeatedly outpaced Sharapova, sending some forehands down the line that Sharapova could only watch from a distance.
Williams later walked into her news conference wearing a red T-shirt that read, Bestest Ever.
Every time I play, I really relish it more, Williams said, smiling. I feel like, honestly, Serena, when are you going to get tired? I dont know.
Until Sunday, Williams had not won a title on red clay since the 2002 French Open. Last year, the Madrid tournament organizers chose to use a blue clay that drew heavy criticism for being slippery. Williams said the decision to switch back to traditional clay was a plus, allowing for better preparation for the French Open, which starts in two weeks.
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House gives early nod on preschool billBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | May 01,2013
Stefan Hard / Staff Photo Rep. Adam Greshin, I-Warren, speaks on a preschool funding bill during debate Tuesday in the Statehouse.MONTPELIER House lawmakers gave preliminary approval Tuesday to legislation that would require every school district in the state to provide publicly funded preschool to children as young as 3.
In a 97-43 vote that split mostly along party lines, advocates for early education won a victory they say will expand opportunities for kids during a critical period in their lives. For lower-income children especially, supporters of the legislation say, the bill would provide the head start needed to promote academic success later in life.
By investing in high-quality early education instruction, we create the foundation for learning that cant be replicated later in life, said Rep. Sarah Buxton, a Tunbridge Democrat. Unfortunately, not all children have the early foundational supports that can help prevent lifelong difficulty with learning.
Critics, however, said that however worthwhile preschool may be, lawmakers should not impose upon districts a new mandate for which local property tax payers will be picking up the tab.
Rep. Heidi Scheuermann, a Republican from Stowe, said its ironic that the House just last week voted out an education finance bill aimed at bending the spending trajectory in local schools.
We were talking how we were going to control spending, and we were blaming ... local school boards for voting on budget increases and spending increases, Scheuermann said.
Less than seven days later, she said, the same lawmakers are passing legislation that will necessarily increase local budgets.
We cant ask our residents to pay more, Scheuermann said. And yet the state is now forcing us to do that.
Gov. Peter Shumlin seems to share at least some of the opponents concerns. The Democrat said he supports efforts to expand publicly financed preschool offerings. But he stopped short Tuesday of endorsing the Houses approach.
There isnt a Vermonter who doesnt agree that pre-K is incredibly important. The question is how do we pay for it, Shumlin said. Weve got to do it in a way that doesnt adversely impact property tax payers, and thats the balance were trying to find.
Shumlin and lawmakers look to have at least another year to figure it out. With less than two weeks left in the session, the legislation approved by the House on Tuesday is exceedingly unlikely to get through the Senate before the fall of the gavel.
But proponents of the plan say the budgetary impacts wont be nearly as pronounced as critics fear. All but 40 of the states 270 or so school districts already provide at least some publicly financed preschool; those programs now serve about 38 percent of the approximately 11,300 kids age 3 and 4.
Rep. Adam Greshin, a Warren independent, said that whether the Legislature acts or not, Vermont is already heading down the road to universal pre-kindergarten, as districts respond to demand from constituents. In fiscal year 2016, the first year the legislation would take effect, the Legislatures Joint Fiscal Office predicts an annual fiscal impact of only $1.2 million.
Estimates from the Agency of Education project that pre-K enrollment percentages will plateau at 60 percent by 2020 and add $9.8 million annually to statewide school spending a drop of water in the $1.4 billion public education bucket.
The legislation wouldnt mandate enrollment in preschool, only that it be available to parents who want it; the bill calls for at least 10 hours of publicly funded preschooling for 35 weeks a year.
Rep. Johanna Leddy Donovan, a Burlington Democrat and chairwoman of the House Education Committee, said shes convinced the additional expenditures will, in short order, result in downward pressure on budgets for special education.
Donovan said its also a matter of fairness. In districts without publicly funded preschool, she said, children from well-to-do families likely arent missing out on education. Its the kids from low-income families, Donovan said, who are forced to go without.
