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Shumlin's second inaugural addressJanuary 11,2013Following are excerpts from Gov. Peter Shumlin's second inaugural address, delivered Thursday at the Statehouse:
Today I will diverge from tradition and focus this speech on one theme: an education system that grows Vermont's prosperity. My goal — and the single objective of my administration — remains to grow jobs and incomes for working Vermonters. Our education system, from pre-kindergarten to higher education, is the state's greatest economic development tool. Our kids routinely test above the national average, and excel in a wide range of disciplines. We have a great system that we must make even greater.
To stay on top, Vermont must follow the steps of our predecessors, who refused to be led by history, but instead had the courage and imagination to shape it. If we stand by, if we fail to innovate, and if we refuse to change, we will slip behind.
We stand on the shoulders of leaders who, at defining times, chose to be bold. As we continue our slow recovery from a devastating recession and a devastating storm, I believe Vermont is again poised to lead.
We are on the right path. We are focused on getting Vermont off our addiction to oil and building renewables, and we now have more high tech green jobs per capita than any other state. We are delivering on our promise to grow prosperity by connecting every last mile of Vermont to high-speed Internet access by the end of this year. We are implementing the first common sense single payer health care system in America, where health care is a right and not a privilege and where we contain unsustainable rising health care costs.
We are adding jobs. Employers across the state, who just two years ago might have been contemplating another layoff, are looking for well-trained and skilled workers. Our incomes are slowly rising. In 2011, Vermont was the only state in the union where incomes actually rose after a decade of stagnation.
But it's not enough. The seventh lowest unemployment rate, when you are struggling to find a job, is not low enough. Four percent income growth is better than the rest of America, but for too many Vermonters who are working a job or multiple jobs and still struggling to pay their bills, it's not enough. Enjoying one of the fastest economic growth rates in the northeast is better than where we used to be, but for so many moms and dads like me who want their kids to live and prosper here at home, it's not enough.
Now here's the irony. The true challenge that I hear day in and day out, as I log mile after mile as your governor traveling Vermont, is this: at the same time that so many Vermonters need to make more money to make life work and at the same time that so many families seek to bring their kids and loved ones back to Vermont, our employers, from border to border, are eager to find workers with the right educational skills, and they have good money to pay.
Go with me for a moment to our deep south, where in Brattleboro, second-generation business owner Norm Schneeberger at GS Precision is manufacturing world-class machine parts for the aerospace industry, and laments that if he could find enough engineers and trained machinists, he could grow his workforce by 25 percent this year alone.
Drive over the mountain to Bennington, which has become ground zero for the composite revolution, where Plasan Carbon Composites is building auto body parts that are lighter, stronger, and more energy efficient than their steel predecessors, and they need trained technicians to meet a growing worldwide demand.
GE Rutland, manufacturing aeronautics parts that power nearly every plane flying in the world, struggles to bring in engineers and computer technicians.
Green Mountain Power is turning Rutland into the solar capital of New England, opening their Energy Innovation Center in the heart of downtown and building solar farms to power the region. This will create more green jobs needing skilled workers.
Travel east over the mountain to Windsor County, where in Woodstock NatureShare is making apps for iPhones and looking for trained computer technicians.
Head to Chittenden County, where the cry for qualified workers turns more to a roar. IBM has more than a dozen openings for high-paying, entry-level technicians with a two-year degree and basic math skills. They can't fill them.
MyWebGrocer and Dynapower are growing and hiring. Dealer.com, which is now employing over 600 Vermonters with big plans to continue expanding its workforce, needs skilled workers to fill their high-paid jobs.
Add to that list Mylan Technology in Franklin County, Concept 2 rowing in Lamoille County, UTC Aerospace Systems in Addison County, Global-Z in Bennington, Mack Molding in Arlington, North Hartland Tool Corporation, Superior Technical Ceramics in Franklin County, New England Precision and Wall Goldfinger in Orange County. The need for skilled workers goes on and on.
Perhaps that need is best embodied in the Northeast Kingdom, the area of our state that for generations has struggled with chronically high unemployment rates and low incomes, where Bill Stenger and Ari Quiros continue to shine a beacon of hope, opportunity and future prosperity.
For Bill and Ari, investing $250 million, and creating 5,000 new jobs over the past 5 years while they built a world-class resort at Jay Peak, is not enough. They are moving on to Phase II, a project of unprecedented ambition, which partners with Senator Leahy's EB-5 program and my administration to grow prosperity in other regions of the Kingdom with $600 million in new investment, creating 10,000 new jobs. ...
Time does not allow me to recite the hundreds of other creative, entrepreneurial ventures, large and small, in value added agriculture, food systems, health care, technology, manufacturing, travel and tourism, energy, education, services, retail and the trades that bless our little state right now. I remain unfailingly optimistic about Vermont's economic future. But to ensure our success, we must embrace change in the way we both view and deliver education. The rapid change that is required of us is not optional; it will define our success or deliver our failure.
Let's face facts for a minute: these opportunities for prosperity, from our southern border to Canada, result from the way technology has transformed Vermont's economy and our lives.
Think about how technology has changed our daily lives: paying our bills, shopping, communicating online, texting and tweeting our way through the day, managing our finances, keeping tabs on our kids.
Technology allows computers to create products that a decade ago, even five years ago, didn't exist. It has created a connection to a larger world that allows many more people to do business from Vermont that would not have been possible in the pre-tech world.
That same technology has dramatically changed the tools available for teaching and learning. It has changed the nature of work. The high school degree that brought success and a lifetime job in the old economy, ensures a low-wage future in the tech economy. Success in the new economy depends on an educated workforce with skills beyond high school in science, computer technology, engineering and math.
I ask you: is Vermont prepared to meet this challenge? Are we ready to harness this opportunity so critical to our future prosperity?
The plain truth is, we are not. Look at the facts: current estimates show that sixty-two percent of job openings in the next decade will require post-secondary education. Sixty-two percent. Yet only about 45 percent of Vermont students who begin ninth grade continue their education past high school, and that percentage drops as family incomes decline.
Now don't let these facts diminish our accomplishments. Together, we have done innovative and cutting edge bipartisan work with school funding in the past decade and a half that you deserve to be proud of. Vermont took a regressive property tax that funds our most important obligation in a democratic society and made it equitable and progressive, giving every child in Vermont an equal shot at resources while preserving local control.
Now, some like it and some don't, and we could debate it until the cows come home, and I'm sure you will. But in doing so, we ignore the next opportunities that will define our future prosperity. Keep in mind that we spend more money per pupil than all other states in the country except for two. We spend more than 50 percent above the national average, and K-12 spending in Vermont has grown faster over the last decade than in any other state in America.
But the following simple fact ought to alarm all of us: with the vast amount of money that we spend per pupil in Vermont, we have failed to move more low-income Vermont kids beyond high school.
Now is the time to take a good education system in Vermont and make it the best. To get us there, let's take action on the following four areas.
First, it is long past time for us to put our money where our mouths have been, and strengthen our commitment to universal early childhood education.
Let's remember, while 90 percent of a child's brain is developed in the first 36 months of life, only four percent of our education dollars nationally are spent during this critical time. The evidence is overwhelming: the earlier we invest in our children, the healthier, more productive lives they will have. Taxpayers win too, since every dollar we invest in early childhood education saves seven dollars in the future.