Not everyone is convinced that the fiscal impacts of the mandate would be so benign, especially for towns in which parents opt in high numbers to avail themselves of the cost-free option. Rep. Cynthia Browning, an Arlington Democrat, said that if lawmakers think preschool is important enough to mandate, then they ought to be willing to fund it as well.
Instead of leaving property tax payers to pay for the preschool-related expenses that will be built into their tax rates, Browning said the Legislature should allocate general fund revenues to offset what will otherwise become an unfunded mandate from Montpelier.
Rep. Margaret Cheney, a Democrat from Norwich, one of the districts that doesnt offer publicly funded pre-K, said she agreed.
I think the underlying issue here is not its value, but how we pay for it, and essentially whether we want to expand what the property tax pays for as opposed to the general fund, Cheney said. And I think thats a very legitimate point, which I agree with.
Rep. Chris Pearson, a Burlington Progressive, voted against the bill out of concern that it would undermine the public education apparatus that has adopted a growing role in delivering preschool services.
Under existing law, its left to schools to decide which pre-K programs theyll fund. The legislation approved Tuesday would allow parents wider choice and permit them to enroll their children in qualified private settings outside the geographic boundaries of their home district.
Buxton, the Tunbridge representative, said more than 70 percent of children under 6 live in households in which all adults are working. Improving enrollment rates in preschool, she said, will mean giving parents a range of options. She said the bill was carefully crafted to ensure that public dollars wont be used to pay for placements at facilities that deliver religious instruction.
By permitting a parent to enroll their child in a pre-K program that works for them we expect that the enrollment in pre-K education will grow, Buxton said.
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MONTPELIER — City officials are facing several complications as they move to put into practice a voter-approved special assessment on nonresidential downtown properties to raise $75,000 for improvements and marketing of the city's core.
The March vote authorizing a downtown improvement district could create a mini grand list of between 150 and 200 properties requiring an additional tax bill and grievance process, said City Assessor Stephen Twombly.
His office has been assigned to review all of the properties in the district and determine what portion, if any, should be subject to the additional levy. It is a complicated and time-consuming task.
"What we have are some buildings downtown where you have a restaurant or retail on the first floor, offices on the second floor and residences on the third floor," Twombly said. "It's pretty easy if they're all the same square footage. But we've also got buildings that have mixed uses on upper floors, and in these cases we're reaching out to the landlords to find out how much square footage there is in each category."
The district will have the same footprint as the current designated downtown district. About half of the $75,000 to be raised is intended to improve the cityscape with banners, planters, benches and parks. The other half will be used to market the city through website development, ad buys and funding to help attract Canadian visitors.
City Manager William Fraser was out of his office and unavailable for comment but noted in his weekly report, "We are trying to resolve the operational issues relating to this new district. This includes identifying the involved properties and their proportion of residential vs. commercial. We are also looking at the tax billing methodology and the underlying ordinance dealing with handling of the money. It is more complicated than may have been understood during the winter."
Among the questions is whether building owners in the downtown improvement district should receive separate bills from their regular tax bills, and whether the assessment should be payable in one lump sum or quarterly. For the city assessor's office, it could become even more complicated because of the potential use of the grievance process to lower taxes.
For example, Twombly said, if improvements were made to a building that was assessed for the special district, it would undergo a reassessment for the regular grand list — which, if successfully grieved, could cause the special assessment tax to need adjustment.
Mayor John Hollar said Tuesday that it was his understanding it would take the assessor's office an additional 100 hours to create the list of properties and the portion of each subject to the special assessment. He said he expects those hours will be folded into the current level of city staffing and not require any additional hands.
"All of the $75,000 will go directly into the downtown improvement district," he said. "It's part of our city program. And in terms of the administration I don't think it is going to be a significant amount of time."
Under the plan, the money will be administered by an Improvement District Committee appointed by the City Council and falling within the structure of Montpelier Alive, a nonprofit community organization made up of business people and volunteers.
City Councilor Alan Weiss expressed unhappiness with the way the downtown improvement district funding unfolded, saying he believes the City Council was mistaken in even letting the article go before the voters without going through the traditional petition process.
"The council waived that process because people didn't want to take the time to collect voter signatures," he said in an interview Tuesday. "Now there are lots of questions: Does the city have to send out special tax bills? What happens if an owner decides they don't want to pay? This was a very poorly conceived idea."
Assistant City Manager Jessie Baker said Tuesday she hoped the city would have a draft ordinance to present to the City Council for a first reading at its next meeting in May.
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A Quick Introduction to William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, descended from tenant farmers and landed gentry. His traditional birth date, April 23, 1564, is conjectural. Baptism was on April 26, so April 23 is a good guess—and a tidy one, since that date is also St. George's Day as well as the date of Shakespeare's own death.
One of Shakespeare's grandfathers, Richard Shakespeare of Snitterfield, rented land from the other, Robert Arden of Wilmcote. Shakespeare's father, John, moved to nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, became a prosperous shop owner (dealing in leather goods) and municipal officeholder, and married his former landlord's youngest daughter, Mary Arden. Thus Shakespeare—the third of eight children but the first to survive infancy—was born into a solidly middle-class family in a provincial market town.
During Shakespeare's infancy, his father was one of the town's leading citizens. In 1557, John Shakespeare had become a member of the town council and subsequently held such offices as constable, affeeror (a kind of assessor), and chamberlain (treasurer). In 1568, he became bailiff (mayor) and justice of the peace. As the son of a municipal officer, the young Shakespeare was entitled to a free education in the town's grammar school, which he probably entered around the age of seven. The school's main subject was Latin studies—grammar and readings drilled into the schoolboys year after year. The Avon River, the surrounding farmlands, and the nearby Forest of Arden offered plenty of opportunities for childhood adventures.
When Shakespeare was a teenager, his family fell on hard times. His father stopped attending town council meetings in 1577, and the family's fortunes began to decline. Matters were not improved in 1582 when Shakespeare, at the age of eighteen, hastily married Anne Hathaway, the twenty-six-year-old daughter of a farmer from the nearby village of Shottery. She presented him with a daughter, named Susanna, approximately five months later. In 1585, the couple also became the parents of twins, Hamnet and Judith. As was then customary, the young couple probably lived in his parents' home, which must have seemed increasingly crowded.
The next mention of Shakespeare is in 1592, when he was an actor and playwright in London. His actions during the seven-year interim have been a matter of much curious speculation, including unproved stories of deer poaching, soldiering, and teaching. It may have taken him those seven years simply to break into and advance in the London theater. His early connections with the theater are unknown, although he was an actor before he became a playwright. He might have joined one of the touring companies that occasionally performed in Stratford-upon-Avon, or he might have gone directly to London to make his fortune, in either the theater or some other trade. Shakespeare was a venturesome and able young man who had good reasons to travel—his confining family circumstances, tinged with just enough disgrace to qualify him to join the disreputable players. The theater was his escape to freedom; he therefore had strong motivation to succeed.
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Two more days until Spring Training games begin and I can't wait. I am loving the news coming out of Tempe so far, especially about the starting rotation. Jered Weaver, getting down to business, ready to pick up where he left off and joking around with the new and younger guys before throwing batting practice. Dan Haren, excited to begin his first full season as an Angel and confident we can contend. Ervin Santana, scoffing at the idea that he always follows up a good year with a bad year. Okay Ervin, I like the sound of that, so make this year a good year too! Joel Pinero, fully recovered from his injury and ready to prove himself again this season. And not a whole lot of news about Scott Kazmir. Don't think I haven't noticed that. I am anxious to see him pitch during the Spring Training games just to get a clue where things stand.
Kazmir question aside, no this isn't the Phillies four aces (and Blanton) but it is a very strong starting rotation, potentially one of the strongest of the coming season. Remembering the number of games the Angels lost last season by just one or two runs, I think that if these guys can just get some run support this season, the Angels are back in business. Oh, and everyone has to stay healthy. No more random injuries, please. I think we over filled our random injury and unexpected calamity quotas so thoroughly last season that we've already met them for several seasons to come.