Today, I propose to make the largest single investment in early childhood education in Vermont's history. We will redirect $17 million from the state's Earned Income Tax Credit to make high quality childcare affordable to hardworking lower-income Vermonters. There is no bigger obstacle to Vermont parents who want to work or advance than the high cost of quality child care. This bold action will nearly double the state's contribution to childcare for low-income families.
My administration will also ensure financial support to communities that initiate publicly funded preschool programs where they do not now exist. Our budget will include resources for first year start up costs, after which communities offering pre-school programs will be eligible for reimbursement through the education fund.
I will invite all early childhood stakeholders to a summit to build and embrace our vision for the success of our children and their families. I have also directed the Agency of Human Services to implement an integrated plan for health promotion and prevention, beginning before birth, to ensure that all children reach their full potential.
We can do more to ensure that all our children are healthy and prepared to learn. When Sue Maguire was principal at Bennington's Molly Stark elementary school, she took the resources she had available, leveraged them where she could, and provided her students a full service health center right at the school. The center provides pediatric, psychological, dental, nutrition and pre-school services on site. I have asked Sue to work with my Secretary of Human Services and my Secretary of Education to bring that same ingenuity to schools across the state.
It is well past time, to move aggressively on early childhood education — words are nice — action is better, let's take it, together.
Second, students can't learn when they are hungry. Yet, too often, we ask hungry kids to learn. While some low-income Vermont kids are eligible for free school lunch under federal guidelines, others have family incomes just high enough that they are forced to pony up cash they don't have to eat lunch.
We must fix this problem for the thousands of low-income Vermont students who can't afford to pay for lunch. I propose that the state covers the shortfall left by the federal government, and makes free lunch available for all low-income students, including those who are currently only eligible for reduced prices. Whenever possible, these lunches should be made from local Vermont farm grown food, since we know that Vermont farmers grow the healthiest food in the nation.
This is a common sense, reasonable proposal that I will include in my fiscal 2014 budget, and I ask for your approval.
Third, we must make education more accessible and affordable for all Vermonters. To help move more poor kids beyond high school, I ask you to pass two provisions that you have heard me speak about before.
The first is dual enrollment. Over the past five years, state funding has provided limited access to Vermont high school students to get a head start on gaining expensive college credit by enrolling in for-credit college courses while they are in high school. In my budget, I will propose doubling the funding to expand access to this important program. I urge you to adopt a system in which the money follows the student and all Vermont students have access to this important program.
Let's also authorize an early college initiative aimed at expanding the number of students who simultaneously complete their senior year of high school with their first year of college. For more than a decade, 40 students a year have done this at Vermont Tech, where they concentrate on science and technology with great success. Having only 40 kids in this program is a paltry number.
Let's open this program to all interested Vermont seniors, with the money following the student.
Next, we know that the level of college debt being amassed by Vermont's students and their families is oppressive. This crisis requires us to address affordability with new vigor, particularly for those students who pursue degrees in the disciplines of the new economy.
We also know that one of the challenges we face is keeping young Vermonters in Vermont. So today, I say to the graduating class of 2013: if you make a commitment to our state, then our state will make a commitment to you. We want you in Vermont, we need you in Vermont, and we are ready to be bold in keeping you in Vermont.
I propose the Vermont Strong Scholars Program. It's a simple program, and here's how it works: if you enroll in any public institution of higher education in the state of Vermont and graduate with a degree in a STEM field, we will give you a helping hand to stay and work in Vermont by paying you back, over the course of five years, for your final year of tuition. Or if you graduate with an Associate's Degree in a STEM field, we will pay you back over three years for your final semester of tuition.
I urge the legislature to approve this proposal and give young Vermonters a break on their higher education bills while helping us build prosperity together right here at home.
Next, I commend the Vermont State Colleges and the University of Vermont for working hard to hold down tuition increases for next year, and I propose to increase the state's appropriation for the Vermont State Colleges, VSAC, and UVM by three percent, to be used entirely for financial aid and scholarships for Vermonters.
This is how my affordability plan would work at UVM: my budget increase will be sufficient to hold all entering Vermont students harmless from next year's three percent tuition increase. If Vermont students want to take advantage of the world-class education they can get right here in the Green Mountain State, I want to do everything in my power to help them do just that.
But buying back tuition increases for Vermonters is not enough. We must also identify savings to guarantee affordability for our students and their families and the survival of UVM and our State Colleges. President Sullivan and Chancellor Donovan enthusiastically agree and are initiating a joint planning process, reporting to us on their progress. At the same time, former interim UVM president John Bramley has been engaged to implement the eleven recommendations of the group I appointed last year to find ways to strengthen UVM and the State colleges. I ask that we all work in partnership with John to adopt that report.
Finally, we must do a better job of focusing the education of our children — from grade school through college — on career readiness. We can do a better job of personalizing educational opportunities and integrating technology, career training and internships with traditional classroom education.
I propose that Vermont's schools develop Personal Learning Plans that travel with each student from elementary through their senior year. These plans would help guide each student's education and also tie educational goals to career opportunities, making school more relevant. The key to this proposal is to increase our students' individual options while fostering a connection between school and career.
We must also address our poor performance in math. While we have impressive successes to celebrate in other disciplines, Vermont falls off the rail in high school math. The 2011 NECAP results tell the tale: 68 percent of students in grades 3 through 8 are proficient in math. When they take the test in 11th grade, only 36 percent are proficient. Let me repeat that: 36 percent.
This is as alarming as it is unacceptable, but unfortunately, no one should be surprised. Currently, algebra is required in only 47 percent of Vermont high schools, and geometry in only 31 percent. We can fix this without spending one additional dime. Today, I reiterate my call to require that all ninth-graders take algebra and all tenth-graders take geometry. Math skills in the new economy are more important than ever before.
We must also do more to utilize our 17 career and technical education centers around the state that provide opportunities for students and adults who need to update skills to advance their earning power.
I propose using the centers as the foundation for Vermont Innovation Zones throughout the state. Our current funding system does not encourage centers to match the needs of regional employers. These Innovation Zones will focus on areas of education and professional opportunity that fit the needs of their region.
For instance, let's go back to the opportunities on the horizon in the Kingdom: the need to fill the high-tech, high skill jobs that will soon be available. Under my proposal, high schools and tech centers in the Kingdom would become an Innovation Zone and would be able to shift current generic course requirements to focus on those that provide the training the region needs. For example, the Kingdom may choose to focus heavily on engineering, hospitality, and health care courses that would result in Kingdom jobs for Kingdom kids.
We have the tools available now to connect students and adult learners with new opportunities, but we can do a better job of ensuring these opportunities suit the needs of the region.
I recognize that today I have asked a lot of our schools, teachers, administrators, parents, and children. I pledge to work with you to ensure what I know is our shared goal: that everyone has access to education, throughout their life, regardless of who they are or how much money their parents make, and that they can keep learning and keep developing their skills for the economy of Vermont's future.
To Vermont's business community: we can do great things together to grow jobs, but employers can't afford to stand by idly and pretend that government can meet this challenge without your full partnership.