As to which pitcher is going to start on Opening Day (Jered Weaver)? Of course, Mike Scioscia has not announced it yet (Jered Weaver). Notorious for waiting until the last possible minute to announce each season's starter (Jered Weaver), I doubt we'll hear anything official from Scioscia until the last week before the season starts (Jered Weaver). I laugh but only because I find this quirky Scioscia trait oddly endearing. So, do we at least know who the starting pitcher will be in this weekend's Spring Training opener against the Dodgers? Apparently Scioscia wants to look at one more workout and gauge everyone's recovery before he makes that decision. Ladies and gentlemen, and I say this with complete affection, we are all shocked.😉
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Congratulations on being featured this month!!! I'm excited about the spring training almost here. I think it's cool that Mike's keeping secret the starter.
—Mark Gauthier
Santana has been very frustrating over the years. I remember when he first came up and they were comparing him to Pedro. He has Pedro stuff, the biggest difference is Pedro could throw strikes, Ervin doesn't have that kind of control.
Sounds like Weaver has the start locked up – at least on this blog! lol.
Mark – Thank you! And thanks for dropping by my blog. It is cool. Like I said I find it kind of endearing…it's just a funny quirk when the answer is as obvious as it has been the last three seasons.
Russel – That he has been. When he's having a good game, he can throw all that nasty stuff for strikes but when he's not, no control.
Jane – Oh, did I somehow manage to indicate my prediction?😉
This is a very simple game…
For some reason I think Weaver should start Opening Day. Sounds like a good desicion to me…
'Minoring In Baseball'
Mike – I think that's a capital idea! However did you think of it?😉


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(29 of 29 customers found this review helpful)
Didn't Quite Do the Job
By Amy the Computer Typist
from Fort Lauderdale, FL
I work on a computer and love to have my hands massaged. Since this item is a reflexology massage, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The pressure was more like a hard squeeze all over your hand which isn't what I was looking for. I was hoping for something that is more like the shiatsu massager but for the hands. I tried it for 3 days and decided it wasn't really doing anything for me.I let two other people try it that have worse issues with their hands (one has rheumatoid arthritis in her hands)and it wasn't beneficial for them either. However, we all agreed that we did wish the pocket you put your hand in was deep enough that your wrist was penetrated by the pressure. The one with arthritis said she probably would buy one if it did.The product does come with a plug so you don't have to run off batteries if you don't want to. Hammacher does make it very easy for you to return the product which I did choose to do.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Love it!!
By Laura Seltzer
from Chino Hills, CA.
I love this hand massager. I have arthritis in my hands, and I love a hand massage that squeezes my hand. This hand massager does the trick. It has 3 levels of pressure. The highest level is very strong, and that's the level that relieves my discomfort. This was an excellent buy for the money. I use it anytime my hands start to ache. They feel so much better after a 15 massage. I would recommend this to a friend. Especially one with arthritis.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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NOT a Massager / NOT Reflexology
By Nancy
from Texas
Terrible product! The name of this product "Hand Reflexology Massager" is very misleading. It does NOT apply a gentle soothing MASSAGE to your hand; the mechanical air pressure does NOT knead your hand "For a Comfortable Spa-Like Massage" and it is NOT at all like Hand Reflexology. There is a cushion inside that fills with air and squeezes your hand very tightly, it actually hurt my hand.
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(19 of 20 customers found this review helpful)
Wonderful device for hands!
By SCI Lady
from Flemington, NJ
I have almost constant pain and partial swelling in my right hand after spinal cord injury. My hand is very sensitive to cold, and this unit allows me to adjust the level of pressure and heat used in the massage. You can set timer for 5, 10 or 15 minutes. It uses a small air compressor so it is a bit noisy but I use it when sitting on couch and just put blanket over me and the unit!