I call on employers to engage with the educational system at all levels. Open your businesses to our schools. Let our students interact with your employees, so they can see how they use their education every day. Invite teachers and guidance councilors in to experience a deeper understanding of what their students need to succeed. Engage high school and college interns. And provide opportunities for your employees to go back and further their education.
At this moment in our history, we must focus particular energy on workforce development, but it should not be lost that the broader mission of our schools is to produce educated citizens prepared to engage in their civic responsibilities, each to their individual potential. This includes making a living but also making a life for themselves.
My vision for Vermont education is clear: let's offer — from birth to cap and gown, and beyond — the knowledge, creativity, civic lessons, and career opportunities every Vermont child deserves. Fulfilling this vision will require all hands on deck. And here's the good news: this is what we do best in Vermont. In challenging times, we find common purpose. ...MORE IN CommentarySure, you can buy your uncle a necktie that he wont wear, or your niece an Amazon certificate... Full StoryA lot of serious long-term national issues simply werent addressed in the recent national election. Full StoryI have written on the anomaly of the separation of the private and public sectors in our society,... Full Story
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8-16-10 PNC Park
Today kicked off a 10 game homestand at PNC Park.
When Nick Pelescak and I ran in at 5 PM, some ushers were coming out of the bleachers and said "There's a bunch of balls in there."
I found balls #1 and 2 in the left field bleachers. The first one was in the front row of Section 136 and the other one was about four rows back closer towards the foul pole.
Ball # was hit by Neil Walker. It was a home run that landed in the crosswalk area, bounced off the white facade of the upper bleachers,
and right into my glove in the third row in the lower bleachers. I heard Jeff Karstens murmur, "Got the rebound."
Ball #4 and 5 were caught in this area, both off the bat of Lastings Milledge.
Game: 10 balls ( 3 hit, 1 thrown, 2 device, 4 found )
Season: 441 balls (224 hit, 96 thrown, 61 device, 60 found)
Balls in the month of August: 90
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nice find on the ball in the fencing
Got any tips for me? I'll be out there for Thursday's game, Saturday's and Sundays too. I want to try my hand at this and try and bring some memories home with me.
Thanks – always have to be on the look out.
Try to find an area where you're not blocked off. An open row or the cross aisle between the lower bleachers and upper bleachers are good spots if you're trying to catch home runs. If you're trying to get a toss up from a player, go stand in the front row near the bullpen entrance at the 410 sign. Hanrahan, Meek, and Gallagher are the friendliest pitchers when it comes to tossing up baseballs. If you ask politely when one rolls in that area, they'll probably hook you up. Center Field and Right Field will be empty on Thursday – you may be able to get a toss up from a Marlins player there, as your competition will be slim. Good luck. See you tomorrow.


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- Unlocking the greyfields to inhibit urban sprawl
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- Newton, Peter W.
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- Announcements by both NSW and Victorian governments in recent weeks that they would continue to encourage the development of new housing on the fringes of Sydney and Melbourne revealed that urban planning in Australia is yet to find a solution for unlocking the potential for housing redevelopment in the middle suburbs of the nation's largest and fastest growing cities. Targets of more than 60% and 50% of infill housing for each city respectively, established in recent metro strategic plans, are not being achieved. In the face of sustained population growth, our big cities continue to sprawl into the greenfields, despite the now well recognised problems associated with higher infrastructure costs, lack of amenity, car dependency, poor job access, diminished agriculture and open space. A model for directing population and investment inwards---to inner city brownfield precincts---was established over 20 years ago thanks to the federal government's Better Cities program. Of itself, however, brownfield redevelopment will fail to deliver the net additions of infill housing required. The solution lies in the greyfields---those ageing but occupied tracts of inner and middle ring suburbia that are physically, technologically and environmentally failing and which represent under-capitalised assets.
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- Swinburne University of Technology
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- The Conversation, 03 July 2012
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- 2012
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- Australian cities; Greyfield precincts; Sustainable urban development; Sustainable urbanism; Urban development; Urban planning; Urban policy
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Report of the U.S. Delegate, Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods, 20th Session
The 20th Session of the Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs (CCRVDF) was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 7-11, 2012. The Session was attended by 177 delegates from 47 Member Countries and one Member organization and observers from 10 international organizations and FAO and WHO. The United States was represented by Delegate Kevin Greenlees and Alternate Delegate Charles Pixley.
This session was very productive, resulting in resolution of some key issues as well as critical questions for clarification by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC).
The Committee discussed possible changes to the terms of reference for CCRVDF. It agreed that there was no need to include "feed" in the terms of reference, and that possible changes related to risk management matters related to the safety of residues of veterinary drugs in food would be circulated for comment.
The Committee advanced full MRLs for residues of narasin in cattle tissue to the 35th Session of the CAC for adoption at step 8. Similarly, MRLs for amoxicillin residues in cattle, sheep and pig tissues were advanced to the CAC for adoption at step 5/8.
Concerns were raised for the proposed MRLs for residues of apramycin and derquantel. Concern was expressed over the proposed temporary MRL, and only having an MRL in kidney. The Committee agreed to hold MRLs for residues of apramycin in chicken kidney at step 4 until JECFA considers additional data and completes an evaluation of the new information. Similarly, and in response to specific questions by Australia regarding the results of the JECFA evaluation, most notably in the ratio of analytical marker residue to total residues, MRLs for derquantel residues in sheep were held at step 4, and derquantel was added to the priority list for re-evaluation by the JECFA. Questions were also raised regarding the proposed MRLs for monepantel in sheep, particularly regarding the residue following good practices of veterinary drugs across a wide range of international uses. The Committee held this veterinary drug at step 5 while requesting a JECFA evaluation of available residue data. These interactions reflect the active risk management role of CCRVDF in its relationship to its risk assessment body, the JECFA.
The Committee discussed the report of the electronic working group on risk analysis principles for CCRVDF and risk assessment policy for setting maximum limits for residue of veterinary drugs in food and the report of the physical working group that met just prior to the 20th CCRVDF. The Committee agreed to revisions in the risk analysis principles for CCRVDF and risk assessment policy and forwarded the document for adoption by the 35th CAC. However, the "concern form" (similar to a form used by the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues) that was under discussion was not included, and an electronic working group, led by Brazil and Australia, was created for further discussion on what such a form might look like and how it might be implemented by CCRVDF. A physical working group meeting is planned just prior to the 21st Session.
The Committee considered the report of the electronic Working Group on proposed draft sampling plans for residue control for aquatic animal products and derived edible products of aquatic origin (Table C, Annex B of CAC/GL 71-2009), and the report of an intersession working group, both led by the United States. The Committee agreed to advance the proposed draft Sampling Plan to the 35th Session of the CAC for adoption at Step 5/8.
The Committee considered the reports of the electronic Working Group on the policy for the establishment of MRLs or other limits for honey and the electronic Working Group on guidelines on performance characteristics for multi-residue methods (Appendix to CAC/GL 71-2009). The Committee agreed to continue work on guidances for honey and for multi-residue analytical methods through electronic Working Groups, but with direction to refine and focus the product guidelines. Honey will be chaired by the United Kingdom, and multi-residue analytical methods will be co-chaired by the United Kingdom and Canada. The United States will participate in these electronic working groups. There will also be a physical working group on multi-residue methods prior to the 21st Session.
The Committee agreed to circulate the questions posed by the electronic working group for comment.