(18 of 19 customers found this review helpful)
Not what I thought it would be
By MaggieMay
from San Diego, CA
Item was shipped quickly. Device is too small for a man's hand. As a woman, I have small hands and device fit just perfect. Massage was too firm for me tho, actually hurt my arthritic areas. I felt restricted as tho my hand may get stuck in device. I wouldn't recommend
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(14 of 14 customers found this review helpful)
This product is "absolutely " amazing
By Judson
from Grove, Oklahoma
We bought two hand massagers, 1 each for our two sons. They both work in a dental lab, setting teeth etc.their hands and fingers were sore, stiff & swollen and this product has literally, over night, brought feeling and mobility back to their hands. They wouldn,t part with their massagers for all the tea in China---"so to speak"
(12 of 12 customers found this review helpful)
miracle machine
By Eric
from Ann Arbor, Michigan
I was so glad I have finally bought this machine. It works excellent giving comfort to my achy finger joints from gouty arthritis. Very convenient and saves my time going to a physical therapist. After a 5 minute reflexology massage, my hands feels relieve and less stress.
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By Grant, caring husband
from Moses Lake, Wa
My wife has lots of problems with her hands. Your machine seems to help a lot soothing her pain. She uses it 2 or 3 times a day and after using it, she has less difficulty using her hands. It was worth the money invested.
(12 of 15 customers found this review helpful)
Mixed feelings
By Kim
from Nc
Bought this for my boyfriend because he has arthritis. He loves it. I try Andes it and it hurts my hands. It's sneezes them so tight that my hands tingle. Was looking for more of a kneeding, massaging unit
(11 of 14 customers found this review helpful)
Not for me.
By Jo Jo
from Olympia, WA.
My hand was too big to use it effectively.
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Previous custody fight raises questionsBy Brent Curtis
staff writer | May 11,2014A child custody case involving Sandra Eastmans eldest daughter is shedding light on the interactions of court and state agencies with the mother years before her second child was allegedly killed at the hands of her husband, Dennis Duby.
Two-year-old Dezirae Sheldon died in February from skull fractures that police and prosecutors say were inflicted by Duby, who was alone with the child in the Poultney home he shared with Eastman. Duby has pleaded innocent to a second-degree murder charge and is free on $250,000 bail pending his trial.
Deziraes death has incited outrage from the girls family members and some state legislators who want to know why the girl was returned to her mothers care by the Rutland family court and the state Department for Children and Families seven months after Eastman was convicted in July 2013 of abusing her daughter by neglecting to take her to the doctor for treatment of broken bones in both of her legs.
That case wasnt the first time that DCF participated in a child welfare case involving Eastman. Discussions with an attorney and a review of court documents show that DCF and other state agencies were privy to Eastmans risky behavior as a parent long before they intervened in Deziraes case. What remains unclear is how, or if, that information was considered before Dezirae was returned to her mothers care.
Less than three years before Deziraes death, the agency was involved in a child custody dispute between Eastman and the father of her first daughter, who turned 6-years-old on Friday.
That case also involved a criminal offense involving Eastman, who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting Tylor Brown, who was 15-years-old when Eastman, then 24, became pregnant with their daughter in 2008, according to court records.
The Rutland Herald does not generally identify victims of sexual assault. But in an interview Brown agreed to last month, he said he only obtained full custody of his daughter after a lengthy court battle.
She had custody for the first two years before I got custody, Brown said. It was only after she came after me for child support that I got a lawyer and was even recognized as (his daughters) father.
Rutland lawyer Sigismund Wysolmerski, who represented Brown in family court, said he began working on the case about a year after the birth of Brown and Eastmans child and would work for about 12 months to gain his client full custody of his child.
He said Browns efforts were aided in large part by a deterioration in Eastmans life from issues with substance abuse, mental health problems, and the loss of her housing.
The issues Wysolmerski cited were also spelled out in a probation violation report brought against Eastman in October 2010.
Sandra got herself deeper and deeper into aggravating circumstances and her behavior became more erratic and she was less able to care for the child, Wysolmerski said. The lack of housing issue was just the final straw.
Eastmans homelessness, near the end of the custody dispute, also marked the first time that DCF officials took an interest in the case, Wysolmerski said.