The Committee agreed to establish a physical Working Group, led by Canada, to continue the work begun on extrapolation of data for the development of MRLs based on the comments received. The United States will participate in this Working Group.
The Committee discussed additions to the priority list of veterinary drugs for JECFA evaluation as reported by the Priorities working group. The Committee agreed to include gentian violet, lasalocid, phenylpyrazole, emamcetin benzoate, derquantel, monepantel, and apramycin in the priority list.
The Committee was sharply divided over the inclusion of zilpaterol HCl in the priority list, and could not come to consensus. Zilpaterol is a beta-adrenergic agonist drug for use in cattle as a production aid. It is approved for use in the United States and a number of other countries. The addition of this veterinary drug was strongly defended by a number of countries, most notably the United States and Brazil. Zilpaterol's proposed addition to the priority list of veterinary drugs for evaluation by JECFA was strongly opposed by the European Union and a number of other allied countries. A key rationale identified was that there would not likely be consensus and that the Committee should save its resources for veterinary drugs that would be less controversial. The EU delegate stated that the reasons for objection were not based on science, but rather on domestic legislation, consumer preference, and trade. Other countries added concern for animal welfare. The CCRVDF Chair will forward the issue to the CAC along with the proposed addition of zilpaterol to the priority list.
The Committee also discussed ivermectin, which had been proposed for re-evaluation of the ADI at the 19th CCRVDF and was considered in the 75th JECFA. It was agreed to hold ivermectin for discussion at the 21st Session. It was included in part C in the priority list on the basis of an offer by Brazil to provide the results of a search of relevant information to the JECFA in support of the evaluation. Also included in Part C of the priority list for later discussion at the 21st session were flumequine and oxolinic acid.
The Committee agreed to continue the electronic Working Group on the database for needed MRLs (led by the United States) and the physical Working Group on priorities, led by Australia.
The dire financial constraints for funding of JECFA meetings were discussed. CCRVDF members were encouraged by the joint JECFA secretariats and by the CCRVDF chair to make efforts to provide funding to support the expert, scientific risk assessments made possible through the JECFA evaluations.
The Committee discussed in detail the report of the electronic Working Group on risk management recommendations for drugs for which JECFA could not recommend ADI and/or MRLs due to specific human health concerns. Risk management recommendations were drafted for chloramphanicol and malachite green, with language that was very close to that proposed by the United States. Further, the United States asked that an objection be included in the report on the development of risk management language by CCRVDF for veterinary drugs other than those for which the JECFA had completed a risk assessment and for which JECFA had determined that MRLs could not be recommended due to specific human health concerns. The other veterinary drugs identified by the electronic Working Group were referred to a new electronic working group to further develop risk management advice based on the discussion of the Committee. Risk management recommendations for these veterinary drugs, and in general by the CCRVDF is a topic of considerable interest and the United States will be an active participant in the electronic working group.
The United States recognizes the importance of CCRVDF in recommending standards and developing guidelines that protect consumers and while ensuring fair trade practice.
The next meeting of the Committee is scheduled for August 2013, in a location to be named.


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Annoying loss.
But I like the way we fought at the very end, especially on the defensive end, and especially how good we looked coming out of time outs.
Big early hole, lots of early turnovers by Lin.....Stank ass ref calls at the end (really important ones, to)...whachu gonna do.
Novak and Fields missed wide open 3's at the end, the Hornets clanked a huge desperation tres.
And you can never overlook an NBA. Hornets played ppl fairly tough this season, too, despite L's.
Regroup for the Mavs, build on our positives -- get JR Smith going, get Melo healthy..and let's prime ourselves to take down MIA in bigtime momentum game.


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Kewanee ñ Regional Superintendent of Education Bruce Dennison is inviting the public to attend a Schoolhouse Meeting from 7-8:30 p.m. with the State Superintendent on Wednesday, March 14 at the Wethersfield School Districtís Moss gym, 439 Willard St., Kewanee.
Attendees will have the unique opportunity to tell State Superintendent of Education Glenn W. McGee how the State Board of Education can better support schools and students.
McGee accepted Dennisonís invitation to conduct his first Schoolhouse Meeting in 2001 in the Bureau-Henry-Stark region. Dennison is sponsoring the meeting and Wethersfield Superintendent Gary Harrison is hosting the event.
The Kewanee visit will kick off the third round of Schoolhouse Meetings. McGee will hold a Schoolhouse Meeting in each of the stateís 45 regions. The Schoolhouse Meetings began last summer as part of McGeeís agency improvement plan. McGee implemented several initiatives designed to reenergize the agency and help it to focus on listening and responding more effectively to school improvement ideas from the local communities it serves.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Registration is free and easy online at the ISBE website www.isbe.net/schoolhouse or at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
ìWe are fortunate that Superintendent McGee has scheduled our region for this first spring Schoolhouse Meeting,î Dennison said. ìI want to encourage all citizens, community leaders, taxpayers and students to take advantage of this opportunity to share their ideas and suggestions.î
McGee wants to discuss ways the state can help local districts to ensure that all students meet or exceed the Illinois Learning Standards, the cornerstone of the stateís standards-led education system. The Learning Standards outline the skills ad knowledge each student needs to succeed in life. A large portion of the meeting will be reserved for audience participation.
ìWe ask local schools to review and evaluate their efforts and to get additional ideas for improvements, and we must be willing to do the same,î McGee said. ìI believe that the ideas we gather at these meetings will help us make Illinois education truly be Second to None.î


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If this thread has shown anything, there are a number of teams that could make a play for Wallace, who could have a robust market. If the Steelers can clear the cap space, I would still like to see them franchise and trade him. If you didn't get a first last year, you won't get one this year, but maybe you get a second or a third? If you don't get a trade offer you like, you can anticipate that he'll hold out again and you can pull the tag.
Factor in for Restricted Free Agents, Lewis, and the rookie salary pool you have to set aside.
All this in addition to being 12 million over the cap already and there is no way to clear enough room to franchise Wallace for a trade.
Here comes the BOOM!
let the bum go he can drop passes over there
2013 MNF Executive Champion!
Round 1, Pick 25 (25): Artie Burns, CB; Miami
Round 2, Pick 27 (58 ): Sean Davis, S; Maryland
Round 3, Pick 26 (89): Javon Hargrave, DT; South Carolina State
Round 4, Pick 25 (123): Jerald Hawkins, OT; LSU
Round 6, Pick 45 (220) (Compensatory Selection): Travis Feeney, OLB; Washington
Round 7, Pick 8 (229) (From Giants): DeMarcus Ayers, WR; Houston
Round 7, Pick 25 (246): Tyler Matakevich, OLB; Temple
Any team that has a good QB, mike will help and probably do well, but if he goes somewhere with a lousy QB he'll ride into the sunset and we won't hear much about him.
It's very unlikely the Steelers will have any money at all to sign FA's. It's going to be a challenge just for them to sign their own and get cap compliant.
The draft is our only option at this point, our hope is the picks we choose can contribute to the team, and possibly get a starter or two in the near future.


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The Anniversary
I received a surprising morning call several weeks ago
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"This is Judy V…. I just wanted to call and thank you again for what you did for me. It's the 35th anniversary of my cancer…"
Judy V. is a physician's widow. Her husband, a surgical specialist died in his 40s, 20plus years ago. She had a Stage II breast cancer; the surgeon had done a modified radical, and I was consulted for possible adjuvant chemotherapy.
Thirty-five years ago the standard was simpler. Same for our knowledge of staging and biological behavior. Genomics was not a word yet. Targeted therapy was not a concept. Tamoxifen was the ony estrogen agonist and had just been introduced. The standard adjuvant therapy was single agent melphalan or its equivalent. But even then, patients had choices. The surgery had probably cured her, but then… Chemo or none.


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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was sent to a number of publishers initially, all of whom rejected the manuscript. It took a year before her agent, Christopher Little, could make the call that J.K. Rowling had been waiting for.
"Finally, in August 1996, Christopher phoned to tell me that Bloomsbury had made an offer. I could not quite believe my ears. 'You mean it's going to be published?' I asked, rather stupidly. 'It's definitely going to be published?!'
It was Barry Cunningham, an editor at Bloomsbury Publishing, who gave the first chapter of the manuscript to his eight year old daughter. They had both loved the tales of friendship; support; and the fact that children, working together, were able to overcome so many challenges – the adult world may have been against them, but that didn't hold them back.
"After Christopher had explained Barry's proposal and I had hung up the phone, I screamed and jumped into the air. Jessica, who was sitting in her high-chair enjoying tea, looked thoroughly scared – but that was all right. You know what happened next…"
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Choose Love … and a How-To for Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls
Choose love.
These two simple words have been on my mind since they popped out at me from a friend's Facebook post a few weeks ago. She was recapping her past year and she ended her reflection with "When in doubt, choose love."
They could mean many things to many people, and I've been thinking about what it means for me to "choose love."
2012 was a challenging year personally and love was often in short supply. Not that I wasn't loved, but rather that I wasn't a very loving person. I felt so drained I had no love to give.
I had to get used to the fact that my husband was 6,720 miles away and 12-1/2 hours ahead for an entire 12 months. And I worried (and still do) about his safety, every single day. Plus, I had to adjust to solo-parenting a toddler.
After a three-year hiatus, I worked very hard to develop a book proposal (one that I thought was very sellable and timely) that was quickly shot down. I have yet worked up the nerve to submit it elsewhere.
And I'm sure anyone who lives close to their parents can relate to the stress of having them live a stone's throw away.
Did I mention I'm solo-parenting a toddler? I definitely have a newfound awe and admiration for single parents everywhere!
While I admit 2012 wasn't all that bad—there was a trip to Vietnam to meet my husband, a paperback book launch–it was filled with plenty of angst and stress.
I realize now that many of these events and circumstances were beyond my control. Yet I was riddled with unnecessary anxiety and/or reacted negatively to them.
In hindsight, I can come up with any number of "what if?" scenarios.
What if I kept calm and didn't raise my voice at Isaac when he wasn't behaving the way I wanted him to? Then maybe I wouldn't be wracked with guilt in the thereafter believing I was traumatizing my son and ruining him for life.
What if I listened patiently every time my dad complained about a new ache or pain, or expressed concern that his memory wasn't as sharp as it used to be (aging has nothing to do with it, of course!). Instead, these could have been happy dad-and-daughter moments spent over a cup of coffee, especially if the topic at hand could be diverted.
If I had chosen love in these circumstances, perhaps I wouldn't have expended superfluous time and energy getting worked up, upset, frustrated, etc., etc., you know what I mean. Thankfully, it's never too late.
Today is only the 11th day of the new year but I've already savored the power of choosing love.
The other day, the cashier at Target had a face so sullen it rivaled Posh Spice's– a.k.a. Victoria Beckham's–perpetual pout (am I dating myself with this analogy?). Instead of condemning her off-putting attitude silently in my mind, I complimented her on her gorgeous red top out loud. That coaxed a smile out of both her and me.
When my toddler asks for one more book, yet another sip of water, anything he can think of, to put off going to bed, I take a deep breath, tuck his blanket under his chin and hold him till he falls fast asleep. This phase won't last forever (I hope, gulp …).
I'm off to a good start, don't you think?
Starting with this new year 2013, whatever the season, whatever the mood, always choose love.
Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls (Gỏi Cuốn)
In line with our #LetsLunch theme of new beginnings and first times, I'm going to start a new column about trying dishes I didn't think I could or would make at home. I've been told many times how easy it is to make these fresh rolls but I've always been intimidated by the rice paper wrappers. Most sources say to dip the dry rice paper rounds in water until soft but it seems impossible to get just right. While traveling in Vietnam, I learned two other methods of softening the rice paper: one is to wipe it with a wet, non-terry towel until pliable, and the second, use a spray bottle. The rest is easy. Well, the rolling does takes some practice but you'll eventually get the hang of it. The following recipe/how-to is based on what I learned at a cooking class I took at the Morning Glory Cooking School in the beautiful town of Hoi An in central Vietnam.
Time: 45 minutes prep
Makes: 4 servings
8 sheets rice paper wrappers, plus more in case some break (8 to10-inches across is best)
Red leaf, romaine, or butter lettuce
3 cups fresh herbs: mint, cilantro, Thai (or regular) basil, red perilla, Vietnamese mint, rice paddy herb, bean sprouts (any combination of these is fine)
Carrot and daikon pickles
8 ounces small round rice noodles, cooked according to package directions (look for noodles labeled 'bun,' not the super thin vermicelli or bean thread noodles. If you have my cookbook, they are pictured as #1 on pg. 15)
8 small slices pork shoulder, cooked as desired (I like to use char siu, store-bought or home made)
12 large cooked shrimp, peeled and halved
12 (3-inch-length) pieces garlic chives
Dipping Sauce (see below)
Lay all the ingredients out on the table and let everyone make their own rolls.
Soften the rice paper using your method of choice:
1. Dip in a bowl of warm water for about 3-5 seconds (depending on its thickness).
2. Lay on a flat surface and wipe with a wet non-terry towel several times until pliable.
3. Fill a spray bottle with water and spray until pliable.
You want the rice paper to be just soft enough that you can fold it. You will lessen the risk of over-soaking your rice paper wrapper if you use the latter two methods but it is up to you.
Place the wrapper on a work service (a flat plate works fine) and lay a piece of lettuce on the edge closest to you. Grab a handful of herbs and place them on top of the lettuce. Place a handful of noodles on top of the greens. Add some pickles. Arrange 2 slices of pork above the noodles, followed by 3 slices of shrimp, pink-side down.
Fold the edge closest to you over the ingredients and start rolling, ensuring the roll is snug as you go. When you are about half-way, fold both sides in and arrange three pieces of garlic chives on the right so that they jut out like palm leaves swaying in the wind. Continue rolling until you have a nice tight roll.
If you tear the rice paper, don't fret, just start over again. And even if your roll isn't perfect, so what, it'll still taste good!
Serve with dipping sauce.
Dipping Sauce (Nước mắm chấm)
Makes: 4 servings
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 to 2 Thai red chilies, or to taste, sliced
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons lime juice (from about 1 large lime)
2 tablespoons warm water
Combine all the ingredients in a small bowl and stir until all the sugar has dissolved.
This post is part of #LetsLunch, our monthly Twitter-inspired food bloggers potluck. This month, it's new beginnings and first times.