They got involved when she was homeless and couch surfing, he said.
For most of the court fight, the lawyer said it was just him and his client facing off against Eastman and a number of advocacy groups she was receiving help from.
People came in and stood up and said she was doing wonderful, he said. Most of the time it was just me and my client that were presenting contrary points of view.
In June 2011, Brown also applied for and obtained a temporary relief from abuse order against Eastman, whom he accused in an affidavit of sexually abusing his daughter.
I am just a father who just found out that my 3-year-old daughter has been molested, Brown wrote in the affidavit. I am doing this solely to protect my daughter from that woman.
Wysolmerski said the complaints in the case didnt actually involve alleged sexual abuse, but he said Rutland Police and DCF investigators conducted an investigation into possible physical abuse that ended with no substantiation that any abuse occurred.
A Rutland family court judge granted a temporary relief from abuse order that required Eastman to stay 300 feet away from her child. But Judge Cortland Corsones indicated that he wouldnt grant a permanent restraining order until the complaints were proven during a hearing in which police and DCF workers testified.
Such a hearing never occurred, Wysolmerski said, because the restraining order and investigation turned out to be the final leverage he and Brown needed to reach an agreement with Eastman for full custody of the child.
Eastman, reached by phone Friday, didnt deny that she was dealing with a number of problems in her life while the child custody fight was taking place regarding her eldest daughter.
However, she said her life wasnt as unstable as Brown and his lawyer made it out to be.
Ive never harmed any of them, she said of her children, including a daughter born earlier this year from her relationship with Duby. That child has been in DCF custody since February.
He thought things were going on around her that werent, she said of Browns complaints in the past. They were based on lies from someone else. Im not saying I was innocent but I wasnt as bad as what he was hearing.
Eastman said she is also happy that her oldest daughter is in Browns care.
I wouldnt dream of trying to take her now, she said. I know theyre taking good care of her.
The daughter of Eastman and Brown was never placed in DCF custody during the events that transpired three years ago, but Wysolmerski said DCF representatives did participate in court proceedings and kept a file of the deteriorating state of Eastmans life at that time.
DCF Commissioner Dave Yacovone said Friday that he couldnt discuss either the case involving Dezirae or Eastmans eldest daughter and he said he couldnt comment on whether DCF officials considered elements from Eastmans earlier case while deciding whether to return Dezirae to her care.
Representatives with the state Department of Corrections did testify at the hearings about Eastmans probation violation, Wysolmerski added, but could add only a limited amount of insight into the welfare of the child who was in Eastmans custody.
Representatives with DOC said Friday that they couldnt comment on Eastmans case, which is presently the subject of an internal DCF investigation and external inquiries being conducted by an independent group and by a panel of state legislators.
But generally speaking, probation officers work to report and investigate any information about a child at risk who is living with an offender on probation, according to Rutland Probation and Parole District Manager Keith Tallon.
Were absolutely interested in the welfare of the child but we are limited largely to ensuring compliance with court conditions and we generally see the people we supervise in offices, so there is somewhat limited observation, Tallon said.
If we feel a child is in danger with anything regarding someone we oversee we report it and we often contact DCF in cases where we put offenders in homes where children are present, said Dale Crook, the DOC director of field services.
In Wysolmerskis opinion, Browns daughter would most likely have remained in Eastmans custody if he and the girls father hadnt intervened.
Its not that (DCF) are bad people. Theyre just understaffed, underfunded and under-trained for what they need to deal with, he said.
Yacovone said he didnt disagree with Wysolmerskis views on understaffing and funding but he doubted whether a place existed where child service protection agencies had everything they needed.
Theres not a child welfare commissioner in the nation who would not say they dont need more help, he said. Do we need to do more? Sure we do. But we do our darnedest to protect every kid that we can and in truth, we cant do it all ourselves. This is part of an issue bigger than DCF. Its about poverty and moms and dads not properly raised to raise a family themselves and mental health and domestic violence. We need different approaches that focus on prevention and treat some of these issues like public health problems.
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