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Annabelle's Brown Butter Creamed Greens at Glass of Fancy
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January 19, 2013 6:17 am
Oh, Pat! What a lovely, honest, inspiring post. Love is a wonderful and attainable goal (but remember to be patient and kind to yourself, too — you're only human🙂 As for traumatizing your son… as Nora Ephron said, the successful parent is one whose kids can pay for their own analyses😉 Hang in there!
January 16, 2013 12:16 pm
What a sweet and lovely post on love! And I love this recipe on Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls. I have most of these ingredients around, so I think I will try your recipe for dinner. Thanks for sharing, Pat!
January 15, 2013 8:42 pm
Wow you should give yourself a pat on the shoulder. It must be tough doing solo parenting, but you did it! That spring rolls look so lovely! Super yum, I must say.
January 13, 2013 3:43 pm
Love the title of this post – harder to do than one might think, but so much better and more rewarding. Although it's been years since I was a young mom, I still remember the struggles of adjusting to a being a new mom with the pressures of work and a young child. But, I know you will overcome and grow from the experience. It is amazing how a few words can cheer up someone else's day. I started doing something different the last year or so, and that is to be thankful for the many blessings I have each day – it has helped me take the focus off of what isn't going well (or the way I'd like) and realize how fortunate I really am. Best wishes in the New Year and good luck with your book proposal. I love your Asian Grandmothers Cookbook and am going to look through it for some Lunar New Year recipe ideas!
January 12, 2013 12:01 pm
Lovely post, Pat. Hang in there. I had a period where my husband was away for six months but my daughter was older and it was so much easier than with a toddler. I have made quite a few spring rolls. I love the fresh taste! I think the brand of spring roll wrapper is important. Each seem to react a little different in water. Soaking in warm water usually works for me, just not to long. You have to develop a rhythm of soaking, wrapping, soaking, wrapping.
January 12, 2013 6:15 am
Pat, what a beautiful start you have made to 2013. I hope we can all be inspired by it…I feel like printing it out and sticking your words to 'always choose love' on my fridge! I am a big fan of Vietnamese rolls but do struggle with the soaking part so I do look forward to trying your version. Happy new beginnings!
January 11, 2013 10:06 pm
This is the little nudge that will finally get me to try making these delicious rolls on my own. Btw, judging from how many recipes I want to try in your first book, I hope things work out with your book proposal. Your 2013 is off to a lovely start…. here's to more lovely moments!🙂
January 11, 2013 8:50 pm
So pretty! As for choosing love, I think it's the no regret path. I've never regretted that extra hug, the extra cup of coffee, the napping baby in my arms. Here's to 2013 and a year of love and #LetsLunch (and put some postage on that book proposal – unless you want me to come back with tales of how many rejection letters Famous Author X received.)🙂


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We'll take back every bad thing we've ever said about science if it will just make us immortal. That doesn't seem like too much to ask.
The thing is, it might be closer than we think. There are a lot of different ways to keep a human body and mind going long after its expiration date, and experiments are ongoing. The most promising techniques involve ...
5Unlocking What Your Genes Can Already Do
Really, the only thing keeping you from having the lifespan of a vampire or a Highlander is an enzyme called telomerase.
Bob Barker has none of that.
So if you've decided you want to live until squid evolve to start swinging from trees, the first thing you should know is that while we accept aging as an unquestioned constant of the universe, it really isn't. The breakdown in our cells that causes us to get frail and wrinkly is a specific set of defects that science is just now starting to pin down. By all rights we shouldn't have to get old. After all, nature has plenty of examples of animals that suffer the whims of weather and disease, but if left alone in a germ- and disaster-free habitat would effectively live forever (including tortoises, certain jellyfish and some plants).
With us, there is that enzyme, telomerase, which acts like the little plastic thingy on the end of your shoelaces for your DNA -- it keeps the ends of your DNA from unraveling. Unfortunately, every time your cells divide, some of this is lost, meaning you are breaking your body's ability to regenerate itself every time you grow or heal. Medical scientists are finding ways to either rejuvenate telomerase or prevent its loss in the first place. If they succeed, that could effectively halt or even reverse the aging process. At that point, youth could not only be wasted on the young, but also completely blown on the elderly, who would likely forget all their hard-earned wisdom with their reinstated endurance and sudden return of fully functioning boners.
And one way or the other, the answer to aging is in our genes. And gene therapy -- that is, manipulating the genes inside our cells to treat disease -- is already a thing. It's just a matter of getting better at it. Futurists Ray Kurzweil and Dr. Terry Grossman think that eventually we could not only block disease-causing genes, but even introduce new genes that, in addition to preventing aging, also make awesome augmentations like changing your eye color or making you glow in the dark.
And, one glorious day, the prehensile cock.
None of these techniques will save you from a fiery car crash, obviously (we're getting to those), but the point is there is no reason to think of a lifespan as something that has to end in 80 or even 800 years, barring deadly intervention from a jealous husband.
4Mind Uploading
Mind uploading is exactly what it sounds like: backing up your entire mind to a computer.
Right along with the porn.
This is one of those ideas that sounds ridiculous but could be closer than you think. The hardware certainly isn't far away.
Scientific estimates vary wildly as to how much computer hardware it would take to mimic your brain, because the human brain stores information in a completely different way than your computer. For instance, if you just count up the neurons, its raw storage is only a few gigabytes, i.e., less than the thumb-size USB drive you have at your desk, but the brain uses a flexible system that lets it store something closer to 2.5 petabytes (that is, 2,500 terabytes) worth of information.
One day, we'll be able to fit a drive with twice that much data in the crack of this model's ass.
That kind of storage is commonplace in computers. Blizzard uses 1.3 petabytes just to run World of Warcraft on it servers. Obviously, we don't have computers capable of mimicking or hosting human thought processes, mostly because we don't understand enough about how the brain retrieves thoughts and memories. But in terms of sheer hardware horsepower, we could probably build something capable of doing it once they figure out how it'd work.
So this may actually be less sci-fi than the rest of the list; scientists have already made working neural interfaces for computers and robots and have even created simulated animal brains using supercomputers. These are the first steps to recording a human mind digitally (called whole brain emulation). Then you could create a digital backup of you, in case something awful happened.
If only we could do the same thing to a franchise.
And from there, the possibilities of this particular method of immortality are limited only by our imagination. You could be downloaded into a robot, or a cyborg body, maybe a fancy synthetically engineered biological body.
Which would mean that out of all the science fiction ever produced, fate chose Virtuosity.
Obviously, that's thinking several steps down the line (particularly the tricky process of going the opposite direction -- transmitting data stored on a computer to an organic brain or something that can otherwise be hosted in a body). But, hell, maybe you like your new digital home and don't want to return to that messy "real world" thing. Imagine being able to save yourself to a computer and then live out the rest of eternity in World of Warcraft, or even one of the many hyper-realistic virtual porn worlds that will eventually crop up in our future.
Of course, cosplayers will quickly lose all sense of themselves, much to their delight.
It is also the least invasive and least terrifying method for possible immortality, as it doesn't require any injections or, you know, work, on your part. You just hook up your brain to a computer and hit "save." You don't even have to be plugged in. Finally, we can all live the dream of living forever. And in the virtual world, ordering another beer is as easy as copy and paste. So what if you manage to live a few billion years and the sun is about to go nova? Don't worry; they'll just move your backup brain to a space-based hard drive. Suck on that, entropy!
So how far off is this? The conservative estimate is 50 to 75 years, while the liberal view has us backing ourselves up by 2030. Obviously nobody knows for sure -- there are predictions from 30 years ago that look pretty stupid now. And zombies may have eaten us all by then. Still, when you look at how fast computing power advances, it's hard not to imagine it coming eventually.
At least our zombies will have badass cell phones in their rotting pockets.


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which player is going to step upto the mark and be our new capain fantastic ?? any ideas personaly i'd try ellis the last time he was with us he moved us around the field well and leave finny to concentrate on his own game and not others
captain fantastic
Started by plug, Oct 31 2012 08:46 PM
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Posted 31 October 2012 - 08:46 PM
Posted 31 October 2012 - 09:06 PM
I agree about Finn he as enough pressure on him without the pressures of captaincy I think tommy Saxton would make a good captain as he's been here along time and he's played at an higher level and been around along time.But I'm sure DP will give the job to the right man.
Edited by thundergaz, 31 October 2012 - 09:07 PM.
Posted 31 October 2012 - 09:41 PM
not sure about tommy he would be one of my first names on the team sheet but not captain material but thats my veiw we need someone in the middle of the field to move us about and not sure tommy is loud enough to boss players around theres always ben kaye now he's loud
Posted 31 October 2012 - 10:31 PM
Tim spears
Posted 31 October 2012 - 10:47 PM
This is a great idea of raising funds for the club.I mean say it costs a Fiver to have a guess who the next captain will be as a quid wouldn't be adaquate as their isn't enough names to make owt the names would probably have to be drawn out as alot would probably pick the same name. its just an idea and the winner gets a signed shirt by the new captain.Just trying to think of ideas to raise funds for the club.
Edited by thundergaz, 31 October 2012 - 10:48 PM.
Posted 31 October 2012 - 10:56 PM
Spears sounds a good bet
Posted 31 October 2012 - 11:10 PM
Agree Mark, but I have a sneaking feeling it could be the new prop especially if he is SL quality.
Spears sounds a good bet


text: Dolan needs to recognize it's MDA's system, not the players. MDA talks a good game, he just sucks at calling one. We didn't even play well during that 4-game win streak and before that MDA's head was on the chopping block. Why isn't it still there? The guy is a terrible coach!


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Times Argus building to be soldStaff Report | March 21,2013BARRE Less than a year after it was placed on the market, the building housing the Times Argus offices at 540 N. Main St. is under contract to be sold.
President and Publisher R. John Mitchell said Wednesday the building, which was listed at $895,000, is the subject of a signed purchase and sale agreement with Metro, a Barre-based real estate company owned by Thomas and Karen Lauzon.
Neither party would disclose the sale price. The sale remains contingent on an inspection of the building, Mitchell said.
The pending building sale now provides Mitchell with the opportunity to finally move the daily newspapers operations back to the center of downtown. Mitchell and his staff have been looking at several properties as a possible rental.
Currently, the Times Argus building supports the newsroom, subscriber services and advertising departments, and serves as the distribution center each night for the papers independent contracted motor carriers.
The facility has not had an operational press since May 2011, when fast-rising floodwaters caused significant damage to the printing and mailroom divisions of the operation.
The Times Argus and its sister paper, the Rutland Herald, are now printed at Upper Valley Press in North Haverhill, N.H.
As Barre has seen a resurgence in its downtown in the last few years, Mitchell has been eager to return the papers operations to the heart of the city, hopefully by this summer. The Times Argus had been located along Main Street until 1973, when it moved operations to the location on North Main Street.
The sale of the 23,000-square-foot building will have no effect on the newspapers staff or operations.
In an interview Wednesday, Thomas Lauzon said he had no specific plans for the space but is entertaining several ideas that have yet to come to fruition.
(That) property is a perfect complement to the existing Metro portfolio. Over the years, weve had a great deal of success with mixed-use commercial/industrial properties, he said. I watched with great interest when this property went on the market last year and am surprised no one made a serious play for acquisition until now. The available parking and yard area, which is at a premium throughout central Vermont, couldnt be better.
Lauzon, the citys mayor, owns several key buildings in downtown, including the Aldrich Block. Citywide, he and his wife own more than 500,000 square feet of commercial real estate in Barre.
Lauzon said he has already shown the conceptual design for the Times Argus building to a number of potential tenants. I have no doubt that well execute the planned changes well and fill the space, he said. ... It will make a great summer project and keep a few contractors busy.
Lauzon said negotiating the purchase with Mitchell was a pleasure.
You know, in all the years Ive done this, no seller has ever reached out their hand, shook mine and said, We have a deal. Its a testament to the way John does business. Its pretty obvious that Johns word means more than a legal document.
Lauzon said that over the next few months, Metro will perform a structural analysis and environmental assessment, incorporate design changes and plan for a major renovation of the building configuration and systems.
We cant wait to get started, he said.
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RSBS Sits Down with Hall of Famer Dave Winfield
"I come from a family that always believed: If you have a little, give a little. If you have a lot, give a lot."
And there is no doubt. Hall of Famer Dave Winfield gives. A lot.
From being the first active professional athlete to establish an official 501(c)(3) charitable organization (The Winfield Foundation) to funding the Dave Winfield Nutrition Center at Hackensack University Medical Center to providing entire blocks of game tickets for underprivileged youth in San Diego, giving back to the community has always been a high priority for the 12 time Major League All-Star.
"I think part of it comes from the area of the country I'm from in St. Paul and Minneapolis, major corporations used to always give a part of their pre-tax dollars to charity. For some reason, that's just always sunk in."
"And with my Winfield Foundation, we try to give to things that deal with health and education; I've used sports as a kind of carrot to lead people into these areas."
But as Winfield admits, the strongest inspiration for his remarkable spirit of philanthropy comes from his mother, Arline, a selfless woman who tragically passed away from breast cancer after seeing her son play in the 1988 All-Star Game. In an effort to further educate the public, Winfield has teamed up with Ask.com and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation to form "Answers for the Cure", allowing baseball fans and people everywhere to get involved in the fight against breast cancer.
For every person who goes to Ask.com/ForTheCure and uses the search engine, Ask.com will donate ten cents to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Contributions will help fund life-saving research, education, screening services and community outreach projects.
"Early detection is the most important thing," Winfield remarks. "There is no cure, but if you detect it early on, you can combat it. If you're late, there may not be a second chance."
In his mother's case, there was no second chance; but by giving back to the community, Winfield keeps her spirit alive. And he is not alone.
In fact, many current Major Leaguers have adopted Winfieldian philanthropic lifestyles, donating their time, money and efforts to educating the public on important health and educational issues. Nick Swisher, Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira… these are just a few of those giving back.
"Derek Jeter," says Winfield, "he stands out as a person who has been totally committed, using his career and his life to be a role model and a good example for others to follow. He has a great foundation. He's raised millions of dollars. He has helped so many kids. One day, when he retires, he will have affected tens of thousands of people for sure."
Indeed, Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation and Jeter's Leaders Program have both done incalculable work inspiring young people to live active, healthy, substance free lives, rewarding academic achievement and promoting social activism. And Jeter's inspiration for establishing such charitable work?
One might even say Winfield inspires us all to give back to our respective communities. Who else could turn an unfortunate (and inadvertent) 1983 Toronto seagull killing into a charitable endeavor that raised over $60,000 by donating two paintings to an Easter Seals auction?
Whether it's hitting a World Series winning double off Charlie Leibrandt in extra innings or educating the public through selfless charity work, one thing is certain:
Dave Winfield is clutch.
And now you can be too. Join Dave and RSBS in the fight against breast cancer. Make a difference today.
Written by Jeffery Lung
Special thanks to Zack Nobinger of Taylor PR for arranging the interview with Dave Winfield.
Click *HERE* to read Jeff's interview with Ken Griffey, Sr.
(Top image courtesy of Exposay.com, Albert L. Ortega Photos)
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Wonderful post Jeff. Winfield was at Dodger Stadium a few days go. Love the guy!
Never realized how great a guy Winfield was. Thanks for the enlightenment… http://stlcardinals06.mlblogs.com/
You know I'm a Met fan but when he was here, Dave Winfield was my favorite Yankee. The guy was so big, so fluid, and so nice! Always smiling and always affable, I couldn't believe some of the shenanigans he and George Steinbrenner were engaged in…of course based on The Boss' instigations. His charity work here, and participation with Ronald McDonald House, etc, was no secret. NY'ers were dumb-founded and stupefied at George for all his attempts at sabotage. But that was a different day and a different George when he didn't get much love around here. Through it all Big Dave stayed CLASS to the end! Dave is damn good people. Great job Jeff….job well done with a great ballplayer and person.
Emma — I saw that! During the Yankees series. He's such a cool dude. I was impressed.
STCardinals06 — You're welcome!
Mike — I think Steinbrenner was at fault for most of that. I still don't get it. Railroading a guy for being generous with his money? Ridiculous. Winfield is the real deal. Thanks for readin', Mike!
What a great interview with Winfield! He was always one of my faves and I was lucky enough to sit near him during a Yankee game once. He couldn't have been nicer or more accommodating to the fans. Nice job!
Thanks, Jane! You're one of my favorite writers in the universe, so your comment gave me a big cheesy smile🙂 !!!
Nice. Always good to see players who appreciate life and give back to the game and the community. Unfortunately, guys like this are becoming more rare, and the press mostly focuses on the negative athletes. He had a great MLB career, but people need to remember what a monster this guy was in college, too.
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People always talk about smooth talkers. Well, Dave Winfield to me had both a smooth batting stroke was well as a silver tongue. He is one of those guys you rooted for to get into Baseball's Hall of Fame both for his on and off the field charm and charisma.
Awesome post, and have to say, one of the best interviews since our buddy Tom did the MLBloggers Interviews.
Another classic RSBS moment for eternity.
Rays Renegade
Wow, an interview with Winfield? Sweet! Pretty cool to hear about how he is constantly wanting to give back. I think that those old school guys have really inspired the younger guys–and franchises in general–to give back to kids and their community. And I'll be trying to use Ask.com more often now, for sure. Good stuff, man.
Mike — He was some kind of athlete. Drafted by three different pro sports!
RR — Thanks, man. It was an awesome experience, that's for sure.
RFB — Yeah, all too often it's overlooked. So it's good to spotlight it every once in a while.
Wow! Dave Winfield! He's a class act for sure! One of the best smiles out there as well. A great interview thank you for sharing!
I love how he continues to give back it truly is an inspiration to us all


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (May 27, 2011) - A $1 million federal grant to train "Great Principals for Maryland" is being used by two public universities to collaborate in offering classes at a new Lower Eastern Shore School Leadership Institute.
A four-year Race to the Top grant has been awarded to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury University, sister institutions in the University System of Maryland. The institute is currently underway.
Planners say aspiring principals enrolled in the institute are learning strategies to lead schools in the 21st century. A focus of the program is reducing the achievement gap between different student groups. The institute reached out to Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester and Talbot county schools as partners.
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Dr. Derry Stufft
"Receiving this grant is another indicator of the close cooperation between the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Salisbury University. This leadership institute will further our efforts to serve and support the public schools on the Eastern Shore," said Dr. Charles Williams, UMES Vice President for Academic Affairs.
The two campuses were honored with the prestigious Theodore M. Hesburgh Award from the TIAA-CREF Institute in 1998 for collaborative programming.
"Salisbury University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore have had a distinguished history of collaboration. Our mutual commitment to education and teacher preparation makes this leadership institute a natural and welcome partnership between our two institutions," said SU Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs Diane Allen.
The institute is also partnering with New Leaders for New Schools (NLNS), a nationally recognized non-profit that has a strong track record of recruiting and training principals to be highly effective in managing low-performing schools. NLNS is providing expertise and support in the selection of participants and help with their professional development.
Institute instruction includes:
Drs. Stuft and DeWitt are serving as co-principal investigators for the project. For more information contact Stufft at 410-651-6216 or DeWitt at 410-543-6286 or, or visit their respective campus Web sites at www.umes.edu or www.salisbury.edu.


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I have a 11 week old little girl. When she was a few days old we went to see a LC at the hospital because of latching problems. The LC told me to use a nipple shild which helped a lot and we are still using it. The LC also told me to feed her for 15 minutes on each side. And if she didn't eat those 15 minutes on each side to pump for the remaining time (ex. she eats only 10 minutes on right side - I pump the other 5 minutes then 15 minutes on the left side). I have been doing this for the last 10 weeks. Last week I called my local LLL and asked if this was still necessary and she said no, that all that pumping at first was to increase my initial milk supply and now I could slow down and let my daughter comand my supply. Well, I tried pumping less like 10 minutes each side (ex. if she eats 7 minutes I'll pump 3 minutes on that side then 10 on the other). Also pumping only every other session, but my breast still frequently get engorged. My little girl eats every 1.5 - 5 hours - (usually like 3 hours during the day - up to 5 hours at night and 1.5 hours in the evening).
So what can I do to help the engorgement? I think she is getting to much formilk and not enough hind milk because she has frequent water poops that are sometimes greenish and she spits-up frequently.
Can anyone help with ideas to lessen my milk production - I have a huge freezer stash already!!!


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DS is starting a new daycare after the holidays. His old daycare didn't expect him to eat off of a plate at his age (he'll be 13 months when he starts the new place), so we didn't. His old daycare also refused to work on BLS with me, so we never did that either.
Anyway, the new daycare expects children his age to eat finger foods off of a plate. I've tried plates and it seems to me that he will starve before he will take more than a few bites of something before deciding the plate is more fun.
Any suggestions? He's a smart child, I just don't know how to communicate to him that the plate is not a toy. Usually when things are not toys, we just keep them away from him. We're trying to work on basic discipline, but he's only 12 months old, so he doesn't follow directions very well yet.
I tried holding the plate for him and he screams and pulls at it. I've been taking the plate away when he does that, but then he just doesn't eat. It doesn't seem to matter how hungry he is, he just wants to explore the plate. And then he just drinks more milk to make up for what he didn't eat. I don't want him to go hungry and anyway, I'm not sure that would communicate to him that he shouldn't mess with the plate.